The Hockey PDOcast
A hockey podcast hosted by Dimitri Filipovic that has been regressing to the mean since 2015.
Takeaways From Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final
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.
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Takeaways From Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final
Dimitri Filipovic is joined by John Matisz to go through our biggest takeaways from Game 1 of this year's Stanley Cup Final.
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The Stanley Cup Final Preview
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.
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Looking Ahead To This Year's Stanley Cup Final
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.
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Trends From the East Final, the West Final, and This Year’s Playoffs
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.
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Breakout Players This Postseason, And The Impact Their Contracts Will Have On Decisions This Summer
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.
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Previewing The Avalanche vs. Golden Knights West Final
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.
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Keys For Habs vs. Sabres Coming Out Of Game 5, and How The Avalanche Beat The Wild
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.
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Catching Up On This Weekend's Games
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.
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Goalies In Round 2, The Opponents They're Going Up Against, and Their Biggest Challenges
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.
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Habs vs. Lightning Game 7, Previewing Round 2 Series, And The Start of Canes vs. Flyers
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.
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How The Wild, Ducks, and Flyers Won In Round 1 and What To Expect From Their Round 2 Matchups
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.
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Ranking Every Round 1 Series Based On Our Interest Level In Them
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.
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Takeaways From Game 3 of Sabres vs. Bruins and Hurricanes vs. Senators on Thursday Night
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.
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Game 1 Takeaways From This Weekend and Initial Impressions of Every 1st Round Series We've Seen So Far
Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to go through our initial impressions of every Game 1 that we watched this weekend.
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Previewing 6 of the 8 Round 1 Matchups in This Year's Playoffs
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
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The Playoff Battles To Watch in the Final Week of the Regular Season
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.
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Young Players That Have Impressed Down The Stretch
Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Chris Meaney to highlight a bunch of young players around the league that have impressed us down the stretch.
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The Islanders Bringing in Pete DeBoer, and The Red Wings Struggles in March and April
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.
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Jared Bednar, Chris MacFarland, and Our Live Show From Denver
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.
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The Golden Knights Coaching Change, The East Playoff Race, and Other Stuff That Caught Our Eye Over The Past Week
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.
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The Potential Round 1 Matchups We're Most Excited For This Postseason
Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Pete Blackburn to draft the potential Round 1 matchups we're most excited to watch this postseason.
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The Stakes Tiers for the 2026 NHL Playoffs
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.
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The Eastern Conference Playoff Race, Top Seeds in the West, and Teams Surging Post-Olympics
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.
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Unsung Stars in Dallas, Nick Schmaltz's Extension, and Erik Karlsson Stepping Up For The Penguins
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.
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Senators Goalies, Extreme Defensive Environments, and Goalie Rotations Heading Into The Playoffs This Year
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.
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Sabres vs. Lightning, Avalanche vs. Wild, and Trade Deadline Takeaways
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.
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Unpacking the Biggest Trades and Most Interesting Stories From This Year’s Trade Deadline
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.
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Trades We'd Like To See At The 2026 Trade Deadline
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.
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How Top Teams Should Be Thinking Ahead of the Trade Deadline
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.
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Spencer Carbery on This Year’s Compressed Schedule, Developing Young Players, and Things a Coach Can Control
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.
<...Breaking Down the USA vs. Canada Gold Medal Game
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...
Postgame Show Breaking Down the Canada vs. Finland Semifinal
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.
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Breaking Down Canada’s Overtime Win Against Czechia in the Quarterfinal
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.
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Taking Stock of Where the Top Teams Are at Coming Out of the Group Stage of the Olympics
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.
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Canada vs. Czechia Postgame Show
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.
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Bear vs. Bull Cases for Eastern Conference Stanley Cup Contenders
Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to go through the bear vs. bull cases for each Stanley Cup contender in the Eastern Conference.
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Navigating Trade Protections, Communication Within Organizations, and Volume-Based Team Building Approaches
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.
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One Stat for Every Team Heading into the Olympic Break
Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Shayna Goldman to highlight one important stat for every NHL team heading into this week's Olympic Break.
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Bear vs. Bull Cases for Western Conference Stanley Cup Contenders
Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to go through the bear vs. bull cases for each Stanley Cup contender in the Western Conference.
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