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Will Florida Panthers Oust Toronto Maple Leafs Tomorrow Tonight · Sports Exchange

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  Speaker 1: Did you need everybody?
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  Speaker 2: And welcome to another edition to the Sports Say National
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  Speaker 2: Hockey Nague. My name is Scott Morgan on Florida City Madamouth,
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  Speaker 2: joined by Mike Santos, my co host, and we're gonna
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  Speaker 2: have a good show tonight. We're gonna do a lot
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  Speaker 2: of rapid fire stuff and there's a lot of news
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  Speaker 2: out there in the National Hockey League, so Mike and
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  Speaker 2: I are gonna get to it. So if you're looking
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  Speaker 2: for information and a very quick risk manner, you're gonna
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  Speaker 2: get it tonight.
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  Speaker 1: We'll give you updates on the Washington Capitals Carolina Hurricanes
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  Speaker 1: as well.
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  Speaker 2: But and then we're also gonna go ahead talk about
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  Speaker 2: the Florida Panthers, which is going to be our lead story.
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  Speaker 2: By the way, Mike, glad to have Glad we had
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  Speaker 2: an opportunity to catch up over at black It was
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  Speaker 2: a lot of fun on Mother's Day.
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  Speaker 3: Great to be back, Scott. Yeah, it wasn't a lot
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  Speaker 3: of fun last weekend, So let's get to it.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely obviously a lot to get to today. We're going
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  Speaker 2: to talk about the depth scoring from the Florida Panthers.
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  Speaker 2: They became the first team in over thirty years to
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  Speaker 2: feature seventeen get this unique goal scorers through the first
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  Speaker 2: ten games of the postseason. The last team to do
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  Speaker 2: it was in nineteen ninety three LA games. That's unbelievable,
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  Speaker 2: isn't it. Seventeen guys contributing putting a puncket in the
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  Speaker 2: back of the net.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean that's impressive. I think last week we
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  Speaker 3: were talking about them being down too oh and I
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  Speaker 3: thought it was gonna be really tough enough for them
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  Speaker 3: to win Game three, which they obviously did, but to
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  Speaker 3: really get back in the series just because they played
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  Speaker 3: so much hockey the last couple of years. But kudos
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  Speaker 3: to them. They're you know, when they're getting that many
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  Speaker 3: contribut is on a nightly basis, I mean, that's what
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  Speaker 3: it's all about, right. They really are a complete team.
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  Speaker 3: They can play it any way you want it. They
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  Speaker 3: sort of remind me, I dare say, a little bit
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  Speaker 3: of the of the early eighties Islanders that they can
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  Speaker 3: play any game you want. You want to play it rough,
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  Speaker 3: you want to play a chippy, they can do it.
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  Speaker 3: You want to If you want to skate, they can
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  Speaker 3: do it. They can play a good defensive game with
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  Speaker 3: strong goaltending or they can. They can light the puck,
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  Speaker 3: light the net up like they did last night with
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  Speaker 3: six against Toronto, So good, good for them. Wow, it
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  Speaker 3: looks like they they've got as good a shot as
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  Speaker 3: anybody to do it again and be there in the
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  Speaker 3: finals for three straight years.
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  Speaker 1: That's true.
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  Speaker 2: Let's talk about sir, Sir ge Blebroski won one hundred
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  Speaker 2: and forty eight minutes without allowing a goal.
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  Speaker 1: That's a long time. Listen, we both know, Mike that
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  Speaker 1: when you talk.
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  Speaker 2: About let the Stanley Cup playoffs, you ride the hot goaltender,
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  Speaker 2: and Sir gey Blebroski has been.
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  Speaker 1: That guy for a long time.
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  Speaker 2: It's not a matter they it's a matter of when
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  Speaker 2: when he gets his number retired over I guess they
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  Speaker 2: call it a Merit Bank arena. But he's once again
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  Speaker 2: working his magic in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, this guy has always done it. Maybe he
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  Speaker 3: didn't do it consistently early in his career, but he
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  Speaker 3: wasn't with teams that he that he could be consistent with.
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  Speaker 3: You know, whether that was Philadelphia, he had that that
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  Speaker 3: great upset series against the Tampa Bay Lightning when he
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  Speaker 3: was with the Crimes Jacket. I still believe it's the
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  Speaker 3: only playoff series Columbuses ever won in the history of
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  Speaker 3: their organization. But they came in and swept the Lightning
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  Speaker 3: and it was it was behind his goaltending. You know,
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  Speaker 3: Florida went out on a limb and got him and
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  Speaker 3: paid big money at the time to get him on
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  Speaker 3: a long term deal. I think it looks like that
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  Speaker 3: confidence that they placed in him is really paid dividends.
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  Speaker 3: And when they made their first run of the Cup
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  Speaker 3: final a couple of years ago, it was really all
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  Speaker 3: on his back, you know. And frankly he was just
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  Speaker 3: out of gas when they got to Vegas in the finals.
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  Speaker 3: Last year, he was strong all the way through. And
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  Speaker 3: this year with the contributions they're getting, like you just said,
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  Speaker 3: from seventeen different guys putting the puck in the net,
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  Speaker 3: you know, he seems to be hitting his stride now,
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  Speaker 3: which is great because you know, hopefully it was just
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  Speaker 3: two rounds to go. This is the time you want
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  Speaker 3: your goalie hot. As a pistol.
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  Speaker 2: I was about Toronto Mapley's ice cool. Twenty three different
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  Speaker 2: players have scored a goal in the Toronto Maple's of
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  Speaker 2: Panther series.
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  Speaker 1: But guess what Austin Matthews is not one of them.
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  Speaker 2: You need your best player to be able to put
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  Speaker 2: the puck in the neck on the net. In Austin
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  Speaker 2: Matthews has not delivered in this series.
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  Speaker 3: Look, he's a tremendously talented player. Obviously, everybody knows how
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  Speaker 3: heavy a shot he has. But what I don't see
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  Speaker 3: from a guy like that that's supposed to be a leader,
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  Speaker 3: is I just don't see that spark. I just didn't
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  Speaker 3: see that energy to his game. You know, he's you know,
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  Speaker 3: he plays a little bit like a cool customer. I
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  Speaker 3: get it, but but when you're a guy that you
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  Speaker 3: know that's counted on to score as much as he's
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  Speaker 3: counted on the score, usually you bring more energy with
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  Speaker 3: with your game as well. I don't see that from him.
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  Speaker 3: I never have. I think that, you know, unfortunately, Tavarus
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  Speaker 3: is just getting a little bit older older now, but
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  Speaker 3: I think that Tavaris is really their their leader of
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  Speaker 3: that team, right. Andrew doesn't have the you know, maybe
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  Speaker 3: the size of the grit that that the other guys have.
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  Speaker 3: It's it's a shame, but uh wow, it's it's starting
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  Speaker 3: to look like a really, really bad time in the
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  Speaker 3: spring for Toronto fans.
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  Speaker 2: Again, sure is getting blown out six to one. There
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  Speaker 2: would have been much better effort the other night. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: everybody's gris in the effort. Here's a team here started
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  Speaker 2: the series two to nothing and then you'll lay an
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  Speaker 2: egg in your own area, in your own arena, and
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  Speaker 2: it almost looked like they were lifeless.
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  Speaker 1: The other night.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, a crucial game in the playoff, right to try
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  Speaker 3: to get the momentum back. I mean, even though they
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  Speaker 3: lost the two games in Florida, they were tight games,
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  Speaker 3: they were low scoring games, and you know, a great
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  Speaker 3: here here or there in Toronto could have got a
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  Speaker 3: game or even two in Florida while they were here.
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  Speaker 3: So no reason to go, you know, go to back
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  Speaker 3: to your home and lay an egg like they did.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, I don't know that better any other way
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  Speaker 3: to say it. But then again, it just reflects the
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  Speaker 3: leadership or the lack of leadership they have on the team.
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  Speaker 3: And I don't know that that Matthews is a bad
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  Speaker 3: guy or anything. He's just not He's just not an
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  Speaker 3: energy guy. I don't think he's a guy that's gonna
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  Speaker 3: that's gonna light the spark in the dressing room. I
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  Speaker 3: think he's better as a follower than a leader. And
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  Speaker 3: you know, they got out shut fourteen to four last
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  Speaker 3: night in the first period. I mean, they came out
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  Speaker 3: in a truth, pivotal game in a series against the
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  Speaker 3: defending Stanley Cup champs and they got out shot fourteen
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  Speaker 3: to four in the first period. That's that's rough.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, let's say it's reality.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not asking I'm not asking Austin Matthews to play
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  Speaker 2: like Connor McDavid, but this guy is playing anything but
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  Speaker 2: like Connor McDavid. Connor McDavid we know is it's not
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  Speaker 2: a matter of after, it's a matter of win when
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  Speaker 2: he does win a Stanley Cup. And if Canada is
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  Speaker 2: going to break their drought, I think they're going through
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  Speaker 2: Edmonton to do it, and Connor McDavid tasted it last year.
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  Speaker 2: We'll see if they can finish the job. That'll be
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  Speaker 2: for next week. I'll just keep the focus for his
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  Speaker 2: sad unless you want to adds somep to what we're
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  Speaker 2: talking about.
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  Speaker 4: No, I mean I agree with you. I mean, that's
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  Speaker 4: a perfect example of a guy who you know, obviously
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  Speaker 4: he's a great player like Matthews, but there's something different,
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  Speaker 4: right I mean, obviously he's got the speeded and he
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  Speaker 4: can turn on a dime, but there's an electricity to
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  Speaker 4: his game, as a spark to his game, and that
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  Speaker 4: really gets other players.
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  Speaker 3: Going on the you know, on the team when when
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  Speaker 3: you've got a leader that can do those types of things,
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  Speaker 3: not just not just produce, not just produce with some scoring.
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  Speaker 3: Even though you know Matthews is not scoring. You know
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  Speaker 3: now in the playoffs, he's still a scorer, but he
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  Speaker 3: doesn't add the spark that the other guys are looking
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  Speaker 3: to him for. I mean, Ovechkin like the greatest goal
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  Speaker 3: scorer I guess now in the history of the NHL.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, when he scores goals, there's a spark to him, right,
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  Speaker 3: There's an energy to him. When he played the younger
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  Speaker 3: there was definitely it was an excitement watching this guy. Uh.
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  Speaker 3: You know, there's there's too many times where I see
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  Speaker 3: Matthews and he's just going through the motions.
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  Speaker 2: Royally clack, just to let you know we're gonna be
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  Speaker 2: talking about the Only King shortly in the show. Glad
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  Speaker 2: to have you back in a while, but it's always
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  Speaker 2: good to see you popping in when you get a chance.
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  Speaker 2: So The reality is is Craig Ruby is doing the
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  Speaker 2: best that he can with the group that he has.
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  Speaker 2: I says, will you be covering in person tomorrow? Jo Door, Well,
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  Speaker 2: I think Mike has other things he's probably doing. I'm
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  Speaker 2: sure he'll pay attention for the sake of at least
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  Speaker 2: watching the show so we can talk about it next
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  Speaker 2: Thursday night here on the Sports Exchange.
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  Speaker 1: My name is Scott Morgan. I'd be going by Mike Santils.
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  Speaker 2: We do hockey every Thursday night unless we get to
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  Speaker 2: it to do it on Wednesday night. Good stuff, we're
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  Speaker 2: gonna go. So all right, let's go ahead to the
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  Speaker 2: predictions for tomorrow night. What do you think is gonna
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  Speaker 2: happen over in Sunrise?
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  Speaker 3: I think I think the Painters are going to put
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  Speaker 3: an end to this. I mean, the one thing that
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  Speaker 3: they've learned in the last couple of years now with
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  Speaker 3: this team and a lot of guys that have been
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  Speaker 3: through at the Wars for two years in a row,
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  Speaker 3: when they've got the opportunity to put put a team away,
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  Speaker 3: they're going to put him away. And and that's what
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  Speaker 3: that's what you've got to learn with experience in the playoffs,
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  Speaker 3: you got to put him away. I also, I just
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  Speaker 3: saw I don't know who it was that made a
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  Speaker 3: comment about Toronto's goaltending, especially yesterday. I think they put
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  Speaker 3: in Marty, who hadn't played a game this season.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, be worried, but.
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  Speaker 3: You know, when you lose your goaltender, you know, questionable,
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  Speaker 3: simple play, right that that oft them their goaltender. But
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  Speaker 3: when you lose your goaltender, especially you know, but Toronto,
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  Speaker 3: it's big because he's not He's not Pabrowski to start,
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  Speaker 3: but he is the he is the number one guy.
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  Speaker 3: And uh, I think that was a that was a
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  Speaker 3: real pivotal, you know, moment in this series. For sure.
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  Speaker 2: Let's keep things real. Anthony Stoller is a good goaltender.
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  Speaker 2: Joe's Joe Wold. There's a reason why he's a number
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  Speaker 2: two goaltender because he's not number one. That's all there
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  Speaker 2: is to it. He's had a decent series, don't get
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  Speaker 2: me wrong. And Murray, Murray, he hasn't played I think
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  Speaker 2: like five or six years in a playoff game. But
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  Speaker 2: the reality is, I think I can make a prediction
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  Speaker 2: which I know will never get wrong unless I'm really wrong.
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  Speaker 2: Both teams are going to be home for to chase
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  Speaker 2: home because they win in toronto's gonna be flying home.
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  Speaker 2: So that's what you're looking at. And I'm not going
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  Speaker 2: to venture score and that's not my job, but their
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  Speaker 2: prognosticators do it. But I think nothing else says that
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  Speaker 2: Panthers should win the series four to two. And we'll
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  Speaker 2: get updates with the Carolina Panthers Washington Champles. I'm sure
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  Speaker 2: if the show goes on and my right online, I
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  Speaker 2: think we're both close to the Panthers, right.
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  Speaker 3: I think I think the Panthers have too much experience
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  Speaker 3: in this situation and they know, especially from that Edmonton
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  Speaker 3: series last year where it took a try to get
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  Speaker 3: it done, and when you got the opportunity to put
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  Speaker 3: a team away, especially when you've got a chance to
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  Speaker 3: do it at home, you've got to do it. You
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  Speaker 3: gotta take advantage of it. I think they'll be ready
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  Speaker 3: to go. And you know, one more thing on the goaltending.
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  Speaker 3: You know, you can have a good goaltender, maybe Solarize,
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  Speaker 3: you know, or you know, but in the playoffs you
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  Speaker 3: need a goalie that can win you a couple of
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  Speaker 3: games on it. And that's what Rosky can do. And
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  Speaker 3: He's already done it a couple of times this year,
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  Speaker 3: and in this series.
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  Speaker 2: We have a lot of things to get too. I'm
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  Speaker 2: gonna go for some coaching moves as well as other things.
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  Speaker 2: So stay with us, everybody. Rick Tockett is now the
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  Speaker 2: new Flyers coach.
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  Speaker 1: How do you like the choice?
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  Speaker 3: I like it from a PR standpoint and a marketing standpoint.
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  Speaker 3: He doesn't have the long locks and the dark haired,
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  Speaker 3: black haired mullet that he used to have skating around
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  Speaker 3: in warm ups in the eighties and early nineties, but
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  Speaker 3: I think he's still a Flyer fan favorite. So for
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  Speaker 3: a team that's really got a long way to go
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  Speaker 3: to be competitive and to have a real future as
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  Speaker 3: a regular playoff contender, it's probably a good PR move.
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  Speaker 3: How is he as a coach? I really don't know.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, he's been a right a long day. He's
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  Speaker 3: coached at a few places, but he really doesn't stuck
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  Speaker 3: around anywhere real, you know, for a real long time.
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  Speaker 3: He hasn't really established himself as this as a certain
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  Speaker 3: type of coach. You know. He walked into Vancouver two
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  Speaker 3: years ago and the team got off to a great start.
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  Speaker 3: They went to the playoffs, but you know, exited round
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  Speaker 3: two and then this year they never got it going
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  Speaker 3: all year and didn't make the playoffs. So I don't know,
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  Speaker 3: we'll see. I think the jury is still out on
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  Speaker 3: this guy as what kind of a coach he is.
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  Speaker 3: But great pr move for the Flyers.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think so too. Adam put new Vancouver can
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  Speaker 2: coach sometimes about that one.
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  Speaker 3: Uh Vancouver Canucks coach out of foot another guy, I mean,
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  Speaker 3: sort of for me, out of the blue, but you know,
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  Speaker 3: pack of a heck of a defenseman. I think that
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  Speaker 3: I think that that's probably what they want to do
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  Speaker 3: a little bit more of. I mean, you've got a
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  Speaker 3: guy like Quinn Ues that you're trying to keep in
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  Speaker 3: the organization. He's a goer man. He's he's going to
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  Speaker 3: take the puck and you know, in his own end
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  Speaker 3: and really bring the offense. But I think they've got
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  Speaker 3: to become better all around defensively if they're gonna if
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  Speaker 3: they're gonna, you know, achieve what they need to achieve
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  Speaker 3: and become a regular playoff team out there. So you know,
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  Speaker 3: maybe he's the guy.
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  Speaker 2: A couple of series we're going to talk about. Edmonton
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  Speaker 2: closed out Vegas last night and as a result. You know,
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  Speaker 2: there you go Edmonton on their way back to the
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  Speaker 2: Final four. Who knows there could be a rematch with
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  Speaker 2: the Panthers, But the Panthers, if they get to the
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  Speaker 2: Carolina Hurricanes, they have a lot of work to do
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  Speaker 2: to see that rematch. Well, let's talk about Edmonton. They
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  Speaker 2: look like they are a team on a mission.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Wow. When the playoffs started, they would not have been
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  Speaker 3: my pick to even get this far. I thought LA
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  Speaker 3: would take them out in the first round and LA
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  Speaker 3: had them down too. Oh, but something happened in that
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  Speaker 3: locker room. And I think what happened is Connor McDavid.
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  Speaker 3: I think that's what in that locker room. We're just
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  Speaker 3: talking about a guy that's a that that really leads
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  Speaker 3: and gives them a spark. I mean, I start cook
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  Speaker 3: last week after they lost that game with a bad
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  Speaker 3: goal with under a second left. And I don't know
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  Speaker 3: who was in the locker room that was that was
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  Speaker 3: able to film this, but even more so, who was
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  Speaker 3: in the locker room at that time the able and
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  Speaker 3: then put it out, but he really let into into
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  Speaker 3: the Edmonton goaltender and a few other guys in a
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  Speaker 3: room after the game and I think that I think
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  Speaker 3: that he has really grown into that role, and I
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  Speaker 3: think just missing out on a Stanley Cup last year
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  Speaker 3: has made him very hungry and he's making all of
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  Speaker 3: those players that are his teammates accountable in that locker room.
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  Speaker 3: And that's what's doing it because you know, let's face it,
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  Speaker 3: from the goal out there not you know, they're not
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  Speaker 3: the best team, especially on the blue line. It's especially
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  Speaker 3: down a player or two with injury. You know, they
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  Speaker 3: could they can put the puck in the net. But
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  Speaker 3: what's really impressed me is is is their effort as
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  Speaker 3: a team. And I think it just from McDavid, not
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  Speaker 3: only his performance on the ice, which seems to always
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  Speaker 3: be great, but as leadership off of it.
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  Speaker 2: Now, talk about the other game tonight Dallas Winnipeg. Dallas
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  Speaker 2: has a three to one lead in that series that
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  Speaker 2: starts the nine third. Let me address a question and
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  Speaker 2: the chat room's Joshua Dora. I guess it's a fair
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  Speaker 2: question considering the source. One of my personal thoughts about
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  Speaker 2: hockey Number one is physical. Number two has been around
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  Speaker 2: for over one hundred years and it has a black
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  Speaker 2: punk so and I think the hockey players are underpaid,
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  Speaker 2: And I'm going to leave it at that, Joshua, for
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  Speaker 2: the sake of not ignoring the question, and we'll move
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  Speaker 2: on to tonight's series. I do believe they are underpaid,
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  Speaker 2: and they definitely spend more money on Dallawork than any
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  Speaker 2: other sport of the four major ones. There yougo, Joshua,
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  Speaker 2: dignore it didn't give you a straight answer. We continue
• 16:43
  Speaker 2: to flow with the show. All right, Mike, we have
• 16:45
  Speaker 2: another game and we'll see whether this Canadian team is
• 16:48
  Speaker 2: going to get dropped, meeding the Winnipeg Jets and the
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: Dallas Stars. Peter de Boor, we've talked about him a
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: man on a mission to try to win it all.
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: The mere thoughts about tonight.
• 16:58
  Speaker 3: Yeah, they're they're really handling business with Winnipeg. I just
• 17:03
  Speaker 3: don't get Winnipeg, and especially their goaltender Hella Buck. Their
• 17:09
  Speaker 3: their gang their gangbusters team in the regular season, but boy,
• 17:13
  Speaker 3: the playoffs, they just barely got themselves out of Round
• 17:16
  Speaker 3: one against Saint Louis after being down in that series
• 17:19
  Speaker 3: and then squeaking it out because I don't remember that
• 17:22
  Speaker 3: it was a double, a triple overtime when they squeaked
• 17:24
  Speaker 3: it out at home, after being down two goals with
• 17:26
  Speaker 3: three minutes left. But but Dallas, Dallas has got it
• 17:31
  Speaker 3: going right, and and I like their goaltender. I like
• 17:35
  Speaker 3: Jake Ottinger. I think I think he's a good goaltender.
• 17:38
  Speaker 3: I don't know that he's a level of like a Lebrovsky,
• 17:41
  Speaker 3: but but he's a he's got some experience now in playoffs.
• 17:46
  Speaker 3: And we've talked about this guy before. He's due as
• 17:52
  Speaker 3: a coach, I think to win a Stanley Cup. I mean,
• 17:54
  Speaker 3: he's been there with San Jose, right, he's been there
• 17:57
  Speaker 3: with New Jersey, he's been there with Vegas. He's due,
• 18:03
  Speaker 3: he's due. And uh if if Dallas fans are wearing
• 18:09
  Speaker 3: it all, then just just get in the game seven
• 18:12
  Speaker 3: and you know they'll He'll take care of it from there.
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: I don't think Dallas like they really really are.
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: And Peter de Boor is one of those guys who,
• 18:21
  Speaker 2: like Paul Maurice, you know, at some point you figure
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: and you feel like he's gonna win it. Paul finally
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: got it, and I hope that Peter de Boor has
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: a chance to win it all and carry Lord Stanley
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: Cup as well.
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: I mean, how do you not.
• 18:34
  Speaker 3: Over the guy. He's, Uh, he's a coach. He's a
• 18:38
  Speaker 3: real coach. I know that from experience, so spending a
• 18:41
  Speaker 3: year with him, right, And you know, there's a lot
• 18:44
  Speaker 3: of guys that get behind the bench that maybe played
• 18:46
  Speaker 3: in the league. There's a lot of guys that have
• 18:48
  Speaker 3: relationships with players. There's a lot of guys that are
• 18:51
  Speaker 3: cheerleaders and can really pump guys up. But Pete de
• 18:54
  Speaker 3: Bore is a good old fashioned coach. Ches he you know,
• 19:00
  Speaker 3: he instills discipline, he relates to players. I think he
• 19:07
  Speaker 3: understands what's going on with certain players. I think he
• 19:09
  Speaker 3: knows how to how to push buttons with players. You know,
• 19:12
  Speaker 3: some guys need a pad in the back, some guys
• 19:14
  Speaker 3: need to kick them behind. He's he's just a real coach,
• 19:18
  Speaker 3: through and through and and and you know, maybe I
• 19:22
  Speaker 3: would say, uh, along with maybe Rod Brindamore, probably the
• 19:28
  Speaker 3: best all around coach left of the playoff teams. The
• 19:32
  Speaker 3: other guys, you know, Carverry does a great job in Washington,
• 19:35
  Speaker 3: and Paul Maurice has done a great job in in Florida,
• 19:39
  Speaker 3: for sure, but I really like the way Debor works
• 19:44
  Speaker 3: with his players. And uh and Rod brindlemore does that
• 19:47
  Speaker 3: as well.
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: All right, give me any thoughts about the LA King's
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: parting ways with GM Rob Blake, and we're going to
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: talk about the newest GM shortly.
• 19:57
  Speaker 3: Well, I know Rob Blake. I think he's a class guy. Uh,
• 20:01
  Speaker 3: you know, real good guy. I'm not so sure that
• 20:06
  Speaker 3: he really wanted to get into management. He had a
• 20:10
  Speaker 3: great career as a player, all right. He's he's really
• 20:14
  Speaker 3: settled into southern California since you know, going there as
• 20:20
  Speaker 3: a rookie out of Bowling Green, you know, except for
• 20:22
  Speaker 3: a quick stop in Colorado to win a cup. He
• 20:25
  Speaker 3: ata he had a nice long Hall of Fame career
• 20:28
  Speaker 3: out in LA. But his good friend Luke ROBATAI made
• 20:35
  Speaker 3: the call to him when they were looking for a
• 20:37
  Speaker 3: GM and he and he answered the call. He's also
• 20:40
  Speaker 3: very close with a couple other guys that he played with,
• 20:44
  Speaker 3: and one of them that he played with in college
• 20:46
  Speaker 3: as well as in the NHL. He's friendly with Nelson Emerson,
• 20:50
  Speaker 3: who we played at Bowling Green with, and he and
• 20:53
  Speaker 3: Glenn Murray and the three of them are are really
• 20:58
  Speaker 3: tight off the ice, always have been. So those two
• 21:01
  Speaker 3: guys would play crucial roles in the organization. I believe
• 21:05
  Speaker 3: that Glenn Murray and and Nelson Emerson will stay in
• 21:08
  Speaker 3: the organization and continue to do with what they do.
• 21:11
  Speaker 3: I think I think Rob was was was plenty glad
• 21:14
  Speaker 3: to just to move on at one point. I I
• 21:19
  Speaker 3: don't pretend to know what happened when it happened in LA,
• 21:24
  Speaker 3: but that was an organization that really, I don't want
• 21:28
  Speaker 3: to say floundered, but it was just a It was
• 21:30
  Speaker 3: just another team in the league for you know, the
• 21:34
  Speaker 3: first forty years of its existence, you know, and that
• 21:40
  Speaker 3: all changed when two guys were in charge. Dean Lombardi
• 21:46
  Speaker 3: was the GM right, Barrel Sutter was the coach right,
• 21:50
  Speaker 3: and they brought them two Stanley Cup Championships. I thought
• 21:56
  Speaker 3: did a great job of building a big off skating
• 22:01
  Speaker 3: hockey club with great goaltending and Jonathan Quick right great
• 22:06
  Speaker 3: leadership on that team. They win a couple of Cups,
• 22:10
  Speaker 3: Jonathan Quick gets injured, they lose them, and they missed
• 22:16
  Speaker 3: the playoffs one year, and both of those guys are
• 22:18
  Speaker 3: out the door. I never understood that, right, you know.
• 22:23
  Speaker 3: I see other guys that you know, don't make playoffs
• 22:26
  Speaker 3: for years and years and years, and they and they're
• 22:29
  Speaker 3: around and not that they shouldn't be. But these guys,
• 22:33
  Speaker 3: you know, one year of not making the playoffs, when
• 22:35
  Speaker 3: you lose your all star starting goaltender right out the door.
• 22:39
  Speaker 3: I never understood why Dean Lombardi and Darryl Sutter were
• 22:44
  Speaker 3: ushered out of LA. Yeah, they haven't. They haven't been
• 22:48
  Speaker 3: able to get back to where they were since.
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: Yeah, boggles my mind. One more topic.
• 22:53
  Speaker 2: It's been a hotly discussed topic going week, and we'll
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: mention it tonight that we will go to a station break,
• 22:58
  Speaker 2: have a lot more information. The provides will stay with us,
• 23:01
  Speaker 2: everybody appreciate the contributions of Joshua Geor and Sibrusky in
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: the chat room, will continue to move things along, and
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: of course Royally Kuwak popped in as well.
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: Great stuff.
• 23:10
  Speaker 2: So we have a lot of good topics to get
• 23:12
  Speaker 2: to as we go rapid fire here on the Sports Exchange,
• 23:15
  Speaker 2: Hockey Night in America. All right, So, Mike, are you
• 23:19
  Speaker 2: surprised that the air traveled between the US and Canada
• 23:22
  Speaker 2: plunges by seventy percent compared to the previous year attributed
• 23:26
  Speaker 2: to the President of the United States with the escalating
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: tensions of the tariff war. I know full well, in
• 23:31
  Speaker 2: South Florida, we're impacted a lot because you know, there
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: are a lot of Canadians that do fly down here Hollywood.
• 23:36
  Speaker 2: Of course, I found out yesterday in the South Florida
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: Tribute podcast. I had a realtor by the name of
• 23:41
  Speaker 2: Barbara Fellers. If you haven't seen that show and you
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: want to move to Florida, I encourage you to go
• 23:46
  Speaker 2: the South Florida Tribute podcast. Yesterday I had Barbara Feller
• 23:49
  Speaker 2: and we talked about that very subject. So what are
• 23:51
  Speaker 2: your thoughts about what's taking place between these two countries.
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: I mean, seventy percent is a lot let alone between
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: Florida and Handed.
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: I'm not talking about around the country, but it affects
• 24:03
  Speaker 2: us directly, especially South Florida, knowing that the Tampa Bay
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: area is predominantly what Midwest.
• 24:10
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I notice it right here in my building. I
• 24:13
  Speaker 3: live in a condo, you know, along the beach here
• 24:17
  Speaker 3: in South Florida, and there are many Canadians who live
• 24:21
  Speaker 3: in this building, and some that I haven't seen this year.
• 24:25
  Speaker 3: So I don't think there's any doubt that it's having
• 24:29
  Speaker 3: a big impact. We'll see. It'll be interesting to see
• 24:33
  Speaker 3: if as an impact on whether or not we get
• 24:36
  Speaker 3: a Canadian team in the finals finally this year at Yeah.
• 24:40
  Speaker 2: It will be interesting and we'll probably talk about that
• 24:42
  Speaker 2: more on next week's editions. But that said, we're going
• 24:45
  Speaker 2: to go to that station break. When we come back,
• 24:47
  Speaker 2: I have a lot more news, so stay with us,
• 24:49
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  Speaker 3: Pretty good? Pretty good?
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  Speaker 1: Keep them coming, Yeah we will. I got plenty more
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: to go.
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: But we're going to Canada like for that station break,
• 24:58
  Speaker 2: and you know, if you have a score update, that
• 24:59
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• 26:12
  Speaker 2: All done, Candy, great stuff. We'll continue. We're gonna revisit
• 26:15
  Speaker 2: the trade Mike Bill Zita looks like a genius over
• 26:17
  Speaker 2: this one where Florida receives Sam Bennett twenty twenty two
• 26:21
  Speaker 2: to six round pick, which by the way, was traded,
• 26:23
  Speaker 2: and Calgary gets a mill Heinemann twenty twenty two second
• 26:28
  Speaker 2: round pick traded. So let's talk about the trade at
• 26:30
  Speaker 2: face value. We know full well that the Panthers got
• 26:34
  Speaker 2: a cup out of it, and perhaps another one. But
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: you know you've been in the front office, how would
• 26:38
  Speaker 2: you revisit this trade? And it's overall totality.
• 26:42
  Speaker 3: Well, I don't think there's any way you can't say
• 26:47
  Speaker 3: that Panthers got the edge in this one. They've been
• 26:51
  Speaker 3: the two finals and Bennett's been instrumental in both of
• 26:55
  Speaker 3: those runs. And now he's the mental in way one
• 26:58
  Speaker 3: way or another in the third run. And you know,
• 27:01
  Speaker 3: coming from Calgary, I don't I don't know what it
• 27:05
  Speaker 3: was that that Bill Zito knew about the Calgary Flames,
• 27:09
  Speaker 3: but he he must have watched a lot of Calgary
• 27:11
  Speaker 3: Flames games for a few years, because he really, uh,
• 27:15
  Speaker 3: really got a lot of talent out of that organization
• 27:18
  Speaker 3: when he first took over as GM and the Panthers.
• 27:21
  Speaker 3: Interesting note about this, though, is mister Bennett may have
• 27:25
  Speaker 3: been the one that turned this Toronto series around with
• 27:29
  Speaker 3: his actions with the with the Toronto goaltender, right and
• 27:35
  Speaker 3: uh in the same way he stuck it to his
• 27:38
  Speaker 3: old GM again, Brad Treliving, who was the GM in
• 27:41
  Speaker 3: Calgary at the time of the trade.
• 27:43
  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I like Joshua was termed Bennett the Menace.
• 27:48
  Speaker 2: Not a bad term when you think of the fact
• 27:50
  Speaker 2: that earlier this year we lost Dennis the Menace who
• 27:52
  Speaker 2: passed away. So now we got Bennett the menace, So
• 27:54
  Speaker 2: I had to go out there and put that analogy
• 27:56
  Speaker 2: out there. We'll get to that in a few minutes, Joshua,
• 27:58
  Speaker 2: it's a good, fair question. I have of things I
• 28:00
  Speaker 2: want to get to with the move rapid fire. So
• 28:02
  Speaker 2: there are people around the league, in the NHL that
• 28:04
  Speaker 2: believe that Carell Caprasov it will be not paid the
• 28:09
  Speaker 2: highest on his next field. Do you agree or disagree?
• 28:12
  Speaker 3: I agree. I think he's an electrifying player, and I
• 28:18
  Speaker 3: don't think Minnesota can afford to not have him resigned.
• 28:24
  Speaker 3: You know, they made some strides, particularly early in the
• 28:27
  Speaker 3: season this year. They're also, you know, soon to get
• 28:31
  Speaker 3: off of those those anchors that they have in the
• 28:35
  Speaker 3: contract money. They're still paying Suitor and Preasy for those
• 28:38
  Speaker 3: crazy long term deals they signed on July fourth, right
• 28:42
  Speaker 3: many years ago. Yeah, you got to keep this guy.
• 28:46
  Speaker 3: You got to keep this guy in the organization. He's
• 28:49
  Speaker 3: an electrifying player. I think he sells tickets in Minnesota
• 28:53
  Speaker 3: and he's instant offense.
• 28:56
  Speaker 2: Okay, we'll talk about if Johnny Molkin is likely to
• 28:59
  Speaker 2: retire from the n H after the twenty five twenty
• 29:01
  Speaker 2: six season. If he does, what a career I guess
• 29:04
  Speaker 2: he has one more swan song and thoughts about the
• 29:07
  Speaker 2: legacy of his Jenny Mulkin one more year.
• 29:10
  Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, hm a Hall of Famer, uh an
• 29:16
  Speaker 3: all time great. You know, happened to be number two
• 29:23
  Speaker 3: to Sydney Crosby, right, kind of reminds me of you know, Yagera,
• 29:28
  Speaker 3: Mario Messy to Gretzky and Edmonton. I mean, when you
• 29:36
  Speaker 3: can have two players like that in your organization, man,
• 29:41
  Speaker 3: it's uh, it's pretty hard not to win, right this guy,
• 29:46
  Speaker 3: I mean he stepped right in and really, you know,
• 29:52
  Speaker 3: Crosby was was a turning point for that organization again
• 29:56
  Speaker 3: when they got when he won the lottery and they
• 29:59
  Speaker 3: got to Crossby. But then to Adam Alkin, you know
• 30:05
  Speaker 3: what was it a year later with his size and
• 30:09
  Speaker 3: the ability to do that he was able to do.
• 30:12
  Speaker 3: I mean again, I don't want to compare the way
• 30:15
  Speaker 3: they played, but you know, if it weren't for some
• 30:19
  Speaker 3: of the injuries he's had, I mean, he was a horse.
• 30:22
  Speaker 3: I see him very much in that role that Jagera
• 30:26
  Speaker 3: had with Pittsburgh for those years. And again, if it
• 30:30
  Speaker 3: wasn't for some of the injuries he's had, he probably
• 30:33
  Speaker 3: could play at fifty like Jager.
• 30:34
  Speaker 2: Too, better question the gent what legit you answer? What
• 30:38
  Speaker 2: do you think of this year's Panthers tea versus last?
• 30:40
  Speaker 2: Really like the question what do you think?
• 30:44
  Speaker 3: I think that they learned a lot, and what I
• 30:48
  Speaker 3: mean by that is the organization. I give a lot
• 30:52
  Speaker 3: of credit to their coaches especially, but also the management team.
• 30:55
  Speaker 3: And when I say they learned a lot, they learned
• 30:58
  Speaker 3: that you don't win the Stanley Cup from September until April.
• 31:05
  Speaker 3: So I think they had enough of confidence after the
• 31:08
  Speaker 3: last two years they can runs to the finals. That
• 31:11
  Speaker 3: knew that they had played a lot of hockey, and
• 31:15
  Speaker 3: they did the things they needed to do to get
• 31:18
  Speaker 3: in the playoffs, not worry about chasing a number one
• 31:21
  Speaker 3: overall record or even a first in the division, but
• 31:26
  Speaker 3: just understanding that it doesn't matter whose rink you play
• 31:29
  Speaker 3: in this time of year. They're all two hundred eighty
• 31:31
  Speaker 3: five and whoever's healthy, whoever has the hot goaltending, and
• 31:35
  Speaker 3: whoever wants it more is going to get the WS.
• 31:37
  Speaker 3: So I think they did a great job, especially given
• 31:41
  Speaker 3: the fact that they came out of the Four Nations
• 31:45
  Speaker 3: tournament losing. You know, their leader in Matt Katchuck for
• 31:48
  Speaker 3: the rest of the season. They also did another great
• 31:52
  Speaker 3: thing because they lost they lost Eckblad to that suspension,
• 32:00
  Speaker 3: but Bill's neto and the team went out and added,
• 32:03
  Speaker 3: you know, added Seth Jones to the blue line, and so,
• 32:06
  Speaker 3: you know, I think that was that was really interesting.
• 32:09
  Speaker 3: I mean, it's the last piece. I guess you'd say,
• 32:13
  Speaker 3: who's took a little while, as you would expect being
• 32:16
  Speaker 3: added at the end of the season was Marshawn But
• 32:18
  Speaker 3: now he really fits with that lineup and this is
• 32:20
  Speaker 3: his time of year. He can play the way he
• 32:22
  Speaker 3: likes to play best.
• 32:24
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think Brad Marshawan was good.
• 32:26
  Speaker 2: I hated to see a guy like Spencer Night go,
• 32:29
  Speaker 2: but he'll do a good job at the Chicago Blackhouse
• 32:31
  Speaker 2: for sure. But if you're gonna get a player of
• 32:33
  Speaker 2: Seth Jones Calvary, you have to give up a good player.
• 32:35
  Speaker 2: And there's no question about it that that trade will
• 32:38
  Speaker 2: ultimately be a win win for both of those teams
• 32:40
  Speaker 2: for sure. And as far as it concerned, that President's
• 32:44
  Speaker 2: Trophy doesn't mean anything. All you have to do is
• 32:46
  Speaker 2: look at the stats of how many teams have won
• 32:48
  Speaker 2: in how many of one's Stanley Cup, and I don't have.
• 32:50
  Speaker 1: To dwell on it a whole lot anyways.
• 32:52
  Speaker 2: But Spencer Knight, I think is gonna be a good goaltender.
• 32:54
  Speaker 2: We know that Seth jones Loo's win now type of
• 32:57
  Speaker 2: deals and Florida can afford to eat that money. So
• 32:59
  Speaker 2: there's no down them out in my mind that the
• 33:01
  Speaker 2: Chicago Florida trade I do believe will be a win
• 33:04
  Speaker 2: win for both sides. I really white Friends or Night,
• 33:06
  Speaker 2: I really really do. We'll continue on here. Loul Lamarillo
• 33:10
  Speaker 2: and Ken Holland rejected opportunities to work with a Buffalo Saber.
• 33:14
  Speaker 1: Are you surprised?
• 33:16
  Speaker 2: No?
• 33:17
  Speaker 3: Unfortunately, it's a different if it's it's a different world
• 33:22
  Speaker 3: the NHL. Now, I mean, this isn't the world of
• 33:25
  Speaker 3: ten years ago. It's certainly not the world of twenty
• 33:28
  Speaker 3: and thirty years ago. Players have lots of options where
• 33:34
  Speaker 3: there's sunshine, no state income tax and other things that
• 33:39
  Speaker 3: they that they favor. If you're not winning in a
• 33:44
  Speaker 3: market like Buffalo, where the winners are cold and the
• 33:48
  Speaker 3: fans are knowledgeable, it's not it's not going to be
• 33:52
  Speaker 3: a destination for free agents, and so you can be
• 33:55
  Speaker 3: the best gem in the world. You can be the
• 33:57
  Speaker 3: best salesperson in the world, but it's gonna be really
• 34:02
  Speaker 3: tough to get players to play there.
• 34:05
  Speaker 2: Yeah, this is an interesting point. I'm gonna put out
• 34:08
  Speaker 2: a less people too. Is a show, you know what,
• 34:11
  Speaker 2: josh o'dor is not an uncommon thing for broadcasters have
• 34:16
  Speaker 2: two in the booth that we're doing it tonight. I
• 34:17
  Speaker 2: feel like it's just Mike and I. Long before we
• 34:20
  Speaker 2: add commentators to begain with, we did ad by ourself.
• 34:22
  Speaker 2: Why not do it? You know, this is a format
• 34:24
  Speaker 2: where it's just he's the expert on the media guy,
• 34:27
  Speaker 2: and I'm he's my sources and I trust the guy.
• 34:30
  Speaker 2: And but Josh, I appreciate you acknowledging it the chat. Nevertheless,
• 34:34
  Speaker 2: thinking of Ken Holland, let's continue to thread. He is
• 34:36
  Speaker 2: now the new general manager of the Los Angeles Games.
• 34:39
  Speaker 2: You'll like to move by the Kings.
• 34:42
  Speaker 3: Yeah, again, we talked about Rob Blake's departure. I think
• 34:48
  Speaker 3: Kenny's still got a lot to give. He certainly has
• 34:51
  Speaker 3: a lot of experience and uh and for him, and
• 34:54
  Speaker 3: we just talked about him not want to go to Buffalo,
• 34:58
  Speaker 3: you know, much like a free agent player. I mean,
• 35:00
  Speaker 3: what do you want to do. Do you want to
• 35:01
  Speaker 3: go to Tensiltown or do you want to go to
• 35:04
  Speaker 3: the place where they invented the buffalo chicken wing?
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: Right?
• 35:07
  Speaker 3: So it's you know when you've got when you've got
• 35:12
  Speaker 3: the pedigree, when you've got the experience and the background
• 35:16
  Speaker 3: that Kenny Holland has, especially with you know, thirty plus
• 35:19
  Speaker 3: years with the Detroit Red Wings, winning some cops, building
• 35:22
  Speaker 3: some great teams, and doing it in different ways. Right on. Man, Yeah,
• 35:27
  Speaker 3: I think it's a I think it's a good move.
• 35:29
  Speaker 3: I don't know how long the move will be for,
• 35:33
  Speaker 3: but look, lou and Morello is still entertaining opportunities in
• 35:37
  Speaker 3: his eighties, so who knows, Kenny could be there for
• 35:40
  Speaker 3: a decade or more.
• 35:41
  Speaker 2: Yeah, stam moment's done a pretty good job with Edmonton.
• 35:44
  Speaker 2: I don't know how long one move it is for
• 35:45
  Speaker 2: right now, I think LA is one of those win
• 35:47
  Speaker 2: mode situations. And if you're looking for a guy with
• 35:50
  Speaker 2: win mode right now, then I think Kenny Hollands your guy.
• 35:53
  Speaker 2: He's not worried about building your firm systim He's going
• 35:55
  Speaker 2: to make those key moves like he did a good example,
• 35:58
  Speaker 2: but he did Edmonton. Was he brought in Evander Kine
• 36:01
  Speaker 2: and you saw what happened. He dambled on this guy,
• 36:03
  Speaker 2: and Evander Kine has played some productive hockey in Edmonton.
• 36:08
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, look, he's he's done the things that
• 36:14
  Speaker 3: were successful to win Stanley Cups, you know, so he's
• 36:19
  Speaker 3: he knows there. You know, you don't always need to
• 36:21
  Speaker 3: make the big splash, particularly at the deadline. You know,
• 36:25
  Speaker 3: what you need to do is you need to afford yourself,
• 36:27
  Speaker 3: fortify yourselves on those third lines, those fourth lines, those fifth,
• 36:32
  Speaker 3: sixth defensemen that gave you depth. I mean the teams
• 36:35
  Speaker 3: that win Cups like Florida last year, right, I mean
• 36:39
  Speaker 3: they they added the tank and they added a poso
• 36:43
  Speaker 3: at the deadline, right, not big moves, but important moves, right,
• 36:49
  Speaker 3: Especially the tank played a big role for them. This
• 36:51
  Speaker 3: is the guy that you know, five years earlier was
• 36:54
  Speaker 3: counted on, especially when St. Louis to be a big scorer,
• 36:57
  Speaker 3: right and year before h you know, he's brought into
• 37:03
  Speaker 3: the Rangers with Patrick Kane, and you know they were
• 37:06
  Speaker 3: Rangers for about forty five days, right. You know, Kenny
• 37:10
  Speaker 3: Hall knows what he's doing. I think that you know,
• 37:14
  Speaker 3: I think he'll make the right moves and instead of
• 37:17
  Speaker 3: worrying about making the big splash and one more point
• 37:21
  Speaker 3: on Kenny two, like I mean, I know you guys
• 37:24
  Speaker 3: are a lot of you guys on the show are
• 37:27
  Speaker 3: red Wing guys from way back when I was in
• 37:31
  Speaker 3: Nashville for years. So unfortunately we ran into him quite
• 37:34
  Speaker 3: a bit, especially in the playoffs. But you know, those
• 37:38
  Speaker 3: teams certainly had lots of talent, whether it was Dat
• 37:41
  Speaker 3: Sup or Lindstrom or Cornwall or whoever it might be,
• 37:46
  Speaker 3: right Zetterberg, but they still counted on the Drapers and
• 37:54
  Speaker 3: the malt Bees and the McCarty's and those type of
• 37:58
  Speaker 3: guys for years. The Dallas Rakes, I mean they you know,
• 38:03
  Speaker 3: they had they had big time players, but guys that
• 38:06
  Speaker 3: went out and won them important games a lot of
• 38:08
  Speaker 3: times with those third and four fine guys. I remember
• 38:11
  Speaker 3: talking with Scotti Bowman time after time after time when
• 38:14
  Speaker 3: he coached there, and after they scored a goal, didn't
• 38:19
  Speaker 3: matter if the line had been out there for ten
• 38:21
  Speaker 3: seconds or a minute and ten seconds. He threw the
• 38:24
  Speaker 3: Draper line right out there right, you know. He he
• 38:28
  Speaker 3: His philosophy was, we just scored a goal, We've got
• 38:30
  Speaker 3: the momentum We're not going to give one up and
• 38:33
  Speaker 3: let the momentum turn back so quickly. So get that
• 38:36
  Speaker 3: line out there. They may not score a goal, but
• 38:38
  Speaker 3: they're gonna they're gonna play smart. They're going to play
• 38:40
  Speaker 3: really strong defensively, and they'll get us off from the
• 38:44
  Speaker 3: right foot with that momentum still intact.
• 38:46
  Speaker 1: Role players.
• 38:47
  Speaker 2: I always like Chris Draper as a player anyways, And yes,
• 38:49
  Speaker 2: Scottie Bowman was going to doubt what he's all about.
• 38:52
  Speaker 2: So could Marco Rossie be a good pit for the
• 38:55
  Speaker 2: Pittsburgh Penguins.
• 38:58
  Speaker 3: Yeah, he could, but I don't think I don't think
• 39:01
  Speaker 3: that he's gonna make the difference for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
• 39:05
  Speaker 3: I mean, he scored what sixty points, I think, for
• 39:08
  Speaker 3: the first time in his career, right. You know, he's
• 39:11
  Speaker 3: an average sized guy. You know, if I'm the Pittsburgh Penguins,
• 39:17
  Speaker 3: I think I'm looking to build through the draft. You know,
• 39:22
  Speaker 3: I don't think, you know, as much as I love
• 39:27
  Speaker 3: Sidney Crosby, I don't think they're going to be able
• 39:29
  Speaker 3: to put enough around him to really make a run
• 39:31
  Speaker 3: of the Stanley Cup right now. And so you know,
• 39:33
  Speaker 3: at a guy at a guy like ROSSI I don't
• 39:36
  Speaker 3: think makes a big enough impact. I'd much rather have
• 39:39
  Speaker 3: Sidney Crosby UH as part of UH, you know the
• 39:43
  Speaker 3: process for developing some younger guys.
• 39:47
  Speaker 2: Right, My sources are telling me that Sam Bennett could
• 39:49
  Speaker 2: be an ideal fit for the New Jersey Devil's this summer.
• 39:52
  Speaker 2: So Sam Bennet Woney, I like, well to wear number
• 39:54
  Speaker 2: nine and we'll in Detroit. Know that Gordy Howe were
• 39:57
  Speaker 2: number nine, and so did Bobby Hall. So Sam Bennett,
• 40:00
  Speaker 2: New Jersey Devils. Can you see that ninety five? I
• 40:04
  Speaker 2: think it could happen.
• 40:05
  Speaker 3: Well, Zach Parisi wore number nine for the New Jersey Devils,
• 40:10
  Speaker 3: so did so did Kirk Muller once upon a time.
• 40:13
  Speaker 3: So that's good. Number nine's there too. But honestly, I
• 40:18
  Speaker 3: think Sam Bennett is happy being Sam Bennett at his
• 40:23
  Speaker 3: best for the Florida Panthers.
• 40:25
  Speaker 2: Yea.
• 40:25
  Speaker 3: I think there's something to be said for, you know,
• 40:31
  Speaker 3: taking a little bit less to be in a place
• 40:33
  Speaker 3: that you really like it, where you really like it.
• 40:36
  Speaker 3: I also think that again, Florida, no state income tax
• 40:41
  Speaker 3: for a guy like that's going to make up some
• 40:43
  Speaker 3: of the difference on a big time deal you know
• 40:46
  Speaker 3: this guy's this guy's a key part of this team.
• 40:50
  Speaker 3: I don't think he's gonna give his services away, but
• 40:53
  Speaker 3: I think he'd try to find a way to stay
• 40:55
  Speaker 3: in Florida if he could and keep what they got rolling. Well.
• 41:01
  Speaker 2: Last night's Sports Exchange, I was talking about California's taxes,
• 41:05
  Speaker 2: and this is an interesting topic, which is why I'm
• 41:07
  Speaker 2: glad we're talking about Joshua door and right, it could
• 41:10
  Speaker 2: be a friendly deal, but he's not going to give
• 41:11
  Speaker 2: the services away like one said. But get this, would
• 41:16
  Speaker 2: just say a one million, five hundred thousand dollars or contract,
• 41:22
  Speaker 2: forty nine point five percent of your money is going
• 41:25
  Speaker 2: to the state of California. So when you take that
• 41:28
  Speaker 2: forty point five percent and you look at all the way,
• 41:31
  Speaker 2: you know, I'm not going to get into the breakdown,
• 41:33
  Speaker 2: it's really immaterial. And then you go to Florida. There's
• 41:35
  Speaker 2: only seven states around the country that have no state
• 41:38
  Speaker 2: income pass. You know, we have it in Florida, Texas
• 41:41
  Speaker 2: and Nashville and Vegas, and I know the three other ones.
• 41:44
  Speaker 2: I don't care to mention it all z Aali not
• 41:46
  Speaker 2: the point. He could definitely take a team friendly deal,
• 41:49
  Speaker 2: let alone the fact that he likes it here. But
• 41:51
  Speaker 2: think about it. Would you want to play in California
• 41:53
  Speaker 2: forty point five percent? That's a lot of money. I mean,
• 41:57
  Speaker 2: if you have a chance to win, it's one thing.
• 41:59
  Speaker 3: But still, yeah, I mean it is it's it's a
• 42:03
  Speaker 3: lot of money to give up. And you just said it.
• 42:06
  Speaker 3: I mean if if you can, if you can play
• 42:09
  Speaker 3: in a place like Florida and also have the chance
• 42:12
  Speaker 3: to win, I mean, it's it's a no brainer. Uh,
• 42:16
  Speaker 3: you know, I mean there there's really been a pivot
• 42:21
  Speaker 3: in the last few years. Uh. And you see this
• 42:27
  Speaker 3: where players want to play in Dallas state income tax,
• 42:32
  Speaker 3: Vegas no state income tax, Tampa Bay, Florida, no state
• 42:36
  Speaker 3: income tax. Like these are places where guys, you know,
• 42:40
  Speaker 3: guys want to be add to it, good weather, my
• 42:45
  Speaker 3: wife's happy, happy wife, happy life. Things are nice, you know,
• 42:51
  Speaker 3: and and that that break on state income taxes maybe
• 42:57
  Speaker 3: doesn't always even out, but but the winning does, having
• 43:02
  Speaker 3: a chance to win, and the and the more the
• 43:04
  Speaker 3: more guys want to play in those places, the more
• 43:06
  Speaker 3: they're going to attract the good players and they are
• 43:08
  Speaker 3: going to be winning organizations. That's why we talked about
• 43:10
  Speaker 3: earlier it's a tough It's going to be a tough
• 43:13
  Speaker 3: job in Buffalo, and and honestly, I think if if
• 43:19
  Speaker 3: the Wings don't get it going here soon, it's going
• 43:22
  Speaker 3: to be a tough job there. I mean, people, people
• 43:25
  Speaker 3: forget that the Wings had some pretty lean years before
• 43:30
  Speaker 3: Jack Demurz came in there, and they started to break
• 43:32
  Speaker 3: a little bit in the eighties, right, that little you know,
• 43:35
  Speaker 3: that little blip in the nineties, But it was really,
• 43:37
  Speaker 3: you know, the turn of the century when they really
• 43:39
  Speaker 3: had the dynasty type teams and they were attracting players
• 43:44
  Speaker 3: because of their winning ways. But you know, Detroit, Buffalo, Florida, Tampa,
• 43:51
  Speaker 3: well state income tacks right, tough to turn out.
• 43:55
  Speaker 1: And I remember that.
• 43:55
  Speaker 2: Hey, Jake, glad to hand it back in the chatroom.
• 43:57
  Speaker 2: Always good to see. I can tell you one thing.
• 43:59
  Speaker 2: Jimmy Butler took the California plunge last night.
• 44:02
  Speaker 1: What happened. Here's the thing.
• 44:04
  Speaker 2: Golden State Warriors are out, Minnesota, Timberwolves moved on, and
• 44:08
  Speaker 2: maybe Butler if wanted to play for a contender, and
• 44:10
  Speaker 2: he's who knows where he's headed now, but he's not
• 44:13
  Speaker 2: going to be NBA Finals. As we continue on here,
• 44:17
  Speaker 2: we're going to take our tour up to the Vancouver Canucks.
• 44:20
  Speaker 2: Brock Rezora could cost around eight point five million on
• 44:24
  Speaker 2: a six year deal this summer. Is he worth it?
• 44:28
  Speaker 3: That's a good question. I mean, you know they they
• 44:31
  Speaker 3: went out on the limb to get the guy, and yeah,
• 44:37
  Speaker 3: I mean I think he's an important part of the
• 44:39
  Speaker 3: organization right now. That's what you got to pay players now.
• 44:45
  Speaker 3: You know, the salaries. They may not be as great
• 44:48
  Speaker 3: as other sports right now, but if you want to
• 44:51
  Speaker 3: keep your you want to keep your top players home,
• 44:54
  Speaker 3: you got to pay him. He's he's one of their
• 44:57
  Speaker 3: top players.
• 44:58
  Speaker 2: So yes, I like Joshua Adora sarcasm. That's why I'm
• 45:02
  Speaker 2: putting up too bad for Butler. I feel so bad. Yeah,
• 45:05
  Speaker 2: I'm sure you and every other Miami he feel the
• 45:07
  Speaker 2: same way. So that's okay, Joshua, you made it to
• 45:10
  Speaker 2: the big show because all you did was simply state
• 45:12
  Speaker 2: the obvious day. I don't feel bad for Butler at all.
• 45:15
  Speaker 2: He didn't show up in the clutch and Ker didn't
• 45:18
  Speaker 2: play his second let alone his second best player. Comigo.
• 45:23
  Speaker 2: Oh that's another story there. I have a feeling he's
• 45:26
  Speaker 2: probably be run out of Golden State. Anyways, A good
• 45:28
  Speaker 2: point though, and a shout out to Joshua making improvements.
• 45:31
  Speaker 2: If you aren't getting better, you're getting worse.
• 45:33
  Speaker 1: Okay.
• 45:34
  Speaker 2: Time will tell, but I've always I will always try
• 45:37
  Speaker 2: to side because I'm optimistic on the side of progress.
• 45:40
  Speaker 1: I'm one of those Mike kind about you.
• 45:42
  Speaker 2: I have to see it to believe it, and I
• 45:43
  Speaker 2: have to see it to believe it for an extended
• 45:45
  Speaker 2: period of time. But give credit worth due as we
• 45:47
  Speaker 2: go back to the New Jersey Devils who signed one
• 45:50
  Speaker 2: powers for seven year eight point five to five eight
• 45:54
  Speaker 2: point three five million annual estimated aav deal could be
• 45:59
  Speaker 2: compared both to Luke Hughes So talks about that one.
• 46:05
  Speaker 3: Are we talking about all in power?
• 46:07
  Speaker 1: Yeah? Correct?
• 46:09
  Speaker 3: I mean big, big, big body, offensive ability to burn.
• 46:19
  Speaker 3: Is he going to be a top all star guy
• 46:24
  Speaker 3: or is he going to be Seth Jones. I think
• 46:27
  Speaker 3: that the question is still out, meaning that one level
• 46:31
  Speaker 3: below you know, big body, we'll see.
• 46:38
  Speaker 1: I don't.
• 46:39
  Speaker 3: I don't think he's I don't think he's got the
• 46:42
  Speaker 3: dynamic skills of any of the US. But the US
• 46:48
  Speaker 3: aren't six six and two pounds either, So.
• 46:52
  Speaker 2: The chaal rumors are and a couple of gold stay
• 46:54
  Speaker 2: for cominga butler and to first total rumor, who knows
• 46:58
  Speaker 2: I see anything happen? And he called the National Drama League,
• 47:02
  Speaker 2: but right in the turn for the term, you have
• 47:04
  Speaker 2: now National Drama League flash fload management or he goes
• 47:07
  Speaker 2: with the NBA and we'll leave it at that, as
• 47:09
  Speaker 2: they continue to all behind the National Hockey League and
• 47:12
  Speaker 2: the popularity polls these days. I'm not going to turn
• 47:15
  Speaker 2: this into something which I know is an obvious comment,
• 47:17
  Speaker 2: but all you have to do is look at the
• 47:18
  Speaker 2: four Nations situation versus the Lstair game and I don't
• 47:21
  Speaker 2: have to comment any.
• 47:22
  Speaker 1: Further in a long day anyways.
• 47:24
  Speaker 2: Then I'm having a good time with Mike Santo's as
• 47:26
  Speaker 2: I get to talk as fast as I drive. Although
• 47:28
  Speaker 2: I haven't seen the road for a few weeks. Hopefully
• 47:30
  Speaker 2: it'll change. My pum thumb maybe gets cleared for takeoff
• 47:33
  Speaker 2: next week. A couple more topics to get to Marco
• 47:36
  Speaker 2: Summer is believed to be a candid for the Boston
• 47:37
  Speaker 2: Brooks Dake and see do you see it?
• 47:41
  Speaker 3: I do? I have Michael Stern here with the Panthers
• 47:48
  Speaker 3: two thousand and eleven, twelve he is a real smart
• 47:54
  Speaker 3: hockey guy and in a better person and international experience
• 48:04
  Speaker 3: coming over from Germany, played with some really good teams
• 48:09
  Speaker 3: in San Jose, made with some good teams in Boston,
• 48:15
  Speaker 3: and was a real key contributor to our division winning
• 48:19
  Speaker 3: team that year in twenty eleven twelve. Yeah, he's worked
• 48:23
  Speaker 3: his way, He's put his time in to become a
• 48:25
  Speaker 3: good coach. I could see, especially where Boston is in
• 48:30
  Speaker 3: their in their process now. I mean they pretty much
• 48:34
  Speaker 3: decided we're going to tear it all down and we're
• 48:36
  Speaker 3: going to start building and developing. I think he's a
• 48:39
  Speaker 3: quality guy and a guy that won't necessarily be brought
• 48:44
  Speaker 3: in there to win now, but somebody that can can
• 48:48
  Speaker 3: grow along with the team and with the young players
• 48:51
  Speaker 3: are going to bring in there. I think it'd be
• 48:52
  Speaker 3: a great choice if they.
• 48:53
  Speaker 2: Jose Marcos final Top of the night, New York Islanders
• 48:58
  Speaker 2: are going to interview Matthew for their GM job.
• 49:01
  Speaker 1: How do you like that?
• 49:05
  Speaker 3: As somebody who worked for the Islanders and was there
• 49:10
  Speaker 3: just after the Glory days, but have a lot of
• 49:13
  Speaker 3: relationships and friends from the players and management people from
• 49:18
  Speaker 3: the the glory days, I think it's sad that there's
• 49:25
  Speaker 3: nobody from the Islander family that can get involved at
• 49:33
  Speaker 3: a high level with that organization right now. I mean
• 49:37
  Speaker 3: Matthew Darrh. He's been in Tampa, I don't know how
• 49:39
  Speaker 3: many years now, but as an assistant, you know, he's
• 49:43
  Speaker 3: learned some under Julian brezeblaugh. Is he ready to take
• 49:47
  Speaker 3: over a team? I don't know. I don't know him
• 49:50
  Speaker 3: well enough. You know, I know who he is. I've
• 49:52
  Speaker 3: met him on occasions. At least he's at least he's
• 49:58
  Speaker 3: not another, you know, another Lee Furbished general manager from
• 50:04
  Speaker 3: somewhere else. I mean, he's a younger guide. So maybe
• 50:09
  Speaker 3: he's an up and coming guy. That would be a
• 50:11
  Speaker 3: good thing. But overall, I'm a I'm a little sad
• 50:17
  Speaker 3: for the Islanders organization because those those Stanley Cup Dynasty teams,
• 50:24
  Speaker 3: you know, from eighty to eighty three. This seems so
• 50:27
  Speaker 3: long ago.
• 50:27
  Speaker 2: That, you know, James, A great question, by the way, Jay,
• 50:31
  Speaker 2: if you want to go to the Southport TRIBUTA not
• 50:33
  Speaker 2: comic our writer Steven Reischel writes on this same topic,
• 50:37
  Speaker 2: BKFC ice Worth fights only in hockey or what are
• 50:39
  Speaker 2: your thoughts about that? Actually, what I'm going to do
• 50:41
  Speaker 2: is to search this broadcast. Can keep a note of
• 50:44
  Speaker 2: this into Steve's story as well. He has a BKFC
• 50:47
  Speaker 2: ice war, so you'll have Mike Santo's response to it
• 50:51
  Speaker 2: in there.
• 50:51
  Speaker 1: So take a note of this. What do you think
• 50:53
  Speaker 1: of this? I hear this is pretty interesting stuff, right.
• 50:58
  Speaker 3: I haven't seen it, but you know, there's there's been
• 51:00
  Speaker 3: these different things through the years. I think hockey is
• 51:07
  Speaker 3: you know, whether you like it or you know like it.
• 51:10
  Speaker 3: I think hockey's really done its best to get away
• 51:14
  Speaker 3: from fighting. It certainly isn't what it was right or
• 51:20
  Speaker 3: fifteen or twenty years ago. So the gimmicky stuff, I mean,
• 51:26
  Speaker 3: if they want to if they want to put on
• 51:28
  Speaker 3: their own show, great, but to actually relate it to
• 51:30
  Speaker 3: the sport of hockey, I I'd rather not.
• 51:34
  Speaker 2: Well, just you know, Jay Stephen's been a great addition
• 51:37
  Speaker 2: to our organization. Stephen Reuschel and my chancel is going
• 51:41
  Speaker 2: to have an opportunity to come under a professor and
• 51:43
  Speaker 2: the pupil as well. And he does a really really,
• 51:45
  Speaker 2: really great job on the reel and the rare. So
• 51:48
  Speaker 2: if you're looking for combat sport material, boxing and so forth,
• 51:51
  Speaker 2: go to the reel and the rear on the Solword
• 51:53
  Speaker 2: of Tribute YouTube channel, asken Andy Embling, would Safe haven't
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• 51:58
  Speaker 2: all of our program and Steven there's a lot of
• 52:00
  Speaker 2: great material as well. It's really interesting stuff. Another question
• 52:04
  Speaker 2: that Jay has which I think is interesting, you've been
• 52:07
  Speaker 2: having worked for the Islanders.
• 52:08
  Speaker 1: I'm going to put it up there really quickly.
• 52:11
  Speaker 2: And then how much does ownership owe to the Islanders
• 52:14
  Speaker 2: or the family tree when it comes to coaching jams
• 52:17
  Speaker 2: front office?
• 52:18
  Speaker 1: Do you think they owe it to the family.
• 52:21
  Speaker 3: I don't follow the clucking what family? I went on.
• 52:25
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm not sure about the question. Maybe if you
• 52:26
  Speaker 2: see it visually you might be able to process it
• 52:29
  Speaker 2: a little bit.
• 52:30
  Speaker 3: Oh, I think that's what I just said. It's uh, yeah,
• 52:33
  Speaker 3: I think it would be great. I just don't know
• 52:37
  Speaker 3: of anyone, off the top of my head from the
• 52:41
  Speaker 3: family that would be qualified to a step into those
• 52:45
  Speaker 3: types of positions. I mean, the only one that might
• 52:50
  Speaker 3: be interesting but really doesn't have a lot of experience
• 52:53
  Speaker 3: and be like a Pate la Fontaine, right. You know
• 52:57
  Speaker 3: Kenny Morrell, who's I know personally is he's you know,
• 53:02
  Speaker 3: he's been scouting for the organization since he retired as
• 53:05
  Speaker 3: a player. I really don't think he's looking for any
• 53:08
  Speaker 3: other type of role other than that now, and I
• 53:11
  Speaker 3: think he's even doing that more but as a part time.
• 53:14
  Speaker 3: And there's some other players in the organization and in
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  Speaker 3: you know, development roles, like Aaron Karen's the big defenseman
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  Speaker 3: who played when I was there. I just don't know
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  Speaker 3: that there are anybody there. It's anybody there. I mean
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  Speaker 3: yet Garth snow That went from from the backup goalie
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  Speaker 3: on the bench to the GM in a matter of
• 53:32
  Speaker 3: about four weeks one summer and then stayed there for
• 53:35
  Speaker 3: about a decade or so. But I just don't know
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  Speaker 3: that there's anybody. There's anybody out there with the qualifications
• 53:42
  Speaker 3: that are from the family of the Islanders family that
• 53:44
  Speaker 3: could do it. Maybe somebody, but I can't think of anyone. Yea.
• 53:49
  Speaker 2: I kind of wonder about it as well. And of
• 53:50
  Speaker 2: course Jay says, thank you for deciphering my question. Your
• 53:54
  Speaker 2: answer was exactly what I was intrigued to hear about.
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  Speaker 1: There to go. So we're trying to go.
• 53:59
  Speaker 2: Work there all out there, and I know the one
• 54:01
  Speaker 2: thing I like about Ron Peterson on the show is
• 54:04
  Speaker 2: he's actually been on commissioners of leagues before as well
• 54:08
  Speaker 2: as I don't working on the insult side. And he's
• 54:10
  Speaker 2: obviously no question of the best editions I've had in
• 54:13
  Speaker 2: twenty twenty five on our relationship if you go to
• 54:16
  Speaker 2: lessons when the microphone is about building relationships and Mike
• 54:19
  Speaker 2: and I met through a mutual friend who've been friends
• 54:21
  Speaker 2: for a long time. It just so happens at the
• 54:23
  Speaker 2: timing worked out well that we were able to work
• 54:25
  Speaker 2: on this joint venture of working together. In fact, as
• 54:27
  Speaker 2: I transitioned over to that boy adventure, Mike, please give
• 54:30
  Speaker 2: us see the latest updates on Hockey Operations LLC, which
• 54:33
  Speaker 2: you have going on and may have a T shirt company.
• 54:35
  Speaker 1: The floor's yours.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, before before I do that one thing, he just
• 54:41
  Speaker 3: popped into my head from the so Sharp and his family.
• 54:44
  Speaker 3: I mean he was I didn't spend he probably spent
• 54:47
  Speaker 3: a quarter of his career there. But he already has
• 54:50
  Speaker 3: a job, and that's Tom Kitzgerald in New Jersey, his
• 54:54
  Speaker 3: career with the Islanders, and he's on that ninety three
• 54:57
  Speaker 3: team that's to the conference finals before losing to Patrick
• 55:03
  Speaker 3: Waugh and the Montreal Canadians. But other than that, I
• 55:06
  Speaker 3: just can't think of any any people in management that
• 55:10
  Speaker 3: spent any type of significant time with the organization, either
• 55:13
  Speaker 3: in management, coaching, or as a player. As far as
• 55:17
  Speaker 3: hockey operations, I mean, right now, our primary focuses on
• 55:22
  Speaker 3: the Boston Tea Company, our T shirt company. We're still
• 55:26
  Speaker 3: building parts of our other platforms. Also Sports Business Advisors,
• 55:33
  Speaker 3: which is our consulting arm, which involves Steve violetta longtime
• 55:38
  Speaker 3: NHL executive, as well as Mark Piazza, longtime NHL executive,
• 55:43
  Speaker 3: and Madison Square Garden executive. Our consulting group, we deal
• 55:47
  Speaker 3: with teams, leagues from anything from operations to sponsorship, corporate partnerships, scheduling,
• 55:56
  Speaker 3: you name it, we can do it. So another of
• 56:00
  Speaker 3: one of the hockey operations companies is Sports Business Advisors dot.
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  Speaker 1: Com Madison Square Garden.
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  Speaker 2: That's the place I'd like to get to one day.
• 56:11
  Speaker 2: One thing that entered my mind, what are your thoughts
• 56:14
  Speaker 2: about the fact that Patrick Wall You're going to get
• 56:17
  Speaker 2: a new GM and then now they Islanders won the
• 56:20
  Speaker 2: NHL Draft lottery, So do you think there's gonna be
• 56:22
  Speaker 2: a lot more pressure on him now to win?
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  Speaker 1: You know?
• 56:26
  Speaker 2: Obviously he's a good coach, the heck of a goaltender.
• 56:28
  Speaker 2: Love him as a goaltender. But they won the NHL
• 56:32
  Speaker 2: Draft lottery. You think there's a little hope on Long Island.
• 56:39
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I don't think they're going to get
• 56:41
  Speaker 3: a player that's going to come in there and you know,
• 56:46
  Speaker 3: turn the franchise around right away. One of the one
• 56:49
  Speaker 3: of the players I hear that might be an interesting
• 56:52
  Speaker 3: uh selection for them, is probably not going to be
• 56:55
  Speaker 3: the number one overall selection, but maybe they can trade
• 56:58
  Speaker 3: down to get him, as James Hagen play who's from
• 57:01
  Speaker 3: Long Island and played at Boston College this year, and
• 57:04
  Speaker 3: he's a heck of a player, the great skater, heads
• 57:07
  Speaker 3: up playmaker forward from Boston College, grew up in Long Island.
• 57:13
  Speaker 3: But he's not he's not probably not the number one
• 57:15
  Speaker 3: overall pick. So maybe there's some some dealing they could do.
• 57:20
  Speaker 3: But they've got they've got a lot of pressure, I
• 57:22
  Speaker 3: think on that scouting staff because we're, you know, we're
• 57:27
  Speaker 3: you know a little over a month away from the
• 57:29
  Speaker 3: draft and they don't have a GM, so they've gotta
• 57:32
  Speaker 3: they've got to have done their meetings and uh have
• 57:35
  Speaker 3: their lists together. Already and have some ideas of what
• 57:38
  Speaker 3: they want to do before a GM even comes in.
• 57:41
  Speaker 3: And a GM could come in and and turn everything
• 57:44
  Speaker 3: upside down and have some different ideas. Game could come
• 57:47
  Speaker 3: in and bring some of his own people in here
• 57:49
  Speaker 3: at the last minute. You know, there's so many things
• 57:53
  Speaker 3: that could happen. I don't believe Patrick would be involved
• 57:59
  Speaker 3: in the scouting decisions or the drafted decisions right now
• 58:04
  Speaker 3: as the coach, unless he's maybe being considered for the
• 58:08
  Speaker 3: position himself, which I'm sure he might be interested in
• 58:11
  Speaker 3: that right But Patrick Patrick can be a pretty uh
• 58:17
  Speaker 3: interesting guy himself. And uh, you know, whoever is the GM,
• 58:21
  Speaker 3: if it's not Patrick, you know there's gonna have to
• 58:23
  Speaker 3: be some some work to be done so that that
• 58:28
  Speaker 3: relationship works as well.
• 58:30
  Speaker 2: Okay, we're gonna bring Candy Hapling on only for station break. Candy, wy,
• 58:32
  Speaker 2: don't you get everybody a preview on what you haven't
• 58:34
  Speaker 2: throwing fire up and the crew members that you're gonna
• 58:36
  Speaker 2: be having tonight.
• 58:39
  Speaker 5: So we're going to talk a lot of NFL, a
• 58:42
  Speaker 5: lot about NFL schedule. We're going to talk about, uh
• 58:47
  Speaker 5: the dollar owners of the NFL and how who's got
• 58:51
  Speaker 5: the highest richest owner, I should say in the NFL,
• 58:57
  Speaker 5: I'm gonna have a panel of me and Pensman and J. D.
• 59:02
  Speaker 5: Wyatt and Sameir and mister Ralph Williams from his new studio.
• 59:08
  Speaker 5: So don't forget to tune in after the show is over.
• 59:13
  Speaker 2: Fire up Candy at Williams Country Club. Call it the
• 59:16
  Speaker 2: country Club.
• 59:17
  Speaker 1: Mike.
• 59:17
  Speaker 2: I know you're dying to get in there. One of
• 59:19
  Speaker 2: these times. We're gonna get you in the country Club.
• 59:21
  Speaker 2: All you get there after we take care of our
• 59:23
  Speaker 2: hockey commandment for a little while, and you're always welcome
• 59:26
  Speaker 2: to go in there, but we've got to take care
• 59:27
  Speaker 2: of business of Bils and Bond And don't worry, I
• 59:29
  Speaker 2: still can't wait to get you on Professor and the
• 59:32
  Speaker 2: Pupil with Steve reichel This guy is.
• 59:33
  Speaker 1: A wild character if I've ever seen one.
• 59:36
  Speaker 2: If you liked combat sports and the fact that you
• 59:38
  Speaker 2: like Colic Prestley, this is Steve Reichels. He's unbelievable. So
• 59:41
  Speaker 2: go ahead, Katy, give us the station break. Look, Mike's
• 59:44
  Speaker 2: already salvating and getting into the country Club with you.
• 59:47
  Speaker 2: And wait only gets on Professor and the Pupil. This
• 59:49
  Speaker 2: guy not only was he liked this show, but we
• 59:52
  Speaker 2: got a couple other places of mister Santel's going to
• 59:54
  Speaker 2: circulate as well. And one other thing I should point
• 59:56
  Speaker 2: out to you that we do have coming up that
• 59:57
  Speaker 2: I've really worked on today. I've got guy by the
• 1:00:00
  Speaker 2: name of Cliff Neil who's gonna come on. He's going
• 1:00:03
  Speaker 2: to talk about NHL expansion. I think the only we
• 1:00:05
  Speaker 2: can get him scheduled might be on a Wednesday night though.
• 1:00:08
  Speaker 2: But this guy is actually a professor at Towson University
• 1:00:11
  Speaker 2: out in the on the East Coast. I think he's
• 1:00:13
  Speaker 2: a guy that I'm sure you'll definitely enjoyed. I had
• 1:00:15
  Speaker 2: him on before, but now I'm looking forward to putting
• 1:00:17
  Speaker 2: him in a cruise setting. It's gonna be unbelievable stuff,
• 1:00:20
  Speaker 2: all right, Kady, last station of breaks of the night.
• 1:00:22
  Speaker 2: We're so glad that Mike and I would have been
• 1:00:23
  Speaker 2: able to do rapid fire covered a lot of time.
• 1:00:25
  Speaker 2: So you like the format, Mike, rapid Fire, you and I?
• 1:00:28
  Speaker 3: Yeah, this was fun.
• 1:00:29
  Speaker 2: This was Fun's all right, Kady? Give us just takes
• 1:00:32
  Speaker 2: your break and then we're going to turn over the
• 1:00:33
  Speaker 2: fire up at a moment.
• 1:00:35
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  Speaker 1: Thanks Kay.
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  Speaker 2: Look forward to having George, Iikorn and I and you
• 1:01:43
  Speaker 2: night now next Thursday's edition of the Sports We change.
• 1:01:46
  Speaker 2: They had a lot of ground to cover, so I'm
• 1:01:47
  Speaker 2: glad I'll just do it. U. George had you obviously
• 1:01:49
  Speaker 2: go out there and work with me on Tuesday night
• 1:01:52
  Speaker 2: because we were bogged down with a ton of Lions topics.
• 1:01:54
  Speaker 2: But I know he says he's looking forward to get
• 1:01:56
  Speaker 2: back with you and I. But it won a great show.
• 1:01:58
  Speaker 2: But more importantly, he had a great time. We really
• 1:02:00
  Speaker 2: did on Sunday over the Black Rock for Mother's Day,
• 1:02:04
  Speaker 2: and I hope all the mother's out there had a
• 1:02:06
  Speaker 2: wonderful Mother's Day. And we're really looking forward to obviously
• 1:02:09
  Speaker 2: you and I doing a lot of projects going forward.
• 1:02:11
  Speaker 2: So great job tonight Mike here in the Sports and
• 1:02:13
  Speaker 2: Shad Well, we'll do it again next Thursday night. Meanwhile,
• 1:02:16
  Speaker 2: great job by everybody in the chat room, Joshua, Doris,
• 1:02:18
  Speaker 2: Cyberuski Day and everybody else that But I hadn't participated,
• 1:02:22
  Speaker 2: so on behalf of Mike Santos. My name is Scott Morgan,
• 1:02:24
  Speaker 2: Rock from Motor City's Ana Mouth. Thank you for joining
• 1:02:26
  Speaker 2: us on this edition of the Sports Machaine, enjoying the
• 1:02:29
  Speaker 2: hockey to night. You have the Panther tomorrow, and who
• 1:02:31
  Speaker 2: knows whatever else is going to happen over the weekend,
• 1:02:33
  Speaker 2: and we'll bring it all back to next Thursday night.
• 1:02:35
  Speaker 2: We have great Probate programming as well next week. Can
• 1:02:37
  Speaker 2: you believe, Michael Memorial Day weekend is next weekend? Oh
• 1:02:41
  Speaker 2: my goodness, if unbelievable. Good night everybody. From Scott and Mike.
• 1:02:45
  Speaker 1: I know