Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Pete Blackburn to do a midseason update of their Watchability Rankings, ranking all 32 teams in the NHL based on the entertainment value they're providing us with and the reasons to tune into their games right now.

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Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to go through the Olympic rosters that were announced for Team Canada, Team USA, and Team Sweden this week.

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Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Jack Han to discuss Juraj Slafkovsky's development as a playmaker this season, the way Macklin Celebrini and Igor Chernyshov are playing together, Celebrini's ideal role on Team Canada at this year's Olympics, the difficulty of accurately evaluating defensive play for young players, the reasons the Devils are struggling to create 5v5 offense, and how the Lightning have been able to churn out the defensive results they have despite all of their injuries on the back-end.

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Dimitri Filipovic is joined by AJ Haefele to deep dive the Colorado Avalanche by looking at how Sam Malinski has been crushing it in his current role and what it means for his future, using the regular season to experiment with different combinations, important lineup construction considerations for the playoffs, and nitpicking areas for even further potential improvement the rest of the way. 

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Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to go through our biggest takeaways from Saturday night's slate of games as the NHL returned from its holiday break. We discuss Colorado's fastball in the 3rd period against Vegas after they finally had to play from behind for once, JJ Moser's contract extension and the way the Lightning have set their cap sheet up moving forward, Buffalo's 8-game winning streak and their place in a crowded Eastern Conference playoff picture, Celebrini's dominance and the details in his game in Year 2, Connor McDavid's scoring rampage in December, and a bunch of other stuff that's caught our eye.

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Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to talk about Sunday's Avalanche vs. Wild game and what we can take from it, what we'd like to see the Sabres do after hiring Jarmo Kekäläinen to replace Kevyn Adams as their GM, the pair of trades we saw this week before the holiday roster freeze, and why we're keeping a closer eye on the Nashville Predators.

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Dimitri Filipovic is joined by John Matisz to construct first 1st, 2nd, and 3rd team All-Stars through the first half of the 2025-2026 NHL regular season.

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Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to get into as many layers of this weekend's Quinn Hughes trade as they can over the course of an hour, ranging from how the Canucks got here as an organization, the acquisition cost and timing of the deal, to why the Wild were the ones to go for it and how he'll fit in Minnesota. 

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Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Max Bultman to help deep dive the Detroit Red Wings by looking at the first 32 games they've played this season, the key areas of improvement that differentiate them from the version they were the past two years when they fell short, and the way the organization has positioned itself to take an even bigger leap moving forward.

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Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Kevin Woodley to discuss Ilya Sorokin's start to the year, the most challenging defensive environments and the challenges they post to the goalies playing behind them, Jesper Wallstedt's first full NHL season, how Mackenzie Blackwood has looked since returning from injury, Logan Thompson continuing to post outrageous numbers, and the top of the Vezina conversation at this point.

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