This week on Enjoying Orange Slices with Jeff & Ian 🍊🏒
The NHL season is officially wrapped, and Carolina is your Stanley Cup champion. Jeff and Ian look back at how the Hurricanes closed out Vegas, why the series turned after Game 3, and how Carolina's depth, goaltending, pace, and relentless four-line pressure finally pushed them over the top.
In This Episode:
- Carolina gets its flowers: four lines, six D, great goaltending, and a full-team effort from start to finish
- Why Game 3 may have changed the whole series—even though Vegas still won it
- Jordan Staal appreciation: leadership, huge moments, and the goal that helped swing momentum
- Sean Walker, Carolina's depth pieces, and why "guys like that" are how you win in June
- Vegas reflection: a wild playoff run, a team that found itself late, and what comes next after coming up just short
- The goalie debate: Carter Hart, Aiden Hill, and whether Vegas should have tried a different look
- Coaching talk: Rod Brind'Amour, Torts, player relationships, and what today's NHL coaches need to be
- Edmonton, Toronto, LA, Vancouver, and Vegas coaching carousel updates—including Ryan Craig getting the Vegas job
- Orange Slices playoff pool wrap-up: congrats to Corey Shaw and Brian Wagers
- Rod the Bod's Cup moment, plus a little Team Canada coaching speculation
- Shoutouts to Roland Kozak on an incredible flying career, and a heartfelt tribute to Craig Const
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