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30th May 2020 - Please rate 5 stars review and subscribe. Thank you.

This week Dan and Will open the show with a discussion on the current crisis in America with George Floyd being murdered. We cannot let these things pass us by just because we are a sports podcast. This issue is bigger than that. How many NHLers will speak out. Not many I bet. Two weak ass statements from the Wild and NHL. Quinton Byfields ISS Scouting report is different to everyone elses for some reason. We have a return to play plan laid out in front of us now and its oookkkaaayyy I guess. The Sabres have for reasons unbeknown to anyone decided to retain Jason Botterill. This makes Jack Eichel a sad panda and he is telling people about it. How much of a teams success can be linked to the Coach/GM? The Red Wings are also standing pat for the time being. Will doesn't like the new Golden Knights affiliate. All this and the usual guff.

22nd may 2020 - Please rate review and subscribe. It helps us a lot. This week Dan and Will discuss Robert Pattinsons bizarre interview. Is he Andy Kauffmanning this or is he legit going nuts? Akim Aliu published an important article in The Players Tribune that everyone should read. We discuss the issue of players not getting involved in any positive messages promoting anti-racism movements. The replys to tweets about this. Does a players position matter on how much fans would listen to them? Why is Carey Price allowed in the playoffs when he is is OP. How can anyone score on him? Can we name 10 goalies better than him right now. Tom Gaglardi loves money. The NHL has proposed a return and it seems the best way to do it...I think. How they will fleece fans for money. Early predictions. NBA is smart. NHL is dumb. Who knew. A Quiz. Play along at home fun. Does Will. A well known Cockney wideboy know his rhyming slang. All that and more. Thanks.

15th May 2020 - Please rate review and subscribe. It really helps us out. This week Dan and Will discuss the Colin Wilson interview on Bardown. Is he a victim of stupidity, dumb hockey rules or being an arsehole? Remember though. To a straight white hockey player using a certain tape is very important. Ryan Rishaug spoke to an infection disease specialist who had some ideas about how the league could come back. They all seemed impossible to us so we proposed some of our own which seemed way more sensible. The victory press had a brilliant article on conditions for players in the NWHL. It was incredibly eye opening and may break the Geneva convention. We then re-up on the Leipsic comments after someone in Canada pointed out something to me that we missed. The context of language is important. A recommendation from Will and the usual guff. Enjoy!

8th May 2020 - This week Dan and Will discuss Brendan Liepsic being a fucking idiot. Why aren't good hockey players caught like this? Should he get more money? Is there an issue with releasing private conversations if it leads to retribution? The Red Wings are tanking and apparently they should get the first pick because its their turn or that's what Wings fans would have you believe. Why aren't they embracing the tank? Alison Lukan of the Athletic and too many men podcast joins us to talk about her journey into journalism. Should we draft early? Is Torts more famous than any of his players? We talk about the early draft idea.Why its stupid and will make no difference to anything and the NHLs big fuck you to the teams with conditional picks.

1st May 2020 - Please rate 5 stars, review and subscribe. It helps us a lot. This week Dan and Will start out hot with sex worker talk. We transition into players being known for only one thing regardless of how good they were. We discuss the Byfuglien contract being sorted and if he comes back at all. John McDonagh is gone from the Blackhawks so of course loads of ex players are in the running as they know how best to run a multi million dollar company. Will has a conspiracy theory about why the Charlotte Checkers have been canned by the Hurricanes. Kurt Overhardt had an interesting idea about an exceptional contract for players. We love the idea of minimum fee release clauses in new contracts and explain what that means. Why are hockey players still so underpaid? Bill Peters has a new job and we handle it with great professionalism while we discuss it. The kid dubbed the Norwegian Gretzky will be under no pressure at all. Is he already doomed? Why both of us are more excited for Quinton Byfield than anyone else in the draft. All that and more.

17th April 2020 - Please rate review and subscribe. This week Dan and Will discuss the terrible twos and parenting. We pay our respects on the very sad news of Colby Cave. We chat about the season being done or returning in the light of what Drew Doughty said this week. How the NHL can make money off fans with the news that Florida considers wrestling essential business. Could the NHL just run all their games in Florida? Why the US is run differently to the UK. Would you pay more money if you could guarantee a better TV broadcast? SD and only Pierre between the benches or cough up for a better experience. The Alex Mogilny doc on You Tube is really good. How the Sabres pulled off a defection and got Mogilny political asylum. The ramifications of the whole deal. The A Z draft. RULES: We are drafting players on the first letter of their last name. Once that letter is taken its off limits until all letters have been chosen. E.G. If Will takes Phil Kessel then K is off limits until the next round. No letter X. Certain players are off limits as its too easy. Positions are locked. Enjoy. Thanks.

Please rate review and subscribe. It really helps us. 10th April 2020 - This week Dan and Will quickly finish off the Tiger King chat and Dan tells will why COD Warzone is so good. They talk about Paul Coffey the comedian. Nico Hischier finally gives us a decent push up challenge. Dan takes a handstand challenge from Spiderman. We wish Colby Cave all the best. Florence Schelling is the first female GM of a pro hockey team and we cant decide if it will be worse if she fails or succeeds. The Bobby Ryan documentary is fascinating not only for his story and what happened but the relationship his parents now have. Then onto the draft using players taken in the 2003 NHL draft. It might be the most noteworthy draft ever. Not just GOATS taken in it. Hall of famers. Media darlings and a current head coach. All rolled into one neat draft. Surprising stats from it also. All this and the usual guff. Thanks.

3rd April 2020 – This week Dan and Will wonder how NHL players are getting on having to take care of their kids. They re-live a classic Dustin Brown quote that is still baffling to this day. The NHLPA players poll is out and boy is it useless. As always. Why can’t podcasts have decent sound quality? The push up challenge is proof that NHLers can’t have original thoughts. We talk about last weeks draft that we did and the interesting point that came out of it after we put it to the public. It appeared that only two players made a difference in the whole thing. This weeks draft is any player drafted between 2010-19. Positions had to be picked for. No taking 6 left sided Dmen. Once a player is taken he is gone and once a year has been chosen from that year is unavailable until the rest of the decade has been picked from. E.g. Will takes a player from 2016. No one else can be taken from that year until all years have been picked from. Another real interesting discussion. Please rate review and subscribe. I’m still working and doing this show. Maybe that will tug on your heart strings a little. J

27th Mar 2020. This week Dan and Will look at the madness of Tiger King on Netflix. Seriously everyone, watch this show. A smooth recap with hockey players killing time. Doc Emerick is struggling without his regular day job. Why we respect players in sports who decide to live and play abroad and why it is risky esp for hockey players. The main event is draft time. We conduct a draft but only with European players. Draft rules apply. Once a player is taken he is off the board and you must draft players in their correct position. You can’t take 8 centres and stick some of them on the wing. We love doing these and this was no different. Some big surprises from both of us which leads this turning into an appreciation of GM’s work at the draft if a curveball gets thrown your way. Awesome player nicknames. We also discussed a few players who didn’t make the cut. Wills nickname from back in the day. I’m still working so throw a 5 star review on for me. Yes I am using my job for sympathy but it’s worth a shot right? :-)

20th Mar 20 – This week Dan and Will answer a fan question. Which NHLer would you like to be stuck with in quarantine for two weeks? Which quiet NHL player would eventually kill us. The NHL GM Mode smooth recap. Richard Branson and the Jacobs family need launching into orbit. The aviation industry can also bugger off. Marble Runs are picking up steam finally. The leagues new schedule proposal is odd to us. An NHL player finally gets the ick and no surprises what team they play for but maybe more of a surprise of who it is and how they got it. Then Will and I try to draft the best team possible from the 2012 draft. Draft rules apply. Once a player is chosen he is unavailable for the next player. As you can imagine this started out fun then turned into an argument. We both make stupid decisions along the way as well. Please rate the show to help us out. Thanks.