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Season 5 Episode 17: The Playoffs are Here · The Buckpuster Podcast

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You know, I can't tell you how badly I wish we
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could start this episode off with a good old
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sweet, but we can't. Unfortunately. Because London
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doesn't suck. London sucks, figuratively. But
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when it comes to hockey, they don't suck. I mean,
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swept right past the first round, swept right
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past Erie in that second. I mean, barely, barely
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snuck by us here there in game four. Yeah, I
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mean, eight games so far, already eight wins.
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Game one of round three is already looking like
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it's going to be a win, unless somebody checked
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their 4 -0 at the first intermission. I was just
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checking it again. It's still 4 -0. So, I mean,
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what's the stat I came up with? They have won.
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They've only lost two of their last 26 playoff
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games that they have played. Something like that.
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It's unbelievable. And those two losses were
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in the finals against the Peets two seasons ago.
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No, I'm talking going back when they lost two
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to Saginaw. I didn't go that far back. Maybe
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if we went that far back, we could find out even
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more. Going back to the last playoffs and this
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playoffs, they have only lost two of their last
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26 playoff games, which is... Ridiculous. Unbelievable.
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Austin Elliott in net, he's just a... He's a
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different animal. Insane this year. We lost one
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game. Again, we almost snuck one away from them
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in game four. Like I said, I predicted that we
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would sneak at least one away. And we were that
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close, man. That over time, when we gave one
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up and then they reviewed it, we're like, holy
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shit, I've never seen this before. And then it
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got called back. It's like, never seen that before.
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Then they scored the winner again. And that one
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got reviewed. I was like, surely it won't get
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overturned again. And it didn't. But, uh... I
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mean, just the way that crowd still got into
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it, you know, down 3 -0 at home, you're about
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to get swept on home ice, and the way the crowd
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was still behind that team, still behind, you
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know, still, I would call, still a cold Charlie
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Burns. You know, they were behind him that whole
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game, chanting his name almost after every save.
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Kid played his ass off in Game 4, dude. And I
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mean, minus the last minute of the first period
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in Game 3, played his ass off too. Besides his...
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That last minute. Other than that, he played
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pretty good. Both those games at home, he played
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phenomenal. I know he was in tears at the end
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of Game 4. They showed him on the Jumbotron.
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You could just see water. It might have been
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from his bottle, but you could tell his eyes
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were red. You could tell he just felt awful.
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For no reason, too. 46 saves on 50 shots. Against
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the best team in the CHL. He should be very proud
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of himself. He should be very. There's no reason
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whatsoever he should be beating himself up. Which
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you know he probably is to some extent, but he
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has nothing to beat himself up for. Came in as
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a cold backup goaltender in game three, back
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against the wall. That'd be tough for a starter.
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Coming back from an injury, kind of like Benny
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did for us last year. Came in the playoffs cold.
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He was our starter for the first... five months
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of the season. But it came in cold, you know,
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down 2 -0 in the series, on home ice, which,
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you know, is nerve -wracking enough for any player,
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any young player with very little, actually no
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playoff experience. He didn't have any playoff
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experience. And that's honestly why I'm kind
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of glad with him coming in. He now has that.
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He has that playoff experience to where we need
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it next year. He has that experience under his
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belt now. Because, like, if we, like, depending
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with Erland in this upcoming season, like, Like,
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if he's still around, we at least have both experience.
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He's going to be around. Regardless, I know we
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haven't been here. Also, welcome back to the
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podcast, by the way. We haven't recorded in now
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almost three weeks. So you're a Friday evening
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We'll get back into it. Yeah, no, I mean, Charlie
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has nothing whatsoever to kick himself for, man.
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I think the defense, if anything, kind of was
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the reason for those three goals at the end of
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the first and game three. Yeah. Just kind of
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gave up. They thought, oh, we got the end of
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this period. We shut them out in the first period.
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No, you didn't because of the boom score. What
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was it, three goals in a matter of like 36 seconds
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or something like that? Yeah, like 45 seconds
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it was. It's not over until the fucking fat lady
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sings, so. And there was no fat lady singing.
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I mean, words can't even describe how proud I
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am of this Otters team and the things we were
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able to overcome between last year and this year.
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You know this entire rest of the last six months
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of this season were for Jim. Every single game
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that you're playing. And going forward, it's
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going to be for him. Every game from here on
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out until we win a cup. And you know damn well
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they're going to fight to get his name on that
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cup again. Because I believe he was on the 17
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one. That was the year he came in, wasn't it?
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Because he bought the team. 2015. Was it 15?
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The year after McDavid. That's... Okay. Yeah,
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because he bought it, like, within a few months
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after McDavid. Gotcha. Fisher drafted by Edmonton.
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But, uh... But very proud of this team. This
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team is unbelievable. This team was, honestly,
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was just very special. Like, I couldn't... Like,
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I'm still can't, like, hard to process the seasons
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are over. For us, at least, yeah. Like, it's...
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I still, like, can't wait, like, just so devastated
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that we didn't have more time with this team.
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Like, I want more time with them. I mean, we're
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only about probably a month away until the season
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itself is over and we can watch London lose in
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the final to Rimouski. And have them bitching
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and playing, you know, who's team's gonna get
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to play? They had so many days off. They didn't
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make the playoffs. Fuck you. Anyway, anyways,
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I mean, yeah, I mean, I said at the beginning
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of the playoffs, London, I really think they're
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going to repeat. I said this halfway through
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the regular season that they're looking like
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they're going to repeat. I think now that...
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Did I think they'd have a clean sweep through
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eight games? No. I really thought that Erie had
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the capability to take one away. And unfortunately,
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we did not. Game one, we let them get to us.
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They just kind of got into our heads. They beat
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us up. We dropped the goal as we won too many
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times. I think it was Game 2, even what Alfie
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got into in Game 2. Yeah. That's something we've
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been waiting for. Like, let's let Alfie drop
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the damn gloves. And he finally did, and I think
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he did kind of end up getting his ass beat. Yeah,
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he got it. Every other fight, I think, in that
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series was pretty fair. I know Wesley beat the
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shit out of whoever he fought in Game 1. I think
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it was... Messier also beat the shit out of somebody.
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He beat the drunk out of somebody. Game one,
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we just let them get to us. Game two, they were
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still trying to get into our heads, and they
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did a little bit, but we kind of backed off a
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little bit. I think that was the biggest blowout
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of the series. I think that one was like a 7
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-2 or whatever. Royston fought Landon Sin. Messier
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fought Ryder Bolton. I think Messi was the one
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that was actually a little bit closer. I think
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they gave the win to Sim over Royce and even
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though Royce didn't beat the fucking shit out
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of Sim. And then Jesse Normie faced Nathan Sodder.
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And then Sod's kind of got his ass. Sod's never
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been a big fighter. He's great defensively. He's
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really improved from his first year where he
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was that 7th, 8th defenseman. He's really improved.
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He's not a fighter. Yeah, because it was game
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two is when Allen faced... I'm trying to bring
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it up. Was it Alfie? It was Jared Woodley that
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fought Alfie and then Royston fought Allen. Of
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course, Royston won that one too. Because Royston
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doesn't lose fights. Again, instead of beating
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the piss out of him, he beat the drunk out of
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him. He beat him so fucking good he was sober
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again. At least he could drive home this time.
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That wouldn't stop them. That's the last one,
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I promise. Probably not. Cameron Allen didn't
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say that. We have one more going on here. Okay.
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Anyways. Going into next year could be very,
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very important because right now there is a rumor
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that the OHL is considering making goalies exempt
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to the over -ager rule. Which, for us, that could
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be huge. And keeping both. Obviously keeping
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Noah. And keeping... At this point, I don't know
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if I'm... I'm torn between McCall and Saad. I'm
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between Saad and McCall. I really did not like
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how McCall played in the playoffs in general.
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The first round, he was eh, but against London,
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he did not do well. He did not play well in the
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second round. Again, I think... The first round,
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he was come and go. Again, I think the biggest
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thing... that is in question right now is where
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is Carey going to end up next season? Is he going
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to be, like, which body of water is he going
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to be by? Is he going to be by Carey or is he
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going to be by the Pacific Ocean? Right. Again,
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which body of water is he going to? And I swear,
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I think Carey is going to West Coast. I'm sorry.
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After that contract signing before the London
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series, I... I'm wholeheartedly behind, not wholeheartedly,
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but, like, I'm all behind him going through.
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And just the way, I mean, there was also kind
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of what kind of, kind of gave away he might be,
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was just how he, like, how much they were showing
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him during the, like, after the moment when team,
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everyone was at center ice and they're, like,
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hugging each other and applauding the crowd and
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that, like, it just felt, just like. And then
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that was tough, man, just seeing the emotion
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on everybody's face, not even just the overagers,
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not even just Charlie. Like, you could tell that
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that team just felt, they felt defeated. That
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team just felt drained, they felt beat, they
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felt defeated. And I mean, they definitely felt,
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I can guarantee you that team knows. They could
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have done better. I'll be every fan of them knows
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that they have the potential to do better. But
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you can tell the looks on everybody's faces.
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They were just beat. They were hurt, and they
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were defeated bad. They got the shit kicked out
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of them for four games. Did some shit kicking
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back a little bit there in game four. Did not
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give up, and that's what I said this team can
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do. This team does not give up. Down three games
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to nothing in game four, they did not give up.
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No. And that's why I'm so proud of them. There's
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no need whatsoever to be disappointed in this
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honors team. Two or three years ago, sure. Last
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year, not so much. I mean, I think we had the
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potential to get out of the first round last
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year, but I still wasn't disappointed. And this
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year even more so. I am absolutely not at all
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disappointed in this team. No, at all. Because
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the last three seasons, it's been an improvement,
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improvement. Honestly, missed the playoffs two
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seasons ago. Last year, we finally broke that
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drought. Was in contention. This year, they got
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their first win. Got their first series win since
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our cup run in 2017. So that's... See, that right
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there just showed me it improved. Going back
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to it, keeping... If the goalie thing ends up
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being a thing, obviously we get to keep Noah.
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He doesn't count as one of the three. Then I
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say, honestly, even if... Say San Diego sends
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Carey back. I do not hate the idea of trading
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him away. I hate to say that, but the return
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that we can get for him would probably be, you
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know, the level of, oh, if Mississauga sent somebody
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to Kitchener, or was it vice versa? The one dude
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that got traded for like 11 picks. Raykoff got
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sent back for like 11 picks or some shit like
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that. Yeah, he got sent to Brampton. I don't
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think he'd be quite that size, but we could definitely
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easily get a younger, maybe like 17, 18 -year
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-old forward, five picks maybe. We could get
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a decent return. We can probably get a bid out
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of Eddie, too. Eddie, too, honestly, yeah. I
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mean, he's young. He's got that fighting him.
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He's got that feistiness to him that we really
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started to see a lot more this season. Started
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to see it a little bit towards the end of last
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year. You know, he had that cordial hat trick
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that had the whole building fucking shaking.
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And I think he ended up having, not fights, but
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a couple scraps in the playoffs against Kitchener
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last year, too. But this year, he got into a
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couple of fights. I think one or two fights this
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year. Definitely, I think he had one in the playoffs,
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including two. But that's when it comes down
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to, like, I don't know. I mean, it could be just,
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you know, playoff, not playoff rust, but the
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first time in the playoffs, You know, kind of
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that nervousness from a call. He's never played
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in these playoffs before. He doesn't really know
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what to expect. I mean, he knows what to expect
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from teams like Saginaw and London, who we play
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five, six times a year. Do we want to waste one
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of our lead spots on him because of that playoff
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performance? Do we want to let that playoff performance
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affect how we feel about him? Because I honestly
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liked his regular season. Oh, he was phenomenal
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throughout the regular season. Yeah. He was debatably
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one of our best defensemen. Obviously before,
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until Schaefer went down. Which I think he came
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in after Schaefer. He came after Schaefer. Yeah,
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and then it's going to be down to obviously between,
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what, Carey, Dillon, and Mess. Correct? And Davio.
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And Davio. Well, Dav's, no. Mess is going to
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be gone after he signed that contract in Toronto
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with the little atrocity. I don't know how much
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to believe this, but I said something about that
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on the Uncensored page, and somebody had said
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that. Alex has said multiple times that he wants
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to focus on hockey, that he doesn't care too
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much about that. He wants to stay and focus on
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hockey. So it depends. I'm sure the decision,
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if we decide that we want to keep him, if we
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say we want to keep him, he might show interest
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in wanting to stay with us. If we say, hey, we
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might be moving on from that, then he might go
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focus on lacrosse. Who knows? But some people
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said that he has said that he wants to stay here
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and focus on hockey. Adam McCall has said that
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he really likes it here and wants to stay here.
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Who knows? Carey could go to the NCAA. Who knows?
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I mean, with that NHL contract, I don't know
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how that's going to work. I think his hands are
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tied. I think the three players that are really
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tied are Carey, and it's going to be Schaefer
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and Malcolm are the three players. I'm kind of...
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Oh, obviously it would have been Marvin, too,
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but... Oh, and Ty. I'm sorry. I'm forgetting
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Ty. Well, then again, Ty didn't really sign the
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contract yet. He's drafted, but he hasn't signed
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yet. Yeah, he hasn't signed his entry contract
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yet. So Ty might be able to go, considering he's
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not under contract. Yeah. But, yeah, I don't...
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I wouldn't hate bringing back Miss. I wouldn't
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hate... I'd like to keep that him and Royston,
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you know, those greedy, those power forwards,
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you know, those ones that aren't afraid to beat
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somebody up when they need to. Um, so I don't
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think they might be our only two decent fighters
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on the team. That's really the only thing why
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I want to keep Masaru just for that reason, but
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like... It all depends on carry, you know, where
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they end up keeping him if they call him up.
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Because that's the thing, like, do we want to
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risk saving an OA spot on him if they keep him
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in? Because how does that work? If they call
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him up and they keep him and they don't send
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him back? Does he still count as one of our only
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slots because he's on the roster technically
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still? How does that work? Because I know when
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Dylan Strom, he was up in Arizona for a little
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bit. Can we keep three, but if he comes back,
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then we have to send one off again. I don't know
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how that works. I think he would be exempt because
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we don't have him, physically have him on the
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team. He's off thing for San Diego. Say we keep
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Noah. Again, we'll say that the goalie thing
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does go there. So, say we have. So, why don't
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we count Noah? Because, say, they're exempt.
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So, say we have. Say, Eddie. Eddie, Kerry, McCall.
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Hey, Kerry is not coming back. Okay, so Kerry
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goes off to San Diego for the first part of the
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season. Okay, so we'll bring back in. We'll bring
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back in Eddie. We'll bring back in Sodds. So,
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say we have. Now we have Sodds, McCall, and Eddie.
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Hey. San Diego is sending back Carey. Who would
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we get rid of to bring Carey back in? Or would
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we just maybe trade Carey away? Or trade Dillon
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away to Carey? We can technically keep four on
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the roster, just three active on any given game
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night. Okay. Because we did that with the year
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of Kishnick. Because we had Kishnick selling
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Hoffman and D 'Amato. D 'Amato, yeah. That was
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the year before I bought my tickets. It was my
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first year of my season ticket. We had that situation.
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Second year, but first season. Because your first
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season got canceled. No. Because that would have
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been... Because you've been like six seasons
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now, haven't you? Yeah. This coming year will
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be officially seven. No, because your first would
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have been... 18 -19, so you were one off. Yeah.
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I thought your first was 18 -19. 17 -18. Okay.
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Won the cup that fall. I bought the tickets.
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Oh, gotcha. Yeah, okay. Yeah, we had a very tough
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situation. I guess we'll figure out more. I guess
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we'll learn more when closer the season comes.
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We probably won't know much by the time we're
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wrapping up this season of the show. But, um...
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Yeah, um... Updating with the OHL playoffs. Obviously,
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we mentioned earlier that London took us down.
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Kitchener pulling out the reverse sweep against
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Windsor. It was 21 -22 season, though. Hoffman's
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on. Okay, so I would have tackled that. That
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would have been my third year. Yeah, Kitchener
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pulling out the reverse sweep against Windsor.
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Unbelievable. Becomes the sixth team in the 0
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-2. 16 in OHL history to be able to do that.
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Honestly, the most fun thing was Kitchener did
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it in a Windsor offseason. They swept them when
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they were the eighth seed. They swept the first
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seed of Windsor in the 22 -23 season. Those playoffs
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swept them in the first round. First time ever
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that an eighth seed swept the first seed in OHL
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history. I mean, unbelievable. Apparently, if
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it's Windsor and Kitchener, I'm choosing Kitchener
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from now on. And I remember saying, like, if
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Parsons is on his A game, like, I think Kichner
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was going to win it. He might not have been those
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first three, but he was a brick wall those last
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four games. I mean, he was not winning any goals.
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North Bay swept right by. I am looking at the
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wrong year. What am I doing? Oshawa beat Brantford
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in six games, 4 -2. The Barry Colts beat the
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Kingston Frontenots in Game 7. That's crazy.
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Yeah, man. I mean, so yeah, we got the final
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four being the Barry Colts and the Oshawa Generals
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and the London Knights taking on the Kitchener
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Rangers. Who do we got winning these series?
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I can honestly see a rematch. I can see a London
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-Oshawa rematch. Anybody but London. It's gonna
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happen. All we're doing is just delaying the
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inevitable of watching them raise that fucking
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cup again. I think it's gonna happen. Is we gonna
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see an exact rematch again? Do we think Barry
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can take Oshawa down? Barry is the higher seed.
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They're second in the East. Compared to Oshawa
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being the fourth? Or the third? I know Barry
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was the first. Oshawa was the Barry was the first,
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and Oshawa was the second seed. I thought Branford
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was the first seed. No, no. In the conference,
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Barry was second, and Oshawa was fourth. Okay,
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I was right. Second and fourth. Yeah, I mean,
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Barry could take down. I think Oshawa has what
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it takes to take down Barry. But who stands a
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better chance against London is the question.
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Neither. I mean, we saw Oshawa did a great job
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in the final last year. I mean, it makes me want
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to say that Barry might have the better shot.
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To at least not let them fucking go almost 16
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-0 in the playoffs again. Kitchener obviously
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has the best chance of ruining that. I'm sorry,
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but nobody in the East can touch that. Since
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Brantford got knocked out, early on I initially
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said Brantford was probably going to be the ones
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that could potentially, obviously, Barry. London
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just doesn't fucking lose at home, dude. They
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don't lose there. Yeah, Kitchener probably has
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the best chance to take him down. Are they going
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to do it? Probably not, sadly. Can I even see
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Kitchener taking one away? I'd say if we saw
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in those last few games with the previous round
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against Windsor, if Jackson Parsons can be on
22:30
his A game. Jackson Parsons can find his rhythm
22:35
again, then yeah, I think they have a chance.
22:37
But all in all, I think this again is going to
22:39
be a London in. five if we're lucky. I really
22:45
do want to see the goaltending matchup between
22:48
Elliott and Parsons. That's going to be fantastic.
22:52
I mean, not looking so good for Parsons right
22:53
now, but... I mean, he hasn't had much time off.
22:58
London's had, what, a week and a half off by
23:00
now at this point? Yeah. Parsons only had like
23:02
three days off. So... But yeah, winners, I'm
23:06
going to go with Barry. I don't think Asha has
23:09
what it takes this year to take them down. And
23:11
obviously I have to go London. I'm going to say
23:13
Barry. I think it's going to take a little longer.
23:14
I'll say Barry in six. And then I'll say London
23:17
in, I'll say five. I can very easily see it being
23:21
another sweep. But I'll say five just to give
23:25
credit where credit's due to Kitchener. Because
23:26
they're a good team. They are. It's just London
23:28
is obviously the better team. And nobody's taking
23:31
them down. Even if Kitchener loses, I really
23:34
do hope they beat the brakes off of London. Just
23:37
wear them out. That's all I want. Make them wear,
23:40
even if it's, I mean, we kind of, we did wear
23:42
them out in game four. I mean, towards the end
23:47
of that game, towards the end of the game, you
23:48
know, first and second period of game four in
23:50
Erie was still pretty feisty, but that third
23:51
period, you could tell London started, like,
23:53
holy shit, we need to fucking, we need to play.
23:56
Like, we need to get this, we need to be on our
23:58
toes against this team. And we ended up tying
24:00
it with, I think it was like eight minutes left
24:01
or something like that. Obviously, then the game
24:03
winner going in about, what, eight, ten minutes
24:05
into overtime, so. But yeah. It's going to be
24:08
a London -Berry final. I said London 5, maybe
24:14
potentially 6 if Parsons can steal one or two
24:19
of them away. And then Barry, Babel can honestly
24:24
go 6 or 7. Honestly, looking at this London -Kitchener
24:31
series, I know that London's going to take the
24:34
first deal easy. But as soon as they go back
24:37
to Kitchener, Jackson Parsons is going to find
24:39
his fucking confidence, and he can carry them
24:41
the rest of the way. It's going to be a fucking
24:43
fight. Obviously, because their games are going
24:46
on right now, London's up 4 -0 about just a little
24:49
under eight minutes in the second period, and
24:53
Barry and Oshawa are tied at zero with just a
24:58
little under 19 minutes into the second period.
25:05
All right. Moving on to some NHL talk. We're
25:12
already quite a few games into the playoffs here.
25:16
The reason we didn't get to recording last weekend,
25:17
Colin was on vacation, so having a good time
25:20
in the good old state of AZ. Lazy and azy, baby.
25:24
Lazy and azy. Getting your first round of nine
25:26
now? Yeah, I played four of them. Went about
25:29
as good as the first round of the season will
25:31
go. Considering I haven't played since last August.
25:34
I mean, August to April. I know, I'll be rough.
25:37
I think I got up to the driving range maybe once
25:39
or twice last year, but I didn't get out for
25:40
four of them. I didn't even get out last year
25:42
whatsoever. I know, we'll plan on trying to get
25:45
a couple in this year for sure. Yeah, I tried
25:47
reaching out as either I can't or... So I'm like,
25:52
fuck it, I'm going out. So I went a few times
25:55
alone, which, whatever. Nothing wrong with that.
25:58
I've done it before, so. NHL playoffs. Let's
26:05
go to our brackets. We'll pull our brackets out
26:08
and see who we have predicted to win, and then
26:10
we'll go on and move to what's currently actually
26:13
happening. Let's start in the West. First round
26:17
matchup, we've got the Winnipeg Jets. The first
26:20
seed in the entire league, I believe. First seed
26:23
in the West. Taking on the second wild card.
26:26
Barely squeaking in. The St. Louis Blues. I have
26:30
the Jets winning in five. I had a sweep, and
26:34
that's already... That's already ruined it? Yeah.
26:37
Yeah, I also had one pick sweeping, but... Whatever.
26:43
I know the games paid for extra points for tiebreakers
26:47
or whatever. Either way, I still have Winnipeg
26:49
winning that series. Staying in the Central,
26:52
we have the number two seed in the Central, Dallas,
26:55
taking on the number three seeded, Avalanche.
26:58
I have the Avalanche winning in seven. I have
27:02
Dallas winning in seven. I had Dallas in six.
27:05
Dallas in six? Okay. I knew it was going to go
27:10
either 6 or 7 this series. I think it was Thursday
27:16
by 4pm or 6pm. I think it would have been Monday
27:21
or Tuesday. I think it was before the first puck
27:24
drop of Game 2. So it would have been like 6
27:28
or 7pm. I literally went back and forth, back
27:30
and forth between them. I was like, Dallas, no,
27:32
I'm going to switch to Colorado. No, I'm going
27:33
to go back to Dallas. I literally switched this
27:35
one back and forth about four times. And I fell
27:38
on Dallas winning this one in seven. I just think
27:42
they're the better team. I think they have the
27:43
better goaltender right now. I mean, Jake Odinger
27:44
is playing out of his mind. I mean, the addition
27:47
with Mikko Rantanen for Dallas. I mean, they're
27:50
just an all -around complete team right now.
27:53
Miro Heichkinen, I think he was supposed to be
27:55
back this series. If he's not yet, he's supposed
27:56
to be very soon. And I think that's one thing
28:00
where Avalanche struggled as defense. I mean,
28:02
aside from Devontae's and Cal McCarr, they don't
28:06
got much going on back there. Nope. They got
28:09
Sammy Gerrard, but he's starting to get a little
28:11
bit older. But again, that's about all they have.
28:15
They don't have much to help them back there.
28:17
I mean, outside of that first line of, you know,
28:20
McKinnon, Latuscock coming back. They got a decent
28:26
amount of depth scoring. Logan O 'Connor, they
28:30
got... Nazem. Nazem Kadri. Kadri's up in Calgary.
28:37
He's in Calgary. I thought he was still in Colorado.
28:41
Dallas has a lot of young guys that just got
28:43
Logan Stankoven at the deadline. He was part
28:49
of that. He went to Carolina. Yeah, because they
28:54
got a great team. Both beauties, by the way.
29:01
Yeah. Both fucking beauties. Yeah, I have Dallas
29:04
in seven. I think it's going to go the distance.
29:07
I think Jeffy could be right. I think Dallas
29:08
could win in six. But I think that one's going
29:11
to go the distance. I can see that one going
29:12
seven. Just kind of like what Kyle said when
29:15
we get to it. I was back and forth on that season,
29:18
and there was one in the east that I was going
29:20
back and forth on. But going down to the Pacific,
29:25
we have the Vegas Golden Knights taking on the
29:29
Minnesota Wild. This one's also a... I got ready
29:35
to screw it up, but I had Vegas in a sweep. I
29:37
did as well. You had Vegas in a sweep. See, I
29:40
did two different ones. For the one that I did
29:42
for our league, I had Vegas winning in five.
29:44
That's already over. But for the one that I actually
29:46
submitted, like the whole big bracket, like the
29:48
whole world going against each other, I had Vegas
29:52
in six. So that one could still happen. Goalie
29:54
change in Montreal. What happened? I don't know.
29:58
I just looked up and I saw goalies get changed.
30:00
Oh, snap. It's a tie. I wonder if there's an
30:05
injury. It's a tie game. Oh, we have a goalie
30:08
change in Montreal, folks. That can't be good.
30:12
Is that Montembeau starting? Montembeau is starting.
30:15
Who just went in? I don't know if I know who
30:18
their backup is. Once I hear their name, I feel
30:21
like I'll know it. Dobbs. What's it? Dobbs. Dobbs,
30:27
okay. Moving on to L .A. and Edmonton. This one
30:35
is not looking good. At least, again, for our
30:37
bracket. I did two different ones. For the one
30:40
for us, for ours, I had Edmonton in seven. For
30:44
the one I'm submitting to the big one, I did
30:47
L .A. in seven. I said I had in my... The global
30:53
one, I had L .A. winning that one in six. And
30:57
then obviously in this one, I had Edmonton in
31:00
six. I mean, Edmonton just isn't anywhere near
31:04
as good of a team as they have been in the past,
31:06
especially last year. They're not the same team,
31:09
at least play style -wise and good -wise, if
31:12
that makes sense, as the team that went to the
31:14
finals last year. They're not the same team.
31:17
Which they really didn't have that many losses
31:19
or additions, really. They really didn't. If
31:24
you guys remember last year, they started off
31:27
like shit against Vancouver. And then they picked
31:30
it up to be able to finish that series. Same
31:33
thing round two against, I believe it was Winnipeg.
31:35
Started like shit. Really ramped it up. Stuart
31:38
Skinner, when he came back, really ramped his
31:40
game up. I think it was round three. I think
31:41
they swept right past round three. Or it might
31:43
have been round five. But either way, after games
31:46
three or four when Stuart Skinner came back in
31:48
front of the team, he started going off. Edmonton
31:52
started going off. I know where you guys are
31:55
coming from, but it could also be a repeat of
31:57
what happened last year. You saw how far they
32:00
went. Fucking Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals
32:02
losing just by one goal. And nearly almost came
32:06
down. Regardless, ultimately I'm going to say
32:10
LA is going to take this one. It might end up
32:12
going to 7. LA very easily might sweep. I mean,
32:15
they're a good team. They're a very good team
32:17
this year. I think I said this last recording.
32:20
I really honestly think Darcy Kemper should be
32:22
in the conversation for the Vesna. I mean, he
32:24
has been unbelievable this year. I said, Golteng's
32:28
been really good for him. You got Big Riddick,
32:32
and then you got Darcy Kemper. Both of them were
32:36
very good. It's very tough. This one might be
32:41
the toughest one to call, aside from Dallas and
32:44
Colorado. Do you think scoring depth is there?
32:48
Defense is not bad, but not the best, but also
32:52
the worst. Yeah. Moving on to the Eastern Conference.
32:57
We got the Toronto Maple Leafs taking on the
33:00
Ottawa Senators. Battle of Ontario. Battle of
33:03
Ontario. Oh, this one was wrong. I had said Ottawa
33:08
in five. You said Ottawa in five? I must have
33:11
pressed five by accident. I meant to press seven.
33:14
I have Toronto in five. In both brackets, I have
33:18
Toronto in five. I have Toronto in five. That's
33:20
starting to look really good. With how well Ottawa
33:23
played last night at home, I can see them stealing
33:26
one tomorrow night or Sunday night, whenever
33:28
they play game four. I can see Ottawa stealing
33:31
one. I can see it maybe being a little bit of,
33:33
not a blowout, but not a one -goal game. I can
33:36
see it beating me at like a 4 -1 or a 5 -3 type
33:39
game. But I think Toronto's going to go home
33:41
and win it. Win it at home, I say five. I don't
33:46
want him to, but. I think it's, I mean, if they
33:49
lose to fucking Ottawa, that's a little rough.
33:53
Number one, Steve Dangle's going to lose his
33:54
fucking mind. Oh, Steve Dangle's going to delete
33:56
his YouTube channel. He's going to appear off
33:58
the face of the fucking earth. 18 seasons of
34:01
LFR, fuck this, I'm done. I was re -watching
34:04
his playoff, like, bracket, like, what he put
34:08
out. I'm like. Because he had the Leafs going
34:10
all the way this year. He does. He hasn't gone
34:13
all the way this year. And then number two, just
34:15
to see the fans, it's their fucking shit. Moving
34:19
on, we got another battle of series with the
34:22
Battle of Florida with Tampa Bay Lightning taking
34:25
on the Florida Panthers. The second seed in the
34:27
Atlantic, Tampa. Third seed in the Atlantic,
34:29
Florida. I have Tampa Bay in our league. I have
34:35
them in seven. In ours, I have them in six. The
34:37
other one I did in seven. So ours, it's going
34:40
to be a little tough for them to pull it off
34:41
at the four in a row here. Reverse sweep kind
34:45
of thing. Are they up 2 -0 or are they up 3 -0
34:48
already? They're up 3 -0. They're up 3 -0 now?
34:50
They're up 3 -0. Right? No, 2 -0. Is it only
34:53
two? Yeah, it's only two. That's right, because
34:55
they've got a later start than everybody else.
34:56
They're going home with a 2 -0 series lead, so
34:58
that's huge. This is where I said this was the
35:03
one I was going back and forth on, because on
35:05
my global... Bracket, I had Tampa in seven. This
35:09
bracket, I had Florida in seven. Global had them
35:14
in seven. Ours, I had them in six. Florida in
35:19
six. Florida in six? Florida in six. And it can
35:22
happen. Even though Florida's been kind of running
35:24
away with it the last two games, it was still
35:27
entertaining games the last two. Well, game one
35:31
was entertaining. Game two wasn't so much. They
35:35
didn't score that second goal until 30 seconds
35:38
left on an empty net. To make it 2 -0. So it's
35:41
like, okay, that was anticlimactic. Moving on
35:47
to Washington versus Montreal. Washington, the
35:51
number one seed in the Metro, number one seed
35:53
in the East. Taking on the second wild card,
35:56
Montreal Canadiens. In ours, I have Washington
36:01
sweeping. Or in both. Ours, I have them five,
36:05
like the global one, I have them sweeping. Yeah,
36:08
I also have Washington sweeping. In both of my
36:12
brackets, I have them sweeping Washington. I
36:15
mean, no offense to Montreal. Oh, oh! They have
36:20
the bench. Speaking of, we're watching this one
36:23
right now, end of the second period. There's
36:25
some feistiness happening. Extracurricular. Two
36:31
players on one of the benches. Damn, they're
36:32
mad. Let me get Wilson. No, that's the PLD. PLD's
36:37
in the middle of it, so. Oh, wow. Oh, he won't
36:41
stop. Oh, now L are going at it? Yeah, Wilson's
36:47
on the bench sitting, just yapping his mouth.
36:49
He's big fucking mouth like he always does. He's
36:55
just pointing up at the scoreboard like, see
36:56
ya? You see ya? Get another losing? What a dumbass.
37:05
Yeah, anyways, Washington 4. I mean, Montreal
37:08
can explain this. They could end up taking this
37:09
one. Yeah. Could end up going to 5, but... Honestly,
37:12
Kolkoff just scored to take the lead. Yeah, with
37:17
like 40 seconds left to go, period. Yeah. Moving
37:21
on to the other game that we have on the multi
37:23
-screen. The Carolina Hurricanes take on the
37:25
New Jersey Devils. Montreal, or Carolina, the
37:28
second seed in the Metro. New Jersey's the third
37:30
seed in the Metro. In ours, I have them sweeping.
37:37
In global, I have New Jersey taking one away,
37:40
so Kansas at five. I said, in our bracket, I
37:45
had Carolina sweeping, but in my global bracket,
37:49
I had Carolina at five. Tom Wilson. He's like
37:55
mocking his crying. The things I want to call
38:02
Tom Wilson, I can't say on the air, so I guess
38:06
I'll see you. He's a prick, but he's funny. I
38:08
mean, he's funny as shit. I guess I will see
38:10
you guys next Tuesday. He's a little prick, but
38:14
he's funny. And moving on to the second round
38:21
in the West, that leaves me with Winnipeg taking
38:24
on Dallas, and I have Dallas winning that one.
38:27
I have Dallas going to the conference final.
38:30
For me, obviously, because mine is the same thing
38:33
as Kyle's, Winnipeg and Dallas. I had actually
38:38
Winnipeg winning. Oh, yeah, Winnipeg going to
38:41
the conference final. Okay. What do you got?
38:44
So I got Winnipeg and Colorado with Winnipeg
38:47
moving on to the third round. Of course, it was
38:52
Tom Olsen who started it. And Anderson. No, I
38:58
just saw it. Oh, my God. He's such a prick. He's
39:06
so funny. I have Vegas taking on LA in ours.
39:14
In ours, I have Vegas taking on Edmonton. Doesn't
39:18
matter. Regardless, I have Vegas moving on in
39:20
both of them. Both brackets, I have Dallas and
39:23
Vegas in the conference final. As I mentioned,
39:27
I had Vegas. In this bracket, I had Vegas. Edmonton,
39:35
Vegas, and LA, the global one. But in this one,
39:41
I have Edmonton actually moving on. Being Vegas.
39:48
I have the same ones, Jeff. Vegas, Edmonton,
39:51
with Edmonton moving on. Because fuck you, Vegas.
39:54
So then for the Western Conference Finals, I
39:57
actually have an all -Canadian matchup between
40:00
Winnipeg and Edmonton. With Winnipeg moving on.
40:06
Yeah, Winnipeg going to the final. I think I
40:08
did have them at first. But looking at how deep
40:13
the Dallas team is, how much playoff experience
40:17
they have in the last couple years, I ended up
40:20
having them. Having them going. So in the conference
40:24
final, I have Dallas and Vegas. I have the Dallas
40:28
Stars going to the Stanley Cup final for the
40:31
first time since 2020. Or no, 2021, sorry. 2020.
40:34
No, 2020, yeah, I was right. They're in the bubble,
40:36
right? Yeah, they're in the bubble. Tampa's first
40:38
of back -to -back. It was Corey Perry's, the
40:42
start of Corey Perry's three of the first four.
40:44
With three different teams. Three different teams.
40:46
His loss is there. Lost two in a row to Tampa
40:50
Bay, and if he can't join them and beat them,
40:52
then he joined them, and then he lost again.
40:54
Yeah, if he can't beat them, join them. So he
40:56
joined them, and then he got beat. And of course...
41:01
Who did you guys have going to the final? I had
41:04
Winnipeg and Edmonton. I actually had Edmonton
41:08
going. Edmonton going back? Alright, alright.
41:14
I said that. You said you had Winnipeg going
41:16
all the way? No, I have... Oh, no, in this bracket
41:20
I have Edmonton going all the way. I really wanted
41:22
to put Winnipeg, but in this bracket I put Edmonton.
41:26
Moving over to the East, second round. Starting
41:30
up with the Atlantic, I have Ottawa and Florida,
41:34
with Florida winning it. For me, I had, obviously
41:39
in my bracket it was Florida and Toronto. I have
41:42
Florida moving on. Okay. Obviously in my other
41:45
one it was Tampa, and I had Tampa moving on.
41:48
And obviously in both of them I have the same
41:51
winners pretty much. All in the East, I just
41:53
have different games. So in the East I have Toronto
41:55
and Tampa Bay. I have Toronto moving on to the
41:59
conference final for the first time since 1967.
42:04
No, in history. Oh, yeah, the first time in history.
42:06
The first time in history moving on to the conference
42:09
finals. Get off the program, freshman. And then
42:17
for the second one, I have Washington taking
42:20
on Carolina, and I have Carolina. Moving on to
42:26
the conference line. Really? I have Carolina
42:27
moving on. So I was seeing one, Washington, Carolina,
42:34
but I had, obviously, Washington moving on. I
42:38
also have Washington over Carolina that second
42:41
round because Carolina seems to choke away when
42:45
it becomes important. Yeah, I mean, that's very
42:47
true, but I don't know. I think this year seemed
42:49
different for them. Yeah, I have Carolina. Go
42:55
to the conference final against Toronto. And
42:57
then the conference final, the first seed in
43:01
the Atlantic, Toronto Maple Leafs take it on
43:02
the second seed in the Metro, Carolina Hurricanes.
43:05
I have the Carolina Hurricanes moving on to the
43:09
Stanley Cup final. You had me nervous. I was
43:12
like, he's going to say fucking Toronto. You're
43:15
one of them losers. I thought about it, but it'll
43:17
be the one year that I don't have Toronto with
43:20
confidence that they're going to end up doing
43:21
it. But now I have Dallas and Carolina instead
43:24
of the final. You know, I'm happy that you finally
43:27
learned that Toronto shouldn't be trusted to
43:30
go all this way. Right, Otis? Right. I mean,
43:35
I still have them on. I do think they still have
43:39
the power and have the ability to do so. Hi,
43:42
Otis. Yeah, he agrees. Can they do it? No, I
43:47
don't think so either. He doesn't have a lot
43:50
of... Hope in the least, huh, Otis? But for me,
43:59
for the conference final, I have Florida and
44:03
Washington. I have Washington going to the Stanley
44:07
Cup finals. When it comes down to the final four,
44:09
we all have completely different... Yeah, I also
44:12
have Florida -Washington with Washington going,
44:14
so for me, the Stanley Cup final, it'll be the
44:17
Edmonton Oilers versus the Washington Capitals.
44:21
Oh, that would be a fucking sight. Ovechkin versus
44:26
McDavid. One of the old gen versus one of the
44:29
new gen. I really wish it was Crosby if they
44:33
could get it all the way. 87 versus 97. But if
44:37
ifs and buts for candies and nuts, the world
44:38
would be a much better place. This place fucking
44:40
sucks. In the Stanley Cup Final, I have the Dallas
44:47
Stars, the second seed in Central, taking on
44:50
The Carolina Hurricanes, the second seed in the
44:52
Metro. Your Stanley Cup champion, 2025. I got
44:58
the Carolina Hurricanes winning the whole thing.
45:03
Just watch, they're going to get blown out in
45:05
the first round and fuck you over. Probably,
45:07
yeah. They're going to go up 3 -0 and they're
45:09
going to get reverse swept by New Jersey. Fuck
45:11
up my whole bracket. So, for me outside the Edmonton
45:16
Oilers and the Washington Capitals. Your 2025
45:19
Stanley Cup champions is the Washington Capitals.
45:23
I think we have the same fucking Final Four,
45:25
by the way. Oh, do you have the same four? Yeah.
45:28
Well, my tiebreaker is 34 goals. I have 19. All
45:34
right. I said 29 for mine. All right. See, my
45:39
Final Four being Dallas, Vegas, Toronto, Carolina.
45:45
It's going to be interesting. Obviously, I didn't
45:49
mention my other brackets finals. I had Winnipeg
45:55
and Washington in the finals, and I had Winnipeg
46:00
winning that one. Actually, no, I still had Washington
46:04
winning that one as well. So we'll move on to
46:10
what is currently going on right now, how well
46:14
those are looking right now. Right now, Toronto
46:17
is up 3 -0 on the Ottawa Senators, which that's
46:20
looking decent for me because I had them winning
46:22
at 5. Florida is up 2 -0 on Tampa Bay. Not looking
46:27
good for me because I had them in 7 -1 and then
46:31
6 -0 in the other. I can't remember if it was
46:33
global and which one I had for which. Washington
46:36
currently up 2 -0 on Montreal, but losing 3 -2
46:39
in Game 3 right now, end of the second period.
46:43
Carolina currently up 2 -0 on the New Jersey
46:46
Devils. Also looking good for me. The only one
46:48
not looking good for me in the East right now
46:50
is the Florida Tampa series. Um, I have a chance
46:54
to be perfect on the entirety of the East. You
46:57
know, it could come back. Um, don't you dare
47:01
pull that class over. Come here. Come here. Winnipeg
47:06
currently up two games to one on St. Louis after
47:10
a very blowout victory from St. Louis last night,
47:13
which was not expecting that. Where was I? Jordan
47:16
Bennett can play the hell out of the game. The
47:18
Dallas Stars up two games to one on the Colorado
47:21
Avalanche. Still looking good for me. That one
47:24
can go to seven. That one needs to go the distance.
47:27
Another one not looking good for me is Minnesota
47:30
being up two games to one on Vegas, which I don't
47:33
know if anybody saw that one coming. I had a
47:36
feeling Minnesota would be a threat, but I didn't
47:38
think it would be this much of a threat. Neither
47:40
did I. That's why I was like... I really did
47:42
not think that they could put through this much.
47:46
And then L .A. up 2 -0 over Edmonton. Did not
47:51
see that one coming. I mean, they got the two
47:53
wins at home, and now the series is going to
47:56
Edmonton. Everything could change. I say if L
47:59
.A. wins this Game 3, then my bracket will be
48:06
in trouble. If L .A. wins tonight, then Edmonton's
48:12
in some trouble. But if Edmonton can turn the
48:15
tides, You know, turn everything around tonight,
48:17
get the win on home ice, and we might have a
48:20
series. But if LA wins, they're going to be in
48:23
trouble. Yeah, so far the only brackets of mine
48:29
are looking good, are still potentially going
48:32
to happen, is Dallas, Colorado, LA and Edmonton.
48:42
Carolina, New Jersey, Washington, Montreal. And
48:47
pretty much all of them are still pretty good
48:50
except for the Winnipeg and Vegas one. The ones
48:56
I'm worried about is the Minnesota one. Minnesota
49:01
is over Vegas right now, then Florida currently
49:03
over Tampa Bay. Those are the two that I am worried
49:06
about. I'm more worried about winning the global
49:11
one than ours, which we didn't have. I don't
49:13
think we had a good punishment yet. No. If we
49:15
agreed, if we decided we were going to do one
49:17
or not for the awards. But if there's only three
49:19
of us, then I don't know. We're just bragging
49:22
rights more. Well, it's just bragging rights,
49:24
yeah. But I'm sure we can think of something.
49:31
We do what we were just screwing around with
49:33
before the show. Stand down in the field, you
49:35
just give golf balls, watch that shit, and you're
49:37
not allowed to move? Shirtless? Fuck it. We just
49:46
have to go somewhere where we're not going to
49:47
hit other houses, obviously. We'll think of something.
49:52
I might have the place for that. It could be
49:55
fun. Hopefully. It looks like Lex is drinking.
50:02
It's going to be a little bit of a shorter episode
50:04
this week. I have a couple of just random trivia
50:06
questions that I had thought of over the last
50:08
couple weeks. Maybe now would be a good time
50:10
to ask these guys. Two of them are playoff related
50:12
here. I didn't look at my other three, but it's
50:15
playoff time, so mine as well. Why not? All right.
50:17
In 2020, in the playoff bubble, Tampa Bay took
50:19
on Columbus in the qualifiers round. Game one
50:22
ended up going to that historic five overtimes.
50:25
Who scored the game -winning goal in that game?
50:34
No. It's between two. Yeah, I'm going to stick
50:46
with Sorelli. I'm going to stick with Sorelli
50:50
because I feel like it's the other one. Who's
50:52
your other one? Brayden Point. It was Brayden
50:55
Point. I knew it was either Sorelli or Point.
50:59
Brayden Point. I knew it was vice versa. I think
51:02
we told this story about it again. We had time,
51:04
so we'll tell it again. It's me, Jeff, Colin.
51:07
Was Boba there? Or another mutual friend? Sam.
51:10
It was just my friends. It was Sam. Was that
51:12
the night Jeffy fell into the pond? No. No. That
51:15
was a different time. That was a different time.
51:17
I think the game had just went into overtime
51:20
as we were getting up to the first hole. The
51:22
game just started. The game itself just started
51:25
as we were getting up to the first hole. We get
51:28
to the first hole. You know, couple hole, you
51:30
know, starting in the third hole. Hey, guys,
51:32
you know, end of the first period or whatever.
51:34
Get to the end of the fourth, end of the fifth
51:36
hole, whatever. Oh, end of the second period.
51:38
Okay, whatever, you know, get to the end of the
51:40
fifth hole. Oh, end of the third period. Okay,
51:43
I think we started slowing down. I think maybe
51:45
we were behind somebody or whatever. End of the
51:47
seventh hole. Oh, end of the first overtime.
51:49
We get to the end of the eighth hole. Oh, end
51:51
of the second overtime. Getting ready to start
51:54
the ninth hole. Getting to the end of the ninth
51:56
hole. End of the third overtime. I was telling
51:59
him to get everything put back and get back to
52:01
the car. We're getting close. I think we went
52:02
to eat after. As we're pulling up to the restaurant,
52:05
oh, end of the fourth overtime. No, we had left
52:08
in the middle of the ride, end of the fourth
52:11
overtime, start of the fifth overtime, whatever.
52:13
As soon as we pull into the restaurant and we
52:15
sit down. Yeah, we asked them to turn on the
52:17
Tampa Bay Columbus game, the hockey game, whatever.
52:20
Before they could even find the remote to turn
52:23
it on, it was a brain -pointed score and it was
52:25
over. Five overtimes. That's still insane. We
52:28
played an entire round of golf before they could
52:30
finish a game of hockey. Which I think there's
52:33
supposed to be another game that night. That
52:34
game ended up getting postponed because it was
52:35
too late at that point. Alright, other one. Who
52:39
was the first non -original six team to win a
52:42
Stanley Cup? St. Louis in 1967. Or 68, sorry.
52:49
St. Philly. Philadelphia. The first non -original
52:55
six team. Yeah, which... They went back and back
52:59
in 74 or 75. Yeah, 74 or 75. I'm 95 % sure. I
53:08
know it's Philly because I just literally saw
53:11
the NHL post something like who's going to be
53:15
the 2025 and it went through all the years. Oh,
53:26
that's right, because St. Louis went up in their
53:29
inaugural season and lost to Montreal. Lost to
53:32
Montreal. That's not a bad idea. Three years
53:34
in a row. Three years in a row. They lost to
53:35
Montreal, Montreal, and then lost to Boston.
53:38
Philly went back -to -back in 1974 and 1975.
53:42
Hadn't won it since. Hadn't won it since. All
53:46
right, that's where I was getting my St. Louis.
53:50
And then here's our three not... None of these
53:53
are... These are just... Completely fucking random.
53:56
Good luck if you know these. Off the top of your
53:58
head. What was the final score of the well -known
54:01
best game in American sports history, the Miracle
54:03
Ones? 5 -4 regulation. It was 4 -3 regulation.
54:19
4 -3 regulation, yeah. What was the total amount
54:25
of points Wayne Gretzky scored in his highest
54:28
point total season? In one single season. In
54:32
one single season, what was his record for most
54:33
points in one season? Mid -130s. I'd say 110,
54:50
like somewhere around 100. 10. Most points in
54:55
one season, guys. You're way off. Way under?
54:59
Way under. You're way off. So he has to be like
55:01
170s, 180s then. Still way under? Way under.
55:06
There's no way he did more than 220. Very close.
55:11
225. His most in one season point total, 215
55:16
points in one season is his record. If it would
55:21
have been 130, McDavid would have broken. That
55:23
would have been a whole different thing we would
55:25
have been watching. Multiple people. I think
55:26
two people got 150 last year, didn't they? I
55:29
think Cooch and McKinnon both got 150 last year.
55:33
Oh, wow. They were up there. This one is, I don't
55:37
know what made me think of this one, but this
55:38
one is out there. Who scored the first Penguins
55:42
goal at the Consult Energy Center slash PPG Pains?
55:45
The first Penguin to score a goal in the new
55:48
arena. Wasn't it Pascal? It was not Pascal. I'm
56:05
trying to think if he was actually there at the
56:08
time. Was it Kunis? It was not Chris Kunis. You
56:17
guys, obviously, same team, obviously, but that
56:19
same era of Penguins, he was on this team. He
56:24
was part of this team for a couple years. Not
56:27
Stolze. Not Stelzi. Not TK. Tyler Kennedy. It
56:33
was Tyler Kennedy. It was Tyler Kennedy. Tyler
56:34
Kennedy. Oh, okay. It was the first Penguin to
56:37
score. I think we got scored on first, but he
56:40
was the first Penguin to score a goal in the
56:42
Consular Energy Center. Okay, because my next
56:45
cup was going to be Ryan Malone. No, Murdo left
56:48
way before. He left before we got our first cup.
56:51
Oh, that's right. Our 0 -9 cup. He left the 0
56:54
-7 -0 -8 season. Yeah, he left the year we lost
56:56
to Detroit. And it was early. He left and I just
57:00
didn't remember. I think he might have been done
57:02
in the league by then. I think he only went to
57:03
Tampa Bay for another two, three years after
57:05
he left us. And maybe went elsewhere for one
57:08
more, but... I think that's about all I had to
57:21
go over. So he played with the Penguins up until
57:27
07 -08. He played with the Penguins from 03 -04
57:31
to 07 -08. Then he was with the Lightning from
57:36
08 -09 to 13 -14. Oh, he did play that long.
57:41
Okay. And then he was with the Rangers 14 -15.
57:43
Paid six games, zero points, was a minus four.
57:48
And ended up calling quits after that. Okay.
57:53
Oh, wow. Yeah. He did not play a full 82 -game
57:58
season. He came close once in 0 -3, 0 -4, playing
58:01
81 games. Otherwise, his next close was 77. His
58:06
next two were 77s. Two 77s, a 70, and a 69. Just
58:17
scrolling through to see what else we might want
58:21
to talk about. A couple of coach frames. We have
58:23
Lula Morello from... Well, New's taking a step
58:28
back. Taking a step back from being GM. Not Peter
58:33
Lafayette, right? Yeah, Peter Lafayette from
58:35
the Rangers has gotten fired. John Tortorello.
58:38
John Tortorello, we knew that earlier, close
58:40
to the end of the season. Dan Balsma, head coach
58:41
of the Kraken, got fired after just two years.
58:43
One year. One year. Which I do not think that's
58:47
a whole lot of time to do anything. I don't think
58:49
that will happen. Especially if that roster is
58:52
not very good. That one, I think, was kind of
58:56
a mistake on Seattle's part. PWHL introduced
59:00
Vancouver as going to be an expansion team. That'd
59:03
be pretty cool. I think they're slowly going
59:08
to keep expanding each, like, every year or every
59:12
other year. The women's league. That Wilson thing,
59:18
we almost have to put that as a new barf ball
59:21
picture for the group. That's hilarious. But
59:24
I don't know if I want to look at his ugly ass
59:25
face every day. Going back to the Otters, the
59:31
Otters announced that Sean Bednard is taking
59:33
a step away from the team, will no longer be
59:35
the voice for the main play -by -play announcer
59:38
of the Erie Otters, and assistant Trevor Cabella
59:41
will be taking over the play -by -play, which
59:44
is awesome for Trevor. Really sad to see Sean
59:46
go. I really did enjoy Sean. But he's getting
59:49
a much better opportunity for his career. And
59:53
he's just moving to over to Hammett to be a development
59:58
director over there. Right down the street? Yep.
1:00:01
And he said, he pretty much said, he's like,
1:00:04
now, he's like, he's like, I'm excited now to
1:00:07
actually be an Otters fan. Yeah, be on this side
1:00:12
of the Otters. If the people bitching, going,
1:00:14
oh, he's so biased. Or he should, he's not biased
1:00:18
enough that he's... Have you ever... Why are
1:00:21
announcers supposed to be biased towards their
1:00:24
team? You ever heard of somebody named Doc Emmerich?
1:00:29
The way they sell Mark City for a London goal
1:00:32
than he does for Erie. Because he's an announcer.
1:00:35
He's not an Erie fan. He is an announcer. He's
1:00:38
a professional announcer. No matter who is playing,
1:00:41
Doc Emmerich. Going absolutely ballistic, giving
1:00:44
himself a stroke with every goal he announced.
1:00:46
I mean, he's had some incredible calls. Some
1:00:49
of the greatest calls we've ever seen. He's definitely
1:00:52
top three hockey that's up there with RJ. I mean,
1:00:55
he's top three. I might say Doc at one and then
1:00:58
RJ at two for the best announcers ever. Well,
1:01:01
they weren't truly announcers, whereas, you know,
1:01:04
RJ was like Bednar. He was the voice for the...
1:01:07
For who? I said true. I thought you said from
1:01:12
Jersey. I'm like, I was going to come over there
1:01:15
and fucking slap you, man. But no, for, yeah,
1:01:20
I mean, well, more play, I know play, play, play,
1:01:23
but obviously RJ was specifically Buffalo, whereas
1:01:27
Doc was everyone. Okay, I mean, Doc is the best
1:01:31
announcer, and RJ is probably the best for a
1:01:35
specific team. I mean, he's up there. You've
1:01:37
got to throw Mike Lang up there, too. Yeah. Otis,
1:01:57
I have enough hair on my laptop bag. Specifically
1:02:01
from you, though, fuck. I love you, but gosh.
1:02:06
I think there's two calls I always love by Sean
1:02:10
Bettnard's, obviously, Brett Brissett's game
1:02:14
winner in the penalty shot in the 21 -22 season.
1:02:20
Tell the fat lady to put that mic away. That
1:02:25
was one of my favorites, and obviously the overtime
1:02:28
Marty goal in the last year. And the season finale
1:02:32
last year. And the season finale last year against
1:02:36
Keshia. I think those are probably easily probably
1:02:40
one of my two favorites by Betnar. But I'm happy
1:02:45
for Trevor. It's his time now. kind of be now
1:02:53
the voice for the Otters. I definitely think
1:02:55
he can do it. I think so too. I know people complain
1:02:58
about Trevor too, but he's younger than we are.
1:02:59
He's like 22 years old. He just graduated college
1:03:02
last year. He's 23, by the way. He just graduated
1:03:06
college, I think, last summer. The summer before
1:03:08
this season. Kids young. Give him a chance. I'm
1:03:14
excited to see what he can do. Are they going
1:03:16
to bring on somebody to be alongside Trevor?
1:03:18
I think we'll find out. Maybe it could be Tim
1:03:20
McGuinn. I don't know. We'll see. There's something
1:03:26
to look forward to next year. Yeah. We shall
1:03:30
see. Trying to find here. Trying to find what?
1:03:41
I watched and tied it. I missed that one. Oh.
1:03:49
Three to three. Three minutes into the second,
1:03:51
or third, sorry. Here it is. Getting to be in
1:04:10
the arena for that one, man. Oh, my God. The
1:04:13
one story that I remember. The thing I almost
1:04:15
didn't make that game. I almost didn't make that
1:04:17
game. I think the one story that I remember hearing
1:04:23
from the old 2 -9er when he was in the booth
1:04:26
with Meng, I don't remember what game he was
1:04:30
calling, but, you know, I think it was in the
1:04:33
0 -9 cup run. What? I don't know. Either way,
1:04:37
you know. The way he called a goal, he was leaning
1:04:41
back so far in his chair, his headset came off,
1:04:44
and he thought he was going to fall right over.
1:04:46
And he scores! Or whatever he said at the time.
1:04:51
I don't remember, but... I know a couple of times
1:04:53
I think I've seen that. Yeah. Alright, now we'll...
1:05:00
A little bit shorter, but that's going to wrap
1:05:02
up this episode of the Bug Poster Podcast. We
1:05:05
will be back in the studio next weekend, so we'll
1:05:07
get back to... Two episodes within the span of,
1:05:09
what, eight, nine days? So make up for the nearly
1:05:13
three -week absence. Because I'm sure we'll probably
1:05:15
have a couple series ending here this week to
1:05:18
talk about next week. If you guys haven't already
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1:05:37
by the way. I had a little bit of you. Boy, it's
1:05:40
got a little too high there. God damn it. Jonathan!
1:05:45
There's Johnny. Maybe the first time I've done
1:05:47
that on the show. I don't think I've ever done
1:05:49
it. I might have accidentally, like, a word like
1:05:52
that before, but never, like, intentional. Maybe
1:05:56
a little behind the scenes. Like, I suck hard,
1:05:59
you know, fuck the flyers or something like that.
1:06:01
But, uh... Yeah, Odie, you want to say goodbye?
1:06:04
No? Okay. No. No? What the fuck are you doing?
1:06:09
It's so annoying. We're just inconveniencing
1:06:11
him. Oh, I'm sorry. Are we taking up your space
1:06:15
in your house? He's like, damn straight, this
1:06:18
is my kingdom. And this is your room specifically?
1:06:22
He's like, now you get it. He's like, duh. I
1:06:29
brought you into this house and I can easily
1:06:30
kick you out. If you haven't done so already,
1:06:35
go check out that vlog that we posted on our
1:06:37
YouTube a couple weeks ago when we went to the
1:06:38
Sabres -Penguins game in Buffalo again. Saw Sidney
1:06:42
Crosby break his own Wayne Gretzky record. But
1:06:47
yeah, thank you guys for listening for five seasons
1:06:50
now. Getting ready to wrap up season five. That's
1:06:52
absolutely true. Goodbye. See ya!