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Speaker 4 (01:26):
Trim? You can you start me first?
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Okay?
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Yeah, Stevens. Steven's in in one right now.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
He's on one right now. Also, so we just had
Thanksgiving and that means you know, people left the alcohol
that they brought to this is gonna get in the fridge.
So I guess I have to drink that drinking. Well,
so who who? Okay, that's so bad. I thought it'd
be much worse. Yeah, it's it's uh, that's this and
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that southern tier I p A that everybody has all
the time. But yeah, so I picked I'll go with
this one. It's a hazy I p A. I thought
you going to give us something much worse. Now, Well,
there is Stella in there also, but I've already had that.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Yeah, that's what I was expecting. Is this like a
stellar or a blue moon or a PAPS blue ribbon?
Speaker 3 (02:17):
Oh? Man, I take a PBR and a heartbeat.
Speaker 4 (02:23):
I having a very difficult time here trying to find
a very it's oh wait here, I think I found
it in thear mind. Uh wait, okay, sorry, I'll get
back to that. That second swim got me this lovely
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moufee Italian gin. Then I'm about to try, although you're
gonna have to take a trip to me with the
free to the freezer because I forgot to get my
EF and ice cubes because I'm distracted and mad already.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Yeah, you definitely need ice.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
Hold on, let me fix the sign.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
What is the sign?
Speaker 4 (03:06):
Mh You can see the sign.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
I can see it. Oh okay, freezer.
Speaker 4 (03:13):
Yeah, although I should have kept it where it was because.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
This is great and all I've done is entered my name, all.
Speaker 4 (03:25):
Right, So yeah, let me try this shwim your Italian gin.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
I hope it is?
Speaker 2 (03:30):
It very greasy?
Speaker 4 (03:32):
Okay, it's pouring with a nice greasy body. You can see, goodness,
extra Italian. Give me a minute, this scut a chill.
I'm just fuming over here at freaking.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Why don't you tell us all what you're fuming about,
because it sounds like you're in a swim right now,
a shwim state of mind.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
It's the same thing I've been fuming about all all
freaking season. No power plays, no power plays. I can't
I can't find this. I can't find this. A better
way to break this down because it won't let me
put it in order, But I will find it at
some point. But here we are where thirteen I think twelve? Okay, sorry,
(04:19):
I just went to commercial. Twelve minutes left in the
second period of the Penguins Flyers game. The Flyers have
five power plays to Pittsburgh zero, including two five on threes,
and the game has been completely even if not tilted,
towards Pittsburgh for this entire game until they just I
(04:40):
don't understand how this is even possible and how this
trend just continues to keep going. At some point I
will find how I know i'd see here, I'll get
the order at some point and I'll start yelling about
it later. Continue. Please, this is so difficult for me
(05:01):
to just find freaking power play opportunities. Every time I
try to look at the list of power play opportunities,
power play percentage is there everywhere. All I have to search,
like you know, NHL team power play opportunities, and you
get nothing, nothing, and then you get then you get
stat muse which you have to pay for. Yeah, ESPN
(05:22):
has crap well power play opportunities apparently, and now.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Apparently empty net goals against is a goaltending category. It's
so stupid, so stupid.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
So they have they are still very much in the basement.
I'm just gonna give like a glance over power play
opportunity because it won't let me list it here. But
still in the basement with Columbus having Columbus having two
more power play opportunities than Pittsburgh. But I'll put this
into perspective. Now we're twenty five, twenty five games into
(05:59):
the season, Pittsburgh has fifty six power play opportunities. Okay,
for reference, the San Jose Sharks have ninety five.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
Are they number one?
Speaker 4 (06:14):
Yeah, they're number one. They're the most Okay, ninety five
power places.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
That is sec forty forty forty power.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
Play difference in the same amount of games played forty
How in the name of anything, whatever religion you follow,
How in the name of any of the gods of
whatever that you follow, is that a possibility? I don't understand.
I do not understand. Hollas is the thing, and you
can blame it on a rookie coach, I guess because
the refs hate rookie coaches. And oh look at this,
(06:45):
it looks like Pittsburgh has a power play.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
Oh wow.
Speaker 4 (06:49):
Now we're only at five to one. Let's see how
the rest of this game goes. And I'm done. I'm
done with the power plays. We talked about something else.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Now, all right, I'll do my beer real quickly because
I can tell yeah, other half hm fruit Barry Medley,
it's a Berlin advice. Pretty good, So tried out other
half bad lighting. All right, let's go with the tap
of day's episode, here's a weekly snapshot. Uh yeah. Title
the MSG title of the podcast is burned Down MG.
(07:16):
I was at the game on Saturday with my children
for our literally Tampa, yeah, for our annual Tampa New
York Rangers game, and it was about the thing. Yeah,
it was about the most future thing you could go
and watch in person. They are lifeless, and it's weird
(07:38):
because you see Sullivan and you see the tendencies that
he brings and I like it a lot. I like
him as a coach, and this is not I don't
think it's on him. I just I still think this
has some festering from last year's team, which some of
these guys did not skate as hard as they you know,
have ever really, and it's just looked terrible and they
(08:00):
were outclassed and now muscled. And then you have the
Fox injury, which he's out until at least the New year,
which that really sucks.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
That was like ice got the cake right there.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
Yeah, it was. It was the horrible game and then
the injury. Yeah, they lose their m v P. Yeah,
the probably the best defenseman right now in hockey. Uh So,
I have one stat here in that game he was
best player by far.
Speaker 4 (08:31):
Who every time.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
Tampa double ditchit goals in that game, if not for
they would have wrecked us. Yes, they they hit a
couple of crossbars, they had Gensel missed the net on
a breakaway uh, and then Shasterkin made a bunch of
awesome saves like that game was completely dominated by the athletic.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
Just thing on the top goaltending duos, and they had
the Rangers at one because obviously you know Quickie's also
and fantastic this year. Number two was Minnesota number three
car but this is the top offensive defenseman ratings, so
obviously by this is by the athletic as well.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
What I would say Minnesota, Colorado and Colorado's duo ahead
of the Rangers duo. Wow, right now, Colorado's they have
the best tandement right now.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
That's that's because the team is ridiculous. If you put
Schusterkin on that team, he shuts out every team.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
Yes, but he's not on Colorado. We're talking who's actually
on Colorado? No, no, no, The point is the best
and who's and who's actually on Ragers. The best duo
in hockey resides in New York. It's your damn mind.
I'm not even close to being out of my mind.
Speaker 4 (09:49):
The statistically, there's got to be this who who is
in the what's the the trophy? They win the Jennings,
the Jennings combined save percentage.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
Hold on. So, if I'm gonna pull this article and
you can look at it.
Speaker 4 (10:01):
Are you just giving in? Are you giving an opinion?
Speaker 2 (10:04):
No, this is an actual rating category. Yeah, Eric says
high to Eric.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
And also like the eye test, freaking Walstead and Gustav
said it looked amazing.
Speaker 4 (10:32):
Yes, has been good, although like I'm still very impressed
with uh, Scott Wedgwood.
Speaker 2 (10:39):
So Wedgewood has been great, But you really think that
he's gonna last?
Speaker 4 (10:46):
I mean, so if they can, if they can figure
out a solid rotation, if they do like a one
one on one off or two on one off type
thing with him in Blackwood, depending on who you know
the hot hand is. I'm not crazy about the whole
hot hand, but some of these guys like and we've
discussed this power on this podcast before that you know,
some guys are just backups. Even if they get like
(11:09):
hot or they're the hot hand, per se, they don't last,
so they can't the more consecutively they start, the worst
they get. And that was what I'd noticed with Nadelkovich
more and more last season, because you would have great
games and then they put him in again and he
just you would watch him and his numbers steadily decline
with each consecutive start. So whether or not that happens
to Wedgwood, I don't know. Wedgwood's had a solid career
(11:34):
all around and as a backup, so he's kind of
surprising that he's out playing Blackwood right now. But statistically
at yeah, yeah, but you know, Wedgwood has you know,
thirteen thirteen wins or something like that. He's playing fantastic.
(11:56):
I finally found the stupid power.
Speaker 3 (11:57):
Playing the whole team. The whole team's they're the best
offensive team and the best defensive team in the league.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
Yeah, so I've seen this all right. So Jesse Granger,
the athletic, he's a big goalie guru. Right, he did
a power ranking and he bases it on goals up
saved above expected, because that's the only way you can
quantify how a goaltender does on his own versus you know,
(12:25):
teams with great defenses. They're not great defenses. So it's
it's a good stat to use to judge goaltender. And
the New York Rangers duo has the highest goal save
above expected of any other team because they are the
only reason that this team does well. And yes, save
percentage and and well. By the way, Quick safer centage
is nine forty four and Egors is nine to fifteen.
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Pretty good in their own rights. Yes, their goals the
records ten nine to two for Igor and three and
three for Quick, But these two do a great amount
on their own to bring the Rangers into games. And
that's how you. Then, goals saved above expected is New
York one, number two is the Wild Number three is
Colora Avalanche, and then number four is actually Boston. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (13:11):
Yeah, we're going through save percentage, so save percentage Colorado
is lights out over anybody else.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
Yeah, but that but say percentage. Say percentage takes into
account your defense and how well the team is doing.
Speaker 4 (13:23):
I understand. It's it's a subjection. All of listen, all
of this is subjective. So if you want to take
one stat and say it's the best handem, I mean,
I can't argue it. If they have the best stat
for the that but if you go like, if you
go like, who's going to win the Jennings as the
best tandem? If you say the Jennings winner is the
best tandem, I mean that's a legitimate argument that you
(13:44):
could say that whoever the Bennings Trophy is probably the
best tandem. But I don't disagree with your with this,
uh with the reporter. I think that's a good stat
to go on. So yeah, and that being said, the
Rangers are still three right in team save percentage, So yeah,
all right, so I'll give you.
Speaker 3 (14:08):
And still win Colorado's number three.
Speaker 4 (14:12):
Did you see did you see, Georgie that poor bastard
is now back in this case?
Speaker 2 (14:18):
Yeah? Yeah, pretty awful.
Speaker 3 (14:22):
Christ Bennington's let up two terrible goals.
Speaker 2 (14:26):
Well, Bennington, I was talking about fox and as the
Ranger MVP only because of one factor. He is the
only defenseman rated in both the top ten offensive defenseman
and defensive defenseman currently in the league based off of
dative defensive and offensive metrics. He's the only one that
appears on both lists, and he's just he's been awesome
(14:48):
and it sucks that this team is now without him
because you know, Brendan Hagel's d bag.
Speaker 3 (14:53):
But how was he a bag? It was him.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
He didn't need to hit him.
Speaker 3 (14:56):
It just was unnerssard.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
The was there, he was hit him was unnecessary hit.
Speaker 3 (15:02):
Fox went to go and I was like, I'm the
person who wants freaking touch football, and now you want
freaking no checking and no fighting and hockey.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
I want touch football when it has to do with
my best player. Correct Listen, I'm saying I couldn't hit
Meka hurt. Well, he should have been back there helping
out his partner.
Speaker 3 (15:24):
Maybe he should have been playing defense. His freaking controller
was disconnected halfway down the ice, probably, But that was
a clean play. It wasn't like a dirty hit, or
I think if it was a dirty hit, I'd be like, Okay, yeah,
he's a douchebag. But it was a clean shoulder to
shoulder hit where he wasn't dirty.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
I just said I didn't want him in them.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
You said he was a douchebag, implying that it was
a sad hit or dirty minute, you're a douchebag, and
I like you, Oh, I don't do dirty hits. All right.
Speaker 4 (15:57):
I realized Minnesota's got five shutouts. Yeah, and that's saying
that they have five shutout and I'm not going to
say that it's a bad say percentage, but with five shoutouts,
you'd think it they're collective. The better would be over
nine ten.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
Yeah, Uh, Walstatt is a nine thirty thirty eight say percentage.
So obviously you know they're talking about.
Speaker 3 (16:17):
Gusta he be rough is he gonna be one of
the goalies for Sweden.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
He's probably coming up on it. I mean he's who
is I mean we were we were talking about more.
Speaker 4 (16:27):
I think Gustafson was was their guy, right.
Speaker 3 (16:30):
Yeah, right, them too, and likes Markstrom. I guess in
the conversation with him. I don't know who else there is. Yeah,
I would go right now, I'm going walstad Man.
Speaker 4 (16:41):
I'm pretty sure they brought uh last year, they brought
mark Strom right marks from Gustafson and Erson right for the.
Speaker 3 (16:47):
Furtation Yeah, Rison, I remember, yeah, yeah. Making it this
year now, I would go walstat Man all the way.
Speaker 2 (16:56):
All right, let's do this because they've seen I see
projections already. So they've Jess for Bratt, Patterson, Neelander, Kempe, Carlson, Forsburg,
Landis Cogg's, Abanajad Raymond Raquel, Eric Sinak and Lindholm, with
Heineman and William Carlson as the ins and outs defenseman.
They have Dollene Headman, Forsling, Brodein Anderson Carlson, with Simon
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Edwardson and Hampus Lindholm as the odd man out, and
then goaltenders Mark Strom, Olmark and Gustafson. I forgot about
what Yeah, okay, I don't know, but I mean there's
definitely there, even says toughest cut Is, speaking of Gustaven's
teammate Jasper Wolstett. He's been the best Swedish goaltender this year.
Speaker 3 (17:40):
He's looked awesome. Man, I would go with him.
Speaker 2 (17:42):
He I mean, you also have Sorder, bloom Erison, Anton Forsburg.
Speaker 4 (17:48):
But no to any of them.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
They're they're there if somebody's injured, but if everybody's healthy,
I don't think so, No, agreed.
Speaker 2 (17:59):
I always love looking at rosters and just pretending on
you know, who can be where as my kids scream
in the background. Yeah all right, Uh so Fox is out.
Another couple of injuries, Jimmy Snuggery. The Blues, by the way,
are just annihilated the days. Uh and you know, Snuggeroads
out six weeks. I think he had an issue with
(18:21):
his wrist or something on points. Uh yeah, left wrist yep, yeah. Uh.
That's also followed by Alexei torp Chenko, who had the
hit on Logan Cooley, which well I wasn't too fond of.
It was a knee on knee and it doesn't look
like he kind of raised his knee up to to
hit Logan Cooley. But afterwards they announced that he is
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out week to week due to scalding burns. He sustained
his legs in an accident at home. Oh boy, I
think NHL players should just not cook.
Speaker 3 (18:53):
Just get chefs for this actually this year, everything that's
been all these weird injuries that's been happening this year.
Don't do anything.
Speaker 2 (19:01):
Barbecue burns for.
Speaker 3 (19:04):
Out whatever. Yeah, use plastic cutler ref do not use
anything metal. No knives, no knives.
Speaker 4 (19:12):
Yeah. Another another power play. Okay, I guess I needed
they needed to hear me. They heard me over the air.
Speaker 3 (19:18):
They did six one two O six. Oh. Another power
play for Pittsburgh.
Speaker 4 (19:25):
Yeah, Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh got of one power plane scored on it.
And I guess now they're Yeah, now they have their
second We talked about him, just talk about speaking of
speaking of freak injuries, I haven't seen, I haven't I
don't know whether or not he came back or not.
But Tyson Forster on Philly just left the ice in
(19:47):
excruciating pain after just taking it one timer, like shoulder
shoulder drooping. It was god damn strange.
Speaker 3 (19:57):
Yeah, he swung so hardly dislocated his shoulder. I guess
it was weird.
Speaker 2 (20:02):
Yeah, that's not good.
Speaker 4 (20:10):
Two for two.
Speaker 3 (20:15):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (20:15):
We talked about Randon last week, but that was obviously
one of the sound effects from that.
Speaker 3 (20:21):
So speaking of injuries also, but you said Randon and
Randon injures, Romano off he's out for what four to
six months or something like that. And then did you
see that Islanders came where?
Speaker 2 (20:34):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (20:37):
Yeah, that was you know, for for all the crap
we talked about the Islanders, that was awesome.
Speaker 3 (20:43):
It was pretty hilarious to say, I mean, it was
hilarious that he's hurt.
Speaker 4 (20:48):
Yeah, I guess the whole situation was layers, but also
the fact that like he was, he was down in
the offensive zone like obviously in excruciating pain and is
hobbling off still in the defensive zone. But the Flyers
brought the punk back in themselves. Hey stick checks the
guy I don't even know who it was and and
gives it to uh because probably no idea, there was anyone.
Speaker 3 (21:12):
No clue that was just had a freaking turnover by
guy who's gonna freaking dangling tendon. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:21):
Yeah, and they score. That's crazy, horrible. Yes, we talked
about the injuries. Yeah, it was very good. Yeah, it
was really good for him. Uh talked about top Chenco,
which was which was one of the ones that was
just craziness. Pasta's out for a little bit with the Bruins. Uh,
(21:45):
you had There's a couple other injuries, which sucks. You
hate to see injuries. But you know, just what happened
norrises back.
Speaker 3 (21:54):
I saw that. Let's see if he can stay healthy.
Speaker 4 (21:58):
Yes, at least the goal he might have one on one,
didn't just score he had goal. Yeah, he's got he's
got one on one. You know, Dean, I gotta go back.
I'm gonna go back and tell you this. Okay, I
was wrong obviously about Hellibuck last year, and I'm gonna
(22:21):
fully admit that. And now I'm gonna even fully admit
even more so how important this man is to that team,
because since since his injury, they have been absolutely dreadful.
I think has Yeah, I think they've won once. I
think they've won once since the injury. Might be like, yeah,
(22:42):
the last game, well, yeah, the last the last the
last game of the game before whatever it was. But yeah, whoever,
it was funny speaking of terrible ESPN. Also, I don't
even know who. I can't remember who the now backup
of Winnipeg is, but he's he's still not available on
the website. Yeah, Brusuise. I didn't even know he was
(23:03):
still in the league that I heard.
Speaker 3 (23:05):
Something like Edmonton was kind of might be looking at
him to try.
Speaker 2 (23:09):
Yeah, no, he's not a freegent. I thought he was
still under contract with them.
Speaker 4 (23:14):
No, I don't think he's been on a contract with
him for a while.
Speaker 3 (23:16):
That was he he wasn't pay two years or something,
isn't it?
Speaker 4 (23:20):
He was he was someone Where the hell did he
go last year? Last year, the year before. He's been
gone for at least two seas maybe a season maybe too.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
Hm hm, And I'll go over the end season Cup
in a little bit. We'll talk about that because currently
I'm winning, but I haven't added up the last three weeks,
so I have to go through that.
Speaker 3 (23:40):
Uh. The only team that does not have a win
so far a short guy.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
Is zero wins and zero days. Oh yeah, well, because
I had, I had Florida and then I think Montreal
was the first team to beat them, and then actually,
uh what, Philly got a bunch of days, Ottawa had
a bunch of days, Winnipeg had a bunch of days,
and now obviously they lost it Seattle. Uh, and Dallas
has won. And that's who I'm current days, game wins count,
(24:08):
I'm doing both. I'm doing both. I'm doing wins and
then days. So if you know team has one win
but only played like and played like four games and
four days in between, they get the four days to both.
Speaker 3 (24:21):
That way, Who's who's it on?
Speaker 4 (24:22):
Now?
Speaker 3 (24:22):
It's on Dallas right now, It's.
Speaker 2 (24:24):
On Dallas from November eleventh. So I'm gonna go through
and actually do that. Well, you guys talk a little
bit and just add of the wins we see it.
But Dallas is yours, Dallas is mine. Yeah, So I
had once again, I had Florida, Dallas, Tampa, Montreal, Vancouver, Anaheim, Detroit,
and Philly. My my roster is stacked. Other than Vancouver,
they stink.
Speaker 3 (24:43):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
Swim had Toronto, Carolina, Utah, Seattle, Ottawa, Rangers, San Jose Sharks,
and Buffalo. Steve had Colorado, Winnipeg, Minnesota, Washington, Saint Louis, Pittsburgh, Calgary, Chicago,
and then Shorts guy at Vegas. Yeah, it's not bad.
Short's got Vegas, Boston, Edmonton, Nashville, New Jersey, Columbus, King's Islanders.
Speaker 4 (25:05):
Okay, not great, Yeah, not great.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
I think mine's the worst one. Actually yeah, he might
might be. Yeah, I think mine's the worst. I got
a bunch of freaking hundred achievers.
Speaker 2 (25:15):
Yeah yeah, but I mean Seattle was hot in the beginning.
They got you two wins in four days. Ottawa got
you three wins in three days. Yeah, I look at that.
Speaker 4 (25:24):
Had another power play for Philly the Rangers.
Speaker 2 (25:26):
Look at that in Buffalo, brother Rangers and Buffalo.
Speaker 3 (25:30):
That's bad.
Speaker 2 (25:30):
Yeah, no bueno, no blo.
Speaker 3 (25:35):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (25:37):
All right, let's go through this, yess right now. Currently
you have devils in blue Jacks tied to two Penguins,
Philly Penguins three to one, Buffalo three. Nothing over Winnipeg.
Has Stephen just talked about in then Anaheim two to
one over Saint Lewis.
Speaker 4 (25:54):
I didn't think was going to be this bad, but
he's been bad. Fat I don't. I like, I'm not
I'm not watching all the games, so I don't know
how much is actually on him, but like he's he's
His stats are terrible, so I don't. I can't imagine
he's playing. Well, they're almost five hundred. They're gonna be
I think they if they lose this game, they will
(26:14):
be thirteen and twelve.
Speaker 3 (26:16):
I think they are. I thought they're only one game
above five hundred.
Speaker 4 (26:19):
Right now, I think they're eleven.
Speaker 2 (26:21):
Yeah, yeah, eleven. Colorado.
Speaker 4 (26:28):
I don't know who I had what went in the
President's Hopefully it wasn't them again, did I the president?
Speaker 3 (26:35):
I don't think we did.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
Presidents.
Speaker 4 (26:38):
When you do that, you just had I might have
had them in the Cup final.
Speaker 2 (26:42):
You had Tampa in Vegas in the Cup Final, all right,
damn Vegas?
Speaker 3 (26:46):
Oh no, sorry, you had Carolina Winnipeg in the Cup Final.
Speaker 2 (26:49):
I had Tampa.
Speaker 4 (26:50):
I mean Carolina, okay, maybe, but Winnipeg. I don't even know.
I they're gonna make the playoffs at this point.
Speaker 2 (26:55):
At this point, yeah, shorts guy had New Jersey in
Winnipeg and short uh swim had Tampa in Vegas or
same as me?
Speaker 3 (27:06):
I had the same as you. God damn it.
Speaker 2 (27:08):
Yeah, yep, you're in the doldrums.
Speaker 4 (27:14):
You know you ain't winning ship if you got the
same as William.
Speaker 3 (27:17):
Yep.
Speaker 2 (27:18):
Hey, I've some predictions.
Speaker 4 (27:21):
I have the worst predictions. This should be studied. It
should be studied. I almost feel like I make a
prediction and then somebody hears it somewhere and then just
add a spite does the opposite of what I picked. Probably, Hey,
there's a penalty. Oh goodness. We appreciate your inputs, Sarah.
Speaker 2 (27:44):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (27:45):
Yeah, guys, don't be a Rangers fan like your dad.
Speaker 4 (27:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (27:53):
They had fun of the game. I didn't have fun
at the game.
Speaker 4 (27:56):
Yeah, well at least they had. They cut a T shirt, right,
you said.
Speaker 2 (27:59):
Yeah, got a T shirt?
Speaker 3 (28:00):
Really nice?
Speaker 2 (28:02):
I mean, doesn't fit any of them, fits barely fits me, Sarah, Yeah, yeah,
high swim. I all right, guys going there, This is
great for the podcast, all right. Nathan McKinnon, Colorado currently
(28:23):
on fire forty four points in twenty five games plus
thirty for Nathan McKinnon everything, which is just ridiculous lights. Yeah,
I mean the most impressive part about that obviously, you know,
plus thirty does not take an account of power play points,
so that means he's been on the ice for positive
(28:45):
thirty goals at five on five or shorthand too. He's
on the kill, yeah, which he hasn't have any shorthand points,
But that just tells you how lethal they are away
from the play. You know, away from the power play,
Natus' is thirty three points plus twenty four. Uh, the
whole team is just doing awesome kill mccars plus twenty nine,
(29:06):
Lecnons plus twenty five. They're just their wagons right now.
Washington a couple of players doing pretty well. Same thing
with Tampa and the plus minus. We'll do this a
little earlier. What is our once again? I think it's
six five or six weeks in a row. Mackenzie Wiger
as the negative leader at minus twenty. Still, he's been
(29:30):
there for quite a while. Him and Matt Coronado or
Neck and Neck. I might have to drop Coronado in
fantasy because he's killing me in the minus.
Speaker 4 (29:38):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (29:38):
Coronado's is just Calgary's freaking complete dog shit and they're
gonna trade away probably their two best players relatively soon.
Speaker 4 (29:45):
So worse cool. They traded Shwim and traded.
Speaker 3 (29:52):
Anderson.
Speaker 4 (29:54):
Yeah, Rasmus, I would I would actually like Rasmus.
Speaker 3 (29:58):
I love Rasmus, especially when he's course. Yeah, it's the
greatest thing to ever witness. He's got he has, I think,
what the opposite team and stares them down.
Speaker 4 (30:09):
I think, with the exception of Nikita zador Off, he
has to have the girthiest head in the NHL.
Speaker 3 (30:16):
Yeah, he's gonna he's got a big melon.
Speaker 2 (30:18):
The door has got a blockhead. Yeah, yeah, his is
very square.
Speaker 4 (30:25):
Oh, Melvin just itched my head for me. Thanks, thanks guy.
Speaker 3 (30:28):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
Morgan Frost has also been pretty good. He's younger. They'll
never trade back when he's their captain. Fab they traded
for last season. They're probably not gonna want to get
rid of him. Just came there last obviously knows too much. Yeah, Coleman,
I could see them trading Coleman. He's got some.
Speaker 3 (30:45):
Potential, could be moved.
Speaker 2 (30:47):
Sharon Govic has had a bad year, especially have to
have it such a good year last year. Kevin Ball
is a depth defense maybe, and then they're probably gonna
keep weaker. I don't know, you think because he ers
having such a bad season in Calgary that this just
makes him team Canada like want to get you know,
not Hey, you're not gonna be with us this year
(31:08):
after last year.
Speaker 3 (31:10):
I don't know. Some some of is he.
Speaker 2 (31:14):
Well he was there.
Speaker 4 (31:15):
I think he wasn't either there for pretty sure, wasn't Heah, Okay,
I don't Yeah, I mean so with it is kind
of wild because with the crazy amount of like depth
when you're talking about Canada and you're trying to figure
(31:37):
out like who's in, who's out, and who's gonna like
who's gonna be Like there's gonna be good players left out.
But that being said, really not on defense. Yeah, it's
really there's not a lot of Canadian on defense or
gold or goldending. You're right, forwards, they have you know,
they can make freaking three teams out of the defense.
(31:58):
It's not a strong point. And you have you know,
Taves and uh and macar are gonna be their their
top pairing, which is fantastic, But beyond that it's the
Morrissey who's also great.
Speaker 2 (32:12):
But we have Taves, right, they have. They're big guys, uh, Theodore,
Theodore and Morrissey. That's their main four. Thomas Thomas. Harley
is gonna be the new up and coming guy. Remember
they had san Heim, Peraco, a couple other guys last.
Speaker 4 (32:31):
Year that were Yeah, I mean those are those guys
aren't exciting anybody.
Speaker 3 (32:37):
I know.
Speaker 2 (32:37):
Drew Dowdy was heard at the beginning. Yeah, Harley is
gonna be good. But yeah, their defense is kind of
me Yeah, it's it is amazing how much the US
has not lapped Canada in terms of defense and goaltending,
but they are. It's I think there's a sizeable advantage.
Speaker 4 (32:56):
Yeah, and you know the thing also about Canada where
you see, like with with a lot of the other teams,
you know, especially even like Sweden. Sweden's been notorious for
just being stout defensively. But Canada from their forward lines
that can control possession like so dominantly that they don't
(33:16):
necessarily need that like defensive defenseman per se, because they
can just control the entire Yeah, there's Forster's injury. I
don't know, geez, he kind of whiff whiff, No, he
just he took the one timer and just dropped there's
no one around him. He just took the one timer
and just dropped like a sack.
Speaker 3 (33:36):
Definitely.
Speaker 4 (33:38):
I think he might have freaking tore something or torn something. Yeah,
I don't even know what I was talking about. Oh Canada, Yeah,
so I think that. Yeah, the fact that they can
control possession, I think and can get them and has
gotten them off the hook for you know, not having
to have superior goaltending or defensive defenseman.
Speaker 2 (34:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (34:03):
Yeah, so maybe it doesn't matter who they bring. You know,
they can bring McKenzie Leager if they want to, so
because maybe it's maybe it doesn't matter. I guess it
doesn't matter.
Speaker 3 (34:13):
They do bring them. I hope his you know, negative
plus minus continues in the Olympics.
Speaker 4 (34:20):
Yeah, I mean I don't mind. I obviously, of course
I'm rooting for team Obviously, I want to see Team
USA win a gold medal. It's been since since eighty right,
this is the last time they want to gould medal.
But I that being said, I obviously there's a lot
of players on Canada I wouldn't mind seeing.
Speaker 2 (34:39):
When they predicted Bleacher Report predicted Canada's one team uh
November fourteen, the one Parcificarly yeah, Stone, McDavid Reinhart. I
don't know that Mark Stone. I mean, I guess he's
probably he's gonna make it.
Speaker 3 (34:56):
But I just.
Speaker 2 (34:58):
Ryan Hart, you know, same thing, and the kind of
the guys, I would think we're going to be in
the bubble. But they have a Stone, McDavid Reinhart, they
have Mayor shand Crosby McKinnon. That's a normal roster. You
know the line you see all the time, Uh, Celebrini
Suzuki Marner. I like that CELEBRAINI see.
Speaker 3 (35:15):
I don't think those kids are gonna make the team.
Speaker 2 (35:17):
Though, Bagard point him act Hegel and Jarvis first pairing
defenseman Tave's mccarr. Second pair is Theodore Harley. Third pair
is Morrissey and Dowdy, with the extra defenseman being san
(35:38):
Jeim and Dobson. So no, no, Schaeffer, I think one
kid makes it.
Speaker 3 (35:45):
I do. Uh.
Speaker 2 (35:47):
And then they have Logan Thompson, Bennington and Kemper, so
they're actually rewarding the best goal attender right now and
Logan Thompson for Team Canada.
Speaker 3 (36:00):
I mean they got to bring someone else besides Bennington,
so yeah, I gotta bring Skinner.
Speaker 4 (36:10):
No, I'm sorry, but another power play. No, I'm pissed
about something else seen text in which I'm mad about
Team Checchia.
Speaker 2 (36:24):
We'll just do this one because I just came across us. Uh,
they have a lot of guys and then no guys
obviously heatl Foxa, Hurdle, Coolich, Natus, Palotte, Pasta, Pavel Zaka.
But then you have a bunch of guys that are
playing overseas. Defenseman Goudas, Lieber, Hayek, Philip Ronick, David yeerchik
(36:48):
Uh and Jan Ruda. Goalies Dobish, do Stall and Validor.
Speaker 3 (36:55):
That is not a good.
Speaker 4 (36:58):
Well he's not playing particularly well right now.
Speaker 2 (37:00):
But yeah, uh, what is Filmelica? Because they have him?
Is he check?
Speaker 1 (37:11):
He is?
Speaker 2 (37:12):
How how would Vmeilica not be on this team?
Speaker 3 (37:18):
He's actually check? Maybe no, it says check.
Speaker 2 (37:23):
Yeah. Apparently they have a lot of goaltenders. Chechia has
seven NHL goaltenders. They have Distalled Dobish, Flidor, Razak, Villamelka,
Van of Check, and they didn't name the other.
Speaker 3 (37:36):
I think you're one. Two is Dostall and the Milka.
Speaker 2 (37:40):
Yeah, I think dolls all of the Milka. And then
if you want to bring a young kid, you know,
Jacob Dobish. Humm, interesting, we'll go for some standings and
then we'll do the the unvail and they'll get how
would United be in the top three? Doesn't make sense?
Top of the East, the Atlantic you have the Lightning
(38:04):
finally in the top spot, Bruins, Canadians. In the Metro
you got the Canadians, sorry, Hurricanes, Devils, Capitals, wild Cards
being the Flyers and the Penguins, and then a long
way down to go before you see the Rangers seventh
worst team in the division, and then Toronto at nine
(38:25):
were or sorry, Florida Panthers eight worst, Toronto nine and
then Buffalo Sabers at ten, worst team in the league.
Western Conference Central Avalanche, so yeah, Calgary sorry second Avalanche
is the best and all hockey forty two points, Dallas
(38:45):
thirty eight, right on their heels, pretty good. Minnesota's had
a you know, eighth to two in the last ten
and they're sitting at third in the division. Nasty yeah,
Pacific best Kings yep, and him Kings in the in
the thirty four, uh, Minnesota is thirty three points Carolina
and the four Yeah, well I'm saying that their point ahead.
(39:13):
I would not have thought the Ducks would be leading
the Pacific, followed by the Kings. That's pretty impressive. Seattle
still in the playoff hunt and the Chicago Blackhawks in
the wild card spot Mammoth right on their heels. Same
with Edmonton and then the Doldrums. You got Blues, Canucks, Flames,
and the Nashville Predators. Man, the Predators, Nashville is the
worst team in the league. There is now minus twenty
(39:36):
eight is Nashville. So Nashville is minus twenty eight and
Colado's plus four.
Speaker 3 (39:41):
This is minus twenty three.
Speaker 2 (39:43):
Yeah, that's amazing. Forty eight to twenty eight is the
difference positive forty eight and minus eight.
Speaker 3 (39:51):
That is awesome.
Speaker 2 (39:52):
I love seeing it. You gotta love Atlantic.
Speaker 3 (39:55):
In the Atlantic, Tampa is the only team that is
a positive positive differential. Everyone else's next.
Speaker 2 (40:00):
Bruins minus three, Canadians minus five, and then everyone else
like minus five, minus twelve, minus nine, minus two, minus.
Speaker 3 (40:07):
Four, Tampa's plus nineteen.
Speaker 2 (40:11):
Yeah, Rangers are the only bad team with a positive
plus minus in gold differential plus one. Man, we stink,
We really stink.
Speaker 3 (40:20):
At home. I don't understand you play such a good
game home before in Boston, and then and we we
beat Carolina in Carolina on the road, and you'd be
Boston on the road. Yeah right, we're two eight and
one at home, eleven four and one away. We are
the second best team. Come home. And why did why
(40:41):
did you guys get dressed? Oh?
Speaker 4 (40:42):
Man, Brendan Dylon got wrecked. Oh boy, wow, oh.
Speaker 2 (40:50):
We'll talk about wrecked it just I always feel bad
because I Brendan Dylan. I asso say Brendan Dillon's name
with Dylan Dube. And I shouldn't because Brendan Dylan obviously
is a much better human being than that other piece
of ship. But did you see that there are now
four there are four guys from the the the you know,
(41:11):
Hockey Canada.
Speaker 4 (41:13):
Now, cal cal Foot is signed with the Chicago Wolves.
You're saying four of them.
Speaker 3 (41:17):
Four of them?
Speaker 2 (41:18):
The only one that's the only one is Dube that
does not have an n H and at least an
a HL contract. And it sounds like Carter Hart will
be making his debut tomorrow the Vegas Les. Yeah, yeah,
it's it's depressing.
Speaker 4 (41:39):
Yeah, uh'so's got to get thrown out. Well, we'll see
he's got his he got his jersey, he got jersey
taken off. He didn't have the fighting straps down that
roll right, Yeah, his his jersey came off. That's he's out.
Speaker 2 (41:56):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (41:56):
I don't know Brendan. I don't know who Brendan Dillon fought.
But whoever he fought, was it wrecked him? I don't know,
but Dylan was badger A lot of fights in this game.
Speaker 2 (42:13):
Get a little testy, uh, crazy crazy Gretzy stat and
I know I have these this is four point games
before the age of twenty one. There we go, gretz
hold on, this is this is This leads to something.
Gretzky had forty games of four or more points before
(42:38):
the age of twenty one. And I say that because
Connor Bedard has five games of four plus points in
his young season. But Gretzky's one hundred and eighty seven
points in those four point games prior to twenty one.
I think it is still sorry, sorry, more than twenty
two points ahead of Badard's entire total in the NHL.
Speaker 4 (43:00):
Okay, if that makes sense, I mean, I don't. I
don't care.
Speaker 2 (43:08):
Well, I was gonna say, I'm props some penguins here,
Crosby and Lemuxe both have nine games each of four
plus points before the age of twenty one.
Speaker 4 (43:18):
Okay, I don't like it. You can't like you keep
bringing like this, the this Gretzky thing as like it's
I'm not gonna say that he wasn't the second best
player to ever play the game, but but like it
the era, like every like it was, so it was
(43:40):
almost like fun. He played. He played in the beginning
of this part of his career was drownd that era, yes,
but I mean a lot of more the majority of
Gretzky's you know, massive seasons were during those those times.
That's why you're seeing all these records of him before
this agent, before this agent, all these points and so
(44:00):
on and so forth.
Speaker 3 (44:01):
But like.
Speaker 4 (44:03):
It was, it was watching those games seems like it's satirical,
almost like this, there's no way this is a professional
sports league because so many players that were playing, especially
the goaltending, were horrendous, and I really find it hard
to believe that there weren't better players somewhere else in
(44:25):
the universe than these players that you're seeing Gretzky play against,
because they were I mean, they they look like developmental
some of them.
Speaker 3 (44:35):
There's a bunch of Tommies and Shwims and Deans.
Speaker 4 (44:37):
Yeah, oh my god, it's so I mean, I like,
I don't want to downplay it, press players back. Still,
I don't like the comparison like we're in a new era,
like compare the new era players to the new era players.
I'm just doing this right now, right now, it seems
like like, well, I know, I know Gretzky is the
second best player to ever play. I'll admit that. I'll
(45:02):
stand by my opinion of that. But you know, it's
it's it's time to compare guys to like, you know nowadays.
So it's like, you know, make the mcgame. It's so
compare them, you know, Crosby to his era. And then
if you want to bring up some other guys, fine,
but you can't just be like this guy is doing
so good. But guess what Gretzky did and just like
give me a break, all right, Gretzky played against you know,
Helen Keller and friends. No friends, Helen, don't dare you?
Speaker 2 (45:30):
All right, I'm gonna do my jersey unveiling. We got
these from Hockey Jerse. Uh And the first time I hoping.
I just let it. Just opened the bag and it
is a white jersey, so I'm a little nervous agains here.
Speaker 4 (45:43):
Oh no, it's got Oh Sloni is.
Speaker 3 (45:51):
Nice.
Speaker 4 (45:51):
Somebody somebody won the jersey game.
Speaker 2 (45:54):
Nice.
Speaker 3 (45:56):
I like it.
Speaker 4 (45:58):
Now, you just gotta figure out a.
Speaker 2 (45:59):
Way I thought I was to get really getting screwed. Yeah,
I need to get signed. I thought I was totally
getting screwed on that one.
Speaker 3 (46:04):
It's better than a j I got Vancouver. He got
a home Vancouver jersey. Who's on it? JT Miller? Right, yeah,
that's right, all right, swim? And then I yet you're
to get mine?
Speaker 4 (46:19):
Is just not going to get his jersey.
Speaker 3 (46:21):
I'm just not gonna get it.
Speaker 2 (46:22):
Stephen, did you still pending yet?
Speaker 3 (46:24):
No?
Speaker 4 (46:25):
I remember that the first round, I like put in
for it and then they're like, sorry, we screwed up.
And then when they did it again, I had hockey
and I didn't feel like doing it.
Speaker 2 (46:32):
So okay, you know how it is.
Speaker 3 (46:37):
Yeah, it is come with a thank you note.
Speaker 4 (46:41):
I did thank you for an f you swim note.
Speaker 3 (46:46):
Yeah. Probably you know that kid is the same town
as you that we need to deliver jersey to thank
you for your eighty seven.
Speaker 4 (46:55):
Make sure he ain't getting his jersey.
Speaker 3 (46:57):
Yeah, tell him go fuck himself.
Speaker 4 (47:01):
I wasn't going to go that far.
Speaker 3 (47:03):
Go.
Speaker 2 (47:04):
I gotta bleep that one out.
Speaker 4 (47:07):
PG thirteen status.
Speaker 3 (47:10):
Nobody's listening.
Speaker 2 (47:12):
That's true? All right, Um, has anything else out?
Speaker 3 (47:19):
Uh? What was it good?
Speaker 1 (47:21):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (47:21):
Yeah? They did you see the New Stars jerseys? Yeah,
the ninety nine they look really nice and apparently they're
the best selling uh day one, like day one sales
of a jersey in the history of the NHL. That's weird,
pretty cool, that's insane, Like really oh okay, Yeah, it's
(47:44):
like Dallas fans the best selling jury.
Speaker 4 (47:47):
There definitely aren't there. There definitely aren't more Dallas fans
than like, you know, Rangers, uh, Chicago out there. So
I guess I don't understand that it's possible. I guess
did every single citizen of Dallas went on day one?
Speaker 2 (48:04):
Well, here's the question, do you think it's It's like
people that don't have rantin as jersey, They're like, okay,
I'll just get the third Jersey's random? These there new
you know, big bash.
Speaker 4 (48:14):
I don't know. I thought it was kind of weird
that they picked Brett Hall, but well they did that
on purpose because of the whole like Stanley Cup winning
goal thing.
Speaker 3 (48:25):
Yeah, because the the jerseys after that jersey that they
wore during the finals, but you know what, they're now
different green color and whatnot. And they picked him because
he had the famous goal and everything skate in the
crease and then.
Speaker 4 (48:42):
It wasn't in the crease.
Speaker 3 (48:43):
Yeah, I understand that it's a new jersey. And of course,
you know, everyone that's a Stars fan in Dallas is
going like, oh, I gotta get this. But to be
the best selling jersey Day one of all time is
that's insane.
Speaker 4 (48:57):
I don't I really don't see anybody out of marketing that.
I don't know, like anybody who's not like Dallas does
not have a large fan base. And I don't know that,
like and you're just like typical some Minnesota. Maybe there's
some maybe some freaking billionaire bought freaking three million of
them and uh.
Speaker 3 (49:17):
Freaking what's his face? The guy Mark Cuban human human's
not the owner anymore? No, he's not the hell what's
he doing.
Speaker 2 (49:28):
I don't even think he's minority. I think he sold shares. Yeah,
that's that's a whole big thing in basketball. They they
think that they that owner made the trade for Luka
Doncic so that he could become the worst team and
then relocate them to Vegas. That's the whole thing, all right.
They think he wants to tank Dallas so that he
can move them too Vegas. We'll see, uh, all right, Yeah,
(49:52):
a little fun fun NHL NBA stats, which you guys
really don't show at all. Yeah, all right, my beer
other half fruit.
Speaker 3 (50:04):
Four. Your beers just called fruit.
Speaker 2 (50:09):
No fruit.
Speaker 4 (50:10):
Fruit is very It's very lovely. I will give it
a four. Also, is it smooth? It's smooth. It's it's
very different tasting from your typical like, yeah, it is it.
It almost tastes.
Speaker 3 (50:28):
I'm gonna bring some ginger like oil. It's got the
got in there somehow. It's Italian. There's definitely some kind
of olive oil or grease got in there somehow. S Uh,
(50:48):
I don't know. Three with some other number after it.
Not a zero?
Speaker 2 (50:54):
All right, shrimp home.
Speaker 3 (50:58):
He loved it.
Speaker 1 (51:02):
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Speaker 2 (00:35):
The Savor the SI.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Comfort Divider.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Then you bock guy bye.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
I was delighted. Then you build up brag and.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
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Speaker 2 (00:57):
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Uh.
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Speaker 4 (01:26):
Trim? You can you start me first?
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Okay?
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Yeah, Stevens. Steven's in in one right now.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
He's on one right now. Also, so we just had
Thanksgiving and that means you know, people left the alcohol
that they brought to this is gonna get in the fridge.
So I guess I have to drink that drinking. Well,
so who who? Okay, that's so bad. I thought it'd
be much worse. Yeah, it's it's uh, that's this and
(01:54):
that southern tier I p A that everybody has all
the time. But yeah, so I picked I'll go with
this one. It's a hazy I p A. I thought
you going to give us something much worse. Now, Well,
there is Stella in there also, but I've already had that.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Yeah, that's what I was expecting. Is this like a
stellar or a blue moon or a PAPS blue ribbon?
Speaker 3 (02:17):
Oh? Man, I take a PBR and a heartbeat.
Speaker 4 (02:23):
I having a very difficult time here trying to find
a very it's oh wait here, I think I found
it in thear mind. Uh wait, okay, sorry, I'll get
back to that. That second swim got me this lovely
(02:45):
moufee Italian gin. Then I'm about to try, although you're
gonna have to take a trip to me with the
free to the freezer because I forgot to get my
EF and ice cubes because I'm distracted and mad already.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Yeah, you definitely need ice.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
Hold on, let me fix the sign.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
What is the sign?
Speaker 4 (03:06):
Mh You can see the sign.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
I can see it. Oh okay, freezer.
Speaker 4 (03:13):
Yeah, although I should have kept it where it was because.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
This is great and all I've done is entered my name, all.
Speaker 4 (03:25):
Right, So yeah, let me try this shwim your Italian gin.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
I hope it is?
Speaker 2 (03:30):
It very greasy?
Speaker 4 (03:32):
Okay, it's pouring with a nice greasy body. You can see, goodness,
extra Italian. Give me a minute, this scut a chill.
I'm just fuming over here at freaking.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Why don't you tell us all what you're fuming about,
because it sounds like you're in a swim right now,
a shwim state of mind.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
It's the same thing I've been fuming about all all
freaking season. No power plays, no power plays. I can't
I can't find this. I can't find this. A better
way to break this down because it won't let me
put it in order, But I will find it at
some point. But here we are where thirteen I think twelve? Okay, sorry,
(04:19):
I just went to commercial. Twelve minutes left in the
second period of the Penguins Flyers game. The Flyers have
five power plays to Pittsburgh zero, including two five on threes,
and the game has been completely even if not tilted,
towards Pittsburgh for this entire game until they just I
(04:40):
don't understand how this is even possible and how this
trend just continues to keep going. At some point I
will find how I know i'd see here, I'll get
the order at some point and I'll start yelling about
it later. Continue. Please, this is so difficult for me
(05:01):
to just find freaking power play opportunities. Every time I
try to look at the list of power play opportunities,
power play percentage is there everywhere. All I have to search,
like you know, NHL team power play opportunities, and you
get nothing, nothing, and then you get then you get
stat muse which you have to pay for. Yeah, ESPN
(05:22):
has crap well power play opportunities apparently, and now.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Apparently empty net goals against is a goaltending category. It's
so stupid, so stupid.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
So they have they are still very much in the basement.
I'm just gonna give like a glance over power play
opportunity because it won't let me list it here. But
still in the basement with Columbus having Columbus having two
more power play opportunities than Pittsburgh. But I'll put this
into perspective. Now we're twenty five, twenty five games into
(05:59):
the season, Pittsburgh has fifty six power play opportunities. Okay,
for reference, the San Jose Sharks have ninety five.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
Are they number one?
Speaker 4 (06:14):
Yeah, they're number one. They're the most Okay, ninety five
power places.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
That is sec forty forty forty power.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
Play difference in the same amount of games played forty
How in the name of anything, whatever religion you follow,
How in the name of any of the gods of
whatever that you follow, is that a possibility? I don't understand.
I do not understand. Hollas is the thing, and you
can blame it on a rookie coach, I guess because
the refs hate rookie coaches. And oh look at this,
(06:45):
it looks like Pittsburgh has a power play.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
Oh wow.
Speaker 4 (06:49):
Now we're only at five to one. Let's see how
the rest of this game goes. And I'm done. I'm
done with the power plays. We talked about something else.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Now, all right, I'll do my beer real quickly because
I can tell yeah, other half hm fruit Barry Medley,
it's a Berlin advice. Pretty good, So tried out other
half bad lighting. All right, let's go with the tap
of day's episode, here's a weekly snapshot. Uh yeah. Title
the MSG title of the podcast is burned Down MG.
(07:16):
I was at the game on Saturday with my children
for our literally Tampa, yeah, for our annual Tampa New
York Rangers game, and it was about the thing. Yeah,
it was about the most future thing you could go
and watch in person. They are lifeless, and it's weird
(07:38):
because you see Sullivan and you see the tendencies that
he brings and I like it a lot. I like
him as a coach, and this is not I don't
think it's on him. I just I still think this
has some festering from last year's team, which some of
these guys did not skate as hard as they you know,
have ever really, and it's just looked terrible and they
(08:00):
were outclassed and now muscled. And then you have the
Fox injury, which he's out until at least the New year,
which that really sucks.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
That was like ice got the cake right there.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
Yeah, it was. It was the horrible game and then
the injury. Yeah, they lose their m v P. Yeah,
the probably the best defenseman right now in hockey. Uh So,
I have one stat here in that game he was
best player by far.
Speaker 4 (08:31):
Who every time.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
Tampa double ditchit goals in that game, if not for
they would have wrecked us. Yes, they they hit a
couple of crossbars, they had Gensel missed the net on
a breakaway uh, and then Shasterkin made a bunch of
awesome saves like that game was completely dominated by the athletic.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
Just thing on the top goaltending duos, and they had
the Rangers at one because obviously you know Quickie's also
and fantastic this year. Number two was Minnesota number three
car but this is the top offensive defenseman ratings, so
obviously by this is by the athletic as well.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
What I would say Minnesota, Colorado and Colorado's duo ahead
of the Rangers duo. Wow, right now, Colorado's they have
the best tandement right now.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
That's that's because the team is ridiculous. If you put
Schusterkin on that team, he shuts out every team.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
Yes, but he's not on Colorado. We're talking who's actually
on Colorado? No, no, no, The point is the best
and who's and who's actually on Ragers. The best duo
in hockey resides in New York. It's your damn mind.
I'm not even close to being out of my mind.
Speaker 4 (09:49):
The statistically, there's got to be this who who is
in the what's the the trophy? They win the Jennings,
the Jennings combined save percentage.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
Hold on. So, if I'm gonna pull this article and
you can look at it.
Speaker 4 (10:01):
Are you just giving in? Are you giving an opinion?
Speaker 2 (10:04):
No, this is an actual rating category. Yeah, Eric says
high to Eric.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
And also like the eye test, freaking Walstead and Gustav
said it looked amazing.
Speaker 4 (10:32):
Yes, has been good, although like I'm still very impressed
with uh, Scott Wedgwood.
Speaker 2 (10:39):
So Wedgewood has been great, But you really think that
he's gonna last?
Speaker 4 (10:46):
I mean, so if they can, if they can figure
out a solid rotation, if they do like a one
one on one off or two on one off type
thing with him in Blackwood, depending on who you know
the hot hand is. I'm not crazy about the whole
hot hand, but some of these guys like and we've
discussed this power on this podcast before that you know,
some guys are just backups. Even if they get like
(11:09):
hot or they're the hot hand, per se, they don't last,
so they can't the more consecutively they start, the worst
they get. And that was what I'd noticed with Nadelkovich
more and more last season, because you would have great
games and then they put him in again and he
just you would watch him and his numbers steadily decline
with each consecutive start. So whether or not that happens
to Wedgwood, I don't know. Wedgwood's had a solid career
(11:34):
all around and as a backup, so he's kind of
surprising that he's out playing Blackwood right now. But statistically
at yeah, yeah, but you know, Wedgwood has you know,
thirteen thirteen wins or something like that. He's playing fantastic.
(11:56):
I finally found the stupid power.
Speaker 3 (11:57):
Playing the whole team. The whole team's they're the best
offensive team and the best defensive team in the league.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
Yeah, so I've seen this all right. So Jesse Granger,
the athletic, he's a big goalie guru. Right, he did
a power ranking and he bases it on goals up
saved above expected, because that's the only way you can
quantify how a goaltender does on his own versus you know,
(12:25):
teams with great defenses. They're not great defenses. So it's
it's a good stat to use to judge goaltender. And
the New York Rangers duo has the highest goal save
above expected of any other team because they are the
only reason that this team does well. And yes, save
percentage and and well. By the way, Quick safer centage
is nine forty four and Egors is nine to fifteen.
(12:47):
Pretty good in their own rights. Yes, their goals the
records ten nine to two for Igor and three and
three for Quick, But these two do a great amount
on their own to bring the Rangers into games. And
that's how you. Then, goals saved above expected is New
York one, number two is the Wild Number three is
Colora Avalanche, and then number four is actually Boston. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (13:11):
Yeah, we're going through save percentage, so save percentage Colorado
is lights out over anybody else.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
Yeah, but that but say percentage. Say percentage takes into
account your defense and how well the team is doing.
Speaker 4 (13:23):
I understand. It's it's a subjection. All of listen, all
of this is subjective. So if you want to take
one stat and say it's the best handem, I mean,
I can't argue it. If they have the best stat
for the that but if you go like, if you
go like, who's going to win the Jennings as the
best tandem? If you say the Jennings winner is the
best tandem, I mean that's a legitimate argument that you
(13:44):
could say that whoever the Bennings Trophy is probably the
best tandem. But I don't disagree with your with this,
uh with the reporter. I think that's a good stat
to go on. So yeah, and that being said, the
Rangers are still three right in team save percentage, So yeah,
all right, so I'll give you.
Speaker 3 (14:08):
And still win Colorado's number three.
Speaker 4 (14:12):
Did you see did you see, Georgie that poor bastard
is now back in this case?
Speaker 2 (14:18):
Yeah? Yeah, pretty awful.
Speaker 3 (14:22):
Christ Bennington's let up two terrible goals.
Speaker 2 (14:26):
Well, Bennington, I was talking about fox and as the
Ranger MVP only because of one factor. He is the
only defenseman rated in both the top ten offensive defenseman
and defensive defenseman currently in the league based off of
dative defensive and offensive metrics. He's the only one that
appears on both lists, and he's just he's been awesome
(14:48):
and it sucks that this team is now without him
because you know, Brendan Hagel's d bag.
Speaker 3 (14:53):
But how was he a bag? It was him.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
He didn't need to hit him.
Speaker 3 (14:56):
It just was unnerssard.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
The was there, he was hit him was unnecessary hit.
Speaker 3 (15:02):
Fox went to go and I was like, I'm the
person who wants freaking touch football, and now you want
freaking no checking and no fighting and hockey.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
I want touch football when it has to do with
my best player. Correct Listen, I'm saying I couldn't hit
Meka hurt. Well, he should have been back there helping
out his partner.
Speaker 3 (15:24):
Maybe he should have been playing defense. His freaking controller
was disconnected halfway down the ice, probably, But that was
a clean play. It wasn't like a dirty hit, or
I think if it was a dirty hit, I'd be like, Okay, yeah,
he's a douchebag. But it was a clean shoulder to
shoulder hit where he wasn't dirty.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
I just said I didn't want him in them.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
You said he was a douchebag, implying that it was
a sad hit or dirty minute, you're a douchebag, and
I like you, Oh, I don't do dirty hits. All right.
Speaker 4 (15:57):
I realized Minnesota's got five shutouts. Yeah, and that's saying
that they have five shutout and I'm not going to
say that it's a bad say percentage, but with five shoutouts,
you'd think it they're collective. The better would be over
nine ten.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
Yeah, Uh, Walstatt is a nine thirty thirty eight say percentage.
So obviously you know they're talking about.
Speaker 3 (16:17):
Gusta he be rough is he gonna be one of
the goalies for Sweden.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
He's probably coming up on it. I mean he's who
is I mean we were we were talking about more.
Speaker 4 (16:27):
I think Gustafson was was their guy, right.
Speaker 3 (16:30):
Yeah, right, them too, and likes Markstrom. I guess in
the conversation with him. I don't know who else there is. Yeah,
I would go right now, I'm going walstad Man.
Speaker 4 (16:41):
I'm pretty sure they brought uh last year, they brought
mark Strom right marks from Gustafson and Erson right for the.
Speaker 3 (16:47):
Furtation Yeah, Rison, I remember, yeah, yeah. Making it this
year now, I would go walstat Man all the way.
Speaker 2 (16:56):
All right, let's do this because they've seen I see
projections already. So they've Jess for Bratt, Patterson, Neelander, Kempe, Carlson, Forsburg,
Landis Cogg's, Abanajad Raymond Raquel, Eric Sinak and Lindholm, with
Heineman and William Carlson as the ins and outs defenseman.
They have Dollene Headman, Forsling, Brodein Anderson Carlson, with Simon
(17:20):
Edwardson and Hampus Lindholm as the odd man out, and
then goaltenders Mark Strom, Olmark and Gustafson. I forgot about
what Yeah, okay, I don't know, but I mean there's
definitely there, even says toughest cut Is, speaking of Gustaven's
teammate Jasper Wolstett. He's been the best Swedish goaltender this year.
Speaker 3 (17:40):
He's looked awesome. Man, I would go with him.
Speaker 2 (17:42):
He I mean, you also have Sorder, bloom Erison, Anton Forsburg.
Speaker 4 (17:48):
But no to any of them.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
They're they're there if somebody's injured, but if everybody's healthy,
I don't think so, No, agreed.
Speaker 2 (17:59):
I always love looking at rosters and just pretending on
you know, who can be where as my kids scream
in the background. Yeah all right, Uh so Fox is out.
Another couple of injuries, Jimmy Snuggery. The Blues, by the way,
are just annihilated the days. Uh and you know, Snuggeroads
out six weeks. I think he had an issue with
(18:21):
his wrist or something on points. Uh yeah, left wrist yep, yeah. Uh.
That's also followed by Alexei torp Chenko, who had the
hit on Logan Cooley, which well I wasn't too fond of.
It was a knee on knee and it doesn't look
like he kind of raised his knee up to to
hit Logan Cooley. But afterwards they announced that he is
(18:43):
out week to week due to scalding burns. He sustained
his legs in an accident at home. Oh boy, I
think NHL players should just not cook.
Speaker 3 (18:53):
Just get chefs for this actually this year, everything that's
been all these weird injuries that's been happening this year.
Don't do anything.
Speaker 2 (19:01):
Barbecue burns for.
Speaker 3 (19:04):
Out whatever. Yeah, use plastic cutler ref do not use
anything metal. No knives, no knives.
Speaker 4 (19:12):
Yeah. Another another power play. Okay, I guess I needed
they needed to hear me. They heard me over the air.
Speaker 3 (19:18):
They did six one two O six. Oh. Another power
play for Pittsburgh.
Speaker 4 (19:25):
Yeah, Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh got of one power plane scored on it.
And I guess now they're Yeah, now they have their
second We talked about him, just talk about speaking of
speaking of freak injuries, I haven't seen, I haven't I
don't know whether or not he came back or not.
But Tyson Forster on Philly just left the ice in
(19:47):
excruciating pain after just taking it one timer, like shoulder
shoulder drooping. It was god damn strange.
Speaker 3 (19:57):
Yeah, he swung so hardly dislocated his shoulder. I guess
it was weird.
Speaker 2 (20:02):
Yeah, that's not good.
Speaker 4 (20:10):
Two for two.
Speaker 3 (20:15):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (20:15):
We talked about Randon last week, but that was obviously
one of the sound effects from that.
Speaker 3 (20:21):
So speaking of injuries also, but you said Randon and
Randon injures, Romano off he's out for what four to
six months or something like that. And then did you
see that Islanders came where?
Speaker 2 (20:34):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (20:37):
Yeah, that was you know, for for all the crap
we talked about the Islanders, that was awesome.
Speaker 3 (20:43):
It was pretty hilarious to say, I mean, it was
hilarious that he's hurt.
Speaker 4 (20:48):
Yeah, I guess the whole situation was layers, but also
the fact that like he was, he was down in
the offensive zone like obviously in excruciating pain and is
hobbling off still in the defensive zone. But the Flyers
brought the punk back in themselves. Hey stick checks the
guy I don't even know who it was and and
gives it to uh because probably no idea, there was anyone.
Speaker 3 (21:12):
No clue that was just had a freaking turnover by
guy who's gonna freaking dangling tendon. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:21):
Yeah, and they score. That's crazy, horrible. Yes, we talked
about the injuries. Yeah, it was very good. Yeah, it
was really good for him. Uh talked about top Chenco,
which was which was one of the ones that was
just craziness. Pasta's out for a little bit with the Bruins. Uh,
(21:45):
you had There's a couple other injuries, which sucks. You
hate to see injuries. But you know, just what happened
norrises back.
Speaker 3 (21:54):
I saw that. Let's see if he can stay healthy.
Speaker 4 (21:58):
Yes, at least the goal he might have one on one,
didn't just score he had goal. Yeah, he's got he's
got one on one. You know, Dean, I gotta go back.
I'm gonna go back and tell you this. Okay, I
was wrong obviously about Hellibuck last year, and I'm gonna
(22:21):
fully admit that. And now I'm gonna even fully admit
even more so how important this man is to that team,
because since since his injury, they have been absolutely dreadful.
I think has Yeah, I think they've won once. I
think they've won once since the injury. Might be like, yeah,
(22:42):
the last game, well, yeah, the last the last the
last game of the game before whatever it was. But yeah, whoever,
it was funny speaking of terrible ESPN. Also, I don't
even know who. I can't remember who the now backup
of Winnipeg is, but he's he's still not available on
the website. Yeah, Brusuise. I didn't even know he was
(23:03):
still in the league that I heard.
Speaker 3 (23:05):
Something like Edmonton was kind of might be looking at
him to try.
Speaker 2 (23:09):
Yeah, no, he's not a freegent. I thought he was
still under contract with them.
Speaker 4 (23:14):
No, I don't think he's been on a contract with
him for a while.
Speaker 3 (23:16):
That was he he wasn't pay two years or something,
isn't it?
Speaker 4 (23:20):
He was he was someone Where the hell did he
go last year? Last year, the year before. He's been
gone for at least two seas maybe a season maybe too.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
Hm hm, And I'll go over the end season Cup
in a little bit. We'll talk about that because currently
I'm winning, but I haven't added up the last three weeks,
so I have to go through that.
Speaker 3 (23:40):
Uh. The only team that does not have a win
so far a short guy.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
Is zero wins and zero days. Oh yeah, well, because
I had, I had Florida and then I think Montreal
was the first team to beat them, and then actually,
uh what, Philly got a bunch of days, Ottawa had
a bunch of days, Winnipeg had a bunch of days,
and now obviously they lost it Seattle. Uh, and Dallas
has won. And that's who I'm current days, game wins count,
(24:08):
I'm doing both. I'm doing both. I'm doing wins and
then days. So if you know team has one win
but only played like and played like four games and
four days in between, they get the four days to both.
Speaker 3 (24:21):
That way, Who's who's it on?
Speaker 4 (24:22):
Now?
Speaker 3 (24:22):
It's on Dallas right now, It's.
Speaker 2 (24:24):
On Dallas from November eleventh. So I'm gonna go through
and actually do that. Well, you guys talk a little
bit and just add of the wins we see it.
But Dallas is yours, Dallas is mine. Yeah, So I
had once again, I had Florida, Dallas, Tampa, Montreal, Vancouver, Anaheim, Detroit,
and Philly. My my roster is stacked. Other than Vancouver,
they stink.
Speaker 3 (24:43):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
Swim had Toronto, Carolina, Utah, Seattle, Ottawa, Rangers, San Jose Sharks,
and Buffalo. Steve had Colorado, Winnipeg, Minnesota, Washington, Saint Louis, Pittsburgh, Calgary, Chicago,
and then Shorts guy at Vegas. Yeah, it's not bad.
Short's got Vegas, Boston, Edmonton, Nashville, New Jersey, Columbus, King's Islanders.
Speaker 4 (25:05):
Okay, not great, Yeah, not great.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
I think mine's the worst one. Actually yeah, he might
might be. Yeah, I think mine's the worst. I got
a bunch of freaking hundred achievers.
Speaker 2 (25:15):
Yeah yeah, but I mean Seattle was hot in the beginning.
They got you two wins in four days. Ottawa got
you three wins in three days. Yeah, I look at that.
Speaker 4 (25:24):
Had another power play for Philly the Rangers.
Speaker 2 (25:26):
Look at that in Buffalo, brother Rangers and Buffalo.
Speaker 3 (25:30):
That's bad.
Speaker 2 (25:30):
Yeah, no bueno, no blo.
Speaker 3 (25:35):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (25:37):
All right, let's go through this, yess right now. Currently
you have devils in blue Jacks tied to two Penguins,
Philly Penguins three to one, Buffalo three. Nothing over Winnipeg.
Has Stephen just talked about in then Anaheim two to
one over Saint Lewis.
Speaker 4 (25:54):
I didn't think was going to be this bad, but
he's been bad. Fat I don't. I like, I'm not
I'm not watching all the games, so I don't know
how much is actually on him, but like he's he's
His stats are terrible, so I don't. I can't imagine
he's playing. Well, they're almost five hundred. They're gonna be
I think they if they lose this game, they will
(26:14):
be thirteen and twelve.
Speaker 3 (26:16):
I think they are. I thought they're only one game
above five hundred.
Speaker 4 (26:19):
Right now, I think they're eleven.
Speaker 2 (26:21):
Yeah, yeah, eleven. Colorado.
Speaker 4 (26:28):
I don't know who I had what went in the
President's Hopefully it wasn't them again, did I the president?
Speaker 3 (26:35):
I don't think we did.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
Presidents.
Speaker 4 (26:38):
When you do that, you just had I might have
had them in the Cup final.
Speaker 2 (26:42):
You had Tampa in Vegas in the Cup Final, all right,
damn Vegas?
Speaker 3 (26:46):
Oh no, sorry, you had Carolina Winnipeg in the Cup Final.
Speaker 2 (26:49):
I had Tampa.
Speaker 4 (26:50):
I mean Carolina, okay, maybe, but Winnipeg. I don't even know.
I they're gonna make the playoffs at this point.
Speaker 2 (26:55):
At this point, yeah, shorts guy had New Jersey in
Winnipeg and short uh swim had Tampa in Vegas or
same as me?
Speaker 3 (27:06):
I had the same as you. God damn it.
Speaker 2 (27:08):
Yeah, yep, you're in the doldrums.
Speaker 4 (27:14):
You know you ain't winning ship if you got the
same as William.
Speaker 3 (27:17):
Yep.
Speaker 2 (27:18):
Hey, I've some predictions.
Speaker 4 (27:21):
I have the worst predictions. This should be studied. It
should be studied. I almost feel like I make a
prediction and then somebody hears it somewhere and then just
add a spite does the opposite of what I picked. Probably, Hey,
there's a penalty. Oh goodness. We appreciate your inputs, Sarah.
Speaker 2 (27:44):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (27:45):
Yeah, guys, don't be a Rangers fan like your dad.
Speaker 4 (27:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (27:53):
They had fun of the game. I didn't have fun
at the game.
Speaker 4 (27:56):
Yeah, well at least they had. They cut a T shirt, right,
you said.
Speaker 2 (27:59):
Yeah, got a T shirt?
Speaker 3 (28:00):
Really nice?
Speaker 2 (28:02):
I mean, doesn't fit any of them, fits barely fits me, Sarah, Yeah, yeah,
high swim. I all right, guys going there, This is
great for the podcast, all right. Nathan McKinnon, Colorado currently
(28:23):
on fire forty four points in twenty five games plus
thirty for Nathan McKinnon everything, which is just ridiculous lights. Yeah,
I mean the most impressive part about that obviously, you know,
plus thirty does not take an account of power play points,
so that means he's been on the ice for positive
(28:45):
thirty goals at five on five or shorthand too. He's
on the kill, yeah, which he hasn't have any shorthand points,
But that just tells you how lethal they are away
from the play. You know, away from the power play,
Natus' is thirty three points plus twenty four. Uh, the
whole team is just doing awesome kill mccars plus twenty nine,
(29:06):
Lecnons plus twenty five. They're just their wagons right now.
Washington a couple of players doing pretty well. Same thing
with Tampa and the plus minus. We'll do this a
little earlier. What is our once again? I think it's
six five or six weeks in a row. Mackenzie Wiger
as the negative leader at minus twenty. Still, he's been
(29:30):
there for quite a while. Him and Matt Coronado or
Neck and Neck. I might have to drop Coronado in
fantasy because he's killing me in the minus.
Speaker 4 (29:38):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (29:38):
Coronado's is just Calgary's freaking complete dog shit and they're
gonna trade away probably their two best players relatively soon.
Speaker 4 (29:45):
So worse cool. They traded Shwim and traded.
Speaker 3 (29:52):
Anderson.
Speaker 4 (29:54):
Yeah, Rasmus, I would I would actually like Rasmus.
Speaker 3 (29:58):
I love Rasmus, especially when he's course. Yeah, it's the
greatest thing to ever witness. He's got he has, I think,
what the opposite team and stares them down.
Speaker 4 (30:09):
I think, with the exception of Nikita zador Off, he
has to have the girthiest head in the NHL.
Speaker 3 (30:16):
Yeah, he's gonna he's got a big melon.
Speaker 2 (30:18):
The door has got a blockhead. Yeah, yeah, his is
very square.
Speaker 4 (30:25):
Oh, Melvin just itched my head for me. Thanks, thanks guy.
Speaker 3 (30:28):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
Morgan Frost has also been pretty good. He's younger. They'll
never trade back when he's their captain. Fab they traded
for last season. They're probably not gonna want to get
rid of him. Just came there last obviously knows too much. Yeah, Coleman,
I could see them trading Coleman. He's got some.
Speaker 3 (30:45):
Potential, could be moved.
Speaker 2 (30:47):
Sharon Govic has had a bad year, especially have to
have it such a good year last year. Kevin Ball
is a depth defense maybe, and then they're probably gonna
keep weaker. I don't know, you think because he ers
having such a bad season in Calgary that this just
makes him team Canada like want to get you know,
not Hey, you're not gonna be with us this year
(31:08):
after last year.
Speaker 3 (31:10):
I don't know. Some some of is he.
Speaker 2 (31:14):
Well he was there.
Speaker 4 (31:15):
I think he wasn't either there for pretty sure, wasn't Heah, Okay,
I don't Yeah, I mean so with it is kind
of wild because with the crazy amount of like depth
when you're talking about Canada and you're trying to figure
(31:37):
out like who's in, who's out, and who's gonna like
who's gonna be Like there's gonna be good players left out.
But that being said, really not on defense. Yeah, it's
really there's not a lot of Canadian on defense or
gold or goldending. You're right, forwards, they have you know,
they can make freaking three teams out of the defense.
(31:58):
It's not a strong point. And you have you know,
Taves and uh and macar are gonna be their their
top pairing, which is fantastic, But beyond that it's the
Morrissey who's also great.
Speaker 2 (32:12):
But we have Taves, right, they have. They're big guys, uh, Theodore,
Theodore and Morrissey. That's their main four. Thomas Thomas. Harley
is gonna be the new up and coming guy. Remember
they had san Heim, Peraco, a couple other guys last.
Speaker 4 (32:31):
Year that were Yeah, I mean those are those guys
aren't exciting anybody.
Speaker 3 (32:37):
I know.
Speaker 2 (32:37):
Drew Dowdy was heard at the beginning. Yeah, Harley is
gonna be good. But yeah, their defense is kind of
me Yeah, it's it is amazing how much the US
has not lapped Canada in terms of defense and goaltending,
but they are. It's I think there's a sizeable advantage.
Speaker 4 (32:56):
Yeah, and you know the thing also about Canada where
you see, like with with a lot of the other teams,
you know, especially even like Sweden. Sweden's been notorious for
just being stout defensively. But Canada from their forward lines
that can control possession like so dominantly that they don't
(33:16):
necessarily need that like defensive defenseman per se, because they
can just control the entire Yeah, there's Forster's injury. I
don't know, geez, he kind of whiff whiff, No, he
just he took the one timer and just dropped there's
no one around him. He just took the one timer
and just dropped like a sack.
Speaker 3 (33:36):
Definitely.
Speaker 4 (33:38):
I think he might have freaking tore something or torn something. Yeah,
I don't even know what I was talking about. Oh Canada, Yeah,
so I think that. Yeah, the fact that they can
control possession, I think and can get them and has
gotten them off the hook for you know, not having
to have superior goaltending or defensive defenseman.
Speaker 2 (34:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (34:03):
Yeah, so maybe it doesn't matter who they bring. You know,
they can bring McKenzie Leager if they want to, so
because maybe it's maybe it doesn't matter. I guess it
doesn't matter.
Speaker 3 (34:13):
They do bring them. I hope his you know, negative
plus minus continues in the Olympics.
Speaker 4 (34:20):
Yeah, I mean I don't mind. I obviously, of course
I'm rooting for team Obviously, I want to see Team
USA win a gold medal. It's been since since eighty right,
this is the last time they want to gould medal.
But I that being said, I obviously there's a lot
of players on Canada I wouldn't mind seeing.
Speaker 2 (34:39):
When they predicted Bleacher Report predicted Canada's one team uh
November fourteen, the one Parcificarly yeah, Stone, McDavid Reinhart. I
don't know that Mark Stone. I mean, I guess he's
probably he's gonna make it.
Speaker 3 (34:56):
But I just.
Speaker 2 (34:58):
Ryan Hart, you know, same thing, and the kind of
the guys, I would think we're going to be in
the bubble. But they have a Stone, McDavid Reinhart, they
have Mayor shand Crosby McKinnon. That's a normal roster. You
know the line you see all the time, Uh, Celebrini
Suzuki Marner. I like that CELEBRAINI see.
Speaker 3 (35:15):
I don't think those kids are gonna make the team.
Speaker 2 (35:17):
Though, Bagard point him act Hegel and Jarvis first pairing
defenseman Tave's mccarr. Second pair is Theodore Harley. Third pair
is Morrissey and Dowdy, with the extra defenseman being san
(35:38):
Jeim and Dobson. So no, no, Schaeffer, I think one
kid makes it.
Speaker 3 (35:45):
I do. Uh.
Speaker 2 (35:47):
And then they have Logan Thompson, Bennington and Kemper, so
they're actually rewarding the best goal attender right now and
Logan Thompson for Team Canada.
Speaker 3 (36:00):
I mean they got to bring someone else besides Bennington,
so yeah, I gotta bring Skinner.
Speaker 4 (36:10):
No, I'm sorry, but another power play. No, I'm pissed
about something else seen text in which I'm mad about
Team Checchia.
Speaker 2 (36:24):
We'll just do this one because I just came across us. Uh,
they have a lot of guys and then no guys
obviously heatl Foxa, Hurdle, Coolich, Natus, Palotte, Pasta, Pavel Zaka.
But then you have a bunch of guys that are
playing overseas. Defenseman Goudas, Lieber, Hayek, Philip Ronick, David yeerchik
(36:48):
Uh and Jan Ruda. Goalies Dobish, do Stall and Validor.
Speaker 3 (36:55):
That is not a good.
Speaker 4 (36:58):
Well he's not playing particularly well right now.
Speaker 2 (37:00):
But yeah, uh, what is Filmelica? Because they have him?
Is he check?
Speaker 1 (37:11):
He is?
Speaker 2 (37:12):
How how would Vmeilica not be on this team?
Speaker 3 (37:18):
He's actually check? Maybe no, it says check.
Speaker 2 (37:23):
Yeah. Apparently they have a lot of goaltenders. Chechia has
seven NHL goaltenders. They have Distalled Dobish, Flidor, Razak, Villamelka,
Van of Check, and they didn't name the other.
Speaker 3 (37:36):
I think you're one. Two is Dostall and the Milka.
Speaker 2 (37:40):
Yeah, I think dolls all of the Milka. And then
if you want to bring a young kid, you know,
Jacob Dobish. Humm, interesting, we'll go for some standings and
then we'll do the the unvail and they'll get how
would United be in the top three? Doesn't make sense?
Top of the East, the Atlantic you have the Lightning
(38:04):
finally in the top spot, Bruins, Canadians. In the Metro
you got the Canadians, sorry, Hurricanes, Devils, Capitals, wild Cards
being the Flyers and the Penguins, and then a long
way down to go before you see the Rangers seventh
worst team in the division, and then Toronto at nine
(38:25):
were or sorry, Florida Panthers eight worst, Toronto nine and
then Buffalo Sabers at ten, worst team in the league.
Western Conference Central Avalanche, so yeah, Calgary sorry second Avalanche
is the best and all hockey forty two points, Dallas
(38:45):
thirty eight, right on their heels, pretty good. Minnesota's had
a you know, eighth to two in the last ten
and they're sitting at third in the division. Nasty yeah,
Pacific best Kings yep, and him Kings in the in
the thirty four, uh, Minnesota is thirty three points Carolina
and the four Yeah, well I'm saying that their point ahead.
(39:13):
I would not have thought the Ducks would be leading
the Pacific, followed by the Kings. That's pretty impressive. Seattle
still in the playoff hunt and the Chicago Blackhawks in
the wild card spot Mammoth right on their heels. Same
with Edmonton and then the Doldrums. You got Blues, Canucks, Flames,
and the Nashville Predators. Man, the Predators, Nashville is the
worst team in the league. There is now minus twenty
(39:36):
eight is Nashville. So Nashville is minus twenty eight and
Colado's plus four.
Speaker 3 (39:41):
This is minus twenty three.
Speaker 2 (39:43):
Yeah, that's amazing. Forty eight to twenty eight is the
difference positive forty eight and minus eight.
Speaker 3 (39:51):
That is awesome.
Speaker 2 (39:52):
I love seeing it. You gotta love Atlantic.
Speaker 3 (39:55):
In the Atlantic, Tampa is the only team that is
a positive positive differential. Everyone else's next.
Speaker 2 (40:00):
Bruins minus three, Canadians minus five, and then everyone else
like minus five, minus twelve, minus nine, minus two, minus.
Speaker 3 (40:07):
Four, Tampa's plus nineteen.
Speaker 2 (40:11):
Yeah, Rangers are the only bad team with a positive
plus minus in gold differential plus one. Man, we stink,
We really stink.
Speaker 3 (40:20):
At home. I don't understand you play such a good
game home before in Boston, and then and we we
beat Carolina in Carolina on the road, and you'd be
Boston on the road. Yeah right, we're two eight and
one at home, eleven four and one away. We are
the second best team. Come home. And why did why
(40:41):
did you guys get dressed? Oh?
Speaker 4 (40:42):
Man, Brendan Dylon got wrecked. Oh boy, wow, oh.
Speaker 2 (40:50):
We'll talk about wrecked it just I always feel bad
because I Brendan Dylan. I asso say Brendan Dillon's name
with Dylan Dube. And I shouldn't because Brendan Dylan obviously
is a much better human being than that other piece
of ship. But did you see that there are now
four there are four guys from the the the you know,
(41:11):
Hockey Canada.
Speaker 4 (41:13):
Now, cal cal Foot is signed with the Chicago Wolves.
You're saying four of them.
Speaker 3 (41:17):
Four of them?
Speaker 2 (41:18):
The only one that's the only one is Dube that
does not have an n H and at least an
a HL contract. And it sounds like Carter Hart will
be making his debut tomorrow the Vegas Les. Yeah, yeah,
it's it's depressing.
Speaker 4 (41:39):
Yeah, uh'so's got to get thrown out. Well, we'll see
he's got his he got his jersey, he got jersey
taken off. He didn't have the fighting straps down that
roll right, Yeah, his his jersey came off. That's he's out.
Speaker 2 (41:56):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (41:56):
I don't know Brendan. I don't know who Brendan Dillon fought.
But whoever he fought, was it wrecked him? I don't know,
but Dylan was badger A lot of fights in this game.
Speaker 2 (42:13):
Get a little testy, uh, crazy crazy Gretzy stat and
I know I have these this is four point games
before the age of twenty one. There we go, gretz
hold on, this is this is This leads to something.
Gretzky had forty games of four or more points before
(42:38):
the age of twenty one. And I say that because
Connor Bedard has five games of four plus points in
his young season. But Gretzky's one hundred and eighty seven
points in those four point games prior to twenty one.
I think it is still sorry, sorry, more than twenty
two points ahead of Badard's entire total in the NHL.
Speaker 4 (43:00):
Okay, if that makes sense, I mean, I don't. I
don't care.
Speaker 2 (43:08):
Well, I was gonna say, I'm props some penguins here,
Crosby and Lemuxe both have nine games each of four
plus points before the age of twenty one.
Speaker 4 (43:18):
Okay, I don't like it. You can't like you keep
bringing like this, the this Gretzky thing as like it's
I'm not gonna say that he wasn't the second best
player to ever play the game, but but like it
the era, like every like it was, so it was
(43:40):
almost like fun. He played. He played in the beginning
of this part of his career was drownd that era, yes,
but I mean a lot of more the majority of
Gretzky's you know, massive seasons were during those those times.
That's why you're seeing all these records of him before
this agent, before this agent, all these points and so
(44:00):
on and so forth.
Speaker 3 (44:01):
But like.
Speaker 4 (44:03):
It was, it was watching those games seems like it's satirical,
almost like this, there's no way this is a professional
sports league because so many players that were playing, especially
the goaltending, were horrendous, and I really find it hard
to believe that there weren't better players somewhere else in
(44:25):
the universe than these players that you're seeing Gretzky play against,
because they were I mean, they they look like developmental
some of them.
Speaker 3 (44:35):
There's a bunch of Tommies and Shwims and Deans.
Speaker 4 (44:37):
Yeah, oh my god, it's so I mean, I like,
I don't want to downplay it, press players back. Still,
I don't like the comparison like we're in a new era,
like compare the new era players to the new era players.
I'm just doing this right now, right now, it seems
like like, well, I know, I know Gretzky is the
second best player to ever play. I'll admit that. I'll
(45:02):
stand by my opinion of that. But you know, it's
it's it's time to compare guys to like, you know nowadays.
So it's like, you know, make the mcgame. It's so
compare them, you know, Crosby to his era. And then
if you want to bring up some other guys, fine,
but you can't just be like this guy is doing
so good. But guess what Gretzky did and just like
give me a break, all right, Gretzky played against you know,
Helen Keller and friends. No friends, Helen, don't dare you?
Speaker 2 (45:30):
All right, I'm gonna do my jersey unveiling. We got
these from Hockey Jerse. Uh And the first time I hoping.
I just let it. Just opened the bag and it
is a white jersey, so I'm a little nervous agains here.
Speaker 4 (45:43):
Oh no, it's got Oh Sloni is.
Speaker 3 (45:51):
Nice.
Speaker 4 (45:51):
Somebody somebody won the jersey game.
Speaker 2 (45:54):
Nice.
Speaker 3 (45:56):
I like it.
Speaker 4 (45:58):
Now, you just gotta figure out a.
Speaker 2 (45:59):
Way I thought I was to get really getting screwed. Yeah,
I need to get signed. I thought I was totally
getting screwed on that one.
Speaker 3 (46:04):
It's better than a j I got Vancouver. He got
a home Vancouver jersey. Who's on it? JT Miller? Right, yeah,
that's right, all right, swim? And then I yet you're
to get mine?
Speaker 4 (46:19):
Is just not going to get his jersey.
Speaker 3 (46:21):
I'm just not gonna get it.
Speaker 2 (46:22):
Stephen, did you still pending yet?
Speaker 3 (46:24):
No?
Speaker 4 (46:25):
I remember that the first round, I like put in
for it and then they're like, sorry, we screwed up.
And then when they did it again, I had hockey
and I didn't feel like doing it.
Speaker 2 (46:32):
So okay, you know how it is.
Speaker 3 (46:37):
Yeah, it is come with a thank you note.
Speaker 4 (46:41):
I did thank you for an f you swim note.
Speaker 3 (46:46):
Yeah. Probably you know that kid is the same town
as you that we need to deliver jersey to thank
you for your eighty seven.
Speaker 4 (46:55):
Make sure he ain't getting his jersey.
Speaker 3 (46:57):
Yeah, tell him go fuck himself.
Speaker 4 (47:01):
I wasn't going to go that far.
Speaker 3 (47:03):
Go.
Speaker 2 (47:04):
I gotta bleep that one out.
Speaker 4 (47:07):
PG thirteen status.
Speaker 3 (47:10):
Nobody's listening.
Speaker 2 (47:12):
That's true? All right, Um, has anything else out?
Speaker 3 (47:19):
Uh? What was it good?
Speaker 1 (47:21):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (47:21):
Yeah? They did you see the New Stars jerseys? Yeah,
the ninety nine they look really nice and apparently they're
the best selling uh day one, like day one sales
of a jersey in the history of the NHL. That's weird,
pretty cool, that's insane, Like really oh okay, Yeah, it's
(47:44):
like Dallas fans the best selling jury.
Speaker 4 (47:47):
There definitely aren't there. There definitely aren't more Dallas fans
than like, you know, Rangers, uh, Chicago out there. So
I guess I don't understand that it's possible. I guess
did every single citizen of Dallas went on day one?
Speaker 2 (48:04):
Well, here's the question, do you think it's It's like
people that don't have rantin as jersey, They're like, okay,
I'll just get the third Jersey's random? These there new
you know, big bash.
Speaker 4 (48:14):
I don't know. I thought it was kind of weird
that they picked Brett Hall, but well they did that
on purpose because of the whole like Stanley Cup winning
goal thing.
Speaker 3 (48:25):
Yeah, because the the jerseys after that jersey that they
wore during the finals, but you know what, they're now
different green color and whatnot. And they picked him because
he had the famous goal and everything skate in the
crease and then.
Speaker 4 (48:42):
It wasn't in the crease.
Speaker 3 (48:43):
Yeah, I understand that it's a new jersey. And of course,
you know, everyone that's a Stars fan in Dallas is
going like, oh, I gotta get this. But to be
the best selling jersey Day one of all time is
that's insane.
Speaker 4 (48:57):
I don't I really don't see anybody out of marketing that.
I don't know, like anybody who's not like Dallas does
not have a large fan base. And I don't know that,
like and you're just like typical some Minnesota. Maybe there's
some maybe some freaking billionaire bought freaking three million of
them and uh.
Speaker 3 (49:17):
Freaking what's his face? The guy Mark Cuban human human's
not the owner anymore? No, he's not the hell what's
he doing.
Speaker 2 (49:28):
I don't even think he's minority. I think he sold shares. Yeah,
that's that's a whole big thing in basketball. They they
think that they that owner made the trade for Luka
Doncic so that he could become the worst team and
then relocate them to Vegas. That's the whole thing, all right.
They think he wants to tank Dallas so that he
can move them too Vegas. We'll see, uh, all right, Yeah,
(49:52):
a little fun fun NHL NBA stats, which you guys
really don't show at all. Yeah, all right, my beer
other half fruit.
Speaker 3 (50:04):
Four. Your beers just called fruit.
Speaker 2 (50:09):
No fruit.
Speaker 4 (50:10):
Fruit is very It's very lovely. I will give it
a four. Also, is it smooth? It's smooth. It's it's
very different tasting from your typical like, yeah, it is it.
It almost tastes.
Speaker 3 (50:28):
I'm gonna bring some ginger like oil. It's got the
got in there somehow. It's Italian. There's definitely some kind
of olive oil or grease got in there somehow. S Uh,
(50:48):
I don't know. Three with some other number after it.
Not a zero?
Speaker 2 (50:54):
All right, shrimp home.
Speaker 3 (50:58):
He loved it.
Speaker 1 (51:02):
It's just drive that back out of buck out about
the time go by, Why got up out, dig out
don why got got dip down to Arthur got out
right out by Bride, help out, stop out, Tomar I
dom Gondra, Blah, my God, Bride, my bow, flap, my
(51:25):
blip inside the time bom
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