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and just the NHL postseason as a

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whole. As far as tonight though,

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you do like one team tonight. I

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like the Kings tonight, laying

2:55

the point on the road and this

2:57

game against the Pelicans. I don't love them a lot.

2:59

I don't like them as much as I like the

3:01

Bulls the other night, but I'll probably have a small

3:03

play on the Kings. I wonder

3:05

if I missed something because the Kings are

3:07

plus one now. Are they really?

3:09

That's what I'm looking at at Draft Kings right now.

3:12

I got to look at something. But

3:16

yeah, that's significant. But I agree with you

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on the surface though that it feels like

3:20

without Zion Williamson, the Brandon Ingram injury and

3:22

the way that it was only his third

3:24

game back, second game back, excuse me, and

3:26

had to get pulled early, didn't look himself,

3:29

lots of questions there. It's

3:32

weird these play-in games to me because you

3:34

have significant injuries to such star players, no

3:36

Zion Williamson and no Jimmy Butler in the

3:38

first game of the day. He bowls it.

3:40

It's just kind of the excitement factor that

3:42

I had for these games has gone away

3:44

a little bit. Well, Right.?

3:47

That's the headline. Who's not playing tonight? But Still,

3:49

I mean, this is the, as you call them,

3:51

elimination games, the true elimination games where making the

3:54

playoffs or missing the playoffs. And I Think it's

3:56

A, it's A, it's A, it's A, it's A,

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it's A, it's A, it's A, it's A, it's

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It's a big game for the Kings to get

4:03

A. And you know, remember they were the three

4:05

last year. They get beat by the Warriors, compete

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at home by twenty in the game seven by

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Golden State's Get Back and give yourself a shot

4:12

against Oklahoma City for Mike Brown to continue, try

4:14

to bring that team back at proud franchise that

4:16

was so good Nearly two thousand since and even

4:18

parts of the nineties. and so I think it's

4:21

a really important game for the franchise. Yeah

4:23

I've and looking all over twitter I don't

4:25

see anything so. Interesting there by yeah

4:27

we're Kings plus one right now the laid aside

4:29

and draft Kings sports book did. Do you have

4:32

any lean? Either way we had Snoops, Christians and

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from F T and Bats who joined us a

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lot of the earlier in the program in that

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both heat game. He liked the over two or

4:40

five and have over two oh six. even without

4:42

Jimmy Butler any thoughts on the side or total.

4:45

In both heat know I have no thoughts.

4:47

I would have liked to. He'd try to

4:49

lay a few points with the he's if

4:51

if Jimmy Butler was in the bounce. Back

4:53

off the last to Philly which they still

4:55

only lost my point to Philly against the

4:57

Chicago team. I like Spoelstra lot but. I.

5:00

Can't do it here with us Jimmy Butler. Did

5:02

you were like, were you surprised that he

5:04

finished that game? I was. Like.

5:08

How much did he have to get that out?

5:10

It loves. You know he's very tough and

5:12

the and but he's another one that's

5:14

gone through injury after injury after injury

5:17

or it seems like every year now

5:19

and busts you know he takes over

5:21

games. He's was in the eastern conference

5:23

one of the few guys a to

5:25

just take over games. Okay, so

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we talk about the N B A N

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H L policies and getting underway here soon.

5:31

We are also less than a week away

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officially from the Nfl draft and I feel

5:35

like every day we're getting new information coming

5:37

out of whether it's leaks, are people on

5:40

social media, or even just overly dissecting every

5:42

comment that we hear from his head coaches

5:44

in General Managers in their pre draft press

5:46

press conferences. But spill. Gm Brand and Been

5:48

has some comments this league about specifically looking

5:50

for a number one ride receiver and the

5:52

fact that they don't have one right now,

5:55

but he said he doesn't feel. like it's

5:57

a glaring hole which is very surprising to

5:59

me considering you look at the wide receivers

6:01

on their active roster right now, consisting of

6:03

Curtis Samuel, Khalil Shakir, Matt Collins and Justin

6:06

Shorter. And if you said who about a

6:08

couple of the guys that I just listed,

6:10

I don't blame you for feeling that way

6:12

being said, it doesn't mean we won't have

6:14

success on offense or as a team, if we

6:16

don't have a number one wide receiver. Well,

6:20

what positions are going to have it skills that

6:23

they're going to be able to do anything? They

6:25

haven't run the football very effectively at all outside

6:27

of Josh Allen. You

6:29

had digs, but you run all these short

6:31

routes and everything's a comeback with them, right? They're

6:34

very few balls where he tries to go

6:36

over the top. So in that respect, maybe

6:38

it's the offensive system that they're using that they

6:40

say they don't need a star. You'll be

6:42

able to draft wide receivers, but

6:44

it's a big difference between being a one and

6:46

being a two and having a guy that commands

6:49

the attention of the defense. If you don't have

6:51

that, that gives the DC so many more options

6:53

and what he can do. So

6:56

they seem awfully confident. Yeah. And I

6:58

try to find reasons to play against

7:00

them for somebody else to win the

7:02

East, but they're also flawed, right?

7:05

Of course, they're really flawed. I mean, I would almost

7:07

have to drag myself into taking the Jets at this

7:09

point. If I wanted to try to fade the bills,

7:11

I'd rather just like maybe bet the

7:13

bills win total under. I think that the

7:15

Jets of that group have the most potential upside,

7:17

but I can't get on board on betting them

7:19

because I don't have faith that they're going to

7:21

be able to stay healthy. Like the people that

7:23

they have brought into this organization, yes,

7:26

are incredibly talented, but you have Aaron

7:28

Rodgers, who is aging, coming off a

7:30

serious surgery in an Achilles. You

7:33

bring people in on your offensive line

7:35

that both have injury history. Mike Williams

7:37

injury history, like just go on and

7:39

on. I mean, even even they're running

7:42

back had a free song torn

7:44

me just a year ago. What a kid.

7:46

He's great. But the Dolphins who can't beat a good

7:48

team to save their life. So the bills are, I

7:50

think, the rightful favorite in this spot. But that's a

7:52

division. I'm probably just going to stay away from betting

7:54

in general. The bills win total. You have

7:56

that after isn't it nine and a half or the 10

7:58

and a half? I don't know. I'll pull it up. You

8:02

can keep talking while I pull it up. I like to

8:05

listen for your insights. If it's 10 and a half and

8:07

you don't have to allow a big

8:09

juice to the under, I mean I think

8:11

these seeds are good enough to be, I mean they're probably...

8:13

Nine and a half. Yeah, too bad. I

8:16

guess I could lay an alt but I'm probably going to have to lay

8:18

two dollars to get to the under there. And

8:20

I would wait till the schedule comes out to

8:22

see what are the tough spots on the non-divisional

8:24

games. But you know, the Dolphins

8:26

and Jets, the best case scenario for

8:28

the Bills is probably they go four and two

8:30

in the conference games and then they

8:32

need to win another six to go over, seven if

8:35

you got to 10 and a half. So we'll see

8:37

how the draft goes and we'll see what the schedule

8:39

makers end up doing. Usually they release that what, the

8:41

second Thursday in May? Jets win

8:43

total is minus 115 to the over.

8:45

Miami also nine and a half, minus 145 to

8:47

the over. And

8:49

then the Bills are 10 and a

8:51

half, minus 120 to the over.

8:54

So all juice on the over for whatever their numbers

8:56

are. The Bills are minus 280 to draft a wide

8:58

receiver as their first election. They

9:00

sit at number 28 overall right now. Could

9:03

trade up though. Michael said that that's something

9:05

that he could see happening in this spot.

9:08

It's a very talented wide receiver class so I wouldn't

9:10

blame them for going there. It's minus 280 to draft

9:12

a wide receiver, plus money obviously on everything else. D-line

9:14

edge plus 425, O-line plus 550. You

9:17

think they go far up? I mean three wide receivers

9:19

are going to go in the top 10. Yeah, I

9:21

don't think they would go... So they're looking at the

9:23

next three guys. Correct, like that middle and salon area.

9:27

Also while we talk about, while we go from

9:30

a team with a quarterback named Josh Allen, a

9:32

team with a defensive player named Josh Allen and

9:34

the Jacksonville Jaguars are talking a lot about the

9:36

potential for a new deal for

9:38

their quarterback and Trevor Lawrence, GM Trent

9:40

Balke said the team's still working toward

9:43

that contract extension but they're not trying

9:45

to force anything. They have

9:47

until May 2nd to make a decision on whether

9:49

or not they exercise the fifth year option on

9:51

his rookie deal but it feels like

9:53

he's going to get the extension before the season

9:56

starts. Why wouldn't they? to

10:00

resign their first round draft picks outside of Josh

10:02

Allen, but no, I think that they're

10:04

going to the thing with the thing with Trevor Lawrence is

10:06

Michael and I have talked about it a lot on the

10:08

program is that while he's been the

10:10

best of that draft class, he's

10:13

still like has a lot of issues. He was

10:15

the he had more turnovers than anybody in the

10:17

National Football League. But certainly there's a market

10:19

for him if he doesn't resign with they don't. But

10:22

no, they want him to be their franchise quarterback for

10:24

a long time, of course. Well, it's a matter

10:26

of when it gets done. So to your point

10:28

about how many generational quarterbacks can we have in

10:31

a generation, he was thought to be. Yes. Maybe

10:33

above all of them, right? You'd

10:36

have to go back to him from

10:38

Caleb to be the one who is the most supposed

10:40

to be generational. Certainly you

10:42

would categorize his career so far

10:44

as disappointing. When

10:47

you're 39 and three in your college career, right?

10:49

And then you come to the NFL and you

10:51

have a three win season. Granted, you didn't get

10:53

to the best start. He had your boy, Urban Meyer,

10:57

your head coach. So a brutal start there. But

10:59

no, he has not become the

11:01

player that they wanted him to immediately

11:03

be. They had a stretch where

11:07

they went like 14 and

11:09

three from the end of last year and then

11:11

the mid stretch to San Francisco went down and stomped

11:13

them down there

11:15

in South Florida or in Florida last

11:18

year where they were very, very, very good. But

11:20

they haven't put it together in two seasons and

11:22

obviously in the playoffs. Now, when

11:24

we talk about Kansas City's run the last

11:26

two years, I mean, there

11:29

are a 97 yard Chad Henney drive away

11:31

from beating Kansas City and Kansas City two

11:33

years ago in the playoffs, right? And knocking

11:35

them off. But Chad Henney came in

11:38

in relief of Mahomes in that

11:40

game and led that long drive, got the Chiefs

11:42

back into the game and Jacksonville wasn't get over

11:44

the hump. And then I would say last year

11:46

was certainly disappointing. They were the odds on favorite

11:48

to win their division and had an eight and

11:50

three start to the season. And finished third. Yeah.

11:53

Yeah. They early

11:55

in the season, Lawrence to have the

11:57

second best completion percentage in the league.

12:00

You've been a fear. Sixty five, six completions,

12:02

twenty second Qb are among players with more

12:04

than five games. The started the season on

12:06

an awesome trajectory and then between the injuries

12:08

and other issues the season just fall apart.

12:10

I mention that a in three starts the

12:12

first half of the season they are tied

12:14

with Miami in Kansas City for the second

12:16

best record in the Fc at that time

12:18

to the have gained back of Baltimore one

12:20

just one more game the rest of the

12:22

way mike and it was against Carolina and

12:24

again the Trevor Lawrence did not play. That

12:26

was the feed a better game so just

12:28

fell apart for them. So. What do you think

12:30

that just prospects for the see them. Said

12:33

interesting division because you certainly have the use

12:35

and seem on the rise. A lot of

12:38

people think they could win the whole the

12:40

holy of see you get rich some back

12:42

in Indianapolis, right? And and Flacco is a

12:45

backup. So Indianapolis pointed up. All.

12:47

The sudden they were the big dog and a division that

12:49

look like they're going to dominate for a decade or longer

12:51

with Trevor Lawrence and now. They're. On the

12:53

outside looking in, what are the odds for the south?

12:56

their one. Texans muslin ten favorite

12:58

jag. Hundred and forty hosts are little bit

13:00

interesting. A three forty. There

13:03

are you know. What? Can he has

13:05

any richardson be. We don't know right

13:07

now it will be drafted Him With all this

13:09

thought of a high ceiling right. And

13:11

so we'll get to see that. But I mean.

13:14

If Jonathan Taylor was, it would stay in bounds. They

13:16

win the division twice. He ran out of bounds in

13:19

that same series and aim end up throwing a pass

13:21

on fourth down and and use the ones at all.

13:24

In our own discuss this is seeking

13:26

of how intriguing an interesting this division

13:28

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13:30

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13:32

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13:34

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13:36

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are maybe some of your biggest surprises right

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off the top or matchups you love matchups

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you can't stand. Guys,

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great to be with you. Exhilarating time

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in the hockey world for sure. There's

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17:05

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17:08

might have to bet against Vegas again.

17:10

I don't know how you guys feel about this

17:12

series. It was like, kiss of death

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last year when I said Vegas no chance they're beating

17:16

Edmonton in round two and then you guys win the

17:18

Stanley Cup but there's a lot of close calls like

17:20

I don't know if you guys feel the same way

17:23

this time. I have

17:25

to ask you this before we

17:27

get specifically into series. I

17:30

was not of the opinion as a Golden Knights

17:33

fan that the better path was through Dallas but

17:35

it sure seemed like they had the game set

17:37

to go into mind last night that they had

17:39

no problem with going to Dallas and didn't want

17:41

to face Edmonton and then I thought the Kings

17:43

thought the same thing giving up three straight goals

17:45

to Blackhawks on three shots to open.

17:47

What am I missing here? I would much rather

17:49

go to Edmonton in the series than have to

17:51

go to Dallas. Am I wrong? You're

17:54

not wrong. I think

17:57

we love narratives in the media in general. I don't

17:59

know if teams are pinpointing who they

18:01

want to play. Because yeah, that was wild

18:03

last night. For a second it felt like

18:05

Edmonton was going to be pinpointed

18:08

for this and then a change last

18:10

minute. So I think we read too

18:12

much into that in sports in general.

18:15

But I think what I could tell you

18:18

about the Western Conference specifically, you can

18:20

make a legitimate case, and I'm including

18:23

Nashville because quite frankly I think I'm

18:25

on that upset. The Preds

18:27

have been hot for like 35 games. You can

18:29

make a legitimate case for all eight of those

18:31

teams to go not only went around but go

18:34

really really far. It's like a crazy year I

18:36

find. No question about it. With

18:39

the Dallas Stars though, I just

18:41

keep thinking because we talked about it earlier. I

18:43

know that the Golden Knights did sweep the Stars

18:45

in the regular season series. They obviously had success

18:47

against them in the playoffs last year to ultimately

18:49

get to where they went on their path to

18:51

win a Stanley Cup last year. But

18:54

I feel like there's a redemption factor, there's a

18:56

Pete DeBoor factor there, there is this Stars team

18:58

has just been one of the more consistent and

19:00

best in the league right now. You

19:03

look at the odds for them to win it

19:05

all plus 850. They're right there among the leaders

19:07

in this category. I

19:09

mean I think the Stanley Cup playoffs are going to be great. I

19:11

think that'll be a competitive series but I definitely have a lot of

19:13

fear for Vegas. Because we also don't know

19:15

like how healthy Mark Stone is going to be

19:18

out there. There's a lot of question

19:20

marks I feel. Oh he's 100%. You didn't

19:22

hear in the media the last couple of days. This

19:24

guy just pops up at playoff time three years in

19:26

a row. I don't doubt it. Mark Stone's a warrior,

19:28

I'm not throwing shade at him. But

19:30

I think this is the way I would break down this

19:32

series. And I think you're bang on with those points.

19:34

I think it's important to stress you throw everything you see

19:36

in the regular season out the window. On

19:38

top of that I think the last time Vegas

19:41

played Dallas it was like before Christmas. So all

19:43

three of those games happened before Christmas. The

19:46

Stars went on an impeccable run. I love

19:48

the revenge narrative with Pete DeBoor. To

19:50

me I think the biggest reason why I'm

19:52

siding with Dallas or why I will bet

19:55

Dallas in this series is the goaltending. Obviously

19:57

Aiden Hill was the big conversation last year.

20:00

ignites that team on that run against Edmonton.

20:03

I just don't know how much faith I have in

20:05

either Aiden Hill right now the way he's played since

20:07

he came back from his latest setback or

20:09

Logan Thompson who I think is gonna play at some

20:11

point in this series as opposed to Jake Ottinger but

20:14

Mike we've talked about this a lot. Jake

20:16

Ottinger just had a weird weird season where he

20:18

just can't get on track but the last little

20:20

while slowly but surely he is rounding

20:22

into form and that's why I give Dallas the edge in

20:24

this series. I don't know I

20:26

don't know if he's good enough. I just I

20:28

say this every year and I don't know I

20:30

say it will have been Bishop and all these

20:33

guys come in for two or three years and

20:35

their top three in the league for Dallas and

20:37

and then it's over. I don't know if Ottinger

20:39

is good enough. I don't think Georgiev is good

20:41

enough. Let me let me ask you this question.

20:44

I don't normally make a future bet when we'll

20:46

get to the playoffs. I try to make mine

20:48

preseason and then at the All-Star break but

20:50

I'm looking at Winnipeg at 18 to 1 and

20:53

if they're gonna have home ice and

20:55

they dominated Colorado in this series

20:58

I know they would get the winner of Vegas or

21:01

Dallas in the second round but this seems like when

21:03

you have the best in the winner when

21:05

you've got the best goalie in the world and you

21:07

can roll out four lines the 18 to 1 seems

21:10

like a pretty decent price to me. I

21:12

think that's a great price and I think

21:14

you talk about gamers you talk about Winnipeg

21:16

you talk about defense like it's the ultimate

21:18

firepower versus defense and it's funny you say

21:21

that because that's my sort of sidebar story

21:23

in this series is goaltending obviously with Hellebuk

21:25

he's gonna win the Vesna trophy but it's

21:27

more about Alexander Georgiev can he stop the

21:30

puck but you look at that Winnipeg

21:32

roster I love what they did at the trade

21:34

deadline Sean Monahan, Tyler Tofoli,

21:37

they got the back end spearheaded by Josh Morrisey

21:39

so yeah I think that's a really really good

21:41

look like obviously it's gonna be a tough series

21:43

especially against Colorado especially against McKinnon and

21:46

Rantinen and all those guys but I

21:48

think there is a pathway for Winnipeg

21:50

to do some substantial damage not

21:53

only in this series but also for the

21:55

majority of the Stanley Cup playoffs like that's

21:57

a team that I think from day one

21:59

people people have been sleeping on because again,

22:02

we were expecting to take a step

22:04

back. I mean Blake Wheeler's gone and

22:06

then the whole de bois situation but

22:08

that trade has worked in their benefit

22:10

too. Winnipeg's been on the

22:12

back burner and I think it might almost help them

22:14

here in the post season. Potential there

22:16

for a really, really good series. I could see it

22:19

going seven. I would like it to go seven. I

22:21

know you wouldn't if you're taking a future's out on

22:23

them but I think that that's going to be one

22:25

of the more fun sets as Nick Alberga joins us

22:27

here on the Lombardi Line, host and director of Leafs

22:29

Morning Take, the NHL Fantasy on Ice podcast as well.

22:32

Nick, obviously you cover the Leafs extremely closely.

22:34

It looks like a coin flip great series

22:37

there as well against the Boston Bruins who

22:39

I know that the Leafs

22:41

exercised their round one demons last year but

22:43

they haven't exercised them against the Bruins specifically

22:46

and the Bruins are certainly very motivated after

22:48

what happened in their first round early exit

22:50

last year against Florida. How do you see

22:52

this series shaken out? Boston

22:54

owns them. I always say

22:57

that the Leafs will have to overcome themselves if

22:59

they're going to have any success in the Stanley

23:01

Cup playoffs. You look at the

23:03

players on paper, they're tremendous. Austin Matthews had

23:05

69 goals. First

23:07

time in what, 26 years since somebody got close

23:10

to 70 at least. I

23:13

think when you look specifically at this series, it's going to

23:15

come up to a matchup game obviously up the middle. Kreichey

23:18

and Bergeron are no longer there. It's Charlie

23:20

Coyle and Pavel Taka. With all due respect

23:22

to those guys, that's a matchup game you

23:24

have to win. For the Maple Leafs,

23:26

goal tending is going to be a big story for me

23:28

in that series. The five and a

23:30

half number I think is polarizing to start. I

23:32

like the over from that

23:34

perspective but I think when

23:37

you look at the Maple Leafs, push comes to

23:39

shove at some point in time, you have to

23:41

exercise your demons. I think it's a long series.

23:43

In fact, it's important to stress. Fourth

23:45

meeting in the first round since 2013,

23:47

the previous three have all gone seven

23:50

games. So I would probably bank on

23:52

that. I think it's a pick them. You

23:55

say five and a half polarizing. I

23:57

Think in the Capitals Rangers series, you

24:00

might it defies the Caf. You don't

24:02

score too many five on five goals

24:04

and I think lender it's been terrific

24:07

since he got the job. Ah, full

24:09

time. I wanna ask you this next

24:11

obviously. Stanley. Cups a whole

24:13

different animal and these buildings wall be

24:16

rocking so there's to that home ice

24:18

part But how important in as a

24:20

handicapper is the last changed to you

24:22

are their coaches in a playoff scenario

24:24

that you give more value to having

24:26

the last change in the home games

24:28

and I would just rob like a

24:31

John Cooper to you. He

24:33

I get it comes out a coaching. You

24:35

put your players in the best opportunity to

24:37

produce arm. I think you catch guys tired

24:39

when they can make a change. like all

24:41

that impacts it. Specially. When

24:43

you look at the New York Rangers or tell

24:45

me for narrowed the year he sighed and and

24:47

sir I think you look at the depths. I

24:49

mean I know a lot of people are making

24:51

are you know plus minus a be conversational comes

24:53

to the washed and capitals. Ah but Spencer Carberry

24:56

did a really really good job. So I think

24:58

oh my specifically in a series like this could

25:00

be crucial in monumental new look at the New

25:02

York Rangers. I mean there's a lot of value

25:04

I think in this team, but I think in

25:06

general in the series like you mentioned as you

25:08

hit the nail on the had that that would

25:10

scare the hell out of me if I'm the

25:12

New York Rangers. Charlie Lindgren? Like every

25:14

are you guys sought in in in Vegas?

25:16

Like? why can't lingered be that guy who

25:18

leaves his team on an improbable run, especially

25:20

when he of greatness in the form of

25:23

Alexander Ovechkin. Everybody sleep and on you And

25:25

oh yeah, the New York Rangers one the

25:27

President's trophy. So I think this series. Could.

25:30

Be closer than people expect and.

25:32

I'm I'm right there with you. I have labeled as

25:35

an under series. Good let's not forget is that the

25:37

other side of the rink and that's your sister. Can

25:39

I knew. I did not expect you to say the

25:41

thought it would be closer than people think the that is

25:43

very very internal. i definitely do yeah oh yeah

25:45

i this washington team had stay one every

25:47

game they had a wind down the stretch

25:49

and they didn't do with much margin they

25:51

did it by keeping the opponent under to

25:53

they scored in spots with the best and

25:55

they took advantage it i think they're very

25:57

dangerous the of new york is buying President's

26:00

trophy curse. Don't forget about that. Look

26:02

at Boston last year. The best regular

26:04

season in history and they blew a

26:07

3-1 lead. So never say never

26:09

Stormy. Hey real quick Nick, you only got 20

26:11

seconds. Is Jim Montgomery going to

26:13

be able to go all Mark Swamin, all Mark Swamin? Is

26:15

he going to be able to do it this year? If

26:18

he does that, he could lose his job. I

26:21

think it's quite clear at Swamin's streets it should be

26:23

a screech. Because Linus Allmark is going to get dealt

26:25

in the off season. Maybe at the Speer, you never

26:27

know. Nick, you're awesome. Best of luck with

26:29

all your bets. We'll talk to you soon. Thanks, Nicky.

26:31

Thanks, guys. Take care. Nick Alberga, follow him on

26:34

X at the Golden Muzzy. And again, make sure you check

26:36

out the NHL Fantasy On Ice podcast as well as Leaf's

26:38

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26:40

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26:43

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26:45

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27:32

here on the Lombardi line. And you

27:34

know how like on a numbers game and

27:36

some other random shows, we'll have the tennis

27:39

bets that we throw in or the random,

27:42

you know, you hit your MLS or your

27:44

overseas soccer stuff. This is our segment

27:46

in the NFL show where we're just going to throw it all out there

27:48

and we're going to say, OK, we've got some MLB today. We've

27:51

got some NHL. We've got some UFL as well. I

27:55

have two baseball games today that

27:58

I bet already. So

28:00

that's it because I didn't I haven't made a

28:03

wager on the the series yet in hockey. I

28:05

will. That's surprising. I'll end up

28:07

betting like three or four out of the

28:09

eight either either with

28:12

a game handicap or out or or the money

28:14

line if it's close to even I don't like

28:16

to lay big prices. If I do I would

28:18

try to put it together in a parlay because

28:20

everybody allows you to parlay the series prices. Now

28:23

okay two games here I'm gonna take

28:25

the twins over the Tigers here I just

28:28

think Jack Flaherty's pitching for the Tigers he's

28:31

not back yet. I mean you look at him he's a

28:33

shadow of what he was when he was in St. Louis

28:36

and he was probably the most dominant pitcher

28:38

in the National League at the time and Joe

28:40

Ryan is a very consistent starter

28:42

for the twins. Tigers

28:45

come off a long game in

28:47

terms of time lost Maeda got

28:49

rocked again yesterday Al Leiter's son

28:51

started for for Texas but

28:53

that game was almost a four hour game

28:55

which is almost unheard of now with the

28:57

pitch clock. So I'm gonna I'll leave the

28:59

150 at home with the twins

29:02

with Joe Ryan and then the

29:04

other game I looked at is the

29:06

Brewers at the Cardinals Freddie

29:10

Peralta on the mound for

29:13

Milwaukee in this spot against

29:16

the Cardinals. I think Milwaukee is the better

29:18

team to begin with but

29:21

it's also a little bit of a fate of Kyle Gibson

29:23

who's gotten off to a really rough start here for

29:25

the card. So I'll take the better starting pitcher there

29:28

I'm gonna isolate that to the first five and I'll

29:31

lay a little more of a price minus 130 full

29:33

games around 120 but I like to

29:36

take the bullpen out of it here. I lost it I

29:38

looked at the Yankees game the other day Toronto

29:40

and I wanted to play Toronto to go against

29:42

Strowman and I bet it full game they're up four one

29:44

going to the ninth of course they lose of course

29:47

they give up five in the top of the that's really

29:49

fun I'm done with it I'll just play first five but

29:51

I had the right handicap in the wrong result. So

29:53

things like that though have you noticed anything specifically in

29:55

the early season of just things that you already know

29:58

you want to stay off of or that you

30:00

writing any trends or streaks or anything like that?

30:02

Two teams I'm watching that I think are better than

30:04

I thought they were going to be. One's the Royals,

30:06

which is everybody's talking about because the kids

30:08

are hitting so well and scoring runs. I think the Padres are

30:10

a lot better than I thought they were going to be. This

30:13

lineup has been very good top

30:15

to bottom and if they can get some

30:17

starting pitching, I think they're a playoff team,

30:19

Stormy. And their win total went

30:21

up when they got ceased

30:23

from the White Sox and it got

30:25

away from me. I got it at 81 and then it got

30:27

to 83.5 and I didn't bet it. But

30:30

I might take a shot at betting them yes

30:32

to the playoffs here. I've been

30:34

impressed so far. One, two, three in that

30:37

series at the Dodgers. One, two, three against the

30:39

Brewers this week. Yeah, I can see it. I would

30:41

hope so. Like, you know, that's a team that I

30:43

root for. I'm not super dialed into Major League Baseball

30:45

right now, but I always root for the Padres. So

30:48

I would love to see that and that'll give me

30:50

something when the postseason comes around to get into. I

30:52

know you said you haven't bet any of these NHL

30:54

series yet, but I was looking at the Kane's price

30:57

to lay two and a half games in that series

30:59

on the series spread plus 145. So

31:01

you got to win in five. I was going to

31:04

say Kane's in five specifically is plus 300. I

31:06

feel like that's very realistic against the Tigers. What's the minus

31:08

two and a half? Plus 145. I

31:12

don't mind that. I

31:15

guess if you bet them

31:17

in five and they're up three nothing, you can bet

31:19

the Islanders to the next game. Right.

31:21

And the Islanders, although they'll be at home, would be a big

31:24

dog if they're down 0-3. We

31:26

were just talking about it in the commercial

31:28

break before we came on here, though, that

31:30

this Kane's team had no problem at all

31:32

against the Islanders last year in the playoffs

31:34

and the Kane's are better this year and

31:36

the Islanders are worse. So I feel like

31:38

I have there's no doubt in my mind the

31:40

Kane's are going to win this series is just by how many games?

31:42

I just I don't know who you can trust in

31:44

the pipe for the Islanders. I

31:47

think you can make the argument that they're the even

31:50

even even though they weren't the

31:52

worst goal difference, obviously, is Washington. They're

31:55

the worst team in the East that qualified even though they

31:57

weren't a wild card. They were the three seed. in

32:00

the metro and then maybe

32:02

the Kings right now are the worst. He's certainly not in Nashville.

32:05

They played so well the second half of the year. Maybe the

32:07

King and the Kings are the only one that I have a

32:09

future on right now, which I bet preseason at 26 to one.

32:12

Now they're around 33-35. So

32:14

I gained no value on having him finished

32:16

third in the Pacific, although I'm

32:19

very happy the way the result went because I thought

32:21

they would have no chance against Dallas. They took anything.

32:23

You like it better that they're against Loyola. They took

32:25

them to seven games last year, remember, in the first

32:27

round. I think they have a fighter's chance, even though

32:29

they're not playing great. I mean,

32:31

take the over. What did Edmonton start

32:33

Skinner last night? They played. They

32:35

called all these kids up and put Skinner in to give up four goals

32:37

in 10 minutes and pull them. I mean,

32:39

is that good for his head going into

32:41

the playoffs? Not at all. Strange. Very, I'm

32:44

pretty pumped though for the NHL postseason. A

32:46

lot of these series are going to be great. We

32:48

talk about that. Canes Islander series is it's, you know,

32:50

a big favorite. Same thing with the Rangers and Capitals,

32:52

but every other series is very closely priced. And I

32:55

think we're going to have competitive good games in

32:58

the UFL. So

33:00

this for anybody who doesn't know,

33:02

I do sideline for college football as well as

33:04

spring football, the UFL on ESPN. And

33:07

every week my producer at ESPN has

33:10

tasked me on making at least one

33:12

selection aside or a total on every

33:14

single game every single week. Well,

33:16

you've become the betting expert for this, not just

33:18

at the network, but overall. Yes. So

33:21

they're like, which is cool. It's nice to like

33:23

have a little bit of a different role. It's not sideline

33:25

reporter, but it's sideline reporter slash betting analyst on these games.

33:28

And I'm so far, like I said, I've

33:30

had to make a pick on each game.

33:33

I'm seven, four and one in those selections

33:35

so far. And two

33:37

of the four losses were

33:39

by a hook or by a point. One

33:42

of which, as I told you earlier,

33:44

I was absolutely commiserating on because

33:46

of this fourth and 12

33:49

rule, which I love

33:51

conceptually. Last year in the XFL, it was the fourth

33:53

and 15. I

33:55

think a fourth and 15 or a fourth and 20 is good. Fourth

33:57

and 12 is just too easy. There have been two attempts so far.

34:00

far in the league this year, both

34:02

of them have won and allowed the

34:04

team that was significantly worse in the

34:06

game to ultimately win the game. The

34:08

Arlington Renegades outgained the DC defenders by

34:10

like 160 yards. They

34:12

had the ball for 20 more minutes. They were the

34:14

far superior team. But

34:17

up 10 with two minutes to go, they

34:19

let DC score. They complete a two point

34:21

conversion because again, you can do a one,

34:23

two or three point conversion in the UFL.

34:25

So throw your key numbers out the window

34:27

in this sport. And then they

34:29

convert a fourth and 12 walk off field goal. They

34:31

win the game when they shouldn't have. And I lose

34:33

my Arlington Moneyline bet by one point. So

34:36

there's a lot of good things about the

34:38

UFL and opportunity win. But there's also a

34:40

lot of frustration from the standpoint of if

34:43

you're up 10 with two minutes to go,

34:45

it's you're not feeling comfortable whatsoever. Well,

34:47

I think I asked this to Michael about would

34:49

the NFL ever go to this sport than X

34:51

instead of these onside kicks because

34:53

they're only 3% and they're trying to take

34:56

kicking out of it. It's very unfair

34:58

that the team that's ahead has to defend that

35:00

fourth down play. The Eagles have pitched the fourth

35:02

and 20 year after year after year and it

35:04

still just doesn't get through. I like it.

35:06

I think a fourth and 20 would be cool

35:08

or maybe just find another way to make it

35:11

more challenging. The bad part about it is if you get

35:13

a defensive illegal contact, you get a

35:15

first down, right? I mean, that's the top part

35:17

about it. I wonder if there's anything that you can

35:19

do specifically for that play. It's only five yards

35:22

and you retry, right? Because it's too much. It's

35:24

a change of possession. Exactly. It's

35:26

different. It's exactly like that. The change of possession

35:28

there. A couple of trends just to let you

35:30

guys know week one and early on

35:33

in spring leagues like this, you see like the

35:35

defenses are ahead of offenses, right? And so week

35:37

one we saw under sweep the board week two,

35:39

it was two and two this past week over

35:42

swept the board because now the offenses are starting to

35:44

gel and click. And so there hasn't been a lot

35:46

of rhyme or reason for the totals

35:48

right now. Favorites are six and six as

35:50

well. Favorites have started to separate themselves

35:52

from the pack a little bit over the last

35:55

week. We saw them go three and one last

35:57

week. If there's one thing I can leave you

35:59

with in this segment, it's that the Birmingham. hand

36:01

stallions are a freaking wagon. And this might be

36:03

the last time truly that you can get them

36:06

at a plus money price to win it all

36:08

this year. They've won the last two USFL spring

36:10

football titles. They're plus 140 right now to win

36:12

the USL championship this year. They're

36:15

an eight point favorite against the defenders this week at home.

36:17

I saw it circa that's already been bet up to nine

36:19

and a half. It's just, they're

36:21

like Scotty Sheffler, just bet them whatever because

36:23

it feels like they're gonna win. Why? Who's

36:25

the quarterback? Adrian Martinez back up

36:27

Matt Corral. Oh Matt

36:29

Corral. Yes, which I actually saw in the two deeps

36:31

this week that he's listed as the starter, which was

36:34

interesting to me because Adrian Martinez is coming off like

36:36

a 400 yard, three total touchdown day.

36:38

So I'm not sure why Matt Corral would be

36:40

starting if that ends up being the case, but

36:42

either way, you're in great hands with them. And

36:44

something that I learned recently, I didn't think that

36:46

this would be available in the USL. You can

36:48

tease these games too. And like I said, some

36:50

of my losers have been by one point or

36:52

a hook, if you can get a little bit

36:54

extra bang for your butt and a little

36:56

leeway. Get crazy. Well,

36:59

no, it's funny you say that. Ian

37:01

Fitzsimmons, he's

37:04

one of the reporters that does

37:06

the XFL, UFL stuff. And

37:09

he always talks about how like he gets beat

37:11

by hooks all the time. He always buys a

37:13

half a point. I was like, you're insane. How

37:15

have the crowd's been? I know St. Louis draws 40,000. How

37:18

have the crowd's been across the board? Hit or miss. But

37:20

the product has been good. So like if you're

37:23

watching on TV, you're not watching for the crowd

37:25

anyways, you're watching for the game and the games

37:27

have been good and interesting. Down to the wire.

37:30

Not all atmospheres are created equal, but St.

37:32

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37:34

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That's pretty ingenious there. All right.

40:34

The first one from some

40:49

of our Twitter submissions that have come

40:52

through. Thank you for those of you

40:54

who have responded to the tweet. This

40:56

one from Zach at Z underscore Daskalov

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13. I hope I said that right.

41:00

Probably not though. The Steelers to win

41:03

the AFC North division plus 850 is

41:05

the price. Mr. POM, do you have

41:07

a qualm? I do have a qualm because

41:09

I think they have to overcome three different teams

41:11

here in this division. One

41:14

of whom I'm very high on in Cincinnati. I

41:16

think Cincinnati is going to take the biggest step

41:19

forward of all the teams, but

41:21

in order for the Steelers to win the

41:23

division, they have to overcome Cincinnati. They have

41:25

to overcome the number one seed last year

41:28

in Baltimore and oh by the way, a Cleveland

41:30

team whose defense was pretty darn good when they

41:32

played at home. If they can figure out this

41:34

Roanoke split for their defense, I think there's an

41:36

issue there. I think it's just too tough of

41:38

a division and it's too much to ask for

41:41

them to win it out. Right. I think it's

41:43

going to be the best division potentially like

41:45

competition wise in the league right now.

41:47

Better is the best in the NFC the

41:49

North. The two Norths, the really fun divisions.

41:52

Yeah, I think so. I think so.

41:55

Let's keep this rolling from Jared,

41:57

our next tweet. VGK.

42:00

Oh, this is just cruel the

42:02

Vegas little Knights defending Stanley Cup champions

42:04

would pom have a qualm with them

42:06

getting swept in the first round against

42:08

Ellis They're the

42:10

defending Stanley Cup champions. I think that's a long

42:12

ass to think that they're gonna get swept I

42:16

know Nikki al-burger talked about Aiden Hill He

42:18

still had the top save percentage in the

42:20

NHL this year for those goalies that qualified

42:22

and you're bringing your whole team back I don't know if

42:25

Peter Angelo is he gonna be back for for

42:27

the first game? We know stones gonna be back.

42:29

They're putting this illegal salary cap team back on

42:31

the ice Because there's

42:33

no salary cap in the playoffs. I

42:35

don't know that Dallas can be consistent enough

42:37

for four games to sweep I have a

42:39

qualm. I would need about double that price to bet

42:41

this close to 14 or 15 to 1 I

42:44

know you had your doubts about Jake Ottinger, but

42:46

can't he like go into playoff? God mode

42:48

just like Andre Vasilevsky can every now and

42:50

then through a series when he hasn't done

42:52

it yet, right? So he got

42:54

beat by the Knights last year I know we were

42:56

on vacation in New York trying to find this game,

42:59

you know, right? They've nobody in New York was dying

43:01

to show the Knights and the night

43:03

the Knights and stars, right? So we're like trying

43:05

to find a restaurant where the games were on

43:08

while we were in New York City for a week He

43:10

just hasn't done it and I keep thinking he's

43:12

he's going to emerge as the best goaltender in

43:15

the National Hockey League But I this is like the third

43:17

straight year. I felt this and it hasn't happened yet So

43:20

plus 750 not worthwhile Tom does have

43:22

a qualm This next one

43:24

is interesting because you and Nick alberga were

43:26

on the program earlier hyping up the cap

43:28

says Making that series against the Rangers a

43:31

little bit closer Can you take the caps

43:33

going deeper bill Moore tweeted his submission? The

43:35

caps are a human lock to hoist the

43:37

cup Ovi set throw-up emoji there 151

43:41

for the caps to win the Stanley Cup. Well, I think this

43:43

statement human lock is a bit hyperbolic I

43:46

don't mind this though because I think they're gonna

43:48

make this series more competitive than people think I

43:50

would prefer I'm not gonna say I

43:52

have a qualm I would prefer to

43:55

bet this series to take them either plus two and

43:57

a half or plus one and a half games or

43:59

look for spots to isolate the maybe game

44:01

three at home but I say

44:03

not so fast on people who think the Rangers are

44:06

just going to roll through the Capitals. It's

44:08

just hard when you look at a gold-def differential

44:10

in the minus 30s. But

44:13

it was hard to stomach. That

44:15

was Kemper too. Kemper was

44:17

a big part of that and so I

44:20

say you know Stormy of the four

44:22

major sports, Stanley Cup's the most unpredictable

44:24

playoff format. Yeah and they call it the

44:26

hardest trophy in sports to win for a reason. I'm

44:31

struggling with these names guys. I

44:33

apologize in advance. Ron

44:37

Mycetic on X he says does Palm have a

44:39

qualm with the Pittsburgh Pirates to win the National

44:41

League at 100 to 1 or the World Series

44:43

at 200 to 1. Yeah

44:45

I do. I think that's too

44:47

short. I

44:50

will say the NL Central is very interesting.

44:53

The only team I could tell you I totally discount

44:56

at this point is the Cardinals. I

44:58

don't think they did enough with their pitching staff. I

45:01

don't think their lineup is good enough. The

45:04

third baseman is a shell of what he was. I

45:07

don't know he's won all the gold gloves but he's

45:09

just not hitting the ball. He's making too many key

45:11

outs. Interesting Cubs have

45:13

a lot of upside. The Brewers have played fantastic.

45:15

I was a fade the Brewers person to begin

45:17

with and I still think the Reds are an

45:20

interesting choice. It'll be a

45:22

competitive division. Can the Pirates beat

45:24

the Dodgers or the Braves in the series in

45:26

the playoffs or both? I don't think so. That's

45:29

a wrap for all of our submissions on Twitter

45:31

but please keep these coming every single week. Tweet

45:33

at us any of these. Would Palm have

45:35

a qualm ideas? I'm going to keep it rolling

45:38

with some from our producers here. The Knicks to

45:40

sweep the 76ers 14 to 1. Would

45:43

Palm have a qualm? Yes too

45:46

short. I actually

45:48

think the 76ers are probably going to win

45:50

this series. I love Thibodeau. Thibes is a

45:52

great coach. Maybe he's

45:55

top 3 in my book in the modern

45:57

NBA but with him bead back that's a

45:59

whole different team, they get the benefit

46:01

of the seating and the way this

46:03

works out. To

46:06

Noop's point, I mean the winner of this probably

46:08

gets Indiana with the honest being out so I

46:10

mean the winner of this likely a path to

46:13

the finals here and a shot at the Celtics.

46:15

I think this could be a good series depending

46:18

on where you look at this, either team favors. There's

46:21

a wide variance in the prices and of course a lot

46:23

of that has to do with future books. And

46:25

I know at least initially on DraftKings when

46:27

this came out, the 76ers were an even

46:29

bigger favorite than they are now, just minus

46:31

115 because that did get fed the other

46:33

way and we're seeing largely minus 110 both

46:36

ways right now in this series. How

46:38

about the Nuggets and Lakers? I know that

46:40

this is a very hefty price, minus 310

46:43

for the Denver Nuggets just to beat the

46:45

Lakers. No series spread involved, no

46:47

exact price, just minus 310. Do you have a qualm lay

46:49

in it with Denver? No. I

46:51

would parlay it with the other series that I like because I don't

46:53

want to lose three dollars to one. Parlay

46:56

it with the canes. Three dollars to one. You

46:58

could parlay it with the canes. Trying

47:00

to think what other series I would isolate it with

47:03

in the NHL. Now

47:06

they're tough, they're really tough

47:08

right? I think the Kings, I

47:11

think Nashville will give them a series. NBA

47:13

series, what would Boston be favored because you could

47:16

throw that one in as well for the first

47:18

round. Everybody expects them. Would that even be worth

47:20

it to throw into the parlay? It would be very heavy. Yeah

47:23

okay, let's parlay it with the canes. Alright, I

47:25

like it. The Royals to

47:27

win the AL, we were talking about Kansas City earlier.

47:30

I bet them to win the division. Win

47:34

the American League. So what, as

47:36

it shapes up now, like the Yankees

47:39

have played very well. Probably

47:41

you could say the Guardians have been the second best team

47:43

but they lost Beaver. I don't have

47:45

a qualm with this. I think this team has a lot of upside.

47:48

You can go out there and hit the ball like the way they're

47:50

doing. I think Singer has upside as

47:52

the starter. Yeah,

47:55

why not take a shot? What's the price? 35

47:57

to 1? Yep. No

47:59

qualm. Okay, so yesterday Michael and I

48:01

on the program were reviewing

48:04

some of the statements from Bill Belichick on the Pat

48:06

Maccassie show this week. A lot of them serious, one

48:08

of them not whatsoever, which was about the fact that

48:10

he doesn't like coffee. You come

48:12

in here every Friday with a coffee

48:15

that looks like it is pure milk and has

48:17

a ton of whipped cream on it. Would Pom

48:19

have a quam with just a

48:21

hot black coffee? Couldn't do it. Couldn't stomach

48:24

it. I have a huge quam with it. I

48:26

take a little coffee with my sugar and cream.

48:29

Seriously, that's the way

48:31

I have to have things sweet. I typically like

48:33

things very sweet. I'm with you. Another thing that

48:35

I learned about Mr. Bill Belichick, not only does he

48:37

not like coffee, he likes his steak

48:40

well done. Do you have

48:42

a quam with a well done steak?

48:45

All the chefs do, right? All the great chefs, you're

48:47

only supposed to cook it a little bit. I tell

48:49

you, I ordered my steak medium. I

48:52

could eat a well done steak more than I

48:54

could eat a rare one though. Really? I can't

48:56

eat one just sopping and blood. There are some

48:58

places I've gone, they're very good and I like

49:00

the prime rib, but they say we don't cook

49:02

it other than medium rare. At

49:05

least they tell you because you order it medium and then they

49:07

cook it medium rare and they say, well we don't cook it.

49:09

At least they tell you up front. Do

49:11

you have a quam with medium rare? No,

49:14

I don't have a quam with it. I

49:16

have a quam with rare and I

49:19

guess I could say, I don't know, I

49:21

mean you're taking all the

49:23

flavor out of it well done in my opinion. I'm

49:26

a medium rare gal, medium rare plus. That's the way

49:29

that I do it. My

49:31

medium rare plus, is that a category?

49:33

Oh yeah, you can throw the pluses in there. You

49:36

get a little in between. Does medium rare plus

49:38

go on which side? In between medium

49:40

rare and rare. Oh okay, so it's

49:42

more on the rare side. Interesting.

49:44

If I said medium well plus, would that be more

49:47

on the well side? If

49:49

you said medium well plus, no

49:52

it would be going up. It would be more on the medium side. Okay. So

49:54

the plus is like something you love. I would like that medium well plus

49:56

would be all right. There you go. See we're just learning new things every day.

49:58

I'm learning a lot from you. My

50:00

uh my husband and I went to Barry's with

50:02

his mother one day and she

50:04

got a filet well done They had to butterfly

50:07

it to make it well done. I was like,

50:09

I love you, Vicky. What are we doing right

50:11

now? They don't they don't like it. It's not

50:13

we can't have her catch up to So

50:16

I know that qualm doesn't rhyme with storm, but stormy has a

50:18

qualm as well Uh great show.

50:20

This is a lot of fun. Good luck with your bets.

50:22

Everybody today. Enjoy the play in and we'll see you next

50:24

week Hey,

50:30

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50:50

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50:52

first day of the nfl draft Lots

50:54

of elite talent at the skill positions

50:56

that will have a big impact on

50:58

fantasy football this year Are we going to

51:00

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51:03

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51:05

wide receivers in the first round? Is there going

51:07

to be a running back? I don't know and

51:09

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