0:00

The. Jets. Fans are when they get

0:02

on a goaltender they are the

0:04

most creative and they are ruthless.

0:06

I still remember the first time

0:08

Ryan Miller play their after the

0:10

after the Olympics and the chant

0:12

was silver medal. Which

0:15

was delicious from the Winnipeg Jets fans.

0:17

And pull the goalie! Where. The

0:19

Chance on Sunday in Winnipeg.

0:33

Okay, the playoffs are upon us. Walk

0:36

on once again to Thirty two thoughts:

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0:40

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home after doing a hockey in Canada

0:52

Once again. damn sure Matty locking it

0:54

down in Vancouver where I would imagine

0:56

right about now. Elliott as we record

0:58

this, he must be glowing. we talking

1:01

about you and shimmering coming out of.

1:03

The. Ocean. He must be just glowing

1:05

and beaming that that moment where Quinn

1:07

Hughes scored and in Jakarta Joshua scored.

1:09

The Vancouver Canucks took the lead and

1:12

then there was an empty that goal.

1:14

All the sudden, I would imagine our

1:16

man Dom from Matty might be the

1:18

happiest he's been all season. True or

1:21

false. Boy I bet

1:23

dorms happy. I just want to say jeff

1:25

were actually starting to freak. Are cast here?

1:28

We. Began Why Changing after the show

1:30

and I was toddlers she's we

1:32

began as far along everyone to

1:34

know that Ldr a close your

1:36

eyes and just imagine as we

1:38

talk about things like Conor hell

1:40

a bug in you're a year

1:43

of and seven six games at

1:45

Elliot Freedom is slowly disproving. That's

1:47

where that's what I wanna talk

1:49

to you about. Yoga: Glad you

1:51

mentioned seven six games because. I

1:54

know here. I know it's old, I

1:56

know it's a is not. Always.

1:58

Familiar with your general the Russian.

2:01

Guys are you a smart for Guy

2:03

Merrick? Oh sewage abs are think all

2:05

men are these machines. the arm I

2:07

think most men have gone through. Ike

2:09

of our vintage went through a Sinatra

2:11

phase. I certainly did. They still I

2:14

saw can get a little tinge when

2:16

I hear summer wind. so yes big

2:18

sign for Guy was fun for me

2:20

because I would say tonight the Predators

2:22

and the Avalanche in particular. They

2:25

would say regrets. I have a

2:27

few. If. Nashville and Colorado

2:29

are gonna learn. Man are gonna

2:31

lose their series. They're gonna

2:33

look in game one and say. Okay,

2:36

this is one that we should have

2:38

had that we did. Your natural has

2:40

the lead to the one you do

2:42

this inox We're going to come on

2:45

the third period. it's any beard. But.

2:47

You're still leaving that ring tonight of

2:49

your the Predators and saying. We.

2:51

Cleared it and maybe should have

2:53

had that one. I you all

2:56

I really thought to that. When.

2:59

The Canucks kind of built up

3:01

their team. They have great star

3:03

power. They. Have Hughes they

3:05

have Patterson they have Miller

3:07

they have they have great

3:09

them gentle. They have great

3:12

star players by the oh

3:14

to when you've gotta have

3:16

great goaltending they've gotta. You.

3:18

Gotta have stars. They've got

3:20

it. But you've gotta have

3:22

deaths. You've gotta have role

3:25

players and game one. It

3:27

was Garland. it was decoder

3:29

Joshua. You know the thing

3:31

that. I will. If

3:33

I was a Canuck fan I would leave

3:35

this game saying. You. Know what?

3:38

We weren't great? But are all

3:40

world. Goaltender was good. Our.

3:42

Best players make big plays, tee

3:45

times and are deaf players

3:47

may use players exceed times. All

3:49

the things that. Have to

3:51

happen for you to win in the

3:54

post season. Happen for us and we

3:56

know we can be a lot better.

3:58

And if you're the predators, you're walking

4:00

out of that building saying we let

4:03

that one slip away from us. We

4:05

had them. We. Had a chance to

4:07

steal one on the road, which we have to

4:09

do. And darn it, we lost

4:11

it. So. Limit let me. I'm

4:13

literally pull a couple of things out of

4:16

this game here. So for Zola you mentioned

4:18

that you demo and as save on anti

4:20

bizarre year early set the tone for demo

4:23

for the entire game. He was brilliant but

4:25

the one thing I want to get your

4:27

thoughts on and you guys talking about it

4:29

during the intermission. now my instinct would have

4:32

been if I was rec talk it. To

4:35

challenge goalie interference. On

4:38

Luke eventually the on the

4:40

bread second goal. The Ryan

4:42

or Riley goals were clearly

4:44

he taps stature dem caused

4:46

glove. But. He doesn't sometimes

4:48

is the things you don't do

4:50

that end up saving yes and

4:52

I can't help but thinking if

4:54

talk it would have impulsively just

4:57

reacted and said hey that's be

4:59

As he knocked our guys glove

5:01

I'm challenging thousand still going to

5:03

an interpretation that is not like

5:05

offside that is still what an

5:07

official things and his chances he

5:09

goes awry and you go down

5:11

injury killing a penalty and maybe

5:14

they score again and as the

5:16

as we differing game. The

5:18

side of the socket didn't challenge

5:20

in some ways I think kept

5:22

Vancouver's hopes alive in this team

5:24

in a weird kind of weight

5:26

by just leaving it be guys,

5:28

who knows who would have happened

5:31

for each. How did you see

5:33

it. Initially

5:35

when I saw it I thought they

5:37

should challenge because I definitely think of

5:40

Angeles' to God the glove for yeah

5:42

with them. When I saw where the

5:44

park was I was the now Jeff

5:46

Here's the thing I can't remember. I

5:50

know I've seen one. Where.

5:52

A team lost a challenge because

5:55

but part was behind the goalie.

5:58

And. They ruled that the here. There's

6:00

came after the pocket gone behind the

6:02

i know I've seen it. I'm

6:04

kind of crowdsourcing here, as

6:06

I don't remember it. But.

6:09

I know I've seen it. Now.

6:12

I think it was a smart non

6:14

call. Because of that I had one

6:17

a person reach out to me and

6:19

say there was one was Zach Hyman.

6:22

In. Vancouver actually were gods

6:24

turned over where the Oilers

6:26

lost a goal even though

6:28

the park was already behind

6:30

the cannot goalie that one

6:32

was close it was. It

6:34

was not as clear cut

6:36

as this by I think

6:38

the Canucks were smart not

6:41

to challenges and. The I

6:43

agree with you I thought that was

6:45

a great no call by talk. It.

6:48

And. I don't know if I would

6:50

say was a turning point in the game but

6:52

I thought it was a big move. Naughty Dog's

6:54

in the A most of the moment just. The

6:57

I think you want to challenge it and

6:59

I was one place we're talking to have

7:01

the level at the zoo. it's limited to

7:03

thoughts on Dakota Joshua you know a couple

7:06

of weeks ago I moved on the radio

7:08

show and you and I had of a

7:10

lack of discipline yacht as well Together you

7:12

know the idea of what's a D N

7:15

B A you know coming up with a

7:17

most improved player award and it was a

7:19

lot of Quinn by Ceo than it was

7:21

Thomas Farley. These types of players your is

7:24

love coffee or very much in in consideration

7:26

There. And Dakota Joshua has to be

7:28

worn. Those players are you look out

7:30

on the you would when it's but

7:33

he would be in the conversation. He

7:35

won most Improved player of the seasons.

7:38

The goal of the put them ahead

7:40

the empty net goal. He's had a

7:42

wonderful season, physically involved all three periods.

7:44

you have a thought. And Dakota Joshua

7:46

here. Why Thought he was great and

7:49

I'm ugly happy for him just because

7:51

I agree with you. he's a player

7:53

who's come a long way. And he's

7:55

a player who I think. is shown

7:57

that he's got a lot of value

7:59

were in the past, maybe people

8:01

wouldn't have thought that he had

8:04

this much value. I think the

8:06

most interesting thing about the Canucks after

8:09

the season, and Patrick Alveen was

8:11

on 650 before

8:14

the game tonight, and he said all

8:16

decisions have been tabled for now. We're

8:22

not doing any contract negotiations, that's

8:25

right. And that's normal. I don't

8:27

think that's unusual. The thing

8:29

I'm trying to figure out here is, the

8:33

Canucks' number one priority is Ronak.

8:37

And I think that's because he's a

8:40

defenseman, and he's got the biggest number

8:42

that you're going to have to sign

8:44

anyone to, and you

8:47

kind of have to figure that one out first. But

8:49

then, Jeff, who's number two?

8:53

You know, you've got Joshua,

8:56

you've got Bluger, who's

8:59

a very good part of who they

9:01

are. Then

9:03

I'm trying to figure out what the next...

9:06

Yeah, Linholm. I don't think that one's going to

9:08

continue. I think they're going to move

9:10

on. But I think you could

9:13

make a really good argument. Joshua's the number

9:15

two. And

9:17

if he's going to play like this in the

9:19

postseason, Jeff, that price isn't going

9:21

down. Two more things here

9:23

about the Vancouver Canucks and their opening

9:26

night win against the Nashville Predators. We

9:30

made a lot about what happened

9:32

after the Nashville Predators got pasted by

9:34

the Dallas Stars, most notably the cancel

9:36

trip to Vegas to go see U2

9:38

at the Sphere. And

9:41

then Vancouver comes out to where the streets

9:43

have no name, which is just such a

9:45

great open. It's just a fantastic

9:47

way to start a game. The Vancouver has the

9:49

best open, and they have the best goal song.

9:53

Yes, that is true. Simple minds. Love it.

9:58

That's a troll, right? You

10:01

know, I had some interesting reaction

10:04

to that. I

10:06

think it probably depends on if

10:09

you're a Vancouver person, you're

10:12

like, no. That

10:15

brings back great memories of 2011. You

10:17

heard the exes say, he got

10:19

chills listening to it. If

10:22

you're a pro predator, you're sitting there

10:24

going, wait a sec, that's a troll.

10:27

They're trolling us. But,

10:29

you know, I think, you know,

10:32

it's interesting. Like I tried to ask some

10:34

people who were kind of not linked either

10:36

side. There were some pretty

10:38

interesting reactions. You

10:40

know, put it this way. Like

10:43

I said, on the air in

10:46

2011, when they beat the Black Hawks,

10:48

they wanted to play Chelsea dagger and

10:51

some others talk them out of it. They said,

10:53

we're not doing that. Now, I think

10:55

a lot of those people are

10:57

no longer there. But Jeff,

11:00

I know the more some of them are.

11:04

You say it's a happy

11:07

coincidence. Yes, it works on a

11:09

lot of different levels. But that was the first of all, it

11:11

was the second thing that I thought of. The first thing was

11:13

this is an awesome song. Second thing I thought of is like,

11:15

oh man, what a shot at the Preds. One

11:18

final thing. The Elias Patterson

11:20

interview. I thought

11:22

it was interesting how he copped to the fact that

11:24

this was a little bit

11:27

more than Nylander by design,

11:29

by competitive design. I

11:32

found that pretty interesting. What did you tell me? You

11:34

were there. You spoke to him. What did you take

11:36

away from the piece? I think

11:38

he's very excited about being in Vancouver.

11:41

I think he's very excited to be there

11:43

for a playoff run and not in the

11:45

bubble, which is the only time he's been

11:47

in the playoffs. But I

11:50

really was really impressed. He admitted to

11:52

that because other people told me it

11:54

was true and he didn't run away

11:56

from it. I loved it. I

11:59

think it's I think. If it shows his confidence

12:01

and how much he believes in himself.

12:04

I think the other thing that really stood

12:06

out for me is that with

12:09

2020 hindsight, all

12:12

he needed was to see

12:14

the kind of success that he

12:16

saw this year. And there would have

12:18

never been any doubt he would have been a Canuck.

12:21

That's, that's what I really believe. He thought

12:23

he was going to be a Canuck and

12:26

he, it was what

12:28

he wanted, but he just

12:30

needed reason to believe and they finally

12:32

gave it to him. Nice piece. Nice

12:35

interview. Fun game. Uh, if certainly,

12:37

if you're a Vancouver Canucks fan, the, uh, the Canucks

12:39

draw first blood on this one, they take a one

12:41

nothing series lead. Now I'm going

12:44

to start off with a quote from a

12:46

hockey player from the

12:48

Colorado avalanche post game after

12:50

losing seven, six to the

12:52

Winnipeg jets at Canada life center, unfortunately,

12:55

all the mistakes we

12:57

made ended up in the back of our

12:59

net. That's

13:01

Kael McCarr, Jared Bednar,

13:04

head coach of the Colorado

13:06

avalanche said something similar, more

13:08

identical than not to

13:10

which I ask, and there's a lot to pull out of

13:13

this game. Do

13:15

the avalanche have a gear problem? There's

13:18

no question they have a Gorgiev problem. Um,

13:22

you know, there's

13:24

always surprises and the surprise

13:27

wasn't your year of starting the

13:30

surprise was a noon was not

13:32

available. So they didn't

13:34

have, they, there was no way Jeff

13:36

that they could have pulled. They

13:38

weren't putting Arvin home in that situation.

13:41

No. So they were, unless you already

13:43

have got hurt and nobody wants to

13:45

see that. He was finishing that

13:48

game. He was going

13:50

one to 60 or 60 plus

13:52

if we had gotten to overtime. And

13:55

you know, the thing is internally

13:58

you're sitting there. If you're. the

14:00

Avalanche and you're saying we scored six

14:03

times on Connor Hellebok and not only

14:05

six times But if

14:07

you go back before they score on the

14:09

first one, which was a beautiful shot by

14:11

the Chuskin Oh, like he

14:13

looked dialed in Hellebok

14:16

started that game great Winnipeg was on

14:18

their heels and Hellebok

14:20

bailed them out like he didn't have

14:22

a great night by his standards But

14:25

I thought he if you really look at the first

14:27

five to ten minutes of that game He

14:29

saved Winnipeg to die part.

14:32

I'll tell you like it's weird He gave up six goals

14:34

three in the first three in the third But I still

14:37

feel like that was a good game by Connor Hellebok 40

14:39

saves Again, it's

14:41

not the you know, how many but you know, it's

14:44

when you make them and how you make them, etc

14:47

I didn't come away from that one going

14:49

whoo, man. Hellebok really stunk to

14:51

join out a lot of surrendered six I am

14:53

saying that about your give with the seven I

14:56

kind of looked at that one still and thought that

14:58

was a good game by Hellebok. I really did.

15:00

I Wouldn't disagree, but

15:03

you know the way the elite thing we scored

15:06

six we should have won. Yeah No, I knew

15:08

it. I knew it was sick. So to

15:12

me the only question right now is Is

15:15

he gonna be healthy enough to play game two?

15:18

Because if he if he's sick to

15:21

the point where you know, you think he's

15:23

weak you have no choice But

15:25

to go back with your gift, but

15:27

if he's healthy enough to play and

15:30

they'll probably know more tomorrow The

15:32

thing is here is that Bednar? Bednar

15:36

gave the guy a week off to reset

15:38

like we're seeing this more with goalies now

15:40

That's what Toronto did to save Samson off

15:43

During the season and teams told me that

15:46

they thought that was so successful That

15:49

they might start trying that with some of

15:51

their guys Like I think if Edmonton could

15:53

do it over again with Jack Campbell They

15:55

would have done what Toronto did with Samson off

15:57

as opposed to sending him to the American hockey

16:00

But here you go, like Colorado gives

16:03

your he ever reset in

16:05

the last week of the regular season. He doesn't

16:07

play he can work on his game. He

16:09

can refresh himself mentally. And

16:11

that's what you get game one. So, and

16:14

the thing is at this time of year, you

16:17

really can't afford to be nice.

16:19

This is results matter. And

16:21

I got to think that if it doing it is healthy

16:23

enough to play in game two, you

16:25

can't go down to nothing to Winnipeg like that.

16:29

So I got to think they're going to put a man,

16:31

but you know, I've

16:33

been wrong before. Did you

16:35

hear the chance in Winnipeg

16:37

at Canada Life Centre towards Georgiev?

16:40

Oh, yeah, but that's that's that's the fans.

16:42

That's fire. Jets fans when they get on

16:44

a goaltender, they are the most creative and

16:47

they are ruthless. I still

16:49

remember the first time Ryan Miller played

16:51

there after the after the Olympics and

16:54

the chant was silver medal.

16:58

Which was delicious from the Winnipeg Jets fans

17:00

and pull the goalie or

17:02

the chance on Sunday in Winnipeg.

17:06

Okay, so a couple of things here. It

17:09

seemed as if early in

17:11

the game and it settled down

17:14

much to Winnipeg's benefit here. But

17:16

did it not seem to you at the Winnipeg

17:19

Jets started this game by just trying to just

17:22

trying to massacre everything that moved. Like

17:24

they just went out of their way just to try to hit everything.

17:28

And every single shift like, you know, there's a game

17:30

here, right, guys? I understand the

17:32

physicality, but like, don't let the game wash

17:36

away while you're trying to destroy everything and throw

17:38

everyone into the season ticket holders laps. The

17:42

same thing happened in Toronto and I know we'll talk

17:44

about them, but I think

17:46

that's more Winnipeg's identity. Like

17:49

I have to say, to

17:51

me the most impactful player skater on the ice

17:53

was Lowry. I

17:55

thought he had his game and that's very much him. year,

18:00

when I think came home from the Vegas

18:02

series after the first two games, they

18:04

were tied one one. And on the first

18:06

shift of game three, Lowry

18:09

went after Mark Stone and

18:11

Keegan Kulsar came off the bench and

18:13

made a beeline right for Lowry. And

18:16

I thought that was a huge moment

18:18

for Vegas. And one of the

18:21

points where they really took control of

18:23

the series, you know, Lowry tonight, he

18:25

was in control and

18:27

he was not to be denied. And

18:30

in the post game, you know, Scott

18:32

O'Gaston about outscoring McKinnon and he downplayed

18:34

it, which is smart because he's got

18:36

a deal for with McKinnon for

18:38

three to six more games. So

18:42

you don't want to wave the red

18:44

cape in front of the ball. But

18:46

I just thought that Lowry

18:49

was under control. And he

18:51

was himself. And there were a lot

18:53

of players that really showed up in

18:56

this game. The one thing that really

18:58

surprised me is how

19:00

many of these goals occurred

19:02

after like bad giveaways or

19:05

bad mistakes around your own goal line.

19:07

I would think that in game two,

19:09

a lot of that's going to

19:11

clean up. I think a lot of the mistakes

19:13

that led to goals, they're going to go away.

19:17

One thing, and we have a new star on

19:19

the hockey net in Canada panel, and that's Jake

19:21

Allen. And I can thankfully

19:23

he's leaving, Jeff, because we can't let

19:25

people get so good that they threaten

19:27

the rest of our jobs. Well, I

19:29

mean, Derek Lallone almost took everyone's job

19:31

last year. Jake Allen's threatening

19:34

to take everybody's job this year. But it

19:36

was it because last year with Lallone, like

19:39

some wonderful television last year

19:41

on hockey net when he talked about Andre

19:43

Vasilevsky and shots from the point

19:46

and having a hard time locating them and

19:48

how they had to change things to

19:50

make things easier for Vasilevsky. Like that was

19:52

really compelling stuff. You know, I

19:54

don't know the Tampa's ever forgiven him for saying

19:56

that, but nonetheless, it was great television. And

20:00

Alan on Sunday night, you know, presented

20:02

something that's really fascinating. The triangle. And

20:05

giving everybody the triangle. That

20:07

area between the right skate and the

20:09

heel of the stick, called

20:11

the triangle. That's what they're shooting for.

20:13

They're not shooting five-hole. That's

20:15

the spot they're shooting for. Which

20:17

listen, I'm not surprised that Alan is

20:20

doing great. I mean, last year when

20:22

we interviewed him and we spent an hour of his time and

20:24

it could have been two or three or four. And

20:26

it was like we had just all gone to goalie class. So

20:29

I'm not surprised at all. But

20:31

he's been great. Like, I don't know

20:33

if you have a thought or two

20:35

on working with Jake. Oh, by the

20:37

way, was that youth that helped on-ramp

20:39

the Jake Allen presence on hockey? And

20:41

it seems like a very Elliot Friedman

20:44

encouraging move. No, like, I

20:46

think that honestly, Alan had gained

20:48

some fans at our place from

20:52

that interview. I think

20:55

some of the producers had bookmarked it and

20:57

they had asked about it just a

20:59

couple of weeks ago. So I

21:01

think it was more his own intelligence as

21:03

opposed to mine. I would definitely not

21:06

credit my intelligence for anything.

21:08

You know, I just think that he's really

21:10

smart. And

21:13

I think on Saturday night, he talked about

21:15

how Swamom was prepared for one of Toronto's

21:17

pet plays. And he's

21:19

got a good head for the game. Like

21:21

at the beginning, you know, he's worried

21:24

about, OK, do I have to look at the camera?

21:27

What do I, you know, you just tell them,

21:29

just talk. And

21:31

we'll figure that out. And obviously, he got

21:33

more and more comfortable. And

21:36

he has to go home. So

21:38

he won't be back Monday night. But we told him,

21:40

you know, if you want to come back at all

21:42

in the playoffs, you're more than welcome. So

21:44

hopefully we'll see him again. I thought I

21:47

thought he did a great job. Fingers

21:49

crossed because he was excellent. So that

21:51

was Sunday evening. Now

21:54

there were other games before that. And let's get to those

21:56

here now. And we'll get to the games on Saturday as

21:58

well. Sticking very

22:00

much with the theme of all home teams

22:02

win so far. Home

22:04

teams are 6-0 so far. So also

22:07

on Sunday, we saw

22:09

the Rangers take care of the Washington Capitals 4-1. Matt

22:11

Rimpie scoring the first goal for

22:14

the New York Rangers. And then

22:16

later on he was challenged by Dylan McElrap, no

22:18

surprise there. Igor Shosturkin

22:21

was fantastic. And for

22:23

the first time since May of 2018, Alexander Ovechkin was

22:25

held shotless in a playoff

22:30

game. Yeah, that was a

22:33

bit surprising to me. First

22:36

of all, when Rimpie got that penalty early

22:39

in the game, my first reaction

22:41

was, I don't know if they're going

22:43

to be able to play him. But I

22:45

give him credit. He settled and

22:47

he scored. That was

22:49

a huge goal in a huge moment. He's

22:53

the king of New York right now. They've

22:55

got all these great players on this

22:57

team. Shosturkin on down and Panarin who

22:59

had a really rough playoff last year.

23:02

He scored right away, another great omen.

23:04

But right now the king there is Rimpie.

23:07

He drives the boss in that building.

23:09

He creates the energy in that building.

23:12

And I actually think that was one of the biggest things

23:14

that happened for him. Because

23:16

if New York's sitting there and Labula

23:19

is sitting there and saying, uh-oh,

23:21

this guy can't play because he's

23:23

a marked man, we might not see him

23:26

again. But he found

23:28

his way. For me with Washington,

23:30

it almost kind of reminded me of the way they

23:32

started the season. Just

23:40

looking out of sorts, trying

23:44

to figure out their way. And

23:47

I kind of thought that for a little bit

23:49

of that game, they just seemed,

23:51

once the Rangers really

23:54

started to go, I thought

23:57

the Capitals had a tough

23:59

time. Them. And again,

24:01

it's early. And. A

24:04

all the capitals are definitely going to use

24:06

this whole. Nobody. Believes we

24:08

can when everybody's counting a so thing

24:10

like all sports teams do. But.

24:12

I just thought that. You

24:14

know the the team that kind of skin. And.

24:18

The team that kind of scrapped. it's way.

24:20

I think they kind. Of

24:23

I want to say lost it. But. I

24:25

didn't see that seem urgency I sought

24:27

laden the season. There's

24:29

some team sometimes that making it to

24:32

the playoffs is there Stanley Cup and

24:34

again it's only game One, but A

24:36

felt like that to me coming off

24:38

of game one or the Rangers draw

24:40

first blood their I'm Tampa in the

24:42

Florida Panthers. I mean this was the

24:45

one that a lot of people add.

24:47

Okay, this is the game. Matthew could

24:49

chalk one goal, one assist or Carter

24:51

for hague you of the game winning

24:53

goal but did not seem like every

24:56

time Barkoff was out there he told

24:58

you rank. Take the reins.

25:00

Silted every time Barkoff was out

25:02

there. that was, there was a

25:04

command performance by email. Someone who's

25:06

most likely gonna win the sulky

25:08

trophy here. I thought it

25:10

was of i'm for so I thought it was a

25:12

great you. I thought the arena

25:14

was bonkers. I thought

25:17

tampa. Counterparts really

25:19

well. Ago. I figured there was

25:21

one thing I got reminded of in that

25:23

game. It's that. The

25:25

Lightning for everything that's happened to them.

25:28

They. Still have a big heart rate.

25:31

And. Never times in that game, especially

25:33

when Reinhart scored relatively early, especially when

25:35

he owed to Florida scored a big

25:37

power play goal and call. That.

25:40

That happen and that paul that I wasn't

25:42

really crazy about. Your

25:44

even when they scored the empty netter,

25:47

Tampa still scored again. I think I

25:49

think these they reminded everybody that if

25:51

they go out. There. Are not

25:53

going out easily. From. with

25:55

you on bar cause he always i

25:57

as i watch the games yes you

26:00

know this year was a really hard hard vote

26:02

and you know,

26:04

there's The

26:06

guys who are kind of in

26:09

my conversation for the heart

26:11

trophy like all of them

26:14

Could go into the hockey Hall of Fame Kucharaw

26:17

is gonna be a Kucharaw is going to the

26:19

Hall of Fame Sunday Matthews is

26:21

going to the Hall of Fame someday McDavid

26:24

is going to the Hall of Fame one day McKinnon

26:27

is going to the Hall of Fame one

26:29

day and I think Panarin Is

26:32

gonna be a guy who's gonna be in

26:34

that conversation but I

26:36

was sitting there watching Barkov and You

26:39

know, you know Kucharaw especially takes up

26:41

a lot of the oxygen there because

26:43

he's such a face of the league kind

26:45

of guy But I

26:47

was sitting there wondering like do

26:50

you think Barkov could win a heart trophy

26:52

someday? I think it's gonna this

26:54

is gonna sound weird But I think it's

26:56

gonna take the Florida Panthers winning a Stanley

26:58

Cup and maybe him winning a consomize trophy

27:00

to get him more in that conversation You

27:03

know, I don't think you're necessarily wrong and

27:05

that's not a good need

27:07

something for us as voters Need something

27:09

big to happen to him here. Yes,

27:12

you know, like like I'm watching him and You're

27:16

a year ago at this time We

27:20

talked about how he had

27:22

to develop the killer instinct Yes, and

27:24

then he developed the killer instantly. He's a

27:27

nice guy and sometimes

27:29

nice people you have

27:31

to understand that when you go out on your your

27:34

football field or your Your

27:36

soccer pitch or your hockey

27:38

rink and you have to become

27:41

You're almost playing a character You have to drop the

27:44

nice guy and say why I'm here and while the

27:46

clock's running or the game's on I have

27:48

to be a prick and I

27:50

thought last year Barkov developed that and

27:53

I just like I'm watching

27:56

him on I'm watching him on Sunday and I'm

27:58

like This

28:01

guy, this

28:03

guy is so good that

28:06

maybe like maybe in almost

28:09

any other era, people

28:12

might think about him that way. I mean, not

28:14

the Gretzky-Lemieux era, that was something else. But

28:17

if he's in the league

28:19

10 years before he gets there,

28:22

like I'll tell you a better example, if

28:25

he's in the league before the

28:27

Crosby-Ovechkin era with Malkin

28:30

really started, like

28:33

in that post-Sackic

28:37

kind of window there, I

28:40

wonder if he wins one. And you're

28:42

right, he probably doesn't because this

28:44

era has some absolute studs, but

28:47

he's becoming one of the best

28:49

players in the league. We always

28:51

talk about players that other players want

28:53

to watch. Nikita Kucherov is one of

28:55

those guys. He also has incredible counting

28:57

stats that captures everyone's

28:59

imagination and captures everyone's attention. So

29:02

you can't help but seeing him at the

29:05

top of lists because here

29:08

he is again. He's going to win the Art Ross

29:10

trophy. Oh, he won the Art Ross trophy. He's always

29:12

going to be in the conversation because his name is

29:14

there. Barkov doesn't

29:16

have that. And also, I

29:19

think for Barkov, well, the Florida

29:21

Panthers now are

29:24

gathering attention around the NHL,

29:27

the likes of which they haven't had going

29:29

back to when Doug McLean took them to

29:31

their first Stanley Cup. It's

29:34

kind of been a quiet market. And

29:38

it's always been really hard to get attention. How

29:40

many times have we heard, he's the best-kept secret

29:42

in the NHL. He's

29:45

the most underrated player in the NHL.

29:47

Underrated because the game is the game. Barkov

29:50

is Barkov. It's just that

29:52

market didn't get a ton of attention.

29:55

But as far as skill goes, absolutely.

29:58

He should be in the heart conversation. And for

30:00

a lot of people, he has been considered

30:02

one of the best players in

30:05

the NHL. And by definition of the heart

30:07

trophy, most valuable to his team for years

30:09

and years and years. I just

30:11

think it's going to take something as big

30:13

as his team winning the Cup, him

30:15

winning the Kon Smythe to get more

30:18

people to notice him because he's never

30:20

going to have the, you know,

30:22

140-point season. That's

30:24

just not him. He's a different

30:26

kind of brilliance. Same way

30:29

that, you know, Patrice Bergeron wasn't

30:31

winning the heart trophy, but lock him in

30:33

for Selkis as long as he

30:35

was going to play. That's Markov. That's

30:38

fair. Now, before we just wrap up this

30:40

game, I misspoke on Saturday night,

30:43

Sergey Chev. I

30:45

said maybe a week. I meant to

30:47

say a series. But

30:50

the one thing is, at this time of year,

30:52

everybody lies. But when it

30:54

comes to injuries. So I

30:56

think we have to be prepared for anything

30:59

here. But I don't

31:01

think, I would

31:03

say he's still probably two to three

31:05

weeks away, which is likely second round

31:07

if they come back and win this

31:10

series. Okay. So

31:12

to the pair of games on Saturday, and I want

31:14

to finish up with the Boston Toronto game, let's do

31:16

the Islanders and the Carolina Hurricanes. Would you agree with

31:18

me if I said the Islanders

31:20

played a really good road game, but it

31:22

wasn't enough? Yeah. I

31:25

don't think I'd agree with that. Yes, I

31:27

thought they were good. I thought they were

31:29

really good. I thought they fought hard. I

31:31

thought they battled. You

31:33

know, like, like I can

31:36

see four times in this

31:38

series, the Islanders losing that kind of game.

31:41

Like it's not impossible to picture

31:44

where they play really hard, but Carolina

31:46

is just a little bit better. You

31:50

know, I, I understand. I'll

31:52

tell you that I'm very curious to see the way

31:55

game two is officiated because the

31:57

Islanders screamed about dye.

32:01

and a couple of them certainly look like it

32:04

and I am curious to see

32:07

as you know after every game the

32:09

series supervisor will go to the teams and

32:11

say okay is there anything you

32:13

really have a concern about here and you know what

32:15

the Islanders are gonna be telling them so

32:17

I am curious to see if the

32:20

either the Hurricanes get embellishment calls

32:22

or they don't get calls because

32:25

of some of the stuff that happened in

32:27

game number one but

32:30

look I just think that it's

32:34

I just look Carolina the

32:36

standings prove it they're a little bit

32:38

better than New York and

32:41

these two these two teams they both play hard

32:43

I just wouldn't be surprised

32:45

if we see that kind

32:47

of series where the Islanders give

32:49

a real battle but

32:51

Carolina is just a little bit better. The

32:56

Maple Leafs and the Boston Bruins we'll

32:58

finish up the games here five

33:01

to one is the final score Jake Dubresque

33:03

with a pair of goals he was excellent

33:05

John Beecher scores on the first shot of

33:07

the game the Leafs outplayed in this one

33:09

Jeremy Swamin was fantastically flat out full stop

33:11

35 saves he

33:14

was excellent as the game went on

33:16

Boston became more and more

33:19

physical Patrick Maroon you know bouncing

33:21

Timothy Lillegren into the end of

33:23

the bench Samson

33:26

off with a tough one four goals on

33:28

23 shots no William

33:30

Nylander on this one questionable for game two

33:33

but did skate on Sunday how did you

33:37

see the game Elliott this is

33:39

you know I can't help but thinking for

33:41

maybe let me ask you a question first

33:43

okay where we go to how do if

33:45

you're the Bruins who's

33:47

playing in the women women yes women

33:49

is playing women is what I'm

33:52

doing to this is what

33:54

I would do now I'm not running the

33:56

Bruins which is probably a very good thing

33:58

for the Bruins but But I'm

34:00

not running the Bruins, but if I was

34:02

doing anything, if I was

34:04

in charge, I'd say Jeremy Swinman's playing in game

34:06

two, and Allmark is playing in game

34:09

three no matter what. That's

34:11

what I would be doing. And

34:13

last year, they got trapped because

34:16

they went with Allmark until the end of

34:18

the series. And I

34:20

think they are determined not to let

34:22

that happen again. So

34:25

what I would do is, if I

34:27

was in charge, it would be

34:29

Swinman because he was so good in game two,

34:32

but I would tell everybody that Allmark is playing

34:34

game three internally. You don't have to say

34:36

it publicly. So that's

34:38

what I would do. The

34:41

game itself, I thought

34:43

Toronto was too wired.

34:47

They made some mistakes because they were too wired.

34:49

You can fix that. Max

34:51

told me to put out that great Instagram

34:53

video to Baba O'Reilly

34:55

the day before the game.

34:59

And I just think that he was over

35:01

the poo and kind of affected someone's decision

35:03

making. But you can fix that.

35:07

You know, the Nylander thing,

35:09

I think

35:12

that affected them. I do. Look,

35:15

you get used to injuries. Players are

35:17

not there. But this Nylander

35:20

thing, Jeff, it's

35:22

weird. And here's

35:24

why it's weird. Nylander,

35:26

and I said he has not missed

35:28

a game in eight years. I

35:31

forgot about COVID. But

35:34

he has missed one game due to

35:36

injury in eight years. And

35:39

the other thing too is, the thing that's weird

35:41

about it for me is, Toronto

35:44

was resting guys who were

35:46

hurt. Every year, they

35:49

did not care about where they finished.

35:52

They were saying, we are starting

35:54

guys healthy. Dolby

35:56

rested, Edmondson rested. Even

35:59

Riley got hurt. games off. So

36:02

like if I don't

36:04

see any chance that if they would

36:06

have known anything was wrong with Nylander

36:09

that he would have played because he says

36:11

oh I'm going for a hundred points. I

36:14

just don't see that like like

36:16

you heard what Keith said after the game

36:18

in Florida before the last night of

36:20

the season I only have what 12 healthy forwards.

36:23

There's no way that they're

36:25

letting Nylander play if they think

36:27

anything's wrong with him. So

36:30

he something's bothering him

36:32

after the Tampa game and

36:35

then he's not playing and I

36:37

think it threw them a bit and you

36:39

know Nylander he's a lightning rod there

36:41

are people who love him there are people who

36:43

hate him but there's no question

36:46

to get through that neutral

36:48

zone corn maze that the

36:51

Bruins throw up there he's

36:53

one of the best they have at it and

36:56

I think it really screwed around with them. Now

36:59

I have heard

37:01

that he's

37:04

more likely to play in game two than he

37:06

was in game one. We'll see

37:08

what happens on Monday night

37:11

but this is weird like

37:13

to me this whole thing is weird and I'm

37:15

just I just am

37:18

curious to see where it all plays out.

37:20

I have theories but I just

37:22

don't believe at this time of year you

37:25

should guess on injuries unless you absolutely

37:27

1 billion percent know what they are.

37:29

We'll see what happens in game two

37:31

maybe we'll have to bust out some

37:33

of these theories. One thing I do

37:35

want to mention as

37:37

far as scheduling for podcasts goes we are doing

37:39

three per week two of them will have

37:41

the Montana's Thought Line as a feature on

37:44

it. Today is not the Montana's Thought Line

37:46

day that's coming up on Wednesday and Friday

37:48

drop this week so stay

37:50

tuned for that before we get to the break.

37:52

Can I just say a couple more things about

37:54

Boston just for a second though Jeff? I

37:57

think they reminded everybody that there are really a

38:00

mature and calm team. They

38:02

always kept their wits about them. You

38:04

know, obviously, Domi

38:06

tried to get under Marciaan's skin at the beginning of

38:08

the game. You know, in the

38:10

regular season, or if that's a blowout,

38:13

maybe Marciaan engages. He sent a message

38:15

that this was too big and wasn't

38:17

going to do it. And I have

38:19

to say the other thing is, one

38:22

of the players this year, you talked at

38:24

the beginning about Dakota Joshua, one of the

38:26

most improved players in the league this year,

38:28

I think this season has also been a

38:30

big coming out party for Charlie Coyle. And

38:33

I thought he was phenomenal in game one.

38:36

Yeah, more responsibility higher up in the lineup.

38:38

We used to always just say, you know,

38:40

really great third line center. No,

38:42

he can play higher up and on one of

38:44

the best teams in the NHL. I'm with you

38:47

on Charlie Coyle. He fits. Like

38:49

maybe it's just the obvious thing. But I mean, he

38:51

looks like he was poured into the Bruins jersey. One

38:54

more thing before we do go to break and come back

38:57

and we'll have a little look at the at the Monday

38:59

games here. Decision

39:01

times on the horizon for the

39:03

San Jose Sharks on head coach

39:05

David Quinn, on his

39:07

assistant, Scott Gordon, Ryan Wierzowski, Brian

39:10

Wiseman, etc. Where's San Jose at

39:12

right now at their bench? I

39:16

think San Jose caught some people

39:18

a little bit by surprise, in

39:21

the sense that when Mike Greer met with

39:23

the media on Saturday, he said he still

39:25

had to make a decision on the

39:28

head coach. I think some people were

39:30

expecting he would have made the decision

39:33

by the end of the season, whether they were

39:35

doing it or not doing it. But

39:38

what that says to me is we have

39:40

to be focused on the Sharks over the

39:42

next couple of days to

39:44

see what their choice is, which way

39:46

they are going here. So I

39:48

was a little bit surprised.

39:50

I thought that

39:54

maybe this was one thing they

39:56

would have decided and announced one

39:58

way or the other. It

40:00

always a tough year. They're really hard

40:02

year their. Am. I.

40:04

I I don't. I.

40:06

Don't think you can look at the coach and say.

40:09

Anybody could have done. Any

40:11

better. Ah, No no way.

40:13

like a for the by house Now

40:15

obviously San Jose has some decisions to

40:17

make us. ah they do have another

40:20

one at a want anything here on

40:22

on David Quinn runoff will last for

40:24

see would try Direction My Greer goes

40:26

okay Direction we're going right now is

40:29

quick break. We're back to talk about

40:31

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41:01

here with saw with the Monday slate

41:03

of games Elliot Car we've talked about

41:05

Toronto Boston game to tonight's and a

41:08

big question while Pegasus to one who's

41:10

playing that for the Bruins and and

41:12

a big one for the Maple Leafs

41:14

is William Nylander and will stand by

41:17

for that one Ah, the Islanders and

41:19

the Carolina Hurricanes game to ah was

41:21

see what happens there. As you mention

41:23

that was really good road games com

41:25

by the Islanders. Red line or redline

41:28

They were really good. The problem is

41:30

they couldn't take that round black park

41:32

and put it over. The red lights

41:34

are more times and Carolina the to

41:36

others series. Or.

41:38

Whoppers Market. Ally: Yeah, on

41:40

the ice. Off the ice.

41:43

The drama, the intrigue, the

41:45

outrage. About

41:47

the salary caps. The

41:51

Vegas Golden Knights and The

41:53

Dallas Stars Game. One.

41:56

Markstone. Question. mark

41:58

as who record this Alex

42:01

Petrangello question mark

42:03

as we record this. The

42:06

Dallas Stars, I

42:08

personally think there's a lot riding

42:11

in this organization on

42:14

this playoff series. That

42:17

this is one that Dallas

42:20

needs to get by. Agree

42:23

or disagree. Like there's a lot, like

42:25

this is a very demanding owner. We

42:28

know that they've had

42:31

a lot of successful regular seasons. They

42:33

need to get by. They cannot go

42:35

out in the first round. Problem is

42:37

they're facing off against the defending Kelly

42:40

Cup champions. Mark Stone might be

42:42

back. Ditto Petrangello. Yeah,

42:45

I mean, it's a massive series.

42:47

It's, you know, last

42:49

year this matchup happened two

42:52

rounds later. Yup. And

42:54

the other thing too is that,

42:57

like Petrangello, I had a feeling he was

42:59

coming back. Again,

43:02

like at this time of year, I don't

43:05

like to guess. I really don't, but

43:07

I did hear that it was likely something like

43:09

an appendectomy. And I, I'd said on the pod

43:12

that I believed he was gonna, that it was

43:14

not serious and he was gonna play. Like

43:16

the stolen one, I just didn't have any

43:19

idea, right? Because it's an injury that you

43:21

just don't know. You know,

43:24

I read some of Kelly McRimmon's quotes

43:26

to Jesse Granger in the Athletic about

43:28

how this is a legitimate injury and

43:30

the league monitors it. And

43:32

he's right about all that stuff, but

43:34

it just doesn't matter. People

43:38

have an opinion and

43:40

a lot of people

43:42

hate it. And, you

43:44

know, and, you

43:47

know, Vegas doesn't need to apologize for

43:49

it, but I think they also have

43:51

to recognize that a lot of

43:53

other teams just hate it. I don't

43:55

think they care. I think a pause, I don't think

43:57

they care. I do, I do. You

44:00

think that Kelly McRimmon stays up and I say,

44:02

Oh, I don't want to offend these other

44:04

teams. I think he's bothered by the, I really

44:07

do believe it bothers him that

44:09

people think they're cheating. I

44:11

do. I think it does bother

44:13

them. Now, like Bill Foley, the

44:15

owner, I don't think he cares. I

44:17

think he loves to win. And,

44:20

and you know, I think he's like, look,

44:23

like we're allowed to

44:25

do this. And I

44:27

think, I think Kelly McRimmon feels like

44:29

we're allowed to do this. And he

44:31

points out the league monitors, these things.

44:34

But the fact is that, you know,

44:36

just because it's happened a few times,

44:39

you know, people aren't rational.

44:43

They're like, again, these

44:45

guys won again. And

44:48

like I said on the last podcast and

44:50

like I wrote, this is

44:52

now, like none of us can do anything

44:54

about this. None of us can

44:56

do anything about this. This is

44:58

up to the players, the league,

45:01

and the teams to decide do they want

45:03

to change it in two years? Like

45:06

we can all scream and yell and bray

45:08

at the moon, but we're

45:10

going to find out how everybody really

45:12

feels about this in two years

45:14

in the next CBA. I

45:16

think it does bother McRimmon that,

45:19

you know, people call

45:21

the Knights cheaters and

45:24

they're not cheaters, not at all.

45:26

But there's no question that everybody else

45:29

is frustrated by this. I

45:31

think the series is going to

45:33

be incredible. Like I said,

45:35

I think one to 20 now

45:38

that Ottinger is going, Dallas is

45:40

the best team in the league, but

45:42

Vegas is a great team. Although

45:45

one thing a few people have pointed out

45:47

to me, Jeff, their underlying

45:49

numbers this year were not

45:51

as good. Now

45:53

that can always change. They've

45:55

got great players. They

45:57

know how to win. I

46:01

think this series is going to be incredible and

46:04

I just think that people

46:06

out there are going

46:10

to be rooting for Dallas. And

46:12

we'll see. I think it's going to

46:14

be seven incredible games. I hope so. I

46:17

think it's going to be a great series. Listen,

46:19

I hope considering what we saw on Sunday that

46:21

Winnipeg, Colorado is seven games. I hope looking at

46:23

this one, I hope is seven games. And

46:26

considering how nasty it gets between

46:28

these next two teams, Elliot, I

46:31

hope that Edmonton and LA goes

46:33

seven games. It doesn't take much

46:35

for these two teams to bring

46:38

the hate out. It'll probably

46:40

happen early in this one. Sports

46:44

hernia for Evander Kane, that's what he's

46:46

been skating through. I have

46:48

to tell you, Jeff, there were a number

46:50

of people who said to me, they

46:53

were very surprised about

46:56

how he came out with that because

46:59

this kind of year we

47:02

used the diagonal rule. I've

47:05

got a broken toe. Yeah. Upper

47:07

shoulder. That's my injury. And he

47:10

just came right out and admitted it. So

47:12

it was it's a surprise from people.

47:15

It really did. Yeah. How

47:17

do you see this one? We previewed the last

47:19

podcast, but now here we are like, okay. Remember

47:21

when we were in Edmonton, it was all about

47:23

Cup or Bust? Cup or Bust? Well,

47:25

later on today begins Cup or Bust. Well,

47:28

I think number one is, you know,

47:30

both teams, both

47:33

teams start with fans doubting

47:35

their goalies, right? Yeah. You

47:38

know, Stewart Skinner is a talented guy. He's

47:41

had a bit of an up and down year. Cam

47:44

Talbot, everybody knows what he is.

47:47

But he started off this year like a house on

47:49

fire. I think everybody is looking

47:51

at this series and saying who's going to get

47:53

the better goal tending, which is, of course, the

47:56

biggest question. L.A. is

47:58

an elite defensive team. Elite

48:01

defensive team one of the

48:03

best in the league However, you

48:06

cannot shut down these guys. They

48:08

are going to score on you because of

48:10

who they are and I

48:13

just think Jeff my

48:15

biggest worry is for

48:17

LA is They

48:20

are going to need somebody whether

48:22

it's Fiala or it's Kempe or

48:24

someone else They're gonna need

48:26

that they're gonna have to have somebody is

48:28

in this series for LA

48:30

is gonna have to average a goal a game and

48:33

Maybe two guys to win this series and

48:36

that's gonna be hard for them It's

48:40

gonna be tough and we talked about how

48:42

much you know LA was you know thought

48:44

they had it down the middle with Copitar

48:47

and to know and then the always

48:50

controversial Pierre-Luc Dubois Well,

48:52

hey, look who scored for Vancouver tonight

48:55

Dakota Joshua night. No, no who

48:57

had a nightmare season is scored

48:59

for Vancouver tonight Elias

49:01

Linholg, okay It wasn't

49:04

a great goal Saros who

49:06

wanted back but we always say

49:09

you can rewrite your story in the

49:11

playoffs if I am Jim Hiller I

49:14

am showing him that goal by Elias

49:16

Linholg and I am saying if

49:18

he could do that Why can't you you

49:20

can do the same? Enjoy

49:22

tonight four games on the go around the

49:24

NHL And

49:27

man the late look good Vegas Dallas Los Angeles

49:29

and Edmonton one final note that I wanted to

49:31

make sure we got on the podcast Before

49:34

we signed off congratulations to

49:36

PWHL Montreal Setting

49:39

a new women's attendance record on hockey game

49:42

great Ovation for Poulan beautiful. So

49:44

21,000 105 people at the Bell Center on Saturday

49:49

Breaking the old record which was set about

49:51

five minutes before In

49:54

Montreal Toronto game as well just over 19,000 there

49:57

and you're right about Marie Philippe plan

49:59

honestly free watching her stand there and bask

50:01

in the glow of 21,000 people going crazy for... Honestly,

50:06

I thought she was gonna break down. Didn't

50:09

you see it in Poland? And it's

50:11

funny too, if you read the comments and

50:14

listen to some of the quotes from some

50:16

of the players after, they never thought that

50:19

they would be in an arena that

50:21

full and an arena that packed.

50:23

And it was funny, I'll tell you

50:25

what the one thing that I thought of, Montrealers

50:29

love their athletes, they love their

50:32

own and Marie-Philippe Poland is very

50:34

much one of their own and

50:36

you saw that outpouring of emotion.

50:38

I remember going to a George

50:40

St. Pierre fight at the Bell Center and

50:42

I thought I'd heard the Bell

50:44

Center loud before, it was nothing. It

50:47

would have been St. Pierre versus Diaz

50:49

and the ovation was insane. They love

50:51

George St. Pierre there and

50:54

they love Marie-Philippe Poland there and you

50:56

saw it and it was a fun

50:58

game. It

51:00

was 2-2, goes into overtime, Sarah Nurse

51:02

early with the overtime winner, Toronto captures

51:05

a playoff spot, the first to secure

51:07

one in the PWHL, just the whole

51:09

thing was fantastic and I'm with you,

51:11

Fridge. To me, the highlight of the

51:14

whole thing was the ovation to thank

51:16

you for Marie-Philippe Poland, just a great

51:18

afternoon at the Bell Center. Jeff,

51:21

I don't like to say men's sports and women's

51:23

sports, like to me it's just sports, like

51:25

it's people playing sports but

51:28

women's sports are having a moment. You

51:30

know that, Caitlin Clark, you

51:33

know the numbers on the women's

51:35

basketball tournament and now, for

51:38

example, at WNBA, they're

51:42

moving to bigger arenas when

51:44

she comes in to play for Indiana.

51:47

So look, like to me, like

51:49

I said, to me it's just sports. Sports is

51:52

sports. I love competition,

51:54

I love watching the

51:56

best but you know,

52:00

I said this before, I grew up

52:02

with four sisters. I was born in 1970,

52:05

we're all about the same age. And

52:07

when we were kids, they were not encouraged

52:09

to play sports. The world is a different

52:11

place now and we're

52:14

all better off for it, it's awesome. We

52:16

are, and that was tremendous to see. Congratulations

52:18

to everyone involved and congratulations to the league.

52:21

That's another benchmark for them.

52:23

We'll see if they break that record with an outdoor

52:25

game. We'll see if they ever get there. I'm sure

52:27

they will one day. Okay, that's it,

52:29

the first card cast is in the books.

52:32

Again, we'll be doing three podcasts per week,

52:34

most of them card casts. Enjoy

52:36

the first weekend of the Stanley Cup playoffs

52:38

is over. Catch your breath,

52:41

here comes a week's worth of action. Have a

52:43

great week, we'll talk to you again one thing.