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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, there's a guy named one Bernabay. No, there always
is one. Burnabay served as a falconer for Rome's Lazio
Soccer Club. I don't even know what that is. A
falconer the.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Guy who has the falcon on his arm and then
takes the mask off, and the falcon goes and circles
and then comes back and line lends on his arm.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Aha, that's it taking charge or taking care rather of
the eagle that flew of each of the team's home games.
So his reign as the team's bird wrangler, by the way,
has come to an end. He's been removed from his
position after using his personal social media accounts to share
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pictures from his Johnson implant surgery. His high Yes, his
junk implant surgery.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
He had an implant.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
He had an implant, and he put it on his
social media accounts. Well that Lazio soccer Club's not taking
too kind to that my package.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Was this a medical thing or was this an enhancement thing?
Speaker 1 (01:12):
The images went public, he announced that they had stopped
with immediate effect, any relationship talking about the soccer club
and fortunately the eagle wasn't involved in his activities. They
put this story my package. And I don't know if
it was medical would why does one do that? Well,
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I don't know, why do you have an implant surgery?
Bound they're not.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Sure what he Maybe he had some kind of problem where,
you know, he had some incredible shrinking disease or something
and they were able to stabilize and.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
He could have been injured.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
I mean, we looked at Katie Kurig's colonoscopy for goodness sake.
If it was a medical thing, I never.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Watched that though.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
I couldn't watch that.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
No, I didn't want to.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Looking at her from the outside is bad enough.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
I'd rather see this guy's implant than that than Katie Kurks.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Yeah, and if it was an enhancement thing, I'm sorry.
Can you imagine the endorsement dollars coming his way? If
you can get the FDA here in the United States
to approve that, all of the guys that are gonna
be uh yeah, that'll be a big deal. He'll make millions,
He'll be fine.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Let's bring in the radio voice for the Columbus Blue Jackets. Bob,
you have to follow that now. Hopefully you're okay with it.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
Maybe he was just gonna have the bird land there.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
You never know that talent. Thing could get a little
intimidating though, just.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Really sick of this arm thing.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Bird wouldn't have to do the screeching, that's for sure. Yeah,
just saying, how do.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
You think i'd get more popular? I have an idea.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
You'd have to make a leather rap because I think
about those talents. There's no way.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
Man, a gentleman and lou of the cannon. Tonight, Bob
mcgueligan has a bird trick. He'd like to show.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
Us one night only, one.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Time only, right exactly. That's what I was thinking one night. Hell,
you better hope they don't score more than once. Uh man,
that was great. Oh what a That was a great segue, Bob.
That's why you make all that money.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
That's why I saw that whole build up. I'm like,
I heard you start talking about that, and I'm like,
this guy, Okay, he wants to get me off balanced
with this thing. Watch this.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
He's like that, SOB, he's always messing with me, trying
to bring.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
Out I keep reminding you I am a pro with this.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
You are you clearly are. That was great. I love it.
I love it that was that was fantastic And then
hearing you on our sister station too. Is there anything
you can't do broadcast related? I don't think there is.
I really don't.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
I can do a lot, I just can't get paid
for all of it. But no, there's nothing I can't do.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
Well, that's you problem. You gotta get that somehow figured out.
That's all I can think for that. Gosh, where do we?
Where do we begin?
Speaker 3 (04:13):
First and foremost, I love I love when you go
to Blue Jackets games.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
I love when you go to Blue Jackets games and
they win, because I get bombed with texts yes, as
the game, if it's if it's winning throughout now against
Philly the other day, yes, I was trailing, trailing in
the game, had to come back late. And then it was,
oh my god, I love this. Oh so I enjoyed that.
I enjoyed getting those texts from you.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Yeah, it's so amazing. And the type of response what
that elicits in me is I can't it's just pure elation.
For I know it's such The sport is so hard.
It is so hard to I think arguably the hardest
when you when you put in how many games a
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team has to play throughout the year and then how
many wins you have to collect and how stiff the
competition is, and everything that these guys go through, the
beating that they take, the physical beating that their bodies take,
just going two hundred feet back and forth, and everything
that comes along with it. I am so happy right
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now for these Columbus Blue Jackets. They are trying their
asses off. That's what it feels like to me. And
I saw also, by the way, the stadium series the
jerseys available to pre order now that that popped into
my email today, so I was looking around at those.
That's going to be a really really that's going to
be a fun time for that. And we'll get to
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tonight's game in a second. But something like that has
there been talking. I might just be somebody that, you know,
whatever I can, I can own this that I'm like,
is there something I don't know about this? But what
if it rains that day? Or I mean, what what
kind of is there any fail safes in place?
Speaker 3 (05:59):
Well? Yeah, rain, rain is the worst because of h yeah, yeah,
but I mean, well the sail safes are you know,
they they moved it to a night game. There was
some talk about afternoon, I believe at the beginning. So
now I think it's what a six o'clock game, So
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I wanted to get it more in the evening. It's
it's not really I mean, snow that's fine. Sure, cold,
that's fine. It's a little bit warmer. They can do that.
Rain is the one that is the is the pain.
And so then you just and it's almost like baseball,
you kind of like waited out. I don't know if
you remember the one they had, was it during COVID
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or coming out of COVID. They played that game at
Lake Tahoe and it was too bright and they had
delay the game because it was too bright. They couldn't see.
So it happened, you know, So that's what you do.
Then you just sit through a rain delay and throw
more beer.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
I guess, yeah, But there it is. And if it
gets kind of you know, if it's a little bit warm,
that ice slows way down, right, I mean, it gets slushy,
and it's it's actually I would think you're more injury prone,
and so it's very dangerous. It gets very dangerous.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
I would think, well, it's I mean, it's not ideal.
You're you're assuming everywhere that you play in this league
it is pristine, and that is not the case.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
Well, well like this weekend, I mean, you're you're going
to go into you play in Madison Square Garden on Saturday.
You know, there's many times there's afternoon NBA game and
then they pull up the floor and you play hockey
at night, and those are you know, those aren't great conditions.
So yeah, I mean it's I mean, if it was
if it was really dangerous, they wouldn't play it there.
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They would you know, postpone it till the next day
or something like that. But you know, they these guys
have been doing this stuff for a long time. I mean,
they played one in La so and they're going to
play two in Florida next year. So you know they
can pull that off. They can pull this up.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Well I think so, well, you can knock me over
the feather right now. Florida they do outdoor.
Speaker 3 (08:03):
They're going to do. The Winter Classic is going to
be in Miami. It's going to be in the Baseball
Stadium where the Marlins play. The Panthers will host that one,
and then next year's Stadium Series game is going to
be at Raymond James Stadium where the Buccaneers play the
Lightning Post.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
I mean, they're gonna have a super cool that ice.
It's I don't even until I see it. I don't
know how it's going to be done.
Speaker 3 (08:25):
Yeah, seriously, anyway they're going to do it.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
Yeah, they're gonna have to do it at night, because
once again you're going to run into the glare problem
in Florida, I would think, I don't think they would.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
I mean, they didn't have to worry about a glare
problem here right.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
I don't think nothing in Central Ohio is too bright.
Speaker 3 (08:42):
There was one the other day and I was like,
where am I Like? This is ridiculous?
Speaker 1 (08:48):
Yeah, yeah, for sure I saw the one. There was
an article you retweeted, Are the Columbus Blue Jackets the
most inspiring story in the NHL right now? I mean
the league? It seems like there's there's, you know, some
noise being made with the Columbus Blue Jackets? Or is
that just an article to make us all really think
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that you're somebody who's plugged in as you can get
without being a player. But is that the truth? Is
there a lot of Is there a lot of I
don't know, is there a lot of that in the
league right now for the Jackets.
Speaker 3 (09:21):
Yep, yeah there is. NHL dot Com had a writer
here this week doing some stories. You know, it's been
pretty prevalent in the athletic not just Aaron Portsline who
covers the team, but the national writers have been writing
about the Blue Jackets, the spitt and Chicklets, guys. I
was really happy to see, well a couple things. Number One,
they're talking about the Blue Jackets and being in a
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playoff spot at this point. But I finally saw Paul
Bissonette say that if the Blue Jackets were to make
the playoffs, dak Warnsky has to be considered to be
the MVP of the league. And I agree one thousand
percent on that they make the playoffs and he's continuing
to do what he's doing. The Norris Trophy, yeah, that's nice.
That's for the top defenseman in the league. Although they
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should change the name to top offensive defenseman in the league.
But you know, to me, it would go beyond that.
It should go beyond that. I was glad to see
somebody in the national realm.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
And finally say that he's seventeen home goal streak, right now,
Zach Warinsky, I think I.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
Read yeah, points points in seventeen straight home games, and
amongst defensemen, I mean he's one of the top guys.
He tied Ray Work who did it back in nineteen
ninety two, ninety three, So that's how long it's been
since a defenseman's been able to put together a streak
like that on home ice. And he can move up
and I mean there's there is There are Hall of
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Fame guys on that list that he's now on. With them,
He's been amazing. He absolutely he has driven this team
in the absence of Boone Jenner, Zak Wwarensky has matured
not just as a player, that as a leader and
he drives the bus here right now.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Tell you what, man the other night to tie it
up against the Flyers, when he was when Marchie passed
to him, I could see that his vision and his
to see ahead like that, that's clearly about that's how
the game and it's so fast for somebody like me
I have a small brain anyway, but to what I
literally could see that play develop real time, which is
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one of the few times I've been able to do that.
But to have him just set up there. There was
no goal ory in the league that could have stopped
that goal. It was amazing.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
Well, and give Mark Chenko a lot of credit, oh yeah,
making a lot of people believe he was going to
shoot it and then he passed it off. That's two
games in a row he's done that, and that's resulted
in goals both times.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
But selfless.
Speaker 3 (11:41):
You know what Zach said about that play this morning,
and I love this about him, and I know it's
honest because it's who he is. He said, you know,
he was being asked about the point streak and all that,
and he said, you know, when I got that second
goal the other night, I wasn't even thinking about me
and my goals or my point. I was thinking that
we were tied now and we had a chance to win.
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And that's him. That's that's who he is. That's what
he does, and he and he so you know, I
hear other people talk about I heard Peter McGuire last
week on the radio when we were in Pittsburgh talking
about Zach and they were saying that, you know, the
host of the show was saying, well, you know, you
kind of feel bad for Wrensky. He's been stuck in
Columbus all these years, they haven't been very good. And
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Peter McGuire's like, yes, he's a Blue Jackets lifer, and
but McGuire was kind of like, hey, give him some
respect for being a guy that didn't say, hey, I
want to go somewhere else, I want to get out
of here. It's it's not looking good. But you know,
I think a lot of people feel like that. They're like,
you know, oh, poor Zach, he's in Columbus. They're not
going to feel like that much longer. Blazer telling you
because the Marchenko's for Roun Coffs, Kent Johnson's cole cylinders
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are maturing, Denton Mittachuck is here. If he goes back
to Cleveland. The only way I can see him going
back is during that two week break during the Four
Nations tournament, just so he can keep playing some games
and not sit for two weeks. But other than that,
he looks like he's here to stay. I mean, there's
the young guys are are ready to start taking over
some of this stuff, So it's not going to be
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the Woes meet Columbus Blue Jackets very much longer.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
Yew also impressive too, and it's what it takes to
get to where they are headed. It feels like right now, Bob,
but you know, we're getting We're getting pretty good. We're
figuring out this shootout thing, We're figuring out this man
advantage thing. It's all the pieces that feel like they're
starting to come together right now for the Columbus Blue Jackets.
And I hope Zach gets rewarded with regard to that,
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and it would be the ultimate reward as well as
the other guys for that matter, guys who have been
with the organization for a little while, a reward of well,
I don't want to speak it exactly, but you know
what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (13:48):
Yeah, I mean, look again, you know we talked about
this last week. I think the playoffs are a long
way away. You're in a playoff spot. They're still in
the playoff spot. They're they're holding that spot the games.
If you watched the last two games, this is what
you're going to start to see now. Don't look for
any of those six goal games. These games are going
to start to get tight once you get out of
that break in February. Teams that are used to being
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in the playoffs and are going to be in the
playoffs are going to be in playoff mode. Everything's going
to tighten up, goals are going to get harder to score.
That's why I like what they've done in the last
two games. They've shown that they can play that kind
of game with confidence because those are the ones that
they're going to have to win if they want to
stay in this race. And then you know, the bigger
picture for the organization is there. They're going to make
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it tougher on the GM don Bodell, because you know,
I think you still have to you still have to
kind of stick with your plan, and your plan is
not just to get into the playoffs this year. If
you get in this year, great, that's awesome, But you
want to get in and go in every year, and
then you want that to be an expectation and something
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that you know is going to happen before the season
even starts so you can start contending for a Stanley Cup.
So it's really going to be a delicate balance along
the way. But these are great conversations they have in
a great place for this team to have put itself
in at this point.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
Yeah, build on all of this, build on all of it,
which it feels like they're doing right now, Bob, real quick,
because we're almost out of time. But the fourteen, twenty
six and six San Jose Sharks are in the building tonight.
Obviously on paper, you go, huh, But guess what. Nothing
is a foregone conclusion, especially in the NHL.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
Yeah, and here, let me take it one more step
for you. San Jose has already beaten the Blue Jackets
once this year. Yep, so don't be complacent. It was
an overtime game, but I mean it was a two
to one game, okay, So don't think that just because
you're taking on a team that's way down in the
standings that it's a guaranteed wind night, because it is
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anything but this Macklin Celebrini kid who was drafted first
overall last summer, he's really faked the adjustment to the
National Hockey League. And Will Smith was taken in the
first round, fourth overall behind Fantility the year before, and
he's coming a good player. They've got some some young
guys too that can make things happen. So, yes, nothing
is guarantee. If you're not going to work in this league,
if you're not going to be prepared do the job.
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Every single night. You're not going to win, So we'll
see what happens tonight. And I would expect the Blue
Jackets to come and work first to playing at home
where they're fantastic, So I would expect nothing but the best.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
He's Bobby Max Sports on X well, Twitter, x whatever,
but yeah, follow him and he's the radio voice for
the Columbus Blue Jackets. Bob mcgelligate, Bob, thanks for jumping
on with his buddy. Go Jackets will be We'll be
watching and rooting for him tonight for sure.
Speaker 3 (16:34):
Hey, don't forget on Monday you can watch the Buckeys
on TV and then turn on her sister station ninety
three to three of the Bus and you can have
the Blue Jackets and the buck guys on at the
same time. If you don't have two TVs.
Speaker 1 (16:44):
I want to remind you perfect I'm going to be
overloaded that day, the inauguration, the Buckeyes, the Jackets. I'm like, yeah, ill, baby,
let's do this.
Speaker 3 (16:53):
Chuck every chuck, every other day. Just loaded.
Speaker 2 (16:55):
He's going to be overloaded, yes, which is going to
be a pleasure for me.
Speaker 1 (17:01):
Thank you, guys, Bob, Thanks brother, appreciate you.
Well, there's a guy named one Bernabay. No, there always
is one. Burnabay served as a falconer for Rome's Lazio
Soccer Club. I don't even know what that is. A
falconer the.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Guy who has the falcon on his arm and then
takes the mask off, and the falcon goes and circles
and then comes back and line lends on his arm.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Aha, that's it taking charge or taking care rather of
the eagle that flew of each of the team's home games.
So his reign as the team's bird wrangler, by the way,
has come to an end. He's been removed from his
position after using his personal social media accounts to share
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pictures from his Johnson implant surgery. His high Yes, his
junk implant surgery.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
He had an implant.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
He had an implant, and he put it on his
social media accounts. Well that Lazio soccer Club's not taking
too kind to that my package.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Was this a medical thing or was this an enhancement thing?
Speaker 1 (01:12):
The images went public, he announced that they had stopped
with immediate effect, any relationship talking about the soccer club
and fortunately the eagle wasn't involved in his activities. They
put this story my package. And I don't know if
it was medical would why does one do that? Well,
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I don't know, why do you have an implant surgery?
Bound they're not.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Sure what he Maybe he had some kind of problem where,
you know, he had some incredible shrinking disease or something
and they were able to stabilize and.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
He could have been injured.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
I mean, we looked at Katie Kurig's colonoscopy for goodness sake.
If it was a medical thing, I never.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Watched that though.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
I couldn't watch that.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
No, I didn't want to.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Looking at her from the outside is bad enough.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
I'd rather see this guy's implant than that than Katie Kurks.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Yeah, and if it was an enhancement thing, I'm sorry.
Can you imagine the endorsement dollars coming his way? If
you can get the FDA here in the United States
to approve that, all of the guys that are gonna
be uh yeah, that'll be a big deal. He'll make millions,
He'll be fine.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Let's bring in the radio voice for the Columbus Blue Jackets. Bob,
you have to follow that now. Hopefully you're okay with it.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
Maybe he was just gonna have the bird land there.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
You never know that talent. Thing could get a little
intimidating though, just.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Really sick of this arm thing.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Bird wouldn't have to do the screeching, that's for sure. Yeah,
just saying, how do.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
You think i'd get more popular? I have an idea.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
You'd have to make a leather rap because I think
about those talents. There's no way.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
Man, a gentleman and lou of the cannon. Tonight, Bob
mcgueligan has a bird trick. He'd like to show.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
Us one night only, one.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Time only, right exactly. That's what I was thinking one night. Hell,
you better hope they don't score more than once. Uh man,
that was great. Oh what a That was a great segue, Bob.
That's why you make all that money.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
That's why I saw that whole build up. I'm like,
I heard you start talking about that, and I'm like,
this guy, Okay, he wants to get me off balanced
with this thing. Watch this.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
He's like that, SOB, he's always messing with me, trying
to bring.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
Out I keep reminding you I am a pro with this.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
You are you clearly are. That was great. I love it.
I love it that was that was fantastic And then
hearing you on our sister station too. Is there anything
you can't do broadcast related? I don't think there is.
I really don't.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
I can do a lot, I just can't get paid
for all of it. But no, there's nothing I can't do.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
Well, that's you problem. You gotta get that somehow figured out.
That's all I can think for that. Gosh, where do we?
Where do we begin?
Speaker 3 (04:13):
First and foremost, I love I love when you go
to Blue Jackets games.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
I love when you go to Blue Jackets games and
they win, because I get bombed with texts yes, as
the game, if it's if it's winning throughout now against
Philly the other day, yes, I was trailing, trailing in
the game, had to come back late. And then it was,
oh my god, I love this. Oh so I enjoyed that.
I enjoyed getting those texts from you.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Yeah, it's so amazing. And the type of response what
that elicits in me is I can't it's just pure elation.
For I know it's such The sport is so hard.
It is so hard to I think arguably the hardest
when you when you put in how many games a
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team has to play throughout the year and then how
many wins you have to collect and how stiff the
competition is, and everything that these guys go through, the
beating that they take, the physical beating that their bodies take,
just going two hundred feet back and forth, and everything
that comes along with it. I am so happy right
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now for these Columbus Blue Jackets. They are trying their
asses off. That's what it feels like to me. And
I saw also, by the way, the stadium series the
jerseys available to pre order now that that popped into
my email today, so I was looking around at those.
That's going to be a really really that's going to
be a fun time for that. And we'll get to
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tonight's game in a second. But something like that has
there been talking. I might just be somebody that, you know,
whatever I can, I can own this that I'm like,
is there something I don't know about this? But what
if it rains that day? Or I mean, what what
kind of is there any fail safes in place?
Speaker 3 (05:59):
Well? Yeah, rain, rain is the worst because of h yeah, yeah,
but I mean, well the sail safes are you know,
they they moved it to a night game. There was
some talk about afternoon, I believe at the beginning. So
now I think it's what a six o'clock game, So
(06:20):
I wanted to get it more in the evening. It's
it's not really I mean, snow that's fine. Sure, cold,
that's fine. It's a little bit warmer. They can do that.
Rain is the one that is the is the pain.
And so then you just and it's almost like baseball,
you kind of like waited out. I don't know if
you remember the one they had, was it during COVID
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or coming out of COVID. They played that game at
Lake Tahoe and it was too bright and they had
delay the game because it was too bright. They couldn't see.
So it happened, you know, So that's what you do.
Then you just sit through a rain delay and throw
more beer.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
I guess, yeah, But there it is. And if it
gets kind of you know, if it's a little bit warm,
that ice slows way down, right, I mean, it gets slushy,
and it's it's actually I would think you're more injury prone,
and so it's very dangerous. It gets very dangerous.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
I would think, well, it's I mean, it's not ideal.
You're you're assuming everywhere that you play in this league
it is pristine, and that is not the case.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
Well, well like this weekend, I mean, you're you're going
to go into you play in Madison Square Garden on Saturday.
You know, there's many times there's afternoon NBA game and
then they pull up the floor and you play hockey
at night, and those are you know, those aren't great conditions.
So yeah, I mean it's I mean, if it was
if it was really dangerous, they wouldn't play it there.
(07:43):
They would you know, postpone it till the next day
or something like that. But you know, they these guys
have been doing this stuff for a long time. I mean,
they played one in La so and they're going to
play two in Florida next year. So you know they
can pull that off. They can pull this up.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Well I think so, well, you can knock me over
the feather right now. Florida they do outdoor.
Speaker 3 (08:03):
They're going to do. The Winter Classic is going to
be in Miami. It's going to be in the Baseball
Stadium where the Marlins play. The Panthers will host that one,
and then next year's Stadium Series game is going to
be at Raymond James Stadium where the Buccaneers play the
Lightning Post.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
I mean, they're gonna have a super cool that ice.
It's I don't even until I see it. I don't
know how it's going to be done.
Speaker 3 (08:25):
Yeah, seriously, anyway they're going to do it.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
Yeah, they're gonna have to do it at night, because
once again you're going to run into the glare problem
in Florida, I would think, I don't think they would.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
I mean, they didn't have to worry about a glare
problem here right.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
I don't think nothing in Central Ohio is too bright.
Speaker 3 (08:42):
There was one the other day and I was like,
where am I Like? This is ridiculous?
Speaker 1 (08:48):
Yeah, yeah, for sure I saw the one. There was
an article you retweeted, Are the Columbus Blue Jackets the
most inspiring story in the NHL right now? I mean
the league? It seems like there's there's, you know, some
noise being made with the Columbus Blue Jackets? Or is
that just an article to make us all really think
(09:09):
that you're somebody who's plugged in as you can get
without being a player. But is that the truth? Is
there a lot of Is there a lot of I
don't know, is there a lot of that in the
league right now for the Jackets.
Speaker 3 (09:21):
Yep, yeah there is. NHL dot Com had a writer
here this week doing some stories. You know, it's been
pretty prevalent in the athletic not just Aaron Portsline who
covers the team, but the national writers have been writing
about the Blue Jackets, the spitt and Chicklets, guys. I
was really happy to see, well a couple things. Number One,
they're talking about the Blue Jackets and being in a
(09:42):
playoff spot at this point. But I finally saw Paul
Bissonette say that if the Blue Jackets were to make
the playoffs, dak Warnsky has to be considered to be
the MVP of the league. And I agree one thousand
percent on that they make the playoffs and he's continuing
to do what he's doing. The Norris Trophy, yeah, that's nice.
That's for the top defenseman in the league. Although they
(10:04):
should change the name to top offensive defenseman in the league.
But you know, to me, it would go beyond that.
It should go beyond that. I was glad to see
somebody in the national realm.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
And finally say that he's seventeen home goal streak, right now,
Zach Warinsky, I think I.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
Read yeah, points points in seventeen straight home games, and
amongst defensemen, I mean he's one of the top guys.
He tied Ray Work who did it back in nineteen
ninety two, ninety three, So that's how long it's been
since a defenseman's been able to put together a streak
like that on home ice. And he can move up
and I mean there's there is There are Hall of
(10:43):
Fame guys on that list that he's now on. With them,
He's been amazing. He absolutely he has driven this team
in the absence of Boone Jenner, Zak Wwarensky has matured
not just as a player, that as a leader and
he drives the bus here right now.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Tell you what, man the other night to tie it
up against the Flyers, when he was when Marchie passed
to him, I could see that his vision and his
to see ahead like that, that's clearly about that's how
the game and it's so fast for somebody like me
I have a small brain anyway, but to what I
literally could see that play develop real time, which is
(11:22):
one of the few times I've been able to do that.
But to have him just set up there. There was
no goal ory in the league that could have stopped
that goal. It was amazing.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
Well, and give Mark Chenko a lot of credit, oh yeah,
making a lot of people believe he was going to
shoot it and then he passed it off. That's two
games in a row he's done that, and that's resulted
in goals both times.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
But selfless.
Speaker 3 (11:41):
You know what Zach said about that play this morning,
and I love this about him, and I know it's
honest because it's who he is. He said, you know,
he was being asked about the point streak and all that,
and he said, you know, when I got that second
goal the other night, I wasn't even thinking about me
and my goals or my point. I was thinking that
we were tied now and we had a chance to win.
(12:03):
And that's him. That's that's who he is. That's what
he does, and he and he so you know, I
hear other people talk about I heard Peter McGuire last
week on the radio when we were in Pittsburgh talking
about Zach and they were saying that, you know, the
host of the show was saying, well, you know, you
kind of feel bad for Wrensky. He's been stuck in
Columbus all these years, they haven't been very good. And
(12:23):
Peter McGuire's like, yes, he's a Blue Jackets lifer, and
but McGuire was kind of like, hey, give him some
respect for being a guy that didn't say, hey, I
want to go somewhere else, I want to get out
of here. It's it's not looking good. But you know,
I think a lot of people feel like that. They're like,
you know, oh, poor Zach, he's in Columbus. They're not
going to feel like that much longer. Blazer telling you
because the Marchenko's for Roun Coffs, Kent Johnson's cole cylinders
(12:49):
are maturing, Denton Mittachuck is here. If he goes back
to Cleveland. The only way I can see him going
back is during that two week break during the Four
Nations tournament, just so he can keep playing some games
and not sit for two weeks. But other than that,
he looks like he's here to stay. I mean, there's
the young guys are are ready to start taking over
some of this stuff, So it's not going to be
(13:10):
the Woes meet Columbus Blue Jackets very much longer.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
Yew also impressive too, and it's what it takes to
get to where they are headed. It feels like right now, Bob,
but you know, we're getting We're getting pretty good. We're
figuring out this shootout thing, We're figuring out this man
advantage thing. It's all the pieces that feel like they're
starting to come together right now for the Columbus Blue Jackets.
And I hope Zach gets rewarded with regard to that,
(13:35):
and it would be the ultimate reward as well as
the other guys for that matter, guys who have been
with the organization for a little while, a reward of well,
I don't want to speak it exactly, but you know
what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (13:48):
Yeah, I mean, look again, you know we talked about
this last week. I think the playoffs are a long
way away. You're in a playoff spot. They're still in
the playoff spot. They're they're holding that spot the games.
If you watched the last two games, this is what
you're going to start to see now. Don't look for
any of those six goal games. These games are going
to start to get tight once you get out of
that break in February. Teams that are used to being
(14:11):
in the playoffs and are going to be in the
playoffs are going to be in playoff mode. Everything's going
to tighten up, goals are going to get harder to score.
That's why I like what they've done in the last
two games. They've shown that they can play that kind
of game with confidence because those are the ones that
they're going to have to win if they want to
stay in this race. And then you know, the bigger
picture for the organization is there. They're going to make
(14:33):
it tougher on the GM don Bodell, because you know,
I think you still have to you still have to
kind of stick with your plan, and your plan is
not just to get into the playoffs this year. If
you get in this year, great, that's awesome, But you
want to get in and go in every year, and
then you want that to be an expectation and something
(14:54):
that you know is going to happen before the season
even starts so you can start contending for a Stanley Cup.
So it's really going to be a delicate balance along
the way. But these are great conversations they have in
a great place for this team to have put itself
in at this point.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
Yeah, build on all of this, build on all of it,
which it feels like they're doing right now, Bob, real quick,
because we're almost out of time. But the fourteen, twenty
six and six San Jose Sharks are in the building tonight.
Obviously on paper, you go, huh, But guess what. Nothing
is a foregone conclusion, especially in the NHL.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
Yeah, and here, let me take it one more step
for you. San Jose has already beaten the Blue Jackets
once this year. Yep, so don't be complacent. It was
an overtime game, but I mean it was a two
to one game, okay, So don't think that just because
you're taking on a team that's way down in the
standings that it's a guaranteed wind night, because it is
(15:48):
anything but this Macklin Celebrini kid who was drafted first
overall last summer, he's really faked the adjustment to the
National Hockey League. And Will Smith was taken in the
first round, fourth overall behind Fantility the year before, and
he's coming a good player. They've got some some young
guys too that can make things happen. So, yes, nothing
is guarantee. If you're not going to work in this league,
if you're not going to be prepared do the job.
(16:09):
Every single night. You're not going to win, So we'll
see what happens tonight. And I would expect the Blue
Jackets to come and work first to playing at home
where they're fantastic, So I would expect nothing but the best.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
He's Bobby Max Sports on X well, Twitter, x whatever,
but yeah, follow him and he's the radio voice for
the Columbus Blue Jackets. Bob mcgelligate, Bob, thanks for jumping
on with his buddy. Go Jackets will be We'll be
watching and rooting for him tonight for sure.
Speaker 3 (16:34):
Hey, don't forget on Monday you can watch the Buckeys
on TV and then turn on her sister station ninety
three to three of the Bus and you can have
the Blue Jackets and the buck guys on at the
same time. If you don't have two TVs.
Speaker 1 (16:44):
I want to remind you perfect I'm going to be
overloaded that day, the inauguration, the Buckeyes, the Jackets. I'm like, yeah, ill, baby,
let's do this.
Speaker 3 (16:53):
Chuck every chuck, every other day. Just loaded.
Speaker 2 (16:55):
He's going to be overloaded, yes, which is going to
be a pleasure for me.
Speaker 1 (17:01):
Thank you, guys, Bob, Thanks brother, appreciate you.
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