Frank and Jason are back with a fresh episode of The DFO Rundown, presented by bet365. To begin today’s pod, the guys went through all the game one results that we got over the weekend. They started by talking about the Maple Leafs dropping the series opener to the Bruins. Toronto was undisciplined and their big guns were held quiet. Can Matthews and company get going in game two? The guys discussed. Tonight, the Golden Knights and Stars begin their playoff series and the one storyline that...

It took until the final day of the regular season, but the four Western Conference playoff series are finally locked in and with that, we are ready to go for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Jason and Frank broke down every series in today’s playoff preview podcast. To kick things off, they went through the surprising results from last night that saw the Vegas Golden Knights lose to the Anaheim Ducks and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Chicago Blackhawks, meaning the Golden Knights are now on a...

The Stanley Cup playoffs are right around the corner, and while we may be waiting for the Western Conference to finalize its, the Eastern Conference is ready to rock with all four matchups written in stone. On today's episode of The DFO Rundown, Frank Seravalli and Jason Gregor go through each series in the Eastern Conference and give there predictions.  However, before getting to the playoff talk, Frank and Jason touched on the Arizona Coyotes. Last night, the Coyotes played their final game...

With just a few days remaining in the 2023-24 regular season, Frank and Jason broke down everything that’s still on the line as things come to a close. Obviously, there are still two playoff spots up for grabs in the Eastern Conference as the Penguins, Capitals, Islanders, and Red Wings all still have hope. The guys ranked who they think will get the final two spots in the big dance and also talked about what else is on the line this week. There is also a wild tie-breaker scenario brewing...

It’s been a big 24 hours around the NHL as it sounds more and more like the Arizona Coyotes are going to be relocating to Salt Lake City, Utah. Frank has been all over this news, breaking the news yesterday. He and Jason kicked off the podcast by talking about how it got to this point between the league and the Coyotes and also what the next steps could potentially be in this process. Potential Utah Owner Ryan Smith has a home ready for the team to potentially play in. It’s not a perfect fit...

With less than two weeks remaining in the regular season, the playoff race in the Eastern Conference is just getting spicier and spicier. The Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Islanders have gone from afterthoughts to squarely in the thick of things with their recent run. Can either team finish the job and get into the big dance? Frank and Jason started the show off by talking about what’s going on when it comes to the final two playoff spots that are up for grabs. From there, they continued...

Things got spicy last night at Madison Square Garden as the Rangers and Devils had an old-school brawl off the opening faceoff. It grabbed the attention of the entire sporting world and to begin today’s podcast, Jason and Frank talked about what went down and the reaction to it. From there, they got into the Eastern Conference playoff race. The Pittsburgh Penguins have suddenly worked themselves right back into the fight as almost everyone else in the race continues to play mediocre hockey....

The calendar has turned to April and that means we will get Stanley Cup Playoff action this month. There are less than three weeks remaining in the regular season and while the playoff races aren’t as spicy as maybe fans would have liked, there is a fascinating race brewing for the Art Ross Trophy. Connor McDavid has racked up 25 points in his last ten games and is now is right behind both Nathan MacKinnon and Nikita Kucherov and he has games in hand. Jason and Frank started today’s pod by...

Frank and Jason are back with another fresh edition of The DFO Rundown. They kicked off today’s show by talking about the comments that were made about Oilers forward Zach Hyman earlier this week and the reaction to it. Hyman responded about as well as he could have, scoring the OT Winner in the Oilers' win over the Jets on Tuesday. From there, they decided to take a break from all the talk about the playoff races and instead decided to go to the bottom of the NHL standings and dug into the...

As we continue to creep closer to the end of the regular season, there are plenty of storylines emerging. Frank and Jason started the show by talking about the two newest members of the 50-goal club: Sam Reinhart and Zach Hyman. They broke down each players path to the milestone and talked about the narrative that Hymans success is only due to playing with Connor McDavid. From there, they quickly hit on some seeding races in both the East and West. The Predators just keep on rolling and have...

Frank is back from covering the NHL GM Meetings in Florida and today on the pod, he and Gregor kicked things off by recapping what the league decided to change within the game. That led to a big conversation about what the league’s General Managers didn’t discuss over the last few days and that sparked a big rant from Gregor about what’s wrong with the NHL’s playoff format. They also hit on the future of emergency goalies and the idea of making it easier for teams to carry a third goalie so...

After a quick one-week hiatus, Jason and Frank are back with another edition of podcast. They started the show today by digging into the Eastern Conference playoff race, which is still very much up for grabs as we reach the final month of the regular season. The Red Wings have gone cold, the Capitals are somehow right back in the mix, and the Islanders have struggled to stay consistent. The guys debated which of those three has the best shot to pull away in the race. They also looked at...

Trade season has come and gone with a handful of surprising moves coming down on deadline day. Jason and Frank recapped everything we saw over the last few weeks in a brand new edition of the podcast, with a bit of a twist. Tyler popped in early and today’s episode featured extended versions of both Fill in the Blank and Buy or Sell as Tyler ran the guys through the deadline gauntlet and got their thoughts on almost all the moves that went down and even a few that got close but ultimately...

We are just over 24 hours away from the NHL Trade Deadline and to get you ready for the big day, Frank and Jason went through the entire NHL and updated you on what could go down between now and Friday at 3pm eastern. They started with the Atlantic Division where the Florida Panthers made a big move yesterday picking up Vlad Tarasenko from the Ottawa Senators. Frank says they aren’t done. The Ottawa Senators have a few other pieces to sell and could still be looking to move Jakob Chychrun....

We are less than a week away from the NHL Trade Deadline and action is starting to pick up. We had some significant news over the weekend with Elias Pettersson officially signing his extension with the Vancouver Canucks and the Washington Capitals waiving Evgeny Kuznetsov. Frank and Jason broke down those two stories and then got into what could be going down this week. There are still some teams who have some tough decisions to make this week. The New Jersey Devils are on the outside looking...

We finally got news! It was a wild Wednesday night in the NHL with two big stories breaking within minutes of each other. First, Frank broke the news that the Vancouver Canucks and Elias Pettersson are closing in on a fresh long-term extension that will keep the Swedish star in Vancouver through the bulk of his career. Frank talked about the expected value of the deal and why getting this done now is so significant for both the Canucks and Pettersson. We also got another move involving one of...

We are less than two weeks away from the NHL trade deadline and the market is still remarkably quiet. Jason and Frank started with that today on a fresh episode of The DFO Rundown. The first half of today’s pod was straight trade talk, starting with a big conversation about the New York Islanders. They’re continuing to slip in the Eastern Conference playoff race and Gregor says they should be looking to sell off some pieces. The guys had a conversation about which pieces they could move and...

Frank and Jason are back with another fresh episode of The DFO Rundown as they sunk their teeth into the remarkably quiet trade market in the NHL. The buyers and sellers are beginning to become more clear, but yet there isn’t anything happening in terms of actual moves. Frank explained why there hasn’t been a lot of activity and Gregor talked about a few teams that he thinks are destined to be sellers. That eventually got them onto the topic of the Vegas Golden Knights and their run of...

The guys are back with a Monday edition of the podcast as they tackled a handful of the biggest stories from around the NHL. To kick things off, they dug into the market for Calgary Flames defenseman Noah Hanifin and talked about a few teams that could be interested in adding him ahead of the March 8th deadline. They also talked about a handful of other possible trade chips like Marc-Andre Fleury, Sean Durzi, and some players on the Seattle Kraken. From there, they quickly hit on what we saw...

Today’s podcast started off as normal as any other. Jason and Frank talked about Jake Guentzal leaving last nights loss with an upper-body injury. The Penguins still haven’t gained any sort of momentum this season and the questions about them selling at the deadline remain. The other Pennsylvania team just keeps on humming. Everyone is waiting for the the Flyers to fall off and instead, they’re staying in the race. Will it get to a point where the Flyers won’t want to sell? The guys debated...

Frank and Jason are back with a new episode of The DFO Rundown. They started the pod off by talking about their Super Bowl Sundays, which included some nice wins by both guys. They also talked about their go-to Super Bowl spreads. They eventually did get into the hockey talk as they broke down the Morgan Rielly cross-check on Ridley Greig. There has been a lot of over reactions on both sides of this debate and the two gave their thoughts on each fan base's reactions. From there, they did some...

We are officially one month away from the NHL trade deadline and that means our very own Frank Seravalli has updated his Trade Targets list. That’s where the guys kicked things off on today’s episode of the podcast. The two remaining Calgary Flames have moved right up to #1 and #2 on the board as Frank expects both Noah Hanifin and Chris Tanev to be moved before March 8th. He explained that and talked about the markets for those two defensemen. From there, they went out to the Eastern...

The NHL All-Star weekend is usually a quiet time where the league is focused more on taking time off or showing their sponsors a good time than they are on making news happen. Well, that was not the case this weekend. We had two big trades, a coach firing, and some juicy press conferences from both Commissioner Gary Bettman and Marty Walsh from the NHLPA. Walsh blasted the Arizona Coyotes on a handful of issues and that’s led to even more speculation about the future of the Coyotes in the...

This season has not gone the way that the Columbus Blue Jackets envisioned. They spent big in the offseason, hired Mike Babcock and looked like a team with real playoff aspirations. Well, things got off the rails very early and the latest chapter involves one of their top prospects, David Jiricek, who sounded off about his lack of playing time in the NHL. Patrik Laine also announced he is stepping away from the team for mental health reasons.  Frank and Jason started things off by talking...