NHL front office confidence rankings, does Nazem Kadri have a deal in place, lack of buzz around WJC

Ian and Sean discuss the Nazem Kadri situation as of Thursday morning, is this one of the weirdest offseason stories? Also, Dom Luszczyszyn's piece about fan confidence in their teams' front office is out, and the guys share their thoughts on some of the teams that dropped the most over last year's rankings, and where the Red Wings sit. Then, the appetite for the World Juniors Championship is low this year, and they dive into the reasons why.

Next, they dig into Sean's latest piece creating lineups of players with two tours of duty with one team, and to wrap up, a listener question sends Ian and Sean down a rabbit hole, if Ian is too hard on pretzels, "This Week in Hockey History", and is Corey Perry a redhead?

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