The Hockey PDOcast

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.

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.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance to get into our top stories from this past week of hockey. We discuss the changing expectations for the Jets this season as their struggles continue, the growing gap between the Avalanche and everyone else, the teams occupying the bottom of the standings and their appetite for rebuilding moving forward, the players being linked to the Devils on the trade market, and the upcoming games we're excited to watch. Plus a bunch of other notes on Beckett Sennecke, Ryan Leonard, the Oilers top line, and plenty more.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Steve Werier to talk about ways in which the rising cap and new CBA on the horizon will affect future transactions around the league, how those new dynamics will influence teams considering rebuilding, some of the future deadlines on the calendar that could force real player movement, and the teams that stand to benefit most from all of these changes.

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Thomas Drance for this week's Sunday Special to talk about how well the the Lightning are playing right now and how they keep finding new contributors along the way, Colorado's fastball on Saturday vs. the Canadiens, Ryan Leonard's offensive upside, the impact Mark Stone's return has on the Golden Knights power play, and a bunch of other stuff that caught our eye while watching hockey this weekend.