The Hockey PDOcast

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by John Matisz to go through our biggest takeaways from Game 1 of this year's Stanley Cup Final.

Transcribed - Published: 3 June 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Jack Han to help preview this year's Stanley Cup Final by looking at all of the matchups and tactics for both teams that'll decide the series.

Transcribed - Published: 1 June 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Jesse Granger to dig into how the Golden Knights swept the Avalanche in the Western Conference Final, and look ahead to this year's Stanley Cup Final against the Hurricanes.

Transcribed - Published: 30 May 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Mike Kelly to break down Game 3 of Hurricanes vs. Canadiens, and the trends emerging from the East Final. Then we discuss some of the biggest takeaways from this year's playoffs in terms of how teams are creating their scoring chances, and what they're giving up to the opposition.

Transcribed - Published: 26 May 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Shayna Goldman to talk about young players who have broken out this postseason, and the trickledown effect those performances will have on their next contracts and the team building decisions their teams make this summer as a result of it.

Transcribed - Published: 21 May 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Jesse Granger to preview this year's Western Conference Final between the Avalanche and the Golden Knights before it gets going on Wednesday night.

Transcribed - Published: 18 May 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Jack Han to go through their takeaways from Game 5 of Canadiens vs. Sabres, and look ahead to Game 6 of that series on Saturday night. Then Meghan Angley joins the show to unpack how the Avalanche beat the Wild in 5 games in their second round matchup.

Transcribed - Published: 15 May 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to catch up on everything we saw while watching this weekend's games. We get into the Canadiens going up 2-1 on the Sabres, the Ducks bouncing back from an ugly Game 3 to even up their against the Golden Knights, the Wild winning at home against the Avalanche, and the Hurricanes sweeping the Flyers.

Transcribed - Published: 11 May 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Kevin Woodley to break down what we're seeing from the goalies still playing in Round 2, the opponents they're facing in their current matchups, and the biggest challenges in front of them.

Transcribed - Published: 7 May 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Jack Han right after the conclusion of Game 7 of Canadiens vs. Lightning to talk about Montreal's Round 1 win, before looking ahead to their upcoming matchup against the Sabres. Then we get into the most interesting angles for the Golden Knights vs. Ducks series, and what we saw in Game 1 of Hurricanes vs. Flyers this weekend.

Transcribed - Published: 4 May 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Mike Kelly to discuss how the Wild, Ducks, and Flyers won in Round 1 while looking ahead to their upcoming Round 2 matchups.

Transcribed - Published: 1 May 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Sean Shapiro to help rank all 8 of this year's Round 1 playoff series based on our interest level in them.

Transcribed - Published: 27 April 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by John Matisz to break down what we saw while watching Game 3 of Sabres vs. Bruins and Hurricanes vs. Senators on Thursday night.

Transcribed - Published: 24 April 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to go through our initial impressions of every Game 1 that we watched this weekend.

Transcribed - Published: 20 April 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Jack Han and Jack Fraser to preview 6 of the 8 Round 1 matchups in this year's playoffs. To help get you ready for the postseason before the games get going this weekend, we go through team strengths vs. weaknesses, key individual matchups, potential x-factors, and interesting stuff to watch for in each series. Here's the timestamp for everything we covered in this episode: 3:00 Sabres vs. Bruins 24:40 Lightning vs. Canadiens 36:36 Penguins vs. Flyers 48:00 Hurricanes vs. Senators 1:03:50 Stars vs. Wild 1:15:58 Golden Knights vs. Mammoth We'll be doing similar breakdowns of the final two Round 1 matchups we didn't get to here on the Patreon feed on Friday if you'd like to check those out there.

Transcribed - Published: 17 April 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to go through the most interesting playoff battles to watch heading into the final week of the regular season.

Transcribed - Published: 13 April 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Chris Meaney to highlight a bunch of young players around the league that have impressed us down the stretch.

Transcribed - Published: 10 April 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Sean Shapiro to unpack all of the most interesting components of Pete DeBoer taking over behind the bench for the Islanders, and the tough weekend the Red Wings had to continue their theme of struggling from March 1st on over the past couple of seasons.

Transcribed - Published: 6 April 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to do a live show from Ball Arena in Denver at the analytics conference the Avalanche hosted this week. This episode also includes conversations we had with Jared Bednar and Chris MacFarland as part of the event.

Transcribed - Published: 1 April 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to discuss the coaching change the Golden Knights made on Sunday, the Eastern Conference playoff race, and other stuff that's caught our eye while watching hockey this past week.

Transcribed - Published: 30 March 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Pete Blackburn to draft the potential Round 1 matchups we're most excited to watch this postseason.

Transcribed - Published: 27 March 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to sort every potential playoff team into tiers based on how much they've got on the line this postseason.

Transcribed - Published: 23 March 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Dom Luszczyszyn to discuss the run the Blue Jackets have been on coming out of the Olympic break, the playoff picture in the East, and the potential round 1 matchups for the top seeds in the West.

Transcribed - Published: 19 March 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to get into the run the Dallas Stars have been on over their past 15 games by highlighting the unsung players that have stepped up during their winning streak, all of the considerations in analyzing Nick Schmaltz 8-year extension, what we've liked and haven't liked from watching Sabres games this week, and the degree to which Erik Karlsson has stepped up for the Penguins during a brutal part of their schedule.

Transcribed - Published: 16 March 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Kevin Woodley to talk about Senators goalies, their struggles in net this year, and the pros and cons of Ottawa’s defensive approach in front of them. Then we break down all of the goalie rotations we’re seeing teams around the league using more regularly this year, and the questions it raises about how that usage will play out in the postseason.

Transcribed - Published: 12 March 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to discuss Sunday's Sabres vs. Lightning and Avalanche vs. Wild matchups, and get into some bigger picture takeaways coming out of this year's trade deadline.

Transcribed - Published: 9 March 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by John Matisz and Sean Shapiro to break down all of the biggest trades and most interesting stories from this year's trade deadline.

Transcribed - Published: 7 March 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance and Jack Fraser to help cook up a collection of fake trades that we'd like to see at this year's trade deadline.

Transcribed - Published: 2 March 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by John Matisz to go through the top teams in the league and the conversations they should be having about how they can most meaningfully improve their team ahead of this year's trade deadline.

Transcribed - Published: 27 February 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Spencer Carbery and Thomas Drance to talk about a variety of topics including learning from this year's Olympics, navigating the challenges the compressed schedule has created and the highs and lows that have come with it, the success the Capitals have had the past couple of years with pro scouting and the role a coach plays in putting those acquired players in a position to succeed, the balance of developing younger players at this level while you're trying to be a playoff team, and the things coaches can control during an NHL game.

Transcribed - Published: 23 February 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to do a postgame show for today's Gold Medal Game. We break down how USA was able to beat Canada 2-1 in overtime by getting into Connor Hellebuyck's huge performance in net, the looks Canada was generating but not converting on in the 2nd and 3rd periods, and Jack Hughes' overtime winner. Since it's such a big show to close out the Olympics we had to end it in style, so we brought Chris Pronger on near the end to go through our main takeaways coming out of this one and the players who stand to benefit most from it moving forward.

Transcribed - Published: 22 February 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance right after the conclusion of the Canada vs. Finland semifinal to break down all of the key moments throughout the game, the top individual performances that made a difference, and the 3rd comeback.

Transcribed - Published: 20 February 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to break down Canada's overtime win over Czechia in the quarterfinal, all of the biggest moments throughout the game, and potential adjustments to make ahead of Friday's semifinal matchup against Finland.

Transcribed - Published: 18 February 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to use the day off between the end of the group stage and the start of the elimination rounds to take stock of where all of the top teams are at right now after getting to watch each of them 3 times.

Transcribed - Published: 16 February 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to go through all of our main takeaways after watching Canada's 5-0 win vs. Czechia, and the notable differences between the way these games in the Olympics are being played compared to the NHL product.

Transcribed - Published: 12 February 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to go through the bear vs. bull cases for each Stanley Cup contender in the Eastern Conference.

Transcribed - Published: 9 February 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Steve Werier to discuss how the Panarin trade played out for the Rangers, the way the Flyers have handled the Michkov drama, organizations like the Blue Jackets and Predators with big decisions to make, and the volume-based team building approach the Penguins and Bruins have taken.

Transcribed - Published: 5 February 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Shayna Goldman to highlight one important stat for every NHL team heading into this week's Olympic Break.

Transcribed - Published: 4 February 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to go through the bear vs. bull cases for each Stanley Cup contender in the Western Conference.

Transcribed - Published: 2 February 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Hickey to talk about Matthew Schaefer's rookie season, the impact he's had on the way the Islanders are playing this season, the state of the Metro Division at this point in the season, teams that have impressed in live viewings, and stuff he's picking up while watching games from ice level.

Transcribed - Published: 30 January 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Jack Fraser to help answer your mailbag questions about San Jose's plan for filling out their blueline in the future, rookies that have impressed us beyond the obvious ones in the Calder conversation, Sam Malinski's extension, the Ondrej Palat trade, public models vs. private models, and the future of tracking data.

Transcribed - Published: 28 January 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by John Matisz to go through their list of people and teams who stand to benefit most from this year's Olympics, and the break in the NHL schedule that it'll provide.

Transcribed - Published: 21 January 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Brenden Dillon and Thomas Drance to talk about the first 50 games for the Devils, how he's adjusted his game over the years to make it to 1000 games in the NHL, the challenges of not having a consistent defense partner and how your approach changes in those situations, sticking with the process when the results aren't going your way, and the toughest teams they've played so far this season.

Transcribed - Published: 21 January 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to go through their main takeaways from this past week of hockey. We discuss how much we've enjoyed watching the Buffalo Sabres, Utah's impressive homestand, the Wild Card picture in the West, Nikolaj Ehlers' impact on the Canes to start 2026, the Rangers writing yet another letter and insight into what their future path forward is, the Blue Jackets since their coaching change, and the importance of Auston Matthews looking like Auston Matthews again.

Transcribed - Published: 19 January 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Dom Luszczyszyn to answer your mailbag questions about Darren Raddysh's next contract, why the Kings are so mid, McDavid's point streak, Quinn Hughes' impact in Minnesota, players who deserve more love this season, bounceback candidates in the second half, how much juice Dougie Hamilton has left, and a whole lot more.

Transcribed - Published: 15 January 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Kevin Woodley to talk about a variety of goalie topics around the league. We get into John Gibson's performance since the start of December, Brandon Bussi's play within the context of Carolina's extreme defensive environment, the struggles the Ducks have had keeping pucks out of their own net, just how impressive Ilya Sorokin's dominance is this year, how much Markstrom is to blame for New Jersey's recent results, and some notes on Joseph Woll and Connor Ingram.

Transcribed - Published: 13 January 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to go through 7 teams that are on tilt right now because of the way their season has been going lately, while breaking down what's gone wrong for each of them, and the big decisions they have ahead.

Transcribed - Published: 12 January 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Pete Blackburn to do a midseason update of their Watchability Rankings, ranking all 32 teams in the NHL based on the entertainment value they're providing us with and the reasons to tune into their games right now.

Transcribed - Published: 9 January 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to go through the Olympic rosters that were announced for Team Canada, Team USA, and Team Sweden this week.

Transcribed - Published: 5 January 2026

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Jack Han to discuss Juraj Slafkovsky's development as a playmaker this season, the way Macklin Celebrini and Igor Chernyshov are playing together, Celebrini's ideal role on Team Canada at this year's Olympics, the difficulty of accurately evaluating defensive play for young players, the reasons the Devils are struggling to create 5v5 offense, and how the Lightning have been able to churn out the defensive results they have despite all of their injuries on the back-end.

Transcribed - Published: 2 January 2026