

The Hockey PDOcast
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A hockey podcast hosted by Dimitri Filipovic that has been regressing to the mean since 2015.
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Mar 30, 2018 • 1h 23min
Episode 228: The NHL is Dumb, Riverdale is Dumber
Dom Luszczyszyn joins the show to discuss a variety of topics, which includes:
2:20 The Steve Dangle Podcast
3:45 The Triumvirate at the Top of the Atlantic
10:15 The late season collapse by the Stars and Flames
22:00 Changes in pace and possession
31:00 Criteria for the Norris Trophy Race
39:00 How Evander Kane has changed the Pacific
45:45 Can the Blue Jackets get over the hump?
50:20 Are the Capitals for real?
58:30 Bubble Teams Due to Regress next season
1:03:30 The hole the Red Wings dug themselves
1:10:30 A speculative gamble on Josh Ho-Sang
1:13:00 Riverdale chatter
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Mar 26, 2018 • 48min
Episode 227: Define The Word 'Fun'
Emily Kaplan joins the show to discuss the GM meetings, going down to Winnipeg to write a profile about Patrik Laine, and take stock of where things stand with her individual awards ballot.
1:00 The GM Meetings
5:30 Patrik Laine's personality
11:45 NHL Awards: Jack Adams, Calder, and Selke
27:30 NHL Awards Part 2: Norris, Vezina, and Hart
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Mar 22, 2018 • 1h 3min
Episode 226: Hockey Hotbeds
Alex Prewitt joins the show to discuss a variety of topics, most notably including:
1:10 Most interesting Rasmus Dahlin landing spots
4:08 Why the Arizona Coyotes have had such a rough go of it
17:21 How the Florida Panthers turned their season around
33:31 Alex Ovechkin's ability to keep scoring goals
47:16 Profiling Zdeno Chara
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Mar 8, 2018 • 1h 20min
Episode 225: Money Can't Buy You Saves
Andrew Berkshire joins the show to discuss the change of power in Carolina's front office, and where the Hurricanes go from here. We also get into some listeners questions. Topics include:
4:20 The change of direction in Carolina
10:30 The Hurricanes continued goaltending woes
22:38 What can the Hurricanes do to take the next step
32:32 How the success in Vegas will impact Seattle
47:06 Most Valuable vs. Most Outstanding Awards
55:21 Evgeni Malkin's prolific run
1:05:23 Ranking Ekman-Larsson against his peers
1:11:00 What do the Capitals do with John Carlson
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Feb 28, 2018 • 55min
Episode 224: Trade Deadline Winners and Losers
Tyler Dellow joins the show to take stock of where teams stand after the trade deadline. Topics discussed include:
2:45 Winnipeg Jets finally pushing their chips in
7:30 Vegas making a splash, just not the one we expected
9:20 The Lightning cementing themselves as the class of the East
16:55 What on god's green earth are the Canucks doing
35:30 Keeping Karlsson vs Trading him now
40:00 San Jose's gamble on Evander Kane
41:45 Teams who realistically can win the cup
50:00 Sloan Conference Takeaways
Sponsoring today’s show is SeatGeek, which is making it easier than ever before to buy and sell sports and concert tickets. They’re giving our listeners a $20 rebate off of their first purchase. All you have to do is download the free SeatGeek app and enter the promo code PDO to get started.
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Feb 24, 2018 • 1h 10min
Episode 223: Navigating This Year's Trade Deadline
Chris Johnston joins the show to help preview Monday's trade deadline. Topics discussed include:
2:10 An evolving approach to the trade deadline
9:12 The return the Senators got for Derick Brassard
13:39 What the rest of the league can learn from the Penguins
19:50 The complicated nature of an Erik Karlsson Trade
36:08 The Canucks and Erik Gudbranson's surprising extension
51:36 How Vegas' success will impact Seattle's expansion process
1:01:00 Under the radar storylines for Monday's deadline
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Feb 22, 2018 • 54min
Episode 222: Stranded On An Island Defensively
Arthur Staple joins the show to discuss the New York Islanders, their solo mission to fix any goal scoring concerns the NHL may still have, and how the high level of uncertainty that looms large this summer has them rapidly approaching a crossroads.
0:30 Contextualizing the Islanders defensive woes
6:00 Looking ahead to the Trade Deadline
10:20 Tavares uncertainty and Barzal's emergence
22:15 'The Chiarelli Line'
27:15 Paying Josh Bailey and Anders Lee
35:50 Finding longer term solutions in net
Sponsoring today’s show is SeatGeek, which is making it easier than ever before to buy and sell sports and concert tickets. They’re giving our listeners a $20 rebate off of their first purchase. All you have to do is download the free SeatGeek app and enter the promo code PDO to get started.
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Feb 15, 2018 • 1h 15min
Episode 221: Making Money Moves
Craig Custance joins the show to discuss what to watch for as we approach this year's trade deadline. Topics include:
4:40 Working sources, and the race to breaking a trade
13:06 The Dion Phan Marian Gabo Nick Shore trade
25:00 Pierre Dorion's extension, and the future of the Senators
36:50 Jim Benning's extension, and the future of the Canucks
48:25 The most interesting teams to keep an eye out for
Sponsoring today’s show is SeatGeek, which is making it easier than ever before to buy and sell sports and concert tickets. They’re giving our listeners a $20 rebate off of their first purchase. All you have to do is download the free SeatGeek app and enter the promo code PDO to get started.
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Feb 1, 2018 • 52min
Episode 220: Building a Super Team
Alan Wells joins the show to help deep dive the Tampa Bay Lightning, their impressive start to the season, and the Erik Karlsson trade rumours that have recently been gaining steam.
0:30 Everything going right in Tampa Bay
5:30 Kucherov and Stamkos feeding off of each other
9:45 Namestnikov as the 3rd wheel, and his next contract
13:30 Vasilevskiy as a front runner for the Vezina
18:00 Toughest competition in the East
22:00 Brayden Point's emergence
26:45 An Erik Karlsson trade, and his landing spots
46:15 Trade deadline optimism
Sponsoring today’s show is SeatGeek, which is making it easier than ever before to buy and sell sports and concert tickets. They’re giving our listeners a $20 rebate off of their first purchase. All you have to do is download the free SeatGeek app and enter the promo code PDO to get started.
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Jan 25, 2018 • 52min
Episode 219: Riding The Flyers Rollercoaster
Charlie O’Connor joins the show to help deep dive the never-ever-boring Philadelphia Flyers.
0:40 The rollercoaster ride this season
5:45 Case for trading vs. keeping Wayne Simmonds
11:45 The annual penalty kill woes
18:30 Giroux and Voracek’s return to form
27:40 Sean Couturier’s breakout campaign
35:30 The Provorov Eye Test
43:45 Handicapping the Metro Division
Sponsoring today’s show is SeatGeek, which is making it easier than ever before to buy and sell sports and concert tickets. They’re giving our listeners a $20 rebate off of their first purchase. All you have to do is download the free SeatGeek app and enter the promo code PDO to get started.
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