Ryan Biech is in the house! Or rather, I'm in Ryan Biech's house. The point is, I am joined on the PITB Podcast by Ryan Biech, prospect analyst for Sportsnet 650 and Canucks writer for Canucks Army, The Athletic, and Canucks.com.We delve into the Canucks' prospect pool, particularly their lack of depth on defence. We talk about the potential of Oll…

Today’s guest on the Pass it to Bulis Podcast is Ashley Gronzo, the social media director for HockeyStats.ca. She’s a big proponent of data visualization and using them to tell better data stories. We talked about whether the Canucks should try to collect more players from the Portland Winterhawks, the upcoming free agency, and whether the Canucks …

In the opening podcast for the 2015-16 season, Scott (@ssepich) is joined by Andy Eide (@AndyEide) to talk about the muddled U.S. Division race and how each team could have a successful season. After exhausting that topic, things go off the rails as they talk about 3-on-3 overtime, lower-tier junior leagues in the area, and the perils of walking ne…

It’s the offseason for the WHL, but it’s almost Christmas for scout Cody Nickolet (@dubfromabove), who put together an astoundingly detailed scouting report for WHL players who are eligible for the upcoming NHL draft, which takes place June 26 and 27. Cody and Scott (@ssepich) discuss the prospects from the WHL’s U.S. Division who are most likely t…

Larry Fisher (@LarryFisher_KDC) joins Scott (@ssepich) to talk about the WHL’s draft lottery and postseason all-star teams and award nominees before moving on to judge which Western Conference teams overachieved and underachieved during the regular season. They cap it off with a preview and some predictions for the upcoming playoff series. https://…

Scott (@ssepich) is joined by new Yahoo! junior hockey columnist Megan Richardson (@butyoucarlotta) to talk about the role of analytics in the WHL and what the numbers can tell us about the U.S. Division so far this season, as well as how stats can be better tracked in the future. Click here to see Josh Weissbock’s CHL stats site, and click here to…

After a long layoff, the podcast fires back up again as Scott offers a few thoughts on the Josh Morrissey trade, then Sportsnet WHL correspondent Andy Eide (@andyeide) joins Scott to talk about how wrong they were about the U.S. Division standings so far, Mat Barzal’s horsing around, what the Winterhawks will do with Brendan Burke, Canada going all…

There are a lot of valid reasons for the Portland Winterhawks to be struggling, but an 0-5 start is still jarring for the four-time defending conference champs. OregonLive blogger Dylan Bumbarger (@dylandb) joins Scott (@ssepich) to talk about what’s going wrong and how much of it will be able to be fixed. They also touch on Scott’s Top 25 Winterha…

Spokane Chiefs blogger Frank Guill (@gochiefsgoblog) joins Scott (@ssepich) to talk about the outlook for the Chiefs this season and why they might not be as bad as everyone thinks. They also touch on the labor investigation going on in the state of Washington, as well as the rumblings of a new arena in Tri-City. This podcast was recorded right aft…

It’s a long one, but Scott (@ssepich) and Andy Eide (@AndyEide) go in-depth on the Seattle Thunderbirds roster and touch on all the other teams in the U.S. Division. Along the way they discuss the new playoff format, all-time franchise top player lists, borrowing goalies for the Memorial Cup and how to pronounce “Holowko,” “Weinger” and “Krasheninn…

In the first episode of Season 2 of the podcast, the Kelowna Daily Courier’s Larry Fisher (@LarryFisher_KDC) joins Scott to go over the big coaching changes in the WHL as well as the new playoff format. They close things out by discussing the upcoming season and how the Western Conference standings might shake out. https://theusdivision.files.wordp…

With the WHL final approaching this weekend, the league had a media session today (Friday, May 2) that included players and coaches for both teams as well as WHL commissioner Ron Robison. I spoke with Robison, along with local media members Ron Callan and Molly Blue. This short podcast is just the audio of that mini-press conference, as most of wha…