1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:02,719 Speaker 1: Okay, we got a lot of questions on the table, 2 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: So connow ate three to three, four to one, two wxdx, 3 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:08,879 Speaker 1: or don't call the show's over at six o'clock. No 4 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: matter what, does Canada win? If SID plays? Should Canada 5 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: have played SID? If he was seventy percent? Something like that? 6 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 2: Is Jack Hughes now the face of hockey? I think 7 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:21,439 Speaker 2: he is. 8 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:23,240 Speaker 1: I'm going to go into that a little bit more 9 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 1: in just a couple seconds. And is the Mazarowski home 10 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 1: run the biggest moment in Pittsburgh sports history? Except I 11 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 1: hate to debate that because it's so obviously. Is he 12 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: beat the unbeatable Yankees Game seven still the only walk 13 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 1: off Game seven home run and World Series history? The 14 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:49,839 Speaker 1: moment that you fantasize about when you're playing with football 15 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 1: or Little league or whatever. Bill Mazerowski lived it, and 16 00:00:54,680 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 1: he's the only guy to do it. Anything else is silly. 17 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 1: Back then, baseball was everything too. That figures into this equation. 18 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:07,760 Speaker 1: The immaculate reception. 19 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 2: They lost the. 20 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 1: Next week in the AFC Championship Game to the undefeated 21 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins. Uh, that's not to diminish the significance of 22 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: the Immaculate reception. 23 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:20,960 Speaker 2: Because it did launch a dynasty. 24 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,399 Speaker 1: It was the first playoff win for a team that 25 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:25,400 Speaker 1: had never had a playoff win previously. 26 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 2: But the Mass home run is bigger. 27 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 1: I mean, for me to say anything is bigger than 28 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:35,399 Speaker 1: the Mario comeback, that says a lot. The Mass home 29 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: run was bigger, and that upset of the Yankees. And 30 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: I'm saying this off the top of my head, but 31 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 1: I think it's the third biggest upset in sports history. 32 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 3: And uh. 33 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 1: Again, if you can't think of it off the top 34 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 1: of your head, it probably one ne bi of an upset. 35 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 1: But if you'd like to join the comparisons in any 36 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 1: of those regards now four one, two, three three three 37 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 1: XDX the SID debate, I agree, it's kind of empty. 38 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 1: Like Porky said, guys get hurt all the time in sports, 39 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 1: and my favorite sports truism is what could have happened? 40 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 1: Did aute was really safe to predict? I turned on 41 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: the ESPN Goofy shows today. I didn't see Pat show 42 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: that's a little too Goofy. I mean, maybe I don't know. 43 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: He's gonna be still best just stallone on today's show, 44 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: Like I hear he's gonna try to be and by 45 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 1: the way, I think he has a legitimate shot at 46 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 1: being a movie star. But the other programs had a 47 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: few grudging moments about hockey, and right back to the 48 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 1: NFL and NBA. 49 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 2: Right back to the NFL and NBA, because. 50 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:47,639 Speaker 1: ESPN does not care, except for our guest at the 51 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 1: bottom of the hour, John Buchi Gross who is hockey 52 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 1: on ESPN. Bouchie joins me at four thirty getting back 53 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: to that Jack Houston about how he's not in the 54 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: face of hockey. The face of hockey isn't something you earned. 55 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 1: It just happens, and it's happening with Jack Hughes, and 56 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:09,079 Speaker 1: the NHL can. 57 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 2: Ride it or let it lapse. 58 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:16,520 Speaker 1: His face with everything the NHL can control, his face 59 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: should be everywhere and for a while, not just in 60 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:20,920 Speaker 1: the immediate aftermath. 61 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 2: Of the golden goal. But Borkey brought up a good point. 62 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 1: The way he talks is how the NHL thinks, how 63 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: old timey hockey guys think, oh, you gotta earn that, 64 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 1: gotta earn that he did earn it yesterday. Jack Hughes 65 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: is the face of hockey if they're smart enough to 66 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: want it. The only guy they ever let jump to 67 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 1: the front of the line is the same guy. That's 68 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 1: the only guy that referees protected and that was Wayne Gretzky. 69 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 1: Everybody else had to weight their turn. But sometimes your 70 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 1: turn can lapse and you never get to take it. 71 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: If you look at Jack Hughes, what just happened that goal? 72 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: His promos he cut after the charisma, the teeth, the blood, 73 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: pure America, Hanna, his brother, his obvious devotion between the 74 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 1: two of them, the Gadroaux tribute. Jack uses the face 75 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 1: of hockey right now. If they're smart enough to do it, 76 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 1: and I know in my heart they are not. Let's 77 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:17,599 Speaker 1: go to Ben and Ziliadope. Well, Ben, you're own with 78 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 1: double M. 79 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:22,599 Speaker 3: Hey Mark. I don't love the National TV guys either, 80 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 3: but here's hoping that they continue to cover hockey in 81 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 3: the future. I was listening to Colin Coward this morning, 82 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:33,719 Speaker 3: right he raised an interesting question, why do you think 83 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 3: it is that a Canadian hockey team has not won 84 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:38,599 Speaker 3: the Stanley Cup since nineteen ninety three. 85 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 1: It's coincidence. It's just so many teams that it's a 86 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:46,279 Speaker 1: really tough trophy to win. I mean, whenever I have 87 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 1: to go through four rounds of playoffs, you really earn it, 88 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 1: but it's really random. At the same time, I know 89 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:54,480 Speaker 1: that probably doesn't make sense, but it's true. I think 90 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:55,600 Speaker 1: it's mostly coincidence. 91 00:04:57,520 --> 00:04:59,719 Speaker 3: He was saying it was there's too much pressure on 92 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 3: the Canadian hockey team players and so they'd rather play 93 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:05,280 Speaker 3: for an American team. 94 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 1: I think there's some degree of truth to that. I 95 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 1: think Mitch Marner saw leaving Toronto going to Vegas as 96 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 1: an escape in every single way you could make an escape. 97 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 1: That said, if you can't stand the pressure of playing 98 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 1: in Toronto, are you going to win a Stanley Cup? 99 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:21,799 Speaker 2: Anywhere? Professional sports is pressure? 100 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 3: Very true? Thanks Mark, thank you. 101 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:27,280 Speaker 2: Let's go to Mike and Lawrenceville. 102 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 4: Mike, what's up, Hey, Mark, thanks for taking my call. 103 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 4: I was just talking about the Crosby debate. If he'd 104 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 4: have played the way Hella Buck was playing, I don't 105 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 4: know if there would be too many people out there 106 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:40,360 Speaker 4: that if you'd have added to that team, they'd have 107 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:41,039 Speaker 4: been able to win. 108 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 2: But also I don't disagree with that. 109 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 1: I reached the point in watching the game where I said, yeap, 110 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 1: he's done giving up goals. 111 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 5: No more goals, and even Mark, when there were chances, 112 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:54,480 Speaker 5: I mean when a net was when the net was 113 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:57,719 Speaker 5: even open. I mean they were you know, there were 114 00:05:57,760 --> 00:05:59,000 Speaker 5: a couple of chances that they missed. 115 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 1: Nate McKinnon, miss Son the open net, McDavid got caught 116 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 1: from behind. I mean, he's one of the fastest guys 117 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 1: in hockey and got caught. He's the fastest guy in 118 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 1: hockey and got caught from behind on a breakaway celebrity 119 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:15,040 Speaker 1: got stopped a few times. But except for the McKinnon 120 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 1: open net, miss Hellibuk figured it into all of those 121 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 1: as well. 122 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:24,600 Speaker 2: All thank Mark, thank you A three three four one 123 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:26,040 Speaker 2: two WXDX. 124 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 1: I can tell just glancing at Twitter and the response 125 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 1: that people don't get what I'm saying about how Jack 126 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:33,920 Speaker 1: uses the face of the league. Like Brky said, Oh, 127 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 1: he's not played that good for Jersey. They're not going 128 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 1: to make the playoffs. He's hurt a lot. Yeah, all 129 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 1: those factor in. He just scored the golden goal. He's 130 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: America's child right now, He's America's sweetheart. You take advantage 131 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 1: of that. You don't have to be the best player 132 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 1: on a game in game on basis to be the 133 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,160 Speaker 1: face of the league. That's the best player award, The 134 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:58,040 Speaker 1: MVP award, whatever award, it's not being the face of 135 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:01,480 Speaker 1: the league, which is more intangible and involves charisma. 136 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:03,719 Speaker 2: And is Jack Hu's the best player in the league. 137 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:03,839 Speaker 6: No? 138 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 2: Is he good enough to be the face of the league? 139 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 1: Absolutely, But they'll blow it because they always do. Get 140 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: your calls in a three three four one two WXDX. 141 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 1: We got John Butcher gross at the bottom of the 142 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 1: hour one O, five to nine. 143 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 2: That's what you got you to do? 144 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 1: All that. I think you're onto something DX at one. 145 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 1: This is an example why everything is awkward with the 146 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:37,559 Speaker 1: current presidential administration. And I probably should keep my mouth shut, 147 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: but this relays to sports so fit I'm a lot 148 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 1: closer to the end than the middle. 149 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 2: Anyway. 150 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 1: Trump invited the US women's gold medal winning hockey team 151 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 1: to the State of the Union addressed tomorrow night, and 152 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: they're not gonna go. And they were very polite in 153 00:07:56,120 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: their refusal, saying scheduling conflicts, et cetera, et cetera. But 154 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: I'm sure that they aren't going because Trump insulted them 155 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 1: when he was talking to the men's team yesterday and 156 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 1: he said, I guess I'll have to invite the women too, 157 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: So why would you go if that's the reluctance with 158 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 1: which you're invited, and Trump doesn't want them there anyway. 159 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:23,600 Speaker 1: Trump knows what the sexuality of a lot of those 160 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 1: girls is and he has no respect for it whatsoever wrongly. 161 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 2: So so the women. 162 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: Aren't going to go, but they were polite in their decline. 163 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 1: But the US men are going to go. And that's 164 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:38,440 Speaker 1: okay too, even though it's tomorrow night and a bunch 165 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 1: of the guys have games in the NHL Wednesday, and 166 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 1: we'll have to fly in either after the State of 167 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 1: the Union on private jets or the next morning on 168 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:51,600 Speaker 1: commercial and I would imagine that some of them would 169 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 1: be in danger of missing their games because of that scheduling. 170 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:58,080 Speaker 1: But that's okay. You only win Olympic gold. Well, I'm 171 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: not gonna say once in a lifetime. These guys might 172 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: win again in four years. But it is a special 173 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 1: occasion and you should get all the trappings that go 174 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:10,000 Speaker 1: with it if that is your inclination. So the men 175 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:12,560 Speaker 1: aren't wrong for going, the women aren't wrong for not going. 176 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 1: Here's where it gets awkward. I guarantee that in paying 177 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:20,600 Speaker 1: tribute to the men's hockey team, Trump will insult the 178 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 1: women in front of them during the State of the 179 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 1: Union address. I guarantee he'll do that. He'll he'll he'll 180 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:29,679 Speaker 1: congratulate the men's team and then insult the women by 181 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:32,200 Speaker 1: way of their not attending, and then the men have 182 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:35,960 Speaker 1: to stand there and just look like they're not supportive 183 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 1: of the women when they definitely are. 184 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 2: So it's just. 185 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 1: An awkward situation, and it always is, isn't it with 186 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 1: this guy? Your thoughts at A three three four one 187 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:54,479 Speaker 1: two WSDX. Let's go to Jeremy. 188 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 7: Good day, mister Madden. 189 00:09:57,559 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 2: Yep, what up? 190 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:00,320 Speaker 6: Uh? 191 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:04,959 Speaker 7: You've been hitting on people rooting for USA Hockey a lot, saying, oh, 192 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 7: it's patriotic whatever. 193 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:08,680 Speaker 2: No, I haven't said, I haven't said. I haven't said 194 00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 2: that at all. 195 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 1: I've said I was rooting for Sid because he's I 196 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 1: know him, and he's playing for Canada. And I also 197 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:18,920 Speaker 1: said that I don't like all the extracurricular and over 198 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 1: the top flag waving that comes with events like this. 199 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:25,320 Speaker 1: But I never said I was rooting against the US 200 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:27,200 Speaker 1: and telling people not to don't put words in my 201 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 1: Matthew Simpleton. 202 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 2: Anything else are we done? 203 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:34,559 Speaker 1: Uh? 204 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:37,080 Speaker 8: Well, I was just gonna say that a lot of us. 205 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:40,440 Speaker 7: Are USA Hockey does paying members with children that play 206 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:41,680 Speaker 7: USA Hockey. 207 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 1: Really think that you think your kid's gonna play Your 208 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:46,560 Speaker 1: kid plays for USA Hockey. 209 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:49,480 Speaker 2: He played for Yes, who's he played for? 210 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 8: It's the organ it's the organization. 211 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:55,080 Speaker 7: Mark, Who's he played for a travel team in western Pennsylvania. 212 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 1: He doesn't play, so he doesn't play for you. So 213 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:00,600 Speaker 1: he doesn't play for USA Hockey Developmental. 214 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 7: He plays for No. 215 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 1: No. 216 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 7: But we all are members of USA Hockey. I pay 217 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 7: over two hundred dollars to USA Hockey every year so 218 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:11,439 Speaker 7: that my child can play in the Poduct town of Erie. 219 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 2: I go nowhere. 220 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 1: First off, Erie has a pretty good hockey program. Your 221 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:17,599 Speaker 1: kid's probably lucky to be there. And second off, that 222 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:19,760 Speaker 1: doesn't connect you to the team that won the gold 223 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:20,559 Speaker 1: medal yesterday. 224 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 2: It just doesn't. But thank you for the call. Let's 225 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:23,320 Speaker 2: go to Brendan. 226 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 8: Mark. I wanted to get your thoughts on Conor McDavid 227 00:11:27,559 --> 00:11:30,559 Speaker 8: getting the MVP of the Olympics. I found it a 228 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 8: little bit bizarre that, like the I think that the 229 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 8: voting structure is you're supposed to get the votes in 230 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 8: before the end of the first period. 231 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 1: Of the the voting is complete after the end of 232 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 1: the first period of the gold medal game. 233 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 2: That is flawed. 234 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:46,760 Speaker 1: Obviously, McDavid was not the tournament's MVP. You could argue 235 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:48,600 Speaker 1: he was the player of the tournament, like the best 236 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 1: player because he led the tournament points, but for the 237 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 1: most valuable you know, they shouldn't feel the need to 238 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:56,840 Speaker 1: have to collate voting from a bunch of people, whether 239 00:11:56,840 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 1: it's the media or whoever it was. They should just 240 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 1: get one or two people to decide at the end 241 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 1: of the gold medal game immediately, and I bet who 242 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 1: they gave it to would. 243 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:10,360 Speaker 2: Make more sense. Yeah, thanks, thank you, brief call. I 244 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:12,080 Speaker 2: like it that way. Let's go to Rob Rob. You're 245 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:12,720 Speaker 2: all with double m. 246 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 8: Hey, Mark, I just wanted to talk about the Jack 247 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:20,160 Speaker 8: Hughes being in the face of the league, which I 248 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:23,559 Speaker 8: agree with you. Uh, the NHL should definitely take advantage 249 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 8: of it. I mean, look what Tennis did with Anna 250 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 8: corner Kova. 251 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:28,840 Speaker 4: I mean I think she kind of sucked. 252 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's not nearly the same thing. 253 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 1: Konakova was embraced by by you know, the the the 254 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,560 Speaker 1: the advertisers and really everybody because of her. 255 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 2: Look. 256 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:44,199 Speaker 1: Sergei Federoff too pavel bore after that. But yeah, that's 257 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 1: nothing to. 258 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 8: Do with this. 259 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 1: But Jack Hughes scored the game winning goal in the Olympics, 260 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 1: the gold medal goal, the golden goal. And he. 261 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:55,720 Speaker 2: Is a very good player. 262 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:57,960 Speaker 1: Is he a superstar level player for the Devils, Well, 263 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 1: he's part near, if not plumb. But you can promote 264 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:07,559 Speaker 1: that guy American. His brother lost his tooth bled for 265 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 1: the cause. Everything about him screams face of the league. 266 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:12,599 Speaker 1: But if you don't think it's the right idea, you 267 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 1: don't worry about it because they'll blow it. They'll let 268 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 1: it lapse. 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Next one oh five to nine Thursday Night, 288 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:21,840 Speaker 1: the Pens take on the Devils. 289 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 9: Game time is seven. Our coverage starts at six here 290 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 9: every game and the best coverage right here on your 291 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:30,320 Speaker 9: home of the Pens one o five. 292 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 8: Nine d X. 293 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 10: From the one oh five nine the ex Weather Center. 294 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 1: This report is heysto, I just diddled my lips on 295 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:42,600 Speaker 1: live radio for thirty seconds. 296 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:45,720 Speaker 2: And you all listen the X at one oh five nine. 297 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 1: My guest right now is hockey on ESPN. He is 298 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 1: the pride of the Tri State area. He is America. 299 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 1: We welcome now back to the program. A pleasure to 300 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 1: talk to John Bucha Grosse Boochie is Jack Hughes Now 301 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 1: the face of hockey, and should the NHL push in 302 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 1: that direction. 303 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 8: Well, he's always had the charisma and the swag when 304 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 8: he entered the league, and he certainly has the exciting game. 305 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 8: He's relatable off the ice. You know, he's not a big, 306 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 8: gigantic man at all, so he certainly has the charisma. 307 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 8: He plays in the New Jersey Devils, not the most 308 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:27,760 Speaker 8: charismatic organization. So I don't know if he's the face 309 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 8: of hockey, but certainly for USA Hockey, you know, Greater 310 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 8: New York City. Although Matthew Schaeffer out there is really 311 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 8: something on the island. It's interesting to see what will happen. 312 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 8: It still try to do that with him. 313 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, because again he's an American and most of the 314 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 1: league's teams are in America. He's twenty four. He looks 315 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 1: the part, like you said, unassuming. You can sell him, 316 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 1: but they don't like to do that. The NHL's never 317 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 1: known how to produce and create stars, have they. 318 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 8: They don't. It's like, you know, even the players are 319 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 8: reticent to do it because of the you know, the 320 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:06,200 Speaker 8: culture of the game. It's always been that way, you know, 321 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 8: the tenants of the game or selflessness, and team first. 322 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:12,800 Speaker 8: They always have been. You know, Wayne Gretzky, you know, 323 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 8: demanded to have no special treatment. Bobby orr was the 324 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 8: same way. So it's just different and but maybe it'll 325 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 8: slightly change a little bit. We're certainly seeing that now, 326 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 8: Like we see hockey commercials now with guys not in 327 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 8: their uniform, like that was rare back in the old days. 328 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 8: Like they're kind of in these normal settings and watching 329 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 8: their kids play hockey like Stamkosen headman or or Backstrom 330 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 8: and Odie Home eating cereal and like little bits like that. 331 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 8: So they are doing a little bit of stuff like 332 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 8: that where the uniform isn't involved in trying to sell 333 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 8: these players as people. 334 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 1: Let's look at that golden goal, because there were a 335 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:54,280 Speaker 1: lot of things happening on that mccarr turned it over, 336 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:58,080 Speaker 1: probably didn't work back hard enough, McDavid lost Hughes and 337 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 1: what a play by Jack Wrensky Musclell McKinnon off the puck. Uh. 338 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:05,399 Speaker 2: I'm not surprised. I think Wrensky's parentially underrated. 339 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,560 Speaker 8: Yeah, he's gonna you know, you know, I think that. 340 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:11,760 Speaker 8: And I have a vote for the major awards I 341 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:14,359 Speaker 8: have for about five years now, and I kind of 342 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:16,880 Speaker 8: was saying that I think some of these performances could 343 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:20,000 Speaker 8: affect their NHL vote, and I'm kind of like, you know, 344 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:22,199 Speaker 8: Zach Wrensky, you know, was I going to vote him 345 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 8: first for the North? I'm not sure. You know, it's Hughes, 346 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:27,200 Speaker 8: it's him, and it's macar. Those are the top three 347 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:30,840 Speaker 8: and they're right in the same conversation, and you know, 348 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:33,359 Speaker 8: that kind of moment will help him get votes, you know, 349 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 8: like if he goes on, especially if Columbus makes the 350 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 8: playoffs and he gets thirty goals and he leads all 351 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:40,359 Speaker 8: defensemen in scoring, it could help him. So it can 352 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:43,359 Speaker 8: raise your stature. But it was a great goal. You know. 353 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:46,200 Speaker 8: That was the second shift for that big three of McKinnon, 354 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:49,600 Speaker 8: McDavid and mccar. That was the first shift for Larkin, 355 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:52,960 Speaker 8: Lorensky and Jack Hughes. And that shows the depth of 356 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:56,879 Speaker 8: team USA. Their coaching staff trusted all four lines, and 357 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:59,400 Speaker 8: that wasn't the case for Canada. They kind of became 358 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 8: of the Edmonton Oilers where they just throw out Leon 359 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:05,119 Speaker 8: Dreisido and Connor McDavid all the time. They did that 360 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 8: with those three guys. They were tired. Those are hard minutes. 361 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:11,560 Speaker 8: They've played twenty five, twenty six, twenty four minutes, and 362 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:15,800 Speaker 8: you know Urensky played ten, you know Larkin played fourteen, 363 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 8: Hughes played fourteen, and so that just like it comes 364 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:22,560 Speaker 8: back to bite Edmonton trying to play a short lineup, 365 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:26,800 Speaker 8: hard playoffs, tight minutes that can make you a little 366 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:30,280 Speaker 8: mentally tired. Mccarr lost the race for the poke with 367 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 8: Hughes and then Lourensky totally bullied McKinnon at the other 368 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:36,560 Speaker 8: end of the ice and made the pass that Jack 369 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:38,160 Speaker 8: Hughes for the golden goal. 370 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:41,440 Speaker 1: Does this win I don't want to say vindicate, that's 371 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:43,200 Speaker 1: too strong a word, but a lot of people thought 372 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:44,879 Speaker 1: Garren left some guys off the teams. 373 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:46,399 Speaker 2: You should have been there, including me. 374 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:49,080 Speaker 1: I'm not a big fan of picking the role player 375 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 1: over all stars and letting the stars figure out who 376 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 1: has to be a role player. Sullivan ain't won a 377 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 1: playoff series since twenty eighteen, and we see what's going 378 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:00,399 Speaker 1: on with the Rangers now, but we also see everything 379 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 1: that happened yesterday as far as the rep for those 380 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:04,240 Speaker 1: who is concerned. 381 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:07,720 Speaker 8: Right, he needed it and he got it. It's a 382 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 8: huge win for him in his career. You know, Billy 383 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,440 Speaker 8: Garran picking the team. It's just like a baseball GM. 384 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:15,800 Speaker 8: As long as you win the World Series, every trade, 385 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:18,200 Speaker 8: every free agent signing is worth it. You know, the 386 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 8: Red Sox gave billions of dollars to JD. Drew and 387 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 8: he was a disaster, but then he hits a Grand 388 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 8: Slam in the Alcs they go on to win the 389 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:28,760 Speaker 8: World Series. So Boob, it's a good sign. He helped 390 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:31,040 Speaker 8: you get there. He helped you win the World Series 391 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:33,119 Speaker 8: in a small way. It's a good sign because he 392 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:35,680 Speaker 8: might not be there without his one little grand Slam. 393 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:39,080 Speaker 8: Mccoshia is sixteen million at the time, but it worked out, 394 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:41,159 Speaker 8: and so that's what this works out. You know, they 395 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 8: killed all seventeen penalties, but that was mainly because of 396 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:46,680 Speaker 8: Connor Hullibuck. You know, he stole this gold medal. It 397 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:48,920 Speaker 8: was his Jim Craig moment. They don't win in eighty 398 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,160 Speaker 8: without Jim Craig, and they don't win in twenty six 399 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 8: without Connor Hallibuck. That's what wins these things. And he's 400 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 8: a position player. He counts a field goal kicker, a 401 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 8: long snapper, a cornerback, a left hand They all have 402 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 8: different jobs and they all have to do their jobs, 403 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:05,520 Speaker 8: and he did his job better than anybody else the 404 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:09,920 Speaker 8: whole tournament, and he helped win that game. And so yeah, 405 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 8: in the end, it was it came down to him 406 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:16,399 Speaker 8: and he performed. So everybody was smart, and everybody's the 407 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 8: right coach, everybody is the right. 408 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 1: Player that said, and I agree hell about I think 409 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:23,399 Speaker 1: your goalie always has to be your best penalty killer, Bucci. 410 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:26,440 Speaker 1: But I thought the two local kids, Trocheck and Miller, 411 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:29,640 Speaker 1: especially in that five on three penalty kill, I thought 412 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:31,720 Speaker 1: they earned their spots on the team, like you said, 413 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:35,359 Speaker 1: with that moment alone. Yeah, and that was the plan, 414 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:37,639 Speaker 1: and you know, that was building the winning team, and 415 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:41,440 Speaker 1: Trocheck won some clean face offs, and they were not 416 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:43,880 Speaker 1: afraid to throw them out there because every time Mike 417 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:46,679 Speaker 1: Sullivan put that fourth line out there after a whistle, 418 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 1: John Cooper, who had last change because they were the 419 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:52,880 Speaker 1: quote unquote home team as the higher seed, he put 420 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 1: out McDavid McKinnon and Celebraty. 421 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 8: He believed he had an advantage there and a couple 422 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:01,200 Speaker 8: of shifts he did, and they had great scoring chances. 423 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:04,639 Speaker 8: You know, obviously they're faster than that line, but In 424 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 8: the end, Hella Buck had their back. They got quality minutes. 425 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:09,800 Speaker 8: They were able to rest everybody else. They were the 426 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 8: fresher team and that three on three with Hughes and 427 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:17,120 Speaker 8: Morensky and Larkin, and it paid off by rolling the lines, 428 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:19,680 Speaker 8: and you know, he did some line juggling as well. 429 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:22,880 Speaker 8: He was trying to find some offensive momentum. Could never 430 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,320 Speaker 8: really find it the whole game. That have a shift, 431 00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:27,840 Speaker 8: but then they didn't have a shift, but they were 432 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:30,480 Speaker 8: confident and poised. To me, I watched the replay again 433 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:33,399 Speaker 8: without all the emotion of watching the game and just 434 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:36,880 Speaker 8: kind of watched it tactically, and Team USA was fine. Yeah, 435 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:39,200 Speaker 8: they got out. It was mid the shots were even 436 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:42,159 Speaker 8: midway through the hockey game. The five on three actually 437 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 8: gave Canada momentum even after America killed it. NHL games 438 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:48,399 Speaker 8: seemed to go the other way, but they just couldn't 439 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 8: quite get it. You know, the Kachucks weren't great. He 440 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 8: was trying to move people around, couldn't really find a 441 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 8: good combination of the line that could create momentum like 442 00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 8: McDavid McKennon and celebrating. And that's why Cooper kept throwing 443 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 8: them out there. 444 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:05,359 Speaker 1: We're talking to Bucci here on the X about yesterday's 445 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 1: huge gold medal win for the USA men's hockey team. 446 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 1: McDavid got MVP. I don't think that serves him well. 447 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 1: He's now the loser MVP with that const might be 448 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:18,119 Speaker 1: a couple of years back. That's probably a bit unfair. 449 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:20,159 Speaker 1: But it's also a bit dumb to pick the MVP 450 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:21,920 Speaker 1: with two periods left in the tournament. 451 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 8: Yeah, obviously it was Hella Box. The whole tournament and 452 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:28,720 Speaker 8: that game. That game is weighted like the cons Smite. 453 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:32,200 Speaker 8: It's the entire postseason, but the final is weighted, and 454 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:34,680 Speaker 8: he should have clearly. I mean, how long does it 455 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:37,560 Speaker 8: take to get some votes? It takes fifteen minutes. I 456 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:39,159 Speaker 8: don't know if they I mean, are they ingrading the 457 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:41,680 Speaker 8: trophy there? I doubt it's I mean, does it the 458 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:44,720 Speaker 8: MVP even get anything? Like, what, what's the big deal? 459 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 2: He got a bigger stuffed animal? 460 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:51,199 Speaker 8: Yeah, I got the big gold. Yeah, Carnival stuffed animal 461 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:53,879 Speaker 8: from the county Fair. It's like, oh, yeah, that was weird. 462 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:57,480 Speaker 8: But yeah, so we all know who the real MVP was. 463 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:00,359 Speaker 8: McDavid only scored two goals. I know he created a 464 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:02,880 Speaker 8: lot of offense with his amazing play and he's exciting 465 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:04,879 Speaker 8: to watch, but in the end, he only score two goals, 466 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 8: and you need to score goals, you know that. That's 467 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:09,640 Speaker 8: the one thing about his postseason the last couple of years. 468 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 8: He's not scoring enough goals. You can, you know, you 469 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 8: run around and dish all you want and hope other 470 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:17,600 Speaker 8: people finish, but at some point you got to do it. 471 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:20,840 Speaker 8: Wayne did it, Mario did it. Like, scoring goals is 472 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:23,680 Speaker 8: important and he's got to do a better job of 473 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:26,280 Speaker 8: it in big games, in big tournaments because the last 474 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 8: two Stanley Cup playoffs and this this, you know, this 475 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:33,320 Speaker 8: Olympics here, that's not enough. That's not enough goal scoring. 476 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:36,240 Speaker 2: Who wins the sid plays how much of a difference 477 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:37,200 Speaker 2: might he have made. 478 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 8: Huge play if he's in the game, they score on 479 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:43,119 Speaker 8: the five on three like there's no doubt about it. 480 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 8: And that was the game, that was their moment. They 481 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 8: had a five on three, They had the three on 482 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:51,320 Speaker 8: three overtime, which is which suits them, And I don't 483 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:53,919 Speaker 8: know why they complained about it. It suits them. With mccarr, 484 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,800 Speaker 8: McDavid and McKinnon, they can't they can't compete with that, 485 00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:00,280 Speaker 8: and youn't even celebrating the next three and and so 486 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:03,239 Speaker 8: you know, everything really favored them in that game. They 487 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:06,320 Speaker 8: got the five on three, they had two breakaways from 488 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:10,200 Speaker 8: celebriny and McDavid and they didn't. They didn't, you know, 489 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:12,119 Speaker 8: score in any of them. You know, the US had 490 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:15,040 Speaker 8: their one breakaway and Body scored. It was a mini breakaway, 491 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:17,600 Speaker 8: split the d in a loane he scored. And their 492 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:20,400 Speaker 8: other goal was just an impossible you know, Jack Hughes 493 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:23,560 Speaker 8: bearing down with momentum rishaw. So if Bennington was good, 494 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,119 Speaker 8: he made great saves. He made a glove save on 495 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:28,920 Speaker 8: Quinn hugheson overtime that usually is a is a one 496 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:32,359 Speaker 8: time winner. He thought Matthew couldchuck down low late in 497 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:35,040 Speaker 8: that four minute power play on the high sticking that 498 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:37,440 Speaker 8: Ico had a nice one timer. It's sitting there. He 499 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:39,800 Speaker 8: pad saved and I go and then could Chuck try 500 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 8: to go between his own legs with his back turned. 501 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 8: But if the defenseman skates, so Bennington was good, he 502 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 8: was fine in the end. So you know, their decisions 503 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:51,960 Speaker 8: were right. America's decisions were right. Hockey is a is 504 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,639 Speaker 8: a fine line sport. It can go either way and win. 505 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 8: America's way Yesterday you. 506 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 1: Mentioned about John Cooper complaining about having to play three 507 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:02,159 Speaker 1: on three and over time. I'm I'm not a big 508 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,440 Speaker 1: fan of three on three overten, but I get why 509 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:07,359 Speaker 1: they did it because you know, the TV time frame, 510 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:10,520 Speaker 1: the closing ceremonies, all that stuff. It figured in because 511 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 1: the Olympics aren't just a hockey tournament. It's the Olympics. 512 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:16,160 Speaker 1: There's other things going on. But do you feel three 513 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:18,880 Speaker 1: on three vindicated itself at all? Because we had four 514 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 1: of those in the playoffs, including the women's gold medal game, 515 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 1: and all of those were spectacular to watch. 516 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:29,600 Speaker 8: And that's my point. It always produces a highlight awesome, 517 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 8: beautiful looking, hockey talented goal. It's urgent because you know 518 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:36,120 Speaker 8: it's not gonna last long. The fact they even say 519 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:39,440 Speaker 8: twenty minutes, then we're not getting the twenty minutes three 520 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:42,120 Speaker 8: on three. In fact, you know, the analytics show really 521 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:44,720 Speaker 8: the ultimate, the really the longest it can go with 522 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,400 Speaker 8: expected goals and all those nerd staff it's like nine. 523 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:47,960 Speaker 1: You know. 524 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:49,760 Speaker 8: That's why I'd love to see the NHL go to ten. 525 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:53,639 Speaker 8: That probably would be very very very few shootouts because 526 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:56,359 Speaker 8: that's about the it's limit. Free on three there's just 527 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:59,200 Speaker 8: too many chances. And so yeah, that was my point. 528 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:01,879 Speaker 8: I didn't hate. It's just you know it's gonna end. 529 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:04,800 Speaker 8: It forces you to pay attention. It's not a risk 530 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:07,200 Speaker 8: shot from the point that goes off three bucks and 531 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 8: two skate blades and in the net their memorable goals, 532 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:13,359 Speaker 8: their highlight drivenness. Is a TV show. All of sports 533 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:16,679 Speaker 8: is a TV show now anymore. It's not pure competition 534 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:20,760 Speaker 8: and what you know, what circumstances create the best winner. 535 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 8: It's a TV show and it's great for TV. And 536 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 8: you know long, you know, just because it lasts forever 537 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:29,119 Speaker 8: doesn't mean it's good. That's true with baseball. I used 538 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 8: to do Sports Center. We'd have these seventeen inning games 539 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 8: and it would like lead the show. I go, this 540 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:36,239 Speaker 8: game is terrible. It's the A's and you know, if 541 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:39,240 Speaker 8: the A's and the Mariners at three am, it's three 542 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:42,680 Speaker 8: to two. Nobody can do anything that's not exciting. Just 543 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:45,840 Speaker 8: because it lasts forever doesn't mean it's good. And just 544 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 8: like a three overtime game, is it always great hockey? 545 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:51,000 Speaker 8: You know three on three, the best players will play, 546 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:54,520 Speaker 8: the most skillful players will play, and it always is 547 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:57,200 Speaker 8: a great highlight, because that's what you need three on three, 548 00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:59,399 Speaker 8: you need a great, skillful play to score. 549 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:02,680 Speaker 1: What does this do for the NHL when play resumed? 550 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:05,080 Speaker 1: Does it up the ante in terms of viewership? Because 551 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,960 Speaker 1: it traditionally does not. And I gotta be honest, Boccie, 552 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:10,760 Speaker 1: we both love the NHL. It is going to seem 553 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 1: like they're skating in the lasses after what we just witnessed. 554 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 8: Can't wait for Jets Cannucks this Wednesday night on ESPN Plus. Yeah, 555 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 8: get your tickets, now, get your streaming services. 556 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:22,080 Speaker 1: Yeah. 557 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:24,960 Speaker 8: I'm skeptical too. You know, people don't watch figure skating, 558 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:28,160 Speaker 8: track and field and downhill schime in between the Olympics, 559 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:31,800 Speaker 8: and so those who jumped on the hockey bandwagon unlikely 560 00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 8: will keep watching. Now, maybe a new Jersey fan, a 561 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,520 Speaker 8: casual fan, or a new Jersey sports fan might go 562 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:39,960 Speaker 8: go see Jack Hughes play, or might watch the first 563 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 8: game because you know that's I remember about the nineteen 564 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:45,800 Speaker 8: eighty Olympics. I was fourteen, so I remember it well. 565 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:48,480 Speaker 8: The afterglow was was awesome as well. It went on 566 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:51,040 Speaker 8: as Jim Craig signed with the Flames and did a 567 00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:54,200 Speaker 8: coke commercial, and these players slowly signed on to these 568 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:57,359 Speaker 8: teams and then they would show up against ovations and 569 00:27:57,600 --> 00:27:59,479 Speaker 8: it was cool. And that's what's going to happen here. 570 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 8: You know, Jack Cues is going to be in Pittsburgh, 571 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 8: I believe for his first game with the Thursday night, 572 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:08,440 Speaker 8: he'll get a standard ovation, you know. And then and 573 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:10,280 Speaker 8: I don't know if they're gonna put something on the board. 574 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:11,680 Speaker 8: I hope they do. I know, it's weird. 575 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 2: Yeah they will, they will, for sure, Yeah, and they should. 576 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:17,080 Speaker 8: And but you know, Sid is not going to play 577 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:19,040 Speaker 8: for a while, probably for a couple of weeks. He's 578 00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:22,159 Speaker 8: definitely got to spray knee. But yeah, then and then 579 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:23,879 Speaker 8: when he goes back to New Jersey, they'll put the 580 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 8: goal up there and then they'll put his iconic picture 581 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:29,040 Speaker 8: and then he'll skate around like he's like the you know, 582 00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 8: his first game back after being away for ten years, 583 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:35,080 Speaker 8: returning from a war, or after being traded, and uh, 584 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:38,320 Speaker 8: it's gonna be a great moment. So those moments for Hellibuck, 585 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,840 Speaker 8: for him, even Austin Matthews back in Toronto, don't put 586 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:45,320 Speaker 8: him on the that'll be an interesting reaction moment. Congratulations 587 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:49,040 Speaker 8: Austin on your golden medal in Toronto. What's the foods here? 588 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:51,240 Speaker 8: Ratio there, there won't be booze. 589 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:54,320 Speaker 1: And how about when when the Toronto reporter tried to 590 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:57,840 Speaker 1: suck Matthews into, like, you know, talking about going back 591 00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:00,760 Speaker 1: to the leaves, and the u's brothers just jumped and said, hey, 592 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:03,240 Speaker 1: he want that. I loved it too, and like and like, 593 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:05,520 Speaker 1: don't get me wrong, I think reporters should ask what 594 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:06,040 Speaker 1: they want. 595 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:09,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think the athletes. I think the athletes can 596 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:10,400 Speaker 2: answer as they want as well. 597 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:13,480 Speaker 8: It was great, he like too. Jimmy Hart's in his 598 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:17,120 Speaker 8: corner right there, just you know, because Austin is quiet, 599 00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:19,640 Speaker 8: he's kind of you know, he's reserved. He's an introvert. 600 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:23,080 Speaker 8: Jack Hughes is not, and Quinn Hughes is not. His 601 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:24,920 Speaker 8: three boys they. 602 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,400 Speaker 2: Were almost jumping over the table to talk. 603 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:32,240 Speaker 8: Couldn't wait. Jack Hughes was looked at Austin Matthews because 604 00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:34,560 Speaker 8: they're so smart they knew where the guy was going. 605 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:37,320 Speaker 8: Four words in and he kept looking at Austin. Austin, 606 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:39,720 Speaker 8: don't answer, let me answer, let me answer, let me answer. 607 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:41,680 Speaker 8: And then after a couple of words that he jumped 608 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:43,320 Speaker 8: right in and took it for him and then Quinn 609 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:46,240 Speaker 8: jumped in on his back and that was an awesome moment. 610 00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:48,440 Speaker 8: That was the great moment. You know, the US hockey guys, 611 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:51,040 Speaker 8: they stayed in the village, they had the kafe car 612 00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:53,720 Speaker 8: of your food. They saw the other uh you know, 613 00:29:53,760 --> 00:29:56,040 Speaker 8: they saw the other athletes, you know, team you know, 614 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:59,320 Speaker 8: Canada was like in a four seasons hotel resort. You know, 615 00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:01,760 Speaker 8: they didn't have that experience, and I really think this 616 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:02,800 Speaker 8: team did bond. 617 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:03,040 Speaker 1: You know. 618 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 8: The USA started this national development program in nineteen ninety six. 619 00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:10,360 Speaker 8: They they identified the best players in the world under eighteen, 620 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:13,200 Speaker 8: under seventeen, under sixteen, bring them to ann Arbor. They 621 00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:15,600 Speaker 8: go to a local high school, they stay with families, 622 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:18,080 Speaker 8: and they wanted to train and try to create elite 623 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:21,080 Speaker 8: hockey players that compete with Canada. Thirty years later. That 624 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:23,520 Speaker 8: was the year Jack Ico was born. Nineteen ninety six. 625 00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:26,320 Speaker 8: All those guys who were twenty eight, twenty nine, now 626 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:29,440 Speaker 8: that's the first generation for this national program and they 627 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:32,520 Speaker 8: produce a gold medal. They get first overall draft picks, 628 00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:35,800 Speaker 8: Jack Hughes, Austin Matthews, Ichael was two. Because it was 629 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:38,600 Speaker 8: McDavid's year, he's certainly a number one future Hall of 630 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:40,960 Speaker 8: Famer guy, and here they are. So all that worked 631 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:44,200 Speaker 8: by USA Hockey thirty years later paid off yesterday. 632 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:48,080 Speaker 1: Bucscie, fantastic stuff. We look forward to. Do you have 633 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:49,600 Speaker 1: the call on jetson Canucks or no? 634 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:54,280 Speaker 8: I don't now. My first I go back in studio 635 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:55,960 Speaker 8: next week, and I got a I have going to 636 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:58,960 Speaker 8: Minnesota for a Quinn Hughes game Wild on the nineteenth 637 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:01,920 Speaker 8: and the Columbus on the thirty first, and college starts up. 638 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:04,320 Speaker 8: So yeah, a lot of studio work at first. And actually, 639 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:06,560 Speaker 8: my Mark, my first day in studio next week is 640 00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:09,160 Speaker 8: John Towrderella will be in studio. Of course he was 641 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:11,640 Speaker 8: an assistant. I'm glad for Torts, looking forward to the 642 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:13,640 Speaker 8: behind the scenes stories and what he can share on 643 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:16,160 Speaker 8: the air. So looking forward to to kind of keep 644 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:18,560 Speaker 8: that Olympic after glow I talked about with Torts. 645 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:21,280 Speaker 1: Boucie, great stuff. Keep the fire burn and we'll talk 646 00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:22,000 Speaker 1: again real soon. 647 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:23,880 Speaker 8: Thanks Marky Mark. 648 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:27,120 Speaker 1: That's John Butcher Gross he is hockey at ESPN, and 649 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:29,560 Speaker 1: we've just had great stuff with Bork and Bouccie. 650 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:29,920 Speaker 2: Today. 651 00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:33,400 Speaker 1: We got Tim Benz later talking about the Olympics. I'm 652 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:36,240 Speaker 1: so happy and not because the US one. Although I'm 653 00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:39,400 Speaker 1: not unhappy, and I'm happy for Trocheck and Miller and 654 00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:42,920 Speaker 1: Sully and Jake, but I'm just happy to not talk 655 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:47,320 Speaker 1: about the effing Steelers quarterback Bacco. Baseball loss today, first 656 00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:51,000 Speaker 1: exhibition loss. They're in trouble now one oh five nine 657 00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:54,040 Speaker 1: x Oh wait now it's time to ask for again. 658 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:56,800 Speaker 1: I keep forgetting what to what to say? I just 659 00:31:56,880 --> 00:32:00,280 Speaker 1: heard from de Rizzo again. By the way, my god, 660 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:04,040 Speaker 1: here's here's riz. Rizz just sent me a photo because 661 00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:07,400 Speaker 1: he's worked with the US Brothers for for uh JP, 662 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:11,880 Speaker 1: Barry and Pepperson a picture of him, Quinn and Jack 663 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:13,280 Speaker 1: from ten years ago. 664 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:16,640 Speaker 2: Wow, what a great picture. 665 00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:18,760 Speaker 1: And Riz tells me that I did indeed, and I 666 00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:22,000 Speaker 1: remember this vaguely. I met Luke and Jack us after 667 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,960 Speaker 1: a Devil's game, and Quinn some other time which he 668 00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:27,280 Speaker 1: couldn't quite identify, so maybe it was just Luke and Jack. 669 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:30,320 Speaker 1: Time not to ask Mark anything. 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Micah, you're on with double m. 696 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:01,040 Speaker 12: Hey what I mean? 697 00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:03,080 Speaker 2: What I mane Hey? 698 00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:03,360 Speaker 3: Mark. 699 00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:05,320 Speaker 12: I wanted to continue on your talk about the States 700 00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:07,680 Speaker 12: of the League a little bit in the NHL. I've 701 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:10,480 Speaker 12: kind of got the impression that Connor Bedard with their 702 00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:12,160 Speaker 12: target to be the next States of the League. But 703 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:14,919 Speaker 12: are they disappointed in the NHL with what he's done 704 00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:15,239 Speaker 12: so far? 705 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:17,680 Speaker 2: Do you think, well, no, I let me correct you there. 706 00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:21,239 Speaker 1: I think Connor Bedard's been slightly disappointed with how he's 707 00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:24,600 Speaker 1: performed so far for Chicago, but I think he's a 708 00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:26,680 Speaker 1: very good player who's kind of coming into his own. 709 00:34:27,080 --> 00:34:29,520 Speaker 1: That said, he didn't just score the golden goal for 710 00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:32,960 Speaker 1: the USA at the Land. I don't think the league 711 00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:35,520 Speaker 1: targets a face of the league. I don't think they're 712 00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:37,840 Speaker 1: smart enough to do that. And that's why they have 713 00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:40,439 Speaker 1: trouble finding a face of the league, because they don't 714 00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:43,520 Speaker 1: cultivate or develop. Now they've had some bad luck in 715 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:48,840 Speaker 1: the McDavid's a sour puss. McKinnon's not particularly likable, and 716 00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:50,919 Speaker 1: that's why Sid's the face of the league at thirty 717 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:53,719 Speaker 1: eight and I love Sid and there's a lot of 718 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:56,600 Speaker 1: good reasons why he's the face of the league. But 719 00:34:56,680 --> 00:34:58,480 Speaker 1: when the face of your league is thirty eight, don't 720 00:34:58,480 --> 00:34:59,560 Speaker 1: you think the league has a bit. 721 00:34:59,440 --> 00:34:59,920 Speaker 2: Of a problem. 722 00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:03,600 Speaker 12: No, I totally agree. Now do you think that the 723 00:35:03,719 --> 00:35:05,520 Speaker 12: Darg's personality is disappointing at all? 724 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:06,839 Speaker 2: Well? 725 00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:10,040 Speaker 1: I think most hockey players are vanilla, and Sid is too. 726 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:13,560 Speaker 1: But Sid has an odd kind of blank charisma. Does 727 00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:14,359 Speaker 1: that make any sense? 728 00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:15,759 Speaker 2: Yeah? 729 00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:19,520 Speaker 1: Definitely always says the right thing, but not insincerely. So 730 00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:22,640 Speaker 1: most hockey players are bad interviews. Jack Hughes is not 731 00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:26,680 Speaker 1: like that scene boucin I talked about where the Toronto 732 00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:30,520 Speaker 1: reporter tried to rope Matthews into saying something he'd regret 733 00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:33,440 Speaker 1: and the US Brothers just jumped in. I want the 734 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:38,240 Speaker 1: US Brothers on my side, no question about that, although 735 00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:41,000 Speaker 1: they definitely would steal beer out of my refrigerator, like 736 00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:42,160 Speaker 1: I talked about earlier. 737 00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:44,399 Speaker 2: Let's go to Tony. Tony, you're all with Mark? 738 00:35:45,719 --> 00:35:45,879 Speaker 8: Oh? 739 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:49,360 Speaker 6: Mark, A quick question and I need your geniosity to 740 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:53,640 Speaker 6: help me understand Goalie Swimmington watched them play in Kansas 741 00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:56,759 Speaker 6: City and Saint Lewrence wants he's really good I want 742 00:35:56,840 --> 00:35:58,480 Speaker 6: to look at his stats after I thought a good 743 00:35:58,520 --> 00:35:59,680 Speaker 6: performance in the Olympics. 744 00:36:00,239 --> 00:36:01,840 Speaker 8: It's far worse than flurries. 745 00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:04,920 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, well, what do you mean worse than flurries? 746 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:07,000 Speaker 1: Fur He's not playing anymore. And I don't understand what 747 00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:08,239 Speaker 1: he meant by Kansas City. 748 00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:11,279 Speaker 6: He played an exhibition here. 749 00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:14,520 Speaker 1: Yeah uh oh in Kansas City, okay uh. Bennington won 750 00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:17,880 Speaker 1: a Stanley Cup with Saint Louis. And the Blues are 751 00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:19,680 Speaker 1: not very good this year and haven't been for a 752 00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:23,200 Speaker 1: few years. But they trust him as a big game goalie. 753 00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:26,359 Speaker 1: And he did not blow the game yesterday, far from 754 00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:29,799 Speaker 1: and I think he made some extremely good saves. Uh 755 00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:33,399 Speaker 1: not to keep Cannon in it like hell about kept 756 00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:36,120 Speaker 1: the US in it. But Bennington wasn't the reason they lost, 757 00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:38,480 Speaker 1: and would have been one of the reasons they won 758 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:40,200 Speaker 1: had they scored in three on three. 759 00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:41,440 Speaker 12: Right. 760 00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:43,279 Speaker 6: What I need to understand is because I thought he 761 00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:46,040 Speaker 6: played excellently, so I thought he's gonna have massive stacks. 762 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:47,960 Speaker 6: But they want any better than Jari. 763 00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:50,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, I heard you. I heard you when you said that. 764 00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:53,320 Speaker 1: It's just they trust him as a big game goalie 765 00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:55,239 Speaker 1: and the Blues are not very good. 766 00:36:55,320 --> 00:36:56,640 Speaker 2: Let's go to Buffalo Bill. 767 00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:00,719 Speaker 8: Mark, and you're a humble of pick he's a better 768 00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:04,080 Speaker 8: play by play commentator. Gorilla Monsoon or Vince McMahon. 769 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:10,440 Speaker 1: I think they're both very well known and remembered fondly 770 00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:14,680 Speaker 1: as voices of a whole generation of wrestling fans, and 771 00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:18,360 Speaker 1: I don't think either was particularly good. I think Vince 772 00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:20,680 Speaker 1: is the guy running the promotion, got what needed to 773 00:37:20,719 --> 00:37:24,600 Speaker 1: be got over, just like Vishoff when he was my boss. 774 00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:29,040 Speaker 1: When he did announcing for Nitro, he knew what was 775 00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:32,880 Speaker 1: supposed to be emphasized and did it very well. I 776 00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:37,320 Speaker 1: think Gorilla was actually really bad, but he and Bobby 777 00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:40,799 Speaker 1: Heen had had unbelievable chemistry which it was really never 778 00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:44,520 Speaker 1: duplicated by any other wrestling announced team. So I give 779 00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:48,400 Speaker 1: them both high scores, but for non conventional reasons. 780 00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:54,279 Speaker 8: I think Gorilla had a more memorable voice. How about 781 00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:57,280 Speaker 8: Jesse the Body or Mark Madden all. 782 00:37:57,280 --> 00:38:00,879 Speaker 2: Better than me. Let's go to a talkback. A few 783 00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:01,440 Speaker 2: weeks ago. 784 00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:05,800 Speaker 7: You were talking about how Jack Hughes and Quinn Hughes 785 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:10,279 Speaker 7: were good, not great, mainly talking about Jack Hughes. 786 00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:16,680 Speaker 2: But has your viewpoint changed after the Olympics. I don't think, 787 00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:18,960 Speaker 2: I said Quinnyws was good enough great. In fact, I 788 00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:19,520 Speaker 2: know I didn't. 789 00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:22,359 Speaker 1: Quinnyws entered the Olympics as one of the top two 790 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:25,560 Speaker 1: defensemen in hockey and did nothing to disprove that. In fact, 791 00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:28,600 Speaker 1: he may even have made a claim above Cale mccarr 792 00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:32,160 Speaker 1: as number one given his performance. And Zach Lorensky is 793 00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:34,640 Speaker 1: there too. I can't believe zach Lorensky only played ten 794 00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:37,880 Speaker 1: minutes in the gold medal game. I'm not sure I 795 00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:40,279 Speaker 1: like that decision by Mike Sullivan, although he was fresh 796 00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:43,320 Speaker 1: enough to make that big play in three on three overtime. 797 00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:48,279 Speaker 1: Jack Hughes has been injury pro with New Jersey. I 798 00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:51,160 Speaker 1: don't think it's quite produced like anybody had hoped given 799 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:57,480 Speaker 1: his pedigree. And New Jersey is not a place to 800 00:38:57,520 --> 00:38:59,719 Speaker 1: be a star. It's a boring franchise even when they 801 00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:02,880 Speaker 1: want and they didn't sell out. They had their parade 802 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:06,080 Speaker 1: in the parking lot of the arena. There's no there there. 803 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,840 Speaker 1: Jack Hughes needed the bigger stage. But I'm sold and 804 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:11,759 Speaker 1: right now I think he's the face of the league. 805 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:14,480 Speaker 1: But they'll blow that. He'll be just another player in 806 00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:16,759 Speaker 1: no time to no fault of his own. Let's go 807 00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:17,520 Speaker 1: to a talkback. 808 00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:19,759 Speaker 9: Hey, Mark, just want to know if you think John 809 00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:22,600 Speaker 9: Cooper is a douchebag for saying that three on three 810 00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:26,359 Speaker 9: overtime hockey is not real hockey and trying to disparage 811 00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:28,200 Speaker 9: the US gold medal win. 812 00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:33,000 Speaker 1: I don't know that John's a douchebag, and I don't 813 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:35,319 Speaker 1: know if he was trying to disparage the US gold 814 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:36,960 Speaker 1: medal win as much as he was trying to make 815 00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:39,680 Speaker 1: an excuse on his own team's behalf, which I don't 816 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:41,239 Speaker 1: think he needed to do. I don't think you have 817 00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:43,960 Speaker 1: anything to excuse your team for when you lose a 818 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:47,359 Speaker 1: gold medal game two to one in overtime. So I'm 819 00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:50,799 Speaker 1: not anti John Cooper. I just think that was an 820 00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:52,399 Speaker 1: unwise thing for him to say.