Evolving Hockey Podcast
131 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsShawn Ferris and Josh & Luke Younggren of Evolving-Hockey.com talk weekly about hockey focusing on NHL players, teams, and other current events from an analytical and statistical perspective.
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Episode 108: 2024 NHL Playoff Preview! Round 1
April 24, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 53.9 MBWe're a few days late, but that's not our fault! The NHL decided to start the playoffs earlier than expected, so we're scrambling a bit to catch up. We spent the entire episode covering each of the first round series. In between there's some nonsense as usual.
Episode 107: Kyle Dubas Roasts Us
April 09, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 51.9 MBIt's been a few weeks, but we're back to discuss... Kyle Dubas in the twitter replies. Later (and before) we chat about the terrible Eastern Conference wild card race, potential changes to the NHL playoff structure, shooting talent, and eclipses.
Episode 106: Tanking, Models, and the Playoff Picture
March 19, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 44.7 MBIt's that time of year again: bad teams. We use the Sharks and Blackhawks as a jumping off point to talk historically bad teams (the '92-93 Senators and Sharks), and then cover the current playoff picture. In the middle, we chat about preseason expectations and models.
Episode 105: 3v3 Goalie Pulls, Twins, and Post-Tade Deadline
March 12, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 52.1 MBThe NHL trade deadline came and went, but we had more important things on our minds: 4v3 strength states. In the first half, we talked twins, the Wild's bold 3v3 goalie pull, and scoring rates. Later, we did a full breakdown of the deadline!
Episode 104: Rempe, The Devils, and Wikipedia
March 05, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 51.3 MBWith the trade deadline fast approaching, we first explained to Luke why everyone is talking about Matt Rempe and then cover the very recent Devils coaching change. Later we reminisce about Wikipedia-while-working and chat about the ongoing deadline happenings.
Episode 103: Trade Deadline 2024 Extravaganza
February 29, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBWe just published our '23-24 NHL trade deadline targets article on the site and spent well over an hour talking about our targets, the Evolving Tanev deal, and contending vs. non-contending teams. This one was a blast. Article can be found here
Episode 102: Columbus, Jágr, and Trade Deadline Targets
February 21, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 47.8 MBWe're back after a long holiday weekend to chat about Jarmo Kekäläinen's firing, the Blue Jackets, and the tank race. Later we cover some Jágr trivia, trade deadline (non-) targets, and music composition.
Episode 101: NHL Audit, Empty Net Goals, and Vacuums
February 13, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBIt's time for some data discussion! The NHL recently announced that they completed a season-long audit of their tracking methods, and we took this as an on-brand opportunity to spend the first half chatting about it. Later we discussed the awesome Greig empty-net slapshot, empty net goals in general, geography, and vacuums.
Episode 100: Trades, Rest of Season Predictions, and NHL Recitals
February 06, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 45.1 MBWe're back - at our proper time! In the first half we discussed the All Star game, Lindholm & Monahan, the Canucks, and regional pronunciation. Later we talked NHL players in recital, expansion cities, and team predictions for the rest of the '23-24 season.
Evolving Hockey Guest Spot: Charlie O'Connor, Again!
January 31, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 46.9 MBIt's our pleasure to welcome our first returning guest! Charlie, one of our favorite people in hockey, stopped by to chat about the Flyers' surprise season, the coaching and organizational overhaul, interesting players, Tyson Foerster, and some of our favorite albums from 2023. Charlie O'Connor can be found here: PHLY Sports Twitter In light of the recent 2018 Hockey Canada sexual assault charges, we are encouraging those who are able to support and donate to the following organizations...
Episode 99: Fleury, The Blackhawks, and Technology
January 18, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour - 48.8 MBWe're halfway through the season, and it's a perfect time to discuss some exceptionally bad teams. In the first half we chat about Fleury's recent climb among goalie greats and goalie stats this season. Later, we debate terrible rosters, fuel economy metrics, and historical stats.
Episode 98: The PWHL, Gauthier / Drysdale, and Nylander
January 10, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 53.3 MBIn rare form for this season, we've had some actual big news over the last week! In the first half, we chat about the early success of the PWHL and the unique Flyers / Ducks trade. In the second half, we discuss Nylander's extension, aging curves, and great hockey names.
Episode 97: The Winter Classic, Preseason Expectations, and Airports
January 03, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 50.2 MBNew Year, Same Us. We spent the first half discussing the Winter Classic, language stack exchanges, and airports. In the second half we chatted about public models, team performance relative to preseason expectations, and the state of public data/tracking in 2024.
Episode 96: Naughty & Nice Lists, Twin Cities, and Olympic Rosters
December 20, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 54.8 MBIt's Christmas Eve in podcast form, so we took a prompt from Shawn and spent the first half discussing our individually-defined naughty & nice lists for the NHL this season. In the second half we chatted about GRIT and stumbled into 2026 Olympic hockey roster speculation.
Episode 95: Player Evaluation, Philosophy, and Ohtani
December 12, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 48 MBLast week we discussed a few others' award picks. This week, we used our own picks as a means to discuss player evaluation philosophy, under-looked players this season, and Connor Bedard. Later we talked Ohtani's new contract and NHL parallels.
Episode 94: Awards Talk, The Sabres, and Geography
December 07, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 49.5 MBWe're quite late, and that's the twins' fault. We spent the first half rambling about the crazy Pacific teams, handwriting, and some important geography. In the second half, however, we got serious: The Buffalo Sabres and Awards talk.
Episode 93: Dean Evason, The CBA, and Thanksgiving Standings!
November 28, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBWe're back after a week break for Thanksgiving. This one made it seem like we really missed doing this podcast (we did). First we discussed the Wild, their recent coaching change, and struggles. In the second half we attempted to talk the current playoff picture. In between we covered DST, our vague understanding of the CBA, Randy Newman, and New Foundland.
Episode 92: The Oilers / Sharks Battle and Way Too Early Calder Discussion
November 14, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 48.5 MBIt feels like the only thing happening in the league has to do with the Oilers. So of course we discussed Edmonton's woes along with one of the more entertaining games of the last year. In the second half we chatted about early rookie standouts and made time for some geography trivia!
Episode 91: The Canucks, The Leafs, and Jury Duty
November 08, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 45.4 MBShawn has been dealing with jury duty, so we're once again a day late - our apologies. We spent a good portion of the first half discussing the Canucks, the erratic Pacific division, and expectations. In the second half we pat ourselves on the back re: the Leafs and chat about the important new Minnesota top line.
Episode 90: Halloween, The Ducks, and New GAR Data!
November 01, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 50.6 MBAs is (now) tradition here at the podcast, we're recording on Halloween, once again. We chat about the surprising Anaheim Ducks, discuss the recently released GAR et al. data for the '23-24 season, quiz each other on D-men shooting trivia, and share some spooky stories!
Episode 89: New Tracking Data, Alberta Struggles, and Frozen Frenzy
October 24, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 49.2 MBThe NHL just released their new player tracking site, Edge! We spent the first half covering the new site, what's available, and discussing our thoughts on theoretical player "value". In the second half, we talked Alberta, struggling teams, and the upcoming Frozen Frenzy!
Episode 88: Conor Bedard, The Leafs, and X-Rinks
October 17, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBThe first week of the '23-24 NHL regular season is in the books, and we're here to discuss your 3 GP shooting % leaders. It's still a little too early to say anything conclusive about this year's season, but we discussed Bedard, some surprising upsets, Leafs discourse, and fun hockey variants.
Episode 87: '23-24 NHL Season Preview!
October 10, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 68.1 MBWe went long with this one. And for good reason. The '23-24 NHL regular season begins today, and we just released our preseason team point projections! This is a companion episode to the article that went up on the site covering the projections! This was a real fun time.
Episode 86: Baseball, The Minnesota Wild, and Scandanavia
October 03, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 49.7 MBWe're a week away from the start of the '23-24 NHL season and spent a good amount of time discussing the upcoming MLB playoffs and childhood sports fandom. We then moved on to some recent signings by the Wild and Ducks and discussed the definition of Scandinavia.
Episode 85: Barbie, Data, and Zegras
September 27, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBWe're back to our regularly scheduled time (a day late of course). Josh & Luke saw Barbie, so of course we have to talk about it. Afterwards we discussed nonsense, the Buffalo Sabres, preseason storylines, recent changes to the NHL's data, and the Zegras saga.
Episode 84: Babcock, Sanderson, and Nonsense
September 19, 2023 08:00 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MBWe're back after our broken promise of a normal schedule. Despite our best efforts, we spent a little time discussing the Babcock situation in Columbus then moved on to Ottawa and the Sanderson signing, contract theory, and a recent lack of publicized NHL tardiness?
Episode 83: It's Fantasy Time!
September 06, 2023 08:00 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MBWe just released our updated Fantasy Projections for the '23-24 NHL season yesterday on the site! We spent most of the hour discussing the model, our process, how the tool can/should be used, and the things we learned from our mistakes (as fantasy managers) last season. Projections: https://evolving-hockey.com/stats/fantasy_projections/
Episode 82: 2023 NHL Free Agency Review!
August 22, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBIt's that time, once again! We spent the entire hour discussing everything 2023's NHL offseason had to offer. While this summer may have been a dud, we had a great time diving into our contract model's performance, team evaluation, trades, and Oliver Bonk. Take a look at the article that goes along with this episode here!
Evolving Hockey Guest Spot: Dani Chu
August 01, 2023 07:00 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MBWe're honored to have Dani Chu, Senior Quantitative Analyst for the Seattle Kraken, on the show! We spent an hour talking about Dani's background, working with the Kraken, education, statistics, hockey conferences, and the Coachella Valley Firebirds. This was a blast.
Episode #81: DeBrincat, Kopitar, and '23-24 Player Projections!
July 18, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 53 MBWe're back! We start discussing a few recent signings, the end of the DeBrincat Saga, career Goals Above Replacement re: Kopitar, and Banana Ball. Later, we cover everything you need to know about GAR projections on the site!
Episode #80: Five Days into NHL Free Agency
July 06, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 46.3 MBWe're through five days of free agency. So far it's been a lot of things, and we have thoughts. We spent the whole hour covering all of it. Contract projections, Twitter, left-field contracts, and team evaluations. It's nice to be back.
Episode #79: Stanley Cup, Team Construction, and Contracts!
June 15, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 52.8 MBThe Golden Knights are your 2023 Stanley Cup Champions, which means hockey (in its played form) is now over. We discussed the Cup Final, transitioned to a larger discussion about skater size and team construction, and spent the second half covering a few recent contracts and gaming.
Episode #78: Round 3, Defunct NHL Teams, and League News
June 01, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 47.7 MBThe Conference Finals are done, and we weren't particularly impressed with them. We discussed the series, learned about now-defunct NHL teams, talked probability theory, and tried to cover everything that's happened in NHL front offices recently.
Episode #77: The Leafs, Coyotes, and Geography
May 18, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 46.7 MBRound 2 is complete, and well, it wasn't necessarily the best round we've watched. That said, there's a lot here. We discussed the second round, the upcoming Conference Finals, the Leafs' potential problems, the Coyotes actual problems, and spent way too long figuring out where the bayou is.
Episode #76: Draft Lottery, Round 2, and Draisaitl
May 09, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBWe recorded immediately after the draft lottery, and none of us were exceptionally happy about it. We chat about the aforementioned lottery, the ongoing second round of the playoffs, cleaning agents, and Leon Draisaitl... with quite a bit of rambling throughout.
Hockey Stats Glossary Series: Contract Projections!
May 05, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 47.9 MBThe Glossary Series is back! We spent the entire hour covering our NHL contract projection model, which we recently updated and released on Evolving Hockey for the 2023 NHL offseason. Josh & Luke rambled a bit too much, but we had a lot of fun with this one!
Episode #75: Round 2!
May 03, 2023 11:00 - 52 minutes - 35.8 MBThe first round of the NHL playoffs this season was quite a treat. We chat about everything that happened (in as much detail as we can fit in an hour), and cover the second round along the way. Keep an eye out for another episode later this week covering our recently released contract projections!
Episode #74: Playoffs, Penalties, and Projections
April 25, 2023 07:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBWe did it. We solved the "penalty problem". During the first half, we discuss the ongoing "issue" of refereeing/penalties in the NHL and chat about sleep schedules. In the second half, we cover the current state of the playoffs, the interesting DAL/MIN rosters, and the potential round 2 matchups.
Episode #73: First Round Playoff Preview!
April 17, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBThe 2023 NHL playoffs begin today! We spent well over an hour discussing each series at length. Mind you, we sprinkled some banter in as well, and had quite the heated debate about the North Stars. Make sure to check out our complete playoff preview on the site (here).
Episode #72: Vibes, Bruins, and Scoring Trends
April 04, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 52.2 MBWe thought we'd have little to talk about this week, but that was clearly wrong. We discussed the Bruins and their chances in the playoffs, tried to briefly rank teams based on vibes, circled back to the scoring trends and tracking this season, and butchered numerous French phrases.
Episode #71: Playoff Talk and Mailbag!
March 28, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBWe're about 3 weeks away from the 2023 NHL playoffs, which means we're all wondering why they haven't started yet. In the first half, we chat about the current playoff picture (among various random topics). We then move on to a quite long but very fun mailbag segment!
Episode #70: The Gang Scouts a Hockey Player
March 21, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 47.7 MBAs hinted at in past episodes, we've finally done it. All three of us, individually, scouted a game from rookie sensation Jack Quinn of the Buffalo Sabres. We spent the entire hour discussing our process, reviewing our notes (which can be found on https://evolving-hockey.com/), debating our evaluation, and pondering scouting in general. This was a blast.
Episode #69: Philosophy, Raw Meat, and Awards Talk
March 14, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 53.2 MBWe're quickly approaching the end of the '22-23 NHL season. With the trade deadline behind us, we discussed recent league occurrences, the current state of the playoff race, Chychrun's diet, our NHL awards picks, state fairs, and the philosophy around player evaluation.
Episode #68: Trade Deadline Analysis, Pennsylvania, and Scouting
March 07, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 47.2 MBThe NHL trade deadline is now behind us! We cover the rest of the deals that happened since last episode, evaluate teams and how they did, ponder whether Pennsylvania as a state is in trouble, and consider what it would be like if we were scouts.
Episode #67: TRADES!
March 01, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBThat's it. That's the whole episode. We spent nearly 80 minutes going through @CapFriendly's trade history page, chronologically, covering everything that's happened in the past week. This trade deadline has been insane. And there are 3 days left.
Episode #66: Chychrun, Tarasenko, Horvat, and Tage
February 14, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 50.5 MBWhile we're a few weeks out from the trade deadline, there have been plenty of speculated and actual moves. We first cover a few All Star Game bits, then focus on recent league news, Jakob Chychrun rumors, the recent Tarasenko trade, Bo Horvat's new contract, and "good" teams. And of course, Tage enters the conversation as well.
Episode #65: The Horvat Trade, All Star Rosters, and Awards
January 31, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 52.7 MBIt's an Emergency Podcast! Not really, but Bo Horvat happened to be traded 20 minutes before we started recording, so it's an emergency. We chat about the trade, cover a few league happenings, and combine All Star Rosters and Awards analysis in the second half.
Episode #64: Bad News, The Canucks, and Shot Data
January 24, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 49.5 MBThe past week was a lot of not good news. We cover a few of the items in question in the first half, along with some general good old fashioned trivia to start. In the second half we revisit our predictions from last week, and spend some time discussing shot data in general.
Episode #63: The Halfway Point
January 17, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBWe're halfway through the season, which means it's time for a full midseason recap episode! In the first half we discuss struggling teams (Canucks, Senators), the Kraken's recent success, and Matt Boldy. In the second half we dig into the playoff landscape.
Episode #62: The Panthers, Bad Teams, and Jack Hughes
January 10, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 52.1 MBWe're back after a short break! While things are heating up in the NHL, we're focused on the continuing tank efforts from teams across the league. We also spent quite a bit of time trying to diagnose the Panthers issues, and discussed the Hughes brothers.