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 Filipovich. And joining me on today's show is my pal, Sheena Goldman. Shana, what's going on?

Hey, thanks for having me.

So here's a plan for today. We're going to bounce around the league. We're going to talk about a number of notable performances, both good and bad. We're going to highlight some players that are worth investing in after they

got off to strong starts for those of you playing fantasy pools. So stick around for that. I wish

fantasy hockey was more of a thing just in general. I enjoy playing with friends, but I also play

fantasy football and it's so prevalent. You write about fantasy hockey for the athletic. I wish it was

like a thing that everyone cared about significantly more

because it would make covering the sport more fun, I think.

Yeah, I think when you have something invested, whether it's your fantasy lineup

or even like placing bets now, it definitely gets you a little bit more engaged around the league.

It helps you learn about players, learn about trends. You're looking out for things that you probably didn't care about before.

I mean, the average fan, not nerds like us, don't care about watching, you know, 32 teams play,

but if you have someone like Tage Thompson on your team, you're going to now be invested in

the Sabres and what he's doing right, what he's

doing wrong, is it sustainable and all of these things.

So I think it makes the game a lot more exciting.

And there's ways you can do it without such a commitment, like daily fantasy, and those are fun too.

But it would be nice if fantasy hockey started getting the appreciation that fantasy football does.

It's challenging in its own way.

But I don't know, I think

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