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NHL 2026-2027 PREVIEW | Can't Name a Single Player · Toadstool Sports

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  Speaker 1: You got a slip in your palm and a hole
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  Speaker 1: in your chest Black coffee on the felt, man, you
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  Speaker 1: look like a mess Three-team parlay turned to dust in
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  Speaker 1: your head Now you stare at the chips like they
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  Speaker 1: made you this mad But don't you go quiet, don't
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  Speaker 1: you fade from the floor Your name still means something
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  Speaker 1: to somebody for sure Put the glass down, baby Look
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  Speaker 1: at me now.
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  Speaker 2: Hold on, hold on Not tonight, not now Hold on,
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  Speaker 2: hold on Let me pull you out That fell up
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  Speaker 2: by its heart But it don't get the crown Hold on.
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  Speaker 2: Hold on.
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  Speaker 1: Stay with me now.
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  Speaker 3: What's up, everybody? It's Toad back with you. Toadstool Sports.
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  Speaker 3: This is going to be the NHL preview that I
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  Speaker 3: said I was going to do.
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  Speaker 4: Again, this is going to suck because I don't know
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  Speaker 4: anything about the personnel changes pretty much. I mean, I
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  Speaker 4: know some of the big-name players, that's about it. The
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  Speaker 4: way that I look at previewing any sort of season,
• 1:51
  Speaker 4: I'm not a futures guy, really. And the NHL, just
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  Speaker 4: crazy shit can happen because it's such a close sport,
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  Speaker 4: a close game. But the way that I look at
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  Speaker 4: it is basically similar to NFL. I think you want
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  Speaker 4: to find teams that have good odds to do whatever,
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  Speaker 4: to make the playoffs, to win the championship, win the division, whatever,
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  Speaker 4: that didn't.
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  Speaker 3: Do well last year. And you want to be higher
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  Speaker 3: on those teams.
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  Speaker 4: You want to be lower on teams that did do
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  Speaker 4: well last year but don't really have good odds, if
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  Speaker 4: that makes sense. So I try to just identify those teams,
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  Speaker 4: although in a lot of cases, the odds kind of
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  Speaker 4: reflect a lot of what happened last year. So it's like,
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  Speaker 4: you know, there are only a few teams that I
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  Speaker 4: can identify that are like, I'm not high on this
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  Speaker 4: team and I'm going to be like somewhat high on
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  Speaker 4: this team, whatever.
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  Speaker 3: Dirty Sock, what's up? Thanks for hanging out. Um, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: like I said, this is, this is going.
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  Speaker 4: To be one of the worst episodes that I've done. So, uh,
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  Speaker 4: and I didn't do this last year for this reason.
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  Speaker 4: Like I know more about every other professional sport than
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  Speaker 4: the NHL, even though I still, I still bet on it.
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  Speaker 4: I give all plays on it. Cause I know how
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  Speaker 4: the scheduling dynamics work. Um, I'll go division by division here,
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  Speaker 4: I guess, Atlantic division jumping.
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  Speaker 3: Right into it here, man.
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  Speaker 4: And immediately the thing that jumps out at me in
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  Speaker 4: the Atlantic is the Florida Panthers have the best odds
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  Speaker 4: to win this division.
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  Speaker 3: At plus one 60.
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  Speaker 4: They did win, what, two championships in a row prior
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  Speaker 4: to last year, but last year they didn't even make
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  Speaker 4: the playoffs.
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  Speaker 3: So this is telling you something.
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  Speaker 4: The oddsmakers are telling you they're still one of the
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  Speaker 4: best teams in the NHL and they didn't even make
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  Speaker 4: the playoffs last year. That reminds me of what I
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  Speaker 4: said about the Chiefs in the NFL this year. This
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  Speaker 4: team is just a perennial contender right now. They had
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  Speaker 4: a bad year last year. Well, I think the expectation
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  Speaker 4: should be they're probably going to bounce back, so I
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  Speaker 4: would not mind taking a shot with the Panthers at
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  Speaker 4: plus 160, even though I usually don't like to take
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  Speaker 4: the team that has the best odds to win a
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  Speaker 4: certain thing. But in this case, I don't think the
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  Speaker 4: public is going to be that high on them because
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  Speaker 4: they react to what they saw last, right?
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  Speaker 3: So they're not really going to want Florida, I don't think.
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  Speaker 4: They might be the best move as far as if
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  Speaker 4: you want to bet a team to win this division.
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  Speaker 4: The Lightning, I mean, they made the playoffs last year,
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  Speaker 4: but they got knocked out early, and they have the
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  Speaker 4: second-best odds at plus 295.
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  Speaker 3: They were my pick to win.
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  Speaker 4: The championship last year, and I thought it was kind
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  Speaker 4: of bullshit the way they got knocked out by Montreal.
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  Speaker 4: Montreal does have the third best odds to win this
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  Speaker 4: division at plus 500, but I think the Lightning might
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  Speaker 4: be an okay look in this division as well.
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  Speaker 3: Montreal, they are an.
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  Speaker 4: Up-and-coming team, but they looked pretty good in the playoffs
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  Speaker 4: last year, so I'd be a little bit less sold
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  Speaker 4: on them to really make another move like that although
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  Speaker 4: maybe they will because you know I mean it's kind
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  Speaker 4: of like stepping stones like oh this kind of young
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  Speaker 4: team went this far last year maybe they will actually
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  Speaker 4: even get further this year even though I don't want
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  Speaker 4: to say that as a Bruins fan because I don't
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  Speaker 4: like Montreal uh the Bruins yeah are expected to be
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  Speaker 4: ass but that was the case last year too and
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  Speaker 4: I said that the market was undervaluing them last year
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  Speaker 4: I don't know about this year I think as far
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  Speaker 4: as the Atlanta division the one team that I would
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  Speaker 4: not be high on is Buffalo They're at 9-1 here
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  Speaker 4: to win this division. They won the division last year,
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  Speaker 4: and I think it was kind of misleading that they
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  Speaker 4: won it. They were not the best team in this
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  Speaker 4: division last year. So I would not play them to
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  Speaker 4: win this division, in my opinion.
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  Speaker 3: That's what I would say.
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  Speaker 4: And then the rest of the teams, Toronto is 9-1. Toronto,
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  Speaker 4: I mean, maybe has a long shot because they dealt
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  Speaker 4: with some injuries last year.
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  Speaker 5: I believe.
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  Speaker 4: They still have Matthews, right, who's one of the best
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  Speaker 4: scorers in the league. Maybe I'm wrong about that. I
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  Speaker 4: don't want to just talk out of my ass here,
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  Speaker 4: but they're plus 950, which isn't that bad to win
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  Speaker 4: this division.
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  Speaker 3: I believe they didn't make the playoffs last year.
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  Speaker 4: It seems like they typically do make the playoffs and
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  Speaker 4: just get bounced early in the playoffs, so there's them.
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  Speaker 4: Ottawa's 10-1, and they actually were surprising last year and
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  Speaker 4: looked somewhat good in the playoffs, I think, against Carolina,
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  Speaker 4: even though Carolina might have swept them out of the playoffs,
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  Speaker 4: but it was like, Ottawa was competitive in each individual.
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  Speaker 3: Game, though, it seemed, in that series. But I don't know.
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  Speaker 4: Ottawa, you know, they might be sort of just... They
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  Speaker 4: might wind up around where they were last year. Maybe
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  Speaker 4: you could argue they're a little bit undervalued. And then,
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  Speaker 4: of course, you have the Boston Bruins at 35-1 and
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  Speaker 4: Detroit 40-1.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely ridiculous.
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  Speaker 4: Maybe there is some value there. Maybe those two teams
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  Speaker 4: are undervalued. I mean, dude, the original six teams.
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  Speaker 3: They're all in bad shape right now. I mean, look
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  Speaker 3: at this shit.
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  Speaker 4: It's Toronto, Boston, Detroit, the Rangers when we get to them, Chicago,
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  Speaker 4: and then who's the last one?
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  Speaker 3: Montreal. Montreal's the only one that is, like, any good
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  Speaker 3: right now. It's crazy.
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  Speaker 4: No, I'm not watching preseason. The Sharks beat the Ducks.
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  Speaker 4: I don't think preseason, yeah, means anything, but, I mean,
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  Speaker 4: the Sharks... I'll talk about them when I get to
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  Speaker 4: their division. I actually kind of like the Sharks this year.
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  Speaker 4: Central division for you, Dirty Sock, Colorado, plus 115 to
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  Speaker 4: win this division. They seem to always be there, and
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  Speaker 4: they won the President's Trophy last year. They're probably the
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  Speaker 4: best team in this division again, but is there really
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  Speaker 4: value on betting them to win this division again?
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  Speaker 3: Probably not.
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  Speaker 4: They'll probably make the playoffs again and lose again in
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  Speaker 4: the playoffs like they always do.
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  Speaker 3: Minnesota seems to be the.
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  Speaker 4: Team that's kind of the most on the rise here,
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  Speaker 4: and they're 3-1 to win this division. They picked up,
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  Speaker 4: I can't even remember the guy's name at this point.
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  Speaker 4: They made that one big acquisition during the season last
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  Speaker 4: year and then kind of made that little bit of
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  Speaker 4: a playoff run.
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  Speaker 3: They might be poised to kind of take another step
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  Speaker 3: here as well.
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  Speaker 4: I believe they almost won the division last last year
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  Speaker 4: as well. And Dallas is expected to be there as
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  Speaker 4: they usually are as well, plus 350. No real surprises
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  Speaker 4: in the odds here. I mean, those teams seem to
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  Speaker 4: always be. Usually it's Colorado and Dallas, which is why
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  Speaker 4: I think maybe Minnesota is like the value play in
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  Speaker 4: this division because they might be a little bit on
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  Speaker 4: the rise. But two years ago, I thought they were
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  Speaker 4: kind of being overvalued by the public, though. Maybe they're
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  Speaker 4: not anymore. And then Utah is at 8-1 in this division.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, they made the playoffs last year in their, uh,
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  Speaker 4: first year as the mammoth, uh, which, you know, they
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  Speaker 4: were the coyotes or whatever. And then they moved like
• 8:29
  Speaker 4: they're considered to be an expansion team, but it was
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  Speaker 4: like all the same assets from that team, the same
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  Speaker 4: players and whatever moved to Utah. I mean, it's a
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  Speaker 4: cool story, but I kind of feel like they're a
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  Speaker 4: little bit overhyped, even though I kind of liked their
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  Speaker 4: logo and whatever, but that's, you should not bet on logo.
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  Speaker 3: You know what I mean?
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  Speaker 4: That's how, uh, People that don't know anything about the
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  Speaker 4: March Madness tournament, play the March Madness tournament that way.
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  Speaker 3: Make picks that way, whatever.
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  Speaker 4: I'm not really sold on Utah. I think maybe they
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  Speaker 4: overperformed a little bit. Nashville, the rest of these teams
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  Speaker 4: have really bad odds to win this division.
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  Speaker 3: Nashville, 40-1. Winnipeg, 50-1.
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  Speaker 2: St.
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  Speaker 3: Louis, 50-1.
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  Speaker 4: Blackhawks, as I mentioned them already, 60-1. I'm not really
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  Speaker 4: sold on any of these teams. I know Winnipeg was
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  Speaker 4: really good two years ago, but Hellebook has demanded a trade,
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  Speaker 4: so I think he's probably going to be on a
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  Speaker 4: different team.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know what is going on with that, really.
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  Speaker 4: He's the best goalie in the NHL, pretty much. He's
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  Speaker 4: probably going to wind up on a different team. I
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  Speaker 4: think Winnipeg is fucked, probably.
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  Speaker 3: Correct, yes, I agree with that.
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  Speaker 4: The Avs, they're going to be good, but that's just
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  Speaker 4: what's expected, so I don't think there's really value there.
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  Speaker 3: The Winter Classic is excellent. Avs and Mammoth at Utah.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 4: As long as it's not at Utah Valley. Yeah, I
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  Speaker 4: think I pretty much covered that division there. I mean,
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  Speaker 4: I don't really like any of these like bottom dwellers
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  Speaker 4: in this division. The Metro division has Carolina. plus 105.
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  Speaker 4: I don't think there's any value there either. I mean,
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  Speaker 4: they just won the Stanley Cup, so everybody's going to
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  Speaker 4: be high on them. But it was like a breakthrough
• 10:08
  Speaker 4: season for them where they had been losing, like, in
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  Speaker 4: the conference championship every year. And, yeah, they're going to
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  Speaker 4: be good again. They're a good team, really good defensively.
• 10:15
  Speaker 4: Their goaltending showed up big time in the playoffs. But
• 10:19
  Speaker 4: going into the playoffs, it was like they didn't even
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  Speaker 4: really know what they were going to do with their goaltending.
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  Speaker 4: And I think they wound up going with Anderson for
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  Speaker 4: most of it, right, who's kind of an old man now.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know, man. There's probably just.
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  Speaker 4: No value there, though. There's never any value betting the
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  Speaker 4: team that just won. Really, I don't think there's ever
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  Speaker 4: any value betting the team that just won the whole
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  Speaker 4: thing to win it again. I think the next two
• 10:40
  Speaker 4: teams are the interesting ones. Washington at plus 330 and
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  Speaker 4: the Devils at plus 750. which I believe neither of
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  Speaker 4: those teams made the playoffs last year, right? And if
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  Speaker 4: they did, they got bounced really early. So I think
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  Speaker 4: maybe the value lies with one of those two teams
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  Speaker 4: in this division. The Devils, I mean, they have Jack Hughes,
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  Speaker 4: I assume, still in whatever, and he was hurt for
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  Speaker 4: a while last year. Washington just seems to be like
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  Speaker 4: a totally under-the-radar team here, man. So maybe that's the
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  Speaker 4: way that I would look in this Metro division here.
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  Speaker 4: The Flyers played well and made the playoffs last year,
• 11:15
  Speaker 4: but they're at 11-1.
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  Speaker 3: Blue Jackets, 15-1. You know, I mean, I don't know.
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  Speaker 4: The Blue Jackets always just seem to be trying to
• 11:23
  Speaker 4: make one of those last playoff spots, and then if
• 11:25
  Speaker 4: they make the playoffs, they get bounced. Penguins made the
• 11:28
  Speaker 4: playoffs last year, but I really think they overperformed last year,
• 11:31
  Speaker 4: so I'm not high on them, really, at 16-1. And
• 11:34
  Speaker 4: then the very sad state of the Rangers, 25-1. Same
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  Speaker 4: as the Islanders in this division, although this division is
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  Speaker 4: kind of the tightest.
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  Speaker 3: As far as.
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  Speaker 4: The teams that are at the bottom of this division
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  Speaker 4: still have the best odds out of any division to
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  Speaker 4: win that particular division. But, you know, I mean, I'm
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  Speaker 4: not really looking at either of those bottom dwellers there.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, the Rangers you would think should bounce back
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  Speaker 4: at some point in some capacity, but the odds makers
• 12:01
  Speaker 4: don't seem to think so. Yeah, I mean, I don't
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  Speaker 4: know what else to say about it, man. Pacific Division,
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  Speaker 4: you got the Oilers at plus 160. I mean, they're
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  Speaker 4: always kind of there. Maybe they will be again. I mean,
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  Speaker 4: they went out a little bit earlier in the playoffs
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  Speaker 4: this year, so maybe they will have a little bit
• 12:19
  Speaker 4: of a bounce-back season here. I mean, they have all
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  Speaker 4: the scoring still.
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  Speaker 3: That's what they are.
• 12:25
  Speaker 4: You know, they're a scoring team. Their goaltending is usually
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  Speaker 4: a bit questionable. They made that goaltending trade with Pittsburgh
• 12:30
  Speaker 4: last year, which I actually think Edmonton won that trade,
• 12:34
  Speaker 4: getting rid of Skinner.
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  Speaker 3: I don't think he's that good. So, yeah, I mean,
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  Speaker 3: I think Edmonton will be there again. Vegas is plus 185.
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  Speaker 4: I think they're going to be a little bit overvalued, Vegas,
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  Speaker 4: even though I liked them in the playoffs last year.
• 12:47
  Speaker 4: I thought they were being overlooked, and I think I
• 12:49
  Speaker 4: got them correctly in my bracket making the finals, if
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  Speaker 4: I remember correctly. I wouldn't expect them to do that again, though,
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  Speaker 4: even though I think they're probably going to be a
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  Speaker 4: solid team again. Probably no value in taking them at
• 13:02
  Speaker 4: plus 185 to win this division. The Ducks are at
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  Speaker 4: plus 650. I don't know if any of that is
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  Speaker 4: kind of just bias from the fact that They made
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  Speaker 4: that nice little run in the playoffs last year. They're
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  Speaker 4: the team that beat Edmonton in the playoffs last year.
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  Speaker 4: So maybe they're a little bit overvalued. Even though you
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  Speaker 4: could make the argument they're kind of like a team
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  Speaker 4: on the rise a little bit too.
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  Speaker 3: But I don't know.
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  Speaker 4: I don't know if there's any value in them really.
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  Speaker 4: It's plus 650. Kings are at plus 750. The Kings,
• 13:29
  Speaker 4: maybe there's something there. I mean, it seems like they
• 13:31
  Speaker 4: always just kind of make the playoffs and then lose immediately. But,
• 13:35
  Speaker 4: you know, I mean, people tend to, I think, overlook
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  Speaker 4: them a little bit. And then, like I said, I
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  Speaker 4: do actually like the Sharks. at plus 850. They're considered
• 13:42
  Speaker 4: to be a contender to some extent, at least in
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  Speaker 4: this division this year, and maybe a team that might
• 13:49
  Speaker 4: make the playoffs. I mean, they're a really young team
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  Speaker 4: that is on the rise, so the Sharks are going
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  Speaker 4: to see continued improvement, I think.
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  Speaker 3: So we'll see. I think they may make the playoffs
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  Speaker 3: this year, at the very least.
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  Speaker 4: Then Calgary, Seattle, and Vancouver have the worst odds to
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  Speaker 4: win a division out of any of these teams.
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  Speaker 3: They're all at.
• 14:09
  Speaker 4: plus 10,000 or worse, which is really crazy. Uh, so yeah,
• 14:15
  Speaker 4: that that's, if I'm reading that right, is my stroke
• 14:18
  Speaker 4: brain like messing with me again?
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  Speaker 3: So they're all a hundred to one or worse. Is
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  Speaker 3: that really right? So those three.
• 14:24
  Speaker 4: Teams are supposed to be absolutely abysmal. Um, so, you know,
• 14:29
  Speaker 4: the teams in the Pacific division kind of get lucky.
• 14:31
  Speaker 4: They're facing some really bad teams there, although it might
• 14:34
  Speaker 4: also be because the teams at the top of that
• 14:36
  Speaker 4: division are just better, but I think those, Calgary, Seattle,
• 14:39
  Speaker 4: and Vancouver, they are expected to be some of the
• 14:42
  Speaker 4: worst teams.
• 14:43
  Speaker 3: In all of the NHL.
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  Speaker 4: As far as winning the conference is concerned, Carolina's got
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  Speaker 4: the best odds to win the East.
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  Speaker 3: Three to one, I mean, plus 300. I don't think
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  Speaker 3: I'd look that way.
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  Speaker 4: I think I'd look towards Florida again at plus 320. Again,
• 15:00
  Speaker 4: it's like a bounce back candidate after a bad season
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  Speaker 4: last year. You got the Lightning plus 600, Capitals plus 900.
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  Speaker 4: I think maybe the best Plays are Florida and Washington
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  Speaker 4: here because those are the teams that I believe they
• 15:12
  Speaker 4: both didn't even make the playoffs last year, if I'm
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  Speaker 4: not mistaken, and they're considered to be really strong teams.
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  Speaker 3: So, you know, I think those are the ways to
• 15:20
  Speaker 3: look in the Eastern Conference. And then, you know, Montreal
• 15:24
  Speaker 3: is 13-1. I mean, Devils 17-1. Buffalo, I'm not high
• 15:25
  Speaker 3: on 17-1. Maple Leafs 18-1. Then 20-1 for Ottawa.
• 15:34
  Speaker 4: And then it goes down from there, you know, 28-1
• 15:36
  Speaker 4: for Philly and so on. And the rest of the
• 15:38
  Speaker 4: teams were even worse than that. My Boston Bruins in horrible, horrible,
• 15:44
  Speaker 4: in a horrible state right now. And I don't mean Massachusetts,
• 15:47
  Speaker 4: but that too. Although I like some things about it.
• 15:50
  Speaker 4: I mean, I grew up here, so I'm, you know,
• 15:53
  Speaker 4: born into it. It's my place. Western Conference Colorado has
• 15:56
  Speaker 4: the best odds to win it at plus 320, but
• 15:58
  Speaker 4: we know that they never do. Ottawa plus 425, second
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  Speaker 4: best odds to win this. Maybe they do bounce back
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  Speaker 4: and win this division again, which would be boring as
• 16:09
  Speaker 4: hell if it was Florida and Edmonton yet again. But
• 16:12
  Speaker 4: there's a decent chance of that, at least out of
• 16:16
  Speaker 4: all the different possibilities. But, you know, hockey, weird things happen.
• 16:19
  Speaker 4: Vegas is plus 475. Not that high on them because
• 16:23
  Speaker 4: they did it last year. So plus 650 for Minnesota.
• 16:30
  Speaker 4: plus 700 for Dallas, plus 1,400 for Anaheim, plus 1,600 Utah,
• 16:34
  Speaker 4: plus 1,700 San Jose, plus 1,700 on L.A., and then
• 16:38
  Speaker 4: so on. If you really want to take just that
• 16:41
  Speaker 4: wild long shot with San Jose, but I don't think
• 16:44
  Speaker 4: they're going to win the conference. I think they might
• 16:47
  Speaker 4: make the playoffs and then get knocked out as a
• 16:50
  Speaker 4: team that– because I think there are different stepping stones
• 16:52
  Speaker 4: that typically you do have to kind of go through
• 16:55
  Speaker 4: and get that experience that does matter once you get
• 16:57
  Speaker 4: that far. I think in the Western Conference, either Edmonton
• 17:01
  Speaker 4: or Minnesota maybe are where the value lies here.
• 17:04
  Speaker 3: I know that's boring, but I think based on what
• 17:07
  Speaker 3: happened last year.
• 17:08
  Speaker 4: Maybe those are the teams that are getting a little
• 17:09
  Speaker 4: bit overlooked here, maybe a little bit more overlooked. Or Minnesota,
• 17:13
  Speaker 4: I mean, I know they keep making the playoffs, though,
• 17:15
  Speaker 4: so I don't know. I mean, again, Florida-Edmonton is just
• 17:19
  Speaker 4: fucking boring, but that might be where the value lies
• 17:23
  Speaker 4: because they're two good teams that had down years last
• 17:26
  Speaker 4: year to some extent.
• 17:27
  Speaker 3: Or Edmonton.
• 17:29
  Speaker 4: had a fine year, but they didn't do well in
• 17:31
  Speaker 4: the playoffs. Florida and Carolina are tied with the best
• 17:34
  Speaker 4: odds to win the Cup at plus 650, which, of.
• 17:36
  Speaker 3: Course, those aren't, you know, really good odds.
• 17:39
  Speaker 4: You know, it's similar to the NFL where it's just like,
• 17:42
  Speaker 4: you know, the Rams are like plus 500 or whatever.
• 17:44
  Speaker 3: Like, anything could happen here. Colorado's next. It's plus 700.
• 17:48
  Speaker 3: Edmonton plus 800. Vegas plus 850. Lightning plus 1,000.
• 17:50
  Speaker 4: Minnesota plus 1,300. Dallas plus 1,400. Washington plus 1,700.
• 17:58
  Speaker 3: And then so on.
• 17:59
  Speaker 4: I mean, Montreal plus 2,200, probably you're getting into really
• 18:03
  Speaker 4: unlikely circumstances at that point. The value to win the
• 18:07
  Speaker 4: whole thing might be with Florida again, man. I'm sorry,
• 18:10
  Speaker 4: but after a down year last year, them being expected
• 18:14
  Speaker 4: to be one of the best teams in the league still,
• 18:16
  Speaker 4: after they didn't even make the playoffs last year, there
• 18:18
  Speaker 4: might be some value in taking them. I don't think
• 18:21
  Speaker 4: there's going to be value in Carolina after they won
• 18:24
  Speaker 4: last year. Maybe not with Colorado either after they Had
• 18:27
  Speaker 4: a dominant regular season last year.
• 18:30
  Speaker 3: Edmonton, like I said, maybe with them.
• 18:32
  Speaker 4: Just because they bowed out of the playoffs in such
• 18:35
  Speaker 4: bad fashion last year. They're still going to be one
• 18:37
  Speaker 4: of the league's best offenses at the very least. Although,
• 18:40
  Speaker 4: I mean, I'm not saying Carolina and Colorado are bad.
• 18:43
  Speaker 4: I'm just talking about value. Obviously, those teams are expected
• 18:46
  Speaker 4: to be contenders, and so is Vegas. And then for
• 18:49
  Speaker 4: the real long shots... Maybe the Lightning, because they didn't
• 18:53
  Speaker 4: look good in the playoffs last year. They're a better
• 18:55
  Speaker 4: team than what they looked like there. Minnesota, I don't
• 18:59
  Speaker 4: know if the experience is quite there for them to
• 19:02
  Speaker 4: really take that leap there. Dallas, they've kind of been
• 19:05
  Speaker 4: in that position before at 14-1. They're interesting at the
• 19:10
  Speaker 4: very least. Washington, even though I think they're going to
• 19:13
  Speaker 4: be one of the strong teams in the conference, to
• 19:16
  Speaker 4: win the whole thing, not sure the experience is going
• 19:20
  Speaker 4: to be there. With them, although I might be talking
• 19:22
  Speaker 4: out of my ass because I don't know the personnel.
• 19:25
  Speaker 4: You know, Montreal had a good season last year, but
• 19:27
  Speaker 4: maybe they somewhat overperformed last.
• 19:29
  Speaker 3: Year, even though it looks like they're on the rise
• 19:31
  Speaker 3: a little bit there. So I don't know. Those would
• 19:33
  Speaker 3: be my thoughts on it.
• 19:35
  Speaker 4: I don't think I really have much else there, but
• 19:37
  Speaker 4: that's where I think kind of the value lies. Generally, Florida,
• 19:41
  Speaker 4: to bounce back, I think might have, you know, they
• 19:44
  Speaker 4: might be the value team this year just because the public,
• 19:49
  Speaker 4: they go based on what they saw last and we're
• 19:51
  Speaker 4: talking about a team that's considered to be one of
• 19:52
  Speaker 4: the best teams in the league if not the best
• 19:54
  Speaker 4: and they didn't even make the playoffs last year so
• 19:58
  Speaker 4: that would kind of be where I'd be looking as
• 20:00
  Speaker 4: far as like the value there and then you know
• 20:02
  Speaker 4: I gave you some of those other teams there I
• 20:05
  Speaker 4: think that's it it's a quick hitter man I told
• 20:07
  Speaker 4: you I don't know much about like the personnel here
• 20:10
  Speaker 4: for me it's Game by game, you know, based on
• 20:13
  Speaker 4: the schedule and whatever, that's.
• 20:15
  Speaker 3: Going to do it.
• 20:15
  Speaker 4: We better win this last fucking college game because I
• 20:19
  Speaker 4: am so fucking pissed about another really good first half
• 20:23
  Speaker 4: from a big underdog, and then they just get completely
• 20:26
  Speaker 4: manhandled in the second half. That looked like it was
• 20:27
  Speaker 4: going to be an absolute winner. Two weeks in a
• 20:30
  Speaker 4: row that fucking happened. UTEP last week, South Alabama this week.
• 20:33
  Speaker 4: I'm so fucking pissed. And it happened against, you know,
• 20:37
  Speaker 4: offenses that aren't very prolific either. I'm not happy about that.
• 20:41
  Speaker 4: We need to get this Utah State game right to
• 20:43
  Speaker 4: have a winning day today.
• 20:45
  Speaker 3: That's going to do it.
• 20:46
  Speaker 4: Dirty Sock, thank you for hanging out for a little
• 20:48
  Speaker 4: while here. I'll be back with the NFL show later tonight.
• 20:51
  Speaker 4: I like the NFL board this week, man. I'm considering
• 20:54
  Speaker 4: just going a little bit wild. I have two plays
• 20:57
  Speaker 4: that are definitive that are definitely going to be plays
• 20:59
  Speaker 4: in the NFL, and I have two other ones that
• 21:02
  Speaker 4: I'm very strongly considering, and I don't know how selective
• 21:05
  Speaker 4: I really feel like being here, so I might want
• 21:07
  Speaker 4: to give, it's, I'm either going to give out two
• 21:09
  Speaker 4: plays or four plays, probably, which sounds weird, but I
• 21:13
  Speaker 4: don't know, man, I just, I can't decide. I have
• 21:16
  Speaker 4: four that I like more than the rest, so, and
• 21:18
  Speaker 4: two that I like more than the other two as well,
• 21:21
  Speaker 4: so that's going to do it.
• 21:23
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• 21:33
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• 21:38
  Speaker 4: weird spike yesterday, or whatever, let's keep, let's have more spikes,
• 21:42
  Speaker 4: let's go, man, yeah, and I don't mean spiking the football,
• 21:48
  Speaker 4: I don't know, spiking the punch, I don't know, I
• 21:50
  Speaker 4: was trying to think of some joke to make, I
• 21:52
  Speaker 4: don't know, man, this isn't, I make jokes when I'm
• 21:56
  Speaker 4: in a tower gang setting with a bunch of dudes
• 21:58
  Speaker 4: around me, and then I can just start riffing.
• 22:00
  Speaker 3: I can't riff off of myself.
• 22:02
  Speaker 4: I don't know.
• 22:02
  Speaker 3: I can't do it. What else?
• 22:06
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• 22:21
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• 22:25
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• 22:30
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• 22:33
  Speaker 3: in a few hours, basically, I guess.
• 22:36
  Speaker 6: Peace.
• 22:40
  Speaker 5: If the dark starts talking, hand me the phone. Let
• 22:44
  Speaker 5: somebody answer. Let somebody know. You do not have.
• 22:50
  Speaker 6: To lose this round alone.
• 22:59
  Speaker 5: Hold on, not tonight, not now.
• 23:05
  Speaker 6: Hold on, hold.
• 23:09
  Speaker 3: On Let me pull.
• 23:12
  Speaker 6: You out That bad luck bites hard But it don't
• 23:20
  Speaker 6: get the crown Hold on, hold on Stay with me
• 23:27
  Speaker 6: now
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: Hold on, hold on You're still here now guitar solo