Alex Tuch is ready to take the Buffalo Sabres to the next level, Kirill Kaprizov is feeling Minnesota & Keith Yandle poised to break the NHL Ironman mark

Craig and Sean welcome star Buffalo Sabres forward Alex Tuch to this week's podcast. Tuch, a native of Western New York talks about his love for the city of Buffalo, his dream come true playing for the team he rooted for when he was a kid, and shares stories of watching Sabres games when he was a kid, skating on the backyard rink, meeting Rick Jeanneret, what it was like to live next door to former Sabres Center Tim Connolly, and the brighter times ahead for the Buffalo Sabres.

The guys look back on the player tiers revisited, focusing on the outstanding play of Kirill Kaprizov who tied Connor McDavid's 92 game mark to record his first 100 NHL points, and Cale Makar who is the NHL's most offensive defensemen who's stock rose and Mitch Marner and Dougie Hamilton who's rankings fell in the player tiers.

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