NHL podcast: Emergency backups, player safety, and rulebook changes
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Welcome to Puck Pursuit, a weekly interview-style podcast hosted by John Matisz, theScore's national hockey writer.
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Josh Smith, founder of ScoutingTheRefs.com, joins this week's show to discuss a variety of topics, including:
- David Ayres and emergency backups
- Regular season vs. playoff officiating
- Should Chara get special treatment?
- Kane ripping Department of Player Safety
- Most obvious changes to NHL rulebook
... and more
HEADLINES
- Kings captain Kopitar week-to-week with foot injury
- NHL panic meter: How worried should 4 teams be after sluggish starts?
- Hutson: Team USA needs scorer like Caufield in 'big moments'
- Bouchard's errors costly in loss: 'I'm going to have to improve on that'
- Horvat's hat trick lifts Islanders to 1st win of season vs. Oilers
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