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once again. You see the

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where he is in a

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second. We're gonna check in

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with G. We're gonna check

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in with G. Pasha, you

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guys know by now everything else we're

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going to cover today, but what you

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don't know is our guest. We got

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a guest today, longtime NHL player, now

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works with the hottest team in hockey,

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the Columbus Blue Jackets. You see him

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on TNT or Amazon between the benches,

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Jody Shelley. He's going to give us

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Buffalo baby. Pens versus the sabers tonight.

2:21

And you know the bills, of course,

2:23

the bills. I sent you that little

2:25

hype video yesterday. All I've been watching

2:27

is Bill's hype videos and pretty much

2:29

I'm fired up. Yeah I got here.

2:31

This is awesome being here too. Like

2:34

nice hotel. snowstorm like cold total buffalo

2:36

get in the hotel and of course

2:38

it's buffalo it's one of the best

2:40

places to come for youth hockey there

2:42

is on they do such a good

2:44

job here youth hockey tournaments and down

2:47

over by the rink harbor center and

2:49

all that stuff all that whole setup

2:51

so there's a massive tournament here this

2:53

weekend I think there's like three age

2:55

groups it's like young kids like 12

2:57

10 11 12 year old so we

2:59

come in the hotel and there's the

3:02

Boston Terriers are staying at our hotel

3:04

this little kid's team and they're going

3:06

nuts because Crosby's here the penguins are

3:08

here and they got their autographs ready

3:10

to go they're running around going crazy

3:12

they have like red like the eye

3:15

black on their face they just got

3:17

to play it an outdoor game or

3:19

something they're all fired up parents in

3:21

the lobby barboos in like it was

3:23

crazy it was awesome ran in a

3:25

Bobby Butler he coaches one of the

3:27

one of the teams uh Lynn loins

3:30

a guy I played with a guy

3:32

I played the NHL I don't know

3:34

how many games like 30 or 40

3:36

games, played in Germany and stuff, went

3:38

overseas, Austria, kinds of places like that.

3:40

Coaches, they both coach these kids teams

3:42

for the Boston Terrier, so there's kids

3:45

ripping around everywhere. It's just chaos, and

3:47

we got a big game tonight, so

3:49

I'm just chaos, and we got a

3:51

big game tonight. So I'm pumped, we're

3:53

on it, start of a seven game

3:55

roadie, two murals, seven game road trip.

3:58

Mom bringing the socks and underwear. our

4:00

big road trip. But that's when the

4:02

Hartford Whalers had a team and the

4:04

LA Kings were playing, playing the Hartford

4:06

Whalers, we're all going to the game and

4:09

same thing, Gretzky's staying at our

4:11

hotel, just buzz around like

4:13

Gretzky's here, Gretzky's there and

4:15

everybody's hanging out trying to find them.

4:18

I play a game in the morning,

4:20

say 9am game, Troy might's A. My

4:22

cousin Kevin Connals on Troy squirt A.

4:24

So they're the game after us. My

4:26

dad makes us stick around and watch the

4:28

My whole team goes back, who's walking

4:30

in the lobby at the same time as

4:33

my team. Wayne Gretske, a great one. All

4:35

the other guys got to meet them,

4:37

except me, because I was watching my

4:39

cousin play in a sport A game.

4:41

I'll never forget your life or your

4:43

rink rat. Never forget. And then

4:45

went to the game that night, I

4:47

snuck down, I was trying to

4:49

get a stick and everything. But

4:52

Gretske had, my buddy Cantnucci, he

4:54

had him and his like sister,

4:56

there's like three older sisters on

4:58

the and Gretz he wanted hair

5:00

spray or something he had to he

5:02

gave these girls like 20 bucks to go

5:04

out and get him a hair spray you

5:06

had to get the move going with the

5:09

law the flow down with the poof top

5:11

I mean you need the hair spray I

5:13

guess that so that was awesome that those

5:15

kids got to be fired up with crossby's

5:17

they were like they were like they were

5:20

on cocaine or something like it was insane

5:22

how incense they were to find Crosby just

5:24

remember how cool that was when you were

5:26

a kid when you were a like junior team

5:28

in SAS and I thought I was like,

5:30

I was like, oh my God, these guys

5:33

are here. This is a mebs, getting assigned

5:35

napkins, you know, brutal it is, you're never

5:37

gonna keep it or maybe you might find,

5:39

I don't know, but it's just to see

5:41

them or be around it is like crazy.

5:43

So those kids were going nuts. I had

5:45

a crazy day yesterday, old Merlston,

5:47

worked Wednesday night hockey for Rogers

5:50

up in Toronto, in studio, Oilers

5:52

against the wild, great game, fun

5:54

night woke up the next morning.

5:56

Got a ride to Buffalo got a

5:58

rental car and Buffalo drove to

6:00

Pittsburgh. I was in Buffalo yesterday

6:02

morning, drove to Pittsburgh back up

6:04

the suitcase, gumbo suitcase, two week

6:06

long road trip, and caught the

6:08

team charter back here, and I'm

6:10

back at Buffalo last week. Crazy.

6:12

A grinder, hey, what a grinder.

6:15

Oh, my gosh. Good to be

6:17

here though, buddy. Glad we got

6:19

Jody Shelley on also, that's awesome.

6:21

Yeah, I mean, they're hot, the

6:23

habs are hot, but let's bring

6:25

it in a guy. Mel went

6:27

up to Rochester to watch Cruz

6:29

last weekend. Timmy Connolly, T.C. was

6:31

there and Geney, his wife and

6:33

their kids were there. And Mel

6:35

told me, like, T.C. was like,

6:37

gotta get murals out, you know,

6:39

get the murr out here. And

6:41

have you ever been to the

6:43

Troylet? I'm calling Troy, the Troylet.

6:45

Mel was dying at that line

6:47

though. Unbelievable. He came up, he's

6:49

calling me, he's like, when are

6:51

you coming back? When you come

6:53

back to coach my kid's team?

6:55

Like, Timmy, you don't got enough

6:57

money for me to go. He's

6:59

like, I got enough money, don't

7:01

you worry? And I was like,

7:03

I actually, yeah, I guess you

7:05

do have enough money. Oh, that's

7:07

how you get that of there.

7:09

Yeah, that's good. I got some

7:11

good text from him, some good

7:13

pictures. Think he forgot which team

7:15

he was to come on. I

7:17

know. I know. I think he

7:19

should tell the news. I mean,

7:22

I don't know if he has

7:24

it saved for show, but I

7:26

think it goes right at the

7:28

top of the show if we

7:30

can get G in here. Yeah,

7:32

uh, boys. Am I not in?

7:34

I can't see you. There he

7:36

is not. There he is. There

7:38

he is. There he is. Greensboro,

7:40

Gargoyles. The boys are coming. We're

7:42

coming to Greensboro. Yeah, we made

7:44

the announcement on Tuesday. Well, we

7:46

made the announcement on Monday that

7:48

we'd be a part of an

7:50

ECHL expansion team, which is the

7:52

Greensboro Gargoyles. And then on Tuesday,

7:54

they did the team announcement. They

7:56

had the, I think it was

7:58

at Piedmont Hall in Greensboro. They

8:00

did the announcement, Andy Kaufman, Sawyer

8:02

Sports, just an incredible job, incredible

8:04

logo. I'm wearing the hat right

8:06

now, I got the shirt on

8:08

as well. Gargoyles Hockey.com is

8:10

the website, check it out, but we're really

8:12

excited. This is something, I don't know,

8:15

I've talked about it on the sheet

8:17

yesterday, but this is something I really

8:19

never thought I would ever be a part

8:21

of, like a team ownership. But when

8:23

an opportunity presents itself, you got to

8:25

jump on it, and you know, I can't think

8:27

Bizz, Biz Whit, the boys, the boys.

8:29

Andy Kaufman, Jeff Jacobson for letting

8:31

me be a part of this,

8:34

but this is going to be

8:36

cool. I'm really excited. My first

8:38

suggestion was bringing a band. I want

8:41

a band in the crowd. I know

8:43

people are loving this idea. Yeah. So

8:45

it's funny. Yeah. So it's funny because

8:47

in high school at Burlington High, we

8:50

had the band. We had band and

8:52

cheerleaders, which is very, it's not really

8:54

common in high school to have high

8:57

school hockey cheerleaders and a band. I

8:59

mean, I remember my junior year, I

9:01

knew every chant, every song, because I

9:03

wasn't playing much. So I'm sitting there

9:05

and I learn everything. I'm like, this

9:07

is fucking awesome. All the crowd would

9:10

get so into it. And then once

9:12

Chicklets University started and we're

9:14

going to all these barns

9:16

and we're seeing how electric the environments are,

9:18

you see how... awesome it is to have

9:20

a band in the crowd so you know

9:22

you got Wake Forest right down the street

9:25

maybe we could get their band maybe NC

9:27

state UNC we could get their band to

9:29

come up to come up to Greensboro but

9:31

but I'm excited I'm very excited I'm

9:33

very thankful to be a part of

9:35

this yeah congratulations awesome I'd love to

9:38

know more details on how it became

9:40

a part like what the process is

9:42

like that's crazy maybe story for another

9:44

day but you guys should have the ushers at

9:47

the top like that stand at the

9:49

top of the bowl to send

9:51

people down to their seats. They

9:53

have to crouch down like gargoyles

9:55

at the top. Well, the games

9:57

on. I love that. Army only

9:59

wants. know the details because now if

10:01

Chiklitz has a team game notes is

10:04

gonna have to get a team and

10:06

we're gonna make it the biggest rivalry

10:08

and in minor pro sports I have

10:10

my I got some lines in the

10:12

water that I'm not able to divulge

10:14

on yet but um gee I want

10:16

you to have somewhere to sleep tonight

10:19

and maybe a warm meal that wasn't

10:21

really the news I was trying to

10:23

line you up for I think there's

10:25

bigger news oh wow yeah I Wow,

10:27

damn, did I blow that one? Yeah,

10:29

Alana has officially completed her cancer treatment.

10:32

So it's an awesome day. Yeah, a

10:34

couple clicks for Alana. Yeah. I wasn't

10:36

expecting to talk about this actually. I

10:38

was, I was going to, I was,

10:40

I was like, I don't want to

10:42

cry on game notes today, so I'm

10:45

not going to do it, but, but

10:47

I know it's, it was awesome. She

10:49

did her final radiation treatment Wednesday and

10:51

then Wednesday night, Batello, Unreal restaurant in

10:53

Jersey City, right in the water with

10:55

an unbelievable view. I planned a little

10:58

surprise party for her, a bunch of

11:00

her friends, her family, kind of her,

11:02

her, her, her support system throughout this

11:04

whole process, this whole process. Man, the

11:06

fucking, I call, so I call the

11:08

two days before, set up the surprise,

11:11

you know, 12, 13 of us coming

11:13

in, have a good table, again, surprise,

11:15

we are surprising her, like emphasis on

11:17

the surprise, surprise, surprise, surprise, surprise, surprise,

11:19

and then I call the day of,

11:21

and I'm like, hey, emphasis on the

11:24

surprise, and when I come, when I

11:26

come in and go up to the,

11:28

the waiter, the hostess table, do not

11:30

blow the surprise. We got you, we

11:32

got you, no problem. No problem. What

11:34

do you know? We walk in and

11:37

I walk up to the table and

11:39

I go, hey, we have the table

11:41

for Mike Hoping you know, we showed

11:43

up a little late hoping everyone's hoping

11:45

everyone's sitting at the table We go

11:47

walk up on the table. She's like,

11:50

what the hell? She goes. Oh, yeah,

11:52

everyone's uh everyone's waiting for you guys

11:54

over at the bar. I'm like Alana

11:56

goes, no, no, it's just, it's reservation

11:58

for Mike. I don't think you heard

12:00

him, it's Mike. And, and I'm like,

12:02

and, uh, Spimony, Spimony, Spimony. So they

12:05

kind of thought of a plan on

12:07

the fly after they blew it. They

12:09

brought us over to a, a single

12:11

table by ourselves and then her whole

12:13

family walked up on us and it

12:15

was, it was an awesome moment. She

12:18

was so surprised. She actually gave a

12:20

little speech, which was kind of shocking.

12:22

But yeah, it was an unbelievable night.

12:24

It's crazy when you think about the

12:26

stats. To go under the hood, let's

12:28

go under the hood of Alana's cancer

12:31

treatment here. So it was five surgeries,

12:33

it was 16 weeks of chemotherapy, 25

12:35

radiation rounds, a lumpectomy, a double mastectomy,

12:37

a breast reconstruction, retrieval of eggs. It's

12:39

like, the list goes on and on

12:41

and... Like, she's just a, she's a

12:44

fucking beast. It's, it's, it's, it was,

12:46

I'm so proud of her, I'm so,

12:48

I'm so happy, it's over. It was

12:50

so awesome to see her, because she

12:52

had to do radiation 25 days in

12:54

a row, or Monday through Friday, but

12:57

it was 7 a.m.m. every day, so

12:59

you're getting up at 5. 30 to

13:01

drive 40 minutes to Livingston, so, yeah.

13:03

It was nice for her to get

13:05

to sleep in a little today, a

13:07

little today, and a little today, and

13:10

a little, and a little, and a

13:12

little, and a little, and a little,

13:14

and a little, it, it's, it's, it's,

13:16

it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's,

13:18

it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's,

13:20

it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's,

13:23

All the support from the Game Notes

13:25

chat throughout this whole thing, all the

13:27

Chicklets Nation, you guys in particular, Colby,

13:29

your wife, you know, everything you guys

13:31

sent to me and Alana, Alana still

13:33

uses the big drink thing, you got

13:35

her. And so, yeah, I just can't

13:38

thank you guys enough and can't thank

13:40

the chat and everyone for being so

13:42

supportive throughout this horrible, horrible time. Yeah,

13:44

she's amazing. It's great to see over

13:46

her ringing the bell and everything too.

13:48

That was awesome. Just like everyone's loving

13:51

it. So, congrats to Alana and her

13:53

whole crew, all you guys. Awesome to

13:55

see. Thank you guys. And gee, and

13:57

I wanted you to get to Tears,

13:59

because our fourth guy I know must

14:01

be in Tears, because his beloved New

14:04

Jersey Devils, is it? They've lost seven

14:06

out of nine games, and that's not

14:08

even going under the hood. Anybody can

14:10

find those stats. I mean, if you

14:12

want to frame it like that, Myrtle,

14:14

sure, but you can look at it

14:17

the other way. They have points in

14:19

five straight against Florida, Florida, Tampa, the

14:21

Leafs. warning the following statements are about

14:23

to be made by a deranged devil's

14:25

fan the views expressed are his and

14:27

his only take everything you hear with

14:30

a grain of salt because remember he

14:32

is a deranged devil's fan continue continue

14:34

now I'll listen you know one post

14:36

goes this way and over time this

14:38

and that next thing you know they've

14:40

won three ots in a row and

14:43

no one's talking about it so what

14:45

I wish they've been winning more games

14:47

lately yes but they're playing sting defense

14:49

they're getting I think over time in

14:51

four straight games and they're just you

14:53

know not able to close so I'm

14:56

not worried about it whatsoever. I saw

14:58

Keith last night said you know it'd

15:00

been nice to get two points but

15:02

I think I owe Toronto a point

15:04

or something. He's given them enough points

15:06

this year. They've lost three times to

15:08

leaves twice and over time now. Yeah,

15:11

so why would he say that? Why

15:13

do you say that? Why do you

15:15

say that? He's just being nice because

15:17

he's back in the bar and he's

15:19

soft in the moment maybe a little

15:21

bit. Probably got treated really nice and

15:24

collapse and everything. He was disgusted, really

15:26

nice and collapse and everything. He was

15:28

disgusted though without Luke Hughes. He's hits

15:30

the post 10 seconds before that. Then

15:32

he's the hero if it goes in.

15:34

So. It's not like they're getting blown

15:37

out every game by bad teams. They're

15:39

they're losing an O.T. against, you know,

15:41

cup contenders. So not worried about it.

15:43

All right, I like that. There'll be

15:45

more devil's talk later on. So keep

15:47

the disclaimer handy. But I want to

15:50

get to our guest, Jody Shelley, before

15:52

it gets too late. Here he has

15:54

a veteran. We got see him on

15:56

TNT. You see him on Amazon. And

15:58

he is right. right there with the

16:00

Columbus Blue Jackets, hottest team in the

16:03

league. Welcome to Game Notes. Good to

16:05

see your boys, Murrows, Army. Yeah, great

16:07

to see you. I know, like, I

16:09

was just, I was just saying stories

16:11

of my travel the other day. First

16:13

of all, like, what's, what's it been

16:16

like for you? I know. just not

16:18

only doing Columbus games and that's you

16:20

know a bear in itself with the

16:22

schedule but adding in your your TNT

16:24

obligations and and now Amazon are you

16:26

are you just not so you just

16:29

racking up points hey but I'm the

16:31

big point monster I love gobbling those

16:33

up so you know what Kobe if

16:35

I had any time management it would

16:37

probably be a hundred times better but

16:39

like I'm a terrible packer I have

16:41

no time management I have no time

16:44

management And I feel like I've been

16:46

on the amazing race and it's mostly

16:48

when I'm at home because my kids

16:50

want the backyard rink up. Last night

16:52

at 1 a.m. after the game's over.

16:54

I got the lights on, they're shoveling

16:57

it off, I'm flooding it off, I'm

16:59

flooding it. I'm leaving today for a

17:01

five day road trip. It's like, yeah,

17:03

the amazing race is on full effect.

17:05

Get, you know? And it's, yeah, it's,

17:07

that's the hard part. I'll say this,

17:10

you're making me look fucking bad right

17:12

now, because my wife's probably listening, and

17:14

she's like, why is Jody flooding the

17:16

rink at one o'clock in the morning

17:18

and like my wife shoveled the rink

17:20

yesterday all by herself? I'm only home

17:23

one day a month, that's why. Jody,

17:25

this started off as a gambling show,

17:27

but we won't do too much with

17:29

you on it, but I will say

17:31

because of that story. It is known

17:33

as gamblers that first road game at

17:36

home after a long road trip or

17:38

first home game you know after a

17:40

long road trip the team doesn't do

17:42

well and me my buddy Miggs we've

17:44

talked about that for years because you're

17:46

away for that week 10 days all

17:49

of a sudden you come home it's

17:51

take out the garbage do the laundry

17:53

do this drive them here the guys

17:55

are not ready to play that game

17:57

all of a sudden they've gone from

17:59

sitting in their hotel room like you

18:02

two right now all alone meals just

18:04

handed to them on a plate and

18:06

all of a sudden they're right in

18:08

the mix again and that first game

18:10

is tough to get back in. Yeah you know

18:12

what it's true because you only worry about

18:14

yourself on the road right they tell you

18:16

where to be when to eat you sleep when you

18:18

want and you just get like when's the bus when do

18:21

I have to get off the bus it's very simple you

18:23

can do it as a robot. But at home it's like

18:25

getting your car after 10 days, 10 day trip, you're like,

18:27

oh, I forget how to drive, you know, and then it's

18:29

like, oh yeah, pulling the house, you know, and then it's

18:31

up for school, it's also, you know, you kind of relax

18:34

a little bit, you know, you have your wife or girlfriend

18:36

or whatever's going on and you're just kind of like, okay,

18:38

take a breath. And I also think you're around, if you

18:40

have a successful trip, you're around, you're around, you're around, you're

18:42

around, you're around, you're around, you're around, you're around,

18:44

you're around, you're around, you're around, you're around,

18:46

you're around, you're around, you're around, you're around,

18:48

you're around, you're around, you're around, you're around,

18:51

you're around, you're around, you're around, you're around,

18:53

you're around, you're around, you're around, you're Yeah,

18:55

and it's been a great story with

18:57

also with with these blue jackets that

18:59

we get into that. Ten, two and

19:01

one last 13 games. Maybe take us

19:04

back though to the start of the

19:06

season and obviously, you know,

19:08

terrible, terrible start with the news

19:10

of the Goudreau with the Goudreau

19:13

family and the Goudreau brothers. And

19:15

just what that was like at

19:17

the start, because I don't think

19:19

just in hockey talk, anyone had

19:22

anything. was had the Columbus

19:24

Blue Jackets really on a

19:26

radar, hockey wise, but life wise

19:28

and you know, people wise, you're

19:31

you're struck with that right off

19:33

the get-go. You're around it,

19:35

you're there and new Johnny and

19:37

what was at start of the

19:40

season just trying to come

19:42

together and get through that?

19:44

Well, it's still unfathomable, right?

19:47

It's still something that sits

19:49

somewhere that you don't believe.

19:51

You know you go into the season and you

19:53

see all the players especially Sean Monaghan who

19:56

came here to play with Johnny just destroyed

19:58

and their families and And I

20:00

think we're all left wondering where do

20:02

we go from here? And I think

20:04

the organization did a really good job

20:06

opening night of honoring Johnny. Meredith did

20:08

a great job of talking to the

20:10

guys and telling them Johnny would want

20:12

you to just to play hockey. And

20:15

the organization led by Dean Edison and

20:17

the group, he said, we're going to

20:19

grieve together. You know, if you want

20:21

to yell, you want to scream, you

20:23

want to cry, you want to show,

20:25

you want to show, whatever you want

20:27

to do. We're going to do. We're

20:29

going to do. We're going to do.

20:31

in a way it really brought them

20:33

together and Johnny is still a presence

20:35

every day with these guys they talk

20:37

about what Johnny would do at lunch

20:39

how quickly Johnny would have left the

20:41

rink after a practice you know he

20:43

would already been in an Uber I've

20:46

heard that before and they really have

20:48

tribute to him and they try to

20:50

bring his joy to the rink so

20:52

and I think that's translated a little

20:54

bit and how close this group is

20:56

they're really a tight-knit group they have

20:58

a real purpose this year to play

21:00

for Johnny And the way that they're

21:02

playing together is they've turned into something

21:04

very special. So it's amazing what they've

21:06

done just in thinking of the start

21:08

of the season, but to be where

21:10

they're at, you have to credit them

21:12

for putting that in a good place

21:15

and then figuring out how to play

21:17

the game. Yeah, I wanted to give

21:19

some credit to Dean Evitson. It's in

21:21

a situation like that. I feel like

21:23

the players, you kind of look to

21:25

him as a dad when you're in

21:27

that situation, you're gonna look up to

21:29

him and he's done an amazing job.

21:31

Right now, I think his coaching odds

21:33

have gone coach of the year. He's

21:35

starting to become a favorite. He went

21:37

from 20 to 1 to 8 to

21:39

1. And I mean, I think Washington

21:41

was the favorite. But if you look

21:43

at the rosters of what they're doing

21:46

compared to what Columbus is doing, I

21:48

would vote him right now as long

21:50

as it stays this way. It's really

21:52

something that. I didn't see coming at

21:54

all and really wanted to give him

21:56

a shout out for everything he's handling

21:58

on the ice and off the ice,

22:00

which is probably even more than on

22:02

the ice. Yeah, like what about, he

22:04

seems kind of like a stern old

22:06

school guy, too. So you know, you

22:08

talk about the dad thing, Merle's, like

22:10

it's probably, that's probably what it's kind

22:12

of almost. been like inside of this

22:14

hockey world as well for them? Yeah,

22:17

no it has you know and as

22:19

hard as he looks on the bench

22:21

and is tough he's just is like

22:23

he loves a good ribbing he loves

22:25

to bus balls like he just non-stop

22:27

you know behind the scenes but when

22:29

you watch him on the bench you

22:31

wonder if he's gonna make it through

22:33

he's so intense on every play but

22:35

he has non-negotibles and he and the

22:37

most important thing is he got results

22:39

early with his new system as a

22:41

new coach and they bought in. And

22:43

now this team is really self-sufficient. Guys,

22:46

and you know, you guys know what

22:48

it's like to be on teams where

22:50

you guys know what's expected of the

22:52

guys on the ice, right? They make

22:54

a mistake, they know it, and sometimes

22:56

they don't know it, and you have

22:58

to let them know. And this group,

23:00

I hear them all the time at

23:02

ice level, they're on each other. So

23:04

they know how they have to play

23:06

to win. You know, Werensky's an absolute

23:08

star. Simple and it's hard and I

23:10

think that's good for everyone because nobody

23:12

it's it's seamless to them right now

23:14

that they're not thinking or overthinking any

23:17

situation. I'll follow it up to to

23:19

that comment about system or team wise

23:21

I saw a stat from Mike Kelly

23:23

from sports logic that was talking about

23:25

the success of the Blue Jackets obviously

23:27

but pointed out a couple stats there

23:29

they're number one I think in the

23:31

league off of goals off a turnover

23:33

within 10 seconds. Like they have crazy

23:35

numbers and then goals off of a

23:37

turnover within five seconds. They have like

23:39

a really good number. Obviously they're scoring

23:41

like crazy this year and you know

23:43

you got Olivier with like you know

23:45

career numbers and yeah. You know so

23:48

to that style like that's tenacity that's

23:50

winning battles. That's you know what it

23:52

is non-negotiable. It's the back check. It's

23:54

the forwards back checking. So you have

23:56

Marchenko who's one of the most skilled

23:58

players on the team committed to back

24:00

check and when he gets the pocket

24:02

of turnover, he makes the next play

24:04

really quick. You know, the goal the

24:06

other night that Fantili got or Renski

24:08

got. It was a turnover on a

24:10

back check at the Blue Line. It's

24:12

Fantili to Marchenko to Worenski. They're so

24:14

good at the back check and then

24:17

turning that into offense. So, and that's

24:19

one of the evisome things. I mean,

24:21

every team wants to do it, but

24:23

when you can do it with skill,

24:25

that's where you can get on the

24:27

attack quicker. Yeah, we're showing Renssey's stats

24:29

right now if you're watching on rumble

24:31

or YouTube and I mean time on

24:33

ice first Is this just on the

24:35

blue jackets or is this in the

24:37

whole league? It's a lee ranking E

24:39

rankings high-on-ice first puck possession fourth score

24:41

and chances second rush chances first they

24:43

just talked about zone exit so he's

24:45

playing both ends second zone entries third

24:48

Where is there two of them on

24:50

the ice block passes fourth stick check

24:52

six? Zone denials 10th and he's probably

24:54

only lower on that because he has

24:56

the puck the whole game in the

24:58

other end goals first with 15 and

25:00

points first 51 Norris trophy odds plus

25:02

200 run over right now draft king

25:04

sports book put it on him if

25:06

he keeps this up you have to

25:08

vote him even though McCar is nasty

25:10

as well. Yeah Jody Jody first of

25:12

all we all know he's like what's

25:14

different about him this year though like

25:16

is it consistency is it's Drive and

25:19

kind of attention to the details because

25:21

he makes everything look so easy He

25:23

has a head-up ability. He kind of

25:25

looks like what wit used to look

25:27

like back in the day murals coming

25:29

up the ice. He's very straight up

25:31

pregame skate. Yeah For his ankles blow

25:33

out. Yeah, but like his wrist shot

25:35

when he shoots it. It doesn't look

25:37

like he's shooting it. It's a fucking

25:39

laser beam. You know, he's got all

25:41

these like Cool calm attributes knocking pucks

25:43

out of there. You see where he

25:45

ranks breaking up plays like just doesn't

25:48

even look like he's he's effortless with

25:50

his abilities But his his play this

25:52

year is on a rocket ship to

25:54

the moon. So talk about what he's

25:56

been night in and night out just

25:58

incredible You know He's got a calmness

26:00

about him that's uncanny. Like, he watched

26:02

him warm up, he's the same. I interviewed him last night

26:04

at a TV timeout, and I look over and I say,

26:06

Zach, you had time for a question, and it's like he

26:08

hadn't even been on the ice yet. He's like, yeah, sure.

26:10

You know, it's like, nothing's a big deal to Zach. But

26:12

he's very competitive. He's healthy this year, that's a big one.

26:14

The new system helps him a lot. He's, he's, you know, you know,

26:17

he's used to be a rover, he's, he's, you know, he's, you know,

26:19

he's, you know, you know, he's used to be a rover, he's, he's,

26:21

he's, he's, you know, he's, you know, he's, he's, he's, you know, he's,

26:23

you know, he's, he's, he's, he's, you know, he And Dean Edison

26:25

is the same way. Go on the offensive

26:27

zone and don't come back. We'll cover for

26:29

you. And he tells all his D that.

26:32

He knows when to go. He times it

26:34

well. He processes the offensive zone. He studies

26:36

the offensive zone. He knows his best shot

26:38

selection according to where he gets to POC

26:40

with the best percentages to shoot the POC.

26:42

He knows the goalies. He's been, you know,

26:44

the faces of the league are the stars,

26:46

the guys that have won the trophies. This

26:49

guy is headed that way. He's up in

26:51

that upper, upper tier of players, and it's

26:53

not just for a short period of time.

26:55

He was thrust into a role as a

26:57

leader with Boone Jenner and Erica Branson

27:00

out, and he was always a supporter,

27:02

and man did he grab it. He's

27:04

all over this team, his fingerprints are

27:06

in every situation, and it's the ability

27:08

to play with a heart rate of 120

27:11

the whole time. I play with holding my

27:13

breath and my heart rate was over 190

27:15

and you know my eyes were mostly close.

27:17

That's a hard way to play. This guy's

27:19

head up because he knows where the puck

27:22

is on his stick and he's just

27:24

elite skating effortless. Like I would say

27:26

this about him, he's beautiful to watch.

27:28

Yeah, easy. Yeah, just like he's different

27:30

like we see Macar, we see all

27:32

these guys like he's in a rocking

27:35

chair. It's just such a different style

27:37

of offensive. all-around defensemen that is

27:39

in this category. He's a beautiful player

27:41

to watch, Merle's. I love watching him.

27:43

Yeah, I just want to say, like, he's even

27:46

a better person. When we got to meet

27:48

him at the Sandbagger and then Chicklet's Cup,

27:50

he was the nicest guy you would have never

27:52

known. He's an NHL superstar. He just had, he's

27:54

just a salt of the earth person. I'm so

27:56

happy for him. I've been rooting for him for

27:58

him for him for a long. time. Really excited

28:00

about him. But move on to the

28:02

other guy that I've been noticing a

28:05

ton and I had this guy. I

28:07

wanted to take him number one overall

28:09

at one point after I saw him

28:11

in the Frozen Four. Fantilly, he's found

28:13

his game now. He's grown up a

28:15

lot in the last three weeks. You

28:17

know, he was a player that was

28:19

close to being a healthy scratch. He

28:21

was in the middle of the ice

28:23

as a centerman trying to find his

28:25

way. And then... He really took a

28:27

little step back and three steps forward

28:29

and he's watched Monaghan at center ice.

28:31

He has questions He's studying face-offs. He's

28:33

making the next play He used to

28:35

get the pocket mill the ice and

28:37

have the blinders on a little bit

28:40

and just shoot and then the whistle

28:42

would Come and then you know there'll

28:44

probably be a line change and his

28:46

line mates might be frustrated now. He's

28:48

looking for the next play now. He's

28:50

he's getting for the pocket. He's taking

28:52

the pocket he's taking a very good

28:54

job. He appreciates it and I think

28:56

the biggest thing murals is he's earned

28:58

it like he's earned that spot so

29:00

he cherishes being there and he's really

29:02

doing the right thing and it's pretty

29:04

quick for a young guy who only

29:06

played 48 games last year missed the

29:08

second half of the year had a

29:10

kind of a rough off season and

29:12

then a slow start but if you

29:15

look at his last season just as

29:17

he got injured he was just hitting

29:19

his stride so it seems like he's

29:21

right back there now. Now this is

29:23

why Jody's one of the best analysts

29:25

uh... color guys uh... in our game

29:27

just great breakdown of them and i

29:29

think it's important for parents on our

29:31

on our chat right now or hockey

29:33

players on here with us like i

29:35

feel like hockey is so much like

29:37

what you're talking about with ventilies i

29:39

guess transition as into a man and

29:41

a player in the league that like

29:43

you can't just do it all yourself

29:45

you're not gonna be a rocket ship

29:47

through everybody and you gotta see the

29:50

forest through that tree that's in front

29:52

of your face and maybe that's starting

29:54

to happen pittsburgh the game you guys

29:56

were in in Pittsburgh, Monaghan got hurt.

29:58

Fantilly was like on the third line

30:00

murals. He was kind of like just

30:02

a player. elevated up during the game,

30:04

Monaghan leaves. I think he scored a

30:06

goal that game. Yeah, he did. Our

30:08

play goal, little shot, tip in front,

30:10

really tough shot, actually, cross-body, little touch,

30:12

which ended up being, I think, the

30:14

game winner. And like he's taken off,

30:16

like he's, what is he, on a

30:18

seven game heater right now? Yeah, he

30:20

points in seven games. And to see

30:22

him, as you said, in that spot.

30:25

And then now here's a chance to

30:27

go, to go, kid, and he's grabbed

30:29

it. And he's grabbed it. Well I

30:31

think another part of that is too,

30:33

he's starting to listen to his teammates

30:35

and I think a lot of these

30:37

stars that come in at a young

30:39

age, they have agents, they have parents,

30:41

they have friends, they have family that

30:43

are, you know, saying, ah, you know,

30:45

you did it, you know, you did

30:47

it, you know, whatever it is, you

30:49

should have, just shoot that puck, that's

30:51

okay, don't worry, you know, you're doing

30:53

it, you know, that he respects, but

30:55

I think what it clicks Yeah, good

30:57

veterans around you. It goes on talked

31:00

about, it goes on noticed, and you

31:02

need that. And you may think some

31:04

guys are good veterans, but they're not

31:06

good at teaching young guys. They're trying

31:08

to look out for their own spots.

31:10

I've run into those guys over the

31:12

years. It's the true veterans that are

31:14

trying to help these young guys and

31:16

can really make a difference for them.

31:18

I think Worenski's been the biggest impact

31:20

for them, but then you have Van

31:22

Reimsteik. Jack Johnson when he's in as

31:24

well. So you're right Murrows those guys

31:26

that are appreciative not at the end

31:28

of your career and you're grumpy because

31:30

you're comfortable but you have another chance

31:32

that keep at extending to your career

31:35

for us in our case anyways that's

31:37

important. What's his name Ken Johnson? Yeah

31:39

even the same thing for him like

31:41

last year he was like sent to

31:43

the minors and he was kind of

31:45

trying to find his way and maybe

31:47

that was a confusing year for him

31:49

but I was between the benches for

31:51

that Columbus Pittsburgh this guy's Dart out

31:53

there like a water bug. He's wants

31:55

the puck. He's on the puck. He

31:57

skilled out the ass. He looks really

31:59

confident And his games, like his game's

32:01

going too for you guys as well.

32:03

And it's funny to these guys, right?

32:05

Because you would talk about Dean Everson

32:08

and maybe his perceived style of

32:10

play and how he played and little

32:12

more bristly hard-nosed. And you've seen

32:14

success from all these skill guys.

32:17

Yeah, you know, he threw Kent

32:19

Johnson on the penalty kill right

32:21

away, right in Kent. And he'd never

32:23

killed Pellines before, but it

32:25

gives him more ice time,

32:28

more touches, more responsibility. Everybody

32:30

wants to feel important, right? And the value

32:32

of Van Rienstike to him is off the

32:34

charts. I mean, they speak the same language

32:37

on the ice. They see it unfold before

32:39

it unfolds. He's gotten quicker, he's gotten a

32:41

little bit stronger, and he doesn't, like, he

32:43

used to get the puck and go side to

32:45

side, kind of wobble, I call it. But now

32:47

he darts, like you said, like, he goes,

32:50

and then he slows it down. I think

32:52

that's something he's learned, but he's learned, man,

32:54

this kid's got confidence. more confidence he could

32:56

ever understand and he just loves the

32:58

game so and his skill set I

33:00

was watching last night the blue jacket's

33:03

playing and just watching the skill level

33:05

come to life you know what I mean

33:07

like they're playing the sandals come to

33:09

life you know what I mean like they're

33:11

playing the San Jose sharks okay

33:13

the sharks are below them but

33:16

they played a patient game and

33:18

then you see that skill that

33:20

flashes skill from Ken Johnson Marchinko

33:22

and these guys are getting rewarded.

33:25

Yeah, I love it. We've got a I got one

33:27

more question on the jackets. We're gonna keep you

33:29

around though for all the other NHL talk First

33:31

wildcard spot unbelievable. Yeah, are they already talking

33:34

like trade targets? Are they gonna try to

33:36

make any moves or is this the type

33:38

of team? You don't want to mess around

33:40

with the chemistry any talk yet in Columbus

33:43

They will make any move any move that

33:45

makes them better and Don what else said

33:47

that to me? Okay, you know, he's in

33:49

a situation you didn't think he would

33:52

think he would be in with

33:54

free agents thinking about keeping now

33:56

in pro-roth. Obviously, Olivier is the

33:58

guy they want to keep. as

34:00

unrestricted free agents, but he's in a great spot. And

34:02

he wants to be on everything. He wants to be

34:04

on anyone that's available. So you're hearing the big names

34:06

out there. I feel like if they could help this

34:08

team and they don't have to give up too much,

34:10

or kind of that core that they have here, they're

34:12

going to be on a lot of things. Karel the

34:14

thrill. Yeah, Mark Jenko. No one really knows about him.

34:16

I know he had a rough ride last year too

34:18

at times, like he'd score four games in a roll.

34:20

Then I think I remember he'd be like healthy scratch

34:23

the next two games in a row. It's like it

34:25

was kind of, it's been a roller coaster. He's obviously

34:27

a guy that can produce. You see him in real

34:29

life skilled out the ass and he's huge. And I

34:31

was kind of. I was wondering how he was going

34:33

to come into this year, because he's big and skilled,

34:35

but you know, that doesn't get you, that doesn't get

34:37

you to that next level as a team. But he

34:39

has bought in, and think about last year, kind of

34:41

a confusing defensive zone system. They were playing that Vegas

34:43

style where they hand off and let you have the

34:45

perimeter, and these are guys that want to go. And

34:47

so now they're going and they're jumping and they're contributing

34:50

to getting to getting the pock back back. I think

34:52

that keeps them more engaged. And he's big and strong

34:54

and now he understands when to use that skill. He's

34:56

not making the drop pass at the blue line. He's

34:58

not making the cross ice play at the top of

35:00

the zone unless it's there. He constantly is talking to

35:02

Veronkoff who is a machine. He doesn't speak English. This

35:04

guy is an absolute beauty. Like old school Russian. We

35:06

haven't had a guy here like this since Jake Borche.

35:08

That's the personality and he doesn't speak English. But he's

35:10

got that repertoire. with all of his teammates and Marchenko

35:12

has been great for him but I think Marchenko when

35:14

he was put away from Monaghan he was taking off

35:16

that line a little bit and then when he got

35:19

put back up there he kind of exploded because he's

35:21

like wow I want to keep this spot and I

35:23

think that's a good thing. for Marchanko because he takes

35:25

care of those details of managing the puck. And he's

35:27

a quote machine too. Oh, you know, him in Fantilly,

35:29

he just came out with like the line. Yeah, about

35:31

their, asked about their chemistry, he's Adam Fantelov right now,

35:33

but if he gets it going, he'll be Andre Fantelov.

35:35

I lost that line. Sorry for hopadin, we have some

35:37

breaking blue jackets news news. One minute ago, they've resigned,

35:39

they've resigned, they've resigned, they've resigned, resigned. We don't mess

35:41

around on here, Johnny. We don't, we get breaking this,

35:43

we do it all. Pasha's the man. Pasha's the man.

35:46

And now he's going. That's why we brought you on.

35:48

We thought you were going to give us the inside

35:50

scoop. I didn't have that. I didn't go to the

35:52

rink today. You know, I don't do the scoops. But

35:54

that's good. I don't do the scoops. But that's good.

35:56

I don't do the scoops do the scoops. But that.

35:58

But that's good. But that's good. But that's good. But

36:00

that's good. But that's good. But that's good. But that's

36:02

good. But that's good. But that's good. But that's good.

36:04

But that's good. But that's good. But that's good. Everything's

36:06

coming up Columbus right now. Looks amazing. Now they're saying

36:08

they want that. Now they're saying that should be your

36:10

guys' jersey. That should be the logo full on. I

36:13

was hearing that. I like our classic jersey, the one

36:15

they just, the one they have now, you know, but

36:17

I love how different this one is. Great, great colors.

36:19

It's got the Buckeye leaves under the collar there, you

36:21

know, a little tribute to the high estate Buches. Big

36:23

game this Monday, of course. And that's what I was

36:25

going to say. It's everything is coming up. You got

36:27

that. You got to win the title. The game is

36:29

there. Detroit, against Detroit. They're hot as a pistol right

36:31

now too. So I'm excited for that outdoor game March

36:33

1st. That should be a time there. 100,000. What's that?

36:35

See, 100, 100, 100, 10,000 people, yeah. Unreal. Another one.

36:37

Rick Nash scored, that sick ass goal. He triple-ass goal.

36:39

He triple- I think it was Ballard and then who

36:42

was a Derek Morris maybe who else was there in

36:44

Bush it wasn't was boost the goal He was the

36:46

old match good one. He was the old that was

36:48

the old vet's good one. That's right, but he tripled

36:50

dangled like I don't know who the heck it was

36:52

I think Ballard was on his

36:54

team. I could be, I

36:56

don't even know. Well, I

36:58

don't know what happened, but

37:00

he just say Yans. It

37:02

was the coyotes were you

37:04

on the team then? Were

37:06

you with them when he

37:09

did that? Yes, it was.

37:11

It was incredible. And I

37:13

think he did it yesterday

37:15

in our alumni skate, maybe

37:17

four or five times because

37:19

we're all, we skate together

37:21

yesterday. He's still got it.

37:23

That guy at that reach

37:25

and those hands, it's incredible.

37:27

But I called Jody, I

37:29

called Jody yesterday to pop

37:31

on with us and talk

37:33

some coyotes and NHL and

37:35

he's like, I got a

37:38

big skate coming up. I'm

37:40

like, Oh, who's out there?

37:42

Like, who's always like, Oh

37:44

man, we keep it tight.

37:46

We keep it high end.

37:48

We had nine alumni. We

37:50

had nine alumni out there

37:52

yesterday. Yeah. And then some

37:54

other guys from Ohio State

37:56

is great skate. Not a

37:58

boy. Not a boy. You

38:00

want to move? any talk

38:02

about alumni game for that

38:05

stadium series? We're going to

38:07

try to do that. We're

38:09

going to, we can't get

38:11

on the ice. You know,

38:13

they have to keep that

38:15

ice available. We wouldn't be

38:17

able to skate till Monday.

38:19

Like trying to pick something

38:21

up. Yeah. Are you guys

38:23

coming in? I think we

38:25

usually do. Yeah. We haven't

38:27

gotten that far. We're planning

38:29

the four nations cup right

38:32

now, but we usually hit

38:34

that game Carolina and then

38:36

New York last year. We're

38:38

going to try to get

38:40

the cup and have an

38:42

alumni NHL alumni party for

38:44

a bunch of people. So

38:46

you guys are being invited.

38:48

So love it. Yeah. We

38:50

hit that in Chicago, the

38:52

alumni night. That was awesome.

38:54

Reed Simpson took care of

38:56

us for that. Oh, he's

38:58

the man. Yeah. He's the

39:01

man. But yeah, let's move

39:03

on to some other NHL

39:05

talk. If you got something

39:07

on any of this, jump

39:09

in with us. Jody, help

39:11

us out. You got your

39:13

finger right on the league.

39:15

First one up is Keith

39:17

returned to Toronto last night.

39:19

New Jersey struggling. Any thoughts

39:21

on that game? Well, it

39:23

was important for the Leafs,

39:25

right? I mean, that was

39:28

one of those games that

39:30

they had lost three in

39:32

a row. Their power play

39:34

was bad. Nylander was not

39:36

was Nylander? What was that?

39:38

Not a big deal. Many

39:40

shots. How about him? Yeah,

39:42

not a big deal. What's

39:44

the big deal? Right? We

39:46

just lost three games in

39:48

a row. No shirt on.

39:50

No shirt on. He made

39:52

up for it. Yeah,

39:56

he did. And that's what they're paid for.

39:58

They broke the game last night. And

40:00

for the Devils, I mean, I like what Pasha

40:02

said there, but that's a team still, like

40:04

I'm not worried about them. I think any

40:06

team that's had a goal tender injury or

40:09

two has had that little dip and I

40:11

think that they're gonna be fine. Okay,

40:13

all right. Other teams that are struggling, the

40:15

Islanders, they snapped a peep streak of 15

40:18

games. And our boy, Keith Yandel called

40:20

it on the group chat last night, he's

40:22

like, no way they can go another game.

40:24

And then we started breaking down the stats

40:26

down the stats and they did score it.

40:28

finally, but is it time for the Islanders

40:30

to move on from Lou and move on

40:32

from that core? Rock Nelson's coming up in

40:34

the trade talks. I think you could get some

40:37

good pieces for some of those older guys for

40:39

sure. You know, I think they could spruce it

40:41

up kind of like Washington did. You know what

40:43

I mean? Bring in that speed, bring in

40:45

that youth because they have some great

40:47

players and sometimes you see some frustration

40:50

with them, especially that power play. And that's

40:52

the team that plays such a such a

40:54

stingy, such a stingy game. to get those

40:56

guys feeling good about themselves, some power playpoints.

40:59

And yeah, I think they've got to do

41:01

something to speed up something there. I wouldn't

41:03

say give it a loo. I love loo,

41:06

so I wouldn't say get her to

41:08

loo, but just a few of those older

41:10

guys. Yeah, yeah, Lou's been around a

41:12

long time and just like this is

41:14

in the Devils in the 90s, you

41:16

know, like they, like I feel like

41:18

Barcelona is a guy that's like really

41:20

getting choked with his style of game

41:22

with his style of game and then.

41:24

and to me and you know they

41:26

might say otherwise like he could he

41:29

needs to be better he needs to

41:31

produce more he needs to be this

41:33

more but just watching him and

41:35

watch like they beat up the

41:37

board's pretty good they lock it

41:40

down like they're they're pretty robust

41:42

team if I could say pretty

41:44

pretty pretty pretty pretty robust team

41:47

if I could say that I

41:49

guess with the way they play

41:52

physically and kind of It's one of

41:54

those teams that what do you do? I

41:56

just again, I think with I love Nelson.

41:58

I mean, I think it changes. scenery for

42:00

him would be tremendous and they could

42:02

get something I think decent for him.

42:04

If we pan over Jody's camera murals,

42:07

Dawn Widdell sitting over in the corner

42:09

next to him with like a little

42:11

list. I gotta get him a coffee.

42:13

Yeah, he's my owner guy, like he's

42:15

playoff tested, he's got the experience for

42:17

a young team like herself. That'd be

42:20

a great pickup. Another young teams, Montreal

42:22

and Detroit. They're gonna be the two

42:24

teams fighting for you guys. Which one?

42:26

Where is you more? Detroit or Montreal

42:28

right now? I'm still worried about the

42:30

Rangers, but for those two guys, I

42:32

think I think Detroit. I think because

42:35

that's a team we were looking to

42:37

take that next step this year. You

42:39

know what I mean? They played well

42:41

below expectations to start the season. They've

42:43

got a spark now. They're getting some

42:45

gold tanning. They look like they're having

42:48

fun. They're gaining momentum. They've got the

42:50

skill, the size on D to do

42:52

this and play this type of way.

42:54

For the Montreal Canadians, I mean, I

42:56

love Marty St. Louis and Trevor Letowski

42:58

and what they've done with this team,

43:01

but it just shows you the goal

43:03

tending, right? We talk about confidence. There

43:05

he is. Goal tending gives you confidence.

43:07

And when you have a goalie that

43:09

is a little bit leaky, guess how

43:11

quick you lose your confidence in everything.

43:13

When Babrovski was here with the blue

43:16

jackets and he was in that Vesna

43:18

form, Cam Atkinson would leave his own

43:20

as a shot windup was coming from

43:22

the opposition, right? He would fly. because

43:24

Bob was likely going to make the

43:26

save and they would transition out. The

43:29

Calgary Flames are the same thing. So

43:31

you know that's that that's the key

43:33

there is is is the goal tending

43:35

that they have is giving them confidence.

43:37

And now Patrick Lioney there has slaughtered

43:39

those guys in strangely in a in

43:42

in in good position. So it's great

43:44

to see what Marty's down there with

43:46

that group though. Yeah, Patty, sorry, go

43:48

ahead, go ahead. No, I was just

43:50

going to say, do we know how

43:52

to say that guy's name yet, dopus,

43:54

dopus, dopus, dopus. Novish. Four career starts.

43:57

He's only allowed four goals total. Is

43:59

that true? Is that a real stat?

44:01

Yes, shot out his first game against

44:03

the Panthers. He's been incredible. there's that

44:05

game thanks yeah Panthers haven't been scoring

44:07

like they usually have losing they lost

44:10

to Detroit last night five to 23

44:12

shots on goal you know what's interesting

44:14

about them and I talked to Paul

44:16

Maurice about this they won the cup

44:18

they're in the guts of the season

44:20

now they'll get up for the Bruins

44:23

the Rangers any team that they battled

44:25

in the playoffs they'll get up the

44:27

group will get up naturally I had

44:29

them the other night where we were

44:31

in Salt City we were in Utah

44:33

They had to manufacture it. You know

44:35

what I mean? Like, Kachuk had to

44:38

do something stupid. I think army, you

44:40

were on that job, too. I was,

44:42

it was great. You asked him a

44:44

question on the bench and he says,

44:46

what do you say? We have to

44:48

make, we don't hate them enough or

44:51

something. We have to learn how to

44:53

hate them. Yeah, that's what I mean.

44:55

So it's like, they're going through that.

44:57

Like, let's get going here. So there's

44:59

a little bit of that with that

45:01

team sometimes. Yeah, well they got stomped

45:04

on a little bit there by three

45:06

power play goals. The wings power play

45:08

is insane. Kane are 15 points in

45:10

his last nine games. So good. All

45:12

of a sudden come to life and

45:14

it coincides with them being eight one

45:16

and oh in their last nine games

45:19

also. Larkin, another big game for him,

45:21

two goals, one assist. The wings have

45:23

completely turned around from what they were

45:25

previous with the new coach. Gotta have

45:27

joy, man. You got to have joy

45:29

in the room. I noticed that in

45:32

their goals last night, how happy they

45:34

are, they're pointing at each other, where

45:36

you see some of these other teams,

45:38

they score and they like, it's like

45:40

they're pretending not to be happy. Dude,

45:42

you score in the NHL, like be

45:45

excited about it. Yeah. And you know,

45:47

and Larkin was carrying a huge weight

45:49

there. He went a long time without

45:51

scoring. And then that's a. That's a

45:53

great environment they've created there now again.

45:55

Yeah, because I think there was just

45:57

like, Patty came like this through the

46:00

first part of the season here, like

46:02

he just was like, didn't look effective

46:04

at all. Like I'm like, oh my

46:06

God, what is going on with him?

46:08

And now he's just on a rip.

46:10

So I think that Cohen, I think

46:13

the joy and I think that's overlooked

46:15

in our game, Jody. Yeah. And you're

46:17

a euro dressing room guy. You're beauty.

46:19

My brother played his first two NHL

46:21

games. That's right. Jody. I are with

46:23

San Jose sharks. Yeah. He did a

46:26

lot of chasing for the pock. Yeah,

46:28

a lot of checking. Yeah, we had

46:30

fun. I'll tell you that. Yeah, he

46:32

loved it. He loved it. He loved

46:34

it. He imagined me with those two

46:36

characters, everybody. We were the best team

46:38

in the league. We were just rolling.

46:41

Yeah, he loved it. He loved playing

46:43

with you guys. He was loving it.

46:45

But like, that's an overlooked thing in

46:47

the game. And there's like the Twitter

46:49

and there's, you know, this and their

46:51

lives are different than when we played.

46:54

No question. But to have that internally

46:56

in the room, Columbus has it, you

46:58

see Detroit capturing it, Montreal. All these

47:00

teams are going runs out. They're like,

47:02

oh man. And it's such such a

47:04

cohesive feeling or look to it when

47:07

I watch. Well, don't you think. Like,

47:09

and you play with Sid, when the

47:11

top guys are producing and having fun,

47:13

I think that permeates to the whole

47:15

team, right? And we could all try

47:17

to lift up their spirits, but at

47:19

the end of the day, it's on

47:22

the ice, you see these teams having

47:24

fun too. And when one guy is

47:26

a threat, it's on the ice, you

47:28

see these teams having fun too. And

47:30

when one guy is a threat, it

47:32

opens to be threats on that team

47:35

where they were kind of waiting, waiting,

47:37

waiting to have fun. So it's like

47:39

that's a snowball effect there. I agree

47:41

so we'll go from the the good

47:43

stuff Montreal Columbus Detroit to the absolute

47:45

disaster out west in Vancouver the drama

47:47

Miller Peterson added even more last night

47:50

I almost feel like taking a victory

47:52

lap on on some of these guys

47:54

that oh Miller I take Miller over

47:56

Peterson this guy I'm staring at right

47:58

now with the black hat looks like

48:00

might be the problem not Pederson out

48:03

there. You know what? I think they can

48:05

work their way through this, but

48:07

I'm an optimist. I think their

48:09

goaltender, I mean I know

48:12

Lankanin's been unreal, right? But

48:14

they're missing Damco. They have

48:16

a couple injuries, you know, Hughes

48:19

has been banged up, he's

48:21

wearing something on his hand.

48:23

Last year they had overachivers.

48:25

They had a perfect storm with Rick Tocket.

48:27

He was a hell of a coach and

48:30

a hell of a guy with Adam Foote

48:32

and Sergei Gauncher. And I think the frustration

48:34

might start with them and kind of what

48:36

some of their pieces and where they're

48:38

at. You know what I mean? They expect

48:41

more, but they're only going so much talent

48:43

to go around. And when you have two

48:45

of your top guys in a riff and

48:47

arguing, it adds to the frustration. I think

48:49

they have a... They have a good team with

48:51

a lot of guys who are underachieving from

48:54

last year's level and that's what's really hurt

48:56

them. And now, if they could string a bunch of

48:58

wins together, it might be all right. You might not

49:00

hear that noise out there, but boy, they're stuck right

49:02

now. They win one, lose one, lose a couple. You

49:04

can see the frustration they have. Talk said

49:06

last night didn't he say about J.T. Miller

49:09

like he's struggling blah blah blah but then

49:11

there's that video of him like chime and

49:13

Miller on the bench Miller gets up and

49:15

just goes walks down by the glass where

49:18

the fans aren't just clunks down over there

49:20

like away from talk. That's just a good

49:22

family man. I know I know I know

49:24

you know what I mean it's like a

49:27

big deal I get it but like that's

49:29

you're constantly frustrated you're either happy or frustrated

49:31

or frustrated in this I like you know

49:33

he's like I'm just going to walk down

49:36

here. Like this is how I feel,

49:38

not just sit there and cower. Like,

49:40

I like those dynamics. I did that in

49:42

college once. The coach was yelling at

49:44

me every single shift. Soon as, you know,

49:46

you cheek right, get down to the middle.

49:49

Yeah. You have to have a son is

49:51

safe to me. You know, you cheek right,

49:53

get down to the middle. Yeah. I have

49:55

son is safe to me. My parents

49:57

house. I said, that's it, I'm leaving. I'm

50:00

going to the OHL, they calm me

50:02

down, I stayed, but I think that's

50:04

a bad sign. I think something is

50:06

definitely going to happen with one of

50:08

the two guys. Yeah, if there's one

50:10

guy to fix it, if there's one,

50:12

if I was going to pick one

50:14

guy to fix that, it'd be Rick

50:17

Tocket. Hocket can do it, yeah. You

50:19

know what I mean? That was the

50:21

big thing early on when he got

50:23

there, he did fix it. And if

50:25

he can't do it, then right, then

50:27

right. Talk will have him in a

50:29

ring and just like head year on

50:31

and just like, okay, get this over

50:33

with. Get this. It's not a bad

50:35

idea. Yeah, it's like the best. Then

50:37

go for beers. Don't eat in the

50:40

dressing room for with a chef and

50:42

sit around. Go for wings. Yeah, oh,

50:44

go eat the kale. Forget the kale.

50:46

You know. the smoothies real stuff go

50:48

hang out real stuff that's what you

50:50

got to do and that's missing in

50:52

our game also were you off to

50:54

now jode where you go now new

50:56

york city we're going there this afternoon

50:58

got the rangers tomorrow night at home

51:00

they're coming that's the first game back

51:03

from their trip they're on the rolling

51:05

so that'll be a big one at

51:07

Madison Square Garden then I'm in Toronto

51:09

for the Monday night game Toronto Tampa

51:11

but that's after they play the Montreal

51:13

Canadians tomorrow night so yeah Yeah, a

51:15

little true. Hockey night in Canada or

51:17

hockey day in Canada tomorrow. That's right.

51:19

12 hours, right? Yeah, yeah, buddy. You're

51:21

doing that golden? No, no. I'll be

51:23

in Washington. I like Washington. Yeah, I'll

51:26

be there. The Penguins play back to

51:28

back. Buffalo tonight, Washington tomorrow night. So

51:30

I'll be there in the crazy DC

51:32

with the inauguration coming up on Monday.

51:34

A city will be in. I don't

51:36

know what like it's gonna be awesome.

51:38

It's gonna be crazy to see the

51:40

whole scene. It's gonna be insane. So

51:42

I'll try to take it in tomorrow

51:44

during the during the day before the

51:47

game and see what's going on if

51:49

you can move in that city. I

51:51

don't know what the rules are. Just

51:53

get one of those bikes. Those. Yeah.

51:55

Bikes. Bikes. With a ski mask. You

51:57

know, you got to keep warm. It's

51:59

free. last question you got you know

52:01

the league better than any of us

52:03

what's one rule change you would make

52:05

to make the game better for next

52:07

season yeah you know what I the

52:10

icing drives me crazy I don't know

52:12

how you fix it but there's something

52:14

with the icing that drives me crazy

52:16

when a guy is a foot from

52:18

the board and he turns and just

52:20

misses the pocket and still icing yeah

52:22

I feel like that has to be

52:24

cleaned up a little bit because those

52:26

faceoffs are so big now in the

52:28

defensive zone, right? And the defensemen and

52:30

the forwards you watch them, they know

52:33

how to turn. There's got to be

52:35

something there to break that area where

52:37

they can get away with that. Well,

52:39

you mean an NHL defenseman that can

52:41

only turn the opposite way where the

52:43

puck is? You see those guys do

52:45

that? How about the skating? It looks

52:47

like you're trying to get the back

52:49

check, yeah, fake back checking. That's trying

52:51

it out. So I think that could

52:53

be cleaned up. But other than that

52:56

it frustrates me in game a little

52:58

bit. Yeah, especially because you can't make

53:00

the line changes for the rookies out

53:02

there like that guys are tired. They

53:04

get stuck out there. You get your

53:06

top line out there. It's huge advantage.

53:08

But yeah, I think if it's in

53:10

within a six weeks, you should get

53:12

it. But yeah, sorry. Thanks for happy

53:14

guys. No, so my like Columbus. Nobody,

53:16

nobody knows about you guys. Everybody knows

53:19

about you guys. Everybody's finally starting to

53:21

talk about you and we're happy. Draft

53:23

King's Parley, so you guys took care

53:25

of me. Nice. Well, thanks for having

53:27

me on. Thanks for talking about the

53:29

blue jackets. Yeah, they're on fire right

53:31

now. So it's tomorrow night, Saturday night,

53:33

Madison Square Garden. Have fun in Washington,

53:35

Colby. Thanks for having me on, guys.

53:37

Yeah, you're the best. Wow, that was

53:39

awesome. That was awesome. He's got it

53:42

all. Man. Tony's the man that's doing

53:44

that's why he's on TNT that's why

53:46

he's on Amazon. He's one of the

53:48

best in the biz. He's the man.

53:50

Yeah, and a great guy and that's

53:52

why he'd last as long as he

53:54

did in the league everywhere he went

53:56

to. There's an old remember we did

53:58

chasing the dream. Yeah, he did it

54:00

like the couple years before. and he

54:03

was like in the East Coast League.

54:05

I should have asked him about that.

54:07

I brought it up to him in

54:09

the, like just in conversation with him,

54:11

like sitting hanging out with him. But

54:13

he was like, it was unreal. I

54:15

don't know if there's clips of that

54:17

anywhere, but he's got like a coffee

54:19

table in his apartment and it's just

54:21

filled with beers, empty beer bottles on

54:23

top of the coffee table. It's unbelievable.

54:26

We'll get him back in here. I'm

54:28

here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here.

54:30

I'm here. I'm here. Yeah. He's awesome.

54:32

Love bad. Chasing the dream. Chasing the

54:34

dream. Chasing the dream. Murls. I met

54:36

him. I think it was my first

54:38

ever chicklets trip. We went to New

54:40

York City. We're doing a stuff in

54:42

the office there. We were doing some

54:44

live streaming. And Biz invited him over.

54:46

I was like, man, what is this

54:49

circus chick? Let's say these NHLers are

54:51

popping in watching games with us. Pink

54:53

Whitney Nips were flying around or like

54:55

this, this place is insane. And yeah,

54:57

good, good memories of that trip and

54:59

with him and can't thank him enough.

55:01

But it's time to move on. We

55:03

got our game notes team of the

55:05

week. You already talked about the first

55:07

guy a little bit so you can

55:09

keep going on him. Patty Kane, he's

55:12

back. He's Mr. Everything right now. Absolutely

55:14

stud. He's ripping it up right now.

55:16

What did I say he was? 15

55:18

points in his last nine games to

55:20

go on top of the week that

55:22

he had. Showtime is back. Love it.

55:24

Love it. Next guy up, Kyle Connor.

55:26

I put him in right away the

55:28

other night. He had the first period

55:30

hat trick. Three goals for assist this

55:32

week, win a peg. They're still good.

55:35

That's your team. I should have probably

55:37

let you do them too. Oh, that's

55:39

okay. You can take my guy on

55:41

the next team or the next guy.

55:43

It's your Vegas team. Pavel Dorifev, five

55:45

goals, one assist and we're keeping with

55:47

the theme from the last guy. Hatch.

55:49

included in that as well. I was

55:51

up on Toronto working Wednesday night hockey.

55:53

We had to pick our three top

55:55

teams of league. Three out of the

55:58

four of us had Vegas murals. So

56:00

there were right and I was one

56:02

of them. I was one of them.

56:04

So you're rubbing off on me but

56:06

we're smart. We're smart hockey guys. Yeah,

56:08

we got we'll talk more about them

56:10

later next up. D. I had headman

56:12

there, but I always I always give

56:14

headman stuff. I switched it around. I

56:16

went Eric Gustafson from Detroit one goal

56:18

for six plus two an on Herald

56:21

guy is playing well Detroit's playing well.

56:23

So we put him on there. Defenseman

56:25

Lane Hudson of Montreal absolute rocket ship

56:27

right this year. This is your guy.

56:29

I love this kid. I love this

56:31

kid. Six assists. Six assists. And then

56:33

Merle's taps in with the plus three

56:35

also included. The pluses are important. That's

56:37

why he's on our team of the

56:39

week. Yeah, because I think a lot

56:42

of people would look at him and

56:44

say, oh no, he's probably just playing

56:46

all offense. He's not taking care of

56:48

his own net. No, plus three. He's

56:50

right there. He's doing it all. He

56:52

is I think maybe now the favorite

56:54

to win the rookie of the year,

56:56

too leading his leader rookies and points

56:58

Isn't he is he leading rookies and

57:00

points right now? And the odds on

57:02

him at the start or even a

57:05

month ago you probably could have crushed

57:07

when we were at winter classic at

57:09

draft kings I went up to the

57:11

booth the little Scoreboards there and they

57:13

had it And I was looking at

57:15

him and I thought for sure it

57:17

was Selabrini. I almost made a big

57:19

bet on Selabrini minus 140 I didn't

57:21

even look at Hudson. Golly, Logan Thompson

57:23

in Washington, lingering's hurt, so he's been

57:25

doing all the heavy lifting, three, oh,

57:28

and one, two shutouts. So we got

57:30

the hat trick guys, now we got

57:32

the shutouts. Shutout, of course, last night,

57:34

O.V.O.T. winner, one nothing game, just an

57:36

absolute nail binder, the whole way, OV.

57:38

O'Vie, he's still doing it. He's unreal,

57:40

he's unreal right now. Leivé Maralan, Marilynan.

57:42

has had to come in and he's

57:44

played good they beat the penguins a

57:46

few nights ago he was in for

57:48

that game played out of his mind

57:51

three and oh two shot out amazing

57:53

to see we could just come in

57:55

and and play in the way that

57:57

he did look so calm and smooth

57:59

and comfortable so he's a rookie he

58:01

makes on the rookie list yeah you

58:03

like how I gave you all the

58:05

tough names this week yeah I wish

58:07

you would have had those I wish

58:09

you would have had that you give

58:11

that one a shot I want to

58:14

hear it's here it's here it's here

58:16

Oh, that's actually the best you've ever

58:18

done. I got the finish names down.

58:20

It's just those rushing guys. I can't

58:22

get I guess. Yeah, that's it. Anything

58:24

else in the NHL before we move

58:26

on to riding the bus? Oh, I

58:28

would like we want to touch on

58:30

OV. Oh, yeah, you just did a

58:32

little bit there. Yeah, an OV, OT

58:34

winner. Eight hundred and seventy four goals

58:37

on the goal chase. Look at this

58:39

man, OT winner last night, won nothing

58:41

game. I saw a tweet. I saw

58:43

a tweet. I believe I believe I

58:45

believe I said it. I said it.

58:47

about him scoring a goal like his

58:49

first NHL goal or something comparatively to

58:51

the to the commanders and and their

58:53

playoff wins it like correlated exactly with

58:55

there was like some crazy tweet but

58:58

this one too on top of that

59:00

overtime winning goal 179 goalies he scored

59:02

on now at the NHL level to

59:04

overtake Yarmier Yogger for the most goal

59:06

he's scored on an NHL history. Ovi

59:08

just continues to. to amaze and cap

59:10

six oh and three in their last

59:12

nine games i mean they're they're they're

59:14

on fire they score like they keep

59:16

winning they don't go away i think

59:18

the funny tweet was something like ovie

59:21

broke the goal record in between commanders

59:23

playoff wins or something like he scored

59:25

like he scored like 900 goals or

59:27

something like you know 800 goals I

59:29

think it was like 800 goals in

59:31

between playoff wins, which is insane. It

59:33

absolutely insane. So they're a rocket ship.

59:35

They score like crazy. They continue to

59:37

get it done. Goleys are getting shot

59:39

out. It doesn't matter with them. Pretty

59:41

rock solid season. Ovees on the chase.

59:44

Yeah, good way to NHL with all

59:46

time leading score. or soon to be,

59:48

it's only a matter of time. But

59:50

maybe we'll just do that each week,

59:52

we'll keep a count on them. So

59:54

you get to talk about. The OB

59:56

update, the OB update, I like that.

59:58

Next up, riding the bus, and I

1:00:00

did the college hockey top 10 last

1:00:02

week, and G was on me about

1:00:04

a couple things. I said, all right,

1:00:07

you come in with your own 10.

1:00:09

So this week, we each got our

1:00:11

own college hockey top 10. Just pop

1:00:13

those up, we'll talk quickly about, we'll

1:00:15

talk quickly about them, we'll talk quickly

1:00:17

about them, we'll talk quickly about them,

1:00:19

Sounds good to me. Yeah, what do

1:00:21

we got? Posh, you got them popped

1:00:23

up. Here we go. There it is.

1:00:25

Gurnell's, NCA, Top 10. So I like,

1:00:27

obviously you have to have Michigan State

1:00:30

number one, incredible season they're having so

1:00:32

far. I mean, it's tough to say,

1:00:34

Jacob Fowler is an unbelievable goalie, but

1:00:36

Trey Augustine, probably the best goalie in

1:00:38

the country right now. Isaac Howard believe

1:00:40

he's leading the nation in points right

1:00:42

now. He's having an unbelievable season. She

1:00:44

got to give to him B.C. easily

1:00:46

slots in second there and I won't

1:00:48

go through every team here but B.C.

1:00:50

easily slots in second. I think any

1:00:53

other year there are number one team

1:00:55

they have a number one team right

1:00:57

now but Michigan State is that good.

1:00:59

They're holding them off and I think

1:01:01

here's where me and you might have

1:01:03

a little difference in ours murals is

1:01:05

I have Minnesota at number three. I

1:01:07

love this Minnesota team and that's not

1:01:09

because I'm going to film a chick

1:01:11

with them next week. It's because Jimmy

1:01:14

Snuggerwood, Matthew Wood, Oliver Moore, you just

1:01:16

have some veterans on this team that

1:01:18

I think when it comes tournament time,

1:01:20

I think that stuff matters. We've seen

1:01:22

so many in the past, we've seen

1:01:24

all these young teams, they always get

1:01:26

bounced early. You need a team with

1:01:28

some veterans, your star power, it helps

1:01:30

when they're a junior. you know, a

1:01:32

senior, junior, even sophomores. Well, Minnesota has

1:01:34

all that. So I love Minnesota at

1:01:37

the number three slot. And I slaughtered

1:01:39

you mass low and at 10. That's

1:01:41

the one I called you out for.

1:01:43

last week obviously Maine had their way

1:01:45

with had their main way with UML

1:01:47

this weekend but this is what I

1:01:49

got I'm sticking with it and I

1:01:51

think it's a hell of a lot

1:01:53

better than yours. I think Merle's probably

1:01:55

has Maine number one if I had

1:01:57

to guess I thought about it but

1:02:00

the disclaimer up but yeah you may

1:02:02

ask surprisingly I was surprised they held

1:02:04

their own there with Maine they were

1:02:06

at home up in Orno would be

1:02:08

a different story. Looking at yours this

1:02:10

weekend, it's Michigan State, Michigan, tonight I

1:02:12

believe, that's a huge game there. The

1:02:14

other one is Providence and Boston College

1:02:16

play each other this weekend. You want

1:02:18

to pop mine up now? I mean,

1:02:20

and then you got Maine, I mean,

1:02:23

you got Maine Yukon as well playing

1:02:25

each other. That's going to be a

1:02:27

great game. Yukon's looking better and better

1:02:29

every week. Yeah, so there I got

1:02:31

Maine up top and three obviously Benny

1:02:33

Barr fan club. I put him up

1:02:35

there. Western Michigan, I don't know if

1:02:37

they play enough teams. Who did they

1:02:39

see their playing this weekend? It'll be

1:02:41

a good test for them. I still

1:02:43

don't believe in them. Although Benny Barr

1:02:46

did coach there, he also coached that

1:02:48

providence. So he's got his hands all

1:02:50

over this. They played Michigan pretty hard

1:02:52

when they played them Merle. I got

1:02:54

Ohio State and 9th just in case

1:02:56

we end up going there for the

1:02:58

outdoor game. I want Ohio State fans

1:03:00

to like me. I also have a

1:03:02

large bet on them on Monday nights

1:03:04

football game. When we left Chicago I

1:03:06

had my draft King's account. I just

1:03:09

put everything I had on it on

1:03:11

Ohio State to win the title at

1:03:13

plus 150. So I'm one game away

1:03:15

from that and I put B you

1:03:17

up there just to keep wit happy

1:03:19

in KCC's. Yes. I feel like I'm

1:03:21

kind of like B. You know Merles

1:03:23

week we came up. with so many

1:03:25

BC guys I feel like through the

1:03:27

Pittsburgh system when I was in the

1:03:29

minors and it's just been around so

1:03:32

much but I the Leonard thing and

1:03:34

and you know him going back and

1:03:36

trying wanting to win like man where

1:03:38

is it St. Louis where is it

1:03:40

St. Louis is that where's St. Louis

1:03:42

is St. Louis? Oh man I hope

1:03:44

I hope they get there I'll be

1:03:46

rooting for that because I like that

1:03:48

story. Back-to-back world junior champs. They were

1:03:50

there at the frozen for last year

1:03:53

didn't get it done And he wanted

1:03:55

to go back didn't go to the

1:03:57

show He said he all right, I'm

1:03:59

gonna go back. I want to win

1:04:01

again. And so that cat captures me.

1:04:03

I would like to see that if

1:04:05

we get to St. Louis and see

1:04:07

BC there and him going for that

1:04:09

and capture and that that'd be unbelievable

1:04:11

I have a great nugget somebody sent

1:04:13

to me online I didn't even back

1:04:16

check it been too busy here running

1:04:18

around Last time the Frozen 4 was

1:04:20

in St. Louis. I don't even know

1:04:22

if it's been in St. Louis, but

1:04:24

this guy told me it was Michigan

1:04:26

State won the title. So it's somebody

1:04:28

in the check and checked that. I

1:04:30

just it just triggered on me. You

1:04:32

know, it's like three in the morning.

1:04:34

I'm watching NHL games. I check my

1:04:36

D.N.s. and somebody sent me that. So

1:04:39

I kind of forgot to say it

1:04:41

until all this game to look it

1:04:43

up until all this game. So somebody

1:04:45

could back check. Before you move on,

1:04:47

before we move on from the college,

1:04:49

Army Air Force this weekend at West

1:04:51

Point, that is gonna be an incredible

1:04:53

game to go watch. So if you're

1:04:55

in the area, Army Air Force, it's

1:04:57

gonna be an awesome game at the

1:04:59

Tate Ring, so go check that out.

1:05:02

She's gonna have so many teams, like

1:05:04

you're gonna be like Biz with NHL

1:05:06

teams with college teams after your chicklets

1:05:08

use stuff. You're just like, yeah. So

1:05:10

attached to all these people and places.

1:05:12

Oh yeah. Talking to them meeting them

1:05:14

seeing how they do it now you

1:05:16

got to rep them like you're going

1:05:18

to be like this You're going to

1:05:20

be the biz of call jockey. There's

1:05:22

a good chance after we complete our

1:05:25

next Chicklet's you that for there's a

1:05:27

potential of all four teams in the

1:05:29

frozen four are a Chicklet's you school

1:05:31

So we'll see what happens and who

1:05:33

I root for at that point. No,

1:05:35

that'll be crazy for yeah, your head

1:05:37

will explode I see big willy style

1:05:39

of the chat saying I never check

1:05:41

my D.M. so why would I like

1:05:43

I don't get what are you talking

1:05:45

I don't know I don't know like

1:05:48

we're like what's going on with that

1:05:50

I don't get it army you're too

1:05:52

rich and famous to check your D.M.

1:05:54

at this point yeah yeah why would

1:05:56

I do that like come on that's

1:05:58

for like that's for peasants check their

1:06:00

D. You can DM me Big Willie.

1:06:02

Go through G. Yeah, thank you Big

1:06:04

Willie. I love it. Do we

1:06:06

have Merle's back? Mike was muted.

1:06:09

You gotta go in your settings

1:06:11

maybe. I'll take us over here to

1:06:13

some CHL news though, Merman. I got

1:06:15

us on some CHL news. They played

1:06:17

the annual Connor McDavid top

1:06:20

prospects game in the OHL,

1:06:22

Porter Martone, up for this

1:06:24

year's draft, one of the

1:06:26

higher rank guys. O.T. winning game winning

1:06:29

goal in that game. I think it

1:06:31

was like six to five pretty cool

1:06:33

seeing that also Connor McDavid's

1:06:35

Jersey retired in Erie. Did you see

1:06:37

that G. Yeah, that was very cool.

1:06:40

Very, very cool. Gave gave a

1:06:42

pretty like good lineup read. Like

1:06:44

not bad. I don't know what I was

1:06:46

expecting, but I thought it was like

1:06:48

not bad at the Erie game. My question

1:06:50

for you two guys. Do you

1:06:52

guys have your jerseys retired anywhere?

1:06:54

I'm talking any level of hockey.

1:06:56

Is there a Jersey framed or

1:06:59

hanging for Colby Armstrong or Matt

1:07:01

Murli? Yeah, well, first of all, I am

1:07:03

an Eerie Otters alumni. I was drafted by

1:07:05

them in the OHL. So I like see

1:07:07

Connor go back there, but I didn't like

1:07:09

in his speech where he was kind of, oh,

1:07:11

you know, we turned things around here

1:07:13

or something like they weren't very good

1:07:16

before. Hey, I was drafted by them

1:07:18

in 19. 99 or something. I have

1:07:20

a jersey hung. I don't know if

1:07:22

it's still there. It was hung in

1:07:24

Syracuse at the Cicero Twin Rinks for

1:07:26

a long time. My coach built the

1:07:28

rink and owned the rink. So that's

1:07:30

part of it. But it was me,

1:07:32

Conley and Shremp, we're hanging there. Oh,

1:07:35

that's pretty sure. Still there. So

1:07:37

my coach there, Don Kern, and

1:07:39

he's actually commissioner of the federal

1:07:41

hockey league. So we're definitely on

1:07:43

fast track to get one of

1:07:46

those teams teams army. their East

1:07:48

Coast League team be the minor

1:07:50

league team to the Greensboro. Gargoyals.

1:07:53

Let's go like Junzies, but let's

1:07:55

go CHL. Those teams go

1:07:57

for a pretty penny, I think,

1:07:59

though. But that would be sick. Pasha,

1:08:01

I just sent you a picture, if

1:08:04

you want to pop that up, which

1:08:06

as you get it, I just texted

1:08:08

to you. I have a banner hanging

1:08:10

up in the lobby, because I don't

1:08:12

know if they have any jerseys retired,

1:08:15

which they could. Technic, like they should.

1:08:17

Suzzi, you got to retire my Jersey.

1:08:19

I mean, it's unbelievable. At least get

1:08:21

me back to Red Deer for a

1:08:24

weekend. Do a lineup, read, drop a

1:08:26

pock, whatever. But they have like all

1:08:28

the guys that came through all the

1:08:30

guys that came through there playing there

1:08:33

playing there playing there playing there playing

1:08:35

there playing there playing in the NHL.

1:08:37

in the lobby of the rink. And

1:08:39

every once in a while I get

1:08:41

pictures sent to me of people at

1:08:44

the Red Year Rebels games of my

1:08:46

banner. I just sent it to Pasha.

1:08:48

Someone said, I'm like, who the hell

1:08:50

just sent that to me the other

1:08:53

day? And I just found it. But

1:08:55

these are the banners that they have

1:08:57

hanging up. It's all kinds of guys

1:08:59

like Marty Hansel and Ryan. You want

1:09:02

a Memcop, didn't you? Yeah, them cup

1:09:04

champs. Oh, that's crazy. They don't have

1:09:06

your jersey retired. We got like Justin

1:09:08

Mapletoft, who's like all-time points leader, I

1:09:11

think, in franchise history. Like, Rhineux Hopkins

1:09:13

played there too, like your first overall

1:09:15

pick. And, you know, there's other guys

1:09:17

in previous to that, like B.J. Young,

1:09:19

I believe. They ain't the sniff dog.

1:09:22

Brandon Sutter, right beside me, who's the

1:09:24

other guy? I think Dionne Fanov's up

1:09:26

there, Boyd Gordon's up there, like you

1:09:28

go down the list, a lot of

1:09:31

good players out of their cam ward,

1:09:33

go down the list boys, down the

1:09:35

list, unbelievable. Talking about lists, let's get

1:09:37

to the central scouting lists that came

1:09:40

out army. Central scouting lists have come

1:09:42

out, buddy, it's a halfway point. Yeah,

1:09:44

we got Matthew Schaefer, Schaefer. You know,

1:09:46

I thought Higgins did enough at rural

1:09:48

juniors to keep him there. Schaefer got

1:09:51

hurt, but it's it's flipped. I think

1:09:53

I did I see Higgins was down

1:09:55

to three or four? Well, I think

1:09:57

that's what you said with Schaefer too

1:10:00

with the kind of defenseman he was

1:10:02

with Peters when he's talking about it

1:10:04

like teams that they're just more impactful,

1:10:06

I think, right? It's kind of what

1:10:09

we were talking about with his game,

1:10:11

which probably has everybody drooling ruling, right?

1:10:13

174 CHL players have been listed in

1:10:15

Nchosau Central Scouting Midterm rankings ahead of

1:10:18

this draft coming up. There was 147

1:10:20

last year. So it's like, it's crazy,

1:10:22

174, 17 players in the top 20

1:10:24

also from the CHL. CHL's just banging

1:10:26

around right now, just unbelievable. We got

1:10:29

McDavid's Jersey retired to know, we got

1:10:31

Hymen buying the Bramford Bulldogs, him and

1:10:33

his family, bought a junior team, signed

1:10:35

a 15 year lease, they're keeping the

1:10:38

team there. what else we see and

1:10:40

what else did I what else did

1:10:42

I have on there I had to

1:10:44

use that the CHL is is folding

1:10:47

to the college hockey it's not it's

1:10:49

not it's fine no fine places lighting

1:10:51

it up strong this is we're strong

1:10:53

we're unbelievable out west to I want

1:10:55

to bring up DuPont land and DuPont

1:10:58

15 year old I saw some of

1:11:00

his his numbers right now in the

1:11:02

exempt status category of all the players

1:11:04

and exempt status history of how many

1:11:07

points they got as a 15 year

1:11:09

old and junior hockey and I think

1:11:11

he's trending to being the second all

1:11:13

time out of all those guys and

1:11:16

he's the only defenseman everyone else has

1:11:18

afford Tavares being the the highest of

1:11:20

all of them in that year as

1:11:22

a 15 year old with points so

1:11:24

pretty pretty impressive what he's doing. Keep

1:11:27

an eye on him of course we'll

1:11:29

be talking about him in the last

1:11:31

years. Everett's over tips. Last year or

1:11:33

the year before even, I think we

1:11:36

knew about him, we heard about him.

1:11:38

So before we move on to QMJHL,

1:11:40

Moncton, the best team in the Q.

1:11:42

They've won 11 of their last 12

1:11:45

games, 32, 6, 2 and 0 in

1:11:47

40 games played this year. Gardner McDougal,

1:11:49

their head coach, and their leading score

1:11:51

is Caleb Day Noir. He's second in

1:11:54

the league in points right now, but

1:11:56

he is draft eligible also. So shout

1:11:58

out to Moncton. Monkton kicking ass. I

1:12:00

just remember Wazzie when we went there

1:12:02

for... preseason game ended up actually scoring

1:12:05

a goal of preseason game Sydney Crosby

1:12:07

from the corner spin around my no

1:12:09

look past to me cross corner on

1:12:11

the other side and pretty much out

1:12:14

of tap in I don't know how

1:12:16

he saw me but I remember was

1:12:18

he making fun of Bugsy like where

1:12:20

are we in Moncton we must be

1:12:23

in Moncton with his friend Jackson because

1:12:25

Bugsy didn't know what city we were

1:12:27

in or where we were hilarious. Is

1:12:29

that McDougal? Was he the coach we

1:12:31

talked about with the Canadian college last

1:12:34

year? And now he's doing it right

1:12:36

away? Or wait, he went from the

1:12:38

college, did he go to like the

1:12:40

Mem Cup team or something? It might

1:12:43

be, I don't know, I think it's

1:12:45

a different guy, is he a younger

1:12:47

guy? Can we look that up? Because

1:12:49

I see his name, everybody's talking about

1:12:52

him for like the next NHL jobs

1:12:54

too, McDougal. Yeah, he may be, he

1:12:56

may be young guy, I don't know.

1:12:58

I feel like he did, didn't he

1:13:00

do the college and then he do

1:13:03

the college and then he do the

1:13:05

college and then went to this to

1:13:07

this, he do the college and then

1:13:09

went to this, I don't know. The

1:13:12

chat, chat, help us. Yeah, help us.

1:13:14

Yeah, hired for the Sea Dogs playoff

1:13:16

run right there. Young Beersie. Thanks, Young

1:13:18

Beersie. McDougal, legendary coach of UNB. Yeah,

1:13:21

I thought I remember. UNB, UNB, that's

1:13:23

the program. They like undefeated. This guy's.

1:13:25

If I'm a team, I get him

1:13:27

and David Carl. Put him on the,

1:13:30

put him on the bench together. You'll

1:13:32

start winning no matter what. 16 million,

1:13:34

no matter what. All my money in

1:13:36

coaching if we do buy a team,

1:13:38

by the way. I'll have six players

1:13:41

on the roster. Eight times eight for

1:13:43

both guys. Unbelievable. So for every coral

1:13:45

you have in your NCAA league, we've

1:13:47

got a McDougal hiding somewhere just to

1:13:50

let you know. Way to go, Monkton.

1:13:52

His son is the GM. That's right.

1:13:54

I saw an interview with his son

1:13:56

who's younger. Yes, okay. Thanks for the

1:13:59

shout out in there, young Beers. Thank

1:14:01

you. That's what I got. Yeah, that's

1:14:03

good. That's good hockey coverage before we

1:14:05

get to the game. I had to

1:14:07

bring this up. Everybody remembers my game

1:14:10

of the year. Malmo at Timra, a

1:14:12

couple months ago, lost an o. Can

1:14:14

I can I can tell this? Merle's

1:14:16

text me the other day. He's like,

1:14:19

do you remember what my game of

1:14:21

the year was? I'm like, oh yeah,

1:14:23

the game of the year, some random

1:14:25

Euro game in October. He did his

1:14:28

game of the year in October. Yep.

1:14:30

He follows it up with. Yeah. Well,

1:14:32

they're playing again. And they're playing. They

1:14:34

not only went down to Malmo like

1:14:37

a month ago and spank them like

1:14:39

five two last night they're at home

1:14:41

they score in the second period they

1:14:43

win three nothing it's not a sweat

1:14:45

we all would have cashed but I

1:14:48

was way too gun shy I said

1:14:50

I can't do play it a year

1:14:52

again I'm losing the same match up

1:14:54

but should have done it timbers hot

1:14:57

three and all watch this kid cappinin

1:14:59

he's Montreal second round pick he played

1:15:01

nine games yeah I saw play He

1:15:03

looks like a player. I like the

1:15:06

way he's playing right now. He's a

1:15:08

huge difference maker for them. Hey, all-time

1:15:10

brutal move though. Game of the year.

1:15:12

Well, what you can do is then

1:15:14

I could have done it again because

1:15:17

now it's a new year technically. You

1:15:19

know, it's not game of the season.

1:15:21

It's game of the year. I love

1:15:23

it. People love the Merle's imitation too.

1:15:26

So shout out to the chat. I

1:15:28

love it too. So let's let's go

1:15:30

on. Let's get going on tonight. We're

1:15:32

moving along here. You're you're at your

1:15:35

I didn't know your boots on the

1:15:37

ground for this boots on the ground,

1:15:39

but two games only let's go Merles.

1:15:41

What do you got Friday night? This

1:15:43

is like this is so I don't

1:15:46

know. Actually, I don't know what you're

1:15:48

gonna do in the pit buffalo game,

1:15:50

but Vegas Carolina. I mean, that's a

1:15:52

tough game. Two good teams that. I

1:15:55

was thinking if we make like a

1:15:57

bed whoever wins this game you're not

1:15:59

allowed to bring up that like whoever

1:16:01

loses you're not allowed. to talk about

1:16:04

the rest of the year on the

1:16:06

podcast. So if Pittsburgh loses, we're not

1:16:08

allowed to talk about them because I'm

1:16:10

on the sabers. They're wearing the goat

1:16:13

heads. They just feel like, you know,

1:16:15

like as bad as they are, they

1:16:17

feel a better spot than Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh

1:16:19

just put Jari on waivers. They're going

1:16:21

to get me here in the dentikov

1:16:24

is in the net. They're not even

1:16:26

putting in the kid they called up.

1:16:28

Like what are they doing? Yeah, like

1:16:30

if you put a guy on waivers

1:16:33

the goalie on waivers to call up,

1:16:35

hey, I just heard Dubit say it's

1:16:37

his turn The Finnish kid. What is

1:16:39

it Bloomquist? Yeah, it's his turn and

1:16:42

then he's not playing him against Buffalo

1:16:44

the worst team in the league I

1:16:46

don't know what's going on in Pittsburgh.

1:16:48

They're terrible sabers started minus 135. You

1:16:50

know who they're starting? Yeah JPL I

1:16:53

think they call. I'm not gonna try

1:16:55

that Go for it. It's

1:16:57

all about the bills this weekend. Go

1:16:59

bills. Say his name. Say his name.

1:17:02

Pukalika. Ah. Okay. Saver. Winning this game.

1:17:04

Pittsburgh stinks. But yeah. Crosby, but I

1:17:06

am tonight. That's brutal. We'll see. They

1:17:08

need to bounce back. Penguins have been

1:17:11

right there. They've lost in a hard

1:17:13

way. The last five games or so.

1:17:15

they need to bounce back here tonight.

1:17:17

That's a big game tonight for both

1:17:19

those teams. Yeah, Kylie's in the chat.

1:17:22

She's mad. Wilkesbury's losing their goalie, but

1:17:24

Pittsburgh needs them. And then you go

1:17:26

from the toilet bowl to the next

1:17:28

game, which I mean, this could be

1:17:31

the Stanley Cup preview. You got Carolina

1:17:33

versus Vegas. Carolina is horrible on the

1:17:35

road, but now they're at home. They're

1:17:37

really good. Vegas is actually not great

1:17:40

on the road. But I don't get

1:17:42

I do not bet against my Vegas

1:17:44

guys. So I'm just gonna go over

1:17:46

five and a half tonight. Oh, interesting.

1:17:49

I feel like there's like not much

1:17:51

action with Carolina. the time. But Anderson's

1:17:53

back, I heard. That's true. Art tonight,

1:17:55

but they sent Tekarski down. That means

1:17:57

he's back. I'm not sure if he'll

1:18:00

start. If he starts, I'd be happy

1:18:02

because he's gonna be a little rusty.

1:18:04

Over five and a half, they both

1:18:06

can score. Both can get the power

1:18:09

plays going. So that's easy Friday night,

1:18:11

sabers over five and a half, Vegas

1:18:13

Carolina. Got a boy, Merr. Yeah. That's

1:18:15

it. That's it. That's it for Friday

1:18:18

night. We go on to show mindsies

1:18:20

quickly, roll the graphic. All right, it's

1:18:22

time for the show. Army, you're up

1:18:24

first. We're going to zip through this.

1:18:26

We're getting late here. We're running long.

1:18:29

I'm going to go with tomorrow, tomorrow,

1:18:31

tomorrow in Canmore, Alberta. If you've never

1:18:33

been people in the chat, people watching,

1:18:35

people listening. just outside of Calgary, just

1:18:38

before Banff, beautiful little Canmore Alberta nestled

1:18:40

into the giant monster Rocky Mountains sitting

1:18:42

there. I once went to a hockey

1:18:44

camp there when I was like 12,

1:18:47

13 years old for a month. I

1:18:49

slept in a gymnasium on an old

1:18:51

like army cots for one month, had

1:18:53

my shockwave. CD player that I'd listen

1:18:55

to music because there's like a thousand

1:18:58

kids in the gym sleeping with like

1:19:00

we had like our instructors that were

1:19:02

head guys that would like stay in

1:19:04

our area we'd skate a couple times

1:19:07

a day we'd run up through the

1:19:09

mountains jumping into these blue like in

1:19:11

these rock quarry into these blue like

1:19:13

in these rock quarry and these blue

1:19:16

like lakes and shit like stuff we

1:19:18

probably shouldn't have been doing but it

1:19:20

was like a month long thing like

1:19:22

it was crazy kids from St. Louis

1:19:25

kids from like I'm like you play

1:19:27

hockey down there I thought we only

1:19:29

I was like you know I'm a

1:19:31

kid and it was just such a

1:19:33

great experience but beautiful place has been

1:19:36

selected for hockey day in Canada Canada

1:19:38

does it right they got to get

1:19:40

it back after world juniors and all

1:19:42

this stuff and we got to get

1:19:45

our game back so we can celebrate

1:19:47

it tomorrow. Way to go Canada. I

1:19:49

love that. We went to one in

1:19:51

Arm Prior Ontario. Same thing. We slept

1:19:54

in the curling rink. The pillow fights

1:19:56

were legendary. Oh yeah. In these at

1:19:58

night. legendary. We had a few of

1:20:00

those. Yeah. Pasha, you got a show

1:20:02

back there. Pasha, gee whoever wants to

1:20:05

hop in. Yeah, we touched on an

1:20:07

earlier with the team of the week,

1:20:09

but I had Logan Thompson lined up

1:20:11

just to, you know, recap back to

1:20:14

back, shut out. This is a guy

1:20:16

that was kind of, I don't know

1:20:18

what the right word is, but almost

1:20:20

ousted out of Vegas. Something wasn't sitting

1:20:23

right there with him and the team.

1:20:25

They ousted everyone there. They ousts guys

1:20:27

out of there. They'll care. Yeah, they're

1:20:29

reckless, but ruthless. But really nice to

1:20:32

see him land on his feet and

1:20:34

just average. He's having an incredible season,

1:20:36

great guy, happy to see him, having

1:20:38

some success there. So that's much like

1:20:40

that. I think statistically too, he's one

1:20:43

of the best goal, he's in the

1:20:45

league and all this stuff, and he

1:20:47

was right there for Team Canada and

1:20:49

stuff and lots of talk about him

1:20:52

and maybe not the sexy name or

1:20:54

the big name that everyone had been

1:20:56

talking about in it, but he's having

1:20:58

an amazing season. Yeah, it's great to

1:21:01

see. Gee, I know we, I probably

1:21:03

pulled your show out of your show

1:21:05

out of you early on, but I

1:21:07

want it to make sure that. The

1:21:09

listeners early on heard the great story

1:21:12

of Alana. Yeah, you pulled both of

1:21:14

them actually, because I wasn't, I wasn't

1:21:16

gonna, you know, it was either Alana

1:21:18

or it was the Greensboro Gargoils, and

1:21:21

I'm just gonna call up the Greensboro

1:21:23

Gargoils now. A lot of gutters shine

1:21:25

at the beginning. Shout out to Andy

1:21:27

Kaufman in the whole Zoyer sports teams.

1:21:30

What, like this logo design is incredible.

1:21:32

The merch looks incredible. The name Gargoils

1:21:34

is awesome, so I can't wait to

1:21:36

get down to get down to get

1:21:38

down to get down to get down

1:21:41

to Greensboro. and get the gar game

1:21:43

going baby I'm excited I'm very excited

1:21:45

I already put in my ticket request

1:21:47

for opening night I can't wait hopefully

1:21:50

I know somebody that get me on

1:21:52

some sort of list um opening night

1:21:54

yeah what a segue I didn't even

1:21:56

think of it right into my show

1:21:59

opening night, reopening night for the Nick

1:22:01

Arena back in my hometown, Troy, New

1:22:03

York. My dad worked for the city

1:22:05

at the time. He designed this rink

1:22:08

back in 1993. The pipes underneath, they

1:22:10

broke and they had no money to

1:22:12

fix it, but this Rensor County came

1:22:14

with the money, 2.5 million. They got

1:22:16

the rink going again just last weekend,

1:22:19

reopening, which is just huge for youth

1:22:21

hockey in Troy. Little known fact, me

1:22:23

and my brother were the first people

1:22:25

to ever skate on this ice back

1:22:28

in the day. I had a picture

1:22:30

of that. I don't know if that

1:22:32

made the system, but me and my

1:22:34

brother stepped on there. My dad ran

1:22:37

tournaments out of this, the high school

1:22:39

league out of this, Wednesday night clinic.

1:22:41

That's the ring Joe Thornton came down

1:22:43

to try to beat us after we

1:22:45

gave them their only loss of the

1:22:48

summer. He came down there, we beat

1:22:50

him. New York Islanders had their training

1:22:52

camp at this rank. Way back when

1:22:54

I was talking to Glenn Healy about

1:22:57

that at our live show. So calling

1:22:59

that Rensler County, calling up the mayor

1:23:01

of Troy, Carmella Montello, to get that

1:23:03

rink going because now we have two

1:23:06

ranks back in Troy for the youth

1:23:08

hockey, which I'm moving there soon. Means

1:23:10

I can get a good beer league

1:23:12

time. We've been skating at 9 p.m.

1:23:15

That's too late for me. I want

1:23:17

7 p.m. So call up the Nick

1:23:19

rink rink rink rink and all those

1:23:21

people. out of Boy murals. I know

1:23:23

that's deep in your heart that one.

1:23:26

You love that one. You love that

1:23:28

one. You love that place. I grew

1:23:30

up in that ring. I was there

1:23:32

every single night, except for the Tuesday

1:23:35

night, I would drive to Syracuse to

1:23:37

an half hours for practice. At a

1:23:39

boy, total rink rat. Great pictures also.

1:23:41

I got an idea out of nowhere

1:23:44

for the gargoyles too. You have to

1:23:46

have like a fun tradition. The band

1:23:48

would be cool to do this too,

1:23:50

but the fans in general. You know,

1:23:52

you know, you know, you know, you

1:23:55

know, All the fans should do the

1:23:57

gargoyle crouch. They should all crouch down

1:23:59

like a gargoyle in their seats. Oh,

1:24:01

the guy who scores the first goal

1:24:04

has to do that. Well, the corner

1:24:06

and squaw. You take it at Goose

1:24:08

in the corner of the rig. There

1:24:10

I am. look at that picture got

1:24:13

my uncle Sam's t-shirt on these are

1:24:15

RPI players and the coaches back there

1:24:17

getting autographs see my Chicago Bulls head

1:24:19

there it is there's the outside of

1:24:22

the rink beautiful rink my dad he

1:24:24

took all the designs of like the

1:24:26

best stuff from all the ranks as

1:24:28

I was playing in from Toronto from

1:24:30

Montreal there we are and you see

1:24:33

that shirt my brother has on the

1:24:35

ice Wayne Gretske with the big head

1:24:37

I'm in an Ottawa 67's tank top

1:24:39

we were first ones on the ice

1:24:42

there Those are great pictures. Yeah, it

1:24:44

was fun stuff. Let's go to the

1:24:46

Mindsees quickly, Mindsees army. The report coming

1:24:48

out, I believe it was Chris Johnston,

1:24:51

who I'm seeing on social media this

1:24:53

morning, was that there's a report that

1:24:55

ticket sales are bad for foreign nations.

1:24:57

Are you seeing this, Merle's? Yeah, I

1:24:59

caught wind of that somewhere too. NHL

1:25:02

Watcher says the sales. there's a concern

1:25:04

about slow moving for nation ticket sales

1:25:06

amongst the NHL and the PA. Targeted

1:25:08

marketing is planned for later this month

1:25:11

so expect a real push to sell

1:25:13

tickets like it's in Montreal and Boston

1:25:15

like how can that are they too

1:25:17

much money like why are these not

1:25:20

selling is it just like you know

1:25:22

tough times maybe I get it also

1:25:24

but like is it just too far

1:25:26

away and people haven't like Got their

1:25:28

plans in order yet to like make

1:25:31

it happen or what's happening? I don't

1:25:33

I feel like that could be it

1:25:35

like the holidays just ended. Everybody needs

1:25:37

to take a deep breath here. I

1:25:40

refurbish the bank accounts. They've all been

1:25:42

cleaned out with the travel and the

1:25:44

gifts and the dinners and everything. So

1:25:46

I would give it some more time.

1:25:49

We still got we still got quite

1:25:51

a bit of time here. Ticket sales

1:25:53

to the Minds. He's also one little

1:25:55

added extra one for you murre. Hockey

1:25:58

crazy hockey dad moves. I got sent

1:26:00

a picture. You got this thing here.

1:26:02

This guy, this dad, look at the

1:26:04

invention of this dad. Has a hockey

1:26:06

helmet on. It looks like he has

1:26:09

like a stick glued to the. front

1:26:11

of the hockey element with a mount

1:26:13

for his phone so that he can

1:26:15

watch. Did you ever? Like did they

1:26:18

not sell go pros in this guy's

1:26:20

city? You got to go build his

1:26:22

own? That's unbelievable. This guy definitely from

1:26:24

out way. One of your Saskatchewan guys

1:26:27

out west. No it's not but I

1:26:29

definitely found like I'm brutal at taking

1:26:31

a like being a video camera guy

1:26:33

shout out to Pasha shout out to

1:26:35

fish but like when you're watching the

1:26:38

game and you're I'm like videoing over

1:26:40

here while I'm looking over here and

1:26:42

I'm like oh shit yeah yeah so

1:26:44

this guy could like follow it with

1:26:47

his head and everywhere he looks his

1:26:49

camera is that's a Saskatchewan GoPro or

1:26:51

say yeah whatever they call it No,

1:26:53

this guy Sean Winnipeg saying that's a

1:26:56

no pro. Yeah, you're definitely not a

1:26:58

pro. You're a Mindeez with that set

1:27:00

up. No, that's Saskatchewan. GoPro is perfect.

1:27:02

Yes, that is something you would see

1:27:05

in Saskatchewan. This is not Saskatchewan though.

1:27:07

That's a great picture. I love it.

1:27:09

That's awesome. Holy shit crazy. Oh

1:27:12

don't get me going. Yeah, Pasha, let's

1:27:14

get in here with the Minds he's

1:27:16

going. My Mindsies is the Vancouver Canucks

1:27:18

organization, specifically management and ownership. There's three

1:27:20

people I feel so bad for. First

1:27:22

and foremost, Quinn Hughes. This guy right

1:27:24

now is putting up a heart trophy

1:27:26

season. He's going out there giving in

1:27:28

his all. He's not healthy. You see

1:27:30

the thing in his hand. He's still

1:27:32

scoring, dominating, dominating. He's got no help

1:27:34

out there. He's on a complete island.

1:27:37

And then I feel bad for Rick

1:27:39

Talket. This guy has to go and

1:27:41

get marched out, faced the media every

1:27:43

night, deal with the drama, the babysitting

1:27:45

of Miller and Peterson, deal with the

1:27:47

playing the bottom five, maybe bottom three,

1:27:49

decor in the NHL that management assembled.

1:27:51

On what planet was that decor ever

1:27:53

going to be competitive? And then I

1:27:55

also, believe it or not, feel bad

1:27:57

for the fans of Vancouver, even though

1:27:59

they hate me. because they have to

1:28:01

put up with this nonsense. Like, how

1:28:03

do you let this team get to

1:28:05

this point where that decor is laughable?

1:28:07

And this Peterson-Miller situation, again, I don't

1:28:09

care whose fault it is, how do

1:28:11

you let it get to this point?

1:28:13

This should have been knitted in the

1:28:16

butt two seasons ago, one season ago,

1:28:18

three months ago. Now it's at a

1:28:20

point. Miller's quit on this team. You

1:28:22

watch him, he's just like standing around

1:28:24

getting scored on three, four times a

1:28:26

night. His values getting lower is getting

1:28:28

lower by the night. His value is

1:28:30

getting lower by the day. His value

1:28:32

is getting lower by the day. Peterson's

1:28:34

value is low now because he hasn't

1:28:36

been playing well. Just how do you

1:28:38

let this situation get to where it

1:28:40

is now? So I feel bad for

1:28:42

Quinn, we're talking, and for Kennox fans

1:28:44

to have to deal with this, what's

1:28:46

been going on. I mean, I think

1:28:48

that's the most rational thing you've said

1:28:50

just now. I mean, that is the

1:28:53

most honest rational breakdown of the situation.

1:28:55

Nothing crazy. All great points. Posh, way

1:28:57

to go. If it's always it's selfish,

1:28:59

it's selfish is what it is. It's

1:29:01

because Pasha's just mad because his buddies

1:29:03

on the Canucks aren't winning, which means

1:29:05

no late night, late night parties, this

1:29:07

Kanak buddies, Balini's with the boys, Balini's

1:29:09

with the boys, Balini's with the boys,

1:29:11

bottle service with the boys, that doesn't

1:29:13

happen now that Quinn's not winning. You

1:29:15

can't see the Canucks out in Yorktown

1:29:17

or York town or Yorktown. Well, things

1:29:19

aren't going good. I can't go what

1:29:21

I can't be seen in the city.

1:29:23

That's playing in a Canadian market, but

1:29:25

that's right, too. That's a little bit

1:29:27

posh. posh, can you admit that? Come

1:29:29

on, posh. An admit it has nothing

1:29:32

to do with anything. Well, do we

1:29:34

have to put up the thing again?

1:29:36

What do you mean? If only there

1:29:38

was a belligerent podcast host that told

1:29:40

them two years ago what to do

1:29:42

with Petersonin, but everybody wanted to come

1:29:44

in my DM, say I'm an idiot.

1:29:46

Shoulda listen to me. You should have

1:29:48

shipped them to Chicago. Yep. What a

1:29:50

call. What a god damn call Murl.

1:29:52

I still think it could happen Murr.

1:29:54

I don't think you're I think that

1:29:56

could still happen. That's this season. I

1:29:58

wouldn't be surprised. Members. It could happen

1:30:00

soon. Columbus. I feel like Columbus might

1:30:02

make a move. Remember the kind of

1:30:04

a little mini backlash you got from

1:30:06

that a little bit? Like what does

1:30:08

he know? Mini backlash. Mini backlash. He's

1:30:11

like, holy. I can't trip to Vancouver

1:30:13

because of that. I'll tag on a

1:30:15

little on other minds as if I

1:30:17

may, which ties it all together is.

1:30:19

Nemitz. Stimo, Nemitz quote. Oh. I gotta

1:30:21

have a word with memes even. This

1:30:23

quote board he posted was first of

1:30:25

all. He took like two and I

1:30:27

think he took him somewhere else, I'm

1:30:29

not fully blaming him, but that quote

1:30:31

is two separate quotes from an interview

1:30:33

where the second part of the quote

1:30:35

is like five minutes before the first

1:30:37

part and he was in a different

1:30:39

language. So this is the most like

1:30:41

lost in translation. That's the most media

1:30:43

thing that means he's ever done. It's

1:30:45

what he's paid to do baby. Get

1:30:47

that engagement up. To bring it full

1:30:50

circle, now the whole internet's like, oh

1:30:52

Nemitz wants a trade. Now I have

1:30:54

people being Nemitz for Miller, Nemitz for

1:30:56

Miller. You are smoking crack. If you

1:30:58

think J.T. Miller is getting you Simone

1:31:00

Nemitz back in return. Dreaming Cadux fans,

1:31:02

it's going to take a lot more