2 Man Advantage

In this episode, Mike and Pat go through the four matchups from the Stanley Cup Playoffs' second round and then preview the conference finals which pits the St Louis Blues vs. the San Jose Sharks in the NHL's Western Conference and the Pittsburgh Penguins vs. the Tampa Bay Lightning in the East.

The first round saw the Washington Capitals, Pittsburgh Penguins, Tampa Bay Lightning, New York Islanders, St Louis Blues, Dallas Stars, San Jose Sharks and either the Anaheim Ducks or Nashville Predators emerge victorious. The first eight series brought about several gems including teh Islanders Game 6 double OT win and St Louis' 3-2 Game 7 win over the defending Stanley Cup Champs. Following the recap, the second round matchups have just as much promise as the first round ones to deliver high quality battles between league juggernauts

This episode recaps the final week of play as the NHL season came to a close including some key moves to start some team's offseasons. The balance of the episode is used to dissect each series in the NHL playoffs from the Eastern Conference to the WEstern Conference, one by one.

The final regular season episode of 2 Man Advantage is talking about the battle between the Bruins, Flyers, and Red Wings for the final two spots in the Eastern Conference and the jostle for position amongst the eight playoff teams in the Western Conference.

This episode goes through the season's biggest surprises including the Florida Panthers and the struggles of the Montreal Canadiens. It also breaks down the scope of the league with about 6 games remaining for each team, including the 7+ teams who have clinched already.

In this episode, Mike and Pat spend some time recapping how their preseason selections worked out with two weeks to play in the season. There is some good and some bad among these selections. The episode also looks at the teams in th eplayoff hunt including the two who have already secured playoff spots and the teams on the bubble. The Empty Netters include a bunch of milestones and notes this week, including Tortorella reaching 1000 games coached and the KHL's official stance on the World Cup of Hockey

In this episode, Patrick could not attend so friend of the program Adam Macsata joins Mike to talk about recent league happenings. The Opening Faceoff talks about the parity in the league as well as the 2016-17 outdoor games schedule. Around the League this week is filled with injury and discipline news and the Empty Netters encapsulate the usual nonsense including the awarding of the inaugural NWHL championship.

This episode goes in, in full force, about the World Cup's preliminary rosters. All 8 teams submitted their first 16 players for September's World Cup. In addition, this episode looks at some scorching hot teams like the Tampa Bay Lightning and Anaheim Ducks, as well as bringing another non-update update on NHL expansion talks.

This episode recaps major winners and losers at the trade deadline, going through each and every move in the week leading up to the February 29th deadline. There was a host of moves and we're talking surprising trades, one-sided trades and good trades all around from an always busy deadline day.

This episodes spends plenty of time breaking down potential names and places that could see big time splashes come the trade deadline. Some of these include Andrew Ladd, Loui Eriksson and the Toronto Maple Leafs. This episode also tackles Jaromir Jagr's ascent to #3 all-time in goals, the emergence of the Minnesota Wild, dominance of the Washington Capitals and ultimately wraps up the miscellaneous stories with a few empty netters

This episode delves into potential trade targets as February wears on and the trade deadline approaches. We're also talking about Mike Yeo's firing in Minnesota, Steve Yzerman's announcement on the fate of Steven Stamkos. Also happening across the league are the hot run of play by the Anaheim Ducks and the recent performance by Ovechkin, Kane, Benn, Seguin and others.

This episode looks at some potential trade targets for the upcoming deadline, and discusses the new NHL.tv app. It also dissects the trade of Dion Phaneuf and extension of Dustin Byfuglien and what each move means for the rest of the league. This episode also covers the NHL's ruling on Dennis Wideman, the Devils honoring Marty Brodeur and the resurgence of Sidney Crosby.

With the past week encompassing the All-Star break, this episode focuses on discussing the specifics of the all-star game, in addition to the skills competition. We also discuss some more news from the league, including the pending fate of Dennis Wideman.

The week before the All-Star break had plenty to talk about. Jonathan Drouin is revolting against his AHL fate. Stan Bowman got an extension in Chicago and Alex Barkov gets 6 more years in South Florida. All the news and more as 2 Man Advantage wraps up the first half of the season and looks ahead to the All-Star break and the connected festivities.

This episode delves into the 8 year, $80M extension signed by Anze Kopitar and the Kings. It also explores the John Scott ASG debacle, Carl Hagelin being traded and the continued success of the Washington Capitals among other regular topics.

This episode opens discussing Ovechkin's 500th goal and Jim Nill's extension in Dallas. It goes over the big trades of the last week including Seth Jones-Ryan Johnasen, Lecavlier/Schenn to LA along with Dustin Tokarski going to Anaheim, and there's a new goal scoring leader in the NHL for the first time in quite a while.

Plenty of action going on in 2MA's 2016 premiere. Two major hockey events unfolded over the last week, the World Juniors and the Winter Classic, and Mike and Pat are sure to talk about both of them in the 2016 opener. Also on the agenda in this episode, are Jonathan Drouin's trade request in Tampa Bay, the All-Star Game captains, and a veteran winger netting his 600th career goal

This episode review's all of what 2015 brought into the fold in the hockey world with a recap of the year in retrospect. In the lead up to 2016, the boys preview the Winter Classic which will take place on New Year's Day. The episode also recaps the recent league action including a tightly grouped Atlantic Division, and ties up the off the ice news with some unfortunate reports out of Buffalo (again), this time focusing on Evander Kane.

This episode opens with some general thoughts on the league's holiday policy and the surging Boston Bruins. No holiday episode would be complete without naming a Santa and building out a naughty and nice list, in addition to a wish list in the lead up to the holiday. Around the League continues to talk about Patrick Kane, Tyler Seguin and Jamie Ben at the forefront of the league's statistics and the empty netters, or stocking stuffers, round up the remaining stories from another week of hockey.

This episode discusses the Florida Panthers' agreement to stay in South Florida and the Pacific division's struggles in the opening faceoff. The headlines this week focus on Mike Johnston's ousting in Pittsburgh, the season's first trade and the blistering pace of the Art Ross race. The Empty Netters look at the 2017 Winter Classic, KHL expansion and Gretzky's thoughts on 3 on 3.