Goalies In Round 2, The Opponents They're Going Up Against, and Their Biggest Challenges
5/7/202659 min
Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Kevin Woodley to break down what we're seeing from the goalies still playing in Round 2, the opponents they're facing in their current matchups, and the biggest challenges in front of them.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
[upbeat music] Regressing to the mean since 2015. It's the Hockey PDO Cast with your host, Dimitri Filipovic Welcome to the Hockey PDO Cast.
Dimitri Filipovic· Host0:21
My name's Dimitri Filipovic and joining me is my good buddy, Kevin Woodley. Kevin, what's going on man?
Kevin Woodley· Guest0:25
Recovered from the opening game of the Colorado-Minnesota series. It is indeed hard to watch hockey from the fetal position but, uh, I pulled it off. Didn't pull anything. Back's okay. We're all right. We survived.
Dimitri Filipovic· Host0:37
Yeah, that was a tough one for the goalie union I imagine. What? 14 combined goals against for the two goalies, not counting the empty netter. And the coaches afterwards tried to defend them as much as they could.
Kevin Woodley· Guest0:49
Mm-hmm.
Dimitri Filipovic· Host0:49
They were quick to point out that the rest of the series would not look that way. And I did think, uh, you know, I had Harmon on yesterday and we did a Patreon show talking about this, but I did think they accomplished that mission. Like, it was, especially at five-on-five, much fewer risks being taken. Odd man rushes against more manageable situations. Didn't necessarily go as well for Filip Gustavsson and the Wild as I think they were hoping after making that switch, but still, overall I thought it was an entirely different game environment.
Kevin Woodley· Guest1:15
Yeah, no. Um, the coaches defending the goalies post-game after game one might've been the only defending that was going on in that one, so. Well, actually it wasn't that bad. But, um, hey man, like, you give elite players time and space and look what happens. Give them a