WEBVTT - NHL Awards and Playoff Odds (Ep. 86) 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:03.400 It's time to place your bets. Let's talk to the pros. 0:00:15.680 --> 0:00:18.200 Welcome in everybody to betting pros. It's me Joey p 0:00:18.360 --> 0:00:21.079 Joe pis Apia, and today we're taking you through some 0:00:21.320 --> 0:00:24.560 NHL talk with one of my favorite people. He's one 0:00:24.560 --> 0:00:26.480 of my co hosts over at Sports Grid for the 0:00:26.560 --> 0:00:27.440 last few years. 0:00:27.880 --> 0:00:29.040 And you may know. 0:00:29.080 --> 0:00:32.000 Him possibly, oh, I don't know, maybe from his many 0:00:32.040 --> 0:00:35.080 years of wrestling on your television, whether it in WWE, 0:00:35.200 --> 0:00:38.080 NXT or of course Impact Wrestling, where he is now 0:00:38.520 --> 0:00:39.680 violent by design. 0:00:40.159 --> 0:00:42.760 He's a fantasy maniac. He's also my good friend. He's 0:00:42.800 --> 0:00:44.440 the Eric young e Y. 0:00:44.520 --> 0:00:46.800 It is so good to see your beautiful bald face 0:00:46.800 --> 0:00:49.559 and get two handsome bald guys here in the program 0:00:49.600 --> 0:00:51.600 today and talk a little NHL with you. 0:00:51.640 --> 0:00:51.840 Man. 0:00:51.840 --> 0:00:53.880 And I know you're dealing with that knee injury, so 0:00:53.920 --> 0:00:56.560 you had some extra time and we're grateful that you 0:00:56.600 --> 0:00:57.880 could share it with us today. 0:00:58.400 --> 0:00:58.600 Yeah. 0:00:58.640 --> 0:01:01.440 Absolutely, man, good to see you. Good to be talking 0:01:01.520 --> 0:01:03.920 sports and even better to be talking hockey. I mean, 0:01:04.160 --> 0:01:08.080 seasons wind down, playoffs are coming. I'm I'm basically a 0:01:08.080 --> 0:01:10.000 one legged man and can't do a whole lot, so 0:01:10.360 --> 0:01:11.520 I will not miss a game. 0:01:11.680 --> 0:01:13.880 I wouldn't. Let's be honest, Joe, I wasn't gonna miss 0:01:13.880 --> 0:01:16.160 a game anyways, But yeah I will. I will not 0:01:16.200 --> 0:01:18.080 miss a game in the playoffs. It looks like my 0:01:18.160 --> 0:01:20.399 Preds could even sneak into the playoffs. So I'll be 0:01:20.800 --> 0:01:22.679 I'll be heading down to Bridgetone. 0:01:22.720 --> 0:01:25.520 I think we're gonna raise it to fifty per capacity 0:01:25.640 --> 0:01:28.320 and I'll get my hit, my tickets all set up 0:01:28.319 --> 0:01:30.120 and check out some live playoff action. 0:01:30.240 --> 0:01:31.840 Nothing's better than the edge on playoffs. 0:01:31.920 --> 0:01:34.080 Nothing beautiful, baby. And you know it's funny. 0:01:34.120 --> 0:01:36.280 I remember doing the props in the beginning of the 0:01:36.360 --> 0:01:38.720 year and some of the futures in the beginning of 0:01:38.720 --> 0:01:40.720 the season with you over on sports Grid and we 0:01:40.800 --> 0:01:42.760 talked about it. I can't believe now we are already 0:01:42.760 --> 0:01:44.640 at the end of the season. It seems like just yesterday, right, 0:01:44.680 --> 0:01:46.080 I was around the holidays. I feel like you and 0:01:46.160 --> 0:01:48.080 I were doing that and here we are and it's 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:49.880 at the tail end. And yeah, I guess one of 0:01:49.880 --> 0:01:51.680 the bonuses if you're gonna be hurt during this time, 0:01:51.720 --> 0:01:53.560 at least during playoff hockey time where you get to 0:01:53.560 --> 0:01:55.840 sit around and you know, EYU and I do a 0:01:55.840 --> 0:01:58.200 lot of football together most of the time. So I 0:01:58.240 --> 0:02:01.559 got to ask you your Tennessee Titans real quick, would 0:02:01.600 --> 0:02:03.400 you think of their draft? Would you think of their offseason? 0:02:03.400 --> 0:02:06.400 And Johnny Smith's gone, Gory Davis is gone. It's a 0:02:06.400 --> 0:02:08.320 lot of open targets. It didn't feel like they really 0:02:08.400 --> 0:02:11.720 addressed some of those needs on offense. I love the 0:02:11.760 --> 0:02:14.960 bud Dupree. It's a great signing, great bringing him in, 0:02:15.040 --> 0:02:17.080 but it kind of feels like the offense is kind 0:02:17.080 --> 0:02:18.440 of missing some pieces, doesn't it. 0:02:19.080 --> 0:02:21.920 Yeah, I mean the bud dupre signing, the cornerback they 0:02:21.960 --> 0:02:24.120 took in the first round, I think those are going to. 0:02:24.040 --> 0:02:27.160 Help bull through their defense. I mean that's what they needed. 0:02:27.200 --> 0:02:29.760 They needed to be able to stop people on third 0:02:29.800 --> 0:02:33.360 down and get some takeaways, which they lacked heavily in 0:02:33.480 --> 0:02:36.799 last year. The offense is obviously still going to run 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:40.760 through my man Mike King, Derrick Henry. I mean, as 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:42.720 long as you got a running back that's running like that, 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:45.760 you know who's on the field that much, I don't think. 0:02:45.639 --> 0:02:46.760 It really matters. I think A. J. 0:02:46.960 --> 0:02:48.720 Brown is going to take a big step this year, 0:02:48.960 --> 0:02:52.840 and Tannehill is playing with supreme confidence, and you know, 0:02:53.000 --> 0:02:55.799 running this system to prefestion. So this is is going 0:02:55.840 --> 0:02:57.760 to be a dangerous team again this year. I think 0:02:57.760 --> 0:03:01.440 the surprise of people last year me but I think 0:03:01.480 --> 0:03:04.040 this year. I mean, obviously, you mean, you know that 0:03:04.040 --> 0:03:06.440 you've got to stop Derrick Henry, but good luck, no 0:03:06.480 --> 0:03:07.639 one's been able to do that yet. 0:03:07.680 --> 0:03:09.480 And I don't think it's going to happen this year either. 0:03:09.760 --> 0:03:12.120 And anybody who's talking about the demise of Derrick Henry 0:03:12.240 --> 0:03:14.360 is a couple of years ahead. I'm telling you right now, 0:03:14.400 --> 0:03:15.160 it ain't coming this. 0:03:16.040 --> 0:03:19.119 It's coming this year. This year. 0:03:19.520 --> 0:03:22.040 It's a stat last year, and you know, anything you 0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:24.160 hear from people that are around the team, if you 0:03:24.200 --> 0:03:27.360 follow him on Instagram or anything like that. He's one 0:03:27.400 --> 0:03:29.840 of the most talented athletically players on the team. And 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:32.320 he's the hardest worker. I mean, he works out like 0:03:32.360 --> 0:03:35.480 a savage. Uh he's massive, you know. 0:03:37.160 --> 0:03:41.320 Man, His workout video is unbelievable, unbelievable, And uh, it's 0:03:41.320 --> 0:03:42.760 gonna be more Derrick Henry, for sure. 0:03:42.840 --> 0:03:45.080 I would think for the Titans this year. But I 0:03:45.120 --> 0:03:45.800 love aj. 0:03:45.640 --> 0:03:47.680 Brown, I loved Henry, but I don't know, man, I'm 0:03:47.680 --> 0:03:49.200 a little worried about the rest of the pieces. I 0:03:49.240 --> 0:03:51.240 hope they all come together for your sake and for mine. 0:03:51.240 --> 0:03:53.840 Hopefully we'll be back again talking football, have you I 0:03:53.880 --> 0:03:55.800 on our football shows as well, But today m BP, 0:03:55.920 --> 0:03:59.200 we're talking about hockey. So let's start with the President's Trophy, 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:01.240 and let's start with the odds there, because we got 0:04:01.240 --> 0:04:03.960 the consensus betting pros tell us the Hurricanes are at 0:04:03.960 --> 0:04:06.120 minus two fifty for that, the Avalanche at four to 0:04:06.200 --> 0:04:09.040 fifty and the Golden Knights at plus four fifty as well, 0:04:09.080 --> 0:04:11.320 So you got the minus the Hurricanes there is the 0:04:11.320 --> 0:04:13.680 big favorite. Is this kind of locked up in your opinion? 0:04:14.800 --> 0:04:16.600 Yeah? I don't know about locked up. 0:04:16.640 --> 0:04:18.800 There's you know, there's you know, five to eight games 0:04:18.800 --> 0:04:21.480 depending on what team you're talking about. I'll say that 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:24.440 the Hurricanes play in the Central Division where my hometown 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:28.880 Nashville Predators play, and they are a juggernaut right now. 0:04:28.920 --> 0:04:32.640 They're so deep, the team speed is off the charts. 0:04:32.640 --> 0:04:35.480 They're so aggressive on the fore check, so aggressive in 0:04:35.520 --> 0:04:36.760 their structure and their system. 0:04:37.200 --> 0:04:38.640 It often feels like there's six. 0:04:38.480 --> 0:04:41.479 Guys on the ice when you know, if you follow hockey, 0:04:41.480 --> 0:04:44.880 if there's only supposed to be fine, So it does 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:46.720 feel like when you're watching it that they have an 0:04:46.720 --> 0:04:49.640 extra guy because they're so aggressive, and it's because of 0:04:49.680 --> 0:04:51.480 their team speed. They're not afraid to be out of 0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:54.640 position because they know they can get back, and that 0:04:54.800 --> 0:04:58.760 is in today's hockey where skating is everything. I'm not 0:04:58.880 --> 0:05:01.520 betting against the Carolina Hurricanes. I think they win the 0:05:01.560 --> 0:05:04.440 President's Trophy. I think Colorado could be rated in there 0:05:04.440 --> 0:05:06.800 as well. They're another really really deep team that I 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:09.680 really like. But I think Caroline is gonna pull it off. Now. 0:05:09.720 --> 0:05:11.880 Look, eventually we'll get to all the Stanley Cup picks 0:05:11.920 --> 0:05:13.760 and everything like that with Ey, but we're gonna go 0:05:13.800 --> 0:05:16.320 through some other things too. So Hurricanes do look like 0:05:16.360 --> 0:05:18.000 the favorite. Seems like it now. I'm gonna ask you 0:05:18.000 --> 0:05:20.080 a question about this. Is the minus two fifty a 0:05:20.120 --> 0:05:23.240 good wager in your opinion because it feels like, I mean, 0:05:23.240 --> 0:05:25.000 that's a lot. You're laying two fifty to one one 0:05:25.080 --> 0:05:28.360 hundred there the avalanche of the gold Knights, like you said, 0:05:28.600 --> 0:05:31.640 you know, still kicking around there. Vegas is telling you 0:05:31.680 --> 0:05:33.440 one thing. Do you think you just stay away from 0:05:33.440 --> 0:05:35.200 this or is this a wager where you feel confident 0:05:35.279 --> 0:05:36.840 enough in the Hurricanes locking this up? 0:05:37.240 --> 0:05:37.480 Yeah? 0:05:37.520 --> 0:05:39.400 For me, and I understand not a lot of people 0:05:39.400 --> 0:05:41.520 are like this, but I'm an aggressive better and I 0:05:41.600 --> 0:05:44.320 mean there's just there's not you know, the odds aren't 0:05:44.400 --> 0:05:47.039 enough there where if they win where it's worthwhile, you know, 0:05:47.160 --> 0:05:48.800 Like I think you would be better off to take 0:05:48.839 --> 0:05:53.080 a team like Colorado or Vegas or you know, or Toronto, 0:05:53.800 --> 0:05:56.240 a team like that that could, you know, rip off 0:05:56.279 --> 0:05:57.760 five or six wins here at the end of the 0:05:57.839 --> 0:05:59.240 year and overtake Carolina. 0:05:59.320 --> 0:06:03.840 I don't see that happening, But for me, I would avoid. 0:06:03.480 --> 0:06:06.200 I would avoid batting on this because I think at 0:06:06.240 --> 0:06:07.920 this point, like we're so late in the year, it's 0:06:07.960 --> 0:06:09.440 pretty set. All right. 0:06:09.480 --> 0:06:11.520 Let's move on to the Calder Trophy odds a career 0:06:11.640 --> 0:06:15.360 Kaprosov for the Wild is minus two thirty Jason Robertson 0:06:15.400 --> 0:06:19.679 the Stars plus one fifty. Caprosov obviously had a great 0:06:19.720 --> 0:06:22.240 season there, but the odds here, you know, the plus 0:06:22.279 --> 0:06:23.960 one fifty is not bet On Robertson. Do you want 0:06:23.960 --> 0:06:26.200 to make a case for him? Is this a stay away? 0:06:26.240 --> 0:06:27.839 What do you think about the Calder Trophy? 0:06:28.520 --> 0:06:31.000 I mean, look at Robertson has had a great season, 0:06:31.160 --> 0:06:33.160 and I can say as a guy that knows every 0:06:33.160 --> 0:06:35.880 single player in the NHL. I'm a complete psycho when 0:06:35.920 --> 0:06:37.680 it comes to this. I watched two hundred to three 0:06:37.760 --> 0:06:41.760 hundred games a year. I'm in twelve fantasy hockey pools. 0:06:42.320 --> 0:06:45.880 I'm sick. I can tell you that I was unaware 0:06:46.200 --> 0:06:49.880 of who really Jason Robertson was. I know Nick Robertson 0:06:49.920 --> 0:06:51.719 plays for the Toronto main PLEAEFS and he was going 0:06:51.760 --> 0:06:54.120 to be an up and coming star, but I hadn't 0:06:54.120 --> 0:06:57.320 heard of Jason. He's having an unbelievable year and there's 0:06:57.360 --> 0:06:59.160 no doubt that he should be in the Rookie of 0:06:59.160 --> 0:07:01.640 the Year talk. But from last night, I think Carill 0:07:01.720 --> 0:07:04.880 Coprosov's set another two goals one to send them to 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:07.480 overtime and salvage a point for Minnesota. 0:07:08.480 --> 0:07:09.880 As a person that watches a. 0:07:09.800 --> 0:07:13.720 Ton of games, Minnesota has been a team that has 0:07:13.760 --> 0:07:17.680 been basically unwatchable for five or six years. I barely 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:19.400 have missed a game of Theirs this year, and it's 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:23.200 because of him. He is such a dynamic player, plays 0:07:23.200 --> 0:07:28.320 so loose plays, He's physical, can hold the puck, has 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:31.080 crazy vision. This guy is going to be a star. 0:07:31.240 --> 0:07:34.280 For years and years, Minnesota has been waiting for him 0:07:34.320 --> 0:07:36.080 to come over from the KHL. And the argument with 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:39.800 him is he's twenty four. But I mean, it doesn't 0:07:39.880 --> 0:07:42.400 specify on the trophy that you have to be under 0:07:42.400 --> 0:07:42.920 a certain age. 0:07:42.960 --> 0:07:45.440 It just says rookie. And this is rookie season playing 0:07:45.440 --> 0:07:46.080 in the KHL. 0:07:46.360 --> 0:07:49.680 He's playing against mad and he's playing a professional hockey 0:07:49.680 --> 0:07:51.520 for sure, but it is not the same. You know, 0:07:51.560 --> 0:07:53.880 do not kid yourself. There is nothing like the speed 0:07:53.920 --> 0:07:56.640 of the NHL, the competitiveness of the NHL as far 0:07:56.680 --> 0:07:59.880 as ice hockey goes. And Kaprosov has been dominant all 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:03.160 year and he's been doing it, you know, week in 0:08:03.280 --> 0:08:03.920 and week out. 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:05.000 The trophy is his. 0:08:05.840 --> 0:08:06.760 Yeah, it's funny. 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:08.720 I remember it tro Suzuki coming over and I want 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:10.200 to say he was like twenty eight or something like that. 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:12.280 Doesn't matter however old you are. You're a rookie. Year 0:08:12.280 --> 0:08:13.840 a rookie, you win the award. 0:08:13.960 --> 0:08:15.640 Now, speaking of the young teams and stuff, before we 0:08:15.680 --> 0:08:18.480 get to the Vesnat Trophy, I was having a hockey 0:08:18.480 --> 0:08:22.760 conversation yesterday with my cousin, long suffering Ranger fan, and 0:08:23.040 --> 0:08:24.200 she was very. 0:08:24.000 --> 0:08:26.560 Excited about this team and the youth on this team. 0:08:26.600 --> 0:08:28.840 And she thought, although this was not their year, clearly, 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:31.040 but there was a lot of good things going forward. 0:08:31.080 --> 0:08:32.880 And since we're talking about young players, I kind of 0:08:32.880 --> 0:08:34.880 wanted to get somebody who watches as much hockey as 0:08:34.920 --> 0:08:37.120 you your input on this team because they've had a 0:08:37.160 --> 0:08:39.920 lot of hot draft picks lately. And do you think 0:08:39.960 --> 0:08:41.760 that this is a team that's starting to emerge maybe 0:08:41.760 --> 0:08:43.160 the next couple of years with some of this young 0:08:43.200 --> 0:08:43.760 talent they have. 0:08:44.520 --> 0:08:46.880 Yeah, I mean I thought in that division, I picked 0:08:46.920 --> 0:08:48.760 them to be fourth, and I thought that they would 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:51.720 make it into the playoffs this year. They started really 0:08:51.720 --> 0:08:55.720 well and surprised a bunch of people. They're loaded with 0:08:55.920 --> 0:08:59.720 young players, they have some good veteran players. Their goaltending 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:01.840 was supposed to be better than it is, and I 0:09:01.840 --> 0:09:04.720 think will right it, will right the ship. They had 0:09:04.720 --> 0:09:06.640 a problem with one of their star players being a 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:07.560 bit of a knucklehead. 0:09:07.960 --> 0:09:09.560 Uh. They basically sat him. 0:09:09.720 --> 0:09:11.839 He's still under contract and they're paying him a ton 0:09:11.840 --> 0:09:13.920 of money for the rest of the year, and so 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:16.160 they're at a deficit of defense, you know, and that 0:09:16.160 --> 0:09:20.120 that's reality. Adam Fox will get nods for the Noris Trophy. 0:09:20.160 --> 0:09:21.880 I don't think he's going to win it. But that's 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:23.360 a guy that came out of nowhere. He's been a 0:09:23.360 --> 0:09:25.520 good player for a couple of years, but he's having 0:09:25.559 --> 0:09:29.200 an unbelievable season. He's going to be, you know, a 0:09:29.240 --> 0:09:31.679 star for them on their blue line for years. Uh 0:09:31.840 --> 0:09:34.199 La Furnier is coming into his own. I don't think 0:09:34.240 --> 0:09:37.480 he's Uh, he's not giving the impact that people thought 0:09:37.480 --> 0:09:38.760 he was going to be. He's a big guy that 0:09:38.840 --> 0:09:41.600 can really skate and shoot the puck. I think he's 0:09:41.640 --> 0:09:44.600 got I think he's got nine goals or ten goals. Uh, 0:09:45.040 --> 0:09:46.719 they need more out of him for them to be 0:09:46.840 --> 0:09:52.280 ultra competitive. But pederin Is is a star, Sabinajad is 0:09:52.280 --> 0:09:52.600 the star. 0:09:52.760 --> 0:09:53.560 Crider is the star. 0:09:53.760 --> 0:09:56.800 That they are set for success for sure, and I 0:09:56.800 --> 0:09:58.440 think it could happen as soon as next year. 0:09:58.840 --> 0:10:00.360 I can't wait to talk about that. Next season with 0:10:00.400 --> 0:10:02.160 you is gonna be some exciting stuff. Let's do the 0:10:02.280 --> 0:10:06.960 Vesna Trophy here. Obviously no surprise, andre Vassilevski at the 0:10:06.960 --> 0:10:11.320 top there minus one fifty consensus number, Grubauer of Colorado 0:10:11.400 --> 0:10:13.719 plus two to fifty, and Mark Andrew Fleury of the 0:10:13.800 --> 0:10:17.079 Las Vegas Knights at plus three fifty, So your take here. 0:10:17.160 --> 0:10:18.600 Once again, these are some better odds. 0:10:18.600 --> 0:10:19.040 Actually. 0:10:19.640 --> 0:10:21.640 You know, when it comes to awards, it's media driven 0:10:21.640 --> 0:10:24.000 and we all know that. So is it Vasilevski at 0:10:24.000 --> 0:10:25.120 the end of the day, or do you want to 0:10:25.160 --> 0:10:26.840 make a case for somebody else because you are an 0:10:26.840 --> 0:10:29.280 aggressive wager. You're aggressive guys why I love you, It's 0:10:29.320 --> 0:10:31.320 why we get along so well. So give me your 0:10:31.360 --> 0:10:32.600 take here on the Vesna Trophy. 0:10:33.240 --> 0:10:34.880 Yeah, and I think this is set. 0:10:34.920 --> 0:10:37.800 I think vashi Leski because of the amount of games played, 0:10:37.880 --> 0:10:41.440 his backup goalie barely plays. He plays almost every night. 0:10:42.360 --> 0:10:45.920 His numbers are out of this world. Grubauer has had 0:10:46.640 --> 0:10:50.240 definitely his best season to date. The big thing out 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:53.040 of him was could he play more than twenty or 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:55.920 twenty five games. I think he's proven that he can. 0:10:56.400 --> 0:10:58.640 He has been banged up a couple times this year, 0:10:58.800 --> 0:11:02.160 but when he's played, he's given Colorado a chance every. 0:11:02.040 --> 0:11:05.960 Night to win. My heart wants Andre Marc Andre Fleury 0:11:06.080 --> 0:11:06.560 to win. 0:11:06.480 --> 0:11:11.720 This, you know, I mean, just the reality is this 0:11:11.840 --> 0:11:14.440 is one of the good guys in the league, a 0:11:14.480 --> 0:11:17.680 guy that everybody loves, has been an unbelievable player for 0:11:17.720 --> 0:11:20.200 so long, and people thought that he was done going 0:11:20.200 --> 0:11:21.880 to Vegas that he was going to be a backup, 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:25.120 and Robin Leonard gets hurt, he steps in and he's 0:11:25.160 --> 0:11:28.720 having one of his best statistical seasons to date. I 0:11:28.720 --> 0:11:29.880 think a lot of that has to do with the 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:32.000 team in front of him, but this guy has been 0:11:32.040 --> 0:11:35.080 playing unbelievable. I think he's thirty eight years old and 0:11:35.120 --> 0:11:38.360 people were writing him off last year and I don't 0:11:38.360 --> 0:11:40.720 think anybody thought he would be in the Vesta Trophy. 0:11:40.920 --> 0:11:42.360 And I do want to give a shout out to 0:11:42.400 --> 0:11:46.360 my man, UC Sorrows. If we're looking from March first on, 0:11:46.960 --> 0:11:49.880 nobody has a better goals against average than UC Sorrows. 0:11:50.000 --> 0:11:53.840 He's actually, statistically off the charts the best goalie in 0:11:53.880 --> 0:11:54.400 the NHL. 0:11:54.440 --> 0:11:55.120 From March on. 0:11:55.760 --> 0:11:57.960 They had a poor start, the team was off in 0:11:58.000 --> 0:11:59.520 front of him and he was not good. 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:02.400 He got hurt, was out for a couple of weeks. 0:12:02.440 --> 0:12:05.440 Pecarine stepped in, the team started the gay momentum, and 0:12:05.480 --> 0:12:08.000 then you see Staro step back in and took the 0:12:08.040 --> 0:12:11.040 start increase over and he has not looked back. This 0:12:11.120 --> 0:12:14.320 guy is a god of goaltending this year. Like his 0:12:14.480 --> 0:12:16.760 numbers are unprecedent. I think he has a nine to 0:12:16.800 --> 0:12:18.840 forty eight save percentage, which. 0:12:18.640 --> 0:12:21.440 Is is insane. I mean, it's absolutely insane. 0:12:21.559 --> 0:12:23.199 He will not win the Norris, but I think he 0:12:23.200 --> 0:12:26.840 should get nods, and that's important for player, and especially 0:12:26.880 --> 0:12:29.080 a player of his age and where he's coming up 0:12:29.120 --> 0:12:32.880 with contract stuff and being the print starting goalie. But 0:12:33.160 --> 0:12:35.920 this is vache Leski's trophy, There's no doubt in my mind. 0:12:36.200 --> 0:12:38.000 The NHL is a wild place, so it is a 0:12:38.720 --> 0:12:41.920 crazy place, true, and Vacheleski should win it, and I 0:12:41.920 --> 0:12:42.520 think he will. 0:12:42.880 --> 0:12:44.520 Well, I'll tell you, ay Man, that's something keep in 0:12:44.559 --> 0:12:47.880 mind for next year with him, because obviously you're talking 0:12:47.920 --> 0:12:50.520 about finishing strong in contract years coming up. That's something 0:12:50.559 --> 0:12:52.160 to keep in mind for the player when you're looking 0:12:52.160 --> 0:12:54.880 at twenty twenty two and going forward there. All right, 0:12:54.920 --> 0:12:57.600 let's shift gears a little bit to some division winners 0:12:57.679 --> 0:12:59.520 right now. Let's start with the East, where the Caps 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:04.280 are minus one three on the betting consensus pros and 0:13:04.400 --> 0:13:07.640 the Penguins are plus two thirty. So the Caps right now. 0:13:08.240 --> 0:13:11.160 Look again, different teams have different games left here. So 0:13:11.440 --> 0:13:13.320 how do you see the Caps and Penguins here in 0:13:13.360 --> 0:13:15.240 the East. Do you think the Caps are just going 0:13:15.280 --> 0:13:17.360 to win out here as we get down these last 0:13:17.360 --> 0:13:18.719 few games of the season, or do you think the 0:13:18.720 --> 0:13:20.679 Penguins can catch them here late there's only a game 0:13:20.760 --> 0:13:21.840 or so separating them. 0:13:22.520 --> 0:13:25.640 Yeah, I think the Capitals hold on. And I think 0:13:26.080 --> 0:13:27.760 a week ago, if you would ask me that, I 0:13:27.840 --> 0:13:32.560 would have doubted it. Pittsburgh was coming on. They've got Crosby, 0:13:32.600 --> 0:13:36.000 they were getting Malcolm back, krit Tristan Jarry was playing unbelievable. 0:13:36.080 --> 0:13:37.400 The Penguins were on a real role. 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:40.920 And on the other side of that, Washington Lasso Vechkin, 0:13:42.040 --> 0:13:46.200 Kunetsov and Samsonov for goalie are both in COVID protocols, 0:13:46.400 --> 0:13:48.440 And you're thinking, Man, I don't know, but I think 0:13:48.559 --> 0:13:50.920 the Washington Capitals right now are maybe playing some of 0:13:50.960 --> 0:13:53.560 the best hockey that they've played all year, and I 0:13:53.600 --> 0:13:57.520 don't see them relent relinquishing the top spot, especially if 0:13:57.559 --> 0:13:59.120 they get O vech and those guys back to when 0:13:59.440 --> 0:14:00.600 I think they shortly. 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:02.280 If that's the case, that's not a bad line. 0:14:02.320 --> 0:14:05.400 The minus one forty three especially, it seems pretty confident 0:14:05.480 --> 0:14:07.200 enough that if you're willing to lay a little bit 0:14:07.240 --> 0:14:09.080 more than you can actually win some money on that one. 0:14:09.240 --> 0:14:11.400 Let's go to the West too, because that one's the 0:14:11.640 --> 0:14:13.160 You know, most of these seem like they're kind of 0:14:13.160 --> 0:14:15.559 decided right now, especially when we look at the schedule 0:14:15.600 --> 0:14:18.480 and who's paring against you. But the West still slightly 0:14:18.559 --> 0:14:21.280 up for grabs too. The Avalanche minus one thirty the 0:14:21.320 --> 0:14:24.480 Golden Knights plus one ten, only a couple of games 0:14:24.520 --> 0:14:27.120 separating these two. We've talked about the Golden Knights goaltending, 0:14:27.160 --> 0:14:29.560 how good it's been late. Do you think that the 0:14:29.640 --> 0:14:32.160 Knights can catch the Avalanche? And if so, at plus 0:14:32.200 --> 0:14:33.400 one ten is pretty good number. 0:14:34.240 --> 0:14:35.520 Yeah, I mean, I think they can. 0:14:36.120 --> 0:14:38.120 I don't think they will, but I think it is possible, 0:14:38.120 --> 0:14:40.440 and that is exciting for a guy that I mean, 0:14:40.760 --> 0:14:43.640 I definitely had these guys exactly where they were. I 0:14:43.680 --> 0:14:45.200 said at the start of the year in the West 0:14:45.360 --> 0:14:48.200 it was going to be Colorado and then Vegas just 0:14:48.240 --> 0:14:51.200 behind them, pressuring them all year. I think the same 0:14:51.200 --> 0:14:53.920 as the Washington Capitals. The Colorado Avalanche are playing their 0:14:53.960 --> 0:14:57.680 best hockey right now. Rantan And Andckinnon are just a 0:14:57.840 --> 0:15:01.760 dynamic duo that are just shooting the lights out. Grubauer 0:15:01.800 --> 0:15:03.680 seems to be back in his groove, and I think 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:06.760 they have the best the best current blue. 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:07.560 Line in the NHL. 0:15:07.960 --> 0:15:10.880 They're a hard team to play against because they have 0:15:11.080 --> 0:15:13.800 they can play it any which way. Vegas is the same, 0:15:13.800 --> 0:15:17.120 but they do not have the star power that Colorado has. 0:15:17.320 --> 0:15:21.040 I think having McKinnon, having Branton, and having Landeskog, even 0:15:21.120 --> 0:15:24.840 Kaudre Brandon, sad guys like that is what's going to 0:15:24.920 --> 0:15:28.000 maintain them holding on to first place. I think Colorado 0:15:28.960 --> 0:15:31.680 if you wanted to get aggressive, I mean Vegas could 0:15:31.720 --> 0:15:32.000 do it. 0:15:32.080 --> 0:15:34.800 I mean they could overtake them. I don't see it happening. 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:37.360 If I was to bet on a team to win 0:15:37.720 --> 0:15:40.520 the West, it's going to be Colorado. But I think 0:15:40.760 --> 0:15:43.960 a good aggressive bet would be Las Vegas. 0:15:44.320 --> 0:15:45.400 All right, I want to talk to you about a 0:15:45.400 --> 0:15:47.440 team that could or could not make the playoffs. We've 0:15:47.440 --> 0:15:49.720 got a plus three fifty on betting pros and the 0:15:49.760 --> 0:15:52.600 consensus and the Dallas Stars. So do you think the 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:54.560 Stars are going to find their way into the playoffs 0:15:54.560 --> 0:15:55.560 when all said and done. 0:15:56.840 --> 0:16:04.680 I do not, And that could be my predator's bias. 0:16:02.120 --> 0:16:03.320 Are looking pretty good right now. 0:16:03.360 --> 0:16:07.240 They've been playing very good hockey. 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:08.520 They lost last night. 0:16:08.920 --> 0:16:11.440 They if they would have won last night and Dallas 0:16:11.480 --> 0:16:14.000 lost last night, they would have clinched, so they really 0:16:14.080 --> 0:16:16.080 only need to win one other game. 0:16:16.400 --> 0:16:19.600 The problem with that is Saturday they're playing Carolina. 0:16:20.120 --> 0:16:23.080 So my hope is, and I think the Predator's hope is, 0:16:23.080 --> 0:16:25.240 is that Carolina has let their foot off the gas, 0:16:25.840 --> 0:16:28.600 knowing that they've clinched the playoffs, knowing that they're going 0:16:28.600 --> 0:16:31.480 to be in first. I don't think Dampa Bay is 0:16:31.520 --> 0:16:32.960 going to catch them, and I think they're going to 0:16:33.000 --> 0:16:33.720 think the same thing. 0:16:34.080 --> 0:16:36.520 Come this Saturday and Predators get a. 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:40.040 Win and Dallas notches another loss, and then the Predators 0:16:40.040 --> 0:16:40.280 are in. 0:16:40.480 --> 0:16:41.640 They've clinched that spot. 0:16:41.960 --> 0:16:44.480 I think as of yesterday they were at seventy eight 0:16:44.520 --> 0:16:48.840 percent to make it. To me, I mean, Dallas is 0:16:48.880 --> 0:16:51.240 too much of a far shot, too much of a 0:16:51.280 --> 0:16:53.640 long shot to win and make the playoffs. And the 0:16:53.680 --> 0:16:55.520 truth is, if you look at the record they have, 0:16:55.920 --> 0:16:58.080 I think it's fifteen losses in overtime. 0:16:58.360 --> 0:17:00.680 That's a team that does not have a k or instinct. 0:17:00.880 --> 0:17:04.679