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The Hockey PDOcast — 105 episodes

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1

Summer Series 2.0 Part 1 with Todd Diamond

2

The Leo Carlsson Offer Sheet

3

Our First Sweep Through The Start of Free Agency

4

Takeaways From This Year's Draft and What Teams Did With Their Picks

5

The Most Important Moves Coming Out Of This Year's Draft Weekend

6

The Brady Tkachuk Trade, and Teams To Watch This Offseason

7

The 2026 Mock Draft

8

Going Through This Summer's Free Agent Class

9

Bussi in the SCF, Woll To The Flyers, and The Goalie Market This Summer

10

Lessons To Take From The Canes, Talent Retention Moving Forward, and Trade Protection Domino Effect

11

Takeaways From Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final

12

Takeaways From Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final

13

Takeaways From Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final

14

Takeaways From Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final

15

The Stanley Cup Final Preview

16

Looking Ahead To This Year's Stanley Cup Final

17

Trends From the East Final, the West Final, and This Year’s Playoffs

18

Breakout Players This Postseason, And The Impact Their Contracts Will Have On Decisions This Summer

19

Previewing The Avalanche vs. Golden Knights West Final

20

Keys For Habs vs. Sabres Coming Out Of Game 5, and How The Avalanche Beat The Wild

21

Catching Up On This Weekend's Games

22

Goalies In Round 2, The Opponents They're Going Up Against, and Their Biggest Challenges

23

Habs vs. Lightning Game 7, Previewing Round 2 Series, And The Start of Canes vs. Flyers

24

How The Wild, Ducks, and Flyers Won In Round 1 and What To Expect From Their Round 2 Matchups

25

Ranking Every Round 1 Series Based On Our Interest Level In Them

26

Takeaways From Game 3 of Sabres vs. Bruins and Hurricanes vs. Senators on Thursday Night

27

Game 1 Takeaways From This Weekend and Initial Impressions of Every 1st Round Series We've Seen So Far

28

Previewing 6 of the 8 Round 1 Matchups in This Year's Playoffs

29

The Playoff Battles To Watch in the Final Week of the Regular Season

30

Young Players That Have Impressed Down The Stretch

31

The Islanders Bringing in Pete DeBoer, and The Red Wings Struggles in March and April

32

Jared Bednar, Chris MacFarland, and Our Live Show From Denver

33

The Golden Knights Coaching Change, The East Playoff Race, and Other Stuff That Caught Our Eye Over The Past Week

34

The Potential Round 1 Matchups We're Most Excited For This Postseason

35

The Stakes Tiers for the 2026 NHL Playoffs

36

The Eastern Conference Playoff Race, Top Seeds in the West, and Teams Surging Post-Olympics

37

Unsung Stars in Dallas, Nick Schmaltz's Extension, and Erik Karlsson Stepping Up For The Penguins

38

Senators Goalies, Extreme Defensive Environments, and Goalie Rotations Heading Into The Playoffs This Year

39

Sabres vs. Lightning, Avalanche vs. Wild, and Trade Deadline Takeaways

40

Unpacking the Biggest Trades and Most Interesting Stories From This Year’s Trade Deadline

41

Trades We'd Like To See At The 2026 Trade Deadline

42

How Top Teams Should Be Thinking Ahead of the Trade Deadline

43

Spencer Carbery on This Year’s Compressed Schedule, Developing Young Players, and Things a Coach Can Control

44

Breaking Down the USA vs. Canada Gold Medal Game

45

Postgame Show Breaking Down the Canada vs. Finland Semifinal

46

Breaking Down Canada’s Overtime Win Against Czechia in the Quarterfinal

47

Taking Stock of Where the Top Teams Are at Coming Out of the Group Stage of the Olympics

48

Canada vs. Czechia Postgame Show

49

Bear vs. Bull Cases for Eastern Conference Stanley Cup Contenders

50

Navigating Trade Protections, Communication Within Organizations, and Volume-Based Team Building Approaches

51

One Stat for Every Team Heading into the Olympic Break

52

Bear vs. Bull Cases for Western Conference Stanley Cup Contenders

53

Schaefer's Rookie Season, State of the Metro, and Watching Games from Ice Level

54

The January Mailbag

55

Who Stands To Benefit Most From This Year's Olympics

56

Adjusting Your Game Over the Years, Sticking With the Process When the Results Aren’t Coming, and the Toughest Teams To Play Against

57

The Developments Around the NHL That Caught Our Eye Over the Past Week

58

Mailbag Questions About Raddysh's Next Contract, Players Who Deserve More Love, and 2nd Half Bounce Back Candidates

59

Expectations for Goalies in 2026, Gibson in Detroit, Sorokin’s Dominance, and Other Goalie Topics

60

Teams That Are on Tilt Right Now, How They Got Here, and What’s Ahead for Them

61

Our Updated Midseason Watchability Rankings

62

Breaking Down the Olympic Rosters for Team Canada, Team USA, and Team Sweden

63

Slafkovsky’s Development as a Player, the Sharks New Look Top Line, Celebrini’s Role on Team Canada, and Tampa Bay’s Defensive Results

64

Sam Malinski Crushing It in His Current Role, and Ways the Avalanche Can Use the Regular Season To Prepare for the Playoffs

65

Avs Playing from Behind, JJ Moser's Extension, Sabres Winning Streak, McDavid's December, and Our Saturday Night Takeaways

66

Avalanche vs. Wild, Sabres To-Do List, and Trades Before Holiday Roster Freeze

67

Our All-Star Teams Through the First Half of the 2025–2026 NHL Season

68

Breaking Down the Quinn Hughes Trade to Minnesota

69

Deep Diving the Detroit Red Wings

70

Sorokin’s Start, Challenging Defensive Environments, and the Vezina Race So Far

71

The Jets Are Struggling, the Current State of the Standings and Selling the Idea of a Rebuild, and What We’re Enjoying Watching

72

How the Rising Salary Cap and New CBA and Will Affect Future Transactions, and the Teams That Stand To Benefit Most From It

73

The Run the Lightning Are On, Colorado’s Fastball, and Ryan Leonard’s Offensive Upside

74

What Each Team Should Be Most Thankful for at This Point in the Season

75

Connor Bedard’s Year 3 Improvement, the Current State of the Trade Market, and Teams Approaching Big Decisions

76

Our Top Stories From This Past Week of Hockey

77

The Oilers Struggles, the Avs Power Play, the Stars Offensive Approach, and New Coaches in the NHL

78

Confidence Levels for Teams and Hierarchies Within Divisions at the Quarter Mark of the Season

79

Breaking Down What We Saw From Oilers vs. Blue Jackets, Panthers vs. Capitals, and Other Thursday Night Games

80

What Our Team Canada and Team USA Rosters for the 2026 Olympics Look Like Right Now

81

What We Saw on Thursday Night While Watching Ducks vs. Stars, Lightning vs. Knights, and Habs vs. Devils

82

Deep Diving the Devils Start to the Season

83

First Month Hot Takes, Panic Level for Underperforming Teams, and What We've Been Watching

84

TB vs. DAL, Kiefer Sherwood Going Berserk, and Contractual Dynamics Around the League Following Necas’ Extension

85

The Watchability Rankings for the 2025–2026 NHL Season

86

Avs vs. Canes Heavyweight Tilt, Penguins New Look Offense, and Other Thursday Night Observations

87

Breaking Down Four of Tuesday Night’s Games We Watched

88

The Return of the Sunday Special, and Our Contender Tiers

89

The Hurricanes, Eastern Conference Contenders, and Teams That Could Work Their Way Into the Mix

90

Wednesday Night’s Observations, and Standout Players That Have Caught Our Eye

91

Takeaways From Thursday Night’s Busy Night of Games

92

The Goalies We’re Excited To Watch This Season

93

Our Most Interesting Questions and Situations for the 2025–2026 NHL Season

94

Bill Zito, the Panthers Team Building Approach Over the Years, and the Challenges of Doing It All Over Again

95

Our Guys for the 2025–2026 NHL Season

96

Summer Series Part 5 With Bill Armstrong

97

Summer Series Part 4 With Rick Tocchet

98

Summer Series Part 3 With Kyle Dubas

99

Summer Series Part 2 With Brenden Dillon

100

Summer Series Part 1 With Todd Diamond

101

The Summer Series

102

The Season Finale

103

Takeaways and Reactions From Day 1 of Free Agency Part 2

104

Takeaways and Reactions From Day 1 of Free Agency Part 1

105

This Year’s UFA Class, and Rumours of Marner Going to Vegas via Sign-and-Trade