Top Shelf: Placing Canada's NHL teams into distinct tiers
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Hosts Aidan Thakkar, Levi Smith, Kyle Cushman, and John Matisz bounce around Canada to place the seven teams into tiers two weeks into the season.
- Introducing the Canadian tiers list (0:00)
- Calgary Flames: no offensive juice (3:10)
- Ottawa Senators: weird results (6:40)
- Edmonton Oilers: same old story (11:10)
- Toronto Maple Leafs: missing Marner (14:04)
- Montreal Canadiens: electric core (21:35)
- Vancouver Canucks: Pettersson woes (26:18)
- Winnipeg Jets: Cup contender? (33:29)
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