There are a lot of ups and downs this week. First up, a long discussion about the five players from the 2018 Canadian World Juniors team who are being charged with sexual assault. Then, a fantastic discussion with ESPN's Greg Wyshynski about the changes in sports media over the course of his career. Finally, the crew remembers one guy which turns into both remembering a lot of guys and looking forward to an exciting new wave of womens' hockey.

0:00 Our first segment tonight involves a discussion of sexual assault. Although it does not go in-depth into the incident in question. there is some discussion of the details and they are mentioned in several places in the segment. If you need to skip that segment, please head straight to the second segment at 32:42.

0:36 Benjamin welcomes Trevor and John to the Neutral Zone Hotel.

1:59 The crew gets straight into discussing the five players from the 2018 Canada World Juniors team charged with sexually assaulting a woman after a gala the summer after the tournament. The discussion includes the latest updates in the case, the poor manner in which the NHL has handled some previous cases, and the opportunity the league, Hockey Canada, and the sport have to handle these incidents better and hold players accountable.

32:42 Next up, a much lighter segment. Benjamin and John had a conversation with ESPN's Greg Wyshynski about the changing landscape of sports media from newspapers to blogs to podcasts to AI.

58:35 Finally, in our third segment, the crew talks about the lasting impact of Börje Salming on hockey. Without Salming, arguably we wouldn't have had the great influx of Europeans in the NHL in the 1980s and '90s. The crew talks about how much better the NHL is with European players.

You can find Greg Wyshynski's writing at https://www.espn.com/nhl/ and https://www.patreon.com/pucksoup. You can watch him on ESPN's The Drop on YouTube and hear him on non-hockey and hockey-adjacent bonus podcasts at https://www.patreon.com/pucksoup and Wednesdays on The Jeff Marek Show (https://www.sportsnet.ca/590/jeff-marek-show/).

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