Ray & Dregs Season 2 Episode 13: NHL Mid-Season Review

Ray and Darren are joined by Hilary Knight of the PWHPA & Team USA. Hilary talks the current Dream Gap Tour, the positive trajectory professional women's hockey is on, and her post-playing aspirations of owning a team.

Ray and Darren are joined by Mark Scheifele of the Winnipeg Jets. Mark talks the joy of playing 3 on 3 OT with 2 other forwards, the competition and fun with teammeates pushing each other to the next level, the player he followed growing up and how he likes the all Canadian division and much more.

Former NHLer Michael Peca, who was recently annouced as a player development coach with the Washington Capitals. Michael talks getting into an NHL coaching role, teaching the art of the faceoff, how many games he'd get in today's game for his hit that leveled Selanne and much more.

Ray and Darren are joined by recently retired broadcaster and 11-year NHL vet Bill Clement. Bill talks his playing days in Philly with the Broad Street Bullies, becoming an actor, eventually getting into hockey broadcasting with ESPN, the jars of moonshine in his fridge and much more.

Ray and Darren are joined by Calgary Flames Assistant GM Chris Snow and his wife Kelsie. They share their family's daily inspirational battle against ALS which Chris was diagnosed with in 2019, and given only a year to live. Chris also reflects on being one of the hockey analytics pioneers and how he had to adapt his approach to successfully explain the to players how they could benefit from the learnings of analytics.

Ray and Darren are joined by the recently traded Pierre-Luc Dubois, now of the Winnipeg Jets, from where he is in quarantine. Pierre-Luc talks the process of how the trade finally went down, the thrill of joining the Jets with his family already living in the 'Peg, whether he has any regrets on the timing of his trade request, why he hated playing against the Jets and much more.

Ray and Darren are joined by Shane Doan who has returned to the Arizona Coyotes as their Chief Hockey Development Officer. Shane talks his NHL playing career, joining Hockey Ops at the conclusion, and how his roots are firmly planted in AZ with the Yotes organization and his passion to improve the community they are in.

Ray and Darren are joined by Brendan Shanahan, President of the Toronto Maple Leafs ahead of the start of their NHL season on Wednesday. Shanahan talks about the importance of teams being able to adjust not know what lies ahead in the COVID era, what he's looking for from the addition of veterans to the Leafs core, misconceptions about an analytics - toughness divide in Leafs management, lessons learned from playing under Scotty Bowman and much more.

Fresh off calling last night's USA Gold Medal victory Ray gives his analysis on what the Americans to defeat Canada. The guys talk the biggest player takeaways from WJC and the NHL teams they are drafted to. Ray also delivers an unbelievable story of the self-inflicted variety. Ray's old BCHL coach Rick Kozuback joins and talks the outdoor games in Lake Tahoe, and reflects on Ray's time as a player with the Penticton Knights.

Ray joins Darren from the bubble in Edmonton as Ray calls the World Junior Hockey Championship games. The guys talk the WJC and the players who are showing they are (and aren't) NHL-ready yet during the tourney thus far. The guys also go around the NHL touching on the crafty signings Habs GM Marc Bergevin has been doing that could make Montreal one of the top teams this upcoming shortened season, and discuss the 'cap creative' Hoffman PTO announcement by the Blues.