December 25, 2025 • 45 mins
Merry Christmas, everyone! Jason Demers is back in his hometown of Montreal to talk to Adnan Virk about their love for Gritty, the Maple Leaf drama and a couple of interesting trades. The guys then play Secret Santa, handing out some special gifts for 2026 to folks across the hockey universe. After JD makes a bold prediction about the Sabres, the guys then wrap up their second-last episode of 2025 with a review of Marty Supreme and a tribute to Sid the Kid.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
NHL Unscripted is a production of the NHL and iHeart
podcasts Coming Up NHL Unscripted a special Christmas edition Citophil
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at sixty on Marty Supreme, Timmy Shallomy's new movie opening
on Christmas Day, plus the Kid becomes a man giving
him some love to Sid Crosby A part No Stra Demurz,
part Secret Santa, and what's Kraka lacin as you focus
on the Seattle Kracken as we are here on Christmas Eve, Jad,
Good to see your buddy back here in Montreal. How
are winter travels coming along? I'm sure he excited for Christmas?
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Yeah? I mean I was just in St. Pete, Florida,
So I went from New York to Saint Pete. My
wife does a very Broadway Christmas a show that is
put on by two of her friends. So they sing
all the holiday classics and it's a very intimate experience,
very nice. They did it in Saint Pete and Sarasota
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sold out. Barn I was sitting right next to the
tap dancing group from Sarasota. They were all in their
eighties and there was a tap number in the show.
So there are a couple octagenarians just lauding the tap
dancing number that was going on and that we witnessed.
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So it was a lot of fun. And then they're like,
who's your wife, you know, Sarah Sota. They all have
a little so I was, you know, saying, this is
my wife singing, and she sings about four numbers, and
every time I say, they're like, oh, she's so great,
she's so great, she's so powerful. And I was like, oh,
thank you very much. I really appreciate it, thank you,
and and so it was good times. So then I
flew it into Montreal and and last night I landed
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at five and my brother's like, you're coming to skate
with my daughter? So I went and skated with my niece,
my nine year old niece, and it was a lot
of fun. My brother, I had no hockey equipment. What's whoever?
Socially say what was?
Speaker 1 (02:05):
What was the impetus that he wanted to get the
skating right away? Was she'd taken less.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Well the practice at six, so it was like their
practice was at six. So he's like, you're coming out
and I'm like, all right, sure, yeah, I'd love to.
And it's so funny because I didn't bring anything. So
he's like dressed. I mean, he's got like old he
used to play hockey and and played, you know, he
played like semi pro and some pro stuff like on
the lower on the lower tiers. But yeah, he like
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brings out these skates, these absolute fucking relics that I
don't even know. I was like, I told him, I'm like,
I don't think I can skate these today, Like they're
like two sizes is too small. I felt like Paul
Coffee I was wearing. He gave me some stick from
the seventies. So I'm like, this is insanity. But you know,
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for all the fans out there, I can I in
the terms of what was that movie wedding Crashers chat
not chas Michael Michaels. But you know I played, I
can make it rain out here. Just just give me
the rock and I can make it rain. So I
made to rain. Had two goals against a bunch of
nine year olds.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
There you go like you feel good about yourself.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Yeah it was plus three. My niece whacked me, gave
me a nice two hand right on the wrist. She's feisty.
Oh she got all fire it up. And then they
all chirped my autograph because they asked me for autographs,
So this said, my autographs too, scrabbly wabbly.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Come on, you can understand the jam. As long as
there's a big Jane of big d you're fine. It's
funny about skates. Blake Bolden was with me in Philadelphia
at the Amazon Prime game, and we're going to Winnipeg
next week. She's on the road a bunch doing PWHL games.
So she goes, you know, apparently I might do a
morning skates sit down with Josh Morrison. I'm like, great,
She's the only problem is all of my skates. I'm
like yeah, I'm like that's a dicey proposition. Ready, hockey
put I just go skates out of the bag, no edgework,
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no sharpening. I'm like, yeah, that could be brutal. You
know that first hand. People people who don't know hockey,
just I just put the skates. I'm like, no, it
does worn't that way. It's not like a boy the
new pair of shoes.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Right. Oh. You realize how coddled you are in the NHL,
with like all the best tech and everything, and then
you go out and you're playing with the you know,
beer Ley guys, and you're having to fend for yourself
and you're like, oh wow, these guys are actually pretty
good that they can play with this stuff and skate
in these skates. And I'm like, this is this is
so painful. My toes are killing me this morning just
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from being in those fricking bricks. But it was fun.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Two size is a small tell me to get out
of the ice. Had a great time. Man, brought my
kids to Philadelphia. The we're excited to go see Flyers Canucks.
The Canucks have been on a roll, as you talked
about four straight wins, but Philly stopped him. Quiet came
the first two periods. Demco is excellent, but Philly erupted
there in the third. We went at five to two.
But the whole cause, of course, is gritty. I'm like,
there's there's more excitement or gritty than any other mascot
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in hockey. And so when we were talking to Flyers,
pr like here, you want to get on this, I'm like,
we just have to get gritty. Like you know, we
get ask for Paul Holgrin or Pobby Clark, but we
really just want gritty. So he was great. He pops
up prongs at the story he was talking about wearing
Cooper rolls back in the day. I'm like, wait a second.
He's like yeah, because I had them in Dryden, Ontario
growing up, like the long pant Cooper roles. I'm like yeah,
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and Gritty just pops up. He gets all stilly and
goofy and stuff. Got a gritty calendar. But like, my
kids were so fired up and they're asking me like
what's Like, what's the genesis of gritty? Like what is gritty?
I'm like, he's been around for I think ten years.
I'm like they wanted something tough, so that's what they
call him gritties again, but he's not tough, Like, well,
he's a mascot. He don't want to be scary, but
it like, what actually is gritty? Like, I have no idea,
but I can't think with other mascots, Jada. If you
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just think of like in different sports like Philadelphia, you
know the Philly fanatic in baseball football, you just think
a cheerleaders don't get mascots, but you pe in the
Expos you piece a great one. Yeah, you piece a
great one. Like baseball, they've got their maskot, but in hockey.
Like if you said to me the Lightning mascot, I'm like, yeah,
I can picture that fur ay thing. But like Gritty,
amazing how he's taken on a life of its own.
Tal What do you think about Gritty?
Speaker 3 (05:46):
I you know, first off, I'm very pro mascot. I
have to say, I love mascots. I'm a big fan
of him. Yeah, And as much as it pains me
to say anything positive about a team from Philadelphia, sorry,
they knocked it out of the park with Gritty. I'm
Gritty's great. I from the moment he came in, and
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you know what the key is. He looks great, the
design is great. Whoever's underneath the big floppy head does
a great job. Yes, he's got a little bit of
Philly dirt bag.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
In him, you know, and it works.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
And I'm like, the single most endearing thing the Philly
sports universe has done for I think, you know, most
of the sports world that maybe doesn't like philidelp Philly
fans as much.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
It's Gritty.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
Gritty.
Speaker 4 (06:32):
Gritty's a big hit with me for sure.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
That's a great point. Even people who hate the Flyers
or hate Philly fans because as you said, what their
images are personing on God Gritty is awesome. He's a great,
great mascot. Go ahead, Jadieu.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
No what I was saying before, and I'm working with
some tough internet connection today. But uh no, I saw
you took a picture with my You had your kids
take a picture with my sworn enemy and he had
a picture with Rick Tockett, And yes, I fucking I
almost fell out of my chair. I sworn at it
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my enemy. The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
The time. And we've talked about Rick talk as a coach.
You're like, listen, I'm just saying, look at the one
lost record, Like this guy gets these big lavish contracts,
Like what has he done?
Speaker 2 (07:20):
Yeah, well, no, listen, it's uh he's a nice guy.
I'm sure your kids loved him. He's a nice guy
and very personable. I have my own personal stuff. I
just thought it was a funny little quip for the show,
me being like this motherfucker, how was going? Sure talking,
how's gonna DM? You'd be like you would Judas judases.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
No, Scarborough, Ontario, goy, we started talking Scarborough. He was great,
very personal to the kids.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
You guys Acarborough on terarioips what a dump Scarborough is?
Speaker 1 (07:52):
Kevin Weeks of Scarborough?
Speaker 2 (07:53):
Guy, Come on, oh, he's the only good thing to
come out of Scarborough.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Let's talk about the GTA and everyone in Leafland right
now are pretty rough stretch for the Leafs six three
win over the struggling Penguins on two day two four,
and won their last seven the rest around the bottom
of the Eastern Conference. Willie Nilander had two goals and
two assists after coming into the game no goals in
his previous eleven slick Willie, as you call him, Austin
Matthews your boy, one goal in his last six games
(08:19):
for heading into the Christmas break, head coach Craig Bruby
calling out his leadership and the team responds by firing
assistant coach Mark Savard and the teams You know. That
was on Monday, eighteen months after they hired him. One
of his main responsibilities had been the power play last
in the league thirteen percent reports a GM Bradshaw living
and head coach Bruby are safe. What can they do
to turn this thing around?
Speaker 2 (08:40):
What a what a way to you know, It's kind
of like you just walk into the building and you
just execute one person and just walk out. Say figure
it out, guys, just get dragon Mark Savard's body out
of there, his limp body. Three days before the break
butt your point.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
When Bruby was asked for company, ask those guys like
once it coaches that git He like, okay, now, now.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
Yeah there is It's not good there. I'm worried. I
did say on I've hedged my bet multiple times. So
whichever however this shakes out, I'll be right. But I
was on first shift and I said, I don't think
they'll make the playoffs. I was kind of I said,
if they do make the playoffs, they have a team
that's more kind of suited to go in a deeper run.
But they got to get there. And you know, the
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power play has been atrocious, a lot of injuries at
inopportune times. Matthews clearly something's going on. You know, five
points in his last ten games. I mean, that's not
going to cut up for a team that's trying to
make the playoffs. So you know, it's what do they do?
Do you make it? Blockbuster moved? Do you maybe? I
was listening to Nick Kiprios the other day talking about,
(09:46):
you know, exploring the option of trading Austin Matthews, but
he has a no move clause. They have a lot
of guys that have no clue move clauses. But clearly
something's not going on the messages and syncing up between
coaches and players and any time that happens, you know,
do I think this team is a team that was,
you know, designed to kind of play under coach Berube.
(10:09):
I just think his message might have gotten stale early,
because again, it's a lot of skill guys that are
trying to play a defensive game and they just don't
seem to be clicking with it. And I don't know
if Berube is malleable enough to kind of make an
adjustment for the guys, and I don't think the guys
are going to adjust to him. So it's like, it's
this weird thing. They want to play a defensive style,
(10:32):
defensive brand of hockey, but yet they're one of the
worst teams defensively in the league. So it's like you're
not really it's just not and now you're not scoring,
so it's it's it's tough. I I don't know where
they go from here. They seem to always kind of
pull it out of the fire a little bit like Edmonton.
But I just don't know if they have the horses
like they've had in the past. Their goaltending has been injured.
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You know that you had all the stolars stuff, you know.
You know, Joseph wall comes in. The back end is little.
It's just there's too much going wrong and there's too
much noise, and the noise with the media is only
gonna get louder. So I don't know if they can
actually yank this one back off the rails.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Yeah, I asked Michael doz Outaba playing for Barrubi said, listen,
I love chief like, but but he's gonna demand accountability
and he'll go at guys and like he'll use the
media to use his message if he needs to. But like,
he is a good coach, but there is somebody to
be said for. Sometimes personnel doesn't match up with the coach. Again,
I don't know if he's lost the room because I'm
not there. I can't speak to that. But they look frustrated.
And to your point, I don't think firing him would
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turn the season around.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
No, I if you're gonna do it, you should have
did when you you blew marks of Vard's brains out
all over the goddamn coaches locker room.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
Just merry Christmas.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
Mark, It's just very Christmas, you son of a bitch.
I mean, I have a question off of that. Would
you rather get fired before Christmas? Or the day you
get back from Christmas?
Speaker 1 (11:53):
The day you get back? Let me just enjoy Christal Come,
by the way, what I wish you told me?
Speaker 2 (11:57):
Yeah, I'm like, rather have I If you're gonna send
me on a break, send me on a break during Christmas?
Speaker 1 (12:04):
Were not gone for a while, Now that's a good point.
Then I don't have to come back.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
You would three days and you walk back into the room,
You're like, You're like, yes, I'm rejuvenated, spend time with
my family. Handsome Egno, I worked up. You're going to
the GM's room. Hey, hey, Tree, I just figured it out.
I figured out what's wrong with the power play. Hey.
By the way, Mark, you're gone, You're fired.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
But how did you do this to me? Like I
had the seventy two hours, I needed that reset. I
feel like I'm gonna show you what I'm thinking. So
you're fired to go high low. I got a new
guy in the bumper slot, like nore, you're done to
get out of here, get your stuff, like the beach
should not tell me for Christmas? Yeah, tow, what do
you think then you're ruining Christmas. I don't want it,
don't ruin mil Let me just enjoy the time of
my family. But Jad's point is also noted, which is
that I don't have to go back in the building.
(12:48):
Generally you want bad news first, Yeah, go ahead.
Speaker 3 (12:50):
It could go either well, well, first of all, of
clarify for those of us who are never in the league.
So is there's nothing going on during the holiday break, right?
The teams are not obviously they're not practicing, Like maybe
some of the guys are meeting up for dinner or
something like that.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
No, no, no, hey, everybody, most guys, most guys will go
home if they can or families come in, and then
if you kind of one of those guys that you
can't make your way home, you'll host the guys that
are by themselves and stuff like that. Nice.
Speaker 3 (13:16):
Right, So my point is there's nothing going on with
the team, So you're basically if you're waiting until after
the break, you're just letting the guy enjoy his holiday.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
Correct.
Speaker 3 (13:25):
Yeah, but yeah, so you might as well just get
rid of him before, I you know, you know, let
him know before. Just make it, you know, band Aid's style,
quick and painful, and then just move on.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
Slip the throat and move on.
Speaker 1 (13:40):
We'll move on. Jack is back, Tate McCray in the
stands Canadian superstar, and Jack Hughes comes back to the
New Jersey Devil's lineup on Sunday, missing eighteen games with
a hand injury, sustaining a bizarre mishappen a restaurant. Brutal
Jack didn't waste any time, scoring less than nine minutes
in the game against the Sabers. The Jersey went eight
and ten without Jack Hues, but the remaining the thick
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of the cluttered Eastern Conference. Jack Here's is back. He's
dating Taate McCray allegedly. What's going on in Jersey?
Speaker 2 (14:09):
JD just stuffing Tate McCray. What a guy? Uh Yeah,
I don't really like I've never heard one of Tate
mccray's songs. I don't know if she's like an industry
plan or whatever. She seems nice, you know, nice enough,
and they seem like a cute little little couple and
so it's nice. I mean, listen, hockey's hot right now,
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we're hot. And Tate McCray, she's a girl. She could
ever picked the literacy, didn't. She date cole Cylinger for
a bit too, So she's got small, skilled forwards. She
likes guys with good hands. Tate, who's next? Yeah, you
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know Tom Wilson. No, Tom Wilson's married to the kids.
He can't do that. Yeah, I listened. They they missed him.
I mean they've lost two games since he's been back,
and they haven't really been scoring either, so it's not
really like he unlocked something. He had that beautiful goal
in the first game, but you know they've they've scored
two goals in two games. So I don't know Jerseys.
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Jersey's missing a lot. I think, you know, the Jack
Hughes of it all. Everybody's like, yes, he's obviously your
best player, you need him, but they're missing a lot
more than just him. Like, I just I don't know
if they're you know, their back ends good, but it's
always a little bit injured and banged up. Mark Strom's
kind of was supposed to be there guy, and he's
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been better as of late, but Jake Allen kind of
almost usurped the net and then I just I just
don't know if they're big enough up front, Like I
just they're just a little bit smaller and it's just
hasn't been working. So but typically in Sheldon Keith fashion,
a lot of his teams tend to do this where
they go in these big lulls. They had that in
Toronto as well, and then they're going to kind of
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go in this little bit of a run. So maybe
I think the break comes at a perfect time for them.
Jack Hughes got two games, let him go relax, go
of a little dinner in New York City with Hate Enjoy,
Gift Exchange chestnuts roasting on an open flame, and Tate
McCrae in a and then they'll come back flying. So
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I think I do still think they're gonna make it.
I think they had enough of a good start that
they're gonna kind of they'll get back into the hunt.
But I mean, this Eastern Conference is a fucking log jam.
I mean, you win two games and you're in the playoffs.
Look at look at the look at the sobbers Man.
They won seventh straight. So That's what I got for you.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
Listen, right, that's the about Well there's been more talk
about that, Tala. Do you want to get in the
heat the rivalry, Now.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
I couldn't. I couldn't get through. I couldn't get through,
you know, listen, I'm all for you know my affinities
for Gratuda's sex. You know I do not like that
in TV shows and movies. You know that. So I
preface that by saying that I'm like, I'm watching porn.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
Or I was gonna say, you don't have an affinity
for it, you have even aversion to it.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
I have an aversion to it. Yes, sorry, apologies, I
had a couple of gronies last night. Yeah, I have
an aversion to it. Doesn't matter, Sidney Sweeney, I don't
give a ship. It's porn. Is porn, all right, but
continue to Apparently apparently kneway housemate is is naked in it,
But that's not Oh really, are are we shocked that
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she's doing a sex scene again.
Speaker 1 (17:34):
Catching him while she can play the hits meantime, shout
to my buddy John Forestland. The cracking are just brutal.
I mean, you're gonna be the voice of the crack
and then you go, no, this is the team We're
gonna go on straight. Well, they acquired Mason marsh from
the Stars last summer. Six months later, marred in a
one nine and one slump, they trade him to the
Blue Jackets a couple of draft picks. March with three
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goals his first two games of Columbus, but looks at
Seattle might be waving the white flag on the season.
Brandon monts out four weeks of the hand injury. They
got off to a six two and four start. I
remember talking Lane Lambert NHL networking about their defensive style.
Joey Decord pretty good to court, great with handling the puck.
I always love going that can handle the puck. Is
the court's awesomatize one of the best in the hockey.
But you said early on the the start was not sustainable.
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What are the Kraken Do You got a good fan
base with the team stinks?
Speaker 2 (18:20):
Yeah, I mean they've won three straight since the Marchmen trade,
so it's not too bad. I mean it's all by
all accounts. I do think that the West the wild
card spots are fully up for grabs. I don't think
I think the you know, Anaheim, Vegas and Edmonton will
run away in the Pacific and then we know the
central that's set those three teams. So but there's room.
(18:43):
And I mean they're not Listen, they're three points out
of a playoff spot and they have or sorry they're Yeah,
they're three points out and they got four games in
hand on on Utah. So uh, I'm not I don't
think they're a great team. I just think they're bleh.
They just have a lot of the same player they
have no really superstars. Are just nothing that stands out
for me ever for this team. But they're hanging in there.
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And I mean, if they do make it, I don't
want them to make it because I just don't love
the brand of hockey they play. But that's Lane Lambert
for you. And he's a great uh strategist and he
designs a good system that kind of keeps you in
hockey games. So but yeah, a lot of you don't.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
Think the Marshman You don't think the Marshman trade was
waving the white flag. It was just a retool wasn't
working out.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
Yeah, I just I think it was more Columbus wanted
a needed somebody like Mason Marschman, and I think they
just offered, you know, a pick for him. He was
kind of struggling there in Seattle and it just didn't fit.
Sometimes it just doesn't fit, and you I don't mind
when I don't mind a gunslinger GM. When something's not working,
you just say pull the fucking trigger. Yeah, trigger bank bank.
Speaker 1 (19:53):
Speaking of moves, how about the Montreal Canadians, your boy
Philip too from the LA King's second round pick. They
got mcclumbus in the Patrick line a trade, so didn't
play five full seasons in Montreal, but four, signing a
five year contract the Kings. In twenty twenty one LA
playing time going down, no goals, five assists of thirty games.
The Kings this year a veteran center, youngest team in
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the league. Penalty kill ranks twenty second. How about the
the bl Blong.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
Rouge A little bit well, always talking Buntreal. I mean
they got Jacob Fowler, they got the goat as they say,
is there, they got their goalie. Man. This the I
I think within five years, I think they win a
Stanley Cup. I do. I don't think it's this year,
but I think in the next five years. There's just
there's something in Montreal. We need it. But I think
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in the next five years, all the moves they're doing
are are are very just too long.
Speaker 1 (20:45):
Await what about three years? Uh?
Speaker 2 (20:48):
Well, if I may give myself a little wiggle room,
you know it's gonna happen. But oh, I just love
I like their young core. I don't think they're there yet.
I think they're just a little bit. They got to
mature into this. But you look at you they got
three goalies. You know, Mountain struggled obviously, but you got
Dobees and Fowler. And Fowler's been just a revelation that
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so far since he's been playing, I mean, he's he's
looked so good. So I just think when you have
these young goalies coming in and you kind of got
them on a good deal, you got them on a
rookie deal. I think he's on his rookie deal, so
it's you have time now to kind of go out
get some pieces. And Denot's a good fit. Denot's a
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good bottom six guy. He doesn't worry about scoring goals.
I know he can, but he's more thinking to shut
down and defend. And the one thing is Montreal gets
enough goals. They got enough goals from their top six,
so they need a guy like that to kind of
be a shut down somebody to kind of be a
little bit of Batman to Jake Evans and who Jake
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Evans has kind of taken on that role. But I
can't wait to see those two playing together in the
penalty kill. A lots of like from that trade, I
mean Montreal, I mean Gordon and Hughes have been very
good coming into Montreal and really shaping this team into
the vision that they see that can you know, get
this team back to the glory multik.
Speaker 1 (22:12):
They send down? Do you think they send Faller down
to the HL after the holiday?
Speaker 2 (22:16):
No?
Speaker 1 (22:18):
So he's there, follows the man.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
I think he's there now. I mean he just won
last night too. I mean he's this kid's he's While
you set up the next thing, I'll find his stats
for you right now quickly.
Speaker 1 (22:31):
Okay, good, So the last topic before we're gonna do
a little special segment coming up here. No guests this week,
by the way, Mary Christmas in the Ingram household as
Connor Ingram, Christian Jarry gets hurt. Ingram gets the winning
goal for Edmonton first starts since February when he suited
up for the team then known as the Utah Hockey Club.
Twenty eight staves and Sunday Edmondson's fourth three and over Vegas.
Jarry's out for a couple of weeks. Oil there's now
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eight too and one in their last eleven. We talked
to McDavid. Youing me the last time we were on
NHL Network. He's got thirty one points on his last
eleven games. Drysedal is now twenty goal scorer by the
Christmas break, and Connor Ingram as helping the Oilers get
back on track.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
Yeah, Jacob Powler before I get into that, Jacob Powler,
Sure he's under what nine eighteen say percentage? He's wow,
five games, three one and one. This kid ain't going anywhere.
He's here to state. Uh yeah, Ingram, big bodied goalie.
I did say on the network. I have said on
here that they brought him in thinking that you know,
(23:28):
he dealt with some mental health. I think in substance
abuse stuff. I don't want to speak so please, I
don't want to speak out of turn. But and when
he was having that year in Arizona when he played
fifty games. He was their starter. He was the guy
I got some injuries. They thought they'd maybe take a
(23:49):
flyer on him. He was the statistically the worst goalie
in the AHL before they called him up, which is
pretty goddamn funny. And now he's two and zero in Edmonton.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
Well, as you said to me, different style of hockey
in the AHL, but go ahead.
Speaker 2 (24:03):
Yes, it's harder to play in the And I mean,
I think he was just getting his legs under it.
And I don't think the Bakersfield Condors shout out to
my old team. I don't think they have. I just
don't think they're a great team. I don't think they
have much Edmonton in terms of depth in the minors.
So he might just be on an island. But you know,
moving along to this Edmonton Oilers team that we kind
(24:24):
of all said, well, you know, we're worried, but we're
not worried because they're gonna come flying out of the gates.
It's just a matter of time before McDavid goes on
a side quest and says, ah, you know what, I'm
gonna start playing hockey again because now it's meaningful and
now I'm getting ready for the Olympics and whatnot. But
it's just amazing how much better he is than everybody else.
(24:45):
And when he wants to, like actually turn on the
jets and skate as hard as he can, I mean
you can't. He could play like Connor McDavid could probably
play at half speed and still get eighty to ninety
points and just and like not even try like Cherry pick,
(25:07):
not play hard, and he could probably still get eighty
to ninety points. Like he's he's a fucking he's an
enigma wrapped in a kerfuffle.
Speaker 1 (25:17):
A riddle wrapped in an enigma.
Speaker 2 (25:19):
Yeah, wrapped in a kerfuffle. Differently, okay, Yeah, rolled up
and do a quagmire, Like how do you figure him out?
Sixty seven points in thirty eight games. He's a joke.
I hate him.
Speaker 1 (25:31):
Think one hundred, thirty hundred and forty points, like if
I want to do it, if not, it's fine.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
He's so good. He's like eh, he said, yeah, I'm
just gonna I'm gonna just pull this team back me
and Leon make it easy. He just what he ran
rough shot last night. He was a fucking It was
insane skating. He's skating so hard you can see the
difference too, when he skates as hard as he wants
versus versus just kind of when he's not coasting, but
(25:58):
like skating my speed, which is slow, he just he
lets people catch up with him. This league's a joking.
Speaker 1 (26:06):
McKinnon's second in the league, sixty one points, five assists.
Last night we're going to this breaker. The Avalanche have
lost two games. Unbelievable.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
Yeah, they've got the.
Speaker 1 (26:14):
Most points of any team since the break started in
like seventy two to seventy three.
Speaker 2 (26:20):
Ay, this team, but the Abs, I mean I'm saying insane. Yeah,
the Abs are not like this team is. Uh, do
you if you're a GM, do you touch them at
the deadline?
Speaker 1 (26:31):
Like, do you know?
Speaker 2 (26:33):
Do you fondle them? Do you do you bring somebody in?
Do you bring it? Do you make the trade?
Speaker 1 (26:39):
No fonneling, No, nothing, Just dude, it's cooking like you.
Speaker 2 (26:42):
Gotta like, I guess you got to bring like a
depth piece or a couple of depth pieces just in case.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
The defense, I could always use an extra penalty killer.
I could always use right a fourth line winger. Fine
if it doesn't cock, But the main horses, we're all.
Speaker 2 (26:54):
Just yeah, it's this fucking team does not have a
absolute deficiency anywhere has nothing. They're so good, it's so good.
Speaker 1 (27:04):
We can the Metros. Yeah, Metro definitely better than that.
Expected still to come hereologized. I am stars wild, We're good.
Speaker 2 (27:16):
We're good.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
The Metro is a crapy.
Speaker 2 (27:18):
Okay, nobody's lest thing. It's fine.
Speaker 1 (27:20):
You don't think so. This is Christmas Eve. You only
people are just.
Speaker 2 (27:23):
People are Yeah, people are just snuggled up next to
the fireplane scrabble listen and unscripted. They're going, Oh, hang on, boy,
I got unscripted with Nurse for the kids. That's what
you get.
Speaker 1 (27:34):
A new episode just in time from Santa, speaking of
Little Secret Santa coming up doing our best year. To
tell you what each team and just different areas of
fandom could use. It's coming up next here on unscripted
after this, all right, no guests this week here and unscripted.
We just had so many great choices. I like, you know,
(27:54):
just take Christmas break off.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
Its all good.
Speaker 1 (27:56):
We're gonna hand out special Christmas gifts around the NHL's
we celebrate the holiday's unscripted style. So here's the concept.
We hand out gifts to different people and teams across
the hockey sphere. Gives me think they could potentially enjoin
twenty twenty six. It's part Nors, part Secret Santa So
Sabers fans, as JD alluded to earlier, they're playing better hockey.
There's no doubt about it, Yarmol, let's go meaningful games
(28:18):
that we're looking for in preperate March. I'm not even
gonna say playoffs. Haven't made the playoffs for fourteen years.
They're making them meaningful. Wow, they're seven in a row,
two points on the wildcart spot. What do you think
they could use now just to put them in the playoffs,
because you're already calling it right now, which I love.
Speaker 2 (28:33):
If I'm so for me, I think they're making the playoffs,
but one thing needs to happen. You can reference my
Instagram page because I did say it on the network
two and a half weeks ago before they went on
this six game run. And so you know they're by
the fire, you know. Oh you know, here, Yarmo, Kickolin,
(28:53):
and here's your present for you for your Buffalo Sabers team.
And it is a it is band aids, and it
is pain killers, and it is raps and all the stuff.
A medkit for Josh Norris to keep him healthy, because
if Josh Norris is healthy, this team is in the playoffs.
(29:16):
I guarantee it he is. Since he's been back, I mean,
he has been a catalyst for them, and they look
like a playoff team and they are playing some very
good hockey right now. So that is what I'm giving them,
is a med kit for Josh Norris. Bubble wrap this
son of a bitch and get him to the playoffs.
Speaker 1 (29:36):
There's no doubt when healthy he can be a terror.
And it's not like Cousins has lit it up for Ottawa,
so you're right. Hopefully he'll be healthy contributing to this
Buffalo team. For the Panthers, they just a fully healthy lot.
They're without Ko, Chuck and Barkoff. They head into Christmas
holding out a playoff spot. No up did in bark
Up Ka Chuck skating with the team on track for return.
You and I speckling last week. He'll show up Winter Classic.
(29:57):
If you can get these players back in the playoffs,
the Panthers three peat is that still in play? What
could Florida use to go back over the top of
a year ago course Bills, you know, makes a trade.
Brad Marshaan, what are you expecting this time around for Florida?
Speaker 2 (30:08):
Uh, you know, obviously so many injuries to key players,
you know, cool cough. I don't know cool cops timeline,
but I would say defenseman, they need a depth defenseman.
I think that is that would be the need for them.
I like their bottom six up front, and obviously when
you get Barkoff, that's the thing is they just need
the boys healthy. It's it's this. It's the same thing
(30:31):
as a trade. You know. It's the exact same thing
as a trade is getting Barkoff and could Chuck back,
especially for the Winter Classic. This is like them making
a blockbuster trade because they haven't had them. They're in
a playoff position and now they get this guy back,
it's another boost. So they just kind of need time.
I'm giving them an hour class hour glass. That's excellent,
(30:53):
the sands of time. They just need an hourglass just
to get themselves healthy.
Speaker 1 (30:58):
Very creative. All right, for all.
Speaker 2 (31:01):
This has gone pretty well.
Speaker 1 (31:03):
Actually better than I will thought. I'm being honest. A
Canada US gold medal game in the Malan Olympics, that's
what we want here. It seems fitting the four nations
face off was a prelude to a gold medal matchup
the two best teams in the upcoming Winter Olympics. So
let's up the sticks. If Canada wins, the US cancels
all tariffs, well what's it going to take for Canada?
If you look at the best players of role JD
(31:23):
Canadian right, McKinnon, McDavid mccarr. But thought I would argue
the US depth is particularly impressive. There's not much of
a drop off from their you know, let's say their
player two to player eight, Ichl to hughes Etctera. Goaltending wise,
is gonna be a hot topic of conversation. They got
Ali Buck Ottinger, we got Bennington, Logan Thompson, maybe Wedgewood Blackwood.
What's Canada need? I think they're the favorite, but it's
(31:43):
a slight favorite.
Speaker 2 (31:45):
They need goalies. I think one of their goalies needs
to take the reins here. So because I don't think
any of them is really you know, it was Logan Thompson. Thompson,
but for some reason, the team Canada brass doesn't seem
to like him. I don't know what he's done or
who's cheerios. He's pissed in, but he just doesn't seem
to be in the good graces of the Team Canada brass.
So I don't. Yeah, I it would be a goalie,
(32:08):
but you know, and then I just feel like Canada's
more decisions to make. You know, they have a lot
of players that weren't at four Nations that I would
have on the Team Canada. Team. But again, there's a
lot of chemistry that needs to happen and they need to,
you know, Cooper needs to find the right for the
right formula. So for Team Canada, would be a bunch
of beakers and erln Meyer flasks and a Bunsen burner
(32:30):
to kind of create a nice chemical concoction that will
lead to a winning recipe. You're welcome, fucking next.
Speaker 1 (32:36):
Okay, great calling the beakers. Also for hockey fans and
all California playoff series, JD can attest this at least
one playoff series between two of the three Cali playoff
teams was guaranteed for years in the NHL, all three
teams in the thick of the playoff chase out West.
How much fun for an all Cali matchup? What does
it have to take some sunscreen, lotion, umbrellas in the beach.
(32:57):
What are we talking about here?
Speaker 2 (32:58):
A banana hammock. They just need a nice banana hammock
and that's all they need now for cal Yeah, I mean,
you know, you got the King. It depends where the
Ducks and the Kings will finish, but that would be
if they are the two to three spot. I think
the Kings are going to fall out of it a
little bit. I'm a little worried. I don't know what
they're doing. It seems like Jim ken Hollins been fairly active.
(33:24):
They just haven't really performed at the way they can.
I don't know if Jim Hiller's a hot seat candidate
as well. They might need Pete de Boor. That could
be a guy I think he's And I don't think
Pete de Boor wants to play anywhere that's not Canada,
so and I think he's worrying about Canada and worrying
about the Olympics and stuff like that. So, you know,
(33:46):
I for a Cali matchup, they just got to Yeah.
I actually don't have a gift for them, just a
banana hands.
Speaker 1 (33:52):
No banana Hammick is perfect because that brings us to
Pete de boor he needs to do NHL job.
Speaker 2 (33:57):
He just replaced him.
Speaker 1 (33:57):
What team could be the best destination? I mean he's
taken four different teams the conference final in his last
eight seasons as a head coach, which in Dallas, Vegas
and San Jose. He's lost in the Western Conference final
six times. So a decina stream. I only Toronto. Chief's
not going anywhere. Buffalo, Lindy Ruff, Utah, maybe Nashville a
(34:18):
spot for Pete de boor what do you got?
Speaker 2 (34:21):
Would? I think it would either be Toronto or Buffalo.
But Buffalo is saving Lindy Ruff's job right now at
home rufles of the road, so but I think it
would in Toronto. They kind of just gave the vote
of confidence. But I think I think Pete's fine stand
in pat I think for him it's just a nice
bottle of whiskey. Just sit by the fire and get
warm and collect that paycheck from Dallas.
Speaker 1 (34:44):
Mm I love it.
Speaker 2 (34:45):
Nothing like get fired early in the NHL and having
a nice paycheck with a good.
Speaker 1 (34:49):
Pedigree exactly dress sure, no problem at all. Tall Any
options you want to give for any of this was
your concepts. I want you to chime in any thoughts
you had.
Speaker 3 (35:00):
Well again, I think Jad was kind of saying something
before he trailed off, but about how he wants does
he want to play in Canada? I mean he's Peter Bor. Yeah,
we're talking about to Bor. I just want to get
back to Bor because, like, the situation has to be
right for him.
Speaker 4 (35:13):
He's going to get a job. It's not, it's not
if it's when?
Speaker 2 (35:16):
So is this?
Speaker 3 (35:16):
Does this have to be Canada? Does it have to
it has to be a winning team.
Speaker 4 (35:20):
I mean, you can't losing.
Speaker 2 (35:23):
I think he wants to be the final piece of
the puzzle. So maybe let's get him a puzzle, a
puzzle for Christmas, missing one piece, a one piece, just
a nice thousand set puzzle missing one piece, and he
is that piece. Yeah, he only wants to come in
if it's a finished product. I don't think he's gonna
want to do a rebuild.
Speaker 3 (35:43):
All right, fair enough, And we were talking. I had
one other one I was since you asked Dad. Now
you know, we haven't talked about Gavin McKenna that much
this season so far, but he's having a nice freshman
season at Penn State.
Speaker 4 (35:55):
Which team gets him?
Speaker 3 (35:56):
You know this summer as the as the delayed Christmas
gift as the piece because I was talking with someone
that we were talking about, what is Chicago going to
get another It's.
Speaker 1 (36:05):
Gonna be Utah.
Speaker 3 (36:09):
Who could use no, I could use him most you
think Utah is gonna end that well, we don't know,
you know, with the odd stuff.
Speaker 2 (36:17):
I mean right now, it's I mean, I think Columbus
could use him. I think Columbus is you know, Columbus
is one. I mean Vancouver, you could see get him.
I think they'll fall out of the race. I think
I think Quinn Hughes trade works if they get the
first overall pick and they get Gavin McKenna. I just
(36:39):
think it works for them. And you know, you're looking
also at a team that's absolute dog shit right now
and it's going the opposite way fast as the we
haven't even talked about it is the Winnipeg Jets, which
I said I was worried about him. It's getting late early,
but that's another team that could potentially steal that first
overall pick. Get Winnipeg.
Speaker 1 (36:59):
I've got Oilers and Jets. Amazon Prime next Monday, and
you're telling me this Winnipeg Jets team, you feel like
it's dead man walking right now.
Speaker 2 (37:05):
And they stink too slow, one line, too.
Speaker 1 (37:09):
Old, too slow, one line, one defenseman, one goalie.
Speaker 2 (37:12):
Yeah, this stink. And maybe you even got the Penguins
because the Penguins are in an absolute Dan muse. The
emmuz boosh is not working. They're in a big Dick
Dan music. Yeah, they're in a Tom Petty free fall.
Speaker 1 (37:26):
Coming up next, the Kid becomes a man Sidney Crosby
another milestone plus JD looking ahead to Florida in the winter.
Clasica's coming up next after this unscripted All right, let's
do a couple of quick hits and call it a
day here On Christmas, Steve Cinephal and sixty Marty Supreme
(37:47):
is roaring into theaters on Christmas Day. It's from one
half of the Safte Brothers, Josh Saftie, not Benny Safty.
Benny struggled unfortunate with the Smashing Machine, an absolute flop
from the rock and they did get a Golden Globe
nomination as in Emily Blunt. But the good news is
this Safty brings it. Mart Dame is undeniably exhilarating, wildly unpredictable.
(38:07):
As you know of the Safties they like to make
anxiety inducing films, which Uncut Gems is all about. But
it's an audacious piece of work and it really is
a bravura performance from Timothay Shallow. May I know he's
a guy who can be irritating. He's smashing Kylie Jenner,
he's doing all these weird social media things. He can
be a little bit full of himself, but it's a
hell of a performance. There's no denying the fact he's
a gifted actor. Perhaps should won an OSCRA for playing
(38:29):
Bob Dylan. Well, this perhaps is his time to shine.
I encourage everyone to go see Marty Supreme, which could
be Martin Scorse says he's tagline, just walk around the
sweatshirt Marty Supreme. But it's about a nineteen fifties ping
pong champion. It's a fictional story, but it's wild, the original,
highly entertaining, and I can't imagine anyone not thinking it's
one of the best pictures of the year. You guys
are both gonna love Marty Supreme in theaters tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (38:52):
I love Ping Pong.
Speaker 1 (38:54):
Oh there's some great ping punk scenes.
Speaker 2 (38:56):
I love Balls of Fury, one of the great movies
of all time.
Speaker 1 (39:02):
That's kind of an untapped market.
Speaker 2 (39:04):
Chato. Yeah, I know his his him saying like I've
just been putting up his interviews are interesting. Yeah, he's
putting out great work, consistently great work. I'm like, okay,
but he's I do love his acting. He's a good actor.
Speaker 1 (39:19):
I'm with you. Erican guy wouldn't say want to hangle
them like he's an Ericant guy. I kind of fold
this up, but I think he's a hell of an actor.
I do find and then I think in the movie
he's hysterical.
Speaker 2 (39:26):
I love him in Last the Last King.
Speaker 1 (39:30):
Oh yeah, yeah two Actually, Big Last King guy, they're
gonna call me by your name, But that's a let's
get a different on. It's more heated rivalry. Speaking of
heated rivalry, tals now, seeing how many episodes you've seen
more than.
Speaker 4 (39:42):
I am fully updated.
Speaker 2 (39:43):
I've seen him out five gratuitous sex I couldn't get
through it.
Speaker 3 (39:48):
I will say I I I did fast forward through
most of the sex scenes, not because I was because
they're they're long.
Speaker 2 (39:57):
They're long. They're long. The first one I watched. In
the first episode, I was like, what I'm with my
next to my wife and I'm like, what is going
on right now?
Speaker 1 (40:05):
But they're just making out. It's one thing. If he's
been in the guy over and it's taking five minutes,
you will come out. You really need this extend.
Speaker 2 (40:11):
We need to I know what's happening. I know what's
gonna happen. I understand. I'm an adults.
Speaker 4 (40:19):
Just a little long as all. I'm not listen. I
I've I'm enjoying it.
Speaker 3 (40:23):
I'm shocked at this actor who plays the Russian guy
is not Russian.
Speaker 4 (40:27):
I was convinced he was actually.
Speaker 2 (40:28):
Yeah, he's not Russian at all.
Speaker 4 (40:30):
No, uh and uh listen. I if I.
Speaker 3 (40:34):
Will say, I if you're a hockey fan and you
hear about heated rivalry and you want to watch a
show that has a bunch of hockey action, and it'll
be oh, this will be like you know, slap shot.
It'll be sure, there's very little hockey action. There's there's
a different kind of action.
Speaker 2 (40:49):
My wife says, it's it's just smut. It's hockey smut.
That's like the thing right now, it's like the genre.
Speaker 1 (40:56):
It's hockey smut, but apparently a huge hit right now,
So there's a market for hockey smut, which should not
be surprising.
Speaker 2 (41:03):
Let's do the show and me and you on a podcast.
He did right just.
Speaker 1 (41:11):
You're talking about gayborn. We'll just review episodes. That's what
So in the found sixty reviewing that let is gay porn,
and JD and I will break it down for you,
film strip by film strip, the kid becomes a man.
Congrats to Sidney Crosby's Sunday night against Montreal. The kid
had a goal and an assist to pass Hockey I
can Mario Lemieux for the franchises all time scoring crown
one thousand, seven hundred and twenty fourth point. Crosby now
(41:34):
sits eighth on the all times scoring list one thousand,
seven hundred and twenty five Stevie Wise next he's seventh,
thirty ahead of sid Assuming he stays healthy keeps his
current scoring pace, he should pass fellow Penguin's legend Ron
Francis for fifth all time sometime next season, the last
year of his current contract. How far up the all
time lets will he go?
Speaker 2 (41:54):
JD?
Speaker 1 (41:54):
To be able to say you're a top five scorer
all time would be unbelievable, or maybe not unbelievable.
Speaker 2 (42:02):
Maybe he's one of the top three to top five.
I mean he's got to be up there. Do you
have him on the Mount Rushmore of hockey?
Speaker 1 (42:10):
No, what Gratzky, Bobby Orr Lemieux. Okay, maybe he's fourth.
I was gonna say messy it, but I might put
Crosby at a MESSI.
Speaker 2 (42:25):
Says the kid. Come on, you got Crosby man. Guys
amazing rocket no rocket, Yeah, he's been in the face
of hockey for for so long now, that'd be good
for him. He's it's amazing to watch him still doing
at his age, at his age and still wanting to win,
you know, still trying to drag this team into the playoffs. Yeah,
(42:46):
and I mean they need Malkin back. I think you know,
he's been banged up. They're missing that. He needs those
two guys when they're healthy. I mean, they're playing good
hockey and but yeah, it's just it's it's I'm marvel
at what he can do in his professionalism and how
he is as a human, how he is is an athlete.
You know, what to have done, what he's done, the
(43:08):
way he's done it, and you know, just being a
class act throughout the whole thing is just such a
that's just the testament to who he is as a person,
as a player.
Speaker 1 (43:17):
So yeah, you're right about it, JD. He's been unbelievable. Well,
Demurs will be our man at the beach, rocking the
SPF thirty at the Winter Class for the next two
episodes will have plenty of coverage of the big game
from the man who kicks hear of the Florida Panthers Dynasty,
Jason neu Murg JD. Should be a ton of fun
man in Miami. An outdoor game. No one does it better.
And hopefully listen, they're gonna they're gonna have the retractable roof.
They got the refrigerators in there. Hopefully stays cold enough.
(43:40):
It'll be a unique experience for you.
Speaker 2 (43:41):
Yeah, they're bringing the I heard they're busting in these
refrigeration units. It's gonna be freezing cold. They're going to
open the top right before the game, so I can't wait.
It's gonna be a lot of fun. I'm calling the
game for the It's like the World News Network, So yeah,
I'll have more. No one will hear me on in
the US and Canada. But if you want to travel
(44:03):
to Paris, France or Italy and listen to.
Speaker 1 (44:04):
Me, won't you, they'll hear you. Like in Stockholm. Well,
they're like Oslo.
Speaker 2 (44:09):
I'll have more combined people listening than ESPN and Canada.
Like US and Canada combined, I'll have more people listening.
So it's fun. It's gonna be fun. I'm gonna call
the game, do a little color. Can't wait. It's gonna
be It's gonna be a good time. Rangers are playing
some some listen. The Rangers are right there and they're
playing some good hockey, just not being able to score.
(44:32):
They filled the net last game. But them and the Panthers,
it's gonna be a really, really good match. It's gonna
be a lot of fun to watch that game.
Speaker 1 (44:38):
I agree. Rangers certainly been great on the road away
from MSG and Florida. As you said, turn the corner.
Hopefully you'll be able to watch a little Matthew Cots
Shock Thanks is always supporting NHL unscripted. Merry Christmas, Happy holidays, everybody.
We will talk to you next week before New Year's Eve.
We'll have plenty more coming up here on NHL Unscripted,
peace Out.
Speaker 2 (44:55):
Merry Christmas.
Speaker 1 (45:12):
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(00:25):
at sixty on Marty Supreme, Timmy Shallomy's new movie opening
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him some love to Sid Crosby A part No Stra Demurz,
part Secret Santa, and what's Kraka lacin as you focus
on the Seattle Kracken as we are here on Christmas Eve, Jad,
Good to see your buddy back here in Montreal. How
are winter travels coming along? I'm sure he excited for Christmas?
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Yeah? I mean I was just in St. Pete, Florida,
So I went from New York to Saint Pete. My
wife does a very Broadway Christmas a show that is
put on by two of her friends. So they sing
all the holiday classics and it's a very intimate experience,
very nice. They did it in Saint Pete and Sarasota
(01:08):
sold out. Barn I was sitting right next to the
tap dancing group from Sarasota. They were all in their
eighties and there was a tap number in the show.
So there are a couple octagenarians just lauding the tap
dancing number that was going on and that we witnessed.
(01:29):
So it was a lot of fun. And then they're like,
who's your wife, you know, Sarah Sota. They all have
a little so I was, you know, saying, this is
my wife singing, and she sings about four numbers, and
every time I say, they're like, oh, she's so great,
she's so great, she's so powerful. And I was like, oh,
thank you very much. I really appreciate it, thank you,
and and so it was good times. So then I
flew it into Montreal and and last night I landed
(01:51):
at five and my brother's like, you're coming to skate
with my daughter? So I went and skated with my niece,
my nine year old niece, and it was a lot
of fun. My brother, I had no hockey equipment. What's whoever?
Socially say what was?
Speaker 1 (02:05):
What was the impetus that he wanted to get the
skating right away? Was she'd taken less.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Well the practice at six, so it was like their
practice was at six. So he's like, you're coming out
and I'm like, all right, sure, yeah, I'd love to.
And it's so funny because I didn't bring anything. So
he's like dressed. I mean, he's got like old he
used to play hockey and and played, you know, he
played like semi pro and some pro stuff like on
the lower on the lower tiers. But yeah, he like
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brings out these skates, these absolute fucking relics that I
don't even know. I was like, I told him, I'm like,
I don't think I can skate these today, Like they're
like two sizes is too small. I felt like Paul
Coffee I was wearing. He gave me some stick from
the seventies. So I'm like, this is insanity. But you know,
(02:50):
for all the fans out there, I can I in
the terms of what was that movie wedding Crashers chat
not chas Michael Michaels. But you know I played, I
can make it rain out here. Just just give me
the rock and I can make it rain. So I
made to rain. Had two goals against a bunch of
nine year olds.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
There you go like you feel good about yourself.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Yeah it was plus three. My niece whacked me, gave
me a nice two hand right on the wrist. She's feisty.
Oh she got all fire it up. And then they
all chirped my autograph because they asked me for autographs,
So this said, my autographs too, scrabbly wabbly.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Come on, you can understand the jam. As long as
there's a big Jane of big d you're fine. It's
funny about skates. Blake Bolden was with me in Philadelphia
at the Amazon Prime game, and we're going to Winnipeg
next week. She's on the road a bunch doing PWHL games.
So she goes, you know, apparently I might do a
morning skates sit down with Josh Morrison. I'm like, great,
She's the only problem is all of my skates. I'm
like yeah, I'm like that's a dicey proposition. Ready, hockey
put I just go skates out of the bag, no edgework,
(03:48):
no sharpening. I'm like, yeah, that could be brutal. You
know that first hand. People people who don't know hockey,
just I just put the skates. I'm like, no, it
does worn't that way. It's not like a boy the
new pair of shoes.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Right. Oh. You realize how coddled you are in the NHL,
with like all the best tech and everything, and then
you go out and you're playing with the you know,
beer Ley guys, and you're having to fend for yourself
and you're like, oh wow, these guys are actually pretty
good that they can play with this stuff and skate
in these skates. And I'm like, this is this is
so painful. My toes are killing me this morning just
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from being in those fricking bricks. But it was fun.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Two size is a small tell me to get out
of the ice. Had a great time. Man, brought my
kids to Philadelphia. The we're excited to go see Flyers Canucks.
The Canucks have been on a roll, as you talked
about four straight wins, but Philly stopped him. Quiet came
the first two periods. Demco is excellent, but Philly erupted
there in the third. We went at five to two.
But the whole cause, of course, is gritty. I'm like,
there's there's more excitement or gritty than any other mascot
(04:44):
in hockey. And so when we were talking to Flyers,
pr like here, you want to get on this, I'm like,
we just have to get gritty. Like you know, we
get ask for Paul Holgrin or Pobby Clark, but we
really just want gritty. So he was great. He pops
up prongs at the story he was talking about wearing
Cooper rolls back in the day. I'm like, wait a second.
He's like yeah, because I had them in Dryden, Ontario
growing up, like the long pant Cooper roles. I'm like yeah,
(05:04):
and Gritty just pops up. He gets all stilly and
goofy and stuff. Got a gritty calendar. But like, my
kids were so fired up and they're asking me like
what's Like, what's the genesis of gritty? Like what is gritty?
I'm like, he's been around for I think ten years.
I'm like they wanted something tough, so that's what they
call him gritties again, but he's not tough, Like, well,
he's a mascot. He don't want to be scary, but
it like, what actually is gritty? Like, I have no idea,
but I can't think with other mascots, Jada. If you
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just think of like in different sports like Philadelphia, you
know the Philly fanatic in baseball football, you just think
a cheerleaders don't get mascots, but you pe in the
Expos you piece a great one. Yeah, you piece a
great one. Like baseball, they've got their maskot, but in hockey.
Like if you said to me the Lightning mascot, I'm like, yeah,
I can picture that fur ay thing. But like Gritty,
amazing how he's taken on a life of its own.
Tal What do you think about Gritty?
Speaker 3 (05:46):
I you know, first off, I'm very pro mascot. I
have to say, I love mascots. I'm a big fan
of him. Yeah, And as much as it pains me
to say anything positive about a team from Philadelphia, sorry,
they knocked it out of the park with Gritty. I'm
Gritty's great. I from the moment he came in, and
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you know what the key is. He looks great, the
design is great. Whoever's underneath the big floppy head does
a great job. Yes, he's got a little bit of
Philly dirt bag.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
In him, you know, and it works.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
And I'm like, the single most endearing thing the Philly
sports universe has done for I think, you know, most
of the sports world that maybe doesn't like philidelp Philly
fans as much.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
It's Gritty.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
Gritty.
Speaker 4 (06:32):
Gritty's a big hit with me for sure.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
That's a great point. Even people who hate the Flyers
or hate Philly fans because as you said, what their
images are personing on God Gritty is awesome. He's a great,
great mascot. Go ahead, Jadieu.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
No what I was saying before, and I'm working with
some tough internet connection today. But uh no, I saw
you took a picture with my You had your kids
take a picture with my sworn enemy and he had
a picture with Rick Tockett, And yes, I fucking I
almost fell out of my chair. I sworn at it
(07:05):
my enemy. The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
The time. And we've talked about Rick talk as a coach.
You're like, listen, I'm just saying, look at the one
lost record, Like this guy gets these big lavish contracts,
Like what has he done?
Speaker 2 (07:20):
Yeah, well, no, listen, it's uh he's a nice guy.
I'm sure your kids loved him. He's a nice guy
and very personable. I have my own personal stuff. I
just thought it was a funny little quip for the show,
me being like this motherfucker, how was going? Sure talking,
how's gonna DM? You'd be like you would Judas judases.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
No, Scarborough, Ontario, goy, we started talking Scarborough. He was great,
very personal to the kids.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
You guys Acarborough on terarioips what a dump Scarborough is?
Speaker 1 (07:52):
Kevin Weeks of Scarborough?
Speaker 2 (07:53):
Guy, Come on, oh, he's the only good thing to
come out of Scarborough.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Let's talk about the GTA and everyone in Leafland right
now are pretty rough stretch for the Leafs six three
win over the struggling Penguins on two day two four,
and won their last seven the rest around the bottom
of the Eastern Conference. Willie Nilander had two goals and
two assists after coming into the game no goals in
his previous eleven slick Willie, as you call him, Austin
Matthews your boy, one goal in his last six games
(08:19):
for heading into the Christmas break, head coach Craig Bruby
calling out his leadership and the team responds by firing
assistant coach Mark Savard and the teams You know. That
was on Monday, eighteen months after they hired him. One
of his main responsibilities had been the power play last
in the league thirteen percent reports a GM Bradshaw living
and head coach Bruby are safe. What can they do
to turn this thing around?
Speaker 2 (08:40):
What a what a way to you know, It's kind
of like you just walk into the building and you
just execute one person and just walk out. Say figure
it out, guys, just get dragon Mark Savard's body out
of there, his limp body. Three days before the break
butt your point.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
When Bruby was asked for company, ask those guys like
once it coaches that git He like, okay, now, now.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
Yeah there is It's not good there. I'm worried. I
did say on I've hedged my bet multiple times. So
whichever however this shakes out, I'll be right. But I
was on first shift and I said, I don't think
they'll make the playoffs. I was kind of I said,
if they do make the playoffs, they have a team
that's more kind of suited to go in a deeper run.
But they got to get there. And you know, the
(09:24):
power play has been atrocious, a lot of injuries at
inopportune times. Matthews clearly something's going on. You know, five
points in his last ten games. I mean, that's not
going to cut up for a team that's trying to
make the playoffs. So you know, it's what do they do?
Do you make it? Blockbuster moved? Do you maybe? I
was listening to Nick Kiprios the other day talking about,
(09:46):
you know, exploring the option of trading Austin Matthews, but
he has a no move clause. They have a lot
of guys that have no clue move clauses. But clearly
something's not going on the messages and syncing up between
coaches and players and any time that happens, you know,
do I think this team is a team that was,
you know, designed to kind of play under coach Berube.
(10:09):
I just think his message might have gotten stale early,
because again, it's a lot of skill guys that are
trying to play a defensive game and they just don't
seem to be clicking with it. And I don't know
if Berube is malleable enough to kind of make an
adjustment for the guys, and I don't think the guys
are going to adjust to him. So it's like, it's
this weird thing. They want to play a defensive style,
(10:32):
defensive brand of hockey, but yet they're one of the
worst teams defensively in the league. So it's like you're
not really it's just not and now you're not scoring,
so it's it's it's tough. I I don't know where
they go from here. They seem to always kind of
pull it out of the fire a little bit like Edmonton.
But I just don't know if they have the horses
like they've had in the past. Their goaltending has been injured.
(10:54):
You know that you had all the stolars stuff, you know.
You know, Joseph wall comes in. The back end is little.
It's just there's too much going wrong and there's too
much noise, and the noise with the media is only
gonna get louder. So I don't know if they can
actually yank this one back off the rails.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Yeah, I asked Michael doz Outaba playing for Barrubi said, listen,
I love chief like, but but he's gonna demand accountability
and he'll go at guys and like he'll use the
media to use his message if he needs to. But like,
he is a good coach, but there is somebody to
be said for. Sometimes personnel doesn't match up with the coach. Again,
I don't know if he's lost the room because I'm
not there. I can't speak to that. But they look frustrated.
And to your point, I don't think firing him would
(11:32):
turn the season around.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
No, I if you're gonna do it, you should have
did when you you blew marks of Vard's brains out
all over the goddamn coaches locker room.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
Just merry Christmas.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
Mark, It's just very Christmas, you son of a bitch.
I mean, I have a question off of that. Would
you rather get fired before Christmas? Or the day you
get back from Christmas?
Speaker 1 (11:53):
The day you get back? Let me just enjoy Christal Come,
by the way, what I wish you told me?
Speaker 2 (11:57):
Yeah, I'm like, rather have I If you're gonna send
me on a break, send me on a break during Christmas?
Speaker 1 (12:04):
Were not gone for a while, Now that's a good point.
Then I don't have to come back.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
You would three days and you walk back into the room,
You're like, You're like, yes, I'm rejuvenated, spend time with
my family. Handsome Egno, I worked up. You're going to
the GM's room. Hey, hey, Tree, I just figured it out.
I figured out what's wrong with the power play. Hey.
By the way, Mark, you're gone, You're fired.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
But how did you do this to me? Like I
had the seventy two hours, I needed that reset. I
feel like I'm gonna show you what I'm thinking. So
you're fired to go high low. I got a new
guy in the bumper slot, like nore, you're done to
get out of here, get your stuff, like the beach
should not tell me for Christmas? Yeah, tow, what do
you think then you're ruining Christmas. I don't want it,
don't ruin mil Let me just enjoy the time of
my family. But Jad's point is also noted, which is
that I don't have to go back in the building.
(12:48):
Generally you want bad news first, Yeah, go ahead.
Speaker 3 (12:50):
It could go either well, well, first of all, of
clarify for those of us who are never in the league.
So is there's nothing going on during the holiday break, right?
The teams are not obviously they're not practicing, Like maybe
some of the guys are meeting up for dinner or
something like that.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
No, no, no, hey, everybody, most guys, most guys will go
home if they can or families come in, and then
if you kind of one of those guys that you
can't make your way home, you'll host the guys that
are by themselves and stuff like that. Nice.
Speaker 3 (13:16):
Right, So my point is there's nothing going on with
the team, So you're basically if you're waiting until after
the break, you're just letting the guy enjoy his holiday.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
Correct.
Speaker 3 (13:25):
Yeah, but yeah, so you might as well just get
rid of him before, I you know, you know, let
him know before. Just make it, you know, band Aid's style,
quick and painful, and then just move on.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
Slip the throat and move on.
Speaker 1 (13:40):
We'll move on. Jack is back, Tate McCray in the
stands Canadian superstar, and Jack Hughes comes back to the
New Jersey Devil's lineup on Sunday, missing eighteen games with
a hand injury, sustaining a bizarre mishappen a restaurant. Brutal
Jack didn't waste any time, scoring less than nine minutes
in the game against the Sabers. The Jersey went eight
and ten without Jack Hues, but the remaining the thick
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of the cluttered Eastern Conference. Jack Here's is back. He's
dating Taate McCray allegedly. What's going on in Jersey?
Speaker 2 (14:09):
JD just stuffing Tate McCray. What a guy? Uh Yeah,
I don't really like I've never heard one of Tate
mccray's songs. I don't know if she's like an industry
plan or whatever. She seems nice, you know, nice enough,
and they seem like a cute little little couple and
so it's nice. I mean, listen, hockey's hot right now,
(14:30):
we're hot. And Tate McCray, she's a girl. She could
ever picked the literacy, didn't. She date cole Cylinger for
a bit too, So she's got small, skilled forwards. She
likes guys with good hands. Tate, who's next? Yeah, you
(14:51):
know Tom Wilson. No, Tom Wilson's married to the kids.
He can't do that. Yeah, I listened. They they missed him.
I mean they've lost two games since he's been back,
and they haven't really been scoring either, so it's not
really like he unlocked something. He had that beautiful goal
in the first game, but you know they've they've scored
two goals in two games. So I don't know Jerseys.
(15:12):
Jersey's missing a lot. I think, you know, the Jack
Hughes of it all. Everybody's like, yes, he's obviously your
best player, you need him, but they're missing a lot
more than just him. Like, I just I don't know
if they're you know, their back ends good, but it's
always a little bit injured and banged up. Mark Strom's
kind of was supposed to be there guy, and he's
(15:34):
been better as of late, but Jake Allen kind of
almost usurped the net and then I just I just
don't know if they're big enough up front, Like I
just they're just a little bit smaller and it's just
hasn't been working. So but typically in Sheldon Keith fashion,
a lot of his teams tend to do this where
they go in these big lulls. They had that in
Toronto as well, and then they're going to kind of
(15:54):
go in this little bit of a run. So maybe
I think the break comes at a perfect time for them.
Jack Hughes got two games, let him go relax, go
of a little dinner in New York City with Hate Enjoy,
Gift Exchange chestnuts roasting on an open flame, and Tate
McCrae in a and then they'll come back flying. So
(16:17):
I think I do still think they're gonna make it.
I think they had enough of a good start that
they're gonna kind of they'll get back into the hunt.
But I mean, this Eastern Conference is a fucking log jam.
I mean, you win two games and you're in the playoffs.
Look at look at the look at the sobbers Man.
They won seventh straight. So That's what I got for you.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
Listen, right, that's the about Well there's been more talk
about that, Tala. Do you want to get in the
heat the rivalry, Now.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
I couldn't. I couldn't get through. I couldn't get through,
you know, listen, I'm all for you know my affinities
for Gratuda's sex. You know I do not like that
in TV shows and movies. You know that. So I
preface that by saying that I'm like, I'm watching porn.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
Or I was gonna say, you don't have an affinity
for it, you have even aversion to it.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
I have an aversion to it. Yes, sorry, apologies, I
had a couple of gronies last night. Yeah, I have
an aversion to it. Doesn't matter, Sidney Sweeney, I don't
give a ship. It's porn. Is porn, all right, but
continue to Apparently apparently kneway housemate is is naked in it,
But that's not Oh really, are are we shocked that
(17:30):
she's doing a sex scene again.
Speaker 1 (17:34):
Catching him while she can play the hits meantime, shout
to my buddy John Forestland. The cracking are just brutal.
I mean, you're gonna be the voice of the crack
and then you go, no, this is the team We're
gonna go on straight. Well, they acquired Mason marsh from
the Stars last summer. Six months later, marred in a
one nine and one slump, they trade him to the
Blue Jackets a couple of draft picks. March with three
(17:55):
goals his first two games of Columbus, but looks at
Seattle might be waving the white flag on the season.
Brandon monts out four weeks of the hand injury. They
got off to a six two and four start. I
remember talking Lane Lambert NHL networking about their defensive style.
Joey Decord pretty good to court, great with handling the puck.
I always love going that can handle the puck. Is
the court's awesomatize one of the best in the hockey.
But you said early on the the start was not sustainable.
(18:17):
What are the Kraken Do You got a good fan
base with the team stinks?
Speaker 2 (18:20):
Yeah, I mean they've won three straight since the Marchmen trade,
so it's not too bad. I mean it's all by
all accounts. I do think that the West the wild
card spots are fully up for grabs. I don't think
I think the you know, Anaheim, Vegas and Edmonton will
run away in the Pacific and then we know the
central that's set those three teams. So but there's room.
(18:43):
And I mean they're not Listen, they're three points out
of a playoff spot and they have or sorry they're Yeah,
they're three points out and they got four games in
hand on on Utah. So uh, I'm not I don't
think they're a great team. I just think they're bleh.
They just have a lot of the same player they
have no really superstars. Are just nothing that stands out
for me ever for this team. But they're hanging in there.
(19:05):
And I mean, if they do make it, I don't
want them to make it because I just don't love
the brand of hockey they play. But that's Lane Lambert
for you. And he's a great uh strategist and he
designs a good system that kind of keeps you in
hockey games. So but yeah, a lot of you don't.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
Think the Marshman You don't think the Marshman trade was
waving the white flag. It was just a retool wasn't
working out.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
Yeah, I just I think it was more Columbus wanted
a needed somebody like Mason Marschman, and I think they
just offered, you know, a pick for him. He was
kind of struggling there in Seattle and it just didn't fit.
Sometimes it just doesn't fit, and you I don't mind
when I don't mind a gunslinger GM. When something's not working,
you just say pull the fucking trigger. Yeah, trigger bank bank.
Speaker 1 (19:53):
Speaking of moves, how about the Montreal Canadians, your boy
Philip too from the LA King's second round pick. They
got mcclumbus in the Patrick line a trade, so didn't
play five full seasons in Montreal, but four, signing a
five year contract the Kings. In twenty twenty one LA
playing time going down, no goals, five assists of thirty games.
The Kings this year a veteran center, youngest team in
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the league. Penalty kill ranks twenty second. How about the
the bl Blong.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
Rouge A little bit well, always talking Buntreal. I mean
they got Jacob Fowler, they got the goat as they say,
is there, they got their goalie. Man. This the I
I think within five years, I think they win a
Stanley Cup. I do. I don't think it's this year,
but I think in the next five years. There's just
there's something in Montreal. We need it. But I think
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in the next five years, all the moves they're doing
are are are very just too long.
Speaker 1 (20:45):
Await what about three years? Uh?
Speaker 2 (20:48):
Well, if I may give myself a little wiggle room,
you know it's gonna happen. But oh, I just love
I like their young core. I don't think they're there yet.
I think they're just a little bit. They got to
mature into this. But you look at you they got
three goalies. You know, Mountain struggled obviously, but you got
Dobees and Fowler. And Fowler's been just a revelation that
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so far since he's been playing, I mean, he's he's
looked so good. So I just think when you have
these young goalies coming in and you kind of got
them on a good deal, you got them on a
rookie deal. I think he's on his rookie deal, so
it's you have time now to kind of go out
get some pieces. And Denot's a good fit. Denot's a
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good bottom six guy. He doesn't worry about scoring goals.
I know he can, but he's more thinking to shut
down and defend. And the one thing is Montreal gets
enough goals. They got enough goals from their top six,
so they need a guy like that to kind of
be a shut down somebody to kind of be a
little bit of Batman to Jake Evans and who Jake
(21:52):
Evans has kind of taken on that role. But I
can't wait to see those two playing together in the
penalty kill. A lots of like from that trade, I
mean Montreal, I mean Gordon and Hughes have been very
good coming into Montreal and really shaping this team into
the vision that they see that can you know, get
this team back to the glory multik.
Speaker 1 (22:12):
They send down? Do you think they send Faller down
to the HL after the holiday?
Speaker 2 (22:16):
No?
Speaker 1 (22:18):
So he's there, follows the man.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
I think he's there now. I mean he just won
last night too. I mean he's this kid's he's While
you set up the next thing, I'll find his stats
for you right now quickly.
Speaker 1 (22:31):
Okay, good, So the last topic before we're gonna do
a little special segment coming up here. No guests this week,
by the way, Mary Christmas in the Ingram household as
Connor Ingram, Christian Jarry gets hurt. Ingram gets the winning
goal for Edmonton first starts since February when he suited
up for the team then known as the Utah Hockey Club.
Twenty eight staves and Sunday Edmondson's fourth three and over Vegas.
Jarry's out for a couple of weeks. Oil there's now
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eight too and one in their last eleven. We talked
to McDavid. Youing me the last time we were on
NHL Network. He's got thirty one points on his last
eleven games. Drysedal is now twenty goal scorer by the
Christmas break, and Connor Ingram as helping the Oilers get
back on track.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
Yeah, Jacob Powler before I get into that, Jacob Powler,
Sure he's under what nine eighteen say percentage? He's wow,
five games, three one and one. This kid ain't going anywhere.
He's here to state. Uh yeah, Ingram, big bodied goalie.
I did say on the network. I have said on
here that they brought him in thinking that you know,
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he dealt with some mental health. I think in substance
abuse stuff. I don't want to speak so please, I
don't want to speak out of turn. But and when
he was having that year in Arizona when he played
fifty games. He was their starter. He was the guy
I got some injuries. They thought they'd maybe take a
(23:49):
flyer on him. He was the statistically the worst goalie
in the AHL before they called him up, which is
pretty goddamn funny. And now he's two and zero in Edmonton.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
Well, as you said to me, different style of hockey
in the AHL, but go ahead.
Speaker 2 (24:03):
Yes, it's harder to play in the And I mean,
I think he was just getting his legs under it.
And I don't think the Bakersfield Condors shout out to
my old team. I don't think they have. I just
don't think they're a great team. I don't think they
have much Edmonton in terms of depth in the minors.
So he might just be on an island. But you know,
moving along to this Edmonton Oilers team that we kind
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of all said, well, you know, we're worried, but we're
not worried because they're gonna come flying out of the gates.
It's just a matter of time before McDavid goes on
a side quest and says, ah, you know what, I'm
gonna start playing hockey again because now it's meaningful and
now I'm getting ready for the Olympics and whatnot. But
it's just amazing how much better he is than everybody else.
(24:45):
And when he wants to, like actually turn on the
jets and skate as hard as he can, I mean
you can't. He could play like Connor McDavid could probably
play at half speed and still get eighty to ninety
points and just and like not even try like Cherry pick,
(25:07):
not play hard, and he could probably still get eighty
to ninety points. Like he's he's a fucking he's an
enigma wrapped in a kerfuffle.
Speaker 1 (25:17):
A riddle wrapped in an enigma.
Speaker 2 (25:19):
Yeah, wrapped in a kerfuffle. Differently, okay, Yeah, rolled up
and do a quagmire, Like how do you figure him out?
Sixty seven points in thirty eight games. He's a joke.
I hate him.
Speaker 1 (25:31):
Think one hundred, thirty hundred and forty points, like if
I want to do it, if not, it's fine.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
He's so good. He's like eh, he said, yeah, I'm
just gonna I'm gonna just pull this team back me
and Leon make it easy. He just what he ran
rough shot last night. He was a fucking It was
insane skating. He's skating so hard you can see the
difference too, when he skates as hard as he wants
versus versus just kind of when he's not coasting, but
(25:58):
like skating my speed, which is slow, he just he
lets people catch up with him. This league's a joking.
Speaker 1 (26:06):
McKinnon's second in the league, sixty one points, five assists.
Last night we're going to this breaker. The Avalanche have
lost two games. Unbelievable.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
Yeah, they've got the.
Speaker 1 (26:14):
Most points of any team since the break started in
like seventy two to seventy three.
Speaker 2 (26:20):
Ay, this team, but the Abs, I mean I'm saying insane. Yeah,
the Abs are not like this team is. Uh, do
you if you're a GM, do you touch them at
the deadline?
Speaker 1 (26:31):
Like, do you know?
Speaker 2 (26:33):
Do you fondle them? Do you do you bring somebody in?
Do you bring it? Do you make the trade?
Speaker 1 (26:39):
No fonneling, No, nothing, Just dude, it's cooking like you.
Speaker 2 (26:42):
Gotta like, I guess you got to bring like a
depth piece or a couple of depth pieces just in case.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
The defense, I could always use an extra penalty killer.
I could always use right a fourth line winger. Fine
if it doesn't cock, But the main horses, we're all.
Speaker 2 (26:54):
Just yeah, it's this fucking team does not have a
absolute deficiency anywhere has nothing. They're so good, it's so good.
Speaker 1 (27:04):
We can the Metros. Yeah, Metro definitely better than that.
Expected still to come hereologized. I am stars wild, We're good.
Speaker 2 (27:16):
We're good.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
The Metro is a crapy.
Speaker 2 (27:18):
Okay, nobody's lest thing. It's fine.
Speaker 1 (27:20):
You don't think so. This is Christmas Eve. You only
people are just.
Speaker 2 (27:23):
People are Yeah, people are just snuggled up next to
the fireplane scrabble listen and unscripted. They're going, Oh, hang on, boy,
I got unscripted with Nurse for the kids. That's what
you get.
Speaker 1 (27:34):
A new episode just in time from Santa, speaking of
Little Secret Santa coming up doing our best year. To
tell you what each team and just different areas of
fandom could use. It's coming up next here on unscripted
after this, all right, no guests this week here and unscripted.
We just had so many great choices. I like, you know,
(27:54):
just take Christmas break off.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
Its all good.
Speaker 1 (27:56):
We're gonna hand out special Christmas gifts around the NHL's
we celebrate the holiday's unscripted style. So here's the concept.
We hand out gifts to different people and teams across
the hockey sphere. Gives me think they could potentially enjoin
twenty twenty six. It's part Nors, part Secret Santa So
Sabers fans, as JD alluded to earlier, they're playing better hockey.
There's no doubt about it, Yarmol, let's go meaningful games
(28:18):
that we're looking for in preperate March. I'm not even
gonna say playoffs. Haven't made the playoffs for fourteen years.
They're making them meaningful. Wow, they're seven in a row,
two points on the wildcart spot. What do you think
they could use now just to put them in the playoffs,
because you're already calling it right now, which I love.
Speaker 2 (28:33):
If I'm so for me, I think they're making the playoffs,
but one thing needs to happen. You can reference my
Instagram page because I did say it on the network
two and a half weeks ago before they went on
this six game run. And so you know they're by
the fire, you know. Oh you know, here, Yarmo, Kickolin,
(28:53):
and here's your present for you for your Buffalo Sabers team.
And it is a it is band aids, and it
is pain killers, and it is raps and all the stuff.
A medkit for Josh Norris to keep him healthy, because
if Josh Norris is healthy, this team is in the playoffs.
(29:16):
I guarantee it he is. Since he's been back, I mean,
he has been a catalyst for them, and they look
like a playoff team and they are playing some very
good hockey right now. So that is what I'm giving them,
is a med kit for Josh Norris. Bubble wrap this
son of a bitch and get him to the playoffs.
Speaker 1 (29:36):
There's no doubt when healthy he can be a terror.
And it's not like Cousins has lit it up for Ottawa,
so you're right. Hopefully he'll be healthy contributing to this
Buffalo team. For the Panthers, they just a fully healthy lot.
They're without Ko, Chuck and Barkoff. They head into Christmas
holding out a playoff spot. No up did in bark
Up Ka Chuck skating with the team on track for return.
You and I speckling last week. He'll show up Winter Classic.
(29:57):
If you can get these players back in the playoffs,
the Panthers three peat is that still in play? What
could Florida use to go back over the top of
a year ago course Bills, you know, makes a trade.
Brad Marshaan, what are you expecting this time around for Florida?
Speaker 2 (30:08):
Uh, you know, obviously so many injuries to key players,
you know, cool cough. I don't know cool cops timeline,
but I would say defenseman, they need a depth defenseman.
I think that is that would be the need for them.
I like their bottom six up front, and obviously when
you get Barkoff, that's the thing is they just need
the boys healthy. It's it's this. It's the same thing
(30:31):
as a trade. You know. It's the exact same thing
as a trade is getting Barkoff and could Chuck back,
especially for the Winter Classic. This is like them making
a blockbuster trade because they haven't had them. They're in
a playoff position and now they get this guy back,
it's another boost. So they just kind of need time.
I'm giving them an hour class hour glass. That's excellent,
(30:53):
the sands of time. They just need an hourglass just
to get themselves healthy.
Speaker 1 (30:58):
Very creative. All right, for all.
Speaker 2 (31:01):
This has gone pretty well.
Speaker 1 (31:03):
Actually better than I will thought. I'm being honest. A
Canada US gold medal game in the Malan Olympics, that's
what we want here. It seems fitting the four nations
face off was a prelude to a gold medal matchup
the two best teams in the upcoming Winter Olympics. So
let's up the sticks. If Canada wins, the US cancels
all tariffs, well what's it going to take for Canada?
If you look at the best players of role JD
(31:23):
Canadian right, McKinnon, McDavid mccarr. But thought I would argue
the US depth is particularly impressive. There's not much of
a drop off from their you know, let's say their
player two to player eight, Ichl to hughes Etctera. Goaltending wise,
is gonna be a hot topic of conversation. They got
Ali Buck Ottinger, we got Bennington, Logan Thompson, maybe Wedgewood Blackwood.
What's Canada need? I think they're the favorite, but it's
(31:43):
a slight favorite.
Speaker 2 (31:45):
They need goalies. I think one of their goalies needs
to take the reins here. So because I don't think
any of them is really you know, it was Logan Thompson. Thompson,
but for some reason, the team Canada brass doesn't seem
to like him. I don't know what he's done or
who's cheerios. He's pissed in, but he just doesn't seem
to be in the good graces of the Team Canada brass.
So I don't. Yeah, I it would be a goalie,
(32:08):
but you know, and then I just feel like Canada's
more decisions to make. You know, they have a lot
of players that weren't at four Nations that I would
have on the Team Canada. Team. But again, there's a
lot of chemistry that needs to happen and they need to,
you know, Cooper needs to find the right for the
right formula. So for Team Canada, would be a bunch
of beakers and erln Meyer flasks and a Bunsen burner
(32:30):
to kind of create a nice chemical concoction that will
lead to a winning recipe. You're welcome, fucking next.
Speaker 1 (32:36):
Okay, great calling the beakers. Also for hockey fans and
all California playoff series, JD can attest this at least
one playoff series between two of the three Cali playoff
teams was guaranteed for years in the NHL, all three
teams in the thick of the playoff chase out West.
How much fun for an all Cali matchup? What does
it have to take some sunscreen, lotion, umbrellas in the beach.
(32:57):
What are we talking about here?
Speaker 2 (32:58):
A banana hammock. They just need a nice banana hammock
and that's all they need now for cal Yeah, I mean,
you know, you got the King. It depends where the
Ducks and the Kings will finish, but that would be
if they are the two to three spot. I think
the Kings are going to fall out of it a
little bit. I'm a little worried. I don't know what
they're doing. It seems like Jim ken Hollins been fairly active.
(33:24):
They just haven't really performed at the way they can.
I don't know if Jim Hiller's a hot seat candidate
as well. They might need Pete de Boor. That could
be a guy I think he's And I don't think
Pete de Boor wants to play anywhere that's not Canada,
so and I think he's worrying about Canada and worrying
about the Olympics and stuff like that. So, you know,
(33:46):
I for a Cali matchup, they just got to Yeah.
I actually don't have a gift for them, just a
banana hands.
Speaker 1 (33:52):
No banana Hammick is perfect because that brings us to
Pete de boor he needs to do NHL job.
Speaker 2 (33:57):
He just replaced him.
Speaker 1 (33:57):
What team could be the best destination? I mean he's
taken four different teams the conference final in his last
eight seasons as a head coach, which in Dallas, Vegas
and San Jose. He's lost in the Western Conference final
six times. So a decina stream. I only Toronto. Chief's
not going anywhere. Buffalo, Lindy Ruff, Utah, maybe Nashville a
(34:18):
spot for Pete de boor what do you got?
Speaker 2 (34:21):
Would? I think it would either be Toronto or Buffalo.
But Buffalo is saving Lindy Ruff's job right now at
home rufles of the road, so but I think it
would in Toronto. They kind of just gave the vote
of confidence. But I think I think Pete's fine stand
in pat I think for him it's just a nice
bottle of whiskey. Just sit by the fire and get
warm and collect that paycheck from Dallas.
Speaker 1 (34:44):
Mm I love it.
Speaker 2 (34:45):
Nothing like get fired early in the NHL and having
a nice paycheck with a good.
Speaker 1 (34:49):
Pedigree exactly dress sure, no problem at all. Tall Any
options you want to give for any of this was
your concepts. I want you to chime in any thoughts
you had.
Speaker 3 (35:00):
Well again, I think Jad was kind of saying something
before he trailed off, but about how he wants does
he want to play in Canada? I mean he's Peter Bor. Yeah,
we're talking about to Bor. I just want to get
back to Bor because, like, the situation has to be
right for him.
Speaker 4 (35:13):
He's going to get a job. It's not, it's not
if it's when?
Speaker 2 (35:16):
So is this?
Speaker 3 (35:16):
Does this have to be Canada? Does it have to
it has to be a winning team.
Speaker 4 (35:20):
I mean, you can't losing.
Speaker 2 (35:23):
I think he wants to be the final piece of
the puzzle. So maybe let's get him a puzzle, a
puzzle for Christmas, missing one piece, a one piece, just
a nice thousand set puzzle missing one piece, and he
is that piece. Yeah, he only wants to come in
if it's a finished product. I don't think he's gonna
want to do a rebuild.
Speaker 3 (35:43):
All right, fair enough, And we were talking. I had
one other one I was since you asked Dad. Now
you know, we haven't talked about Gavin McKenna that much
this season so far, but he's having a nice freshman
season at Penn State.
Speaker 4 (35:55):
Which team gets him?
Speaker 3 (35:56):
You know this summer as the as the delayed Christmas
gift as the piece because I was talking with someone
that we were talking about, what is Chicago going to
get another It's.
Speaker 1 (36:05):
Gonna be Utah.
Speaker 3 (36:09):
Who could use no, I could use him most you
think Utah is gonna end that well, we don't know,
you know, with the odd stuff.
Speaker 2 (36:17):
I mean right now, it's I mean, I think Columbus
could use him. I think Columbus is you know, Columbus
is one. I mean Vancouver, you could see get him.
I think they'll fall out of the race. I think
I think Quinn Hughes trade works if they get the
first overall pick and they get Gavin McKenna. I just
(36:39):
think it works for them. And you know, you're looking
also at a team that's absolute dog shit right now
and it's going the opposite way fast as the we
haven't even talked about it is the Winnipeg Jets, which
I said I was worried about him. It's getting late early,
but that's another team that could potentially steal that first
overall pick. Get Winnipeg.
Speaker 1 (36:59):
I've got Oilers and Jets. Amazon Prime next Monday, and
you're telling me this Winnipeg Jets team, you feel like
it's dead man walking right now.
Speaker 2 (37:05):
And they stink too slow, one line, too.
Speaker 1 (37:09):
Old, too slow, one line, one defenseman, one goalie.
Speaker 2 (37:12):
Yeah, this stink. And maybe you even got the Penguins
because the Penguins are in an absolute Dan muse. The
emmuz boosh is not working. They're in a big Dick
Dan music. Yeah, they're in a Tom Petty free fall.
Speaker 1 (37:26):
Coming up next, the Kid becomes a man Sidney Crosby
another milestone plus JD looking ahead to Florida in the winter.
Clasica's coming up next after this unscripted All right, let's
do a couple of quick hits and call it a
day here On Christmas, Steve Cinephal and sixty Marty Supreme
(37:47):
is roaring into theaters on Christmas Day. It's from one
half of the Safte Brothers, Josh Saftie, not Benny Safty.
Benny struggled unfortunate with the Smashing Machine, an absolute flop
from the rock and they did get a Golden Globe
nomination as in Emily Blunt. But the good news is
this Safty brings it. Mart Dame is undeniably exhilarating, wildly unpredictable.
(38:07):
As you know of the Safties they like to make
anxiety inducing films, which Uncut Gems is all about. But
it's an audacious piece of work and it really is
a bravura performance from Timothay Shallow. May I know he's
a guy who can be irritating. He's smashing Kylie Jenner,
he's doing all these weird social media things. He can
be a little bit full of himself, but it's a
hell of a performance. There's no denying the fact he's
a gifted actor. Perhaps should won an OSCRA for playing
(38:29):
Bob Dylan. Well, this perhaps is his time to shine.
I encourage everyone to go see Marty Supreme, which could
be Martin Scorse says he's tagline, just walk around the
sweatshirt Marty Supreme. But it's about a nineteen fifties ping
pong champion. It's a fictional story, but it's wild, the original,
highly entertaining, and I can't imagine anyone not thinking it's
one of the best pictures of the year. You guys
are both gonna love Marty Supreme in theaters tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (38:52):
I love Ping Pong.
Speaker 1 (38:54):
Oh there's some great ping punk scenes.
Speaker 2 (38:56):
I love Balls of Fury, one of the great movies
of all time.
Speaker 1 (39:02):
That's kind of an untapped market.
Speaker 2 (39:04):
Chato. Yeah, I know his his him saying like I've
just been putting up his interviews are interesting. Yeah, he's
putting out great work, consistently great work. I'm like, okay,
but he's I do love his acting. He's a good actor.
Speaker 1 (39:19):
I'm with you. Erican guy wouldn't say want to hangle
them like he's an Ericant guy. I kind of fold
this up, but I think he's a hell of an actor.
I do find and then I think in the movie
he's hysterical.
Speaker 2 (39:26):
I love him in Last the Last King.
Speaker 1 (39:30):
Oh yeah, yeah two Actually, Big Last King guy, they're
gonna call me by your name, But that's a let's
get a different on. It's more heated rivalry. Speaking of
heated rivalry, tals now, seeing how many episodes you've seen
more than.
Speaker 4 (39:42):
I am fully updated.
Speaker 2 (39:43):
I've seen him out five gratuitous sex I couldn't get
through it.
Speaker 3 (39:48):
I will say I I I did fast forward through
most of the sex scenes, not because I was because
they're they're long.
Speaker 2 (39:57):
They're long. They're long. The first one I watched. In
the first episode, I was like, what I'm with my
next to my wife and I'm like, what is going
on right now?
Speaker 1 (40:05):
But they're just making out. It's one thing. If he's
been in the guy over and it's taking five minutes,
you will come out. You really need this extend.
Speaker 2 (40:11):
We need to I know what's happening. I know what's
gonna happen. I understand. I'm an adults.
Speaker 4 (40:19):
Just a little long as all. I'm not listen. I
I've I'm enjoying it.
Speaker 3 (40:23):
I'm shocked at this actor who plays the Russian guy
is not Russian.
Speaker 4 (40:27):
I was convinced he was actually.
Speaker 2 (40:28):
Yeah, he's not Russian at all.
Speaker 4 (40:30):
No, uh and uh listen. I if I.
Speaker 3 (40:34):
Will say, I if you're a hockey fan and you
hear about heated rivalry and you want to watch a
show that has a bunch of hockey action, and it'll
be oh, this will be like you know, slap shot.
It'll be sure, there's very little hockey action. There's there's
a different kind of action.
Speaker 2 (40:49):
My wife says, it's it's just smut. It's hockey smut.
That's like the thing right now, it's like the genre.
Speaker 1 (40:56):
It's hockey smut, but apparently a huge hit right now,
So there's a market for hockey smut, which should not
be surprising.
Speaker 2 (41:03):
Let's do the show and me and you on a podcast.
He did right just.
Speaker 1 (41:11):
You're talking about gayborn. We'll just review episodes. That's what
So in the found sixty reviewing that let is gay porn,
and JD and I will break it down for you,
film strip by film strip, the kid becomes a man.
Congrats to Sidney Crosby's Sunday night against Montreal. The kid
had a goal and an assist to pass Hockey I
can Mario Lemieux for the franchises all time scoring crown
one thousand, seven hundred and twenty fourth point. Crosby now
(41:34):
sits eighth on the all times scoring list one thousand,
seven hundred and twenty five Stevie Wise next he's seventh,
thirty ahead of sid Assuming he stays healthy keeps his
current scoring pace, he should pass fellow Penguin's legend Ron
Francis for fifth all time sometime next season, the last
year of his current contract. How far up the all
time lets will he go?
Speaker 2 (41:54):
JD?
Speaker 1 (41:54):
To be able to say you're a top five scorer
all time would be unbelievable, or maybe not unbelievable.
Speaker 2 (42:02):
Maybe he's one of the top three to top five.
I mean he's got to be up there. Do you
have him on the Mount Rushmore of hockey?
Speaker 1 (42:10):
No, what Gratzky, Bobby Orr Lemieux. Okay, maybe he's fourth.
I was gonna say messy it, but I might put
Crosby at a MESSI.
Speaker 2 (42:25):
Says the kid. Come on, you got Crosby man. Guys
amazing rocket no rocket, Yeah, he's been in the face
of hockey for for so long now, that'd be good
for him. He's it's amazing to watch him still doing
at his age, at his age and still wanting to win,
you know, still trying to drag this team into the playoffs. Yeah,
(42:46):
and I mean they need Malkin back. I think you know,
he's been banged up. They're missing that. He needs those
two guys when they're healthy. I mean, they're playing good
hockey and but yeah, it's just it's it's I'm marvel
at what he can do in his professionalism and how
he is as a human, how he is is an athlete.
You know, what to have done, what he's done, the
(43:08):
way he's done it, and you know, just being a
class act throughout the whole thing is just such a
that's just the testament to who he is as a person,
as a player.
Speaker 1 (43:17):
So yeah, you're right about it, JD. He's been unbelievable. Well,
Demurs will be our man at the beach, rocking the
SPF thirty at the Winter Class for the next two
episodes will have plenty of coverage of the big game
from the man who kicks hear of the Florida Panthers Dynasty,
Jason neu Murg JD. Should be a ton of fun
man in Miami. An outdoor game. No one does it better.
And hopefully listen, they're gonna they're gonna have the retractable roof.
They got the refrigerators in there. Hopefully stays cold enough.
(43:40):
It'll be a unique experience for you.
Speaker 2 (43:41):
Yeah, they're bringing the I heard they're busting in these
refrigeration units. It's gonna be freezing cold. They're going to
open the top right before the game, so I can't wait.
It's gonna be a lot of fun. I'm calling the
game for the It's like the World News Network, So yeah,
I'll have more. No one will hear me on in
the US and Canada. But if you want to travel
(44:03):
to Paris, France or Italy and listen to.
Speaker 1 (44:04):
Me, won't you, they'll hear you. Like in Stockholm. Well,
they're like Oslo.
Speaker 2 (44:09):
I'll have more combined people listening than ESPN and Canada.
Like US and Canada combined, I'll have more people listening.
So it's fun. It's gonna be fun. I'm gonna call
the game, do a little color. Can't wait. It's gonna
be It's gonna be a good time. Rangers are playing
some some listen. The Rangers are right there and they're
playing some good hockey, just not being able to score.
(44:32):
They filled the net last game. But them and the Panthers,
it's gonna be a really, really good match. It's gonna
be a lot of fun to watch that game.
Speaker 1 (44:38):
I agree. Rangers certainly been great on the road away
from MSG and Florida. As you said, turn the corner.
Hopefully you'll be able to watch a little Matthew Cots
Shock Thanks is always supporting NHL unscripted. Merry Christmas, Happy holidays, everybody.
We will talk to you next week before New Year's Eve.
We'll have plenty more coming up here on NHL Unscripted,
peace Out.
Speaker 2 (44:55):
Merry Christmas.
Speaker 1 (45:12):
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