Nick Kypreos and Justin Bourne are joined by 32 Thoughts and Hockey Night in Canada's Elliotte Friedman (5:00) to chat about the NHL issuing Ryan Reaves a 5-game suspension for his hit on Darnell Nurse, the league potentially surpassing their original projected salary cap for the 2025-26 season, Mitch Marner's next contract, how future deals will be affected with a new CBA, the landscape of professional hockey in Winnipeg and the prospect of Kyle Dubas leading a rebuild in Pittsburgh. Then, Nick, Justin and Sam McKee discuss Rick Tocchet benching J.T. Miller in the third period against the Nashville Predators, Connor Bedard's sophomore slump and Alexander Ovechkin closing the gap to Wayne Gretzky's record.

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