Alright, welcome back to your weekly episode
of the Blockbuster Podcast where we sit here
and we talk around everything and anything hockey.
Yeah. Yeah. My name's Ethan. Surrounded by my
co -host. How's it going? I didn't fuck it up.
Almost did. Caught it. But, hi boys. How's it
going? it's let's go yeah yeah back in studio
feels good to be back it's good to have you back
thank you thank you took uh took the first episode
off just a lot of personal shit going on in in
my life so had to get that taken care of uh we're
back and i'd say better than ever but i guess
we'll see how that goes by the end of the episode
yeah so yeah well take one wasn't so so hot no
that's why we were delayed That's why we were
very delayed. Did you guys mention that last
week? He said, I didn't get around to listening
to the whole episode. No, we've moved on. All
we said was, you were away with personal issues,
Bo was away with issues. All I'll say about it,
we had already recorded episode one, but all
I'll say is just, it did not turn out the way
we wanted it to. We listened to it back and took
a group vote. We're like, I think we've got to
scrap this and just try this again. And we did
that, and then we got delayed another week. But
now we're here for week two, or episode two.
So now let's get down and dirty with the business.
I know, Jeffy, you said you had a couple questions
to ask to get us started. They're honestly rapid.
They're kind of a rapid question. I just figured,
I figured for anyone who is just joining us for
the first time or just kind of joining us very
late, I figured just real quick, rapid fire,
personal, just kind of get the note rolling real
quick. There are only a couple I want to do,
so the first one is obviously my favorite hockey
team or NHL team. Ethan's Chicago, Kyle's Philadelphia,
Jeffy is Washington, and I don't like hockey
because fuck hockey. No, you're definitely an
Olympics women's curling fan. You like swimming
and curling? Yeah, let's go team China. That's
going to give them more men's volleyball? It
would. Nude Greek men's volleyball. Specifically
Greek. No other. Yeah, he can relate with the
body hair. I'll see. That was probably one of
the worst jokes I've seen. Yeah, and then I'm
a Redwins fan. I'm sorry. Because I like disappointment.
I like 16 years of disappointment. this other
one was just kind of favorite all -time like
favorite either all -time your favorite current
active player on your favorite team obviously
mine's Cindy Crosby mine was Jake and bake now
it's Crosby but I'm very very excited and I'll
talk about this more with our main topic a little
bit later I'm very very excited to see what Rucker
McGrooney is going to answer I am so excited
about it I'm very excited yeah I actually saw
a video of him doing his rookie skate He's like
Hellman or no Hellman? I saw him play live when
he was playing for Michigan. I went down to a
game in Penn State and he ended up scoring two
or three goals against Penn State when he played
for Michigan. I knew him and I know that he had
played for the World Juniors. He was one of the
better players on that World Juniors team. I
just won once last year. I'm very excited to
see what he's... Found out about that trade in
the offseason. I said to these guys, like, holy
fuck, we got record recording. Like, I was, I've
been watching this game for a while and I'm very
excited to see him play for Pittsburgh and see
what he can do. Yeah, that's cool. Um, are we
going just active or favorite player of all time?
I'll do active and then I'll do my favorite player
of all time. Um, favorite current active player
from the Red Wings specifically? I mean, I think
it's going to be kind of I'm gonna let my bias
ring a little bit. I think Derb's is gonna do
real good for For Detroit this season and again
letting the Bias show because he is in fact a
former otter. Yeah Which I still can't believe
we fucking got him that was But the favorite
player of all time man, that's Honestly, it's
tough because it's depending on the rap that
I could do. I could say those stereotypical things
would be Rinkovsky is my favorite. I mean, you
gotta give, I have to give it to the Motor City
Magician himself in Pal Datsuk. I mean, the man
is, the man's a fucking god. I remember when
you were also so excited when you got your Datsuk
jerk. I was excited when I got my dad's suit
jersey and then they finally announced this year
that he's going into the hall, which I... Long
overdue. In my opinion, and you guys might disagree
with me, but I don't think that there's anybody
within our lifetimes that has played that has
deserved the hall more. No, I can agree with
that. I mean, like, the dude was a fucking stud
for Detroit. If you're talking retired that haven't
been in yet, yeah, dad's suit. Yeah, I mean...
I would say it's Datsuke and... I'm trying to
think of who else that I would enjoy. I would
even say somebody like Nick Lindstrom too. The
man that specifically got me into hockey and
I was obsessed with him when I was a kid. the
demolition man in Thomas Holmsford too. He was
the man who made me fall in love with hockey
and specifically Red Wings Hockey. The other
one was obviously just across the NHL who's probably
your favorite player. So I think mine is No surprises,
Connor McDavid. My favorite player right now?
Yeah. Yeah, I mean, there's no more, there's
no, I don't think there's any player on the planet
like that that's more fun to watch than Connor
McDavid. Yeah, I mean, Jesus. Dude, just, he
just doesn't stop. I disagree, I like Tom Wilson.
No, fuck him. You would. Fuck you. Is it all
you had, Jeffy? Um, there was one more question,
actually two more questions that I figured I'd
ask. Odyssey. Sniff we're talking about other
skaters favorite act of goaltender. Flower. Flower.
It's gotta be flower. Flower. I'd say my honorable
would be Jake Odinger. I'd do a bit of a Jake
Odinger. That's good. I was about to say Vassian.
I've been developing more of a soft spot for
Fetcher Demko too. I really like Fetcher Demko.
I mean for me... He hasn't really gotten it.
Sorry. He hasn't really gotten it. a real chance
to have a full breakout season yet. I think this
could be the one. He ended up showing signs of
it last year. But if I'm honest, I think he ended
up missing a little bit of time at the beginning
of the season. So this is like his first full
season where we can see what he can be to his
fullest capability, his full caliber. I'm excited
to see that for him. How about Ethan? There's
a couple that immediately come to mind. For me
honestly, I would say somebody like Help Connor
Hellebuck. Yeah Hellebuck's amazing honestly
I Would say Hellebuck You say sorrows and honestly
A player that or a goalie that I don't think
gets a whole hell of a lot of love, or as much
love as he should outside of his respective franchise.
UPL, man. Yeah. Fuckin' ukepekeluke, man. Ooh!
Like... Spending a lot of, well not a lot of
games, but like spending a few games watching,
you know, UPL and watching Vassi die, especially
like when he's like, playing in Tampa at home.
Like, he's an amazing goaltender. Like, he's
fun. But if you just watch him do his work and
you know work his magic he's Yeah, and then you
also my honorable mention will be the fucking
Swedish giant himself and fucking Magnus Helberg
Unfortunately, we're gonna get to see much of
him in the bigs but Actually, well you won't
you won't be able to see him in the bigs because
he is the big You said that like five questions
ago I'm split between Detroit and Chicago. Like,
I'm sorry, I know they're big rivals with Detroit,
but like... I've never been a huge Chicago fan.
I don't hate them. I mean, Conor McGard is starting
to get me more into them. It's another player
that he's just so much fun to watch. The time
to HL he was a fucking he's I think again we'll
get to this later, but I think he's gonna have
a monster fucking year this year Yeah, and then
final question was obviously a second Second
second favorite of an NHL team for me. It's the
Sabres Okay For me, it's actually ironically
enough another New York team in the bluecoats
Oh really? My second favorite team is the Bluecoats.
I think I have the second Sabres, but I'm also,
if you want to go out west, as much as they're
a success the last couple years, and like we
just mentioned their goalie earlier, I've been
really liking how Dallas has been playing. I
like a lot of their guys. I really like Jason
Robertson. I really like Rupe Hintz. I really
like Wyatt Johnston. I really like Jake Ottinger.
I like a lot of the guys over here. So we actually
got to see Wyatt Johnston play a few years in...
with Windsor when he was in Windsor. Spitfire
alumni and he's doing just as good this year.
Did pretty well last year at Dallas and I think
he's gonna do just as good this year. I was gonna
say, as much respect as I have for Buffalo, I
gotta go with Tampa. That's how I knew you were...
They're building, man. It's so fun. I've seen
you temporarily live down in that area. I know
you've had a little bit of a soft spot for that
ever since, I know that. Yeah, and just like...
between the connection and just before all their
success when the otters won their last cup when
the Penguins won their fifth cup you know so
they they know how to party yeah and like when
the teams go and the crowds go and it's just
it's a vicious cycle it's so much fun cuz like
downtown Tampa and St. Pete they're they're partying
all day honestly like that that's kind of where
my question because I knew you're calling you
were between Buffalo or Tampa I didn't know officially
which one it was I'm like I don't know if it's
Buffalo or Tampa so I kind of like you know what
what story is this question I kind of was very
interested in what Ethan was gonna say yeah but
the one game that I'm excited for that I'm actually
trying to plan for the spring because I'm sorry.
I'm eating So I'm planning to go and see my brother
over sometime in April on Easter And he's only
five -hour drive from Vegas or their one game
there that the vast game of regular season They're
at home against natural predators, and I really
want to go see it, but no speed so like 200 bucks
Well, that's also because it's in Vegas. You
have the luxury of being in Las Vegas. As fair
as that is, you're right. So yeah, I'm trying.
I'm waiting a little bit closer to game time.
That'd be your sixth arena or fifth? Fifth. Fifth,
okay. Yeah, because Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Columbus,
Tampa, and then Vegas would be number five. That's
a good one. Yeah, I'd prefer to just do this.
It'd be fun just to kind of get through for all
of us. They're fair just for some of our newer
listeners or people who just joined us late.
Is that fair? And I have one pop quiz trivia
question and I have one just current question.
My one is, what do you think is more likely to
happen this season? Or just at all? McDavid hitting
160 points or Matthews getting 70 goals? They're
both probably going to happen. They're both probably
more likely. Matthews, you know, his contingency,
you know, improves. continuously scores more
goals as the seasons go on obviously that's 60
for the second time 69 last year i think it is
yeah nice but one off oh it's still a nice number
but uh and then obviously mcdave again 153 points
last year and again he's continuing to get better
they're starting to finally build a decent team
rather between him and leon like there's a chance
that they both can do it i honestly could say
I don't know man, I'm a little bit more leaning
towards McDavid. You think he's more likely to
do it? Yeah, I think so. Again, assuming both
of them stay healthy and are able to take it.
I say that's the biggest key. They can both stay
healthy. Which I mean both of them really don't
have a bad history of injury. I mean Mcdavid
got hurt his rookie season. He missed one full
year. I figured what it was for but I know he
was out for one year like in 18 -19 or something
like that. but still like he hasn't had a history
and then the only thing that might bother Matthews
is illness but which I know John Tavares was
out last night's game and last night's contest
between that with the Penguins with an illness
so yeah who who knows so my trivia question that
I have obviously again I don't know if I'm sure
you guys mentioned this last week but honestly
we lost Johnny Hockey this past offseason we
all know his number his number number 13 But
in his first ever NHL game back in the 2013 -2014
season, he played one game, one game for the
Calgary Flames, and he had a goal in that game.
He did not wear the number 13 in that game. 94.
What number did he wear in that game? 94. Was
it 90... 30... was it 33? Ethan? I'm going to
take a wild -ass guess. I'm going to use the
swag method and do a scientific wild -ass guess.
Forty -two. Jeffy was technically the closest,
sort of, kind of. It was fifty -three. I knew
he had a three in there. He had a number fifty
-three in his first ever game, which he got a
goal with in that first game. So I saw that I
just looked it up curious kind of curiosities.
That's all that he played one game Let's say
you let me go look up Johnny Pedro's first -ever
NHL goal and he scored and I was like that's
that's not number 13 Yeah, that's a little trivia
question. I thought I'd throw out there for you
guys Other than that, um, I think we'll talk
about that otters weekend. We just had the otters
game last night specifically Why last night was
definitely that was so much better than what
they did Friday night Great great got three points
out of four. I mean, that's definitely more fun
to say that it very easily could have been Should
have been four very easily could have ended up
being one So especially with the way the first
two periods went last night's game against against
Windsor or we'll say Saturday nights from when
you guys are listening to this Yeah, the first
two periods of that game jobs and we just looked
to fly the first 15 minutes of that game We have
like two shots on goal. I think it's in the first
15 minutes. We're like Windsor was definitely
the much stronger team right out of the gate.
I think they got two goals in the first seven
minutes or something like that. It's weird to
say that home angle played better than Davio
that night. How many guys had two assists? I
think Ty had one I think. Ty had one. A bunch
of assists coming from the D men but also all
the scoring I think was done by the Fords. Royston
had two. Edwards had one. Spence I think had
one. And Sodder had one. See I went five minutes
we went into the third period down three to one
and that's going five minutes or goals in the
third when he's six to three I'm gonna also Friday
and I give them the game time goal of what three
seconds or four seconds I can't imagine how quiet
the crowd got I just shocked. Are you kidding
me? Oh, I know we were six on three at one point
weren't we? Yeah, cuz what cuz they took too
many men on the ice What I figure what the other
panel? So the defenseman only got two points
last night all six defensemen got two points
a goal from solder and an assist from Holmago
I did too but I was gonna say in order of succession
from one to six Frasca unassisted Eddie from
Alfie Pano Royston from Spencer Holmago Haman
from Frasca Spence Slaughter unassisted and then
Royston from ct -10 and missy heck. Yeah, it's
1730. They took a too many men penalty on Friday
night Alfie took a high -sticking penalty in
1904 So I know we're running for a six on three
with the empty net for a little bit there Yeah,
so I'm sure just by the time I'm sure I can imagine
pump I didn't need that and yeah, so our guys
are probably just gas they were So just four
seconds, man, and then losing one in the shootout.
It's just rough. Gaining three out of four possible
points is pretty good. And I know North Bay is
also a decent team this year. Yeah, I was going
to say, because Erie looked really good against
North Bay that first period and a half. They
outshot North Bay 19 to 5 just in the first period.
In the first period? Holy shit. Yeah, and then
of course then it kind of started evening up
in the second, 13 to 9. North Bay and then North
Bay just came out swinging in the third with
16 shots. I'll take three out of four points.
Yeah, good weekend of Hawters hockey. Hoping
we can say that a lot more this season. I'm just
surprised that freaking Ty Henry didn't get a
penalty in that game. He was in the box quite
a bit Friday night. That's one thing he really
needs to work on this year. Discipline. was doing
good there for a while in the first like those
and then he just yeah he's like a first or second
liner now oh really yeah we lost a lot of our
defensemen the past two years so well if you're
if you're the past two years losing morty kurkov
uh sova johnston and we're still missing schaeffer
schaeffer right well looking at our our top top
four defensemen are going to be schaeffer solder
dabs and henry yeah yeah and then you're probably
gonna get y 'all the bottom four will swap between
what hollow me go um well the last pairing that
that third pairing is going to switch uh swap
between three or three guys yeah so hollow me
go knight ambrosio and who's the i think i'm
picking up um that's actually all of them is
that all of them okay yeah that's the one that
at least they have listed yeah on the otters
is yeah uh between the knights Oh my god, Ambrosio,
which I think Ambrosio has been paying really
well, so he deserves a number five spot. Yeah.
I see another one that has been looking really
good, like of the newer guys is obviously Frascustin's
coming over from the trade. He's looked really
good and then Tyler Challenger's... He's been
saving us. I know he's been the main reason we
have three wins now, so... Yeah, I heard he's
looking. He might be the next Benny Good drug
for us, really. Really? Really. I mean, he still
has a lot of work to be done. Obviously, in the
Swedish league, goaltenders don't normally handle
the puck as much as over here stateside. So he
does need to work on that, but, I mean, he's
only... Nineteen nineteen. Yeah, so I mean he
still has some time and well a lot of time to
work I assume he's gonna be one of our OAs next
year. But then again, obviously a Ross response
an import spot as well So we will see it Jeff
back on the 10th Nick D 'Angeles of the Sudbury
Wolves played in his 200th career OAS game versus
Peterborough Pete's Finn Marshall of the Sudbury
Wolves gets in 40 saves against his first career
shutout in a 1 -0 victory. Pedro Pizzo, Chase
Laverdi, he was apparently suspended for two
games for a check to the head. I'm surprised
they wait to actually reveal what that suspension
was for. couple to my son on the 11th Alexander
Dior of the Sarnia sting gets his first career
general's Connor Smith of the oh it's not attack
gets his first career hat trick vs. the Niagara
Ice Dogs Then on 12th PJ fagan of the London
Nights gets his first career goal first of all
storm on the 13th, today's date, Max Anderson
of the front fibers gets his first career goal,
versus Sarnia Sting, and then Cole Zorowski of
the front fibers gets his first career goal.
One thing I actually want to kind of, because
I know there are big rumors going around, which
I kind of want to get some of your guys's, I
know Kyle and I have been talking about it, I've
heard rumors that Erie's interested. I've heard
he wants to stay stateside, he wants to stay
closer to home. Which is from the New York area?
An hour and 18 minutes from here. And I know
St. Catharines in Niagara is only just a little
closer, like an hour and two minutes or something
like that. Well, with the way San Jose wants
it, like where he wants him to land, they want
him to go to like more of a defensive style system.
And that's how Stan Butler is a very defensive...
Defensive minded, defensive, like shut down kind
of guy. If he comes over, he might have a really
round belly. give us the perfect top six, like
perfect. The only thing is, who are you keeping
in your top six for daughters? I think it would
be Kerry Spence, Musty, and then the fear line.
There's gonna be some ways it's gonna, we'll
probably have to go. I think that's kind of why
Maldonado. I think it would be perfect to at
least add Molinar because I know there's been
rumors with Molinar going to Sudbury. Though
the only thing is I have liked seeing Spence
and Trance on two different lines. Yeah. So I
mean kind of gives more of a depth scoring with
two of our top five players being on two different
lines. So it would be nice to see but then again
I'm not the coach of the Dodders. I don't know
shit so. Before we move on, because I missed
last week, I know these guys did their predictions
last week, so they were just standings. I just
want to throw mine in real quick before we move
on to the NHL. I'll start with the Eastern Conference.
In 10th place, I have the Berry Colts. In 9th
place, I have the Peterborough Peets. 8th place,
I have what we just talked about, the Sudbury
Wolves. and in seventh place i have the niger
ice dogs they're looking really good so far and
i you can ask these guys i made this list before
the season started so i'm not just going based
off their first five games or the first six games
i had this list before the season started as
i just had a feeling that they might actually
do something this year um if they keep this up
they're gonna be a lot higher than seventh but
i have niger making the playoffs i have them
actually doing something this year wow and six
i have the ottawa 67s Fifth I have the Kingston
Frontenacs. Fourth I have the Oshawa Generals.
Third the Brantford Bulldogs. Second the Brampton
Steelheads. I think he's saying that. And first
the North Bay Battalion as they may call them.
Moving over to the honors conference in the West.
I have Sarnia Sting finishing in bed last on
the 10th. The Flint Firebirds finishing in ninth.
The Owen Souther tag just barely squeaking into
a playoff spot in eighth. The Windsor Spitfires
in seventh place, also bouncing back from last
season. Which again, if they keep it up, they're
gonna be a lot higher than set as well. The Sousingbury
Greyhounds in sixth. In fifth I have the Guelph
Storm. In fourth, having home ice advantage for
at least the first round, the Erie Otters. In
third, the Saginaw Spirit. In second, the London
Knights end in first. Kitchener Rangers. Nice.
I know London is one of those teams that just
never seems to have a championship hangover.
No. I know there's an interview that Sean Bednar
did where he had said the same thing. It could
be more true. London is that team. The championship
hangover does not exist when you're in London.
that just tells you how good like their development
is just is and they always have good players
coming back in like lose three good guys we'll
have three better guys coming back in they are
they're never gonna have enough season no yeah
that is uh my take on the OHL standings nice
yeah we can jump on in here to the NHL get us
kicked off here with the milestones of the week
Before we do that, they finally released, well
last week, but I know we didn't go over it with
three of us, so the four nations face -off coming
up here in the spring. I know I brought a couple
of both Team Canada and Team USA up to Ethan
and Jeff that were here, but now we officially
have all four rosters. I'm going to start with
Team Finlandia. four forwards, three defensemen,
and two of the two goalies extras going from
left to right. So we have Leknin, Barkov, Frantinin,
Tervainen, the Hurricanes Ajo, Kremlin, Macchelli,
Hintz, Lainey, Halle, Lindell, and Tolvainen.
On defense, Hiskinen, Lindell. I'm not even trying
to pronounce that other name. Mo Kala, Wrist
of Lining, and the Holy Artarchy. And then the
goaltenders being Saros and Ljukunen. Sweden,
you've got Forsberg, Elias Pedersen, Nylander,
Bratt, Sabanachad, Kempe, Karlsson, Ericsson,
Ek, Raymond, Lindholm, Backlund, and Karlsson.
Well, not Karlsson, sorry. And then, defensively,
you've got Dolly and Henderson, Eric Carlson,
Victor Headman, and Forsling, with the goalies
being Linus Almark and Jacob Markström. Canada.
Hyman McDavid Marner, Crosby McKinnon Bedard.
That was second line, dude. Oh my god. I feel
like you can swap Bedard for Marshawn, but they
currently have Marshawn on the side, the third
death wing. with a point in Reinhardt, then Stone,
Mr. IR Stone, Nick Suzuki, Matt Barzell, Devon
Tayes, McCarr, McCarr, not Marker, McCarr, Morrissey,
Bouchard, Dunn, and Dobson, with the goalies
being Bennington and Aiden Hill. But they're
a goal -tender being Stewards Gunner. And then,
Murka. Team Murka. Fuck yeah. You gotta try to
guess this. Alright, go ahead. I'm gonna say
Matthews. Eichel. Uh, Zegras. Uh, no Zegras.
Zegras isn't on there. But we got Matthews is
the first line center, Eichel is the third line
center, for now. Third line, so it would be second
line center from America. Um... Gansoul should
probably be on... Uh... Left wing, two. Second
line, left wing. Uh, Brandon Point, is he American?
Uh, he is, but he's not... Oh no, he's Canadian.
Brandon Point's Canadian, okay. I'm really surprised
Zegar says it on there. I am, too. American Goaltender,
I'll say Gibson and Helen Buck. Howell Buck is
correct, Gibson's not on here. Gibson is not,
okay. Right now, Hello Book's... Audinger. Audinger's
American, isn't he? Yeah, but he's not on here.
He's on there either? What? Hello Book is stated
as the starting goalie. Backup. Is he older or
is he younger? Yeah, I think you were just talking
about a murderer. Denko? Yeah, he's stated as
the backup goalie. I didn't know he was American.
Yeah, I didn't know either. I mean, Thatcher
is a pretty American name, but Denko isn't. That's
why I was confused. Well, I mean, you've got
guys like fucking Stuart Skinner up in Edmonton.
I mean, you can't get more fucking vanilla American
than that. Well, he's Canadian, so. I know. But
I'm just saying, like, that's a more American
name than fucking Thatcher Damko. I wanna try
to get at least one American defenseman. I'll
give you hints. There's one defenseman I'm looking
at. Has at least a brother at least a brother
in a league They are not on here Oh Yeah, yeah,
or Quinn's on here. Jack's also on here. No Luke.
I meant Jack. I don't know why I said Luke. So
Same kind of setup first line Matthew Kachuk
Matthew's color Gensel Jack Hughes and JT Miller
Robertson Eichold Tate Thompson Goldie Larkin
Brady Kachuk Defense Slaven Fox Hughes McEvoy
Sanderson Carlson Saban's American. Really? Goalie's
Hellebuck Demko, the Scratches Dextrose, Trocheck
Connor, oh Kyle Connor, Zach Warneski, and Jeremy
Swainman. Your three goaltenders, Hellebuck,
Demko, Swainman. I didn't know Swainman was American
either. I thought Swainman was Canadian. Wow.
Oh yeah, and then the Scratches for Canada RNH,
O 'Reilly, Theodore, and Skinner. Yeah. So...
You got some pretty stacked lineups there. Yeah.
And before we also get into milestones, well
these are candy milestones, I don't know how
you want to classify them. The longest tenured
captains in NHL history? I have six on this list.
Crosby? Yep, how many seasons? Oh yeah, the number
of seasons when he started and when he finished.
This is the 18th season of Captaincy? Yep. So
you became captain in what, the 07 -08 season?
Yeah, 07 -08. He's one of two active captains
on this list. So some of them are not active?
Yeah. Okay, Jonathan Taze? Yep. How many seasons?
15. Yep. And from when to when? I think he would
have started the year after Crosby? The 08 -09
season? Yep. Or the year before. Did he play
last year? I think, no, yeah, I think, yeah,
I'll think he played last year. I think he retired.
No, he sat well. I'm not sad. I think he retired,
but he's not on the team. He's technically still
a free agent. Yeah, so. He's been in the 21 -22
season. 22 -23. 22 -23. So you got the number
two, and, uh, tell us who's tied for fifth. Uh,
Messier? Nope. Gretzky? Nope. No. Tell me, longest
tenure for the same team. Well, longest tenure,
period. Yeah, for the same team. Okay. This is
like, all time? All time, NHL upstream. Steve
Iserman? Yep. I say it's, his is, cause I know
his is, he's one year, Crosby's one year shy
of him and that. Alright, what are the seasons?
Oh. Is it for, is it for one team? Yeah, one
team, one team. So for Detroit, which, you know.
Is there another Detroit in there? No He was
captain, but he wasn't captain for freakishly
long so we have You have three you guys see me
Steve white number one Yeah, Johnny Tase is to
you Cindy Crosby it's no Stevie Y was 19 seasons
from the 86 -87 season to the 05 -06 season.
You got Crosby obviously in 18 seasons between
the 07 -08 season to the present day season and
Johnny T's tied at 5th from the 08 -09 season
to the 22 -23. So he's a copetar on there. He
is not. Damn. OV? Yep, he's the other active
player, he's tied for third. Now, how many seasons,
and from what season was his first season, captain?
Well, because I know he got drafted the same
year as Crosby, didn't he? His rookie year would
have been the lockout year. So that's why Crosby
and Ovi shared a... You're missing the other
player that's in third and the other player that's
in fifth. Obviously both are not active. Yeah,
one that's tied with Ovechkin at 16, and one
that's tied with Taze at 15. I don't know if
he was a fucking captain. Or either one of them
currently. No. I can't remember. Yeah, everybody's
retired. Crosby and Ovechkin were the only two
active players on the system. Because I think
he technically retired, but I can't remember
if he was a captain. I think he was. Voracek?
Nope. Not on there. Hints. One played for Colorado.
One played for Boston. Sack? Nope. Nip. Or no.
Yes. Sack, dick, okay. He goes to Colorado. Who
played? No one played for who? Boston. Tur? No.
Another Boston captain. Bergeron? Nope. I was
just about to say. Who the fuck would have been
a captain? Ray Bork. That's what he's talking
about. Wow. Yeah, Joe Sackick was 16 seasons
from the 92 -93 season to the 08 -09 season.
And Ray Bork was from 15 seasons from the 85
-86 season to the 99 -2000 season. Wow. Okay.
So. Wow. Yeah. Ray Bork. God damn it. Do I feel
fucking so stupid for forgetting? Oh, that's
good Wow, I know he's been a captain for a long
time But I wasn't sure if he had made that list
yet to know he'd started a little bit later After
to the year after we beat them in the second
on the NARC first couple So nothing Alexander
seven was still the captain that year. No seven
was never the captain. There's another guy I
can't remember but seven never were to see he's
only one day He was one of the alternate captains
between him and me Mike Green Mike Green Wow
Milestones here for the NHL since mine's going
all the way back to October 5th since the first
game of the season, obviously because I missed
Episode 1. Back the first game of the season
with that global series between the Devils and
the Buffalo Sabres, Seamus Casey of the New Jersey
Devils scored his first career NHL goal against
Buffalo. Seamus. It's a dope name. Seamus Casey.
November, or October 9th, Nathan McKinnon recorded
his 900th career point against the Vanity School
Knights. October 10th, Dennis Heidelby of the
Toronto Maple Leaf recorded his first career
win against the Devils in his first career start,
mind you. Evgeny Balkin recorded his 800th career
assist on an EK65 goal against the Detroit Red
Wings. And Joel Bloomquist recorded his first
career win in his first start as well. Maxime...
Ty Plokoff of the New York Islanders scored his
first career goal in his first game against Utah
It's so weird to say, Utah Macklin Celebrini
scored his first career goal against the St.
Louis Blues becoming the second fastest ever
to score in his NHL debut behind Mario Lemieux
Super Mario On the 11th, Mark Sheichley recorded
his 300th career goal with an overtime winner
against the Blackhawks The Queer And on the 12th,
Evgeny Malkin recorded his 1300th career point
with an assist to a Ricard Raquel goal against
Toronto. Emile Heineman recorded his first career
NHL goal against the Senators. Matt V. Mitchkov
of the Philadelphia Flyers recorded his first
career point in a game against the Flames. Both
Seth Jones and Marcus Folino skated in their
800th career game. Philip Forsberg skated in
his 700th career game and Joel Erickson Eck skated
in his 500th career game. And I just got an article
across my phone real quick. The Red Wings have
just made a personnel change as of four hours
ago. Billy Huso has been officially placed on
waivers. Oh shit. Wow. Pittsburgh fucking open
your ears, dude Jari Jari to Detroit to Detroit
for a bag of happy Doritos Anybody do one for
one tree we will pay you $500 to take dry I'll
take I'll take that shorts but uh before we move
on to the topic I will also go through my NHL
predictions really quickly here I'm starting
the Pacific and a surprise surprise I have the
San Jose Sharks haven't gotten much better and
was celebrating now he's gonna be on the obviously
he can't make much of a difference if he's gonna
be on the IR to miss a couple weeks with a lower
body injury seventh obviously also not getting
much better the Anaheim Ducks They've all got
sixth place. Again, I think the bottom three
hasn't changed with the Calgary Flames. Fifth
place potentially, depends on how the other division
goes, could tweak into a second wild card spot,
the Seattle Kraken. In fourth, I have the LA
Kings. In third, I have the Vancouver Canucks.
Second, I have the Edmonton Oilers. And in first,
I have Vegas taking it this year, taking the
Pacific. Thank God for another fucking... Edmonton
LA matchup. Okay, it was fun the first time,
okay the second time. I'm fucking tired. I was
tired of it after the third time around. Moving
on to the central. In eighth place I have the
Chicago Blackhawks. On seventh I have the St.
Louis Blues. In sixth I have the Minnesota Wild.
In fifth I have the Utah... Hockey club, which
they're off to a hot as hell start. Yeah really
well 20 ,000 fans can't even see it but Nashville
Predators coming in fourth place the Winnipeg
Jets in third the Colorado Avalanche in second
and Dallas taking the central you know what's
actually funny You and I have the exact same
exact same Wow the exact same looks like we're
pretty close on the pacific too oh we have the
top two swap with almost the exact same ones
in the pacific too wow great minds think alike
eighth place in the atlantic take a take a wild
shot in the dark it's the buffalo savers i'm
done giving them credit oh i think they're gonna
be good here i'm done doing that like they're
gonna be in eighth place uh the same place they
have been getting better like that's not giving
them any Disrespect they have every time I say
it they get they don't do well, so I'm done Just
watches the season that they actually do The
seventh place of Montreal Canadians they Canadians
they Montreal as some would say in sixth place.
I have the Ottawa Senators Fifth one this might
not make me very popular the Tampa Bay Lightning
Fourth place yeah, I'm starting to like you less
than us Fourth place, I have the Toronto Maple
Leafs. Third place, I have the Detroit Red Wings.
And in second, I have the Boston Bruins. First,
I have Florida taking it again. That one, yeah,
that one might not make me too popular, but.
I just think losing Stammer's gonna really affect
them. They haven't seen hockey without Stammer
in what, 13 years? I think it's gonna have a
tough effect on them. I think they're gonna be
missing that for at least probably a good half
of the season before they can adjust to that.
And I don't think, no offense, I don't think
Jake Gensel can quite add up to what Stammer
was. I do think Jake's gonna have a great year,
but I don't think he can quite beat what Stammer
was. Because Jake could probably stay a lot healthier
than Stammer. That's the thing. In eighth place,
you gotta still give credit to Johnny Hockey,
but I'm sorry, the Thomas Blue Jackets are still
gonna finish eighth. They're gonna be at least
playing for a lot of pride this year. They're
gonna be playing for a lot of pride. They're
gonna be playing for Johnny, but unfortunately
I don't think... Metro is still I think one of
the tougher divisions in the league and just
having to play all these other teams multiple
times a year. You're gonna lose a lot of games.
In seventh I have the Philadelphia Flyers. In
sixth I have the New Jersey Devils. In fifth
I have your Pittsburgh Penguins. I still don't
see us making the playoffs this year sadly. Neither
do I. In fourth I have the Washington Capitals.
Third, I have the New York Islanders. Second,
I got the Bluecoats. And then first, I got the
Carolina Hurricanes. Nice. Yep, that is my NHL
predictions. Alright, for our main topic of this
evening's podcast, we're gonna be going through
all 32 NHL teams and listing off who we think
is gonna be a sleeper, like a quietly really
good player this year, and who we think is gonna
be potentially maybe like the worst player or
maybe like a player that should be good, a player
that typically is good and might have an off
year. So we'll go alphabetical order, at least
that's how I have mine listed here. Going with
the Anaheim Ducks. For my sleeper for Anaheim,
I think Mason McTavish is gonna have like a quiet,
like a really good year quietly, because you
know being from Anaheim you might not pay a lot
of attention to him. I think he could potentially
have like a 70, maybe like a point per game kind
of season. For mine I got I mean a new team he's
gonna be a leader on set team so I feel like
he's gonna He's gonna step it up as one of the
veteran guys. He's getting up their knees. He's
what like 31 32 He's not too old, but he's getting
up there he is 31 31 and we're not locked to
just Before record right enough to be any plug
to be a fucking goalie Man that's kind of tough
See for me. I think they're breakout like sleeper
player. Honestly. I'm looking at somebody like
Troy Terry I can see that too. I think for tears
And they're not be any like record -breaking
numbers, but like Good good for him kind of thing.
Yeah, good for him kind of things I also actually
also said just like how I also send me some McTavish
as well Also, they got him as a emergency backup
with Dostle and Gibby is their two goaltenders.
So third string goaltender yeah maybe second
if dostal decides to you know shit himself there
yeah maybe uh for my tanker this one might actually
not be proper i said trevor's egress that's actually
what i also said just with just no i just noticed
the way he's been playing with me the last season
and like i've seen his play the first couple
games so far it almost seems as though he's playing
as if he doesn't really if he's not too happy
he doesn't really want to be there anymore well
when you just signed a contract i think I think
before last season, I think he signed this contract.
It was only three years, so I can probably prove
that it's only three years. He's probably doesn't
want to be there forever. Well, one of the best
player and one of the worst teams in the show.
Obviously, you're going to kind of be pissed
off and not want to be there. So that's why I
think he might have kind of an off year, maybe
not purposely, but just because the team itself
is so bad, he might not be as good as he should
be. I had two that could really be flipped between
another two. Bigger names and that's either alex
kalorn or their new captain fucking red coat
I Was shocked shocked a shit when I saw the red
coat goodness the new captain. Yeah fucking anybody
I I gotta agree with the alice kalorn part. I
mean he did go to Tampa But then again when he
was in Tampa they had a stacked fucking team
I mean if your best player is Trevor Zechras,
our best skater is going to be Trevor Zechras
and he doesn't give a fuck. And another one that
could be thrown into that hat could potentially
even be somebody like Mason McTavish too. Really?
That's what I said for my sleeper. For what?
Hamilton Bulldog? Alright. Moving on to the Boston
Bruins for my sleeper. I said Elias Lindholm
Okay, I think you got a very similar to him a
new team I think he you can have a pretty good
year with a very good Boston team He's gonna
have probably be put on the line. I would guess
probably with with passion act or March on Go
on, Jeffy. I said for me, I said on Morgan Geeky.
I could see that. Morgan Geeky, yeah. Fuck. I
genuinely think, and it's probably because he's
potentially like my favorite current Bruin, if
I'm going to have anybody. I'm going to say somebody
like Charlie McAvoy. OK. Quite a big fan of Mac
as it just as a defenseman I'll skip it. I'm
quick. I actually had it as my tanker Really?
I just I don't he's just kind of gotten worse
and worse as the years have gone on His work
here was pretty good. Then he had a pretty good
year the year after but then ever since then
he just kind of Kind of fell off. He hasn't had
a really good year since That's fair So my my
You know, Sleeper is going to be the newly acquired
Jonas Korpisala. Jonas Korpisala? Yeah, the guy
who came over in the Alamark trade from Ottawa,
you know. You have a really good backup gold
tender there? Well, I mean, obviously with his
piss -poor start against Florida in their home
opener, and you know, now that he actually is
on team who has a good supporting cast in front
of him now, finally, because Ottawa never had
that. Yeah. You know what I just realized? Almost
to the date, I am four months older than Jeremy
Swyman. Wow. And then my sleeper is going to
be Charlie Coyle. Or like your not so good player?
Yeah, not so good. My shite player of the season.
My tanker is... I might have to agree with...
That was an unfortunate decision for Boston.
I'd bring up there for Buffalo. Buffalo was probably
one of the toughest ones. I'm going and he's
been getting better since his rookie year. I
mean he was first overall in what the 21 draft
own power I Think this can be like his true breakout
seem like I think this might be his first like
full season Where he I think he's gonna do really
good possibly being right next to Darlene. I
think that's really gonna help Well, I think
he's currently on the second defensive parent
because Darlene's partner which I have as my
super is Yokihari. Yokihari? Okay. He's currently
on the top offensive corner of Dolby in the hand.
Just to see those guys, I saw a couple highlights
of Yokihari's first goal of the season and with
him and Dolby playing at the blue line with each
other, it's like, he is a wicked, wicked one
to you. I mean, he's on the right side, but how
they can switch back and forth and just slay
him away. I do think that might change. We might
see those two switch, you know, depends on how
well they play. Might see those steps switch.
It's not a mistake. They named Darlene Captain,
didn't they? Yep. Okay, I thought so. Which was
honestly well deserved. Honestly, they should
have... I was gonna say it was gonna be between
probably either him or Thompson. Yeah. Yeah.
Or Tuck on one of those two. Tuck too, yeah.
Yeah, maybe. But honestly, Darlene should have
been named at least before... even before Cock,
the fossil one even was. I'm the the oldest player
on on their blue line is Will be 20 years old
by the time to pay. I'll start or not 20 30 29
years old and a car I was gay that the youngest
is mr. Owen power himself. I Was between cup
Buffalo's probably was one of the tougher ones
tough because there's there's so many I could
just but like I'll kind of honorable mention
him um but I think um Peyton Krebs is gonna is
my honorable one then um but Owen Powers is my
own power is gonna be the breakout for me I think
my breakout just because again love him as a
modern day goaltender UPL it I and with an honorable
mention to believe it or not and you guys might
look at me crazy for this. JJ Peturka. Really?
I think he's due for a good season. I can agree
with that. That's why I said Buffalo was probably...
I think he's one of the more underappreciated
members of the Buffalo roster. I can respect
his game. Tanker. Dylan Cousins. I'm sorry. I'm
sorry. He's done pretty... He's not like the
top tier player, but he's been pretty consistent
in the last couple seasons here. And I know Tejan
Tukwalt really had to step up that four to core,
but like... I know with the addition to Jason
Zucker and the return to Jack Quinn, you know,
that will help, but you know, because he's gonna
have a shite year. That's actually who I also
said as well was Dill Cousins as well as my...
That's fair. Um... I actually... was gonna say
Jason Zucker I think this might be another situation
where you know that short hair where Taylor Hall
was over there for what half a season I think
we're seeing something similar with Zucker I
can see him being gone by the deadline I'm saying
either Zooks or believe it or not Sam Lafferty
yeah that's not a good fit over there for them
so who do we got up next there Haas? Calgary
shames He's gonna be my sleeper. Yeah, okay.
Yeah shit season asked here He's been shitting
that crap since he every ever since he came over
to Calgary Now it is there Yeah, it's third season
up in Calgary. He's finally gonna come back to
his Florida Panthers form and really step up
and no be in the spotlight For me, this is also
another a newly acquired from Calgary this offseason.
I think we mentioned this at the end of last
season We said that this guy specifically this
would be like a proof of year for him wherever
he decided to go where he signed that being former
Red Wing Place to go or if you want to want to
shine as one of the best players on the team
Well, it's because it's not fucking hard. Yeah
Yeah, I was tied between two one of them obviously
being mantha The other one's kind of a left.
Well, technically a right field type player in
under kuzmengo I think kuzmengo. I'd probably
put him a little bit It gets better and better
every year. I can see him being the one that
does it, yeah. Just like Collin, I also agree
that Jonathan Huberto will bounce back. I think
just last year was the year prior was just kind
of... For the tanker, I said just as a whole,
goaltending. I think goaltending is really gonna
be weird. They're not gonna have fun. Teams are
gonna have fun playing against Calgary because
they're both ending. I don't see... No offense,
either Dustin Wolf or Vlad R. I just don't think
that they can get it done. I think they're both
inexperienced. I don't think either one of them
are capable of being a starter just quite yet.
I would say Vlad R is 27. For me I think my tankers
gonna be My tanker is in his second stint with
Calgary, Mr. Ryan Lombard. Second stint, you
know, in Calgary, he spent the first 11 games
between the 17 -18, 18 -19 season in Calgary,
he spent the past four in the forward eye, obviously
winning the Stanley Cup, now back in Calgary.
Again, not gonna do good, but I don't think anybody's
gonna do good in that Calgary team. I was just
saying in mind it would be Tyson Barry in that.
Really? Yeah. I forgot he went to Calgary too.
Wow, I need to go back and re -look at the Friedensteinings
this past week. Yeah, so I was like... I forget
where half these plays are playing now. Colorado?
For Carolina. Carolina. I have goaltender Freddy
Anderson for my sleeper. Because he hasn't had
a full season in a couple years and I'm hoping
that this could be the year where he does...
Get to have that full season, full healthy season.
And when Freddie Henderson is healthy, he's a
damn good goalkeeper. He's arguably top five,
top seven in the league. In the league when he's
healthy. So I think he's going to be the slate.
He's going to have a quietly, like really, really
good bounce back season. Oh, wow. I forgot fucking
Brent Burns is over there now. Yeah. I was going
to say, yeah, Jack Rossovic's my sleeper. Third
team in two seasons, three seasons. Columbus
he started with and who did he get traded to?
The Rangers in the Deadline. The Rangers, that's
right, yeah. And then obviously his contract
expired and signed a, I forget how long of a
deal, but he signed a deal obviously now in Carolina.
So, you know, finally paying for, number one,
a good team that's not Columbus. And, you know,
that doesn't have the president's curse on them
like in New York, so. For mine... For my sleeper,
honestly, I'm gonna say somebody Fuck this is
tough because I'm too tight between two either
Jesper Jesper eco can hear me or Believe it or
not somebody like Martin egus About that Martin
egus is actually my tanker really um for the
sole reason is every time that i think oh i think
the penguins should have went after him this
off season whatever he signs he ends up having
a shit year so i said that the penguins should
have went after martiniches this off season so
therefore he's probably going to have a shit
year so i'm just saying that just specifically
for that reason i said my sleeper is obviously
um seth jarvis and then my um excuse me um He's
actually one of the three players in between
For your tanker or for my tanker or mom's gots
to be here And believe it or not. This might
be a hot take. I'm gonna get a lot of flack for
it Between injuries and just playing like playing
a garbage snake. I don't think this season's
gonna be a hot season for him Get out get out
of my house right now Yeah, I would say Honestly,
I'm going to say Bedard and potentially even
somebody like, um, what the fuck, I mean, oh,
uh, two Votera Vina. Okay. And then tanker as
much as it fucking hurts me to say, uh, honestly,
probably Razzie. Razzie. Oh, Razzie. Well, they
might tankers gonna be the other Connor on this
roster and Connor Murphy Yeah, I think I'm sorry
you can but I'm going to have a Bertouzi I just
don't think that Chicago is a good system for
him, just based on his play. How he played in
Detroit, how he played in Toronto, I just don't
think it's a good system for him. Detroit, Boston,
Toronto, all good systems for him. Now moving
on to the Colorado Avalanche. Sleeper who I believe
was recently part of the trade last season at
the deadline Casey Mettlestad You know a fresh
head with a brand new brand new team Fresh head,
you know fresh offseason a lot of time to rest
and you know, but get to know this system. I'm
saying can't forget about I still remember a
few years ago when Ethan was laughing for 20
minutes when he saw that name. Ivan, Ivan, Ivan.
Like you cannot have a more fucking Russian name
than that. I want to see you pronounce it. I
want to guess it's probably like Ivan Ivan or
something like that. But well the technical Russian
pronunciation of Ivan is actually Vanya. Really?
Yeah. Imagine if it's like Vanya Ivan. Yeah,
it's just the three different fucking ways that
you can say Ivan. It's like that, have you seen
that family feed clip, the Obu Obu? That's what
it reminds me of. Obu, can I guess what your
middle name is? Obu. Casey Middlestad for Colorado.
For Toronto? For the Toronto Avalanche? Toronto
Avalanche. The Toronto St. Pat's, right? The
Toronto St. Avalanche. I'm going to say... It's
either going to be for me either Mika Rantanen
or Devin Taves. Really? Okay. I'd say the one
I have is the rookie. The former Osweill general,
Kalen Ritchie. Yeah, I can see that. Kalen Ritchie.
Yeah, my tanker. I think he's going to have a
bad season this year as much as he gets to play
Alexander Georgiev. Really? He's also my tanker.
Yeah. Who's your sleeper for? My sleeper. I just
had him, sorry. Nate Mack? I'm between Da 'Han
and Logan O 'Connor. I almost said Logan O 'Connor.
Believe it or not, for Colorado, I just said
as a whole, just defense. For tanking. I mean,
outside of Kel McCarr and maybe Sam Gerrard,
they don't have a whole lot out of there. I mean,
Devontae's... can be good at times. Josh Manson
can be good at times, but I mean Sam Molenski,
Noel Ben Fetty, Calvin DeHaan, Elver Clinton,
John Ludwig, just they're young, they're not
experienced. I think that's outside of Kyle McCarr
and Sam Gerrard. I think they're going to start
a little bit. That's actually why I said my tanker
was going to be Devon Taveson. That's fair. Sleeper
I'm saying Shawn Monahan he's gonna play his
ass off for his buddy his buddy Johnny cuz from
the fact that he's For me I'm gonna say it's
I can't really narrow it down to just one. It's
really tough Between probably either Adam Fantelli
or Zach Warinski I would say I'd probably put
Warinski over Fantelli in that Just I think he's
been good in the past he he's shown signs of
greatness For my sleeper I'm gonna put Jake Jones
no Shawn. I am he kidding me Jack Johnson. Yeah
For my tanker For my tanker I Don't know I mean
your stereotypical would be I would be Jack Johnson
and I know that it's gonna be you know, okay
stereotyping it but I Don't know maybe maybe
Kent Johnson or Boone Jenner. Sorry Boone Jenner
is gonna be out for Quite a while because I just
saw that he's gonna be out at least five to six
months in the months really Yeah, when he say
weeks and then it turned into five to six months
for my tanker. I'm actually gonna say Jvr Yeah,
I almost put him but I ended up doing with a
Mars Lincolns. Oh Elvis I don't I think because
I get Daniel Tarasoff who's pretty good for as
young as he is and you look pretty good preseason
at least the game I was at i think he might have
that fear of i mean he might be the elephant
he might play his ass off so he doesn't lose
his position to daniel but um i think if in some
ways i might let him get to him he might end
up playing playing poorly to where he might end
up getting benched be the backup to to daniel
all right i got i am getting damn office sweeper
really yeah hiding in the the shadows of rupee
and johnson and Jason Robertson, you know, he
probably wants to step it up and try and earn
top six minutes or a valuable top six minutes.
Johnson is actually who I had in my sleeper.
I think I think Johnson is going to have. Why
Johnson? Why Johnson? You know, I think he might
have been he might even be like top two and maybe
number one in scoring for that team. I think
he might even outshine like group A and Jason
Robertson. I think he's going to have the absolute
why. See, I actually had a defenseman for this
one. I had Mero Heisken. Yeah, I had him as my
my sleeper and then my tanker Unfortunately Casey
the Smith. Yeah, let's go see Matthew dumbasses
my tanker Yeah, I said yeah, I said Jamie been
Just his age is gonna catch up till he's getting
old. He's like 35 36 now He's definitely not
as good as he used to be. Maverick Bork, is that
in relations to Ray? I have no idea. No clue.
Just curious. I don't know if anybody knows.
Moving on to Ethan's Detroit Red Wings. Ethan,
will you take it off? Start off then. So many
good choices. Fuck man, that's going to be tough.
Imagine I fucking shit. No, I Said I thought
sorry. He's only like 30 years old or 29 years
old 1994 so he turned 20 in August on August
22nd, so He just turned 30. In other words, he
feels like he should be so much older. Because
it feels like a century ago that he played football.
I also kind of forgot he was the one tonight,
too. The model was? Yeah. I just saw that. See,
that's why I didn't like him. That's what the
model was. I kind of forgot when I saw it recently.
I knew there was something to model with him.
I just said that, you dumbass. Wow, Joe Valino
is way fucking younger than I thought he was.
He's like 23, isn't he? Yeah. I'll see. My sleeper
is dad Tarris Anko, man. Yeah, my sleeper actually
is going to be Honestly, I might catch some fucking
weird ass looks for this But I don't really care.
I'm going to say it's going to be JD Culver I
Mean honestly the trucks one of those like I
think I don't see a lot of people having a bad
year on this team. No. No. I honestly don't think
that they might be a role answer. That's why
I'm really struggling trying to be like, who
is going to absolutely fucking bomb this season?
I don't think that there's a wrong answer for
soccer. No. I just put ADB and Lucas Raymond
because I think both of them are going to have
way better than people. People think, oh, they
might have a good year, really, because Raymond's
going to be a dog. No. Lucas Raymond's going
to be a dog. And you know who? This is where
I'm really going to get some shit. You know who
I think my tanker is going to be? I think my
tanker is going to be Patrick Kane. Do you think
he'll at least have a good year here? I don't
think so. I think his age is going to start showing.
I mean, he was fairly injury -prone when he was
with Chicago. So I'm just like, I'm happy. Don't
get me wrong. I'm happy as fuck that we have
him, but I don't think that he's going to live
up to what he's being paid this year. I said
for my sleeper I said Tyler Mott. Okay, yeah
I could see that. There's so many choices. No,
Mott's a solid choice actually. I don't think
there's a wrong answer for a sleeper. Detroit
was just probably like Buffalo, they were tough.
But my tanker, I have Ollie Mott as my tanker.
I have a fellow defense man as my tanker and
Jeffrey Petrie. sales between Petri or Mata I'm
actually gonna go with one of the people that
has actually been highly ranked it's Simon Eddinson
okay for your sleeper? my tanker oh your tanker
I just I just don't think he's like kind of what
you said with Patrick Kane I don't think he's
given way up to the hype that he's been given
but I play playing with like um Grand Rapids
and I think I don't know if he's spent time in
Toledo or not but From what I've seen I know
he I think he's been caught up a couple different
times had a couple small two three game since
with Detroit and he just hasn't been nearly what
they thought he was gonna be I know they actually
have a solid full good team around him. Maybe
that might change but I was just saying looking
at the roster for this season with the Red Wings
man, it's the most balanced they've looked as
a team for again in probably the last 15 years.
That's probably the better part of our lifetime.
Oh, yeah. 15, uh... Push them 20 years. Since
the Lindstrom Datsun, Zettelberg days. Like,
this is a good fucking team. Moving on. The reigning
Stanley Cup runner -ups, the Edmonton Oilers.
I'd say for my sleeper, it's gonna be Jess Skinner.
New team, you know, he finally has a team that
knows how to make it to the playoffs. you know
when he was with carolina that's back when they
were bad and they didn't know how to make the
playoffs send over to buffalo buffalo hasn't
made the playoffs in what 14 years now i think
now that he's actually on a good team a team
that knows how to make the playoffs i think he's
gonna have a baller year for me i said victor
arbertson like obviously he's seen a brand new
team as well like kind of from la and that i
don't like seeing him north of the border i really
don't that's fair Skinner or Arvidsson? Arvidsson.
Arvidsson? I was going to say, I'm going with
Matthias Yenmark as my potential sweeper. I figured
you would have gone with Corey Perry. No, he's
actually going to be my tanker. No, I think you
got your things flipped in. No, I'm pretty confident
in this game. Dude, I know you have a Corey Perry
jersey on the way here right now. No. It's hiding,
it's actually... Go ahead and look for it at
home. It's either in the closet or in the mansion.
What is it? Is London Night's Jersey? Oh, it'd
be even better. Least favorite player, least
favorite team. I was going to say, I'm pretty
confident that I'm confident this is my house,
so... Thank you, sir. Obviously not too confident.
What did you have for your sleeper from the tip?
My sleeper... Looking at him, uh... Honestly,
for my sleeper, I'm gonna say Toy Stature. Really?
Okay, that's definitely a different one. Yeah,
it's a different one, but I think he's gonna
use it. Jeff, what'd you say? Um, I had Darn
Elle Nurse as... Your sleeper? Okay. I mean,
not sleeper, I meant Victor Arvidson. Arvidson
was my nurse. Darn Elle Nurse was, like, tanker.
I also have Matthias for a tanker, but I have
Matthias Echol. I just know how much you love
him Colin He loves him so much he had to go into
the other room to express his love Florida Panthers
sleeper I said I think he's gonna have a pretty
good year this year. Looks really good in game
one against Boston. Main reason I'm basing it
on him, he's having a really solid start to the
season. I'm hoping he can keep that up. You know,
handling injuries, I don't wish that on anybody,
but I can very easily see him possibly jumping
up to as high as the second line over there.
Yeah, I can see him. I think he's gonna have
a good year. That's actually, I was between him
or Carter Verheggie is mine. Carter Verheggie
is mine. But I ended up with Rodriguez and then
Verheggie was my honorable. And my tanker honestly
is Aaron Echola. I said Dmitry Kulikov. I actually
went with the Captain Sasha Barkov. Okay, my
sleeper is Nate Schmitty boy. My tanker is gonna
be Samuel Reinhardt. Yeah, hot take. After last
year, you think he's gonna be here? Yeah, he's
gonna nosedive. Hot take, I know. That's for
that massive contract too, can you imagine that?
Oh my god. LA, sleepers I have... My sleepers
are actually the goal tenders in Kemper and Riddick
Kemper's gonna come back to Santa Cup form like
he did in 2022 with Colorado and Reddick's finally
gonna step it up here. Kemper's another one I
forgot. Big save Dave. I mean Kemper's 34 and
Reddick's 32. So I mean granted they're older.
Kemper's 34? Yeah. Damn. Kemper May 5th 1990.
Damn. For me my sleeper is Quentin Byfield. That
was probably the toughest one. Even with how
old they are, they have a lot of older guys.
It's tougher to choose a tanker for this team.
That one's kind of hard as I really don't know
I think for me my sleeper believe I might catch
some weird shit for this but Philip to know Yeah
I think Philip to know is gonna be a massive
sleeper for LA this year and then the tanker
Tanking I was tied between Either Honestly, I'm
gonna just come straight out and say either Tanner
Janelle or Kevin Viola Really? Yeah. Viola is
one of my two. You're tankers? Yeah, one of my
two tankers. The two F's. Viola and Warren Fogel.
Wow. Another former Otter. Yep. I forgot he went
to LA. I was looking through the roster as well.
I was like, what the fuck did he go to LA? Tanker.
I said Vlad Gavrikov. He's just one of the younger
guys on the team newer to him. I think he only
played one thing like half the season last year
So I think he came over in the the quick trade
didn't he? I think he came over from Columbus
in the quick trade Which you know quick quick
amount of time in Columbus. Yeah, Jersey retirement
coming soon Hey, what are you talking about?
Johnson quick is a Columbus legend Columbus Blue
Jackets a legend Okay, coming soon. Nobody remembers
how good he was Did he never lace up for them?
He was with them for like two days. That's right.
Nationwide was salty and past. Minnesota, right?
Minnesota. Minnesota. My sleeper, I have a Brock
favor on the fence. I got Matt Zucarola. Thanks.
He's gonna step it up. He's getting up there
too. He's just a little bit younger than Sid.
September 1st of 87. I said Matt Bode. I can
see that too. Yeah. Bold choice. Honestly, for
a breakout year, I'm gonna say somebody like
Joel Ericksonack. Is it sleeper? Yeah, that was
my sleeper. He's getting better and better as
the years go on. And then there's Mike Tanker.
Again, depending on how much he plays. Somebody
like Philip Gustafson. That's actually exactly
what I said. Mine was only for in hopes that
Florrie can see more playing time. That's the
only reason I put that. For my tanker, another
player who doesn't want to be in his current
system in his current franchise, Kirill Deprizov.
You can tell just with his attitude, his mindset,
he does not want to be in Minnesota. Montreal,
my sleeper. Cole Caulfield. He's never really
really shined and shown 100 % what he's came
for. This year he's really good. He's looking
really good this year and I think rocking that
number 13 in honor of Johnny, he's gonna put
on the best damn show he possibly can. Wear that
number with pride and do a good job doing it
too. And try to make Johnny proud. I actually
picked somebody who's only 19 days younger than
Caulfield and that's Kirby Dock. Doc. Is that
young? Caulfield was born January 2nd of 01 and
Doc was January 21st of old. Really? I didn't
know Doc was that young. They're both very freak.
I thought Doc was a little bit closer to my age,
maybe like a year older, like closer to you guys,
but wow, I thought he was, I didn't know he was
that young. For my sleeper this season, and I
think, I know I'm personally gonna try and watch
him a little bit more and pay a little bit more
attention to that. them is the main between the
pipes and same mountain bow yeah he had a damn
good first game yeah i would say i think mountain
bow is going to be a massive sleeper and the
tankers it's a tie between arbor jackeye and
uh your eye slakovsky really i almost put slakovsky
for my tanker yeah i got gallacher as my tanker
He's just getting worse and worse as the years
go on. Slavkovsky's a lot younger than I thought.
He's 22. He's 20. March 30th, 2004. His first
overall was the 22. Do you remember the 23 draft?
No, 21, sorry. The one that Shane Wright was
supposed to go first overall, but he ended up
going like 5th. I thought that was 22. All right,
I moved us 23 was bedard obviously 24 is Macklin
think garage women first point to the 21 might
have been power 22 He's baby I said for my tanker
it was Josh Anderson, okay, I actually saying
the captain Really? I think that's another situation
where he doesn't play as like he's happy there.
I mean he had a decent year last year. But I
mean he's in Montreal. I wouldn't be happy. I
was going to say I wouldn't be fucking happy.
I think he's going to have an off year at least.
I think Cole Colfield is going to play well enough
to where he might not be looked at as how he
should. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait,
wait, Oh, he's gonna be Vesna Calvert for sure.
Oh, 100%. Absolutely monstrous. He's younger
than I thought he was. Sorcery, 30? Uh, no. He's
three years older than me. So, yeah, 28, 29.
Damn. Yeah, that's actually who I also was gonna
say used to say Soros. I was also between Brady,
um, Sky, pretty much. yeah pretty shade but used
to start with my number one for uh for my tanker
stamp goes yeah being so used to that tampa bay
system for what 13 14 years now i think he's
gonna struggle to try to find his groove in this
and this is off right now i have the same one
but in late the same player but in late which
one is that pk Yeah, I was gonna say my sleeper
is this man right? Wait, I'll start on one Roger
Lee It's gonna be this man right here. That's
what I said. Yeah, it's unfortunately. It's gonna
be stem coast Just the fact that he said he's
gonna be your sleeper. I see Well, you guys are
sad I think just because he's so used to that
Tampa Bay system. I think he's just it's gonna
take him a while Honestly, my tankers are a braid
of shade. He said his is the sleeper. My sleeper
is actually going to be John Marchesot. I can
see him doing well there, yeah. I think John
Marchesot. He's one of their big, where they
just fucking went off in a matter of like an
hour. Because what, Shay, Marchesot, and Stancoz
are basically all in a matter of like an hour?
Yeah. Like the first, within like the first three
hours of free agency open, like, natural chill.
I would say it's probably going to be a tie between
the Jews and what's -his -nots Montresel as my
sleepers. Not to be confused with the old Jersey,
but the New Jersey. The sleeper. I'm a little
Jesper brat. He's been quietly decent the past
couple seasons, but I think this is going to
be a good year where he can really go off. Which
for him going off might be probably a 70 70 point
season But I think he can probably I think he
might be able to reach point per game I said
since he's joined his new team. I said Jacob
Mark strong in that Really? That's that's fair
Holy fuck Dougie Hamilton's got a neck on him
No, that motherfuckers got 18 inches in that
between Dougie and Jonathan I don't even know
how to pronounce his name, but There are two
necks alone are probably as tall as Burke Dude,
he looks like Theo Vaughn fucking impersonating
a giraffe Yeah, my two speakers are either Dawson
Mercer Tomas Dittar It's on it's almost like
somebody say Tata except no they can't pronounce
the D. So they say teens Honestly, my two sleepers
are either gonna be Eric Holla or under a lot.
Okay tanker Brendan Dillon that fucking bum.
I'm so disappointed back in the division There's
so many words that I can't say on the air, so
I'm going to have to wait until posture. My tanker
I'm actually going to say is... Honestly, I'm
going to get some shit for this. Jackie Hughes.
Yeah, that's... That's another hot take out of
your boy Ethan. I said my tanker was actually
Nico Hescher. I can see that one more than Hughes.
Jackie is a monster. He's going to go off. He's
also fucking young. tanker i said i just know
when i said goaltending as a whole i i think
cool i think new jersey is pretty weak when it
comes to gold jake allen and jacob markstrom
new yorkship is is okay i mean he he didn't do
well his last two years in calgary um calgary
is the home new jersey has shown signs of being
good obviously they made the playoffs one two
years ago dude he's a big motherfucker yeah he's
a big boy he's a 65 66 207 Going to the Long
Island, the short island. The most boring team
of all of NHL. Who, the Isles? Yeah. They're
so bland. I'm sorry, I don't, outside of the
JG, Pajo, and maybe Casey Sezekas, I don't see
anybody on this team doing exceptionally well.
You have Sezekas doing well over anybody else?
Yeah, surprise, surprise. Really? Is that so
like your sleepers? Not really. I mean, Zekas
is going to do Zekas things. I mean, I know you
also have players on there. Bo Horvat, Anders
V. Bo Horvat is who I have as my sleeper. I think
Bo Horvat is going to have his New York Islander
breakout season. I just think he might start
being as good as he was up in Vancouver. And
then you obviously have players that you don't
even surrogate can do in surrogate things, which
you expect good things out of him. He's arguably...
one of the two best goaltenders in all the state
of New York. Looking at all the great goaltenders
there are in NHL right now, I think he's probably
one of the more underrated ones is Sorokin. My
sleeper, and I think it's just because I like
the dude, is Anders Lee. From the Bluecoats.
Sleeper pick. I think this guy's gonna have the
best year. He since being drafted is capo -caco
I think this is gonna be a year where he actually
where he goes off and actually plays to his second
overall potential See I was gonna go with Alex
Alexia. I would say But again, he's also done
always good stuff or he's been good for the bluecoats.
It's gonna be a tie between Mika's advantage
and and Honestly, Vinny trochek Yeah for my sleepers
and then for my tankers Again, it's probably
gonna be a tie between either Jacob Truba or
Chad Ruedel If defenseman if he's lucky, so I
said Riley Smith True by Jacob true by Tinker
I actually said Savannah Jeff my tanker really
I think more of a reason because I've never really
liked the guy I've never been a big Savannah
Jeff fan He was okay up in audible, but ever
since he never cared for I've never been I never
knew that I don't he's not I won't he will probably
be like my top 10 most hated but I've just I've
never I've never loved I've never hated him,
but I've never like you've been neutral on i've
just i've never been a huge fan also did you
know that vinnie trochek is a pittsburgh native
yeah i did not know that i just saw like there
was like the other day they did and lafferty
gibson trochek i think there's one or two others
that are from the pittsburgh area like it was
that isn't john gibson yeah really gibson's pittsburgh
yeah no shit sam lafferty's from uh chippensville
which is right outside of yeah i know where chippensville
is like yeah because no Oh check in Crosby did
a For to celebrate the home on the opening night.
They did like who knows Pittsburgh more Crosby
or Trosha That actually was funny. I was like,
come on Alright move on to the Ottawa Senators
Senators my sleeper is Shane Pinto I Think Pinto
Pinto beans gonna have a good season. That's
the safe bets. I mean If you are betting man,
then... I forgot he was... 41 games. Half the
season. I mean, that's a better judgment call.
I bet he's gonna have a good season. How much
do we have to put on that? 41 games! 41 games!
41 games! Honestly, I think my tanker as much
as I love them as a goalie Well, it's gonna be
kind of a stammer situation where he's just he
got so used to playing with the Boston system
that now he's having to adjust to a completely
new team. Did you know he started in Buffalo?
Yeah. Oh marked it. Oh marked it. Oh marked it.
Oh marked it. Oh marked it. Oh marked it. Oh
marked it. Oh marked it. Oh marked it. Oh marked
it. Oh marked it. Oh marked it. He oh mark paid
with the Sabres from 2015 until 2021 Wow Really?
Yeah, I'm trying to do the math here. I was just
very one hand number of games Yeah, 21 5 37 34
20 The most wins he's gotten this season is the
1920 season and 34 games played 17 wins 14 losses
Next goes 18 19 with 37 games. He has 15 wins
14 losses Over to Boston but on my tanker is
going to be Claude Giroux. My sleeper is going
to be Peron. My tanker, you betcha. No, I gotta
agree with Ethan here. Mine is all marks when
we tank him. Which it sucks because I love him
as a goalie. I do too. I honestly do too. As
far as active goalies go, he's top five for me,
easy. Like, he was the one good thing in Boston
when he was with Boston. Well, that's hanging
between him and Swamin in Boston. That tandem
was perfect. I'm going to miss those goalie odds
between those two. Yeah, that was like one that
I did like though in Boston. Given the fact that
Swamin just recently signed his new contract.
Swim inside his new fucking what was it like
an eight -year deal with Boston? What would you
do if in the time that he was Still in free agency
if you got the notification that Detroit scooped
them I want to throw something at you right now.
I was gonna hit the window behind you up it try
it you could certainly try moving on to The Philadelphia
Flyers. They're all tanking. They're all tanking.
No. Breakout's gonna be Jamie. I got Joel Farabee.
He's always been Disa, but he's never, again,
had room to shine as a number one guy. I think
he could do that. A tanker I have, Shank Terrier.
Just his age is, I think he's catching up to
him. I think we saw a lot of that last season.
I just don't think he's gonna do well. For me,
my... Fuck, man. My... My two fucking sleepers
are either going to be Garnet Hathaway or Owen
Tippett. I can see both of those, yeah. And I
would have to agree with Kyle that as my tanker,
it's going to be Sean Couturier. I actually said...
said Owen Tippett was gonna be my sleeper and
then I actually had Ramsey's Rooster and Linen
as my... He's a fucking fucker isn't he? My tanker.
Rooster and Linen? Yeah. He's a goofy little
son of a bitch. Um, I gotta agree with you. I
probably said that already. Yeah, Kateria was
my second choice for tanking. Pittsburgh! The
Pittsburgh retirement home. Sleepers, I'll pull
your army. I'm sorry. I thought about putting
him, but I went the guy I mentioned earlier who
I'm more than thrilled to see is Rucker McGurrty.
I don't think he's gonna have like a colder season,
but I think he's there might be a point where
he might be in the discussion, but I don't think
he's gonna be quite that good, but he's gonna
be debated with one of the better younger one
of the better rookies. There's two that I for
my sleepers from Pittsburgh. That's obviously
Rucker McGurrty as well. I think the problem
was I think they maybe threw him in and started
him a little too soon I think maybe they should
have waited till this season to actually start
him Well, you got to remember all the injuries
and surgeries he dealt with that season so he
really couldn't find this groove. I think they
started and threw him into the mix a little too
soon. I think maybe they should have waited until
this season to throw him in. Yeah, I can see
him having a baller year. There's actually a
couple guys. I'm going to have several guns held
in my head during this one. I don't really give
a shit. I mean the tanker for obvious reasons
is first Adjari. I am sorry, but he is a garbage
goaltender. He's one of three. I'm sorry. He's
one of three. For my sleepers, one of them is
very near and dear to my heart. Mr. fucking EK65
himself. Wow. You said a sleeper compared to
a last one. Or this is where I might have a gun
held to my head a little bit. Matt Nieto. I don't
think he's going to get enough playing time.
I don't think he's played yet. I don't think
he's played any one of the three games so far.
No, considering I think he's a minor still. I
think he might still be a minor. Even when he
comes back, he's going to be 13th forward. I
would say either Matinieto or Raquel. Okay, that's
where we're going to have shit. I could see Raquel
too. Raquel is showing signs of greatness. He
was showing signs of greatness in preseason too.
You may be bigger than me, but just remember,
the bigger they are, the harder they fall, motherfucker.
Okay? Cool. Tanker, I'm going with Marcus Patterson.
Unfortunately. I'm another one of my three. He
did not look that too good last year, and he's
already off to a pretty rough start this year.
My three are Jari, Patterson, and fucking Ryan
Graves himself. Ryan Graves, yeah. I said my
three are... Jari was... I'll just name the two,
Jari and LaTangre. I don't think Tanger is ever
going to be like that bad. He's never going to
be as good as he was at one point. I can also
for some reason see Jari being a sleeper. I don't
necessarily see him being a tanker because from
the two games we've seen for him, Bloomquist
is probably making him shit his pants. He's probably
starting to shit his pants. With Ned coming back.
Ned's coming back like Jari might. end up getting
fucking cut. How's he getting the boot? He's
probably shitting his pants out. Now here's my
question. Who do you think would be dumb enough
to pick up Jarry if he were to get fucking the
boot from the black and gold? I say if all people
it's going to be Philly it's going to be dumb
enough. They lost their number one gold tender
to a stupid instant master in Carter Hart. I'm
sorry like they don't have a true number one
gold tender out there. Are you able to see him
going somewhere like, um... Detroit? Ironically,
like once he leaves just because they won't have
him back other than him, Minnesota. He'll replace
Flory when Flory leaves at the end of the season.
Yeah, that's fair. Alright. The San Jose Sharks.
San Josie. Uh, I'm sorry, Sol Breena is gonna...
Hey, it's gonna happen. I still work here here.
So I need Once he's back Yeah, like Injury or
not like when he's playing when he's healthy,
I mean, I assume all these prayers once they
get healthy They're gonna either be fucking fantastic.
Are there gonna be dog water? Yeah Celebrating
was probably was my breakout even though I'm
actually gonna say tower to Foley. He's my second
choice honestly because He hasn't really been
healthy enough to I mean looking at last year
the 23 24 season he played in six games and he
one assist that's it i think for me personally
like my sleeper is going to be him again man
between the pipes and mckenzie blackwood about
that i was actually my tanker was i just as a
whole i said goaltending again gold i think mckenzie
blackwood who's their back who's there yeah neither
one of those guys i think are have the potential
to be the number one true star my tanker It's
probably gonna be somebody like Cody CC. I can
see that, yeah. I was gonna say the rest of the
Charts are gonna be a tanker. The whole team.
The whole team. You're not wrong. But in all
fairness, they really haven't been good since
EK left. It hasn't been one year, but yeah. Right,
they haven't been good that year. They haven't
been good since he joined the team. He was the
best player on that team. That's not saying did
he win both of his coders with them or both his
nurses with them or he wouldn't one with what
one with thought I want one sounds a Moving on
to the newest team technically second to his
team now, I guess the Seattle Kraken. Let's see.
I'll crack it on my sleeper I got the guy who
the gold guy between the pipes for this one,
but I just signed the big contract and Joey the
court I Think he's gonna have the killer year.
He was he shown signs of greatness last year.
He had a couple You know, a little bit of a fall
of things like mid -season, but I think he's
going to have a really good year. My sleeper?
Oh, Brandon Tanev. Brandon Tanev. I said my sleeper
is Shane Wright. Shane Wright? Oh, fuck. My two
sleepers, and I was torn between the two of them,
either Yanni Gord or Andre Berkovski. OK. And
then tanker. I'm going to give a little bit of
a hot take here, and I don't really care. I'm
going to say Jamie Aleksiak. That's not too much
of a hot take honestly. I think I'm going to
have a bigger hot take. Oh, Matty Benegers? Sophomore
slump. You think? He's going to hit a sophomore
slump, and he's going to really fucking tank
it. I actually have. Who, I think Jeffy said,
Shane Ray. I think it's my tank here. Really?
Um, he's just, he has yet to live up to the potential
that he had, all the hype he had coming out of
the O. He just has yet to... And he's enough,
but you also gotta remember, he's another one
that's young. He's only 20. Yeah, he's young.
I'd say he spent a lot of time with Coachella
last year and the year before. Yeah, but I still,
that might be the reason I might still think
he might not quite be ready yet for the NHL level.
Um, but hey, put me around, Shane, go for it.
My sleeper I I know we all hate this fucking
brother mr. Jordan young upcoming talent a lot
of good guys in the roster um too bad they just
can't put it all together and have a good season
i know the past couple years they've kind of
sucked ass um this guy is one he has had really
good season in the past but i think he's it's
i think he's going to just get better and better
from here is robert thomas yeah um honestly i
think for me my breakout Like my sleeper are
actually both ironically defensemen. Yeah, and
either Nick Letty or Pio Joseph Okay, I said
I actually will agree with Kyle for my my sleepers
Robert Thomas and obviously the Tanker is gonna
be the ghosts himself Casper Honestly, for me,
my sleeper, I'm going to pull a guy over here
and just say goaltending. I don't like Jordan
Bennington. He's a baby back bitch. He's such
a punk. He's such a pest. It'd be different if
he was good. There's tons, he gives up five goals
on 20 shots and he goes and taunts the bench
and tries to pick a fight with Flurry. Like,
technically Flurry went over to beat the shit
out of him, but the rest wouldn't let him. I'm
still pissed about that. If we're gonna talk
the talk, walk the walk. To this day I'm so pissed
off that they brought this eventually. I really
wanted to see Flurry. That was gonna be one of
the best goalie fights of all time. I wanted
to see Flurry give him the one -two -fuck -off
combo. Like, I'm sorry, if you're somebody like
Sidney Crosby, even, I know he doesn't go out
and talk shit, but like, he has a reason to go
out and talk shit. I mean, the main was one of
the faces of the fucking league and he has been
for the last decade. More than that. Like, I'm
sorry, you're one of the two franchises that
walked us out of the last full season lockout.
Between him and Ovia. Like, I'm sorry. Like,
you can talk shit. You've proved it. You can
talk shit. Go off, King, but... I'm sorry. Excuse
me, my tanker out of St. Louis is gonna be another
defenseman in Colton Perego. Okay, yeah. I think
he has just these... He's been declining. He
had a couple of good years, but he just hasn't
really been that goodness as of late. I think
this year's might be one of his worst years.
Yeah, I'm sorry. I'm gonna keep talking shit
with the baby back bitch himself. Any fans outside
of St. Louis who likes Jordan Bennington? I thought
to be honest. Probably nobody. Does even St.
Louis like Bennington? Probably not. He fucking
sucks. He's not... Again, it'd be different if
he was good. If he was an actually good goaltender.
I remember specifically that one time against
Pittsburgh, he went after Jason Zucker in the
one game. And it's just when Jason Zucker went
on to score a goal, literally like a couple minutes
later, and then he got yanked, and he's going
over and he starts chirping Zucker. And then
I love Zucker. He's just kind of strong. You
gave him four goals in 25 minutes of game play,
and he was talking shit still. And he got fucking
polled. You know the only time the bend of the
hand could talk shit? It was the year they won
the cup. It was his rookie season. Went off,
yeah. Yeah, okay, that ain't fine. Talk your
shit, bud. Since then... Even then, I thought
he seemed like a funny guy, but now he's just...
He's an arrogant bitch, like... He's a baby back,
baby back, baby back. He is a baby back... Baby
back bitch. Hey, Jordan Bennington, if you ever
listen to... I think I could speak from all of
us here at BPS. Fuck yourself sideways Seven
ways from Sunday. Is that the other you're the
same six ways from something? Going on to the
Tampa Bay lightning call me bias here with the
former area I'm between two DQ I'm gonna say
let me honor you. It's either gonna be either
Eric Chernak or so really So really is one and
then the other one was Nick Paul That's actually
surprising. But I honestly give it to Cirelli
first, but Nick Paul was my second choice. Because
I was saying, we know point in Kujama. You guys
can't forget about Zemgus Gergensen. He's actually
my sleeper. I'm an honest sleeper. My tanker.
For me, my sleeper. And I'm going to let my full
bias show because he's a former Red Wing Luke
Glendening. Your sleeper? Yeah, he's going to
be my sleeper. My tanker. Honestly, my tanker
is probably going to be like Ryan McDonough.
I can see that. I'm actually going to say Brandon
Bolling for my tanker. Really? I think it's going
to be similar with, he's going to be missing
his buddy Stancoast up there on the first line.
It might take him some time to get used to that
new first line center mate. Well remember, Stammer
was playing on the wing these past couple seasons.
Oh yeah, well regardless, he's going to be missing
his and his lineman, Brady Pond's going to be
missing his lineman there with Stammer, so. Yeah,
I think he might struggle to start off, but we'll
see, we'll see. Prove me wrong, again, another
one I hope he proves me wrong. I like Brady Pond,
I do, I just, I think he might struggle without
his buddy up there. Yeah, that's fair. Alright,
next up. Toronto. Oh, I still gotta do my tanker.
This one was another one, it was tough. For me,
I said Victor Edmond, now being the new Rayleigh.
Whoa, that's bold. It's a bold one. That's a
boiling hot tank right there. Just think I thought
mine was a hot take that's a boiling. Yeah Like
now being the new captain like just seeing how
he can Yeah Move on to the maple laughs my sleeper
I got Matthew nice Easy young another young dude.
I think he's only also like 22 23 years old.
I think he's gonna have a monster year. I Think
he's gonna he's gonna go off That's fair. Joseph
Waller. Brick Waller. Really? That's... Okay.
For myself, my sleeper, I'm tied between, I'm
really struggling between either OEL or Willie
Neelanger. Yep. And then Tanker. Honestly, tanker,
I'm gonna say either... Honestly, either Reeves
or Dhoni. My tanker is Johnny Boizia. Tiberius.
I thought I was gonna get shipped that. I was
debating. I think just getting the seed taken
away from him, I think that's gonna affect his
playstyle a little bit. It might shake him up
a little bit. It caused him to not perform at
least up to his standards. like what you would
expect out of him i'm not saying he's gonna have
a shit year but definitely not not not what you
would expect out of johnny take johnny junta
mirrors so that's honestly not horrible take
on my my sleeper is just a bull and then my tanker
actually i think it's gonna be a hot take um
mitch martin martin really wow damn that's that's
another hot like my second really big hot take
i think I'm excited to watch more of him this
year. I think Dylan Gunther. Going back to last
year, he has like 18 goals in his last 25 games
going back to last year. He's done a really hot
strip and he's doing really, really well. I think
he's gonna have a really good season. So far
this season in three the three games played he
has five goals and In his career 81 games played
29 goals and 26 assists I think they're gonna
be a lot of fun to watch this year. Yeah, don't
come through is actually my My sleeper this year
The one that I'm excited to watch once he comes
back off I are you guys can probably guess No,
it's sort of just healthy healthy. Yeah, sir.
Jeff Cole and Pertuzzo and Jersey are all healthier
I have his Jersey upstairs and I was pissed to
see me John Marino Once he's once he's back on
fire Not shy, but he's gonna be a staple defenseman.
Yeah. Are you? Pair him up with you know, sir.
Either serve a chair for you know, Jersey For
me, I'm gonna say like my sleepers are I'm taught
again tied between either Clayton Keller or Yep,
that's it. And then... Another draft -neck out
there. I mean, just look at him. He's another
draft -neck. Who? Kehler Yamamoto? Yeah. And
then, honestly, my tanker... I'd put Ian Cole.
Honestly, yeah. Vertuzza's my tanker. Oh, Vertuzza.
My tanker's Lawson Krauss. My name is Nick Schmalt.
Schmaltzy. I'm happy that nobody said spicy tuna
out there. Vancouver. I think this is one player
that actually is gonna do decently well in his
scenery change in Jake DeBrosque. I think he
might be one of the very few that might shine
very well in his scenery change here. Between
him and the other guy that came over from Boston
was Danton Hyten. yeah okay um for me my sleeper
damn this is fucking tough man um honestly i'm
saying either pie suitor or uh philip ronick
yeah Then tanker Honestly tanker I'm gonna say
somebody like Connor Garland. Yeah, I said Tyler
Myers Just he's just been around for so long.
He's getting up there age as well 1990 30 34
It'll be 35 on February 1st. Would you believe
he's currently the tallest player in the league
now or is it Matt Repay now? Well, mine is 6
'8". Mine is 6 '8". I don't think Repay is also
like 6 '6", 6 '7". Yeah, Tyler Mines is mine.
I tank her. Dude, he's got a fucking thunder
in there coming on him. Holy shit. Repay is the
tallest. Repay is 6 '9". Yeah, Jesus. Alright.
Last three here. Moving on to the Vegas Viva
Las Vegas the Vegas injury reserves Speaking
of injury reserves somebody who was I said Thomas
Hurdle Nick Hague or Peter Joe Joe And then the
tankers going to be mark stone mr. IR. I have
to agree tankers gonna be mark stone Sleeper
I have Victor Ulferson. And then obviously my
tanker is gonna be Mark Stone. My tanker is actually
Bella Hannifin. He's one of those, another one
of those I don't think his that scenery change
is good for him. I think he could have gone elsewhere.
I was not expecting Vegas to pick him up. I think
he came with any form of one of the trades in
the last offseason or the deadline last year
or is he a free agent? I'm sorry, I missed the
main one. Hannifin? uh no he was around last
season was he was he one of the deadline acquisitions
not not deadline but he was around the start
of the season last year i thought he was like
a deadline acquisition uh washington so i'm gonna
do my i didn't do my sleeper for them uh my sleeper
i'm gonna say either oh no i'm gonna just flat
out say ilya samsonov oh yeah i think i think
he's gonna be We got next Washington, Washington,
I'm gonna do do mine in the pairs. So the sleepers
Between T rad and Dylan Cinder blocks feet our
cinder block skates Jerome that's what they used
to call him in the area because he used to skate
on cinder blocks pretty much and then the The
trash dog shit dog water is the goaltenders between
Ingram and Thompson My sleeper I hope if he can
get a full seasoning, I think Hendrick's la pierre
is gonna be really good And then my stanker I
think is gonna be pyramid to block He talks a
lot of shit, but he's never been like like topped
here talks to talk but doesn't walk the walk
I said my two sleepers, I was kind of going backwards.
I actually pure looked the ball and then I had
Connor McMichael and that was my other sleeper.
But my tanker, I have, I've said I have their
goaltending, just goaltending. Goaltending from
Washington, yeah? For my sleepers, I have, tell
them what I have. I have Jacob Churchin and Andrew
Mongepani. Yeah, I forgot Mongepani went over
there. Yeah, I guess I can teach her and doing
really good things and then Tanker I'm gonna
say is Martin Martin Faribari. Yeah, I Just don't
think he's gonna do all right, and then finally
ending this this thing that's way longer than
I was expecting to My sleeper for Winnipeg There's
another one of those teams where there's a lot
of good players that I don't think any of them
can be really considered a sleeper. I just didn't
make a lot of healers. Only because I think this
might be his best year yet coming up. That's
the only reason I'm gonna say sleeper. He's gonna
have better than people expect or better than
he has had before. I don't think he's gonna outshine
anybody, but he's gonna probably his best year
of his career coming up, I think. Holy shit,
they're deep in center. They have ten centermen.
And they have four wingers, yeah Holy shit, but
I'm gonna say Cole Perfetti's my sleeper and
my tanker is gonna be Although he's pretty much
carrying me my HUD team right now Josh Morrissey
My tanker is gonna be a Nino Nino rider He's
kind of getting up there he's been slowing down
the past couple years quite the caliber he used
to be. Yeah, I was going to say my tanker was
Nino Nienmeyer and then my sleeper was Colin
Miller, a defenseman. So my, I'm going to say
my tanker is Alex Iafolo and my sleeper, big
man with Winnipeg and Barry Colt's alumni. and
Mr. Mark Scheifele. Wait for the Barry Colts.
Yes. Really? Mark Scheifele is a Barry Colts
alumni. Fun fact. Interesting. I think that about
does it unless anybody has a last second thing
to add in. Again, just fuck Jordan Bennington.
I don't think we can say that enough. He's a
see you next Tuesday. Best thing I could say.
That's all I can say on air. See you next Tuesday.
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