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.au. crown is yours, buddy. What

3:01

was that? Like a six leg parlay thing

3:03

you did last night? I mean, that is

3:05

unbelievable. You had to will it

3:07

a little bit into existence. What's up,

3:09

Carter Hurley, arm zempik. That's right. I've got

3:11

to get on the arm zempik. I've

3:13

got to get it back going again. Tough

3:15

week in St. Louis, tough travel, just

3:17

eating out of a dumpster when I could

3:19

eat murals. know how it is. But

3:21

I you were willing this on social media

3:23

last night into existence with the with

3:25

the Kyru point. I was following along. I

3:27

was loving it. I was going, holy

3:29

shit, this This guy

3:31

might have it. Murals might put it

3:34

together. All the chirping, all the negativity,

3:36

all the what do these guys know?

3:38

All the murals is so dumb things

3:40

that we heard on on chicklets last

3:42

week leading into it, Murals. Just absolute

3:44

vindication. What was the payout on that

3:46

$10 pays like a hundred and, what

3:48

was it? Plus 11

3:50

.74. Okay. Okay.

3:52

I love that. 100

3:54

bucks. 100 bucks. You want

3:57

a 1174 box.

4:00

think it was 584. I don't

4:02

check my math on that. But I

4:04

may have had both of those

4:06

tickets if you're wondering at home. Buddy,

4:08

people in the chat right now

4:10

buzzing about the Rempe pick as well.

4:13

Obviously you came down with that. They scoffed

4:15

at that. But ho -hum, guess when you have

4:17

all the money and all the jingle in

4:19

your pockets, they don't care about these winners,

4:21

right? Correct. I mean, that's

4:23

the only highlight of the ranger season.

4:25

And we're going to get to all that

4:27

NHL playoffs and everything later on. But first

4:29

I want to tell you, I don't know

4:32

if you know, but tomorrow 12 Eastern, our

4:34

frozen four trip to St. Louis vlog is

4:36

already going to be coming out. Fish

4:38

has been in the lab since we got

4:40

there, getting this thing ready for the people.

4:42

But I gave my recap on chicklets on

4:44

Monday. I kind of want to hear your

4:46

experience, you know, a Western leaguer, but now

4:48

it's your third frozen four and just give

4:50

us your whole thoughts on the same. Lewis

4:53

trip. Oh my god, like I got to

4:55

say like head in there. First of

4:57

all, we like this time of the year

4:59

in St. Louis and the St. Louis

5:01

area and surrounding areas of course further outside

5:03

of St. Louis in that state is

5:05

like, you know, we come in and like

5:07

the weather's kind of sketchy there, right?

5:09

Like I was concerned there was like tornadoes

5:11

and like You know, we had,

5:13

we had a little lunch with a wide man. Our

5:15

boy took us to this great little spot. Wasn't that

5:18

a great little spot he took us to? Gretz's

5:23

favorite spot apparently comes in there, has

5:25

a bowl of chili, it's his favorite spot,

5:27

it's a quiet little perfect hole in

5:29

the wall joint Big

5:33

wall sportsman park is the name of it if you're

5:35

ever in st Louis looking for this what army's talking

5:37

about. Yeah, it was so cool. Can big Walt came

5:39

and hung out with us. He just wheeled up and

5:42

hung out with us. You'll see this all in the

5:44

vlog tonight. I don't want to like our tomorrow. I

5:46

don't want to ruin all of it, but You

5:48

know, I was kind of sketch out coming to St.

5:51

Louis that time of the year, like tornado alley

5:53

in a sense. They got some crazy storms that kind

5:55

of you can see it rolling in. And then

5:57

it rained hard the first night we were there. And

5:59

then it was coming. gone. But

6:01

all in all, I would say like a

6:04

great experience like St. Louis is a good

6:06

sports town. know we We were

6:08

shitting on like the attendance on

6:10

the Thursday night, those two games.

6:12

was a weird Thursday night for

6:14

the games though. Early start, WOT,

6:16

late start, the whole deal on

6:18

a weekday night. But all

6:20

in all, like a great experience for me. Another

6:22

frozen four in the books. And like, yeah,

6:24

it's easy, Merle's. I feel to like, okay, Tampa's

6:26

sick. Like, you know, we're out in the

6:28

sun. we're ripping it up and

6:30

like it's a different setup and it was

6:32

cool, but St. Louis was like its own

6:34

animal. And I gotta say, I actually had

6:36

a great time. The fan fest was rocking.

6:38

think Western fans made it. really

6:40

awesome, like they showed up and showed

6:43

out, man. Like they were unbelievable. And

6:45

as hard as we ripped on them, it's funny. G

6:47

pops it. But as hard

6:49

as we were kind of like on the fans

6:51

on the Thursday and stuff. Western

6:54

their fans were like so awesome to us

6:56

like they're like it's okay if you didn't pick

6:58

us you know murals and G you know

7:00

it's okay you could come on now like they

7:02

were like if anyone's welcome they were so

7:04

like accepting and loving and fun and wanted

7:07

us in there so go ahead G go ahead

7:09

G you popped in I

7:13

was just going to say, sorry, I

7:15

lost it there. I was just going to

7:17

say, uh, it actually, so I was

7:19

thinking about this yesterday. It actually all worked

7:21

out that it was in St. Louis,

7:23

because that's close enough where all the Western

7:25

Michigan, Michigan fans could drive down. So

7:27

like that, that's what made it, that arena.

7:30

for the championship game was insane. And it

7:32

was insane because it was all Western

7:35

Michigan fans, all those casual hockey fans weren't

7:37

in there. So it was all Western

7:39

Michigan fans. So it did. I was pretty

7:41

hard on St. Louis, but it, I

7:43

was thinking about this last night and I'm

7:45

like, well, you know, if it

7:47

was in Tampa or Vegas, I don't know

7:49

if Western Michigan would have been able to bring

7:52

as many people as they did cause you

7:54

couldn't just throw eight guys in a car and

7:56

drive down like they all did. So. in

8:00

St. Louis. And we had guys in front of

8:02

us boys, they were going crazy, like we were

8:04

in like a crazy area for the final game, but.

8:06

Those guys that like drove down or a

8:08

guy like met his old roommates from

8:10

college and lives in like Florida But flew

8:13

here that morning and like it was

8:15

crazy and he's like they're all like shit

8:17

can but they're like this is a

8:19

business trip And

8:21

then they go up for two and

8:23

they're like crying and hugging each other and

8:26

they're like, this is what we talked about

8:28

our freshman year. It's, it's just so crazy

8:30

that like, and that's what I said was

8:32

so awesome about the whole thing I thought

8:34

was like the alumni. I think it's so

8:36

awesome for all the alumni that got

8:38

to go to Western Michigan, all the students

8:40

that are there weekend and week out, but

8:42

all the alumni, and I was talking to

8:44

one after and he was like, man, like

8:47

this gives my hockey career credibility. You

8:49

know what I mean? so many of these

8:51

guys, it's like, you talk about, oh, where'd you

8:53

play at? You're like, Western Michigan. They're like,

8:55

oh, like, I didn't know that didn't know that

8:57

school had division one. You're like, Oh, well,

8:59

yeah, we're the national champions right now. So. Yeah,

9:04

yeah, I'm really happy for them and I

9:06

think I heard a few different guys like

9:08

we never Oh,

9:15

it was bedlam. It was absolute bedlam.

9:17

It was chaos. It was great. everything

9:19

we did there, wherever we went was, was,

9:22

was wild and fun. And, uh, college fans made

9:24

it that way for us, man. The ones

9:26

that traveled in there and St. Louis put on

9:28

a, put on a good show, man. Like

9:30

I had, I had a good time. Like I

9:32

really did. I had a really good time.

9:34

So shout out to that trip. I mean, we,

9:36

that's a third. What is that? The third

9:38

frozen four that we've done, right? And

9:41

I can't see how we don't do it.

9:43

Game notes doesn't do it every year. Like I

9:45

just can't see how it's just like on,

9:47

you know, next year we're like, no, we can't

9:49

go like we're going either way, army. Yeah,

9:54

so, uh, loved it, boys. It was

9:56

awesome. Glad it worked out. I was dragging

9:58

my ass though, boys. I was dragged.

10:00

I had that 545 a .m. flight

10:05

And I, you know how I was like paranoid

10:07

about it. I had to be ready to

10:09

roll. G was like, I get it, you know,

10:12

and like, we're like, okay, I got to

10:14

go back right after the game, not too late

10:16

of a time I got back to the

10:18

hotel and trying to shut down then like four

10:20

o 'clock pickup. And I was between the benches

10:22

at like two o 'clock Eastern time the next

10:24

day, ready to go TNT, Boston, Pittsburgh. On

10:27

on on the and I missed I actually

10:29

I got out of there and I saw the

10:31

whole like masters break down to once the

10:33

game ended because of the Tiebreaker and all that

10:35

crap that went down. So it was it

10:37

was a grind of a weekend I'm still kind

10:39

of tired from it, but I got it

10:41

done. I grind it. I worked, you know, you

10:43

got to do it boys, right? All

10:45

the people in the chat, you got to fucking

10:47

grind, like you guys are doing right now on a

10:49

Wednesday afternoon, home day, getting her

10:51

done at the office, fake working,

10:53

game notes on, let's go. Yeah,

10:56

thank you to the chat, everybody's showing up

10:58

on the Wednesday, new time, new day for us.

11:00

The one thing I forgot about St. Louis,

11:02

I'm not sure if we captured it for the

11:04

vlog or not, but we can tease it

11:06

a little bit if we did, was that golf

11:08

cart ride. I don't know

11:10

if we, if we got any

11:12

video of that, but we're just walking

11:14

along and a golf car comes

11:16

storming by with a boombox on yelling

11:18

free drinks and free joints. We're

11:20

like, what the hell is this guy

11:22

talking about? Buddy, that was

11:24

the craziest thing ever that I didn't know you

11:27

can like drink and walk around like St.

11:29

Louis, like it's like Vegas, right? Like you,

11:31

I had no clue about this. the golf cars

11:33

are driving a hundred miles an hour down

11:35

the road and we're on it, hanging off of

11:37

it. Slurping down beers. It was it

11:39

was the wildest like I didn't know that

11:41

was a rule in st. Louis G. Did you

11:43

know no the whole time? I was sitting next

11:45

to murals and we just kept being like

11:47

this is illegal There's no way this is allowed

11:49

and the guy kept being like no, this is

11:52

this is the thing here was it was

11:54

awesome It's like You're in St. Louis and

11:56

then you jump on one of these things and you

11:58

feel like you're in the strip in Fort Lauderdale. you

12:00

know what I mean? Just rip it down.

12:02

It was awesome. And then we come

12:04

to a barricaded spot with cops and like,

12:06

well, here we go. And it's good.

12:08

This ride is going to end here. Guy

12:10

just waves them through. So it was

12:12

better than a regular Uber. An Uber could

12:14

have gone in there and it was

12:16

just incredible. 10 bucks a guy, guy rips

12:18

open a cooler, all sorts of cocktails

12:20

and beers in there. Oh wow. What an

12:22

experience. That was one of the highlights

12:24

of my trip. I think if you look

12:26

at it, the golf cart ripping around

12:28

and these guys, you're like, oh, touristy shitty.

12:30

This is dumb. It was actually, I

12:33

highly recommend in St. Louis to get around

12:35

in that fashion. You could crush

12:37

beers. He's pumping tunes. You can cut

12:39

through everywhere. He's driving those things. That

12:41

was the create. Like if I fell off the

12:43

back, I'd be done. Those thing, that thing was

12:45

buzzing. Yeah. It's like a 12 -seater too. It's

12:47

like unreal. Yeah. That's the way

12:49

to go in St. Louis. Shout out St. Louis.

12:51

Great time. Had a blast. You

12:54

can check it all out on the vlog

12:56

tomorrow when the boys are done with that fishy.

12:58

And is it just fishy? dominating that thing?

13:00

She's just a master. She's the master. I

13:03

mean, we had a great

13:05

time. There was one person I

13:07

know had a better time

13:10

than us and that's Western Michigan

13:12

Bronco forward, the pride of

13:14

Detroit, Michigan MVP of the entire

13:16

tournament. Oh, and Michaels. Thank

13:18

you for coming on. Welcome to

13:21

the program. What

13:23

a night. you guys

13:25

do? Were you riding around in golf

13:27

carts after you got that trophy? Just

13:29

walk us through the entire thing once

13:31

you guys receive that trophy. Yes, sir.

13:33

Yeah. It's been unbelievable. It really

13:35

does feel like a dream and, you know, haven't

13:37

really had much time to kind of digest

13:39

it all. But, you know, getting back on campus,

13:41

we kind of got the five -star treatment in

13:43

limousines and coming back to campus and seeing

13:46

all the support has just been unbelievable. I

13:48

can't believe we got them on, boys. I

13:50

can't believe we got the MVP on. We've

13:52

been running a hot streak here,

13:55

kid. We've been running really hot.

13:57

We had your coach on. We

13:59

had the ice man on. Hoby

14:01

Baker winner now. now somehow securing

14:03

G great job getting the MVP

14:05

of the frozen for tell me

14:07

about your mindset going into this

14:09

tournament for one and then we'll

14:12

backtrack from there with your team

14:14

obviously successful season but you individually

14:16

just popped off this season. Obviously

14:19

confident going into the going into this tournament. Yeah

14:21

for sure I think just all year not just myself

14:24

but this whole group you know we never we

14:26

never shied away from the moment and you know we

14:28

always had that inner belief in ourselves and each

14:30

other as a group and you know it starts with

14:32

the with the head of the program with you

14:34

know playing for coach first and you know he brings

14:36

it every day and he's such an unbelievable guy

14:38

to learn from each and every day and it's just

14:40

so much fun coming to the rink and playing

14:42

for him. Yeah I noticed coach first

14:44

I was just doing some research on the

14:46

frozen for and and I mean I saw your

14:48

team all year and you guys just kept

14:50

hanging around but then when I started hearing his

14:52

interviews I was like holy cow this guy

14:55

is a leader just a little bit about that

14:57

and like how much do you really want

14:59

to play for this guy is his enthusiasm is

15:01

professionalism and alumni all that let us let

15:03

us hear from you. Yeah you're absolutely right he's

15:05

the man he really is it's it's such

15:07

a blessing and to be able to come here

15:09

and be a Bronco and play for him

15:11

and like I said he leads the way each

15:13

and every day and you know he does

15:15

an unbelievable job of knowing when to push us

15:18

to our limits and bring out that that

15:20

confidence in us and nobody also is in the

15:22

in the room every day just kind of

15:24

shooting the shit with us crack and jokes telling

15:26

stories so it's like he's one of the

15:28

boys and you know he can kind of flip

15:30

that switch whenever he needs to. I

15:32

know these guys are going to want to jump

15:34

into the game but I want to go to the

15:36

celebration we got to go right to the celebration. I

15:39

saw you guys pulling up

15:41

to with like in limos like

15:43

summer stretch limos inside like

15:45

for a pep rally. Have

15:47

you guys even slept yet. Talk about just

15:49

what it's like to win a national

15:51

championship at a school like Western Michigan with

15:53

the loss and lunatics. Just so labs

15:55

just so labs. Yeah it's it's been amazing.

15:57

You know the boys on the plane

15:59

ride back We're kind of all talking not

16:01

really knowing what to expect and you

16:04

know You kind of hit the tarmac and

16:06

you look out the window and you

16:08

see there's just three or four limos waiting

16:10

for us armoured truck Waiting to you

16:12

know escort us back and armored truck. Yeah.

16:14

Yeah Calibre zoo doesn't

16:16

mess around though, so you needed our truck

16:18

I get exactly so it was awesome And

16:20

you know just to kind of drive back

16:22

to campus and see the support from all

16:24

the fans in the community You know there

16:26

were fans lined up our whole drive back

16:28

and then You know we get

16:30

back to campus you're kind of peeling that turn

16:32

into loss and arena And you kind of look

16:34

in the limo and you're talking to the boys

16:36

not really knowing what to expect And then you

16:38

just see a sea of people the band playing

16:40

the fight song all the fans students other student

16:42

athletes It was it was awesome. Can we just

16:44

say like that's the best fight song? I've ever

16:46

heard I've been singing

16:48

it for three days. Yeah. Is

16:50

that like the Atlanta brave sounding

16:52

chant, right? Yeah You

16:58

know those two games really did feel like home

17:01

games it was unbelievable to see the logistics travel and

17:03

you know We we knew that that was how

17:05

it was going to turn out Yeah,

17:07

I mean you lit it up the first game

17:09

Three two you guys were all over them though like

17:11

you knew you had control of that game What

17:13

was the what was it like in the locker room?

17:15

It's two two you got one goal already But

17:17

you go to overtime then you go to a second

17:19

overtime. What was going through your guys heads in

17:22

the locker room? Yeah, you know, we knew we felt

17:24

it was our game to take for sure Like

17:26

you said, we felt we were kind of the better

17:28

team those first two periods and you know coming

17:30

in for that Second intermission we were fully expecting a

17:32

push from Denver and that's exactly what they gave

17:34

us They're an unbelievable team unbelievable program that we have

17:36

a lot of respect for So we knew

17:38

was going to be a dogfight and you know, we got

17:40

their push and You know, we're sitting in the room waiting for

17:42

overtime and you know, we're kind of just all talking saying

17:44

This is our game. You know, we just got to go out

17:47

there and take it and you know, fortunately That's what we

17:49

were able to do Yeah, 26

17:51

seconds into double overtime

17:53

this man right here Ends

17:55

it and sends his team to the final.

17:58

Um the feeling of that and then

18:00

getting ready and prep for the final.

18:02

You guys had never been there. Like,

18:04

you know, this is big for your

18:06

school. This is big for you guys

18:08

to kind of a successful season, yes,

18:10

but now you're in the bright lights.

18:12

Like, what was your leadership like and

18:14

washy and some of your veteran guys

18:16

in there and, you know, coach first?

18:19

Like, what was the, it was like

18:21

to tighten, hey boys, hey, let's

18:23

get dialed in here. Cause you guys

18:25

are pretty like, you guys are

18:27

pretty like systematic. You guys just rolled all

18:29

game in that final. Yeah, absolutely. It

18:31

was, it was a little bit of a quick turnaround,

18:33

you know, getting to the ring Friday, kind of hanging

18:35

out there for a few hours, just kind of trying

18:37

to soak it all in and enjoy the moment. But

18:39

know that we're, you know, we're here for two games

18:41

and two wins and, you know, to have the opportunity

18:43

to do something that this program's never done is just

18:45

unbelievable and something we took a lot of pride in

18:47

all year and doing. And you're absolutely

18:49

right. It starts with our leader, Tim Washey.

18:52

You know, he's had a hell of a week

18:54

now winning a national championship at a place he's

18:56

been at for five years. And then, you know,

18:58

a few days later making his NHL debut. So

19:00

all the boys were watching that one last night.

19:02

And it was, it was, it was pretty special

19:05

to see that. There's another guy I want to

19:07

talk about. And he kind of became a household

19:09

name this frozen for. And I don't know if

19:11

that's because of all the jokes you can make

19:13

with his last name, but Alex Bump, talk about

19:15

this guy. What are Philadelphia Flyers fans getting with

19:17

this kid? Cause he seems like an absolute stud.

19:19

Yeah, you're exactly right. He is, he's an unbelievable

19:22

player, even better person. He was, he's been my

19:24

roommate the past two years. So kind of hang

19:26

out with him, you know, 24 seven. And, you

19:28

know, I've been able to kind of form an

19:30

unbelievable bond with him that'll, you know, last a

19:32

lifetime and just dropped him off at the airport

19:34

this morning and heading out to Philadelphia. He's going

19:36

to be joining Lehigh and, you know, starting his

19:38

pro career and couldn't be prouder of him. Just,

19:41

you know, seeing all the work he puts in

19:43

each and every day. And, you know, you guys

19:45

must be rock stars on this campus. Come on.

19:47

It's unbelievable. It's, it's been, you know, it feels

19:49

like a dream to be honest. These past few

19:51

days have just felt like a blur and, you

19:53

know, unbelievable feeling that we're going to remember for

19:55

the rest of our lives. Yeah, like that's pretty

19:57

fast, right? Like, you all of a sudden you're... He's

20:00

in the show all of a sudden, this

20:02

guy, like you just, you went through all this

20:04

together and you know, there's, there's a lot

20:06

of unknowns of like what you guys could be

20:08

or what could happen or who could have

20:10

big years or who's going to score the double

20:12

overtime winning goal and four goals in the,

20:14

in the, in the frozen form. It's just unbelievable.

20:17

But like, what's, what's that kind of been

20:19

like as a group, you guys are so close

20:21

knit. I always hear that it's kind of

20:23

reminds me of when I was in junior hockey

20:25

up in the dub shout out Western guy. Yeah,

20:28

big Western guys, you know, but I like,

20:30

what's that like when you're so close?

20:32

It's not pro hockey. These guys are going

20:34

off now. And now you're just seeing

20:36

guys just like your roommate gone. Peace out.

20:38

Yeah. You know, you're right. It's,

20:40

it's crazy, but you know, there's never a doubt

20:43

with, with this group. And you know, one thing

20:45

we refuse to lack is belief. And something we

20:47

kind of always been saying this year is that

20:49

belief is a competitive advantage. And, you know, that's

20:51

exactly right. And something we'd never lost sight of

20:53

them coming into St. Louis, you know, doing something

20:55

and going somewhere that this program has never done.

20:58

You know, the lights were definitely bright, but you know,

21:00

we were ready for that moment. We were prepared

21:02

and, you know, because we knew we put the work

21:04

in every day. I

21:07

want to go back a few

21:09

years, you know, 21, 22, you're playing

21:11

in Bismarck in the Nall. Did

21:14

you, did you ever think this

21:16

would be possible? One, and you know,

21:18

be a national champion, frozen for

21:20

MVP. And two, talk about the

21:22

process of committing to Western Michigan and the whole

21:24

recruitment process and kind of how that whole process

21:26

went for you. Yeah. You know, I think dealt

21:28

a little bit of, with a little bit of

21:30

adversity early on in my junior career. And I

21:32

think it was the best thing for me kind

21:34

of, kind of taught me to have that belief

21:37

in myself, which is why I think, you know,

21:39

I'm in the best spot possible for me being

21:41

a Bronco. And you know, the recruiting process was

21:43

pretty, pretty easy for me after I talked to

21:45

these coaches here, you know, just one conversation with,

21:47

with first and, you know, pretty much felt like

21:49

a done deal at that point. I knew I

21:51

had to be here and I had to be

21:53

a Bronco and play for that guy and, you

21:55

know, just love every second of it so far.

21:58

Gee, I'll tell you a good story.

22:00

up on my research today about this

22:02

kid right here. Walked in the

22:04

main camp at Dubuque as a

22:06

20 year old, 160 kids, he's

22:08

a free agent. We never drafted

22:11

him obviously. Our scouts pound

22:13

at the table, bring him to training camp

22:15

in September. He started camp as our

22:17

number six center, made the team and that

22:19

the year is our number one center was

22:21

our best player in playoffs that year. So

22:23

pretty good stuff there, but I

22:25

gotta ask you about this part of

22:28

the end of the story here. We

22:30

had a rain of men. He

22:32

kept taking 10s for threatening the refs.

22:35

So you had quite a temper

22:37

on you. How do you change 116

22:39

pins, they're like good player on

22:41

the rise. Potential serial killer. Yeah,

22:44

yeah, my junior hockey days were a little

22:47

bit crazy. Something I've kind of had to tell

22:49

them back a little since coming here, but

22:51

first just made it as clear and it's

22:53

been so easy to kind of make that transition

22:55

and love my time in Dubuque, love my

22:57

time in juniors, met a lot of great

22:59

people that I still talk to you this

23:01

day. So it's been awesome to have those kind

23:03

of people reach out these past few days

23:05

and show their support for the Broncos. And

23:08

probably not just one thing in

23:10

what Merles is talking about, because

23:12

when looking at you two, you're

23:14

freshman year, two goals, five assists.

23:16

And then this year, you look

23:18

at what you were able to

23:20

put together. So it's kind of

23:22

been your MO. It's like everyone

23:24

doesn't see ya or doubt ya

23:26

maybe. What's been

23:28

the one thing that's, yes, in

23:31

yourself, but what has been something

23:33

that year to year that has allowed

23:35

you to kind of take those

23:37

steps and kind of say like, screw

23:39

you, screw you like every step

23:41

of the way to being where

23:44

you are just as positive again? Yeah, absolutely.

23:46

I think just learning on early in my

23:48

junior career, especially that it's not a sprint,

23:50

it's a marathon and I'm racing, nobody else

23:52

is racing, but my own. So each and

23:54

every day just trying to get one percent

23:56

but better, that's something we... we take a

23:58

lot of pride in here at Western Michigan.

24:00

And, you know, it's been, you know, such

24:02

an honor to wear that jersey every day

24:04

and just continue to try and strive to

24:06

get 1 % better each day. And, you

24:08

know, that's something me and the boys, you

24:11

know, try and do every day in practice,

24:13

games, whatever the case may be. And, you

24:15

know, something I think we did a really

24:17

good job of this year. Speaking

24:19

of taking pride in Western Michigan, this new

24:21

rink we're hearing about, feel like that's going to

24:23

be something that you guys are going to

24:25

be able to brag about. Talk about that whole

24:27

process. Like our, mean, first came on, told

24:29

us basically they're not saying no to him at

24:31

all. Are they asking you guys, like, you

24:33

know, what for your input on the whole thing?

24:36

Like talk about how this whole arena process

24:38

is going. Yeah, it's, it's crazy. It's, it's, yeah,

24:40

I'm looking forward to it so much. know,

24:42

I know a lot of the alums are talking

24:44

about potentially coming back, you know, when it's

24:46

all built and ready to go, you know, for

24:48

a couple of weeks to kind of train

24:50

and take advantage of all the facilities that are

24:52

going to be there. But

24:54

yeah, first she's kind of pulled us aside and

24:56

showed us the blue prints a couple of times

24:58

and it just looks unbelievable. And, you

25:00

know, it's special because this is such a great

25:02

place to play college hockey and it's the best,

25:04

you know, fan base in college hockey and, you

25:06

know, to have a place now to, to that,

25:08

you know, this program deserves is really special. And,

25:10

you know, just super excited for the, for the

25:12

future of this program. Yeah. Well,

25:14

while we're talking the future, I'll put you

25:17

on the spot a little bit. there any

25:19

talk of going and trying pro with a

25:21

portal or any of this other crazy stuff

25:23

you kids can do? Or is it next

25:25

year, Western Michigan, 100 % Yeah, a little

25:27

bit. But it's been, it's been crazy. Everything's been happening

25:29

so fast, just trying to do my best these past couple

25:31

of weeks and months to just stay in the moment.

25:33

And I think I've done a good job of that. It's

25:35

been so easy with these guys, just, you know, living

25:37

in the moment and they've helped so much. But

25:39

yeah, yeah, you know, I'm definitely leaning towards coming

25:41

back for my junior year and being a Bronco

25:43

again. And, you know, it's been the greatest gift

25:45

I've ever received up to this point in my

25:47

life. And, you know, just, it's a good problem

25:49

to have, but, you know, I take a lot

25:52

of pride in wearing that jersey and playing for

25:54

this coaching staff. So, you know, that's

25:56

what I'm going to do for sure. What's the

25:58

summers? What's the summers going to look like? go ahead,

26:00

Murr. Go ahead, Murr. I just to say, all

26:02

right, I scratch you off the list of transfer portal

26:04

guys, RPI. So I'm going to

26:06

take you away there. So yeah, yeah, see

26:08

you next year. What about what about NHL? What

26:10

do you got coming up? Anything that you're

26:12

hearing from anybody or A little couple, you

26:14

know, some interest out there. It's it's been crazy.

26:16

You know, when you, you know, been working

26:18

for something your whole life and then to see

26:21

it potentially become a reality is, is a

26:23

feeling that, you know, words can't really describe, but

26:25

just trying to lean on, you know, the

26:27

people in my corner and people that I

26:29

trust, whether it's, you know, the coaching staff here,

26:31

agent or just my, my parents and family

26:33

and, you know, just kind of taking it all

26:35

in, asking the right questions and, you know,

26:37

just trying to not rush into a situation because,

26:40

you know, I really do love this place. Yeah.

26:43

Yeah. Army, I think you were going to

26:45

ask there. I'd love to know, like, what's

26:47

your summer look like? Yeah. This summer, like,

26:49

is there anything you're heading into the summer

26:51

being like, I got to get better at

26:53

this. I'm going into the summer to work on

26:55

this. He's like wake up at 8am, burn

26:57

a couch, burn two coaches, run around the

26:59

camp and Yeah. Yeah. It's been the past

27:01

few days. You know, it's, I'm looking forward

27:03

to getting into the off season and, you

27:05

know, taking a couple, a couple of days

27:07

and weeks to kind of enjoy these past

27:09

couple of weeks and, you know, enjoy it

27:11

with my family and friends and obviously my

27:13

teammates and everyone within this community here. But,

27:15

you know, it's, it's, it's a quick turnaround. You

27:17

know, now we're going to be the defending

27:19

national champions and, you know, that's a, that's

27:21

a huge deal and we're going to get

27:23

every team's best next year and, you know,

27:25

definitely looking forward to that opportunity. I think

27:27

something for me is just getting bigger, stronger,

27:29

you know, all the cliche stuff, but it

27:31

just, it rings so true to me. Definitely

27:34

got to put on some weight and I think

27:36

just, you know, using my body more next year or

27:38

something. I'm going to try and do a lot,

27:40

you know, taking pucks in the net and, you know,

27:42

just being a better force down low, like a

27:44

guy like Tim Washey. Yeah, man. That's

27:46

insane. Like seeing those guys go

27:48

to the next step that you played

27:50

with. That's just like

27:52

a huge, like, you know, like the fuse

27:54

kind of thing too, right? Like, I

27:56

think seeing guys that you battled all year

27:59

with and then they'll and like you

28:01

see Washi doing his rookie lap. You got

28:03

to be like, holy shit, like this

28:05

is real. But at the same time, like

28:07

the grass isn't always greener. Like there's

28:09

very few kids who get to win a

28:11

national championship and then go back and

28:13

enjoy their spring semester at college, being a

28:15

national champion, like go be a college

28:17

kid. Go have fun and enjoy this because

28:19

it's, this might never happen again. Yeah,

28:22

you're exactly right. You know, hands down, this

28:24

has been the best week of my

28:26

life and just enjoying this moment with the

28:28

guys and embracing it all with them

28:30

has been my favorite part of it all.

28:32

And you know, seeing the guys faces

28:34

when we won the national championship is something

28:36

I'll never forget. And kind of each

28:38

day, kind of just going back, scrolling through

28:40

all the pictures, it's pretty special and

28:43

it kind of brings you right back to

28:45

these moments. I was

28:47

reading a few articles. Oh, go

28:49

ahead, Merlis, go ahead. No, no, go ahead, go, go,

28:51

go. I was reading a few articles and you know,

28:53

your head coach, Fershey, who's a

28:55

beauty, he's making the media rounds as

28:57

well. We first have Maan though, but

28:59

whatever. He said, we knew he

29:01

had offense in him, but we also

29:03

knew he's a warrior. And

29:06

you know, in saying that also, he

29:08

said, you're the kind of guy that's a

29:10

future captain of the Broncos. What

29:12

does that mean to you to hear

29:14

that and to feel that after coming off,

29:16

you know, what you guys have bonded

29:18

through in a championship season as well? Right,

29:20

yeah, it means everything to me. To

29:22

have that kind of respect from somebody that

29:24

I respect so much myself, it means

29:26

the world. And you know, I know I

29:28

said it earlier, but you know, there's

29:30

no greater honor than playing for that guy

29:32

and the rest of this coaching staff.

29:34

And you know, I know I speak for

29:36

the rest of the group, they feel

29:38

the exact same way. Yeah,

29:42

I just want to thank you for

29:44

your time. We're going to let you

29:46

go. mean, it's what, 12 .30 there?

29:48

You probably got an outside beer pong

29:50

game lined up or something today. yeah. I

29:53

don't want to get in the way

29:55

of that, but we got one last question

29:57

here from the arm dog. I just

29:59

want to ask you about the Olympics. about

30:01

your alumni. And there's a lot of

30:03

guys, you know, kicking around possibly at the

30:05

game that night. Some of them are

30:07

in the NHL world now. I saw Jamal

30:09

mayors in St. Louis. He's from around

30:11

there. Um, any, any cool stories of those

30:13

guys popping down and how cool has

30:15

that been? Cause we sat with a ton

30:17

of like people that came in. They're

30:19

like, this is a business trip. They're all

30:21

like alumni, older graduates that didn't play

30:23

hockey, but they're just fans. What's the alumni

30:25

been like reaction and especially hockey alumni

30:27

guys? Yeah, it's been unbelievable. know,

30:29

once a Bronco, always a Bronco. And, you know,

30:31

to see and feel the support that we have

30:34

had, not just these past couple of weeks and

30:36

days, but all year has been, you know, so

30:38

special. And, you know, to see all the text

30:40

messages and phone calls that we're getting from guys

30:42

that, you know, we played with or have had

30:44

the privilege of getting to know over these past

30:46

couple of summers during alumni weekends is unbelievable. And,

30:48

you know, this, this championship wasn't about just us.

30:50

was about the people that came before us, the

30:52

people that are kind of coming after us. It

30:54

was a program defining moment and something we took

30:56

a lot of pride in and just so fortunate

30:58

to be able to do it and give it

31:00

to this program. Awesome. Sounds like

31:02

a captain boys. Sounds like a captain

31:04

to me. Oh, this guy carries himself

31:06

like he's like in the NHL for

31:08

10 fucking years. It's ridiculous. Thank

31:11

you. Appreciate it. You said you're going to

31:13

be on everyone's radar next year. You're going

31:15

to be, you're going to be on our

31:17

radar, which could, can sometimes be scary. We

31:19

can sometimes ruin teams by making you do

31:21

much, but we had you win in the

31:24

semis. We had you win in the finals.

31:26

I want to thank you personally to care,

31:28

to care of a few beer tabs for

31:30

me with that win on Saturday night. So

31:32

thank you. Congrats. Wish you a ton of

31:34

luck and enjoy this buddy. Thank

31:36

you guys. Really appreciate it. Big

31:38

fans. Thanks Owen. Thank you so much.

31:41

Wow. That was it guys. Another one.

31:43

We're just on fire. The hottest,

31:45

it's got to be the hottest college

31:47

hockey show in the world. We

31:49

got everybody coming on here. So lucky,

31:52

so thankful and another great kid,

31:54

another great interview. I mean, is this

31:56

guy like real? Like that is

31:58

not, is that not an impressive kid?

32:00

like his answers, his

32:02

energy, incredibly impressive. You

32:04

can see why first says that about him,

32:07

that he's a, you know, protect like future

32:09

captain of this team, like you just confidence

32:11

in him. You can keep a good man

32:13

down a little bit, but then he'll find

32:15

a way and - Murl's Michael put him

32:17

on his heels. Yeah. Asking about what

32:19

the plan is for next year. I could

32:21

try and get the rumor boys. I was trying

32:23

to get us a scoop, trying to get

32:25

the early scoop on him. I've been seeing scoops

32:27

too about the head coach a little bit,

32:29

rumor boys. Yeah, there's a rumor boy too. Rumor

32:31

boy. you hearing, Army? Well, I'm just thinking

32:33

like you see what he is. We got to

32:35

talk to him. Like the secret is out,

32:37

no question. I think there's,

32:39

you know, gonna be some job

32:42

openings. I think the way his team

32:44

played is very pro -like style. If

32:46

you watch them play, the smothering,

32:48

the skating, the work ethic, the messaging,

32:50

you know, the demand, but also the way

32:52

he talks to people is like awesome.

32:54

Like he's a guy that when he walks

32:57

into a room, he's the captain of

32:59

the ship. hands are on the fucking thing

33:01

turning it, right? He's barking out orders,

33:03

but he has a way about him that's

33:05

exactly what you want in a coach.

33:07

So I don't know how long he'll, is

33:09

he gonna get this rink built before

33:11

he's in the NHL for Shweiler or what's

33:13

gonna happen with him? And

33:15

there's a connection too with Western

33:17

Michigan and there's Keith Jones

33:19

who's in with the Flyers. There's

33:22

an opening there. I

33:24

imagine the Rangers are gonna have

33:26

to look at something too and

33:28

what they might do, but very

33:30

impressive coach as well, very impressive.

33:33

Well, I mean, what would you guys do

33:35

if you guys were him? Like, cause

33:37

you have this awesome opportunity here with the

33:39

new rink coming in. He said he's

33:41

been an integral part of helping build this

33:43

new rink, but you get the national

33:45

championship and the rink can still be almost

33:48

his legacy, right? Where he helped build

33:50

it. He helped win the national championship right

33:52

before it, but money talks at the

33:54

end of the day, right guys? Yeah, but

33:56

the problem with the NHL, he could

33:58

go there and, you know, you saw with

34:00

Dave Hextall. He didn't last very long.

34:02

Like you maybe get two or three years

34:04

and then, and then what? The Western

34:07

Michigan jobs already locked up. It's not like

34:09

you can go back right away. So

34:11

it's a really tough decision. Like we've talked

34:13

about before with David Carl. Like do

34:15

you really leave? And you know, it's so

34:17

tough in the NHL. You're not promised

34:19

anything. You stay there. You're promised a pretty

34:21

good deal. It's like

34:23

it has to be like a

34:25

five year deal almost right to go.

34:27

Yeah. That's what I would want.

34:29

I told you when I said Carl Carl

34:32

should get the five. What did I say? Five

34:34

times nine. Eight year deal, dude. I think

34:36

you said eight times eight. You're giving them eight.

34:38

Yeah. Give them these eight times eight that

34:40

all these other months are getting. Everybody

34:42

eight night. Everybody get an

34:44

eight by eight flyers. Nothing against Carl.

34:47

Nothing against Carl. His success speaks for

34:49

itself and what he's done is speaks

34:51

for himself. For me in the interviews

34:53

that we've done and I mean, this

34:55

is very on the outside and not

34:57

on the inside of like what these

34:59

guys do. Carl, very good coach. First

35:01

wilder to me pops. Like

35:03

to me pops off. Like when

35:05

he's talking and he has charisma

35:07

and he has the command and

35:09

he has the leadership and then

35:12

you watch his team play as

35:14

well. Now he's got a national

35:16

championship. So really impressive guy, really

35:18

impressive season. Congratulations to the Western

35:20

Michigan Mustang or Broncos as well.

35:22

Sorry, said awesome, awesome

35:24

fan base. Amazing showing and a

35:26

fantastic season on their way to

35:29

a national championship. It's just great. Yep.

35:32

I saw a good tweet by Bucci.

35:34

I think he says he's done this

35:36

12 years and this was the sixth

35:38

time it was a first time champion

35:40

or something crazy like that. Fresh blood.

35:42

Fresh blood. I'm going to give you

35:44

another little stat in that same amount

35:46

of time, probably even less years. forget

35:48

when Union won it. Benny Barr

35:50

has been an assistant coach at four schools,

35:53

Union, Providence, UMass and Western

35:55

Michigan. All four have a title

35:57

in the last, I want to say

35:59

10 years so names next boys.

36:01

our guy. We pumped him up. But,

36:03

um, that's, that's it for the

36:05

frozen four in our college season. I

36:07

loved it. We built it up.

36:09

We're going to talk a little bit

36:12

more about it and show mindsies,

36:14

but it's time. It's playoff

36:16

time. We got to

36:18

talk series, odds, predictions. We

36:20

want to get all of that. Anything first,

36:22

army? Um, no, no, I'm

36:24

going to save it. I'm going to

36:27

save it. But I mean, I am excited

36:29

about the playoffs. There's no question. And

36:31

I think you will, uh, find

36:33

it and be aware of it. I might want to make

36:35

it my show. I'll do it. I mean, you want me

36:37

to do it now? I think

36:39

you can wait. I think you wait. I

36:41

think that's a good closing, closing thing.

36:43

Maybe, but let's start with the first one.

36:45

Just get out of the way because

36:48

it is, it's Montreal or Columbus still. We're

36:50

not a hundred percent sure Montreal wins

36:52

tonight. They're in. If they lose, then Columbus

36:54

can win tomorrow night. So there's still

36:56

a little drama in there, but either one,

36:58

either way, they're playing Washington. Um,

37:02

I had Washington winning by five on chicklets

37:04

and just trying to pass it around

37:06

the horn. Now we'll get G and posh

37:08

involved. Give our picks in a quick

37:10

little, uh, you know, X factor or something

37:12

you're looking for in the series. I

37:15

mean, what are we, what are we

37:17

doing with this? What if Columbus gets it

37:19

too? But boys like Columbus, what a

37:21

story all year, right? All year.

37:25

I, I just, what's

37:27

up, fellas? What's going on? There

37:29

is. There he is. There you have been. I've

37:31

been flippy floppy on this series. Uh, as

37:33

you guys know, I was actually the only guy

37:35

on chicklets to pick the capitals to make

37:37

the playoffs. Uh, I think they're a good team,

37:39

but looking under the hood, they're not quite

37:42

as good. They're not a top two team in

37:44

the league. So I don't think they're going

37:46

to win the cup. This is a tough series

37:48

for me. You know, Montreal is coming in

37:50

with the vibes, but then the vibes have kind

37:52

of died down. Ultimately, I'm going with a

37:54

veteran experience team. I got captain six. Gee,

38:00

what are you thinking? I know. can't

38:02

remember on chicklets. What you said, I didn't

38:04

make a prediction. No, you didn't get

38:06

in on this one. No, I didn't. mean,

38:08

I like, I mean, I

38:11

think I like Montreal here. Like

38:13

if, if it is Montreal, like

38:15

I'm, I'm going to ride Montreal.

38:17

I think they just have an

38:19

electric. They just have something going

38:21

right now with my, I mean,

38:23

I kind of want to take,

38:25

take the blue jackets too. If

38:27

they get in, like I just,

38:29

I, something about this Washington team,

38:31

I just, like

38:34

it, there was a lot going on for

38:36

them this season, right? Like the end of the

38:38

season, there was a lot of distractions. They're

38:40

not playing good hockey right now. I think that's

38:42

kind of most important is they're heading into

38:44

the season. They're not playing great hockey. So yeah,

38:46

I'm going to go with either Montreal

38:48

or Columbus. I like the upset here.

38:50

I like that. I like that arm

38:52

dog. Close out this series for us

38:54

here. Merle's boys. That's

38:57

been my big thing. That's been my hot

38:59

take. I don't know if I've come out

39:01

and set it on air. Maybe I did

39:03

last show Washington, big year, the great chase. I

39:05

mean, they're shaking Matt Martin's hand.

39:07

They're in every ceremony. They have everything

39:10

going on right now. They're crushing,

39:12

two -fisting beers, Ovi. Like it's

39:14

just like, they've been, you know, in on a

39:16

lot. And I'm wondering if it's

39:18

been a little much. I'm wondering if

39:20

it's been real. know, Pasha, our resident

39:22

under the hood guy, he likes to

39:24

get under there. I don't

39:26

know what they're going to be come playoff time.

39:28

Like, I don't. I think they're a good

39:30

team. I think they've been a good story. If

39:32

there's one series that I think that could

39:34

be the Buster, could be the Boomer, this

39:37

is it's Columbus

39:39

or Montreal upset

39:42

first round. I'm

39:44

taking it with G. I'm riding with G.

39:47

All right. How many games? Did we get

39:49

game numbers there? We need official stats again.

39:51

Seven in seven. Both games, both in seven. Yeah.

39:54

I'll go six. Six. Captain

39:56

six. Okay. Okay. That's

39:58

it. That series a little to kind

40:00

of go through that series when we're

40:02

not a hundred percent sure, but the

40:04

next one we are a hundred percent

40:06

sure it's the battle of Ontario. You

40:08

got Toronto minus one 70 to win

40:10

the series Ottawa plus one 45 to

40:12

win the series on draft King sports

40:15

book. Um, we know our

40:17

buddy biz is already fired up with the

40:19

videos. He's out of control. We'll

40:21

let you get this one started as, as

40:23

a, well, I guess we got two Canadians

40:25

on here, but arm dog. Get us started.

40:27

Well, I just think like, I just

40:30

think like those videos that business

40:32

doing is electric. He's already firing it

40:34

up. You know, these fans, we

40:36

haven't had this in what two decades

40:38

battle of Ontario in the playoffs. I

40:41

think it's going to be, I think

40:43

it's going to be the leaf. So like

40:45

I watch, I watch Ottawa boys and

40:48

I'm just like, okay, they're good. I'm excited

40:50

that they're in the playoffs. I'm excited

40:52

that they popped. I'm excited that they battled

40:54

and got there, but I think the

40:56

leafs get it done. I think the Leafs

40:58

will get it done in, but this

41:00

is being nice. I think six army. Let's

41:03

go up top to Pasha. Um,

41:06

I, I got Ottawa and seven on this one.

41:08

I think Ottawa is three and O in

41:10

the season series against them. So obviously, you know,

41:12

the playing styles, they played them well. I

41:14

don't put a ton of weight in that, but

41:16

there's, there is some merit. I think Brady

41:19

Kitchock is just going to be, you know, the

41:21

X factor. He's just going to be a

41:23

complete menace. I'd like to see, you know, who

41:25

can kind of respond to answer the bell

41:27

from Toronto side and just goal -tenning. I just,

41:29

how many years can Toronto, I'm not sold on

41:31

these guys. I'm not sold on Stolars. I'm

41:33

just, I'm not sold on their goal

41:35

-tenning. So I got Ottawa and seven

41:37

in the electric series. Word for word,

41:40

bar for bar took everything I was

41:42

going to say. I got Ottawa and

41:44

seven for all the exact same reasons.

41:46

I, I just, it's the Toronto Maple

41:48

Leafs boys. Like what they don't have

41:50

it. Like we can't trust these guys

41:52

just because business making videos, screaming into

41:55

his phone. We cannot trust it. It's

41:57

the frigging Toronto Maple Leaf. Bad defense

41:59

bad gold tending big guys don't show

42:01

up when it's time to play. I'm

42:03

I'm riding with the Ottawa senators I've

42:05

been I've been an Ottawa senator guy

42:07

all year. I didn't make up any

42:10

trade rumors about them and try to

42:12

tear them down I'm a big senators

42:14

guy. I love Brady Kachuk and for

42:16

all the reasons Pasha said like I

42:18

just think they're a tough Team to

42:20

play against in the Toronto Maple Leafs

42:22

aren't so I got a I got

42:25

Ottawa and seven All

42:27

right, I'm I'm on the Leafs. I'm on

42:29

Toronto and five. Trust me. I love Brady

42:31

Kachuk I love that he's coming into the

42:33

playoffs for the first time But it the

42:35

same thing I talked about yes, y 'all

42:37

is The first time in

42:39

a playoffs army with you guys always

42:41

talk about it that first time in

42:43

It was way more than you thought

42:45

your hearts were racing your face was

42:47

beat red like holy cow The level

42:49

has gone up Toronto's been there Ottawa

42:52

has it. I think their goal tending

42:54

is great I go back and check

42:56

the tape. I told everybody stole ours

42:58

will be the starter of this team

43:00

He's nine and oh his last nine

43:02

starts ridiculous goals against he'll be fine

43:04

in there He's huge just the star

43:06

power against a weak Ottawa D I

43:09

don't know how to a deed does

43:11

not scare me at all if I'm

43:13

the Toronto Maple Leafs So Leafs in

43:15

five. There is one thing I forgot

43:17

to say that that does worry me

43:19

is I'm hearing that senators fan. mean

43:21

Leafs fans are buying up all the

43:23

seats. Oh, yeah That's a that's a

43:25

huge worry because you think all like

43:28

who's got the home ice advantage You'd

43:30

probably go with Ottawa just because of

43:32

the Toronto Yacht Club. We've seen how

43:34

they act in the playoffs It's just

43:36

at all the good fans are priced

43:38

out But if all like the the

43:40

normal fans not the loaded guys in

43:42

the Yacht Club are buying up the

43:45

Ottawa seats That's a bit worrisome boys Yeah,

43:47

that's gonna be a home game at home and home

43:49

for the Leafs. It's gonna be a home and home.

43:53

I Saw it kind of I saw

43:55

that percolating on social media the other

43:57

day about about play sends playoff take

43:59

it's in, you know, that, that is

44:01

a, I don't know how they're going

44:03

to combat this. I think maybe shaming

44:05

on social media. That will be what

44:07

happening, but I'm hearing like this is

44:09

happening. I'm hearing like this, these Leaf

44:12

fans are crazy and they're going for it.

44:14

That's why say Leafs and Six and for Merle's

44:16

reason, you know, being in the spotlight like

44:18

this, I know, I know everyone loves to hate

44:20

on the Leafs and everything, but I think,

44:22

I think they get it done in Six, as

44:24

I said. All

44:26

right. From the battle of

44:28

Ontario to the battle of

44:31

the sunshine state, Florida versus

44:33

Tampa Bay. Tampa's at home, home,

44:36

home ice advantage minus 105,

44:38

Florida minus 115. So

44:40

Florida, a little bit of a, a little

44:42

bit of a favorite by the people out in

44:44

the desert. I don't agree with

44:47

that. I'm, I'm a Tampa guy. I'm

44:50

going to be Tampa in seven. Vasilevski

44:52

and net versus Babroski. They're both going

44:54

to get theirs, but I just, I like

44:56

the scoring. I like the health of

44:58

Tampa better than Florida right now. Matthew

45:01

could chuck still a question mark. And

45:03

I got to go with Tampa this time in

45:06

seven. This is

45:08

the one that's tough for me.

45:10

The champs, the champs, the fucking

45:12

champs. How can you go against

45:14

the champs? And I know, I

45:16

know you can say whatever you

45:18

want, but there's still the champs.

45:20

Now, deep down in my belly

45:22

in the boiler, in the arms,

45:24

Zempick fucking, you know, heat sack. I

45:27

got to say, I got

45:29

to say Tampa Bay is the sneakiest,

45:31

best team in the league. Defend better than

45:33

people think. Vasilevski is better than

45:35

no one's talking about. it's been all hell of

45:37

a buck. Look at his numbers. They're fucking sick. He's

45:39

back. No pun intended with the back

45:41

injury last year. They

45:43

have the scoring power. It's spread throughout

45:45

as well. Multiple guys with huge seasons.

45:47

Multiple guys with 50 plus points. You

45:50

look down through their forward lines. Headman's

45:52

having a really strong good year as

45:54

well. And then you've got McDonough,

45:56

the matchup king that'll be there when it

45:58

matters the most. I Don't think people give

46:00

Tampa enough credit. This is a series. I

46:02

don't even want to pick one I don't

46:04

want to pick one Because

46:06

I'm so torn on both of these teams that

46:08

I love so much I'm

46:12

I'm gonna say I'm gonna

46:14

say Tampa Tampa and seven

46:16

Fuck it. Sorry, Florida. I'm with you.

46:18

I love you, Florida. I do love

46:20

Florida I do I know posh is

46:22

up there just poking a needle in

46:24

an army doll right now because he's

46:26

pissed at me Because a Reinhardt is

46:29

boy, but like I love Reinhardt. I

46:31

love Florida. I love the Panthers. They're

46:33

fucking awesome I just think this sneaky

46:35

Tampa team. I don't know. I don't

46:37

know Florida's played a lot of hockey

46:39

over the past few years And that's

46:41

why I got Tampa as well here.

46:43

I just think Vasilez ski. I mean

46:45

Tampa is so good They told the

46:47

best player in college hockey. We don't

46:49

need you this year. We're we're good

46:51

with our roster So yeah, I'm I

46:53

got Tampa and seven. I actually Tampa

46:55

is by not my cup pick But

46:57

I have them coming out of the

46:59

Eastern Conference. I think boys are gonna

47:01

be at hat -tricks come June Oh,

47:04

yeah, I think I got I

47:06

got Tampa and seven boys just

47:08

scratched off Florida in six and

47:10

wrote down Tampa and seven while I

47:12

talk myself into Tampa. That's what

47:14

I did Let's go army Contradictory

47:16

to what you think, you know, this

47:18

is now the second series where I'm

47:21

going against my favorite team devils Obviously

47:23

being one Panthers to Going with

47:25

my brain not my heart, but I hope

47:27

I'm wrong for all the reasons you

47:29

guys just said I think Tampa beats them

47:31

just like Florida at some point. You

47:33

got to run out of gas two straight

47:35

finals They're banged up Tampa's just peak

47:37

performance Vassie Brendan Hagel is doing crazy shit

47:39

I think you'll be a difference maker.

47:41

So another series where I hope I'm wrong

47:43

But got to go with my my

47:45

brain and on my heart. I got Tampa

47:48

and seven Yeah, I

47:50

mean we all we all love

47:52

the elbow room, but we we've spent

47:54

enough time there over the last

47:56

few seasons It's time to get back

47:58

to hat -tricks and hopefully I mean

48:00

that would be an incredible final

48:02

Tampa Vegas, but we'll get to them

48:04

later on. We're on roll the

48:06

disclaimer Carolina versus New Jersey. Carolina minus

48:08

two 45 Jersey plus 200 roll

48:10

the disclaimer and Pasha get us started.

48:12

Warning. The following statements are about

48:15

to be made by a deranged devil's

48:17

fan. The views expressed are his

48:19

and his only take everything you hear

48:21

with a grain of salt because

48:23

remember he is a deranged devil's fan.

48:27

Not even so sure the disclaimer is

48:29

needed here boys. I broke it down

48:31

on chicklets earlier this week. I

48:33

said even with Jack Hughes in the

48:35

lineup, this is not the devil's year.

48:37

They still have some pieces. They have

48:39

some tweaks to make in order to

48:42

become a cup contender. So without Jack

48:44

obviously that's just even more exaggerated. And

48:47

Seganthaler who by many under the

48:49

hood metrics was the most valuable

48:51

defensive defender in the league this

48:53

season. Shocking. know. So

48:55

I think it's a tough task going up

48:57

against a team like Carolina. know,

49:00

ruthless forecheck. Devils

49:02

are getting Dougie Hamilton back that will

49:04

provide a boost and little

49:06

nugget actually quite surprising since Jack Hughes

49:08

and Dougie Hamilton got hurt. The

49:10

devil's one of the league's best power

49:13

play has actually improved. Luke

49:15

Hughes has stepped in been running the point there.

49:17

Timo Myers been lining it up. I think

49:19

for the devils that have any chance they got

49:21

to get some power play goals. Their

49:23

bottom six, which I think is

49:25

not great needs to chip in. I'm

49:27

looking at Eric Hall. I'm looking

49:30

at Cody Glass, but unfortunately can't

49:33

be too deranged here. Again, really,

49:35

really, really hope I'm wrong, but I

49:37

got the Keynes and sex. Wow.

49:42

Wow. After a

49:44

disclaimer. Wow. We

49:48

didn't even need it. Wow. Wow.

49:50

Wowie. Wow. Holy

49:55

shit. What's everyone in the chat

49:57

think of this? I mean, Devils

50:00

hardcore lifer and then drops

50:02

a bomb like that. I mean,

50:04

he's he's being very calculated.

50:06

I feel But what'd

50:08

you say Keynes and what six six

50:10

that I mean, I just hope that's

50:12

nice I'm flying to Jersey the night

50:14

before game three to go to games

50:16

three and four and hopefully six if

50:18

it gets there I just hope they're

50:20

not down to rep and I get

50:22

there. They lose game three down three

50:24

nothing I probably just turn around fly

50:26

right back home I Had a 14

50:28

in the chat AK 14 in the

50:30

chat says posh is normal now Is

50:32

he been posh? Yeah, you put pasta,

50:34

but it might be posh. I think

50:36

it's I think it's posh Yeah, I

50:38

think that's true. Are you normal now

50:40

like holy shit? What is going on?

50:43

What is going on and I think

50:45

you're being nice in six I'm gonna

50:47

say Keynes in five for everything that

50:49

you said, you know, and I think

50:51

you're being nice I thought you were

50:53

gonna say New Jersey in three lunatic

50:55

style But I think Mark's

50:57

room Mark's room can steal them a game

50:59

or two He could that's where they

51:01

have the edge Freddie Anderson. I like him

51:03

He's solid but not a game changer

51:05

at coach at cop same thing So I

51:07

do think the devils have the edge

51:09

there. They're getting this Nisha. Can't what's a

51:11

kid's name Russian takeover He's a kitchen

51:13

Nick ision. He's stuck. He's stuck. He can't

51:16

get his visa right now Some crazy

51:18

country over there Okay,

51:21

they're gonna get him they will get him and

51:23

they'll have You

51:25

can't expect too much from a guy who's never played

51:27

in the league never played in Brenda more system to

51:29

come in like He might yeah, that's just gonna be

51:31

like a series breaker Chiklitz

51:34

memes poshia gets a girlfriend in

51:36

Abandon's his devils He's

51:41

not wrong though, he's got a

51:43

new baby. It's his We've

51:45

seen we've seen a definite

51:47

like shift in posh's world.

51:49

There's no question. He's

51:51

happy I

51:55

will say one thing to come from the

51:57

girlfriend is I have a new devil's

52:00

mascot here, if I can, the

52:02

picture will load. What do you

52:04

have a cat? Do you have

52:06

a show on us? Pat, did

52:08

you guys get a cat together?

52:10

This is a kid show. Posh,

52:12

it's not loading on that thing.

52:14

they got a f*****g lap dog

52:16

and devil's lap dog together. No,

52:19

was her dog. Oh boy. It's got

52:21

a dog together. It was her dog.

52:23

But I converted him to the dark

52:25

side as a little mascot. So I

52:27

have not abandoned the devil's train memes.

52:31

off. It's the same size as most

52:33

of your forwards. So it didn't

52:35

work too well in the playoffs either.

52:39

That is unreal, girls. That

52:41

is so true. Oh,

52:46

holy s**t. That's a good one. All

52:48

right. So think I'm next. I

52:50

got I got I got hurricanes

52:53

in in five. I'm kind

52:55

of jumping on the Hurricanes bandwagon

52:57

but bandwagon for this postseason. I

52:59

love the Caneaks. I think they've

53:01

had a tumultuous year dealing with

53:03

a lot of s**t, lot of

53:06

strays that defends the great people

53:08

of Raleigh. Do not deserve Tete's

53:10

unreal bar. Pink Whitney's flowing there.

53:12

So I got I got hurricanes

53:14

in five. OK, and

53:16

I had Paralyne in six on chick list,

53:18

my full breakdown. Mainly it was just

53:20

I like Markstrom better than their goalies. I

53:22

think he can get him a couple

53:25

wins, but it's Carolina in six. I really

53:27

like Carolina too. Like you said, G,

53:29

and I would love to get back down

53:31

there if that's the destination for the

53:33

Eastern Conference finals. Absolutely,

53:35

buddy. Absolutely, baby. And I got to

53:37

say this before you move on, don't move

53:39

out of the East yet. I'm having

53:41

or I'm doing a retraction, a retraction. I

53:44

was on Montreal,

53:46

Columbus. I got sucked

53:49

into the G vortex. Two

53:51

retractions already. I'm doing

53:53

a retract. What was my other retraction? How

53:55

are we going to get to track of all this? No,

53:57

I'm on Tampa. love. you

54:00

switch? I stretched it out. Yes,

54:02

I did. I was not official. I

54:04

gave my official proclamation announcement, whatever

54:06

you want to call it. I am

54:08

going back. I'm going with Washington.

54:10

I'm switching before we leave the East,

54:12

Columbus, Montreal. Great excitement. Thank you

54:14

for great seasons. Thank you, Washington

54:17

in six. Wow. Late, late

54:19

change. Right at the gate. We're heading on

54:21

the plane to go out West and he

54:23

changes his ticket just like that. Boom.

54:25

The East, the East, it feels

54:27

like it's a little weaker than the

54:30

West, but the first series out

54:32

West, we got to start with the

54:34

top seed, Winnipeg Jets minus 180

54:36

versus the St. Louis Blues plus 155.

54:38

The Blues were just on an

54:40

amazing run. I got the stat here.

54:43

The Blues won 20 of the

54:45

last 27 games, only lost

54:47

three of those in regulation. Coach

54:50

Monty does it again, brings them

54:52

to the playoffs. Boston's

54:54

trying to lose games to get

54:56

to the draft. He's on fire

54:58

today. He's rolling. I'm on

55:00

my, I'm on my Blues

55:02

in seven. I think that

55:04

Bennington versus Hellebuck is going

55:06

to be an incredible matchup.

55:09

It's a, it's a four

55:11

nations rematch. This Blues

55:13

team Sutton special, Jimmy Snuggerwood looked on

55:15

real last night. That was the first

55:17

game I really got to dial in

55:19

on him and I just love everything

55:21

about the Blues. You know, you guys

55:23

know that from the GM's down to

55:25

the coach, down to the players. Blues,

55:28

get it done, pull the upset.

55:30

That's the eight that beats the one.

55:34

Oh, holy shit. I don't know if I can

55:36

do this. You guys know me. I'm

55:39

a Jets guy. I think on national TV

55:41

up in Canada, I think I had a

55:43

different pick. I got called out for it.

55:45

You hang with the Jets all year. And

55:47

finally, when it matters, when they drain a

55:49

president's trophy for the first time in franchise

55:51

history, you jump off them. I did. I

55:53

think I got, I got scared. I'm scared

55:55

of their playoff performances. I'm scared of what

55:58

Hellebuck could be in the playoff. He's failed

56:00

me before Jets fans. You know what I'm

56:02

talking about. You know where I'm coming from

56:04

on this It just hasn't been what we

56:06

thought it was going to be come playoff

56:08

time. I'm I'm now

56:11

Flipping from what I said on national

56:13

TV. I'm coming back. I'm on the

56:15

Jets. I'm on the Jets I'm on

56:17

Luke Shen and not Braden Shen. I'm

56:19

on the third line. Maybe the best

56:21

third line in the NHL grind line I'm

56:25

on hella buck. on hella buck. Please

56:27

for fuck sakes get it together hella

56:29

buck. This is your year, right? This

56:31

is your year. Come on. I'm on

56:33

the Jets and I'm gonna go Jets

56:35

in six Six doesn't even

56:37

get to seven six. Sorry,

56:40

Braden Shen. I love you Western guy.

56:42

Love Braden Shen, but Luke's gonna take it

56:44

I won't take too much time Fuck

56:48

I know Both these

56:50

blue collar good teams good cities

56:53

Jets and seven plus Jets

56:55

and seven Jets and

56:57

seven Pasha Uh,

57:00

you guys know I said it last year.

57:02

I think the Jets are a fraud squad

57:04

dusty score in the NHL But I do

57:06

think this year they went around I see

57:08

them beating st. Louis They're not

57:10

going to win the cup, but I think just with

57:12

hella buck. They have the chip on their shoulder from

57:14

last year's first round loss Good for

57:16

st. Louis for going on a heater and getting in

57:18

but I have Jets and six Yeah,

57:21

this this series is going to be

57:23

great, you know, you got the Shen

57:25

bowl you got the steam bowl You

57:27

know Jets legend Tomas Dean his son

57:29

Alex Dean now assistant GM st. Louis

57:31

two incredible fan bases to white out

57:33

st. Louis We just saw It's

57:36

going to be a good time either way. I

57:38

would love to catch one of those games We'll

57:40

see how the the spring goes here, but moving

57:42

on Next series up

57:44

is my team the best

57:46

team in the NHL Vegas

57:48

golden nights minus 190 versus

57:50

the minnesota wild plus 160

57:53

We saw an incredible finish last night

57:55

the wild clinch but pulling the goalie

57:57

scoring with 20 seconds left inserting

58:00

Mark Andre flurry in and overtime

58:02

and winning just to secure the

58:04

spot to move up into this

58:06

position. Vegas wild. Who do you

58:08

got? I'm going Vegas in five

58:11

plain and simple. I'm doing it.

58:13

Nothing against many like many Capri

58:15

sobs back. Ekman, Ek,

58:17

whatever fuck his names back. Eric's

58:19

an Ek. Uh,

58:22

I got, I got Vegas though. Too

58:24

big, too deep, too strong star power.

58:26

And I call, I think they, they

58:28

get it done. I'm

58:31

with you. mean, Gene money move over

58:33

to you. What do you look at? Yeah,

58:35

I got Vegas in five. I just,

58:37

uh, I mean, I, I want

58:39

Minnesota to be good. So bad. Like

58:41

I just, I would love for the, like

58:43

a deep playoff run for the state

58:45

of hockey. Those fans deserve it so much.

58:47

Uh, hasn't been easy since the wild

58:49

came to town, uh, came back to town,

58:52

but yeah, I got, I got Vegas

58:54

in five. I got

58:56

Vegas and six for basically all

58:58

the reasons you said, army, um, just

59:00

wagon, Vegas and six. All

59:02

right. You guys know, you guys know

59:04

my 18 to one Vegas ticket. I

59:06

think they're down to maybe 10 to

59:09

one or ready to win it. So

59:11

I'm already in the right spot. There's

59:13

no hedging going on with me. I'm

59:15

no, they're going to get through this

59:17

series. And just like the infamous video

59:19

army from the original chicklets to Catherine.

59:24

Vegas in five.

59:27

Vegas in five. is a man who

59:29

went to every single game of

59:31

a Stanley Cup final play in Las

59:33

Vegas. Chicklets,

59:37

Catherine is complete. Vegas

59:41

in five. Vegas in

59:43

five. So that,

59:45

that was from a couple years ago, leaving

59:47

Vegas with Whitney. Um, I

59:49

love that video. I know

59:51

you do too. Army. It's

59:53

my favorite. And, uh, yeah,

59:55

congrats on a great career.

59:57

Mark Andre flurry, but it

59:59

ends, it ends in Vegas

1:00:01

in, uh, Moving on the

1:00:03

biggest series between the spit

1:00:05

and chicklets podcast LA plus 115

1:00:07

verse Edmonton minus 135. Surprisingly,

1:00:10

LA has home ice advantage,

1:00:12

but they come in as

1:00:14

the underdog. I'm taking

1:00:16

Edmonton and six. I just like to ride

1:00:18

the big dogs. You got the two

1:00:20

best players and I've been chirping

1:00:22

LA all year. I can't jump back on

1:00:24

them now. I can't be a retract

1:00:26

dog. I got to stick with

1:00:28

what I said and it's Edmonton minus

1:00:30

135 and it has to be in

1:00:32

six games because they got to win

1:00:34

at home. They can't win on the

1:00:36

road there. Like what's going on? Skinner

1:00:38

back. Skinner's not back. Skinner's back. We

1:00:40

don't know. The big dogs are banged

1:00:42

up. Okay. At home out. I'm

1:00:46

unsure. They're not what they were last

1:00:48

year. They lost several key pieces. This

1:00:51

cane back. Like what's

1:00:53

happening? I'm unsure. We've got chirps flying.

1:00:55

I don't know. This is

1:00:57

tough to do because of big David and

1:00:59

Leon, but you don't mean I liked LA

1:01:02

too. I think LA's rock solid. think they

1:01:04

play a hard brand of hockey. We

1:01:06

know this. I'm going LA and

1:01:08

seven. I don't know why I'm doing

1:01:10

it though. It's hard. can't believe I'm doing it,

1:01:12

but I'm doing it. They're good.

1:01:14

They are good. G what

1:01:16

are you thinking up there? mean,

1:01:18

everything in me says to

1:01:20

do what army just said LA

1:01:22

and seven, especially because they

1:01:24

have home ice, but, but I

1:01:27

just like, I can't pick

1:01:29

against McDavid and dry side first

1:01:31

round. I can't, I, I

1:01:33

don't think this Edmonton team has

1:01:35

it this year. Like I

1:01:37

don't think they're going to win

1:01:39

the cup, but I have

1:01:41

to go with Edmonton. I have

1:01:43

to Edmonton and seven fucking

1:01:45

McDavid. Hey, like I know Leon

1:01:47

God. Damn it. I know

1:01:49

I'm going to the game. McDavid's

1:01:51

going to do something. God

1:01:53

damn it. How did I bet against

1:01:55

this guy? He was hurt. He came

1:01:57

back. He had three points and they

1:01:59

we're ripped off a win and like,

1:02:01

like it doesn't matter. That's the thing.

1:02:03

I'm an idiot, but I'm sticking with

1:02:05

it. I'm sticking with it. I'm

1:02:08

going to go LA and six. think

1:02:11

this is their year to finally exercise

1:02:13

the Oilers demons. I just think Everton's

1:02:15

two banged up. Um, I complain to

1:02:17

them every year. I don't love their

1:02:19

gold 10ing. LA's gold 10ing has been

1:02:21

solid. They're a wagon at home. Like

1:02:23

how many regulation losses at home this

1:02:25

year? Like like four. Yeah, not many.

1:02:27

It's crazy. So, and they're

1:02:29

clicking all the big guns or buzzing.

1:02:31

Um, so yeah, I think

1:02:33

LA and six. All

1:02:36

right. And, uh, next up the

1:02:38

series, every hockey fan has been talking

1:02:40

about for months now since it

1:02:42

kind of got lined up this way.

1:02:44

It's Dallas minus 105 versus Colorado

1:02:46

minus 115 on the draft King sports

1:02:48

book. Both made huge trades, got

1:02:51

tons of weapons for the deadline. I

1:02:53

think Colorado got even more high

1:02:55

skin in doesn't look like he's going

1:02:57

to start the series, which is

1:02:59

just a huge, huge loss. Colorado's

1:03:02

had the ability to rest guys. A

1:03:04

lot of them took the days off

1:03:06

the road trip, the LA and went

1:03:08

and watched land to scog playing the

1:03:10

HL who's now available for them as

1:03:12

an extra piece. Like they didn't have

1:03:14

enough forward pieces already. There is some

1:03:17

health issues with them, but we'll see

1:03:19

what happens there. I'll give my pick.

1:03:21

I'm an abs guy. You know that

1:03:23

Colorado in six. Yep.

1:03:25

I got Colorado in seven murals.

1:03:27

I'm coming right off you. Best

1:03:29

series of the first round, Iran

1:03:31

93 in the chat. I agree.

1:03:34

I agree. I think these are

1:03:36

two deep quality teams play a

1:03:38

great brand playoff brand style of

1:03:40

hockey. What's going to happen?

1:03:42

What, what could it be? I,

1:03:44

I don't know, but I do

1:03:46

like Colorado. I like their depth.

1:03:48

like their speed and getting, you

1:03:50

know, gave back now is massive.

1:03:52

I've got them in seven, Colorado

1:03:54

in seven. I

1:03:56

got Colorado in six. I

1:03:59

just think this team is having

1:04:01

almost like a storybook season, like what

1:04:03

Chris McFarlane has done, like GM

1:04:05

of the year, like this team, we

1:04:07

were looking at them in December

1:04:09

and it was like, oh, it's Nate

1:04:12

Miko and the rest of them

1:04:14

in my car and the rest of

1:04:16

them. You know what I mean?

1:04:18

And now, I mean, they are so

1:04:20

deep. Jack Jury's their fourth line

1:04:22

center. It's like, this team is loaded

1:04:24

and they're getting Gabriel Landis cog

1:04:26

back. It's like, it's like they could

1:04:28

make a movie about this Colorado

1:04:30

team. So Colorado is actually my cup

1:04:32

pick this season. So I got

1:04:34

Colorado. I got Colorado in seven games

1:04:37

here. But yeah, I love this

1:04:39

Avalanche team. They're my pick this year.

1:04:42

Pasha. To me, it comes

1:04:44

down to one thing, Miro Heiskenin. It

1:04:47

sounds like he's going to miss the

1:04:49

whole first round. If he was healthy, Dallas

1:04:51

in seven was my pick. I just,

1:04:53

I think that team is such a wagon.

1:04:55

All their young guns, but he's the

1:04:57

best defender besides McCary is the

1:04:59

best defender in that series. He's obviously Dallas

1:05:01

is the best defender. I just don't

1:05:03

think they can win without him. And like

1:05:05

G said, Colorado's got all the special

1:05:07

stuff going on. I'm going to

1:05:09

go Colorado in six. Colorado

1:05:11

in six. Okay. That wraps

1:05:13

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can get them. Those are picks. Take

1:06:29

them or fade them. We also have

1:06:31

our picks of who we thought was

1:06:33

going to make the playoffs before the

1:06:35

season. So we can take a little

1:06:38

peek at that and, and see how

1:06:40

bad we were. But first off, here

1:06:42

we go. Pacific division, preseason picks, Grinnell

1:06:44

three out of three, right. Whit

1:06:46

got three white Edmonton, Vegas,

1:06:48

LA. We all got what? Three,

1:06:50

right. Biz Edmonton, LA. Army.

1:06:53

Me and Army only had Edmonton

1:06:55

and Vegas. We did not have LA.

1:06:58

Wow. Wow, wow, wow. We all

1:07:00

had Vancouver and that was our

1:07:02

losses. So that's Pacific division. Central

1:07:05

division right here. Now we

1:07:07

roll over. These are our

1:07:09

preseason picks once again. Two for

1:07:11

G, Whit, two. Biz

1:07:13

three. He's in there. He's

1:07:16

working hard. Army one,

1:07:18

two, three, four. Hello. Why

1:07:20

did I do Nashville? I'm an

1:07:22

idiot. I got bought and sold by

1:07:25

the Berry trots, Fugazi, like signings

1:07:27

and everything didn't work out. Pasha three,

1:07:29

Merles, same with me, right on

1:07:31

the same lines for Nashville

1:07:33

burnt everybody there. Nashville

1:07:36

burnt everyone there. Here's our Atlantic

1:07:38

division where you see Boston burnt all

1:07:40

six of us. I had Buffalo.

1:07:42

What an idiot. They didn't make it.

1:07:44

Went at Detroit. What an idiot.

1:07:46

They didn't make it, but rest of

1:07:48

us had the Florida, Toronto, Tampa,

1:07:50

and we're all going to be surprised

1:07:52

with the Ottawa and Montreal if

1:07:54

they get in. And we had

1:07:56

Ottawa and Montreal low, by the way, boys. Low.

1:07:59

Yeah, yeah, low metro right here taking

1:08:01

a glance through the metro New Jersey and

1:08:03

Carolina's all I got why did the

1:08:05

Rangers? I mean what a fall for goddamn

1:08:07

grace and of course I picked my

1:08:09

penguins They were right there to the wire

1:08:11

last year I thought Sid would get

1:08:13

them over the hump some big additions over

1:08:15

the summer thought they could put it

1:08:17

together Caps caps

1:08:19

caps they pushed all the way to

1:08:21

be one of the best teams and

1:08:23

hockey this season Pasha Jersey, of

1:08:26

course. He had him Carolina. I

1:08:28

can't see the other one And

1:08:30

murals he's got two teams

1:08:32

as well. How about Columbus? Everyone

1:08:34

had them in Everybody

1:08:39

had them come finishing last. Yes,

1:08:41

that's true. That's true This

1:08:43

is basically how we had him ranked when

1:08:45

I amazing Columbus, right? We love that. We

1:08:47

love that. Yeah That's what you need. You

1:08:49

need us to go against you. I tell

1:08:51

you that all the time It's why I

1:08:54

warned I warned the Western Mission kid. You

1:08:56

don't want us knowing you're on the radar It's

1:08:59

always a fun time of year the

1:09:01

predictions I love when these guys make the

1:09:03

graphics for us all the commenters are

1:09:05

chirping us and You know, that's

1:09:07

why we do it. It's a lot of fun.

1:09:10

It's exciting time and Before we

1:09:12

get the show mindsies and kind of

1:09:14

wrap up the show. I want to

1:09:16

give a few plays out I got

1:09:18

Wednesday night plays tonight. What do you

1:09:20

got tonight? There's a few games, you

1:09:22

know It's it's not so interesting games.

1:09:24

There's one interesting game. So I'm taking

1:09:26

it. I'm taking the Canadians I think

1:09:29

they're going to get in Canadians moneyline

1:09:31

minus 125 and I'm taking Dima Dov

1:09:33

over a half a point plus 110

1:09:35

We saw his offensive instincts. He's gonna

1:09:37

get that done And then I just

1:09:39

see Red Wings devils meaningless game Red

1:09:41

Wings looking to get their cookies over

1:09:43

five and a half and the same

1:09:46

out in Vegas and and and Vancouver

1:09:48

game Same thing just cookies. Everybody's cook

1:09:50

cookie hot and end of the season

1:09:52

pump up those stats It looks good

1:09:54

come to contract time. They don't care

1:09:56

when they got them. So I'll take

1:09:58

over five and a half in that

1:10:00

game So that's the Wednesday night picks

1:10:02

before we get the Thursday where it's

1:10:05

really meaningless games Thursday

1:10:07

murals really meaningless

1:10:10

very meaningless Last

1:10:12

game of the season Washington

1:10:14

at Pittsburgh here for me. I'm

1:10:16

not working that game. It's a

1:10:18

national game But that's

1:10:20

it and then we're Then

1:10:22

it's on what you got Yeah,

1:10:25

I'm gonna do Philly Buffalo over

1:10:27

six and a half one last time

1:10:29

watching this Sabres team get some

1:10:31

goals Philly's been scoring I'll take the

1:10:33

Rangers money line and then I

1:10:35

also threw in the Columbus money line

1:10:37

because that might be a Critical

1:10:39

game if Montreal loses tonight, but either

1:10:41

way, I think Columbus wins that

1:10:43

game. They end their season on the

1:10:46

high note It's been an incredible

1:10:48

season Win or lose tonight Montreal.

1:10:50

I still take Columbus money line tomorrow

1:10:52

night. Wow Wow

1:10:56

So it could be a good finish between Montreal

1:10:58

and Columbus as it's been right now, but like

1:11:00

coming down the wire like that mur Yeah,

1:11:02

I was hoping yeah, I was hoping

1:11:04

to get some schedules out before this

1:11:06

Maybe get a pick for Saturday or

1:11:08

Sunday for the crew, but obviously I'll

1:11:10

just update them either Friday on chicklets

1:11:13

Or on my Twitter. I'll be making

1:11:15

videos and and giving out picks I

1:11:17

will tell you there's one pick that

1:11:19

I love that I'm doing in the

1:11:21

group chat It's it's a series pick

1:11:23

parlay Vegas and Toronto You parlay them

1:11:25

together on the DraftKings sports book and

1:11:27

you get plus 142 odds So put

1:11:29

a little money on there and you

1:11:31

just kind of sit back for the

1:11:33

next two weeks and enjoy the show

1:11:35

And then all a sudden you're like,

1:11:37

oh, I forgot I even put that

1:11:39

in there and your count Your account

1:11:41

goes ding ding ding ding ding ding

1:11:43

just like it did on the parlay

1:11:45

last night Ding ding ding ding ding

1:11:47

so that's one last pick there and

1:11:49

And let's move it over to show

1:11:51

mindsies and today we're gonna start with

1:11:53

the mindsies And I'm gonna go to

1:11:55

you first army for the mindsies For

1:12:04

me, the mindsies,

1:12:06

I'm sending fucking weather.

1:12:09

All right. I don't know if

1:12:11

I could just take the

1:12:13

weather and just throw in the

1:12:15

mindsies, but I am plants

1:12:17

are dying. Okay, plants are dying.

1:12:20

The wind is like howling and blowing.

1:12:22

I got I got heaters in my

1:12:24

backyard that have blown over glass pipes

1:12:26

in the middle breaking like you know

1:12:28

those like heaters that you buy it

1:12:30

like Home Depot or the hell you

1:12:32

get them when blowing them over smashing. They're

1:12:35

broken. I got to get rid of

1:12:38

it. It's like, it feels like it's

1:12:40

still kind of winter here in Pittsburgh

1:12:42

and around other places. I'm sure as

1:12:44

well, like it's goddamn cold out. Like

1:12:46

what are we doing here weather? This

1:12:48

is playoff time coming up and he

1:12:50

needs to be birds chirp and not

1:12:53

freezing to death and their nests hiding

1:12:55

from the elements. We can't have this.

1:12:57

When he kids outside playing, we need

1:12:59

this shit to start popping off. I

1:13:02

don't know. I think that Pucks and Tony

1:13:04

Phil saw a shadow a little while ago here

1:13:06

in Pennsylvania and he gave us six more

1:13:08

weeks of cold ass shitty weather and I'm done

1:13:10

with it. I'm stuck in it. It won't

1:13:12

relent. It won't give us a break. We just

1:13:14

want it. We want playoff weather. That's all

1:13:16

we need. And I'm just chucking the weather murals

1:13:18

in the mindsy. It's driving me insane. I

1:13:20

go outside to get in my car. take out

1:13:23

the garbage or I do this and I'm

1:13:25

like, I'm like, I actually go like, what the

1:13:27

fuck? Cause it's killing me.

1:13:29

It's killing me. I'm done with it. Done

1:13:32

with people. All

1:13:34

right. I love that. I love it. Pasha,

1:13:36

you got a mindsees for us? My

1:13:38

mindsees and don't worry. This is the last time

1:13:40

this year you have to hear this, but my

1:13:42

mindsees is the New York Rangers. It's where they

1:13:45

belong for how shitty they've been playing. Jokeman

1:13:47

organization. Warning. The following statements are about to

1:13:49

be made by a deranged devil's fan. The

1:13:51

views expressed are his and his only. Take

1:13:53

everything you hear with a grain of salt

1:13:55

because remember, he is a

1:13:57

deranged devil's fan. He's back. on

1:14:01

the ice off the ice for the

1:14:03

Dahan drama. You heard about what happened

1:14:05

with huge row of Truba, just like

1:14:07

just a complete disaster on and off

1:14:09

the ice. So mind the organization. They

1:14:11

should be relegated for next year. That's

1:14:14

all I got. Wow. Relegated.

1:14:16

Holy shit. That's hatred. That is

1:14:18

relegation. Someone said in

1:14:20

the chat, just crashing out. Well, army

1:14:23

crashing out while taking the trash

1:14:25

out. blown

1:14:28

crash outs. Gee.

1:14:30

Got anybody you're sending in the mindsies? Yeah.

1:14:32

Quick story for you guys. And I don't

1:14:34

know if I told you guys this in

1:14:36

St. Louis, but so I went

1:14:38

out to breakfast. So I'm going to

1:14:40

send the guy who sat next to

1:14:42

me at breakfast to the mindsies. And

1:14:45

I go to this, this great little

1:14:47

breakfast place, unbelievable breakfast right in Clayton,

1:14:49

right next to our hotel. And I

1:14:51

sit down and I order a coffee

1:14:53

and a orange juice and then right

1:14:55

away I'm by myself. So I bury

1:14:57

myself in my phone. just head in

1:14:59

the phone and right away she brings

1:15:01

over an orange juice and then probably

1:15:03

four or five minutes later brings over

1:15:05

the coffee. And that's, that's kind of

1:15:08

when I pick my head up. So

1:15:10

I see my coffee and I see

1:15:12

my orange shoes during this time to

1:15:14

a couple came and sat next to

1:15:16

me at the, at the little bar

1:15:18

there at the little diner. So

1:15:20

I look up and I didn't notice

1:15:22

them coming in and sit down. was like,

1:15:24

Oh, is that your orange shoes or

1:15:27

mine? And he goes, Oh, it's mine. Like,

1:15:29

Oh, okay. So he grabs it, drinks

1:15:31

it. And then about two minutes later, the

1:15:33

waitress comes over to him and she's

1:15:35

like, Did someone take your order? And he

1:15:37

goes, No, not yet. And I'm like,

1:15:39

What the fuck? Mike, this guy just stole

1:15:42

my orange shoes. I'm like,

1:15:44

I look at him and I'm like,

1:15:46

I'm like, I'm by myself right now.

1:15:48

Like it's 9am. I don't want to

1:15:50

say something right now. So I'll just

1:15:52

bury him on game notes, but the

1:15:54

guy stole my orange. She's right in

1:15:56

front of my eyes. And then he

1:15:58

ordered another one. He's like, Yeah. I'll

1:16:00

do a I'll do an OJ a

1:16:03

cop. I'm like what put it on

1:16:05

his tab. Yeah, like you just stole

1:16:07

my orange juice It was crazy. It

1:16:09

a crazy story It was freshly squeezed

1:16:11

and that's why I loved it so

1:16:13

much. So yeah shitty shit. Fuck that

1:16:15

guy a Giant piece of shit You

1:16:18

don't steal someone's eyes at night in

1:16:20

the morning. Yeah That is real true

1:16:22

mindsies. I didn't really have a mindsies.

1:16:24

I talked about already in my cold

1:16:26

I hate these lingering colds and to

1:16:28

go along with armies like I think

1:16:30

if the it was warmer It would

1:16:32

be gone by now. So I'm sending

1:16:35

colds to the mindsies But my show

1:16:37

I got a real good show the

1:16:39

national championship viewership for the NCAAs was

1:16:41

up 30 % The frozen four was

1:16:43

up 7 % that's the best since 2018.

1:16:45

So, you know, we're doing our job

1:16:47

We're promoting the game Everybody's helping out

1:16:49

Bucci Johnny last Colby Cohen our little

1:16:51

group of guys that's really pushed the

1:16:54

college hockey that we see at all

1:16:56

these events and That's

1:16:58

to the show college hockey is

1:17:00

going up and it's it's up to

1:17:02

the show and RPI is going

1:17:04

right along with it coach Eric Lang

1:17:06

official press conference. So we'll see

1:17:08

you there G it's

1:17:11

why you're here. We're saving army show

1:17:13

to the end if you can't figure

1:17:15

that out already I think you do

1:17:17

have we can give your show or

1:17:19

posh you can jump on Yeah, posh

1:17:21

you jump in next here posh it

1:17:23

Yeah, my my show is these NHL

1:17:25

PA player polls. I don't know if

1:17:27

you saw it. They do every year.

1:17:29

They released it yesterday Just

1:17:32

cool to get a perspective from the

1:17:34

players themselves, you know, you know guys like

1:17:36

us armchair GMs are given our Opinion

1:17:38

non -stop every day But it's cool to

1:17:40

get a perspective of what the players

1:17:42

think and it's interesting sometimes it doesn't exactly

1:17:44

line up with You know what the

1:17:46

stats there or whatever. So I just thought

1:17:49

it's a cool insight into the game

1:17:51

Yeah, well this one right here is who's

1:17:53

the best overall skater? Obviously Connor Mcdavid

1:17:55

66 % yeah McCarr 11 % for the people.

1:17:57

Yeah, why do you think you included?

1:17:59

this one murals, because his best friend Quinn

1:18:01

Hughes is on there. And yes, for

1:18:03

Brad, the one, he's the most underrated player

1:18:05

in the NHL is on it. That's

1:18:07

why he loves the player polls. The

1:18:10

most forward 73 .89 % McKinnon 9

1:18:13

.62%. So yeah, these are pretty

1:18:15

cool. I saw a funny tweet

1:18:17

on one of them. It was,

1:18:19

uh, is it best defenseman? You

1:18:21

have that one? And I think

1:18:23

it was Adam Fox and it

1:18:25

had it so low. And it's

1:18:27

probably you posh. It was probably

1:18:29

you writing under it. Rangers hater.

1:18:31

It's like, I didn't know 1 .1

1:18:33

% of the NHL was Adam

1:18:35

Fox's family. I think that was

1:18:37

Dan Powers that tweeted that. Yeah.

1:18:40

Yeah, you're right. It was, it was

1:18:42

the empty netter boys. So yeah, those

1:18:44

are always really fun to see. And,

1:18:46

uh, moving on G, we got a

1:18:48

show. Yeah, I do. So, uh, quick

1:18:50

little video here. I wanted to play

1:18:52

in itself, uh, Matt Martin, who, uh,

1:18:55

you know, future is pretty uncertain for

1:18:57

him, probably going to hang him up

1:18:59

at the end of the season. Um,

1:19:01

very emotional in his, uh, in what

1:19:03

could be his, his final game here

1:19:05

in Long Island, um, on Long Island,

1:19:07

I'm sorry. Uh, just a warrior,

1:19:09

uh, just a guy that, you know, against

1:19:12

all odds, made it to the NHL,

1:19:14

made a career of himself, uh,

1:19:16

you know, was, is

1:19:18

the epitome of what it means to

1:19:20

be from Long Island. You

1:19:25

know, Posh, if you want to run that video of

1:19:27

him, uh, you know, getting pretty emotional there at the, at

1:19:29

the end of the game. Yeah,

1:19:36

a little bit for sure. Uh, Sydney

1:19:38

will be happy about that. Is she's been

1:19:40

on me a little bit about how

1:19:42

emotional enough, but, um, you

1:19:44

know, this is, uh, a

1:19:47

special place. been

1:20:04

I've been so proud

1:20:06

of where this jersey be

1:20:08

a part of this

1:20:10

team and community and sorry.

1:20:29

You know, obviously don't know what the

1:20:31

future holds, but you know,

1:20:33

through the good and the bad

1:20:35

and the heartbreaks and all of

1:20:38

it, it's always been a pleasure

1:20:40

to be a part of this

1:20:42

team where this uniform. So,

1:20:44

you know, I'm excited

1:20:46

to get out there

1:20:48

and play tonight and

1:20:50

go from there. I

1:20:53

mean, just like the

1:20:55

passion, it's just the

1:20:57

hockey world needs more guys like Matt

1:20:59

Martin, especially everything he does off

1:21:01

the ice, the community, the charities. He's

1:21:04

a one of a kind guy. So

1:21:06

stick taps to him and, you know, he'll

1:21:08

be missed and excited to see what's

1:21:10

next. Yeah. He left. He came back, right?

1:21:12

Like he's just like an islander. He's

1:21:14

an islander. You know, he went to the

1:21:16

big lights of Toronto and then, you

1:21:18

know, he came back there and he just

1:21:21

fits there. He's exactly how you see

1:21:23

him right there. Like he's all heart kind

1:21:25

of guy for the islanders. He sucked

1:21:27

to play against. Like I had to play

1:21:29

against him. He sucked to play against

1:21:31

tough dude, played hard every shift. Like I

1:21:33

kind of cried. cried. when I watched

1:21:35

that video the first time, I like, I'm

1:21:37

not an islanders fan. Like I'm not

1:21:40

like the biggest Matt Martin fan in the

1:21:42

world, but like I saw that video

1:21:44

and I'm just like, man, like it means

1:21:46

so much to him. And like everyone

1:21:48

remembers when like, you know, you're done and

1:21:50

you're hanging them up for the last

1:21:52

time and it's emotional. So yeah, just a

1:21:54

hockey guy in every aspect of the

1:21:56

word. Yeah, I'm gonna have shout out off

1:21:59

of that too. We'll go ahead murals.

1:22:01

Yeah, I'll finish up with him He's married

1:22:03

to boomerah sison's daughter. So he's a

1:22:05

big media guy in New York legend I

1:22:07

can see him being part of that

1:22:09

but one of the saddest parts of the

1:22:11

whole thing of matt martin Is

1:22:14

another guy when no visor

1:22:16

is out of the nhl. Yeah

1:22:18

We're running out of them. We're running out

1:22:20

of these guys and it sucks to

1:22:22

see Yeah, and shout out on the heels

1:22:24

of this too a big rig, of

1:22:27

course alex martinez The other night

1:22:29

matt martin logan couture press conference the

1:22:31

other day. Um, just uh, You know

1:22:33

shut her down due to due to

1:22:35

uh, what is it? He has like

1:22:37

a pubis It's some kind

1:22:39

of like he was so good boys like

1:22:41

you're looking for a war pubis inflation Inflammation

1:22:43

or something uh, burtuzo looked like he was

1:22:45

done He was shaking hands with everybody in

1:22:47

st. Louis last night. bobby out and there

1:22:49

was one other one There's these big like

1:22:51

ceremonies. Yeah, this is happening all the time

1:22:53

now. Hey, there was one other one last

1:22:55

night And it's like man, and they're not

1:22:57

even that old. It's my brother's like what's

1:22:59

going on I'm like, man the game's getting

1:23:01

too young. We're losing everybody. Yeah, and then

1:23:03

of course, we know flurry Flurry this year

1:23:05

too and and the you know, they put

1:23:07

him in the game last night, which was

1:23:09

a cool thing And you never know when

1:23:11

you're gonna see these guys last Um,

1:23:14

so congrats to all those guys. Hell yeah

1:23:16

g good show before we get to your

1:23:18

show while we're talking flurry That I should

1:23:20

have said it during the series watch this

1:23:22

he's going to get in that series Vegas

1:23:24

is going to blow him out at one

1:23:26

point and flurry's going to get in there

1:23:28

and steal a game. He's going to maybe

1:23:31

so Um, moving on it's it's what we've

1:23:33

been waiting for all day all week all

1:23:35

season since last season

1:23:38

Armies show before we start

1:23:40

the nhl playoffs And

1:23:43

here we go folks here we

1:23:45

go. This is this is it

1:23:48

This is like last year But

1:23:50

better of course It's better because we

1:23:52

did it. You never know what's coming.

1:23:55

You never know what's coming down the

1:23:57

pipe. We never knew Uh,

1:23:59

but we did it. 82

1:24:01

games played. Blood, sweat,

1:24:03

tears all year, riding the wave,

1:24:05

riding your team up and

1:24:07

down. Oh my god, 82 games.

1:24:09

went through it all. We did it, baby. It

1:24:12

Boston and Vancouver are so proper this year.

1:24:14

Then the Rangers were like, Hey, look at

1:24:16

us. We want in on that. And they

1:24:18

brought it to and it just made for

1:24:20

great news stories. Everything's happening. We

1:24:23

had milestones. Milestones galore all

1:24:25

year long. 500 goals, boom,

1:24:27

cashed at 1000 points, McDavid,

1:24:29

block shots, the LASIK. We

1:24:32

even had goalie Bob fastest to

1:24:34

400 wins. Way to go boys. Records

1:24:36

also the great Chase Ovi. Thank

1:24:38

you. That was insane. Absolutely unbelievable. Gretzky

1:24:40

record down. We didn't think it

1:24:43

could happen. Sid, 20 seasons of a

1:24:45

point per game. I mean, another

1:24:47

Gretzky record down. We also

1:24:49

had three goalie goals this year, the

1:24:51

most in NHL season, the most.

1:24:53

It's crazy. Goalies are snipers. Nadelkovic for

1:24:55

Pittsburgh even had a golden assist

1:24:57

in the same game, which is a

1:24:59

record. That was in Buffalo. Sorry,

1:25:01

Buffalo took it on the chin again.

1:25:03

But last year, we survived an

1:25:05

eclipse. This year, we're all we're grinding

1:25:07

through those tariffs. The tariffs had

1:25:09

us. The tariffs, we all boo in

1:25:11

anthems and everything was happening, but

1:25:13

we still kept our chin up,

1:25:16

eyebrows down and went into this season.

1:25:18

In the middle of it though,

1:25:20

we had the four nations, baby. The

1:25:22

four nations face off. It brought

1:25:24

us together. It was unbelievable. You

1:25:26

got to be kidding me. Canada

1:25:28

versus US. Are you

1:25:30

kidding me? Three fights in nine seconds?

1:25:32

Hell yeah, hockey. Hell yeah,

1:25:34

we had that. Hell yeah, we were

1:25:36

rolling. We had rookie race

1:25:38

for the ages and we still do. Hell

1:25:41

shout out to those rookies. Cheers.

1:25:44

Winnipeg gets a president's trophy. St. Louis

1:25:46

went crazy down the stretcher. We

1:25:48

back in time. It's 2019 again. We'll

1:25:50

have to wait and see. We

1:25:52

had it all. We did it together.

1:25:54

We all woke up to the

1:25:56

best time of the year though today.

1:25:58

It's the spring. I shit on

1:26:00

the weather, It's supposed to be spring

1:26:02

the warmth of the playoff weather

1:26:04

is coming every night every game every

1:26:06

play Everybody rides

1:26:08

hugs when it's tough hugs when

1:26:10

it's good cold ones flowing.

1:26:12

I love this one patio

1:26:14

drinks outside games all night

1:26:16

Little slower mornings. It's the playoffs,

1:26:19

baby It's a Stanley cup

1:26:21

if you don't think you're

1:26:23

ready Trust me you are Let's

1:26:25

go, baby. It's a Stanley

1:26:27

cup playoffs and we're getting

1:26:29

started and we did it together

1:26:33

murals G Pasha

1:26:35

game notes everybody

1:26:37

rides He

1:26:40

did it again, he does it again

1:26:42

Libby's ready to run through a wall.

1:26:44

I'm ready to run through a wall

1:26:47

I Might have to get this video

1:26:49

up the Montreal Canadians get it played

1:26:51

on the man on the big screen

1:26:53

for them to Get them into it

1:26:55

unbelievable again, army You're the show that

1:26:57

is show Arms epic to the show

1:27:00

the comments are going nuts Fucking

1:27:02

run through a wall type of shit boys Run

1:27:05

through a wall ladies and gentlemen. We

1:27:07

did it 82 games.

1:27:09

That's a long time Mur.

1:27:11

Yes, we're ready. We are

1:27:13

ready and one last prediction

1:27:15

one official Last thing here

1:27:17

for the four game notes guys.

1:27:19

Let's do Western Conference Eastern Conference

1:27:21

champion and then your Stanley cup

1:27:23

champion see if anybody can hit

1:27:25

it G You get to go

1:27:27

first. I got the Colorado avalanche

1:27:30

coming out of the West and

1:27:32

I got the Tampa Bay lightning

1:27:34

Coming out of the East. I'll see you boys

1:27:36

at hat tricks in June. I do

1:27:38

like that one I do like that one.

1:27:40

I will give army a little more time.

1:27:43

I don't do it. Pasha

1:27:45

Pasha is ready We'll go to Pasha

1:27:47

Once again, I don't know what's going on

1:27:49

today me and G are on the

1:27:51

exact same page I got Tampa, Colorado in

1:27:53

the finals and Colorado besting them Yeah,

1:27:56

I mean, that's a good pick.

1:27:58

It's tough for me to pick against

1:28:00

Colorado, but we know enough about

1:28:02

my Vegas future. Yes. That my foundation

1:28:04

of my new house is riding

1:28:06

on. It's Vegas versus Tampa. And I

1:28:08

got Vegas bringing it home. Chiklitz

1:28:11

air will get off the ground this

1:28:13

year because that's a big, that's a big

1:28:15

trip. And that's a tough trip for

1:28:17

seven games of the finals. I don't know

1:28:19

what I'm going to do. Gee, I

1:28:21

don't know, Mer. I don't know. I hear

1:28:23

it. I feel it. I'm looking down

1:28:26

right now east west and I'm going Tampa

1:28:28

Bay. I'm coming up with this sneaky

1:28:30

solid rock star team that, you know, is

1:28:32

better than people give them credit for,

1:28:34

I think. I think they've been sneaky all

1:28:36

year. They're going to make some noise.

1:28:38

They get through Florida in that first round.

1:28:40

I think they just put the pedal

1:28:42

down. And on the other side, Mer,

1:28:45

I like Winnipeg. I'm a Winnipeg

1:28:47

guy, but I'm going to have

1:28:49

to go with your Vegas Golden

1:28:51

Knights to get it done. Winnipeg,

1:28:54

love you. Winnipeg, I'll

1:28:56

have a tear in my eye. Winnipeg,

1:28:58

I want you there. Winnipeg, you're my,

1:29:00

you're my team that I want, but

1:29:02

I think it's going to be the

1:29:04

bad guys, the dark darkness,

1:29:06

the hatred of Vegas that will come

1:29:08

through in the end, Vegas Golden Knights

1:29:11

Tampa Bay final. And I'll go, are

1:29:13

we picking the finalists? Are we picking

1:29:15

the winner? Why not? Throw

1:29:17

it out there. Fuck. Cinderella

1:29:21

story. I don't

1:29:23

know where Tampa Bay

1:29:25

Lightning win Stanley Cup champions.

1:29:29

I don't know. We'll be in a war.

1:29:31

We'll be in a war if that's the

1:29:33

final. I plan on going to every game

1:29:35

in the finals of its Vegas and cashing

1:29:37

on that ticket, but that brings this episode

1:29:39

to a close. Got to thank

1:29:41

the chat. Got to shout out

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our incredible sponsors, DraftKings, even though

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we took all your money last night.

1:29:47

We love DraftKings. We love body armor, the

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new sports drink right here, peach mango

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light, 20 calories. It's got me up and

1:29:54

running. We're doing a million things today,

1:29:56

army. was out. You should, you would never

1:29:58

believe what it was. doing today. How

1:30:00

are you doing? I was out with big

1:30:02

Mike, you know, Mike, Mike Alex from,

1:30:04

from, uh, chicklets cups. We're out

1:30:07

doing the measurements for my foundation,

1:30:09

my house out there with the spray

1:30:11

paint in the, the 50 foot

1:30:13

tape measureer, winds blowing, but we got

1:30:15

it done. We got it all

1:30:17

staked out. It's ready to get dog.

1:30:19

We're getting close and then, and

1:30:21

then we're going to go nuts. This

1:30:23

thing is going to have to

1:30:25

get run on super speed to get

1:30:27

me in there. But, um, the

1:30:29

body armor has fueled that at fueled

1:30:31

that project today. Tomorrow frozen for

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1:31:00

you, Jeff. Game

1:31:02

notes every Wednesday. Now, every Wednesday, it's

1:31:04

been some juggling with my schedule.

1:31:06

Probably yours too, Army. We got moved

1:31:08

Friday to Wednesday because chicklets is

1:31:10

Friday. Chicklets is Monday, Monday,

1:31:12

Wednesday, Friday. We're coming at

1:31:14

you from all angles with vlogs

1:31:16

too on Thursday. So tune

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in everything. And, uh, there

1:31:20

it is. Chicklets 400 K subs. Whoa.

1:31:23

Whoa. This has got to be fired up

1:31:25

for that huge. We'll have to give

1:31:27

him that, uh, info later. I don't think

1:31:29

that's come across the chat yet. So

1:31:31

somebody can break that news to biz later

1:31:34

today. He'll be all fired up and,

1:31:36

uh, thank you guys. Thank posture. Thank G.

1:31:38

Thanks all the other guys in the

1:31:40

back arm doc. Thank you. See you next

1:31:42

week. Send this away again. Send this away.