1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:01,200 Speaker 1: Uh. 2 00:00:01,880 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 2: I'd emphasize kids like McGroarty and Avery hayesmore. Give them 3 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 2: more minutes, harness that energy. These kids were bred to 4 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:15,159 Speaker 2: be Penguins. It's a group coming through the system a 5 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 2: lot like Rust Genseil and Sherry back in the two 6 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 2: copiers sixteen and seventeen. So force feed them a little 7 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 2: more and see if they can stand and deliver in 8 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 2: that vein. I'd use Kindle and China Coough on the 9 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:35,600 Speaker 2: power play and with the man advantage. Forget the fancy 10 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 2: schmancy stuff with sit out. Tell Chinakoff to grip it 11 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 2: and rip it, Comrade. The power play gotta still be big, 12 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 2: and the power play still can be big. Carlson Latang 13 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 2: gotta come up huge at both ends. I'm not so 14 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 2: naive as to think that they will temper their games 15 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 2: because kids out, nor will you know. That's why I 16 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 2: use him at wing still instead of moving to back 17 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 2: to center. I'd say the Penguins have like a forty 18 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 2: chance of making the playoffs. That hovers somewhere between five 19 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,680 Speaker 2: maybe in a one d and forty one and two 20 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:27,400 Speaker 2: thirds percent chance of making the playoffs. The key is 21 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 2: you gotta be in a playoff spot when Sid gets back. 22 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 2: You're not gonna claw from behind, even with the adrenaline 23 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 2: and the tangible gain you get when Sid returns, You've 24 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 2: got to be in a playoff spot when Sid gets back. 25 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 2: The pack schedule is tough, but it's packed for every team, 26 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 2: and the team's chasing the Penguins in the Metro mostly 27 00:01:54,360 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 2: ain't that good. I'm worried about Washington because they'll smell 28 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 2: the blood like spinal tap. Oh no, wait, they smell 29 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 2: the glove. But the other team's chasing Philadelphia, Columbus, et cetera. 30 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 2: They just smell period. You got any thoughts on this, 31 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 2: You can tweet at me right now, at Mark mad next, 32 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 2: you can call later, but you ain't gonna get a 33 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 2: plan like I just laid out nowhere else. Don to Dill. 34 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 2: They're already talking about Aaron Rodgers by now. 35 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:29,799 Speaker 3: Uh. 36 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:36,399 Speaker 2: There's some other sidebars that kind of intrude on the situation, 37 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 2: including well the biggie is Sid's injury backs up my 38 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 2: long held argument as to why the NHL shouldn't participate 39 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 2: in the Olympics. This injury is not Sid's fault, and 40 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 2: of course these guys are going to play for their 41 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 2: countries if you let them, so don't let them. Because 42 00:02:56,080 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 2: of SID being heard, the Penguins potentially take a huge 43 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:06,080 Speaker 2: hit financially with ticket sales, and if they missed the playoffs, 44 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 2: not just playoff revenue lost, but a playoff run gets 45 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 2: season tickets sold for next year. The enthusiasm over what 46 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 2: had been a very good season for the Penguins with 47 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 2: the plan coming to Fruition maybe a year or two 48 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:27,640 Speaker 2: earlier than I had thought. Well, that balloon has just 49 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 2: been popped. Actually, it's a bit worse than that. It's 50 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 2: falling to the ground in flames like the Hindenburg. Oh 51 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 2: the humanity the dressing room obviously doesn't be grudg SID 52 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 2: playing at the Olympics, because all of them would like to, 53 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 2: and some of the others did, like Raquel and Carlson 54 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 2: and Arty, etc. But it potentially kills their season. It 55 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 2: ain't exactly well, no, no, I take that back. I 56 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 2: was gonna say that the rooms crusted right now, uh 57 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 2: should do be shattered shattered? But no, not right the 58 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 2: second right, the second is gonna be like, let's do this, 59 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 2: which is why you gotta come out of the gate 60 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 2: Smith's oaken and win like at least three of the 61 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 2: first four and a win tomorrow night against New Jersey 62 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 2: coming here with Jack Hugh still in the bag, maybe 63 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 2: registered for AA by Now that is just monstrous. Now, 64 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:33,479 Speaker 2: all these bad things for the Penguins and for you 65 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 2: and for me. It happened because Sid was playing for 66 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:42,600 Speaker 2: somebody else and with no tangible return or benefit for 67 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 2: the Penguins NHL players at the Olympics simply is not 68 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:53,039 Speaker 2: sound in terms of what's best for business. And I 69 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:57,679 Speaker 2: emphasize again, this isn't on Sid. I'm gonna go into 70 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 2: detail about this later, and we got some sound bites 71 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:03,719 Speaker 2: from Sid. We're going to play. But I am just 72 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:07,719 Speaker 2: crushed that Sid had to miss the semis and finals 73 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:09,599 Speaker 2: at the Olympics, and just crushed for Sid that he 74 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,039 Speaker 2: can't play hockey. A lot of people are trying to 75 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:15,480 Speaker 2: read into Sid's demeanor when he spoke to the media 76 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 2: today at Penguins practice. Oh, he looks like he is 77 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:22,479 Speaker 2: going to be out longer than four weeks. And Sid 78 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 2: did look like, you know, he was talking about a disaster, 79 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 2: not him being hurt, because him being hurt and being 80 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 2: unable to play hockey is a disaster to Sidney Crosby. 81 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 2: All that cons is being able to play hockey. Hopefully 82 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:43,360 Speaker 2: he'll do it again sooner and not later. Once again, 83 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 2: this ain't good, but it ain't on Sid f Radco Gutis, 84 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 2: although Sid did absolve Goddis in terms of that being 85 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 2: a dirty hit. And I'll be blunt, I'm hopeful, very 86 00:05:55,640 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 2: hopeful my forty chance of them making the playoff. I'm 87 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 2: being a little optimistic for the sake of being a 88 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 2: little optimistic, but this likely will play out us ruining 89 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 2: the season for the Penguins, and that sucks. Unless they 90 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:17,040 Speaker 2: follow my plan exactly, then they could still win it all. 91 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:20,360 Speaker 2: I'm gonna talk to Tommy Hockey next. We got Staggy 92 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 2: on later and uh a big guest at two thirty, 93 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 2: Bryan Russ from the Penguins. He'll tell us what they 94 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:32,839 Speaker 2: gonna do. And then tomorrow with two thirty, Olympic gold 95 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 2: medalist Avan McNaughton, the goalie for the US team. Pittsburgh's 96 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 2: own pens elite comes from the area. If you listen 97 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 2: to hockey talk anywhere else, you're as stupid as them. 98 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:50,680 Speaker 2: You're listening to not to be critical one O five 99 00:06:50,760 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 2: nine X. It's the mark man, there's twenty six games 100 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:09,679 Speaker 2: left for the Penguins. I figure they need twenty six 101 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 2: points five hundred thirteen to thirteen. That'd give him ninety 102 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 2: six on the season and he'd make the playoffs. So 103 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 2: every time we win, I'm gonna peel off a piece 104 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 2: like glu Bron in Major League. But with Sally Wiggett 105 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 2: instead of Rachel Phelps, we sail on out of Tommy Hockey. 106 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 2: Tom what's your reaction to the syd News out for 107 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 2: four months? Can the Penguins survive and make the playoffs 108 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 2: without Sydney. 109 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 4: Crosby If he was out for the entire season, I'd 110 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 4: say no. But they're being a little bit of a 111 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 4: light at the end of the tunnel. And I know 112 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 4: it's just a minimal four weeks with the ir thing, 113 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 4: but let's just be optimistic and say it's going to 114 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 4: be four weeks that he's out. I think they can 115 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:56,679 Speaker 4: still keep themselves in this race and a float enough 116 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 4: for him to come back. But you were so right 117 00:07:58,280 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 4: when you said they need to be in a playoffs 118 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 4: when Sid returns. 119 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 5: That's non negotiable. 120 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 2: Now. I understand Sid not playing for Canada on Sunday 121 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 2: and the gold Medal game because he obviously wasn't close, 122 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 2: like Sid said. If he's close, he would have played. 123 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 2: I just wonder why he said what he did. 124 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 5: Yeah, I don't know. It's was it gamesmanship like with no. 125 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 2: Need to be misleading there? You know he's not going 126 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 2: to play. It doesn't matter if it's close. 127 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 4: Just the eternal optimist of Sydney Crosby, you know, skate 128 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 4: on the fourth line play for like a shift or two. 129 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:32,079 Speaker 2: Well no, no, but he said, he said after he 130 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 2: was scratched and he was close to being able to play, 131 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:38,560 Speaker 2: So there's no upside to subterfuge. I don't know what 132 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 2: happened there. Now let's go over some of my ideas 133 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:45,680 Speaker 2: for the Penguins survival. Tom put kinda between Rust and Raquel. 134 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:48,960 Speaker 2: Like like I mentioned, it's unfair to expect an eighteen 135 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:52,960 Speaker 2: year old kid to replace Sid, but somebody got to 136 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 2: now quite literally for a month, and he's the most 137 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 2: likely guy. 138 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't hate it at all, But I don't 139 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 4: hate having the lines made basically stay as close to 140 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:03,679 Speaker 4: similar as they can and seeing how Quel plays at 141 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 4: center for now and seeing how that deployment goes. But 142 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 4: you're right, this is longer term than just you know, 143 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 4: six games now, so it's not like that is viable 144 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 4: I think in a month or even a month and 145 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 4: a half. So why not give it that test drive? 146 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:20,600 Speaker 4: And I think Kendall can do it. And listen, he's 147 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 4: gonna feel pressure, but he's feel pressure already. He's an 148 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 4: eighteen year old kin in the NHL. I think he 149 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 4: could handle it. I think he's very serious. I think 150 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:29,840 Speaker 4: he takes everything as a challenge. 151 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 2: I would definitely try it. Like I said yesterday, I 152 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:37,719 Speaker 2: don't like Riquel at center. I don't like switching to 153 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:42,320 Speaker 2: wing to center because the defensive responsibility is so much different, right, 154 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 2: and you know how long would take Raquel to catch 155 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 2: on the same thing with Gino. I would not put 156 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:50,960 Speaker 2: Gino back at center. He's played very well at wing 157 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:54,559 Speaker 2: on that line with Novak and Shinnikov and Malkin at 158 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 2: center is a liability in the neutral zone. There's no 159 00:09:57,400 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 2: nice way to put it. He's been that for years. 160 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:03,680 Speaker 2: He helps just as much offensively at wing and hurts 161 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 2: you a lot less on defense. 162 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:08,720 Speaker 4: I'm really pleased that they're going that route, at least initially. 163 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 4: It's still in the back of my head that they 164 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:12,360 Speaker 4: might flip that switch and put Gino at center. But 165 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 4: I really hope they don't. I hope that they make 166 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:16,679 Speaker 4: this transition a permanent thing now for the rest of 167 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 4: the year. He's probably going to be a Penguin again 168 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:20,079 Speaker 4: next year and have that be the thing next year 169 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 4: for the Penguins too. He is doing well at wing. 170 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 4: Why rock that boat? Why upset it? He seems willing 171 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:27,200 Speaker 4: to play it too. That was a big problem with 172 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:29,120 Speaker 4: maybe making him that switches, that he would take it 173 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 4: with a little bit of an insult, saying, oh, I'm 174 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:31,840 Speaker 4: not a center anymore. 175 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,720 Speaker 2: Well, here's a discussion for another time. But if Gino 176 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 2: wants to come back next year, I would go to 177 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 2: sit and say, hey, you want him back, you got 178 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 2: to extend your contract. Ciddly his one year left on 179 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 2: his deal. I'm not going to keep the old gang 180 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 2: together if Sid's not going to re up pass next year. 181 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 5: I don't hate that at all. 182 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:49,840 Speaker 4: I thought you were going to go even more and 183 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 4: say he's got a skit on your wing. Well said 184 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:54,960 Speaker 4: that ultimatum, because you know he's not going to take that. 185 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 2: I think Gino's played well enough at wing with Frankly 186 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 2: lesser lights that I'd willing to bring him back at 187 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 2: wing for one year, and I don't think it's not 188 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,440 Speaker 2: ideal for me, but he wouldn't be blocking Kindle. 189 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 4: He's probably got to give you a little bit back 190 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:08,840 Speaker 4: to money wise, right, Like, it's not going to be 191 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 4: you know, one year, eight million dollars or something like that. 192 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:15,080 Speaker 2: Correct. I would want him on the cheap, but at 193 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:18,559 Speaker 2: this point, I'm willing to do it. Like I said, I, 194 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:22,320 Speaker 2: Sid will extend his contract pass next year. Here's another 195 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:25,240 Speaker 2: talk for later. Sid won't extend. You gotta trade him, 196 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:29,559 Speaker 2: but well, don't stop. We'll talk about that later. Now, 197 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:31,560 Speaker 2: if you're going to make a big trade, and I 198 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:33,720 Speaker 2: don't think they will, But the biggest one I'd be 199 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:36,680 Speaker 2: willing to do is trade Skinner for a center, a 200 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 2: third line type, so you can move Kindle up in 201 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:43,560 Speaker 2: Sid's absence. Then again, would you make that? Well, March sixth, 202 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 2: that's the deadline. You'd have to do it quick. It's 203 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 2: not that far off. I would trade Skinner for like 204 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 2: a third line type of center, and then roll the 205 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 2: dice with Morrishov and Goal. He's going to be in 206 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 2: your goaltending tandem next year. Anyway, that's my favorite part 207 00:11:56,920 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 2: of your plan. I think that is something that they 208 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 2: should definitely consider doing. I think Skinner can certainly fetch 209 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:04,679 Speaker 2: the type of center that you're talking about, especially with 210 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 2: his run of play lately and how desperate teams in 211 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 2: the playoff picture need goaltending right now. 212 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:13,679 Speaker 4: So I would definitely do that. It is a gamble. 213 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 4: But Mershoff, I think is gonna be real good. 214 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 2: He's been utterly dominant at the AHL. 215 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 4: Well, he didn't, you know, explode when he came up 216 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 4: here for a little bit earlier this year. But he 217 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 4: didn't look terrible, right Like, he didn't look he was 218 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:25,040 Speaker 4: like he was swimming out there like this was way 219 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 4: out of his league. 220 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:29,720 Speaker 2: Well, my point is, you can't make a big trade 221 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 2: that sacrifices future like draft picks or whatever unless you 222 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:38,160 Speaker 2: get a legit young guy with term on his deal, 223 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 2: and that won't be an easy deal to make. You've 224 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 2: got to understand that almost every team is still mathematically 225 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 2: well into playoff contention, and you talk about a deal 226 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 2: for a guy like Jason Robertson of Dallas, who the 227 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 2: Stars might not be able to keep for the long 228 00:12:56,640 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 2: one under their cap. Tom, but they're not going to 229 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 2: trade him now they're legitimate Stanley Cup contender. And I 230 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 2: know Dubas if there's any one player he covets, it's 231 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 2: Robertson because he thinks he could pull that off. But 232 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 2: he can't pull it off now. 233 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 4: Now they're gonna hold on to him that they're gonna 234 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:14,320 Speaker 4: try to make a push with him, and then there's 235 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:17,080 Speaker 4: not another obvious candidate like Robertson that fits that bill, 236 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 4: like the long term kid that it could be a 237 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 4: star moving forward. 238 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:24,720 Speaker 2: In big picture. You can't sacrifice future for like a 239 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 2: short term fix. No, Like I just said, a legit 240 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 2: young guy with turn on his deal that you could control. Yeah, 241 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:36,839 Speaker 2: but that's gonna be the toughest deal to make up. Next, 242 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 2: goo to talk to Brian Rush of the Penguins. How 243 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 2: will they get by with that sid for a month? 244 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:43,920 Speaker 2: That's Rusty up Next on Home of the Penguins one 245 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:47,600 Speaker 2: oh five to nine, It's Travis every week day at 246 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 2: ten am, always a solid time starting your work day. 247 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:53,320 Speaker 3: Commercial freight on one O five nine d X finding 248 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 3: the missing Shin Guards, remembering whether it's a home or 249 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:56,440 Speaker 3: away game? 250 00:13:56,600 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 2: Why are simple things so complicated? Thankfully with auto owners 251 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 2: and my guest right now is a two time Stanley 252 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,959 Speaker 2: Cup champion and a penguin lifer. It's a pleasure to 253 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 2: welcome back to the program. He is Brian rust Rusty. 254 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 2: Thanks for taking the time. Let's start with the obvious. 255 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 2: How difficult will this be with sit out for a month? 256 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 2: And how do you guys pick up the slack? 257 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 6: Well, first hole, Mark, thanks for having me. But uh, 258 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 6: second of all, yeah, obviously it's a really uh shooting. 259 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 1: Me tall tasks. 260 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 3: It is who he is, and he's. 261 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 6: Been unblieveable player and the leader of this team and 262 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 6: later in the league for twenty years. 263 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 3: So to kind of lose like a guy like that 264 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 3: for an extended. 265 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 6: Period of time, which we haven't really had to do 266 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:48,920 Speaker 6: because he's been fairly healthy now for for a few years, 267 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 6: give me heart. I think everybody's got to pick up 268 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:53,640 Speaker 6: the slack. I think on any given night there's gonna 269 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 6: have to be a different guys stepping up to provide 270 00:14:57,200 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 6: the offense or the defense or kind of all the 271 00:14:58,760 --> 00:14:59,840 Speaker 6: little things that said. 272 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 2: Is it something you guys talk about in the room 273 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 2: or is it just kind of assumed that, Okay, this 274 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:07,360 Speaker 2: is how it is, and and everybody does more. 275 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 6: I don't really even think it needs to be talked 276 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 6: about it. I think everybody knows that you was a 277 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 6: guy like that. Everybody's gonna pick up this rack a 278 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 6: little bit and do a little bit more. 279 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 2: Now it looks like Raquel's going to be at center 280 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 2: and it's going to be you and Hayes on either 281 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 2: side of him. How does Rax look at center? And 282 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 2: boy that Hayes He's been something lately, hasn't he? 283 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 6: Yeah, first of all, with the racks, he's such a 284 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:34,560 Speaker 6: smart player. 285 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:36,200 Speaker 1: And he's able to see. 286 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,000 Speaker 3: The ice so well that him just kind of moving 287 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:38,800 Speaker 3: to the middle. 288 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 6: That I think he's gonna be awesome there. He's able 289 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 6: to use his forehand and his backhand so well, and 290 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 6: he's so smart that being able to play the center 291 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 6: position and be able to kind of read and react 292 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 6: a little bit more, I think he's gonna be really successful. 293 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 6: And as farie David Hayes goes, I love that kid. 294 00:15:57,200 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 1: He's awesome. 295 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 3: Obviously, we've only seen kind of a little bit of him. 296 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 6: Everything thing I've seen in camp and seen of him 297 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 6: and Wilkes and down in the minor leagues, and he's 298 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:08,880 Speaker 6: he's learned every everything that he's ever gotten. The kid 299 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 6: works extremely hard. He loves he loves coming to the rank. 300 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:14,560 Speaker 6: He's always got a smile on his face, always having 301 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:17,160 Speaker 6: a good time, just wants just wants to get better. 302 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 6: So I'm super excited to be able to see what 303 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 6: he's gonna do here. 304 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:24,040 Speaker 2: Staying with him and some of the young guys for 305 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 2: second Rusty. When you came up from Wilkes, it was 306 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 2: with a bunch of other guys at the same time, 307 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 2: like Sherry and Against and even Matt Murray at the time. 308 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 2: Now that's happening again with guys like Kendall and Hayes 309 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 2: and McGroarty and and morrishoff probably at some point in 310 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 2: the next couple of years. Does that build a stronger 311 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:45,120 Speaker 2: bond and a stronger team when guys come together, because 312 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 2: you've certainly gone through that. 313 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:48,880 Speaker 1: I think. 314 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 6: Just have those young guys be able to kind of 315 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 6: have either one two three guys are kind of a 316 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 6: little bit of a little a group of them to. 317 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 3: Kind of lean on each other and kind of go through. 318 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:04,440 Speaker 1: With the day to day life things and be with. 319 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 6: Each other and kind of hang out together and all 320 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 6: those things. I think it just brings a certain sent 321 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:12,239 Speaker 6: to comfort that if you're alone in this league as 322 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 6: a young guy. 323 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 1: You might not be able to feel. So to be 324 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 1: able to. 325 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:17,119 Speaker 6: Have guys, I know from my own experience, to be 326 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:18,760 Speaker 6: able to have people that I was able to go 327 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:20,600 Speaker 6: through it with, I think made everything a little. 328 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:22,720 Speaker 1: Bit more easy and it's kind of little bit more comfortable. 329 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 2: What's your take on Kindle, because I don't want to 330 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:27,720 Speaker 2: say I was shocked drusty because he was a first 331 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:30,679 Speaker 2: round pick eleventh overall, but I've never seen an eighteen 332 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:33,360 Speaker 2: year old with that kind of hockey sense. I mean 333 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:39,200 Speaker 2: Sid of course, but not many others obviously. 334 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:42,439 Speaker 3: Yeah, when I first heard of the kid saw the kid. 335 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:44,720 Speaker 6: I didn't really know what to expect. Obvious, see, first 336 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:46,560 Speaker 6: rounder is usually all really good players, but you don't 337 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 6: really know them as a person or kind of how 338 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:51,639 Speaker 6: they play the game or stuff. 339 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 1: But I think. 340 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:58,560 Speaker 6: His maturity on the ice kind of matches his maturity off. 341 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:00,080 Speaker 3: The ice, and I think that's why he's been able. 342 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:04,920 Speaker 6: To so successful in this league, is that he knows 343 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:07,400 Speaker 6: what to do on the ice. He has a certain 344 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:10,359 Speaker 6: level of confidence, and he knows when to make plays, 345 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:11,960 Speaker 6: when to play defense, when to do all those types 346 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:14,160 Speaker 6: of things. But I think off the ice, he also 347 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:17,480 Speaker 6: knows kind of when to listen, when to learn, kind 348 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 6: of when to speak up. He knows he for whatever reason, 349 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:23,879 Speaker 6: I don't know how, he knows that some guys just 350 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 6: figure out how to be a young guy or how 351 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 6: to be a rookie in this league and kind. 352 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 1: Of kind of learn your way. And he's, Uh, he's 353 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 1: been doing. 354 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 6: An unbelievable job at it, both on and off the ice. 355 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 2: Your goal totals have gone up steadily during your time 356 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:40,200 Speaker 2: in the league. Uh, what have you done or additor? 357 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 2: Is it just scoring more and just understanding how to 358 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 2: do it? And certainly you've had good linemates. 359 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:47,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, obviously. 360 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:50,359 Speaker 6: Uh gotta give a lot of a lot of credit 361 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:53,239 Speaker 6: to the guys that I've I've played with. But I 362 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:56,399 Speaker 6: think for me, it's always trying to trying to get better. 363 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:58,360 Speaker 6: I'm always trying to find things that I can add 364 00:18:58,400 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 6: to my game. 365 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:00,680 Speaker 1: I think I feel a. 366 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:02,239 Speaker 3: Lot of that and Sid Sid doing the same thing 367 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:02,880 Speaker 3: every single year. 368 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:04,960 Speaker 1: He tries to add little things, a. 369 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:07,080 Speaker 6: Little playing offensive zone or kind of little things that 370 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:09,640 Speaker 6: can help make him more successful and him scored more 371 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 6: goals and be that much better, and I was able 372 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:15,879 Speaker 6: to kind of see him do that, and I'm like, well, 373 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,399 Speaker 6: I mean I'm nowhere at that level, So I was 374 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 6: like I got to try and do the same thing. 375 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 6: That kind of combined with a never satisfied attitude of 376 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:29,520 Speaker 6: came in this league as like a fourth line kind 377 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 6: of blinders on guy who just wanted to see her 378 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:35,119 Speaker 6: and go to the net, and took that, took that 379 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:37,080 Speaker 6: work ethic and tried to apply it to offense and 380 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:40,920 Speaker 6: kind of learned the nuances of creating offense at the 381 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 6: NHL level and then just kept trying to build on 382 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:43,640 Speaker 6: that every year. 383 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:45,959 Speaker 2: The one thing I kind of see, Rusty and you 384 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:49,760 Speaker 2: can maybe confirm, I think you really have simplified finishing 385 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:51,679 Speaker 2: over your time in the league. You never seem to 386 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:54,320 Speaker 2: take that one touch too many. You just take what's 387 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 2: there and make the most of it. 388 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:00,080 Speaker 6: Yeah, I think I that was definitely one of the 389 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:05,679 Speaker 6: things that I learned is that your ability to, like 390 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 6: you said, simplify, Like if there's a chance to shoot 391 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 6: the buck, you shoot the putting and you try and 392 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:12,640 Speaker 6: try and get it off quick with a quick, hard release. 393 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 1: That more often than not is going. 394 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 6: To give you the best chance to score. You can 395 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:21,359 Speaker 6: see all these guys with these big, great risk shots, 396 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:23,000 Speaker 6: but the longer they take to get them. 397 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:24,760 Speaker 1: Off, the more they're. 398 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 6: Not gonna be able to score it. Because the goals 399 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,200 Speaker 6: at this level, I mean, they're they're gonna be able 400 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 6: to get there. They're gonna be able to make the 401 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:33,159 Speaker 6: same You see guy like China Kab the kids shoots 402 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 6: a one hundred miles an hour. 403 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 1: But like the thing that doesn't get enough credit. 404 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 6: Is it on and off the stick at like lightning, 405 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 6: So I mean the goalies can't react to it. He's 406 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:42,960 Speaker 6: obviously gonna score a lot of goal So that that 407 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 6: plays the free tractor. 408 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 2: We're talking to. Brian rushed the Penguins. You're on the 409 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 2: Home of the Penguins one oh five nine the X Rusty. 410 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:51,680 Speaker 2: The Penguins have obviously taken a big lead forward since 411 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:54,119 Speaker 2: last year, you know, being five points clear in a 412 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 2: playoff spot coming out of the break. What's been the 413 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:59,200 Speaker 2: catalyst for that? Where is that improvement taking place? 414 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 6: Pretty much everywhere? 415 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:04,119 Speaker 1: I think you see it. 416 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:07,400 Speaker 3: I mean, you see both our special. 417 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 6: Teams have been good this year. I think our defense 418 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:12,320 Speaker 6: ave that fort has been has been really good this year. 419 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:13,000 Speaker 1: I think. 420 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 6: Those things right there can probably be a really good 421 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:23,320 Speaker 6: example of why we had more success in the year 422 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:25,680 Speaker 6: uh this year, but I also think. 423 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 1: Forever reason. UH. You get a new. 424 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:35,160 Speaker 6: Coach and everybody's got something to prove. There's no there's 425 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:40,360 Speaker 6: no past year's experience to kind of a learn off 426 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:43,119 Speaker 6: of to take into account. Everybody's got a little bit 427 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:46,400 Speaker 6: of a blank slate, and I think starting in the 428 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:49,040 Speaker 6: first day of camp, everybody's continued to try to make 429 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:52,200 Speaker 6: the best possible impression and can continue to earn everything 430 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:55,600 Speaker 6: they've gotten, and I think I think that's gonna gone 431 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 6: a long way this year. 432 00:21:56,880 --> 00:21:59,119 Speaker 2: Let's stay with Dan news for a second, because you 433 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 2: had Mike Sullivan for your entire NHL career. What has 434 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:06,040 Speaker 2: your adjustment been like playing for him? 435 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:11,639 Speaker 6: All coaches, obviously coaching coach a different way, but Dan's 436 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:12,760 Speaker 6: been Dan's been really hands on. 437 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 1: I think him and the entire staff have been. 438 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 6: Shuting hands on, having a lot of conversations though with guys, 439 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:22,960 Speaker 6: especially better in guys, about kind of how the group 440 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:26,800 Speaker 6: feels or kind of how things are going, and try 441 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 6: to adjust on the fly and get our field as 442 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:35,639 Speaker 6: players along with ultimately his final stay in terms of 443 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:38,960 Speaker 6: kind of what It doesn't matter what it is, whether 444 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:43,400 Speaker 6: it's practices or meetings or games or approaches to kind 445 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:48,160 Speaker 6: of all that stuff. I think his communication skills are 446 00:22:49,119 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 6: are second to none. 447 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:54,359 Speaker 2: Now, you guys play seventeen games in March. Top tough? 448 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:56,840 Speaker 2: Is that going to be And what's the approach? Do 449 00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 2: you pace yourself or just keep going all out? 450 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 6: I think I think at this point in here it's 451 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:06,119 Speaker 6: a sprint. You got to go all out because I 452 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:09,119 Speaker 6: think any moment you kind of lay off the title 453 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:13,720 Speaker 6: with how tight the playoff races, especially our division, I mean, 454 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:16,040 Speaker 6: if you kind of lay off it for a week, 455 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:20,000 Speaker 6: somebody can come right up behind you and overtake you. 456 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:21,960 Speaker 6: So I think it's from here on out it's a 457 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 6: sprint and play our game as hard as we can 458 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:28,080 Speaker 6: take our restroom, we can take care of our bodies. 459 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:30,399 Speaker 6: I think that's We're going to be leaning on the 460 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 6: support staff and their knowledge and expertise kind of especially 461 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 6: throughout this month, and we'll see how it goes. 462 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 2: You guys are in a playoff spot right now. How 463 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:43,240 Speaker 2: great would it be to be back in the playoffs 464 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 2: after three years? 465 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:44,159 Speaker 1: Not? 466 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:48,800 Speaker 6: Yeah, obviously I'm gonna kno kind of avoid to want 467 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:53,360 Speaker 6: to speak too soon here obviously, but we put ourselves. 468 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:56,000 Speaker 3: In a really good spot, and I think for us. 469 00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:58,359 Speaker 1: In the room socially, guys who have been. 470 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:00,480 Speaker 6: Here for a while, we saw a lot of sets, 471 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:02,439 Speaker 6: especially me at the beginning of my career, and then 472 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:05,399 Speaker 6: there was obviously a bit of a dip here for 473 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:09,480 Speaker 6: a few years. And to see the success again and 474 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 6: the chance to potentially play play in the playoffs and 475 00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 6: play for something that we all want to win, I 476 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:18,919 Speaker 6: think trying not to take that for granted, take that 477 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 6: as like, Okay, this doesn't doesn't come around as often 478 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:24,359 Speaker 6: as you think, like you play for good teams, not 479 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 6: all the time. You find a good team, you find 480 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:29,000 Speaker 6: a good group of guys, and you try to make 481 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:29,520 Speaker 6: the most of it. 482 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:32,199 Speaker 2: Rusty, what did you do during the break? I have 483 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:34,639 Speaker 2: a feeling you watched all the Olympics hockey, just like 484 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:35,400 Speaker 2: everybody did. 485 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:39,760 Speaker 6: So for the first part of the break, my wife 486 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:43,600 Speaker 6: and I went to Turks and Caicos spend a few 487 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:46,200 Speaker 6: days in the sun. Yes, I was on my phone 488 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 6: watching the games. 489 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:51,440 Speaker 7: When I was playing in the sun, and then took 490 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:53,080 Speaker 7: the kids and the rest of the family went We 491 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:55,679 Speaker 7: went to Orlando for a few days to kind of 492 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:57,320 Speaker 7: have some fun with the kids, and again I was 493 00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 7: on my phone as much as I could, watching games 494 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 7: and checking scores and. 495 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:05,440 Speaker 3: Kind of seeing how everything went. And then throughout. 496 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 6: The knockout rounds, in the metal rounds, I was I 497 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 6: was definitely. 498 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 2: Glued to it, and finally Rusty, I want to put 499 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 2: this out there. You meet with kids who have stuttering 500 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:21,200 Speaker 2: problems through the Friends Organization and the Penguins Foundation. Talk 501 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 2: about what you do there, because that's just terrific. 502 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:29,200 Speaker 6: Yeah, So after every home game, I invite a kid 503 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 6: and one of their parents or guardians or whoever they 504 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,879 Speaker 6: want to bring to the game to come kind of 505 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 6: watch the game, get a little bit of a care 506 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:44,159 Speaker 6: package with picture puck hat a couple of I think 507 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 6: they think are in there and that's the game. They 508 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 6: they come down, I come out and meet them, talk 509 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:57,560 Speaker 6: with them, kind of learn, learn their experience, try to 510 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 6: share some of my experiences and try to help these kids. Obviously, 511 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:07,360 Speaker 6: speech impediments and setters are things that can sometimes go overlooked, 512 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,199 Speaker 6: and for me as a kid growing up, I always 513 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:12,400 Speaker 6: had my older brother but I but I could imagine 514 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:15,439 Speaker 6: kids not having a role model when they're kind of 515 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:18,440 Speaker 6: trying to deal with those things and those adversities. So 516 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:20,680 Speaker 6: my goal, the whole thing was trying to try to 517 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:22,520 Speaker 6: give these kids a roll model that it kind of 518 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 6: doesn't really doesn't really matter what things kind. 519 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 3: Of life those so's your way. 520 00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 6: You can you can overcome those and you can climb 521 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:34,879 Speaker 6: to the top of the mountain, so to speak. 522 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 2: Rusty, that's great stuff. Thank you again for taking the 523 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:39,200 Speaker 2: time today, and we'll see at the rink. 524 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:41,000 Speaker 1: Sounds good. Thanks Mark. 525 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:44,360 Speaker 2: That's Brian Russ. Great to talk with him. And I'll 526 00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:47,159 Speaker 2: give some informations later about that Friends organization because it 527 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 2: really does good work. As the son of a career teacher, 528 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,160 Speaker 2: not least a speech teacher, that that really hits home 529 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 2: to me. So great stuff there by Rusty, who is 530 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:59,240 Speaker 2: of course a Penguin lifeer and gives it all for 531 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:03,040 Speaker 2: the logo UH Sydney Crosby up for at least four weeks. 532 00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:05,440 Speaker 2: We'll talk more about that here on the Home of 533 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:07,000 Speaker 2: the Penguins one oh five ninety X. 534 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:11,879 Speaker 4: It's The Woody Show weekday mornings at six ninety X 535 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 4: from the one oh five ninety X Weather Center. 536 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 2: This report is sponsored by WeatherBug. The win Tream mix 537 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:24,520 Speaker 2: will do. Thanks to Brian Rust for joining us. Thanks 538 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:28,239 Speaker 2: to to the Penguins media relations department who have been 539 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:32,720 Speaker 2: such a great help all year. Tom, What have we 540 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:34,000 Speaker 2: got for today's trifectam? 541 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 4: So the NHL is resuming play tonight. So I got 542 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:38,760 Speaker 4: three kind of big storylines I think in the second 543 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:39,639 Speaker 4: half of the na which. 544 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:41,159 Speaker 2: Which is too early, by the way, They should have 545 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:44,960 Speaker 2: waited till Saturday to resume, to let the Olympians do 546 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:47,000 Speaker 2: their thing like at the White House and then get 547 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:49,800 Speaker 2: back to their teams without having to rush and still 548 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:53,320 Speaker 2: be hungover, and to let the enormity of the accomplishment 549 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:55,760 Speaker 2: sink in. Then again, you didn't know for sure the 550 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:57,000 Speaker 2: US was gonna win. True. 551 00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 4: I guess you also call it the second half of 552 00:27:58,359 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 4: the season, but that's really not true. They're well with 553 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:02,200 Speaker 4: over the halfway point of the NHL season. 554 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:03,200 Speaker 2: And twenty six games. 555 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:07,679 Speaker 4: I but number three, the Florida Panthers, who have won 556 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:11,480 Speaker 4: the Eastern Conference in three straight seasons, well outside of 557 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:14,040 Speaker 4: the playoff picture right now in the East, probably too 558 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:16,680 Speaker 4: far gone, but looks like they might be getting Barkoff back. 559 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:18,560 Speaker 4: It'll be interesting to see if they make one last 560 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:20,280 Speaker 4: kind of gasp to get into the playoffs, but they 561 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 4: will not get through the East four or fourth time. 562 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:24,440 Speaker 2: There's no way interesting to see if they if they 563 00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:26,879 Speaker 2: add significantly at the deadline as well, if they have 564 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:29,480 Speaker 2: that kind of hope for Barkoff coming back. You know, 565 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 2: Kachuok is always playing heard it seems. I don't know. 566 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:34,880 Speaker 2: If I were them, I would want to not make 567 00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:38,680 Speaker 2: the playoffs, take that year of rest after having played 568 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:42,640 Speaker 2: in three straight finals, and come back much more refreshed 569 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:43,840 Speaker 2: and ready next season. 570 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:47,800 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think that that's not a terrible outcome. If 571 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:49,040 Speaker 4: that is the way that the season goes, and I 572 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:50,240 Speaker 4: think that is going to go that way, it'll be 573 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:52,120 Speaker 4: tough for me to see them climbing back into the playoffs. 574 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:55,000 Speaker 4: Number two is the scoring race right now in the NHL. 575 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:57,600 Speaker 4: McDavid's leading with ninety six, but McKinnon's got ninety three 576 00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:00,680 Speaker 4: and Cooch's got ninety one, so all three those guys 577 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:02,160 Speaker 4: within five points of each other. 578 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:04,760 Speaker 5: That should be a pretty epic scoring race down the stretch. 579 00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:07,360 Speaker 2: And most of North America couldn't pick them out of 580 00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 2: a police lineup. Very true, Well, McDavid, probably because he's 581 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:13,280 Speaker 2: a sour puss. It's easy to spot the sour puss. 582 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:15,440 Speaker 2: I'm not even sure I know what Kutrov looks like 583 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:16,960 Speaker 2: outside of him were in a helmet. 584 00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:19,960 Speaker 4: I think the number one kind of storyline though that 585 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:22,720 Speaker 4: the NHL is looking at hockey fans in general, would 586 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:25,840 Speaker 4: be Buffalo potentially ending the playoff droughts since twenty eleven. 587 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:27,640 Speaker 4: Since they've gotten to the playoffs, it's well before that, 588 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:29,920 Speaker 4: since they've actually won a playoff series. They're in the 589 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:32,440 Speaker 4: playoffs right now. They look like they're a pretty good team. 590 00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:34,480 Speaker 4: Will they finally end that drought? I think is a 591 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:36,480 Speaker 4: huge topic in the second half. Here you see Tage 592 00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:38,400 Speaker 4: Thompson got photograph board a Maga hat. 593 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:39,560 Speaker 5: I did not see that. 594 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:42,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, maybe not. I just don't wear you know, any 595 00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 2: Joe Biden hat whatever. Just no merch, yeah, no merch, 596 00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:50,200 Speaker 2: no political march anyway. And Jeremy Swayman said that the 597 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:54,440 Speaker 2: men should have reacted differently when Trump, you know, made 598 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:56,719 Speaker 2: fun of the women in that phone call. But you know, 599 00:29:56,840 --> 00:29:59,160 Speaker 2: what are you gonna do? You're not expecting that, although 600 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:02,200 Speaker 2: with him you should have been expecting that. And Trocheck 601 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:04,320 Speaker 2: had a quote where he said we were hoping this 602 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:05,480 Speaker 2: wouldn't happen and it did. 603 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:08,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's I think that's not a lot of people 604 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:11,480 Speaker 4: share that sentiment that Trochick just said, because it's just 605 00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:14,000 Speaker 4: it's so exhausting now, this whole thing, well. 606 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:16,680 Speaker 2: The athletic in the New York Times didn't care about 607 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:19,200 Speaker 2: the hockey. They just wanted to use this as a 608 00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:23,440 Speaker 2: political platform to get their agenda, their anti Trump agenda 609 00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:27,000 Speaker 2: out there. And it's like that with Shinsky, Goop, with ESPN. 610 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:30,840 Speaker 2: Half the people covering hockey want to cover hockey as 611 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:34,240 Speaker 2: a social justice thing. They want to weaponize what happens 612 00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:37,920 Speaker 2: to serve their point of view. It's like Steve Byrn said, 613 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:40,720 Speaker 2: only in America could somebody win a gold medal for 614 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:43,320 Speaker 2: China and get on the cover of Time. And if 615 00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:45,280 Speaker 2: you want a gold medal for the US, you're likely 616 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:46,200 Speaker 2: to be villainized. 617 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:48,840 Speaker 4: And that's just what sucks so much about it is 618 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:51,440 Speaker 4: that the lines have been drawn again and every area 619 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:53,240 Speaker 4: of our life now in America, we draw a line 620 00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:54,880 Speaker 4: right down the middle and you have to choose a side. 621 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:56,680 Speaker 4: And this was supposed to be a moment that we 622 00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:58,480 Speaker 4: could just take a breath on that and be like 623 00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:00,400 Speaker 4: Tmusa won the hockey tournament. 624 00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:01,000 Speaker 5: That's awesome. 625 00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:03,880 Speaker 4: And the line was tournaments, yes, And the line was 626 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:05,760 Speaker 4: drawn though, and now we have to make it a 627 00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:07,240 Speaker 4: thing and you have to choose which side you're on 628 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:09,120 Speaker 4: and off you're you're on this side if you support 629 00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:10,640 Speaker 4: the men's team, you're on that side if you don't. 630 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:13,560 Speaker 4: And it's just exhausting. It's exhausting like every other Ask the. 631 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:16,640 Speaker 2: Guys who cover hockey, like that idiot Lazarus for the 632 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:19,560 Speaker 2: Athletic in Washinsky, who's just not a good writer. I 633 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:23,080 Speaker 2: mean he should, he should be bagging groceries somewhere, you know. 634 00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:25,880 Speaker 2: They just they just don't care. They don't care. They 635 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:29,400 Speaker 2: cover hockey, but don't care about hockey, No, they don't. 636 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:31,760 Speaker 2: They care about the storylines kind of around hockey, and 637 00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:33,840 Speaker 2: they like stir in the pot when it comes to 638 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:36,520 Speaker 2: those like the Athletic. When when the guys who are 639 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:39,280 Speaker 2: involved in that World Junior rape case for Canada, when 640 00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:41,440 Speaker 2: they were trying to get jobs, they were sending writers 641 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:44,400 Speaker 2: to the locker rooms of the teams that might have 642 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:46,719 Speaker 2: hired those guys. And we're trying to get the players 643 00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:49,120 Speaker 2: to say something stupid about them, maybe coming to the team, 644 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:52,200 Speaker 2: and I give the Vegas Golden Knights media rep credit. 645 00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:54,120 Speaker 2: He just kicked the guy out the minute the guy 646 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:56,920 Speaker 2: opened his mouth about stuff like Carter Hart, you know, 647 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,720 Speaker 2: potentially going there. They kicked him. 648 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:02,280 Speaker 4: Out there now right, They picked up Carter Her Yeah, 649 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:04,120 Speaker 4: and they should. I mean, those guys were cleared. They 650 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:07,240 Speaker 4: should be a NHL now. People deserve a second chance. 651 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:10,240 Speaker 4: But we've gone on. Color me guilty, Tom, because I've 652 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:13,040 Speaker 4: gone on too much about that. Randy mom and said, 653 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:16,080 Speaker 4: I can't believe you're talking about that when when I 654 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:17,360 Speaker 4: was on DV this morning. 655 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:19,760 Speaker 2: But you can't get away from it. I mean, if 656 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:22,280 Speaker 2: you're in the media, this is in the media and 657 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:25,600 Speaker 2: you can't get away from it. The trifecta brought to 658 00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:28,920 Speaker 2: was by Danny's patron Hogies Family owned and operated since 659 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:34,240 Speaker 2: nineteen sixty that's Danny's en Route eighty eight and Bethel Park. Tom. 660 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:37,760 Speaker 2: On a lighter note, Slapshot was released on this day 661 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:41,360 Speaker 2: in nineteen seventy seven and it remains the greatest sports 662 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:45,320 Speaker 2: movie ever made. You've seen Slapshot, Rightah, I've seen Slapshot. 663 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:47,600 Speaker 2: It was on this morning at six am. I couldn't sleep. 664 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:49,360 Speaker 2: I was flipping the dollar. It was on, so I 665 00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:50,320 Speaker 2: watched about an hour of it. 666 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:52,520 Speaker 4: They should put it on like an AMC like one 667 00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:54,440 Speaker 4: of those marathon movies, and the day it was debuted, 668 00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:56,480 Speaker 4: like when Groundhog Day's on all day long. For Groundhog 669 00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:57,880 Speaker 4: Day to be slap shot day to day. 670 00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:00,719 Speaker 2: Actually on my cable one of my channels. I think 671 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:04,440 Speaker 2: it's one of the show times shows The Godfather, Godfather 672 00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:08,800 Speaker 2: too and the third uh, moving the trilogy almost constantly 673 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:11,120 Speaker 2: when I was almost constantly. I mean you can see 674 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:12,880 Speaker 2: it every single day at some time. 675 00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:15,040 Speaker 5: Now, I don't think it is the best sports movie 676 00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:16,240 Speaker 5: ever made, though you're wrong. 677 00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:16,520 Speaker 2: It is. 678 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:18,880 Speaker 4: Major League Is that for me? No, No, it's Slapshot. 679 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:21,280 Speaker 4: Major League's really good. I think it's a great contender. 680 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:24,160 Speaker 2: Major League is good. It's no slap shot. You could 681 00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:25,960 Speaker 2: throw a bulldorm in there as well. 682 00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:28,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, but I think major League's more the one that 683 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:29,440 Speaker 4: I would go with if I'm picking baseball. 684 00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:32,760 Speaker 2: Major League is almost like a baseball equivalent to slap Shot. 685 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:34,520 Speaker 2: I will praise it to that degree. 686 00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:36,400 Speaker 4: Because it kind of brings you in, like on the inside, 687 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:38,240 Speaker 4: it makes you feel like what those locker rooms actually 688 00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:40,480 Speaker 4: feel like and what it's like to be on those teams. 689 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:44,720 Speaker 2: Tom and Bradenton. Today Paul Skins pitched two and a 690 00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:50,560 Speaker 2: third walked for Chandler had control problems a couple of 691 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:54,720 Speaker 2: days back. Maybe the poirate aces aren't gonna be what 692 00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:55,520 Speaker 2: we hope they'll be. 693 00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:57,800 Speaker 5: I'm not that worried about skiing. 694 00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:00,400 Speaker 2: No, nor am I, But in a little bit I think. 695 00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:03,000 Speaker 4: It is a little funny and telling that there was 696 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:05,480 Speaker 4: so much assumption being done when it comes to this rotation. 697 00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:08,600 Speaker 2: We're assuming chant where it could be the number two. 698 00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:11,840 Speaker 2: He's a long way from having proven that. We're assuming 699 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:14,120 Speaker 2: Jones will come back and be great. We don't know. 700 00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:18,320 Speaker 2: We're assuming Ashcraft will be better than his minimal MLB experience. 701 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:21,440 Speaker 2: And I have, you know, high hopes, and I think 702 00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:25,560 Speaker 2: everybody out there, you know, should, But there's the pitching 703 00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,800 Speaker 2: staff is far from the nailed on strength that a 704 00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:31,000 Speaker 2: lot of Bucco people think it should be. 705 00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:33,200 Speaker 4: Yeah, Like I think they talk it up like it's 706 00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:35,600 Speaker 4: you know, the two thousand and eight Phillies rotation. Remember 707 00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:37,600 Speaker 4: that rotation when it was like Roy Halliday and Cole 708 00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:40,560 Speaker 4: Hamil's and Roy Oswalt and it was just like a 709 00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:44,920 Speaker 4: Murderer's row of proven studs, the Moneyball A's rotation, just 710 00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:47,319 Speaker 4: Cy Young Winner after Cy Young Winner. That's kind of 711 00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:49,160 Speaker 4: what the feeling is like for the Pirate's rotation. They're 712 00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:50,000 Speaker 4: nowhere close to that. 713 00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:52,880 Speaker 2: The Moneyball A's rotation that was barely mentioned in the 714 00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:56,239 Speaker 2: movie because we signed the first baseman who walks. That's 715 00:34:56,239 --> 00:34:59,960 Speaker 2: why we won. Up NeXT's gonna talk more about Sid 716 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:04,880 Speaker 2: he's out for four weeks. Uh, we're gonna get reaction 717 00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:08,880 Speaker 2: to that from uh, Mike de Corsi at three point thirty, 718 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:13,200 Speaker 2: Jonathan Bomboli The trib at four o'clock, and then Paul 719 00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:17,160 Speaker 2: Steigerwald Ah Stige at four thirty, one oh five nine