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Episode 84: Overreacting to Small Sample Sizes May 02, 2016

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Pat Holden joins the show to share his own first-hand experiences of life before, during, and after having Bruce Boudreau as his team's head coach. We also discuss what we're looking for in the Penguins/Capitals series, where subtle advantages for either team can be had, and whether Tom Wilson is crossing the line.

Here’s a quick rundown of the topics covered:

0:30 Bruce Boudreau's coaching résumé
9:30 Penguins and Capitals Xs and Os
16:45 Tom Wilson's shenanigans
22:30 Andre Burakovsky's breakout

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Episode 83: West Coast Bias Apr 28, 2016

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Mike Johnson joins the show to discuss how the San Jose Sharks and St.Louis Blues each finally got over the hump, whether there's a quick and easy fix to the league's review problems, and what we're looking forward to seeing in round 2.

Here’s a quick rundown of the topics covered:

0:30 How the Sharks beat the Kings
14:00 The Coach's Challenge
19:20 The good and bad of Ken Hitchcock
30:50 Ducks and Predators being overshadowed
37:50 The potential of Penguins vs. Capitals
41:00 Can the Islanders take advantage of the Lightning?

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Episode 82: Hanks For Nothing Apr 25, 2016

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Nick Mercadante joins the show to react to the New York Rangers meekly bowing out of the opening round of the playoffs with the visuals of the Penguins skating laps around them fresh on the mind. We discuss where they go from here, whether Alain Vigneault is still the man for the job, and how blaming Henrik Lundqvist for the loss is missing the forest for the trees.

Here’s a quick rundown of the topics covered:

0:40 The fresh wounds of the Rangers playoff exit
4:30 The overrealiance on Henrik Lundqvist
7:32 The pros and cons of Alain Vigneault
11:05 The untapped potential of Kevin Hayes
16:31 Fixing the Rangers this summer
19:40 The curious case of Jonathan Quick
26:45 The flawed idea behind "timely saves"
32:50 Introducing Win Threshold %
38:30 Boom or bust vs. Consistency

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Episode 81: Live From New York! Apr 21, 2016

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Chris Johnston joins the show live from a New York Rangers practice at Madison Square Garden to go around the league and discuss the main storylines stemming from every series to-date.

Here’s a quick rundown of the topics covered:

0:30 Penguins vs. Rangers
5:45 Evgeni Malkin's deployment
11:00 Rick Nash's poor luck
12:45 Panthers vs. Islanders
16:45 Lightning vs. Red Wings
19:20 Capitals vs. Flyers
20:30 Sharks vs. Kings
26:40 Stars vs. Wild
30:00 Playoff Seeding
34:10 Blues vs. Blackhawks

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Episode 80: A Two-Man Advantage Apr 20, 2016

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Arik Parnass joins the show to discuss how the importance of special teams execution has carried over from the regular season to the playoffs. We discuss how the disparity in power play efficiency has broken up the series for the Capitals, the changes the Lightning have made without Steven Stamkos, and a quick fix solution for the Islanders.

Here’s a quick rundown of the topics covered:

0:30 Philadelphia's march to the penalty box
4:00 Introducing ZEFR Rate
11:30 Going 6-on-4 late in games
13:45 Lightning powerplay Changes
17:45 What makes the Sharks power play tick
19:45 Fixing the Islanders
25:30 The importance of special teams

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Episode 79: Stanley Cup Playoffs Preview, Part 2 Apr 14, 2016

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Jon Press from Japers Rink joins the show to discuss how the Capitals were victimized by the NHL's ongoing search for rivalries, and whether this is the best team they've assembled in Washington while Ovechkin has been there.

Then Thomas Drance joins us from sunny Florida to help pinpoint the distinct points in the season in which the Panthers improved their play, and try to figure out why there was such a big divide between talent and results for the New York Islanders.

Here’s a quick rundown of the topics covered:

0:35 Capitals drawing a tough opponent
2:43 Washington's second half malaise
10:01 Evgeny Kuznetsov's emergence
12:15 The playoff elephant in the room
19:52 Intriguing Panthers and Islanders storylines
21:39 The back-to-back effect
23:06 In-season personnel adjustments
27:03 Islanders underwhelming season
29:42 How much is coaching to blame?

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Episode 78: Stanley Cup Playoffs Preview, Part 1 Apr 13, 2016

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Jen Lute Costella, Adam Gretz, and Prashanth Iyer all join the show to help preview the upcoming playoff matchups, providing perspective on the teams they've been covering closely all year. Here’s a quick rundown of the topics covered:

0:36 Blackhawkvs vs. Blues
17:08 Penguins vs. Rangers
36:30 Red Wings vs. Lightning

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Episode 77: Playing The Blame Game Apr 11, 2016

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Jeff Marek joins the show to help perform an autopsy on this year's Colorado Avalanche, weigh the pros and cons of the current draft structure, and take a look at prospects will be worth following in the next couple of week.

Here’s a quick rundown of the topics covered:

1:45 The grind of the 82 game season
8:45 How much of the blame should Patrick Roy take?
26:00 Coaches potentially available this summer
31:30 The pros vs. cons of the draft system
44:00 Line changes
47:15 CHL Playoffs
50:30 The Memorial Cup

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Episode 76: Where Did It All Go Wrong? Apr 08, 2016

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Thomas Drance joins the to discuss how the Vancouver Canucks went from winning the Presidents' Trophy to being one of the worst teams in the league in just 4 years, with the bottom particularly falling out on them this season. We also look into how he'll approach filling out his awards ballot, and give advice on how to break into this industry.

Here’s a quick rundown of the topics covered:

7:00 Jim Benning's tenure
12:15 Ownership Meddling
14:20 The Gold Plan
19:00 The NHL Awards ballot
30:45 Hockey blogging

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Episode 75: Sharpening our Tools for Analysis Apr 06, 2016

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Seth Partnow joins the show for a big picture discussion about where hockey is right now compared to the other major sports in terms of its tools for analysis, and how it can cover that ground moving forward.

Here’s a quick rundown of the topics covered:

3:10 Hockey catching up to the other sports
6:28 Misapplication of new information
9:30 Predictive vs. Descriptive
12:25 Tracking data
16:55 Teams incorporating analytics into decisions
19:24 Offense and Defense merging together
22:09 Putting pucks on net
27:37 Intangibles
32:24 Evaluating the play of defensemen
40:40 The concept of luck

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