Latest / Moser, Lombardi and Kane / 9-30-26 Hour 3 - NFL True or False, Deion vs TV Ratings/Jesse Montano/Nuggets add Cam Whitmore
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- 0:00Speaker 1: This is Mosher Lombardi and Kane On Demand. Listen live
- 0:05Speaker 1: every weekday morning from 7 to 10 on Altitude Sports
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- 0:20Speaker 3: All right, Jesse Montano is going to join us in
- 0:25Speaker 3: 20 minutes now. We do this every Wednesday. It is
- 0:31Speaker 3: NFL true-false. We start with the Broncos. We expand from there.
- 0:34Speaker 3: So first, true or false, boys? These slow starts are
- 0:38Speaker 3: not a concern.
- 0:40Speaker 4: True.
- 0:43Speaker 5: False.
- 0:44Speaker 6: Of course they're a concern. The coach is talking about it.
- 0:46Speaker 6: Everybody's referring to it. Ben Powers is caught on tape.
- 0:49Speaker 2: It doesn't matter. Who cares?
- 0:51Speaker 6: They still win.
- 0:51Speaker 2: It doesn't matter.
- 0:52Speaker 6: The definition of a concern is something that you're worried about.
- 0:57Speaker 2: Yeah.
- 0:58Speaker 6: You may not be concerned, but it is a concern.
- 1:00Speaker 2: Vic, I've been concerned for two years and change. But
- 1:04Speaker 2: I've seen the frigging light, bro. It's shiny in.
- 1:07Speaker 7: My face every month.
- 1:08Speaker 6: But it's still a concern.
- 1:09Speaker 2: God dang week. Brett? Have we turned the corner?
- 1:15Speaker 3: I'm just assuming first halves don't matter at all.
- 1:17Speaker 2: They don't matter at all. Listen, I'm going to put
- 1:20Speaker 2: it this way, Vic. I'm going to say true. They
- 1:22Speaker 2: don't matter at all until they do.
- 1:24Speaker 6: True or false? Davis Webb.
- 1:27Speaker 3: It's a passing grade so far.
- 1:30Speaker 8: True.
- 1:33Speaker 2: You're 2-1, bro. False.
- 1:36Speaker 6: He's got more to prove.
- 1:38Speaker 2: Passing grade so far.
- 1:40Speaker 6: Yeah, I don't like pass-fail. How about a grade above
- 1:43Speaker 6: a C?
- 1:44Speaker 4: True.
- 1:45Speaker 6: Yeah, I'll give him a grade above a C.
- 1:46Speaker 2: He's 2-1.
- 1:46Speaker 6: True or false?
- 1:49Speaker 3: The Broncos' defense are 29th in yards allowed, and that
- 1:52Speaker 3: is a concern.
- 1:53Speaker 8: False.
- 1:54Speaker 4: False.
- 1:55Speaker 6: It all stems from that. They are 29th in the league.
- 1:58Speaker 2: Yeah, but you know what? They sucked it up this
- 2:01Speaker 2: past week especially.
- 2:02Speaker 6: Game one was an aberration. This game, my goodness. Stafford
- 2:07Speaker 6: almost threw for 400 yards. Yes, it's a concern.
- 2:09Speaker 4: True.
- 2:10Speaker 2: Vic, they stopped him three consecutive times in the red
- 2:13Speaker 2: zone and allowed their offense.
- 2:14Speaker 6: To get back in. I understand that, but the question is,
- 2:16Speaker 6: is it a concern that you're giving that many yards up? Again,
- 2:20Speaker 6: maybe I worry about things more than you do.
- 2:22Speaker 9: Yeah.
- 2:22Speaker 6: Yeah, it's a concern.
- 2:23Speaker 2: Hey, Brett.
- 2:24Speaker 4: Brett.
- 2:25Speaker 3: All right.
- 2:25Speaker 9: Yeah.
- 2:26Speaker 2: Frigging false.
- 2:28Speaker 6: True or false.
- 2:29Speaker 3: The Broncos should be expected to win this weekend. Uh, expected.
- 2:36Speaker 2: Come on, man.
- 2:36Speaker 6: Is this like the bar exam where every answer, what
- 2:39Speaker 6: are you doing?
- 2:40Speaker 2: If a train leaves the station at 55 miles per hour,
- 2:42Speaker 2: simple question.
- 2:43Speaker 6: Should they be most correct answer? They're taking on an
- 2:46Speaker 6: undefeated San Francisco team in San Francisco. I would not
- 2:49Speaker 6: expect the Broncos to win this game. I'd be happy.
- 2:51Speaker 6: I'd be, I'd be pleasantly surprised, but I do not
- 2:55Speaker 6: expect them to win. Okay.
- 2:58Speaker 3: The Broncos have a win against the Rams. They play
- 3:00Speaker 3: the Niners this weekend. They still have the Cardinals and
- 3:02Speaker 3: the Seahawks to go.
- 3:04Speaker 6: True or false?
- 3:05Speaker 3: The Broncos record will be at least 3-1 against the
- 3:07Speaker 3: NFC West.
- 3:09Speaker 4: True.
- 3:11Speaker 6: Yeah, true. I think they'll end up being 2-2, so
- 3:14Speaker 6: I'll say false.
- 3:14Speaker 2: Okay.
- 3:20Speaker 6: True or false, the Raiders will finish above.
- 3:22Speaker 1: 500?
- 3:22Speaker 6: False. Have you seen their schedule in the next eight games?
- 3:26Speaker 6: Take a look at it.
- 3:26Speaker 3: Their next month is brutal.
- 3:28Speaker 6: Take a look at their schedule. They've got Kansas City next.
- 3:30Speaker 6: Take a look at it.
- 3:32Speaker 3: It's KC, it's Patriots, it's Seahawks and Rams.
- 3:34Speaker 2: Patriots suck, though. Let me say this. Let me go
- 3:38Speaker 2: full on, Snoop. Fizzles.
- 3:40Speaker 4: Okay.
- 3:41Speaker 3: True or false, the Chargers will pick in the top ten?
- 3:44Speaker 4: True. False.
- 3:49Speaker 2: What?
- 3:50Speaker 6: I think they'll end up middle of the pack somewhere.
- 3:52Speaker 2: Vic, they're likely to be 0-7. Have you seen their schedule?
- 3:55Speaker 6: It's a disaster.
- 3:57Speaker 3: True or false, this is the year Josh Allen makes
- 4:01Speaker 3: the AFC championship game.
- 4:03Speaker 4: True.
- 4:04Speaker 6: Not Super Bowl, AFC championship. Hard to believe he's not
- 4:07Speaker 6: gotten to a title game.
- 4:10Speaker 4: True.
- 4:13Speaker 6: I'll give it a true as well. True or false?
- 4:17Speaker 3: The Patriots will be picking in the top 10.
- 4:19Speaker 4: True. True.
- 4:21Speaker 2: And you know why? Because Drake May has got Herbertitis.
- 4:24Speaker 2: Those guys' brains are fried. They are terrible.
- 4:27Speaker 6: How about this?
- 4:28Speaker 2: True or false?
- 4:29Speaker 3: The Jets are better than the Patriots.
- 4:32Speaker 2: Right this second?
- 4:34Speaker 6: True. False. Don't believe what you see in the first
- 4:38Speaker 6: three weeks.
- 4:39Speaker 2: True or false?
- 4:40Speaker 3: The Steelers are a factor in the AFC North.
- 4:44Speaker 2: True, because I think that whole division is kind of funky.
- 4:48Speaker 6: Who's real in the AFC North?
- 4:50Speaker 2: I mean, Baltimore.
- 4:51Speaker 6: Ravens.
- 4:51Speaker 2: Baltimore.
- 4:52Speaker 6: I mean, all teams are 2-1 right now in the AFC.
- 4:55Speaker 2: Including Cleveland. Baltimore's loss was ridiculous, though.
- 4:58Speaker 6: Baltimore's better.
- 4:59Speaker 2: They are. Listen, Baltimore, I told you, I think they're
- 5:03Speaker 2: going to be a team that rebounds, but I mean,
- 5:06Speaker 2: they lost at home to the Saints, and the Saints
- 5:08Speaker 2: have one win, and that's it.
- 5:10Speaker 6: True or false? The Browns are not a joke. False.
- 5:13Speaker 2: They are a joke.
- 5:14Speaker 6: What is your definition of a joke?
- 5:16Speaker 3: I mean, they were a joke after week one, and
- 5:18Speaker 3: now they've won two more games.
- 5:18Speaker 6: Yeah, they've won a game on the road in the NFL, which.
- 5:22Speaker 6: Do that on camera now. So you're false?
- 5:29Speaker 2: False.
- 5:30Speaker 3: True or false? The Texans will miss the playoffs.
- 5:32Speaker 4: True.
- 5:34Speaker 2: True.
- 5:34Speaker 6: They're 0-3. Look at the numbers of teams that make
- 5:37Speaker 6: the playoffs at 0-3.
- 5:38Speaker 2: You realize what the percentage is of them making the playoffs?
- 5:42Speaker 2: One percent.
- 5:45Speaker 3: Not a great division.
- 5:46Speaker 6: All I'm saying. Jacksonville is going to win the Jacksonville
- 5:49Speaker 6: is good.
- 5:51Speaker 2: True or false.
- 5:52Speaker 3: Matt LaFleur will not be the Packers coach next year.
- 5:56Speaker 4: True.
- 5:56Speaker 2: That is so true.
- 5:58Speaker 6: Oh, yeah.
- 6:00Speaker 2: True.
- 6:01Speaker 3: I looked up some numbers, by the way. You guys
- 6:02Speaker 3: want to hear something crazy. This is the Packers run
- 6:05Speaker 3: game through three games this season. It's they have 46
- 6:08Speaker 3: carries for 146 yards. Their leading rusher through three games
- 6:13Speaker 3: is Marshawn Lloyd. He has 28 carries for 63 yards.
- 6:16Speaker 2: Well, when you're starting running back suspended indefinitely, that's a
- 6:20Speaker 2: bit of a problem.
- 6:21Speaker 4: Yeah.
- 6:23Speaker 6: True or false? The Cowboys are a playoff team. You
- 6:27Speaker 6: know what?
- 6:28Speaker 2: In that division, I'm going to say... True!
- 6:32Speaker 6: I'm going to say true.
- 6:34Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm going to say true. They should be 2-1.
- 6:35Speaker 3: And then finally, true or false? The NFC South winner
- 6:40Speaker 3: will again... Be below 500.
- 6:42Speaker 6: True. At this rate. Oh, man.
- 6:48Speaker 2: That whole division is junk. You know what? You want
- 6:52Speaker 2: a proclamation? Can I blow your face off, Vic? Can
- 6:55Speaker 2: I do that right now? You ready for this?
- 6:59Speaker 4: Proclaim.
- 7:00Speaker 2: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are going to win that division
- 7:03Speaker 2: after starting 0-3. Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum. And
- 7:07Speaker 2: that's a ticket to the bank. Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum.
- 7:14Speaker 2: All right. There you go.
- 7:15Speaker 6: NFL true false. Steven, write that down. He'll record it.
- 7:18Speaker 2: Oh, and three Tampa Bay Buccaneers will win the NFC South.
- 7:22Speaker 6: You can write this down. He'll record this or false.
- 7:26Speaker 6: That segment is dumb. I think it's a great segment.
- 7:29Speaker 2: Yay or nay.
- 7:33Speaker 1: False.
- 7:33Speaker 6: I love it.
- 7:34Speaker 10: Vic, we could always bring back muscle man. I still
- 7:36Speaker 10: have that music too.
- 7:37Speaker 3: Maso Manos was fun for a second. I didn't like
- 7:39Speaker 3: that though.
- 7:41Speaker 6: I just like doing the voice. That's all I liked.
- 7:44Speaker 2: Um, As you're looking forward to this game, as you've
- 7:48Speaker 2: been reading some things, I like Jeff Legwald's article that
- 7:54Speaker 2: came out today regarding the unlikely comebacks and all this
- 7:59Speaker 2: kind of thing. And Nick's just saying it's in our DNA. Bufanga,
- 8:04Speaker 2: this team rises. I love what Cortland Sutton had to say.
- 8:07Speaker 2: Are you changing your tune at all when you look
- 8:09Speaker 2: at this game against the 49ers?
- 8:11Speaker 6: Change what tune? My tune has not changed. The Niners
- 8:16Speaker 6: are really good. What tune do you have exactly?
- 8:18Speaker 2: Well, I guess the tune is, well, you know, you
- 8:20Speaker 2: can't keep living by the sword, dying by the sword.
- 8:22Speaker 2: You get down against the Niners, you're going to lose.
- 8:24Speaker 6: I've always said doing it on the road consistently is
- 8:26Speaker 6: a different animal. Doing it at home, I mean, I
- 8:29Speaker 6: expect the Broncos now to win every home game in
- 8:31Speaker 6: comeback fashion. That's what they've taken me to that. I
- 8:35Speaker 6: don't know if the road you can replicate what you
- 8:38Speaker 6: do at home. Tough team, uninjured team. Yeah, I don't
- 8:44Speaker 6: know if they'll have their wide receiver-wise. Is Mike Evans
- 8:48Speaker 6: going to play in this game?
- 8:49Speaker 2: He's an iffy. Oh, did you see the video of
- 8:51Speaker 2: Jalen Waddell walking out of the stadium the other night?
- 8:54Speaker 6: I didn't see the video, but yesterday the Broncos said
- 8:57Speaker 6: all is fine. Yeah, why are people talking about this?
- 8:59Speaker 2: I don't know, because he looked like he was sort
- 9:00Speaker 2: of hobbling a little bit, I guess.
- 9:02Speaker 3: Well, somebody sent a video of him in a walking boot,
- 9:05Speaker 3: but it was daylight, and I'm like, that game was
- 9:07Speaker 3: at nighttime, so.
- 9:08Speaker 2: That video's fake. The one I saw was nighttime.
- 9:11Speaker 4: Okay.
- 9:12Speaker 1: Um.
- 9:13Speaker 3: I got a couple clips for you before we get
- 9:14Speaker 3: to Jesse Montano. Deion spoke yesterday, said this about his
- 9:18Speaker 3: quarterback situation.
- 9:19Speaker 9: Well, I haven't talked to Juju. I've talked to Isaac.
- 9:23Speaker 9: Kid is excited about the possibilities, excited about stood up
- 9:29Speaker 9: in a meeting and talked to the team about this
- 9:32Speaker 9: and that and challenged them in many ways. So I'm
- 9:35Speaker 9: proud of that young man. I really am.
- 9:37Speaker 3: I heard that, and I said, why would he talk
- 9:39Speaker 3: to the backup quarterback without talking to his starter first?
- 9:41Speaker 3: Is that an indication that, like, hey, be ready? It's
- 9:45Speaker 3: your time? Or what was that? Because he followed up
- 9:47Speaker 3: by saying this.
- 9:48Speaker 9: I don't know. I know some people are running with
- 9:50Speaker 9: the narrative that is already decided. I think I'm the
- 9:52Speaker 9: one that makes that decision. I don't know where they
- 9:54Speaker 9: get that from, and they didn't get it from me.
- 9:56Speaker 9: So we're going to see how practice plays out this week.
- 9:58Speaker 6: What do you think is going to happen?
- 10:01Speaker 3: I think they're going to start Isaac.
- 10:03Speaker 6: So do I. And I don't think it's the worst
- 10:07Speaker 6: decision either.
- 10:07Speaker 2: You're telling me that Zach's little brother as a junior
- 10:10Speaker 2: is now going to be the starter or that he's
- 10:11Speaker 2: going to start this week for the Buffaloes?
- 10:13Speaker 6: This is what happens. And, you know, we saw this
- 10:15Speaker 6: take place in Michigan with their young quarterback who was
- 10:18Speaker 6: so ballyhooed coming out of high school and really didn't
- 10:21Speaker 6: amount to as much as they had hoped in that
- 10:22Speaker 6: first year. Do you remember the scene up in Boulder
- 10:27Speaker 6: when Juju came in to visit and people were waiting
- 10:30Speaker 6: in line and cheering him on? When you give this
- 10:33Speaker 6: much love to high schoolers who haven't proven anything yet,
- 10:40Speaker 6: it's not a good, it may not be a good ending.
- 10:43Speaker 6: Put it that way. We just don't know how good
- 10:45Speaker 6: these kids will be. I'll give you an example. We
- 10:47Speaker 6: just don't.
- 10:50Speaker 3: I did this in college football stock up, stock down
- 10:52Speaker 3: a couple days ago. The way that people talk about
- 10:57Speaker 3: Arch Manning, I watch these games. I'm like, I don't
- 10:59Speaker 3: see what people are talking about. I really don't. I
- 11:02Speaker 3: think he's a good quarterback. But there's all these people like, hey,
- 11:06Speaker 3: you got to tank for Arch. And I'm like, do
- 11:08Speaker 3: you guys watch Texas play football? Their offense isn't some
- 11:11Speaker 3: juggernaut that is like unstoppable. And he makes mistakes at times.
- 11:16Speaker 3: He's inaccurate at times, and it's nothing against him, but
- 11:19Speaker 3: I think this is exactly what you're talking about, Vic.
- 11:21Speaker 3: When you've crowned somebody before they play a snap, it's
- 11:25Speaker 3: really hard to live up to that.
- 11:26Speaker 6: Not only that, that position requires reps at this level,
- 11:30Speaker 6: not the high school level, this level. So let me
- 11:32Speaker 6: ask you, you're a college coach. Your job is reliant
- 11:36Speaker 6: on that position every year. Are you better off picking
- 11:40Speaker 6: up a guy from an FCS school who has played
- 11:43Speaker 6: three or four years and has proven it Are you
- 11:46Speaker 6: better off taking a guy from a smaller conference who
- 11:49Speaker 6: has proven it, who has done some damage against better competition?
- 11:53Speaker 6: Or are you just going to gamble and go after
- 11:55Speaker 6: a high school kid who is regarded a five star?
- 11:58Speaker 6: I think the writing's on the wall, man. The college
- 12:01Speaker 6: game is that's a tough transition for some. And especially
- 12:05Speaker 6: when you're young and you're now taking on. You are
- 12:09Speaker 6: supposed to be the guy right away and win right away.
- 12:13Speaker 6: There's no soft, hey, let's just ease into this. The
- 12:18Speaker 6: time has changed. The time frame to win has changed.
- 12:21Speaker 4: Right?
- 12:21Speaker 6: If you want to win immediately, yeah. I mean, you
- 12:24Speaker 6: look at it everywhere. It's funny.
- 12:25Speaker 3: I'm watching the Huskers play last week with my wife.
- 12:29Speaker 3: And that kid, they have a quarterback, that Calandria kid,
- 12:31Speaker 3: he's a UNLV transfer.
- 12:34Speaker 6: He looks great.
- 12:35Speaker 3: And it's like, I think that's a preferable option than
- 12:38Speaker 3: starting with some freshman that they had Dylan Rayola there.
- 12:41Speaker 6: He wasn't ready. Time is of the essence now. Just
- 12:45Speaker 6: take a look at the top 25 in college football.
- 12:47Speaker 6: Take a look. How many teams have those kids that
- 12:52Speaker 6: they brought in as high school recruits and thrust them
- 12:55Speaker 6: into that role right away? You don't win right away.
- 12:58Speaker 6: It takes some time.
- 12:59Speaker 3: The only example I can point to that, off the
- 13:02Speaker 3: top of my head anyway, is.
- 13:05Speaker 6: Keelan Russell for Bama, I think is one of those guys.
- 13:08Speaker 2: He's a sophomore.
- 13:08Speaker 6: CJ Carr with Notre Dame.
- 13:10Speaker 2: Yeah.
- 13:11Speaker 3: There's a few of them, but yeah, it's not a lot.
- 13:13Speaker 3: By the way, a couple other things just real quick.
- 13:14Speaker 6: This is Dion.
- 13:15Speaker 3: Somebody was talking about how the television ratings for CU
- 13:18Speaker 3: when he first got there were through the roof and
- 13:20Speaker 3: now they've dipped.
- 13:21Speaker 6: Here's what he said. TV ratings have been slipping just
- 13:23Speaker 6: a little bit.
- 13:23Speaker 7: Excuse me?
- 13:24Speaker 6: TV ratings have been slipping.
- 13:25Speaker 5: Man, we ain't playing for no darn TV ratings. That's
- 13:27Speaker 5: on y'all. We don't care about no TV ratings. TV
- 13:30Speaker 5: ratings follow you when you win. They follow that. Why
- 13:33Speaker 5: you ain't say nothing about it? It wasn't a pack
- 13:35Speaker 5: house in Baylor, wasn't it?
- 13:37Speaker 2: It was a home game. Say something about that.
- 13:39Speaker 6: I guarantee it's a pack house this weekend. What about that?
- 13:42Speaker 7: Let's talk about that.
- 13:43Speaker 9: I ain't got no control of no TV ratings.
- 13:46Speaker 6: He went on to say this.
- 13:47Speaker 2: First of all, I watch TV all the time.
- 13:49Speaker 6: Did they rate my house back in the day?
- 13:50Speaker 2: Do they rate homes in the hood?
- 13:52Speaker 4: Do they?
- 13:52Speaker 6: I'm saying straight up.
- 14:04Speaker 2: Do they rate Holmes in the hood? You're saying, yeah,
- 14:05Speaker 2: how do you know? So how do they determine that?
- 14:08Speaker 7: Nielsen ratings.
- 14:10Speaker 6: Who is Nielsen?
- 14:11Speaker 2: I don't know how they do that. How do they
- 14:13Speaker 2: do that, honestly? It's in the box back in that day,
- 14:16Speaker 2: but they didn't send it to us. No, I mean,
- 14:18Speaker 2: I've watched everything, and I've never seen the box.
- 14:22Speaker 6: He's so funny, and he's so right.
- 14:23Speaker 2: It's awesome.
- 14:24Speaker 6: I've always been suspicious of ratings.
- 14:26Speaker 2: Always.
- 14:27Speaker 7: Who is Nielsen?
- 14:29Speaker 6: Every rating, every day. That's a great question. I mean,
- 14:31Speaker 6: think about ratings. Hey, I want you to think about
- 14:32Speaker 6: ratings for a second. Think about these. Presidential ratings. Were
- 14:37Speaker 6: those right? Here's the thing, dude. Were those accurate, Moshe?
- 14:42Speaker 6: Not really.
- 14:42Speaker 3: You know what's funny when they talk about polls when
- 14:45Speaker 3: it comes to politics? I have two questions about it.
- 14:50Speaker 6: First of all, where do they poll you? I've never
- 14:53Speaker 6: been polled. I don't know what, are you walking out
- 14:56Speaker 6: of a gas station? Somebody goes, who are you voting
- 14:58Speaker 6: for this year? Yeah, is that what they do?
- 15:01Speaker 3: Secondly, if somebody tried to do that to me, if
- 15:03Speaker 3: I walked out of King Soopers with a cart full
- 15:04Speaker 3: of groceries, somebody goes, can I stop you for a second?
- 15:07Speaker 3: Who are you voting for in this year's election? I'd
- 15:09Speaker 3: be like, none of your damn.
- 15:11Speaker 2: Business is the answer to that. Vic, remember when I
- 15:13Speaker 2: had to take a whiz last Thursday on the course?
- 15:15Speaker 2: Remember that?
- 15:16Speaker 6: I'm voting for Kanye. Remember when Kanye was president?
- 15:20Speaker 2: And I was out there in the trees, right, taking
- 15:22Speaker 2: a whiz, and then I came back, and then some
- 15:23Speaker 2: guy stopped me and go, hey, can I ask you
- 15:24Speaker 2: about politics? No, no, no polls here on the course.
- 15:29Speaker 6: What do you think about Prop A?
- 15:32Speaker 7: I don't know what any of this means.
- 15:33Speaker 6: I'm sorry. Nielsen in general, because I've dealt with this
- 15:38Speaker 6: being on the news. Who is Nielsen?
- 15:41Speaker 7: I can't stand it.
- 15:44Speaker 6: They have like a, it's a monopoly on everyone's, seriously,
- 15:47Speaker 6: if you think about it, whoever Nielsen is owns you
- 15:51Speaker 6: in media. Nielsen owns you. Your success is based on
- 15:56Speaker 6: whoever this Nielsen guy is. Who is he? Your salary,
- 15:59Speaker 6: your future, your family. Whoever he is owns you.
- 16:04Speaker 2: Nielsen?
- 16:06Speaker 6: Baby Jamal Cale's got to eat. Who is Nielsen?
- 16:10Speaker 3: All right, Jesse Montano next. Set out to the Ramos
- 16:12Speaker 3: Law Hotline. Car accident, you need Ramos Law. Medical doctor
- 16:15Speaker 3: and attorney, RamosLaw.com. Jesse Montano joins the show.
- 16:19Speaker 2: Jesse, what's up, buddy?
- 16:21Speaker 7: Hey, how's it going, boys? Hockey's back. It's a great day. Absolutely.
- 16:25Speaker 3: We just talked to Bednar at 8 o'clock, about half
- 16:27Speaker 3: an hour after this extension was announced.
- 16:29Speaker 6: First of all, for you, were you surprised by the extension?
- 16:33Speaker 8: No, I thought they would get one done before the
- 16:36Speaker 8: season opened. I mean, look, the group still loves him.
- 16:39Speaker 8: The players, the message resonates. And I talked about this
- 16:43Speaker 8: over the summer. I think Jared Bednar.
- 16:45Speaker 7: Is more than just the head coach.
- 16:47Speaker 8: This organization, a lot of the players are built around
- 16:50Speaker 8: the way he likes to play. I mean, Nathan McKinnon
- 16:52Speaker 8: just raves about this guy. So I figured they'd get
- 16:55Speaker 8: an extension done at some point so it wasn't a
- 16:59Speaker 8: lame duck season with no extension on the horizon.
- 17:01Speaker 2: You know, Jesse, if... Bednar was just a defensive-minded coach first,
- 17:06Speaker 2: or only. That would be one thing. But he allows
- 17:10Speaker 2: these guys to go. They get green lights. They all
- 17:15Speaker 2: have green lights if the opportunity is right, and then
- 17:17Speaker 2: the guys who can really do it, do it. But
- 17:19Speaker 2: he stresses that defense first, and then the offense comes
- 17:21Speaker 2: out of that. But the players love that kind of game.
- 17:23Speaker 2: And you know what? He holds them accountable on the
- 17:26Speaker 2: defensive side to transition to the offensive side. And I
- 17:29Speaker 2: think they really enjoy his system, and they enjoy the
- 17:32Speaker 2: way he coaches.
- 17:34Speaker 7: Moser, you're totally right.
- 17:35Speaker 8: He's almost kind of got the, hey, you take care
- 17:38Speaker 8: of this end of the ice, and I want you
- 17:39Speaker 8: to go be yourself.
- 17:41Speaker 7: And it's a nice give and take, right?
- 17:43Speaker 8: And I think I love that you called out Manson
- 17:45Speaker 8: because we actually were calling it like the Colorado bump
- 17:49Speaker 8: for a little while. The abs were finding these players
- 17:51Speaker 8: that were good players and they were coming in and
- 17:54Speaker 8: their game was just taking a step. And I mean,
- 17:56Speaker 8: they went through like a three year run where you
- 17:58Speaker 8: could point to almost every player, you know, starting with
- 18:00Speaker 8: Val Nachushkin, you know, ending with Josh Manson there in
- 18:02Speaker 8: those those those few years.
- 18:04Speaker 7: It seemed like every player that came in, they excelled.
- 18:07Speaker 8: And I think you have to credit a lot of
- 18:08Speaker 8: that to Jared Bednar, the system, and exactly what you
- 18:10Speaker 8: were just talking about, Moj, stressing the responsibility, but saying, hey,
- 18:14Speaker 8: as long as you're responsible, you're doing the things we
- 18:15Speaker 8: ask you, you're playing as a five-man unit, I want
- 18:18Speaker 8: to take the reins off and let you go and
- 18:20Speaker 8: let you go be yourself and generate the offense and
- 18:22Speaker 8: have fun and snap pucks around. And I think it's why,
- 18:26Speaker 8: even after 10 years, the message hasn't gone stale in
- 18:29Speaker 8: that locker room.
- 18:30Speaker 3: First of all, Parker Kelly scored 20 goals last year.
- 18:32Speaker 6: That's pretty good. That's pretty good. Jesse, I like your background.
- 18:37Speaker 6: You've done good there. It shows you care. Shows you
- 18:39Speaker 6: care about being on the air.
- 18:40Speaker 7: That's right.
- 18:41Speaker 6: Unlike some of us in this room, when they do
- 18:42Speaker 6: the remote stuff, they're just on their couch with their dogs.
- 18:45Speaker 6: But it shows you care. That's number one.
- 18:48Speaker 7: I try.
- 18:49Speaker 2: Yeah.
- 18:49Speaker 6: Number two, the changes that the ads are making to
- 18:53Speaker 6: their power play. Do you think.
- 18:57Speaker 6: How did that go over with Nate, do you think?
- 18:59Speaker 6: How do you think it went over with him?
- 19:02Speaker 7: You know, I think... What's the best way to say this?
- 19:06Speaker 7: I think Nate kind of has to.
- 19:07Speaker 8: Approve of everything on the power play. You know, he's,
- 19:11Speaker 8: from my view, he's kind of the power play coach.
- 19:15Speaker 8: But I also think Nathan McKinnon, as he's gotten older,
- 19:18Speaker 8: he understands that.
- 19:19Speaker 7: Yeah, it can't just be what I want.
- 19:22Speaker 8: And so that's why I think we are seeing some
- 19:24Speaker 8: different looks because Nathan McKinnon did recognize last year, Hey,
- 19:28Speaker 8: you know, this, this lack of movement, you know, a
- 19:31Speaker 8: couple of guys.
- 19:32Speaker 7: Standing around waiting for one timers. They're great.
- 19:34Speaker 8: One timers, they have to have some great shooters. Let's,
- 19:36Speaker 8: let's get some variety here and what we're doing. Let's,
- 19:39Speaker 8: Let's throw some different looks. And what I like about
- 19:41Speaker 8: what they're doing with Nate in particular this year, they
- 19:44Speaker 8: moved him over to the other side, uh, you know, the,
- 19:46Speaker 8: the other wall in the power play, and he's got
- 19:48Speaker 8: a lot more freedom. He's out there kind of roving
- 19:50Speaker 8: almost kind of like what Connor McDavid does, uh, in Edmonton.
- 19:53Speaker 8: And so I think Nate recognizes, Hey, making change like
- 19:57Speaker 8: this is actually going to free me up more, have
- 20:00Speaker 8: more looks at the net, create more open ice.
- 20:03Speaker 7: Uh, and so, like I said, I, and I, and
- 20:04Speaker 7: I say that in a positive way, right? Like It's
- 20:06Speaker 7: Nathan McKinnon. You want to default to him.
- 20:09Speaker 8: But I think Nate's got to feel comfortable with the
- 20:10Speaker 8: changes they make. So I think he recognizes this is
- 20:14Speaker 8: probably the right thing to do, given the struggles we've seen,
- 20:17Speaker 8: not just last year, but the last couple seasons.
- 20:20Speaker 3: Talk to me about TJ Hughes, because he's going to
- 20:21Speaker 3: be on that unit.
- 20:24Speaker 7: So smart. Oh my goodness, just such a smart player.
- 20:28Speaker 8: Being a rookie, four years at college, jumps into the
- 20:32Speaker 8: pros last year with the Colorado Eagles. He's just such
- 20:35Speaker 8: a smart, skilled player. Really mature, and since we're talking
- 20:39Speaker 8: about Jared Bednar this morning, he is such a Jared
- 20:42Speaker 8: Bednar guy.
- 20:43Speaker 7: Hockey smarts, does the right things.
- 20:46Speaker 6: Give me an example of hockey smarts for those of
- 20:48Speaker 6: us that may not understand. Is he playing chess out there?
- 20:51Speaker 6: Is he solving puzzles?
- 20:53Speaker 8: You hear guys in all different sports talk about the
- 20:57Speaker 8: game slows down. And they can read the game really
- 21:00Speaker 8: well because it doesn't feel like it's moving at a pace.
- 21:03Speaker 7: Around them they can't keep up with. And that's TJ Hughes.
- 21:06Speaker 7: So I'll give you an example.
- 21:08Speaker 8: We were watching them work on the power play yesterday.
- 21:11Speaker 8: And I was watching with Johnny Lyles. And there were
- 21:13Speaker 8: two times he and I both kind of were oohing
- 21:15Speaker 8: and aahing because TJ Hughes saw passing lanes that we
- 21:19Speaker 8: didn't see from up high. And so that's a great question, Vic.
- 21:24Speaker 8: Hockey smarts, he sees the rink. He knows where to go.
- 21:27Speaker 8: He almost looks a step ahead, right?
- 21:29Speaker 7: The old Wayne Gretzky line, don't go to where the
- 21:31Speaker 7: puck is, go to where it's going. TJ Hughes looks
- 21:34Speaker 7: like he knows where it's going out there.
- 21:35Speaker 2: Jesse, I try to tell these guys that this morning.
- 21:38Speaker 6: They don't. Because you're dumb. It's not the same.
- 21:44Speaker 2: They said, what do you mean he goes to these places?
- 21:46Speaker 6: You said he has a good brain.
- 21:47Speaker 3: Jesse explained it to us.
- 21:50Speaker 2: I said he goes to places without the puck where
- 21:53Speaker 2: you should always go. He finds these soft areas. And
- 21:56Speaker 2: Vic goes, what do you mean? Is he going invisible?
- 21:58Speaker 6: A dumb man cannot explain smart.
- 22:00Speaker 7: Continue.
- 22:00Speaker 4: Sorry.
- 22:01Speaker 2: Continue. Continue.
- 22:02Speaker 1: No, no, no.
- 22:03Speaker 7: Well, I don't know if I'm going to be much
- 22:04Speaker 7: help then if we can't if I if we can't
- 22:06Speaker 7: explain smart. I'm kidding, obviously.
- 22:09Speaker 8: But, you know, he like I said, he just reads
- 22:11Speaker 8: the ice really well. He sees the lanes that you
- 22:14Speaker 8: don't see. And, you know, he doesn't have to be
- 22:17Speaker 8: the best skater, have the hardest shot. He's going to
- 22:19Speaker 8: put himself in good areas. because of what he's doing
- 22:22Speaker 8: to Moshe's point, he doesn't need the puck. If he
- 22:24Speaker 8: has a puck on a stick, you know, it doesn't matter.
- 22:26Speaker 8: He's going to make a smart play. And like I said,
- 22:29Speaker 8: we saw that yesterday with that power play.
- 22:31Speaker 7: Cause I was a little worried.
- 22:32Speaker 8: I was like, man, you're going to put a kid
- 22:34Speaker 8: in his NHL debut on a unit with Nathan McKinnon
- 22:37Speaker 8: and Kale McCarr. From what we saw yesterday and its practice,
- 22:42Speaker 8: I understand why Jared Bednar was interested in having him there,
- 22:44Speaker 8: and I think you're going to see him make some
- 22:46Speaker 8: smart plays, distribute the puck from that bumper spot, meaning
- 22:50Speaker 8: the guy right in the middle of the ice in
- 22:53Speaker 8: the offensive zone on the power play. And, man, I'm
- 22:56Speaker 8: really high on this kid. He had high expectations coming
- 23:00Speaker 8: into camp, and I think he exceeded them, at least
- 23:03Speaker 8: for me.
- 23:04Speaker 3: Jesse Montano with us. So, you know, outside the power play,
- 23:08Speaker 3: Do you have any other concerns? Is there a concern
- 23:10Speaker 3: about depth after losing guys like Val and Colton and
- 23:13Speaker 3: everybody else in the offseason? Yes, you get Jaden Schwartz
- 23:16Speaker 3: that comes in here, but is there a concern to
- 23:17Speaker 3: you about the depth of this team?
- 23:21Speaker 8: Not right now, and it's just because I think Joe
- 23:25Speaker 8: Sackett did a really nice job setting this team up
- 23:28Speaker 8: to have some flexibility throughout the season to make those
- 23:31Speaker 8: ads where they need to. Like, I think this is
- 23:33Speaker 8: the first two, three months here is going to be
- 23:35Speaker 8: a lot of evaluation. How does TJ Hughes look? Can
- 23:39Speaker 8: he fill one of those roles? You know, what about
- 23:41Speaker 8: a guy like Fedor Svechkov, who they got in the
- 23:43Speaker 8: trade for Jack Drury over the summer? How do those
- 23:46Speaker 8: guys kind of play into these roles? And where do
- 23:48Speaker 8: we need to add? Can we make a trade? And
- 23:50Speaker 8: that's really just flexibility they didn't have before. Here's the
- 23:54Speaker 8: one thing I'll say I'm worried about sitting here right
- 23:57Speaker 8: now on the morning of the season opener.
- 24:00Speaker 7: It's the age.
- 24:02Speaker 8: You're another year older, and a lot of your core
- 24:06Speaker 8: here they, they are guys that are into their, their
- 24:08Speaker 8: thirties and into their back half of their careers, you know,
- 24:11Speaker 8: and you got Brent Burns, who's, you know, in his
- 24:13Speaker 8: age 42 season.
- 24:14Speaker 7: So just how does that hold up? You know, the
- 24:16Speaker 7: abs are going to be one of the older teams
- 24:18Speaker 7: in the league.
- 24:19Speaker 8: Uh, how does Jared Bednar manage, you know, practice schedules
- 24:22Speaker 8: and guys making sure they're getting the rest and recovery
- 24:24Speaker 8: they need across an 84 game season this year. Uh, so,
- 24:28Speaker 8: you know, that, that's the one thing that I look at,
- 24:29Speaker 8: you know, how does the, the, the, the foot speed
- 24:32Speaker 8: for Nazem Kadri hold up? Uh, You know, just things
- 24:35Speaker 8: like that. That's what I look at. But, I mean,
- 24:37Speaker 8: this is also such an experienced group.
- 24:39Speaker 7: And, Moj, you know this better than me, you know,
- 24:41Speaker 7: getting to be around these guys as much as you do.
- 24:43Speaker 7: These guys take.
- 24:44Speaker 8: Such unbelievable care of their bodies and, you know, what
- 24:46Speaker 8: they're eating and, you know, getting the right sleep and
- 24:49Speaker 8: all that stuff. So, like I said, the age is
- 24:52Speaker 8: the one thing that you maybe look at and go,
- 24:54Speaker 8: how do they hold up across an 84-game season and
- 24:56Speaker 8: into the playoffs?
- 24:57Speaker 2: That's a great point, Jesse. And I'll say this, that
- 24:59Speaker 2: I think that– With older guys like that, and I
- 25:02Speaker 2: want Burns to get to the record as much as
- 25:03Speaker 2: anybody does, and I think he's going to get there.
- 25:06Speaker 2: That being said, I wonder in an 84-game season, depending
- 25:11Speaker 2: on where you are stacking up at the playoffs, what
- 25:14Speaker 2: position you might be in, it's never going to be
- 25:16Speaker 2: like the NBA, but will there be any load management
- 25:20Speaker 2: in the second half, coming down the stretch, that sort
- 25:23Speaker 2: of thing, for some of these guys? Because what you
- 25:25Speaker 2: want to do, and this is the key, healthy, happy players. Ready.
- 25:30Speaker 6: Is an extra two games that much?
- 25:32Speaker 2: No, it really is not. But I think with a
- 25:35Speaker 2: team like this, and you're talking about guys in their 30s,
- 25:38Speaker 2: perhaps you just look ahead and say, okay, this guy
- 25:41Speaker 2: can have this night off, this guy can have this
- 25:42Speaker 2: night off. Hey, we've got two games in eight days,
- 25:46Speaker 2: the way the schedule works out. Maybe you give a
- 25:48Speaker 2: guy a day off so he has one game in
- 25:50Speaker 2: eight days. Just try to think ahead a little bit
- 25:52Speaker 2: in that regard. Now, if you're trying to make a push...
- 25:55Speaker 2: Between the two and the three or whatever it may be,
- 25:57Speaker 2: you may not be afforded that opportunity.
- 26:01Speaker 7: So it's a great call-out motion.
- 26:02Speaker 8: I think where we'll probably see it, again, without knowing
- 26:05Speaker 8: where the standings will be, to your point, if they've
- 26:08Speaker 8: pulled away a bit in the central, yeah, maybe you
- 26:10Speaker 8: do that down the last week or two.
- 26:12Speaker 7: Where I actually think that we'll see it is.
- 26:17Speaker 7: Practice.
- 26:18Speaker 8: Last year, we got post-Olympic break, and Jared Bednar really
- 26:22Speaker 8: pulled the reins on practicing. And, you know, when they
- 26:27Speaker 8: would get on the ice, Gabe Landeskog would sit out.
- 26:30Speaker 8: Nathan McKinnon would sit out. You know, so I think
- 26:33Speaker 8: that's where we'll probably see it. We'll get post-All-Star break.
- 26:36Speaker 8: And I imagine these guys aren't going to spend a
- 26:37Speaker 8: lot of time on the practice ice, you know, at
- 26:39Speaker 8: least that's mandatory. And I think that's kind of the
- 26:41Speaker 8: NHL's way, or at least Jared Bednar's way, of doing
- 26:43Speaker 8: some of that load management stuff. There's so many games.
- 26:47Speaker 8: What do we need to be doing getting on the
- 26:48Speaker 8: practice sheet every other day? So I think that's where
- 26:51Speaker 8: we'll see that load management, and then we'll see how
- 26:53Speaker 8: the standings shake out.
- 26:55Speaker 6: Well, I've learned three things from you this morning, Jesse.
- 26:57Speaker 6: Number one, you like to rub elbows with John Michael Lyles.
- 27:00Speaker 6: Number two, you think most every player in the league
- 27:03Speaker 6: outside of TJ Hughes is dumb, and you dislike old people.
- 27:09Speaker 6: When's the last time you visited your grandmother? I mean,
- 27:11Speaker 6: do you ever– I.
- 27:13Speaker 7: Think you got all, I think that was the point.
- 27:15Speaker 7: I think those are the three points I was trying
- 27:16Speaker 7: to drive home. So I think we nailed it.
- 27:17Speaker 6: You don't care for the elderly at all. I mean,
- 27:19Speaker 6: when you came out and said these people are old.
- 27:23Speaker 7: Well, slow and dangerous behind the wheel. These guys are
- 27:25Speaker 7: almost dead. They can still serve a purpose.
- 27:27Speaker 2: These guys are, hey, some of these guys are in
- 27:30Speaker 2: their thirties and they're almost dead for God's sake.
- 27:32Speaker 6: They're so slow and dead and great. Jesse, appreciate the time.
- 27:36Speaker 6: Thank you, buddy.
- 27:38Speaker 7: Yeah, I always love chatting with you guys. We'll talk soon.
- 27:40Speaker 6: See you soon, bud.
- 27:40Speaker 3: Jesse Montano joining us, and he will be part of
- 27:43Speaker 3: this station moving forward.
- 27:44Speaker 6: Why are you so old? I mean, that's basically what
- 27:47Speaker 6: he's saying.
- 27:47Speaker 3: Look, Jesse just dropped a killer Dumb and Dumber reference
- 27:51Speaker 3: that I don't know.
- 27:51Speaker 6: If you guys picked up.
- 27:52Speaker 2: Of course I did.
- 27:52Speaker 6: I didn't.
- 27:53Speaker 2: That's the old lady who.
- 27:54Speaker 6: Although slow and dangerous behind the wheel, they can still
- 27:56Speaker 6: serve a purpose.
- 27:57Speaker 2: The old lady who stole all of his beer and
- 27:59Speaker 2: his wallet and everything, or his.
- 28:01Speaker 6: Very beginning of Dumb and Dumber, he's standing at the-
- 28:03Speaker 6: He's at the seven- I could only quote one movie, dude.
- 28:05Speaker 6: I only got the room for one movie.
- 28:06Speaker 2: Remember he- What.
- 28:12Speaker 3: Is the name of the- It's funny you can quote
- 28:14Speaker 3: it when it's mush mouth the entire movie.
- 28:16Speaker 2: You don't even know what he's saying.
- 28:17Speaker 6: All I got is one movie.
- 28:19Speaker 2: What is the name- The fact that that's a quote,
- 28:22Speaker 2: by the way- What?
- 28:25Speaker 6: Quote Rocky. And I went- It was like, it's accurate.
- 28:31Speaker 2: What is the name? Give him an Oscar. Okay.
- 28:34Speaker 6: If he dies, he dies.
- 28:36Speaker 4: Sorry, Moshe. Go ahead.
- 28:38Speaker 2: It's too late.
- 28:39Speaker 6: No, go ahead.
- 28:39Speaker 4: Too late.
- 28:40Speaker 6: No, it'll hit.
- 28:41Speaker 4: It will. It'll hit.
- 28:42Speaker 6: Trust me. And I won't make fun of you if
- 28:43Speaker 6: it doesn't. I promise. Because I stepped all over it.
- 28:45Speaker 2: No, because I don't remember. I'm asking you what the
- 28:48Speaker 2: answer is. What's the name of the newspaper that he's
- 28:52Speaker 2: trying to buy when the old lady shows up on
- 28:55Speaker 2: the scooter?
- 28:57Speaker 6: I have no idea.
- 28:58Speaker 2: It's like smut, like New England smut. What's it called? Nellie,
- 29:03Speaker 2: help me.
- 29:03Speaker 3: Nellie has no idea.
- 29:04Speaker 6: I'm tired of this, Grandpa!
- 29:07Speaker 2: That's too damn bad!
- 29:11Speaker 6: Hey, you know what?
- 29:12Speaker 3: While we're here, you guys know what it's time for?
- 29:18Speaker 3: What part of the season we've entered now? It's time for.
- 29:24Speaker 6: to whatever it takes to win.
- 29:25Speaker 1: It's the Johnson Auto Plaza keys to the game. Johnson
- 29:29Speaker 1: Auto Plaza.
- 29:31Speaker 3: We're back.
- 29:32Speaker 1: This again? With Ram, Jeep, Chevy, Buick, and GMC and
- 29:35Speaker 1: a huge selection.
- 29:36Speaker 4: Of used all in one place.
- 29:38Speaker 7: Johnson Auto Plaza.
- 29:39Speaker 2: Here's Mosher Lamar.
- 29:40Speaker 1: And King.
- 29:41Speaker 3: Because we've made it to hockey season with basketball season
- 29:44Speaker 3: around the corner.
- 29:45Speaker 6: Mosher.
- 29:46Speaker 7: And Mavs.
- 29:47Speaker 6: And Kings. 8-18. Scheduled puck drop tonight. Keys to the game.
- 29:51Speaker 2: Do you think there's going to be anything left over
- 29:53Speaker 2: from last year in the postseason when the Avs swept
- 29:55Speaker 2: the LA Kings?
- 29:57Speaker 6: That was a hard-hitting series, I remember. There were a
- 30:00Speaker 6: lot of penalty minutes for a playoff series, I remember.
- 30:04Speaker 6: The amount of hits in that series, albeit only... Only
- 30:08Speaker 6: lasted four games, and I think there were more hits
- 30:10Speaker 6: than any other series in the playoffs.
- 30:12Speaker 2: And maybe none bigger than the one where Josh Manson
- 30:14Speaker 2: got bent over. Remember, he got folded sideways over the boards.
- 30:17Speaker 6: He was bent over the dash.
- 30:18Speaker 2: That's the way he described it last year.
- 30:20Speaker 6: You said it multiple times. When Manson was bent over.
- 30:22Speaker 6: I'm going to look for a dasher at my house tonight.
- 30:38Speaker 6: Ask my wife a question.
- 30:41Speaker 2: What are your keys? Okay, we talked about it ad
- 30:44Speaker 2: nauseum this morning. Ad nauseum.
- 30:48Speaker 6: You know what?
- 30:48Speaker 2: You've been remarkably mouthy the last two months, dude. I
- 30:51Speaker 2: don't even understand where it came from. You are mouthy.
- 30:55Speaker 2: You know that, right? You admit it.
- 30:56Speaker 4: Go ahead, boy.
- 30:59Speaker 7: Make it so.
- 31:00Speaker 1: Give us a key.
- 31:02Speaker 6: Power play.
- 31:04Speaker 2: We've talked about it ad nauseum all offseason through last
- 31:07Speaker 2: season and into today. I want to see how this
- 31:09Speaker 2: new power play looks. I want to see it snap
- 31:11Speaker 2: the puck around. And honestly, I think the key is
- 31:14Speaker 2: Nathan McKinnon to get comfortable on the other side of
- 31:15Speaker 2: the ice. He can roam a little bit, but keep
- 31:18Speaker 2: in mind he's going to be... Sort of on the
- 31:21Speaker 2: power play, it's like an off-wing situation with him toward
- 31:24Speaker 2: the front of the net. So it's going to be
- 31:26Speaker 2: interesting to see how that actually looks and operates. That's
- 31:30Speaker 2: number one. But number two, look, the LA Kings were
- 31:33Speaker 2: a good road team last year. They really were. The
- 31:36Speaker 2: Avs were a better home team.
- 31:39Speaker 6: I think it would do wonders.
- 31:40Speaker 3: To your point, Moj. If you got a power play
- 31:43Speaker 3: goal tonight, it would just set you a little bit
- 31:45Speaker 3: at ease to start the season.
- 31:46Speaker 6: I'd love to see it.
- 31:47Speaker 2: Vic, what you don't want to do is have it
- 31:49Speaker 2: kind of stall. Last night, Carolina and Florida was 0
- 31:53Speaker 2: for 7 on the power play. The Hurricanes were 0
- 31:55Speaker 2: for 6 on the power play last night. Get a
- 31:58Speaker 2: power play goal, you win this game.
- 31:59Speaker 3: It's a long key. It's all powered by Johnson Auto
- 32:01Speaker 3: Plaza with a huge selection of Chevy, Buick, GMC, Ram,
- 32:04Speaker 3: and Jeep all in one place experience the power of
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- 32:08Speaker 6: I should have hit him with, are we done yet?
- 32:10Speaker 6: Anything else? Are we done?
- 32:13Speaker 2: Do we have any more tickets to give away?
- 32:14Speaker 3: Yeah, we're giving away two pairs of tickets here at
- 32:18Speaker 3: the end of the show. So, two different people getting
- 32:21Speaker 3: in the building tonight for game one of the season,
- 32:24Speaker 3: Avs and Kings. Again, if you guys missed it, we
- 32:28Speaker 3: talked to Jared Bednar on the 8 o'clock hour. It
- 32:30Speaker 3: will be on the podcast shortly. And he is fresh off,
- 32:33Speaker 3: announced this morning, a four-year contract extension back after this.
- 32:38Speaker 6: A rare, a rare peek inside... Mosher's emotions. He just
- 32:45Speaker 6: said during that last break, you guys have been blanks
- 32:49Speaker 6: to me today. And I really don't know why. Very
- 32:54Speaker 6: rarely does he show his emotions. Because it makes me laugh.
- 32:58Speaker 2: I don't know how insulting he is going to make
- 33:02Speaker 2: this a better segment.
- 33:04Speaker 6: I respect that a lot.
- 33:05Speaker 4: Why?
- 33:06Speaker 2: Because it makes me laugh. I respect that a lot.
- 33:08Speaker 6: Mosher, in advance. I apologize. profusely for the way we
- 33:15Speaker 6: treat you. It is, frankly, we have to really mean
- 33:19Speaker 6: to it.
- 33:21Speaker 2: But it is funny. It's fun to do.
- 33:24Speaker 6: It is inhumane at times. It is not gentleman-like.
- 33:28Speaker 3: Mosher just innocently asked me, what are we doing here?
- 33:30Speaker 3: And I said, the radio show. And then I turned
- 33:32Speaker 3: my mic on.
- 33:34Speaker 6: So my apologies. Do it again.
- 33:37Speaker 2: A stab in the face with a soldering iron. You know,
- 33:39Speaker 2: the funny part is, if you really thought it affected me,
- 33:43Speaker 2: He'd still do it.
- 33:44Speaker 4: Yeah.
- 33:44Speaker 9: Hey.
- 33:45Speaker 6: No, there have been times I've pulled back the reins.
- 33:48Speaker 7: I got some.
- 33:48Speaker 6: I got some for you. I got some. The Nuggets
- 33:53Speaker 6: held their first day of training camp yesterday. And I
- 33:57Speaker 6: saw this guy on media day, and I said to myself,
- 34:01Speaker 6: I bet you this guy sticks. Cam Whitmore. Oh, like
- 34:06Speaker 6: sticks around?
- 34:06Speaker 5: Yeah.
- 34:07Speaker 6: Cam Whitmore. Remember the name. 22 years old. Youngest player
- 34:12Speaker 6: on the team. Well, not technically, but is he younger
- 34:16Speaker 6: than Brazil?
- 34:17Speaker 3: Yeah, Brazil and Hopkins were both older guys.
- 34:21Speaker 6: He's bounced around. He was a 20th overall pick of
- 34:24Speaker 6: the Rockets, traded, played in Washington, got hurt one season.
- 34:29Speaker 6: Never really stuck there, obviously. Nuggets pick him up on
- 34:33Speaker 6: a two-way. Very, very strong, 6'6, 230 pounds. Coach Edelman,
- 34:41Speaker 6: after practice yesterday, he says he stuck out. He looked good.
- 34:45Speaker 6: But the coach is going to say good things about players.
- 34:48Speaker 6: It's when the other players say it. Aaron Gordon pointed
- 34:51Speaker 6: him out and said, Pam Whitmore is something. And if Aaron,
- 34:54Speaker 6: he's leaning on Aaron probably, probably guarding Aaron.
- 34:57Speaker 2: You know, it's interesting. The NHL, Vic, guys are allowed
- 35:02Speaker 2: to be late bloomers. There are, coming into the season
- 35:05Speaker 2: as we speak right now, there are 89 players in
- 35:08Speaker 2: the NHL, 89 that were undrafted.
- 35:10Speaker 6: 89.
- 35:13Speaker 2: There's more players that were undrafted in the league than
- 35:15Speaker 2: there are players from the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, or
- 35:17Speaker 2: seventh rounds in the NHL. So guys are allowed to
- 35:21Speaker 2: be late bloomers. Are guys allowed to be late bloomers
- 35:23Speaker 2: in the NBA? Because maybe Cam Whitmore then is one
- 35:26Speaker 2: of those guys. Maybe a couple years at Houston. I mean,
- 35:29Speaker 2: his first year was pretty decent. Then, you know, okay.
- 35:33Speaker 2: And then he got hurt last year in Washington. Is
- 35:35Speaker 2: he allowed to be at 22? I can't even believe
- 35:38Speaker 2: I'm saying this, 22 is a late bloomer, but Sam Malinsky,
- 35:40Speaker 2: a late bloomer for the Avs. T.J. Hughes, a late bloomer.
- 35:43Speaker 2: He's 24 years old and he's a rookie. Could we
- 35:45Speaker 2: be seeing that with a guy like Cam Whitmore?
- 35:47Speaker 6: Let's hope so because I think the athleticism he brings
- 35:51Speaker 6: to the table is exactly what the doctor ordered. What
- 35:53Speaker 6: did we see in the playoff series that they lacked?
- 35:56Speaker 6: They needed that girth, that strength.
- 36:00Speaker 2: He's a thicken, right? He's a thick guy. He is
- 36:03Speaker 2: well put together.
- 36:04Speaker 6: Put it that way. And the back end of this roster,
- 36:07Speaker 6: the bench.
- 36:08Speaker 3: Are you going to start fanning yourself soon?
- 36:10Speaker 6: I'm just saying that he's exactly what they need. I mean,
- 36:13Speaker 6: look at the athleticism on this bench. And this is
- 36:16Speaker 6: just on paper, mind you. I don't know if these
- 36:18Speaker 6: guys can play yet together as a unit. We'll see.
- 36:20Speaker 6: We'll see soon enough. But he's an athlete. Alpha Diallo
- 36:24Speaker 6: is a defensive specialist. He is very athletic. Wait till
- 36:27Speaker 6: you see him jump. He is extremely. Trevin Brazil, we
- 36:32Speaker 6: watched him in summer league, what he can do. Marvin
- 36:35Speaker 6: Bagley is the backup center. Very athletic for a big.
- 36:38Speaker 6: DeMar DeRozan, even at his age, can move around. I
- 36:43Speaker 6: have one concern.
- 36:46Speaker 3: And it's not the fault of the people in charge
- 36:50Speaker 3: now because they were dealt a hand of, you have
- 36:52Speaker 3: no money. You have nothing you can do here. The
- 36:57Speaker 3: people that you're relying on for the depth of this team,
- 37:00Speaker 3: I said it yesterday, that I think your top seven
- 37:03Speaker 3: players on this roster are guys I can go with. Like,
- 37:06Speaker 3: I think that's a good top seven. If you're starting five,
- 37:09Speaker 3: plus DeMar DeRozan and Spencer Jones, I'll take that.
- 37:14Speaker 6: Everybody else is sort of bargain men. It's unproven.
- 37:16Speaker 3: It's bargain. You're going to Goodwill, and you're like, hey,
- 37:20Speaker 3: I got to get a shirt.
- 37:20Speaker 6: Here's a shirt.
- 37:21Speaker 2: Dude, I was at Goodwill about a month ago. I
- 37:23Speaker 2: found a brand new Thomas Jefferson book. I was thrilled.
- 37:30Speaker 4: Great.
- 37:32Speaker 2: That being said, can't these guys be a brand new
- 37:35Speaker 2: Thomas Jefferson? One of these guys has to hit, Vic.
- 37:38Speaker 2: One of these guys. Listen, I'm not even saying I
- 37:40Speaker 2: hope one of these guys hits. One of these guys
- 37:44Speaker 2: has to hit.
- 37:45Speaker 6: Brazil.
- 37:46Speaker 3: I would love the inverse of this. That last year,
- 37:48Speaker 3: it felt like you did get proven. You did get
- 37:51Speaker 3: proven players who you could trust. And outside of Tim Hardaway,
- 37:55Speaker 3: you really didn't get it. Bruce Brown was, look, is
- 37:57Speaker 3: he trustworthy? Yes, but not trustworthy enough to bring back.
- 38:00Speaker 6: They were not athletic enough.
- 38:02Speaker 7: Correct.
- 38:02Speaker 6: They were not athletic enough. And now they became much
- 38:06Speaker 6: more athletic. Jonas Valanciunas can only really, you know, push
- 38:09Speaker 6: people around. But Marvin Bagley is a different kind of player.
- 38:13Speaker 2: Well, it has to hit. Somebody has to hit. Well,
- 38:15Speaker 2: let's hope so.
- 38:16Speaker 6: I don't know if it will. But, I mean, it's
- 38:17Speaker 6: a different makeup, different set of players. And I think
- 38:21Speaker 6: these guys, if a couple of them can make an impact.
- 38:25Speaker 2: Dude, listen.
- 38:27Speaker 6: You look at Cam Whitmore. You just look at him.
- 38:29Speaker 6: You're like, oh, my God. That dude can.
- 38:32Speaker 1: Way.
- 38:32Speaker 4: Yeah.
- 38:33Speaker 2: Fan yourself.
- 38:34Speaker 4: Yeah.
- 38:35Speaker 6: Now, maybe he hasn't been given the opportunity. Maybe when
- 38:38Speaker 6: you play for a bad team, you play bad. We'll see. Yeah. So,
- 38:45Speaker 6: heading into tonight, you can hear the game.
- 38:47Speaker 3: Obviously, the only local broadcast of the Avs game tonight
- 38:49Speaker 3: is going to be right here on 92.5 with McGahee
- 38:53Speaker 3: and Riker on the call. Bert will have your pre-
- 38:56Speaker 3: and post-game taken care of. Bednar gets the four-year extension.
- 39:02Speaker 3: At 7.30 this morning, that is finalized and done.
- 39:05Speaker 2: We finally got some breaking news on the show, man.
- 39:08Speaker 6: We did.
- 39:09Speaker 2: How good is that?
- 39:10Speaker 6: And then we had the guy on 30 minutes later.
- 39:11Speaker 6: It's pretty great. And then Mosher went out of his
- 39:14Speaker 6: way to wrap up the interview. It was weird. It
- 39:19Speaker 6: was weird and awkward.
- 39:21Speaker 3: But here's the deal. I think Mosher hit on it
- 39:24Speaker 3: in the keys to the game. I'm telling you, if
- 39:27Speaker 3: you get... Imagine this for a second. imagine the abs tonight,
- 39:31Speaker 3: first power play, they get a goal and it comes
- 39:34Speaker 3: from TJ Hughes. How would it, how you'll feel about that?
- 39:37Speaker 6: Paint, paint a picture play by play guy of how
- 39:40Speaker 6: a goal with this new power play system, this new unit,
- 39:43Speaker 6: how would it look in your brain?
- 39:45Speaker 2: Well, I think spins. Yeah. I think you want a prediction?
- 39:51Speaker 2: It's one of two ways. It's not McKinnon. It's not Hughes.
- 39:55Speaker 2: The first power play goal will be Marty Natchez on
- 40:00Speaker 2: the near dot, banging it short side, or there'll be
- 40:07Speaker 2: a shot from McCarr down the slot, hit a couple bodies,
- 40:11Speaker 2: maybe ricochet off the goalie, drop down, and Landy's going
- 40:14Speaker 2: to bury it between the pads.
- 40:16Speaker 6: That's what I love about hockey, slots and dots. Slots
- 40:20Speaker 6: and dots. Slots with a no.
- 40:23Speaker 2: Yeah.
- 40:24Speaker 6: Just clarifying.
- 40:27Speaker 3: You know, what is exciting about this is if they're
- 40:30Speaker 3: moving McKinnon, I watched in the Olympics, Marty Natchez sit
- 40:35Speaker 3: at the spot that McKinnon usually sits at and absolutely
- 40:39Speaker 3: eat on the power play in the Olympics. He's more
- 40:42Speaker 3: than capable of doing that. And I think that Needing
- 40:46Speaker 3: to have an eye on Nathan McKinnon everywhere he goes
- 40:50Speaker 3: can create some havoc.
- 40:51Speaker 6: Okay, let's have a little contest.
- 40:53Speaker 2: All right? There's five guys in the power play. There's
- 40:56Speaker 2: four of us. Who's going to score the first goal
- 41:00Speaker 2: on the number one unit? I mean, let's say the
- 41:01Speaker 2: second unit gets the first goal of the season on
- 41:04Speaker 2: the power play. It doesn't count. That five-man unit, number
- 41:07Speaker 2: one power play, who gets the first goal? I'll go first.
- 41:10Speaker 2: I'll say Marty Nages.
- 41:12Speaker 6: I'll give it to Cale McCarr, highest paid player in hockey.
- 41:16Speaker 3: I'm going to do the Hughes wildcard.
- 41:18Speaker 6: I want it.
- 41:19Speaker 3: Nelly?
- 41:22Speaker 10: Bend over and I'll show you. Sorry, what was the question?
- 41:24Speaker 10: I had to pick some winners of these abs tickets.
- 41:27Speaker 2: Who scores the first power play? You've got Landy or McKinnon.
- 41:31Speaker 1: Pick.
- 41:31Speaker 6: Oh, McKinnon. I got his jersey on right now. Let's go.
- 41:36Speaker 2: So no love for Landy in front of the net?
- 41:38Speaker 3: None.
- 41:38Speaker 2: Zero.
- 41:40Speaker 6: Well, then why didn't you do it?
- 41:41Speaker 2: I'll pick Landy, too.
- 41:43Speaker 10: Yeah.
- 41:43Speaker 2: I get two. You guys each get one.
- 41:45Speaker 4: Yeah, sure. Whatever.
- 41:46Speaker 6: What are you doing tonight?
- 41:47Speaker 2: Going to the game. In fact, I'm going to do
- 41:50Speaker 2: a little thing at the intermissions with Kendall, our new
- 41:53Speaker 2: in-arena host.
- 41:56Speaker 1: Okay.
- 41:57Speaker 6: But what are you going to be doing at the game?
- 42:00Speaker 6: You know exactly what he's going to do.
- 42:01Speaker 2: Sitting there with my teeth in my mouth.
- 42:03Speaker 3: Mosher is going to say hi to 8 billion people tonight.
- 42:05Speaker 6: Where are you sitting at the game?
- 42:08Speaker 2: I don't know yet.
- 42:10Speaker 6: So you're doing nothing.
- 42:12Speaker 2: I'm sitting there with my teeth in my mouth watching hockey.
- 42:15Speaker 3: So crazy, man. September 30th, and we're already here.
- 42:17Speaker 2: Can I say this? If you are going, and I
- 42:19Speaker 2: know we're going to find our winners here momentarily, get
- 42:22Speaker 2: there early because this opening sequence for the season and
- 42:26Speaker 2: the player introductions are going to be killer.
- 42:30Speaker 3: So again, that's all tonight right here on 92.5. Let's
- 42:33Speaker 3: get an early fact checker.
- 42:34Speaker 6: Nelly, go ahead.
- 42:35Speaker 1: Nelly monitors the mistakes in today's Fact Checker. Fact Checker.
- 42:41Speaker 1: Presented by Backus & Shanker. Serious lawyers for the seriously injured.
- 42:47Speaker 6: All right, so here's the deal.
- 42:48Speaker 3: We told you guys to listen to the Jared Bednar interview,
- 42:50Speaker 3: which you would have been doing anyway, but.
- 42:52Speaker 6: We took a portion of the interview.
- 42:54Speaker 3: We bleeped out a segment of the interview, and if
- 42:56Speaker 3: you filled that in through text, you had a chance
- 42:57Speaker 3: to win a pair of tickets to go to tonight's game.
- 43:00Speaker 3: So here's how it sounded.
- 43:01Speaker 4: Excited to get going here for the season and take
- 43:03Speaker 4: another run at this thing.
- 43:05Speaker 2: Okay, is that it?
- 43:06Speaker 6: What do you got?
- 43:08Speaker 2: No, I got nothing. What are you doing?
- 43:12Speaker 4: Moe, you get it.
- 43:12Speaker 8: No, I don't.
- 43:15Speaker 3: So, the correct answer to that was, do we have
- 43:18Speaker 3: the unblinked person?
- 43:19Speaker 6: No, I got nothing.
- 43:20Speaker 2: I mean, we could.
- 43:21Speaker 4: I got nothing.
- 43:22Speaker 6: What are you doing?
- 43:23Speaker 4: Moe, did you get a tee time?
- 43:25Speaker 6: No, I don't. Those of you who guessed colonoscopy, you're wrong.
- 43:29Speaker 6: It's close. So, the two winners that we have.
- 43:33Speaker 2: The way I'm playing golf, I might as well get
- 43:34Speaker 2: a colonoscopy as opposed to tee off.
- 43:36Speaker 3: The two winners that we have going to the game
- 43:39Speaker 3: tonight are Ryan Georgia.
- 43:43Speaker 6: And Chris Despain.
- 43:46Speaker 2: Ryan Georgia and Chris West Virginia.
- 43:48Speaker 6: Congratulations. They're going with Duncan, Idaho. Moj.
- 43:51Speaker 1: Yeah.
- 43:51Speaker 2: Duncan, Idaho.
- 43:52Speaker 3: So congratulations to you guys. You're going to the game tonight.
- 43:55Speaker 6: Say hi to Moj while you're there. He'll be available.
- 43:57Speaker 4: Moj.
- 43:58Speaker 6: Do you have a fact checker, fact checker, Nelly?
- 44:00Speaker 2: I'll be up in the press box.
- 44:01Speaker 10: I mean, I was just going to keep making fun
- 44:02Speaker 10: of Moj for the fact that he was hurrying up
- 44:04Speaker 10: Jared Bednar's interview. That clip for Listen Up Jack, that
- 44:07Speaker 10: was the second time he did that. There was another
- 44:10Speaker 10: one before that where he said, hey, I think I
- 44:12Speaker 10: have it. This was the first instance.
- 44:14Speaker 4: You know, Brock would have a bigger year than he
- 44:16Speaker 4: did last year, and he certainly looks capable and a
- 44:19Speaker 4: real good place mentally and physically to do that.
- 44:23Speaker 2: Okay, what else? Is that it? I mean, we covered
- 44:25Speaker 2: a lot.
- 44:26Speaker 6: Is that your question?
- 44:27Speaker 2: Yeah, we plot a lot of ground today.
- 44:28Speaker 6: I got a question. I got one more. Yeah, what's that?
- 44:31Speaker 10: And I think that was when you asked about Cogs,
- 44:33Speaker 10: so you bailed him out, and then Coach answered the
- 44:36Speaker 10: Cogs question, and the Mojo asked again, are we there yet?
- 44:39Speaker 2: Okay, is that it?
- 44:42Speaker 6: It's really rude. It was really rude what you did.
- 44:44Speaker 2: He was ready to go. He's got stuff to do, man.
- 44:47Speaker 6: What are you, his keeper?
- 44:48Speaker 2: He's already at the rink. He's in his office doing
- 44:51Speaker 2: the show.
- 44:51Speaker 3: I'll remind you, during playoff games, that man stays on
- 44:55Speaker 3: at the exact same times that we had him.
- 44:58Speaker 6: So is he going to join us every Wednesday? What's
- 45:01Speaker 6: the deal this season?
- 45:02Speaker 2: Yeah, Vic, for the last 10 years, it's been every Wednesday.
- 45:05Speaker 6: I didn't know if it was the same date. They're
- 45:07Speaker 6: mixing things up on the power play. I thought they'd
- 45:09Speaker 6: do it on the show.
- 45:10Speaker 3: How do I do this show with YouTube clouds? How
- 45:13Speaker 3: do I do this every day?
- 45:14Speaker 2: What?
- 45:16Speaker 6: We have like Christmas. It'll be Christmas. And Mosher says,
- 45:19Speaker 6: are we off on the 25th? It's like, yeah, we're
- 45:22Speaker 6: off on Christmas. Like we are every single year.
- 45:25Speaker 3: Anyway, game one tonight, right here on Altitude Sports Radio 92.5.
- 45:30Speaker 3: We have McGahee and Riker on the call. Birdo doing
- 45:33Speaker 3: pre and post.
- 45:35Speaker 6: We're back, baby. And it all starts at 7.30.
- 45:39Speaker 3: So tune in right here at Altitude Sports Radio 92.5.
- 45:42Speaker 3: You can get the podcast, iTunes, Spotify, Mojo Lombardi, and
- 45:45Speaker 3: Kane is where you can find it, including our first
- 45:48Speaker 3: chat with the newly extended Jared Bednar. So find all
- 45:53Speaker 3: of that in the podcast, iTunes, Spotify, Mojo Lombardi, and Kane.
- 45:56Speaker 3: Have a wonderful Wednesday. Enjoy the apps tonight.
- 45:59Speaker 6: We'll talk to you tomorrow.
- 46:00Speaker 4: Love you. See you.