After a long wait of six years, finally, the Vegas Golden Knights are the great champions of the NHL. Did the Knights defeat a club in Florida that simply couldn’t go any further? Our experts also wonder if, in a league where success breeds success, other clubs will want to try to copy the Vegas model, with all that that entails. Meanwhile, commissioner Gary Bettman must surely be rubbing his hands in satisfaction, he who believed in this concept of hockey in the desert.
At the Canadian, two sports therapists have been fired following the avalanche of injuries of the past two seasons. We wonder if it was really their fault, while evoking in passing some rumors of a transaction involving two members of the Winnipeg Jets. Finally, the sale price of the Ottawa Senators leaves no one indifferent… can Quebec still compete in such a landscape?
Animation: Jérémie Rainville
Guests: Richard Labbé, Guillaume Lefrançois, Antoine Roussel
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[Jack] Eichel, whom the Sabers sold us as one of the worst troublemakers in the history of mankind, he arrives with Vegas and he was absolutely imperial in the playoffs.
Richard Labbe
It was not obvious all the same as a context, the arrival of Bruce Cassidy. So the way he took charge of this club, I find that frankly impressive.
Guillaume Lefrancois
From the moment the file is closed in Ottawa, for me it was the last hope. If there was a possible move, which the league would have allowed, it would have been this one.
Richard Labbé, about an NHL team in Quebec
Episode details
Block 1
- 0:19 – Stanley Cup champions Golden Knights
- 2:40 – Panthers running out of resources
- 15:10 – Is Vegas now the new model to follow?
- 19:40 – A victory for Gary Bettman
Block 2
- 25:00 – Purge in the Canadian’s infirmary
- 32:34 – After Pierre-Luc Dubois, Connor Hellebuyck wants to leave Winnipeg
Block 3
- 39:20 – Senators sold for 950 million US
- 45:33 – Patrick Roy turns the page on the QMJHL