On Episode 493 of Spittin’ Chiclets, the boys jump right into playoff hockey, recapping Game 1 of each of the eastern playoff series so far. Seth Jarvis (01:02:25) joined to discuss the Canes and their Defensive structure, as well as just how good Necas has been this year. Soon after, the guys hop back on to talk about the juggernauts of the western conference. A big thank you to both the NYPD and the FDNY for an unreal battle of New York’s finest and bravest as the guys recap just how special of an event this years 50th annual Heroes Hockey Game was. Where is William Nylander? Have the Rangers been forealzies all along? What will the team in Utah be called? Find out in this weeks episode.
INTRO – 00:00:00
Hurricanes / Islanders – 00:10:14
Leafs / Bruins – 00:27:23
Lightning / Panthers – 00:47:16
Capitals / Rangers – 00:56:00
SETH JARVIS – 01:02:25
Avalanche / Jets – 01:48:58
Predators / Canucks – 02:00:37
Stars / Golden Knight – 02:11:10
Oilers / Kings – 02:20:37
UTAH COYOTES – 02:31:55
AROUND THE LEAGUE – 02:39:37
NYPD vs. FDNY – 02:55:24
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hello everybody Welcome to episode 493
of spit and chicklets presented by Pink
Wy from our friends at New Amsterdam
Vodka here in the old boss new sports
podcast family chicklets gang what is up
the playoffs are finally here and you
know what Biz this is actually the Most
Wonderful Time of the Year never mind
Christmas so let’s dive right into it
Biz nasty how’s it going buddy I KN hly
hell we got playoff rear Admiral ladies
and gentlemen High stepping out of the
gate with the fog machine the laser
light
show hey it is Christmas it is Christmas
right now I am [ __ ] fired up
obviously not as fired up after your
bees spanked my Tonto we won’t dive into
that quite yet but where the [ __ ] is
William neander folks where is he Biz it
ain’t it ain’t where’s Waldo anymore
more did he stay in Florida Biz was I
think he might have went to 11 after
game 82 to celebrate a full year of
health and he must have pulled a back a
back muscle in the back room the
champagne room as the kids are calling
it that’s my only [ __ ] explanation at
this point and I’ve used every resource
in my phone okay I never call in favors
either I never Snoop around I never ask
about nothing you sending the DM bis
what was your DM the this the crackhead
comments the crackheads the you know the
the redditors all the leaves fans in
there digging up the [ __ ] tinfoil hat
conspiracy theorist they’re saying they
are
saying that Keef was so disgusted by his
game in 82 in Tampa Bay I watched the
game we had it on the TNT broadcast he
was [ __ ] the dog the entire game now
the clip of the high stick and him not
touching the puck
was yeah what was happening there people
saying oh if he touches it that it gets
blown down it’s like it’s not just that
he just [ __ ] the dog on a line change
back to the bench and when he just curls
and doesn’t go after the guy who touches
it and who ends up zipping that pass
[ __ ] all the way up to the far Blue
Line you’re not clogging up that lane
it’s a the the Seas part for him so all
in all 82 was a Deb then you get ke’s
[ __ ] post game comments saying like
Hey listen obviously that’s not the
typical Willie we’re used to seeing but
I think that’s just him telling us he’s
sick of regular season hockey to then
miss the first [ __ ] game of like he
hasn’t missed he hasn’t missed a game
due to health since
2016 he missed I think a few in 2021 22
to co and I said we were going to talk
about it later and all of a sudden it
just [ __ ] hooked me right in and I’m
talking [ __ ]
too you’re fo you’re you’re a Leaf’s
junkie that just can’t get his fixed cuz
they stink but the you know they do the
milk cartons the missing Guy where the
[ __ ] is William
nander and what MC Matthews mcmatthews
too no mcmatthews I know that hurts too
MCM that that yeah that was like I think
is he froze oh no did we get Frozen wit
oh folks rarely we got a whitle he’s
Frozen there must be a storm going on at
wits house or maybe the kids unplugged
it you could keep going all right oh we
lost wh he’s gone now but we can keep
rolling he’ll just chime right in b i
ironically I believe Willie was the only
I may believe to play all 82 games this
year if I’m not mistaken right I think
yeah he’s done it the past few years ra
it’s a mystery I don’t have any answers
I’m sorry for taking up the oxygen at
the start of the podcast but I believe
that’s probably the number one question
mark in the hockey world right now is
where the [ __ ] is William neander yeah I
I think maybe because you know the plays
we just talked about you know the the
high stick and then with somebody was
scuffling at the bench he just kind of
looked at him I mean maybe he was hurt
maybe that’s not why he he was that Eng
there’s no way that if he had any part
of a bumper bruise on him that he would
have been playing in game 81 or 82
you’re talking about the play in Florida
where I I don’t know if it was John
taras or someone close to their bench
was getting into it with Matthew kachuck
and he didn’t bother stopping by yes he
looked disinterested he looked
disinterested probably the last five to
six games of the Season compared to what
he’d been doing at the start of the year
I don’t think he had a goal in his last
10 or 11 regular season games right so
probably not the ideal time to go on a
cold streak but then you see the lack of
effort which to me doesn’t tell me
you’re playoff ready it’s brutal
horrible body language but because it’s
Willie we can all kind of laugh about it
and say ah slick Willie the handsome
good-looking guy who put up 99 points
who got a big contract ah let’s just
wait for last year’s playoff Willie
well he wasn’t even in the [ __ ] game
so bit of a problem there and what’s so
Bizarro land about at ra is the fact
that he played
82 day of all of a sudden uh William
neander is questionable and then the day
after the game the next like morning or
early afternoon when they had their
skate around he’s back on the ice for
the optional like nothing [ __ ]
happened so I don’t know if this was
this like hangover type thing where they
lost him in Florida like did he did did
he go to the strip club and then maybe
take the wrong drink and then next thing
you know he went on this [ __ ] 48 hour
Excursion where they couldn’t find
William neander and then
voila listen I don’t know or k or what
happened R but if we get last year’s
playoff Willie then the tronto map Leafs
will get back in this series so I’ll
leave it at that we could we could talk
more about the game breakdown when we
get there but that wasn’t even the first
one to kick us off the Carolina
Islanders one was uh you guys guys had
the FDNY NYPD broadcast it was
tremendous I was uh um viewing from my
phone as I was watching that first game
uh great job by everyone we’re going to
talk about that whole thing at the um
the whole FDNY NYPD broadcast the 50th
Anniversary at the back part of the
podcast because we’re going to have a
ton of people to thank including the
game notes guys uh Dave pornoy who’s
done so much for for the police
department uh given the Jonathan Diller
situation the horrible incident that
happened in New York uh a few weeks ago
where he was he was senselessly shot so
a tremendous job by everybody on the bar
stool side and we appreciate if you came
here to hear about that off the Hop that
you wait till the back end so we can
give it the proper flowers it deserves
so Bravo couple clicks to you too rear G
all the people in the back and of course
the firefighters and cops who put on a
hell of a show so I’m going to send it
back over to urra for the Carolina
Hurricanes and Islanders tea up if you
want to go through that and then send it
right back back over CU I have some
thoughts on not only the series but an
interesting game one real quick ra and
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dive into it yeah the island Carolina
game looked like a doozy of a game I
don’t we didn’t see too much of it down
in New York but Freddy Anderson man just
continues to Stella play his numbers uh
toward the end of the year he was like
nine And1 with like a 13 six goals
against three shutouts just a a stellar
performance but do you think the islands
can hang for this whole series B based
on the one game how
the third period oh oh witty WiFi witty
what happened there buddy I had to I had
to hold the fort I’m sure these people
are sick of hearing my [ __ ] voice at
this point now did you find William
neander while you were gone boys I do
not know where he is still he was not my
host thank God cuz he’s not a badl
looking guy in my wife’s home but I’ll
tell you boys I got I got I I had
restarted my computer I had restarted my
computer right before we started and
then it just died so now I’m kind of
panicking this thing’s one of those
monster Maxs and then tomorrow I have
career day at school for Ryder which I
already don’t even know what I’m going
to say yeah I do a podcast with a guy
named The W hog who loves illegal
substances and another guy who’s just
thumping everything because he’s a
complete wheel and loves Riya and then
our producer tiny wrist but he’s a great
guy and now it’s like and and then how
am I going to explain when the when my
internet gets screwed up the show can
get somewhat canceled so I’m sorry cuz
we were buzzing and I still didn’t find
ner though I still didn’t find well well
one good thing is that you’re back uh
the second thing is where the [ __ ]
is Wheeling
Leland what’s up guys Whit here before
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Witney we’re getting right into this um
hurricanes Island series were buzzing I
heard [ __ ] Frankie barelli was going
nuts when I saw him I would say They
Carried play for 55 to 60% of the game
outshot them I think it finished at
eight to 10 shots like that’s rare like
they had 10 shots through two periods
Carolina is that true Carolina did
Carolina did buddy I honestly if if I
could have had a a video camera of what
went on in the locker room I would have
assumed Rod the bod went in there and
like flipped the table we ended up
interviewing Koozie postgame and he’s
like you know what was said in between
periods he’s like nothing we knew we
knew we weren’t good we knew we were
going to come out in the third and turn
it on and which they did and the third
they they took over their dominance but
hey Islanders still got a few High
danger uh High danger scoring chances I
would say like if not for Freddy
Anderson it was the Islanders game okay
okay let’s start there and they could
have took a a two to one 3 to one lead
easily off a breakaway from barzel I
want to say Nelson had a half Breakaway
they missed a breakaway pass that ended
up the guy ended up like knocking it off
his stick or whatever and then of course
the I don’t know if you mentioned this
one yet Noah dopson 10 Bell safe from
Freddy Anderson diving across so there
was legit at least three goals right
there and Whit if Islanders can’t find
that goal scoring which they always seem
to have a problem even with their their
high-end guys like barzel I love him to
death I think he’s a great skater I
think he makes great plays but you got
to [ __ ] come through in the clutch
there that’s that those are the moments
in which playoff players are made yes um
so the these are the things that I have
to ask about one you mentioned Kus Nets
off doing a little press conference my
dad who’s a very opinionated man on
certain players in the NHL has always
hated kusnetsov he hated his bird
celebration he’s old school little bit
of a boomer and he said that in the
interview after they asked K Nets off
about Anderson Stellar play and he said
that’s what he’s paid to do is that true
like all grumpy I said I might have been
kidding around dad he said no he wasn’t
kiding he wasn’t kiding so did he say
that though is that what he’s paid to do
so time out we asked him four or five
questions that was not one of them so is
this a creation from the mind of Dan
Whitney he would never be able to or
just make that up but maybe it was
another interview or something time out
sometimes when I’m thinking of asking my
question I completely black out and I
don’t hear what the other guys are
asking or even what the answer is if you
rolled back the whole TNT interview from
on the bench after the game I don’t
think he ever said that’s what he’s
paying to I’m calling him right after
this like your dad’s legit he’s probably
got like a like a hate wall ofes him so
much that like he IM he just was like
this is probably what he’d say but no no
I got to call him I’ll call him I’ll
I’ll I’ll address that he did he did do
the bird the
call first goal less than two minutes
into the game so that’s probably what
irritated him and gave him like PTSD to
a from a time he did it against the
Bruins or something yeah yeah and and
then he’s like Rod the B told him he
hated it but now he doesn’t mind it cuz
I’m like yeah yeah yeah but and he’s
like he still probably doesn’t like it
though which I was laughing at okay back
to Frankie brelli who had us over to
barelli’s um the original OG restaurant
1953 um right next to the na old nasau
Coliseum but he’d had a watch party at
his new restaurant in Long Beach ra land
from when he was at the the charity game
and so he was all [ __ ] he had a buzz
going he was like they should have won
the game they played so good they
outplayed him talked about the 10 shots
for Carolina through two he was ranting
and raving about the Paul Mary Miss oh
my God the Paul Mary wide open net and
actually it looked like Anderson kind of
kicked at his stick and like he had some
sort I don’t know if he meant to or or
anything but he kicked at his stick and
it was a wide open net and off the side
of the post that was that was a a great
a chance wide the save was the save
you’re talking about on doson was out of
control Frankie also was mentioning that
Anders Le had a defenseman beat and he
had him and the D was kind of holding on
and Lee had the puck and ended up
getting a penalty while holding the Pu
he said it was one of the worst calls
he’s ever seen yeah yeah yeah no he he
took his loose hand and legitimately
touched Brady Shay and Brady Shay just
just blew up and it was a [ __ ] call
and it shouldn’t happened and then
Koozie ends up scoring on that ensuing
power play so it was complete [ __ ]
Lee was disgusted Patty wall looked like
he was going to have a nervous breakdown
his blood pressure might have got to I
don’t know what the top of the the blood
pressure probably when he was going at
Bruce P his first game as a Colorado aan
coach he was right back there he was
ready to put a [ __ ] hole in the TV on
the bench um but very resilient they
were right after that point they they
ended up scoring that tie and goal um it
was like Carolina likes to get
aggressive right so it was Burns and
slaven on the ice and burns makes the
play up the wall and the defender for um
the Islanders I forget who it was he
ends up holding the Blue Line great
little pinch keeps it in and slaven and
burns are already get going on the
offense they’re ready to Gall up and
join the rush which that’s how they play
they play like five connected and they
want to really pursue the puck well they
leave that net front net front wide open
and Lee’s just sitting there and then
that uh mlan kid the father’s the coach
who played in the NHL I think he scored
over 400 goals is it John mlan John M
dude he used to wear the jofa that that
old school Jo and he played I’m I’m
forgetting his son’s uh first name but
uhle Curtis right Kyle Kyle Kyle mlan
well close enough uh I got right no we
played with Curtis mlan in in the
Pittsburgh Penguin
system there and he played with the
Wheeling nailers I played with him there
and he ended up going all the way to the
NHL eventually he was silky dude oh he
was unbelievable and he played with the
Islanders that was a story I told on the
podcast where he was playing pregame
soccer and he had a good little start to
his NHL career even though he’s a little
bit like older in life and then he
popped as Achilles and I don’t think he
was ever the same after that which which
suck but to get back on track I don’t
think he was even supposed to be playing
in that game there I I I I’m drawn a
blank on who ended up being a scratch I
don’t know if it was due to illness or
maybe it was a last second change but he
got inserted in the lineup and he’s been
a spark plug for them so it was P it was
it was uh J J yeah joh Gabrielle p so
and and that’s that’s a tough loss he’s
a vet yeah so the other the other
comment would be is I don’t know what
they’re going to do as far as goal
tending the Islanders uh I don’t think
varlamov played bad at all he had some
pretty good saves of his own uh wasn’t
crazy about the first one kozie scored
on it sometimes it’s hard to track that
puck through those crossbody screens but
[ __ ] dude he’s in that reverse VH that
uh lunis always talks about and like
buddy like he’s [ __ ] he’s basically
on a [ __ ] angle and he goes up puts by
your ear cuz you’re not going to stand
up I don’t know man I feel like goalies
have bailed out a little bit on the fact
they just want to hang it on their knees
all the time like a [ __ ] when they get
beat [ __ ] like when you R [ __ ]
hookups like yeah exact yeah like the
[ __ ]
god kicking kicking kicking the pillows
like the god the the Lucy god um oh yeah
yeah the Lucy ice breaker the Lucy
Breakers right here the nut Breakers get
to Luc pop my pouch um so so here’s the
problem I would say oh and back to the
the the goalies the the fans lose their
mind when goalies beat get beat up High
when they’re just chilling on their
knees like that so I think a lot of
people at home who who haven’t learned
from Henrik lanquist about this style
they’re like why is he on his knees
right now that is an easy save now
there’s so much more that goes into it
that that most people don’t know but I
could see the frustration the problem
with me after game one is and now we
were open we didn’t get to see it but
basically hearing from you and hearing
from Frankie if the Islanders were able
to play that well and the Hurricanes had
the first two periods playing that
poorly for for them and they still
didn’t win yeah that’s it right there
it’s like uhoh no way this is going more
than six games and I did I did owe all
Islanders fans an apology who came at me
hard last year it was not in five it was
in six and two games were OT I still
think it wasn’t as close of a series as
six with two games going to OT sounds
but I misspoke I said it was five games
last year and it wasn’t so uh the one
one positive sign though is let’s say
they go into game two right the
Islanders if they can outplay them for
at least more than half the portion of
the game and squeak out a win I’m going
to be like damn all those meaningful
games coming in the last what 12 where
they they had a win out to even get in
that means something because you’re used
to that muscle memory of having to win
every [ __ ] battle every loose Puck
matters every block shot matters where I
H I’m not saying the hurricane [ __ ]
took it easy coming in but they didn’t
they didn’t have to have that type of
desperation I mean [ __ ] even game 82 I
know they were sitting some guys but
they went in and lost to Columbus right
they were winning a lot though to be
fair they won a ton that’s fair so that
to me is the the advantage that the
Islanders have where it seems like they
finally kind of understood the systems
that Patty W has been been implementing
so that’s why I say all of a sudden if
you [ __ ] take it back one1 and you’re
going back to Long Island okay but if
you see the the the Hurricanes team like
you did in the third period it’s it
might even be over in five [ __ ] games
but uh the the the steal of the deadline
end up might be ketov because even on
that second goal he makes the entire
play whether it’s on the [ __ ] back
check to get the puck whether it’s in
the offensive zone staying patient to
not just throw it at the net from a I
guess a bad angle meanwhile he [ __ ]
scored from it the first time ended up
going low to high and then he ends up
being the D on the other side to make
the play to the net so huge game for
Koozie unreal postgame interview this
guy’s as cool as a cucumber he loves it
he cares and he’s happy again look out
NHL hurricanes are
buzzing and um he had he had he had a
good start when he got over there I
think the the realization for him that
he was in the miners and then getting
the deal done and getting over to a
contender he was so happy and you saw
him in the locker room his play did slip
a little bit towards the end where you
were like I don’t know is it is he kind
of going back to what was going on in
Washington where he didn’t play well for
a long time so to see him come out early
and get that he won them game one yeah
like all right well he’s ready to go and
what a what a deadline acquisition as
you said my thing for the series is that
I would say whoever Carolina plays this
year their their not their only chance
of winning but their best chance of
winning is a team who can just cycle in
their offensive zone the the Kane’s
defensive Zone and just wear you down
and it’s the man on man thing where
Kane’s fans are all pissed off that I’ve
kind of brought it up a few too many
times in their opinion but if you can
just grind them down low then that’s
kind of maybe their only weakness I’m
not saying it’s a big weakness but if
they’re spending a ton of time in their
dzone man on man that is going to be
exhausting they’re so good at not
allowing it to happen because their
transition game the problem is I don’t
think the Islanders have a group of
forwards who are going to be able to
play in their End Cycle the puck and
really wear them down yes in the first
two periods it sounded like they did it
sounded like they did but I don’t know
if they’ll be able to continue it no
that’s a great point cuz I we asked
Martin martinuk about the the dzone and
in the man on man and how it’s the
Catalyst to this team and he goes
actually playing for long periods of
time in the offensive zone is the
Catalyst to this team and they and just
as aggressive as they are in the dzone
with the man- on man I don’t know if you
watched [ __ ] orlov every chance he
got he was pinching in and that F3 was
supporting him so they just keep
applying pressure and they want to keep
it waves and waves and waves coming at
you like a hurricane yeah coming at you
like a
hurricane know who is you know who sings
that no neither do I oh all right all
right were you thinking of har him
rocking like a hurricane is that that’s
what I was doing song singing
that’s like a
hurricane Rock You Like a Hurricane not
my version well Biz comes like a h not
my version
I’m the guy who like like sings the the
lyrics but I butcher at least a few
words each sentence of it but I’m still
people get the tune and get the beat it
doesn’t really matter you got it
scorpion you got it baby uh I mean tied
after two Biz I thought the isis’s very
much alive early in the third I mean I
wouldn’t count them dead at all I mean
Vol played a great game if they lose
game two so here so here’s the problem
folks that’s my different opinion after
a new game here’s the problem special
teams Islanders were dog [ __ ] coming in
and uh the PK was actually impressive
after they gave up the first one they
kind of figured it out weird thing they
had poock playing the top of the diamond
on the kill and he had like two or three
blocks at the top of the diamond as a
defenseman so I don’t know if that was
just a a weird sequence where he ended
up there randomly or wait 3D 3D on the
ice him being the top or 2D and only
ones down low no there was 2D2 forwards
but he ended up as the high forward
basically two to three times at least
two he had blocks on so you’re I’m
thinking like you’re you’re I mean the
face you’re making normally the d man is
either in front of the net or closer to
the flank position he’s not at the top
of the diamond as a defenseman up top it
was just bizarre so um special teams for
the hurricanes are incredible best in
the league I think they had the best
penalty kill and like third best power
play already you can look it up uh and
they also are third and goals by
defenseman so they have these cannons
from the point and they filter pucks to
the net and they get that second layer
of offense from the back end so there
are so many things and weapons that the
Islanders did not see in game one from
the Hurricanes so let you know we’re
trying to sell this as a series I think
they’re going to [ __ ] rinse him the
next three that was their only chance
think they’re sweeping them I think at
this point yeah yeah because Carolina
had the second best power player in the
league at 26.9% and the best penalty
kill in the league at 86.4% and and a
franchise record in um least amount of
shots given up per game there that’s
what was so shocking about the fact that
they gave up 34 of the Islanders as
they’ve averaged 26 game uh shots given
up a game this season that’s [ __ ]
impressive so I’ve said enough about my
wrists are sore from stroking off UK’s
fans last year I I would say in the
first round the most popular upset pick
was the Isles over the canes I think a
lot of people were saying they got a
chance and it was mainly with SRO season
being so legendary this year it doesn’t
seem to be as popular because of how
dominant the canes are and how maybe the
Islanders really kind of had to grind to
get in but if they can get game two like
yeah it’s like I know it sounds stupid
and if you the the the the what’s the
adage um the series doesn’t start till
you lose a home game if they go down 2
how are the Islanders going to beat them
four out of five I think we could
probably call curtains on it but if it’s
1-1 and we saw UBS electric for the FDNY
NPD game that place will be rocking yes
yes yes so who know I can’t wait to see
who starts I imagine you go to sokin
even though varom kind of they rode him
down the stretch he’s that good where
it’s like dude here you go it’s a
must-win game for us here you go Elia so
uh second thing
Anderson could end up being uh the M if
the kanes go on to win the Stanley Cup
Freddy Anderson’s going to have an
enormous part of it probably right there
for km and maybe it turns out that the
injury and the time that he had granted
a lot of its rehab but it ended up
helping him for a guy who has a tough
time staying healthy if he was able to
recover from this injury and not get
overwork through the regular season and
goes on this run April May and June we
may be like wow that actually was a good
thing for him so we’ll see yeah his last
10 games uh with N9 and one 91 and zero
with the 130 goals against a 951 save
percentage with three shut outs in his
last 10 games so and this is a nice
little segue already
why did the Leafs not resign him Biz did
we ever find out why did they just think
he wasn’t the guy or didn’t want to pay
him what he wanted I don’t even it was
kind of a long time ago now it feels
like but [ __ ] man that guy when he’s on
is unreal quite the timing to to to
bring that up wh well we’re going into
be a little old old horror show for you
the Boston ruin
1957 I believe was the last time they
beat him in the playoffs
1959 is the last time the Leafs have
beat the Boston Bruins in a playoff
series the last three have gone to seven
which gave me a little bit of Hope the
deflation of my confidence when William
neander didn’t play game one like
drastically went down I tried to keep it
together on the panel um at this point
that was a shellacking I know for a fact
that the tronto Maple Leafs can’t win
this series unless William neander is
like back healthy and playing to what we
know what is with Willam neander um I
actually thought the start of the game
first of all 100 hits in the game total
doubled the amount of the first game so
it was just an absolute cage match from
puck drop um my one criticism maybe of
the least is like hey you still have
what well one well from that aspect of
the physicality I want them to play
physical I want them to match that
intensity uh you have to also remember
there’s a puck out there sometimes
that’s a a big problem problem that I
had remembering in my time in the NHL
that there’s a big part of the game too
the huge part of the game that black
little rubber thing that’s bouncing
around out there you got to pay
attention to it to some degree um and
after I would up until that point where
the fourth line for the bees scored that
goal I was actually happy with the way
that the Leafs were playing they were
playing physical mean um I thought it
was Marner at first but that little uh
josting match between uh DOI and uh Brad
Marsha off the opening face off that got
me fired up but the minute that the bees
scored with their fourth
line game over their [ __ ] wires
crossed Leafs couldn’t make a [ __ ]
play they couldn’t string two passes
together uh 0% on their power play 60%
on their penalty kill uh I don’t think
it was sami’s Fault by any regards but
he wasn’t himself or at least the way
he’s been in the last 30 games of the
Season everything could have possibly
gone wrong the J T at second line Center
and I know there was a decent amount of
special teams but I think he played 15
and a half minutes $1 million for a guy
who’s going to play [ __ ] second line
at 15 and a half minutes where you’re
there’s no type of sustained offensive
zone pressure with him controlling the
puck it’s just like yeah like that’s
[ __ ] up right so he’s the third line
Center if Willie can get back to Second
Line Center and then you got Matthews at
first line center now we’re talk talking
about the possibility of of us getting
back in that Series so Biz we missed the
first half of the game but from watching
the second half and just talking to bees
fans it sounds like Pat maroon was
buzzing out there Pat maroon was
everything is advertised as a Stanley
Cup champion like people want to make
cracks even Jack Edwards is own hey
Friendly Fire Jack Edwards uh tripping
him about the barrel he’s got on him he
was moving around great but he helped
create that first goal
it yeah it’s all the details to his game
why he makes him effective efficient
fourth liner he’s good in the offensive
zone at eating it below the goal line
the wall workor that he had on the first
goal getting it back to boquist on a
platter for him right to skate into for
him on the first Power Play unit too him
shaton Kirk Danton Heinen it’s like $3
million in the first Power Play unit so
Boston had only scored two power two or
three Power Play Goals in their last 32
attempts coming in so the power play was
cold and Ace brought up the point on the
broadcast where they actually took
Marsha and makoy off the first unit to
put those two guys I actually read a
couple bud I read a couple tweets like
leading into it too and you know I I
take everybody’s opinion seriously
especially if they’re watching one
specific team enough and I remember
someone saying like yo get shatty more
involved in the game and his specialty
is power play kind of like I guess when
like C remember when cabet Cabaret came
over when you guys won it I feel like he
was playing 50 minutes by the end but he
did help out the power play they found
some form of use for him so great job by
the coaching staff to make adjustment
and how about the Spider-Man Jake
[ __ ] de bruss you don’t think that
guy wants a new [ __ ] contract the
Leafs killer he’s a least killer my God
I might have to kidnap him and [ __ ]
San one big swing uh the Matthews Miss
he had the wide open net when H San f
for the P check I mean it was a tough
play but I I mean that would have been
huge if you know one- one game sure I
think yes I think that tells you it’s
it’s it’s uh not our KN so to speak like
you see that and then they go back down
and score to make it two nothing as soon
as you guys made a two nothing ra I’m
like this one’s over it was just like
you could tell the the the brains were
scrambled people people sent me the
winam meter because the leaf I saw that
after what the
hell what is the math that the Leafs are
82% wi meter that game it’s like a silly
um analytic measure real analytics
people would say throw it off a cliff
but it’s just funny cuz like you could
tease people with the winam meter and
Toronto was at what like 78 or 82% on it
it was all junk time nonsense in the
third period when they were pressing and
bees were like okay they’re just keeping
a tight house but also Swan played
incredible my another way that Toronto
can get back in the series there may be
a
yes I’d love to hear it so I I switched
it up shocker everyone listening um I
mentioned I don’t know if it was on the
show I think it was but I’ve been
telling all my buddies all my Bruins
fans friends around here that I would
legit this was earlier just same
rotation you’ve been doing every other
game you mean since you mean since
February 19th and and 20 and 20th
back-to-back games was the last time
that Swan played backto back he won him
both in Edmonton and Dallas yep so here
here but I’ve changed that opinion so
now I’m going with this and my thought
process on that entire thing was like
all right well they tried trading
allmark to bring in some help they
weren’t able to so you have this
strength of two goalies right taken up
and all Mark’s a big capit you you
wanted to try to get rid of him he
didn’t want to go anywhere so let’s use
them both right like let’s use both
strengths but now I’ve switched it now
if I’m the Bruins I’m playing a guy
until he loses when he loses the another
guy goes in he’s playing until he loses
and you’re just know all right when I go
in if I win three in a row and then I
lose the fourth I got three games and
then it’s sway’s turn right or all
Mark’s turn and then you just know if we
lose we’re going to other guy nothing
personal they’re both so good that we
can it there’s no there’s no locker room
worry we’re comfortable with everyone
then then a guy can go on a run Swan
could win six in a row right and then
you but but if he loses it’s all Mark’s
turn and some people think it’s crazy
but buddy your strength is these two
guys and and changing them every other
game as I thought would be the play is a
little too much cuz if you’re winning
you’re winning but that’s what I think
it should turn into we ride a guy we got
a goalie
controversy which which is it a
controversy though if they’re such good
buddies and they both know the deal and
they both know the deal it’s not real
controversy if if if they’re both like
all right this is what doing I think I
think
listen the the the term controversy is
being used extremely lightly here and of
course by a lease fan in order to Stir
It Up but buddy they have done this the
last two months the last eight weeks
they’ve gone one guy goes the next guy
goes one guy goes the next guy goes so
I’m like okay well how like how long
have they been doing this and when’s the
last time that this guy has played in
back to back games so I had our boy Jazz
at TNT look it up the good thing for
bees fan is it was in a backto back or
maybe it was two days apart and it was
against Edmonton and Dallas maybe it was
Dallas then Edmonton but sway won both
of them so at least you guys are good in
that regard but I was talking to bsh
after the game because he said on the
broadcast he goes I’d be doing what
you’ve been doing the last two months
I’d go right back to allar and then
Hank’s in the seat but here’s the
difference Hank Hank was used to playing
6570 so he’s the he’s the Bulldog
mentality like if you if you took Hank’s
net away after a playoff win he’d
probably [ __ ] murder your family cuz
that’s just how he’s programmed right so
that’s why you should have told them as
long as you don’t lose you keep the net
that’s what the Bruin I like I like that
that what what you’re saying I if I was
a coach I feel like that would be a fair
thing to say to both of them where they
would both agree upon it would just be
something new that they had never
experienced before they F from a Toronto
uh uh perspective I’m fired up because
I’m saying they haven’t done this before
yet boys in the last two months let’s
[ __ ] go and take advantage of it this
guy’s going to be tired well heading
into last night’s game Biz the Bruins
had won seven straight vers the maple
Lees dating back to last season over
that stretch Swan was 40 and0 with a 961
save percentage so I go right back to
him man he’s been owning the least for
the last
year back and kid and so that means
allmark was 30 and0 it’s like if they
won seven in a row four and three it’s
not that crazy to think that Swan’s
the play him till he wins yeah 35 out 36
you know so um I I I want to make
something clear because I everyone or
not everyone I shouldn’t say everyone
but I’m a Leaf’s hater and most people
listening know I don’t want them to win
I want them to lose not just I don’t
want them to get sweep I want them to
like blow a three-goal lead in game s
like in 2011 2012 whatever that year was
I really felt for Austin Matthews not
getting 70 I just wanted to make that
clear that sucked man and they played
him those two games and it just was a
bummer as a fan of hockey and an
American hockey fan and this legendary
goal scorer the greatest we have in the
game today I wanted to see 70 so I was
bummed out about that and I want to let
Leaf’s fans know as as as I assume they
were all bummed out I’m with you on that
that that was a kick in the dick but to
then have that be the first game and
have that team look that pathetic after
their little nice little start yeah the
start was good what were shots 5 nothing
and then boom beat your scores a goal
Montgomery said after it was the best
game beachers ever played as a bruin
when was the last time you got a fourth
liner playing his best game ever for a
maple leaf they don’t ever show up oh
who time out I don’t think fourth line
is is uh what should be criticized right
now fair fair comment when’s the last
time that has happened I can’t tell you
but the fourth line in the last 15 games
for Leafs has been awesome and they’re
the only line that scored last game to
get back that goal that they gave up on
that odd man Rush which we jumped into
the pinch on the broadcast uh you could
see both both ways here some people
might say why the [ __ ] is uh is uh um uh
Edmonson pinching on that play just stay
back stay within the dots and and we’re
all good here but man you’re out there
against the bees fourth line stay
aggressive you you know you you got them
at the tops of the circles pressure down
there you use your momentum where Revo
was the F3 coming back I our system was
is you have to be a responsible F3 and
come back so as far as the fourth line
for the bees and really the entire
bottom six Bravo I think that it was a
very underrated uh uh bottom six
throughout the course of the entire
regular season because you got Morgan
geeky who’s [ __ ] awesome yeah great
yeah like he he was great did did did
Seattle just give him away yeah I think
I don’t know how they shuck somebody in
the corner he ran somebody over in the
corner when we finally got start
watching the
game Trent Frederick I thought he played
excellent Patty maroon you already
mentioned it that uh is it boquist yeah
yeah yeah has he been this good all year
he’s always flying loo has been awesome
as well
nasty so he I do have some good news
about the for Leafs and leafs fans I’ve
been told by my friends in the
production world that Austin Matthews
and William neander will be a part of
the Amazon series that’s coming sure
what they want to he that’s what they
want to hear don’t give a flying [ __ ]
about your listen I’ve also been told
that the stuff that was filmed with
William neander was incredible content
like a plus cont they’re still filming
it right now they’re down on the beach
he never went back they hey stay with me
in Florida they got to plan [ __ ]
volleyball like Ken and Barbie is it the
doing the sequel already be stunk listen
but uh I I’m excited to do we have any
rumors of the injury does anyone has
anyone heard a thing I haven’t other
than the fact that they gotten a falling
out and then he got healthy scratch
which is crackhead content no I’m not
I’m not going there I haven’t heard a
thing else but but just bizarre that he
would be there the next day ready to
skate and practice like nothing happened
so I don’t know I don’t know I don’t
know we can move on from Leaf’s bees
unless you guys have any other questions
or anything else you want to talk about
I just want to mention I Beach he scored
on his first shot on his first playoff
shift that’s pretty good [ __ ] right
there
huh that’s a kylean uh he scored his the
well the only ISE on this go was that
was his first shot in his first playoff
game ever so pretty cool moment for a
couple guys out there you know first
time playoff game get one the board hey
keeps you in the lineup R [ __ ] right
it does uh also we want to send our best
wishes to Jack Edward B you just
mentioned him he’s gonna be retiring at
the end of the season you know we’ve
discussed his issues quite a bit on the
show and you know the long the Long Haul
with he was Fant Astic at his job I’ll
tell you somebody uh put the after game
seven versus Montreal in 2011 they put
the you know he did that Soliloquy about
the British and comparing the British to
the Canadians and all that [ __ ] I went
back and watched that overtime on
YouTube his call of that game was
[ __ ] masterful like no matter who you
root for like he wasn’t a homer in that
he just called the game fantastic and
when he was at the peak of his game he
was as good as anyone so Jack we loved
you for two decades here you did a hell
of a job happy retirement love you jack
couple clicks for Jack congrats congrats
Jack
for a long time some people some people
he he wasn’t their cup of tea but he got
people talking he got people talking
either way and and it just it it it
sucks for somebody to not really know
what’s wrong like like he doesn’t really
he doesn’t know what happened so that’s
such a kick in the dick for him but I
was I was a critic but I could still
commend him for a long career where he
had a ton of Bruins fans dying for his
calls of games goals and after wins so
congratulations when his homerism would
come out and it would get clipped it was
like [ __ ] Christmas morning his best
homerism ever and I’m sure it’s on
YouTube is when Dallas was in their
Heyday of being mad men with
Avery um I think Brian sutherby was in a
fight that game and it was just a it was
it was a Gong Show in Boston it was an
afternoon game and he was going at OD he
was going at Avery and he just went off
the handle with homerism that day so
that’s one you can kind of check out if
you’re a Big Jack 201 they have stripped
the will of its
blubber was that that game no it was uh
versus the Carolina when they were
wearing the hatford uniforms okay he
stripped whale of it blubber that’s an
all time uh also want to wish a happy
retirement to Columbus play-by-play guy
uh Jeff Rimer he was the blue jacket guy
for the last 20 years so I want to give
him well wishes as well AJ retirement
couple clicks couple clicks go
absolutely he was there was he there
from the beginning I believe so if not
he might have been a year or two him but
he was there for 20 years so like uh I
think actually would have been 2004 he
might have miss the first couple years
but he was there for 20 years I know
that for Columbus Blue Jack the
sneakiest most undercover best fan base
in the league yep lunatic lunatics the
team hasn’t done anything besides that
onee or Tor and they packed the building
it’s a mad house and they’re just
searching for a winner so they should
hire me as the GM I should be the GM of
the the Columbus we’re going to bring in
laughing uh taus is going to run the
power play this is jing jong wing and
she loves the
umbrella we call this the Chopstick for
check she’s going to teach that too it’s
a split it’s a 212 split we want you to
stay aggressive on the
Pokey oh [ __ ] agressive they were
actually chanting CBJ at the end of the
game at that game like that’s Squad yeah
last thing on them and I know this is
side not to playoffs but we we have so
much to catch up on um unreal video of
Gavin brinley’s teammates from Michigan
and a bunch of friends went to his first
game after he turned Pro they all had
all his jerseys on from USA Hockey
Michigan and there was one clip that
really got to me it made me it made me a
little emotional and I was looking at it
and it was Sheamus Casey Sheamus Casey
Gavin br Brinley and Jacob Fowler the
stud goalie at BC the Canadians pick
they grew up playing together brinley’s
father coached them I think he played
down in Florida ended up retiring there
and he started the Florida Alliance and
these three kids grew up playing
together followed at BC Casey and
brittley went to Michigan and Sheamus
Casey sitting there and he’s watching
him his buddy in war one of his best
friends in the world he’s in the NH show
the shame as Casey will get there too
and you could tell the kid was like
crying a little bit just thinking of all
the memories of these kids from 8 n
years old growing up together dominating
going to USA Hockey winning world Jr
playing at Michigan and it was just
awesome to see such a close friend be
that happy for a buddy for his dream to
come true it was an you can check it out
um it was all over social media but
congrats to Gavin brenley and and what a
move by all his buddies to come to come
see him one of them was Ruck Rucker
mcord going back to school he’s not
going to sign uh sign with Winnipeg so
that was kind of surprising but it was
it was a cool moment for three kids from
Florida to really change the landscape
down there based on brinley’s Dad
forming this team and the Florida
Alliance it was awesome uh did we talk
about cutter goce’s uh uh game he had
first NHL game too did we record had an
apple he did he had an apple yeah we
haven’t talked about it yet the villain
the villain has
arrived I cannot wait for this guy in
Anaheim they should Amazon better be
following him around I ain’t [ __ ]
watching give me cutter go I want the
turd
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you uh Sunday afternoon Tampa Florida
Battle of Florida once again third time
in the last four years uh no surprise
went down to the wire more or less
Panthers squeezed out a 321 well they
had a 3-1 lead stamp Co scored B Browski
what a [ __ ] game he had man I mean he
earned his $10 million in this game
alone is he going to do this again R is
he doing this again this run I mean
today he was unbelievable vas he was
very good too but [ __ ] Bob was sick
he was absolutely insane
today I was very impressed right off the
hop with um vasileski they they they got
that first goal but they went to make it
two nothing he had no stick he made an
amazing save in front of the net kicked
the leg out I was like oh and vzy
overall and coming back from a surgery
like that you’re not going to expect
Peak vzy but he did struggle and then it
seemed the last month he found it and
that’s why everyone’s like holy [ __ ] not
only does Tampa have the pedigree but
they got their star goalie who many
people for a long time this guy’s the
greatest goalie in the world and he’s
and he’s rounding into form that’s what
they say about soccer players he’s in
form right now I always like that he’s
getting into form and I was like [ __ ]
Florida got a little bit of a lead but
now he’s kicking they tie it up 1-1 all
of a sudden it’s back and forth what I
noticed though
the depth of the Panthers which is all
we discussed last year it’s not first
off it was discussing how much of bosi
was just stealing games putting on a
show once he came into the Boston series
then we talked about the bullies the
bullies of of uh the the Florida
Panthers in Sunrise the worst location
for an arena I’ve ever seen but they
beat the [ __ ] out of everyone and then
we talked about their depth and today
I’m watching that fourth line of the
Lamborghini with ratbag cousins and what
is it is it stenland he’s a monster is
that his name stenland he’s [ __ ] huge
buddy they had two or three shifts where
they had the puck in the offensive zone
cousins can cook they were cooking and
they they had it 45 seconds enough where
they got a change and like a new line
came on when it wasn’t even the second
period where the offensive zone was
close to their bench so if you’re going
to be able to throw out that fourth line
along forget the superstars forget the
Reinhardt with the beautiful tip on the
first goal forget barov with his
Wizardry with the puck and how he sets
guys up forget kachuck just the
all-around Beast he is it’s just to have
a fourth line that good that’s how Vegas
got it done and and Florida was all
injured and all banged up so I guess if
you’re looking forward to a possible
kan’s Panthers Eastern Conference Finals
rematch maybe that was one of the
reasons they dummied him is because
they’re able to be that team that can
play in the offensive zone and cycle you
to death and that’s what Carolina
doesn’t want so Tampa I this this series
I think it’s going seven I said six you
said six for florid said six for Florida
Florida’s just too strong right now
another thing two early signs that the
power play is not going to slow down was
that the best power play in the NHL all
season long I mean you said Carolina was
second right it had to have been [ __ ]
what’s this Sam Reinhard might have had
50 Power Play Goals his his own but it’s
clicking on right here Tampa was first
28.6 Tampa was first oh Tampa was first
I I meant to say I I said Florida right
I know but I’m just I’m
torid Florida Florida eighth 23.5 okay I
thought it would have been better than
that but nonetheless it was very
impressive most of the season with
Reinhard Reinhardt but uh they get two
in the first game the biggest question
mark for me and and like I said I got
Florida and six was going to be their
discipline coming in because you went
back a couple years ago every whistle it
was a doggy pile and like they want to
be known as this like tough team and and
scrums after every whistle I feel like
maybe refs would have been a little bit
of Fed Up of that coming in where if it
was happening too much they just start
taking guys and then all of a sudden
Florida’s playing idiot hockey not the
case very disciplined obviously they had
to be because of Tampa power play coming
in you just said it was first overall in
the league so uh great job in
neutralizing that staying disciplined
and like you said it’s nothing against
Coupe or cooch or what they were able to
accomplish this year in Tampa Bay it’s
just more so of how Florida’s built it
just you know what it it if sergachev if
I don’t know who’s got the healing
powers he’s already skating with a
contact that’s possible yeah Wolverine
style if he were himself and were able
to be inserted in the lineup then we’ll
talk about it going the distance to
seven games and Tampa having a chance
but as it sits not a [ __ ] chance six
games for the Panthers and I know we
missed uh saying the amount of games
that the other two series I had Toronto
in seven and then before that I had
Caroline
originally in six with the Islanders if
I could change it now I’d say five I
don’t remember my games I I picked
Toronto and I actually made a video I
made about a five minute video cuz our
preview our picks were going on Game
notes just cuz it was Friday the day
before and I had the Bruns and then the
video was too long and grainy so I had
to make another one and I switched it to
the leaves I don’t know what the hell I
was thinking I just saw Boston play kind
of uninspired it’s kind of uh that that
sounds like more of a chirp but just not
great hockey inconsist assist in hockey
the last like month and I guess watch
him the final two games where maybe they
were throwing it they looked so bad I
was like I think it’s the Leafs here I
wish I could change that one but I was
on the Leafs then I was on the canes um
who did I pick in Tampa Florida I think
I picked the Panthers if you could look
that up quick but uh Biz how about this
stat in 450 minutes playing together
five on five forsling and barov were on
the ice together 455 on five minutes
they were on the ice for nine goals
again
you had Tampa in seven by the way I had
Tampa Tampa I I don’t love I don’t love
my picks
boys I don’t necessarily love I was I
was on the way to play golf so excited
um and I guess I kind of rushed through
those so I apologize everyone but you
know what if I picked against if I
picked for your team you’re screwed
either way so um Panthers Panthers fans
are happy but uh I I gave it to Sid
because he’s my boy uh for the skki but
barov needs to be probably nominated for
the skki or or maybe even win it you
said that 450 minutes this season five
on five together between him and forsing
how many goals have they allowed
nine that’s that’s crazy this isn’t them
playing against their lons either
they’re playing against the world’s best
every night nine goals against holy [ __ ]
hey couple clicks for hey couple clicks
for barov and forsing come on here yeah
couple clicks so Florida’s able to just
they’re able to come at you in waves
they’re able to have a d that and E
blad’s back I don’t know did he play
before the regular season ended I don’t
know if you guys could look that up but
he was injured I know he had missed the
beginning of the year with mour and then
he I think he got banged up again but he
looked good MTO is such a great Puck
mover and skater foring is a freak the
way he moves around he floats out on the
ice they just have they have all the
makings of a Stanley Cup winning team so
go ahead wait e blad’s last game before
uh the playoff game was April 2nd so he
never he hadn’t played before the uh
regular season ended okay so that’s hard
you’re hopping back into that now
Tampa’s going to have a lot to say
Cero’s MVP season how dominant he was
his posha said it on the group chat his
seam passes on the power play like
everyone knows he’s doing it and I think
he’s able to do it not only because of
his incredible skill and his high level
Vision but he has such a rocket
one-timer that you have to be that
scared and ready for that that it just
gives him the ability like if you’re not
a shooter if you don’t have a weapon of
a shot they’re always going to be
looking for the dish but he’s able to
wind up and then he just comes down and
right till the last minute like is he
shooting or passing and he can do either
so he found point and B Browski robbed
him a couple times so yeah if if if
Bob’s going to play like this again and
they’re going to get that depth from
that fourth line grinding out teams for
minutes at a time during their shifts
down low Florida probably will end this
thing in six games but I think kucherov
is so dominant that he’s going to be
able to win a couple games then you
never know if vasileski steals a few and
and we get this thing to seven and seven
as we all know guys is a coin
flip absolutely I I don’t know if
they’re going to hold that Tampa beta 19
shots every game either way that’s uh
that’s pretty good job they they
suffocate you they do yeah absolutely
you’re right no they’ll pop off next
game the next one up uh by the way we
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stuff uh next game Rangers capitals uh
scess after one looked like it might
have been a tight one then Rangers ran
away with in the second 3-1 they outs
scor him that period Jimmy VY man first
Jimmy VY you mean the [ __ ] rire State
Building getting his first playoff
goal gave him the tap in on a beautiful
dish Ry R Ry Ry in the most electrifying
building in the world Madison Square
Gardens this guy he is him that’s what
the kids say he is him I think that’s
used about like McDavid and COV and
mckin fair enough fair enough if he is
him Matt Rey then [ __ ] man there’s a lot
of kids out there that think I can be
him I can be he is him um all right so
first goal great little cycle down low
um ttoe baby guto throws it to vzy
beautiful little dish over the re rire
State Building he smacks his in right
next shift or whatever 45 seconds later
minute later what did you guys think of
the hit I thought it was a hell of a
four check and a great body check by
Soft no penalty right dude capitals fans
are coming a they got nothing very mean
things you’re talking about my forehead
and my ears and my bad hairline like all
I did was say it was a good foreing hit
[ __ ] he guys internet so
mean oh that’s good so the the tough
thing is right the capitals going into
this game they don’t have Jensen and
they don’t have R Rasmus sandine so you
got uh M uh Dylan melat who was a very
high pick from the Rangers who I didn’t
even know was in the NHL anymore he’s
playing and then Vincent iorio who gets
just truck stick and I felt bad for him
you could tell his shoulder was banged
up maybe a separated shoulder hopefully
nothing too serious but he couldn’t come
back to the game but dude the frenier
hits him shoulder toosh shoulder and he
just goes into the board very awkwardly
and troch slides it over to panan and
our Tami paner will be screwed out of a
top three finalist for the heart Trophy
this year but easily could be there he
could easily be in that mix but he won’t
be he didn’t score a rers [ __ ] out of
your mouth buddy holy [ __ ] the rou since
you picked him to miss the playoffs like
a dumb [ __ ] with your big nose
I’m going to go capitals fans mean to
you I’ve been saying this team is for
Real
it’s not for gazy it’s for real and
pararan last year had two assists in
seven games against the Devils he did
nothing and to get that monkey off your
back after this crazy regular season
that is a huge relief AR’s talking about
mlan and he’s talking about beer yeah
first game for goal playoff well dude
pararan has pressure he can’t have that
regular season in noow
again I got one it’s two nothing I don’t
have to think about not scoring in the
playoffs anymore I am now he is him you
[ __ ] idiot and I’ll tell you I’ll
tell you zabad if he gets going you are
going to regret the day that you said
this team was a bunch of fugazi because
they have all the makings trouba’s
[ __ ] hard to play against down low
they got Keandre Miller joining the rush
they’re playing the [ __ ] Hershey
Bears buddy pump the [ __ ] breaks
they’re playing the Hershey Bears and if
it wasn’t for lingren shooting [ __ ]
Roman candles and lightning bolts out of
his ass all season long they’ be [ __ ]
picking a lottery pick so pump the
[ __ ] breakes who got the engine
running it was rempe the Empire State
Building panan was [ __ ] in no man’s
land before rempe got them going in that
second period so he is him Mr [ __ ]
WiFi he’s gone again already hey he
faked the wifi because I just bent him
over in his own
argument bye-bye witty boy just like you
in playoffs [ __ ] you’re a mapela
disappearing
act like neander [ __ ] ta I mean
shurin did his job did it well lingren I
thought that second goal was a tough one
man I H you got to make a save in that
spot I mean the first one not much he
can do about the second one I thought
that was a bit of a b back break up is
they have a much that well I I think you
texted the chat you’re like H maybe
bring in the backup maybe bring in keer
I think he’s I think he’s earned yeah
that was hopefully you’re not the coach
r that was a you’re like you’re going to
lose the guy in the locker room who got
you there but uh thankfully carbury even
though he’s got a bald head like you
didn’t make the same decisions with that
Noggin um and he kept him in for that
but if you throw keer in there and
embarrass him it just throws everything
all out of whack he’s earned the right
to play through that and I didn’t think
it was that bad and the game isn’t that
out of out of touch at that point it’s
only two nothing but they don’t have a
chicken chicken dicks chance in hell in
winning that Series so it doesn’t matter
anyway I would be shocked like
legitimately shock shocked if this goes
beyond
five like chop my dick off Lorena bobbit
style guarantee almost maybe not though
because I’m 0 for one on on Dick bets I
think you bullied I think you bulli a
with too much I think you chased them
away I did yeah I was I was the big bad
booin in this
one oh so gee what do you say and we
haven’t announced that guest yet Seth
Javis uh Carolina Hurricane’s young stud
absolutely one of the funniest
characters in the league right now tons
of laugh you’re going to enjoy this
whether you’re a Carolina fan or not so
we’re going to send it over to Seth
Javis right
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guest one of the League’s funny young
characters we’ve seen lately the
21-year-old son was taken 13th overall
by Carolina at the 2020 NHL draft he’s
currently in his third year already
where he’s already set career highs in
goals assists and points it’s great to
finally welcome to the spit and chickens
podcast Seth Javis how goes it my man
doing great man I’m just pumped to I’m
pumped to be on here with you guys
you’re a long time listener or what oh I
I’ve been following this since in Junior
and all the let the sandbaggers are my
favorite that’s what I I most but these
these are all these are how about what
we did to Willie in our sandbagger with
them I know we bug him about it all the
time joking putts him and him and Coy
well hey you should have introduced him
as 30 goal scorer Seth Jarvis
congratulations on hitting that Mark man
that’s a that’s a huge accomplishment
thank you very much yeah it it is was
fun you did it against ra bees now I
think that if you put a list uh together
of the most improved players in the
National hockey league for this season
your name would be at the top of that
list and I think that everything that’s
been talked about about it was your your
off season and how much work you put in
this off season into your training to
come back in order to make this big leap
so what was that like was that a
conversation at the end of last season
with Rod the bod and and how you were
going to take that next level or was
that just something within you said I
need to do this it was something within
me I think my second year you kind of
hear that sophomore slump I I felt like
I went through the sophomore slump the
whole year it was it was a tough one for
me just kind of grinding through that so
I I left kind of with a with a tough
tough taste in my mouth so the whole
summer I had uh I had that kind of
motivation of I just want to go back and
and really shut a lot of people up I
want to prove myself right and that’s
kind of what kind of motivated me
through it so it’s kind of similar
between your second and third seasons of
Portland of WHL you went from 39 points
to 98 points in three few of games was
there any similarities between that and
the Carolina experience yeah I think in
junior it’s a little bit like I was 16
when I put up 39 like I was playing like
10 minutes a night like you you’re not
playing a whole lot and then my the next
year I I got more of a chance and I
think the same same kind of situation I
mean last year I still had a lot of
opportunity I think this year I’m just
taking uh taking more ownership on it
and capitalizing a little bit more you
mentioned like the the jump that year
and then that was your draft year and
unfortunately right it was covid so it
was all over the Internet and zoom and
all that [ __ ] that must have bummed you
out but what are your memories because
I’ve been told your internet wasn’t
exactly phenomenal in Winnipeg during
the
draft Yeah I was fighting a lot of stuff
I uh I was probably death for me that I
didn’t have to go to a combine and show
any of
my but uh yeah doing the interviews over
Zoom was interesting like you said my
Wi-Fi was awful so I had a lot of calls
that I were kind of cutting in and out I
had to ask for people to repeat
questions all the time which I’m sure
got annoying but I tried my best and I
mean when you uh when that’s kind of all
you can do it’s it’s tough to tough to
sit on a laptop and talk to people all
day but it’s uh it’s I made the best of
the situation Seth how old were you as a
kid when you sort of separated yourself
from the pack obviously a first round
pick you had some skill uh probably I
think maybe when I was like 15 I kind of
felt like I could I was starting to
figure it out I think up until then I
like all my buddies growing up we were
all kind of neck and neck and then like
you stay in Winnipeg there’s only so
many people to play against then when
you kind of venture out and play
tournaments you can see how many
unbelievable players there are so it’s
tough to tough to gauge but when you
kind of I think at 15 I started playing
a little more out out of tournaments
playing playing other places and seeing
where I stacked up against uh against
other competition quickly uh about the
minor hockey I reached out on Twitter
said hey any of you can’s fans if you
have any questions shoot on my way for
Seth Jarvis and that was one of them
everybody always talks about like the
GTHL or maybe what’s going on in BC
what’s the minor hockey situation like
in Manitoba and you know is there a lot
of good competition coming up there and
coaching and I guess for those who are
unaware what’s it like growing up there
playing minor it’s pretty Cutthroat I
mean it’s like it’s not like you see the
Toronto and the Vancouver with all these
skill guys we got a little more grit and
grind we got a physical kind of dirty oy
and Winnipeg but I mean that’s why a lot
of the guys that come out of there are
uh are usually pretty tough or or got uh
got a little bit of grit in their game I
think it’s just how everyone grew up
playing probably a good thing for you
experiencing that like maybe being a
little bit under size like dealing with
that type of punishment that you’re
going to see as you continue to go on
obviously through the WHL and and in
higher leagues oh my God I was getting
beaten to death when I from the ages of
like eight to 12 13 I was just getting
dummy every night like there’d be a few
guys on each team that were like hitting
puberty before everybody else moing
people down just full grown beards
attacking you hey any names you want to
call out here on the spit and chicklets
podcast from those [ __ ] in Manitoba
who were chasing you around
no we’re gonna keep them we’re gonna
keep them out of this they know who they
are and [ __ ] them you’re you’re you’re
so young that like you’re kind of of
this generation where it’s it’s changed
a little bit into a year round sport
where Biz and I grew up and it was
season ends in March or April skates
away till September was for you at 12 or
even younger like 10 were you already
doing the summer tournaments and the
skating all week and kind of how you
have to be now unfortunately in my mind
was that how you approached it where
there was never really an offseason
grown up not at all no I that’s awesome
we would play like you’d have like a
summer team and you’d play maybe like
two or three tournaments but you would
practice once or twice a week and then I
was playing football all summer I played
a ton of football play that’s awesome so
my parents wanted me to play other
sports other than hockey and I thank him
for it because I think it made me a
better athlete not and then just got my
mind off of hockey I I was able to kind
of decompress a little bit that’s what
it is is it’s it’s you become athletic
in other ways and then it it translates
to hockey in the long run but playing
those other sports you’re running around
you’re dodging hits and you’re just
doing different things right yeah like I
I know a ton of guys like play baseball
baseball’s really popular football
soccer like all those things I I I don’t
I don’t love the hockey all year round
but like you said it’s kind of becoming
one of those things you kind of got have
to do yeah it’s become a lot more prent
do you think there’s a possibility you
would have played for the Winnipeg Blue
Bombers if if your NHL career would have
worked out cuz they’re on a [ __ ]
heater right now aren’t they don’t even
get me stared on my Blue Bombers I love
them to death I uh I don’t know I had to
stop to like I got to the point where I
couldn’t I was a quarterback I couldn’t
see over my old line anymore oh I was
like this is it for
fluty I was I was struggling but I in my
mind when I was like 12 and 13 I was
like oh I’m gonna play in the CFL 1000%
but uh thankfully it wasn’t even an NFL
dream it was just C no I want to be a
blue wmer legend that was kind of but my
dad quickly made me realize he he
coached his high school football team
and he showed me some of the guys and I
was like this is not this isn’t for me
so so some of the info we have gotten is
that you are like die hard Winnipeg you
think it’s the best city in the world so
do they the guys give you a pretty hard
time about that oh whenever we land it’s
awful my first year I think we landed
and it was like minus 42 with the
windchill and I’m 19 and I’m like still
pretty new on the team so I’m not saying
a whole lot and I’m just like getting
off the plane getting screamed at by
everybody telling how big of a [ __ ] hole
this place is and stuff we’re Landing in
the middle of January so like they’re
not it’s not doing me any favors but I
get uh I get way too much heat for it
were you kind of the guy that you got
picked on your first couple years I
heard that uh you know maybe you’re
hockey smart but maybe it doesn’t
exactly translate to life smart
skills I believe the word stepb who
cares when you’re this good doesn’t even
matter buddy he goes oh no I go is he a
smart kid he goes no he’s an absolute
dumb dumb but hockey sense wise through
the
charts yeah I mean I’m working on it I
think uh I still get chirped to no end
now but it’s it’s it’s fun I bring it on
myself like yeah like stepper I’m sure I
think Marty said he was talking to you
guys they they those two guys gave it to
me endlessly my first couple years I bet
now what’s U uh what’s the backstory on
you loving Duke and then why were you
wearing that Harvard shirt after the
Boston game after your 30th goal was
that would that have to do with a bet
you lost no so the Duke thing uh my mom
played college basketball so we watched
basketball like all growing up the marsh
madis was huge and like when you’re like
nine and 10 you love whatever team’s
winning and in my case Duke was always
pretty good and winning so I just kind
of stuck with them and then just so
happened I ended up getting drafted here
and I didn’t realize Duke was so hated
down here so I yeah I I got a little bit
of heat for it but and then the Harvard
thing uh so Jack jury on our team went
to Harvard and there’s he’s
again very very smart very smart dude
I’m on the lower end of it so it was
kind of like this running joke that I
went to Harvard and I being a local
media and they kind of ate it up and so
Jack actually graduated this summer and
they got him like a Harvard alumni shirt
and he gifted it to me as a gift off cut
off and wear it under my equipment every
game now that’s legendary and and it’s
got the cut off sleeves which kind of
goes into my next question I talked to
Justin Williams about this guy Biz and
he said I had to ask him about him being
the favorite for the Jersey guy award
this year with the Hurricanes so I think
you need to explain to everyone Seth
what is the Jersey guy award given for
and and how do you feel about being the
favorite that’s at least what Willie
said to ask the the favorites a stretch
I don’t know if I we got pes’s on a
two-year repeat right now so he’s going
worth who who is peshi on our team oh
pesy pesy he yeah it’s our trainers from
New Jersey our trainer is a nut job bill
bernon so he’s a dieh hard New Jersey
guy he’s just through and through and so
he has this award that he hands out that
he like picks like five or six guys and
whatever he thinks is the most New
Jersey like like people or whatever he
gives an award toe called The Jersey guy
and like it’s like a cut off and then
like that easy car easy curl bar that
you like put under your arms and just do
this oh yeah and so that’s the award you
get but it’s pretty prestigious and I
think the awards ceremon is coming up
here in a couple weeks so so Biz this is
what look like from Jersy B Willie said
Jersey guy award is given out by our
strength trainer every year in an
awesome video presentation reasons to
win it include playing hurt playing hard
potentially cutting sleeves off shirts
fist pumping at the bar Etc and right
now sess the favorite well right okay so
going back to fist pumping at the bar
you’re single right yeah and you guys
have an unre unreal singles crew there
in in Carolina who is your singles crew
who do you guys go out with give me the
give me the names uh well our singles
guys are is me and fety
so that’s all you need that’s all you
need buddy that was like me and Taylor
Patt that was like when I was hanging
out with getting all the residuals from
pisy exactly I’m just sitting back door
right now on
fet have you been at bery zoo ad all
does he still have the zoo in his house
off well he’s still got to talk about
the singles crew we can’t just go past
just him and spey said no there’s got to
be a couple other guys no Jack jury’s
single he he comes out a decent amount
but then like other than that everyone’s
kind of everyone’s kind of got their got
their girl okay so but is uh does he
have square Wheels because usually those
Ivy Leaguers have square Wheels no he’s
smarter than everybody so he’s got these
Mind Games he can play he can lie on the
spot me and
him what a great quality like I’m gonna
put that in my Ria profile a great
liar he’s G it all figured out that’s
unreal sorry AR go ahead oh that’s right
no I was asking about Bernay does he
still have a wild collection of animals
I know he’s got the the place out in
Texas still yeah he’s got his Ranch out
in Texas I I’m supposed to go there this
summer so we’ll see if that happens but
he’s got nothing here he’s got two big
dogs but that’s about it do you ever
drink any of his coffee that he brings
around in that bag are you a big coffee
guy God no I’ve seen some guys drink it
and like it’s like you five minutes
you’re [ __ ] your brains out like
really I don’t know what he puts in that
but it’s like it just immediately hits
your system and just sends guys hate are
okay and and Clint it’s like the NHL’s
Russian gaspin Burns
coffee you get a PE peek inside that bag
of his the mystery bag I could fit in
that mystery bag I don’t even I can even
there a coffee machine he’s got like
ultrasound thing he sleeps with that he
wears all night like he came to the rink
I think yesterday he had like burns on
his legs because he had the ultrasound
on too long at night and it burnt like
little scars in his legs like just like
stupid stuff like that he’s got he’s
been playing 20 years he’s still doing
this [ __ ] I know well that’s why he’s
been playing so long yeah true um I was
uh I was watching a postgame interview
with uh Rod the bot and and they asked
him like what’s been your favorite part
about this season and he kind of answers
it the same every year it’s just a group
of guys and you’re kind of just going
through guys as we talk here and just
how much like how how much comaraderie
there is in that locker room and how you
guys keep adding unreal guys like what’s
it like going to the rink every day with
this group and uh and how much you guys
have kind of became a family it’s so
much fun like every day it’s like it’s
go you guys understood like you go with
your best friends every day to the rink
like you going there you show up
everyone’s going after everybody
everyone’s yelling like it’s it’s so
much fun just the energy there is every
morning like even if like we had a tough
stretch there uh earlier in the year we
were losing a bunch and like still like
you’re you’re losing but you come to the
rink every day everyone’s smiling
everyone’s happy everyone knows that
you’re going to get out of it and I
think that’s just what’s special about
our group is there isn’t like a sense of
panic there’s never a sense of like oh
we need to win like we know what we have
and we know that when we play good
everyone’s relaxed everyone’s calm
everyone’s having fun we got to
interview uh AO at the All-Star Game
such a nice kid and it’s softspoken but
I imagine if he is saying something in
the room it’s just like everyone’s just
eyes on ears listening because it can’t
be that often where he’s speaking up to
the team right yeah he doesn’t snap does
he he snaps on it like himself he’ll
snap on on me sometimes
but he yeah he he’s like he’s getting a
lot better I think in the two years I’ve
been here or whatever he’s gone a lot
better at speaking out and being more
comfortable doing it and like you said
whenever he talks everyone listens he’s
he’s kind of our guy he’s the best
player on the team he’s our our leader
so he’s someone that when when he’s
yelling when he’s really upset you know
something’s going wrong so it’s uh it’s
fun to have a guy like that he’s so
competitive that anything you can do can
kind of take him off so he uh he has
some Outburst sometimes
how P you guys would you heard G was
coming to the team oh dude unreal him
and Koozie have been unbelievable
additions to the team it’s been it’s
been sweet just not only like the
players obviously you guys can tell how
good they are but the guys and like the
way they came to our locker room
immedately jail like we had no no issues
no kind of feeling out time it felt like
they’ve been there the whole year just
the way they kind of came in here koo’s
loud Koozie yelling and then G is a
little bit quieter but he they’re both
awesome oh a couple huge pickups now uh
we I forget who we talked to last year
or or no it was aho we were asking him
you know who’s had the hardest time
adjusting to the man on man and sure
enough it was Bunting and he ain’t even
there anymore so I don’t know must have
been a really tough adjustment but how
hard was it for you coming in because we
actually posted a clip the other game
where there was a mistake made it was in
the dzone you just so happened to get
close to Pasta where this man on man
does it get confusing sometimes or do
you guys have it so down pat that you
got it’s like in the the back of your
mind it’s it’s easy peasy well how dumb
did I look at that clip I left the 47
goal scor have a breakway on net like I
just look like I would have sprinted out
of the Zone too if I had to check up
with him I thought Rod was gonna punch
me but it was um it’s tough I mean like
there’s obviously everyone’s kind of
switching to that more quadrant now that
Vegas W with Boston Boston does really
well but I think the man on man for the
most part is easy enough when you can
kind of tag on but I think when there’s
switches happening the D like to jump a
now so they dive down fours aren’t the
smartest people in the world so we get a
little confused and it can kind of mess
everything up but it like in that clip
that’s that’s a forward not making the
right read when you do the man on man
are you guys able to at least yell off
switch to each other or not even with
that is he like no don’t even do that
yeah we there’s a lot of people yelling
help all the time someone coming someone
coming help this guy out so I was
screaming help when
oh man I think one of my get over over
the blue help help help help help help I
got pasta I got pasta get over here bzy
yeah yeah yeah yeah um one of the one of
the best clips of of of a locker room
interview this season was you when when
your name was brought up for the
All-Star Game and you’re like no I’m
going to Mexico and and I’m guessing you
were 100% serious like dude I got my
tickets I’m I do not want to go to the
all-star game right yeah a little bit I
mean it would have been cool but like I
want to like earn it I wanna I want to
yeah voted in like like how fishy got in
like stuff like that I feel like the fan
vote and I didn’t want to get my hopes
up I didn’t want to get all pumped up
like oh my God I might go and then get
crushed because it’s in Toronto you know
they’re gonna send a few more Canadian
teams so I I was already kind of
prepared for it but uh no there was a
100% some a lot of Truth to that that I
wanted to go somewhere warm I was ready
to drink beer and lay on the beach okay
cause C someone said somewhere that
maybe you don’t drink but that’s
obviously not true you’re you you you
also a little running J we got going on
that uh yeah I I I have fun I pick my
spots I I know I know when to have fun
I’ve learned when when not oh so you get
so buckled that the inside joke is that
oh no no he doesn’t even drink no but me
and Marty have some fun together so I’m
it’s uh martinook yeah Marty well
actually we we had him on um a couple
years ago remember he was he was put on
[ __ ] waivers by them by you guys
beginning of last season that was crazy
for how good he’s been since then like
Rod’s got to be looking at like thank
God nobody picked him up so the craziest
thing is we were having a beginning of
the year like team party with all the
wives and everybody and everyone’s
downtown and me uh cooch neami and fesov
were like going down there we’re a
little bit late and he calls us so we
all saw he goes on where he calls us and
goes boys I just got picked up I’m
leaving right
now and so we start [ __ ] ourselves
like oh my God like we feel so bad like
he’s leaving we’re not going to get to
see him we’re not going to get to say
goodbye like he he just got picked up
and where we show up he’s hiding in the
bar he pops out he’s [ __ ] [ __ ]
with all of us we all [ __ ]
ourselves stupid [ __ ] like that he loves
to he loves to get on us he’s he’s
another spark plug in that locker room
that you guys got what was he Bing at
you in that clip that the Duke one where
you were swearing back at him about the
NC State stuff yeah he was yeah he was
he was giving it to everybody about NC
State he was wearing this NC State
football jersey all day just uh just
making sure everyone knew his his wolf
one you obviously got a great
personality have you ever had any
coaches or veterans either in the NHL or
previous leagues tell you to kind of
tone it down a little or they just let
you fly um not really I think Rod last
year a little bit just reminded me I
have to be a professional sometimes and
he he knows like it’s kind of who I am
and and it’s what makes uh I think I
think being myself is what makes me play
so well and being comfortable so he
understood not to not to take that away
but he just wanted me to make sure I
know that this is a job and uh to to
folus on a little bit but no everyone’s
been so great with me I think I I came
in quiet and was able to kind of open up
a little bit more and now we’re here
when you came in um obviously you had
played a few few games in the AHL that
last year Junior when the season ended
but were your expectations within
yourself I’m going to make this team or
was it kind of like I don’t know what’s
going to happen like how did that first
Camp go where you ended up making the
team and and playing that entire rookie
year and kind of lighten it up for for
an 18 year 19y old yeah I had no idea
what was going on everyone kind of told
me that this team was set and there
wasn’t really any spots for me so I kind
of just went into Camp trying to make
make a good impression I I wanted to
leave if I was going to get cut I wanted
them to have to pull me out and not not
make it easy for them and I just made
sure every day that I I showed up and I
I know how much Rod loves hard work so
that was kind of the number one thing on
my mind was I might not be as skilled as
everybody else out here but I’m going to
work twice as hard and just see where
that gets me who do you think uh you
have the most to thank
or the most thanks for in terms of who
you are as a player like was it a coach
growing up was it your father a sibling
like who was your biggest maybe role
model within the game God I could list
probably hundred there’s been that’s
probably why you’re so good dude you’re
lucky you got that many people yeah I
think all through different stages like
my dad when I was really young was he
knew nothing about hockey so he was on
YouTube showing me how to shoot and
stuff no [ __ ] you would sit in the
backyard and like pull up how to take a
wrist shot and then just show me and we
try to learn together
little stuff like that like he spent a
ton of time with me and then getting
older like getting a junior I had Mike
Johnson who uh who was in Pittsburgh I
don’t know if you had him when he was in
no he was after me but yeah guys he PO
he coached Portland too didn’t he yeah
so that’s where that’s where he was with
him and he he was great for me I had him
and Don Haye who uh were two kind of
polar opposite coaches but was uh was
unbelievable experience for me and then
right when I got to the NHL uh Derek
stepan like you guys mentioned him um
martinuk has been unbelievable for me
Paul Stasney another guy like just guys
like that that older guys I came in I
wasn’t saying any words I was just kind
of sitting off to the side mind my own
business and they pulled me in and
really took like stepper especially took
me under my wing took me under his wing
and just like everything I need anything
I needed he was there for me on the ice
off the ice he was just someone that uh
I owe a lot to uh you said Don Haye he’s
the pretty intense coach who used to
coach in Vancouver for the Giants as
well yeah yeah I heard he’s like a drill
sergeant it yeah so like we I got him
near the end where he couldn’t do some
of the crazy stuff but I’ve heard of him
breaking players wrists with his stick
like oh that’s not good can’t do that
frown upon he can’t quite do that
anymore he would just shoot like we
would do every practice we would do a
blocking shot drill and you just wire
pucks at us and like we’re 16 blocking
shots like you miss one he’s screaming
at you so it was it was fine just let
notice frustration so I also read that
your father and you T I don’t know if
you mentioned it earlier when you said
said you you liked playing football
growing up your father played at the
University of North Dakota yeah yeah he
he had a quick little stint there and
and so uh and then but it was actually
your brother who got you into hockey not
your father yeah my brother uh my older
brother Kaden he he played hockey before
me so he kind of went through everything
first and uh yeah led me the whole way
he my skills trainer in the in the
summer so we spent a lot of time
together he’s uh he’s out in Vancouver
with the Giants right now he’s their
skills coach so he’s working his way up
the ranks but he he like he’s another
guy that I forgot to mention that I owe
so much to just someone that not only a
role model in my life that I I always
want to be him like no matter what until
I was probably 17 I wanted to be my
older brother and then just the way he’s
able to be with me in the summer now
he’s the only one that knows how to push
my buttons and really get me going if if
he knows I’m having a slow day he’s uh
he’s on me pretty good so it’s exactly
what I need uh especially during the
summer well I so at what age did he get
you going like I I mean you might have
already mentioned it earlier but what at
what age did he get you into hockey like
I was probably four he would have been
10 and so I just wanted to play with him
like I just wanted to be on the ice with
him hang out with him so I was four
years old him and his buddies were 10 we
lived right beside an outdoor rink so
I’d be out there all the time with them
they would be giving me hell that’s
probably where the the toughness started
was I was getting hit from behind by my
brother and his buddies for [ __ ] 12
years but it I just wanted to hang out
with him and that was he’s kind of what
led and everything that’s awesome
hearing that and and with him being your
skills coach in the summer he’s
obviously watching all the Kane’s games
is he kind of texting you after games
about certain plays certain maybe moves
you did or or is it not really like that
like we’ve talked to guys who use Adam
Oats and they’re going over clips and
stuff like that is he is he doing that
with you or maybe just in the summertime
he uh he does a good job he kind of
waits for me to reach out he knows that
like earlier in the season I reached out
a little bit just because I wasn’t
feeling great and wondering what was
going on and that’s when he helped me
out but he does a good job at not like
he’s not bombarding me with anything
he’s not sending me clips or advice he
knows uh how I kind of deal with myself
and he knows that if he thinks I played
bad I think I played way worse so he
does a good job at just kind of stand
off to the side unless I I reach out for
help so so I’m pretty intrigued so like
as far as these skills you’re talking
about like obviously now with with the
way the NHL is a lot of guys have to
work on these things in the offseason
you see like all the pylons set up
they’re doing [ __ ] that we never used to
used to do uh we had Alex tuck on where
he used to he worked with a like a power
skater where he basically reconfigured
his stride where he could skate faster
with the puck what is it exactly that
you’re doing in the offseason like skill
specific like what type of drills are
you doing that has advanced you I think
the most stuff I’ve been doing is like
just more focus on little details of
stuff I figured out I do a lot in games
like I do a ton of stuff with rims and
picking up rims in the offensive zone
defensive Zone that’s a good one
actually it’s harder than people think
oh like if like no one understand like
if you’re a Winger and you’re catching a
hot rim and a D’s pinching down on you
being able to make any kind of play like
you’re going to get yourself 10 more
second assists because you’re bumping
out to a two-on-one and stuff like that
so just little details like that and
just being able to extend the play in
the ozone when you can pick up a rim on
the wall and and keep moving and and
make plays out of it I I I say this all
the time one of the most fascinating
things about kerov is when it gets
rimmed around he he like it touches his
blade and next you know it’s on his
forehand and he’s making a play within a
split second even on his backhand for
him so that like you just said is just
like that’s kind of what Adam o was
talking about like even for for
defenseman like just constantly doing
retrievals and getting used to that
because in a game how many time is a
puck being dumped in your corner so
interesting to know H aside from that
any anything else anything out of the
ordinary uh the biggest thing in the
last couple years I’ve worked on is
doing everything on my back end is being
like you see guys like Patrick Kane who
has an unbelievable back end Sydney
Crosby has an unbelievable back end so
being able to like skate up the ice and
if I’m on my back end make a cross ice
pass and not have to move to my forehand
just to make things a little bit quicker
be able to move the puck a little bit
faster and get into other guys hands
that’s weird coaches always told me to
stay off my back they said stay off the
ice um you know you bring up that like
maybe at the beginning of the year you
weren’t like thrilled with how you were
playing and you’ve kind of just taken
off was was that more kind of like the
whole team was a little down at the
beginning of the year and everyone
picked it up like like what do you think
you were not doing that that kind of
finally switched up to get you on this
role you’re on now yeah I think the team
as a whole uh we weren’t great we we
were winning games but we weren’t
winning how we kind of wanted to we were
kind of just squeaking by especially
against uh teams we thought maybe we
should do a little bit better against
but I mean it’s the NHL so like
everyone’s everyone’s good you’re
playing against a good team every night
but it’s just the way we were winning we
kind of knew we were just getting by and
not and not dominating like how we were
kind of used to so and for me personally
it was just a matter of being able to be
more effective on the ice I wasn’t
looking at my points necessarily I was
looking at kind of more just creating
chances I feel like when you’re creating
more chances the points are going to
come but I felt like there’s a lot of
times where I’d end up in a game I’d
maybe have one shot and like I really
didn’t do anything and so stuff like
that just kind of edged our uh weight on
me a little bit and that’s where my
brother kind of came and you know Freddy
Anderson coming back that was another
huge shot the on few guys as well oh
yeah he’s been unbelievable since he’s
like what 80 and one or 8 and one right
now since coming back he’s been just Inc
incredible it’s it’s kind of crazy
actually Willie also wanted me to ask
you about playing pickle ball with jeie
Bard oh I don’t know if this went bad
for you I don’t know how this went he
goes you got to ask though she’s
beautiful I I actually got her number in
my phone oh Jesus no no we’re friends
we’re friends we’re friends we’re
friends I met her at uh or no maybe
maybe it’s not the number maybe she
followed me on Instagram sportset thing
with her yeah yeah but we’re we’re we’re
buddies but what when did you play
pickle ball with her the other day
actually they had like a their pickle
ball tour or something made a stop and
rally so we uh a few of us went out
there and played and yeah we got like a
little proam celebrity thing and it was
me and uh Jessie something I forget her
name I should probably know that and
then Genie Bard and uh Cockney I mean
play a little two on two I’ve played
pickle ball that was my second time ever
and so I was just getting absolutely
throttled by everyone out there you were
but like I just wanted I got one clip I
got like a little I played like this I
play I was just whacking it like that
got one point and it feel like I was at
Wimbledon I put my hands up kind of SK
like turned around like I was in
Wimbledon I was in like this tiny like
400 seat Park and rally but it felt so
cool for like five seconds was it sold
out were people there watching yeah it
was actually pretty it was packed it was
like a pretty good event but uh not not
way more that I was expecting for pickle
ball do you have a celebrity crush like
do you have a you have a girl that if if
you could ever get a date with you you’d
pick maybe like a who’s the girl with
the the big Jammers now the Sweeney
Sydney Sweeney that’s always a pick yeah
you can always go that
R I don’t know there’s there’s a there’s
a ton I couldn’t even H yeah I no you
can’t put me on a spot like that I got
to do some Instagram deep diving before
I um one of the other guys was saying
they they were impressed with what your
ability where you can take a nap and
fall asleep anywhere at any time MH it’s
one of my specialties actually yeah well
that’s it you just like if you could you
could just fall anywhere take a couple
breaths boom close your close your eyes
and you’re out yeah but I can’t sleep at
night which is my biggest problem so
it’s kind of like a give and take so
I’ll sleep a lot during like I’ll take a
I’ll probably after this probably take a
nice two hour a nap wake up eat dinner
and then be up until 3 in the morning
but I was going to ask being a single
guy like I remember when I was in the
NHL I was out to dinner every night
right at home or the road are you going
out to restaurants you getting maybe a
chef once in a while what what’s the
meal situation at home yeah a lot of
going out a lot of uats it’s uh
definitely not coste efficient but I
mean I can’t cook so I’m kind of like
hosed that
way a little bit so that saves me a
couple bucks but like yeah I’m I’m
pretty well known around this area in a
lot of the restaurants lunch every day
at the rink though you guys get the chef
like every team does yeah but you get
sick of the Ring food sometimes you go
to the restaurant again and it just it
keeps adding up a little bit well
speaking of adding up apparently you and
uh you and gensel are just all over each
other like who’s going to take the
hometown discount who’s going to take
the hometown discount like how are the
how are the contract discussions coming
along I don’t know he gives me a ton of
[ __ ] for no reason it’s it’s crazy he
comes out and he’s the new guy I know
and like he’s acting like he’s not going
to be asking for like 11 million or
whatever oh he ain’t [ __ ] getting it
at Carolina those cheap
[ __ ] you ain’t getting [ __ ] either
buddy you better slow down that ain’t
getting it’s it’s like the burer rule no
one’s getting above AO yeah EX better
start [ __ ] learning how to send to an
office sheet to pay back a [ __ ] Emy they
gonna be eating ramen noodles with the
contract you’re getting how cheap that
team is craft dinner and start stocking
up for a cold
winter you’re gonna be signning a bridge
deal for League
men yeah 30 goals
what how do you kill how do you kill
your downtime Seth TV movie guy cods
whatever else sleep man I
me gol golf a decent amount we’re
getting nice weather now so we can get
out a little bit more um but yeah that’s
that’s kind of it I’m not doing a whole
lot Brady Shay’s a problem on the golf
course I heard yeah Brady yeah he I hate
him because he’s like good at everything
he’s good looking it it’s like that’s
what hazy said he goes it drives me
crazy stupid no one should be that good
at everything one of the Carolina
Hurricanes fans asked uh ask about the
beef with Brent Burns’s son what’s going
on there yeah his son Jagger he’s an
awesome kid he’s hilarious and me and
him we’re like he’s only he’s what nine
years younger than me so we’re not crazy
different and we have probably the same
like mental
age same
height yeah so we go toe-to-toe a lot
and like I’m over there a lot for dinner
so I’ve been around him enough that uh
me and him we’ve had some good battles
and it’s it’s just fun to fun to mess
with them all do you got a unique
nickname in the locker room was a is
Javi like at why at the end I got like
500 nicknames and I don’t know how many
you want me to say on here but it’s uh
right now Brady Shay calls me ton of fun
that’s a great one to have though yeah
well it’s because he he thinks I’m fat
so it’s that’s kind of the the behind it
but that’s the that’s the one that’s
kind of sticking right now that I can’t
can’t seem to escape who would you deem
as the most underappreciated player on
your team like who is who’s the unsung
hero of the Carolina hurricane so far
this year this year I mean shayy again
he’s having another sneaky like he’s got
he’s got to have maybe 15 goals already
like he’s he’s doing great PES is
another one that’s unbelievable on the
back end I don’t think it’s talked about
enough forward wise like we have so many
guys that just do so many little things
that make such a big difference they
might not put up a ton of points but
like just like killing penalties
blocking shots like you hear it all the
time the stuff that wins championships I
feel like we have a bunch of guys that
kind of just dig in and put their ego
aside and and do those things for us I
is Rod is Rod somebody maybe calling out
a guy at intermission by name like right
in front of everyone or would that be
more a one-on-one meeting after the game
or at intermission or something like
that um for the most part it’s after
there’s not not a ton of that there’s
been a few few times but that’s only if
you really messed up and uh but yeah for
the most part he does he does a good job
at kind of keeping it away from the team
and and and dressed individually uh we
heard after you get out of the hot tub
there’s some uh remnants or some green
stuff in there what’s that all yeah
they’re blaming you for staying in the
hot tub water I got this cream on my
legs that I use for games and it’s tough
to get off I shower and they uh yeah not
anymore that was more last year than
anything now I’m cleaning up I’ve got
this is following you bro this I know I
can’t get rid of it I can’t get away
from it I got to lean into it now but
it’s uh yeah no it’s it’s better now I’m
I’m keeping it tight what’s uh what’s
the special cream that you used to use
like I used to put the Deep cold on my
legs that’s how everybody the old
stretch in a bottle as we used to call
it you know couple psea feds couple
Advil and then Gil deep cold get it out
yeah a few psea feds and then uh it’s
like uh I don’t really know what what
what it is actually I think it’s
supposed to like slow down the lactic
acid build up in your
legs but don’t quote me on that cuz I
don’t know if that’s allowed so maybe
it’s not you for sure used this and then
scored and then just kept it handed to
me in the bottle I was like oh nice but
uh it feels good I mean it leaves a
little remnants in the hot tub but
everyone’s adults they can grow up I
feel like this year the league is
finally starting to maybe take notice
and show the respect that NES deserves
like he I I watch your guys games
overtime it’s out of this world but he’s
so good and and and it’s finally
starting to kind of everyone’s becoming
aware of how nasty that guy is like I I
feel like you could tell me if I’m wrong
but this is like a a 40 goal guy in his
future like 80 90 point guy I would
think I yeah he nailed it on the head
like I think he’s probably the most
skilled on our team like individually
skilled oh [ __ ] like the stuff he does
like if you like everyone makes fun of
him for it but I think he triangles
people like puts it under their stick
and goes around him 15 times a game and
like sometimes it’s unnecessary like
there’s no reason to do it but he just
does for fun but it is so cool some of
the stuff he can do out there and like
he does it so fast like his skating’s
incredible his hands like everything the
way he operates is is has all the
makings of like you said a 40 goal 90 80
90 point guy probably when he gets going
the fastest player on your team right oh
no most definitely yeah he he it up he
just starts it’s crazy kind of like on
the defensive side of the puck with
slaven and how he’s such a wet blanket
that must suck going one-on-one on that
guy in practice his ability to close on
guys is stupid it’s CRA he’s like a
sneaky sneaky fast skater like it’s not
it’s not pretty like some guys are
pretty skaters he’s he’s not the
prettiest skater but oh my God is he
fast and it’s just like he’s like he’s
running out there and he just yeah like
you said closes the Gap he’s got
probably the best hand ey coordination
knockdown stick I’ve ever seen like if
you try to flip anything by him like
sauce it’s just knock down makes it look
so easy yeah he does do that a lot the
lstr the L LST did that to me at the Joe
Lewis didn’t see a shift after it
no I’m dead serious and yansan yans
always used to practice it and practice
after to try to get good at not only
like a cross-site saucer pass but if you
were going one-on-one and you cross the
red line if you could even get it on
lrom he would bat it down every time and
boom be going back the other way he was
just you talked about the hand eye just
just disgusting it’s demoralizing it is
very the clip the clip uh last year went
a little viral of of slaven pivoting and
then staying with McDavid that’s when I
think everyone started being like what
the [ __ ] like every other defenseman’s
getting walked and I think even McDavid
was shocked like how is this guy still
with me that’s that’s the first time I
was like oh my God cuz you’re right it
doesn’t look super fluid and it’s not
like ma but he’s always right in your
face and never getting beat so I think
he’s finally getting his flowers too the
past few seasons I hope so yeah he
deserves he’s unbelievable Dude too so
it’s just it makes all sense yeah except
I know I know they don’t do the storm
surge every game but have you let it and
how does that like get determined are
they talk about before the game like
during if you know the game’s wrapped up
like take us through the whole storm
surge aspect yeah we we haven’t since
I’ve been here we haven’t really done
any special ones we like throw some
stuff out like into the crowd sometimes
but usually if if it’s focused on anyone
they’ll determin it like right in the
circle right at that time usually Marty
does a pretty good job at picking
somebody but for the most part it’s been
pretty calm like I think our last home
game we were shooting like shirts and
towels into the stands but that was that
was kind of there hasn’t been like any
like the holy field or or any bowling or
basketball anything like that I I I read
an article too when you were a kid you
had something called a mind map that
your parents found I guess when you were
moving or they take you know taking your
clothes out of some wood can you
describe what that is I never heard of
that before he looks confused like it
doesn’t exist what was that word it was
a white described as a mind map that you
NHL circled I never heard of that before
yeah I was probably like
nine and probably watched some
motivational video on like YouTube or
something I thought it was the coolest
thing ever so I made like a little Board
of uh yeah just basically goals I guess
you could say like a a goal sheet or
whatever and I think the only goal on
there was make the NHL so I didn’t
really or the Blue Bombers QB yeah
exactly the blue bomber hope but yeah
I’m pretty sure only make the NHL and
then like I think I wrote every NHL
team’s name on there whatever but
they’re going to start calling you Uncle
Rico on the team
the F and Dynamite Just cocking back
with the arm oh my god well boys uh that
was great do you have any more ra yeah I
was going to stretch stretch cof another
Michigan now how’s that play in the room
the guys have fun with it bust his balls
over well he’s calling it The Jarvis is
calling it
theet no well like it’s c yeah I think
last night was the cleanest one I think
I’ve seen him do like just matter of him
like he didn’t really lose stride
skating around the net and be able to
pick it up and no one really knew it
went in except for him off the back bar
out but just yeah everyone know expects
it from him he’s another guy that’s so
skilled that can you do that that easy I
don’t get how nowadays all you young
guys you it used to be you like the
original Mike leg Michigan he went down
and picked it up but now like sikov it’s
just well moving somehow how do you guys
do that they move they move it they move
the toe to the ice and it just kind of
rides up the stick have you tried in a
game I would throw that thing to the
neutral zone if I tried that yep it
wouldn’t even I Rod would have pinned me
to the bench for the rest if I even
attempted to I’ve like I’ve thought
about it but I don’t have the balls to
do like fetchy if he miss he’s like oh I
Rush whatever know you can’t tell him
anything so he kind of just goes on
about his business but yeah if if a lot
of other guys did that they would uh
they would catch an earful hey once you
sign your extension next year you should
try it when you get back to the bench
tell Rod you go hey you’re stuck with me
now [ __ ] eight years gonna let
me do the
that’s true yeah you Hometown discount
you should be able to do whatever the
[ __ ] you want out there yeah that’s
awesome well Seth thank you so much dude
it’s it’s a pleasure to watch you play
man you play with heart and passion and
it’s it’s a western leager that’s that’s
who you are i’ say that’s that’s what uh
Bard was saying last year about Vegas
winning the cup so good luck in the
playoffs dude hopefully we can get a
sandbag with you one time we’d love to
do that and we appreciate you coming on
the show awesome thank you guys so much
this has been great I pleasure Legend
thank care buddy
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after we sent it to him we watch the the
night games tonight so we could come out
give you the freshest news of the day
Colorado Winnipeg Nashville Vancouver
and I’m going to preview Vegas Dallas o
Colorado Winnipeg woo barn burner Big
Time bar I’m going to get a noise
complaint this late bar burner
absolutely well your boy Jazz unreal
stat first four games there were 20
goals Biz in 240 minutes there were 13
in the 60 Minutes in that game tonight
just a absolute wild take of a game um
we actually we didn’t even draw picks on
it yet I had Winnipeg and six Biz who
would you like on this one I don’t well
I’m going to go through all four of mine
so far the series that we’ve covered
kanes and Isles obviously I have kanes
and six Toronto over Boston and seven
Florida over Tampa and six and then
Rangers over caps they ain’t the fugazi
in this one they’re the ferales in five
if it even goes that far over the Bears
you mean the Hershey Bears correct yes
yes that uh that lineup is not going to
get it done against the Rangers let’s
put it that way yeah all right well the
series we’ve done so far I got Carolina
in five which I actually like right now
I have what was our next series there
fellas oh I got the Leafs and seven hate
that pick Jesus what the hell was I
thinking then I had the Rangers in five
um which I still kind of love that that
could be a sweep and then the last one
in the East would be Florida Tampa I
have Tampa in seven so that’s definitely
a possibility you might go three for
eight in the first round last year I
went eight for eight so I’m kind of
really hanging my hat on being the champ
last year um so I know you didn’t
remember that as you threw that chirp
out you Dopey [ __ ] so I know I
know I don’t right now right now looking
looking around wi buzzing now I’m not
comfortable I’m not happy with my picks
and it’s all cuz your leavs I don’t know
what I was thinking all right you go
through yours all right uh I got
Carolina in six uh Tampa Bay in seven
I’m GNA laugh at this one Washington in
seven uh and Boston in five so far so
good on that one g Who You Got What
About You G I got Carolina in four
Boston in seven Rangers in five and then
Tampa in seven and that’s the one I’m uh
I don’t feel too confident about all
right feel confident did you just take
Washington because you said like
originally you’re not afraid of the
Rangers so you’re just trying to say
like the Rangers are a joke no no I took
it cuz I got that huge bomber on
Washington so I gotta I gotta sort of
have to root for Washington the Futures
75 to1 400,000 to one 150 to1 okay
that’s a lot of juice that’s a lot of
juice yeah I mean it’s enough to to root
far plus you know I like to [ __ ] with
Rangers fans a little bit once in a
while too so oh you think you think
we got to move on to this game the most
crazy game so far in the first round
first of all Winnipeg and the fans that
building and that exterior of the
building where they got everybody lined
up between those it was [ __ ] insane
and they came out [ __ ] pretty guns of
Blazing I mean didn’t they I guess they
gave up the first goal but once they got
theirs they were ready to roll after
that even then though they ended up
going down 3-2 that McKinnon snipe but
back to the crowd outside
1993 we’ve been over this the last
Canadian Stanley Cup winner but there is
some sort of and I’m an American but
there is some sort of magic and feeling
you get when the playoffs start in
Canada that’s a little bit different it
really is and it’s and it’s the it’s
it’s out in Edmonton and it’s right
outside the arena and the street in
Winnipeg that looks like a time and a
half I was actually thinking cuz we’re
going to be at the finals we’re going to
be at both cities in the finals no
matter what and I was like WI P would be
a time oh my God it would be a time
those City oh and and then you know
Canada just car so much and they just
want a cup so bad and I just the first
game in Canada you’re always like oh and
then Vancouver hadn’t had a game since
2015 so starting off in Winnipeg with
the white out with the crowd the the
crowd that I think I mentioned last week
that was called out earlier this year
and about fans NE not necessarily
showing up the way that that you you
think they would be but they were ready
to go tonight dude oh and NuSkin he shut
him up quick tough turnover kind of bad
actually it wasn’t a b tough turnover it
was a horrible change by the two
defensemen and Manson throws it up to
him and Dink and I was like oh my God oh
my God this is is Colorado gonna come up
boom winipeg and can we talk about Adam
Lowry Army Tex of the chain Adam Lowry
when it gets best on best is Canada’s
fourth line Center I I I don’t hate that
call as of right now now he just had two
and he just dummied rantin in for one of
the goals and walked McKinnon I’m like
okay Adam Lowry Team Canada I see
happening after he scored his first one
he gave it the goal signal too there’s a
great photo of it online but he
definitely got them going uh I felt like
that game was played in fast forward it
just felt so much faster where every
shift it didn’t matter which line from
either team took control of the puck it
just seems like they were going an
Overdrive drive and I tell you what man
I don’t get to watch that Kyle Connor
enough he’s not the biggest guy as far
as like thickness but he wins a [ __ ] ton
of [ __ ] Puck battles man he is an
absolute waterbug gamer in the offensive
zone so they are I mean as far as the
depths concerned that was one thing I
felt that they had over the the the ABS
coming into this one and we’ve already
broken down this series but a lot of
team or a lot of people and in uh with
strong opinions kind of laughed us at
the fact that I took the Jets but an
underappreciated back end morsy was a
guy we didn’t mention in the breakdowns
um obviously huge in the point
Department some people were a little
critical of maybe where his defensive
game had gotten towards the back half of
the season but he comes up with that
huge goal so buddy that Dylan he’s a
[ __ ] beast on the back end obviously
not hella Buck’s best but if he’s if
he’s got to play against for they’re
calling him forv cuz he’s GI at four
four goals a game and and and then and
then the backup is it anun how do I say
his name no he didn’t dress tonight
actually this guy how do I say his name
how do I say anun an I think people know
we’re trying to say he was sick so I was
like why are they not pulling this guy
10 shots four goals like
forg 4 GF and and it turns out they
basically had an ebug in there no
defense to whoever the backup was but
they weren’t willing to give him a go
even after forv was just sucking him in
and that that game it goes back to the
deadline and Merles who who fumbled his
Insider information saying Jake Allen
was going to the ABS McFarland didn’t
really address it and now you’re like
holy [ __ ] dude it’s been a struggle for
a while now and and I I tweeted out Paul
gorv and and a bunch of people were like
cuz then he caught fire and he made some
big saves right after that and and and
people oh yeah good call good call look
at him now well buddy he sucked in a few
more so it’s like I don’t know what
you’re going to do and I think the whole
premise on ABS fans who didn’t think
they needed a goal it was like this
team’s fine it doesn’t really matter
almost looking at Vegas with Aiden Hill
even though he played great we’re fine
no matter what it’s like no you’re not
no you’re not yeah unless he turns this
around which I don’t see happening so in
their last cup run I felt like they were
built where they could outscore their
problems where they had Darcy keer if
you go back to his numbers he had an a
average goals against uh average and
then his save percentage was 900 so it
was nothing special so they were able to
get that second third layer of offense
where listen obviously they can score at
a premium Now still but they’re not
going to outscore their problems anymore
that the way that they’re playing in
their own end they were they were
abysmal at the amount of breakdowns and
[ __ ] heavy chances they were given up
I don’t care who the [ __ ] you are you
could be the 84 spers for [ __ ] sakes you
ain’t going to outscore those types of
problems in your own end so not the ABS
I was expecting uh they don’t have that
goalie Who’s going to make the big stop
right now so if I’m if I’m their
coaching staff and I’m their leadership
group I’m saying boys we need to
sacrifice a little bit of the offense
right now to tighten things up
defensively because this is going to be
a quick [ __ ] series if they don’t and
that’s just how that’s how they can roll
four lines witty so that’s what Lowry
brought up after in the press conference
he said we just got to our depth and and
that’s our biggest strength is our depth
and rolling four lines and and being
able to play his line against the top
line then you open up Connor and you
open up shley and as much as Pierre Luke
dubois’s gotten [ __ ] this year for his
effort with the Kings enough credit
probably hasn’t been given to valard and
he had two gross assists in this game he
slid that one over to shley shley right
away pointing at him he’s like that was
an awesome and then his other one um I’m
kind of fumble [ __ ] right now who his
other a lot of goals there’s a lot of
goals exactly there’s a lot there’s a
lot of goals but basically Lowry
bringing up the depth it’s like oh my
God it’s like it’s hard to it’s hard to
picture and and now drwan when we did
the preview we didn’t know drwan was out
so that’s I mean that’s a skilled guy
who who’s able to play with McKinnon so
it’s just one of those things where
you’re looking at a a a a heavy team
like you brought up the D I think
Samberg had a tough turnover on the
miles wood goal but a heavy team with
Big D and they got this home mice crazy
Advantage now saying that and with this
big win the ABS the ABS didn’t play like
bad I mean the shot differential was
huge some of that was at the end they
got the they got the power play at the
end they they were able to come back and
somewhat make it a game I mean there was
what 30 seconds left when they made it
76 but if you’re able to get to Colorado
and knowing that if there’s any traffic
even without traffic some of those goals
if forv is going to be sucking them in
Whip’s got to feel great because they
got it it it the same way I said that
Carolina had a weak showing for them and
won well dude Winnipeg won with huk not
playing great buddy you know next game
you don’t think he’s going to be pissed
off after giving up six K he’s going be
kicking man it’s it’s yeah you got Ma
you got McKinnon and shushin and and
ranin but after ranin was just oh my God
lry made him his [ __ ] on that play and
it’s one it’s one play but yeah you got
some Superstar Talent tent in Colorado
that Winnipeg can’t match but when you
go down the lineup buddy and that’s
playoff hockey it’s kind of a mismatch
and and you saw it in game one so I love
what you’re saying about Kyle Connor do
he he just and he gets his shot off Shor
the
Sher just that fire bush buzzing out
there sherminator was my waiter at a
restaurant in La one time like years ago
like oh [ __ ] yeah maybe I’m imagining
before
he was my waiter I don’t know if it was
a long time ago or somewhat recent G
were you with me was it West Coast wagon
tour I don’t know I have heard the
sherminator is a waiter in La though
that’s like on the record okay I I think
I remember this in the group text now
wait you’re you’re forgetting the
biggest factor of it all going into this
series the bulletin board material which
is the fugazi of the West the my source
the fraud Squad as they’re calling them
now I I I sent the tweet I think it was
John Lou Who who said that that Nikolai
eers brought up like yeah that guy who
told Ryan Whitney we frauds we’re using
that as Baltimore material now I’m
guessing John Lou brought it up to him
unless like they’re already talking
about it and I sent the dude I sent him
I sent him the tweet and he goes you can
never ever let anyone know oh no who I
am I go yeah dude no [ __ ] you’ll never
play again in this I go they’ll be
[ __ ] Winston from Winnipeg he’ll send
you a Anthrax in the
mail Peggy from the peg show show’ll put
this little mink she’ll put up in nice
little hot pictures DM you looking for a
little Meetup and then show up and stab
you in the throat oh yeah so somebody
take her down when we’re there for the
Cup finals and I and I also buddy what
are you talking about with these guys as
frauds are you watching this team so
yeah I think that player realizes I
think that player realizes that job
ain’t easy throwing out these hot takes
and having to eat them once in a while
ain’t easy right ra not at all B not at
all and just to go back to the game and
I mean this game like epitomized the
disparity in the goal tant Biz I mean
Colorado had exactly two times as many
shots as Winnipeg did 46 to 23 and it
was interesting there was six goals in
the first only one in the second then
six more in the third and your boy n
naskov got one did you catch that the
mov it was a turnover though another I
think Manson like threw it to the middle
hit a stick goes to him is yeah I guess
Biz that’s what you’re saying some
different plays where you’re like ah
this doesn’t seem like but but I just
think with Colorado’s Pace this series
is far from over it’s just that like
dude without a goaler year nothing in
this league and uh back to tonight’s
backup with uh Arvid holm’s name is he’s
a 25-year-old swed he’s never had an NHL
St regular season or playoffs and
ironically he was uh Winnipeg’s sixth
round draft pick back in 2017 now he’s
backing up the opposite team so I don’t
know if we’re going to see him or not
he’s never played but I would have
thrown him out that tonight after the
weake yogev was going so oh Mory just
you know he gets that beautiful shot in
to to tie it up quick there and then he
gives the Apple over to Kyle Connor and
just the way he kind of controls the
tempo I I kind of use that term for a
lot of defenseman and so it’s probably
me using it too much but it’s slowing
down the pace when you have it and it’s
like you’re able to see the ice so well
that you’re able to kind of know exactly
what you’re going to do with it before
you get it that’s him and he I mean I
don’t think anyone I certainly didn’t
see this offensive o burst he’s had
these past few years I guess it makes
sense seeing how how well he passes the
puck and running that power play but the
Jets dude they ain’t no frauds no they
ain’t no frauds not at all not at all uh
the other game tonight Nashville
Vancouver kind of the opposite of the
first game not a ton of shots a lot of
great goal tendon uh Vancouver ended up
winning it 4 to2 they got the empty
Netta to seal it late uh what what most
impressed you about Vancouver tonight
and what was the difference in the game
not much impressed me until
12C I was like what is going on I I
there was just and the crowd was great
they brought back you where the streets
have no name the entrance song that they
played for quite a while including the
run that they had in 2011 and that’s
actually that was my favorite song
growing up still to this day one of my
favorite songs and so I Remember Loving
that but they brought that back they’re
getting all the Mojo somebody broke the
news they were wearing the black Unis
which they ended up not doing which I I
do not love the the blue and green I
I’ve never been I’m over them I think
they thought they would be going black
with the matte black helmets every home
game this playoff so I was surprised cuz
somebody said that I don’t know I saw it
on Twitter somewhere but they come out I
thought both teams early looked a little
bit not flat maybe nervous they were
just kind of there wasn’t much Pace to
the game bis said to the group right
away he goes this looks like it’s in
slow motion compared to what we just
watched so all of a sudden though
they’re able to get like quinnn Hughes
getting that shot through I thought it
was tipped maybe it’ hit a Nashville
Defender but boom they come alive and
then Dakota Joshua who was the guy we’ve
mentioned all season long with this
Vancouver turnaround he gets three
points he gets that third goal the
game-winning goal and then he ends up
getting the empty Netter he’s just he’s
just a big old dude he’ll play physical
he’ll fight he goes to the net it’s like
that’s the type of playoff player that
they need and he showed up big time now
Biz Garland too I saw you tweet that the
water bug
he looks like he did back in Arizona
where he was hungry again and trying to
establish himself in the league this is
a guy who asked for a trade at the start
of the year and Dakota Joshua was a guy
who got called out in training camp by
talk so between these two guys they
become part of like the heart and soul
of the team what did he say about him
they just um I don’t think he he was
happy with how he’ prepared himself in
the summer to come in and dominate to
take that next step I don’t think he was
as physical uh and using his body as
well as he would have hoped early in the
season and and talk when I say call out
it wasn’t like he like ripped them to
shreds I think he said he was
disappointed in what he W his
expectations were and how he was going
to come in to kind of take control of
that role and throughout the course of
the Season he’s done it and from all the
messages I’m getting like Vancouver
Canucks fans are basically saying
outside of the obvious these two guys
have become the heart be to the team
when they needed to play most tonight it
seemed like Garland was getting it done
even in the first two periods when they
were brutal cuz I felt in the first two
periods they were undisciplined they
couldn’t really execute plays uh I felt
like py was soft on his feet he wasn’t
as strong he he seems to fall over quite
a bit and getting maybe a little bit too
outm muscled I thought um I thought
Miller had some outbursts like some he
looked good he some shifts where you
were like okay he’s got his spunk but uh
overall I think that the depth and that
was the one key that I had coming into
the series when I’ve talked to a few
people whether it was local radio or
this or that was I thought that
throughout the season between Dakota
Joshua mckv lafy Garland they had a
hoglander all these guys hit double
digits and goals so I think that these
guys can be a huge factor and that’s
where they outweigh Nashville in my
opinion outside of Nashville’s top guys
obviously the factor is going to get it
done and why you have to stay disciplin
against this Nashville team is since the
fu2 tour they’ve had one of the hottest
if not the hot Hest power play in the
league from that time so stay out of the
box and you’re going to stay out of
trouble but uh the third period to me
for Vancouver looked much like Carolina
Hurricanes figuring it out after playing
sloppy for the first two against the New
York Islanders it kind of they look
uncharacteristic maybe um back
themselves into playoffs a little too
much where finally they got back to
their game in that third period and um
if I’m a a Canucks fan feel a lot more
relieved after seeing that effort after
what I’d seen in the first 40 so
especially to get ly Holm going too with
that first goal which was a kind of an
uncharacteristic goal for for SOS to
live up or let up excuse me that far out
it was a bit of a squeaker but overall
the fact that Vancouver got that first
win 0 0 for 13 in franchise history the
uh the Nashville Predators are in um in
series that they don’t get the first win
in the first game but they dro the first
game that’s a that’s a tough stat I
think there’s no way Vancouver loses the
series now that they got game one I like
that you brought up ly Holm because not
only did he get that goal but he was the
guy in on the four check on the winning
goal right he goes in eliminates the man
and then Garland Sno sneaks in makes a
beautiful pass to Joshua so that’s nice
to see him going because offensively he
did struggle ever since he got over
there the broadcast mentioned he had
five points in his last six regular
season games but I think only like 12 13
points in in the time he’s been there so
not much in in his game but he looked
real good
Peterson I I don’t know now I got kanuck
I tweeted out is he playing tonight I
don’t think I heard his name he had a
one-time on the power play that just
whistled over the crossbar other than
that dude I don’t know if I heard his
name and I looked at his game log he’s
got one goal in his last 14 games and so
a bunch of Vancouver Canucks fans
messaged me no he’s injured he’s injured
well well then I had somebody reach out
and say he’s not injured he’s not
injured and he’s just playing like [ __ ]
so I I don’t know right I don’t I don’t
know the truth I’m not in that locker
room they have no chance like maybe they
could Advance without him going even
then it’s going to be tough they have no
chance of doing anything without him I
mean buddy the beginning of the year the
run’s on he signs the deal you think
then it was like oh I’m going to play
that good I’m going to get this deal and
then all the the pressures off I mean it
seemed like it was so much better with
the pressure on to produce his UFA
season and now like you mentioned just
like kind of a a shell of himself and
and and when he’s involved and he’s like
because there’s a lot of times and he’s
he’s a skinnier guy but he’s also like
he’ll get in the mix he’ll throw his
body around almost when he has the puck
the way he protects the puck cold
shoulders there was none of that tonight
so I don’t really know what’s going on
with his game but I was I was shocked to
see that that game on him tonight and
they were able to get the win so it’s
good and maybe Talk’s talking to him and
trying to figure out what’s going on but
with anyone best players in the world
fourth liners East Coast league players
confidence you lose it it’s hard to get
back doesn’t matter how good you are
maybe that’s the case for him right now
so they they got to get him going but I
like JT Miller’s game a lot but overall
it was those it was that depth it was
the depth that they used right the
Joshua Garland ly Holmes playing a
little bit down on that third line
couple stupid penalties though and they
were kind of like all pretty decent call
by The Ref the G um dppi his trip late
in the third it was just kind of stuff
you’re like buddy you’re in the
offensive zone there’s no reason to take
a any any coach will ever tell you an
offensive zone penalty 200 feet from
your net like a stick in fraction it’s
like it’s just so unnecessary so they
were lucky to get that win um got a
shout out that save by Demco early in
the 1 question marks about him thought
he ended up having a real good game the
Zucker goal was a little odd maybe
thought he it was kind of similar to
Lind Holmes like look like he kind of
should could should have had that one
but dude that save you’re like any
question marks about Demco he just kind
of shut everyone up with that you know
post save you you pumped or we all
pumped the the Winnipeg crowd I thought
think given the um maybe the energy on
the ice in the first two periods I
thought Canucks fans did a good job of
keeping the energy high in that building
they were excited for that first game
The Anthem them taking over The Anthem
and belting it all out uh it was uh it
was really cool to see and a
well-deserved first playoff game at home
you said since
2015 yeah and also they went down one
nothing and the crowd kind of like as
the face as the puck was dropping at the
for the face off they got going again
like almost it’s all right right like
which sometimes in some of these cities
you’re like here we go but I think they
just hadn’t had playoff hockey in so
long they the crowd got behind them
which is nice to see in Canada
especially where sometimes it it gets
ugly if Toronto goes down one nothing
early in game three they ain’t cheering
as the as the face off getting dropped
so I I love seeing Vancouver back in the
mix they get a win that that I thought
was at least going to be going overtime
once they tied it up ra had a nice
little bet for me Biz I he he it’s um he
said look at this bet over under 10 and
a half games that go to overtime in the
first round he had already bet it so I
was like wow no [ __ ] and I looked up
last year had 14 so I took it with him
we don’t have one yet but um kind of an
interesting bet R right at least you got
something to root for when they go to OT
I do now and you do as well yeah and I
got that I have that other one too it’s
uh if there’s exactly three hattricks in
one series cuz the odds are wicked crazy
like between 50 and one and like 100 and
one so if one Series has three different
hattricks Biz nice little payout any
series I thought it was Winnipeg aut no
no it was specific Series so I have
eight bets for each one for each series
if you didn’t didn’t get a hattick in
that in that game you didn’t get a
hattrick in the Winnipeg Colorado game
tonight that series isn’t getting three
I fact has be exactly three it makes it
even more impossible well that’s why you
know pays out 100 to one as far as
National I I thought because they look
TI late I thought they got pretty sloppy
a couple of those goals not sar’s fault
at all I mean you know Shooting Gallery
out front a little pizzer action but I
think Saros will bounce back a bit they
only 43 combined shots in this game like
we said not a very highly offensive
output in this game but see how
Nashville bounces back with what did you
have in the series because we didn’t get
to this one last episode I got Vancouver
and seven okay what did you have buddy I
had Vancouver in six and I’m still very
confident about it okay I had van in
seven and I have van in seven as well so
see what happens there we got another uh
preview to get to Vegas Dallas this is
going to be an unreal series basically
two cup contenders going at it uh
they’ve each they’ve each beaten each
other in a conference final the last few
years so this is sort of a rubber match
uh Dallas is a one 140 favorite Vegas
100 to make 120 during the season Vegas
went 3-0 versus them Dallas 01 and2 uh
Dallas great power play sixth in the
league penalty killing eighth in the
league uh Vegas 20th power play in the
league 16th penalty killing I don’t know
if we’re going to see Hill or Thompson
Biz versus AA but Dallas I mean they
seem like they’re going to be a
steamroll but the defender Champs man I
don’t think they’re going to lay over
for anybody so I have Dallas in seven
games this is going to be a big boy
hockey series The reason I have Dallas
is is the goal tending situation for
Vegas I don’t think it’s as stable as
last year and and that’s saying a lot
because it wasn’t very [ __ ] stable
even last year but um of course we know
what to expect from the Vegas gold
Knights you know game one Mark Stone’s
going to be coming out of the tunnel
he’s going to be ready to go they got
Petra Angelo as well back in the lineup
so they have basically their full team
with hurdle now in the mix so they got
that strength down the middle they got
an unreal top nine they got that big
heavy back in but not the goal tending I
believe that they’re going to see from
last year uh Dallas I feel like we’ve
been talking about them in all the pods
leading up you know exactly what to
expect from them they have two first
lines and then two third lines in my
opinion they don’t even have a fourth
line that’s how good they are up front
one of the deepest teams we’ve seen in a
long time I even view them deeper than
uh than Florida and East and then we saw
what they did with the back end at the
deadline bringing in tanv I didn’t think
they had any issues even before that uh
hinan is an absolute beast and right now
aers playing out of his [ __ ] mind I
don’t know if you saw that last game of
the season with that [ __ ] paddle save
he made everything is going his way I
got the Dallas Stars in seven I don’t
need to be long-winded about this at all
so I got Dallas and six um but now that
I know everyone’s back I made that pick
all of a sudden yep Stones coming back
so now it’s two years in a row Stones
left the regular season at the exact
same time he started skating at the
exact same time and he’s been ready for
game one it’s it’s amazing I will once
again reiterate as much as I hate vagus
don’t blame them they are doing nothing
wrong they are going by what you’re
allowed to do based on the CBA and in
the league so anyone who hates him like
me at least Don’t Call Him cheaters cuz
they’re not they’re doing it they’re
they’re not they’re they’re not breaking
any rules it’s not a rule that I agree
with and it’s a rule that I think that
needs to be addressed but it is what it
is okay now hurdle hasn’t played in the
playoffs in a long time last time he did
granted it was like five or six years
ago San Jose he was a beast you know
he’s chomping at the bit okay I don’t I
like Dallas and six because even with
Vegas all these guys coming back like
Pro you don’t know how healthy he is if
he’s even like is he definitely playing
if they already said that my
understanding is he’s in so you know if
he’s going obviously he’s good enough to
to to start game one but it does mean
he’s battling something Stone last year
you wondered what he’d have after back
surgery was great so I guess the spleen
thing will be nothing for him but
Stephenson playing where he’s at Marsha
so last year his K Smite year and then
the [ __ ] 40 goals he got this year it
is an amazing team okay Thompson and
Hill this year they’re they’re they’re
pretty even I I I think you could go
with either one I mean Thompson’s never
played a playoff game that’s what’s
shocking to me oh I saw saw a tweet
that’s crazy so every year Vegas has
made the playoffs Pete dor has been
involved yeah the first two years they
played San Jose he was the coach then he
was the coach of Vegas and then now
they’re playing him as he’s the coach of
Dallas so that’s kind of funny but it’s
going to be a war dude it’s going to be
a battle it’s two big teams I just think
that the way Vegas ran through the
playoffs out musle and everyone the huge
defenseman they have Dallas Can Play
That Game like this isn’t a team that’s
like going to be really intimidated by
them they’re able to play Down Low with
them so it’s like Edmonton got super
lucky the path that my Oilers got it was
a miracle it took an absolute miracle
for Vegas to lose to Anaheim and then LA
to come back late and beat Chicago to us
for us not to have to take face Vegas
that’s a nice sign but now Vegas Dallas
you almost feel bad for the stars I mean
this year they had it was something else
but you said it the fourth line is a
legit four line I I know you’re saying
maybe not but FASA I oh donov though he
was injured for a long time so he’s got
a lot of skill in that fourth line then
Sam steel but those other three lines
dude all of them are considered first
lines the other stat I saw
online since Crosby and O oie were
rookies they’re two and three in goals
in the playoffs since then you know who
number one is number one in playoff goal
since 2005 2006 Jo great guas r Joe
pavelski
wow Joe [ __ ] pavelski playing with
Jason Robertson playing with rupe hints
and then they’re coming at you with
duchaine then they’re coming at you with
Marshon Mason Marshon on that line
Marchman EXC no Mar I I should have said
his name correctly that’s that’s on me
and then that then that third line with
the two Young Bucks and the grandfather
Jamie Ben sitting right shotgun with him
so it’s amazing to see Sean had a pretty
good season I can’t wait to see this
series how it unfolds you know there’s
going to be some Shenanigans after the
whistles so it’s going to be interesting
but I think Dallas gets it done in six I
think they’re too good and like you said
ainger dude the only the one of the
other reasons nobody talked about Dallas
that much this year is because they
never had any they never had they were
doing what was expected of them to be
done like all year they were just
playing good hockey then aut just
struggled a little okay well now he
figured it out so it’s just been it’s
been a great hockey team from October to
now and let’s see if they can continue
because they got their toughest test in
the first round possibly and my biggest
my my theory is is that neither of these
teams will reach the finals because
they’re going to take so much wind out
of each other’s sales it’s just it’s
just going to be so big so physical I
mean you even go back to a few years ago
wasn’t it Jamie Ben who ended up
whacking uh Mark Stone over the head was
it was that wasn’t that the situation
that happened where Jamie B ended up
getting a sussy
was that against Stone I thought it was
was that no last year they played in the
Western Conference
Finals did it happen then I thought it
was I thought it was maybe a couple
years ago that it happened where he he
uh the wires had crossed so maybe I’m
wrong you Dallas Stars fans can correct
me because I you usually do I I think
the X Factor in this series though is
going to be the glass Banger at home oh
that’s G to I don’t know what hookers
he’s bringing rying shotgun there on the
glass but if he’s not banging as hard as
he can bang and rting Vegas’s golender I
don’t know this actually
couldas that was in the conference final
last year ejected from game three and
then suspended for cross check on Mark
Stone so yeah the glass Banger dude I
mean the amount of blow that guy must be
on at those games like [ __ ] off glass
Banger take a height hey so you’re
saying maybe he could be a liability all
like DM me uh are we going to Dallas for
the playoffs guys I’ll suck your dick
suck your dick for a bag of blow baby
Pavel is going to turn H 40 over the
summ you think there any possibility
this might be a swans swung like this
could be his last season in the [ __ ]
speculating pavelski rumors on
retirement right
now is he sign he sign again he’s he no
he’s doesn’t have any any year signed
after this this season really so yeah
yeah he’s uh yeah one year deal this
year for 3.5 dude it could be a rayor
special hand him over the cup first
Jamie Ben and then just skate off into
the sunset that would be an amazing that
that would that would probably lock up
the Hall of Fame for Joe Peli well I
don’t he’s American so we know they
don’t like Americans up there what oh
Hall of Fame G uh who do who do you got
in the series buddy uh I said it on Game
notes but I got Vegas in seven uh I I
just feel like this Vegas team is just
built for a playoff run kind of you guys
kind of said it all I mean heavy on
defense tons of depth and
I I just it sucks for Dallas like I I
don’t think Dallas is going to win the
cup if they do Advance because Vegas is
just going to beat them down so much but
I I just love Vegas I can’t bet against
the former Champs I don’t know what it
is it’s it’s it’s almost impossible to
repeat but betting against the former
Champs I just can’t do it so I got Vegas
in seven if we go to Vegas for the
finals Merles is going to get a divorce
and then we have to go back there for
the draft dude yeah that’s like like
don’t do that to me no Jesus Christ no
yeah uh I got Dallas and seven as well I
don’t think they really have an Achilles
Hill on that team like the Goon and the
D the fs I they’re pretty well stacked I
don’t think they have a a real major
weakness that can be exposed but we will
see what happens we’ll end we’ll end it
with this I think it’s probably the most
exciting first round matchup that
everyone’s looking forward to withit y’
boys up next Edmonton uh this is the
10th overall meeting between the two
teams third year in a row Edmonton beat
him in the first round 43 then the next
year 42 Edmonton uh minus 190 favorite
La 100 to make 160 uh during the regular
season Edmonson 31 and0 versus them
Ellie was one two and one any concerns
with Edmonson going into the series with
Goen and D you’re feeling confident
about your boys here or what I feel very
confident you’re looking and we’re
talking about the best hockey team in
the in the National League since
November okay now I made the biggest
mistake of my life and I never did quit
him I kept watching but I publicly said
I did and I’ve renounced that a million
different ways a million different times
as there’s many Oilers fans who won’t
take me back but there’s a lot who took
me back with open arms and they know
that this is finally of the Year guys
like I said the path worked out perfect
okay we’re able to we’re able to get La
we own la seven games two years ago six
games last year I have them in five
games this year okay and then we’re
moving on and we’re going to [ __ ]
pound whoever wins that Vancouver
Nashville series I’m telling you that
right now La will be a tougher series
than the next round that’s fact but La
as I say we own them I’m I’m not
overlooking them yes I’m picking them in
five because of our star power because
of bringing Corey Perry in the man who
just goes to Cup finals he also has one
back in the day he’s got one but he’s
been to a bunch since okay now Vander
Kane and Yanmar right now are a little
banged up they didn’t play at the end of
the season I guess they skated today but
dude this team they got Dylan Holloway
who looked phenomenal at the end of the
regular season he can skate like the
wind so if that’s a guy that you can get
out and get in maybe the third line
playing with McLoud and Perry Oh that’s
a weapon of a line if hallay can really
stay in the lineup I don’t know how it’s
going to work out depending on Kane or
Yanmar now Oilers fans I feel like it’s
a 5050 split where Leon and Connor have
to play together or no Leon and Connor
can’t play together now I would love to
see a team an Oilers team where they’re
not having a play together all the time
where you got Leon playing with NJ and
then you got up top Connor you got him
with Heyman you can kind of figure out
the Wingers from there but this team
guys for a long time has been dominating
this league they’re incredible off the
rush we’ve talked about the power play
for years yes LA Kings one of the best
PKS in the league I think they finished
second it doesn’t matter how good your
penalty kill is when you have these five
players on the ice that’s just how it
works Bard’s cannon from the top you got
McDavid and leyon going back and forth
through people’s triangles just making
people dizzy you got the king of the
goals in the crease Zack Heyman and then
you got n floating around great disher
nice release this team is so goddamn
good and there’s so many people out
there right now who think they’ll never
win and their time is now they’re better
than they were last year so is La I’ll
give La credit they’re a better team
than they were they are last year but
Edmonton’s reached a new level noblock
came in they figured out how to play
defense they put in a system their star
players are willing to sacrifice
themselves and their points to play a
defense more a little bit more defensive
Style hockey and when you have Conor
McDavid anything is possible that’s a
fact okay so we’re going to go into
Edmonton and we’re going to win the
first two games and then we’re probably
going to lose game three and then we’re
going to win game four and then we’re
going to win it at home game five we’re
going to rest up as van and Nashville
play a long Series this is the in
Edmonton this is the absolute season the
madness outside the arena [ __ ] Jasper
we got white a it’s all these different
areas in Edmonton crushing pints wearing
their jerseys honoring Joey Moss singing
The Anthem it’s the [ __ ] Cup coming
back to Edmonton guys and you all think
I’m crazy I know you are I know all you
out there I don’t think you’re crazy
Porto doesn’t either you got pornoy on
the train as well I never said a I never
said a word to him but I actually love
it cuz this dude he can’t lose right now
he put in a he put in a parlay of Scotty
sheffler when he was five shots back in
this tournament at Hilton Head parlayed
with the Celtics that’s 120 Grand to win
1.3 million Scotty sheffler ended up
pretty much running away with he’s got a
five shot lead going into tomorrow
morning he’s got three holes left so
then he has the Celtics at basically 12
to1 they’re plus 150 and he hopped on
the Oilers he was asking me for a team
but I didn’t want to give him a team cuz
then he’ll just t torture me and blame
me if they don’t win at all and he took
them on his own that’s that’s how hot
the Edmonton Oilers are so I cannot wait
for this all to begin I think that the
the Kings they if they have a chance
Pierre Luke DUIs the dog needs to do
something okay you just took the only
thing I was going to say after you took
all the meat left on the bone well you
got La you got La you got do know and
copar F K’s a killer K is an Oiler
killer plays he’s had a great year too
well I I I got I got the Oilers in five
I think it couldn’t have been a perfect
first round matchup uh the only chicken
dicks chance that the Kings have is the
last two years they’ve stayed so
undisciplined like they penalty after
penalty after penalty where they were
just feeding into the Oilers power play
that was running I think at what
50% after the first round in both years
so just remarkable but listen Pier Luke
dubis has been hibernating all season
long and the only thing I can remember
probably the best part of his career was
when he had that quote unquote explosive
two round playoff when he was playing
with the Columbus Blue Jackets and I
feel like we remember that Pierre Luke
dubba well if he can get back to playing
that game with the third line matchup
that he will have against Edmonton
Oilers that’s where they could
potentially chew them up and they got
doo at the second slot and copar at the
first slot who if I’m Edmonton I
probably go with the separate the the
two-headed monster I probably put
McDavid and dry CID all running their
own lines because those guys are going
to be hard to go head-to-head with and
as far as the as far as the top nine I
would say it’s pretty close to even
outside the fact that you have the McD
McDavid and dral Factor like arvidson
was a beast last year in playoffs like
he play did you remember his Series
against the Kings or against Oilers last
year yes you said key can [ __ ] roll
so they got guys in that top nine who
could play the D side of dowy I don’t
trust him as much I know their top four
are good they got gabov with Roy and
then they got Mikey Anderson and dowy
are good together they’re good they’re
solid but overall from a a six guys I
don’t know I compared to compared to
what Oilers have and their top four I
trust the Oilers D Squad more than I do
the kings D Squad is that is that do you
yes I do and I and what’s what’s funny
and kind of crazy to me is kulak and and
de Har have kind of started playing
against top lines a lot right and then
EOL eom’s the king eckholm is that
Swedish monster the bearded animal he’s
out there he’s crosschecking he’s got
the cannon from the point I think he was
top 10 if not even top eight and five on
five points by defenseman this year and
then buard had over 80 points first
defenseman do that for the Oilers since
Paul coffee they have all the makings of
a cup team and skinners looked real good
so I it’s it’s a lot of excitement right
now and you’re so afraid when your teams
like has expectations it’s just like oh
my God we’re getting into this again the
ups and downs and just and they also get
[ __ ] on the time on the starts of
their game a lot of these games are
going to start at like 8:30 8:40 in
Edmonton so that’s kind of a kick in the
dick when they have the home game
starting that late but it’s all for TV
maybe even 850 some of them are starting
in Edmonton but it doesn’t matter no
excuses the Oilers are here and the
kings are just in the way right now yeah
both teams are on their second uh coach
of the Season Biz I want to ask do you
think there’s any potential for a little
Revenge factor with Cam talber the
former Oiler you know some guys get
fight up when they go go against an old
team I think a lot of people are
counting him out and have been
questioning goal tending for La all
season long uh he was an All-Star uh
started out incredible had the dip after
well when mclen and and the whole team
was struggling I think everybody had a
dip uh and then has regained his
confidence slowly in the back half of
the season so
hey man he’s yeah he’s shown signs of
Brilliance at times I just can’t trust
it going in where he’s on an island I
feel like he doesn’t have a guy where he
can rely on um I feel like Skinner has
played better over the course of the
whole year um and like I said I feel
like the guys in front of him also help
Skinner out as well so it should be
interesting I have Oilers in five just
for the simple fact where they’re
determined and destined to go win a
Stanley Cup uh some of the guys in the
Kings lineup are on the back half of
their career uh mainly uh dowy and copar
but they do have that young juice I mean
we didn’t even talk about Quinton
Byfield as well so there are game
Breakers in that Kings lineup yeah so
Byfield did slow down a bunch I think I
don’t think the last like nine or 10
games he might have had a a goal and an
assist he slowed down second half of the
year which is understandable he’s still
real young uh my last two things La wise
when Hiller came in as coach to replace
mlen he put in this 131 system so
they’re a little boring to watch because
they just kind of in the neutral zone
like defensively that was something
Mullen was already doing no you talk I’m
talking like four checking wise dude
yeah so they they typically sit back in
the neutral
zone yeah oh yeah they try to lull you
to sleep but it did seem to affect
Edmonton the last couple years the
biggest way to uh to beat it is usually
the give and goal a Quick bump and make
sure you kind of you know CH change up
where the puck is going cuz like they
they try to draw you to the wall and
it’s hard to get access through the
middle in order to gain that speed to
the neutral zone much how Edmonton likes
to play well it hasn’t really bothered
them the last two years it has made the
comp the series a little bit more
competitive I just don’t think it’s
something that Edmonton hasn’t seen
before and a Vander Kane’s my other
thing because when they went to the
Western Conference Finals they were
overmatched completely to Colorado he
had 13 goals in 15 games last year he
really did struggle in the playoffs it
sucks he’s going in banged up but I do
have a weird feeling that for them to
win the Stanley Cup he’d need to be a
big part of it so hopefully he’s able to
get going and get some big goals four
check hard throw the body around be a
prick to play against after the whistles
that type stuff so we’ll see how his
health ends up being if he’s able to go
and he’s able to be I he’s not not 100%
that’s for sure but if he can make an
impact that’s a huge difference for
Edmonton yeah three all three of you
guys have Edmonton and five I have
Edmonton and six I don’t know La might
squeak another W out of there but Biz
your desert dogs in the news once again
I know we did a big story last week but
it’s official they are definitely going
to Utah uh they’re not going to have a
nickname right away they’re going to do
sort of like the Washington football
team or what the professional women’s
teams have been doing with just using
the city name I guess they just don’t
want to rush in a shitty nickname they
want to take their time with it I
disagree with that I actually like the
yetis and and having like a big like
snow monster guy
you know Utah that’s also not 100%
confirmed either they said they’re
likely going to do that there’s still a
chance that they find a team name it’s
just I guess Ryan Smith feels very
rushed in this process I think you got
to have a nickname yeah you need a
[ __ ] yeah exactly
you well so I disagree with you guys
where he’s getting jammed up and there’s
way more other important things to
figure out like who’s the training staff
going to be like are they bringing back
the entire coaching staff and management
like you know setting up your whole
department of operations and how you’re
going to run your organization I think
there’s a way more important decisions
to be made than rushing into a team name
and you don’t think you can do both in
the next what two
months I I think that from a creative
standpoint sometimes these things
shouldn’t be rushed and if they don’t
have a a a genuine name that they enjoy
and that they could build around from
like a a mascot perspective like as as
dumb and as much as I hate buoy guts I
think from a marketing standpoint the
Seattle Kracken did a genius job like
all everybody talks about from the
mascots now or whether it’s uh uh gritty
or buoy these ugly [ __ ] mutants
running around and the kids love them so
you have to make sure you have a good
catchy name that’s going they have a lot
of that figured out though Biz like
Elliot was saying on 32 thoughts that
they’re bringing turny back they’re
bringing Bill Armstrong back like they
have like a lot of the hockey Department
there still other stuff to to figure out
though like I mean I don’t see it as to
be the biggest deal in the world that
this team just has Utah even if it’s
what what do they normally have for
soccer Utah FC so it would be Hockey
Club in this case who gives a [ __ ] um
yeah I would like to see a nickname
personally we’ll see how that plays out
um the the the press conference from
this
clown was Mel correct that’s what they
were dealing with for five years that
was the most if if I could have ever
been inside Gary Batman’s brain as this
guy’s like let me breathe like he must
have been so pissed off so disgusted
with this fool sitting next to him like
this idiot can still get back into our
league if he gets this arena in the next
five years I mean talk about having no
clue talk about like not being able to
read the room he just crushed this city
and he’s crushed him for quite a while
the way he’s ran that team and then he’s
telling reporters to let him breathe for
a minute the guy is an idiot I’ve never
seen anyone get bitched at a press car
was like that my whole life G like Gary
B just bitched him around the whole time
he grabbed by the like like look this is
what he means like I’ll translate for
him it’s like he speaking English toe
what the [ __ ] you going to translate for
him it was hilarious then he says uh was
he losing a lot of money yeah you beta
he was losing a ton I was like I thought
it was AI at first cuz I’m like I never
heard bman say anything like that before
it was just a comical [ __ ] show and then
the guy like he tried to make that joke
Biz off oh five years and then five
years after that five and Gary was like
looking at him like you want to do the
hom of Simpson like Fade Into the
[ __ ] to be there I’ve never seen more
cringy Clips come out of a press
conference in my life like the office
they kept coming I’m like it was it was
like be one thing B if they were check
just a new team coming there you’re like
oh this new owner is kind of cornball
but he’s bringing a team to say no dude
they’re leaving and you’re still making
a fool of yourself I I’ll say it here
now this is not a crazy take that man
will never own an NHL team again he bman
will go to the ends of the Earth to make
sure that guy doesn’t own a team again
so hilarious clip though it’s sad sad
day for for all uh the coyotes fans yeah
uh people work for the organization it
sucks to lose a team I I do think they
are going to get one back it’s going to
take some time obviously um probably
about seven years is my guess but uh six
yeah yeah yeah I mean I was given one
more year as a buffer but uh yeah just
crazy nonsense and and you know you it
didn’t seem like the sports business was
one for the owner like you have to tr
it’s about the people in the sports
world it’s not about pinching every
penny and keeping season ticket holder
deposits when you just made 350 to 400
million profit so we can move on I think
we’ve covered it’s always like owners of
sports teams it’s their hobby dude like
they they it’s it’s never about for for
for the most part I mean obviously
there’s examples around in every league
but you’re dude you’re so rich you’re
like yeah this is my hobby I I own this
team I’m going to try to win a title I’m
going to spend money here spend money
there it doesn’t work when you’re
looking at it the way they were so that
that’s that’s a good point uh the good
news is though is they’re getting an
amazing owner in Ryan Smith he’s been
first class he he flew down to Arizona
to go golf with the guys and meet with
their fam and kind of you know explain
to them that it’s going to be a smooth
transition and that he cares about them
and it’s going to be a way different
situation as far as the way that
ownership is treating the people on
board than it was uh in the past so uh
he will be coming on the podcast at some
point he wants to talk with us and talk
about his Forward Thinking and how he
plans on to grow the uh NHL in Utah and
I talked to him on the phone personally
guys he people are so focused on this oh
it’s leaving a market that has 5 million
people and obviously population is is a
huge component to TV ratings and a lot
of things that go into these markets and
how they’re sustainable financially but
they got 1.2 million people in that
market and they show up in droves and
support the community and when it comes
to basketball uh apparently he told me
they draw uh better than the the Phoenix
Suns so it’s all about Community Support
not necessarily the overall high-end
numb so interested to see and I want to
say they already had over $1,000
deposits on season tickets since uh they
announced it on the opening day there so
uh kudos to them and excited to see
hockey working Utah and Biz there
there’s already cities in you know uh
metropolitan areas out there that are
smaller than Salt Lake City that work I
mean Raleigh’s got to be way smaller
than Salt Lake City right they’re it’s
about community support and how you’re
running your team and how how fun you’re
making it so a perfect example ra would
be the the Carolina Hurricanes yeah keep
your eye out I think what are they the
honeybee State or the Beehive State I
would I would like to see like a a be a
bee logo like you know Georgia techit s
a sting those are pretty cool logos when
you get like a an insect with a stinger
on them that could work see what happens
I mean he beats the [ __ ] out of [ __ ]
they’re known for their bees there
they’re the they’re The Beehive State
yeah that’s the the name and it’s so I
think it’s actually on state flag as
well yeah so knew keep an eye all right
you named the Vegas gold Knights mascot
you should be naming their mascot yeah
all right we’ll get on that buzz buzz
bil’s buzzing off uh how about one more
thing Shane Don his retirement Banner
somebody left that at heila River Arena
like that is the like how the hell is
that happened that’s just a huge insult
I know we don’t the dive in it’s like
we’re not the hottie boys over here just
a huge insult the fact that I love how
the guy gave it back to him though that
was cool yeah no it was it was a good
gesture but should have never happened
in the first place anyways moving right
along here we got to give a little Kudos
Nikita coov Conor McDavid joined a very
exclusive cup the fourth and fifth
players in NHL history to put up 100
assists in a season uh cooch also became
just the third player ever to score 40
goals
and have 100 assists in the same season
you only got two guys to do that Mario
and Wayne uh this season too B I know we
talked how great The Season’s been nine
players with at least 100 points 350
goal scorers 160 goal scorer 33 players
average at least a point a game so
offens is going up great stuff great
time the NHL yeah Bravo congrats to
those two guys I feel like we’ve beaten
that drum a ton uh give them a few more
flowers and and uh let’s keep it moving
playoff time baby they made it yeah they
made it official so we got to a little
stroke off there Mark Andre flurry your
old teammate the flower he’s going to be
back for one last season his 21st he
signed a one-year deal with Minnesota
for 2.5 mil includes a no move Clause uh
he passed Patrick W 551s last year to
take over second place I do not think
he’s going to catch mty broo at 691 but
21 more games he’ll pass W and Longo for
second all time in games played by a
goalie Whit did you want to chime in
that buddy I just love that Billy Garen
said like I told him you’re not you’re
not ready to be done yet Billy G was
you you you you still got too much to
give you’re still too good to to shut it
down and I think he loves Minnesota he’s
been very open about not wanted to be
traded this year his family’s
comfortable the this year and it’s it in
that City sorry and and now it makes a
very special next season right his last
game in Pittsburgh his last game in
Montreal which I don’t even think he
played this year correct weren’t we
talking about how they didn’t even start
him that game and what what was going to
be his last game in Montreal it’s a
great thing that he’s still in the
league the prank videos the different
press conferences the softs spoken
flower with the the thick French accent
I love that he’s that he’s coming back
and I love that Billy G was like you’re
not we need we need you one more year
you’re still you still got too much in
the tank so it’s a cool story based on
what he’s done for the league I hope he
gets a nice stop at those places you
mentioned make sure at the Bell Center
there’s a beautiful presentation for him
as well as Pittsburgh [ __ ] he should get
one everywhere around the league just
like Derek Jeter got on the way out yeah
the farewell tour I think David Ortiz
had something similar to that too his
last season practical jokes he’s going
to be like the [ __ ] Joker with the
stuff he’s going to be pulling off this
D on Colorado is probably like
[ __ ] he put his car on he took the tires
off his car and put a flower bed on it
the other day so he’s going to get him
again dirt in the grave ah Jeff C hangs
him off after 19 Seasons uh played with
Philly Columbus LA and Pittsburgh Paris
Stanley Cups obviously with LA
uh 851 points in 1321 regular season
games had another 84 points in 133
playoff games also played in the 2010
Stanley Cup and just an awesome scene
we’re seeing this a little bit more I
think it’s just indicative of the
respect guys the Islanders all lined up
after you know dapped him up and shook
his hand just you know we love the sport
it was just such a classy move by the
Islanders I’m not sure I’ve seen that
like in the last few years B have you
noticed that other than referees and
linesman not sure but what a weapon this
guy is he got it all goodlooking guy
he’s tall handsome [ __ ] huge rope 100
million in the bank what he played with
playoff games he played close to 1500
games over 800 points played in how many
playoff games I think he’s played 150
playoff games two Stanley Cups he’s won
a gold medal at the Olympics it’s just
112 goal Seasons I think he’s got 4 30
goal season so he did it all and and and
being the Ultimate Team guy too beloved
by his teammates uh I’m happy he got to
end it in Pittsburgh where he had a
great time much like kind of how you
just describe flower and how he loves it
there he said the minute that he got to
Pittsburgh they they embraced him with
open arms and he felt right at home and
that’s not always easy especially in the
back part of your career so a true
legend of the game um I was fortunate
enough where I got to play under 17 with
him um for team Ontario and uh he was a
stud then and you knew he was going to
go on to do bigger and better things and
after being a first round draft pick
with the Flyers and it not working out
there Quick Stop in Columbus kind of
like quickie same kind of same kind of
timeline not that quick but yeah it was
quick and then it was off to LA to do
all of his damage where we really
remember him for the first time I saw
him was um lockout year the uh the
Phantoms Philadelphia Phantoms the
Flyers AHL team they were they were a
good team and then they grabbed
Richardson Carter after their OHL
Seasons we played him in the second
round they were both incredible they
ended up winning The Calder Cup so he
also was a Calder Cup they went on this
amazing run I was like who is this guy
he was so fast dude in his Heyday he was
so tall and he had this long stride he
flew he could shoot it coming down the
wing he could score any different way
and then it was kind of brutal for him I
mean they decided to move on from
Richards and Carter Richards went to LA
Carter went to Columbus he’s just like
oh that was when Columbus didn’t have
much going he didn’t like it there and
La brought him in knowing that he might
be a piece that they’d need and it
certainly was because he goes on to get
the Stanley Cups plays a huge role there
and I don’t know him personally but he
was a part of the greatest draft in the
history of the NHL the Paul Binet 2003
NHL draft so he’s one of those Superstar
885 birth years there’s a bunch of them
around and they’ve all started to retire
Cory Perry’s another one still going and
um congrats to him on an amazing run
yeah uh another retirement to announce
Czech goalie pavl franos he went uh six
and0 in Colorado’s cupon a couple years
ago he announced his retirement on
Saturday uh he was affectionally known
as Frankie to his fans he was an
undrafted free agent uh when Joe sack
signed him a month before he turned 28
years old played 73 games over four
seasons uh 44 21 and six had a great
little career I know he wasn’t in North
America a long time but want a Stanley
Cup six0 in a cup run so Wonder like we
say always like to acknowledge guys when
they finished their NHL career so enjoy
your retirement Frankie you you guys
know him at all you ever meet him run
run into him at all biz no no I did
actually well we were out a couple years
ago I ended up going to a cheze bar who
I don’t even know who it was with and
his whole family was there after he won
that game that we were at the game two
or game yeah game two with Colorado that
night so ended up getting drunk with his
family at a check by sh Frank Sher end
up in that one H big deal uh mty St
Louis not going anywhere no surprise
there the Habs uh exercised their option
on him he’ll be in Montreal for at least
another three seasons uh he’s been
behind the bench for the last two and a
half years so uh oh I love this and and
and I was one of the guys I said sent a
tweet out about slavkovsky and he turned
everything around 50 points I think 20
goals he looked great at the end of the
year Suzuki had an awesome season the
young guys are getting better under St
Louis now I think that they’ll start
seeing a little bit more pressure from
the media that’s probably with Toronto
and Vancouver the toughest Market to
play in they’re going to start getting a
little anxious after this rebuilds been
happening get another higher draft pick
this year Lane Hudson came in played the
two games against Detroit what I tell
you guys he looked phenomenal he was
flying around so they got that guy
coming in next year they got that Ryan
Bacher they picked high draft pick last
season defenseman so there’s a chance
that things could get pretty good pretty
quick for Montreal love St Louis there
and and it’s an exciting time if you’re
a Habs fan because there’s been some
days of darkness and you’re at least
seeing the light at the end of the
tunnel and St Louis the guy I I think
he’s perfect to continue to have this
team grow and and and learn to be Pros
so it’s it’s awesome they’re a fun team
to watch and we should mention those
last two games against Detroit what an
amazing two nights of hockey Detroit
ended up getting [ __ ] over they tied
it up oh my God Pon scores with three
seconds left their stand their playoff
hopes are still alive and boom
Washington ends up getting it done and
Philly had pulled the goalie so
Washington actually locked it up with an
empty neck goal but good effort by
Detroit disappointed not end the season
you got disappointing for all of us I’d
much rather see imagine watching Detroit
right now with Patty Kane going against
the New York Rangers that would be a
playoff series not the [ __ ] Hershey
Bears in the mix uh going back to your
2003 draft class thing there are four
guys who are still currently playing in
the NHL who are drafted the first round
of that draft can you name
them holy [ __ ] so you gotry got you got
flurry got flurry yeah you got Perry
yeah
um pavelski wasn’t that draft he wasn’t
that
draft um oh my God this is going to bug
me dude can you give me can you give me
the I wouldn’t even get the conferences
give me the team that’s a clue Bren
Burns burnsy Bernay was a firstr draft
pick to the Minnesota Wild he was
drafted I want to say he was drafted as
a dman then switched to forward and then
was back obviously back to D showed up
to the draft with a short uh short
sleeve dress shirt and the other guy he
was team he was drafted by
Nashville Ryan suder Ryan suder still
going unbelievable if you go down the
list of I’d be curious to know what
draft NHL draft uh it’s obviously a
little different now because there’s
more teams had the most games played out
of guys drafted in the first round it
has to be that there’s like 12 guys with
a thousand games isn’t there if not more
remarkable it is remarkable so I know
I’m biased cuz I went in the fourth
round that draft and that’s my claim to
to fame but it is the deepest draft of
all time and Nathan Horton got screwed
by injuries right he was right there he
would have Eric Stall oh my God what a
yeah we’ve said this a million times
this if you’re a hockey fan go look at
that draft and then you got burer on in
the second round yeah Shay Weber all the
guys crazy uh some other coach you
know’s not as happy as the last one uh
sabis fighted head coach Don Granado
after three plus Seasons a record of 122
25 and 27 uh they also fighted assistant
coach Jason Christie and video
coordinator Matt Smith uh the last time
Buffalo was in the playoffs 2011 it’s a
13 season drought it’s a league record
uh they’re going on their eighth coach
in the last 12 years uh 20 NHL teams
have played at least 50 playoff games
since the Sabas last played one 30 teams
yeah don’t no 20 NHL teams have played
yeah at least 50 games since the sa last
played when 30 teams have played 25
playoff games in that spin the only
other one who hasn’t is the expansion
Kraken of course they just got here they
played 14 so you we feel bad for Buffalo
fans man we don’t we’re not trying to
kick them down but it’s news we want to
report it Whit if you were going to hire
somebody for Buffalo who would you hire
David Carl recency bias but that would
be a guy that you Chuck a bunch of money
at him and it’s not it’s not a team
where you’re like oh my God like San
Jose you kind of knew I think David
Quinn might have known going there this
could get kind of ugly like with this
roster but Buffalo’s got some players
and some prospects
but bring in somebody it doesn’t matter
who that will stress defensive structure
and not giving up chance after
who so that’s that’s the other argument
is like do you bring in like a Joel
quinnville if he Joel quinnville if he
gets reinstated or a Craig baru because
you have to have somebody in there with
Stanley Cup experience that the players
are going to respect even if he’s being
hard on them there’s going to be some
uncomfortable situations on getting this
team where they need to be and molding
these stars that they have on their team
currently and then the guys coming in to
start playing a structured system that
they can rely on that could be dependent
over the course of 82 games hey going
back to last year it was fun to watch
Tage Tage Thompson light the lamp and
score as many goals as he scored and
watch all these other high high flying
offensive players like even like Dalene
but they need to learn how to play from
a fiveman unit perspective on the ice
they also and a little bit of pressure
on Kevin Adams moving forward he took
responsibility partly as well I don’t
think he refueled him this off season
coming into this year in preparation to
have maybe a little bit more sandpaper
and guys who could fit in certain roles
in order to help them Win Hockey games
that’s going to be the move next year
another thing is too you always talk
about oh the future’s bright we got all
these skilled players and Prospects
you’re going to have to decide who
you’re going to move off of who are the
guys that you’re going to want to
eventually go to war with and who are
the guys where it’s like ah we got a lot
of these types of one-dimensional skill
players we don’t need we don’t need too
much of this we can find a Lowry or a
Dakota Joshua bingo bingo or start
[ __ ] developing them not always the
same [ __ ] Biz un unreal point there
because Dylan cousins in his end of the
year press conference actually made a
point that they need to feel more
uncomfortable kind of like you just said
they need someone that can come in there
and push their buttons basically and
Elliot and Jeff talking about this
basically calling dong Granado soft he
said basically he wasn’t pushing their
buttons enough which I think that’s to
your point they need someone like a Joel
quinnville like a Craig rub someone with
experience Stanley Cup experiences to
get in there and and push their buttons
a bit yeah and I I mean he just seems
like a players coach and and and an easy
guy to get along with and he’s not like
a big in-your-face type of coach and if
it’s not in him then hey not not every
coach coaches the same like look at how
John Cooper does it he does it a little
bit more methodically where he he gets
them thinking and he’s a good motivator
so I don’t think he was the right fit
there any more if they would have ran
him back one more year I would have been
interested to see on maybe the
adjustments that he made on how he was
interacting with his players But
ultimately you don’t want to be too
buddy buddy you just want to have their
respect and that’s what they’re going to
need they’re going to need a guy behind
the bench where when push comes a shove
he’s getting what he wants and his
systems are being imp and they’re not
[ __ ] the dog offensively or you’re
not I got a name to keep your eye on Biz
or your ear on Dean
everon BMA Minnesota coach yeah would
you hear something
r a little something on the camp
CL rumor boy pull that out of the sky
like [ __ ] yeah no Dean everon yeah
that’s definitely a name I would say uh
keep an eye or an ear on for the next
Buffalo Sabers coach leave it at that uh
Winter Classic for the first time it’s
not going to be on New Year day boys
we’re going on to Wrigley uh in December
now because it’s going to be on New
Year’s Eve to expanding the college
football playoff I think some of the
games going to be on TNT correct B so
they’re going to have the Winter Classic
at five o’clock at Wrigley Field New
Year’s Eve I don’t know it’s going to be
on a Tuesday I actually enjoy that
better because I want to get out get out
of the game see the ball drop and you
know and that’s that’s good for me I
don’t go the distance on those nights
any anyway so just a little bit of
entertainment and it’s going to be a
good time we’re more than likely going
to do a live show there so now we just
have to figure out what day we’re going
to get there a little bit early um
hopefully we could do something at the
the sports book the um the draftking
sports book that’s now in Wrigleyville
so yeah look to to see all the plans
that we set up for that awesome trip and
like I said the game’s going to be on a
Tuesday so we probably end up getting
there on on Saturday and or Sunday for
that live show and the last time we
tried to throw one there there was no
sound so we owe it to the city of
Chicago to bring a live show and we’ll
bring some heavy hitter guests just like
we did in Toronto at the All-Star Game
absolutely uh we’re about to wrap up
here but we did have a very special
weekend with I’m going to send it over
to you the FDNY NYPD 50 at the
anniversary game a special day you will
between the benches with take it away
yeah I’ve just grown to love this event
and it means so much to the people there
not only just to the people playing in
the game but the fans and the families
and we met we met um families that came
in from Michigan they come in from all
over to get to see their their cousin or
their uncle or their brother playing a
game in front of 20,000 18,000 people
where these guys will do anything to win
it is their Super Bowl and we went over
it last year and this year um I think it
was it was a little more special and and
obviously a little tougher because of
what had happened so recent with officer
um Jonathan Diller who was who was
killed in the line of duty and there
were people who knew him and then we
found out he was a chicklets fan he was
a Die Hard Islanders fan he loved the
aisles and so just to be a part of this
game that that was so close to to his
death it it meant so much and that’s why
Dave porner had come who raised all this
money and then matched all the money
raised to give to officer Diller’s wife
and his one-year-old son and there was a
video of Dave in the locker room he even
came up on the pregame show and
mentioned it was one of the hardest
things he’s he’s ever done one of the
most emotional things he’s ever done
just cuz seeing this little baby and his
wife it’s just so so difficult to
imagine this kid knock growing up with
his Dad and for us to get to be there
it’s a lot of fun and I think the guys
appreciate it too I talked to the
coaches after um coach wakey of the
police he just thanked us so much for
being a part of it it makes it a little
more special for the guys you know you
see some of the clips on Instagram and
these guys it’s it’s it’s it’s playing
hockey it’s what they love to do it’s
what they grew up doing and you forget
that most men’s league hockey players
like yeah they’re they’re they’re a
plumber electrician they’re a lawyer it
doesn’t really matter these guys when
they’re going to work they’re putting
their life on the line and and and it
can happen any day where the worst
imaginable scenario can go down which is
what happened to officer Diller and
that’s why these guys get this moment of
having this game and for us to get to be
there and see what it means to them and
see before the game these guys getting
ready to play it’s the same exact way a
team would be getting ready to play a
Stanley Cup playoff game because that’s
what it is to them so I got to come
again and be in between the benches I
took a puck off the wrist it missed my
my my my dong by about two thank God my
dong is 2 in and then a puck came over
the glass another time and buried
granelli like in the shoulder it could
have knocked him out so we had some
action going on right between the
benches but it was a phenomenal game the
fire and and here’s the thing I I was
talking to some police officers and it
sucks to say
but not a lot of people want to be a
police officer in this day and age and
you you got so many people out there who
can’t stand cops it’s like and a lot of
these people be the first first people
to call 911 if they need help so it’s
crazy to me and I’ve said before there
are bad apples everywhere there’s bad
guys and bad women who are police
officers but a very very high percentage
of them are amazing people that are
willing to risk their life for you and
for strangers and so right now right
it’s hard for these guys to get some
some younger kids coming into the police
force and going into the academy and
then making their team a little bit
better whereas I think being a
firefighter yes any single day you can
go to a fire and not return scary isn’t
as much as that is to say but there’s a
lot of people that are willing to be
firefighters and want to be firefighters
so you’re getting these young talented
kids that are coming on after maybe
serving in the military and that’s an
easier way to get on a lot of big city
fire forces uh fire departments nowadays
is to be a veteran so they’re getting
they’re getting better and better and
better and the police they got some good
players that are getting older and
they’re not getting as much in it was
good this year to see the police added a
Young Buck it was a rookie in the game
Olsen was his name he was flying around
he was in the mix he jumped into a pile
when his head his feet went over his
head there was action there was some
fights physicality Brian Yandel came and
joined us one of my closest friends from
the rink shrinks he’s a Boston police
officer and so he plays for the Boston
PD team and he said recently that they
played the new uh the the New York
Police Department he had shown up he had
his kids practice he’s on the phone
walking into the rink he’s like 10
minutes before they’re going on the the
ice 15 minutes before and all the the
New York guys they’re foam rolling
they’re doing the dynamic warm up you
was like holy [ __ ] we’re in one they’re
chipping the Pucks in they’re running
guys over they’re all wearing shoulder
pads but this game’s physical it’s great
to be a part of we had the pregame show
Jeff DLo was nice enough to host Biz you
are awesome we we we zoomed in with you
from Atlanta it was great to get uh to
get you on there and it was just a blast
dude fire got out to a 4 nothing lead
and they were up 62 all of a sudden it’s
65 which was the score last year it
ended up 85 it’s 65 with a minute left
police had a chance and so it was uh it
was you know too little too late and I
don’t know when they’re going to get a
win again it’s hard the fire has that
kid z and and and Lopes and then they
added this other kid um pass pascali I
think it was um he he’s we were told bis
he’s one of the best roller Hawk roller
hockey players in the world he plays for
Team USA he’s their stud W let’s get him
out to a chickle cup buddy that’s what
we said this kid dangled like sick
one-on-one move you guys crushed the
broadcast as always obviously it sucked
that couldn’t be there I love doing the
calls right it’s what I did for the
coyotes Army hopped in did a great job
Merles was involved in the broadcast so
just uh it sucked that I I I couldn’t be
around all those amazing people
including our own wackpack and just from
the bottom of my heart it takes uh takes
a long time for all you guys to set this
up G you included ra uh uh Wht and all
the the other amazing people on the bar
stool side behind the scenes um so I
just want to thank you guys for all your
attention to detail and putting on an
awesome 50th Anniversary FDNY NYPD
hockey game and I hope we get to do it
moving forward and how about that Sy
from the fire team breaking in the door
I mean a million views instantly on
Instagram like that’s an alltime
celebration for a goal yeah and nobody
and nobody can do it you got to be a
firefighter to do that sell which makes
it even better but dude the pregame
cereem which was hard at the 49th cuz
they go over buddy one thing that hit me
hard was um they they they saved at the
end for officer Diller and then there
was a woman who um who was was murdered
actually I think she was a fire captain
I don’t remember it was horrible story
they saved them to for the end but they
listed off the names of New York Police
Department New York police officers and
New York firefighters that passed away
this past year all from um 9/11 and and
and what and the cancer they’ve got and
what they dealt with it buddy there was
like there was like close to 40 names on
both and I mean that’s 23 [ __ ] years
ago and those people went into those
buildings and all those people passed
away that day and now it’s it’s what
they were breathing in in the recovery
looking for friends and bodies and it’s
like oh my God 23 years later they’re
listing off that many people from both
departments and then the bag pipes came
out they played Amazing Grace after and
it’s hard not to get a little emotional
at sitting there during that moment and
you could tell all the fans the moment
of silence extra long nobody said a
[ __ ] Peep and it was just an amazing
experience I’ll do that every year as
long as we can it’s an absolute blast
and it’s an honor to be a part of hey
boys couple clicks for the NYPD and FDNY
we love you guys you guys Ro and all
police officers and firefighters out
there I know a lot of police officers
you don’t feel a ton of support these
days but there’s a lot more people than
you think the the what do they call it
the silent silent majority that that
that resp what you guys do so I say
thank you to everyone I meet thank you
for your service and what you do to help
same to the firefighters and all you New
York guys thanks for putting on a show
again we appreciate it and quick shout
out to everyone that helped put on this
broadcast uh Frank heel Tom Reno
everyone on the FDNY team everyone on
the NYPD team Lisa litb back Mike Rosen
Bloom for producing it and like Whit
said all the First Responders Across
America who put their uh lives on the
line every day you’re here all right so
guys we will be back to you Wednesday at
noon our first live on the internet show
so we’ll have some chat stuff going um I
know biz’s crazy brain is already like I
can’t be looking at the chat the whole
time I can’t think of the chat look at
the chat know what I’m going to say so
maybe granelli will be in charge of the
chat I’ll be trying to keep a keep keep
a look at it but it’s nice because it’s
2:12 in the morning right now it’s great
to bring you guys the upto-date stuff
and the playoffs but Wednesday at noon’s
going to be a good show and then it’ll
release right away as a podcast and we
can’t wait to bring it to you and then
Friday at uh 11 11 or 12 we’ll have Game
notes so we got starts going out yeah I
was about to put on my movie for the
night hocky over put on Thief for the
900th time all right everybody we love
you have a great week see you Wednesday
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Atta be RA looks like you kicked her out
3:20
Some Lighting McQueen shit going on
Cue stone cold entry music
Welcome back Lindy Ruff!
Loving the new blurred out game clips. 😮💨
Isn’t Zack parise still playing from 03 draft?
Where can I find the clip of pasta burning Jarvis?
Thank you guys for supporting the Blue lives! Watching from NC as local PD. Y’all are the best and Go Canes!
Utah Honeybadgers
I already like Jarvis on his puck, big fan now, what a gem!
Great episode. I'm not a Canes fan or even know much about Jarvis but I Really liked the interview, seems like such a great kid, Awesome personality. Also having the game clips in the episode makes all the difference. Not sure how you guys managed that but it's a great addition.
reppin toba 🤘🏻 i’m from nunavut but played in neepawa 👍
Donny granato told his players to not hit. It’s been well known
Congrats on the ESPN sponsorship and getting clips access. Come a long way!
What was the story of the art behind grinelli, i cant remember
Jarvis reminds me of Ziggy Sobodka from The Wire. 😂
The Utahnsils
Biz please shut the fuck up about Rempe being him please holy shit
This Grinelli dude really needs to fix that tooth
Whats up with game notes? Was looking forward to their live shows during playoffs where they list off bets and read from the chat
Just noticing now that Pettersson falls over all the time shows how little you guys watch the Canucks. He’s been called Bambi by the fans for years.
Whitney drinking the Oilers Kool Aid year in and year out is comical
RA absolutely called the Buffalo HC hire!!!! Wow!
2:50:30 how about Lindy Ruff?! 😂
Utah Skinwalkers
Hey Biz, Zach Parise '03 draft still playing for the Avs
Talbot 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lost my dad just over a week ago, it’s been tough. I’m glad playoff hockey is here and chiclets is uploading more, keeping my mind busy while I help raise my 1 month old and deal with the passing of my dad. Thanks boys for helping through this ❤️
Agreed BIZZ….goalies spend too much time going down, unlike your girlfriend. Additionally, when are goalies gonna remember to get BIG an tucked inside the post for the shot off the mask?
Love our Jarvis
Whit I promise you the Canucks will bend your oilers over backwards no spit no lube sandpaper finish
Playoff Tuesday 62k we'll be at 100k by days end love the boys
No he actually did say "that's what he's paid for"!!!! I saw it live on TV and my jaw dropped…
Hahaha Biz said Leafs dont have a chance without Nylander against the Bs after game 1..so obviously I bet heavy on the Leafs in game 2 still without Wiily…Guess what? I Won Big time LMFAO Always bet against Bizs predictions! You will always win!!!