Melnick in the Afternoon iHeartRadio

Aaron Ward joined the show to break down what went wrong for the New York Rangers in their Game 1 loss to the Florida Panthers at home, trying to find ways that the Oilers can beat the Stars with the Western Conference Final set to begin tonight and more. Then TSN's Mike Johnson hopped on to break down a crazy day in Prague with Czechia beating the US 1-0, hockey fans in Europe, Filip Hronek and more!

Stephen Brunt hopped on to talk Ben Johnson, biggest moments in Canadian sports history and Toronto getting Canada's first WNBA team. Then former NHL referee and ESPN's Dave Jackson joined the show to try and make sense of some of the officiating we've seen during these NHL playoffs. 

The crew looked back on the Mavericks jumping out to a 1-0 series lead in their series with the T-Wolves and screwy Jack Adams voting. Jon got snarly about the city of Montreal potentially losing the Four Nations Faceoff. Then former Expos pitcher Zach Day joined the show to talk his final days in Montreal, the state of baseball today, coming back to the city this upcoming weekend and more

Mitch Melnick, Jon Still and Andie Bennett started off the Thursday show talking PVR foibles, looking back on a defensive struggle in New York in Game 1 between the Panthers and the Rangers, Bobrovsky vs Shesterkin and more. Then the gang threw out their question of the day, the most stunning sports locations. Finally they wrapped up the opening hour discussing Connor McDavid's legacy heading in to the Western Conference Final between the Oilers and Stars.  

Aaron Ward joined the show to talk about opening up in his interview with Luke DeCock about battling his gambling addiction and the current state of sports wagering in the NHL, embracing therapy and the Oilers topping the Canucks in Game 7. Then TSN's Mike Johnson joined the show from Prague to talk the Montreal Canadiens players at the World Hockey Championship, Edmonton moving on and looking ahead to the Conference Finals in both the East and West. 

The crew got to some of the answers to their Question of the Day: strange coaching fits in sports after the Toronto Maple Leafs introduced Craig Berube as their new bench boss. They then got to your questions for the week, from luxuries to autobiographies, in this week's edition of Eight Questions.