
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.
Episodes
160 episodes
Episode 151: 2025 Free Agency - Week 1
We got right down to business with this one. Despite a weak free agency class, myriad contracts signed before July 1st, and an excess of money still in team's hands, over 200 contracts have been signed in the last week. We spent the entire epis...
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Season 4
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Episode 34
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1:11:17

Episode 150: 2025 NHL Free Agency Preview
That's it. That's the episode. We spent the first half covering the exceptionally active last week and the second half discussing our preview of things to come. And also talking about the draft, schedule changes, data annoyances, and bowling.&n...
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Season 4
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Episode 33
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1:15:18

Episode 149: Stanley Cup Review and Trades
Upfront: we had some technical issues with this one, but we were all quite happy with our discussion(s) so we decided to upload this anyway. Apologies. The Panthers are your 2025 Stanley Cup Champions! We spent the first half coveri...
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Season 4
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Episode 32
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1:14:11

Episode 148: Sports Tier List Discussion
In the second half, I (Josh) proposed a potential framework for a ranking system to order sports based on how great they are. Shawn and Luke were both less than pleased with my (amazing) system. Earlier, we also discussed the ongoing Final(s), ...
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Season 4
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Episode 31
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1:08:15

Episode 147: Stanley Cup Preview (2025)
[Boyz II Men voices] although we've come to the end of the road, we're not going to skip the Selke voting results. In the first half, we chatted about the Conference Finals series and previewed the Cup Final. Later, we spent 30 minutes yelling ...
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Season 4
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Episode 30
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1:03:44

Episode 146: Contract Projections (2025)
It's that time of year - it feels like we've done this episode before, but this time we got to talk about terrifying children's movies and our love for Moneyball while doing it. We spent the whole episode covering the contract model, and it was...
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1:03:47

Episode 145: The Second Round (2025)
Oh, what a treat the first round was. Really something to cherish. We move on to the second round, and once again, we've got you covered with a new preview on the site. We spent the first half haphazardly moving through our first round impressi...
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Season 4
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Episode 28
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1:15:29

Episode 144: Tornadoes and Forkballs
We're one week into the NHL playoffs, and the twins were dodging tornadoes today. We spent the whole episode discussing terrifying Habs fans, Hellebuyck, the unlikely Wild, the Leafs over-performing worst players, and amazing forkballs. This ye...
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Season 4
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Episode 27
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1:11:36

Episode 143: The First Round (2025)
We released our 2025 NHL playoffs preview on the site for the first round a few days ago - check it out! First, we had to get some irritations with the current NHL remote viewing experience off our chests. After that we spent the entire episode...
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Season 4
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Episode 26
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1:24:18

Episode 142: NHL AWARDS
The episode Josh and Luke have been waiting for all season. We spent the vast majority discussing our Awards picks for the '24-25 NHL season (accompanying the recent article on the site). In between we chatted golf, The Truman Show, and adverti...
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Season 4
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Episode 25
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1:19:20

Episode 141: The Record
Since our week off, we've become a sports talk show. In the first half we chatted about Ovechkin's record (and differing levels of interest around it) while discussing other interesting records. Later, we covered the overlooked (by us) Habs and...
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Season 4
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Episode 24
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1:13:07

Episode 140: Canucks, Rangers, and Twisters
We're making our way to the regular season finish line, and we're vibing. In the first half we chat about the draft, exercise habits, old tweets, and the dismal Canucks and Rangers. Later the twins rant about Twisters, discuss Ovechkin, and cov...
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Season 4
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Episode 23
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1:09:15

Episode 139: NHL Ownership
It's possibly the most boring time of the season - everyone is waiting for six teams to figure out which two will take the last wild card spots. That didn't stop us from getting chaotic. We spent the first half discussing the recent Athletic ow...
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Season 4
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Episode 22
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1:11:48

Episode 138: Trade Deadline Review (2025)
Just like that, the 2025 NHL trade deadline came and went! We spent the entire episode recapping last week/the actual deadline. Along the way we discussed handling team changes re: modeling, Buffalo and Seattle, life hacks, and skunk cabbage.&n...
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Season 4
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Episode 21
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1:15:53

Episode 137: Trade Deadline Preview (2025)
After a long night, Luke and I finished and released our Trade Deadline Targets article on the site (check it out)! We spent the entire episode discussing the article, the current trade market, philosophical ways of evaluating trade targets, ou...
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Season 4
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Episode 20
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1:07:12

Episode 136: Canada is the Best
We took a week off to fully enjoy the 4 Nations Face-Off, and now it's time to evaluate. We spent the first half doing just that (to varying levels of success). Later we dove into some deep model talk, quizzed Shawn on decade-old draft orders, ...
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Season 4
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Episode 19
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1:11:33

Episode 135: 4 Nations Preview!
We've officially entered the 4 Nations break, with the tournament only a few days away. In the first half we attempted to cover all the Nations while rambling about file systems and technology. Later we analyzed the evolution of dump and chase ...
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Season 4
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Episode 18
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1:10:17

Episode 134: Trades and Ambidextrous Skaters
In the last week, three (well really four) major trades occurred. We spent the entire episode breaking down each one. In between we rambled about fast food, faceoff specialists, haters, and why aren't there ambidextrous hockey players?
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Season 4
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Episode 17
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1:07:53

Episode 133: The Rantanen Trade (and Bedard)
The biggest trade in years happened last Friday. We spent the first half discussing the transaction, our analysis, and home improvement stores for some reason. In the second half, Josh was accused of questioning Bedard's value, so we talked bad...
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Season 4
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Episode 16
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1:12:48

Episode 132: The Playoff Landscape
After a week off due to another Vikings playoff loss and a physical move by Shawn, we're back to cover the current playoff landscape. Fair warning: we did our classic poor job of staying on topic, but we tried. In the mix: Blue Jackets, Bruins,...
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Season 4
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Episode 15
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1:05:59

Episode 131: The Social Media Landscape
We're, once again, back at our regularly scheduled time. We've never been late. In the first half we discuss the current social media landscape re: hockey, Frank Vatrano's interesting new contract, and tax evasion. Later we chat about Canucks d...
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Season 4
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Episode 14
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1:16:41

Episode 130: The Stars Break the Rules
The last remaining authentic podcast is back. We spent the first half investigating the Stars' wrongdoings then talked try-hard hockey players and misleading prospects. Later we covered audio engineering, Hockey WAR history, bad sports movies, ...
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Season 4
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Episode 13
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1:10:14

Episode 129: Problems in New York
New York, as a state, is struggling. As certified East Coast Skeptics, we do some Sabres and Rangers forensic analysis, discuss alternative between-period entertainment options, break down defensive player types, and reminisce about our prior l...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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1:11:19

Episode 128: The Nature of Fandom
We're back after an unexpectedly long absence while Shawn's on the road. In the first half we chat about the interesting nature of fandom. Later we evaluate some of the public team projection models, discuss Awards (against Shawn's will), and t...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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1:18:15

Episode 127: The Bruins, Free Agent Review (in-season), and ESPYs
We recorded several hours after the recent firing of Jim Montgomery. We spent the first half discussing the Bruins and similar teams out East. Later we checked in on recent additions from the summer, tried to figure out Seattle, and debated the...
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1:15:43
