Episode Details

In this episode, Boomer & Tommy talk about Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman, and Conor Geekie. For each player, they rank (0-10) how pleased they are with their start to the 2026-27 season. Then, they ask a couple other questions surrounding each player:

Kucherov: Are you happy with how Jon Cooper is deploying him? How would you like him to break the franchise scoring title?

Hedman: How does he compare to vintage, 2018, Victor Hedman? What is your hope for the rest of this season?

Geekie: Do you still see him as a big part of this Tampa Bay Lightning future? How patient should the Lightning be with him?

The episode concludes with a drawing from the ThunderBucket. This week's prompt was this: If you had to sum up Lightning hockey using only Florida Man headlines, what would you say?

You can submit your own ThunderBucket prompt here: bit.ly/thunderbucket

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