Utah Rink Rat

The Utah Mammoth went 3-0 this week, beating Buffalo and Toronto, then winning in Edmonton for Utah's first regulation win ever over the Oilers. Tonight Connor McDavid and Edmonton come to the Delta Center for the rematch. Jay Stevens and Casey Ruff of Boundless Body Radio pull up a chair at The Kitchen Table to break it all down.

Jay and Casey get into how Utah's top line shut down Auston Matthews, why scoring from all four lines matters more than first-line points, Logan Cooley's between-the-legs pass to Clayton Keller, and Barrett Hayton's blue-collar goal off Kailer Yamamoto. Jay, a former emergency backup goaltender, breaks down that goal from the goalie's side, then digs into Karel Vejmelka's aggressive style and why ending up on your belly is a goalie's last resort.

Also: flushing the Boston loss, Daniil But's growth, the Carcone-Yamamoto rotation, whether Vejmelka or Sebastian Cossa starts tonight, Toronto benching No. 1 pick Gavin McKenna, Zeev Buium's tough start in Vancouver, a loaded Central Division, players to watch, and score picks for Oilers vs. Mammoth.

Chapters

00:00 Welcome to The Kitchen Table

01:33 Thanks to Chipman Roofing

02:37 A perfect week: Toronto and Edmonton

03:37 Shutting down Matthews: why line one's quiet nights matter

05:15 Scoring from all four lines

06:13 Cooley's between-the-legs pass to Keller

08:19 A goalie's view of that goal

10:09 Hayton's blue-collar goal off Yamamoto

11:59 Oilers rematch: revenge game or statement game?

14:32 Boston: flush it and move on

17:13 Daniil But's start and Simashev's fit

19:29 Carcone, Yamamoto and the lineup rotation

21:28 Vejmelka or Cossa tonight?

22:59 Vejmelka's lateral movement and aggressive style

25:47 Why ending up on your belly is a goalie no-no

26:37 Vejmelka and Cossa by the numbers

27:28 Score predictions

28:06 Will the rematch get chippy?

29:14 Toronto benches Gavin McKenna

32:12 Benching young players and 3-on-3 overtime

33:50 Zeev Buium in Vancouver

34:37 The Central Division is loaded

35:58 Why early-season points matter

37:30 Rivals and the Western Conference playoff race

39:27 Players to watch tonight

40:46 Watch the players without the puck

41:48 Play the Run Board pick'em

42:20 Casey's show: Boundless Body Radio

43:54 How to watch and listen tonight

45:33 Sign-off

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Six games in 10 nights, five on the road, one ugly night in Boston, and the Mammoth still came home 4-2. Jay Stevens brings back Utah hockey historian Dave Soutter (Salt Lake Golden Eagles, 2002 Olympic scorekeeper) to talk everyone off the ledge.

Jay and Dave break down Sebastian Cossa's first NHL starts from a goalie's point of view, what really went wrong at TD Garden, and why the answer is "flush it, don't panic." They grade the road trip, talk about the Buffalo bounce-back and the new-look third line with Kailer Yamamoto, Barrett Hayton and Anders Lee, and ask why it keeps coming down to Yamamoto or Carcone.

Also: Shesterkin's injury and what it could mean for Connor Hellebuyck's future, why Dave doesn't see Utah chasing him, a Toronto preview with Nylander, Matthews and Gavin McKenna, McKenna's NHL "pay cut," the NCAA's proposed limit on import scholarships, the European influence on the game, and what changed on the Mammoth power play. Plus score picks for Toronto.

Chapters

00:00 Welcome back, Dave Soutter

00:53 Road trips, from the Golden Eagles to the Mammoth

02:22 Why Jay liked playing on the road

03:39 Columbus: Cossa's first NHL start

05:59 Boston: what went wrong at TD Garden

10:27 Flush it, don't panic

12:29 Was starting Cossa in Boston the right call?

13:52 Jay's first fire as a captain: the game slows down

15:40 The Buffalo bounce-back

17:11 Grading the road trip

18:25 Shesterkin's injury

19:32 Hellebuyck, Winnipeg and the Utah trade chatter

21:44 Patience and the Mammoth build

22:19 Vejmelka is the guy

22:59 Carcone, Yamamoto and the lineup question

24:23 The third line: Yamamoto, Hayton and Lee

30:09 Toronto preview: Nylander, Matthews, McKenna

33:03 McKenna's NHL pay cut

34:07 The NCAA's proposed import limit

36:58 The European influence on the game

40:30 What changed on the Mammoth power play

44:31 The week ahead and score picks

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Wayne Gretzky called to tell Tyson Nash he'd just been traded to the Coyotes, and Nash hung up on him. Years later, Gretzky was the coach who had to send him down. Mammoth TV analyst and NashCast host Tyson Nash joins Jay Stevens the night before opening night: the Kamloops dynasty, being told to become the most hated player in the NHL, how NashCast was born after a round of golf, and his call on the Mammoth this season.

WHAT WE GET INTO (timestamps)

00:00 Intro

00:33 Welcome, Tyson Nash

03:10 The Kamloops dynasty

09:14 Drafted in the 10th round, and mad about it

11:21 Pizza Hut summers and a St. Louis tryout

12:41 Fighting Kelly Chase in his first camp

14:29 Becoming the most hated guy in the NHL

17:08 How NashCast was born

20:19 The lefty-righty golf bag

21:44 Growing up with Gretzky

23:16 The phone call he hung up on

24:05 When Gretzky sent him down

28:15 Grant Fuhr, teammate and idol

29:35 Trevor Lewis and the Mammoth's new hires

31:00 The offseason move that impressed him most

34:32 Prospects: Gabe Smith, Owen Allard and a bigger Mammoth

38:18 Playoffs, and how far this team goes

42:10 The Delta Center

46:47 What's next for NashCast and Prime

49:10 Outro

GUEST

Tyson Nash — Utah Mammoth TV analyst, host of NashCast

Presented by Chipman Roofing.

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Trevor Lewis grew up in Cottonwood Heights, in a house across the street from the rink. He was drafted 17th overall by the Los Angeles Kings in 2006 — still the highest any Utah-born player has ever been picked — and went on to play 1,034 NHL games and win two Stanley Cups.

He retired this past April. On September 15 he joined the Utah Mammoth as a video scout and youth and amateur hockey ambassador.

He sat down with us to talk about all of it: walking away after 17 years, coming home, and what it would actually take to get more Utah kids on the ice.

Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/CWqWFSM7Eig

Utah Rink Rat is independent Utah hockey coverage. No team, no network, nobody handing us notes.

Monday — Roll Call

Wednesday — The Ride-Along

Friday — The Kitchen Table

Game days — Size-Up, before all 84 Mammoth games

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Utah Rink Rat. Independent Utah hockey.

Utah Rink Rat is independent Utah hockey coverage. New episodes start Monday, September 14.

Host Jay Stevens — 26 years a professional emergency backup goalie, 19 years coaching, 28 years a firefighter and paramedic, 10 years hosting hockey podcasts in this market. No team, no network, and no radio station has editorial input on this show.

Roll Call — Monday. Fifteen minutes, what happened and what's coming.

The Ride-Along — Wednesday. One guest, one long conversation.

The Kitchen Table — Friday, live. You're in the chat and I read the chat.

Overhaul — Sunday. The week, taken apart.

Size-Up — every game day. Four minutes on tonight's opponent.

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