The Athletic Vancouver's THOMAS DRANCE returns to the show to talk his epic oral history of the Alex Burrows dragon slayer goal eight years ago against Chicago, the work that went into writing that piece, the Canucks' need for a new playoff rival and who that might be, Quinn Hughes' defensive prowess, and why Hughes is poised to surpass Cale Makar in the Calder chase before the year is done.

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