The Wednesday Game's icy field of dreams, Seattle Kraken sputtering in season one and NY Rangers the surprise of the NHL's first half

With Rob Pizzo on Olympic duty for the CBC, Jesse Granger pilots the roundtable along with Sara Civian and special guest Michael Russo from the Athletic. The crew discusses Russo's beautifully written story and accompanying video and podcast of The Wednesday game: former MLB MVP Justin Morneau's Field of Dreams hockey game in Minnesota, which former NHL and MLB players take part in. We also get an update on the red hot Minnesota Wild who wrap their first half tonight in Chicago before the all-star break.

Jesse, Sara and Mike also discuss the top storylines as we reach the unofficial halfway mark in the NHL, including the white hot Colorado Avalanche and Carolina Hurricanes being the class of the West and East, the surprisingly good New York Rangers and ??? We address the upcoming trade deadline and the Arizona Coyotes willingness to take on salary for additional picks, and the Coyotes investigating playing in a 5000 seat arena. Plus we hit on the additions to the all-star skills competition in Vegas this weekend, what has gone wrong for the Seattle Kraken in year one and we stick tap Sara's midseason poems for each player on the Hurricanes roster.

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