It's a mid-season episode crammed with hot and off topics! This week, the boys ramble on about Lambert's firing and Roy's hiring as the Isles' new head coach, the imminent All-Star Weekend, Corey Perry's return to the NHL, the Oilers' historic win streak, struggling Eastern Conference teams, the NFL playoffs, Taylor + Travis, Scientology, John Travolta, ren faires, fast food bathrooms, and more!

The boys catch up after a long holiday break and chat about Godzilla Minus One, the debut of the PWHL, the Winter Classic, coach firings, player injuries, 90s pop groups, and the NHL standings as we approach the half season mark.

In this digression-filled episode, the buds discuss Corey Perry's dismissal, Milan Lucic's arrest, Jay Woodcroft's firing, Dean Evason's firing, Marc-André Fleury's mask, the standings post-Thanksgiving, surprising potential playoff contenders, the Red Arrow Index, funny All-Star Game stories, Toronto sports media, PWHL debut season jerseys, excessive cutscenes in video games, James Cameron, Fugazi, baseball documentaries, and more!

The lads convene to discuss Adam Johnson's tragic death and the conversation on mandatory neck protection for players, the Senators' punishment for the Dadonov trade, Nick Backstrom stepping away from the Capitals, Travis Dermott's defiant use of pride tape, the Texas Rangers winning the World Series, New York zoos, Will Ferrell movies, pandas, and more!

This week, the boys chat about the opening week of the new NHL season, how their teams are performing so far, Canucks conspiracies, Anti-Flag, the MLB playoffs, the Jets beating the Eagles for the first time in history, Aaron Rodgers' potential glorious return, and more! Then they space out to Tomb Mold's eclectic new album The Enduring Spirit and chart the band's quantum leap in expanding their sound from their rawer Soulsborne-inspired beginnings.

The boys linked up the day before the season opener on 10/10/23 to predict how the season will go for all four divisions and which players will go home with trophies at the end of it all.

Jeff and Sam catch up with their friend Tara, who attended one of the ARI vs LAK Global Series preseason games in Melbourne. Tara recounts the thrills and chills of watching the NHL's first foray into Australia and dives into her history as a hockey fan growing up in Tasmania. The gang also chitchats about national anthems, Aussie rules football, Australian basketball players, and the zen of painting Warhammer miniatures.

The boys are back online! They catch up on some of the bigger moves over the summer and shout out Lou Lamoriello, Canadian cities, Aaron Rodgers, seeing Metallica live, the To Kill a Mockingbird incident, this summer's blockbusters, the Mike Babcock situation, Terry Pegula's alleged racist comments, the PWHL, the WNBA, claw machines and more! Then they discuss the classic Metallica documentary Some Kind of Monster as well as the classic Metallica album St. Anger.