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The Hockey PDOcast

Episode 418: Going All-In in Vegas

The Hockey PDOcast

Sportsnet

Nhl, Sports, Hockey, Sportsnet

4.8920 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Jesse Granger joins the show to discuss Vegas trading for Jack Eichel, their aggressive team building strategy, how they're going to make all of the pieces fit when they get healthy, and how they're trying to survive in the meantime. Topics include: Why Vegas decided to trade for Eichel Why they were in a unique position to do so Trading draft picks for proven talent The pros and cons of their team building strategy How to optimally use him when he returns Idea of paying premium for centers Making all of the money fit under the cap Struggles to stay afloat with current personnel The context of Alex Pietrangelo's stats so far Balancing the short term vs. the long term If you haven't done so yet, please take a minute to leave a rating and review for the show. Smash that 5-star button. Each one counts, and helps us out greatly. If you're feeling extra generous, you can also leave a little note about why you recommend people check the PDOcast out. Thanks for the help! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

On a beautiful run through the park, on a pleasant day, you can easily get lost.

0:03.9

No, no, no. She didn't kill him.

0:07.2

Huh? In your true crime podcast.

0:10.2

It was the pool guy. So obvious.

0:13.1

Whatever motivates you works for us. It's all about letting your run be your run.

0:18.8

And Brooks is here for every runner, doing the research and sweating the details

0:23.4

to create gear that works for you. It's your run. Brooks, run happy. Regressing to the mean since 2015, it's the Hockey Piedocast, with your host, Dmitri

0:47.4

Filipovich.

0:58.7

Welcome to the Hockey PTOCast. My name is Dimitra Filipovich, and joining me as my buddy Jesse Grager.

1:01.6

Jesse, what's going on, man?

1:03.6

Not much.

1:04.4

It's been a busy week.

1:05.5

I just got back from a trip to Canada, first time crossing the border in like two years.

1:10.6

So that was fun. And then obviously

1:12.2

some big Golden Knights news while I was in Ottawa. Yes. Yeah. Well, we've had a couple of days now to

1:18.1

let the trade set in, to talk to people to think on it. I did initially, I think know what the trade

1:24.6

happened on Thursday morning or whatever. I did a podcast kind of focusing on the Buffalo side.

1:29.1

And now I wanted to have you on to break down the Vegas component of it and sort of Ikel and everything to relate to that.

1:34.3

So I'm excited.

1:35.8

Here's a logical starting point for us for this conversation.

1:38.1

So we did a show together in mid-June, I believe.

1:41.5

It was right before the conference finals.

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