EP 40 - Team Canada Gold! + Eichel, Toffoli, Trades

We start with the big game at the 2022 Beijing Olympics between rivals Team Canada and the USA for the women's hockey gold-medal (2:57). Marie-Philip Poulin led the way for Canada as they became Olympic champions for the 5th time with a 3-2 win. We also talk more about Poulin's excellence as she became the only Canadian player, to score in four Olympic gold medal games!

Our 2nd main story had the Colorado Avalanche spoiling Jack Eichel's Vegas Golden Knights debut (13:02). Darcy Kuemper stopped 29 shots as the Avs beat Vegas 2-0 on Wednesday. It was Eichel's 1st game since being acquired from Buffalo and the 25-year-old finished with one shot, one hit in 17:24 of ice time.

Our Thursday Sports Interaction (19:53) includes our inside look at 2 of the 10 on the ice tonight. St. Louis at Montréal and Anaheim at Edmonton.

In our 2nd half of the pod we hit on one of our top topics looking at trades and talking about the big one this week as the Calgary Flames acquire Tyler Toffoli (22:03). On Monday morning, the Flames acquired the two-way winger from the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for a conditional 1st-round pick, a 2024 5th-round pick, forward Tyler Pitlick and prospect Emil Heineman.

NHL trade talks, trade rumors and speculation (27:32). Who's buying? Who's selling? We continue our trade talks hitting on a number of different teams and topics as we approach the NHL Trade Deadline March 21.

And in our Ultimate Hockey Fans Final Thoughts(37:56), we talk some Jagr with his 50th birthday and also tip our caps to Sidney Crosby scoring his 500th NHL Goal this week!

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