With our Craig Button on location covering the World Juniors in Atlantic Canada we start this edition out East talking about the Connor Bedard show (00:25)!

From one amazing Connor to another we talk about the best player in the world right now and his team as we share some McDavid + Edmonton Oilers thoughts (5:30).

Also as part of our 1st half of the pod we look at the evolution of the game when it comes to responding to plays with a fight (9:30). Old school vs new school mentality (14:37). The changing game(18:21).

Our Sports Interaction (21:53) features our inside look a few games in the NHL this weekend!

In the 2nd half of the pod we take a look at playoff races already heating up in the NHL and start with interesting teams in the East:

• Florida Panthers (23:32)
• Sabres + ATL (27:19)
• Capitals + MET (29:48)

The West playoff picture (32:41)

• Seattle Kraken
• Oilers + Flames
• Preds, Vegas

And in our Final Thoughts (36:17) Kool highlights the great play from Tampa's Brayden Point and Button shares his Colorado concerns heading into the New Year!

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