Fellowship of the Rink - Ep 49

Joe Smith of The Athletic talks Minnesota Wild & NCAA Golden Gophers among other various hockey topics (NHL, College Hockey, MSHSL)

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Episode 49 - Feat. David Jiricek

SHOW OUTLINE

- NCAA Football National Championship game from the perspective of a Michigan fan

- Gopher Hockey

-- Michigan State hands Minnesota the regular season sweep...

---- Are they a juggernaut or is this more indicative of concerns with the Gophers roster?

-- Hosting Wisconsin with hopes of delivering a regular season sweep

-- Are some lines or even forward pairings starting to form?

- Not Weird, Wild

-- GULAG (injury report)

-- Kirill Kaprizov needs surgery

-- Mikko Rantanen trade

-- Bill Guerin & Coach Hynes don't hold back with their comments to the media

-- Marco Rossi contract

-- Joe's meeting in Denver with Zeev Buium

- David Jiricek Interview

-- Rorschach Test: Minnesota Wild logo

-- Any "nerd itches" outside of hockey?

-- Upbringing with his brother Adam

---- Competing against each other and destroying furniture

---- Experiencing the draft for himself in 2022 and his brother in 2024

-- Czechia hockey

---- WJC success and beating Canada

---- INCREDIBLE jerseys

---- David Pastrnak celebration after winning gold

-- Time in Columbus

-- How trade to Wild went down

-- Playing with Spacek & Lauko

-- Talking through his assist on Yakov Trenin goal

-- Waggle Golf Dream Foursome

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- Barrel Theory "Keyboard Warriors" where we address hot takes from the listeners and X/Twitter

-- Minnesota Wild should expect more back to backs next year after Craig Leipold outed Gary Bettman retirement plans

-- Craig Button: “I think the talk about Auston Matthews being one of the best players in the league needs to stop. He’s not as good as Draisaitl, he’s not even close to Draisaitl right now."

-- Greg Wyshynski: Connor McDavid should take a stand (by sitting out the 4 Nations Face-Off)

-- Michael Russo: Winnipeg Jets could relocate to Arizona

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Production of The Sota Pod

Ep 49 feat. David Jiricek | Minnesota Wild Updates | Kirill Kaprizov Surgery | Mikko Rantanen Trade | Fellowship of the Rink