The Hockey PDOcast

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Todd Diamond to kick off this year's edition of the Summer Series. We discuss the ways in which the market changed this offseason and how young players benefitted from it on the second contracts they signed, Konsta Helenius' opportunity in Buffalo, the William Eklund and Val Nichushkin trades, and a bunch of other topics. To gain immediate access to ad-free version of all of the shows we're doing this season make sure you've subscribed to the PDOcast's Patreon. The plan is to ramp up the content for our subscribers even further heading into next season, so if you haven't joined us yet now is a good time to do so at the current rate we've got listed before the subscription fee increases in September to account for all of the additional perks coming your way. We've finally got some merch available for our listeners! If you'd like to get your hands on a PDOcast shirt or hat to rep the show, you can do so here. We'll be posting more video this season if you'd like to watch the shows we're doing. You can find those on the PDOcast's Youtube channel. If you'd like to join the community we're building over on Discord, you can sign up for the Hockey PDOcast's server here. It's the best spot for you to submit any mailbag questions you may have for future shows, and it's also a great place to be part of the immediate conversation whenever there's a big trade or signing this offseason. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Steve Werier to discuss the Leo Carlsson offer sheet, how the Flyers structured the contract he agreed to, and the decisions the Ducks need to make in the aftermath of it. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Sean Shapiro to go through some of the most notable moves we saw around the league on Day 1 of free agency. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Scott Wheeler to discuss our major takeaways from this year's draft, the approach various teams took, and the picks that we found most notable. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Jack Fraser to go through all of the trades that happened during draft weekend, and the big moves we're still waiting on heading into free agency. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Shayna Goldman to break down the Brady Tkachuk trade, his fit with the Panthers, and where the Senators go from here. Then we go through our most interesting teams to watch this offseason, and the decisions they have to make. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Cam Robinson and Chris Peters to do our annual mock draft of the top 16 picks in this year's class. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Dom Luszczyszyn to go through this year's unrestricted free agent class, including Darren Raddysh's sign-and-trade to the Leafs. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Kevin Woodley to talk about Brandon Bussi's performance in the Stanley Cup Final, Joseph Woll going to the Flyers via trade this week, and the options likely to be available on the goalie market this offseason. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Steve Werier to discuss some of the biggest dynamics that'll influence the way NHL teams operate this offseason. We get into the lessons to take from the success the Hurricanes have had, the impact that the cap going up will have on talent retention moving forward, long-term extensions and trade protection that comes with it, and the pre-draft preparation process.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Corey Sznajder to break down Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final, adjustments the Golden Knights can make for Game 6, and how the Hurricanes have gotten to within one game of winning the title. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by John Matisz to help break down Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final. We discuss our big takeaways through four games of this series, how the two teams are creating all of the offense we've seen so far, Jordan Staal's late bid in the Conn Smythe discussion, and everything else you need to know heading into Game 5 on Thursday night. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Corey Sznajder to go through our biggest takeaways from Carolina's 3rd period comeback in Game 2, and what to look for heading into Game 3 of this year's Stanley Cup Final. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by John Matisz to go through our biggest takeaways from Game 1 of this year's Stanley Cup Final. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Jack Han to help preview this year's Stanley Cup Final by looking at all of the matchups and tactics for both teams that'll decide the series. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Jesse Granger to dig into how the Golden Knights swept the Avalanche in the Western Conference Final, and look ahead to this year's Stanley Cup Final against the Hurricanes. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Mike Kelly to break down Game 3 of Hurricanes vs. Canadiens, and the trends emerging from the East Final. Then we discuss some of the biggest takeaways from this year's playoffs in terms of how teams are creating their scoring chances, and what they're giving up to the opposition. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Shayna Goldman to talk about young players who have broken out this postseason, and the trickledown effect those performances will have on their next contracts and the team building decisions their teams make this summer as a result of it. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Jesse Granger to preview this year's Western Conference Final between the Avalanche and the Golden Knights before it gets going on Wednesday night. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Jack Han to go through their takeaways from Game 5 of Canadiens vs. Sabres, and look ahead to Game 6 of that series on Saturday night. Then Meghan Angley joins the show to unpack how the Avalanche beat the Wild in 5 games in their second round matchup. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to catch up on everything we saw while watching this weekend's games. We get into the Canadiens going up 2-1 on the Sabres, the Ducks bouncing back from an ugly Game 3 to even up their against the Golden Knights, the Wild winning at home against the Avalanche, and the Hurricanes sweeping the Flyers. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Kevin Woodley to break down what we're seeing from the goalies still playing in Round 2, the opponents they're facing in their current matchups, and the biggest challenges in front of them. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Jack Han right after the conclusion of Game 7 of Canadiens vs. Lightning to talk about Montreal's Round 1 win, before looking ahead to their upcoming matchup against the Sabres. Then we get into the most interesting angles for the Golden Knights vs. Ducks series, and what we saw in Game 1 of Hurricanes vs. Flyers this weekend. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Mike Kelly to discuss how the Wild, Ducks, and Flyers won in Round 1 while looking ahead to their upcoming Round 2 matchups. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Sean Shapiro to help rank all 8 of this year's Round 1 playoff series based on our interest level in them. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by John Matisz to break down what we saw while watching Game 3 of Sabres vs. Bruins and Hurricanes vs. Senators on Thursday night. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to go through our initial impressions of every Game 1 that we watched this weekend. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Jack Han and Jack Fraser to preview 6 of the 8 Round 1 matchups in this year's playoffs. To help get you ready for the postseason before the games get going this weekend, we go through team strengths vs. weaknesses, key individual matchups, potential x-factors, and interesting stuff to watch for in each series. Here's the timestamp for everything we covered in this episode: 3:00 Sabres vs. Bruins 24:40 Lightning vs. Canadiens 36:36 Penguins vs. Flyers 48:00 Hurricanes vs. Senators 1:03:50 Stars vs. Wild 1:15:58 Golden Knights vs. Mammoth We'll be doing similar breakdowns of the final two Round 1 matchups we didn't get to here on the Patreon feed on Friday if you'd like to check those out there. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to go through the most interesting playoff battles to watch heading into the final week of the regular season. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Chris Meaney to highlight a bunch of young players around the league that have impressed us down the stretch. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Sean Shapiro to unpack all of the most interesting components of Pete DeBoer taking over behind the bench for the Islanders, and the tough weekend the Red Wings had to continue their theme of struggling from March 1st on over the past couple of seasons. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to do a live show from Ball Arena in Denver at the analytics conference the Avalanche hosted this week. This episode also includes conversations we had with Jared Bednar and Chris MacFarland as part of the event. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to discuss the coaching change the Golden Knights made on Sunday, the Eastern Conference playoff race, and other stuff that's caught our eye while watching hockey this past week. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Pete Blackburn to draft the potential Round 1 matchups we're most excited to watch this postseason. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to sort every potential playoff team into tiers based on how much they've got on the line this postseason. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Dom Luszczyszyn to discuss the run the Blue Jackets have been on coming out of the Olympic break, the playoff picture in the East, and the potential round 1 matchups for the top seeds in the West. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to get into the run the Dallas Stars have been on over their past 15 games by highlighting the unsung players that have stepped up during their winning streak, all of the considerations in analyzing Nick Schmaltz 8-year extension, what we've liked and haven't liked from watching Sabres games this week, and the degree to which Erik Karlsson has stepped up for the Penguins during a brutal part of their schedule. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Kevin Woodley to talk about Senators goalies, their struggles in net this year, and the pros and cons of Ottawa’s defensive approach in front of them. Then we break down all of the goalie rotations we’re seeing teams around the league using more regularly this year, and the questions it raises about how that usage will play out in the postseason. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to discuss Sunday's Sabres vs. Lightning and Avalanche vs. Wild matchups, and get into some bigger picture takeaways coming out of this year's trade deadline.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by John Matisz and Sean Shapiro to break down all of the biggest trades and most interesting stories from this year's trade deadline. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance and Jack Fraser to help cook up a collection of fake trades that we'd like to see at this year's trade deadline. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by John Matisz to go through the top teams in the league and the conversations they should be having about how they can most meaningfully improve their team ahead of this year's trade deadline. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Spencer Carbery and Thomas Drance to talk about a variety of topics including learning from this year's Olympics, navigating the challenges the compressed schedule has created and the highs and lows that have come with it, the success the Capitals have had the past couple of years with pro scouting and the role a coach plays in putting those acquired players in a position to succeed, the balance of developing younger players at this level while you're trying to be a playoff team, and the things coaches can control during an NHL game. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to do a postgame show for today's Gold Medal Game. We break down how USA was able to beat Canada 2-1 in overtime by getting into Connor Hellebuyck's huge performance in net, the looks Canada was generating but not converting on in the 2nd and 3rd periods, and Jack Hughes' overtime winner. Since it's such a big show to close out the Olympics we had to end it in style, so we brought Chris Pronger on near the end to go through our main takeaways coming out of this one and the players who stand to benefit most from it moving forward Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance right after the conclusion of the Canada vs. Finland semifinal to break down all of the key moments throughout the game, the top individual performances that made a difference, and the 3rd comeback.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to break down Canada's overtime win over Czechia in the quarterfinal, all of the biggest moments throughout the game, and potential adjustments to make ahead of Friday's semifinal matchup against Finland. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to use the day off between the end of the group stage and the start of the elimination rounds to take stock of where all of the top teams are at right now after getting to watch each of them 3 times. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to go through all of our main takeaways after watching Canada's 5-0 win vs. Czechia, and the notable differences between the way these games in the Olympics are being played compared to the NHL product. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to go through the bear vs. bull cases for each Stanley Cup contender in the Eastern Conference. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Steve Werier to discuss how the Panarin trade played out for the Rangers, the way the Flyers have handled the Michkov drama, organizations like the Blue Jackets and Predators with big decisions to make, and the volume-based team building approach the Penguins and Bruins have taken.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.