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Terminello's Take on NHL Playoffs, NBA Playoffs and A Home Run Called Foul with OneLegUpAlex 042125 · OneLegUpAlex Media

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  Speaker 1: Here's your host, Alex Dearren Well Lou Turmanello. Just before
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  Speaker 1: we hit the record button on this podcast, I found
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  Speaker 1: the link from Blue Shirt Banter. Shout out to them
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  Speaker 1: for tracking all the alumni of the Rangers in the plosseason,
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  Speaker 1: and there's a lot of them, by the way. So
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  Speaker 1: I just think it's interesting that we grieve as Ranger
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  Speaker 1: fans by rooting on someone else who wore the uniform.
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  Speaker 1: I guess, so it's interesting, right, Well, Alex, thank you
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  Speaker 1: for having me.
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  Speaker 2: As always, I appreciate it for another week, and yeah,
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  Speaker 2: you know what, that's one of the tough things when
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  Speaker 2: your team has make the playoffs in any sport and
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  Speaker 2: you see guys who were used to be on your
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  Speaker 2: team and some of them were contributing to your team
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  Speaker 2: now on other teams in playoff situations.
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  Speaker 1: And by the way, we saw the McDonough he left
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  Speaker 1: here and became a Yeah, I believe he won the
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  Speaker 1: couple couple of times with the Lightning as soon as
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  Speaker 1: he went down there, So that was a really of
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  Speaker 1: all the splits I've seen. That was a tough one
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  Speaker 1: because he went on to win the championship with the Lightning,
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  Speaker 1: But you know, that's sports. I think a lot of
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  Speaker 1: fans want to root for Zucarello. He seems to be
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  Speaker 1: a fan favorite even years after he was He left here,
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  Speaker 1: was traded.
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  Speaker 2: From here, and he left a long time ago. So, uh,
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  Speaker 2: they're gonna have a tough time with with Vegas. But
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  Speaker 2: they're a very good team. They're they're a very good team.
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  Speaker 1: But I'm I. I did the final four bracket challenge
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  Speaker 1: like I did with the NCAA final far I did
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  Speaker 1: it with the NHL, and I have the Capitals winning
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  Speaker 1: it all. But you know I have in the final
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  Speaker 1: four on the West, I have the Blues making a
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  Speaker 1: surging run because they have really come on here over
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  Speaker 1: the last couple of months against the Golden Knights. And
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  Speaker 1: then I also have on the left the right side
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  Speaker 1: Caps versus the Lightning. So I mean, maybe I'm right here.
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  Speaker 1: We'll have to see, but.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, anything can happen in the playoffs. Obviously, Washington going
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  Speaker 3: into the season, a lot of teams did a lot
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  Speaker 3: of a lot of experts and think they'd make the
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  Speaker 3: playoffs because they really were, uh you know, they just
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  Speaker 3: aren't a fringe last year. But Spencer Carbery is gon
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  Speaker 3: a spectacular job. I mean the really.
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  Speaker 1: It would be storybook if he got the record and
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  Speaker 1: the ring all in the same season, and it's possible.
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  Speaker 2: Now, I think they're gonna have a tough time with
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  Speaker 2: this young Montreal team.
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  Speaker 3: That wasn't supposed to make the playoffs. They did their fast,
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  Speaker 3: they're young. Lane Hudson from Boston University last year is
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  Speaker 3: probably gonna beat out his his college teammate from last year,
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  Speaker 3: Macklin Celebrini for Rookie of the Year. He's a fantastic
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  Speaker 3: player and he's only like five. He's fast.
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  Speaker 2: He set a Montreal record for assist in the season
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  Speaker 2: for for a rookie defenseman. I like the future Montreal.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think this is I think this is gonna
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  Speaker 2: be a tough series for Washington. I think they'll probably
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  Speaker 2: get through, but this is no Locke series. This know
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  Speaker 2: those eight to one nail binders.
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  Speaker 1: Well, let me ask you this, because obviously when the
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  Speaker 1: Caps locked down the number one scene and whatnot and
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  Speaker 1: they clinted they were first to clinch their playoff spot
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  Speaker 1: and all the NHL, it did look like they were
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  Speaker 1: taking their gas off the pedal a little bit, which
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  Speaker 1: is not what you want to see. Going into the postseason.
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  Speaker 3: I mean they did.
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  Speaker 1: You're right, you're losing the Blue Jackets especially, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and yes, oh we got the ring the record, but
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  Speaker 1: they also lost for one in that game, and I
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  Speaker 1: don't know, it just it felt to me like they
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  Speaker 1: were really playing looser than they should have been.
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  Speaker 3: And I think there's there's credence to that. They did
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  Speaker 3: take that foot off the gas pedal, and they gave
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  Speaker 3: up a ton of goals those last ten games. Now
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  Speaker 3: they got Logan Thompson back in goal.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know who's going to be the goaltender tonight
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  Speaker 2: against Montreal, but you're right, now, can they turn That's
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  Speaker 2: always a tough thing. Can you turn it back on?
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  Speaker 2: I do think that the Vechkin dry for the all
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  Speaker 2: time record, I think did getting away a little bit,
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  Speaker 2: But now that's gone. He's had eight ninety seven, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and now let's see if we can win the Cup.
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  Speaker 1: Now I think I would be in the building when
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  Speaker 1: he scores nine hundred, though next year I want to
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  Speaker 1: be there.
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  Speaker 2: Well maybe early in the season they could be at
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  Speaker 2: they could be playing at the Devils, the Islanders, the Rangers,
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  Speaker 2: who knows so, And I think I think next year at.
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  Speaker 3: This time, he's going to be around nine hundred and
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  Speaker 3: forty goals.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I really anyway, you were saying something so speaking
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  Speaker 1: up the Devil, let's go there. Obviously the Devils still don't.
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  Speaker 1: They're missing Jack Hues, it's very obvious. But but they're
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  Speaker 1: in the playoffs and I still want to see them
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  Speaker 1: go far a little bit. I know I'm not supposed
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  Speaker 1: to say there's a Ranger slash New York fan, but
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  Speaker 1: you know they're the only Try state team in so
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  Speaker 1: I not a little bit here.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, Caroline is a tough team to play.
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  Speaker 2: As we know, the Rangers have beaten them in the past,
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  Speaker 2: and they've beaten the Islanders in the past, so we
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  Speaker 2: know that how they play in the.
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  Speaker 3: Postseason, they're all about puck possession.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I believe they beat the Devils actually to get
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  Speaker 1: to the Stanley Cup. I'm not mistaken. I right about that.
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  Speaker 3: What Let's see, what what year was that.
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  Speaker 1: Well, one of the years they beat the Devils to advance,
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  Speaker 1: maybe it was even to the conference finals. That could be.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe that's RD.
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  Speaker 3: But in this series, the Devils are going to really
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  Speaker 3: have to deal with their four check. Their four checking
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  Speaker 3: is so good, and their physical and their four check
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  Speaker 3: generates a lot of.
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  Speaker 2: Their scoring chances. I mean, they're not a great, naturally
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  Speaker 2: natural offensive team, but you don't get a lot of
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  Speaker 2: chances against Carolina. And then you saw in the first
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  Speaker 2: game Devils didn't have a lot of high scoring chances.
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  Speaker 2: But the Devil's best players, Timo Meyer, Nicole he Scher,
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  Speaker 2: Jasper Bratt, they're gonna have to play even at a
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  Speaker 2: higher level, and then they're gonna have to get somebody
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  Speaker 2: like like Dawson Mercer, some of the secondary guys to
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  Speaker 2: help them out to score some goals. They were a
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  Speaker 2: little disorganized in their own end. You can't do that
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  Speaker 2: against Carolina. But we'll see. It's I think this is
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  Speaker 2: a tough series for the Devils to win.
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  Speaker 3: I really do. I just don't know if it's a
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  Speaker 3: great matchup for them. Caroline does have great goaltending, but
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  Speaker 3: a lot of a lot of times you don't get
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  Speaker 3: a lot of high scoring chances against Carolina. It makes
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  Speaker 3: their goaltending look better than they really are.
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  Speaker 2: Now the Devils have better goaltending than Carolina. The Devil's
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  Speaker 2: power play has been very good all year, so when
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  Speaker 2: they go on the power play. They're gonna have to
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  Speaker 2: They're gonna have to convert tonight or tomorrow night. I
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  Speaker 2: think it's gonna be the key game if they're gonna
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  Speaker 2: be a long series or short series.
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  Speaker 1: But of course you speaking of that long series of
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  Speaker 1: short series. You know, in this bracket challenge, they asked us, uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know how many games each go? And I forgot
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  Speaker 1: that every series goes to seven. But I feel like
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  Speaker 1: it's so early on in the playoffs. How often do
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  Speaker 1: we see a game seven in the division round? Have
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  Speaker 1: you seen a lot of them in your time?
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  Speaker 3: Or oh there has been, I mean there has been
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  Speaker 3: not so much recently in the early rounds.
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  Speaker 2: But I don't know if this can go seven. I
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  Speaker 2: don't know if the Devil's no, they're not going to
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  Speaker 2: go seven. But again that could be wrong. I would
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  Speaker 2: love to, like you, I would love to see the
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  Speaker 2: Devil's advance. They have a lot of good young talent
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  Speaker 2: and a story I saw today that from the from Vancouver,
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  Speaker 2: and this came from Vancouver management that Quinn Hughes, who
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  Speaker 2: won the Norris Trophy as the NHL's best defenseman last year,
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  Speaker 2: has two years left on his deal, but in his
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  Speaker 2: exit interview, told management that he wants to play in
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  Speaker 2: New Jersey with his brothers. Now does that happen in
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  Speaker 2: two years when he's a free agent, or does Vancouver
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  Speaker 2: and the Devils get together in this off season and
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  Speaker 2: talk about bringing quin Neues to Prudential Center. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: the guy is spectacular. That would be unbelievable if the
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  Speaker 2: Devils could could pull something like that off. So that's
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  Speaker 2: something to keep an eye on, you know that that
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  Speaker 2: is he's a tremendous player, and he's captain of the Canucks,
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  Speaker 2: so he's got it.
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  Speaker 1: You know. And then I think the brothers, all three
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  Speaker 1: of them have skill like I've not seen. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you could go back the Esposito brothers, I guess, but
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  Speaker 1: I haven't seen that kind of brother league talent in
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  Speaker 1: a little while.
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  Speaker 3: Right, Well, in the sixties he had the Esposito brothers.
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  Speaker 2: In the late sixties he had Dennis Hall and Bobby Hall,
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  Speaker 2: even though they were more spread apart.
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  Speaker 3: Year wise, he had more reage.
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  Speaker 2: The Rocket with Shaw and Henri was shown both NHL
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  Speaker 2: Hall of Famers, but there was a large age gap,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, so and of course he had the
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  Speaker 2: Southern brothers, and you know you can really, you can really,
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  Speaker 2: uh just go down the list. There are some brothers,
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  Speaker 2: but this would be interesting if the Devil's got a
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  Speaker 2: player like whin Us. I'm surprised that Vancouver announced that,
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  Speaker 2: uh after the exit interview, so that's just something to
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  Speaker 2: take a look at. He's got twos left on his
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  Speaker 2: deal with the Canucks.
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  Speaker 1: Being an exit interview today was the anticipated range of
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  Speaker 1: exit interviews, and Priyder wants to stay man, and I
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  Speaker 1: love it. I hope they do everything they can to
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  Speaker 1: keep it up. You love it, but the Rangers want
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  Speaker 1: to win.
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  Speaker 2: And I don't know if you can't have a guy
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  Speaker 2: who has five assists, who's that high, that good an
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  Speaker 2: offensive player. He can't have five assists in an a
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  Speaker 2: two game schedule unless he got one or two in
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  Speaker 2: the last couple of games that were meaningless. I don't
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  Speaker 2: know if he had his sister too, but again, his
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  Speaker 2: production was way down, was Zabanajad.
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  Speaker 3: I can't see both of them being on the team
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  Speaker 3: next year.
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  Speaker 1: I can't. I mean, and no one can figure out,
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  Speaker 1: especially prior, how is production diminished. I don't remember him
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  Speaker 1: being injured severely this year, and I'm.
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  Speaker 3: Talking about a major drop right.
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  Speaker 4: Uh.
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  Speaker 3: And he's such a good player, or was such a
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  Speaker 3: good player, as we said a million times, can play
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  Speaker 3: at even strength, can play on the penalty kill, can
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  Speaker 3: play on the power play.
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  Speaker 2: He's a great obviously in front of the net. He's
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  Speaker 2: a super or talented on deflections. So we'll see. I
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  Speaker 2: don't know what they're going to do now. Peter Lavalette
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  Speaker 2: was five, yes, but Drewy was not. And that's probably
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  Speaker 2: because Drewy and Dole in the buddies. That's the only
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  Speaker 2: thing I can think of. The Rangers have question marks,
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  Speaker 2: no question, no question.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: That defense has to get better. They can't leave so
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  Speaker 2: roping out to dry and Quick out to dry. They're
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  Speaker 2: set in goal with Quick. He got, he got and
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  Speaker 2: you know is sasterking. But he even or Quick can't
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  Speaker 2: stop everything. Adam Fox, who I always thought.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I always thought, might not have been as
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  Speaker 3: good as everybody says he is.
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  Speaker 2: You know, and he and then he hurt his need
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  Speaker 2: last year. I don't know, Alex. They're not going to
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  Speaker 2: trade him, don't get me wrong, they're.
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  Speaker 1: Not, just because the time of that seven year deal,
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  Speaker 1: he really was living up to that idea of that
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  Speaker 1: long term production, so they decided.
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  Speaker 3: The Ranger's need to live up to the long term deal.
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  Speaker 1: Is La Frenier. Yeah, that one. They we were there
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  Speaker 1: the first game he got his extension, and then it
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  Speaker 1: seems like after that his production level went down after that, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it really did.
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  Speaker 3: And he's too good, a natural offensive type player to
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  Speaker 3: have these gaps where you don't know what he's doing,
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  Speaker 3: can't find them.
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  Speaker 1: So can we just deduce that maybe a lot. And
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  Speaker 1: believe me, we've talked about this off air too. I
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  Speaker 1: don't say this is all lobby. Let's fall. Drury did
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  Speaker 1: this in such a backwards way you knew you didn't want, true,
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  Speaker 1: But so get them out of there before the season
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  Speaker 1: even starts. It's true, and that's where it really started
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  Speaker 1: to me. Is that all mess? Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: So again we'll see the Rangers have ten just under
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  Speaker 2: ten million dollars worth of cap space, so.
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  Speaker 3: They gotta be careful on what they do.
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  Speaker 2: The Islanders have like twenty nine million dollars worth of
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  Speaker 2: cap space.
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  Speaker 3: But as we go to talk about them.
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  Speaker 2: As the season has come to an end, Alex their
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  Speaker 2: roster is not good. I know Lou doesn't like to
• 12:47
  Speaker 2: use the term rebuild. Mister Lamorello, but it's not a rebuild. Maybe,
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  Speaker 2: but it's going to be very difficult for him to
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  Speaker 2: retool like he wants to. I mean, going into the season,
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  Speaker 2: the best they were, maybe they would get the eight seed,
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  Speaker 2: and they had major injuries and they had the thirty Look,
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  Speaker 2: there's all you need to know about the Islanders. They
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  Speaker 2: had the injuries to their best player, Barzel, but they
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  Speaker 2: were thirty first on power play, they were thirty first
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  Speaker 2: in penalty kill, and alex they were thirty first five
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  Speaker 2: on five.
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  Speaker 1: By the way, I want to give a shout out
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  Speaker 1: to our friend Dave German, who loves our hockey talk
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  Speaker 1: every time that so we we we love it too,
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  Speaker 1: and I love that we got people watching it. Sent
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  Speaker 1: its the Athletic article about the Rangers offseason priorities. There's
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  Speaker 1: a lot to get to with that, but.
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  Speaker 2: No know, we can dedicate the whole show just to
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  Speaker 2: each one of these teams.
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  Speaker 1: We really as I want to go back to the
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  Speaker 1: playoffs so real quick, because you know there's very on
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  Speaker 1: the West. It feels wide open because the Oilers are not.
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  Speaker 1: The Oilers got to the Cup last year and I
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  Speaker 1: still think the Abs are going back to the way
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  Speaker 1: they were when they won the Cup. I feel like
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  Speaker 1: there's sort of a reservance from the Abs and a
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  Speaker 1: Nate McKinnon that can be on fire every game will
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  Speaker 1: make a difference for the league. And then you have
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  Speaker 1: the Blues. So is it right to say the West
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  Speaker 1: is a little more of a wild card than the
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  Speaker 1: East right now?
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  Speaker 3: I would say the West is more competitive and more tougher,
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  Speaker 3: and I think there are there are more teams that
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  Speaker 3: can get to the Cup Final from the West and
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  Speaker 3: the East.
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  Speaker 2: I think this is just my opinion. I think the
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  Speaker 2: Cup finalist from the East is gonna either be Tampa
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  Speaker 2: Bay or Florida or Toronto. I think it's gonna come
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  Speaker 2: from one of those three.
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  Speaker 3: And we'll know right away because Tampa Bay and Florida
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  Speaker 3: playing each other, so we'll knowing about a week ten days,
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  Speaker 3: one of them will be gone.
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  Speaker 1: And one of them. You know, Florida tried to reinvigorate
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  Speaker 1: with the marsh and trade and whatnot, but losing kud Chuck,
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  Speaker 1: you cannot remount from that.
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  Speaker 3: Right And he said, we don't if he's definitely gonna
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  Speaker 3: play tomorrow night in the first game, or is it tonight?
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  Speaker 3: Uh but he can't be one.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, again, it had been great if the
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  Speaker 2: United States had won four Nations. But the Tampa Bay,
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  Speaker 2: Tampa Bay fans and the Tampa Bay players and management.
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  Speaker 1: Want to win the Cup. That's first, absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: And in the West, I think it's now Dallas and
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  Speaker 2: Colorado are gonna knock each other out. Yeah, So I
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  Speaker 2: think it's gonna be between Dallas, Colorado, Winnipeg, or the
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  Speaker 2: Vegas Golden Knights. I think one of those four will
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  Speaker 2: be the West West champion. But uh, Winnipeg, which has
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  Speaker 2: a little monkey on their back because they haven't had
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  Speaker 2: great postseason success.
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  Speaker 3: I was watching the game the other night. I thought
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  Speaker 3: the Blues were gonna beat them, and they rallied. They
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  Speaker 3: rallied in the third period.
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  Speaker 1: And by the way, Winnipeg's always up there, like they're
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  Speaker 1: always the first or second seed and they don't go far.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and that that's a that's a hunt that sometimes
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  Speaker 2: is very difficult for team in any sport to get over.
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  Speaker 3: But they have Connor Hallibut.
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  Speaker 2: As good goalie as there is in a world. And
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  Speaker 2: the Golden Knights are big and strong and they've done
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  Speaker 2: it before.
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  Speaker 3: Uh in Colorado, as you just mentioned.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, our buddy Blake, our buddy brought Nelson
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  Speaker 2: as a chance to win the Cup, something he was
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  Speaker 2: never gonna do with the Islanders.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, well there's that too, and that trade still, uh,
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  Speaker 1: it broke a lot of Islander heard fans, hearts because
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  Speaker 1: of his loyalty to the Islanders. But that's that's the game.
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  Speaker 3: I guess it was the right thing to do, made
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  Speaker 3: the right call on it.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously. I think of the West, I think of Chris
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  Speaker 1: now Block and there are people over the weekend that said,
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  Speaker 1: you know, we had the upper to bring him in,
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  Speaker 1: to call him up from Hartford. Why didn't they give
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  Speaker 1: him that shot here?
• 17:05
  Speaker 2: Well, the funny thing is, remember when coach Quinn missed
• 17:09
  Speaker 2: uh a couple of weeks with COVID and non Block
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: came up from Hartford.
• 17:14
  Speaker 3: He did a great job and the players were all saying,
• 17:16
  Speaker 3: what a great you know, it was like seamless with
• 17:20
  Speaker 3: you know, with Quinn being gone.
• 17:22
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that that was if the Rangers knew they were
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: going to make some changes when they got rid of Gallant,
• 17:28
  Speaker 2: they could have put no Block in then and didn't.
• 17:31
  Speaker 2: So yeah, so well he had, let's face it, they
• 17:35
  Speaker 2: do not get to the Stanley Cup Finals if no
• 17:39
  Speaker 2: Block wasn't behind.
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: The bench, and then they get to Game seven without
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: him behind the bench.
• 17:45
  Speaker 3: No doubt about it.
• 17:46
  Speaker 2: He changed the way they played a little bit, and
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: they I mean they had great offensive players, but they
• 17:51
  Speaker 2: were more cognizant of playing defense well.
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: And I noticed it wasn't just dry Cidle and McDavid
• 17:59
  Speaker 1: getting all the goals as.
• 18:00
  Speaker 3: It was Zach Rimeman and Newton Hopkins and a bouch shot,
• 18:06
  Speaker 3: you know, the great scoring defense straight.
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: Into a very busy, very very hot Panther team last year.
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: And Bobrovski. You can't go wrong with that guy.
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: No, you can't go and Caroline, excuse me, Floor is
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: another team that they're on you. They all missed too
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: many of their defensive assigns.
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: Well, I want to stick with the Garden because obviously
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: the other resident winning after a twenty one zero run
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: the other night winning in their first game. You think
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: Detroit's gonna be a challenge, and they're proving that very
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: early on here against the Knicks. I mean, yes, you
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: can overcome that, but how many times you're gonna do that?
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: W They have to change up to make that less
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: stressful on this Knick team, so they don't have to
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: do a twenty one or run to win it.
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: Alex, the most stressful Knicks might have been in the
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: series was the othernye uh Detroit has done a tremendous job.
• 19:03
  Speaker 3: They were They were fourteen and sixty eight last year.
• 19:06
  Speaker 3: They won forty four games. This year, they're young.
• 19:10
  Speaker 2: You saw in the fourth forty other night when going
• 19:13
  Speaker 2: got tough, they really didn't know what to do because
• 19:16
  Speaker 2: they they didn't have they didn't have the experience. Plus
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: in fact, they don't have that secondary scorer to go to.
• 19:23
  Speaker 3: Kate Cunningham's a fantastic player.
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: The Nie as all as the highlights of on Twitter
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: is Kate cunning That's all I see of the pistinct
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: right now right and I think the.
• 19:34
  Speaker 3: The Knicks will win this series. I would be surprised
• 19:36
  Speaker 3: if goes to six games. I think the Knicks will
• 19:38
  Speaker 3: winning in five. The NBA overall this weekend, with the
• 19:43
  Speaker 3: exception of the Clippers and Nuggets, wasn't very entertaining. I mean,
• 19:47
  Speaker 3: you have Oklahoma City went winning one thirty, one eighty.
• 19:52
  Speaker 3: I mean some of these games were over early. You
• 19:54
  Speaker 3: knew they weren't gonna. You knew the teams that were
• 19:57
  Speaker 3: ahead weren't going to lose that lead in the and Minnesota,
• 20:01
  Speaker 3: I mean, excuse me, Indiana, Milwaukee. Indiana had that game
• 20:06
  Speaker 3: all the way Milwaukee.
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: I think that series is far from over after one game,
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: and I think that could go along. I think Damian
• 20:13
  Speaker 2: Little might be back tomorrow night and that will help them.
• 20:17
  Speaker 3: The thing is, if Milwaukee fails, do those the honest
• 20:23
  Speaker 3: rumors to the Brooklyn Nets pop up again?
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: Oh?
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: Man, that would be you know, so again, I don't know. Well,
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: the reason why the Buckstone seems interesting to me is
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: because they're not the same team they were a couple
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: of years ago, and they just they have Gianni's and
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: just it just feels like it falls apart after that.
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: But Louke, we'll have to see what happens there. But
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: that I was. I was at my sister in laws
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: for Easter. They have the game on and I see
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: that the Oklahomas thunder have a fifty point lead. I'm like,
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: what is going on there? So and that's me knocks.
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: They shut down John Morant. That's a big deal to
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: do that.
• 20:58
  Speaker 3: They shut down everybody, Alex.
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: So that was That was kind of wild, and then
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: I think of because I get tweets from everywhere, the
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: Cavs are going to have a very interesting series because
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: they're supposed to beat the Heat, right and didn't they lose.
• 21:13
  Speaker 2: This is not the Miami He will always be ready
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: to play. But again, this is not the Miami Heat
• 21:21
  Speaker 2: team of even a couple of years ago. They're so
• 21:24
  Speaker 2: well coached Eric Spawls, as I said to you, in
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: my opinion, I think he's the best coach in the league.
• 21:29
  Speaker 2: But again, you still need more bullets in the old holes.
• 21:34
  Speaker 2: And uh, Cleveland will win the series, and uh it's.
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: Gonna And that's where I think the dice for the
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: next right, because they're gonna have to play one of
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: these teams that they advanced well.
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: The next I mean, the Knicks is going to be
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: playing the Celtics next round, because the Celtics are not losing.
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: To the Orlandos And it could be the albums of
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: last year where they won a couple of games in
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: the regular season against the Celtics then lose against it.
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: They don't even get to play them.
• 22:00
  Speaker 2: I just can't see the next being the Celtics four times.
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: I always hate to go to my four out of
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: seven scenario. I can't see the Knicks being in four
• 22:09
  Speaker 2: times out of seven, and I think I think it's
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: going to be Boston and Oklahoma City in the finals.
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: Oh and okay, s He's very rarely in there, so
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: that'll be very interesting. Yeah, if that happens. This playing stuff,
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: I just I don't. I don't really get it. It's
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: very weird. But hey, GiB City's hope. I guess, like
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: Chicago wasn't even supposed to be near, but.
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: He got teams like with thirty eight wins trying to
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: get into the playoffs, and Alex, truth be told, he
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: saw just alive.
• 22:40
  Speaker 3: Looking I didn't watch any amount of the game. It,
• 22:44
  Speaker 3: you know, just wasn't It's not there. It's just not there.
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: And I'm sure you felt that way about the playing
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: season tournament also, like.
• 22:53
  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, they trying to in season tournament. First of all,
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: they're doing it wrong.
• 22:59
  Speaker 3: You know, they have it. It should all be, it
• 23:01
  Speaker 3: should be condensed over two week period, not all right tonight.
• 23:06
  Speaker 3: Is this is this a group play game? Oh?
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: Yeah? The group is the court different tonight or next?
• 23:12
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it should be it should be uh just condensed
• 23:17
  Speaker 2: into a two week period and like the NCAA tournament,
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: if you want to do that, I don't think it's needed.
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: This is American sports or not like that. They do
• 23:27
  Speaker 2: this in Europe, but American American sports fans aren't used
• 23:31
  Speaker 2: to this. So and I wanted this year Milwaukee, Milwaukee.
• 23:36
  Speaker 2: I think Milwaukee running. Yeah, yeah, well they beat the
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: next didn't they.
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: So I think that's what the whole thing I think.
• 23:41
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that was one of the semi final
• 23:43
  Speaker 3: quarter final games. I think. But again again it's not
• 23:47
  Speaker 3: who cares.
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, I was now saying you can bring two
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: cups home, one for the NBA, one for the Stanley
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: Cup to the garden. That's all. And Alario O'Brien down
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: the road, right, But uh, let's say in Boston, because
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: earlier today was the Boston Marathon, and this was a
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: very special Patriots Day because we're honoring two hundred and
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: fifty years since Paul Revere in the Midnight Ride and
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: the Revolutionary you know, the beginning of the Revolutionary War
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: lectionon Concord, and guess who started off the Boston Marathon.
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: Paul Revere made his big speech at the start.
• 24:18
  Speaker 3: Wow.
• 24:20
  Speaker 1: Years later, he's still around there you go. So I
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: love these things longevity. I love when history and and
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: sports collide like that, you know much.
• 24:29
  Speaker 3: I love history.
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: So this was one of the most important Patriots says
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: in a long time in Boston because of the history
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: of it, you know so and the red Zuck. But
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: I want to just add that note now that we're
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: onto baseball, can I just call it here on the
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: podcast that anybody involved with calling that Aaron Judge foul
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: ball should be suspended. This is the most ridiculous call
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: we've seen.
• 24:55
  Speaker 3: Lou Well.
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: Again, sometimes these guys are so strong you you really can't.
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: You can't follow the ball. And I remember a couple
• 25:04
  Speaker 2: of years ago the Mets were playing the Royals in
• 25:07
  Speaker 2: Kansas City and Alonso hit one similar to what we
• 25:12
  Speaker 2: saw yesterday. They had no idea with the balllind they
• 25:16
  Speaker 2: had no idea. And you want something I thought it was.
• 25:18
  Speaker 3: I remember a couple of years ago, I said, oh,
• 25:19
  Speaker 3: that's a home run, and even looking at the replay,
• 25:23
  Speaker 3: they couldn't figure it out to change it is also
• 25:28
  Speaker 3: been hit into the shrubbery of like the outskirts of Yeah, well,
• 25:32
  Speaker 3: I mean.
• 25:33
  Speaker 2: I have something to do with it. If they're saying
• 25:35
  Speaker 2: that it went to the left of the foul pole.
• 25:37
  Speaker 2: And even though when it hit the trees it.
• 25:40
  Speaker 3: Was to the right of foul pole, but did it
• 25:44
  Speaker 3: go to the right of foul pole after it left
• 25:46
  Speaker 3: the stadium?
• 25:46
  Speaker 2: Left of the foul pole. And let's face it, Judge
• 25:48
  Speaker 2: got me the strongest guy in Major League Baseball. But yeah,
• 25:53
  Speaker 2: that that was That was a tough one. And they
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: were saying that the foul poles in steinburn Field aren't
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: the normal height or something accurate or not accurate. But again,
• 26:02
  Speaker 2: I don't care how Cole those polls are. That ball
• 26:07
  Speaker 2: is way up there, so I know it was incredible.
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: Now imagine we're stuck on sixty two. Let everybody know
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: riot that's it for that. But I'll tell you what
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: you talk about baseball and Max Freed. What an incredible addition.
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: We knew he would be. I mean, with his Braves team,
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: he was incredible. In fact, I saw highlights the other
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: day of him in the World Series against the As.
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: I mean, the guy's a great pitcher, and then he
• 26:30
  Speaker 1: that I mean, him with Cole would be fun. But
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: now with whatever with Cole, Freed has just stepped in here,
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: big time. Oh he's great, but the no hitter gets
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: a called back. But I wanted to say on the
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: general picture, I really think both teams being in first
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: place when we sit here on April twenty first. I
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: know you're gonna say it's only April, but it's something
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: that not many people saw coming. I thought the Mets
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: were not gonna have the pitching to be in first
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: place right now, and I think everybody thought the are
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: gonna fall apart after so doesn't sign. So for both
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: of them to be in first place is quite an
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: achievement early on here.
• 27:06
  Speaker 3: Well it is.
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: It is April twenty first, five months from now, on
• 27:11
  Speaker 2: September twenty first, I hope the Metro in first place,
• 27:13
  Speaker 2: that's for sure. And five months. I'm just again to
• 27:18
  Speaker 2: emphasize it. What a long season it is. And the
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: Mets have done well. I mean, Mana has been out,
• 27:25
  Speaker 2: Fernillo Alvarez has been out, Jeff McNeil's been out, and Alex.
• 27:29
  Speaker 2: I still think they're gonna add one more piece to
• 27:32
  Speaker 2: the puzzle, probably a picture.
• 27:35
  Speaker 1: But well, the Tristan McKenzie just became available. I don't
• 27:38
  Speaker 1: know if the Mets are interesting him or not, but
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: apparently Yankee Twitter is all a buzz about this, so
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: I don't know if that means.
• 27:43
  Speaker 3: Well became available, Alex, I'm sorry.
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: Tristan McKenzie of the Guardians, he was just dfaed today.
• 27:49
  Speaker 2: Well, it's funny you mentioned Tristan mackenzie because when he
• 27:52
  Speaker 2: came up he was a big time prospect.
• 27:58
  Speaker 3: I didn't even realize that they the FF today.
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: So yes, he got He's going to give him a
• 28:03
  Speaker 1: chance before the series today. By the way, the Guardians
• 28:07
  Speaker 1: have a very interesting outfield too, that high wall and
• 28:10
  Speaker 1: everything like you never judge of foul ball today too.
• 28:12
  Speaker 2: I mean now that wall is like so it's weird.
• 28:17
  Speaker 2: It's almost different than the Green Monster. Maybe because we're
• 28:21
  Speaker 2: used to the Green Monster.
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: I don't know. And I think Lindor would hit more
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: on the right, on the left side of the dish
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: than he went on the right, because I always saw
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: highlights of him hitting the right field when as a
• 28:32
  Speaker 1: lefty over the right.
• 28:34
  Speaker 3: And he hit a bomb on Friday night. He's been
• 28:37
  Speaker 3: weekend for the Mets.
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: His walk off and and this is the other thing
• 28:41
  Speaker 1: I think, Alonso, I don't know what you think of
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: the Soto thing, but I think it's created a lot
• 28:48
  Speaker 1: animosity that we're not seeing it. I don't know, but
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: Alonzo maybe have to prove that he can be a
• 28:53
  Speaker 1: great behind the Soto hitter, you know, like.
• 28:56
  Speaker 3: It's just well, if that's incentive for him to hit
• 28:59
  Speaker 3: better all four, he's doing.
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: Three to fifty or something.
• 29:02
  Speaker 3: I'm he walked Alex. He's not gonna three fifty. If
• 29:05
  Speaker 3: he hits two sixty five and drives in one hundred
• 29:10
  Speaker 3: and twenty five runs, you know with forty home runs,
• 29:14
  Speaker 3: that'll be fine. He's not gonna be the other day.
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: That triple was awesome though, like the way he was
• 29:20
  Speaker 1: the dead center, that was pretty good. The one thing and.
• 29:22
  Speaker 2: I think about Alonso, and I don't know what these
• 29:24
  Speaker 2: defensive metrics, you know.
• 29:27
  Speaker 3: Great and ass to me, just.
• 29:29
  Speaker 2: By the eye tests, he's and this has been for
• 29:32
  Speaker 2: the last couple of years. He's a better defensive first
• 29:34
  Speaker 2: baseman than the media critics give him credit for. I
• 29:39
  Speaker 2: think he's I think he's a better defensive first baseman.
• 29:42
  Speaker 1: And for a long time now about his defensive especially
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: because it was a walk year and they've thought he
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: should be performing better during his walk year.
• 29:50
  Speaker 2: But you know, he may well again if you keep
• 29:54
  Speaker 2: playing like this or close to this next year, he's
• 29:58
  Speaker 2: gonna be getting a lot of money.
• 30:00
  Speaker 3: And I hope it's from the Mets, not from somebody else.
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: All right, spring on Alonso one other guy, I gotta
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: cover here with you on Terminalo's take. Can we just
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: get Devin Williams on the therapist catch and talk about it,
• 30:11
  Speaker 1: because I feel like he needs to vent about what
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: happened with Alonso. He has not recovered from that home
• 30:17
  Speaker 1: run in Milwaukee. I really don't think so well.
• 30:20
  Speaker 3: I was talking to somebody yesterday and I forgot and
• 30:25
  Speaker 3: somebody brought that up. Do you think that he acts
• 30:29
  Speaker 3: to carry over? And sometimes we've seen it, even when
• 30:32
  Speaker 3: I say a field goal kicker blowing a field goal
• 30:34
  Speaker 3: and they're never a good field goal kicker blowing the
• 30:36
  Speaker 3: field goal in the playoff.
• 30:37
  Speaker 2: Game and they never recover their outstanding kicking form Alex.
• 30:43
  Speaker 2: For Devin williams personal sake, I hope not, because that
• 30:48
  Speaker 2: could be very devastating. I mean, we've seen it in
• 30:54
  Speaker 2: the past with players. I think he's too talented not
• 30:58
  Speaker 2: to be able to fight.
• 30:59
  Speaker 1: Through you when it's a fore run Ladies in his
• 31:01
  Speaker 1: head about it, Maybe that's what it was too long.
• 31:03
  Speaker 2: So yeah, no, well this is what happened. He had
• 31:06
  Speaker 2: a four run lead, there was an error made behind them.
• 31:09
  Speaker 2: Oh no, I gotta get an extra out and then
• 31:13
  Speaker 2: who knows, Alex, I've never pitched in the Major League
• 31:16
  Speaker 2: baseball game trying to close out a day, so I
• 31:18
  Speaker 2: can't relate to that. I can only relate to what
• 31:20
  Speaker 2: I've seen over these years watching Major League baseball.
• 31:24
  Speaker 1: But you know, we can only relate to an Armando
• 31:26
  Speaker 1: Benitez did for many, many times.
• 31:29
  Speaker 2: Again, and Benitez was a better relief pitcher than the
• 31:32
  Speaker 2: media gave him credit for, because I've seen so many,
• 31:36
  Speaker 2: so many effective relief pitchers blow game woll games. Uh,
• 31:43
  Speaker 2: look what the other night in Anaheim four to one
• 31:47
  Speaker 2: yesterday four to one bomber ninth against the Angels, not
• 31:51
  Speaker 2: a great offensive team. The Giants are playing very good ball.
• 31:54
  Speaker 2: They're fourteen and eight. They would have tied the Mets
• 31:56
  Speaker 2: with the best recor in the league, fifteen and seven.
• 31:58
  Speaker 2: And there were four to one boom but the matter
• 32:02
  Speaker 2: of a couple of batteries, bullpen blows it.
• 32:04
  Speaker 3: They lost five, four and o bomb in the nine.
• 32:07
  Speaker 1: And you wonder what happens. You watch these train wrecks
• 32:10
  Speaker 1: start to car wrecks start to unfold a little bit,
• 32:13
  Speaker 1: runner here, runner there, and it's like, all right, we're
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: not giving up the lead yet. But you could just
• 32:17
  Speaker 1: sense it, right, isn't Isn't that a pitching coach job
• 32:22
  Speaker 1: or somebody to go out there and start to calm
• 32:23
  Speaker 1: the guy down. I didn't even see that all Saturday,
• 32:25
  Speaker 1: But yeah, yeah, no, I see. And Matt Blake's a
• 32:29
  Speaker 1: great coach, by the way. I think he's done a
• 32:30
  Speaker 1: really great job. I'm pitching.
• 32:32
  Speaker 3: Absolutely, he wouldn't be I wouldn't be pitching coach in
• 32:34
  Speaker 3: New York Yankees if he wasn't a great coach.
• 32:37
  Speaker 1: That's right.
• 32:38
  Speaker 2: I'll tell you one thing the Yankees have given the Mets.
• 32:41
  Speaker 2: He saw it, Soto, and that was an obvious one.
• 32:44
  Speaker 2: We knew he was gonna be free agent, but Torrenz
• 32:48
  Speaker 2: for a one hundred thousand dollars that was the best
• 32:51
  Speaker 2: one hundred thousand dollars a metsit the Yankees ever. And
• 32:54
  Speaker 2: Carlos Mendoza, I can't believe that the Yankees actually made
• 32:58
  Speaker 2: him manager, you know, especially when they've been called for
• 33:01
  Speaker 2: not now and I'm not saying Boone deserves to be
• 33:04
  Speaker 2: fire or anything like that, but in the past when
• 33:05
  Speaker 2: it's that the Yankees never gave Mendoza a chance. I
• 33:09
  Speaker 2: mean Mendoza seems to be always in control of everything
• 33:13
  Speaker 2: that goes on during the game, and when something goes wrong, uh,
• 33:17
  Speaker 2: he he's just poised and commons.
• 33:20
  Speaker 1: He maintains a composure. I mean, they were oh in
• 33:22
  Speaker 1: five last year and through all of that and got
• 33:26
  Speaker 1: them the game to two games in the World Series.
• 33:29
  Speaker 1: We have the World Series absolutely o.
• 33:32
  Speaker 2: The big difference for the Mets, Alex we see what
• 33:35
  Speaker 2: we missed last year by not having Code Singer all season.
• 33:39
  Speaker 2: I mean, he's he's the real deal.
• 33:41
  Speaker 1: Oh man. And I remember watching him pitch a couple
• 33:43
  Speaker 1: of years ago. I mean he's been here on the
• 33:45
  Speaker 1: seam a few years now. Yeah, and his All Star
• 33:47
  Speaker 1: year was pretty interesting to watch too. But no Sega
• 33:51
  Speaker 1: and Tonds major made and Sanga healthy is great and
• 33:54
  Speaker 1: not see him collapse on the off the mound filling
• 33:57
  Speaker 1: the ball. It's great to see too, So you know,
• 33:59
  Speaker 1: absolute all right, one last thing, because you mentioned about Boom,
• 34:06
  Speaker 1: I think the reason why we saw yesterday why the
• 34:08
  Speaker 1: Yankees kept he protects his guys. He may make some
• 34:13
  Speaker 1: weird calls and some boney calls and why do you
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: go to Tim Hill in Game one in the World Series.
• 34:19
  Speaker 1: But I also like the fact that he can get
• 34:20
  Speaker 1: ejected a pitch later after that foul ball and really
• 34:23
  Speaker 1: give it like he protected Judge in that instance. And
• 34:26
  Speaker 1: I like that about him as a manager. He's very
• 34:28
  Speaker 1: defensive of his players.
• 34:30
  Speaker 2: He is well, first of all, you better be defensive.
• 34:33
  Speaker 2: But you have probably the best player in the major leagues.
• 34:37
  Speaker 2: And let's say Judge is still the best player in
• 34:39
  Speaker 2: the major.
• 34:40
  Speaker 1: Leagues in my opinion.
• 34:43
  Speaker 3: So yeah, you know you want to you want.
• 34:45
  Speaker 1: To protect them.
• 34:46
  Speaker 3: And uh, the Alex unless he's a catastrophic disaster with
• 34:51
  Speaker 3: the Yankees, which I don't see. The Yankee is going
• 34:54
  Speaker 3: to win the divisions. Yeah, and one.
• 34:59
  Speaker 1: Last thing about this official scorer thing. If there was
• 35:01
  Speaker 1: instant replay, what Johann would not about a no hitter.
• 35:04
  Speaker 1: But you know that's the way baseball is. This guy
• 35:07
  Speaker 1: decides to change the call three innings later. I guess
• 35:10
  Speaker 1: he's in his right to do that. I've seen that
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: done before, by the.
• 35:12
  Speaker 2: Way, man, No, I've seen it done before. I would
• 35:15
  Speaker 2: have actually I didn't see it live. I saw it
• 35:18
  Speaker 2: last night. I would have sported a hit originally. But
• 35:22
  Speaker 2: if I had sported an era and that was the
• 35:24
  Speaker 2: first hit of the game, I don't think I would
• 35:27
  Speaker 2: have changed back. But on when I saw it the
• 35:30
  Speaker 2: first time, and if I was the official scorer, I
• 35:32
  Speaker 2: would have sported a hit. The other thing you talk
• 35:34
  Speaker 2: about instant replay, well we could talk about there's so
• 35:37
  Speaker 2: many right off the top of my head. Andres Galarraga, Yeah,
• 35:42
  Speaker 2: Jim Joyce blew that call at first base, right Amando
• 35:46
  Speaker 2: Galarraga Yeah, Andres Galarraga was a home un hitting first base.
• 35:51
  Speaker 4: So uh, no game the game, Yeah, on decatire game
• 36:01
  Speaker 4: before you were born.
• 36:02
  Speaker 2: In nineteen eighty five Game six, Kansas City and Saint
• 36:06
  Speaker 2: Louis in the World Series, the Royals might not have
• 36:10
  Speaker 2: won the nineteen eighty five World Series.
• 36:12
  Speaker 3: That I mean. So it's amazing that how replay when
• 36:17
  Speaker 3: we didn't have replay would have changed some things.
• 36:20
  Speaker 1: I woant have changed a lot of history, that's absolutely
• 36:24
  Speaker 1: that's just think.
• 36:27
  Speaker 3: Just think on the Jeffrey Mayer game, they the Yankees
• 36:31
  Speaker 3: don't win that don't don't get that call. And I
• 36:33
  Speaker 3: know they still had four outs left the Tiger game.
• 36:35
  Speaker 3: But say they lose that game. The next day he
• 36:38
  Speaker 3: lost five nothing to David Wells and the Orioles, which
• 36:41
  Speaker 3: completely game. Shout out the Yankees lose that series. They
• 36:44
  Speaker 3: probably don't win four out of five to win the series. Yeah,
• 36:49
  Speaker 3: George Steiner probably fires Tory after one year and Tory.
• 36:54
  Speaker 2: Doesn't have the run that he had with the Yankees.
• 36:57
  Speaker 2: That's that's how crazy sports history.
• 36:59
  Speaker 1: Is, which is why he shouldn't have wrote a book
• 37:02
  Speaker 1: bashing them. But that's another story day and I mentor
• 37:06
  Speaker 1: he is a very good guy, but that book was
• 37:08
  Speaker 1: really just I don't I don't get it, but you know,
• 37:12
  Speaker 1: it's what it is. But one last thing, Louis. Obviously
• 37:16
  Speaker 1: it's officially complete, but like John sterling Ough, I happened
• 37:20
  Speaker 1: to see get media credentials going into yan Staium a
• 37:23
  Speaker 1: week ago or so. Sam Rosen will be around this
• 37:25
  Speaker 1: team for a long time to come. He's gonna be
• 37:28
  Speaker 1: part of the centennial. It's a centennial next year. He'll
• 37:30
  Speaker 1: be there for that.
• 37:31
  Speaker 2: Yeah, he should probably be there MC for any on
• 37:34
  Speaker 2: ice uh celebrations. Now, let's hope the Rangers have a
• 37:38
  Speaker 2: better year in this cential year than your.
• 37:40
  Speaker 3: New York Giants had in his centennial year.
• 37:43
  Speaker 1: I knew you were gonna go there. Oh my goodness.
• 37:47
  Speaker 1: Maybe Giants one on one will be better this year.
• 37:50
  Speaker 3: Maybe.
• 37:51
  Speaker 1: And it's funny because you were like, no, this is
• 37:52
  Speaker 1: actually the hundredth physical year, right coming. Yeah, interesting physical
• 37:59
  Speaker 1: year coming up. The draft. The Draft is Thursday. I mean,
• 38:04
  Speaker 1: I'm going for a duel Carter for the Giant.
• 38:06
  Speaker 3: It's going to be him.
• 38:07
  Speaker 1: I think he's got a great energy about him. He's
• 38:12
  Speaker 1: a great player, and I'm interested see where Tyler Warren goes.
• 38:15
  Speaker 1: Remember he was a great tight end for that team.
• 38:18
  Speaker 1: I mean, he could be a great Titan anywhere.
• 38:20
  Speaker 2: I think, well, it looks like it looks like there's
• 38:22
  Speaker 2: a good chance we don't know anything, because anything can
• 38:25
  Speaker 2: happen that both New York teams that play in the
• 38:27
  Speaker 2: same stadium will be having their first round draft picks
• 38:31
  Speaker 2: will both be from Penn State.
• 38:33
  Speaker 3: Because I think Tyler Warren. Yeah, I think that's they
• 38:37
  Speaker 3: have a shot at at Tyler Warren.
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: And feels Warren would be interesting. Look, I think Justin
• 38:41
  Speaker 1: Field is going to adjust well with this whole thing.
• 38:44
  Speaker 3: Uh, Alex from your mouth to God's ears. I hope
• 38:48
  Speaker 3: you're right well, Faith and Justin Fields and I do
• 38:52
  Speaker 3: at the stage.
• 38:53
  Speaker 1: Well because he wasn't also in the right system with Chicago,
• 38:57
  Speaker 1: I don't think. But we'll have to see there, you know.
• 39:00
  Speaker 3: And I.
• 39:03
  Speaker 1: In the right system with Chicago, I don't think they
• 39:05
  Speaker 1: used them the right way out. That could be Yep,
• 39:08
  Speaker 1: we'll have to see. But one last thing. The Chador
• 39:12
  Speaker 1: situation is just out of control now. People are complaining
• 39:15
  Speaker 1: about the retirement of his number, but I'm more focused
• 39:18
  Speaker 1: on where he's going to go. I think he goes
• 39:22
  Speaker 1: He might be going to the Saints, is what I'm hearing.
• 39:24
  Speaker 1: What do you hear?
• 39:24
  Speaker 3: I think he goes there, But well the Saints, the
• 39:27
  Speaker 3: Steelers need a quarterback if he drops that low.
• 39:30
  Speaker 4: Uh.
• 39:31
  Speaker 3: Some some experts say he's not going to go in
• 39:33
  Speaker 3: the first round.
• 39:34
  Speaker 1: I don't know.
• 39:35
  Speaker 2: I mean, the one quarterback that's in the draft that
• 39:37
  Speaker 2: I think is none of them are sure things. I
• 39:40
  Speaker 2: would say it would be Cam Moore. He's built like
• 39:43
  Speaker 2: a quarterback. He can make any throws. Do I like
• 39:46
  Speaker 2: him as much as I like some quarterbacks and past draft? No,
• 39:49
  Speaker 2: But he would be my first He would have been
• 39:51
  Speaker 2: my first choice at quarterback.
• 39:54
  Speaker 1: And then Travis Hunter could play both sides of the ball.
• 39:56
  Speaker 1: Is also going to be very interesting.
• 39:58
  Speaker 3: Yeah, and that's true. And he wants to play both
• 40:01
  Speaker 3: sides of the ball and some team said they will
• 40:03
  Speaker 3: let him. But playing both sides of the ball in
• 40:05
  Speaker 3: the Big twelve and in the NFL are two different things.
• 40:09
  Speaker 1: It's almost like pitching and hitting in the Major League Baseball.
• 40:11
  Speaker 3: Yeah, no, it is so.
• 40:14
  Speaker 1: But we'll have to see lou anyway, draft is coming up.
• 40:17
  Speaker 1: How do we get to April twenty first, I don't
• 40:19
  Speaker 1: know how. We're in late April already.
• 40:21
  Speaker 3: This is Alex Before you know, it'll be Labor Day.
• 40:27
  Speaker 1: Yeah, before you know it. I'll be at Citney Field
• 40:29
  Speaker 1: with Gabby on the July fifth Subway Series game. So
• 40:32
  Speaker 1: there you go, right, I mean it's coming, It's all
• 40:35
  Speaker 1: coming pretty soon. Those games are going to be interesting. Yeah,
• 40:41
  Speaker 1: all three games are at City Field. Well, actually, no,
• 40:43
  Speaker 1: the three games. When he comes to the stadium, that's
• 40:45
  Speaker 1: going to be really something else. They want to put
• 40:49
  Speaker 1: up like they did with the bullpen at Chase Stadium.
• 40:52
  Speaker 1: Put up like car you know, cardboard billboards or something
• 40:56
  Speaker 1: like that to protect the guy from the dugout.
• 40:58
  Speaker 3: You know, let's hope, let's let's hope they don't have
• 41:00
  Speaker 3: to do that.
• 41:02
  Speaker 1: I hope we're more civilized than that, that's for sure.
• 41:05
  Speaker 1: I hope. So, but we'll have to see, uh one
• 41:08
  Speaker 1: last thing we even get to and I see as
• 41:10
  Speaker 1: we're talking all this stuff popping up. Yeah, no, we
• 41:13
  Speaker 1: have and I'm gonna ask Jay Paterno this about about
• 41:15
  Speaker 1: this on Friday. We have now seen the first negative,
• 41:19
  Speaker 1: real negative of nil when Tennessee's quarterback left because they
• 41:25
  Speaker 1: didn't and they got they basically part of way with
• 41:28
  Speaker 1: them because they couldn't get eye on contract negotiations. It's
• 41:32
  Speaker 1: like this kid's like eighteen or nineteen and we're talking
• 41:34
  Speaker 1: contract negotiations. This is a really bad, uh look.
• 41:38
  Speaker 3: For the terrible look.
• 41:40
  Speaker 2: And this again, I don't know I heard this now, Nico.
• 41:45
  Speaker 2: I am a LVA from Tennessee transfers to USC. And apparently,
• 41:51
  Speaker 2: because there's no state income tax in the state of Tennessee,
• 41:56
  Speaker 2: USC has to make up for the very large income
• 42:02
  Speaker 2: tax that they have in the state of California. So
• 42:05
  Speaker 2: they had to they had they had to adjust the.
• 42:10
  Speaker 1: U c l A. You mean they're picking up the
• 42:12
  Speaker 1: contract like a major league player.
• 42:14
  Speaker 3: That's what it is. And they had to adjust for
• 42:18
  Speaker 3: the lack of of tax because in Tennessee there's no tax.
• 42:23
  Speaker 3: In California or his state income tax.
• 42:25
  Speaker 1: You know, I miss I missed Rick Wolf. Rickwolf, the
• 42:27
  Speaker 1: son of Bob Wolf, would be all over this because
• 42:29
  Speaker 1: he loved protecting college sports and high school sports and
• 42:33
  Speaker 1: the fabric of it. And I just think now he
• 42:39
  Speaker 1: if you're an NFL scout right and you're looking at
• 42:41
  Speaker 1: this kid firstly for rejecting any deal, that doesn't mean
• 42:45
  Speaker 1: want to draft the kid. He has no character. It
• 42:47
  Speaker 1: looks like from from the outside.
• 42:49
  Speaker 2: Looking in, that's that's a that's a very good observation.
• 42:53
  Speaker 2: Aallet's that's true. If they don't if if they don't
• 42:56
  Speaker 2: get their arms around this in college uh basketball and
• 43:00
  Speaker 2: college football, it's in all college sports, even college hockey.
• 43:04
  Speaker 2: You know, you could name any sport.
• 43:07
  Speaker 1: But they're gonna ruin it. It's not fun. It's really
• 43:12
  Speaker 1: not fun. Right now.
• 43:13
  Speaker 3: In the NFL we accept it, or in the MLB
• 43:16
  Speaker 3: or NHL, NBA, we accept they're professionals.
• 43:18
  Speaker 1: We know they're older, they're like thirty something. These are
• 43:21
  Speaker 1: nineteen year old kids. Eighteen year olds, and I thought
• 43:25
  Speaker 1: college was to be character building. That's the whole thing
• 43:27
  Speaker 1: about it, you know. Paterno, your Dad, Joe Bear Bryant,
• 43:33
  Speaker 1: John Wooden, they all preached what and Luke hers like,
• 43:36
  Speaker 1: all preach what character. They didn't preach for the money.
• 43:41
  Speaker 1: And I think a lot of these coaches, although good
• 43:44
  Speaker 1: on Tennessee for parting ways with the kid, I think
• 43:46
  Speaker 1: they realized what was going on to Yeah, but a
• 43:49
  Speaker 1: lot of these coaches may be softer than the Woodens
• 43:52
  Speaker 1: and the Bryants because I'll let the kid run all
• 43:55
  Speaker 1: over them because it might be better for this program.
• 43:57
  Speaker 4: You know.
• 43:58
  Speaker 1: There's also this straight allegiance to the program when it
• 44:03
  Speaker 1: could hurt the kids character.
• 44:05
  Speaker 3: You know.
• 44:05
  Speaker 1: I think there's that too, meaning they'll let the kid
• 44:07
  Speaker 1: get on much they want because it makes the program
• 44:10
  Speaker 1: look great. You know.
• 44:11
  Speaker 2: Well, it's all about winning games. It's all about swinning games.
• 44:15
  Speaker 2: The school gets more money, the coaches make more money.
• 44:20
  Speaker 2: And if if the coaches at USC or Tennessee or
• 44:24
  Speaker 2: Ohio State, you might get.
• 44:26
  Speaker 3: A shot in the NFL more money. You know, it's
• 44:30
  Speaker 3: all about it's all about it's all about the money.
• 44:33
  Speaker 1: Well, I think we did a lot on Terminado's take. Yeah,
• 44:37
  Speaker 1: enjoy the NHL post playoffs, postseason, and Capitals were my
• 44:42
  Speaker 1: number one pick to win the Standing Cup. I think
• 44:45
  Speaker 1: they get the record and the ring and it just
• 44:47
  Speaker 1: would be a fitting way to end the season. That's
• 44:49
  Speaker 1: how I would like.
• 44:49
  Speaker 3: To see that. I would like to see that.
• 44:52
  Speaker 2: I don't want to see Toronto win, but I think
• 44:55
  Speaker 2: this is their best shot. This is their best shot
• 44:57
  Speaker 2: for Toronto to win.
• 44:58
  Speaker 3: They totally dominated Ottawa last night.
• 45:02
  Speaker 1: They really did.
• 45:03
  Speaker 3: The game was chippy got you.
• 45:05
  Speaker 1: The reason why I want to see Toronto win is
• 45:06
  Speaker 1: because Austin Matthews will never leave there and I want
• 45:09
  Speaker 1: to see him win a chip like I want to
• 45:11
  Speaker 1: see McDavid win a chip. In their primes. I mean,
• 45:13
  Speaker 1: these kids are getting their careers sort of not wasted,
• 45:18
  Speaker 1: but they're not let me up to their potential on
• 45:21
  Speaker 1: these teams. Right.
• 45:22
  Speaker 3: Well, no, well again, it's true, this is Toronto's best chance.
• 45:27
  Speaker 3: And remember, at the end of this year, even though
• 45:29
  Speaker 3: I don't think he's going anywhere, I think he will
• 45:31
  Speaker 3: resign with Toronto. John Tavares is a free agent. He's
• 45:34
  Speaker 3: thirty four years old. He had an excellent year, especially
• 45:37
  Speaker 3: in the second.
• 45:37
  Speaker 2: Half and Mitch Marner, who I think is a superstar,
• 45:42
  Speaker 2: an underrated superstar if there is one.
• 45:44
  Speaker 3: He's an unrestricted free agent.
• 45:46
  Speaker 2: I think this is Toronto's best chance to break that
• 45:49
  Speaker 2: long drought of fifty seven years.
• 45:54
  Speaker 1: I heard the last time they won it was just
• 45:56
  Speaker 1: six teams, okay, so it's it's been a long day.
• 45:59
  Speaker 2: All They won the last year of the sixteen league.
• 46:04
  Speaker 2: I was fourteen, but you wouldn't for the good of hockey.
• 46:10
  Speaker 1: I think for the good of hockey they should win
• 46:11
  Speaker 1: a cup at least they.
• 46:13
  Speaker 3: Have as good a chance. This is their best. I
• 46:15
  Speaker 3: think this is the best chance to win.
• 46:18
  Speaker 1: And our years since ninety three, so thirty years since, well,
• 46:21
  Speaker 1: thirty two years since, and a team outside of America
• 46:26
  Speaker 1: and in Canada won the Cup.
• 46:28
  Speaker 2: So well, Montreal won in ninety three, and when I
• 46:31
  Speaker 2: saw the thirty that was like my thirty thirty first
• 46:34
  Speaker 2: year watching hockey, and Montreal probably won it from during
• 46:37
  Speaker 2: that thirty year period, probably won a Cup like twelve times.
• 46:42
  Speaker 1: They're up there. Man, there, that's another franchise you want
• 46:45
  Speaker 1: to see win at least one or two more in
• 46:47
  Speaker 1: your lifetimes.
• 46:48
  Speaker 4: You know.
• 46:49
  Speaker 1: One last thing, my friend made this joke when Chris
• 46:53
  Speaker 1: Jerry signed with the range of GM Sam Rose and said,
• 46:56
  Speaker 1: this one will last a lifetime. That's it.
• 47:01
  Speaker 3: It looks like he's going nowhere, and I'll leave it
• 47:04
  Speaker 3: like that. You know, Chris Drewy, his favorite, you know,
• 47:08
  Speaker 3: obviously played in the NHL General Manager. But you know
• 47:12
  Speaker 3: what his greatest athletic achievement was.
• 47:16
  Speaker 5: Tell us, well, he played for the Trumbel Little League
• 47:20
  Speaker 5: and they were playing TYPEI in the World College Baseball
• 47:24
  Speaker 5: World Series, that college excuse me, the Little League Baseball
• 47:28
  Speaker 5: World Series, and they were heavy underdog.
• 47:31
  Speaker 3: Chris drew is the picture they beat him. Look it up,
• 47:35
  Speaker 3: look it up on YouTube.
• 47:38
  Speaker 1: Look at that.
• 47:39
  Speaker 3: That is his greatest He probably will say that he
• 47:42
  Speaker 3: was twelve years old and I remember watching that game
• 47:45
  Speaker 3: on ABC. That was a great, a great little league
• 47:49
  Speaker 3: baseball game and he did it. Chris Drewy.
• 47:52
  Speaker 1: Well, there you go. That's a positive to what's been
• 47:55
  Speaker 1: going on around Chris Drury. So on that note, take
• 48:00
  Speaker 1: one leg Up once again. We'll do this again soon, Okay.
• 48:03
  Speaker 3: Louis, thank you, buddy. I appreciate it.
• 48:06
  Speaker 1: We love you here in the One Leg Up Network.
• 48:08
  Speaker 1: Talk to you soon. Thank you.