WEBVTT 00:00:00.469 --> 00:00:04.509 Well, hello, hello. Welcome to FL Teams. It's 00:00:04.509 --> 00:00:07.509 Daria and Ken, or should I say Barbie and Ken? 00:00:08.789 --> 00:00:12.830 That's more appropriate. Good one. Well, I can 00:00:12.830 --> 00:00:15.369 see that you are all prepared even better than 00:00:15.369 --> 00:00:18.769 I am. Well, I don't know about that. You've got 00:00:18.769 --> 00:00:21.190 the nice mural and the nice screensaver behind 00:00:21.190 --> 00:00:23.589 you there wearing the shirt. All I've got is 00:00:23.589 --> 00:00:27.429 a hat. I do have my lightning shirt on, as you 00:00:27.429 --> 00:00:30.879 can see. But I've got the championship banner 00:00:30.879 --> 00:00:33.259 hanging behind me. I've got my lightning clock 00:00:33.259 --> 00:00:37.200 on the wall. If I could pan, I don't want to 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:40.979 do that. But I have a puck collection on the 00:00:40.979 --> 00:00:46.359 wall of the year they won the Stanley Cup. Every 00:00:46.359 --> 00:00:49.219 playoff round, I'm a big puck collector. I probably 00:00:49.219 --> 00:00:54.560 have 50 of just lightning pucks. And a lot of 00:00:54.560 --> 00:00:57.729 lightning stuff in the house. Never miss a game. 00:00:57.850 --> 00:01:00.090 Used to be a season ticket holder for about 10 00:01:00.090 --> 00:01:03.009 years. Enjoyed that immensely. And I still love 00:01:03.009 --> 00:01:07.230 hockey. It's my favorite winter sport. So my 00:01:07.230 --> 00:01:11.189 life is centered around, hey, what time is the 00:01:11.189 --> 00:01:14.010 game on? Not going anywhere tonight. 7 o 'clock. 00:01:14.150 --> 00:01:16.150 We got a lightning game. Better figure something 00:01:16.150 --> 00:01:20.829 out. So, yeah, it's great. Are you excited about 00:01:20.829 --> 00:01:23.290 the stadium series that's coming to the area? 00:01:23.959 --> 00:01:28.540 I am. It's been a long time coming. I've lived 00:01:28.540 --> 00:01:33.920 in this area for about 15 years. And Tampa, it 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:37.120 does not matter if it's baseball related, football 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:41.000 related, hockey related. They always get the 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:44.739 short end of the stick. And everybody just wants 00:01:44.739 --> 00:01:48.500 to crap on Tampa. Like they're not worthy. They're 00:01:48.500 --> 00:01:52.560 not a big market city. That's the national media's 00:01:52.560 --> 00:01:55.269 perspective. That's my perception of what they 00:01:55.269 --> 00:02:00.069 think about Tampa. They never talk about how 00:02:00.069 --> 00:02:03.590 great the Lightning are doing. It's always, oh, 00:02:03.629 --> 00:02:06.370 well, look at Boston. Well, look what Detroit's 00:02:06.370 --> 00:02:09.050 doing. And I don't know whether you watch the 00:02:09.050 --> 00:02:12.870 national broadcast at all on TNT, NHL Network. 00:02:13.150 --> 00:02:16.129 That Paul Bissonette, he's a homer for Toronto, 00:02:16.330 --> 00:02:19.750 and he couldn't give two craps what the Lightning 00:02:19.750 --> 00:02:24.219 are doing. It's just that kind of, mentality 00:02:24.219 --> 00:02:26.639 that drives me crazy. Tampa's been deserving 00:02:26.639 --> 00:02:31.699 of this for a long time. And it's not like this 00:02:31.699 --> 00:02:34.300 is their first rodeo. They've hosted Super Bowls 00:02:34.300 --> 00:02:36.680 at the stadium, college football championship 00:02:36.680 --> 00:02:41.659 games. The NCAA Frozen Four has been here a couple 00:02:41.659 --> 00:02:45.000 of times. They've hosted the NCAA Women's Basketball 00:02:45.000 --> 00:02:48.939 Tournament. All these marquee events. And they 00:02:48.939 --> 00:02:52.919 love Tampa. Once they're here, it's just time. 00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:56.280 And I'm glad that Tampa is now getting their 00:02:56.280 --> 00:02:59.740 chance to shine in the spotlight, you know, come 00:02:59.740 --> 00:03:01.680 February 1st. It's going to be a great event. 00:03:02.139 --> 00:03:04.159 Yeah, and where are you going to watch it? At 00:03:04.159 --> 00:03:06.599 home or are you going to go to the stadium? No, 00:03:06.680 --> 00:03:10.080 I did not secure tickets, so I will be in my 00:03:10.080 --> 00:03:13.379 favorite recliner with my feet propped up with 00:03:13.379 --> 00:03:17.259 an adult beverage, maybe a sandwich. I'll probably 00:03:17.259 --> 00:03:22.000 do something like I do for the Super Bowl. Let's 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:25.430 get some pizza. wings, put a nice spread in the 00:03:25.430 --> 00:03:29.150 living room, turn the TV on. I got a big 70 -inch 00:03:29.150 --> 00:03:32.669 TV on the wall, so I won't miss a thing. I won't 00:03:32.669 --> 00:03:35.229 miss a thing. I will be tuned in from start to 00:03:35.229 --> 00:03:38.129 finish. That is for sure. Do you like the choice 00:03:38.129 --> 00:03:40.110 of the team that we got? Because some people 00:03:40.110 --> 00:03:43.270 were like, oh, we wish to see the Panthers or 00:03:43.270 --> 00:03:49.680 someone who is more appropriate. I do like Boston. 00:03:49.860 --> 00:03:51.780 Now, I'll tell you, Boston would have been my 00:03:51.780 --> 00:03:53.979 fourth or fifth choice. I would have had the 00:03:53.979 --> 00:03:56.240 Florida Panthers as the first choice because 00:03:56.240 --> 00:03:58.379 the ratings for that would have been through 00:03:58.379 --> 00:04:01.580 the roof. Those teams hate each other. And if 00:04:01.580 --> 00:04:03.719 you've watched the Lightning Panthers play at 00:04:03.719 --> 00:04:07.120 all this season, it was a bloodbath. It's like 00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:11.199 you went to a boxing match and a hockey game 00:04:11.199 --> 00:04:13.520 broke out, you know, something like that. The 00:04:13.520 --> 00:04:15.860 Panthers would have been my first choice. I think 00:04:15.860 --> 00:04:20.279 Detroit. Would have been second. Pittsburgh, 00:04:20.500 --> 00:04:23.319 I've always had a soft spot for the Pens since 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:27.220 Mario Lemieux played for the Penguins. I think 00:04:27.220 --> 00:04:28.899 that would have been my third choice. And then 00:04:28.899 --> 00:04:32.079 after that, you know, you can pretty much flip 00:04:32.079 --> 00:04:36.579 a coin. But the Lightning have had some good 00:04:36.579 --> 00:04:40.079 games with Boston, some intense games, a couple 00:04:40.079 --> 00:04:43.459 of playoff series in the years back. So it makes 00:04:43.459 --> 00:04:47.350 sense. from that perspective. And they played 00:04:47.350 --> 00:04:49.829 the Bruins. You know, there's a lot of Boston 00:04:49.829 --> 00:04:53.610 fans that come into the area for the games. I 00:04:53.610 --> 00:04:55.410 remember when I had season tickets, there was 00:04:55.410 --> 00:04:58.069 an awful lot of Boston fans that filled up that 00:04:58.069 --> 00:05:01.670 arena. But I think from a Detroit standpoint, 00:05:02.050 --> 00:05:06.329 Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Montreal, Toronto, 00:05:06.670 --> 00:05:09.930 there are so many snowbirds that come to this 00:05:09.930 --> 00:05:13.019 area in the wintertime. and go see the Lightning 00:05:13.019 --> 00:05:15.600 when their favorite teams are here. And you could 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:18.899 have capitalized maybe on a team like that, you 00:05:18.899 --> 00:05:21.500 know, with ticket sales and merch sales and, 00:05:21.500 --> 00:05:24.519 you know, full hotel rooms instead of, you know, 00:05:24.519 --> 00:05:26.839 a team like Boston. Not that it's terrible, but 00:05:26.839 --> 00:05:29.379 I think the economic impact would have been a 00:05:29.379 --> 00:05:32.240 bit greater if they would have had, you know, 00:05:32.240 --> 00:05:35.360 a Montreal or Toronto or one of those other Northeast 00:05:35.360 --> 00:05:37.000 teams where there's a lot of snowbirds in the 00:05:37.000 --> 00:05:40.589 area. I like your choice, but what about, let's 00:05:40.589 --> 00:05:43.529 say, the Carolina Hurricanes? They always complain 00:05:43.529 --> 00:05:46.269 that the team doesn't get enough media coverage. 00:05:46.870 --> 00:05:51.990 They don't. The Hurricanes do not get enough 00:05:51.990 --> 00:05:56.930 coverage at all. I worked in the restaurant business 00:05:56.930 --> 00:06:00.589 before I retired. And one of the areas I had 00:06:00.589 --> 00:06:03.910 to go to for training was Raleigh, North Carolina. 00:06:04.540 --> 00:06:08.339 We happened to go there in January. They received 00:06:08.339 --> 00:06:13.079 maybe a quarter of an inch of snow, just a dusting. 00:06:13.319 --> 00:06:16.420 They shut the city down. They shut the training 00:06:16.420 --> 00:06:18.720 center down. And that night, the Hurricanes were 00:06:18.720 --> 00:06:22.699 playing the Philadelphia Flyers. I went on over. 00:06:22.800 --> 00:06:26.139 I walked up. I got a ticket, and I sat right 00:06:26.139 --> 00:06:29.259 behind the bench. And the Hurricanes were a good 00:06:29.259 --> 00:06:32.170 team then. I couldn't believe that there was 00:06:32.170 --> 00:06:35.490 not more people there and there just wasn't more 00:06:35.490 --> 00:06:39.589 enthusiasm for the franchise. That's been my 00:06:39.589 --> 00:06:43.170 only experience with being in Carolina and seeing 00:06:43.170 --> 00:06:45.250 a game. Of course, I've seen them numerous times 00:06:45.250 --> 00:06:52.269 at the arena. I think one of the knocks on Carolina 00:06:52.269 --> 00:06:57.120 is the style of hockey that they play. Sometimes 00:06:57.120 --> 00:07:00.699 it's not the most entertaining style. It's boring. 00:07:00.879 --> 00:07:04.920 Be honest. Yeah, boring. Yeah, absolutely. I'm 00:07:04.920 --> 00:07:07.100 trying to be politically correct here. Okay, 00:07:07.139 --> 00:07:12.100 I said it. But when the networks are looking 00:07:12.100 --> 00:07:15.779 for a team to put up against the lightning, they're 00:07:15.779 --> 00:07:20.050 wanting something that, okay. This is a wide 00:07:20.050 --> 00:07:22.910 open team. They're wide open offensively. Very 00:07:22.910 --> 00:07:25.930 good, solid goaltenders. The defense, you know, 00:07:25.930 --> 00:07:28.029 is really good. We have a chance to see some 00:07:28.029 --> 00:07:31.170 really good back and forth play. And Carolina 00:07:31.170 --> 00:07:34.009 doesn't offer that. I will tell you that the 00:07:34.009 --> 00:07:36.970 name of the game is winning. And Carolina has 00:07:36.970 --> 00:07:39.930 done an awful lot of winning until they get to 00:07:39.930 --> 00:07:42.189 the Eastern Conference Finals. And they have 00:07:42.189 --> 00:07:44.970 to play, you know, the Florida Panthers or the 00:07:44.970 --> 00:07:47.430 Lightning. The Lightning beat them a year when 00:07:47.430 --> 00:07:50.800 they were... On their way to the Stanley Cup. 00:07:51.420 --> 00:07:54.959 But that's my thing with Carolina. There's just 00:07:54.959 --> 00:07:58.379 not a lot of jazz there. Not a lot of pizzazz. 00:07:58.399 --> 00:08:02.220 Even though they're a very good team. Right now 00:08:02.220 --> 00:08:05.699 we see so many decorations. The airport banners. 00:08:05.740 --> 00:08:08.040 It's like all over the place. You probably don't 00:08:08.040 --> 00:08:10.879 see it in your area. But how do you set the mood? 00:08:11.139 --> 00:08:14.439 Do you feel that it's coming? The stadium series. 00:08:14.660 --> 00:08:19.160 Yes. There's a sense of excitement. In a way, 00:08:19.220 --> 00:08:23.040 it is like Christmas morning coming. The Super 00:08:23.040 --> 00:08:26.620 Bowl is coming. There's that level of excitement. 00:08:27.079 --> 00:08:30.899 For me, I look forward to the games, and this 00:08:30.899 --> 00:08:35.100 is a big event. This is almost second, really, 00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:37.639 behind the Stanley Cup final. You could make 00:08:37.639 --> 00:08:41.080 a case that the All -Star game brings this same 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:45.480 kind of excitement to the area. When I was a 00:08:45.480 --> 00:08:47.240 season ticket holder, they had the All -Star 00:08:47.240 --> 00:08:50.210 game at, It was then Amelie Arena. And that was 00:08:50.210 --> 00:08:54.230 a fabulous event that was put on. The skills 00:08:54.230 --> 00:08:58.610 competition, all that stuff. So the outdoor series, 00:08:58.889 --> 00:09:02.370 there's a lot of buzz generated nationally. It's 00:09:02.370 --> 00:09:04.990 a marquee event. It's nationally televised. I 00:09:04.990 --> 00:09:08.269 think it's the only game in that time slot on 00:09:08.269 --> 00:09:13.269 the day or evening of the event. So from that 00:09:13.269 --> 00:09:17.190 standpoint, yeah. Correct me if I'm wrong, but 00:09:17.190 --> 00:09:21.509 I think your headwear is from the new collection, 00:09:21.830 --> 00:09:24.330 right? It is. It is from the new collection. 00:09:24.429 --> 00:09:28.669 A lot of people did not like the jerseys, the 00:09:28.669 --> 00:09:33.230 hats, the colors or whatever. I love this hat. 00:09:33.450 --> 00:09:38.149 I love the light blue. I love the TBL logoing. 00:09:38.289 --> 00:09:41.570 I like the jersey. I don't think there's anything 00:09:41.570 --> 00:09:48.399 wrong with it. So much. The originality only 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:51.480 goes for a certain point and then you start kind 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:54.740 of repeating yourself. Same color, same scheme. 00:09:56.200 --> 00:10:00.700 I've seen some uniforms for special events that 00:10:00.700 --> 00:10:05.039 were just god -awful. I don't know who designed 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:08.639 them. Like Nashville. They look like bumblebees 00:10:08.639 --> 00:10:10.740 running around. They're all yellow, you know, 00:10:10.740 --> 00:10:14.090 the pants and the jerseys. You know, when they 00:10:14.090 --> 00:10:18.649 had the outdoor game up there. But it was. Yeah, 00:10:18.730 --> 00:10:22.169 I like this. I bought a couple of t -shirts. 00:10:22.490 --> 00:10:27.330 Bought some pucks. So I'm all in. Yeah, I like 00:10:27.330 --> 00:10:31.129 the colors. And you got that up on your screen 00:10:31.129 --> 00:10:35.009 there behind you. Yeah. If you don't mind, I'm 00:10:35.009 --> 00:10:37.590 going to ask how much did you spend? Because 00:10:37.590 --> 00:10:40.350 you said you got a few t -shirts, pucks. Yeah, 00:10:40.370 --> 00:10:47.389 I spent. I think it was $80. Oh, it's not that 00:10:47.389 --> 00:10:51.509 much. I got two pucks, two t -shirts, and I also 00:10:51.509 --> 00:10:54.629 got the John Cooper special commemorative puck, 00:10:54.669 --> 00:10:56.509 the 1 ,000 feet. I need it. I still don't have 00:10:56.509 --> 00:10:58.350 it. Oh, my God. Thank you. Well, they only made 00:10:58.350 --> 00:11:00.730 1 ,000 of them. That's all they're going to have. 00:11:00.750 --> 00:11:03.750 When they sell them, they're done. So you better 00:11:03.750 --> 00:11:08.509 go right now. Bye. Yeah. Get on the horn, girl, 00:11:08.570 --> 00:11:11.370 and get down there and get your puck. But, yeah, 00:11:11.470 --> 00:11:13.940 and free shipping. It was free shipping, so I 00:11:13.940 --> 00:11:15.440 didn't pay anything for shipping, which is nice. 00:11:16.179 --> 00:11:19.639 But yeah, got the three pucks total and the two 00:11:19.639 --> 00:11:21.960 t -shirts. It was awesome. So you really like 00:11:21.960 --> 00:11:25.720 it. How much are you willing to spend every year 00:11:25.720 --> 00:11:30.220 on new collections? It depends on what it is. 00:11:30.620 --> 00:11:35.500 Jerseys, not so much. If I do like a jersey, 00:11:35.740 --> 00:11:40.450 I get it with no name on it. because players 00:11:40.450 --> 00:11:43.450 come and go. And back in my younger days, I was 00:11:43.450 --> 00:11:46.029 so tired of buying jerseys where the player was 00:11:46.029 --> 00:11:49.809 here today, gone tomorrow. It's like, what am 00:11:49.809 --> 00:11:52.330 I going to do with that jersey now? I guess I'll 00:11:52.330 --> 00:11:56.710 wear it. But I buy a lot of T -shirts with the 00:11:56.710 --> 00:12:00.269 different color schemes, the hats, the pucks. 00:12:02.330 --> 00:12:05.710 That's probably it for the merchandise. I do 00:12:05.710 --> 00:12:11.750 wear one. One jersey. And being a hockey aficionado, 00:12:11.850 --> 00:12:15.549 I'm going to be really disappointed if you don't 00:12:15.549 --> 00:12:18.529 recognize these names I'm going to throw out. 00:12:18.610 --> 00:12:22.909 I was born and raised in Ohio. That's why I developed 00:12:22.909 --> 00:12:25.169 my affinity for the Pittsburgh Penguins at a 00:12:25.169 --> 00:12:29.149 young age. Back in those days, that was the closest 00:12:29.149 --> 00:12:33.389 NHL team. Well, Cleveland got a team. It's a 00:12:33.389 --> 00:12:37.519 long story, but they were the... I think the 00:12:37.519 --> 00:12:39.860 California Golden Seals, and then they went to 00:12:39.860 --> 00:12:44.019 Minnesota or something. North Stars. And then 00:12:44.019 --> 00:12:46.779 they came to Cleveland for two years, two years 00:12:46.779 --> 00:12:50.240 only. They were the Cleveland Barons. And I have 00:12:50.240 --> 00:12:53.639 a regular Cleveland Barons jersey. They played 00:12:53.639 --> 00:12:59.600 from 1976 to 1980. And if you remember the World 00:12:59.600 --> 00:13:01.720 Hockey Association, that's where Wayne Gretzky 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:04.879 got his start with the Indianapolis Racers as 00:13:04.879 --> 00:13:08.460 an 18 -year -old young man. The Cleveland Crusaders, 00:13:08.659 --> 00:13:13.279 all purple jerseys. and a Crusader on the front. 00:13:13.620 --> 00:13:16.779 They played in the WHA for four years, and I 00:13:16.779 --> 00:13:20.639 have a Crusader's jersey. As far as retro jerseys 00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:24.820 go and colors, those will always be one of my 00:13:24.820 --> 00:13:27.679 two favorites because of the sentimental value 00:13:27.679 --> 00:13:32.519 that they hold. You still have them, right? Oh, 00:13:32.519 --> 00:13:35.720 yeah, absolutely. I'm not getting rid of those. 00:13:36.340 --> 00:13:39.059 Nope. I may not be able to wear them, but they'll 00:13:39.059 --> 00:13:41.580 look good hanging up on the wall. Do you get 00:13:41.580 --> 00:13:46.519 them signed ever? No, no, I've never. Don't ruin 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:50.299 my jerseys. I paid for it. No, no, I've never 00:13:50.299 --> 00:13:55.840 gotten a jersey signed. When I was a season ticket 00:13:55.840 --> 00:13:58.679 holder, you can't wear the same jersey to every 00:13:58.679 --> 00:14:01.139 game. You could, but I didn't want to. What is 00:14:01.139 --> 00:14:04.399 their police that controls your fashion? Me. 00:14:05.820 --> 00:14:09.879 I control my own fashion. So I had probably 10 00:14:09.879 --> 00:14:12.679 different. 10 different Lightning jerseys. And 00:14:12.679 --> 00:14:15.919 then once or twice a year, I would wear my Cleveland 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:19.039 Barons jersey. And I would get a lot of comments 00:14:19.039 --> 00:14:21.320 on it just walking through the concourse. You 00:14:21.320 --> 00:14:23.179 know, the older hockey fans would recognize it. 00:14:23.240 --> 00:14:26.779 Same thing with the Crusaders. And the Florida 00:14:26.779 --> 00:14:29.960 Gators have a hockey team. They don't play in 00:14:29.960 --> 00:14:34.720 the NCAA. There's a couple different. for teams 00:14:34.720 --> 00:14:37.679 that don't play at the Division I -A level. So 00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:40.019 I got a Florida Gators hockey jersey with a big 00:14:40.019 --> 00:14:41.940 gator on the front, and I used to wear that and 00:14:41.940 --> 00:14:44.259 got a lot of comments on that. So I have a lot 00:14:44.259 --> 00:14:47.120 of hockey jerseys. I have a Yamir Yager Pittsburgh 00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:51.799 Penguins jersey, Mario Lemieux jersey, and, of 00:14:51.799 --> 00:14:54.320 course, probably 10 to 15 Lightning jerseys, 00:14:54.320 --> 00:14:57.820 all told. So were you ever a fan of the Columbus 00:14:57.820 --> 00:15:02.179 Blue Jackets? I was. I'm glad you brought that 00:15:02.179 --> 00:15:05.940 up. Now, I want to tell you, I'm dating myself, 00:15:06.059 --> 00:15:08.059 but the Blue Jackets came in, I think it was 00:15:08.059 --> 00:15:12.120 99, 2000, something like that. Might have been 00:15:12.120 --> 00:15:17.000 their first season. I lived in a town called 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:20.940 Medina, Ohio. If you know anything about the 00:15:20.940 --> 00:15:24.080 geography, Medina is a little bit west of Akron, 00:15:24.139 --> 00:15:28.980 and Akron is about... Two hours north of Columbus. 00:15:30.259 --> 00:15:35.259 That's where I was located geographically. They 00:15:35.259 --> 00:15:39.679 blocked out the Columbus Blue Jackets games. 00:15:39.980 --> 00:15:43.580 I could not get them because that was out of 00:15:43.580 --> 00:15:45.759 the market. And I got the Pittsburgh Penguins 00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:48.659 games all the time to watch. In Ohio. I couldn't 00:15:48.659 --> 00:15:50.759 even watch for the first couple of years. And 00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:53.539 then they changed things all around. But it was 00:15:53.539 --> 00:15:57.190 the craziest thing. Absolutely mind -numbing 00:15:57.190 --> 00:16:00.330 that here I want to root for a Columbus team 00:16:00.330 --> 00:16:04.710 and I can't even watch the games. It's terrible. 00:16:05.409 --> 00:16:07.809 But, yeah, I was a Blue Jacket fan. Rick Nash 00:16:07.809 --> 00:16:12.169 was their first star player. And he's now in 00:16:12.169 --> 00:16:17.990 the front office. He was the last time that... 00:16:18.669 --> 00:16:22.350 I knew anything about that. But then they got 00:16:22.350 --> 00:16:25.230 Fedorov. And they're another team that's really 00:16:25.230 --> 00:16:28.210 struggled. They just can't seem to get a lot 00:16:28.210 --> 00:16:30.169 of the right group of players together. They've 00:16:30.169 --> 00:16:32.149 gone through coaches. They just fired their coach 00:16:32.149 --> 00:16:36.350 a couple of weeks ago. They've gone through GMs. 00:16:36.350 --> 00:16:39.750 And Columbus is a pretty good sports town. They 00:16:39.750 --> 00:16:42.250 come out to support the Blue Jackets. Unfortunately, 00:16:42.549 --> 00:16:45.879 they haven't. Had a lot to cheer about. The one 00:16:45.879 --> 00:16:47.960 year they made, the two years I think they made 00:16:47.960 --> 00:16:50.820 the playoffs, if I recall, they played against 00:16:50.820 --> 00:16:53.659 Detroit. And that's when Detroit was, you know, 00:16:53.740 --> 00:16:57.100 rolling and just mowing everybody down in their 00:16:57.100 --> 00:17:00.919 way on the way to the cup or a deep playoff run. 00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:03.460 And it was four and done. You know, thanks for 00:17:03.460 --> 00:17:06.359 coming, guys. We'll see you next year. 4 -0 sweep 00:17:06.359 --> 00:17:11.500 or 4 -1, something like that. But did you get 00:17:11.500 --> 00:17:14.599 the time when Sergei Bobrovsky played there? 00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:21.880 He came. The first goalie that they had was Ron 00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:25.339 Tugnut, who came over from the Penguins. He was 00:17:25.339 --> 00:17:29.359 the first goalie that I remember. I remember 00:17:29.359 --> 00:17:32.359 Bobrovsky coming in, but I can't remember if 00:17:32.359 --> 00:17:35.059 I was still there. I don't think I was still 00:17:35.059 --> 00:17:42.210 in Ohio then. He came there after I moved south. 00:17:42.529 --> 00:17:44.509 Okay. So you don't feel attached because that 00:17:44.509 --> 00:17:46.569 was my question. You know, Florida Panthers, 00:17:46.690 --> 00:17:49.990 Tampa. Okay. Well, here's the thing. If the Lightning 00:17:49.990 --> 00:17:54.490 are playing Columbus, I'm rooting for the Lightning. 00:17:54.930 --> 00:17:59.750 If the Lightning are playing Pittsburgh, I'm 00:17:59.750 --> 00:18:02.549 rooting for the Lightning. I'm Lightning first 00:18:02.549 --> 00:18:05.289 and foremost. I want to tell you, I heard a long 00:18:05.289 --> 00:18:09.099 time ago, there's too many people. that move 00:18:09.099 --> 00:18:14.579 to this area and they can't cut the cord. You 00:18:14.579 --> 00:18:17.180 don't live in Philly. Like Buffalo. Yeah. Yeah, 00:18:17.180 --> 00:18:20.339 Buffalo. Don't root for the Sabres. Root for 00:18:20.339 --> 00:18:22.680 the Lightning. You can still root for Buffalo 00:18:22.680 --> 00:18:25.859 when they're not playing the Lightning. I did 00:18:25.859 --> 00:18:28.359 the same thing with football. I was a Cleveland 00:18:28.359 --> 00:18:30.660 Browns fan. And if you know anything about football, 00:18:30.880 --> 00:18:35.109 the Browns have been absolutely god. Awful. Since 00:18:35.109 --> 00:18:38.609 they came back in 2002. Just a dumpster fire 00:18:38.609 --> 00:18:41.950 almost every year. But when I came to Tampa, 00:18:42.130 --> 00:18:46.190 I switched my allegiances to the Buccaneers. 00:18:46.210 --> 00:18:47.950 I still root for the Browns. I want them to do 00:18:47.950 --> 00:18:53.309 well. But I'm Tampa through and through. Nice. 00:18:54.730 --> 00:18:57.230 Let's go back to the stadium series. Do you know 00:18:57.230 --> 00:19:03.390 anything about the prices? I don't know. The 00:19:03.390 --> 00:19:06.289 prices per se, the last I saw, there was still 00:19:06.289 --> 00:19:10.529 a few tickets left. They're expecting a sellout. 00:19:11.609 --> 00:19:15.190 I had heard, I didn't verify this, but I had 00:19:15.190 --> 00:19:17.769 heard capacity was going to be close to 70 ,000. 00:19:17.990 --> 00:19:23.190 And if it is 70, that's about 7 ,000 more than 00:19:23.190 --> 00:19:28.009 they put in there for football. So if you want 00:19:28.009 --> 00:19:30.869 a ticket, you better grab it fast. I have it. 00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:33.640 Oh, you do? Well, good for you. You're one of 00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:36.059 the smart ones. You didn't wait until the last 00:19:36.059 --> 00:19:38.279 minute. We actually got a special rate through 00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:42.880 youth hockey. And I think it was like $90 because, 00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:46.039 yeah, something like that. And the last time 00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:48.079 I checked, they still had, yeah, some tickets. 00:19:48.140 --> 00:19:51.440 And it was like at least $250. So it's in $200, 00:19:51.539 --> 00:19:55.460 like upper level. It's expensive, but, I mean, 00:19:55.460 --> 00:19:58.480 it's once in a lifetime. It is. The other thing, 00:19:58.480 --> 00:20:01.690 too, with the outdoor game. it really doesn't 00:20:01.690 --> 00:20:04.710 serve much of a purpose for you to be real close, 00:20:04.869 --> 00:20:07.490 because the benches and the ice is going to be 00:20:07.490 --> 00:20:10.230 in the middle of the field, and you're not going 00:20:10.230 --> 00:20:12.470 to be able to see that much better than you would 00:20:12.470 --> 00:20:15.509 if you were in the second deck, per se. The screen 00:20:15.509 --> 00:20:17.410 is fabulous. I don't know whether you've ever 00:20:17.410 --> 00:20:21.750 been to... Yes! But that big screen, you'll be 00:20:21.750 --> 00:20:26.210 able to see just fine. Yeah, listen to Ken. He's 00:20:26.210 --> 00:20:28.509 absolutely right. Because I got the same issue 00:20:28.509 --> 00:20:30.829 when, do you know anything about soccer? I'm 00:20:30.829 --> 00:20:33.089 not sure. We're probably going to learn more 00:20:33.089 --> 00:20:36.329 about each other. So national team was here a 00:20:36.329 --> 00:20:39.289 few months ago. And I was there too. And we actually 00:20:39.289 --> 00:20:42.049 got, not because I wanted to, but we got tickets. 00:20:42.170 --> 00:20:45.970 It's like they were almost behind the benches. 00:20:46.069 --> 00:20:48.269 And you couldn't see anything. I mean, it's nice 00:20:48.269 --> 00:20:50.829 to see players' expressions and everything. I 00:20:50.829 --> 00:20:53.670 want to see the game. So you need to see it up. 00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:58.920 Yeah, no, you're exactly right. And when I had 00:20:58.920 --> 00:21:03.279 tickets, I always sat in the second level. I 00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:05.460 sat in the upper level at Raymond James Stadium 00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:09.079 for the Bucs. I sat in the upper level for the 00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:12.759 Lightning Games. And the view was always, always 00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:16.200 great. Never had a problem seeing anything. You 00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:19.000 could see every single nook and cranny of the 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:21.160 ice. If you're sitting close and you're watching 00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:24.720 a hockey game. Puck goes into the corner, you're 00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:26.720 not going to be able to see what's inspiring. 00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:30.359 You've got to look up at the screen and you can't 00:21:30.359 --> 00:21:33.700 see it unless you're getting it on video somehow. 00:21:34.339 --> 00:21:38.740 So I always like the not real close, but not 00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:40.980 real far away either. It's kind of the mid portion. 00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:46.200 And you're able to see great. I talked to a few 00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:49.440 fans about the prices and the event. Let's hear 00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:52.930 that. How much did you pay for your jersey? this 00:21:52.930 --> 00:21:57.049 one here uh over 200 289 or something it's so 00:21:57.049 --> 00:22:00.130 expensive i know i know i know i only get one 00:22:00.130 --> 00:22:02.430 jersey a year so this is it right here okay good 00:22:02.430 --> 00:22:05.789 point thanks how much would you pay for a ticket 00:22:05.789 --> 00:22:12.609 i don't know i can't guess i really have no idea 00:22:12.609 --> 00:22:17.240 okay how much do you wanna spend No more than 00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:20.180 $100. I mean, I'm a college student. I still 00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:24.140 live, but I want to go. Oh, gosh. Anywhere between 00:22:24.140 --> 00:22:28.980 $50 and $300. We got the financial part. What 00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:33.200 about the technicality? So you still have to 00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:35.579 build the ice. You still have to make sure that 00:22:35.579 --> 00:22:39.880 it's ice, not snow. And I think it's going to 00:22:39.880 --> 00:22:43.250 be more effective here in Tampa. Well, the ice 00:22:43.250 --> 00:22:45.869 is going to be two and a half inches thick, and 00:22:45.869 --> 00:22:49.029 that's an inch thicker than what they normally 00:22:49.029 --> 00:22:54.569 lay in an NHL arena. I think they were anticipating 00:22:54.569 --> 00:22:58.329 it was going to be a lot warmer and maybe a little 00:22:58.329 --> 00:23:00.910 more humidity than we're actually going to have. 00:23:01.730 --> 00:23:05.130 That's just a safeguard. With two and a half 00:23:05.130 --> 00:23:07.250 inch thick ice, you're not going to really worry 00:23:07.250 --> 00:23:11.579 about ice melting or... the rain melting some 00:23:11.579 --> 00:23:13.619 of the ice or anything like that. So that's the 00:23:13.619 --> 00:23:16.640 thing that really stuck out to me from a technical 00:23:16.640 --> 00:23:19.299 standpoint is they're making that adjustment 00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:22.839 to make sure that the players are safe and the 00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:26.240 ice stays in good form. I feel really bad for 00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:30.839 Victor Hedman. Walking around, he is promoting 00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:33.740 the event, but he's not going to take a part 00:23:33.740 --> 00:23:36.839 in it. He's not going to be on the ice. I know. 00:23:37.210 --> 00:23:40.670 Well, the good thing for Victor Hedman is he 00:23:40.670 --> 00:23:45.769 would probably put this second behind the Olympics 00:23:45.769 --> 00:23:49.549 and playing for his country, Sweden, in the Olympics. 00:23:49.890 --> 00:23:52.450 Not that it's not a big event, not that you don't 00:23:52.450 --> 00:23:55.930 want to do it, but with your health and a situation 00:23:55.930 --> 00:23:57.990 like that, you're thinking, okay, if I can be 00:23:57.990 --> 00:24:02.509 back for the Olympics, that's my goal because 00:24:02.509 --> 00:24:04.269 I'm not going to make the stadium series. I'm 00:24:04.269 --> 00:24:05.950 sure he'll be there and they'll introduce him. 00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:08.839 You know, he'll kind of take part in it, you 00:24:08.839 --> 00:24:13.579 know, that way. But, yeah, you feel bad for him. 00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:17.660 Ryan McDonough, he practiced, I think, today 00:24:17.660 --> 00:24:21.920 or yesterday. Yesterday, yeah, for sure. He practiced, 00:24:22.099 --> 00:24:25.680 so there's a good chance he may play in one of 00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:28.940 the four games that the Lightning have before 00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:34.759 the stadium series. on his way back, way back 00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:38.880 into the lineup. But yeah, I'm, I'm thrilled 00:24:38.880 --> 00:24:41.079 with what the Lightning are doing. You know, 00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:44.220 McDonough and, and Hedman. And my worry is what's 00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:46.579 going to happen when these guys get back. This 00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:49.559 young group of guys have played so well together. 00:24:49.859 --> 00:24:53.119 They've meshed so well. Cooper has pushed all 00:24:53.119 --> 00:24:56.180 the right buttons. Everybody's just buying in 00:24:56.180 --> 00:25:01.109 to what their role needs to be in order to. have 00:25:01.109 --> 00:25:03.630 a winning game and a winning team. And, you know, 00:25:03.670 --> 00:25:06.750 you put Hedman back in there and then McDonough's 00:25:06.750 --> 00:25:09.170 coming back. Lilleberg's going to be coming back. 00:25:10.069 --> 00:25:12.309 What do we do with all these guys? Because you 00:25:12.309 --> 00:25:16.769 would hate to mess up the chemistry. The other 00:25:16.769 --> 00:25:21.109 way to look at it, I guess, is these guys have 00:25:21.109 --> 00:25:23.309 one to two years experience. They're young pros. 00:25:23.450 --> 00:25:28.630 They're doing very well. Experience always trumps 00:25:28.630 --> 00:25:33.710 potential. And when you get into late March and 00:25:33.710 --> 00:25:37.470 April and everything's a little more tight because 00:25:37.470 --> 00:25:41.009 you have to win a game to maintain a spot in 00:25:41.009 --> 00:25:43.289 your playoff standings, and then you go into 00:25:43.289 --> 00:25:46.650 the playoffs and it's a totally different kind 00:25:46.650 --> 00:25:49.250 of intensity than what you experience during 00:25:49.250 --> 00:25:53.369 the regular season, young guys may not be quite 00:25:53.369 --> 00:25:55.450 ready for that because the playoffs are just 00:25:55.450 --> 00:25:58.210 so different, you know, from the regular season. 00:25:59.390 --> 00:26:03.369 Very, very pleased. I did not expect this, to 00:26:03.369 --> 00:26:06.210 be honest. Especially considering the start of 00:26:06.210 --> 00:26:10.650 the season, it was hard to watch. Very difficult 00:26:10.650 --> 00:26:14.710 to watch. And Vazzy, give him credit. After one 00:26:14.710 --> 00:26:18.509 month of the season, he was close to being in 00:26:18.509 --> 00:26:21.769 the bottom third of NHL goaltending stats. He 00:26:21.769 --> 00:26:24.309 is second now in goals against Edwards. Second 00:26:24.309 --> 00:26:28.750 in wins. He's really worked hard to get. get 00:26:28.750 --> 00:26:31.650 get back to that level but that's another reason 00:26:31.650 --> 00:26:35.569 that they have gotten a point in every game they've 00:26:35.569 --> 00:26:38.569 played over the last 14 15 games who impressed 00:26:38.569 --> 00:26:40.849 you the most this season like from the newer 00:26:40.849 --> 00:26:44.210 guys i think we really missed um so much power 00:26:44.210 --> 00:26:47.910 so much power like last two seasons especially 00:26:47.910 --> 00:26:50.650 in playoffs when we needed more physicality especially 00:26:50.650 --> 00:26:53.509 against the florida panthers yeah right now they 00:26:53.509 --> 00:26:58.230 look like amazing guys darren radish on the blue 00:26:58.230 --> 00:27:00.049 line, has been the guy that has impressed me 00:27:00.049 --> 00:27:03.750 the most. He does everything. And he's improved 00:27:03.750 --> 00:27:08.069 his game so much from last season. I remember 00:27:08.069 --> 00:27:12.589 last season, the feeling was, oh, we got radish 00:27:12.589 --> 00:27:14.569 in there. Gee whiz, here we go. I wonder how 00:27:14.569 --> 00:27:18.950 this is going to turn out. But now, he's playing 00:27:18.950 --> 00:27:23.029 well enough to be an all -star. Now, he's not 00:27:23.029 --> 00:27:26.019 going to be an all -star, but his play... is 00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:29.740 at that level. And I just think it's great. He's 00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:32.480 the guy that has stuck out to me the most. I 00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:36.440 think Johansson, backing Fazi, has really improved 00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:39.440 his game. This is the best season that he's had 00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:44.920 so far of his time in Tampa. Last year, I think 00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:48.880 his goals against average was 3 .4, 3 .3, maybe 00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:52.000 a little higher than that. But this year, I mean, 00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:55.470 Johansson's in goal. Okay. Last year it was, 00:27:55.490 --> 00:27:59.509 oh, Johansson's in goal. Oh, crap. It might be 00:27:59.509 --> 00:28:03.309 a long night. Yeah, it might be a long night, 00:28:03.390 --> 00:28:08.690 but he's done very well. From a veteran standpoint, 00:28:09.309 --> 00:28:13.170 Hagel has played really, really well, but I think 00:28:13.170 --> 00:28:16.329 the person that has impressed me, and this is 00:28:16.329 --> 00:28:20.410 going to sound obvious, but I'll break it down, 00:28:20.490 --> 00:28:23.930 is Nikita Kucherov. Because he got off to a horrid 00:28:23.930 --> 00:28:27.269 start. It was not very good. And there were some 00:28:27.269 --> 00:28:30.230 games early in the season when the Lightning 00:28:30.230 --> 00:28:33.730 were going through the stretch. It's like, what 00:28:33.730 --> 00:28:36.470 the hell is Kucherov doing? What the hell is 00:28:36.470 --> 00:28:39.910 he thinking? Had no defensive mindset to his 00:28:39.910 --> 00:28:42.230 game. It was like he was running in circles and 00:28:42.230 --> 00:28:44.549 just lollygagging out there. I think one game, 00:28:44.690 --> 00:28:47.809 you know, Cooper benched him like halfway through 00:28:47.809 --> 00:28:50.250 the game because he just wasn't playing any kind 00:28:50.250 --> 00:28:53.890 of defense whatsoever. But he has really, really 00:28:53.890 --> 00:28:57.930 applied himself and bought in to the team goals. 00:28:58.410 --> 00:29:00.849 And it's paying off. I mean, he's moved up. He's 00:29:00.849 --> 00:29:03.869 third in scoring now. He's at 70 points, maybe 00:29:03.869 --> 00:29:09.490 71. I don't think he'll catch, you know, McKinnon, 00:29:09.490 --> 00:29:14.930 you know, McDavid for the goal leaders. But he's... 00:29:15.919 --> 00:29:19.240 He's doing great. With his passing and his skating, 00:29:19.380 --> 00:29:21.619 if he can just set up two or three goals a night, 00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:23.200 we're going to be fine. We're going to be in 00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:25.859 good shape. So Kucherov would be my veteran, 00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:28.799 and then I would go with Radish and Johansson. 00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:32.839 They're not really new guys, but they struggled 00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:37.240 at times last season, and they've really improved 00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:40.059 their game. And then I'm surprised that J .J. 00:29:40.099 --> 00:29:41.900 Moser has turned out to be as good as he has. 00:29:42.809 --> 00:29:45.750 When we traded Sergeyev, I think he was maybe 00:29:45.750 --> 00:29:48.450 kind of a throw -in. Okay, we're giving you a 00:29:48.450 --> 00:29:51.710 defenseman. You've got to give us. Because Geeky 00:29:51.710 --> 00:29:56.589 was the big guy, and it's just flipped. Now Moser 00:29:56.589 --> 00:30:01.650 is the guy we're counting on, and Geeky's trying 00:30:01.650 --> 00:30:04.829 to get his reps in the Syracuse. Yeah. Well, 00:30:04.890 --> 00:30:08.089 Moser got his big contract now. Actually, at 00:30:08.089 --> 00:30:09.769 the beginning of the season, it was interesting 00:30:09.769 --> 00:30:14.250 to see. how Nikita Kucherov was kind of coaching 00:30:14.250 --> 00:30:17.869 him. And there was a lot of struggles because 00:30:17.869 --> 00:30:22.210 Moser, you know, he was still fairly fresh working 00:30:22.210 --> 00:30:24.690 with such a big star like Nikita Kucherov. And 00:30:24.690 --> 00:30:27.549 he couldn't see his vision sometimes. Like he 00:30:27.549 --> 00:30:30.650 was not there to accept the pass. He was not 00:30:30.650 --> 00:30:33.849 here or there. It was complicated, but you can 00:30:33.849 --> 00:30:36.230 see that chemistry is building up and it looks 00:30:36.230 --> 00:30:40.380 amazing. All those off days, Kuch has had Moser 00:30:40.380 --> 00:30:43.759 over in his garage working on passing and accepting 00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:47.779 the puck and shooting and all that. Probably. 00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:51.779 Well, you and I both write for FL teams. And 00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:53.940 you can see our stuff right there. And it was 00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:57.460 funny, a few months ago, I wrote a piece about, 00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:59.940 you know, well, that was Tampa still suffering. 00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:03.599 So I wrote about different defensive issues. 00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:07.990 And when it came to... I was like, don't even 00:31:07.990 --> 00:31:11.369 start me there. And I felt like he read it because 00:31:11.369 --> 00:31:15.210 he's just a completely different person now on 00:31:15.210 --> 00:31:19.589 the ice. He's so good now. Yeah. Well, the other 00:31:19.589 --> 00:31:22.829 thing I think people forget, we went through 00:31:22.829 --> 00:31:26.250 the same thing with Sergeyev when he was first, 00:31:26.269 --> 00:31:29.890 first came up to the lightning. Defensemen take 00:31:29.890 --> 00:31:34.990 a long time to develop and to really get good. 00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:38.680 and master the game the way they need to to be 00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:41.640 successful. Sergeyev struggled, not to maybe 00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:44.259 the extent that Radish did, but Radish had his 00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:47.599 growing pains. Moses had his growing pains. And 00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:50.240 now that they've been in the league a year or 00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:54.420 two, they're starting to understand the game 00:31:54.420 --> 00:32:00.039 a little bit better and are able to be big contributors 00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:02.700 for the success of the team. So you have to remember 00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:04.920 that with defensemen. It just takes them. you 00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:07.819 know, a long time. Cause the NHL game defensively 00:32:07.819 --> 00:32:10.759 is so different than, you know, what you might 00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:13.160 even play in the AHL. And it's really different 00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:18.880 from, from college. So. Well, yeah, defense is 00:32:18.880 --> 00:32:21.019 just a different universe, especially for the 00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:23.319 Russians. They just don't teach them the same. 00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:26.059 That's why if you take Tim Russia, that's probably 00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:28.700 going to be one part that's – there are some 00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:31.180 issues, defensemen, because everyone wants to 00:32:31.180 --> 00:32:34.299 score and be the part of offensive unit. It's 00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:40.859 harder to find a good home guy. Yeah. Was Lindstrom 00:32:40.859 --> 00:32:43.539 in Detroit? Was he a Russian or was he from the 00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:46.119 Czech Republic? Hold on. Okay, Lindstrom. Yeah, 00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:50.740 he was sweet. Well, I don't know. Yeah, like 00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:54.519 it's stay at home guy. That's Zubov. Sergey Zubov. 00:32:54.990 --> 00:32:59.690 dallas oh yeah yeah so it was a while ago a long 00:32:59.690 --> 00:33:02.369 time ago he played with the pens during their 00:33:02.369 --> 00:33:04.789 stanley cup runs i mean you're talking like 10 00:33:04.789 --> 00:33:07.490 15 years ago yeah but yeah but he was awesome 00:33:07.490 --> 00:33:10.130 in dallas obviously like he's a legend of the 00:33:10.130 --> 00:33:13.269 dallas stars he's but yeah it's been a while 00:33:13.269 --> 00:33:16.930 so i can't even yeah i can't even remember anyone 00:33:16.930 --> 00:33:20.089 else he's i would say he's number one he's like 00:33:20.089 --> 00:33:22.900 yeah and he used to be my favorite too I couldn't 00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:26.920 understand why because I was a child. Yeah. You 00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:31.240 just like to short name. Maybe. Easy for me. 00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:34.900 Yeah. He's trying to do the same for his team 00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:37.619 and the KHL, but it's not working out. It's just 00:33:37.619 --> 00:33:39.660 a different mentality because he's still very 00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:43.579 old school and he's still very NHL focused guy. 00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:47.099 So it's harder for him to deliver all of his 00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:50.559 knowledge on the ice in the KHL. Yeah, I can 00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:53.279 imagine. That's a different brand of hockey. 00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:56.680 Yeah. Yeah. Let's just outscore everybody 10 00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:59.920 to 8 and see what happens. Well, that works too. 00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:02.220 But like you said, when it comes to playoffs, 00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:04.900 it's just a different mentality and different 00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:08.739 style. So you still need to remember that any 00:34:08.739 --> 00:34:12.960 team needs to be able to play defensively. Yes. 00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:15.500 That wins you championships. That's for sure. 00:34:16.219 --> 00:34:18.980 So how do you think it's going to go game -wise? 00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:22.980 um at the stadium series I mean because I would 00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:25.639 feel like I'm a hockey player and you know I'm 00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:28.760 outside and this amazing stadium it's so loud 00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:30.920 for many guys it's it's still going to be the 00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:33.920 first time especially for the younger Tampa Bay 00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:36.760 Lightning guys so it's you are going to get distracted 00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:39.860 you want it you don't want it you are going to 00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:43.079 get distracted yeah and and the other thing too 00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:46.239 is they say puck drops at 6 30 puck won't drop 00:34:46.239 --> 00:34:50.500 to about 6 40. or 645, all the pregame ceremonies. 00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:53.500 It's like the first game of the Stanley Cup Finals. 00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:56.480 They're going to introduce every single member 00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:59.800 of the team, coaching staff, equipment managers, 00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:02.860 you know, what have you. So there's going to 00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:05.519 be that little bit of a delay after you've already 00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:09.480 got your body warm and, you know, been out for 00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:12.219 warmups. The other thing is the intermission. 00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:14.599 The first intermission, Tim McGraw's playing 00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:19.300 first intermission. I can't imagine he's going 00:35:19.300 --> 00:35:24.239 to do a 15 -minute set and be done. Okay. I imagine 00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:25.960 that that intermission is going to go a little 00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:28.239 bit longer. Hey, it depends how much they're 00:35:28.239 --> 00:35:34.460 paying. Well, that's true, too. I saw Tim McGraw. 00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:37.900 He played a Bucs game one year as a season opener. 00:35:38.139 --> 00:35:42.369 He started playing about three. you know wrapped 00:35:42.369 --> 00:35:45.969 up about 3 30 3 45 the players were out on the 00:35:45.969 --> 00:35:48.170 field warming up and he's still on the stage 00:35:48.170 --> 00:35:52.289 you know and one end of the stadium you know 00:35:52.289 --> 00:35:55.670 playing away but yeah it was it was hotter than 00:35:55.670 --> 00:35:59.710 hell that day so um i think it'll be a lot cooler 00:35:59.710 --> 00:36:03.329 and he'll enjoy things a little better this time 00:36:03.329 --> 00:36:05.369 in tampa than he did his previous time playing 00:36:05.369 --> 00:36:09.690 outdoors Who do you expect at the game, like, 00:36:09.710 --> 00:36:12.389 celebrity -wise? Because I honestly, like, I 00:36:12.389 --> 00:36:16.809 even, I think it's a great article about my expectations, 00:36:16.889 --> 00:36:19.829 who should attend the game. And I was really 00:36:19.829 --> 00:36:22.650 surprised that there were no big celebrities 00:36:22.650 --> 00:36:25.469 at the Winter Classic in Miami. I was in shock. 00:36:26.630 --> 00:36:30.130 I was in shock. So I think it's going to be better 00:36:30.130 --> 00:36:34.920 once again in Tampa. Tom Brady. Probably an obvious 00:36:34.920 --> 00:36:37.579 choice. I think he's going to be there. Who else? 00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:41.159 Yeah. Who do you expect to see? Some celebrities. 00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:45.860 John Gruden. John Gruden. Everybody that has 00:36:45.860 --> 00:36:48.900 a little bit of Bucs heritage will probably show 00:36:48.900 --> 00:36:52.000 up. Garrett Brooks. I see him all the time at 00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:55.820 the USF basketball games. He works for USF now. 00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:58.659 He's part of the athletic department. He'll probably 00:36:58.659 --> 00:37:03.969 make an appearance. You mentioned Brady. John 00:37:03.969 --> 00:37:10.010 Gruden, definitely be there. Maybe some Tampa 00:37:10.010 --> 00:37:12.630 Bay Rays and some Bucs football players. Baker 00:37:12.630 --> 00:37:14.989 Mayfield, he's attended a few lightning games 00:37:14.989 --> 00:37:19.250 this season with his buddy Tristan Wirfs. They 00:37:19.250 --> 00:37:24.969 may show up. But as far as like a movie star 00:37:24.969 --> 00:37:32.630 or a big rock star, I don't foresee anybody. 00:37:33.309 --> 00:37:37.409 Anybody, really. In Miami, you said you didn't 00:37:37.409 --> 00:37:45.269 see anybody. That is a big, diverse city. A lot 00:37:45.269 --> 00:37:49.690 of Hispanics, they don't relate to hockey. Soccer 00:37:49.690 --> 00:37:54.909 is their big sport. So from a buy -in standpoint 00:37:54.909 --> 00:37:59.289 and from a marketing standpoint, which we referenced 00:37:59.289 --> 00:38:04.760 a little bit earlier, It's a tougher sell for, 00:38:04.820 --> 00:38:08.039 I think, to some of these markets because they're 00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:10.679 not used to, you know, going to the hockey game 00:38:10.679 --> 00:38:13.599 or watching it or, you know, being involved in 00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:17.539 any way. But it's going to be different. It's 00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:20.880 not just a hockey game. It's an event. I agree. 00:38:22.239 --> 00:38:29.360 If they really wanted to sell it to, you know, 00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:32.699 non. hockey folks and get those folks in and 00:38:32.699 --> 00:38:34.900 check out the game and the event and all this 00:38:34.900 --> 00:38:38.280 is pretty cool i think they would have they should 00:38:38.280 --> 00:38:42.159 have gotten someone with huge pop international 00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:47.500 stardom like justin bieber well i think justin 00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:50.559 bieber is a has -been um i don't think he's put 00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:53.719 on any new music and okay his wife she's pretty 00:38:53.719 --> 00:38:57.820 big yeah because yeah i don't see i don't hear 00:38:57.820 --> 00:39:03.900 any ladies names Yeah, no. I know Bad Bunny's 00:39:03.900 --> 00:39:08.800 playing the Super Bowl. I am not a fan of Bad 00:39:08.800 --> 00:39:12.820 Bunny myself. I am not a fan of Latino music 00:39:12.820 --> 00:39:16.920 or rap or the hip -hop culture. I know you would 00:39:16.920 --> 00:39:20.760 probably find that hard to believe, but there 00:39:20.760 --> 00:39:24.519 is a market for it, and if that's what the younger 00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:27.789 generation... is into that you're trying to market 00:39:27.789 --> 00:39:30.829 to, then you have to give them what they want 00:39:30.829 --> 00:39:33.449 and deliver, or you're not going to get the payoff 00:39:33.449 --> 00:39:38.429 down the road that you want. Oh, so who do you 00:39:38.429 --> 00:39:42.289 prefer? Like Tim McGraw, country stars, country 00:39:42.289 --> 00:39:46.510 music? I'm a rock guy. You know, let's get, I 00:39:46.510 --> 00:39:48.690 saw the Rolling Stones at the stadium their last 00:39:48.690 --> 00:39:52.070 time through Tampa. Bring the Stones back. You 00:39:52.070 --> 00:39:56.119 know, let's. let's have queen play i you know 00:39:56.119 --> 00:40:00.239 i'm an old school kind of guy um you know love 00:40:00.239 --> 00:40:02.519 bob seger he's my favorite artist of all time 00:40:02.519 --> 00:40:05.079 he didn't not touring anymore but i saw him on 00:40:05.079 --> 00:40:09.699 his last run um through tampa new if you're talking 00:40:09.699 --> 00:40:12.940 somebody new i i don't know that there's taylor 00:40:12.940 --> 00:40:18.480 swift anybody oh give me a break I saw enough 00:40:18.480 --> 00:40:20.719 of her during the Kansas City Chiefs football 00:40:20.719 --> 00:40:24.059 games that were nationally televised. No, not 00:40:24.059 --> 00:40:30.059 Taylor Swift. I don't know. Ariana Grande, maybe? 00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:33.460 She didn't show up at the Winter Classic, and 00:40:33.460 --> 00:40:36.099 she was born in South Florida, and she roots 00:40:36.099 --> 00:40:39.039 for the Panthers. I expected her there. She didn't 00:40:39.039 --> 00:40:42.000 show up. Maybe they forgot to invite her. Well, 00:40:42.000 --> 00:40:44.019 did you fire off an email saying, I was looking 00:40:44.019 --> 00:40:48.079 for you. I missed you. I will, because I just 00:40:48.079 --> 00:40:51.579 expect that it's going to be 100%. So, yeah, 00:40:51.599 --> 00:40:55.539 I was very surprised. Yeah, I don't know. Like 00:40:55.539 --> 00:40:58.199 I said, the Super Bowl is the marquee event. 00:40:58.380 --> 00:41:00.920 The Winter Classic is the marquee event, or the 00:41:00.920 --> 00:41:05.239 Stadium Series is the marquee event for NHL. 00:41:05.699 --> 00:41:07.860 And they've done a good job marketing, but I 00:41:07.860 --> 00:41:10.500 think there's, you know, a lot of opportunities 00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:15.469 to get some of those outliers. If you're a hockey 00:41:15.469 --> 00:41:17.929 fan, you're already in. They don't have to sell 00:41:17.929 --> 00:41:19.449 it to you. You're already there. But if you're 00:41:19.449 --> 00:41:22.429 trying to grow the game, get new folks involved, 00:41:22.690 --> 00:41:26.630 bring in some new fans, expose them to the great 00:41:26.630 --> 00:41:30.050 sport, then you have to do some things maybe 00:41:30.050 --> 00:41:34.329 in some untraditional ways and bring in maybe 00:41:34.329 --> 00:41:39.090 some untraditional entertainment that Gary Bettman 00:41:39.090 --> 00:41:41.610 wouldn't like, but somebody 40 years younger 00:41:41.610 --> 00:41:44.460 is going to appreciate. I don't know. You know, 00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:46.559 the last time I checked, he likes very strange 00:41:46.559 --> 00:41:49.679 stuff, like a new upcoming TV show. Yeah, I was 00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:52.579 very surprised myself. I was like, so he's not 00:41:52.579 --> 00:41:56.280 that old school after all. But what about the 00:41:56.280 --> 00:41:58.639 date? Because I think one of the reasons they 00:41:58.639 --> 00:42:03.019 chose February 1st is Gasparilla Festival. So 00:42:03.019 --> 00:42:06.260 they're still probably hoping to bring in some 00:42:06.260 --> 00:42:09.400 new people, people who don't necessarily go to 00:42:09.400 --> 00:42:14.639 hockey games. Yeah, I can see them doing that. 00:42:14.699 --> 00:42:18.139 But a lot of the people, this is my impression 00:42:18.139 --> 00:42:21.119 of Gasparilla. I've never been there. Full disclosure, 00:42:21.460 --> 00:42:26.340 what I'm about to say is what I've read, what 00:42:26.340 --> 00:42:30.980 I've seen on TV through the news reports. It's 00:42:30.980 --> 00:42:34.920 just a drunk fest. I mean, if you want to act 00:42:34.920 --> 00:42:38.099 like an idiot as a 50 -year -old, go to Gasparilla, 00:42:38.300 --> 00:42:42.190 drink a lot, pass out. Have your friends carry 00:42:42.190 --> 00:42:45.130 you back to the car, go home and forget whatever 00:42:45.130 --> 00:42:46.909 happened and wake up the next morning and wonder 00:42:46.909 --> 00:42:50.030 why you have a headache. That's my impression 00:42:50.030 --> 00:42:54.769 of Gasparilla. And you're doing all of that looking 00:42:54.769 --> 00:42:58.610 like a pirate. Yes, yes. And collecting beads 00:42:58.610 --> 00:43:02.190 like it's Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Yeah, I 00:43:02.190 --> 00:43:05.489 just, I've never had a lot of time for that. 00:43:06.090 --> 00:43:10.360 I've never had a lot of patience. You know, to 00:43:10.360 --> 00:43:14.340 do stuff like that, maybe I'm weird. I'm in the 00:43:14.340 --> 00:43:17.239 minority. I don't know. No, the first thing that 00:43:17.239 --> 00:43:19.619 I'm like, where's the parking, people? It will 00:43:19.619 --> 00:43:22.119 be really hard to find a parking. I really care 00:43:22.119 --> 00:43:26.059 about my parking. Yeah. Well, there are plenty 00:43:26.059 --> 00:43:28.260 of parking at Raymond James. That's not going 00:43:28.260 --> 00:43:31.860 to be the problem for the event. I don't think 00:43:31.860 --> 00:43:36.280 that Gasparilla, the parking goes quite down, 00:43:36.280 --> 00:43:39.119 you know, that far. That's a little bit of a 00:43:39.119 --> 00:43:42.119 haul from downtown. I mean, driving it, it's 00:43:42.119 --> 00:43:44.260 not bad, but if you've got to walk it or take 00:43:44.260 --> 00:43:47.039 a shuttle bus or something, it can be a little 00:43:47.039 --> 00:43:52.280 bit of a distance. It'd be interesting to find 00:43:52.280 --> 00:43:56.679 out the hotel occupancy rate with Gasparilla 00:43:56.679 --> 00:44:00.079 already being on the books for a while, and then 00:44:00.079 --> 00:44:04.260 this game coming in after Gasparilla was already 00:44:04.260 --> 00:44:08.489 said, hey, we're going to be here on... You know, 00:44:08.510 --> 00:44:11.590 the end of January, it'd be interesting to see 00:44:11.590 --> 00:44:14.829 people held onto the rooms to go to the game. 00:44:14.849 --> 00:44:16.869 Did they vacate them? Are they going to stay 00:44:16.869 --> 00:44:19.550 in town to maybe watch the game somewhere, be 00:44:19.550 --> 00:44:22.909 part of the event in that capacity? I don't know 00:44:22.909 --> 00:44:26.230 if anybody will do a study on that. Maybe the 00:44:26.230 --> 00:44:28.949 Tampa Bay sports commission or something. It 00:44:28.949 --> 00:44:31.389 would be interesting for me to see what the, 00:44:31.389 --> 00:44:34.579 what the breakdown of that is. Do you think, 00:44:34.619 --> 00:44:36.480 like, yeah, I just want your honest opinion. 00:44:37.019 --> 00:44:41.219 To me, it's kind of strange that we finally got 00:44:41.219 --> 00:44:45.139 two outdoor games in Florida the same year as 00:44:45.139 --> 00:44:49.239 the NHLers will go to the Olympics. It's like 00:44:49.239 --> 00:44:51.739 it's too much that's going on. And it kind of 00:44:51.739 --> 00:44:55.460 also feels like it's a distraction from the Olympics. 00:44:55.619 --> 00:44:59.219 I don't know. I don't know about a distraction, 00:44:59.559 --> 00:45:03.579 but I think having two games. in the same state 00:45:03.579 --> 00:45:09.019 is a distraction. If you're watching your dollars, 00:45:09.159 --> 00:45:11.480 you have to make a decision. Okay, do we want 00:45:11.480 --> 00:45:13.760 to go to Miami or do we want to go to Tampa to 00:45:13.760 --> 00:45:15.719 see the game? Now, obviously, if you're a Lightning 00:45:15.719 --> 00:45:17.400 fan, we know where you're going. If you're a 00:45:17.400 --> 00:45:20.039 Panthers fan, we know where you're going. But 00:45:20.039 --> 00:45:25.119 the stadium series brings in a lot of casual 00:45:25.119 --> 00:45:29.300 hockey fans. Hey, I'm from Philadelphia. I like 00:45:29.300 --> 00:45:32.460 the Flyers, but... You know, I'm living in Bradenton 00:45:32.460 --> 00:45:34.420 now, so I'm going to go to Tampa for the game. 00:45:34.539 --> 00:45:37.260 You know, just to say I was there, just to be 00:45:37.260 --> 00:45:40.860 part of the event, because it is an event. And 00:45:40.860 --> 00:45:43.179 who knows when it will come back again? I mean, 00:45:43.199 --> 00:45:45.820 this may be your only chance for another 10 years 00:45:45.820 --> 00:45:48.860 or so, you know, to see an outdoor game. So I 00:45:48.860 --> 00:45:52.500 think there's a lot of casual, you know, hockey 00:45:52.500 --> 00:45:55.860 fans that will check it out just to be there 00:45:55.860 --> 00:45:59.559 for. For the event. At least I'm hoping that's 00:45:59.559 --> 00:46:02.179 the case. You know, your Lightning people are 00:46:02.179 --> 00:46:04.800 going to be there. I will tell you, the last 00:46:04.800 --> 00:46:06.760 time the Lightning played in an outdoor game 00:46:06.760 --> 00:46:10.360 was in Nashville a few years ago. 20 ,000 Lightning 00:46:10.360 --> 00:46:16.280 fans made the trip up. Yes. So there is, you 00:46:16.280 --> 00:46:18.800 know, that potential for, as we talked earlier, 00:46:18.860 --> 00:46:22.480 a lot of Boston fans coming in. Just casual fans 00:46:22.480 --> 00:46:27.610 coming in. Just to be part of it. And Tampa, 00:46:27.690 --> 00:46:33.429 like Miami, is a destination city. Look what's 00:46:33.429 --> 00:46:35.909 going to happen up north this week. It's going 00:46:35.909 --> 00:46:38.610 to be 10 below zero in Boston. A guy's going 00:46:38.610 --> 00:46:39.969 to look at his wife and say, honey, let's go 00:46:39.969 --> 00:46:42.389 to Tampa for the hockey game. We'll spend the 00:46:42.389 --> 00:46:45.230 weekend there. Get out of this cold. It's going 00:46:45.230 --> 00:46:49.030 to happen in a lot of places in the north. It 00:46:49.030 --> 00:46:51.929 should happen. Hey, let's go to Florida. It may 00:46:51.929 --> 00:46:54.550 not be great weather, but it's going to be a 00:46:54.550 --> 00:46:57.170 lot. than what we have. And that's kind of the 00:46:57.170 --> 00:47:00.530 draw for, you know, Tampa and Miami. Warm weather, 00:47:00.590 --> 00:47:05.190 climate. Let's bring in some folks. People take 00:47:05.190 --> 00:47:10.349 vacation. I think it would have been more impactful 00:47:10.349 --> 00:47:12.230 if they would have had the game during spring 00:47:12.230 --> 00:47:16.309 break. Oh, okay. Well, like you said, we'll get 00:47:16.309 --> 00:47:19.530 more drunk young people. Yeah, yeah. We need 00:47:19.530 --> 00:47:21.369 that. And you know what? As long as they're spending 00:47:21.369 --> 00:47:25.000 dollars and... You know, they're buying hotels 00:47:25.000 --> 00:47:26.579 because that's what the city cares about. How 00:47:26.579 --> 00:47:28.960 much are you spending? Is it worth it for us 00:47:28.960 --> 00:47:31.840 to put on an event like this? You would get, 00:47:31.900 --> 00:47:35.000 I think, a little more bang for your buck, you 00:47:35.000 --> 00:47:37.539 know, during spring break. Come down, spend a 00:47:37.539 --> 00:47:39.840 day or two in Tampa, go to the game, then you 00:47:39.840 --> 00:47:43.000 go up to Panama City or, you know, Miami or wherever 00:47:43.000 --> 00:47:45.019 you want to go to, you know, finish out your 00:47:45.019 --> 00:47:47.280 spring break on the beach. But it's going to 00:47:47.280 --> 00:47:49.760 be really warm by that time, and it's closer 00:47:49.760 --> 00:47:53.789 to playoffs. That's true. Yeah. That's true. 00:47:53.969 --> 00:47:58.269 Yeah, a lot of things to consider, you know, 00:47:58.269 --> 00:48:00.550 especially in this market if you're going to 00:48:00.550 --> 00:48:04.570 do a game like that in February. All I know, 00:48:04.690 --> 00:48:07.909 I'm excited. You are excited. And I do feel like 00:48:07.909 --> 00:48:10.289 it's going to be awesome. There's still competition, 00:48:10.590 --> 00:48:12.969 you know, Winter Classic in Miami or the Stadium 00:48:12.969 --> 00:48:15.389 Series in Tampa. I feel like we're going to win 00:48:15.389 --> 00:48:20.010 this one. It's the same thing, just a different 00:48:20.010 --> 00:48:23.300 name. They have to sell it a different way. You 00:48:23.300 --> 00:48:26.199 can't have Stadium Series 2 or Winter Classic 00:48:26.199 --> 00:48:29.320 2. Yeah, it's basically the same thing, just 00:48:29.320 --> 00:48:32.219 a different name. I imagine the exhibits, the 00:48:32.219 --> 00:48:36.320 festivities that the NHL puts on is going to 00:48:36.320 --> 00:48:39.599 be very similar in Tampa to what they did in 00:48:39.599 --> 00:48:44.880 Miami. Very, very similar. I don't think I would 00:48:44.880 --> 00:48:47.780 almost. bet a paycheck on it, that the Lightning 00:48:47.780 --> 00:48:49.980 are going to get blown out like the Panthers 00:48:49.980 --> 00:48:54.280 did in their winter classic. I don't think that's 00:48:54.280 --> 00:49:00.360 going to happen. Will not happen, I think. We'll 00:49:00.360 --> 00:49:02.539 make sure it's not going to happen, yeah. Yeah, 00:49:02.539 --> 00:49:06.059 okay. But, you know, it's still different because 00:49:06.059 --> 00:49:10.659 if you think about it, this one is really going 00:49:10.659 --> 00:49:14.469 to be the first. ever outdoor game because raymond 00:49:14.469 --> 00:49:17.050 james doesn't have a true outdoor game yes yeah 00:49:17.050 --> 00:49:20.110 it's true outdoor game the first one ever in 00:49:20.110 --> 00:49:23.329 florida not the one in miami we're not going 00:49:23.329 --> 00:49:25.230 to pull the roof back and call it an outdoor 00:49:25.230 --> 00:49:30.130 game yes right yeah that's that's kind of cheating 00:49:30.130 --> 00:49:34.329 a little bit but you know it worked and it was 00:49:34.329 --> 00:49:39.219 very very successful yeah But once again, we 00:49:39.219 --> 00:49:43.920 are excited about this one even more. Yes. Always 00:49:43.920 --> 00:49:47.000 more excitement for something in your hometown 00:49:47.000 --> 00:49:51.820 and something you go check out in person and 00:49:51.820 --> 00:49:54.900 get another Lightning win. I mean, who knows? 00:49:54.920 --> 00:49:57.380 The Lightning, they got Chicago tonight, then 00:49:57.380 --> 00:50:02.159 it's Columbus, then Utah, and Winnipeg. The Lightning 00:50:02.159 --> 00:50:03.900 could have four more wins under their belt by 00:50:03.900 --> 00:50:08.719 the time that stadium series rolls around. So 00:50:08.719 --> 00:50:12.840 we'll see. We'll see. We'll see. And we'll make 00:50:12.840 --> 00:50:19.340 sure. Yes, we will. Let's talk about, you know, 00:50:19.360 --> 00:50:21.480 everything that's going to happen just after 00:50:21.480 --> 00:50:24.000 the stadium series. Let's see how it's going 00:50:24.000 --> 00:50:28.940 to go and get together again. And just you share 00:50:28.940 --> 00:50:32.769 what you think. I'll share what I think. That 00:50:32.769 --> 00:50:35.989 sounds like a wonderful plan. Yes. I don't get 00:50:35.989 --> 00:50:38.789 the opportunity to talk hockey very often with 00:50:38.789 --> 00:50:42.949 a lot of my friends and outsiders because they're 00:50:42.949 --> 00:50:47.369 just not hockey fans. So it's refreshing to talk 00:50:47.369 --> 00:50:49.789 to someone that has a good knowledge, a good 00:50:49.789 --> 00:50:52.889 base. We can throw opinions out and say, oh, 00:50:52.929 --> 00:50:56.230 that's crazy. Why do you ever think of that? 00:50:56.809 --> 00:51:00.289 That's not going to happen. Yes, we'll get there 00:51:00.289 --> 00:51:02.690 because we just started and we've been talking 00:51:02.690 --> 00:51:04.929 about it and finally we're there. Yeah, let's 00:51:04.929 --> 00:51:10.349 do that. Let's entertain. Let's do that and throw 00:51:10.349 --> 00:51:15.630 out opinions. I always tell people when I have 00:51:15.630 --> 00:51:20.230 a really strong opinion, you know, you could 00:51:20.230 --> 00:51:25.059 be right, but you would be wrong. I have to. 00:51:25.059 --> 00:51:28.119 I hope you understand that that's not happening 00:51:28.119 --> 00:51:31.280 when you are talking to a woman. So you can be 00:51:31.280 --> 00:51:34.880 right, but obviously you are not. It's the utmost 00:51:34.880 --> 00:51:40.239 respect factor. Yes. Yeah. Let's see where we 00:51:40.239 --> 00:51:43.380 go. Yeah. Where it's going to take us. Okay. 00:51:43.480 --> 00:51:46.500 Thank you so much. And you guys, thanks for listening, 00:51:46.619 --> 00:51:50.900 following. We'll do more. We promise. We will. 00:51:51.139 --> 00:51:52.860 Go Bolts. Yay.