A Couple of Goons

The playoffs continue

* L'équipe de la semaine !

* Meet #20

* The worst collapse we’ve seen on CNBC since Dogecoin

* Curses

* Coming soon to Amazon Prime Video!

* Other divisions

* Looking forward

Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.

We are now on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, find us there, and consider throwing us a rating. Neil’s Github is at github.com/neilpaine538, or, our new convenient website located at http://githubdotcomslashneilpainefivethreeeight.com

It’s the playoffs babyyyy

* Team of the Week!

* Your #19

* Walt gives Neil a present from his travels

* The Teams We’ve Lost

* War is peace. Freedom is slavery. I have always supported the Winnipeg Jets

* The Battle of Florida

* The East goes exactly as planned

* Neil mentions The Kiss

Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.

We are now on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, find us there, and consider throwing us a rating. Neil’s Github is at github.com/neilpaine538, or, our new convenient website located at http://githubdotcomslashneilpainefivethreeeight.com

Walt is on vacation, but somehow we’ve got 50% more goons than usual. Neil is joined by GoonsPod alums Emily Scherer of FiveThirtyEight and Tyler Lauletta of Insider. Here’s what we talked about:

* Team of the Week! (Not based on Elo ratings, for once.)

* “Concussions are bad” — Tyler

* Episode No. 18 commemorative Spin-O-Rama edition

* What we like about the playoffs so far… the Battle of Florida is GOOD

* Best Hockey Playoff Traditions with Emily

* We recall that 5-overtime Flyers game where the players ate pizza mid-OT

Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Emily is @_schem , Tyler is @tylerlauletta and this podcast is @GoonsPod.

We are now on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, find us there, and consider throwing us a rating. Neil’s Github is at github.com/neilpaine538.

We’ve finally made it to the end of the regular season (unless you’re in the North Division — sorry Canada), and Walt is ready for his inaugural Hockey Guy Playoffs. Topics of conversation include:

* I, for one, welcome our new soundboard overlord

* Team of the Week! (Sorta)

* The #17

* North Division: Can the Leafs be stopped?

* East Division: Caps-Bruins is going to be LIT

* Central Division: Prepare for the Battle of Florida

* West Division: Give us Golden Knights vs. Avs already!

* Let’s grow our playoff beards

Here’s former Atlanta Thrasher Patrik Stefan giving us the most humiliating fail in hockey history:

Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.

We are now on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, find us there, and consider throwing us a rating. Neil’s Github is at github.com/neilpaine538.

We’re finally talking about it. Topics of conversation include:

* Would You Look At This Ludicrous Display

* Team of the Week!

* The #15

* Ancient Fighting

* The Era of the Goon

* Modern Warfare

* The Chivalric Practises of Goon-on-Goon dueling

* The Fall of the Goon

Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.

We are now on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, find us there, and consider throwing us a rating. Neil’s Github is at github.com/neilpaine538.

Madness reigns: Neil’s out this week, Walt is joined by Insider’s Tyler Lauletta and FiveThirtyEight’s Emily Scherer to talk about hockey broadcasting and the bold new future for the sport as they leave NBC for ESPN and TNT.

* Team of the Week, as sent in by Neil, as “interpreted” by Walt

* How Tyler became A Hockey Guy

* The new NHL deal and how it was announced in literally the funniest possible way at every single stage in this process

* THE FOXTRAX: https://www.ebay.com/itm/274773882850

* How hockey innovations can boldy influence other sports

* Playing hockey for the cars

* All your favorite players have 5G

* Hey can we talk about Mecum real quick

* Tirico, what’s the vibe?

* TNT is building a whole broadcast booth here is how they can not screw it up, according to Emily

Emily can be found @_schem, Tyler can be found @tylerlauletta. Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.

We are now on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, find us there, and consider throwing us a rating. Neil’s Github is at github.com/neilpaine538.

It’s time.

Topics of conversation include:

* Team of the Week!

* Wayne Gretzky

This is the first of what we increasingly realize is a multipart series on the works of Wayne Gretzky. Consider this an initial overview of his accomplishments and influence.

Here’s that video of the fight Neil talks about:

Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.

We are now on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, find us there, and consider throwing us a rating. Neil’s Github is at github.com/neilpaine538.

Topics of conversation include:

* Team of the Week!

* Who did good trades and who did the bad trades?

* Your #13!

* A flawless segue into the next section

* The Shootout!

* Dekes

* Dangles

* The perverse incentives in Hockey game points and Neil Paine’s modest proposal to fix that.

Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.

We are now on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, find us there, and consider throwing us a rating. Neil’s Github is at github.com/neilpaine538.

Topics of conversation include:

* Hockey history lesson from… walt???

* TEAM OF THE WEEK

* Your #12

* Vancouver is in a bad way right now

* THE TRADE DEADLINE

* What’s the post-Trade XP situation?

* Which players evolve after trading?

* Who’s getting traded?

* The good game of the week is on IMMINANTLY if you download the podcast right now

Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.

We are now on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, find us there, and consider throwing us a rating. Neil’s Github is at github.com/neilpaine538.

Welcome back to Emily Scherer of FiveThirtyEight!

Topics of conversation include:

* The Isobel Cup!

* Settling Bets with Fudgies the Whale

* Team of the Week!

* Your #11

* The Pledge

* The sartorial aesthetics of hockey

* Yo which hockey jersey is the good one though really

* Sublimation and YOU

* The Turn

* Neil attempts to sell Walt on a credit card

* The top five jerseys in the NHL according to a robust algorithm

* The Prestige

Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Emily can be found @_schem, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.

We are now on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, find us there, and consider throwing us a rating. Neil’s Github is at github.com/neilpaine538.