#92: Briere Blows Up the Market, and Grier Gets Roasted Again

<p>Episode 92 of Blueshirt Bandwidth is the Michael Nylander Episode—Joe and Chip are joined by Timo Seppa, director of hockey analytics at Quinnipiac and an eight-year NHL analytics veteran (whose old direct report, Chris Ramondelli, now works in the Rangers&#39; own analytics department), to dig into why Sean Durzi&#39;s power-play numbers cratered next to Sergachev in Utah, how Marcus Pettersson and Durzi actually solve Mike Sullivan&#39;s puck-retrieval problem, and how you quantify a &quot;mutant&quot; prospect like Cole Beaudoin without just going on vibes. Then Joe and Chip take over for the hot stove: Danny Briere&#39;s four-first-round-pick offer sheet for Leo Carlson reshapes the RFA market overnight, Mike Grier gets torched for the zero-retention Darnell Nurse trade after an otherwise masterful draft, and Braden Schneider trade buzz collides with a defensive-pairing debate nobody can agree on. Plus: Patrick Kane speculation, a Hartford Wolf Pack pipeline preview, an East playoff bracket argument, a stacked mailbag, and a hot-dog-is-a-sandwich rematch that somehow escalates into squares, rectangles, and Chip&#39;s nonexistent sister.</p><p><a href="https://www.blueshirtbanter.com/podcast-ombudsman-report-for-blueshirt-bandwidth-ep-91/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Podcast Ombudsman Report for Blueshirt Bandwidth Ep. 91</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@BlueshirtBanter" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Watch &amp; subscribe to the podcast on YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><a href="https://www.blueshirtbanter.com/#/portal/signup" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to Blueshirt Banter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> for $85/year to read and comment on all of our great content!</p>