On this episode of Upon Further Review, we begin by breaking down the recent controversy surrounding Mark Stone getting labelled and talk about the difficulties of pre-season in general (0:23). Next, we move into some Leafs talk, discussing the recent decision to play Auston Matthews on the penalty kill and whether this means he can compete for a Selke Trophy (7:12). Rounding out the news, we analyse the Lightning’s and Ducks’ decisions to not offer Steven Stamkos and Trevor Zegras commensurate contracts (30:30). Similar to the start of last season, we each name our top breakout candidates for the upcoming season (53:20), as well as our three HOT takes for the 2023-24 NHL year (57:27). To round out the episode, we reveal our division predictions for the upcoming season (1:14:06).
