Peter Hassett

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Brett Connolly: 2018-19 season review

Brett Connolly‘s about to be rich. It couldn’t happen to a better 27-year-old silver fox.

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By Peter Hassett 3 months ago

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Playoff predictions, round three: Peter vs Ian vs Keith, a coin

With another dramatic couple of weeks, the NHL playoffs now roll into the third round. We had one sweep and one double-OT game-seven elimination, so as long as you could stay up late at night, you had a good round.

But the time for delighting in past is over. It’s time for predictions. It’s time for Keith, a coin.

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By Peter Hassett 3 months ago

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John Carlson: 2018-19 season review

John Carlson is signed through the 2025-26 season, so going by current trends he will play approximately 69 thousand minutes before that deal is up.

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By Peter Hassett 3 months ago

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Andre Burakovsky: 2018-19 season review

For all the expectations and anguish that followed him around this season, Andre Burakovsky managed to match his output from 2017-18 exactly: twelve goals, thirteen assists. It was just everything else that changed.

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By Peter Hassett 3 months ago

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Travis Boyd: 2018-19 season review

Travis Boyd‘s rookie season had a slow and worrying start, but the progress he made is encouraging for 2019-20.

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By Peter Hassett 3 months ago

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Nicklas Backstrom: 2018-19 season review

Nicklas Backstrom is on the wrong side of thirty, but I guess no one told his hockey that, because he’s still fantastic.

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By Peter Hassett 3 months ago

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Barry Trotz’s New York Islanders just got swept by the Carolina Hurricanes

The storm surge continues, this time swallowing the whole of Long Island. The Carolina Hurricanes have completed a second-round sweep of the New York Islanders, ousting Barry Trotz‘s beloved Brooklyn boys with four straight victories.

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By Peter Hassett 4 months ago

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What went wrong

Enough time has passed that we can now talk about the end of the 2018-19 Capitals without sobbing. In this podcast, Ian and Peter discuss what went wrong for the team – but also for themselves. (Like the Caps, we’ve had some unfortunate setbacks in the past month.)

But we can also now look ahead – at a summer that will bring changes and opportunities. I’m looking forward to it.

Oh, and Ian goes off on a wild rant. So enjoy that.

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By Peter Hassett 4 months ago

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Playoff predictions, round two: Peter vs Ian vs Keith, a coin

Round one was buckwild. Every division champion got eliminated, we got some very unlikely sweeps, and we got some dramatic games seven. There’s no way round two can match it, but let’s make predictions anyway.

Let’s visit with Keith, a coin.

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By Peter Hassett 4 months ago

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