{"podcast":{"title":"The Athletic Hockey Show","slug":"the-athletic-hockey-show-1370276","podcast_index_feed_id":1370276,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6818bb89f30c20bff73c9ebc","website_url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/podcasts/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6818bb89f30c20bff73c9ebc/1759726975058-4c7afe54-632b-400c-b9d8-0477577978c0.jpeg","author":"The Athletic","episode_count":1165,"summary":"The Athletic's flagship hockey podcast delivers daily insights, prospect rankings, betting picks, and much more, Monday through Friday, all season long. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T18:22:43.543058+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-hockey-show-1370276"},"episode":{"title":"Eastern Conference playoff preview","slug":"eastern-conference-playoff-preview","published_at":"2026-04-16T17:39:09+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-hockey-show-1370276/eastern-conference-playoff-preview","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-hockey-show-1370276","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-athletic-hockey-show/episodes/eastern-conference-playoff-preview","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6818bb89f30c20bff73c9ebc/e/69e11ebed2febdbec93dda94/media.mp3","summary":"The Eastern Conference matchups are set! Hailey, Sean and Max preview all four East first round Stanley Cup playoff series, and are joined by Matt Fairburn from the Sabres beat, to preview the feel good Buffalo Sabres who went from worst to first in the Atlantic Division with the postseason beginning on Saturday. Plus, Hailey, Sean and Max make their first round picks. This episode was recorded live at 12:00pm ET on April 16, 2026. Host: Hailey Salvian, Sean Gentille and Max Bultman  With: Matthew Fairburn Executive Producer: Chris Flannery Producer: Jeff Domet Watch full episodes on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@theathletichockeyshow Join our Discord Server:  https://discord.gg/VTm9VjkF Subscribe to The Athletic:  https://theathletic.com/hockeyshow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"The Eastern Conference matchups are set! Hailey, Sean and Max preview all four East first round Stanley Cup playoff series, and are joined by Matt Fairbur…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3948,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-athletic-hockey-show-1370276/episodes/eastern-conference-playoff-preview/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-hockey-show-1370276/eastern-conference-playoff-preview.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}