The Canadiens are cooking up something special in la belle province. Montreal has built their team around youth and skill. Under the on ice leadership of Nick Suzuki, they have brought back excited to the Bell Centre. Habs general manager, Kent Hughes, joins Frank while they were in Florida for the GM meetings. They discuss several topics including playing meaningful hockey in March/April, the play of Lane Hutson, working with Jeff Gorton, the growth of Martin St. Louis as a coach, and more.

TIME STAMPS

1:55 - Playing meaningful hockey

4:15 - The Calder Trophy pitch for Lane Hutson

6:00 - Draft lessons

8:30 - Cole Hutson

9:20 - Cole Caufield

12:55 - Pressure of playing with a big contract

14:40 - Working with Jeff Gorton

16:30 - Settling into his role

18:45 - The growth of Martin St. Louis as a head coach

21:45 - Martin St. Louis working with coaches with in their system

27:00 - Positional needs

28:50 - Aggressive off-season?

Audio Credits: MSG and Sportsnet, TSN.

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Frank asked you on social media what you wanted to know following the trade deadline. Frank answers 25 of your questions about the deadline, the off-season and how trade deadline day shakes out for an insider.

Frank talks about the Brad Marchand trade to Florida (1:00), insiders talking to one another (3:20), Oilers goaltending (4:20), who Carolina was trying to acquire (5:40), Frank's screen time on deadline day (7:50), Ryan Donato trade value (9:50), Utah's off-season (13:00), what the Red Wings were doing at the deadline (14:40), the Rangers and J.J. Peterka (21:30), Rickard Rakell and the Penguins (25:10), Frank's biggest trade regret (28:50), and who the Devils were bidding on at the deadline (31:30).

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We are just over a week away from the NHL Trade Deadline and the Oilers might have a few things to sort out! Frank is joined by Stan Bowman, Edmonton Oilers General Managers, to talk about his thoughts on the 4 Nations final, managing the salary cap, the play of Evan Bouchard, how things are progressing with Evander Kane, what he has seen from John Klingberg, and thoughts on their goaltending situation.

TIME STAMPS

2:20 - What has surprised him about the Oilers since he joined

4:50 - Similarities between Chicago stars and Oilers stars

6:00 - Thoughts on the 4 Nations Final and Connor McDavd's performance

7:10 - Salary Cap over the next three years

9:20 - Managing the salary cap

11:30 - More money for middle class players?

13:10 - The play of Evan Bouchard

15:40 - Goaltending tandem in Edmonton

18:30 - Evander Kane injury

20:40 - Fun building a team

22:20 - John Klingberg

24:00 - The need for more speed up front?

25:50 - Blending timelines

Audio Credits: ESPN and Sportsnet

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