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Speaker 1: Podcasts Episode.

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Speaker 2: Number seventy five that cannot be right tow Are You kidding?

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Speaker 1: Member Cruising ahead here in NHL Unscripted, our special guest

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Speaker 1: host Nate Thompson is still along for the ride as

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Speaker 1: far as our guests. This week, Kevin weekspan as this

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Speaker 1: guy got stories. He played under John Tortorella in Tampa,

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Speaker 1: so gotta ask him his theories to put his hiring

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Speaker 2: Plus the inside outcame caming up in ESPN. Canna be

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Speaker 2: very very cool. Look forward to that.

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Speaker 1: In the meantime, though, we kicked things off with what

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Speaker 1: was a rather exciting game for the Colorado Avalanche. The

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Speaker 1: last time I was there Fellaws just two weeks ago,

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Speaker 1: the Penguins wed him seven to two. This time, the

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Speaker 1: Avalanche come back nine to two and absolutely hammered this

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Speaker 1: Calgary Flames team which is rebuilding in fairness and was

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Speaker 3: JD.

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Speaker 1: I was trying to be a contrarian a couple of

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Speaker 1: weeks ago and saying, hey, what if this Avalanche team

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Speaker 1: the Apps could lose the Wild and seven. Now after

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Speaker 1: watching them up clast and personal, clearly the Avalanche beat

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Speaker 1: Dallas Stars a couple weeks ago, that big head to

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Speaker 1: head game, it looks like the Aps are still the

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Speaker 1: think i'd been an NHL game this season see a

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Speaker 2: The Avalanche are for real.

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Speaker 4: They're just I think they they accrued a little bit

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Speaker 4: too many injuries. They're two three weeks ago and hide everybody. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: I just think it's it's they are the team to beat.

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Speaker 4: Dallas has kind of looked a little bit better with

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Speaker 4: ranting in back and you know, I still think that

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Speaker 4: out of it. But man, he's just they have too

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Speaker 4: much center depth, They've too many, too much on the

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Speaker 4: I don't know how bad it is, but I'm for

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Speaker 4: sure they're gonna, you know, if any guys get any

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Speaker 4: I think little lingering issues. They're going to rest them

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Speaker 4: before the playoffs because they think they want to be

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Speaker 4: as healthy as possible because they know what this team

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Speaker 4: So yeah, it's it's a good, good hockey team. And

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Speaker 4: I mean, I don't got much more than that, other

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Speaker 2: Well.

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Speaker 1: I love the fact you mentioned the center depth because

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Speaker 1: you look at it and say, well, McKinnon, obviously, you know,

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Speaker 1: another one hundred point season, four straight, incredible, brock Nelson's

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Speaker 2: And Nas was okay the first little stretch.

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Speaker 1: He did two goals five assists in the first eleven games,

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Speaker 2: They were three for four of the power play. Now

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Speaker 1: I do think when you look at a team, it's

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Speaker 5: Yeah, j he mentioned it, you know, without mccarr and

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Speaker 5: And and this team there's not much else to add

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Nicholas Watt too, they're at center as well. Even

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Speaker 4: The week, which yeah, I always forget saying now there's

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Speaker 1: But I meantime, the story of I think probably the

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Speaker 1: and I'm like, I'm really sure what that means.

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Speaker 2: I'm like, wait, what.

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Speaker 1: John Tortorella is now the head coach of the Las

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Speaker 1: Vegas Golden Knights, struggling Golden Knights firing head coach Bruce

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Speaker 1: Casty eight games left in the regular season and replacing

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Speaker 2: Lots of thoughts on this night.

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Speaker 1: My first one is says, I don't know if it's

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Speaker 2: Right now, so we have to mix it up.

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Speaker 1: We all know that Vegas has been sleepwalking the last

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Speaker 1: credit Bill Folling Company on all we gotta make a

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Speaker 1: I don't know how it works out next year. I

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Speaker 1: But at the very least I appreciate organization that says

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Speaker 1: it's not working. We got to change it up. We

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Speaker 1: don't care how many games are left. And if you

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Speaker 2: Doing with the Columbus Blue Jackets night.

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Speaker 1: Your first thought when someone said Twarts to Vegas playing craps,

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Speaker 5: Don't wait, baby, They don't wait. They make things happen

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Speaker 5: right now. And that's what they did. You know, Kelly

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Speaker 4: The huge horns on him.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely brass balls.

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Speaker 5: I don't hate them bringing in Towrts. I really don't,

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Speaker 5: and he's familiar with a lot of guys in that room,

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Speaker 5: So I think that helps. And then on top of it,

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Speaker 3: I mean, Mitch Marner is a good all around player.

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Speaker 5: He really is good defensively and torts likes those type

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Speaker 1: It makes me think, though, JD, like, you know, being

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Speaker 1: a small guy my whole life. You know, the way

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Speaker 1: That's towrts his m He's like, I'm not going to

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Speaker 1: then everybody else will follow suit. I understand Date's point,

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Speaker 4: Well, what's I saw the meme is actually not the meme,

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Speaker 4: but they had a video of his face. Did you

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Speaker 4: see the dumb and dumbro I was fucking his face

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Speaker 4: thought on that is Kelly McCrimmon. On this whole thing,

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Speaker 4: Kelly McCrimmon is like good Fellow's casino style GM, where hey,

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Speaker 4: and he's just smashed smashing in your knee caps and

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Speaker 4: Would barrier, no pension, no pay, no golden parachute, like

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Speaker 4: fight once with Bruce Cassidy. I was like, what, like,

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Speaker 4: what was a conversation, Hey, Bruce, you're done, Get the

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Speaker 4: fuck out of my city. Bring in John Tortorella. But yeah, towards,

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Speaker 4: I mean, this is coach recycling to the ends degree.

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Speaker 4: I guess, you know, I guess he's gonna come in,

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Speaker 4: your grising, you know, to advise next year.

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Speaker 2: All right, so we see what happens in Vegas. That

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Speaker 2: was a surprising move.

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Speaker 1: A not surprising move is what happened to Maple Leafs

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Speaker 1: is general manager Brad Schure living out after three seasons.

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Speaker 1: He made sweeping changes to the roster last summer, including

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Speaker 1: the Leafs a lengthy playoff run, but the season was

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Speaker 1: a decade. The main question JD people were saying to

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Speaker 1: what your living's not going to come back? Why does

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Speaker 1: might as well have a new face come in, evaluate

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Speaker 1: this roster moving forward, get ready for the draft, and

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Speaker 1: so on. Were you surprised at all, JD? Just that

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Speaker 1: and now rather than the end of the season for

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Speaker 4: Great human being. I've heard and everything, But I would

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Speaker 4: have shipped them into the sun, you know, six months ago.

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Speaker 4: You know, I can't believe they waited this long. I

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Speaker 4: can't find the article tal if you can find it.

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Speaker 4: But did you see their their ownership come out Toronto

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Speaker 4: and say, Keith Pelly, did you hear this psychopath came out?

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Speaker 4: And he goes, I think we have some great founding.

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Speaker 4: We already have foundational pieces. We're not It's just it's

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Speaker 5: I never played under Brad Tree Living, but same, I've

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Speaker 4: You got two foundational pieces like John Tavers is played well,

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Speaker 4: I respect, go ahead, Well, I want I want Nate

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Speaker 4: But yeah, it was. It was pretty incredible to see.

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Speaker 3: I mean it was I was at the game. It

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Speaker 5: I was like, hey, you don't want to sit down,

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Speaker 5: the whole game, Like he took absolute abuse. Like it

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Speaker 5: JD at the beginning at the top, like there's no

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Speaker 5: It's awesome. Actually, I mean respect to Raco.

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Speaker 1: Goodas yeah, kind of like we got to see a

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Speaker 1: great reviews right now.

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Speaker 4: It's this playoffs system.

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Speaker 1: We've talked about it a lot, especially what's happening right

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Speaker 2: But it's interesting about that gap from the East and

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Speaker 2: Be in the playoffs if they're out West.

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Speaker 1: Even the Leafs would be battling for a playoff spot

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Speaker 2: Was they were until nineteen ninety eight Central Division. Again

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Speaker 1: It's not something that's new. Everyone's saying, listenone was just

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Speaker 1: They'd say, okay, you know what we got to do something,

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Speaker 4: Uh, if winning peg ends up making the playoffs, he'll

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Speaker 4: change it. That's that's what's gonna take it. If they

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Speaker 4: fucking slide in, they're one point out, it's insane. They

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Speaker 4: played so good right now. Yeah, I mean, listen, that's

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Speaker 4: that we really out of the playoffs. So like it happens,

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Speaker 4: them and so have. I like that regardless of who

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Speaker 4: That's when I think they need the rivalries is in

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Speaker 4: doing too much. But yeah, one versus eight needs to happen.

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Speaker 4: I know Gary won't do it, and he's pretty firm

434
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Speaker 4: on on the seating right now, but yeah, that's why

435
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Speaker 4: I just yeah, I just think it's the best product

436
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Speaker 4: no matter who's playing in the first round of any sport.

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Speaker 5: So yeah, my argument to the to the one through eight,

438
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Speaker 5: which it should be, is, uh, you know, you have

439
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Speaker 5: your stars like mccarr, these guys playing in the conference

440
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Speaker 5: finals and finals rather than being knocked out in the

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Speaker 5: first round. And on top of that, like you have

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Speaker 5: these teams that are you know, they have such a

443
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Speaker 5: good regular season, they should be rewarded and part part

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Speaker 5: of getting a standing up finals. And JD will agree this,

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Speaker 5: Tod like, you gotta have a little bit of a luck,

446
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Speaker 5: a little bit of luck, and at the same time,

447
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Speaker 5: you gotta have a favorable matchups getting there. And I

448
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Speaker 5: think if you're in the Central Division right now, like

449
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Speaker 5: you no question have the hardest road to the Stanley

450
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Speaker 5: Cup right now. So I think there's that element to

451
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Speaker 5: it as well. But I'm too much of a traditionalist too,

452
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Speaker 5: Like one through sixteen, uh, probably not one through eight

453
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Speaker 5: definitely should happen.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we all know Grey Bevans the type.

455
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Speaker 1: It has to be something drastic, otherwise they'll say, well,

456
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Speaker 1: it's cyclical, these things happen, they'll change. As long as

457
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Speaker 1: the playoffs are good, people are going to watch the

458
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Speaker 1: matter what. But I still keep thinking of the fact that,

459
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Speaker 1: you know, as the playoffs progresses, the fact that a

460
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Speaker 1: Minnesota is going to be out the first runder of

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Speaker 1: the Dallas will be out the first round. Of the

462
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Speaker 1: fact that that match, whoever wins, that will face Colorado

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Speaker 1: as a second round matchup.

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Speaker 2: That will be a shame. But hopefully, as always, the

465
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Speaker 2: rest of the playoffs speak right, go ahead.

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Speaker 4: Jady, A quick question from all of you, just to

467
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Speaker 4: have a little bit of fun. Nashville Predators at seventy

468
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Speaker 4: seven points, Eli Kings at seventy six, Winnipeg at seventy six,

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Speaker 4: San Jose at seventy five, Seattle at seventy five, Lewis

470
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Speaker 4: at seventy three. Who do you think's in? Because only

471
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Speaker 4: one of them is making it in right now, who

472
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Speaker 4: do you each got that makes it in the playoffs?

473
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Speaker 4: I still got Nashville even though they drop four straight

474
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Speaker 4: and they are three straight and then they're going to sleep.

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Speaker 4: Right now, I still got to stick with Nashville. But

476
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Speaker 4: who you guys got, because that is a fricking pillow fight.

477
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Speaker 4: But whoever is winning that gets nine extra days in

478
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Speaker 4: the NHL and they're done because they're gonna get swept.

479
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Speaker 4: But who do you got?

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Speaker 1: Well this brings us to our last topic, which is

481
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Speaker 1: about the fact these last Gas team. So I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: stump right now with the team that I'm pulling for,

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Speaker 1: which is the Winnipeg Jets. According to Money's the Jets

484
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Speaker 1: are fifteen point six percent chance. The only reason I'm

485
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Speaker 1: pulling form is this NHL Amazon Monday on Prime. We've

486
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Speaker 1: got the Jets coming up and John fors in the

487
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Speaker 1: Seattle KRACKTT. So I want this Jets team to win out.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna be back in the Peg on Monday.

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Speaker 2: Jada, you've told me the past. You think it is old,

490
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Speaker 2: sneaky with some food.

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Speaker 1: Nate corroborating that, also saying the Peg a sneaky, sleepy

492
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Speaker 1: town for NHL player. So I'm hoping at something in

493
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Speaker 1: the water there. I'm hoping the going while the porta

494
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Speaker 1: Jermaine when I'll be there five days from now. Let's

495
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Speaker 1: Scott O'Neil and the Winnipeg Jets again fifteen percent chance.

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Speaker 1: I got money puck odds. You said Nashville right now,

497
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Speaker 1: Nashville's at twenty one percent. San Jose is actually a

498
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Speaker 1: twenty five percent, and the Kings of all the teams

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Speaker 1: you mentioned, they have the best odds right now, thirty

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Speaker 1: four percent. I think Nate's hardes with the Kings. Go ahead, Nate, No,

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Speaker 1: all right, I'm with I'm with JD. I had them

502
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Speaker 1: out too. I had them out too, and I gotta

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Speaker 1: stick to my guns. Yeah exactly.

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Speaker 5: I'm saying Nashville is going to get in still because

505
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Speaker 5: I because of the Pillow Fight division. I just thought

506
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Speaker 5: there was gonna be five Central and three Pacific instead.

507
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Speaker 5: You know it was gonna be dominated by the Central.

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Speaker 5: So I picked Nashville even though fucking Winnipeg. Man, like,

509
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Speaker 5: this is San Jose too.

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Speaker 3: This is crazy.

511
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Speaker 4: You're right, I know Tal's taking San Jose. I want

512
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Speaker 4: to take them though. I want to take San Jose bad.

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Speaker 3: I thought you were gonna take your sharkis for sure.

514
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Speaker 4: I should have. I don't know what I was thinking.

515
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Speaker 4: I just I want I don't know what. I want.

516
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Speaker 4: Stammer to make the playoffs same hed comeback season. Yeah,

517
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Speaker 4: I was just gonna say.

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Speaker 6: I mentioned in our in our text chat last night

519
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Speaker 6: Jets Sharks on April sixteenth, a playoff spot could be

520
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Speaker 6: on the line in the biggest Jets Sharks Jets Sharks

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Speaker 6: matchup since West Side story.

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Speaker 4: To the story, great work. I do tell you gotta

523
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Speaker 4: give it to him every now and again when.

524
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Speaker 2: We come back. We'll talk to our friend Kevin Weeks.

525
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Speaker 1: He's gonna be a part of the ESPN Inside Out

526
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Speaker 1: Classic this week. Weeks He's got stories for days. You're

527
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Speaker 1: gonna love him. He's coming up next after this on

528
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Speaker 1: NHL and scripted.

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Speaker 2: Our special guest. He's one of our favorites, both on

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Speaker 2: the air and off.

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Speaker 1: He was drafted in the second round, forty first overall

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Speaker 1: by the Florida Panthers in nineteen ninety three NHL Draft.

533
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Speaker 1: He would going to play three hundred forty eight regular

534
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Speaker 1: season games with the Panthers, Canucks, Islanders, Lightning, Hurricanes, Rangers,

535
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Speaker 1: and Devils.

536
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Speaker 2: That's right, the Tri state area.

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Speaker 1: He dominated and since his playing days, he's become one

538
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Speaker 1: of the most trusted broadcasters in the sport and again

539
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Speaker 1: a friend to all, especially when it comes to headroom

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Speaker 1: on those videos he posts on social media and it's

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Speaker 1: the one.

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Speaker 2: And only my man, Scarborough's owne. Kevin Weeks is in

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Speaker 2: the house.

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Speaker 4: Weeks see.

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Speaker 3: How are you, brother, what's up?

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Speaker 7: What's up guys? Good morning?

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Speaker 8: Thanks for that ads, what's up fella. It's great to

548
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Speaker 8: be with you guys. Thanks for having me. I know

549
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Speaker 8: we've been trying. You guys are trying to get me

550
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Speaker 8: on for a while, so appreciate we were able to

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Speaker 8: make it work and thanks for your patience.

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Speaker 7: Man. Happy to join you guys, of course.

553
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Speaker 2: Of course.

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Speaker 3: Man.

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Speaker 2: Thrilled you're able to make the time.

556
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Speaker 1: We have so much to get to as always, we

557
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Speaker 1: could wrap for hours, but I want to go with

558
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Speaker 1: the good stuff out of the gate. He's been hosting

559
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Speaker 1: the Big Inside Out Classic this weekend, in which the

560
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Speaker 1: Caps and Rangers players replaced on screen by characters from

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Speaker 1: the classic films. We know what it's like. We see

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Speaker 1: with young kids, so does Nate listen. These animated movies

563
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Speaker 1: have taken on life of their own. And I've seen

564
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Speaker 1: this even with you know, people who aren't in the sports,

565
00:25:01,952 --> 00:25:03,472
Speaker 1: like oh wait, they're doing whatever it might be like

566
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Speaker 1: the SpongeBob football games. It is a huge success on Nickelodeon.

567
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Speaker 1: So I think this is a great idea. And you,

568
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Speaker 1: in particular have such a great personality because you obviously

569
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Speaker 1: are a great father, but also can relate to kids

570
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Speaker 1: well and can still call hockey well.

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Speaker 2: So when you're.

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Speaker 1: Calling an animated game, how do you do that to

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Speaker 1: make it pleasurable and attracted to that audience while still

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Speaker 1: not alienating the dads we're watching who still want to

575
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Speaker 1: watch hockey game.

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Speaker 8: Oh I appreciate that, man, Thank you for the kind words. Look,

577
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Speaker 8: I think it's really cool because pardon me allows us

578
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Speaker 8: to connect with a younger demo. And as like anything,

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Speaker 8: when you connect with a younger demo, typically you'll have

580
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Speaker 8: a grandparent watching, You'll have an ant to uncle watching,

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Speaker 8: You'll have you know, a brother in law watching. There'll

582
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Speaker 8: be a grandma, grandpa, somebody will be watching with them. Typically,

583
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Speaker 8: So with that, yes, it's directed primarily in terms of

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Speaker 8: the focus towards some of our younger demos, the younger

585
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Speaker 8: kids that love TV and that love sports and maybe

586
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Speaker 8: have a chance to kind of meet.

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Speaker 7: Them in the middle.

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Speaker 8: But at the same time, once you have kids, it

589
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Speaker 8: kind of draws them in it's like me, I love hockey.

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Speaker 8: My older cousins started playing in the street in Toronto

591
00:26:04,192 --> 00:26:06,992
Speaker 8: started playing following him. Next thing, you know, my parents

592
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Speaker 8: and my letent and and uncle, they're all in in

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Speaker 8: the game. So that's kind of how that worked. But

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Speaker 8: here's the one thing I would say, and our first

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Speaker 8: two that we did, which were really really fun on

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Speaker 8: ESPN a couple of years ago or two years consecutively

597
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Speaker 8: now I should say, both started trending on Twitter like

598
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Speaker 8: they were trending topics, and my phone started blowing up

599
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Speaker 8: in a good way, because sometimes it doesn't always blow

600
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Speaker 8: up in that way, but it started blowing up in

601
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Speaker 8: a good way, and people.

602
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Speaker 7: Are like, oh my god, we're watching and I got

603
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Speaker 7: my granddaughter loves this is amazing. You got to do more.

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Speaker 7: The league has to do more of these.

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Speaker 8: So I think it was a really good point of

606
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Speaker 8: emphasis and a good focus group that we got that

607
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Speaker 8: feedback and that the fans and people in the game,

608
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Speaker 8: just different people around were saying that and giving us

609
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Speaker 8: that feedback.

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Speaker 7: It was encouraging.

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Speaker 8: And we got two Emmy nominations for both games, two

612
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Speaker 8: EMMI Finals for both games. So hopefully they let us

613
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Speaker 8: know because the first two times they never let us

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Speaker 8: know that. So hopefully are good folks at ESPN are watching,

615
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Speaker 8: and if we get another Emmy nomination, they better.

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Speaker 7: Let us know.

617
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Speaker 8: They're acting like we just knuck in there like cockroaches,

618
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Speaker 8: like they don't want to even give us the heads up.

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Speaker 7: Give us the heads up next time.

620
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Speaker 8: So no, we're looking forward to it alongside Drew Carter again,

621
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Speaker 8: anarda our and our crew. It should be a lot

622
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Speaker 8: of fun.

623
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Speaker 4: Let the boy know he's got an Emmy. Hey, let

624
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Speaker 4: us know what's going on.

625
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Speaker 1: The lights on, they know there's a clause nomination.

626
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Speaker 2: I gotta kick it a little bonus. That's where it's

627
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Speaker 2: at week, so you know it.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I see, I know. Let me jump in with

629
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Speaker 8: one quick thing too, which is pretty interesting. And I'll

630
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Speaker 8: tell you what's really cool. So as you know, kids,

631
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Speaker 8: they live in kind of this alternate universe sometimes.

632
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Speaker 7: Uh and and our son last night.

633
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Speaker 8: So we've got a bunch of there's a bubble hockey

634
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Speaker 8: super checks just opposite me here. But we've got like

635
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Speaker 8: three of these different hockey games. Right, There's a bubble hockey,

636
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Speaker 8: then there's one with plastic men that you actually move

637
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Speaker 8: with your hand, and then there's an air hockey and

638
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Speaker 8: he's taking the plastic men off of that and put

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Speaker 8: them on. Here's where I'm going Yesterday, he's got the

640
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Speaker 8: Pop the Pops. The pups are in the lineup. The

641
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Speaker 8: Pops are in the lineup, Like Everest is not in

642
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Speaker 8: the lineup. He takes Everest, puts him on the playing service.

643
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Speaker 8: I go Rockies, he goes right, Key's in the lineup.

644
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Speaker 8: He takes Rocky, puts him into lineup. So I'm like, bro,

645
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Speaker 8: those guys are not in the lineup. Okay, He's like, no, tonight.

646
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Speaker 2: In the lineups.

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Speaker 3: Chase chases on the case.

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Speaker 7: Chases on the you guys know.

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Speaker 8: So so all of that to say, that's kind of

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Speaker 8: you know, that that kind of mirrors where we're going

651
00:28:26,032 --> 00:28:29,152
Speaker 8: with this broadcast, just because those things are you know,

652
00:28:29,192 --> 00:28:30,352
Speaker 8: they're in love with those things.

653
00:28:30,392 --> 00:28:31,552
Speaker 7: So it's pretty awesome.

654
00:28:32,432 --> 00:28:35,832
Speaker 4: That's amazing. And and uh, I mean, you're so good

655
00:28:35,872 --> 00:28:40,272
Speaker 4: at molding into different forms of color with different you know,

656
00:28:40,512 --> 00:28:44,112
Speaker 4: with different games. And right now you're also provided color

657
00:28:44,152 --> 00:28:46,672
Speaker 4: for the n cuale A tournament. So right now you

658
00:28:46,752 --> 00:28:49,472
Speaker 4: got the Frozen four coming up. You got miss Denver

659
00:28:49,552 --> 00:28:53,392
Speaker 4: Nodak Wisco like for you, how's that been? And being

660
00:28:53,392 --> 00:28:58,352
Speaker 4: a Toronto boy, Canadian boy covering that college hockey, I mean,

661
00:28:58,392 --> 00:29:01,312
Speaker 4: how is that atmosphere, what's what's what's the difference for you?

662
00:29:01,352 --> 00:29:02,672
Speaker 4: And how do you like it?

663
00:29:02,832 --> 00:29:04,312
Speaker 7: Bonkers? That's a great question. Thanks you.

664
00:29:04,672 --> 00:29:06,912
Speaker 8: I'll tell you what I grew up and of course,

665
00:29:06,992 --> 00:29:08,472
Speaker 8: you know growing up in Toronto, growing up in the

666
00:29:08,512 --> 00:29:10,992
Speaker 8: Toronto area and growing up in Scarborough. For me, everything

667
00:29:11,072 --> 00:29:14,832
Speaker 8: was junior junior, junior junior, and you know the geography

668
00:29:14,872 --> 00:29:16,552
Speaker 8: when you just look up and down the road. We

669
00:29:16,632 --> 00:29:19,592
Speaker 8: had Oshawa twenty minutes east at my parents' house, and

670
00:29:19,592 --> 00:29:22,512
Speaker 8: then he had Kingston, Belleville, you go back the other way, Kitchener,

671
00:29:22,632 --> 00:29:24,872
Speaker 8: gwelf London. You know, they were all around there and

672
00:29:24,872 --> 00:29:27,632
Speaker 8: obviously there's more teams there now. But man, I'm telling

673
00:29:27,672 --> 00:29:30,232
Speaker 8: you going to Oshawa Old Memorial Civic Center on a

674
00:29:30,312 --> 00:29:32,752
Speaker 8: Sunday night and games I wasn't days, I wasn't playing

675
00:29:32,832 --> 00:29:34,952
Speaker 8: like when I was in Banham and the.

676
00:29:34,912 --> 00:29:35,752
Speaker 7: Biggie was there.

677
00:29:36,552 --> 00:29:39,232
Speaker 8: I'm getting goosebumps talking about it because I played with

678
00:29:39,272 --> 00:29:42,512
Speaker 8: his brother Brett and when and when Biggie went to Oshawa,

679
00:29:42,632 --> 00:29:52,672
Speaker 8: bro Nhlai, they looked like Komodo dragons watching him play.

680
00:29:53,072 --> 00:29:56,872
Speaker 7: I swear to god, I mean, he's that's sick. He

681
00:29:57,072 --> 00:29:59,272
Speaker 7: was that sick, like that much of a freak.

682
00:29:59,432 --> 00:30:01,232
Speaker 8: And they had really good players on his seat, my

683
00:30:01,232 --> 00:30:03,312
Speaker 8: man Freddie Brathwaye and the net went on to play

684
00:30:03,352 --> 00:30:05,912
Speaker 8: a long time the NHL. Dale Craigwell played for San

685
00:30:05,952 --> 00:30:07,432
Speaker 8: Jose Sharks. I can go up and down. They had

686
00:30:07,472 --> 00:30:10,712
Speaker 8: really good players. But that was like our thing. So

687
00:30:10,832 --> 00:30:12,872
Speaker 8: when these letters were coming to my parents' house, like

688
00:30:12,912 --> 00:30:16,112
Speaker 8: go I turned fourteen, Michigan State, Oh that's really cool,

689
00:30:16,112 --> 00:30:18,792
Speaker 8: all right, put it to the side. University of Wisconsin. Oh,

690
00:30:18,792 --> 00:30:21,832
Speaker 8: that's really cool. Put a sign you man. Oh that's awesome.

691
00:30:21,872 --> 00:30:24,952
Speaker 8: Cool bu oh that's I had like because it was

692
00:30:24,952 --> 00:30:27,392
Speaker 8: a one track mine to play junior and although the

693
00:30:27,432 --> 00:30:30,832
Speaker 8: majority of us did, especially Canadian born players, then a

694
00:30:30,872 --> 00:30:33,392
Speaker 8: couple of my buddies played in college and now doing

695
00:30:33,432 --> 00:30:38,712
Speaker 8: college hockey. I gotta say, man, it's un believable. It's bonkers.

696
00:30:38,752 --> 00:30:41,432
Speaker 8: It's an alternate path. It's a different kind of reality

697
00:30:41,912 --> 00:30:44,312
Speaker 8: because the players get more time to train and to

698
00:30:44,472 --> 00:30:48,272
Speaker 8: practice and to develop. But to answer you, the atmosphere

699
00:30:48,312 --> 00:30:49,992
Speaker 8: is amazing, and I hope to cover a lot more

700
00:30:49,992 --> 00:30:51,832
Speaker 8: in the future. I think it's awesome even in South

701
00:30:51,912 --> 00:30:56,152
Speaker 8: Dakota just now. My partner Jason Ross, like those fans travel.

702
00:30:56,232 --> 00:30:59,792
Speaker 8: They had buses for the fans, like it's really hype.

703
00:30:59,792 --> 00:31:02,672
Speaker 8: And the way they run their teams, they really run

704
00:31:02,712 --> 00:31:05,512
Speaker 8: them very well, some as wells NHL teams in terms

705
00:31:05,552 --> 00:31:07,552
Speaker 8: of resources. So to answer you, JD, it was a

706
00:31:07,552 --> 00:31:09,952
Speaker 8: lot of fun. I love doing it. I really enjoyed it.

707
00:31:10,672 --> 00:31:15,472
Speaker 5: I love that it's in Vegas, Totty, pretty good spot

708
00:31:15,552 --> 00:31:16,232
Speaker 5: to go a weeks.

709
00:31:16,552 --> 00:31:22,352
Speaker 8: What suit you got, Okay, so listen gold suit, no,

710
00:31:22,352 --> 00:31:24,872
Speaker 8: no here, I would love that. But here's where I

711
00:31:24,952 --> 00:31:29,072
Speaker 8: got Stevie nixed. So I did the regionals. I did

712
00:31:29,112 --> 00:31:34,312
Speaker 8: the regionals and then they pull out the sharpest scissors too,

713
00:31:35,192 --> 00:31:38,112
Speaker 8: so it's gonna be bouci. I guess Kobe Cohen and

714
00:31:38,232 --> 00:31:40,072
Speaker 8: they've done it for years obviously, and they've also used

715
00:31:40,072 --> 00:31:41,832
Speaker 8: to do it with Barry with Barry Melrose our a

716
00:31:41,832 --> 00:31:44,232
Speaker 8: great friend who's going through some hell challenges. So those

717
00:31:44,232 --> 00:31:46,312
Speaker 8: guys always get the Frozen four. But we did the

718
00:31:46,352 --> 00:31:49,192
Speaker 8: regionals so, but I can't tell you we were there.

719
00:31:49,472 --> 00:31:51,672
Speaker 8: I had a Vegas game for ESPN with Steve Levy

720
00:31:51,672 --> 00:31:54,752
Speaker 8: about ten days ago, and they're so excited to host

721
00:31:54,792 --> 00:31:57,672
Speaker 8: this man. Like speaking to people from the organization, they're

722
00:31:57,752 --> 00:32:00,792
Speaker 8: so jacked that they're hosting the Frozen four in Vegas.

723
00:32:00,792 --> 00:32:03,392
Speaker 8: So I think it's gonna be epic. But I'm gonna

724
00:32:03,392 --> 00:32:05,672
Speaker 8: be watching it like everybody else from the sectional from

725
00:32:05,712 --> 00:32:07,912
Speaker 8: the couch over here. So look forward to watching it.

726
00:32:08,752 --> 00:32:10,192
Speaker 3: That's a crew. That's a great crew.

727
00:32:10,552 --> 00:32:13,912
Speaker 5: Speaking of cruise, you know you started out in Florida

728
00:32:14,192 --> 00:32:15,192
Speaker 5: and we're gonna go back.

729
00:32:15,232 --> 00:32:16,832
Speaker 3: We gotta go back to your playing crew a little bit.

730
00:32:16,872 --> 00:32:18,352
Speaker 3: You know, you you joined a.

731
00:32:18,392 --> 00:32:21,472
Speaker 5: Vancouver team that had a lot of personalities. You know,

732
00:32:21,512 --> 00:32:25,392
Speaker 5: I'm looking at the Mark, Mark Messier, Naslyn mcgilney, Todd Bertuzzi.

733
00:32:25,592 --> 00:32:28,832
Speaker 5: What were there had to be some good stories playing

734
00:32:28,872 --> 00:32:29,872
Speaker 5: on that team in Vancouver.

735
00:32:30,192 --> 00:32:32,272
Speaker 8: Yeah, I would say the biggest, The best one I

736
00:32:32,272 --> 00:32:34,552
Speaker 8: can tell you is just playing with mess Guys, It's

737
00:32:34,632 --> 00:32:36,632
Speaker 8: unbelievable playing with him that I could you know, we

738
00:32:36,632 --> 00:32:38,552
Speaker 8: could talk off camera for a long time, but playing

739
00:32:38,552 --> 00:32:41,552
Speaker 8: with Mark Messier was unbelievable, especially when he came back

740
00:32:41,592 --> 00:32:43,632
Speaker 8: to play at the Garden. And I want to say

741
00:32:43,672 --> 00:32:45,432
Speaker 8: that was my first NHL shoutout too. We knew we

742
00:32:45,432 --> 00:32:48,552
Speaker 8: couldn't lose with him being back at the garden, fans

743
00:32:48,592 --> 00:32:51,552
Speaker 8: going crazy for him. So all in all, it was unbelievable.

744
00:32:52,232 --> 00:32:53,752
Speaker 8: Just learning from a guy like him and some of

745
00:32:53,792 --> 00:32:56,392
Speaker 8: those other guys, seeing how they roll, it was unreal.

746
00:32:56,512 --> 00:32:58,472
Speaker 8: And you know this too, guys, when you get to

747
00:32:58,512 --> 00:33:01,232
Speaker 8: work with or play with like icons.

748
00:33:01,632 --> 00:33:04,592
Speaker 7: It's everything. It's everything, you know.

749
00:33:04,712 --> 00:33:06,992
Speaker 8: You just to see how they operate, see how they think,

750
00:33:07,072 --> 00:33:09,552
Speaker 8: see how they conduct themselves, see how they approach the game,

751
00:33:09,792 --> 00:33:12,392
Speaker 8: see how they approach life. I'll give you kind of

752
00:33:12,392 --> 00:33:15,952
Speaker 8: a parallel story to so not with Mess, because Mess

753
00:33:15,952 --> 00:33:18,232
Speaker 8: wore different skates every day, which was amazing, by the way,

754
00:33:18,312 --> 00:33:22,752
Speaker 8: brand new skates show up, different brands, graphs today, CCMs tomorrows,

755
00:33:23,152 --> 00:33:27,912
Speaker 8: different brands, bro different brands, and smooth as cocoa butter

756
00:33:27,992 --> 00:33:30,352
Speaker 8: in them like not I got to break these in

757
00:33:31,032 --> 00:33:33,792
Speaker 8: not skating around like you know, he's got fifteen bunions

758
00:33:33,832 --> 00:33:39,192
Speaker 8: on one foot like smooth.

759
00:33:38,552 --> 00:33:42,712
Speaker 9: Yeah, exactly, Like honestly, it was just it was just

760
00:33:42,832 --> 00:33:47,112
Speaker 9: like he's so elegant, so elegant to watch and all

761
00:33:47,112 --> 00:33:49,272
Speaker 9: these different brands show up every day and you just

762
00:33:49,312 --> 00:33:52,072
Speaker 9: take them out lace them up, like not even put.

763
00:33:51,872 --> 00:33:54,832
Speaker 8: Them on the hydroculator to moisten them or anything out

764
00:33:54,832 --> 00:33:58,072
Speaker 8: of the box. Fresh, let's go, I'm mess chin up,

765
00:33:58,352 --> 00:34:02,112
Speaker 8: shoulders back, let's go. So anyway, I'll tell you kind

766
00:34:02,112 --> 00:34:06,312
Speaker 8: of a parallel sort of that. No, all smooth, I'll

767
00:34:06,312 --> 00:34:08,352
Speaker 8: tell you a parallel story. So we're I'm playing in

768
00:34:08,352 --> 00:34:10,712
Speaker 8: Carolina and it's kind of you know, a similar iconic

769
00:34:10,752 --> 00:34:15,032
Speaker 8: player in uh in Ron Francis, right, And I remember

770
00:34:15,071 --> 00:34:16,631
Speaker 8: I was like, man, we're over by the boards. Was

771
00:34:16,712 --> 00:34:22,312
Speaker 8: during practice, Man, holy smokes, man Jeter and man Jeter,

772
00:34:22,672 --> 00:34:25,431
Speaker 8: what he's doing and what he's done, and man, what

773
00:34:25,511 --> 00:34:26,592
Speaker 8: this guy's done and what.

774
00:34:26,471 --> 00:34:27,151
Speaker 7: That guy's done.

775
00:34:27,152 --> 00:34:29,272
Speaker 8: And I was just talking, just rambling, just getting in

776
00:34:29,312 --> 00:34:32,551
Speaker 8: between drills, and Ron Ronny Francis looks over at me.

777
00:34:32,591 --> 00:34:39,111
Speaker 7: He's like, as in, I'm in that ether you ain't

778
00:34:39,111 --> 00:34:41,631
Speaker 7: didn't even say it. He didn't, he didn't even say it.

779
00:34:41,631 --> 00:34:47,031
Speaker 8: He's like, it's like, oh, it's like that, okay, I

780
00:34:47,111 --> 00:34:48,071
Speaker 8: got you, I got it.

781
00:34:48,192 --> 00:34:50,271
Speaker 7: So yeah, that was that.

782
00:34:50,392 --> 00:34:52,192
Speaker 8: Those were some of the stories that you get playing,

783
00:34:52,312 --> 00:34:55,151
Speaker 8: you know, with those those elite guys, and and just

784
00:34:55,192 --> 00:34:56,111
Speaker 8: how unreal they were.

785
00:34:56,232 --> 00:34:56,431
Speaker 3: Man.

786
00:34:56,712 --> 00:34:59,911
Speaker 8: But but mess and mess carried a different aura a

787
00:34:59,951 --> 00:35:04,832
Speaker 8: bottom too, just because he had the swag. Can you

788
00:35:04,872 --> 00:35:08,392
Speaker 8: imagine practicing with a Scully cap on, sometimes in no helmet,

789
00:35:09,752 --> 00:35:12,231
Speaker 8: like just a skull cap, like a Scully cap that's it,

790
00:35:12,752 --> 00:35:16,312
Speaker 8: like a beadie sometimes exactly.

791
00:35:16,312 --> 00:35:18,752
Speaker 4: Never I was wondering when they were gonna cut me

792
00:35:18,792 --> 00:35:19,751
Speaker 4: every day.

793
00:35:20,232 --> 00:35:23,031
Speaker 8: Of course, of course you're just like walking on eggshells,

794
00:35:23,031 --> 00:35:26,191
Speaker 8: like you know, it took so long to just feel comfortable,

795
00:35:26,192 --> 00:35:27,832
Speaker 8: to know that you had a place in the league.

796
00:35:28,312 --> 00:35:30,911
Speaker 8: But uh yeah, mess was a different caddies one on one.

797
00:35:30,951 --> 00:35:33,071
Speaker 8: One of the best ever man, one of the best athletes,

798
00:35:33,152 --> 00:35:34,832
Speaker 8: just a great, great man, great dude.

799
00:35:35,031 --> 00:35:37,672
Speaker 2: Swag obviously, I was about to say teammate now at ESPN.

800
00:35:37,752 --> 00:35:40,111
Speaker 1: Still doing good job obviously with Steve Levy, our friend

801
00:35:40,152 --> 00:35:42,872
Speaker 1: Swag and PK Suban. I'm surprised you. I've never asked

802
00:35:42,911 --> 00:35:44,951
Speaker 1: you this. Our great producer Tow brought this up. You

803
00:35:44,991 --> 00:35:46,872
Speaker 1: battle with the NHL over the right to wear the

804
00:35:46,951 --> 00:35:49,832
Speaker 1: double zero on your back. You eventually set out for

805
00:35:49,872 --> 00:35:51,832
Speaker 1: eighty because that was the closest you could get to it.

806
00:35:51,872 --> 00:35:53,951
Speaker 1: But I've never asked you where did that come from?

807
00:35:54,031 --> 00:35:55,232
Speaker 1: And how long did that battle go?

808
00:35:55,312 --> 00:35:55,832
Speaker 2: The NHL.

809
00:35:57,511 --> 00:36:00,312
Speaker 7: Okay uh So basically I wore double zero.

810
00:36:00,431 --> 00:36:02,832
Speaker 8: The majority of like my minor hockey coming up in

811
00:36:02,832 --> 00:36:04,832
Speaker 8: Toronto play for Toronto Reppingks. So I wore double zero.

812
00:36:04,951 --> 00:36:07,991
Speaker 8: A lot and true story. Mike Torkiya, who's older than me,

813
00:36:08,591 --> 00:36:11,152
Speaker 8: was an awesome goalie. He ended up playing for Dallas,

814
00:36:11,431 --> 00:36:13,712
Speaker 8: played for Kitchener, was unreal for Kitchener. Played in the

815
00:36:13,792 --> 00:36:17,231
Speaker 8: nineteen ninety World Cup for Kitchener against Eric Lindross and

816
00:36:17,551 --> 00:36:19,551
Speaker 8: the Oshawa Generals, which my dad and I went to

817
00:36:19,591 --> 00:36:22,352
Speaker 8: that game at Cops Coliseum at Hamilton. Oshawa won that

818
00:36:22,352 --> 00:36:25,951
Speaker 8: game in ot epic game. But Torch was an unreal

819
00:36:25,991 --> 00:36:28,711
Speaker 8: goalie as well, and he lived in our neighborhood when

820
00:36:28,712 --> 00:36:30,511
Speaker 8: we used to live downtown in Toronto, so I saw

821
00:36:30,591 --> 00:36:32,751
Speaker 8: him as being older than me. He rocked double zero.

822
00:36:32,832 --> 00:36:35,232
Speaker 8: I'm like, yo, this is fire. Of course, Robert Perish,

823
00:36:35,312 --> 00:36:38,872
Speaker 8: the chief for some of the Celtics iconic it was

824
00:36:38,951 --> 00:36:39,591
Speaker 8: kind of a thing.

825
00:36:40,152 --> 00:36:42,511
Speaker 7: So like, okay, this is this is going to be

826
00:36:42,511 --> 00:36:43,951
Speaker 7: my number. So I wore it. I wore it, I

827
00:36:43,991 --> 00:36:44,272
Speaker 7: wore it.

828
00:36:44,792 --> 00:36:47,192
Speaker 8: There's a couple odd years where you know, the people

829
00:36:47,192 --> 00:36:49,312
Speaker 8: that do the sweaters your jerseys, they messed them up

830
00:36:49,312 --> 00:36:51,431
Speaker 8: and I was like, thirty two for a year. Okay,

831
00:36:51,431 --> 00:36:54,071
Speaker 8: Magic Johnson wore that, so that's cool. I was then

832
00:36:54,232 --> 00:36:56,872
Speaker 8: like thirty for a year. Okay, that's kind of brute,

833
00:36:56,872 --> 00:36:59,751
Speaker 8: but whatever. Get back at double oh's. Wear double o's

834
00:36:59,752 --> 00:37:02,991
Speaker 8: in junior, wear double o's in the minors, in the

835
00:37:03,071 --> 00:37:04,872
Speaker 8: in the American League, and the ih else. I'm like,

836
00:37:04,911 --> 00:37:06,991
Speaker 8: this is my these are my digits. All of a sudden,

837
00:37:07,712 --> 00:37:10,872
Speaker 8: Marty Buran was the last one to wear double zero

838
00:37:11,152 --> 00:37:13,911
Speaker 8: when he got called up to the Buffalo Sabers. Marty

839
00:37:13,991 --> 00:37:16,151
Speaker 8: b I was the last one to wear it, and

840
00:37:16,551 --> 00:37:20,351
Speaker 8: Matt Taxing Mabi And next thing you know, I say

841
00:37:20,392 --> 00:37:22,552
Speaker 8: to the I say to a trainer, I'm like, well,

842
00:37:22,752 --> 00:37:24,312
Speaker 8: like what number you wear? I'm like double zero? Like no,

843
00:37:24,392 --> 00:37:26,392
Speaker 8: you can't wear that. What do you mean The league

844
00:37:26,392 --> 00:37:28,192
Speaker 8: said you can't wear that? Like what are you talking about?

845
00:37:28,672 --> 00:37:30,431
Speaker 8: Like the league said you can. So anyways, my then

846
00:37:30,511 --> 00:37:33,031
Speaker 8: agent at the time was kind of going through it.

847
00:37:33,111 --> 00:37:34,951
Speaker 8: He wasn't really a big agent at the time in

848
00:37:35,031 --> 00:37:37,951
Speaker 8: terms of his like stable of players that he had,

849
00:37:38,551 --> 00:37:40,431
Speaker 8: and there was no way I was going to win that.

850
00:37:40,591 --> 00:37:43,392
Speaker 8: So basically I had to kind of color tell me

851
00:37:43,431 --> 00:37:46,071
Speaker 8: tween my legs and I was like, okay, I'll wear

852
00:37:46,152 --> 00:37:49,512
Speaker 8: number eighty. It's the closest looking number to double zero.

853
00:37:50,031 --> 00:37:52,991
Speaker 8: There was an eighty in my parents' first address in Canada,

854
00:37:53,511 --> 00:37:56,031
Speaker 8: five eighty. So I took the eighty. Jerry Rice was

855
00:37:56,031 --> 00:37:58,752
Speaker 8: wearing eighty, and that's kind of where that came from.

856
00:37:58,911 --> 00:38:01,951
Speaker 8: That's kind of where that came from. Yeah, but I

857
00:38:02,031 --> 00:38:03,312
Speaker 8: got to tell you it's weird when you wear a

858
00:38:03,392 --> 00:38:05,831
Speaker 8: number that's not your number. Out don't care what anybody says. Yeah,

859
00:38:05,872 --> 00:38:06,832
Speaker 8: not a number that you love.

860
00:38:06,951 --> 00:38:07,511
Speaker 7: You know what I mean?

861
00:38:07,551 --> 00:38:09,671
Speaker 4: It doesn't feel right right, doesn't feel right.

862
00:38:09,672 --> 00:38:11,191
Speaker 7: I don't care what anybody starts. I don't like, just

863
00:38:11,232 --> 00:38:12,312
Speaker 7: be happy. I got a sweater.

864
00:38:12,392 --> 00:38:16,992
Speaker 8: I'm like, bro, this is the league what you're talking about.

865
00:38:17,111 --> 00:38:19,352
Speaker 8: You're playing pro. This isn't or you're playing at a

866
00:38:19,392 --> 00:38:21,192
Speaker 8: high level. This is one thing. If you're just playing

867
00:38:21,431 --> 00:38:24,832
Speaker 8: ball hockey with your buddies, like you want to feel

868
00:38:25,672 --> 00:38:27,991
Speaker 8: the part you want to feel who you are, that

869
00:38:28,152 --> 00:38:29,431
Speaker 8: becomes kind of a part of you.

870
00:38:29,951 --> 00:38:32,591
Speaker 7: And yes you could, Hey, I wear four. I changed

871
00:38:32,591 --> 00:38:35,232
Speaker 7: to forty four. I understand. You know you wear seven.

872
00:38:35,352 --> 00:38:37,511
Speaker 8: You go there, you go to boss exactly, Tom or

873
00:38:37,752 --> 00:38:40,952
Speaker 8: those are those this's my birthday too. You go to Boston, Okay,

874
00:38:41,031 --> 00:38:43,552
Speaker 8: Ray Borg wore that. Okay, Ray Borke, then fill us posito.

875
00:38:43,631 --> 00:38:46,271
Speaker 8: You understand the history of it. But aside from that,

876
00:38:46,392 --> 00:38:49,671
Speaker 8: like just to be just to be like salty to

877
00:38:49,752 --> 00:38:51,671
Speaker 8: somebody because they're a young player, and then you think

878
00:38:51,712 --> 00:38:53,591
Speaker 8: they think that they're special because they're wearing a number.

879
00:38:53,631 --> 00:38:55,352
Speaker 7: I think that that's kind of antiquated myself.

880
00:38:56,551 --> 00:39:00,711
Speaker 4: You know, you talk about coming in and coming in

881
00:39:00,752 --> 00:39:03,511
Speaker 4: the league. I work with you at the network. You

882
00:39:03,551 --> 00:39:05,392
Speaker 4: have a saying we do these little like gifts at

883
00:39:05,392 --> 00:39:08,071
Speaker 4: the network. So it's like during a game if if

884
00:39:08,071 --> 00:39:10,951
Speaker 4: somebody says something outlandish, a Mike Rupp face will come

885
00:39:11,031 --> 00:39:13,592
Speaker 4: up and I'll go, what the rop. But there's one

886
00:39:14,111 --> 00:39:17,392
Speaker 4: of weeks. See, anytime somebody scores, it goes walkaw all right,

887
00:39:17,392 --> 00:39:21,232
Speaker 4: it's his first game, goes welcome to the National. I

888
00:39:21,352 --> 00:39:24,752
Speaker 4: say that to ask you, what was your welcome to

889
00:39:24,792 --> 00:39:27,471
Speaker 4: the national moment? And what was there? Where was there

890
00:39:27,471 --> 00:39:30,191
Speaker 4: a moment where you step back and you're like, holy shit,

891
00:39:30,352 --> 00:39:32,792
Speaker 4: like no one's gonna believe this, but this is my

892
00:39:33,392 --> 00:39:35,031
Speaker 4: NHL moment in my own head.

893
00:39:35,792 --> 00:39:38,312
Speaker 8: Yeah, So there's a few, all right. So The first

894
00:39:38,352 --> 00:39:41,911
Speaker 8: one is my first NHL start in Ottawa. My last

895
00:39:41,951 --> 00:39:44,191
Speaker 8: year junior in the O before I turned pro, I

896
00:39:44,272 --> 00:39:45,752
Speaker 8: played for the sixty sevens.

897
00:39:46,071 --> 00:39:47,232
Speaker 7: We didn't make the playoffs.

898
00:39:47,312 --> 00:39:50,031
Speaker 8: My boy Jamie Langerbrunner, who then became my doubles teammate,

899
00:39:51,031 --> 00:39:54,592
Speaker 8: great dude, great player, assistant Jim of Boston the man

900
00:39:55,031 --> 00:39:57,872
Speaker 8: he left Minnesota went to Peterborough, which never happened, by

901
00:39:57,872 --> 00:39:59,832
Speaker 8: the way, to play for the Peterborough piece. So they

902
00:39:59,911 --> 00:40:01,951
Speaker 8: end up getting into the playoffs ahead of us. We've

903
00:40:01,991 --> 00:40:05,271
Speaker 8: got like five six of us on our sixty seven

904
00:40:05,352 --> 00:40:07,191
Speaker 8: seene that go on to play in the NHL, and

905
00:40:07,232 --> 00:40:09,112
Speaker 8: there should have been more like we had a bunch

906
00:40:09,111 --> 00:40:12,352
Speaker 8: of guys. Anyway, all that to say, we don't make

907
00:40:12,392 --> 00:40:14,151
Speaker 8: the playoffs. So now I'm kind of thinking, all right,

908
00:40:14,192 --> 00:40:17,431
Speaker 8: you know whatever, every practice you got to treat them

909
00:40:17,431 --> 00:40:20,152
Speaker 8: like a game, especially when you're a goalie for me anyway,

910
00:40:21,232 --> 00:40:22,911
Speaker 8: same thing in rookie camps and all these things. So

911
00:40:22,951 --> 00:40:25,591
Speaker 8: now we're playing. It's my first NHL started in Ottawa.

912
00:40:26,312 --> 00:40:28,351
Speaker 8: You know, my folks come down to drive the four

913
00:40:28,392 --> 00:40:30,671
Speaker 8: hours from Toronto down four one to get there. My

914
00:40:30,752 --> 00:40:34,431
Speaker 8: then agent whatever, different people, bro man, this is the

915
00:40:34,551 --> 00:40:36,111
Speaker 8: day before the game, they tell me.

916
00:40:36,111 --> 00:40:38,112
Speaker 7: I'm like, I'm deep breathing.

917
00:40:38,152 --> 00:40:40,071
Speaker 8: I'm doing like yoga retreats in my dress and in

918
00:40:40,111 --> 00:40:42,631
Speaker 8: my hotel room, just to try to get right, just

919
00:40:42,672 --> 00:40:45,591
Speaker 8: to try to center myself, because it's not like these

920
00:40:45,631 --> 00:40:46,431
Speaker 8: guys coming in now.

921
00:40:46,431 --> 00:40:48,352
Speaker 7: We're Oh, I played with you last year at the program.

922
00:40:48,352 --> 00:40:50,472
Speaker 7: What's up? I played with you last year University of Michigan.

923
00:40:50,471 --> 00:40:51,911
Speaker 7: What's that? And the league is young.

924
00:40:52,431 --> 00:40:54,831
Speaker 8: This is like all the guys you play, you grew

925
00:40:54,911 --> 00:40:56,711
Speaker 8: up hockey cards, the whole thing.

926
00:40:56,752 --> 00:40:59,472
Speaker 7: So it was a trippier transition, right, Yeah.

927
00:40:59,511 --> 00:41:03,031
Speaker 8: So we get in, we play, we tie the game

928
00:41:03,071 --> 00:41:05,752
Speaker 8: to to there's no o t there's no like shootout

929
00:41:05,832 --> 00:41:08,552
Speaker 8: or whatever. We tie the game to to. I'm second

930
00:41:08,551 --> 00:41:11,071
Speaker 8: star or whatever I was in the game. After the game,

931
00:41:11,071 --> 00:41:12,671
Speaker 8: I'm doing an interview in the hallway because I played

932
00:41:12,712 --> 00:41:14,672
Speaker 8: junior Ottawa. We're playing the sims and doing an interview

933
00:41:14,712 --> 00:41:17,711
Speaker 8: in the hallway, and I then coach Doug mclainey's horsing around,

934
00:41:17,792 --> 00:41:19,792
Speaker 8: but he sees me doing a live interview and he

935
00:41:21,551 --> 00:41:25,192
Speaker 8: hits like, ad NaN's headset off my head live interview,

936
00:41:25,232 --> 00:41:29,031
Speaker 8: bro live, Like we're doing a live interview. This is

937
00:41:29,431 --> 00:41:33,872
Speaker 8: mid nineties, like who does that? So that was kind

938
00:41:33,911 --> 00:41:37,112
Speaker 8: of like one of those. We then had one where

939
00:41:38,792 --> 00:41:40,872
Speaker 8: we're playing the Rangers down in Florida, down in old

940
00:41:40,911 --> 00:41:43,232
Speaker 8: Miami Arena, which was the boss. I loved that building.

941
00:41:43,272 --> 00:41:49,352
Speaker 8: We're playing there and warm up Richter Leech mess Gretz

942
00:41:49,832 --> 00:41:52,191
Speaker 8: this is who we're going against. So it's again it

943
00:41:52,232 --> 00:41:53,872
Speaker 8: was I don't know, maybe this was my third or

944
00:41:53,911 --> 00:41:57,272
Speaker 8: whatever start, so that was a thing. And anyways, we

945
00:41:57,352 --> 00:41:59,392
Speaker 8: end up losing this game for three. I get I

946
00:41:59,431 --> 00:42:01,272
Speaker 8: have thirty eight saves. I don't know if I'm a

947
00:42:01,312 --> 00:42:04,071
Speaker 8: game star in this game or not. After the game,

948
00:42:04,111 --> 00:42:06,151
Speaker 8: we I'm out right and we're working out outside the

949
00:42:06,232 --> 00:42:09,311
Speaker 8: our dressing room in Miami Arena. So I'm riding the bike.

950
00:42:09,352 --> 00:42:12,392
Speaker 8: Guys at work, who we're doing whatever. Wayne Gretzky walks by,

951
00:42:13,192 --> 00:42:16,551
Speaker 8: puts his hand on my shoulder. Good job out there today, kid,

952
00:42:16,792 --> 00:42:20,191
Speaker 8: And he kept walking. But he had four points. He

953
00:42:20,232 --> 00:42:22,352
Speaker 8: was in on all four goals.

954
00:42:22,551 --> 00:42:23,831
Speaker 7: They went four to three.

955
00:42:24,792 --> 00:42:26,752
Speaker 8: I'm thinking, I'm kind of nice. I'm like, oh, I

956
00:42:26,792 --> 00:42:30,471
Speaker 8: made thirty eight saves, kind of getting this thing. Gretz

957
00:42:30,631 --> 00:42:32,631
Speaker 8: just like checkmated me and he wasn't trying to be

958
00:42:32,832 --> 00:42:34,031
Speaker 8: like spicy.

959
00:42:33,591 --> 00:42:36,232
Speaker 4: Either right, this nice it is being nice.

960
00:42:36,272 --> 00:42:38,031
Speaker 8: But he's like, I'm being nice, but I had four

961
00:42:38,071 --> 00:42:40,792
Speaker 8: points though, so welcome to the league. Thanks for the

962
00:42:40,832 --> 00:42:42,991
Speaker 8: four point night, but you played well, see you later.

963
00:42:43,511 --> 00:42:45,632
Speaker 8: So I ended up telling him this story years ago.

964
00:42:46,872 --> 00:42:49,872
Speaker 8: I told him this story years ago at at doublegoat

965
00:42:49,911 --> 00:42:53,911
Speaker 8: him and Jordan at Jordan's Grove twenty three down there

966
00:42:53,911 --> 00:42:55,911
Speaker 8: in Jupiter's golf course. We're sitting at the table and

967
00:42:55,951 --> 00:42:58,512
Speaker 8: I told this story and Gretz was howling. You couldn't

968
00:42:58,511 --> 00:42:59,752
Speaker 8: believe it. He's like, did I say that to you?

969
00:42:59,792 --> 00:43:01,991
Speaker 8: Him like, yeah, you said that to me, So anyway,

970
00:43:02,031 --> 00:43:03,791
Speaker 8: that was kind of funny. And then the other thing

971
00:43:04,392 --> 00:43:05,872
Speaker 8: and and kind of going back to your walking to

972
00:43:05,951 --> 00:43:09,071
Speaker 8: the national guys, I could not win a game to

973
00:43:09,111 --> 00:43:11,511
Speaker 8: save my life, like I couldn't. I couldn't get a win.

974
00:43:12,471 --> 00:43:14,031
Speaker 8: I could not get a win. I was like, oh

975
00:43:14,111 --> 00:43:16,551
Speaker 8: and thirteen. And some of the games I played really

976
00:43:16,551 --> 00:43:19,031
Speaker 8: well in some of them I was inconsistent in and

977
00:43:19,071 --> 00:43:23,312
Speaker 8: I couldn't string I couldn't string the game together at

978
00:43:23,352 --> 00:43:26,392
Speaker 8: the NHL level because I'd become so dominant in the

979
00:43:26,431 --> 00:43:28,792
Speaker 8: IHL and whatever else in IHL goal the year, and

980
00:43:29,312 --> 00:43:31,792
Speaker 8: I was played number one minutes even coming out of

981
00:43:31,872 --> 00:43:32,752
Speaker 8: junior in the American.

982
00:43:32,511 --> 00:43:33,592
Speaker 7: League my first two years.

983
00:43:33,951 --> 00:43:36,712
Speaker 8: So once I kind of got it was hard to Okay,

984
00:43:36,752 --> 00:43:38,151
Speaker 8: do I make a save, I made the save, Do

985
00:43:38,192 --> 00:43:39,191
Speaker 8: I freeze it, do I move it?

986
00:43:39,232 --> 00:43:40,591
Speaker 7: All these different things.

987
00:43:40,631 --> 00:43:42,831
Speaker 8: At the league level, and I couldn't get a win,

988
00:43:43,232 --> 00:43:44,872
Speaker 8: and people were all over me.

989
00:43:44,991 --> 00:43:47,151
Speaker 7: This guy baach.

990
00:43:46,672 --> 00:43:50,672
Speaker 8: DH and ten bah one two and oh one and five,

991
00:43:51,672 --> 00:43:55,232
Speaker 8: and it was really hurtful, like, honestly, God, I couldn't.

992
00:43:55,591 --> 00:43:57,111
Speaker 8: And then you know, you had the people that are

993
00:43:57,152 --> 00:44:00,511
Speaker 8: then intentionally calling me Steve, Steve Weeves can't get it

994
00:44:00,551 --> 00:44:02,872
Speaker 8: when I'm like, well, you know Steve Weeks.

995
00:44:03,591 --> 00:44:04,792
Speaker 3: I know Steve Weeks.

996
00:44:05,272 --> 00:44:07,712
Speaker 8: His dad was a principal at Silver Springs Public School.

997
00:44:07,752 --> 00:44:10,351
Speaker 8: My cousins went there. Our names aren't spelled the same,

998
00:44:10,672 --> 00:44:12,951
Speaker 8: We're not on the same part of the color wheel. Yes,

999
00:44:12,991 --> 00:44:15,272
Speaker 8: he was a goalie, but we're different people. So I

1000
00:44:15,312 --> 00:44:17,511
Speaker 8: started to kind of take on, just like snowball life

1001
00:44:17,511 --> 00:44:21,272
Speaker 8: from its own and I was snowballing downhill Man and

1002
00:44:21,352 --> 00:44:23,392
Speaker 8: I was just trying to pull like any little what.

1003
00:44:23,511 --> 00:44:25,431
Speaker 8: I made a save on him, okay, but I made

1004
00:44:25,431 --> 00:44:27,431
Speaker 8: two saves on them, okay, but I couldn't.

1005
00:44:27,991 --> 00:44:28,951
Speaker 7: It wouldn't click for me.

1006
00:44:30,152 --> 00:44:32,591
Speaker 8: And that's a big part of why I emphatically want

1007
00:44:32,631 --> 00:44:35,951
Speaker 8: to shout people out with welcome to the National because

1008
00:44:35,951 --> 00:44:38,591
Speaker 8: it was a real hard transition for me, and I

1009
00:44:38,712 --> 00:44:40,431
Speaker 8: know the way I felt, and I know the way

1010
00:44:40,792 --> 00:44:43,792
Speaker 8: you know it was kind of being covered and being reported,

1011
00:44:43,832 --> 00:44:46,071
Speaker 8: and how hurtful it was and how frustrated it was.

1012
00:44:46,352 --> 00:44:48,711
Speaker 8: So I want for every young player that's out there,

1013
00:44:48,752 --> 00:44:51,672
Speaker 8: when their mom and dad's watching, their siblings are watching,

1014
00:44:52,071 --> 00:44:54,551
Speaker 8: they make the show, they get their first w they

1015
00:44:54,631 --> 00:44:57,592
Speaker 8: score their first goal, I want to highlight them because

1016
00:44:57,631 --> 00:45:00,592
Speaker 8: that's an iconic moment, you know, that's like you've landed

1017
00:45:00,591 --> 00:45:02,671
Speaker 8: on the moon type moment, and I want to play

1018
00:45:02,672 --> 00:45:05,231
Speaker 8: a little part in celebrating then when they get that.

1019
00:45:05,712 --> 00:45:09,472
Speaker 4: Randy Han does that too. He calls every he calls

1020
00:45:09,511 --> 00:45:12,752
Speaker 4: every first goal like it's the Stanley Cup final winning goals.

1021
00:45:12,752 --> 00:45:16,712
Speaker 4: So those that those family members have a memory of

1022
00:45:16,792 --> 00:45:18,792
Speaker 4: core memories, that's pretty cool. I love that.

1023
00:45:19,672 --> 00:45:21,312
Speaker 7: Thank you, Yeah, that's where that came from.

1024
00:45:21,752 --> 00:45:24,671
Speaker 5: I love that week see and thanks and and and

1025
00:45:24,752 --> 00:45:26,991
Speaker 5: Gretz just basically being like, you're welcome kid.

1026
00:45:27,631 --> 00:45:29,991
Speaker 7: Oh my gosh, it's so good. Check.

1027
00:45:30,792 --> 00:45:32,711
Speaker 5: Speaking of being back in the NHL, you know you

1028
00:45:32,792 --> 00:45:36,191
Speaker 5: played under you know Torts, John Tortorella. Uh, what do

1029
00:45:36,192 --> 00:45:37,911
Speaker 5: you make of him being back in Vegas and being

1030
00:45:37,951 --> 00:45:38,392
Speaker 5: hired there.

1031
00:45:39,752 --> 00:45:40,632
Speaker 7: Let me tell you something.

1032
00:45:41,031 --> 00:45:45,352
Speaker 4: Weeks and Tarts together. Weeks Towards had nine.

1033
00:45:45,591 --> 00:45:47,192
Speaker 7: Towards had ninety nine lives.

1034
00:45:47,232 --> 00:45:52,312
Speaker 8: Man not nine, he's got ninety, No kidding what but Towards.

1035
00:45:52,352 --> 00:45:54,392
Speaker 8: Let me tell you something. I played for Torts in

1036
00:45:54,431 --> 00:45:57,272
Speaker 8: the American League and Spangler Cup. I got loan to Rochester.

1037
00:45:57,352 --> 00:46:00,071
Speaker 8: Steve Shields got called up the Savers. I got loan

1038
00:46:00,111 --> 00:46:04,232
Speaker 8: that we go over playing Spangler Cup. Anyways, we uh

1039
00:46:04,511 --> 00:46:07,192
Speaker 8: as an American League team, we go play. I'm goalie

1040
00:46:07,192 --> 00:46:09,312
Speaker 8: of the tournament. I had one game, we had seventy

1041
00:46:09,352 --> 00:46:10,911
Speaker 8: I had seventy two saves in one game. I think

1042
00:46:10,951 --> 00:46:12,872
Speaker 8: we got out shot seventy six or twenty something. We

1043
00:46:12,911 --> 00:46:17,151
Speaker 8: win the game, and you know, it kind of went

1044
00:46:17,232 --> 00:46:19,352
Speaker 8: kind of viral in the days of pre going viral

1045
00:46:19,392 --> 00:46:21,032
Speaker 8: because it's you know, it's a lot of shots, seventy

1046
00:46:21,031 --> 00:46:24,071
Speaker 8: six shots or whatever it was, seventy five shots, and

1047
00:46:25,031 --> 00:46:27,232
Speaker 8: I'm thinking I'm going to get the next start. I

1048
00:46:27,232 --> 00:46:30,832
Speaker 8: don't get the next start, I'm like, what, but this

1049
00:46:30,951 --> 00:46:33,711
Speaker 8: is towards coaching, So so that was kind of my

1050
00:46:33,792 --> 00:46:35,312
Speaker 8: first kind of introduction to him.

1051
00:46:35,312 --> 00:46:36,832
Speaker 7: But then I played from.

1052
00:46:36,752 --> 00:46:39,392
Speaker 8: In Tampa and then he came in, and you know,

1053
00:46:39,431 --> 00:46:42,392
Speaker 8: he did a good job of kind of shaping that

1054
00:46:42,471 --> 00:46:45,312
Speaker 8: young roster. A lot of us were very young, Pavel Cabina,

1055
00:46:45,431 --> 00:46:49,151
Speaker 8: Brad Richards, Marty Saint Luis, Vinnie Le Cavalier. You know,

1056
00:46:49,192 --> 00:46:51,711
Speaker 8: I can vack claud prosh bowl like good players man,

1057
00:46:51,752 --> 00:46:53,672
Speaker 8: Like I can go down the league, down the level

1058
00:46:54,232 --> 00:46:55,511
Speaker 8: of how the players.

1059
00:46:55,192 --> 00:46:57,431
Speaker 7: That we had on that team, and he's like, no,

1060
00:46:57,511 --> 00:46:58,031
Speaker 7: we got to do.

1061
00:46:57,991 --> 00:47:00,071
Speaker 8: This, this, this, this, this has got to be this, this, this,

1062
00:47:00,071 --> 00:47:02,631
Speaker 8: this this, And although it was a little bit frustrating,

1063
00:47:02,752 --> 00:47:04,671
Speaker 8: and then they traded for Habey Bullen, which was really

1064
00:47:04,672 --> 00:47:07,111
Speaker 8: frustrated for me, but I really used it as an

1065
00:47:07,152 --> 00:47:10,311
Speaker 8: opportunity to be a sponge and learn and learn because

1066
00:47:10,352 --> 00:47:13,471
Speaker 8: Haby Bullen was the man. He go toe to toe

1067
00:47:13,951 --> 00:47:17,951
Speaker 8: with belfour, toe to toe with Patrick Watt, toto toe

1068
00:47:17,991 --> 00:47:18,432
Speaker 8: with Marty.

1069
00:47:18,511 --> 00:47:19,271
Speaker 7: He was that good.

1070
00:47:19,911 --> 00:47:22,111
Speaker 8: And I used that with that time with him and

1071
00:47:22,152 --> 00:47:24,472
Speaker 8: torts to really take my game to the next level.

1072
00:47:24,991 --> 00:47:27,471
Speaker 8: And uh yeah, very interesting, but I'm going to tell

1073
00:47:27,471 --> 00:47:30,671
Speaker 8: you a quick story about Torts too. So we're working

1074
00:47:30,672 --> 00:47:33,352
Speaker 8: on NHL Network and I remember, like it was yesterday,

1075
00:47:33,591 --> 00:47:38,112
Speaker 8: like Towarts, I played for you don't leave me hanging.

1076
00:47:38,911 --> 00:47:40,431
Speaker 8: So I come in one day, I'm like, I heard

1077
00:47:40,471 --> 00:47:41,392
Speaker 8: you're going to Columbus.

1078
00:47:41,392 --> 00:47:41,672
Speaker 3: Weeks.

1079
00:47:41,752 --> 00:47:43,992
Speaker 8: I don't know what you're talking about. You're off your RockA,

1080
00:47:44,111 --> 00:47:45,991
Speaker 8: I don't know what you're see you just come up

1081
00:47:45,991 --> 00:47:49,312
Speaker 8: with all this crazy. I'm like, Torts, I heard you're

1082
00:47:49,312 --> 00:47:51,712
Speaker 8: going to Columbus. I played for you. Don't mess around.

1083
00:47:52,272 --> 00:47:54,991
Speaker 8: He's like, a day and a half later, Towards has

1084
00:47:55,031 --> 00:47:58,272
Speaker 8: gone to Columbus, So then you can't do that. So

1085
00:47:58,312 --> 00:48:01,872
Speaker 8: then he's with us on ESPN, and I'm like, Torts,

1086
00:48:02,232 --> 00:48:04,831
Speaker 8: I'm gonna polish you up here like the best pair

1087
00:48:04,872 --> 00:48:06,911
Speaker 8: of Italian dress shoes ever.

1088
00:48:07,031 --> 00:48:09,511
Speaker 7: You're gonna be glistening. You're I'm gonna.

1089
00:48:09,272 --> 00:48:11,991
Speaker 8: Polish you up on TV. But you better not leave

1090
00:48:12,031 --> 00:48:15,151
Speaker 8: me hanging again. And fortunately when he got the when

1091
00:48:15,192 --> 00:48:17,712
Speaker 8: he got the Philly job, he gave me the scoop. Okay,

1092
00:48:17,792 --> 00:48:21,151
Speaker 8: so add that for your flyers and uh and yeah,

1093
00:48:21,152 --> 00:48:23,991
Speaker 8: so I think for him. Ultimately, listen, Bruce Cassidy did

1094
00:48:23,991 --> 00:48:26,872
Speaker 8: an amazing job there. Let's give Bruce all his flowers,

1095
00:48:27,071 --> 00:48:28,872
Speaker 8: you know, help them win a Stanley Cup. He really

1096
00:48:28,872 --> 00:48:31,591
Speaker 8: took the team to the next level. I think they

1097
00:48:31,712 --> 00:48:33,591
Speaker 8: I was just out there. I just told you, And

1098
00:48:33,712 --> 00:48:38,552
Speaker 8: I think for for them, they started looking heavy footed,

1099
00:48:38,951 --> 00:48:42,312
Speaker 8: they started looking slow, the boots weren't really there. Something

1100
00:48:42,431 --> 00:48:45,511
Speaker 8: was missing. And that doesn't all fall on Cassidy. To me,

1101
00:48:45,832 --> 00:48:47,832
Speaker 8: they messed up when they traded my boy Logan Thompson.

1102
00:48:47,872 --> 00:48:50,872
Speaker 8: I've said this a billion times. Oh yeah, but I

1103
00:48:50,911 --> 00:48:52,832
Speaker 8: think for Torres this is and for them, this is

1104
00:48:52,832 --> 00:48:55,352
Speaker 8: a good opportunity for a little what I want to say,

1105
00:48:55,352 --> 00:48:57,111
Speaker 8: some jumper cables on the boys.

1106
00:48:57,631 --> 00:49:00,631
Speaker 7: Just some jumper cables on the boys. Definitely has that's

1107
00:49:00,672 --> 00:49:02,392
Speaker 7: my thought. Yeah, I like it.

1108
00:49:02,832 --> 00:49:05,191
Speaker 5: He's a coach I never played I never played for.

1109
00:49:05,232 --> 00:49:06,111
Speaker 5: I would love to play for.

1110
00:49:06,832 --> 00:49:07,711
Speaker 7: Yeah. Yeah, he's real.

1111
00:49:07,792 --> 00:49:12,632
Speaker 8: He's real And sometimes, you know, sometimes, how can I say,

1112
00:49:12,951 --> 00:49:16,392
Speaker 8: Sometimes you get in in instances where you want somebody

1113
00:49:16,431 --> 00:49:18,191
Speaker 8: to put a little bit more honey on what they're

1114
00:49:18,192 --> 00:49:20,872
Speaker 8: telling you. Torto's gonna give it to you direct. But

1115
00:49:20,911 --> 00:49:23,191
Speaker 8: I've I've always had a really good relationship with him,

1116
00:49:23,551 --> 00:49:27,352
Speaker 8: and and he's always real he's always he's always direct,

1117
00:49:27,792 --> 00:49:29,471
Speaker 8: and I've always had a good relationship with him, so

1118
00:49:29,832 --> 00:49:30,511
Speaker 8: I'm happy for it.

1119
00:49:31,192 --> 00:49:31,592
Speaker 4: Awesome.

1120
00:49:32,352 --> 00:49:33,631
Speaker 2: One more and we'll get you out of here. Weeks

1121
00:49:33,752 --> 00:49:34,592
Speaker 2: you mentioned the Flyers.

1122
00:49:34,631 --> 00:49:36,471
Speaker 1: I gotta bring up the fact this Philly team right

1123
00:49:36,471 --> 00:49:38,352
Speaker 1: now is on a run and everyone thought they were

1124
00:49:38,471 --> 00:49:40,632
Speaker 1: dead eight tow and won their last eleven games.

1125
00:49:40,631 --> 00:49:43,311
Speaker 2: Scarborough's own Rick Tocket is doing a phenomenal job.

1126
00:49:44,111 --> 00:49:45,831
Speaker 1: Damn Bludar has been great all year, but week see,

1127
00:49:45,832 --> 00:49:48,752
Speaker 1: here's the revelation. Sam Yerson was unplayable bunch of the

1128
00:49:48,792 --> 00:49:51,272
Speaker 1: year hit at eight sixty save percentage before the break.

1129
00:49:51,431 --> 00:49:54,111
Speaker 1: Since then, he's been incredible. I cannot believe how good

1130
00:49:54,152 --> 00:49:55,792
Speaker 1: Sam Arrison has been coming out of the break. And

1131
00:49:55,792 --> 00:49:58,232
Speaker 1: now they've gotta pote one two. Obviously, I love connecting

1132
00:49:58,392 --> 00:50:00,671
Speaker 1: Ziegress has been great. This Flyers team just a hell

1133
00:50:00,712 --> 00:50:01,312
Speaker 1: of a run there on.

1134
00:50:02,872 --> 00:50:03,551
Speaker 7: I'm impressed.

1135
00:50:03,591 --> 00:50:03,751
Speaker 2: Man.

1136
00:50:03,832 --> 00:50:04,352
Speaker 7: It's funny.

1137
00:50:04,431 --> 00:50:07,431
Speaker 8: I've done I don't know seven six seven Flyer games

1138
00:50:07,431 --> 00:50:10,071
Speaker 8: this year, just driving down the turnpike almost as from

1139
00:50:10,071 --> 00:50:13,071
Speaker 8: the house here in Jersey, and I got to tell

1140
00:50:13,071 --> 00:50:17,432
Speaker 8: you every there's such an interesting team. You're watching the game,

1141
00:50:17,591 --> 00:50:21,951
Speaker 8: they're not dominating the game. Then they're down. Then all

1142
00:50:21,991 --> 00:50:24,111
Speaker 8: of a sudden, out of know where, there's a play,

1143
00:50:24,152 --> 00:50:26,151
Speaker 8: a little connecting player around the net. Bang, they're back

1144
00:50:26,152 --> 00:50:28,991
Speaker 8: in the game. And now on tippet's going once again,

1145
00:50:29,031 --> 00:50:29,832
Speaker 8: which I love.

1146
00:50:30,352 --> 00:50:33,392
Speaker 4: The forehead when you're announcing stuff. How'd that come to be?

1147
00:50:33,471 --> 00:50:35,632
Speaker 4: I love it? It's my favorite thing. On the highway,

1148
00:50:35,752 --> 00:50:37,712
Speaker 4: you put yourself locations.

1149
00:50:37,752 --> 00:50:39,791
Speaker 1: When he did in Barbados what I think he did

1150
00:50:39,832 --> 00:50:41,431
Speaker 1: on the side of the four oh one, I was quick.

1151
00:50:41,551 --> 00:50:42,792
Speaker 4: He had to fall over into.

1152
00:50:44,392 --> 00:50:47,392
Speaker 8: I did, Okay, So what happened was listen. You know,

1153
00:50:47,471 --> 00:50:49,511
Speaker 8: you guys know we've we've been around a long time.

1154
00:50:49,911 --> 00:50:52,031
Speaker 8: I've got a lot of respect for Dregs and and

1155
00:50:52,511 --> 00:50:55,631
Speaker 8: really the o G. Bob McKenzie, the originator, the Bob

1156
00:50:55,672 --> 00:50:59,872
Speaker 8: Father and Dregs, and then there's Chris Johnson and Freeze

1157
00:50:59,951 --> 00:51:01,872
Speaker 8: and all those different guys and pere Lebron. I don't

1158
00:51:01,872 --> 00:51:06,471
Speaker 8: want anybody to feel left outed, Frankie Saravali. There's a

1159
00:51:06,631 --> 00:51:08,991
Speaker 8: bunch of different people, and all of them work really

1160
00:51:08,991 --> 00:51:11,191
Speaker 8: hard at what they do at their craft. But one

1161
00:51:11,232 --> 00:51:13,232
Speaker 8: thing that I've always wanted to do, and JD you

1162
00:51:13,312 --> 00:51:16,232
Speaker 8: kind of talked about this earlier, is not be a

1163
00:51:16,272 --> 00:51:17,992
Speaker 8: one trick pony per se.

1164
00:51:18,111 --> 00:51:19,151
Speaker 7: I've always wanted.

1165
00:51:18,911 --> 00:51:21,231
Speaker 8: To try to learn different skills and add different things

1166
00:51:21,272 --> 00:51:22,872
Speaker 8: and be able to do different things, because you know,

1167
00:51:23,031 --> 00:51:26,031
Speaker 8: the media landscape is always changing. There's always something new,

1168
00:51:26,071 --> 00:51:29,872
Speaker 8: there's always someone new, there's always this, And for me,

1169
00:51:30,111 --> 00:51:32,752
Speaker 8: by being versatile, I feel like that provides like a

1170
00:51:32,752 --> 00:51:35,272
Speaker 8: different type of value. So there's no real thought, we

1171
00:51:35,352 --> 00:51:36,951
Speaker 8: need you on this show. Cool, you want me on

1172
00:51:36,991 --> 00:51:38,951
Speaker 8: that show. Cool, you want me over here, Cool, you

1173
00:51:38,951 --> 00:51:40,471
Speaker 8: want me between the benches, Fine, you want me in

1174
00:51:40,511 --> 00:51:42,791
Speaker 8: the booth, cool, you want me to hope whatever. And

1175
00:51:43,431 --> 00:51:46,792
Speaker 8: that was something where I was pretty intentional about it

1176
00:51:46,872 --> 00:51:51,191
Speaker 8: because I've played, we played, We've been in the game,

1177
00:51:51,352 --> 00:51:52,751
Speaker 8: and I know a lot of people in the game.

1178
00:51:53,232 --> 00:51:56,431
Speaker 8: So there aren't any other former players in any major

1179
00:51:56,471 --> 00:51:59,911
Speaker 8: sport that have become an insider, so to speak. So

1180
00:51:59,911 --> 00:52:02,431
Speaker 8: it's something that I kind of wanted to add and

1181
00:52:02,551 --> 00:52:05,191
Speaker 8: just based on relationships, and you guys know this, ninety

1182
00:52:05,272 --> 00:52:06,751
Speaker 8: nine percent of the stuff that we know we can't

1183
00:52:06,792 --> 00:52:10,871
Speaker 8: say anyway, just based on relationships, and you can't necessarily share,

1184
00:52:10,951 --> 00:52:14,111
Speaker 8: and you value your relationships more than you do being

1185
00:52:14,111 --> 00:52:15,431
Speaker 8: able to break news.

1186
00:52:15,792 --> 00:52:20,231
Speaker 7: But for example, like how that came to be. When

1187
00:52:20,272 --> 00:52:21,592
Speaker 7: I first started doing it.

1188
00:52:23,031 --> 00:52:25,232
Speaker 8: Anyway, my wife encouraged me should just go ahead and

1189
00:52:25,272 --> 00:52:27,752
Speaker 8: do it, and just what do you just you always

1190
00:52:27,911 --> 00:52:29,431
Speaker 8: have this in from your talking to people on the

1191
00:52:29,431 --> 00:52:31,352
Speaker 8: phone all day. Just just go ahead and start doing it.

1192
00:52:31,792 --> 00:52:33,551
Speaker 8: And I tried to be honest with you. I tried

1193
00:52:33,551 --> 00:52:37,711
Speaker 8: doing it through the networks, and they're kind of like, well,

1194
00:52:38,111 --> 00:52:41,672
Speaker 8: you're not so, and so you're not so, Like all right, okay, cool,

1195
00:52:42,031 --> 00:52:44,631
Speaker 8: So I can't break it, Okay, no problem. So that's

1196
00:52:44,672 --> 00:52:47,031
Speaker 8: why I start doing it on Twitter and on social

1197
00:52:47,511 --> 00:52:49,832
Speaker 8: And the first one I was trying to do the

1198
00:52:49,872 --> 00:52:51,631
Speaker 8: selfie and I kind of jack it up and then

1199
00:52:51,672 --> 00:52:53,911
Speaker 8: everybody's laughing and they're like, weeks, what are you doing?

1200
00:52:54,312 --> 00:52:56,951
Speaker 8: You don't even know how to use the phone?

1201
00:52:56,272 --> 00:52:57,232
Speaker 3: You are you?

1202
00:52:57,431 --> 00:53:00,191
Speaker 7: Are you on a flip phone? What are you doing?

1203
00:53:00,272 --> 00:53:00,431
Speaker 4: Bro?

1204
00:53:00,591 --> 00:53:01,591
Speaker 7: Are you on a Nokia?

1205
00:53:02,031 --> 00:53:02,111
Speaker 8: Like?

1206
00:53:02,152 --> 00:53:02,871
Speaker 7: What are you on?

1207
00:53:03,591 --> 00:53:05,551
Speaker 8: And then I started leaning into it more at my

1208
00:53:05,591 --> 00:53:07,751
Speaker 8: wife's kind of suggestion, I'm like, all right, I'm just

1209
00:53:07,752 --> 00:53:09,431
Speaker 8: gonna lean into this and own this. I know I

1210
00:53:09,431 --> 00:53:12,191
Speaker 8: look like a dork, and it started to become a thing.

1211
00:53:12,272 --> 00:53:14,111
Speaker 8: But the other part of it, too is where you

1212
00:53:14,152 --> 00:53:17,192
Speaker 8: ask like the locations. The best part of this, guys

1213
00:53:17,272 --> 00:53:19,951
Speaker 8: is you know, the stories don't wait for you to

1214
00:53:19,991 --> 00:53:23,951
Speaker 8: be convenient. You're just talking about like talk or whatever

1215
00:53:23,991 --> 00:53:26,911
Speaker 8: the case may be. It just doesn't wait for Tom

1216
00:53:27,152 --> 00:53:28,991
Speaker 8: or Adnan or JD.

1217
00:53:29,111 --> 00:53:29,711
Speaker 7: Just for you guys.

1218
00:53:29,792 --> 00:53:33,392
Speaker 8: When it's convenient, right, it just happens. So when it

1219
00:53:33,471 --> 00:53:35,471
Speaker 8: happens where you're at, you got to go ahead and

1220
00:53:36,111 --> 00:53:37,951
Speaker 8: report the news and give the people what they want.

1221
00:53:37,991 --> 00:53:39,112
Speaker 7: So that's kind of how it's started.

1222
00:53:39,752 --> 00:53:42,712
Speaker 1: Obviously, the multi talented he's been hosting the big Inside

1223
00:53:42,752 --> 00:53:45,312
Speaker 1: Out classic this week and the Capitals and the Rangers

1224
00:53:45,312 --> 00:53:48,231
Speaker 1: replaced on screen my characters from their classic films as

1225
00:53:48,272 --> 00:53:49,231
Speaker 1: animated as ever.

1226
00:53:49,551 --> 00:53:49,872
Speaker 3: Wicks.

1227
00:53:49,951 --> 00:53:51,712
Speaker 1: You can't think enough and obviously you're a great teammate

1228
00:53:51,792 --> 00:53:53,591
Speaker 1: on the air off there much loved to make the

1229
00:53:53,631 --> 00:53:55,471
Speaker 1: kids being a girl dad. You get it all done

1230
00:53:55,672 --> 00:53:57,392
Speaker 1: and you do a top shelf. So love me, man,

1231
00:53:57,392 --> 00:53:59,151
Speaker 1: Appreciate you, Oh love you, guys.

1232
00:53:59,232 --> 00:53:59,392
Speaker 3: Man.

1233
00:53:59,392 --> 00:54:01,111
Speaker 8: Thanks for having me on. We'll do it again. We'll

1234
00:54:01,111 --> 00:54:03,272
Speaker 8: do a longer one next time. This is just appe teaser.

1235
00:54:03,752 --> 00:54:06,552
Speaker 2: We'll do app teezer right Joed right now, co host

1236
00:54:06,551 --> 00:54:07,031
Speaker 2: of the show.

1237
00:54:07,111 --> 00:54:08,752
Speaker 7: I love it. Thanks for having me on.

1238
00:54:08,832 --> 00:54:18,431
Speaker 1: Boys, I did want to talk about a classic here

1239
00:54:18,431 --> 00:54:21,472
Speaker 1: on the Wayback Machine. Liar Liar introduced it to the boys.

1240
00:54:21,471 --> 00:54:22,872
Speaker 1: At what age is it good enough to watch Liar

1241
00:54:22,911 --> 00:54:24,272
Speaker 1: Liar with their children? We're like, well, I think this

1242
00:54:24,312 --> 00:54:27,191
Speaker 1: is right the age seventeen, fourteen, nine and seven nine

1243
00:54:27,272 --> 00:54:30,031
Speaker 1: year old's some sexually explicit scenes kind of fast word

1244
00:54:30,031 --> 00:54:31,711
Speaker 1: a little bit, but I gotta tell you this, Jim

1245
00:54:31,752 --> 00:54:34,471
Speaker 1: Carrey Nate in terms of Gopher Broke balls out comedy,

1246
00:54:34,712 --> 00:54:36,511
Speaker 1: you look back at his career now and obviously A's

1247
00:54:36,551 --> 00:54:39,232
Speaker 1: Fentura still rings true. People love the mask. Dumb and

1248
00:54:39,272 --> 00:54:41,671
Speaker 1: dumber we have mentioned earlier in the show, but I

1249
00:54:41,712 --> 00:54:45,312
Speaker 1: think Liar Liar pound for pound eighty five minutes courtroom comedy.

1250
00:54:45,511 --> 00:54:47,872
Speaker 1: It's about as high concept as it gets. Just one thought,

1251
00:54:47,951 --> 00:54:50,071
Speaker 1: just as guy can't lie for twenty four hours, and

1252
00:54:50,071 --> 00:54:52,832
Speaker 1: then he goes through every single physical gesticulation you can

1253
00:54:52,872 --> 00:54:54,591
Speaker 1: imagine height of comedy.

1254
00:54:54,712 --> 00:54:56,272
Speaker 2: The boardroom scene in particular.

1255
00:54:56,471 --> 00:54:58,352
Speaker 1: If somebody hasn't seen Liar Liar in a long time,

1256
00:54:58,431 --> 00:55:00,872
Speaker 1: just go look up the boardrooms even Liar Liary me

1257
00:55:00,911 --> 00:55:03,512
Speaker 1: and the boys on the floor as he insults every

1258
00:55:03,591 --> 00:55:06,991
Speaker 1: single person. He caps it with the tattoo excuse me,

1259
00:55:07,031 --> 00:55:08,751
Speaker 1: the two pey when he slams it on the wall

1260
00:55:08,872 --> 00:55:10,871
Speaker 1: like I haven't laughed at heart in a long time.

1261
00:55:11,111 --> 00:55:12,192
Speaker 2: Amen to liarler.

1262
00:55:12,951 --> 00:55:16,791
Speaker 4: I it's so good, and I mean there's so many

1263
00:55:16,872 --> 00:55:20,672
Speaker 4: lines in uh you know, the fishing what's the fishing

1264
00:55:20,712 --> 00:55:22,431
Speaker 4: line when he does it to the girl or when

1265
00:55:22,431 --> 00:55:23,272
Speaker 4: he's sitting there.

1266
00:55:23,511 --> 00:55:24,431
Speaker 2: The pen is.

1267
00:55:30,431 --> 00:55:33,711
Speaker 4: There's just so many Oh man, it's it's that that

1268
00:55:33,792 --> 00:55:36,551
Speaker 4: boardroom scene. I mean, the whole thing is is amazing.

1269
00:55:36,591 --> 00:55:40,751
Speaker 4: When he gets pulled over by the cops. Uh, when

1270
00:55:40,752 --> 00:55:44,231
Speaker 4: I'm speeding. All the parking tickets, there's the party does

1271
00:55:44,272 --> 00:55:49,272
Speaker 4: all the parking decads and everything. So yeah, he's I

1272
00:55:49,312 --> 00:55:52,832
Speaker 4: mean his height was, I mean, his peak was. I

1273
00:55:52,872 --> 00:55:55,192
Speaker 4: don't know if there's many peaks like kids in comedy.

1274
00:55:55,872 --> 00:55:58,671
Speaker 2: Great cast, by the way, everybody had lilar check it out.

1275
00:55:58,712 --> 00:55:59,752
Speaker 1: You haven't seen it in a while. All right, a

1276
00:55:59,752 --> 00:56:01,471
Speaker 1: couple more stories here to get them. We'll call the

1277
00:56:01,551 --> 00:56:05,352
Speaker 1: day Frondal finding his place in Chicago. More rookies making

1278
00:56:05,392 --> 00:56:07,511
Speaker 1: their NHL debut these last few weeks. One may have

1279
00:56:07,551 --> 00:56:10,551
Speaker 1: already made his imprint on the Blackhawks. Anton Frondell, the

1280
00:56:10,551 --> 00:56:13,351
Speaker 1: third overall pick last summer, joined the Blackhawks last week

1281
00:56:13,591 --> 00:56:15,951
Speaker 1: has five points of five games shown some chemistry with

1282
00:56:15,991 --> 00:56:19,392
Speaker 1: Connrabra Dart and sparks some hope among Blackhawks fans, especially

1283
00:56:19,392 --> 00:56:21,592
Speaker 1: if they can get a top draft pick this summer.

1284
00:56:21,672 --> 00:56:24,151
Speaker 1: Jad a little more love here. It's been Blackhawk down

1285
00:56:24,152 --> 00:56:27,191
Speaker 1: all season. Maybe some reason to have optimism.

1286
00:56:28,071 --> 00:56:30,711
Speaker 4: It has been. I listen, they this Frondell, they have

1287
00:56:30,792 --> 00:56:33,471
Speaker 4: high hopes for him. They're open to find a dynamic

1288
00:56:33,752 --> 00:56:39,231
Speaker 4: winger to go alongside of connorbra Dart, and hopefully they

1289
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Speaker 4: can find some chemistry and they can get another pick,

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00:56:42,631 --> 00:56:45,312
Speaker 4: bring in another high end talent and then just slowly

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00:56:45,352 --> 00:56:48,712
Speaker 4: build some veterans around them and really kind of build

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00:56:48,752 --> 00:56:51,152
Speaker 4: towards something. And they've taken some steps in the right direction.

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00:56:51,232 --> 00:56:53,711
Speaker 4: Blash has done a great job, and I think this

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00:56:53,752 --> 00:56:56,632
Speaker 4: team's responded well. Connor's rounded out his game. So Frondell

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Speaker 4: is a nice piece and a nice ad for them.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, they've been talking about they need someone to play

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Speaker 5: with Connibra Dart, and they've been talking about Frondelle. Come

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00:57:04,471 --> 00:57:07,431
Speaker 5: and the games that I've watched, he looked good. I

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00:57:07,431 --> 00:57:09,911
Speaker 5: mean even his first game makes a nice play to

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00:57:09,991 --> 00:57:12,072
Speaker 5: mckayb to get a you know, to get his first point.

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Speaker 5: And this is this is what the Chicago Blackhawks need

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Speaker 5: moving forward. They need these young guys to hit because

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00:57:19,792 --> 00:57:22,272
Speaker 5: you know, they can't be they can't be rebuilding forever.

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00:57:22,352 --> 00:57:23,992
Speaker 5: It's you know, it's time to take to take the

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00:57:24,032 --> 00:57:25,952
Speaker 5: next step. I think they're probably looking to be like

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00:57:26,472 --> 00:57:28,992
Speaker 5: you know, the likes of Montreal, Anaheim, these teams that

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00:57:29,072 --> 00:57:31,032
Speaker 5: have you know, taken the next step. Chicago's gonna have

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00:57:31,032 --> 00:57:32,432
Speaker 5: to do the same thing with these young guys.

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Speaker 2: Coming still is a great anthem, but the very lead

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00:57:34,752 --> 00:57:36,432
Speaker 2: you go to Chicago, man, that anthem.

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Speaker 4: Rocks all right.

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Speaker 1: Flowers the baby Faced Assassin Macklin celebrating multipoint game against

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00:57:40,992 --> 00:57:43,512
Speaker 1: the Blues Monday night. The Shark Star becomes the sixth

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00:57:43,552 --> 00:57:46,392
Speaker 1: teenager in an NHL history to collect one hundred points

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00:57:46,392 --> 00:57:50,592
Speaker 1: in a season, after Gretzky, Howard, Chuck Lemieux, Jimmy Carson,

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00:57:50,672 --> 00:57:54,152
Speaker 1: under the Radar, and Sidney Crosby. Another major milestone from Maxell,

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00:57:54,232 --> 00:57:56,592
Speaker 1: your boy JD. You can talk all things celebrating a

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00:57:56,672 --> 00:57:58,631
Speaker 1: teenager getting it done with the sentry mark.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, there's there's not enough we can say

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00:58:02,872 --> 00:58:04,952
Speaker 4: about this kid, and I think it's it's going to

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00:58:04,992 --> 00:58:06,432
Speaker 4: be one of those things where we're going to get

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00:58:06,432 --> 00:58:09,592
Speaker 4: like McDavid fatigue, where it's just there's just records being

1323
00:58:09,631 --> 00:58:12,032
Speaker 4: broken all the time and you're like, oh, yeah, I

1324
00:58:12,072 --> 00:58:15,191
Speaker 4: did something again. But they've found a ton of chemistry

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00:58:15,232 --> 00:58:17,912
Speaker 4: and this is kind of the line of the future

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00:58:17,992 --> 00:58:20,312
Speaker 4: for them, and that's what they're hoping with this, Chernisov,

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00:58:21,152 --> 00:58:23,831
Speaker 4: Smith and celebrity. This is the line that they want

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00:58:23,832 --> 00:58:27,671
Speaker 4: to put out there. And Macklin kind of struggled a

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00:58:27,672 --> 00:58:29,992
Speaker 4: little bit for three four games, and I think they

1330
00:58:30,032 --> 00:58:33,151
Speaker 4: needed Churnisov is hurt with that concussion, and he's kind

1331
00:58:33,152 --> 00:58:35,952
Speaker 4: of finding his game now. So they're they're very dominant together.

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00:58:36,032 --> 00:58:38,032
Speaker 4: They kind of find ways to play on the perimeter.

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00:58:39,472 --> 00:58:42,151
Speaker 4: But with you know, Will Smith is more of their

1334
00:58:42,232 --> 00:58:44,831
Speaker 4: perimeter guy, but then with Macklin and Chernisov, they can't

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Speaker 4: cut through and and and I mean, he's just he

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00:58:48,392 --> 00:58:50,232
Speaker 4: plays a two hundred foot game. He's so hard. He

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00:58:50,272 --> 00:58:53,191
Speaker 4: works so incredibly hard away from the puck. And I

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00:58:53,272 --> 00:58:56,712
Speaker 4: think if you're a young kid or you're a coach

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00:58:56,792 --> 00:58:59,032
Speaker 4: teaching a young kid, and they keep saying I want

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00:58:59,032 --> 00:59:01,231
Speaker 4: to be Macklin celebrity, it's like show everything he does

1341
00:59:01,272 --> 00:59:04,072
Speaker 4: away from the puck, because that kid will quickly be like, no,

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Speaker 4: I don't want to do that. I'm want to be

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00:59:06,072 --> 00:59:10,392
Speaker 4: Patrick Kane instead, because he goes he plays a hard game,

1344
00:59:10,552 --> 00:59:15,311
Speaker 4: Nate like hard game, and that's it's it's that's what's

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Speaker 4: the most respectable thing I have for him is that.

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Speaker 5: I love that you pointed that out, just because everyone

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00:59:23,232 --> 00:59:25,032
Speaker 5: talks about how good he is with the puck and

1348
00:59:25,032 --> 00:59:27,151
Speaker 5: how the plays he makes, and he is, he's unbelievable,

1349
00:59:27,192 --> 00:59:29,272
Speaker 5: but away from the puckets crazy. When you when you

1350
00:59:29,312 --> 00:59:32,072
Speaker 5: Iso cam him, when you got Iso cam adn like

1351
00:59:32,232 --> 00:59:35,112
Speaker 5: watch him, you know in the D zone. I mean

1352
00:59:35,432 --> 00:59:38,671
Speaker 5: I played, I played the center position, you know, for

1353
00:59:38,792 --> 00:59:41,432
Speaker 5: him to be the first guy back, first guy in,

1354
00:59:41,631 --> 00:59:44,312
Speaker 5: like he's all over the map and and I think

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00:59:44,752 --> 00:59:48,151
Speaker 5: that's just a testament to you know, he is. He's generational.

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Speaker 5: But it's not just his talent, it's his work ethic,

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00:59:50,352 --> 00:59:53,112
Speaker 5: the way he you know, handles himself on the ice.

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Speaker 5: I mean, if if if San Jose gets in, uh,

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00:59:56,152 --> 00:59:57,872
Speaker 5: he's got to be the m v P. I'm sure

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Speaker 5: JD agrees with me on that one. I Mean, it's

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01:00:00,472 --> 01:00:03,751
Speaker 5: it's pretty evident how important he is that Santos a team.

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Speaker 3: Right now, we'll.

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Speaker 4: See what happens. I want to give it away from Cooch,

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01:00:07,512 --> 01:00:12,191
Speaker 4: but I mean I love him. Cooch is my guy.

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Speaker 4: Do we have any more flowers we're given out?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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01:00:15,072 --> 01:00:16,792
Speaker 1: One more flower gonna give out and the we'll call today.

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Speaker 1: Alexander Vatchkin five goals in his last three games. He

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Speaker 1: wrapped up his twentieth thirty goal season. Mike Gartner ranks

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Speaker 1: second in hockey history in that category's seventeen.

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Speaker 2: But you give to some you don't really want to

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Speaker 2: talk over.

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Speaker 4: I'm guessing, Well, it's been three straight years. I've made

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01:00:32,432 --> 01:00:35,192
Speaker 4: a bet with Mike Rupp for a bottle of Camus

1375
01:00:35,192 --> 01:00:37,552
Speaker 4: that he wouldn't at a certain point in the season

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Speaker 4: he wouldn't get thirty goals, And every single fucking time

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01:00:40,192 --> 01:00:41,792
Speaker 4: I make the bet, and then he gets it with

1378
01:00:41,912 --> 01:00:44,872
Speaker 4: like eight games left and he probably won't have a goal.

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01:00:44,912 --> 01:00:49,952
Speaker 4: And I'm I am convinced he's watching and using that

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Speaker 4: as fuel every time.

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Speaker 2: You think you think he hears, but you would, Mike

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Speaker 2: rup And you know what.

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Speaker 3: Just.

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01:00:56,072 --> 01:00:59,112
Speaker 4: It's all about me. If you haven't noticed all about me.

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01:00:59,192 --> 01:01:01,072
Speaker 4: So goes so quick, Nick, because I have to give

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01:01:01,112 --> 01:01:02,472
Speaker 4: flowers to somebody before we're done.

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Speaker 5: So yeah, he's always in his fucking JD's paying for

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01:01:06,672 --> 01:01:08,072
Speaker 5: this bottle of Camis and that's it.

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01:01:08,152 --> 01:01:09,072
Speaker 3: That's all he's thinking.

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01:01:09,672 --> 01:01:12,512
Speaker 4: Him and Ruppers splitting it.

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Speaker 5: The only thing I had to add is I thought

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Speaker 5: it was amazing seeing his son right on the glass

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Speaker 5: after he scores thirty.

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Speaker 3: I thought that was I thought that was awesome. But

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Speaker 3: that was awesome.

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Speaker 4: Go ahead, JD, fucking go back to He's go back

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01:01:23,992 --> 01:01:27,352
Speaker 4: to Russia with your fucking what he's about two he's

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01:01:27,952 --> 01:01:30,671
Speaker 4: goal scoring titles, set up a pitch, cost me three

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Speaker 4: bottles of wine. Anyway, I'm gonna give flowers to real guy,

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01:01:35,312 --> 01:01:35,872
Speaker 4: real man.

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01:01:36,352 --> 01:01:36,432
Speaker 9: Uh.

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01:01:36,631 --> 01:01:43,472
Speaker 4: Victor Arvidson. Wow, the Boston Bruins. Uh, he has nine

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01:01:43,552 --> 01:01:48,912
Speaker 4: points in his last four games. He is somehow we

1404
01:01:49,072 --> 01:01:51,112
Speaker 4: could not piss a drop in Edmonton and he has

1405
01:01:51,152 --> 01:01:53,191
Speaker 4: really found his game here for Boston and they are

1406
01:01:53,992 --> 01:01:57,472
Speaker 4: cooking right now. So big shout out to him, big

1407
01:01:57,512 --> 01:01:59,752
Speaker 4: shout out to the Boston Bruins team. But Victor Arvidson

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01:01:59,832 --> 01:02:03,312
Speaker 4: man doing doing the damn thing, and people chase them

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01:02:03,312 --> 01:02:06,792
Speaker 4: out of Edmonton and you can play with the top guys,

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01:02:06,792 --> 01:02:09,352
Speaker 4: and he is playing some good hockey right now.

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Speaker 1: Once again thanks to Kevin Weeks, our special guests, thanks

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Speaker 1: to Nate, jd and Tal Episode seventy five in the books,

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