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Brian Yandle and Mike Mottau are back with a mailbag episode this week! Before getting to your questions the guys recap their weekends including Motts attending the Patriots & Bears game in Chicago and the Steel taking on Youngstown and BY talks about his trip out to Madison WI to see his son play. The boys also hit on Connor Hellbuyck getting traded to New Jersey.
Then the guys dip into the mailbag to answer all of your questions about improving as a coach and a free learn to play program in New Hampshire in a wonderful honor. BY & Motts wrap up the show answering the My Hockey Rankings question of the week and Motts gives his Motts’ moment lock of the week presented by FanDuel.
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"Mailbag +Becoming a Better Coach" is an episode of The Rink Shrinks. Runtime 45 min. Published October 30, 2026. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.