[mikey_d]: It was really bad timing because I had just recorded the believers yesterday, and minutes after I had posted the episode,
[mikey_d]: the news had come out and I'm like God, damn it.
[steph]: M,
[steph]: You called it
[mikey_d]: He's fine.
[mikey_d]: Oh, thanks for having me back. You guys are a bunch of beauties. don't you know?
[steph]: M. M.
[steph]: Hm,
[mikey_d]: Uh,
[steph]: Yah
[steph]: Always.
[mikey_d]: Also, William Neylander was playing heart broken on against Edmonton last week, So like, let's let's give him a pack.
[steph]: M.
[mikey_d]: Let's give him a hawke hug.
[steph]: M.
[steph]: Yeah. Oh my God, guys coming into tonight. Like what do you expect? Really? last game. there was garbage and jerseys
[steph]: and ship all over the ice out of like a blow out of a game, And the ruffs called that one completely. and tonight,
[steph]: man, the big bad New Jersey Devils, they have team O. Mir. They are doing so well. I'm so glad we came back and stuck
[steph]: with our record, Sammy. Five, one and one against the Devils. Leaves. What beat them? What did they say? the last?
[steph]: I don't even know eight of nine against the Devil, So why are we so scared?
[mikey_d]: This one felt like
[steph]: Yeah,
[mikey_d]: a playoff game.
[steph]: And I saw a comment.
[mikey_d]: You know, I don't think those two teams play
[steph]: Yeah,
[mikey_d]: enough
[steph]: right, and I saw a comment saying. I think from one of our pens affiliate writers there from inside the rank, they have
[steph]: a similar schedule they face. Who was it? I can't remember the Rangers same thing three times in within a week and a half
[steph]: or whatever it is. like Wow,
[steph]: Oh, sorry, sorry, this looks a good issue. Yeah,
[steph]: Yes,
[mikey_d]: Well, Was the final because yeah, they weren't playing today and I'm curious to see if they continued their losing skid
[steph]: Five,
[mikey_d]: there.
[steph]: two against Philly. Yeah, and
[mikey_d]: Oh,
[steph]: Carolina went to shoot out against the hubs. four, three, I was watching the score of that game because you know there,
[steph]: they've been on fire the last two games after trade deadline, and I picked up the Ghost and Fantasy, hoping that he would fan
[steph]: out tonight, but I don't think so. I think he's a minus three.
[mikey_d]: Their last couple of games. They've their last couple of games. They've won by like multiple goals like it's crazy.
[mikey_d]: What's happening in Auto Wa,
[steph]: Yeah,
[mikey_d]: Battle
[steph]: Oh,
[mikey_d]: of Ontario,
[steph]: battle Ontario, Magine, though, man, that would be epic. an East Eastern Conference final.
[steph]: Yeah, exactly.
[mikey_d]: Tyle Davis said He trusted his goles and
[steph]: Yeah,
[mikey_d]: look at that
[steph]: exactly. and a lot of people were surprised today that Murray didn't get the start, But you want to keep them fresh.
[steph]: And do you give Murray the next game after a loss? Maybe, but honestly I like Sammy a net tonight. I have more faith that
[steph]: in him at this point in the season may be more practice time With Murray being healthy This week will be more beneficial,
[steph]: But tonight against the devil's it was Sammy's net and I'm so glad Because Wow, at a first period to keep them in the
[steph]: game, the Devils pretty much controlled that period and it could have easily been like for nothing for them. At one point,
[steph]: Oh
[steph]: Fifteen to five for the devil's. Yeah,
[mikey_d]: Clearly didn't
[steph]: Yeah,
[mikey_d]: have their coffee.
[steph]: it was one of those things where you know the leaves would break out and enter the zone, but they couldn't get off
[steph]: that second third pass to actually get the shot off or the plate to get going. It seems like any little mistake the
[steph]: devils were on it, They turned the puck over in the least, were on their heels. They were chasing and chasing, And you know
[steph]: I got to applaud the opening like minute there, the first shift knee lander, With a nice chance, Matthew's entering the
[steph]: zone Marner to cur foot Or sorry, It was her foot or got to give it to him. But this has been the back and forth game.
[steph]: Nice seeing a little graphic there off Mike D's phone. Uh,
[mikey_d]: Look out, sports
[steph]: uh,
[mikey_d]: net.
[mikey_d]: I like it. I like he looked good in the last game. He had a shot that I actually thought went in, and I felt he
[mikey_d]: looked good in this game as well at first going into the last game. I even said yesterday on on the Believer as I
[mikey_d]: like.
[steph]: M,
[mikey_d]: I like
[steph]: M.
[mikey_d]: it, but what are you doing, Buddy, Don't do this And and I'm eating crow. So like, Yeah, he didn't get a goal. But
[mikey_d]: because it looks like he's like, it feels like If the Like, if they get a little bit more puck, maybe it'll go in for
[mikey_d]: him. and like, I want to keep kerfoot on the first line with how good he looked.
[mikey_d]: The monkey off his back.
[steph]: I think tonight they said he's over thirty shots now without a goal. He definitely can't cash one in at this point
[steph]: in time, but it shows like when they cycle and such. I totally agree with Mike Johnson on the broadcast there that
[steph]: the offense. it hurts a little, because you can tell he's not as supportive to what Matthews and Marner would like
[steph]: to have, but that's what they need in bunting, as well. they need to get his jump back, and for him to fight The pucks
[steph]: and win these battles, which clearly wasn't happening recently. So totally agree, Kerfoot For now it works.
[steph]: You know, Kerfoot on this first
[mikey_d]: Yeah,
[steph]: line is definitely different. Also you know.
[steph]: Do you rotate camp or bunting and cur foot right? Or do you maybe give another look to someone who earned their spot?
[steph]: Maybe do you want to break up this bottom six? though, like, I think a char is permanent on that first fourth line.
[steph]: Who else do you really have to play with? Here you have Laferte, Who as already moved up to the second line in that center
[steph]: role. do you put? Do you split Homeburg and Steve's, where they play on the first line with the marls. They're used
[steph]: to playing with one another, And then there's Camp Chary and zar like there's not many options any more, especially with
[steph]: Ingvall no longer with the team.
[steph]: He could. I'm sure I think he's all three position eligibility. Oh, miss, you can. Yeah,
[mikey_d]: All right, Pete. it's one of my favorite means to
[steph]: I know
[mikey_d]: use.
[steph]: I missed the draft and draft noises, but
[steph]: Yeah, and I'm not mad at our call ups right like Steve's tonight in Homeburg, I mean Hongburg, I don't know if he was
[steph]: more positively impact full than negatively just because of the bad penalties tonight. I mean, there was a big block in
[steph]: the first, a couple big blocks. Some ended up, and you know Pilot's face is all chopped up after that, but Steve's on
[steph]: the other hand, I thought he was so physical and he fought for those battles, and you might as well call these guys up.
[steph]: I mean, since they got back down with the Marley's February thirteenth, Steve's has five points and nine games, Holberg four
[steph]: points and seven games. You might as well bring these top guys in who's been there. Done that with the leaves and bring
[steph]: them some jump. And I appreciated that from the bottom six tonight,
[steph]: Fun fact to the marls have been running eleven forward and seven D line up lately. Nice.
[steph]: Yeah,
[steph]: Yeah, but I got to say I'm so glad the leaves could kill off this four minute penalty. I mean, starting the second or
[steph]: the third period, especially coming off a second. Where was it tied up at that point? Right? and oh my God, it could
[steph]: have went downhill.
[steph]: Oh,
[mikey_d]: Oh,
[steph]: What happened to Mitch
[mikey_d]: Get a dog.
[steph]: in Austin? Did you wash them in the?
[steph]: Oh,
[steph]: I didn't realize they should
[mikey_d]: Sounds like Alaska.
[steph]: Weird.
[steph]: Then you're going to suck up the guinea pig.
[mikey_d]: He on?
[steph]: M
[mikey_d]: That sounds like something out of a comedy movie.
[steph]: Man.
[steph]: Well, you know, leaves and the first period on the power play start on the second to finish this power play thirty nine
[steph]: seconds left. Twitter was pretty angry because it was pretty much just passing along the perimeter. No shot shots.
[steph]: Really, At the end of the first, Just fifty five seconds of passing and missing and opening up the second. You know nothing
[steph]: happens. There's one shot total and there's no goal on the. And so it's even. And you know there's no doubt yet, but
[steph]: Yarn Croke comes through. Did you see the goal, Aunt Johnny? I guess you missed that goal. Excuse me,
[mikey_d]: It was beautiful.
[steph]: Yeah, way to get this second line going. I mean, I believe it was Hall with a long stretch pass up to Laferte, who speeds
[steph]: up the neutral ice back to Nee Lander, who back head feeds this puck through four devils, just watching the Willy
[steph]: Show and Yourn Croke is right in front of the net, ready to tap it home, wide open net, because everyone's star eyed Watching
[steph]: this will show.
[mikey_d]: I think it was from.
[steph]: Oh yes, the bunting goal.
[steph]: Oh man,
[mikey_d]: I think it was from life of a De man. He tweeted after the yarn crone coal, Sam Lafrerdy, And it was a gift from super
[mikey_d]: Bad and it was Seth Rogan That's the fastest kid alive.
[steph]: Yeah, way to come through.
[mikey_d]: I mean, a guy looked like he used this
[steph]: Yeah,
[mikey_d]: power
[steph]: seriously,
[mikey_d]: boost.
[steph]: so nice to see that speed you know, especially on the second line and they were saying Mike Johnson was saying that
[steph]: Nee Lander is kind of getting the ship under the stick here playing with two random people. He's not used to playing
[steph]: in this line up, and he's still making it work like. I didn't think this second line really looked down tonight and
[steph]: yarn, croak, Laferte, man, we see this center death coming through. I mean Laferdyis, fifty two, point four on the dot,
[steph]: and then Um, in general, but tonight he was fifty percent Okay. Yeah, so camp? Oh,
[steph]: Yeah, who is that?
[steph]: Speaking of Neander, I'm jumping a little ahead, but in the third period did you see the man Lander chop right out
[steph]: of Mario's hands? Just breaks his stick like it was nothing at all.
[mikey_d]: Oh, that was.
[steph]: I'm like
[mikey_d]: it was
[steph]: Wow,
[mikey_d]: insane.
[steph]: that's a weak twig, or this guy is just just hit the sweet spot super strong there. but
[mikey_d]: He's found another
[steph]: Yeah,
[mikey_d]: gear.
[steph]: M,
[steph]: Yeah,
[steph]: M, M.
[mikey_d]: M. We'll do our jobs properly.
[steph]: Yeah, plot. plots, face is simply fucked. To put it simple, and it was totally unnecessary. That shouldn't have happened
[steph]: to begin with. It should have been blown down like you said, And you know it's It's unfortunate as well with the roughs,
[steph]: because this hall of goal Zare lets up on the play thinking that it's an off side call. So you know a player beats him to
[steph]: the puck. It turns the other way like it just went to ship, and um,
[mikey_d]: M.
[steph]: Oh yeah,
[mikey_d]: Yank er out.
[steph]: yeah, yeah. there was another play too, where I don't know if you caught this in the second period. Mike Bunting stick
[steph]: goes flying straight up into the air because Doggie Hamilton, just like lifts it right up and
[mikey_d]: No, I
[steph]: he
[mikey_d]: missed
[steph]: jumps
[mikey_d]: that.
[steph]: like a child trying to reach his stick, but it just like Oh my God, I almost hit the faking screens. I was like
[mikey_d]: Yeah,
[steph]: it was funny to see And but there was no call and they thought maybe it would be an interference call because it wasn't
[steph]: just a simple slash like he whipped it like like ten feet up in the air.
[mikey_d]: Which one?
[steph]: Yeah,
[mikey_d]: No, I swear they were on multiple.
[steph]: Yeah,
[mikey_d]: Like going into the
[steph]: it
[mikey_d]: third
[steph]: started
[mikey_d]: period.
[steph]: at the end of the second and then three thirty two to open the third.
[mikey_d]: Yeah,
[steph]: Luckily, systatistically, speaking, starting a power play to open the period usually sucks for the team and we were
[steph]: right in this. this part leaf dominated on the P.
[steph]: Yeah, and I saw Chris Hurly tweet about a chop at Zare. I think he got high sticked in the face. I completely missed
[steph]: it, but he said the difference between the two plays, so it wasn't on the ground, you know, crying like a little baby.
[steph]: But then afterwards I saw his face plate and I was like Okay, I would. I would cry and go home
[steph]: Toronto. Ending the second period. They're catching up on the shot counter, twenty four nineteen to end the second in
[steph]: total, Terno, Fourteen shots, You know, Actually playing completely differently from the first period like it looks like
[steph]: a real fifty fifty Battle Leafs are kind of controlling the play. And yeah, the third. Wow, Lots going on.
[steph]: No no worries. leaves, kill off this, P. Q, strong strong, P, and then immediately afterwards the Devils go back on the
[steph]: power play because Lander, a man, Lander, does his chop right out of his hands, breaks the stick and we're like fun.
[mikey_d]: That's out of character for New Lander, Because like the man is so chill, and to see him do something like that, it's
[mikey_d]: like who, buddy, like he was asked earlier this season like Oh, do you know how
[steph]: M.
[mikey_d]: many goals you have and he's like, No, I don't know how many goals I have, but I just know I have a lot of goals.
[mikey_d]: So to see him do something like that, It's like who. buddy. Where
[steph]: Yeah,
[mikey_d]: the hell did that
[steph]: seriously,
[mikey_d]: come from?
[steph]: and where the hell did Mitchy Marner come from? Because honestly, in times like this against top ter teams, this is exactly
[steph]: when you want the power kill to come through. Because just in the nick of time when you think things might be going
[steph]: downhill, note Marti, Mitch Marner comes back sweeping through shorthanded baby, third of the year, League leading,
[steph]: I believe, or tied with someone else seventh of his career. So nice,
[mikey_d]: It's nice that Mitch Marner is a Toronto May belief.
[steph]: So nice. We're so fortunate man. we've got Michie Marner,
[mikey_d]: I never said a bad thing
[steph]: Yeah,
[mikey_d]: about him.
[steph]: an a char, I have to mention on this,
[mikey_d]: Hm,
[steph]: Uh, uh,
[mikey_d]: Nothing bad. Never,
[steph]: Yeah, and kudos to our Pkars. Though a char coming up huge on the P. K. And you know Mabe tonight just with major blocks,
[steph]: and right after that we're celebrating. I'm not even finishing my freak in tweet, and of course palotscoresso, the
[steph]: transition of messages and our discord is like who. Yeah, Mitch Marner, and then it goes.
[mikey_d]: I was like that on Twitter, too
[steph]: Yeah, three seconds left.
[mikey_d]: Martyr, and then a fuck,
[steph]: Yea, even to Carrie was like. what the fuck? It kind of seemed like Hall and a charrirlalong the boards, and kind
[steph]: of gave up the on the play thinking Hall had his man, or I don't know what happened there. Mercer wins the board battle,
[steph]: feeds palate and Okay, we'll give it to him. His face is all kinds of fucked up. Okay, and your favorite player is
[steph]: Mercer. Mike. D. I know that. so yeah,
[mikey_d]: My new free boy.
[steph]: Oh, Was it blurred out?
[mikey_d]: No, it was an extended look at Mercer.
[mikey_d]: Oh, la. no. I've seen. there was an extended look at Mercer on the bench like near the end of the second,
[mikey_d]: Uh, uh,
[steph]: Yeah, police or what am I saying? Polite plot, absolutely on fire three minutes later, Feeding Eric Halla, It's no longer
[steph]: an even score. This is when you know third goal goal on seven shots against Sammy. At this point in the game. Of course,
[steph]: it's high lighted across the bar for us Leaf fans to been more pain. and obviously I'm thinking to myself like whwhaishis
[steph]: Going. You know what I mean, but We came through. We came back Michael Bunting.
[mikey_d]: Mike. B,
[steph]: Nice.
[mikey_d]: Uh huh,
[steph]: Yeah, but Michael bunting twentieth of the year. Guys kudos to bunting, Like being this, he's really started.
[mikey_d]: Hopefully this is the start of a new
[steph]: Yeah,
[mikey_d]: streak for him.
[steph]: hopefully right. Hopefully this guy can. Yeah,
[mikey_d]: Be good, but not that good.
[mikey_d]: Uh
[steph]: Yeah, Yeah, so we're like seven minutes left in the period and then Michael Bunting ties it up five minutes left. and then
[steph]: Tim Myer just randomly thinks it's okay
[mikey_d]: Oh,
[steph]: to chop someone in the face with a stick, literally or horizontal vertically,
[steph]: M,
[mikey_d]: Now imagine that to the Benny Hill theme
[steph]: M, M.
[mikey_d]: M. Hm.
[steph]: Yeah, and the second opportunity all night long. The first opportunity kind of a fail and coming through Austin Matthews,
[steph]: after a whole night of complaints on Twitter Man, quick shot in the slot, Marner to knee lander, entering the Zoe knee,
[steph]: Lander feeds Matthews all my God, twenty nine on the year, Guys like he's not like. It's not like he's not scoring
[steph]: like he's still going to have over thirty goals to end this year,
[mikey_d]: He scored two against Seattle. He looks fine, despite everyone saying he looks off. No, he's fine. He's been through
[mikey_d]: colder streaks than this. He's going to be okay,
[steph]: Agreed
[steph]: Lafferty. right,
[steph]: Yeah, but laffed first point as Leaf tonight. So kudos to him playing on the second line getting that apple. And you
[steph]: know the center death was good. The worst person tonight was actually Austin Matthews, forty one percent. Char was perfect
[steph]: on the dog. We had camp at seventy one Homeburg, seventy five Lafrdyfifty.
[steph]: That deservo deserved to win A meter is showing what, Mike. What's the new merits on there
[mikey_d]: So it's showing. I thought this was hilarious that it's showing the devil should have won seventy one point one
[mikey_d]: per cent and the laser at twenty nine per cent.
[steph]: Twentieth? come back winneth your baby.
[mikey_d]: Let's go.
[steph]: Yeah,
[mikey_d]: Oh yeah, so It was funny because I brought it up yesterday on the believers. I was going through the league standings because
[mikey_d]: I'm like All right. Let's see where the leaves are A their fourth overall. Let's take a breather. Where Okay and
[mikey_d]: I see where At eight or sixty three games I'm like Holy ship. The playoffs are coming up. My hockey superstition
[mikey_d]: is coming up, to which I posted about it on Twitter. After with two images of me from Went twenty Now for me, my hanky
[mikey_d]: superstition has been a thing since twenty six Ten, when the Leaf drafted Austin Matthews first overall before the
[mikey_d]: regular season begins, I get a full beard cut and hair cut, and I let my flow grow until the regular season ends, and
[mikey_d]: just before the playoffs begin in twenty twenty, the end of the world happened and
[steph]: M.
[mikey_d]: I basically look like grisly fucking Adams.
[steph]: Nice.
[mikey_d]: I genuinely hope whoever's taking in this episode, I hope you're watching the video because
[steph]: Yeah,
[mikey_d]: I'm animated tonight. So
[mikey_d]: Yeah,
[mikey_d]: So that's from just before the bubble exhibition games had begun, And this is the after.
[steph]: Who is that?
[mikey_d]: There was one time I went to one barber like I go to different barbers. Every time there was one barber. I cannot
[mikey_d]: recall who it was, but he's like. You know, you should have robbed a bank before
[steph]: Oh
[mikey_d]: doing this,
[steph]: Yeah, you like I saw those picks today and you completely pumped me. I thought you
[mikey_d]: M
[steph]: made the cut and I was like An. I wouldn't have recognized you on the street if I were to see you.
[mikey_d]: Two different
[steph]: Yeah,
[mikey_d]: people, So if anything, my superstition has been altered this year, which I feel it might be a good thing for the leaf.
[mikey_d]: Um, because so going into this season, I, because I went through a move and finances were hard, so I'm like okay,
[mikey_d]: and also I couldn't find a barber, so I just gave myself a beard cut and the bears come back. It's beautiful, but now
[mikey_d]: going into this Off I'm not cutting
[steph]: Uh,
[mikey_d]: my gorgeous flow.
[steph]: uh,
[mikey_d]: Um, but I am shaving off the beard. I am curious to see what kind of Grizzly Adams
[steph]: M.
[mikey_d]: I look like come the end of the playoffs after the Leafs get their names etched in the cup. Belief it? um, but yeah,
[mikey_d]: that's my superstition.
[steph]: You might be cousin. It from
[mikey_d]: No,
[steph]: S family.
[mikey_d]: I seriously don't think even my my hairy picture there is hairy enough for
[steph]: I'm just
[mikey_d]: that.
[steph]: getting better.
[mikey_d]: I mean, close, maybe close.
[steph]: Yeah, a lot of people do that with the play off beards and I don't know different little things. We had a ton of people
[steph]: respond today with their superstitions, whether they are hockey players or fans from pumping up to get ready to celebrate
[steph]: the game. Watch the game. To you know, I don't know things during playing a game. Got a wide variety of responses And yeah,
[steph]: thanks guys. Let's do it.
[mikey_d]: Yeah, what ave we got? What's everyone do?
[steph]: Okay,
[mikey_d]: If they lose less in it, then
[steph]: Yeah,
[mikey_d]: wear that one more.
[steph]: Yeah,
[steph]: Vancouver, eight,
[steph]: Uh, uh, Love that I feel many people are in your boat. Sorry,
[mikey_d]: M.
[steph]: That's sweet.
[steph]: Yeah, I love that, but speaking of clothing, I had Rick at Padre Zero. four o nine say simply, They always wear blue
[steph]: on game day and I believe that's a lot. of that's what Leaf Nation does Right, Some sort of blue clothing article, article
[steph]: of clothing or anything right?
[mikey_d]: What isn't
[steph]: What
[mikey_d]: blue?
[steph]: isn't blue? I feel like I'm always wearing some sort of leaf thing, or my car Has leaf things like I have the gloves
[steph]: hanging from the rear view mirror and I don't know, just little nuckles and stuff
[mikey_d]: What's funny is I wear so much leaf scare that at the start of the pandemic where I work at, my boss was like Um, well,
[mikey_d]: because I got the Toronto Mate belief mask, so it's got like a little leaf sticker on it. He was like. I'm actually
[mikey_d]: surprised you like Got something with a leaf low going. He would have been more surprised if it didn't have
[steph]: Nice.
[mikey_d]: a leaf low. Go on it
[mikey_d]: Nice.
[mikey_d]: Oh, it'll come back.
[steph]: Yeah,
[steph]: Nice. uh, yeah, I have a couple, but go ahead
[steph]: No.
[steph]: Yeah.
[steph]: Well, I believe Southey, Um,
[mikey_d]: Hm.
[steph]: has mentioned many times before on this pod what he does, or maybe in our group chat where he has to fold his jersey a
[steph]: specific way and top the crust or something and place. I don't know, like a whole routine before watching a game before
[steph]: playing, and I know Ben sent us a very descriptive paragraph, which we'll share in a little bit about what he does, But it's
[steph]: these in Game things that get me like one guy, for example, responded, Thank you to sports Forever says saying the s h word
[steph]: before any goals is scored against you. I'm assuming shorthanded shorthand right. That's interesting to note. And
[steph]: then for example, Curtis, wouldn't that be s H, o and then s. shorthanded?
[steph]: Yeah, true. I don't know. I'm so used to fantasy terms that I'm like I was double guessing myself.
[steph]: Yeah, yeah, but the
[mikey_d]: Bunch of hazers,
[steph]: Curtis and Tiro blue says. I know it's weird, but I never skated over the blue lines when I went to the goal. I don't think
[steph]: that's weird. Yeah, feel like that's a more common than not thing.
[mikey_d]: Something different,
[steph]: Maybe I don't know. Like step on to crack, break your mother's back, or the thing
[mikey_d]: So
[steph]: I don't know,
[mikey_d]: that's a scene I haven't heard in many lifetimes.
[steph]: Right, Um, and also, thank you, Mike Ross, P. announcer for the Leaves, who also recorded our intro said that when he
[steph]: works, when he walks past the large photo of Pat Burns with Jack Adams trophy on the sixth floor of the Scotia Bank
[steph]: Arena, behind the suites, On route to the gondola, I always double tap it as a way of saying hello to Pat like, Oh,
[steph]: that is so sweet. I love that
[mikey_d]: It's awesome.
[steph]: So many people had superstitions and you know some people don't and that's completely okay. You don't have to believe in
[steph]: superstitions whatsoever. our friend Marty. Run it back forever. A t, m l fan ad, Van says No, I cannot control the outcome
[steph]: regardless of what physics or string theory science says. And then he linked a Forbes article that was written by Egensegl
[steph]: who's A, has a Ph D in astro physics and as an author, And it was this whole study experiment. Thank you, Marty. If
[steph]: anyone wants the good read, I love that man, Mike.
[mikey_d]: That point. That point was for the mardi shout out because it's not a least late night
[steph]: Yes,
[mikey_d]: episode without
[steph]: exactly,
[mikey_d]: a Mardi shout out. Hi, Marty,
[steph]: and it's very interesting. This professor goes on to do an experience to prove that how observing the universe can
[steph]: change the outcome. Anyways. if you're bored, read that,
[mikey_d]: The universe works in mysterious
[steph]: Yeah,
[mikey_d]: ways.
[steph]: I don't know like it's It's so different for everyone. I don't really have a superstition if we're talking personally,
[steph]: like I didn't grow up playing hockey, so I can't really relate there, but even I feel like every time I'm at the game
[steph]: they loseso. Maybe I should just stay home
[mikey_d]: Oh
[steph]: from
[mikey_d]: no,
[steph]: the games
[mikey_d]: I mean, if they win more when you're watching at home, then do more
[steph]: Right?
[mikey_d]: of that.
[steph]: I don't know? It's so weird. I feel like I bring bad luck going, or I'll do something something weird and be like
[steph]: Oh, it's my fault, or I said this.
[mikey_d]: Uh, You got to find something where it's like it will bring you good karma. And then that good karma will come up when
[mikey_d]: the Leafs
[steph]: Yeah,
[mikey_d]: play.
[steph]: or if I'm too cocky right, I'm like. Oh, leaves to
[mikey_d]: Let's
[steph]: Matthews are so great And then the other team scores immediately after I finished my sentence.
[mikey_d]: Oh no, and that
[steph]: Yes,
[mikey_d]: is karma.
[steph]: Yes, so bad.
[steph]: Love it.
[mikey_d]: Great name.
[steph]: Oh my God, I love that. I feel like that's a lot of people in their man cave, you know, drinking beer, doing whatever you
[steph]: love to do and watching the game in your favorite under war
[mikey_d]: Another
[steph]: nolarbear.
[mikey_d]: beer, pulling a Curtis from Alberta,
[steph]: Yeah, no keyboard.
[steph]: Yeah,
[mikey_d]: Always
[steph]: Always.
[mikey_d]: always belief, Always hold on to hope that something good will happen. I, just for me, I'm an no tarnal optimist.
[mikey_d]: That's why I'm like. Like when you come to the believers, it's like the most optimistic positive leaf podcast you'll get
[mikey_d]: to. And like, I just always hold on to hope.
[steph]: Oh, emotional damage.
[mikey_d]: I'm gonna give you a hockey
[steph]: Yes,
[mikey_d]: hug, buddy M.
[steph]: The regular routine.
[steph]: I do, got to say, though the injuries were leafy predictable down to centers. You know, we're supposed to be jailing right
[steph]: now, but tonight's game could have been predictable. Seven minutes left in the third, you know, Devils, one up in
[steph]: the game leaves need to tie and hopefully push it to O. T, which I thought maybe that would happen, but not a son.
[steph]: We got those two goals really quickly and change that narrative against one of the best teams in the league, so suck
[steph]: on That.
[mikey_d]: Austin, Austin Matthews remembered he was Austin Matthews and scored a beauty.
[steph]: Yes,
[steph]: Yeah,
[steph]: Me either, Yeah, my phone will immediately ruin it on every single app.
[steph]: Good,
[steph]: No,
[mikey_d]: M.
[steph]: No
[mikey_d]: That's another wholesome one.
[mikey_d]: M.
[steph]: Love that
[mikey_d]: Hope I don't wake the kids, honey,
[steph]: These fuckinglifs
[mikey_d]: You.
[mikey_d]: Oh no,
[mikey_d]: Oh
[steph]: People were asking on Twitter tonight. who has the vidudoll of Alex Girfood and Justin Hall? So maybe this gay,
[steph]: The other guy, not you guy,
[steph]: That guy.
[mikey_d]: Wait. I got to Veris over there and I got on my leaf shelf, Sundin Lander, Matthews and I got a couple of Funcos,
[mikey_d]: Matthews. I've been. I didn't know. until recently there's a Neelanderfunco and he's got a mustache.
[steph]: Oh cute.
[mikey_d]: I've seen. There's been a Teveris one, but he's got the A on it. I want to wait until they release Teveris with a
[mikey_d]: C on it.
[steph]: I love how there's different characters of New Lander
[mikey_d]: Beauty.
[steph]: Like you don't know if you're going to get the stash or the young Prince Willie.
[mikey_d]: Which number
[steph]: Which number?
[mikey_d]: M?
[mikey_d]: He
[mikey_d]: Fucking beauty? bad,
[steph]: Yeah,
[steph]: We did have one on Discord. Actually, I believe it's from our friend Pickles, Thank you so much. she says. I don't
[steph]: change my outfit during games because I think it's bad luck like Oh, they're winning in these clothes. Better not change
[steph]: them. She's like it doesn't have to be a jersey
[mikey_d]: M,
[steph]: either.
[mikey_d]: Hm,
[steph]: I'm like Okay, similar to what other people have said, and we also have been. Er. we have to say this one. Oh my God,
[steph]: Banner to say is that he. usually, if he's playing a net. Yeah, if he's playing net, his gear always goes on in the
[steph]: exact same way, with no exceptions down to the strap being done up the exact same way Every time. at some point I
[steph]: have to listen to strangle Hold by Ted Nugent Before the game, I have to hit my stick on each post then my glove.
[steph]: I used to be Much worse, but I would recite like I would recite a same before each game. If I'm playing out. not too much.
[steph]: Just have to get some speed in and one shot off of each of my Goles pads and a couple jumps. minimal stretching. No stretching
[steph]: for banner as a fan, Typically just a shirt or jersey and my major league socks. And as for the saying, watch the movie
[steph]: The gray by with Leam Nisan and I try to google Monologue. This is. I don't know what the clip is. He has to share it with
[steph]: us later on, but damn Peter. wish you were here to go into some depth with your response. Oh my god,
[mikey_d]: Mess, your body.
[mikey_d]: Uh,
[mikey_d]: There are a different breed of people.
[steph]: Fair,
[mikey_d]: Hell, yeah, let's go
[steph]: We should play this song next time he comes on before he speaks. Just
[mikey_d]: Wait. Speaking of, speaking of music, I got a question to ask here. So Marty released a beautiful banger, The passion.
[mikey_d]: When is he releasing? When is he releasing a hockey ep?
[steph]: Pooh.
[mikey_d]: You, let's go. Let's go. I'm down five songs or six.
[steph]: He's like halfway there
[mikey_d]: Rattled the glass,
[steph]: right All the guys. a little thing you can download on the next, An chill game that would be sick like a pack of songs.
[mikey_d]: Little spotified play list.
[steph]: Come on, come on, come on, do.
[mikey_d]: Oh, let's go. Bud,
[steph]: Oh man guys, what do we have next Though next game leaves at Manton,
[mikey_d]: Is this Saturday for the watch party?
[steph]: Yes,
[mikey_d]: I mean, this is good time for them to rest up, and like you know, they got to be feeling like hot ship on Saturday.
[steph]: Big bounce back. Yeah, bounce back. game for the buds. Hyman returns to Toronto. Oh my God, Murray has been confirmed
[steph]: to start. Anyone who's in the G. T. A. Come on down to the bottom line to Mike and myself will be down there. It's going
[steph]: to be a fun time.
[steph]: Yes,
[mikey_d]: That's a early. confirm.
[steph]: Yeah, splitting up the skirts and it's our last
[steph]: Right. Yeah, so hopefully Toronto can even up the season series and it will be a good one.
[mikey_d]: Oh, the vibes will be led for sure.
[mikey_d]: I think he was only supposed to be out for this one game with with an illness
[mikey_d]: Of.
[steph]: His direct quote from today said Obviously physical game the other night from myself and felt good completing the game
[steph]: and the rest of the evening, but woke up Sunday morning feeling a little tired and just not like myself.
[steph]: Don't will that into the universe. Don't say that.
[mikey_d]: If you say it, you're going to will it into the universe. You know what you should will into the universe. The leaf doing
[mikey_d]: the thing,
[steph]: Yeah, well, me too well, our great, a medical stuff will be there and get his butt off the ice. If anything, any signs.
[steph]: Um, maybe it's good. Saturday is kind of far away from now just to monitor how he's feeling throughout the week and
[steph]: getting some skates in in between. And yeah, it will be good.
[mikey_d]: The boys will be ready. the boys will be ready.
[steph]: Oh yes, I wasn't sure if we will have some time for that, Mike. Mike, the fanatic says, Who are you willing to toss overboard
[steph]: to sign knee lander to an extension?
[steph]: It's hard. What are you thinking, Mike?
[mikey_d]: Shit. I got to choose. I don't know. I love all of them like that's a hard one. That's that's a kileduvis problem
[mikey_d]: and
[steph]: M,
[mikey_d]: also
[steph]: hm,
[mikey_d]: I have great mem for this. Actually, everyone's worried about money issues and all that. No, no, no, no, no, no, the
[mikey_d]: least are the rich bitch.
[steph]: M,
[mikey_d]: We're going to be fine guys. We're going to be absolutely for the listeners. I'm showing a Homer Simpson mem, And it's
[mikey_d]: the leaf logo over his head, and his t shirt says Rich Bitch.
[steph]: Uh,
[mikey_d]: The leaf will be fine. The leaf will be fine,
[steph]: Yeah,
[mikey_d]: Kids a stud,
[steph]: Yeah, and if you look at the roster now right, we have way too many D. So obviously I don't think we're going to be
[steph]: keeping both Lukshin and Eric Gust of Sin. They're both unrestricted free agents After this year Justin,
[steph]: Justin Hall is
[mikey_d]: Take
[steph]: up.
[mikey_d]: it or leave it.
[steph]: M.
[steph]: Uh, uh,
[steph]: Nice. I don't think Zach Aston re stays. He's also an unrestricted free agent After this season. Um in, Val was clearly
[steph]: going to walk in my opinion, so that was a great move. Get rid of him. Get the third hopeful. Too bad it wasn't a second.
[steph]: but whatever,
[steph]: Right
[steph]: At least a second.
[mikey_d]: Oh, I'm really going to miss Sandy.
[steph]: Well, at least a second for the draft noise like, come on like at least a second for his long neck and everything involved
[steph]: guys like it comes with the publicity thing as well. Okay,
[steph]: They beat the savers tonight three
[mikey_d]: Wait,
[steph]: to two.
[mikey_d]: what was his thoughts from his Islanders? They bud.
[steph]: I don't think he's registered a point yet. Actually, unfortunately, let me see real quick. Don't think so.
[mikey_d]: I'm going to book it now, Angvellis, getting a goal against the leaves, because I swear the Islanders play the least
[mikey_d]: like later this month, or maybe early early in April. I'm booking it now that Ngvellis getting a goal and Rosco, You
[mikey_d]: gotta do bring back the sound for that episode. If he scores
[steph]: Yeah,
[mikey_d]: Right,
[steph]: So next question, Burgo at Burg G, ninety eight says, Do you think that they went a series with Hall playing twenty
[steph]: minutes a game? Also, if they're going to use lack of experience for Lily as to why he was scratched, how is he supposed
[steph]: to gain experience in the press box?
[mikey_d]: Brought in a whole new team
[steph]: It's kind of weird because they change the narrative to like. Seem at first, you know, Lily got banked up the first
[steph]: night he was scratched, so okay, take a seat. Let the new boys have some ice time, But then after the second game Keith
[steph]: comes out with, You know, the comments about the depth on the D now, and how he's kind of suggesting he's getting pushed
[steph]: down. I, I don't know. I feel like Lily has to be playing top for Or minutes, at least be in the line up every single night.
[steph]: It is his second full year. You're right.
[mikey_d]: Out of the out of the remaining games left. Sorry for interrupting you, Buddy. Out of the remaining games left, How
[mikey_d]: many games would you want to see Lily Be a partin?
[steph]: Tonight was game
[mikey_d]: Not many.
[steph]: sixty four. So yeah, yeah, um, how many left man like with the Rianoriley thing? He's only going to get nine. Seems
[steph]: after being re activated ten games, Uh, lily, though It's hard because they're always juggling deep partners, so I
[steph]: feel like more the better just to jell with everyone. It seems like every every game it's a different set of partners.
[steph]: Don't know.
[steph]: I think the seventh will be rotating between or timmons, Gus and Shen, but it's hard.
[steph]: Hm.
[mikey_d]: Hopefully, everyone,
[steph]: Yeah, We know we have Tampa, and we know that they're going to be bullies right
[steph]: Fair, but it's nice to have
[mikey_d]: Let
[steph]: the
[mikey_d]: it be
[steph]: options.
[mikey_d]: Tampa,
[steph]: Yeah, Hard
[mikey_d]: Tampa
[steph]: hitting.
[mikey_d]: Bay brokens.
[steph]: Yeah, you
[mikey_d]: M,
[steph]: know there,
[mikey_d]: hm,
[steph]: you know, And the less they have the puck, the more they're going to be hitting this fourth line is danger. Now they have
[steph]: Gene on the third line man. I'm so happy to have ship now and we have the options option of Simmons and carry. like
[steph]: all of these names, who are leader and hit leaders and hits. it's we just have to outplay them. I think my worry though,
[steph]: is this bruise Our attitude, and picking up more penalties than needed like we don't need Jake Mckabe sitting in the box
[steph]: for seventeen minutes. We like we don't need it like that's
[mikey_d]: O. No,
[steph]: going on, Especially if the leaves are going to decide, running a Leven forward and seven D line up. Because what if
[steph]: Forging Zar starts fighting and gets the seventeen minute penalty and then now we're down to ten forwards like, Just have
[steph]: to be careful and smart about things like don't Let tempers fly, and it kind of works out for bunting right now To right.
[steph]: Bunting is not under the radar for these purposes, and it was to the point where the commentator s almost every game
[steph]: was like, Oh, he's trying it again. He's trying to do this and it was microscopic to a point and he literally had to
[steph]: lay low and stop that right now. look at him. now, he's back on the fourth third line and totally different style of
[steph]: game play, right,
[steph]: Pel Mar and Maroon,
[steph]: No
[mikey_d]: You know they did their job.
[mikey_d]: Believe for the best, believe for the best
[steph]: Last question, Kind of ties into what we were talking about. It is Where are you? Sorry? I lost my page one second,
[steph]: Michael Aldred at Hawke under scare Rocky Fortin, Why the funk does keep favorite hall over Lily Shin, et Cetera, So
[steph]: simply put, Hall is forever leaf. In my opinion, I don't think you can't count Hall out. Honestly like he's one of the
[steph]: most reliable Pkaers. at the moment. He's
[mikey_d]: Management adores them.
[steph]: Yes, He's the third pair boss man like he should only be on the third pair Right, but he's being overplayed. It's nice
[steph]: to see you know Mckabes stepping up tonight, especially with huge blocks ending the period. You know, just keeping the
[steph]: game solid and not taking stupid penalties is only two tonight for the leaves. And yeah, that was all over the place,
[steph]: but you can't count. haul out. simply put,
[mikey_d]: M, Hm.
[mikey_d]: I mean Marner on defense was fun. Let's try this.
[mikey_d]: Okay. See if
[steph]: M.
[mikey_d]: Say
[steph]: Hm.
[mikey_d]: if Riley gets like a three point night, Would you want to keep him on the wing? After that?
[steph]: I immediately thought of buffalin.
[steph]: Yeah,
[mikey_d]: It's not the fifties.
[steph]: Uh,
[steph]: M.
[steph]: Yeah,
[mikey_d]: Now you know what the least won?
[steph]: It's never going to happen. It's never going to happen. Sorry. Yeah,
[steph]: M.
[mikey_d]: That's always fun.
[mikey_d]: I'll usually send you guys like fun questions after a loss, because it's like after a loss. Just laugh it off.
[steph]: Yeah, and we
[mikey_d]: Love
[steph]: didn't
[mikey_d]: you guys.
[steph]: cover one. Did you want to do it quickly? Favorite kind of coke?
[mikey_d]: Ah, Coke, cherry or coke. vanilla? Fuck, yeah, cherry. all the way I have given vanilla chances. Don't get me wrong.
[mikey_d]: I just that is just on my cup of tea. I've tried the two of them together. that cherry vanilla. I just can't when
[mikey_d]: I go to Wendy's and they have that free style like multiple fucking flavors, lemon and lime.
[steph]: M.
[mikey_d]: fucking chefs kiss
[steph]: You can't go wrong with Leven or lime flavors and a soda pop, but I'm
[steph]: Nice. I'm a light pop liker. I don't like the dark pops, but I will whenever. if I'm drinking dark pop, it's because I'm
[steph]: drinking spiced rum. I love spiced
[mikey_d]: Nice.
[steph]: rum in coke or whatever. I'm pepsy. more. So that's a vanilla vanilla flavor right so I honestly haven't had vanilla
[steph]: coke or cherry coke since I was probably like fifteen. It's been so long.
[mikey_d]: They brought it back.
[steph]: Yeah, or maybe even younger than you see it at Wonderland, where you can construct your own and there's like a hundred different
[steph]: flavors right out of this huge machine
[mikey_d]: M. Hm.
[steph]: There is. Yes, there's dark pop and light pop. Very different
[steph]: Mountain. Do seven up. Of course, Yeah,
[mikey_d]: They're
[steph]: Okay,
[mikey_d]: all good though,
[steph]: you can get different flavors for light pops like if you do,
[steph]: Um, white freezy, I don't
[mikey_d]: Yeah,
[steph]: know. Okay. I just not a fan of the dark pop. Okay,
[steph]: No, Like Coke root beer. That kind of ship Dr pepper yet?
[mikey_d]: That's good.
[steph]: No, my teeth feel like they're rotting and going to fall out of my mouth like I don't like it.
[mikey_d]: Going to look like a hockey player.
[steph]: Eh, Try and fix these babies.
[steph]: Yeah,
[mikey_d]: Not going to finish it.
[steph]: We. I always do that whenever we get. If we eat out, we always get one combo. Share the pump and price.
[mikey_d]: M. M.
[steph]: Yeah, I can't finish it anymore,
[mikey_d]: Oh, the fun pack.
[steph]: For like triple the price, Uh third of the amount.
[steph]: Yeah,
[steph]: You know, to be fair, I only drink pop when I'm like eating pizza or wings or like greasy food during, like I never
[steph]: drink pump. Otherwise like just casually drinking pop. I don't know. I just don't crave it, but I like beer.
[mikey_d]: Yeah,
[mikey_d]: What the hell?
[steph]: M
[steph]: Half water, half pop. I actually like Macdonald spray,
[mikey_d]: Also a
[steph]: M
[mikey_d]: bummer When the flurry machine is out, come on, guys got those fixed already?
[steph]: Ice cream machine. There was a whole documentary about it. Yeah, it's a conspiracy theory,
[mikey_d]: Oh no.
[steph]: M.
[steph]: Wow,
[mikey_d]: It's like the eighties where floppy dust would always be like. it's the end of the sucking world.
[steph]: And last thought about Pop just came to me, Johnny. I've seen you during cans of club soda while filming this podcast.
[steph]: And what the fuck is wrong with you? First of all, you might as well drink tonic water as well. like what? Who does
[steph]: this? No one. and
[steph]: Yeah, why nothing.
[mikey_d]: Not a fan.
[steph]: It just tastes like like static. No, it tastes like static
[mikey_d]: M. M.
[steph]: With no flavor just gas.
[steph]: I
[mikey_d]: Wait,
[steph]: do
[mikey_d]: what
[steph]: have
[mikey_d]: do you
[steph]: a
[mikey_d]: guys
[steph]: soda
[mikey_d]: consider
[steph]: stream.
[mikey_d]: bubbly?
[steph]: Kak,
[mikey_d]: No, the bubble or bugle,
[steph]: Yeah, that's gross.
[mikey_d]: The cherry one is good, the cherry one is good. That's like the only good one.
[steph]: Yes, bubble is horrible.
[steph]: It tastes like the flavor screaming from another province And it's like what I can't taste or hear you because it's so
[steph]: fucking far from me. Because literally it's nothing just as like Ship Hole, but Johnny likes flavorless. Nothing. Apparently,
[mikey_d]: Life shouldn't be expensive,
[steph]: Oh, and I have a soda stream. I can make that ship at home.
[mikey_d]: Guys. you know, it's fun though,
[steph]: Wow,
[mikey_d]: I want a coffee over tonight's Leafs. When my devil's buddy and I, we put a coffee bed on it and we were messaging
[mikey_d]: back and forth. We're like, oh, oh funk, and coming out with the wind.
[steph]: Nice,
[mikey_d]: Ah, if the devils had won, I would have gone in a large double double, but the leaf had won, so I can already taste that
[mikey_d]: large double level. I can already smell it,
[steph]: I can go.
[mikey_d]: So basically you turned a corner. You're going to see a reason to believe. I just recorded a new episode yesterday.
[mikey_d]: I went on this whole like two minute rant that it took me days to record because I was originally going to record on
[mikey_d]: Friday with an old friend of mine, but we had thunder snow down down here in Toronto, and it looked like the fucking
[mikey_d]: apocalypse.
[steph]: Yeah,
[mikey_d]: Um, yeah, that was absurd. I thought I was going to die. Um, the power went out and I lost that whole interview with
[mikey_d]: them, So I didn't record Saturday.
[steph]: M.
[mikey_d]: I'm trying to record every Saturday, but after that leave lost. I like. No, I got to go to sleep
[steph]: No,
[mikey_d]: to wake up at unholy hours for work, so I was going to record Sunday after work. I was pretty fucking pumped to do
[mikey_d]: it, but my internet was like now, Fuck you, buddy. I'm going to crash, so
[steph]: Yeah,
[mikey_d]: fuck you buddy.
[steph]: Not today,
[mikey_d]: so
[steph]: son,
[mikey_d]: so oh no, So Monday about after Midnight Monday mid afternoon, everything was fine. The internet was fine like everything
[mikey_d]: was hunky dory and I got it recorded. So there's a new believers that came up Yester the other day.
[steph]: Whoo,
[mikey_d]: Um, doing this with you, bunch of beautiful people. love you guys,
[steph]: Love you. Yeah,
[mikey_d]: And you can follow my shenanigans on Twitter and Instagram, a mik d underscore three ninety two and the believers on Twitter
[mikey_d]: and Instagram at Believers, Pod, And yeah, don't stop believing
[mikey_d]: Weird. Less got to do that or Marty.
[steph]: Yeah,
[mikey_d]: I'm giving him all the ideas,
[steph]: Hm,
[steph]: M.
[mikey_d]: So this is a Austin Matthews.
[roscoe]: Broken finger. Are you kidding me? Four weeks we finally get the news, Will Riley get successful surgery today? I mean,
[roscoe]: I guess that's a good thing in four weeks isn't the end of the world, but oh my God, can we please catch a break
[roscoe]: like one of these days any day?
[roscoe]: Course, of course, that's always what happens to the podcast world. So I mean, obviously good things happened tonight,
[roscoe]: Leaves when and I just want to before we start the show. Just want to say one thing. on the last episode. I had this huge
[roscoe]: tangent about how Matthews doesn't have to score three goals in a game. He only needs to score the important ones and
[roscoe]: I'm sorry, but look what happens. This is exactly what we need, so I'm joined tonight By a special guest. Uh, mike.
[roscoe]: D. hello, Hello, thank you for joining us.
[roscoe]: Appreciate having you here and this actually came at your suggestion. The topic tonight is superstitions, So we were
[roscoe]: English. We asked you all to send us your pre game superstitions and whether that's for watching the game or playing. So we're
[roscoe]: gonna go through all those time. It's could be a fun time. Strap in. Let's go.
[roscoe]: All right. We're back. we're back and we've got a win to talk about. It's fantastic flip in the script, almost scoring
[roscoe]: two power shorthanded goals after letting two of them and scoring one. That's a good thing looking like a different
[roscoe]: team. even though they are depleted. Unfortunately, we're going to call it under the weather. I guess for now with
[roscoe]: J. T. and like I mentioned earlier, Riley is now with a broken finger for four weeks. Welcome back to least late night
[roscoe]: presented by Inside Rank. Where's never too late for the leaves? Let's do it.
[roscoe]: Great big griping vides, hug for William N Lander,
[roscoe]: I mean, usually they make the devils look a little silly and it's kind of a blow out game. This was. This was a close
[roscoe]: one. I got to give it to him. but man, oh, hell yeah, and before we get into the game, they mentioned on the U S. broadcast
[roscoe]: because black out the the New Jersey Devils in. It's not their next week, but I think it's in middle of March. Coming
[roscoe]: up here, they played the Tampa Bay Lightning three times in four Ames over five days, So they play Tampa back to back.
[roscoe]: Then they play the Panthers. Ten. They play Tampa again between like Tuesday and Sunday or something That is insane.
[roscoe]: It was the Rangers right.
[roscoe]: Just just to shout out, you had that flipped. It was our Rangers writers saying they're facing Pittsburgh three times.
[roscoe]: That's okay. It's okay. it's okay. Shout it to Mark Pander. So the other thing, I think it was Scott and our discord
[roscoe]: who mentioned, and it was the Devils could help the leaps out here in securing home ice. So if they can take advantage
[roscoe]: of Tampa being on a bit of a skid, I mean, I think they won today, but you know, Gvehma. little bit of a challenge. It
[roscoe]: might be nice.
[roscoe]: I think. the yeah, they, five two. Yeah, over the fliers. Yeah,
[roscoe]: Ye, what. I'm interested. Just being here in Autwa, Is that the censor making a push for that wild cards? but you
[roscoe]: know chickrenhas been immediately effective for them. They. re. They're making a push for it. I like it. The town's
[roscoe]: getting excited. Everybody was talking about it at work.
[roscoe]: I love to see it that could be facing Boston.
[roscoe]: Oh, my gosh, H, So into the game right off the bat leaps slow start, to say the least, Sammy, though standing on his head
[roscoe]: in the first minute of the game, making two fantastic saves back to back, Twitter erupt and man, he just is right back
[roscoe]: on track. You know, he had a couple of rough games. They give him the night off. Let Murray come in and then Sammy
[roscoe]: is right back on again and this is exactly what you need when both goals are healthy. Is just flip them out When
[roscoe]: everyone's not feeling it.
[roscoe]: Yeah,
[roscoe]: Yeah, so like I mentioned, I was watching the American broadcast so there's no shot counter because apparently they
[roscoe]: just don't care about that. I don't know. I remember. this wasn't always a thing like it was added fairly, you know,
[roscoe]: not super recently within the last ten, ten or fifteen years, though, but yeah, the American broadcast don't usually
[roscoe]: have a shot counter, so I know the devils were having him in. But what was the account at the end of the first? there?
[roscoe]: Ouch,
[roscoe]: Yeah, And uh, I mean, we talked about this. The leaves haven't been overly fast, but they rely on winning a ton of face
[roscoe]: off to be able to always be in control of the puck. Not having Riley and Tovaras, That's a huge hit to your face
[roscoe]: off. Like I know, Matthews is good, but it falls off pretty quick. after that. I mean camp is good, but you're getting
[roscoe]: the same depth, so I mean, that's obviously reflected in how much possession the devil's got, and they're a young fast
[roscoe]: team right, So people adjusting their new spots in the line up, Alex, cur foot on the first line.
[roscoe]: Ye look. The idea isn't that he's the best fit there. The idea is to get him some production so that he finds his game
[roscoe]: again. And what was the? I don't remember the exact quote, But it was kind of a double edged thing where Bunting
[roscoe]: needed to kind of take a head on the third line and Kerfoot just needed to get a goal just to find himself again.
[roscoe]: So you know, I think it worked out. Bunting played really well with Camp picking up a goal there. and I mean, I don't love
[roscoe]: cure foot on the first line, but I don't. It's awful given the circumstance there in. It's just I hope he gets one
[roscoe]: so he can get back to normal. Alex. Currfoot. that he was, because, I mean, I know last year people were still like,
[roscoe]: not super high on him, but his point production was a lot better last year than it is this year.
[roscoe]: Oh
[roscoe]: So if you had to put somebody else out there because I know a lot of people are commenting on this, Um, and don't
[roscoe]: agree with Keith, And this is. let's really starting to turn everybody's favorite with him, which I don't really agree
[roscoe]: with, because I think there's a lot of revision Is history going on where people re like? Oh, he's never made good decisions
[roscoe]: and he's not the right coach for this team. It's like they have their best record in franchise history for two straight
[roscoe]: years, so let's give the guy a little bit of credit May be. I know he's got a good team. but like we talk about,
[roscoe]: it's not easy to Och super Stars either. So where did I start with this again?
[roscoe]: Her foot? Who are you putting there instead?
[roscoe]: That's a good point. I mean yarn Croke. can't he play on the left
[roscoe]: Chatting roll?
[roscoe]: Yeah, I think if it makes the most sense to put kerfoot there, just giving the circumstance right like you got two of
[roscoe]: your big guys out. Like it's just and you are trying to send a message to bunting. Get it the only other one I would
[roscoe]: maybe throw in his yarn croak, but I agree that they have to give kerfoot something like he's got to find it. They're
[roscoe]: heading into the playoffs. It's not as much like we're past the dead line and heading into playoffs. This is the time
[roscoe]: for him to find it or I don't know what we do with you.
[roscoe]: Yeah, that's not going to look great when it heals.
[roscoe]: Yeah, Steve's right out of the gate. just absolutely ran Segentoller against the boards. That was awesome.
[roscoe]: Well, yeah, they, also, a couple of the guys moved, haven't they? and Like and Anderson, and basically everybody
[roscoe]: we traded besides Sanding and Val were Marley, so I think they're a little shorthanded right now.
[roscoe]: Yeah, I mean, I'm going to have to let you guys take the second because my, my washing machine flooded. so the there's
[roscoe]: a bit of a background to this, so I have, Don't get guinea pigs. just don't they. They're cute. they eat a lot. They're
[roscoe]: totally fine. Don't worry. we put the no. No. I mean I washed. I mean, Emeline washed enough For in a blanket to make
[roscoe]: a couple of guinea pigs. Though, because they shed like crazy, and as much as you shake these blankets out, this happens
[roscoe]: every time it's insane like they shed so much. so. Yeah, exactly. I didn't know either, but you don't even see it until
[roscoe]: you go to clean it out and it's just everywhere Like next time, I literally have to get one of those pet vacuums and
[roscoe]: it's insane. Anyway, The no, like take the thing out and vacuum it out before putting it in the washing machine, Because
[roscoe]: basically what happened was it clogged up. The water wouldn't drain and I opened the thing in the bottom and it just
[roscoe]: went all over the floor In the kitchen. It was the worst, So that's what I was doing for the second period was trying to
[roscoe]: fix the faking washing machine and clean it.
[roscoe]: No, I will. I. So the re play of it though,
[roscoe]: So Hal sent that one and Hall also sent the pass down to camp to. or Yeah, the. Oh, my gosh, the last goal there. Yeah,
[roscoe]: bunting,
[roscoe]: Uh h.
[roscoe]: Not at all.
[roscoe]: That's pretty good.
[roscoe]: Okay, Newlander's a one man show this year. Like honestly, it doesn't matter who he's with. Like when he's got the buck,
[roscoe]: he's just been so good. Like, just absolutely evolved into a different player this year last year. it was like Turn
[roscoe]: the buck over. I'm not. Yeah. That kid in that picture was like I'm not going to get it. He was very Jtmileresk.
[roscoe]: That's right.
[roscoe]: Oh, So I did come in for like the last three minutes of the second period, which was enough to see that Homburg obviously
[roscoe]: waked pilot in the face with a stick. It wasn't on purpose, but that was greasy, but the ruffs missed it. The ones who saw
[roscoe]: it or the one who saw it was one of the lions men who called them over and they reviewed it like. I get that. this
[roscoe]: is how things are Supposed to go. In a perfect scenario. This happens, maybe one out of twenty five to thirty times like
[roscoe]: I just, I'm not frustrated that everything worked properly and frustrated that it never does any other time like it's just.
[roscoe]: Oh, we're going to. We're going to do it properly this time. Okay, cool, cool market market down, Tuesday March seventh,
[roscoe]: they properly executed the rule book,
[roscoe]: But even they didn't even completely properly do it, because as Mike the fanatic pointed out, the play was off side
[roscoe]: to begin with. So this linesman who was so studious that they caught this high sticking call and missed the offside
[roscoe]: never should have happened in the first place, So it's just it's just a ridiculous series of events that. obviously
[roscoe]: every leaf fan was frustrating because we never get these kinds of reviews, Specifically zacasinres.
[roscoe]: Oh yeah,
[roscoe]: No,
[roscoe]: Real quick on the unpolotnot. to get too graphic, but it definitely looks like they had to. Um, just you can skip fifteen
[roscoe]: seconds. If you don't want to hear this. It definitely looks like they had to pull his teeth out of his lip like it
[roscoe]: looks like. From the inside the where it was swelled up. Yeah, it definitely looks like they had to. Yeah. Oh yeah.
[roscoe]: What about when the leaves were trying to kill that four minute power play and um, wasn't it just the one for? Yeah,
[roscoe]: Yeah,
[roscoe]: What, But towards the end of it, just because you mentioned a bunting stick that he slashed out yarn croaks, he had to go
[roscoe]: chase that. so it was they had about. I don't know. five seconds of a five on three Well yarn cro had to go get a
[roscoe]: stick back because it's just like chopped that of his hand. It's like come on a bull.
[roscoe]: Oh yeah, Okay, so
[roscoe]: Yeah, third, so sorry, take it away for a second. Just have to deal it a quick work thing. Give me like a minute.
[roscoe]: We definitely didn't say anything about Mitch Marner in the first, like I don't know. two weeks of the season when
[roscoe]: everything was in shambles. No, I never ever ever did.
[roscoe]: Yeah,
[roscoe]: Okay, here's what I think happened Is, Plate had just come back from the dressing room and was all like, I don't know
[roscoe]: if they did on the Us. broadcast. They sat looking at him on the camera for like thirty seconds that, just like Yeah,
[roscoe]: here it is, looks pretty gruesome. Oh no. they were just like looking at his face on it. It was extended plots, face
[roscoe]: there, just like.
[roscoe]: Oh, maybe, but when Palo got whacked they were. they. When he came back to the bench, they just sat on him. Just yep,
[roscoe]: there it is. there's the injury. Have a good look at it and I'm like, holy, like just a close up on his face For a
[roscoe]: while looking at how gruesome it was. He definitely came up. Sammy looked up and was like, Oh my God and was thrown
[roscoe]: off. That's my. My fun theory
[roscoe]: Came through and Michael Bunting burying it on almost a wide open net. There you love to see when you take advantage
[roscoe]: of those because nothing hurts more than getting that perfect pass the wide open net and you just can't get to stick
[roscoe]: down on it. But Bunting manages to do it with his new line mate, David Camp, and I have to say it came out for stretch
[roscoe]: pass from Justin Hall, again, who might not have had a awesome defensive game, but his his offensive upsides. It's
[roscoe]: been pretty good with these stretch passes This year his patient looks at, reads the play. When he's got the puck.
[roscoe]: He's not bad.
[roscoe]: I think I think that's where I've landed with Justin Hall, Justin Hall, with the pack, I like Justin Hole without
[roscoe]: the puck. I don't always like
[roscoe]: Diamond in the desert,
[roscoe]: But not too much because we do have to resign him.
[roscoe]: It's just like you know. Give me like I said. You just score when it's important like right now, I'm just like win games.
[roscoe]: But like the guys that are already signed again, score all the goals. Let everybody have like a. Let's things on Nathan
[roscoe]: Mckindan signing in here where we can like steal somebody for way less than they're worth, Because the have a bad year.
[roscoe]: you know,
[roscoe]: M. M.
[roscoe]: Okay. To be fair, the puck was up and the book was up in the air and he was. He was looking up at it and he had a stick
[roscoe]: up, and Kerfoot was looking up at it and he kind of jumped into it and he didn't see Myers stick. This is what I
[roscoe]: saw. At least was Kurt was looking up at it. Myer was looking up at it and it just kind of collided, But kerfoot collided
[roscoe]: with Myers stick. So that's how sticking in the high sticking.
[roscoe]: So you know what? Well, I, I'll take a power play off that. it's silly, but it's you know. you got to be in control
[roscoe]: of your stick If you're gonna go waving it around like that, Mir.
[roscoe]: Huge,
[roscoe]: We're all going to be okay, You know it's It's a win against a team that matters instead of a loss against a team
[roscoe]: that doesn't. That's that's how I'm looking at this. You know, fucking cares about Vancouver. Vancouver doesn't care
[roscoe]: about Vancouver. They chafe coaches out of town every other month.
[roscoe]: O ship.
[roscoe]: Okay, Well then I take back my comment about not controlling the face off, because that's my walk it back. I'm going to walk
[roscoe]: back my comment. They didn't control the because they lost face off because I mean, unless they were bad at them in
[roscoe]: the first period and I didn't notice.
[roscoe]: Oh, take, Take that meter and shut it.
[roscoe]: Okay, so we should get into some superstitions because that's what we're all here to talk about right Here. Let me pull
[roscoe]: it.
[roscoe]: He. He looks like he comes to your school to tell you about how not to start forest fires.
[roscoe]: Let's go through him.
[roscoe]: So first up comes from Alex and Alex Mcneill. Have to wear the military appreciation Marner jersey. Yeah, they lose
[roscoe]: sometimes in it, but every other jersey they lose automatically if I wear it. So you know what you win some, you lose some. That's
[roscoe]: a good way to go If they always lose. Don't wear it. So that really, the superstition isn't necessarily wearing the
[roscoe]: Marner jersey. It's that all the other ones are bad luck. Is that a good way to put, Because it's not like they're
[roscoe]: always winning When you wear that one. It's just they're not always losing
[roscoe]: Exactly Next up comes from Fun guy South Park cow, Front of the show, My coffee breaks until four P. M, So I can watch
[roscoe]: Puck drop. I love this one. zero productivity at three thirty for pre game and warm up.
[roscoe]: That's so good. I love that. Any job where you, Any job where you can just like bank your coffee breaks, and just
[roscoe]: a gotta use them back to back here so I can watch some of the first period. I love it.
[roscoe]: So for me today I had the new leaps yet that I got my leafslatyeti with my water bottle That I have like a blue cantigo
[roscoe]: that I stuck one of my fun stickers from. Oh my gosh. I need to find who it is because I haven't showed the out in
[roscoe]: a while. I have a bunch of their art and I feel like an ass for not remembering the name right now. Um, then it'll
[roscoe]: come back and then I've got leave Boxers on. I was like Damn, I'm not wearing anything today. Oh, oh, I'm wearing my
[roscoe]: leave. I have one pair of leaf boxers and I'm wearing them today and everything else is gray. So I was like Don't were
[roscoe]: in blue today. But that was it. It was hidden Next one or you got some one else Okay. Next one Up was from C J. at coaching
[roscoe]: C. J, different sport, But when I played football, it was always the same song before the game. Same food. One time
[roscoe]: I injured my wrist and we won eight games in a row, so I kept my wrist tape on all season long. I think yeah, this
[roscoe]: is. This is like the most common one for people that play is routines right, Like if you do the same thing before
[roscoe]: the game, you always do the same thing before the game. and Obviously people playing are more serious about their superstitions
[roscoe]: and their routines than people just watching. I don't find myself really like doing too much on game days, like sometimes
[roscoe]: I do if we're like all getting into it from going out or something. But like just passive things like my bottle.
[roscoe]: Uh, uh,
[roscoe]: A, shut out. You mean
[roscoe]: I mean an s. H word is shut out that you're not trying to say. I don't think anyone tries to not say short handed,
[roscoe]: And no way nobody uses the terms that a company that barely survived the nineties that somehow running fantasy sports
[roscoe]: runs by.
[roscoe]: Okay,
[roscoe]: Okay, can you take one more? I just got to finish something up and then I'm back to mine.
[roscoe]: M. hm.
[roscoe]: Okay, I'm goin to pull one back up from here. Um, next one is from Tony Jenkins at Bony Stankins, Love it clean, main
[roscoe]: pajama pants, sick beer, dirty jersey and wife and kids out of the room. I think you meant players. I stand by my statement,
[roscoe]: joking about wife and kids.
[roscoe]: That's fantastic. The clue.
[roscoe]: So I,
[roscoe]: This is where I record, but until recently it wasn't where I watched the game. But now that Hog Worts Legacy has overtaken
[roscoe]: my house, I do surrender the T. v, so that I'll watch the game in here. It's also easier to stream from my laptop than
[roscoe]: the reason I was always frustrated with trying to stream it is because I'm doing it from like the browser on my smart
[roscoe]: T. V, which is extra frustrating because you to use a stupid remote and it's like. So this is much better.
[roscoe]: Yeah, okay. Okay, next next one here is from what is this at Steve's Steel twenty three, Steve Steel, twenty three
[roscoe]: optimism question mark. in this day n age, Yeah, that's their handles are funny on Twitter. Um,
[roscoe]: Always
[roscoe]: I'm a ginger, Um emotional and I don't hold back. I'm a cancer to super fun. So optimism in this day and age I long
[roscoe]: on a Twitter to check the temperature. Is it playing the parade, or is it we are in hell, Because Curfootslash Hall
[roscoe]: moved up in our line up. I laugh hysterically, then watched the game and sleep peacefully, because I don't care until
[roscoe]: came one against Tampa. You know, because honestly that is, I hate how predictable it's become, but that's it. it's either
[roscoe]: Holy Ship were the best. Look how bad our old teams were. I did this. look how bad this team was compared to what
[roscoe]: we got. Now this is cool Racy. Then everybody gets hurt and it's like Oh my God, halls, the worst. let's trade Morgan
[roscoe]: Riley. It's like Yeah, I get it
[roscoe]: All right. Next one's from Prigariaat, Prigaria, M. D, record the game and start watching after about forty fifty
[roscoe]: minutes To avoid commercials and intermission interviews. I get it, but I just I can't not watch sports live, especially
[roscoe]: when you're on Twitter and you get up dates from like four different and you're checking Fantasy. It's like I know
[roscoe]: what the score is. I can't. I can't. any more. the internet ruined that.
[roscoe]: It's bad enough being like fifteen seconds behind on a stream where you look at it like Oh Bunting score, and you
[roscoe]: look up and it's like things going. It was tonight. It was actually good, Eliot Hall at Hall Elliot. I wait until
[roscoe]: my wife has gone to bed and sneak suitable leaf shirt stown stairs, blue white for home and away. Yeah, I know it's
[roscoe]: stupid. Get food and drink ready so that less likely to disturb her after midnight and later, not waking her until.
[roscoe]: Oh, not waking her is vital. Yeah, I love that getting getting everything ready. Well, your significant other is still
[roscoe]: awake and just collecting it all in a space and being like I'm going, I'm going to be quiet. Except for one they score.
[roscoe]: Then this all goes out the window.
[roscoe]: Next one comes from. This one comes from Nick from inside the rank, pickin's writer at Nick, it at it and I, k. S. I used
[roscoe]: to wear a jersey on game day, but we ended up losing so I stopped. See this. This goes back to our first one where
[roscoe]: it's like you can try something, but if it's not working, it becomes cursed and you're like I tried to have a superstition
[roscoe]: and it became
[roscoe]: Instead. So Simon, at leaf, Simon says, I have a Leifsvdushrine. This is the most leaf nation thing possible. I'm sure it's well,
[roscoe]: you know, I say that while I have play mobile set up reanacting on cadre, getting suspended for high sticking in Ostonbron,
[roscoe]: so I can't really talk. That's this is. this is kind of a lefvudushrine right here behind me.
[roscoe]: No, I've got Sundin and Tavaras and Matthews and New Lander, Oh, this guy Simon,
[roscoe]: M. M.
[roscoe]: Yeah, I have. I have both of those actually have the Taveras with the A and I have landed with a sash.
[roscoe]: Which number I have So many different Nee landers in different numbers. That's crazy. All right. Last one that I have
[roscoe]: here on Twitter comes from the one and only Curtis from Alberta. At least guy four o, three. Uh, who can? who can guess
[roscoe]: what this one is? Everybody knows. Put on a bucket and submits and slam a beer because of course he does, because he's
[roscoe]: Curtis from Alberta. We love it. That's all them on Twitter.
[roscoe]: Love it.
[roscoe]: Oh yeah, our very own.
[roscoe]: This is before playing. I assume. Yeah, Okay,
[roscoe]: All I can take away from that is that goals are insane because his goal Y one is like
[roscoe]: I can't. even. It's like the writer with the you know No brown, M n Ms. It's you know. It's every crazy list.
[roscoe]: Yeah, I don't get it, dude. that's crazy. It's like I'm playing out. Just warm up a little bit and playing a net.
[roscoe]: I need to burn incense and do four circles this way and listen to the bee side of Dark side of the Moon, and
[roscoe]: Like you're fucking goles, man,
[roscoe]: I can't play. Strangle Hold on here. We're gonna get taken down.
[roscoe]: Oh hell yeah,
[roscoe]: Just entirely Hawke music. I mean like theme and everything. I mean. Boom Chick is pretty pretty, pretty hack all around.
[roscoe]: But yeah, yeah,
[roscoe]: Yeah, We love that, Marty. come on.
[roscoe]: Do it. do it. Do it.
[roscoe]: They don't play until Saturday.
[roscoe]: I hope so. fact, I can't lose to Edmonton again, man.
[roscoe]: I'm sorry. they've confirmed Murray's playing and it's Tuesday for Saturday And there are games where we don't know
[roscoe]: and like what. That's insane. Whatever, I'm not complaining again. I'm not complaining about a good thing. I'm complaining
[roscoe]: about every other time that that doesn't happen.
[roscoe]: Yeah,
[roscoe]: I mean, I hope J. T is back. That's what. I'm kind of fingers crossed for. I hope it's not a conk.
[roscoe]: Yeah, but with an illness after he took two massive shots to the head, so I just hope it's not like. Yeah, he's He's
[roscoe]: sick. while we evaluate how bad this concussion is
[roscoe]: And that is a concession. Ladies and gentlemen, that's what happens.
[roscoe]: I'm not willing it into the universe. I'm like I'm hard, ding it, but that's Symptoms of a concussion, guys, come on,
[roscoe]: I'm just saying I'm not wishing for it. I'm just that's the symptom. Um. I hope it's not, but that's what it sounds like.
[roscoe]: Yeah, hopefully, hopefully, hopefully, Um, Any, you had questions with two questions Where we go. Yeah, we got a
[roscoe]: bit
[roscoe]: Michael bunting,
[roscoe]: Yeah, buddy,
[roscoe]: I think if you're going to cut resigning somebody, I would say I would resign Newland er over like you know, giving
[roscoe]: Bunting four and a half million or five and a half Like you know what I mean. I just I don't want to have him stuck at
[roscoe]: some cur footlight contract that we're going to hate in a couple of years if he has like a down year like they're
[roscoe]: going to pay him for the years that he's been here where he's been as productive as he has. If he slips by like ten or
[roscoe]: fifteen points, it's going to be the Foot treatment where it's like, Oh my God, we're paying this guy like it's the
[roscoe]: middle of the pack. It's the movable contract. It's not league men and it's not the top end. It's the person that
[roscoe]: yo're gonna look at and say that's what's eating up our salary. And I don't want one thing to become that we can
[roscoe]: find somebody else that's on league men. We've got Steve's and and all these guys that can come up. I don't think it's necessary
[roscoe]: to keep him to a crazy middle deal like that when you can resign New Lander, who's really shown that he's a complete
[roscoe]: player this year and has been an offensive and defensive threat. Oh, that's my pitch.
[roscoe]: That's where Dupes puts a league men contract on the table and says there's one of these. It's like the Joker. It's
[roscoe]: like the joker. when he breaks the pool, Q and half and goes, We're going to have dry out and it's it's dupe is just
[roscoe]: coming out and he has, he looks at gustopsonand shed, and he's like, If you want to stick around on the team, we're
[roscoe]: going have dry out. Here's a League men contract. I'm going put it right here on the table and see whose name is When
[roscoe]: I come back.
[roscoe]: Yeah,
[roscoe]: Yeah, that was the only thing I was held up on. I'm like, really, only a third, Because like, especially if you get
[roscoe]: a first for Sanden, it's like he's that much less valuable like I feel like a second for an valbutwicwith his eyes.
[roscoe]: What?
[roscoe]: And I think if it's if you're bringing in somebody to put on the first line like the Islanders did right away, Like
[roscoe]: even if it's like, if you're bringing a top six player in, I think the ask should be at least the second. Like a third
[roscoe]: to me is is like a middle six forward. But if you're going top six with anvil, which it seems like the islanders want
[roscoe]: to do it, and I guess maybe just with injuries that are going on, But like that's that to me, says second. I don't
[roscoe]: know. I think we might have lost one around there.
[roscoe]: Hey, Islanders with scoring is dangerous. Yeah, how is an ball doing with them so far?
[roscoe]: Oh, well at socks.
[roscoe]: Oh, we'll have to it. The only time I'm goin to get to do it is men. He scores on the leaves Now,
[roscoe]: I think the thing with Lily. I know they said it was like a lack of experience, but I think it really means is that
[roscoe]: all the other guys have the experience and they want to put them together to make sure that they all click like they
[roscoe]: know. Lidegran fits with a couple of these guys, But you just brought in a bunch of new defense men and you know if
[roscoe]: anyone gets hurt, they're going to jump in. So you got to see what you got like. I get it. You know it's right after
[roscoe]: the deadline. You want to see what you just brought in. We brought in Gustafson and Shen and Mackay. Like you, You
[roscoe]: want to make sure that in in any scenario like you, have a solid line up right like look at tonight with the four
[roscoe]: words. You never know when you could lose both, you know Riley and Brodie again, like we were in a crazy situation
[roscoe]: with defense all the year, So I just I think it's best to know what you have, and I just hope that in the long run it
[roscoe]: doesn't turn into. You know a lasting thing where Lilegrin seems to be. You know. it becomes like a free Lilagrin thing.
[roscoe]: I get it. but the difference is heading into the playoffs. It's It's the experience right Like Lilegrans still really young
[roscoe]: And you know Gustipsonhas been there before with Washington multiple times Like you know. She S been there is one. You know.
[roscoe]: There's There's a lot of experience that you want to have in there. And you know you've brought in Mccabe to have
[roscoe]: a pretty big role, so I think it's just about making that happen.
[roscoe]: How many are left Like eighteen?
[roscoe]: Oh eighteen. Good guest.
[roscoe]: Yeah, I think it's really just going to rotate. depending on the team they're playing against. You'd probably see. I guess
[roscoe]: she come out. Like who do you take out? Though Of that six
[roscoe]: Then, and like, like, Really, it's Riley Mc Cabe, Go Brodie Hall, And then who's your sixth and then it's like you
[roscoe]: have five names to pick from. Like it's just I don't really care how many games Little Grin plays in the next sixteen,
[roscoe]: because I know he's going to be fine. I don't think he's going to lose it like that's not long enough stretch if
[roscoe]: he plays like you know, half of those two to get on His game, him and go work really well together. so I just I don't
[roscoe]: know. I think they'll be fine. It's just going to depend on who's healthy by the time they get to the play off back.
[roscoe]: Oh, I hope so.
[roscoe]: Actually, just real quick. I hope that somebody is injured going into the first game because if everyone's healthy, somebody's
[roscoe]: getting hurt in the first game. We can't go into the playoffs That re healthy. That is bad judo.
[roscoe]: Just say
[roscoe]: So, Tampa hard hitting team. You're saying That's it?
[roscoe]: No.
[roscoe]: I think the biggest thing with Tampa is going to be not falling into their play like I mean Perry, and and is a bel
[roscoe]: Mar, No, and maroon. Yeah, so just falling into getting bullied and retaliating is. I think Tampa strategy that works
[roscoe]: well against the leaves is like You know you push them around because at least they've brought in guys that can hit.
[roscoe]: But it's it's like you talked about. Don't take stupid penalties because they're They're starting to pass you off. and
[roscoe]: I hope the leaves just Do what they tried to do against Vancouver in the first period there the other night where it's
[roscoe]: just you know, let them chase you around and tire them out instead of you know, immediately jumping back. but I mean
[roscoe]: when they needed to, they answered all of it like the defense. When came to the defense of all the stars? Yeah, so
[roscoe]: as long as that happens, and you don't see you know Matthews getting into something with somebody or like, I don't
[roscoe]: want to see King go getting in a fight or something. Like some of these new guys. Really new guys really have to step
[roscoe]: up. We'll definitely see it from Shen, so I don't know. I like what I'm going to see from this team. It's just health
[roscoe]: man. That's the big question mark. Next question Were running at a time.
[roscoe]: I thought we got a couple of questions since we started recording.
[roscoe]: Um. Progaria sent about five questions in here, so I'm going to pick one of them. M. It's the one that has been brought
[roscoe]: up a lot more Gan Riley at left wing. Why not? Why not? Because he's a defense man.
[roscoe]: Water on defense is a situational thing. But like okay, Here's how you try it out. Say the Leafs line up on a power play.
[roscoe]: Well, currently you've got Riley and to Varas hurt you throw like Gust of Sin and Liligrin. I don't know on like the
[roscoe]: second pair or something with like Riley at left wing, and I don't know. Do something stupid on your second power play
[roscoe]: to like try him out on the wing, But like any other opportunity of not doing that or like, put him on the wing with
[roscoe]: somebody in overtime or something in the regular season when the extra point isn't going to make the difference against
[roscoe]: Tampa. Like here, fuit Willy and Riley with Brodie. let's go and Riley just plays wing.
[roscoe]: If he gets a three point night, it's because he's in a better spot to feed the guys for passes, But like I don't know,
[roscoe]: it's going to depend on, depend on how they play defensively. I think this is a ridiculous situation like I don't think it's
[roscoe]: the only time this has ever happened Is like Brent Burns and Buff Lin, like In you know the modern era, I can't think
[roscoe]: of another one. I know, there's some of the. I know it's happened in the past, but this is a different game hat we're
[roscoe]: talking about. You know, guys are actually working out and not taking smoke breaks. I don't count that ship. I'm not
[roscoe]: saying it. Yeah, Yeah, so you can, some guy could play net one night. It's like Yeah, because he's a step above Beer
[roscoe]: league. Just, I'm not trying to discredit any players of the past, I'm saying, like the rastic differences between
[roscoe]: some of them anyway, Yeah, I, just whatever He's not, he's not a winger. I don't think I don't think he's
[roscoe]: Like he's so far into his career. Like if he was twenty one and we're like. You know, maybe there's an opportunity to
[roscoe]: develop a a two sided play here. But like the guy's been a defense been for ten years with the leaves. I don't see
[roscoe]: it happening now like it's something that I always wanted with Thomas Caverlay, but it never happened so I'm just now okay,
[roscoe]: right Way out will be back Saturday, back to back episodes. Remember to catch up on our last one. It was fun. We talked about
[roscoe]: Ice cream and chips and you know, any time the well, any time the leaves have a stupid loss. You know, we try to end
[roscoe]: with something that's complete, completely unrelated.
[roscoe]: Yeah, you and Chris are great for that.
[roscoe]: Which one?
[roscoe]: Oh yeah,
[roscoe]: Cherry.
[roscoe]: Yeah, buddy
[roscoe]: With those mixes I do the sprite with Like Utopia. That's good.
[roscoe]: I'm sorry if you're saying, Dark and light pops as though it's fucking liquor is my favorite thing. I've heard this entire
[roscoe]: podcast as though there's like there's like two different kinds of. There's like two. there aren't there Is not You. Okay?
[roscoe]: What is on the light pop side besides sprite and ginger ale, And don't say seven up.
[roscoe]: Those are basically lemon lime, lemon lime and ginger. So you like lemon Lime
[roscoe]: Can name and name one that's not lemon lime.
[roscoe]: Okay, do you put? Do you put like grape soda and cream soda, and like and like orange like Crush? Are those are those
[roscoe]: dark pops?
[roscoe]: Dr Pepper
[roscoe]: Wasn't a good ones. man.
[roscoe]: Oh, I like. I mean. In my, it's funny. I twitted this out once, and it's like you know you're getting old when you
[roscoe]: ask somebody if they want to share a can of pop, Because I definitely can't like drink a whole. One way that I used to
[roscoe]: do
[roscoe]: Right. That's that is being like in your late twenties. It's yeah. yeah, it's just a different different metabolism.
[roscoe]: Now I used to. When those many cans came out, you didn't get the six pack of like the there, like the slim cans, or like,
[roscoe]: Who are these four? Now? I'm like those are for me.
[roscoe]: I know it's like. Why is why? is this more expensive for smaller cans? Well, there's more more more can and less drink.
[roscoe]: So you pay the can.
[roscoe]: Macdonald.
[roscoe]: I saw that Mc. Donald chemically engineered the sprite machines to like the. So, I think it was like a tiktok, but somebody
[roscoe]: who it's like uncovered fast food secrets and they apparently had somebody like a scientmilecular. You know taste scientist
[roscoe]: person. I don't know what the term is. developed. The perfect combination and you know structure of the spray For their
[roscoe]: machines. That it would make the fries and everything tastes better, and like the sprit tastes better because of the
[roscoe]: salt and the fries and everything. So it's like the sprit at Mc. Donald's is different than like the sprite. You
[roscoe]: can get anywhere else. Say they made it themselves.
[roscoe]: So so what all those names are? like The Macdonalds You get at home when it's like we have Mc Donalds at home. Yeah,
[roscoe]: it's not the same sprit.
[roscoe]: It's a whole thing.
[roscoe]: It's not a conspiracy theory. It's a conspiracy. Is that the company that makes the ice cream machines is like the
[roscoe]: since day one been like hand in hand with Mc. Donalds and the company. Just to sum this up really quick case we have
[roscoe]: to get out of here. Basically the company that makes the ice cream machines, charges the franchises to do repairs
[roscoe]: on them, and the money basically just ends up going, getting a kick back to Mc. Donald's like Mc. Donalds gets a kick
[roscoe]: back for this company just going out and standing like You know, when Ight hundred dollar bill to your local Macdonalds
[roscoe]: for fixing their ice cream machine Every like three weeks, So they purposely have made these ones that break themselves.
[roscoe]: I don't care if the ship gets their podcast taken off. And so somebody, this all came out because a guy came up with
[roscoe]: a. It was like a little us be drive that you could plug into the ice cream machine. That would override all of the back
[roscoe]: end bullshit that was making it break on purpose and everybody, everyone were all of a sudden working fine and they
[roscoe]: weren't breaking down And you got a season desist. And so that's what blew this whole thing open. Becase they're like.
[roscoe]: Oh, so you are purposely doing this or else you wouldn't stop somebody who's making your machines work better. Crazy
[roscoe]: End of the world, baby,
[roscoe]: Uh, yeah,
[roscoe]: He, Tonic water has a taste and it's not good. Club soda is just carbonated water.
[roscoe]: Um,
[roscoe]: Okay, peasants, enjoy your. Enjoy your still water, you uncultured swines while they drink sparkling
[roscoe]: As as though Canada Dry club soda is somehow sparkling mineral water. Now I have a. What's that Bubble is gross. The
[roscoe]: flavoring and bubbly There are. There's so many. like really good flavored sparkly waters out there. We could do a
[roscoe]: ranking at these one day, but like bubbly tastes, bubbly tastes like jolly rancher flavoring dropped into a can of soda
[roscoe]: water.
[roscoe]: It's
[roscoe]: I would rather drink flavorless club soda or I put like lemon or something in it. Then like a lime bubbly. Those things
[roscoe]: are fucking nasty man, Like the lime ones or grows. It tastes like metal like it's not real lime flavor. It's like
[roscoe]: why is this fake, but on the other hand, I'm not going to name the brand because I kind of want them as a sponsor, but
[roscoe]: they have really expensive sparkling waters, but they're really good, but they're crazy expensive. It's stupid.
[roscoe]: No, I have one too, and I find myself not using it that much. I have like a bunch of mixes for them.
[roscoe]: How nice.
[roscoe]: Nice.
[roscoe]: Hell, Yeah, all right, we gotta get out of here. I rambled about food and pop too long. You get me going about stuff, man,
[roscoe]: so check out. check out Mike on the Believers pod. Where can they find it?
[roscoe]: M.
[roscoe]: Yeah, what the hell is that about?
[roscoe]: Oh no,
[roscoe]: No funk you, buddy.
[roscoe]: Hell, yeah, buddy. thanks for coming on.
[roscoe]: Don. stop. now. I can't do that taken down. so
[roscoe]: Oh, Marty, we're writing your album for you.