What Should NHL Utah Focus On This Offseason?
what should be on Utah’s agenda this offseason we’ll talk about that on today’s locked on NHL in Utah you are locked on NHL in Utah your daily podcast on all things hockey in Utah part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day welcome to the show everybody this is locked on NHL in Utah your number one daily podcast on all things talk in Utah the NHL in Utah the new NHL team in Utah I’m your host Robin leano and as you can tell I’m not alone on today’s episode we finally got a another another voice coming in here Tom Callahan joining us um Tom uh you you’ve been around the block quite quite a bit and covering the NHL let’s introduce yourself as H you’re gonna be a you know going to be around for a while on this show now yeah and I appreciate it first of all thank you so much uh for having me on as part of it but uh for those of you who don’t know my name is Tom Callahan uh I’m a former NHL play-by-play guide uh with the national predators uh did uh several years with them and then transferred over to ESPN Radio uh in Nashville did some Sports Talk there for a while uh and I have quite the road map and my suitcase has a lot of stamps on it including Tucson which is uh where Robin and I first met so I was working for the road runners went down there to start that AHL franch uh then ended up working for the University of Arizona as well so just a lot of experience I’ve been around this formerly coyot now Utah franchise uh spent a couple years there with their top affiliate in the American Hockey League so have a pretty good uh basis on that team as well and looking forward to to talking about this move to Utah we’re really glad to have you Tom and I I just want to put a little anecdote for everyone to kind of get an understanding of like you know you know how Tom and I knew each other like like said we uh we met in when we when you were in Tucson uh I think the funniest thing was I think I was a little bit nervous to talk to you at first I was still a student um and I was like oh he’s a former NHL Voice or doing and um uh the my then Mentor I I refer to him as uh uh Tim Gasson actually finally put the introduce introduction to him he’s like and and you know what guys Utah fans you know what he told tells Tom out of anything it’s like yeah I tried to hire Robin but but uh yeah but she didn’t cut it out for me I was a sophomore year I was freaking D I was dumb then I didn’t know what I was doing now and I was like that’s a great first impression that’s okay we all got to start somewhere but uh mental note okay not no you I mean look I I understand completely we we all started somewhere no one just is Born Into knowing the game no matter what people might think you know we have to to grow into it so you’ve done a great job and I really appreciate that and I appreciate you being a part of this show like I said oh my goodness my allergies I apologize I’m gonna sneeze like 12 times during the show I’m so sorry happens yes so sorry when you when you first reached out to me on on the interest in being a part of the show I was like you know like to get the opportunity to to work with Tom Callahan again it was I you know it’s something that I couldn’t I couldn’t take out well and when I saw that you were doing the Utah show and and formerly again the coyote show uh you know I I still I still had a tiny sympathetic bone for these guys um you know and and just watching them and you know playing in a college Arena and just the way everything was going and the change of ownership groups and just kind of just following the Saga it was a saga right it was drama um you know it was the the reality TV the NHL and so um I still have you know guys on that club and within that front office that I would consider friends and you know especially it was it was hard reaching out the last game in Arizona and talking to my friends in that organization and saying man I’m I’m thinking of you tonight and it’s just it’s tough and I’ve been in touch with them you know a little bit since and nobody knows anything yet and they’re still trying to figure it all out so fingers crossed people land on their feet but at the end of the day it’s business and uh and you know this is what we’re seeing and hopefully the business will be better in Utah and eventually down the road Phoenix if it gets its Arena deal if it gets its land they should get a team back Gary bman loves Phoenix I think they’ll go back yeah that I mean I think we’ve been talk we’ve talked about that multiple times I think I’m not sure how much time I talked about it you with you but you know on the previous shows or previous iterations of any podcast we’ve done is as long as Gary bman is commissioner hockey is going to be have some kind of presence in Arizona like it’s not going to go away yeah it it will and uh I mean they haven’t they haven’t said as much yet um I think Phoenix is going to house the road runners this year and I don’t know anything that anyone else doesn’t know however I also know how to read between the lines and from being in the organization and just knowing how much Phoenix hated Tucson the building um and all the negative things they just it’s it was kind of an interesting behind the scenes thing we definitely do not have to go into it but we always could down the road oh yeah I me I was going to say I mean you know more deeper just not just how much Phoenix hates Tucson but even the latter um as well as just uh I mean the organization was trying to get out of Tucson and now um they they had a chance the American Hockey League actually Scott houseon had a chance on XM uh home ICE to say yes they’ll be in Tucson this year he was asked directly and said well we’ll have hockey in Arizona so guess what I think they’re going to be playing a mullet so there’s still a lot of hurdles for that to happen as the uh as the now top affiliate of this Utah franchise um you know was where exactly they play um with still is still mostly unknown as like you said but you said it’s most like most of the lines have been drawn and we kind of kind of connect the dots marello didn’t sell the team and he spent $26 million on an Annex to Mullet Arena he has no ties and nothing keeping him in Tucson so are you going to let a $26 million building that you built for your team your organization that you now no longer own um to sit empty and just give it back to the university I know that was a plan someday but I think kind of secretly the plan had always been someday that was never going to ASU it was going to have an AHL team in it once the coyotes got a new barn so guess what I just think that part of the plan has come to fruition marello didn’t sell the team he still owns the road runners I I fully believe they’ll be a mullet this year and the road runners stopped taking deposits on tickets so I just I don’t see any other place they’d be and I’m sure from your perspective as a you know as you know as a you know the former voice of in Tucson you spending so many times a year like you probably got your own personal like a lot of you know feelings about how all this is going down which is a whole another a whole another issue I do and I still own a house in Tucson I love Tucson I think Tucson’s a great City and I it’d be a shame for them to lose their team over this but um you know University of Arizona is building its own New Rink and hopefully when that opens and is shiny and new and beautiful I hope the people who are the hockey fans of Tucson if the road runners happen to not be there I hope they go support that program as well so um I I know it’s not not them but the women’s program as well right and I know it’s not perfect I know it’s not um you know everything everybody wants but it’s uh it’s it’s hard man it really it’s it’s so hard to think of in a town where the they they have a little bit of a stigma of losing their pro teams if they lose another one H that’s that hurts but like I say I’ve got a house there I love the place so I think it’s fantastic I hope it works out well for him yeah we we we really do I think like like both you and I can can both can both say that um but we got a we we got we got a little bit of a more to talk to because we we got to talk about you know what’s coming up for Utah this a huge offseason ahead of them lots of different moves they can make what’s considered the perfect offseason for Utah what should be on Bill Armstrong’s agenda we’ll get to that right after this and today’s episode is brought to you by policy genius policy genius is the country’s leading online insurance Marketplace it saves you time and money so you can provide your family with a financial safety net starting today if policy genus you can find find life insurance policies that just start at $292 per day for 100 million for $1 million of coverage some options offer same day approval and avoid unnecessary medical exams all you got to do is talk to a team of award-winning agents who 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coming up who should air who should Utah Target we’ll talk about that on uh later this week on lockdown NHL in Utah but let’s talk about this alderin the draft obviously draft is a huge part Tom of this upcoming offseason it is a huge offseason for Utah um in which they really have a blank slate this year they do uh you know it’s it’s funny I was just kind of looking over their their cap situation and looking at um really a lot of shall we say question marks but when do you say blanks slate so for instance no defenseman no defenseman right now I mean looking into next year yeah I mean yes you’re going to have defenseman don’t get me wrong I’m not saying oh we’re going to play with you know 18 forward stressed every night no um but they have a couple rfas uh in dery Moser and vaki um you know Josh Brown is a UFA um but maybe you see him coming back um but the question here and you look at Bill Armstrong as a GM and what he has tended to do over the years uh Armstrong is not a super reactionary guy he’s got a plan um he tries to stick to his method and build the way he sees fit uh plus let’s face it I don’t think it’s going to be a spectacular free agent signing um the summer I mean there’s kind of like there is most years there’s one or two big fish out there but I I really am a firm believer in that you build through the draft and maybe you make a couple of Trades but you now and the cap NHL it is all about what you get out of your rfas and if you’re able to extend them at reasonable prices um you hope you get that production during the RFA years because if you do then that’s your core once all of those RFA kids grow up and they hit their second sometimes third contract that’s where the money is you don’t keep them all at that point so really it’s important to get production out of the early 20s somethings while you have them under team control and that’s that’s what Utah needs to do it it they really do and I think that like you could take a look at like you mentioned those RFA names in just on just defense um I’m trying to look but they just have I mean they just won on on offense you know on forwards and be Hayton um who are I think also are like all of the defense ones are but arbitration eligible which we got to talk about too because I feel like I’m not sure what you feel like that could play a role I’ve had so many people ask me about you know what you know what that could look like especially where a lot of these players didn’t know that they were going to play in Utah this season they weren’t going to play Team for Utah they wanted to be with they signed because they wanted to be in Arizona and now they’re now they’re free does that play a factor when it gets to you know deciding hey let’s just go to arbitration so we can see if we can get to somebody else or let’s see if you can just trade of Rights or whatever it might be yeah well I mean it’s look there are only so many teams and there are only so many jobs um I am sure there are players who want to sign the retirement contracts and just fish in Florida um or who want to be as close as Disneyland to Disneyland as possible for their kids and play in Anaheim um you know that you’ll get those couple of players who take those deals but I think players want to win they want to be in places where they have a shot at winning a cup and there are far less desirable markets in both the US and Canada I think than Salt Lake um you’re going to be going into a new place with a chance to build a new program identity now you’re not building a new team but you are building a new identity in a new community to some guys that’s exciting um you know you get to be the first sweater that somebody ever buys and you know it’ll say Utah on the front and Jimmy Smith on the back and maybe that appeals to Jimmy Smith uh but not everybody is is going to be big on that and so I mean you look at the coyotes what they’ve got right now um you know Liam O’Brien by the way is the only uh unrestricted free agent this summer but they have a nice core of forwards right but then you’ve got guys coming up on decision Years A year later Kit’s one of them bu stads another another one Jack McBain but he’ll be an an RFA so at this point I think this is a prove it year um because I think this core did well not well enough to make the playoffs obviously but I think they uh started to build together I think that they they formed an identity but if they really do not build a good defensive core you’re going to lose I think a lot of these forwards heading into not this season but the following 25 26 Season because that basis is not there for them so it is very important and the pressure is on the general manager Armstrong to make sure that there’s a solid defensive core in place and I think and I and I think there was a decent amount of Hope going around that I think especially where you can potentially resign the young guys um Bill Armstrong has you know you know previously shown a you know a a a decent job at doing that plus I want to reiterate this something mentioned earlier is Andre Tor the head coach was brought in to essentially appease the young guys he knows how the young kids work and I think that is what’s worked for him when with his years in Arizona and I sure it’s hope that stays the case and I’m pretty sure it will stay the case for this first year in Utah because nothing’s changed it’s still him it’s just a different city right and and that’s something I think and even I’m guilty of forgetting but I think people people are guilty of forgetting is that again this is not expansion um this is a a already built franchise prospects in the pipeline this is not the first draft um you know they’re coming in they they are a Bonafide NHL team to start with so number one that’s good for the market but again I look at uh torney is a coach who I think you’re right young guys want to play for and it is different now you talk to coaches at any level there is a difference in the 20-some player now they want to be coached differently they want to be talked to differently they want to be approached differently and I think that’s why we see a lot of the Old School coaches not working uh in in the new school game um Mike Babcock is probably one of the biggest one the mind games are out you cannot do that anymore now people actually well not that they didn’t care about their mental health before but now it’s not as much of a suck it up and get through it attitude as we used to have especially in the World of Sports um which you know is highlighted all the more by Connor Ingram’s Bill masteron trophy win uh so that’s that’s where we are now and I think that when you have a coach who understands that and you have a general manager who hires a coach who understands that um I think it really will help you build a successful young hockey team and that’s that’s one of the big keys to me it it really is and I think that that that should give a lot of Utah fans hope right it should give it that that this first year should be a very promising one it really should um and it’s hard again it is hard to tell because we don’t know there there’s still a lot of unknown factors and we can break some of those down something what could be the possibilities um dra you know whether it’s uh draft profiles coming up this off seon or uh free agency targets trade targets there’s a lot we can break down obviously today is just a little bit of more just getting that blueprint but there are so many different Avenues we can explore this summer and the most important question that I have for you Robin does sha Weber become the first Hockey Hall of Famer wearing in Utah Jersey that would be H that wouldn’t that wouldn’t that be something would something that be something he’s the only guy left uh on the oel still on the dead cap space um and the buyouts are cassan and neth but you know for a while it was or nth rather um for a while it was just you know the the the joke the everybody retires a coyote you know and uh as a matter of fact I remember seeing a guy who had a datsuk coyotes Jersey and remember he finished his career technically as a coyote um so yeah Shea Weber just uh still sitting sitting over there but you know it’s interesting so and I bring that up to kind of poke fun at it but to also say the coyotes have cap space and in yes in this cap constricted world that’s huge not everybody has that I know the Cap’s going up a little bit this year and it’s going to keep going up but cap space is just as important when it comes to being able to move and acquire players and to be able to get things for them including stocking up on draft picks if you pinball a guy through your organization and hang on to 500,000 on your cap I mean that or a million or two million I mean it’s not like the the Utah team doesn’t have that space that is in play when you are working with other teams and so you know that can help to offload some guys who might still be good players just not worth what they’re getting paid and a lot of these just because the aav is what it is here’s something else to explain to fans the aav can be 7 million but the way the cash is structured if the guy got all his money up front and the last two three years of the contract are $500,000 cash you’re laughing you’re like okay great we’re paying this guy well not next to nothing but NHL next to nothing right all we’re doing is suffering the cap hit and I think that that’s you know those front-loaded contracts work out that way it what matters is the average annual value and that’s what it hits against your cap so you can actually make your team better by helping another team remove a player who’s expensive on the cap but not expensive on the pocketbook which is what Arizona did notoriously for the last couple years you know um and and it and it worked for them I think they they you know they essentially got paid to pick up Shane gopar a couple years ago and there other players who just weren’t you know weren’t worth it compared to you considering to these teams in AR Arizona was like yeah sure I’ll do it it’s the same could we could see the same case here for Utah or who knows the ve you know very you know thinking ahead but what what is the possibility that they make a Big Splash in free agency who that’s a that is a thing that some people have asked we’ll talk about that right after this and today’s episode is brought to you by eBay Motors passion drive and patience the formula for winning championships is also what keeps your Rider alive eBay Motors has everything you need to maintain your vehicle leveled up to Peak Performance superchargers roof racks exhaust kits LED headlights and more whether you’re into speed power or style eBay Motors has you covered with over 122 million parts for your number one r or die you’ll always find exactly what you’re looking for and with eBay guaranteed fit your part is guaranteed to fit your ride 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value um but they also have the ability to make a big free agency signing if they really wanted to I think so someone brought this up to me Tom and I don’t think it’s gonna happen I think it’s very the chance is like almost zero percent but it was wait now it was a thought that came to my head like Stephen Stam coach is if is is a UFA this season what’s stopping Utah from making an and that’s what someone put out to me I’m like I don’t know if I want to do that yet because you’re you’re rushing a rebuild at that point but I mean and that’s just one name and that’s just one name but there’s other potential other potential names out there someone who could you could potentially sign for who have potential free agents so so let me say this first and foremost Utah does not have to sell tickets not in Year One probably not near two so there’s no need to like so let’s look at the last two expansion teams just because those are your new market teams yes Vegas got it absolutely right by having Mark Andre flurry as the face of the franchise sold tickets did it the right way as far as building the hype um Vegas was ready for a team anyway they were going to explode and so they had the right guy selling tickets was not a problem for Vegas Seattle comes in different approach no-name coach no-name players um didn’t really I mean they didn’t have a face of the franchise guy they overpaid a goalie in guau um who came off a really solid incredible defensive uh team in Colorado was never going to be able to replicate those numbers and they overpaid him but so as I’m thinking to myself man who’s the face of the Seattle Kraken I still don’t have an answer to that and they struggled to sell tickets in year two now they not that they struggled they they just didn’t sell out which you would hope for an expansion team you ride the wave three four five years then you’re going to start to have those problems but there were games not selling out in year two so that is is a little bit of an alarm um and they did it a different way now they fired their coach they’re looking for a new answer a new Direction they built the team pretty generically they did not reach for any big names uh out there at all um so I thought that was an interesting way to go about it but so two different approaches is what I’m getting at here now for the Utah team you have a pre-made roster coming in but you to the Utah fans know nobody really on this team um so whoever you can bring in who might be a big splash um could be your face of the franchise now Stam Co I don’t think is going anywhere I think Tampa Bay has to sew him up uh otherwise Tampa would burn and I I just don’t I don’t see it uh unless something happens behind the scenes which can happen um where things get acrimonious I can’t see him going anywhere else but as I take a look at the list of names out there of guys who could come in uh free agent and maybe be that guy you want to talk about defenseman um a very an aging Alec Martinez has a Stanley Cup pedigree um but he comes from Vegas so he’s a guy who would right away lend interest to the Vegas Utah uh rivalry which will be there um and just a couple other guys you know I’m like I’m looking for the big name um you know a Jon the marcheso who might or might not fit into the plans of the Vegas golden knights Beyond this season um but Vladimir tereno Florida would be silly to let him go but if he does go that’s a big one Elias lyol with Vancouver that’s another really big name um could put up some points there for them so um you know there’s there’s guys out there and just you know I kind of I’m scanning down this list here seeing who’s out there um it’s funny you mention Gaspar is out there too he’s uh he’s a free agent set to come up with Detroit here um you know there’s there’s names out there of guys who could be a player who could come in and and kind of be that uh that person who picks up the ball and runs with it but for the most part I don’t think in my whole long- winded speech is all about saying I don’t think they have to make that signing uh because they don’t have to sell tickets you don’t need the splash no and Robin as I look at what’s out there uh you know you know who my Splash guy would be outside of teras senko um honestly would be Jake gensel if if they could get gensel that to me as a splash guy but again up front they’re pretty well set defensively I’m sure they’re going to be able to build a core no problem but a lot of the defensemen that are out there are aging um this is a k or well a cayes um team that uh is is gonna be um they’re just gonna they’re they’re gonna be a good team they’re going to be a team that’s in it every night um and they’re going to play in front of a sold out a soldout fan base every single night and I think these guys are in a great position to not have to worry about having the pressure of making that home run signing yeah and and and let’s remember and I want and you know and I’m glad you you mentioned all that as a as a as a piece of it because the fact that they don’t need it also is a it goes from stems from you take a look at some of the players that they do have you know that that know coming on over from Arizona Clayton Keller has only been getting better in the last couple years Logan kie is a potential future Superstar are like if you are going to be like a huge hockey fan coming in like and you are Utah fan like you have every reason to be excited for this core coming in sure sure I I like and you know it’s funny I like Logan gly a lot he’s on his entry level deal bargain bargain bargain at 950 right um you know that’s and that’s kind of the expensive guy here is Keller 7.15 on the cap hit um and then really I mean schaltz who I like when he’s healthy um you know and Lawson Krauss is another guy at for he’s but he’s 4.3 and that’s your those are your top three guys that’s not a lot of money in your forwards so you do again you have the room you have the cap room you have the ability to make uh perhaps a trade or get something done where you could retain some salary pick up some more younger players get some depths depth um although I think by year two in Utah there will be pressure on this team to make the playoffs I don’t think it’ll be there next year I think it’ll be the second season in Utah again that 25 26 Season but that’s where the wheels could come off if you don’t retain that core so that’s why this year is so important yeah and and and I feel like that’s why there has been that focus on like can they make a a splash signing which as we as we just said it’s not necessary but you could um make a at least a quote Splash move s to speak kind of like uh to at least kind of boost uh you know boost yourself going in the next year and again that goes with finding core defenseman you can focus on because they got nothing you want to hear my stir the pot name let’s let’s hear it Mitch Marner that be interesting bad year in Toronto bad you’re in Toronto not worth this contract right now but I think is worth this contract um and something’s got to give I think tarz is what’s gonna give for Toronto but if they’re looking to move on for Mitch Marner there aren’t a whole lot of teams that could afford to take Marner and Marner would be a huge impact in Utah I and I and I’ll say this right now as like that is a huge poster mainly not not necessarily for the toron like smile on face when you thought about that I mean because you think about it also of the effect that would that the potential effect and I feel bad on this case but the evental effect for the Arizona fans because you know they they were kind of falling in the shadow about that because you know Mitch Marner being around the same year where Dylan stro came in and Dylan stro made nothing out of out of the coyotes organization barely made it out of Tucson which you and I got a chance to watch his use in Tucson we loved him in Tucson just never got past and um which was was which was a whole different ordal but that fact the the mar name could probably you know sprinkle some salt on the wounds of Arizona right now which again I feel bad for but would be would be an a very interesting move and I think could could potentially work based off exactly what you were talking about well and and here’s and I’m sorry Arizona fans I really am and for those of you who are going to root for this Utah team I mean because you’re following the boys or or whatever reason I mean you know God bless you for being here and and you can still be on this train with us uh but let me tell you something there was a guy who got traded because a franchise moved and he would not have gone to that franchise had they not moved and they wouldn’t have won two Stanley Cups and that guy is Patrick W because there was no way if the Nords be don’t become the Avalanche if they stay the nordi Patrick W does not get traded from Montreal to Quebec City it does not happen it it just doesn’t you’re right so no matter how good that nordique franchise was they never end up with Patrick W but in Colorado not only were they out of the province they were out of the conference so they ship them out they ship them to the aves and in the nordal lanche as I like to call them end up winning a couple of Stanley Cups with the with good old St Patrick so just just a thought but yeah Mitch Marner would look good in in whatever you know Utah ends up wearing this year yeah we’ve talked about the colors um potential colors I still want to see I want to see some kind of color in there going into year one even if it’s just never there’s not enough green I think there’s got to be green right you got the Minnesota Wild and the Dallas Stars those are your green franchises man let’s let’s get some more green I I mean I was thinking something that came off it’s like hey you can even play off with the Utah Jazz been doing and keep that and go to purple because there’s no Pur there’s really no purple the Kings have very much downplayed the they used to have purple jerseys they used to yeah they used to be and it’s no longer a huge part of it it’s like in the crown on their logo but that’s about it maybe right and and even if you go back to the old ones which were called Forum Blue by the way same thing with the Lakers it’s Forum blue it’s not purple um but um I mean even back then like that was kind of the signature colors of the LA Sports Teams except the Dodgers but um you know you looked at those two and you thought man you knew those colors were right away and they were distinctive you know what I mean so it’s it’s interesting some teams you can say a color scheme and people know the team you’re talking about like if I say silver and black you know who that is that’s the Raiders yeah you know and and it was the same thing and you know the and in hockey if you say blue and white well now you got two choices but people I think would normally assume the Leafs but you got the lightning uh have also simplified all the way down to blue and white they dro the black there’s and Dallas like I say is black and green and then the Minnesota Wild are red green you know a little bit of that gold color they have an interesting scheme with the black but I think that Utah has room for it um but they could also do you know what there also is lacking right now is baby blue I that’s they do baby blue that was that was another color I had in mind I was like baby blue would actually look probably so I think it’s parted in their temporary logo right now just that Utah it’s got like a very slight baby blue or like or like frost blue trim it looks okay Frost blue I like that color so now let’s do that with a little bit of gold in it okay little Frost okay I love I love that yeah so then you can go black and white in behind it and yeah you could build you could build a really nice but I hope it’s a signature color base I hope it’s not black and red you know what I mean everybody’s black and red uh um that’s not hard to replicate or something like that here is the interesting thing I mentioned the purple you know the Jazz colors is purple and baby blue so that could work yeah yeah I mean and you know who I I give them all the credit in the world Vegas and Seattle both hit home runs with their jerse with their jerseys their colors their look their scheme both of them crushed it so the pressures on the Utah franchise to do the same and by the way if they’re not called the yeti I will be crushed great it was one of my top four but I’ve got other names also thinking but Yeti it’s got to be the yeti or yetis that’s interesting is is yeti yetis what’s the plural could you get away with one Yeti multiple Yeti I’m gonna have to look that up I say we’ll keep it without the s for now I think it sounds better um anyways uh Tom you’re going to be on you know you know I know hopefully sticking around this show for quite a while we’re GNA have you as a as a huge part of the uh of the new branding here in locked on HL in Utah so where can everyone find you in your and uh on social media and elsewhere uh so if you want to check me out at Calahan on a over on Twitter um you know I’m I actually have not been very active the last couple of hockey seasons on Twitter uh but uh you know dusting it off a little bit here now and trying to get back in gear uh and really I mean that’s the place you can find me most often right now I used to have a podcast of my own with another former NHL voice Mike Haynes of the Avalanche um talking Puck we we’re kind of on pause with that one right now but so I mean this is this is another reason why I’m excited for this the locked on show here for Utah NHL because now you know Robin you and I get to talk some hockey and it gives me an outlet for things in and around the league so if you want to reach out to me on Twitter that’s great you can see the the handle right there on the screen uh and I look forward to talking to folks about it no matter what it may be if it’s expansion if it’s playoffs whatever you want to talk about I I love talking about it so yep and for everything here unlocked on NHL in Utah that’s on uh on the app formerly known as Twitter now known as X which we’ll still call Twitter as much everybody’s gonna call it everyone’s still calling it Twitter it’s _ NHL Utah I am at Robin leano is Robin with the Yore L EA n o interact with any of us ask a question send us a DM we’ll answer right back or in a future episode of the locked on NHL in Utah podcast if you like what you heard also don’t just leave to like leave a subscription um comment um we love all the interactions uh well guess like I said we’ll interact back we will uh we love it we love talking with all our fans as you as I have so far with all you guys in the first week we’ll keep doing that keep keep the Spirit Alive as we keep things going for lock on NHL in Utah once again thanks everyone for listening today’s episode 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Robyn Leano welcomes on hockey analyst Tom Callahan to the show as the two discuss what NHL Utah should focus on this offseason. What are the team’s biggest needs? Should they make a big splash in free agency or by other means? PLUS, Robyn talks with Tom about the latest Arizona-Utah saga and how he’s viewed it from the outside, as a former insider.
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