Energy Line with Nate Thompson and guest co-host Nick Alberga open the show talking about the final few weeks of the regular season and why it’s so exciting. They get into the post trade deadline and how players on new teams acclimate with their new teammates, the best cities on the road to go out, the GM meetings and Ilya Kovalchuk announcing his retirement. Dan and Chris Powers from the Empty Netters podcast join Nate and Nick. They discuss the playoff race in both conferences, the outlook for the Maple Leafs, the Bruins trading Brad Marchand, the Panthers outlook now after the trade, the Calder Trophy favorite and whether Alexander Ovechkin will break the record this season in The Gr8 Chase.