The Next Shift Podcast

General Manager Lou Lamoriello making some big contract extensions. With Matt Barzal, Bo Horvat, Pierre Engvall, Ryan Pullock, Adam Pelech, Scott Mayfield, and Ilya Sorokin all locked up long-term, Andrew and Chris discuss whether or not this team has what it takes to make a deep playoff run after barely making the playoffs this past season. 

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Remember to support Chris Davis in his efforts to help Officer Matthew McRae as he continues to fight in his recovery from a terrible tragedy. See the link below for more details or reach out @chrisjdavis11 on Twitter. 

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On this episode, Andrew and Chris discuss the Nashville Predators and how different they are coming into this season. With Matt Duchene and Ryan Johanson no longer in town, there will be different franchise faces this season. Youngsters Jusso Parssinen, Cody Glass, Philip Tomasino, and Luke Evangelista have a chance to step up - will they?

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Andrew and Chris return with more team analysis, this time of the Florida Panthers. Before diving into the action, they give a shout out to a very close friend of the program who is pushing a very important cause right now. The Panthers will start with some injuries so the guys look at how those may affect the team starting this season. 

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After being launched into irrelevancy (possibly by Milan Lucic), Chris and Andrew discuss whether or not Owen Power, Tage Thompson, Rasmus Dahlin and company are prepared to compete for the playoffs this season. With a lot of excitement around former college fenom, goaltender Devin Levi, the question is: is he the missing piece to push them over the playoff edge? 

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After a couple of major injuries to Josh Norris and Anton Forsberg last season, the Senators also shipped Alex DeBrincat to Detroit and brought Vladimir Tarasenko along with Joonas Korpisalo into the mix. Chris and Andrew discuss just how much better the Senators can be - are the playoffs in their future?

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Rumors around Elias Petersson are already starting and yet they just recently signed Pius Suter. This team is still trying to sort out their direction for the upcoming season so Chris and Andrew discuss where exactly they stand and look ahead at what they're building toward on their current trajectory. 

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After a down season last year, the St. Louis Blues will look to bounce back. Andrew and Chris will discuss whether or not the locked down defensive core is enough to help carry this team and share their thoughts on the youngsters in the lineup like Robert Thomas and Jordan Kyrou and how they will be able to play with incoming guys like Kevin Hayes this season. 

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Andrew and Chris attempt to dive into the details of the infamous "Yzer-plan" as it seems to have stalled. With youngsters like Dylan Larkin, Lucas Raymond,  and Moritz Seider already signed, the Red Wings brought in Alex DeBrincat and J.T. Compher as some reinforcements. Will this be enough to get the former powerhouse back into the playoffs? 

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Andrew and Chris jump into the Washington Capitals and determine this is Alex Ovechkin's world and we're all just living in it. What is the current state of the Capitals as they finished out of the playoffs last season, but inch ever closer to Ovechkin obtaining the all-time goals scored record?

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Jason Zucker, Alex Kerfoot, Matt Dumba, and rookie Logan Cooley look to start turning the Arizona Coyotes from a joke team to a competitive team. Aside from not having a full-time stadium yet, Andrew and Chris discuss what the future of the Coyotes could look like for the 2023-24 season and beyond and answer the question everyone wants to know: will they ever make the playoffs? 

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