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This week on The Hockey News Podcast, with senior writers Ryan Kennedy and Matt Larkin:
- The Vancouver Canucks sit seventh in the Pacific Division after 16 games. What needs to change – or who needs to go – to get the team back on track?
- The NHL postpones three Ottawa Senators games due to 10 players being in COVID-19 protocol. Will the league consider pulling out of the Olympics by the Jan. 10 deadline?
- The NHL's latest Hall of Fame class has completed its induction. Who has the best chance to join the shoo-in Sedin twins in the 2022 class?
- Tuukka Rask appears at the Boston Bruins' training facility. Will he rejoin the Bruins this season, join a new team or do neither?
- Which players, if any, are struggling to the point they could be losing Olympic roster spots?
- Matvei Michkov, 16, turns heads at the Karjala Cup. What superstar does he compare to?
- Listener mailbag, including: Why does Sidney Crosby always escape supplemental discipline?
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