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The DFO Rundown

The Nation Network

Jason Gregor is joined by Jeff Marek on Monday"s and Mike Rupp on Friday"s to bring you the latest from around the hockey world with inside scoops, analysis, and debate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:12:08

Jets sign Hellebuyck & Scheifele PLUS: A Central...

The DFO Rundown ·

2023/10/10

The offseason is over and meaningful hockey will be played this week. It’s an exciting time around the league with plenty of interesting roster moves going down over the weekend.To kick off today’s pod, Jason and Frank covered the moves that we saw on the waiver wire Sunday afternoon and they dug into the big extension for Rasmus Dahlin. The Sabres are making Dahlin one of the top five highest-paid defensemen in the league, is it justified?From there, they began their Central Division previews.They

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1:05:44

Metropolitan Division Preview

The DFO Rundown ·

2023/10/05

Frank and Jason are continuing on with their season previews as we are officially under a week away from the start of the NHL Season. Today, they focused on the Metropolitan Division.Before they got into that though, Frank emptied his notebook after being at the NHL Board of Governors meeting. A lot of people noticed that Gary Bettman seems pretty certain that the salary cap will rise to at least $87 million next summer. That news is significant, but Frank was more interested in what the

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1:12:58

Pacific Division Preview

The DFO Rundown ·

2023/10/02

The calendar has flipped to October and that means hockey season is just around the corner. In fact, we are less than ten days away from the start of the NHL regular season and with that in mind, Jason and Frank decided to kick off their season previews on today’s episode of the podcast.With the Vegas Golden Knights coming into the year as defending Stanley Cup Champions, the guys figured it’d be fitting to preview the Pacific Division first.They started at the bottom of the division, where both the

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47:20

Playoff Contenders in the East & Frank’s Pre-Season Tour

The DFO Rundown ·

2023/09/25

The pre-season is officially underway and after a long summer off, there are NHL games being played. Things got going this weekend with the NHL’s Global Series down in Australia. The games produced some great highlights, but things were close to going off the rails down under, as Frank explained.Frank’s doing his own pre-season tour right now, as he’s currently in Vancouver to get a feel for how the Canucks are shaping up heading into this season. That led into some conversation about the team’s

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48:26

Trouble in Columbus : Mike Babcock Update

The DFO Rundown ·

2023/09/18

This past week has definitely come with some interesting news from around the league. In specific, for the Columbus Blue Jackets. There was plenty for Jason and Frank to get to on that topic and many more throughout the NHL.To start, they talked about the recent decision made by Mike Babcock to resign as the Head Coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets. Both Frank and Jason did a deep dive into the events that led to the departure, as well as providing their opinions on the situation. With NHL Training

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43:57

The Season Is Under A Month Away

The DFO Rundown ·

2023/09/11

We are officially under a month away from the start of the NHL! With camps getting rolling and news still breaking, there was plenty for Jason and Frank to get to on a fresh edition of the podcast.To start, they talked about some of the rookie camps going on around the league and if there are any teams we should be keeping an eye on. That eventually turned into a conversation about the Anaheim Ducks and Trevor Zegras, who is still sitting without a contract as the regular season creeps closer. Frank

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53:15

Who Are The Tier One Cup Contenders?

The DFO Rundown ·

2023/09/05

Jason and Frank are back after another summer hiatus to break down what’s going on around the hockey world.They started by talking about the Toronto Maple Leafs. It’s been a busy few weeks for the Leafs front office with extensions for both Auston Matthews and Sheldon Keefe getting done. What’s next? A lot of people would assume that an extension for William Nyland would be the next item for Brad Treliving to check off and Frank gave some insight into that situation.They also listed off some teams

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51:15

How big will the Bruins step back be?

The DFO Rundown ·

2023/08/21

After another quick summer hiatus, Jason and Frank are back with a brand new episode of The DFO Rundown. Off the jump, the guys caught up a bit and talked about the summer coming to a close and their kids going back to school.The big news that’s dropped since their last podcast is that David Krejci will be retiring from the league. That means the Bruins won’t have their top two centres from last season and they don’t exactly have the cap space or assets to go out and make a huge splash.Frank walked

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50:07

Erik Karlsson Trade Analysis

The DFO Rundown ·

2023/08/07

WE HAVE A TRADE! After a lengthy process for the San Jose Sharks, they have officially found a trade partner for Erik Karlsson. With a brand new episode of the DFO Rundown unfolding, Frank and Jason start the show by discussing the three-team deal that will send the Norris Trophy winner to the Pittsburgh Penguins. How will this trade affect all the teams involved heading into next season? Frank and Jason both provide their initial analysis of the Blockbuster trade.Taking a look at some future lines

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46:50

More Erik Karlsson Rumors, and Salary Arbitration...

The DFO Rundown ·

2023/07/24

With the summer news continuing to file in, we have a brand new episode of the DFO Rundown to keep you up-to-date! Frank and Jason start the show by discussing the ongoing trade rumours surrounding Erik Karlsson. What is the likely landing spot for the former Norris Trophy winner? Frank and Jason discussed why the Pittsburgh Penguins could be the team to watch in the Karlsson sweepstakes.As player arbitration cases remain ongoing this offseason, the guys share why the Edmonton Oilers may be in the

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49:15

Alex DeBrincat Lands in Detroit

The DFO Rundown ·

2023/07/10

With some news breaking in the last 24 hours, we have a brand new episode of the podcast to break it all down. Tyler filled in for Gregor today as he and Frank talked about the Alex DeBrincat trade that finally came to fruition. It seemed like Detroit was always going to be the spot he landed, so what was the hold-up? Frank gave some insight into that.From there, they talked about the situation involving Filip Zadina in Detroit and also what the Ottawa Senators could get up to with their $5m+ in cap

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1:07:11

Breaking Down Free Agency

The DFO Rundown ·

2023/07/03

Frank and Jason are back with a holiday Monday edition of The DFO Rundown. We are three days into NHL Free Agency and there have been plenty of headscratching moves. They guys eventually got to the signings that left them wondering what direction some teams are heading into but they started off by talking about their favourite moves from the early days of free agency.The New York Islanders were very active, but in the wrong way. The same could be said about the Detroit Red Wings and the Pittsburgh

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49:42

Free Agent Preview

The DFO Rundown ·

2023/06/29

Draft week in Nashville has come and gone. Heading into the week there were a lot of rumours about big trades and nothing really came to fruition as the league gathered at Bridgestone Arena. Why were things so quiet? Frank and Jason dug into that today on the pod.We did see a few moves like the Josh Bailey trade and subsequent buyout, the trade the Blackhawks made to acquire Corey Perry’s rights, and the Oilers move to clear out cap space. Frank talked about the chances that Perry actually signs in

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23:30

Draft Day Primer

The DFO Rundown ·

2023/06/28

It’s draft day in Nashville and there is a lot going on around the NHL. We had a handful of big trades yesterday and there are still a bunch of big rumors flying around.To kick off today’s podcast, Jason and Frank talked about where Matvei Michkov could wind up. As we draw closer to the draft, there are rumblings that he could go as high as second overall. Frank gave some insight into that and Gregor talked about why Michkov should be a top-five pick.Frank had some new names on his trade targets

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1:10:15

We are Live in Nashville & Jarmo Kekäläinen joins the...

The DFO Rundown ·

2023/06/26

The crew is live in Nashville, Tennessee for a draft week edition of the podcast. There are a lot of rumors flying around as the league all convene in ‘The Music City’ for the NHL Draft.Pierre-Luc Dubois, Kevin Hayes, and Torey Krug have all had their names thrown around over the last few days and Frank gave an update on the status of a few deals that we’ve been hearing about over the last 48 hours.There are a handful of General Managers who will be very busy this week including Craig Conroy in

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48:12

Decision time is looming in Calgary

The DFO Rundown ·

2023/06/22

We knew this summer could be a busy one for new Flames GM Craig Conroy and it’s sounding like that will be the case. To start today’s podcast, Frank gave an update on the Lindholm, Hanifin, and Backlund situations. Gregor gave his thoughts on what they should do in Calgary and floated out the idea of Conroy holding onto these assets, even if they don’t sign extensions.From there, Frank asked Jason about what Wild GM Bill Guerin could get up to this offseason. They have a clear need down the middle,

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1:06:10

Carolina Hurricanes Assistant GM Eric Tulsky

The DFO Rundown ·

2023/06/19

We are back with a Monday edition of the podcast and to start things off, they dug into the Vancouver Canucks decision to buyout Oliver Ekman-Larsson. The move opens up a lot of cap space for this summer, but means his deal will be on the books for eight more seasons. Was it worth it? Frank and Jason debated it and also talked about where ‘OEL’ goes from here.Tyler popped in for a new edition of Fill in the Blank as well. He asked the guys about offseason plans for the Avalanche and Red Wings and

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46:32

Offer Sheets & Offseason Talk

The DFO Rundown ·

2023/06/15

We are now officially in the offseason. Frank and Jason started the show with a little bit of talk about the Vegas Golden Knights winning The Stanley Cup and their cut-throat journey to becoming champions. Jason dismissed the idea that Golden Knights fans have had a tough six years while Frank pushed back on that.They then dug into the offseason talk. They started with the buyout window and then went on to talk about potential offer sheets. One team that could be vulnerable: the Edmonton Oilers

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1:01:13

Severson’s off the board & The Cup is in Vegas

The DFO Rundown ·

2023/06/12

Lord Stanley will be in the building when the puck drops on game five of The Stanley Cup Final. The Vegas Golden Knights hung on to win game four of the series in Florida and now have a chance to win their first Stanley Cup in franchise history. Frank and Jason started the show by discussing what went down in game four, the uncertainty around the Panthers’ injuries, and what they need to do to get back in this series.The guys also broke the Damon Severson sign and trade. The offseason hasn’t even

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49:24

Breaking Down The Spring Blockbuster!

The DFO Rundown ·

2023/06/08

We got off-season action! It’s only the beginning of June, but this week we saw the first blockbuster of the offseason as the LA Kings, Philadelphia Flyers, and Columbus Blue Jackets pulled off a three-team trade. Jason and Frank started the podcast by breaking down what each team gained in the deal. Was this a true win-win-win? They debated it off the jump today.The teardown is just starting in Philly, which lead to some talk about the future of Carter Hart. Frank says he’s really on the trading

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