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Speaker 1: Sports Podcast Unleashed presented by bet MGM. You're your host,
Speaker 1: Speedy Mormon and Olivia Arland Decker. Welcome back to Unleashed
Speaker 1: from the King of Sports Books bet MGM. Now today
Speaker 1: we are taking it to the ice and talking hockey
Speaker 1: with NHL great former goalie for the Dallas Stars, Marty Turco.
Speaker 1: Later in the show, our guy Peter Andrew is in
Speaker 1: not just to talk betting, but he also has a
Speaker 1: hockey quiz for Olivia and myself. But right now, let's
Speaker 1: talk about the NHL Olivia. For those of us who
Speaker 1: may not follow hockey as much as we should until
Speaker 1: the playoffs, what is going on set the scene for us? Yeah, well,
Speaker 1: the regular season is winding down. May nineteenth is the
Speaker 1: last regular season game and you know, positioning won't be
Speaker 1: decided until the divisions wrap up, so teams are only
Speaker 1: playing opponents in their division. Every game has a four
Speaker 1: point swing and it's a different format this year four playoffs.
Speaker 1: The first two rounds are intra divisional, so each division
Speaker 1: will advance one team. The top seed faces the fourth,
Speaker 1: two takes on the third, and then the winners face
Speaker 1: off as the champion of each division meets in the semifinals,
Speaker 1: so those teams are then rebracketed based on their regular
Speaker 1: season record. I really like this new format because even
Speaker 1: teams right now that have clinched their division or secure
Speaker 1: to spot in the playoffs, they have something to play
Speaker 1: for in these final weeks days because they want their
Speaker 1: regular season record to be as good as it can
Speaker 1: in case they win their division and are rebracketed. So
Speaker 1: battle for the President's Trophy, which is the most points
Speaker 1: in the regular season, is still very much at large.
Speaker 1: So a lot of the different leagues are doing things
Speaker 1: a bit different when it comes to the postseason, Like
Speaker 1: even the NBA is doing you know, that little play
Speaker 1: in format, which Lebron is not a fan of, but
Speaker 1: it's interesting to watch, you know, all of these leagues
Speaker 1: kind of call these audibles and change things up a bit.
Speaker 1: But what divisions so far in the NHL are wrapped
Speaker 1: and who is still trying to make the cut for
Speaker 1: the playoffs. Well, like I mentioned, it wraps up May nineteenth.
Speaker 1: We're recording this on May tenth, so by the time
Speaker 1: this air is there may be some answers. But this
Speaker 1: past weekend was really big in the playoff race. The
Speaker 1: Toronto Maple Leaves clinched their first division title in twenty
Speaker 1: one year, so that was huge. They beat Montreal, they
Speaker 1: secure the North Division. Mitch Marner scored his twentieth goal
Speaker 1: of the season in that game, so but no surprise.
Speaker 1: Toronto has been in first place most of the season,
Speaker 1: so they're kind of leader of the pack right now.
Speaker 1: But this North Division is still the biggest question mark.
Speaker 1: Again as we record this on Monday, the fourth spot
Speaker 1: is still not decided. It's the only division that that
Speaker 1: is not all set. All four teams are not all set.
Speaker 1: So it's Calgary, mont Real, in Vancouver who are fighting
Speaker 1: each other tooth and nail for it. Calgary and Ottawa
Speaker 1: faced off this past weekend. Calgary one that and Vancouver
Speaker 1: is technically not eliminated, but they're gonna need a lot
Speaker 1: of help to secure that fourth spot. In the East,
Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Penguins clinched and then in the Central Nashville Predators,
Speaker 1: they punched their tickets to the playoff after beating the
Speaker 1: Carolina Hurricanes. That's good because the Carolina and Nashville are
Speaker 1: going to meet again in the playoffs as the Hurricanes
Speaker 1: clinched the Central Division, and then in the West there's
Speaker 1: still no team to clinch the division title, but all
Speaker 1: four teams are set. It's looking like the Vegas Golden
Speaker 1: Knights are going to take the cake in the West.
Speaker 1: I know they're happy out there in the in the desert.
Speaker 1: I know that they want that. It's not to be
Speaker 1: happy about up there. It's great exactly, warm weather, good vibes,
Speaker 1: and a lot of sports betting. Oh yeah, Now Olivia,
Speaker 1: there's been a lot of strictness, if you will, with
Speaker 1: COVID when it comes to the NHL, they're one of
Speaker 1: the more stricter leagues. Where do they stand now as
Speaker 1: this regular season has come to an end. Yeah, Like
Speaker 1: you said, they've been one of the most strict leagues
Speaker 1: in the US regarding their protocols, and last year, you know,
Speaker 1: they finished in a bubble. This year, the NHL is
Speaker 1: really focused on vaccination rate per team. But the tricky
Speaker 1: thing with this league is they do border to countries
Speaker 1: in Canada's way behind the US on the vaccine rollout,
Speaker 1: so this really just applies to US face teams. But
Speaker 1: the NHL just said last week that every team needs
Speaker 1: to be eighty five vaccinated to get some more freedoms.
Speaker 1: And it's it's really simple, Speedie. It's like social gatherings,
Speaker 1: eating and drinking on flights and buses, and teammates being
Speaker 1: able to go to restaurants together or to each other's
Speaker 1: hotel rooms and watch tape. Also little things like if
Speaker 1: the vaccinated they can go golf together or valuate their car.
Speaker 1: I mean, this is truly stuff the NHL has brought up.
Speaker 1: These are examples. This would also lift a mask mandate
Speaker 1: in practice facilities and no more PCR testing on off days.
Speaker 1: So NHL slowly kind of opening up as they have
Speaker 1: that benchmark of fully vaccinated. And we've talked about this
Speaker 1: before with the MLB two. It's every league is making
Speaker 1: there are rules, and everyone just trying to make sure
Speaker 1: they can get through this season. But a lot of
Speaker 1: hype around the upcoming playoffs, a lot of hype indeed,
Speaker 1: and we are excited to bring on a very special guest.
Speaker 1: We've got hockey great Marty Turco in the building. Marty
Speaker 1: Turco joins US now. He played eleven seasons in the NHL,
Speaker 1: nine with Dallas, one with the black Hawks, one with
Speaker 1: the Bruins. And now he's an analyst for NHL Network. Marty,
Speaker 1: thanks for joining us. How are you? I'm awesome. I
Speaker 1: really appreciate you guys having me on. Looking forward to
Speaker 1: absolutely we're looking forward to you filling us in a
Speaker 1: bit on these last nine days now before playoffs start,
Speaker 1: and we've already run through with the way each division
Speaker 1: is shaking out, but can you give us a little
Speaker 1: bit more in site on how you're seeing the four
Speaker 1: spots in each division shaking out as people are still
Speaker 1: trying to finish in order. Yeah, you know, I'm here
Speaker 1: right now. I worked for the Dallas Stars and really
Speaker 1: gonna do great work with the Dallas Stars Foundation in
Speaker 1: the community, and so I get to watch a lot
Speaker 1: of hockey. Just unfortunately for you know, our club and
Speaker 1: in this central are in this division. It's not gonna
Speaker 1: not give be in the cards, you know, for Dallas
Speaker 1: to take another run again back in the Stanley Cup finals.
Speaker 1: But you know, the National Predators played great down the stretch.
Speaker 1: We had unfortunately, wait too many overtime losses for us
Speaker 1: to overcome that just would have that kind of proved
Speaker 1: to be the synopsis of the year. You know, the
Speaker 1: other divisions are you know, doing really well. The Canadian division.
Speaker 1: It looks like those teams are set the Toronto Maple Leafs,
Speaker 1: you know, the the hierarchy of the NHL. They had
Speaker 1: such a great year. The Oilers of the thirty nine
Speaker 1: year old goalie and the best player in the world,
Speaker 1: Connor McDavid, are just been an absolute dream to watch.
Speaker 1: But you know, nobody really wants to play Winnipeg or
Speaker 1: we got Carry Price in Montreal, you know, in that division, Pittsburgh,
Speaker 1: you know, getting in there on that division with them,
Speaker 1: the New York teams very competitive one. That one was
Speaker 1: probably the deepest I would say overall. The Islanders looked
Speaker 1: like another great year. Yes, you know, Washington has got
Speaker 1: a good club, that one. You know, to me, I
Speaker 1: have no clues gotta come out of that one, you know.
Speaker 1: And then you look at the West one where you know,
Speaker 1: the dream of the crop to me is Colorado. Vegas
Speaker 1: has had a really good team since they came in
Speaker 1: the league, which is weird to say, you know, there's
Speaker 1: still kind of hiring out the details there. Oh yeah,
Speaker 1: but unfortunately, you know, so this is the way you
Speaker 1: used to work back when I was growing up, they
Speaker 1: had division so it was Minorus, it was the Smite,
Speaker 1: it was the Adams, and h oh my god was
Speaker 1: the other division. And so you know, your first round
Speaker 1: would be one through four and two three in your
Speaker 1: division and basically have a division winner. Getting to the
Speaker 1: top four is what we're doing it this year. And
Speaker 1: when you have an some division like the Smith was
Speaker 1: in the eighties, we had Calgary and Edmonton and the
Speaker 1: two best teams in the league. We're in the same
Speaker 1: division that have to play each other in the second
Speaker 1: round every year. And a lot of times I ended
Speaker 1: up being a Stanley Cup winner would have been from there.
Speaker 1: And so the four Winnipeg Jets had a good team
Speaker 1: back then, you know, kind of got smoked. But we
Speaker 1: this is just an odd year with COVID and can
Speaker 1: Canadian teams ca't travel, but there's nothing like playoff hockey.
Speaker 1: So I'm pretty excited to see how this thing all
Speaker 1: shakes out. And and I probably don't give the division
Speaker 1: of the Dalla Stars are enough right at the Carolina
Speaker 1: Hurricanes kind of came out of nowhere to win the division.
Speaker 1: The two best teams. You know, we thought it was
Speaker 1: gonna be Tampa Bay. Who said, you know, a decade
Speaker 1: run here and won the Cup last year, and Florida
Speaker 1: Panthers certainly have a deep organization, really well on program,
Speaker 1: so you've really interesting to see who comes out of
Speaker 1: this division and like all of them. But you know,
Speaker 1: I think it's been it's been good for short season,
Speaker 1: been a lot of hockey. I feel for these guys,
Speaker 1: but I can't wait for the Stanley Cup playoffs will
Speaker 1: start here in a week or so. What do you
Speaker 1: think about going back to this format? You mentioned this
Speaker 1: was the way he used to be done, But how
Speaker 1: do you like that one team comes out of each division.
Speaker 1: I think it's super interesting. I think great storytelling and
Speaker 1: what the league used to do, what the LEA tried
Speaker 1: to do in my tenure for a couple of years stretches,
Speaker 1: we played so many division games and within our eight
Speaker 1: one was four away, four home, which is a lot.
Speaker 1: And now this year you're playing your division exclusively. Um,
Speaker 1: so they're gonna be sick of each other and to
Speaker 1: say the least, but I mean, I I promise you
Speaker 1: the first round is because they've had to play each
Speaker 1: other so many times, it's gonna have some intensity that
Speaker 1: won't want to get into the front the nasty stuff
Speaker 1: and then in the second round two same thing. So
Speaker 1: it'll it'll help cut down some costs because in the
Speaker 1: travel and you're kind of used to it, especially up
Speaker 1: in the Northeast. You know, they could probably train it everywhere.
Speaker 1: Canada's got some ground to cover. But anyway, I think
Speaker 1: it's really interesting because you're trying to build these rivals
Speaker 1: and you're gonna get them, you know, for us being
Speaker 1: a division. You know, Nashville is usually in a division normally,
Speaker 1: but not Carolina and you know, and not Florida and
Speaker 1: not Tampa Bay. But they played Tampa Bay this many
Speaker 1: times and playing them in the Stanley Cup files last year.
Speaker 1: You know, we're gonna have a rivalry with them for
Speaker 1: the next few years at least an unfortunately only see him,
Speaker 1: you know, twice or whatever it is you're in the
Speaker 1: regular season come next year. But I think it's really cool.
Speaker 1: I wouldn't mind seeing it, you know, in the future.
Speaker 1: But again, there's nothing like playoff hockey with the tency,
Speaker 1: so it doesn't matter who's playing who. But this system
Speaker 1: can't hurt now already. We know where you stand already
Speaker 1: when it comes to who you think is the best
Speaker 1: player or or what I think you said, most outstanding.
Speaker 1: But when it comes to the most exciting and you
Speaker 1: think about guys like Mitch Marner and Connor McDavid, who
Speaker 1: who are you most looking forward to watching in the
Speaker 1: playoffs in these divisional breakouts, Well, you're right, you know
Speaker 1: it's gonna be. You know, to me, they made it's
Speaker 1: the Oilers, right, I mean, Leon Drive Cydle and Darnell
Speaker 1: Nurse in the back end, and obviously Connor McDavid. They're
Speaker 1: just they're they're they're flying the leaves. I mean, I
Speaker 1: don't know if I've seen a roster like the Leaves.
Speaker 1: I'm trying to think, how you know, Kyle did it
Speaker 1: up GM up in Toronto. You know, the fourth line
Speaker 1: at one point this year was Joe Thornton, Jason Spetzer
Speaker 1: and Wayne Simmons, like you know that that those are
Speaker 1: all first liners in their in their prime. So you know, well,
Speaker 1: you know, with Mitch and Austin Matthews really two way center,
Speaker 1: that's kind of glue the team z that Kim in
Speaker 1: good Michigan kid. You know, So it'll be it's gonna
Speaker 1: be a lot of fun, especially right at the bats.
Speaker 1: Gonna be Toronto Montreal. You know, probably the oldest rivalry
Speaker 1: in the NHL. One team ran away up the division,
Speaker 1: the other team just you know, kind of squeaking in
Speaker 1: limping into it, and so that's a big rival So
Speaker 1: I looked im forward to seeing that series, just because
Speaker 1: you know, I growing up in Canada and you know,
Speaker 1: watching the Leaves in Montreal and in Vancouver. When I
Speaker 1: got to play the Oilers in the Stanley Cup playoffs,
Speaker 1: still probably the coolest experiences in my life. And so
Speaker 1: we all keep an eye on the Canadian teams kind
Speaker 1: of what's going on. But you know our division too.
Speaker 1: I think the two Tampa teams have to play each
Speaker 1: other in the first round. Florida against Tampa. I mean,
Speaker 1: those are two really good team and both teams to
Speaker 1: me are Cup contenders and they gotta square off and
Speaker 1: run one. So there's a lot of cool things to watch.
Speaker 1: Those are a couple I got my ion. Okay, you
Speaker 1: brought up Michigan. That's where you played in college, where
Speaker 1: you had such a decorated career both individually and as
Speaker 1: a team. You won two national championships. We've talked on
Speaker 1: this podcast a lot with NBA players NFL players about
Speaker 1: what that college chapter meant to them, almost more personally
Speaker 1: than how it later affected their career. What did that
Speaker 1: experience on such a great team, especially, what does that
Speaker 1: mean for you as you now look back at the
Speaker 1: importance of those years. How much time do you have,
Speaker 1: however much you want? You know, the reason why I'm
Speaker 1: smiling and my warms my heart because there's not there's
Speaker 1: not a day that goes by that the influence of
Speaker 1: the school, the institution, my coaches, my teammates that they
Speaker 1: don't have on me, you know, just on the business
Speaker 1: side alone. You know, my coach, he was such a
Speaker 1: mentor to us to be first and foremost good son,
Speaker 1: a good boyfriend, eventually to be a good husband and father,
Speaker 1: and to be a good person. And he played HL
Speaker 1: for fifteen years, he got his NBA while he's playing
Speaker 1: for the munch Off Canadians. He's first kind of wear
Speaker 1: a helmet. And just only saying this about Red Barnson
Speaker 1: because you know, we idolized them and we listened to
Speaker 1: him when he spoke. And so having the good fortune
Speaker 1: of having him believe in me and playing for four years,
Speaker 1: you know, getting the NC double A wins record on
Speaker 1: these great teams. That was fun, but it was the
Speaker 1: lessons we learned along the way of the training, the losses.
Speaker 1: You know, we did win to national championships, so that
Speaker 1: means we lost twice. So some of those biggest moments
Speaker 1: in my life. You know, we'ren't just winning hockey games
Speaker 1: and playing in front of sold out arenas across you know,
Speaker 1: the Midwest and East Coast. It was the hardships he
Speaker 1: had endured in a very impressionable time of your life.
Speaker 1: And so you know, hockey's uh, you know, Nancy double
Speaker 1: a path isn't the most common for NHL players, but
Speaker 1: you know, I push anybody toward that direction if you're
Speaker 1: fortunate enough to be around and you know, a student
Speaker 1: leader like read great teams, um, you know, playing national
Speaker 1: tablized games all the time, going at four final four's.
Speaker 1: You can't predict that kind of experience, but I got it,
Speaker 1: and it does. It really affects me every day. I
Speaker 1: look back at our first national championship team. We got
Speaker 1: two brain surgeons. We've got six doctors total, three lawyers,
Speaker 1: successful business guy all the way around. Guys that played
Speaker 1: probably a combined by six thousand games in the NHL,
Speaker 1: and you know, there's the reason why we were successful
Speaker 1: as a hockey team, and it wasn't just because we're
Speaker 1: pretty good at putting the back of the net or
Speaker 1: me keeping it out of it. We were just sponges
Speaker 1: at the time going to fight for what we believed
Speaker 1: in and brought it every day because you know, we
Speaker 1: love going to Veritie Michigan have wearing that we're wearing
Speaker 1: amazing blue, and we we were all in and we're
Speaker 1: highly competitive with each other and certainly we're on a
Speaker 1: on a national collegiate level, and so yeah, that experience
Speaker 1: means everything to me and it still does. You know,
Speaker 1: it's got a winged helmet up here. I'm on my
Speaker 1: desk and you know, I just look at it and
Speaker 1: think of you know what it took to go collect
Speaker 1: the hundred twenty seven wins and a few national championships.
Speaker 1: And I promise you, as in all sunshine and roses,
Speaker 1: we fought, we cared, and we had to make some
Speaker 1: hard decisions as young leaders. As our coach asked that
Speaker 1: of us, and uh, he really just really instilled doing
Speaker 1: the right thing, which, as we all know, sometimes it's
Speaker 1: just it's not the easiest, but living that way on
Speaker 1: a daily basis, having great habits as a human will
Speaker 1: only just resonate and all you do in life. And
Speaker 1: everybody rubbed shoulders with so yeah, I can go on forever.
Speaker 1: But it was it was a positive experience that looking
Speaker 1: back just gives me a ton of confidence, wealth of knowledge,
Speaker 1: and I believe that I could. I could do anything
Speaker 1: I want if I put my mind to it. That's
Speaker 1: really cool. Thanks for sharing that. That's cool. Yeah, that
Speaker 1: was great, Marty. I imagine that things are a bit
Speaker 1: different today at the University of Michigan when it comes
Speaker 1: to support facilities and treatments and things like that. Had
Speaker 1: your team, the great team that it was, had the
Speaker 1: access to all of the stuff that even the lower
Speaker 1: tier universities have these days, how different may things have
Speaker 1: shaken out? Well, you know that my mind's reeling a
Speaker 1: little bit because you know, I'm I'm a realist by nature,
Speaker 1: and so if we would have had it, then everybody
Speaker 1: else would have had it. This goes right down just
Speaker 1: watching games and video you know, I'm jealous of there.
Speaker 1: I mean, I think of the miles I traveled to
Speaker 1: go to study hall, you know, to go back up
Speaker 1: to camp. It was late night, you know, after two
Speaker 1: hours on the ice, an hour and fifteen with with
Speaker 1: our strength coach Pilocky and he just hated them. But
Speaker 1: I couldn't even feel my legs. But out of walk
Speaker 1: up and running right to campus. The facilities you know,
Speaker 1: we do have now and these institutions, it's just a
Speaker 1: game changer. And the way we approached our sports science
Speaker 1: which was you know, cutting edge because of the school
Speaker 1: of the products that we did use. You know, there's
Speaker 1: no way ever now we would use stuff like that.
Speaker 1: But no matter what, you can't replace hard work and
Speaker 1: work ethic. And I never really worked out till I
Speaker 1: got there, never paid much attention to you know, my
Speaker 1: body or my rest and recovery. You know, I was
Speaker 1: in the kinesiology school, so that application during college and
Speaker 1: throughout my professional career or even ntil date. You know,
Speaker 1: now having kids and you know, having a body that's
Speaker 1: getting older aid access to it, you know, I do.
Speaker 1: I love hindsight, and I just think even during my
Speaker 1: professional career, there's things that we know now that you
Speaker 1: know I did when I was twenty five years old,
Speaker 1: would be would have been great. But I'll tell you
Speaker 1: the school gave us every opportunity to be successful as
Speaker 1: a student athlete in the hockey season. You know, we're
Speaker 1: busy from Labor Day and you know playing a fourth
Speaker 1: final four is that goes right into April, and your
Speaker 1: exams are you know, usually around the twenty or so
Speaker 1: of April, So we didn't get much time to ourselves.
Speaker 1: But we had a great camaraderie with a great program,
Speaker 1: and we had a lot of great things on our fingertips,
Speaker 1: not like they do now. But we only knew what
Speaker 1: we knew then and we never complained and we're fortunate
Speaker 1: to do it. But you're right, there's some evolution of
Speaker 1: sports science and technologies come a long way, and these
Speaker 1: schools kind of are the leaders in the roost of
Speaker 1: you know, what they're doing to get those young student athletes.
Speaker 1: It's a it's a it's amazing experience that they get
Speaker 1: to have, and mine was just as good as anybody's now.
Speaker 1: Already you have kids of your own, you've mentioned you've
Speaker 1: seen them come up through their athletics. Now, as a
Speaker 1: kid growing up in Canada, the hockey world and the
Speaker 1: hockey landscape is so different, I'm sure than in Dallas.
Speaker 1: So how do you, you know, describe and I grew
Speaker 1: up in Kansas City. I grew up figure skating, brother
Speaker 1: played hockey, going to hockey games. You know, that's that's
Speaker 1: a little bit of what we got in the Midwest.
Speaker 1: But in Dallas, I would think it's very different. How
Speaker 1: do you describe as how big and looming the sport
Speaker 1: of hockey is as a kid growing up in Canada
Speaker 1: verse here. Well, there's a couple of things I probably
Speaker 1: need to point out, And the first thing is, I'm
Speaker 1: very proud of the Dallas Stars with your ninety three.
Speaker 1: We don't operate sixteen sheets of ice this hockey club does.
Speaker 1: We are There's no other sports entity that does it
Speaker 1: like we do. A lont of views have a figure
Speaker 1: skaters alike that used to come in our buildings every day.
Speaker 1: Would blow your minds. So this is now hockey town South.
Speaker 1: We just hosted the World Under eighteen Championships here in tournament.
Speaker 1: So it's really cool to see that our growth of
Speaker 1: a sport that I grew up loving and so in Canada,
Speaker 1: at least for me, I mean, Canada's a vast country.
Speaker 1: In Northern Ontario where I grew up, all we did
Speaker 1: was play hockey. Almost everybody. I mean, I don't remember
Speaker 1: when I started skating because I was two years old
Speaker 1: and maybe it was three, but my dad told me
Speaker 1: it was too I believe him because I was in
Speaker 1: the league when I was four. I had to move
Speaker 1: to a different rink. I wasn't close to my house
Speaker 1: because they the rank only about five year old to play.
Speaker 1: And my dad's like, he's ready, he's good. But you
Speaker 1: were in a hockey league at four years old? Yeah? Yeah,
Speaker 1: is that normal? I don't think I was the only one,
Speaker 1: but I don't know. He had to be playing with
Speaker 1: someone else, you know, yeah, exactly. Like some of my
Speaker 1: earliest memories as a period are are on a rink,
Speaker 1: you know, my dad time the skates, using an orange
Speaker 1: ball and just let me go. And it was a
Speaker 1: kindergarten when I was five four five, I only do
Speaker 1: have days, and so he was he was a steel worker.
Speaker 1: Picked me up and take me to the rank Thomas
Speaker 1: skates and send it. He will help out other kids
Speaker 1: because I've been skating for years and I didn't want
Speaker 1: any help. But I knew what I was doing. I
Speaker 1: always joke and it's I don't have it it's not factual,
Speaker 1: but I'm sure it's true. But I'm pretty sure I've
Speaker 1: skated more with with the sky over my head than
Speaker 1: I did with a roof and lightly and I found
Speaker 1: them that right, Like, you guys could probably just have
Speaker 1: an idea of how much hockey I've played in a
Speaker 1: real rink, not just professionally practicing with the stars, and
Speaker 1: my whole life and all the youth sports that I
Speaker 1: did that. You know, my dad had a rink, our
Speaker 1: neighborhood had a rank outside called My coaches growing up
Speaker 1: had rinks and so it was just talking NonStop. You know,
Speaker 1: this is the way I could say it on on
Speaker 1: a larger scale. The guys that played for the Lease, Okay, Toronto,
Speaker 1: and Toronto is a big city. They're largest in North America.
Speaker 1: It's like playing for the Yankees, the Cowboys and the
Speaker 1: Lakers all combined in one of the United States. That's
Speaker 1: how popular these Toronto. And you don't wish that at anybody.
Speaker 1: I mean, if your girl up with candy like now,
Speaker 1: I want to play for the Leaves, but you know
Speaker 1: you just really you really couldn't walk down the street
Speaker 1: without I mean, even if you have five games played
Speaker 1: total in your career. People know who you are because
Speaker 1: it's that's a popular sport is up in Canada. Now,
Speaker 1: you don't have much of a Canadian accent, I'm noticing,
Speaker 1: are you talking about any Does it come out after
Speaker 1: a couple of the beers you're brewing up there? Yeah, exactly, Yeah,
Speaker 1: it does. You know what it really comes out is
Speaker 1: when I go back home. My married my high school sweetheart, Kelly,
Speaker 1: and she's also from Saint Marian, Ontario, So we have
Speaker 1: a house upon makes superior. After a few weeks hanging
Speaker 1: with their boys, the accent does come out. But I've
Speaker 1: I've lived longer now in the United States that I have,
Speaker 1: you know, growing up in Canada, which just makes me
Speaker 1: old no one else. But you know, it's very lucky
Speaker 1: to live in a great state of Texas. You know.
Speaker 1: It starts me with your ninety three. I was drafted
Speaker 1: ninety four, you know. So since we've been down here,
Speaker 1: it's just been a great place. But we've still got
Speaker 1: a lot of great friends up there. And as you said,
Speaker 1: I got a business in Canada. So the accident comes
Speaker 1: out every now and Thenny Marty, did you ever want
Speaker 1: you know? You said you know, even if you're a
Speaker 1: guy that played five games for the Maple Leafs, you
Speaker 1: get recognized on the street. Did you ever want to
Speaker 1: be able to play for a Canadian team because you
Speaker 1: didn't get the chance to? Yeah, for sure. You know,
Speaker 1: I'll even take a step further. Just being a small
Speaker 1: town nowhere, seven hours from Toronto, five from Detroit, that
Speaker 1: big cities just kind of seems so distant. But getting
Speaker 1: to watch him once a week, and how can thank
Speaker 1: Canada on Saturday nights, usually with the family. I didn't
Speaker 1: even think that it was an option for me to
Speaker 1: play for the Lease or the Canadians or the Oilers.
Speaker 1: You know, when I was growing up, you know, my
Speaker 1: doodling consisted of drawing a maple leaf on the goalie
Speaker 1: maths or on the goal paths. And I wanted to
Speaker 1: represent my country, probably more than I because I thought
Speaker 1: that might have been an option or would have been
Speaker 1: really cool. I just never thought that I could have
Speaker 1: played in the NHL, to be honest with you, But
Speaker 1: as as a professional, I always did, man. I just
Speaker 1: I used to dream about what would be like to
Speaker 1: put on one of those jerseys, you know, kind of
Speaker 1: have that notoriety, so I'll be you know, pretty much
Speaker 1: the length of my career down here and Dallas. You know,
Speaker 1: this hockey is not you know, it wasn't a traditional
Speaker 1: sport as it's becoming. So we kind of flew into
Speaker 1: the radar, which you know, it's kind of nice to
Speaker 1: kind of go to the mall of your kids and
Speaker 1: no one really bugs you and you pull your credit
Speaker 1: card in the realize to your name or something and yeh,
Speaker 1: but yeah I did. I did. I dream about it,
Speaker 1: and yeah, I thought it would have been pretty cool.
Speaker 1: But I have really nothing to complain about. And so
Speaker 1: as the story goes, you know, small kid in uh,
Speaker 1: you know, small town Canada, and then you you know, Dallas,
Speaker 1: you have such a story NHL career now working for
Speaker 1: the NFL network. But when you watch games like what
Speaker 1: we saw, you know about a week ago now with
Speaker 1: the ranges in the capitals, puck drops, all the guys
Speaker 1: dropped their gloves and then an absolute mayhem of a
Speaker 1: brawl ensues, does it make things feel exciting for you?
Speaker 1: Does it you know, stoke that flame in you that
Speaker 1: you that you once had, or what do you feel
Speaker 1: when you see a fight like that? I don't know
Speaker 1: what I'm supposed to say it, you know, working for
Speaker 1: the NHL club, But I love it. You know I
Speaker 1: figured you would. Yeah, people just get drawn to it,
Speaker 1: and and myself too. There's just I mean, it's real,
Speaker 1: real human emotion, and it's real anger. You know, what
Speaker 1: happened the game before. You know, we're talking about earlier
Speaker 1: about the inner division rivalry is playing. So they've got
Speaker 1: the same team so often that you know, these the
Speaker 1: kind of things are gonna happen. He's not build like
Speaker 1: that anymore. The Rangers really didn't have anybody that answered
Speaker 1: the bell for Wilson and Washington, but they did as
Speaker 1: a team. And even though they're not going to make
Speaker 1: the playoffs this year, I'll guarantee you it's gonna positively
Speaker 1: affect that organization next year. But you're a lot of
Speaker 1: that team will be coming back. They've already made changes
Speaker 1: at the top on the business side. That's gonna, you know,
Speaker 1: affect a lot of things within the organization. But like
Speaker 1: guys who were there, they're gonna remember this one that
Speaker 1: you know, they stuck together. They offer each other and
Speaker 1: that's what I like to see more than anything. You know, Yeah,
Speaker 1: some people want fighting out of it, and we've gotta
Speaker 1: be mindful of injuries and concussions. But sticking together and
Speaker 1: being being a real team and being a tight team,
Speaker 1: it will help your chances when it comes time to
Speaker 1: check the wins and losses box. And so the Rangers,
Speaker 1: I was proud of what they did. You know, again,
Speaker 1: it doesn't happen all that often anymore. But I tell you, yeah,
Speaker 1: my my blood was up. You know, my face was
Speaker 1: getting had. I was getting intense and right into it too.
Speaker 1: So it was it was. It was fun to see
Speaker 1: from everybody's perspective. And funding is going to follow the
Speaker 1: game along long time and probably will forever be part
Speaker 1: of it. But it's really a lot less these days.
Speaker 1: And but that was that was pretty exciting. I'm already lasting.
Speaker 1: Before we let you go here the Kingsville Brewery, we
Speaker 1: couldn't let you go without asking about it. It is
Speaker 1: the brewery that you co own. It's in Canada, and
Speaker 1: then it's coming to the u US. And if you
Speaker 1: could share a Kingsville beer with anyone alive, dead, any era,
Speaker 1: who would that person be? Oh man, Uh, you know
Speaker 1: that's a great one. Um. You know this brewery, you
Speaker 1: know it's just in the Detroit area. So you know,
Speaker 1: Detroit has got such great history, you know, from it
Speaker 1: can be anyone. It doesn't have to be Detroit. We'll
Speaker 1: have to be honest, I probably you know, I'm just
Speaker 1: gonna say Hire Walker Joe lewis from that area. It's
Speaker 1: kind of a goalie beer too. So Vlatia Cha from
Speaker 1: Russia that I've only met once. But if I had
Speaker 1: to one person to be my grandfather, who was born
Speaker 1: in England, passed away when I was two years old.
Speaker 1: So my mom always said that, you know, she just
Speaker 1: wishes that he could have lived a little bit longer
Speaker 1: so I could remember him what amazing man that he was.
Speaker 1: And you know, being my grandfather not have any recollection whoever,
Speaker 1: meeting him and having a beer company now, I think
Speaker 1: he would be proud to taste the great beers that
Speaker 1: we have at kingsvill And and that's certainly like to
Speaker 1: just understand how is what his voice sounded like, and
Speaker 1: you know what it looked like at any age, and
Speaker 1: talk about life, you know, as as an older person
Speaker 1: and the hardships of generations before. So I'll get a
Speaker 1: little nostalgic on my answer, but it would be you
Speaker 1: know Edward and my grandfather that I never got to remember. No,
Speaker 1: that's a beautiful and that's very nice. And because Kingswell's
Speaker 1: you know, my cousin, I own it, so it's a
Speaker 1: family business. So I think keeping in all the family
Speaker 1: really does make sense. I mean, I see my mom's
Speaker 1: face below when she talked about them growing up, so
Speaker 1: I think I think that would be where it after. Lie.
Speaker 1: Right now, we've got different former athletes on here who
Speaker 1: have started you know, wine labels whatnot, and they've sent
Speaker 1: us some of their product, and I mean, I'll check
Speaker 1: my front steps again, but I don't think there's a
Speaker 1: case out there. Well, yeah, that's my bad. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: do that the Canadian move. I gonna apologize a and
Speaker 1: we're really sorry. But and you'll see we'll that beaver
Speaker 1: saying about it. But I'll make sure you're one of
Speaker 1: our five skews. We got award winning light logger locale
Speaker 1: all the way up to barrel age whiskey style, which
Speaker 1: is fabulous. I p a advising Czech laggers, so a
Speaker 1: little a little Stordman for you and then maybe we'll
Speaker 1: get to do this again. I really appreciate it. I
Speaker 1: love it. Kings Ol Brewery, Justin Bieber and Marty Turco
Speaker 1: some of Canada's best products. So thank you so much
Speaker 1: for joining us. We appreciate it. Yeah, I kind of
Speaker 1: shaid it better myself. Thank you, Thanks Marty. Coming up next,
Speaker 1: we have the Lions Lock with Peter Andrew. Alright, guys,
Speaker 1: As always, we are wrapping things up with this week's
Speaker 1: Lions Lock. Our dog Peter Andrew is back and not
Speaker 1: only does he have some tips on hockey betting, but
Speaker 1: apparently he's got a game that he wants us to play,
Speaker 1: and he'll update us about a bet that he talked
Speaker 1: about last week. Peter, what's up man? How are you?
Speaker 1: What's up? Guys? Yeah? I figured spirit of NHL Stanley
Speaker 1: Cup playoffs just a couple of days away. We'll see
Speaker 1: if you guys are in tune with everybody with hockey lingo,
Speaker 1: NHL lingo, Canada lingo. We'll have some fun with it.
Speaker 1: Oh no, I'm nervous about to say. Olivia say the
Speaker 1: same thing. I'm nervous. I feel like we're being ambushed
Speaker 1: on our own show by our semi co host here, Peter.
Speaker 1: I don't know what you got here, but you're gonna
Speaker 1: look back. Yeah, we'll start slow. We'll start with some
Speaker 1: easy ones. We'll get some maybe that are a little
Speaker 1: tougher and some frankly might be just fake. So first,
Speaker 1: maybe you guys identify if it's real or not, and
Speaker 1: then if it's if you're right, then we'll give you
Speaker 1: a chance to see if you figure out what it is.
Speaker 1: Oh what st okay? Speedy? No phones? You cannot google
Speaker 1: any of these answers. I'm watching okay too? You see
Speaker 1: my hands? You let's go. We'll start with an easy
Speaker 1: one first, Is it real or is it fake? Let us? Yeah,
Speaker 1: hair Lettuce is real? Yeah, I knew that one. There
Speaker 1: you go, not too bad, okay, nice had to let
Speaker 1: us Yeah. The second one, is it real? Is a fake?
Speaker 1: Tanya Harding? Real figure skater? Correct, but not a hockey term? Well,
Speaker 1: come on, that was a poorly worded question. We have
Speaker 1: to see if these things? Is it real or fake?
Speaker 1: Tanya Harding? Well, it's definitely a real person. But alright,
Speaker 1: fair enough. Yeah, so we're differentiating whether or not it's
Speaker 1: real or fake, and bonus points if we can identify
Speaker 1: what it is that is that how we're doing this. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we'll give you a point for that one, because I
Speaker 1: should have probably articulated a bit better, so we'll give
Speaker 1: you one point there, Olivia, Okay, thank you. Next one,
Speaker 1: is it realers are fake? The term bender? Bender? I
Speaker 1: feel like this is real. I feel like I've heard
Speaker 1: this before. Bender. I mean, is it in college? Or like,
Speaker 1: what are you talking to you? Not that that's for
Speaker 1: our other podcasts later at this band, this bender is
Speaker 1: basically a person who can't skate, so think about their
Speaker 1: hands standing all over the place. So I've heard this before.
Speaker 1: I'm proud of myself. Okay. Next one, is it real
Speaker 1: or is a fake? Stinky pit? Huh? Fake? See? Hold on,
Speaker 1: hold on before we lock that in though, Olivia, I
Speaker 1: feel like it's such an out there type name that
Speaker 1: he wants us to think that it's not real, but
Speaker 1: it probably is real. I think I'm gonna say fake.
Speaker 1: You say real? Yeah? Alright, alright, Peter, what do you got?
Speaker 1: He's right? Fake? I try to overthink it. I try
Speaker 1: to get exactly analysis. Next one, biscuit, biscuit real? You
Speaker 1: know what, I'll say? This one's real as well. Biscuit
Speaker 1: is real? Correct and he guess what it is? Is
Speaker 1: it a puck? Yeah? Wow, look at your boys beat
Speaker 1: Mormon haf the eye film we slapping him biscuit? Yeah,
Speaker 1: use it in a sentence. Yeah. Yeah, So you ripped
Speaker 1: the biscuit top cheddar. That would be you hit a
Speaker 1: slap shot top of the net. There's a there's a
Speaker 1: good hockey. Uh, hockey stands right there. Yeah, ripped the
Speaker 1: biscuit top cheddar. That just sounds like a fire bar
Speaker 1: or something. Shout out to uh, if only I had
Speaker 1: like a nice comedian accident sounding yeah, ripping the biscuit
Speaker 1: top cheddar. Yeah, I was disappointed. I thought Marty Turco
Speaker 1: would have had a stronger Canadian accent. He did not,
Speaker 1: So this episode is lacking Canadian accents. We'll work on
Speaker 1: it for next week or for the Stanley Cup playoffs. Yeah, okay,
Speaker 1: next one. Is it real or is it fake? Grocery stick?
Speaker 1: Grocery stick? I'm gonna say grocery stick is fake fake
Speaker 1: as well. Grocery sticks fake, So it's real. So if
Speaker 1: you've ever heard of a player he actually hosts the
Speaker 1: Spit and Chicklets podcast, Paul Basinett. He was the one
Speaker 1: who originated grocery stick. So I think if you're online
Speaker 1: at the supermarket, be that little stick in between your
Speaker 1: groceries to separate. Yeah. So so Paul Bisonette was the
Speaker 1: classic grocery stick where he sat in between the defenseman
Speaker 1: and the forwards and he never got on the ice time.
Speaker 1: So he called himself the grocery stick. That's fine, okay, okay,
Speaker 1: I like that to the grocery stick. Yeah, that's basically
Speaker 1: me when I play. Next one. Is it real or
Speaker 1: is it fake? This is an easy one? Chicklets? Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's teeth. Yeah, we know that. That's even outside of
Speaker 1: hockey too, is it. I mean I wouldn't say it,
Speaker 1: but people have, Like I remember being a kid and
Speaker 1: people be like, oh, look at those chicklets. I remember them. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I remember this. That's queens for you right there. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I don't know if he's super queens. I feel like
Speaker 1: I saw it him like movies and stuff. But maybe
Speaker 1: I'm wrong. I remember it. We're gonna do some research. Yeah,
Speaker 1: last couple here, Is it real or is it fake?
Speaker 1: Sin bin o sin? Yes, no, No, that sounds like
Speaker 1: it's real. Is it is that? The the penalty box? Correct? Impressive?
Speaker 1: The sin in who man, my lingo is really lacking.
Speaker 1: That's all right. This is the first too many. We'll
Speaker 1: get there. That one. I just used my context clues.
Speaker 1: The sin Bin I didn't. I didn't know that. But yeah,
Speaker 1: that was good. That was impressive. It was quick, true, speedy,
Speaker 1: but you rocked the s a t I didn't do
Speaker 1: too bad. Context clues, come on, okay, last two? Here
Speaker 1: is it really a fake ding dong big bong? Fake
Speaker 1: ding dong big? What is it? Ding dong bing bong dingong? Yep?
Speaker 1: Just for the sake of making it exciting, I'll say
Speaker 1: real fake. That's a Maddie special, right, there's something that
Speaker 1: seems very him. Well that was fun. Thank you for
Speaker 1: that one. More. We got one more now, since we've
Speaker 1: been bad at keeping score, let's make this one for
Speaker 1: all the marbles. It's actually tied. It's actually tied. It's
Speaker 1: all right, this is we're tied. This is it. Let's
Speaker 1: let's hear it. Okay, okay, So last one? Is it
Speaker 1: real or is it fake? Gong show? Gong show? I'm
Speaker 1: gonna say real, Then I'm going to say fake. Speedy
Speaker 1: wins What is it that I don't even know what
Speaker 1: it is? So if a game goes absolutely wild in
Speaker 1: terms of turn of events fights. So if you think
Speaker 1: of the game last week that was all over the
Speaker 1: news where Tom Wilson and the Caps were fighting everybody
Speaker 1: on the Rangers. I think there was like five or
Speaker 1: six pints and like five spoke about it with Marty Yea.
Speaker 1: So that would be like a Gong show of a game,
Speaker 1: an absolute Gong show. Or if there the game was
Speaker 1: ten to nine, one of scores normally four to two,
Speaker 1: that's a Gong show. Well, this this little game here
Speaker 1: that we play wasn't quite a Gong show, you know. Sorry,
Speaker 1: living I had to take the win man, but it's
Speaker 1: it's it's been an honor now, Peter, thank you for
Speaker 1: that game. But talk to us about some of the
Speaker 1: games and events that happened over this past weekend. I
Speaker 1: know that you you picked yourself a winner. Huh yeah,
Speaker 1: so I think we can call it a winning streak.
Speaker 1: Now if you if you tuned in last week, I
Speaker 1: mentioned how much Rory loves playing coll Hollow. He was
Speaker 1: eighteen and one. So even if you just put ten
Speaker 1: bucks on that game, you see yourself a hundred eighty
Speaker 1: dollars richer. So Rory really outstanding four day performance. That
Speaker 1: was an exciting finish too with the drop, and that
Speaker 1: was a great finish. I'm not gonna lie I was.
Speaker 1: It was a bit nervous, but he pulled it out
Speaker 1: and it felt good. So yeah, you know, we're two
Speaker 1: weeks away from the PGA Championship. It's a really exciting
Speaker 1: time in golf. But nice to get one under my
Speaker 1: belt and hopefully I'll give you guys some hockey picks
Speaker 1: here to keep the momentum riding. What do you got, Yeah,
Speaker 1: So playoffs are just a couple of days away. I
Speaker 1: know we have probably about a week left because of
Speaker 1: a lot of the COVID reschedules, but really exciting time.
Speaker 1: As we went into the first round of the playoffs,
Speaker 1: I think you have a couple that you really should
Speaker 1: look at. We're talking about division betting. So the NHL
Speaker 1: is very different this year in terms of how they
Speaker 1: were set up. You have the Central Division. Carolina Hurricanes
Speaker 1: have been playing unbelievable hockey. I think there plus once
Speaker 1: now to win their division. So that means when their
Speaker 1: first round and win their second round, they're arguably one
Speaker 1: of the most complete teams. Really good goaltending, I think
Speaker 1: there are a safe bet in terms of making it
Speaker 1: to that third round. Additionally, as you get into the others,
Speaker 1: you get the North which is the All Canada League.
Speaker 1: I think Toronto is is certainly the favorite because of
Speaker 1: how they've played, but Connor McDavid and the and the
Speaker 1: Oilers have been absolutely incredible. McDavid had a hundred points
Speaker 1: and fifty three games this year. I think that's the
Speaker 1: best in about twenty five years in terms of how
Speaker 1: fast he was able to hit that. Yeah, it's really
Speaker 1: incredible and it's one of those things that goes under
Speaker 1: the storyline a little bit. But taking Oilers plus two
Speaker 1: seventy five when they're to Vision, I think another smart bet.
Speaker 1: And then the last one is Vegas Golden Nights. They're
Speaker 1: just built to be in the playoffs. I think you
Speaker 1: look at them, you look at their opportunity. They have
Speaker 1: a tough division where they play the Colorado Avalanche, but
Speaker 1: again they're built to be in the playoffs. They're gritty,
Speaker 1: good goaltending, they can score goals plus one fifteen to
Speaker 1: win their division, but plus five fifty winds Stanley Cup.
Speaker 1: I think you take both of those and you end
Speaker 1: up seeing them in the finals. What about awards within
Speaker 1: the league, like the Norris Trophy winner is the best defenseman?
Speaker 1: Who who's in the running for that? Also just President's
Speaker 1: Trophy best regular season record and points. Yeah, so it's
Speaker 1: it's really close. When you talk about the President's Trophy.
Speaker 1: First you have Vegas and Colorado really fighting for it,
Speaker 1: so it's kind of a pick them. It's gonna come
Speaker 1: down to the wire. So I think either way it's
Speaker 1: it's a toss up. But then you get to the
Speaker 1: Norris Trophy. Adam Fox in the New York Rangers, only
Speaker 1: twenty three years old, he's been absolutely incredible. Leads all
Speaker 1: defenseman points, assists, plus minus categories. You really want a
Speaker 1: defenseman to be contributing, and he's plus two fifty right
Speaker 1: behind Victor headman of the Lightning. I think really good
Speaker 1: value bet. Like I said, leading in all those categories,
Speaker 1: I find it hard for them to not puote him
Speaker 1: as the North Trophy winning. Are there any profits about
Speaker 1: a fight breaking out, how long a fight would last,
Speaker 1: anything like that, because if not, there should be. We
Speaker 1: asked about it last week and we couldn't get it
Speaker 1: approved quick enough, specifically with Tom Wilson last week, in
Speaker 1: the game. You knew it was going to happen, we
Speaker 1: wanted to place a bet on it, so we're gonna
Speaker 1: have to work towards it because he's gonna be playing
Speaker 1: in the playoffs, so we'll see if we can get
Speaker 1: something that's like that live. But we certainly will have
Speaker 1: future's bets on bet MGM throughout the entire Stanley Cup
Speaker 1: playoffs during each round, and then as he troun wraps up,
Speaker 1: we'll have top goal scorers, top points per team, per
Speaker 1: division for the entire league. So there's a lot of
Speaker 1: good things to look forward to BET and GM also, well,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of things to look forward to when
Speaker 1: we have you on the show. You're on a little
Speaker 1: streak now, so hopefully you can keep that streak alive. Peter,
Speaker 1: thank you so much for being with us. Thanks guys,
Speaker 1: Thanks Peter. All right, guys, well that's a rap from
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