The DFO Rundown Ep. 382 – Rantanen Powers Stars in Game 1 & The Leafs Stun The Panthers Early

Frank and Jason are back with a fresh edition of The DFO Rundown as the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs is officially underway.

They kicked things off by talking about Mikko Rantanen’s dominance in Game 1 of the Dallas Stars series against the Winnipeg Jets.

It’s his second straight hat trick and third straight game with three or more points, and it’s the number one reason the Stars are even in round two, never mind leading the series. On the other hand, his performance is also causing more and more people to raise an eyebrow at the Colorado Avalanche front office. The guys gave their take on Game 1 and the Avs press conference from earlier this week.

From there, they talked about the Maple Leafs jumping out to a 2-0 series lead against the Florida Panthers. William Nylander has been incredible and the Leafs got a good performance from Joseph Woll as well. Are the Panthers in trouble? Or can they grab back momentum as the series shifts back to Florida?

They quickly hit on the Canes grabbing Game 1 over the Capitals and the Oilers dominant win over the Golden Knights as they wrestled home ice advantage away from Vegas.

Tyler then popped in for Buy or Sell where he asked the guys if any of these second round series will be short, the GM searches in Los Angeles and Long Island, and the Utah Mammoth officially announcing their name and logo.

They wrapped up by talking more about the GM searches around the league and Rick Tocchet’s job hunt.

0:55 – Rantanen nets another hat-trick

16:30 – Leafs stun Panthers

18:40 – Canes take Game 1

20:25 – Golden Knights drop Game 1

29:40 – Buy or Sell

40:15 – Kings & Isles GM search

43:50 – Tocchet’s future

48:00 – Sabres front-office

52:30 – Canucks Head Coach search

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