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Sports Reporter Mike Stephens & former NHL coach Rachel Doerrie break down the finer points of hockey tactics and statistics in a fun, easily-digestible manner.
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The Staff and Graph Podcast The Staff and Graph Podcast

    • Sports
    • 4.1 • 92 Ratings

Sports Reporter Mike Stephens & former NHL coach Rachel Doerrie break down the finer points of hockey tactics and statistics in a fun, easily-digestible manner.
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    Stanley Cup Preview

    Stanley Cup Preview

    On this episode, Mike and Rachel preview, breakdown, and give their predictions for the Stanley Cup final between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers.
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    • 44 min
    Nurse

    Nurse

    On this episode, Mike and Rachel discuss the Oilers Stars (00:00-28:48), Don Wadell being hired by Columbus and Eric Tulsky being named interim GM of Carolina (28:48-34:33), and the Panthers Rangers series (34:33-44:08). They then dive into Minnesota winning the Walter Cup and the PWHL season as a whole (44:08-END)!
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    • 55 min
    Berube's Tomato Soup

    Berube's Tomato Soup

    On this episode, Mike Stephens and Rachel Doerrie discuss Ryan McDonough being re-aquired by Tampa Bay and how signing bonuses work (00:00-15:54). They then breakdown Sheldon Keefe being hired by New Jersey (15:54-35:17) and Craig Berube officially being hired by Toronto (35:17-END).
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    • 1 hr
    Titan

    Titan

    On this episode, Mike and Rachel dive into the Knicks incredible pregame speech (00:00-02:35), Craig Berube looking like he will be the guy for Toronto (02:35-16:28), whether or not the the Hurricanes can come back and goaltending being crucial in the playoffs (16:28-27:15). They also discuss Valeri Nichushkin being placed in Stage 3 of the Player Assistance Program (27:15-36:55), the Avalanche being down 3-2 to the Stars (36:55-38:11), players about to get trade protection (38:11-46:10), and Darren Dutchyshen passing away: 46:10-END.
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    • 52 min
    Let Both Teams Lose

    Let Both Teams Lose

    On this episode, Mike and Rachel discuss the Leafs press conference (00:00-17:04), Boston Bruins struggling and whether the league is in favour of the Panthers (17:04-36:03), the Rangers being really good (36:03-49:09), and the Oilers Canucks series (49:09-END).
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    • 1 hr
    Accountability

    Accountability

    On this episode, Mike and Rachel do a deep dive on the Toronto Maple Leafs including a recap of this Leafs era (00:00-13:39), the "we're right there" comments (13:39-21:50), Morgan Rielly and the PR nightmare of the Leafs this season (21:50-35:27), William Nylander (35:27-38:12), Mitch Marner (38:12-01:10:32), Brendan Shanahan (01:10:32-01:18:06), what a Marner trade could look like (01:18:06-01:29:26), and Sheldon Keefe being fired (01:29:26-END)
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    • 1 hr 33 min

Customer Reviews

4.1 out of 5
92 Ratings

92 Ratings

Goon Squad Captain ,

Future Considerations?

I don’t know how old both of you are but when Chris Draper went from Winning to Detroit guess the Future Considerations? The league had no rules at the time for what it had to be.

It was a Dollar, I kid you know you can google it that’s-actually what it was

Great show

dschultzy ,

Love this!

Rachel is one of my favorite hockey personalities and brilliant minds in hockey. They have a great dynamic and the way they attack topics and evaluating teams and players is just phenomenal.

~👽~ ,

No Mikey No!

I’m generally a little suspect when it comes to writers who are diehard fans of a single team covering the whole league. By that measure, I literally have no idea how Mike Stephens is allowed to write about anyone other than the Leafs. Very clear that the other 31 teams barely get a modicum of his attention unless they’re Toronto’s opponent on any given night. If you wanted to listen to anything salient and unbiased about teams other than the Leafs, you’re really better off looking elsewhere. What started as a decent podcast about the inner workings of the game has devolved into something entirely unrecognizable, and not for the better.

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