Episode Rob Niedermayer (469): Exhibition Season Starts! Central Division Preview.

The teams have hit the ice for exhibition season and we get close to the regular season. We do a deep dive on the Central Division and get into all sorts of other crazy stuff.    Listen Here:  Apple Podcasts   Direct MP3   iHeart Radio Title Player Rob Niedermayer  News Exhibition games started  NHL signs deal with Amazon for Monday Night Hockey Faceoff series - similar to Drive to Survive Rumours that Atlanta and Houston could be part of expansion   Ottawa reaches agreement in principle with city on 10 acre piece of land at Lebreton Flats  Arena not intended to be funded by taxpayers Guess the 5th Connections  LAST WEEK - Brendan Bell, Claude Provost, Dana Murzyn, Gaetan Duchesne  THIS WEEK - Matt Martin, Justin Bourne, Boom Boom Geoffrion, Steven Olesky  Central Division Preview  Dallas 113 pts 1st   Additions Departures Ilya Lyubushkin, D Matt Dumba, D Casey DeSmith, G Brendan Smith, D Colin Blackwell, LW Magnus Hellberg, G Joe Pavelski, RW (retired) Chris Tanev, D (Tor) Ryan Suter, D (Stl) Radek Faksa, C (Stl) Jani Hakanpaa, D (Tor) Craig Smith, RW (Chi) Ty Dellandrea, C (SJ) Scott Wedgewood, G (Nsh) Oettinger with DeSmith should be formidable   Winnipeg 110 2nd   Additions Departures Scott Ariel Rick Bowness Eric Comrie Sean Monahan Kaapo Kahkonen Tyler Toffoli Jarret Anderson-Dolan Brendan Dillon Mason Shaw Laurent Brossoit Haydn Fleury   Dylan Coghlan     Colorado 107 3rd Adds Dep Erik Brannstrom, D Sean Walker, D (Car) Oliver Kylington, D Yakov Trenin, C (Min) Parker Kelly, LW Zach Parise, LW (retired) Calvin de Haan, D Andrew Cogliano, LW (retired) Jacob MacDonald, D Jack Johnson, D (CBJ) Kevin Mandolese, G Pavel Francouz, G (retired) T.J. Tynan, C Brandon Duhaime, LW (Wsh) Matthew Phillips, RW Ivan Prosvetov, G (KHL) Calle Rosen, D Riley Tufte, LW (Bos)   Caleb Jones, D (LA)   Fredrik Olofsson, LW (Swiss NL)   Georgiev and Annunen in goal - good enough?   Nashville 99 4th Adds Dep  Steven Stamkos, C Yaroslav Askarov, G (SJ) Jonathan Marchessault, RW Jason Zucker, LW (Buf) Brady Skjei, D Anthony Beauvillier, LW (Pit) Scott Wedgewood, G Ryan McDonagh, D (TB) David Edstrom, C Kevin Lankinen, G (UFA) Magnus Chrona, G Kiefer Sherwood, RW (Van) Ozzy Wiesblatt, RW       St Louis 92 5th  Dylan Holloway, C (RFA) Adam Gaudette, F (OTT) Philip Broberg, D (RFA) Calle Rosen, D (COL) Radek Faksa, C (DAL) Sammy Blais, LW (VAN – PTO) Pierre-Olivier Joseph, D (UFA) Jakub Vrana, LW (WSH – PTO) Ryan Suter, D (UFA)   Min 87 6th Yakov Trenin, RW Alex Goligoski, D (retired) Jakub Lauko, LW Mason Shaw, LW (WPG) Graeme Clarke, RW Vinni Lettieri, RW (BOS) Travis Boyd, C Dakota Mermis, D (TOR) Devin Shore, C Jake Lucchini, C (NSH) Utah 77 7th John Marino JJ Moser Mikhail Sergachaev Conor Geekie     Chi 52 8th  Tyler Bertuzzi, LW Tyler Johnson, C (UFA) Teuvo Teravainen, LW Nikita Zaitsev, D (KHL) Laurent Brossoit, G Taylor Raddysh, RW (Wsh) Alec Martinez, D Rem Pitlick, C (UFA) T.J. Brodie, D Reese Johnson, RW (Min) Ilya Mikheyev, RW Jarred Tinordi, D (UFA) Craig Smith, RW Filip Roos, D (Ott) Patrick Maroon, LW Colin Blackwell, C (Dal)   Jaycob Megna. D (Fla)   MacKenzie Entwistle, RW (Fla)   Crazy Stat -