Franchise rankings in the salary cap era, Peter Laviolette officially joins the New York Rangers and Patrick O'Sullivan on the evolution of the NHL skills coach

Craig and Sean welcome former NHL'er Patrick O'Sullivan to the Athletic Hockey Show USA to look back at the 2003 NHL Draft in Nashville, quite possibly, the greatest draft in the history of the game, his experience being drafted by Minnesota in the second round that year, what it was like to play against a 10 year old Alex Ovechkin and the evolution of the NHL and independent skills coach, which Patrick has done for the past several seasons.

Craig and Sean discuss Peter Laviolette's new gig with the New York Rangers, NHL franchise rankings in the salary cap era, Hockey Hall of Fame voting and we preview the Tuesday boyzzz annual end of season awards which will be presented on our final show of the season, on July 11th.

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