Latest / NY's Sports Loud Mouth (VIDEO) / The Florida Panthers have advanced to their THIRD straight Stanley Cup Final!

Transcript

The Florida Panthers have advanced to their THIRD straight Stanley Cup Final! · NY's Sports Loud Mouth (VIDEO)

0:00
It is the worldwide sports radio network, Radio network.
0:09
631-672-3108 is the number to call.
0:15
You're listening to Jabba and the Mouth.
0:19
I'm your host, Darryl Marx, my Co host Jabba Chamberlain and
0:23
Speedy PD Go to our website at www.worldwidesportsradio.com.
0:30
Check out all our shows throughout the week, including
0:32
Jabba in the Mouth every single Mondays and Thursdays at 7:30
0:37
PM. All you have to do to tune in
0:39
and check out our local listings for all our shows is go to our
0:42
website at www.worldwidesportsradio.com.
0:48
The Panther beat the Hurricanes 5 to 3 in Game 5 to win the
0:54
series and advance to their third consecutive Stanley Cup
0:58
finals. The Panthers were down to OH 208
1:02
ladies and gentlemen after the first period before scoring 5
1:06
unanswered goals, including the game winner by Carter Verhegi
1:11
with 739 remaining in the third period.
1:13
The Panthers have had 19 different players score a goal
1:18
this postseason, most in NHL history.
1:21
This is the sixth straight year a team from Florida has won the
1:26
Eastern Conference, with the Lightning making 3 Cups in a row
1:30
from 20 to 20 two and the Panthers making it for the last
1:34
three years in a row. The Panthers are the ninth team
1:38
in NHL history to make 3 consecutive Stanley Cup Finals
1:42
appearance in a row. The Panthers are betting
1:45
favorites at -128 if the they were to play the Stars, but the
1:51
Oilers are slight favorites at a - 1 O 4 over the Panthers.
1:57
If that match up happens, the Oilers will advance to the
2:00
Stanley Cup Finals if they beat the Stars in Game 5 tonight,
2:05
which they probably will, and if they don't, it will be Game 6.
2:08
The Oilers are playing unbelievable hockey.
2:12
And by the way. Up 3 Nothing on us.
2:14
Yeah, I mean by the way nobody would have thought that.
2:17
I mean Dallas has been the best all around team in the Western
2:20
Conference really all season long.
2:22
And the Oilers problem, it's been their real problem over the
2:27
last, I would say 10 years was their goaltending.
2:30
They have not had good goaltending.
2:32
And Skinner, I don't know what's going on with Skinner, but he's
2:35
finally figuring things out. And if he can do this, if they
2:38
can get out of this series and and go into that Panther series
2:41
and even plays half as well as he's done in this series, I
2:45
think they win the Stanley Cup. Connor McDavid is the best
2:48
player in the world. And I don't I don't think you
2:50
can argue that Dry Sidle is the second best player in the world.
2:54
They have one of the best offensive defensive players in
2:57
all of hockey as well. And they're getting goaltending
3:01
and by the way, the best young coach in the NHL.
3:03
I'm not surprised that they're moving.
3:06
They're going to move on. The Rangers probably shaking
3:08
their head because they could have hired Noblock and maybe
3:11
this is the Rangers going back-to-back finals.
3:15
Edmonton. This is the second time.
3:17
If they win last year, where were they?
3:20
They were in the finals, weren't they?
3:22
And now they're going to get a chance to play the Florida
3:24
Panthers once again and redeem themselves.
3:28
I and it was really because Skinner couldn't stop a lick
3:30
against the Florida Panthers in that series.
3:32
But I, I think the Oilers are, are special.
3:35
Connor McDavid, he's been really screaming for a championship, at
3:40
least winning his first. He's always going to be
3:43
considered one of the greatest players to not win a
3:46
championship if he doesn't do it.
3:48
I mean, you look at Sidney Crosby, Canadian player,
3:50
everybody thought he was the next Wayne Gretzky.
3:52
It took him a while, but once he won his first one, he won his
3:55
second one. And then you look at Sidney
3:57
Crosby. I don't know if you can compare
3:59
him to Mario Lemieux or Wayne Gretzky, but he's one of the
4:03
more electrifying Canadian players we've seen in the last
4:06
decade. And now you bring in a guy like
4:08
Connor McDavid, who a lot of people thought, not only with
4:12
the speed, the size, the ability that this guy has, the
4:15
electrifying ability, that this guy stick handling, defensive
4:20
prowess, hitting. I mean, this guy is one of the
4:23
most all around players we've seen come to the NHL in such a
4:28
long, long time and could go down as one of the greatest.
4:31
But he needs to win a championship.
4:32
He needs to win a chip to be considered.
4:34
Edmonton hasn't won a championship in over 30
4:38
something years, maybe even more than that.
4:41
A 40 something. Years.
4:42
Yeah, so it's been a long, long time since Edmonton's won.
4:46
The last time they won was with Paul Coffey, Mark Messier, Adam
4:50
Graves, those type of teams. But Wayne Gretzky, they haven't
4:54
won in a very, very long time. I, I will say this, if they make
5:00
the Stanley Cup finals, the only team that can beat Florida, the
5:03
way Connie McDavid is playing is, is the is the oil.
5:06
I don't think Dallas could beat them.
5:08
And even if Dallas comes back in the series and surprises and
5:10
shocks the world, they're going to beat them.
5:12
As far as the Panthers are concerned, they're the best all
5:16
around team. After they made that Marshan
5:19
trade when they brought Marshan in, when when Chuck got hurt and
5:23
they worked, they worked this contract thing in the salary cap
5:28
thing, like the Lightning has done year in and year out for
5:31
the for the years that they were champions.
5:33
You knew the Florida Panthers were one of the favorites are
5:37
going to the finals and possibly winning it again.
5:39
And with Bob Rodsky playing the way he has every single playoff
5:43
run and and the ability that they have defensively.
5:46
I I just think all around the Florida Panthers are the most
5:51
talented team in hockey. They've been that.
5:53
And, and I've, I'll say this again, who would have thought
5:56
that the two best franchises in, in the last 10 years would come
6:01
from Florida? Just think about it.
6:03
The two best franchises that have won and been consistent
6:07
were from Tampa Bay area and the Florida area.
6:11
It's an amazing story. I'm, I'm so excited.
6:14
And it's great for Florida because it brings in more, more
6:17
hockey fans to come and watch hockey.
6:19
And it, it drives, it drives jersey sales.
6:22
It drives all the different sales in and and sponsorships
6:25
that Florida has gained ever since that Florida has been the
6:29
the mark of where you want to play when it comes to the NHL.
6:32
Congratulations to the Florida Panthers, very well deserved.
6:36
And Matthew Kachuk, who's one of the meanest and biggest, you
6:40
know, supporters of, I guess 2 dimensional big mouth hockey has
6:46
really been the standstill for United States hockey.
6:49
And it's been the spokesman of United States hockey over the
6:52
last two years. So I, I like Matthew Kuchuk just
6:55
because he speaks highly of you, US Hockey, USA Hockey and and
7:00
Matthew Kuchuk and the Kuchuk brothers have been the present
7:03
thought of what you want a USA, USA Hockey player to be over the
7:09
last couple of years. So it's it's a great story and
7:12
hopefully we can see Florida win back-to-back championships.
7:15
Yeah, Matthew Kachuk is another guy that I think it really has
7:17
been a culture changer when it comes to that team because that
7:19
team was talented for a while. They were lacking some
7:21
goaltending, but they had a lot of talent on their rostingness.
7:25
But yeah, they didn't have that toughness.
7:26
I remember the first time we had our friend Alan Poopar on the
7:30
show. You and him got into a heated
7:31
argument about that trade with. The I was wrong about that by
7:34
the way. I was thinking the same way as
7:35
you because I also I also liked the defenseman they traded to
7:38
him drunk a blank on his name offhand Wigger McKenzie Wigger
7:43
and Hoober dough and like what are they doing?
7:45
But could Chuck it fits that style of hockey that they wanted
7:48
to create over there. They brought in Sam Bennett,
7:50
they Sam Reinhart. Those are all these guys that
7:52
really changed their style of game to add to what Florida was
7:55
doing and they built a model that I really don't think any
7:58
team have been able to duplicate because of the versatility that
8:01
they have. They have centers that could
8:02
play wing. They have bigger wingers that
8:04
could transition in the face off circle.
8:05
They can do so many different things now.
8:07
On paper they're not overly the deepest defense, but they have
8:09
defenseman that contribute. Nico Mikola playing very well
8:12
after he was let go by the Rangers.
8:14
This You were talking about Lister Ryan too?
8:16
But I don't I don't think you guys realize how important Brad
8:19
Marshawn, what has been since they made that move.
8:22
He adds another style of toughness to this team.
8:25
He gives you a different look on another line where they can kind
8:29
of switch it around and give you that that toughness could Chuck
8:32
is 1 player. Now you have another guy that's
8:34
a a pain in the ass like a flea. When he's out there, he's going
8:38
to if you turn your back, he's going to chop your legs.
8:41
If you go to the right, he's going to hit you.
8:42
He's going to hit you on the left.
8:44
He is one of those guys that he just, he's like a, he's like a
8:47
Nat that doesn't go away. And that's just like Matthew
8:50
could Chuck and you add that kind of dimension to the, your
8:53
team and now you have a healthy Matthew could Chuck and a
8:56
healthy team. I mean, when you look at the
8:59
paper, when you look at the Oilers or even Dallas, how do
9:03
you match up against a team where they have 4 lines that and
9:06
their fourth line could be another team's second best line.
9:10
That's how good it is. And it, it's scary.
9:12
And by the way, the Florida Panthers are going to be this
9:15
good next year, too. And they've got a great farm
9:18
system, one of the best in the NHL, one of the top five farm
9:21
systems in all of hockey. And they've been able to keep a
9:24
lot of their players too, when everyone thought Sam Bennett was
9:26
going to go seek more money and free agency.
9:28
And they kept, they kept Ekblad, they paid a lot of their other
9:31
key pieces. And that was overcoming the
9:33
Babrovsky contract for a while. Looks terrible on paper because
9:37
it was $10 million contracts. You kept getting hurt.
9:40
They they had the kid night. That was a first round pick that
9:42
they were supposed to develop. Ram Jam.
9:44
He manipulated it to perfection to get these players of good
9:47
value and now they want to buy in, They want these key players
9:50
to stay there. And Marsha is another one that I
9:51
think can be like that too. Even though he's lost a little
9:53
bit of speed getting older, he's still very, very tough on the
9:57
defensive side of the puck for a physical winger.
9:59
And it allows somebody like Anton Lundell, somebody like
10:01
Carter Verhegy. To play a game.
10:04
That they can do so they have a lot of versatility options and
10:06
it'll be interesting to see how Edmonton tries to counter that
10:09
kind of thing now. They've had good depth scoring
10:10
in the last two years in the playoffs.
10:11
That's why a big reason they finally got to the Cup after
10:14
they they kept choking in the playoffs because they kept
10:16
relying on the same two guys all the time.
10:18
Now they it'll be interesting to see now Zach Hyman is hurt.
10:20
Now can clean themselves. He was one of their key
10:23
contributors. Will they be able to make up
10:25
that production with with Nugent, Hopkins and other guys
10:27
like that? That's going to be a big key.
10:28
The two and three lines against Florida because Florida doesn't
10:31
have to play the same first line or the same second line all the
10:34
time. They can rotate all these
10:35
different guys and that's what Edmondson and Chris Nablock will
10:38
have to adjust to. That being said, it's hard to
10:39
repeat and it's hard, but sometimes you see it in
10:41
back-to-back matchups. Edmonton playing the same twice
10:45
in a row, We saw it with the Eagles and Chiefs.
10:47
The Chiefs won the first time, the Eagles won the second time.
10:49
The NBA, when the class and Warriors faced off sometimes,
10:51
that usually goes in Edmonton's flavor, but they're going to do
10:53
a lot of different things if they want to beat Florida this
10:55
time. You said Marshan before and they
10:59
don't get Marshan if Chuck doesn't get injured and they
11:02
don't put him on that long term IL or IR or whatever it's
11:06
called. The cap circumvention.
11:08
To go around the cap and be able to add a player of his caliber
11:13
to the roster and then when the playoffs surround, cap doesn't
11:15
matter and everybody can play, I guess is the way that this it
11:20
works right now in the NHL. I don't know why that's how it
11:24
works. The Lightning were the first to
11:26
go, circumvented with Kucherov and they won the the Cup and it
11:29
looks like the for the Panthers are going to do this.
11:32
When, when the when the new CBA comes out, which I think is in
11:35
another two years, you're going to see that change.
11:37
There's no way the NHL is going to allow this.
11:39
This is. Such a stack team though dude
11:42
like what a stacked roster you know?
11:44
Not to mention Kachuk is probably, you know, the best,
11:47
maybe the for the modern day like the best power.
11:50
He's not even their best player. He really?
11:52
Is well, I'm just saying like as a power forward, you know, like
11:54
the the way that's you would his father is.
11:57
Exactly what his father was. His father.
11:59
But you know, obviously not exactly the same.
12:01
The game is different back then, but what a player.
12:04
My God, every time the puck goes down into the corner, you know
12:07
he's getting out of the pile with it or he's making the right
12:10
pass out of the pile. Or he's beating your head into
12:12
the glass. That's what he's going to do.
12:14
Because yeah, he'll find a way to, but he's not just going to
12:18
beat your beat you like that. He's going to then play the puck
12:21
perfectly, which is crazy that he's able to do that and he's
12:24
playing at such a high level. Got to give Sebastian Aho a
12:27
shout out on the Hurricanes. That guy, two goals in the game
12:31
the other day, every time the Rangers play them, he's the guy.
12:34
He's never going to win with them.
12:36
He's never going to. Win with them.
12:37
You're probably right, but that guy is if he gets, if he's going
12:41
to be up for someone to trade for it, like throw everything at
12:45
him. I think he's the most underrated
12:46
guy in the league. He's a good player.
12:48
Here's the problem. Carolina gave Rob Brindamore an
12:51
extension in the offseason last year, and Rob Brindamore has not
12:55
taken at home since he's taken over for that team.
12:58
He's never taken a championship home and, and, and it's a it's a
13:01
problem. I it's didn't.
13:03
He won, He won one. Right.
13:05
Rob Brandenmore won as a player. Never.
13:06
That's what I'm saying. But he's never won as a coach.
13:09
And Carolina's been to the finals, but they can never go
13:11
over the hump. And here's another thing that
13:13
Carolina Hurricanes need to figure out their goaltending
13:16
problem again, you're going to go into an offseason where they
13:19
may be the Islanders. They have a new owner.
13:22
I mean, they have not a new owner.
13:23
They have a new GMA, new VP, and they're going to have a new
13:26
president. Maybe you reach out to them.
13:29
They got Volomo off over there and maybe you're you're trying
13:32
to make a move and maybe trade away another, a chip or
13:35
something, a defensive player, you know, a decent player over
13:38
there to get yourself a goaltender.
13:40
That's going to get you over the hump.
13:41
You got a tremendous amount of defense over there.
13:44
Maybe you're willing to trade one of your better defenders.
13:46
They get a a great goalie. Goalies don't grow on trees.
13:49
The Islanders have two of them. They're not training Sorokin.
13:51
So if you can get a chance to get him well, then you're in a
13:54
good position. Well, Florida's defense isn't
13:57
shaky either. My goodness, Ekblad Forsling and
14:01
Seth Jones, what a what a threesome like those guys would
14:05
be. That's a pretty funny way to say
14:07
that. I'm sure that's going to be a
14:08
drop now, but I'll tell you, they're all #1 defenseman on a
14:12
different team and. That was one of those dealt with
14:14
Seth Jones, so. They would be all #1 defenseman.
14:19
Oh my goodness, they are so good throughout the lineup.
14:23
Reinhart and Bennett Martian, throw him in.
14:27
Why not? You know you, you love pretty
14:28
strong down, don't you? Don't you love fair?
14:30
She's always calm and collector, Reinhard.
14:34
And it's the opposite of the MSG people.
14:36
They love screaming. Reinhart, like, give me and stop
14:39
with the Rangers. The Rangers are not doing
14:41
anything in the offseason. They have no money because they
14:43
overpaid their goaltender. And I know Ranger fans say, oh,
14:46
maybe we reach out to Carolina and we'll trade this guy and
14:49
that guy and get that guy. It's not going to happen.
14:51
Ranger fans, stop it. Chris Jury, as long as he's
14:53
running that team and that organization, they're going to
14:56
fail, fail, fail. Why?
14:57
Because they brought Sullivan over there, O'Sullivan over
15:00
there, whatever his freaking name is.
15:02
Mike Sullivan, he's busy this offseason.
15:03
He's got. What is he going to do?
15:05
What is he going to do? He's going to blow it up.
15:09
Good luck. He's gonna.
15:10
I think he's gonna blow it up With what kind of money?
15:13
He's gonna get rid of. It he has no trade clauses for
15:16
Zibitejad so good luck on that. Cried already.
15:20
Cried already says he only wants to go to now.
15:22
I think it was 8 different teams.
15:24
So good luck on trying to get rid of that contract that they
15:26
just signed what, two years ago? He still has about three more
15:29
years on that contract. They have Panarin.
15:32
I know Ranger fans love him but the guy doesn't show up in the
15:35
big games in the playoffs. He has a no trade clause.
15:37
Good luck on trying to get rid of his 11,000,000 they have.
15:40
Are you kidding? Every people would line up to
15:42
take? Really.
15:43
So Panarin. 'S one of the top.
15:44
You have to. Pay him too when he doesn't show
15:46
up in the playoffs. Look, he pays it makes a lot of
15:49
money, but he's still an elite, elite offensive player.
15:52
I don't know if I if I'm in. The down here he was elite.
15:55
I, I take a step back if I were the Rangers and ride or die this
15:59
coming year with the, the coach and see what you have, That's
16:03
what I would. And I bring up your young
16:04
players. Let Mike Sullivan coach the
16:07
young players. He's good at that.
16:09
They've got 2, you know, trip chips, 2 offensive chips they
16:13
have in their farm system. Why don't you see what you can
16:15
get out of them and maybe one of them you can move and get
16:19
yourself A star player because the Rangers, they really don't
16:22
have what you think they have. But I'll tell you who does have
16:25
a lot. That's a Florida Panthers.
16:26
The Florida Panthers in the offseason, they could lose Brad
16:30
Marshall, which they probably will because they can't pay him.
16:33
They're going to. They might lose another one or
16:34
two players. It doesn't really matter because
16:36
they have a top five farm system.
16:38
They've got a tremendous amount of offensive players.
16:41
They have two, yes, two of the top 20 prospects in all of the
16:45
NHL that are going to be called up in the next couple of years.
16:48
They don't really have anything to worry about.
16:50
Could Chuck's under contract? They have enough and by
16:53
Brodsky's the only one that you have to worry about because
16:55
Barbotsky is 38 years old. How many years do you think you
16:59
have left with him? Do you do you trade for he?
17:02
That's another team that has a lot to to trade away.
17:05
Maybe you reach out to the Islanders and get go after the
17:08
Islanders have a trade ship. And if you're an Islander fan,
17:10
you should be excited. I I think you have Darsh who
17:13
sees the team for what it is. He got some young goaltenders
17:17
that haven't be called up because you have a llama off.
17:19
And by the way, Lou Lamarello gives him a three-year
17:21
extension, which made no sense. It's a affordable contract.
17:25
Make the move, trade him and get something good back for him.
17:29
Goaltender don't Goaltenders do not grow on trees, and if you're
17:33
an Islander fan, that's what you would want if you expect to be a
17:37
contender in the next three years, The.
17:39
Panthers have a bunch of cycling goal tenders across the league
17:41
too. They easily get one of them
17:43
back, Alex Lyons. That's the rimer.
17:46
They're all floating around somewhere.
17:49
I love the Rangers. I can't help it.
17:50
I figured nothing that's going to change that and I think of
17:53
hockey through how it impacts my Ranger fandom.
17:57
It's just how it is. I can't help it.
17:59
But I know those teams kill the Rangers.
18:01
I know Aho. If I had a chance to trade for
18:03
him, I would go get that guy. That guy kills the Rangers.
18:06
He's like the modern day guy. I'm most afraid of that.
18:09
Nobody's like most people if you don't really follow.
18:12
You know how you get Aho? You trade Panarin.
18:15
That's what you're going to have to do.
18:16
That's what you're gonna have to do.
18:18
Or Panera. Wanna play there?
18:20
Though there's obviously money discrepancy there that would
18:23
have to be figured out, but I don't know exactly what you do.
18:26
The Rangers need defense in the worst way.
18:30
I mean, it's just Starkin's great, but you got to at least
18:33
have some kind of semblance of a system.
18:35
And you know that Sullivan's going to build it the right way.
18:38
It's just going to take a little bit.
18:40
And I wonder if Drury and Sullivan get on the same page
18:44
and try to do this rebuild together or Drury's just going
18:46
to do what it seemed like he did this season is just go rogue,
18:50
piss off the entire locker room and, you know, alien.
18:53
How do we get into the Rangers when we're talking about the
18:56
Western and Eastern Conference finals?
18:58
Who cares about the Rangers you have?
19:00
Chris Drury, Good luck. There's Rangers.
19:02
There's a reason. There's a reason because none of
19:04
this would have mattered if they didn't, if they just promoted
19:08
Nah Block to be their head coach.
19:10
And look at what he's doing now. You're absolutely right.
19:12
You said at the beginning. Of the best young coach in the
19:13
NHL and he's going to be the the youngest coach to win a Stanley
19:17
Cup, I think. How old is Nah Block?
19:18
I think he's like 3030. 9 I want to say.
19:21
He might be. Laviolette was the youngest
19:24
coach, I think, to win. I'm not sure.
19:25
I bet he can throw it better the first base than Chuck Noblock
19:28
too. That guy could do.
19:29
It who was the youngest, That's a good.
19:31
Question. He's a little older, 46.
19:32
He's 46. Who's the youngest coach to win
19:34
a Stanley Cup? That's what I want to know.
19:36
The youngest coach to win a Stanley Cup.
19:38
That that's an interesting question.
19:40
I didn't think Noblock was 40. 6 The youngest one was 1996 with
19:44
the Colorado Avalanche. Mark Crawford, 33 years old.
19:47
I remember Mark Crawford and he he coached after Colorado a
19:50
couple of teams and and failed. He had the ugliest hair by the
19:53
way, he always wear the slick hair back.
19:56
He looked like Italian and Italian, but he he had that Gray
19:58
hair on the side like he he didn't dye the side of his head.
20:02
So he would have like black, straight slicked hair and then
20:06
he had Gray like complete Gray hair on the side.
20:08
It didn't make any sense. But Mark, I remember Mark
20:10
Crawford so but again, I I think that if you're.
20:16
If you're a Oiler fan, you want to see the Oilers get back there
20:19
and maybe get redemption against the Florida Panthers.
20:21
And why not? I mean, the only, the only thing
20:25
I think Florida has had problems with over the last couple of
20:28
years is against power forwards, guys like Connor McDavid, guys
20:33
that cause complete mismatches. And their defense has been good.
20:36
Florida's defense has been good. And by the way, I, I, if Skinner
20:40
could do what he's doing against the Dallas Stars, there is no
20:44
way as good as Florida is, you know, Connor McDavid and Dry
20:48
Sidle are going to get their slicks and if they get their
20:49
slicks, they're going to put goals in the net as good as Bob
20:53
Rodski is. So it's, it'll be a great series
20:57
no matter what happens. Dallas and Florida Oilers and
21:00
Florida will be a good much better than it was last year
21:03
because Florida absolutely demolished Edmonton.
21:06
That will not happen this year, not with Knobloch with his
21:09
second year, his second year at the helm as the head coach of
21:14
the Edmonton Oilers and actually knows his P's and Q.
21:17
So he understands what to do, especially at times against the
21:22
Florida Panthers where you can have to or you're going to need
21:26
to have to figure out their strengths to their weaknesses.
21:29
And and Florida has been so fun, so fun to watch throughout the
21:32
playoffs. So I I and how they have no
21:34
weaknesses. That's the problem.
21:36
Certainly got his work cut out for him, you know, yes, he's one
21:39
of the best. That's very it's going to be a
21:40
great cup. I look, it's still not over.
21:43
The stars can have a miraculous. Smack him baby, smack him if he
21:47
trims or not. Down and they're down.
21:49
Two goals right now, but hey, it's dildos like the Oilers.
21:54
My dog wants your Pussycat. Quite, quite a match up boys and
21:58
I'm sure we'll have plenty of time talking about.
22:00
It pound me. It's old. # me out, like
22:03
somebody's got to pound them out.
22:04
Speed. You're going to pound them out,
22:05
Not me. Somebody's got to watch Nathan
22:08
as Nathan bends over and cracks a smile.
22:11
If he could pound out whatever hot lady he sees.
22:13
By the way, this is the first time I can honestly say that the
22:16
Knicks had an 11 point lead. I mean, I know mine is a little
22:19
slower than everybody else's because we're on a streamer, but
22:23
this is the first time I actually seen the Knicks have a
22:25
10. They already blew it.
22:27
What? What's the score right now?
22:28
They they they already gave it, gave up four points to that
22:31
lead. So what's what's the score?
22:33
Four points, they're up. 7 they're up 7UP.
22:36
Wrong pass Jalen. Ladies and gentlemen are douche
22:40
of the day. The douche of the day.
22:43
You log, not a log. I don't have a log but.
22:54
All right, ladies and gentlemen, and I've been putting this team
22:57
in this organization. Really, I've been throwing them
23:00
out there for the last couple of weeks.
23:02
My douche of the day goes to the Pittsburgh Steelers again.
23:07
They're in the tabloids again. The Miami Dolphin Dolphins have
23:11
engaged in trade discussions with the Pittsburgh Steelers
23:15
involving tight end Janu Smith. Smith expressed interest to the
23:20
Dolphins in reworking A2 year deal who who wanted to sign him
23:25
last offseason, which would pay him $4.8 million in 2025,
23:31
sources say. And Scheffner says Miss Smith
23:34
was not present in at the Miami's voluntary OTA practices
23:39
this past week. Well, here's here's why I think
23:42
it's such a douche of the day. How and why would you trade for
23:47
a guy like Jonnu Smith when you don't even have a quarterback?
23:50
Why? I mean, you don't even have
23:52
Aaron Rodgers. Aaron Rodgers has not even
23:55
signed a contract. He has not even given you
23:57
straight answers that he's coming back.
24:00
The thought is he is going to play this year.
24:02
He hasn't showed up to voluntary OTAs.
24:05
He has. He's probably not going to show
24:07
up until the beginning of the real OTAs.
24:11
And this has been an absolutely embarrassed embarrassment.
24:14
This is New York Jet. Like, why would you put your
24:18
organization, your head coach and his name on the line when
24:23
you have seen Aaron Rodgers rune organizations over the last two
24:27
years? It didn't help with the Green
24:28
Bay Packers and it surely hasn't helped with the New York Jets.
24:32
At the tail end of his his illustrious 2 years with the New
24:35
York Jets, it's been an absolute joke.
24:38
And now you're gonna make a trade to bring in Jonnu Smith
24:42
when you don't even know who your quarterback is.
24:44
You're bringing DK Metcalf when you don't even know who your
24:47
quarterback is. None of it makes sense.
24:49
And I don't want to hear that Aaron Rodgers and DK Metcalf are
24:53
throwing the balls or actually playing catch over there in
24:57
California. It's in an absolute
25:00
embarrassment. If you know he's coming, just
25:03
say you're coming. Stop beating around the Bush.
25:06
It doesn't help your organization when your
25:09
quarterback or lack of quarterback is Mason Rudolph and
25:14
you're going to make a move for Jonnu Smith.
25:17
So my douche of the day goes once again to the Pittsburgh
25:22
Steelers. Oh, right.
25:24
Ladies and gentlemen, we call this segment.
25:27
Let's parlay. Parlay.
25:41
Oh, I know you're upset, Reno. Johnny, there's a lot to be
25:45
upset for you. I mean, your Baltimore Orioles
25:48
are absolutely rubbish, crap, terrible garbage, as I
25:54
predicted, by the way. So I they have no pitching, as
25:59
we said, they they decided to part ways with Corbin Burns.
26:03
Now, Corbin Burns was not 100% healthy all season last year,
26:07
but losing a pitcher in your rotation that good, it
26:10
definitely effects you. And they're not getting timely
26:13
hitting from their superstar players.
26:15
This has been a problem for the Orioles for for very long, long
26:19
time. The the Orioles haven't been a
26:21
dominant force since the Buck Showalter time with Machado and
26:26
and obviously Davis when he was actually decent before he got
26:29
his money, Adam Jones. So they've been like up and
26:32
down. This is an organization that
26:34
can't keep their players healthy.
26:36
And when they when they are healthy, they're not producing.
26:39
I don't know what's going on with them so.
26:41
So, listeners, this is a pure, pure case of deflection.
26:46
As a Knicks fan, I would also deflect.
26:49
It's been a terrible series from Pretty Boy Cat.
26:53
It's been a terrible series from every role player.
26:57
They're going to lose in six. Give me the Pacers, we'll give
27:02
you all one. You gave one your Game 5, we'll
27:04
give you Game 5. But I would deflect 2 if I was a
27:07
Knicks fan. Haven't been to the ship in 25.
27:10
This is a guy, ladies and gentlemen.
27:13
This is a guy, ladies and gentlemen, that doesn't watch
27:17
basketball games and he makes. Bets give.
27:20
Me a break what if we get out of here in.
27:25
A serious in a serious I hear a lot of of people.
27:29
I think I think a famous at arrow marks 34 on X this
27:35
earlier. OK, you said something of the
27:38
likes that the NBA must hate that it's going to be pace like
27:43
Pacers versus Thunder. I don't think outside of the
27:46
market. You can't argue the market that
27:49
the Knicks bring. There's no question right.
27:52
But outside of that, this roster makeup, I don't believe it's
27:58
filled with those superstars you'd expect in a big market to
28:03
like. You have to watch Cat versus
28:06
Brunsley and Brunson. It's not that.
28:08
Like, I honestly think Cat and Brunson really aren't that much
28:12
better than seeing Steve Urkel, Tyrese Halliburton, all right,
28:18
And Pascal Siakam. Now you've lost.
28:22
You've lost all your credibility, you lost all Pascal
28:25
Siakam. Are you, are you trying to sell
28:28
that to anybody watching the finals?
28:30
I'm not saying Siakam, I don't think Cat is either.
28:35
I don't. But I'm like, it's a big market,
28:37
but it's not like the Knicks would like have these soup,
28:39
massive superstars and media drawing players.
28:43
Oh, hold on this. So Jalen.
28:45
So Jalen Bronson isn't a top three-point guard in the NBA
28:48
right now. I he might be, but that's not
28:52
that doesn't mean you're marketable.
28:53
How about this? Hold on, hold on, Carl Anthony.
28:56
Carl Anthony Towns is in a top five center in the league right
28:59
now. I would I don't think they have.
29:02
He is maybe he is maybe maybe, but he's not marketable.
29:06
It's it's. Define marketable?
29:08
I want to hear. Give me something to find.
29:10
Do you think Giannis is marketable?
29:12
Big. Do you think Giannis is
29:14
marketable? I think the team's not great,
29:16
but marketable. How many big men in the NBA?
29:19
My question is hold on my my score, LeBron.
29:22
Wendy. Stop webbing, Yama.
29:26
This guy, how is he marketable? The guy has blood clots.
29:30
He might not even be back next year.
29:32
This guy's been in the league. The guy's been.
29:34
The guy's been in the league for two years.
29:37
Two years. How is he marketable?
29:39
We don't even know what he can do.
29:41
He's it's international allure. He's a freak.
29:45
He looks like an alien. He is marketable.
29:47
You can't tell me that having a series with the Knicks is going
29:51
to cost the NBA that much money. So you don't have, you don't
29:54
have Ben Stiller and Spike Lee butt fucking each other on the
29:58
on the sidelines. And that's what's going to cost
29:59
you is. That is that what you think it
30:01
is? I I honestly think it's we have
30:04
to have the star power that it's the celebs that go to the game.
30:07
That I disagree with. Our power.
30:09
I disagree. I just don't think I will.
30:11
I I just don't think this Knicks team is as marketable as the 99
30:16
X or when they made the. Oh, really?
30:18
Oh, really? OK, so tell me what you're
30:20
marketing. John Starks, the bricklayer
30:22
himself? Charles Smith, you would Charles
30:25
Oakley, who's my favorite player, but by the way was a
30:28
journeyman from the Chicago Bulls.
30:31
Give me a break. Anthony Mason, who was drafted
30:33
by the Knicks 3-3 years before 94.
30:36
Now don't try to tell me about the Knicks.
30:38
I'm a Knicks fan. Don't tell me the 90s Knicks are
30:42
more marketable than this Knick team.
30:45
And I'm I'll, I'll agree with you.
30:47
I don't think the Knicks are winning this series and I'll be
30:49
I, I'm going to tell you this. I won't be surprised if the
30:52
Knicks win Game 6 and losing Game 7 because it's typical New
30:55
York Knick fashion. I've said this over and.
30:58
Over and over again. I do I don't think I.
31:00
Am I. Am I?
31:03
Am I? I think, I think to be honest
31:06
and I kind of, and I did not, I will be honest, I did not have
31:11
the Pacers beating the Cavs. I didn't see that coming.
31:15
But I actually thought the Knicks matched a better versus
31:18
Cleveland than they do versus the Pacers.
31:20
I don't think they have enough bodies to what the Pacers bring.
31:25
It's just a bad matchup. They play at a very fast pace,
31:29
which is completely not what the Knicks want to do.
31:32
It's a bad matchup. I think the Pacers winning Game
31:35
6 all right. If they do not, I don't see them
31:37
winning the series. I think the Knicks will come
31:39
back to win this. Alright, give us give us your
31:41
number three if you're you're, you're #2 #3 and #4.
31:45
Well, it's going to be my question is this when is the NHL
31:50
playoffs? Is not this is going to be a
31:55
plan that's not going to cash for a couple weeks.
31:58
I think the Ms. Oilers are going to win the Cup.
32:00
I think the Ms. Oilers are the best team.
32:02
I've kind of been riding them all playoffs long.
32:06
I thought they, I think Skinner is not really their X Factor.
32:10
It's their offense. They have some of the fat.
32:11
They have the fastest skater in the NHL.
32:14
They have a couple of the fastest top five skaters in the
32:17
NHL. They have two of the best
32:18
offensive players in the NHL. They got their best defensive
32:21
player back at home today. They got Perry back today.
32:26
This is a team that's really, really good.
32:28
And no matter how their goalie and their defense struggle at
32:30
times, their offensive pressure is so much to deal with.
32:36
I like Sergei Big Bob Nabrovsky, I think he's one of the best
32:40
goalkeeper, probably top 2 in my opinion in the NHL over the last
32:43
two or three seasons. I think the offensive firepower
32:47
of Edmonton is going to be too much to contend over A7 game
32:50
series. I think Edmonton wins this
32:52
series and they are the better team though the more complete
32:55
team. And I'm not really a big fan of
32:58
what the the Florida Panthers bring offensively.
33:01
I think in my opinion is the speed, physicality of Edmonton's
33:05
to win this series. So the series probably starts
33:09
not till next weekend, I think because this is both series
33:12
ended in four. So I think it.
33:15
What are you? What are you what what are your
33:18
interests when it comes to wagering?
33:20
Because I like to bet you on this.
33:22
What do you want to wager? I think Edmonton.
33:24
What do you mean? What am I?
33:25
What am I? You have Edmonton, I'll have
33:27
Florida. What I do think, I do think that
33:34
then I'm going to go to basketball.
33:36
The spread probably just dropped again.
33:38
I think I've been pretty open. I've been pretty high on.
33:43
Look at Indiana -3 1/2. I'm actually going to do it a
33:46
different way. I'm going to take their team
33:48
total over. Outside of tonight.
33:50
They've covered the team total over all but three games in the
33:53
NF. In their NBA playoffs.
33:55
They play at a really fast pace. Back at home, they scored.
33:58
At one point they were had 34 points.
34:01
With three minutes to go in the first half, they scored 40
34:04
something points or last home game in the first quarter.
34:07
I think when they get home, I think it's going to be a really
34:10
fast up tempo pace. Tyrese didn't have a good game
34:14
expects nots back. I don't like the point.
34:16
I think this could be a possession game.
34:19
I not I don't even I think the Knicks might would make could
34:22
win this game. I think the Pacers catch their
34:25
team told us about 111 and a half, 112.
34:28
They've hit this and all the three of the NBA playoff games
34:31
they've hit this I think all but three times over the last six
34:34
weeks when you look back into the regular season.
34:37
So this is a team that will score points, win or lose, cover
34:40
or not cover, they'll score their points.
34:42
I'm going to take them on Saturday, right Friday, on
34:45
Saturday to cover their team total.
34:49
And then we have the Edmonton series and then I'm only going
34:51
to give you one more play because it's all I got to,
34:55
that's all I got this week. It's we got baseball.
34:57
Baseball lines are hard to come by two or three days in advance
35:01
that you have to really have the next day.
35:03
And some of the lines aren't even up yet that I'm looking at.
35:06
So the next game I'm going to take is going to be VMC real
35:11
quick. Yeah, we're going to take the
35:13
Washington Nationals. A big line at plus 180 against
35:17
Diamondbacks. I think the pitching matchup
35:19
actually doesn't favor the Diamondbacks as you think it
35:22
would with Mel Kelly on the hill.
35:24
It's just way too much to to to lay.
35:28
I will say that Washington Nationals have been a team I'd
35:31
like to be on because you're getting a lot of value on them,
35:35
but I feel like every time I'm on them they play like the
35:37
Nationals of what you expect and when I don't play them they play
35:41
like the World Series. Nationals really hit or miss.
35:43
But at this value plus 180, I'll go in and throw a little shekel
35:47
on there. But those are my 3 plays for the
35:49
week and I'm only going to be able to catch 2 by next week
35:52
because NHL series will be just starting.
35:55
All right, you know, Johnny, we love you man, but we definitely
35:58
got to put a put a little wager on it.
36:01
I got Florida and. You think Florida's going to
36:03
win? I do I'm going I'm going with
36:09
the best goalie in this series and I I like Brad Marshant, I
36:14
like Matthew Kachuk, who's healthy and I think they're a
36:16
gritty team and I think they're the better all around team.
36:19
Now. I do like obviously Connor
36:21
McDavid and and dry Saddle. They're sensational players.
36:24
I think they're the two best players in the league, but
36:27
having the two best players in the league, you, you look at
36:30
what Florida is bringing to the table.
36:32
This is a championship team. They've been there back-to-back
36:35
to back years and they've won one title.
36:38
I expect it went they'll they will be the first team to win
36:41
back-to-back titles since Chicago.
36:45
I'm sorry. No, no, no, It wasn't the light.
36:47
It was a lightning. It was a Lightning.
36:48
Yeah. And then before that.
36:49
Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh.
36:50
Pittsburgh, Yes. Yeah, but I will say that in
36:53
that what I saw in that Tampa Bay Lightning and again this is
36:56
this tour is big reason why I'm on Edmonton is when you looked
37:00
at Tampa Bay Lightning in their third series, they had one
37:04
back-to-back. So it's loaded from the floor
37:05
that lost 111. But in that third series, they
37:09
played a team in the Colorado Avalanche that was so much
37:12
faster, and the the actual fatigue of playing in three
37:17
straight NHL finals showed on Tampa Bay in that series.
37:21
They were completely dominated. They were out skated.
37:24
They were out physical. Colorado looked like they were
37:27
on a different planet. And Edmonton, Edmonton was in
37:30
the finals last year. So I I think they're both.
37:32
This is three years in a row, Two years in a row.
37:35
I just think that you also have a team that just lost in this
37:39
series last season. We'll see.
37:41
It is a lot of motivation that I I just think that it's going to
37:45
be, I think it's going to be a good series.
37:47
I think it goes at least six games.
37:50
I hope it goes, you know, a little bit longer.
37:52
We'll see. But I think it's going to be a
37:54
great series. I just think Edmonton is a
37:56
better team. I think their offense puts them
37:58
over the top over Florida. All right.
38:01
All right, Reno, Johnny, thank you for joining us.
38:04
We'll see you next week, buddy, and we'll see where your your
38:06
picks are going to go. But I'm definitely going to make
38:09
a wager on that. I disagree with you.
38:12
All right, let's go. Pacers.
38:14
Yeah, go Pacers. Figures, figures you would go
38:17
that route. Anyways.
38:18
Let's parlay, ladies and gentlemen, with Reno Johnny,
38:21
who's lost his goddamn mind. So that's I just lost it.
38:25
I mean, maybe it's maybe it's his Baltimore Orioles as they're
38:29
just absolutely bombshelling this season and they'll get
38:33
another top pick and when, you know, win that lottery draft and
38:39
then it'll be sitting pretty again.
38:41
We got the MLB right where we want.
38:43
Them OK goodbye goodbye. So long farewell Reno Johnny
38:47
guys makes me sick. F Indiana Pacers go Pacers.
38:52
Typical hater. He hates New York.
38:54
He hates New York. That's all I'm going to say
38:56
about that. Thank you to all the fans on
38:58
social media. Oh, thank you for Reno Johnny
39:00
for filling in for our let's parlay.
39:03
Thank you to all the fans on Spotify, Apple, TikTok,
39:08
Instagram, YouTube, Spotify video or to see all the profiles
39:15
that programming that we're on throughout the country.
39:19
Roku, we're doing a lot of different things with, you know,
39:23
the 11 and only blue wire. So thank you wire for letting us
39:27
give you and and post up our content on your social medias
39:31
and and on your website and and thank you for really taking us
39:34
on for the next year. So thank you to them thank you
39:36
to again to the fans. Good night everyone.
39:38
Come back in one piece. Yes.
39:40
Yeah, it. Is the worldwide sports radio
39:42
network, Radio Network.