The DFO Rundown

Welcome to the DFO Rundown with Jason Gregor and Mike Rupp. Today we start the show talking about a few of the big goal scorers from last night as we had multiple hat tricks! Logan Cooley, Macklin Celebrini, Taylor Raddysh! We then move on to the Colorado Avalanche and their hot start to the season, has Wedgwood earned the crease in Colorado and how much will Necas want with his next contract. How...

Meet our insiders: Irfaan Gaffar of Daily Faceoff, Canucks Army, & Rink Wide Vancouver is joined by David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period, SiriusXM NHL, and NHL Network. They look around the NHL, reacting to the week's news and digging into the contracts, trades, and moves that are still on the horizon. Irfaan and David are back with Episode 3 of the DFO Rundown Insider Edition. There's chatter...

Welcome to the DFO Rundown with Jason Gregor and Jeff Marek! Today we kick off the show with some banter about the Buffalo Sabres before heading into the big controversy this weekend with the Tom Wilson hit on Filip Chytil. Was it late or was it clean? Then we talk about the great start for Kiefer Sherwood, followed by the Seattle Kraken. They have surprised many with their hot start this season!...

Welcome to the DFO Rundown with Jason Gregor and Mike Rupp! The NHL season is heating up, and this week on DFO Rundown, Jason Gregor and Mike Rupp break down all the early-season storylines you need to know! Jack Hughes & Luke Hughes: How the Devils’ star brothers are making their mark. Hughes vs. Hutson: Contract debates, value assessments, and playoff potential. Montreal Canadiens: Why the H...

The season is a week old and there's already panic setting in around the NHL. The insiders jump around to a few different markets before welcoming player agent Brian Bartlett to the. They talk to Brian about the impact of a rising cap and NCAA / CHL eligibility changing. They also ask Brian about some of his higher profile clients who are due for extensions rather soon. Powered by @bet365. Whateve...

Welcome to another Monday edition of the DFO Rundown with Jason Gregor and Jeff Marek! Today we start the show talking about some of the biggest winners and losers so far this season as the Boston Bruins and Florida Panthers come out with hot 3-0 starts, while there are a few teams that have struggled out of the gates. Of course we are going to go through some early season overreactions as the Tor...

Welcome to the DFO Rundown with Jason Gregor and Mike Rupp! Welcome to the DFO Rundown! On today's show the guys start by talking about the young San Jose Sharks. They had a 3-2 lead late in the 3rd over the Golden Knights but a couple big mistakes lead to an OT loss. A few big storylines are already arising this season as the guys discuss the return of Jonathan Toews, the hot start for Kyle Conno...

Welcome to the first episode DFO Rundown Insider Edition! Meet our insiders: Irfaan Gaffar of Daily Faceoff, Canucks Army, & Rink Wide Vancouver is joined by David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period, SiriusXM NHL, and NHL Network. They look around the NHL, reacting to the week's news and digging into the contracts, trades, and moves that are still on the horizon. It's been a good week for Connors o...

Welcome to the DFO Rundown! Today the guys start with quick chat about the baseball playoffs before jumping into the CRAZY preseason game between the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning as they racked up over 300 penalty minutes. This sparks the conversation about the need for toughness and skill in the NHL. Is the fighting pendulum swinging back the other direction? Could we see more fights...

Welcome to the DFO Rundown! On today’s episode Jason and Mike Rupp start by talking about Rupp’s Stanley Cup performance. What he remembers from his perspective how he felt at the time and his story about the game sheet! We then move onto the Luke Hughes and Jason Lacombe extensions. Which is a better deal and who has earned it the most? Last night saw a feisty game between the Florida Panthers an...

Happy Monday! It’s the final week without hockey! On today’s episode Jason and Jeff start by continuing the Aleksander Barkov conversation. How big of a loss is this for the Panthers and what they can do going forward. This leads into some conversation about other injuries this preseason. We then move to the New York Islanders and how this season seems to have a more positive vibe on the island. W...

Welcome to the first Friday edition of the DFO Rundown this season! Our new Friday co-host is former NHL player and Stanley Cup Champion, Mike Rupp! Today the guys start by talking about Marc-Andre Fleury, as he will be reuniting with the Pittsburgh Penguins in their preseason game tonight! What an incredible way to send off an amazing career. Of course this leads into some Sidney Crosby talk. The...

Another season of the DFO Rundown kicks off with Jason Gregor and new Co-Host, Jeff Marek! This season Jeff will be joining Jason every Monday and mystery co-host will be joining each Friday! Today the guys kick off the show talking about which games should end up in the hockey Hall of Game. Which games were so memorable, so important, so impactful that they deserve a spot in hockey history. They...

The guys wrap up their 2025/26 season preview as we jump into the Metro Division. First we start with some of the biggest headlines from around the league including Sidney Crosby, Quinn Hughes and the Vancouver Canucks and a Jack Eichel extension in Vegas. Then we move to the Kirill Kaprizov contract rumours. It was reported that he turned down 8 years at a $16 million AAV. Is there truth to this...

Today on the DFO Rundown Jason Gregor and Mike Russo preview the Pacific Division for the upcoming 2025/26 NHL season. First the guys touch on the Olympic rosters before moving onto the Pacific Division. Can the Oilers run it back for a 3rd year? Are the Vegas Golden Knights contenders with the addition of Mitch Marner? Can the Ducks make a push this season and who will be in the basement? 1:00 -...

The DFO Rundown takes a team-by-team look at the Atlantic Division to see who’s trending up—or falling behind. Detroit and the Yzerplan face heavy criticism, with little playoff hope in sight for the Red Wings or Sabres. Boston’s rebuild could take longer than expected, while Montreal and Ottawa earn some surprising praise. Are we sleeping on Tampa? Can Toronto survive without Marner? Florida rema...

Jason Gregor is back with another offseason edition of The DFO Rundown and today, he was joined by Michael Russo of The Athletic. He’s spent the last number of years covering the Minnesota Wild but has been working in hockey for a lot longer than that. The guys started the pod off by talking a little bit about Russo’s career and how he ended up in ‘The State of Hockey’. From there, they got into t...

Today on the DFO Rundown, Jason Gregor was joined by Jeff Marek from The Sheet to recap everything we’ve seen over the last 72 hours in the NHL. There were some big contracts handed out as the free agency window opened and usually, this is the time of the year where big mistakes are made. The guys started today’s podcast by talking about one team that they think really improved themselves this sum...

The DFO Rundown is back and with draft weekend in the rear view mirror and free agency opening up tomorrow, there was no shortage of talking points for Jason Gregor. He began the show by going through a little bit of what we saw over the last 72 hours in the league from the Islanders picking first overall to some of the big extensions that were signed. Jason was then joined by guest co-host Chris...

Frank and Jason are back with another offseason edition of The DFO Rundown, and today’s was a busy one. Earlier this morning, Frank broke the story that a new CBA is coming and he outlined all of the changes that are coming with that. The guys dug into all of that and Gregor said what he liked and didn’t like about some of the new elements of the CBA, which will kick in for the 2026-27 season. Bef...

It’s the week of the NHL Draft and we are just eight days away from the beginning of free agency. While there wasn’t a lot of news this weekend around the league, there is a lot going on behind the scenes and Frank kicked off today’s edition of The DFO Rundown by giving a quick update on the trade market. Are the Sabres getting closer to moving JJ Peterka? Will the Islanders move Noah Dobson by th...

And with that, the 2024-25 NHL season has come to a close and for a second straight season, the Florida Panthers are Stanley Cup Champions. Jason and Frank kicked off today’s episode of The DFO Rundown by talking about the Panthers once again winning hockey’s ultimate prize. For GM Bill Zito, the celebration is short-lived as he now has to focus on trying to keep this group together despite a tigh...

Kick off your week with an all new episode of The DFO Rundown with Jason Gregor and Frank Seravalli as they give you a full offseason preview for each of the eight non-playoff teams in the Western Conference. They started in the basement with the San Jose Sharks, who have boatloads of cap space. Should GM Mike Grier spend like crazy? Or stay the course? The guys debated that. They then had a simil...

Frank and Jason are back with a fresh episode of The DFO Rundown. There’s only been one Stanley Cup Final game since the last pod on Monday, so today they focused more on some offseason topics, starting with the first trade of the summer as Chris Kreider is on the verge of being dealt to the Anaheim Ducks. After breaking down that deal, they got into Frank’s five offer sheet candidates including M...

Frank and Jason are back with a fresh episode of The DFO Rundown as the Stanley Cup Final has officially become a best-of-five series. The guys got into the Stanley Cup Final towards the end of the podcast. They started things off by talking about Frank’s buyout candidate list that was released on Friday. Matt Dumba, TJ Brodie and others appear to be players that could have their contracts bought...