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The Hockey PDOcast — 104 episodes

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1

The Leo Carlsson Offer Sheet

2

Our First Sweep Through The Start of Free Agency

3

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

4

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

5

The Brady Tkachuk Trade, and Teams To Watch This Offseason

6

The 2026 Mock Draft

7

Going Through This Summer's Free Agent Class

8

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

9

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

10

Takeaways From Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final

11

Takeaways From Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final

12

Takeaways From Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final

13

Takeaways From Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final

14

The Stanley Cup Final Preview

15

Looking Ahead To This Year's Stanley Cup Final

16

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

17

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

18

Previewing The Avalanche vs. Golden Knights West Final

19

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

20

Catching Up On This Weekend's Games

21

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

22

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

23

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

24

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

25

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

26

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

27

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

28

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

29

Young Players That Have Impressed Down The Stretch

30

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

31

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

32

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

33

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

34

The Stakes Tiers for the 2026 NHL Playoffs

35

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

36

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

37

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

38

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

39

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

40

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

41

How Top Teams Should Be Thinking Ahead of the Trade Deadline

42

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

43

Breaking Down the USA vs. Canada Gold Medal Game

44

Postgame Show Breaking Down the Canada vs. Finland Semifinal

45

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

46

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

47

Canada vs. Czechia Postgame Show

48

Bear vs. Bull Cases for Eastern Conference Stanley Cup Contenders

49

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

50

One Stat for Every Team Heading into the Olympic Break

51

Bear vs. Bull Cases for Western Conference Stanley Cup Contenders

52

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

53

The January Mailbag

54

Who Stands To Benefit Most From This Year's Olympics

55

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

56

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

57

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

58

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

59

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

60

Our Updated Midseason Watchability Rankings

61

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

62

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

63

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

64

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

65

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

66

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

67

Breaking Down the Quinn Hughes Trade to Minnesota

68

Deep Diving the Detroit Red Wings

69

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

70

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

71

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

72

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

73

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

74

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

75

Our Top Stories From This Past Week of Hockey

76

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

77

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

78

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

79

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

80

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

81

Deep Diving the Devils Start to the Season

82

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

83

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

84

The Watchability Rankings for the 2025–2026 NHL Season

85

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

86

Breaking Down Four of Tuesday Night’s Games We Watched

87

The Return of the Sunday Special, and Our Contender Tiers

88

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

89

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

90

Takeaways From Thursday Night’s Busy Night of Games

91

The Goalies We’re Excited To Watch This Season

92

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

93

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

94

Our Guys for the 2025–2026 NHL Season

95

Summer Series Part 5 With Bill Armstrong

96

Summer Series Part 4 With Rick Tocchet

97

Summer Series Part 3 With Kyle Dubas

98

Summer Series Part 2 With Brenden Dillon

99

Summer Series Part 1 With Todd Diamond

100

The Summer Series

101

The Season Finale

102

Takeaways and Reactions From Day 1 of Free Agency Part 2

103

Takeaways and Reactions From Day 1 of Free Agency Part 1

104

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