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Andrew Berkshire helps deep dive the 2010 first round series between the Washington Capitals and Montreal Canadiens, which wound up being one of the most stunning upsets ever and helped launch an endless supply of bad takes about Alex Ovechkin. The categories we cover include:

4:00 An upset of epic proportions

16:00 Setting the stage for how we got here

31:30 Jaro Halak's legendary performance

37:00 Bruce Boudreau camera shots

41:00 Criticism Ovechkin took for this series

52:00 How remarkably well Ovechkin has aged

1:02:00 The hockey world wasn't ready for Mike Green

1:11:30 TSN Turning Point and Most Rewatchable Sequence

1:18:00 Biggest Heat Check Performance

1:24:00 Doc and Eddie's Commentary Corner

1:30:00 Most Unanswerable Questions

1:39:00 Apex Mountain

Stay safe, get comfortable at home, kick back with a beverage of your choice, and watch along with us here. You can also go back into the archives of the show and catch up on the previous Quarantine Rewatchables we’ve already done:

• Penguins vs. Red Wings 2009
• Bruins vs. Maple Leafs 2013
• Canucks vs. Blackhawks 2011
• Flyers vs. Penguins 2012

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Charlie O'Connor helps deep dive the 2012 first round series between the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins, which has all of the goals, fights, and action you could ever possibly ask for from a playoff matchup. The categories we cover include:

1:30 What makes this entire series rewatchable

9:00 Paul Holmgren's YOLO team building approach

15:00 Sizing up how the two teams matched up

22:00 Flyers pursuit of number one defensemen and goalies

29:30 What aged the best: Flyers forward depth

34:00 19-year old Sean Couturier

42:00 The highs and lows of Marc-Andre Fleury's career

46:00 The dual Jeff Carter and Mike Richards trades

53:00 The Penguins lack of secondary scoring in this era

1:07:00 James Neal's tirade and the referees blowing it

1:11:30 Turning point and most rewatchable sequence

1:17:00 Sidney Crosby vs. Claude Giroux

1:24:00 Biggest heat check performance and 'That Guy'

1:29:00 Peak Pierre McGuire

1:37:00 Giroux, Crosby, Malkin and Apex Mountain

1:55:00 Who won the game?

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• Penguins vs. Red Wings 2009
• Bruins vs. Maple Leafs 2013
• Canucks vs. Blackhawks 2011

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Thomas Drance helps deep dive the 2011 first round series between the Vancouver Canucks and Chicago Blackhawks, which marked the third consecutive year they met in the postseason and culminated in an epic Game 7 overtime. The categories we cover include:

5:00 The legacy of this game and how we remember it

12:00 The rivalry between the Canucks and Blackhawks

19:00 How overqualified this was for a Round 1 matchup

25:00 The Alex Burrows redemption story

33:00 How ahead of their time these teams were

37:00 Who looks most impressive on rewatch

48:30 The rarely seen well executed offer sheet

58:20 Toews vs. Crosby debates

1:01:15 The Canucks handling of goalies

1:11:30 Most rewatchable sequence in the game

1:17:30 Becoming Corey Crawford believer

1:23:00 The Biggest 'THAT' Guy

1:26:00 Most unanswerable questions

1:31:20 The Sedins and Kesler on Apex Mountain

1:39:00 Who won the game?

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• Bruins vs. Maple Leafs 2013

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Chris Johnston helps deep dive the 2013 first round series between the Bruins and Leafs that's still remembered to this day as "It was 4-1". The categories we cover include:

4:30 Hockey in 2013

14:30 What aged the best

27:30 Bruins beating aging curves and their non-replicable formula

35:00 What aged the worst

41:00 The Leafs roster decision making in this era

59:30 Revisiting the Tyler Seguin trade

1:06:15 TSN Turning Point

1:10:00 Biggest heat check performance

1:12:00 Most unanswerable questions

1:15:00 Twitter take you wish you had in the moment

1:20:20 Who won the game?

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Penguins vs. Red Wings 2009

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With the NHL season on hold, we're going to fill the void by going back and rewatching classic playoff games and moments from the past. In the first instalment of the series, Craig Custance helps deep dive the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals featuring the Penguins and Red Wings. The categories covered include:

3:30 Where were you when..

8:00 The lasting legacy of the game

12:00 Setting the scene

22:40 What aged the best

34:40 What aged the worst

49:00 TSN Turning Point and Most Rewatchable Sequence

53:00 Biggest heat check performance

56:45 Most unanswerable questions

1:04:40 The 'That Guy' award

1:06:00 Twitter take you wish you had in the moment

1:08:00 Who won the game?

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Greg Wyshynski joins the show to discuss the void left in our lives by the NHL's "pause," trying to talk about hockey when there's more important things going on around the world, potential timelines and playoff formats when the league returns, and the biggest looming questions that have been left unanswered for now.

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Patrick Johnston joins the show to discuss the Vancouver Canucks, the flaws with teams that are overly reliant on their goaltending, building rosters with the ambition of making the Stanley Cup instead of just making the playoffs, GMs needing to appease meddling owners, Mike Gillis popping back up on the scene, and the NHL dealing with COVID-19 complications.

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Arthur Staple joins the show to discuss the New York Islanders up and down season, why the way they play and the way they've built their team leaves them with next to no margin for error, and the behind the scenes of their busy trade deadline.

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Emily Kaplan joins the show to empty out the trade deadline notebook, and help sort through all of the player movement we saw. We discuss the winners and losers, the prices that were paid, the teams that went for it, and the teams that we wish were more aggressive.

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Andrew Berkshire joins the show to discuss the players that are available at the trade deadline, the teams that need to make a move, and the best matches between the two.

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Mark Lazerus joins the show to discuss how the Chicago Blackhawks got stuck in the position they're currently in, how they can control the trade deadline market if they decide to go that route, and how much of a bad defensive team's struggles are the fault of the system versus the personnel.

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Uffe Bodin and Jonatan Lindquist join the show during Sedin Week in Vancouver to discuss the impact the Sedin twins had on young Swedes, the Canucks, the NHL, and the sport of hockey as it evolved into the skill game it is today.

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Chris Mason joins the show to discuss the Nashville Predators' rollercoaster season, how much things have and haven't changed since the coaching switch, their identity crisis, how much they use their forwards, and how much the craft of goaltending has changed since he was in the league.

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Jonathan Willis joins the show to discuss the most recent instalments of The Battle of Alberta, Leon Draisaitl playing without Connor McDavid, the way McDavid and other stars are officiated, and how much the current state of the Pacific Division will influence Edmonton's moves at the deadline.

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Alex Prewitt joins the show to discuss a grab bag of topics that include the Sabres' continued playoff drought and why their fanbase has understandably had enough, how Nathan MacKinnon's shot took him to the next level, the pros and cons of the player tracking data the league unveiled during All-Star weekend, and Alex Ovechkin's chase towards Gretzky.

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Kevin Woodley joins the show to discuss goalies, how dependant their performance is on the system in front of them, and the trouble with signing them to long-term deals during a time when the game is changing so much. Plus we talk about Robin Lehner's next contract, how the Capitals should handle the passing of the torch in their crease, and the Rangers' three-headed monster in net.

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Alison Lukan joins the show to discuss the surprisingly feisty Columbus Blue Jackets, the perfect marriage between their defensive system and their goaltending, the organization's usage of analytics and John Tortorella coming around on it over time, and how they'll be able to create offense without the luxury of an Artemi Panarin caliber of playmaker doing it all himself.

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Ian Tulloch joins the show to discuss the Toronto Maple Leafs saving their season by getting back to their offensively prolific ways, the way things have changed under Sheldon Keefe, how good Auston Matthews looks now that he's being properly used, and whether the defense will once again come into question come the postseason.

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Jesse Marshall joins the show to discuss how the Pittsburgh Penguins keep winning games despite losing players, how they've gotten the most out of young contributors like John Marino and Jared McCann, and how Sidney Crosby's injury has taught us that Evgeni Malkin still has his fastball.

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Alan Wells joins the show to discuss the Tampa Bay Lightning's slow start, how they've come on since then, and how this year's version stacks up against last season's juggernaut.

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Greg Wyshynski joins the show to help rank the best and worst local broadcast teams in the league these days. We discuss what we need from a hockey broadcast in 2020, the various unique quirks we like and don't like, and the pursuit of a perfect play-by-play and colour commentator pairing.

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Rachel Doerrie joins the show to help dish out some superlatives and awards for the decade of hockey that was. We discuss the best players, the best teams, the best games and playoff series, and much more.

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2:00 The teams that were bidding on Taylor Hall

6:00 This year's strange class of rental players

9:15 Trading stars in their 'pre-agent' season

13:30 How aggressive should the Avalanche be?

19:00 The wide open Western Conference

24:00 The Blackhawks as third party facilitators

34:00 Sharks have backed themselves into corner

45:00 Teams most likely to make panic trades

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1:30 New Jersey getting quantity over quality

7:00 Comparing big defensemen to Colton Parayko

17:00 Overrating good but not great prospects

20:00 Where do the Devils go from here?

26:00 Where Hall can make a difference for the Coyotes

40:00 Evaluating Hall's performance this season

49:00 Potential landing spots for Hall this summer

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Thomas Drance joins the show to sort through the awards ballot at the 30 game mark of the season. Topics include:

3:00 Quinn Hughes vs. Cale Makar for the Calder

11:30 Young defensemen taking over the game

18:00 Which coach has had the biggest impact?

31:00 Can anyone catch John Carlson for the Norris?

42:00 How our definition of good defense is changing

47:45 Sean Couturier locking down teams and the Selke

54:00 System vs. Individual in the Vezina race

1:00:00 Can Pastrnak take the Rocket from Ovechkin?

1:06:00 The Most Outstandingly Valuable Player

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In this episode we mix things up by dipping into the mailbag to answer questions from the listeners.

Topics include:

2:30 Most easily fixable mistakes teams make

6:00 The backwards contract structures in the NHL

11:30 The Taylor Hall trade market

21:00 Jekyll and Hyde teams in first two months

26:00 Effects of defensive structure and usage on goalies

34:00 The future of long-term goalie contracts

48:00 Best resources for hockey analytics

52:00 Crosby's place amongst the all-time greats

59:00 The best scoring tandems in the league

1:05:00 Shelf life for NHL coaches

1:07:00 No Stanley Cup hangover this season

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Cam Robinson joins the show to revisit our preseason breakout picks, discuss the sustainability of some notable early season performances, and identify some opportunities to buy low and sell high.

Topics include:

3:00 The Stars rounding into form

10:00 The Year of the Backup Goalie

15:30 Andrei Svechnikov has arrived

22:00 Hronek, Larkin, and the mess in Detroit

31:00 Regretting buying into preseason Devils hype

34:00 Promising flashes from Jack Hughes

39:00 Most intriguing Taylor Hall landing spots

44:00 Tough sledding for Ducks and Jackets offensively

50:30 Selling high on Ryan Strome

55:00 Adam Fox's sneaky upward trajectory

58:00 Buying Quinn Hughes and the Canucks power play

1:03:30 How Sheldon Keefe unlocked the Leafs offense

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Justin Cuthbert joins the show to discuss the Leafs coaching change, where things went wrong, who's to blame, and how they can salvage the season.

Topics include:

1:30 - The decision to bring Mike Babcock back this season

4:00 - Sense of urgency to win, and summer of 2017

13:00 - Philosophical differences between coach and management

17:00 - Adjustments, style of play, and the offense drying up

21:00 - Mike Babcock's lasting legacy

27:30 - Auston Matthews' usage

39:00 - The 2016 Penguins comparison

43:00 - Getting the most out of Tyson Barrie

49:00 - The landscape in the Atlantic

54:30 - Organizational unity

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Ryan Clark joins the show to discuss the Colorado Avalanche, how they did a complete 180 and became a model franchise, and the next steps for them to go from exciting young upstart to legitimate contender.

3:00 How much things have changed since 2017

6:30 Nathan MacKinnon putting a depleted team on his back

10:00 How MacKinnon took his game to the next level

18:00 Gabe Landeskog changing his style to fit in

30:00 5-man units, modernized hockey, and stacking defensemen

37:00 The traits that make Cale Makar special already

43:00 Colorado's window, avenues for improvement, and thinking ahead

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Sean Shapiro joins the show to discuss the Dallas Stars, their two extremes to start the year, whether they're playing the right way under Jim Montgomery and how far it can ultimately take them.

2:00 The turning point that saved the Stars' season

6:30 The pros and cons of Jim Montgomery's system

17:00 Seguin and Benn struggling... again

26:00 Joe Pavelski's early impact in Dallas

31:30 DENIS GURIANOV!

42:00 How 2016 changed everything

53:00 Matching up with Nashville and Colorado

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Thomas Drance joins the show to discuss the Canucks scorching hot start, what's driving it, just how sustainable it is moving forward, and a whole lot more.

2:30 The Canucks glow up from last season

9:00 Taking care of business against inferior teams

15:00 What makes Elias Pettersson special

22:00 How to sustain shooting efficiency year over year

30:30 The new look offensive skill in today's game

37:00 Lack of predictability in the standings this season

51:00 The instant effect Quinn Hughes has had

54:00 Feeding your best players prime minutes

1:00:00 Poking holes in the Canucks early resume

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Emily Kaplan joins the show to discuss storylines from the first month of the season, the early returns on big offseason moves, and a whole lot more.

3:00 Business as usual for the Bruins

8:50 Islanders proving last year was no fluke

13:45 Can the Panthers buy a save?

17:20 Life after Panarin for the Blue Jackets

24:00 Alex Ovechkin continues to do his thing

32:00 Secondary scoring for the Avalanche

37:20 The Blues without Tarasenko

40:30 The Predators identity change

45:00 The Rangers and Blackhawks rebuilds

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Mike Johnson joins the show to talk about the teams that are off to surprising starts, the likelihood that teams exceeding our expectations sustain their success, and if there's reason to panic about the teams that are stumbling out of the gate.

1:30 Can the Coyotes create enough offense?

5:00 Is this Sabres team different from last year's version?

12:30 How far can McDavid and Draisaitl carry the Oilers?

22:20 Can the good outweigh the bad for the Sharks?

29:00 Do the Stars need to change the way they play?

34:00 Are the Leafs issues overblown?

39:00 Why are the Lightning starting off so slowly?

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Murat Ates joins the show to discuss the Winnipeg Jets, the ups and downs of their early season play, and the seemingly abrupt change in trajectory for what was quite recently considered to be a very promising franchise.

4:00 Red flags heading into season

8:00 Talent that went out the door this summer

13:00 Connor Hellebuyck's return to form

16:00 The paper thin defensive depth chart

21:00 Systemic adjustments to cover flaws

28:00 Getting the most out of the top 6

32:00 Nikolaj Ehlers' value

36:00 Realistic expectations for Laine's ceiling

47:30 The ongoing Dustin Byfuglien mystery

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Andrew Berkshire joins the show to help rank the best wingers in the league.

1:50 The difficulty of evaluating wingers

4:15 Brendan Gallagher

6:00 Mikko Rantanen

10:00 Blake Wheeler

13:20 Jonathan Huberdeau

16:00 Matthew Tkachuk

20:00 Mitch Marner

23:30 Filipovic Forsberg

27:10 David Pastrnak

33:45 Vlad Tarasenko

41:15 Johnny Gaudreau

46:45 Claude Giroux

52:00 Alex Ovechkin

59:00 Taylor Hall

1:02:30 Patrick Kane

1:05:00 Artemi Panarin

1:08:20 Brad Marchand

1:12:30 Mark Stone vs. Nikita Kucherov

1:16:00 Leon Draisaitl

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Andrew Berkshire joins the show to help rank the best defensemen in the league.

5:45 Honourable Mentions

9:30 Rasmus Dahlin

12:30 Jaccob Slavin

15:25 Alex Pietrangelo vs. Colton Parayko

19:45 Thomas Chabot

23:00 Oliver Ekman-Larsson

26:30 John Carlson

31:30 Morgan Rielly

35:00 Drew Doughty

42:00 PK Subban

47:30 Roman Josi

54:00 Seth Jones

57:15 John Klingberg and Victor Hedman

1:03:45 Brent Burns

1:09:30 Mark Giordano and Erik Karlsson

1:17:00 Teaser for ranking wingers

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Ailish Forfar joins the show to discuss takeaways from the first couple days of the new season, and help try to figure out what's real versus what's not.

2:00 Early season trends

9:30 Dougie Hamilton's usage

12:20 Jesperi Kotkaniemi's evolution

20:00 Pittsburgh's dreadful opening act

25:00 The Golden Knights living up to the hype

30:00 The recognition of Mark Stone's greatness

36:00 The highs and lows of the Leafs

44:00 The Jets and Rangers as good bad teams

48:00 The new look Colorado Avalanche

52:00 Women's hockey

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Dom Luszczyszyn joins the show to discuss playoff picks, most actionable team point total overs and unders, plus the best prop bets for future awards.

2:00 How last year's weird postseason will embolden teams

13:30 Did the Lightning and Leafs get even better this summer?

21:30 The rest of the Atlantic Division

28:30 The messy Metro Division

38:00 Can the Pacific send a 4th team to the playoffs?

43:00 Sorting through cluttered Central

1:05:00 Favourite team bets

1:09:00 Best prop bets for player awards

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Justin Cuthbert joins the show to help rank all 31 teams based on their watchability for the coming season.

2:00 What we're looking for and prioritizing as viewers

9:30 The Coyotes

11:50 The Kings

14:30 The Wild

16:50 The Senators

20:00 The Red Wings

22:45 The Blue Jackets

26:00 The Ducks

29:50 The Sabres

33:00 The Islanders

35:45 The Flyers

38:10 The Canucks

40:15 The Oilers

43:30 The Stars and Predators

50:00 The Panthers

52:00 The Blues

53:30 The Hurricanes

56:00 The Devils

59:00 The Canadiens

1:02:00 The Jets

1:05:20 The Flames

1:07:50 The Bruins

1:10:00 The Blackhawks

1:13:00 The Rangers

1:16:00 The Golden Knights

1:20:00 The Capitals

1:22:45 The Penguins

1:25:00 The Avalanche

1:28:00 The Sharks

1:31:00 The Leafs and Lightning

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Andrew Berkshire joins the show to help rank the cream of the crop at Center as part of our annual preseason position group previews.

2:30 Methodology behind the rankings

5:00 Honourable mentions who just missed the cut

15:30 Elias Pettersson's special rookie season

18:15 Sean Couturier finally getting love he deserves

22:30 1-2 punch of Steven Stamkos and Brayden Point

33:00 Jack Eichel's year by year improvements

37:00 The summer of Sebastian Aho

41:00 Anze Kopitar's red flags

46:45 Evgeni Malkin's down season

50:30 John Tavares' successful first year in Toronto

53:00 Patrice Bergeron's unusual career path

56:00 The Top 5

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Kevin Woodley joins the show to talk goaltending, how the way we view it is changing, the future of the position, and the Top 10 netminders heading into the season.

3:00 Consistency at the goalie position

6:30 Separating the goalie from their defensive system

13:00 Robin Lehner going from Islanders to Blackhawks

19:00 Teams going to 50-50 splits in net

27:00 Goalies going the way of running backs

36:00 The Top 5 goalies

45:00 Ben Bishop and his durability

49:30 Tuukka Rask's workload and environment

52:00 Braden Holtby's future

57:30 The Russian goalie factory

1:03:00 Goalies with things to prove this season

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Cam Robinson joins the show to help get you ready for your fantasy drafts by discussing the players we like more than consensus, the red flag players to stay away from, and the players who find themselves in new situations this season.

6:00 The Roope Hintz buzz

12:20 Andrei Svechnikov in Year 2

17:15 Buying low on Nino Niederreiter

22:00 Larkin, Hronek and good players on bad teams

26:40 Victor Olofsson's opportunity

30:10 The glut of defensemen on the Islanders

36:10 All of the new pieces in New Jersey

42:30 The next generation of Ducks

49:30 Who's going to step up for the Blue Jackets?

56:00 Kevin Labanc in a 'prove it' year

58:00 Jaden Schwartz's regression

1:01:00 Josh Morrissey is the last man standing

1:06:00 Phil Kessel's production in his new environment

1:10:00 Elias Lindholm's first vs. second half splits

1:12:30 The goalie market

1:18:00 Young defensemen dominating immediately

1:22:00 Who's riding shotgun with McDavid and Crosby?

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Greg Wyshynski joins the show to help kick off our preseason preview content by outlining the biggest questions that need to be answered, and the most interesting storylines to watch for around the league.

2:00 Avoiding another lockout for now

9:15 Did the Devils do enough to satisfy Taylor Hall?

18:15 How do the Lightning approach the regular season?

27:00 Can another Atlantic team break into the Top 3?

31:00 Can Ralph Krueger turn things around in Buffalo?

39:45 Are the Coyotes pushing the right buttons?

45:45 Can the Hurricanes and Avs take the next step?

53:45 Has the window shut for the Jets this summer?

58:45 The case for Vegas as a legitimate contender

1:02:00 The pros and cons of future tracking data

1:05:15 Can Connor McDavid get enough help?

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Thomas Drance joins the show to discuss his return back to the public sphere after his time with the Panthers, how that experience has changed his perspective on things, and the looming struggle between players and teams for power.

6:00 How a peak behind the curtain changes things

18:00 The acceptance of analytics in league circles

29:00 The NHL’s hiring process and prerequisites for executives

44:00 The pros and cons of the changing landscape for RFAs

55:00 Stars wielding leverage and putting teams on the clock

1:00:00 Game of chicken between the Oilers and Jesse Puljujarvi

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John Wroblewski joins the show to discuss working with USA Hockey’s historically prolific National Team Development Program draft class, the tricky balance of trying to get immediate results from young players while preparing them for the next level, and the practical application of some half-baked theoretical ideas.

4:00 Developing future NHLers and working with USNTDP

13:10 Establishing a working definition of ‘Hockey IQ’

16:20 Pushing the envelope with early goalie pulls

28:15 Turning the penalty kill into a power kill

37:15 Experimenting with changes to offsides

47:15 Keeping play going, decreasing stoppages

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Rachel Doerrie joins the show to discuss a hodgepodge of offseason moves including:

1:30 Sabres completely rebuilding their blueline

19:15 Blackhawks making series of ‘win now’ moves

29:30 The Canucks have improved, but at what cost?

52:00 The Oilers facing another potential wasted season

1:01:00 The Hurricanes building off of last year

1:07:15 How and why Vegas should make room for Gusev

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Andrew Thomas joins the show to discuss the next frontier for analytics in hockey, player tracking, the relay of information within organizations, market inefficiencies that remain, and some of the lingering questions we hope to answer in the future.

5:50 Current state of hockey analysis

12:40 Existing market inefficiencies

21:40 Borrowing from other sports

29:45 NHL’s venture into player tracking

32:40 Quantifying effort and hustle

44:00 How data has changed sports debates

48:30 The human element and defined roles

52:00 The AHL as a developmental league

58:00 Trying new things in hockey

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Harman Dayal joins the show to help pick the winners and losers of free agency, unpack the most notable deals we saw signed on July 1st, and set the story straight on the latest offer sheet drama.

2:00 The Panthers spending, swinging, and missing

12:30 The Islanders lack of a Plan B

18:40 The Leafs wiggling out of cap trouble

31:00 Ottawa’s underwhelming cap weaponization

34:30 The Rangers continue their prolific summer

41:00 Montreal’s failed offer sheet and the drama that ensued

53:30 The Avalanche picking their spots wisely

1:00:00 The Stars taking chances on secondary scoring

1:07:00 The Penguins continuing a worrisome trend

1:12:00 The Oilers rolling it back with the same motley crew

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Andrew Berkshire joins the show to help preview the free agent season by looking at the players available, the teams that figure to be active, and the best possible fits between the two.

2:00 The market for Joe Pavelski

10:00 How the Avalanche will spend their cash

15:30 The Hurricanes recent activity

31:00 The Tyler Myers sweepstakes

42:00 The most fun Artemi Panarin landing spot

48:00 The goalie carousel

53:00 The glut of middle six wingers

1:06:00 Game of ‘would you rather’

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Arpon Basu joins the show to talk about PK Subban being traded again, the Montreal Canadiens, and the upcoming free agent class.

1:30 The PK Subban trade

8:10 The Player Empowerment Era

14:40 The pros and cons of long-term contracts

24:30 Last year’s surprisingly productive Canadiens

30:30 Shea Weber’s aging curve

38:20 The modern day powerplay

45:30 Montreal’s shopping list this summer

55:00 Marc Bergevin’s workout plan

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