The DFO Rundown

Today on the DFO Rundown, Jason and Frank were joined by their newest teammate Mike McKenna. They got into why he's excited to be joining the team at Daily Faceoff and what he'll be doing this season. Of course, they also talked to him about his professional career. He wore eight different NHL sweaters during his 13-year NHL career and played for over 20 different professional teams. With all that...

Jason and Frank are back with a brand new episode of The DFO Rundown brought to you by Fantrax. They kicked things off by bringing in Tyler Yaremchuk to recap the NHL's Player Media Tour that took place last week in Chicago. Nathan MacKinnon talked about his diet, Drew Doughty was open about how much he pays attention to projected Olympic rosters, and Steven Stamkos got into his mindset heading in...

We are back with a brand new episode of The DFO Rundown with Jason Gregor and Frank Seravalli, brought to you by Fantrax. This week on the podcast, they were joined by Cammi Granato. The Hockey Hall of Fame player is now working as a scout in the Seattle Kraken organization. There was a lot to get to with Granato, who is the first female pro scout in the NHL. They kicked things off by talking abou...

Jason Gregor and Frank Seravalli are back together for a new episode of The DFO Rundown and this week there was no guest, just straight hockey talk. They kicked things off with a little bit of talk about the NHL's COVID Protocol and some questions that still need to be answered. From there, they got into some of the big-name RFA's that are still sitting unsigned. Will any of Kaprizov, Tkachuk, Hug...

We are back with a brand new episode of The DFO Rundown! Today on the pod, we were joined by another former member of the Danbury Trashers: Mike Rupp! He is also a veteran of over 600 NHL games and now works with the NHL Network, but we spent a big part of the interview chatting about his time with the most talked about team in the hockey world right now. Mike shared a bunch of stories that didn't...

We continued our offseason interview series today on The DFO Rundown and today, Frank and Jason were joined by Jason Payne of the Cincinnati Cyclones, who is the only black Head Coach in North American Professional Hockey. Jason joined the show to talk about his path to becoming a Head Coach, his playing career, and how he’s dealt with racism on his journey to where he is now. Before they got into...

This week on The DFO Rundown, Frank Seravalli was joined by AJ Galante, who is the former President and General Manager of the Danbury Trashers hockey club and if you’ve watched the documentary ‘Untold: Crime & Penalties’ then you know exactly who he is. AJ joined Frank to talk about the documentary being released and also gave us further insight into what made the Danbury Trashers one of the most...

A new episode of The DFO Rundown is live and for the first time ever, Jason and Frank were in the same room to record the podcast! Frank is up in Edmonton for the week so we took the chance to record a few episodes of the podcast! The first episode features some talk about Frank’s journey up to Edmonton and then the guys welcome in former NHLer Colby Cohen, who is now jumping into the media world...

We are back with another in-person episode of The DFO Rundown with Jason Gregor and Frank Seravalli. Today on the pod, it truly was a family affair as San Jose Sharks forward Noah Gregor joined the show (and yes, he’s Jason’s nephew).  We started things off by talking about his path to the NHL and the different sports he played growing up. From there, we went on to talk about his NHL debut, the pl...

Happy Friday! Jason Gregor and Frank Seravalli are here with another episode of The DFO Rundown! Today on the pod, they started things off by talking about the situation that's currently brewing between the Arizona Coyotes and the city of Glendale. Frank gave some background info on what's going on there and where the Coyotes could end up going if things continue to go south in the desert. They al...

Another episode of The DFO Rundown is here and today, Jason and Frank were joined by Oilers Head Coach Dave Tippett, who is about to head into his third season behind the bench in Edmonton. Before getting to Tippett, Frank and Jason talked about the Kirill Kaprizov situation and also, what could be happening with a few free agents that are still available.   With Tippett, they started off with an...

This week on The DFO Rundown, Frank and Jason were joined by one of the newest members of the San Jose Sharks: Andrew Cogliano. The NHL veteran talked about the early days of his career with the Edmonton Oilers, the free agent process (which he experienced for the first time), and why he decided to stay on the west coast. From there, they also talked about the idea of ‘loving the game’ and how his...

Our offseason interview series continues on The DFO Rundown! Today, Jason and Frank were joined by Flyers GM Chuck Fletcher who has been one of the busiest people in the NHL over the last six weeks. Fletcher talked about overhauling the Flyers blueline, the other moves he made this summer, and he also played a round of 'Rapid Fire'! There was obviously plenty to get to with Fletcher. Not only did...

Another Friday is here and today on The DFO Rundown, Frank and Jason were joined by Seattle Kraken forward Jordan Eberle! The former first-round pick talked about the process of being selected in the expansion draft and what was going through his head in the days leading up to it.  They dug into some of the challenges that will come with being on an expansion team, both on and off the ice. He also...

The guys are back with a new episode of The DFO Rundown! This week Jason and Frank were joined by Carolina Hurricanes forward Jordan Martinook, who recently signed a three-year extension to stay with the club. Martinook had a unique path to the NHL and talked about how he made it. He also touched on the moves that the team made this offseason and shared some funny insight into how an NHL team grou...

Welcome back to another Friday edition of The DFO Rundown with Frank Seravalli and Jason Gregor! Since Free agency opened up on Wednesday, it has been a crazy time around the NHL, and the guys dove into everything. Multiple defencemen are now getting paid the big bucks, the Arizona Coyotes are doing whatever they can to get Shane Wright, and the Edmonton Oilers are still searching for a new goalte...

Welcome back to another week of The DFO Rundown with Jason Gregor and Frank Seravalli! It was another busy weekend around the National Hockey League, with the 2021 entry level draft taking place virtually for the second year in a row. There was plenty to discuss with some big trades going down in Philadelphia and Chicago; and what went down in the draft. On top of that, NHL free agency is coming u...

It’s been a busy week in the NHL, and it’s only going to get busier! After Frank Seravalli exploded hockey Twitter with Seattle Kraken draft news on Wednesday morning, he and Jason Gregor are back with a brand new episode of The DFO Rundown. They dove into the Kraken’s expansion draft right off the bat, breaking down a few picks and their overall thoughts. The most focus of the show, however, was...

It was truly a wild weekend around the NHL with some big trades and expansion lists being released! Jason Gregor and Frank Seravalli have a brand new episode of The DFO Rundown and they dug right into what they think the Seattle Kraken will do this week. They both did their own mock expansion draft and shared the results with each other live on the podcast!   The guys picked all 30 players that th...

We are now just under a week away from the NHL's expansion draft and teams are starting to make moves to put themselves in a good spot before they lose a player to the Seattle Kraken. It's really just the tip of the iceberg and there are no doubt more big moves to come, so we decided to bring NHL Insider Elliotte Friedman onto the podcast to give us the latest on what he's hearing from around the...

Welcome into a brand new episode of The DFO Rundown from The Wood Jerseys Studio! Frank and Jason started this week's podcast off by talking about some players who could potentially be traded ahead of next week's expansion draft. They also got into a pretty passionate debate about the NHL/CHL agreement that needs to be renegotiated this offseason.   Before getting to their guest of the week, Frank...

Another Friday episode of The DFO Rundown is here! It's rumour season around the NHL, so to kick off today's episode Frank and Jason dug into to some of the big stories around the league starting with some potential buyouts candidates before digging into the Duncan Keith trade talks. They also talked about soon-to-be free agent Tony DeAngelo and had some fun with the Nikita Kucherov press conferen...

Welcome to another episode of The DFO Rundown with Frank Seravalli and Jason Gregor! In today’s episode, Frank and Jason are joined by Seattle Kraken reporter Ryan Clark from The Athletic. They dove into everything around the Kraken’s expansion draft, so if you too are doing a mock draft a day, this is an episode you won’t want to miss. They spoke about several different scenarios, including who T...

Another new episode of The DFO Rundown is here to kick off your long weekend! This week Frank and Jason weren't joined by a guest and instead, went around the NHL to talk about the latest breaking stories and trade rumours. Of course, you have to start with the Stanley Cup Final, where the Habs find themselves heading home down 2-0. Gregor is definitely more down on the Canadiens than Frank, who a...

A new episode of The DFO Rundown is here! To start this week's episode, Jason brings in a travelling Frank Seravalli, who is on the road covering the Stanley Cup Final. Frank is starting to buy into the Canadiens hype heading into their series against Tampa Bay while Jason still believes it will be the Lightning who comes out on top. They also touched on the Jack Eichel situation and Frank dropped...