## THE FIRST ROUND ## Our preview for the first round of the 2026 NHL playoffs is up. We did it. Let's go. evolving-hockey.com/blog/evolvin...

Our NHL Awards article is up! We selected the correct NHL Award winners with data and numbers and statistics. This is our time to shine. evolving-hockey.com/blog/evolvin...

We're finally getting a clearer view of the final 25-26 playoff picture in our team point projections... with ~2 games left for each team.

We're back after a week break (b/c of Shawn it wasn't our fault). We spent the first segment discussing the ongoing insanity of *this* season, playoff races, statistical oddities, and the Hell In a Cell match. Later we previewed our awards picks and the inverse of that. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/

With only a few weeks of the NHL season left, we felt the need to first chat about professional bowling and who owns the hockey pucks. With that covered, we felt ready to move on to the current playoff race, various team strengths, and disappointing western teams. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...

As we approach the end of the season, it's important to focus on what matters [see title]. Shawn spent the weekend scouting the Habs, so we made him share his thoughts. Later, we talked about our die-hard Wild fandom, Hogs, and the odd era of 2000s rock music. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...

The 2026 Trade Deadline is over, and we're here wondering whether it happened at all. We spent the entire episode evaluating all the drama, picking winners and losers, talking Sabres, recommitting to the Wild, and contemplating cassette tape collecting. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...

TRADE DEADLINE 2026! Our annual preview and objective-data-analysis-exercise for the NHL trade deadline is live. Check it out! evolving-hockey.com/blog/evolvin...

Unfortunately, the Olympics are over. The Twins spent the last week binge-watching Olympic sports while Shawn just watched the hockey. We spent the majority of the episode discussing the hockey medal rounds, USA vs. CAN, curling, jingles, and all-nighters. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...

We're a big Olympics podcast now. We know all the sports and have great opinions. We spent the first half discussing everything that's happened, but really we just talked about curling. Later, we chatted about (disappointing USA men's) hockey. The Olympics rock. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...

Alright - the title might be a bit misleading. After (another) week break we're back to discuss bad arenas, Olympic problems, classic "bad" hockey players, and brain health. There's definitely some NHL discussion in here - I promise. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...

We're back after a break due to [things]. We spent the first half discussing recent trades, bad teams in the West, and a surprise Goalie Fight. Later we chatted about favorite colors, The Twins being right about the Peterka trade, and shows we haven't watched yet. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...

Various countries announced their Olympic Rosters this past week before we could get to talking about our predictions, however, we still have a lot of thoughts. Before we dug into them, we first chatted extensively about Expected Goals and modeling problems. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...

We're back after a quick break, and we all really felt like talking. We spent the first half discussing The Holidays, geography, and the Red Wings. Later we chatted about Columbus and Zach Werenski, ancient YouTube videos, and standardized tests for some reason. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...

One of the biggest in-season trades in recent memory just occurred, and it happened to involve our favorite team The Minnesota Wild. We spent the first half discussing all things Hughes. Later we analyzed the Sabres' recent GM change and the Skinner/Jarry Equation. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...

It's December, and the Avalanche are still destroying everyone. We spent the first half discussing the Avs in relation to the modern "greats" and moved on to hypothetical Russian basement dwellers. Later we chatted about hockey rink dimensions and "circle math". www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...

Just like everyone else, we're trying to figure out what the hell is going on with the NHL this season. We spent the first half doing that (it's figured out now). Later we discussed incredible pump-up songs, Scott Stapp, a more optimal league environment, and TRL. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...

Oh boy, here we go!

Due to some data issues with yesterday's games we were not able to update the site with Nov 17th's data (other than game projections for Nov 18th). This will hopefully be fixed for tonight's daily update. We apologize for any inconvenience.

The Atlantic has been all over the place, so we took the opportunity to investigate each division relative to our preseason expectations. Later we hinted at some early Awards picks and tried to get Shawn to watch a movie. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...

We're well into the NHL season, which means it's time for us to meander. We spent the entire episode discussing surprising teams AND unfortunate teams, young people and old players, our updated fantasy tools, and McDavid's astrology info. This was a blast. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...

Our in-season Fantasy Projection tools have been updated for the '25-26 season! These include under/over performing estimates as well as rest-of & end-of season projections. Glossary: evolving-hockey.com/glossary/fan... Link: evolving-hockey.com/stats/fantas...

It's Halloween, and Shawn wants nothing to do with it. We spent the first half discussing spooky teams, standout goalies, and teammate combos. Later we chatted about scary movies, superstitions, injuries, and early awards picks. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...

GAR, xGAR, and RAPM data is now up on the site for the '25-26 season! We spent the first half talking about statistical models and jerseys that are actually awesome. In the second half we discussed surprising teams, road maps, and feeling very old. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...

## Announcement ## All GAR, xGAR & RAPM data (along with QoT/QoC data) is now updated on the site for the '25-26 season! We're a little early this year, so please have fun but also be safe. That said: McDavid for Selke?

The teams went a little crazy yesterday

Week 2 of the '25-26 NHL season is on record and it's too early to do anything with 5 games - we're doing it anyway. We spent the first half discussing the Ducks and relative-to-teammate stars and later talked about traded players on new teams (and Point Break). www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...

It's pretty clear who the best team in the NHL is... it's the Ducks, obviously.

The Sabres are 0-3, Josh is 0-1 in fantasy, and Shawn is in Florida; we embraced all of these issues and powered through it. We did have numerous technical issues, and rolled with the punches. Week 1 is in the books, and we spent the whole episode talking about it. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...

There's been some problems with our team point projection processes for the start of the season. Hopefully I'll have this fixed in a day or two. I know people desperately want to know how much the Sabres have dropped, but we'll all have to wait.

There were a couple wild games out west

We're so back

It's that time of year - the 25-26 NHL season is here!

The '25-26 NHL season begins today, which means our team projections are out! We released our initial preseason projections on Sunday (article on the site!), and we spent the entire episode discussing the projections and our thoughts on each division. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...

## '25-26 NHL Team Projections ## They're up. They're live. Have fun but be safe. evolving-hockey.com/blog/2025-20...

The '25-26 NHL season starts in two weeks and (not) surprisingly, there's still nothing happening. We spent the entire episode trying to evaluate teams based on our general feelings before the EH projections are finished. It went about as well as you would expect. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...

And we're off

We're getting back into the swing of things, even if there's only one thing going on right now (see: title). We spent the first half rambling about our respective other favorite sports (bowling and golf, obviously). Later, we analyzed the Kaprizov "situation". www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...

Fantasy Projections are up on the site! We spent the first half chatting about the MN State Fair and burning yards before moving on to the topic at hand. Later we covered our under-covered (our fault) GAR projections and good defensemen. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...

ICYMI: our fantasy projections for the 25-26 NHL season are live!

# - Announcement - # NHL Fantasy Projections for the '25-26 season have been updated and are now live on the site! Check out our Glossary section for information on how the projections/tools work! Projections: evolving-hockey.com/stats/fantas... Glossary: evolving-hockey.com/glossary/fan...

Marco Rossi signed a contract and nothing else happened. It's been a few weeks since our last episode, and after a (much needed) break from hockey this summer, we're back to chat about essentially everything but that. This was a bit shorter, but we're just vibing. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...

We, without much thought to it, ended up taking a long break this July. But now that we have all contracts tracked, we can evaluate our projection model and discuss the market. We spent the whole episode doing just that, and talking bowling. It's fun to be back. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...

Despite a weak free agency class, myriad contracts signed before July 1st, and an excess of money still in teams' hands, over 200 contracts have been signed in the last week. We spent the entire episode talking about the interesting ones. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...

It's everything you could ever want. Our 2025 NHL Free Agency Preview article is up! This summer is going to be insane. Or it might not be. That would better for our models. evolving-hockey.com/blog/evolvin...

It's our annual Free Agency Preview episode! We spent the first half covering an exceptionally active last week and the second half discussing our preview of things to come. Also included: the draft, schedule changes, data annoyances, and bowling. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...

ICMYI: Our GAR projections for the 25-26 season now are live!

Skater GAR Projections for the '25-26 season are now live on the site! Projections can be found here: evolving-hockey.com/stats/player... Have fun!

The Panthers are your 2025 Stanley Cup Champions! We spent the first half covering the final, discussing team strength, and talking about portable CD players and podcasts. Later we covered the surprising number of trades and signings over the last two weeks. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...

And with that, the 24-25 NHL season comes to a close. We were cheering for a game 7, but the Panthers simply played too well. Thanks for sticking with us! We're looking forward to free agency!