Rick Nash joins the podcast! Jeff and Elliotte chat with the 2-time Olympic gold medalist (33:30) as the Columbus Blue Jackets get set to retire #61 to the rafters at Nationwide Arena. Nash talks about how he found out his jersey was getting retired, tell us his best Doug MacLean story as well as his proudest moment in hockey, why he decided to step away from the game, he shares a great story about his first day in New York after being traded to the Rangers, if he’d very considering being a GM, and he talks about his junior days in London, Ontario with the Knights.

The guys also discuss the impressive Rangers (9:15), Jon Cooper getting ejected from Thursday nights game against the Penguins (20:20), what the Jets might do with Andrew Copp (25:10), a player (or two) who might be getting exceptional status (27:15), and Jeff apologizes for something he said on the Monday podcast — thank you Ken Daniels and Mickey Redmond (00:01)

Music Outro: The Heavy Hours - Spend My Money

Listen to their debut album “Gardens” on Spotify

This podcast is produced and mixed by Amil Delic, and hosted by Jeff Marek and Elliotte Friedman.

Audio Credits: 104.5 THE TEAM, 1120 KMOX, Bally Sports Sun, Fox Sports Ohio, Sportsnet and Tampa Bay Lightning.

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.