You know, I think somebody needs to tell the
London Knights that they're allowed to lose a
fucking game here and there. That they have now
won 28 of their last 30 playoff games. They're
allowed to lose a game here and there. Do they
know that? Apparently not. They can. They have
swept six of their last seven playoff series.
The only one that they did not sweep was the
conference finals last year against Saginaw.
They lost that one in six, and then went on to
lose to them in the Memorial Cup final. So apparently,
if you want the London Knights to lose a playoff
game, you just got to send the Saginaw their
way. Which obviously they almost did, but you
know. Hmm, they lost to a pretty familiar team.
A team they were pretty familiar with. I don't
know. I mean, I'm looking over Jeffy's right
shoulder there, too. One of the beautiful -looking
jerseys. I don't know. The crest, that beautiful
logo on the crest. They don't use that logo anymore,
but it's what that logo represents. As Connor
McDavid would say, to wear the jersey now, it
means something. He said that during his jersey
retirement, when I first got here, it did not
mean, you know, it was... It didn't mean that
much or it wasn't as important as it is now.
But now you've got to wear that jersey with pride
because it means something now. And obviously,
him being the one, the reason that his number
is now up in the rafters. I hope they keep it
on the ice. I doubt they will next year. I don't
think so. But obviously, his number is going
to be up there forever now. And that will never
be worn by an Erie Otter. Again, not in that
building. Not anywhere else. Yeah, these Londonites,
man, they, oh my god. Anyways, yeah, Colin found
this fun fact. We are now seeing the first rematch
in OHL history. And it's the third time in OHA
slash OHL history. Last time it happened was
1954 and 1955 between the Toronto Marlboros and
the St. Catharines teepees. Also happened in
1949 -41, also the Toronto Marlboros and the
Oshawa Generals. So, again, the Oshawa Generals
have done it twice. But now, instead of the Toronto
Marlboros, it is the London Knights. Which, I
did not see them going on to sweep Barry. I did
not see that coming. Neither did I. I honestly
thought Barry was a much better team this year.
Also, keep in mind, going into the Eastern Conference
Finals over there, I'll show one in Barry. They
went home for games three and four up to nothing,
which, you know, it's rare to see at this stage
in the playoffs for any level to lose both games
on home ice. You expect it on the first round,
any league, because, you know, there might be
some phonies in there, some phony teams. It's
like, okay, how the fuck did you make it this
far into the season to get to the seed? Yeah,
but now. After game one, you thought, hey, this
might be a pretty close series. It's a 3 -1 final.
Then they go on to win game two 7 -1. And it's
like, oh, okay. Okay, Oshawa, we see you guys.
Like, okay, we see you. Game three coming home
to Oshawa. They won 7 -6 in double overtime.
90 total shots in that game between both teams.
Oshawa outshot Barry 50 -40. That's insane. And
then game four, Oshawa wins 8 -4 to close out
the series. London, Kitchener kind of held in
there. I mean, most of the games were pretty
close. First two games in London, final scores
of 5 -2 and 6 -2. And they really tried, really
fought hard to hold them off there. And the home
ice didn't want to get swept on home ice. Scores
of just being 3 -2 and 4 -2. So all four games,
Kitchener scored two goals. It'll be 3 -4 -5
-6 for London's totals. Or 5 -6 -3 -4 if you
want to go in order. But we have a rematch of
last year's Stanley Cup. Jay Ross. Wrong lead
there, buddy. I know we talk about anything hockey,
but you've got to get your leads right, alright?
Last year, hopefully, we don't see an exact repeat.
Because last year, London swept against us. Swept
four games to nothing. Again, none of those were
close, being 8 -1, 9 -1. Okay, one of them was
close. Also, it's 7 -6. It's a double overtime
game. And then, finally, what? 8 -1? Yeah, I
mean, it's... These London Knights, man. Someone
needs to tell them to just chill. I'm sick of
seeing them. I mean, they're a good fucking team.
You can respect good hockey. That's the Dale
Hunter way. That's the way this team and this
organization is. They know. They know where to
find talent. They know talent when they see it.
They know how to develop. They never have an
off year. Ever since the Hunters came in, in
the early 2000s, I think they joined the 99 -2000
season because the first year that the Otters
were in the league, 96 -97, The London Knights
had an abysmal three wins. That was their shit
season. And that still holds the record for the
worst. Worst season ever. And then they still
were a basement team. They were still in the
bottom of the league. Granted, the league was
16 teams back in the day. Oh, no, four teams
in 27 years, 26 years, something like that. That's
something I'm trying to find out. I'll have to
go back and maybe try to find this kitchen answer
for you next episode. But the Peterborough Peets
currently hold the record for the longest. consecutive
playoff appearance streak in OHL history, making
the playoffs for 27 consecutive seasons, from
the 76 -77 season to the 0 -2 -0 -3 season. The
Gulf Storm currently hold the longest active
streak, extending to 18 seasons. Was that this
year? Did they make it this year? I don't know.
They got knocked out. So yeah, that must have
ended this year. I could assume London might
be up there for the longest active streak at
this point. I don't think they've missed since
the early 2000s. I know, it's been quite some
time. But, yeah, obviously with the finals now
getting ready to get underway, game one will
be in London. on May 8th, and then Game 2 on
May 10th in London. And then they'll head over
to Oshawa in Games 3 and 4 on the 12th and 13th.
And then if necessary, Game 5 will be back in
London on the 15th, and Oshawa on the 17th. And
then Game 7 is on the 19th, if they get to that
point. I'm sorry, I don't think it's going to
go... Maybe five or six, but... London's going
to repeat, unfortunately. Yeah, I mean, as much
as we probably don't want to see it, I mean,
we don't say a lot of advice, so we've voiced
how much we dislike London as a team, as individuals.
But, I mean, respect for them versus good of
a team. They're just good, like... I'll admit
it, they're a really good team. Really good talent
on that team. It was kind of funny, we kind of
briefly talked about it on our little group chat
we have. Because obviously throughout this year
they've been doing the quarter century teams
for each OHL team. Like, just the Midwest, just
because he revealed the Midwest division, like,
it's just so stacked. Like, there are so many
games that are not even on the list. Like, it's
insane, like, how stacked, like, the last 25
years has been for the Midwest. Like, it's just
been so stacked. Unbelievable. Because, obviously,
for the Midwest division, it was... They have,
on first team, it was Patrick Kane, Connor McDavid,
Mitch Marner, Drew Dowdy, Evan Bouchard, and
Jordan Finiton. And then team two was, second
team was Jeff Carter, Wyatt Johnson, Michael
Misa, Zane Perak, Mikhail Sergeyev, and Matt
Murray. Like, there's honestly so many other
names you could easily... Zane Perak's a fucking
bitch. No, because I'm going to say stuff that
I can't say on the air. Easy. Like, there. That's
all I can say. As friggin' annoying as that is.
Yeah, I'm doing research as we speak. Still going
back. I'm all the way back to the 0203 season.
And London's streak is still going on. So...
Yeah, I'm trying to just figure that out as we...
As we speak here. Obviously M2 was the honors.
Did the Knights make it that year? They made
it that year. Have we beat them in the second
round? Shocker. We've seen that before. But yeah.
It's going to be interesting how the finals are
going to go. And obviously, when this episode
goes out tomorrow, we'll kind of have an idea
where Schaefer is going to more than likely land.
Because obviously the lottery is up tomorrow.
The NHL will be doing that tomorrow. Apparently,
whatever stat I just saw before was wrong. The
London Knights have not missed the playoffs since
the 1999 -2000 season. When's the last time you
missed the playoffs? That's 22 seasons. 25. We
didn't have the 21 or 22 playoffs. Or 2020 or
2021. So 24. It said 22, so. 24. If you're including
the 1999 -2000 season, that's 24 seasons because
you take outs. the 2020, or, sorry, 23, because
you take out the 1920 playoffs. So I probably
just didn't update yet, so yeah, 23 consecutive
seasons. Yeah, because you're, well, we say the
Guelph Storm one was 27. Yeah, or, I don't know,
because technically, technically they made the
playoffs in the 1920 season. Technically, so
we can say they didn't, although they didn't
actually physically play, game, they still clinched
a playoff spot. And then the 2020 -21 season
was cancelled, so we didn't have playoffs that
year as well. You know who the longest active
streak in the NHL is? I don't know. I'm trying
to go through the teams. No Winnipeg, no Dallas,
no Florida, no Toronto, no Washington. No Carolina.
Hold on. I've got to look at who actually made
it. They are on the walls right now. Oh, they
are on the walls. I want to say Carolina. Edmonton.
Nope. Can't be Vegas. It is Toronto. Toronto?
Oh. They've made it every year since 2017. And
they have won one playoff series. Two. Two now.
Two. The longest streak, least amount of playoff
series wins in that time. Yep. Well, with the
exception of... Actually, no. No other exception.
Now. The All -Stars have only made it the last
three years, and they have won four series. Florida's
only made it in the last four, last five, and
they've won eight series. Obviously, they've
won the Cup. And, yeah, half of them were last
year. But, yeah, it's crazy. Some of these streaks
that we're seeing, man. London has a hole, man.
I mean, chill out. I don't know. I mean, if the
Russia would... Swept right by Barry. I mean,
we might have a series here. I've seen a lot
of... Again, I'm not going to act surprised if
this does end in another London sweep. I'm not
going to act surprised. I saw a lot of Osho General
fans. They said that this was... They honestly
believe this team was a lot better than what
they were at last year. Even though they made
the finals last year. They think they're overall
better. They were a better team than what they
were last season. Yeah, for sure. But, I mean,
yeah, that's about all we have to discuss in
the LHL right now. Obviously, there's not much
going on in Otter's world, except they announced
coaching changes. Wes Wolfe is going to be gone.
And what, head athletic trainer? Yeah. Andrew
Koop is going to be gone. Well, as the voice
of the Otters, Sean Bednar is moving on, which
I think we did discuss that already last episode.
Trevor Cabana taking over for the voice of the
Otters. It's going to be nice to see the nice
young, what, 23, 24 -year -old Trevor. 24. He
just graduated college. So nice and young. He's
an Erie boy. Born and raised. Went to Gatlin.
Yeah, went to Gatlin. He's a homegrown boy. I
know he's mentioned on his podcast that he does.
I wonder if he's going to have enough time to
continue that going. Or if he's going to be able
to find a new host for it. I wonder if they're
going to try to find a new host for that or if
he's going to try to keep it going. I guess we'll
see. We'll find out here in the offseason. The
ought season here. I just want to punch it right
now. Yeah, so we weren't calling it that right
now, which we're still going, but nobody's getting
past London, man. It's one of those things, at
this point in this league, if you want to make
it to the final, you're going to have to play
London at some point. Yep. Whether it's in the
final or the conference final or somehow get
it past in the first round, which I wish I could
go back even further and see when the last time
London lost the first round. Which I think it's,
yeah, I think it was 2018. I think I saw that
as I was going through. I think they got swept
in 2018 in the first round to 0 -2. As I know,
if that's the case, before that it was 2015 against
Erie. And Erie swept them. We did that in 2015.
It was 2014 or 2015 we swept them. Oh, wow. I
know it was 2014 or 2015. I do remember that.
It was not 14, because London lost in the second
round to the number one seeded Guelph. Okay,
it might have been 15 then. Yeah, well, we swept
them in the second round. Yeah, we were the number
two seed there in number three. We swept them.
Let's see. Yeah, 2018, the number four seed,
Owen Zantac, swept the fifth seed, London, in
the first round in 2018. Also, that's the year
that Hamilton went to go on to win their first
of their two and four years or two and five years.
That 2018 year, Hamilton only lost five games.
They went 16 -5 in that year. The second year,
they only lost three games. They were such a
fucking good team. 2022, they only lost three
games, all three of them being in the final where
Windsor took them to seven. I mean, that's about
all I got left to say for the year. London just
needs to chill out, man. They've lost first round
2008 to Guelph 4 -1, but they didn't get swept.
They have not, they haven't, or I guess it was
in the 99 -2000 season, so I can't really say.
I was going to say they have not, they have yet
to miss the playoffs in this century, but if
it was the 99 -2000 season, that wouldn't make
sense. Imagine if you could say that. Oh, we
haven't missed the playoffs this century. That'd
be ridiculous. Yeah. Alright. Now that we've
done this in a couple weeks, I think we are going
to jump back into some hurdle or Pukdoku here.
Let's start with some Pukdoku. Alright, going
to run across for the columns. We have Arizona,
Vancouver, and Ottawa. Whereas for the rows,
we have Philadelphia, Winnipeg, and Edmonton.
I'm wondering if this can be Winnipeg or Arizona,
or if it has to be Arizona. I think it just has
to be Arizona. Click on Arizona. It'll usually
hover over it or click on it. It'll tell you.
It's just Arizona. It has to be Arizona. Right,
Arizona, Edmonton. Mike Smith. Yeah, so that's
what I was just about to say. Shut up, Walmart.
I don't want to read your ad. Arizona Philly
Jeremy Roenick, correct? Arizona Philly? Yeah.
How long has that Penguins banner been up there?
I just noticed that. Oh, I've had that for a
while. No, I got it for Christmas. Because...
It's been up there since? No, not up there since.
I think since I... The banners, I've been up
there for a while. The clock I moved up. The
three banners have been there for a while. I
moved the clock up, the stick over, and the board,
the pin board up. You're just now noticing it?
Kyle, we've been in the studio for how many weeks
now? Two, come on. Back on topic, all right?
Come on. Philly. I want to say Trevor Linden,
but I don't know if he played for Philly. I know
he's spent a good amount of his career in Vancouver.
Did he go somewhere else? Oh, Claude Giroux for
Philly. Ottawa. Kind of a gimme, but... Well,
I mean, we'll take it. Because this is usually
the point where we start to tamper off. Edmonton,
Ottawa. And we're tampering off. Man, it's like
I know us at this point. Josh Norris, I think
he's always been up there. Up in Ottawa. I don't
think he's been sometime. Not neither. Winnipeg
or Edmonton. Taylor Hall, I don't think he'd
fit anywhere. I'm just thinking of players that
have jumped. Traveled. Well -seasoned, per se.
Wow, I can't... Prison Boy. I don't think he'd
fit anywhere. Other than Arizona. Click on Winifred,
does that say? Would the franchise count? No,
just the Winnipeg. So, current Winnipeg and last
season's Arizona. Or through last season's Arizona.
If you just hover over the logo instead of clicking,
does it tell you? No. It's one of the grid sites
that tells you which ones count. Normally, it
says it. If it's the playoff stats or the stats,
it says... On that team versus career. I'm just
wondering if thrashers would count for the Jets
here. No, it would say that franchise versus,
like I said, it's just saying it's the specific
team. Damn, Ottawa -Winnipeg. I think that one
should be a lot easier. Yager doesn't fit anywhere,
I don't believe. No. Oh, Philly, but Philly's
the only... He wouldn't fit in anywhere. Yeah,
Kyle, he's a person. All the way over in the
Czech Republic. Mike Hoffman, did he ever play
for Edmonton? I know he played for Ottawa. I
think he was on that absolutely stacked 17 team.
Yeah, he was. Did he ever play for Edmonton?
Ottawa, San Jose. I think he's still... I think
he's still currently out of San Jose. Is he?
Yeah. I know he's played for more than the three
that we just named, but what are the other ones?
I'm not saying the Rangers, because I think he
might have been the one that was in that... the
Mika Zibana chat trade. Because remember, Zibanejad
started up in Ottawa, but then came down to the
Bluecoats, and that's right. Okay. So... Well,
I don't think Hoffman ever played for the Bluecoats,
though. No, no, he didn't. They were both on
that absolutely stacked 16 -17 center team, the
one that made it to the conference finals. No,
because we played Mika in the first round that
year with the Bluecoats, so... Hoffman, yes.
Oh, no. Mika was up in... It was in New York
at the time. I thought he would be with Ottawa.
No, that's a little too late. 15, 16 maybe, but
definitely not 17. Did Hoffman play for Edmonton,
not for Cremo? I want to say he did, but... Let's
see, Jeff Skinner's only been... Buffalo, Carolina,
Edmonton. Cory Perry has been... Anaheim. Anaheim,
Toronto. Tampa. Tampa. Dallas. Dallas. Montreal.
I'm in Montreal, sorry. Montreal. One of those
fucking Canadian teams that we all fucking hate.
Dallas, Montreal, Tampa, Chicago, Edmonton. Oh
yeah, the Chicago motherfuckers. That's right.
Yeah. He took motherfucker away to a whole new
level, man. Dylan DeMello, I know he's younger
on Winnipeg, but I think he's only been there.
Or did he start in Ottawa, maybe? Brendan Dillon,
really the only team on here is Winnipeg. Washington.
Well, I'm saying on here. It would only be Winnipeg.
Did he play for Vancouver? I know there's a third
team. New Jersey. Jersey, Washington, and Winnipeg.
Is that it? Okay. That little... We're binded.
We want to just throw Hoffman on. Edmonton. Edmonton.
I thought he did the right one point. Let's do
the right one. No, he did not. Damn. All right.
Wow, this one's tough, man. Winnipeg and Arizona.
Not Evander Kane, right? No. Winnipeg, San Jose,
Buffalo, and Montana. Trying to think of that
time right around the time where maybe Winnipeg
was new or when they just came back from Atlanta.
Big Buff? Blake Wheeler? No. Big Buff? No. Ilya
Brzgalov. I know he did fill you. I know he spent
a little time in Arizona. You spent some time.
I think he might have. That would be the best
guess we've came up with so far. Well, as you
played for either Winnipeg or Vancouver. Vancouver,
I don't think so. Because if we did Winnipeg,
we could do Winnipeg, Arizona. But if we did
Vancouver, we could do Philadelphia, Vancouver.
I think this one might be the hardest one to
get. I think we eventually could get another
one for Winnipeg, Vancouver. I think we want
to get Dries Gahl. I'll use him for Winnipeg,
Arizona. All right. Did he, though? Again, I
know for sure he did Arizona. It's just I don't
know Winnipeg. I'm trying to think of who would
have been their goalie right when they first
came over back to Winnipeg. Oh, remember the
goalie that fainted on the ice in a game against
Philadelphia? When he was playing for Philadelphia.
Michael Neuwirth. Neuwirth. There's a second
one. There's another one that happened. With
that Atlanta -Winnipeg franchise. I can't think
of it. But anyway, Neuwirth. Where else is he
a player? I'm not 100 % sure either. I said Briscoe
would be my best guess right now. For Arizona?
Yeah. No? Damn. Damn it. Where all has Craig
Anderson played? I know one of you are. Colorado,
Ottawa, and Washington. Never played for Edmonton?
No. Oh, I don't know if he technically played
for Washington because it was the COVID year,
the COVID bubble year with the realigned divisions.
Oh, no. He was the number two because originally
Lundquist was supposed to be in there, but with
his heart problems, Lundquist could never suit
up. So. Ended up retiring. Yeah, which is sad.
He only played for the Bluecoats. Damn, this
one's... Why is this one so tough? Hoffman, I
don't think he'd play for Winnipeg, so I don't
think we can use him there either. Just checking
the score of the game. Your final series going
on right now? The first series to start. And
the last series to go, I have to keep playing.
Three minutes left in the third. Drew's still
up. 3 -1. I'm going to say it again. We have
no other guesses. I'd say throw Trevor Linden
up there for Vancouver Philly. I don't think
he played there, but we are struggling hardcore
today. We have that rust that we haven't done
since a couple weeks. No? Damn. I'm out. I got
nothing. Neither do I. Come on. Here we go. I
have two stats. Luke Shen, were you just talking
about him earlier? Mike Delzato, Don Brashear,
Sam Gagne for Philly, Vancouver. Anybody? Andrew
Lyon. Keith Kachuk. He came to my mind for a
minute, but I was not thinking that he played
for Winnipeg. I see. He came to my mind, too,
but I couldn't figure out where he's... Tyler
Myers. From Winnipeg, Vancouver. To Foley, Luke
Shenigan, Nate Schmidt, Garnier. Fuck, why? Danny
Hew... Hosa. So they were counting the Atlanta.
The Atlanta. Franchise. Damn. Thanks for fucking
telling us, friggin' Puckadoku. Damn. Let's embarrass
ourselves with the grid or the pyramid thing.
Oh, Connor Brown. Me too. Cam Talbot, Connor
Brown, David Perron, Kyle Turris. We deserve
that loss. Who else? Who's waiting to find out
who they're playing? If I can find out a little
bit, wait a little bit longer as Winnipeg comes
back and ties. They're playing Dallas. Dallas.
The winner plays Dallas. Dallas, you need to
find out. Wait to find out who you're playing
for just a tad bit longer. Winnipeg Jets with
two goals in the last, what, minute and a half.
No. To tie this game. Hold on. I'm looking that
up now. I do have a timer set for beginning of
Miltie, by the way. So. So if it does go off,
that's why. All right. A minute 55 left in what
is the second Winnipeg goal by Nemeskov. And
then three seconds left. Fucking three seconds
left. Perfetti with the second of the game from
Connor and Ehlers. Unbelievable. Beautiful goal,
too. Not even Winnipeg fans, man. We sat here.
We're going crazy. We're like, holy shit. The
kid's 23. He just turned 23 years old at the
beginning of his calendar year. I know, man.
I know. But he's still like his third or fourth
season. I know he started when he was like 19,
20. But that is without question no word from
that. That is the biggest goal of this kid's
career so far. That is... Unbelievable, man.
I'm surprised we can't hear the Winnipeg fans
from here. Okay. Hold on. Open the window. Actually,
no, that's south. That is one of the most electrifying
goals I have ever seen. I just tweeted that out,
man. If you don't think that playoff hockey is
the best, not only the best hockey, but the best
moments in sports, you're fucking lying. There
is nothing that can compare to playoff hockey.
We just saw it right there. You're lying or you're
fucking stupid. We just saw it right there. That's
unbelievable. Back to games. Not hockey or intermission,
but intermission games. Here we go. Anybody that
has ever played for Boston. Let's try to think
of the most random thing we can possibly think
of here. Excuse me. Dan Heinen, Phil Kessel.
Zdorov. Yeah, let's do Kessel, because he won't
fit anywhere else. He might fit in one of the
bottom three, but... Let's do Stanley Cup winner
for Phil Kessel. I think he has had a 30 -goal
season. I think he did once or twice for Toronto,
then once or twice for us. So we'll save him.
Let's do... Let's do Danton Heinen. Come on.
Imagine we just did all Penguins here. And the
30 -goal season for Boston. Pasta. Pasta, yeah.
Yep. Pasta. Oh, yeah. And then feel the thrill,
Kessel. Feel the thrill. Drafted first round.
Bergeron, right? Bergeron was first overall,
I think. No, Bergeron was like a third or fourth
rounder, wasn't he? Six, because he was the same
year as... Was he sixth round? He was 2003. Wow.
He was late, but, man, what a... He doesn't necessarily
have to have been drafted by Boston. Just somebody
that was drafted in the first round. Drafted
first round, cup winner, 30 -plus goal season,
and has played for Boston at any point in the
career. I'd say Taylor Hall, but he doesn't win
a cup yet, I don't think. No. Nope. Ray Bork?
Chara? When was he drafted? I don't know. And
I don't think Chara's had a 30 -goal season.
Oh, yeah, probably not true, yeah. And Ray Bork.
When was he drafted? I can't remember. No idea.
I'm trying to think of some players back on that
2011 team. Tyler Sagan? Was he your first round?
I feel like he might have been. I feel like he
might have also been. Wait, what's that top one?
Dallas? Dallas is the top one. Okay, so Tyler
Sagan might be the top. So let's save him for
the top one. So then we can use one of our lifelines
for these first two. So film playing 50 -50 or
player card? Let's do... Let's make it tell us.
Player card. We've never done that one. It wasn't
going to show us stats. That's totally what I
wanted to pick. It's a fucking ad, dude. It keeps
popping up. I'll play for the Penguins for 11
years. Oh, Yager. Wow. Duh. Duh. Canadian nationality.
The rap. I was going to just do the rap. Was
he a first round draft pick? Oh, fuck. Yeah.
Oh. Well, we can do Get Lifeline. Get Lifeline
and do 50 -50. Andrew Chuck or Brian Rolison?
Did Andrew Chuck play for Boston? I don't know.
I don't fucking remember. I don't know. I'm not
even 100 % sure who Brian Rolison is. I don't
even know any of them. We have some mics. We
do. It was J. Andrews checking out Tyler Sagan,
I believe. Yep. Hell yeah. Boom, alright, we
redeemed ourselves from that horrendous grid.
It's three choices for the top one. Or the third
one. Yeah, Yager, Kessel, Sagan. Sagan would
have fit there, obviously, as well. Ratt, yeah.
Rick Nash would have been... Okay, that makes
sense. And then... Yeah, for like any boss to
fire. Let's try some Hurtle. Hurtle. Alright.
I swear to God, if I would have fucking gone
there, man, I would have lost my shit. That's
the one I was immediately going to say. The hairdo.
The hairdo and the ears that kind of stick out.
I was going to say Cole Caulfield, but obviously
if it's in the West, it can't be Cole Caulfield.
Pacific Center that is over the age of 31. His
number is over 12. And he's not American. So
let's try to maybe get somebody that's in the
30 -40 number range. Maybe somebody in the 20s.
He's like 31 years old or older. Well, what nationality
is Logan Couture? I think he's Canadian. I think
he's Canadian. I know that's not his hairdo,
but... Okay, he's Canadian. This player's Canadian.
He's between the age of 31 to 34. 31 to 33. So
we know he's early 30s. And his numbers are between
12 and 36. Okay. Obviously doesn't pay for Vegas
or San Jose. Honestly, don't think in a million
years I could have told you Logan Couture were
the number 39. I don't think I could have told
you that in a million years. Well, that's the
only thing that popped up. I was like, okay,
his number's in the 30s. I did not know that.
Yeah, his. I would have guessed him as like a
single, like an eight. Maybe I did not know that
he was 39. What's the silver again? So, okay.
It gives us more direction. We know he's a center,
right? Yeah. I was thinking maybe goalie. Dude,
why does that finally kind of fucking look like
Ferb? From like Phoenix and Ferb. The fucking
draft neck, man. Obviously, it's not in one of
the Kachuks. It's not. It's not like a Brandon
Tanev. I'm just trying to picture some of the
great photos that we've seen of draft necks.
And I'm going to be wrong on the nationality.
But. Oh, position. Oh, I guess I'm wrong on a
lot more things than I thought. Do like a Connor
Brown. I don't know. He's on him. Yeah. No, he's.
Yes, sorry. I'm also thinking of Warren Fogle.
I'm thinking of Warren Fogle. I was trying to
get more of his number. His number is between
13 to 25 range. 12 to 25 range. 37. So it could
be Calgary, San Jose, Calgary, Anaheim, and Utah
is also in the Pacific, right? I thought they
were in the Central. Or Seattle. So Calgary,
Anaheim, Seattle. I'll be honest with you, I
can't tell you any centermen out of... Out of
Ute's thought. What's he trading at the deadline?
Bjork Strand. Well, remember, I don't think this
website's updated. As updated as... Maybe like
an Oliver Bjork Strand? I know his number's like
20, I think. I know, I'm pretty sure he's a center.
And the age might be a little high? But... Oh,
he's off Tampa now. Okay, so it is updated. Okay.
Let's see, we just wasted a guess. Oh, and he's...
Danish too, yeah. Dumbass. Or Denmark. The only...
Only... Actually, I don't even know any centermen
out of fucking Seattle. I don't even know who
their centers are. Yeah, because Gord is back
with Tampa. Yeah. I think they're part of that
same trade. The Yorkshire and Gord. Who did...
Who did Tampa send to Seattle on that trade?
I don't fucking remember. Again, I don't even
know... I don't even remember anybody in Seattle.
Outside the defense. Yeah, it wasn't Kakko. I'm
trying to remember, who did Tampa send to Seattle
in that trade? Was it Sergachev? No, because
Sergachev came over in the offseason. Oh, that's
right. Yeah, because he played almost all 82
with Seattle. Sergachev went to Utah, didn't
he? That's why I was... Oh, Utah. Oh, yeah. And
the number wouldn't line up. And age. Age is
32. Try to guess somebody on Calgary, maybe?
No, not Sean Monahan. He's on Columbus. What
about Elias Lindholm? He's on Carolina now, I
think. Oh, maybe Nazem Khadri? What's his number
over there? 43. So, too high. Too high. And that
would give us the team. We want to get somebody
on, like, Anaheim. I think Zegras, just you.
Yeah, just try to get the team. It's not Anaheim.
So it's Seattle or Calgary. 32 -year -old Canadian
centerman. In the Pacific. But almost everything
else lines up for Qadri, but not the number.
I think Qadri might be a little bit older than
that by now. I think he might be more like 34,
35. Fuck. I'm almost thinking of Seattle now,
but who? I got nothing. Yeah, I got nothing.
It's my best guess, but the age doesn't line
up. Or the number. Jaden Schwartz at West Seattle.
That makes sense. Jaden Schwartz, wow. Damn.
It looks like we probably won't know the winner
of this series with tonight's episode because
we are going to double overtime now. Some beautiful
saves from both sides. Great plays. St. Louis
had almost a heartbreaker with a very stupid
delay game penalty. were able to kill it off
early on in overtime. Look at that one, man.
My God. Jordan Bennington, dude. Different Jordan
Bennington this year, man. Oh, no. It's an end
date between pre and post Four Nations. That
was really the confidence booster that Jordan
Bennington needed was Four Nations. He's been
unstoppable. Or no, he... Was stoppable, because
goalies stop. Yeah. Ah, get with it, freshman.
But, yeah, that's crazy. Yeah, like I said, this
is the only series that is still going on that
we have yet to find out the winner to. Everything
else, so we know. We'll start, we'll go over
in the east. Toronto taking down Ottawa in six
games. Four games to two, obviously. And Florida
do it in five games over Tampa. And then Washington
did it, beat Montreal in five. While Carolina
beat New Jersey in five. So, looking forward
to, let's go back to the first series, the series
from the Atlantic. The Toronto -Florida series.
That was a great, hard -fought series by Ottawa.
Going down 3 -0. I won game four, winning one,
going back to Toronto for game five, taking one
away again. I think that was an overtime, wasn't
it? Games two, three, and four were an OT. Five
was in regulation. Okay. Yeah, one, five, six
were regulation, so. I want to say it's on me
because I know Jeffrey had said it, and I saw
it earlier in the day with Moe and Barney. Moe
thrown Barney out, and then. He knocked it out,
Brady. Okay, great. You got one good Chuck brother
out. You still have one more. Just remember.
I thought it was funny. Steve Dangle's video
after game five, man. I thought he was about
to lose it, dude. Just remember. After game four,
he's like, okay, we lost one. It's fine. Whatever.
And then he lost game five. I thought he was
about to lose it. Game five in Toronto. In Toronto.
But just remember. We want Florida. What happened
the last time? They won Florida. Those cocky
bastards. There's nobody in this world that wants
Toronto to lose more than Colin right now. Again,
I just want them to shut the fuck up for crying
out loud. Real quick, look at the time on ice
leaders for Game 7. Neil Pionk has played 39
and a half minutes so far. Almost 40 minutes.
Almost 40 minutes out of 80. Like, that is insane.
He's played almost 50 % of this game. That's
insane. Yeah, that was a fun series. Ottawa made
it a series. They made it very interesting. They
had a Toronto kind of, not made it very easy,
but 4 -2 win to win the series 4 -2 in game 5,
or game 6, sorry. The Tampa Bay -Florida series.
This one I ended up being completely wrong on.
I think I said Tampa in 6 on this one, in my
bracket. Ended up being Florida in 5. Florida
was just clearly the better team in the series.
Tampa got a lucky win on game three in Florida,
5 -1. But other than that, Florida just took
care of business, beat the piss out of them,
and showed why they're reigning cup champs. Yeah.
I'm going to stick to my guns. I know I told
you guys earlier. I'm going to say Florida in
six for round two. I mean, just overall, they're
a much better team. They have more consistent
goaltending with Sergei Prokhorovsky. Their defense
outside the top, they have more than the top
pair. Once they get Aaron Eckblad off of suspension
there, because I think he'll be out for game
one. I mean, you can't take anything away from
Anthony Starrs. The second half of the season,
Anthony Starrs has been light out. And I know
both Stolars and Joseph Wohl have been spending
time in the regular season. Obviously Stolars
thankfully got hot at the right time for Toronto,
which that was a big thing in that Ottawa series,
was Stolars. But instead of having a top six
that's going to pound you, again, Florida's just
a more balanced team. They'll come in waves,
just the greatness they have. That fucking second
line. If they, like, if they put that second
line together of Chucky, Marshy, and Benny. Dude,
you, good fucking luck. That's a scary line.
Good. It's scary for anybody, okay? And for somebody
who doesn't have really, like, defensive depth
like Toronto, may God have mercy, may God have
mercy on your souls. On top of just, like, because
you know that line would just get underneath
the skin of Toronto, like, just easily. And they're
not afraid to fight. No. I mean, Toronto has
their fair share of not being a fan of Marchand
in general already, with him being in Boston.
I mean, Boston fans definitely don't hate Toronto
as much as Toronto fans hate Boston. But it's
still, you know that Marchand probably is not
a fan of Toronto. He's going to let them have
it. That might be the most fun series here in
Toronto to watch. Oh, yeah. I cannot wait to
see that series. I think both series in the East
are going to be pretty fun to watch. Washington
and Carolina, I think, is going to be another
division rival. But that's going to be the top
two teams in the Metro and the top two teams
in the Atlantic going at it. Yeah, game one is...
Well, tomorrow for us, but today we're recording.
Monday, May 5th, starting at 8 p .m. Eastern
Standard Time in Toronto. Toronto gets home ice
advantage for the first two rounds. That's probably
been a loss since we've seen that. Well, yeah,
because... Because they usually don't make it
past the first round. Yeah, going on the Washington
series, they beat Montreal pretty easily, four
games to one. Had a little bit of a very shaky,
rough game three in Montreal. The 6 -3 Montreal
win. But again, aside from that... Those fights,
the memes that have come out of that game, the
Tom Wilson crisis. As much as I hate Tom Wilson,
that was hilarious. Hysterical, dude. One of
the funniest things to come out of this season,
easily. Yeah, other than that, Montreal didn't
score more than two goals in the other game in
that series. Yeah, it's so much better than Tom
Wilson standing with just his gear on. Like,
no sweater, just the gear. Looking like a fucking
idiot. Ended up having one box. He's sitting
there... Mocking them whining and fighting. It's
great. And then Carolina obviously winning 4
-1 over Jersey. What is it? Game 3, the only
one that Jersey won, came out of double overtime.
Actually, no, there are two games. Game 3. The
home team winning both of them. Yeah, that game
5 goal. I don't know if you guys were watching
it. I didn't watch it live, but I saw it. Just
as electric as this Cole Profetti tying game
with two seconds left here in the Winnipeg game.
Moving over to the West. Obviously, we don't
know the winner yet of Winnipeg -St. Louis. The
Washington -Carolina series starts on Tuesday,
May 6th at 7 Eastern and D .C. in the American
capital. This one, I'm going to stick to my bracket.
I'm going to say Carolina takes this one. Probably,
and it's going no shorter than six games, I don't
think. I think this one's going to be hard fought.
I have to say seven, but I'm saying Washington.
Washington takes in seven? Because I still don't
know. We still don't know what's... Freddie Anderson
is. If he's healthy, if he's not. Because obviously,
Kachekov, or whatever his ass name is, he's a
good goaltender. He's the one who obviously started...
He's young, but he doesn't have a whole lot of
playoff experience as of yet. Yeah, he started
Game 5 against Jersey and obviously he won, but
you're going to have a lot tougher time stopping
Washington. Yeah. Like, they're not afraid to
throw shit at them. And they're not afraid to
drive either, so... Obviously, he had the greatest
goal scorer of all time. on that team, too, man.
Yeah, we, uh, that's obviously one big threat,
but, you know, overall, like, it just, it all
depends on what Freddie Anderson makes, if he
plays or not. So, I'm sorry. That's just, that's
really Carolina's biggest hope in competing in
this series. I think it, the most will go six,
but it can end in five, and then, but, I think
I'm going to say Washington in six. Washington
in six? Okay. Yeah, I'm still going to stick
to my bracket, my gut, and say Carolina's winning
this one. I don't think I said my winner for
the other one. Toronto, Florida. Again, I almost
want to stick to my bracket again because I had
Toronto going all the way to the conference final
in my bracket. Panthers in six. I mean, but seeing
how, I mean, Toronto, honestly, they struggled
against Ottawa. They just, you know, they kind
of, I think they took the foot off the gas a
little bit in games four and five and then really
said, oh, fuck, we need to get going and kind
of beat them up there in game six. But Florida
just beat the absolute shit out of Tampa Bay.
Essentially pretty much for all five games, Tampa
Bay got a lucky one there in game three. I think
I am going to change, though. This one I'm going
to change. I'm going to say Florida. But I do
think this one is going to go to seven. I think
Toronto is going to be heartbroken yet again
in a game seven. for the eighth time in the last
nine years. In game seven in Toronto. It is going
to be in Toronto, isn't it? The other series,
one that wrapped up last night, an absolutely
crazy, again, an absolutely crazy game seven
as well in that one. Dallas taking down Colorado
in seven games. Mikko Rantanen just... He goes
off against his former team. I don't know what
happened, man, but he found his rhythm and he
just kept punching and he kept going, man. Oh,
so you didn't want to resign me, right? Well,
here you go. Here you go. Here you go. Literally
back and forth pretty much the whole series.
Colorado took a 1 -0 lead. Dallas tied it. Dallas
went up 2 -1. Colorado tied it. Dallas goes up
3 -2. Obviously, Colorado ties it. But then Dallas
takes it. Game 7, 4 -2. Did Mike and me get a
hat -trick on that one, or did he just get 2?
No, Mike and me got 3. Did he get the hat -trick?
Yeah, he got goals 1, 2, and 4. Dallas. Obviously,
goal one was power play, two was even strength,
and three was empty middle. Yeah, three different
ways. And unfortunately, we did see the flower,
Marc -Andre Fleury, play his last National Hockey
League game ever. We're not talking just regular
season. Ever, he played his last game. I think
he did play it in Minnesota, though. A 3 -2 loss.
Two months in the Vegas Golden Knights. His former
team. He did end up playing in relief to Gustafson
twice in the series. I think it was five and
six, wasn't it? I said four. Four and three.
I know in five he came in in the third. Four
and five. Four and five. I know he came in for
one of the overtime games. I can't remember which
one. Four. For game four? Yeah. I mean, Minnesota
put up a fight, man. I mean, they went up two
to one. And then they lost back -to -back games
in overtime, and that's just, you can't get over
losing back -to -back games in overtime, especially
in the playoffs. That's very difficult to come
back from. And obviously they couldn't losing
game six at home, three to two. Vegas moving
on to the semifinals. The other team moving on
to the semifinals is the Edmonton Oilers taking
down the LA Kings in six games. I'm so fucking
tired of seeing this. Edmonton L .A. matchup
in the first round. Can we please go back to
1v8? Four years in a row. Fucking go back to
1v8. Please. That's why, honestly, I love with
the OHL why they do 1v3 because we see... We
actually see different matchups year by year.
I mean, NHL is also very rare that we see VHC
do just about anything now. Still, but it's something.
You still see different matchups, you know? Again,
four fucking years in a row. I get back -to -back
years, whatever. It happens. But four years in
a row. Go back to 1v8. Fucking step it up, Gary
Bentley, you dumb bitch. Alright? Go back to
1v8. Make it a lot more enjoyable for hockey
fans. And we'll be happy with it. So, I don't
know. Yeah, Edmonton taking it in six games,
winning game six. At home, in front of the Rogers
Center crowd. The home team pretty much ruled
this series, except for Game 5 where Edmonton
took one in L .A., 3 -1. Other than that, the
home team ruled the series. L .A. jumped out
to an early 2 -0 lead. And then Edmonton, it
was all Edmonton from there. Just beating the
crap out of them pretty much. I mean, Game 4
was close, an overtime win. But other than that,
it was all Edmonton after that. With that series
now being Vegas versus Edmonton. Who do we got
winning this one? Vegas in six. Oh, excuse me.
Edmonton does not have the goaltending. Oh, great.
Picard's doing good. And the defense is just
meh. What defense? Who is besides Skinner? Because
Skinner went down, didn't he? Well, Skinner's
number two. Skinner's two right now. Picard's
the number one. Really? Because Ginnar was playing
like shit in L .A. the games 1 and 2, so Picard
came in. Picard played the last four? Yeah. I
didn't know that. Picard played the last four,
and obviously he did well enough to help the
system. And then defense, I mean, great. You
continue, you know, nursing Bouchard as your
1A and 1B. Who's in the morning base right now?
Is it Aiden Hill? Aiden Hill. Aiden Hill, yeah.
And then is it Logan Thompson? No, he's in Washington.
He's in Washington, yeah. So who's being based
as number two? Oh, gosh. If Aiden Hill goes down,
are they screwed, or do they still have somebody
back there that's been decent? Oh, I thought
I knew who it was. Once I hear it, I'll know,
but... Ilya Samsonov. Samsonov, yeah, okay. That's
funny. It's former Caps goaltender, isn't it?
Yeah. And I think he played a little bit of Toronto,
too, yeah. But... Vegas and Six, they have better
defense. Outside of that top six, Edmonton doesn't
really have many. No. And I'm sorry, Leonor McDrysaddle,
or whatever you want to call them, isn't going
to be able to carry you. That's literally the
only two players that have really been doing
much. In that series, I mean, obviously, it's
welcome to Edmonton. Yeah, even though I have
Edmonton moving on in my bracket, but I think
it's going to be Vegas in six as well. I could
honestly see it being as early as, like, five.
I mean, Vegas is just clearly the better team,
and they have the better, like you said, they
have kind of the better goaltending. Again, it's
the same kind of situation as the Toronto, I'm
sorry, Toronto -Florida series. Vegas is more
well -balanced. I think Vegas has a much better
and stronger defense. I mean, Edmonton has what
they've done on theirs. They've got Bouchard.
Again, that's your... They consider them the
1A and 1B defensemen. You know, great, they're
your top two defensemen, but on any other club,
they're probably a third -parent defenseman at
best. They have Cody Ceci back there, like bottom
two defensemen, I think. So they don't have him.
Jake Wallman, John Klingberg, I forgot they got
him. All right, Klingberg could be, again, bottom
pairing. He's second with Wallman, and then they
have Brett Kulak and Ty Emberson. Who? Exactly.
I know Kulak, but I'm not too familiar with Emberson.
I think he might be one of the rookies. I know
he's pretty young. But, yeah, I mean, other than
that, I mean. Defense is non -existent. Again,
top pairing defense. Is Wadham Perrin a defenseman
anywhere else? At best. You're number five, the
highest. Other last pieces of news that we had
this week, obviously, knowing Pittsburgh Penguins
firing, or they called it parting ways, with
head coach Mike Sullivan. They fired his ass.
They're just trying to protect his butt. Yeah,
I think they did. The fact that Dubas even said
that he called Sidney Crosby in the morning over
the night before to tell him. Like, hey, this
is what's going on. And they had a 30 -minute
conversation. There's no way that they came to
the discussion in the meeting. He might have
either went into that meeting knowing he was
about to get fired, or Kyle Dubas was going into
that meeting knowing he was going to fire him.
I don't think they went into that meeting saying,
hey, we might be able to come to an agreement
here. I think both sides had to have known, hey.
Or even Mike Sullivan might have went in knowing,
or maybe he told Dubas ahead of time, hey, I
don't think this is working out for me anymore,
you know. I mean, we honestly don't know what
goes on behind closed doors, what happened in
that meeting. I don't know, because here's the
other thing, because originally his contracts
ran through the 26 -27 season. So we would have
had another two seasons of Mike Sullivan assuming
that, you know, this didn't happen. Was Tonkett
this week or was that before? Was that last week?
I thought it was this week as well. Was that
this week as well? Rick Tonkett? It's been rumored
he might end up being interested in the job for
Pittsburgh. No, goddammit. Bring back Phil Kessel.
Bring back Kessel! I think it'd be hilarious.
You said you saw a post about it. What were some
of the other options on that post? Oh god, that's
a while ago. Oh, fuck. Rick Tonkett. Balsma.
I wouldn't want to bring back Balsma. The other
one I don't want to bring is Torts. That's another
one I do. The only one I do not want is John.
I don't want John Torts. I don't want him either.
I don't think Crosby would want him either. Oh,
God. Where is this? We're currently five minutes
into second overtime. Still no winner yet. Yeah.
I don't know who I'd want for the head coach.
I mean, maybe I know the head coach down in Wilkes
-Barre right now had a great season, even though
they lost in the first round as well. But at
least they're having better success than us.
Making the playoffs, yeah. I mean, he'd be very
good with, you know, keeping ties with, you know,
Billy Coivinan and Rutger McGrody and those guys
that, you know, came up towards the end of the
season. Yeah, man, I don't know. I can definitely
see torts. I think it also depends on, like,
what other coaches might become available. A
couple other things. I'm sorry for interrupting,
but I finally found it. Posted by, well, I'm
not going to say her name, but some names are
out here. Joel Greenville, John Tortorella, Talkin,
Gerard Delant. I have some former players come
back, like Cooney and Coffey. Mike Yeo, assistant
coach David Quinn, John Cooper, who's shown a
little bit of interest. I wouldn't mind. I would
like John Cooper. I would not mind that. Bruce
Rudrow. I don't know if I could see Tampa getting
Brent Cooper, though. Yeah, I know that's a long
shot. Bottom two cups, Ben to three. I mean,
the last two years, I think they've been first
round exit the last two years. I think they've
been first round exit every year since that loss
to Dallas, that loss to Colorado. Another one
that I kind of chuckle at because I'm a big fan
of the show. Yeah, Shorzy. Set the fucking tone!
That'd be great. That'd be so funny. Now, Phil
Kessel... We were talking about this in the group
chat the other day. I can't imagine taking his
voice. God damn it, Stan. You got to shoot the
puck. That's the end of the coke. I cannot imagine
trying to take Phil Kessel seriously as a coach.
I fucking hate that impression, man. God damn
it. I couldn't imagine. I can't see a world where
you can take Phil Kessel seriously. I wouldn't
take it seriously. Well, I'm sorry. I wouldn't
take it seriously at all. I think it's a pretty
good impression. I just go by what everybody
else literally does the same exact impression
of him. It's so funny. Even that one clip that
we found of... Kessel, when he, like, yeah, I
think he shot the puck out of his arm. He goes,
God damn it. And I think he said, it sounds like
Phil Kessel doing an impression of Phil Kessel.
And they're in the changing room. Jack Eichel.
Wide heads, right? And Phil, in, like, two seconds,
he's got a big cut right here. This is 2BC Reacts,
Jack Eichel. They're interviewing Jack Eichel,
obviously former teammate. And he's like. I've
been watching him for a long time. I've been
watching his YouTube videos for years, man. Johnny
Suburban? Yeah, I've been watching him for quite
some time. Just anybody who pokes fun at Hellcastle
on a sports fan. Dude, I can't fathom. I can't
see a world where we're just trying to take him
seriously as a coach. Imagine being on the other
end of the ice and he's just here on the other
end. God damn it! I can't see a world where...
I'll lose my fucking shit. Way to go, boys. Way
to go. Atta boy, Sid. Good shot. Oh my god. Can
you imagine Phil Kissel sitting there calling
somebody else lazy too? Like, I can get there
faster than that! Yeah. Phil Kissel. Can't see
it happening. I can't take it seriously, man.
I think that's where we're going to end this
episode, though. Are you fucking kidding me?
Keep it going, boys. God damn it. Way to go,
boys. Way to go. Great episode, guys. Anyways.
I'm happy. Where's my couch? Yeah, again, we
do, looks like we are ending this episode without
knowing the winner yet of this game seven. Ten
minutes into double overtime here and we still
don't have a winner, so this one, hopefully this
one doesn't end up being another five overtime
Columbus -Tampa situation here. I mean, imagine
these players playing until like probably two,
three o 'clock in the morning if that's the case.
My God. I don't think I can stay out to watch
that game. I will not. I'll probably listen to
the rest of it on my drive home here and then
probably pass out as soon as I get home. Probably
be the start of the third overtime. That about
does it for this week's episode. Not sure if
we'll be back for our third straight week next
week. I know we've been in discussion for if
we're going to stay weekly here to keep updated
with these playoffs. Again, it all depends. I
doubt we're going to have four sweeps that we
can come back and talk about next week. Yeah,
we'll see. Thank you guys for listening. I'm
not going to go through the whole spiel. We're
almost 200 episodes into this shit now. If you
haven't done it yet, we're close. We're probably
a little bit past 150, I think. I know we hit
100 in Season 3, I think. We're getting there
past 150. I'll do the math later. We're a while.
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