Congratulations to the Tampa Bay Lightning on back to back Stanley Cup Championships! Leading to an all-time great press conference from Nikita Kucherov. Was he right? Did it matter about the salary cap? Should Andrei Vasilevskiy be the MVP? Did Montreal fans celebrate unnecessarily? 

We review a hire, fire and retire.

Pekka Rinne announced his retirement. How will he be remembered?

Ryan Suter and Zach Parise were bought out for the Minnesota Wild. How will this help the team moving forward? Or will it? Where might these two end up?

Pierre McGuire was hired by the Ottawa Senators. But....why?

Duncan Keith was dealt to the Edmonton Oilers for Caleb Jones. Will he be the hero Edmonton deserves?

Vladimir Tarasenko has requested a trade from the St. Louis Blues? How will his return lineup with those of other potential offseason trade pieces?

All this and more on episode 338 of the 4th Line Hockey Podcast!

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Intro music by Erik Hall of Ane Croft

Jingles by Scotty Hicks of Hunker Down, on Twitter at @rapidonian

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