Podcast appearances and mentions of Thomas Vanek

11:30am Hour 2: More what if's and how would the Sabres look if Edmonton had gotten Thomas Vanek.

RECAPPING HOW STUPID WE'VE BEEN CALLED FOR A TRADE PROPOSAL WE MADE. OTTAWA NOT MOVING BRADY TKACHUK, SO IT'S THE LAST TIME WE'LL BRING IT UP UNTIL HE IS TRADED. OILER SCREWED WITH DRAISAITL CONTRACT EXTENSION? GRADING THE RECENT COACHING HIRES. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EDMONTON KNOCKS OFF VANCOUVER IN A THRILLING 7 GAME SERIES. CAN MCDAVID GET TO HIS FIRST STANLEY CUP FINAL WITH A SERIES WIN VS DALLAS? THE TWO BEST TEAMS IN THE EAST SET UP THE DREAM MATCH UP FOR FAN WHO WANNA SEE SOME SMASHMOUTH HOCKEY. THE PRESIDENT TROPHY WINNERS VS THE MOST EXCITING TEAM IN HOCKEY. EARLY PLAYOFF MVP CANDIDATES BERUBE HIRED IN TORONTO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NHL DRAFT LOTTERY TONIGHT. ALL EYES ON SAN JOSE! WHICH PLAYER/PLAYERS WOULD WE LIKE TO SEE WIN A CUP? NHL AWARD PREDICTIONS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WHICH PLAYER WILL LINDY HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT ON, AND WHO WILL IT BE TOUGH TO GET THROUGH TO? WHO WILL HIS ASSISTANT COACHES BE AND WHEN WILL WE KNOW? VAN CAME IN ON FIRE TODAY.. NOT AGREEING WITH EITHER OF US! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SEASON IS DONE IN BUFFALO BUT THE EASTERN CONFERENCE RACE IS AS CLOSE AS ITS EVER BEEN. WHO'S GETTING IN AND WHO WILL MISS? WE DISCUSS AND MAKE OUR PREDICYTIONS. CHANGES IN BUFFALO AND WHERE ISTHE BIGGEST AREA? FRONT OFFICE, COACH, PLAYERS? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LEAF FANS TAKE OVER KEY BANK CENTER BY THE THOUSANDS TO SEE MATTHEWS SCORE HIS 60TH. JEFF SKINNER SET TO MAKE HISTORY IN HIS 1000TH GAME. MCDAVID TO JOIN SUPER ELITE WITH 100 ASSISTS. WHO IS THE REAL HART TROPHY CANDIDATE? YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED WHO GETS THE MAIN NOD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WANNA KNOW HOW GOAL SCORERS THINK BEFORE TAKING A SHOOTOUT OR PENALTY SHOT? THEN YOU'LL WANNA HEAR THIS. UPL OR LEVI IN VANCOUVER? IS THE DECISION EASY AND WHATS THE MINDSET BEHIND IT? NHL GOES TO NETFLIX.. WHO WOULD SHOULD LEAGUE BE FOLLOWING AND ALEX OVECHKIN SCORES TWO MORE LAST NIGHT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NOW THAT KYLE OKPOSO HAS BEEN TRADED TO FLA, WHO'S NEXT IN LINE TO WEAR THE "C" FOR THE BUFFALO SABRES? IS IT RASMUS DAHLIN, ALEX TUCH, DYLAN COZENS, OR ARE THEY NOT ON THE ROSTER YET? TWO FORMER SABRES CAPTAINS SHARED THEIR THOUGHTS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CAN THE SABRES ACTUALLY MAKE THE PLAYOFFS? THIS IS THE BIGGEST WEEK OF THEIR SEASON AND A MUST WIN 3 GAMES TO GIVE THEM THE BEST SHOT. VAN'S TAKE ON THE MITTELSTADT REMPE SUSPENSION COMING, HOW MANY GAMES WILL HE GET? TORTS 2 GAME SUSPENSION AND THE OWNER IS PAYING HIS $50K FINE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LINDY RUFF FIRED IN NJ, IS HE DONE WITH HOCKEY, OR WHATS NEXT? DOES BUFFALO NEED A "HOCKEY OPS" POSITION? LOTS OF COACHES HAVE BEEN FIRED THIS SEASON, WHY DOES GRANATO HAVE SUCH A LONG LEASH? DOES CROSBY GET DEALTH THIS YEAR? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does February 22nd mean to us in Buffalo? -Reliving the Sabres/Sens brawl from the stars on the bench perspective -Terry Pegula buys the Sabres. Thomas and Derek take us inside the locker room with the emotion of the team, and the direction they thought they were headed. -Pat Kaleta Day in the Town of Evans! -Auston Matthews 51 G's in 54 Games -Stories from the minors! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

-BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE ALL STAR WEEKEND -DO PLAYERS LIKE GOING TO THE WEEKEND? -WHAT TEAMS HAVE BEEN THE BIGGEST SURPRISE IN BOTH CONFERENCES SO FAR -OVI SLOWING DOWN.. CAN MATTHEWS PASS HIM IN THE YEARS TO COME? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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COREY PERRY LANDS IN EDMONTON. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE OILER WHO HAVE WON 13 STRAIGHT AFTER FIRING THEIR COACH. ISLANDERS HAVE A NEW COACH NAMED PATRICK ROY. WE ALL KNOW WHAT HE BRINGS TO THAT LOCKER ROOM. PASSION VS ENERGY AND CULTURE VS ENVIRONMENT. DIFFERENT MEANINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

-BILLS WIN! JOSH ALLEN'S ATHLETIC ABILITY FOR HIS SIZE -CONNOR BEDARD BACK SKATING.. BIG DEAL. HIS LEGS STILL WORK. -SABRES NEED TO ESTABLISH UPL AS #1 -ALL STAR JERSEY BLUNDER.... AGAIN!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

-LEADING THE AHL IN PIMS -PHI/ANH TRADE -BEDARD HIT -NYLANDER CONTRACT -SABRES WIN 2 IN A ROW! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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-TAGE THOMPSON BACK OUT OF NOWHERE -GMing IN THIS LEAGUE -22-24 GOOD TEAMS -1000 GAME PLAYERS WITH SAME TEAM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Patrick Kane picks the Red Wings Sabres beat NYR 5-1 UPL winning the net in Buffalo No suspension for Trouba? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

-Too hard on Power yesterday? Ryan Johnson Better than Power? -Analytics vs Eye Test -Nylander pricing himself out of TO -Hall of Fame does it again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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-Andrew a Lil Wayne fan? -Interesting phone call -Thomas joins the show.. we talk some scouting, team strategies and rip on Craig a few times Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kevin Constantine joins the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast! But before we get to Kevin Constantine (33:57), Sheng and Keegan discuss the latest additions to the San Jose Sharks staff like Ryan Miller and Thomas Vanek (1:10), and what the Miller hiring signals about the Sharks' continued investment in player development (8:20). They also reflect on former Sharks' first-round pick Ryan Merkley signing in the KHL (14:45). Sheng shares an NHL scout's thoughts on new Sharks players Mikael Granlund (23:12), Mike Hoffman (27:42), and Jan Rutta (30:32). Now, Kevin Constantine (33:57)! Constantine recalled coaching influences as diverse as Phil Jackson, Bill Walsh, Bo Schembechler, and John Wooden (36:40). What was Constantine's hockey take on Wooden's Pyramid of Success? He coached the Kalamazoo Wings when they were a Minnesota North Stars affiliate, before the North Stars split up to help form the expansion Sharks (45:15). So Constantine coached the legendary Link Gaetz, and tells the story of when Gaetz beat up his own goalie. Constantine took over behind the San Jose Sharks bench in the third year of the franchise, after they had only won 28 games in their first two seasons in the league. How did he add belief and discipline to a 1993-94 group that would go on a surprise playoff run, upsetting the top-seeded Detroit Red Wings in the first round (49:35)?  That season, Constantine made the unusual coaching decision to allow five players a lot more latitude offensively than the rest of the team. Those five, Igor Larionov, Sergei Makarov, Johan Garpenlov, Sandis Ozolinsh, and Jeff Norton, were the precursor to Detroit's Russian Five, and would help propel the Sharks to success. What was behind Constantine loosening the reins on Larionov and company (53:52)? And how are Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan's recent comments about integrating Erik Karlsson related (57:53)? Constantine shares why he wasn't happy about the city of San Jose throwing the Sharks a parade after their second-round loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs (1:04:00). Constantine says he was in “Dumb and Dumber” and talks about how that movie and Jamie Baker helped inspire the '94 Sharks (1:07:20). Constantine reveals Tom Pederson's girlfriend as the culprit behind leaking the Red Wings' playoff plans to the Sharks (1:10:35). He also recounts going with backup Wade Flaherty over Arturs Irbe in the 1995 playoffs, which helped propel the San Jose Sharks to another first-round upset, this time against the Calgary Flames (1:17:25). Constantine opens up about getting fired by the San Jose Sharks early in the 1995-96 season (1:20:02). He was 37 then, and up to that point, a bit of a coaching wunderkind, so he took it hard. Though he was a young head coach, Constantine says that he was a yeller who learned to relate to players a lot better as he got older, in the second half of his career (1:23:35). After head coaching stints with Jaromir Jagr's Penguins and Martin Brodeur's New Jersey Devils, Constantine continued coaching in the NAHL, WHL, and AHL. In 2010, he got offered a coaching position in France, and was advised by multiple hockey people to not take that job. But he did, why (1:35:25)? This started an international coaching odyssey that's taken him also to professional leagues in Switzerland, Korea, Poland, and Hungary. He reflects on those experiences. Constantine closes with a couple hilarious Jagr stories (1:42:08). Finally, we wrap up with Constantine's thoughts about taking over new WHL side, the Wenatchee Wild (1:51:38).Listen to the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast — it's a new link — on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and Google Podcasts.Subscribe to the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast YouTube channel, we're trying to get over 1K subscribers! ★ Support this podcast ★

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