On this episode of Upon Further Review, we react to Canada winning Gold at the World Juniors and Connor Bedard’s incredible performance (0:23). We then talk about Auston Matthews being the fastest Leaf to hit 500 points and his always-looming contract situation (24:47). Next, we discuss the All-Star Game selections and give our picks for players we think need to be named All-Stars and those we think should not have been picked (34:34). We then end the episode with some trade and contract talk, including discussing where Timo Meier might end up (47:04), the Alexis Lafreniere situation in New York (52:14), and Joe Pavelski’s extension with the Stars (1:05:51).
