Welcome back to
, in which and I have silly conversations tangentially about hockey. This time around, America and Canada’s favorite semi-annual hockey podcast is back to preview “post-view” the first two weeks of the NHL season. Walt and I talk parity vs. stasis, how Florida inexplicably perfected hockey, why the Mammoth might be the league’s stinkiest team (literally, mascot-wise) and how to tell when your coach is doomed. (Hint: check the PDO.)
We also dug into my favorite and not-so-favorite early-season trends in the 2025-26 NHL Elo forecast model:
We say we’re going to try to do this a little more often than usual (which is to say, more than 1-2x per season, lol), but every grand journey begins with a single step, so this is that for now. Enjoy!
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