#92: Briere Blows Up the Market, and Grier Gets Roasted Again
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The episode features a discussion on NHL analytics and trade rumors, including insights from guest Timo Seppa.
Episode 92 of Blueshirt Bandwidth is the Michael Nylander Episode—Joe and Chip are joined by Timo Seppa, director of hockey analytics at Quinnipiac and an eight-year NHL analytics veteran (whose old direct report, Chris Ramondelli, now works in the Rangers' own analytics department), to dig into why Sean Durzi's power-play numbers cratered next to Sergachev in Utah, how Marcus Pettersson and Durzi actually solve Mike Sullivan's puck-retrieval problem, and how you quantify a "mutant" prospect like Cole Beaudoin without just going on vibes. Then Joe and Chip take over for the hot stove: Danny Briere's four-first-round-pick offer sheet for Leo Carlson reshapes the RFA market overnight, Mike Grier gets torched for the zero-retention Darnell Nurse trade after an otherwise masterful draft, and Braden Schneider trade buzz collides with a defensive-pairing debate nobody can agree on. Plus: Patrick Kane speculation, a Hartford Wolf Pack pipeline preview, an East playoff bracket argument, a stacked mailbag, and a hot-dog-is-a-sandwich rematch that somehow escalates into squares, rectangles, and Chip's nonexistent sister. Podcast Ombudsman Report for Blueshirt Bandwidth Ep. 91…
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