1 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: Welcome back the Bald and the Beautiful Tennabee, along with 2 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:17,759 Speaker 1: the Max Bowler new segment, Max that we preview the 3 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:20,080 Speaker 1: weekend a little bit for ourselves. What are you blanking 4 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:23,280 Speaker 1: this weekend? Oh, don't take that the wrong way. I'll 5 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 1: get your gutter out of your mind. Get your mind 6 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 1: on the gutter. What are you blanking this week and 7 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: the first blank doing? What are you doing this weekend? 8 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:32,319 Speaker 1: I'm going to start go for it. 9 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:34,879 Speaker 2: My daughter is. 10 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 1: Going to a birthday party tomorrow. She's going to be 11 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:38,560 Speaker 1: cousin the birthday party. So I've got the two boys 12 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:42,160 Speaker 1: to myselfs tomorrow morning and basically for the last couple 13 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 1: of months, and we just never got to it because, 14 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 1: you know, basically hockey season, you're doing something every day. 15 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: Right then we had spring break vacation, so we haven't 16 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: had time to go to it yet. But Sampson, my 17 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 1: nine year old, has been begging me to go see 18 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: the Goat movie. Yeah, animate to go me even now 19 00:00:57,920 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: I heard you watched it, So can you give me 20 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 1: a little preview of what I'm in for tomorrow. 21 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 2: It's a great it's a great. 22 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 3: Movie, and uh, the animation is a little strange at first, 23 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 3: because I feel like there's animation for kids movies has 24 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 3: become so homogenous. They all kind of look exactly the same. 25 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 3: So it's a little bit strange, but it is really 26 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 3: it is really cool to look at as creative and 27 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 3: it's basically just it's uh, it's almost like Zootopia with basketball, 28 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:21,320 Speaker 3: you know. It's like a story that is about kind 29 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:26,040 Speaker 3: of like inclusion and not then not doubting yourselves and 30 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 3: not judging books by the cover. And it's got a 31 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 3: bunch of voices that you'll recognize. Uh, Steph Curry is 32 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 3: what I saw? This is in the Angel Reese is 33 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:36,320 Speaker 3: in it too. Yeah, Angel Reese is in it. They 34 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:38,760 Speaker 3: got a Gabrielle Jambrielle union. I'm never mad to see 35 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:40,399 Speaker 3: Gabrielle union on my screen in any way. 36 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 4: Yeah. 37 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:45,759 Speaker 3: Uh, And so it's it's a really good heartfelt movie. 38 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 3: A lot of these kids movies sometimes, you know, and 39 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 3: they're not made for us, they're not made for our 40 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 3: entertainment as well, but some of them they can be. 41 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 2: Oh I'm entertained by a good chunk of them. 42 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 3: Yeah. 43 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: First all I watch now, I don't watch adult movies anyway. 44 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: When you have that came out the wrong way too. 45 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 1: That came out the wrong way. I mean, I speak 46 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: for yourself. 47 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 4: Brother. 48 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 3: Sometimes you got to go to that incognito window. But 49 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 3: you know, some of these some of those these kids 50 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 3: movies are a chore to get through a slog. But this, 51 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:12,639 Speaker 3: this is this is not that. Did you watch to 52 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 3: bea too? I did? 53 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 2: That's great. 54 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 3: I thought it was amazing. 55 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:17,639 Speaker 1: It's hard to match, you know, whenever you have the sequels, 56 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:19,959 Speaker 1: because the first one is pretty good, yeah, and the 57 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 1: second one is kind of similar and messaging and stuff. 58 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 1: But the second one was really good too. 59 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:24,919 Speaker 3: I thought the second one was just as good as 60 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 3: the first, though. Me and my daughter actually ended up 61 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 3: watching them back to back. The first time I saw 62 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:31,639 Speaker 3: was Utopia was actually in a college course. Really yeah, 63 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 3: but they had us breaking down the themes of Zutopia. 64 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 3: I swear it was a real college course, not. 65 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: Like it wasn't like made up credits that like the 66 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: athletes get to go to that course to make sure 67 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:43,360 Speaker 1: they're passing. 68 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 3: Uh. 69 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 1: And then you, I think you said recently you were 70 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:48,799 Speaker 1: going to go to see Hoppers. Yes, is that what 71 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: it's called? Yeah, we did that, go to go see Hoppers. Yeah, 72 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: it was good. 73 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:53,919 Speaker 3: It was hard to you know, my daughter's a teenager now, 74 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 3: so it's a lot less. Yeah, he was great, Dad, 75 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 3: it was awesome and big smile after movie, was like, 76 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 3: what'd you think of the movie? I'm good, all right, cool, 77 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 3: So I'm lucky to get more than three three words 78 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 3: out of her. But I ended up liking it. It's 79 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 3: kind of like Avatar, but with animals, you know, people 80 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:14,080 Speaker 3: transporting their brains into the minds of animals and getting 81 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 3: to know the animals and stuff like that. So I 82 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:17,800 Speaker 3: thought it was really good. Okay, my kids don't care 83 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:19,359 Speaker 3: about the movie. They just want their free candy. 84 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, we kind we kind of have the candy lockdown 85 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:25,640 Speaker 1: a little bit at home, so they'll they'll go to 86 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: any movie because they know they're getting candy and a 87 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: big blue icy too. 88 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 3: My daughter, she's such a goodie two shoes, so she 89 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 3: gets a kick out of little, small, mischievous things, and 90 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 3: she love, love loves sneaking outside food into the movie theater. 91 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 3: That's like her favorite thing. Like she gets such a 92 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 3: rush from it, like a like a kleptomaniac or something 93 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 3: like She's just like, yeah, let's get chipotlet. Let's sneak 94 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 3: in blizzard. Start time kist, next time problem wish's an adult? 95 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 3: What are you doing this week? You know, Tenna B 96 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 3: I'm a despite my radio persona, I'm a guy that 97 00:03:57,320 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 3: really values peace and quiet. This is all just this 98 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 3: is all just a bit, you know, And this is 99 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 3: just a character. I'm not. I'm not I'm not this 100 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 3: extroverted guy. I'm a guy. I'm more monk like when 101 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 3: I'm off the radio. And you know, as a parent, 102 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 3: peace and quiet it's it's a premium. It's rare than diamonds. 103 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 3: And I'm an avid library go or I could go 104 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 3: to the library, but that gets pretty crowded on the weekends, 105 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:19,280 Speaker 3: it gets pretty busy. So where's somewhere I could go 106 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 3: completely peaceful, quiet, nobody around. 107 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 2: Please tell me to the target field joke, I'm gonna go. 108 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:31,719 Speaker 3: There'll be nobody there. Had to bother me, and apparently 109 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,480 Speaker 3: I'll also have Maybe it'll even be a darkness retreat. 110 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 3: Because we're getting reports out of target Field right now 111 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 3: that the power is out target Field right now. Since 112 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 3: we talked, we heard if they got the power back yet. 113 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,039 Speaker 3: I have not heard that if they've got the power 114 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 3: back yet. But everybody that's there. All our reporter friends 115 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 3: are saying that the power is out. 116 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:53,360 Speaker 1: Well, the whole stadium lost power and apparently some nearby 117 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 1: buildings in the neighborhood lost power. 118 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 3: I just see the target fielders run like my apartment. 119 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:01,120 Speaker 1: But I haven't seen any posts yet on next that 120 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 1: it's come back. I was waiting for the cliche, well, 121 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 1: the lineup doesn't have any power, But I thought Mitzos 122 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:10,360 Speaker 1: had the best joke on Actually road, did the poll 123 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:11,280 Speaker 1: aouds not pay the bill? 124 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:18,160 Speaker 2: Bantjus? What are you watching this weekend? 125 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: You know, from a sports standpoint, I don't really have 126 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 1: anything on like Netflix that I'm like set to be 127 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 1: watching at this point. Sports wise, you get the final 128 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:29,479 Speaker 1: four games tomorrow night. 129 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:30,720 Speaker 2: I'll probably tune into those. 130 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: I watch every Wild game, and I guess what's unique 131 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 1: about those this weekend is they play Outawa tomorrow at noon. 132 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: They played Detroit Sunday noon, and those two teams are 133 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 1: among basically three or four teams in the East are 134 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:48,919 Speaker 1: battling for the last playoff spot right now. 135 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 2: Autow and Detroit are both tied. 136 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:53,839 Speaker 1: For the last playoff spot with eighty eight points, and 137 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 1: they both have seven games remaining, so the while they're 138 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:58,159 Speaker 1: gonna have at a little bit of an input on 139 00:05:58,440 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 1: what happens and for. 140 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 2: That final playoffs on. So that's what I'm gonna be watching. 141 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 2: What are you gonna be watching? 142 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:05,480 Speaker 3: I's exciting play a little spoiler. You know, I have 143 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 3: a million things on my watch list. I always do, 144 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:09,279 Speaker 3: but you know, over the last year, I've been working 145 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 3: sixty hours a week, six to seven days a week, 146 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 3: so I haven't got a chance to watch all the 147 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 3: things that I want to watch. But one thing that 148 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 3: I have been tuned into the first couple episodes of 149 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:21,119 Speaker 3: UH at the at the behest of one Corey Cove 150 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:26,840 Speaker 3: is this Born to Bowl documental. It's on HBO Max. 151 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 3: It's it's basically Hard Knocks but with professional bowlers, even 152 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 3: down to Leev Schreiver is the is the UH. The 153 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 3: narrator of the entire documentary, the same guy that does 154 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,039 Speaker 3: it for Hard Knocks, And it's a it's a peek 155 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:44,119 Speaker 3: into the lives of professional bowling, which UH spoiler alert 156 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:45,480 Speaker 3: is less than glamorous. 157 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:47,159 Speaker 2: That's gonna say, Should I have any interest in this? 158 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:49,720 Speaker 3: You you would think not. And the first episode is 159 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:53,479 Speaker 3: kind of just your standard sports documentary. But the second episode, 160 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:58,760 Speaker 3: these guys hate each other's guts, like people that think 161 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:00,839 Speaker 3: sports these days are too by any buddy, boy, do 162 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:02,360 Speaker 3: I have a sport for you? 163 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:06,600 Speaker 2: It is professional. You'll like professional bullet. 164 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 3: Professional bull If you like the mallets at the balance, 165 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:10,679 Speaker 3: you'll like professional. 166 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 2: Do they have jersey chasers? That's what I want to know. 167 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 3: I haven't gotten to that, but I bet they do. Yeah, 168 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 3: oh yeah, some some gutter gals waiting waiting. 169 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 2: Than one bottom. 170 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 3: But it's a it's a fantastic documentary so far. And 171 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 3: these guys really because because you know, it's there's not 172 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 3: all this cash flowing around. It's not like the MLB 173 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 3: and the A, the NBA, the NFL or the NHL 174 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 3: at this point where everybody's getting paid everybody's got millions. No, 175 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 3: only the winners get paid, essentially, So you have to 176 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 3: go through these grueling tournaments for days and days and days, 177 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 3: and only the winner comes out with a little bit 178 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 3: of cash. As you can tell me, it's not just 179 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 3: the sense of competition, it's it's a survival instinct, you know, 180 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 3: like you're trying to feed your family against these guys. 181 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 3: So it gets it gets pretty fiery. It's been a 182 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 3: real golf to a certain extent. 183 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 1: You have to earn your way on to the tour, 184 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: and then a lot of these guys are struggling to 185 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 1: even just survive. And just like even taking like tenth 186 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 1: place on the final day of that final putt to 187 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 1: get him into tenth and the amount of money it 188 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 1: makes for him is could change your life. 189 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 2: It'd be pretty cool. All right. 190 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: This is our final question for what are you blanking 191 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 1: this weekend? And for the final one we're gonna do, 192 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,440 Speaker 1: what are you dreading this weekend? I don't have a 193 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:26,200 Speaker 1: lot to dread this week and I have I don't 194 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 1: have a lot of negativity to bring, but I will 195 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 1: say Easters on Sunday, and what I'm dreading is when 196 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 1: you do the Easter egg hunt and older brother because 197 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:42,200 Speaker 1: he's eleven, and middle child because he's nine, come back 198 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 1: with more eggs when they're in the Easter egg hunt, 199 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 1: and they are loaded up with like thirty eggs, right, 200 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:49,319 Speaker 1: and then my six year old daughter comes back with six, 201 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 1: and then the meltdown ensues. I am dreading the Easter 202 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,079 Speaker 1: egg hunt meltdown that is coming, and I know it's coming. 203 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: It's bound to happen. Yes, yes, it's gonna happen. What 204 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: are you dreading this weekend, especially with your blings. You're 205 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:02,440 Speaker 1: not gonna think about, Oh I should leave a few. 206 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 1: You're trying to run out that number. Yeah, one of 207 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 1: your boys would would get all the eggs if they could. 208 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 3: Yeah. 209 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 1: They're both reaching for the egg at the same time, 210 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:11,080 Speaker 1: boxing each other up. 211 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 3: There's gonna be some hands that are thrown. 212 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:15,199 Speaker 2: One of mine is. 213 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 3: Once the weather gets good, the crazy people on my 214 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 3: street tend to come out. I live in a very 215 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 3: eccentric of Minneapolis. I live on social media, but basically 216 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 3: once the nice weather comes, the crazy people start to 217 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:33,680 Speaker 3: thaw out a little bit and they like to hang 218 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:34,600 Speaker 3: out on my street. 219 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 2: Nice this weekend though, I know. 220 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:40,319 Speaker 3: But even the sun, even anything above freezing, they're outside 221 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:42,560 Speaker 3: on the streets. They're having full concerts. I mean not 222 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 3: just There was a guy the other day who was 223 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:48,199 Speaker 3: doing a full it's not even beatboxing. He was making 224 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 3: like a beat off of his knees and he was 225 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:53,960 Speaker 3: singing a song. And that'd be whatever. It's three in 226 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,199 Speaker 3: the morning, four in the morning. I live downtown. I said, listen, 227 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:59,199 Speaker 3: do the thing, baby, but he had a whole set list. 228 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 3: It wasn't just one song. It was one song floating 229 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 3: to the next song, floating to the next song. And 230 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 3: it probably lasted for about thirty minutes before I was 231 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,840 Speaker 3: like hey man, and he's like, yeah, you're right, I'm sorry, 232 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 3: I'm sorry. 233 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:11,320 Speaker 2: I'm a freak concert. 234 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 3: I know at four in the morning on the weekend. 235 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 2: So I'm jetting that. 236 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:18,520 Speaker 1: That reminds me of the movie Coming to America. Yeah, 237 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:21,679 Speaker 1: when Eddie Murphy is like to be love and he's 238 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 1: just screaming. It's like few, He's like, yes, you too, 239 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:30,600 Speaker 1: doesn't know what it means. Such a great scene. It's 240 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 1: a great movie. Yeah, speaking of watching things, my favorite 241 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 1: is the halftime of the basketball Yeah, what is my 242 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: favorite part of the game. 243 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 3: Did you know that he was all the people in 244 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 3: the barbershop? 245 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:39,840 Speaker 4: Yes? 246 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 3: I did not know that. 247 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 2: Excep for one. I think Arsenio was one, wasn't he No? 248 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 3: I think he was all. I think he was every 249 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:48,080 Speaker 3: single person because our Senia was one. There was a 250 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 3: really good documentary about it. 251 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:51,040 Speaker 1: Ye scenes on Netflix and I think you're about to 252 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:53,360 Speaker 1: say something else you dread? Oh, you had multiple things 253 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 1: you're dreading when you first asked me that I was 254 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 1: like dread. 255 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 3: I don't know if I'm dreading anything, but then I 256 00:10:57,400 --> 00:10:58,959 Speaker 3: found out I guess, I guess I am. 257 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 1: Let me bring the neggat him out of you, Max. Yeah, 258 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 1: you're always just a sparkle ray of sunshine. You're like 259 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 1: unicorns and rainbows. Let me bring out the negativity audio. 260 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:09,559 Speaker 3: I know, it's like it's like the evil Emperor from 261 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:12,839 Speaker 3: the Star Wars. Just good good. But I'm dreading a 262 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:16,320 Speaker 3: little bit. I've been getting back into online gaming, you know, 263 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 3: playing like you know, NBA two K or something like 264 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:22,240 Speaker 3: that online. I'm dreading these teenagers. Man, I think I 265 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:25,120 Speaker 3: lost my touch. I don't have the same reaction speed 266 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:27,320 Speaker 3: as I used to, and I you know, it's like 267 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:29,440 Speaker 3: Harvey Dent said in The Darknight, you either die a 268 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:31,720 Speaker 3: hero you live long enough to see yourself become the villain. 269 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 3: But I'm kind of on the other end. I've lived 270 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:35,600 Speaker 3: long enough to see myself become the victim because I 271 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:38,800 Speaker 3: remember being the young guy being like, yeah, you trash, 272 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 3: look off probly just just talking mad crap to every 273 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:45,200 Speaker 3: single person that I'm playing. And now that's me. 274 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 2: I'm on the other ndefeated. 275 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 3: It really is I'm the uncle on the other one, Like, 276 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:51,520 Speaker 3: hey man, I just got off a long day at work. 277 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:53,240 Speaker 3: I was just trying to have fun and there's some 278 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 3: kid just three sixty windmill dunking on me, sending me 279 00:11:56,920 --> 00:12:00,440 Speaker 3: voice notes, taunting me. So I'm dreading just getting my 280 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:01,839 Speaker 3: butt whooped in those games again. 281 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 1: I've I feel the same way about old men hockey. 282 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 1: I'm playing a lot of Beer League hockey with kids 283 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 1: that are much younger than right they're they're literally in college. 284 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:16,480 Speaker 1: Out of college. I've lost this step a little bit. 285 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:19,200 Speaker 1: I don't have the same explosiveness as I wanted. But 286 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:21,680 Speaker 1: I also like, I'm gonna hang on to this as 287 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 1: long as i can because if I stop, if I 288 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 1: take six months off over, I will never have a shot, 289 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 1: even like meaning the same rink as these kids. 290 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 2: So I'm like forcing myself. 291 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:32,839 Speaker 1: I'm gonna keep playing as long as I can, and 292 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:34,320 Speaker 1: I know it's coming to an end soon, but. 293 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:37,040 Speaker 2: It is very hubly. 294 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:40,160 Speaker 1: That's it for what are you blanking this weekend? 295 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:41,320 Speaker 2: Up next? 296 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 1: On the other side of this break, Max A m 297 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 1: I too a little blind rank with you. 298 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:46,880 Speaker 2: We'll see how that goes. We'll do that and. 299 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 1: Then we're gonna talk with Michael Russo at two thirty 300 00:12:49,120 --> 00:13:20,560 Speaker 1: right here on the fits all right, ten to be 301 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:23,760 Speaker 1: along with Max Fuller. We'll be talking Minnesota wild hockey 302 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 1: with Michael Russo. 303 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 2: In about ten to fifteen minutes. But it's now time 304 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:34,240 Speaker 2: for blind ray. 305 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:35,080 Speaker 4: Max. 306 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 1: You know how blind rank works. Yes, I've seen it 307 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 1: all over social media. Right, I'll give you like a 308 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 1: category of ten different options. You got to rank them 309 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 1: one through ten, but you don't know what's coming up next, 310 00:13:44,679 --> 00:13:46,160 Speaker 1: all right, So I think this one might be a 311 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:50,040 Speaker 1: little bit more obvious than most. But we're gonna have 312 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 1: number one be the best, ten be the worst in 313 00:13:53,679 --> 00:14:00,199 Speaker 1: this spot. Okay, blind rank max. Teams that could win 314 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 1: the NBA Championship. Okay, let's begin with Bodega Kat and 315 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 1: the New York Knicks. 316 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 3: They just don't have enough depth for me. They haven't 317 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:12,559 Speaker 3: really changed too much from the last couple of years 318 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:15,600 Speaker 3: where they ran into the same problems and then the playoffs. 319 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 3: Plus it's a Tibbs led team, so that's gonna fall 320 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:19,760 Speaker 3: apart at any point. Well, wait, no, Tims isn't the 321 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 3: head coach anymore. They I'm not sure I'm gonna put 322 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 3: him at So I'm gonna put him at seven, seventh 323 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 3: for the New York Knicks. Yeah, Eastern Conference not too strong. 324 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 1: Well this this might have changed after last night. But 325 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:32,880 Speaker 1: how about the Los Angeles Lakers. 326 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:36,600 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, if if Luca can't go, then this team 327 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 3: shouldn't even be in the top ten. But if I'm 328 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 3: assumed that Luka Doncics is all good, he's a okay, I. 329 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 2: Would say he isn't like run anyways. 330 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, he's like he just needs the post up with 331 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 1: the three point line. 332 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:49,720 Speaker 2: And do a couple of shimmies. And you can do 333 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:50,960 Speaker 2: that with a bum hamstring. 334 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 3: Right, it's not predicated on athletices. 335 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 2: Is a flop regardless of the hamstring. Right, I'm gonna 336 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 2: say four. 337 00:14:57,120 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 3: I'm gonna put him out. 338 00:14:57,920 --> 00:14:59,080 Speaker 2: Four LA Lakers at four. 339 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:01,800 Speaker 1: I almost reposted it last night, but I just I 340 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 1: was like, I knew I'd make the basketball community too 341 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 1: mad and the comments I just wasn't worth it. But 342 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 1: there's video of Matt Zugarella of the Wild and somebody else. 343 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:16,120 Speaker 1: They're like playing basketball, like in the lower levels of 344 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 1: Grand Casino Arena right before the game. Right, they're doing 345 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 1: like basketball for warm up and Matt Zugarella' is on offense. 346 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 1: He does like the slow motion where he intentionally runs 347 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 1: into the guy and then flops his arms back and 348 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 1: it was caught on camera. I'm like, that is just 349 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 1: a genius. 350 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 2: That's amazing. Loved it all Right. 351 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 1: You got the two big big city teams, the LA 352 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 1: Lakers at four and the Knicks at seven. 353 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 2: How about the Boston Celtics. Where are you ranking them? 354 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 3: Oh Man? Right now? Because Cad Cunningham is not in 355 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 3: the lineup for the Detroit Pistons right now. With the 356 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 3: collapse long we don't know. It sounds painful, but yeah, 357 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 3: it sounds just absolutely awful. I can't even imagine what 358 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 3: he's going through in the recovery process right now. You know, 359 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 3: if we're to believe Mark Rosen, he'll be back sooner 360 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 3: rather than later. But I haven't seen any official reports 361 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 3: sitting that, and I would imagine a claps lung. 362 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 2: Takes a little bit will be on top of it. 363 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, und So I'm gonna say the Boston Celtics, man, 364 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 3: I gotta give him third because they there's no kid Cunningham. 365 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:16,240 Speaker 3: I think the Boston Celtics walk to the NBA Finals. 366 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:19,080 Speaker 1: You got Celtics are three, Lakers at four, Knicks at seven. 367 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:21,480 Speaker 1: How about the Denver Nuggets. 368 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:27,600 Speaker 3: Oh, man, I'll say I'll go six on the Denver Nuggets. 369 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 3: They obviously have Nikola Jokic, who, you know, according to 370 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 3: Day Moore and a lot of people, is the the MVP, 371 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:35,560 Speaker 3: could be the MVP of the league. He's you know, 372 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 3: there's no argument that he's one of the best players 373 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:41,360 Speaker 3: of all time. And when he when he's you know, 374 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 3: playing at his peak powers, he kind of It's not 375 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 3: like other teams where if their best player is playing 376 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 3: their best, that Luca's best doesn't necessarily mean that that's 377 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 3: the team's best. You know what I'm saying. He might 378 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:53,640 Speaker 3: go out there and score fifty sixty points and then 379 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:56,040 Speaker 3: nobody else scores. We saw when the Mavericks made it 380 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 3: to the finals. But Nikola Jokic at his peak powers 381 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:00,240 Speaker 3: means the entire team is playing at their peak powers 382 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 3: because he kind of activates the rest of that team. 383 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:04,199 Speaker 3: But they don't have the same depth that they've had 384 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:06,479 Speaker 3: in years past. This is a team that's at the 385 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 3: Oklahoma City thunder to seven last year, but again, they 386 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:11,200 Speaker 3: don't they don't have that same firepower so I'm gonna 387 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:12,160 Speaker 3: put them at to US six. 388 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 2: By the way, I just sell a belly needs to it. 389 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: I just thought that the power out it would be 390 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:18,560 Speaker 1: like a five minute thing and then be back on, 391 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 1: he says. Twins announced that Pregium ceremonies will be delayed 392 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:23,960 Speaker 1: while Excel Energy works on getting the power back on 393 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 1: what the game doesn't start on time? 394 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:31,359 Speaker 3: I mean, this is just too good. You couldn't, I mean, 395 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 3: script a bit better than this. 396 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:34,680 Speaker 1: The power went out at one fifty one, so we're 397 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:37,880 Speaker 1: now at thirty two minutes of not having power, which 398 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:40,120 Speaker 1: also means like the heaters aren't working there and it's 399 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:41,240 Speaker 1: a cold day out there. 400 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 2: They're trying to sell concessions. Yeah, oh my gosh. 401 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:46,440 Speaker 3: And all the warm beat there that two dollars beer 402 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 3: is about to be two cent beer in a second. Yeah, 403 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 3: target Field once again has managed the same way my 404 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 3: apartment building is. Match all. 405 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:56,359 Speaker 1: I got Celtics at three, Lakers at four, Nuggets at six, 406 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:59,679 Speaker 1: and Nick's at seven. How about you've been talking very 407 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:02,399 Speaker 1: highly about them today. The Detroit Pistons. 408 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 3: I'm gonna put I'm gonna put the Detroit Pistons at five. 409 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 3: I would put them higher, but I'm gonna put them 410 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 3: at five just because Kid Cunningham is such a question mark. 411 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:12,880 Speaker 3: They are they are obviously clearly a really good team. 412 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:15,639 Speaker 3: They just beat the Timberls twice without Kaid Cunningham, and 413 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:18,359 Speaker 3: they've been doing They've been fairly faring, fairly well and 414 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 3: pretty much have been in the number one seed in 415 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:24,920 Speaker 3: the Eastern Conference since the season started. They're a complete team, 416 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:27,399 Speaker 3: and they play a completely different brand of basketball than 417 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:30,000 Speaker 3: the rest of the league. Right now, if Kid Cunningham 418 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 3: was healthy, I can say pretty confidently i'd put them 419 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:35,600 Speaker 3: at number two. I would put them up there with 420 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 3: the best of the best. But they don't have Kate Cunningham, 421 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:39,200 Speaker 3: and it's a it's a question mark, but there's still 422 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:40,719 Speaker 3: a damn good team. I think they can still make 423 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:42,280 Speaker 3: some noise in the play in the playoffs. So I'm 424 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:42,920 Speaker 3: gonna go five. 425 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,160 Speaker 2: So all you have left now is one, two, eight, nine, ten. 426 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 1: You're really you're really keeping the outer edges open here, 427 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:50,400 Speaker 1: Okase Thunder. 428 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:52,760 Speaker 2: It's gotta be number one, them number one. 429 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 3: As much as I hate to say, it's got to 430 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:56,200 Speaker 3: be number one, I mean they. 431 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:57,040 Speaker 2: I just don't like SGA. 432 00:18:57,160 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 3: I don't like him either, he's one of the least 433 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 3: likeable Luca at least is I can appreciate his value 434 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:06,879 Speaker 3: as a villain in the NBA storyline, you know what 435 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:07,480 Speaker 3: I'm saying, Like. 436 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 1: Hely says like a little personality to him, right, Like 437 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:11,840 Speaker 1: he can't take it walk like crazy though, and SGA's 438 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:12,200 Speaker 1: is worse. 439 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:15,399 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's way worse. And the thing about SGA, like 440 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:17,919 Speaker 3: we hate Luca for complaining, SJA doesn't have to complain 441 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:21,679 Speaker 3: because he gets every single call he's not going for. 442 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 3: But this team, I mean, man, what more can you 443 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 3: say about him? Everything that's already But there's nothing I 444 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:28,840 Speaker 3: hate worse than when a guy is driving the lane. Yeah, 445 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 3: the defenders are standing there and then the offensive player 446 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:34,560 Speaker 3: will intentionally put a shoulder into him, and they call 447 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:38,960 Speaker 3: it every time, every single time. It's it's ridiculous to this. Yeah, 448 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 3: Michael B. Jordan's lucky that SGA didn't win the Oscar 449 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:44,280 Speaker 3: this year. He should be a multiple time Oscar winner. 450 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:46,439 Speaker 3: But yeah, this team, there's such a complete team and 451 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 3: they do all of the little things right. So you 452 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:51,639 Speaker 3: have to play a perfect game for four straight games 453 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:53,800 Speaker 3: essentially to beat this team. And it's hard to see 454 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 3: any team beating this team in a seven game series. 455 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:58,040 Speaker 1: A right, you have two, eight, nine, ten remaining. I'm 456 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 1: gonna go with the San Antonio Spurs. I mean, this 457 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:04,360 Speaker 1: is kind of makes the end of the list. 458 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:06,679 Speaker 3: More predictable, but I gotta I gotta put them at 459 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:08,960 Speaker 3: number two. Oh no, they're the They're the team that 460 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:13,120 Speaker 3: has been given the Oklahoma City thunder hell all season long. 461 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 3: I think they've beaten them at four out of their 462 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 3: five matchups, three out of their four matchups something like that. 463 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:21,159 Speaker 3: They've had okay Ce's number. We know that the regular 464 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:24,760 Speaker 3: season doesn't really mean anything with Phoenix Suns were undefeated 465 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 3: against the Wolves a couple of years ago, and the 466 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:27,640 Speaker 3: Wolve swept him in the first round of the playoffs. 467 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:29,920 Speaker 3: It doesn't really mean anything. But these two teams clearly 468 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:32,119 Speaker 3: match up very well. It all comes down to the 469 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:35,480 Speaker 3: last second, essentially. And these guys don't like each other 470 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 3: like Victor Webbin Yama does not like SGA or his 471 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 3: brand of bemon team Victor Me Too, Team Weby Me Too, 472 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:45,560 Speaker 3: and I was I was a Wemby denier, a Wemby 473 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:47,400 Speaker 3: hater out of the gape of man. I mean, it's 474 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:49,639 Speaker 3: it's it's basically hysically. Yeah, as long as he came. 475 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:51,840 Speaker 1: I love that he's going after them me too, called 476 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:53,480 Speaker 1: him out for all the calls. 477 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:55,680 Speaker 3: He's kind of doing that with other teams too. He's 478 00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:57,880 Speaker 3: just changing the culture. Guys want to play their best 479 00:20:57,880 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 3: when they're playing against Victor Webbin Yama. We saw a 480 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 3: couple months ago say, basically, I wish we could just 481 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:03,919 Speaker 3: clear out the court and it could be me and 482 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 3: him one on one. He's bringing out that kind of 483 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:09,240 Speaker 3: competitive spirit in a lot of different players in the NBA, 484 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:10,800 Speaker 3: and he just gotta love it as a fan of 485 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 3: the game. 486 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:12,720 Speaker 1: All Right, lightning around here, we need to go quick, 487 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:14,800 Speaker 1: Houston Rockets. So you have eight, nine, ten remaining? 488 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:19,680 Speaker 3: Okay, Duranngela Houston, I'm gonna say I say ten, I'll 489 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 3: say nine. I'll say nine just because they do have 490 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:24,680 Speaker 3: durance and they got they got a pretty good defensive unit. 491 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:28,240 Speaker 1: So you have eight and ten remaining. Minnesota Timberwolves. Oh man, 492 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 1: I can't believe you put him that low. 493 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:31,400 Speaker 3: Max, No, I didn't mean to put him that low, 494 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:33,280 Speaker 3: but I guess they gotta go eight. I'll put him 495 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:35,240 Speaker 3: as high as I can put on him lower than 496 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:38,960 Speaker 3: Karl Anthony Towns. You know, I was, I was, I 497 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:40,840 Speaker 3: was a little too friendly to the Knicks off the rip. 498 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:42,880 Speaker 3: They should be a little bit higher on my list. 499 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 3: But it's the blind rank for a reason. The timber 500 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:46,199 Speaker 3: this is a Timberle scene that could I could just 501 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 3: as easily see them getting bounced in the first round 502 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:49,359 Speaker 3: or going and winning the whole thing. 503 00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:51,399 Speaker 1: And then you know, have the Cleveland Cavaliers at number ten. 504 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:57,919 Speaker 1: Ways should be a thunder Spurs, Celtics, Lakers, Pistons, Nuggets, Knicks, Timberwolves, Rockets, Cavaliers. 505 00:21:57,960 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 2: Pretty close to what you would have done. 506 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:01,919 Speaker 3: Yeah, Callies would have been number ten regardless, even if 507 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:03,160 Speaker 3: they weren't the last one for sure. 508 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 1: All Right, we're talking hockey with Michael Russo of the Athletic. 509 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:09,280 Speaker 1: He'll break down Minnesota while hockey for us. Next right 510 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:32,640 Speaker 1: here on the fits final segment of the Tenant Fitzgerald 511 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,359 Speaker 1: Max Fuller with me as well, please be joined by 512 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 1: Michael Russo, who covers the Minnesota Wild for the Athletic. 513 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:40,200 Speaker 2: Hello, Michael, how are you doing? 514 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:42,880 Speaker 4: I'm doing great? How are you good? 515 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:47,879 Speaker 1: Are you heading to Autawa this weekend and. 516 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 4: On the way there? Now? 517 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:52,359 Speaker 1: Okay, well, my first random question for you, because right 518 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:55,200 Speaker 1: now at Target Field, their pregame ceremonies are all being 519 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:57,600 Speaker 1: delayed because they have a power outage. It's been almost 520 00:22:57,640 --> 00:22:59,520 Speaker 1: forty it's been over forty minutes now and they haven't 521 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:00,080 Speaker 1: fixed it. 522 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:01,159 Speaker 3: Uh. 523 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:04,080 Speaker 1: In your history of covering the great game of hockey, 524 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 1: what has been like the craziest delay or pause in 525 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:10,200 Speaker 1: the middle of a game type of story. I'm sure 526 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 1: you've had to have had some sort of weird moment 527 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:14,879 Speaker 1: in that regards throughout your career covering hockey. 528 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:17,879 Speaker 4: Yeah, is that what is going on then in the 529 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 4: Cities because I just lost my power here at my house. 530 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 4: Oh and I don't live anywhere near to Harkinfield. 531 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 3: So. 532 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:27,120 Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't know. Uh, that's It's a good thing 533 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 4: you guys called me because I wouldn't be able to 534 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:32,879 Speaker 4: get on the Wi Fi. Yeah, you know delays. I 535 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:35,960 Speaker 4: was in Pensacola once covering an exhibition game and the 536 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:38,840 Speaker 4: ice was was garbage, and they had they had a 537 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 4: delayed a couple of times. You know, the most injury 538 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:44,720 Speaker 4: The most have been injury related, you know. I I 539 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 4: taught to camp. I was talking to Cam Stewart the 540 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 4: other day and we were talking about the time I 541 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 4: was covering him and Ottawa coincidentally and he got elbowed 542 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 4: in the head by Kevin Deneen and was out before 543 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 4: he hit the ice that game. That that stopped the 544 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:02,040 Speaker 4: game for a long long time. You know, same thing 545 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:04,280 Speaker 4: in Montreal on Scott Mellanby would hit first on the 546 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:08,160 Speaker 4: boards obviously, Curtis Foster and Santose you know, mostly Glass. 547 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:11,880 Speaker 4: I don't remember any like power outages. We've had fire 548 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 4: alarms go off in the middle of games, even at 549 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:17,920 Speaker 4: Grand Casino Arena. That happened like four or five years ago. 550 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:21,359 Speaker 4: I remember so like stuff like that, but nothing like 551 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:24,960 Speaker 4: this that delayed a game because of a power outage. 552 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:27,399 Speaker 1: I think we had a power heritage during the the 553 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:31,119 Speaker 1: high school state tournament for for this year for a 554 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:33,000 Speaker 1: Grand Castine Arena. I think they did for a little 555 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,520 Speaker 1: bit where they had to stop the game because the 556 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 1: lights went out, but it came back rather quickly. Before 557 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:43,600 Speaker 1: we talked, meaning about meetingless stuff like the Minnesota wild 558 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:45,639 Speaker 1: I know you had made an effort to have some 559 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:48,359 Speaker 1: pins made for Jesse Pierce, who I think people know 560 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:52,199 Speaker 1: by now tragically died along with their three children. In 561 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:54,399 Speaker 1: a house fire a couple of weeks ago. I know 562 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:57,280 Speaker 1: you went to the visitation, you had some stuff done 563 00:24:57,359 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 1: with last night, and they had a little tributeur at 564 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:02,119 Speaker 1: the game. Uh, where are you at in the processing 565 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:04,240 Speaker 1: of this, because it still just doesn't seem real to me. 566 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:07,919 Speaker 4: Yeah, no, it really doesn't. I was telling somebody that 567 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,400 Speaker 4: today that it still doesn't feel real, and it's it's 568 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 4: not getting any easier, you know, And and last night 569 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:18,440 Speaker 4: was obviously tough, you know, and and and surreal, and 570 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 4: and just the fact that life goes on. I love 571 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:24,120 Speaker 4: the stuff that that the Wild did, and and and 572 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 4: some of her friends in the press boxxit at her 573 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 4: at her seat yesterday. You know, it was such a 574 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:32,159 Speaker 4: great touch, you know, by by Judd z Algad and 575 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 4: those guys over scored North putting the blankets on her seed. 576 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:39,439 Speaker 4: And somebody put a hot dog there because she she 577 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:42,720 Speaker 4: between periods would go down to the NHL Alumni room 578 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:44,480 Speaker 4: and always get a hot dog, and so that somebody 579 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:47,200 Speaker 4: put a hot dog there. I thought it was amazing 580 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:51,840 Speaker 4: how the Wild Gay Night staff you know, delivered uh, 581 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:55,000 Speaker 4: the pregame line up to her seed, put the game 582 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:58,240 Speaker 4: sheets between periods and postgame at her seed. And you know, 583 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:00,159 Speaker 4: I think that's the biggest thing that we're working with 584 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:03,040 Speaker 4: the Wild on coming up with ideas. And I know 585 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:07,520 Speaker 4: they've they've talked with Mike, her husband, and and you know, 586 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:10,200 Speaker 4: the father of of those three beautiful kids about stuff 587 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:12,800 Speaker 4: that they could do. And they'll do stuff in time. 588 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:16,000 Speaker 4: But we're spitballing different ideas with the Wild and and 589 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:18,480 Speaker 4: they'll take the lead on that. But you know, the 590 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:20,959 Speaker 4: one thing that we want to continue to do, and 591 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:23,119 Speaker 4: not just now but well into the future, is just 592 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:25,959 Speaker 4: always make sure that her presence is felt both at 593 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:29,840 Speaker 4: Tree Rink and at Grand Casino Arena. And so these 594 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:32,200 Speaker 4: pins were the least that we could do. Sarah mcclall 595 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,600 Speaker 4: and I came up with the ideas or sister actually 596 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:37,800 Speaker 4: designed them, and we found a company that really fast 597 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:40,720 Speaker 4: tracked it to my house. In fact, I'm ordering another 598 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 4: one hundred today because so many people, you know, colleagues 599 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:46,200 Speaker 4: and friends of hers around the league. I'd love to 600 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:48,960 Speaker 4: get it to the family as well. So I'm buying 601 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:52,240 Speaker 4: another one hundred today and and but I'm about to 602 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:54,400 Speaker 4: head out to the post office and mail a bunch 603 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:57,960 Speaker 4: to some people that really want them. Does into NHL 604 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:00,520 Speaker 4: dot com who really want them and you know, so 605 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:03,359 Speaker 4: that's uh, you know, and I'm really glad that these 606 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:06,720 Speaker 4: these pins also you know, signify the three children and 607 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:08,000 Speaker 4: have their names on it as well. 608 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 2: You know, I, I know the impact she had on me. 609 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:14,520 Speaker 1: I had an idea of of the influence she had 610 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:17,520 Speaker 1: on this market. I was blown away by just the 611 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:21,640 Speaker 1: outpouring of support for her, not only locally but nationally. 612 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:25,720 Speaker 1: You have you know, NHL coaches, you know, Andrew Burnette, Nashville, Dallas. 613 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 1: You know, she's gotten you know, donations from like the 614 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:32,720 Speaker 1: Columbus Blue Jackets, uh, the NHL sent out stuff, you know, 615 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:35,960 Speaker 1: sent out tweets. I I I I had never really 616 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,800 Speaker 1: recognized what she had meant nationally to the entire league. 617 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:42,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, and I you know, I just wish she knew, 618 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:45,320 Speaker 4: you know, because I think she would be blown away 619 00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 4: by this, you know. And and I can't tell you 620 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:53,800 Speaker 4: how many you know, other teams, PR departments and coaches 621 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,640 Speaker 4: and players have reached out to be because the one 622 00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:58,639 Speaker 4: thing in this, you know, and I've said this before, 623 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 4: I think Dan and MPa. But so you know, but 624 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 4: I do think in the shrinking media world that we're 625 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:09,439 Speaker 4: in now it's it's almost more and more rare that 626 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:13,679 Speaker 4: visiting writers go on the road. It's usually just the 627 00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:17,480 Speaker 4: teams covering themselves and their social media team and their cameras, 628 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:19,720 Speaker 4: and maybe one of them has you know, a couple 629 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:21,960 Speaker 4: of them have actual writers that go on the road 630 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 4: for their websites, but not a lot of visiting writers. 631 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:27,520 Speaker 4: And so a lot of times after games, she would 632 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:29,640 Speaker 4: be the one that would go to the visiting locker 633 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:32,120 Speaker 4: room and gather quotes, and so she was the one 634 00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:36,000 Speaker 4: that would be asking the visiting coach questions and players, 635 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:39,080 Speaker 4: and so they they knew her almost more than they 636 00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:41,120 Speaker 4: knew you know a lot of a lot of us 637 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:45,320 Speaker 4: people that weren't affiliated with NHL dot com, so you know, 638 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:47,280 Speaker 4: they were, they were. There were just a lot of 639 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:49,240 Speaker 4: people that were heartbroken. And I was just out in 640 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 4: Denver for a couple of days and Chris McFarland, the 641 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:53,880 Speaker 4: gam of the Colorado Avalanche, came up to me and 642 00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 4: just talk to me about it and how tragic it was. 643 00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 4: Corey Masisak, who writes for the Denver Posts that used 644 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:02,440 Speaker 4: to write for NHL dot Com, was absolutely devastated. I've 645 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:05,680 Speaker 4: gotten text from people from USA Hockey. You know, you 646 00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:08,600 Speaker 4: you forget how many hatch you wore over the years, 647 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:10,800 Speaker 4: and you know, got her got her start really with 648 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:13,720 Speaker 4: USA Hockey as an intern many many ends ago. So 649 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:19,680 Speaker 4: you know, just just a brutal, brutal, brutal thing. And 650 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:23,160 Speaker 4: and you know, I pray for the family, pray for Mike, 651 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:26,720 Speaker 4: her husband, and and you know, and she was just 652 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:28,720 Speaker 4: a really really good friend and had this way of 653 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:32,280 Speaker 4: of sort of you know, brightening your day and and uh, 654 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:34,840 Speaker 4: you know a lot of times I'm I'm the one 655 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 4: that needed to have my day brightened a lot. 656 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:40,160 Speaker 3: So she was great at that, all right. 657 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:42,520 Speaker 1: Not easy to segue segue away from that to stuff 658 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:44,320 Speaker 1: that doesn't mean as much. But the Wild do win 659 00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:47,800 Speaker 1: against Columbus five to two last night. Uh you know, Michael, 660 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:51,000 Speaker 1: I I just felt like last night, and I know 661 00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:52,760 Speaker 1: the competition is a little bit different, but I just 662 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:54,800 Speaker 1: felt like they just played a different style last night, 663 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:57,040 Speaker 1: a little bit more jam, a little bit more physicality, 664 00:29:57,080 --> 00:30:01,560 Speaker 1: a little bit more intensity. Is that a product of well, 665 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:04,440 Speaker 1: we got the Quinn Hughes reunion and then three players 666 00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:06,520 Speaker 1: on Vancouver used to play in Minnesota, and we know 667 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:09,800 Speaker 1: that we got to prove to the other team that 668 00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:11,920 Speaker 1: we'd like who we have or is this are they 669 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:13,680 Speaker 1: in the process of ramping up for the playoffs? 670 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:15,240 Speaker 2: Combination of both. How did you view it? 671 00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:18,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think it was more the latter. I just 672 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:20,080 Speaker 4: think that they haven't been happy with the way that 673 00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:23,720 Speaker 4: they've played really the last couple of three weeks. And 674 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:25,440 Speaker 4: you know, they came out of the Olympics pretty good. 675 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:27,520 Speaker 4: You know, had a huge win in Vegas, played well 676 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:31,320 Speaker 4: in Colorado, and they played well coming out of the Olympics, 677 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:33,600 Speaker 4: and then they just hit a rut, especially against teams 678 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:36,480 Speaker 4: that were non playoff teams. And obviously Vancouver is the 679 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:40,520 Speaker 4: worst team in the NHL and lost it last night. 680 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:43,880 Speaker 4: With the loss as you know, securing thirty second pick 681 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:46,640 Speaker 4: and the best odds in the lottery coming up, and 682 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:48,840 Speaker 4: I just think the Wild just we're trying to play 683 00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:51,480 Speaker 4: with a mindset that was more like their identity. Now again, 684 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:54,800 Speaker 4: you know, they've got to continue it, but last night 685 00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:58,280 Speaker 4: looked much more like themselves. They controlled a lot of 686 00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:01,000 Speaker 4: the game, even you know, the four and four, the 687 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:05,920 Speaker 4: goal against and the the power play goal against. You know, 688 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:08,960 Speaker 4: I think the Wild felt that Liam Ogrin dived. Either way, 689 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:10,960 Speaker 4: it was not a good penalty for Eric Connect to 690 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:12,640 Speaker 4: take two hundred feet in front of his net, and 691 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:15,040 Speaker 4: they paid for it. Right, Hartman loses this guy on 692 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:17,040 Speaker 4: the on the four and four and then the power 693 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:18,960 Speaker 4: play goal. And by the way, the Vancouver power play 694 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:20,600 Speaker 4: is one of the best of the NHL for the 695 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:24,440 Speaker 4: last you know, several weeks, in fact, the best in 696 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:27,440 Speaker 4: terms of and all that stuff. 697 00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:31,240 Speaker 2: What's that Without Quinn Hughes, who would have thought, Yeah. 698 00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:33,000 Speaker 4: I know, it's crazy. All they needed to get was 699 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:35,320 Speaker 4: to get rid of their you know, civil or whatever. 700 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:38,600 Speaker 4: But but yeah, I mean, like like it just felt 701 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:41,120 Speaker 4: to me like they were that they just looked more 702 00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:44,160 Speaker 4: like themselves. And you know, the other thing is I 703 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,080 Speaker 4: think the four days off really helped them. You know, 704 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:49,760 Speaker 4: they needed rest and and they definitely needed work on 705 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:53,400 Speaker 4: the ice and and really no nobody more than Quinn 706 00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:56,880 Speaker 4: Hughes and Matt Boldy and Croak Prestofs and Favor and 707 00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:59,800 Speaker 4: those were the four best players in my eyes last night. 708 00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:02,600 Speaker 4: Those guys have played a ton of hockey. They've been 709 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:06,080 Speaker 4: on a rut, especially Boldie Quinn has been sort of 710 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:09,920 Speaker 4: bleeding chances. And I think that Quinn in favor of 711 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:12,240 Speaker 4: Reunited last night. He played really, really well. Quinn was 712 00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:15,520 Speaker 4: a plus four, looked more like himself, and Boldie just 713 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:18,000 Speaker 4: had played with that pop that we came to expect 714 00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:20,560 Speaker 4: the first half of the season, and he just looked 715 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:23,120 Speaker 4: like he was sort of back, and I just think 716 00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:25,360 Speaker 4: he's been tired. I mean, these guys have been running. 717 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:27,720 Speaker 4: It's not just the amount of games they've played, it's 718 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:30,520 Speaker 4: the you know, they go to the Olympics, they go 719 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:33,360 Speaker 4: the distance in the Olympics. Then they then they are 720 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:36,520 Speaker 4: running around, you know, to Miami and Washington and uh, 721 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:38,520 Speaker 4: you know, Quinn's going back and forth to New York 722 00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:41,480 Speaker 4: twice for Saturday A Live and the and the Fallon Show, 723 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:44,320 Speaker 4: and there's got all these obligations off the ice, and 724 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:46,920 Speaker 4: I just think that they just sort of needed even 725 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:49,320 Speaker 4: more than a physical reset, a mental reset. And I 726 00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:52,280 Speaker 4: think those four days really came at a perfect time 727 00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:54,800 Speaker 4: for the wild and very abnormal and this type of 728 00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:57,720 Speaker 4: condensed season to have four days off at this time 729 00:32:57,760 --> 00:32:59,560 Speaker 4: of year, and it really could set them up well 730 00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:03,360 Speaker 4: here coming down the stretch, playing the final seven games 731 00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:05,800 Speaker 4: and before the playoffs, especially against the Dallas team that 732 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:08,760 Speaker 4: has also played obviously a ton of hockey, but doesn't 733 00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:12,040 Speaker 4: have that break and it is starting to get really 734 00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:13,640 Speaker 4: ratcheted with injuries. 735 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:15,400 Speaker 1: So I was going to ask you then with seven 736 00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:18,320 Speaker 1: games remaining, because this is a team that really hasn't 737 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:22,480 Speaker 1: found their game over the last month and change. But obviously, 738 00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:25,080 Speaker 1: as you said, rest was very important, and you got 739 00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:27,680 Speaker 1: some performances out of some guys last night that needed 740 00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:30,280 Speaker 1: that rest. If you're John Hines, how do you balance 741 00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:34,400 Speaker 1: the last seven games between making sure guys maybe get 742 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:37,120 Speaker 1: a rest if possible, but also trying to find your 743 00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:38,320 Speaker 1: game for the playoffs. 744 00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:41,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, I asked you on that after the game, and 745 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:44,640 Speaker 4: you know, and the one thing I will say, and 746 00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:47,320 Speaker 4: I said this to Pa yesterday too, and we're maybe burrero, 747 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:50,040 Speaker 4: that is that I do think that because we're in 748 00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:52,120 Speaker 4: our little bubble here that a lot of fans don't 749 00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:54,880 Speaker 4: look at. Obviously, Colorado and Dallas and all three teams 750 00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:58,920 Speaker 4: have really been very choppy the last since the Olympics. 751 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:00,520 Speaker 4: I just think it's hard to these teams to get 752 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:02,920 Speaker 4: up knowing that they're pretty much, you know, locked and 753 00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:06,120 Speaker 4: loaded where they are in the standings. Dallas has not 754 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:08,399 Speaker 4: been very good at all lately, and last night they 755 00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:10,799 Speaker 4: looked much more than like themselves, especially Jacott and you're 756 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:13,360 Speaker 4: in that shutout. So that's one. But in terms of 757 00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:15,480 Speaker 4: what your question is, you know, I asked Hines that 758 00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:18,320 Speaker 4: and what Heines basically said after the game is that 759 00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:20,400 Speaker 4: they're going to get through the weekend. They have a plan. 760 00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:23,320 Speaker 4: But it sounds to me like he wants to play 761 00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:25,919 Speaker 4: his his, you know, pretty much his lineup these next 762 00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:29,360 Speaker 4: two games in Ottawa and Detroit and continue to build 763 00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:32,080 Speaker 4: their game where to prove that last night wasn't a 764 00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:35,200 Speaker 4: one off, So play you know more their lineup and 765 00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:37,880 Speaker 4: continue to try to build. And then next week as 766 00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:40,360 Speaker 4: they get home against Seattle and they have sort of 767 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:43,000 Speaker 4: five games left, is then start to really come up 768 00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:45,640 Speaker 4: and maybe give guys rest, throwing a Nico Sturam every 769 00:34:45,640 --> 00:34:47,839 Speaker 4: now and then throwing a Robbie Favre play at David 770 00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:51,600 Speaker 4: hunt and Jeff Petree and start giving guys rest. The 771 00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:53,800 Speaker 4: one game I would do, you know, the one balance 772 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:55,440 Speaker 4: that I'm going to be really interested in is the 773 00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:57,560 Speaker 4: game in Dallas to start the three game road trip, 774 00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:01,520 Speaker 4: because you're playing against team that you want to play, 775 00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:04,440 Speaker 4: that you're going to play in the playoffs. But do 776 00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:06,879 Speaker 4: you know, do you really have to play your full 777 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:09,600 Speaker 4: team to try to get some sort of confidence, uh 778 00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:12,880 Speaker 4: going going into that series? Or is it more prudent 779 00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:15,799 Speaker 4: to make sure that guys like Matt Boldie and Quinn 780 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:18,920 Speaker 4: Hughes and and you know Corolla free stuff and these 781 00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:22,360 Speaker 4: guys don't play because you know, could you imagine everything 782 00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:25,799 Speaker 4: in sentsive would be for Dallas Star's team to try 783 00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:28,640 Speaker 4: to hurt those guys, you know, and it could be 784 00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:30,759 Speaker 4: vice versa too, Like if I'm Dallas, I mean, do 785 00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:34,239 Speaker 4: you really want Michael mccaren and Marcus Leno and these guys, uh, 786 00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:36,799 Speaker 4: you know, hitting Jason Robertson and you know if rou 787 00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:38,920 Speaker 4: pays back and all those guys you know, so like 788 00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:42,080 Speaker 4: Wyatt Johnston. So I'll be interested if that's more like 789 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:44,359 Speaker 4: a preseason lineup. I mean, we've seen it before where 790 00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:46,360 Speaker 4: the Wild will actually call up guys from the minors. 791 00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:48,320 Speaker 4: So these type of games, Remember the game in Nashville 792 00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:50,520 Speaker 4: a couple of years ago, like game and Jeru made 793 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:54,040 Speaker 4: an NHL debut, And you know they've done this stuff before. 794 00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:57,759 Speaker 4: And it wouldn't shock me if the Wild, you know, 795 00:35:57,920 --> 00:35:59,480 Speaker 4: do those type of maneuvers. 796 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:01,759 Speaker 1: It would be interesting if they were actually maybe in 797 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:03,919 Speaker 1: a position to catch Dallas at that point, then would 798 00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:04,600 Speaker 1: that change your mind? 799 00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:04,719 Speaker 4: Right? 800 00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:06,120 Speaker 1: Like, right now it doesn't seem like they're going to 801 00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:08,040 Speaker 1: catch Dallas, but you know, all of a sudden, you 802 00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:10,040 Speaker 1: win to this weekend and you have a game in hand, 803 00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:11,760 Speaker 1: and that game could be very interesting. 804 00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:13,200 Speaker 2: How much does home ice mean? 805 00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:17,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, I think it means something, especially in 806 00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:19,880 Speaker 4: this series where the Wild just you know, historically, I 807 00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:23,719 Speaker 4: mean since I've covered the team this and before this, 808 00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:26,719 Speaker 4: Dallas is one of the toughest buildings that this organization's 809 00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:28,799 Speaker 4: ever played in. They just don't win there a lot, 810 00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:32,840 Speaker 4: So you know, maybe maybe that would be something worth doing. 811 00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:33,080 Speaker 3: You know. 812 00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:35,960 Speaker 4: The problem is is that the regulation wins tiebreaker the 813 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:39,480 Speaker 4: Wild or or not. I mean, there's no way it's 814 00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:42,040 Speaker 4: already lost that Dallas is going to win that. So 815 00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:44,680 Speaker 4: you know, even though they are only six points back 816 00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:47,040 Speaker 4: of Dallas and have a game in hand, is I mean, 817 00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:49,880 Speaker 4: you're basically got to get four wins to their you know, 818 00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:52,879 Speaker 4: one or two to be able to even pass them. 819 00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:57,760 Speaker 4: So it's almost mathematically impossible, especially from the tiebreaker standpoint. 820 00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:00,240 Speaker 4: So you know, my guess is that by the time 821 00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:03,960 Speaker 4: that happens, it's going to be pretty difficult to to. 822 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:05,840 Speaker 4: You know, they've got three games before that game. So 823 00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:08,720 Speaker 4: we'll talk a little next week and see how it works. 824 00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:10,920 Speaker 4: But my guess is that at that point it's probably 825 00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:15,880 Speaker 4: more it was probably a smarter thing to try to 826 00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:17,919 Speaker 4: make sure that you don't get guys hurt that game. 827 00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:19,719 Speaker 2: Talk with Michael Russo of the Athletic. 828 00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:22,000 Speaker 1: The Wild have two games this week and in Ottawa 829 00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:25,359 Speaker 1: and Detroit Saturday and Sunday, both games at noon. 830 00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:26,839 Speaker 2: You can hear both of them right here on the fan. 831 00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:29,160 Speaker 1: You know, you mentioned that the Wild maybe you want 832 00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:32,120 Speaker 1: to play more of their playoff type lineup this weekend. 833 00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:34,000 Speaker 2: And I'm curious what is. 834 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:36,440 Speaker 1: That lineup because especially at the forward position, they have, 835 00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:39,279 Speaker 1: you know, multiple guys that are deserving to be in 836 00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:41,080 Speaker 1: the lineup, and it almost seems like a good player's 837 00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:43,239 Speaker 1: going to be sitting up in the press box. So 838 00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:45,480 Speaker 1: and they've been kind of rotating guys in and out 839 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:48,080 Speaker 1: here over the last couple of games. What do you 840 00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:50,560 Speaker 1: feel like is going to be that that final line up, 841 00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:52,600 Speaker 1: especially at the forward position, maybe in your bottom see ye. 842 00:37:52,719 --> 00:37:54,400 Speaker 4: You know, my guess is with back to back games, 843 00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:56,080 Speaker 4: we might see your out play one game, and we 844 00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:59,520 Speaker 4: might say Nick Alina play another Nick, probably maybe even 845 00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:02,279 Speaker 4: in Autawa, because Nick, you know, obviously is sort of 846 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:05,319 Speaker 4: from you know, he's from Antaro up sort of. And 847 00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:07,239 Speaker 4: I do think they have a bunch of family coming 848 00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:10,040 Speaker 4: that game, so we'll see, you know. I think that 849 00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:12,759 Speaker 4: last night's lineup is probably the opening night lineup for 850 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:15,879 Speaker 4: the playoffs if they're healthy, which you know, And one 851 00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:18,640 Speaker 4: big reason why I think that is because Tarasenko, you're of, 852 00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:22,600 Speaker 4: and Bobby Brink last night. I thought they did everything 853 00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:25,120 Speaker 4: in that game, but score. I thought they were outstanding. 854 00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:28,040 Speaker 4: Bobby Brink was you know, creating plays left and right, 855 00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:30,520 Speaker 4: you know, would have had a couple of assists of 856 00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:33,360 Speaker 4: Tarasenko and Erov weren't robb. So I just think that 857 00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:35,640 Speaker 4: makes sense to start with eure of and have Nick 858 00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:38,239 Speaker 4: Polino in the press box starting one. But you know 859 00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:39,799 Speaker 4: the way it works in the playoffs, you know, the 860 00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:42,560 Speaker 4: second you lose a game and now everybody starts looking 861 00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:44,799 Speaker 4: at lineup changes and things like that, and if they 862 00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:48,080 Speaker 4: felt like maybe the game they lost, they weren't heavy 863 00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:50,960 Speaker 4: enough or or didn't kill the penalties that they felt 864 00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:53,120 Speaker 4: like they should have killed, you know, then then it's 865 00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:55,560 Speaker 4: easy to throw a Nick Polino into the into the 866 00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:58,080 Speaker 4: into the lineup. And you know, I do think that 867 00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:01,560 Speaker 4: Nick came here with the reality that he might not 868 00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:03,720 Speaker 4: be an everyday player and might not be an everyday 869 00:39:03,719 --> 00:39:06,400 Speaker 4: player in the playoffs. Obviously he wants to be. But 870 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:10,359 Speaker 4: you know, to me, so for me, I'd start with Europe, 871 00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:12,600 Speaker 4: you know, there and and and then go from there. 872 00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:15,280 Speaker 1: You know, at least I think we know both games 873 00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:18,200 Speaker 1: this weekend you're gonna be getting playoff type effort out 874 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:21,320 Speaker 1: of the other team because Auto right now currently sitting 875 00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:23,960 Speaker 1: in the last spot in the Eastern Conference, but Detroit's 876 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:27,160 Speaker 1: tied with them both in points and games played. Yeah, Columbus, 877 00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:29,759 Speaker 1: that's tied with points, but a game back. I know, 878 00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:33,200 Speaker 1: Philadelphia had been making a run, but they've lost two now, 879 00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:36,719 Speaker 1: but they're two points back. There's even the even Washington's 880 00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:39,640 Speaker 1: three points back. Uh, and both in the East and 881 00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:41,799 Speaker 1: the West, that's pretty pretty jumbled up. How do you 882 00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:44,879 Speaker 1: see You know, we can talk specifically about the East first, 883 00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:47,200 Speaker 1: since autow and detroite other opponents this weekend, but how 884 00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:49,000 Speaker 1: do you see the West playing out with that final 885 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:50,200 Speaker 1: playoff spot as well. 886 00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:53,680 Speaker 4: Two extremely desperate teams, as you mentioned in the Wild 887 00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:55,560 Speaker 4: bet are we ready for those games? Because they're going 888 00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:58,640 Speaker 4: to be physical, and they're going to be fast, and 889 00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:02,640 Speaker 4: and they've they're going to be the facing desperate, desperate opponents, 890 00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:05,360 Speaker 4: and you know, the Wild don't play well usually in 891 00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:09,080 Speaker 4: Ottawa and Detroit's usually some Wild games. You remember that 892 00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:11,480 Speaker 4: year back that they had last year up the coordinations there. 893 00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:14,320 Speaker 4: So I think these is gonna be really good games 894 00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:16,919 Speaker 4: to get the Wild tuned up for the playoffs, which 895 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:20,040 Speaker 4: also could be another reason why John Hines wants to, 896 00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:23,200 Speaker 4: you know, sort of start with his plan of maybe 897 00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:26,759 Speaker 4: resting guys next week. So I think it's gonna be outstanding. 898 00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:29,040 Speaker 4: And then in the Western Conference it's been you know, 899 00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:31,439 Speaker 4: it's been back and forth. I mean Nashville last night 900 00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:35,840 Speaker 4: they wanted in, you know, a long, long, long shootout, 901 00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:40,200 Speaker 4: I think nine rounds. The first fourteen or fifteen shooters 902 00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:43,080 Speaker 4: in that game didn't even score, but they blew a 903 00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:45,840 Speaker 4: huge lead to get there and basically gave LA a 904 00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:48,880 Speaker 4: point that they couldn't have afford. Winnipeg's still hanging around 905 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:52,160 Speaker 4: Seattle's is the Wild next home game is still technically 906 00:40:52,239 --> 00:40:55,520 Speaker 4: hanging around and has a game in hand on the 907 00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:58,600 Speaker 4: three teams right in front of them. And then San 908 00:40:58,680 --> 00:41:01,160 Speaker 4: Jose you know as well as they played lately and 909 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:04,120 Speaker 4: they've won four in a row. The Sharks, you know, 910 00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:07,480 Speaker 4: are still basically tie it in points with Nashville and LA. 911 00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:11,200 Speaker 4: So these are going to be huge, huge games down 912 00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:15,720 Speaker 4: the stretch in both in both conferences. And it's it's frankly, 913 00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:19,920 Speaker 4: why you know, why they why they have this loser 914 00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:23,560 Speaker 4: point and all that stuff. I mean, what keeps Gary Betman, 915 00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:26,960 Speaker 4: you know, sticking with this playoff format and this standings 916 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:29,920 Speaker 4: format is the fact that you know, unlike a lot 917 00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:33,439 Speaker 4: of sports, uh, coming down the stretch, these teams all 918 00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:36,800 Speaker 4: really still you know, have a chance to make the playoffs, 919 00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:39,200 Speaker 4: and it keeps fans interested and all that type of stuff. 920 00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:41,320 Speaker 1: All right, final question for you, Michael, what do you 921 00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:44,800 Speaker 1: think is going to be the philosophy regarding the goaltenders 922 00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:48,719 Speaker 1: as moving in the playoffs. The good thing what the 923 00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:51,839 Speaker 1: seasons so a is they've gotten good, solid goaltending from 924 00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:54,920 Speaker 1: both of them. Clearly it looks like they lean Gustfson 925 00:41:54,960 --> 00:41:56,560 Speaker 1: and I would imagine he's Game one. But you know, 926 00:41:56,880 --> 00:41:59,680 Speaker 1: is Gus getting a little bit quicker hooked than maybe 927 00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:02,560 Speaker 1: most teams would have because of Ballstaad or do you 928 00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:05,040 Speaker 1: think they want to ride Gus as long as they 929 00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:06,000 Speaker 1: can in the playoffs. 930 00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:08,440 Speaker 4: I think they would love to ride Gus and not 931 00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:10,600 Speaker 4: mess around with their goaltending like they've done a couple 932 00:42:10,719 --> 00:42:12,640 Speaker 4: times in the past. Obviously, you remember the year that 933 00:42:12,760 --> 00:42:14,839 Speaker 4: Cantal that was on fire down the stretch. I think 934 00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:16,920 Speaker 4: he had points in thirteenth straight games, and they just 935 00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:20,200 Speaker 4: started flurry come playoff time. And then the one year 936 00:42:20,239 --> 00:42:22,839 Speaker 4: they played Dallas where Gus had like the fifty save 937 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:25,719 Speaker 4: win in double overtime on the Ryan Hartman goal. The 938 00:42:25,840 --> 00:42:29,400 Speaker 4: next game game two, and explicably Mark Andre Flury started 939 00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:32,279 Speaker 4: and so you know, look, the one thing I don't 940 00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:34,680 Speaker 4: think that we'll see is strict rotation like we saw 941 00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:36,600 Speaker 4: earlier in the season with a while we're playing really 942 00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:39,560 Speaker 4: really well. In fact, I asked Wallace that that yesterday morning, 943 00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:42,080 Speaker 4: and he even admitted that would be very hard to 944 00:42:42,120 --> 00:42:44,360 Speaker 4: do in the playoffs. You know, if you if you 945 00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:46,600 Speaker 4: get a shutout or a huge win by Gustison, you're 946 00:42:46,640 --> 00:42:48,960 Speaker 4: not It just makes no sense to change the goaltender 947 00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:51,080 Speaker 4: the next night. Even though there have been teams that 948 00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:53,239 Speaker 4: have done that in the past and it's worked. So 949 00:42:53,719 --> 00:42:55,880 Speaker 4: my guess is that you know it's it's Gus is 950 00:42:55,880 --> 00:42:57,960 Speaker 4: going to get a little bit of a runway. Obviously, 951 00:42:58,040 --> 00:43:00,279 Speaker 4: if he struggles, you know, you make a chance. But 952 00:43:00,320 --> 00:43:02,160 Speaker 4: the one thing I'll just say about Gus is, you know, 953 00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:05,120 Speaker 4: if you look at his playoff numbers with the Wild, 954 00:43:05,239 --> 00:43:08,319 Speaker 4: in his postseasons, he's been really good. And you know, 955 00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:11,640 Speaker 4: they the one year against Dallas, the one issue he 956 00:43:11,719 --> 00:43:13,440 Speaker 4: had was on the PK, but I don't think that 957 00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:15,440 Speaker 4: was all his fault, but they gave up nine goals 958 00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:18,719 Speaker 4: that that series. Yeah, so I just I just think 959 00:43:18,719 --> 00:43:21,200 Speaker 4: that they're going to go with us. And then obviously, 960 00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:23,800 Speaker 4: as always when you know, you always have to react 961 00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:26,400 Speaker 4: to losses in playoff series, and you know, I'm not 962 00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:27,879 Speaker 4: saying that we're not going to see ve all step, 963 00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:29,239 Speaker 4: but I think that they're going to give us a 964 00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:29,920 Speaker 4: little runway. 965 00:43:30,040 --> 00:43:31,840 Speaker 2: Thanks for your time, Michael, appreciate it. We'll talk to 966 00:43:31,880 --> 00:43:32,359 Speaker 2: you again soon. 967 00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:34,600 Speaker 4: Yeh see, Brandon, take care. 968 00:43:34,719 --> 00:43:38,319 Speaker 1: Michael Russo covers the Minnesota Wild for The Athletic. We've 969 00:43:38,320 --> 00:43:41,440 Speaker 1: been keeping you updated on the power outage of Target Field. 970 00:43:42,040 --> 00:43:43,560 Speaker 2: The power is back. 971 00:43:43,600 --> 00:43:49,040 Speaker 1: Xcel Energy comes through, but Dan Hayes, there's almost help 972 00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:51,640 Speaker 1: for like an hour at target Field and the surrounding neighborhoods. 973 00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:54,560 Speaker 1: Dan Hayes of the Athletics says he's been told it 974 00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:57,160 Speaker 1: will take ten to thirty minutes for the target Field 975 00:43:57,200 --> 00:43:59,719 Speaker 1: scoreboard to be in working order. Plus we have to 976 00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:02,359 Speaker 1: run through the pregame ceremonies, which we're scheduled to start 977 00:44:02,440 --> 00:44:05,239 Speaker 1: forty minutes before first pitch, So it still might be 978 00:44:05,239 --> 00:44:06,960 Speaker 1: another hour here before they start this game. 979 00:44:07,080 --> 00:44:09,640 Speaker 3: Well, they won't need the score award very much for 980 00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:11,800 Speaker 3: the way that they've been playing throughout most of this season. 981 00:44:12,040 --> 00:44:14,840 Speaker 3: And also, yeah. 982 00:44:14,719 --> 00:44:15,440 Speaker 2: That was a negative. 983 00:44:15,560 --> 00:44:18,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, well they need the scoreboard have been working order 984 00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:20,880 Speaker 1: because it changes numbers quite a bit on the one. 985 00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:23,719 Speaker 2: Side, that is true. Maybe just day Zeros. 986 00:44:23,480 --> 00:44:26,200 Speaker 3: Jim's next article should be, uh, will the poll Ouds 987 00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:28,160 Speaker 3: fix their relationship with Excel Energy? 988 00:44:30,040 --> 00:44:32,319 Speaker 1: Thank you, Max, appreciate it. Love always working with you, 989 00:44:32,520 --> 00:44:35,680 Speaker 1: love working with you. Thanks to all of our guests, 990 00:44:35,719 --> 00:44:39,080 Speaker 1: Pat Mcalletty, Dane Moore and Michael Russo Common. We'll be 991 00:44:39,120 --> 00:44:41,840 Speaker 1: back on Monday. Thank you so much for listening today. 992 00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:43,399 Speaker 1: Have a good weekend. It's been a good. 993 00:44:43,320 --> 00:44:48,680 Speaker 2: Day listening back to any of common Man's programs by 994 00:44:48,760 --> 00:44:50,359 Speaker 2: podcasting on the iHeartRadio 995 00:44:50,400 --> 00:44:54,680 Speaker 3: App orkfai dot com