Fellowship of the Rink - Ep 48

Joe Smith of The Athletic talks Minnesota Wild & NCAA Golden Gophers among other various hockey topics (NHL, College Hockey, MSHSL)

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Episode 48 - Feat. Nick Bjugstad

SHOW OUTLINE

- NCAA Football National Championship game from the perspective of a Michigan fan

- Gopher Hockey

-- 1st & 6th periods looked great against Notre Dame, but the other periods were a tough look

-- Jimmy Snuggerud heating up

-- Luke Mittelstadt with a highlight reel goal that would make Bobby Orr proud

-- Bob Motzko was NOT happy with refs at the end of Saturday's game

-- B1G road trip to Michigan State

- Not Weird, Wild

-- GULAG (injury report)

-- Gong show in Nashville

-- Statement win over Colorado Avalanche

-- What does the blue line look like if/when we get healthy?

- Nick Bjugstad Interview

-- Rohrshach Test... Minnesota Wild logo

-- "Nerd itch"

-- Ben Hankinson topics:

---- Culdesac Pickleball

---- Undefeated doubles tennis for Blaine High School

---- Skiing accidents

---- "Nick Bjugstad Rule" at Da Beauty League

-- Gopher Hockey talk

-- Kyle Rau to China

-- Transition from college to NHL

-- Final season for the Arizona Coyotes

-- Utah Hockey Club and new ownership

-- Trade from Florida Panthers to Pittsburgh Penguins and just how good is trademate Jared McCann?

-- Comparing Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid, Kirill Kaprizov (and OF COURSE Sasha Barkov)

-- Waggle Golf Final Question

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- Barrel Theory "Keyboard Warriors" where we address hot takes from the listeners and X/Twitter

-- Connor McDavid is the NHL's newest enforcer

-- Michael Russo thinks Jared Spurgeon & Jonas Brodin take the Ryan Suter approach to puck retrieval

-- JJ McCarthy is just a game manager, per Allie Rae

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