Jeff chats with Cory Lavalette of the North State Journal about Pyotr Kochetkov’s emergence, the potential for a Jordan Staal extension, and Martin Necas’ bounce back season. Later on, Kraken analyst for ROOT SPORTS, Alison Lukan weighs in on the importance of balanced scoring for Seattle, the waiver claim for Eeli Tolvanen, and the team’s use of analytics by their front office (14:45). Afterwards, Producer Matt looks at Jacob Trouba’s troll job on Andreas Athanasiou (36:28). We wrap up with USA Today's Vince Mercogliano, who adds to the Trouba vs Athanasiou conversation, before getting into the younger players producing offensively during the Rangers' latest winning streak and expectations for two of New York's top prospects (45:20).

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