Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to go through the bear vs. bull cases for each Stanley Cup contender in the Western Conference.

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Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Hickey to talk about Matthew Schaefer's rookie season, the impact he's had on the way the Islanders are playing this season, the state of the Metro Division at this point in the season, teams that have impressed in live viewings, and stuff he's picking up while watching games from ice level.

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Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Jack Fraser to help answer your mailbag questions about San Jose's plan for filling out their blueline in the future, rookies that have impressed us beyond the obvious ones in the Calder conversation, Sam Malinski's extension, the Ondrej Palat trade, public models vs. private models, and the future of tracking data.

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