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Hellebuyck Trade, Quinn To Jersey, Brady Chirped In Ottawa and Haunted Predictions (Show 18) · Biscuit Breakdown

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  SPEAKER_00: It's time for biscuit breakdown, where hockey is the only thing on the menu.
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  SPEAKER_00: And welcome back, everybody, whoever you root for, wherever you live, whenever it is, it's time for biscuit breakdown, and it's time to talk some hockey.
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  SPEAKER_00: Coming up on the show today, we have the fresh out the oven segment for the league's latest news.
• 0:46
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  SPEAKER_00: Alright, thank you very much.
• 1:35
  SPEAKER_00: It's time to get to the Fresh Out the Oven segment.
• 1:44
  SPEAKER_00: Alright, in case you have been living under a rock, Connor Hellibuck has been traded from the Winnipeg Jets to the New Jersey Devils in a blockbuster trade that had a lot of people saying the Devils won this trade, and I happen to agree.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Devils sent back Dawson Mercer, Nick Bukestad, backup goalie Nico Dawes, their first round draft pick from last year, Alexander Command, a 2027 seventh round pick, and a 2029 second round pick.
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  SPEAKER_00: All for Connor Hellibuck.
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  SPEAKER_00: But he is one of the best goalies in the league.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's been goalie of the year three times.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's won the MVP once, and most importantly, he helped the USA win the gold medal in the Olympics back in February.
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  SPEAKER_00: So it is a major upgrade in goal for the Devils.
• 2:39
  SPEAKER_00: He is actually making his debut right now as I record.
• 2:42
  SPEAKER_00: I have the Devils on one screen and I have the Panthers on the other screen.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I am fully engulfed in NHL hockey tonight as I record.
• 2:55
  SPEAKER_00: It's always nice to have a ton of games to choose from and watch.
• 2:59
  SPEAKER_00: If you are not already subscribed to ESPN Plus, you should definitely do that.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's worth the money for hockey fans like yourself because you get access to basically all the games, and uh it's just a great deal, in my opinion, only 12 bucks a month.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um so for the hockey obsessed fans out there, it's really a no-brainer.
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  SPEAKER_00: But back to the trade, I think this was obviously a major upgrade for the Devils.
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  SPEAKER_00: They needed an upgrade in net, and now they have it, which makes them a formidable opponent in the Eastern Conference, and they will contend with the likes of the Hurricanes and the Panthers and the Lightning and the Bruins, who are off to a great start this year, Canadiens, some other teams, but this really changes the game in the Metropolitan Division and the Eastern Conference in general.
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  SPEAKER_00: When the trade news first broke, I expected the Devils to have to give up at least one first round pick, but credit to their GM, he didn't have to give up that stuff, so that's a big boost as well.
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  SPEAKER_00: They didn't have to give up any major picks or players.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um Dawson Mercer is a pretty good player.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's nothing crazy, but um yeah, I think the Devils are the clear winners in this trade.
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  SPEAKER_00: Obviously, time will tell.
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  SPEAKER_00: But the bigger question now is how does this affect Quinn Hughes joining the New Jersey Devils, joining his brother Jack and Luke on the Devils?
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  SPEAKER_00: To me, I feel like it is now an absolute certainty that Quinn Hughes will not re-sign with the Minnesota Wild, and instead will sign with the New Jersey Devils in July, once free agency starts, because why would he not want to play with his two brothers and now the goalie that helped them win the gold medal at the Olympics back in February?
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  SPEAKER_00: So it seems like a no-brainer, and now the Minnesota Wild GM, Bill Garin, is faced with a major problem, in my opinion, because he either needs to keep Quinn Hughes the full year and help his team potentially win the Stanley Cup if he thinks they can really do it, or does he flip Quinn Hughes to a different team?
• 5:31
  SPEAKER_00: I would say maybe an East Coast contender and try to get a player of equal caliber back, even though there is really no equal caliber player that he's actually going to get back, so this is why it's tough.
• 5:44
  SPEAKER_00: But he can trade Quinn Hughes to a team in the East and maybe get two players back of decent caliber and that are also controlled maybe next season and beyond, and really help his team moving forward, or does he just roll with the fact that Quinn Hughes is going to be on the team until you know the end of the year, however far they make it, and then he's most likely going to walk away for free to the New Jersey Devils.
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  SPEAKER_00: So it's a very interesting situation, something that we have never seen before, where a player has brothers on another team and most likely gonna want to go join them.
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean, we've seen that, you know, a lot lately.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um Brady Kachuk obviously wanted to play with his brother Matthew in Florida, and they made that happen.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I heard a stat today, uh, listening to Spit and Chiclets, that there's actually seven teams out of the 32 teams that have a set of brothers on them.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, I mean, it makes sense.
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  SPEAKER_00: Brothers, they grew up together, they grew up playing together, they're obviously super close, and they want to play together in the NHL if if it's possible.
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  SPEAKER_00: So to me, Quinn Hughes to the New Jersey Devils is an absolute certainty come July, if not sooner.
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  SPEAKER_00: The other night um when the Minnesota Wild were playing in Vancouver, which was Quinn Hughes' former team, they were doing all sorts of chants because they are no longer a fan of his.
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  SPEAKER_00: They are annoyed that he has for a trade away from Vancouver.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um so one of the things that they were chanting at Quinn was he's not signing, as in he's not signing a contract extension with you guys.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's gonna be going to the devils, so enjoy him while you have them.
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  SPEAKER_00: Basically trolling the wild and their GM.
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  SPEAKER_00: I thought that was pretty funny, honestly.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then Quinn said in an interview recently, My feet are planted in Minnesota.
• 7:52
  SPEAKER_00: And to that I was thinking, like, yeah, okay, currently, but are you going to resign?
• 7:59
  SPEAKER_00: No.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's just trying to say all the things that he can potentially say without actually saying, you know, the answer that he's not going to be coming back.
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  SPEAKER_00: If anyone thinks he's not going to New Jersey, to me, I think you're kidding yourself.
• 8:12
  SPEAKER_00: But if you would like to get in on this conversation, make sure to DM me on Instagram or email, or you can hit the link in the show notes.
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  SPEAKER_00: So plenty of ways to get in contact with me.
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  SPEAKER_00: I would love to hear your thoughts.
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  SPEAKER_00: Alright, moving on to the next topic for Fresh Out the Oven.
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  SPEAKER_00: We had Brady Kachuk making his return in Ottawa as the Panthers took on the Senators last week at time of recording.
• 8:42
  SPEAKER_00: Um they put together a ton of chance to bust Brady's chops, and there was quite a list.
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  SPEAKER_00: Obviously there were some obscenities, but those were not the most creative ones.
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  SPEAKER_00: They also were chanting You can't read You Eat Crayons Trader Matthew's better We don't need you Little Brother Brady sucks Timmy's better as in Tim Stutzla, one of their best players.
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  SPEAKER_00: Brady's balding.
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  SPEAKER_00: Oh that's a low blow right there.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're a sellout Matthew's bridesmaid.
• 9:34
  SPEAKER_00: So that last one is a reference to their podcast, uh Wingman.
• 9:40
  SPEAKER_00: Sometimes on the podcast they will say their wingman of the week and their bridesmaid of the week, basically something that they are in favor of and something they are not in favor of.
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  SPEAKER_00: So there was some creative and clever chance by the Ottawa fans who are rightfully angry at Brady wanting to leave because he's a very good player.
• 10:03
  SPEAKER_00: And the game itself was much more nasty than I thought it was going to be.
• 10:07
  SPEAKER_00: There were a lot of scrums, there was a lot of animosity, a lot of hatred, and it seemed like all of the emotion really got to the Panthers, got them out of their game, and the Senators were really motivated to win and beat Brady in his homecoming, and they did just that.
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  SPEAKER_00: They won 5-1.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was an easy victory for them, and the Panthers were just ready to get out of town and on to Pittsburgh after that one, which they ended up getting shut out 4-0 in Pittsburgh, which was surprising, but then they bounced back and beat the Chicago Blackhawks on this past Sunday.
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  SPEAKER_00: Alright, moving on to the next topic for Fresh Out the Oven.
• 10:50
  SPEAKER_00: We have Mark Scheifley of the Winnipeg Jets was recently filmed naming everyone's stick um basically orientation and tape job.
• 11:05
  SPEAKER_00: So they would list a player and then he would say if they were a righty or lefty, and then he would say if they had a w white tape on their stick or black tape, how much tape, the style of tape, um if they put white tape and then use the puck to make some marks on it.
• 11:22
  SPEAKER_00: It was like savant level um stick recognition, all from memory, and pretty impressive, pretty crazy that he remembers um all of that.
• 11:33
  SPEAKER_00: So credit to that hockey player for putting on a mental show there.
• 11:39
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, next up you may have seen the interview with Devin Cooley, the Calgary Flames goalie.
• 11:49
  SPEAKER_00: He seems like he is a bit of a space cadet, but also operating on an entirely different level than most of us.
• 11:56
  SPEAKER_00: Um his IQ might be 140, or it might be 75 at times.
• 12:03
  SPEAKER_00: It seems like he might fluctuate back and forth.
• 12:05
  SPEAKER_00: He said some really outlandish things lately.
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  SPEAKER_00: Most notably, he said in a recent interview that he feels completely in control of his mind, and no matter what comes to his mind, he just says shh shh so that he can stay in a state of flow and just be basically reacting without thinking too much, without getting in his head too much and beating himself up if he lets up a goal, things like that.
• 12:31
  SPEAKER_00: And then he's like, and when I get home, I'm in pretty good control too.
• 12:35
  SPEAKER_00: I'm not really doing much, maybe just reading with my rabbit.
• 12:40
  SPEAKER_00: And I was just like, what is this guy talking about?
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  SPEAKER_00: So um credit to him though.
• 12:46
  SPEAKER_00: In his last four starts, he is four and oh, and he has a let's see here, he has a 1.5 goals against average and a 95.5% save percentage.
• 13:02
  SPEAKER_00: So he's been on fire, literally, no pun intended, and he's helping the flames get some more victories and have a decent little stretch here.
• 13:12
  SPEAKER_00: We'll see if all of his mind control and rabbit reading continues to pay off as the season progresses.
• 13:21
  SPEAKER_00: Alright, next up for the Fresh Out the Oven segment, I saw a funny post recently where it says Igor Shisterkin, the Rangers goalie, has more goals than Zach Werensky, Adam Fox, Zach Benson, Bowen Byron, Drew Dowdy, and Alexi Protas.
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  SPEAKER_00: And he hasn't played a game since October 9th.
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  SPEAKER_00: And he's a goalie.
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  SPEAKER_00: So it was just throwing some shade at some of the premier players in the league and how they still have not scored, and how this goalie, who's been out for almost a month now, has more goals than them technically because he scored an empty netter early in the season.
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  SPEAKER_00: So you gotta love some random, funny stats every now and then.
• 14:09
  SPEAKER_00: Alright, last but not least for the Fresh Out the Oven segment.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was released today that the hometown remix jerseys have been leaked or announced or something, and I'm gonna talk about my favorite three.
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  SPEAKER_00: So on this post, it doesn't have every team.
• 14:31
  SPEAKER_00: It has maybe, let's see, five times four, it has twenty teams.
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  SPEAKER_00: So there's still 12 that are missing for some reason.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um it's got the Ducks, Bruins, Sabres, Hurricanes, Blackhawks, Avalanche, Stars, Red Wings, Oilers, Panthers, Kings, Wild, Canadians, Islanders, Rangers, Senators, Penguins, Sharks, Maple Leafs, Capitals.
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  SPEAKER_00: So this is the hometown remix jerseys.
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  SPEAKER_00: Basically jerseys that they'll wear maybe twice or three times this year.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's all to just drum up more revenue and to get people to buy these jerseys.
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  SPEAKER_00: Some of them look awesome, some of them look like crap.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, and I am going to talk about my favorite three.
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  SPEAKER_00: So let me take a closer look at all these.
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  SPEAKER_00: Alright, so my favorite three are the Anaheim Ducks, which have jerseys that are basically just like the Mighty Ducks from the movie.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's green, purple, and yellow.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's a classic.
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  SPEAKER_00: They should just wear this all the time.
• 15:33
  SPEAKER_00: Um, why reinvent the wheel with all these other colors?
• 15:37
  SPEAKER_00: Just stick with the Mighty Ducks jerseys that we all fell in love with back in the 90s.
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  SPEAKER_00: Another one that I really love is the Minnesota Wild.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is black, green, and white with the classic um bear head nature scene.
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  SPEAKER_00: Really clean-looking jersey there.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then another one actually that I really enjoy is the Ottawa Senators.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's black and gold with their logo in the middle.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's simple, but it looks really good.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I think they should make it their main jersey.
• 16:09
  SPEAKER_00: Alright, three bad ones are all from the Central Division.
• 16:15
  SPEAKER_00: So we have the Colorado Avalanche, which is just white and blue, looks like total crap.
• 16:23
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I don't know what they were thinking here.
• 16:26
  SPEAKER_00: Really ugly.
• 16:27
  SPEAKER_00: The Dallas Stars is green, it's like a lime green, white and black.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um super annoying to look at.
• 16:36
  SPEAKER_00: And then the last one is the Chicago Blackhawks, which is a mostly green jersey with white and black stripes on the sleeves and a little bit at the bottom waist area with their classic logo in the middle, but the colors and stripes are just a mess.
• 16:53
  SPEAKER_00: Um so I don't know what was going on in the central division, what they were thinking, but um Ugliness is at the center of their designs, it seems.
• 17:07
  SPEAKER_00: Is your former fan base making your return absolute hell?
• 17:13
  SPEAKER_00: Are you pretending the chirps don't hurt your feelings, but deep down you want to have a bath and a good cry?
• 17:21
  SPEAKER_00: Well it's time you upgrade to the Bower Background Noise Cancelling Helmet.
• 17:27
  SPEAKER_00: This smart dome for your dome will allow you to still communicate with your teammates and coaches while filtering out all the harsh chants and comments from a crowd that now hates your guts.
• 17:42
  SPEAKER_00: You'll be cruising around the ice in a total state of bliss that'll have you wondering how you wore any other helmet.
• 17:50
  SPEAKER_00: Try the Bower Background Noise Cancelling helmet and get your head right today.
• 18:01
  SPEAKER_00: Alright, it's time for a new AI don't think so segment.
• 18:07
  SPEAKER_00: So once again, I lost to Gemini by choosing the Tampa Bay Lightning to defeat the Colorado Avalanche last Friday night.
• 18:17
  SPEAKER_00: The Avalanche spanked the Lightning six to three, and once again I was incorrect.
• 18:22
  SPEAKER_00: So if you're keeping score at home, my record is now zero, two, and one.
• 18:28
  SPEAKER_00: Hopefully this week I can bounce back and defeat Gemini.
• 18:33
  SPEAKER_00: I have chosen the Friday night game between the Calgary Flames and the Seattle Kraken, which will take place in Calgary.
• 18:42
  SPEAKER_00: According to Gemini, it says that the Seattle Kraken will win this game because of recent head-to-head dominance.
• 18:56
  SPEAKER_00: The Kraken have already beat the Flames six to one on two separate occasions this year.
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  SPEAKER_00: Its second reason was because Seattle is scoring a lot of goals this year so far, which is true.
• 19:13
  SPEAKER_00: And Calgary has struggled to find consistency, which is pretty much true, although Calgary has been getting hot lately.
• 19:21
  SPEAKER_00: And then lastly, it says Seattle has the better goaltending duo of Joey DeCord and Philip Grubauer, and that Calgary's goalie, Dustin Wolf, has had a rough start to the season, which is also true.
• 19:37
  SPEAKER_00: But here are the reasons why I am choosing the Calgary Flames, one being Devin Cooley.
• 19:45
  SPEAKER_00: This guy is red hot, and it's perfect that he's on the flames because he's playing well.
• 19:51
  SPEAKER_00: As I said earlier, he's 4-0 in his last four starts with a 95.5% save percentage and a 1.5 goals against average.
• 20:00
  SPEAKER_00: So if he plays, give me the flames.
• 20:04
  SPEAKER_00: Also, the Flames are at home for this matchup.
• 20:09
  SPEAKER_00: They've already lost to the Seattle Kraken twice by a score of six to one.
• 20:13
  SPEAKER_00: They gotta be pissed off about that.
• 20:16
  SPEAKER_00: And they should use all of that as motivation to not lose three games in a row to the same team all within about six weeks' time.
• 20:25
  SPEAKER_00: And lastly, my third and final reason why I am rolling with the Flames on Friday is because they have the advantage on the power play and penalty kill.
• 20:37
  SPEAKER_00: Seattle's power play is at twenty-three point one percent success rate, and their penalty kill is at 70.6% success rate.
• 20:46
  SPEAKER_00: But meanwhile, the flames power play is at 30% success rate, and their penalty kill is at 85.7% success rate.
• 20:55
  SPEAKER_00: So big jumps there.
• 20:57
  SPEAKER_00: Gimme the Flames on Friday night.
• 21:00
  SPEAKER_00: Come on, Flames.
• 21:01
  SPEAKER_00: I gotta get my first official win.
• 21:03
  SPEAKER_00: Gemini says the Seattle Kraken, but AI don't think so.
• 21:12
  SPEAKER_00: Alright, it's time to move into our final segment, the doggy bag predictions for this Saturday, October 31st, 2026.
• 21:22
  SPEAKER_00: Halloween.
• 21:23
  SPEAKER_00: There could be some spooky things happening in the NHL.
• 21:27
  SPEAKER_00: I am going to choose two goal scorers that I think will find the back of the net, as well as a goalie who will pitch a shutout.
• 21:39
  SPEAKER_00: And my choices are Tage Thompson scoring a goal against the Los Angeles Kings.
• 21:47
  SPEAKER_00: He's an elite goal scorer for the Buffalo Sabres.
• 21:50
  SPEAKER_00: He is um a power play threat every game.
• 21:53
  SPEAKER_00: He's got a cannon of a shot, he's a monster of a man, and it will be fitting that he scores on Halloween.
• 22:01
  SPEAKER_00: Next up is Sidney Crosby scoring a goal against the Montreal Canadiens.
• 22:08
  SPEAKER_00: The man has caused frights and terrors in Montreal, the team that he grew up rooting for, I believe, don't quote me on that, but he is gonna find the back of the net on Saturday in Montreal, and he's probably gonna steal some candy from some child in the first row while he's at it.
• 22:30
  SPEAKER_00: And lastly, my shutout prediction, I am going to choose Jake Ottinger of the Dallas Stars to earn a shutout against the Columbus Blue Jackets, who don't really have shit going for them lately.
• 22:46
  SPEAKER_00: They are struggling in all facets, and the Dallas Stars have one of the best defenses in the league.
• 22:53
  SPEAKER_00: They've let up the fewest amount of goals this season of any team.
• 22:57
  SPEAKER_00: So gimme Jake Ottinger getting a shutout on Saturday, locking the doors on that haunted house.
• 23:07
  SPEAKER_00: Only time will tell how correct I will be.
• 23:11
  SPEAKER_00: If you're keeping track at home, I was two and one on my doggy bag predictions last week.
• 23:16
  SPEAKER_00: I predicted that the Ducks, Hurricanes, and Knights would all win on the road last Saturday.
• 23:24
  SPEAKER_00: The Ducks did their part, the Hurricanes did their part, but the Vegas Golden Knights decided to poop the bed a bit and lost to the Blue Jackets 2-1 in overtime, so I almost went three and oh.
• 23:37
  SPEAKER_00: We'll see if I can go three-0.
• 23:38
  SPEAKER_00: This time it's going to be a little bit tougher, obviously, by choosing two goal scores and a shutout to happen, but hey, you never know.
• 23:47
  SPEAKER_00: If you'd like to submit a doggy bag prediction, I would love to hear from you.
• 23:51
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