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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 29/09/2026
Our team projections are now updated for the '26-27 NHL season, and the article is up on the site! We spent the entire episode discussing the model, the league environment, each division, and every team (I think). You've never heard us talk about hockey this much. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...
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Episode 194: '26-27 NHL Season Preview! - Evolving Hockey Podcast
Our team projections are now updated for the '26-27 NHL season, and our season preview article is up on the site! We spent the entire episode discussing the model, the league environment, each divisio...
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 28/09/2026
THE NHL SEASON STARTS TOMORROW! Our Team Projections for the '26-27 season are now updated. Like every year, we wrote some stuff about it and also made some handy tables to set expectations. As always, have fun but be safe. Projections: evolving-hockey.com/stats/team_p...
Screenshot of table showing all teams and in divisions and their projected points, playoff %, and 1 SD+/-. Will attempt to copy the table below: 

Division	Team	25-26 Pts	25-26 Proj	26-27 Proj	Diff
MET	CAR	113	107.2	116.4	9.2
MET	WSH	95	94.0	101.2	7.2
MET	N.J	87	93.5	100.4	6.9
MET	CBJ	92	85.8	99.1	13.3
MET	NYR	77	89.6	92.4	2.8
MET	PIT	98	81.3	90.7	9.4
MET	PHI	98	78.7	90.7	12.0
MET	NYI	91	84.6	82.0	-2.6
					
Division	Team	25-26 Pts	25-26 Proj	26-27 Proj	Diff
ATL	T.B	106	105.1	107.8	2.7
ATL	OTT	99	96.4	104.6	8.2
ATL	MTL	106	88.1	99.4	11.3
ATL	BUF	109	98.9	97.3	-1.6
ATL	FLA	84	93.6	94.3	0.7
ATL	DET	92	82.8	90.1	7.3
ATL	BOS	100	82.1	89.0	6.9
ATL	TOR	78	91.3	84.3	-7.0
					
Division	Team	25-26 Pts	25-26 Proj	26-27 Proj	Diff
CEN	COL	121	111.2	117.7	6.5
CEN	UTA	92	94.2	101.0	6.8
CEN	DAL	112	102.3	100.3	-2.0
CEN	MIN	104	87.0	99.6	12.6
CEN	WPG	82	91.4	94.0	2.6
CEN	STL	86	87.7	87.9	0.2
CEN	NSH	86	78.6	82.2	3.6
CEN	CHI	72	73.1	76.5	3.4
					
Division	Team	25-26 Pts	25-26 Proj	26-27 Proj	Diff
PAC	EDM	93	110.3	102.4	-7.9
PAC	VGK	95	101.1	101.8	0.7
PAC	L.A	90	99.6	93.2	-6.4
PAC	S.J	86	72.1	85.6	13.5
PAC	ANA	92	76.0	84.5	8.5
PAC	CGY	77	83.9	78.8	-5.1
PAC	SEA	79	82.9	77.7	-5.2
PAC	VAN	58	91.0	71.1	-19.9
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 24/09/2026
The season starts in six days. We're too early for our annual season preview episode, so we thought we'd wrap up the summer properly before we get to that. We discussed recent contracts, fantasy, initial contract analysis, extensions, bowling, and 1.5x listening. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...
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Episode 193: End of the Summer - Evolving Hockey Podcast
The season starts in six days. We're a little too early for our annual season preview episode, so we thought we'd wrap up the summer properly before we get to that. We discussed recent contracts, fant...
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 15/09/2026
The theme of this episode is goalies. Things got really messy. I suppose that makes *a lot* of sense. Between all of that we talked about the perfect replacement level team, unexplained phenomenons, plants, fasting, and Dennis Quaid. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...
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Episode 192: GOALIES - Evolving Hockey Podcast
The theme of this episode is goalies. Things got really messy. I suppose that makes *a lot* of sense. Between all of that we talked about the perfect replacement level team, unexplained phenomenons, p...
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 02/09/2026
It's time for us to start talking about hockey again (even if we spent 15 minutes talking about the MN State Fair). We spent the first half discussing our recently released fantasy projections and then moved on to Cale Makar and team construction questions. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...
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Episode 191: Cale Makar and Projections - Evolving Hockey Podcast
It's time for us to start talking about hockey again (even if we spent 15 minutes talking about the MN State Fair). We spent the first half discussing our recently released fantasy projections and the...
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 01/09/2026
## Announcement ## Fantasy Projections for the '26-27 NHL season are now up on the site! Please reference the Glossary link below for more info on how to use the tool. As always, have fun! Projections: evolving-hockey.com/stats/fantas... Glossary: evolving-hockey.com/glossary/fan...
Screenshot from the linked site for the Fantasy projections. Various filters and tabs listed towards the top of the picture. Top 5 players: 

Nathan MacKinnon 
Nikita Kucherov 
Connor McDavid 
David Pastrňák
Macklin Celebrini
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 29/08/2026
Alright, this is fixed! Everything should be working normally. Apologies here for the extended amount of time this took to resolve. Please let us know if you experience any issues.
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 28/08/2026
We’re still working with our payment processor to resolve this issue. We’re hoping to have this fixed tonight. Again, we’re sorry for any inconvenience.
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 27/08/2026
PSA: we're currently working to fix an error on the checkout page of the site that is preventing new subscriptions from being created/processed. We became aware of this issue today and are hoping to have it resolved shortly. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 25/08/2026
The Twins are back from vacation, and nothing is going on. It's all vibes. We spent the first half discussing pseudoscientific managerial assessment tools and prospect evaluation questions. Later, we pondered the Leo Carlsson offersheet and native thistles. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...
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Episode 190: Offseason Vibes - Evolving Hockey Podcast
The Twins are back from the only vacation they take every year, and nothing is going on. It's all vibes. We spent the first half discussing pseudoscientific managerial assessment tools and prospect ev...
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 11/08/2026
We've been doing this for almost five years, and this episode is the most "offseason" episode we've ever recorded. We spent the first half talking about native plants (I'm not kidding), and the second half discussing ophthalmology and preseason hockey. Hell yeah. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...
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Episode 189: Evolving Wilderness - Evolving Hockey Podcast
We've been doing this for almost five years, and this episode is the most "offseason" episode we've ever recorded. We spent the first half talking about native plants (I'm not kidding), and the second...
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 28/07/2026
It's been 19 days (it was supposed to be 14), but we're back in full offseason mode. We spent the entire episode covering the important things that happened in July such as: Legoland, Air Bud, Jason Bourne, depressing jigsaw puzzles (and I guess some hockey). www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...
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Episode 188: July Recap - Evolving Hockey Podcast
It's been 19 days (it was only supposed to be like 14), but we're back in full offseason mode. We spent the entire episode covering all of the important things that happened in July such as: Legoland,...
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 08/07/2026
What the f*ck. The first week of NHL Free Agency is always the most active, and 2026 gave us some absolute bangers. We spent the entire episode covering as much of it as we could fit in (or remember). www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...
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Episode 187: NHL Free Agency Week 1 - Evolving Hockey Podcast
What the f*ck. The first week of NHL Free Agency is always the most active, and 2026 gave us some absolute bangers. We spent the entire episode covering as much of it as we could fit in (or remember)....
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 30/06/2026
Free agency starts tomorrow! Our full preview article is up on the site. It's time. We spent the entire episode covering all things free agency. That's it. That's why we get up in the morning. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...
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Episode 186: NHL Free Agency Preview (2026) - Evolving Hockey Podcast
Free agency starts tomorrow! Our full preview article is up on the site. It's time. We spent the entire episode covering all things free agency. That's it. That's why we get up in the morning.
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 30/06/2026
Evolving Hockey Free Agency Preview Time! It's 2026. The free agency class sucks. Let's find some value! evolving-hockey.com/blog/evolvin...
Screenshot of the beginning of the linked article
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 29/06/2026
## Announcement ## GAR Projections for the '26-27 NHL season are now updated for pro subscribers on the site. Check 'em out: evolving-hockey.com/stats/player...
Screenshot from the Evolving Hockey GAR projections page. 

Top players shown: 
Nathan MacKinnon
Connor McDavid
Quinn Hughes
Nikita Kucherov
Jason Robertson
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 23/06/2026
It's officially the offseason, and the EH Podcast's transition was messy. We spent the first bit discussing (the twins') football ignorance while understanding football analytics. Later we analyzed all the trades and contracts your heart could desire. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...
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Episode 185: Messy Trades and World Cup - Evolving Hockey Podcast
It's officially the offseason, and the Evolving Hockey Podcast's transition was a little messy - please be patient. We spent the first bit discussing (the twins') football ignorance while understandin...
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 16/06/2026
The Carolina Hurricanes are your 2026 Stanley Cup Champions! We spent the whole episode analyzing what went right for the Canes, Vegas, and the playoffs overall. Within that, we reminisced about hockey stats history and its evolution. This one was fun! www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...
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Episode 183: Celebrating Hockey Analytics - Evolving Hockey Podcast
The Carolina Hurricanes are your 2026 Stanley Cup Champions! We spent the whole episode chatting about the series, analyzing what went right for the Canes, and how the playoffs shaped up overall. With...
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 15/06/2026
And with that our daily updates for the 25-26 NHL season are complete! We hope you've enjoyed the ride, and now on to free agency and (for us a lot of) off-season work!
EH Past Games Page showing the last game of the 25-26 season: CAR at VGK, 2026-06-14 rolling win probability. CAR goes up 1-0 early, has a sizable win probability advantage, and wins 3-0
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 03/06/2026
ICYMI: here’s our 2026 Stanley Cup Finals preview!
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 02/06/2026
Game 1 of the 2026 Stanley Cup Finals is here!
EH Game Prediction: VGK 35.8% - 64.2% CAR

CAR with the strongest forward and defensemen groups. Carter Hart in net for VGK, Frederik Andersen in net for CAR
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 02/06/2026
It's time. The 2026 Stanley Cup Final starts today, and we spent the first 10 minutes discussing the Jurassic Park franchise and sports movies. Once the important things were necessarily covered, we talked Hockey for the rest of the episode (I promise)! www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...
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Episode 183: Stanley Cup Final! - Evolving Hockey Podcast
It's time, and we're here. The 2026 Stanley Cup Final starts today, and we spent the first 10 minutes discussing the Jurassic Park franchise and sports movies. Once the important things were necessari...
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 01/06/2026
The Haters Final Begins! Let's Hate. Or I guess cheer for one of the teams. Whatever you want to do. Our preview is up! evolving-hockey.com/blog/evolvin...
Screenshot from the linked article. 

Carolina Hurricanes (M1) vs. Vegas Golden Knights (P1)
77.4% | 22.6% 

Simulation shows Carolina winning in five games, although six and seven games are not the far off. The only player for Carolina below average is Frederik Andersen. Vegas has five players below average, although their high-end skaters are arguably better than the Canes.
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 27/05/2026
Colorado may get swept (they did, but we didn't know it at the time), and Carolina's quantity-domination's resulted in shaky outcomes. We spent the whole episode analyzing everything like only we can (talking about pickup kickball and the Staals). www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...
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Episode 182: Conference Finals - Evolving Hockey Podcast
The Conference Finals have started off just like everyone thought! Colorado may get swept (they did, but we didn't know it at the time), and Carolina's quantity-domination's resulted in shaky outcomes...
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 26/05/2026
Honestly, it's getting kind of ridiculous at this point.
Screenshot of the cumulative xG totals chart from Evolving Hockey from CAR / MTL through three periods, 2026-05-25. 

CAR: 5.22 - MTL: 1.93 (all situations) 
Score: 2-2

Carolina with numerous spikes, Montreal small gradual increase over 60 minutes.
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 20/05/2026
2026 NHL CONFERENCE FINALS It's time. The four teams we all expected. evolving-hockey.com/blog/evolvin...
CAR / MTL 
77.4 % - 22.6% 

Carolina most likely in 5 games.

Full roster for both teams listed. Carolina has the significantly stronger roster with only Frederik Andersen graded below average. COL / VGK 
87.7% - 12.3% 

Colorado win most likely in five games. 

Colorado has the much stronger roster. All players above average: all players grade out over 60 except for Nicolas Roy and Brett Kulak. Vegas has nine players below 60.
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 18/05/2026
We had some severe scheduling issues over the last three weeks, but we're finally back! We spent the first half discussing the second round and professional bowling. Later we dug into our contract model and the upcoming offseason. It's good to be back. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...
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Episode 181: Contract Projections! - Evolving Hockey Podcast
We had some severe scheduling issues over the last three weeks, but we're finally back! We spent the first half discussing the second round and professional bowling. Later we did a deep-dive into our ...
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 17/05/2026
Beautiful
EH Win Probability Chart: BUF 8 - 3 MTL, 2026-05-16... MTL goes up 3-1 at the end of the first period and then gives up 7 consecutive goals (several empty netters)Bob Ross's Mountain Reflections painting
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 15/05/2026
ICYMI: our contract projections for the 2026 NHL offseason are up on the site! Check ‘em out!
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 14/05/2026
## Announcement ## Contract projections for the 2026 NHL offseason are now live on the site for Pro subscribers! We also wrote a little article about the updates this year. Have fun! Projections: evolving-hockey.com/stats/contra... Updates: evolving-hockey.com/blog/contrac...
Screenshot of the Evolving Hockey Contract Projection page/table. 

Top five players listed: 

Connor Bedard 
Jason Robertson 
Artemi Panarin 
Leo Carlsson 
Adam Fantilli
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 13/05/2026
Apologies again, but we had to delay the release of our contract projections. After some double-checking, we felt it necessary to ensure our understanding of the new CBA was correct (mainly, when the new max term limits go into effect). We're hoping to have them out tomorrow morning.
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 08/05/2026
PSA: We’re planning to release our contract projections for the 2026 NHL offseason either Monday or Tuesday this coming week (May 11/12th). We’re working on finalizing them right now and should have a short article on the site (and a post here) when they’re up!
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 04/05/2026
The Avs posted almost 0.5 more xG in the first period tonight than the Habs had in their entire game an hour ago. The Wild weren't actually that far off either. Hockey.
Screenshot of the cumulative xG chart from Evolving Hockey 

Minnesota Wild at Colorado Avalanche, 2026-05-03 
Score: MIN 2 - COL 3
xGF (All sit): MIN 0.81 - COL 1.43
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 04/05/2026
Not very often you see a team win any game (let alone game 7 on the road) with a single-digit shot total. The shot attempts were actually much closer (50-42 in TB's favor), but the xG differential here mirrors what the game looked like. The disparity in shot locations between each team is wild.
Cumulative xG chart from Evolving Hockey 

Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning, 2026-05-03 
xGF (all sit): MTL 1.03 | T.B 2.45 

Low event affair overall, very few high event xG values here.Shot chart plotted on ice rink for the aforementioned game. Almost all of Montreal's shot attempt came from a distance, with only two shots over 20%. Tampa's shots are much closer to the net and far more frequent.
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 02/05/2026
The second round of the NHL playoffs begins today (for some reason). Here is our "EMERGENCY PREVIEW" for the CAR/PHI series. That's all for now. We'll hopefully have COL/MIN and VGK/ANA up tomorrow morning. LETS GO (begrudgingly, but still quite excited)! evolving-hockey.com/blog/evolvin...
Screenshot of the series visualizations from the linked article. 

Carolina Hurricanes vs. Philadelphia Flyers
86.9% / 13.1% 

Carolina's roster includes only above average players except ofr Frederik Andersen. The Flyers roster is somewhat deep with above-average players, but multiple players are below average, and the Hurricanes have ~9 players better than anyone on the Flyers (per our models).
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 02/05/2026
Regarding our second round projections: we’re currently not able to run the sim until the first round has finished… So, we’ll have the article out a day or two after the first round finishes. Shooting for a Monday release.
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 01/05/2026
The Colorado Avalanche and Minnesota Wild are 1st and 2nd, respectively, in EV goal differential per 60 (score adjusted) through the first round of 25-26 playoffs - this very likely won't change. They'll meet in the second round and got there in wildly different ways.
EH Team Std Table (EV), 25-26 Playoffs through 2026-04-30: Table showing COL (+2.13) and MIN (+2.03) as the highest EV goal differential teams per 60
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 01/05/2026
Anaheim is moving on to the second round! Game 6 was somewhat close from a shot metrics standpoint, but Anaheim was the overall better team for the whole series.
EH Game Shot Chart (EV, Adj): EDM at ANA, 2026-04-30. NHL Rink with diamonds of various colors (shot type) and sizes (xG value of shot). EDM 3.27 - 2.40 ANA in xGF
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 30/04/2026
It's 1AM central. Time to post some playoff charts on Blue Sky dot com for the first time in forever (Shawn's been doing it over on the other site, and we've been trying to get him to come over here). Anyway, Utah's been the better team through 4 periods. And now we enter *late night hockey*.
Screenshot from Evolving Hockey for the UTA / VGK 2025-04-29 game showing the cumulative xG. 

UTA: 3.83, VGK: 2.62 

More or less even through the first two periods. UTA took the xG lead after that.
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 28/04/2026
Josh is sick (but still talking), so we anticipated a shorter episode. We didn't do a shorter episode. We spent our entire lovely time talking about the ongoing NHL first round, surprises, ranges of quality, our favorite series, and Weather Report. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...
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Episode 180: Analyzing the First Round - Evolving Hockey Podcast
Josh is sick (but still talking), so we anticipated a shorter episode. We didn't do a shorter episode. We spent our entire lovely time talking about the ongoing NHL first round, surprises, ranges of q...
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 21/04/2026
Data for the 25-26 NHL playoffs is now available on the site!
Screenshot of EH team standard data sum table for the 25-26 playoffs
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 21/04/2026
We're a few days late, but we're sticking to our schedule - we've never missed a week or recorded on another day. Our First Round Preview is up, and we spent the entire episode covering every series with no interjections. This was all business, like always. www.buzzsprout.com/1836821/epis...
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Episode 179: First Round Preview - Evolving Hockey Podcast
Yes we're a few days late, but we're sticking to our schedule - we've never missed a week or recorded on another day. Our First Round Preview is up on the site, and we spent the entire episode coverin...
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 18/04/2026
## 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...
BUF 63.7% 
BOS 36.3% TB 70%
MTL 30%CAR 73.2% 
OTT 26.8%PIT 62.3% 
PHI 37.7
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 14/04/2026
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...
Table showing the top-20 Hart Leaders for the '25-26 season. There is a lot of data here that is not convenient to, unfortunately, share. 

Players: 

Connor McDavid 
Cole Caufield 
Nathan MacKinnon
Moitz Seider 
Lane Hutson 
Zach Werenski 
Nikita Kucherov 
Quinn Hughes 
Mark Stone 
Jake Sanderson 
Leon Draisaitl
Macklin Celebrini
Brandon Hagel 
Evan Bouchard
Martin Necas 
Nick Suzuki
Alex Debrincat
Mark Scheifele
Tyler Bertuzzi
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 12/04/2026
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.
EH Team Point Projections chart (by division). Teams still with a chance: 
PHI  - 52.9%
CBJ - 32.2%
WSH - 9.6%
NSH - 27.6%
L.A - 77.1%
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 07/04/2026
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/
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Evolving Hockey Podcast
Shawn Ferris and Josh & Luke Younggren of Evolving-Hockey.com talk weekly about hockey focusing on NHL players, teams, and other current events from an analytical and statistical perspective.
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 24/03/2026
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...
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Episode 176: The Playoff Race - Evolving Hockey Podcast
With only a few weeks of the NHL season left, we felt the need to talk about professional bowling and who owns the hockey pucks. In all seriousness, we spent most of this episode analyzing the current...
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 17/03/2026
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...
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Episode 175: Montreal, Minnesota, and Linkin Park - Evolving Hockey Podcast
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 on the team. Later, we talked ab...
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 10/03/2026
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...
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Episode 174: Trade Deadline Recap (2026) - Evolving Hockey Podcast
The 2026 Trade Deadline is over, and we're here wondering whether it happened at all. We spent the entire episode evaluating all the trades and drama, picking winners and losers, talking Sabres, recom...
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Evolving-Hockey @evolving-hockey.com · 04/03/2026
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...
Screenshot of the big board presented in the linked article. Cap hit range is league minimum to $8M (John Carlson), all metrics are positive except the last three players in points. 

Top 20 players shown: 
Charlie Coyle
Dylan Holloway
John Carlson
Michael Bunting
Nick Blankenburg
Jason Dickinson
Ilya Mikheyev
Trevor Zegras
Bobby McMann
Matias Maccelli
Nicholas Robertson
Cole Perfetti
Nick Foligno
Bobby Brink
Philipp Kurashev
Mackie Samoskevich
Mathieu Joseph
Pavol Regenda
Shakir Mukhamadullin
Justin Barron
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