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San Jose Sharks 2026-2027 Season Preview: Not TANKing Let’s All Celebrini · Jablam Sports Hockey

• 0:00
  SPEAKER_01: Alright, let's see what's on TV today.
• 0:03
  SPEAKER_01: Hockey.
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  SPEAKER_01: Hockey.
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  SPEAKER_01: Hockey.
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  SPEAKER_01: Oh, I think there's some hockey on.
• 0:11
  SPEAKER_01: Welcome to Jablan Sports Hockey.
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  SPEAKER_01: Your home for everything happening around the NHL.
• 0:17
  SPEAKER_01: I think there's some hockey going on.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm your host, Peter Bojirinov, and every episode we break down the biggest topics all hockey fans are talking about with writers, TV, and radio experts from all 32 teams.
• 0:29
  SPEAKER_01: We're still doing our 32 season team previews with the Sharks.
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  SPEAKER_01: And today we have Ted Raimi.
• 0:38
  SPEAKER_01: He's the play-by-play guy for the Earthquakes and also an analyst for the Sharks.
• 0:42
  SPEAKER_01: Welcome to the show, Ted.
• 0:44
  SPEAKER_00: Hey Peter, thanks for having me, man.
• 0:45
  SPEAKER_00: Happy to talk with you.
• 0:46
  SPEAKER_00: And uh it's a busy day.
• 0:48
  SPEAKER_00: Like you said, there's there's a lot of hockey on TV.
• 0:50
  SPEAKER_01: And the training now we'll talk only about some hockey in there and about how busy it is.
• 0:57
  SPEAKER_01: Let's drop the pot.
• 1:00
  SPEAKER_01: The sharks, of course, we know they've been rebuilding.
• 1:05
  SPEAKER_01: And last year, as I recall, they were like in a playoff spot with like a month left, and then it's kind of like they hit a tank.
• 1:16
  SPEAKER_01: Uh they took a bit of a nosedive.
• 1:19
  SPEAKER_01: What needs what one thing in particular would you say needs to happen for the sharks this year for them to go take it to the next step and get into the playoffs?
• 1:30
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, it's a two-part answer because it's goaltending, but it's also predicated on the defense that's around that goaltending.
• 1:38
  SPEAKER_00: Because last year the Sharks, they were often pinned in their own end.
• 1:42
  SPEAKER_00: Their goalies had to do a lot of work, they were facing a lot of screens.
• 1:46
  SPEAKER_00: The team was not very good at boxing guys out, keeping them out of the crease.
• 1:50
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, they were not good at uh eliminating second chance opportunities for the opposition, which made life very hard for the goalies in San Jose.
• 1:59
  SPEAKER_00: And I think that if the defense takes the steps forward this year that they hope they're hoping for, then it'll help San Jose take um, you know, that that playoff hope into a playoff reality this year.
• 2:10
  SPEAKER_00: And that's kind of seen as the 30,000-foot goal right now for the Sharks in the offseason, some of their big acquisitions.
• 2:18
  SPEAKER_00: Darnell Nurse acquired in a trade with Edmonton, and then you also sign Jacob Truba as a free agent.
• 2:23
  SPEAKER_00: You also acquire Michael Kesselring, and those are some big bodies that are now on the blue line for San Jose.
• 2:30
  SPEAKER_00: You combine that with the new addition of Luca Cagnoni, who played nine games in his NHL career coming up this year, along with Dmitry Orloff, obviously a veteran and a Stanley Cup champion previously with Washington, and then year two of Sam Dickinson, who was a Sharks first round pick in the 2025 draft.
• 2:48
  SPEAKER_00: And I think that when they put those all together, they're hoping for a uh a much better blue line units, and that translates into better success pretty much everywhere on the ice for San Jose.
• 3:00
  SPEAKER_01: You've answered all my questions.
• 3:01
  SPEAKER_01: Welcome to we're done with the episode.
• 3:03
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, I think you missed Mason Marchman.
• 3:06
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, so let's get into those guys.
• 3:08
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, on the defense, you mentioned Darnell Nurse, Jacob Truba, Castle Ring.
• 3:13
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, how much can it difference can those veterans make and give stability to the defensive core that they've been missing?
• 3:22
  SPEAKER_00: I think it's about using their size and experience.
• 3:26
  SPEAKER_00: And last year that was something, the size in particular that was relatively lacking.
• 3:31
  SPEAKER_00: Because although they did have uh Vinny Deharnay, um, he was a bigger guy, but he wasn't as uh as pacey or just as top level as you would look at with a guy like a um, you know, a Darnell nurse who has that deep playoff experience as part of his game.
• 3:47
  SPEAKER_00: And we know that Mike Greer has been looking to add size to the blue line since day one, and that's not really surprising that he goes out and adds that in this offseason.
• 3:55
  SPEAKER_00: And there is a certainly a lot more side.
• 3:57
  SPEAKER_00: Now, Cagnoni and Orloff aren't the biggest guys in the world, but you know, you add that experience, you add that high-level play.
• 4:04
  SPEAKER_00: You've already seen Jacob Truba.
• 4:06
  SPEAKER_00: He laid a huge hit on former shark uh Shakir Mukumadoulan in their game Saturday against Edmonton.
• 4:11
  SPEAKER_00: You've seen Darnell Nurse, just how good he can be.
• 4:14
  SPEAKER_00: I think going into that game against Edmonton, Nurse and Kesselring, it only allowed one goal five on five up to that point of the season.
• 4:21
  SPEAKER_00: I don't know if that had been uh how much change there has been.
• 4:25
  SPEAKER_00: I have to look at the metrics after Saturday's game, but it would tell you how good they have been.
• 4:29
  SPEAKER_00: But just bringing those veterans in with more experience, I just think that's so critical for San Jose to get to that next level.
• 4:38
  SPEAKER_00: And, you know, a lot of people were surprised at the money that was uh spent in the offseason by Mike Greer.
• 4:44
  SPEAKER_00: But as he said, they needed to bring in experience, they needed to bring in bigger guys to that blue line.
• 4:49
  SPEAKER_00: And that he had also worked out the numbers.
• 4:52
  SPEAKER_00: So that was his response when fans said, Oh, aren't you aren't you worried about signing all these guys and uh you know having money for Mac and Will and so forth?
• 4:59
  SPEAKER_00: And he just kind of calmly said, Yeah, we ran the numbers.
• 5:02
  SPEAKER_00: So uh it's uh it's pretty it's pretty interesting so far.
• 5:04
  SPEAKER_00: It's still a work in progress, most definitely, but they've already got three wins in their first five games.
• 5:10
  SPEAKER_00: I don't think you win number three came until like game 11 or so last year.
• 5:14
  SPEAKER_00: So it's uh already a big, big change.
• 5:17
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, Darnell Nurse kind of wears that experience on his face, doesn't he?
• 5:22
  SPEAKER_01: Uh he also uh journal manager Mike Greer also signed Mason Marchment to five years at 6.75 million.
• 5:32
  SPEAKER_01: How has he looked so far?
• 5:33
  SPEAKER_00: I've liked his game a lot.
• 5:35
  SPEAKER_00: He brings physicality and intensity, and I know people think of him as kind of just a uh, you know, a bigger body out there and someone who can be not an enforcer, but a uh relative protector for some of the younger, speedier guys out there.
• 5:47
  SPEAKER_00: But I also look at his skill set.
• 5:49
  SPEAKER_00: He's played a little bit on that top line with Will and Mac up to this point.
• 5:52
  SPEAKER_00: Head coach Ryan Worsofsky made some changes yesterday in practice, so it I don't think that we're gonna see that again immediately.
• 5:59
  SPEAKER_00: Um, but right now I think that Mason Marchmont has just shown his experience and again that physicality, which is another thing in addition to size that Mike Greer and Ryan Worsoy really, really want.
• 6:11
  SPEAKER_00: They want more and more of that ability to play, not to borrow too heavily from an easy take.
• 6:17
  SPEAKER_00: But you know, Florida has been a consistent contender when healthy for a reason lately.
• 6:21
  SPEAKER_00: They play a physical brand of hockey, juxtaposed with some very fast top-level forwards, and I think that's a recipe for success.
• 6:29
  SPEAKER_00: And San Jose, while they can't make a carbon copy of that, they're trying to look at that to influence their team build overall.
• 6:36
  SPEAKER_01: You mentioned adding those guys and some fans having some question marks.
• 6:41
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, they do have three fairly significant RFAs that haven't been signed yet and are have been able to since July 1st.
• 6:50
  SPEAKER_01: So, what do you think is Greer's plan and what are the numbers maybe possibly looking like for Will Smith, uh Askrov, and possibly Kenyani?
• 7:01
  SPEAKER_00: Um, that's it's hard to say right now because the cap transition, I know with Will Smith, that's the one that's maybe the easiest to look at.
• 7:11
  SPEAKER_00: And I would guess probably somewhere in the 10 to 11, maybe 10.5.
• 7:16
  SPEAKER_00: Although the the Leo Carlson deal maybe changed that a little bit.
• 7:20
  SPEAKER_00: And maybe Will is betting on himself to have a big, big season, or maybe he signs a deal before he really takes off.
• 7:26
  SPEAKER_00: Will's always been a little bit more um of a slower starter.
• 7:29
  SPEAKER_00: I think for Cagnoni, he's relatively unproven, but he is, you know, playing the point on power play one for San Jose right now.
• 7:36
  SPEAKER_00: So that's part of it.
• 7:37
  SPEAKER_00: Askaroff, I think they're still waiting to see what he does this entire year.
• 7:42
  SPEAKER_00: His numbers weren't great last year.
• 7:44
  SPEAKER_00: His numbers have not been great up to this year.
• 7:46
  SPEAKER_00: But like I said, context matters.
• 7:48
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, there's been a number of goals that have gone in this year that I've looked at for Askaroff and said, there's he's not stopping that puck.
• 7:54
  SPEAKER_00: Like he's not, that's not his puck to stop.
• 7:58
  SPEAKER_00: Like it's if it's a tip up front, if it's a power play and they get rushed, you know, up to the crease, there's only so much he can do.
• 8:04
  SPEAKER_00: And so I think they want to see him settling in.
• 8:07
  SPEAKER_00: And last year, you know, he took until the end of the month.
• 8:10
  SPEAKER_00: It was actually the Frozen Frenzy game against LA where he had a bad night.
• 8:14
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, in the press uh, you know, press conference after the game, he was giving us one-word answers and visibly angry, which is interesting because he's usually kind of a quirky, laughy, good guy.
• 8:25
  SPEAKER_00: And he was obviously ticked off.
• 8:27
  SPEAKER_00: And then in the month of November last year, he really found his game.
• 8:30
  SPEAKER_00: I think he had near a 950 save percentage.
• 8:32
  SPEAKER_00: His goals against average was way, way down.
• 8:35
  SPEAKER_00: I think in the uh, you know, the high ones, like 1.6, 1.7.
• 8:39
  SPEAKER_00: Um, and he was phenomenal.
• 8:41
  SPEAKER_00: Um, he wasn't able to recapture that.
• 8:43
  SPEAKER_00: But also, again, context: the Sharks did not have a great blue line last year.
• 8:46
  SPEAKER_00: Their team defense overall was lacking.
• 8:49
  SPEAKER_00: Their goalies had to do too much.
• 8:51
  SPEAKER_00: So, you know, for Askarov in particular, you're looking to see how the entire team responds around him, how he responds to having a better team around him.
• 8:58
  SPEAKER_00: So it's I I know that sounds kind of sitting on the fence, but I think that those three guys have some proving to do.
• 9:05
  SPEAKER_00: Canyone's the most unproven, relatively speaking.
• 9:08
  SPEAKER_00: Like I said, nine games heading into this year.
• 9:11
  SPEAKER_00: So there's a lot more to learn about him.
• 9:14
  SPEAKER_00: Um, but I know he's, you know, a homegrown guy coming up, being drafted by San Jose, and you know, they're trying to teach these guys the quote-unquote San Jose way.
• 9:22
  SPEAKER_00: And I think that's what they're excited to see out of Canyoni.
• 9:24
  SPEAKER_00: And he has a lot of explosiveness, he has a lot of pace to his game, great vision, knows how to move the puck.
• 9:32
  SPEAKER_00: I think as soon as he figures out the NHL, which is not exactly easily done, but uh, you know, he's already got a game-winning goal in overtime this year for San Jose.
• 9:39
  SPEAKER_00: I think once he kind of figures things out and the game slows down for him, he has the ability to be an impact player.
• 9:45
  SPEAKER_01: Face of the franchise, face of NHL 27.
• 9:50
  SPEAKER_01: Now the team captain, soon enough, very possibly could be the face of the league.
• 9:57
  SPEAKER_01: Macklin Cellebrini earned himself a five-year contract extension in July.
• 10:05
  SPEAKER_01: 94 million, 18.8.
• 10:08
  SPEAKER_01: What have you seen from him in terms of leadership so far?
• 10:13
  SPEAKER_01: And what can we see him grow in this season?
• 10:17
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, in terms of his leadership, I think we're still learning about his style because I don't I don't know, and we probably won't know until the cameras are deeper in the dressing room how much of a quote unquote rah-rah guy he is.
• 10:31
  SPEAKER_00: But the level of expectation is greater with Macklin.
• 10:34
  SPEAKER_00: Even this summer before he had been named captain in the training camp period, he um asked guys to get to camp early.
• 10:43
  SPEAKER_00: He asked guys to get to San Jose early and start, you know, skating and start getting, you know, in sync with a lot of the new teammates.
• 10:49
  SPEAKER_00: And that was, you know, that's a player's ask.
• 10:51
  SPEAKER_00: That's not a team's ask, but he was taking on that leadership role.
• 10:55
  SPEAKER_00: And, you know, for him, in the way I've seen him act, you know, he sets a standard.
• 11:00
  SPEAKER_00: He's the first guy on the ice at morning skate.
• 11:03
  SPEAKER_00: He works so hard, he takes care of himself to such a high level, to such a high extent.
• 11:09
  SPEAKER_00: Everyone knows that he's the number one overall draft pick, but you know, he also was around his dad, who's the head trainer for the Golden State Warriors.
• 11:16
  SPEAKER_00: And, you know, he saw how Steph Curry and Klay Thompson and Kevin Duran and Draymond Green and those type of players, how they were taking care of their bodies and preparing themselves, you know, when they were in their prime roughly a decade ago.
• 11:29
  SPEAKER_00: So I think that he adopted that professional mentality for a very, very young age.
• 11:33
  SPEAKER_00: And even there's a story where Draymond Green was talking to uh Macklin Celebrini and saying, like, hey, I hear you're gonna be the number one overall pick.
• 11:40
  SPEAKER_00: I think he was like 14 or 15.
• 11:42
  SPEAKER_00: And he was like, Yeah, it's that's what they're saying.
• 11:44
  SPEAKER_00: And Draymond said that a lot of kids might kind of shy that off, but Macklin's just acknowledged it, not even in like a cocky way, but just was like, yeah, that that's what they're saying.
• 11:53
  SPEAKER_00: And he was like, Whoa, this kid is different.
• 11:55
  SPEAKER_00: So I think there is that level of of different.
• 11:58
  SPEAKER_00: And it's it's interesting too because you know, I I talk to people, they say, is he the next Sidney Crosby?
• 12:03
  SPEAKER_00: Is he the next Connor McDavid, Nathan McKinnon, et cetera, et cetera?
• 12:06
  SPEAKER_00: You know, I don't I can't answer that question because I think that you know, Connor is the first Connor McDavid, you know, Nathan McKinnon is the first Nathan McKinnon.
• 12:15
  SPEAKER_00: I think Macklin Cellebrini will be the first Macklin Celebrini.
• 12:18
  SPEAKER_00: And there's it's funny the uh the the how do I put it?
• 12:22
  SPEAKER_00: The consistent comparison for Macklin has always been Sid, but the thing that I really saw about his game was just how active he was.
• 12:29
  SPEAKER_00: And in his rookie season, uh the abs were in town, and I've been a huge McKinnon proponent just because I feel like he's all always everywhere on the ice.
• 12:37
  SPEAKER_00: And I was watching the game from up above in the you know, the Raptors where we watch it in the press box, and I was thinking to myself, Macklin is more active than Nathan McKinnon.
• 12:46
  SPEAKER_00: I've never said that about anyone in any game I've watched with Nathan McKinnon in it, especially seeing it in person.
• 12:52
  SPEAKER_00: And I've seen McKinnon in person a lot.
• 12:54
  SPEAKER_00: You know, every time he's taken on the Sharks in the building, I've been there, um, unless I've been in the studio for NBC, but I mean I'm there, I've watched it.
• 13:01
  SPEAKER_00: And that was kind of the moment where I was like, holy lord, Macklin more active than McKinnon, covering more ground, being the guy that I'm watching.
• 13:09
  SPEAKER_00: Like, when is he gonna stop?
• 13:11
  SPEAKER_00: And that's not to take anything away from McKinnon, because I think Celebrini, as McKinnon has, will develop more of an efficiency to his game as he gets older.
• 13:18
  SPEAKER_00: But the the work rate is hard to deny.
• 13:22
  SPEAKER_00: It's it's so very obvious.
• 13:24
  SPEAKER_00: And I think that just sets the standard for everyone else of them knowing like Macklin's gonna work as hard as anyone out there on the ice, and we all have to keep up with him.
• 13:32
  SPEAKER_00: And if they do keep up with him, they know that Macklin will elevate their games respectively, that he'll allow them to score more goals and get more assists because he has that elevation aspect around him.
• 13:42
  SPEAKER_00: And uh, you know, as we saw in Joe Thornton for so long, you know, if you if you play on the ice with Joe Thornton, he might be helping you make a lot of money by way of your next contract.
• 13:50
  SPEAKER_01: That is for sure.
• 13:51
  SPEAKER_01: And hopefully Celebrine keeps that giddy youthfulness to him.
• 13:55
  SPEAKER_01: I don't want to see any frowning like McKinnon does all the time.
• 14:00
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I mean, he's he's very he has a good time, but man, sometimes after games, uh he he even as an 18-year-old in his rookie season, he was already doing the thousand-year, thousand-yard stare, clearly upset with the way that either he had played or the team had played, and uh that's relatively unusual for an 18-year-old.
• 14:19
  SPEAKER_00: And to watch him have that reaction in those situations, it lets you know just he's so bought in.
• 14:23
  SPEAKER_00: You know, that's the thing.
• 14:24
  SPEAKER_00: It's like I'm not trying to sound cheesy, but like he is the the competitor that everyone hopes they draft, and he just has that madman's desire to win at all times.
• 14:34
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I've already seen that in the Toronto market here.
• 14:38
  SPEAKER_01: Mc with McKenna's first game or two and him not being happy, and I'm like, dude, it was your first game.
• 14:46
  SPEAKER_01: He's in there.
• 14:47
  SPEAKER_01: All right.
• 14:48
  SPEAKER_01: Will Smith, another huge part of the Sharks future.
• 14:53
  SPEAKER_01: What do you expect from him this season on the ice?
• 14:56
  SPEAKER_01: And do you think him and Celebrini are continue gonna continue to develop that, you know, uh development playing together on the ice?
• 15:05
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, they live together, they're good friends, they get along off the ice, they get along on the ice.
• 15:11
  SPEAKER_00: I think their two play styles complement each other very, very well.
• 15:16
  SPEAKER_00: Will is more of a float in space and attack that style and make brilliant passes.
• 15:21
  SPEAKER_00: Macklin is a you know, charge right down your spine type player.
• 15:26
  SPEAKER_00: They both work so well together.
• 15:28
  SPEAKER_00: And the line that they were on uh yesterday and today in uh morning skating practice was with Cherneshoff moving up to that top line, and he's just he has that upright style of skating like uh like McDavin and is really, really fast.
• 15:42
  SPEAKER_00: Not as fast because no one is, um, but just it'll be fun to see that line together out there because you have Cherneshoff, who's more straight line speed, Macklin, who's just a Tasmanian devil, and Will who can float out in space.
• 15:54
  SPEAKER_00: But to go back to the question, Will, I think everyone has the expectation of him to turn into a point per game player, maybe more.
• 16:01
  SPEAKER_00: He's always been a relatively slow starter.
• 16:03
  SPEAKER_00: He was great in game number one, he had a huge game, uh, but I think that you're gonna start to see him have more and more of an impact.
• 16:10
  SPEAKER_00: Um, he he just figures out how to find his game.
• 16:12
  SPEAKER_00: But the one thing that I've really liked out of him is he's been more aggressive on the four check.
• 16:16
  SPEAKER_00: He's been more in guys' faces, um, he's been better defensively, and he is figuring out the game.
• 16:21
  SPEAKER_00: And I know that we're all very impatient.
• 16:23
  SPEAKER_00: We want these guys to be complete players as 19 and 20-year-olds, but you know, it takes time.
• 16:28
  SPEAKER_00: And in the last offseason, he said he added between five and 10 pounds, and that's what he should do for the next couple of years.
• 16:33
  SPEAKER_00: Get bigger, get stronger, get faster.
• 16:35
  SPEAKER_00: That's another thing.
• 16:35
  SPEAKER_00: His skating is better this year.
• 16:37
  SPEAKER_00: He's faster.
• 16:38
  SPEAKER_00: So he is continuing that development, but I think that he and the sense from everybody around the team and the media side of things, um, because we don't uh, you know, I don't go to the coach and say, what should Will Smith's point per game be?
• 16:50
  SPEAKER_00: But you know, they want him to be an impact player.
• 16:52
  SPEAKER_00: But I think the sense is they want him to be a point per game type player.
• 16:57
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, these kids are fairly mature though for their age, and even maybe 10 years or removed from seeing some rookies maybe punch out a taxi driver or throw a lot of money in Vegas.
• 17:11
  SPEAKER_01: Um, let's go.
• 17:13
  SPEAKER_01: The Sharks jumped up in the lottery and got second.
• 17:20
  SPEAKER_01: They drafted Ivar Stenberg.
• 17:22
  SPEAKER_01: How well has he already looked on the ice so far?
• 17:26
  SPEAKER_01: What are the early expectations?
• 17:28
  SPEAKER_01: And do you think he's gonna win the Calder this year?
• 17:32
  SPEAKER_00: He's definitely got a chance.
• 17:33
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, you never know until we get deeper into the season, but he looks remarkably comfortable.
• 17:38
  SPEAKER_00: The game doesn't look too fast for him.
• 17:41
  SPEAKER_00: He's defensively responsible, he has creativity to his game already.
• 17:46
  SPEAKER_00: He's not just trying to simplify his game to get used to it.
• 17:50
  SPEAKER_00: He's going out there and playing the same game that we saw him, you know, really light things up the SHL and at the worlds as well.
• 17:57
  SPEAKER_00: And he has that kind of he has that spark to him.
• 18:01
  SPEAKER_00: And it's, you know, you can't say that it'll be like Celebrini in Celebrini's rookie year because with Celebrini, it was just obvious and evident you were looking at something different.
• 18:10
  SPEAKER_00: But Stenberg has that star quality about him already.
• 18:13
  SPEAKER_00: And he just has the look, he has the feel, he's so patient.
• 18:17
  SPEAKER_00: He never looks concerned, never looks like he's being hurried or rushed, and always plays with conviction and determination and decisiveness.
• 18:26
  SPEAKER_00: And that's the thing that I look for rookies and younger players in the NHL.
• 18:30
  SPEAKER_00: Are they indecisive?
• 18:31
  SPEAKER_00: Are they hemming and hawing?
• 18:32
  SPEAKER_00: Are they trying to figure things out?
• 18:35
  SPEAKER_00: Are they trying to be aggressive?
• 18:36
  SPEAKER_00: And I that's what I see from Stenberg.
• 18:38
  SPEAKER_00: He's trying to be aggressive, he's trying to play his game, he's not shy in any capacity.
• 18:43
  SPEAKER_00: So that's that's what I'm excited about when I watch him.
• 18:47
  SPEAKER_01: Time for some trending now.
• 18:51
  SPEAKER_01: Frozen frenzy, all the teams are playing tonight.
• 18:54
  SPEAKER_01: Games are starting from 6 p.m.
• 18:56
  SPEAKER_01: Eastern up to 11 p.m.
• 19:00
  SPEAKER_01: And that includes the Bruins versus the Sharks.
• 19:04
  SPEAKER_01: What do you find interesting or also you know unique about the schedule, when the games are, including the 15-minute game delay on each one?
• 19:18
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I mean, I think it's a great concept just to have it all happening and have everybody paying attention and everyone gets excited, and you can watch so many games.
• 19:26
  SPEAKER_00: And, you know, ESPN Plus has their multicam stuff going on, so you can watch multiple games and you can set up multiple screens.
• 19:32
  SPEAKER_00: You can get your TV, your computer, your phone, and try and watch as much as possible.
• 19:36
  SPEAKER_00: And it's it would be a little overwhelming for me.
• 19:38
  SPEAKER_00: Um, and I've had the game uh on in the background here.
• 19:41
  SPEAKER_00: Um, so just trying to keep an eye on things as I get ready to head to the tank.
• 19:46
  SPEAKER_00: But, you know, I think the the thing that I would have done if you were to make me in charge of this, and this is above my pay grade, I'm sure they've worked things out, but like day one of the season on September 29th, they started Florida and Carolina at two.
• 19:58
  SPEAKER_00: And I'm kind of of the mind of like, why didn't we do that here?
• 20:01
  SPEAKER_00: Because then you wouldn't have had to have this eight o'clock start, which is gonna end around, you know, 2 a.m.
• 20:07
  SPEAKER_00: on the east coast.
• 20:08
  SPEAKER_00: And again, I'm sure that there's someone who's run the numbers and this is the best way to do it, but that's the only difference I would make.
• 20:14
  SPEAKER_00: And I'm sure that starting at six versus five on the East Coast does prove to get the the greatest number.
• 20:20
  SPEAKER_00: And maybe they think that over in Europe they'll get some of these, you know, guys getting up early in the morning and get some of these late games, uh, like from Sweden or something, and that might be the extent um of their viewership uh that you know from Europe.
• 20:32
  SPEAKER_00: But I, you know, it's it's it's a great concept.
• 20:34
  SPEAKER_00: I love the idea that you get all these games and there's stuff constantly happening.
• 20:38
  SPEAKER_00: And um, I just uh you know, it's just weird to have this game starting so late, especially involving an East Coast team.
• 20:44
  SPEAKER_00: But that that being said, Boston fans are hardcore.
• 20:47
  SPEAKER_00: They they might stay up and they probably will stay up till 2 a.m.
• 20:50
  SPEAKER_00: to finish this one off.
• 20:53
  SPEAKER_01: Ted, thanks for joining me.
• 20:55
  SPEAKER_00: Hey, no problem, man.
• 20:56
  SPEAKER_00: Uh anytime, just let me know.
• 20:58
  SPEAKER_01: And that's it for this episode.
• 21:00
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• 21:07
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