The Hockey PDOcast

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by John Matisz and Sean Shapiro to break down all of the notable signings from the start of the free agent period. In Part 2 they discuss the Hurricanes, Rangers, Mammoth, Red Wings, and a number of other teams that caught their eye based on what they did or didn't do yet this week.

Transcribed - Published: 2 July 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by John Matisz and Sean Shapiro to break down all of the notable signings from the start of the free agent period. In Part 1 they discuss the Canadiens, Blues, Golden Knights, Maple Leafs, Panthers, and Kings.

Transcribed - Published: 1 July 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance for this week’s Sunday Special. They discuss things that could be holding up the trade market right now coming out of the draft, the supply and demand imbalance of how many teams have cap space vs. the talent available in free agency, the best bang for your puck players in this year’s UFA class, and the speculation of Marner going Vegas in the form of a sign-and-trade between the Golden Knights and Leafs.

Transcribed - Published: 30 June 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Steve Peters to break down the big JJ Peterka trade between Utah and Buffalo, the fits for both sides, and what the draft is like for teams on the inside. Then Harman Dayal comes on the show to discuss Noah Dobson going to the Canadiens, the John Gibson trade saga finally coming to a merciful end, the smart bet the Senators made, and other moves we've seen during draft weekend.

Transcribed - Published: 28 June 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Steve Werier to discuss how the rising cap affects the decision making process for teams, the ways it'll manifest in the first wave this summer, the opportunity cost of going bridge vs. long-term with RFAs, the pros vs. cons of Marner going 2-3 years on his next deal, and next steps for rebuilding teams like the Ducks, Sharks, and Penguins.

Transcribed - Published: 24 June 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Shayna Goldman to break down today's Trevor Zegras trade, and then work through our most interesting teams this offseason and the big decisions that are ahead for them.

Transcribed - Published: 23 June 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance for the first Sunday Special of the offseason in which they take a closer look the moves we've seen so far, the lessons we can learn about how teams will conduct their business as the cap continues to rise, and what the 2026 Stanley Cup market tells us about how the teams at the top of the league's hierarchy are positioned prior to whatever is yet to come this summer.

Transcribed - Published: 23 June 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Cam Robinson and Chris Peters to do their annual mock draft of the top 16 picks in this year's class.

Transcribed - Published: 20 June 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Harman Dayal to close the loop on our coverage of this year's postseason by discussing Sam Bennett winning the Conn Smythe over Brad Marchand, the quality of the playoffs, and the likelihood of the Panthers continuing their run next season. Then they get into the first wave of offseason transactions by breaking down the Devils shedding Erik Haula's contract, Matt Duchene staying in Dallas, and the reports of Trent Frederic's extension.

Transcribed - Published: 19 June 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to do a post game show for Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final, and deep dive how the Florida Panthers went back-to-back as champions.

Transcribed - Published: 18 June 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to sort through everything they saw in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final, including Florida bouncing back with a stifling defensive effort and Brad Marchand's incredible individual performance. Then they dish out their 3 Stars for the night, and look ahead to the biggest points of emphasis heading into Game 6 on Tuesday.

Transcribed - Published: 15 June 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Steve Peters to take a look at the Stanley Cup Final through 4 games, and the biggest tactical battlegrounds that have defined the series so far.

Transcribed - Published: 13 June 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to sort through everything they saw in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final, how the Oilers mounted their comeback after going down 3-0, and what to expect heading into Game 5 on Saturday night.

Transcribed - Published: 13 June 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to break down everything they saw in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final, how the Panthers won decisively with a 6-1 final score, and what the Oilers need to do differently heading into Game 4.

Transcribed - Published: 10 June 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to unpack everything they saw in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final, highlighting how the Panthers won in double overtime to tie the series at 1, and look ahead to the key storylines for Game 3.

Transcribed - Published: 7 June 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Sean Shapiro to react to the Stars making a coaching change today, why they felt like the Pete DeBoer era had run its course, where his next landing spot should be, and whether there's bigger personnel moves coming in Dallas. Then Harman Dayal comes on to answer some mailbag questions from listeners about the most interesting teams to watch this offseason, and lessons to be learned from the success the Panthers and Oilers have had the past couple of years.

Transcribed - Published: 6 June 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to sort through everything they saw in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.

Transcribed - Published: 5 June 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to help preview this year's Stanley Cup Final by breaking down all of the biggest storylines heading into it.

Transcribed - Published: 2 June 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Jack Han to preview the upcoming rematch between the Panthers and Oilers by looking at the key matchups, X-factors, stylistic strengths and weaknesses, and where the Stanley Cup Final will be won.

Transcribed - Published: 30 May 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by David Castillo to go through everything they saw in Game 5 of the West Final, and how the Oilers were able to beat the Stars for a second straight year.

Transcribed - Published: 30 May 2025

Description: Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Steve Peters to break down everything they saw in Game 4 of Stars vs. Oilers, why Dallas' 5v5 offense has completely dried up, the contributions Edmonton is getting from various sources throughout the lineup in contrast, and how they've been able to build a 3-1 series lead.

Transcribed - Published: 28 May 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to react to Edmonton's 6-1 victory to go up 2-1 in the West Final, and Florida being one win away from their third straight Stanley Cup Final appearance out East.

Transcribed - Published: 26 May 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Harman Dayal to get into everything they saw in Game 2 of the West Final, how the Oilers were able to even the series up, and what the Stars need to do to get back on track as the series shifts to Edmonton for Games 3 and 4.

Transcribed - Published: 24 May 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Steve Peters to break down the first two games of the Eastern Conference Final, how the Panthers have built a 2-0 lead, and all of the details in the Panthers game that led to the demolition we watched in Game 2 of the series.

Transcribed - Published: 23 May 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Sean Shapiro to get into everything they saw from Game 1 of the Western Conference Final.

Transcribed - Published: 22 May 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Jack Han to preview both of the upcoming Conference Finals matchups by highlighting each team's respective strengths vs. weaknesses, key head to head matchups, and what to watch for in these games.

Transcribed - Published: 19 May 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by John Matisz to break down what they saw from Game 7 of Panthers vs. Leafs, how Florida was able to emphatically win the series, and the big picture takeaways from it all.

Transcribed - Published: 19 May 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Harman Dayal to go through everything they saw in Game 6 of Leafs Panthers, how the Leafs were able to bounce back and stay alive, and what to watch for ahead of Game 7 on Sunday night.

Transcribed - Published: 17 May 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Steve Peters to unpack how the Hurricanes were able to close out the Capitals in 5 and get back to the Eastern Conference Final for the 3rd time in the past 7 years, and how the Jets were able to stay alive and force a Game 6 this weekend against the Stars.

Transcribed - Published: 17 May 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Steve Peters to unpack how the Hurricanes were able to close out the Capitals in 5 and get back to the Eastern Conference Final for the 3rd time in the past 7 years, and how the Jets were able to stay alive and force a Game 6 this weekend against the Stars.

Transcribed - Published: 16 May 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by David Castillo and Robert Tiffin to get into everything they saw from Jets vs. Stars Game 4 on Tuesday night, including Mikael Granlund's goal scoring outburst, Jake Oettinger's stellar performance, Miro Heiskanen's return, and the role special teams have played in Dallas being up 3-1.

Transcribed - Published: 14 May 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Shayna Goldman to break down all of the adjustments the Oilers made to take a stranglehold of their series against Vegas, and what the Hurricanes have done to the Capitals to put themselves just one win away from another appearance in the Eastern Conference Final.

Transcribed - Published: 13 May 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to get into their main takeaways from this weekend's set of playoff games, including Saturday night's thrilling finish in Edmonton, how the Panthers evening up their series at home against the Leafs, and the impact of what Mikko Rantanen is doing right now offensively for the Stars.

Transcribed - Published: 12 May 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Kevin Woodley to break down the strengths and weaknesses of the remaining goalies in the NHL postseason, and the ways their round 2 opponents can try to exploit them offensively.

Transcribed - Published: 9 May 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Harman Dayal to go through everything we saw from Golden Knights Oilers Game 2 and Hurricanes Capitals Game 2 on Thursday night.

Transcribed - Published: 9 May 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Steve Peters to break down everything we saw from Game 2 of Leafs vs. Panthers, and Game 1 of Jets vs. Stars on Wednesday night.

Transcribed - Published: 8 May 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to break down what we just saw from the Jets vs. Blues Game 7 classic right after the final buzzer, Mikko Rantanen's heroics on Saturday in carrying the Stars to a win over the Avalanche, and other takeaways from this remarkable weekend of playoff hockey.

Transcribed - Published: 5 May 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by David Castillo and Robert Tiffin to react to Saturday night's wild Game 7 in Dallas, Mikko Rantanen going nuclear in the coolest possible way, how the Stars were able to find a way to improbably beat the Avalanche in Round 1, and what's next for them looking ahead to Round 2.

Transcribed - Published: 4 May 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by John Matisz to break down what we saw from Game 6 of Jets vs. Blues, why these types of meltdowns keep happening to Winnipeg, and what to expect from both sides in Game 7. Then we take a look at the key matchups ahead of Panthers vs. Leafs in Round 2.

Transcribed - Published: 3 May 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to run an autopsy on how the Panthers, Capitals, and Hurricanes won their Round 1 matchups in 5 games.

Transcribed - Published: 1 May 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to discuss what we saw in Game 5 of the Western Conference round 1 matchups. Topics include the Jets bouncing back at home with a desperately needed win, the Oilers flipping their series with a dominant effort and what the Kings have done to help enable it, and the razor thing margins in Wild vs. Golden Knights

Transcribed - Published: 1 May 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to unpack everything we saw from Sunday night's comeback by the Oilers, the super early Conn Smythe market at this post of the postseason, and look ahead to what's next for us as we get into the latter stages of Round 1 of the playoffs.

Transcribed - Published: 28 April 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to break down what they saw this weekend from the Avalanche vs. Stars, Blues vs. Jets, and Wild vs. Golden Knights series as they each shift to Game 5 tied up at 2-2.

Transcribed - Published: 28 April 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to talk about how the Oilers, Canadiens, Devils, and Blues all got on the board in their series after getting back home, why the Wild have posed the Golden Knights so many problems through three games, and the biggest themes of this postseason so far.

Transcribed - Published: 26 April 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Harman Dayal to talk about Florida's statement win over the Lightning in Game 1, how the Hurricanes took a 2-0 lead over an undermanned Devils squad, and the way these first two games between the Leafs and Senators have been played.

Transcribed - Published: 23 April 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Sean Shapiro to break down the first two games of Stars vs. Avalanche, changes Dallas has made to get back into this series, and the most interesting battleground between the two teams to watch going back to Colorado. Then Steve Peters comes on to sort through Monday night's Kings vs. Oilers Game 1, how LA was able to build their big lead, where it went wrong as the Oilers dramatically fought back late, and the lessons both teams can learn coming out of it.

Transcribed - Published: 22 April 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to talk about the start of the postseason, and the big takeaways from this weekend's set of opening games.

Transcribed - Published: 21 April 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Jack Han and Jack Fraser to preview the first round playoff matchups in the Eastern Conference. They go through each key matchup, strength vs weakness, X-factor, and thing to watch to help get you ready for the postseason.

Transcribed - Published: 18 April 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Jack Han and Jack Fraser to preview the first round playoff series in the Western Conference. They go through each key matchup, strength vs weakness, X-factor, and thing to watch to help get you ready for the postseason.

Transcribed - Published: 18 April 2025

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to look at the most interesting players for each playoff team ahead of the upcoming postseason.

Transcribed - Published: 14 April 2025