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These playoffs, and I mean both legitimately

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and metaphorically, have been fucking killing

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me. They absolutely kill me. Not only with how

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late it is, because you know, Eastern Standard

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Time, we're all, you know, open as fuck right

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now. But, and just how much they drag the fuck

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on. I love the playoffs. I love them. You know,

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they're so energetic. They're so fun. But my

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God, guys, you are killing me. I'm going to have

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more gray hairs on my head by the time the cup

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was sifted. I swear to God. Imagine if our penguins

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were still in it. I'd be all gray. Nothing else.

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How do we do this two years in a row? We actually

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had a team that was good. But they had been fun,

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though. Again, I love the hockey playoffs. I

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love them. But it's stressed me the fuck out.

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That first round between... Winnipeg and St.

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Louis was crazy. The second round between, we're

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about to see game seven tonight, between Toronto

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and Florida has been insane. It's just been back

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and forth, back and forth. The Dallas series

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was pretty intense. That one, what was that last

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night that ended? Yeah. Winnipeg and six. Carolina,

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that's one I didn't catch. I didn't catch much

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of the Carolina -Washington series. That series

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was boring. Carolina just kind of kicked the

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shit out of Washington up and down the ice for

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18 periods. Outside of game two, Carolina was

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the more dominant team. Hands down. Freddie was

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being Freddie. Carolina's defense is phenomenal.

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Shut down Washington's top six. Their offense,

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they were rolling. They were cooking. Carolina

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was keeping their cool, not letting the Caps'

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shenanigans get to them. I like round one against

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Montreal. They let Tom Wilson get to them. Look

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what happened. But yeah, just looking at Carolina,

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they were a really, really competitive team there

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against Washington. And obviously it shows with

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them moving on to round two against whoever the

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Titans winners are. The series has been... This

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series has been violent. It's been brutal. I

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honestly think that Carolina might be going to

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the final regardless just because these two teams,

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regardless of the winner tonight, are so beat

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up from this series and so ran down from this

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series. I don't see either one of these two teams

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make it to the final just because of this series

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alone. This series has been probably the most

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fun to watch in these playoffs and probably the

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most... It's the most energizing and just the

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most physical series I have seen in quite some

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time. These two teams, you can tell clearly they

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do not like each other. No. Nobody really likes

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Florida right now. I think they're a bunch of

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goons. In all honesty, putting my jokes and my

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love for laughing at Leafs aside, The biggest

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reason... You're more or less laughing at the

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fans. Oh, yeah. But that comes with the territory.

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But putting all that bullshit aside, you know,

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one of the biggest... I really want Florida to

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advance just because, you know, seeing that Eastern

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Conference final matchup between Sergey Bobrovsky

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of the Florida Panthers and fucking Freddie Anderson

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of the Carolina Hurricanes. Two veteran goalies

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that have been around for a while. Yep. Obviously,

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just the one cup to Sergei and nothing to Freddie

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yet. Yet. Oh, I don't know why I knocked on wood,

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but yet. So that would be a goaltending matchup

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dream. I think that's one of the only things

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I would not hate to see Florida go back -to -back

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is to see Bob raise another one. As much as I

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don't want to see Brad get another one, or as

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much as I don't want to see Kachuk get another

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one, or Sam Bennett get another one. I did gain

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a lot of respect for both Kachuk brothers after

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the Four Nations. I still don't really like Brady.

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Matthew, I never really had anything much against

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Matthew. I've always sided with him. I've never

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liked Brady. I've never liked Brady. You had

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to cheer him on there in the Four Nations. It

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was fun to see when you're cheering for that

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team, but now that they're in Florida, I don't

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give a shit about him. Or he's in Ottawa, don't

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give a shit about him. He can stay out there.

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Nothing to talk about. We know, as we predicted

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pretty much the last month and a half, two months,

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the London Knights are your reigning back -to

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-back J. Rob Robertson champions. As we predicted

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at the very beginning of the series. I saw they

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are now tied for the most in recent modern OHL.

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I know... D .O. Hunter is tied for the most.

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J. Ross Robertson as head coach. But, yeah, that

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was pretty predictable. I'm glad Oscar Davis...

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I mean, I think I had said that halfway through

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the season when they started off, what was it,

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like, fucking 35 -2 or whatever. That ridiculous

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right wasn't that bad, but that ridiculous 35

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-10 record that they had to start the season,

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I was like, they're going to repeat. And here

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we are. I mean, Oshawa took that first game away.

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It's funny because the day after I said, you

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guys are allowed to lose a game, they lost the

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game. So I think it was the day after, the night

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that this would have been live, or the day after

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that episode went live, they lost. I'll take

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a little bit of credit for that, just a little

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bit. They didn't get swept like they did last

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year against London. They did not want to lose

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on home ice is what they were fighting for. Are

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we shocked that that happened? We said at the

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beginning of the playoffs that London is the

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best team in the league for a reason. We got

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together for just a little small get -together

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last night. We just bullshitted for a little

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bit. We were talking about first we started talking

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about Malcolm Spence who committed to Michigan

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State. Or not Michigan State, Michigan. Thursday,

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May 8th was when Oshawa beat London. It was a

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couple days after this last episode went live.

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Yeah, we were talking about Malcolm Spence being

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committed to Michigan. Why did it have to be

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Michigan, Malcolm? I love you, man, but why did

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it have to be Michigan? Best of luck, but fuck

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you, Michigan. Second, then we brought up, we're

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like, there should be absolutely no reason that

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London is this good again next year. Are they

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still going to be a playoff team? Yeah, without

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a shadow of a doubt, yes. They're still going

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to be a playoff team. Are they still going to

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be probably a top four seed at home? At least

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the first round of playoffs at home? More than

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likely, yes. But there should be no reason at

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all that they are a number one seed again next

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year. Not number one nor number two. I can still

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see them being a four, maybe having to drop down

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to the five and not getting any home series.

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But there should be no reason that they are 50

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-18 again or 50 -4, whatever the record was this

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year. There should be no reason that that happens

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again. Especially with Kitchener still going

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to be probably even more stacked next year. This

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conference is tough. Well, technically that season

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was the season Kitchener was supposed to be in

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the rebuild. They were supposed to be a rebuild

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team. So, you know, anywhere between five and

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eight. And they finished second. This year they

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finished third. Oh, third, sorry. This year was

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third in the conference. I think last year was

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second. Well, either way, they finished third.

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So, you're right. Kitchener is going to be even

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more stacked. I mean, granted, they're losing

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their away goaltender, Jackson Parsons, but...

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I mean, yeah, the two teams to beat next year

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are going to be Windsor and Kitchener. Maybe

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even, I mean, Barry's in the other conference,

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but they show that they're going to be a team

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to beat. They prove that. Brampton's going to

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be a team to beat. Oshawa, I think, is still

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going to be a team to beat. Brantford is going

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to be up there. The East is starting to get stronger

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over time. I mean, obviously, any team's going

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to get stronger. With the exception of Niagara,

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but Niagara is Niagara. And Saginaw is still

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a great team. Are they going to be as good as

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they were this year? I don't know. We'll see

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about that. I think we all know the Otters aren't

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going to be as good as we were this year, unfortunately.

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I hope and I don't think we're going to be bad

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enough to miss the playoffs again. I said we're

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probably going to be lower seeded. We'll probably

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be seventh -eighth seeded again next year, but

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I don't see us. fighting for that fourth seed

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at all next year. We'd be fighting, I think,

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for a sixth seed at best. Prove me wrong. I hope

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they prove me wrong, but that's... Potentially

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fighting to be a first round against London next

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year with the third or fourth seeded London.

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But that's, again, if we're lucky. But yeah,

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it's definitely going to be interesting going

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into... Yeah, we're now losing Malcolm Spence.

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We are obviously already guaranteed to lose...

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Pano, Marty, and Alfie. Potentially going to

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be losing Schaefer. Potentially going to be losing

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Carey. Again, that all depends on how Anaheim

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they want to work out on his contract with us.

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It's going to be a rough one. It's going to be

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tough to figure out, especially that bottom six,

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too. And then the defensemen as a whole are going

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to be jumbled to bits. It's going to be a rough

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one. I mean, I have faith in Chris Millett and

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what he can do with this roster and what he can

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do with a full season with this roster. Because

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this weekend we just had our draftees orientation

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camp this weekend. I saw on our local news was

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interviewing, he's like, I don't know much about

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these guys yet, but he's like, they got to show

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me. if they really want to play next year and

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stuff like that. I'm sure they've got to really

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amaze me. Open scrimmages again, hopefully we'll

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usually do those July, August, those open scrimmage

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games. I will see the actual roster get to play

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right before preseason. I'll definitely be there

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again because I'll be able to go because I did

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renew my season ticket for this upcoming season

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for my third season with the off year. So four

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years, technically, but not... I mean, I went

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to... Still went to a majority of games last

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year, but... Basically, these guys helped hook

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me up with some of their tickets for even one

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that they didn't use. It's going to be tough

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for the Otters next year. I mean, I really...

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I do have faith in these boys, man. I'm going

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to stand by them no matter what happens. I know

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you guys are with me on that one. I've got to

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stop saying um so much. It's going to be tough.

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It's going to be very tough to see what this

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team can put together. Again, I have faith in

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Coach Chris Millett to see what he can do with

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a full season with this very tough to manage

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roster. We'll see. I know we were talking also

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briefly yesterday. Depending on The whole O .A.

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situation. I think Auditor's Tracker, shout out

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to you. I don't know if you listen to this, but

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you had tweeted out about a joke. You said Wesley

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Royston breakout season. I hope so. I think that'd

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be hilarious to see. But we were talking, me

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and Colin, I told him, I said it all depends

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on if we decide to keep Messier as one of our

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O .A.'s, which I don't see it happening. I really

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don't see it happening just based on his discipline

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issues. He is one of our enforcers, one of our

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power forwards, our guys that are meant to stick

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up for this team and drop the gloves when he

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needs to. If he ends up being one that stays,

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then I think that gives Wesley the opportunity

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to start being more of that playmaker, goal scorer

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type of guy. If not, then if Wesley... If Messi

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ends up leaving, then Wesley can continue to

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be the role that he has. Be that fighter, be

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that power forward, be the guy that drops the

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glove when he needs to. We also said that we've

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seen Sauter drop the gloves a fair share amount

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of times. Is he a very good fighter? Sorry, Nathan.

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No, you're not very good, buddy. He's one of

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those leaders that's like, okay. He will take

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the punches for his team. He will be the one

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to drop the gloves. I don't appreciate that you

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did this to my teammate. Here, I'll take a couple

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fisticuffs. He can get some punches in, but he

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does not often win a fight. I think I've seen

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him fight maybe five, six times in the last two

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years, and I think he's... one, maybe one of

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them. But he's going to shit rock the other four

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or five. He's agreeing. He is that guy that he

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will drop the gloves if he needs to to defend

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his team. But he is not going to win that fight.

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Wesley can't. I don't think I've seen Wesley

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lose a fight. Him and Messi, man. Those boys

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don't lose fights. My favorite thing is going

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back to the Peterborough game last year. And

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seeing, you know, Messi go up and grab him by

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the fronts of their jerseys and just back and

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forth and fucking back and forth. He went after

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the one, but then that third guy decided to be

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third man in and also was like, hey, I went in

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on this and Messi goes, I bet. Fuck you, let's

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go. Fucking rock 'em, sock 'em robots with two

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of them. Two reds and one blue. Rock 'em, sock

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'em Peterborough, right? Rock 'em, sock 'em Pete's.

00:14:05.659 --> 00:14:07.279
still mad that I ended up missing that game.

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Because I think we had a Saturday -Sunday home

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-home two games in a row. I think I ended up

00:14:11.220 --> 00:14:13.360
going, oh, I can go to one or the other. I ended

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up going to that Saturday night game. Which I

00:14:15.179 --> 00:14:16.679
think we still ended up winning that Saturday

00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:19.879
night game, too. But I was very, Colin's like,

00:14:19.919 --> 00:14:21.480
you guys should be very upset you didn't make

00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:22.700
it to this game. I was watching it. Colin was

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the only one there, so. Yeah, exactly. I figured,

00:14:25.039 --> 00:14:27.100
at least. Wasn't the only thing on there. Well,

00:14:27.179 --> 00:14:30.309
yeah. Thankfully, but. Now, I remember talking

00:14:30.309 --> 00:14:32.090
to a couple of the guys around, and, you know,

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the guy next to me asked me, I was like, you

00:14:34.509 --> 00:14:35.929
know, I need to ask him about this coach, and

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I was kind of telling him, you know. And then

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I turned, looked down, and I'm like, oh, oh,

00:14:40.190 --> 00:14:42.769
shit, the coaches are fighting. Oh, shit, the

00:14:42.769 --> 00:14:47.289
coaches are fighting. Listen to him talk about

00:14:47.289 --> 00:14:50.350
it on the Out There Record podcast. It was just

00:14:50.350 --> 00:14:52.350
hilarious. He goes, he just, he just. Soon as

00:14:52.350 --> 00:14:54.909
he starts talking to Wes, and he was turning

00:14:54.909 --> 00:14:57.070
his left to start talking to Ken, and he sees

00:14:57.070 --> 00:14:59.830
Peter Burrell's coach standing at their door,

00:14:59.950 --> 00:15:02.389
yelling at him. So he's like, I had to go over

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there and see what was up. And he's just laughing

00:15:05.570 --> 00:15:09.029
the entire time, too. You can see it on the telecast.

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You can see it on the broadcast. Smiling as they're

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talking. I love this coach, man. I'm very excited

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to see what he can do. Fresh heads, fresh season.

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Get the off -season out of the way. The off -season

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out of the way. Get fresh new heads. Get these

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boys where they need to be for next season. I'm

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sure we will see how preseason looks and how

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these scrimmage games work. Depending on my work

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schedule, depending on when they host those,

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I'm definitely going to try to be at those. If

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we even get any home preseason games this year,

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I know we didn't last year because we did all

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three years prior to that. I know not all teams

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get to host preseason games. The way they do

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it, I think it's still stupid. A lot of the rules

00:16:08.309 --> 00:16:12.769
in the NHL are stupid. 2, 5, 10, fuck you. Yeah.

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Real quick before we get into the... current

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playoffs that are going on. One that we forgot

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to mention with the London Knights, San Jose

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Sharks prospect Casper Holtman. He's the first

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CHL import draft player to win the Wayne Gretzky

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99 award in the OHL history. Who? They gave it

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to Holtman? Yeah. Really? Yeah, they gave it

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to him. I definitely would have seen it go to

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either Cowan or Dickinson or something. Yeah.

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Like I said, he did have a rabble of a playoff

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run. He did very well this year. He kicked our

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ass all four games. He was the first CHL import

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draft to win the Wayne Gretzky 99 award. That's

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pretty cool. That's pretty awesome. Moving on

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to talk more in depth about these NHL playoffs

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we got going on. Starting from the East, we know

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we had briefly mentioned Carolina more or less

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kicked Washington's ass up and down the ice for

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five games. One game Washington took was game

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two in Washington, a 3 -1 win. Other than that,

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2 -1 win, 4 -0 win, 5 -2 win, and 3 -1 win in

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favor of the Carolina Hurricanes. Moving on to

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the final four. I don't know what the hell I

00:17:31.990 --> 00:17:34.470
just saw on my TV. The freaking pulp is in there,

00:17:34.529 --> 00:17:37.849
man. It's nasty. That stash, though, is fantastic.

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Dude, what a fucking beauty, man. It is. He's

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such a fucking beauty. Such a beauty. Washington

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didn't stand a chance against Carolina. I thought

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they were going to put up a little bit more of

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a fight than that. I think most of us said that

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that was going to be a seven -game series in

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the last episode. It was not. Hold on. Hold on.

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I'm sorry to interrupt, but I kind of want to

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see this because apparently he's on the air right

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now lighting a memorial for the Core 5. Paul,

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Biz Nasty, I know you're a big Toronto fan. Like,

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you're all for Toronto. But this is not how you

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do it, you fucking weirdo. I saw this, just looking

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at this Maple Leafs player right now, all these

00:18:27.079 --> 00:18:30.440
fans going crazy right now. I saw a post, I think

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it was on a TikTok. It said, name a sports city

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that would absolutely lose their shit, damn near

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burn their fucking minds if they win a championship.

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Toronto. Toronto is going to be insane if they

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pull this thing off. Downtown Toronto is no longer

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going to exist if the Toronto Maple Leafs pull

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this off. The whole thing, not just this game.

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They're going to out -Philly you. Philly, pretty

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much. Philly will lose their shit. They win or

00:19:02.529 --> 00:19:05.890
lose. Again, they're going to out -Philly you

00:19:05.890 --> 00:19:10.029
Philly. Downtown Toronto is going to be unrecognizable.

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If Toronto wins this Cup. That's what they mean

00:19:13.900 --> 00:19:18.660
by the Philly special. Instead of Philly, Philly,

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what are they going to yell? Toronto, Toronto.

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E -A -G -L -S, Eagles, right? You know why they

00:19:27.859 --> 00:19:30.059
call it Philly, right? Because the people that

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live there can't spell Philadelphia. I can't

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spell Philadelphia. Exactly. That's the nicest

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thing you can say about Philadelphia. You good?

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Going to the Winnipeg... Are you good? No. Actually,

00:19:52.099 --> 00:19:54.000
some of us had to work today. Thank you, fucking

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Bones. Unlike Bob, who obviously has only got

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to show up once. One shot in 11 minutes a game.

00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:07.660
So going to the Winnipeg Jets and the Dallas

00:20:07.660 --> 00:20:12.779
Stars series. Again, what an entertaining series.

00:20:13.299 --> 00:20:16.839
Really entertaining. Obviously with the Jets

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winning games 2 and 5. Actually both with the

00:20:21.579 --> 00:20:25.779
final score 4 -0. And then Dallas winning the

00:20:25.779 --> 00:20:33.059
rest. 3 -2, 5 -2, 3 -1, 2 -1, N -O -T off of

00:20:33.059 --> 00:20:37.029
Mark Scheifele tripping penalty. That really,

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honestly, really has to strike it far. Because

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only, what, a minute and a half into overtime?

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It was something like that? Something like that,

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because, like, the tripping penalty came in,

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like, within the last, like... I got the notification

00:20:49.049 --> 00:20:51.509
on my phone that it was going to overtime, and

00:20:51.509 --> 00:20:54.190
I went to turn it on, and it was already shaking

00:20:54.190 --> 00:20:57.589
hands. Yeah, Mark Strifey took a tripping penalty

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with 15 seconds set in regulation, and then the

00:21:00.970 --> 00:21:05.690
goal came a minute 33 into... Which, by the way,

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condolences to Mark Scheifele and his entire

00:21:08.369 --> 00:21:11.730
family. That, I mean, just completely unexpected

00:21:11.730 --> 00:21:15.849
death of his father. You know, the thing I saw,

00:21:15.849 --> 00:21:18.250
he literally called his coach or called his team

00:21:18.250 --> 00:21:20.910
that night, prayed them in there and says, I'm

00:21:20.910 --> 00:21:23.009
playing tonight. And, you know, he went out there

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and scored Winnipeg's only goal of the game.

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Unfortunately, it was not enough as Dallas took

00:21:29.049 --> 00:21:32.789
that one in overtime. Sadly, based on a penalty

00:21:32.789 --> 00:21:36.599
caused by Mark Scheifele. What an amazing series

00:21:36.599 --> 00:21:39.420
that one was, man. 4 -2, Dallas takes it. Dallas

00:21:39.420 --> 00:21:41.140
in the final four for the third year in a row,

00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:43.700
I believe, if I'm not mistaken. Yeah, third year

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in a row and three of the last five, because

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2020 and then 23, now 25. And then, moving over

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to the other finished series in the West, Edmonton

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taking down, thankfully, the Vegas Golden Knights.

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Thank... Christ. I know I'm rocking the jersey

00:22:04.150 --> 00:22:07.769
tonight, but I don't care. Thank God Vegas is

00:22:07.769 --> 00:22:11.210
down. You don't like Vegas anymore? I'm sorry.

00:22:11.269 --> 00:22:15.269
Ever since the whole IR, Mark Stone, and the

00:22:15.269 --> 00:22:18.069
whole bullshit, I'm done with them. I know it's

00:22:18.069 --> 00:22:20.589
a reason a lot of people hate them now, is that

00:22:20.589 --> 00:22:23.190
whole situation. Yeah, between that and them

00:22:23.190 --> 00:22:26.869
practically trading up Mark 100 for pretty much

00:22:26.869 --> 00:22:32.779
crumpled up one, happy, uncrustable. A crumpled

00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:35.960
up one and a half even Uncrustable. No, they

00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:39.579
give you an Uncrustable with the crust. Yeah,

00:22:39.640 --> 00:22:42.700
but like, just how they treated the whole situation,

00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:47.539
you know? I just don't like them. For some reason,

00:22:47.579 --> 00:22:49.700
I saw their future in Robin Lehner and I don't

00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:52.440
think he's played a game for them since. Nope.

00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:56.220
I'm wondering if he had a gambling problem. Yeah,

00:22:56.220 --> 00:23:01.759
he... Learn some skills from Evander Kane. I'm

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:05.019
no gambling man, but I think Manor might be a

00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:08.680
snake. I'm not a gambling man, but I'd bet you

00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:12.339
any money that... But yeah, it was almost...

00:23:12.339 --> 00:23:17.099
No, not really a gambling sweep. Vegas took Game

00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:23.240
3 and ended it in 4 -3 off a goal with .4 seconds

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:28.339
left. I saw that one. crazy point four second

00:23:28.339 --> 00:23:32.059
set and then obviously edmunds from one one the

00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:36.519
last four four four two five four in ot three

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:41.299
nothing and a casper captain seer game winner

00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:44.900
series winner one nothing in game five in the

00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:49.099
fortress insane which i wish she'd be able to

00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:51.920
do that for pittsburgh but no so we obviously

00:23:51.920 --> 00:23:55.279
know brown room Conference Finals in the West,

00:23:55.359 --> 00:23:57.380
we got the Edmonton Oilers and the Dallas Stars.

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Starting on Wednesday night, Game 1 in Dallas.

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Who do we have winning this series? Is Otter

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:07.220
going to keep playing the way that he's been

00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:10.960
playing? I'm going to stick to my bracket. I

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:12.980
think Dallas takes this one. Yeah, it's going

00:24:12.980 --> 00:24:17.900
to be Dallas. I know they are neck and neck.

00:24:20.350 --> 00:24:24.029
I know the bets, the odds, they're both at minus

00:24:24.029 --> 00:24:28.450
110. Skater -wise, they're kind of even, pretty

00:24:28.450 --> 00:24:32.390
even. I know Edmonton, yes, has more offensive

00:24:32.390 --> 00:24:36.970
firepower. Dallas has some better defense. I'd

00:24:36.970 --> 00:24:40.849
say goaltending is much better than Dallas. You

00:24:40.849 --> 00:24:44.549
need defense in these playoffs, man. Dallas,

00:24:44.730 --> 00:24:48.230
I think, has a much stronger defense. If Mira

00:24:48.230 --> 00:24:51.769
Heichkinen wasn't back, It might be questionable.

00:24:51.930 --> 00:24:53.549
You've got Miro Hishkin, you've got Thomas Harley,

00:24:53.710 --> 00:24:56.250
you've got fucking S .L. Endell. I mean, Cody

00:24:56.250 --> 00:25:03.349
Seabin has been playing pretty well. Dallas is

00:25:03.349 --> 00:25:06.450
a better team just all around. They are a better

00:25:06.450 --> 00:25:08.569
team. I mean, Edmonton's defense is still pretty

00:25:08.569 --> 00:25:11.230
good as well. But you have names like Darnell

00:25:11.230 --> 00:25:15.150
Nurse and freaking Evan Bouchard. Other than

00:25:15.150 --> 00:25:21.400
that. And again, I'm going to keep going back

00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:22.859
to this statement because it's fucking true.

00:25:23.619 --> 00:25:26.460
Anywhere else, both those names would be third

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:30.779
pair of D -men best. Tops. They would be trash

00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:33.319
anywhere else. At this point, I mean, yeah, he's

00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:35.000
old at this point, but when you go to a team

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:37.480
like Dallas and Jamie Benn is not even one of

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:39.880
the first maybe six names that you mention from

00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:42.200
that team anymore. Back five, four, five years

00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:43.319
ago, he might have been one of the first names

00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:45.759
you mentioned. But now he's not even one of the

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:47.799
first seven, I can find him seven, eight players

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:49.740
before him. You've got Wyatt Johnson, you've

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:51.640
got Miko Rantanen, obviously you've got, as we

00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:54.019
said, Thomas Harley, Esa Lindell, Miro Heskinen,

00:25:54.160 --> 00:25:56.259
you've got Jason Robertson, you've got Jake Audier.

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:57.859
You're like, oh yeah, I forgot to have Jamie

00:25:57.859 --> 00:26:02.549
Benn still. They still have Jamie Benn and Tyler

00:26:02.549 --> 00:26:05.529
Sagan. That's another one. I can't believe I

00:26:05.529 --> 00:26:07.190
forgot Tyler Sagan. They still have fucking Tyler

00:26:07.190 --> 00:26:09.210
Sagan in there. That's crazy. He's only, what,

00:26:09.230 --> 00:26:11.210
32 years old? Yeah, he's still. And he still

00:26:11.210 --> 00:26:12.490
forgot to mention it? I think that's what's crazy

00:26:12.490 --> 00:26:16.670
about Dallas. Just how much depth they have.

00:26:16.670 --> 00:26:19.589
They have so much depth, man. All these guys

00:26:19.589 --> 00:26:22.569
are still very young, too. And there's still

00:26:22.569 --> 00:26:25.369
a bunch of prospects in there. With Texas. They're

00:26:25.369 --> 00:26:26.789
going to be a good team for quite some time,

00:26:26.849 --> 00:26:29.519
man. I mean, I've even seen Christian Cairo is

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:32.000
doing very well down in Texas. Who? Exactly.

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:34.720
He's doing very, very well in the AHL right now.

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:36.940
That whole team is doing very well in the AHL.

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:39.859
As Bob makes another great save on a breakaway

00:26:39.859 --> 00:26:43.720
from, was that Nylander? No, Stephen Lorenz.

00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:47.079
But, I mean, as I said, we just got to wait for

00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:48.940
the final of this series. Hopefully, we have

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:51.099
a winner. Because that's right, we didn't want

00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:54.140
to talk about this. How Game 7 of the Winnipeg

00:26:54.140 --> 00:26:57.339
St. Louis series ended up. happening, because

00:26:57.339 --> 00:27:00.299
I think we cut recording literally shortly before

00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:03.200
that game -winning goal was scored. That second

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:05.279
overtime was just as crazy as that first one.

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:07.559
I remember, oh my god. I think it was literally,

00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:08.500
we said, alright, we're not going to be able

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:11.380
to have the result. Literally five minutes after

00:27:11.380 --> 00:27:15.200
we hit stop recording and scheduled to post it,

00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:17.519
Winnipeg scored. I'm literally getting ready

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:19.839
to walk out and start heading home. Winnipeg

00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:23.000
shoots and scores the game -winner. Just unbelievable,

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:28.829
man. I think Dallas, because I didn't say what

00:27:28.829 --> 00:27:31.529
I said, I think Dallas will probably win this

00:27:31.529 --> 00:27:34.509
series. Obviously, I had Edmonton going all the

00:27:34.509 --> 00:27:36.549
way, but I think, in all honesty, it's going

00:27:36.549 --> 00:27:39.589
to be Dallas. I think you originally had Colorado

00:27:39.589 --> 00:27:42.029
beating Dallas, didn't you? No. Did you have

00:27:42.029 --> 00:27:43.549
Dallas from the beginning? I had Dallas from

00:27:43.549 --> 00:27:46.750
the beginning. I know the whole world, I think

00:27:46.750 --> 00:27:48.690
it was 50. That was one series where the whole

00:27:48.690 --> 00:27:51.230
world was like, damn near 50 -50 split on. That

00:27:51.230 --> 00:27:53.960
one was just such a tough one to call. And ended

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:55.420
up being right because that one was one of the

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:58.980
two in round one that went to seven games. I

00:27:58.980 --> 00:28:01.779
think only two did. I think it was Winnipeg and

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:04.720
then Dallas. Yeah, all the other ones didn't

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:08.039
except for Winnipeg, St. Louis, Dallas, Colorado.

00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:09.400
I think we're the only two that went to seven.

00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:13.259
Yeah. Everybody else went to six or, I mean,

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:16.099
three of the four series and East went to five.

00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:18.160
Yeah, I don't think there was a sweep that was

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:19.900
there. Yeah, there was not a single sweep this

00:28:19.900 --> 00:28:22.319
year. Three series went to five, three series

00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:24.859
went to six, and two went to seven. We could

00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:26.680
be completely wrong. We could go into this and

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:31.579
Connor McDavid could be Connor McDavid and carry

00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:34.220
them to a sweep. I mean, who knows? Jay Gottinger

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:36.539
might lose whatever magic he has going right

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:40.200
now. You never know what's going to happen in

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:43.099
these playoffs, man. You really don't. Anything

00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:47.990
can happen. Hey, for your first period intermission

00:28:47.990 --> 00:28:51.589
entertainment, do our normal Puck Doku hurdle.

00:28:52.609 --> 00:28:54.430
Depending on how quickly we get this done, we'll

00:28:54.430 --> 00:28:58.250
do the pyramid on here. If you guys want to play

00:28:58.250 --> 00:29:01.309
along, go ahead and pull up Sunday, May 18th's

00:29:01.309 --> 00:29:05.009
game, and feel free to play along. Going for

00:29:05.009 --> 00:29:07.970
the columns, it's going to be St. Louis, the

00:29:07.970 --> 00:29:12.529
Shorts, and Minnesota, Minnesota. And then for

00:29:12.529 --> 00:29:15.240
the rows, it's going to be Detroit, Carolina,

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:20.099
and CBJ. For Detroit St. Louis, David Perron.

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:25.299
Yeah. Wait, wait. Oh, no, you're right. I thought

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:28.619
I said the wrong one. No, no, I'm right. I'm

00:29:28.619 --> 00:29:31.720
not writing the type, but I'm writing the column.

00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:41.400
Can't spell David. Eric Stahl, Carolina, Minnesota.

00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:50.440
Great. I believe. Yep. And then didn't Cam Talbot

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:52.299
do Minnesota there for a little while as well

00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:59.960
as Detroit? Yep, Cam Talbot. Jake Wallman, Detroit,

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:10.779
San Jose. We cooking, we cooking. Not for much

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:14.180
longer probably. Carolina, San Jose. Brent Burns.

00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:25.700
Yeah. Justin Falk. Didn't he do St. Louis, Carolina?

00:30:28.420 --> 00:30:30.839
Carolina? Justin Falk. I thought he was in Carolina

00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:37.140
there for a hot minute. Was he? Yeah, I think

00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:39.059
you're right. I think he was there before St.

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:50.759
Louis. Good job. So we just need the whole Columbus

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:53.099
row. So Columbus, St. Louis, Columbus, San Jose,

00:30:53.240 --> 00:31:01.799
Columbus, Minnesota. Did Jack Johnson play for

00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:05.140
any of the teams on top? Obviously he played

00:31:05.140 --> 00:31:07.519
with Columbus, but did he play for Minnesota?

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:11.000
Oh, no, he didn't play for San Jose. I don't

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:15.480
think so. That could be like a... A last second

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:25.359
burner, I guess, if we have nothing else. Corposalo

00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:29.420
has only been, what, Columbus, Ottawa? Ottawa,

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:35.480
Boston. Boston, too, that's right. Bob has only

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:38.240
been, what, Philly? Philly, Columbus, Toronto,

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:42.700
Florida. Bob had a stay with Toronto? No, I'm

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:45.029
sorry, I'm thinking of Freddie. Because Freddie

00:31:45.029 --> 00:31:50.170
did Anaheim, Toronto. Anderson. I don't think.

00:31:54.690 --> 00:31:57.269
Voracek was only Florida. Oh, not Florida. Philly,

00:31:57.490 --> 00:32:02.890
Columbus. Started and finished in Columbus. Same

00:32:02.890 --> 00:32:07.930
thing with Cam Atkinson. Or Atkinson, whatever.

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:18.240
I might have to go down and drink one of my ghosts

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:21.759
or make my pre -workout. I'm starting to die.

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:30.380
The team who never played for Columbus. Rick

00:32:30.380 --> 00:32:34.619
Nash. I think it was only... Columbus, Boston.

00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:45.759
New York. The Rangers. The Rags. I'm thinking

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:51.099
goalie has to go somewhere here. But where? Antony

00:32:51.099 --> 00:32:53.660
Yemi, I don't think he ever played for Columbus.

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:57.660
Jake Allen played for St. Louis, Montreal, New

00:32:57.660 --> 00:33:02.220
Jersey. I don't think he played for Columbus.

00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:07.460
I'm trying to think of journeyman goaltenders.

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:14.220
Jonathan Quick with his... Long stint in Columbus.

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:16.380
Columbus with Jackets legend. Why am I trying

00:33:16.380 --> 00:33:18.559
to think? It's only game. Why do you have to

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:23.000
be so mad? Oh, um... Oh... What the hell? Brizgalov.

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:25.420
Ilya Brizgalov, dude. I have no idea where all

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:30.039
he played. He... Philly, Columbus, Arizona...

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:40.160
Brian Elliott, I know he jumped around. Brent

00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:43.450
Johnson has been around. Tomas Vukun's been around.

00:33:44.269 --> 00:33:46.650
I think Vukun was only like three or four different

00:33:46.650 --> 00:33:48.970
teams. He wasn't around too much. Still, there's

00:33:48.970 --> 00:33:52.750
a few teams. Tim Thomas played for St. Louis,

00:33:52.910 --> 00:34:03.390
Boston. Dallas. Anybody playing along is screaming

00:34:03.390 --> 00:34:07.369
a name into their phone right now. There's somebody

00:34:07.369 --> 00:34:10.269
screaming. It's this guy, you fucking moron!

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:12.599
This kind of thing. I know for a fact there's

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:17.079
somebody screaming a name right now. I can't.

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:20.679
I'm blanking so hard. I'm going to go snort a

00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:23.840
line of free workout. I'm only kidding. I'm only

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:29.900
kidding. That is really irresponsible. I'm trying

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:33.260
to remember. Zach Gorinsky. I think his whole

00:34:33.260 --> 00:34:36.039
career has been out there. Okay. What about Seth

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:38.579
Jones? I think he's only done Columbus, Chicago.

00:34:39.619 --> 00:34:43.739
Florida. Bobby Lou obviously wouldn't fit there

00:34:43.739 --> 00:34:49.760
anywhere. Claude Drew won't fit because he's

00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:53.360
only been in Ottawa. Yeah, Claude Drew is nowhere.

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:58.079
Yeah. He's only been in Philly, Florida, Ottawa.

00:34:59.760 --> 00:35:04.619
I don't know why I just thought of him. We're

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:06.900
naming other flyers with Atkinson and Borchek.

00:35:10.569 --> 00:35:13.969
Like a Daniel Breer. I know he jumped around.

00:35:14.489 --> 00:35:16.829
Buffalo Philly. Was it just Buffalo and Philly?

00:35:16.969 --> 00:35:19.010
Just Buffalo and Philly. I swear, I thought he

00:35:19.010 --> 00:35:21.030
played at a stint with St. Louis at least. No.

00:35:21.650 --> 00:35:25.969
Oh, did James Neal play for Columbus? No. No?

00:35:26.610 --> 00:35:28.670
I know he had a very short stint with St. Louis.

00:35:30.130 --> 00:35:32.889
Very short. He was down in my 18 game, something

00:35:32.889 --> 00:35:35.389
like that, stint with St. Louis. Joe Morrow.

00:35:36.219 --> 00:35:43.679
Castor Kapanen never played for Columbus. I'm

00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:50.760
trying to think, like, early Columbus days. Don't

00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:57.840
mind me. Oh, yeah. Best sound in the world. It's

00:35:57.840 --> 00:36:01.219
even better with the beer, but... I'm sorry.

00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:04.659
Oh, the Welch's grape goes. I love the smell

00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:07.760
of grape, but I hate the taste of grape. Yeah,

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:11.320
good old Ghost Energy. We're not sponsored, by

00:36:11.320 --> 00:36:14.440
the way. Just shouting them out. Yeah, I would

00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:16.739
love to be sponsored by Ghost Energy, but no,

00:36:16.820 --> 00:36:20.920
we are not sponsored by them. So, hit me up.

00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:26.659
Our email's on a Twitter bio. What about like

00:36:26.659 --> 00:36:28.920
an Eric Goodbranson? He's another Journeyman

00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:32.969
defenseman. He did play for Columbus. Did he

00:36:32.969 --> 00:36:37.849
play for any of those other three? Oh. Maybe

00:36:37.849 --> 00:36:48.010
like a Minnesota? Oh. Florida. Didn't he spend

00:36:48.010 --> 00:36:52.090
some time in the Berger? Columbus. I don't remember

00:36:52.090 --> 00:37:00.159
anybody else. I would say L .A. Tyler Toffoli

00:37:00.159 --> 00:37:05.179
didn't go to Columbus, I don't think. Matt Duchesne,

00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:06.719
I think he spent a little bit of time. Did he

00:37:06.719 --> 00:37:10.340
not spend a little bit of time at Columbus? I

00:37:10.340 --> 00:37:16.820
don't remember. Because I know Colorado, Nashville,

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:29.860
and Dallas. I don't remember. Man, it's like

00:37:29.860 --> 00:37:33.519
we do this every fucking week. First five, we

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:35.099
were... Well, the last couple of tries, we've

00:37:35.099 --> 00:37:37.480
been struggling with the first two. We at least

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:40.679
coped through the first six here. It's because

00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:43.219
Columbus is just so newer to, let me guess, Minnesota.

00:37:43.219 --> 00:37:46.420
It's two, and we got two there. But... Oh, man.

00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:53.739
My best guess that I have right now is if Eric

00:37:53.739 --> 00:37:55.300
had been principal, where else would he have

00:37:55.300 --> 00:37:59.000
been? Or where did we say we were going to keep

00:37:59.000 --> 00:38:01.019
him? Who did we say we were going to keep in

00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:03.760
our back pockets? It was a goalie, I don't remember.

00:38:04.300 --> 00:38:14.519
Where's he going to be? Steve Mason. Columbus.

00:38:14.719 --> 00:38:20.059
Columbus, St. Louis. I think. Well, let's throw

00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:26.900
that there. No. I thought that was about to be

00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:30.679
an amazing poll. Another one I just thought of,

00:38:30.719 --> 00:38:34.039
Steve Ott. Steve Ott, where would he go? St.

00:38:34.199 --> 00:38:38.519
Louis. I know St. Louis. St. Louis, Dallas, Buffalo.

00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:43.679
He didn't play for Columbus, though. No, not

00:38:43.679 --> 00:38:52.639
that I know of. JVR not spend some time over

00:38:52.639 --> 00:38:56.780
in Columbus? I can't keep track of the Van Lee

00:38:56.780 --> 00:39:02.480
and Shive brothers. I always get them mixed up,

00:39:02.659 --> 00:39:05.719
honestly. I'm pretty sure he did, but I don't

00:39:05.719 --> 00:39:08.219
think he would have been with St. Louis or any

00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:42.949
of those other three. Brad Brizgolov, this is

00:39:42.949 --> 00:39:47.070
not what we thought. Marion Gabryk, Miko Koivu,

00:39:47.070 --> 00:39:51.050
Goose Nyquist. Ian Cole. There's one of the German

00:39:51.050 --> 00:39:54.730
defensemen, I told you. Mike fucking Rupp. Anthony

00:39:54.730 --> 00:39:59.349
Duclair, oh my god, yes. Rafi Torres. Ray Whitney.

00:40:00.869 --> 00:40:05.250
Ryan Dezingle. Brandon Sod. Mike Sillinger again,

00:40:05.309 --> 00:40:09.030
of course. Ian fucking Cole, Ty Conklin. Gilzado.

00:40:09.449 --> 00:40:12.530
Jordan Leopold. Wow. That's a name I haven't

00:40:12.530 --> 00:40:15.929
heard in about 11 fucking years. Jordan Leopold.

00:40:16.050 --> 00:40:21.829
Wow. Geez Louise, man. Alright. Main topic for

00:40:21.829 --> 00:40:25.469
this evening. We've definitely done this. Sorry.

00:40:25.650 --> 00:40:26.969
We've done this in years past. I think we might

00:40:26.969 --> 00:40:30.750
have done it every year thus far. Our UFA predictions

00:40:30.750 --> 00:40:34.489
are talking about the top 25 to 30 -ish. Maybe

00:40:34.489 --> 00:40:36.750
even go up to decent names all the way up to

00:40:36.750 --> 00:40:40.260
even 40, I'd say. But the UFA is where we think

00:40:40.260 --> 00:40:43.000
these guys could end up. They just might re -sign.

00:40:43.460 --> 00:40:46.079
Where we think a lot of these guys could end

00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:49.059
up. I think we should start at the bottom. Start

00:40:49.059 --> 00:40:53.039
down near the 40 range. I think a good name to

00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:55.860
start off on is number 40. Being Taylor Radish

00:40:55.860 --> 00:41:00.639
from Washington. He's only 27 years old. So he's

00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:04.980
still pretty young. I think he's definitely going

00:41:04.980 --> 00:41:07.420
to stay out east. Now the concern is, well, my

00:41:07.420 --> 00:41:10.039
concern is, you know, is he going to stay in

00:41:10.039 --> 00:41:12.480
Washington or is he going to go down to Tampa,

00:41:12.599 --> 00:41:16.019
Florida? Or Darren Radish is seeing a whole lot

00:41:16.019 --> 00:41:18.119
of success down there. Well, not a whole lot

00:41:18.119 --> 00:41:20.340
of success, but he's made a pretty good name

00:41:20.340 --> 00:41:23.400
for himself in the defensive core. He'll go play

00:41:23.400 --> 00:41:25.900
with his brother again the second time in their

00:41:25.900 --> 00:41:30.820
career. I know during the 21 run, the 2020 -2021

00:41:30.820 --> 00:41:34.210
run, he was... He got caught up from Syracuse

00:41:34.210 --> 00:41:37.449
and then was on their taxi squad. He was dressed

00:41:37.449 --> 00:41:40.170
and everything in case... In case something would

00:41:40.170 --> 00:41:42.849
happen. And then obviously right after that he

00:41:42.849 --> 00:41:48.369
went up to Chicago. I think he's probably going

00:41:48.369 --> 00:41:51.590
to resign. Just resign with Washington? I think

00:41:51.590 --> 00:41:55.269
it could happen. I could see maybe somebody like...

00:41:56.199 --> 00:41:57.780
I don't know, maybe somebody like Boston picking

00:41:57.780 --> 00:41:59.019
him up. I know they're going to start needing

00:41:59.019 --> 00:42:01.719
some help with a lot of the guys that they lost

00:42:01.719 --> 00:42:05.719
this year. Honestly, yeah, re -signing maybe

00:42:05.719 --> 00:42:11.500
somebody like Boston. Buffalo, teams that need

00:42:11.500 --> 00:42:13.139
help, as much help as they can possibly get.

00:42:14.500 --> 00:42:16.739
Another one coming from Washington is Andrew

00:42:16.739 --> 00:42:20.679
Magipani. He's re -signing. Yeah, I can see him

00:42:20.679 --> 00:42:24.119
just re -signing. I can even see him maybe. possibly

00:42:24.119 --> 00:42:25.980
reuniting with Calgary, going back over there.

00:42:27.699 --> 00:42:29.780
Maybe even somebody, like, depending on what

00:42:29.780 --> 00:42:31.500
happens with, like, a Brock Besser, maybe I could

00:42:31.500 --> 00:42:32.900
see him maybe going to somebody like Vancouver,

00:42:33.260 --> 00:42:37.500
because they just have to worry about Pius Suter,

00:42:37.579 --> 00:42:38.699
they have to worry about if they're going to

00:42:38.699 --> 00:42:40.599
end up keeping Thatcher Demko with his health

00:42:40.599 --> 00:42:43.960
problems, that he can't stay healthy. So, man,

00:42:44.000 --> 00:42:45.860
I could see him going somewhere like those guys,

00:42:45.920 --> 00:42:48.099
but, yeah, that's another one that's kind of

00:42:48.099 --> 00:42:52.610
tough to tell there. Next big one that I want

00:42:52.610 --> 00:42:57.030
to go over is Brett Burns. Chewy. The Wookie.

00:42:57.389 --> 00:42:59.170
I think he's probably going to call it. I think

00:42:59.170 --> 00:43:01.710
depending on how deep Carolina goes in these

00:43:01.710 --> 00:43:04.230
playoffs, it's probably just about time for him

00:43:04.230 --> 00:43:06.510
to call it. I mean, the man's 40 years old at

00:43:06.510 --> 00:43:09.929
this point. He is 40, yeah. His age is 30. I

00:43:09.929 --> 00:43:12.789
know. That's why I said it. I thought you said

00:43:12.789 --> 00:43:16.829
he's about 40. No, I said he's 40. Come on, Kyle.

00:43:16.989 --> 00:43:22.559
Listen up, bud. Yeah, you're right. He's old.

00:43:22.860 --> 00:43:25.659
I'm sorry. And going right below him, Dimitri

00:43:25.659 --> 00:43:28.139
Orlov. He's 33 as well. Another defenseman there

00:43:28.139 --> 00:43:31.920
on Carolina that's on the verge of potentially

00:43:31.920 --> 00:43:36.199
leaving or testing the market. I mean, I don't

00:43:36.199 --> 00:43:38.840
know. I don't know about him. Could maybe again

00:43:38.840 --> 00:43:42.900
go reunite with Boston over there. Could reunite

00:43:42.900 --> 00:43:45.360
with Washington. But I really don't think Washington

00:43:45.360 --> 00:43:48.019
needs the help. That honestly wouldn't be one

00:43:48.019 --> 00:43:49.730
that I would... I'd hate to see him in Pittsburgh,

00:43:49.869 --> 00:43:53.190
but he's a little older than I'd like. With how

00:43:53.190 --> 00:43:55.889
old our team already is. But I think he'd be

00:43:55.889 --> 00:43:58.969
a decent replacement for LeTang, because I know

00:43:58.969 --> 00:44:01.909
LeTang is going to be questionable to start the

00:44:01.909 --> 00:44:04.710
season. He might be questionable to play at all.

00:44:04.769 --> 00:44:06.670
He might be done this week. It all depends on

00:44:06.670 --> 00:44:09.590
how he heals from the surgery he's had this offseason.

00:44:10.170 --> 00:44:12.849
One person I would like to pick up as a Penguins

00:44:12.849 --> 00:44:16.449
fan, and who's still relatively unsashed in their

00:44:16.449 --> 00:44:22.940
prime, At 34, it's, oh, age 29, number 34 on

00:44:22.940 --> 00:44:25.599
here, Victor Olsen. Yeah, I mean, I wouldn't.

00:44:25.960 --> 00:44:28.280
He's still a young guy, you know. If he doesn't

00:44:28.280 --> 00:44:29.920
sign with Vegas, I'd like to see him come out

00:44:29.920 --> 00:44:32.199
and play for the State City. He's pretty solid,

00:44:32.239 --> 00:44:34.699
too. Well, I was talking more like defensemen

00:44:34.699 --> 00:44:39.000
that replace Tanger. Well, I'm saying for a youth

00:44:39.000 --> 00:44:41.980
standpoint. Not taking Tanger or our defensive

00:44:41.980 --> 00:44:45.019
core, our awful, awful defensive core out of

00:44:45.019 --> 00:44:47.199
the picture. Yeah. Which will actually probably

00:44:47.199 --> 00:44:49.659
get better after that, but that's besides the

00:44:49.659 --> 00:44:52.699
point. And going back down, Jeff Skinner, I can

00:44:52.699 --> 00:44:54.719
see him just re -signing with Edmonton. He seems

00:44:54.719 --> 00:44:57.440
to be in a good fit there. Actually gets to have

00:44:57.440 --> 00:44:59.780
some playoff experience being in a team that

00:44:59.780 --> 00:45:02.940
can make the playoffs. Because of his time in

00:45:02.940 --> 00:45:05.420
Carolina? Nope. When he was with Carolina, they

00:45:05.420 --> 00:45:07.400
sucked. Of course, he goes to Buffalo. Buffalo

00:45:07.400 --> 00:45:10.119
has sucked for, what, 15 years now? Yes, a long

00:45:10.119 --> 00:45:12.940
time. I think this was their 14th year not making

00:45:12.940 --> 00:45:14.780
the playoffs in a row? 13th or 14th year in a

00:45:14.780 --> 00:45:18.059
row? Yeah. It was. Longest active streak in the

00:45:18.059 --> 00:45:23.780
league. This is another one in the top defenseman

00:45:23.780 --> 00:45:26.119
names that I think Pittsburgh could go after

00:45:26.119 --> 00:45:29.239
going up to number 31 with Vlad Gavrikov. I think

00:45:29.239 --> 00:45:31.360
he could be a very good addition to the Penns

00:45:31.360 --> 00:45:33.920
defense, especially if we end up letting Matt

00:45:33.920 --> 00:45:37.019
Gryzlik walk as well. I think he could be a very

00:45:37.019 --> 00:45:40.440
good fit in our system. Again, it's tough to

00:45:40.440 --> 00:45:42.179
tell when we don't have a head coach right now

00:45:42.179 --> 00:45:46.090
to be able to debate. who might fit in with the

00:45:46.090 --> 00:45:48.170
system. Again, we might even bring in somebody

00:45:48.170 --> 00:45:49.730
that we've never heard of. Somebody from the

00:45:49.730 --> 00:45:53.969
AHL that has done very, very well. But, again,

00:45:54.010 --> 00:45:57.909
time will tell with that. Corey Perry, I... Retire.

00:45:58.349 --> 00:46:00.610
I can see it definitely happening. No, no, no.

00:46:00.630 --> 00:46:05.989
He's going to resign with the... I'm trying to

00:46:05.989 --> 00:46:09.230
think of a name. Where do people go for their

00:46:09.230 --> 00:46:12.690
career to die? Buffalo. There are a lot of hot

00:46:12.690 --> 00:46:16.320
ladies up in Sudbury. that he can go up and,

00:46:16.340 --> 00:46:17.940
you know. Apparently there is in Chicago, according

00:46:17.940 --> 00:46:20.960
to Corey Perry. No, it's just bombs. He just

00:46:20.960 --> 00:46:25.460
goes after the bombs. If he does play, you're

00:46:25.460 --> 00:46:27.400
at that age where you don't really want to change

00:46:27.400 --> 00:46:29.239
where you're at. If he does, just resign for

00:46:29.239 --> 00:46:33.239
another year and finish it there. Connor Brown,

00:46:33.340 --> 00:46:35.639
that's one name that has honestly just kind of

00:46:35.639 --> 00:46:37.360
been a disappointment his whole career. No offense

00:46:37.360 --> 00:46:39.780
to him, but he just, he has never lived up to

00:46:39.780 --> 00:46:42.280
the hype that he had coming out of Erie and coming

00:46:42.280 --> 00:46:45.460
into the NHL. He's never been able to reach that

00:46:45.460 --> 00:46:49.500
potential that he had around his name. But I

00:46:49.500 --> 00:46:52.780
think he does fit in well with the Edmonton team.

00:46:53.039 --> 00:46:56.260
I could just see him re -signing a smaller, maybe

00:46:56.260 --> 00:46:59.260
two, three -year deal worth $2 million, $3 million

00:46:59.260 --> 00:47:02.900
a year. No matter where he goes, it's not going

00:47:02.900 --> 00:47:05.880
to be anything massive. No. That's what you said.

00:47:06.750 --> 00:47:09.050
Yanni Gord, another one. I can just see that

00:47:09.050 --> 00:47:12.329
being a quick re -sign for Tampa Bay. He really

00:47:12.329 --> 00:47:14.389
loves it there. The fans and the team loves having

00:47:14.389 --> 00:47:17.889
him there. Another one I think I can just see

00:47:17.889 --> 00:47:21.309
him re -signing and staying there. The amount

00:47:21.309 --> 00:47:24.849
of success that he has had in Tampa versus anywhere

00:47:24.849 --> 00:47:29.289
else, it's ridiculous. So Tampa and that system,

00:47:29.489 --> 00:47:32.889
if John Cooper does end up staying for the long

00:47:32.889 --> 00:47:37.510
run, you know. Yannick will succeed. Our role

00:47:37.510 --> 00:47:40.630
continues to be successful under that John Cooper

00:47:40.630 --> 00:47:45.329
system. Eric Robinson, no offense, I don't know

00:47:45.329 --> 00:47:48.070
too much about him to talk too much about him,

00:47:48.110 --> 00:47:50.489
so I think we might skip over him. The next two

00:47:50.489 --> 00:47:54.449
are the other two defensemen that I think Pittsburgh

00:47:54.449 --> 00:47:56.949
should have a chance of going after, both being

00:47:56.949 --> 00:47:59.880
Aaron Eckblad and Ivan Prokhorov. Well, the only

00:47:59.880 --> 00:48:03.619
concern I have with Aaron Ekblad is he's obviously

00:48:03.619 --> 00:48:06.400
on the final year of an eight -year deal. He's

00:48:06.400 --> 00:48:10.159
making $7 .5 million per year, and he's on a

00:48:10.159 --> 00:48:13.039
minimal no -trade clause, whereas Ivan Prokhorov

00:48:13.039 --> 00:48:17.639
is obviously on the sixth year, $6 .75 million

00:48:17.639 --> 00:48:21.780
per year, and he doesn't have a trade clause.

00:48:21.900 --> 00:48:23.960
Out of those two, I think I would honestly definitely

00:48:23.960 --> 00:48:26.900
prefer... pro -Rob that might be kind of the

00:48:26.900 --> 00:48:29.099
hot take or kind of an unpopular answer there.

00:48:29.239 --> 00:48:31.940
Yeah, I mean, he's a tad bit younger being here,

00:48:32.019 --> 00:48:34.559
younger than the neck blood. But also a left

00:48:34.559 --> 00:48:36.579
-handed defenseman, which we could use a couple

00:48:36.579 --> 00:48:38.880
left -handed defensemen on the line. That'd be

00:48:38.880 --> 00:48:41.920
actually really nice. I'd very much like having

00:48:41.920 --> 00:48:44.739
him there. And plus for, you know, granted it's

00:48:44.739 --> 00:48:49.699
only a $250 ,000 cheaper, technically you could

00:48:49.699 --> 00:48:52.059
get away with that and still be good to make

00:48:52.059 --> 00:48:55.480
a couple minor signings for You know, your depth

00:48:55.480 --> 00:48:57.559
or your age, I'll squad for a two -way squad.

00:48:57.780 --> 00:48:59.920
Or a two -way contract. And Aaron Edelblad has

00:48:59.920 --> 00:49:01.780
kind of been on the downfall the last, let's

00:49:01.780 --> 00:49:04.840
say, by two, three years. He definitely was not

00:49:04.840 --> 00:49:06.980
as good as he was in his first, you know, eight

00:49:06.980 --> 00:49:08.619
years in the league and since he's been drafted.

00:49:09.480 --> 00:49:12.579
But that one, like, dead serious, I could see

00:49:12.579 --> 00:49:15.219
that one being a Buffalo signing. Like, I could

00:49:15.219 --> 00:49:18.179
honestly see him, see Buffalo trying to go after

00:49:18.179 --> 00:49:21.179
him. I mean, considering all their top defensemen

00:49:21.179 --> 00:49:24.199
in Buffalo are lefties, you do need to have a

00:49:24.199 --> 00:49:25.880
couple righties in there. Like, you need to have

00:49:25.880 --> 00:49:29.119
a decent balance, whether it's threes or two

00:49:29.119 --> 00:49:31.820
and four or whatever. You need to have a good...

00:49:31.820 --> 00:49:33.900
I thought it would be a good possibility for

00:49:33.900 --> 00:49:38.019
that. Especially, you know, being paired up with

00:49:38.019 --> 00:49:41.500
somebody like a Rasmus Dahlin. Yeah. That'd be

00:49:41.500 --> 00:49:43.780
a good... Even an Owen Power, too. I mean...

00:49:44.059 --> 00:49:47.500
You got the old man. Old man. I'm going to use

00:49:47.500 --> 00:49:50.219
that term lightly, but the old man. I'm sorry,

00:49:50.300 --> 00:49:52.260
the middle -aged man, because I know people like

00:49:52.260 --> 00:49:55.039
said who hate the phrase old man. The middle

00:49:55.039 --> 00:49:59.159
-aged man. Young guy in power could really utilize.

00:49:59.360 --> 00:50:00.739
You can't call it said old. You just have to

00:50:00.739 --> 00:50:02.780
add an er to the end, because every time somebody

00:50:02.780 --> 00:50:06.760
would say old, he'd be like er. Old er. Yeah,

00:50:06.760 --> 00:50:08.800
he's older than some of the rest of the guys.

00:50:10.860 --> 00:50:12.980
Christian Dvorak, again, I don't know too much

00:50:12.980 --> 00:50:16.599
about him. I only really honestly remember him

00:50:16.599 --> 00:50:19.380
being from Montreal. I'm not too familiar with

00:50:19.380 --> 00:50:23.480
his career path. I mean, I could see him just

00:50:23.480 --> 00:50:25.800
resigning there with Montreal having the year

00:50:25.800 --> 00:50:28.179
that they did. Probably don't want to make too

00:50:28.179 --> 00:50:32.079
many major changes. Because they made the playoffs.

00:50:32.579 --> 00:50:35.860
Montreal? Yeah. No, they played Washington. They

00:50:35.860 --> 00:50:36.719
played Washington. That's right. Okay, yeah.

00:50:37.000 --> 00:50:39.539
That's what I thought. I keep paying attention

00:50:39.539 --> 00:50:41.500
to this postseason. Kyle, get in the system.

00:50:43.000 --> 00:50:45.360
I knew they made the playoffs, but they were

00:50:45.360 --> 00:50:47.139
that close. I knew that they were right on the

00:50:47.139 --> 00:50:51.099
cusp of making it. Kyle, get in the system. We're

00:50:51.099 --> 00:50:53.500
almost over the fucking second round. Montreal

00:50:53.500 --> 00:50:56.440
made the playoffs other than this year. 2021.

00:50:57.369 --> 00:51:00.230
It's 20 -41. Get it with the system, okay? It's

00:51:00.230 --> 00:51:02.110
almost the same for something. Listen, we're

00:51:02.110 --> 00:51:04.230
watching the second. The house came with the

00:51:04.230 --> 00:51:05.949
fucking second round right now. Get it with the

00:51:05.949 --> 00:51:08.150
system. The second round felt like it's lasted

00:51:08.150 --> 00:51:12.650
two months. Two weeks. It says this round is

00:51:12.650 --> 00:51:15.070
shorter than round one. Is it really? Yeah. It

00:51:15.070 --> 00:51:17.510
felt like it's been a lot longer. Because it's

00:51:17.510 --> 00:51:21.210
been only one game seven for this one, but round

00:51:21.210 --> 00:51:24.130
one we saw two. Get it with the program, freshman.

00:51:24.309 --> 00:51:27.219
God. Marcus Johansson, that's another one I'm

00:51:27.219 --> 00:51:30.059
not too familiar with much of what he does. So,

00:51:30.099 --> 00:51:33.940
I mean, I can't give much. Being an older guy,

00:51:34.139 --> 00:51:36.719
I mean, he provides the experience. He's a good

00:51:36.719 --> 00:51:39.780
middle six forward for Minnesota, considering,

00:51:39.780 --> 00:51:41.599
you know, who they have up there on their top

00:51:41.599 --> 00:51:45.300
line. But he's going to stay in Minnesota. I

00:51:45.300 --> 00:51:47.400
think so. I think he loves the Twin Cities. The

00:51:47.400 --> 00:51:49.559
Twin Cities, you know, most of the fans love

00:51:49.559 --> 00:51:51.119
him. Yeah, he's one of the fan favorites over

00:51:51.119 --> 00:51:53.679
there. I can't see Minnesota being too happy

00:51:53.679 --> 00:51:57.480
if they let him walk. Oh, no. JBR, he's another

00:51:57.480 --> 00:52:00.320
one. He's up there in age, being 36 years old

00:52:00.320 --> 00:52:06.039
now. When you get to that 35, 36 range, that's

00:52:06.039 --> 00:52:07.940
when you start thinking about the one, two -year

00:52:07.940 --> 00:52:10.119
deals. You just take what you can get, where

00:52:10.119 --> 00:52:13.699
you can get it. I can see just being another

00:52:13.699 --> 00:52:16.519
resigning. I can see him going to somebody maybe

00:52:16.519 --> 00:52:19.019
like, I don't know, maybe like a New Jersey or

00:52:19.019 --> 00:52:21.519
something. I don't know. New Jersey can definitely

00:52:21.519 --> 00:52:23.260
use a little bit of help in that middle six.

00:52:24.380 --> 00:52:28.539
I mean, they will fight against Carolina. And

00:52:28.539 --> 00:52:30.780
considering Jack Hughes can't fucking stay healthy

00:52:30.780 --> 00:52:34.280
now, I know his injury when he went down against

00:52:34.280 --> 00:52:37.000
Vegas with his collision with Jack Eichel, it

00:52:37.000 --> 00:52:41.480
was poor timing. It was a shitty circumstance

00:52:41.480 --> 00:52:44.920
for him. And I feel bad, but just in case he

00:52:44.920 --> 00:52:47.469
continues to go down, well, guess what? You have

00:52:47.469 --> 00:52:49.730
somebody like Marcus Jansen who can step up and

00:52:49.730 --> 00:52:52.670
play top six minutes. Grant might be on the second

00:52:52.670 --> 00:52:55.630
line, but he is able to play those top six minutes

00:52:55.630 --> 00:53:02.150
and produce on a consistent level. Andre Kuzmenko,

00:53:02.210 --> 00:53:05.730
this is kind of, he's almost 30. He's 29 years

00:53:05.730 --> 00:53:07.929
old. He's still pretty young in the end. He hasn't

00:53:07.929 --> 00:53:10.170
had too much experience in the league yet. I

00:53:10.170 --> 00:53:11.630
know I think he had, what, a couple years with

00:53:11.630 --> 00:53:14.780
Vancouver, if I'm not mistaken. I think he just

00:53:14.780 --> 00:53:19.639
went over to LA there in the deadline. I'm not

00:53:19.639 --> 00:53:27.639
too familiar with what he's done. He has 11 goals

00:53:27.639 --> 00:53:33.480
and 37 points in 66 games. Okay, so he's a pretty

00:53:33.480 --> 00:53:35.639
decent bottom six or middle six forward there.

00:53:37.289 --> 00:53:38.829
I'm just trying to think of teams. Again, that's

00:53:38.829 --> 00:53:40.510
another one I could see maybe Boston going after

00:53:40.510 --> 00:53:43.510
with all the guys that they lost. Brandon Carlo,

00:53:43.809 --> 00:53:46.010
Jake DeBrusque, obviously the biggest one being

00:53:46.010 --> 00:53:50.570
Brad Marchand. I could see that being another

00:53:50.570 --> 00:53:52.650
middle six guy that Boston tries to pick up.

00:53:53.909 --> 00:53:56.750
I think a big one, or one of the bigger ones

00:53:56.750 --> 00:54:01.170
here in the top 15 -20 range is obviously Jack

00:54:01.170 --> 00:54:04.820
Roslevich. only being 28. He did obviously amazing

00:54:04.820 --> 00:54:07.280
in Columbus, where he started his career. He

00:54:07.280 --> 00:54:10.340
did great in, or he was consistent in the Big

00:54:10.340 --> 00:54:13.320
Apple, the Rags. And now he's doing pretty decent

00:54:13.320 --> 00:54:16.780
in Carolina, finishing up a one -year contract

00:54:16.780 --> 00:54:22.159
at a 2 .8 million. In 81 games, he has 22 goals

00:54:22.159 --> 00:54:26.019
and 39 points. So, I mean, he's just coming into

00:54:26.019 --> 00:54:28.639
his prime. He's young. He can fit in the middle

00:54:28.639 --> 00:54:31.179
six. Obviously, he's doing pretty good in Carolina.

00:54:32.000 --> 00:54:34.300
I can see him staying out east, like maybe in

00:54:34.300 --> 00:54:36.820
the Metro, go back to the Bluecoats, or hell,

00:54:36.860 --> 00:54:39.260
even go back to Columbus, who's missing that

00:54:39.260 --> 00:54:42.079
offensive firepower with the loss of Johnny Goudreau.

00:54:42.840 --> 00:54:45.199
I mean, you can't use the word replace Johnny

00:54:45.199 --> 00:54:47.960
Goudreau, obviously. Well, I mean, as a human,

00:54:48.000 --> 00:54:50.480
no, but as a hockey player. As a body, as a player,

00:54:50.579 --> 00:54:53.820
as a body on the ice, as a player. As a body

00:54:53.820 --> 00:54:58.230
on the ice, it'd be a good replacement. when

00:54:58.230 --> 00:55:01.530
it comes to scoring -wise and depth -wise. I

00:55:01.530 --> 00:55:04.949
don't think he can replace the scoring aspect

00:55:04.949 --> 00:55:07.849
of it, but I think coming from more of a playmaking

00:55:07.849 --> 00:55:13.250
asset and getting those opportunities, he can

00:55:13.250 --> 00:55:15.329
definitely fill those shoes. Oh, for sure. And

00:55:15.329 --> 00:55:18.309
really wear down that goaltender, because you

00:55:18.309 --> 00:55:20.610
might not get the tally, but you might wear the

00:55:20.610 --> 00:55:22.809
goalie down enough or their D down enough to

00:55:22.809 --> 00:55:26.590
have your teammate get the goal, which a goal

00:55:26.590 --> 00:55:30.150
is a goal. Don't ask them how, just ask how many.

00:55:32.190 --> 00:55:34.030
Evgeny Dadunov is another one of those. He's

00:55:34.030 --> 00:55:35.789
kind of bounced around his whole career, been

00:55:35.789 --> 00:55:38.190
just about everywhere, getting to that age where

00:55:38.190 --> 00:55:40.469
you want to start thinking that one, two -year

00:55:40.469 --> 00:55:44.090
contract. I think it fit for him. I think he's

00:55:44.090 --> 00:55:46.409
played here previously, but Team Out West, I'm

00:55:46.409 --> 00:55:52.230
thinking maybe a team like San Jose. Yeah, they're

00:55:52.230 --> 00:55:53.710
going to be getting some youth here in the next

00:55:53.710 --> 00:55:57.769
couple of years. Bring in that veteranism. guy

00:55:57.769 --> 00:56:01.829
like him definitely hasn't been, you know, elite

00:56:01.829 --> 00:56:06.949
to any level. But, just, I mean, I think anybody

00:56:06.949 --> 00:56:10.030
would be, he'd be good bottom three or, you know,

00:56:10.030 --> 00:56:12.510
bottom line forward to help just about anybody.

00:56:14.369 --> 00:56:16.650
Matt Grislick, I said this is one of Pittsburgh's

00:56:16.650 --> 00:56:20.409
decisions that they need to make. I haven't,

00:56:20.409 --> 00:56:22.909
he hasn't been horrible, but he definitely hasn't

00:56:22.909 --> 00:56:25.130
been worth what we've been paying him these last

00:56:25.130 --> 00:56:27.960
two seasons. I mean, just finishing up a one

00:56:27.960 --> 00:56:35.139
-year $2 .750 million con. Or $75 million con,

00:56:35.219 --> 00:56:41.400
whatever. With a full release, whatever. 82 games,

00:56:41.639 --> 00:56:46.420
his one goal and 40 points. If we were to re

00:56:46.420 --> 00:56:49.380
-sign him, I would be okay with this amount.

00:56:49.519 --> 00:56:52.179
I just don't want us to pay any more. Maybe bump

00:56:52.179 --> 00:56:56.210
it up to three. But I would not really want to

00:56:56.210 --> 00:56:58.070
pay him any more than that. Yeah, three tops

00:56:58.070 --> 00:57:01.269
would definitely be the most I'd go. Unless if

00:57:01.269 --> 00:57:05.710
he continues, like if he improves. Yeah. If production

00:57:05.710 --> 00:57:08.550
-wise he gets better, if he's a great person

00:57:08.550 --> 00:57:11.150
on the PK, if he can run the second power play

00:57:11.150 --> 00:57:15.550
unit, as well as anybody in the first, then I'd

00:57:15.550 --> 00:57:18.409
be happy with Vader more. But it's a prove -me

00:57:18.409 --> 00:57:22.119
-wrong point. Riley Smith, fuck him. I really

00:57:22.119 --> 00:57:26.079
don't give a shit what he does. Pui Suter. Fucking

00:57:26.079 --> 00:57:28.860
stay in Vegas, Riley. Stay as far away from Pittsburgh

00:57:28.860 --> 00:57:30.239
because you really didn't fucking like it here,

00:57:30.320 --> 00:57:34.659
so fuck you. He's going to resign with Vegas.

00:57:34.960 --> 00:57:36.880
I can just see him resigning and staying there.

00:57:38.380 --> 00:57:42.159
Fucking good. Pui Suter, this is honestly one

00:57:42.159 --> 00:57:45.639
that... I could see him going to a powerhouse,

00:57:45.679 --> 00:57:47.739
you know, helping out a team that has, like,

00:57:47.780 --> 00:57:50.119
kind of been struggling in that first round or,

00:57:50.139 --> 00:57:52.360
you know, first, second round the last couple

00:57:52.360 --> 00:57:55.500
years. I know they just went back -to -back a

00:57:55.500 --> 00:57:56.880
couple years ago. I could see him going somewhere

00:57:56.880 --> 00:57:59.239
like Tampa. I think he'd be a great replacement

00:57:59.239 --> 00:58:02.699
for Stephen Stamkos there on the top six. Well,

00:58:02.719 --> 00:58:04.820
he'd be the second line because the top line

00:58:04.820 --> 00:58:07.800
of Kucherov, Gensel, and Point has been outstanding.

00:58:07.800 --> 00:58:10.320
I think he could be very solid. I think he could

00:58:10.320 --> 00:58:11.440
do good in the middle six. I'd say he'd probably

00:58:11.440 --> 00:58:14.639
be in the middle six. But, again, body on the

00:58:14.639 --> 00:58:16.840
ice -wise, he'd be a decent replacement for Stamkos.

00:58:16.980 --> 00:58:19.780
And being in a system like just a very heavy

00:58:19.780 --> 00:58:23.539
point and scoring team like Tampa Bay, I think

00:58:23.539 --> 00:58:26.880
he would fit in very well there. The next three,

00:58:27.000 --> 00:58:30.579
all with a couple years, only 34 years old. Yeah.

00:58:30.619 --> 00:58:32.079
Dude, he's one of those you think he'd be like

00:58:32.079 --> 00:58:35.840
42. I thought he was older. I thought he was

00:58:35.840 --> 00:58:38.119
way older than that. I was going to say, the

00:58:38.119 --> 00:58:41.760
next three players, Kyle Palmieri from the Islanders,

00:58:41.820 --> 00:58:44.659
Jamie Benn from the Dallas Stars, Claude Giroux

00:58:44.659 --> 00:58:47.739
from Ottawa, I can see all staying, signing those

00:58:47.739 --> 00:58:50.420
one, two -year contracts. Maybe a three -year

00:58:50.420 --> 00:58:53.159
if you're Kyle Palmieri, but I can all see them

00:58:53.159 --> 00:58:55.139
signing at least a one or two -year contract

00:58:55.139 --> 00:58:58.320
with the teams they were on. Claude Giroux, honestly,

00:59:00.309 --> 00:59:02.809
I wouldn't put it past seeing him reunite with

00:59:02.809 --> 00:59:05.909
Philly, bring him back for a year. I wouldn't

00:59:05.909 --> 00:59:08.429
be opposed to it, but I'd just imagine him wanting

00:59:08.429 --> 00:59:11.090
to stay up in Ottawa a little bit more. Or stay

00:59:11.090 --> 00:59:14.010
up somewhere he's familiar with. I don't think

00:59:14.010 --> 00:59:16.590
I can see him going to a new team, going back

00:59:16.590 --> 00:59:18.570
to a team that he used to play for or just staying

00:59:18.570 --> 00:59:21.809
with. I'd say if he were to move, he'd probably

00:59:21.809 --> 00:59:25.690
be back to Philly. But if it's not retirement,

00:59:25.869 --> 00:59:30.010
then he'll probably do a one or two. In my opinion,

00:59:30.050 --> 00:59:32.289
I think this guy should be top five. This next

00:59:32.289 --> 00:59:35.170
one being Brock Besser out of Vancouver. I don't

00:59:35.170 --> 00:59:36.989
know why he's as far down as I am, but I really

00:59:36.989 --> 00:59:39.050
think he should be top three on this list. Injuries

00:59:39.050 --> 00:59:42.630
and personal issues have really plagued his past

00:59:42.630 --> 00:59:47.349
couple years. I can see him going to a young

00:59:47.349 --> 00:59:51.530
upcoming team that has not quite reached that

00:59:51.530 --> 00:59:53.969
skill mark that they need to. Someone that I

00:59:53.969 --> 00:59:56.389
personally think he could fit in very, very well

00:59:56.389 --> 01:00:01.500
in. Anaheim. Put him with Trevor Zegras. That

01:00:01.500 --> 01:00:05.219
could be a very good line. That could be a very

01:00:05.219 --> 01:00:09.699
interesting thing to see. Next up is The Rat.

01:00:10.199 --> 01:00:13.480
And I can see him staying in Florida. I know

01:00:13.480 --> 01:00:16.119
before the trade. I think I saw an interview

01:00:16.119 --> 01:00:19.960
with him. Like, shortly after he got to Florida,

01:00:20.159 --> 01:00:21.900
because he sat out for a couple weeks due to

01:00:21.900 --> 01:00:25.679
injury, and he was like, yeah, I've always liked

01:00:25.679 --> 01:00:28.139
Florida from an opponent's standpoint. I've always

01:00:28.139 --> 01:00:31.480
liked their system, how they play, their physicality,

01:00:31.480 --> 01:00:33.980
the style that Paul Maurice has. So he's like,

01:00:34.059 --> 01:00:36.480
if I was going to be traded anywhere, this is

01:00:36.480 --> 01:00:37.980
definitely going to be one of the places on the

01:00:37.980 --> 01:00:40.880
top of my list. So I do imagine Brad Marchand

01:00:40.880 --> 01:00:43.480
wanting to stay in Florida for another year or

01:00:43.480 --> 01:00:49.530
two before he calls a quits. Number nine, Sam

01:00:49.530 --> 01:00:52.469
Bennett. Stay in Florida. Stay in Florida. Keep

01:00:52.469 --> 01:00:54.510
him away from everybody else. Nobody else wants

01:00:54.510 --> 01:00:59.269
him. Brock Nelson. Here's one. I could see him.

01:00:59.789 --> 01:01:02.429
There's one team that comes to mind that made

01:01:02.429 --> 01:01:05.989
a bunch of moves last offseason. Big moves last

01:01:05.989 --> 01:01:09.829
offseason. And it didn't work very well. So I

01:01:09.829 --> 01:01:12.349
think this team now needs to get as much help

01:01:12.349 --> 01:01:14.349
as they could possibly get. There's actually

01:01:14.349 --> 01:01:16.630
two names here in the final top now that I can

01:01:16.630 --> 01:01:19.150
see this team going after. And that's the Nashville

01:01:19.150 --> 01:01:22.730
Predators. Yeah. Made a bunch of moves this offseason

01:01:22.730 --> 01:01:29.030
that obviously did not work out very well. There's

01:01:29.030 --> 01:01:32.449
one thing that I have against Brock Nelson that

01:01:32.449 --> 01:01:36.150
I know can kind of be contradicted because of

01:01:36.150 --> 01:01:41.309
who Nashville currently has. Age. Yeah. Stammer's

01:01:41.309 --> 01:01:45.039
getting up there. Riot is getting up there. Martial

01:01:45.039 --> 01:01:47.280
Soul is getting up there. Yoshi is getting there.

01:01:47.380 --> 01:01:50.980
Who? Yoshi. I heard Yoshi. I was like, Yoshi's

01:01:50.980 --> 01:01:55.179
a Nintendo character. But yeah, Yoshi's getting

01:01:55.179 --> 01:01:58.300
up there. Pekka is... I don't know how old Pekka

01:01:58.300 --> 01:02:01.199
is. Oh, not Pekka. He's been so long. Yusi, yeah.

01:02:01.860 --> 01:02:04.679
Yusi. He's getting up there. But the other name

01:02:04.679 --> 01:02:07.360
in that top nine that I could see going there

01:02:07.360 --> 01:02:10.739
is Mikael Grantland. I could see him going there

01:02:10.739 --> 01:02:12.800
as well. I'm sorry, he's staying in Dallas. He's

01:02:12.800 --> 01:02:14.900
staying in Dallas. You think so? He's having

01:02:14.900 --> 01:02:18.440
a good playoff right now in Dallas. Yeah, but

01:02:18.440 --> 01:02:20.940
you've got to think, they just paid Wyatt Johnson

01:02:20.940 --> 01:02:23.460
all that money. I think they already did give

01:02:23.460 --> 01:02:26.920
Branton a whole shit ton of money now. I don't

01:02:26.920 --> 01:02:28.179
know if they started paying Aria or not, but

01:02:28.179 --> 01:02:29.599
if not, he's going to have to start getting paid

01:02:29.599 --> 01:02:32.679
very soon. They are going to be paying a lot

01:02:32.679 --> 01:02:34.880
of money to these stars that they've got coming

01:02:34.880 --> 01:02:36.739
up. Obviously, they're paying Robertson a lot

01:02:36.739 --> 01:02:40.599
of money right now. I don't think Thomas Harley

01:02:40.599 --> 01:02:43.239
is on the big page yet, so he's going to be getting

01:02:43.239 --> 01:02:46.539
there soon. I don't know. I just don't know if

01:02:46.539 --> 01:02:48.599
Granlund is going to make the – unless he's willing

01:02:48.599 --> 01:02:52.039
to play for $3 million to $4 million, then sure,

01:02:52.179 --> 01:02:56.420
I could see it happening. But if not, he's definitely

01:02:56.420 --> 01:02:58.239
going to have to be looking somewhere that he

01:02:58.239 --> 01:03:00.699
can still shine, a team that needs some help,

01:03:00.739 --> 01:03:02.579
and I think Nashville is one of those teams.

01:03:03.179 --> 01:03:04.659
They may not go after both of them, but I could

01:03:04.659 --> 01:03:06.199
see them going after at least one of those two

01:03:06.199 --> 01:03:09.260
guys. Or Detroit, depending on where Patrick

01:03:09.260 --> 01:03:13.360
Kane ends up. I mean, the man's 36 years old.

01:03:13.519 --> 01:03:15.699
He's coming off a one -year contract getting

01:03:15.699 --> 01:03:21.519
paid $4 million with a no -movement clause. Or

01:03:21.519 --> 01:03:26.159
no -trade clause. So, depending on where Patrick

01:03:26.159 --> 01:03:29.679
Kane lands, they can pick up Grantland. Besser

01:03:29.679 --> 01:03:32.860
or whoever. I think I could see Patrick Kane

01:03:32.860 --> 01:03:35.559
staying put. I mean, he's been fighting injury.

01:03:35.820 --> 01:03:37.519
It's going to be the year he might call it quits

01:03:37.519 --> 01:03:39.880
early. I know Taze was only, what, 37 when he

01:03:39.880 --> 01:03:41.579
called it quits. And I know he's... Kane might

01:03:41.579 --> 01:03:42.880
fall on his footsteps and call it quits pretty

01:03:42.880 --> 01:03:46.579
early. I saw someone in an interview, like, well,

01:03:46.739 --> 01:03:48.820
like, kind of in the middle of the season, like,

01:03:48.840 --> 01:03:52.820
saying, like, his son and the Brinkett son, like,

01:03:52.880 --> 01:03:56.289
have, like, a really good... are really close,

01:03:56.550 --> 01:04:01.449
but he's worried that if he would leave, he'd

01:04:01.449 --> 01:04:05.750
ruin that. I know his kids, they're both young,

01:04:05.809 --> 01:04:08.510
but he... It's just the young friendship kind

01:04:08.510 --> 01:04:12.349
of thing. Lifelong memories. Future line mates,

01:04:12.429 --> 01:04:15.530
hopefully. I guess Ryan Donato, I guess that's

01:04:15.530 --> 01:04:17.250
another one with his age, I guess that's another

01:04:17.250 --> 01:04:19.010
one Nashville could honestly be looking at, too.

01:04:19.469 --> 01:04:21.710
He's a little bit younger than Nelson and...

01:04:21.929 --> 01:04:25.110
in Grandland. He's only 29, so he's still got

01:04:25.110 --> 01:04:27.389
that youth energy to him, but I don't know how

01:04:27.389 --> 01:04:29.170
much money he's going to be looking for. Yeah,

01:04:29.250 --> 01:04:31.929
he just finished up a two -year, $2 million deal.

01:04:32.789 --> 01:04:36.409
He's kind of a bottom six guy, so I really don't

01:04:36.409 --> 01:04:38.809
know where I could see him going. Pittsburgh

01:04:38.809 --> 01:04:42.090
is honestly a possibility. We definitely need

01:04:42.090 --> 01:04:45.050
some help in that bottom six. We need some help

01:04:45.050 --> 01:04:48.849
everywhere. The Eilbers? Going to Long Island.

01:04:49.170 --> 01:04:52.099
Going to the... Going through the very short

01:04:52.099 --> 01:04:54.199
island now. Kind of a replacement for the loss

01:04:54.199 --> 01:04:57.280
of Brock Nelson. You didn't pick up what I was

01:04:57.280 --> 01:05:01.440
putting down. The very short island. Nikolai

01:05:01.440 --> 01:05:04.639
Ehlers. This one's tough. He could go, I think,

01:05:04.659 --> 01:05:08.099
just about anywhere. I feel like Winnipeg would

01:05:08.099 --> 01:05:11.619
like him to stay in Winnipeg. He might want to

01:05:11.619 --> 01:05:12.960
stay in Winnipeg because that's where he spent

01:05:12.960 --> 01:05:17.010
his entire career. In Winnipeg. Let's see. He's

01:05:17.010 --> 01:05:19.409
just finishing up a seven -year contract, $6

01:05:19.409 --> 01:05:25.050
million with a minimal no -movement clause. He

01:05:25.050 --> 01:05:30.489
had 24 goals, 63 points, and 69 games this year.

01:05:30.750 --> 01:05:34.769
Nice. Honestly, what I could see happening, if

01:05:34.769 --> 01:05:39.369
Vancouver doesn't re -sign Besser, I could see

01:05:39.369 --> 01:05:43.650
Ehlers possibly going over to Vancouver. Just

01:05:43.650 --> 01:05:46.010
how much are they willing to pay him? Yeah. Kind

01:05:46.010 --> 01:05:48.650
of thing. It's just, you know, the whole monetary

01:05:48.650 --> 01:05:52.429
thing. Yeah. I'm going to jump up to number two

01:05:52.429 --> 01:05:54.650
because one and three can kind of go, you know,

01:05:54.650 --> 01:05:57.969
hand in hand. Matthew Shane, 34 years out of

01:05:57.969 --> 01:06:00.610
Dallas. This year, you know, he's finishing up

01:06:00.610 --> 01:06:03.530
a one -year $3 million contract. No trade clause.

01:06:03.869 --> 01:06:07.130
He had two games, 30 goals. He has a point per

01:06:07.130 --> 01:06:10.889
game all season. Or all this year. So, I could

01:06:10.889 --> 01:06:15.230
see him... If he stays in Dallas, obviously he's

01:06:15.230 --> 01:06:18.449
going to take a pay cut. But he'll be 34 looking

01:06:18.449 --> 01:06:21.929
at staring down the barrel at 35 years old. I

01:06:21.929 --> 01:06:24.030
can see him being added to one of those teams

01:06:24.030 --> 01:06:27.150
that have been right there on the bubble of first

01:06:27.150 --> 01:06:28.630
round exits or right there missing the playoffs.

01:06:29.050 --> 01:06:30.550
The team that comes to mind is maybe somebody

01:06:30.550 --> 01:06:37.110
like St. Louis. Well, when you have people like...

01:06:38.199 --> 01:06:42.000
Jordan Cairo, and Pavel Buznevich. Robert Thomas.

01:06:42.260 --> 01:06:45.940
Robert Thomas. St. Louis might not be able to

01:06:45.940 --> 01:06:49.239
fit him into the system. I'm thinking more along

01:06:49.239 --> 01:06:51.840
the lines of Seattle and Utah. You know, those

01:06:51.840 --> 01:06:56.000
bubble teams. Utah. Utah. Utah. It's just, okay,

01:06:56.219 --> 01:06:59.219
who's that one player that could take us from

01:06:59.219 --> 01:07:03.280
a French team to just right there on the cut

01:07:03.280 --> 01:07:07.949
line? Just maybe barely above the cut line. Florida

01:07:07.949 --> 01:07:11.949
just scored again. Maybe just above the cut line

01:07:11.949 --> 01:07:17.230
like Montreal was this year, but, you know, right

01:07:17.230 --> 01:07:21.150
there into the postseason to dance the third

01:07:21.150 --> 01:07:25.269
statement. Trying to see what happened here.

01:07:25.369 --> 01:07:28.070
Oh, my God. What a scar. That's just a garbage

01:07:28.070 --> 01:07:32.050
goal, man. Just a nice snipe off the faceoff.

01:07:32.969 --> 01:07:35.309
All right, the Carolina Hurricanes will be playing

01:07:35.309 --> 01:07:39.690
Florida Panthers in round three. All right, speaking

01:07:39.690 --> 01:07:42.690
of Toronto, the last two players, obviously out

01:07:42.690 --> 01:07:45.050
of Toronto, at the number three spot would be

01:07:45.050 --> 01:07:48.550
John Traveris, 34 years of age, finishing up

01:07:48.550 --> 01:07:54.909
a seven -year deal, cap it $11 million. No matter

01:07:54.909 --> 01:07:57.010
where he goes, he's not going to get that amount

01:07:57.010 --> 01:07:58.989
of money again. No. There's no chance in hell.

01:07:59.389 --> 01:08:02.570
Especially with how he's paying. I'm sorry, he's

01:08:02.570 --> 01:08:05.769
not. A team that I could see him sticking in

01:08:05.769 --> 01:08:09.130
the Eastern Conference, a team that I could possibly

01:08:09.130 --> 01:08:12.409
see him going to, is honestly somebody like the

01:08:12.409 --> 01:08:14.849
Rangers, maybe. No, he's not going to go to the

01:08:14.849 --> 01:08:19.590
Rangers after being a lifelong Islander. I'm

01:08:19.590 --> 01:08:22.449
sorry, that's a sin. That's a death sentence

01:08:22.449 --> 01:08:26.130
for him. The Islanders fans already fucking hate

01:08:26.130 --> 01:08:30.130
him. Let's not hate him more. It goes both ways,

01:08:30.189 --> 01:08:32.840
that's the thing. You know, as long as you're

01:08:32.840 --> 01:08:34.619
paying for the Islanders, you don't go to the

01:08:34.619 --> 01:08:36.619
Rangers and vice versa. I said, if he's going

01:08:36.619 --> 01:08:39.399
to stay, because I feel like he honestly is going

01:08:39.399 --> 01:08:42.199
to stay in the East. I've seen something, but

01:08:42.199 --> 01:08:49.000
I'm leaning more towards Ottawa, but I said the

01:08:49.000 --> 01:08:51.779
other two I had in mind were Ottawa. Yeah, I

01:08:51.779 --> 01:08:55.180
said Ottawa could be good. Ottawa, I think Ottawa.

01:08:57.969 --> 01:09:01.029
Boston and New Jersey. They were kind of my other

01:09:01.029 --> 01:09:04.270
two. I could see them in Ottawa. I was going

01:09:04.270 --> 01:09:06.510
to say, I'm kind of going with the Boston vibes.

01:09:06.789 --> 01:09:13.109
With an older guy, a middle six guy in Boston

01:09:13.109 --> 01:09:16.729
who, again, as you stated multiple times beforehand,

01:09:17.149 --> 01:09:20.369
Boston needs those forwards to kind of help rebuild.

01:09:20.670 --> 01:09:23.680
And having a couple veteran guys. will really

01:09:23.680 --> 01:09:27.300
help them. So, again, I'm going to piggyback

01:09:27.300 --> 01:09:30.060
off your statement there, Kyle. Boston needs

01:09:30.060 --> 01:09:32.539
those guys. Johnny T could potentially be one

01:09:32.539 --> 01:09:35.359
of those guys. And then the number one name,

01:09:35.520 --> 01:09:37.460
everybody's talking about it. What's going to

01:09:37.460 --> 01:09:40.659
happen? This is very close, very similar story

01:09:40.659 --> 01:09:45.739
to 2016 and the Stephen Stamko situation. What's

01:09:45.739 --> 01:09:47.180
going to happen with Mitch Marnie? Where's Mitch

01:09:47.180 --> 01:09:49.119
Marnie going to go? Is he going to re -sign with

01:09:49.119 --> 01:09:52.060
Toronto? Is he going to go somewhere? Mitch O

01:09:52.060 --> 01:09:55.520
'Barney. Bitch O 'Barney, right? Honestly, I

01:09:55.520 --> 01:09:57.819
can see this being kind of like a Stephen Stamkos

01:09:57.819 --> 01:10:00.779
situation where it's going to be the hype all

01:10:00.779 --> 01:10:02.399
the way up until the free agent debt, all the

01:10:02.399 --> 01:10:04.279
way up until the free agency. He's going to talk

01:10:04.279 --> 01:10:05.619
with a couple of different teams. Everybody's

01:10:05.619 --> 01:10:08.579
like, oh, he's going here. Everybody is positive

01:10:08.579 --> 01:10:11.560
that Stamkos was going to Toronto. Everybody

01:10:11.560 --> 01:10:13.479
was so confident Stamkos was coming to Toronto

01:10:13.479 --> 01:10:15.380
just for him to re -sign with Tampa Bay that

01:10:15.380 --> 01:10:18.439
year. Yeah, and on the trade deadline eve...

01:10:18.939 --> 01:10:21.539
you reassign to Tampa, stick with them for another

01:10:21.539 --> 01:10:24.619
eight years. I could honestly see that being

01:10:24.619 --> 01:10:26.720
a very similar situation with Mitch Marner. I

01:10:26.720 --> 01:10:30.279
could very easily see them being, honestly, how

01:10:30.279 --> 01:10:33.560
this game is turning out, maybe not, but this

01:10:33.560 --> 01:10:36.199
might be a situation where he says, hey, I'm

01:10:36.199 --> 01:10:38.460
testing the market, I'm possibly going to be

01:10:38.460 --> 01:10:40.859
leaving until the very last second. Just kidding,

01:10:40.979 --> 01:10:45.020
I'm resetting with Toronto. If not, two teams

01:10:45.020 --> 01:10:48.029
come to mind. Pittsburgh is one of them because

01:10:48.029 --> 01:10:50.890
his history with Kyle Dubas, I really think Dubas

01:10:50.890 --> 01:10:52.909
would have the interest in trying to bring him

01:10:52.909 --> 01:10:55.270
over. And I think with him playing with either

01:10:55.270 --> 01:10:59.310
Crosby or Malkin would be insane. Even making

01:10:59.310 --> 01:11:01.649
him his own line, maybe down on the third line.

01:11:01.869 --> 01:11:04.270
Yeah, I was going to say. With the two young

01:11:04.270 --> 01:11:06.189
kids, like a Rucker, McGrody, and Billy Coivin

01:11:06.189 --> 01:11:09.050
in. Yeah, Kyle and I were talking about this

01:11:09.050 --> 01:11:11.970
off the air, just sitting around bullshitting.

01:11:13.130 --> 01:11:16.890
It's almost like a Phil Kessel situation. Yeah,

01:11:17.270 --> 01:11:19.670
like, all the hype might be around, you know,

01:11:19.670 --> 01:11:23.789
Phil Kessel bonding with either Sid or Gino,

01:11:23.869 --> 01:11:25.789
but no, we were proven wrong, and he had his

01:11:25.789 --> 01:11:28.689
own line, the HBK line, which was highly successful

01:11:28.689 --> 01:11:31.529
during their first cup run. Marner could potentially

01:11:31.529 --> 01:11:34.750
do the same thing. Marner, almost like Sid and

01:11:34.750 --> 01:11:38.369
the kids. Marner and the kids. Even though Marner

01:11:38.369 --> 01:11:44.810
is a kid. The HBK would have the MMK line. McGrody,

01:11:44.850 --> 01:11:47.989
Marner, Klavenen. That could be sick. That'd

01:11:47.989 --> 01:11:51.109
be really sick. If not, a team that, again, this

01:11:51.109 --> 01:11:52.649
is another one I think we just mentioned briefly.

01:11:53.329 --> 01:11:56.569
Somebody like Utah. I think he could fit in very

01:11:56.569 --> 01:11:58.850
well over in Utah. You have players like Dylan

01:11:58.850 --> 01:12:01.609
Gunther, you got Clayton Keller, you got Lawson

01:12:01.609 --> 01:12:05.329
Kraus. You got a very young, talented team over

01:12:05.329 --> 01:12:08.010
there. And bringing in somebody like Mitch Marner

01:12:08.010 --> 01:12:11.340
could just be that last little... Who are that

01:12:11.340 --> 01:12:13.579
last little oomph that they need to get over

01:12:13.579 --> 01:12:16.220
that hump, maybe get into a playoff spot next

01:12:16.220 --> 01:12:18.579
year? Well, I was going to say Seattle because

01:12:18.579 --> 01:12:22.079
a lot of Seattle, they have great puck movers,

01:12:22.180 --> 01:12:24.920
they have great playmakers, but they don't really

01:12:24.920 --> 01:12:28.100
have a whole lot of players to be able to finish

01:12:28.100 --> 01:12:30.439
the playoff, to actually put the rubber in the

01:12:30.439 --> 01:12:35.439
net. And Marner could potentially do that. He

01:12:35.439 --> 01:12:39.600
does have a nice wrister. He does have a knack

01:12:39.600 --> 01:12:43.890
for the net. So, like, I could see him also fitting

01:12:43.890 --> 01:12:47.510
in Seattle. Yeah. That was the other one I had.

01:12:48.069 --> 01:12:53.109
Seattle, I know Utah was kind of one of my last

01:12:53.109 --> 01:12:56.289
three choices. Also, I'll pull this up real quick.

01:12:56.310 --> 01:12:59.010
Believe it or not, Seattle only has, or at the

01:12:59.010 --> 01:13:01.770
moment, only has 1 .97 million of cap space right

01:13:01.770 --> 01:13:05.369
now. So, I'm sure they're not going to be resigning.

01:13:06.310 --> 01:13:08.350
not a lot of the guys that are on the team right

01:13:08.350 --> 01:13:09.989
now, so I'm sure that if they wanted to, they'd

01:13:09.989 --> 01:13:12.250
let some guys walk, maybe some that they don't

01:13:12.250 --> 01:13:14.890
want to, to free up at probably at least 10,

01:13:14.989 --> 01:13:17.149
11, 12 mil that Marner's going to be asking for.

01:13:17.810 --> 01:13:21.550
Or also try to trade up, use some trades for

01:13:21.550 --> 01:13:27.350
the draft. I think people often forget, myself

01:13:27.350 --> 01:13:30.130
included, there are going to be some teams that

01:13:30.130 --> 01:13:32.869
are going to be trying to be aggressive. at the

01:13:32.869 --> 01:13:34.609
straight deadline. And I know this draft has

01:13:34.609 --> 01:13:38.029
to be a little bit weaker compared to years past

01:13:38.029 --> 01:13:40.369
and years coming. No, no, no. Next year is it.

01:13:40.810 --> 01:13:43.590
Next year is stacked. It's stacked. But take

01:13:43.590 --> 01:13:47.689
advantage of the very few great players of this

01:13:47.689 --> 01:13:51.090
draft. There are 15 of them. They're amazing.

01:13:51.409 --> 01:13:53.470
If you guys could guess the top five teams with

01:13:53.470 --> 01:13:55.710
the most amount of cap space right now, who would

01:13:55.710 --> 01:14:02.569
you guess? Chicago, Detroit. No, not Detroit.

01:14:02.789 --> 01:14:05.210
I agree with Chicago. Chicago's close. Chicago's

01:14:05.210 --> 01:14:08.829
8th. Okay. I know it's not Detroit. Obviously

01:14:08.829 --> 01:14:11.930
it's not Toronto. Not Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh's

01:14:11.930 --> 01:14:17.850
9th. We're close. Neither are... Buffalo might

01:14:17.850 --> 01:14:19.510
be up there, but the other two New York teams

01:14:19.510 --> 01:14:24.970
definitely aren't. Correct. Buffalo's 7th. Yeah,

01:14:25.510 --> 01:14:27.189
Buffalo would have been the closest out of all

01:14:27.189 --> 01:14:32.529
three New York teams. Neither Florida team. We

01:14:32.529 --> 01:14:34.010
have mentioned a good majority of these teams

01:14:34.010 --> 01:14:39.550
tonight. So, Dallas is a no. Carolina's a no.

01:14:39.810 --> 01:14:44.970
Colorado's probably not either. No. Nashville

01:14:44.970 --> 01:14:48.550
has to be up there. They just got there sixth

01:14:48.550 --> 01:14:54.630
for available cap space. By about less than a

01:14:54.630 --> 01:14:58.010
mil. Utah has to be up there. Number five has

01:14:58.010 --> 01:15:00.550
the most. They have $7 .72 million of cap space

01:15:00.550 --> 01:15:03.649
right now. Okay, so Utah's five. Then we got

01:15:03.649 --> 01:15:08.829
Colorado's not going to be up there. Minnesota

01:15:08.829 --> 01:15:11.289
might be on the fence. They might be seven, right?

01:15:11.829 --> 01:15:16.310
No, Minnesota actually has barely. Minnesota

01:15:16.310 --> 01:15:21.149
has $36 ,000 of cap space. They could pay somebody

01:15:21.149 --> 01:15:24.680
to play for about three games. Let's see. Moving

01:15:24.680 --> 01:15:29.880
Pacific to Atlantic. I don't think Pacific. Vancouver

01:15:29.880 --> 01:15:33.520
has to be up there. No. One of the three California

01:15:33.520 --> 01:15:36.479
teams. Two of the three California teams. So

01:15:36.479 --> 01:15:38.899
not LA, so it's going to be Anaheim and San Jose.

01:15:39.000 --> 01:15:41.300
Four and three respectively. So we're just missing

01:15:41.300 --> 01:15:44.800
one and two. Yeah. All right. Any more in the

01:15:44.800 --> 01:15:52.760
Pacific? No. Yes. Sorry, yes. Up north. So, not

01:15:52.760 --> 01:15:57.819
Vancouver, Seattle. Calgary. Calgary is number

01:15:57.819 --> 01:16:02.500
two. What's number one? At least Metro. Metro.

01:16:02.779 --> 01:16:06.699
Columbus. Columbus has $18 .2 million of cap

01:16:06.699 --> 01:16:08.760
stays right now. Well, you do realize that they

01:16:08.760 --> 01:16:12.000
were below the cap basement because of Johnny

01:16:12.000 --> 01:16:13.819
DeDrobin. They got a pass in the league. They're

01:16:13.819 --> 01:16:17.039
like, we get it. We're fine. So, I fucking should

01:16:17.039 --> 01:16:19.979
have guessed Columbus. Yeah. Ah, dang it. That's

01:16:19.979 --> 01:16:23.539
why, I mean, yeah, Utah. Honestly, Ehlers, I

01:16:23.539 --> 01:16:25.640
think, could even go to somebody like Anaheim,

01:16:25.640 --> 01:16:28.100
too. Anaheim or San Jose. That was actually one

01:16:28.100 --> 01:16:32.140
of the other ones I've... I mean, those top five

01:16:32.140 --> 01:16:34.880
guys can go just about anywhere in all those

01:16:34.880 --> 01:16:37.579
teams that have space. Nashville still has...

01:16:37.579 --> 01:16:41.720
Like, Nashville's in sixth, still, with all the

01:16:41.720 --> 01:16:45.199
signs that they made last offseason. They still

01:16:45.199 --> 01:16:49.060
have $7 million of cap space, which is crazy.

01:16:50.260 --> 01:16:53.979
Clone's just learning this right now. Yes! Let's

01:16:53.979 --> 01:17:05.699
go! Yes! Cry, baby, cry! Let's go! I love this!

01:17:06.279 --> 01:17:13.899
This is what I live for! Yeah! Now we turn on

01:17:13.899 --> 01:17:16.239
Steve Daigle's stream here shortly. Oh, man.

01:17:16.840 --> 01:17:19.539
Here, hold on. We'll talk about it here in a

01:17:19.539 --> 01:17:23.420
second off the air. While we are letting the

01:17:23.420 --> 01:17:26.220
last four or five minutes of Toronto's season

01:17:26.220 --> 01:17:29.239
come to an end, just a couple things that happened

01:17:29.239 --> 01:17:32.779
outside of free agency and outside of the playoffs.

01:17:33.199 --> 01:17:35.699
The Philadelphia Flyers hiring Rick Talkett as

01:17:35.699 --> 01:17:38.500
their new head coach, which I fucking hate that

01:17:38.500 --> 01:17:42.739
so much. I hate that so much. I do not want Philadelphia

01:17:42.739 --> 01:17:47.000
to have a good coach, man. That one's rough.

01:17:47.789 --> 01:17:52.449
And then Joe Quinto is announced as the Anaheim

01:17:52.449 --> 01:17:59.210
Ducks head coach. So this is probably about 10

01:17:59.210 --> 01:18:03.289
days ago. With Niagara, the Ice Dogs, cleaning

01:18:03.289 --> 01:18:06.069
the fucking house after an OHL review. Which

01:18:06.069 --> 01:18:09.430
I am not surprised. We kind of saw that one coming.

01:18:09.970 --> 01:18:14.010
Honestly, it's loser because just how garbage

01:18:14.010 --> 01:18:18.020
they've been. of everything they've done over

01:18:18.020 --> 01:18:21.659
the last few years in that organization. Good,

01:18:21.819 --> 01:18:25.539
clean. At this point, I might as well throw some

01:18:25.539 --> 01:18:27.279
money together to buy that freaking franchise

01:18:27.279 --> 01:18:30.300
and be like, hey, here you go. Fresh start. Again,

01:18:30.319 --> 01:18:34.880
I feel bad for the fans of Niagara. Like, over

01:18:34.880 --> 01:18:39.020
the years, I've talked to a few of them that

01:18:39.020 --> 01:18:42.479
have come to hear that. But, that I might feel

01:18:42.479 --> 01:18:45.640
bad for. But, just in general. The organization

01:18:45.640 --> 01:18:49.520
itself? No. It's not a joke. Florida or Toronto

01:18:49.520 --> 01:18:52.779
with the empty net. Your seat is on the line.

01:18:52.840 --> 01:18:58.020
You have nothing to lose. Game's over. I'm trying

01:18:58.020 --> 01:19:00.380
to keep this close because the laptop's ahead.

01:19:00.800 --> 01:19:09.020
But, alright. Hey. Remember? We want Florida.

01:19:10.739 --> 01:19:19.220
We want Carolina. What happened now? Let's go!

01:19:21.180 --> 01:19:29.119
Yet another Game 7 playoff by the Toronto Maple

01:19:29.119 --> 01:19:35.800
Laughs. Man. Oh, man. Are we stuck in like a

01:19:35.800 --> 01:19:37.520
time loop or a time machine where we just keep

01:19:37.520 --> 01:19:41.159
seeing the same thing back and forth? Groundhog's

01:19:41.159 --> 01:19:44.500
Day, I swear. We're living a live Groundhog Day,

01:19:44.579 --> 01:19:48.180
to be honest with you, man. It's every year with

01:19:48.180 --> 01:19:52.899
this team, man. That's about all we were waiting

01:19:52.899 --> 01:19:54.520
for to wrap up this episode. We didn't want to,

01:19:54.520 --> 01:19:58.159
again, end it without knowing the outcome last

01:19:58.159 --> 01:20:00.180
episode, but we kind of had to because it was

01:20:00.180 --> 01:20:05.020
pushing midnight here. And we all had it. We

01:20:05.020 --> 01:20:07.300
only just got caught after 10 p .m. here right

01:20:07.300 --> 01:20:09.479
now. I was going to say, at the time, two of

01:20:09.479 --> 01:20:13.039
the three of us had to work. And now all of us

01:20:13.039 --> 01:20:15.479
have to work in the morning, but whatever. This

01:20:15.479 --> 01:20:17.279
game is just about over, so we can just about

01:20:17.279 --> 01:20:21.020
wrap this up and say, prediction for Carolina,

01:20:21.300 --> 01:20:26.779
Florida. I don't know if I said this off recording,

01:20:26.939 --> 01:20:28.140
if I said this at the beginning of this recording.

01:20:29.510 --> 01:20:32.350
It's going to be Carolina because I do think

01:20:32.350 --> 01:20:34.630
Toronto did give them enough of a beating to

01:20:34.630 --> 01:20:36.130
where I don't know if they're going to have enough

01:20:36.130 --> 01:20:38.250
left in them to get past Carolina. If I can remember

01:20:38.250 --> 01:20:40.989
last year, Florida and Carolina in the conference

01:20:40.989 --> 01:20:45.310
final, it was in six last year? No. It wasn't?

01:20:45.369 --> 01:20:48.890
In the conference final. So, sit between the

01:20:48.890 --> 01:20:54.770
last full season knockout and present day, this

01:20:54.770 --> 01:20:58.350
is Carolina's fifth Eastern Conference Finals.

01:20:58.890 --> 01:21:03.050
Guess how many games they've won. One? Four.

01:21:03.189 --> 01:21:08.890
Wow. They won the series back in 2006 when they

01:21:08.890 --> 01:21:12.470
won the Cup. They haven't won a game since. They

01:21:12.470 --> 01:21:16.189
lost in 2009 to the Penguins in four. They lost

01:21:16.189 --> 01:21:19.250
in 2019 to the Boston in four. And they lost

01:21:19.250 --> 01:21:23.810
in 2023 to the Florida Panthers in four. They

01:21:23.810 --> 01:21:28.770
are 4 -12. Since the NHL lockout. Since Sidney

01:21:28.770 --> 01:21:31.210
Crosby came into the league. In the conference

01:21:31.210 --> 01:21:33.250
finals. In the conference finals. Specifically,

01:21:33.270 --> 01:21:38.869
the conference finals. That's insane. So, I don't

01:21:38.869 --> 01:21:41.449
know. They obviously have that haunting them.

01:21:42.109 --> 01:21:46.170
That adds a little backstory. But I don't know

01:21:46.170 --> 01:21:48.289
if they're coming back with a different vengeance,

01:21:48.470 --> 01:21:51.539
with more confidence, with more swagger. primarily

01:21:51.539 --> 01:21:53.680
kicked the shit out of New Jersey up and down

01:21:53.680 --> 01:21:55.500
the ice for five games. New Jersey, I think the

01:21:55.500 --> 01:21:58.260
one they won was in overtime. Yeah. Kicked the

01:21:58.260 --> 01:22:00.460
shit out of Washington up and down the ice for

01:22:00.460 --> 01:22:03.819
five games just as bad. Again, did they waste

01:22:03.819 --> 01:22:05.699
too much energy on those two series to be able

01:22:05.699 --> 01:22:09.140
to take on Florida? But the one thing with Carolina

01:22:09.140 --> 01:22:13.279
is they've had some time in between series. Between

01:22:13.279 --> 01:22:16.579
rounds one and two. And between rounds two and

01:22:16.579 --> 01:22:19.739
now round three. That series ended what? Six

01:22:19.739 --> 01:22:22.760
days ago already? That's a good question. Five,

01:22:22.760 --> 01:22:24.720
six days ago? Because obviously game one will

01:22:24.720 --> 01:22:27.020
be in Carolina on Tuesday. I want to say game

01:22:27.020 --> 01:22:30.140
five was either Tuesday or Wednesday. So by the

01:22:30.140 --> 01:22:34.680
time the next series starts. May 15th. So five

01:22:34.680 --> 01:22:38.279
days. It'll be five days between game five of

01:22:38.279 --> 01:22:41.520
the Carolina -Washington series and game one

01:22:41.520 --> 01:22:44.939
of the Florida. Carolina series. They haven't

01:22:44.939 --> 01:22:46.720
put, they just put the graphic up there. It's

01:22:46.720 --> 01:22:49.380
over. They still have a blank there. Oh, can

01:22:49.380 --> 01:22:53.260
we please note over it? Let me know it's over.

01:22:55.640 --> 01:22:59.659
Dude, I, I just, I, I'm sorry. Like, I, I, there

01:22:59.659 --> 01:23:03.380
are very few fans that I truly feel bad for.

01:23:03.600 --> 01:23:06.560
Like Toronto fans, I truly feel bad for. Steve

01:23:06.560 --> 01:23:08.979
Dangle's one of them. He has been through so

01:23:08.979 --> 01:23:13.159
much bullshit in his life. He's only seen, Five

01:23:13.159 --> 01:23:17.979
playoff series wins this millennium. Five! This

01:23:17.979 --> 01:23:23.319
fucking millennium! I feel so bad for him, but

01:23:23.319 --> 01:23:27.319
he continues to torture himself with this franchise.

01:23:27.399 --> 01:23:30.020
He wrote a book about how much this team has

01:23:30.020 --> 01:23:32.279
ruined his life. But he still loves them. He

01:23:32.279 --> 01:23:35.100
still loves them. That's how we feel about our

01:23:35.100 --> 01:23:37.680
Ariadnas and our Pittsburgh Penguins. We've seen

01:23:37.680 --> 01:23:39.739
three cups in our lifetime with the Penguins,

01:23:39.760 --> 01:23:42.430
so we can't really say that. And two, kind of,

01:23:42.430 --> 01:23:44.989
we were all on an age of five when the Otters

01:23:44.989 --> 01:23:50.630
won their first one. Yeah. Right? Yeah. 2002.

01:23:51.250 --> 01:23:55.069
Yeah. Born in 1997. Yeah, I was five. I was literally

01:23:55.069 --> 01:24:00.010
about to turn three when they won the... Four

01:24:00.010 --> 01:24:03.470
days after they won it, I turned... When we won

01:24:03.470 --> 01:24:05.390
our first one, I probably couldn't even say Erie

01:24:05.390 --> 01:24:10.420
Otters yet, so... Yet again, the Toronto Maple

01:24:10.420 --> 01:24:14.640
Leafs choking in Game 7 on home ice. They love

01:24:14.640 --> 01:24:17.800
Game 7s. I know what Colin was saying. Certain

01:24:17.800 --> 01:24:21.039
Toronto fans definitely have had this coming

01:24:21.039 --> 01:24:24.020
to them. But the way I look at it, honestly,

01:24:24.100 --> 01:24:28.380
is when you were as bad as you were for as long

01:24:28.380 --> 01:24:31.760
as they were, and now you actually have a team

01:24:31.760 --> 01:24:35.500
that is starting to see success, you're going

01:24:35.500 --> 01:24:37.119
to start to get a little excited. You're going

01:24:37.119 --> 01:24:39.460
to start to show... Your bias and a little bit

01:24:39.460 --> 01:24:42.260
of your cocky side show. Some of them have definitely

01:24:42.260 --> 01:24:47.560
gotten a little too much of it. But... Yeah,

01:24:47.600 --> 01:24:51.619
man. Florida Panthers have advanced in seven

01:24:51.619 --> 01:24:55.880
games against the Toronto Maple Leafs. A repeat

01:24:55.880 --> 01:24:58.859
of the Eastern Conference Finals from last season.

01:24:59.039 --> 01:25:02.420
Two years ago. Who did they play last year? Who

01:25:02.420 --> 01:25:06.420
did the Panthers play last year? I thought they

01:25:06.420 --> 01:25:08.000
played the Hurricanes. That's what I thought.

01:25:12.720 --> 01:25:15.659
So is it the third year in a row? The Rangers.

01:25:16.359 --> 01:25:20.000
Oh, that's right. The Rangers beat the Hurricanes

01:25:20.000 --> 01:25:22.960
in second round. Because like I said, it was

01:25:22.960 --> 01:25:26.000
Florida, Carolina, and 23. When Carolina got

01:25:26.000 --> 01:25:29.380
swept in the conference finals. That's right.

01:25:32.329 --> 01:25:34.029
Well, that's about wraps it up for this episode,

01:25:34.069 --> 01:25:35.810
guys. I think we're going to quickly end this

01:25:35.810 --> 01:25:37.609
here. Watch this handshake line. Watch Steve

01:25:37.609 --> 01:25:39.170
Dangle lose his mind for a couple minutes before

01:25:39.170 --> 01:25:41.930
we head out of the studio ourselves. Thank you

01:25:41.930 --> 01:25:44.010
guys for listening. Stay tuned, possibly next

01:25:44.010 --> 01:25:45.729
week. I don't know. We'll get together here and

01:25:45.729 --> 01:25:47.630
decide if we want to go back to back weeks here.

01:25:47.630 --> 01:25:49.649
Depends on how quickly these two series are moving

01:25:49.649 --> 01:25:56.869
along. But, uh, Toronto fans. Adios. Adios. Florida

01:25:56.869 --> 01:26:00.029
fans, welcome back to the third round. And, uh...

01:26:00.329 --> 01:26:01.989
Brad Marchand, welcome back to the third round.

01:26:03.170 --> 01:26:05.810
Toronto Jersey can officially come down in the

01:26:05.810 --> 01:26:11.750
studio. Only four remain. Literally last recording,

01:26:11.789 --> 01:26:16.510
we still had like 10, 11 remaining. Yeah, I was

01:26:16.510 --> 01:26:21.149
still on the wall behind Jeffy. The only non

01:26:21.149 --> 01:26:23.989
-staple jersey that was up was the Penguins one.

01:26:24.869 --> 01:26:26.729
Because the others, you were still on the faucet.

01:26:28.210 --> 01:26:30.869
Because, again, that one's not going away. Wow.

01:26:31.930 --> 01:26:33.430
Anyways, thank you guys for listening. Hope you

01:26:33.430 --> 01:26:36.069
guys enjoyed. If you haven't already done everything,

01:26:36.250 --> 01:26:38.850
Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok,

01:26:39.029 --> 01:26:44.130
you know what to do. Goodbye. We want Florida.

01:26:45.130 --> 01:26:46.109
We want Florida.