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Evolving Hockey Podcast — 193 episodes

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Episode 183: Celebrating Hockey Analytics

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Episode 183: Stanley Cup Final!

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Episode 182: Conference Finals

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Episode 181: Contract Projections!

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Episode 180: Analyzing the First Round

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Episode 179: First Round Preview

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Episode 178: The End (of the season)

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Episode 177: Awards and Hell In a Cell

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Episode 176: The Playoff Race

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Episode 175: Montreal, Minnesota, and Linkin Park

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Episode 174: Trade Deadline Recap (2026)

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Episode 172: Trade Deadline Preview (2026)

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Episode 172: Olympic Finale!

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Episode 171: The Olympics!

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Episode 170: Olympic Previews

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Episode 169: Messed Up Times and Josh Doan

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Episode 168: Olympic Rosters and Expected Goals

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Episode 167: The Holiday Spirit

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Episode 166: Quinn Hughes

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Episode 165: The Best Modern Teams and Russian Basements

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Episode 164: Trying to Figure it All Out

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Episode 163: Parity and The Problematic Atlantic

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Episode 162: The Ducks, Age, and Astrology

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Episode 161: Spooky Season

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Episode 160: Wins Above Replacement and "Bad" Jeserys

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Episode 159: Way-Too-Early Takes

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Episode 158: Technical Difficulties

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Episode 157: '25-26 NHL Team Previews

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Episode 156: Pre-Preseason Projections

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Episode 155: The Kaprizov Situation

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Episode 154: Fantasy Projections and Burning Property

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Episode 153: Offseason Vibes

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Episode 152: Midsummer Free Agency Check In

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Episode 151: 2025 Free Agency - Week 1

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Episode 150: 2025 NHL Free Agency Preview

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Episode 149: Stanley Cup Review and Trades

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Episode 148: Sports Tier List Discussion

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Episode 147: Stanley Cup Preview (2025)

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Episode 146: Contract Projections (2025)

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Episode 145: The Second Round (2025)

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Episode 144: Tornadoes and Forkballs

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Episode 143: The First Round (2025)

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Episode 142: NHL AWARDS

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Episode 141: The Record

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Episode 140: Canucks, Rangers, and Twisters

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Episode 139: NHL Ownership

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Episode 138: Trade Deadline Review (2025)

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Episode 137: Trade Deadline Preview (2025)

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Episode 136: Canada is the Best

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Episode 135: 4 Nations Preview!

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Episode 134: Trades and Ambidextrous Skaters

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Episode 133: The Rantanen Trade (and Bedard)

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Episode 132: The Playoff Landscape

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Episode 131: The Social Media Landscape

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Episode 130: The Stars Break the Rules

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Episode 129: Problems in New York

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Episode 128: The Nature of Fandom

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Episode 127: The Bruins, Free Agent Review (in-season), and ESPYs

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Episode 126: Everything GAR! Plus the Capitals and Jets

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Episode 125: Go Vote! (Plus: Probability Theory and Division Roundups!)

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Episode 124: The Wild, TV, and Hockey Stats History

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Episode 123: Frozen Frenzy and Way Too Early Evaluations

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Episode 122: Week 1, Moneyball, and Jacks

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Episode 121: '24-25 NHL Regular Season Preview

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Episode 120: NHL Offseason Review & Contract Model Evaluation

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Episode 119: Jarvis, Draisaitl, and Monetary Policy

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Episode 118: Fantasy Projections, Offer Sheets, and Coffee Makers

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Episode 117: League Round Up, Mailbag, and Cronenberg

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Episode 116: Around Free Agency in a Day

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Episode 115: 2024 NHL Free Agency Preview!

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Episode 114: Stanley Cup Final & CapFriendly

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Episode 113: Round 3 Recap, Stanley Cup Preview, and Generational Discussion

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Episode 112: 2024 Conference Finals Preview!

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Episode 111: Boston, Carolina, and Veracity

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Episode 110: Round 2 Preview!

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Episode 109: Round 1, Idioms, and Coffee

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Episode 108: 2024 NHL Playoff Preview! Round 1

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Episode 107: Kyle Dubas Roasts Us

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Episode 106: Tanking, Models, and the Playoff Picture

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Episode 105: 3v3 Goalie Pulls, Twins, and Post-Tade Deadline

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Episode 104: Rempe, The Devils, and Wikipedia

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Episode 103: Trade Deadline 2024 Extravaganza

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Episode 102: Columbus, Jágr, and Trade Deadline Targets

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Episode 101: NHL Audit, Empty Net Goals, and Vacuums

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Episode 100: Trades, Rest of Season Predictions, and NHL Recitals

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Evolving Hockey Guest Spot: Charlie O'Connor, Again!

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Episode 99: Fleury, The Blackhawks, and Technology

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Episode 98: The PWHL, Gauthier / Drysdale, and Nylander

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Episode 97: The Winter Classic, Preseason Expectations, and Airports

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Episode 96: Naughty & Nice Lists, Twin Cities, and Olympic Rosters

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Episode 95: Player Evaluation, Philosophy, and Ohtani

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Episode 94: Awards Talk, The Sabres, and Geography

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Episode 93: Dean Evason, The CBA, and Thanksgiving Standings!

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Episode 92: The Oilers / Sharks Battle and Way Too Early Calder Discussion

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Episode 91: The Canucks, The Leafs, and Jury Duty

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Episode 90: Halloween, The Ducks, and New GAR Data!

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Episode 89: New Tracking Data, Alberta Struggles, and Frozen Frenzy

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Episode 88: Conor Bedard, The Leafs, and X-Rinks

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Episode 87: '23-24 NHL Season Preview!

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Episode 86: Baseball, The Minnesota Wild, and Scandanavia

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Episode 85: Barbie, Data, and Zegras

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Episode 84: Babcock, Sanderson, and Nonsense

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Episode 83: It's Fantasy Time!

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Episode 82: 2023 NHL Free Agency Review!

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Evolving Hockey Guest Spot: Dani Chu

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Episode #81: DeBrincat, Kopitar, and '23-24 Player Projections!

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Episode #80: Five Days into NHL Free Agency

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Episode #79: Stanley Cup, Team Construction, and Contracts!

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Episode #78: Round 3, Defunct NHL Teams, and League News

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Episode #77: The Leafs, Coyotes, and Geography

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Episode #76: Draft Lottery, Round 2, and Draisaitl

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Hockey Stats Glossary Series: Contract Projections!

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Episode #75: Round 2!

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Episode #74: Playoffs, Penalties, and Projections

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Episode #73: First Round Playoff Preview!

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Episode #72: Vibes, Bruins, and Scoring Trends

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Episode #71: Playoff Talk and Mailbag!

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Episode #70: The Gang Scouts a Hockey Player

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Episode #69: Philosophy, Raw Meat, and Awards Talk

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Episode #68: Trade Deadline Analysis, Pennsylvania, and Scouting

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Episode #67: TRADES!

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Episode #66: Chychrun, Tarasenko, Horvat, and Tage

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Episode #65: The Horvat Trade, All Star Rosters, and Awards

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Episode #64: Bad News, The Canucks, and Shot Data

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Episode #63: The Halfway Point

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Episode #62: The Panthers, Bad Teams, and Jack Hughes

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Episode #61: Filip Hronek, Systems, and 2022 Review

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Evolving Hockey Guest Spot: Corey Sznajder

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Episode #59: Scorekeeper Bias and Historic Games

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Episode #58: Education, Tage Thompson (Again), and Empty Net Goals

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Episode #57: SEAHAC and Early Season Awards

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Episode #56: NHL Rink History, Tage Thompson, and WAR Discussion

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Episode #55: League Round Up, Tank Race, and Microstats

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Episode #54: Tracking, Philosophy, and Expectations

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Episode #53: Time, Chaos, and Hockey

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Episode #52: Spooky Season

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Episode #51: Early Season Impressions

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Episode #50: Week 1, Rookies, and Excitement

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Episode #49: A New NHL Regular Season, Predictions, and Hydration

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Episode #48 (Twin Edition): Team Projections

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Episode #47: Hockey, End of the Offseason, and Schedule Woes

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Episode #46: J.T. Miller, MN State Fair, and Fantasy Projections

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Episode #45: Nothing is Happening (and Mailbag)

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Episode #44: 2022 NHL Free Agency Review

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Evolving Hockey Guest Spot: Mike Murphy

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Episode #42: NHL Free Agency - Week 2

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Episode #41: NHL Free Agency - Week 1

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Episode #40: 2022 NHL Free Agency Preview

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Episode #39: Free Agency Discussion and Contract Projections!

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Episode #38: Stanley Cup Results, Rivalries, and GAR Projections

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Episode #37: NHL Awards Results, Stanley Cup Final, and Dinosaurs

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Episode #36: Stanley Cup Final, Analytical Teams, and Riley Nash

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Episode #35: Selke Results, Bruce Cassidy, and Mailbag!

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Episode #34: Luke's List of Grievances and the Conference Finals

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Episode #33: Tampa Bay, Round 2, and Some Early Contracts

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Episode #32: Playoff Discussion and Contract Projections

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Episode #31: Round 1 Playoff Coverage, Team Names, and Penalties

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Episode #30: 2022 NHL Playoff Preview - Round 1

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Evolving Hockey #29: Vegas, Early Playoff Takes, and Good Defensemen

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Evolving Hockey Guest Spot: Charlie O'Connor

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Evolving Hockey #28: Statistical Terms, Preseason Projections, and Listener Suggestions

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Evolving Hockey #27: Hockey Names, Fighting, and Hockey Stats History

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Evolving Hockey #26: Gold Drafting, Awards, and Mailbag!

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Evolving Hockey #25: '21-22 NHL Trade Deadline

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Evolving Hockey #24: Josh Manson, Single Game Seasons, and Ristolainen

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Hockey Stats Glossary Series: Part 3 - Regularized Adjusted Plus Minus

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Evolving Hockey #23: History of Hockey Twitter, Social Media, and The Western Conference

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Evolving Hockey #22: Exceptional Goaltending, Live Coding, and '21 Free Agency

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Evolving Hockey #21: Toffoli, Giroux, and Rabbit Holes

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Evolving Hockey Guest Spot: Alison Lukan

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Evolving Hockey Guest Spot: Dom Luszczyszyn

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Evolving Hockey #20: Exceptionally Bad NHL Teams and Trade Deadline Targets

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Evolving Hockey #19: Edmonton Media, The Curious Case of the Coyotes, and Mailbag!

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Evolving Hockey #18: All Star Selections, Good/Bad Takes, and the Canadiens

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Evolving Hockey #17: Own Goals, Scoring Trends, and The Calder

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Evolving Hockey #16: 2021 Year End Review

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Hockey Stats Glossary Series: Part 2 - Zone, Relative, and Quality Metrics

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Evolving Hockey #15: Breakout Skaters, Covid, and The Olympics

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Evolving Hockey #14: Our First Guest Shayna Goldman! (Zegras and Penalties Too)

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Evolving Hockey #13: Canucks, Coaching, and Early-Season Awards Picks

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Hockey Stats Glossary Series: Part 1 - General Terms

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Evolving Hockey #12: Thanksgiving, Team Projections, and Jerseys

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Evolving Hockey Episode 11: Hexagonal Rinks, Shorthanded Defense, Fantasy Projections, and the Kraken

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Evolving Hockey Episode 10: Troy Terry, The Coyotes, and Penalty Talk!

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Evolving Hockey Episode 9: The Eichel Trade, General League Happenings, and Mailbag Time!

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Evolving Hockey Episode 8: Halloween, More Early Season Results, and Technical Difficulties

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Evolving Hockey Episode 7: Early season model and team results, the Blackhawks, and Ambidexterity

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Evolving Hockey Episode 6: First Week Impressions, Game Predictions, and Model Talk

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Evolving Hockey Episode 5: Team Projections

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Evolving Hockey Episode 4: Mailbag!

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Evolving Hockey Episode 3: Offseason Banter, Fantasy Projections, and Team Projections

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Evolving Hockey Episode 1: Expansion, Skater Similarity, and Overlooked Players

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Evolving Hockey Podcast Episode 0: Welcome