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

Welcome to the Hockey PEDEOCast. My name isetri Filipovich and join Amy. He's my good buddy,

Shana Goldman. Shana, what's going on? Hey, thanks for having me. This is going to be fun. We've got some

fun mailbag questions from the listeners in the PDOCast Discord server that we're going to use as a bit

of a launching pad for us to get into a variety of different topics over the next hour.

So I thought this was a fun one because it obviously incorporates a favor to mine that I talk

about a bunch of the show, but also I think it gives us a chance to talk about the team and the

league dynamics and the outdoor event this weekend as well. And Sad Pitt asks, what are the

comps for Dawson Mercer's

next contract? Now, I think this is an interesting one because obviously we'll talk about

the player and that itself. But I kind of want to talk to you as well about where the devils are

at right now now that they're finally getting healthier the way we've seen them play recently.

And this interesting crossroads they're at as an organization this season where on the

one hand, if the playoffs started today, they wouldn't be in it, right? They've had a very cursed year

with injuries and goal tending and things really haven't gone their way after they really did last

season. But on the other hand, at their best, when they're healthy, they're still really, really

good. And I don't think anyone would want to play them in the playoffs.

And so they're at this spot where I guess they're trying to figure out themselves as well,

how aggressively they go for it this season versus sort of taking a long view and playing for the future.

So let's get into all that.

Where are you at with the devils and sort of what do you think they're thinking right now

in terms of what the next couple weeks are going to look like i mean the first thought has to be

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