Regressing to the mean since 2015, it's the Hockey PEDEOCast with your host, Dmitri

Filipovich.

Welcome to the Hockey PEDEOCast. My name is Dmitri Fra Filipovich and joining me is my good buddy, Daryl,

Belfrey, Daryl. What's going on, man? I'm a little sad that this is our last one of the regular season.

I mean, this has been quite a run this year. I didn't know what to expect at the beginning of the year

when we first started doing these and it just seems to have taken off.

And I have really looked forward to each week to coming on and tackling another player.

It really has been fun.

This is, as you mentioned, our regular season finale for these player deep dive series we've been doing every week.

We're going to end with a flourish, though, because we are today going to break down the growth. regular season finale for these player deep dive series we've been doing every week.

We're going to end with a flourish though because we are today going to break down the growth we've seen in Alexei Lafranier's game this season and the beautiful dynamic.

He's established playing with Artemi Panera on our president trophy winning New York Rangers.

And Darrow, I think this is a very fitting episode because one of my favorite ones we've

done this season came sort of near the beginning when we got into Quinton Byfield,

right?

And his tape and sort of the strides he made early on this season.

And so this makes for a nice little bookend, right?

Because these two guys are always going to be linked together, having gone first and second

in that 2020 draft class and when you lump in someone

like let's say Lucas Raymond who we've also spoken about on the show this season that 2020

class has really kind of come into its own this year and it's made for a great story and I think

we're going to have quite a bit of fun here getting into a lot for Nier's tape because I think

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