The Hockey PDOcast Blue Wire

Cam Charron joins the show to discuss a variety of random offseason topics. Things we cover in this episode:

How we watch games these days

What we're specifically looking for

Tracking games and what we're trying to quantify

How our preferences have changed over the years

Being willing to learn from new information

The value in acknowledging what you don't know

Optimizing offence and hunting for specific shots

Goalies playing the puck, expected goals, and a lot more

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Thomas Drance joins the show to discuss Matthew Tkachuk going to the Panthers, Jonathan Huberdeau and Mackenzie Weegar going to the Flames, and what's next for both teams following their blockbuster trade. Topics include:

Why Matthew Tkachuk is such a unique player

What our expectations should be for his future scoring

How he'll provide the Panthers with a different offensive element

The age bracket of Florida's new core

Why they were comfortable trading Huberdeau and Weegar

Whether they have any cards left to play

The amount of leverage Calgary had in negotiations

What Darryl Sutter can get out of Huberdeau defensively

The reason Weegar is polarizing and how much of it is fair

How Calgary's playing style is a great fit for both

The Flames loaded defense and potential combinations

What they can do next to add to their team

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Kevin Woodley joins the show to talk about goalies, the moves made at the position this offseason, and the details that go into finding the right fit. Topics include:

Impact of environment on goalie performance

Scouting to exploit opponent's tendencies

Matchmaking goalie's strengths with team dynamics

Level of planning that goes into shot and save selection

Why measuring time and space is the next frontier

What to make of John Gibson's numbers

New Jersey's inability to buy a save lately

Matt Murray, Jack Campbell, and the musical chairs

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Dom Luszczyszyn and Jack Fraser join the show to discuss all of the big moves that happened on the first day of free agency. Topics include:

A live reaction to Johnny Gaudreau signing with CBJ

The Hurricanes adding Brent Burns and Max Pacioretty

How the league still values big defensemen

The approach by young teams like the Red Wings and Ducks

The Lightning and Avalanche taking care of business

All of Ottawa's Ws so far this offseason

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Shayna Goldman joins the show to discuss the Alex DeBrincat trade, the Filip Forsberg extension, and other notable news items from draft weekend. Topics include:

How the Senators can use DeBrincat

Why this was the right type of risk for them to take

The return the Blackhawks were able to get

The importance of maximizing value during rebuilds

The Forsberg extension and free agent market

Oilers shedding salary and how they'll use the cap space

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Cam Robinson and Chris Peters join the show to do a mock draft of this year's 16 lottery picks. In Part 2 of the show, topics discussed include:

1:00 - Denton Mateychuk

6:00 - Cutter Gauthier

10:00 - Frank Nazar

16:00 - Marco Kasper

19:30 - Pavel Mintyukov

22:00 - Liam Ohgren

24:30 - Matthew Savoie

29:30 - Joakim Kemell

34:00 - Jonathan Lekkerimaki

37:30 - Owen Pickering

40:00 - Danila Yurov

43:00 - Brad Lambert

47:30 - Jagger Firkus

49:00 - Connor Geekie

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