HOCKEY CENTRAL Tonight: Nov. 1

Thursday on HOCKEY CENTRAL Tonight:

We discuss the latest on the stalemate between the NHL and the Players’ Association and what it means for one of the League’s marquee events and also what could follow.

With a coaching change, another top draft pick, and a key free agent signing, the panel examines an Oilers team on the rise and whether the postseason could be within reach.

Last week Islanders GM Garth Snow and President Obama caught the ire of Doug MacLean and John Shannon — who’s next? Find out in “Are You Kidding Me?”

HOCKEY CENTRAL Tonight airs Nov. 1 at 12:30 a.m. ET on Sportsnet East and Ontario.

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