The story of when Vancouver Canucks' Elias Pettersson met Alien Pope, why hot dogs could be the answer to giving a losing streak the heave-ho and who's hot/who's not when it comes to NHL goalies of 2019/20...

Paul Lawson, long-standing Carolina Hurricanes fan and Rob McGregor of One Puck Short/InGoal Magazine join Clare Freeman for another episode of the NHL Fans From Afar podcast.

There's a look across the week's news, a rant about whether the All-Star weekend is just for kids and a discussion on what could the NHL do better to love  us fans outside North America and raise the sport's profile.

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