David Poile 41 years as an NHL General Manager, Hextall & Fletcher under fire in Pennsylvania & McDavid continues his assault on NHL goalies

David Poile, the President of Hockey Operations and GM of the Nashville Predators, joins Rob Pizzo, Jesse Granger and Michael Russo on The Athletic Hockey Show roundtable to look back on his 41 years in the NHL as a General Manager, why he decided that now was the right time to step down, what the city of Nashville means to him and how excited he is that his old friend Barry Trotz will be taking over the position of GM with the Predators, this summer.

Plus the roundtable discusses who is under bigger fire in Pennsylvania, Ron Hextall or Chuck Fletcher? We talk about Jonathan Quick in Vegas, Jon Cooper benching his stars, the Calgary Flames bouncing back from getting booed off the ice, Connor McDavid doing Connor McDavid things and could the NHL return to Atlanta for a third time?

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