Alright everybody, welcome back to the Buckposter Season 5 where we talk about anything and everything hockey.
I am Jeff Fall about my 3rd coast of tonight.
2, 3.
Whoa, counting me.
Oh, Otis.
I noticed.
Oh, that's right.
Our unofficial, official mascot.
Right, Otis?
He's about to go in that time, so.
Yep.
Alright.
Welcome back.
Yep.
Bit of a friggin' mate than ever, right?
Yeah, kind of a little later than normal, but that's okay.
No stuff behind the scenes that you haven't been able to all get in the studio, but you know, life happens.
Yep.
It does, in fact.
Life does happen, whether we wanted to or not.
So it's gonna be happening here in a big way here.
A couple weeks.
About 3 weeks now.
Yeah, yeah.
I was talking to your mom about it.
I worked today.
Ethan, you know.
Yeah, that's exciting.
Everyone's, you know, I was just gonna say, summery now.
Anything eventful, anything notable?
Not walking off.
Very busy.
Did a couple fun things.
Like, went to a race, NASCAR race a couple weeks ago.
Oh yeah, you were up and walking.
Walking.
That was fun.
Very big track, but like it, it's really nice.
I think I still, what's nice about walking, it's at least semi-close to Erie, so it's
kind of, so you can take a day trip up there and come back.
What is it?
It's only three or four hours drive.
It's about three and a half, four.
Okay.
I mean, it's still not bad.
Well, initially I stayed the night there, my mom and I, because we were gonna initially
plan to go to the state park.
That's literally right in town there.
But we decided last minute not to.
Which will maybe next time I'll have to just take a week and a day off trip up there.
Yeah, get a negative Airbnb and go up.
Yeah.
You know, actually enjoy it.
You know, you have a place to go that's in town.
Yeah.
Like, walking is going itself, it's like literally right the town itself.
It's literally right off of the lake, a little lake that they have right there.
It gets a little town, but it's like really, really beautiful.
Like, it kind of, like parts of it reminds me of Pittsburgh.
Yeah, three hours and 15 minutes from here.
Oh, from studio.
All right.
That's not bad.
Yeah, it's not bad at all.
I can make it 230.
Oh, easy.
Easily.
Yeah.
But if I had my ADT car, I can make it there in around two.
Yeah, but yeah, walking that was a lot of fun.
I think it'd be fun for just, even if all of us went one time, they'd just at least experience
it.
I think it'd be pretty cool.
I've never actually been to an NASCAR race.
I've been to a couple of drag racing events, but I've never.
I'm hoping to maybe go some world of outlaws on races here in the coming couple of years.
I've been really getting into the dirt racing scene and that.
Those motherfuckers are crazy.
They're the same.
But yeah, that was fun.
And then, obviously, went to a bunch of local Seawolf baseball teams, which back to back
champions, let's go.
And then, first Steelers game I went to was pretty fun.
Other than that, just busy with work.
Yeah.
How about you guys?
Well, it's just been a lot of planning for shit.
We had the bachelor party a few weeks back.
It's been over a month, Ethan.
Has it been over a month?
That's from full week of August.
That's right.
Yeah, because, yeah.
I thought it was the end of September, that we went.
No, because I remember I took the, I took the,
Yeah, so it's been about six weeks.
I took that the Wednesday through Sunday off.
The Wednesday prior, it's the Sunday off.
So it's end of August.
That's full weekend, which is, it's seriously been that long.
Holy shit.
Yeah.
That's just how time is flying.
We had that.
That was fun.
I still have scars.
From the welts of, yeah, my gosh.
I still genuinely have like actual fucking scars on my arms.
I'm not surprised.
I wonder if John has still has the scars on his knuckles for me.
He does.
At least the one on the, on his left hand, he has the scar on his knuckle.
Oh my gosh.
But, yeah.
When you got, hey, if anybody watches our show, plays airsoft,
just remember wear gloves.
Yeah.
I know the hard way because not wear gloves and wear a plate carrier at the
least.
Yeah.
Cause I've worn non-glaze and getting a hit in the fingers hurts.
Sucks.
That sucks.
Oh my gosh.
But, you know, and that Ethan said big, big date for him coming up here.
You know, well, it's a few weeks, I'll be a few weeks.
I'll be getting married.
You're going to put her, you're going to be put a ring on that.
I still think it's funny that Jake and I have a wedding on the same day.
I know.
It's, it's weird.
But.
Yeah.
Cause he, I remember he messaged me not too long ago saying,
bro, when's your wedding?
And I'm like, oh, it's the 20th, it's the end of October.
He's like, yeah, funny thing.
Our wedding's the exact same day.
I'm like, cool.
I think him and Kyle end up talking about it there for a hot minute.
So, yeah.
Another way to my closest friends are gay marries.
Within the next couple of weeks, that's kind of awesome.
Yeah, that's exciting.
We're all getting old.
I'll tell you what, man, if you told me that I was going to be ending this year.
I'm married, man.
I would have quite believed it.
But here we are.
All right, mom.
Let's get into it, gents.
Yeah.
So first thing's first, like we always do, let's go into news around the OHL.
Go ahead, Jeffy.
First and foremost, we'll start, cause we are a couple weeks behind, at least a week.
Oh, let's see.
One thing we will get into at the end, we're going to talk about doing standings.
So we'll get to that in a few minutes.
Setter, we'll bring him up.
Back on September 25th, OHL's first in the 2024 draft, OHL's first overall Ethan got tellets of the Windsor Spitfire,
gets his first OHL point off in the Antony, Chris, Chris DeFarro, first sat in the Savanna Spirit.
And then as of September 27th, and these are all in September 27th, Beckham Edwards of the Sonia Stink,
gets his first career at OHL Gold versus the Windsor Spitfire.
And then Passmore of the Barry Colts gets his first career at OHL Gold versus the Sudbury Wolves.
Andre Lushenko of the Niagara Ice Dogs gets his first career at OHL Gold versus the Ottawa 67s.
Kristin Epperson of the Savanna Spirit gets his first career at OHL Gold versus Sudbury Wolves.
And then David Holub, Carson Andrew, and Brady Smith of the Sudbury Grounds all get their first career at Gold in that same game.
Daniel Taurov and Alex McClayne of the Gulf Storm get their first career at OHL Gold versus the Olin-Sanatac.
And then Pierce Bayou of the Olin-Sanatac gets his first career at Gold in that same game.
And then Captain Porter Maraton, the projected first overall in the NHL draft this year,
of the Brampton Steelheads gets his first goal since March 29th of 2013 in Brampton against the Bramford Bulldogs.
Jack Ivan Kovic of the Bramford Steelheads gets his second career shot in the 21 season, a 7-0 victory.
You mean the Mississauga Steelheads, right?
Yeah, it's still gonna... What's one thing that's actually kind of funny about Brampton is that after the game against Erie the following night,
for God or someone else, even Stan Buller say he's still calling them Mississaugas.
He's like, I coached in Brampton when they were with the North Bay Battalion.
And North Bay was up there, so he's like, Brampton's gonna... Well, he's like, Mississauga's gonna be always where the Steelheads are from.
Which I thought that comment was kind of funny for me.
I understand why they moved it just, you know, I'm sorry, it's always gonna be Mississauga.
Yeah.
Like, end of the day.
And then getting Brampton and Bramford next up, that's just gonna be hard all year, honestly.
That's what she said.
She hit it again.
Look, Marelli of the Ostrich General gets his 100th career Ojo point versus Kingston Frontnecks.
Noah Arrolin of the Erie Otters gets his first career Ojo win in a 32 of 34 shots and a 5-2 victory against the Kitchener Rangers.
He looks really good so far.
Who is this?
The new gold tender for Erie, Noah Arrolin from Sweden.
Oh, yeah.
The big...
The sweet.
Yeah.
He's looked pretty good so far.
Brampton I kind of understood why they just got blown out, just because I figured Brampton was gonna be really good.
And then as of September 28th, Ethan Petelis of the Windsor Spitfire gets his first career Ojo goal and it's slashed his first multi-goal slash point versus the Kitchener Rangers.
And he also got a hat-trick in that game, so his first career hat-trick.
Oh, sweet.
Ethan Garden and Jean-Christophe Lemieux of the Windsor Spitfire get their first career Ojo goal.
Blake, Errolsneth, and Reem van Boelmo of the London Knights get their first career Ojo goal versus the Flunth Firebirds.
Alex Medelideth of the London Knights in a 33 saves gets his first career win in a 5-2 victory versus the Flunth Firebirds.
In that same game, Ryan Filinger of the Flunth Firebirds gets his first career Ojo goal.
Sudbury Wolves head coach, Scotch, Bernie gets his first career win as head coach versus Sue Greyhound.
She's a Bernie.
Blake Clayton of the Sudbury Wolves gets his first career goal.
Eric Moxlow of the Sue Greyhound gets his first career Ojo goal.
Charlie Lucario of the North of Italian in a 23 saves gets his first career win in a 4-1 victory against the Berrikes Colts.
September 30th, Max Crete of the Niagara Ice Fox gets his first career goal versus Kingston Frontenac.
Brooks Rogoski of the Ostriches General gets his first career Ojo point off of a Tristan DeSellie goal.
Against the Ottawa 67.
Qon the Exelcon of the Ottawa 67 gets his first career Ojo point off of a Will Geer goal in that game.
Philip Eckberg of the Ottawa 67 gets his first career Ojo goal.
Dallas Stars prospect, Emil Heming of the Berrikes Colts gets his first career Ojo goal versus the Brampton Steelheads.
Joey Cazzano of the Windsor Spitfire gets his second career shot in a 27 saves versus Sue Greyhound in a 5-0 victory.
With that shot it gives the Windsor Spitfire their 100th shot out in their franchise.
October 4th, Noah Abaflan of the London Knights gets his first career Ojo goal versus the Euryodders.
Cameron Cadorna of the Sue Greyhounds gets his first career Ojo goal versus the Wall Storm.
Hudson Chichirani of the Subbury Wolves gets his first career Ojo goal versus Peterborough Peats.
Calgary Flames prospect, Jacob Tangela gets his 100th career Ojo point.
Pittsburgh Penguins prospect, Emil Penenemi of the Kingston Frontenacs gets his first career Ojo goal versus the North Bay Battalion.
Then in October 6th, Evan Mullet of the Sonia Stink gets his first career Ojo win in the 19 saves in a 2-1 victory versus the Berrikes Colts.
I have that one right at the real look who they played.
Lars Sonavi of the Oshawa Generals gets his first career Ojo goal versus the Berrikes Colts.
Then with Sonia they played Sue today so they beat Sue.
Then one thing I think we're all very excited cannot wait for as of recording and as this episode releases tomorrow, 95 days to Connor McDean gets his official number 97 retired by the Euryodders.
Finally up on the rafters of the EIA.
He'll become the third number retired by the Otters on Brad Boyce's number 16 and then Vincent Scott's number 18.
That's honestly very exciting.
The Otters came out with a statement like, and actually it was funny when they announced it yesterday on September 5th.
Today was the 13th anniversary of McDean's first goal at the EIA.
Which is crazy how everything lines up.
13 years to the day of his first goal, 97 days away from his jersey being retired.
Not only that, but looking at the NHL schedule, McDean will play in Pittsburgh on January 9th and he'll play in Chicago on January 11th.
So he will make a pit stop at Eury for that night before he heads over to Chicago.
Which would be a cool thing to see.
Obviously McDean made a comment in both Jim Waters and Dave Brown.
They said in a comment, like this is from McDean.
I chose to wear number 97 when I was 7 years old because that's the year I was born.
At the time I had no idea picking that number would become such a big part of me.
Never.
Not in my wildest dreams did I think it would hang in the rafters forever.
I want to thank the Eury Otters organization for their incredible honor and also thanks to all my former teammates and all the Otters fans.
So it's going to be very...
He's only 7 months older than what I am.
He was born January 13th in 97.
So he'll be celebrating his 20th just right after he...
Right before his turn 28.
Yeah, he'll be turning 28 right after his jersey.
He's retired so I think it's kind of honestly an exciting weekend for him.
Like not only getting to play some multiple games but...
And at this point he's going to be over a thousand points.
If he continues to play the way that he's played the past couple of seasons, he hands down will be over...
Again, assuming that he stays healthy during the season.
He would have been a lot closer if he didn't get injured his rookie season.
Injured in those two shortened seasons in 1920 and 2021.
He definitely would have hit it by middle of last season.
Yeah.
At that point.
Yeah, honestly, it's very well deserved.
I think not just only as...
We obviously think we'll brag about it.
Like seeing him get to see this kid play for our team.
Coming in at 15 and now...
Look at him now.
Like he's one of the biggest...
I mean, he's the face of the NHL.
Yeah.
I mean...
Excuse me.
We saw him play every single night for at most 20 bucks.
Watching him play in the minors for at most 20 bucks, night in and night out, to see this kid perform miracles.
Miracles are nice per se.
And it's a bragging right now.
Oh yeah, absolutely.
I know we're going to keep bragging about it.
I know.
But I think we have the right to just the fact that...
Every single night, every single week for three years, we got to just watch him play for our team.
And I think we're very fortunate and very lucky to watch me David.
Not only grow as a person, but just as a player as well.
That was...
When I was in the Army, that was because my unit was right down outside of Pittsburgh.
And so a lot of them were hockey fans.
And that was one of my bragging rights was...
I remember getting to see McDavid play for less than 20 bucks.
I remember living one night at some Tampa there for a while.
And obviously I worked and I lived with a bunch of lightning fans.
And I'd been the only fan of Pittsburgh, you know.
Being the odd man out, but the one thing I had to leg up on that was, again, seeing McDavid live in the flesh and womb of him.
When he was a kid.
Again, under 20 bucks.
All 20 bucks USD.
For those of you who don't live in country, in the States.
But it's just...
What the hell is wrong with you?
Actually, I don't blame it for not being in the States at this current point in time.
Rick, I don't blame you either.
I know as we get closer to his Jersey retirement, there will be...
I know we'll be talking as it gets closer and closer.
Because I know we're all very excited for it.
But they already brought up that there will be doing a lot of giveaways, like special memorabilia stuff leading up to his...
They already mentioned the odders will be wearing specialty warm-up jerseys of the McDavid era.
So it's actually something similar what I'm actually wearing.
They need to bring that one back.
I would say, I'd definitely say it's a throwback, like alternate.
Like, I personally think if they don't were to go not rebrand back to these colors, at least have it as a throwback, like throwback alternate.
So obviously, they have to retire one of...
More likely, excuse me, the silver jerseys of which I would assume that probably the one that would go.
I would replace that one with a retro version of what I'm wearing.
No, the kids like jerseys, bro.
The kids take over jerseys.
Yeah, no thanks. I'll take a hard pass on that.
Don't let Colin fool you. He's got a closet of them.
That's not jerseys.
Fuck. You bum.
That was a heavy F.
I was actually just saying, I'm going to drop the F bomb.
Keep it down.
Fucker.
Give him all the time there.
Right.
Yeah, I think that's all we have for now.
For when it comes to McDavid in the year, I think we'll, as the...
It will be something we talk about as we get closer to retirement.
So I think we have some, I think we're all definitely excited for it.
But as for the auditors, they've had a pretty good start so far.
Like, split both weekends.
They're two and two.
Right now in the Midwestern vision, they're tied for first.
Well, Grolf has the tiebreaker because they have a game in hand.
But we're technically tied for first in the Midwest.
We are sixth in the conference.
And 12th in the league.
Or we're tied for 10th in the league. Sorry.
Yeah, they're, I would say, so far they've looked really good.
Branton was the only one I saw, what I feared.
That was probably the toughest one, was the third weakest game.
But obviously with Branton being a really stacked team,
with all their additions added in the offseason,
Noah Erlen looked really good.
Obviously, Kerry Terrance, Sanofano.
That fear, Len?
Once Eddie got healthy?
They seemed like they haven't lost a beat since the postseason.
Speaking of Branton, they just lost nine or it's like seven to three.
And I know they had Jacob Gibbons in tonight as well.
So that was kind of...
Yeah, he gave up what? Five goals of 21 shots or something like that?
Yeah.
Which is kind of embarrassing, but I mean, I'm not going to ask the price to give you.
I definitely seem like the kind of player, the goaltender he was.
Good person, but not a good goaltender. Not at all.
We still have Bernzee though, don't we?
Yeah.
Bernzee's our number two.
He had his first start last night against that.
Because I remember the last time I went and saw him play.
Dude, he was a fucking stud.
His first start was last night against Saddam.
I mean, he was for what?
For everything that Saddam did last night.
It was just hard to get past.
They seemed like everything was going in for Saddam almost.
It's nothing.
He played great.
It just seemed like it was just unfortunate.
Nice shots and that.
Yeah, and we just like Branton at the home opener.
We just, you know, in Oki, he was hot that night.
We ran into a really hot goaltender.
Yeah, Jack I have a COVID guy fair in which he,
I fair, I knew once he was starting,
like I knew he was going to be an issue
and like for the audience and that.
Yeah, so, I mean, it is still a good show.
It just, we came out and losing it that night.
I'll say a lot of the newer guys that have,
they're kind of making their debuts like Gabriel Frasca
since coming over from Sarnia, he's looked really good.
And especially with that chemistry with Spence and that,
like he's had, I really like that a lot,
seeing that tandem together and that so far.
Tyler Challengers has been pretty solid.
Like hasn't gotten his goal yet or a point yet,
but like he's Royston, he's really, like really,
like the gun greediness.
Which is good.
Going into potentially a second full season with the Otters
as a full-timer, you know.
That's exactly what you need, exactly what you expect out of,
you know, as of right now, bottom six forward,
but he has the potential of being top six.
Maybe even top-line.
Speaking of OHL, why don't we say we go into our predictions.
I know the season's already started, but you know.
Alright, don't worry.
Yeah, this is something new we decided we were going to do this year.
We were going to look at, like, where we think teams are going to be sitting at,
by the time we begin the...
Just wing it.
You're usually pretty good at that, so.
For the OHL.
Yeah.
Like I said, you're usually pretty good at that.
You're not like other members in the studio, you know.
I think for the OHL we will start in the East just because I think the West is...
We like the West, I think, is the best.
But why don't you start calling?
Sure.
So, I'll go bottom top in 14th place, I have the Niagara Icehawks.
13 through 10, I got nobody.
Hot takes here.
Number nine, the Steelheads from Brampton.
Brampton Steelheads, not the Mississaugas.
Brampton.
Eighth place, North Bay, seventh place, you got the 67ers.
Sixth place, you got Kingsley in front next.
Fifth place, the Varycults.
Number four, you got the Oshawa Generals.
Number three, Sudbury.
Number two, the Peter O'Varreau Peets.
And number one at top, you got the Bramford Bulldogs.
Okay.
Which, unfortunately, I think the East is the weaker one of the two conferences.
I agree.
I think the West is a lot tougher and just...
You got your top six or seven teams at West.
That could be your top ten in the league.
The only one I'm a little surprised with your hot take is Brampton and I know...
If there are anything like last season that will get off to a great start,
you know, we'd be still.
And then once the season progresses, maybe once we get into the holiday season
and into the new calendar year,
you know, I feel like that's when they're going to start kind of slipping up and do some production.
Are there really only ten teams at these conferences?
Yeah.
Yeah, it's a twenty-two maybe.
And others have been rumors of potential expansions in the coming years.
Just where though?
Well, it'd be nice to have another fucking US team.
Yeah, I'm staying in Buffalo.
Buffalo?
I'm hoping Buffalo.
I'd say either Buffalo or Rochester.
I think Buffalo will make a lot more sense.
Most teams usually go through...
Or at least Eastern Conference teams.
They already go through Buffalo when they come into the area.
Yeah.
Rochester, you know, you're going to come to the stateside, which is already a pain in the ass,
you know, going across the border regardless of which way you're going up to Canada or down the stateside.
But, you know, you don't want to spend another 90 minutes or two hours in the bus driving yourself up to Rochester.
And then email on the way back.
So Buffalo, I feel like that would be a smart choice if you're going to the stateside,
or maybe even something in Michigan like a Detroit area to rival Flint's.
But we already have two Michigan's.
Yeah, two Michigan's.
I would say get another one closer to...
You got the battle over here.
You got Niagara, London, Eurya, and then, you know, hopefully that would end.
And then maybe another team up East, you know, Eastern Ontario, but I don't know where you can set one.
Yeah.
Not Mississauga again, because you saw how that is.
Yeah, so they couldn't even bring in a thousand fans for their playoffs and that.
A thousand of their own fans, we should say.
Yeah.
Because I think the majority of their fans for our routine.
Yep.
So we're going off of conferences here, boys.
Yeah.
We're going East first.
All right.
Eastern conference.
Yeah.
Obviously, number 10's got to be Niagara.
Fuck.
Right.
That's just the plain and simple.
Fuck it.
Deal with it.
Number nine, I'm going to go ahead and actually say probably Brampton.
Oh, wow.
Honestly.
Okay.
So that's another hot take.
Okay.
Yeah.
And Brampton is going to be number nine.
Number eight, I'll put Kingston.
Seven.
Oh, fuck.
You know, we're going to put Barry at number seven.
From there, we'll do Kingston at number, or I think I already said Kingston at eight.
So number six, we'll put North Bay at six.
Five.
Five, I'll put Ottawa.
I'll put Ottawa at five.
I'm really picking your brain here, Rob.
Well, because there's a couple of different options that I could have.
I'm going to say Oshawa at number four.
I'll put Bramford at three.
I don't think I've said Sudbury yet.
I'll put Sudbury at two, and then Peterborough at one for the conference, for the Eastern
Conference.
All right.
So the Peats actually have a bounce back here.
For me, I have Niagara at number 10.
Even though they are on a hot streak, I don't think it's going to last by the time we get
to the postseason.
Second, I have the Peterville Peats.
Eighth place, I have the Ottawa 67s.
Seventh place, I have the Berry Colts.
Sixth place, I have the Sudbury Wolves.
Fifth place, I have the Kingston Fronts.
Fourth, I have the Bramford Bulldogs.
Third, I have the Oshawa Generals.
Second place, I have the North Bay Battalion.
Number one, I have the Steelheads, Brampton.
And then I might as well start in the West.
I have, in tenth place, I have the Gulf Storm.
I think they are going to drop out of the playoffs this year.
You think so?
Oh, yeah.
Well, last year, their biggest issue was injuries, and then, of course, just couldn't score.
Their forwards could not score whatsoever.
So that's actually one of my hot takes.
The Gulf Storm do miss the playoffs.
Ninth place, I have the Windsor Spitfire.
They're definitely going to be much better than what they were last year.
Sarnia, I see making it back to the playoffs.
Eighth place, seventh place, I have the Elwinstown Attack.
Sixth place, I have the Flint Firebirds.
And honestly, from here on out, it can be interchangeable just because I think these five teams are going to be so competitive this year.
But fifth place, I have the Saginaw Spirit, the Defending Memorial Cup Champions.
Fourth place, I have the Eere Yotters.
Third place, I have the Kitchener-Rainers.
Second place, I have the Sue Greyhounds.
And then number one, I have the Defending OOH Champions, the London Knights.
Unfortunately.
It pains me to say that.
I do just got to get from these.
They seem like they never have a hangover from the women's championship.
They're just so good in that.
They never have a hangover. They're never in a rebuild.
They're always solid.
Yeah.
Alright.
You want to go next season or?
Yeah, sure. For the Wiest.
Wiest? I thought you said Wiest.
For the Wiest.
Number ten.
Number ten, I'm going to put Flint.
Nine.
Nine, I'm going to say O and sound.
Don't think they'll finish very high this season.
Honestly, I was really debated about putting them well this year too.
Number eight, we are going to put Sarnia.
Number seven, we'll put Guelph.
Six.
I think six is going to go to Kitchener.
Five is going to go to Erie.
Four, I'll say Saginaw.
Three, I'm going to put Windsor.
I'm going to jump from Las Pais in the lead to third in the west.
I'm going to say Windsor is going to have a little bit of a bounce back.
But that means number two, I'm going to put the Sue Gray.
I know it's a little bit of a shot, but I can't talk shit and you'll see why when I do one.
Number one, yeah, it hurts me to say the Londonites.
For mine, you can do a three, four, three.
Anyone of these three groups can bounce back and forth between their respective statements.
The bottom three will be Guelph, Sarnia, and Windsor.
They'll be closed. The west came down to the last couple of games there last year.
I feel like that last box is like a hey, that last game or two, last couple of days there,
win it in your aim, lose it out.
The only one that wasn't no more close was Windsor last year.
Yeah, they had a shit ear last year.
They were so bad.
Yeah, they were last in the league last year.
They had lost, I think, 15 for 17 games, if I remember correctly.
Now these things, obviously, you can flip just depending on debates and everything.
You got from seven to four, Flint's, Owen Sound, Kitchener, and Erie.
I know last year, it was for a while, three through six, and then four through six,
we're all juggling and whatever.
And then these last three, out for debate, I think one's more firm, but two or three, debating.
I'm guessing London's the pretty firm.
Yeah, London's the pretty firm number one.
I got Saginaw two and Sue three.
Those are up for debate, obviously, depending on how they come out of the season,
how strong they are, if they fall, they fall down wherever I think.
They have the potential on paper.
They tend to be pretty strong teams.
Well, just like my one T-shirt says, fucking Buffalo Hockey's good on paper.
I still like that shirt.
I love that shirt.
I'm so happy you picked that up when we were on Buffalo Hockey.
Do you want to know something crazy?
I got that shirt almost four years ago now, because that was just before I deployed.
No. Was it serious that long ago?
Yeah, I left Erie at the end of 2020.
Erie, end of 2021, and I was going from the end of 2021 to almost the end of,
actually around this time of 2022.
Yeah.
So yeah, it's been almost four years.
We got to make another trip up to Buffalo.
Yeah, we do.
Another just random, hey, let's go to the Buffalo State.
Fuck yeah, we do.
And I've been out for almost two years now.
Yeah, you're right.
You are right.
Oh, I know I'm right, because I keep getting fucking phone calls.
Hey, we'll give you this much money.
And I'm like, hey, I'll give you a foot up the fucking ass.
All right, let's jump over to NHL News.
I'm trying to think of how they do the French and Montreal.
I don't know.
I can't remember.
You guys want to start with free agents here, big free agent signings.
For the out season that are notable.
Yeah, hold on.
I'm trying to see it go based off the teams here.
I'll say Anaheim didn't really do anything this major.
Boston.
I mean, we had Anthony Mantis on to one year with Calgary, which that fucking hurt me very
significantly, because Calgary is where careers go to die.
Look at Huberdo.
I hate to say it, but look at Huberdo.
Same with good old fucking Booger Sugar to his nets off.
He's over in the cage on right now.
Yeah, but before he left, he signed it one year with Calgary.
Yeah, I don't know why my nose is so running now.
Oh my God, never mind.
I'm trying to see it.
Jason Zucker signed with a one year contract with the sabers.
Tyson Yoast signed it one year with the Hurricanes.
Same with Jack Roslovic, Martin Nicos, and Jack Derrory too.
I mean, Krebs also re-signed a two year contract with the sabers.
Luca Peccalucanen signed a five year with the sabers.
Luke!
James Reimer, he signed a one year with the sabers.
Tubo Taravainen and Tyler Bertuzzi both signed with the Chicago.
Again, I know the face of a career is go to die.
Yeah, that's no fucking joke.
And nothing really had to do with Colorado.
Colorado has a pretty strong team.
I mean, once Nuschen comes out of the player assistance and, you know,
Mantis God gets healthy, then...
JVR signed a one year with Columbus.
Columbus?
Ilya Ladooshkin signed a three year with Dallas.
Same case, I don't know, assuming that's Casey Dismuth.
Yeah, Casey Dismuth is now in Dallas.
Matt Duchain.
I'm just thinking of the song that I can't sing on air.
Matt Dunbaugh.
Matt Dunbaugh's.
Fucking Magnus Helberg.
That six to seven months.
I'm sorry, I can't stop picturing him in that.
The one picture I saw at one of Detroit's camps
where they had to go and screen each other.
No, it wasn't Detroit's camp, it was Seattle.
It was fucking Helberg screening Grubauer.
Grubauer's the smallest guy.
Grubauer was my height.
Yeah, he's the smallest guy, but Helberg's got almost a foot on him.
He's got a full head over.
Plus in skates.
Yeah, well regardless of skates or not, he's got a full head over.
Another one, Ethan, you forgot for Columbus.
I'm Sean Monahan, signed a five year.
And then Detroit had some big ones.
I knew you were going to be happy about this.
I knew it.
Well, Camp Talbot signed a two year.
Which that one, I honestly, I was not expecting at all.
At fucking all.
But I am so happy for it.
They re-signed Lucas Raymond to an eight year.
I'm so glad about that.
I'm glad.
I'm so glad about that.
I was really surprised.
I know he was an RFA for them, but I was surprised nobody tried fucking sniping them.
Honestly, I was genuinely surprised he went through three 18 on the first one.
I really like Lucas Raymond a lot.
Well, just think, they might have, he just said, no, I want to stay here and DJ.
So what I find interesting though is Moe is still an RFA.
I thought they, hold on.
No, they never re-signed him.
At least not that I saw.
No, they did re-sign him.
Did they?
Yeah.
It just has restricted free agents.
They did say that he, they re-signed.
Actually, no, they never let me sign.
And then the big one that Kyle and Colin and everybody else in the studio about me were upset with,
Vladimir Tarasenko signs a two year with the Detroit Redlands.
Which I know what my next year's is going to be.
Eat my ass.
I know the brink is good.
And I thought it was so funny too, because I mean, he was on the cusp of signing with Pittsburgh.
Like, he was so close to signing with Pittsburgh.
Then of course, the fucking Heiser Plan comes back in the full effect.
I still believe in the Heiser Plan.
Oh, I'm a very heavy believer and very big fan of the Heiser Plan.
Edbiton, they re-signed Connor Brown to a one year deal.
They haven't re-signed him.
Corey Perry re-signed with the Oilers.
They, they did re-sign Cider.
Oh, they did?
Yeah, seven year, 59.85 million dollar contract which comes after 8.55 a year.
That's so pretty fucking good.
Yeah, back on September 19th to 24th.
Oh, so this was only a few weeks back.
Not even a month ago.
That's the thing.
So, they, they and he and Cider are staying in Detroit.
Okay, because if he was still in RFA, I'm gonna be like, how has he not been fucking taken?
Very young, like really good, actually very young, good defenseman in that.
Yeah, he's freakishly young.
Because obviously he was taken right before Jamie Drysdale was in the 2020 draft and then just a couple slots.
I mean, Stuart Skinner, actually I'm sorry, Jeff Skinner signed a one year contract with the Oilers.
And Adam Henrich signed a two year contract with the Oilers.
Yeah.
No, dude, I still can't get, I know you're gonna tell me to fuck myself and that's fine.
I just, I still cannot believe that Terracin goes into Detroit.
Like, I actually, I saw a picture of him wearing the fucking winged wheel.
As much as I love it, it's fucking weird.
I'm just taking Stammer and Nashville.
Yeah.
Oh, yeah, I remember when they were taking his player pictures, I was like, oh, I hate it.
He's only good in the blue and white.
I see he looks much better in the blue.
I'm like, oh, I actually hate that.
Well, it was like when fucking Bert got sent to Boston.
Yeah.
When Bert got sent to Boston, I was like, uh, Bert, yeah.
And then he went from Boston to fucking Toronto and I was like, uh.
And now he's in Chicago and he's like, ugh, ugh.
Chicago's at least not too bad.
The journey down that, the team is awful.
Oh, yeah, the team's dog shit.
I'm not, I'm not denying that the team isn't dog shit, but yeah.
No, I just, I genuinely wonder how fucking Stevie White pulled that off.
Like, I like, that's why.
And that's not me trying to come at it from a point of arrogance because, oh, that's my team.
It's, I'm genuinely fucking curious because going into free agency,
Vlad Tarasenko was arguably the hottest free agent out of the entire free agency from this past season.
Between him, Jake Encelo, man.
Him, Jake Encelo, and fucking Stammer.
But regardless of who, like, who you support, who you root for, like, that's the fucking Y's and Pail.
That's it. That's all that comes down to.
That's all I'd say about it.
Yeah.
Gosh.
Nothing really big in Florida because they had to get rid of a lot because of overcap.
Oh, were they?
Yeah, that's why Tarasenko had to, was kind of, were kind of probably left.
I guarantee you would have stayed if they weren't.
Los Angeles, they signed Warren Fogel and another big one, Edmonton, Victor Ardruz and from, they also re-signed him.
But Fogel has got to sign to the Kings.
Quentin Bifill signed a five-year contract with the Kings.
I'm kind of glad he's staying in LA.
Yeah.
Nothing really major in Minnesota.
Now, there were some big ass signs for your agency this past year.
There were a ton.
Obviously, Stephen Stamco, then Jonathan Marchoso all signed with the Nashville Predators.
Nashville's going to be fucking crazy this year, too.
Well, the fact that, like, they're going to be insane.
Oh, they're going to be.
Honestly, I think I'm going to watch Nashville a little bit closer this year because I'm really curious to see how Stammer does with them.
How both Stammer and Marchoso.
I said, they got their backup on Goal 10.
They signed Scott Wedgewood to a two-year contract.
Oh, yeah.
I forgot about that.
He'll honestly more like be the backup to the Soros and then...
Yeah, to the Jews.
But...
Brendan Dillon signed a contract for the...
I'm not too thrilled with him being packed in the Metro.
Who? Brendan Dillon?
Yeah.
I forgot you don't like him.
He just was a goon with Washington in that.
I just didn't care for...
I was glad when he went to Winnipeg, I was like, thank God he's out of the Metro and then he's now back.
This is okay.
Real quick, I'm just going to slide right back in.
Thomas Tatar signed a one-year with the Devils.
With Choisey.
Which I think, I honestly, I think that's good for him.
I mean, as much as I would love to have Tommy Tats back in the Motor City, especially with all the young talent that's on Detroit now,
I think it'd be great, but I mean, beggars can't be choosers.
I'll support him wherever he goes.
I always liked him when he was with Detroit.
When he hasn't been with Detroit, I'll always support.
The Tats.
It's in Declare, signed a four-year contract with the New York Islanders.
Nothing really major in the Big Apple and with the Rangers.
Nothing really big with the Senators.
Same thing with Buffalo.
Honestly, the two biggest ones with Pittsburgh was, I'm by Anthony Bavillier.
That was the one I was really happy about, Pittsburgh signing.
And then obviously, the Islanders, Sebastian Aho.
Defensin' Sebastian Aho?
No?
Yes, seriously, Defensin' Sebastian Aho.
Really?
They're all so freaking dumbfounded by that.
Wait, Pittsburgh signing?
Yeah.
Holy fuck, I did not.
I must have completely missed that.
I still remember when we heard Sebastian Aho, we were like, wait, wait.
We were all so freaking dumbfounded by it.
How can you play for two teams in the same fucking league?
Same league, same division.
Can you imagine those two teams play together?
I remember when we were born.
Was it Islanders in Carolina?
At the time, yeah, I was in Carolina.
Can you imagine having to pull double duty?
Just half and half of Jersey sewed together?
I don't know what you would do in those situations.
Just stand at center ice and just pass the puck to whoever.
I remember when we fed out, Sebastian Aho coming right, which one?
And then we were like, defense, and we were like, oh, I remember.
We were all so freaking depressed, we were almost as heartbroken as us not signing Teresenko,
but that's a whole different conversation.
Yep.
San Jose, honestly, they signed Tyler DeFoei to a four year contract with the Sharks.
Maddie Baneer signed a seven year contract with the Seattle Kraken.
Nothing really big in St. Louis.
St. Louis.
Oh yeah, St. Louis.
Right, not too much.
In Tampa.
Looking Champa Bay.
Lauda in Toronto.
Chris Tanneth, Ekken Larson, and Max Domi all signed with the Maple Leaf.
Matt Murray signed with the Maple Leafs to a one year.
And now he's on waivers.
Yep.
Those are some of the big ones for Toronto.
Nothing really too big in Utah.
Jake DeBrust signed a seven year contract with the Vancouver Canucks.
Dayton Hynan signed a two year with the Canucks.
I still don't like the fact that DeBrust is in Vancouver.
Ilya Samsonov, and Victor Ultersen, they signed with the Vegas Golden Knights.
The Vegas Injurer serves?
Yeah, pretty much.
The Vegas Injurer serves.
That's possible.
You're not wrong.
What's going to happen this year? Mark Stone is going to go back on the...
Altair until Game 1 of the playoffs.
Yeah, that's what's going to happen.
Who is it?
Mark Stone.
He's done that every year for the past like two years, or three years.
I mean, yeah, you're not wrong.
Obviously, just a shout out.
Taylor Radish is reuniting with Dylan Strome in Washington.
He signed a one year with the Caps.
But nothing really major.
Conor McMichols, he's resigned with Washington.
Oh, another one we missed in Toronto. Max Patratti, he signed with Toronto.
Well, I guess that, you know, I guess that now he would like to leave after one round.
That's really all the real big ones that happen in free agency.
Now, big trades going back on August 13th.
The Penguins acquired Cody Clabs from Nashville before Jordan Frasca, a third and 25, and a sixth in 2026.
Another one on August 18th.
The Sharts, the San Jose Sharts, acquired defenseman Cody Ceezy, a third round pick and 25 from the All Overs for defenseman Ty Emberson.
On the 19th, we got the Canadians, acquiring Ford Patrick Linae, a second round pick in 2026 from CBJ for defenseman Jordan Harris.
One day, me and you and I were talking about this at the Otters game last week.
It just sucked like he was looking for a fresh start after leaving Columbus.
I mean, he immediately gets hurt in Montreal.
That was such a brutal hit.
Yeah.
I'll show you later, but like that was such a fucking brutal hit.
Me on me, you can tell he sucks me out.
Oh, was that the line eight hit?
Yeah.
I saw the still frame of his leg and I was like, four to six months on IR.
I, well, how old is Linae?
He's, he's not quite cross music age, right?
Oh, hell no.
Is he even 30?
No.
Really?
No, he was born April 19th of 1998.
What?
Yeah.
He's only a couple months old, but you, he was,
Then I'm right here ordering me.
He, remember, he was taking second overall Matthew Strath back in 2016.
What?
Yeah.
He's young.
Just the face of Ben Blizzo mid of, I,
Whoa, I did not know Linae was that fucking young.
He looks older than what he has.
He looks old as shit.
He's aged like fucking milk.
Well, I, I have no room to talk shit.
I hope you know, with, cause like with the facial hair,
I don't think I'm in my 30s without it.
I don't take him, you know, 12 years old.
I mean, I can't talk shit either cause I'm the same way.
But either way, like he, you are right.
He does look like he's oldest, oldest fuck.
He looks like he, I'll fucking build your own character in NHL, bro.
I think what's stunk about Linae, like even Montreal, like every time he was touching the fuck,
even in those pre-season games, like everyone was like,
was hyped and now like applauding him and cheering him on.
And just that tells you how excited they were to actually have.
Another, a super, not, not, oh, not a super, like another superstar with the experience of, of Linae.
Yeah.
I mean, yeah, I saw the still frame.
I didn't watch the actual clip of the hip, but I did see the still frame of it.
And I was like, oh, yeah, I'll like, like, I wouldn't wish that upon anybody in the NHL, even except Tom Wilson.
Honestly, even him, like that was just fucking brutal.
Oh, yeah, I'll pop the video here once we're done.
But like, yeah, it was, but you could tell even just from the still frame,
you could tell it was directly knee on me.
Yeah, you can tell he stuck his left knee out to really fuck up Linae.
Which part of me wants to say I get it, but at the same time, it's that's fucked up.
Like whether you like Linae or not, that's fucked.
Yeah.
Like that, that's, that's something that should not be allowed.
I know it's not allowed, but that's, there needs to be some pretty heavy fucking repercussions for that.
Like not just a fine, like, I'm talking like potential like season and suspension.
I wouldn't go that far.
I mean, this is his first offense, you know, I see a couple games of suspension with the fine,
but I don't imagine, I don't imagine a, and then the last big trade, I,
but that was just me, that's just me spent Pauline.
That's big trade.
I'm August 22nd, a couple of top prospects between Pittsburgh and Winnipeg.
Pittsburgh requires Rutger, Gregoria from Winnipeg, from Port LaFord, Brandon Yeager.
Honestly, that's not, I mean, I know a lot there.
Yeager was a bit, was a big price like one top, but I think Rukut was,
is more ready than Yeager.
Like he's more NHL ready compared to where Yeager, he's going to be staying with Moosh,
Moosh John another year and that's, so like he's not, he's not ready to go.
So honestly, I'm kind of honestly, that, that one did not I'm fine with as with that trade.
All right, after that, let's finally jump into NHL standing's Pradiky Shians.
So, well, this time I know we started in the East for the O, so when we started the West
for the N, for the NHL, starting into Pacific Division, all good are going.
Going from eight to one, I got Santa Jose, in Anaheim, Calgary, Seattle, Vancouver,
Vegas, not surprised, the LA Kings and Edmonton, Trenchin on top of that division.
Okay.
What's the division or was there a division?
The specific division.
Okay.
They painted a specific ocean.
I couldn't be more specific.
Shut up.
All right, I'll go here.
If dead last, I had the San Jose Sharks, 7th place at the N, Ducks, 6th place, I had the
Calgary Flames, 5th place, I have the Seattle Kraken, 4th place at the LA Kings, 3rd place
of the Canucks, 2nd place, the Golden Knights, and then number one, I have the Edmonton Oilers.
For the Pacific Division.
Let's see.
Yeah, number eight, from eight to one, I have San Jose, Seattle, Vancouver, Vegas.
Yeah, really, Vegas is number five in the division.
Yeah.
Okay.
It's a show off.
Vancouver, I mean, I'm kind of surprised that Vancouver too, honestly.
But I know they all surprised us last year.
I'm going to say Calgary, Anaheim, Edmonton, and LA.
Really, you have Anaheim in number three.
Yeah.
That's a hot take.
Yeah.
That's a hot take, but I'm going to roll with it because I'm known for making shitty hot
takes.
We've had five seasons of shitty Ethan Hot Takes.
And all five seasons we've dissed you for it.
You and Bobo.
But at least with mine, I've gotten somewhat close too.
Well, I'm not saying we were Bobo back in 2020, Dallas being the seventh place.
Which, I mean, yeah, that was the one team out of 32 that he had.
Well, I'm talking about the Central there.
Yeah.
Speaking of Central, that's the two of them.
So Jeff, you want to start with this guy?
This one?
And if dead last, I have the Chicago Blackhawks.
Wow.
That rewrites the shock off my face.
Shocker.
Seventh place, I have the St. Louis Blues.
Sixth place, I have the Minnesota Wild.
Fifth place, I have Utah.
Fourth place, I have the National Predators.
Third place, I have the Winnipeg Jets.
Second place, I have the Colorado Avalanche.
And first place, I have the Dallas Stars.
National and Winnipeg, I feel like are going to be the ones that can be honestly featured.
So again, I'm just going to do all of mine, eight to one.
So Chicago.
And then I have the Minnesota.
St. Louis.
Utah.
I didn't say Colorado already.
Colorado.
I think it was a hot take.
Nashville.
I got Minnesota left.
You got Minnesota.
Dallas, Winnipeg.
I got Winnipeg and the Dallas.
Having Colorado that low is honestly.
Every season we do this, I expect you to be better when it comes to these hot takes.
But every year you surprise me with your shitty hot takes, man.
I mean, they're your hot takes and I get that.
I understand.
Again, we have our own opinions.
I get it.
I respect that.
It's your own opinions.
I just, I feel like with how hot Colorado, and here's my reasoning for specifically Colorado,
with how hot they've been the last year or two, the last two seasons, couple seasons.
Yeah, the last two or three seasons, they're bound for an off year.
Like that, that momentum can't just keep fucking going.
They got upset by Seattle two seasons ago and then knocked out last year.
So, like they're bound for, I feel like with such the hot streak that they had, they're bound for at least two off seasons.
Two rough seasons, rougher seasons.
I guess that you can make the same kind of debate. I mean, look at Tampa at the beginning of the decade.
They went to three straight cup finals, won the first two, lost the third ones to Colorado.
Granted, they lost in the first round of the past couple of years, won to Toronto, which I'm still not happy about.
And then that's the past couple of years to Florida.
I think Tampa is going to be one of those teams that's going to have a little bit of an easier fucking bounce back year.
Because a lot of their bigger players normally tend to stay on IR too long if they are on IR.
The bigger one being for Colorado, somebody like Gabe Landisgog.
I mean, you got two of your big four out and definitely Gabe Landisgog and N'Chuskin.
Yeah, N'Chuskin.
Thank you.
Yeah, I mean, that's why I mean, until those two can come back healthy and try and get back to where they were, like their cup eras,
I see Colorado, I will see Colorado be a mid-card at best.
I mean, because again, you don't see that with Tampa.
I mean, at most, the most injury prone member currently on Tampa is Victor Hedman.
And even then, that's few and far between.
He's a game here, a game there.
Yeah, it's not like he's missing weeks and weeks and weeks of the fucking season.
He's out, like you said, a game, maybe two.
So that's why, again, until those two come back and we see where they're at, if they come back, that's why they're going to be a mid-card for me.
Fair enough.
That's my reasoning.
No, and I understand.
I have a lot of respect for it.
I understand and I see where you're coming from, from your POV.
But I also have to give a lot of respect to them because they have made do very well without the two of them on.
They've picked up a lot of that fucking slack because, I mean, Gabe Landis God is a heavy hitter.
I think the other thing, like, now you think about it, Ethan, the other thing I could think of where you are coming from too is also gold-tending with Colorado as well.
They don't have a super solid tandem for gold-tending where with Tampa Bay, you have Andre Vasilevsky in between the pipes.
Who could be, you know, that deal breaker like, hey, if he's on, you're going to fucking win tonight.
Like, he's on and if the other team's going to win, they're going to fucking work for it.
Like, he's no slouch of a gold-tender by any stretch of the imagination.
So that's just kind of my logic on it is I respect the hell out of Colorado as a team, but they are missing two very big components to be back to where they were when they won their last cup.
Okay, that's bell enough.
So I know it's a hot take and I know it's crazy, but that's the reason.
Honestly, you kind of, I would say pretty good on your explanation there.
I can't say anything that's not going to make me look like an ass. Like, I'm sorry, you're right.
So it's just you kind of as much as people will shoot that jump the fucking gun up, you don't fucking hockey.
Slow down and really read between the fucking lines. That's really what it comes down to is reading between the fucking lines.
Like, they're a great team. Nathan McKinnon fucking powerhouse. Absolutely.
But he's not the same as he was when he had Landis Godwin with him.
You know, Dave McKinnon can only do so much. You know, Keal McCarr can only do so much.
Exactly. So, you know, that's just, that's my thinking. You guys can think whatever the hell you want.
All right, I'm going to finish up the central here. You know, no surprise Chicago's in the last place.
Right. Utah, I got seventh, sixth is Minnesota.
I got fifth place in St. Louis, fourth place Winnipeg, third place Colorado, second place Nashville,
which leaves Dallas at the number one spot for that central division.
Yeah. You know, honestly, I think that's the first time too that we've all agreed who's going to be number one on a division.
One of the first times being Dallas. Yeah.
Honestly, I feel like honestly, Winnipeg, Nashville and Colorado, I think are very interchangeable honestly in that division.
You said Winnipeg, Nashville and Colorado. Yeah. I feel like it's going to be out of all of that division.
I feel like the tightest competition is going to be between those three teams.
I mean, I think it's going to be two through four and who ends up getting that other wildcard spot because like really looking at the West.
I mean, you got to toss up between three teams. I feel like for the West, you've got the most finishing team out of those three teams between Nashville, Colorado and Winnipeg.
And you also got teams like Vancouver, Seattle, Calgary, Vegas all competing for the second wildcard spot.
I don't think, I think I can confidently say that it is kind of a stretch to say Vegas to be shooting for that wildcard.
I'm just saying because look at two years ago when they missed the playoffs, they only missed by a point or two after the second wildcard spot.
Right, but also look at who they have lost since that time.
Lost and gained kind of thing.
Yeah, so I guess it's just really going to, it's really going to come down to how the new additions to their team fill the shoes of the ones that they lost, one of the bigger ones being somebody like Marcos.
I mean, whoever is there slotting to fill Marcos shoes or fill his skates is going to have a fucking task at hand.
And then of course, Mr fucking IR King, Mark Stone, I mean, they're going to have to pick up that slack too.
Yeah, because I know Ike was probably going to be picking up a lot, be putting a lot of money.
Which is a shame because I love Mark Stone as a person, but it's like dude, you are kind of a fucking bum. You're kind of a pussy.
I'm sorry, you're kind of a pussy.
And Mark Stone, if you ever somehow listen to this podcast.
I mean it.
You know, and you know, Jack Ikel is going to be putting a lot more on his shoulders with Vegas as well.
But the thing is, is Jack Ikel can do it because he's finally got a team around him that allows him to do it.
That's Jack Ikel finally be Jack Ikel.
I still can't get over the whole situation with him and Buffalo.
That was so, that was so sad.
My time of, because obviously Buffalo is, I would consider my second favorite team.
That was probably the whole situation with Buffalo was probably, that whole thing with Ikel was probably the worst thing.
And that's just like the only other good player that was on that team was the fucking Fossil.
Dallin was also pretty good at the time.
Even though he was still young at the time.
I would say he was young, but if it wasn't fucking Jack Ikel, it was Kyle O'Poso.
And get that Fossil off the ice.
Which is crazy to me that he's finally fucking retired.
I even made the cut.
After what, 17 seasons in the NHL?
It was like 17 or 18 seasons in the NHL?
I even said like when he was telling, the Fossilist finally.
Well, I remember I saw that article, I think I may have been like just getting home from work when I saw that article.
And I physically in my car was just like fucking finally.
He's drafted in 2006.
So after 18 years.
Yeah, 18 years.
Fuck.
Yeah.
And damn near nothing to show for it.
Well, mine is the one cup, but he went out on top.
Who did he win a cup with?
Florida.
And he got a bonus in his contract, but after he got into it, his bonus was like he'd get a 500,000 bonus.
Yeah, all paid for by this buffalo.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, arm.
So let me give it a straight.
This is when he got traded to Buffalo, or sent to Buffalo.
Correct.
No, yeah, this, this past season before the trade deal deadline, he was traded to Florida from Buffalo for I don't even remember what I don't give a shit one, but he was traded to Florida and helped them win their first day in the cup.
Well, as a part of the contract, we signed a Buffalo.
If he helped, if he helps the team that is on when the cup, he gets a bonus of like 500,000 dollars.
Well, Florida won the cup and that money was paid to him from not other than the Buffalo savers.
Yeah.
So pretty much as right now, Buffalo is Florida's minor league team because you got no former players like Kyle Caposo, Sam Reinhardt, Evan Rodriguez, Sam Bennett, all come from Buffalo to Florida to win a cup.
So Buffalo pretty much is Florida's minor league team.
I just can't wait for the announcement at the end of the season.
Your newest addition to the ECHL, the Buffalo savers.
The minifigure issue with the Florida Panthers, the Buffalo savers.
The next banner going up at the K-Vague Center is of players the savers they're given as one of the savers.
And memorabilia of their time here in Buffalo.
Oh, shit.
Oh, that's fucking funny.
You just got to feel bad for these savers fans.
You know what, I want one of the fucking thousand Buffalo savers stores up in downtown Buffalo.
I want them to make sure.
Buffalo savers, the official affiliate team of the Florida Panthers.
I would buy one of those so fucking quick.
You know, it's crazy.
You look back at all the players that, you know, ordered Buffalo for a period of time and then Kyle traded away and won a cup elsewhere.
Ryan O'Reilly won with St. Louis.
You got Jack Icon when he won it with Vegas.
You know, all the players who stayed in Florida.
They really are an affiliate team.
That's what it is.
They really are an affiliate team.
The Buffalo affiliates.
All right, moving on to the Buffalo minor leagues.
Ben the Atlantic with the Buffalo, the Buffalo savers, the official LA shell team of New York.
Right.
Dude, can you imagine?
What would that be some shit?
Imagine us going to like an Otters game.
It's like you have the Erie Otters versus the Buffalo savers.
It's like, wait, hold on.
I thought they were going to do a chill cheat.
Guys, we decided.
Fucking Gary Beckman comes out and we're just like, yeah.
We decided to downgrade.
This is the thing. Have fun with it.
You do your thing kind of thing.
Yeah, pretty much.
We decided to downgrade the savers to a development league.
Do you know how much I'd pay to see the entire Buffalo savers rock stirvers' RJ King?
Oh.
Do you know how much I would pay to fucking see that?
That would be hilarious to watch.
I would put my mortgage on the line for that.
I hope you know.
Oh yeah.
I'd fucking put pink sluts on my car for that.
That would be funny.
All right, Ethan, who's she got for the Atlantic here?
Yeah.
For the Atlantic.
All right, so eight to one again.
We have Buffalo.
We have Ottawa.
We have Montreal.
We have...
We have Toronto.
Fuck, man.
I'm going to put Tampa Bay out there.
Then Detroit, Boston, and then the defending Stanley Cup champions in the Florida Panthers.
All right, my eight to one.
Montreal, Ottawa.
For whatever reason, I have this minor league team in sixth place.
I don't know what it is, but a minor league team in sixth place.
Tampa in fifth.
Detroit finally making the playoffs again.
Just to lose in the first round again.
At least they at least get back to...
Just take the compliments that you guys are making the playoffs again.
Oh, I'll take it.
Watch this for the year that Detroit goes all the way.
I'd shit.
Oh, I would shit.
But if you think about it, now is the most potential that they will have because they have experienced players now in guys like Vladimir Tarasenko and Cam Talbot.
And the fact that they literally almost made it in last year, but only...
They have no... I'm going to pull a tile here and say they have absolutely no excuse this year.
But their team is the most stacked it has been in over a fucking decade.
Like since the Zetterberg era.
I mean, like, let's call a fucking spade a spade here real quick.
And like, Detroit is the most stacked it has been damn near in my lifetime.
They have absolutely no...
I don't even give a shit if they lose in the first round.
They have no excuse to miss the playoffs this year.
Just meet the playoffs.
That's all I want.
Just make the playoffs.
If they go deep into the playoffs.
Oh, I'm fucking ecstatic.
They make it to the cup final.
I'm going to be a little kid again because it'll be like the last time I watched Detroit when a cup back in 2008.
Yeah.
I'll say the same thing with us and dollars.
Just meet the fucking playoffs.
That's all I want.
Just meet the fucking playoffs.
But I think they are going to use Tarasenko to his absolute max because he is one now on the team with the most fucking playoffs experience.
Honestly, like that top six is going to be really insane.
Mine is Patrick Kane.
I always... I keep forgetting fucking Kane who's there.
Like I'm sorry, between those two players you got five stand-the-cups.
You got Kane in 10, 13, and 15.
You got Tarasenko in 17 and now in 24.
So you got five...
You got 13 as well for...
I said 13.
10, 13, 15.
Okay.
Yeah.
So you got five stand-the-cups between two players.
Two fucking players.
You have guys who know what it takes to win.
You have guys who know what hockey is like.
Like what you have to sacrifice to get to not only to the finals but to fucking win it all.
Like you at this point...
I promise you if Detroit even makes it to the final, I'll be over the fucking moon.
If they manage to somehow pull it out of their ass and raise Lord Stanley this year, I'll fucking cry.
Like I will hold...
There'll be a Cinderella story.
No, it'll 100% be a Cinderella story because again, it'll be the first time Detroit has raised the cup in 16 fucking years.
Like the last time they raised the cup, I was a little kid.
I remember watching them raise the cup.
I remember watching them.
Yeah, we were the summer between fourth and fifth grade.
Yeah.
Keep that in mind.
Yeah.
I'll say it was between my third and my fourth grade year.
So yeah.
So all I want them though is I just wanted to make the playoffs because they have zero excuse to miss them this year.
Agreed.
And if they miss the playoffs this year, then that tells me that they were not fucking pushing themselves.
And they were not giving 110% of themselves on that audience.
Alright, that's my rant.
Alright, my top three.
I got Toronto at three, Boston at two and no surprise Florida at numeral uno.
From my eight to one eighth place is the Montreal Canadiens.
Seventh place is the Ottawa Senators.
Sixth place is the Buffalo Sabres.
Fifth place is the Detroit Red Wings.
Fourth place is the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Third place is the Maple Leafs.
Seventh place is the Boston Bruins.
And number one is your defending Stanley Cup Champions of Florida Panthers.
It's honestly going to be a battle between Tampa and Detroit.
It's going to come down to those two battling it out for that final wild card spot.
Alright, Metro.
Eighth place is the Brute Jackets.
I'm sorry, you lost two stars.
One via trade, one via unfortunate, dumb accident.
Number seven, I got shit, I mean Philadelphia.
Number six, I got the Crappitals.
Five, I have the Devils.
Fourth place, maybe making that second wild card spot, maybe not, depending on how the Atlantic winds up.
The Pittsburgh Retirement Homes.
I mean, Pittsburgh payments.
Number three, I got the Islanders.
Number two, Carolina.
And you guessed it, the blue coats at the number one in the Metro.
Right on.
So, yeah, I'm going to have to agree with Colin.
Number eight, Columbus.
It's an unfortunate thing though.
I feel bad for him.
Number seven, give me the Capitals.
Number six, give me the Flyers.
Number five, I'm actually going to put Pittsburgh.
I'm going to say they're just going to miss the cusp of a playoff, Berth.
Alright, fair enough.
Number four, I'm going to do Jersey.
Number three, give me Carolina.
Number two, the Isles.
And yeah, number one, I'm going to have the blue coats taken the Metro, which I would say those are my second favorite team.
Nice.
So, eighth place, I have, unfortunately, I had the Columbus blue jackets.
One thing I do know for sure, even though they are going to be dead last, unfortunately, in the Metro this year.
But I think they are going to be really playing for pride, just for pride this year, and all in all, honestly.
Seventh place, I have the Washington Capitals.
Sixth place, I have the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Fifth place, I have the New York Islanders.
Fourth place, I have the Philadelphia Flyers.
Third place, I have New Jersey Devils.
Second place, I have the Carolina Hurricanes, and then number one, the Big Apple, the New York Rangers.
Alright, that's not bad.
Do you have any other news? Any other big things?
Not really.
I really can't say too much of anything.
Yeah, I don't know.
Alright, well, that wraps up here.
You know, opening night for the bookbusters, I know we're late, and we got to apologize, but you know.
Life has gotten in the way, but that's, it is what it is.
I say definitely, hopefully, I say by the time, maybe one, right, hopefully, by the time the holidays are over, I think,
we should hopefully be more back to normal on that, to what we have been the last.
Hopefully by the month of November, maybe December, we're back in our regular schedule and programming here.
Just social media, you know.
We'll try to keep you up to date as much as we can.
I know we've been kind of, like, our professional account hasn't been too active up until a couple weeks,
like maybe a week or two ago, but personal accounts are obviously always active.
So, yeah, keep an eye out for it.
Otherwise, we will see you guys in the next one. Peace.
See ya. Bye!