Dylan Larkin's Detroit Red Wings playing meaningful games in December, NHL officiating issues, Bruce Boudreau wins in his debut with the Vancouver Canucks and more.

Max Bultman who covers the Red Wings returns to fill in for Craig Custance and co-host the American's edition of the Athletic Hockey Show along with Sean Gentille.

Dylan Larkin, the Captain of the Detroit Red Wings joins the boys to discuss the surprising start to the season for the winged wheel, the contributions from youngsters Lucas Raymond, Moritz Seider, Pius Suter and Alex Nedeljkovic and how much fun it is to go to the rink now,

On the heels of Bruce Boudreau's successful debut in Vancouver Monday night, Sean and Max ask, is the recipe for having ownership answer fans complaints, throwing a team jersey on the ice?

Plus the guys discuss the ongoing officiating issues in the NHL, the Philadelphia Flyers losers of nine straight and the New York Islanders who are winless in their new rink, and have lost 11 straight. games and how it is time to take the New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins seriously.

Gentille and Bultman profess their love for the EBUG, and stick tap Tyler Johnson who joins Jack Eichel as NHL players who have had artificial disk replacement surgery. 

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