All right, everybody welcome back to another
episode of the buck puster podcast where we talk
about anything and everything Hockey, I am Jeff
followed by everyone else in the studio today.
What's going on? Everyone else being just me
We are back at it another week We're debating
on if we're gonna do back -to -back weeks based
on how crazy the trade deadline was If you guys
paid any attention, you would know it was a pretty
crazy trade deadline. One specific trade in itself
is the reason that we are here today and we're
like, we gotta talk about this. But we'll get
to that a little bit later. As we like to usually
start off the past private punishments whole
season, I think it's talking some eerie honors
hockey. I believe since the last episode, we
only played these two games this weekend against
Owen Sound, winning both of them. Sweeping going
sound. How about that attack pack? Drave that
whole fucking way just to lose both games. Imagine
that and Not so much close games either. No,
I mean after they split up once I took the quick
one up and lead Friday night or Saturday night
Friday night. Sorry Friday night. I was like,
oh shit. Here we go But then Erie scored four
on answer to win four to one and then last night
Saturday night final what seven three seven four
Yeah, I kind of wasn't really close. I kind of
fought towards the end of the second there was
like, oh, this might be an ugly third got two
goals or Less than a minute. Yeah, let's say
like within the final minute of the third like
our second like oh gosh But I don't know three
unanswered in the third from Erie final score
seven three Almost a mountain fence hat trick.
He had to came very close and a couple opportunities
for for a third goal there but uh Yeah And we
are officially back in the playoffs. Officially
back in the playoffs, clinched that officially
on Friday night with that win. We actually had
a reason to celebrate this time. I'm like, last
time we did it against Owen Sound, we're celebrating
after a loss. But it was, we got the point that
we needed, so we're like, yeah! But it was like,
you guys just lost the game. The loss here, the
attack pack set right in our section, both games.
But yeah, they didn't do a whole lot of cheering
this whole weekend, so. Couldn't really hear
them either. Two seconds over and we couldn't
even hear them cheering, so. Like, can you hear
that? I was like, Collins, can you hear that?
Honestly, I really can't. Like, I'm not being
sarcastic dickhead. Like, whoa, what does that
sound? I legit could not hear them, so. Yeah,
great, great two games there, man. Definitely
play for Chris Mallette. Free Chris Mallette.
Free. I gotta get a lot of props to the auditors
for their marketing for the Chris Mallette stuff
on Friday night. Oh great. The t -shirts, the
free Mallette t -shirts, the Facebook posts with
the certain specific letters being capitalized
to promote the merch. Whoever is the head of
that, I just want to shake their hand. Huge props.
Unbelievable. But I don't think we, honestly
we haven't talked about the suspensions that
came from The brawl, if you can even call it
that, last Sunday. It wasn't the brawl. The disagreements,
the uh, what are they calling it? The uh, the
altercation that happened in that game. Both
Chris Millett and head coach of the Peterborough
Peets, Chris, or, what the fuck's his first name?
Adam. Not Adam. Wilson. Rob. Rob Wilson. Rob
Wilson. Rob Wilson. Each five game suspensions,
fucking so dumb. Could have been no more than
two, which Eerie's assistant coach. Ken Paroff
also gets two games for literally holding our
coach back and not trying to further the, you
know, the altercation. But, and of course, Eerie,
Shocker, the American team, getting the shit
end of the stick with Alex Messier, getting a
nine game suspension. And then the fines, Eerie
gets $7 ,500 USD, Peter Rogan gets $5 ,000 or
five grand Canadian currency, which is nothing
compared to, I think it's their 72 cents to all
our... Their Canadian dollar is worth 72 cents.
Yeah, so all like American dollars. They're probably
flying 4 ,200 4 ,000 maybe Yeah, and then Another
forward I don't remember thing off top my head
from Peter Burrow a four -game suspension for
being the third player involved in a fight So
pretty much the player that initially tripped
our goaltender Charlie Burns, which is what initiated
the entire thing if you ask me gets away scott
free absolutely nothing happens um obviously
alex messi knew he was going to get suspended
to begin with because like this is getting i'm
already at my max fight so i'm just going to
go all fucking out yeah if i'm going out i'm
going out with a bang literally took two guys
on at once and legit was holding his own beat
the shit out of one and i think he could have
done a lot more damage if he wasn't being ganged
up on by the second one and trying to get yanked
off as he still was throwing punches at the second
dude too but just unbelievable it was insane
still really upset that i didn't get to be there
for it but i was i watched it as i watched it
on tv i walked in walked in from getting food
and i was like holy shit i'm just in time to
see them pulling alex off and you know skating
him over to the bench and i had to see the coaches
i was like holy shit absolutely insanity man
you just you can't you can't make that shit up
no but he had two much needed wins for the auditors
and we secure them both. A pretty, very tough
schedule coming from here on out. So we got Windsor
on the 11th Tuesday. At Windsor and then went
on the 12th and then Sarnia. And then obviously
next Saturday. Sunday is against Niagara on the
15th and on the 16th and is against Gwell. And
also someone that I think we mentioned him a
couple times the guy that says in front of us
I see the thing in order. He's the one that said
he was you know messy probably in that moment.
He was thinking I'm already at my max plates.
I might as well just Go all out. Yeah, I'm gonna
get suspended. Anyway, so you know the OHL is
a dumb rule You can only have a big five plates
per season. Yeah Yeah, I would have thought he
already had more than that more than that by
now, but um I know Royston's had I know Royston's
probably get close to five McCall's already had
like two, I think. I think Sod's had one earlier
on in the season. Honestly, Eddie had one earlier,
just a couple weeks back. And Gordie had one
last year, still one of the best ones I've seen
in person ever. That was great. We're like, oh
shit, it's Eddie. Yeah, I know this is something
we also discussed at the game. I think it was
last night. Last night. Something I wanted to
bring up, we discussed on air. Next year's OA
situation. We have seven. Always going in to
next season for core beam Alex Messier Joel Edwards
Captain Kerry trance on defense. You got else
to Alexi W makes a solder McCall and I know Erdogan
So I I have said I'm gonna stick by it Terry's
going to Anaheim or he's going out west somewhere
in Anaheim system We're gonna try and get well
Messi has gone to the night at the NLL the National
Cross League Because he signed that professional
contracts with the Toronto Rock. Yeah, I can
very easily see him just sticking to that Yeah,
since he's on under contract. He'll just go up
there. So if you know Instead of opting into
his fifth year or his oh a year or whatever And
I can see them get rid of like Samuel. I've not
been a big fan of him these past couple seasons
I'd be happy to see him go. I mean regardless
I still think we can get a decent return for
him. So yeah, do you think you'd keep McCall
out of the defensemen, or do you keep Sodds?
I've been up in the air. Part of me wishes, like,
hopes that we can keep Sodds because, you know,
the veteran experience. I know they just recently
gave him the ace with Schaefer beating him out
on that. Schaefer ain't here to beat him out.
But at the same point, McCall does fit Chris's
system. a whole lot better than what Sod's does.
He can skate, he can move, but he still hasn't,
you know, fights in the back end to make it on
the body block shots or whatever. Sod is part
of the, hey, I'm going to stay at home, I'm the
shutdown guy. And I know McCall has mentioned
too, from what I've heard from other Odders fans,
like he wants to stay an year. Like since he
signed with the Odders, like he kind of wants
to stay another year in the O .H .O. before.
Before going back to the NCAA and like with him
technically this is his freshman year in college
Not many players for out of the Boston system
Get a opening night roster spot. Yeah, not many
sophomores also get an open night roster spot.
So It's just a matter of you know, he wants to
stay in the area where he knows He's gonna get
an opening night roster spot where he knows he's
gonna be you know, maybe not the number one defenseman
but A blue liner where you know Chris can or
the coaches staff can kind of lean on be like
hey We need you to pay you know big big minutes
We need you to make an even depending on who
we keep who we get rid of Yeah, yeah, I think
varies like he can fit on that first line parent
next year probably him and Ty Well, it also depends
a Schaefer Schaefer Schaefer is gonna go up that
the only part like the only number one overall
draft pick to not immediately go into Danny Shaw,
his own power of the Sabres, where he spent another
season down in the, I think the queue is where
he came from. I think he came up and played a
couple games, like an emergency call -up, he
played a few games in his draft year. Pre -season,
yes, but other than that, his rookie season,
or his first year. I think it was like end of
the season, post trade deadline call -ups. That
okay, like this is our game number 82. I think
I don't think he made I don't think he had an
opening night spot until like two seasons later
So but either way, I wouldn't power isn't wasn't
this turn the opening roster. He's the only number
one draft pick to not be Oh since It's been a
it's been a while but you know, I had a match
with shape first caliper You know, he'd be opening
our night roster to whoever he goes to. So you
think Kerry, McCall, Erliden? To keep. Eddie.
Eddie? Eddie is the forward. Okay. Because again,
knowing Anaheim, seeing how he played in preseason
games out there, seeing how he played World Juniors
and pre -Injury, I see Kerry go to West Coast.
What do you think, Jeff? I'm saying Erliden's
gonna stay, McCall's gonna stay, and then...
Eddie is gonna stay. I do think, unfortunately,
sadly, with how much we love Eddie and how much
he has grown to be loved for the Otters, if Anaheim
decides to let Carey play another year here,
I think you gotta keep Carey. I think you have
to. Regardless, even if they decided to say,
hey, we want Carey to play one more year in the
O, you wouldn't have even decided to trade him
off. I think regardless, if it's Carey Torrance
or Dylan Edwards, I think we can get a really
good return back. I don't think it's gonna be
one of those 13 picks for one player, like you're
seeing what Carson Rakoff got that. I think even
Cam Allen, when he went over to London, I think
London sent a good amount of picks over to North
Bay. Guelph. Cam Allen came from Guelph. He came
from Guelph. Yeah, and Guelph traded away Cam
Allen and a couple 12 -packs. Traded a lot of
picks away. I don't think it's gonna be to that
extent, but definitely we need to have at least
a couple, you know, forward or two come back
for that, you know, losing Messier and losing
that other forward. Even if Messier doesn't decide
to go up to lacrosse, just as of yet, I don't
see us hanging on to him. I do think he's gonna
be the one that gets the boot. Whether he goes
and signs another honky contract, like over and
like a, I know a lot of your guys go to um...
I don't think I'll have a true answer until the
end of this season to see how well Saws continues
to play. As of right now... Do want to say sods
just because you want that veteran and veteran
on the back end, you know If he leaves the most
veteran person that there is what probably Schaefer
And again, who knows what's gonna happen to him?
Otherwise, you know behind him. It's time. It's
you know, which he's got he's really starting
to change on him He's really improved. He's really
starting to look better on the defensive end
He's getting in front of pucks a lot more. He's
blocking shots a lot more. He's starting to lay
down a couple hits. Of course, the one hit he
did late Friday night, he almost got hurt. He
did get hurt, but he was right back out there.
But it could have been a lot worse. Very similar
play to what happened to Kerry, but luckily he
got up and was okay. I know he was out yesterday,
but I think it hurt as a healthy scratch, so
he's not hurt. Yeah, man, it's going to be tough.
I know we thought last year's was tough. I think
this year's. This one's even tougher. Because
I think last year we only had five to choose
from. This year we now have seven that we have
to choose. Yeah, because, well, no, because we
had Bruce. The three we have on Alfie, Marty,
and Panna. Then we had Bruce, we had Smith, and
we had Sova. So we had six, okay. We had six
Astor. So one more this year than Astor, but
it's still, more is more. I think it was announced
right before the season even ended that Caleb
was going to be going elsewhere, so we kind of
knew that he wasn't going to be one. And that
he had other plans to join the police academy
up in Buffalo. It's tough. Now in between, it
all depends on what Anaheim does with Cary. I
say if Cary's able to stay, you gotta keep Cary.
You gotta keep your captain. Can't have what,
a different captain for each of the past four
years now would it be? Since COVID. Since COVID,
yeah. Having had Captain for multiple years sitting
together. Because the 25th season of the Otters.
Was D 'Amato. They split between selling D 'Amato.
Morty then was in his OA year. Morty and then
Sova before he got traded. And then that's what
led up to. Kerry being Captain. Kerry. Yeah.
It's going to be tough to decide who we want
to keep and who we're going to. Say, hey, we
don't want you. I thought we don't want you,
but you know, it's hockey, it's business. You
got to choose one or the other. Unfortunately,
you didn't make the cut. Actually, now that I'm
thinking about it, I think the last time we had
the carry over captain was the 17 -18 into 18
-19 season. Who's that been, the Edmund? Kyle
Maksimovic. Maksimovic, okay. Maksimovic was
the... 17 18 and then halfway through the 18
19 season when he got traded and 1920 before
cancer the cancellation was Dove man Yeah, yeah
as Ethan would say yeah, I jacked up earlier
Yeah, this is a little kind of a trivia question.
I had came up with last night. I figured I was
gonna ask it tonight. So as of right now Samuel
Fano has 37 goals Malcolm's fence is one away
from 30 at 29 Pano was three away from 30 at
27. So the Aries had a chance to have two, possibly
three, 30 goal scorers. When was the last time
the Aries had more than one 30 goal scorer, and
who were they? It was the championship run. So
the 16 -17 season. It would have been Strohmer,
ADB. And I want to say Fogel, because Fogel was
on that team. I want to say it was Taylor Radish.
So it's either Fogel or one of the Radish brothers.
Well, Taylor. Yeah, Taylor, because Taylor's
the fourth. Taylor was the fourth, Darren is
the defenseman. So I'm saying ADB, Strom, and
Taylor Radish. You are right, but it was only
two. It was only ADB and Taylor Radish. Strohm
only had 22 holes that year. But think, he spent
a good, what? His first 20 games of our season
still up in Arizona. So he missed a good 10,
15 games with us. And that year he only played,
he only played 35 games with us that year. And
still had 22 holes and 75 points in that many
games. So ADB had 65. Taylor Radish had 42 total
points. ADB had 127. Taylor Radish had one on
us. The fact is that we had two 100 plus point
getters on that team. It could have damn well
been three if you know Dylan was down here in
the area. I can only assume that's the last time
that happened too when we had two 100 point getters.
Yeah, because the season after when we took the
drop off, I don't think anybody's got above 70.
That's the last time we had a single 100 point
score. The closest we've had is, looks like it
was Pano last year with 76. Because I know he's
close to actually having his career high, Pano.
Yeah. Because he leads our team and points right
now at 74 Alfie only one behind him at 73 so
Yeah, I don't think we're gonna get a hundred
point. Definitely in seen 80 maybe 85. It's gonna
be tough We got only what seven games left here,
but hopefully you can we can see Pena get 80
And I'd like to see us get three 30 goal scores.
That'd be pretty cool. Yeah. Yeah Okay, I see
now I kind of cheated when I went a little bit
farther back. It was the 14 -15 regular season.
We had three 30 -plus goal scorers. Okay. Three
30 -plus. Three. ADB led the way 51. David. Stromer
at 45. And then yeah, David was in third with
44. Yeah, sounds very right. But that, obviously
that was, oh actually no. Right? So rookie Stromer
had 40 of the team goals. No, no. An ADB. That
the team was. Oh, what ADB? 51. Because, you
know, people didn't take him seriously. He's
too small! He's too small! He's not gonna make
it into the professional hockey! He's too small!
Look at what happened! He's still doing good
with Detroit. He's too small! Top three on his
team, if not, might be the best. He's too small!
He's not gonna make it into pro hockey! I know,
we got him. I heard somebody overheard behind
this last night saying oh Pano's really he's
got the skills, but he doesn't have the size
It's a good point it really is he's got the skill
of you, but he just doesn't have a size That's
honestly a really good way to describe Pano that's
a very good way he's only what five seven five
eight himself But Dylan's only 5 '6", 5 '7".
I said Notre Dame must have really liked his
playing style because they signed him for next
year. Pano Femis. 5 '11". He's 5 '11"? 5 '11".
Really? Maybe they weren't talking about Pano
that I heard. No, they weren't. They weren't
talking about Pano. Because I overheard them
talking about Pano. Yeah, it was the guy who
corrected me. It was talking about him. i know
you and him are making just you know small talking
here and there once or twice but yeah man he
seemed like a good guy i feel like he knew his
shit too some of the stuff he was saying like
he knew what he knew what he was talking about
you know the average fan that's like oh we stuck
like winning three to two what do you mean we
suck yeah now i want to grow smoke up your ass
but i i mean he knew enough to get by it but
i don't i'm obviously not knowing the guy it's
tough to say yeah you know all all of what he
knew yeah so one last time going back to the
oas man it's It's tough. Next year, it's going
to be very, very tough. Dave Brown, Chris Mullett's
going to have some very tough decisions to make
for who they want to keep. Like you said, with
Chris Mullett's system, I think McCall would
fit a lot better than Sod's. And thus, that's
something that Sod's really decides to work on
in the offseason and in camp and shit, to, you
know, be more physical. So be it. Saw the call
Frazier rolling bodies and some even saw a whole
amigo Take a couple make a couple hits that we're
not used to seeing him do on Friday and on Saturday
time making a couple of hits Obviously making
those stupid probably was it there 25 seconds
into the game 29 29 seconds and when it was a
very weak call buddy Penalty there's a lot of
really horrible weak calls yesterday They're
calling the most why the fuck did you call that
and then missing the most obvious ones? Typical
OHL for Regner. But yeah, with Chris Melendon
here, dude, like... I'm really liking it. You
can just overall tell, not even just by plate,
I mean, yeah, mostly by plate style, but just
some of the interviews, like the soundbites that
some of the players are doing, just overall,
and like the post -game interviews, just how
much more electric and how much more fun these
kids and these players are seeming to have with
Chris. I think they're calling him Malli. Behind
the bench now, you know, these last two games,
they're playing for him, you know. I love how
they showed Ken and Chris on the scoreboard Friday
night for almost after every goal just cheering
the fans on and going crazy with us Actually,
so funny enough a couple players stopped in my
store the other day. I think it was it was Tuesday
And I know I one of the guys I I kind of talked
to was Malcolm Spence And I was like, hey, you
know, if you don't mind me asking, you know,
what was said down there on the ice? You know,
he was like, oh, just a bunch of nonsense. You
know, at that point I was like, well, it's nice
to see you guys, you know, actually rounding.
He's like, yeah, you know, the whole team of
mates, we're his boys. We're his team. So, just
the energy that he had, that Saadz had, I think
all are fulfilled so far with them. So just the
energy, they all fucking perked up and they're
together, we're his fucking team. Like this,
it's time to go. That's the kind of coach that
Erie has needed. That coach that is willing to
not only stick up for the team, but literally
step into the line of fire to stick up and stick
up for this team. That's what we've been needing
for a very long time now. Haven't seen that since
probably, like I said, no block since he was
down here. I said definitely since now. I know
Hartzberg was kind of showing signs of it towards
the beginning of his tenure here and kind of
died off and just ended up kind of doing not
much of anything. BJ was absolutely terrible
from the start and Stan came in obviously he
came in when we were bond with the barrel didn't
have a whole lot of I mean we really liked how
we looked in the last month of that season then
obviously last season we really liked how we
looked with Stan in there and then kind of this
year with Stan was just kind of just kind of
falling off and wasn't the same. Also, we know
what happened. We don't know entirely what happened,
but we know the basis of the synopsis of what
happened But yeah, like I said just all all together
this the energy and the will to want to win with
this team isn't right now I think is the best
I've seen it at least I became I love seeing
this especially in this the energy I've enjoyed
because first time we're seeing a very exciting
team. Obviously last year was pretty fun too,
but since obviously the 16 -17 season one, I
lost seeing the energy behind the players and
just in the coaching staff. No offense, I mean
I think anybody can admit this, this team obviously
isn't as skilled as that team was. No. But you
can tell the thrive to win is just as much as
it was then. So a lot of those guys on that team
knew, obviously Stromer, Debrinket, Fogel, Radish.
They knew that, hey, with this team, this is
probably our last shot at this. Because we're
losing Stromer, we're going to lose ADB, we're
going to lose Taylor Radish. Sorry, Darren. Because
Taylor played with us the following year for
a little bit, and they got true to Sue. And obviously,
you know, Cirelli was going to be leaving, so
they knew like, hey, this is the best this team
is going to get. We need to win. That's why they
called it that year's All -In Playoff run. We
traded for an OA that year. I don't think Fogo
was. Fogo was as well. Who was the OA's that
year? Strong Fogo Australia. ADB was not. I thought
he was that year. Or was he just due to go up
because they knew he was probably going up to
the I think He was already drafted he was in
no way, but he's already drafted So radishes
in 98 ADB's in 97 Pettit is nine so does Pettit
has the 96 Stronger was 97, but they knew he
was gonna go up Sorry Fogel is 96. So, Pettit
Fogel and Cirelli? Darren Radish. Darren Radish,
okay. Cirelli is 97. He's 97, okay. But again,
they also probably thought he was gonna go up,
so. But still, like we said, yeah, that year
was just the all, you know, they said they called
it the all -in. Probably won't have that happen
again. Probably not this year, but like I said,
this team has just as much drive to win as that
team did, I think. At least in my eyes. Yeah,
that's why... I think so the drive the win I
know like we even have like sportsnet Pittsburgh
is actually picking up to broadcast I know they
already did one earlier this month and they're
doing another one Wednesday against Sarnia to
broadcast the others game the fact that we have
you know a station like that that you know broadcast
the penguins the pirates that wants to broadcast
a team like Erie you know in the OHL you know
team you wouldn't normally see on a big broadcasting
station like that that just shows how much this
team You know how much they want this team to
be looked at and to not be overlooked and to
me, you know Oh, we don't want to watch this
team. People want to watch this team It'll be
just like 30 minutes talking about the otters
You know, you know what would be better instead
of you know being broadcast into the world Come
to the fucking games make the traffic area spend
the 20 bucks to get into the arena bums in seats
people bums in seats just like he's he's meant
to he bought up with the 10 game package whatever
the flex package for this year like and he said
like let's write in Pittsburgh and he's the point
might have been the same guy we spoke you and
I spoke yeah yeah it was I think I think he's
really the only guy from Pittsburgh that drives
drives up on a more than a regular basis the
full package season tickets for next year and
then like he said like the drive sucks but he's
like but he's like it's worth it like coming
up to the games. Not always but it's worth it
majority of the time. Well it depends what uh
what time of the year it is because it could
be great you know early on in the season late
in the season but that that December January
push especially with the weather Lake Erie. I'm
trying to get At least, I'd say maybe to Meadeville
from 79, you know. 79 from here to Meadeville
is usually pretty fucking rough. Mostly between
90 and Meadeville. So in theory, when it comes
to our winner, it's unpredictable. Pittsburgh
doesn't get a whole shit ton of snow. They maybe
get usually maybe half the amount we get. They
get the chill. Yeah, they still get the cold
part of it. They get maybe half the amount of
snow we usually get. And about a quarter of what
Buffalo gets. Well actually, do you see that
Erie's number, well as of right now, number two.
Yeah, I don't know who beat us out. Syracuse.
Was it Syracuse? By one inch right now. One inch.
Which you know a lot about that, right? Hey,
it's average size, okay? Anyways, Jeff kicks
off. What do we got the rest of the OHL going
on? Kind of an interesting fact that... In the
last two months, the Kings and Frontenacs went
undefeated in the month of January and February
12 -0, and then contributed to a franchise record
on home ice to a 14 -game win streak. On home
ice? Yeah. In January and February? Yeah. That's
pretty impressive. But between the two months,
combined home and away, they were 12 -0. Wow.
So that's kind of... In February? January and
February. Combined 12 -0 all together. Yeah 12
-0 between home and away games, but they're 14
games They had on home ice in those two months
14 -0 Wow So that was kind of really interesting
Back on the 2nd of March Maple Leafs prospect
Ethan Cohen gets his first career with Joe Hattrick
versus the Oshawa Generals On the third thin
hardening of the Bramford steel and signed a
three -year entry -level Contra with the Pittsburgh
pain one. I'm excited. I'm actually excited about
very excited about a very you know way for Miss
Saga or Brampton Sorry, let me check that. They
only be the first time I've actually excellence
in Mississauga this year He's actually he's had
a average to a point point two per game this
Wow, so this is he is in a way or that's what
I'm actually checking That's why I'm kind of
curious. He's in 05. His birthday was on the
2nd. So I thought that was... It was his birthday
last recording day. So he'll be knowing next
year. He's at like just a season loan. He's had
55 points and he's a defenseman, isn't it? He's
a pretty good defenseman in this league Yeah,
a point like two like he's averaging two points
per game in it Not two points per game Like I've
I've kind of looked at recently like how many
games has he played then? I Say in 61 games 55.
Well, that's not two points per game. That's
like point Oh, it's almost a point. Yeah, it's
a very close to a point per game Yeah, I do like
that signing a lot And we'll get we'll get to
the rest of the training line here soon my thoughts
on that for the penguins so But on the 4th of
March on Trent Switt of the kitchen ranger center
3 entry -level contract with the Vegas Golden
Knights Joe Willis at the Kingsbury finance center
3 entry -level contract with the Nashville Predators
On March 5th, what do you insist on Carson Harmer's
goal for the Saginaw Spirit? Calgary Flames Prospect
Xanprecht becomes the all -time assist leader
in Saginaw Spirit's franchise with 147 assists.
Passing Vincent Trocheck vs. Flint. Vinny Trocheck
with the Saginaw Spirit? Yeah. Really? Interesting.
Honestly, he's one of two numbers in Saturn,
so they have his number retired up there. Oh,
wow. Yeah. I think that when they retired, it
was like a few years ago, I know that, because
they did Brandon Sod's last year. I remember
that one, yeah. That's the only reason I knew
they retired it, because they showed it next
to his banner, so I didn't know that. Now on
the sixth, Jacob Julian of the London Knights
signed a three -year entry -level contract with
the Winnipeg Jets. And then on the seventh, head
coach Dale Hunter of the London Knights gets
his 1 ,000th CHO win and is the second head coach
to reach 1 ,000 wins versus Kingston Frontenac.
Vegas Golden Knights prospect Trent Swick of
the Kitchin Rangers played in his 200th career
OHL game. And in that same game, Noam Maru of
the Windsor Spitfire gets his first career, OHL
Hat -Trek vs. Kitchener. Liam Beamish of the
Sarnia Sting gets his first career, OHL Hat -Trek
vs. the Guelph Storm. And Garrett Fraser of the
Erie Islands gets his first career, OHL Gold
vs. the O -17 Attack. That was actually a beautiful
goal from the point. really nice and then on
the eighth and his uh f -bomb at the pre post
-game interview fucking cold fucking cold um
and on the eighth washington capitals prospect
patrick thomas of the brantford bulldogs playing
in his 200th career ohl game and he became the
all -time points layer in franchise with 251
points Chicago Blacks prospect Nick Lardis the
Brantford Bulldogs hits 70 goals and becomes
the eighth player to hit that mark in the OHL
and it's the first since John Tavares did it
in the 2006 -2007 season. Hit 70. Yeah, okay
hit 70 Then as of today's on the 9th Matthew
Meech of the Otto 67 played in his 250th career
OHL game versus the North Bay Battalion. Nick,
I was actually telling Colin last night during
the second intermission, I'm like, they've got
Chicago has a good goal score coming up through
their prospects on that. So he's gonna eventually.
Yeah. And I mean, going back to Dale Hunter,
I mean, as much as we talk shit on London, talk
shit on Dale Hunter as a whole, the whole city
of London as a whole. Got to give respect where
respect is due. Dale Hunter, now thousand wins
as a CHL head coach. Thousand games played in
the NHL, thousand points in the NHL. So literally
Mr. 1000 for Dale Hunter there. You've got to
give props for props to do. Can't tell you there's
a lot of people that have done that. He might
be the only one who have ever done that. I don't
know. Just how many future Hall of Famers and
Stanley Cup champs that's been under his tenure.
Gone up and got up to the bigs and won it. How
many times has he won it with them? Four or three?
Let's see. Can't remember on top of my head here.
Okay, they've won me. Oh Joe championship 2005
13 16 in black this just so fast was his fourth
head coach Wow and they've won and he's won the
Memorial Cup twice in 2005 and 2016 last year
That's Didn't they win the they win the president's
trophy or the like the team trophy last year,
too. I Want I pretty sure they did last year.
Yeah the Yeah, we're winning that back -to -back
seasons now As much as we had to say man like
they're they're the best team in the league for
a reason There's a good chance that they might
three Pete not three Pete repeat three Pete going
back to the final, but They're definitely the
team to beat though for sure oh easily this year
Yeah, we can finally move on to the NHL. Do some
Puk doku first or do you want to do you want
to do blind raking since you already pulled it
up first? Sure. Actually, we'll do the blind
rankings after the NHL news. Okay. I didn't do
any of my milestones this week, because there
wasn't a whole lot, so I was going to do that
until the next recording. Oh, okay. In that case,
I will do Pai, Pafuoco, Hurdle first, and Jeffy
has one, then. You do it again? Okay. We'll do
Jeff Collins, blind ranking. So first we'll do
Hurdle. Do a little different this week. Oh,
easier. Damn it! What gave you that vibe? Just
the hair? Yeah, the hair. We did this last time
too. We got the division and position right off
the bat and didn't get him. So, anybody but Tampa,
a center, he's under the age of... Do you get
some starting now? Fuck. He's younger than me,
he's non -American, and his number is 56 or lower.
He's not American Let's go to Florida and go
to like a I don't know like Sam Reinhardt is
Also 30 Oh It's Florida, let's go nice He was
29. Okay. I thought he was right around 26. His
number is somewhere between 16 to 56 ish Um,
and he's still, he's below the age of 27, so
he's 26 or younger. He's not American or Canadian,
so he's not North American. No, going down the
center core, the center, like the four centers
in Florida. Sasha Barkov, I think, is older than
that. Unless I want to say he's like 31 by now.
Yeah, this number would line up, but not his
age. And maybe his nationality. Yeah. You mean
it could even be like a They live to him as a
center, but he's playing winger right now. So
it could be living any just about any for at
this point It could be a list on here's a center,
but he could be currently playing like one wing
right now This isn't even updated bread much
on We'll get there Chuckie's not a centerman.
He's only a winger Yeah, I know Barcaw doesn't
fit the age criteria. We could get it for...
Try to get the nationality. He's what, Finnish
or C -Swedish? Finnish. No, right. Yeah, Finnish.
No, it's Finnish. So it is Finnish. He's a Finnish
forward who is... Barcaw's also 29. Oh, well.
So his number is now somewhere in 20 to 55 -ish?
It's like, um... No, I think was him last week,
but you'd do a surrounding or whatever Wasn't
it? It was last week. Yeah, but it isn't he also
finish Well, yeah, exactly Well, I mean we can
always put it you do a surrounding and just to
get a guess up there Okay, they didn't I don't
think that they I feel like it was him last week,
too or somebody with that long last name. Either
way. We got it. Dope. He's a year and a half
younger than me, isn't he? Wow. You're going
to be 28 this year, aren't you? Shut the fuck
up. Puck Doku. For the roads, we have St. Louis,
Tampa Bay, and 20 plus goals in a season. And
for the columns we got the Penguins, the Preds,
and the Colorado Afflatch. So for the Preds we
can do, well, Preds Blues we can do Ryan O 'Reilly.
We can even go for Abbs Blues too. Abbs Blues
as well. Penguins obviously, Penguins St. Louis
obviously got Kevin Hayes. David Perron. David
Perron, Robert Meduso. It's hard to think it
wouldn't be a low percentage one. Bertuza would
be at Brenton, no not Brenton tomorrow, because
Brenton Mark came from Dallas back in the day.
I feel like, I think Hayes would be pretty low
too. Kev Hayes? It's been a while since he played
for the Blues, because he was with the Flyers
right before us. Yeah. So we can do Kev Hayes,
yeah. 7 % yeah. Penguin's lightning, Rhyme Malone.
That's right. Or we could go like a, like a Rouselon
Fett, a tanko. 2%, yeah! And any penguin would
ever have a 20 -goal season. I have a... That
was Skeleton Yuck. Chris Curtis. Hold on, let
me, let me pull the clip up. Alright, Sid. I
had a splitter locked on, go ahead. How old are
you? TK. Do you have your 20th season? I don't
remember. I feel like he had to have. because
he was it's probably second in line for a while
uh or we could do uh stalsy we could do cookie
uh we could do he was never a goalscorer he was
just a piece of shit that's one thing when i
have no problem admitting he was a piece of shit
i he is he's by far my least favorite penguin
for sure let's do stalsy jordan stahl and here's
one for uh blues uh blues preds james neal yeah
blues and preds he played for the blues for a
very short like at the end of his career i'm
like 95 percent sure i'm very i'm 95 sure yep
okay also two percent should keep multi single
digits here so i just don't want to go ryan riley
there then yeah steve's damn close but it'll
be a high percentage unfortunately for oh prez
prez and yeah prez and lightninga Didn't McDonough
go there briefly Ryan McDonough. Yeah, he's paid
on on both that could be a lower one. Yeah, let's
go Brian McDonough Probably double digits, but
yeah, I thought I'd be a little lower Excuse
me 20 goals for Nashville, which James Neal have
done it there. We already used them. Never mind,
Ken. Stupid. That 20 goal will score for Nashville.
Or we throw back and do like a Mike Fisher. I
said Mike Fisher, probably. Did he ever get 20
in the season, though? I feel like he had to.
He probably, he had to. Mike Fisher? I'm gonna
say Mike Fisher. Five percent. Twenty goals for
the Avs. This is one of those, like, you almost
can't disrespect some of the current guys over
there. McCarr, McKinnon. Landis Cog. Landis Cog
ranting in. Well, not anymore. Well, still, I
mean, he's on there, so... I don't know. We'll
go with, like, um... I don't think Eric Johnson
would have ever gotten 20. Um, let's go, uh,
let's just go with Carr. Just keep it, given
the respect he deserves, man. Still, I think
Pied might be the best defenseman in the league
right now. Marker. It's only a four percent?
Alright, we're staying under that, under that
single digit for most of them. Um, so, Avs. Top
right corner, St. Louis, Colorado, could be O
'Reilly. O 'Reilly, yeah. All right, let's forget
to think of a lower percentage. That's what I'm
trying to think, bro. I feel like a Brian Elliott.
I don't think he ever played for... The Cavaliers.
He's played for Tampa. Tampa Philly. Tampa Philly.
Yeah, some of the greats. The Cavaliers, Tampa
Philly. St. Louis Colton, is he on the abs right
now? I don't know where he is. All I know is
he's not on Tampa. I want to say Ross Colton
is on the abs right now. I'm pretty sure it's
Ross Colton. Has Darren Ratt's always been on
Tampa? Yeah. Okay. Taylor actually and I spent
a little bit time in Chicago He's been like up
and down between I think and a John's be breaking
down with Tampa, but like wasn't there long I'm
not a hundred percent sure. I was called him,
but I'm like I'm more sure than I am not sure
I'll hear Yes, okay 20 % And then I think we
have to do a rally just to get a set nine out
of nine. Oh, okay, or don't type it in, that's
fine. Ayan O 'Reilly, hell yeah. Nine percent.
And you stats. Other players, we call it done.
Casper, Kevin, first. We're easy, how did we
forget that we're easy? Piotr Joseph. Oscar Sundquist.
Tom Perassi. Noel Lachari played for St. Louis.
Bill Guerin, Lars Owen. Brent Johnson, James
Neal, Ian Cole, Ian Stemniak, Thomas Christ,
Jay McKee, Bo Bennett Bo Bennett went for the
blues? Dagestini, quite a few people What about
Penguin's Lady? I want to see that one too Tony,
we said him earlier too Sheery, Malone, Recky,
Rudi, Yusey Okunen, Fesitanko, Ian Cole, Brian
Boyles, Dominguez, Gary Roberts, Daryl Svador
Steve Downey, Brendan Morrow, Craig McKay, Chris
Joseph, not Kujo unfortunately. They keep spelling
Gino's name wrong. I know they keep doing the
Russian spelling of it. Let's do the pyramid.
I don't think we've done that one in a little
bit. Fuck. Let's see what we can do here. Any
abs player ever Curtis McDermott Just throw it
out there cuz I don't think he fit anywhere else
in that board set Abs that have played 500 games
um Eric Johnson I say Eric Johnson Joe Sackick.
He won a cup? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. What's the nationality?
Would he fit the top of the board? Did he play
for Carolina? He played for Quebec. The only
one that I'm confident with... Oh, never mind.
I can't even say it. What's Sackick's nationality?
Is he just Canadian? I don't know. Oh. Let's
finish these two and then we can use a hint for
those last two. So let's just finish these next
two. Well, I'm thinking the only one for the
top could be Mikko Rantinen. Stanley Cup winner.
He's Finnish. He's paid on both Colorado and
Carolina. The only one that concerns me is the
80 -plus season on any team. That's probably
has but So let's just do it for sure then that
we know let's do Say mckinnon We know he's had
any one way knowing do mccarr mccarr. No, he
hasn't had 500 games played yet He's still in
the mid for mid to late 400. He's gonna he's
getting close. So do you need anything? Artists
I'm not confident So do I say the land is called
for that do land is called first. Yeah, I could
good catch do land is called first and then name
back It's not a hundred percent sure that land
is hugs in 80 -point season either I mean, I
know McKinnon has yeah, obviously. It's 30 year
in a row doing it now fourth year in a row Okay,
so naturally this one where we can do rent in
but again has he Has he done 80 points in a season?
We know Sakek has, but what's Sakek's nationality?
So we'll use a hint here. Good lifeline. Player
card, fill in the blank, or 50 -50. Let's do
fill in the blank. Teemo. Oh, Teemo, yeah. When
did he play for the fucking Avs? Was it before
his time? Is it before he went to Anaheim this
month? Maybe. Then who's that top one? Is that
going to be Zac Ick or is that going to be, it
can't be, it can't be Zac Ick. If they're counting
the Nordiques as well, I feel like it should
be Zac Ick. But again, I'm not 100 % sure on
his nationality. Do we want to lose another lifeline?
Do we want to lose another lifeline, do 50 -50?
Why don't you give us Zac Ick or Rantanen? Yeah,
let's do 50 -50. Rantanen or Curry? Rantanen,
yeah, okay. I just want, it's just the 80 point
season was scaring me. Granton's the only answer
for the top one. Yeah. And then yeah, Timu Uri.
Currier. Now that it's, now that it's gone, what
is Sakeke's nationality? I know his last name's
a trickster, so I think he is only just Canadian.
Yeah, he is, okay, Sakekeke is Canadian. His
name just turns you off. From Burnaby, Canada.
went two for two i was right though on the nordiques
avalanche franchise for some reason i thought
the no the wailers turned into the harry rogans
right okay for some reason i would have been
wrong so i thought the nordiques was on carolina
no because they literally want me right after
they moved from quebec they wanted to stay in
the cup in colorado that's right yeah cool all
right colin's wine drinking time what do we got
this week on all right let me pull it up so it's
actually kind of fitting for this week because
it's trade deadline players who have traded this
past trade deadline just specifically this past
trade deadline yeah specifically this past trade
deadline so many big names he could not give
us so many small names he could give us Alright,
I'm sorry. Not that this trade deadline, but
this NHL calendar year. So it could be anywhere
between July 1st of 2024 to... current day. Well,
yesterday. Or, I'm sorry, to March 7th of 2025.
First up, Mackenzie Blackwood. To, I believe
it's to Colorado. Colorado because they got both
Scott Wedgwood and and black wood so from San
Jose to Colorado No disrespect, but is this a
five right off the bat I Think so because it
was I mean Do we want to do it for because I'd
be safe with him being four or five before just
in case he gives us like an absolute garbage
name Yeah So you want to go four or do you want
to go five? I want to go, I'll say four. Four.
Okay. Alright, next up. Capo Caco. From the New
York Rangers to Seattle. Okay, okay. I mean,
he's a good middle of the pack player, especially
who could have been dealt this year. I know multiple
times he was rumored. recent years he was rumored
to be traded so like those kind of somewhat expected
I think the timing wasn't it was like boom out
of nowhere boom cap guy goes what does that fuck
um I'd say three yeah three I think that's a
perfect thing middle of the pact middle of the
pact guy I don't know where the fuck he spells
name Alright, number three on the list. From
Chicago to Florida, Seth Jones. And he's better
than Kako for sure. But is he worth number two
on this list? There's honestly, realistically,
out of everybody that was traded this year, I
can only think of maybe one or two off the top
of my head that could be above Seth Jones. Knowing
this asshole, he could give us both of those
two players or he could give us neither one of
them. There's one that is so super obvious I
feel like he might not give us. I almost want
to put him at one because of that. I feel like
he might not give us, you know what I'm talking
about too, that he might not give us. I fucking
love torturing you guys, I'm not gonna lie. I
mean, honestly, I mean, yes, the guy I'm thinking
of is better than Seth Jones, but I wouldn't
be irate if we put Jones over him. I'll leave
you the final call of one or two. Two. Two, okay.
Number four on the list, Miko Brantanen from
Colorado to Carolina. Why are you specifically
saying from Colorado to Carolina? Well, because
obviously all the shit that went down in Carolina
and I didn't want to say from Carolina to Dallas
because we've only seen him in one game thus
far with Dallas. We have more info on Carolina
than we do Dallas. Again, he could. That's one
of them, too. That's one of those two that I
was thinking of. That's the other one that he
could. And if he does, he's in clear number one.
And he's not a number five. But I'm sure Collin
would be fine if we put him at five. I don't
know. I might. I mean, Renton is not a five,
though, but he's not really a one. I fucking
love torching you guys. I hope we know I fucking
love it You're calling this one this time One
Oh, you're such a jackass. Yeah, you're such
a jackass. I'm gonna black out the screen so
we can't see it. Oh, you're such an asshole.
You're such a jackass. Number five. Okay, okay.
Whoo! Me, Kelly Grandin. I'm okay. That's honestly
a perfect list. There could be argument for one
and two to be swapped. I know some people would
argue probably. Honestly, I think that might
be one of our most perfect lists we've had so
far. Yeah. Three and four probably. Again, we
could have some argument there. I'm not gonna
lie, I was thinking about doing six on this list
instead of five. Just because of Brad Marshawn.
That's the one. I was like, right at the end
of Marshawn, I'm like, he's gonna give us both
of them or he's not gonna give us either one.
That's honestly perfect. That might be our most
perfect one so far. I'm honestly not disappointed
with that one. I fucking love torching you guys.
I hope you know. I'll take that. I'm not disappointed
with that one. Now into the only reason, well
not the only reason, but the biggest reason why
we got together on this recording evening is
for the review of the trade deadline. We're going
back to March 4th because that was the first
trade post our last recording, or even our last
release, so here we go. March 4th. Oilers require
Trent Frederick, Martin Jones, and Max Trotz.
Max Jones, sorry. In a three -team trade also
involving the Bruins and the Devils. Boston requires
a prospect, a second round pick in 25, and a
fourth round pick in 26. And New Jersey requires
a prospect. On March 5th, the Florida Panthers
acquired goalie Bittek Manichak from the San
Jose Sharks for Patrick Gillis. As well on the
5th, Tampa Bay Lightning acquired four Auburn
Bjorkstein, Yanni Gord, and Defense McCaugh for
multiple picks. This was a three -way trade with
Detroit. Seattle acquires Michael Emson multiple
picks and then Detroit acquires a fourth and
fifth on four front pick in 2025 On March 5th
San Jose acquires legend Vincent De Harne from
the Pittsburgh Penguins for a fifth round pick
in a 2028 NHL draft also on the fifth The Nashville
Predators acquired Michael Bunting in a fourth
round pick in the 26 draft from the Pittsburgh
Panthers in exchange for defenseman Luke Schenn
and for Tommy Novak. Pittsburgh legends. Pittsburgh
led two legends right there, Luke Schenn and
Vince D 'Arnais. All right, starting on the 6th,
the, well, it's the Panthers acquired Sturm in
the 7th and 27 for San Jose. To from she knows
a four fourth rounder in 26 the Devils acquire
defenseman do Brian Dumlin From Anaheim for a
prospect and a second round pick in 25 On this
also on the six on Winnipeg Jets acquire New
Jersey Devils acquired defenseman Brian already
did. Yeah, you're right. You're doing a bitch.
That's one. Okay Winnipeg Jacks acquire Chris
Dryders from the Florida Panthers for goalie
Kaepo Kaepkenen. And then on, then the Vegas
Golden Knights acquire Riley Smith from the New
York Rangers for Brendan Brinson and a third
round pick in the 2025 draft. Also on the six,
Rangers acquire defenseman Carson Sussie from
Vancouver for a third round pick. There's another
one on the sixth, the Wilde acquired Justin Brazot
in exchange for Murat Kushdynikov and Jacob Vlachko
in a sixth round pick. And then also on the sixth,
Colorado Avalanche acquired Fords Brock Nelson
and William Dufour from the New York Islanders
in exchange for Fords Callum Ritchie, defenseman
Oliver Killington, and a first round pick in
26 or 27. and a third round in 28th. The New
York Times trade really in da four. Skip forward
to March 7th. The Oilers acquire Jake Wolman.
I don't like that guy. I don't like, I don't
like, I think it's just his goal celebration.
Are we gonna hit the gritties in professional?
Like no. You're a professional. You don't gritty.
Anyway, the Oilers require Jay Qualman from San
Jose for a conditional first -round pick in the
26th draft for Prospect, as well as on the 7th.
The Capitals require Anthony Bolivier from the
Penguins in exchange for a second -round pick
in the 2025 NHL drafts. Fleece! Get fleece Washington!
On the 7th, Ottawa Senators require for Dylan
Cousins, defenseman Dennis Gilbert. in a second
round pick to the 2026 NHL Draft from the Sabres
and the Sabres receive Josh Norris and defenseman
Jacob Bernard Docker. It's not not a bad move
honestly there. I don't I don't hate that one.
Also on the 7th the Kings of Choir well everyone
from here on out is was on the 7th on on Deadlight
Day. The Kings of Choir Andrei Kuzmenko in the
7th round pick in the 25 draft from the Flyers
in exchange for a third in the 27 draft. The
Jets acquire defensemen legend the Luke Shen
from the Pittsburgh Penguins for a second and
26th and a fourth and 27 again fleece fleece
by kind of do this And here here's here's one
that Ethan is really really excited about and
shared in one of our chats He's quite in the
the minority. I know a lot of fans aren't happy
with this one I'm not surprised. Yeah, but It's
Ethan. Yeah, Ethan's always a special lad. The
Red Wings acquired Gold Tender, Peter Moravzic,
and Ford Craigsmith from Chicago for Ford, Joey
Vleno, and the Winnipeg Jets re -acquired Ford,
Brandon Tanna from Seattle Kraken for a second
-round pick in the 2027 NHL draft. Ethan would
be like, fuck yeah, we got Milano Luci! Oh, yeah!
Fuck yeah, boss! Yeah, we just got a 63 -year
-old Wayne Grant's game! Yeah, we got Gordy Howell!
God rest his soul! The Toronto Maple Leafs acquire
for Scott Lanton for a fourth round in the 2025
and then a sixth round in the 2027. And while
Philly requires Nikita, Grebkin, and a first
round pick of the 2027 draft. I'm trying to look
for the bigger names here. No offense to all
of these smaller bottom six guys, but... Well,
I was going to say you got Charlie... Colorado
advantage required for Charlie Coyle and the...
fifth round pick in the 2026 draft from the Boston
Bruins in exchange for Casey Middlestadt, William
Zellers, and a second round pick in, excuse me,
in 2025. As well as Colorado Avalanche acquiring
defenseman Eric Johnson from the Philadelphia
Flyers for forward Giovanni Smith. Boston sold
heavily. It was nice for them to sell as much
as they did. The Blackhawks acquire, I've Prospect
and Victor Soderblom and Shay Weber's contract
from the Utah Hockey Club for a fifth down, taking
26. Shay Weber, Utah Hockey Club legend. Arizona
Hockey Club legend. Legend. That would be Chicago
Blackhawks legend. And then the second part of
this, the Stars acquire Rankin from the Hurricanes
for Prospect of conditional first two. Conditional
first round picks, one in 26 and one in 28, a
third round pick in 26, and a third round pick
in 27. That's one of the bigger ones of this
deadline. We talked about that just now in the
blind rankings. Obviously not the biggest one,
but one of the biggest ones of this deadline.
I'm just trying to see which ones are somewhat...
If you just want to do those next three just
quickly. All right, New Jersey Devils acquired
for Cody Glass and John Gruden from Pittsburgh
Penguins for fours Chase Stillman and Max Graham
for a third round pick in 2007. The Carolina
Hurricanes acquired for Mark Jankowski from the
Nashville Predators for a fifth round pick in
2026. Penguins legend. New Jersey acquires forward
Daniel Sprong from the Seattle Kraken for a seventh
round pick in 2026. Keeping it going, Ottawa
Senators acquired forwards Fabian Zetterlund
and Tristan Robbins in a fourth round pick in
2025, in exchange to the Sharks for forwards
Zach Ostupchuk and Noah Grigor in a second round
pick in 2025. Pittsburgh Penguins acquired defensemen
Connor Timmons and forward Connor Dewar. from
the Toronto Maple Leafs for a fifth -round pick
in 2025, which I believe they are part of a three
-team trade, which I think was also involving
the Bruins. So I think this one was included
in the Carlo trade, which Colin will get to here.
Yeah, right now. Toronto will acquire defenseman
Brendan Carville from the Bruins for a prospect,
a conditional first round 26, and a fourth round
pick and the 2025 drafts. Now, the last one that
we're going to be going over, I think, is the
tipping point of why we decided to record the
third last trade to be declared officially. March,
not March, Florida Panthers acquire Ford Brad
the Rat Marchan from the Boston Bruins for its
conditional second round pick in 2027. For a
second round pick? Second round. Conditional.
Conditional. That's just absolutely insane. Honestly,
he didn't tell on my radar that Marshawn was
on the trading block at all. I did not honestly
see that one. I heard some rumors, but it was
definitely not on my radar whatsoever. Can someone
tell me what that second line could look like?
Chucky, Sam Bennett, and Brad Marshawn. That
is going to be the most... Hated line in the
history of hockey. Three of the four most hated
players currently in the NHL right now. I don't
think it's talked about enough. He should be
more hated than he is. I think he's a little
rat bastard, not to be punny there. But you got
three of the four, assuming everybody's healthy
and everything. obviously number four being Tom
Wilson but that is going to be easily the most
hated probably the most feared line in this upcoming
playoffs like that is going to be a scary fucking
line to play against. I just can't wait to see
it. I mean two of those three can be really good
goal scorers obviously being Brad Marshawn and
Ted Chuck. Bennett just being that one to just
get in your fucking face get off my team you
know make a play if he needs to. And then obviously
the two gold scores can obviously drop the gloves
and throw some fists if they need to as well.
That is going to be a scary line when everybody's
healthy. A top six even of Verhege, Barkov, Reinhardt,
and then Chucky, Bennett, and Marchand. Oh my
god. Oh man. The thing is, with all the acquisitions
that they made... Now the gold tandem of VTig
Bandichuk and Sergey Bobrovsky. Can we see this
team repeating? They will be in consideration
for repeating them. I can very easily see it.
That's also assuming, you know, if they can come
out of the Atlantic unscathed. If they can make
it to the conference finals unscathed. That's
the thing obviously we saw Matthew the Chuck
Tampa is looking really good to get in this year
I can not I can see them having the chance to
make it back They might be at least a lot better
contenders like compared to last year against
Florida I mean we all know what happens every
time they make it But you have to give credit
to where credits due Toronto is looking really
good this year Like I said, we all know what
usually happens, but they are but still they're
looking really good right now I think they're
second in the Atlantic. I think top three. I
think it goes Florida Toronto Tampa or Florida
Tampa Toronto Florida, Toronto, Tampa, top three.
Ottawa is in the number four spot. Ottawa? They've
been actually, honestly, quietly good. They're
in the wild card spot right now. Yeah, Florida,
Toronto, Tampa, Ottawa, Detroit, Montreal, Boston,
and Buffalo. Wow. And honestly, like, everybody
- Boston's second to last in that division? And
honestly, like, everybody's in that hunt, you
know. Looking at the rest of the East there,
I think the two that are in the wild card spot,
Columbus and Ottawa, and the teams to follow
are honestly within striking distance. You've
got the Rangers, Detroit, Montreal, Boston, and
the Islanders. Realistically are all within striking
range of that second wild card spot. I can't
see the Islanders, I mean I don't know if they
win their game. tonight against Anaheim and maybe
Boston, I really can't see many teams striking
to get to the second -longer spot. But my God,
that... Back on track, if Florida can get through
the first two rounds unscathed, they are going
to go all the way. Getting past that Atlantic
division. Whoever comes out on top... will win
the Stanley Cup because they are the division
to beat them. Yeah and that's weird they usually
used to be the Metro was the the division to
beat and it seems to me you know Washington was
winning every year Pittsburgh the Rangers were
on a really good stretch or even Philly was on
a good stretch for a while there Columbus had
a good couple years there. Well it seems to be
rotating every couple years I mean I think from
2010 to 2015 when those cups were raised it was
between the central because Chicago in the Pacific
with LA and then it switched over to the Metro
from 15 to 20. The 16 standing cup to probably
about the 19 standing cup when the Metro is pretty
dominant and now the Atlantic has kind of taken
over from 20 to now where you know you got Tampa
in three consecutive years and you got Florida
back -to -back years so it's gonna change here
soon but watch out for the fucking Atlantic man.
A very scary division this year, man. And I mean,
some of the teams that are improving heavily,
like Detroit has obviously been improving, doing
nothing but that the past four seasons. Ottawa's
starting to look really good. Montreal is starting
to kind of show signs of life and signs of hope.
The only one not is Buffalo, because it's Buffalo.
But we're going to be going back there, officially
going back to Penguins versus Sabres. Again,
getting the first time in like two years that
we're going to a... Which we'll talk about that
more once the time comes. We should have another
recording by the time that happens. We'll talk
about it more next recording. Real quickly before
we get wrapped up here, some winners and losers
of this year's trade demo. Winners, Florida Panthers.
Florida I think is the clear kind of winner.
Toronto's up there, too, getting Brandon Karlo
and getting Scott Lofton. I know Steve Dangle
is kind of losing his mind there a little bit,
because he's like, what are you doing? You gotta
do something there, Toronto. And all of a sudden
later on, Scott Lofton's a Toronto main! And
then Brandon Karlo's a Toronto main! I know he
wasn't too happy about Timmons and Dewar coming
over to Pittsburgh. Obviously that's... Kyle
Dubas' team. Some of those boys I know. He had
tenons both in Toronto and in Sioux. And then
Dewar just very briefly in Toronto as well. I
don't know, he drafted. I believe he drafted
both of those guys. Dallas is another big winner,
I feel like, just because... Branson in alone
makes them a winner, yeah. Yeah, and then obviously
you got some supportive cast around them, but
you know, Mikko Branson is gonna make that top
six. a whole lot more dangerous outside, you
know, outside of Jason Robinson, outside of,
you know, Jordan Cairo, outside of, uh, white
Johnson, white Johnson. Like that's, you, you
got your big four forwards right there. You were,
they can be really scary. I think the number
one, like sleeper winner honestly is Pittsburgh.
The amount of draft picks that we got back in
this, you know, we've got a lot of young getting
some young talent in. to, you know, make up that
bottom six who's still pretty old for being bottom
six. I think we're asleep. I wouldn't say we're
top, like, five -winner. We are a sleeper. A
sleeper -winner. Like, uh, not enough people
are talking about the amount of work Dubus did.
I'm on their side with what Dubus names the dude.
Over the next three drafts, we have 18 picks
in the first three rounds. That is - that's ridiculous.
That is insane. I also say that I think the third
winner on my list is Colorado. They got EJ back,
which that's a big bolster veteran presence.
They got Brock Nelson, too. That's a veteran
name, very tough guy to fill in here. Probably
like maybe second to third line there. Yeah,
mid six, especially with Ramoscoq being out now
for possibly forever. You need somebody to fill
in behind A -Mac and Nelson could be that guy.
Not long term, but for now. I think very easily
to choose the losers being The Boston Bruins.
Boston. Buffalo. Buffalo, I mean, they didn't
do much. I mean, they got rid of Dylan Cousins.
I mean, that's probably one of your sleeper best
players on that team. Well, you got, you lost
Cousins, but you gave Norris, so it's like, it's
kind of a wash. Can we really say anything that
didn't do anything a loser? because they didn't
do anything. They didn't do anything. The Sharks,
I know, didn't do a whole lot at all. The only
team that I can think of as losers outside of
Boston is the New York Islanders. They did something.
They traded away Brock Nelson. They did something.
The Devils got a bunch of them already. The Devils
got a couple of nice guys, but I mean the best
player that I can name off the top of my head
is Brian Dumalin. That's the best player you
could acquire. They got a second or third pair
in defense, man. They got Cody Glass in that
trade. I believe Cody Glass is appointed to New
Jersey. And they got another former penguin being
Daniel Sprong, too, I believe. But again, those
are the three best names that you can mention.
I'm just not impressed by New Jersey's trade
line. I'll say another one that's kind of like
a sleeper loser. The Rangers. They did not get
much and they did not get rid of much they just
kind of Brought in brought in a couple guys that
early and lost a couple guys that are just eh
Well you when you lose you your four big names
Capo Caco Riley Smith Jacob Truba Ryan Gremlin
Lindgren, you know, I feel like they're those
guys are more Losers they brought in the Rangers.
They bring in Carson Suzy. Oh They get rid of
Riley Smith. Oh The rest of it is going back
to where he's kind of shining where he's kind
of blown his whole career being in Vegas and
they honestly He wants to be in Vegas. He really
like he wants to retire as a misfit per se He
wants to retire as a gold man. So it makes sense
for him to go back to Vegas But and one last
sleeper winner for me is the Tampa Bay late They
brought in Johnny Gordon bring in Johnny bring
Johnny gourd bag bringing in Oliver Bjork strain
is really gonna help in there on the back end
there I get some veteran help to get some veteran
help there besides headman Yeah, I mean I can
spy see probably playing on the second line probably
with pile of their radish to be honest We're
even put an extra churn act But I mean, yeah,
this is this it was a very exciting and the first
couple hours of deadline day We're like is any
we gonna get anything today? Well, you know,
I don't think anything really started happening
till about 11, 12 o 'clock. Dude, I woke up at
like 7, 38 o 'clock that morning, turned on my
TV, and I started waiting for trains and shit.
Like, nothing started happening until like 12,
1 o 'clock. And all of a sudden, boom, boom,
boom, boom, boom. I was like, holy shit. And
obviously, the biggest one, Brad Marshawn going
to Florida, was just completely unexpected. I
mean, there was rumors out, but I didn't believe
it, because rumors are rumors. I was like, there's
no shot they're gonna give to Marshawn. Actually,
our grandfather texted me earlier in the day.
I think he... around like nine o 'clock. He was
like, hey, do you think Marshawn's gonna land
anywhere? And I was like, no, like, I doubt it.
I mean, nobody's gonna want to pick up his contract,
especially at his age. Boy, was I friggin' wrong.
I said, there's no shot. There's no shot Boston's
getting rid of him. But then boom, all of a sudden,
within the last 30 minutes, they're like, Brad
Marshawn's going to Florida. I was like, that's
why. I texted them, I was like, aw, guys, Brad
Marshawn's going to Florida. They're like, what?
I was like, he was shot. That's why I didn't
have Marshawn on my... I did not see it happening
at all, but obviously it happened. Surprise!
There's one more thing that I wanted to mention.
I already forgot it, like, just now. There's
one last thing I wanted to bring up, but I can't
remember it now. I thought it had to do with
Martian, but... Oh yeah, we did ask these guys
before briefly, like, who's gonna be the next
captain of Boston? With you guys said pasta and
said he doesn't want to he doesn't write it What
coincided and actually know that he didn't want
to be capped? I know I did pasta doesn't completely
forgot about him, which is kind of embarrassing.
He's obviously the best player in that team now
The only other player that comes to mind is Charlie
McEvoy Say you're rocking kind of rockin pasta.
So it's gonna be you know see Mac over there.
We probably see like I mean Let me pull up the
roster right now just just in case we're missing
some any other name. I mean some of the other
ones that we could have. Brandon Karlo. Nope,
he's gone. Trent Frederick could have been maybe
an A. Nope, he's gone. No jokes on you. Current
roster. One name's a pop up or that pop out.
Pasternak. McAvoy. That's about it. Pavel Zaka,
I can see him maybe getting an A, maybe. He's
been there for a little bit. How long has he
been there? He's been there for three, four,
this is fourth year there now, so, or third season
there. Depending, I've seen maybe three, four
years down the road, if he stays there, Casey
Middlestad can maybe eventually become an A.
Yeah, but. I think he was one when he was up
in Buffalo, like an A, but that was. No, that's
here or best here the other one I can see that
may be giving the seat to just because of Experience
is Lindholm Elias Lindholm. He I'm sorry, but
I thought he's he's 30. He's definitely I think
he can definitely be an a without a doubt being
a I think you can the see I don't know but as
of right now in my personal opinion the clear
-cut captain Should be passed up, but he doesn't
want to you see you have an a he has a nice So
I say the two a's would probably be Linholm and
Pasta, C going to McAvoy. Maybe giving like a
fill -in A to Hampus -Linholm, but other than
that I think really only the other clear -cut
C, to be without questions. To be C. To be C.
Is C Charlie McAvoy. Yep. Other than that, there's
not a whole lot. Hampus -Linholm, they probably
could find some arguments for that. To be C,
C McAvoy. Yeah. I kind of laughed at Ethan. I
remember he brought it up in one of our chats.
He was like, this might be the first time Boston
actually won't be hateable. I think he said Boston
became a lot less hateable. It's kind of true.
For whatever reason, I have more hatred towards
Florida than anybody else. Marshawn was one of
the main reasons I didn't like Boston. I still
don't like it. The only Boston team in general
that I don't hate is the Red Sox. I just grew
up my grandma's favorite team. Second favorite
team was always the Red Sox and obviously I was
always a big poppy fan growing up too. So I mean,
I had no hate for the Red Sox whatsoever. And
Fenway's a number one bucket list attraction
out of anything. Anything. Just to say you went
to Fenway regardless of the teams to watch. But
yeah, I mean Charlie McEvoy I think is the best
option there. Is it Lindholm? Possibly. Lindholm.
I don't think they're gonna name them this season.
They'll probably wait until the end of next year.
So there are alternatives, okay, there are alternatives
are Charlie and Pes. I didn't realize Charlie
had an A already. So I can definitely see McAvoy
getting the C then, without a question. I don't
think they'll give it to somebody that doesn't
even have an A right now. So McAvoy will probably
become the captain, and the C's, or the A's will
be pasta, and then one of the two Lindholms.
One of the A Lindholms. We have one of the two
Lindholms. Yeah, and that's our or maybe both,
you know, cuz you could have those alternating
captains You got it did see in McAvoy the assistance
a I think the panels are doing that will for
I without the tang and Duma No, I thought they
were I thought I know Duma had now one point
That's because it's probably because one of the
three captains route at this point Well, so that's
what I mean, like one one home will get the full
-time a than the one can be like a reserve if
one of the other Oh, okay. Yeah, like campus
has the a he gets hurt The full -time A is going
to be pasta obviously the C will be Charlie and
then alternate, you know, depending on the night
A's can be the two of them. Yeah, I mean that's
Biggest losers are the Boston Braves, so we can
call them the side of the rock tonight They don't
even get this letter grade for the deadline they
get this, you know minus three letter grades
I think they might be the only team that I am
legit give a flat -out F2 The biggest loser of
the deadline is East Lake Boston. Some teams
that didn't do much didn't do anything, so you
can't really give them an F because they didn't
do anything. Some teams didn't really need to
do anything. The Capitals didn't really need
to do anything. If name broke, I'd fix it. They
got Anthony Bivilly from us. I think Bivilly
was one of the only things that they really did.
He's going to be a solid third -liner. He's going
to be a very solid third -liner. I was not very
happy with that one. I'm surprised we got a second
round pick out of him though. I'll tell you,
I was happy with that. Considering the two big
trades that come right off the top of my head,
both dealt with the Penguins. First one with
Lars Eller and now with Bivilly. I think we got
a second round out of Lars Eller, didn't we?
Yeah. He went to Washington too, that's right.
Yeah, he's there. He's in Riverview Center right
now. Yeah. And he's doing pretty darn well for
them down there. Pavilion, he's probably going
to be a third line, third line guy. Depending
on injury, he might even be able to sneak up
into that second. Well, again, depends on how
healthy, you know, Tom Wilson stays, how healthy
Ryan Strohm will stay, or not Ryan, Dylan Strohm,
because Dylan Strohm is in between, you know,
Ovechkin, I think. I forget who is on the other
wing, but... McMichael or something? Yeah, McMichael.
It's Ovi and the kids, pretty much. Speaking
of Ovi, Ovi counter. Nine. He's down to nine.
Nine more goals, man. Single digits, two... I
was wrong, he had his tumble on the first line.
It's Ovi, Strom, Wilson. Okay. And then McMichael,
PLD, Alexi, Poitras. I think maybe Michael was
on the first line. Right now it looks like they
have de Villiers on the fourth. Time will change.
Just Taylor Radish is their third line right
winger. Oh. So I didn't realize he was back in
the NHL right now. Yeah, time will change. Time
will change. Time will change. Time will change.
Time will change. Time will change. Time will
change. Time will change. Time will change. Time
will change. Time will change. Time will change.
Time will change. Time will change. Time will
change. So all he needs is maybe one more hat
-trick and then he can then he can afford to
go a game or two without one But I don't know
if he's gonna do it at the end of this month.
He will break it this season Let's see that is
a praying hoping he can stay healthy three three
game road trip here the California push Anaheim
LA San Jose Yeah, they host Detroit, host the
Flyers, host Florida, they go to Winnipeg, go
to Minnesota, and their last game of the month
of March is March 30th, 3 p .m., where they host
the Buffalo Sabres. Yeah, I can see it. Because
they don't play us until what, April 10th or
something like that? Season finale. The season
finale? Season finale, April 17th. Yeah, I don't
think it'll take that long. Yeah, cuz they're
I don't know if it'll be by the end of the month
I can say maybe like the me the second game in
April I don't know if you can do by the end of
the month and they got a couple easy games are
the piece of Buffalo what San Jose and Anaheim
are in there but then he got teams like Florida
to deal with Minnesota who's very underrated
Lee good this year I'll say you good and then
the last thing the last six games the Capitals
are all in our division I Hosted Carolina hosted
by I'm sorry, Long Island in Pittsburgh and a
home and home against the Blue Jackets in the
middle there. I'm sorry, they go to Long Island
twice in the month of April. But either way,
like Kyle said, it's very well doable for the
grade A. He's going to do it this season again,
praying that he stays healthy. Well, the fact
is, number one, he's 39 years old. Number two,
he missed six weeks due to a broken leg. He has
one. How many goals this year? Like 38 in like
50 games or something like that for 39 years
old. 39 years old and missing six games. He's
still top five currently in scoring in the league.
39 years old and missing some time with injury.
It's insane. We've got a stats right here. 48
games so far this year he has 33 goals for 50
points That put him at exactly he has 16 hit
1600 points today. It looks like Yeah, that goal
gave him exactly 1600 career points And he's
nine goals away from breaking a record that we
all grew up being told this is the most unbreakable
record in hockey and now he's About to do it.
Yeah, literally witnessing greatness. Yeah, who
ever said that? Should be punched in the face.
I mean, I mean it sounds just out of this world
I mean now I want to show them like then the
person who was there to watch when you Gretzky's
final goal we scored I want to bring them to
the game where Alex Ovechkin Breaks the record.
Yeah now you're witnessing history twice. I know
he said that like I think once he once he gets
to like the Three or two goals away mark I think
that's when we need to start getting together
for every game if we can And start watching to
be to witness it all together because that is
just again witnessing greatness and something
that yeah, we probably won't see again I know
we said that for Kretzky's but And thing is if
he hits it does he keep going does he try to
hit 900? Obviously, I think he loves he's probably
least play the rest of the season So there there
is a very good chance pending on when he hits
the record that he could hit 900 real honestly
considering to break the record it's 895 and
if he does it in the month of march there's no
way that he's going to go goalless between april
1st and whenever the capitals are done with the
playoffs yeah i know he went goalless last year
not that playoff series but you'd be asked nice
to not have or not see who you score so absolutely
unbelievable man It's been incredible to watch.
As much as we kind of grew up hating him as a
player, just being told that we're supposed to
hate him just because of the rivalry between
him and Crosby, I mean yeah, he's starting to
almost prove me wrong with the whole Crosby -Ovetchian
debate. It's getting close now, just how old
he is and he's still being able to put up these
numbers is unbelievable, man. But again, without
a question of it out, greatest goal scorer of
all time is going to be, and he's starting to
get to that point where I might be being pushed
on the crowd of the Ovechkin debate, but goal
scorer, obviously I've said for a while it's
him, but overall it's starting to push the other
direction. I'm still sticking true to Sid with
what he's doing in Pittsburgh. I still think
the overall round player is Cid, but the goal
scorer is Cid. So he might be back in time for
Tuesday's matchup between Florida and Boston.
In Boston. So um, hell that might even be a tearjerker
of a tribute. Not even a Martian fan and I might
still shed a tear on that one, so. I know there's
probably gonna be some split reactions in that
arena. I mean, I don't think there's a single
fan in that arena that'll boo him, to be honest.
I think there might be a couple. but I don't
think it was his decision to be moved. No, it
wasn't. I mean, if he pulled like a John Tavares
and like in free agency went to Toronto instead,
yeah. Like, oh, I wanted more money. No, like
he was trading. Like he didn't leave them and
go in the free agency for more money. Yeah, he
was traded not under request, not under his own
will, so. Which I believe I did see he had to
waive his no trade clause in order for the trade
to happen. Yeah. But again, like. It was, I'm
sure he was kind of out of, his kind of hands
were probably tied. He didn't have much of a
say. So. But yeah man, that is clearly the day
of an era for sure. In this day and hockey is
the end of Marshawn in Boston. Yeah, I'm about
done with stuff to say. I am too. Looking at
it, there's nobody left from the last championship
team in Boston. Or, right? Not really. I mean,
Zaka is gone. Zaka's still in Boston now. Oh
no, then I think Pavel Zaka was still around
during that run. The 2011 run? Yeah. No, no,
no. Zaka's only been in Boston for about three
years now. Okay, well then nevermind. Marshawn,
I think, is the last one, obviously, from that.
Because he was just like, boy, that might have
been his rookie year or his second year from
Marshawn there. He was young when they had that
cup run. That was 13 years ago now, I think.
Marchanda's 25. Brad Marchanda was only a couple
months younger than Sid. Well, what was his first
year that he started playing? 2009. So yeah,
it was like his second or third year. Crazy man
crazy absolutely insane deadline that we did
not see that coming for sure There's a lot of
ones for us for the penguins that I thought was
gonna be moved that I was hoping was gonna get
moved didn't Eric Carlson the one I cut I know
Kyle and I were kind of talking about like we
were Throughout the week we were talking about
I was talking about I Really thought we're cow
I know there's heavy. I think there was a deal
in place to move him, but then it got and falling
through. Thanks for you. I mean, personally I
really didn't want to see Raquel get moves. I
know, I mean at this point of his career where
he's just putting up probably the best numbers
of his career right now and I think he's our
number one scorer right now. Yes. He's at 30
goals now and very close too. But yeah, that's
about all I got left to say. We'll call and find
that proof set stat for me. So I know he leads
the team, I don't know if he's broken 30 yet
or not. No, so Ricardo Ricale currently, well
he leads the team in goals at 29. 29, okay. But
he's number 2 in points. Only behind Sid the
middle -aged man. Sid has 68 points, Ricardo
has 54. And the next closest is Rusty at 47.
Yeah. Rusty is another one I wouldn't have doubted
to see get moved. But he might have to be one
of the ones that we do move to continue on with
this dreaded R -word, the rebuild. Dubis is doing
a very good job. I mean, he said that his goal
right now is to get this rebuild done as quick
as possible to give Crosby, Malkin, and Lutang
one more shot at the big game, at the big dance.
He's doing a good job. I mean, I'm very very
happy with the overall the trade I am too. I
might give us honestly what the letter we're
rocking right now, but I'd give us a B I Would
like honestly like to see that patch back on
our jerseys yet again one more one last time
one last time I'm not asking for two or three
more. I would like one more for for the this
three -headed monster there But now yeah, I think
we're good. I'm done. Don't have much else to
add on pretty good Alright, well, we're out.
Peace out. No peace. Chicken grease. Whatever
you want to say. That's fine. Whatever outro's
you want to say. We're done saying the normal
outro. We've said it so many times. We're going
to say it so many times again. Peace out motherfuckers.
Peace out. See ya.