Bobby's Three Inches

[00:00:11] Hey everyone, Mr. Delva here at Danny Dannacle, three times down like a chance for the losers in the double. You're listening to the Uncle Puckers, and Jersey Devil's Podcast with Chris Dan Bobby and Tony, the Uncle Puckers, let's go Devils! What's up guys? How's everybody doing tonight?

[00:00:33] It's a little beating, I'm worried about you. Feeling good, man, where is it going? There's an eat. There's an eat? Yeah, yeah. What do you think, Florida's got this thing wrapped up? Hot, yeah. They're doing like an astrophobic in six.

[00:00:45] I wanted to pick five and I'm thinking that's not good enough. Now you think, and you maybe should have done the four. Yeah, you know, I think it's a little bit less than deserve that kind of disrespectful of getting swept, but look what's happening.

[00:00:58] Well, you know, let's talk about last night's game. That was game two. Yeah, Florida. We kind of even said it right. After the game one, Florida didn't really play their game and that was the game.

[00:01:11] And that, Martin was going to wrangle it off or you know, a win. That was the game. I wrote it. Yeah, that should have been the one to get them started. Yep. And then it just Florida just looked so damn good last night.

[00:01:21] But it didn't start off great great, right? First shot. Yeah. I kind of got a lot of characteristic Bob Roski was like, Way out of the net, which is good, but it somehow finally threw. Oh, I was thinking, oh, shit.

[00:01:34] You know, it's not going to be the Bob show tonight necessarily. And you know, Edmunds has got a chance, but they just kept grinding away. It's just, you know, there's no way to. I don't see Edmunds in having a chance of winning a game right now.

[00:01:50] I still see it. There are main super stars. She's can't get a gallon against them at all. It reminded me sometimes during the regular season, which is a bad comparison because it's regular season, I know.

[00:02:01] But when you see some of the things McDabe, it's doing impressive to watch. At the same time, you kind of feel like he's like trying too hard or doing too much. So we've seen Jackie that sometimes during a year where it's like too much flash and not enough,

[00:02:14] just kind of north south getting that vibe like he just wants it so bad that he's going outside himself. Yeah, and you kind of feel like Florida is thinking, Go ahead. We'll let you skate all over on the offensive zone. We'll keep everything to the outside.

[00:02:29] We'll lock up any passes, lock up any passes that you might make. And you know, you're going to have to beat us on an awesome individual play. And I had a shot right. He had that break away, which well defended. You know, but they're all defending.

[00:02:44] Or could have been called penalty. Could have been a penalty. Very sneaky stick between the legs to get the hands kind of deal. And Barovsky was there too, but I'm sure McDabe could have done a little something extra if he wasn't taking that.

[00:02:56] So like yet, like that's a team thing. There Florida did not let him get through. They got away with it. Get called there. Could have could have possibly possibly got a penalty shot out of it. I don't know.

[00:03:07] Is that is that common dry shadow, Connor McDabe, and how the one point in two games? Yeah, that's the best. And then with that, he says, Evan Rodriguez has three goals. And with games.

[00:03:17] Like this is what, you know, the depth is about this is what Florida to me and every, I feel like every game I watched them play off, they get better. Yeah.

[00:03:29] And they might be one of the best five on five teams I've ever seen in the pilot really think so. I really do, you're right. They get better during the game and I think the series goes to get better too.

[00:03:41] So I mean, this is bad news for Admit because they are amazing. Even Rodriguez, look at some of those goals. Yeah. I think the third, the last goal he had, the second in the game, that tip was beautiful.

[00:03:53] And it's like perfect, you know, as just I felt for Skinner because he was, you know, Holden is lead, holden is lead is best he could. And it was just like that them is not going to hold that they have to break. And you know what?

[00:04:05] I don't know if even Admit and girls, kids are going to save him from this one. Yeah. I just don't say. I think they're going out with Admit and I think they're definitely winning at least one of their games. Just kind of postpone the thing a little longer.

[00:04:17] But it does not feel like to meet up in the back now. I picked them, I'm not going to give up on them. They're still doing seven. Honestly, I wish we had eight games because I don't see them rolling off.

[00:04:26] You know, we're going to split this down and up in half or four. Exactly. But it's not looking at it really isn't there. There's something about it. And you know, I had mentioned going into this some of the specialty teams as one of the reasons that I said,

[00:04:40] although Florida was good too. It was a little misleading how well I presented the oil as penalty kill because although it was better in,

[00:04:49] you know, percentage wise than Florida had been killing off quite a few leading up to like they were getting hotter and hotter in the penalty kill. And I was watching it yesterday. Man, there was no room when they were on that penalty kill.

[00:05:01] Their box was so perfect and tight. Every time an Evan's in player moved off to the side, there was somebody right there in their face. It looked like magical. I was thinking about this last night. And you know, you guys might have an answer more than I do.

[00:05:18] But Florida owns them five on five right all five on five players taking place in Edmonton's offensive zone why on the power play when they are up a man can they not sustain that forecheck and get in there.

[00:05:32] And to me, I'm like, you're you're they have a one last guy and you're not doing what you were doing for 57 other minutes out of this game or whatever it is, right? I don't.

[00:05:44] And I'm not saying it's a little different is that there's an added pressure when you're on the power play because if any kind of turnover at all, it's going to get chucked down the right you know and. You really have that.

[00:05:57] This is more of a just thinking where we're five on five they know how what they're doing. They know how to tell you think maybe they're just kind of things. I just don't know if things should change if they excuse me it's my right pillow voice.

[00:06:10] If things should change in in Florida like why are you changing up your identity going into that power play just play the way you've been playing.

[00:06:18] I mean, I mean, somebody can't have to be a one on five so that has to be those PK too though it's it's high and that's what reason. But yeah, you know, that's kind of one of my biggest questions I've had just watching hockey in general.

[00:06:30] I made comment before in the show where I'm like, I'm watching the devil's final like no, please don't give a penalty like so much better with five. Yeah, it's weird. It's yeah, it's mending.

[00:06:39] Yeah, it's making it a little easier for to defend against it. You know, you don't have that pressure of the player of like I don't want to take this icing, you know, right that makes a bigger difference.

[00:06:48] So and then so offensively, you know, you just you can't you have to keep total possession it's hard to just, you know, and that dump in chase doesn't always work. I mean, for Florida seems to. Yeah, they know how to do it, man.

[00:07:01] They don't only do the Panthers anticipate or at least probably not anticipate probably more like just know what the other guys on their teams are going to do. I feel like they know what Edmonton's going to do with the pop before Edmonton does.

[00:07:14] Like they're just in every lane, they give you nothing. Yeah, and we said it before the series started like how far to play is frustrating the shit out of other teams and you saw it last night.

[00:07:27] And then McDabe had in the post game like, oh, well, we know everybody counted us out before, you know, we're getting no respect. No, did you scored one goal in two games? Like no one's counting you out. You're counting us. You're the reason we're counting you out dude.

[00:07:41] Like you've done nothing. Yeah, take what you want to rally, you know, McDabe. I got it. But I got, I got to tell you guys just about this point game two.

[00:07:54] If you don't have a similar feeling, so like 95, you know, we're just like there's nothing you're going to do now.

[00:08:02] We were at that confident the time because we're fans and you're living in dying by every play and you have to win game three first and then game four. But it does kind of have that feeling like they got you every turn.

[00:08:14] I think I know, I'm still technically rooting for those. I think Emmington takes it Thursday night. I think it's an overtime game. I think it's going to be like a two, two, three, three game.

[00:08:24] Emmington's going to end up getting the goal. They're going to, okay, two one and then that's it. I think we'll far to rally is the next two. They went in Florida on whatever day that Saturday and week from Saturday. I guess.

[00:08:36] I'm gonna be talking about this. And then they were going to start put me in there and the game is up. But then it's going to be an overtime. They're not winning a game in regulation, not against the Panthers. I don't think so.

[00:08:48] And it's the type of team like the Panthers, like you're watching them, and you're like, they keep this quarter together. This is the team that can compete for Stanley Cup next four or five years. Yes.

[00:08:58] Yeah. I mean, I mean, sure Bob's a little old, right? But not far past prime by. He's a man. Obviously not. Yeah, so he's playing... He's playing even. He's a few one in the finals on the losing. I'm a 82% in the...

[00:09:10] And you know that that goal, the one goal that I mentioned, is where do you know that pissed him off? Like, he's that one. That was what we got last time. So he's done his job and, you know, he didn't. And then that was it. Closed the door.

[00:09:22] You're not getting anything else behind. That's the amazing thing about it too. It didn't do what it was supposed to do. Open the floodgates, you know, bad goal on a great goal. He momentum where... You know, let's face it. Obviously they don't technically have to win.

[00:09:34] But you've got to win one of those two games. That was a real risk shot. You have nine out of ten, nine percent of the time. People in the teams are going to the first two games when it's done with the Cup. Yeah, that's... that's hard on it.

[00:09:45] It doesn't mean can't be beat. It can. Well, they really needed that game and you really needed to see, you know, when you got the best player in the world, you can't have one point two games.

[00:09:56] Well, you know, talk about the... all the questions going in the Edmonton into these playoffs right up until this final, right? It was mostly goal-tending, mostly their defensive pairings and stuff. But mostly it was on the Ken Stewart Skinner Winner Cup, blah, blah, blah.

[00:10:12] Stewart Skinner's done pretty much everything you could have asked for. And they don't win this cup and they're not going to win this cup. This is directly on their stars. I mean, right now you have no point, Connor McDavid has no points through two games in the finals.

[00:10:28] Like that's embarrassing. You know, they do... this is the best player on the planet. Well, no goal. You got the assist. I mean, they just... Deep zone assist too. I mean, that was the one time a chip out.

[00:10:39] As far as an amazing shutdown team and they're so good. Look what they did to the Ranger's top line, you know? It was guys were invisible, you know? Especially after a somewhat slow start, you know?

[00:10:51] They let the Rangers have a little bit of fun in the beginning and the series. But once they clamped down, man, they were nowhere to be found. It'd been an errands as big as you know.

[00:10:59] So, you know, it's probably people who are ragging on them for their lack of effort or also doing well. They happen to make David too, happen to dry side of them.

[00:11:09] You know, it's... I think that's just kind of a show that you got to why the old axiom is true. Defense went to championships, so that has that T&D offense down. Defense alone ain't going to do it for you because Florida's offense is just great

[00:11:23] and it doesn't in such a work been like way that I really respect that I love it. The grind they do... the support they got. Like so if you're on Florida and you see your, you know, goal has been great for you. Let it go like that.

[00:11:38] It was kind of like the exact opposite of what we saw with the devil's all season, right? We saw when there was a problem in goal-tending, it seemed like the team would go into a tailspin.

[00:11:49] One bad goal led to two or three goals in short order, you know, probably a couple of which were not the goal-tenders fault because the whole team's collapse and rather flared it just the opposite. Florida... they like, you know what?

[00:12:01] Let's just play in there end the whole time. And they took that pressure off and they made a skitter make a ton of saves before they finally broke through and they didn't give up at all and they didn't look shaken in that least, you know? It's all...

[00:12:14] It's all... it's shaky goal. They're not shaking. Every 31 other teams in the NHL when they look at their schedule and they see the MN2NLers everybody shuts their pants because you know about your info fight and they could score out will.

[00:12:27] And you're dreading being on a highlight reel of McDavid like all this. Yeah. The Florida is done to this team. It's just... it's crazy. Like I get in the... the... the Rangers were a great offensive team, same with Boston, same with Tampa.

[00:12:43] They all have weapons but no team has the weapon, Rita, Edmonton, and so you thought that would be a little bit tougher for Florida. It doesn't look like it's any tougher. It just looks like this is the game we play. We're not gonna be denied.

[00:12:55] We came in last year with that... like we said that kind of attitude like hey man, we were not even supposed to be here. Let's just make the best of it. Now that... not this year, this year they were the team to beat and I just...

[00:13:07] I am so impressed every time I watched them play. I just... I love watching them play. Like they are just popular. It's amazing. Every time... like they are... You cannot get the puck away from them.

[00:13:19] When they start their four check it's just like it's only a matter of time. You know, it did is where you down there. I don't think I'm so impressed. It's beyond the normal Stanley Cup excitement to watch the game.

[00:13:30] You said it and I think we're watching one of the best 5-on-5 teams to make a run like this. They are so good. They seem like they have no weaknesses.

[00:13:40] So like they could be the kind of team and this could be the kind of run that has effects on the whole league. If you're a strong keyf and others out there, are you looking at this going... I kind of want my team to play like that.

[00:13:55] Everybody's got a lot of confidence in their own methods. I'm sure they're not going to try to just copy wholesale what Florida has done. But you have to be paying attention. You have to be looking at it and wanting to analyze and break down why they're so successful

[00:14:11] with the style they play. And why that style looks so unbeatable. They've been against some good teams and they did a great job against them. People are going to take note. I don't think we'd be doing a job if you didn't look at their team and say,

[00:14:24] what can we take from... I mean, you have to. And they're getting a stack fucking good. They're opening everybody's eyes. This team is dynamic. We talk about buying a lot and we've all seen a lot of hockey.

[00:14:35] We see a lot of teams at a board and we still have a championship teams that have bought and this might be like the ultimate buying I've ever seen. From like a team concept it just looks so insane. Yep, you know. It's incredible.

[00:14:50] So you know, it seems like one of these things that they can keep it going as long as everybody is still on the same page. Which never lasts. Basically, eventually you're going to lose people. All breaks up.

[00:15:02] Right, eventually you're going to lose people to free agency to trade to people want and go other places. And eventually you're also a lot of times you get these guys where they start wanting to pad their stats. I want to, you know, I'm a free agent next year.

[00:15:17] I want more of this and more of that. And you can get that, but Florida for right now, they can keep their core and that buy in together. I don't see a team that is going to beat them. I've not this year, not next year.

[00:15:29] Who the hell knows one? They're not frigging good. So they do look good. You know, there were big favorite, you know, but let's face it. Carolina was maybe a bigger favorite. But yeah, they're, I mean, Florida's is better just better by a lot.

[00:15:44] And it's ain't all the gold tending issue. It's a big part of it, but I think it's more than that. I think they they have even a better team defense going. I think they have even a better sustained for check, which was that saying something because

[00:15:56] Carolina's pretty good there. Yeah. All right. Well, I got a question for you guys that I want to ask. But first, we are just going to give a little shout out here to draft Kings or hockey podcasts and

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[00:18:17] Rodriguez on the board, let's see what happens after getting three. All right. So I do want to touch a little bit more on that game. You know what? Yeah, let's do that first. Let's finish up with this game and then we'll go to double stuff.

[00:18:30] So like the two big penalties right neck aim right the knee on the from a Lister on and who did that? I don't remember who the I meant to imply or was like,

[00:18:41] Did you think that was a five minute major or should that have just been like a two minute penalty. What do you guys think of that one? I don't know. I didn't look very intentional to me but I mean, oh, that's not necessarily what the major factor is.

[00:18:55] So I'm going to wrap them kind of lean in away from the five minute major. Yeah, I just remember at Phil's feet going kind of like you tried to get away and then sure when you stole it down things with way different.

[00:19:06] So yeah, it didn't like he didn't move his leg away as fast. Maybe as he could up. I didn't think it was like a blatant for a knee but overall I guess I was kind of okay with the penalty. I think it was all right.

[00:19:19] I was okay with the penalty. I would have been okay with the two minute but like you said when you watched it, he didn't pull his leg back. He was. Yeah. So that one okay, you know, let's listen, Ron and came back. So no big deal.

[00:19:32] The other one too was the the clearing attempt that went over the boards from the defensive zone. And we'd whether or not it crossed like I saw that. And then when at first in live speed,

[00:19:46] I was right with whoever to play by play guy was I was like now he was in the neutral zone when he flicked that out. And then when they rebounded, no, he wasn't but when they explained it and they slowed it down.

[00:19:56] And they explained that it's not when you accept the puck. It's when the puck leaves your stick. But he was that puck did not get off his stick until the stick. The blade of the stick was over to blue line at least that's how I saw it.

[00:20:11] What do you guys think on that? Yeah, I think that was correct. I think it still stood but that's really to take out the game. Absolutely. You know, I look here's the thing.

[00:20:20] I don't know about this rule because there's going to be some negative consequences going back to the old world. This is going back to the old way, but all in all I would think I would rather do it.

[00:20:28] Just remember the rule is kind of saving you those really boring plays with the guys just chip in it out. You know, could you possibly leave it somewhere in the middle where you got rough discretion? Now that's going to piss some people off too.

[00:20:44] But remember with that hanging over their heads they are less likely to purposely put it out. So if the ref says intentional flipping at a puck, a lot of guys are going to do acting jobs, especially even though a whole mice about like, What this is ridiculous.

[00:21:00] You know, this was obviously not intentional, but sometimes you know, just at least that threat hanging over their heads because with no threat think about it. Every time it gets a little dice on somebody's chucking it over the glass. So I don't know. I don't know about this.

[00:21:16] Okay, first of all, at the very least I think that it should be an offensive zone face off right? Like I don't want to adopt like a soccer rule but it's not terrible idea to have like a warning because you think about how much time

[00:21:28] just happening in a game where it's an actual penalty. So I think we're never getting it right? Right. So they go soccer with the yellow card grid card type thing like, okay, that's your one happens again. You get too many penalty at least.

[00:21:38] It would kind of put it in their minds a little more because I just think it's actually not a bad idea. You're going to be a piece of the food or anything. I know, I get a lot of points. Like some version of it.

[00:21:49] But that is exactly just that it doesn't happen a lot right? So it's not like this is something. So if you're going to get one freebie again, you use one freebie again. Yeah. And you have six defensemen, not to mention a forward. You can do this too. Right.

[00:22:06] In rotation. So I don't know how you feel. That would be the glass about 20 feet. So we can't do it. You know what to put it in. It's a feeling. Come back to now. It's a volleyball. It's amazing.

[00:22:18] You play a regular task is, and then we can control them. Yeah. When you play a regular rank, some of them have like fairly low rafters. And sometimes the puck will hit it. And it always made me laugh when like everybody clearly saw it hit it.

[00:22:32] But then the rough, it's less like a date the game over with. Right. And so we're playing like basically Wallyhockey. Yeah. I mean, you know, all four objects and stuff that really are in play.

[00:22:42] Well, didn't we have that in a game, a double game a long time ago? I could be completely wrong here. But I'm almost positive that we're playing Carolina. We had a penalty to they publicly.

[00:22:56] And the plays down in our end and a Carolina player had it like right at the bottom of the circle in our end. And he went and flicked it. You know shot it back towards the point. Right.

[00:23:07] Banked off the boards and went into the empty net for a goal. Yeah. I think that's definitely, yeah. That happened with us. But I think we can all agree that is a very stupid penalty. But I don't know how you fix it.

[00:23:20] I don't know how you stop them from going out. You're willing to go back and just see what it's like. Right. Maybe it won't be that bad because I do hate the calls. I do actually never being a big problem because I don't know.

[00:23:32] I think you know right. It was just another one of the things that they're going to get more offense. Like some of the things they did made absolutely perfect sense that can't be being judged forever.

[00:23:42] Like if you're the if ending team take it a penalty, there's going to be an offensive draw. And the other's little like why did they take us 80 years to figure that one out? That seemed like a no brainer. This was another one of those.

[00:23:51] Well hey also hey if we do this we get more power plays, more power plays, more goals. Right. I don't remember being a big problem. Kind of with Dan. Like maybe it could be discretionary. Like nobody had a problem in unpires and baseball every in discretionary.

[00:24:02] You knew they're going to get some shit wrong. And if ball in choice, which they do over and over and over again, they get wrong you know.

[00:24:09] If we're going to just go back to something that is like he said an empire or referees call if we had to pay. I'd rather change that off sides to just making it the referees call if they might miss it.

[00:24:23] They may want to insist that that's what I'm saying. Definitely that was so rules. Those two rules challenging the off sides and the flick over the boards and your defense of zone that drives me absolutely right. You know the off side you're talking split second stuff.

[00:24:37] Yeah right little easier to be discretionary call where the flipping over the board and guy could literally be doing that to stop play. And that's a hard kind of discretionary call. Well yeah, what you guys do guys like that you think we should keep.

[00:24:50] Well kind of challenges you want to make sure a coach can challenge a goal. Well yeah, I think that a you know goal ten or interference or something like that. I'm fine with you wanting to know. I'm going to go to the cross in the line.

[00:25:02] I'm always like kind of upset the way they totally disregard the sanctity of the crease. Right. That's never coming back. People liked offense. I get that.

[00:25:14] But then now it's gotten like you know that the pill has been moved and you know now we're literally pushing goals in a net. And we know it was almost a factor a couple of games ago. Yep.

[00:25:24] So like yeah that I would like to build it a review of that goal ten or interference. I feel like the graphs missed at all the time and then they they think they go down and option again because you know it's usually in a pile of humanity.

[00:25:37] And yeah, so I'm with you on that. Like one of the newer rules that I really like is that you can't change if you rise to the park. I like that you cannot ice the park and then go for a line change.

[00:25:50] And it's going to cut down in an ice. Yeah, and you know you're paying for it. So if you just keep on iceing that park and you're on the app and then I'm into yesterday. They were out there for like two minutes.

[00:26:00] I wanted to when they think in the third period. But like yeah I like that. I love that they took the bread. They all the second two line passes away like that was. Yeah. Thank you. We didn't need two line passes.

[00:26:15] You know, that's another thing about like our trap when we played it like how much. Because it when you play a trap now it is boring but it's nowhere near as boring as when you couldn't pass through two lines.

[00:26:26] You know I mean that's to the huge weapon again.

[00:26:28] Well, yeah, whatever you want to call it they want three you know you basically played the levels would play their entire game in you know the neutral zone like that was it and just push it to the offensive zone.

[00:26:40] But yeah, like that again written that two line pass. I can't believe they even ever had that. Like that to me is crazy. Why would you ever have a two line pass? You do look back on it right and be like, wow. Yeah, do what that.

[00:26:52] So the question I do want to ask you guys. Oh actually let's just finish up with the disc game. The dry saddle here. Yes. You know, I'm sorry. I did never thought that. We had a dry saddle was a dirty player in any way shape or form.

[00:27:07] That was a dirty fucking hit. I don't know. You know, you're a human. But whatever that you can look at that and say that he was not going out to intentionally hurt bar cup. The dude left his feet stick up right in the jaw.

[00:27:21] Probably gave him a fucking percussion and he gets nothing. It gets nothing now. I understand the logic doesn't mean I fucking like it because I don't. I understand the logic of we're not going to suspend a top tier player during a Stanley Cup final.

[00:27:37] We don't take out top tier players. It's my hate. And if you make David took that hit, do you see a world when does that not call? Absolutely no. No, no, no, no, no, no. I don't like that. I don't like that. Matthew the trucks suspended. Yes, suspension.

[00:27:51] I'm going to follow with that. But at least not. I'm going to name. And that to me is bullshit because that that is as fucking flagrant as that's Jacob Troopa type ship. You know, I mean, if you didn't show them, you know, like forever,

[00:28:06] Edmonton will say that penalty, that suspension cost us to Stanley Cup. That was, you know, I don't, I don't give a shit because that was number one. It's not. It's what's warranted, you know, but you know, maybe that's part of the pressure.

[00:28:21] This is, this is a do or die game they're facing and you're going to take out. Joyce, you know, like their number two player there, that is going to have a huge effect.

[00:28:29] So that's like, well, you don't like to, to, you know, come in and change a game. If you really have good intentions as officials and, you know, that HL and Charger, suspending people. And this would not only do that, it could change all series.

[00:28:45] Like I get the pressure to let it let them play, but I don't like it. The safety ship though, that needs to be consistent. It needs to be black and white from the regular season through the playoffs.

[00:28:54] Everybody knows you get to the playoffs and a lot of those little things that are happening on the regular season, like how I'm actually finalizing. I think it's a better brand of hockey quite frankly, but the safety ship head stuff needs

[00:29:04] on these things like that that has to maintain consistency. So it should be suspended. Right. I think it's kind of unfortunate that like, oh, it's because it's dry side. Well, that's why they're not doing it.

[00:29:14] Because I think everybody agrees if it was a fourth line or from Edmonton who did this, that he would get suspect. Would you go to the bar just say that he would get suspected of Edmonton with up to nothing? Yeah, you know, I think it's possible.

[00:29:27] That yeah, if this was not going to break them, have any chance to come back and game three. You know, I think they might, they might have done it. I think it was definitely about the player and where the suit is at.

[00:29:39] I think so, but I really hope that bar power is playing Thursday night. And I know, and I think that if he is in the lineup, I think that Edmonton just really pissed off a sleeping giant there. And I think they didn't have to know.

[00:29:53] You got that he gave you a hard time in these first two games. And he's going to be out for a mission, but I just, that was, what were you thinking dry, solos? See they said, I've never seen him do shit like that. So what the fuck? Yeah.

[00:30:09] I'm easy that frustrated this early because if you really are confident in your team, I know you're about to go down too nothing, but you shouldn't be that flustered yet. The levels player you are. Like, I've got to sit there and they already go home.

[00:30:21] We're going to turn this thing around. Yeah. That's that that's how the frustration just shouldn't happen. And the frustration is I think honest, like you heard, and you mentioned McDabe would say, oh, you know, people are kind of sad this net. He's protesting too much. Yeah.

[00:30:35] He's speaking of what he feels is happening right in front of a. Yep. And it's also been away. I'm sure dry sound feels the same thing because they're just being so while played. They can't get around that fact. I get it. So the frustration is real.

[00:30:48] I don't think we talked about if he did that, if they're up to there's no way. He takes that penalty if they're up to no. No. No. Let's also understand one thing again. I know where the Panthers are in this series, but everything is definitely a team where

[00:31:02] the whole life's advantage is really going to help. There's a lot of teams where it's important, but maybe not as important. For that team, I really do think that's really the easiest for that player. Two minutes. Two basic points and sets it.

[00:31:15] So again, for that reason, let's give them the next game and then see what happens there. They wouldn't want you to ever know, I'm not counting them out. I'm just telling you I've watched a lot of hockey. I don't see them winning in it. Yeah.

[00:31:26] I still got a hopeful one. I don't even. So let's talk a little bit about the doubles. Yeah. So I just want to quick question. Who would you like to see on the double roster right now going in the next season? Take that next step.

[00:31:43] You know, you watch a lot of these players in these these series. I'll play off some especially now the final. And like I watched certain players and I'm like, I we have guys that can kind of play like that. Like I look at Sasha Barkov and I'm like,

[00:32:00] Nico, he should can play this game. Yes. Nico, he sure is so he's the guy that I'm think I want to see him take that next. I understand he's not Sasha Barkov. I get that.

[00:32:11] But for a player who's been the league seven years now finally has some consistency around him. I want to see Nico, he sure take that next step.

[00:32:21] Not only as a leader with the sea on his chest, but also on the ice and becoming that well rounded 200 foot player that is recognized throughout the league for being that freaking good. And I think Nico has every intent and tangible to do that.

[00:32:40] Just I want to see him put it together. Stay healthy and put it together for 82 games. And I think yeah, that along with that will help him in his captain's scene growing into it when he can become that guy.

[00:32:54] And I think he can but he's the dude that I'm looking at saying I want to see what he can do that. He should be up for the selfie every year if he's like, you know, reaching his potential on your chest. And what about you guys?

[00:33:07] Well, that's a good one. That's definitely true. I think there's a lot. Now are they ready to pop? I don't know but if they did it would be so good. Some guys who were kind of like, you know,

[00:33:19] didn't have the best year last year but had maybe held some great potential and I think still do. Like, Mercer is one of them. I was thinking of he could be a huge game changer. If he regains his format two years ago and beyond, you know,

[00:33:33] like it becomes what I think he can be. I don't know if that's as likely as I think it's made me more likely that he sure turns into what your opening does. Boy, you know, really up. Well, I mean, he sure such a problem in playing.

[00:33:49] I totally get where that's coming from because you can, like, he's already had an upper echelon player. So if you can find that next year that would be like, phenomenal.

[00:33:58] I'm going to go somebody who's far further down the pack and really hasn't had an impact on this team yet. I'm just really high on. So I think if a guy like known for a came in and established his game on this team,

[00:34:11] that would take this thing very far. That would be a great asset to this team. I don't know what type of player is going to be yet really don't it? Didn't you play last year, lunches up in the year before?

[00:34:21] I just know what he's supposed to become and I'm really excited for that. So in some of the defense, you know, we saw some amazing brilliance, but definitely uncooked, not quite reliable and he's in an image. And so like if they come on into their own,

[00:34:38] which may be premature as well to expect that right now. They've lost my mind. I'm like, you're here for a year. Right. But then again, fruit is happier. It's not home now. I think that he's in an intro going to have really good beers next year.

[00:34:53] I think you're going to see a bit of an upgrade in there. Yeah, I'm just so excited. And now we got a coach right up. Yeah, we got our final assistant coach. Who's his new? This is Jeremy Collatin. Yeah. We did not throw up.

[00:35:09] I'm going to make sure I was a pronunciation that name correctly. I do really run correctly saying that. He seems like a really good fit. So he's going to run the forwards and the power play. Let's see.

[00:35:23] He was recently with the Abbottford Knups in Vancouver for the HL. In the past few years, he's got 80 wins, 50 losses and 14 ties. This is from Jim's negligible. I'm a hero of this article. I'm just kind of citing this. I took him to the call.

[00:35:37] They took a couple of times. He was actually the head coach of this Cago Blackhawks for parts of four years. I hope I'm in 2018 through 2022 at the time. He was the youngest coach in the NHL.

[00:35:51] So I went back and kind of looked at Chicago because everyone knows they were pretty much Finastic for a while. And I wanted to see kind of what he did coming in because his record wasn't great. The Chicago's record was 87 92 and 26.

[00:36:04] But I'm starting to look at it in 1516 Chicago Blackhawks have 47 wins. In the 2016, 17 C is in their 50. In the 2017, 18 Cs and they had 36. And that is mid year when Jeremy came in, take it over for Cranville I believe. And then in 2018 in 1932, we were in some in 2024.

[00:36:27] So they were already under dissent. You know what I mean? Coach Hens fired. He comes in and tries to do the best to can. When he got the call up, he was actually in his second year with their HL team.

[00:36:37] And he had taken him to the Western Conference Finals of the HL the year before. So he does have a winning category. Stan Bowman said that his greatest asset is the fact that he's a really good communicator.

[00:36:49] And then he understands his player and their caliber on the team. So you know, nothing but high praise from a lot of people. He was actually drafted to the HL 2003. It's just funny to make it. I'm like the last time I was standing up in the campus.

[00:37:03] I was just getting drafted. That's exactly what he's year by the out now. If you would fit the overall, which is that that's the second round 28. And he was a big guy, but he always scored three goals to assist in like 57 games.

[00:37:18] So you know, NHL career didn't work out. But he's got some other minor league coaching that didn't really pick up on. But overall, I think he had any connections to Keith. I was wondering about that. Did he have a line in the other team?

[00:37:30] Yeah, not that I know. So I would assume this was kind of an interview process with several candidates. Again, it's a pretty good record the 80 and 50 and 14. And you know what, coming from the Vancouver system. Right?

[00:37:43] We saw how good Vancouver recently got a lot of times that springboarded by. You know, you're going to play us in the HL too. So I don't know how much I've rolling had in that. But hopefully he's just got the.

[00:37:54] You know, the right touch with the function again, Philips and power plant. That's a big responsibility. And we got a lot of talent on the team. And if he's going to stick with, you know, Keith's kind of plan to, you know, build a team behind their skill.

[00:38:08] Like the skill would be the skill, but then we need actually have an identity. He's going to have a huge role. So they'll take you to big gamble on this guy. I work where we out with the defensive coaches and the goal of coach.

[00:38:20] Everybody else has the thing that we're just, we're just doing that. I was very, I thought he'd talk to everybody, right? And decided that it's really good. And it's really good. I surprise your goal is getting to sign it around in this goal coach.

[00:38:38] But, you know, all right. Yeah. I agree. It does seem a little bit like that being great opportunity to get somebody else in. You do have to look back at, you know, the cards we've had to play in the last several years.

[00:38:52] Whether it be younger guys or guys that came in and it's like a herthing to play. I mean, he texted have a good year last year. He was kind of who he was. I think before he got here anyway and then nobody could save him last year.

[00:39:05] So yeah, it is interesting. But so got wondering about the defensive position too. I would like to see some major improvements there. So you know, I guess we'll look back and see like how much the head coach has to do with that if we're

[00:39:20] keeping the rest of the person, you know, be a controlled experiment. And any scummel but on our goal-tending situation, Bobby. Well, you know, as everybody knows we're on X for example, we don't tend to, you know, put our thoughts out on it too much.

[00:39:37] But we do like to see kind of what the fans are thinking from both sides and it just seems like crazy as most of them are.

[00:39:43] Yes, we do like there's just this it's an amazing divide about how these people, you're either it seems like you're willing to give up a lot for especially the Marks from for example. Right.

[00:39:54] And so we're talking about the fact that they're on the fence and see their lazy to give up the tenth for a guy like Marks from or that's enough to give up the tenth for a guy like Marks from.

[00:40:04] And it's just amazing how divide is you don't really get into, and I guess it's just a platform right at social media it's different and it's just typing confidently.

[00:40:13] But you don't see many compromises, you don't really see like a conversation about how it could work or why it wouldn't.

[00:40:20] And it's just pretty hard and fast yes or no, you know, Tony said it on the last show, gold and he's 100% rye gold tenders are like gold right.

[00:40:29] And if you're sitting and and look we it's the same three guys that we have been talking about for a year now right. It's Marks from its source it's all Mark and who's it going to be and yeah got some capital you got a good drop position.

[00:40:43] You have assets that you can move and get one of these guys, but like I said before right gold tenders are like gold you're standing there holding a giant pot of gold you are not going to give it away.

[00:40:54] I think devil fans have to come the first of all don't have a short memory. Let's remember how horrible our gold tending was last season and then also let's go back two years ago and remember how horrible our gold tending was in that second round of the playoffs.

[00:41:11] And then just you know it got compounded into last year it was one of the worst in the league it was absolutely terrible.

[00:41:18] So no matter what if the Tom Fitzgerald has his heart set that we are not going to get a guy in three agency we're not going to trade we're going to trade for gold tender we're not going to go and sign somebody.

[00:41:29] And this is these are the three guys I want one of them understand no matter who it is is Marks from we think maybe you're going to give a little bit less up for all Marks or else you're going to give up more for no matter what you're getting fucked in the ass.

[00:41:43] Like you have to understand that you are going to over pay doesn't sell free there's no right so if it mean how many teams are going for these guys like 80% of the league you know what I mean like there's.

[00:41:55] These are the second tier guys let's say behind really only about maybe five more guys ahead of them in the league so you know like people are going to.

[00:42:05] And there's definitely a contingent of fans though that are trying to simply say I'm not saying we can't give the 10 frown pick I'm saying it's got to be for the right.

[00:42:19] And you know that is that is actually the best way to think about it right like it is if the message that people are trying to convey is not that I wouldn't give up the 10 frown pick.

[00:42:34] And then the traffic from goalie it's more about which going or in our case we probably prefer to be more of other pieces than just the no.

[00:42:43] But now I think if the this is the hill that that confidence share is going to die on it's one of those three guys and the number 10 pick is gone all right I think that that that is the starting conversation I do not want to over pay for a full tender.

[00:43:00] But I know no matter what you can't come back and say we look at the draft value church the devil's got hoes done this trade the devils are going to get hoes on the trade it just a matter of is it just the tip or you take in all eight inches because that's really what's going to happen if you.

[00:43:18] And so Bobby three if you're selling with you know, Mark's term you're probably can get away with just the 10 pick and Mark's room is a good goalie he has term we got him for two years I don't give a shit about the number 10 pick.

[00:43:34] I don't care this team's ready to pop right now. I don't and I understand it could be a great guy that in two or three years is going to come in and take this team to another level.

[00:43:44] I have zero interest in that don't care at all about that number 10 pick get a fucking goalie and you know if it's Mark's going to go for three consecutive years just doing it in how.

[00:43:56] Like I'm not ready to throw it into the doors as hands I'm not even saying doors will never come up but we have a like you said a team that I believe the pieces are there.

[00:44:07] We made a big coaching change commitment to turning this team around and what is the biggest position that we have had a failure and it's cool to think.

[00:44:17] So like it's crazy to not think you're going to pay for that you have to pay for it and I think it's gladly spent like you know. I really great what are we going to do with it.

[00:44:28] We have also the three of us even I think told us on the show too we've also debated the different types of trade scenarios for goalie and which goalie and I'm pretty sure there are some scenarios where way more comfortable having a tenth in a situation with like an all-mark and you know future contract versus.

[00:44:46] If it's the number 10 and a player that's not on this team right now I'm fine with that for all-mark and that for soaros but am I if it ends up being the tenth and murser for all-mark. I don't want to do that.

[00:45:06] I understand it and of course I'll you know have to live with it if that's what happens but I don't want to do that.

[00:45:13] I don't want to give up on a guy who's got a very high ceiling like Dawson Mercer for a goal tender when I feel like we are probably not losing the whole out there if it's marks from or not losing the whole lot there if it's Lorenbers Waw.

[00:45:31] I think he's a very valid option maybe the best option in some ways as far as I think he's the best option just because we don't have to trade for him. He's not talked about as much as those other three. I talked about it all.

[00:45:45] I wonder if that is because he painted himself into a corner with some of the phrasing he used like big game hunting and all that other shit people on your own shit right yeah expect that it has to be because you go and sign a free agent for swat to a four or five year deal for a four million dollars a year.

[00:46:04] I don't know if that constitutes that's maybe.

[00:46:07] If the public it does less but I mean look at what look what we're weighing them against we're not it's not proven Stanley cup champion that we're I like these guys I think they're all good and I understand putting them you know a slightly ahead of for swat but we're not talking about.

[00:46:24] I'm just talking about the last key you know some of the absolute at least so it's a lot of rosski in there I think right now. How much do you think you lose then if it's more extreme or bers law.

[00:46:35] Exactly honestly if I really believe that you're moving up considerably when you go to bers law and if you can't win with him then you know you have a problem.

[00:46:44] Now look I might eat my words if we got ourselves to like a conference final and we're outdooled by one of those top guys and just saying you know what.

[00:46:53] Maybe if we had all mark and he puts in a great series we went here you know you could look back like that.

[00:46:59] But this is the guy who's do more than his share to get you into the playoffs to get you deep into playoffs I think that's a very fair assessment of him.

[00:47:08] So let's prove in those guys a little bit but actually his numbers are in many areas better although smaller sample size and.

[00:47:18] You know I like it I think it's a good fit for the doubles right now between money left over you'll have the you know potential price for him and the numbers he gives you I think he's actually the best value out there and he does meet meet the requirement of a.

[00:47:34] One of the best goal-tending options available today. Yeah listen I've said before I'm having a hard time you know getting back on the tales of the original calorie train I just I.

[00:47:48] I'm just not feeling that one anymore and the best one thing is really come up to me for the assumed term that they can get.

[00:48:06] So where we put a lot more this money now that means ahead you know listen all honesty the 10th goes and we get them home and we got solid goal 10 thing.

[00:48:16] It's all really looking for but yeah I just but personally I have I have for all of my said it before.

[00:48:22] I could look to take any of the four really it goes out to I'm kind of like they're right there too like I'm kind of at the point like let's just welcome get it done already.

[00:48:32] Now I don't you guys surprised and then I guess you are you just said it right like your surprise that pers laws names not brought up a lot like I don't hear his name brought up at all no like I get he's played less games but I mean yeah.

[00:48:47] I don't know I don't see this bad thing here I really don't it's not he's played no games you know and you know again if you have other we know that there are other parts on this team that.

[00:48:58] Tom Fitzgerald wants to upgrade and maybe maybe that number 10 pick can be better suited to you know take care of some other problems I think we need at least two super solid top tier defense of defenseman or I don't care what we get we have big problems and we're not going to go far.

[00:49:19] So I really believe that those things like you have to look at them together if we don't get so if it helps at all you know with your goalie picked to also get those top tier defense when we did it whole rundown a bunch of options for defenseman.

[00:49:33] Then I think you know you're really doing it the service I don't care you put marks you are all mark where we want back there if we don't make some upgrades and defense. We're going to have a problem. I don't do it.

[00:49:46] Yeah I mean we do know like you said the the ask for price for the goal is just going to be high because they know they can do that to us.

[00:49:53] So it's easiest way is turn the screws back around and say no we're going to put that 10 from pick. Number 10 thing.

[00:50:02] In some other area and find out going another way but I do understand I think Dan said it a bunch of times I think that because of the statement fits Joe made because of that reasonable loan I just think.

[00:50:13] Optically it doesn't like it's going to work but for me. Marchions he's just not the big game hunting to me it's all more going to buff if you're not going to go for a visit.

[00:50:23] Yeah I agree and I hope I'm wrong hope Marchem comes in here we got two years term and it blows us away or at least. Does the job he's supposed to do and then somebody else can come up and take a shoot as in a couple years.

[00:50:33] Take a marcher will be very good for this team. I'm sure would. I don't have any actually I'll be honest with you I feel more confident of having a consistent Jacob March from over. Lina's Omar.

[00:50:48] I just that they now kind of worries me about Lina's Omar is the fact that he has always played a very even split to goly rotation and when he kind of got.

[00:51:01] I mean we talked about it last year in the playoffs first round against Florida they moved off of that rotation they wrote all mark they lost in seven so I'm not saying that's on Lina's Omar.

[00:51:13] But it's something that we did discuss like if they were to stick to that rotation and keep swimming in on his second or third day whatever it was would they have been in this position.

[00:51:23] And they kind of did it a vision but Swamon was able to get them further.

[00:51:28] Get them to the second round so Lina's Omar I like but I can't stop thinking that Lina's Omar is more of a product of the system in situation that he was in a very Boston more so than he can just be a number one and carry your team.

[00:51:46] And so for that I'm more on the side of Marks.

[00:51:50] And the guy of the three who gets talked about the least not as less as the Swamon is so us and the conversation on him that has gotten me annoyed as I read stuff was fans commenting is you know you see small and it's like just stop with that.

[00:52:05] Right look the truth is he will be one of the last goals of that size in the league. The reason for this is that is the way the scouts have gone and now they just don't make it up and I don't mean to NHL scouts.

[00:52:18] I mean everywhere up and down. I'm not saying that's not happening but he's going to be more than the inadequate for this team. I think it's a good option too. Yeah, it's a good point.

[00:53:21] He's proven it and again I think that would go with Soros over Omar again for that reason that he has more freedom. Yeah, he doesn't need more fun to watch. I really don't. Yes, he's got a smile.

[00:53:34] I just think out of the three guys you're probably giving up the most to Nashville if you were going to go get Soros. Yeah, that's going to be a problem. The Barry Trots problem. Yeah, the Barry Trots problem.

[00:53:46] He knows what he has and in better pay top dollar form and maybe a team will. I mean like you said who's looking for a gold tender? I mean Toronto most likely right Carolina or Lines of the possibility us.

[00:54:00] Sand I mean LA I'm talking about teams actually are looking to maybe make a playoff push on a momentum. I don't know they let I like skinner in this. I like muscle in his bed, but I wouldn't be surprised if they go after him. I don't know.

[00:54:13] I mean Skinner I think he's I think he's there's I think they're comfortable with him. I do. So Austin I could be job and he's done it.

[00:54:21] Yeah, I could be wrong but I mean like out of all the teams that made the playoff this year most of them have that number one goalie. Like that's the biggest you know look at the final floor right you got Skinner yet.

[00:54:35] So just a certain you got on during pro bossy like these guys play a shit load of games. They're only you know Skinner's probably the least of the guys but he played well this year.

[00:54:46] I mean he's a little leaky here and there, but we don't even have that. And you know we couldn't even get that this year. You know like it was never the VTEC comes in and he has three good games and one you know clover.

[00:55:01] We've never got off the mount. We could not start doing it. And we ever string three wins together it happened once right. Why do I think? Whatever. Yeah, we're never more and so they may just show you that nobody got hot including the goal Tigers.

[00:55:15] It's easy now like I sit here now and you know the big game hunting's there and I get greedy too and I started thinking but I can go back to so many.

[00:55:22] You know podcast where we're saying I just want to consistent professionally to stop that one more goal. To prevent the floodgates from opening up. But so many things could have been different. It could be more extra.

[00:55:35] It could be you know, it was why I could be so many people. We have as soon as I know we got somebody stop. I mean what we were calling for all year I think Jake Allen gave that to us. I really do.

[00:55:48] I didn't take Allen came in and did exactly and he was you know, Jake Allen is not his best years are behind them but he did what you needed him to do. He made the big saves when he had to. He would stop the ones that are stockable.

[00:56:00] Yeah, he's not as a pandemic like when we made those moves finally it was too late but it was a great good set of moves to do you know and that's an earlier. Another thing that's not being brought up at all is cobble cockin' in. Yep.

[00:56:14] I don't know if I'd hate that. If it's just okay we're gonna run it back with cockin' in an Allen. No he can't do it though. You can't do it because of the year but in any other year if we had a normal you know,

[00:56:27] I eat successful year made to play off, Lawson around or whatever it is. It doesn't look terrible. I was a ball fan of that guy coming in and he showed me. I'm so good. He didn't himself in the corner when he said that's crazy.

[00:56:40] I don't understand that he thought he'd forgot that he already traded for gold tenders that maybe want to leave options open. Right. You just basically said I'm getting rid of these guys. Watch everybody. I mean that was silly.

[00:56:52] The worst stupid, you say we're gonna explore every possible gold tending avenue that there is. We always look up and it's Allen did there in the mix and we will see what happens. That's what you say.

[00:57:04] When you say that and everybody's mine automatically goes to who has one year left on term who's expendable, who can be traded for okay it's these dudes and let's just fucking run with that. First thing you're saying if you're that player. Yeah. You're not very much.

[00:57:20] You're a little bit. If you're caught, I gotta get out of here. Maybe you send him a fruit basket because he got you out of San Jose but now he's gonna go find a fucking job. Right. And I think he played badly.

[00:57:32] I don't think I mean Allen got more games than he did great but I'm not sure what I'm going to have. Yeah. I was just gonna say that. It's the only shot out this fucking team had all year. Who is against anybody remember?

[00:57:45] How do I forget our uses? It was a bad age. It was a bad age. Afternoon game. Oh. It was against a rival. A metropolitan. A vice. I'm a nurse. I'm a nurse. This is a special game. You can't hear me. I said it three times.

[00:58:04] It sounded like a mix had room. Yeah. The island. Oh, it was the island. Yes. Sorry guys. I said. All right. You guys just didn't hear me. Yeah, it was you forgot. Yeah. I mean even that.

[00:58:18] I wouldn't be so if you're gonna upgrade this defense implement a team defensive system. Yes. Hoping in and Allen puts a face. Absolutely. I'll give it a go for others. Believe me. They don't see why he said it. Yeah. I don't either.

[00:58:37] If he didn't already annoying Allen as the one being and we were just simply going into this year with Captain as our P and whoever else we get, I'd be fine with that too. But if you were going in with Allen and talking in, I feel good right?

[00:58:50] I mean, I could see why better, you know, you would definitely want to look at what would have cost me to get an all mark of mark, stramos or a sin and first one.

[00:59:00] I can see I you definitely got to explore that and say, but if you know that because we're talking about how crazy the price of, you know, we got this inflation when we go attending right now and it will be so hard. Yeah, exactly.

[00:59:13] I believe it will bomb. But inflation, I go tend to this is real. And if it's so high that those four dies even are gonna hurt your team. Can't do that would be fine with Allen and you know,

[00:59:24] especially like you said, if you don't have your heart set on that number 10 pick and you say, I'm going to use this for a stud defenseman. I'm going to use it for stud middle six or not like that. Hey man, it just makes this team better.

[00:59:40] So it's going to be interesting. I agree with a lot of stuff that Tom Fitzgerald did, but I do have to say that that was an extremely stupid comment. It was the exclamation mark on a year full of bad decisions. Yeah.

[00:59:53] It really was kind of the culmination of and that was when he thought he was writing it to you. That's when he finally came out and said, yeah, I understand when to perform. I went out business net. But let me just screw it up one more time.

[01:00:03] We're quick, we're going to leave. You know, like when you're like fall asleep in class and the teacher asked you the question, you're going to have been listening for 20 minutes. And you're like so you just like overcompensate by telling some crazy story.

[01:00:17] I don't know. Well, here's what I think and you don't even know what is going on. And I felt like that. Tom, we haven't heard from you. You know, we nothing happened with anything this year. And now you're going big game hunting.

[01:00:29] Okay. You know, it was like, you showed up late and then you just went overboard. And yeah, I don't know if you're overcompensated like that. Yeah, it's funny because it kind of leans into this year's offseason comment for the devil's offseason,

[01:00:43] which is I know what we need to do. If he knows what we need to do with fixed steam, and he knows we probably don't overpay for a goalie because we need a lot of shit. Yeah, we're very far from being a farer canter.

[01:00:58] So you also do quit yourself under the microscope more by saying that, I know exactly what this team needs. And now you don't know if the press is ever going to get them on this though. No, never going to ask him a question like this, right?

[01:01:13] No, you think it was useful to say you were going big game hunting for gold tender. You know, what was the point in that? How did it help your team to publicize that? I think that's just the bottom line is Tom Mason learned restraint.

[01:01:25] And he needs to tow the line like every other boring GM has said for all of you because they say it for a reason. Yeah, and right. And half of the time it's because it's freaking true.

[01:01:34] You really should be looking at all options all the time internally, extra. I mean, what if Captain came in and just blew the doors off, right? We talked about that. And you really made that comment.

[01:01:45] The guy gets four shot outs and goes, you know, eight for eight for eight and three. And then he goes ahead and say that. League of officers didn't even get the details on the trade before.

[01:01:54] Fridge Joe was saying that, you know, he's basically just a piece to get Vanetech off the books. And he's not going to be here next year. Yeah, it was a bit disrespectful. And hopefully he does land somewhere next year.

[01:02:06] And he has a good season because I did like them. And I did seem like he liked playing here. And it seemed like the guys really liked them. So, yeah, I mean, I'm super happy, like just even going into this year, like knowing that J-Gallons there.

[01:02:19] Like that makes me feel a lot better. I was a security. Now it wasn't secure and now comfortable at all last year going in with Vanetech and Schmidt. Like it just that was the giant albatross. Like what the fuck's gonna happen?

[01:02:32] I was at least for the regular season because I believe the what I saw the year before. And I know what happened the second round. I mean, the first with the footflop in the goal is no way that I was going to be that bad.

[01:02:42] I mean, nobody thought between all two of them. We'd be 30 seconds only like that. Yeah, yeah, three goalies and you couldn't do anything with all three of them. But a lot of it does come down to what Dan said.

[01:02:55] And that was the fact that the team had a 10th pick-up. A tendency to ruin goalies last year. It's just what they did. We definitely need to fix that. All right. Well, we're a little over now.

[01:03:10] So we're going to wrap this thing up and got my daughter's nice school graduation from one of them. It's exciting man. Very good. And big day. Yeah. And that's it. Yeah. I'd say it's an incredible thing.

[01:03:23] I can't believe how fast times gone because we were sitting there last year. I mean, it's weird because it seems really close and really far away. So I just flew on by. I really hope we get to watch the devil's lift and other Stanley Cup before we were

[01:03:38] It's all set and done. Oh yeah. We got three in the first 15. Maybe we'll get the next. Yeah. That's the game plan. And we're going to wrap it up for tonight wherever you're listening to us a like if I star review a positive comment down below the subscription.

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[01:04:34] I don't know that's like throwing one lineers. I, he's the best, you know? They're thinking this stuff out. I want to know what they have to say on this. Absolutely. So you guys know who you are and then we're talking to you.

[01:04:44] So yeah, definitely drop us a line and we'll be back later on this week. We'll see. Let me see it because out. Maybe not. I can't leave. I can't leave. I can't leave. I can't leave. I'm not sure. It's not over. It's not over, Johnny.

[01:04:58] Let's start a new one. It's over, Johnny.