Episode 92 - Hot Button Topics With TSN Analyst Craig Button - March 18, 2026

Every so often, NHL Wraparound checks in north of the border. Nobody is better to opine on the doings in Canada than long time TSN analyst Craig Button.

Neil and Vic will talk Oilers, Maple Leafs and the Department of Player Safety among other things.

In Three Things You Need to Pay Attention To, another superstar is out, one makes a big return from suspension and the team pacing the field all season plays it's biggest game of the year.

[01:27] - Three Things You Need to Pay Attention To

[09:59] - Craig Button from TSN joins the show with some brief reminiscing with Neil about Craig's legendary father, Jack.

[11:06] - Let the Canadian scrutiny begin. First up, the myriad of issues in Edmonton and Button makes a comparison to Neil's Ranger teams in the early 1990's.

[15:44] - Neil poses to Craig perhaps Oilers ownership is too hands on for the good of the club.

[17:11] - The suggestion the Oilers can somewhat re-invent themselves for the balance of the regular season with Leon Draisaitl out of the lineup.

[19:10] - Next up at the carving station, the Toronto Maple Leafs.

[22:35] - The change in the look and feel of the Leafs with Mitch Marner gone to Vegas - in the eyes of Craig.

[25:22] - Player safety next up and Vic visits with Craig, his proposal of a schedule for meting out supplemental discipline coupling severity of the incident with number of times a player has been suspended previously.

[29:23] - Addressing the gray area of goaltender interference.

[34:23] - More talk on video review and who is actually making the final decisions.

[37:40] - One more area for Craig to untangle, the enigma that is Elias Pettersson in Vancouver.

[40:57] - Rejoin and wrap on Craig Button discussion.

[42:48] - A scrub on the standings in both conferences.

[49:05] - World Cup of Hockey officially scheduled for February 2028.

[52:27] - Personnel notes.

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