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Julian McKenzie and Chris Johnston discuss the NHL playoffs and various coaching and team performance topics.

On this episode of The Chris Johnston show, Julian McKenzie and Chris Johnston go over a variety of topics including: (00:00) Tha Avalanche find themselves in 3-0 hole against Vegas (9:00) Questions about Jared Bednard and if he gets fired would teams looking for a coach wait and see? (11:30) John Tortorella has done wonders for Vegas since being hired (16:00) Is the President's trophy truly cursed? (21:30) Habs/Hurricanes (26:00) Maple Leafs announce Max Domi is out indefinitely (28:30) Craig Berube bumps into Connor McDavid at the airport (34:45) Ask CJ SHOPIFY: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at http://shopify.com/johnston Watch all episodes of The Chris Johnston Show here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLk7FZfwCEifwZnM5KxOFlm0lQjkEheLw Buy CJ Show merch: https://sdpnshop.ca/collections/cj-show Follow us on Instagram: @reporterchris @jkamckenzie and @sdpnsports Follow us on X: @reporterchris @jkamckenzie @sdpnsports Reach out to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.sdpn.ca/sales⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to connect with our sales team Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Host: Chris Johnston

Guest: Julian McKenzie

Topics covered

• NHL playoffs
• coaching changes
• team performance
• injuries
• hockey culture

Keywords

• Avalanche
• Vegas
• Jared Bednard
• John Tortorella
• Max Domi
• NHL playoffs
• hockey

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Organizations: Avalanche, Vegas, Habs, Hurricanes

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