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Familiar faces Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci return to Boston Bruins, Max Pacioretty out longterm again and loopholes in the NHL CBA

Rob, Sara and Jesse discuss the latest injury to Max Pacioretty, as the newest Carolina Hurricane needs surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon.

With NHL transactions slowing down, the roundtable takes a look at the 13 NHL teams currently over the cap and the most attractive remaining unrestricted free agents including Nazem Kadri who most in the Hockey world believe is destined to become a New York Islander, plus remaining UFA's Phil Kessel, PK Subban, Evan Rodrigues and Paul Stastny who are still searching for a new home.

Billy Jaffe, studio analyst for the Boston Bruins on NESN, and…

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