We've got a behemoth of a show this week -- a discussion about The Summer of Analytics, PK Subban's new contract, and a wide-ranging Western Conference preview took us over the 1-hour plateau for the first time in this show's existence. Considering it's August 7th, that's a rather impressive feat, though we'll leave that up to you to decide after you've listened to it all.

The Log Off Podcast, Ep.5: "The Dallas Stars are Hockey Twitter's team"

The author of the Hockey Abstract Rob Vollman joins us on this week's show to discuss his new book. Without spoiling things for those that haven't had the chance to read it for themselves yet, we broach a few of the bigger topics that were written about including shot quality, goaltending analytics, and projections for next season.

The Log Off Podcast, Ep.6: with Rob Vollman

ESPN's Corey Pronman joined us this week in light of the diligent and exhaustive Top 100, organizational rankings, and Team Top 10s he has been releasing lately for the public. 

We got around to looking into the remaining market inefficiencies come the draft, why defensemen generally experience more unpredictable development paths than forwards, and whether the teams with the most lucrative pipelines are in the positions that they are because of drafting, development, or a combination of both.

The Log Off Podcast, Ep.7: with Corey Pronman

With the tracking project he has had his face buried in for months now finally starting to get the widespread attention that it deserves, we had Corey Sznajder join the show this week. We discussed which players - like Valtteri Filppula for example - have particularly caught his eye in the games he has tracked thus far. 

We also spoke about whether their strong zone entry data is something that those holding out hope that the Colorado Avalanche won't fold like a deck of cards this coming season can use as solace, and whether the unseemly zone exit numbers for the Canucks will be righted now that John Tortorella is out of the picture.

There's also a Severin Blindenbacher reference, somewhere in there, too.

The Log Off Podcast, Ep.8: with Corey Sznajder

Hockey, analytics. Ideally at the same time.

Dimitri Filipovic