The 2023 - 2024 New Jersey Devils season has ended with a whimper. The lost season can finally be put behind us and Devil fans are grateful. The boys discuss a few head coach options.
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[00:00:00] NJD Podcast, Uncle Puckers
[00:01:30] We didn't score a point a game with 81 points in 82 games.
[00:02:00] Everybody was giving him every opportunity to get back in his playoff race down to the day they were eliminated.
[00:02:08] It's definitely disappointing, it makes you frustrated with the team as a fan.
[00:02:13] I'm sure many double fans are frustrated and you want change, you want something better.
[00:02:19] You know what's so concerning to me is part of the reason why I wanted Lindy Ruff fired,
[00:02:26] especially as early as I did want him fired.
[00:02:30] Partially because I felt like the team was not playing hard for him.
[00:02:35] He added a lot of things that I didn't like, I didn't like the way he was actually coaching,
[00:02:40] but it also seemed like he could not get anything out of his team.
[00:02:45] So a new voice in there and I don't know if that was Lindy Ruff,
[00:02:50] because they're playing the exact same way even worse under Travis Green.
[00:02:54] Is it just this team has no fight in them? They just don't give a shit.
[00:02:58] I don't want to believe that.
[00:03:00] You know the first, I don't know, handful of games, four or five, we were giving credit screen.
[00:03:04] There was a difference in their play. Maybe they weren't winning as much.
[00:03:07] But then they just fizzled out.
[00:03:09] It looked better and then yeah, completely fizzled and there's more injuries to come.
[00:03:12] But yeah, you're right. I mean, what is it?
[00:03:16] I don't know.
[00:03:17] Could not shake that shadow.
[00:03:19] Maybe from all season long, all the excuses that were built in that you'd hear from everywhere,
[00:03:25] from media, eventually from their own coach and GM about injuries, injuries,
[00:03:31] and all these reasons why don't worry about it.
[00:03:35] And it just seemed like they had time all season long to turn things around
[00:03:40] until it became ingrained behavior.
[00:03:42] And at that point, they could not really get out of the habits
[00:03:47] that they formed all year long.
[00:03:49] Watch the broadcast.
[00:03:50] How worrisome is that to you?
[00:03:52] Very. I think though at some point, especially down the stretch from Travis Green on,
[00:03:58] after an initial little shot in the arm, they fell back into that
[00:04:03] and they basically threw the season away.
[00:04:05] Which is real shame when you look, hold on a second,
[00:04:08] you guys had a chance to limp into the playoffs, yes, maybe get bounced the first round.
[00:04:14] If you just would have kept some intensity up, you know,
[00:04:17] but I think they purposely, you know, just, they just could not find it within themselves to believe, you know,
[00:04:24] comes down to something that.
[00:04:26] Yeah, exactly.
[00:04:28] Became a habit.
[00:04:29] I really hope that's not the majority of the makeup on the scene
[00:04:33] because they're not going to do shit moving forward.
[00:04:36] Yeah.
[00:04:37] I don't think it's the majority.
[00:04:39] I mean, at least not from some of the guys, you know, that will label us the core again.
[00:04:43] I mean, for my money, you know, Brad's been the engine the last 30 days plus.
[00:04:48] Timo Myers, he can do when he's healthy.
[00:04:51] Jack was hurt, hurt all year for the most part, which everyone kind of knew.
[00:04:55] Do you know?
[00:04:56] It's more of a, you know, our core engine was trying to pull the fucking train,
[00:05:01] but we just didn't have the supporting cast.
[00:05:03] I think there's some of that.
[00:05:04] I think Dan's right though too.
[00:05:05] I think there's something in their head about that belief mentality
[00:05:08] like the team we saw last year that would score two, three goals
[00:05:11] in a couple of minutes to tie it up when it forced overtime.
[00:05:14] No quit.
[00:05:15] They showed sparks to that this year where they could do that.
[00:05:18] But like, look at our track record with the empty net, right?
[00:05:21] I mean, that was ridiculous how often we were scored on it and didn't wind up scoring
[00:05:25] when we had our goalie pulled.
[00:05:27] Real interesting stat from Bill Spalding last week.
[00:05:30] I forgot to mention it was maybe when there was like three, four games left.
[00:05:33] I think I know the style you're going to say.
[00:05:35] Yeah.
[00:05:36] At that moment he was in minus 23.
[00:05:39] And Bill Spalding said he's a minus 22 when on the ice for empty net goals against.
[00:05:44] Wow.
[00:05:45] Because they're putting him out there to basically do the impossible.
[00:05:48] Yeah.
[00:05:49] So you take those away and the kid was a minus one after all that this year.
[00:05:52] Very impressive.
[00:05:53] Yeah, it really is.
[00:05:55] It is.
[00:05:56] His play has been impressive all year and there has been bright,
[00:05:59] you know, bright patches this year.
[00:06:02] Just when you start talking about how, you know, just it wasn't out of reach
[00:06:08] for anything other than the fact that they just didn't go get it.
[00:06:12] You know, it was all there for them and they were,
[00:06:15] if they were playing up to their potential out of them,
[00:06:18] the Islanders, the Penguins, the Red Wings, Philly, even Tampa,
[00:06:23] I would say the Devils were the best team out of them.
[00:06:26] Like if they just somehow found a way to get their shit together,
[00:06:29] they'd be third in the Metropolitan Division right now.
[00:06:32] Yeah.
[00:06:33] And they'd be going into the playoffs to face Carolina
[00:06:35] and we'd be feeling really good about the devil play because they had that potential.
[00:06:40] Now I know Jack's injury and everything else, maybe just this, you know,
[00:06:44] maybe this just isn't the year and it wasn't, but like,
[00:06:48] maybe we just need to chalk it up to just bad luck circumstance, shitty,
[00:06:52] everything and move on.
[00:06:54] I don't know, but the fact that like even last night,
[00:06:56] your last home game and that's what you put on the ice for your fans.
[00:07:00] Like that's fucking embarrassing.
[00:07:02] It is.
[00:07:03] Definitely some chatter about the fans who went that weren't very happy with that.
[00:07:07] Yeah, and you know, I get it.
[00:07:10] You know, you watch them all season long, you know, you get out to these games,
[00:07:14] you come in there and that's the effort you see.
[00:07:17] I understand.
[00:07:18] I'm not saying I'm the kind of person who's going to boo my team.
[00:07:21] I never have, but I get the idea.
[00:07:24] I mean, in a way we're kind of, you know,
[00:07:27] going over exactly what these fans are booing about.
[00:07:30] So we totally agree.
[00:07:33] Very frustrated.
[00:07:34] People spend a lot of frigging money to go up to these games.
[00:07:36] Absolutely.
[00:07:37] You know, you don't mind seeing a team lose your boys lose as long as it was a good game
[00:07:41] and they put it out there, but so few times this year,
[00:07:44] did they really play a complete 60 minute game?
[00:07:47] Yeah.
[00:07:48] Too few times that they look like, you know, they even gave a shit.
[00:07:52] Like once things got, and maybe I think a lot of it is what you said, Dan,
[00:07:56] like the just ingrained mindset of, you know, just we can't do anything right.
[00:08:03] And, you know, it just, you know, why bother kind of thing?
[00:08:06] It's not a why, you know what I'm not saying they click.
[00:08:08] Even when one or two things go right, you feel like,
[00:08:11] well, the third thing's not going to go right.
[00:08:13] You know, you saw that.
[00:08:14] They could never string wins together.
[00:08:16] These games at this down the stretch to blowing the leads in the third
[00:08:19] loan and lead and almost blowing a three goal lead against Ottawa.
[00:08:23] I don't know how to describe it other than something psychological where you just,
[00:08:27] you know, you're bringing that negativity into a situation when even
[00:08:32] when things are going good.
[00:08:34] They didn't even have like a sample to fall back on and say, hey, last month
[00:08:38] we won five in a row.
[00:08:39] Remember, like they didn't even have that.
[00:08:41] It's always been one step forward two steps back.
[00:08:44] It's got it.
[00:08:45] It's got a dog on you after a while.
[00:08:46] And this team just has to grow up a little bit, I think.
[00:08:49] And, you know, get the right supporting cast around the guys.
[00:08:52] And, you know, it's going to be the conversation going forward.
[00:08:56] It's a coach.
[00:08:57] It's a goalie and it's supporting pieces and let's, you know,
[00:09:00] try and get this thing going.
[00:09:01] I wonder if some players are thinking others are maybe a little
[00:09:05] deluded about their play and their contribution and they feel like
[00:09:09] it's so broken that way that that's part of the negativity where
[00:09:13] that's something a good coach can come in and call the individuals who
[00:09:17] need to have their shit called and straighten it out.
[00:09:20] Exactly.
[00:09:21] They feel like somebody's in charge because this has that negativity
[00:09:23] where it's also like, you know, who's at the helm of the ship?
[00:09:27] And I feel like, you know, Travis Kreme wasn't it.
[00:09:31] They had a little bit of a bump when he came in, but I think
[00:09:34] that was more about just, you know, okay, we've blamed him.
[00:09:37] Now he's gone, but, you know, that didn't last very long.
[00:09:40] I kind of feel bad for Travis Kreme to be honest with you.
[00:09:43] Oh yeah.
[00:09:44] You want to put them in no man's land.
[00:09:46] Yeah.
[00:09:47] You know, he comes into a situation.
[00:09:48] It's an impossible situation, you know, like because it wasn't
[00:09:53] just that we had guys underperforming on the team.
[00:09:57] It was the system in general and I think that Travis Kreme
[00:10:00] probably knew that and, you know, probably wanted to change a
[00:10:03] lot of things but also saying I only have 21 games.
[00:10:05] Yeah.
[00:10:06] Like how much am I changing?
[00:10:07] Like we have to just try and radically different system.
[00:10:10] And then just trying to get everything, get the best I
[00:10:13] can out of these guys and, you know, they didn't, I think,
[00:10:17] I didn't, I wouldn't have enough to limp the playoffs actually.
[00:10:20] Yeah.
[00:10:21] And I just think the team didn't live up to their end of the bargain.
[00:10:23] You know, I think Travis Kreme kind of did the best he can.
[00:10:25] Yes.
[00:10:26] Literally the only thing that would have worked for him going
[00:10:29] forward was a run that showed, okay, he got this team in
[00:10:33] and gets a plan.
[00:10:34] At this point without that, like I can't see any scenario
[00:10:37] that he's hired for this team.
[00:10:39] The last week of the devil's play assured that Travis
[00:10:42] Kreme is now completely out of the conversation of devil's
[00:10:45] head coach.
[00:10:46] There's just no chance.
[00:10:47] Yeah.
[00:10:48] And then you get a new coach and, you know, they love to pick
[00:10:49] their own staff.
[00:10:50] I mean, I'm sure Kreme's a great hockey guy but they might
[00:10:52] keep him along in some capacity but probably not.
[00:10:54] No, they won't.
[00:10:55] You know, they'll fire everybody.
[00:10:56] I mean whoever comes in, let's say for a Sega argument
[00:10:58] and it's not going to happen, it was Kreme.
[00:11:00] I still would clean house.
[00:11:01] Like, you know, whoever comes in needs to just completely
[00:11:03] start fresh to get that new vibe going.
[00:11:06] Very hardly ever does any head coach in any sport come in
[00:11:09] and keep people.
[00:11:10] Yeah.
[00:11:11] It's just they bring their own people in and that's it.
[00:11:13] And that's how it should be.
[00:11:15] You're firing the head coach because, and nobody else was
[00:11:17] doing their job either, you know?
[00:11:19] You gotta get a new voice in there.
[00:11:21] So we did our little goalie watch.
[00:11:23] You want to do coach watch?
[00:11:24] Oh yeah.
[00:11:25] Coach watch 2024.
[00:11:27] Coach watch.
[00:11:28] Yeah.
[00:11:29] Five guys here.
[00:11:30] All of them I think an upgrade of where we are right now
[00:11:34] but, you know, I got some info about them
[00:11:37] and let me know what you guys think.
[00:11:38] The first one is Craig Barubi.
[00:11:40] So Barubi coached in the league for eight years.
[00:11:43] He did two in Philadelphia, six in St. Louis.
[00:11:46] In 2018 he coached 63 games when he took over for the blues,
[00:11:51] took them to the cup.
[00:11:53] He was fired also this season after 28 games.
[00:11:56] They had a 13 and 14 record.
[00:11:59] So he finished coaching.
[00:12:02] Where am I here?
[00:12:05] With 543 games.
[00:12:10] He won 281, he lost 190 and he has 72 overtime losses.
[00:12:15] His winning percentage as a whole is 0.584
[00:12:19] and his playoff winning percentage is 466.
[00:12:23] Okay.
[00:12:24] Then I mean I like Craig Barubi.
[00:12:27] Yeah, we've been floating a few times this year
[00:12:29] as like, you know, somebody who's kind of a more stern,
[00:12:33] you know, runs a tight ship guy.
[00:12:35] You know, we were talking about maybe the need for a guy like that.
[00:12:39] Right.
[00:12:40] And his numbers aren't great but at the same time he,
[00:12:46] a lot of pieces were taken away from St. Louis
[00:12:49] the year after they won that cup
[00:12:51] and when he had the guys on the team
[00:12:54] he got the best out of them and they won a Stanley Cup
[00:12:57] and this team has a lot of guys.
[00:12:59] So it is kind of thinking, you know,
[00:13:01] hey he's already done it once before
[00:13:03] and he might be a really good dude behind his bench.
[00:13:06] And as a refresher that was December last place, right?
[00:13:12] And into the playoffs and won that cup.
[00:13:14] That was saying that was correct.
[00:13:15] Yeah, he took them, actually brought them up from last place
[00:13:17] at Christmastime to second in their division
[00:13:20] and then going all the way to the cup.
[00:13:22] They got that high so they were...
[00:13:24] They gave, you know, Bittington a lot of the credit for that.
[00:13:27] They brought him up and they sat Jake Allen
[00:13:30] and they brought him Bittington
[00:13:32] and he was ridiculous at that playoff.
[00:13:35] And it wasn't like a run like the Panthers had last year
[00:13:40] where they got hot, you know, a little bit, a lot later
[00:13:43] and then just had that remarkable run.
[00:13:45] Like they just went from playing really bad hockey
[00:13:48] to really amazing hockey overnight
[00:13:50] and then they just ran it, you know, right through to playoffs
[00:13:53] which is pretty impressive.
[00:13:55] Would have loved to get them in the minute
[00:13:57] so the day they fired them this year.
[00:13:59] Yeah, right now he might be tied with, as my second guy
[00:14:05] on this list.
[00:14:07] So next guy is Jay Woodcroft
[00:14:09] who this year just got fired from Edmonton.
[00:14:12] So he's 47.
[00:14:14] They hired him, Edmonton hired him in 21-22
[00:14:17] and they fired him this year with 38 games left.
[00:14:20] I'm sorry, they hired him in 2012
[00:14:26] when they only had 38 games left
[00:14:28] so they fired whoever was their coach at the time
[00:14:31] and they brought in Jay Woodcroft.
[00:14:33] Actually, it might have been Todd McClellan that they fired.
[00:14:37] So, and they brought him in Jay Woodcroft with 38 games left
[00:14:41] and he was fired this year, 13 games into the season this year.
[00:14:44] Now if you remember Edmonton was having a horrible 13 games
[00:14:48] but that when you look back at it, it's kind of crazy right?
[00:14:52] 13 games, yeah?
[00:14:54] We went all out, you know?
[00:14:55] Started the season.
[00:14:56] I mean, I guess you really can't doubt it.
[00:14:58] It worked right?
[00:14:59] Edmonton's been playing awesome since but...
[00:15:02] We should hire him and then fire him 13 games in.
[00:15:04] That could work.
[00:15:05] That's the way to do it.
[00:15:06] So he hasn't coached much, you know, 133 games,
[00:15:10] 79 wins, 41 losses, 13 overtime losses
[00:15:14] but he does have a 6-43 winning percentage
[00:15:16] and he's 500 in the playoffs.
[00:15:18] So that's Jay Woodcroft.
[00:15:23] I'm not sure how I feel about that one.
[00:15:26] I don't know if he's a guy.
[00:15:27] I don't know enough about him.
[00:15:28] Besides his numbers, his style, I don't really know.
[00:15:31] Yeah, zero about his style.
[00:15:33] I mean, what kind of style coach are you
[00:15:36] when you have to coach David?
[00:15:37] I don't know.
[00:15:38] Yeah, fast.
[00:15:39] I mean, if he likes doing offense, you know,
[00:15:42] but maybe that could be good for us.
[00:15:44] I mean, his style too, like, you know,
[00:15:46] what type of coach has he come off as?
[00:15:48] Is he a best friend?
[00:15:49] Is he a hard ass?
[00:15:50] Like, I just don't know.
[00:15:51] I guess, you know, if he had some success
[00:15:53] up until this year, coaching McDavid,
[00:15:55] you know, he seemed like, I guess,
[00:15:57] he got along good with the star players,
[00:15:59] which is something that is a dynamic now on the doubles.
[00:16:02] So I don't know.
[00:16:03] That's true.
[00:16:04] There's a plus if I'm looking for one.
[00:16:05] I don't know.
[00:16:06] I feel kind of ambivalent about him,
[00:16:07] but I don't know him very well.
[00:16:11] Well, this guy, you know, is Mike Sullivan.
[00:16:13] Right.
[00:16:14] So 11 years coaching, two in Boston.
[00:16:18] The last nine he's been in Pittsburgh.
[00:16:20] 2015, 16, 16, 17, one cups.
[00:16:24] Yeah, 834 games coached 445 wins,
[00:16:28] 274 losses, 15 ties and 100 overtime losses
[00:16:32] with 603 winning percentage.
[00:16:34] And he's 528 in the playoffs.
[00:16:37] So the best numbers so far.
[00:16:39] Yes.
[00:16:40] A lot of that with a quality Pittsburgh team.
[00:16:42] Yeah, that was some of the best years
[00:16:44] for Pittsburgh.
[00:16:45] But really got the best out of those guys.
[00:16:49] Like Mike Sullivan is a damn good coach.
[00:16:52] Oh, well done.
[00:16:53] Yeah, I think him with the Devils,
[00:16:55] I'd be fine with that.
[00:16:56] I mean, there are a couple of guys
[00:16:58] that I'd like to try and get before him.
[00:17:00] But if he was the guy that Fitzgerald settled on,
[00:17:03] I'd be totally fine with that.
[00:17:05] You would say he's got Bonafides
[00:17:07] with the two cups?
[00:17:08] Absolutely, man.
[00:17:09] Yeah, exactly.
[00:17:10] You know, he's the only one on this list
[00:17:12] with multiple cups.
[00:17:14] I feel like that's kind of a prerequisite.
[00:17:17] It is, right?
[00:17:18] You got to have that cup experience, you know,
[00:17:22] because that's what we're looking to do now.
[00:17:24] So right now, we have three guys total that have cups.
[00:17:27] Only two have gotten the cups as head coaches.
[00:17:30] The third, Todd McClellan got his cup as an assistant coach
[00:17:33] with Sullivan and Barubi.
[00:17:34] So let's just take Woodcroft off.
[00:17:36] We're not going to be happy with Jake Woodcroft, right?
[00:17:38] Yeah, I mean probably not.
[00:17:39] No, not in that company.
[00:17:41] So the next guy, like I said, was Todd McClellan.
[00:17:44] 16 years as a head coach,
[00:17:46] he was in San Jose.
[00:17:48] He was with LA and Edmonton.
[00:17:50] San Jose, he had a 637 win percentage
[00:17:54] and he was 484 in the playoffs with the,
[00:17:56] I mean that's what the sharks with the Kings.
[00:17:58] He was at the 550 winning percentage,
[00:18:00] 385 in the playoffs with Edmonton
[00:18:03] for four years, a 508 winning percentage,
[00:18:05] a 538 winning percentage in the playoffs.
[00:18:08] So Todd McClellan's numbers, regular season
[00:18:13] from every franchise he went to steadily went down.
[00:18:17] So his coaching performances had dwindled throughout his,
[00:18:21] San Jose team was the best,
[00:18:23] Kings were the second best, Edmonton was the worst team.
[00:18:26] He's got a ton of experience though,
[00:18:29] 1144 games, 598 wins, 412 losses, 134 overtime losses.
[00:18:36] His career winning percentage is 581
[00:18:39] and his career playoff winning percentage is 477.
[00:18:43] Interesting.
[00:18:45] Now, McClellan has a lot of experience
[00:18:49] and he's got a lot of,
[00:18:52] he was very highly regarded in the NHL
[00:18:56] and amongst other players and other coaches
[00:18:59] and by the numbers just behind Sullivan I guess?
[00:19:02] Yeah, I mean he's gotten, they won a cup,
[00:19:05] he was with them when the Kings,
[00:19:07] he was the assistant coach with the Kings
[00:19:09] when they won their cup in I think against us.
[00:19:12] So I really like Todd McClellan,
[00:19:16] I really think that, you know,
[00:19:19] he had some really good King teams
[00:19:22] and really good Edmonton teams.
[00:19:25] I like them.
[00:19:27] He's got experience with fast teams like you guys.
[00:19:29] Yeah, and Bobby I know you don't know much about him but...
[00:19:32] Yeah.
[00:19:34] I mean, I can't get the warm fuzzies from him.
[00:19:36] No, you're not interested.
[00:19:38] Initially, I mean I know we're going to get four or five here
[00:19:40] and I'll probably have to rank them in some way
[00:19:42] and just initial reaction right now is probably not my top three.
[00:19:45] But that can change.
[00:19:47] The last guy on this list
[00:19:50] already should be out of the running
[00:19:53] because he does not have a Stanley Cup as a head coach.
[00:19:56] So we probably shouldn't even talk about Rob Brindemore.
[00:20:00] I'll make an exception.
[00:20:02] Let's talk about him.
[00:20:04] Yeah, so like Rob Brindemore is
[00:20:07] I think every devil fan's dream
[00:20:11] head coach right? Like who do you want as a head coach?
[00:20:14] It's Rob Brindemore and you really don't say anything else.
[00:20:17] He's a unicorn though, so you don't mind saying it
[00:20:20] because you're never going to have him.
[00:20:22] Can you clone him?
[00:20:24] I think there's quite a few other devil fans like
[00:20:27] as a devil fan you never really enjoyed the Flyers
[00:20:30] right? Everybody always
[00:20:32] love Brindemore.
[00:20:34] It doesn't matter.
[00:20:36] He was the one flyer that you could say
[00:20:38] who's your favorite flyer, you're a devil fan.
[00:20:40] Rob Brindemore.
[00:20:42] He's still my favorite flyer.
[00:20:44] But like I said he's a unicorn
[00:20:47] you're never going to get him.
[00:20:49] It's just never going to happen right?
[00:20:51] Because Carolina is not stupid.
[00:20:53] They're not ever letting Rob Brindemore walk out that door.
[00:20:56] I think that would be a big mistake.
[00:20:58] Who knows?
[00:21:00] I'm sure if we looked and did any research
[00:21:02] we would see like they probably have him signed to Tony.
[00:21:04] Oh they're extending over and over again.
[00:21:06] Right, you would do whatever you could
[00:21:08] to just keep him in Carolina
[00:21:10] as long as that franchise is there.
[00:21:12] It says he got butt here.
[00:21:14] Right.
[00:21:16] So Rob Brindemore is a free agent this year.
[00:21:18] What?
[00:21:20] And for some reason
[00:21:22] Carolina either has not
[00:21:24] handed an exam
[00:21:26] or has not
[00:21:28] handed an extension to him
[00:21:30] or they maybe handed him an extension
[00:21:32] he wasn't so happy with.
[00:21:34] Wow.
[00:21:36] That doesn't necessarily mean.
[00:21:38] Absolutely.
[00:21:40] But why the hell wouldn't they have this guy extended?
[00:21:42] Now I understand most a lot of players
[00:21:44] and coaches they don't want to do anything
[00:21:46] while they're still playing hockey.
[00:21:48] So maybe there is something underlying
[00:21:50] that will be taken care of as soon as hurricanes are out.
[00:21:52] But
[00:21:54] it's not really fucking reckless, doesn't it?
[00:21:56] Sure.
[00:21:58] I'm getting excited. Wonder if he still has family
[00:22:00] in the area or something weird.
[00:22:02] You want to get more excited?
[00:22:04] Yeah tell me more.
[00:22:06] So
[00:22:08] Rob Brindemore
[00:22:10] he's got to be one of the highest paid coaches right?
[00:22:12] It's going to cost us a pretty penny I assume.
[00:22:14] I mean you would think
[00:22:16] this guy is coming in
[00:22:18] with
[00:22:20] Connor McDavid, Boston Matthews
[00:22:22] and the Premier Coach
[00:22:24] in the league
[00:22:26] you got to pay the guy a lot of money right?
[00:22:28] Break the bank.
[00:22:30] No he does not get paid a lot of money.
[00:22:32] He has made
[00:22:34] what's the word
[00:22:36] $2 million this year.
[00:22:38] That's it. I'm pulling up a list right now
[00:22:40] and
[00:22:42] I'm so ignorant of coaches salaries because it doesn't
[00:22:44] affect the cap.
[00:22:46] Is that a lot? I don't even know.
[00:22:48] Where is that message at?
[00:22:50] I could pay him $8 billion.
[00:22:52] I wouldn't give a shit. I'd work for it.
[00:22:54] Yeah they could pay him $8 or $8 billion.
[00:22:56] I don't care
[00:22:58] because you know, but you know you make a good point
[00:23:00] like are you going to get him? Does the franchise want to spend?
[00:23:02] What's the spending coach
[00:23:04] these days?
[00:23:06] Well I had a list and give me one
[00:23:08] second I'm trying to find it.
[00:23:10] Okay so
[00:23:12] right now this year
[00:23:14] the number one coach was Tom McClellan
[00:23:16] with the Kings
[00:23:18] $4 million.
[00:23:20] Peter La Violette makes
[00:23:22] $4.9. He's number two. Bruce Cassidy
[00:23:24] with the Knights
[00:23:26] $4.5.
[00:23:28] So you know Bruce Cassidy, it's good money. Stanley
[00:23:30] Cup winner.
[00:23:32] Peter DeBoer with Dallas gets four and a quarter.
[00:23:34] John Cooper
[00:23:36] Tampa Bay gets 4 million.
[00:23:38] Babcock made 4 million.
[00:23:40] John Tortorella got 4 million.
[00:23:42] Paul Morris
[00:23:44] got 3.9 million.
[00:23:46] He got 3.5
[00:23:48] This is the top 10.
[00:23:50] Martin San Luis, Montreal
[00:23:52] 3 million. That's the top 10.
[00:23:54] The wonder
[00:23:56] Brenden Moore is inside the extension.
[00:23:58] Maybe he's so reckless after all right?
[00:24:00] Seems like the starting line here
[00:24:02] is 4 million
[00:24:04] to begin negotiation. I know
[00:24:06] I'm just saying the starting line is out of
[00:24:08] So yeah would you go with a 5 for him
[00:24:10] and make him the highest
[00:24:12] maybe he's not the highest paid but you could make him the highest paid.
[00:24:14] That would make him the highest paid.
[00:24:16] But he deserves to be the highest paid
[00:24:18] even though he's never won a Stanley Cup.
[00:24:20] What
[00:24:22] a Rod Brenden Moore team brings to you
[00:24:24] is you're going to win
[00:24:26] cups like this Carolina team at some
[00:24:28] point if he's still behind the bench
[00:24:30] he's going to win a cup.
[00:24:32] He's going to bring you consistent
[00:24:34] success.
[00:24:36] He's so scared of him as a player.
[00:24:38] And you should be.
[00:24:40] But
[00:24:42] there's any kind of
[00:24:44] wandering eye from Ron Brenden Moore
[00:24:46] and pun intended because
[00:24:48] Motherfuckers crazy eyes.
[00:24:50] But if he seriously does have a wandering eye
[00:24:52] and he's maybe looking around the league
[00:24:54] if you're Tom Fitzgerald
[00:24:56] you say 5 million right?
[00:24:58] I'll give you 5 million.
[00:25:00] 20 million dollars.
[00:25:02] Come on in for 4 years.
[00:25:04] You have to do that.
[00:25:06] That's a great move because you got to get through Carolina
[00:25:08] and East and
[00:25:10] bring him the success he has
[00:25:12] while taking away from your nearest competitor
[00:25:14] it's the best move.
[00:25:16] If there's one place I would love to spend
[00:25:18] and buy and overpay it would be there
[00:25:20] because it also doesn't hurt the cap.
[00:25:22] I don't know how much you overpay on a coach.
[00:25:24] That's not the fucking salary cap money.
[00:25:26] Our owners are just about that.
[00:25:28] But
[00:25:30] this idea
[00:25:32] of just paying Rod Brenden Moore
[00:25:34] 5 million dollars us and probably
[00:25:36] 18 other teams are thinking the exact same
[00:25:38] thing.
[00:25:40] 5 million and 1 dollars.
[00:25:42] You have to go that high
[00:25:44] I don't know if you're willing to risk it.
[00:25:46] 18 other teams are doing that. He's going to want to
[00:25:48] say okay well the devils are paying me more.
[00:25:50] So what would make the devils
[00:25:52] the better coaching option?
[00:25:54] Yeah.
[00:25:56] In Carolina's division
[00:25:58] so that would be kind of cool like if he wanted
[00:26:00] to just shove it up their ass every time
[00:26:02] he played them.
[00:26:04] That would be fun.
[00:26:06] He's only played in the metro area
[00:26:08] and coached in the metro area
[00:26:10] so maybe he doesn't want to leave the metro area.
[00:26:12] That's what I'm thinking and maybe he has family
[00:26:14] from his years
[00:26:16] in Philadelphia
[00:26:18] and maybe there's a lot of reasons for him
[00:26:20] to consider. I'm just hoping
[00:26:22] and maybe he looks at this team and says
[00:26:24] I can make this team
[00:26:26] a winner. That's what you want from the coach
[00:26:28] but I think Rod Brenden Moore could actually
[00:26:30] really do it.
[00:26:32] Looking at that as long as he likes
[00:26:34] somewhat challenges because he has a winner.
[00:26:36] The Carolina
[00:26:38] is basically
[00:26:40] where we'd like to see devils
[00:26:42] next year in terms of the performance
[00:26:44] and work at everything else.
[00:26:46] But if they don't win the cup this year
[00:26:48] even from management
[00:26:50] maybe a thought of maybe we have
[00:26:52] to go in a different direction.
[00:26:54] This team
[00:26:56] that has been as good as they've been
[00:26:58] and if they don't get it done this year
[00:27:00] I'm just saying
[00:27:02] the most crazier things have been done.
[00:27:04] True but Carolina has always
[00:27:06] had the excuse last year
[00:27:08] and if they fail again this year
[00:27:10] of goal-tending.
[00:27:12] I didn't hear anybody impugning the way
[00:27:14] they played the coach and staff
[00:27:16] But their playoff play sometimes
[00:27:18] comes into question.
[00:27:20] That's true. They did not close
[00:27:22] a deal.
[00:27:24] I'm just saying there could be
[00:27:26] maybe
[00:27:28] wiggle room from both him and ownership
[00:27:30] and maybe not being such a hurry
[00:27:32] wiggle room is not the right word
[00:27:34] could not be in such a hurry to
[00:27:36] get this thing done.
[00:27:38] Out of any guy that's available this year
[00:27:40] there's only a handful of those
[00:27:42] really special coaches
[00:27:44] How long has he been the coach
[00:27:46] there?
[00:27:48] That was his first coaching gig
[00:27:50] This was his first coaching gig
[00:27:52] He went straight to head coach
[00:27:54] I don't even think he did the other ranks
[00:27:56] of coaching
[00:27:58] but he started there in
[00:28:00] 2018
[00:28:02] He's 451
[00:28:04] complete games coach
[00:28:06] 278 wins
[00:28:08] 129 losses
[00:28:10] 44 overtime losses
[00:28:12] a 665 winning percentage
[00:28:14] in the regular season.
[00:28:16] So he's had six years in so I was wondering
[00:28:18] if he's still
[00:28:20] earning the bigger contract
[00:28:22] The players come in contract one
[00:28:24] contract two but he's at the point where he should be paid
[00:28:26] for sure and lost up
[00:28:28] He was one of the higher paid
[00:28:30] guys with a longer term contract
[00:28:32] after the great years they had
[00:28:34] last year you're telling me
[00:28:36] that they didn't even they only offered him
[00:28:38] a one-year deal at that point because here we are
[00:28:40] again and he has no deal
[00:28:42] he wasn't a free agent last year
[00:28:44] oh he wasn't
[00:28:46] he just signed this contract
[00:28:48] like I think
[00:28:50] Either way it begs the question if he's
[00:28:52] expiring say on a four year
[00:28:54] and they haven't extended him
[00:28:56] what he can do
[00:28:58] they could have extended him last year
[00:29:00] you know and that's insane that they haven't
[00:29:02] we should have done it today
[00:29:04] their season wrapped up but
[00:29:06] let's see if Devils can take advantage of that
[00:29:08] I mean as far as wishlist goes
[00:29:10] absolutely he'd be my number one
[00:29:12] right and it is weird because I
[00:29:14] definitely believe that cup experience
[00:29:16] counts for a lot
[00:29:18] but he's kind of uh well you mentioned the word
[00:29:20] unicorn he's unique
[00:29:22] he's doing and you're willing to overlook
[00:29:24] that because of the other stuff he brings
[00:29:26] I guess the number two on the list
[00:29:28] would what maybe be Sullivan
[00:29:30] and then McClellan and then Barubi
[00:29:32] or to rank him here
[00:29:34] I alright so if I was to rank him
[00:29:36] I think I'd make go
[00:29:38] Brendon Moore and then
[00:29:40] the more I thought about it
[00:29:42] I'm kind of
[00:29:44] Mike Sullivan or Craig Barubi
[00:29:46] behind Brendon Moore
[00:29:48] and then look at the cups you know like uh
[00:29:50] Sullivan's got a lot of experience
[00:29:52] he does but I think what
[00:29:54] Barubi and Sullivan can bring to this team
[00:29:56] each in a different way
[00:29:58] but I think that they could each help this
[00:30:00] team and do really good
[00:30:02] I think Rod Brendon Moore would turn
[00:30:04] this bunch of
[00:30:06] little fucking cocky boys
[00:30:08] into grown ass men and get them to win Stanley Cups
[00:30:10] that's what I think
[00:30:12] Rod Brendon Moore would do
[00:30:14] never have a lay down game again that's for sure
[00:30:16] yeah and then like a commitment to a team defense
[00:30:18] and play that when you need it
[00:30:20] how many leads do we squander this year
[00:30:22] because we don't know how to clamp down and play team defense
[00:30:24] so like that's what I see
[00:30:26] in Brendon Moore I say he brings
[00:30:28] I know every coach wants to do that
[00:30:30] if we can't have Brendon Moore
[00:30:32] that's what I'm going to favor between Sullivan
[00:30:34] Barubi because as you put it out there
[00:30:36] maybe even more than McClellan
[00:30:38] I would want Barubi in my top three
[00:30:40] so yeah I kind of like that
[00:30:42] as your 1, 2, 3
[00:30:44] with a very clear 1 Brendon Moore
[00:30:46] Sullivan Barubi
[00:30:48] I want to look at who's going to put
[00:30:50] a more you know
[00:30:52] better team defense
[00:30:54] when it's on the line
[00:30:56] I was listening to Nico talking about
[00:30:58] the uphill battle they faced playing
[00:31:00] the Islanders last night
[00:31:02] and I'm not ragging on him because he's one of the only guys
[00:31:04] who consistently work hard believe me
[00:31:06] but he did say you know
[00:31:08] it's just they scored those two goals
[00:31:10] they play you know they drop into their 1, 3, 3
[00:31:12] or you know whatever
[00:31:14] they play their defensive game and it's
[00:31:16] it's um
[00:31:18] it's tough you know and maybe something we should learn from
[00:31:20] yeah no shit Nico that was not a direct quote
[00:31:22] but it's pretty close 100%
[00:31:24] and I want to I mean maybe he's calling
[00:31:26] for the coach that I want I want a coach who will
[00:31:28] have these guys playing defense when they need
[00:31:30] I think you know you look at last year
[00:31:32] they made up with such
[00:31:34] exuberance and scoring that
[00:31:36] you know I think
[00:31:38] it's hard to sustain year after year
[00:31:40] what is more sustainable
[00:31:42] is a team that yeah has the scoring
[00:31:44] has the depth to score
[00:31:46] but also when they need to win that
[00:31:48] you know game by one goal
[00:31:50] they got that lead
[00:31:52] in the second period will they hang on to it
[00:31:54] never this year did I feel the devils could do that
[00:31:56] and that's like
[00:31:58] maybe one of the biggest coaching changes
[00:32:00] um you know
[00:32:02] we said goaltending goaltending is huge
[00:32:04] we still gotta pursue it but look at this
[00:32:06] we've had pretty damn good goaltending
[00:32:08] and what has been missing
[00:32:10] is the team defense
[00:32:12] and the ability to you know
[00:32:14] dig down and play hard
[00:32:16] I think Brendan Moore would just be great for this team
[00:32:18] I don't know I'd love to see him here
[00:32:20] it would be awesome
[00:32:22] it would be awesome
[00:32:24] so guys let us know what you think
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[00:32:56] I'm just this just
[00:32:58] I just I cannot
[00:33:00] get over the way that they just went out
[00:33:02] these last couple weeks
[00:33:04] like
[00:33:06] what was being said in that locker room
[00:33:08] do you think
[00:33:10] was there even anybody giving a shit
[00:33:12] because they just
[00:33:14] I know brat and teamo like you said brat was playing great
[00:33:16] at the end of the year
[00:33:18] but to not be able to carry anybody along
[00:33:20] like why were
[00:33:22] Nico disappeared
[00:33:24] I don't think there was anybody standing up in that locker room between periods
[00:33:26] giving a speech about why we were digging in
[00:33:28] no no no but they probably should have been about a month and a half
[00:33:30] two months ago
[00:33:32] that's what I'm saying
[00:33:34] I don't know
[00:33:36] when I think about that
[00:33:38] I tend to in my mind kind of blame the experienced guys
[00:33:40] more
[00:33:42] like you got these guys who are younger
[00:33:44] we went and got some guys with
[00:33:46] experience block haul etc
[00:33:48] and I just feel like
[00:33:50] they should have led the way here
[00:33:52] you know showed them
[00:33:54] hey guys we are still in this
[00:33:56] we got this
[00:33:58] and I don't know what was said but
[00:34:00] I can imagine you know what it's like when you hear
[00:34:02] the same
[00:34:04] speech just in different ways
[00:34:06] all season long
[00:34:08] and it never really really hit home
[00:34:10] never really lasted more than one or two games
[00:34:12] we didn't win more than three in a row
[00:34:14] and
[00:34:16] after a while you just stop believing
[00:34:18] I think that's what happened to them
[00:34:20] I think you're right
[00:34:22] never any moment
[00:34:24] never anything just carried through over and over
[00:34:26] yep
[00:34:28] now that was sad
[00:34:30] it's over now we can watch
[00:34:32] 16 real teams
[00:34:34] compete for a Stanley Cup
[00:34:36] which is going to be fun
[00:34:38] I think Thursday we'll do our previews
[00:34:40] whatever we'll get together
[00:34:42] and pick our brackets
[00:34:44] and do all our fun playoff shit
[00:34:46] but have any
[00:34:48] we have a firm bracket yet right
[00:34:50] no we'll be done I think tomorrow
[00:34:52] Dan
[00:34:54] Bobby too, you guys watched
[00:34:56] Scavengers reign on
[00:34:58] HBO Max
[00:35:00] no I've never heard of that one
[00:35:02] it is a
[00:35:04] crazy animated show
[00:35:06] yeah dude
[00:35:08] I think it's cool
[00:35:10] what kind of anime thing
[00:35:12] no it's kind of like archer anime
[00:35:14] oh okay gotcha
[00:35:16] I would say yeah a little bit like that
[00:35:18] but it's just a crazy
[00:35:20] show and I want somebody else to watch it
[00:35:22] because I don't know I think it's really cool
[00:35:24] and I think it's really good
[00:35:26] I want to talk about it with somebody
[00:35:28] Scavengers reign
[00:35:30] I'm all in on 3 body problem
[00:35:32] I only got 2 episodes left
[00:35:34] I'm absolutely loving it
[00:35:36] what is 3 body problem
[00:35:38] it is so up my alley
[00:35:40] basically it's
[00:35:42] alley
[00:35:44] I know I was just going to
[00:35:46] say where the alley was
[00:35:48] the premise is there's
[00:35:50] basically this
[00:35:52] planet in trouble
[00:35:54] and the 3 body problem
[00:35:56] is a scientific thing in the universe
[00:35:58] where 2 bodies can
[00:36:00] basically circle around each other
[00:36:02] without a problem but you add a third body
[00:36:04] everything becomes chaotic so
[00:36:06] you have like
[00:36:08] a planet stuck between multiple suns
[00:36:10] for example it wouldn't have a natural orbit
[00:36:12] anyway
[00:36:14] it covers a long period of time
[00:36:16] from the 60's to current day
[00:36:18] and all these ramifications
[00:36:20] of basically reaching out to space
[00:36:22] trying to see if we're not alone
[00:36:24] oh that's cool
[00:36:26] the first kind of
[00:36:28] it's so well written
[00:36:30] it's kind of like gory where it has to be
[00:36:32] because it helps to tell the story
[00:36:34] and kind of push it along
[00:36:36] but it's kind of like
[00:36:38] it has kind of like its own
[00:36:40] acts so at first
[00:36:42] there's literally
[00:36:44] trying to solve this 3 body problem
[00:36:46] the skeleton
[00:36:48] but then it kind of
[00:36:50] goes into another way of dealing with the 3 body problem
[00:36:52] I want to check
[00:36:54] Sam from Game of Thrones is in it
[00:36:56] it's hard to watch him in this role
[00:36:58] oh good thank god I was wondering if he was going to pop up again
[00:37:00] no he's alright
[00:37:02] we are into 2 shows right now
[00:37:04] what you watch
[00:37:06] just tonight we started watching fallout
[00:37:08] about 3 good things
[00:37:10] it's actually really funny
[00:37:12] in fact we were in the middle of the first episode
[00:37:14] really because we just finished the second episode
[00:37:16] we started watching it last night
[00:37:18] that's fucking weird
[00:37:20] yeah well I guess it's coming out recently
[00:37:22] I don't think it's been out that long
[00:37:24] but what did you think of it
[00:37:26] I thought I was interested
[00:37:28] I watched most of the first episode
[00:37:30] until I came down here
[00:37:32] well the first episode was a little introduction
[00:37:34] so the second one and we actually started the third episode
[00:37:36] I think we got like
[00:37:38] 15-20 minutes in
[00:37:40] so the second episode basically
[00:37:42] continues with their stories
[00:37:44] and who they all are
[00:37:46] but you know much more up on the surface
[00:37:48] but it kind of gets a little bit more
[00:37:50] confusing like
[00:37:52] you kind of leave
[00:37:54] episode 2 with a bunch of questions
[00:37:56] and then
[00:37:58] episode 3 was
[00:38:00] it seems like there's just going to be this
[00:38:02] on running you know
[00:38:04] we're not going to find out what this all means
[00:38:06] that they're doing
[00:38:08] probably like episode 10 so
[00:38:10] it's pretty cool though I mean I like it
[00:38:12] I'm definitely interested
[00:38:14] I'm sticking with it for now
[00:38:16] I kind of was like
[00:38:18] I liked the very opening scenes
[00:38:20] you know that are maybe in the original
[00:38:22] time well even before that
[00:38:24] just the very opening things
[00:38:26] you know in the world before it goes south
[00:38:28] well yeah as it goes south
[00:38:30] birthday party yeah
[00:38:32] and I thought that was neat so that got me a little hooked
[00:38:34] so yeah I'm going to check it out some
[00:38:36] and the other thing we're watching we're deep into
[00:38:38] and we're going to catch the new
[00:38:40] episode is that show guns
[00:38:42] feudal Japan
[00:38:44] yeah it's kept you know period peace feudal
[00:38:46] Japan
[00:38:48] samurai all that bullshit but it was actually
[00:38:50] pretty cool pretty well done
[00:38:52] there's like one Englishman there so you're like alright
[00:38:54] is this another like Tom Cruise last samurai
[00:38:56] shit but no they really
[00:38:58] didn't turn this guy into some kind of like
[00:39:00] super ninja which is you're like good
[00:39:02] you know because that's kind of annoying
[00:39:04] but um it is pretty cool
[00:39:06] I liked it it's neat I'm a little
[00:39:08] confused on some things like just like the
[00:39:10] family trees of these people like I'm just a little
[00:39:12] confused but mostly
[00:39:14] enjoyed I always get
[00:39:16] confused when there's big giant
[00:39:18] period pieces with tons of
[00:39:20] people involved like yeah it took me a lot
[00:39:22] of like the last episode of game of thrones
[00:39:24] who everybody was fucking in families
[00:39:26] with like I know what hell they are
[00:39:28] you know there's like this person's that person's
[00:39:30] uncle but then he's also this guy's cousin it's
[00:39:32] like you know it's like when you read like Lord of
[00:39:34] Rings like yeah but I tell you
[00:39:36] cousin and his uncle I can't figure this
[00:39:38] out I enjoyed game of thrones actually much more the second
[00:39:42] time I saw it just because I picked up a lot more shit
[00:39:44] yeah you know have a little bit of familiarity with each
[00:39:48] character like when I rewatched that very
[00:39:50] first episode you're like oh shit like
[00:39:52] yeah so much stuff in the first episode
[00:39:54] that I didn't even pick up into the second
[00:39:56] because it doesn't really matter
[00:39:58] till you get towards the end of the series
[00:40:00] you know which is crazy yeah they kept
[00:40:02] it going for how many years I also
[00:40:04] just finished watching in
[00:40:06] Invincible the two seasons of that on
[00:40:09] HBO Prime or Amazon Prime rather
[00:40:12] do you ever hear that?
[00:40:14] What is that one about?
[00:40:16] It's an animated show about
[00:40:18] what the hell is his name
[00:40:20] JK Simmons is that his name?
[00:40:22] Yeah yeah so he's a superhero
[00:40:24] named Omni Man and he has
[00:40:26] he's an alien
[00:40:28] he does this old kind of Superman
[00:40:30] thing that he came to Earth
[00:40:32] he has superpowers and he's here to help
[00:40:34] and his son you know he's with a human
[00:40:37] they have a son
[00:40:39] who takes the super name Invincible
[00:40:41] gets his powers like around 15 years old
[00:40:44] and then it kind of
[00:40:46] takes off where like the first episode
[00:40:48] he's kind of just showing his kid
[00:40:50] how to be a superhero and then
[00:40:52] shit gets really fucking dark
[00:40:54] really violent really gory really fast
[00:40:56] and it's awesome
[00:40:58] it is a freaking awesome show
[00:41:00] check it out
[00:41:02] yeah I guess I just watched more
[00:41:05] a lot more cartoons than you guys
[00:41:07] I'm like I'm really not happy
[00:41:09] we did watch the Blue-eyed samurai deal
[00:41:11] that was animated
[00:41:12] did you like it?
[00:41:14] I did it was alright I thought it was
[00:41:16] interesting it was not great great
[00:41:18] but it was good
[00:41:20] I didn't finish it I mean it was
[00:41:22] like a whole long thing right?
[00:41:24] Yes and no I mean yeah but
[00:41:26] it was neat it was
[00:41:28] and I think it's based a little bit more
[00:41:30] historical
[00:41:31] then you know which is kind of cool
[00:41:33] I guess I don't know
[00:41:35] yeah it was alright
[00:41:36] I'll definitely check out the second season
[00:41:38] but um yeah
[00:41:40] I gotta watch 3 Body Problem though
[00:41:42] dude like mentioned
[00:41:44] yeah that sounds really interesting
[00:41:46] first episode we'll grab you wondering what direction they're going
[00:41:48] yeah I love stuff
[00:41:50] I'm like mentioning to everybody in my family
[00:41:52] like everyone's like I've never heard of it
[00:41:54] we have no interest in watching it
[00:41:56] I wanna watch it with somebody
[00:41:58] am I gonna check that out?
[00:41:59] I'm definitely gonna check that out
[00:42:00] I don't know what I'm gonna watch tonight
[00:42:01] I don't know how much more Trump on trial
[00:42:03] I could watch
[00:42:04] I did not catch that I heard it was
[00:42:06] a crazy shit show and
[00:42:08] I'll sure I'll see Clips somewhere
[00:42:10] yeah well you know it's all the rage
[00:42:12] yeah right
[00:42:13] we're president on trial
[00:42:15] this is fucking nuts
[00:42:16] yeah so yeah anyway
[00:42:18] yeah so
[00:42:20] I need help here
[00:42:22] I usually go to Cap Friendly to check out the most recent roster
[00:42:24] as we know we've talked about a game
[00:42:26] that we're gonna play throughout the entire summer
[00:42:28] we're gonna take Frozen Roster as it was
[00:42:30] the last game
[00:42:32] and we're gonna predict basically our signing
[00:42:34] lineup throughout the year it'll change
[00:42:36] with trades with signings
[00:42:38] and come to be you know first
[00:42:40] game we're gonna see who's basically
[00:42:42] closest but I'm looking at the
[00:42:44] baseline is what you're saying right
[00:42:46] right well I'm looking down to game here and
[00:42:48] I don't know if there's an error or
[00:42:50] if this is right but they have it as
[00:42:52] Meyer Heesher Bratt
[00:42:54] Holtz Hall of Mercer
[00:42:56] and they only have
[00:42:58] Pallott and Nocic for line
[00:43:00] 3 and then they go to McDermott
[00:43:02] Tierney and Foote on line
[00:43:04] 4 was there not a right wing
[00:43:06] on line 3
[00:43:08] I don't know why they would have
[00:43:10] short a guy they called up a bunch of people
[00:43:12] wasn't Graham Clark in that game
[00:43:14] no was he
[00:43:16] he was in the game before
[00:43:18] no I thought he was out because Nocic was back in
[00:43:20] so I'll have to
[00:43:22] Google it a different way than to get the actual
[00:43:24] final lineup but
[00:43:26] yeah we'll run through it all summer
[00:43:28] occasionally of course
[00:43:30] and we're gonna score it like this come
[00:43:32] the end come opening day
[00:43:34] so you'll get one point for each player that's
[00:43:36] in the starting line
[00:43:38] so it means you wouldn't get a point for a player like
[00:43:40] McDermott if you say that's gonna be our roving
[00:43:42] kinda extra forward is gonna come
[00:43:44] in that lineup it's gonna be specifically for
[00:43:46] the top 20
[00:43:48] that are on line starting
[00:43:50] an additional point if you're on the correct line
[00:43:52] or pairing
[00:43:54] okay a final
[00:43:56] additional point if you nail the actual
[00:43:58] position left wing versus right is jack
[00:44:00] use back at center that kind of thing
[00:44:02] I got a couple ways to do the tiebreaker
[00:44:04] so
[00:44:06] I'll get the roster frozen and maybe once a week
[00:44:08] we'll just share what we think
[00:44:10] it's gonna be you can start recklessly speculating
[00:44:12] right now you can say we will day
[00:44:14] one you could say chucks in the lineup
[00:44:16] you know whatever you want to do
[00:44:18] we'll just watch it evolve throughout the year
[00:44:20] and we'll see who wins
[00:44:22] alright I like it
[00:44:24] I think that will be fun
[00:44:26] I'm gonna have to learn this one on the fly
[00:44:28] so I can bring it up right but I totally
[00:44:30] think it'll be fun I'm gonna give you
[00:44:32] the map as it is today
[00:44:34] of the lineup and then you're just gonna talk to me
[00:44:36] I'm gonna pencil in your names for you
[00:44:38] you say yeah he's gonna be there in the beginning
[00:44:40] of the year or there's no way he's gonna be back
[00:44:42] or whatever and then we go from
[00:44:44] there that's a lot of shit that you gotta keep track
[00:44:46] of Bobby
[00:44:48] well yeah that's not so bad
[00:44:50] alright well listen
[00:44:52] we could tell that this is a depressing
[00:44:54] last episode before the actual playoffs
[00:44:56] this was our like we're
[00:44:58] quitting this year's devil team to rest
[00:45:00] we're gonna bury him
[00:45:02] not gonna fucking talk about him again
[00:45:04] we got awesome playoffs to look forward to
[00:45:06] hopefully somebody other
[00:45:08] than the New York Rangers win the Stanley Cup
[00:45:10] because I don't know if I can handle that
[00:45:12] all summer long
[00:45:14] so yeah hopefully that happens
[00:45:16] and then we get into all the fun stuff
[00:45:18] so let's just enjoy the playoffs
[00:45:20] fuck this year's devils team
[00:45:22] they're dead, bloated and buried
[00:45:24] good?
[00:45:26] sounds good to me alright
[00:45:28] again moving forward in the summer we're gonna open up
[00:45:30] pucker predictions to the audience
[00:45:32] so we're gonna
[00:45:34] guide you probably to the website
[00:45:36] there'll be a pucker predictions page
[00:45:38] so we can get some people to
[00:45:40] put in their predictions
[00:45:42] we're not running out the details but it's not gonna be predictions that have to be
[00:45:44] week to week it could be something that doesn't come
[00:45:46] to fruition until the end of the year
[00:45:48] we'll keep tabs on that all the listeners will
[00:45:50] represent that category
[00:45:52] of listeners and
[00:45:54] we'll have a lot of fun with that too
[00:45:56] I think the playoffs start, do they start
[00:45:58] Saturday or Monday?
[00:46:00] this weekend or Monday? not a lot of time
[00:46:02] for it but maybe we'll pick up if we want to
[00:46:04] with the uh you know second round
[00:46:06] onwards see if we get a
[00:46:08] you know fan
[00:46:10] bracket prediction
[00:46:12] throw their bracket predictions of
[00:46:14] how it's gonna go
[00:46:16] match up with the win all the way to the cup
[00:46:18] we know we have at least one fan that'll do it
[00:46:20] so tim whenever the playoffs are set
[00:46:22] just put it in
[00:46:24] just put it in
[00:46:26] we're gonna wrap it up wherever you're listening to us
[00:46:28] if I start a review a positive comment
[00:46:30] helps us out here and we really appreciate it
[00:46:32] for bobbing Dan I'm Chris we're the unbuckers
[00:46:34] see you in a minute
[00:46:36] bye bye
[00:46:38] if somebody got a pee or something
[00:46:40] it's pretty abrupt
[00:46:42] better
[00:46:44] I gotta go to the bathroom
[00:46:46] it was like the devil's
[00:46:48] they wanted the season over
[00:46:50] that's it