The DFO Rundown Ep. 368 – The Future of the All-Star Game & The Next CBA

Frank and Jason are back for an all-new edition of The DFO Rundown as Frank returned from the NHL’s GM Meetings.

To start the podcast, they talked about the NHL’s penalty problem as Frank had a chance to ask some General Managers about the research that Jason did on the drop in penalties this season. Will the league do something to address this? Will they even admit there’s a problem?

From there, they talked about what was discussed between the 32 GM’s earlier this week, starting with the future of the NHL All-Star Game. As it sits right now, there is a game scheduled for right before the 2026 Olympics, but could that change? Frank gave us the latest.

They then talked about what could be on the negotiating table as the two sides sit down and try to find labour peace ahead of 2025. There seems to be a pretty high level of confidence that the two sides will be able to figure things out without much struggle.

Tyler then popped in for Fill in the Blank, where he asked the guys about a couple of future record chases that the NHL could be seeing in the next decade and the chances of either Winnipeg or Washington going on a heater and getting to the 120-point mark this season.

To wrap, the guys talked about Ovechkin’s chase of Gretzky, which is coming right down to the wire. 

1:10 – The NHL’s penalty problem

9:00 – Future of the All-Star Game

18:20 – The next CBA

26:10 – Fill in the Blank

37:40 – Ovi & the Gr8 Chase

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