Nathan MacKinnon becomes NHL's highest paid player, Zdeno Chara, PK Subban and Keith Yandle retire, Mike Grier's rebuild in San Jose

On the season premiere of The Athletic Hockey Show USA with Craig Custance and Sean Gentille, discuss Nathan MacKinnon's monster 8 year extension with Colorado, making him the highest paid player in the NHL with an AAV of 12.6 million a season. The guys celebrate the careers of NHL defensemen Zdeno Chara, P.K. Subban and Keith Yandle who retired from their playing careers on Tuesday and we look back on the NHL's media availability in Vegas with the games top stars and praise MacKinnon and Jonathan Huberdeau who stole the show and Connor McDavid who missed the mark with his vanilla, polarizing comments on the Hockey Canada scandal.

Mike Grier the new General Manager in San Jose joins in segment two to discuss the rebuild in San Jose, trading away Brent Burns, the infectious energy of Tomas Hertl, being a trailblazer in hockey as the first black GM in the game and Mike talks about his brother Chris who manages the NFL's Miami Dolphins, and if he is signing Joe Thornton to a PTO.

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