The Florida Panthers are really starting to rapidly
accelerate up to the top of the list of teams
that I'm starting to genuinely hate. They're
absolutely pissing me the fuck off. There's three
players specifically that I have in mind that
I just wanted to open the show with and discuss
about. Two of them that are more kind of like
the Brad Marchand that you just... The type of
guys that you hate to play against. But you would
love to have on your team, not like Brad Marchand,
because one of them is being Brad Marchand. One
of those guys you would love to have on your
team, you just hate to play against. Other one
being Matthew Kachuk. Matthew Kachuk, he is one
of those that, he's feisty, but he's a damn good
player. He knows how to get the puck into the
back of the net. He's a great two -way forward,
great 200 -foot player. But his physical side
of it, you hate to play against the kid. I got
to start to tell her in a little bit. So just
keep Matthew Kachuk in the background. It's going
to be hard to, but I mean, I guess. The third
one that I would like to mention, being more
of a comparable to like a Matt Cook. Even somebody
that played for my favorite team was a little
pisshead. He was a little shit, probably one
of the dirtiest players to ever play in this
league. And that is what I think I can compare
somebody like Sam Bennett to. I would never like
to have Sam Bennett play for my team. I would
be very, very upset if Sam Bennett signs with
the Pittsburgh Penguins in the offseason. I'd
be very disappointed. I'd be very, very mad about
that. Just because he, like, what, two series
in a row now he has tried to take out the goaltender
in the playoffs. I think it was game one is the
reason he took Stolarz out in the Toronto series.
Game one, like, second period or something like
that. Right early on. I think I remember if it
was game... four or game five of this Carolina
series, where he tried to go after Freddie Anderson,
but I think, thank God, I think Freddie Anderson
was able to duck out of the way. So two series
in a row that he tries to go after the goaltender,
one of them being successful, one of them, goaltender
got very, very lucky, almost like he was in the
wrong place at the right time. He was just able
to move out of the way and avoid that. Sam Bennett
can suck my ass. Matthew Kachuk and Brad Marchand,
again, just two players that you'd love to have
on your team, but you hate to play against those
little shits. Brad Marchand, I mean, his nose
takes up half the ice. Kind of fits with the
rats with them now, throat rats. Yeah, for real.
He's a hell of a player. You'd love to have him
play for your team. You just hate to play against
him. Florida Panthers, those three players specifically
are the reason that I'm very much starting to
hate. Sam Bennett alone makes me hate this fucking
team. If Sam Bennett wasn't on that team, I might
at least be able to tolerate him. I can appreciate
how good of a team they have been. Regardless,
I can. They have been a good team for all the
past three years. You'd think the Panthers went
from being just a mediocre barely -missing -the
-wildcard kind of team. Not even fan bases were
not even showing up. And now they're finally...
Yeah, I mean, it's bandwagon. No matter what
team, what city, sport, city, team it is, you're
going to have some bandwagoners hop on the train
and they'll say, oh yeah, I've always been a
fan. Okay, sure you have. Yeah, you're part of
the 28 fans they had since they stuck, so. And
you think now, looking at it, it's crazy to think
now both the Lightning and the Panthers are now
making... The state of Florida. The state of
Florida, a hockey town, a hockey state, a hockey
place to be, man. Now six years in a row, a Florida
team has represented the Stanley Cup. Now eight
Atlantic Conference teams have been in the last
seven Stanley Cup finals. Oh, where'd the eight
come from? Oh, Montreal versus Tampa Bay in the
bubble. That wasn't in the bubble. That was the
year after the COVID year where crowds were almost
at 1. The North Division. But instead of the
common divisions battling it out, I think they
did... Did they go seeding that year? Instead
of division versus divisions? I forget how they
did it. Inner division matchups. So the first
two rounds, inner division, 1v4, 2v3. Again,
for the first two rounds, and then round three,
it was, you know, best of the East. It was just
because Montreal was up in the North, instead
of rather being in the Atlantic Division, they
were in the North. Yeah. And they got to play
the Atlantic Division, or I think the Bruins
were in the East that year. Yeah, the Bruins.
Sorry, the Lightning, I think, were in the Atlantic
still that year. Oh, yeah, it was East, which
it was both Florida teams. Pittsburgh, Boston,
Buffalo, New Jersey. Was Florida in the East
that year? Well, Florida is east side of the
state. Yeah. Tampa is west side of the state,
the Gulf side of the state. It was what? Carolina,
Florida teams, Pittsburgh, Philly, Boston, Buffalo,
I think was in our division that year. Yeah,
and then New York brought on both the Ragsons.
Yeah. That was a strange year, man. Yeah, that's
not good. Actually, let's go back on the app.
It doesn't go back that far. You might not even
be able to look up 2021 divisions. Yeah, so the
Atlantic, we always say, and we've thought for
a couple years, that the Metro is one of the
hardest divisions to play in, but apparently
not. I mean, the last seven years, or I should
say eight years, the last seven years, eight
Atlantic Division teams have been in the Stanley
Cup Finals. We're all wrong. Central Division,
Carolina, Florida, Tampa, Nashville, Dallas,
Chicago, Detroit, and Columbus. East Division
is Pittsburgh, Washington, Boston, Both the Islanders
and the Rags, Flyers, Devils, Sabres. The West
Division, obviously, is the rest of the American
-based teams in Colorado, Vegas, Minnesota, St.
Louis, Arizona, L .A., San Jose, and Anaheim.
Obviously, the North Division being all the Canadian
-based teams. What a weird fucking year. That
was a weird year. Such a strange year, man. But
the Panthers and the Lightning have been the
teams to beat. I know Colin is very, very excited
about the repetitiveness the last couple years
in the playoffs. Six straight years of a Florida
-based team in the Stanley Cup final. Six fucking
years! Can anybody be different? Anybody! The
way I look at it is... Would I be excited as
hell if the Penguins were in the Stanley Cup
for six years in a row? Fuck yeah, I would. I'd
be ecstatic as hell. I'd be thrilled. I mean,
yeah, you might get sick of winning eventually.
No, we wouldn't. That's fucking mine. But I'd
like the Penguins to actually start winning some
games. Hell, I'll even show for fucking Philadelphia
to win one of these years. I'd like to see a
Pittsburgh team win a fucking playoff game sometime
soon, or a playoff series, whatever. Make it
to the playoffs first, and then we'll actually
be able to do something. When's the last time
the city of Pittsburgh saw a playoff or a series
win? Penguins was 18. Steelers was 17. Pirates
was 20. 13. 13. Because that was actually when
they were somewhat entertaining. When the Pirates
had three straight 90 -win seasons, yeah. Those
rosters, man. Oh, my God. I reminisce about that
team all the time. I do too. I think Josh Harrison,
just as of today or yesterday, has his retirement.
Part of that team. I know Starling Marte is getting
close. I think he's still playing for the Mets
as we speak. But he's getting very close. Obviously
McCutcheon is getting up there. Half the team
is nothing. Retired since then too. But anyways,
this is a hockey show. The state of Florida has
really shown this league that, hey, we exist
too. I mean, before that was 2014. Sorry, 2004
when the Tampa Bay Lightning won their first,
which I think Torres was the head coach of that
team. John Torrell, that is. And then what was
recently before that? I don't think the Florida
team made it since then. I mean, the Panthers
made it in. They got struck by Dallas in 96,
I think. Not in the finals. In the finals. The
only one Dallas has won was 99, and that's when
they beat the Sabres. His foot was in the creed
school. And then Dallas was in the finals in
the bubble year. Because I know Tampa lost to
Chicago. 96. I was right. But who did they play?
They lost to the Avalanche in four. In the final?
In the final. There's really? Yeah. 95 -96. They
won in round one versus Boston 4 -1. Won in round
2 -4 -2 against Philly. Won in seven against
the Penguins 4 -3. And lost. I don't know. They
got swept. I did not know that. I thought the
Panthers weren't around until like 2000. 94.
That's their first season. 94 -95. Wow. I was
going to say, I know they made it beforehand,
Kyle. Don't fucking judge me, okay? I just didn't
think that they, I thought that this was recently,
you know, their most, you know, I thought this
last three years was the only time that they've
had playoff success. Yeah, what? Three years
in a row, the Florida Panthers alone are in the
Stanley Cup Final. Three previous to that, Tampa
Bay Lightning. They're kind of doing a reversal.
I wonder if the Panthers are going to go back
-to -back after their loss compared to the Tampa
Bay Lightning. lost in the finals after their
back -to -back. So I wonder if they're going
to do kind of reverse, be able to lose their
first and then win the next two. But the way
we've, I think Colin pointed this out, or I know,
I'm sure a bunch of hockey shows have. Wayne
Gretzky, his first attempt, he lost, went back
the next year and won. Sidney Crosby, went in
2008, lost his first attempt, went back the next
year, against the same team, and won. And now
we have Connor McDavid. Went last year, lost
in 7 -2 the same team that he's going to be playing
this year. Does history repeat itself yet again?
Does he take home his first cup here? I'm hoping.
I'm just looking at that cup right above the
jerseys there between the Panthers and the McDavid
jersey there. Who's going to win it? It's going
to be a good steer. I think it's going to be
him. be local much different than what it is
last year like where Florida came out swinging
when it pretty like nearly sweeping And then
it's an almost came back with that reverse sweep
I think that game seven was only two to one I
think they lost that one was a three to two or
two to one something like that two to one Yeah,
so will history repeat itself? Regardless, I
think history is gonna repeat itself either The
Florida Panthers beat the Edmonton Oilers in
the Stanley Cup final as history itself there
for a back -to -back Or, you know, debatably
the best player of its generation winning his
second attempt after losing the previous year.
Regardless, I think we're going to see history
repeat itself here. Oh, yeah. Going down to,
might as well talk about it real quick, the Memorial
Cup. Right now, the Memorial Cup final is being
played. London currently beating Medicine Hat
3 -0 about midway through the second. After losing
to Medicine Hat, I think, in what they're...
Not the semifinal, but the final game of the
round, Robin. Yeah. Which both teams were undefeated.
Which Medicine Hat, beating London, locked up
this spot in the final. And London beat... Was
it Moncton? Moncton. In the semifinal, just Friday
night? Kind of, I think that was a blowout. I
think that was like a 6 -3. It was a 5 -1. It
was kind of an ass -beating. I guess I saw...
And then I saw some, like... With, um... Medicine
Hat, this is the first time in a little over
a decade that a WHL team has made it to the Memorial
Cup Finals. Really? It's been either been dominated
by the Q or the O, who's been going to the finals.
So we had the two O's in the final last year.
It's the host Saginaw beat London and then they
cried about it. Oh my god, I so badly hope Medicine
Hat comes back and wins this game. I mean, they're
not going to happen. It's not going to happen,
but... It's so easy and so fun. They're probably
not listening. They've been trolling us on social
media, like, oh, go talk about it on your little
podcast. Guess what? You got your wish. Oh, you
guys know how to do his talk show. These guys
can back me up. From the beginning of this season,
I was saying that London was going to repeat
as champs. Oh, every time we lose, you're right
there rubbing it in her face. Yes, but every
time you win, I'm the first one there to congratulate
you. I've been saying since the beginning of
the year that you guys were going to repeat.
A view's a fucking view, bud. A view's a fucking
view. We'll take those views. We'll take those
listens. Whether you stop or you clip this and
you post, oh, you're talking shit on us. Cry
about it. Yeah, like I said, Londonites, obviously.
And the Memorial Cup Final for good reason again.
It looks like they're probably going to win this
game. We'll keep track of it momentarily while
we throw out recording here. But yeah, Medicine
Hat, what a season for them too. Winning their
respective league and then getting over here
to play the final. Beat London once. Goals coming
from the shocking ones. Denver Berkey, Easton
Cowan, and Jacob Julian. The last two coming
within about a minute and a half in the second
period. The shots are pretty close. I mean, Medicine
Hat's giving them a run for their money. Shots
are within one. Still about half the game to
go. Soon we shall see. I wish there was a way
we could watch it here in the U .S., but it's
very difficult to watch these kind of games here
in the U .S. I just more or less want to see
how many London fans made that travel. Couldn't
imagine that. It's probably nothing but London
fans up there right now. Oh, yeah. Because I
know there were a lot of them, at least in the
round robin. There was a lot of them. Yeah. From
the highlights I've seen. Every time they'd score
at the building, you'd feel like it was a London
home game at the Bud. Or not even called it anymore.
I'm still going to call it the Bud. The Garden
and that. But, yeah. Kind of interesting in that,
like... I don't even remember where next year's
is, Memorial Cup, honestly. I don't think they
have. I think it goes to the, where is, Rimouski's
in the Q, obviously, right? Yeah. So I think
the W gets to host it next year. So I think the
O. So it depends on. Because I know the O doesn't
get to host again in 2027 or 2028. It should
be 2027 because we did it last year. So this
year is the Q, next year will be the W. And the
next year I think should be us. Let's see if
they. Did they not see it? Kelowna. That's right.
I do remember seeing that. 2026 Memorial Cup
will be hosted by the Kelowna Rockets. Okay.
That's right. I do remember that. I know one
thing I did see that kind of... Oh. I think we
kind of... I think we kind of knew very middle
of the season that it was kind of speculative
for... The manufacturers for the entire CHL teams,
they're now going to be officially under armor
going forward. Like jerseys, some merchandising
on select items. I think I saw Bauer giving the
socks, and I think different companies are going
to be the skates. Three different companies pretty
much are going to be the uniforms of the teams
in the CHL. Very confusing. I know jerseys are
going to be under armor. I know they did reveal
that. I know we kind of knew. We'd kind of known
about it for a while, but it was just the contract
with CCM. The entire CHO confirmed that it was
going to be under armor this week. I just wish
it was fucking consistent all the way through.
Make it a solid uniform. You know, every team
can make him look, design, or help design however
the fuck they want to design it, whatever. And
just make him nice and consistent and through.
Just like the NHL does. Just like the AHL does.
Just like every other league in the fucking world,
minus the CHL. But, you know. Because it's so
funny, like, how many manufacturers they've gone
through. They've gone back for CCM, Nike, Reebok,
CCM, Nike. It's a juggling act, is what it is.
And I know another thing I saw, which I think
was literally just yesterday, that the board
denied that all goaltenders will be normal. They
still have to decide if they're going to keep
an OA goaltender. That sucks. I'm sorry. That
could have been huge for Erie. Especially the
season with Noah Erland in. Not only Erie, but
I feel like all teams will be able to benefit
off of that role. I think Owen Sound is one of
them because I think Carter George is going into
his OA season coming up here. Obviously it also
depends on what LA decides to do with him. Whether
they keep him up with Ontario Reign or actually
call him up to NHL. Or if he actually signs an
NCAA because I know he can. Yeah, they're in
a lot of players. At the beginning of the season
when they announced And now the whole deal, the
whole crossover with MCW. I was going to be excited,
but that was kind of like short -sighted. Like,
oh, great, it benefits us. But, oh, no, it fucks
us. It really fucked us. We've lost Malcolm Spence
for this upcoming year. I know, Brandon, there's
speculation that Jack Ivakovic is going to sign
with somebody. There's rumors it might be Penn
State. I'd love that for my boy. I'd love that
for my boys in Penn State. That'd be huge. That'd
be awesome. I'd be very excited for that. Because
I know another one that's been rumored is Porter
Martone instead of going into the draft. Maybe
it was him. Maybe it was him instead. Maybe it
was Martone might be going to Penn State, not
Ivey Covey. One of those guys was rumored. This
was about four hours ago. Not too long ago. June
1st, 319 Central Time. Jack Ivankovic has committed
to the fucking University of Michigan. Want to
play with Malcolm? Maybe I did see that. Maybe
it was more tone. I'll take that back. My apologies.
It was more tone than I did see. Still very solid
for Penn State. Regardless, I'm getting a great
player, yeah. Yeah, like now looking like I get
it that's it's a lot of part there's gonna be
a lot of oh not just the OHL but Cross Q and
WHL their lot players are gonna if they don't
end up playing the Respective leagues or get
drafted. I want to go play in college At on Twitter
at Sean for photo for far out sorry Two hours
ago tweeted, today is the day that 19 different
OHL cities become medicine, not tiger hat. Hat
tiger fans. That's funny. Oh, it's 4 -0 now,
so never mind. Easton Cowan again. Am I going
to be shocked? Not at all. It's kind of funny.
I've seen a lot of people compare them. Now I'm
just waiting for Medicine Hat fans to complain
about the referees and then the London fans be
like, what do you mean? That was a completely
failed game. It's funny that I've seen not just
London players, but London fans. Go back and
look at the comments from Game 1 of the NHL Finals
that London lost to Oshawa compared to the next
four. You'll see nothing but London fans complaining
about the referees for Game 1. And then the next
four, you'll see them attacking other fans for
complaining about the referees in the next four.
I think it's kind of funny with both the London
and Maple Leafs fans. Like, a lot of them are
saying, like, oh, Cohen's better than Marner
and all. I mean, Cohen has had playoff success.
Like, it's true. Oh, congrats in the OHL, where
Marner's also had playoff success. Same team.
Yeah, fair enough. Very true. Martin was the
MVP during that 16 run. So it's always hard to
say until Colin gets up to the show. I'm really
wondering if he's going to be ready next year
for the Leafs. Again, if he doesn't sign with
somebody in the NCAA, man. Which, I think we
ended last week on talking about the, or last
episode, sorry, on talking about predicting the
UFAs and where they're going to sign. We talked
about Mitch Marner. We named like three or four
different teams. Then literally right after we
stopped recording, we had read something on Twitter.
One that we all were like, whoa, that could be
massive. Chicago. Marner to Chicago could be...
With Bedard. With Bedard. You might have 200
-point scores on that front line right there.
That could be huge. It'd probably convince Bedard
to kind of actually stay in Chicago. I mean,
I want so much better for Conor Bedard. People
think he's just a cocky little shit. I mean,
he's 19. He's going to be frustrated with not
finding any success yet, especially being the
first overall pick in your respective draft.
You want to naturally be... being known as, you
want to be one of the first players that people
look up to and talk about, but just being in
that team, part of that system, he doesn't really
have that right now. They've been a bomb barrel
team for the last two years. And Chicago, again,
they're picking what, third this year? Fourth?
I think it's bottom five. Because they were,
again, not a very good team this year. Third.
Is it third? I think it's San Jose and then Chicago.
Yeah. Yeah, because Utah is getting fourth. Islanders,
San Jose, Chicago, Utah, and then Boston is fifth?
I think they're fifth or sixth. That fall off,
man, was just ridiculous. First five, one through
five. Islanders, Sharks, Blackhawks, Mammoth,
Preds. Then they rounded off the top ten. Flyers,
Bruins, Krakens, Sabres, Ducks. And then the
rest of the draft, it's through 28. So Pens,
Rangers, Red Wings, Blue Jackets, Canucks, Canadians,
which was the original Flames pick. Then the
Canadians original pick. And then the Flames
again from Devils. Blues, Jackets from Minnesota.
Ottawa is the 21. Flyers from Avalanche. Preds
from Tampa at 23. LA, Chicago, which was the
Toronto's pick. Nashville, which was the Vegas
pick from San Jose. Oh, the original Vegas pick
that went to San Jose and then to Nashville.
I was going to say, isn't it Pittsburgh's first
round? Doesn't the Rangers have to determine
if they're going to give Pittsburgh the first
run this year or next year? I think it's next
year. I think they had to give an official. I
think this year we get one in the first, two
in the second, three in the third this year.
I think next year is one in the first, three
in the second, two in the third next year. Possibly
two in the first next year. Because I knew one
of them. Pittsburgh's first round was determined
by the Rangers if it was this year or next year.
I think it's next year. Because I knew they had
a certain deadline. The Penguins are now thinking,
what, 13th this year? Or 11th? Which I know that's
right around the spot Malcolm Spence is predicted
to go. Yep. Or 11th? Okay. I think Malcolm Spence
is predicted to go 14 to 16 at mid -teens range.
I wouldn't hate us reaching for him there at
11. If he's there, I would not hate us taking
him. I was trying to go snag him. I'd say snag
him. Call me biased. I don't give a shit. That's
my middle name. I'd love... No, your middle name
is Michelle. It's Kylie Michelle Tripp. I'd love
to play. I'd love to see Malcolm play for the
black and gold. Me too. I mean, what Penguins
fan or what Erie fan wouldn't, you know? But,
uh... Yeah, I mean, that's not all we got, but
let's go through and recap what we've seen in
round three of the playoffs. NHL playoffs, obviously,
that is. Round three, we saw the Florida Panthers
take on the Carolina Hurricanes, and Florida
more or less wiped the floor with them for five
games. Game four was the only one that Carolina
really did much of anything. Freddie Anderson's
3 -0 shutout. But other than that... Game 1,
a 5 -2 win in favor of Florida. Game 2, a 5 -0
win in favor of Florida. Game 3, a 6 -2 win in
favor of Florida. And then Florida finishing
off in Raleigh in Game 5, 5 -3. See, I mean,
there's not much to talk about in that series,
again, other than Sam Bennett being a little
bitch trying to take out Freddie Anderson. Apparently
that's the only way Florida knows how to win
games is when Sam Bennett goes and takes out
the goaltender. I'll admit, I think I was a little
more entertained on the Edmonton -Dallas series
between the two series that happened. Those first
two games, I don't think we were going to have
ourselves a series, but then Dallas taking game
one in Dallas 6 -3. Did you see that still shot
or that video of Jordan Seidel and McDavid locking
eyes after the game one loss? Yeah, yeah. They
lost game one badly. That was a 6 -3 loss. All
of a sudden, they just kind of looked at each
other like annoyed, but like, time to lock the
fuck in. And they have not lost a game since
they changed that look. Winning game two, 3 -0.
Game three, 6 -1. Game four, 4 -1. And then game
five, 6 -3. I just wonder what was said in that
locker room after that game one loss from either
Connor or Leon. It's probably from Connor because
he's, I know he's, he tends to be a little more...
I can predict that it's something along the lines
of DICK THE FUCK IN! RIGHT NOW! DICK THE FUCK
IN! I can get something along the lines of that.
Just a guess. I don't think it's happened before,
but... So, earlier today when I was on my lunch
break, I saw a YouTube short of Leon and all
the bullshit he said during the media questions.
They're so stupid, but Leon, it's just, the questions
are so stupid, and Leon's answers are so iconic.
And they think he's such a cocky jackass for
it. Like, ask a fucking better question than
that. His team just got fucked six to three,
and then you're sitting there like, oh, what
do you think went wrong tonight? He's like, what
do you think went wrong? Like, we didn't play
our game. I think it was Bo Nix earlier, and
I think it was the game against the Steelers,
like week two or three of the season. His rookie
year, he threw a pick six, not a pick six, but
he threw a pick in the end zone instead of a
touchdown. He goes, what do you think happened
on that throw? He goes, threw it to the other
team. What do you expect his answer to be? Oh,
you know, I tried to get it to my guy, but he
just wasn't there. No, he goes, I stepped back,
threw it to the other team. I don't know how
some reporters get to keep their jobs. I know.
Some of them are so damn stupid. Some of them
are fucking 350 -pound land whales that just
get to sit there and judge athletes for how they
perform. Like, bro, you go out there and do any
better. Or you will look like you weren't hustling
there in the third period. Like, bro, you fucking
put down the cheeseburger and you get out there
and do it. How about that? As far as they're
not chewing on their, like, swoop. What do you
think went wrong there? Chewing on the cheeseburgers
and hot dogs. Oh, God. I mean, respect to him,
I couldn't be a reporter. I mean, I definitely
don't think I could come up with, you know, good
questions, but I can't go a little bit better
than that. Like, just berating these guys for,
you know, mistakes that they have made literally
an hour, less than an hour ago. Like, oh, what
do you think went wrong? He lost the game. That's
what went wrong. Let's, uh... Let's go back into
some old -fashioned doku or hurdle. One of the
two. Probably both. We'll be kidding. We'll start
with hurdle. Hurdle. Curly hair up top? That's
not a bad guess to start. Ivan Barberchev? Well,
we know that he's in the Pacific. He's... 30,
31 years old -ish. So early 30s or 30s. He's
not Russian. He's not a center. And his number's
45 or below. Let's pull that up again. Ooh, is
that like a Matty Benier? No, he's not that old.
Never mind. I'd say he's too young still. Is
that like a... It's like a Jordan Eberle, isn't
it? No. So he's American. Eberle, I think, is
Canadian. Yeah, Eberle's Canadian. Obviously,
he's not a goaltender, so... I think Eberle might
be a little bit older than 30, 31, too. So he's
either a defenseman or a winger. And then, numbers
31 or below... I'm just trying to guess a random
defenseman on... A Western team? Or a Pacific
team? Let's go for like a... Like an Evan Bouchard.
I think he's Canadian, isn't he? But at least
we can narrow it down between winger and... That's
a winger. He is Canadian. His number is somewhere
from about 6 to 30. That's his journey number.
And I'm in Vegas, Vancouver, or Edmonton. Seattle,
Wigners. Again, I don't know much about Seattle.
I wish I did, but I don't. L .A., could that
be like a Kevin Fiala? Has he been over in L
.A. still? I think he is. Oh, it is L .A. Let's
go. L .A., he's a left winger. He's a check.
It's a very normal name. I'm not expecting him
to be great. It's not like a Kopitar, is it?
No, because he's... Kopitar's the center. He's
also, like, Slovenian. Slovakian. I think Slovenian.
Whatever. Either way, it doesn't fit the American.
And Presley's too old. Gotcha. Too old and centerman.
How about, like, um... A Philip Deneau? Is he
still there? Let's find out. He is still there.
Okay. Can you bring up the... So 30 or 31 years
of age. I'm trying to think. Okay. Oh, no. I
think Mikey Anderson's too young. I'm pretty
sure Mikey Anderson's too young. It's a guess.
I also think he might be a defenseman, but...
Romy, do you have anything to add? It's not Mikey
Anderson. Romeo, do you have anything? No? Because
he didn't know what we were talking about. L
.A. Wingers. He's a left winger, specifically.
I know it's not Byfield. I know that. Arbertson's
not American, though, right? No. I'm trying to
think of guys that would have went over there.
I know Fogle was over there. I just can't remember.
I don't think his age is going to be... I mean,
he was an overage of the year, but he won the
cup in the year, right? He was in 2021? That
was eight years ago? So I put him at 29 right
now? So yeah, it can't be him. That's not a bad
guess. Because that's what was throwing me, was
the age for him. I knew he was LA. You guys can
hear the panting. Yes, we do have a visitor here
today. Should be one week and one week only.
It's not like... Kim Atkinson played for what,
Tampa this year, didn't he? Yeah, he never...
JVR, I think, is still over in Boston. Yeah,
both of me and Reem strikes are East Coast, so...
They just added somebody like this last offseason.
Oh, is it? No, PLD's in Washington. Who went
over to LA in the PLD trade? I don't know. I
don't know the LA team, but that's the thing.
Oh, man. Who went over there in the PLD trade?
I feel like it's that guy. Adrian Kempe? Adrian
Kempe? Maybe? No, Kempe was there before PLD
was there. That's the thing. Still, it could
be Adrian Kempe. No, my God. He's Swedish, too.
I did not know that. Okay, so his jersey number
is 10 -11 -12? Uh, Kopitar's 11. So it's either
10 or 12. Maybe even as high as 13. I can't remember
what the handicap is on the jersey number. I
think it's within like 3 or 4. So yeah, it's
either 10, 10, 12, 13. I want to say Arvidsson
is 10. I think Arvidsson's like 36 or something.
33. Something like that. 30s. He's on 30s. So
he's not going to matter. Who is it? No, we already
said Mikey Anderson. It's not Brendan Lemieux
because he went over to Philly, didn't he? Good
spot for him. Who the hell wears number 10 over
there? I feel like I can see you. Josh Archibald's
in... No, Philly, right? Archibald. I have no
idea where he is now. If this was about nine
years ago, you could say Marty Furk. Oh, what
the furk? No, Charlie Brown didn't play hockey.
Come on, Trebek. I mean, he didn't even kick
football. Well, the dumb bitch kept moving. He's
probably one of the rookies or something. That's
our last guess at it. Quinn Byfield. I mean,
that's the best guess I have, but his age is
also way too young. Way too young. numbers way
too high. Who were the three? Because I know
LA broke a record for the first time having an
all -black line. They were called the Black Aces.
It was Quentin Byfield. Who were the other two,
though? Neither do I. Trevor Moore. Okay. Yep.
I don't think I would have gotten that. Nope.
Not at all. Alright, let's redeem ourselves with
some Puck Doku. Oh! So going across from the
columns, it's got Columbus, Edmonton, Minnesota.
And for the Rose, it's Florida, Philly, and the
SHL. Which I believe is the Swedish league? Yeah.
Maybe just try to get some Swedes for Minnesota
Edmonton. And the first Swede that comes to mind
for Minnesota is Zuccarello. Yeah. That's the
first Swede that comes to mind for there. But
did he play in the SHL? I thought he came right
over to... Right over to the show. Where from?
Did he come over from the Swedish league? I'm
not sure. I'm sorry. I'm trying to keep up with
the Memorial Cup. No, you're good. I can get
us a score update here. 4 -0 still. End of the
second period. Two from Markey. The SHL is what's
going to... Yeah, so let's try to get the rest
of the board cleared out here. So, Bobrovsky
for Florida Columbus. Cam Mack. Well, the Bob
can do Florida Philly. That's just a Cam Atkinson
for Philly Columbus. For Philly Columbus. Okay,
so... Yager can't fit anywhere. He's played for
Florida and Philly. Florida and Edmonton. Corey
Perry didn't play for Philly, did he? No. Eric
Stalk do Minnesota -Florida. Yeah. Well, he can
do Minnesota -Philly too, right? Not only Mark.
Mark played for Philly. But Mark didn't play
for Minnesota, so we can't use him. Cam Talbot
-Philly. Philly -Edmonton. Or Philly -Minnesota.
So we can put him in the back pocket for the
Philly row. depending on what we do for the other
one. Yeah. Okay. For some reason, Florida Edmonton,
like, Ole Jokinen is popping in my head, because
I know he was kind of a journeyman, bounced around
a couple different places. Cody Cece. Has he
played in Florida? I know he hasn't played for
Philly, but has he played for Florida? I'm not
confident enough to put it. All right. Let's
see, there's OEL, who's done Arizona, Vancouver,
Florida, Toronto. Alex Tuck has done Minnesota,
Vegas, Buffalo. I'm just trying to think of players
that are current that have been, you know, kind
of bounced around between teams here. Neil Yakupov,
did he spend some time in Philly before he called
it a career? He didn't have much of a career.
That's only a downfall. He didn't make much of
an impact. Which one do we think will be harder
to get? Edmonton or Philly, Minnesota? That's
the thing. Mike Smith. Did he play for Philly?
For some reason, he just came to mind. Calgary,
Edmonton, Arizona are the three I know for sure.
Joel Eriksson has only been... Minnesota, right?
I'm pretty sure. I should have a manager here
because he knows a lot about Swedish hockey.
A lot about Swedish hockey. Obviously he's Swedish,
but that's besides the point. What is Jesse Poyarvi's
nationality? Is he Swedish? Well, he's played
for Edmonton, Pittsburgh. Where is he now? Who
picked him up? I have no idea. Oh, boy. Keith
Vandell? Where's he been? Philly, Florida. I
think that's it. Yager can't go anywhere. Can't
go anywhere outside of Philly. Marcus Foligno
has been Minnesota. Is that it? Yeah, because
Nick has been Columbus, Boston, Toronto, Chicago.
In that order. Did Josh Archibald play for Philly?
Oh, um... Mike Rupp, did he end up playing for
Philly? That's why I've been trying. I think
he did. Because he did Minnesota. I just can't
remember. I think he did play for Philly. So
I'll take the blame if it's not. I think for
some reason he was coming up too. I just couldn't
remember if he played for Philly. He did not.
I know he's played for most of the Metro. All
right, well, let's do... Because I think we are
struggling to get Philly, Minnesota. So let's
put Cam Talbot there. And we'll figure out for
Philly, Edmonton. Okay. Taylor Hall has only
done Edmonton, Buffalo, Jersey, Arizona, Boston,
and now Carolina. Say only then. We just listed
off six teams. Well, it could be like Alex Kochenyuk
paid for or been on, what, 14 teams? Yeah. What
about like a Mason Marchment? Where is he? Florida,
Dallas. Florida, Dallas. Is that it? Yeah. I'm
trying to think of my former otters here. Former
otters or former penguins. I only have three
NHL. NHL -worthy jerseys up, and that's David,
Crosby, and DeForey. Did Mark Reckie ever play
for Edmonton? I don't think so. I think he mostly
stayed out east in the Eastern Conference. James
Neal. I don't think he played for Philly. I think
he played for Florida. Did he play for Philly?
In the last two or three years of his career,
he jumped around a whole bunch. I know he didn't
play for Philly. After he left Edmonton, I know
he jumped around. I think even after he left
Nashville, he jumped around. I know he played
for Vegas for a little bit. The Blues, Edmonton.
Now he jumped around a couple different guys.
Jeff Carter's only been Philly, Columbus, LA,
Pittsburgh. Josh Archibald isn't a bad guess
for Philly and Minton. We're struggling anyway.
I doubt we're going to finish off the Swedish
line anyway. No, okay. I have three shots up
anyway. Go for Zuccarello on SHL Minnesota. Oh,
okay. I knew he was Swedish, I knew that. I know,
because Lundqvist is too, and I know they were
like best friends. They were buddy -buddy. That's
like something they shared, and they were literally
brothers. I legit want to, seriously want to
text my manager, hey, what Swedish players are
on Columbus that have played for the schedule?
Kind of thing. Oh, um... Why are you so mad?
It's only game. Rizgolov? Rizgolov. I know he
played Philly. I know he played Florida. Did
he play Edmonton? Fine. We got another guesses,
so I say let's go for it. I just drew a bank
on his name again. Ilya. Ilya Rizgolov. Fuck
it. Oh! What a fucking snipe. That's fucking...
Go, baby. What a fucking shot. All right, let's
try to get that top, that panther. Oh, man. I
feel like I know that one. Yeah, I feel like
this might have been the easiest one so far,
and we're going to miss it. Evander Kane, no.
Corey Perry, we said no. Yager, no. I don't think
Yari Curry would have played long enough to have
the Panthers in the league yet. Messier, obviously,
like a no. My best guess is like an Ole Okunin.
But I don't think he played for Edmonton, but
it's a guess. O -L -L -I. There you go. No, Edmonton,
okay. All right, we got six. So, Ryan Whitney.
UC Yokanen. UC Yokanen. God damn it. Jesse Pooley
-Arvey is now in Florida. Dukestad. Derek Sard,
Ray Whitney. Alan Montoya. Martin Gelinas. Sergei
Samsonov. Just to name a few. Damn. Matias Anacom.
Swedish, okay, I didn't know that. Victor Arvidsson,
somebody we said earlier. Linus Olmark. Larson.
Oscar Kleffbaum. Matias Janmark. Double S is
Swedish, yeah. And Alex Wenberg. William fucking
Carlson, man. Emil Bemstrom. You know, funny
enough, I even have Emil's fucking signature
right here. Look at that. Look at that. Maybe
that was a sign. No pun intended. Maybe that
was a sign. Jesus Christ. Let's go over three.
Let's try the pyramid. Might as well. Fucking
bird. Here. No. No, no, no, no. No, no. Oh, fuck
that. No. Oh, no. What did I do? What did I do?
No, no. We didn't see that. No, we didn't see
that. No, no, no. Supposed to be a junior and
there was fucking 12 squares. 16. 16. 16. So
any goalie that has ever had a 90 % save percentage
in his career. Well, the top one will save for
Patrick Watt. Yeah, for sure. So let's go like
Tristan Jari. I don't think he's been that bad.
He'll be below 90%. Yeah, okay. 100 wins. Let's
do like a 100 run quiz or something. No, save
for the 50 playoff game wins. And let's do Fleury.
Um, Carey Price. Does he have 50 plus payoffs
for our games? I mean, yeah, because he was on
the bubble team, wasn't he? Yeah, but... I mean,
they made the playoffs enough. They may have
never made deep runs. I feel like he has to have
deep runs. I almost typed Montreal for that.
Yep, okay, so now... Let's use a lifeline here.
Yep, get lifeline. We know the last one. Let's
do 50 -50. Plug it. It's gotta be Jose Theodore.
Yeah, okay. And then Patrick Waugh. Easy. There,
we kind of redeemed ourselves. Imagine an X.
There you go. Patrick Waugh. 0 -3, right? Yep.
Yeah, alright. We redeemed ourselves. Yeah. That
was easy, alright. We wouldn't want to attempt
that, Junior. Fuck it. Let's see if we can get
something here. All right, so across the top
we have the four teams in the Memorial Cup final.
Not the final, but the Memorial Cup. London Knights,
Rimouski, Medicine Hat, and what's the fourth
one? Moncton and then Medicine Hat. And then
down to the sides for the Groves, we have 50
goals in their NHL career, 100 games played in
their NHL career, they played in the AHL, and
where's the Stanley Cup winner? London Stanley
Cup winner, Corey Perry? Yep. I was going to
do Matthew Kuchuk, but Corey Perry... Yeah, Kuchuk
works too. Well, we can do Kuchuk anywhere, minus...
Oh, we can do anyone anywhere, pretty much, for
London. So we'll do... Corey Perry for that one.
And we'll do... For the AHL, we can do Conor
McMichael for AHL London. Yeah. Mitchell Larner,
and then Connor McMichael. Ramuski, 50 goals.
Has Alexey Laferney hit 50 goals yet? I feel
like he had to. He has to. No. That's Sid, right?
Let me stand for winner, Ramuski, for Sid. Yeah.
No, that's what I have up there. Oh, okay, yes,
yes, yes, that's it. So 50 goals. Rimouski has
to be like Alexei Lafrenier. I feel like he has
to have 50 goals at least by now. Alright, I'm
done. I can't tell you anybody that's played
for Moncton or Medicine Hat. Those are the only
two I honestly don't know. I feel like we need
one more for Rimouski. Who is some of Sid's teammates
in that team? You're barking up the wrong tree,
Eric. Yeah, I got nothing. Ready? I'm gonna just
pop open this sparkling water. All right. I swear
to God, if one of them actually fucking hits,
I'm gonna shit myself. Okay, we did nothing for
100 games. Liam O 'Brien. Big Tuna. Ben McCabe.
Brad Marshawn played for Moncton. Good to know.
Oh, this is Rimouski still. Well, yeah, Marshawn
right there for Moncton. Oh, oh, oh. Cory Crawford,
Ivan Barbershop, Johnny Oduya, David Savard.
Oh, a couple names out there. There's fucking
J. Boatmeister. Tyler Ennis. J. Boatmeister,
Darren Helm, Chris Osgood, Rob Niedermeyer, Laney
McDonald. Tyler Ennis, Jason Chimera. Brian McCabe.
Craig fucking Berube, man. Yeah, I wouldn't have
known any of this shit. Yeah, absolutely. Not
horrible, but... Yeah, I'm sorry. Absolutely
the fuck not. The last little mini... Here's
one thing Colin sent. Chris Noblock joins Toe
Blake, Tommy Ivan, Scotty Bowman, Jimmy Skinner,
Mike Sullivan, and Punch Imlock as the only coaches
to ever make the Stanley Cup Final in their first
two seasons as a head coach. So hell yeah, Chris.
How do I do, Chris? Hell yeah, Borger. What else?
The Alex Ovechkin retirement scare that apparently
was rumored around, but saying he's going to
be doing at least one more year after that is
unknown? Yeah, they definitely got you when he
was retiring. No, ESPN just sent out an article.
Corey Perry, after this playoffs, he has now
the most playoff games played from active players
with 227. More than every single franchise since
the year 2000. And now Yarmir Yager has had a
teammate play in the Stanley Cup Final for 45
consecutive years, dating all the way back to
1980 with Brian Trashier. 2022 is kind of a write
-in because him and Andre Pavard kind of played
together in the Olympics. So that one's kind
of a write -in. The last thing we want to discuss
here, a couple of us have discussed this before,
me and Colin did. The only answer we haven't
heard yet is Jeffy's answer to this one. Bardown
sent out this tweet or this thing on their social
medias that said you have $15 to create a super
team. where you get your normal lineup of one
center, two wingers, and two defensemen. For
$5 going across from center to two defensemen,
you've got Conor McDavid, Nikita Kucherov, David
Pasternak, Calum Carter, and Quinn Hughes. $4,
you've got Nathan McKinnon, Kaprizov, Mikko Rantanen,
Zach Borensky, and Evan Bouchard. Then $3, you've
got Leon Dreisaitl, Mitch Marner, Matt Kachuk,
Victor Hedman, Adam Fox. $2, you got Austin Matthews,
Kyle Conner, Alex Ovechkin, Rasmus Dahlin, and
Josh Morrissey. $1, you got Sid the Kid, or Sid
the Middle -Aged Man, Clayton Keller, Willie
Nylander, Jakob Slavin, and Lane Hudson. My original
build was Cal McCarr, McKinnon, Hedman, Kyle
Conner, and Clayton Keller. And then mine changed
up because apparently I didn't do math there
at the time. is Sadakuchi Ovi. Then I have Wierenski
and Fox. Originally, I had McCart, but he would
have put me over, so I'll do the Wierenski. Looking
at this now, going back at it, I mean, I think
Matthews at $2 is a steal. But again, if you
want playoff performers, you've got to go with
somebody like McKinnon, who actually knows how
to show up. No matter what time it is. That's
why I took McKinnon. I was going to say, Sid
has done it all. Sid has done it all. He's up
there. If I'm going to NHL 25 and I'm doing a
one -year sim, I'm probably taking Sid. But if
we're saying, hey, this is going to be my lineup
for the next couple years, I'm going to go with
Nick McKinnon. I'm sorry. Taking Sidney Crosby
for a dollar. It's a fucking steal. It's more
than that. It's a steal and a half. I'm sorry.
I don't care if Sid is 26 or 36. He's been performing
the same, barring injuries and everything, he's
been performing the same since... Who did you
say you said? Sid, Cooch, Ovi, Wierenski? Wierenski
and Fox. Wierenski's a good offensive defenseman.
He's obviously not the number one. I mean, he's
been competing for the top three all season.
Like, this season was really a breakout year
on a pretty mid -Columbus team. Yeah, I mean,
for me, regardless, if I take McKinnon, then
obviously I would take Keller, but if I take
Crosby, then I'm going to go up and take Capriza
instead of Keller. So it's interchangeable for
those two, but I don't think you can change my
mind on the last three being Hedman, Conner,
and Keller. Yeah, I was kind of... Or sorry,
Makar. Makar, I'm taking Makar any day of the
week. I mean, he's the best defenseman in the
league, and he's going to be that for quite some
time. I was going to say, my forward core is
pretty locked. It's my defense. I can kind of
bump around. I can do the Fox -Renske duo. I
can do the Dahlian -Quinn -Hughes duo. I can
do the Saban -Quinn -Hughes duo. It all can change.
I can even bump down to where it's the Makar
-Morrissey duo. For me, I can kind of interchange
that defensive pairings notes to whatever. When
you really look and you're like, oh, I can get
Sid for a dollar. Yeah, but you're going to say,
oh, McKinnon's there. It's tough to come up with
a discreet answer. For my centers, I was going
always back and forth between Sid and Crosby.
I was going back and forth between Sid and McKinnon.
Obviously, it's just more dependent on my leaners.
I think my original team, I did. I was making
a second one because I wasn't sure who I was
going to officially go with. I pretty much have
the same. I have four that are the same. Three
that are definitely the same. But like I said,
if I'm going for just like a one -year sim on
NHL 25, I'm taking Sid over McKinnon. But if
I'm going for like, I want this to be my lineup
for the next upcoming couple years, then I'm
going to go with McKinnon. Because I feel like
you're definitely going to get more years out
of McKinnon for the next few than you will Crosby.
Because I think what my lineup I initially did,
just because I was going back and forth, I did
Sid, Ovi, Kucherov, and then Darlene and Makar
for my defensemen. I guess my biggest thing is
when we're creating a super team, we're obviously
assuming, number one, the set players are in
their prime, and number two, injuries aren't
a thing. Injuries are turned off in this game.
That's kind of where I was looking at. That's
kind of where my approach was. Game 7, what lineup
are you setting out there? You're 5 -5. In game
7, you're double overtime. Which five skaters
are you entrusting? to get that game -winning
goal, that club clinching goal. If that's the
case, I'm saying that's where I say Sid Keller.
Sorry, that's Sid Keller. I lost my train of
thought. I forgot. I want to see where I went
after that. Where the hell did I go? Sid, maybe
Kyle Conner, Rantanen, maybe. And then Makar
and Morrissey. He was actually my, was going
to be my third choice for a defenseman if I didn't
end up going with, Darlene was Morrissey. But
yeah, it was, it really more than, the wingers
were like where I was kind of going back and
forth on. Like it was going to determine what
my list was, but I ended up going with that first
one. All right, well, do we have anything else?
Just scrolling through our chats here to see
if there is anything. Oh, the official 2026 Olympic
groups are for the men's hockey tournament is
officially announced. In group A, we have Team
Canada, Czechia, Switzerland, and newly appointed
France taking over the whole. Team Russia thing,
which that's something I kind of want to ask
you guys here in a second. In Group B, we have
Finland, Sweden, Slovakia, Italy. Team Italy,
I am so fucking sorry. You got three very tough
teams in Finland, Sweden, and Slovakia. If you
can even squeeze a point out of any of those
teams, I call that a win. I'm not saying you're
a bad team. Okay, I kind of have to say you're
a bad team because I don't know any true good
Italian players in the league right now. And
then Group C, United States, Germany, Latvia,
and Denmark. Which I don't want to shit talk
Latvia or Denmark because obviously Denmark upset
Team Canada this past year. Latvia upset Canada
in the juniors last year, wasn't it? Yeah. So
I don't want to knock those two teams. At all.
They're going to be tough competition. It's going
to be close games. I think, personally, the United
States is going to be the clear -cut number one.
Germany, just right there. Knocking on their
back door. That's the thing, something we didn't
mention. USA finally won their first double IHF
World Championship for the first time in, what,
95 years? 92. 92, something like that. And I
posted about that on Twitter, and I had some
clown... at reply me and was like, oh, it took
you 92 years to win a dry -ass tournament. I
said, you lost to Denmark, shut up. And he didn't
say when after that. So, how do we feel about
Russia not being able to compete? I'm still...
And not seeing, for the last time, Ovi and Vasily.
I mean, I don't think that's my place to say.
Well, not being able to see players like Ovechkin
and Volkin and Vasilevsky and Kucherov. all on
the same team, all these big Russian stars. We
see it on a day -to -day basis in the NHL, not
being able to compete together for a girl, Golda.
Like, I get why they're doing it, but it just
sucks for these players. I think it stinks because,
like what Colin said, we don't get to see it.
What do you think would be a one -two punch?
for goaltenders, like, Sterkin and Vassie. Yeah.
Like, who's ever hotter in the moment? You can
even have, like, a third backup as, like, an
Ilya Sorokin can be, like, a third, like, a backup.
So, there's this person that I've kind of, you
know, befriended on Twitter who, ironically,
is a London Knights fan. And I saw somewhere
out there that she posted about... Is that her
name, Olivia, right? Yeah, exactly. I thought,
I... Shout out to Olivia. You're probably not
listening to my shout out to Olivia. Yeah, like,
you're one of the very few Naughty Night fans
I actually respect. But that's besides the point.
I saw that, you know, there's a Russian woman,
like a woman Russian figure skater that's going
in independent. You know, just on her own. She's
not representing Russia. She's not representing
anybody. She's just going in, competing for herself.
Which I think is good for her. The Olympics?
Yeah. Oh, that's pretty cool. They improved her
because it's a solo thing. It's not a team thing,
which, I mean, good for her for being able to
do it, but my thing is make it consistent. If
no Russian athletes can compete, no Russian athletes
can compete. It's not my place to get into politics
and everything going on over there between them
and whatever is going on on that side of the
world. That is far out of my business to discuss
that side of it. Not being able to see these
players, all these big players that you're playing
right now. Imagine a first line of Ovi, Malkin,
and Kucherov. You got the shot in Ovi. You got
the handles in Kuch. And he got Malkin. Just
don't piss him off. To this day, man, if you
piss him off, his speed increases 50%, 100%.
Oh, no. You piss him off? I feel like Ovi is
the Malkin whisperer. He knows. They have him
speak in the foreign tongue, but he's the Ovi
whisperer. You know about their beef they had
way back then. Yeah. When they were both young,
up and coming. I think Malkin's agent threw something
at Ovi or something or vice versa. They got into
it and that caused them to have this whole turmoil.
Then I think he's at the one all -star game they
helped each other out with a funny shootout goal
or something to show the world, hey, we don't
hate each other. It was Malkin helping Ovi. He
gave him a Hawaiian wreath to wear while he took
his shot or something along those lines. He gave
him a jersey to put on. I don't remember exactly
what it was. Yeah, it was pretty much like this
thing to show the whole world, hey, we don't
actually hate each other, which behind the scenes
they probably still kind of did. But this is
more or less to get the spotlight off of them,
like, hey, we don't hate each other, actually.
But, yeah. Yeah, that's not really the only,
like, outside of, like, the political world.
But I think it's just unfortunate we don't get
to see, once again, like... The big Russian stars
of the NHL get to play in that. Just to name
a couple other ones. Artemi Panarin, Vladimir
Tarasenko. Why did I say it like that? Tarasenko.
Don't try that again. Pavel Buchnevich, Andrei
Svechnikov, Evgeny Dadunov, Dmitry Orlov, Mikhail
Sergachev. You can have him reuniting with Kucherov
over there. Kirill Marchenko, Andrei Kuzmenko.
Dmitry Voronkov, Alexander Romanov. Yeah, some
of the up -and -coming younger guys, like Pavel
Minchikov. Anyone that has the last name ending
with Av, pretty much. The Russian connection
back, the Detroit Red Wings, the Russian Five,
or, you know, the Russian connection with...
Here you go, here you go. Off of YouTube. Bucket
hats. Bucket hats and shades. Glasses, wipe them
off, give them some Gatorade. That's a weird
scene. I'll be with the A and not the C. And
two sticks. Malkin's stick and Ovi's stick. He
tosses one of them. He tosses the right -handed
stick and shoots with his off -hand. That Russian
team could be absolutely filthy. Just one last
thing. I think we talked about this briefly,
but I want to get your guys' full, in -depth
opinions on this. The two mock trades that I
saw. involving the Toronto Maple Leafs and the
Pittsburgh Penguins. One of them being, to the
Toronto Maple Leafs, Eric Carlson with us retaining
50 % of his contract. Oh, yeah. And coming to
Pittsburgh, Morgan Riley, David Kampf, and a
second -round pick. Again, it's just the contract
that we're getting. Like, Morgan Riley's contract.
That's the thing that... Yeah. No, like, if we're
retaining... Half of Carlson's contract. That's
heftier. So either give up all of Carlson's contract,
or at least retain maybe 25%, but also get another
draft pick in return for that. Yeah, that was
my only issue with that one. It's mainly the...
How much they're retaining on Carlson. This is
the one that I really did like. To Toronto, yeah.
Ricard Raquel, Noel Achari, Vasily Potomrov in
a second -round pick. Coming to Pittsburgh, Matthew
Nyes, Nick Robertson in a fourth -round pick.
That one I like. Nope. No? Nope. I like him.
I would honestly replace Raquel with Russ. With
Brian Rust? Nope. Still no? Hey, let's trade
to Roca. Oh, wait. Hey, why not mark his pet?
Oh, wait. Hey, how about John Murray? Oh, wait.
Who'd be getting back in that Pedersen card?
Wasn't it Luke Shen came over in that deal, I
think? No. No, Luke Shen was from Nashville.
Yeah, we immediately sent him over to Winnipeg,
yeah. And then Pedersen went to Vancouver. I
know, but Pedersen, who came over from that?
I don't remember. Pedersen and Conrad trade.
something to waste your guys' time for two more
minutes here. Oh, sorry, we got back Heinen and
Desjardins, who was the other one we ended up
sending back out. I think he played four games
for us, so Penguins Legend, Vinny Desjardins.
But yeah, I think that just about does it. Just
a heads up to you guys, I think next episode
is going to be the Season 5 finale. That's insane.
Season 5 finale. Absolutely insane. Five seasons
into it already. Five seasons in the books. It
feels like we just started the season here. We're
about to wrap season 5 up already. Be on the
lookout for that. We're not quite sure. It all
depends on how these Stanley Cup finals go. If
we end up recording the night of the 15th or
if we push it back one more week to the night
of the 22nd. So we might have two weeks up here.
We might have one week up here. We might have
two weeks up here. TBA, TBD. Three weeks until
you guys get the finale might be two weeks. So
again, it all depends. If somehow these Stanley
Cup finals end in five games, which how good
these two teams are, I don't think it's going
to be five games. I didn't think either one of
the conference finals were going to be five games,
and they both ended up ending in five. But yeah,
we will find out. We will hopefully, regardless,
we will see you guys one more time before the
end of the month and to end off the season. And
maybe at some point, again, middle of the offseason,
we'll do a quick free agency recap, which we've
done, I think, once or twice in these first couple
seasons here. But no promises on that. But we'll
have more information for you on that come the
final episode here in the next couple weeks.
But thank you guys for an awesome season. Again,
we'll give you more of an sincere one at the
end of the next episode. But we'll see you guys
then. Until then, keep it real. See ya. Bye.