The NHL is back and I AM BACK from a brief vacation... so let us talk hockey!

Zach Staden starts off by talking about the Four Nations, the finish, the look ahead, plus the Olympics and a bigger World Cup (0:38), Seth Jones requests a trade (6:00), the Bruins injury woes as Lindholm is done and the McAvoy's timeline (9:34), Hurricanes big offer to Rantanen, his play, and a possible trade? (11:51), NHL trade candidates + some team talk (15:27), first NHL weekend back post Four Nations (22:56), Ovechkin's goal chase... it's close (24:10), and finally Zach looks at the playoff race and how things will work out (25:35).