1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:04,120 Speaker 1: Who has one more year left on his deal, number 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:08,960 Speaker 1: eighty seven, Cidy Crosby. You cannot give Malkin term beyond 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,479 Speaker 1: Crosby because if Crosby retires or goes to another team, 4 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 1: and I won't roll out either of those things at 5 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 1: the end of next year, then you got Gino when 6 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 1: there's no point to having him. You're keeping in part 7 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 1: to play Kate Sid. And if Sid's gone, you don't 8 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: need Geno because then you're totally rebuilding period. You cannot 9 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 1: give him turn beyond Sid. I can't stress that enough. 10 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 2: Now. 11 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: One thing I will note about this Penguin season, Josh 12 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:40,240 Speaker 1: Owey said, it's a rebuilding process, having you know, arrived 13 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:44,239 Speaker 1: a year early. That's just not true of their key players. 14 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: Only a few or younger. Kendall Chinnikov and the key guys. 15 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 2: That's it. 16 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:52,159 Speaker 1: That's the list. Doors twenty six. I thought he was 17 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 1: much older. He plays much old. He's like a grizzled vet, 18 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: but he's only twenty six. But he's not a key guy, 19 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 1: not really and certainly not for the long term. So 20 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:06,199 Speaker 1: you got kendalln Chinnikov playing well among the young guys. 21 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: But that's all Coavenen. I like certain things about his game, 22 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: but he might be a four A player, like a 23 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: guy who can play occasionally in the NHL excels in 24 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 1: the AHL. They've sired on mc groarty maybe because he's 25 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: always hurts. Roz ain't been here, Brunick went back to juniors. 26 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: The Penguin success has been due largely to a lot 27 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 1: of recycling coming good, like my god, Anthony Mantham exhibit A. 28 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 1: So you might need Geno for one more year to 29 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 1: prop up the rebuilding as a bridge, and that'd be okay. 30 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 1: And I think the rebuilding will come good. All the prospects, 31 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 1: all the draft picks. I believe it's gonna work. But 32 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: I would keep Geno for one more year because you 33 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 1: don't want to go backwards as the process plays out if. 34 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 2: You could avoid it. 35 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: But two years turn me on sid Just no way, 36 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: if you can tell me any way that's logical. What 37 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: just because he wants it. TJ. Watt wanted it to 38 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 1: and that has screwed the Steelers more than you'll ever admit. 39 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:11,240 Speaker 1: And I think it's hilarious because it's the Steelers with 40 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:13,240 Speaker 1: the Penguins. It wouldn't be funny because I like them. 41 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: This is the Mark Mann Show. I still like doing 42 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: the show to some degree, not as much as I 43 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:24,080 Speaker 1: like the Penguins. Let's talk, Peng, Let's get your calls. 44 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 1: And how good is this team really? And do you 45 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: see my point about Gino? And is Carlson the team MVP? 46 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 1: And that includes it? You're thusting and here all of 47 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:38,399 Speaker 1: that eight three to three, four one two w xdx. 48 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 1: But it's sporting score again, what's pouring? Only they trail 49 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 1: Bodo glimped from Norway three to two in Champions League. 50 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 2: We trail. 51 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: Galatasaray one nil heading into tomorrow's game and given R 52 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: one one with Tottenham on the weekend. I'm not holding 53 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 1: out a lot of hope, any hoodles a lot of 54 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 1: hockey talk. I just told you a moment. Ago Lezatte 55 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:11,359 Speaker 1: has some kind of cast on his hand. He's out 56 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 1: for at least a month. It looks like still not 57 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: sure when Sid's coming back. And by the way, people 58 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,519 Speaker 1: think I hate on Gino. Gino was brilliant last night. 59 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 1: Brilliant last night. It don't mean that it was okay 60 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 1: to try to Guillotin Dollin, you know, and gets suspended 61 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:30,640 Speaker 1: five games. But He was brilliant last night, and I 62 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 1: think his heart is in the right place, as it 63 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 1: almost always is. The thing is with Gino, the heart 64 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 1: being in the right place, the brain has to follow, 65 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: and it don't always been. Last night, after that early 66 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: dumb offensive zone penalty, it did another hockey item. Connor 67 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 1: McDavid says the NHL has to revisit its player safety process. 68 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 1: In other words, and he didn't say this, but why 69 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 1: the frig does it protect the rod Co Gootises of 70 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: the world but not the stars that people pay to see. 71 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: Goudas not Crosby out of the Olympics, and he still hurts. 72 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 1: Guddhas knock Matthews out for the season, and he only 73 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 1: got five games for the latter. Nobody ever bought a 74 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: ticket to see that scrub play. Nobody ever turned on 75 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 1: the TV to see that scrub play. The NHL has 76 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: gotta figure out where it spreads butter, but it won't 77 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 1: because it's dumb ass Canadians. Dumb ass Canadians. If you're 78 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 1: a Canadian, you're listening, you're a dumbass. Okay, not you said, 79 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 1: but it's dumbass Canadians who want tough to be as 80 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 1: important as skill and it just isn't and it doesn't 81 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:34,840 Speaker 1: sell tickets. 82 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:37,840 Speaker 2: The NHL sucks. 83 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: McDavid needed to say why did Goudas only get five games? 84 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 2: But what he said was good enough. It's a step 85 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 2: in the right direction. 86 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: You know what really hurts this whole process is that 87 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 1: rad Coo, Goudas and Connor McDavid are in the same union, 88 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:53,280 Speaker 1: the NHLPA. 89 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 2: Austin Matthews too. 90 00:04:54,520 --> 00:05:00,159 Speaker 1: So if the NHLPA tries to protect Austin Matthews, it 91 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:03,919 Speaker 1: is by extension attacking Rod Cogudis. And they'd rather just 92 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 1: do nothing because to be fair, it's a union. They're 93 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 1: all equal in the eyes of that union. But it 94 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 1: still sucks. And they have a trailer park trash Xgon 95 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 1: from Washington, PA. I bet Sterotor sold him toilets at 96 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 1: one point for his trailer. George parows he's in charge 97 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 1: of player discipline, player safety, and he had more to 98 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 1: do with lack of player safety when he played than 99 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 1: actually playing because he sucked. Ever been to Washington, PA. 100 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:36,839 Speaker 1: Dirty place, Dirty dirty place? Sterotor, he owns it. It's different. 101 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 1: He lives in that big house eye up on the hill. 102 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 1: It's different for him. What else do we got? We got? 103 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:49,920 Speaker 1: We got h baseball tonight World Baseball Classic, And I 104 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:53,159 Speaker 1: want to talk about the death of baseball. It's death 105 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:56,040 Speaker 1: as an art form. The baseball I love it had 106 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 1: a lot of nuance. Now it's all power, power pitching 107 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 1: and power hitting. Look at that game against the Dominican 108 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 1: the semi for the US on Sunday, Dominican down by one, 109 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 1: bottom of the seventh, one out, runners on second and third. 110 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: Fernando Tatist Junior is up. You got to just hit 111 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 1: a grinder to the right side or get a fly 112 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:21,839 Speaker 1: ball to the outfield, get the run home, tie the 113 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 1: game bid. No to tease swings from the heels every pitch. 114 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 1: Time to be the hero, go for a three run 115 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 1: homer because you can't beat your chest in self praise. 116 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 2: After a sacrifice fly. 117 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,239 Speaker 1: And of course he whiffs, and the next guy whiffs 118 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 1: to Kettle Marte. The Dominican loses. And to show how 119 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:49,919 Speaker 1: baseball's changed, Nobody questioned what Tatis did. Nobody thought his 120 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,719 Speaker 1: approach was bad. You got John Smoltz predicting during the 121 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 1: broadcast that Skeins' arm is going to explode at some point, 122 00:06:57,240 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 1: his elbow and that he has to leave Pittsburgh to 123 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 1: pitch it big games beyond Sunday night. And both those 124 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 1: things are probably true. But they wouldn't call out to 125 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:12,800 Speaker 1: Tease for thinking three run homer instead of just tie game. 126 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 1: And that is because that kind of baseball smart baseball 127 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 1: is as dead as Dillinger. 128 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:22,119 Speaker 2: And then the game ends on strike three. That should 129 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 2: have been ball four. 130 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 1: They should have been using that ABS system, that appeal 131 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 1: process like they're going to use in the big leagues. 132 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 1: The highlight of that game, it wasn't a great game. 133 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 1: It got proclaimed an instant classic, but every run scored 134 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 1: on a home run, three solo home runs. It shows 135 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 1: what baseball is. And somebody wrote, I think I might 136 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 1: have been Noah Hiles, and I like Noah, but he 137 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 1: wrote that the Dominican might have the best lineup in 138 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 1: baseball history. Their lineup's not even as good as the 139 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 1: Dodgers right now. It's certainly not the twenty seven Yankees. 140 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 1: And uh and then one Soda said that we proved 141 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 1: we have the best team in the world. Yeah, but 142 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: the thing is it didn't get reflected by the score. 143 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:12,559 Speaker 1: And that's what I mean by what I said earlier. 144 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: But it's all aura and and and uh, what's the 145 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 1: other word I was saying, are and vibes? You can 146 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 1: you can talk out loud, Tom, It's no big deal. 147 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 1: You're still in the room. Are and vibes and hype 148 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 1: and for that matter, outright lies, alright, lies, you lost. 149 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: You're not the best team in the world. But I 150 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 1: do go on, don't I. I have an obituary later 151 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 1: because people I admire keep dying, and one day I'll 152 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 1: die and no one will do my obituary. They'll just 153 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: lower me into the ground next to my mom. And 154 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 1: in some ways that day can't come soon enough. One 155 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: oh five nine The X double am on the X 156 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:55,079 Speaker 1: had to do that. Very sad to hear that Phil 157 00:08:55,160 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 1: Campbell died last week, the guitarist from Motorhead. He was 158 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 1: sixty four, everything louder than everything else, and Motorhead was too. 159 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:15,319 Speaker 1: Motorhead invented Metallica, megadeath all that, and now Phil's gone, 160 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 1: Lemmy's gone, the Governor, fast Eddie, Phil Taylor, Versil all gone. 161 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 2: What a great band? Almost like a culture lot and heavy. 162 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 1: Motorhead sounded like that because Lemmy was always cranked up 163 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 1: on speed or meth and that's where the music went. 164 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:37,079 Speaker 2: Motorhead the name duh. 165 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 1: I saw Motorhead at City Limits and Penhills. 166 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 2: Back when a white wall of sound, and my Phil 167 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 2: Campbell memory. 168 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:54,560 Speaker 1: Is Motorhead at the Hasablues in Vegas, smaller room and 169 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:58,320 Speaker 1: I'm right in front, right in front of the speakers, 170 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:04,200 Speaker 1: and it was so so loud, so loud you couldn't 171 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 1: tell which song they played at first, it was just 172 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 1: a roar. And Phil Campbell's right there in front of me, 173 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:16,840 Speaker 1: and I said, really, just mocked the words, what are 174 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:17,320 Speaker 1: you playing? 175 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 2: And he's like what And I'm like, what. 176 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 1: Are you playing? And Phil goes, we are Motorhead the 177 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 1: song you just heard. And he saw me confused and 178 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 1: said just give it a minute, and I did, and 179 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 1: my ears compensated, although I dot they were ever the same. 180 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:41,400 Speaker 1: Motorhead was an experience and Phil Campbell was a big 181 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 1: part of that. Phil Campbell rip, we are Motorhead one 182 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 1: five ninety X. Well, no, I just said, I don't 183 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 1: know what I said. I don't know what you said. 184 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:56,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, CX. 185 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 1: What a time for a Penguin fan to be alive, 186 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 1: especially after last night joining me out of tak hockey. 187 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:06,560 Speaker 1: The man who's not at all in the great Game. 188 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:10,440 Speaker 1: He is Pierre Maguire. Pierre, What the heck happened last 189 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:13,040 Speaker 1: night at Denver. I could not believe what I was seeing. 190 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:16,720 Speaker 3: It was a carryover from what happened in Utah a 191 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:19,440 Speaker 3: couple of nights earlier. The twoth of the matter is 192 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:22,839 Speaker 3: this team is building a significant momentum. This has been 193 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:26,760 Speaker 3: a very difficult trip obviously. You know, you look at 194 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:30,400 Speaker 3: the loss and overtime in Carolina, the blowout in Vegas 195 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:32,959 Speaker 3: where they got crushed six to two. Then they went 196 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 3: and coming from behind against Utah four to three. So 197 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:39,120 Speaker 3: I'm looking at it in the first you know, three games, 198 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:42,520 Speaker 3: possibility for six points, they get three points. But then 199 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:45,199 Speaker 3: last week they go into Colorado against a very good 200 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 3: team who they played against, by the way, in the 201 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 3: twenty fourth of March, and not only do they beat them, 202 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:53,200 Speaker 3: they shred them. I think one of the things that 203 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:57,720 Speaker 3: happened was the ignition that Getty Malcolm brought to the lineup. 204 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:01,320 Speaker 3: Putting him back in obviously after the suspension helped this 205 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:05,080 Speaker 3: team a lot, and athletically it helps and hopefully long 206 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 3: term he'll be one of those guys that will all 207 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:10,560 Speaker 3: leading to the Promised Land again. But right now, the 208 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:13,680 Speaker 3: fact that this team went into Colorado without Sydney Crosby 209 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 3: and found a way to win, I think is outstanding 210 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:17,839 Speaker 3: expanding quality to this group. 211 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:21,079 Speaker 1: The Penguin scored seven goals on twenty shots last night. 212 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 1: How's that happen? Was the goaltending batter? Was it just 213 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:27,079 Speaker 1: a bunch of great A's, Well, it. 214 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 3: Was great A's number one, number two. I don't think 215 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:32,319 Speaker 3: the goaltendings issue in Colorado. I think they've lost their 216 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:35,080 Speaker 3: focus a little bit here down the stretch. And one 217 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:38,880 Speaker 3: other thing. They really miss Gabriel Landastro. They miss Artury 218 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:41,280 Speaker 3: liking and you look at some of the struggles this 219 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 3: group has said they missed. 220 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:45,840 Speaker 4: Ross Colt and those guys haven't been able. 221 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:48,200 Speaker 3: To play for a while, and because of that, they've 222 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:52,640 Speaker 3: got a disjointed lineup. They're playing seven D and eleven forwards. 223 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:55,560 Speaker 3: That gets everybody out of rhythm. I think Nathan McKinnon 224 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 3: actually talked about that in the post team And they've 225 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 3: just added a couple of new guys to Nicky d 226 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:03,439 Speaker 3: wall is a new guy coming over from Toronto Nows 227 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:05,880 Speaker 3: and Cadre is a new guy coming over from Calgary, 228 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 3: even though he's been there before. Barda Kopf is a 229 00:13:08,679 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 3: relatively new guy there, so and then Brett Kulak is 230 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 3: another new guy, so they brought up some new guys there, 231 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 3: and so everybody's kind of just finding their way around. 232 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:21,680 Speaker 1: In COLORADOI we talked about Malkin it at the beginning 233 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:24,719 Speaker 1: of the segment, Pierre, and I was so happy to 234 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 1: see him play well and to say all the right things. 235 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 2: After the game. 236 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:30,680 Speaker 1: But you know what unnerved me, how about when he 237 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 1: took the dumb offensive zone penalty on the first shift. 238 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:35,439 Speaker 1: I was saying, oh, man, the boo boo face is 239 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 1: still there, but it didn't turn out that way. 240 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:41,359 Speaker 3: Well, well, but that's a fair point because it's true, 241 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 3: so the players can't do that. 242 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:47,080 Speaker 4: I watched, you know, so many games a day, and 243 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 4: one of the things that I really try to gauge 244 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 4: on players, especially when I'm evaluating whether it's for a 245 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 4: friend who works in the league or somewhere else for 246 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 4: TV or for podcasting or radio. 247 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:01,439 Speaker 3: I try to gage consistency. And when a guinea Malkin's 248 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 3: been on top of his game, and I think Mark 249 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 3: would probably be no better person to understand this than 250 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:10,320 Speaker 3: you in Pittsburgh. He doesn't take silly penalties. He plays 251 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 3: with this defensive aura. He dominates the pot, he's moving 252 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:16,200 Speaker 3: his steed, he makes things happen. Now a lot of 253 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 3: that was before the last three years. This is a 254 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 3: bounce because he's bounced back here. For Gino, we didn't 255 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 3: see this earlier in his career, but you're starting to 256 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 3: see it more and more as he gets older. Where 257 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 3: he takes silly penalties, that's got to get out of 258 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 3: his repertoire. That's something that's not good enough for him. Now. 259 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 1: I think the Penguins will keep Malkin, and I think 260 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 1: they probably should. Pierre I went to side now Dubas 261 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 1: is right the way, and Gino even appears to be 262 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 1: living with that. But the youth movement for the Penguins 263 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 1: ain't where it should be or where it's gonna go. 264 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 1: I don't see any harm with Gino year by year 265 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 1: as a bridge type player. 266 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 3: No, there's nothing. Look at you were there for the 267 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 3: glory of years and we started winning. And I say 268 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 3: read because I was a part of it. Oh right, 269 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 3: And when we brought in Brian Trotzy, and that was 270 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 3: Craig Patrick that brought him in, but when he was 271 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 3: amalgamated in the group by the coaching staff, in particular 272 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 3: Bob Johnson, Scottie Bowen, Brian Trotzy made a huge difference 273 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 3: from Pittsburgh Pengalts. Guys like that are invaluable. Gino can 274 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 3: be that guy. One of the things if I were 275 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 3: Kyle do this right now. One of the things I 276 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 3: would do is at some point I'd approached Brian about 277 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:29,000 Speaker 3: that and I say, hey, you know, we got Geno 278 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:31,320 Speaker 3: Malcolm here. He's older in his career, just like you 279 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 3: when you came to Pittsburgh, you still live in the area. 280 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 3: Would you talk to about that role? Would you be 281 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 3: comfortable doing that? I think mentorship matters more never before 282 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 3: in the National Hockey League, and Brian Trotzi could be 283 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 3: an amazing mentor at Geno Malcolm at the end of 284 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 3: his career. 285 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 1: Eric Carlson was unbelievable last night. He took the game over. 286 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:54,280 Speaker 1: I talked with you earlier Pierre that he might be 287 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 1: this team's MVP except for Sid. I think he might 288 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 1: be the team's MVP including Sid right now. No, not 289 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 1: at least because of how he's helped them navigate time 290 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:05,200 Speaker 1: without them. 291 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 3: The biggest question that has to be asked about this player, 292 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 3: why was it so rough the first two years? Why 293 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 3: was it so rough? And I would say that there 294 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:21,320 Speaker 3: was definitely a disconnect between the coaching staff and the player, 295 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 3: and that's something you can learn from. So this coaching 296 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 3: staff that's there now, obviously with Todd Nelson in particular, 297 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 3: that works a lot with the defense and Mike Stutters, 298 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:37,680 Speaker 3: you can learn a lot from what happened that didn't 299 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 3: work before, and I think that's something they need to 300 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 3: pay attention to. 301 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:43,440 Speaker 1: We're talking to Pierre Maguire here on The Mark Mann Show. 302 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 1: He's brought to us by always say flagging in traffic control. 303 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 1: Anthony Mantis twenty six goals career high. He's thirty one. 304 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 2: Where did that come from? I didn't realize how good 305 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 2: his hands were. 306 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 3: He always had good hands. He can always shoot the tuck. 307 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 3: He just didn't want to get to the areas that 308 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 3: you needed to go to score. He relied too much 309 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 3: on the overpowering shot or the size where he can 310 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:08,359 Speaker 3: push people off the pick. He's always been between a 311 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 3: twenty and twenty five goal scorer. I think he's probably 312 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:13,400 Speaker 3: going to get thirty to thirty two this year, which 313 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:16,400 Speaker 3: is great. Obviously it's a contract year, so he's a 314 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:19,639 Speaker 3: super motivated player. But one of the things that I 315 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:22,679 Speaker 3: noticed it's different about him compared to his time in 316 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:26,080 Speaker 3: Detroit or his time in Washington. What I noticed that 317 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 3: it's different about him is he's driving harder to get 318 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 3: to the net. He used to be a very significant 319 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 3: perimeter player. I don't see him as much being a 320 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:37,639 Speaker 3: perimitive player anymore, which is a good thing, not a bad. 321 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:38,959 Speaker 2: Man, Pierre. 322 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,879 Speaker 1: I see intangibles with the Penguins I've not seen for years. 323 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:45,000 Speaker 1: Look at Connor Clifton last night. He knew exactly when 324 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:47,640 Speaker 1: to fight. There's kind of an art to that, isn't there? 325 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 3: They're sure is. I'm so glad you brought that up. 326 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:55,399 Speaker 3: I was doing a podcast before and I talked about 327 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:59,440 Speaker 3: Connor Cliffin plating Jack Drury and I talked about knowing 328 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:01,280 Speaker 3: when to do it and how to do it, and 329 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:05,000 Speaker 3: obviously he didn't want Malkamu get involved. And so there 330 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:07,800 Speaker 3: are there are guys that are taking their game to 331 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:10,399 Speaker 3: another lot of role of charity. You know that the 332 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:15,440 Speaker 3: other night and Utah he overpowers you know, Schmidt at 333 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:18,359 Speaker 3: the point of attack and it ends up getting a goal. 334 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 3: You look at the way Connor Douer players look at 335 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:23,920 Speaker 3: Soda Groom last night. You know, all these guys are 336 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:26,040 Speaker 3: starting to figure out what their rules are and they're 337 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:27,879 Speaker 3: starting to do it really, really well. And that's an 338 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 3: important part for this team, really important. 339 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 1: Howbout are the Penguins pier Really? What's their ceiling. 340 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:39,280 Speaker 3: This year? The Penguins should be a playoff team, and 341 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:42,800 Speaker 3: they could cause heartache because the sid comes back. They 342 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:45,159 Speaker 3: could cause harding. It they get the right matchup in 343 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 3: the first round, they could cause heartache. 344 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 2: What would be a good matchup? What would be a 345 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:49,960 Speaker 2: bad matchup? 346 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 3: That's a really good question. So let's just say, for 347 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 3: the sake of argument, we'll just do this little simple exercise. 348 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 3: Let's say the Penguins played the Adders and the round. 349 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 3: M's just say it was they pick. I would say 350 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:05,960 Speaker 3: that would be a good matchup for the Penguins. I do. 351 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:09,680 Speaker 3: Let's say the Penguins, for whatever reason, had to play 352 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:13,960 Speaker 3: against Columbus. I'm not sure that's such a good matchup. 353 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:18,640 Speaker 3: I'd rather have the Anders than Columbus in the first round. 354 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:23,320 Speaker 3: If if they dropped into the wild Card. I would 355 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 3: not be afraid to play Carolina Fire Pittsburgh. I would 356 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:28,880 Speaker 3: not be in a rush to want to play Buffalo 357 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 3: Fire Pittsburgh. 358 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 1: What about Buffalo being in their first playoff series in 359 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 1: well a lot longer than it's been for Pittsburgh anyway, 360 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:38,120 Speaker 1: People will. 361 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:40,160 Speaker 3: Talk about that, and then I'll say, well, they've got 362 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:42,359 Speaker 3: some older guys in their stan Why it takes to 363 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:45,440 Speaker 3: play a kid like Sam Carrick, who's you know, had 364 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 3: a lot of trials and tribulations of his career. Luke 365 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:51,720 Speaker 3: schen who's more multiple Stanley Cups part of their dupe 366 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 3: right now, Logan Stanley, who's played in a lot of 367 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:58,200 Speaker 3: playoff games in Winnipeg. Like, they've added guys that understand 368 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 3: playoff trials and tribulation, and they've got a coach that 369 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:04,639 Speaker 3: says experienced or more experienced than anybody who's still coaching 370 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:07,120 Speaker 3: in the league right now, in Lindy Ruff. The last 371 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:09,719 Speaker 3: time Buffalo went to the Stanley Cup Final was nineteen 372 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:13,439 Speaker 3: ninety nine. Their coaching record was Lindy Ruff. You know, 373 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 3: it's twenty six years ago, so it's pretty amazing when 374 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 3: you think about it. So they I don't think that 375 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:22,119 Speaker 3: part of it's going to be a problem for Buffalo. 376 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:25,040 Speaker 3: I just don't My biggest question about Buffalo I have 377 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:27,879 Speaker 3: to tell you Mark, will the goal tending hold up? 378 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 3: I don't worry about the other stuff with them. I 379 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:32,440 Speaker 3: worry about whether the goaltending holds up well. 380 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 1: Speaking of which, Pierre, what about the Penguins goaltending. I'm 381 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 1: not one hundred percent crazy about it, but but Skinner 382 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 1: and shilloffs are making big saves as opposed to posting stats, 383 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 1: and maybe that CON's more. 384 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:46,680 Speaker 2: I mean, look at Skinner in Utah. 385 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 3: Skinner in Utah, she lost last year in the American 386 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:53,359 Speaker 3: Hockey League Final and takes his team in the championship 387 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 3: at Abatsford. Skinner the previous two years goes to the 388 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:59,919 Speaker 3: Stanley Cup Final. There's a lot more to light than dislike. 389 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 3: There's not a lot of guys have been doing what 390 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:03,880 Speaker 3: the Penguins goaltenders have been doing over the last couple 391 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:07,119 Speaker 3: of years. So now the answer is there can be 392 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 3: some questions about it, but I look at the results 393 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 3: when it's all said and done, those guys have pretty accomplished. 394 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 1: Records of the team's battling for playoff spots. In the East, 395 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 1: whether it's top three in each division or the two 396 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:21,960 Speaker 1: wild cards, who do you think is going to miss out? 397 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 1: It's like only one or two teams that are gonna 398 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:27,159 Speaker 1: drop out, and I think it could be any one 399 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 1: of them. I don't think Pittsburgh's safe, even by a 400 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:30,320 Speaker 1: long shot. 401 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 3: No, they're not. Nobody's safe except when Carolina's safe, and 402 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 3: I think Buffalo is safe and Tampa safe. Outside of that, 403 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:41,680 Speaker 3: I don't think anybody's safe. Tonight is a massive night, 404 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:45,120 Speaker 3: and I know people in Pittsburgh don't care the Boston 405 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:49,359 Speaker 3: Bruins playing Montreal tonight. Montreal was stinky on the weekend. 406 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:52,400 Speaker 3: They lost to San Jose and they lost Anaheim, both 407 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 3: on home ice. And I will tell you this right now, 408 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 3: Ottawa is coming fast. Right now. If you're Boston and 409 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:02,640 Speaker 3: Detroit or Treal and you're not looking over your shoulder 410 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:06,000 Speaker 3: at the Ottawa Senators, you are in trouble because they 411 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:09,640 Speaker 3: are playing in really tough hockey. So you know, Boston 412 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:12,640 Speaker 3: could drop out, Detroit could drop out, Montreal could even 413 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 3: drop out. They got to be careful. So that game 414 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:19,399 Speaker 3: tonight between Boston and Montreal is mamma. It is a 415 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:20,879 Speaker 3: gigantic game tonight. 416 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:26,639 Speaker 1: Does the NHL's disciplinary process need revisited, Like Connor McDavid said, 417 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:29,439 Speaker 1: that's in the wake of Gudas getting five games for 418 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:31,159 Speaker 1: putting Matthews out for the season. 419 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:35,399 Speaker 3: I thought Dudas should have got more. And I like 420 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:37,320 Speaker 3: Radco as a player. We had a player like that 421 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:39,280 Speaker 3: in Pittsburgh when I coached their Mark and you know 422 00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:43,879 Speaker 3: him well. Alfie Sanderson in duddhas very similar style players, 423 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 3: So I'm not going to be a hypocrite. I loved 424 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 3: coaching Alfie. I loved having all Fie on our team. 425 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:52,280 Speaker 3: And you talked to any of the players on our team, 426 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:54,359 Speaker 3: they all loved having all the on our team. I 427 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:56,720 Speaker 3: don't think you'll hear anything negative from the Anaheim guys 428 00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 3: about Budus. But that was cheap what he did. That 429 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:01,399 Speaker 3: was that was a cheap shot. It wasn't good. I 430 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:04,119 Speaker 3: haven't deserved more than five games. In terms of the 431 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 3: review process, I think the ANHL has been a lot 432 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 3: better at it. I know they use more of a 433 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:15,520 Speaker 3: scientific type of methodology when it comes to this, but 434 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:18,200 Speaker 3: I do think that the general managers who are down 435 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:21,199 Speaker 3: in Florida right now meeting are probably discussing ways to 436 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:24,960 Speaker 3: make it even more efficient and effective. When it comes 437 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 3: to dueling out suspensions. 438 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 1: Well, my thing is, and this is very intangible, but 439 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:32,000 Speaker 1: you got to protect the guys who sell tickets, and 440 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:34,160 Speaker 1: Goudas has put Crosby and Matthews out. 441 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:36,879 Speaker 2: Goudas don't sell no tickets, those two guys do. 442 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:40,439 Speaker 1: And I know it's tough to differentiate, but maybe a 443 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:43,159 Speaker 1: have to anyway. And part of the problem too, Pierre, 444 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 1: is the union can't take a stand because goudhas Matthews, Crosby, 445 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 1: they're all in the same union. 446 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:53,280 Speaker 3: Well, I will tell you this right now. I've been 447 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:55,720 Speaker 3: in the arbitrations because I've had players that had to 448 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:58,120 Speaker 3: go to them and I've had to testify in those. 449 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:01,560 Speaker 3: And the union never takes side of the player that's injured. 450 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:03,840 Speaker 3: He take the side of the player that's going to 451 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:07,880 Speaker 3: lose money, the suspendable player. So that's the unfortunate part 452 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:10,160 Speaker 3: of the process for them. They have to support one 453 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:14,360 Speaker 3: of their union members while you know, trashing another union members. 454 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:18,520 Speaker 3: It's a very difficult situation for the Players Association. It's 455 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:21,119 Speaker 3: an amazingly very difficult situation. 456 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 1: What kind of the lift is it going to be 457 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:26,040 Speaker 1: when sid comes back, which we don't know when it is. 458 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:28,440 Speaker 1: I suspect he'll miss the full four weeks. But what's 459 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:29,000 Speaker 1: that going to be? 460 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:32,400 Speaker 3: Like, I think gigantic, it's going to be man used 461 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 3: for the team. And you know sid better than anybody, 462 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 3: and you do that. Guy's as intense as anybody in 463 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:41,639 Speaker 3: the league except for maybe Nathan McKinnon, and that's his 464 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:44,920 Speaker 3: running meet, they're best friends. Is going to be jacked up. 465 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:47,119 Speaker 3: He's going to want to prove people wrong. He's go 466 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:49,520 Speaker 3: I want to take this team deep into the playoffs. 467 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:52,400 Speaker 3: Think about where we were at the start of the year. Mark, 468 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:54,800 Speaker 3: I remember our shows like it was yesterday when we 469 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 3: started talking in September. Where Sidney Crosby can end up 470 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 3: lit up getting knock and finish the year in Pittsburgh. 471 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:03,840 Speaker 3: What's going to happen with Christopher Latank. How are they 472 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 3: going to make their goaltending better? What about this new 473 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 3: coach who's never been a head coach at any level? 474 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 3: Like all these different things were brought up and all 475 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:18,640 Speaker 3: of them were not ranked. We're all wrong. Well, we're 476 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:21,240 Speaker 3: all wrong, every single one of them, Like Sidney Kraus 477 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:23,600 Speaker 3: is not going anywhere. If Ginny Knolklin is a big 478 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:26,879 Speaker 3: part of this team. The goaltending has been really solid 479 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:29,440 Speaker 3: and the GM to his credit, added to the depth 480 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 3: of the goal pending, which has been very good for 481 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:34,920 Speaker 3: And the biggest thing is they got Merror shopped being 482 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:38,760 Speaker 3: developed properly in Wilkesbury, which is awesome. That there's so 483 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:41,200 Speaker 3: much to love about where this team is going right now, 484 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:42,480 Speaker 3: so much no question. 485 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:44,600 Speaker 1: Before we wrap up, I want to talk about Dan 486 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 1: Mues for just one second. I think he's done a 487 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:49,280 Speaker 1: really good job. I think he's worthy of consideration for 488 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:52,040 Speaker 1: the Jack Adams Award as Coach of the Year. But 489 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:54,640 Speaker 1: I think his biggest strength is he's not Mike Sullivan. 490 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 1: And that's no knock on Selly, but I just think 491 00:25:57,920 --> 00:25:59,879 Speaker 1: like we had thought. I had thought for a while 492 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:02,959 Speaker 1: that his message had been lost year. Sometimes a change 493 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:05,000 Speaker 1: is just good cause it's a change. 494 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 3: Oh, they had to make a change. Mike's message had 495 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 3: grown old on the players. That's not a motor Mike, 496 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 3: that's just the reality of the National Hockey is the 497 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:17,960 Speaker 3: biggest lesson I learned early in my career from Badgabob Johnson. 498 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:21,160 Speaker 3: I'll never forget. It's like it was just today. He goes, kid, 499 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:24,359 Speaker 3: you're running every meeting in the playoffs because they're tired 500 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 3: of my voice. And I don't want him to be 501 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 3: tired of my voice ever, so you're taking over and 502 00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:33,480 Speaker 3: every meeting before every game, I would speak because he 503 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 3: didn't want his voice to get old. And he was 504 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:38,760 Speaker 3: smart about it, and it teaches you a lot about 505 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:42,600 Speaker 3: delegating and hire people that he trusted. Delegate too. That 506 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:45,000 Speaker 3: was That's a big thing, and I don't know how 507 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:47,680 Speaker 3: much Mike delegated, and I think that's something that Mike 508 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:49,119 Speaker 3: needs to learn a little bit better. 509 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:52,120 Speaker 1: Pierre has always great stuff and it's what a week 510 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:53,240 Speaker 1: away the Mario camp. 511 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:53,840 Speaker 2: I can't wait. 512 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 3: I'm coming in on Sunday, my man, I can't wait 513 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:58,200 Speaker 3: to see you on Sunday. 514 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,440 Speaker 1: Pierre, I got news for you too, going to be 515 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 1: in town with me, not for the camp, but to 516 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,400 Speaker 1: see a couple of games. One of your old players, 517 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:06,000 Speaker 1: Mike Kolobski from Saint Lawrence. 518 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:11,240 Speaker 3: No way, I'm telling you, well, I had I had 519 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:12,119 Speaker 3: the twins there. 520 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:14,879 Speaker 1: Yeah, Phil can't. Phil can't make it. But Michael be 521 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:17,760 Speaker 1: in town, so we'll definitely come in. We'll definitely track 522 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:19,640 Speaker 1: you down oh. 523 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 3: I can't wait to season. That would be great. That's 524 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 3: so awesome. Thanks for sharing that. That's good. 525 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 1: It'll be great, Pierre. Hey, there's always great stuff. Enjoy 526 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:27,760 Speaker 1: the hockey and we'll. 527 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:28,160 Speaker 2: See you soon. 528 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 3: You got it, Mark, thanks a lot, take. 529 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 1: Care of that's Pierre Maguire, brought this by the Steelers 530 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:36,199 Speaker 1: pro wait no, always say flagging in traffic control. 531 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:41,200 Speaker 2: Get your calls in now. Would you rather have Wattle 532 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:42,080 Speaker 2: or Pittman? 533 00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:45,120 Speaker 1: I keep seeing that the Steelers made a good deal 534 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 1: because they got Pittman for a lower price than Denver 535 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:49,359 Speaker 1: paid for Wattle. 536 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:51,879 Speaker 2: Yeah, but Wattle's a better receiver. I'd rather have the 537 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 2: better receiver. 538 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 3: Uh. 539 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:58,679 Speaker 1: Penguins with an unbelievable seven to two win at Denver 540 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:03,840 Speaker 1: last night, that's we should be talking about. Gino coming 541 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:07,040 Speaker 1: back from the suspension, getting a Nefgheni malkinhat trick, a 542 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:10,399 Speaker 1: goal and assist and a dumb penalty two goals. In fact, 543 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 1: we got Jesse Marshall on later in the show. Who's 544 00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:18,280 Speaker 1: the bigger part of the Chinnacuff Malkin combination? Who's making who. 545 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:18,679 Speaker 2: You tell me? 546 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:24,840 Speaker 1: Eight three three four one two wxdx And what about tonight? 547 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:29,320 Speaker 1: Venezuela versus the US World Baseball Classic, with all the 548 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:31,199 Speaker 1: oil on the line, I mean all the marbles one 549 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:31,920 Speaker 1: oh five nine