
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
152 episodes
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

Episode 126: Everything GAR! Plus the Capitals and Jets
We recently released all of our GAR/xGAR/RAPM data along with every corresponding chart for the '24-25 season. We spent the first half covering the models and interesting early results. Later we tried our best to figure out the Capitals and pra...
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1:08:47

Episode 125: Go Vote! (Plus: Probability Theory and Division Roundups!)
It's election day! Please make sure you get out and vote! We spent the rest of the episode discussing shaky probability theory, potential GAR standouts, special team curiosities, mathematical education, solfège, and early-season division stando...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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1:10:21

Episode 124: The Wild, TV, and Hockey Stats History
It's still a little too early to make "proper" evaluations of teams and players (GAR and RAPM aren't out yet), but that didn't stop us. In the first half we discussed declining NHL viewership and America's Team. Later we covered some site house...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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1:06:41

Episode 123: Frozen Frenzy and Way Too Early Evaluations
We're once again delayed a day, which means we get to record during the early part of the Frozen Frenzy. We chat about this annual "tradition", the Predators surprising start, statistical uncertainty, Hellebuyck, the Sharks defensemen group, an...
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Episode 122: Week 1, Moneyball, and Jacks
We're (about) a week into the '24-25 NHL Regular season, and while there's little to talk about re: useful stats, there's plenty of hot takes to discuss. We battled through some Twin tech issues (it's fine) to cover Utah, Georgiev, the NHL sche...
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Episode 121: '24-25 NHL Regular Season Preview
A new NHL regular season begins today (sort of), and we're all in. We spent the whole episode discussing our team point projections for the coming year, our recent article, division strengths and weaknesses, cup favorites, and dark horses. Buck...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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1:19:23

Episode 120: NHL Offseason Review & Contract Model Evaluation
With our recent Free Agency Review article up on the site, it felt like a good time to devote an entire episode to it. We discussed our contract model's performance, outlier contracts, winners/losers of the summer, recent signings, and Gothenbu...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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59:36

Episode 119: Jarvis, Draisaitl, and Monetary Policy
We're back with a real doozy. Outside of a few rambling moments, we spent most of the episode discussing Seth Jarvis' new deal, contact structures, team/player benefits, SOFR, and modeling. If you're someone who enjoys numbers, this one is for ...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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1:09:55
