Skate Lacin’ Birdie Chasin’ - Brandon Tanev - Chasin' Birdies

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>> Brandon Tanev (00:01):
Hey, this is Brandon Tanner with Seattle Kraken, and you're listening to Jason
birdies.

>> Speaker B (00:10):
We are back this week on chasing
birdies. And, it is an eventful week, kicking off the week
here on Thursday with the FedEx cup, kicking off
live going on down at the greenbrier. You're in Florida, I'm
in St. Martin, and we're still getting this shit done.
My man. What's shaking?

>> Speaker C (00:27):
Not much, buddy. Just came off the boat, did a
little, sand dollar digging.

>> Speaker B (00:32):
Yeah, you better put that in your pocket.

>> Speaker C (00:34):
Yeah, I didn't know. Did you know that
there's. Sand dollars are a living thing? Did
you know that?

>> Speaker B (00:40):
Yeah, I did, actually.

>> Speaker C (00:42):
I did not know that. I did not know that.

>> Speaker B (00:45):
Yeah, you can tell. I mean, it's not like
starfish where they kind of creep and crawl,
but they're still living.

>> Speaker C (00:52):
Yeah. So I'm coming to you live from a bunk bed,
in Florida. So today's
episode is always brought to you by
our boys at redvanley. So go check them
out@redvanley.com. give them a little
click. I just played no member guests with beat cats. I
can't tell you how many people at yawk had these shorts on.
Did.

>> Speaker B (01:12):
Dude. Yeah. You made your grandparents this
summer here, your first member guest, middle of
August. So how'd it go?

>> Speaker C (01:20):
Well, we came out of, swinging. We won our first
two matches. 5454. Lost our
third match. Six three to the eventual
overall champions danko,
and Tyler Tracy. Congratulations to
them. they won in the shootout, which I'll get into
that. and then, Brendan and I were officially handed

(01:40):
our worst member guest loss of all time
to mark Torgic. Seven and a half to
one and a half. We got beat.

>> Speaker B (01:49):
Well, I mean, in all fairness, they.

>> Speaker C (01:51):
Played out of this world. It's just
because we. We made bogeys and
they didn't have to make, birdies.

>> Speaker B (01:59):
Well, that's what I was going to say. I mean, it's basically be cats
and a half. Half of you. I mean, you barely
have a left ankle right now still, so. But,
I mean, it's good for you to get back in competition a little
bit.

>> Speaker C (02:11):
Yeah, that was right, bud. So glad you paid attention to me in
surgery.
but we had some two
happenings at the member guest that I've never witnessed
before. One, a member knocked his own
partner out in the parking lot. So
that was interesting. completely knocked him out cold, bleeding
from the face. After he knocked him out cold, went to the pool

(02:32):
and started basically floating.

>> Speaker B (02:36):
he did not care.

>> Speaker C (02:37):
He did not care. Apparently, he told.
Said, you don't
disrespect the champion at his country
club. Which my question to him is, if you're the champion, why were
you in the pool while the shootout was going on? But that's neither near
her there, right? so that
happened, which was interesting. Never saw police
and ambulance and all that jazz. And then in the

(02:59):
shootout there. There's always supposed to be. They do it
like Pete died. Right? Like, you get on 18. There's two
teams there.

>> Speaker B (03:06):
Yep. Yep.

>> Speaker C (03:07):
We get on 18. There's four teams there.
So four teams are playing the
final hole in the shootout. You have two
holes, two groups do
five, four. Two groups do four three. What would you do in
that situation?

>> Speaker B (03:23):
The four three.

>> Speaker C (03:24):
The four threes go into shootout to win,
right?

>> Speaker B (03:28):
Is that a trick question?

>> Speaker C (03:30):
They took the, five fours and had them go to a chip
off, and then one team advanced from there. So that
team ended up winning the whole thing. Who was Danko and Tyler
Tracy, which is crazy to me that they were the
highest two team. Look, you're up. You're done. You're back.
sorry, guys. Your bags. Pack your bags. You're done.

>> Speaker B (03:46):
Yeah. Head on down 51.

>> Speaker C (03:49):
Yeah. So, anyways, it was great,
though, dude. Beat cats, had a, I don't know how much fun he had. I
mean, he was. His back was really. He was doing a
lot of work.
So, how's your trip going?

>> Speaker B (04:00):
But I'm glad. I'm happy to hear that you're back out there swinging it, making
an appearance. People are seeing Jonathan Pepe on a golf course again,
so that's always a good thing. And I look forward to fall golf with you,
man. And I'll tell you what, dude, I'm bracing here for. By the
time this episode airs, hopefully everything's.
But I'm bracing for my first tropical
storm, here in the Caribbean at St. Martin.

(04:21):
Apparently, something's coming up here earlier this week,
so we'll see what's happening. But all is well, man. I did not
bring the golf sticks on this trip. Take a little time
off. But, you know, I had a good chance to catch up on a
PGA tour. Nothing too exciting with Aaron Rye winning,
there, but I am stoked to watch the, St. Jude
classic this weekend. Loaded field. dude, I gotta tell

(04:41):
you something, though. Have you seen what's going on with
Graham McDowell?

>> Speaker C (04:45):
Yeah. Crazy.

>> Speaker B (04:47):
I mean, a nasal deconstruct congestion, and I'm just
like, you know, if. If you're into drugs
or something, just say it. But. But apparently it was nothing
like that. It was just an over the counter thing and,
He's missing the old white.

>> Speaker C (05:00):
That's crazy. Yeah. Are you heading down there?

But.

>> Speaker B (05:03):
No but. No but I'll still be in the Caribbean.
But tropical, Or, I'm sorry.
Tropical. $125,000
fee. Fine. Crazy.

>> Speaker C (05:13):
Fine. That's crazy.

>> Speaker B (05:15):
But our guest today on chasing birdies probably knows a thing
or two about fines, but the NHL really doesn't
impose them too often. we still can
relish in the fact that the NHL allows fighting, which we
spoke about before, but Brandon Tanf from the Seattle
Kraken is joining us here on chase and
birdies. And I'll tell you what, man, it was good to connect with the man
again, huh? Huh? Good.

>> Speaker C (05:36):
M catching up with the old boy.

>> Speaker B (05:38):
Yeah, a lot of good stories here from bt and whatnot.
So, of course, he's a golf nut and
we'll dive into some topics there, but, I don't know, man. Let's take it
on over here.

>> Speaker C (05:48):
Let's roll it all over to Brandon Tanf on
the hot mic.

>> Speaker B (05:53):
All right, we're back. This week on chasing
birdies. We got a puck chaser joining us
again here on chasing birdies. And I would say what's
cracking? Because that would be appropriate, but we
got Brandon Taniff joining us here from the Seattle
Kraken, formerly of the Pittsburgh
penguins. For the local yokels out there, my man bt, what's shaking,
baby?

Not a whole lot. It's been a while since,
you fellas, but it's great to see your faces and
kind, of yuck it up here, hot stove, for a little bit about things.

>> Speaker B (06:21):
I know, bud, it's been. I mean, listen, I feel
like I'm.

>> Speaker C (06:24):
Looking at the two, the same person a little bit.

Could be pretty good. Both, pretty good golfers bashed a little bit
better than me, but pretty, decent looking guys.

>> Speaker B (06:32):
Well, he's got six inches on me, vertically
speaking, but also probably bigger legs, but, The hair. Yeah,
maybe. I don't know, man. Like, I have a
thing. I don't know about you, but I've had this thought of, like, I'm
actually going to cut my hair. I've had long hair now for
seven years. Every time I go,
in fact, tomorrow I'm going to get a haircut. And I'm thinking in my mind, am I going

(06:53):
to do it? I can't do it.

Like, I feel you. Everyone tells me like,
you should cut it. You should cut it. And I always think about cutting it, and then
once I get to, in the chair, I never do it. I
can never pull trigger on it.

>> Speaker C (07:04):
I will just do a little trim.

That's exactly true.

>> Speaker C (07:07):
The long hair, for what you do in your
life with the warm ups is
crucial. That long hair.
But in the NHL, are you allowed to go out with no buckets on
now in warm ups?

Oh, yeah.

>> Speaker C (07:20):
Is there a certain,

So you have to be grandfathered in now? like,
I've been to the point where I'm allowed to go, no buckets. I took a puck off the
forehead a couple years ago that socked out to get
stitches, before the start of the game. But, I mean, it's. It's
so cool to be buzzing around there and then, like, you're
just got your. Your hair in the wind and, you're just
free flowing. It's like one of those things where it's like, oh, damn, this

(07:41):
is pretty sweet.

>> Speaker B (07:42):
Yeah, that.

>> Speaker C (07:43):
I mean, I'm telling you right now, boys, that's one thing I want
to do before I die. Get on the ice for a warm up, chew
big piece of bubble gum, let the gray hair
flow a little bit. What?

>> Speaker B (07:53):
Bud, how did you get hit? By putting warm ups,
like, one of your teammates or what happened?

Yeah, so I was skating by the net, and, like, you never want
to go too close. And, like, I kind of turned off, and then guy
ripped one off the crossbar and just, boom, right off the forehead. And I was
like, I'm, Like, God damn.
Grabbed my face right into the locker room.
Stitches coach comes in, tells the starting
lineup. I end up starting that game, and I'm,
like, sitting there. I'm, like, looking at myself. I'm like, jesus.

(08:20):
But you know what? It could have been worse. Maybe plucked the teeth or
somewhere else.

>> Speaker B (08:24):
Yeah, that have been. That's like
Matt Barkowski. He still don't have a fucking tooth. He
walks around with one tooth.

Yeah, I think. I think he does it just because it makes him.
He never wants to put it in. And Bart likes the little
conversation starter. That's. Yeah, that's halfway there.

>> Speaker C (08:41):
That's his. That's his, dude. Have you
talked to him lately? I have.

I, talked to him last week. We always. We always
shoot the shit, and I always ask him how his golf
games doing, and, he always asks mine, but, you know,
Bart's awesome. He played with my brother, in
Vancouver, and then that's how I would be able to
kind of touch base them with. I signed in Pitt and Jesse
and, him were great to me when I spent my time in
Pittsburgh. So it's nice to have a good

(09:08):
friend in Barton. He's a, pretty. Not bad golfer, as much as
I hate to say it.

>> Speaker C (09:12):
Well, that's, well, how we met you in Pittsburgh. So,
I mean.

Yeah, well, I mean, the first time I think I met
bash, we were taking that junior,
tangle, and I was driving up to play.

>> Speaker C (09:27):
Yeah, you got the sprinter, you didn't.

Have the sprint, you didn't have the sprinter back then. We were sitting
in the back of the back of the. Of the car. We
were drinking fosters oil cans.

>> Speaker B (09:38):
Dude, I still fucking remember that when you guys rolled
in there and. Dude, pep.
So he plays lefty. He's lefty.

>> Speaker C (09:46):
Yeah, but I was there. Like, I was there.
I played golf with tango.

>> Speaker B (09:50):
You were there.

>> Speaker C (09:51):
You drove number one.

>> Speaker B (09:52):
We. Yes, we were just talking about that a couple weeks ago with junior
because Jr didn't believe it, but I I saw it. I mean,
he hit it over the left trees,
and for a
lefty right, we could talk about
that. But that, dude. No, you did.

Yeah, I remember. Cuz junior was like, you didn't do it. And I was like, I
remember I hit one. It was like, over the left.
Like, no, I just hit another one. So. So
I probably didn't make bogey quite honest with you. And
I snap hooked my neck, my next one into the right
trees, and then the caddy came running out. He's like, he was giving the
thumbs up, and I'm like, I'm like, perfect. Sounds good to
me.

>> Speaker B (10:29):
And then. Yeah, that's exactly right. But.
Well, junior, updates on you from, you
know, from junior with. With respect to
Tanf.

We saw. We saw him last year. We went down, came down to
Pittsburgh, for a day or two. We played some golf, and he had
the sprinter brand buzzing. And it was.

>> Speaker C (10:46):
It was good times that damn couple
rounds, but that word sprinter
just makes my skin curl because it's
like, dude, just. I know how you get
in here. I'm gonna take the sprinter. I know, dude, I know you're gonna take the
sprinter 30 minutes down the road. Like, it's good. do
you want the sprinter to come get you, bash? How about I send you the sprinter down to

(11:07):
Morgantown, I'll come back and get you, and then we'll do this. It's like,
dude, I can drive. Like,
I know people do nowadays.

They drive if I had. If I had one of those things. I don't
know if I. I don't know if I could leave it. he picked me up in that last
year. I was like, oh, my God. I. That thing is
incredible.

>> Speaker B (11:23):
Yeah, dude. It's. It's. It's sweet. And he, He's, like, way
too generous. Like, Pep's right? Like, we'll be. We were going
up to see a show in Pittsburgh, and he's like, I
send it down and pick you up, but. But I'm like, I'm not getting turned up
like you do. I'll just drive back. I appreciate
the offer, but Junior is the type of guy. Dude, I'm.
I was bitching him one day about how I hate the

(11:43):
boxes in my garage. Like, Amazon boxes,
cardboard boxes. And he's like, dude, I got something
for you. I'm like, what is it? I thought he was gonna tell me something, like
how to fold him. He's like, what's your address? So
I gave it to him, and a package shows
up two days later, obviously in a box, which I hate,
from Amazon. It's like this frickin electric

(12:03):
knife that you just use to chop up
cardboard boxes. My man just sent it to me. It was like, what
a good friend.

Yeah. Jr. Jr. Is an awesome dude.

>> Speaker C (12:12):
He, love.

I love grinding him. Grinding him.
His golf game. That's my favorite thing. Grinding him
both.

>> Speaker C (12:20):
He sent me a nice little package when I was sitting on the couch, but.

>> Speaker B (12:23):
Exactly. That's what I mean. Very thoughtful.

>> Speaker C (12:25):
So I will give him that when.

>> Speaker B (12:27):
You get him and tango together. Dude, it's like a comedy
hour. I can't even. I can't even breathe because I
laugh so hard.

>> Speaker C (12:34):
It's exhausting.

Oh, it's like.
Well, he was telling me about. You guys had a, golf
at, Nemico. And was it last couple
weeks ago?

>> Speaker C (12:44):
Yeah, three weeks ago.

You guys were playing some good golf, and then you guys had
some, some drinks buzzing, and you guys were shooting this shit.
Storytelling, hot stove. And said it was just incredible time.

>> Speaker B (12:54):
Yeah, we did that for the, two man event we had here.
And, Man, we had a great turnout. We should have.
Everybody had a great time. We played two rounds of golf, had
skins.

Oh, come on. It's a hop, skip, and a jump.
I'll make it up there next year.

>> Speaker C (13:06):
Well, let's send the sprinter.

>> Speaker B (13:07):
But that's the deal because we're adding a couple more spots, so.

The only way. Only way. I'm coming. If you do sense the
spreader.

>> Speaker B (13:16):
Oh, shit.

I'll play with Bart Bartley. Play together.

>> Speaker B (13:20):
Yeah. There you go. There you go. You know
the funny thing about Bart, my dad played with him at Pete die
and my dad said he's never seen anyone drink as many beers in
his life in one setting. And my dad's like, not really
conservative, but he's not wild, but he's like, this guy
just starts fucking drinking, right at 530 in the morning.
Never stops. Like, yeah, that's

(13:40):
it.

I think that's where we all met. We met at Pete Dye in West
Virginia. Covid, that we playing that two, man group.
Yeah, Covid, we were playing up in West Virginia. Noah,
it was no Austin and Bart. We came when I was four,
so we played up there and we had a. We had a hell
of a time up there. That was a good. That was good shit.

>> Speaker B (14:00):
Yeah, man. That was awesome.
So what you been going on, man?
Offseason? How was the season? I mean, were you stoked
to go to Seattle? New team pep? Correct me if I'm
wrong, but what didn't Brandon go there when Flurry
went as well?

I don't think I
went to, Yeah, Hayden and I went to Seattle together,
so we were taking both in the expansion draft. I
mean, you. When I signed at Pittsburgh, I
signed for six years. So I was extremely excited to
get down to the city and the organization, the franchise, I mean,
storied franchise, so many Stanley cups. I mean,

(14:34):
you're playing with Sidney Crosby, getting Malkin,
Chris Latang. And then you meet so many great
people, outside the rink. You know, there's
you guys, other people as well. And it was close to home. It was four hour
drive. So there were so many advantages and
amazing things that, you know, that came with being a part of the Penguins.
And then, you know, obviously when you get taken into

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Seattle, it's a change of scenery. It's. It's part of the
business. You know, things happen so often,
and especially in our game. You know,
no matter who you are or what you've done for an
organization, you know, things can change of a snap
the fingers. But, you know, in that saying, it was. It was pretty
cool to go down to a new franchise, a new city,

(15:15):
and start to build, you know, a hockey team in, a
city that's really never had an NHL
franchise. So in that sense, it was. It was
amazing. You're. You're part of a new franchise, a new city. You know,
you get to build this team. You get taken in an
expansion draft, and you see how much it means to the people, the
city, the fans are unbelievable. It's
such a good sports, town. But at the same time,

(15:37):
it was a little sad leaving because you leading
so many good friends behind, in that sense. So it's one of those things
where it was a little bittersweet, but you were so excited to get down to
Seattle and start this new journey and build
this new franchise in a new city.

>> Speaker B (15:51):
Yeah, that's. I mean, that would have to be a little
bit. You get kind of settled
in. We talk about this all the time with these athletes. You get settled
into, you know, whatever, a routine or a city,
and. And next thing you know, you get the call, you're.
You're on the go. Hey, I'm getting traded. Or in this
case, you know, however this expansion worked, I don't know, but
that would be the hardest thing, I feel like, about being pro athlete

(16:14):
because you just. I don't know. I. I don't.
I don't want to say. You just never know, but you really don't at the end
of the day.

No, I mean, it's. It's for sure tough. I mean, especially
guys that, you know, had families and with young kids and, you
know, you're picking up and moving, it can be a little tough
at times and getting organized, finding a place or
maybe finding schools or, you know, getting them into
routines and situated. now, for
me, it was easy, you know, just pack your bags and kind

(16:41):
of pick up and go. There was no really,
like, getting organized with family and kids
in that sense. So for me, it was a lot easier than, I would
say, other guys that, you know, had families. But, I
mean, Seattle was. Was great in the sense of kind of
putting us towards people, like a real estate
agent or, you know, giving this understanding of what we

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kind of needed to do and anything we needed help with, you know, it
was, you know, right away, answers. There were phone calls.
So it's one of those things where it's as
difficult it is, you know, the team
and the organization had the right people, helping us manage
that.

>> Speaker C (17:16):
Yeah, that's the difficult thing is, like you said,
you don't know the situation you're going into. None of you
guys knew what you were going into in
Seattle, and you've had some
successes in three and a half
years of an expansion team. So that has to make you
feel good because you've been there since day one.

Yeah, it's, it's great. I mean, the first year I think,
was a little difficult, but you saw how passionate and, like,
excited the city, the fans were to. To have us
there. It's, you know, there was games that were. Were really
tough, you know, that we weren't playing well, and. But the fans, the
excitement, and. Never left. I think how
great the people and the town is with. With all sports. The

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Seahawks, the Mariners, there's so many great,
you know, sports organizations within Seattle,
and, we were very lucky to have, you know, very passionate fans.
And then second year, we went to the second round of
the playoffs, lost in game seven, which was. Which was awesome. And,
I mean, you're. You're fighting for the Stanley cup.
It's wore out there. And then, last year didn't
go as planned of us not making the playoffs,

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but there's ups and downs is, you know,
professional sports, from year to year. But I think you all
get excited and hungry now, at least when. When
August and September roll around, because the season is right around the corner
for us.

>> Speaker B (18:31):
Yeah. I mean, it's. It's. It's coming fast.
It's coming fast.

Literally, snap your fingers and, you know, it's
almost the end of summer.

>> Speaker C (18:41):
Well, then that's the thing, too. If you have a deep run,
then it's really short.

Yeah. I mean, like, we train with a, bunch of the oilers at our
gym. At our gym, and they got back, like.
And now it's like they've been trained for a couple weeks now, and it's
like there's really no time to kind of
kick the feet up and relax. Maybe you have a week
or a week and a half or two weeks, as opposed
to maybe taking four weeks off, you know, if you don't make the

(19:06):
playoffs and you're. You're right back on the ice, you're
right back working out, and next thing you know, you're. You're on a flight back
to your respective city.

>> Speaker B (19:14):
Yeah, that's. I don't know, but, you know, that's why you get paid
the big bucks, you know what I mean?
Like, you got guys that are going to retire at 33,
35. You know what?
Kick it back for a week and a half, crack the. Crack the
pacifico, and then fucking hit the road. Hit the ice again,
you know.

Yeah, it's, I mean, we're all fortunate enough to do what we
love, and like you said, you know, those. Those times where you do have a
week off, you know, whether it's you sit by the lake or you go
on the golf course, hang out with your buddies, have a couple beers, and
just. You'll have your downtown, sit by the fire, you know,
kind of shoot the shit like we're doing having a hot stove with the boys.
And those are the simple things that. That mean the most.

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That kind of, you know, get you back to where you need to be before you have
to go do whatever it is you do.

>> Speaker B (19:57):
I love it, man.

>> Speaker C (19:59):
For you. When you went to Seattle,
you had some familiar faces on the team. Jared McCann.
I don't know who else went from the penguins.

Alexiak used to play, on the
penguins. I, hadn't met him before, but,
like you said, canner was with me in Pittsburgh.
And I think, you know, it's tough
for. For us to kind of all, like, mesh
and blend. But I think, you know, in any. Any sport
or any environment where you're meeting new people,
you just thrust yourself into it and just,

(20:33):
you know, break that barrier as quick as you can. Because the
faster you can do it, the easier it becomes.

>> Speaker C (20:38):
I feel like I'm on the bench right now, boys.

Huh?

>> Speaker C (20:40):
Huh?

>> Speaker B (20:41):
Look at him drinking that.

>> Speaker C (20:43):
Hey, boy. Hey, coach. Am I getting back in or what?
I haven't had a shift in ten minutes.

>> Speaker B (20:51):
He carries that water bottle around, it kills me.
I mean, you're. You're how old now, 30?

32.

>> Speaker B (20:57):
32. So, I mean, you still got time in your career.
You've had a very successful career in the NHL.
And for some reason, I remember. And I didn't even look this up. Cause I
just remember you playing at Providence.

Yeah.

>> Speaker B (21:09):
I mean, I would. Every time I see Providence now, I think of you. Cause
just from when we first met, I just always kind of connected there.

But, yeah, those were, simple and great times back
in the day.

>> Speaker C (21:18):
I just flew back from there today.

Were you out there? Newport or Narragansett or playing
some golf?

>> Speaker C (21:24):
No, I work, with a jewelry
store there. Providence, diamond.
And they are in
Cranston?

Yeah, Cranston, Rhode island.

>> Speaker C (21:36):
Yeah. So, we had a dynamite meal last night.
Some italian restaurant that was, like, top 100 in the
world, I guess, for a long time. The best food
I have ever had, Italian wise, in a long
time.

They've got, that strip there, federal hill, where
all the italian places are. It's unbelievable food.

>> Speaker C (21:54):
Yes, yes. So good.

>> Speaker B (21:56):
I've never been to Rhode island.

Like, summertime. It's
so beautiful. There's a good golf courses, like beaches,
like Narragansett, Newporthouse. I guess you
can compare them to, like, Boston, Cape Cod,
Nantucket. Just kind of, you know,
hour or two away from. From where those are.

>> Speaker B (22:16):
So you offseason in Toronto, or do you normally.

Like, where offseason? Toronto. It's, with how
short the off seasons are, you know, get,
depending on, like, how far you go on
playoffs or what you do in the summertime, it's nice to be back
home with. With family and friends and try to spend as
much time as you can with them.

>> Speaker B (22:35):
And your brother, does he still play in the league?

He just signed, with the leafs for six
years.

>> Speaker B (22:41):
No shit.

Yeah. So he's back home now.

>> Speaker B (22:45):
Hometown.

Ah, boy. Coming home. So our
family's super pumped, excited. you know, he's.
He's happy to be back home, too. it's exciting for him, you know. I
mean, you know, wherever you're from, like, you always
dream about putting your, you know, your hometown
jersey on, and, you know, he gets to do that now, so it's a pretty special
moment for him.

>> Speaker B (23:03):
That's fucking awesome, man.

Yeah, it's. It's, he's. He's pretty pumped up. It's gonna be.
It'll be a lot, I'm sure, at times for him, but, you
know, once he's. He's been around long enough to know how to
deal with things, so it, it'll be good. He's. He's super
pumped.

>> Speaker C (23:17):
I think that's the thing, too, that you gotta get used to
not answering for all the ticket requests and things like that,
because when you're playing in your hometown, that's
a pain in the ass, dude. Because you got friends now that you haven't talked in
25 years to, and they want tickets and
things like that.

Yeah, I'm sure that'll be, a little difficult, like.
But I think once you get into the flow of things in the season
and, you know, he's busy and he's with his
family and. And just playing games and
concentrate on that, I think, you know, keep your mind,
away from distractions, I guess, if you want to say,
like, you know, that.

>> Speaker B (23:51):
Yeah.

Aren't gonna. But I mean, like. Like
anything in. In life, you just do what you
need to do and have an understanding of what makes it successful. So
I think that's probably, what he's thinking. But,
I mean, play for your hometown. Team's pretty. Pretty
dialed.

>> Speaker C (24:07):
That's pretty sweet. Yeah.

>> Speaker B (24:09):
Pep.
We got a pretty good Toronto story.

>> Speaker C (24:13):
Which one?

>> Speaker B (24:15):
The boat.

>> Speaker C (24:16):
Oh, my God. Tuna tom. So
we went to, Toronto, and correct me, bash, if I'm
wrong anywhere here in this story, but we went to
Toronto for my bachelor party.
this is 20
1415.
But I was married. It'd be ten years next year.

>> Speaker B (24:37):
Yeah.

>> Speaker C (24:38):
I'll tell you how good of a husband I am. but we're
gonna go fishing. We go out Friday night in
Toronto, and then we're gonna go fishing on,
the lake.

Lake ontario. Yeah.

>> Speaker C (24:49):
Yeah. So we're gonna go salmon fishing.
So the real deal is out with us
and can't find
them. Morning of, I'm like, you know what? Screw it. Do you
know justin fox?

I don't know.

>> Speaker C (25:04):
Okay, so he. He was his best friend from
toronto, and we found Justin fox, and
we were good, but nailer was out,
so. Dude, we are. I'm not
kidding you. We're 3 miles out in lake ontario.
Would you say it was that far, bash?

>> Speaker B (25:22):
I would.

>> Speaker C (25:23):
I would. no cell phone service, no
nothing. We're out in lake ontario fishing. We're catching
salmon. We're getting eaten a lot. But
bugs we did. And the captain comes up
and says, hey, do you guys have a friend that's coming out here?
We're like, no, no,
because, like, we didn't communicate where
our. Where we are on the lake,

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dude. Not 20 minutes later,
this, what kind of boat was it, bash? Like
a dinghy.

>> Speaker B (25:54):
It's like, it's like a dinghy, like one of those, like, rafts with a
little.

>> Speaker C (25:59):
Yeah, you got, like, a five foot four Asian driving a boat,
and you got six foot four James Neal sitting next to
him, and on the back of this dinghy
says, tuna Tom.
And he gave tuna Tom. I
think it was, like, $200 to, like, come find us.
None of us know to this day how he found us in the middle of this

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lake.

>> Speaker B (26:20):
And I also don't recall how he got off of that
boat and jumped on our boat. I can't remember
how that worked out.

>> Speaker C (26:27):
Well, he jumped from the boat, from the dinghy,
but the dinghy gave out from underneath of him. and so he,
like, caught the bars, but,
like, slammed into the boat with his legs in the water. It was
hilarious.

That's a kneeler fashion. Just searching Lake Ontario
for the boys.

>> Speaker C (26:44):
Yeah, tuna Tom. I'll never forget that as long as I live.

>> Speaker B (26:46):
That's why I said that was a great story. I mean,
you did paint a good picture. yeah, it
wasn't that bad of a. I give you an eight and a half describing
it, but it was fucking twelve out of
ten. If you were there tan of m funny shit.

I go with my buddies every summer. We go, we go salmon fishing,
too, on Lake Ontario. And like, when you're out there, you got no
idea where you are. And the fact that mealer's on this
little dinghy buzzing around, and then all of a sudden he pulls off.
Guys, I can only picture it. It's unbelievable.

>> Speaker C (27:16):
Tuna Tom found us. I don't
understand how, but he did, and it was
hysterical.

>> Speaker B (27:22):
So, though, that, that lake is just
massive.

Oh, it's big. Yeah. It's like, I think if you rip it, you can
rip it right across. Right? Like right to buffalo. It's not that bad.
Like, it's, you get over there, and I can get an hour, a little
less than an hour.

>> Speaker C (27:37):
What's the, what's the five lakes? Let's see if
anybody knows.

Oh, boy. Lake Ontario.
superior, Huron.
Oh, boy.

>> Speaker C (27:47):
isn't it, Holmes?

>> Speaker B (27:48):
Erie.

Yeah, homes. Erie.

>> Speaker B (27:53):
Oh, that's easy.

>> Speaker C (27:55):
Oh, yeah.

>> Speaker B (27:58):
Milwaukee.

Mississippi.

>> Speaker B (28:06):
We did it. Shit.

>> Speaker C (28:08):
Three of us. That's,
yeah, that's it.

>> Speaker B (28:12):
Well, dude, I'm traveling this weekend, coming up here,
and, this hurricane Debbie's rolling through.

>> Speaker C (28:17):
I mean, but don't get me started on this.

>> Speaker B (28:19):
No, but you know what I'm talking about. Do you know about this hurricane?
Anyways, coming up Florida, it's going to disrupt air travel this
coming weekend, and I'm headed down to the Caribbean.
So I'm like, well, shit, we might get pep. Told me today. He's like,
you're probably going to get delayed. And I don't know,
but that's why.

>> Speaker C (28:34):
I flew out of providence. Great airport. Give them a
nine out of a ten on, the airport.
Small, easy to get through. Badass
airport, dude. Car rental place. Easy to return the
car. I was supposed to fly out, fly to Boston,
and I woke up after a little long night
in, in Providence, and, flight

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canceled. So I scrambled. So I took breezy airways
home and I sat on the wing. That's where they
had my seat. And, not bad, though. I
mean, got delayed 4 hours on that one.

I had some friends flying from Florida. They
were gonna go to Europe, and they were a couple, recently, they were
like within the last couple days, and they were like, like a couple
days delayed. But I feel like now,
like every time I'm flying somewhere, I'm
getting delayed too, or something's going on. Like, right. If
I'm talking to friends or.
I family, if they're trying to go somewhere, like it's always a

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ah, like a short delay or even, you know, like.
Like one of those ones that could be ours.

>> Speaker C (29:32):
It's always something. And that's back to the beauty
of being a professional athletes, because
you, after the game, boys, you throw the suit on
and you walk to the bus. I miss those days. You walk
to the bus, and then you get on the plane that's waiting for you. You
got meals, m. You got. You don't have to go through
security, do you go through security only?

So, like, if we're coming back from, like, if we were
playing in Vancouver and flying back into Seattle, then we got
to go through us customs at the airport, but we're
flying into the private space. So then you. They
have, the border assistance waiting for us. I
mean, all the canadian guys have our visas. It's a lot easier
for the us guys because the us passport.

(30:12):
Right. But, like you mentioned, like, the
luxury and how nice that is for
us, traveling, it's probably one of the
best things about being a pro athlete
is parking the car, grabbing your luggage,
walking on the plane. And the
stewardesses that we have all year are usually
unbelievable. They're so good at what they do.

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You got us sitting on a plane for 7 hours,
yelling at each other, playing cards.
I'm sure it can get annoying sometimes. And you're doing
that for months of.

>> Speaker C (30:45):
The year, 41 games of the year. The road. Yeah.

you got idiots like me yelling at another guy when we're
playing poker. 13 up, 13
down. When. When you get punted or something like that. So, you
know, they. They get a. Ah, do us a lot
of solids.

>> Speaker C (31:00):
So you have the same, stewardess.

So the stewardesses will change, like, every season,
but, once the season. Once the season starts, we have
the same three stewardesses for the full. For the full
year.

>> Speaker B (31:12):
Are they generally male or female?

Usually, it's usually two females and one
male, for at least for the
amount of time I've been playing. That's how it is. and, you
know, they're good. They get to know your names. They get to know what you
like to have to have after a game, whether it's like a
beer or certain things, like some guys, like a candy
bar or stuff like that. So, like, they're unbelievable. They

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do so much for us.

>> Speaker C (31:36):
It's like southwest boys.

>> Speaker B (31:38):
I love that. Cause I feel like
you being the type of person you are,
like you could become buddies with someone like that.
You know what I mean? Like Sally. You met Sally on a tarmac
over in you know, coming back from the coyotes
game, and then by the end of the year, Sally knows everything about
you. You know, she kind of wants to.
Hey, can I get you a beer? And you're like, that's

(32:00):
true.

I ran into, one of our old stewardesses. I had, like, three
years ago at the airport. I was flying somewhere, and she happened to be
walking through the airport, too. And then we ended up stopping and saying hi to
each other and caught up for like ten minutes. It was, like,
awesome. And it was like, yeah, it's like one of those things where
it's such a small world, and then you run into each other and then, you know, you say hi,
give each other a hug and chat, see how

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life's going and things like that. So it's like one of those things
where you. Unexpected friendships. And then, like when you see
each other again, it's like you kind of never left off. Right.

>> Speaker B (32:29):
It's like running into your third grade teacher.
I love it.

I'm waving. I should say hi, but I don't know if I
want it.

>> Speaker C (32:39):
Yeah.
so for, travel, like, you just
mentioned Edmonton, and, man, you talk
about a pain in the ass series because every,
generally, there's one travel day and then
you play in the Stanley cup finals. There
might be a today and somewhere in the seven
game series, but not the whole way

(32:59):
through. And that travel that they had to go
from Edmonton to Fort Lauderdale. Edmonton to Fort
Lauderdale, how much does that wear on a player?
like, you know yourself
in a Stanley cup final?

I think, like, I mean, it's, it's, our
travel, too, is, is extremely tough being on the west coast, like when
we're flying out eastward six, six and a half hour
flight sometimes. And, I mean, but, you know, as the
season goes on, I mean, in the more years you play,
you, you definitely get used to it. But, I mean, Stanley cup
finals, like, you're, you're playing into June

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and you're in a seven game series, and, you know, not
everybody is, is healthy at that time. So guys are pretty
banged up and worn down, and you're flying back
across the country, you know, five, 6 hours, and
you're just trying to get as much rest and recovery as you can.
But, I mean, it's, it's definitely aware for
sure. I mean, the good thing about it is both teams are doing

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it right. So, yeah, it's not, like, you know, one team's
flying x amount of hours and, and the other's not.
So you've got both teams doing the travel. It's Stanley cup
finals, I'm sure I've never been to it, but I think in those
moments, you've, you've got heightened sense of
adrenaline and a rush of, of things, especially
in those moments. So maybe that helps
overcome the, the fatigue from travel and

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the wear and tear from the season and the playoffs, for
sure.

>> Speaker C (34:21):
It's like a. It's a lot like a golf trip for us, right? Bash.
Like, we're so amped up to go to the golf trip, and then,
like, I feel like I'm injured flying home,
after a two day, three day golf trip. And
I don't want to say it's a lot the same, but it's pretty
close.

>> Speaker B (34:37):
Yeah, I mean, we don't, you know, it's not like we're going
out hitting bars and getting turned up till 02:00
a.m. and, you know, we're playing like, maybe
around and a half of golf, maybe 36. And then
we sit around having a.

>> Speaker C (34:49):
Couple by 09:00 p.m. yeah, then we.

>> Speaker B (34:51):
Hit the hay by nine and do it again the next day. But
you're kind of gassed, you know? I mean, I've been on
trips, especially overseas, where we played 36 a
day walking. It wears you out. But, but
I'm sure it's not like that's where those normatec
compression pants come into play. Dude, are those things on
a game changer?

Oh, guys are. Guys are laying in the aisle
or, like, horizontally in their seats with
those two. Like, anything you get right? Like,
there's so many things nowadays that can help
you push past and recover.
and then there's some guys that don't do anything. They'll literally just.
They'll fall asleep on the plane or, like, some of us
play. Play cards the whole plane ride home.

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And it's just like, everyone's got their yemenite,
their little routines, and they do whatever makes
it, whatever makes them at their best. It's like, some
guys do it, some guys don't. Some guys like to
shut eyes. Some guys like to read a books. The guy, we have like ten
or eight guys that play Mario kart on those,
Nintendo DS's. They all link up on,

(35:53):
on Bluetooth. And they got like a. They got a little game and you
got the guys that play cards and there's another table that
plays super, tuck. It's like a.
I never played the game, but it's like a board with marbles and
stuff, too. And so you got like your
sections of the plane where everyone's doing something. You know what I mean?
There's the younger guys who are kind of watching movies at the front.

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Then you got the guys playing cards or super talk
and you got the Nintendo DS guys, and you got the guys who just
throw on the eye mask and fall asleep for the 6 hours.

>> Speaker B (36:22):
Yeah. I love it. That's awesome. That's
be cats. He'd be watching a movie with a little pillow puffin.
So what's up with the golf game, man?

The golf game's been pretty good this summer.

>> Speaker B (36:38):
Tell, us about it.

So we, at the end of the year, a bunch of us went down
to Scottsdale national. That was fun. That was a hell of a
trip we did. Twelve, of us flew down
there. We had a. We rented plane, flew down there, played
36 each day like you said. And I mean,
that kicked our ass like it was 90
degrees.

>> Speaker C (36:57):
yeah.

And we flew in. We left Seattle seven in the morning,
got there at nine, played 18,
had lunch, played 18. We had
the cabins on the course. We had the putting green at night with the golf
carts with the lights. All the boys were hanging out, you
know, just doing our thing. And then next morning we woke up.
It was like a, 08:00 a.m. wake up 18,

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lunch 18 again, then
break. The plane flew back to Seattle. It was like one of those things where
you're in and out, but it was like, that place is
something special. That was such a good time.

>> Speaker B (37:29):
I never played it, but that's the PXG cat, right?

Isn't that is the guy the PSG guy owned.
Owns that. And so we. One of the guys ended up,
becoming friends with a couple guys from Seattle who are members there.
And then they were. They hosted us and
we had a blast out there. Like, it was like you really.
You don't see anybody else. You can kind of play
as you want. Barefoot. You can play in casual

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clothes. You can play as a nine some, a ten some. You
do whatever you want, right? It's kind of similar to the grove
in that sense. When you go out there and you just. You just play golf and you're
with boys and you do whatever you want. And it was
hell of a time.

>> Speaker B (38:05):
I I never, I've never been
to that, that course. But. But
I definitely like that whole vibe of just kind of
casual lax, you know, just to hang with the
boys, playing some golf, looking all right,
not having to wear, like, all your buttons buttoned up to your
neck. You know what I'm saying?

Yeah. You want to throw, you want to put your hat on backwards. You
know, you want to maybe play the whole barefoot,
like, whatever. I mean, like, I mean, it's. Everyone's got a
different, different fix when they play golf. And those
spots too. Like, it's. It's awesome.
It's so easy going. There's
no, like, you know, I mean, it's. Golf's
a traditional sport and every place is different and

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everyone sees it differently. But it's one of those
things where it's like you just feel so relaxed. You're just hanging
out with the boys. Things are good. You hit a bad
shot. It is what it is. You know, you got other guys laughing
too.

>> Speaker C (38:59):
You're serious about everything. For six straight
months, seven straight months, all you want
to do is let go right with the boys. And golf for you
is that. And that's, that's golf for me
too. I've gotten to a point where it's like, I think
bash too, you can kind of agree with me, is that I was
that person wherever I went. I had the shirt tucked in

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and the hat forward and things like that. And I feel like over the last couple
years, probably because of COVID because people were just happy that
people were showing up to play. I've gotten way more lacks
on the golf side. Like when we go to troubadour, I'm wearing gym
shorts and a t shirt things, like that. And I'm a guest
there. So it's like you feel kind of uneasy doing it, but at
the same time you're like, you know what? Fuck it, I'm gonna do it.

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And it is so much more fun, I think. Cause you're just
like, chill.

Oh, it's like. And I was down in cobble for our.
By week during the season, I got to play Chileano Bay
and, El Dorado.

>> Speaker C (39:52):
Dude, how is that?

I mean, those, those are all. El Dorado was like next
level unbelievable. I mean, the guys we played with, they had
like the biggest JBL speaker I ever seen in my
life. It had to have been like 3ft by
5ft. And they had it strapped to the top of their cart. And it was
like you were at like a concert. That's how loud the music was.
And we were playing barefoot. We were in bathing suits, like basketball

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jerseys. Like everyone was, you know, good
golfers and we were having a good time, you know, a couple beers, cigars.
The music was blaring. We were shooting the shit. Like they
didn't feel like, we were playing golf, to be quite honest with you. And then you
look over the hole, and you're right by the ocean. It was like,
fuck. It's like unbelievable.

>> Speaker C (40:30):
Discovery properties.
And, like, the grove have it
nailed. I mean, those
discovery properties are out of this world.
And, just everything, right? Just the
vibe, the music, the range. There's
no stone unturned. You turn. You show up to the rangers, all kinds of

(40:52):
booze there. There's a bar there. There's the fire pits
rolling. It's 100 degrees out. And for some reason, I'm
sitting next to a fire pit smoking a cigar. I don't
know why, but it feels fricking
great.

Those comfort stations are.

>> Speaker B (41:06):
How did you say that? how are they?

It's the best thing. You go in there and. I mean, the
one. The one thing. The guy was making fresh tacos, and they had,
like, all these, like, different ice creams, and it's like, the
tequila, and it's like, well, you're putting me into this
comfort station. I kind of want something, but I don't. But
then you're leaving with just, like, an absurd amount of stuff, and you're just
putting it in the golf course because you don't ever know if you're gonna take it or not. It
was, like. It was, like, crazy good, those

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places were. And then, like, the grove, too. Like,
that was so fun playing there. I remember the caddies were riding around
on those, motorcycles or scooters. So I jumped
on one of those, like, for one of the holes. And I didn't know you had to shift
your weight back or. So I'm like. I almost went right
into, like, some stuff, and I'm like. I felt like
an absolute idiot.

>> Speaker C (41:51):
Well, Kraken probably would have loved that phone call.

That's what I was in. Pit, actually. Me and. Me and Cap. Me and
Kaepernick went down there after.

>> Speaker C (41:58):
Oh, yeah.

After we lost to the islanders, in the first round, cappy
just bought a house in West Palm, and he's like, let's go
down there. Check out my house. I haven't seen it yet. Me and him
spent ten or eleven days down
there together. We were just golfing every day, going sit by the beach.
It was a hell of a time.

>> Speaker C (42:15):
Just living life, boys.

>> Speaker B (42:17):
That sounds shit,
man. What a life, dude. But
those. I know someone that got on that scooter and
absolutely jack. Broke his shoulder, broke his
collarbone, fell off right in the bunker.
Children.

Yeah, I was close to doing that,
too, to be honest. I had no idea.

>> Speaker C (42:38):
Oh, childers.

>> Speaker B (42:39):
Why? You know, we got pep, and I got two of those
scooters, those fat scutes, and
I can't even drive mine at any of my courses, but it sits in my
garage and collects dust. But I take it to the
core. Those things rip, though, dude. That thing gets.

>> Speaker C (42:53):
I drive it on the main road.

>> Speaker B (42:55):
Yeah, I know.

You just chuck your bag on the back and then take that.

>> Speaker C (42:58):
No, we have a, we have a little, like
a golf bag holder on the back. Yeah.
So it's like a cooler
golf bag holder on the back. And then you
got a headlight on the front. So if I get really
buckled over at the place here. Oh, people,
laugh because you'll see a headlight going through dark in the

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golf course, and it's me.

>> Speaker B (43:21):
Yeah.

>> Speaker C (43:22):
I mean, if somebody hit me, I'd be dead. But whatever.

>> Speaker B (43:25):
That, the senior PGA they
play, I think it's in Seattle.
The Boeing lasso. Yeah.
Do you know what course they play? It's. It looks
awesome.

They had a sahali, maybe?
No, I I
know that the woman, the LPGA had a event at
Sahali, and that. That course is unbelievable.

>> Speaker C (43:50):
Actually, it's this week, dude.

>> Speaker B (43:52):
Is it?

>> Speaker C (43:53):
Yeah, the Boeing classic, August
9 to 11th. the club at
Snoqualmie Ridge.

Oh, Snoqualmie Ridge. Yeah. Yeah. It's really nice there. There's some good
golf out in Seattle. I mean, the first year we all went to
Seattle, I think we played around in golf in mid
December. They have doors on the carts,
and it was like 60 degrees. It was a little rainy.
And then they have a heater in the cart. They put the heater in the cart,
and you stay warm.

>> Speaker C (44:19):
Go.

And we were out there. We were out there pegging them. it was
like, I don't, I don't golf as much, you know,
like, the golf time of the season just because it's hockey season.
But, I mean, when you have your spots, you have a couple days, and if the
weather cooperates, whether you're on the road and stuff like that. but, I mean, we
played in, it was 65 degrees, little rain, and
they had the doors and the heater on the cart, and it was awesome.

>> Speaker C (44:39):
So our boy Steve peering, you know Steve
peering? Remember him?

Yeah.

>> Speaker C (44:44):
About how many times a year does he text you for tickets, would you
say?

Honestly, he don't. I'm telling you,
he honestly never asked for tickets.
Maybe. Maybe once, maybe twice,
Max. Like, over, like, the years I'm serious? Like,
he's never, never.

>> Speaker C (45:01):
That's impossible. I'm telling you,
this guy, dude, you've never
seen anybody happen to be in the same city that the penguins
are playing in. Like, his whole. He'll be like, oh,
man, I'm in Montreal this week. I'm like, what penguins are?
He's like, yeah, I think I'm going to grab two. I'm like,
bud, that's why you're there. You

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didn't just like, you're not in Montreal selling scales, bud, nobody in
Montreal wants a tuna on a shirt.

Tuna tom.

>> Speaker C (45:30):
Tuna tom. But he.
Dudes appearing. We give him such a hard time. But he is such a
kind soul, dude. He's such a.

He's the best. I remember the first, like, we first got out to Seattle.
He set up a round for us at, at chambers.
And then we went to the true factory and the boys were in there and,
like, treated us so well. And it was, like, nice to kind
of, to meet some other people in Seattle just because we were so
fresh there. And, you know, he, he sorted us out and, you
know, they took such good care of us, like, especially to go play
Chambers Bay and have some good guys to play

(46:01):
with. That was awesome, too.

>> Speaker C (46:02):
Did you hear the story about flurry with him,
when we went to Ireland?

No.

>> Speaker C (46:08):
So fleur, flew into Pittsburgh, like, two
days before we're leaving for Ireland. His bag
doesn't get here. His clothes. Like, we're going to Ireland
for seven days. He's got nothing. No
clothes. So peering's like, what's your size,
dude? He's like, large, large top,
34 bottom, whatever it is,
dude, peering. I think peering even brought him a suitcase.

(46:31):
It was to the gills, pack, because I roomed with
Fleur in Ireland. Dude, every day was a new outfit
with tags he's ripping off and he's
matching this shirt with the brand new shirt. It was hilarious. But
peering came through because his trip would have been
miserable if he did not.

I couldn't imagine that would have been. That's a tough when you're going over there
for. For a week and you're playing golf and you got no
gear, especially if you, you're getting ready to saddle up for
that trip.

>> Speaker B (46:57):
Yeah, peering came through, though.

>> Speaker C (46:59):
So long story short, we do love the guy, but I just wanted to get that
out there. That question.

>> Speaker B (47:03):
Chambers Bay looks that. I think spif one
there.

I think they got the.
Because DJ missed. DJ missed the pot.

>> Speaker C (47:11):
Yeah.

To go into a playoff on the.

>> Speaker C (47:14):
Pretty short one wasn't it?

Yeah. And then they got the plaque where Spieth hit
that famous, three would.

>> Speaker C (47:20):
Yeah.

>> Speaker B (47:20):
Yeah.

Like this crazy. Like the view. It's literally
nothing there. And it's so you can see the whole course from the top of the
hill. Every, every hole, like every waste
bunker, every spot. And the train
rolls through and then you're kind of right by, right by the
ocean. It's like such a picturesque view. Like
when, when the weather's nice, it's like one of the
craziest views. Like, it's so beautiful

(47:43):
for you.

>> Speaker C (47:44):
You've played tons of golf courses, in different
countries and all that jazz for you. What's the
best just experience in golf
course that you've been at?

Oh, that's, I mean, it's tough. Like,
there's so many, like, you go play like a
course like oldenhouse, the history, like the tradition.
And then you do one like Pine Valley.
Like, or you go like the sabonic, like the
golf on Long island and play friar's head or
Shinnecock. Like, I honestly,

(48:15):
the discoveries are so great because of,
like, what you're able to do or the role. For instance, like, you're
able to play in ten guys and twelve guys. And you're not really,
like, it doesn't feel like you're playing golf and like, you're so
free. But I, swear I always tell
everybody in my top five. I
always have Pikewood in my top five. I

(48:35):
love Pikewood. That day, like, we went down
and played it and then hearing the story of the course and
then meeting you guys and meeting everyone else, like, still
great friends with. And, like, I still remember that day
because the weather was so nice and some of the
views and some of the holes. It was
like, this place is, I.

>> Speaker C (48:54):
Probably haven't played there since then. So
it's, Dude, it's special place. It's, it's, it's
such a cool place. And that's what you try to explain Pikewood
to people. And it's hard to explain
it. Dude, it's in Morgantown, West Virginia. And, like, it's,
it's just so hard to explain. You have to show people photos
of the holes because it's just, it is truly

(49:16):
incredible.

The par three, the par three with the, with the
drawbridge. And I have that, I have that picture on
my phone. I always, I always show, like, my buddies
are of 14, like with the kind of got the tiered
cliffs and it's like a little bit like, yeah.

>> Speaker B (49:30):
The greens above that cliff face, and you walk down
and up.

Yeah, I got a picture of that one. Like, it was. The sun was
shining. I always show, like, my buddies or people. Like, this
place is, like, unbelievable.

>> Speaker B (49:42):
You ever get time to come over here and peg it up with us, man? We'll do
a little Pittsburgh Morgantown run.

>> Speaker C (49:47):
Next summer, July 27 to 29th. We
already got dates for the two man at Nemicolon,
so you're in.

if you guys are happy to have bard, I'll come with
Bart.

>> Speaker C (49:59):
We'll present that to the board.

As long as there's a surplus of.

>> Speaker C (50:04):
Beer for Bart, we got that. But,
yeah, but, yeah. It's, July
2720. It's so much fun, dude.
Everybody goes long. It's a blast. It's just. It's
awesome.

So if you guys would have me, I'd love to join you fellas.

>> Speaker B (50:18):
Well, you're in. We will make that call. Now
you're in. Junior would love it, too. You're in, junior.

>> Speaker C (50:24):
Will the sprinter. Dude, you sure? Just let me get the sprinter
go.

>> Speaker B (50:27):
Driving to Seattle to pick you up.

Tell Jr. Said tuna Tom is going to drive me to
Buffalo Lake, Ontario. And then junior
have the sprinter waiting for me. Buffalo. And then we go
from Buffalo.

>> Speaker C (50:41):
I feel like tuna Tom. Thanks,
man.

>> Speaker B (50:44):
Ah, well, dude, it was awesome, man, having you
on here. I know it's been a long time coming.
so we're going to round this out with our standard tap in
segment presented by Betnardi Golf. Check them
out@betnardi.com. if you need a new putter,
pep's going to ask you four questions that demand your quick
response.

>> Speaker C (51:02):
All right, would you rather hit the rink at 05:00 a.m.
for practice or play a round of golf without your putter?

Play around a golf ball? My putter.

>> Speaker C (51:12):
Favorite place to spend in the offseason.

maybe Muskoka. College country.

>> Speaker C (51:18):
Every person has a cottage. Match,
player stroke. Play.

Match play.

>> Speaker C (51:23):
I like it. Yeah. And then
on course, music of choice.

I'm a seventies guy. Phone, in the back
pocket. And, Seventies.

>> Speaker C (51:34):
All right.

>> Speaker B (51:35):
Seventies rock.

>> Speaker C (51:36):
Seventies rock.

Okay, seventies rock.

>> Speaker C (51:38):
Last question. What are you chasing?

I'm chasing a good time. I'm just hanging out
with the boys. you know, simple times. You
know, easy birdies, no double
bogeys.

>> Speaker B (51:52):
I love it. Wouldn't that make golf
easier? No doubles?

>> Speaker C (51:56):
Yeah, it'd be so much more easier.

>> Speaker B (51:58):
Shoot.

>> Speaker C (51:58):
All right. Bye, guys. It was so good to catch
up. And, I know you got to
fine tune those skills for the Kraken season, it's
here upon us in about a month and a
half for opening night. So thank
you so much, and we will be seeing you at Nemeca next summer for
the tube, man. That's for sure.

>> Speaker B (52:17):
Definitely.

Yes, sir. Appreciate you guys having me on. Miss you, boys.

>> Speaker B (52:20):
Yeah, likewise, BT. And good luck this year, my
man.

Thank you, fellas. Much appreciated.

>> Speaker C (52:30):
All right, that was awesome. Our dude Brennan
Tanf chatting about hockey, and I like to know
buckets, dude, like I said, dude, that is my. I know I'm
38 years old. My life's pretty much.
I don't know, it's just beginning, but I want to
go take a laugh around the ice bucket with
a big, no bucket, big chug
gum in there and just spitting around, ducking up, boys. Huh?

(52:53):
Huh?

>> Speaker B (52:53):
Yeah. And the man's got the flow going, man. We talked about the hair a
little bit. It's got the long hair and just flowing it
out there. But
great interview with Brandon. So we
appreciate you coming on here on chasing birdies, bt. And good luck
this season over there in
Seattle.

>> Speaker C (53:12):
The Seattle cracking. What's cracking, baby?

>> Speaker B (53:15):
I know. How, like, cliche is
that right?
Now that you do have the dates for the 2025 chasing
birdies two man event, it sounds like BT is probably in the.
In the mix a little bit, so we look forward to that.

>> Speaker C (53:28):
Yeah, yeah, that's great. He'll get the official
invite. I, mean, I'll show him a text with it.

>> Speaker B (53:37):
Well, guys out there listening, listen, we're going to cut this,
outro a little bit short. My man pep's got two kids hanging off his feet.
He can't even talk right now. And I'm, sitting on
my ankles right now, which is typically how I sit
anyways. But, I don't know what else you want to talk about, my man. You got
anything you want to say to the people out there listening?

>> Speaker C (53:53):
Not much. I. Did anybody notice the,
doorbell ringing? What was it? Who was. Yeah, the
doorbell. Nonstop ringing here.
I'm like, are you kidding me?

>> Speaker B (54:05):
kids, this is birth control,
people.

>> Speaker C (54:08):
Yeah, birth control in the background right
now. Make sure you go to
nemicolon.com. book your fall.
Stay there. It's gonna be a blast. Best time
there is when the leaves are changing, and that's when I like
to play a little fall ball. Shorts, quarter,
zip vest, whatever it may be. Check them
out@nemicolan.com. other than that,

(54:30):
man, go enjoy your vacation. I'm gonna go enjoy my
vacation because I gotta kick it back for, I gotta see
island Friday, so.

>> Speaker B (54:37):
Well, bud, you relax with those cigars. Get your ankle
kicked up, put it on ice, tell the wife I said hello.
And all you guys out there listening to today's episode of
Chasing Birdies, we appreciate it very much.
We thank you for your continued support. Thank you to
Allie Evo Emily over at Simon Simpler Media for
putting this thing together, and Rachel London, Jacqueline Deepaterio. Thanks
for all y'all help. Enjoy the weekend. Live

(55:00):
golf, PGA Tour playoffs kicking off.
And we'll catch y'all. We'll
catch you all in two.

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