Pucks & Brews Michael Sparacino

On this episode of Pucks & Brews, Mike and Liam discuss the Arizona Coyotes officially moving to Salt Lake City, Utah, the New York Rangers winning the Presidents Trophy, Filip Chytil returning to practice for the Rangers, our 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs first round predictions, and more. Enjoy!

Recorded Thursday April 18th and Friday April 19th

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0:00 Intro
2:34 Arizona Coyotes are officially being relocated to Utah
9:35 Filip Chytil back practicing with the Rangers
17:06 Rangers win 2024 Presidents Trophy
32:22 Playoff Predictions: New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
41:05 Playoff Predictions: Carolina Hurricanes vs New York Islanders
47:19 Playoff Predictions: Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs
55:19 Playoff Predictions: Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning
1:05:45 Playoff Predictions: Vancouver Canucks vs Nashville Predators
1:14:27 Playoff Predictions: Winnipeg Jets vs Colorado Avalanche
1:21:00 Scenarios for Los Angeles Kings and Vegas Golden Knights
1:22:58 Playoff Predictions: Dallas Stars vs Vegas Golden Knights
1:32:45 Playoff Predictions: Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings
1:36:47 Final thoughts/Outro

On this episode of Pucks & Brews, Mike and Liam discuss the recent start of game brawl between the Devils and Rangers, Auston Matthews breaking Alex Ovechkin’s salary cap era goal scoring record, the wild and chaotic playoff race in the eastern conference, our thoughts on the recent news surrounding the Arizona Coyotes, and more. Enjoy! 

Recorded Thursday April 11th, 2024 



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0:00 Intro

3:42 Rangers/Devils brawl

7:27 Auston Matthews breaks Alex Ovechkin’s goal scoring record

11:48 Eastern Conference Playoff Race

21:09 Arizona Coyotes relocation predicament 

34:56 Final Thoughts/Outro

On this episode of Pucks & Brews, Mike and Liam discuss the unfortunate passing of former NHL players Chris Simon and Konstantin Koltsov, the state of the Eastern Conference playoff race with the recent play of the Detroit Red Wings, New York Islanders, Philadelphia Flyers and Washington Capitals, the revelation of the empty net OT rule, Matt Rempe's 4 game suspension, Alexander Wennberg and Jack Roslovic's first impression through their first games as New York Rangers, Mike's winning streak of attending games coming to an end, Mike going to a game with his brother, and more. Enjoy!

Recorded Wednesday March 21st, 2024



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0:00 Intro

3:51 RIP Chris Simon and Konstantin Koltsov 

5:50 Red Wings/Islanders/Flyers sliding, Capitals taking advantage

14:07 Minnesota Wild bring to light an OT empty net rule

19:30 Matt Rempe’s 4 game suspension 

22:23 Rangers discussion/Alex Wennberg and Jackson Roslovic first impressions 

32:49 Final thoughts/Outro

On this episode of Pucks and Brews, Mike and Liam discuss all the trades of the 2024 NHL Trade Deadline between Wednesday and Friday, and more. Enjoy!

Recorded Saturday March 9th, 2024



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0:00 Extended Intro

5:40 Vladimir Tarasenko traded to the Florida Panthers

9:20 Bowen Byram traded for Casey Middlestadt 

11:50 Edmonton Oilers Acquire Adam Henrique and Sam Carrick 

16:50 Vegas Golden Knights acquire Noah Hanifin 

20:14 Toronto Maple Leafs acquire Joel Edmunson 

21:57 Oilers acquire Troy Stetcher

22:43 Colorado Avalanche acquire Yakov Trenin and Brandon Duhaime

24:14 Nashville Predators acquire Anthony Beauvillier 

25:03 Tampa Bay Lightning acquire Anthony Duclair 

27:10 Carolina Hurricanes acquire Jake Guentzel and Evgeny Kuznetsov 

37:24 A trade featuring Future Considerations 

37:56 Florida Panthers acquire Kyle Okposo

39:36 Winnipeg Jets acquire Tyler Toffoli

41:44 Nashville Predators acquire Jason Zucker 

43:41 Boston Bruins acquire Pat Maroon and Andrew Peeke 

45:13 Philadelphia Flyers acquire Erik Johnson and Denis Gurianov 

46:32 New Jersey Devils acquire Jake Allen and Kaapo Kahkonen

50:03 Lightning acquire Matt Dumba 

51:00 Winnipeg Jets acquire Colin Miller 

51:50 Vegas Golden Knights acquires Tomas Hertl 

58:36 New York Rangers acquire Chad Ruhwedel, Alexander Wennberg, and Jackson Roslovic 

1:04:16 Winners and losers of the NHL Trade Deadline

13:45 Playoff favorites after the deadline 

1:22:43 Final Thoughts/Outro

On this episode or Pucks & Brews, Mike and Liam discuss.the New Jersey Devils firing head coach Lindy Ruff, the Vancouver Canucks agreeing to a contract extension with Elias Pettersson, the Nashville Predators extending Thomas Novak and how they're in a unique position approaching the trade deadline, the Minnesota Wild extending Zach Bogosian, the New York Rangers extending Jonathan Quick, the Anaheim Ducks trading Ilya Lyubushkin to the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Calgary Flames trading Chris Tanev to the Dallas Stars, the Colorado Avalanche trading Kurtis MacDermid to the New Jersey Devis, and the Washington Capitals trading Anthony Mantha to the Vegas Golden Knights, a mini NHL trade deadline preview, why both the Capitals and the Pittsburgh Penguins should both fully commit to a rebuild, trade rumors surrounding the New York Rangers, players to pay attention to leading up to the trade deadline, and more. Enjoy!

Recorded Tuesday March 6th, 2024



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0:00 Intro

1:19 Devils fire Lindy Ruff

4:39 Elias Petterson extension

7:27 Thomas Novak extension/Predators deadline talk

11:35 Zach Bogosian extension

12:35 Jonathan Quick extension

14:04 Ilya Lyubushkin trade

15:58 Chris Tanev trade

20:38 Kurtis Macdermid

21:31 Anthony Mantha trade

24:25 Capitals finally committing to a rebuild?

26:35 Penguins put themselves in a terrible position

28:40 New York Rangers trade rumors/Player to keep an eye on

33:20 Final thoughts/Outro

On this episode of Pucks & Brews, Mike and Liam discuss the aftermath of the Super Bowl and our reactions, a night in the NHL full of crazy stats, a triple hat trick game, the Adam Ruzicka video that surfaced and his contract termination by the Arizona Coyotes, Valeri Nichushkin clearing the NHL Player Assistance Program, Sean Couturier being named the 20th captain in Philadelphia Flyers history, the Reidly Greg empty net snapshot and Morgan Reilly's reaction as well as the comments from Ryan Reaves and the subsequent hit he took from Nathan Walker, Alex Ovechkin scoring 8 goals in 8 games and a discussion on whether or not he's returned to form, Patrick Kane being on fire for the Detroit Red Wings, Filip Forsberg becoming the Nashville Predators second all time leading scorer, Nikita Kucherov hitting the 100 point mark on the season, comparing the first 92 NHL games of first overall picks Jack Hughes and Juraj Slafkovsky, the recent selling/relocation rumors that have surfaced about tithe Winnipeg Jets, the Vancouver Canucks recent 4 game losing streak and the comments from head coach Rick Tocchet, the New York Rangers placing forward Tyler Pitlick on waivers, the Stadium Series game against the Islanders, Artem Anisimov being on a PTO with the Hartford Wolf Pack for 18 games, the Rangers extending forward Jonny Brodzinski 2 years, Matt Rempe's first NHL goal and early fights to start his career, the Rangers recent 10 game win streak and how it was snapped, Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider's alarming even strength play, and more. Enjoy!

Recorded Tuesday February 28th, 2024

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0:00 Extended Intro
7:00 The Adam Ruzicka instagram video/Nichushkin clears Player Assistance Program
10:15 Couturier named Flyers captain 
11:43 The Reidly Greig and Morgan Reilly incident/Ryan Reaves comments and aftermath
16:47 Is Alex Ovechkin back? 
19:50 Patrick Kane roaring back this season
24:16 Shouting out some players for accomplishments 
27:00 Comparing Jackson Hughes and Juraj Slafkovsky’s first 92 NHL games
32:18 Winnipeg Jets selling/relocating rumors 
37:09 Canucks recent 4 games losing streaks and lost game comments 

42:13 New York Rangers lengthy discussion 
1:10:40 Outro