The countdown to the NHL Trade Deadline is on and now just over 3 weeks away! And that's what this edition is really all about, Steve and Craig talking trades and big topics around the deadline!!!!

• Stressful time of the year for the GMs? (00:44)

Big questions for some teams will help set the trade table (2:00)

• Nashville + Minnesota examples

3rd trade partner needed for contenders? (3:36)

• Chicago, Montreal, Arizona, Seattle

Kane and Toews (6:56)

• What happens? Big decisions
• Where could they go? (8:36)
• Salary Cap implications 
• Taking money back (10:00)
• Teams in the mix (11:00)

Setting up the trade market (12:00)

• Did Bo deal set the price?
• Names in play 
• Chychurn, O'Reilly, Dumba? 
• Ivan Barbashev
• Look at all departments (14:58)

Our Sports Interaction (17:55) features our inside look at the NHL Saturday with a focus on the New York Rangers at Carolina Hurricanes and a bonus Super Bowl pick!

The big topic in the 2nd half of the pod the New York Islanders (20:05)

• Bo Horvat vs Vancouver Thursday
• Will the Islanders make the playoffs?

And in our Final Thoughts on Episode 114: Button shares some big ideas on the LA Kings goalie and getting some insurance (27:12). Kools checks in again on Canucks mismanagement of a good core (29:24).

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