A Couple of Goons: Recent Episodes
A Couple of Goons
A hockey podcast featuring former colleagues and longtime friends Neil Paine and Walter Hickey. Neil's a lifelong fan who has forged a career in analytics and sports journalism. Walt, more of a culture guy, decided to get into hockey in January 2021.
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The boys are back at your favorite semi-annual hockey podcast, talking about an exciting summer, high expectations, and what’s bound to be a great year for hockey. We’ve got metrics, we’ve got Utah talk, we’ve got cup picks, we’ve got a… guest!?
That’s right, the goons are joined by none other than the brilliant Gare Joyce , of How to Succeed in Sportswriting (without Really Trying) and several books! You should check him out:
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We’re back, for one night only, at your favorite semi-annual hockey podcast. We talk the playoffs so far, an inauspicious wager, Florida vs. Edmonton, the prospect of busting a Canadian curse, the furthest-flying finals of any(??) sports league and then the Arizona fiasco coming to a conclusion.
Walt can be found at Numlock.com, Sherwood.news, and his new book You Are What You Watch is available wherever books are sold. Neil can be found at ESPN, Neil’s Substack, and more!
Missed you!
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Welcome back to A Couple of Goons, here for your pre-finals look at the postseason and these last several games. Neil and Walt talk about what to expect in this most unexpected Stanley Cup final. Neil makes the case for both Vegas and Florida winning the Stanley Cup, and Walt makes an emotional case for one team in particular
Be sure to check out and of course the new podcast about NASCAR called !
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What a first round!
We talk:
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Rangers season over :(
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Dang, Bruins
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Neil and Walt describe their pathological needs to have offhand comments from several weeks ago bear out in totality.
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A whole lot of upsets! A whole lot of game sevens. A whole lot of large disappointed big cities.
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Toronto broke a curse! And started? A? New one?
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ROUND TWO is on!!
Here’s Neil on Numlock talking NASCAR:
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It’s your favorite hockey podcast back to talk the end of the season and, far more importantly, the beginning of the postseason!
We talk:
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Bruins! The elephant in the room. Those are some high chances!
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The PATH Train Series
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The Toronto Maple Leafs, and how it’s absolutely their year
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The Rest of the West
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Which teams that missed the playoffs we still think might be good next year.
Thanks for listening, enjoy the games!
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We’re back! Neil and Walt assess the regular season as it nears its conclusion, including:
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Which teams are really looking great right now
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The bubble teams that we’re watching
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The trade deadline and what it meant
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CANADA MINUTE: Eyes to the North
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The Devils you know and the Devils you don’t
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Playoff predictions
Be sure to check out neat stuff like and
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We’re back!
Neil and Walt assess the season at its midpoint, and in the spirit of the season give gifts to the players and teams that surprised and disappointed us, including:
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The teams that surprised us
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The player that most surprised us
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Barbecue!
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A nice round number is hit and a record is potentially in contention
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A player familiarizes oneself with a bench
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The beginning of year predictions that have already failed
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The Kraken
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The juggernaut in Boston
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A referendum on a team approaches
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Welcome back to A Couple of Goons, an inexplicably extant hockey podcast. This week on Goons:
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How was your summer?
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Walter jokes about his mic being much worse without actually realizing his mic sounds like crud this episode because he used crappy headphones instead of his Mac
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Neil’s most interesting teams of the offseason
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Who do you like?
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Okay but what team does Neil think is Interesting if not precisely good
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We pick our (other) favorite teams
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Couple of Goons Sherlock Fanfic
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We assess the season!
Welcome back!
A begrudging, contractually mandated preview of the Eastern conference champion
Lightning vs. Avalanche!
The Stanley Cup, on paper
Hockey in 2021-22: Seems Pretty Good!
Here’s the article Neil wrote: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/weve-been-waiting-33-years-for-a-stanley-cup-matchup-this-good/
Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.
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Neil and Walt are ready for the playoffs, so they decided to do a show TOGETHER, IN-PERSON!!!! We break down the whole first round, presenting theories of the case for each team, and talk about the probability of every upset — which, as it turns out in hockey, is surprisingly large most of the time.
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We assess the season!
RETURN OF THE FEATURE: our #30 of the week
TEAM OF THE BI-WEEK
The one remaining regular season narrative
Hockey is very good right now
All sports are very good right now?
Is this the vibe shift?
Queer comic recommendations with Walt
Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.
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We assess the season!
TRADE DEADLINE: What does it mean?
Who is done for the year?
The playoff picture
Rangers!
Who disappointed us the most this year
Who un-disappointed us the most
The INTENSITY to come
Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.
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You miss us?
Welcome back to A COUPLE OF GOONS
The year thus far
The one no three no five teams of the year
The Montreal Screwjob
Kraken up
The New Viewing Experience!
In Memoriam: NBC Sports Network
Stanley Cup Logo review: lay it on me what do we think
UBS Arena review!
Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.
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Seattle stole a bunch of players! Joining us this week is Jake Lahut!
(Expansion) Team of the week
How’d Seattle do?
Great moments in Expansion Draft history
The only team capable of keeping their traps shut
HAKAS
Jake is on Twitter @JakeLahut, Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.
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The end of the season!
Team of the Wee— no. Team of the year.
The WWE Style Fandom Belt Moves On
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Neil called it!
What’s next for Hockey
What’s next for GOONS
Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.
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Things are coming to an end soon:
Team of the Week
3-1
25
What happens after someone wins the Stanley Cup
95%
Advanced Sabermetrics with Scott Steiner
Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.
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The Stanley Cup
All the conclusions we can draw from one game!
Team of the Week
24
Awards Season!
Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.
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The last week of the semifinals! Also, if last week sounded bad, I fixed it, so just go re-download it again the mix was rough.
Team of the Week
A nuanced discussion of Elo weighting and model development
23
I mean damn, the Habs are really good
Like, whoa
Yeah the Islanders shutout that was rough but like
Dang, Montreal.
Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.
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UPDATE: Now with new Synced Audio!Joining us for this episode again is Emily Scherer!
Cinderellas
Team of the
SIKE
there is no team of the week
22: GOON OFF
S.L.I.P.P.E.R.
We make a new bet!
Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Emily is @_schem, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.
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The second round begins to wind down! Topics of conversation include
Playoff hockey is great
Team(s!) of the week
21, the postage stamp
How would one construct an optimal stat block for a hockey player within the confines of Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition
Double sweep!
Canes conclude
Professor Oak sent Nikita Kucherov
And the nominees are
Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.
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The playoffs continue
L'équipe de la semaine !
Meet #20
The worst collapse we’ve seen on CNBC since Dogecoin
Curses
Coming soon to Amazon Prime Video!
Other divisions
Looking forward
Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.
We are now on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, find us there, and consider throwing us a rating. Neil’s Github is at github.com/neilpaine538, or, our new convenient website located at http://githubdotcomslashneilpainefivethreeeight.com
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It’s the playoffs babyyyy
Team of the Week!
Your #19
Walt gives Neil a present from his travels
The Teams We’ve Lost
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. I have always supported the Winnipeg Jets
The Battle of Florida
The East goes exactly as planned
Neil mentions The Kiss
Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.
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Walt is on vacation, but somehow we’ve got 50% more goons than usual. Neil is joined by GoonsPod alums Emily Scherer of FiveThirtyEight and Tyler Lauletta of Insider. Here’s what we talked about:
Team of the Week! (Not based on Elo ratings, for once.)
“Concussions are bad” — Tyler
Episode No. 18 commemorative Spin-O-Rama edition
What we like about the playoffs so far… the Battle of Florida is GOOD
Best Hockey Playoff Traditions with Emily
We recall that 5-overtime Flyers game where the players ate pizza mid-OT
Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Emily is @_schem , Tyler is @tylerlauletta and this podcast is @GoonsPod.
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We’ve finally made it to the end of the regular season (unless you’re in the North Division — sorry Canada), and Walt is ready for his inaugural Hockey Guy Playoffs. Topics of conversation include:
I, for one, welcome our new soundboard overlord
Team of the Week! (Sorta)
The #17
North Division: Can the Leafs be stopped?
East Division: Caps-Bruins is going to be LIT
Central Division: Prepare for the Battle of Florida
West Division: Give us Golden Knights vs. Avs already!
Let’s grow our playoff beards
Here’s former Atlanta Thrasher Patrik Stefan giving us the most humiliating fail in hockey history:
Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.
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We’re finally talking about it. Topics of conversation include:
Would You Look At This Ludicrous Display
Team of the Week!
The #15
Ancient Fighting
The Era of the Goon
Modern Warfare
The Chivalric Practises of Goon-on-Goon dueling
The Fall of the Goon
Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.
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Madness reigns: Neil’s out this week, Walt is joined by Insider’s Tyler Lauletta and FiveThirtyEight’s Emily Scherer to talk about hockey broadcasting and the bold new future for the sport as they leave NBC for ESPN and TNT.
Team of the Week, as sent in by Neil, as “interpreted” by Walt
How Tyler became A Hockey Guy
The new NHL deal and how it was announced in literally the funniest possible way at every single stage in this process
THE FOXTRAX: https://www.ebay.com/itm/274773882850
How hockey innovations can boldy influence other sports
Playing hockey for the cars
All your favorite players have 5G
Hey can we talk about Mecum real quick
Tirico, what’s the vibe?
TNT is building a whole broadcast booth here is how they can not screw it up, according to Emily
Emily can be found @_schem, Tyler can be found @tylerlauletta. Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.
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It’s time.
Topics of conversation include:
Team of the Week!
Wayne Gretzky
This is the first of what we increasingly realize is a multipart series on the works of Wayne Gretzky. Consider this an initial overview of his accomplishments and influence.
Here’s that video of the fight Neil talks about:
Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.
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Topics of conversation include:
Team of the Week!
Who did good trades and who did the bad trades?
Your #13!
A flawless segue into the next section
The Shootout!
Dekes
Dangles
The perverse incentives in Hockey game points and Neil Paine’s modest proposal to fix that.
Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.
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Topics of conversation include:
Hockey history lesson from… walt???
TEAM OF THE WEEK
Your #12
Vancouver is in a bad way right now
THE TRADE DEADLINE
What’s the post-Trade XP situation?
Which players evolve after trading?
Who’s getting traded?
The good game of the week is on IMMINANTLY if you download the podcast right now
Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.
We are now on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, find us there, and consider throwing us a rating. Neil’s Github is at github.com/neilpaine538.
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Welcome back to Emily Scherer of FiveThirtyEight!
Topics of conversation include:
The Isobel Cup!
Settling Bets with Fudgies the Whale
Team of the Week!
Your #11
The Pledge
The sartorial aesthetics of hockey
Yo which hockey jersey is the good one though really
Sublimation and YOU
The Turn
Neil attempts to sell Walt on a credit card
The top five jerseys in the NHL according to a robust algorithm
The Prestige
Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Emily can be found @_schem, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.
We are now on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, find us there, and consider throwing us a rating. Neil’s Github is at github.com/neilpaine538.
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Welcome back to Emily Scherer of FiveThirtyEight, where this week we talk all about the Isobel Cup and this weekend’s NWHL Championship!
Topics of conversation include:
Team of the Week!
10
A referee got sent to the penalty box!
Just kidding, he got very fired.
Hockey refs, the most athletic refs
Who would win, the least athletic NHL ref or the most athletic MLB ump?
The Isobel cup is this weekend!
We pick teams and place bets
Boston Pride uniforms, ranked
Yo hold up let’s talk about Cappy
Like really address Cappy
The Handle Hastily Removed From The Isobel Cup Following An Incident With The Other Handle, Tumblr Of
Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod. Emily can be found @_schem.
We are now on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, find us there, and consider throwing us a rating. Neil’s Github is at github.com/neilpaine538.
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This is the ninth episode of A Couple of Goons. This week, with Neil’s Flyers playing Walt’s Rangers, the goons look at RIVALRIES. Topics of conversation include:
Team of the Week
Let’s Talk About A #9
The Original Six and enmities so ancient they must not be crossed
Local Crosstown Rivals: when bridge v. tunnel
The greatest of enemies: Genuine Beef in the NHL
Denver and Detroit, or, a hockey fight with its own Wikipedia page
Pittsburgh - Washington
Vegas - San Jose
The future of rivalries: is this another cool thing killed by Bettman?
Neil checks the Rangers-Flyers Score
Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.
We are now on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, find us there, and consider throwing us a rating. Neil’s Github is at github.com/neilpaine538.
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This is the eighth episode of A Couple of Goons. This week, the goons look at the state of the league as we approach the halfway mark, and Rangers fan Walt begins kicking the tires on the lifeboats.
That and more this week, on A Couple of Goons!Topics of conversation include:
Team of the Week
Ratatouille on Ice
The Central question
Several incredibly nice things said about the Capitals in no way intended to jinx them
Look to the West
Canada
Rookies in making
So let’s say hypothetically there’s this guy and his team doesn’t look so hot and he wants something to watch in the playoffs what should he do Neil
Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.
We are now on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, find us there, and consider throwing us a rating. Neil’s Github is at github.com/neilpaine538.
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This is the seventh episode of A Couple of Goons. This week, the goons have on Insider’s Jake Lahut, and explore an immortal question: where do hockey players come from?
That and more this week, in Episode seven of A Couple of Goons!Topics of conversation include:
Whatup Jake?
The Once and Future Wings
0.0%
Team of the Week
A Global tour of hockey development
Junior hockey
Is Canada OK?
College hockey
An innocent question about hockey yet again touches on a complicated geopolitical question
The NHL Draft honors the old ways
Neil Talks About Some Guys: #7
Jake can be found at Insider and on Twitter at @JakeLahut. Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.
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This is the fifth episode of A Couple of Goons. This week, the goons tackle Russia and the geopolitics of hockey, and also Neil explains how exactly he feels about Gary Bettman.
That and more this week, in Episode Six of A Couple of Goons!Topics of conversation include:
CORRECTING THE RECORD: The Messier
Team of the Week
Nevada is a cursed yet beautiful state
Neil Talks About Some Guys: #6 Phil Housley
Russians and Hockey
Who is Gary Bettman?
Neil finishes explaining why fans dislike Gary Bettman
Wait, no, he forgot some stuff
And another thing!
We have to wrap for the week but we’ll actually get back to this later.
Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod.
We are now on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, find us there, and consider throwing us a rating. Neil’s Github is at github.com/neilpaine538.
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This is the fifth episode of A Couple of Goons. This week we have on inaugural guest Emily Scherer of FiveThirtyEight for the episode you have all been waiting for: we assign tiers all of the awards given out to hockey players for participating in hockey in one form or another. There are like thirty!
That and more this week, in Episode Five of A Couple of Goons!Topics of conversation include:
Hello Emily!
Team of the Week
Hockey: why are people doing it?
Awards: How much do people want them, the aesthetics of prizes, drinkability.
Assorted Curses
The Stanley Cup
Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod. Emily can be found @_schem.
We are now on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, find us there, and consider throwing us a rating. Neil’s Github is at github.com/neilpaine538.
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This is the fourth episode of A Couple of Goons. This week we get down to fundamentals: ice. Somehow Neil makes this topic fascinating. That and more this week, in Episode Four of A Couple of Goons!Topics of conversation include:
Team of the Week
Ice is important for hockey
Ice is also used to keep viruses alive
Ah crap
The Great Canadian Title Drought
Fighting: fine. Grabbing the puck: the worst possible thing you can do.
We lay the groundwork for the best game of all time
Neil is on twitter @neil_paine, Walt is @WaltHickey, and this podcast is @GoonsPod. We are now on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, find us there, and consider throwing us a rating. Neil’s Github is at github.com/neilpaine538.
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This is the third episode of A Couple of Goons. Walt sees a first goal and Neil is surprised it didn’t already happen, this week, in Episode Three of A Couple of Goons!Topics of conversation include:
Walt hypes up Neil’s GitHub
Bottom five and top five
Why Boston really deserves nice things to happen to them in sports after all that they have been through.
Team of the Week
Crusader Kings 3: How To Construct A Dynasty Tutorial Speed Run by Neil Paine
WEIRD RULE OF THE WEEK: Overtime!
WE
DROP
THE
GLOVES
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This is the second episode of A Couple of Goons. Walt Hickey’s journey into hockey continues led by the inimitable Neil Paine as we hit week two of A Couple of Goons!Topics of conversation include:
Peacock and You: How to cope with the forthcoming death of a pretty good television network
Dallas is really good!
The Montreal-Columbus trade, or, why centers are good.
A Bunch of Lines, With Walt
Mailbag
Offsides: Why Does That Occur?
Endgame
We plug our Githubs
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This is the first episode of A Couple of Goons. Walt and a few friends are trying to get into hockey during The Plague Year. Neil has been obsessed with hockey for decades and took the liberty of preparing a number of projections for this forthcoming season. Today, these journeys converge into A COUPLE OF GOONS: EPISODE 0001.
Yes, we are aware of how ambitious that title is.
Topics of conversation include:
Hockey: Why?
Did Walter Make A Mistake By Just Becoming A Rangers Fan Because He Lives Near Them
What’s weird this year?
Division rankings!
THIS WEEK IN WEIRD HOCKEY RULES: Icing.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goons.substack.com