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welcome to the inside the

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in episode eight we got the jack

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Maddie, Smitty,

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and Conrad Jack as we

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return after a small hiatus.

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yeah yeah a little break

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whatever just a wee little

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break hey boys yeah that

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was seven seven episodes we

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were like we're spent so we

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had to wait till episode

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eight came back yeah we had

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to wait for conrad to you

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gotta get the young guy in

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there yeah we had to wait

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for conrad to actually make

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it a half decent show so right

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Now we have someone that

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actually knows hockey and

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we can talk to him about, uh,

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goings on around the league.

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Oh, Smitty.

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That's a stretch thing.

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I know hockey.

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Okay.

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That's my bad, but we'll fight through it.

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We'll fight through it.

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It's a team.

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Yeah.

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It's a team game.

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Absolutely.

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Uh, tons of action, tons of, uh, NHL news.

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Uh,

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of course we haven't been on in about

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two months,

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so we could talk about a ton of stuff,

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but right now let's talk Matt Rempe.

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Okay.

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He gets a line brawl going

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against the New Jersey Devils.

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He's played 14 games.

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He's averaged about five and

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a half minutes of ice time,

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and he has 69 penalty minutes.

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This guy is like Slapshot 2024 on red.

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Oh, well, I mean, if you take a look, well,

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I just want to go off of

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the stats first and

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foremost with Matt Rempe.

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His three games against the Devils,

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he's been ejected all three games.

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I think he has, like,

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barely over five minutes of

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total ice time.

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Uh...

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That is tremendous.

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I mean, ejected, ejected in every game.

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I mean, that's, that's just,

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it's doing your job to the

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fullest right there.

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He's just going out there and,

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and being the enforcer that

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the Rangers want him to be, I suppose.

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Yeah.

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I mean, it's circa 1982.

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I don't, I don't know this guy.

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I don't even know if he can play.

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I think he played a little bit.

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He has a goal and assist anyway.

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So he has done something.

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But if you're watching on YouTube,

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you'll see the quote on getting tossed.

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He says,

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I thought I was going to have a

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good five minutes in the

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penalty box with the fellas.

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We were going to be cuddled up in there,

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getting cozy and having a good time.

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I had no idea that was a rule.

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I was like, dang it.

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My total ice time didn't go up that game.

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He said it was a real banger.

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Rampy.

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Yeah, I mean, it was.

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Sure.

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I mean, everybody was fighting.

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So, I mean,

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they were banging each other around.

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What caught me off guard

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with all of that is how

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quick VC and Lazar went at it.

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It's like the puck dropped

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and both of them are like

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just bear hugging each other,

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just chucking them.

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And I see everyone else on the ice like,

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OK, let's give the crowd a show.

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Just VC Lazar is like, I hate you.

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We're going to fight.

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And it was, yeah, that five fight line,

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bro.

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Just like good old time hockey.

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And that's the first time

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since like 2014 that I can remember.

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with a Canucks and Flames

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brawl that something like

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that has happened right off the drop.

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Right.

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Well, there was a Stars,

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was it Stars Bruins?

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Was that what's his face?

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Avery?

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Was that Avery?

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Steve Ott and Avery,

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Sean Avery was on the Stars

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team at that point.

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But I don't know if he

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fought anyone because he

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wasn't really a fighter.

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He was more of an agitator,

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get in your face, clear things up,

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and then get out of the way

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and let other people handle

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the pugilistic aspect.

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So,

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um yeah but uh that was a

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bunch of penalty minutes I

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don't think it was a

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full-on line brawl off the

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side of the game though it

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just it just uh I think

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there was a couple guys

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that fought and then it

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just kind of escalated as

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the game went along what I

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what I think what I think

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we're referencing is the

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game where it was three

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fights in four seconds or

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something like that yeah I

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just remember jack edwards

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going nuts on the clip just

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like oh we got another one

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off the draw just right

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little things like that it's like

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And the crowd loves it, obviously.

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I think they do.

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And the question on YouTube is,

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do the NHL fans want fighting in games?

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I think they absolutely do.

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Um, and I,

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and I don't think there's going

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to be much fighting in the,

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in the league is actually

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threatened to take it out

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and all that stuff,

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but there is some room for it.

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Now this might be a little

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over the top what's

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happening now with Rempe, but there is,

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there is actually a role

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for fighting and a lot of

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it's the policing of the game with the,

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with the players.

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And that still needs to

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remain in my opinion,

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or people are just going to take shots.

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And, um, and I,

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and I feel like people take

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more and more shots recently, uh,

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And it's probably because

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there's less enforcers in the game.

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Yeah,

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I think the enforcers can't really

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control it without fighting.

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You can't have just guys

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running around and killing

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people and not have fighting in the game.

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I think if they try to

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uh legislated out of the

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game it's just asking for

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trouble and you know

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there'll be longer

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suspensions and guys taking

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cheap shots and I think it

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needs to be there because

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you know the refs miss some

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things and then there's you

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know if guys get hurt or

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stuff like that like there

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needs to be some kind of a

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payback and that's in those

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type of situations so I feel like

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You know, fighting has to be there to to,

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you know,

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it allows the it allows both

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teams to kind of answer for

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what happened and then move on.

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And without that, you know,

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that stuff can linger for

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for much longer.

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The interesting thing about

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Rampey is that the Rangers are good,

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like really good.

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And it's not like they're

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just like a bottom feeder

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team that needs some

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entertainment value thrown

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at just a ham and egg or in

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there firing shots at

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people like they're really good.

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So it's I find it

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interesting that this guy

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is just kind of roaming

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around with five and a half

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minutes of ice time,

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getting all sorts of

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penalty minutes on a team

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that's that's excellent.

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Yeah, you wonder,

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does a guy like that create

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more space for the likes of

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Panarin and Kreider and

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Zibanejad and so forth?

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Does a guy like that kind of

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open up the ice knowing

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that if somebody takes a

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run at one of those guys,

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there's going to be repercussions for it?

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That's the other role of

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having a guy like that on

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your team is maybe your

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creative players get a

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little more open ice and

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don't have to worry so much

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about getting suckered or

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run or whatever.

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Yeah, for sure.

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I mean, it's interesting.

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I think the Rangers should

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be a favorite to

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potentially get to the

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finals and win the Cup.

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I mean, they're really good.

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Panarin's had a great year again.

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But Rempe is just kind of there.

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And in the playoffs, I mean,

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that doesn't really work.

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So does he even make the

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lineup heading into the postseason?

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I think that's something

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that you got to look at the

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team because you don't want

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a guy like Matt Rempe

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coming into the game,

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getting a couple of shifts in,

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and then all of a sudden

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he's gone and you're down a forward.

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Now you're going to play

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with 11 guys and double

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shift another guy.

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It's like,

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do you run the risk of wearing

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your top guys down because

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they're playing more now

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with Rempe being out?

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It's like a lot of factors that,

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you have to take into consideration,

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especially with rampy

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chicken winging guys,

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like our guys off the devils.

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I can't remember who he chicken wing,

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but just little things like that.

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Cause other teams are going

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to start going after him.

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And it just,

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it's like a snowball effect of

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what's going to happen when

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this guy does these sort of

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things and just.

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Right.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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I think maybe with, uh,

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it might be matchup based, you know,

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you could see him going

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into the lineup against a

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team like Florida or

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something if they happen to

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meet because of the antics

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of some of the guys from,

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from Florida and the

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toughness kind of they have.

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Um, but then, you know,

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the team like the Bruins, you know,

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do you,

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would you put Rempe in the lineup to,

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you know,

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knock around with the likes of

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Jasper Boquist and stuff?

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Like, I don't think he would, you know,

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I think the Rangers have

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enough speed and skill and, and, uh,

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you know, other,

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other things on their team

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that they wouldn't need to, um,

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have a guy like that in the lineup,

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you know, in a series, like, you know,

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if they face Boston, for example.

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Yeah, I totally agree.

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And, you know,

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we'll see what happens when

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it comes postseason time.

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All right, Vancouver Canucks.

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This is a team that's been

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pretty good this year.

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Potentially unable to

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capitalize on potential playoff success,

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Conrad.

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Yeah, so I take a look at this team.

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I also fired off a few

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tweets about this and got

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myself into some hot water

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because my team got on a

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nice long losing streak,

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but that's not the point.

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I've watched the Canucks

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from the start of the season,

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and they had a bit of a dip.

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They kind of came back, played a few games,

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and it looked like they had their mojo,

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and then they acquire Elias

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Lindholm well before the trade deadline.

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And now you have this team

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that's kind of struggling to keep afloat.

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I think since acquiring Lindholm,

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they're just barely above .500,

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which isn't good because

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he's supposed to be an

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impact guy and he's your

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third-line center.

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Going into the playoffs,

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you have guys who should

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make the lineup who aren't

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going to make the lineup

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because they're going to

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get pushed down the depth charts.

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And I watched Vancouver play.

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I think they're frauds

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because of their lack of just finishing.

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They don't have that it factor.

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Like, yes, you got Pedersen and Besser,

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but like,

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you don't got a guy who's going

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to go in there and take

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control of the game.

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The thing about Lindholm is

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that Smitty and I talked

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about on the Bruins podcast,

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we didn't really want

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Lindholm on the Bruins

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because he really hadn't

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been producing that much.

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And Smitty was definitely

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someone who just would

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rather not use the capital

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to get him and would not

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like to extend him.

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Especially for that price.

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Yeah, that's the thing.

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I think the price is coming down.

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Every game he plays,

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the price is coming down lower and lower.

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Yeah,

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he'll be an effective third-line center,

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but he wanted nine and

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change from Calgary.

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That's not the price of a

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third-line center.

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So, you know,

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if he's going to not really

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produce and he's going to

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be getting less minutes, he could be a,

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you know,

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a suitable third line center face off guy,

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you know, and put up 40 points.

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That's nice.

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But you're certainly not

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getting top of the market money for that.

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Uh, and, and I think you're right, Conrad,

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I think since he's been to

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gone to Vancouver,

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they've kind of haven't

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really been able to find

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where he fits well with that team.

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And he's just not really producing like he,

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like they thought he would.

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I think they thought he

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would come in and really

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give a lift to their bottom

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six and really kind of, um,

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stabilize and energize that, that group.

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And he really hasn't done it.

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So they, you know,

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they they may be in a

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little bit of trouble.

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I mean,

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they have a pretty deep team and

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they have some defense and

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Demko is really good.

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So, you know, they'll be they'll be OK.

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But the West is stacked.

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I mean,

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there's a lot of great teams in the West.

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And if they're, you know,

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playing at less than their

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optimum level going into the postseason,

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they're going to be in for

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a rude awakening here, you know,

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in one of the early rounds.

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And Lindholm's out now with

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a hand and wrist injury,

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and he's out for a little

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bit of extended period of time.

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So it could be into the

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playoffs that he's out.

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So that kind of backfired on

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them to give him any sort

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of balance or stability

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there with the addition of Lindholm.

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And who knows what happens

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to him at the end of the year?

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I mean, like you said, he might be in...

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he might have to do a prove

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it deal with a team just to, just to,

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you might have to do a

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bridge deal because he just hasn't,

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he just hasn't been the

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type of player that people

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thought he would be.

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He was white hot in the

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beginning of the year.

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His name was everywhere.

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And now I'm not sure how

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many teams will be

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interested in him at any type of price.

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Like you're talking about, I mean,

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a third line center,

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you're talking maybe 4 million a year.

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Like,

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not nine.

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Now that's just ridiculous.

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So be interested to see what

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Lindholm can do.

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And if he actually gets

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playoff playoff time with a

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wrist injuries are funny.

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I mean, that's, that's your whole game.

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That's your hands.

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That's can't lose your hands as a center.

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Can't face off.

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Can't score.

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Can't shoot.

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I mean, that's everything.

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So.

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And I,

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I think also with the price they

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gave up for him,

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Kuzmanko and Hunter

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Brustavich alone could have

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been enough to get him.

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if that's the role they knew

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they were going to play him in.

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But you added a first-round

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pick and two other pretty

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decent pieces to the deal.

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Yikes.

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Wow.

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I look at Winnipeg and all that,

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and I see what they acquired,

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which we'll get into right away,

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but I see the market for centers,

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and I'm like, that's not... Like, yes,

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you're going out way ahead

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of the deadline,

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so the price might be far,

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far higher than what you wanted, but...

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Now they've been figuring

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out the right line combinations, Conrad.

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Is that right?

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Yeah.

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See,

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I got a little mad last night and

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cause Rick bonus seems to

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continuously get back to

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having Kyle Connor and Mark

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Shifley play together.

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And it's a line that keeps

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getting caved in.

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They went eight or they got

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outscored eight,

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nothing in a six game losing streak.

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And just defensively, they were awful.

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So,

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Bones finally says, you know what?

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We're playing L.A.

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We got to snap this losing streak.

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And he plays Nick Ehlers

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with Shifley and Velarde,

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bumping Kyle Conner down to

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the second left-wing

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position with Sean Monaghan,

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who they only gave up a first for.

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And what's his name?

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I have it picked up,

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but I should have this memorized.

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Perfetti.

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And now you have two first

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lines on a team,

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that shouldn't have the

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depth that they do.

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With Niederreiter being down, it's like,

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okay, we're going to bump Toffoli down,

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and we have all this

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interchangeable depth

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because Ayafoll has gone

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from the first line all the

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way to the fourth,

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and he's effective wherever he goes.

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You've got Lowry who will

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step into the second line

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or even first line center position.

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It's so much interchangeable

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depth that this team has

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that if they want to be the

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team to beat in the playoffs or –

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Sorry, I said that backwards.

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If they want to beat the

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teams like Colorado,

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who are the teams you want to beat,

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you need to have this depth,

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and your strength needs to

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be your scoring and

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everything that you have

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going on the wings.

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You need the finishing touches.

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While I don't believe

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Winnipeg has that with this lineup,

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they have the interchangeable depth.

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They'll change on the fly.

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Sometimes they're reluctant,

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but if you look at the roster as a whole,

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you have 16 guys.

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who can get put into the lineup.

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Yeah,

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I feel like the depth of Winnipeg is

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definitely one of their strengths.

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And you need that in the

00:16:06.285 --> 00:16:07.647
playoffs because usually,

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and we've talked about this before,

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the top lines,

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the top six guys kind of

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cancel each other out.

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And then it's left to the

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depth guys to win series and win games.

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You know,

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it's the depth scoring usually

00:16:20.052 --> 00:16:22.913
that leads to victories in series.

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And then Winnipeg also has

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tremendous goaltending, which...

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The Avalanche don't really have.

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Edmonton doesn't really have.

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So you're looking at a team like Dallas,

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a team like Vegas maybe,

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that can match goaltending-wise.

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But I think with the depth

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and the goaltending that Winnipeg has,

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there'll certainly be a

00:16:44.671 --> 00:16:46.253
tough out in the playoffs.

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They could,

00:16:47.462 --> 00:16:48.863
and the only problem is that

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they're staring down the

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barrel of a Colorado first round series,

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which is really hard.

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Like you said,

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if offensively they're not

00:16:57.684 --> 00:16:58.465
getting some balance

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throughout the lineup,

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Colorado can score goals.

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Colorado has excellent talent,

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good offensive talent,

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and that might be a really

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bad matchup for someone like Winnipeg.

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Maybe Winnipeg can hang in and

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But I think that Shifley, you know,

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there's no surprise that

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Shifley and Connor would

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have one of the worst

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defensive pairings there.

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I mean,

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they're just not known for Shifley

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is widely regarded as a bad

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defensive player.

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So, you know, it's, you know,

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to get you definitely have

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to separate those two.

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We've talked about with the Bruins,

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Pasternak and Marchand,

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like they turn the puck over.

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a little bit too much

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together to really play together.

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So it's just too many turnovers, too much,

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you know, just too much unbalanced play.

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The same can be true for Shifley and,

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and that group, because it's just, it's,

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you know, it's just, it just doesn't work,

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especially in the playoffs.

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You can't be giving up odd

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man rushes and more,

00:17:57.201 --> 00:17:58.321
more offensive chances,

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especially to a team like Colorado.

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And the thing, all right, John,

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what's that?

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Go ahead.

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John Tortorella.

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It's in the news again.

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I tell you what,

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I'd love Torts to be the Bruins,

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and I'm a big Bruins fan.

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We host a Bruins podcast.

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I'd love Torts to be the Bruins coach.

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I would.

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I mean, I just love coaches like Torts.

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He says it like it is.

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We've had that with Bruce

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Cassidy in Boston before,

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but Tortorella would take

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it to another level,

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and he calls guys out,

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and he calls his team out, and so forth,

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and he does it with such honesty.

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And recently, after a game,

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he talked about how the Flyers, who he's,

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I believe,

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has completely squeezed

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everything out of.

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Like,

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this is a team that should not be

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where it is.

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It's in playoff position.

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But he says that there's a different level,

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which is true,

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as you get to the end of the year,

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trying to get that last

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wildcard spot or whatever the case,

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and getting into the

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playoffs and succeeding.

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And Tortorella had this to

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say after a postgame recently.

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John,

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it seemed like after San Juan scores

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that goal early in the second period,

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you guys got all the

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momentum and things kind of

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came to a stop.

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What was your assessment of

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where things were?

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Soft.

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One guy played, the goalie.

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How encouraging is it that

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he came in like that cold

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and was able to?

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Terrific.

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He's the only guy that played.

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Is that pretty surprising?

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Considering you said you trust your team,

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you don't have to tell them

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or remind them, and then they do that.

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You're finding things out here, okay,

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when these games are at a

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whole different plane, okay?

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It's still regular season, right?

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But it's a whole different plane.

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So we're finding things out.

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That was kind of what you

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felt like wasn't a great performance.

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Are you concerned at all

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that tonight it kind of

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lingered again that you

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just said it was a soft game per se?

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Not the whole game and not

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the whole group.

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There are certain people

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that they don't have a clue

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how to play or just don't

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have it in them to play in

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these type of situations.

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And this is why I'm glad

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we're playing them.

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Because we have to figure

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things out as far as what

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we're going to become as a team here.

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That was embarrassing in the

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second period for the

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Philadelphia Flyer uniform,

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the way we played.

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Embarrassing.

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High marks as far as how we

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came back in the third.

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Some guys.

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With regards to Ivan,

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why did you make the

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decisions to bring him in

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and how impressed were you

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in his performance tonight?

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I wanted to bring him in.

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It just didn't look right

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with Urs and I'm totally impressed.

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I put him in a hell of a spot.

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And he's the only goddamn

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player that played in the second period.

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No.

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Yeah, yeah, we can talk about that.

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To rest, this, that, the other thing.

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If you don't have enough

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balls to play in these type of games,

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rest doesn't do us any good.

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Doesn't do us any good.

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He's had a hair across his

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ass with Kateria, hasn't he?

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Oh yeah.

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He really has.

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Yeah.

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I mean, maybe he's not caught in or,

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or maybe getting a little

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pushback from him or, you know,

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he's the captain.

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So he's the one that he kind

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of has to drill down on to

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kind of get the rest of the

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guys to fall in line and say, look,

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I'm going to,

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I'm going to treat Sean Kateria this way.

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So the rest of you, you know,

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assholes better,

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better fall in line because you know, or,

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or,

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or you'll sit for a long period of time,

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you know?

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Um, but I love towards, I, I, I,

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I love his honesty, but,

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and he's a hell of a coach.

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Uh, like you said,

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squeezing every ounce of,

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of everything that he could

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get from this flyers team,

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but he is definitely one of

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those coaches that has a shelf life.

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You get to a certain point

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and everybody's like,

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this fucking guy won't get

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off my back for crying out loud.

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Can somebody hire someone?

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Can we get someone else in

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here who's not going to rip

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me a new one every time I

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turn the puck over at the blue line?

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It reminds me of the Ryan

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Kessler interview on Spit

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and Chicklets where he was

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just like going at Kessler,

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stripped him of his A and all that,

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and then almost fought him

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in practice pretty much.

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And he's like, I fucking love it, Kess.

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I fucking love it.

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You're going to get your A back next year.

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And Kessler's like,

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you're not going to be back

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here next year.

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I'm not going to be back here either.

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And this is like little things like that.

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It's like Torts definitely

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has a shelf life,

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but there's a reason why.

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he has continued to find a

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job in the league.

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Sure.

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Sure.

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I mean, he gets,

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he gets you there and then

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they may even win it maybe

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next year or whatever.

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He gets you there.

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But then after a while, it's just like,

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that's, that's enough.

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I mean, it's, he's kind of a hot, hot,

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hot knife through steak.

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He's just like kind of after a while,

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I just like, okay, okay, dude.

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But what I love is that that was like a,

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that was like a post game on a,

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on a bad one night stand

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where you just say like, Hey,

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what's the one thing that

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comes to mind after that performance?

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Soft.

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Yeah.

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That's like, you know,

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that was just incredible.

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I love it.

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I love torts.

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I mean, I just, I mean,

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I would love to play for a guy like torts,

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you know, but some people don't, you know,

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and it's hard nowadays,

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obviously players dictate things.

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We saw it with Cassidy in Boston,

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like players dictate things and,

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and the coach goes,

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you can't fire all the

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players and that type of thing.

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But torts has done a great

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job with that group.

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And that's a team that I

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didn't think had any chance

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of making the playoffs.

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And here we are, like,

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just really on the cusp of making it.

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And it's a scary team

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because they'll have no

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expectations and they play hard.

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Like, he gets them playing hard.

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And they're a scary team.

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They get going.

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They win game one.

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And all of a sudden, you're in a dogfight.

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So that's a scary team.

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All right,

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Alex Ovechkin is on his way to 895 goals.

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He sped up a little bit here,

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and the Caps are actually another team.

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Completely surprised by the Caps.

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I thought they were one of

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the worst teams in the

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league coming into the season.

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But Ove is getting there,

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and I think he's actually

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going to get there.

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He's at 848.

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So he's about, what is that,

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46 away from Gretzky.

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Yeah, he'll get there.

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I think he will.

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He'll play until he gets there.

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We'll put it that way.

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I think so.

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Uh,

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whether he's just out there on the

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power play,

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just banging one timers until he hits it.

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Uh, but he will, he'll get there.

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And, um, and then I think, you know,

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down the line,

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you're looking at a guy

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like Austin Matthews, who, uh, uh,

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we talked to Ardo Cal, uh,

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and he thinks Matthews will

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pass Ovechkin at some point.

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And it certainly looks like

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Matthews as well on his way with, uh,

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you know,

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does he have 60 already this year?

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Oh, he has 63 this year.

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63, yeah.

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So, you know, and, you know,

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if he starts putting

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together back-to-back, you know, 55, 60,

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65 goal seasons,

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it's only a matter of time

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before Matthews catches

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Ovechkin and Gretzky.

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He's only 26 years old.

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I was going to say, he's still very young.

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So he's got a long time in front of him,

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and it's just whether or

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not he plays long enough to

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get up into that stratosphere.

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Right.

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I agree.

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And that's, you know,

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there's only three people

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ever who scored over 800 goals.

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And I tweeted out on our

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Bruins friends' account a

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while back that there were

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a few like Nathan McKinnon

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and Matthews and Pasternak.

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who are in the mid-300s range,

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under 30 years old,

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who all have a chance.

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But like you said, longevity is the key.

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I mean,

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with the money that's in the game

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and those types of things,

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are guys really going to

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play until they're 36, 37, 38?

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You know,

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there are some in the league right now.

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You know,

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the Zach Parises and Goligoskis

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and guys who have been

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around quite a bit and

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played a long time in the league.

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But do guys like Matthews

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and Pasternak play that long?

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You know, in the league, who knows,

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but definitely have a chance.

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And so do you think, okay, Conrad,

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I'll ask you this.

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Does Ovi do it with the caps?

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Do they, I mean,

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I would assume he would and

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the caps would want him to, but I mean,

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he's a guy who every single

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year would be a candidate

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to kind of deal for a playoff run,

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wouldn't he?

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Yes,

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and I think the Capitals have done a

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good job at keeping the

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team relatively competitive

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because they're fighting

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for a wild card spot at the moment.

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It's a wild duck chase right now.

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With the way that Ovechkin

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kind of started the season

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and everyone's like, oh, he's 38,

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he's slowing down,

00:26:43.199 --> 00:26:44.599
and now he's picking it

00:26:44.721 --> 00:26:46.422
right up near the end of

00:26:46.461 --> 00:26:47.762
the season because, well, one,

00:26:47.803 --> 00:26:49.243
they're in the playoff hunt, and two,

00:26:50.184 --> 00:26:51.204
you have the team

00:26:52.673 --> 00:26:54.414
to go on this run like you

00:26:54.434 --> 00:26:56.076
have patch ready Sandin uh

00:26:56.957 --> 00:26:58.137
McMichael you have a bunch

00:26:58.178 --> 00:27:00.420
of young guys and then a

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.560
lot of really strong

00:27:01.621 --> 00:27:03.061
leaders too to go on top of

00:27:03.122 --> 00:27:05.463
it so it's like you have to

00:27:05.503 --> 00:27:06.884
look at the team that they

00:27:06.904 --> 00:27:08.807
have put around him and you

00:27:08.846 --> 00:27:09.626
also have to look at

00:27:09.686 --> 00:27:12.349
Ovechkin's play because 846

00:27:12.349 --> 00:27:15.271
or 848 goals later in the

00:27:15.332 --> 00:27:17.192
league and he's still in

00:27:17.252 --> 00:27:18.815
that one position in the

00:27:18.835 --> 00:27:20.576
power play still scoring

00:27:20.655 --> 00:27:21.576
from that one angle

00:27:23.737 --> 00:27:23.916
Yeah.

00:27:24.116 --> 00:27:26.219
I mean, he's, he's X. I mean, he's just,

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:28.201
I mean, he, one,

00:27:28.320 --> 00:27:29.361
one thing about OB that's

00:27:29.882 --> 00:27:31.323
impressive is the fact that

00:27:31.383 --> 00:27:33.305
he he'll play physically.

00:27:33.424 --> 00:27:34.065
He always has.

00:27:34.806 --> 00:27:37.327
And he is tremendously durable.

00:27:37.347 --> 00:27:38.268
I mean, my God,

00:27:38.288 --> 00:27:40.450
he's like a machine and

00:27:40.809 --> 00:27:41.570
he's still out there

00:27:41.631 --> 00:27:43.152
playing at a fairly high level.

00:27:44.113 --> 00:27:44.553
And I mean,

00:27:44.573 --> 00:27:45.794
he may be a little bit more one

00:27:45.814 --> 00:27:46.714
dimensional than he was,

00:27:46.775 --> 00:27:47.796
but there was a time where

00:27:47.816 --> 00:27:49.257
he was banging bodies and

00:27:49.317 --> 00:27:50.417
playing physically and,

00:27:50.955 --> 00:27:52.036
having a different impact in

00:27:52.056 --> 00:27:53.116
the game than just scoring

00:27:53.136 --> 00:27:54.057
goals on the power play.

00:27:54.557 --> 00:27:55.617
And that may be how it ends.

00:27:55.738 --> 00:27:56.438
Like Smitty said,

00:27:56.478 --> 00:27:57.157
just kind of being

00:27:57.198 --> 00:27:58.999
specialty guy and that's fine.

00:28:00.358 --> 00:28:01.680
But it's interesting that

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:03.119
the Capitals have been able to,

00:28:03.140 --> 00:28:04.180
because I really thought

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:05.381
this was a Cal Ripken type

00:28:05.421 --> 00:28:06.820
of situation where all of a sudden,

00:28:06.840 --> 00:28:08.241
like you're just waiting

00:28:08.281 --> 00:28:09.981
this guy out and your

00:28:10.082 --> 00:28:11.643
roster is struggling through it.

00:28:11.702 --> 00:28:13.203
And you just, at the end of it,

00:28:13.243 --> 00:28:15.104
it's just your bare bones.

00:28:15.144 --> 00:28:15.763
You're all done.

00:28:15.923 --> 00:28:17.144
Like you have to completely

00:28:17.224 --> 00:28:18.305
rebuild after this.

00:28:18.365 --> 00:28:19.945
Like you're selling your soul for this.

00:28:20.685 --> 00:28:21.886
But it doesn't seem to be that way.

00:28:21.906 --> 00:28:22.847
It seems to be that they've

00:28:22.887 --> 00:28:23.968
done a pretty good job of

00:28:24.028 --> 00:28:24.868
staying relevant and

00:28:24.888 --> 00:28:26.089
staying in the playoff chase.

00:28:26.769 --> 00:28:28.852
Whether or not they make it, who knows?

00:28:28.951 --> 00:28:30.573
But at least they've been

00:28:31.432 --> 00:28:33.714
able to remain relevant in

00:28:33.755 --> 00:28:34.515
the playoff chase.

00:28:35.635 --> 00:28:36.576
All right.

00:28:36.636 --> 00:28:38.357
Moves that we think teams

00:28:38.397 --> 00:28:39.499
should have or should not

00:28:39.538 --> 00:28:41.400
have made at the trade deadline.

00:28:42.141 --> 00:28:42.520
Conrad,

00:28:42.580 --> 00:28:44.541
anything come to mind for you as

00:28:44.602 --> 00:28:45.883
far as who should have made?

00:28:45.942 --> 00:28:47.984
I think I kind of alluded

00:28:48.065 --> 00:28:49.846
with the whole Vancouver thing is

00:28:50.386 --> 00:28:51.888
The Elias Lindholm trade is

00:28:52.009 --> 00:28:53.310
one that they should not have made.

00:28:53.330 --> 00:28:55.594
And I feel so strongly about that.

00:28:56.214 --> 00:28:57.477
And I'm pretty sure my trade

00:28:57.517 --> 00:28:58.657
deadline grade piece,

00:28:58.857 --> 00:28:59.839
I think I gave them a D.

00:29:01.738 --> 00:29:03.298
I was very rough to them.

00:29:03.959 --> 00:29:05.558
And then San Jose also comes

00:29:05.618 --> 00:29:08.700
to mind with some boneheaded ass moves,

00:29:08.819 --> 00:29:10.121
trading Thomas Hurdle with

00:29:10.201 --> 00:29:11.240
two third round picks,

00:29:11.560 --> 00:29:13.121
which are basically second

00:29:13.161 --> 00:29:14.922
round picks for how bad the

00:29:14.961 --> 00:29:15.882
team is going to be over

00:29:15.902 --> 00:29:18.103
the next five years for

00:29:18.823 --> 00:29:20.803
their best prospect in

00:29:20.903 --> 00:29:22.824
Vegas at a first round pick.

00:29:23.104 --> 00:29:24.384
That's basically a second

00:29:24.423 --> 00:29:25.265
round fucking pick.

00:29:25.724 --> 00:29:27.684
Like, what are we doing in San Jose?

00:29:28.164 --> 00:29:29.846
It's a clear F on their part.

00:29:30.326 --> 00:29:31.507
So I got two teams that I

00:29:31.547 --> 00:29:32.728
want to rip an asshole about,

00:29:32.807 --> 00:29:34.190
but here we are.

00:29:34.210 --> 00:29:36.692
Yeah,

00:29:36.832 --> 00:29:39.673
I think Mike Greer in San Jose

00:29:39.713 --> 00:29:40.654
probably should be fired

00:29:40.714 --> 00:29:43.237
for the way that he did.

00:29:43.718 --> 00:29:44.739
I don't think there's any

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.578
two ways about it.

00:29:45.618 --> 00:29:46.941
He should have been fired

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:49.923
for negotiating to Trent Hurdle.

00:29:50.284 --> 00:29:51.785
Even cap retention on it.

00:29:52.685 --> 00:29:52.925
Right.

00:29:53.106 --> 00:29:53.547
Exactly.

00:29:53.567 --> 00:29:54.027
Right.

00:29:54.146 --> 00:29:55.147
The, the, you know,

00:29:55.188 --> 00:29:56.388
the retention back and then

00:29:56.449 --> 00:29:57.289
not getting enough.

00:29:57.871 --> 00:29:59.291
It's, it's a,

00:29:59.432 --> 00:30:00.972
it's a viable offense in my opinion.

00:30:01.053 --> 00:30:03.115
And, and then, um, you know,

00:30:03.154 --> 00:30:04.296
some moves that people did

00:30:04.336 --> 00:30:05.837
make at the deadline, you look at,

00:30:06.258 --> 00:30:09.721
you know, Vegas gets hurdle, uh, you know,

00:30:10.201 --> 00:30:13.223
Edmonton gets some pieces, um, you know,

00:30:13.785 --> 00:30:17.347
uh, Colorado with the trade for, um,

00:30:19.095 --> 00:30:21.576
uh buffalo who was it oh um

00:30:22.317 --> 00:30:24.096
uh middle middle stats are

00:30:24.336 --> 00:30:25.218
uh byron that was a good

00:30:25.258 --> 00:30:26.698
move for them to give them

00:30:26.778 --> 00:30:28.898
some more depth um so you

00:30:28.939 --> 00:30:29.799
know the teams in the west

00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:31.701
kind of loaded up there for

00:30:31.721 --> 00:30:33.500
the for the stretch run uh

00:30:33.641 --> 00:30:34.342
and it's going to be a

00:30:34.382 --> 00:30:36.542
battle uh and then you know

00:30:36.942 --> 00:30:38.743
tampa and you know makes a

00:30:38.784 --> 00:30:40.023
minor move and florida

00:30:40.044 --> 00:30:41.704
makes a minor move with duclair and

00:30:42.605 --> 00:30:44.606
uh you know carolina uh

00:30:44.686 --> 00:30:46.387
makes a move so um there

00:30:46.407 --> 00:30:47.388
were some good moves made

00:30:47.449 --> 00:30:48.348
by by some of the

00:30:48.388 --> 00:30:49.529
contenders in the east you

00:30:49.549 --> 00:30:50.631
know boston gets the peak

00:30:50.671 --> 00:30:52.251
trade I uh peak and I think

00:30:52.291 --> 00:30:53.092
that was a little bit of an

00:30:53.152 --> 00:30:54.933
underrated signing uh he's

00:30:54.973 --> 00:30:55.874
kind of fit in well with

00:30:55.913 --> 00:30:56.994
them on their third pair

00:30:57.055 --> 00:30:58.036
and giving them a little

00:30:58.076 --> 00:30:59.977
bit more physicality and pk

00:31:00.017 --> 00:31:02.358
work so um it seems like

00:31:02.578 --> 00:31:04.500
most of the contenders made

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:06.181
pretty good little moves

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:07.701
with the exception like uh

00:31:07.761 --> 00:31:11.285
conrad said of of vancouver uh and and

00:31:12.945 --> 00:31:14.006
And, you know,

00:31:14.046 --> 00:31:17.209
then there's... I don't know if... I mean,

00:31:17.348 --> 00:31:19.550
San Jose obviously was a

00:31:20.090 --> 00:31:22.692
dumpster fire or whatever, but... Yeah,

00:31:22.952 --> 00:31:23.192
you know,

00:31:23.212 --> 00:31:25.974
I think that... I thought when

00:31:26.015 --> 00:31:26.615
it happened that the

00:31:26.635 --> 00:31:28.596
deadline was a pretty good deadline.

00:31:28.616 --> 00:31:30.038
I thought that teams didn't

00:31:30.057 --> 00:31:32.000
have a lot of room to take

00:31:32.059 --> 00:31:34.221
on salaries and had to be creative.

00:31:34.320 --> 00:31:35.382
And I thought it was going

00:31:35.402 --> 00:31:36.383
to be a real dud.

00:31:36.663 --> 00:31:37.443
I really did, but...

00:31:38.104 --> 00:31:38.723
It really wasn't.

00:31:38.864 --> 00:31:40.065
I thought teams did a really

00:31:40.105 --> 00:31:42.924
good job of having some creativity,

00:31:43.065 --> 00:31:43.806
getting enough help.

00:31:44.445 --> 00:31:45.365
Many teams did.

00:31:46.526 --> 00:31:47.866
We kind of lamented Boston

00:31:47.906 --> 00:31:49.346
not getting something a little bit better,

00:31:49.406 --> 00:31:50.728
maybe a centerman or

00:31:50.748 --> 00:31:52.307
another scoring winger.

00:31:52.367 --> 00:31:54.868
But when you look at Maroon, who's now...

00:31:55.648 --> 00:31:56.869
he's going to start playing for them.

00:31:56.930 --> 00:31:57.910
And that's probably a good

00:31:57.990 --> 00:31:59.932
move because they do need

00:31:59.951 --> 00:32:01.132
some bottom six help.

00:32:01.272 --> 00:32:03.193
And then the peak trade was

00:32:03.233 --> 00:32:04.413
a really good one, as Smitty said.

00:32:04.473 --> 00:32:05.815
So they actually did some

00:32:05.855 --> 00:32:07.476
things to really shore

00:32:07.496 --> 00:32:08.376
themselves up when they

00:32:08.416 --> 00:32:09.518
didn't have a lot of cap

00:32:09.538 --> 00:32:12.940
space or any capital to trade.

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:14.840
They don't have great prospects.

00:32:14.881 --> 00:32:15.580
They don't have a lot of

00:32:15.641 --> 00:32:17.362
high picks and don't

00:32:17.481 --> 00:32:18.303
certainly want to give any

00:32:18.363 --> 00:32:18.962
more of them up.

00:32:19.564 --> 00:32:21.184
So I thought that was a

00:32:21.224 --> 00:32:22.546
pretty good deadline all around for

00:32:23.479 --> 00:32:24.779
But the Lindholm thing was,

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:26.720
if you could ever see

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:28.040
something coming a mile away,

00:32:28.820 --> 00:32:30.961
it's that Elias Lindholm thing.

00:32:31.082 --> 00:32:31.842
It's just like,

00:32:33.103 --> 00:32:33.863
you could just see it

00:32:33.923 --> 00:32:35.003
coming that he just wasn't

00:32:35.384 --> 00:32:36.263
performing well,

00:32:36.384 --> 00:32:37.744
wasn't producing well in a

00:32:37.805 --> 00:32:38.825
real dry spell.

00:32:39.566 --> 00:32:40.566
And then you make that trade

00:32:41.625 --> 00:32:43.767
with all that was sent in return.

00:32:44.448 --> 00:32:46.188
It was just like a head scratcher for me.

00:32:46.228 --> 00:32:48.288
It's just all the red alerts

00:32:48.348 --> 00:32:50.130
were there to not do

00:32:50.410 --> 00:32:51.691
something to that magnitude

00:32:51.730 --> 00:32:52.570
with Lindholm.

00:32:53.487 --> 00:32:56.048
Another thing with that

00:32:56.148 --> 00:32:59.290
Lindholm trade is Vancouver,

00:32:59.451 --> 00:33:00.971
I very strongly believe

00:33:01.011 --> 00:33:01.491
they're going to get

00:33:01.551 --> 00:33:02.792
bounced in the first round.

00:33:03.753 --> 00:33:03.953
Right.

00:33:03.993 --> 00:33:05.394
So you're giving up a pretty

00:33:05.494 --> 00:33:07.476
decent first round pick on

00:33:07.516 --> 00:33:09.376
top of some other pretty

00:33:09.497 --> 00:33:12.798
decent assets for a guy who

00:33:12.838 --> 00:33:14.780
might not even sniff the

00:33:14.820 --> 00:33:16.020
playoffs with this team.

00:33:16.701 --> 00:33:16.882
Right.

00:33:17.821 --> 00:33:18.903
And I thought Carolina

00:33:18.923 --> 00:33:20.403
really helped themselves with Gensel.

00:33:21.525 --> 00:33:22.565
He's been really hot since

00:33:22.585 --> 00:33:23.266
he's been there.

00:33:23.405 --> 00:33:25.548
Carolina has a lot of good

00:33:25.607 --> 00:33:27.669
forwards and he'll fit right in there.

00:33:27.729 --> 00:33:29.250
And they just got Freddie Anderson back.

00:33:29.329 --> 00:33:30.030
And, you know,

00:33:30.050 --> 00:33:30.810
with the exception of the

00:33:30.851 --> 00:33:31.932
Bruins game last night,

00:33:31.971 --> 00:33:33.653
he's been terrific since he came back,

00:33:33.712 --> 00:33:35.634
I believe 11 and one before that game.

00:33:36.154 --> 00:33:36.454
with the,

00:33:36.595 --> 00:33:37.915
with the goals against under two.

00:33:38.056 --> 00:33:39.556
So, um, you know,

00:33:39.576 --> 00:33:40.576
Carolina is going to be a

00:33:40.636 --> 00:33:41.557
really tough out cause

00:33:41.596 --> 00:33:43.417
they're playing well and, and have,

00:33:43.498 --> 00:33:45.519
you know, the defensive depth and, and,

00:33:45.778 --> 00:33:46.519
uh, you know,

00:33:46.558 --> 00:33:48.579
a really good solid forward group.

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:50.580
Um, if they can, you know,

00:33:50.820 --> 00:33:53.622
figure some things out, uh, as far as, um,

00:33:53.801 --> 00:33:55.342
you know, fetching the cause, taking some,

00:33:55.682 --> 00:33:56.202
some, uh,

00:33:56.303 --> 00:33:58.523
kind of stupid penalties he did

00:33:58.564 --> 00:33:59.104
last night.

00:33:59.983 --> 00:34:02.125
Um, so they need to clean some stuff up,

00:34:02.184 --> 00:34:03.204
but there'll be, uh,

00:34:03.345 --> 00:34:04.665
there'll be a tough out in the East.

00:34:05.208 --> 00:34:05.567
But, you know,

00:34:05.587 --> 00:34:06.670
Vancouver's looking down the

00:34:06.710 --> 00:34:07.951
barrel of a L.A.

00:34:08.050 --> 00:34:09.351
Kings first round matchup.

00:34:10.373 --> 00:34:11.514
And the Kings are pretty good.

00:34:11.534 --> 00:34:13.416
And I would favor the Kings

00:34:13.456 --> 00:34:14.077
in that series.

00:34:15.141 --> 00:34:17.061
It could either be the Kings or the Preds,

00:34:17.101 --> 00:34:17.561
looks like.

00:34:18.021 --> 00:34:19.322
The Preds have been fairly hot.

00:34:19.822 --> 00:34:20.822
Bruins beat them the other night,

00:34:20.862 --> 00:34:22.523
but they had won eight out

00:34:22.543 --> 00:34:24.563
of nine at home in a really hot.

00:34:25.083 --> 00:34:26.184
And the Kings are pretty good.

00:34:27.023 --> 00:34:27.784
Either one of those two

00:34:27.824 --> 00:34:29.143
teams could upset Vancouver

00:34:29.204 --> 00:34:29.985
in the first round.

00:34:30.025 --> 00:34:32.764
One thing with Nashville, too,

00:34:32.864 --> 00:34:35.585
is they went from not having a great...

00:34:37.063 --> 00:34:38.983
not so great to start to

00:34:39.023 --> 00:34:40.545
this season and then the

00:34:40.585 --> 00:34:41.226
whole thing with the

00:34:41.266 --> 00:34:42.427
youtube concert and the

00:34:42.447 --> 00:34:43.146
team out and getting

00:34:43.186 --> 00:34:44.668
cancelled they went on just

00:34:44.688 --> 00:34:46.869
an absolute terror they did

00:34:46.969 --> 00:34:48.210
I've I don't know if

00:34:48.250 --> 00:34:49.610
they're still or no they're

00:34:49.630 --> 00:34:50.952
just sniffing up winnipeg's

00:34:51.012 --> 00:34:52.873
back for the third central

00:34:52.913 --> 00:34:54.713
spot but right nashville is

00:34:54.753 --> 00:34:56.155
going to be a very sneaky

00:34:56.235 --> 00:34:57.056
team when it comes to

00:34:57.115 --> 00:35:00.177
playoffs because yeah 92 points

00:35:00.923 --> 00:35:02.766
The admirals are also a really,

00:35:02.847 --> 00:35:04.769
really good team and they

00:35:04.789 --> 00:35:06.132
have so much depth.

00:35:06.231 --> 00:35:07.894
It's like guy goes down,

00:35:07.934 --> 00:35:08.996
they got a guy who'll come

00:35:09.016 --> 00:35:10.978
in and step right into that role.

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:12.561
It's no problem for a national.

00:35:13.628 --> 00:35:14.650
the guy I always thought was

00:35:14.710 --> 00:35:16.271
really underrated is Philip

00:35:16.532 --> 00:35:17.632
is Philip Forsberg.

00:35:17.713 --> 00:35:19.733
Like he's 87 points.

00:35:19.773 --> 00:35:21.175
Like he's such a good player.

00:35:21.195 --> 00:35:21.235
Um,

00:35:22.976 --> 00:35:24.458
they don't really have enough around

00:35:24.498 --> 00:35:27.221
him ever, but man, he's so good.

00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:29.123
And he signed to extend with them.

00:35:30.184 --> 00:35:31.945
And I just think he's an

00:35:32.025 --> 00:35:33.545
under the radar star for them.

00:35:33.606 --> 00:35:34.266
Like no one,

00:35:34.606 --> 00:35:35.467
people don't give them enough

00:35:35.588 --> 00:35:36.509
credit for being,

00:35:36.548 --> 00:35:38.791
if he was on a team in a

00:35:38.831 --> 00:35:39.692
bigger market or,

00:35:40.505 --> 00:35:42.086
You know, in a more of a hotbed of hockey,

00:35:42.547 --> 00:35:43.186
like, man,

00:35:43.786 --> 00:35:45.788
like he'd be someone that the

00:35:45.847 --> 00:35:47.628
league is really, you know,

00:35:47.929 --> 00:35:49.429
that's really on top of the league.

00:35:49.929 --> 00:35:51.210
And he's just so, so good.

00:35:51.230 --> 00:35:53.710
And he kind of makes that team go.

00:35:55.251 --> 00:35:57.311
Connor McDavid joins Wayne Gretzky,

00:35:57.351 --> 00:35:58.072
Bobby Orr,

00:35:58.233 --> 00:35:59.793
and Mario Lemieux is the only

00:35:59.853 --> 00:36:00.592
players to record 100

00:36:00.592 --> 00:36:02.393
assists in a season.

00:36:03.074 --> 00:36:04.034
Nikita Kucherov has 90.

00:36:04.255 --> 00:36:05.755
I don't think he's going to get there,

00:36:06.335 --> 00:36:07.695
but he has 90 this season.

00:36:08.016 --> 00:36:08.356
But 100 assists.

00:36:10.157 --> 00:36:10.958
for McDavid.

00:36:11.237 --> 00:36:12.239
That's pretty impressive.

00:36:13.820 --> 00:36:14.842
Yeah, it really is.

00:36:15.222 --> 00:36:16.384
I mean, that's, uh,

00:36:16.623 --> 00:36:18.927
that's pretty good company to be in with,

00:36:19.067 --> 00:36:20.989
uh, with Kresge, Lemieux and Orr.

00:36:21.028 --> 00:36:24.893
So, um, you know, he, he just continues to,

00:36:25.072 --> 00:36:27.536
to put up numbers and, and now, uh,

00:36:28.231 --> 00:36:29.972
his legacy will be, you know,

00:36:30.112 --> 00:36:31.193
can he get over the hump and,

00:36:31.472 --> 00:36:32.094
and win a cup?

00:36:32.333 --> 00:36:33.355
All those other guys have

00:36:33.755 --> 00:36:35.016
multiple Stanley cups.

00:36:35.715 --> 00:36:36.757
So he needs to, uh,

00:36:38.117 --> 00:36:39.918
he needs to join that elite

00:36:39.978 --> 00:36:41.621
company if he wants to be

00:36:41.661 --> 00:36:42.981
mentioned in the same

00:36:43.021 --> 00:36:43.902
breath as those guys.

00:36:44.382 --> 00:36:45.503
Uh, I mean, you know,

00:36:45.543 --> 00:36:49.025
he's a tremendous talent and, um, but he,

00:36:49.266 --> 00:36:51.568
he really needs the playoff success now,

00:36:52.327 --> 00:36:54.489
um, to be mentioned among the greats.

00:36:56.175 --> 00:36:56.994
Yeah, I mean,

00:36:57.376 --> 00:37:00.257
Edmonton-Vegas could be the

00:37:00.297 --> 00:37:01.336
first round matchup.

00:37:02.398 --> 00:37:04.619
And that's a tough one.

00:37:05.838 --> 00:37:06.739
That's a tough one.

00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:08.420
I mean, Vegas has been dinged up.

00:37:09.101 --> 00:37:10.760
I mean, Eichel was out for a while.

00:37:11.081 --> 00:37:12.202
Stone was out for a while.

00:37:13.963 --> 00:37:15.902
But man, if they can get healthy,

00:37:16.143 --> 00:37:17.003
they're fully healthy.

00:37:17.523 --> 00:37:18.585
That's a tough first round

00:37:18.625 --> 00:37:19.405
matchup for Edmonton.

00:37:20.744 --> 00:37:21.164
Yeah, it is.

00:37:21.304 --> 00:37:24.307
I think they have 21 or 22

00:37:24.307 --> 00:37:25.268
million on long term

00:37:25.307 --> 00:37:26.289
injured reserve right now.

00:37:26.309 --> 00:37:28.471
Yeah, that they're, you know,

00:37:28.610 --> 00:37:30.871
that they got guys hanging

00:37:30.952 --> 00:37:33.414
out just off to just off to

00:37:33.434 --> 00:37:35.436
the off to the side of the rink there.

00:37:35.556 --> 00:37:37.396
And so all around and then

00:37:37.416 --> 00:37:38.617
you see everybody hop the

00:37:38.657 --> 00:37:41.539
boards and be like salary cap gymnastics.

00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:41.740
Yeah.

00:37:42.561 --> 00:37:44.702
I mean, hey, it's legal.

00:37:44.981 --> 00:37:46.561
And, you know,

00:37:47.143 --> 00:37:48.443
everybody kind of jumps on

00:37:48.483 --> 00:37:51.204
people for doing that and, you know,

00:37:51.384 --> 00:37:53.385
cap circumvention and all this stuff.

00:37:53.465 --> 00:37:55.865
But until somebody closes that loophole,

00:37:56.146 --> 00:37:57.106
you got to use everything

00:37:57.126 --> 00:37:59.387
that's available to you in

00:37:59.447 --> 00:38:00.686
order to field the best

00:38:00.706 --> 00:38:01.668
team possible to win it.

00:38:01.788 --> 00:38:02.648
So, you know,

00:38:02.688 --> 00:38:04.047
Vegas is doing what Tampa did

00:38:04.088 --> 00:38:05.869
for a long time and some

00:38:05.909 --> 00:38:07.789
other teams have done to, you know,

00:38:07.929 --> 00:38:09.429
kind of get around that and

00:38:09.849 --> 00:38:11.271
have the best team come to playoffs.

00:38:12.951 --> 00:38:14.092
I've had this conversation

00:38:14.132 --> 00:38:15.132
with a few friends, too.

00:38:15.193 --> 00:38:15.512
It's like,

00:38:16.353 --> 00:38:17.894
if it's there and the league

00:38:17.974 --> 00:38:21.338
isn't doing anything about it, yes,

00:38:21.597 --> 00:38:22.798
it might seem like cheating

00:38:22.838 --> 00:38:25.001
to us because we're fans of other teams.

00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:25.641
Right.

00:38:26.382 --> 00:38:28.184
But they are doing what the

00:38:28.224 --> 00:38:29.625
league refuses to kind of

00:38:29.644 --> 00:38:30.606
put their foot down on.

00:38:30.626 --> 00:38:30.706
Sure.

00:38:31.106 --> 00:38:30.706
100%.

00:38:32.387 --> 00:38:33.788
If it's there, use it.

00:38:33.807 --> 00:38:35.829
Like, I would love for Winnipeg to do it.

00:38:35.909 --> 00:38:37.331
I would love for Boston to do it.

00:38:37.690 --> 00:38:37.931
Yeah.

00:38:38.231 --> 00:38:39.632
Like Toronto did or tried to

00:38:39.652 --> 00:38:40.634
do it a few years ago.

00:38:40.693 --> 00:38:40.793
Yeah.

00:38:42.398 --> 00:38:44.038
You got these teams that try to do it,

00:38:44.097 --> 00:38:45.998
but you got other teams who

00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:48.260
are doing it to an extreme,

00:38:48.300 --> 00:38:49.599
like Tampa with the 18

00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:51.039
million goes and wins the cup.

00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:53.681
Can't fault them for using what's within,

00:38:53.701 --> 00:38:55.081
I guess,

00:38:55.322 --> 00:38:56.461
I don't want to say the rule book,

00:38:56.501 --> 00:38:58.583
but tactically in the rule book,

00:38:58.623 --> 00:38:59.663
the LTIR thing.

00:39:00.322 --> 00:39:00.563
Sure.

00:39:01.262 --> 00:39:01.463
Yeah.

00:39:01.804 --> 00:39:03.903
I mean, that's part of the gig.

00:39:03.923 --> 00:39:04.083
I mean,

00:39:04.103 --> 00:39:05.324
that's a loophole that you take

00:39:05.344 --> 00:39:06.385
advantage of for sure.

00:39:06.405 --> 00:39:06.905
Yeah.

00:39:07.298 --> 00:39:07.358
Um,

00:39:07.579 --> 00:39:09.483
Minnesota wild for Ryan Hartman gets

00:39:09.523 --> 00:39:11.666
three games suspension for

00:39:11.706 --> 00:39:13.208
throwing a stick on the ice, uh,

00:39:13.289 --> 00:39:15.030
from the bench after a game last weekend,

00:39:15.050 --> 00:39:16.293
the second time he has

00:39:16.333 --> 00:39:17.335
received supplemental

00:39:17.375 --> 00:39:18.297
discipline in the season

00:39:18.317 --> 00:39:19.438
and the third over the past

00:39:19.498 --> 00:39:20.440
year for Ryan Hartman.

00:39:21.690 --> 00:39:22.871
Nobody likes him, I guess, huh?

00:39:22.990 --> 00:39:23.831
In the league office?

00:39:23.951 --> 00:39:25.911
What, did he piss in George Daros' chair?

00:39:26.032 --> 00:39:27.172
Three games?

00:39:27.333 --> 00:39:29.534
Is it because of the multiple infractions?

00:39:29.594 --> 00:39:31.034
Three games for throwing your stick?

00:39:31.295 --> 00:39:32.574
It has to be.

00:39:32.614 --> 00:39:32.835
I mean,

00:39:32.855 --> 00:39:35.456
there really can't be any other

00:39:35.536 --> 00:39:36.436
explanation for that.

00:39:36.697 --> 00:39:37.737
It's because he was already

00:39:37.797 --> 00:39:39.318
disciplined once this year or whatever.

00:39:39.338 --> 00:39:40.898
That has to be the reason.

00:39:41.179 --> 00:39:41.659
It has to be.

00:39:41.679 --> 00:39:43.199
Because throwing your stick off the bench,

00:39:43.260 --> 00:39:44.041
I mean, sure.

00:39:44.541 --> 00:39:45.721
That's more like a 10-minute

00:39:45.740 --> 00:39:46.601
misconduct than...

00:39:47.481 --> 00:39:49.181
then, you know, suspension worthy,

00:39:49.202 --> 00:39:50.262
in my opinion, I don't know.

00:39:50.561 --> 00:39:52.043
It's like, that's like a, you know,

00:39:52.242 --> 00:39:53.443
go hit the showers early, buddy.

00:39:53.583 --> 00:39:53.963
We'll see you.

00:39:54.244 --> 00:39:54.443
Right.

00:39:54.724 --> 00:39:54.923
Not,

00:39:55.063 --> 00:39:57.164
it's not suspension level in my opinion,

00:39:57.224 --> 00:39:58.846
but I mean, I,

00:39:58.945 --> 00:40:00.027
I have no idea what the

00:40:00.067 --> 00:40:01.106
people of player safety

00:40:01.706 --> 00:40:03.387
deem suspension worthy and

00:40:03.427 --> 00:40:04.949
not suspension worthy or

00:40:05.168 --> 00:40:06.329
how many games they should give.

00:40:06.730 --> 00:40:07.829
It seems like it's fucking

00:40:08.250 --> 00:40:09.590
completely arbitrary to me.

00:40:10.010 --> 00:40:10.971
Like they just spin the

00:40:11.010 --> 00:40:12.592
wheel of fortune and they're like, Oh,

00:40:12.771 --> 00:40:13.291
bankrupt.

00:40:13.411 --> 00:40:14.773
You get fucking 10 games.

00:40:15.233 --> 00:40:16.094
And then this other time,

00:40:16.914 --> 00:40:17.875
Yeah.

00:40:18.394 --> 00:40:18.675
You know,

00:40:19.536 --> 00:40:21.297
give somebody a slight push from

00:40:21.336 --> 00:40:22.317
behind and he gets a

00:40:22.356 --> 00:40:23.498
boarding and then they give them,

00:40:23.557 --> 00:40:23.818
you know,

00:40:23.878 --> 00:40:26.099
five games or they give them 5,000 bucks.

00:40:26.159 --> 00:40:28.240
Like it's just all over the place.

00:40:28.900 --> 00:40:31.302
It's completely arbitrary

00:40:31.402 --> 00:40:33.284
what the decisions are from team team,

00:40:33.344 --> 00:40:34.244
from game to game.

00:40:34.985 --> 00:40:35.025
Um,

00:40:35.804 --> 00:40:36.385
player to player.

00:40:36.766 --> 00:40:38.028
It's all over the place and

00:40:38.088 --> 00:40:40.251
I wish it was a little more consistent.

00:40:40.271 --> 00:40:41.514
I think that's really all

00:40:41.614 --> 00:40:43.235
anyone would ask for is

00:40:43.277 --> 00:40:45.119
just be consistent with

00:40:45.159 --> 00:40:46.280
what you call and what you

00:40:46.320 --> 00:40:47.342
dole out as punishment.

00:40:49.177 --> 00:40:49.778
Yeah, I agree.

00:40:49.998 --> 00:40:51.880
I just think it's throwing darts,

00:40:52.059 --> 00:40:53.882
throwing darts.

00:40:54.081 --> 00:40:54.742
I don't know.

00:40:54.782 --> 00:40:57.445
Or whatever the mood swings.

00:40:57.965 --> 00:40:59.186
Someone's in a pissy mood,

00:40:59.226 --> 00:41:02.429
and I'm tired of player discipline,

00:41:02.469 --> 00:41:03.530
so you get five games.

00:41:04.510 --> 00:41:06.731
Or we haven't had one in a while, so yeah,

00:41:06.771 --> 00:41:07.393
give him a fine.

00:41:07.672 --> 00:41:08.152
He's fine.

00:41:08.934 --> 00:41:09.855
It just seems like that.

00:41:09.954 --> 00:41:10.996
It just seems like if you

00:41:11.016 --> 00:41:12.056
hit me at the wrong time,

00:41:12.577 --> 00:41:13.436
And I've had too much of

00:41:13.476 --> 00:41:14.657
this crap this last week.

00:41:14.677 --> 00:41:15.597
Then I'm going to just lay

00:41:15.637 --> 00:41:16.577
the smack down on you.

00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:19.239
And that's, you know, in the Hartman thing,

00:41:19.278 --> 00:41:21.980
it's definitely basically them saying, OK,

00:41:22.019 --> 00:41:22.661
Ryan, that's enough.

00:41:22.840 --> 00:41:23.820
That's enough from you.

00:41:24.481 --> 00:41:24.621
Like,

00:41:24.641 --> 00:41:26.242
that's it before it escalates even

00:41:26.302 --> 00:41:27.541
further, which I'm OK.

00:41:27.762 --> 00:41:28.822
I mean, I'm OK with,

00:41:29.242 --> 00:41:30.023
but it's just such

00:41:30.123 --> 00:41:32.184
inconsistency in all of it.

00:41:32.204 --> 00:41:33.925
And some guys get treated differently.

00:41:34.744 --> 00:41:36.025
And then other guys do.

00:41:36.085 --> 00:41:37.606
And then you can talk about the teams,

00:41:37.746 --> 00:41:40.088
which teams seem to get, you know,

00:41:40.168 --> 00:41:41.929
anytime anybody has an

00:41:41.989 --> 00:41:43.210
infraction against the Bruins,

00:41:43.650 --> 00:41:45.251
they get a fine at the most.

00:41:45.693 --> 00:41:45.833
Like,

00:41:45.873 --> 00:41:48.094
it just seems like nothing ever

00:41:48.173 --> 00:41:49.474
happens if something

00:41:49.494 --> 00:41:51.197
happens to a Bruins player.

00:41:51.677 --> 00:41:53.177
They just don't get suspended very,

00:41:53.197 --> 00:41:54.978
you know, very harshly or anything.

00:41:54.998 --> 00:41:55.960
I mean, Boston also did.

00:41:56.699 --> 00:41:58.061
has gotten away with murder before.

00:41:58.280 --> 00:41:58.960
Not literally,

00:41:58.981 --> 00:42:00.461
but it feels like they've

00:42:00.501 --> 00:42:01.641
committed murder.

00:42:02.222 --> 00:42:04.722
Peros is like, whatever,

00:42:04.983 --> 00:42:07.864
you guys are fine.

00:42:07.985 --> 00:42:09.364
It's extremely inconsistent.

00:42:10.186 --> 00:42:11.425
You know who's very

00:42:11.465 --> 00:42:13.226
consistent is Austin Matthews,

00:42:13.806 --> 00:42:15.407
who's at 63 goals.

00:42:16.288 --> 00:42:17.949
Does he get to 70?

00:42:18.028 --> 00:42:20.210
He has seven games remaining.

00:42:21.889 --> 00:42:23.351
Seven goals in seven games?

00:42:24.594 --> 00:42:25.614
I have the schedule pulled

00:42:25.695 --> 00:42:29.217
up and they play some pretty tough teams.

00:42:29.639 --> 00:42:29.798
Okay.

00:42:29.818 --> 00:42:32.021
The only two kind of not so

00:42:32.121 --> 00:42:34.623
tough teams are Montreal and Pittsburgh,

00:42:35.603 --> 00:42:37.686
but the rest, maybe New Jersey,

00:42:37.706 --> 00:42:39.427
but New Jersey, isn't that bad.

00:42:39.447 --> 00:42:40.568
They're just having a down

00:42:40.608 --> 00:42:41.289
year in my opinion,

00:42:41.809 --> 00:42:43.791
but like you got Florida, Tampa,

00:42:44.251 --> 00:42:45.833
you got some pretty decent

00:42:45.873 --> 00:42:47.114
teams coming up.

00:42:47.795 --> 00:42:51.378
So Tampa shut them down to just one goal,

00:42:51.418 --> 00:42:51.518
but,

00:42:52.438 --> 00:42:54.101
That's a goal per game for

00:42:54.121 --> 00:42:55.666
the rest of the season, maybe less.

00:42:56.380 --> 00:42:57.820
I think he hits it because I

00:42:57.840 --> 00:42:58.840
think he could score four

00:42:58.860 --> 00:42:59.981
or five against Pittsburgh.

00:43:00.902 --> 00:43:02.764
Honestly, fair enough.

00:43:04.204 --> 00:43:05.244
I think they got more

00:43:05.344 --> 00:43:06.606
offensive inclination.

00:43:06.766 --> 00:43:06.965
Yeah.

00:43:07.005 --> 00:43:07.286
I mean,

00:43:07.306 --> 00:43:08.786
I think Pittsburgh's kind of cashed,

00:43:08.987 --> 00:43:09.648
cashed it in.

00:43:09.927 --> 00:43:11.188
They're like, yeah, I mean,

00:43:11.228 --> 00:43:12.028
Crosby's trying,

00:43:13.190 --> 00:43:15.050
but I'm not sure the rest

00:43:15.070 --> 00:43:17.152
of the team is really just

00:43:17.211 --> 00:43:19.293
in the last few games, you know, devils.

00:43:19.313 --> 00:43:19.813
He had a goal.

00:43:20.273 --> 00:43:20.835
He had a goal.

00:43:20.855 --> 00:43:22.094
He had two goals against Florida,

00:43:22.235 --> 00:43:23.175
one goal against Tampa.

00:43:24.061 --> 00:43:25.902
like it seems like he's scoring against,

00:43:26.543 --> 00:43:27.565
you know, the good teams too.

00:43:27.585 --> 00:43:28.525
Yeah.

00:43:28.565 --> 00:43:29.126
I mean,

00:43:29.706 --> 00:43:31.126
put those guys on the power play and,

00:43:31.447 --> 00:43:33.748
and he can score, he can score a bunch.

00:43:33.809 --> 00:43:35.070
So I'm going to say he hits it.

00:43:35.090 --> 00:43:36.251
I'm going to say he hits it.

00:43:37.291 --> 00:43:38.753
I say he comes just like one

00:43:38.793 --> 00:43:39.793
or two goals shy.

00:43:41.614 --> 00:43:42.615
It's like he can score,

00:43:42.655 --> 00:43:44.016
but he needs to get in a groove.

00:43:44.597 --> 00:43:44.797
Yeah.

00:43:45.637 --> 00:43:45.978
Okay.

00:43:46.057 --> 00:43:46.358
And again,

00:43:46.398 --> 00:43:47.458
you got that Pittsburgh team

00:43:47.498 --> 00:43:48.800
with Carlson on defense,

00:43:48.860 --> 00:43:51.061
the reigning Norris trophy winner.

00:43:51.202 --> 00:43:51.382
Yeah.

00:43:52.418 --> 00:43:52.677
Yeah.

00:43:53.398 --> 00:43:55.398
I'm looking back against this season,

00:43:56.298 --> 00:43:59.000
and I don't see a goal,

00:44:00.239 --> 00:44:01.081
if you can believe it,

00:44:01.240 --> 00:44:02.521
against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

00:44:02.760 --> 00:44:03.041
Really?

00:44:03.061 --> 00:44:04.742
That means he's going to break out.

00:44:05.222 --> 00:44:06.802
Did not score a goal against

00:44:06.822 --> 00:44:07.661
the Pittsburgh Penguins.

00:44:07.681 --> 00:44:09.362
Scored a shitload against Philadelphia.

00:44:10.463 --> 00:44:10.983
Oh, my God.

00:44:11.003 --> 00:44:12.344
At least seven.

00:44:13.527 --> 00:44:15.027
but Austin does too.

00:44:15.307 --> 00:44:16.429
He lights up the flyers.

00:44:16.708 --> 00:44:17.690
Oh, he lights up the,

00:44:17.769 --> 00:44:19.251
and David Krejci used to as well.

00:44:19.532 --> 00:44:19.771
Yeah.

00:44:19.931 --> 00:44:22.934
Lit up the flyers, uh, like a lampshade.

00:44:23.153 --> 00:44:25.396
But, uh, I, I think, um,

00:44:26.677 --> 00:44:27.577
he has a real chance.

00:44:27.657 --> 00:44:28.378
It'll be interesting to see

00:44:28.398 --> 00:44:29.438
if he plays all those games.

00:44:29.960 --> 00:44:30.460
I mean, do they,

00:44:30.559 --> 00:44:31.840
do they give him a load management,

00:44:32.681 --> 00:44:33.601
you know, once or twice,

00:44:33.882 --> 00:44:34.762
or does it depend on

00:44:34.802 --> 00:44:37.005
whether or not he's at 68 or whatever?

00:44:38.266 --> 00:44:39.447
He'll, he'll play.

00:44:39.487 --> 00:44:40.027
He wants it.

00:44:40.186 --> 00:44:40.467
He wants 70.

00:44:41.088 --> 00:44:43.369
We know for sure a player like that,

00:44:44.797 --> 00:44:45.978
do that in the modern era

00:44:45.998 --> 00:44:47.498
because it was cool when he

00:44:47.518 --> 00:44:49.159
did 60 and then fucking

00:44:49.199 --> 00:44:50.820
Pasternak and McDavid do it

00:44:50.860 --> 00:44:52.420
the same or the next season.

00:44:53.581 --> 00:44:57.342
Is McGilney and Solani the last to get 70?

00:44:57.342 --> 00:44:58.302
Who's the last to get 70?

00:45:00.043 --> 00:45:00.844
That's a good question.

00:45:01.103 --> 00:45:01.923
I think they both had 76.

00:45:03.905 --> 00:45:04.965
Solani and McGilney.

00:45:06.106 --> 00:45:07.045
I don't know if there's been

00:45:07.065 --> 00:45:09.007
a 70 for a while, right?

00:45:09.027 --> 00:45:11.347
I don't think so.

00:45:11.427 --> 00:45:12.668
McDavid is supposed to be 70.

00:45:13.920 --> 00:45:15.360
It might be McGillney.

00:45:16.382 --> 00:45:17.402
It might be McGillney.

00:45:17.862 --> 00:45:18.081
Yeah.

00:45:19.101 --> 00:45:19.342
Wow.

00:45:19.661 --> 00:45:20.382
That's impressive.

00:45:21.362 --> 00:45:21.902
All right.

00:45:22.023 --> 00:45:23.523
Wildcard race in the East.

00:45:23.583 --> 00:45:25.443
Flyers, Capitals, Red Wings.

00:45:26.563 --> 00:45:29.583
And there's maybe another team.

00:45:29.844 --> 00:45:31.804
Which team locks up the last

00:45:31.963 --> 00:45:33.824
Eastern Conference playoff spot?

00:45:33.905 --> 00:45:35.545
Pittsburgh's actually surging a little,

00:45:36.425 --> 00:45:37.885
although they're slightly behind.

00:45:39.626 --> 00:45:40.405
Who gets in?

00:45:43.153 --> 00:45:44.074
I'm honestly going to say

00:45:44.114 --> 00:45:46.376
Detroit is the team that sneaks in.

00:45:46.856 --> 00:45:49.617
Yeah, I'm in agreement with Flyers,

00:45:49.677 --> 00:45:50.179
Red Wings.

00:45:51.460 --> 00:45:51.840
Get in.

00:45:52.639 --> 00:45:53.581
Yeah, I think so, too.

00:45:53.760 --> 00:45:54.742
I think Detroit gets in.

00:45:55.342 --> 00:45:57.123
I just I don't think.

00:45:59.764 --> 00:46:00.105
I mean,

00:46:00.766 --> 00:46:03.128
Islanders have played one more game

00:46:03.168 --> 00:46:03.788
than Detroit.

00:46:05.389 --> 00:46:06.449
And are only up a point.

00:46:08.190 --> 00:46:12.355
So I feel like Detroit will

00:46:12.375 --> 00:46:12.976
sneak in there.

00:46:13.836 --> 00:46:16.099
And Philly, you know,

00:46:16.119 --> 00:46:17.219
they've lost five in a row.

00:46:18.400 --> 00:46:20.202
So that doesn't bode well for them.

00:46:20.663 --> 00:46:21.202
No, it doesn't.

00:46:21.222 --> 00:46:21.983
And that's probably why

00:46:22.003 --> 00:46:23.284
torches beside himself.

00:46:23.385 --> 00:46:23.664
Yeah.

00:46:23.744 --> 00:46:25.266
And they got some tough games coming up.

00:46:25.545 --> 00:46:26.367
I'm not sure.

00:46:26.387 --> 00:46:29.648
I'm not sure the flyers stay

00:46:29.688 --> 00:46:30.610
in the playoff race.

00:46:30.690 --> 00:46:32.710
I think they may fall out of it.

00:46:33.072 --> 00:46:33.811
Cause I, I just,

00:46:33.972 --> 00:46:35.152
they just don't have enough.

00:46:35.233 --> 00:46:36.594
Like he's gotten every ounce

00:46:36.833 --> 00:46:37.815
out of them and they just,

00:46:37.835 --> 00:46:38.996
they just don't have enough.

00:46:39.076 --> 00:46:41.297
I feel like, um, you know,

00:46:41.336 --> 00:46:42.137
the Islanders have some

00:46:42.157 --> 00:46:44.179
goaltending and some forward, you know,

00:46:44.219 --> 00:46:45.380
Washington's right there.

00:46:46.157 --> 00:46:47.679
So I feel like one of those

00:46:47.719 --> 00:46:48.659
teams will probably jump

00:46:48.739 --> 00:46:51.880
over the flyers and get in.

00:46:52.141 --> 00:46:54.382
And I did look up the 70 goals, by the way,

00:46:54.501 --> 00:46:56.063
and it was McGilney and Solani,

00:46:56.103 --> 00:46:57.282
both in that 92-93 season, both had 76.

00:46:57.282 --> 00:46:58.023
McGilney did it in 77 games.

00:47:03.965 --> 00:47:05.588
Solani in 84 games.

00:47:06.570 --> 00:47:07.311
And before that,

00:47:07.490 --> 00:47:09.815
it was Brett Hull had 70 in 91, 92.

00:47:09.815 --> 00:47:11.436
And before that, 86 in 90, 91.

00:47:11.597 --> 00:47:11.956
Brett Hull?

00:47:18.532 --> 00:47:18.713
Yeah.

00:47:19.233 --> 00:47:19.594
Wow.

00:47:20.114 --> 00:47:19.594
86.

00:47:20.215 --> 00:47:22.317
Jeez.

00:47:22.836 --> 00:47:23.077
Yeah.

00:47:23.117 --> 00:47:23.998
So that's, wow.

00:47:24.038 --> 00:47:24.898
So that's, yeah.

00:47:24.938 --> 00:47:29.503
So that's McGillney and what was it?

00:47:29.523 --> 00:47:29.503
93, 94, 92, 93, 92, 93.

00:47:30.784 --> 00:47:32.525
So 31 years ago,

00:47:32.887 --> 00:47:34.088
McGillney and Solani both

00:47:34.128 --> 00:47:34.807
in that same year.

00:47:35.108 --> 00:47:37.431
And then before that, um,

00:47:37.811 --> 00:47:39.793
Brett Hull in three straight years had,

00:47:39.813 --> 00:47:40.813
uh, 72, 86 and 70.

00:47:40.813 --> 00:47:40.934
Wow.

00:47:44.371 --> 00:47:44.891
Wow.

00:47:45.992 --> 00:47:48.693
That's Adam Oates, right?

00:47:48.952 --> 00:47:50.132
In the mid-80s.

00:47:50.733 --> 00:47:52.014
Yeah, it was late 80s, early 90s.

00:47:52.034 --> 00:47:52.733
89, 90, 90, 91, and 91, 92.

00:47:57.405 --> 00:47:57.666
Yeah,

00:47:57.905 --> 00:47:59.867
I think Oates was in there somewhere.

00:47:59.887 --> 00:48:03.451
Yeah, I think Oates was still there then.

00:48:03.630 --> 00:48:04.831
Actually, Oates,

00:48:04.871 --> 00:48:05.472
we were talking about

00:48:05.532 --> 00:48:06.432
college free agents.

00:48:06.592 --> 00:48:08.474
Colin Graff went to San Jose.

00:48:09.034 --> 00:48:10.536
Jackson Nelson, the Bruins.

00:48:11.336 --> 00:48:13.699
It was Jacob Quillen went to Toronto.

00:48:14.860 --> 00:48:15.561
And in that talk,

00:48:15.581 --> 00:48:18.083
who are actually any

00:48:18.163 --> 00:48:19.483
superstars that come in as

00:48:19.563 --> 00:48:20.443
college free agents?

00:48:20.585 --> 00:48:22.246
And Adam Oates is probably the all-timer.

00:48:22.833 --> 00:48:23.414
At RPI.

00:48:23.715 --> 00:48:24.215
RPI, yeah.

00:48:24.655 --> 00:48:24.817
Yeah.

00:48:25.518 --> 00:48:27.541
And there's a list of some

00:48:27.681 --> 00:48:29.385
that really did come about

00:48:29.405 --> 00:48:31.528
and have really good careers.

00:48:31.548 --> 00:48:32.570
There's not a ton of them.

00:48:33.442 --> 00:48:34.601
But Adam Oates is definitely

00:48:34.641 --> 00:48:36.503
far and above the best

00:48:37.402 --> 00:48:38.664
college free agent signing

00:48:38.983 --> 00:48:41.003
ever as a Hall of Famer.

00:48:42.704 --> 00:48:43.784
So that'll do it for this

00:48:43.905 --> 00:48:46.945
episode of Inside the Rink podcast.

00:48:46.965 --> 00:48:47.907
We're back at it.

00:48:48.367 --> 00:48:49.387
We're back at it weekly.

00:48:49.407 --> 00:48:50.748
Next week we can do our

00:48:51.427 --> 00:48:53.288
playoff predictions probably.

00:48:53.989 --> 00:48:55.989
Yeah, sounds good.

00:48:56.009 --> 00:48:57.329
I think we'll be like a day

00:48:57.389 --> 00:48:59.911
away from the final of the season.

00:48:59.931 --> 00:49:00.050
So...

00:49:01.615 --> 00:49:01.856
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00:49:01.896 --> 00:49:03.396
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00:49:13.922 --> 00:49:14.302
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