Best of three, baby!: Kucherov gets disrespected, Kreider gets traded and JD talks to Bill Lindsay.

After getting back to Edmonton from Florida, Jason Demers joins Adnan Virk to talk about an epic Game 4, Leon Draisaitl's incredible run in OT and why Nikita Kucherov should have had more Hart Trophy votes. We also feature Jason's great interview with Bill Lindsay before Game 4 in Florida. Then the guys discuss elite prospect Gavin McKenna, bid farewell to legendary Maple Leafs broadcaster Joe Bowen and break down the New York Rangers trading fan favorite Chris Kreider to the Anaheim Ducks. 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
NHL Unscripted is a production of the NHL and iHeart podcasts.
It is episode thirty seven of NHL Unscripted, Coming at
you after a laughering Game three, another epic game for it.

(00:25):
It's ridiculous how good these playoffs are? Plus talk with
the Heart trophy?

Speaker 2 (00:28):
Are you kidding me?

Speaker 1 (00:29):
Hella buck wins the Heart and the visitor? Come on
and congrats to Gavin McKenna and happy Trails, Holy Mackina
to Joe Bowden. We'll talk about that, but first before
we get to the crazy game, tea swizzle cal Pickard.
I want more travel stories. Jason new Burg is recording
this at ten thirty Eastern on Friday night, after from
assuming a full day of travel from Sunrise to Edmonton.

Speaker 2 (00:49):
How did it go? I was good, without a hitch,
first class all the way. Yeah. I was on the
plane with a couple of the refs from Game four
and it was had a couple of good conversations with
them and asking them about some of the calls and
what they saw, and you know, they kind they kind

(01:10):
of were their arms up in the air a little bit,
and uh, you know, they're trying their best and they
kind of set up there, like, listen, this this series
is like every shift somebody takes a one minute penalty
and he's like.

Speaker 1 (01:22):
Is it a Vader Kin specifically that you're asking?

Speaker 2 (01:24):
No, he didn't. I just asked like in general, I'm like,
how's it been to call this? And he's like, every
every shift is a one minute penalty. And he's like
he's like, we give we we'd be whistling the whole game,
even though he's like, we called a ton the last
few games. And he's like, we've even like we're trying
to stay away from it and let you know, let
them play and you know, call it within the rules
and and all that. But it's just crazy. It's like

(01:45):
it's a little chaotic of a series. You know, it's
been great, you know, I I games three and four
where you know that the end result of four was
kind very exciting, but you know, just like horrible first
period by Edmonton, horrible period by Florida in the second,
and then it kind of evens out. But anyway, back
to the travel day, it was pretty I was sitting
next to micro up the whole way. George Paris was there.

(02:07):
We were sitting shooting the ship shooting the breeze. We
had a forty minute layover in salt Lake because they
just kind of created this Edmonton to salt Lake one way.
So it was great. It was really not as crazy
as last time. Was still up at you know, was
out of the rink at one in the morning, up
at four point thirty, and then got in at you

(02:28):
know whatever time Edmonton three pm. Went right to golf
for nine holes.

Speaker 1 (02:32):
What a machine, I thought.

Speaker 2 (02:34):
Yeah, shot a forty shot of forty two and on
the front on the nine and had a couple of cocktails.
Went back to Royal Mayfair my spot Matt Johnson GM there,
amazing guy hooked me up. We uh had a couple
of drinky poos and then I came back and I'm
on with you schmucks.

Speaker 1 (02:54):
Big question from tal how does the guy rupper size
handle an airplane seat?

Speaker 2 (02:59):
Oh? Just his hips are locked up by the end
of that. But I mean he first, you know, first class.
By the NHL throwing us on there, at least they
could do is throw us on. You know, when we're
taking sixty five flights just to get to Edmonton, we
could be first class. And you know, white people problem
and first world problems, but I'll take it. I ain't complaining.

(03:19):
I ain't complaining. The last thing I ain't too.

Speaker 1 (03:22):
Proud of BG Was he not great song Temptations?

Speaker 2 (03:25):
Was Eja there or no? No, EJ was not. But
he drove me home from the game last Sight, and
I kind of as it's like a thirty minute drive,
and I was kind of like, hey, EJ, we're going
back to Edmonton, like your boy, you know, Terry, the
guy that kind of supposed to drive you to him
from the rink, and you know, there's a little bit

(03:45):
of a missap and I just wanted to fire him
up again. So I got him going a little bit.
But he's like, hey, listen, you know, you know, it's
not like I want to go, but you know he's
he came down and he's going to be here. He's
lock stocked in town. I invited him out to golf
could make it because he's a big avid golfer. Two

(04:08):
so but he played. Yeah, I think he ended up
playing like Turnberry in Florida twice. So he had a great,
great little run in Florida, great great run by him.

Speaker 1 (04:16):
Me and Ken Danico. Today we're gonna get to your
nine minute demo.

Speaker 2 (04:19):
Fantastic.

Speaker 1 (04:20):
How do you fill up an hour show? Do we
have a demo from Jason Demris?

Speaker 3 (04:22):
We do?

Speaker 1 (04:23):
Yes, him, Mike Rup net Front presence you and Schneide's unbelievable.
Mike Johnson got the skates on again. Daniel was giving
you a private Dana call.

Speaker 2 (04:32):
You can be honest.

Speaker 1 (04:33):
You want to rip jd tell me?

Speaker 4 (04:34):
He said, no, I can't.

Speaker 2 (04:35):
I can't quite do it. Dan.

Speaker 1 (04:36):
What I liked about it was, you know, lift the
stick up. He's like, too often these guys don't do it.
Jason's right, you gotta lift that stick up.

Speaker 4 (04:44):
Get it up there.

Speaker 1 (04:44):
I'm like, all right, Dana like he's ready to get
out of the ice right now. This is enough, these
old little moves. These guys do good Dutch stick up
and He's right, listen, can't screen the goalie. The two screens,
that's the problem. Get out of the way. Either block
it or get out of the way. It's ken, Danico,
approve of your demo. By the way, Wow, shut up
to Bower.

Speaker 2 (05:03):
Bower ha finally doing what they need to do. Still
waiting on my endorsement deal, Still waiting on a little
bit of cash, but yeah, you got it. Listen, I
was a smart player. I just might have been in
the pub a little bit too much and uh not
minding my p's and q's. But fuck, when I was
out there, I was tight, tight on the ice. I

(05:23):
knew every trick in the book, every dirty trick, because
I was I wasn't the fastest, wasn't the strongest, But
by golly g whiz, was I the smartest out on
that seven hundred exactly. So let's get to the game.

Speaker 1 (05:34):
I want you honest answer, because I see a Daniel
when I saw three nothing. Okay, this may not go
back to Florida like that, This might be done in five.
Like that's nine to one now in four straight periods.
Florida is a wagon. Sandford a pell Your boy was like, No,
I knew it was gonna keep going. No, you didn't
three Sandford tell Sandford, he goes, No, I knew everything.
You did not admit to a comeback. Maybe didn't think
the game was over, but you did not go even

(05:56):
three one. You go, Florida'll score four to one. Did
you see it coming when you're watching unfold? Did you
have any inkling this Oilers team was gonna come back
and make it three and then four to a tie
with nineteen seconds left.

Speaker 2 (06:07):
No, we were all looking at that being like after
that was the worst first period a team could have
played in the Stanley Cup Finals I've ever seen in
my life. A man, let me tell you this, all right,
let me tell you this about this game. I thought
one thousand percent that game was over after the first period.
You could not have had a worse start than the
Tinoiler's had and the worst first period. I mean, they

(06:29):
were taking on water like it was nobody's business. They
left out, They left old poor Stewart Skinner out to dry.
That was not his fault. All capped by poor Troy
Stetcher getting hammered in the head with a cross check
and then being dashed one and then playing fourteen seconds
after that. So it was not a great first period.
You know, we all expected up top league, you have

(06:50):
to put cal pickard in the net, you have to
throw them in there kind of get something going. We
were like, there's gonna be trash cans being thrown. We're
gonna see if this team can respond. But for me,
I was like, let's take our ninety second hit me
and kt Catherine tappan, let's get the hell out of here.
And wow, did they turn it around. And I don't
know what it is about this Edmonton Oilers team, but

(07:10):
they just like they look god awful and then they're
able to like, I don't know, it's a dumpster fire
of a game, and then they wrangle this back, they
chip away, they end up winning it overtime, and it's
just crazy with five defensemen, which you got to give
a big shout out to the defenseman Portroy Stetcher, you know,
getting scratched fourteen seconds of ice time in the second

(07:31):
period and then he was parked on the bench. But
Darnell Nurse, Jake Wallman, you know, they really kind of
battled hard. You know, there was a lot of turnovers,
a lot of mistakes by Edmonton, but they just battled hard.
And what can you say about cal Pickard seven and zero?
The Stanley Cup Playoffs comes in in relief, gives them goaltending.
The street hockey ebug goaltender of the nineties comes in.

(07:53):
He's kicking, kicking, like a goddamn whirling dervish out there,
and I know that doesn't make any sense, but don't worry, folks.
He was so good. I loved everything about his game.
And then you know the big credit up front. You know,
you know, defenseman, when you're playing five D sometimes you
get into a rhythm and it's actually better to play
five D for it. You can't do it over a

(08:14):
sustained amount of time, but for that that kind of game,
in that moment, five D was perfect. But then up
front you got the Pod coles In's, the Jeff Skinners
stepping up having fantastic hockey games. When in a game,
even though you know Leon dreisid on three points in
the game Winner, wasn't his best game, Like, I don't
think it was his best game by any stretch of

(08:35):
the imagination. Connor McDavid as well, they had some flashes
of brilliance, which they do, but they weren't the greatest
of games. But their depth once again comes through, picks
up some big goals and just they found a way
to wrestle this back. And now it's two to two
going to Rogers Place. That building is gonna be a
fucking zoo tomorrow, barn animals everywhere, screaming, yelling, point going

(08:58):
woof all that shit. It's gonna be crazy a bunch
of mutants in there, and I love every second of
it because those Oilers fans are ready to go. They're
going to be drunk at right now. Probably I left
Rogers Place is gonna be rocking. The fans are going
to be blow the roof up the place. I saw
Craig McTavish at the golf course. He's ready to go.
He can't wait. Mac T mac t no bucket, no dome,

(09:20):
HDECKI no domo.

Speaker 1 (09:23):
Two things about mac T no helmet plus taking out
Harvey the Hound's tongue on the great moments. Ever, when
it comes to mascot at violence, Yeah, we'll get to
get to Picker and Leon in just a second, but
towly once to know, and I'm sure people at home
want to know. Did you get to meet Taylor Swift
or Travis kelce No?

Speaker 2 (09:38):
Fuck those two? Why would I want to meet Why
would I want to meet these two people? We have
nothing in common. There would be no relatable moment.

Speaker 1 (09:50):
I'm not if Travis kelcey.

Speaker 2 (09:52):
Yeah, great, Hey, what's up? What's it? Other than what's up?
What's up?

Speaker 1 (09:56):
Hey?

Speaker 2 (09:57):
Cool? Bro? Like I'm not the biggest I'm not an
enormous football fan. Respect a lot of respect to what
he does. But you know, are we gonna go play
you know, bochi ball on the weekends and play crib
in the Hamptons? I don't think so, because I'm not
on the same level as them, So why the hell
would I even want to entertain the fact of going
to shake hands with them? I could give a shit.
I got my own stuff. I love this tape.

Speaker 1 (10:18):
You tell me, Jill's not like a tailor Swift fan.

Speaker 2 (10:20):
There's no girls, No, we have zero. We have zero
for those two. Like if we met him and they're
good people and we hung out, had some drinks together.
But if they asked me if we were hanging out
them and somebody's like, are you Taylor Swift fan, I'm like, no,
I don't really know any of her songs. My Jill
doesn't either. We like the nineteen seventy five I like
busting the Bass. You know that gets my That gets

(10:40):
my my my, you know, that gets me up in
the morning, that makes me go from six to midnight,
Busting the bass, Saint Paul and the Broken Bones nineteen
seventy five, I like that. I like that jazzy music,
So you know, I don't like that pop shit. And
then Travis Kelcey listen, he went from the you know,
he went from the most Oh, this is a tough

(11:01):
one house.

Speaker 4 (11:03):
What do you oh?

Speaker 2 (11:04):
He really took a one eighty on his type of girls,
and it's kind of switched his whole whole persona. You know,
he was very like I don't want to say thuggish
because that's gonna get me in trouble, but you know,
he talked with a certain tone and was had a
specific type of girl that he liked. And then he
one EIGHTI with Taylor Swift and now all.

Speaker 1 (11:23):
As like Tupac and thug life to like Elton John, Like, what.

Speaker 2 (11:26):
Are you trying to say? Yeah, well, look at his hair.
He's growing. He looks like Goldilocks. He's wearing short shorts now,
and he's walking around with like a sequence outfits you're
talking about, Like, tell me put the pictures of him
side by side of the last five years before and
after Taylor's meeting Taylor Swift and tell me there's not
a difference there. Well, dude, in our group, Jack T'll

(11:47):
find it out. I'm just saying, I'm like, you know, like, listen,
I would too for a billion dollars. Why not come
on love on the spec you know, love how spect
I didn't say that. I did not say love on
the spectrum. Don't you don't you dare fair? Don't put
don't put that evil on me?

Speaker 1 (12:07):
All right, let's do Leon on change breaking free is
try to the dead side, Leon, try suddle this time?

Speaker 4 (12:17):
This series?

Speaker 2 (12:18):
What is fourth?

Speaker 1 (12:20):
Oh t winner of the playoffs, Final Star and the.

Speaker 4 (12:24):
Ten five Florida four and.

Speaker 1 (12:30):
Over time he of the playoffs no playoff overtime goals
in his career has for these playoffs new all time
record for single postseason. He breaks a tie with Matthew Chuck,
Corey Perry, Maurice re Short and Mel Hill. Your boy
joy Sell now has the same number of playoff overtime
goals in his career as Wayne Gretzky, Yarmer Yager, Mark Tansey, Lawi,

(12:50):
Patrice burg Run and Joeevelski. Also four one more playoff
overtime goal, he'll be tied for third all time with
Glenn Anderson, Perry Brad marsha and Patrick Kane and Carter Verhagen.
Right now, for the con smythe if the Panthers win,
we know it's me, Sam Bennett. If the Oilers win
right now, the slight favorite is dry Seal.

Speaker 2 (13:07):
Him and McDavid both have three two points.

Speaker 1 (13:09):
Dry Sell has eleven goals, McDavid has six.

Speaker 2 (13:12):
Are you on board with me that?

Speaker 1 (13:13):
If the Oilers win, dry sells the cons Smith I had.

Speaker 2 (13:15):
A big David. Here's my thought, and here's my hot take.
Let's say you play cal Pickard the rest of the way.
He wins the next two games.

Speaker 1 (13:25):
That's that's ridiculous. The goalie is not gonna get it.

Speaker 2 (13:27):
He wins the next two games. He's nine and oh
in the playoffs. Okay, you're telling me you're gonna sit there,
You're gonna sit there. This an eight ninety six a percent.
I don't give shit.

Speaker 1 (13:38):
He's nine and oh n he's seven oh right now,
it's a great if he runs the table the postseason,
since Chris Oscar won nine straight, it's a great story.
But he's not playing the entire Stanley Cup Final. If
he played matter seven gate.

Speaker 2 (13:53):
No, he's gonna play two and a half games.

Speaker 1 (13:55):
That's that's not We're all here.

Speaker 2 (13:57):
For a story. We're all here for a story, and
that's the story. Nine and oh cal Pickard con smythe
all No, I listen, Leon's probably gonna win it. If
if Edmonton wins, Leon wins it. I mean it's really
quite simple. I mean I'm kind of sick of the
awards stuff because I know it's a couple of awards
this year. Yeah, the Heart Trophy and a few other ones.

(14:17):
I mean, it's like, what's the point, Let's just let's
just make it a popularity vote. It's fine, It's it's
all good. So yeah, the cons smite, It'll be Leon.
And if it's Florida right now, I would kind of
have a toss up between Sam Bennett, Brad Marsha and Turgibobrovskis,
So it'd be kind of those three and that Edmonton
would either be Connor or Leon. But I mean it's
hard not to argue that it's Leon right now running

(14:39):
away with it.

Speaker 1 (14:39):
Let me ask you this about Picker, because you're all
in on this guy. He stops twenty two or twenty
three shots, so there's no question Chris Nabloch pressed the
right lever.

Speaker 2 (14:47):
That was the right move.

Speaker 1 (14:49):
All of a sudden, this turns the scheme around. Do
you think Pickard's now the guy the rest of the way,
because I'm not entirely convinced. If Pickard has a bad
first period, I think you'd go to Skinner or do
you think it's Picker the rest of.

Speaker 2 (14:59):
The way, Spice, I listen. I The one thing the game,
the one thing I was talking with Rupper about was like,
Edmonton wins that game in overtime, and I feel like
there's between the two teams. They won that game, but
there's like a million questions about lineup for that team

(15:21):
versus like Florida. You're like, they're rolling out Florida like
you're rolling out the same lineup again. No one's getting
changed Edmonton. I'm like, who the hell's is? Like, you're
putting Arbington back in? Is Klingberg coming in? Are you
putting Skinner in? It's like the most convoluted win I've
ever seen in my life, because you're like, can they
win with that exact lineup? I don't know. You can't
play five D do you put Klingberg back in? But

(15:42):
you know, what are you gonna do if you put
Klingberg back in? Because Darnell Nurse has this great game?
They gave him more minutes, he played better, do you
reduce his minutes again? Do you put him with Bouchard?
What do you do up front? You put Perry up
top because they had those four lines rolled out and
he threw it in a fucking blender within a minute
and a half. Because they're the worst team of all
time to start the game. So it's like, really, you're

(16:03):
just sitting there like there's so many question marks. But
I think in net, for me, i'll bias deside. I
feel like it's probably gonna be as tough as decision
is in the net because you go it's it's the
whole starts game five, though, the whole Stanley Cup's gonna
be judged on who's in nets for Edmonton, whether they
win or lose. If you put in Skinner and what
happens he gives up to do you pull him early again?

(16:25):
Or if you put Calvin Pickard and he gives up
to do you yankum? And then what happens if Calvin
Pickard has a good game but they lose and you
go into game six, do you go back to Skinner
vice versa Skinner loses again. It's there's so many questions,
So I think, you know, big Brass balls Chris Nabloch,
who makes some great decisions and it seems to always

(16:46):
work with him, so whatever decision he makes will work.
But if it's skinner, I assume the leash to be very,
very short. And it's tough because you look at all
the comments from the guys. They know not that these
guys are grant fewer, no, no, one hundred percent, but
do you see the comments like towards Calvin Pickard, like

(17:07):
Leon Dry said, are like, it's amazing. We love this guy.
Jake Walman, Oh my god, he's the biggest beauty ever
Pod Coles and we love him. We're so happy for him.
It's so amazing because she doesn't looking at the home
depot like you're like that he's an ebug. He's an
I love this guy. He's an ebug in a road
hockey goal he mixed together. It's the best thing ever.
But he's like he's just so like he's so reflex

(17:30):
oriented and he just trusts his reflexes and it works.
And I mean, I don't care under nine hundred. Above
nine hundred, you're winning games. He's seven and oh seven
and o nine and oh runs a table. Cons might
suck it.

Speaker 1 (17:42):
Tell I think Pickard starts game five, I think it's
still game to game. To Jad's point, they get Pickered struggles,
they lose. Let Skinner starts game six.

Speaker 2 (17:49):
How do you see it? Yeah, I mean I think
na Block has shown that. Excuse me, Like you said,
he's going to game to game, your excuse excuse me,
He's going game to game.

Speaker 5 (18:00):
He's going minute to minute, shift to shift. That's not
just with the goaltending, That's what the whole lineup, right,
He's just throwing in different guys seeing what works. I mean,
there's no tomorrow here, right, so he's just gonna do
whatever he has to do to get that next shift,
get that next game. Clearly Pickered is the guy for
the next game. But like you said, if if he doesn't,

(18:20):
if he doesn't show out in game five, then I
could see Skinner getting right back in. And I could
see Skinner getting back in and absolutely playing his ass
off and looking fantastic out there, because he's done that
in these playoffs, looked horrible, and then get back in
there after a break and look like a standout franchise goalie.
So I don't know what to expect, but anything could

(18:43):
and should happen with Chris napplock.

Speaker 1 (18:46):
One more thought for the Oilers, JD. Can you clean
up the goddamn penalty kill? Sixty six point two?

Speaker 2 (18:51):
It's so bad. It's so bad.

Speaker 1 (18:52):
So I got our great researchers that held it. Looks
like he was always peak of a team that won
Vegas couple of years ago.

Speaker 2 (18:58):
Was seventy one point two so bad?

Speaker 1 (19:01):
This would be historic when it's Stanley a couple of
the Pelicans. If you want to take more penalties in
the how many more minor penalties you gonna take?

Speaker 2 (19:07):
I mean, I've never seen more high stickings of my life,
Like I just keep this, just don't even have a
stick at that point. If you're waving the white flag
like that and planting flags and trees, I mean, oh man,
it's there. Their penalty kill is so bad right now,
it's so bad at this point you might as well
put Connor and Leon out there and just say try

(19:29):
to go score and just make it a fucking Donny
Brook out there and just skate any way you want,
give up two on ones because it doesn't matter because
it's a coin flip. They're almost at a coin flip
where when they take a penalty. It's fifty to fifty
going in the net. That is horrendous. I mean those
goals that went the five on three was you know,
over commitment on the loss of the draw after by

(19:51):
Nuge and then you got to get a block, a
nice shot by Kichak you couldn't see Stuke couldn't see it.
Then that reinhard one. It's like they've been going into
that middle bumper all series long, and Boory Cappening and
Walman go right to the back post and Ryan Hartlake
didn't know what to do. He had so much goddamn
time and then ends up just going to the net.

(20:13):
So it's it's wild. I don't know what they're doing.
I feel bad for the pk 's or the PK
coach because if he's trying to put something out there
that's anything legitimate and he just doesn't have the personnel
or he's not teaching it the right way, I don't know,
but it's it's bad and they have no confidence right now.
That's the problem they got it. They just have You
have to stay out of the box. You have to

(20:34):
play whistle to whistle stick on the ice and keep
it five on five as much as you can.

Speaker 1 (20:39):
Yeah, both power play units for the Panthers are lethal.
It's not like all the first five come on from
no matter what they're gonna score. Like you said, there's
no confers evonton where they're doing.

Speaker 2 (20:48):
It's terrible.

Speaker 1 (20:48):
One more quick thought, by the way, on trophies and
consp myth, how about Daniell throwing this one in there?

Speaker 2 (20:52):
He goes, what about Evan Bouchord?

Speaker 1 (20:54):
I go what he's plus fifty thousand? When the conspy
at the end, it goes, I love him. Bouschbaum has
been great for this team. He goes, He'll throw a
couple of pizzas once in a while, but he plays
twenty nine minutes. Give the guy some love. Like that
sounds like a defense.

Speaker 2 (21:04):
It's been talking.

Speaker 1 (21:05):
Let's talk some awards. Jason Demurz, you were very upset
of it. Nikita kot Truck get screwed out of the
Ted after he won the Teddle. Excuse me, you knew
would not win the Heart. Connor Hallibuck wins it eighty
one first place votes, one thousand, three hundred and forty
six total points. Dry saw fifty three first place votes
twelve oh nine. So I mean relatively coast one hundred
and thirty points. Coach, your boy finished third, couldn't even

(21:26):
get a thousand points. Halibuk becomes the fourth goaling the
expansion Era to win the Heart Dominic Kashik, Joseh, Theodore
carry Price. He also ran within with the Vesmi all
agreed thirty one to thretey two. Bessi Levski got one
vote there.

Speaker 2 (21:38):
So there's this theory.

Speaker 1 (21:39):
You know, I get this in baseball as well, right, Hey,
why should a SIGG Award winner also win the MVP.
They have their own trophy. Why should Justin Berlin win MVP, etcetera.
You can make that same argument. I don't necessarily buy that,
like I do think if your numbers are that ridiculous,
you can win both theoretically. But it is funny JD.
When you look at those things like Hashik, Yeah, he
was unbelievable. He would carry the carcass of a Sabers
team towards the playoffic Yeah, this is all Hashging is amazing.

(22:00):
Theodore again had the unbelievable season. Carry Price. I get it,
and I know we're not supposed to keep the playoffs
in a part of the voting. I understand that aspect.
But to your point, if you're just looking at most valuable,
if I took a Halibuck from that Jets team, like,
there's still a good team, their playoff team. If I
took out dry Settle, even Mick David being hurt this year,
older is a good team. You tip your boy Koucher off.
Where would Lightning be without him frame to finish third?

(22:22):
I mean that is that's egregious.

Speaker 2 (22:26):
It's a he was robbed again and even worse this time.
Uh yeah, he's at the bottom of whatever canal in
Tampa Bay. You could be at the writers and whoever
the hell votes from. I think everybody should be stripped
of their vote. Yes, and we should votes. How do
you win the Ted lindsay, so again, the players think

(22:48):
you're the best. The players just showed that everybody for
votes that votes for this is absolutely inept because the
players picked it. They see him the most, and they
play against him. They understand and they feel And to
your point with Connor, nothing against Connor l but yes
he's odds on VESNA. His numbers were just you know,
out of this world quick wins. But again, their team

(23:12):
was like team defense is one of the best in
the league. They had one of the most potent offenses,
want the best power play in the league. So he
had run support, he had a great team around him.
You know, Nikita Kutrov. Again, I always say, like operating
and orchestrating that offense from the wing the way he
does and is so amazing at at just you know, run,

(23:33):
everything runs through him. So for him to do what
he did this year, and if he wasn't there, I mean,
where would their power play be, where would where would
their offense be without him? I mean, he's like thirty
forty points ahead of everybody year in and year out,
and he can't even get into the top three. And sorry,
he's in the top three, but he can't even he
can't even get like enough first place votes. And it's

(23:54):
just it's just annoying, and it's honestly, it's just one
of those things like that's just a lack of respect
for Nikita Kutrov and I'm not really listening. I don't
think he gives. I don't think he cares. And yeah,
because we saw what he thinks about the All Star
Game and all that stuff, and I think that's the point.
That's not biting him in the ass.

Speaker 1 (24:10):
He led the league in scoring the past two years
and can't come close to the park.

Speaker 2 (24:13):
Think about that, I know, And you know, somebody made
a great point is like you look at people go,
well look carry Price Connor Helbuck. I'm like carry Price.
That Montreal Canadians teams was so bad and he like
dragged them to the playoffs. To your point, you know,
Connor didn't have to do that.

Speaker 4 (24:30):
You know.

Speaker 2 (24:30):
You now, if if Eric Conmery's in the nets, do
they make the playoffs? I don't know. But if you
put a Stuart Skinner in Winnipeg or at Calvin Pickard
in Winnipeg, I think their numbers are somewhat similar. They're
winning thirty five forty games with that team, and how
good that team was, because yeah, so it's just it's
it's tough. You don't like to see it, and it

(24:51):
is what it is. Guy's not getting the recognition. But
I'm glad he won the Ted Lindsay And honestly, listen
to Connor. He had the wins and you know, tied
the record for most wins, and he did some amazing
things in net and was so stout all year long.
So listen, we're splitting hairs. It goes to him. I'm
not like overly pissed. I'm just pissed at the respect
for coach. And it wasn't closer because I figured he

(25:15):
wasn't gonna win it anyway. He's gonna get screwed like
Brett Hart in Montreal or the WWE. But reference, I
just don't think he gets enough respect.

Speaker 1 (25:24):
Especially when it comes to first place votes. Hell about
eighty one twy cell fifty three coach at twenty five,
Like that's quite.

Speaker 2 (25:30):
A disc puke.

Speaker 1 (25:32):
Bill Lindsay one of our favorite guys at NHL Network.
Billion Lindsay knows in a breakdown video he's always great
on film, watching games. Look at this, look at this,
look at this, and especially loving his.

Speaker 2 (25:39):
Bloody Florida Panthers.

Speaker 1 (25:41):
JD breaking it down with Bill Lindsay coming up after
this year and unscripted. All right, we're gonna talk a
little Joe Bowen here into a second, plus a little
Chris Pridor conversation and is hockey coming back to Atlanta?

(26:02):
What a three billion dollar mix juice facility. But first,
Bill Lindsay, one of our favorites NHL lewic I mean,
the guy cried for God's sake from the Florida Panthers
won the Stanley Cup. Nobody loves the Panthers more than
Bill Lindsay and JD. You get to hang out with Billy, right, Yeah.

Speaker 2 (26:15):
We interviewed him for Stanley Cup Live, just the Sweetye Pie,
and he was part of a ticket giveaway to Jamie Pardo,
the chief, the fire chief at a firehouse very close
that services Amatebank Arena in Sunrise, Florida. And it's a
great interview and he talks about it and I implore

(26:36):
people to go check out Jamie Pardo and that ticket
give away. So listen in and enjoy.

Speaker 6 (26:41):
Well, we just rolled off the top of our show.

Speaker 3 (26:43):
You go into that local fire station surprising the local
captain with tickets.

Speaker 6 (26:47):
What was that experience like for you to get back
to the community.

Speaker 4 (26:50):
There was nerve wracking actually to meet Captain Jamie Pardo.
And these guys are the real heroes.

Speaker 7 (26:54):
To win the Stanley Coup, it takes passion, dedication, all
your effort at work. And he was the Educator of
the Year not only for down here but nationwide. Wow,
Like this is amazing achievement. Very humble guy, but you
could tell after a couple of minutes of meeting them
he had all those streets that he was gonna go
willing And there's probably days he probably thought this is

(27:15):
this is pretty tough, but he kept going in being
in that fire hall and they're doing it to save lives,
like winning the Stanley Cup is awesome and you gotta
have a brotherhood, but they're walking into buildings emt our
first responders and they're doing it for real, and if
you don't have the trust but for the guy beside you, like,
people die in that situation. So they're just truly an

(27:37):
incredible man. Humbled to meet him and the sacrifice that
he was able to put through and to be in
that fire hole. Those men and women and Captain Jamie Parto,
they're heroes.

Speaker 2 (27:46):
And did you feel like it was a hockey locker
of like a team atmosphere? Because I watched that video.
An amazing job you did, and Jamie Parter was so cool.
What firefighters do they run in when everybody's running away,
But it seems like they're a team, and it felt
like in that video it's like you're kind of back
in the locker room a little bit.

Speaker 7 (28:05):
Yeah, the fire hall has that feeling, right, and so
all the guys ribbing them a little bit, give them
a little jabs.

Speaker 4 (28:09):
It gets there.

Speaker 7 (28:10):
And when you're around and they're doing that kind of stuff,
it's probably they probably fight.

Speaker 4 (28:14):
They're crazy.

Speaker 7 (28:15):
Sometimes they're gonna go after each other at bark and
then the chirps coming back and forth.

Speaker 4 (28:19):
I mean, it probably can be a perfect fit for us.

Speaker 2 (28:21):
Exactly great job.

Speaker 4 (28:22):
Other than actually walking into the fire fighters, we went
back out.

Speaker 2 (28:26):
Then we can just hang out in the hall and
then we'll cook for him.

Speaker 7 (28:29):
But they have a brotherhood and you can understand what's
going on there. It's it was really special just to
get it to meet him and all those firefighters out
there that do what I say, they are heroes.

Speaker 6 (28:40):
Yeah, no doubt about that.

Speaker 3 (28:41):
Will you're part of this Florida Panthers families for one
of the biggest goals in franchise history, allowing you to
win your first playoff series for the Panthers. You were
part of the run a year ago. Now you're part
of this team. What have you seen from this group
and what do you think makes them special?

Speaker 7 (28:54):
They just really get after and they're hard and there
is we're talking about the firefighters, but there's that bond
in the walker, there's a trust for the guy besides
you that continue palm reice with the system.

Speaker 4 (29:03):
It's it's gonna play hard, and they depend on each other.

Speaker 7 (29:06):
They rely on each other, and you don't have that
fear of failure for yourself in the locker room like that,
you're afraid to let the guy down beside you. And
it starts with our top players and goes down throughout
and filters throughout the locker room. And it's special. I
have to really kind of just pinch myself and cher
it and just cherish the situation like this may never
happen again.

Speaker 4 (29:24):
It's rare. I have to sit back and soul.

Speaker 7 (29:27):
And look at the fans and the special group of
players that we have on the ice, and the coach
and just just so especially third time, just look at everything,
experience everything, because you never know if this ever happens again.
Like let alone win a Stanley Cup, but get here
three times. It's a really talented, fun group to be around.

Speaker 2 (29:45):
Just talk about Brad Barshan, like the feeling you get
when you're around that locker room and seeing what he's
brought to this team leadership wise.

Speaker 4 (29:54):
Thirty seven going on twenty two. That's what it feels like.

Speaker 7 (29:58):
He was walking wait for a bus or getting on
and he said, thirty seven year old man, senior citizen.

Speaker 4 (30:03):
Coming through, like get out of the way.

Speaker 2 (30:05):
You know.

Speaker 4 (30:05):
He he's running down there. He's full of energy.

Speaker 7 (30:08):
And Paul Maurice was talking this morning and said, yeah,
Bardak doesn't talk too much. We have some guys you
get talk and then well we have another guy that
we brought them board. We really don't need anyone who
has to talk. He's friend Brad marks yet on average,
so he's going and Brad Marsham came in here.

Speaker 4 (30:24):
And thought, maybe I'll may be playing with Barkok some
of the pop start. He's not online one. He's not
on mine too. He's online three with Lindel lovest a
line and he doesn't care.

Speaker 7 (30:34):
He talks to those guys and said, you guys are
good offensively, he's one of the best games defensive.

Speaker 4 (30:39):
Winger of all time.

Speaker 7 (30:41):
But he's get well, you get the poplast make some
darn plays, let's get after it. And he's had that
trickle down effect. It's infectious what he's been able to
bring to the.

Speaker 6 (30:49):
Room as a special group.

Speaker 3 (30:51):
The fans are just making their way inside the building.
It's been rocking here in South Florida. How have you
seen the game of hockey grow? You mentioned this incredible
run that they're on. We're soaking it up in these fans,
I'm sure are soaking up this experience as well.

Speaker 4 (31:01):
Ninety three, when I got down here, you told me
this was possible. We had We had one small little
practice rink.

Speaker 7 (31:07):
I do wanted to play programs five to nine year
old kids from Kendall all the ways West Palm, over
a dozen ranks.

Speaker 4 (31:13):
It's stunning the growth.

Speaker 7 (31:15):
The fan base and everyone that we got and you
got on board.

Speaker 4 (31:19):
You have to be successful down here.

Speaker 7 (31:21):
We were in the early nineties, got off to a
good start and they have just reset the bar here
at this moment, and it's there's a place where hockey
down here and we found it with this team.

Speaker 2 (31:29):
Yeah, you talk about soaking in the moment and for
these fans as well, like where you never really thought
there'd be a team like this that would come around,
and what the Panthers have done, I found to match
that with the community outreach. I mean, it's something so special.

Speaker 4 (31:42):
Yes, well, all the players get back, even like even
like Barca.

Speaker 7 (31:45):
That's what makes like some of our players so special,
like bark Off with the Joe DiMaggio's children Hospital.

Speaker 4 (31:51):
He would never tell you about it, like he'll never
see it, but he doesn't, right.

Speaker 7 (31:55):
Yes, And there's a lot of people that give back
into our room, into charities, and.

Speaker 4 (32:00):
A lot of what goes on with our players is
what you don't see.

Speaker 7 (32:04):
But when people do the work right there like a
lot of people that put in work but don't are
never gonna tell you about it. We have a lot
of players like that. Our ownership has that commitment. We're
gonna get out in the community. We're gonna make sure
that we're out there and we're not gonna make loud
noises around it. We just want our presence and we
want to we want to do it. I guess that's
the biggest way to stay it. We want to be

(32:26):
part of it. We want to be in trench with
our friends, our family to make sure that everyone feels.

Speaker 4 (32:31):
Part of this panther group.

Speaker 6 (32:32):
Yeah, we get bil Zo.

Speaker 3 (32:33):
On our last show, you was talking about his panthers
on the Prowl and initiates to get back to the
community of the American Cancer Society.

Speaker 6 (32:38):
Are a Game three a dominant victory for the Panthers?
What do we think game for? What do you think
this performance is gonna look like?

Speaker 4 (32:44):
Well, the VIC stars are gonna be rolling mcdave dry Sally.

Speaker 6 (32:47):
You know, put off the score sheet.

Speaker 4 (32:48):
Yeah, I was like twenty nine.

Speaker 7 (32:50):
And ninety seven have been held off the score sheet
fifteen times together, and Conor mcgavid has thirty five points
in the.

Speaker 4 (32:56):
Fifteen games they've played when they've been held high. So
it's gonna be coming that you throw last games out.

Speaker 7 (33:02):
Momentum stops at last game starts at put drop tonight, Yeah,
and one shift or another it could go the different ways.

Speaker 4 (33:09):
So the Panthers are gonna be have to be on
their toes.

Speaker 2 (33:11):
Yeah, Like you playing in this kind of series and
then you get the two days off, then you play tonight,
and now you play one day turnaround? How is that
mentally for you, especially for a Florida Panthers team that
had all the momenta after gave three.

Speaker 4 (33:24):
Yeah, you have to be able to adjust at this
time of year. Whatever it is. There's no excuses, the refs, whatever, anything.
You have to control what you can control, and you
have to use that. If you see anything else it
was two days, that's an excuse. I think that's kind of.

Speaker 7 (33:42):
Where you as an athlete or as a person, you
can't have any sort of excuses for the way you
go out play. You have to take full responsibility, full ownership,
and stay in the moment.

Speaker 4 (33:51):
And this Panther team.

Speaker 7 (33:52):
Knows it wasn't two to one last year. It was
three to nothing and they came back. So you win
a game six to one, they understand. Yeah, six to
one to those guys in a two to one deficit
means he doesn't mean too much.

Speaker 6 (34:06):
I like that momentum. We'll start at Huck dropping. Who
will take it? Bill Lindsay, thank you so much for
stopping by Stanley Live.

Speaker 2 (34:13):
A great call.

Speaker 4 (34:14):
All right, great, have.

Speaker 6 (34:15):
A great call.

Speaker 4 (34:18):
M all right.

Speaker 1 (34:23):
Congrats to Gavin McKenna. By the way, thanks to Bill Lindsay,
was fantastic. Congrats to Gavin McKenna. HL David Brands Player
of the Award in Canadian Junior Hockey Medicine Hat Tigers
for a dominant the Western Hockey League despite still being
a year away from being eligible for the NHL Draft,
third youngest player to win the award after John Tavars
and Sydney Crosby. J Do you've talked to this before?
Mc kenny, You're like, listen, I don't know.

Speaker 2 (34:44):
We're not watching junior hockey day in day out.

Speaker 1 (34:45):
Do I think he's going to be the next you know,
fill in the blank Crosby, Gretzky, McDavid, et cetera. We
don't really necessarily know. But how hyped are you for
this guy?

Speaker 2 (34:54):
He's silky smooth. He's silky smooth.

Speaker 4 (34:59):
He's the silky smooth.

Speaker 2 (35:02):
Hi pod like that. Yeah he's I mean, yeah, exactly that.
I he's so good offensively, It's it's really crazy how
creative he can be with the puck. So yeah, I
want to see him another year. He's gonna get a
little bit stronger and coming to next year. It's crazy
that he's another year of junior. But is he? Is
he talking about going to university? Is that what i'd heard?

Speaker 1 (35:24):
I just know he's a year away from being elgile raft.
I don't know about that, is the rumor?

Speaker 2 (35:28):
Okay, yeah, thank you. I just saw that. I didn't
want to speak out of my ass so I wanted
to ask.

Speaker 5 (35:33):
He is obviously HL players are now eligible to go play.
That is the rumor, which which Bob Bender would flip
if that happened.

Speaker 2 (35:46):
He's a you want to hear this guy, Bob Bender middle,
Bob Bender, middle seat on West jed on the way there.
But Bob, Bob's a pretty big guy to that can.
But Bob Bender, No, Bob's tiny. Bob. Yeah, Bobby, he's
a little guy.

Speaker 1 (36:05):
Shocking maybe just because his presence. I pictured like a
booming Bob Bender.

Speaker 2 (36:09):
I know his voice.

Speaker 1 (36:10):
I pictured Bob Bender like Bob Booger.

Speaker 2 (36:13):
Know his voice, know his voice. He's still taller than you,
ad man, but his he's got that short sign. Everybody's tall. No,
but Bob on the middle seat, but he got the one,
you know, he got the leg up. We got off
the plane and I was like, how was it, Bob.
He's like, oh, tough one, middle seat And I was like, oh,
where are you saying? He's like JW married. I'm like, ye,
must must be nice, just just one over the top

(36:35):
on me. But yeah, McKenna Penn State. Potentially that would
be wild and for one year, I mean it's kind
of good because you know he's the odds on number one.
He's gonna say, I'm gonna go play less games. I'm
gonna go get in the training methodology of of the

(36:55):
NHL and really work on building muscle. You know, I'm
not gonna lose my game. So he's gonna go get
competitive hockey but not have the stress of playing in junior.
So I kind of dig the move if i'm him,
and I think it's a smart play as well. So
I'll see if he does it and stays in junior,
but I wouldn't be surprised if he went to university.

(37:18):
We'll find out.

Speaker 1 (37:19):
We want to wish happy Trails a longtime voice the
Tronomy Police. They're dropping like flies right now. Sam Rosen
steps away from New York Rangers and now on the
All Time Greats. Joe Bowen announcing today this is Friday.
Next season will be his last for the team on
the mic in James the Bone Zone know him for
the season. Holy mackinaw, he took his first night off
in forty three years. We should see this coming once
you took a night after forty three years to go

(37:40):
watch his beloved nor Day and fighting Irish lose to
what I was doing the ouce jimsy greens. Now what,
this day off thing felt pretty good. I'm gonna start
taking more of things off, you know, I'm just gonna
call it a career. So we should have felt this
one coming.

Speaker 2 (37:51):
Listen.

Speaker 1 (37:51):
I had known Joe from working in Toronto. He's a
great guy. He does bleed irish ezer, smiling like he
is all about Notre Dame all the time. Great booming voice,
great passion. You know, I've listened to Jack Michael's on
these oilers calls, and I like Jack a lot too,
but he almost sounds Finnist like with his goal called
like over time, whereas Joe Bone's enthusiasm unmistakable, like booming voice.
That guy loves the maple leafs like no other. Hats

(38:13):
off to Joe.

Speaker 2 (38:14):
Bone the Bone Zone. Take it, Enjoy it, my friend.
Like Thanos looking over a grateful world the cost of
his fingers, He's gone exactly. It's a great life for
Joe the Bone Zone. On wed one Bone to rule
them all. No bone is complete without Joe, no bones

(38:35):
about it.

Speaker 1 (38:36):
On Wednesday, Forsyth County, George announcing plans for a three
billion dollar mixed use, full facility that will include arena
in the hopes of bringing on an NHL team back
to Atlanta. Wait, Atlanta's burning Nope already lost an NHL
team twice. First, in nineteen eighty the Flames moved to Calgary,
and then again in twenty eleven, the Thrashers went to
Canada to become the Jets. Jitdy, you're telling me, and

(38:59):
I understand the issue right now, the currency, But you're
telling me, and I understand the terriffs right now with
Trump and car But you're telling me we can't get
a hockey team in Quebec City. We can't get Laculise
going again, we can't get Michelle. But I'm going to
see Atlanta for a third time.

Speaker 2 (39:16):
Pass we put it in the burbs, baby, with all
of them white folk in the burbs with all that
cash money, they're gonna come out, mom and pop. Now
it's uh, it's I you know, I'm such hard because
you want Quebec so bad and you want Canadian teams.
And I understand they're doing a very you know, three

(39:38):
hundred acres. They're trying to do what the Atlanta Braves did.
They're going out kind of in the suburbs. Yeah, a
very very you know, a very wealthy community in that
area and people that Yeah, a lot of private schools,
you know, a lot of families there. And I think
they're expecting to have the same success the Braves have had.

(39:58):
When everybody you talked to that you know, I've seen,
have been to that stadium, watched the Brave and seeing
them transition there is like it's a slam dunk. So
I think they're trying to recreate the same thing. I'm
already looking at real estate in South Forsyth, trying to
buy some rental properties. Nice. See what we can't find?
Maybe me and you we put a little unscripted studio
there wouldn't don't you know? Ye know, me, you and

(40:20):
the Braves.

Speaker 1 (40:22):
All Star Game, MB All Star Game this year, Atlanta, we.

Speaker 2 (40:25):
Can go, let's go. What's what's what would you name
the Atlanta team coming back? Well, this is what I'm saying.

Speaker 1 (40:31):
I would say Atlanta tired, because quite frankly, I'm tired
of this gonna be the third time.

Speaker 2 (40:35):
So Atlanta. That was good. That's right, that was good.
Atlanta tired. No bones about that, Joe Bone.

Speaker 1 (40:42):
Last one for you, the first pig trail of the summer.
Chris Crider, longtime Rangers favorite, going to Anaheim Ducks. Now
you predicted about Crider specifically, but you said watching Random,
they're gonna start making suis. You don't hire a Q,
you don't have ver Beacon there, you know. Okay, Also,
we're gonna start making us. I think you said Zegras
get traded. B Hey, Crider, that's big name. Fourth rail
pick in twenty twenty five, along with Quieter going to Anaheim,
four prospect carry Terrence and around this summer, thirty four

(41:06):
year old Crider third all time Rangers franchise history three
and twenty six goals. He's seventh all time with eight
or eighty three games fifty two goals. Felt like a
lifetime ago now twenty twenty one to twenty twenty two.
He was a disappointment this past year, two years left
of his contract six point five million dollars per season
for the Rangers, essentially a salary dump. You take a
flyer on this kid, and for the Ducks. You go, wait, Crider,

(41:26):
let's go. The Ducks are making a push.

Speaker 2 (41:29):
All hail demerstdamis yes, demers Tradamis. He's back again hitting
it out of the park. Pat Verbeek will not be idle.
He will not allow the Honda Center to be sold
thirty percent capacity. He will fill that barn with an

(41:51):
exciting team. People say that Chris Krider is over the hill, passed.
I mean I think he gets on the beach toes
in the sand, detoxifying the body. He will have forty again,
I could score thirty four. He's gonna have no pressure.
There no pressure. A different team, a young, upstar team.
Joel Quinville at the Helm, who is going to really

(42:12):
provide a role for him, and all things I heard
when we talked to Elliott Friedman. Was the reason that
Chris Krader accepted this was because he had a very
good conversation with Joel Quinnville, and Joel Quenville said, you
will have a role. Here's what your role will be.
Do you like it or you know or you don't,
And it's up to you if you would like to
come and join this team. And he was very excited

(42:33):
that whatever role that Quinville had told him he will have,
you know, excited him enough to accept and kind of
facilitate this trade, so to speak. And I think it's great.
You know, they got kil Orn there, they got him,
they got Goudas, they got True, but they got a
lot of veterans there with some size to kind of
insulate these young, talented young players, these skilled Leo Carlson's

(42:57):
Mason McTavish is who I'm interested to see. You know,
he's an RFA. I'm interested to see the old offer
sheet coming in for this old fella. But I think
they're gonna lock him up. You got the Zegresses on
the back, and you got Jackson the comb There's a
lot to like from his team. They got two fens,
really good solid goalies in dos Staal and John Gibson.

(43:17):
They got a lot to like and a good coach
at the helm. So Pat Verbeek has been not shy
to say that they're taking swings. They are trying to
contend for a playoff spot, and that Pacific Division just
got a little bit more tight up there, because now
you're gonna have Anaheim, You're gonna have la You're gonna
most likely have Vegas, uh with with a possible shake up,

(43:41):
you're gonna have Edmonton. Uh. It's gonna be very interesting there.
You're you're hoping Calgary takes another step forward, so the
Pacific might turn into the Central. Who knows, who knows?
Nobody knows, but Joe Bone to be retirement.

Speaker 1 (43:57):
I'm not sure if Joe Bones really locked in the Ducks,
but he's a verbeque kind of player. He's hard nosed.
It's gonna be interesting to see how that.

Speaker 2 (44:03):
Team he's hard boned.

Speaker 1 (44:04):
Okay, prediction Oilers win Game five, Panthers win Game six,
Oilers winning seven.

Speaker 4 (44:09):
What do you got?

Speaker 7 (44:10):
Uh?

Speaker 2 (44:10):
I have to stick with what I said. I said
whoever won Game four would win the series because that
was the pivotal game. In Game four, I think Edmonton
wins in six.

Speaker 4 (44:19):
Wow.

Speaker 1 (44:20):
You think they're gonna win three straight games against the
Florida Panthers.

Speaker 2 (44:23):
They did it last year.

Speaker 1 (44:25):
Yeah, and then they lost in Game seven.

Speaker 2 (44:27):
They won, They won three straight. This is one. They
just gotta win three. They don't gotta win four straight.
They gotta win three straight. You God, let me say, hey,
can I fucking explain my thought processes on this? You
know this unscripted Vicin Demurz if you're fair enough and Tal,

(44:47):
it's Vicin Demurz and Tal. You first me second, tall third,
so let me finish, Let me have the stage, please,
all right? You got me here on seventeen flights. I'm
gonna get my fucking thoughts out.

Speaker 1 (45:00):
Are you in the marry Ut or not?

Speaker 2 (45:01):
Come on, I'm in the Varscalona Hotel. I don't even
know what it is on hey, I said, any hotel
that has the street name like farscoing on white like,
I'm not gonna get a free room here anytime soon.
So this place that god damn dump. I hope it
doesn't go seven because they're not gonna allow me in
the building, I know. But it's nice. The renovations are
actually nice. Farscona and percent twenty seven. Nice nice restaurant

(45:25):
in here. But why I think so is the turnaround
is so important. They got that win has been They've
they've played an extra game if you consider the overtimes,
they've already played five games. There's fatigue coming somewhere. I think.
I just think that this building is gonna carry this team,
and they're gonna go back to Florida and they're not

(45:46):
gonna want to come back with the nerves of Game seven.
And I just think they're gonna somehow weasel this out
and we're all gonna be like how the next year,
we like, how the fuck did Edmonton win that series?
But they're gonna do it because Connor has not had
a Connor game yet correct in these finals, he had one.
He had some flashes in game one. He's not at
a full sixty Connor McDavid game. He's due, so he's there.

(46:11):
Tell the floor is yours, and I'm just gonna add
as well, here I'll just kick go. Tell Is Cherick?
Is it safe? Can I talk?

Speaker 5 (46:20):
Now?

Speaker 2 (46:21):
Yeah? You're safe? Can I finish?

Speaker 7 (46:23):
Uh?

Speaker 3 (46:23):
No?

Speaker 5 (46:24):
This was something I wanted to ask about FEU, specifically JD,
because the whole issue in us keep making a time too.

Speaker 1 (46:32):
I thought we're almost done ahead now we're on the
while neither of you.

Speaker 2 (46:35):
Can chime in.

Speaker 5 (46:35):
But just because JD's traveling with the series, the whole
hellish thing we had to go through with trying to
make time to record this episode was that instead of
two days between games four and five, it's only one.
So you're traveling from southern Florida to Edmonton and you
just have the one day between games. Does that help
Edmonton kind of retain the momentum they got from Game four.

(46:58):
Does it just piss everyone off because they don't get
the extra day? I mean, what is the role of
First of all, why is there only one day off
between games? I don't even know why that's the case?

Speaker 2 (47:06):
Saturday night? Come on, who does that?

Speaker 5 (47:08):
They wanted to have the Saturday night game exactly, they
wanted a Saturday night game.

Speaker 2 (47:12):
People are drunk already. Yeah they've started drinking already.

Speaker 5 (47:16):
But but you know, West Edmonton Mall, I'm sure is
just an absolute horror show right now. But so what
what do you how do you think that plays into
Game five in terms of just the one day between games.

Speaker 2 (47:28):
I can tell you right now, my body feels like
absolute shit after those flights, Like I am in a
bad place and I didn't play a game before, and
you know, I'm gonna You're gonna look to the guys
that have played less in this series to kind of
step up. You know, I look at like a Jeff Skinner.
I thought Jeff Skinner at his best game of the
season in Game four in Florida. And that's because you

(47:50):
really think about it, He's the freshest guy out there,
so like where he was like typically the slowest guy
in the ice are like a step slow. He's kind
of a step faster than everybody. And he's still got
that strength because he's you know, working out every day
and skating every day. He's not you know, incurring the
fatigue of playing constant games and being hit and being

(48:10):
beaten on. He's like got that freshness pod coles into.
So I feel like there's you know, they haven't played
enough games, and I just feel like there's gonna be
a moment where Jeff Skinner scores a goal. You're gonna
hear it to for me today. But I just there's
just something about one day in between and Rogers' Place
lifting this team up. It's gonna you know, it's gonna

(48:31):
empower the home team more than the away team. And
if they get off to a hot start and build
a quick lead, it's gonna be tough. Man Like, this
has been a hard series and it's been very long,
so I always lean on the home team. Now, this
is why you got homeice advantage, and it was specifically
for Game five, So that's why I was like, you know,
and the way Florida lost Game four of like giving

(48:52):
up the lead then tying you with nineteen seconds and
then losing after you hit the crossbar and etch and
blocked an empty net like you had all those things happened.
You were you were just like always at the the
you know, the top of your what I say, your
nervous system is peaking because you're so excited and then
you're let down, so excited let down, and I don't
know what you know. I said, what's gonna break first

(49:13):
for this in this series is the fact that Edmonton
is trailed. The two series prior to this, they only
trailed ninety six minutes. They've trailed over one hundred and
fifty minutes in this series. So they're constantly chasing, constantly chasing.
But the flip side of that, I look at Florida
just can't put them away, And I don't know what
breaks first that resolve from Edmonton in that resiliency or

(49:36):
like Florida finally being like, fuck, we can't get rid
of these guys, like dating back to last year, like
they're just they're always coming, They're always coming, They're always coming.
And then finally it's gonna come to a head. And
I think it comes to a head in Game five
and they finally Edmonton pulls away and they exercise the
Dems Joe Bone style.

Speaker 1 (49:54):
Well, let's hope so, because I mean, it's been unbelievable,
the fact that everyone knows Canada has not won the
Cups THISCE ninety three. But the Florida Panthers do not
lose back to back games. If you have to do
this playoffs, maybe that'll change.

Speaker 2 (50:03):
WHOA, that's a good Saturday and know that.

Speaker 1 (50:06):
Yeah, they do not lose back to back games. To
your pointment, how much hockey's been played, Maurice's team has
played three hundred and twelve regular season and playoff games
since he took over. Oilers have played three h three
and amazingly three overtime games so far. The record's actually
the nineteen fifty one. Still, like A found there was
five overtime games. So I don't know if we're gonna
quite get history. But it's been remarkable to see great
stuff from JD, especially because of the fact he's exhausted.

Speaker 2 (50:28):
Right now.

Speaker 1 (50:28):
He's in a shitty hotel, Bob Benner's The Marriott in Scottsdale.

Speaker 2 (50:33):
I'm trying to watch with the NBA Finals. I went great.
Thanks for listening. On scripted. Go ahead, I loved your
suit on HL. Now ad nn, you look great with Daniel. Yeah,
you look really good, Thanks buddy.

Speaker 1 (50:42):
I don't know, I never know if you're being genuine remarking,
but it was.

Speaker 2 (50:46):
You're Oh my godjeez, Louis. You can't say anything nice
to anybody anymore in this world.

Speaker 1 (50:52):
By the way, Danio and Edmonton guys. He keeps telling me,
I'm not chegging.

Speaker 2 (50:55):
You're from Edmonton.

Speaker 1 (50:56):
I know you're not trure, but your sister Leanne's like
a diehard oilers face.

Speaker 2 (50:59):
Oh yeah, I don't cheer if anybody come on, you're chair.

Speaker 1 (51:02):
For the oilers, and so are we here unscripted oilers seven,
you're saying others in six, let's get it done.

Speaker 2 (51:07):
I am. Yeah, your suit was great, your tie was
ship though.

Speaker 4 (51:09):
Good night, folks.

Speaker 2 (51:10):
Unscripted Yeah.

Speaker 1 (51:27):
NHL Unscripted is a production of the NHL and iHeart Podcasts.
For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,
or wherever you get your podcasts.