First, Max and Corey break down Corey’s ranking of the best NHL players and prospects under 23 years of age, and discuss the dominance of the Hughes brothers with Jack at No. 1, Quinn at No. 4, and Luke at No. 11, Seth Jarvis, Brady Tkachuk, Lucas Raymond, and much more.

Plus, the guys close things out with a supersized mailbag including questions about which NHL team is the furthest from contending for a Stanley Cup, Kaapo Kakko’s slower-than-expected development, other than goalies, which player types are the hardest to evaluate, if Matty Beniers, Juraj Slafkovsky, and Shane Wright are the Calder favorites heading into this season, Tage Thompson’s new deal with the Sabres, and many more.

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