This week Alex welcomes John, SJ, and Jess back to the Neutral Zone Hotel.

1:46 First, John and SJ update the crew on their feelings about their teams' start to the season. Spoiler alert: it's not good.

Taping day was a big news day and the crew talk through a few of the stories:
5:41 First up, it was Craig Anderson Day in Ottawa.
8:30 Then, it's yet another update in the NHL Pride Tape saga as the league rescinds its idiotic ban following Travis Dermott's use of it in a game on Saturday night.

25:32 In the second segment, John leads a discussion on the theme night schedules of the various NHL teams.

38:27 In the third segment, the crew discusses the upcoming Heritage Classic game between the Oilers and Canucks:
39:57 A look at this year's uniforms
45:59 A (very) brief look at the venue
48:37 A discussion of the injury to Connor McDavid that may keep him out of the game
51:51 Rasmus Andersson is going to miss the Heritage Classic, and maybe he should have thought of that before boarding Patrik Laine in the last two seconds of a blowout loss.

58:10 Finally, the reason for the random interjections throughout this episode is revealed to be three members of the crew watching ESPN's Frozen Frenzy feed on another device during recording.

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