It’s the year of the Rangers as Penn and Joey discuss NYR more than their own perspective teams. Matthews has finally signed his ELC, quieting the tin-foil enthusiasts who saw him signing elsewhere. Almost literally nothing happened with the Sharks and Ducks, but we talked about it anyway. I (Penn) have a cold, which is why I sound tired and despondent. But the real question of the week: is one of your hosts secretly a dog?

-Intro: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dave_Depper/Compositions_3/Sportsreel

-Outro

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dave_Depper/Compositions_3/Swagger_1

-Joey was wrong, no need to worry about capitalization in emails! You can contact us at [email protected] if you want to send in questions, topics you want covered, or just write nonsensical manifestos that we’ll probably read anyway.

-Listen on stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/cahockeytalk/california-hockey-talk?refid=stpr

-Or find us on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/california-hockey-talk/id1135318109?mt=2

-Zibanejad for Brassard trade. What do you think? http://sports.yahoo.com/news/rangers-deal-brassard-for-zibanejad-as-ottawa-goes-win-now-183052525.html

- The conspiracy theories have been disproven, Matthews will NOT be defecting to Uzbekistan to play in the KHL. http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/maple-leafs-sign-auston-matthews-entry-level-deal/

-Goodbye Brad Richards, you were a very good player. http://www.nhlpa.com/news/brad-richards-retires-from-nhl-after-15-seasons

-Evander Kane allegedly did a bad thing. http://sabres.buffalonews.com/2016/07/22/sabres-evander-kane-charged-with-misdemeanor-trespassing-in-bar-incident/

-Duck game is fun even if you hate the Ducks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hMLA5o9dPM

-Mr. And Mrs. Reimer are having a baby. http://imgur.com/gallery/eIxtF46

-The stipulations of the Jonathan Bernier trade have been revealed. http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/breaking-conditional-pick-leafs-bernier-trade/