Charlie O'Connor from The Athletic joins us this week to break down the many ways we can go about evaluating defencemen in the modern era.

1:58 – How to evaluate defencemen in the modern era.
13:02 – The importance of transitional play (zone exits/entries)
21:12 – Radko Gudas…how the hell does he drive possession?
39:14 – That 3rd pairing D with ridiculous microstats (e.g. Mackenzie Weegar, Julius Honka)
52:57 – Trading for Alex Pietrangelo.
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