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I did a live show from 25 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 1: Vegas with Simon. Simon was too scared to go to Vegas. 26 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: I went to Vegas. I came back with COVID. So 27 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:43,839 Speaker 1: if I sound weird, that's why my voice sounds off. 28 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 1: That's why. But you know what, I'm a gamer. I 29 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 1: do the podcast anyways. Doesn't matter that it feels like 30 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 1: every time I swallow, I'm swallowing glass that has been 31 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 1: broken and stepped on and paulverized. I don't care. I'm 32 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: doing it anyways. On the next podcast, we're gonna do 33 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 1: a very big breakdown about the draft, the players drafted, 34 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 1: how it's impacting futures, how we want to think about 35 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:14,919 Speaker 1: teams in terms of division, um odds, conference odds, potential 36 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: win totals. We're gonna talk about my interaction with Chris 37 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 1: Long asking him about Joe O'Malley, which Simon wanted me 38 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 1: to do because that's his brother in law, so him 39 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: grew up together. Plus some other exciting interesting things that 40 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 1: happened to me that it was honestly four and fifty 41 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 1: thousand to one shot that this happened, and it happened 42 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 1: to me. Um, we'll talk about that in the next 43 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: episode because right now Simon might be ff my companion, 44 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: my compadre, professional better Simon Hunter. In a minute, we're 45 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 1: gonna bring on Leeboff, Michael Leeboff, one of your favorite people. 46 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:49,959 Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about the NHL playoffs, which started this week. 47 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 1: How are you, buddy, good buddy. Yeah, that's that's a 48 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 1: lot of a lot to impact. I'm excited to break 49 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: it all down in the future episode. But of course 50 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: we gotta get to Lord Stanley. All things stop Francille playoffs, 51 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: which arguably, I mean, we'll get into it. People say 52 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 1: it's the best playoffs. What do you think, chat is 53 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: that your favorite playoffs? I'm more of a Baseball is 54 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 1: my favorite, But what is NHL your favorite playoffs? Yeah, 55 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:15,800 Speaker 1: I mean, as much as NHL is my favorite anything, 56 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 1: I guess that's gonna be. Uh. What I love most 57 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: about the NHL. At the end of the day, my 58 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 1: favorite sports bar none, NFL, NBA. Everything else for me 59 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 1: is a much much distant third, fourth, fifth place, and 60 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 1: I have staying in person to watch. You're just in general, 61 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: like your general and so in general, so like the 62 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: NBA playoffs to me have been astounding, not the first 63 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 1: couple of games of the set of the semifinals, but 64 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 1: in the beginning. Look, I was at the net Celtics game, 65 00:03:56,320 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 1: on the floor for Tatum's game winning shot right in 66 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: front of us, and we you know, videoed, and it 67 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 1: was amazing. Um, these playoffs to me have been just wondrous. 68 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 1: But I will say and lie Boff sort of introduced 69 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 1: this to me, the the NHL playoffs are hard and 70 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 1: and the intensity in these games is so heightened and 71 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:24,839 Speaker 1: this it almost sounds like they have mics in different 72 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 1: places on the boards, right, Like the sound of the 73 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 1: checking is harder, the sound of the skates is sharper, 74 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 1: the sound of the puck against the board is sharper. 75 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 1: All those things feel like it rings true in the 76 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: NHL playoffs. Let's bring him in. Let's bring in Mike Lieboff, 77 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 1: who is the well probably he's the best hockey analyst 78 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:49,359 Speaker 1: in the world at this point, and he's been in 79 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:51,719 Speaker 1: the podcast before talking about his love of the Islanders. 80 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 1: Unfortunately they didn't make the playoffs. Pretty clear distinction between 81 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:00,159 Speaker 1: the haves and the have nots in the East this 82 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 1: year leadoff Islanders being sort of the best of the 83 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 1: worst and the havenots. I feel about these playoffs right now, 84 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 1: other than the fact the Islanders aren't it, Yeah, I'm 85 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 1: just dreading them basically on on every single level so far. 86 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 1: When I went to in my last night, I don't 87 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:23,600 Speaker 1: know if I scored one goal. Combined the two teams 88 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:25,920 Speaker 1: I've been on, they lost combined tent to one. So 89 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 1: we're up to a rip roaring start. But I would 90 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 1: take that um every day. Over at the NBA playffs, 91 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 1: I couldn't tell you what teams are still in there. 92 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: I think I can name five of the six team 93 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:39,679 Speaker 1: and NBA playoff teams this year just because they're always 94 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:41,719 Speaker 1: in it. I found out the Lakers are bad a 95 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: couple of days ago UM from our producer, so that yeah, 96 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 1: they just I don't I don't find them compelling at all. 97 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:52,839 Speaker 1: But the NHL, Yeah, sit back and even when my 98 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 1: team's not in it. You just get engrossed with it 99 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 1: and trying to get I mean, I've the Islanders have 100 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:00,080 Speaker 1: a couple of eternal rivals too, so that helps. And 101 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,159 Speaker 1: they're both in the playoffs, and the Rangers and may Believe, 102 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 1: so you know, I'm a huge Penguins and Lightning fan, 103 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 1: two teams that the Islanders played the playoffs last year, 104 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: which is hilarious. It's the the old enemy of your 105 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: enemy is your friend kind of thing. Was that sun 106 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:16,599 Speaker 1: Zoo who said that in his book War? Yeah? Um, 107 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:19,600 Speaker 1: and that definitely kind of sums up the NHL playoffs too, right, 108 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: It's basically sun Zoo's Art of War. Every spring it's roight, man, 109 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:28,599 Speaker 1: it's totally rough. I do think that this was a 110 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:34,040 Speaker 1: really interesting year in the NHL highest scoring season we've 111 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 1: had in decades. What do you think a counter for that? Uh? Yeah, 112 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:44,159 Speaker 1: it's high scoring season we've ever seen. And also in 113 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,719 Speaker 1: the salary cap era and also for the first time 114 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 1: in decades, favorites had their best season ever, which was 115 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:54,160 Speaker 1: not good for me either. So the league kind of 116 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:57,720 Speaker 1: had a paradigm shift. I think, like during the pandemic, 117 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 1: where the teams that knew they were going to be 118 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:02,719 Speaker 1: bad for the season's coming out of the pandemic, where 119 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 1: going full you know, Pittsburgh pirates, let's just try to 120 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:10,240 Speaker 1: lose doesn't really happen in the NHL, I don't think 121 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:14,239 Speaker 1: as much as in other sports normally. Um, there's usually 122 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 1: a pretty big, mushy middle. And this time, like you said, 123 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 1: it was has and have snots and and then the Islanders, 124 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 1: who kind of played a schedule at tune to like 125 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 1: an independent you don't have. Sometimes a college basketball a 126 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 1: team will be like, hey, we're jump into Division one. 127 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 1: Now we'll play in this division, but we can't qualify 128 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 1: for the postseason. Um. I think Bryant did it a 129 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 1: couple of years ago. Uh, the Islanders kind of played 130 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 1: that sort of schedule, like they stopped started the first 131 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 1: thirteen games on the road. Um, they had like four 132 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: games between games, and then they play it back to back. 133 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 1: Then they come home. Then they fled Arizona. Then they 134 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 1: got COVID really bad. The league didn't shut them down, 135 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 1: and then they shut down all the other teams that 136 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 1: had COVID. So then the Islanders played a jam packed 137 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 1: you know, second half, most compact schedule in NHL history. 138 00:07:58,320 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 1: So they were just playing in a different league. It 139 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 1: felt like too, because they're out of touch both the 140 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 1: haves and the have snots have not so that, uh, 141 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 1: that kind of summed up their season and they being 142 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: they were literally the only team at the Eastern Conference 143 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 1: in that that bushing middle. So it was just a 144 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: very strange season event nhil hockey, And mercifully it's over 145 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 1: and now we have to deal with the marathon, the 146 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 1: second marathon, which is the playoffs. Yeah, the scoring is 147 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 1: up in every sport, isn't that? Isn't that the key 148 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 1: to all these sports? Now, Basketball, the three exchange everything. 149 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 1: NFL they don't call the pen they don't call penalties 150 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: anymore on offense. So the NFL scoring more. Baseball is 151 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 1: the only one that's like, you know what, let's bring 152 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 1: in the unifiers and change the baseball so there's no scoring. 153 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 1: So I like you with hockey, like I didn't say it. 154 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 1: Where again, my favorite playoffs might be baseball. That's just 155 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: because I like the drama baseball, but hockey, to me, 156 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 1: only Premier League in my opinion, is the best, a 157 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 1: better sport to watch in person. Hockey in person, there's 158 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 1: something about the ice and these guys ice skating on weapons. Um, 159 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 1: it's just a really there's something really romantic about hockey 160 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 1: and playoff hockey itself. I mean, it's the best going 161 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: to a playoff game in person for hockey, and there's 162 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 1: nothing like it. So I'm heartbroken and for leave offter 163 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 1: about his team, But I have the first team I 164 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 1: have to talk about. Chat has gotta be the Ice Cats, 165 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:19,719 Speaker 1: the Florida Panthers. This team hundred twenty two points. I 166 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 1: guess no one really cares about them outside of Florida, 167 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 1: but I care as a hockey fan because they always choke. 168 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:28,440 Speaker 1: This is my favorite thing about sports is it doesn't matter. 169 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 1: These teams have no connection to that previous team that 170 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 1: went to Stanley Cup finals for the Florida Panthers, But 171 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 1: some reason, all their fans are like, we're gonna lose 172 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 1: around one. We're gonna choke to the Capitols, gonna get 173 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:42,319 Speaker 1: a worst matchup of of a Vetchkan team. Leave Off 174 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 1: how you how you viewing this series? Are we taking 175 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 1: the dog in this series or is it the Panthers 176 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 1: time to shine? Yeah? I think from a betting perspective, Washington, 177 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 1: it's a team to go with right, like getting three 178 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:55,840 Speaker 1: to one on on a team that is really clinical 179 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 1: in uh In in front of their the opposing netlik 180 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:02,960 Speaker 1: with ovechkin In and their playmakers t j Osh Nicholas 181 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: backs from these are all guys chat Chat knows all 182 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 1: all too well, right, But they're they're kind of built 183 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 1: to CounterPunch and that's what they'll need to do against 184 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 1: the Panthers, who just owned the puck whenever they're out there. 185 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 1: And I actually think it's funny that the perception of 186 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:21,200 Speaker 1: the Panthers is is really interesting because, like you said, 187 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:23,200 Speaker 1: they're the butt of a lot of jokes in the 188 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:25,840 Speaker 1: in the NHL, especially from fans in big markets like 189 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 1: Toronto Montreal. The Snowbirds always love to go to those 190 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:32,680 Speaker 1: games in the winter, like their they vacation down there, 191 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 1: rich Canadian people and and they show up like you'll 192 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 1: get Canucks Panthers game in February and be packed with 193 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 1: Canucks fans from I don't know, eight thousand miles away 194 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 1: that is. But this season, this team is just they've 195 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:47,599 Speaker 1: been the best neutral UH team to watch from a 196 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 1: neutral standpoint. They play, they they're overs, especially at home. 197 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 1: We're incredibly profitable. They just were scoring at will. It 198 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:57,560 Speaker 1: seemed like they've come back from like five one down 199 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 1: and a couple of different games, and so they are 200 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:03,200 Speaker 1: incredibly easy on the eye. And they have the game 201 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:06,199 Speaker 1: tonight against the Capitals. Game one should the atmosphere should 202 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:08,319 Speaker 1: be awesome because you know, kind of like the Islanders, 203 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:11,240 Speaker 1: it's a small fan base down there, but they love 204 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 1: their Panthers, the ones that show up. Can you imagine 205 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:15,560 Speaker 1: being a hockey fan that grew up in you know, 206 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 1: the suburbs of Miami, Like you're you're probably the only 207 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 1: one of you in your neighborhood. So when you get 208 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:22,440 Speaker 1: to go to the game and you see someone else 209 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:25,080 Speaker 1: who cares about this team for some reason that plays 210 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 1: in the National Hockey League and has for you know, 211 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:30,280 Speaker 1: almost thirty years, now, you know that's your that's your 212 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 1: your family member, basically, that's uh, you know, a member 213 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:36,079 Speaker 1: of your tribe. And we'll see some rats on the ice, 214 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:37,560 Speaker 1: which is always fun. I don't know if you guys 215 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 1: know that tradition with the Panthers from from Scott Mellan 216 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:44,480 Speaker 1: by a rat during their playoff runing their first year 217 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 1: ever they went to the Stanley Cup finals. First or 218 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:48,880 Speaker 1: second year in ninety six they lost the Avalanche and 219 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:52,439 Speaker 1: um right during the middle part of that season or 220 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 1: beginning of that season, a rat ran across the locker 221 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:57,440 Speaker 1: room in the old I think it's called like the 222 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 1: Miami Ice Garden or something, and Scott mellan be on 223 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:02,840 Speaker 1: that team, killed the rat. And from that point on, 224 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:05,040 Speaker 1: whenever the Panthers have a big wind, or you know, 225 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 1: someone scores a hat trick, or just like before a 226 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 1: big game, you'll just see a bunch of plastic rats 227 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 1: get thrown on the ice, which is, you know, something 228 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 1: I've always loved. I would love to take someone from 229 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:15,719 Speaker 1: like when I was areas and be like, hey, come 230 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 1: to this Panthers game with me and see if they can, 231 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:20,679 Speaker 1: you know, try to explain to them why are there, 232 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:23,839 Speaker 1: why are these people throwing rats? Because it's just such 233 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 1: a strange, strange tradition. I had an uber driver in 234 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:30,839 Speaker 1: Vegas the night the morning I was leaving what is 235 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:33,720 Speaker 1: now known as the trip wor Chad got COVID and 236 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:36,599 Speaker 1: UM and yet is gamely moving through his day and 237 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 1: his meetings and participating as a professional, and he ran through. 238 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 1: He had emigrated to the United States, I think from Cuba, 239 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:51,120 Speaker 1: and spent the majority of his life in Florida and 240 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 1: then moved to Vegas for a job. The job didn't 241 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 1: work out, he was still living in Vegas. We ran 242 00:12:56,760 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 1: through the Ready Creek UH community and how the laws 243 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 1: dictate what Disney Cannon cannot do and the billion dollars 244 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:09,839 Speaker 1: in debt relief they are due and who's going to 245 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 1: pay for that? In Orange and Osciola County to my 246 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 1: home where I live now, West Hartford, Connecticut. Because he 247 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 1: asked me where I was going and I said Connecticut. 248 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:21,560 Speaker 1: He goes Hertford, I go West Hartford. He goes, oh yeah, 249 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 1: my daughter went to school there. And then um through 250 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:28,440 Speaker 1: we passed the Golden Knights arena and we talked. Then 251 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 1: we were talking about the Golden Knights. He loves going 252 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 1: to the Golden Knights. He and and how um but 253 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:36,000 Speaker 1: he really loves going to Panther games and that's his team. 254 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:39,520 Speaker 1: And what a great year they had. This guy knew everything. 255 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:42,560 Speaker 1: He was like the Cliff clevelnd of Uber Drivers. He 256 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 1: was a true renaissance man. I hope the Cliff alma 257 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:53,760 Speaker 1: mater of my my college. That's right, Bridge Court, Connecticut 258 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 1: native Cliff Cleven that's right, that's right. It all comes 259 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:02,440 Speaker 1: back to to leave off. Um, the point is the 260 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 1: Florida Panthers best team in hockey. Uh, they are not 261 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 1: favored to win the Stanley Cup title. That would be 262 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:13,240 Speaker 1: the Colorado Avalanche, who you just mentioned as having beaten 263 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:16,439 Speaker 1: them in their only Stanley Cup final appearance. What's the 264 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 1: delio there, leaf, Yeah, the Panthers are their team that 265 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 1: tries to outscore you, which that game sometimes doesn't translate 266 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: all that well in the NHL playoffs, which, like you 267 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 1: kind of mentioned before, it's it's tighter checking, it's harder, 268 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:33,520 Speaker 1: the space on the ice gets gets eaten up. Refs 269 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 1: tend to swallow their whistle a little bit more. Meanwhile, 270 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 1: the the Avalanche, I think they finished what three points 271 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 1: adrift of Florida this regular season, and they were dealing 272 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 1: with injuries to key players all season. So it's a 273 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 1: this team, if they were fully healthy, was probably they 274 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 1: probably lost like thirteen and fourteen points just through through 275 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 1: injuries and stuff like that. So they're clearly the best team, 276 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 1: uh in the NHL. But like you know, Simon was 277 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:02,680 Speaker 1: saying before, there are some kodus around around the playoffs 278 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 1: time and the Avalanches is that they can't get past 279 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: the second round. And like you said, this version of 280 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:09,680 Speaker 1: the Avalanche has nothing to do with the versions that 281 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 1: have had trouble advancing in the year's past. Um, but 282 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 1: they will have a tough second round matchup against the 283 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:19,160 Speaker 1: Blues or the Wild. So it's just like when you 284 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 1: get to that like final eight in the in the NHL, 285 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 1: it's but the margin between the teams is just so fine, 286 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 1: whereas I think in other sports, like you know, the 287 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 1: NBA and don't like if the Hawks are playing the 288 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 1: Lakers or wherever else is good, um, I think that 289 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 1: the gap is just so much wider. And you're talking 290 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 1: about it a sport that has um. You know, scoring 291 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:40,640 Speaker 1: events are are there's a lot of scoring events in 292 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 1: the in the NBA, whereas in the NHL or soccer 293 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 1: there's not. So if you don't convert those opportunities and 294 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:49,560 Speaker 1: the other team does, you're gonna lose and no matter 295 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 1: how well you played. So there's just like the margin 296 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 1: for error in in hockey, especially when you're playing another 297 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 1: good team in the best of seven, is just so thin. 298 00:15:56,760 --> 00:16:00,480 Speaker 1: So that's why you know, I hate betting favorites. Uh. 299 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:02,640 Speaker 1: In terms of especially in terms of futures. And I 300 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 1: wouldn't really be surprised if if Colorado has trouble next 301 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 1: round with with either St. Louis or or Minnesota. Listen 302 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 1: that that Ray Bork is a pretty great defenseman. I 303 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:16,240 Speaker 1: feel like with him on their side, they got a 304 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 1: pretty good shot. Right. Well, that was that was the 305 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 1: ESPN s Hey that were you at? You probably at 306 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 1: ESPN when when Ray Bourk went to the Avalanche to 307 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:27,880 Speaker 1: win that Cup. Totally remember him getting from the Bruins 308 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 1: to to go get that cup and what a thrill 309 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 1: it was for everybody in sports. They retired his number 310 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 1: in Colorado, I think despite just playing that part of 311 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 1: one season there and winning the Stanley Cup. So yeah, 312 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: good for Ray, I guess. But um yeah, that that 313 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 1: that Gary Thorne calls is iconic. So when the NHL 314 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:51,960 Speaker 1: went back to ESPN for for the season and ESPN 315 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 1: Plus and all that, you heard it in like all 316 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 1: the season opening montage just was was Gary Thorne saying 317 00:16:57,080 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 1: Raymond Burke uh and it's uh, we didn't get the 318 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:04,439 Speaker 1: We didn't get the full on nostalgia effect from ESPN 319 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:06,280 Speaker 1: going back to them, Like they didn't really they played 320 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:08,199 Speaker 1: into it, but not that much. And also I have 321 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:12,959 Speaker 1: a question, Um, I don't understand this phenomenon with sports 322 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:16,120 Speaker 1: now that these broadcast booths are being filled with people 323 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:18,639 Speaker 1: who aren't played by play people like the NHL that 324 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 1: has John buch Gross calling playoff games. He's not very 325 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:23,480 Speaker 1: he's not doing a very good job, like yeah, and 326 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:25,359 Speaker 1: he didn't do a good job in the regular season 327 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:26,840 Speaker 1: because he's not how a play by play guy, right? 328 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:29,520 Speaker 1: Why not just use a play by play guy to 329 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:31,439 Speaker 1: do that? Because at the whole point you show up 330 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:33,200 Speaker 1: to watch these games, you're trying to watch the game. 331 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:35,000 Speaker 1: I don't care who's calling the game as long as 332 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 1: they they're doing their job. I'm not gonna tune in because, 333 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:40,360 Speaker 1: oh John bucchi Gross is calling this game. He's he's 334 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 1: a young whipper snapper, Like I want to watch the 335 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 1: hockey game and have it told to me by professional. 336 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:46,960 Speaker 1: I don't care if it's like the minor league guy 337 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 1: from Rockford, Illinois who's calling like the HL games there. Um, 338 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:53,159 Speaker 1: And I think that these networks have this this preconceived 339 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 1: notion about fans that like they're gonna think it's really 340 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 1: cool that we have Katie Nolan calling an MLB Baseball 341 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 1: game when you know she's not a play by play person, 342 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 1: so it's it's it's not gonna work out. Here's what 343 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:08,359 Speaker 1: you need to understand about television executives. This goes for 344 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:13,920 Speaker 1: studio shows. This goes for broadcast booths. They believe that 345 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:17,840 Speaker 1: whoever is hosting the show, whoever is the analyst for 346 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:20,920 Speaker 1: the show, whoever is in the play by play booth, 347 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:24,680 Speaker 1: that's the most important thing in the world, because that's 348 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 1: what they're working on. They don't get that the only 349 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:32,679 Speaker 1: people who care about studio shows are them and the 350 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:36,359 Speaker 1: league's they're servicing. The only people who care about what's 351 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:39,919 Speaker 1: happening pregame in the NFL, pregame in NBA are the 352 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 1: league executives who have to be responsible for the relationship 353 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:47,399 Speaker 1: with their broadcast partners, and the television executive themselves. No 354 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 1: one else gives a fuck. I think for the play 355 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:53,119 Speaker 1: I play, I think that matters a little bit more 356 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:57,440 Speaker 1: Like you'll see Trey Aikman and Joe Buck them being 357 00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:02,160 Speaker 1: in the booth likely gives ESPN a better broadcast schedule, right. 358 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:05,040 Speaker 1: It brings more gravitas to Monday night football. You get 359 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 1: a better broadcast schedule, then all of a sudden you 360 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:10,840 Speaker 1: can make more on the commercials on that job. Right, 361 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 1: Like the sponsorship levels, the dollars go up incrementally. I'm 362 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 1: gonna pay for the hundred and four million dollars they're 363 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 1: paying for Joe Buck and Troy Hickman by a virtue 364 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 1: of getting a better schedule and then getting higher sponsorship dollars. 365 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 1: That's when it matters. But like mostly Moon gives a 366 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 1: fun yeah. And the people who do actually are the 367 00:19:30,359 --> 00:19:32,680 Speaker 1: ones that are just watching the game, right, And they're 368 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 1: not gonna say, oh, this is an incredible play by 369 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 1: play performance. They're gonna say, uh, this one sucks. It's there, 370 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:40,280 Speaker 1: there no one. 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Or visit 410 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:51,200 Speaker 1: one Gambler dot net in West Virginia. Chad running get 411 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:53,919 Speaker 1: cursed out. We're not talking about Canada. People think I 412 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 1: hate Canada. On this show we talked about NFL. There. 413 00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:58,960 Speaker 1: We don't talk about Canada. People will say, you guys, 414 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:02,479 Speaker 1: never talking about Canada. Nothing against Canada. Love that Vladim 415 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 1: Greyer Jr. He's the man. Okay, I might hate the Raptors, 416 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 1: And now I'm thinking I really do hate the Raptors. 417 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 1: They've affected my life. That was a Philadelphia fan leave off. 418 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 1: Who am I betting on from Canada? Am I taking 419 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:16,879 Speaker 1: Toronto or the Oilers? For real? Like I want to 420 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:18,879 Speaker 1: get serious about that for a second. But we do 421 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:21,840 Speaker 1: have to preface for people who don't know. John Taveri 422 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 1: is one of the greatest Islanders ever famously famously turned 423 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 1: his back on on the New York Islanders and went 424 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:33,639 Speaker 1: to Toronto. In the entire time I have known Mike Leeboff, 425 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:37,840 Speaker 1: his animosity for Taveras and the Maple Leafs has only grown. 426 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:42,400 Speaker 1: The hatred he feels cannot be contained in a single podcast, 427 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:45,639 Speaker 1: so I really do have to ask him, Like, the 428 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:47,879 Speaker 1: Leafs are ten to one right now to win the 429 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:51,200 Speaker 1: Stanley Cup. That is, those are pretty short odds, probably 430 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:55,960 Speaker 1: fourth lowest right now. After you know, you got the Panthers, 431 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:58,919 Speaker 1: you got the Avs, I forgot who was next, and 432 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:02,119 Speaker 1: then you got the the Maple Leaves. How are you 433 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:06,080 Speaker 1: managing this? Not well? Not well at all? Like they 434 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 1: won last night. They looked good. Um they're a good team. Um. 435 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:13,840 Speaker 1: Our producer of this podcast Matt Mitchell knows, like you know, 436 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 1: every night I just kind of will text him and 437 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 1: a couple of people in this group chat that are 438 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:21,240 Speaker 1: hockey fans, one of whom is from Montreal doesn't like 439 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 1: the Leaves either. Um, and I just fret about. I mean, 440 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:27,240 Speaker 1: it's starting in god damn like maybe like December. I'm like, 441 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:28,760 Speaker 1: this is the year that they're going to win the Cup. 442 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 1: And um, I always tell people from Toronto that are 443 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:34,440 Speaker 1: Maple Leafs fans that I really wouldn't care if the 444 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:37,120 Speaker 1: Maple Leafs win Stanley Cup, they go on a run 445 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:39,360 Speaker 1: like went four or five in a row as long 446 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:41,760 Speaker 1: as he's not there, right, because that just validates his 447 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:44,680 Speaker 1: his decision, especially because the Islanders have had so much 448 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:48,040 Speaker 1: success without him, which people did not think was coming. 449 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:51,320 Speaker 1: And Uh, your your boys over at dead spin, On 450 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:54,880 Speaker 1: famously wrote an article previewing the season right after he left, 451 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:58,240 Speaker 1: was like ranking the thirty one NHL teams from best 452 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 1: to Islanders. And then that year Barry Shots came in 453 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:03,359 Speaker 1: and the Islanders went to a great uh on a 454 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:06,920 Speaker 1: great run it against the odds, and they've been stable 455 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:10,639 Speaker 1: since then this this year notwithstanding. So it's been validating 456 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:13,119 Speaker 1: from that point to know that, like we didn't really 457 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:17,480 Speaker 1: need him, um, and now that he is on this team, 458 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:19,520 Speaker 1: which you know, he's not the focal point of this team. 459 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 1: They have incredible players like Austin Matthews are gonna win 460 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 1: the m v P. Mitch Marner's incredible, they have a 461 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:29,400 Speaker 1: deep defense. Now. UM, so it's it's a little frightening, 462 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 1: but he's he's a bit part player. But I don't 463 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,480 Speaker 1: take any solace in that, like if he's if he 464 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:37,679 Speaker 1: wins as the captain of the leaves, um, that that 465 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 1: will be a nightmare for me. And uh, I'm dreading 466 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:45,240 Speaker 1: it big time. So yeah, but I'm like, they're good. 467 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:47,840 Speaker 1: I think honestly, ten to one is probably right about 468 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 1: fair for their for their odds, especially since they one 469 00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:54,119 Speaker 1: game one. But but to move on from that, and 470 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:57,400 Speaker 1: I'm trying to my to do my best in general 471 00:24:57,440 --> 00:25:00,679 Speaker 1: to move on from that. Um to answer I'm his question, 472 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:03,240 Speaker 1: I think the Oilers still are are worth a shot. 473 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:06,359 Speaker 1: Like they lost last night, uh to the to the 474 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 1: Kings in game one, but they've been a really good team. 475 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:12,639 Speaker 1: And on our hockey betting podcast, Line Change, which you 476 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:16,240 Speaker 1: can listen to every Monday Wednesday, and Friday morning during 477 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:19,520 Speaker 1: this part of the playoffs, my co host known as 478 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:21,679 Speaker 1: so many Sports, has been banging the drum on the 479 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:25,560 Speaker 1: Oilers for a long time, and they made a coaching change. 480 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:28,640 Speaker 1: They've they've had a really good new manager bounce Uh 481 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:31,159 Speaker 1: and their their results are not a fluke right like, 482 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:34,360 Speaker 1: their defense is improved and they're getting good goaltending, which 483 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:37,280 Speaker 1: is what they usually don't get and why they flame out. 484 00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:41,080 Speaker 1: Like Simon was mentioning before with with other teams having 485 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:43,960 Speaker 1: trouble getting the monkey off their back in terms of 486 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 1: playoff performances, like the Least are definitely one of them. 487 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 1: They have an advanced past the first round since two 488 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:50,399 Speaker 1: thousand and four and the Oilers with Connor McDavid have 489 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 1: done it once in his career um and they were 490 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:55,040 Speaker 1: slept in the first round last year. Is a big favorite. 491 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:58,240 Speaker 1: So the problem has been the goaltending and forty year 492 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:01,639 Speaker 1: old Mike Smith has been really good this season. And 493 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:04,040 Speaker 1: he I mean, I know you you probably won't know 494 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:07,160 Speaker 1: who he is, but he's just he's a journeyman goalie 495 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 1: who for some reason the Oilers keep going back to 496 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:14,800 Speaker 1: despite his inconsistent season. He's he's an absolute maniac, but 497 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:18,359 Speaker 1: he's he's been good in in in his age forty season. 498 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 1: And then last night, you know, finally gets everybody on board, 499 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:22,800 Speaker 1: saying like this guy is gonna do it, Like he 500 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 1: looks like he's informed going into the playoffs for the 501 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 1: first time and god knows how long, and he laid 502 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:31,320 Speaker 1: a dot in game one, which was horrifying. Uh, because 503 00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 1: I bet the oiler. I was betting the oilers with 504 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 1: my buddy, so money, and uh, but I'm still believing 505 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:41,120 Speaker 1: in them, which is probably not a good idea. So Uh. 506 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:44,440 Speaker 1: In the NBA, would you hate? They're just I don't. 507 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:48,359 Speaker 1: I don't actively. I just don't find it entertaining. I 508 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:51,760 Speaker 1: don't find it entertaining at all. Dude. It's I just 509 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:53,760 Speaker 1: I could I choose to kind of ignore it more 510 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:55,399 Speaker 1: than like, I don't go out of my way to 511 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:56,880 Speaker 1: hate it. I think when people say, oh, you hate 512 00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:58,920 Speaker 1: the n B A that sounds like I'm like going 513 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:00,679 Speaker 1: around and like yelling at people, being like, how can 514 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:02,639 Speaker 1: you like the sport? I'm just saying I like to 515 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 1: ignore it completely. So in the NBA, which you pretend 516 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 1: doesn't exist, there is a famous theory called the zig 517 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 1: zag theory in which you used to bet the opposite 518 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,280 Speaker 1: side of the results from the night before, and then 519 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:21,159 Speaker 1: bookmakers eventually caught onto it and and sort of have 520 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:27,280 Speaker 1: adjusted lines over the past decade to uh to combat 521 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:31,240 Speaker 1: this exact theory. Is there an NHL version of the 522 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:36,240 Speaker 1: zig zag theory sort of speak, I guess, like, for example, tonight, 523 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 1: the Avalanche they're big favorites against the Predators, the Flames 524 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:42,360 Speaker 1: are big favorites against the Stars. Let's say those two 525 00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:44,840 Speaker 1: teams blow out the underdogs, I mean the Panthers and 526 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:48,639 Speaker 1: the Capitals. You will see like a big overadjustment h 527 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:51,800 Speaker 1: for game two based on on the score from Game one. 528 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:54,520 Speaker 1: So let's say you know that I think the Predators 529 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:56,919 Speaker 1: right now like plus two sixty they lose six one 530 00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:58,879 Speaker 1: tonight to the Avalanche. They might close like three to 531 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:02,200 Speaker 1: one in game two, and right there, that tells you 532 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:04,280 Speaker 1: you're getting forty cents of value because the betting market 533 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:06,920 Speaker 1: already told you how these two teams should close right there. 534 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:09,720 Speaker 1: Playing in the same venue. Injuries, of course, like if 535 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:11,680 Speaker 1: there's an injury or whatever. This this point is mood, 536 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:13,760 Speaker 1: but like it's if it's the same rosters in the 537 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:16,200 Speaker 1: same venue playing each other forty eight hours later, didn't 538 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:18,640 Speaker 1: the market already tell us what this number is supposed 539 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:21,200 Speaker 1: to be. UM, So you can you can have success 540 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:25,439 Speaker 1: going that way, you know, backing teams off of blowouts 541 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:28,359 Speaker 1: because you're going to get a better number, because better 542 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,199 Speaker 1: is as we know, are are pretty reactionary cats. So, uh, 543 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 1: you can you can kind of strategize that way, I think, 544 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:38,280 Speaker 1: and and some matchups that's just that's the phenomenon won't 545 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:40,920 Speaker 1: happen Like the rangers of Penguins are really tight, that 546 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:42,720 Speaker 1: the leaves and the lightning are really tight, So you 547 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:45,480 Speaker 1: just won't see the markets really over adjust no matter 548 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:47,840 Speaker 1: what the score from the previous game was. We've seen 549 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:50,920 Speaker 1: that actually with with Boston and Tampa losing handling Game one, 550 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:54,080 Speaker 1: that the numbers are not moving much from from where 551 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:56,240 Speaker 1: they were. So in the right matchups you will you 552 00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 1: will see that come to fruition. I think we got 553 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:03,680 Speaker 1: to get your final picks. Where are you landing who's 554 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:07,400 Speaker 1: gonna win? Give us your best odds, your give us 555 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:09,600 Speaker 1: the team you think is gonna win, and give us 556 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:13,080 Speaker 1: the team that, um you sort of think has the 557 00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:17,400 Speaker 1: most future value. UM. Well, first, I'm gonna use this 558 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:20,080 Speaker 1: time to to pat myself on the back for betting 559 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:23,400 Speaker 1: the Calgary Flames before the season to one there. I 560 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:25,720 Speaker 1: think third favorite there, that team you couldn't remember. I 561 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:27,960 Speaker 1: don't know if you even know that that team exists. Honestly, 562 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:33,280 Speaker 1: their Calgary Flames. Dude, it's cal Gary and uh number one, 563 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:38,840 Speaker 1: number two. I will never forget the Calgary Flames because 564 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:42,280 Speaker 1: when I was growing up, back when they didn't wear 565 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:45,560 Speaker 1: helmets playing hockey, the Calgary Flames made the Stanley Cup. 566 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:49,520 Speaker 1: I think it was like the mid eighties, and you know, 567 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:53,080 Speaker 1: this is when young Blood came out. And so my 568 00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:56,280 Speaker 1: friends and I you'll see how cool we are. Like 569 00:29:56,400 --> 00:30:01,000 Speaker 1: at lunch, we would do fake hockey fights and like 570 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:05,320 Speaker 1: pull each other's jerseys over our heads, and someone inevitably 571 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:08,000 Speaker 1: pretended they were playing for Calgary. That's how we got 572 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:13,680 Speaker 1: all the ladies. Yeah, this might have been like freshman 573 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:18,080 Speaker 1: sophomore year and we'd say, like we'd be like, yo, 574 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:20,520 Speaker 1: you want to go pretty boy? Because that's what they 575 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:26,200 Speaker 1: said to Rob Low, right, let's go pretty boy. And 576 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:28,400 Speaker 1: then like he had to prove it to Cynthia Gibb, 577 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:32,040 Speaker 1: who you know, got a little naked in the uh 578 00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:36,000 Speaker 1: in the in the barn there and uh and those 579 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,520 Speaker 1: were the days when we were loving hockey. Young Bud 580 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:41,040 Speaker 1: has probably done more for for hockey than any sports 581 00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:43,280 Speaker 1: movie in the history of sports movies has done for 582 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:46,720 Speaker 1: their particular sport. What a launching pad for careers. Rob 583 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:51,000 Speaker 1: low Swazy was a Kano Reeves was in there, so like, 584 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:54,400 Speaker 1: God blessed that movie. But yeah, the Flames. I think 585 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 1: the Flames are the team that I would pick to 586 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:58,040 Speaker 1: come out of the West, but in turns and then 587 00:30:58,080 --> 00:30:59,320 Speaker 1: I like the Bruins to come out of the East. 588 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:01,640 Speaker 1: And I think the Bruins. They've lost game one of 589 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:03,840 Speaker 1: their series, their plus one seventy right now in the 590 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:06,400 Speaker 1: series line, and they're still around twenty one to win 591 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:09,520 Speaker 1: the Stanley Cup. The Bruins are really, really good. People 592 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:11,959 Speaker 1: just haven't really been paying attention to them much because 593 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:14,240 Speaker 1: the other three teams of their division kind of just 594 00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:16,240 Speaker 1: ran away from them right up the gates, and so 595 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:18,960 Speaker 1: they were kind of just in the spot in there 596 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:21,040 Speaker 1: that they ended up in the first wild card spot 597 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:24,760 Speaker 1: all season. So they were very uninteresting from a narrative perspective, 598 00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:28,040 Speaker 1: but they're underlying metrics are quite good. They have the 599 00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:32,680 Speaker 1: playoff pedigree, great defense and the goaltending failed them last night, 600 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:34,520 Speaker 1: but for for the most part the season has been 601 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:37,720 Speaker 1: above average. So I like Boston from a futures perspective. 602 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:40,760 Speaker 1: I like Edmonton from a futures perspective at eighteen to one, 603 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:43,160 Speaker 1: now that they've lost, I like them on their series 604 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:45,200 Speaker 1: line minus one and a half. I like to minus 605 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:47,680 Speaker 1: one and a half in Game two. Their team that 606 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:49,920 Speaker 1: can get separation really easily. So those are the teams 607 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:53,800 Speaker 1: I'm targeting mostly in terms of future value is Boston 608 00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:56,200 Speaker 1: and Edmonton. But I would pick Calgary to come out 609 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:57,640 Speaker 1: of the West and Boston to come out of the East. 610 00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:01,280 Speaker 1: So I'm meeting at anything else. Yeah, I was gonna ask, 611 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:04,400 Speaker 1: what what is the best hockey movie in the world? Well, 612 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:06,800 Speaker 1: you can go first, what's your favorite hockey movie? Because 613 00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:08,040 Speaker 1: I just have thee pop in my head and while 614 00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:11,280 Speaker 1: we were talking, well, look, there's like the classic, which 615 00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:16,720 Speaker 1: is slap Shot. Obviously old time hockey, Old time hockey. 616 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:20,920 Speaker 1: You're ruing. I love Young Blood even though I probably 617 00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:25,760 Speaker 1: haven't seen it in thirty years. Miracle screw this is 618 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:31,040 Speaker 1: your time? Like Miracle is great, but to me, hockey 619 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:34,920 Speaker 1: is so like I loved covering hockey dude. I covered 620 00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:40,040 Speaker 1: um the a h L team in Philadelphia that was 621 00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:44,040 Speaker 1: playing at the Spectrum after they had opened an right, 622 00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:48,200 Speaker 1: so much fun covering hockey. Like to me, hockey is 623 00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:51,960 Speaker 1: a sport. It's lyrical, it's romantic, it's a great story 624 00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:54,160 Speaker 1: to write about. It's a great story for television, a 625 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:57,560 Speaker 1: great story for a great sport. For movies, the pantheon 626 00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:02,120 Speaker 1: of hockey movies is is outstanding. But it's hard to 627 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:05,160 Speaker 1: top slap shot in young Block what you leave off. 628 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:08,400 Speaker 1: You know, obviously grew up on Mighty Ducks. We lost 629 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:12,960 Speaker 1: a few games tough. That was District five. Now we're 630 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:21,480 Speaker 1: the Ducks. The Ducks are undefeated. But there was a 631 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:23,400 Speaker 1: a movie called Manchester by the Sea that came out 632 00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:26,040 Speaker 1: a few years ago. Very heartbreaking movie, but there's a 633 00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:29,200 Speaker 1: hockey scene in that and it got me blocked by 634 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:32,880 Speaker 1: a prominent NHL agent because there's this They show a 635 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:36,640 Speaker 1: clip of the goaltender yarrowhole Lock, who played for the Islanders, 636 00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:39,320 Speaker 1: but they showed him playing for the Blues against the 637 00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:42,000 Speaker 1: Bruins and I was like, wow, yahhole Lock just killed 638 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:45,720 Speaker 1: it in Manchester about to Sea. And this agent, Alan Walsh, 639 00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:48,400 Speaker 1: he's very quick on the the trigger finger when it 640 00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:50,560 Speaker 1: comes to blocking people. So he blocked me for for 641 00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:54,840 Speaker 1: lauding his client in his debut. And a couple of 642 00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:57,200 Speaker 1: years later I met hall Lock and I told him 643 00:33:57,240 --> 00:33:59,480 Speaker 1: about that, and he had absolutely no idea what I 644 00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:00,920 Speaker 1: was talking about. Don't know. I think you know, he 645 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,320 Speaker 1: knows he was in the movie, um so Manchester by 646 00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:05,520 Speaker 1: the Sea for me, he doesn't even know that he 647 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:08,680 Speaker 1: played in the NHL. I think you're about to go 648 00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:10,520 Speaker 1: with the Town, which would have made more sense, and 649 00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:13,280 Speaker 1: Ben Affleck was a great hockey player in the town. 650 00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:15,080 Speaker 1: I was gonna go with the Goon. I can't believe 651 00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:20,960 Speaker 1: no one mentioned the Goon. We had a drought there 652 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:23,440 Speaker 1: after the Miracle, no hockey movies, and then the Goon 653 00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:27,560 Speaker 1: came in and saved us. So we're different generations here, right, 654 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,759 Speaker 1: You guys are basically the same age. So you're talking 655 00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:33,759 Speaker 1: about the Goon and Mighty Ducks. Mighty Ducks would have 656 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:36,680 Speaker 1: been one for me. And I'm talking about Slapshot and 657 00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:40,839 Speaker 1: young Blood because you know, I'm older. It's why I'm 658 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,560 Speaker 1: I'm more vulnerable now that I have COVID, So you know, 659 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:45,640 Speaker 1: I hope I make it to the next podcast we do. 660 00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:48,400 Speaker 1: Slapshot is great, but it's it's hilarious now when you 661 00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:50,520 Speaker 1: watch it because we're all so sensitive to every little 662 00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:53,359 Speaker 1: thing you watch, and you're just like, everywhere that guy 663 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:55,600 Speaker 1: says in that movie is offensive. It's it's really an 664 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:58,520 Speaker 1: incredible performance. You can't do that movie anymore. These guys 665 00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:01,319 Speaker 1: are fucking discreat I think. I also think it's the 666 00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:05,160 Speaker 1: first movie I ever remember watching, Like, I just remember 667 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:08,239 Speaker 1: watching Slapshot when it's really young. My dad loves it 668 00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:11,480 Speaker 1: and sometimes around Christmas, right everyone has yeh exactly. It's 669 00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:14,799 Speaker 1: just like I just remember watching Slapshot is a young 670 00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:17,800 Speaker 1: bucking just knowing, oh this is slap Shot, this is 671 00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:21,720 Speaker 1: a movie, and this is about hockey. Alright, Lee Boff. 672 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:25,160 Speaker 1: You've given us your sad, sad story about the Islanders. 673 00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:27,319 Speaker 1: You've given us your hatred for the maple leaves. 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