Craziest First Round Ever?? + Round 2 Predictions With Keith Yandle - Episode 441

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441 of Spitting Chiclets, brought to you by Pink Whitney from our friends at New Amsterdam Vodka here at Box dual Sports podcast family gang these last few days have been an incredible run of hockey, we've had wild shootouts boss coach games some absurd sanctions and no sanctions historic surprises three games to seven and a giant monkey finally tore off a team's back but as always we say hello to the boys

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let's go with Keith at the end the last special guest for us KY how are you doing ? a couple of friends click for Yan to chime in, how are you?, a grown man wearing a Germany t-shirt, oh, be careful, be careful, don't let the grumpy Mr.

Grump come at you, no, he just ate your cookies, it's okay, it's okay, I'm okay. great intro right there, um, I made a roll, okay, let's do it Paul Biz, nasty, this network, you're next, we'll go to, you have to get to this hockey soon, I thought I'd be exhausted, but I'm full. of energy, this new blood of the NHL is taking over, uh, these games have been incredible, some dramatic, dramatic upsets. I can't wait to dive into it and of course, congratulations to the Toronto Maple Leafs for getting that monkey off their back. I mean, guys, you know what? kind of scrutiny these guys are put under and I could see Whit standing there with a bat in his eyes, rolling his eyes saying who cares about the Toronto Maple Leafs, but they deserve it, the whole city deserves it and I am very excited for this weight to pass.

We took off the wet weight vest, so no, I think we'll really see them flourish. You're really going to see what the Toronto Maple Leafs are made of, so I'll give it back to you. I just had to get in. We'll see that quick plug for the boys in blue soon, the next newt Matt Murray in Sweden, how are you buddy, I'm doing great, I'm done choosing the matchups I want to see, I choose Boston, I choose Colorado, I choose to the Rangers. I picked the Islanders I want to watch the Islanders Rangers I'm a fool I'm going to start picking to win money to win bets to win series that's it Mika Burger Works for one game Did you come back for the seventh game or not?

I didn't go down today. I was too busy building a grill and taking care of my daughter. Yes, we lost the day we had it. They ended up winning two days later, so I didn't get away from that today, but I was a little busy. today, but yeah, they sucked, they're frauds, last but not least, witty dog ​​Ryan Whitney, what's going on buddy, how are you? I'm doing great, lots of things to talk about, let me. chest, okay, um,

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for you, I mean the mood you're in right now. I mean, you should be sitting there trying not to cry loud and miserable.

I mean, you're coming here with energy. You just had your penis. You got punched in the gut, you just embarrassed yourself to the highest degree, you and Grinnelli, so guys, I feel a little bad for you Leafs fans, congratulations, congratulations, you sure did it, you all played it, but you did it. We have a lot of things to talk about, most importantly, although the weather in Edmonton looks like a damn car like a sandwich and I'll tell you right now, because you said I'll have the best record with the picks that come out of first. Ronda, you had the worst, yeah, the LA Kings, they're petrified, you should be afraid, you shouldn't sell them, we work them in six and you're team one, so you're hot, you're hot. 19 years is finally over, huh, but It's a pleasure to be here, guys, and what a crazy couple of weeks, it's like it's New Blood.

I mean, all the big markets are finished. Zito, I'll see you smell yourself later, um, but I like it, I like the new blood. Seeing these new teams, I mean, God, I was wrong about the demons and Pasha Holy, if you're a New York Rangers fan, you own the name of the man named Pasha, how do you say his last name? Lucifer, yes, Esky Pasha eshke Pasha Esky is. the king of Manhattan as he calls Henrik Lundqvist the Uncrowned King he's the king of Manhattan so anything to cover that hairline but he's buzzing right now he's shooting

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came true and after two games it seemed like his internet life had flashed before his eyes and They were just harassing him.

That app I thought Elon Musk was going to have to step in, that's how bad the Rangers fans were bullying him, but lo and behold, the same Demons we saw in the regular season came in and just shut down that Superstar field lineup, so I know we're not going to get to that first, but my God, this is crazy, okay, yeah, new blood. I'm glad they said there's no Boston, Pittsburgh, Tampa, Washington, L.A., St. Louis in the final eight, yeah. uh, the two newest franchises still alive, two Canadian teams still alive, the best player in the world, still alive, well, the best Julia could say and, interestingly, of the eight teams, the last Stanley Cup won by any of them it was in 2006 with Carolina. with New Jersey 0-3 Dallas 99 Edmonton 90 in Toronto, I think it was 1967. uh, Florida, Vegas, Seattle still hasn't won a cup, uh, the visiting teams have been a huge 11-3 in overtime and let's go to get right into it.

You already said it Florida Boston uh Maddie could throw all the big ones. I think he pulled the biggest upset in NHL history if you look at playoff history if you go by regular season stats, okay, but the guy from the Florida Panthers came. In them they got the last tied goal and we wanted overtime and they just pushed the Bruins, they complained, they outplayed them, they pressured them, uh, I had some real problems with the practice that followed, it was just a disaster. From the outsider's perspective, you had three chances to defeat two of them at home and they didn't, so we'll go with you first.

Actually let's go to Keith first he's the Boston guy too and then Come back and I'll do a crazy rant for you yeah so my biggest takeaway from this series was um it's a big surprise obviously what Boston did this year, but if you look at the Panthers lineup, they are. It's not a team, you know, it's got guys you don't know who they are, they took the matzuka chalk crust off Vlad Montana 40 goals, so it's not like they're coming in as a team on the bottom of the cap like they do. do. They are at the top of their limit, they know that they are going out to spend money.

It wasn't a surprise to me. I mean, I didn't think they would beat them, but they did. You know, they've been playing meaningful games for the last few. month and a half and, you know, they showed it and got some absolute players on that team. Matthew could get rid of Sam Bennett Montour. Yes, I will be the one who has to tilt the application of it so that the ball also goes in after not playing for a long time. time demanding that the network get her and showing what she can do to the Elite and uh teams and why she has paid that money.

I know people get a little back-handed about how much money they make, but you win a series like that against a team that I think deserves some pats on the back for that and um, yeah, amazing series, all the games were fun, fun to watch. Florida is on fire right now like, oh, I bet the hits in town are awesome, they've got everyone in school. Leaving to talk about the team and it's just a big Buzz here going for them, so I mean going back, of course, to that save in game five where Marshawn could have closed it out in the final seconds, it ends up being a big save. .

You're telling me that Babrovsky went to Maurice and demanded the net. No, I don't know, I don't know if he did it or not, you said he demanded. I was like, oh, he went to the coach's office and said, "I want game five." The way you said it seemed like that, but it was nice to see that you know after what Leon had done, I feel like he would have let in some distant schools, where you know, it's like hey, at some point we have to shake hands. Leave it to the veteran and see what he can do, uh, no, I guess as a result of the lions game, maybe those few mistakes gave Maurice the opportunity to give Babrowski that opportunity and listen, I know things They got out of control in the sixth game, but when He needed big stops when Boston was actually gaining momentum and sustained pressure.

He got big and it seems like I guess we'll talk about the coach's decisions. Not all brands appear to have been harmed to some extent. I can't understand why they wouldn't have gone swimming first in the sixth game, just because of the way they rotated the net all season and especially that was your opportunity to do as many things as Maurice had the opportunity to put in. Bob, they could have gone to Swayamin after that mistake and especially with the excuse that he wasn't playing 100 and I feel like this organization has already taken care of that when they let Ras keep the net when he had the rotator. complicated situation, so at least give Hallmark two days off, let a guy who has been able to be an incredible uh one one uh 1B all season long, let him try to get his feet wet and lo and behold, what's the only game that all Mark ends up turning out well.

I know what happened in Game 2, but in Game 6 there were some stops that he probably could have made and he lit up and everyone who hadn't shown up for Boston in the series yet showed it. Up top, I mean, Marshawn didn't score that goal to close things at five, but he had four apples in the sixth game. Bertuzzi Hall, all these guys were contributing to Biz, if I were you, I mean, I would have started this. I guess I will. I speak for you, I mean R.A said yeah the Leafs will be lucky to win only to get swept by the Bruins, like if I were you that would be the first thing that would come out.

I'm going to keep it classy, ​​oh, I don't know, say wow, yeah. I just tried to do it against Tampa only to get swept by the Bruins and wow, it's so shocking to see how it happened because if you really look at it, the Bruins not lying like they let in some complete stinkers from the beginning, the Bruins got lucky. to get to the seventh game, they beat them, I mean, at least four of the games, if not five, and Keith mentioned the Panthers, who I showed no respect to, they have dogs, they have hyenas. I'm not talking about Bruins players not being like that. series were not, but in the past Bergeron martial loco those guys have shown that they know how to play they are not going to make it long in the playoffs they were not doing it the Panthers were breaking every Pucket taking out every Puck they went in the blue paint, like the call Merles, throw it in, what is it, murals, where do you throw it in?, throw it in the mixer, the mixer right in front of the crease, they were just, they were mixed up, they were playing layoff battles, making the game easy every time. it didn't matter that they weren't and then they have guys that are tenacious and if i could pick a defenseman to be on my hockey team and try to win a stanley cup, ratko gutis is there, that guy is a complete belligerent on the ice, he never once does he look at the puck like a Defender, which is not serious, like if I was a puck Watcher and my guy was looking at the puck, that guy doesn't look at the puck, he looks at your chest and he's there. he was going to put his shoulder through it and they had players like that and they could shoot, I mean, Jesus Christ Biz, you tweet it, the best American player in the National Hockey League right now, probably has higher overall skill levels last year, MVP right now Matthew Kuchuk is a problem and that team just completely outplayed the Bruins and is crazy okay here's something else I want to say.

The worst part about this job as a former player is some of the things you have to say about guys' performance in the playoffs. I hate talking about it. It's because I know how hard it is and I know by doing this now how easy the game is sitting on the couch and sitting in the stands. The game is slow and easy and when the playoffs start it's not and some guys step up and other guys. Wasn't Gurnelli right? The birds are on a 37 creature turning 38 that's tough man it's a long year man you're struggling and all of a sudden the playoffs come these young legs it's just different now and the Bruins bertuzzi.

It was a beast. Hall had a good series, but in game seven those guys, the man in the bed. The start of the first five minutes was great and then it all went downhill. I mean, they missed the opportunity after church. What are they doing? My wife never watches hockey. Her sitting with me in overtime, she says that was the worst time I've ever seen in my life. I had seven turnovers in the neutral zone, they were trying to play the gamestretched every time. I don't understand why they simply adapted to winning lines, winning zones. and they have that cycle type team, they just need to get to the offensive zone.

They tried this run and Gun, everything was out of time, it seems like there was always a split second hesitation before he made his move where Florida with the hyena. type four check, they were reading and alert in every situation, they didn't make adjustments there, they didn't have, they had five on five, they looked terrible and only to quickly come back and you mentioned Kachuk. I feel like the second game when Sam Bennett. I was introduced to the series, I felt like Kachak had his brother bash back and these guys were just feeding off each other, whether it was net front scrums, starting in game six, 19 seconds in and Hyena in control four and it dribbled .

Below the lineup guys, let's think about what Chuck could have done playing and no, without ignoring Sam Bennett in the seventh game, it was Sam Bennett. Nick's cousins ​​on the line of him like five goals, six assists when Kachuk shows up on the court, it's like everyone's like, Hey guys, we're putting. work kicks in, come on buddy, that's your emotional spiritual leader and it feels like since the All Star break everyone was saying I was following that guy and they were just relentless even to the point where I didn't even think about it. necessarily looked dominant at the beginning of the series, but since Kachak and those other guys were also doing a mod tour, it gave him a chance to get his legs under them, where I felt like in the last two games, Barkov became a factor much more important.

From what we saw in the first five games, it's not good, maybe a little bit, but if you told me that Barkov was going to play like that and they were going to win the series, I would say: what are you smoking? There you go, that's why, Montour. Oh my god, what a story, wow, apparently in November Maurice went to him and said, "Hey, it's not raining anymore, just leave," or maybe even a little bit like "just leave," he realized how good it was. was, he saw what he had and this guy is a strange guy. he was playing forward for the Buffalo Sabres, they traded him for a third round pick, I mean since he had no restrictions, they had to play, they were offered it's just amazing, different opportunities, different cities, different opportunities and what he had five goals like you tied up late and and at the end of the Bruins, I couldn't believe the season Linholm had, what a player, it was just a Norris Trophy caliber defense, my friend Beef said it was like the movie Sudden Death and someone else was on his team, like when Jean-Claude Van Damme. playing goalie for the Penguins, he couldn't every time he got the puck, he would fall and then just throw it away, now guys could get hurt and things come out, yeah he came out.

Kevin Wheat told the story, it was all Mark. battling a debilitating injury and they don't play swim in Game 5 like it's just a masterclass in domination and every aspect of the game in the series. I mean, why did Monty keep changing the lines? That's what it is. Another thing I had written is that it feels like he kept putting the lines in a blender to, um, in his defense, as the guys kept coming back, obviously the lines are going to change and the chemistry has to be reestablished, but I want to say it. he was in game six, the first seven, eight minutes, he had already changed or changed the lines and finally he put Bergeron and Marshawn back together, where it's like you can't keep, you can't keep the shot.

Flynn's lines were It really wasn't like that all season and I also wrote uh Sweeney, I feel like you mentioned the fact that he was lucky to even get the seven, like Bertuzzi and Orlov didn't play the way they played, like yeah they did it. Their two best players, besides maybe Hall in those first four games, just didn't look like the Boston team we saw all season and it seems like, above all, they're the ones who just hit the fan. At the worst possible moment from there, I received a question. I have a question for you about the Panthers before I ask you.

Biz, you just mentioned that they didn't look like the Bruins for Hagee after that goal, which by the way was a frank and so on. Is Reinhardt in Game 7? um he said no it doesn't mean anything like look what we did last year we crushed everyone and we warped like the President's Trophy and the NHL regular season it doesn't really matter. It has been proven more and more every year, 10 years in a row, the winners of the President's Cup did not win the Cup, only one of them made it to the Conference Finals and that was the Rangers in 2015, so at this point you have to look The Panthers play playoff games like liver points for a month and then you come in, it's like you can't compare that to the Bruins, just, yeah, they're trying to break a record, but they were already doing it, they were already in the Mix, but Keith, for you, you mentioned Bennett and you told me that at one point in the series, when he came in, you thought he was going to score a big goal, give a big assist or he's going to get suspended like you, he's just always doing something, huh?

Rafi Torres 2.0, tip your hat to someone, he's an absolute warrior on the ice, I love playing with him, amazing guy off the ice, yeah, and just when that special moment in the playoffs, when that changeup was against Tampa to us, he ran to someone from behind and we were on top. in the series we knew, it wasn't his fault at all, I'm not saying that, but he's just one of those guys that when he sees red he doesn't go back to normal, you know, he just goes, goes, goes, but. he's got a motor in him like we were talking about with math you could throw him in he brings his teammates into the fight just a guy you want on your team especially in the playoffs um but back to you what do you think he's going to have?

There's also a lot of pressure on those guys, especially in a big market like Boston. You come in and you understand, you're playing against a team that's barely making the playoffs. It depends on the last game they play without pressure and the fact that they play. In Florida they don't have as much pressure either. I feel like the pressure from teams nowadays is getting to the players to get to the teams and I don't know if it's the media or whatever, but it seems like the pressure is just that every year there's more and more for the good teams. .

I agree, yes, and for the good teams, let alone the teams that broke every record in the book and you guys are just holding the stick and you guys bred for brovsky. Is it crazy to say that? that Series win basically makes the contract worth it, obviously it's a ridiculous argument, it's an eight year contract at 10 million a year, but they just beat the best regular season team of all time and who knows what more is going to do, and it was a part of the other big upset in NHL history in 2019, so that guy just picks it up when it matters and let me ask you this, Keith.

I feel like since Montours picked it up offensively, he's maybe allowed ekblad to focus less on that and power. to just round out his game a little bit better, where I felt like he was very physical and just focused on really shutting down guys and forcing them to make plays in tight areas, backing them up against the wall and then just in general from the beginning of the season, in the Florida Defensive Zone, I feel like they really cut the ice in half and really pressured the puck and then really closed things out and closed out plays.

I just didn't see the same dominance of sustained pressure from Boston as we did in the regular season, where they switched guys shift after shift, where I felt like they had a hard time setting things up, I mean, even like coming back later in the series , where Boston relied so much on their power play and even there, in the seventh game, where it was two Power Play goals that really marked the minute, yeah, and I will say this and I have to give a lot of credit to Mark Stahl because he played with Montour a lot of the year and just had a steady veteran guy like stalzi who's seen it all, played with a lot of good players, it's been huge for him I can imagine, but I also think the Panthers do a great job with their pairings, like I said, having monitor with put, having eki with um forzling having gudus with mahara it's like you have a stay at home guy and an offensive guy, so I think they do a great job with that, going back to eki, he is one of those guys who has a lot of offensive talent, he has all the skill in the world. but he's also one of those guys that takes a lot of pride in closing out the teams' big lines, being that number one type of closer.

I think he's a guy who would rather close down a team's best line for the game than go out and score a goal, you know what I mean, so I think he's probably playing a little bit like you said, better defensively because he doesn't have to worry so much about the offense, you know, with Monty playing as well as he did. I looked at it like when you were the Coyotes offensive defense, when Rickman Larson came in, he didn't have to worry about being that first unit type of power play where he could focus more on shutting down guys. down and worrying about the defensive side of the puck, so I feel like it's really like Adam Fox in New York too, where that takes the pressure off, you know, I'm sure he did it with Trouba the way he was producing points in Winnipeg . but even Keandre Miller, for example, having that guy that we can be that power play specialist that you can worry about for the entire game, I felt like that played a huge factor in Akblatt being able to play that closing role as well, yeah.

I agree. you 100 and he, uh, and he, he was also banged up in this series, he missed, what do you miss a game or two, at least one? I'm not saying I heard Gudus is also beaten so these guys look like that, yeah Buddhist you would. He's not that guy, his body would be like a car accident after every game. I think he's made it, I still knock on wood like he's this guy. This guy will play anything complete. Warrior gives him 110 even in a game in November. Do you know what I? I mean, he does, he doesn't change for anything and, you know, the guy you don't want to be, you don't want to get caught in the way of him because when he puts that stick on the ice and just keeps going. a guy comes out, it's the lights off, usually, hey, upstairs, do you remember or did you play when we went when we went like the clown gestures to the Blues Camp?

Did you go to play the game in Orlando against Lightning? Not the preseason game, so yeah, I have sent in that one and um well, I was in Tampa Bay. I didn't know anything about him, I'd never heard of him and he ran over Tarasenko and I was like, who the hell is that guy? And then, and still, he has never changed, just a troop-breaker. beast, but I don't know what else we're forgetting. I mean, I was going to throw it in our well. One thing I did note was: are we going to see Babrovski's Confidence where we have Vesna Babrovsky because you know?

I don't know how much he likes to play under his head in Florida, so maybe you're not seeing as much noise as you would in a big market, but then obviously to give it back to Ra, we talked about the pressure . from Boston and that whole market, uh, do you feel like maybe that affected some decisions made by the head coach and also some strange quotes and we'll get into that, but I just want to know if maybe the reporters were being persistent? about the goalkeeper situation and then said that if you want a more detailed answer, go ask the goalkeeper coach.

Yes, this sounds like I'm throwing it under the bus, but if you've been asked five or six times the reporter might say Hey, listen, I've already told you what my answer is, if you want a more detailed answer, go talk. with the. I don't know the context R.A, but you are the Boston OG, you are the godfather of the podcast, how hard does this hit you? I mean, you know, I left the arena, I wasn't crying my eyes out, I see it before I'm old, I mean, you know you like to have life experiences, it doesn't affect you like I mean they didn't deserve it, man, I saw the whole thing. what Florida played against them, the muscle guys, they beat every Puck, they outplayed them in almost every game, uh, first, all the wins for Florida, the man Maddie could shoot, I know we were obviously. fans of him, you know, our families are friends, but he is huge.

Man 11.7 games drag him into the playoffs. He put that amazing screen in the game when it's so Swamin didn't look at it at all. You mentioned Montreal, the two CMS Bennett and Reinhardt. They also killed the Bruins in every series, uh, but throughout the series, the Panthers just had more hungry gridirons and together I mean the Jack Adams will probably win, but what was I thinking a lot of these times? like the constant line juggling like You know he didn't do that all year and then breaking up like Bergeron and Masha and that's like breaking up like Batman and Robin.

The constant changes in the lineup that you know kill any coherence, the guys don't know if they're in it. or was uh and the team I thought a couple of times that they weren't ready to play playoff hockey at the beginning of the game now I don't know how much of that depends on the coach orof the individual players or whatever, but you know Florida. He was taking it from the beginning and then, of course, the goalkeeper, the most curious thing is that they abandoned this rotation that they had, oh yes, now Alma did not play more than four games in a row the entire season and then they played him six games in a row . in a row but wait there's more Kevin weeks out today like you said he was playing with a debilitating and painful injury that limited his mobility and technique well he's playing six games in a row why doesn't he say maybe why maybe ? step up and say, listen, I'm not one hundred percent swayman, he's been helping me all year with the one or two punches, even though I understand guys are stubborn about it, but why don't you introduce yourself as yourself Even if you're a forward and maybe dealing with a post that grows slightly, yes you can go play fourth line, third line and you can have limited minutes and still contribute some consideration, but your goalie is the most important position , a position position against a high-flying offense like Florida, they knew he. he got hurt he got hurt at the end of the season the last week of the season he missed some games right, yeah, I mean, but you're going to play like a wire that way, you always want to play, you know, no I don't think the guys are going to beg. too much, but that's what a coach is for. to say no, you can't play it and go back to the game 82 Bergeron.

I mean, I'm not going to understand the details, but you know maybe I should have said I, you know, I know those are emotional elements of it, but the other coach I have to tell these guys that they're not going to play and then you wait for the seventh game to pitch to Swayman and the guy hasn't started the game since April 13th. I thought he played the first goal well, it was already done, but he scored it. The two big saves in overtime before the game with her was like it was the opposite of what we saw all year because it was horrible to watch and as far as goaltending, it reminded me of Cassidy like it was glued together. with rash what everyone does he was hurt instead of putting uh oh my god last year it's like what are you doing it's like they're getting emotionally attached to they're not being coaches they're letting their emotions get involved with some and then The quote Yes, I have it here.

We thought Swamin was going to give us the best chance tonight. You'd have to ask doorman Bob a little more detail on that. Whatever it is, it's the first time, the eighth time, the tenth time. It's still like throwing a guy at us a little bit, I mean, you're the coach from your final decision, so I don't know what I was thinking a lot of times, it just puts a huge, I mean, it's not even a deterrent. ruins the season I mean the record doesn't mean anything uh first round they're out people will think about this year the Bruins will just laugh they'll have a big raspberry fight yeah or cry yeah other fans laugh oh 100 100 so I don't understand Your credit for what they did during the year was incredible, but obviously it hurt, it hurts and those guys feel it more than anyone, but what they did during the regular season was crazy and to be honest, I was hoping for something, uh, to A. better finish at least one visit to the conference finals, uh, because it looked like it was going to be Bergeron's last year and that was an emotional outing, leaving the ice hugging each teammate for a long period of time, the tears just They seemed like maybe this was it. and I guess that's why I didn't want to come swinging into R.A uh um wit it's because that's just what we do in Canada, man, but it's a shitty ending for a guy who put his heart and soul into it. in a franchise where I feel like you look at these players that had monumental impacts and I feel like they all at least got their two cups, you look at how José Kopatar in La, like a guy like that, got his two cups with that core group, it's just I'm going to feel that, given the number of iPads, which has only one, I feel that they are somewhat similar, yes, yes, that is, I mean, he never, never wanted to be moved later, it went to three endings and then, this year, yes, I know what you're saying, it's that I feel like based on the body of work, going out with just a cuppa seems like a big let down, especially the way it was set up for this year and it had that last dance feel in which it looked like it was going to be a special season and launch a trip to the finals where, oh my God, it faded like they did and while you guys keep mentioning the credit, all the credit goes to Florida. looking at the right time and I don't really have much more than that um, it sucks, if that's it for Bergeron, I imagine, uh, first ballot for the Hall of Fame, I imagine a jersey in the rafters.

Will Merles get a statue? uh, ingenuity is in charge. of the statue, he doesn't go away, you know, I don't think it's the city council, does he get the statue? Bergeron, I don't know, man, I'm not my height. I think there should be like 10 statues in Pro Sports. I don't know what you want me to say, okay, I'm the same time we've done this before it's like Brady Gretzky Jordan like I'm not, I'm not a flyer, the statue, the trophy guy, the murals, was there anything? I wanted to continue to kind of put a final note on that series, yeah, and you guys talked about it, you got over it, and eventually I'm sitting here watching that game.

I knew there was no question that Matthew Chuck wasn't going to come out of it with that puck behind the net. I just knew he was going to come out of them and then the puck comes out to Verhagi. I don't know what Charislick was doing, but do you think Radic? gudus would have approached that shot like that, no, he would have thrown his face in front of it and blocked it, that's the playoff. You lose, what happens if you don't win the cup? Is it a disappointment? They've been hearing that for months and it came up in those last few games and last few periods, they couldn't even make a pass and before we get to the last one.

What I'm trying to say is that Matthew could throw out the MVP of that series right now, but maybe the real MVP of the Chuck family was the great Walt when he did completely ridicule the Florida Panthers on the radio in Canada and since then he was a boom, it was a light switch, so um. before they ended up playing the Toronto Maple Leafs and that was the game where Paul Maurice took off his glasses and said you guys are playing like a bunch so over the course of 48 hours he not only made a big wall but that Maurice finally used that. you can't use that card too much Paul Maurice seems like a player's coach, but the one time he chose center this season really changed things and here we are, Merle's Geo point.

I thought law school was like a perfect metaphor for the series just the Bruins are kind of lazy in Florida just working with them to achieve that goal and Biz, I could pull a little muscle here but remember what I said though My only concern was getting into the series? I don't know if he was hurt, but I don't know if you remember what you remember, but I said goalie and you barely said goalie specifically the old Maki zero playoffs wins two starts and you know until you've tried the playoffs, yeah, I would. try him in the playoffs and again he didn't know he was hurt but he ended up coming to believe me I'm not happy he was right but he ended up showing his true colors what have you also told him to throw it away long before they did, you were saying that after the second game, yeah, yes, he was, yes, he was, yes, I did, but before we continue, guys, I'm here to tell you about Pink Whitney and it doesn't matter where you are.

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C'est La Vie, it's over, it's over and ah, we'll move on and Paul can probably take their pants off. right now and get ready because Tampa Bay versus Toronto and and Adrian did it after losing eight straight series and being bounced in the first round over the last six seasons, the Toronto Maple Leafs won their first closing game in 12 tries beating Tampa two to one and a great game six overtime Thriller Tavares got his fourth goal of the playoffs appropriately 436 in overtime the first series they did in 18 years they beat a lightning team and then that team fought until the fucking end.

I mean, Tampa's been running ragged The last few years, obviously, three times in the cup, two wins, you gotta tip that line before you get to Toronto Biz, like you know they don't quit that damn team, they were in every series, all the games until the end, like me. I did it on national television. I went straight to Coop at the Tampa Bay Lightning to praise him for the run that they've been on, uh, not just Coop, but also the management of the layups that they made to revamp the lineup. I mean, you go back to Coleman. one, I thought the dribbling exchange was excellent, although they didn't end up winning a cup with him, they just made a lot of good moves to keep this team relevant in that core.

I mean, I know Cooch didn't really look like himself in this series man, but the amount of playoff hockey all those guys have played and the sacrifices they've made putting their bodies on the line to get to the finals in three seasons in a row, so really they, um, obviously, vazzy vazzy seemed like a human being and seemed kind of normal for most of that series until at least the sixth game, where he really turned his head, gave him a chance to win in game seven, two, so I really thought that from an overall standpoint, Tampa Bay deserved to win this series.

I think they surpassed Toronto. uh, I think they exposed Toronto in many areas, uh, for example, control of the fort. I feel like Toronto had a hard time escaping. I feel like they did a really good job on their part, even the only real problem they had was maybe. get in the lines and block point shots those long shots seem to go past vasi and if vasi plays to vazzy standards I think the Tampa Bay Lightning take this in six and then I even go back and I think it was game three Tampa Bay. was up 3-2 and Braden Point scores that goal where the puck was loose between samsonov's five holes and that was a pivotal moment in the series where they were able to get Ryan O'Reilly's tying goal off Nylander's pass and then, of course, when they went into overtime and it seemed like they were very opportunistic, Toronto at the right time throughout the series goes back to the tiangle in the fourth game and goes back to the winner in the third game.

Riley finishes. Getting them both, it was just those greasy faceoff point shots one in the offensive zone and even in the game they were down 4-1 in the third period, just as the Toronto bigs obviously led by O'Reilly, but think about Matthews Marner Tavares and Nylander and the amount of scrutiny they face year after year being called losers that never show up, you're not cut out for playoff hockey, well I'll tell you what maybe at some points they did. They don't look as dominant as they did in the regular season, but they showed up when it mattered and I'd say Marner's and specifically Nylander's ability really came through.

I thought Matthew from an overall defensive perspective I mean he led the entire Series in blocked shots where before he got hurt in the regular season, everyone wanted to talk about Matthew's sniping ability, before he got hurt this season where They took him out of the lineup, he was leading all the forwards and blocking shots, we're talking. about the reigning MVP and reigning Rocket Richard winner here, like how often do you see a guy who impacts his team on the scoresheet and is willing to sacrifice his body like that, so I think Austin Matthews has evolved to become such a complete player.

He really shines through this series and I think in some cases he had to really elevate the team because of him in certain situations and he did that and I know JT, although he has lost a step and doesn't seem as fast as he used to. , I thought. who really made the place intangible he really stepped up in moments where he needed to win a matchup he needed to win a battle he was dominant no, but he came forward when he needed to along with the rest of those core guys and the last guy who I wrote was Morgan Riley, as if I had been there longer.

I don't think people really understand the pressure of playing in Toronto and I think the biggest and I've said enough about Riley in the way he was scrutinized during the regular season to some instances where the media was like oh maybe he's the guy we should move because he wasn't as offensive as he was in previous years, well he showedoffensively in a huge way when this team needed it and just go to the Matthews family photo and probably understand how much pressure is on these guys, maybe Matthews can stay calm and collected in the postgame interviews, but to get that monkey off his back from above to take this.

Taking the weight off your shoulders I think it's going to be a big step because now I feel like you can go play hockey and not constantly worry about what you guys just talked about with the Bruins answering these questions about why it's been 19 years. Can't they overcome the obstacle? Why do they keep blowing this 3-1 series lead? Why aren't they cut out for playoff hockey? So it was an incredible job to stay resilient and get through this, and with you guys they tweeted a lot. About that, I'll pass it on to you, Sapsanov, they finally got the goal they needed.

I didn't think you were going to mention it long enough to you, mate, yeah, yeah, I got a lot, that's how it was going to have to happen. That series fell like it was never going to be easy. Every Maple Leafs fan knew it and I said it at the beginning. Congratulations, Maple Leafs fans. I love giving them to you, but all my ammunition or a lot of it because you still have it. I won the cups in '67, but a lot of the ammunition ran out, you came out and I'm very happy for a fan base that, while completely psychotic, our loyal Samsonov lunatics were the best Maple Leafs player by a mile and they won six.

That's when it really showed and I said to Merles: I'm like Merles if they start getting chances and don't score. That's when you know Toronto is going to win. I knew Toronto was going to win. I put five thousand on it. I just woke up I go it's their time it's it's their time and then I knew that Tampa would bring but I didn't think that was the best game of the Tampa series and you said it Tampa oh played them, they really did, but that's how the Maple Leafs They were going to win a first series from Sean, they were actually going to be dominated and they were going to stand up, exceptional goalkeepers, the exact opposite of everything else they have faced, they will never be able to get the saving guy, they will never get the goal decisive, the decisive goal, they will never get the late time goal, they will never get the big save, they will never get it. the overtime winner and everything changed while he was dominated, so Tampa Bay, what do I mean?

You talk about a championship team and guys who will do anything to win as if they weren't going down without the biggest battle of their lives and ran into a goalie. who totally stole a series and I was so happy for John Tavares because I'm talking about that guy who basically ended a similar streak for the Islanders by advancing in the playoffs and then leaves the Islanders and becomes public enemy number one there and People make fun of the picture, I don't know, maybe when I was a little kid I dreamed of playing in the NHI, I never had NHL team sheets, but I tweeted the picture, it's not every day you can make a reality childhood dream when he signed with Him and he's been dealing with the same thing for 19 years but since he's been there and he's the captain he gets the winning man and granted he went right foot and left foot Radish and then into the net, but it was Tavares who skated.

At center ice with everyone running after him and it was something I never really thought would happen. I thought, "I don't know if these guys are ever going to win, but Matthew right after the game said, "I'm going to ruin the date. It was something like that. It's actually like a mental release. We're in an absolute pressure cooker environment and you can't win big games, you have this core that's making all this money and they finally did it and I think it's on record that if they ever got out of the first round, they'd probably win the Stanley Cup. , unfortunately Edmonton is playing in the same playoffs so that's not going to happen, but they will be loose, free and flying.

I was actually about to pick them 99 and we'll get to the picks later, but later. our discussion about Florida now, I think I don't know, man, that there are people thinking that Florida is going to throw them out of the building. I want to talk to Merles or Keith about Keith's adjustments, from a defensive perspective, I thought. Hall really struggled a lot, like slow breakaway passes, uh, not opening the gap properly, you go back to the onslaught on that goal which was 25 seconds after they got that initial goal in the first period. I mean that was part of the game. five where there was just no need for Lunge and then in game six, I mean, we talked about waiting until game seven to make adjustments where he did a good job of getting Hall out.

Sin Gus entered. Lilgrin entered. um, he didn't. him, I wrote that he didn't take long to give the rope to Nyez. I felt like as soon as he realized that he had good legs and that he was a young stud, he didn't limit his time on the ice, he just kept hammering down from where I felt so good. from a four check perspective from a battle perspective he was one of their best overall players and really made an impact and then of course he came back to play after they left him out for the fifth game so I felt like Keith though loves Hall did the right thing and took him out and then they also had Lilgrin who I thought made some offensive plays.

I thought he came together well when he had to and overall I loved it, I loved Keith's adjustments, uh, I'll take it well. Mmm, I love that they put it. He was calling him to go with the boys. Hobie Baker candidate. College players are the best players now if you look at the latest drafts and everything the main Junior guys just don't show up as good players. it's about the college guys, these guys are ready to come in, they've only played 30 games all year so they're fresh so I love inserting him into the lineup and I'll hand him over to Keith to cover the D side Yes, I also agree with you about the knives and I think what helps him is that they don't depend on him to come in and score goals and be a guy who is going to win their games.

They have those guys with Matthews Marner. so he hit, he's built to be a guy that can get on the field, control, disrupt plays in the offensive zone, make plays to get out of his zone, so I think he's a perfect fit for that third, you know, fourth role. line, especially playing with a guy like O'Reilly and Achari, who I saw him with a little bit, so it's like you have two veteran guys who know what they're doing with their playoff guys, um, yeah, you definitely have to lean toward the key to make the adjustments you like.

I said they're tough, they're tough adjustments to make during the season, you don't want to walk away from the guys that got you to where you are, but they're tough decisions and you know looking back it really helped them. but one thing I want to mention about Tampa is that I would love to know the details of why they traded Ryan McDonough like me. I think they missed it so much that it will obviously never come out, but it is what it is. The guy is an absolute workhorse, but better, yeah, most importantly he gets the puck out of his zone better than 90th defenseman in the league and gets it to guys like Point Stamkos Kucharov, so I think he really They missed him. year, uh, this might be crazy, Keith, but I felt like in tough situations at the end of games, when McDonough was there, he was sometimes on the ice instead of uh Hedman, oh yeah, he was that guy. which they trusted in that certain situation because of that. because of his similar percentages as far as making the right play and getting it out of danger and I and right next to McDonough, wit, I've written where I felt from a box and shot blocking perspective, especially early on.

In the series, that's where they missed those two guys. I felt like they cleaned it up better as the series went on, but that's where Toronto won the battles early in the season series to get those small wins. Another thing I had written. It was, uh, that high stick, you couldn't dribble in overtime, that was another other, uh, another call that Toronto avoided, so look at the non-goal that would have made it 4-2, we had that point scored and then that decision upon entering. extra time on fresh ice and then in all the previous years where they made the finals, I feel like the deadline moves they had made had really helped them Hegel, maybe not as much in the first round last year , but once he got used to the team I felt like his impact was coming more and more as the games went on, given the load they put on Geno, I just didn't see that impact now, that doesn't mean it won't come in the future. future, only he was. hit, it just didn't have that immediate impact, while you wonder if they give up a ton of money for someone else who they could have turned to in return to help them get through this, you know there's one more factoring player where maybe Kuchara he was a little fatigued, where if you know he didn't have the impact that he had, well, you like for Toronto, on the opposite side, the new additions that dubis had always had are the ones that lifted the team in those vulnerable moments like O' Reilly helped them in that vulnerable moment when they needed that tying goal when they needed that matchup when they needed that big save it was samsonov bringing this in in the summer and getting away from Jack Campbell to say between him and Murray, these are my guys, so every The addition he made really contributed, whereas Tampa just didn't for the first time, so I thought that was a big impact for them, especially when Toronto was vulnerable now if Toronto goes and gets hit. the second round like that, that puts a bad smell on this right, are you guys just going to play?

No, no, we got out of the first round. Now we're good, so Tampa played them as smart exactly as they needed to to win. Imagine with the four check, the way Tampa did it, it gave Toronto problems, if they come with the same four check that we saw against the Bees, Toronto better be prepared and work on it every day before to break those breakouts and figure it out and be on the same page whether at first it's just a tough hoop and then win the battle up top and play greasy, chippy hockey and if you want to try to activate the front of the net and start making plays and refuse to make adjustments and say stubborn in The way they tried to do it against Tapa, I don't think they have a fighting chance, the reason I like them against Tampa if they realize that and the four checks I also feel like Florida is going to be willing to open it up a little more where Tampa didn't do that as much as Toronto would have liked.

Toronto loves to play that up and down game, especially when they have those first two lines on the ice and then they have the other lines that can close down great lines, but they like that they like north-south hockey they want to move they want to stretch the ice they want to cross and release they want to play that run and gun game to get Florida open and they want to try to compete with them there. I like Toronto's chances if they're going to lock down Tampa. Toronto better watch out and we'll have to give our picks later, but we just watched the Panthers completely bully the Bruins.

I understand. and there's not much difference from the beginning in terms of toughness to the beliefs of the flesh okay so I know we'll get to the breakdown later so I think the moves that dubis made even more so with McCabe Luke Shin. He's not afraid or there's no one to fight, you know they need those guys when they're trying to start those skirmishes. I think Luke Shen will be an X Factor in this series. He's fine, I think I already did. I already knew you were going to attack me with that and I and I know it, but they were built that way because Tampa could play that style and even more so with Florida, but that's why they reinforced themselves at the back and they remind you of that.

They have a little smile as a backup if they end up getting eliminated. I imagine Hall stays out but they still have those gusts to sit on if they get to 60 and can get out, that's a great decoration if Lilgrin is out and gustafson is in. from Hall, you've got Brody, you've got McCain, okay, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm getting emotional, I'm sorry, a couple more notes, yeah, yeah, I think it was McDonald's. I think it was just a cap. Casualty, that was the only thing I don't believe. There was some real mystery or scandal behind it, Matt's strap for the first team in NHL history to win three extra games as a road team in a single series.

It's good, he was on the ice for all three overtime periods. One is a pretty interesting Quirk. and uh Samsung is not a bad little sign on Abus uh free agent wise ARA that was another one you are on fire not only with your intro there is a fire plus your favorite team is ruining the biggest point differential they it's drowning out the history of the league, but yeah, I want to go back to Coop, uh, uh, how classy, ​​he spent like 30 seconds a minute with every Toronto Maple Leafs player, obviously, he probably gave him props, he says, keep going, I just feel the way he drives. himself in the media and the way he can motivate his team, simply put, that was a dynasty.modern, I think they'll come back, all the credit in the world goes to him, what he's been able to do to turn things around in Tampa and handle himself with class coming out and I think you had a missed call from him the other night, didn't you?

Yeah, I got back to him, it wasn't exactly a condolence call like that. It was that my parents called me after the game, but it was pretty marked, oh, he called, I missed it. I called him back, we chatted for a few minutes, I actually went around a few times, uh, when I was in the box without Jake, Jake Tebow, so I threw him out. on the phone he was able to talk to Cooper for a few minutes, it was very nice to have those guys share it, so yeah, guys, we can move on to Seattle, Colorado, talk about another

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So when it was the first playoff series against the defending champions, they beat the Avalanche 2-1 in game seven. The whole Buick flow got a couple of goals, that's all they need. They got one for Colorado, it wasn't enough, but you know what? despite the series odds I don't think we can really see Colorado drown given the injury situation they had they had over 450 man games lost to injuries uh no Gabriel Landiscog it was just a rough ride from They turned it on late, but come on. For you murals first on this one, what's your take on the series in general, especially in Colorado?

Yes, I'm disappointed that I had to put the AVS 29 jersey in the closet for the rest of the year, but yes, I'm talking about the nakushkin they lost. cushion during the series, that was the biggest problem because he was their secondary scorer, all the scoring came from McKinnon and Ranton and basically, and McCar missing the one-game suspension was huge, they're just not the Stanley Cup team what were they. Last year no Cadre no landiscog no nakushkin I think Manson missed all or most of the series, so they weren't the same team we followed last year to the cup in Seattle.

Seattle is a different type of team, they just play against Four. They basically have four, maybe second lines, I would call it and just keep talking to you, they don't have a couple of Legos, Big D men, they have the right coach there, that coach is pretty demanding of his old college coach, so all of those, all those discards, they're ready to play for him and, uh, I have to give a shout out to assistant coach Jay Leach, he's a promising coach. He was in the Bruins Organization for a while. I saw him calling the plays at the end of the game, so shout out to Seattle and they're a nice little team. you got Merles you said depth compared to no depth 16 top six goals for Colorado Avalanche guess how much money for bottom six with the bagel zero bottom six goals zero wow seven goals for rotten and four for Mac uh just no Supporting cast where you look at the other side and the team that not many people gave a chance to... the team that is probably getting the least amount of respect coming into these playoffs 15 different scorers, not a single player in the team had more than two goals and that speaks volumes to the fact that they have so many guys up and down that lineup that yeah, they don't really have a first line compared to most of these teams in the league, but you murals of the Senate, you have four seconds.

Lines without egos next man up mentality, they lose McCann, it's 40 goals, they just send in a rookie and he ends up contributing a goal, he's the next man up and I think we can all agree that he's probably the star of the team during the first seven games. of these playoffs has been Drew Bauer and I thought Hank did an incredible job explaining why he's been so good, on his feet, not just falling, like we saw on that goal that Swayman let in like they use this reverse V8, they call it. that's what Hank was calling in the demo where most of these guys are down, it felt like he was just making every big save they needed to get rid of the big three and I agree with you murals, this wasn't a uh this wasn't a uh like a bed type moment this was not having any other secondary scores and Makar McKinnon and he ran and put on a show and I think I think the dog showed a lot in this series yeah the dog is a sick, um, I took them. lives like plus 375 and they were down two nothing boom they get one ties it I don't know what he's doing Terry Leckons was offside by a foot Adam Oates was sitting at home smashing a hammer on the wall I don't know I know how the hell you do those offsides game so that was annoying but I don't think I've ever been more wrong about a hockey team in my life and this is coming from a guy whose voice was used the first year in Las Vegas called Knight over the loudspeaker before the games saying they were going to beat the entire NHL as they walked to the Stanley Cup Final, but I have shown this team little to no respect.

I called hackstola like he was a sacrificial lamb like the kind of coach that for the first few years, you let them go, this guy has been unreal and they play non-stop hockey that is never intense and fast and Kevin Hayes told me the other day that I was talking to him, he said in his eight or nine years or however long. He's been in the time he's been in the NHL, the games in Seattle have been the hardest games he's ever played in, it's like they don't stop coming and all night they're playing him in layoffs.

Brandon style hockey TANF style hockey, right? You've got all these guys, you said no one had more than two goals. Bjorkstrand could have scored 11 goals in the seventh game. He hit the post six times. I think yes, yes, he every time he got the pockets. Twisted wrist ding ding and the group hour started jumping for joy. right when the bell rang like, man, you got it, they didn't want you there, right, they wouldn't come to his command and make his money, he wanted six years, same thing, yeah, you know what he went in there and he beat him and and and I have to mention to this Phil that just makes my stomach turn because of Andrew Clogliano, well, and I don't know who it is, I don't know if it was you or if you responded to Carter like he heard something, I really don't know.

I don't know, someone said that shouldn't have been a suspension. Biz, that was the definition of how you say they act if you're injured, but Cogliano came back and played in the game, yeah, that's what I was talking about, the guy came over. I came back with a broken neck and they didn't suspend Everly, who is not a dirty player, but he was a dirty player, neither did my car and his hit ended up hurting him, hurting McCann, so I thought he would get the same treatment and that's a great piece for Seattle, he's on their top line and like you said he's not a dirty player, but that's what he was called at the beginning of the series and losing my car in game five Shocking player that he is, they lost game five , so it's such a strange decision where it seemed like the standard had been set and now all of a sudden people might say, well, Cagliano is a little bit different than the main target. scorer, but he's an emotional leader in that locker if you look back at last year's run and when the guys were asked who the guys were to step up and really calm the nerves in the locker room, it was Cagliano Well, what they found. themselves in a very stressful game 7, they could have used their body on their wheels and, going back to Seattle, incredible starts, they scored the first goal in every game of the series, so they were always playing with the lead, chasing the game The Bruins are chasing the game, they're chasing the game, so we were Colorado, yeah, so they had to overextend themselves.

I mean the number of odd man rushes Colorado gave up compared to Seattle must have been at least two. to one throughout the series, if not rather, they just stay in the structure and also in three games they had two penalties or less and then in the only game they won they had three, which if you could stay outside the box against Colorado. You'll give yourself a fighting chance, as we saw in the opposite situation, with Los Angeles putting Edmonton on the power play, so they are such a disciplined team at all times that they don't take penalties through their structure by getting off to good starts. . never take a free turn because they have these second lines that can keep rolling over and over again, so it was an incredible Seattle Kraken series and from the city's perspective, if they were swept in this round, they would still be excited with the way they as the season turned out, they have zero pressure in this round against Dallas zero zero like Merles, like Merle said about they have a ton of second lines and obviously you have to tip your cap to them, which they did where it was shown.

On the power play there was a 14.3 percent power play and they won a series which is crazy to me especially when you have other teams like Edmonton clicking at a 56 clip so I think that's where they miss him a little bit, but he's also I played a lot of time in the same division with uh against uh Yani Gord on that whole team it seems like you're playing against a lot of Yanni Gorge oh he's a piece to play with Jack uh just disrupting everything he has to play against but at the end of the day they came, they were together all year in what they showed last year, you know, bringing in a couple of guys that had better years, guys that got to see each other, we talked to Everly uh Biz after his overtime win and he just says like you know you feel more comfortable in the city you know how to get around it's not your first year there like you have to find places to go your restaurants so that takes a little time for the guys. and they've found out this year and going forward being a tough building to play in, they brought it and they brought the energy and they lit up their crowd in their city and, yeah, and what you said too, no one gave them any credit or expectations to follow Go ahead, everyone thought that Colorado, the defending champions, were going to work hard, but credit goes to Hackstall and his team for, you know, moving forward, guys, they're the Castaways, they're the red-headed stepchild of the NHL. with guys that were overlooked, that help in the winning game, a guy that Nashville put on waivers, that makes the play to get past the defender so York Strand can take down Ellie Tolvin, makes that play at along the wall, so it's the last thing.

Need I mention that Ron Francis seems like an absolute genius, zero deadline, moves, zero, zero, leveraging the future to get the production out of what he's gotten from this team, thinking about the hallways other teams gave up to dream of being in in this. situation zero deadline moves they're going to be a dangerous team for years to come and what an inspiring group uh last thing I had to mention Cagliano coming back with a broken net just mind blowing stuff and Seattle Adam Larson was kind of a bit of a joke when they traded him outright by uh Taylor Hall.

I don't know if you guys remember that, remember that, that's Adam Larson, this guy, Edmonton, that they had to put in, he's played pretty well there at times, but he. ends, I think he was his first signing. I think he signed with Seattle that summer. They made it to the league. It was incredible and Alexiak was in Dallas. He now goes against his entire team, but he is a guy who talks about a great body and talks about a playoff. Boy, so yeah, I was wrong, I'm going to choose against you again. I think Dallas is a sneaky cup favorite but what a series for the city of Seattle and I wish we would go out for a game and I'll be there next year for the Winter Classic but like I said Hazy said the atmosphere is off this world.

I'm busy, yes they are basically playing with the house money, as you mentioned Francis there were no deadline moves and they didn't have to give up. any draft pick and that was huge for mod Keith, you mentioned the power play, the team with the worst power play than in Seattle, the island is so far in the playoffs for sure, and also last week we mentioned scoring with uh with Ty cardi, I think you said his name, you know we went in and achieved that goal, a big story came up, uh nhl.com, the next day he texted his parents, he said playing with a word and they said : let's get out 1600 miles away they were in Kingston, Ontario, uh, they made plans, left work early, blah blah blah, got on the plane, missed their first shift with one of the relatives, well I showed it on FaceTime during them, uh, but they got there on time for their goal and it was just a great celebration, yeah, pretty cool little story, man.

I thought it was good to share. Hey, nugget man, there it is buzzing. I think we should play right now. the audio for those Canadian viewers who couldn't watch the TNT broadcast of Hank's analysis of Drew Bauer because he will be such an important component in the upcoming series that him describing his playing style is a little difficult to understand . Without seeing the demo we did on TNT, you can watch it online so it makes a little more sense, but I think you know it's a very important position, especially in the playoffs, and it's a great teaching. clipa guy who's a Hall of Famer so I hope you enjoy it and again if you don't get it check it out with the breakdown of him on the internet before you continue guys you know we've been a part of it. of the Chevy EV family, but we have big news, great news, you've seen it before.

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I saw him in Yamamoto's goal where he ended up rolling up and I mean, I know that there were bodies in front, but it's already down, where the entire top is available, so the group hour tends to wait to drop as low or really. I never talk about him, you can see it sometimes, he's low, but I think he works very hard with the position of the gloves, how you put them on, if it's away from your body, very in front, for him, it's tied to his body all the time. time and even when he moves from side to side he keeps it very tight so it looks like a square, but the most important thing for me is that because he stands up he becomes more patient and for me that is the most important thing for goalkeepers.

Be patient and read the shot and you will see that it makes many good reads. Do you think he's more important as a goalkeeper who's six foot one, not six four six five, like a lot of these huge goals you see today, stay on your feet and be more patient, that makes a big difference. We're talking about reverse VH for anyone watching. I can't even do it with pads. The pants are too tight, yes, too stiff, but that's when you're down with this leg on the pole like this and you sit down. Down here, if you're six, one, six, two, you'll open up a lot of space here, but if you're six, five, six, six, you'll be able to get away with it, but even when you're six, five, if you stay. much lower it is more difficult to attack the shot from the slot and it is also more difficult to recover from a broken play and you also saw Swayman today very similar situations where the shot came from the opposite side and it was up there, it was down and the Puck ended up a little around and was just sitting.

I would love to see goalies stand more and choose when it's time to be down, reverse, VH or be on their feet, not all the time. There's a place for everything, I don't know how much time we have, but what are the benefits of that backwards V8? Well, you're tighter on the bottom right and there are so many plays around the net, so you have to make sure you're tight around the net. around the area down because a lot of plays happen there and they break down right on your pass yeah okay and that's the biggest change it's changed a lot in the last 10 years how much guys use it and guys are becoming very good at that.

I just think it's overused Overdone Overdone sometimes that's why I love grubower it's a great look at me don't look at me Biz 20 promo code for this no there's no promo code I'm just trying to teach the kids wow yeah , although it is a big decision. Don't know. When it was Austin, we had a Biz 20 promo code. I feel like since we improved Our brands, we don't get too many Biz 20 promo codes anymore because you can't. get one for a car for us or what we're going to get, uh, Biz 30 promo codes for the entire Florida Panthers team after the second round, when we fold them, no spit, no little sandpaper, finish, how about cat fans meow action yeah? okay, yeah, let's talk a little bit, you're like you like cats, huh, can I?

You really say, yeah, you scared me with a bet because I thought Toronto was going to win and Keith is doing well, let's make a bet, You lose, Toronto loses. You have to spend two nights and 48 hours at Pearson Airport. I started shaking and contracting my abs for six minutes and came back. I already said no. I've finished now. I said you had to go to Daytona Beach for a weekend with R.A. and he prepared himself. the itinerary Keith, that would be fun to stay in the same hotel room I said I'd do that I said you have to cut Ra's toenails, yeah, gross on everyone.

I'll go crazy. My wife looked at my feet the other day. What's happening? With your feet I was like I was middle-aged, honey, just look like a caveman, you have to put lotion on his skin because it's the driest, doughiest skin I've ever seen, put the lotion on, It's the scene from Dumb and Dumber when he has that kind of drill that rips out his toenails, hey, how about, how about, instead of Daytona Key West, we'll make a better location, ah, buddy, he's going to Key West every year, oh, you're like okay? First, oh, you haven't been well yet, you went alone, yes, yes, I wrote that I was in Tampa for a friend's wedding, there was a lot of time to waste and I looked up flights and saw that thing in Key West that I always wanted.

Wow, I went alone and had a great time and fat rods, prostitutes and mopeds, oh my fat friends, there's a moped, oh what a wild place. I went fishing on my birthday, it was amazing, man, it was a phenomenal place. I highly recommend it, you don't feel like you're in Florida man, like everything is a little lazy there, but how come you feel like you're in some kind of NASCAR Bolly? Is it a NASCAR Bali? Well, it's like a tropical. I feel like the beaches aren't great there but the bars are unreal and it's like a real party atmosphere but yeah I definitely want to go back there, it's a pain in the ass to get there if you know a bit far away mate.

I got out of this and didn't chat alone, but I paid like 150 dollars, there was only another two hundred more. I must have caught like 30 mahi mahi, man, because I just set the hook and boom boom boom and I was able to I'm not going to keep them all, obviously, I said, I'm going to keep, you know, keep the catch. I tipped the guy. I had a couple of steaks, I took my moped, I rented the moped directly to the restaurant and it's great, you pay like three dollars, you put it in the Buy and they cook your fish right there for you, they throw you some like corn on the cob, some vegetables, so yeah, it's a great moment.

I can't wait to come back, man. Well, I want the bet to be that you have to lick Ra's fingers after she eats corn on the cob. little jellyfish was so beat up they say yeah that's a salmon that's a tuna Fisher don't make me dig up my pictures huh what you want to bet Keith? How about a chain? Because you're in the Chain Gang, yeah. good also like how much does a good chain cost? God, no idea about fishbone I don't know, grizzly bears want Bizzle I bet you 50 bucks how about this? How about we bet $500 straight to get you Jane?

Toronto is minus 180 so you know Vegas cats are plus 152. Vegas also made 50 sheets. I think you can afford a 70 cent. It says amazing, who, who do we have to get to the next guys, oh my gosh, Minnesota, Dallas, Dallas? They fell 2-1 in the series in which they won three in a row, defeated Minnesota and outscored them 11 to three in those games. Matt Thumb took a hit on Pavelski, seemed to galvanize the team because it was a great article in the Athletic and Pete the guy the way he handled it instead of focusing on it or even mentioning it, just looking forward, praised the officials and he didn't mention it and that kind of thing carried over to the team and like I said they won three in a row after that, the wild team will have 14 goals during the series, after a 40 goal season, Carol Capris had only one goal, no assists, Matt Goldie had 31 goals for the season, none for the playoffs, Freddy.

Krudrell had the team with three, of course they were missing Joel, you heard he only played like one shift in 19 seconds, but you know, Minnesota, for the second year in a row, they went up 2-1 in the series only to lose three in a row. I've lost 14 of their last 19 playoff games at home, uh, it's the fourth season under the Dean episode where they had that breakthrough, so a business makes this beg the question, uh, of the wild American Maple Leafs , uh, I feel like they're definitely cursed. You mentioned those 2-1 leads in a row lately and then you thought at some point Capriceof was going to find the game we saw over the last two regular seasons and I thought 100 after the series.

When he finished, they were going to say yes, he came back early and played something, but even he said he said no. I just couldn't find my game and get back into my offensive groove and that really hurt them and you saw Boldy and what he did when Caprice went down and how he was able to contribute and just those two young guys got shut down the way they did and then obviously , Ottinger was a big reason for that, they just couldn't pull it off. That secondary scorer Ericsson Act was a beast all season and during that season where they dealt with injuries, he provided a lot of their good two-way play and a lot of their offense, especially with Hartman at first not really contributing. , uh, I want. to say what failed he finished with seven goals after finishing with 23 the year before um but for me I look at this series and I just look at that horribly officiated game four where you talk about Dallas not using the Dumba hit excuse.

I feel like they just felt sorry for themselves and then everyone. I've never seen a player face worse luck with those two decisions that cost them because both power plays were scored in the third game and then starting the fourth game in those five minutes. uh handicap due to Fallino's hit on faxa it's faxa yeah yeah radic foxy yeah that was when I felt like everything had changed and it was kind of affliction like my mentality and they couldn't they couldn't figure it out. and the way Gustafson played in the first game, I don't think we'll ever see that again, goes back to the goaltending decision-making last year, where I felt like he should have played the second game.

I understand maybe why they flourished but when you have such a hot goalie and he's so young, he can handle back to back games like just throwing it in there, in some cases they don't even know the pressure they are under and he looked calm as a cucumber in the first game and then take it out and get it out of rhythm and then go to bloom and then the bloom comes on and then it comes back to Gustafson, it just seemed like I don't know, it just seemed like that was weird. weird move by the coach, but other than that, I felt like, I felt like yeah, the last three games, Minnesota couldn't really establish anything, it was very disappointing and, I don't know, four years in a row now, uh, they.

I've been able to get out of the first round, it was through two games since then, sorry with Dean Everson, sorry, three or two games. I thought I wanted to change my choice. He had Dallas and yeah everything just changed now there's no chance in Hell Caprice was close to being healthy I mean he wasn't the same player and someone so young and dynamic suddenly has nothing he didn't have legs I think it was a knee injury and he just probably wouldn't have had a chance to have been playing if it hadn't been the playoffs, which along with the performance of Erickson, the great layoff-type center thatNote that the troll controls five on five a lot more, but you know, this John Mourinho guy was traded for Ty Smith, who played against the Miners most of the year.

Pittsburgh in Wilkes-Barre John Mourinho the play on that second goal he walks with Mikola and while he was pumping up Kreider's tires he was crying it's like he was standing there he pushes him and then he skids right next to um who got the car it was like the war it was like that you do? They were just stupid mistakes um so that's not the coach's fault but the devil made the guys step up and like I mentioned Jack Hughes is heaven he's so fast it's unbelievable when he whizzes through the zone neutral, there is nothing that maybe.

The Carolinas are these better skaters. You will see them enslaved. You know what I mean? You'll see a different type of defense that you're trying to get through, but he seems unstoppable right now as he takes the puck with speed on top of the incredible drop from him. on the blue line today, which is one of the best, I think it just fuels the conversation of these eight teams that are left, it's almost like the American takeover, you have the four best American-born players in the game right now, still in the playoffs and could even be deeper than that.

I was just thinking from the top Jason Robertson Matthew Kachuk Hughes and Austin Matthews those are the face of the league type players that are still involved and we continue to talk and reinforce this new blood, it's new blood. At the time you talked about all these kids coming out of colleges, most of the time it's American kids that go to these colleges and they develop at a faster rate than ever before the murals and they come more prepared for NHL, so I've seen the progress of these four kids and what they look like for the American side, I'm just even more excited to move forward with this World Cup of hockey because you know the league at some point will create The best about the best we go We're going to see the best of the best in the years to come and these American-born players are front and center of it all, so I'm looking forward to the race of who wants to get the most out of Peacock when the time comes. games and the chips are on the table and I'm pitching you what you have a staff for us Little Nugget well yeah you guys asked for the uh Kyra Schmid uh with my thoughts yeah plus 1600 for him Jack Hughes more 1700 on the Barstool Sportsbook Matthew could throw more 1800.

The Rangers were notably, maybe one of the slowest teams in the playoffs, did you agree, did you agree as slow? Well, now Carolina is not slow, they are fast and play fast, so I don't. I don't hate the idea of ​​a big burly defender, uh, what was Jersey Ball Ball called? Oh yeah, so I'll take the L for that big bruise, no, but I'm actually going to say maybe look at Luke. Hughes now with a faster and a little better Carolina team, yeah you better go into witness protection because I already said that and the Devil fans want me dead so I know but it was a different series it's different .

I agree with you, but after he in that fight, I think it was in the sixth game, oh, he played very well, he played very well, yeah, good kind of closing, good at cleaning the front of the net and that lineup has been doing a good job of keeping pucks out of their net, uh, Keith, uh. We're finishing up with the Devils Rangers. Was there a final grade? We talked about Gallant keeping his job. Florida dropped him like a dove. Las Vegas threw him like a pigeon with short periods. Does the message wear out quickly with him and do you think he'll stick?

I didn't have enough time with him to really know if the message isn't getting through, but the only thing I can say about it is that I didn't notice many changes in his game from game one to seven, it just went something like that. It seemed like they were trying the exact same thing, whether it was breakouts, their neutral zone four, uh, everything they did seemed like the same thing they've been doing all year, the only thing I would say might need a little change. especially when you play against a team that's as fast as Jersey that can create an offense like Jersey they needed to do something obviously I'm not a coach I don't know what that is just slowing them down in the neutral zone yeah big. time because they were just moving so fast and that's what's been taken away from the Rangers, the time in the offensive zone that they were good at all the years holding on to stops and playing low teams, um, yeah, that's what The only thing I could see with them from a coaching aspect, but at the end of the day, you know if you're the Rangers, you saw this group especially. adding Tarasenko and Kane you probably saw them at least make it to the Eastern Conference finals so it's going to be hard to be a Rangers fan right now and obviously I played for the Rangers once the Ranger was always a Ranger so you hate, I hate to see. that they lose to that team and um I mean you sound like a player but that's next year for those guys but Fugazi showed up in game seven.

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The app also allows you to easily share tickets with friends via text messages so you can access the game seamlessly, avoid complications, and enjoy the moment. playtime app or go to the website enter your email and redeem the code Chiclets for 20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. I think it's a perfect transition going into the final series that we haven't looked at in Edmonton La, where La knew they were playing. against a fast team like Edmonton, so I think the fact that they played in that neutral zone the way they play one three one all season long was definitely a good opponent for them, but they couldn't, they couldn't stop them. on the power play and that, ultimately, was the last straw, the best power play in a single NHL playoff series 56, just over 56 percent, okay, yeah, but we have I have to start with a particular tweet for this one, although Biz uh, for my friend Ryan Whitney, there's the oil, it won't be necessary to celebrate and send in the cases a bit of the locker room, everything goes on as usual in the second round again, goals much bigger than mine, bring up the Las Vegas hashtag, I know, I know.

That's a chance for the Leafs to celebrate their first round win and that's how clever he is and he's a grump all the time and can't let other people celebrate that they want to celebrate, hell even the New Jersey Devil fan was going. you with a sign for your comment about the jersey, so yeah, I made my point decently, but go ahead, yeah, we'll let you take over because it's your Edmonton Oilers, you've got the field, man, this team, what is it? What everyone questions about this team? for so long, well, a lot of things in the bottom six, it's been difficult to call the bottom six, the goaltending and the defense, so every aspect besides 29 and 97.

The bottom six appeared in space, guys and , if you want to talk about a GM. who made some moves at the deadline we've already talked enough about EK at home Nick buxtad Keith played with this guy he loved them too Yugi this guy scored a great goal and what happened is you have a power play which is legitimately unstoppable, as you correct me. If I'm wrong here, you mentioned it, the best percentage in a series in NHL history that comes from the best percentage in NHL history during the regular season, where it's not even a power play that you can study or replicate because you have two. guys like that that are different than who the two best players in the world are with McKinnon, those three move and shake and there is no position and Bouchard lifts the pop and releases the cannons and Bouchard, so I asked McDavid about the first question that we receive. with him, yeah, I saw what he said, he said we always knew how good he is and just with Barry coming out and having the opportunity to take on the role confidence, so we had the power play that wasn't a concern now that we have these six bottom, we have guys that not only score big goals but play dirty hockey in the bottom six and Derek Ryan doesn't get enough respect, he's a fourth line guy, but he's got a brain, he's got the hockey IQ that you need to being an undersized guy and playing in a bottom six role and understanding always being on the defensive end on the puck and never turning the puck over and that's what he did, how about trading poly RV for Costco Man, this heat is Austin, you see those goals on this first round pick, I mean the pedigree is there and he showed those goals in game six.

I mean, you get goals from guys like the ones you're getting. a full team offense is no longer just these two, by the way, the nakeds didn't even have a great series, so watch him blow up against Vegas, this will be another battle, the oils have the toughest streak, I mean they got, they got the Vegas is Las Vegas, very difficult, we'll get into that for the preview and how good they are, but man, you lose the third game in a heartbreaker, okay, you lose the first game in a heartbreaker, you lose two overtime games , the fourth game comes, you're down. three call what seemed like six minutes of play the old guy from the Edmonton Oilers they're losing that game 7-1 that game ended no, they come back they tie it then they concede the fourth goal they actually go down again I'm like, oh, the comeback and then They continue with Evander Kane, who is playing injured, who is another playoff-type idiot.

I think you described the cousins ​​in Florida as a real piece to play against Biz, what a compliment, a Vander Kane is the same and he's talking, he's in your face. he is Non-Stop and the goal of tying that game was so big that we got the win in that game and then we came home and took them out in the fifth game with a sick effort and in the sixth game we have to work hard. the path we don't even need to get to seven I said it would be seven they didn't even need it and Stuart Skinnerman for a rookie to show up and play like that but what happens is obviously there are obstacles on every path and Jack Campbell We talked about the episode where he came in and he saved that game when three nothing went down, it's just a full team effort, it's a different roster, every guy is doing something you can't give me, it's dry Seidel and McDavid, it's our old team, yeah man, they're the two best players, they're a huge part of the team without them, they're not in the playoffs, but it's not just the two of them anymore, so just to see how everything changes and momentum builds. and they have the

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city in the world for hockey, they're selling Rexall for road games or now it's Rogers, they're selling the arena, dude, they could probably sell both, how many fans are out in the Moss pit, we just went . to the Western Conference archive Merle saw everything you saw.

I have to shave their heads in front of everyone. Biz, it was the atmosphere and it's getting crazier and I finally got to post the Tweet of the video of the guys coming to the ice for the home games it's just that it's an Olympic crowd and you go back to '06 and like the road to the seventh Cup final game it's like holy people just want to watch those games to see the crowd. I know it sounds ridiculous, the reactions and the goals. So it was an unbelievable series, everyone contributed, everyone did their part and I'm really excited for them to continue with a legitimate shot at winning the Stanley Cup, so the big two were huge from the start.

You mentioned the lack of bottom-six offense actually in the first three games of this series. Two goals, one assist for the last six and the last three games of this series had 11 points, five goals and six assists, so that speaks to. how much they stepped up when they needed um 11 points for the dry side. I'll write for McDavid. Maybe they weren't as dominant as in the first round last year, where I mean against La, they each had like 17 or 18 points, but Definitely, when they had their opportunities on the power play and they needed them because I felt like I was the best part where the best team five on five are good, they were a very good team and when you look back, when you look Let's go back to the last two years, where Los Angeles had very good teams that could have made runs, they just happened to run into the Oilers when they had these two guys who put the equipment on their backs and finally it was given to theseother boys in order. to contribute and you mentioned the gif of him drowning and then coming back and having the mental strength to lock him up after giving up that pizza, well this stick broke, that's not fair, but still, dude, I don't know. who was the defenseman on the bench but he was like Hey, let him forget you, we have you as a friend, that's it, hey, another goal like everything scores, it didn't look like he got away from his mistake in game five, so, yeah, I was hard on Darnell.

Nurse started playing a lot better as the series progressed a lot better, he simplified it, that's the key to this episode, it's the playoffs, man, simplify everything, stop trying to make crazy plays unless you're one of the best players of the world, here you have what you want. Try to keep going, but even if these great players end up not simplifying the game, you're not going to end up winning, but the bottom six forward, Taylor Yamamoto, had a tough season and they dropped him into the lineup and you get that winner and the guys. They were so excited for him that they loved the guy, I think McDavid later says oh, the little guy got the big goal like it's something where you deal with adversity and they drop you in the lineup and you still show up and play and score. the biggest goal of your life series The decisive factor and the cost of the third or fourth game I think the fourth game was played three minutes, friend, three minutes there is no anger, there is no complaint, there is no ouch, like me, I have I have to step up, I have to be better and he did and So it's like the guys are dealing with adversity and bouncing back the way these guys did in Edmonton Skinner.

You just mentioned that all these nurses are like that's the sign of a great team that you can't weaken when things are going your way and that's coming from someone. who withered into a little dead flower every time adversity hit him, that's me, no, these are the new Oilers, so I can't wait for the next round. I was going to ask Keith if he was able to see the talk we had. TNT about how McDavid is able to process the box and process information so quickly that you were a power play specialist, maybe you break down what you saw from Bouchard at the top and then dry Saddle and McDavid and maybe give them to the fans a deeper dive into why that is so Electric, I think with Bouchard he realized, I think when Barry was first traded, he was trying to shoot too much at the top of the power play when you realize that when you're that top guy your best bet is give it to McDavid or give it to the dry cycle but now he's figured out when to shoot it and he shoots it when he's open and he has an absolute Cannon so I'm really excited for him he stepped up his game a lot and I'm a guy.

I'm sure he was feeling the pressure a little at the beginning of the year being a high pick. He's playing poorly too, yeah, so it's to see what he's done and then, I think two, go back to McDavid and the dry chair and you know, not having. 17 18 points in a series I think they've finally realized that it's okay if we take care of other things on our end and the neutral thing is to get deep pucks and not try to beat guys one on one, whatever the case may be. . They can still do that, obviously, but they have that winning mentality right now that was seen in a guy like Nate Dogg, uh, in Colorado, where in previous years he was completely bored trying to attack, but I think I think about a dry chair and McDavid has discovered that they need to play in all three zones, they will play their 25 minutes a night, they will dominate no matter what they are doing, the power play is something special like 50 56.

I've never done it. I've seen a team penetrate the box like that or not, and the thing is with McDavid because especially this year he's brought that aspect of his game where he's a threat to shoot and he can score from anywhere, he's shown that this year. with his shot. so you have to respect, you have to respect his shooting and also his passing ability, that there are not many guys that are a dual threat like him, so when he penetrates that area because obviously they know they could play with four. four and he would still dominate that way, but when he has an extra guy out there it's something special and it's something I've never seen on the power play where he can do whatever he wants, whatever he gets in the game. fight.

He could sell himself with the puck in the corner, go all the way up, dance up the middle and you too, when you play against a guy of his caliber, you get a little bit of Puck watching because you know how good he is, so he created everything that space for himself on the power play and, um, just the absolute specimen of what he's doing out there, well, I was going to pass him on to Los Angeles and we had to give a double double barrel to Adrian Kempe and I know I saw a Lots of tweets coming out of your feed and I'd love to hear Merle's take on that, but what were you going to say right before you say that Jay Woodcroft is quietly putting together perhaps the best resume to begin a head coaching career in history? of the league.

I don't know, I don't have the stats to back it up. That's increased, but since he got there, this team has been unreal, so he's obviously pushing the right buttons and you when you talk about guys coming back from adversity and they sit and get knocked out in lineups to come back and play so well. In my opinion, that has something to do with the coach, the way he talks here, the way he tells you, listen right now, you are not good enough, we will need you, he is obviously doing something that has created not only a winning atmosphere there, but an attitude where guys can sit back and take a PP hit, bounce back and play just as well, so Woodcroft is also up there in terms of best coach in the league and as far as Adrian Kempe you know he played on Moto where the wit was he he Moto is back baby yeah that's why I mentioned it they're back in the shl but he grew up watching the great Ryan Whitney there for two games, but um, he's amazing, he flies, he knows how to score.

I really like watching him, he is a top level player. I just have to touch the oil because I said in the preview that he wasn't too sure about the goaltending and Skinner, it looks like he can do the job that he can do. him there and I have a little nugget for you with the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. There's a horse named Skinner so it could be him if the horse wins on Saturday then we know it really could be the Oilers year so come on Skinner. I would say in general. They look good, they had players to make Arvidson look great.

I thought Corpus just maybe didn't look great at the end, yeah he failed towards the end. I think maybe he was fatigued, nervous, there were many instances where he almost looked like Jonathan Quick in his early days, but maybe he didn't get tired of the box outs and the blocks where he played very low. . We also talked about that with Hank and that collapse and he mentioned, or I did, on Yamamoto's goal. like as he was turning there was some net front traffic, but it's not like he roofed that top cheese under the bar. I just felt like there was so much space up there that they were able to expose, I mean, he even saw it. on those Power Play McDavid goals where he took the glove side when he scored two goals in a power play game that was scruffy chaos with the dry cycle when the power plays came and went, but he simply exposed the upper part. off the net with a lot of his shots where I felt like he was, I don't know, either fatigued at the end or he just couldn't find a way to stop the shots up and then maybe maybe it came from scouting goalies and just where he did it.

They were putting from the beginning where they couldn't figure them out, but after three games I went from saying that Corpaloalo was probably the best goalie in the entire playoffs to saying that they took him out once and then not. he really looks like himself, yes you have to want to visit him, they are going to try to resign. I know he only made 1.3 million last year. At first he looked like gang leaders. He finished two and four, eight, nine, two, the same percentage, uh, 377 goals. On the downside, I know you'll probably take a look at other goalies on the market, perhaps before turning to him, but Ellie's turnaround has been pretty good, although he's rebuilding as he goes, so as you know, let's rebuild on the steering wheel.

We're basically contenders again, but your friend Jeff Jacobson said, where is Edmonton to Los Angeles like Tampa was to Toronto? Like they're going to be an obstacle they need to overcome to get back to the finals, so keep an eye on that, yeah. everything is going nowhere maybe we are in a bad um married in a bad bond as far as goalie in terms of La, will they give him up or not to another goalie in Canada who possibly wants out of Conor Hellebuck in that series and you already know? What before I pass it to R.A?

There's not much to say about On Ice, just an incredible display of hockey by Las Vegas that they dominated. It's more about what happened after that series. I would say yes, certainly the only series that didn't. get to six games, I mean, the Jets rolled them the first game and then Las Vegas just threw them out of the building, it's almost like there was a game wake-up call for Las Vegas, uh, but like you said, it was after, uh, Rick bonus is very candid in his post-game comments, uh, wow, why don't you transfer those general thoughts to that one? general thoughts.

I'm so disappointed and upset right now, that's where my thoughts are coming from, sorry, where is the argument coming from? no rejection, but it's the same shit as us. I saw it in February, that's why as soon as we challenged for first place and the teams come after us, we didn't have any setback in this series, we didn't have any setback, there are better players with much better than others, it's not even close, it seems like you've been holding onto these feelings for a while, did you just come out of tonight's game or did you finally want to release it?

It started in January and February. What is it about the leadership core of this team or the top players we've talked about? you have to go back there has to be a step back it has to be Pride you have to be able to go back when things don't go the way you want we didn't have any set back there are better players we are much better than ours tonight they deserve it to win they were the best team in the season regular they were the best team in this series anything else good thanks my thing is that I don't remember one time, I remember it and it was the AHL with Michelle Terry and more than that.

When a season ends, normally the coach never comes out, listen, we have to play things like that, but it's almost as if okay, that will be left for the player meetings, that will be left for the exit interviews, I talked to the team and when it's over one season, he's usually not this ruthless, it came out in a 50 second 56 second clip, whatever it was, the guns are blazing and I was taken aback and when he said yes, since January, February, right when the team, just when we got first place and the teams. we started to back off we had nothing we didn't have any back down we gave up and we just like to talk openly about disdain and that's straight up disdain for that team like he was disgusted with the one he was half way with you you you're great you me I'm out, that was one of those once the hello book was great, so it was just and I don't know Keith, what's your opinion on right when the season ends in terms of a coach, like wilt the whole team, yeah, like said.

You never, ever see that it's usually behind closed doors and I have nothing but respect for Rick Barnes. I met him several times. An incredible guy. The boys love him. He has been around forever. I like what Blake Wheeler did. I would like him. he came back and defended his teammates and Wheels was a guy who got the seed taken from him this year. You know he maybe he couldn't have said anything, but you know he's a guy who lived by the sword. The sword had its things to say. I don't disagree with him at all on that.

Obviously he couldn't have gotten to that point if it had just been handled behind closed doors, but would you think Bonus' comments were fair in saying no? I didn't have a push or you just listened, they were short on D, they lost their best defender and maybe there was too much weight on the top six guys to produce because they had healers out. for a moment, so what do you think was the problem for them or did you see a push? No, honestly, I didn't even watch a part of it during the season. He is right, he is 100% right during the season.

They were struggling a little bit when the teams were coming at them knowing they were real, they kind of didn't, yeah, they didn't back down I would say, but it's um I don't think that's what Wheels was mad about. I'm sure you know it wasn't his best effort, but it's one of those things that I think probably could have been handled behind closed doors whether they did or not, but it also shows the passion that Bones has for the game his team um ya you know, wanting to win uh being disappointed in the loss I'm sure he's not happy with himself, it's not just him, it's not just the team, right, we're all part of the same thing, whether it's the coach.

The staff or the playersThey're part of the same thing, the same goal at the end of the year, but honestly, if they didn't have Conor Hollaback all year, you know we wouldn't be talking about them right now in the playoffs. He's incredible, he's played incredible since he came into the league. um, yeah, you just don't know how to take that as a player. I think he's going to lose guys because of that. I don't think so because he's such a good guy and they'll sort things out, I imagine in these next few days and once the dust settles a little bit, but it's definitely one of those things where you scratch your head and think okay, they could have handled this behind closed doors we would have never heard of it and until next year it looks like it might be time to rebuild there not interested in a rebuild but maybe with scheifele leadership um and maybe get rid of him uh he wants out, well I shouldn't say that but it's cool that the writing is on the wall that he's going to Montreal and by him restricted I mean he's in the last year of restricted free agency, I feel like they could at least get decent performance, people keep throwing around the name uh doc Kirby Dock.

I think with his cap and the way he showed growth this year, from what I understand, there is no way Montreal will be forgiven with Kirby Dock on His tag is given so they will probably have to pay Dubois, but having Suzuki and Dubois like your first two centers in Montreal, you suddenly start to look dangerous with the pedigree they have from their young players, so I know. We're getting ahead of ourselves, it should be interesting to see what happens with this Winnipeg organization, but all credit to Las Vegas and the way they adjusted, their D was much more involved, their four checks were 10 times better than the first game . and I feel like there's speed in the middle of the ice and one of the most underrated players in the league and Chandler Stevenson between him, Jack Eichel and some of the other stars they have on this team, they're going to deliver.

I think Edmonton is just as good. a lot of problems like La did, but here's a nugget for you. I think Vegas is the least penalized team in the league, correct me if I'm wrong. G, help me here, so they're going up against a very disciplined team that won't. They don't take penalties like LA and they like La too. They have some very smart defensive forwards that can stop guys. Mark Stone is a selki winner who can also put the puck in the back of the net so there are some great matchups coming up and I think It's pretty much like this guys what else do you guys have awesome buildings?

Both atmospheres are going to be crazy, crazy, crazy, uh, no, no, we're not done yet because we're still a little overlooked by the hallway canes, we have to get to them. but a couple more notes on winnipeg hellebuck said: uh, he's not interested in a rebuild. I just want to compete. I had more fun in five playoff games than I did. Oh yeah, it's like a tie you have to chase, you can't replicate it anywhere else. except in the playoffs, he has one more year on this current contract, so he will be a UFA, uh, and one other thing, excuse me, uh, additional mention without backtracking in his quote, well, I don't know if you saw today that the Jets sent an email electronic. uh that a lot of people felt undermined Rick's Bono uh and he said in the email that the Jets got a lot of pushback against Las Vegas in the first round and then a bunch of excuses or reasons came up for why they did it, it's just nice. of everything, I would like to take their word, you know, and almost use it against them in a strange way, so it will be back next year, so we will see the organizations become an episode of the Kardashians that will tune in to 16 and Knocked Up Went Through Everything the drama and went upstairs hey so I actually went back to the Las Vegas comment uh yeah I was actually texting with Gary Lawless and he mentioned he said a little nugget for you so it'll be an appearance different for Edmonton.

In this round with the least penalized team in the NHL this season, the Las Vegas Golden Knights, just keep that in mind before you start celebrating and playing in the parade, yes, I know these are death wishes. Vegas, the least penalized team, I just hope they become such cucumbers out there, just make sure you have my 500 cents when the leaves hit the cats, not in terms of parasites. Carolina Islanders, I mean, the Islanders talk about zero offensive hits, you actually have to talk about them right now. I know I mean fairies, yes. way Carolina kills, you can't just hold the puck for five ten seconds, you have to move it, tire them out, they would just try the same thing, try to pivot on a stagnant power play and just dust off every puck there.

It wasn't a quick move, it was like, oh, I got it, let's hit the handle twice and then telegraph my pass to my partner D, okay, here he comes, oh surprise, that guy is breathing down your neck, he's in your shot. Lane, you can't make a play. and take it there, oh okay, let's get it down to the bars, okay, back to the other side and then above that are entrances to the Zone. I mean, finally at one point they made the entrance to the Zone where they kicked him against the wall and then took him out. some time and space, but throughout the series they just let Barzel go in alone, the other four guys are standing flat-footed on the line, he would skate into traffic, they would go stick to Puck, they would clean him up and in some cases they would end up scoring shorthand and goals because of that just up and what was the only goal they scored on the power play.

D to D shot through palmeri point. It was the game winner in the third period of the third game and that was the only Power Play goal they scored in the entire series was the point where they ended up having a closed-door practice to practice the Power Play before game six. and what do you know, shooting blanks again, yeah that five on one practice always works well. You're on a team and you're fine, let's practice the power play without assassins. This is an incredible murder penalty in practice. I mean, we just mentioned Winnipeg and a possible crossover.

You have to think the same for the island, since it's possibly obvious. You know they regressed from back-to-back Eastern Conference Finals appearances. You know 11 players on the team 30 years older, so I don't know, man, I don't know if the future is going to hold up, look at the moves. look at Devon Tave's moves, two second rounders, ouch, he looks like a poor man's Macar, now the way he can move and offer offense, um, I mean, I'm just trying not to be too critical, though on a rat Well, he didn't do very well when he came, uh, it's like Everly's comments like you arrive in a new city and you can't adapt, like let's wait and see what he can do in the next two years, but if it's something like that we saw in the playoffs, they are In trouble with giving him eight, as far as rebuilding time, I think it might be time for a new direction that you have to remember, man.

I feel like the Trots wanted to stay there and they wanted to move into management and I think they moved on. for him he left it because I don't think Lou is willing to leave the job so I don't know how much longer Lou will last if these are the kind of moves he is Megan, well, drinking Margaritas on his yacht, come on. Summer doesn't make deals for Carolina, my thing is that they just keep doing it, they have the three best forwards, there aren't three of their top four because now they're still playing, thank God for them, and they keep winning how many years in a row for the Hurricanes they advanced in the playoffs, I mean, I think I saw yardage and set an advancement record every year as a coach in the first five or six years or something crazy like that, only the second head coach to win a series in each of his first five. seasons with the same team, uh, Jordan, joins the toe.

Blake ever heard of him so he's pretty high company for Hot Rod there and in game 6 they traded Anderson instead of rad yeah because he was healthy and they did it in game 6 not game 7 , so big decision by him uh rat he hadn't started more than five consecutive games all season and I mean he only played about 30 regular season games so once Anderson was healthy and ready to play, it was to the new boy. a goal in that game and how about the way the season ends for the Islanders with that Pelich turnover and a greasy, greasy goal from the sideline?

Paul Stassney's goal-line goal simply embodies how the Islanders weren't boring. Don't play offense and that was Freddy's first playoff game in those three years. Biz too and a very oppressive stop of 33-34 shots, so Carolina moves on and now we have our Quick Picks, we're going to get to Charlotte, here we have four. mural series thanks for sending us those lines guys let's spend a minute or less on who you like and why Merles is going to you first Edmonton versus Vegas Edmonton is about a 78 favorite which is minus 160 Edmonton plus 140 Vegas Yeah, what's your one minute pitch?

The most difficult one, the one you come out of the doors with the most difficult series for me. I've been an Oilers guy. I love it. I love going to Edmonton, but I'm a Vegas guy. Vegas, I have to take us to Las Vegas. uh, but I want to see 97 play more games. I'm going to Edmonton and seven, okay, it was definitely less than a minute. Yes, but what do you have in this one? Well, I know Wit is going to Edmonton and I know Biz is going to Vegas Merle's. I just went to Edmonton, I'm going to Vegas, really, yeah, I know how many games I think it doesn't matter what it's seven and if it's seven, bro, I don't know, I don't get billed for this, she's on, you can do it.

I'll go, I'll come back, I guess I have no reason why um, I just think the way they dominated the first round, um, they'll feel good, they have some time to rest, yeah, Las Vegas in seven, wow, uh. I'm actually going to pick Edmonton, sorry, they're the least penalized team. Oh wow, not that that nugget matters against the greatest power play the world has ever seen. I guess it was stupid of me to mention it. I guess you said I log out, I should log out, I go back to my selection, Las Vegas, there will be a lot to handle, the least penalized team in the regular season, I'm not going to let Edmonton have as many power plays, but I feel like this is It's going to be the series where Seidel and McDavid, the biggest dynamic duo in sports right now, are actually the most dynamic duo since Pippin and Jordan Keith.

I've said it several times on the Pod now, I think they're going. to be a different Beast, I think the bottom six and all the other guys will even out, um, I think the goaltending is pretty, I even have a hard time believing, with the steam that Edmonton took there in that series against La, that something I'm going to stop McDavid from going for his Stanley Cup. I feel like now is the time and this is more of a coin flip, but I have to go with the busy instinct on this one and I'm actually going to say Edmonton in six games.

I love it I love Las Vegas I love a lot of things about them, I just don't know if McDavid and Dry Saddle can stop right now and I feel like there's a lot more gas left in the tank after what we saw in the first one. round I think it's going to be an incredible series I think these games are going to be unreal back and forth McDavid first overall Eichel second overall really found his game that he got in the playoffs he struggled in the first game and boom he took off um my Friend Bob Stauffer, everyone knows this guy, yes, the most prominent man in Edmonton in the Edmonton area.

They cannot and will not underestimate the Las Vegas Golden Knights, persuasive, healthy and much better than when they were in Edmonton. Las Vegas is strong in Downtown. they have D's that can make plays and know how to win, think about this, they finished first in the Western Conference despite not being in the top 10 in the NHL in goals, four goals against, shots for or against Power Play PK during the regular season. up front and good five against five, but I will tell you right now nothing stops the oil, nothing and I think there are seven and I think it will be back and forth and I think it will be one of those series. where if the least penalized team in the regular season somehow gets out of their game and doesn't necessarily take silly penalties, but instead takes them because of Edmonton's speed that sometimes you just can't handle, no matter what, in the offensive zone receive buzzing penalties.

He called it just it doesn't matter how good you are discipline-wise, it's speed and speed kills and that's why the Oilers advance in seven on the road, they win that game, yeah, I don't know, I think they're men on a mission in this moment I agree with you, I mean the goal. I don't know if it's a failed Versace, but it's also great, an incredible story. I mean, they fired him during the year and he's leading the steam well into the playoffs, but no. I don't know how Leon and Conor are going to receive penalties, if they receive any penalties.

I know that I know the least penalized team in the regular season, but yes, I will stick with the evidence and partly because I want to seeMcDavid. in the Stanley Cup Final, I mean, I think everyone does it, they want to see the best at the highest level, so I'll go to Edmonton, in six I'll go and we'll see what Mr. G., our producer, has got. What do you like friend? I had Edmonton and seven, but that Stauffer attack makes me think he has my head in a mess, so I hate to say it. I'm going to go.

I'm going to Las Vegas in seven. Sorry, you should have told Stauffer to send you the best text ever for the Vegas Golden Knights, he was the one who said they are a good team and they have a big test ahead of them, that's what he was saying . I just love it. the defense in Vegas too, yeah, Theodore Petrangelo, I mean, you can't beat that, how about the Ducks get rid of Shake Theodore Manson and Montour? That's great, it's a difficult job. Who did they retain? They kept someone in it. They kept Fowler and kept Lynn home for a while.

Lynn at home was there for a while. Where has she been since there was no Mansion draft in the expansion draft? They kept someone there. No, but did they keep Montour? um oh, when they left Theodore, you know, yeah, they kept someone. I don't know, it's a good question, I'm not sure, but we'll move on to the next series. New Jersey versus Carolina Jersey, a slight favorite here, even six, excuse me, oh minus 120 Carolina, even money Merles, what you have, friend, oh another, all of these are difficult, obviously, but uh God, after listening to Pasha , I was going to go to the Devils, but I don't think I can team up with that guy, he's too double, he's also like an apple right now, I can't team up with him, we were down. in Carolina for the outdoor series I'm going to show the Carolina fans some love I'm in the hurricanes in seven wow Carolina run seven KY what you got for us I'm going with the newt in this one I'm going to Carolina, um, I actually want to for Jersey to win because I think it would be an easier matchup for Florida in the Eastern Conference Finals, but I think Carolina just because of the way their codes, their depth, their um, you know, they obviously miss those big guys. their team hurts them, but they're a type of team that they can score on anyone, they've got guys like Jordan Stahl, Jordan Mart, um, you know, just guys that try hard out there, so I'm going to Carolina, I think I'll do it. they will. be able to slow them down a little bit, especially the way Rod, the body, trains, he'll notice and say Carolina in six.

Another thing about Edmonton I wanted to mention is that I'm always going to go. pick an X Factor in the series for each of these series and going back to Nurse Darnell, he's my beat Golden. gentlemen given the fact that the golden knights not only have those two incredible shot blockers on the left side defense and Martinez and McNabb, but they also have the offensive prowess of Theodore and Petragilo Bouchard can't be alone on an island, he needs a pair. other defenders besides Coleman Bouchard do it, they need, they need their three big dogs to make the money in the back to do it, so Darnell suckles my ex Factor and goes to New Jersey and Carolina um, I love Carolina, I love that way.

They play as a five-man unit, they press all over the ice, they have a great one-two tandem. Burns and Slaven are like the best closing pairing in the league overall, in my guess, maybe not analytically, but so far in these playoffs. It seemed that way with Burns also providing offense, but given Carolina's injuries at the top, I just don't see any way they can get past New Jersey, especially knowing that at some point Brat is going to show up, Palat is going to show up, Teemo Myers. They're going to show up and I think there are some other guys in that lineup that can also contribute offensively for the Devils that didn't show up in the first round.

In fact, I think they are going to come out on top in this round and I actually got the Devils. winning in six games, I'm with you, I thought you'd end up taking those Hurricanes and Lord knows my takes aren't exactly money, but I think Dev, what I just saw from the demons and the lack of depth for Carolina and the lack of scoring and a team that can match his speed I think the Devils win in five games I think the Devils are going to beat them I think they will travel to Carolina but what I just saw and the speed at which they play and the fact that he was a brat and Meyer didn't have a goal like I think the demons are going to take them, what do you have for us, buddy?

I'm riding Shimito the torpedo and I have demons in seven, yeah. I mean, they just beat you, amazing man, well, the best goalies in the league, Schmidt, this kid is playing like crazy right now and you know, I'm not sure Carolina's goalie can match that and I think. the loss of uh what's so terrified and uh who is Ajo and uh what's his name who's playing yeah because they can't say stretch I haven't tried but either way that'll catch up with those losses and yeah, Jersey with six men Just like I said, the fact that you got hit beating this guy Schmidt, he's got that taste of riding Kim Wood Ken right now, so I'm off to Jersey, here's my X Factor for this series if Sebastian Ajo can make it at the level of super stardom.

Although in the first round he was incredible, especially that tying goal he scored in the sixth game, he grabbed it out of the air and then added it with the bat. If they have a snowball's chance in hell of beating the New Jersey Devils, they'll have to jump. the likes we've never seen and go nuclear on them so he's my X Factor, if the Carolina Hurricanes are able to pull this off there's the weight of the world on their shoulders right now offensively no pressure next in Dallas and SeattleDallas. It's eight and a half two or less 200 Seattle 100 to make 170.

Mr. moral in Sweden, what do you have for us, my friend? On the otter train. I love Ottinger. I love Dallas, they have so much Team Speed ​​Heist. They get to the end, they can play 30 35 minutes like our guy Yan is here without breaking a sweat and, uh, I know I'm betting against Seattle again, but I've got Dallas. I'm going to Dallas in five. They're going to work quickly though, wow, 2005. Mr. Yandel, what do you have for us Dallas and four? Oh my god, I don't respect Seattle, no I know, I'm sorry, no I haven't had any respect for them. all year round, which I should probably do now, but I don't see it.

I think they beat a team that was vulnerable in Colorado and got hurt. Obviously I lost my car for a game. Hopefully Jared McCann can return, especially after drinking. a blow as ugly as that and after the great year he had but how he did, how he is playing the ottinger, I don't see it, no, I don't see them scoring many goals against him, I mean, I know. We mentioned the depth they have and the contributions throughout their lineup, but I just don't, I don't see them, uh, I don't see them solving Ottinger, so you said Popovski's return is a big thing for me that had me worried. a little bit, but with him back, even if he plays a little bit of a smaller role, just having him on the ice on the power play is going to be huge for them and yeah, like I said, Dallas and four.

Okay, what do you have for us, busy boy? I think the only thing that, with the lack of depth that Colorado couldn't do, was take down Seattle and I think Dallas is built differently because they have the acinet that they have. they have that Ace in the back, they have the superstars in the front, but they also have guys like Hawkenpaw, they have Mason's marches, they have Jamie Ben, even Max Domi, in a sense, can add that mischief. I just, yeah, I just said no. I know if you're paying attention and also the least penalized Las Vegas team in the National Hockey League all season, but going back to what I was saying before I was interrupted here, they just have that physical element along with all those other intelligibles What I don't think Seattle saw in that first round series against Colorado because they were missing the Lanniscogs, the Thechushkins and the bigger bodies like the Cadre, how much they missed Manson, those types of players are in the Dallas lineup right now , so I, I.

I'm going to say my X Factor going into this is Mason Marchman and I have the Dallas Stars winning this series in six games. What about Marchman? He is playing. It's a plan. He is suspended. It's actually Biz. He's X Factor. Oh no. Get mad because I thought of something new with the X factors for the second round. I like to give it life. 10 extra minutes of the program. Oh yeah, oh why say One X Factor? Each team is fine, so sensitive. I just said it. it was your It cost them a lot. I'm sure I understood that you beat the cup champion in seven games.

It's just an unreal streak and I think now you're running into a better team overall, with their depth and goaltending. and then Dallas and sex G, what we have, uh, I have Dallas and seven, uh, I think Seattle plays them hard. I think Seattle takes them in the distance, but I'm not. I'm a smart enough man not to bet against Jake Ottinger because of the way he's playing. Right now, so Dallas in seven, yeah, uh, Audrey is going to be too much. I think Dallas just had a little more depth, but you know, Seattle has that vibe right now, they're going to steal a couple games, but I have Dallas at six.

Seattle. fans, you should be very happy, we are absolutely against unbelievable, yes, seriously, bet the mortgage on Seattle, the last one is Toronto Maple Leafs against the Florida Panthers, Toronto, let's look at the eight nine, which is about 180 to make 100 to 100. do 160 in Florida Merles what you got, yeah this is another coin toss. I turned around after talking to you on this podcast. I'm a Leaf Sky, I like the Leafs. I love Toronto. I want to get to Toronto, but I started thinking. about their decor and how hard Florida pressed, uh, the Bruins Decor, the Bruins Decor are much better at moving the puck than the Leafs and they couldn't do it, so I'm going to care about, uh, Carolina Panthers.

Jesus, I have to get some sleep. Florida Panthers 7 By the way, here at 30 a.m. m. Florida Panthers in seven Florida in seven KY, what do you have? Yeah, I think we all know where I'm going with this one, hey, Biz, he's got the best one, him and Ace, um, yeah, I'm going. It's not because I'm going with the cats, obviously, I'd love to see Toronto move on, hate, hate to see it, it has to be against my cats and I can't root for them, but I think it's the way they played in the first round with the confidence they have after beating the best team in the history of the game.

So my former factor is Barkov, he didn't play the way he can play in the first series and me. I know what it's like, he'll be back in the lab yesterday working on his game, getting ready to have a bigger series and you can't expect much of a drop from a player like Matthew, who could rule out Sam Bennett, Sam Reinhard, those guys, uh . You can't write them off um or even say it was a fluke what they did in the first series because I think those guys are built for the playoffs so I'm going to go to the cats in seven uh it's going to be I think it's a great series , obviously, with high-level skills on both ends.

It's a lot of fun, fun hockey to watch. I sure got my X Factor. The state of Florida does not allow Canadian citizens to purchase tickets to the game. This little play right there, I mean, I don't even know if that's legal, but they got the capacity and we all know, I mean, that could have been fifty percent rent. Fans could be cheaper for them to fly up liquor. Give it a ticket to that game and then go to a Leafs game, but I think that's going a long way. I just think about the weight of getting through that first round and somehow finally playing Loose as a team and what Biz mentioned in terms of running and gunning. in Florida they are willing to open it, I think it's seven, but I think the Leafs get the win at home in game seven, Montero Trudeau will block any Florida Panthers fans from entering the Toronto rink and will have to get a shot reinforcement. for the new variant, the Kodak Black variant, no one from Florida will go there, they will have to spend three days in Pearson to get to the Kodak Black variant booster shots, that's where the gold bars went when it showed up, that's where They disappeared, um.

I just think the Leafs will adapt to the mistakes they made in the first series, especially knowing that Florida has this ferocious attack on their forearm. They will be able to surpass the Run and Gun even more than Florida. This will benefit Toronto, we'll see the center 4 activate like the Power Rangers do when they face whatever they fight on those dumb shows, um and the last thing I'll say is my X Factor because Matthew might shoot. and the big bad Panthers like to try to bully teams, it's going to have to be guys like Luke Chen and I have this weird feeling that he's going to come up and pull a rabbit out of his ass offensively where he's going to go. a couple of squeakers, it's going tohave a big moment in the series that will ruin everything and help the Toronto Maple Leafs win it and I think they will do it in seven games, it will not be easy, this is going to be a full-fledged War dubis has prepared for it they are ready to go to core 4 assemble the factor will be there come on boys and blue goalies leave school baby Mr.

G what you got uh I think I have a gentleman sweep uh I have Toronto at five. I think this is a light, light job for Toronto. I think, like we said before, Toronto didn't play its best series last year, the last series. I think Marner Matthews, all the big dogs like the core four, the core. four, I think they're coming to play and I think this is a very, very easy series for the Toronto Maple Leafs Jesus Christ, uh, I don't know, man, I think Florida has a clear kosher training advantage with Paul Maurice, he's been around since ever. spinning a little but not that much and I don't know after what I just saw Florida did to my team, plus I have a future with him through them, my last future 40-1, I'm going to Florida and seven why No, I'm not going to rule for the League clash, Keith, you have a future with him, yes, I have the last one left, yes, seriously, I do, the rest of them I lost in the first round, Boston, uh, L.A, Winnipeg, uh, Islanders and uh, that.

Is it yes, whatever you're going to do? Well, that concludes the series. We'll be done very soon, but today there was some great news from Calgary. The Flames are battling head coach Daryl Sutter. Don Maloney, the president of Hockey Ops. The interim general manager said it was clear to me that we needed a new voice unless there are winning trades, the maid and he said he interviewed 25 players, assistant coaches and prominent free agents to come to the decision, so I don't know, It seems like I rated Paul to do it after they let uh tree living go.

I don't know, uh, I don't know what they're doing up there, man, before, don't ask me, I don't know, Harvey the Hound must be on vacation. I haven't gotten any inside information on what happened, but you said it like the fact that they let the tree go because it seemed like it was one or the other, given the headaches it had to deal with throughout the season it's in. So. I don't think players should be treated like that on a day-to-day basis, yes, and you may have more to say because you're kosher with Huberto than I do without throwing you under the bus, but I think his agent already did. to some extent, um, yeah, it was time to move on, but for Sutter, his bag is secured, Chestnut Checkers, his deal hasn't started yet, two years at four million a year and he can go back to the farm, he's like Robin Hood.

Stealing a couple of new John deer from the retractors is going to have the worst tragedy. How much hay can you roll and sell and for that? How many heavy potatoes? How many yes, exactly right? John Deere with the tires hit my rides on a fish. Again, yeah, the fact that we talked about this for two three minutes and you guys didn't mention the bigger story. I hadn't seen Dawn Maloney in quite a while, the splashy hair, the hair dye job she's doing now. he was my GM, that's the most amazing thing, he looks like Eminem when he had the white, that's the biggest story, maybe in the NHL right now, Don Maloney's hair dye job looks like this , so basically he still at least still gutted it.

I mean, oh, look, she looks great, she looks phenomenal, she looks like she's 30 with that drop of hair dye, so, yeah, it smells like you later, Daryl, and honestly, the most important thing was I think that after talking to each player, each player was like basically afraid. Going to work every day like this guy made us so miserable and uncomfortable that I don't want to play for him anymore and the fact that Huby's contract didn't even go into effect, he just had the worst year of his career . that's something that's okay, we've given this to this guy, these guys get 90 million coming at him, wait, we got it.

I heard they did a Survivor style thing in the locker room where they put out his torch like they read. all the cards out of the box if that was the case yeah that was one if it was a one on 20 battle like Daryl coming out of it with a couple of stitches and a pitchfork what was the necklace they would get the The veto The veto necklace oh the immune the immunity oh yeah yeah he didn't have the immunity chain living tree he took it on the way out the final note uh Snoop Dogg has joined businessman Nico's bid to buy out the senator so uh Snoop could possibly be a no One chance Ryan Reynolds' team will get it and they will develop the entire downtown area and he will make another billion dollars.

There is no way, there is no way with the offer that is already a billion dollars for the Ottawa Senators and the PR that Ryan Reynolds could lead that team along with the fact that he is with a group of developers, they are going to develop a new rink downtown, they won't be on the rink in Kanata where they will be for much longer, it's not a big sustainable need. to get the party district back to Ottawa and where it belongs and I think Ryan Reynolds is getting it with that team and then all of a sudden he's going to take out a heavy tag to pay the Ottawa Senators but with a development he plays as if most of these owners were betting on the coyotes owners doing it uh who uh who owns Vancouver um Equity aqualini, I mean that's the reason he bought the team at the price he did when he did it, they developed the whole The area around that is where the Dallas owner's money is, didn't he also develop that whole La lifestyle in Dallas?

I'm not sure if he did it, he did it or not, but either way, Biz doesn't think ducking is a jackpot owner, uh, and one last thing about tickets, the secondary market isn't affected by that, so that if you're from Toronto and want to get tickets, you shouldn't have any problems getting them on the secondary market, that's who would do it. You'd rather have as an owner who you'd rather have as an owner, yes, snooper Ryan Reynolds. I wouldn't want to offend Snoop. I love Snoop, but I think the play is Ryan Reynolds through and through, like it's not even 100 and me.

Canadian, so I'm biased, what's up with snowball day? Okay guys any final thoughts you want to share before we end this long episode I was a little quick in all my

predictions

but me and the army will be in the game notes every day tomorrow at 12 Eastern we will have all the picks armies we'll go a little deeper into the series plus I'll give you a little more feedback on that and I'm sure these guys, given that their teams are in this, will still be showing up throughout the week and in the next two weeks, so thanks for having me Come on Oilers, okay, everyone have a great foreign foreign week