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shot. Don't

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be there. I'm going to be rabid. We

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could get into my dome. You got a lot

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going on with your dome. We

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got a hair dye controversy,

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but what's going on with you?

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I just had the final

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regular season broadcast for TNT. We

1:38

handed out Mr. TNT award.

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Obviously, Ovi took it down. Seven

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goals on the TNT broadcast

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this year. A few of them

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at Dnetters, but nonetheless, every time he was

1:48

on the broadcast, he delivered. Uh,

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it was a great night. We all had our

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tuxedos on. I was getting chirped online to one

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guy, one Vegas gold Knights fan was saying, this

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is the only guy who makes a tux look

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bad on the plan. It says he should

2:01

be parking my fucking car So I brought

2:03

him up on the box broadcast to

2:05

start chirping them and then I tell him

2:07

to it's a rental It's a rental.

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It's a rental straight. It looked at that

2:11

one. That one's going right back I'm

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not paying for it. And of course Hank

2:15

looked unbelievable not a hair out of

2:18

place Yeah, and he owns his for sure.

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I think he's got like Yeah, or

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seven but actually three now because he was

2:24

talking about it on the broadcast he

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cleaned out his closet 27

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suits he took out of his closet to

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like, I don't know if he's gonna donate

2:32

them or or where he's maybe he's got

2:35

like a Second -hand store that they would

2:37

I'm sure his fucking used suits could go

2:39

for like 1 ,502 grand Is

2:41

use undies could go for big

2:44

though Imagine

2:46

the ladies lined up to buy his

2:48

used on these it'd be deranged Yeah,

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yeah speaking of jock sniffers. They'd be

2:52

fucking sniffing his crotch is But I

2:54

might start I might just like lose

2:56

a little bit of weight and ask

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him to donate him to me We're

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going more health buddy. I don't think

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you can get in better shape. I

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know I'm pumping your tires I don't

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love doing that, but I know but

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to fit in Hank's I might just

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stop eating too. I might just stop

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eating because my suits are so bad

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And and those suits for free too,

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you know, and they're probably all

3:20

big money suits, but he's just oh

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There's designers out there like who's

3:24

a famous designer give me a name

3:28

Giovanni Sachi Versace. Hey, dude. I saw

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you in this like on the subway

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or in this commercial in Sweden I

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was in Sweden doing a fashion show.

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Let me give you a suit Actually,

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let me give you 10 remember tiger

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all the Swedish guys used to wear

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the tiger suits. Yeah That

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was the company. Yeah, remember that

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guy Around the ankles oh

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so tight you couldn't even get

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circulation to your toes That's

3:53

how tight those fucking pants were

3:55

Lowry Koprakowski used to wear

3:57

him. Sandy lapisto used to wear

3:59

him think he didn't. Who's

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actually, uh, Sammy's been doing some

4:03

Swedish media lately. He's

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great. Yeah, he's awesome. I think it's

4:07

finished media though. Yeah, it is. Yeah.

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Oh, finish, finish, finish. You're right. God

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damn it. I fucked that one up.

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Both of those guys are fins, but

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I think Tiger of Sweden, those suits,

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the finished guys would wear them. That's

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what they were. Does Merle's have one?

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No chance, right? Merle's one. He's got

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the Muzzy Fords. He's

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got the used car salesman, Muzzy

4:29

Ford. Oh,

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speaking, we were talking about

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the dome piece on Hank. What's

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this controversy? I was not online all

4:38

day today and apparently there's been like

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a bunch of viral moments going on

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the fact that you've been dying your

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hair or something. Okay. Okay. First

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to spray tan now this. No,

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spray. I don't dye my hair.

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Let me repeat this right now.

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I don't know why it looks

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like balding. Yes. Acne at 42,

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42 years old. Yes. Big

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one huge left ear. Yes. Hair

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dye. No. I repeat. I don't

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know why it looks like Grinnelli

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asked me years ago, dude, it looks like

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you dye your hair. said, no, I don't

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know what it is about the zoom. And

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today on the unnamed show, I saw some

5:16

of the funniest memes putting me next to

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Creed from the office with jet black hair.

5:20

There was another one with me next to

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Rudy Giuliani with the hair dye dripping down

5:24

his forehead. So what

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happened? Poor noise getting fat, not just

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chubby. He's fat and he's lashing

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out. And now he's just

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getting on top of these internet

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personality people making fun of me.

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Very funny. I don't know. Can

5:39

you guys tell in person that

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I don't dye my hair? I

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will say forever for as long

5:46

as, you know, you've been getting

5:48

greys. Look at the greys on the side. I

5:51

know, but whenever you get a haircut,

5:53

it looks like you dyed it. So did

5:55

you haircut yesterday? got a

5:57

haircut every time you get a haircut. looks darker.

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I don't know why. Maybe it just like shaves

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down the graze a little bit or whatever it

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is. But it always looks darker when you get

6:05

a haircut. OK, so now and now it's like, you

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know, I think I think no

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matter what I say, I'm in one because

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people are going to say, you do it.

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You do it. You won't admit it. But

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I'm looking at the camera right now. I

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promise you if I dyed my hair, I'd

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admit it. If I did it, I'd admit

6:23

it. No hair dye. Balding. Just swear on

6:25

Squanto. I swear on Squanto. I

6:27

don't like swearing on my kids, right? Like, I

6:29

don't I don't find I swear on anything.

6:31

I swear. What's the big deal?

6:34

Look, I don't know why. So when actually

6:36

when I do the TNT broadcast, sometimes

6:38

I have people like message me on Twitter

6:40

saying that you dye your hair and

6:42

like I've never dyed my hair in my

6:45

entire life. So I just think it

6:47

has a lot to do with maybe like

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the lighting and whatever zoom you're on

6:51

or, you know, whatever whatever camera is hitting

6:53

you a certain way. But I can

6:55

for certain say when I see you in

6:57

person, your hair is horrible.

6:59

There's no way you're dyeing your salad.

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might look darker because your face is

7:04

so white. That maybe that

7:06

it's that maybe it, but it's

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like. Like I said, I

7:10

got a bunch of things that

7:12

aren't exactly pretty. But

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I don't know. No hair dye. I

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repeat. No hair dye. OK, so this is

7:18

exactly what people probably wanted to hear

7:21

leading into round one of the playoffs and

7:23

second playoff preview. But I had to

7:25

get ahead of that. No hair

7:27

dye. Guys, believe

7:29

you. Thank you so much.

7:31

So incredible night of

7:33

hockey last night. The Montreal

7:35

Canadians got it done and it

7:37

came down to the wire enough where

7:39

I bet on the Canadians last

7:41

night. was very confident. I also bet

7:43

on them against Chicago and they're

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up 3 -1. And I'm like, I

7:47

don't know. Boom, 3 -2 Carolina. I'm

7:49

like, this is not good. Now, for

7:51

my bet, I was very nervous

7:53

because I'm like, they may lose this

7:55

game. I had a money line,

7:57

but they just needed a point. So

7:59

I was like, can. Carolina get

8:01

two more goals and win this thing

8:03

in regulation. I don't think so.

8:05

But what a game by Caden Gully.

8:07

They lost him for a little

8:09

while with the cut he had and

8:11

getting him back like completely changes

8:14

their defense young stud and Lane Hudson

8:16

guys. He tied the record

8:18

for the most assists in the history

8:20

of the league by a rookie defenseman.

8:22

He had 60 apples, Keith. My best

8:24

season was 45, which maybe nothing to

8:26

shrug at. And considering they were all

8:28

second assists, it's not nearly nearly as

8:30

close to impressive as Lane Hudson getting

8:32

60 as a rookie. Yeah, it goes

8:34

in. I think what you were one

8:37

of the first guys to kind of

8:39

tell me about him and must have

8:41

been the BU days and stuff. he

8:43

he just looks so I've never seen

8:45

a rookie defenseman. And I'm very interested

8:47

in this because usually the defensemen have

8:49

their sophomore slumps. But I've never seen

8:51

a young D -man just look so comfortable

8:53

in not just offensively like he's a

8:55

smaller guy, but he still looks comfortable

8:58

defensively. He's in good position. I think

9:00

he just trusts his skating so much

9:02

that he just never feels like he

9:04

could get beat or that he's out

9:06

of position. But and the head on

9:08

his shoulders is insane. Just how he

9:10

sees the game every single play he

9:12

makes is the correct play. And he's

9:14

not overdoing a lot of things, even

9:16

though he does have, you know, stretches

9:19

where he's toe, toe dragging guys dancing

9:21

around on the blue. But he's not

9:23

really trying to do too much too

9:25

often. It just comes naturally to him.

9:27

So this guy is going to be

9:29

a force to be reckoned with for

9:31

the next 20 years, hopefully, youngest team

9:33

to make playoff since the 80 81

9:35

Oilers, too. So very impressive to be

9:38

able to do. Yeah, very 20, 25

9:40

and a half years old. So I

9:42

don't know how many people had St.

9:44

Louis winning the Jack Adams, but he

9:46

definitely entered himself in the conversation in

9:48

the back half of that season. Since

9:51

the I believe it was since

9:53

the trade deadline or four nations. But

9:55

I want to say trade deadline.

9:58

I would say it was neck and.

10:00

neck, a three -way race. Miechkov

10:03

kind of dropped off, I would say, for

10:05

Philly. maybe he had a good start, but

10:07

he dropped off. So it was a three -headed race

10:09

between Dustin Wolfe, Celebrini,

10:11

and Lane Hudson. Since

10:13

the trade deadline, Lane Hudson

10:15

was second in points, 16,

10:18

only behind Macklin Celebrini, who

10:20

had 17. He led

10:22

all rookies in ice time with

10:24

24 minutes of average ice time since

10:26

the trade deadline. So down the

10:28

stretch, having to win all those fucking

10:30

games, going against tough matchups, putting

10:32

up all those points and putting 24

10:35

minutes of ice each night, remarkable,

10:37

and also led the way with plus

10:39

minus, which some people say like,

10:41

ah, that's a misleading stat. Well, when

10:43

you're plus 13 and you're lugging

10:45

that much ice and there's no escaping

10:48

tough matchups, just I think hands

10:50

down he's the calder winner and a

10:52

huge reason as to why they

10:54

made playoffs. You have to fucking

10:56

tip your cap to Suzuki too. He's

10:59

probably their MVP. He

11:01

was a four nation snub. I

11:03

believe didn't even get a phone call when

11:06

he didn't make the team. So

11:08

I guess he took that personally. Cole

11:10

Coughfield, who was fucking unbelievable. So

11:12

just really nice to see this young

11:15

team find a way to squeak

11:17

into playoffs. And I texted

11:19

the group chat as well, like Slavkowski,

11:21

like just watching him go after

11:23

loose pucks and battling man. this kid's

11:25

starting to figure it out and

11:27

G sent the text as well. Like

11:30

the comments that he made just

11:32

being inspired by watching Brady Kachuk and

11:34

how he was playing and using

11:36

his size. Like it's clear that that

11:38

message has been received and he's

11:40

looked like even a better player since

11:42

the four nations as well. So

11:45

not even necessarily saying points. I'm talking

11:47

about the compete, right? That's like

11:49

when you're especially come playoff time, when

11:51

you're going for those loose pucks

11:53

along the wall, he's got

11:55

that size to use and he's

11:57

been using it more wisely as

11:59

of late. So I... I still

12:01

see Washington winning that series, but

12:03

that Montembo man, he could maybe

12:06

steal them a series. You never know.

12:08

He's been excellent as well. So

12:10

congrats to the Montreal Canadians. Dembadov

12:12

maybe a little quieter in his

12:14

second game. still had a couple

12:16

of shifts that were incredible. Very

12:18

dominant. Just not like that first

12:20

night, but there was no doubt

12:22

there was gonna be a little

12:25

bit of a come down, given

12:27

all the travel and chaos that

12:29

he's been through the last week

12:31

here. So Montreal is in. I

12:33

think before we get to the

12:35

other matchups and other storylines also

12:37

with Robertson going down, Columbus blue

12:39

jackets, guys, like just an incredible

12:41

run, especially with all the injuries

12:43

they dealt with, along with the

12:45

adversity of losing Johnny Goudreau in

12:47

the off season. Like they lost

12:49

Monaghan for significant time, as

12:52

well as a bunch of other guys. I think

12:54

a Branson was out for quite some time as

12:56

well. was out for a bit. Warensky,

12:58

like, you know, and he had

13:00

an incredible year, career year for

13:02

him. If

13:04

it wasn't for Kail McCarr, he'd probably

13:06

be winning his first Norris, but fucking

13:08

Kail McCarr is Kail McCarr. So

13:10

a lot of positives to take

13:13

off of this year for Columbus and

13:15

Fantilly, another guy who had a

13:17

big, big year. So a

13:19

lot, and I guess that he, his

13:21

grandfather had passed away

13:23

last week and then he

13:25

traveled. Grandmother, yeah. Oh,

13:27

was it grandmother or grandfather that traveled

13:29

back, ended up potting his 30th goal? So

13:31

just so many positives with. It's been

13:34

amazing and I feel really bad for that

13:36

team because it would have been an

13:38

incredible storyline. And like even tonight, do not

13:40

have that game matter, right? It would

13:42

have been really cool for them, win or

13:44

lose to have the last game of

13:46

the year. We also got, I mean, what'd

13:48

we get? We got three different playoff

13:50

races. The final two in the west and

13:52

the final one in the east went

13:54

down to pretty much game 82. So that's

13:56

as much as you could really hope.

13:58

for considering it looked a couple weeks ago

14:01

like they were all going to be

14:03

settled. Fantilli is a

14:05

monster. I sent a text to the

14:07

group chat. I think he's

14:09

played roughly 25 to 30 less games

14:11

than Baddard and has scored maybe two

14:13

goals less in in these two seasons.

14:15

So Merles was the guy that was

14:17

like, I'd take Fantilli over Baddard and

14:19

people were kind of laugh at him.

14:21

But maybe maybe that ends up turning

14:23

into not as crazy of a take

14:25

as as he as it once seemed.

14:27

Also Baddard came out and said he's

14:29

very happy in Chicago. He's kind

14:32

of sick and tired or I just made

14:34

that up. he's he's like enough of people

14:36

saying I'm not happy here. Even if I

14:38

look upset or sad on the bench, I

14:40

love being here. I want to be here.

14:42

So I think that was very good news

14:44

to all the Blackhawks fans. So he just

14:46

put 90 million in his jeans by saying

14:49

that he is going to get. And I'm

14:51

I'm wondering what Cole Lane Hudson is going

14:53

to sign for because he because last year

14:55

they burnt the first year he is eligible

14:57

to sign an extension this summer. You would

14:59

think that Kent Hughes would be kind of

15:01

all over that and Jeff Gordon. Let's see

15:03

what happens there. But the other

15:05

player in Columbus that it's like, whoa,

15:08

I think they got something cooking here

15:10

is that Kent Johnson who kind of

15:12

took off. And you remember last year

15:14

they sent it to the minors like

15:16

everything I heard was just like answered

15:18

the bell like wasn't mopey went down

15:20

dominated down there comes back has a

15:22

monster season. So there's some special things

15:24

really going on there. I'm wondering if

15:26

Proverov resigns, right? Because that's a guy

15:28

that we heard might get dealt. I

15:30

don't think he's resigned yet. I hope

15:32

not. I sound like a complete idiot.

15:34

But no one expected that out of

15:36

Columbus. No one saw this coming. And

15:38

what a story. And I think even

15:40

though he's not in the playoffs, Evansson

15:42

has to be up for coach of

15:44

the year. Is that crazy because they

15:46

didn't I would probably say just the

15:48

fact that Montreal get in you got

15:50

St. Louis. So you're People

15:53

people said Arneal might not just given

15:55

the fact that hella bucks put up the

15:57

numbers that he's put up. Like when

15:59

you got a goal I could have been

16:01

coaching them if you got a goalie

16:03

like that like that's fucked up the number

16:05

and and and Just

16:07

quickly on hella buck like he

16:09

might be the first American goalie

16:11

ever to win league MVP like

16:14

he might win You

16:16

know, I think right now he's

16:18

the odds on favorite on DraftKings

16:21

Yeah, man, buddy Who

16:23

is the last goalie to win

16:25

it the last Was

16:30

a price yeah price was was

16:32

the last guy and I don't know

16:34

man It would be wild though

16:36

like he's pretty much locked up the

16:38

Vezna That'll be his third Vezna

16:40

and potentially a heart trophy as well

16:42

So you're talking about a resume

16:44

which would put you in the top

16:46

What 20 goalies all time like

16:49

this? Yeah, that's even more

16:51

with more with with no playoff

16:53

trophies That's what's hard and would

16:55

probably bring him down, but where

16:57

were we at there right before

16:59

that? He's not just the favorite

17:01

for MVP. He's Bernalysen. He's minus

17:03

minus 180. That's why I'm talking.

17:05

That's why I said it I

17:07

was amazed that um, and you

17:10

know what? Hand up. I apologize

17:12

for my reaction. I didn't I didn't

17:14

realize the dye not to your head The

17:16

hair dye snuck through to my brain.

17:18

I don't I don't I mean it kind

17:20

of must have flipped in the last

17:22

couple weeks Because before I was Leon was

17:24

a big favorite, but I didn't realize

17:26

that dude. He was What was

17:28

it one game away from tying the

17:30

most wins in one season? 48

17:32

wins the most ever had in one NHL

17:34

season. I believe he finished with 47 So

17:36

just think like a game goes different here

17:39

or there. He could have broke that record

17:41

Which I think maybe would definitely lock up

17:43

the MVP. I love how

17:45

I just said maybe definitely It's

17:47

two opposite words that I I

17:51

Columbus I think I think just for that

17:53

that organization what they've done this year

17:55

in the outside kind of looking into what

17:57

they are as a team I think

17:59

think is so good for them. think more

18:01

guys are gonna wanna sign there. Seems

18:03

like a great place to live and play.

18:05

I mean, this year, obviously

18:07

with everything that happened, you

18:10

know, what they gained from it, I

18:12

think, you know, can really help out in

18:14

the future. And they got a lot of

18:16

good things going there and led by a

18:18

lot of good people. But with Hella Buck

18:20

too, I was gonna say, I just feel

18:22

like people kind of forgot that maybe a

18:24

goalie could be up for MVP because he

18:26

hadn't really been talked about till like a

18:29

few weeks ago. And then people, and now

18:31

him being minus money, people are probably

18:33

like, oh yeah, why are we not talking

18:35

about this dude who's almost breaking records, you

18:37

know? Well, the discussion was a couple of

18:39

weeks back that they don't play every game.

18:41

And it's kind of like, dude, you're not

18:43

in every single game, but then the games

18:45

you're in, you're completely dominating the entire league,

18:48

gonna get a third Vezna trophy. So

18:50

it is a wild storyline. And that's why

18:52

I kind of root for him because the

18:54

heartbreaking loss in the Four Nations and last

18:56

year against Colorado, like he came

18:58

back this year, answered every question, and

19:00

then now the big question comes into

19:02

the playoffs. So I think we're gonna

19:04

get into that series in a little

19:06

bit. We are, and what's cool about

19:08

it too is you got the Four

19:10

Nations goalie matchup. There's a lot of

19:12

cool, got the Rottenins Revenge series, you got

19:14

the Battle of Ontario, Battle of Florida,

19:16

you actually got the Shen brothers going

19:18

at it, two in that series of

19:20

Bennington and Hella Buck. They might fight.

19:22

quickly to coach of the year, let's

19:24

say for whatever reason Arneal is not,

19:26

okay? He's not in the mix.

19:29

You would have Carberry, you'd

19:31

have St. Louis, would you

19:33

put... Cronin. Who?

19:39

You're a fucking idiot. Who's

19:42

your third? Fuck, I'm John Oblank,

19:44

Minnesota's head coach. Oh,

19:46

John Hines. Hey, sneaky

19:48

like Montgomery wouldn't even be

19:50

bad. He got gas, then he

19:52

gets over to St. Louis

19:54

for the playoffs. Yeah,

19:57

I feel like every year there's like six

19:59

or seven guys. guys who could win

20:01

coach of the year. like the most, like

20:03

guys who don't get nominated, get the

20:05

biggest snubs as far as that awards concern,

20:07

but it's going to be interesting with,

20:09

before we, we get into everything else, there

20:11

was another thing that happened based on

20:13

a series that we broke down last week

20:15

in the fact that L .A. and Edmonton

20:17

played against each other. Edmonton

20:20

obviously didn't have their full lineup and

20:22

things got very aggressive over the course of

20:24

the game. You saw Darnell nurse cross -checking

20:26

guys in the head. I think it

20:28

was by field down in the crease. One

20:31

game. And then after the

20:33

game, Dano had

20:35

some very interesting comments. Can we run

20:37

those comments? I believe that was

20:39

mid think it was during the game. Yeah,

20:42

that was an mid game

20:44

interview. Yeah, was absolutely. Perry's

20:46

answer was after Dano was intermission interview. Oh

20:48

my God. That's, think it was after the

20:51

first. That's like WWE shit. Okay, let's run

20:53

them back to back right here quick. I

20:55

know something happened in the first period, right?

20:57

With Perry and the stick, but how did

20:59

it get to the point where we are

21:01

right now? What's going on out there? I

21:03

think they just have their B squad and

21:05

trying to hurt us. So that's pretty much

21:07

the message tonight. That's what I'm thinking. But

21:09

yeah. I feel a little bit the intermission

21:11

said that you guys were playing a B

21:13

squad and trying to hurt them. Do

21:16

you, I mean? Oh,

21:18

what the? Sorry, my, excuse my language. What do you

21:20

want us to do? Did

21:23

he not look at what's happened over the last couple of

21:25

weeks? Like we, you want us to do? We're

21:28

not out there to hurt anybody. mean, that's

21:30

nothing else. We won. Perry's response

21:33

was hilarious because he was like so

21:35

disgusted in himself that he like

21:37

swore. He's like, that's it. It's over.

21:39

This is over. But I love

21:41

that. He's like, what, what are we

21:43

supposed to do? Yeah, it's our

21:45

B team. Everyone's injured. I believe he

21:47

said, have you not seen what's

21:49

going on here the past few weeks?

21:51

We're dropping like flies and Edmond.

21:53

I think his point was, is the

21:55

B squad was on a kamikaze

21:57

mission to fucking injure some guys. So

21:59

do you think that there was

22:01

a little extra added dirtiness trying to

22:03

maybe take some wind out of

22:05

LA sales? Possibly. And if there was,

22:07

I like it. I don't hate

22:09

it. is this is prepared. I

22:11

mean, Keith mentioned earlier this week that before

22:13

they played Tampa his last year in Florida,

22:15

I believe they played last game before the

22:17

playoffs. And it was a complete gong show.

22:19

You know, you it's like, hey, we're setting

22:21

the tone here. This is not going to

22:23

be just a skate and giggle. It's going

22:25

to be we're going to make your life

22:27

living hell and show you what you're in

22:30

for. Because right now, yeah, we maybe do

22:32

have a bunch of guys that aren't going

22:34

to be in the lineup come game one.

22:36

So we're going to rough you up. We're

22:38

going to try to toughen you up. And

22:40

we're going to maybe go headhunting a little

22:42

bit. Now, nurse got suspended one game. I

22:44

get that. It's actually like the most classic

22:46

suspension of all time. It's like, sit out

22:48

the last game, but you don't have to

22:50

miss any playoff games. Yeah, don't do me

22:52

favors. Don't. So

22:54

I I thought I thought it

22:56

got a little dirty, but you know

22:58

what Edmonton is is sick of

23:00

tired of people trying to take advantage

23:03

of them. And their stars aren't

23:05

in the game. So it's like, let's

23:07

go after some of their stars.

23:09

That's how I look at it. And

23:11

I also think from a mental

23:13

standpoint to now, like LA is a

23:15

little riled up, which kind of

23:17

plays into Edmonton's favor because if they

23:19

start taking penalties, that's where Edmonton

23:21

is just going to cook them like

23:23

the like the power play percentage

23:25

in the last three rounds they've played

23:27

them in consecutive consecutive years. I

23:29

think they're clicking at about 35 %

23:31

on the power play. I think last

23:33

year it was like 50 % 50.

23:35

Yeah, 50. They put up a

23:37

50 banger on them. So don't exactly

23:39

like that for LA from a

23:41

psyche perspective going into that series. But

23:43

right now, man, LA or Edmonton's

23:45

biggest issue is going to be solving

23:47

Darcy Kemper. That guy is buzzing. I

23:50

think to the power plays and

23:52

being so different in terms of

23:54

LA is not being great and

23:57

Edmonton's being dominant. It'll be the

23:59

whole series. series, but LA went

24:01

to the other night. They had

24:03

this five forward power play unit.

24:05

It was a who's meant go

24:07

Fiala, Kempie, Copa tar. And

24:10

I'm drawing a blank on

24:12

the other one, but they they

24:14

were kind of snapping it

24:16

around. So so it's a MacSorley,

24:18

a McSorley in front, causing

24:20

a ruckus by field by field.

24:23

So that Quentin by field is a

24:25

problem. He's going to continue getting better

24:27

and better. But yeah, I don't hate

24:29

seeing some, some early hate begin before

24:31

the series starts the fourth year in

24:33

a row, the fourth year in a

24:35

row, you know, who's wishing they would

24:37

have sat out some guys is Dallas,

24:39

the Dallas fucking stars. I kind

24:41

of hate, I kind of hate

24:44

the cap situation towards the end of

24:46

the year where you can't call

24:48

guys up and you want the league

24:50

needs its best players playing in

24:52

playoffs. And it goes back to last

24:54

year, William Nylander game, what 81

24:56

or 82, where he ends up getting

24:58

injured and then he's not available.

25:00

The first three, four games for the

25:02

Toronto Maple Leafs. Now all of

25:04

a sudden you got Jason Robertson, who's

25:07

been red hot since the four

25:09

nations break. And he gets bumped

25:11

into while they're down four, five, one

25:13

against Nashville last game of the year. And

25:15

he's probably going to end up missing

25:17

game one at least. Like, come on here.

25:19

You can't be fucking losing guys in

25:21

a nothing burger game. It's ridiculous. I think

25:23

the rule was put in because they

25:26

didn't want teams that are tanking to, you

25:28

know, it's going to help the veteran

25:30

players too, where they're not sitting guys out

25:32

because that could screw you for a

25:34

contract your next year. Say you're an older

25:36

guy fighting for a contract. If they're

25:38

just bringing up everyone from the minors to

25:40

get a game or two, then it's

25:43

kind of hurting the older guys in the

25:45

league. So I think the rule was

25:47

put in so teams that are tanking aren't

25:49

just, you know, playing all these minor

25:51

league guys and it's clear that they're trying

25:53

to lose games and, you know, just

25:55

putting in whoever has owns a pair of

25:57

skates, you know. Well, for instance, like

26:00

because of their caps. I believe Toronto has

26:02

to address their full lineup in game

26:04

82 where it's like come on here What

26:06

the fuck are we doing like God?

26:08

Like if something happens to a Toronto me

26:10

may believe player. I'm gonna fucking lose

26:12

my mind if it happens I'm gonna lose

26:14

my mind the league. I'm gonna fucking

26:17

storm the fucking I'm gonna storm the league

26:19

offices like the beaches at Normandy for

26:21

fuck's sake. That's what's gonna happen Yeah,

26:25

Robertson left that game in a knee

26:27

brace So if you're leaving in a

26:29

knee brace like yeah, they get just

26:31

one game. You're missing. That's not good

26:33

at all he's been so good and

26:35

Man that Dallas stars they got worked

26:37

again by Nashville seven losses in a

26:39

row They've been outshot their last 13

26:41

games So I just it's a classic

26:44

case guys of and you'll know it

26:46

like when you when you when you

26:48

lose a guy like hay skinning Oh,

26:50

you could put a band -aid on

26:52

it for three four games You know

26:54

rolling guys and playing guys an extra

26:56

two three minutes to alleviate the stress

26:58

But after about four or five games

27:00

That's when you start really leaking oil

27:03

and ever since they've lost the man

27:05

They look all out of sorts and

27:07

I mentioned it last show I think

27:09

over the course of the last two

27:11

three playoffs. He's he's averaged 27 minutes

27:13

of ice time You can't replace that

27:15

you can't fucking replace that So let's

27:17

hope nobody else ends up getting injured

27:20

in the last couple games here Which

27:22

we're recording this on a Thursday the

27:24

last slated games are tonight So I

27:26

don't know which one of the stars

27:28

will be playing tonight, but let's just

27:30

pray nobody else gets hurt Last thing

27:32

on Dallas. Very cool to see Tyler

27:34

say can come back. He actually had

27:36

an assist played around 15 minutes So

27:39

that's one thing at least they can

27:41

kind of be excited about they get

27:43

him back. I hadn't played Since

27:45

the calendar turned to 2025

27:47

so that's awesome news but

27:49

we're going to the rest

27:52

of the previews now and

27:54

We're gonna start off in

27:56

Keith's home state and I

27:58

cannot wait. I think my

28:00

mom My most looking forward

28:02

to first round matchup, the

28:05

Battle of Florida. Tampa,

28:08

Florida, straight up. We saw this madness

28:10

a few years ago. They hate each

28:12

other. They already had some big time

28:14

issues the other night when they played.

28:16

When Tampa put a beating on them. Keith,

28:19

let's go to you. The final

28:21

thing I'll leave you with is Paul

28:23

Maurice said today, everyone's good to

28:26

go. So, heads up,

28:28

they're all coming back. Shocker, 49 million

28:30

all of a sudden out of the

28:32

press box, ready to go. You

28:35

want to talk about tanking. How

28:37

about the fucking cap circumcision? Well,

28:40

you're lucky they didn't or they would

28:43

have won the Atlantic. No,

28:45

they wouldn't have. It's true, pretty good

28:47

statement by him. No, no, enough with

28:49

that. But go on to your breakdown.

28:51

How do you feel about this series,

28:53

Keith? Where does your loyalty lie? I

28:55

will say that when these two, they've

28:57

met three times, right? The last three

28:59

year, whatever it is, whoever wins

29:01

this series is going to the Eastern

29:03

Conference or going to the Stanley Cup finals.

29:05

So no matter what, one of these

29:07

teams is going to the Stanley Cup finals.

29:11

And that's what they're beating each

29:13

other up so bad though. That's business

29:15

dream scenario here. If

29:17

this series is quick for one team,

29:19

business screwed. That's kind of how I

29:21

look at it. He needs a seven

29:24

game war. Yeah, he does. think it's

29:26

crucial for Tampa. Tampa's got to

29:28

win these first two games because

29:30

Eckblad's still out with the suspension.

29:32

If Florida can somehow win a

29:34

game, you know, I know you

29:36

always got to steal one on the

29:38

road. But to win a game without Eckblad

29:40

and then have him come back, he's

29:42

been off for 20 games. He's 100 %

29:44

healthy, ready to go. He's going to be

29:46

fresher than anybody, so that'll be huge

29:48

for them. But it's obviously a tough, tough

29:50

matchup. You look at Tampa Bay, they

29:53

got the Kutcherovs, the point, Jink, Gensel, 41

29:55

goals this year. Did anyone even mention

29:57

his name? Like the guy, they have the

29:59

most... What do they got

30:01

six guys with 20 plus goals, which

30:03

is insane. Headman with another 60

30:05

points. See, the guys, they just have

30:07

monsters up and down the lineup. But

30:10

when you're playing in the playoffs

30:12

busy, you need some rats in

30:14

the Florida. Panthers have rats on

30:16

their team, the rat squad. And

30:18

they bring in the biggest one

30:20

of all, maybe in the history

30:22

of the league. Brad Marchand, there

30:25

are no space killing. He's

30:27

been getting his feet a little wet. Getting

30:29

them a little getting them a little taste

30:31

of what it's like being a Florida panther.

30:33

then guess what? Your first your first game

30:35

in the playoffs with the cats. Guess who's

30:37

back, Matthew Kachuk. It might be

30:39

taken over for you, Brad, as the

30:41

biggest rat in the history of the game.

30:43

But imagine them out there together. You

30:45

got Kucharal buzzing around, wanting to sauce these

30:48

things around. Hit. You

30:51

got Braden point flying up the wall.

30:54

Yeah, soup

30:56

can. Bennett came back last game,

30:58

played his first game in a little while.

31:01

He's going to be ripped, roaring, ready to go.

31:03

But at the end of the day,

31:06

I think this series goes seven games. And

31:09

you look at you look at the Tampa bid.

31:11

They got this. They're a sexier team, right? You'd rather

31:13

take them out on a date than, you know,

31:15

they're a 10. cats

31:17

might be looking like they're

31:19

like the tramp stamp tattoo. They're

31:21

the ones all over your cock,

31:23

deep throat. Oh, yeah. No, no,

31:25

no. I like that. Doing

31:27

a doing DP ain't all of

31:30

it. I love Florida like in

31:32

that regard. Sorry. Yeah. OK, good.

31:34

Lauderdale, but I want to see

31:36

their mascara dripping. Yeah,

31:38

this this series is going to go

31:40

to a game seven. And not what

31:42

Biz just said right there. You need

31:44

the tramp stamps. Yeah, you need

31:46

the cigarettes outside the bar. You need the

31:48

guys getting dirty at the elbow room. And

31:50

you want to look at the cats. You

31:52

need your guard on the side of the

31:54

car. You know, the girls that drive with

31:56

it. That's a unreal move. You need her

31:58

with the load going. Sorry,

32:03

sorry about that show,

32:05

but yeah, I think cats

32:07

and seven boys. I

32:09

said, obviously Florida is going to

32:11

win this series a couple nights

32:13

ago on TNT, but I'm torn.

32:15

Like I'm fucking torn right now.

32:17

This is going to be an

32:19

all out war. We talked about

32:21

the gold tending battle of Bennington

32:23

and Hellebuck. How about the two

32:25

Russians going at it? This is

32:27

going to be fucked. I

32:30

actually think this is going to

32:32

be surprisingly a low scoring series

32:34

for that reason right there. Tampa

32:36

like reacquiring McDonough.

32:39

Like I just feel like Tampa

32:41

has not been given enough respect

32:43

all season long. I view them

32:45

as the Vegas golden nights of

32:48

the east where they're just been

32:50

flying under that radar. And as

32:52

much as I've been sold on

32:54

Florida, I think I'm going to

32:56

flip it. I think that the

32:58

Tampa Bay Lightning are going to

33:00

win this series in seven games.

33:02

There's been a lot of hype

33:04

around the acquisitions and the fact

33:07

that Florida's been resting all these

33:09

guys. You got Kachuk coming back.

33:11

You got that crazy line with

33:13

him, Bennett, the menace and Brad

33:15

Marshawn. I just am not going

33:17

to buy into the gargling cum

33:19

hype of the Florida Panthers. And

33:21

I'm going to direct my attention

33:23

towards John Cooper and the Tampa

33:25

Bay Lightning. I have flip flopped

33:28

Tampa in seven fucking games. And

33:30

the X factor, you

33:32

know, I like to bring the

33:34

X factor, Brandon Hagel, NHL

33:36

record 35 goals scored this season,

33:38

not one of them on

33:40

the fucking power play, not one

33:42

of them. He is a

33:44

gamer. He's a tramp stamper.

33:46

And he's the guy you want

33:48

in your foxhole. So this is

33:50

going to be a lethal, lethal

33:52

matchup. I want it going the

33:54

distance. I want them beating the

33:56

fucking wheels off each other. I

33:58

wanted a cage match every single

34:00

game the humidity just losing all

34:02

that fucking all those electrolytes I

34:04

want them depleted by the end

34:06

of this series so Toronto can

34:08

have their way with them but

34:10

I flip flopped I got Tampa

34:12

and seven this is the toughest

34:15

series for me as well I

34:17

actually have decided that I'm going

34:19

Tampa and it's solely based on

34:21

Florida and the amount of hockey

34:23

they've played now maybe these injuries

34:25

to these key players actually helps

34:27

them and these guys got some

34:29

rest while getting healthy now I

34:31

should list out that the players

34:33

coming back into the lineup it

34:35

is out of control like Kachuk,

34:37

Barkov, Reinhardt, Lundell they're all coming

34:39

back in and then after game

34:41

two Ekplad comes back in so

34:43

you're talking five legitimate key components

34:45

to them winning the Stanley Cup

34:47

but I don't know business what

34:49

you said about Tampa is so

34:51

true like nobody really talks about

34:53

them and I do agree it's

34:55

similar to Vegas out West where

34:57

everyone's talking the central and Vegas

34:59

is just like all right yeah

35:01

don't forget about us no problems

35:04

here and Tampa Vasilevsky this year

35:06

like he's bad like 921 save

35:08

percent it's just been it's been

35:10

unbelievable he probably is like enough

35:12

of the fucking Panthers I had

35:14

my run before but I'm not

35:16

done we're going back on another

35:18

one and I'm taking out Bobrovsky

35:20

in the first round I think

35:22

it's gonna be a war gee

35:24

can you look up if there's

35:26

any update when Bjorkstranz back because

35:28

they traded for him and Gord

35:30

both guys who would be very

35:32

valuable in the playoffs Gord's playing

35:34

on the first line Bjorkstranz would

35:36

be somebody if he's out the

35:38

entire series that's gonna be kind

35:40

of difficult right that's somebody who's

35:42

been in the playoffs right he's

35:44

on Seattle when they knocked off

35:46

Colorado so I think it's gonna

35:48

be a war but I'm going

35:50

with Tampa and I also biz

35:53

it's week -to -week Grinnelli says that's

35:55

not good this the Hagel thing

35:57

I had no idea like I

35:59

knew he was having a monster

36:01

year. He's got 90 points. remarkable?

36:05

Chicago traded him to Tampa.

36:07

So what a

36:09

battle it's going to be. And, and,

36:11

and I, yeah, I'm going with Tampa

36:13

and seven based solely on Florida being

36:15

exhausted. Did you say Toronto traded him

36:17

to Tampa or Chicago? Chicago. said, you

36:19

guys agree, this could be, this would

36:21

be an unbelievable Stanley Cup finals. I

36:23

know obviously the East can't play the

36:25

East, but if this was the last

36:27

series of the season, we would all

36:29

be very excited. The only thing that

36:31

scares me for you guys, cause you're

36:33

both Tampa jocks, nefs, cause you guys

36:36

like being close to the Daytona beach. Um,

36:39

Vasilevsky, 63 games played this year. You think

36:41

that's a little too many or you

36:43

think no, it's the same thing as Halibuck.

36:45

He wants to get in rhythm. It's

36:47

the same reason Halibuck played. done well for

36:50

Halibuck. Yeah. Hey,

36:52

he doesn't even let a fucking MVP column.

36:54

I think he bullies Coop. He's like,

36:56

I'm playing, I'm playing and Coop's

36:58

like, okay, I mean, yeah, and look

37:00

at what he's done this year.

37:02

So I can't wait. Home ice could

37:05

be enormous, right? goes to seven

37:07

that Tampa crowds wild, but I cannot

37:09

wait to see what goes down. And,

37:11

um, what would be

37:13

your, I guess that's a

37:15

stupid question. I was going to say,

37:17

like, who's most likely to be suspended in

37:19

the series, but it would just immediately

37:21

be Marshawn Benicchuk. So that's not really a

37:24

fair question. Who's your guys X factor?

37:26

My X factor is going to be Bob.

37:28

They were two and two this season in the

37:30

four game series, two and two. That's why I

37:32

mean, we all got to go in seven. But

37:34

I think Bob, the confidence that he has in

37:36

himself right now, I think he's my X factor

37:38

and he pitches a shutout in game seven. Can

37:41

I give an X factor for like

37:43

either team, no matter who I picked? Do

37:45

whatever you want. Doesn't matter. I think

37:47

Marshawn's the X factor. Like

37:49

if Marshawn plays like he has

37:51

in so many playoffs for the

37:53

Bruins and is like, you know,

37:55

right around a point per game

37:57

and doing the Florida rat stuff.

37:59

he's done forever and like top

38:01

of his game Brad Marchand it

38:04

might be really hard for Tampa

38:06

to get this win so if

38:08

Marchand is like just out of

38:10

control like we've seen him that's

38:12

gonna be a really difficult matchup

38:14

because you already have Kachok and

38:16

Barkov and Reinhart and Lundell and

38:18

Luster Reinhart and all these players

38:20

I didn't even say Bennett and

38:22

then if you add Marchand playing

38:24

like he can that's gonna be

38:26

that's gonna be an X Factor

38:28

type thing for me. Remember when

38:30

G called Brazzo the X Factor

38:33

for last year's Bruins Florida series?

38:35

Yeah he also said that that

38:37

little guy was gonna be Tyler

38:39

Johnson MVP yeah I ended his

38:41

hockey career he retired he basically

38:43

retired after that oh no and

38:45

who was the other little guy

38:47

the Bruins signed up G wanted

38:49

to you know be inducted in

38:51

the Hall of Fame I don't

38:53

remember I mean all had our

38:55

fair share of bad takes boys

38:57

so yeah I don't know if

38:59

we want to start going down

39:02

a fully G about it um

39:04

crying by the end of the

39:06

episode wow and the fact that

39:08

we just I don't even know

39:10

if one of us said Nikita

39:12

Kucherov's name I think that that's

39:14

just obvious man he won the

39:16

Art Ross I understand that but

39:18

he doesn't get the respect he

39:20

deserves he doesn't I know and

39:22

he plays dirty in playoffs last

39:24

year oh oh he is something

39:26

yeah he's a he's a sicko

39:28

too out on the ice yeah

39:31

you're right in the eyeball all

39:33

right well that's the picks that's

39:35

the picks and now the time

39:37

everyone's been waiting for the the

39:39

selfie the selfie videos have began

39:41

bisonette our resident idiot has already

39:43

started and he might be getting

39:45

too you know never get too

39:47

high never get too low this

39:49

guy might blow his nut prior

39:51

to game one but it's the

39:53

battle of Ontario auto was finally

39:55

back in the playoffs brady kuchuk

39:57

drake batherson they're making their first

40:00

appearance in the Stanley Cup playoffs

40:02

and the Toronto Maple Leafs who

40:04

can never ever ever get over

40:06

the hump are sitting there waiting

40:08

busy. Don't just be a

40:10

Leafs jock sniffer and give crazy

40:12

crazy takes. me some truth and honesty

40:14

to what you think of this.

40:16

Oh yeah. You want truth and

40:18

honesty? Who's got the better goalie

40:20

in the series? Stolars.

40:22

I don't give a fuck. I

40:25

wouldn't stop there. I wouldn't stop

40:27

there. Hey, go look at all

40:29

Mark's playoff numbers and go look

40:31

at Stolars regular season numbers. right.

40:34

Swamin, sniffing behind his back. Now,

40:36

shut the fuck. is the best

40:38

back end the Toronto Maple Leafs

40:40

might have had in their entire

40:42

franchise history. So start with that

40:44

gold tending. They're fucking big. They're

40:46

fucking mean and they're going to

40:48

abuse everybody in that Ottawa lineup,

40:50

including Brady Kachuk. Don't say you

40:52

want to talk about offense. You

40:54

want to talk about offense, buddy? That

40:57

core four is going to fuck

40:59

them up, buddy. This series is over

41:01

in five games. And I don't

41:03

even need to keep talking. know why?

41:05

Because I got a special present

41:07

for all you motherfuckers, including sends army

41:09

and sends nation. Bring them in.

41:11

G. No, this

41:13

is Illuminati. Are

41:16

your engines, ladies and gentlemen,

41:18

we got a Stanley Cup.

41:21

Is that a paper mache

41:23

Stanley Cup? That was

41:25

just is that the cup? That's the

41:27

real deal, buddy. They dropped it off

41:29

for them. Listen, I

41:31

time traveled. Okay. I time

41:33

traveled from the future. Shani,

41:36

let me take the cup for one day.

41:38

And I said, what else would I rather

41:40

do with it? Let's time travel back to

41:42

a few days before the cloud start just

41:44

to show chiclet station. I know you. I

41:46

know we got a lot of disbelievers out

41:48

there, but it is the year. It is

41:50

the year. I'm pulsating

41:52

passion right now. It's coming out at

41:54

every single fiber in my body.

41:57

Okay. I love it. I love it,

41:59

Illuminati. What a nice surprise to

42:01

see you. I believe Keith left. He's

42:03

just disgusted with Ziggaman is Illuminati

42:05

back on the show. But what do

42:07

you think about Biz explaining this?

42:09

Seriously, starts off with we have the

42:11

better goal tending. I don't

42:13

know if you're leaning in that way. That's

42:15

fucking crazy. You got some numbers to back

42:17

me up, hockey Illuminati. Yeah. So I

42:19

mean, are we are we going to ignore the

42:21

fact that Anthony Stollers is eight and oh, and

42:23

his last eight starts with three shutouts? Are we

42:26

just are we just are we going to ignore

42:28

the fact that Anthony Stollers finished at the top

42:30

of the league in safe percentage? By

42:32

the way, Anthony Stollers also led the league

42:34

in safe percentage last year. And what

42:36

happened last year? He was

42:38

the backup of a team who won

42:40

the Stanley Cup. did what you

42:42

did when you did want to go

42:44

on it with. OK, there's one

42:46

team that has their goalie. There's another

42:48

team that has two goalies. Usually

42:50

in the playoffs, you like the team

42:53

that has one goalie because Stollars

42:55

has been phenomenal. But you understand if

42:57

after game one Stollars lets in

42:59

a softie and they somehow lose the

43:01

questions arise. all of a

43:03

sudden they to do hockey Illuminati. They want

43:05

to play mind game. do we do? Wall

43:08

Stollars, neither is proven.

43:11

Yeah, no, I get it. That's we understand

43:13

what we're doing here. OK. And if

43:16

we had to go to Wonderwall, you know,

43:18

thank God, we got a great one

43:20

B that is also a bit of a

43:22

gamer. But Stolli is the guy and

43:24

I just want to let you guys know

43:26

that I have a crème de la

43:28

crème pièce de résistance curse buster associated with

43:31

Anthony Stollars. This is the finest curse

43:33

buster in all the land in all the

43:35

land. OK, I don't want this now

43:37

or maybe right before I sign off. But

43:39

you're about to sign off. So now

43:41

no, no, no, no, no, no, give it

43:43

to us on the Martian. We should

43:45

bring on the Sends Martian right now. That's

43:48

what we should do. Gee, you let

43:50

Biz bully you into only having Leafs representation.

43:52

Yeah. And do you need an R

43:54

your hoodie? I would

43:56

love I would love a bunch of this.

43:58

I'm sending you one. I'm sending you

44:00

one. I'm gonna get that tattooed on my

44:02

ass next week before they really start

44:04

doing damage. butt cheeks with that thing after

44:06

this, maybe the second one, because I

44:08

think they're gonna win the first shot. But

44:10

go ahead. you one, it'll put a

44:12

smile on your face. I know you want

44:14

one too, buddy. I love the stat

44:16

the other day of inclinching the Atlantic Division

44:18

that there was a total of 67

44:21

shots on that to bring it back to

44:23

the year that we last won the

44:25

Stanley Cup. give me that last little nugget

44:27

you were talking about so we can

44:29

start shutting these guys up. The Stoller's nugget?

44:31

Yeah. And by the way, Allmark's playoff

44:33

stats, he's three and nine with a three,

44:35

five, nine goal if I'm sad. I

44:38

told you, motherfuckers, you didn't

44:40

listen. Like, yes, he's

44:42

a great goal tender, former Vezna winner. OK,

44:44

but let's not also pretend that this

44:46

Senator's team doesn't have some holes. lot of

44:48

guys with zero playoff experience, they are

44:50

playoff virgins. And there is something to be

44:52

worried about when it comes to playoff

44:54

virgins that are full of piss and vinegar

44:56

and hungry to get in their first

44:58

action. But how many times do you often

45:00

see a team like Ottawa that has

45:02

been out of the playoffs for years and

45:04

years and years finally get in and

45:06

really, you know, make a relevant difference? It

45:08

doesn't happen all that often. No, it

45:10

doesn't. I'll give you that one. The PS2

45:12

resistance, Anthony Stoller's. I don't know if

45:14

this is a cursebuster or just an unbelievable

45:16

omen from the hockey gods. OK, either

45:18

way, Sunday. The

45:21

Leafs first game is Sunday. Now, a lot of

45:23

Leaf fans are upset about this because, you know,

45:25

Easter Sunday, all what the fuck, why are they

45:27

not playing on Saturday night? know,

45:29

lot of Leaf Nation. Everyone's last

45:31

time they wanted Jesus was

45:33

alive. Well, this and OK, so

45:35

right. So on Sunday, there

45:37

are two billion Christians celebrating

45:39

the resurrection of Jesus.

45:41

OK. So that got me thinking,

45:44

huh? Well, Jesus was

45:46

a carpenter, right? Yeah,

45:48

Jesus was a carpenter. Anthony

45:50

Stoller's is Polish. OK.

45:53

Yeah. Do you know what

45:55

Stoller's translates to in Polish? Don't

45:58

do it. Don't. Don't do it.

46:02

Don't. What? Stollers in

46:04

Polish translates to carpenter

46:06

in English. OK,

46:10

so you mean to tell me the

46:12

Easter Sunday, the day that Jesus

46:15

rose are starting goaltender who also led

46:17

the league and say percentage is

46:19

last name is carpenter. And he will

46:21

save our priests from salvation and

46:23

resurrect. In game one, game

46:25

one, it's just kick it

46:27

all off. It's symbolic. It's

46:30

symbolic. I agree. agree. He might

46:32

be a carpenter in like two

46:34

years, right? Who knows where his

46:36

game goes after this playoff show? Oh,

46:39

that is incredible. Illuminati,

46:42

Illuminati, Illuminati. Give

46:44

me some truthfully, because you leave fans

46:46

with the range and I love you

46:48

guys. But yeah, give me a real

46:50

worry, because to me, and I know

46:52

I can't say that word correctly, there's

46:55

a chance that's ought to win this

46:57

series. There it is. Stollers carpenter. It

47:00

works. Definitely carpenter. Right.

47:02

So in my mind, playoff hockey,

47:04

the rats, the rats we're talking

47:07

about in Florida, some of the

47:09

Tampa rats. Brady

47:11

Kitchuck, physical rat, Nick

47:13

Cousins, Dylan

47:15

Cousins. Is Brady Kitchuck even

47:17

healthy right now? Brady

47:19

Kitchuck's coming back. So I mean, yeah, that's

47:21

a good question. What was last time you played?

47:24

Yeah, well, he's playing game one.

47:26

Playing hockey Illuminati. Ignore these fucking

47:28

idiots. Can we please get some

47:30

other Omen, some other things that

47:32

can get our Leafs juices flowing? Get

47:35

my Leafs juices flowing again. Yeah.

47:37

Fuck these haters. Yes, I

47:39

know. And that's what we're trying to do.

47:41

We're trying to raise the collective awareness in

47:43

Leaf Nation because belief is a powerful thing.

47:46

It is. Right. The power of

47:48

prayer and the power of belief is real. And

47:50

that's what we're trying to do. We're trying

47:52

to instill belief into the hearts of Leaf fans.

47:54

OK, so very interesting curse buster that got

47:56

on my radar today that I think is part

47:58

of fulfilling the prophecy. OK, so Austin Matthews.

48:00

You know as of recording this game or this

48:02

podcast is Thursday. He's playing tonight against Detroit.

48:05

Okay That's game number

48:07

67 for Matthews. Oh my

48:09

god. Okay, you guys are well

48:11

interesting. No, don't don't don't

48:13

shake your head. Okay, okay? Okay,

48:15

and that comes in, huh?

48:17

What was the last time? The

48:20

the Leafs captain played exactly 67

48:22

games. Okay now It wasn't 67,

48:24

but it was 1964 George Armstrong

48:26

plays it and they won the

48:28

cup that year They won Oh,

48:30

there you go. I like that.

48:32

You know what else happened in

48:34

1964 busy boy? the

48:37

first female Operated

48:40

spacecraft okay, what happened

48:42

the other day? That

48:46

was fake. I heard they didn't even

48:48

leave earth. It may have been I agree

48:50

with you Illuminati conspiracy, you know, it

48:52

probably was but the gals were wearing Maple

48:54

Leaf blue Go look at the photo

48:56

and the last time there was an all

48:58

-female Operated spacecraft into space the Leafs won

49:00

the cup. Oh my god. I love

49:02

it And I mean biz how do we

49:04

bring Danny Perry in the mix? You

49:06

were DMing with Bezos wife, too.

49:08

So this is all coming together Oh

49:12

What do you mean? Hey on

49:14

a serious note though, what do you

49:16

make what do you make of

49:18

the core for? I feel like this

49:20

is the best they've looked Marner

49:22

yeah, Marner hit hundred points for the

49:24

first time the spirit of Squanto

49:26

is working this is wet wet The

49:28

spirit of Squanto hundred point season

49:30

for Marner He's gonna be a completely

49:32

different player Jans get that fucking

49:34

look off your face Get that fucking

49:36

look off your face is Matthews

49:38

has been battling injuries all year So

49:40

Illuminati's gonna talk about Brady Kachok

49:42

like who's to say Matthews still isn't

49:44

a little dinged up Have you

49:46

seen the way he's been playing lately?

49:48

I don't I don't think so.

49:50

think the Leafs are fairly healthy right

49:52

now, okay? What about the Cape

49:54

and OEL? The Cape's gonna

49:56

be ready to go. We'll be fine.

49:59

Yeah, yeah hard labor caber. He'll

50:01

be fine. Okay. And Oliver Ruckman Larson,

50:03

Grand Larson, the boys will be

50:05

ready to go. Okay. So they're fairly

50:07

healthy. They're playing good right now. You

50:10

know, this is on a serious note. You

50:12

know, there's no more excuses for the

50:15

core for okay, on a serious note, or

50:17

this is it. There's no more fucking

50:19

excuses every year, Keith, every year. Well, this

50:21

is they finally have the coach. They

50:23

finally have the secondary scoring. They finally have

50:25

the goal tending. They finally have and

50:27

they have all the curse buster than all

50:29

the good omens, right? So, you know,

50:31

I do believe that this team is going

50:33

to go as far as Anthony Stollers

50:35

takes them. Ultimately, ultimately, it will be on

50:37

Stoli. Okay, if we got

50:39

to one B, I do trust him, you

50:41

know, not as much as Stoli, but

50:44

he can also get the job done. But

50:46

but I mean, the Leafs problem

50:48

has been scoring in the playoffs the

50:50

last couple of years, right? So

50:52

there's no more fucking excuses. And there's

50:54

a lot of question marks around this team

50:56

right now. What's Mitchy going to do?

50:58

What's it going to cost to keep, you

51:01

know, JT around? It's like none of

51:03

that even fucking matters now. We're going to

51:05

see how badly these guys want to

51:07

stay. And there's no excuses for for losing

51:09

to Ottawa. Like there there's we fully

51:11

100 % expect them to win. And you

51:13

know, then they're going to get one of

51:15

the battered Florida teams, which is which

51:17

is great. You know, and then in the

51:19

third round, you're looking at stop. So

51:22

both of you pressure is a blessing.

51:24

And there's a lot of pressure on the

51:26

Toronto Maple Leafs to win this series.

51:28

And chief is going to explain that to

51:30

them. And they've been great down the

51:32

stretch, one of the best teams down the

51:34

stretch. They're going to get this

51:36

done. They're going to get it done

51:38

in five games. They're not going to waste

51:40

any fucking energy. And I understand that

51:42

Ottawa has a good lineup. But as hockey

51:44

Lumi Luminati explain their virgins, they

51:47

are straight up virgins, and the Leafs are

51:49

going to take their V card and send

51:51

them Jesus. Yeah.

51:53

You know what? That's actually a good point, Jens. Yeah. Well,

51:56

we don't know if it wasn't great. That's

51:58

what the Carpenter made. Dildo

52:00

she so she could jam her

52:02

box. So let's fucking go

52:04

here. I got one for Illuminati

52:06

Yeah, just be buddy. If

52:08

you if you're any you talk

52:10

to any hockey player hockey

52:13

fan What is the number one

52:15

thing you do not do

52:17

before the Stanley Cup before before

52:19

winning a Stanley Cup? Talk

52:21

shit. Yeah, right. What? I

52:23

don't know touch. Yeah. How

52:26

did that get into your living room

52:28

Illuminati? I told you I traveled from the

52:30

future You

52:33

putting your dirty mitts on that I

52:35

lost Keith them this hold it above your

52:37

head and kiss it No, no, see

52:39

now that I know because it's an AI

52:41

V it's AI Listen,

52:44

you're a true fan. You wouldn't even have

52:46

it in your house If you haven't been

52:48

alive for one of those things you wouldn't even

52:50

have it in your house I believe the

52:52

rule is that you cannot lift it over

52:54

your head. I have not lifted it over

52:56

my head, okay? I know you're not alive,

52:58

too. I've you know bathed it fed it Serenated

53:01

it. know I've done some, you know interesting

53:03

things to it, but I've not lifted it

53:05

over my head So I've not broken any

53:07

of the of the hockey culture rules. I

53:09

don't believe Touching it is

53:11

the number one thing. You know, I took

53:13

it to Harold Ballard's grave Don't

53:16

know aggressive. No, I did. Yeah.

53:18

Yeah. Yeah to break the curse.

53:20

Yeah Let's let these guys talk

53:23

on behalf of Ottawa and and

53:25

and what they're gonna sell to

53:27

our fans about their belief in

53:29

them Upsetting the Toronto Maple Leafs

53:31

in the first round. Oh, yeah,

53:33

floor goes to you, mr. Whitney

53:35

Okay, my my worry about Ottawa

53:37

and I'm not worried about all

53:39

mark like forget the old playoff

53:41

numbers I maybe that's me being

53:44

ridiculous, but I'm not I am

53:46

worried a little bit about their

53:48

defense, right? Like Sanderson is incredible,

53:50

but overall Toronto has a bigger

53:52

tougher defense Okay, I get that

53:54

up front Matthews

53:56

is the best player in this

53:58

series Matthews and Nylander after fuck they

54:00

got more or two but I'm

54:02

talking stutzel and kachuk together on one

54:04

line with Jiru Dylan cousins has

54:07

been great over there with Peron who

54:09

you want to talk about a

54:11

guy who can really calm down the

54:13

nerves of a bunch of kids

54:15

who've never been in the Stanley Cup

54:17

playoffs that's David Peron Batherson

54:19

on that wing then you

54:21

got this third line of the

54:23

Pinto Parley Amadio Stanley Cup

54:25

champ and Ridley Greg who I

54:27

do know has gotten under

54:29

the skin of the Toronto Maple

54:31

Leafs prior before with one

54:33

of the greatest empty netter goals

54:35

I've ever seen okay so

54:37

I think that upfront yes you

54:39

guys have more skill but

54:42

I think with kachuk and then

54:44

psychopath cousins on the fourth

54:46

line and the cigarette machine Zetterland

54:48

I think overall Ottawa has forward

54:50

group and I think if they

54:52

do come out and they run around

54:54

and they steal game one or

54:56

two then we're looking at a possible

54:59

long series a hundred percent Toronto

55:01

is favored in this series a hundred

55:03

percent they should win this series

55:05

but I do not think it's gonna

55:07

be as simple as you two

55:09

dumb dumb think because Illuminati you just

55:11

said they 100 % will win like

55:13

there's no doubt in your mind

55:15

should win should win 100 % should

55:17

win so there is five games there

55:19

is five games all right how

55:22

many games Illuminati you have them so

55:24

you made some good points okay

55:26

I think Maddy Nye's can neutralize kachuk

55:28

okay I would argue that Tavares

55:30

is maybe better than playing better than

55:32

kachuk right now and more effective

55:34

than Stutzel so maybe they have the

55:36

top four players in this in

55:38

this series I don't know it's it's

55:40

an interesting argument I'm I'm going

55:42

with biz with five surprise surprise leaves

55:45

in five but I also look

55:47

at this symbolically a little bit so

55:49

the Leafs I've played the sense

55:51

four times in the playoffs okay in

55:53

the early 2000s and by the

55:55

way you know the real Leaf fans

55:57

remember that it in the early

55:59

2000s The Senators the Senators beat up

56:01

the Leafs in the regular season Yeah,

56:04

I know I know I don't really

56:06

buy it though But but any of the

56:08

regular season stuff all the other they

56:10

didn't beat them this year this side none

56:12

of that matters because that was a

56:14

case as well last Year but or in

56:16

the early 2000s the Leafs beat the

56:19

Senators in seven They beat them in six

56:21

twice and they swept them once so

56:23

the only outcome They have not had is

56:25

winning in five so we're wrong with

56:27

five for the okay my final thing Easy

56:29

I have Toronto and six um my

56:31

final thing though If

56:33

if because I was told that Leafs

56:35

fans were buying up tickets in

56:37

Ottawa Then I've been DM'd by Ottawa

56:39

fans that that's not true if

56:41

it isn't true The the

56:43

advantage in Ottawa home ice is

56:45

way more than Toronto You guys

56:47

have both admitted that that crowd

56:49

is not great the Toronto crowd

56:51

is quiet Five home games in

56:54

this yeah, so do you think

56:56

that is true that they're buying

56:58

up all you think it's gonna

57:00

be most Five home games in

57:02

this series. I think about that

57:04

big big aggressive front -end of

57:06

the forward group buddy Toronto built

57:08

their back end for this shit.

57:10

They don't fuck around. They'll fight

57:13

if they have to I'd be

57:15

shocked if they even get to

57:17

the blue paint one time. I

57:19

stole ours is gonna see everything

57:21

The auto was not even gonna

57:23

get a fucking sniff. It's over.

57:25

I would fucking sign sealed and

57:27

delivering this fucking series It's over

57:30

and anything if somehow auto pulls

57:32

this off just to know that

57:34

just to call that right Happening,

57:36

I'll be watching that on Christmas morning as

57:39

the kids are open in presents my

57:41

game. Hey, let's let's hear what dumb

57:43

dumb Keith has to say about this series.

57:45

Keep calling me names. I

57:47

Just fucking did bitch. I know

57:49

where you're yeah, it's all aggressive

57:51

in the playoffs dude I know

57:54

where you're screaming. This is fucking

57:56

insane Get fucking brazen balls mouth.

57:58

There's really nothing nothing else that

58:00

you guys having said all great

58:02

points. I love Ottawa

58:04

in, you know, maybe the first 10

58:06

minutes of the game one. But

58:08

at the end of the day, I

58:11

think Toronto is going to make

58:13

light work of this series. And that's

58:15

why I'm saying stop fucking saying,

58:17

calling me names, because I'm on your

58:19

team right now. Okay, well, great.

58:21

that. I'm out. sorry. it back. Great.

58:23

But it's also one of these

58:25

things you two are going on like

58:27

it's you're beating the, you know,

58:30

88 Edmonton Oilers. Like it's you got

58:32

the Ottawa Senators here. We got

58:34

to pump it down. Stay focused on

58:36

what we need to do first

58:38

round, winning in four, not getting too

58:40

banged up and then worrying about

58:42

when the playoffs really start against the

58:44

Florida team. got sends podcasts sending

58:47

out pictures of the fucking Irish traveller

58:49

saying that's who they're starting first.

58:51

That was so funny though. was so

58:53

funny. Yeah. So I think we're

58:55

not the antagonizers here. Send Army came

58:57

after me online and I'm just

58:59

fucking I'm rebuttling. Wait, wait, wait, wait,

59:02

there's a sense on reset. I

59:04

think that overall sends fans like

59:06

could easily claim that they're more loyal

59:08

to their team than Leafs fans. Leafs

59:10

fans turn on guys quicker. They're quiet

59:12

in the arena. Now, fair enough, the

59:15

great fans can't afford the tickets

59:17

where you need to be down low

59:19

and loud. But my final thing on

59:21

this series and I I do not

59:23

want anything at all injury wise to

59:25

affect any guys. But Austin

59:27

Matthews was in Germany getting stem

59:29

cell shots this year. Like for you

59:31

guys to both tell me you're

59:34

not worried at all about his ingrate.

59:36

He's been great lately, but like

59:38

he's obviously been banged up. He's one

59:40

of the best players in the

59:42

world. You need him to stay healthy.

59:44

Need him to stay healthy. I

59:46

can peptide shoved up his hoop. He'll

59:49

be fucking buzzing out there. He's

59:51

like basically like getting full blown testosterone

59:53

in you. Whatever Dr. Van Nostrand

59:55

did to him in Germany, it worked.

1:00:00

We have, we have three other guys, you

1:00:02

know, Neil Nurmarner and Taveras that are playing

1:00:04

at the top of their game right now.

1:00:06

You know, you got Maddie Nye's finished with

1:00:08

20 angles. Hopefully it's 30 tonight. Bobby McBong

1:00:10

hits Bobby McMahon is a beautiful secondary piece.

1:00:12

Like those other guys that can pick up

1:00:14

Matthews and everyone's, you guys know this, you

1:00:16

all played like you guys are going to

1:00:18

get hurt right away in the first round.

1:00:20

So even if Matthews is coming in at

1:00:23

like 90%, okay, big deal. Cause after the

1:00:25

first round, there's going to be a lot

1:00:27

of other guys that aren't playing at a

1:00:29

hundred percent, right? So I like that point. I

1:00:32

like that point, right? Hockey Illuminati,

1:00:34

we thank you so much for joining

1:00:36

us. Thank you for traveling back

1:00:38

from the future. Congratulations on

1:00:40

the Stanley Cup victory. And

1:00:42

we'll also see you after the first round

1:00:44

victory against Ottawa. We'll call you back on

1:00:46

every series and it's going to be a

1:00:48

hell of a run. Tell everyone in Toronto,

1:00:50

I love them and give them my best.

1:00:53

It's our year. It is our fucking year.

1:00:55

We need you here in Toronto, buddy.

1:00:57

The Leaf Nation needs your presence. That's what

1:00:59

I will say. I will send everyone

1:01:01

an hour of your hoodie, okay? And

1:01:04

yes, even you Whit, Whit, I want

1:01:06

to see you wearing one now. Come

1:01:08

on now, buddy. needs one. Hey, if

1:01:10

you guys get, if you guys get

1:01:12

by the Florida team in the second

1:01:14

round, I'll wear that thing all Eastern

1:01:16

Conference finals. Wow. And as a consolation

1:01:18

prize to a Sen's Army, we did

1:01:20

talk to Jimmy Stue and we were

1:01:22

very cordial. We didn't bring up any

1:01:24

bullshit about the fact that we're going

1:01:26

to whack some of the first round.

1:01:28

We just asked them about his playing

1:01:30

career. So without further ado, Whit, should

1:01:32

we send it over to Jimmy Stutzel?

1:01:35

Yes, right now, Tim Stutzel. Thanks,

1:01:37

fellas. Enjoy. Bye, Illuminati. Thanks,

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it is Tim Sturzel. Thank you so

1:04:05

much for joining the show. What's up guys.

1:04:08

Thanks for having me. Oh buddy. It's

1:04:10

an honor for us. We love it. I

1:04:12

think we've talked to everyone in your

1:04:14

teammates over the years and just ask questions

1:04:16

about you. Now we get to meet

1:04:18

you yourself. I think I'll start it off

1:04:20

with your fourth season. How exciting is

1:04:22

it to be in like, you know, I'm

1:04:24

playing playoff hockey now. We're all going

1:04:26

to get a chance at the big dance.

1:04:28

So what's the vibe around the locker

1:04:30

room right now? Yeah, it's it's been

1:04:32

awesome. It's definitely the most fun I had.

1:04:34

Like you guys know, I think winning there's

1:04:36

nothing better than winning. And yeah, we've we're

1:04:39

fortunate enough to win a little bit more

1:04:41

than the years before. And

1:04:43

yeah, we're really excited to be in

1:04:45

the playoffs and obviously can't wait. And

1:04:47

I messed up is it's his fifth

1:04:49

year. fourth full season,

1:04:51

right? I believe your first season was

1:04:53

the was it the COVID year? Yeah.

1:04:56

Wow. So you had to hop into the

1:04:58

fire. No, no fans in the building. That

1:05:00

must have been weird for your first year.

1:05:02

No. Yeah, we couldn't. I was living

1:05:04

with Brady and Josh and we couldn't leave

1:05:06

the house. Like all we did was just

1:05:08

like chill at the house. We couldn't see

1:05:10

any people. It was just basically

1:05:12

asked to be the whole time and

1:05:14

we're watching poker the whole day here playing

1:05:16

video games. So it was a good

1:05:19

time, but we we couldn't do anything. So

1:05:21

there's kind of that. So you have

1:05:23

to defend yourself here because we caught word

1:05:25

that you're one of the messiest people

1:05:27

on earth. And maybe it was

1:05:29

just the COVID and the fact that

1:05:31

everybody was locked in their houses. But what

1:05:33

do you have to say for yourself

1:05:35

and the fact that you're the messiest hockey

1:05:37

player on the planet? I

1:05:40

don't know about messiest. I think I'm

1:05:42

I can be pretty messy. But

1:05:45

those two other guys were

1:05:47

much better than me. So no,

1:05:51

I mean, I think I got

1:05:53

better. I was pretty young coming

1:05:55

in. So I think I got way better now.

1:05:57

What do we call you because it seems like

1:05:59

you're one of those guys that has like six

1:06:01

or seven nicknames in the locker room. So what

1:06:03

did it start as? I believe Jimmy Stue was

1:06:05

one of the first ones. And what does it

1:06:08

progress to now? Like what do the guys call

1:06:10

you in the room? Yeah, they just

1:06:12

kind of choose and pick. It's

1:06:14

Timmy, Stewie, Juice,

1:06:17

whatever they want to call me,

1:06:19

guess. Clodgeroo

1:06:21

calls me Juice. So he's

1:06:24

the oldest guy. So he probably, yeah,

1:06:26

probably sticks around for him. That's

1:06:28

awesome. It seems like a great locker

1:06:30

room. And I know it was really

1:06:32

hard when the trade went down, right? Like Josh

1:06:34

and you guys, you're very close. Brady talked about

1:06:36

it. It's kind of probably maybe one of your

1:06:38

first examples of like a really close friend being

1:06:41

traded. I don't know if I'm wrong on that,

1:06:43

but take us through how it felt. And then

1:06:45

now you get Dylan Cousins there, who's looked great.

1:06:47

So it's just part of the business. I would

1:06:49

say, you know. Yeah, yeah, obviously

1:06:51

it was tough, like right from,

1:06:53

like right after it happened, it was

1:06:55

tough. I drove him to

1:06:57

the airport too. So it was pretty hard.

1:06:59

We packed all the shit with a bunch

1:07:01

of the guys who came over. And

1:07:04

but obviously, like we realized it's

1:07:06

part of the business and obviously

1:07:08

still in contact and wish him

1:07:10

all the best. And it's obviously

1:07:12

great having Kazi and Gilbert. And

1:07:15

they're two great guys. So they're

1:07:17

awesome playing cards together on the

1:07:19

plane as well with Kazi. And

1:07:21

he's a great guy. Adapted really

1:07:23

quick to the group. And we

1:07:25

were really fortunate to have him.

1:07:27

He's a great player. Yeah,

1:07:30

but in the end, it obviously sucked to

1:07:32

see your teammate go on the close friend.

1:07:36

But that's a team decision. We can't really

1:07:38

do anything about it. So we're really

1:07:40

happy to have Kazi in the hopes. Jimmy,

1:07:42

Stu, is this the first season where

1:07:44

you feel like you're you kind of like

1:07:46

get the league and your consistency is

1:07:48

there where you finally feel maybe like a

1:07:51

veteran, obviously leading the team and scoring.

1:07:53

But this has been a massive season for

1:07:55

your whole team. And I feel like

1:07:57

everybody's kind of finally taken that. next step,

1:07:59

right? It's been all these years of,

1:08:01

yeah, this is going to be the year,

1:08:03

this is going to be the year,

1:08:05

but it finally feels like your game has

1:08:07

reached where it needs to be along

1:08:09

with everybody else. Yeah, I think we really

1:08:11

committed to playing way better defensively. Nobody

1:08:14

really cares who gets a point, who doesn't.

1:08:16

All we care is about winning. And I think

1:08:18

that was the biggest step for our group. When

1:08:21

you're young, you're going to get

1:08:23

your points, you want to get

1:08:25

goals. I think that's normal. Everybody still

1:08:27

looks at that, but our

1:08:29

main focus was winning games. I think

1:08:31

it really helped us a lot. Everybody's

1:08:33

committing to playing defense. Everybody's coming back

1:08:35

hard. And I think that's a big

1:08:37

part. Was that Travis Green's main message

1:08:39

when he came in and camp? Like,

1:08:41

we have so much firepower in here.

1:08:43

I'm not worried about the goals. It's

1:08:45

just keeping it out of our net.

1:08:47

Yeah, I think he's really good at

1:08:49

giving guys confidence too. Not

1:08:51

just offensive, but

1:08:54

also defensively. I

1:08:56

think he's really good at that. Knowing

1:08:58

what to do in the D -zone is really

1:09:00

structured. And I think that helped us a lot.

1:09:03

And yeah, he doesn't want to take away a

1:09:05

whole lot of offense. Just managing the

1:09:07

game, I think that's the biggest part when you're

1:09:09

up a goal. Maybe you don't try

1:09:11

to go to three guys and try to

1:09:14

get another one. like, Jimmy Stoo, Jimmy Stoo,

1:09:16

are you listening? Yeah, try

1:09:18

and get another one. So I think

1:09:20

that's the biggest part. I think

1:09:22

we've really bought into that. How does

1:09:24

that happen in training camp as

1:09:26

soon as he gets there? Is he

1:09:28

showing you guys video and examples

1:09:30

of maybe in the past where you

1:09:32

guys have taken those risks offensively

1:09:34

when you do have the lead or

1:09:36

maybe when you're in poor position? What

1:09:39

was it mainly that the way

1:09:41

that DJ Smith maybe wasn't able to

1:09:43

get through the group? And

1:09:45

it's no knock on him. It's just

1:09:47

like, what tone was set in training

1:09:49

camp in order to get that established

1:09:51

throughout the lineup? No,

1:09:53

I think it's mostly on us, like

1:09:55

on the guys in the room, we're

1:09:57

sick of losing and we just wanted

1:09:59

to know what it to win and

1:10:01

I felt like if the whole team

1:10:03

bought in then we have a chance

1:10:05

to win every night and I think

1:10:07

that was just mainly the group obviously

1:10:10

DJ was a great coach I think

1:10:12

greener is a great coach as well

1:10:14

but I think it really clicked for

1:10:16

us as a group that we're sick

1:10:18

or losing and we kind of knew

1:10:20

what we had to do before it's

1:10:22

just we never really did it for

1:10:24

some reason and not everybody bought in

1:10:26

some days it wasn't me some days

1:10:28

it was me some days it was

1:10:30

other guys so we needed everybody to

1:10:32

buy in and I think that's that's

1:10:34

what we have this year and greener

1:10:36

met with a bunch of the guys

1:10:38

in the summer and just about expectations

1:10:40

and stuff and I think that was

1:10:42

good for the whole group as well

1:10:44

what to expect and yeah we had

1:10:46

a pretty hard training camp so we're

1:10:48

prepared for that I want to go

1:10:50

back to you growing up and you

1:10:52

getting in the game being from Germany

1:10:54

and there was always German players in

1:10:56

the NHL but now with yourself and

1:10:58

Leon and Cider like there's some true

1:11:00

like high -level elite talent coming from Germany

1:11:03

what was it like for you like

1:11:05

were you idolizing and dreaming of playing

1:11:07

in the NHL did you have guys

1:11:09

in the DEL that you kind of

1:11:11

idolized like take us through how you

1:11:13

got into the game and you're beginning

1:11:15

and come up yeah so my my

1:11:18

dad played hockey until he was like

1:11:20

18 and then he quit and I

1:11:22

started when I was like four and

1:11:24

we would always go watch the uh

1:11:26

it was early on it was the

1:11:28

under 19 in my hometown we would

1:11:30

go watch every weekend when there was

1:11:32

no games for me and watch every

1:11:34

weekend I wanted to play there so

1:11:36

bad like that was like that was

1:11:38

your dream yeah I want to play

1:11:40

there so bad and um my one

1:11:43

of my best friends going up his

1:11:45

dad played in the DEL and so

1:11:47

we are always hanging out together we

1:11:49

on one team and then I got

1:11:51

to watch like more DEL games because

1:11:53

of him we were always there together

1:11:55

and that kind of became my dream

1:11:57

but the first dream was just playing

1:11:59

under 19 for my hometown team and

1:12:01

um yeah Yeah. I mean, my dad

1:12:03

went to every single game we could

1:12:06

and yeah, I just from that on

1:12:08

I love hockey so much. So then

1:12:10

I went to Mannheim, I kind of

1:12:12

saw a chance that I can make

1:12:14

it to the end show. I saw

1:12:16

that G mentioned it before you hopped

1:12:18

on that you went to Mannheim, but

1:12:20

there was actually conversations of you going

1:12:22

playing NCAA where you had committed to

1:12:24

New Hampshire. Yeah. Yeah. I

1:12:32

mean, you're still confused by the

1:12:34

decision it seems. Yeah. I

1:12:36

think it was it was more my

1:12:38

parents who wanted me to do school. I

1:12:40

think that was the biggest part because

1:12:42

they're always saying you never know what's going

1:12:44

to happen with injuries and stuff. And

1:12:46

yeah, but I kind of believed in

1:12:48

myself that I can play pro and German.

1:12:51

You wanted to make some money too.

1:12:53

And yeah, it was it was great. It's

1:12:55

the right decision. And I think I

1:12:57

learned a lot from the guys there

1:12:59

I play with going back to your childhood.

1:13:01

My understanding is you started on the

1:13:03

skates at three years old. Is

1:13:05

that true? Yeah, like three half

1:13:07

four. Yeah. That's wild. And I

1:13:10

think that for most people who watch

1:13:12

you play would say you're one of

1:13:14

the best skaters in the league, like

1:13:16

the way that you're able to move

1:13:18

out there. Were you like going into

1:13:20

specific like power skating lessons? Like what

1:13:22

was it about your training that was

1:13:24

that you were able to become such

1:13:26

a great skater? think, yeah, I to

1:13:28

be honest, like I didn't like in

1:13:30

the summer, like I never had like

1:13:32

a personal coach or anything. I just

1:13:34

did a lot of other sports, played

1:13:36

lots of soccer. And I

1:13:38

remember my first coach, he was

1:13:40

really, really good about skating like

1:13:42

we would skate a lot, like

1:13:45

not a lot of pucks. And

1:13:47

yeah, he was really good about

1:13:49

that. But I never had like

1:13:51

a power skating coach or anything.

1:13:54

I think it's more just loving the

1:13:56

game to and just do another

1:13:58

sport. It's really important and that was

1:14:00

for me, I think I'm pretty

1:14:03

athletic so that helped my skating I

1:14:05

think a lot. And when I

1:14:07

was just going to quickly ask, it

1:14:09

says you're from, is it

1:14:11

Wirsten? Is that how you pronounce it?

1:14:13

Yeah. Yeah. What was your town

1:14:15

like where you grew up? Was it

1:14:17

a big population? Was it

1:14:19

more of a smaller community? Yeah,

1:14:22

really small town, like really,

1:14:24

really small town in Germany.

1:14:27

Maybe like 10 ,000 people, so yeah

1:14:29

so really small and but that's

1:14:31

like that's where I grew up

1:14:33

but in fears and that's where

1:14:35

I got born in the hospital

1:14:37

but where I grew up is

1:14:40

like a really small town and

1:14:42

there was one soccer field and

1:14:44

they actually built a brand new

1:14:46

there too so it was awesome

1:14:48

when I was playing there and

1:14:50

the ring where I played them

1:14:53

was like in a bigger city

1:14:55

was like 20 minutes away. And

1:14:58

wait, I just got one more phone call.

1:15:00

go ahead. Given your athleticism, I know, yeah, I'm

1:15:02

just hogging it over here trying to get

1:15:04

your head a nice fan. Given

1:15:06

the fact that you're so big and

1:15:08

athletic, was there pressure for you to

1:15:10

maybe go the soccer route given it's

1:15:13

probably, I mean it seems like soccer

1:15:15

is the national sport there and that's

1:15:17

what everyone wants to play, right? Was

1:15:19

there pressure dragging you over to that

1:15:21

or were you laser focused on hockey

1:15:23

when the season started? Yeah,

1:15:25

and I was so confused like

1:15:27

what to do because I was

1:15:29

actually better in soccer than I

1:15:32

was at hockey so I was

1:15:34

really confused like I didn't really

1:15:36

know what to do but I

1:15:38

decided to go on the hockey

1:15:40

way because mostly my best friend

1:15:42

was playing hockey too so yeah

1:15:44

that's probably the biggest reason why

1:15:46

I went playing hockey. You could

1:15:48

be the first Bo Jackson from

1:15:50

like the hockey world, they went

1:15:52

like imagine he was playing soccer

1:15:54

and in the NHL? Well with

1:15:56

the way some people have claimed

1:15:58

that Jimmy Stewart dives he would

1:16:00

fit in. How about that, Jimmy?

1:16:02

You had some guys, Brendan Gallagher

1:16:04

came out. I mean, were

1:16:07

teammates giving you a hard time? What

1:16:09

did you think about the diving accusations? Yeah,

1:16:12

I don't really care. I

1:16:14

was always a guy who moved

1:16:16

my feet pretty quick and I think

1:16:18

that's the biggest part. I'm not trying

1:16:21

to dive or do anything or get

1:16:23

a penalty for something. I'm just trying

1:16:25

to play my game and my game

1:16:27

is trying to be good on my

1:16:29

edges and play fast. Yeah,

1:16:32

I think it's mostly

1:16:34

fans who don't like

1:16:36

seeing us win and

1:16:38

mostly fans from other

1:16:40

teams. I'll say, though, he's

1:16:43

got Sen's Army behind him. So anybody saying

1:16:45

it is probably going to get death threats. They

1:16:47

might even show up. How hardcore

1:16:49

is Sen's Army? I got people

1:16:52

DMing me on Twitter death threats because I've

1:16:54

been coming at the Sen's saying that the

1:16:56

Leafs are going to beat him in five

1:16:58

or six. Yeah, they're awesome. I think especially

1:17:00

this year, yeah, the

1:17:02

support has been unreal and we just wanted

1:17:05

to give them something back. But

1:17:07

also the years before that, when

1:17:09

we were terrible, they still

1:17:11

supported us. We're going for walks.

1:17:13

They still said we're playing great. Yeah,

1:17:16

but the support is awesome and I think it

1:17:18

helps us a lot as a group as well.

1:17:20

And when the rink is packed, you guys know

1:17:22

how far it up you get for that. Oh,

1:17:24

that rink is something else. I'll get into that

1:17:27

in a minute, but I kind of wanted to

1:17:29

go back to growing up in Germany. I'm

1:17:32

guessing, as Biz mentioned, you know,

1:17:34

most kids that are athletes, they grow

1:17:36

up, they dream of playing in

1:17:38

like the Boondis League or whatever. But

1:17:40

do you think it's starting to

1:17:43

switch a little bit like have you

1:17:45

seen hockey growing based on you

1:17:47

and Leon and Cider and a lot

1:17:49

more kids maybe now dreaming of

1:17:51

the NHL as opposed to pro soccer?

1:17:53

Yeah, I mean, soccer is probably

1:17:55

always going to be the number one

1:17:58

sport there because it's just so

1:18:00

big over there and everybody who goes

1:18:02

up, watches soccer and it's like

1:18:04

their number one. board and but I

1:18:06

think mostly kids are realizing that

1:18:08

it's also great playing hockey and it's

1:18:10

also playing hockey in Germany they

1:18:13

have a great league there and great

1:18:15

fans yeah great fans it's awesome

1:18:17

to play in front of the fans

1:18:19

there and and yeah I think

1:18:21

the rings are packed all the time

1:18:23

as well and where I live

1:18:25

in the summer it's like a hockey

1:18:28

town and they're unreal like youth

1:18:30

program and so yeah hopefully it's kind

1:18:32

of changing a little bit but

1:18:34

I think soccer is still forever we're

1:18:36

going to be number one so

1:18:38

when you know most call most Americans

1:18:40

are playing junior and Canadians their

1:18:43

draft year you were able to play

1:18:45

in the DEL for Mannheim which

1:18:47

is a pretty storied franchise over there

1:18:49

I feel like Swedish kids could

1:18:51

play in the SHL if they're high

1:18:53

-level players their draft year did you

1:18:55

think that you'd maybe be going

1:18:58

back after the draft like did you

1:19:00

imagine you'd be going right to

1:19:02

the NHL did you even think during

1:19:04

that season wow I'm playing well

1:19:06

enough I think I could make the

1:19:08

step up to the National Hockey

1:19:11

League next year yeah I think yeah

1:19:13

it was pretty funny I mean

1:19:15

pretty funny now but I was I

1:19:17

went I was heard right before

1:19:19

the world juniors and kind of rushed

1:19:21

to get back to play with

1:19:23

juniors because I wanted to play it

1:19:26

so bad and then I was

1:19:28

always like in contact with then we

1:19:30

got that whacked 17 -2 by Canada

1:19:32

and then I I signed my

1:19:34

deal like the next day so yeah

1:19:36

it's kind of weird like we

1:19:38

just got absolutely slapped and then I

1:19:41

signed my deal the next day

1:19:43

so yeah it was it was kind

1:19:45

of weird but that was kind

1:19:47

of when they told me you're coming

1:19:49

over right after our juniors and

1:19:51

you're gonna get some games and yeah

1:19:53

just see where it goes nice

1:19:56

yeah that's pretty cool and then Alex

1:19:58

Trebek I call you because it

1:20:00

was like a remote draft at the

1:20:02

time. Yeah, he didn't call me,

1:20:04

but he did like the kind of

1:20:06

trivia thing where he picked me.

1:20:08

He was the guy who made the

1:20:11

pick. Did you know who that was?

1:20:14

No, I'm on. I'm not, I didn't, but

1:20:16

my teammates knew like all my teammates

1:20:18

are there, a bunch of Canadian guys too.

1:20:20

So, um, they knew. That's awesome.

1:20:23

Demi, didn't Demodov get called by

1:20:25

Celine Dion? That's fucking badass too. I

1:20:27

think that that was one of the ones that was,

1:20:29

uh, I believe it was at the, um, with

1:20:32

the sphere. Yeah. But, uh, I was

1:20:34

going to go back to Germany. We're like,

1:20:36

who are the guys that you were

1:20:38

playing with or that were around? Or maybe

1:20:40

it was Leon Dryside, I'll give him

1:20:43

the fact he's a few years older that

1:20:45

you were like looking up to and,

1:20:47

and, and trying to emulate your game after

1:20:49

like, were there any guys that like

1:20:51

really like took you under their wing to

1:20:53

help you and, and advance your skills

1:20:55

and, and your, your career? Yeah. I think

1:20:57

everywhere I played, I always play with

1:21:00

like older guys. Um, so everywhere I played,

1:21:02

there were always a bunch of guys

1:21:04

who kind of took me under their wing

1:21:06

and, um, try to help me out.

1:21:08

mean, I was 14, like practicing with like

1:21:10

20 year olds. So was like, it

1:21:12

was pretty, like, it was pretty crazy age

1:21:14

difference. And then, uh, when I went

1:21:17

to Mannheim, had like Marcel Gorge, uh, Oh

1:21:19

yeah, Ben Smith, um, told

1:21:21

me he would tell, there were a bunch

1:21:23

of guys, Plachta, he still plays in Mannheim. Um,

1:21:26

yeah, who took care of me playing there.

1:21:28

And, uh, it was awesome. What,

1:21:30

how did that season go? Did, were you

1:21:32

guys able to make a little run

1:21:34

in the playoffs or was it, was it

1:21:36

a quick exit? Yeah. We finished, uh,

1:21:38

finished the season, uh, re, uh, second, uh,

1:21:40

the regular season and then, um, playoffs

1:21:43

got canceled because of COVID. So,

1:21:45

oh, fuck that was that year. was,

1:21:47

yeah. So now is, is the

1:21:49

DEL for people who don't know it's,

1:21:51

I, I would say a little

1:21:53

more closer to North America style because

1:21:55

you're allowed so many imports, like

1:21:57

was fighting allowed in the D. It's

1:21:59

still a game misconduct. Like what do

1:22:01

you remember about your your one season

1:22:04

over heard the referees were shit in

1:22:06

that league I'm

1:22:08

serious. I'm not even fucking around either.

1:22:11

No, I mean, yeah, it's

1:22:13

it's the the reffing

1:22:15

is Definitely a little

1:22:17

different than over here Little

1:22:19

softer, maybe I would

1:22:21

say But I think the

1:22:23

leak is really good. I think it's

1:22:25

a really good leak. There's a bunch

1:22:27

of players who play it high Played

1:22:30

NHL got drafted high in

1:22:32

the NHL. So a lot of

1:22:34

talented players and Yeah,

1:22:36

I think it's a pretty good leak and I think

1:22:38

it's just getting better too. There's a bunch of Younger

1:22:41

German guys coming up. We're

1:22:43

awesome. So It's gonna

1:22:45

be great. So as we watch the

1:22:47

four nations, right? We talked about, you

1:22:49

know, all the countries that didn't get

1:22:51

to participate that would be in the

1:22:54

Olympics Germany being one of them like

1:22:56

do you guys have to do any

1:22:58

like pre -tournament things? Like sometimes they have

1:23:00

like the qualifiers to the main Olympics

1:23:02

for the national teams Like or are

1:23:04

you guys already set and ready for

1:23:06

next year in Italy? No, we already

1:23:08

in. Yeah. Nice. You're ready in so

1:23:10

Yeah, that's be exciting Yeah, it's unreal

1:23:12

the the coaches and the other coach

1:23:15

and the manager Just came

1:23:17

and saw me and mole play

1:23:19

to auto us or went for dinner.

1:23:21

So it's awesome Who would be

1:23:23

considered the Wayne Gretzky of German hockey?

1:23:25

Like who's the the top dog? Probably

1:23:30

Yeah, I'm probably dry Zyle He's

1:23:32

got he's gotten there that quick game.

1:23:34

mean scores 50 every

1:23:37

every year. So I Guess

1:23:39

that'll do it. Hey, I know you're

1:23:41

young, but have you like What

1:23:43

are the biggest cultural differences

1:23:46

between Germany and Canada like

1:23:48

our Germans like very Intense

1:23:50

and stiff or are they like silly

1:23:52

and do they joke around a lot?

1:23:54

Like what do you what did you

1:23:56

find the biggest difference between Canadians and

1:23:58

Germans? Yeah, I think Canadians are way

1:24:00

nicer. Germans

1:24:04

get that scowl on their face sometimes.

1:24:06

Yeah, you see, like, dry -sided on every

1:24:08

shift, I'd be like, I'd be fucking scared

1:24:10

of the guy. Yeah, they can be

1:24:12

like pretty, pretty hard. So, yeah,

1:24:15

they're pretty straightforward with what

1:24:17

they say. They always say

1:24:19

it how they think, and I think

1:24:21

Canadian are a little bit nicer. And

1:24:24

yeah, just trying to make you

1:24:26

more comfortable, you know? Did you find

1:24:28

that Canadians were almost fucking with

1:24:30

you because they were so nice? Like,

1:24:32

almost like they were like... Some

1:24:35

people think when I'm being nice to them,

1:24:37

especially in the States, they're like, are you

1:24:39

fucking with me? And I'm like, no, no,

1:24:42

I'm being dead serious. So, did you get

1:24:44

that at first where you weren't sure what

1:24:46

their angle was? Or were you just aware

1:24:48

that they were that nice off the hop?

1:24:50

No, I think when you think they're overly

1:24:52

nice with a bunch of people in the

1:24:54

US, like when you walk in a store,

1:24:56

for example, and they say like, oh, you

1:24:58

look so good, like you think, what's going

1:25:00

on? You don't have to

1:25:02

say that. Well, I don't think many

1:25:04

people are saying that to us. You're just the

1:25:06

stallion. No, but you

1:25:08

know what I mean. You know what mean.

1:25:10

So, no, I think in Canada, the

1:25:13

people are just super nice. And

1:25:15

yeah, they just treat everybody

1:25:17

with respect. So, it's pretty awesome.

1:25:20

So, because you're German, does that mean you

1:25:22

can gas beers? Like, can

1:25:24

you just, can you throw them back? I

1:25:27

mean, I like beers, yeah. I

1:25:32

would say my dad can probably throw

1:25:34

them by more than me, yeah. Do

1:25:37

your parents come over and visit a lot? Like, are they

1:25:39

able to come to a bunch of games? Yeah,

1:25:41

my dad is here right now. So, we

1:25:43

had like a dad's trip. So, he's here right

1:25:45

now. And yeah,

1:25:47

my mom maybe wants to come

1:25:50

over pretty soon too. But

1:25:52

yeah, it's good to have him here

1:25:54

right now. He loves watching hockey as well.

1:25:56

So, he enjoys the games. Is that

1:25:58

your house right there? Where you're at you

1:26:00

in your office. Oh, Jimmy stew.

1:26:02

Jesus. You look like you're a

1:26:04

fucking bond villain in that mansion Those

1:26:07

are some high -out. How tall are

1:26:09

those ceilings? I

1:26:12

Don't even know that's gotta be

1:26:14

about 18. Did you build it? Did

1:26:16

you build the house or was

1:26:18

it already built? No, it said it's

1:26:20

chickens house. Oh Bands

1:26:23

make them dance Yeah,

1:26:25

it's chickies house Does

1:26:27

that just play on the loudspeaker

1:26:29

every morning bands make them day Bands

1:26:32

how about how cool has it been

1:26:34

seeing that guy do what he's done this

1:26:36

year? I mean you got to play

1:26:38

with him last year Unfortunate it didn't work

1:26:41

out, but holy shit, dude not only

1:26:43

20 rips, but that big ticket eight times

1:26:45

nine. Oh, yeah He's he's awesome. He's

1:26:47

just he's a great guy obviously

1:26:49

a great player and Yeah, we

1:26:51

got along really well, so I'm

1:26:53

really happy for him and Yeah,

1:26:56

he's he's different with a

1:26:58

bunch of shit, but he's

1:27:00

great like he does dedication

1:27:02

to being prepared It's really

1:27:04

impressive He kind of

1:27:06

does whatever it takes. So it's pretty

1:27:08

awesome deserves Does he have like

1:27:10

a meat locker there like a slaughterhouse

1:27:12

where he like he gets his

1:27:14

own raw beef? No, there's no slaughterhouse.

1:27:16

No, there's just four gyms in

1:27:18

the house. It's like dude I think

1:27:20

you only needed one checkie There's

1:27:23

actually no gym He didn't put a

1:27:25

gym and buddy had like a treatment room

1:27:27

there. So we interviewed Dylan Strom last

1:27:29

week We're talking about the OV gold chase

1:27:31

and and I mentioned how he's one

1:27:33

of the best contracts in the league And

1:27:35

you signed your ticket eight point three

1:27:38

times eight years and now it's like, oh

1:27:40

my god with the cap going up

1:27:42

Ottawa Ottawa got a nice deal for you

1:27:44

like when you were signing that we

1:27:46

were thinking about a five -year deal was

1:27:48

the whole Time you're you and your agent

1:27:50

wanted a long term eight year. How

1:27:52

did the contract negotiation go? Yeah,

1:27:54

it was Actually

1:27:56

really easy and all I

1:27:59

wanted was eight

1:28:01

times eight. That's

1:28:03

how I wanted him. My agent said,

1:28:05

no, you're not signing that. And then

1:28:07

he kind of called me after like

1:28:09

10 days. He's like, that's where we

1:28:11

are. I told him, yeah, that's where

1:28:13

I want to sign. Like that's all

1:28:15

I want. And yeah, he

1:28:17

kind of pushed it up a little higher.

1:28:19

And yeah, so it was really easy.

1:28:21

took like 12 days maybe. And that was

1:28:23

in the golf course he called me

1:28:25

and he said, all done. So yeah, it

1:28:28

was really easy. That's good. And

1:28:30

were you going on eight times eight based

1:28:32

on like seeing some, what other guys had signed

1:28:34

for and seeing your numbers? You're like, I

1:28:36

think that's what I'm worth. And that's what I

1:28:38

want. Like based on some other guys, some

1:28:40

cons. Yeah. Yeah. And I

1:28:42

signed to you early too. So yeah,

1:28:44

I kind of saw myself being better

1:28:46

next year. And yeah, I saw what

1:28:48

some other guys signed for. So yeah,

1:28:50

that was, that was my number. And

1:28:52

I wanted to get it done as

1:28:54

soon as possible. So

1:28:56

yeah, it was great. Now, do

1:28:58

you think like you got three straight

1:29:00

years with over 50 assists? You

1:29:03

know, one of those years you had

1:29:05

39 goals. Like would you consider yourself

1:29:07

more of a playmaker? Obviously you could

1:29:09

score too, but it's playmaking more your

1:29:11

game, you think? Yeah, I

1:29:13

don't know if I, if I can

1:29:15

still score. I haven't scored in a

1:29:17

while, but you're saving them for playoffs,

1:29:19

but yeah, but No, he's not. No,

1:29:23

he's not. No, playing

1:29:26

the Leafs, Bizz will be rooting for

1:29:28

you. Yeah, I always was more of a

1:29:30

playmaker, I'd say, but I kind of,

1:29:32

the last games that I think I got

1:29:34

to pick and choose a little bit

1:29:36

better when to shoot and when to pass.

1:29:38

And yeah, I'm trying to figure it

1:29:41

out right now. So going back

1:29:43

to the sends, take us

1:29:45

inside the room a little bit for

1:29:47

any sends army fans listening like, who's

1:29:49

the biggest clown in the room? it

1:29:51

Brady? it like, is it who's

1:29:53

the guy that's really keeping the team loose?

1:29:55

Or is there more than one guy

1:29:57

like that? I think we have a bunch

1:29:59

of guys who are clowns. Love that

1:30:01

but The biggest one which

1:30:03

you never can take serious is

1:30:05

probably tonus robot. Really really yeah,

1:30:07

yeah You can never take him

1:30:10

serious. You don't know what mood

1:30:12

you're getting So

1:30:14

no, he's he's a great

1:30:16

guy Always gets

1:30:18

a laugh from the boys and yeah,

1:30:20

he's pretty funny So what do you

1:30:22

mean like some days? He might show

1:30:24

up a little bit cranky and like

1:30:27

but he's wearing his heart on his

1:30:29

sleeve So like everybody's like, oh leave

1:30:31

him alone. He's cranky today. Yeah. No,

1:30:33

that's G. That's G. Oh, the old

1:30:35

grumpy guy Yeah, yeah, well, he's gotten

1:30:37

too fucking car stole and I'd be

1:30:40

pissed off all year, too No,

1:30:42

it's G when he comes to the

1:30:44

rink he's You can tell

1:30:46

he didn't get enough sleep or he's

1:30:48

just a little grumpy something didn't go

1:30:50

out at home and So

1:30:53

we just let him hear about it

1:30:55

too Really know about it right away.

1:30:57

then he always says every morning. He's

1:30:59

the happiest guy in here But

1:31:01

I don't know. I don't know if that's

1:31:03

always true But yeah,

1:31:05

he's probably the guy who gets chirped

1:31:07

the most For

1:31:10

being a Hall of Famer, it's

1:31:12

probably like insane and he always

1:31:14

got yeah, he says it's because

1:31:16

he can take it but Yeah,

1:31:20

I can't wait till the end of the

1:31:22

year We're Brady and the boys let him

1:31:24