The Hockey PDOcast Episode 296: A treat for the other 29 fanbases

Welcome to “The Hockey PDOcast,” a Yahoo Sports podcast hosted by Dimitri Filipovic, who enlists the help of some of the game’s most insightful minds covering the NHL.

Ryan Biech joins the show to get into all of this year's draft day debates. We discuss the prospects with the biggest potential impact, the teams that face the toughest decisions, and the most interesting questions that need to be answered.

Topics include:

3:00 Jack Hughes vs. Kaapo Kakko

21:00 Blackhawks, Byram, and draft starting at number 3

31:00 The next tier of top forwards

42:30 The risk vs. reward of Vasili Podkolzin

53:15 Translating Cole Caufield’s scoring to next level

1:00:00 How high will the first goalie go off the board?

1:04:00 Prospects with red flags to stay away from

1:07:00 Prospects we’re higher on than most

1:10:00 Changing draft philosophies over the years

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