Six games in 10 nights, five on the road, one ugly night in Boston, and the Mammoth still came home 4-2. Jay Stevens brings back Utah hockey historian Dave Soutter (Salt Lake Golden Eagles, 2002 Olympic scorekeeper) to talk everyone off the ledge.

Jay and Dave break down Sebastian Cossa's first NHL starts from a goalie's point of view, what really went wrong at TD Garden, and why the answer is "flush it, don't panic." They grade the road trip, talk about the Buffalo bounce-back and the new-look third line with Kailer Yamamoto, Barrett Hayton and Anders Lee, and ask why it keeps coming down to Yamamoto or Carcone.

Also: Shesterkin's injury and what it could mean for Connor Hellebuyck's future, why Dave doesn't see Utah chasing him, a Toronto preview with Nylander, Matthews and Gavin McKenna, McKenna's NHL "pay cut," the NCAA's proposed limit on import scholarships, the European influence on the game, and what changed on the Mammoth power play. Plus score picks for Toronto.

Chapters

00:00 Welcome back, Dave Soutter

00:53 Road trips, from the Golden Eagles to the Mammoth

02:22 Why Jay liked playing on the road

03:39 Columbus: Cossa's first NHL start

05:59 Boston: what went wrong at TD Garden

10:27 Flush it, don't panic

12:29 Was starting Cossa in Boston the right call?

13:52 Jay's first fire as a captain: the game slows down

15:40 The Buffalo bounce-back

17:11 Grading the road trip

18:25 Shesterkin's injury

19:32 Hellebuyck, Winnipeg and the Utah trade chatter

21:44 Patience and the Mammoth build

22:19 Vejmelka is the guy

22:59 Carcone, Yamamoto and the lineup question

24:23 The third line: Yamamoto, Hayton and Lee

30:09 Toronto preview: Nylander, Matthews, McKenna

33:03 McKenna's NHL pay cut

34:07 The NCAA's proposed import limit

36:58 The European influence on the game

40:30 What changed on the Mammoth power play

44:31 The week ahead and score picks

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