Ian and Julian pay tribute to Chris Snow, the Assistant GM of the Calgary Flames who passed away Saturday after a long courageous battle with ALS.

The guys discuss if the Tampa Bay Lightning can weather the storm without an injured Andrei Vasilevskiy for two months, they debate if Jack Hughes could be a Hart Trophy candidate this season, the Vegas Golden Knights surprising ranking as the seventh best team on the Athletic's count down of teams from worst to first and on the heels of the NFL producing an animated game, should the NHL follow suit with a bigger franchise than Big City Greens?

Plus, Ian and Julian send love to colleague Aaron Portzline who is battling stage five Kidney failure.

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