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Hello, friends. Welcome back to another edition of Barn Burner. It's Boomer. It is Rhett Warner in the middle. And it's a Warner sandwich in between a couple of tasty pieces here on a Friday. On Orange, Friday is Hawaiian Shirt Day. So, you know, if you want to, go ahead and wear a Hawaiian shirt and jeans. No one else has really kind of ran it past Jack today. I said, hey, it's Friday. Maybe next week you could wear your tropical shirt. The boss doesn't participate. No, that's for employees only. What the hell? Yeah, it's a morale booster, that sort of thing. Yeah, I loved coming to work today.

It's a perfect day for a Hawaiian shirt. And travel. Nice trip into the studio there, Jack. Is it a nice day for a drive? Yeah, it was awesome. Bumper cars today? Just fucking sucks. Yeah, more or less.

Yeah, it was terrible. Yesterday? Or two days ago, was it? well, I don't know what you're talking about. So you were going to come in and then you're like 10 minutes in. You're like bleep this. You pulled the shoot and turned around. Two days ago.

And then he got clipped by another car on the way home. And he's like, I don't have time for this. It's fine. I'll buff it out. Get the hell out of here. I got to do a show. Oh, Jesus. Really?

Is it a, yeah, it was just like, he slowly slid into me and, and he got out and I was like, fuck this. There's nothing. There's no scratch.

I don't, my car is already screwed. So, yeah, but that's how you get a new carjack. Boy, this was a, this was a 2000 vintage Lamborghini before you hit me. Now it's a shitbox. What the hell happened here?

Did you at least exchange info or? No, nothing. No, he's just like, I love it. I love it. Good for you. How good is that guy's day? He's like, oh, fuck. Thank Christ.

Yeah. No, you should have, if you were down in the U.S. With Warner, heck, taken me right to the cleaners. Oh, God, he was. My neck's never felt like this. I'm going to see a lawyer. I'm going to see a doctor right now. Do you know I work with McLeod.

Oh, shit. Fucker? Well, Jack, I'm sad to hear that. I'm glad you're, but you're at home today, right? You didn't venture out? I guess you did venture out. You didn't yesterday. I was saying just before we started this, again, on the pre-show,

subscribers, stand by. Subscribe. snowing again as hard as it snowed in the last three, four days. And it snowed hard and a lot in the last three to four days. It's not letting out. For about six hours, I want to say, in the last three days. That's it. And in beautiful Buffalo, it.

Golfs the L. Looks the same. It's snowing there. Yeah. Big flakes. That's fucking polar vortex. It'll get you. Polar vortex.

Damn. See language. Sorry about my language, folks. Yeah, yeah, well, that's how it goes. Yeah. Coming up today, busy show. Holy smokes have we got a busy show. Is that right?

It's all these games, the Flames been playing. We're just swamped here. Can you hold that sheet of paper up again? Well, I don't want to lose my focus. Okay. On my camera, okay. It was blank. The backside was blank.

Service credit union, Drager for Tell Us. We're going to talk about Greta. We got the Village Honda Pinda report. Madrose, Pond. is getting it going. We got the great clips inbox. Do some Betway, do some DoorDash. And we're going to roll it for Tim Hortons.

Oh, we've got to roll it. I love the roll up segment. That's one of my new favorites. We're going to roll it for Tim Hortons. Kind of looking at some of the, you know, some of the best stuff from the week that was. So yeah, we should probably not mess around anymore. We should get business.

Get right to it. You were very busy yesterday, Pender. We were trying to have a high-level executive meeting. And you're in the gym. Thursday gives me hope because my one kid bowls for like three hours. He's obsessed with bowling. I don't know why or how, but once a week he bowls. Not on the Sabbath.

I can't roll on Shabbas. Yeah. And so if I could just pawn off the other kid, Thursday's a huge window. I was going to go watch Nevada win with large human John Bender. I had all kinds of plans. I was getting at a call with you fellas. And instead, the other guy didn't want to do anything. And so I played tennis with him for an hour.

We went to a parent teacher interview. I was at the gym before that. Stalling for time, I had to bribe them with an ice cream sandwich at one point for him to sit still for an hour. This guy's got me running laps. It's no good. Is he the well-behaved one or the other one? Yeah.

Good then. It's the orange jumpsuit, not the NASA jumpsuit. Gotcha. Gotcha. Still no flames games to talk. Today? No. No. No. No. Tonight. No. No. No. No. No. Tomorrow. Tomorrow night. Late, late start. Late game tomorrow night. But we'll be a Greta. So it all kind of evens out.

That's true. That sort of thing. We're going to be a Greta watching the game. Of course, Greta is located Calgary. Grida bar, Y, I see. 2 13th Avenue Southwest. Drove by it the other day with my kiddies. He's like, Dad, there's Greta. Yes, son. Yeah. That is Greta.

That's what the sign says. But thanks, though. Appreciate the heads up. But we're going to be there on Saturday. It's another game day with Greta and Barnburner, Calgary, Vancouver, 8 o'clock start, 7 o'clock doors open. You need some tickets to get in there. So you go to the old, there you go, nationgear.ca.

go to the parties. Party. Party. Look, $10. All to charity. And yeah, it's going charity. Love that. I believe we got an email.

I don't want to speak other. Is it Easter Seals? It's a very good cause. We have a new charity to support as we've been rotating different charities through on game days. So very nice. Look forward to having you there. Again, it's 10 bucks to get in.

But you get some stuff at the door and there's prizes and specials and that sort of thing. Last time, it was the pink wigs. Whitney fountain was flowing. It sure was, yeah. Yeah. It was like, if the flame's score against yours, because the Oilers are so good. My God.

I mean, boy, if they could get one, we'll give you a free shot of Pinkwood. Three nothing after 20 minutes. Hell yeah. It's a heck of a good night. And I presume and surmise that it will be once again. So get your tickets there at nationgear.ca. 10 bucks.

See you tomorrow night. And it is a presentation, obviously, with Barnburner, are presenting sponsors, McLeod Law and Village Honda. of course, the good folks over at Greta, where if you need to know how to get there, just ask my kid because he knows.

He's very excited. Is he doing so? Box. This is all shit we're giving away on Saturday, people. Oh, okay, good. Nice. And this is one of two boxes, because our pals at origin,

who have the dopest gear in town. They got some merch to give away, too. How about it? How about it? Sorry about that. Slightly, uh, shake that merchandise. No, it's all good. It is all good. Saturday. See tomorrow.

Saturday. Saturday. Saturday. Saturday. Also in the pre-show. Yeah. I don't know how we got there, but we got into a interesting conversation. It was one of the, it was one of the rent things where so I got this guy and he's talking to my kid and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And that's kind of exactly verbatim. So I got this kid. And it's like, what I got my kid and this guy, whatever. It's like blah, blah, blah, blah. He's talking.

So I talked to him and, you know, blah, blah, blah, blah. And he said, so that's kind of how we got into it. Mm-hmm. We threw the brakes on you and said, this is probably something you should talk about on the show. Yeah, save the content for the show. I don't used to happen at the old job. You'd be like, did, did, did, did. Save it for the show.

Yeah. Which I do miss. That was the best part about kind of driving the bus is the commercial breaks would be like, yeah, I, uh, who I shit my pants nine times yesterday. Okay. Whoa. Save it for the show. Stop right there. I woke up in a dumpster,

a block from my house. McPenner, save it for the show. We're back in two minutes. So the guy that talks to your kid, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Talk to you. And what kind of a guy? What is this guy?

This guy's a, he's a deep thinker, much like myself. Right. He's into things that are most normal, mortals don't understand or comprehend or participate in.

So we hit it right off. And he was a tough guy in the NHL. Oh. So, okay. He's done the whole gamut. I believe he broke out of a. His orbital. His holding facility.

Holding facility. Yeah, I'm going to use that term. A holding facility in an African country. And may or may not have found himself away. onto the tarmac and into the belly of a beast that flies through the air. To get out of the country. He got out of there. Holy shit, Paul.

Is this, one flew over the cuckoo's nest? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Anyway, he decided that I should do a, let's see what they call it here. It's a general report, a quantified identity. identification of character character it says right here personal and confidential right yeah okay i mean that's that's them to you you now can make it public yeah this is your info what you own the data now

press the first thing i noticed was the summary is the first page you know you want to get an overview of what's important yeah you sat down with this person you i did a test i did an online test this analysis of character and strengths and weaknesses. SWAT and all, you know, it's... Oh, strengths, weakness. Okay. I don't know. It's not exactly a SWAT, but it's along that line.

The first thing I noticed that jumped out at me was my biological age. Okay. They nailed it. Yeah. It's bang on. Because I think I wrote it down. 48. Oh, they nailed that, yeah.

Wow, that test tells you like, so you put your... These guys really know what they're talking about that. Once you give you a birthday, then how old you are? That's fucking wild. They know how old I am. Everything else must be true as well. Right. My emotional age.

I did tilt my head when I read it. Emotional. Okay, hang on. So is that like behaviors, loves, likes fears, that sort of thing? 20. I was going to say he's really, really young or really old. I was going to say he's either shaking his fist at a cloud or he's behaving. He's an old soul.

Florida still. Yeah. My emotional age, I'm a, I'm a 20-year-old. Dad, there's Greta. That's Rhett. Yes, Rat.

We've been here before. Oh. Hang on. I got to look up what this word means. Exostatism. Exostatism. Deep statism. Because there's a number to that as well.

Dina. Dina. D-Y-Y-N-A-M-I-S-M. Dynamicism. Dynamicism. Dynamism. Dynamism. Dina.

Whatever it is. Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah. I'm at 26.14. So I don't know what. Anyway, then there's a chart below that. My intelligence out of 100, 48. Yeah, but what's that measuring?

So that's just over 50% then. That's your dynamism? My memory is of 57. Feels high, okay. My intellectual level, 52. Feels low. Very creative. 62.

These are not passing grades. Tolerance, 50. Oh, boy, I don't know. Okay. I'll take it. This one I really liked. Persuidability. Now, I think the higher is a better number.

Just hang on here. So this is your ability to persuade others or your ability to be persuaded by others? I believe to be persuaded. To be persuaded, to take other people's. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. And then alter your actions or belief, yeah. I think you want to be high up there.

I'm at a little lower. Two percent. 30. Okay. Yeah, that fits. Brett's set in his ways. Don't tell them what to do. Not persuading me, Buster.

I've got great people. handling marketing senior business major strengths highly intelligent strong memory high intellectual level and very creative 50 60s i thought easy going good people handling yeah huge clock great strong deal opener right and comfortable in assuming risks my major weaknesses major swass disorganized that close relatively weak at close relatively weak at closing deals. Really?

Struggles with time commitments. No, you? Inclined to disorder and chaos displays a tendency to improvise and highly impatient. I wasn't sure about that test till the end. I think he nailed it. Jesus. Like, it's great.

Yeah. I was skeptical about this test when you brought it up. whoever this former tough guy squatter escapee escapee guy he's got something he really does yeah yeah yeah he's got a nail holy crap the airplane hitchhiker that guy's got to figure it out

so how does that make you feel I guess the what was the person the emotional that you have the emotions of a 20 year old is that what it is kind of yeah yeah yeah you're right with it I mean it's not boring you know what you're a kid at heart red I just said I wanted to want to That'd be Peter Pan. Just never grow old.

Come on. He's a kid at heart. Yeah. Peter Pan with bad shoulders. Pretty much what you are. I also went to the coolest training facility I've ever seen today. Really? All that weirdo mumbo-jumbo shit that I like can talk about.

Yeah. But hang on. Red light therapies. You were in Cincinnati and this was another guy that said, hey, right, you should come try this. And he was in some weird lab where they've got goggles on him and he's got to touch all these different things while things are moving. things are moving like it that was another yeah so i would say this ties into that but is even more even more way high like really fancy and high end and right yeah did you get a membership

like is this something you're going oh i'm signing up yeah you're signing up of course here's all financial information take what you need i'm still i don't build one of the i'm going to get my own shit. Just open. There's no way to segue from that, but we'll try our best. Time for our, one of our insiders, TSN Insider, Darren Drager,

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Online. Go to tellus.com slash flame. James contest. And there he is from TSN, our buddy and insider is Darren Drager. Are you? Okay, go ahead, Reddy. Well, this place is in Niagara Falls. I could meet you there. Because if you, if you walk you around the joint. I, I'm fascinated by this. I was listening intently to this conversation because who's kidding who? All four of us could use a little fine tuning. Okay, so here's the thing. Every sense. Meet red at the sundowner. Have a couple pops get loose so yes where you go experience all life has to offer yeah are they like getting

blood drained and then they're putting it in a centrifuge and they won't they want to do that they they they aren't allowed to do any of that right beside the gordy howe institute yeah really i've heard of it i've heard of it it's high in it's high-tech stuff it is red likes to doubt in some of that stuff like the the red light he's got the red light mask for the therapy he's got a grounding mat he gets his you're do you still get your you're trying get your sunlight every morning i got grounding sheets that i sleep on and then a and then a p m f matt that i nice make my afternoon naps on yeah so can i tell that it reminds me of a story a nick kiprio's story way back in the day and this was early so we're talking around 2000 somewhere around there

So Kipper had just retired, and we all know. I mean, he was dealing with some concussion-related issues. So we're going to Buffalo, you know, could have been 99. It might have been Buffalo, Dallas, and the Stanley Cup final. And so how do we get there? I mean, it's not that far from Toronto. We could have jumped in his, you know, a Land Rover or whatever driven to Buffalo. Instead, he rents a stretch limo, right?

Yeah. And, you know, so the stretch drops us off the back door in Buffalo to go to the morning skate. Kipper goes from the morning skate into the limo and then goes to this doctor appointment. There was a doctor probably still there who did like brain massage and things like this, right, to try and help and get through it. And about three days later, I get called into the boss's office. You know, who approved the stretch limo all day? It wasn't a drop off and maybe a pickup. It was, oh, no, no, no, no.

Mr. Kiprios needs to go here, that he needs to go there. Yeah, yeah. That's all good times. Yeah, good times. I remember Dennis Miller had the bit about these people that ride around in limousines and think they're so fancy. It's like, hey, look at me. I've got $80.

Anyway, let's get into it. Busy nights, it's like it's, what do you call it, fits and starts. Flames haven't played all week. We're waiting for them. They got Vancouver tomorrow. No, Tampa Bay's hardly played any hockey. Now they're going to catch up. But last night, a lot of things going on. The Rangers beat the Boston Bruins. That's a heavyweight tilt. And we'll get into, I was going to ask you about coaches. But there's so many teams right now. And I think maybe I'm guilty of saying it every year at this time. But last year, it felt like it was Boston. But there's, there's got to be five, six, team, seven, maybe more.

where if you said this is going to be your cup champion, yeah, I could see that. I could see that. There's some maybe more in the east. I'm not even sure how you would handicap it. Yeah, I, you know, I'm not quite as sold. And I might weigh it more heavy in the West. I still look at the Colorado Avalanche and I'm like, oh, boy, you know,

even what they did around the trade deadline. I mean, you know, Sean Walker was a top pairing, all-situation player for the Philadelphia Flyers. Now he's a third pairing guy for the Colorado Avalanche. They moved a pretty good defenseman and Bo Byron to the Buffalo Sabres. And added some other interesting pieces. And then you've got the impact of Rantan and McKinnon and McCar. Some want to question of goaltending in Colorado.

I mean, I think you could do that just about across the board. The East, you know, guys, but I look at Boston. It's unfair to say that I think it's smoking mirrors because that'd be disrespectful to, you know, Brad Marchand and obviously David Pasternak and some of the good players there, look up the middle of the ice in Boston. Don Sweeney wasn't able to do anything to improve that. I mean, for a good chunk of the year, they got a 19-year-old and Matt Parker playing center ice, the Boston Bruins.

Well, we were so focused here with the Lindholm deal coming. It just felt like there, Colorado was the two fits. So, you know, Rangers would spook me a little bit. I think that's a really, really good team. And the goaltending there is top notch, obviously. Now, Toronto is dinged up here a little bit. It's more load management than anything. So, yeah, I understand boomer what you're saying.

I mean, there are a number of teams across the NHL that absolutely should be considered top contending teams. But at least from my position, it still looks like the West is a little heavier. I just look at the Central alone. You've got Winnipeg having an incredible year. they might win the president's trophy. Colorado and Dallas look like wagons. Nashville is the hottest team in the league. They're 14-0-2 in their last 16 games.

And we haven't even talked about Vegas, Edmonton, Vancouver yet in the West. Like, that's crazy. Really? Yeah. You know, Vegas is going to get healthier. You know, we don't know that Mark Stone is going to be healthy enough to return at any point. You know, certainly not for the start of the playoffs, but we'll see how things go there.

if they get a little bit healthier, you know, that's a team that knows what the momentum shift is all about when the postseason kicks in. Look at you're right with Winnipeg. The two ads there primarily up front in Tofolie and Monaghan have really, really kind of bolstered that curve. To a point, I mean, Cole Perfetti, 10th overall. Can't find his way back into the lineup. And when you look at most of the first half of the year, when he was on the power play, and he was playing in their top six. He was a point producing kit.

Now he's on the outside looking in and wondering how he gets back in. So I love this time of year for all of those reasons. You know, there's not as much jockeying as maybe we'd like at this point of the regular season, but there's still some questions and some possibilities, particularly, you know, in the east with how things of, you know, Detroit is winning again, but they were struggling without Dylan Larkin. Philadelphia flyers go a little bit sideways with their coach, John Cordorella. Washington's hit or miss, but still, I mean, the gaps could overtake Philadelphia in the metro.

So lots of possibilities ahead. Pinder brought up Nashville. They win again. They've 14-0-2. And I was just kind of looking this morning, and there's some layers to it. I guess you want to be hot going into the playoffs, but we're still a month out. You wonder, are they maybe peaking too early? Can you sustain this?

Obviously, not 14-0-2, but can you? you still be at this sort of a clip when the playoffs come around. They have 34 regulation wins. That's more than Dallas. That's more than Edmonton. What a job that Andrew Brunette has done. And I don't know if there was a turning point. Everyone points to the no U2 concert in Vegas.

But it's an amazing thing. Trots comes in. Brunette comes in. And right now at least, it looks like they've got something cooking. Yeah. Look, I was never a believer in the UC Cerro's trade speculation. Yeah. You know, I think it was well placed by Barry Trots, not to get Saros going,

maybe to get everyone else going around him. And I feel like it worked. I mean, prior to the start of the year, they were talking contract extension with UC Saros and sort of tongue and cheek saying, hey, we envision you being a lifer here. And they're being the statue of you outside Bridgestone. At some point, then all of a sudden he's in trade speculation. And, you know, I heard one wild rumor that suggested that they were in conversation with the Los Angeles Kings, which would have been short. And Nashville wanted Bifield, wanted Clark, and wanted a top draft cut. And obviously, Rob Lake is going, okay, very good chat.

And we'll talk to you in the summer. But gold-tending is such a big part of what they do there. You know, at the GM meetings this week, part of what you get from there, aside from some of the little tweaks that they talked about, and they recommend it, is some of the stuff that didn't happen or potentially it could happen. And one of the more juicy rumors that I heard about, not from a manager, I should qualify that, is again, when things linger, and now I look at Tampa Bay. And, you know, we've followed as closely as we can what might become of the captain,

Stephen Stamcoast, right? And the fact that they didn't talk to him in the offseason, decided that it's better to wait until this coming offseason, when he's a free agent. And there's a reason to believe that the natural predators are going to do whatever they can to get in that game. And who's there formerly from Tampa Bay? You've got to McDonough. You know, there are some other pieces there

who might be able to drag the veteran into Nashville. I guess the reason I'm telling that story kind of fuels the fire of what Barry Trots and the Nashville predators, if not what they're capable of now, which looks pretty good. And I'm a believer in Andrew Burnett's coaching. But I think that this is a team that realizes that you do have a window. So I think that they're going to do some stuff in the off season that might surprise some people as well. So get us up to speed on Stamco.

We went at length with noodles on this topic on Wednesday, I believe. And Rhett wasn't exactly convinced that he was a crucial ingredient there moving forward. and I get it. He's longer in the tooth. I don't even know what a contract looks like, EAV or term. So how did we get here? Where is it going? Yeah, it's a good question. And I mean, look, I kind of side with red on this one. And that's just the reality, right? That's father time coming in to play here. And it happens to every single player at this stage of his NHL career. And one thing we're reminded of every time we deal with a situation like this. And you can shift over to the Pittsburgh Penguins, look at Crosby, Malkin, and Littang. And I guess

throw Eric Carlson into that mix, you're reminded that it is a business first. And the personal stuff does matter. Ownership in Tampa Bay knows what Stephen Stapcoe has helped build and has been a significant part of in bringing championship hockey to Tampa Bay, Florida. But you also have to recognize that, you know, the door isn't necessarily closing as Stamco's gets older, but you have to allow management to make those tough decisions. So I think the Tampa Bay is going to try as hard as they can to keep Stamcoast just because of of how impactful he's been and still is as a star figure in that community. But there's a price on everything.

There's a price on everything. It might get a little too rich. Do you think it's wise they try to keep them? I guess it all comes down to that price. What are you paying? Yeah, it does. It does. And you know what?

Again, not to compare players here because John Taviris hasn't won a Stanley Cup. And he may not win with the Toronto Maple Leafs. And Stamcoast has done that a couple of times with the Damp Bay Lightning. Tavirus is going into the final year of his contract. You know, he's 11 million flat. The Toronto Maple Leafs aren't coming anywhere near that, you know, going into next season when, you know, as of July 1st, they're allowed to extend. So, you know, does DeVarce think that he's got enough in the tank like Stamco's,

that they want to chase a Stanley Cup? And they want to explore again the opportunity to do that through free agency or in Taviris's case, I guess it could be via trade if they come to that realization or determination. It's just it's where they're at. It's where these players are at in their career and the tough decisions that Kyle Dubus has, has to make in Pittsburgh. man, I saw him a smile on his face in Florida once. He's got the weight of the world on his shoulders,

knowing the mess that he's going to have to try and clean up with the penguins. But, you know, that's where you get to. And you've got to make those tough calls on significant borderline iconic players. Crosby certainly is iconic. But Stamcoast and DeVaris, I guess they nibble with that conversation as well. Yeah. You know, it was fun. We were just, we are bouncing around, but I, you bring up Andrew Brunette.

Of course, he's in his first year there, is a first time head coach. And you forget that because there was, there were a lot of people that felt like back in Florida. It was 21, 22, Joel Quinville, all that hits with Chicago and everything. He has, he is out and Brunette takes over. You could say, maybe it's a great spot. Maybe it's a very, that's a tough spot for a guy to take over. Get some to the playoffs. They lose in round two.

He leaves Florida. They move on. Maurice takes over. He goes to New Jersey as an associate there. The devils get to the playoffs. They lose round two. And then he comes to Nashville now. So it's three teams in three years for a guy who seems to be really highly regarded. I know your buddy Ray Ferraro. I've talked to him. He played with Brunette loves him and said it's just a matter of time. I'm happy for Brunette because I think he is one of hockey's good guys. And he does have some ties to Nashville having the first captain, right? Just sometimes it feels like it's right in front.

of your nose. Like, here's a really good coach, guys. If you just want to hire this guy, he's right there. And it took, it took a while. A lesson in professionalism and humility, right? Because I don't want to go as far as to say you got mistreated in Florida. But he did so many good things in a real difficult situation. And Billy Zito, you know, things, okay, well, we need more experience. Paul Maurice is available. I'm going to take a run at Maurice and see if he's a better fit. How do you argue that things haven't gone the way? Paul Maurice, Bill Zito, and a Florida path. And then Bruno ends up in New Jersey.

And I'm not really sure what happened there. And this isn't a knock on Lindy Ruff. I'm not kicking dirt on the guy while he's down here, you know, because he could probably build the case right now that maybe he got treated unfairly being dispatched recently in the fashion that he was by, you know, Tom Fitzgerald and the Devils. But there was a reason to believe that before, Lindy got the extension that Burnett was going to be the next head coach of the New Jersey

Devils conversation about that. So what happened? Don't know. Was there a change of heart? Did ownership get involved? But, you know, Burnett, he didn't let his lip drop. He didn't hang his head. He said, all right, well, I'll just wait for my next opportunity. He's a good coach. And he's being recognized now for being a good coach and a guy who's going to coach in the National Hockey League for a very long time. And the thing for him is I'm sure there was some money there, but it's not like he was, not to throw, like Craig Barubi or a coach who has had a big contract and then was fired and is still making that NHL money. He wasn't making that big NHL coaching salary sitting on the sidelines. So to your point, he took the high road, didn't, didn't, you know, shit talk anybody, just kept,

kept going. And now it really seems like he's in a great spot there. So here's an interesting sidebar to this, because, you know, I'm thinking of what Steve Stales and the Ottawa senators might do and any team that makes a coaching change in the off season because you've got some interesting names out there. And, you know, not just the guys who have been fired in season. Craig Baroube is one of those, of course, and he's going to be coaching next season. I didn't know this, but I was reminded by a general manager on Wednesday.

You know how many assistant coaches, currently assistant coaches in the national hockey league have former NHL head coaching experience. I was blown away by the number. I guessed. I just took a random guess. I said 16. 25.

There are 25 assistant coaches in the NHL with NHL head coaching experience, varying degrees. So now, you know, when I throw that number out there, you guys are thinking about it. You can probably come up with 20 names pretty quickly. But if you're a general manager or a team in the market for a coach, you know, it's not just about looking at the American League or looking what you've got in your own interim guy. You're looking around the national hockey league. And especially if you're a team like Ottawa as an example who feels like, okay, the manager's got to get his hands dirty and do some work. He's got to bring in some pieces here. But if it's not Jacques Martan,

it probably isn't, right? Like, you know, Jack has been there and done that. He's helped them through a tough situation. Why wouldn't you look at a guy who's got legit NHL head coaching credentials, but he's just not a current NHL head coach, but is still actively involved and on a bench. So it's a curious market. The coaching fraternity right now is pretty deep. Yeah, that is correct. And I just started on going through my head because I saw Kirk Mahler on the bench there the other day and DJ Smith. He landed right there. And then there's Guy Bouchy. He coached a lifetime ago and they're Dan Bilesman. Yeah, there's a ton of guys out there. For sure, yeah. Gully. I mean, there's lots of guys for sure. Yeah.

Yeah, go ahead, Dean. No, no, go ahead. Just what are you watching here in terms of most teams of, what, 12 to 14, 12 to 15 games left? Like, there's, is there a team where, man, if they're out, it's trouble or like, damn, if they got in, that would change things? Because it sort of seems like things are crystallizing a bit here. I don't know that anyone's going to reel in Nashville or Vegas in the West. East is a little more open? Is that fair?

I think that's fair. I wonder about the Washington Capitals. Now, that's a team that felt like maybe they should sell, and they did a little bit. They did a little bit. But the Obetrian Factor matters there, and they've got some other experience pieces that always kind of keep them in the conversation. And they're still in that conversation. You know, does finding a way to squeak in and make the playoffs, you know, change the mindset of Brian McClellan in the Washington capitals? Or do they just know, given the obvious, that they're going to have to.

to renovate in some capacity in the off season. And then you look at some of the bigger tasks. And I'm gonna repeat myself a little bit here. I can't wait for the end of the year media scrum around Sydney Crosby. Yeah, I can't wait. Because I wanna know a couple of things. Number one, I wanna know if he's going to declare

that he's coming back to Pittsburgh and he doesn't wanna have to deal with this in the off season. If Sid doesn't completely slam that door shut, and says, you know what, I need it. And my guess is, here's what he's going to say. I need a few weeks to just back away, decompress, and speak with my friends and my family and make a call at this point. Right now, I'm exhausted.

I'm too emotionally invested to make that decision. If he does that, boys, we're going to have a hell of a July 1st. It's going to be awesome. Free agent frenzy is going to be buzzing. You know, Crosby is another year. left, but I mean, imagine if a player of that magnitude were to consider, you know, chasing the cup and feeling jilted. And I think he does. Yeah, he's definitely sour at the direction of the penguins. And I'm sure LaTang is and Gany Malkin, but who's kidding? Who is the head of the snake

there is Sidney Crosby. So for a lot of reasons that are going to be tough on Kyle Dubus, Pittsburgh is the team that everybody in the hockey community is paying attention to. Come to Calgary for a moment, and I'm not sure if there's anything, but Dan Vladar, the flames announced this week, he's going to have hip surgery, which he's been dealing with for a little while. So that's, that's well and good. I wonder how much that may be muddies things for Craig Conroy. If you were contemplating a Markstrom trade, not to say Vladar is going to set that off the rails, but I think maybe you wanted to have Wolf and maybe Markstrom, you can't move,

are while he's injured. It doesn't make things any easier. I don't know if it makes it tougher, but it's not an easier job for Craig to kind of get this goaltending, the three-headed monster figured out. No, it's difficult, no doubt about that.

I actually liked what I heard from Marks from this week, you know, where he talked about being in it right now and, you know, focused on the guys in the room. He said all the right things. You know, he recognized that he still has a couple of years left on his contract.

But he kind of stopped short of saying, you know, let's get to the offseason and then we can make decisions at that point, even though really let's read between the lines. That's what it's going to be all about. But he's a pro, right? So, you know, maybe there is a change of heart. And maybe there is a positional shift for Markstrom. And if that's the case, then, you know, does that take some heat off Greg Conroy? And I would say maybe a little bit. As for Vladar, you know, this would have been orchestrated by the player, the agent, and of course, the Calgary Flames. It's a procedure that needed to be done sooner rather than later.

Maybe he could have played through it, but why not get it done now and make sure he's as ready as he can be for training camp and the start of the season? So, I mean, goaltending is arguably the biggest story for the Calgary Flames and the offseason for a myriad of reasons, but maybe the temperature is dropping a little bit around Markstrom. That can change pretty quickly with a phone call. at the end of the year, though. And like, I think we were, I forget who we were talking to the other, maybe it was, we were talking to Frank yesterday, but I, I wonder if that isn't the case

because New Jersey makes a Jake Allen trade. So they're not desperate. They've, they've addressed it to a certain extent, whatever you think of Jake Allen. And Boston, we know they've got a couple goalies, Linus Olmark. Maybe we know what happened with him at the trade deadline. It's not like it's just cactus and tumbleweeds in the holy department, right? There's some teams that needed help, maybe got some help. and there's some other bodies.

It's not quite as dire a situation as maybe it was. No, so we saw Don Sweeney, the general manager for the Boston Bruins and Rob Blake in a corner speaking after one of the meetings in Florida. And automatically the thought bubbles come to mind here. Did you leak that? Did you leak that? Those kind of conversations, which amuses guys like me. But I think the position that, you know, Fitsy and the New Jersey Devils took before the deadline and certainly will have going into the off season is, all right, the offer that we made on Jacob Markstrom leading up to the trade deadline is not going to be better.

It's going to be far worse than what it was. And the reason behind that is, you know, what if Marksum takes a stronger position and says, no, I want a trade? and here's the team that I want to go to. And if I don't go to this team, then I'm not going anywhere. You can ask you 50 times. Yeah, I'm not doing that. Now, I'm not saying that's the case, but I think we could envision that happening basically

and everything that we've seen, you know, swirl around the star goalie and the Calgary flames. But to your point, Dean, there's also a bigger market potentially in play here. So if you're Fitzgerald, it's not just, just about Markstrom. What about Lena Solmark? What if Barry Trots is willing to legitimately consider UC Saros in the off season and go down the list from there?

So I think, you know, again, as we speculated leading up to the deadline on the market, shrinking for Markstrom and for the Calgary Flames, that's the reason why. So maybe the offer won't nearly be as good as what it was going up to that deadline. I'm fascinated by the Kings. There's a team that has three goalies that I don't think anyone thinks there's a star there. Talbot's 36 and has had a nice run. Riddick was a third stringer playing in the HL most of the year. He's on a bit of a heater. Coplay, he's over 30 as well.

All those guys are up and you've got this emergence of byfield. Now you see Brant Clark poking his head up into the NHL. They have some nice young pieces, but also Copa Tar and Dowdy. There's a window here. There is. Especially if things don't go well in late April or early May with goaltending, that's a team to watch for me and maybe that's why they were tied to O'Amark around the 100%. And look, I asked Rob Blake about the goaltending situation, again going up to March 8th,

the deadline day. And he just wasn't able to get involved. Yeah, he had conversations. Of course he did. And probably had conversations on other players, but no different than the potential of a three-way trade, which would have ended with Lindholm in Boston, leaving the Vancouver. Rick anducks as an example. It's so difficult to make the finances work that time of year. And Blake just couldn't get any traction going. You know, there were a few Pierre-Luc Dubois rumors. You know, is that something that he reconsideres in the off-season?

But I think shoring up solidifying goal-tending is going to be near top of list for the Los Angeles Kings. And, and look, you know, I'm really appreciative of Rob Blake in that management group. I don't think that they'd be surprised if ownership, again, let's see how things play out here, right? I mean, they make it in, how do you know what happens? Maybe they're the shocking team, that dark horse team in the West that takes everybody by surprise.

I don't think so, but maybe, you know, then maybe situations are extended. But Blake had to make a tough call on Todd McClellan. Maybe senior management or ownership in Los Angeles Kings makes a similar call with Blake and management. been in LA at the end of the year. Is ownership usually understanding of the level of competition?

Like you look at the Kings is a really good team. And like you said, they could go and run. They could win. But in all likelihood, they're not only, but that's based on how damn good the rest of that Western conferences. They've got McGovern two years in a row, right? Yeah.

And you take them to seven games or six or whatever. Like you're right there. Yeah. Is it just one of those bittersweet things or it's like, well, we're going to change it anyway. I think it depends, right, on which owner we're talking about here. I mean, the majority of owners are fairly heavily involved or at least want to be kept in check and in tune with what hockey operations is doing almost on a daily basis.

But if I'm, if I'm L.A. and I'm ownership there, I guess what would rankle me is how bad that the trade turned out between Winnipeg and the Los Angeles Kings with Dubois, in LA and the three pieces that the Winnipeg Jets got. You know, how does that happen? Because, you know, Winnipeg isn't as good without IAFalo and Parade and Valardi. I mean, they're just not. And they've had some injury issues there to contend with. But I think those are some of the things where ownership does, wait a minute now.

You know, yeah, we're older in certain positions. but, you know, we also felt like we needed to give Byfield a little bit more insurance or insulation, if you will, not throw him to Center Ice immediately. So you convinced me to bring in and then sign Pierre-Luc Du Bois of this mammoth deal because he's going to be our savior at Center Ice and, you know, take some of the heat off Copa-tar and it just didn't work out. So, yeah, I think ownership is aware and is somewhat. okay when teams are climbing up and you're kind of sitting there stagnant but it all depends on the situation of what you've done

to put yourself. Yeah and you're a good series from Dubois away from that being a non-issue, right? It's just that simple as maybe outlandish as that sounds at times this year. Yeah, and he look, he's capable man. I mean, that's the problem with that guy. Yeah. I mean, that Columbus Toronto

series, he was a one-man wrecking crew for the Columbus Blue Jackets a few years back. That's the player that the L.A. King's invested in. That's the player. Could he do it again? 100% he could just seemingly can't do it every night or every other night or five, 10 game stretches. Yeah, we've seen some Hall of Amers do this too.

This is not a death sentence. No, you're right. Yager looked like shit for a while and got to Broadway and he was back. And you're like, what the fuck was that? Ovechkin was never going to win. He couldn't do it. Datsuken Zetterberg were never going to. We're never going to be able to do it for Detroit.

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We never got to talk with them at the old shop with the three-letter company and the two-letter company. Not too much competition there, but, uh, well, you know. I was going to add because I went through this morning and it started with Nashville because they go on they they win last night it's an amazing run 14 oh and two Forsberg two goals and assist it wasn't even Sarah it was Kevin

Lankton getting the shut out of yes I know I saw it I'm like over Florida great right like not over Columbus over the Florida Panthers they have they've been essentially perfect in regulation since February 17th But there's still a month left. You know, can you, you're not going to, you're going to come back down to earth to a certain extent, but can you not bottom right out? Because there's nothing worse than a team that's feeling it and is pumped and wasn't

sure at the start of the season if they were going to be in the playoffs as opposed to some teams are like, we better make the playoffs or we're, or we're hooped. I just, I love those kind of stories. And what a job by Andrew Brunette. Yeah. Here again. Florida had them. and let him go and they've done fine.

But New Jersey, I guess they went with Lindy Ruff over him. I guess that's the, at the end of the day, the power struggle that Rough won there. And the cool thing about Nashville, anytime I'm guessing, if you're a coach, you're going to do everything you can to help that team win. If you're a GM, you're going to make all the right moves. But I feel like for Barry Trots,

it's in his blood for the predators to be good. For a guy like Brunette, he played there. I just, there's something, not that they're going to do a better job, but it just feels like, okay, that's, that's maybe why that's fitting. They get the city, the market, the expectations, what you get, what you don't get to be a player in Nashville, all that sort of thing. And if you look at the roster, you're like, there's some good players there and a couple great players.

Like I think Saros and Yossi are stars, Forsberg, very good player. But like, you look down the middle. I really, how are they? doing this. Like it's it's Tommy Novak and Luke Evangelista like it's it would be like another team looking at Zeri and possible like who the hell are these guys? Like where the hell are these guys? Like it's the 04 flames. They're doing it because Brunette hasn't believed in them. Yeah. Colton Sissons is their number two center. That's bleeping nuts. Like what?

You've got a star up front and you're getting goal tending. Now Yosey I don't think we had there was a Roman Yosey and Calgary back in 04 but nonetheless. offense to anyone. Who would have been the, uh, some people short here. I've done it again, right. I'm sorry. Reggear was pretty good.

You hate, was Regier a 70 point in 70, 70 and 70 guy? If Regear had put, that's what he is right now. If Regier had put any, any weight into points, you know what I mean? Like he, it was like he was anti.

I'm not going to score because I'm going to prove a point that deep, defense wins. If Regear had wanted to score points, he could, I'm not saying he'd have had a point to game, but he would have, there's no reason Robin Regear didn't have double the points that he ended up with. Well, boom, you always sort of had the analogy where it was like Tonga and again, at one side of the table and Regear and another defense, maybe it's right, maybe someone

else in the other. And it's like, we got to just focus a little more on offense, defense, power play. The team that scores more goals wins. We got a snagulled. Denied is as valuable as a goal scored. Like you can hear the debate right now. I mean, I don't know how much that's hammed up, but they're very different stylistic players.

You put Tangay and Gindlet one side of the table opposite, Ruggier. The only sad part about that whole statement is that Rageer had the capabilities of playing offensively. He just didn't want to. He's like, F that. I'm right. So,

so to what, like, he would be, he would give up a shot, an open shot if he had it just. He just didn't. He didn't put any importance on it. He's like, I'm going to shut these bastards down. Like Joe Thornton is not getting a shot on net and I'm going to drill him. And the thing is, he could have done all that and then joined the play. He had a hundred mile an hour slaper that he missed net on all the time.

But there. And Dion. Wow. There was plenty more offensive upside. I was fairly limited. I don't know that that was ever going to be part of the equation as far as my game was concerned. Anyway, we're on a tangent about Robert

of Gear. No, but it is weird. You look at the Nashville roster. It's like the goalie's fucking awesome. If you look at the last three years, sixth, fourth and second in Vesna Votings, I think. Like, that's the best news you could ever hear if you're

a Dustin Wolf believer. This guy's shorter than Dustin Wolf. And he's finished no worse than sixth than Vesna voting the last three years. Keep going, kid. Sorry, I'm still stuck on. Maybe, you know, if Regear cared a little more. One more goal in game seven?

Yeah, that'd be a day to do it. Even game six, Dean. That'd be a good one too. Game six. Did have a broken ankle, so I'm not sure how good. Oh. Well, he was hobbling about it. I thought he was tough.

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You, you drain the hot tub before. Oh, yeah, yeah. Okay, good. Yeah. So that'd be a tough convo to have. Buffalo got beat up bad last night. Yeah, they did. They did.

They don't like Edmonton, even though it's very similar to Buffalo in a way. Yeah. Oilers eight, savers. Five in the third, you say. Four helpers for McDavid. Puckhog. It's his four. fifth four-assist game of the season.

So not just, oh, look who had a night. Hmm. He is on pace for 105 assists. Oh, not points. Not points. Assists. And the list of other people in the history of the game that have done that, short.

So 105 assists. Bobby Orr had 102 assists one year. Mario had 114. And Gretzky had 11 times that he had 100 or more assists. Yeah, he did it 11 times. Well, he's playing with good players. Yeah, the highest being 163 assists. Oh, my dear.

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. What else? We talked a little bit about Tampa Bay. I guess, yeah, the Stamcoast thing will be something to watch. I think it's, well, it will be something to watch, but I'm convinced they do not find him a focal, point.

Yeah, and I don't think that necessarily means you won't end up there again, but I agree with you. I think they're like, hey, you're in your mid-30s, you're our fifth or six best player, and we'll take you back on a one-year, $6 million deal. And he's like, what? Like, I'm looking at three times eight, four times nine. Like, what are you talking about guys? But where does it go? Coutherov, so Tampa Bay wins last night, four to one.

Kutraoff, four helpers. He has 122 points in 68 games. He's six points off his and the franchise. record for points. And he is a superstar. So you have him higher on the rung. And Braden point younger and right in his prime, younger, better. So he's there.

Your goalie, he is important. He is important. Headman, important. You can build a case, which is crazy. That's how great thing they are. Well, and even Sergeant of now, because headman's kind of getting along in the tooth. Yeah.

He's the fifth. most important guy. He's, anyway, I don't drop it. I don't give a shit about St. No, I mean, I think reading between the lines,

I think what it sounds like you're indicating is that he's probably a nice piece, a good guy, but not the leader that maybe he's been out to, or even if he was, it's, we're in 2024 now. Well,

and if you just, you explained all those things and you're talking about Stamcoast, even at six, well, probably at six, he's worth it. I don't know how many points he's putting up nowadays.

So, I mean, if you just do it. 30 goal guy, that's unreal. Yeah, that's a good price. So you probably have to do it at a certain, if you'll go for it. I just feel there has to be turnover on teams that have since six. Bluble. Should have had them work on my voice box.

Teams that have had success for extended periods of time need turnover. And you just think complaints since he sets in or what? 100%. Okay. 100%. He's getting older, which is part of it. Complacency. Get a new guy in there.

Add some spark. Look at Codry when he played with Pott. Like there's plenty of examples. Let a new leader take over. Let a different voice run the room. It changes everything. Now, you can do it. It could go completely sideways too, but I don't think that's the case.

Look at Marchand in Boston. Yeah. No, he's been great. They know how they. have to play you think fucking Tampa Bay damn goes leaves and like oh my god we don't know what nobody here to hold their hand like no so let some kids come along fill that spot

maybe you get 25 goals instead of 30 I still think they'd be better off because it happens and I'm just I'm trying to I'm not coming up with it but there you know there's instances where player let go by a team or whatever was a focal point maybe not so much Tampa Bay they really miss that guy. I'm kind of arguing the other side. And there would be times of, you know what,

maybe he was more of a part of that culture in the mix than, then we thought. Johnny? There's price for that. But it, you know, but it can change. Well, he's the captain. Well, if you put the C on headman's chest, do you feel like there's a huge dip in leadership there? I don't from a million miles away, but I don't. I think he. Fabric won them a cup. I think Kuturov will get points. And I think point is a great player. And surrogate the whole thing. So. Brandon Hagel's got the same number of points and basically the same stat line as

as Stamco's. And, you know, that's a guy they moved heaven and earth to get out of Chicago. Two first, two prospects, locked him in long term. Just another, right? Like, that's a, and I'm kind of changed the topic a bit, but I still, I don't care who they match up against. Like, Tampa can be better than you for two weeks.

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Ryan Pinda The Pinda report Thank you Dean Tomorrow, Canucks, Flames Vancouver Greta Party Still not a game day

Still, I don't my kids coaches When the Sabres were out there Went to the rink in Vancouver Called it a dump It is It's funny we were talking about this with what Frank yesterday something 30 years old suddenly feels very old

and Vancouver is one of those rings tiny concourses they built it downtown it's not a huge footprint for land that um yeah dump might be strong but i've never left the bowels of the of the arena in Vancouver so I've never seen anything other than it's fine but it's definitely not great I think like for something built probably in a similar time frame to the one in Boston not nearly is nice in my opinion. I'm glad to hear it. I don't like Vancouver. Yeah, if they want to, you know,

lose in dramatic fashion, burn that thing down, they can get a new one. Keep it up. Start on Saturday. Look at that. They're winning the division. This is the look at the Pacific fellas.

Now, Oilers do have three games in hand, which the Oilers fans will not shut up about. But still, Vancouver in the driver seat here, very much so with how many weeks left in this season? Well, probably three and a half. We're getting there, We're getting there.

Flames, meanwhile, well, let's look at the upside downs. Decent night of the upside down standings. Everything above that lovely orange line that I've drawn, that's your top 10. Come on, Buffalo. Now, games in hand are not even. But this Sabres game on Sunday, Rhett, my God, does it feel like a four-pointing? Huge. That's top 10 up there.

Huge. Huge. Huge. That could be back-to-back losses for the flames and really set them up for that final stretch. Yeah, or the, you know, say bleep you, Nikita Zedorov, and they play a hell of a game and win Saturday. Please don't do that, fellas. I would be impressed, but no.

Maybe outplay them and then let them win with the minute left. I guess, I don't know. Could I just throw a question out there? Yeah, fire it. Now, we know Vancouver at the top there. They're good team. So we'll go back to the standings. Is that what you want here?

No, no, just right here. I'm just looking at this because we know where Vancouver is. They're a good team. And we're saying the flames. They're looking for other teams to do well. and for the flames. Buffalo and Chicago, are they, are they looking for victories?

Are they trying to. I don't think they. Buffalo was fooling themselves for a while down here. All the chatter was, oh, they're going to make it. They got a chance at it. They're the shits. Their coach doesn't push them hard. They are just fine with putting their feet up when they feel like it.

Yeah, they, they had a 2-2 with the Oilers through 40. It ended up 8-3. That tells you a lot about the Buffalo. There's some skill there. Did they go with six skaters in the third? What happened? Yeah, they still used a goalie. They didn't.

Oh, did they? Ouka peka. Ocacca. Ocacca. Lackanan is awesome. Anyway, and then Chicago, I mean, that looks easy. And that's really where the flames, they're a mind fuck,

because they've dropped four, their last five to Chicago, I believe. Can't play in Chicago. Can't play in Chicago. Too intimidated by the anthem. Hung right out. Badard Mania. Maybe that bubbles off by then,

who knows. And then St. Louis, a team that they've kind of been in the same territory as all season, but they've been thoroughly and soundly beaten twice by Vancouver, by St. Louis, this season as well. I expect that to continue. All right. Look out for that.

Fellas. That's next year. Marky, probably back tomorrow, certainly dressed. Whether he starts or not, we'll see, but it feels like a marks from start, and then you'd have a wolf against Buffalo. Are we, sorry, are we at all concerned that if he comes back and plays like shit for the last month that stock starts? do your best with that on on after burner and my my thought then was and i think my answer still is

i'm not going to judge a guy based on the environment around a non-playoff team in the last three weeks of the season totally and a other team yeah depending how like yeah if i'm if i'm if i'm thinking this summer markstrom is at the top of our list as far as a target i don't know that he's going to do something between now and game 82 i like that that will totally impact my opinion on it. Well, don't know. No question. Yeah.

If Markstrom can't go, we know that Vlodar can't go. Is it who's in who's, who's, who's opening the gate? That's a good question. I don't think Oscar Dansk is on an NHL deal. Life's a dance. But, but Marstrom will be ready to address what we have been told, but it is an interesting hypothetical. Like where are we now in the depth chart with Vladar out?

Because they only have three guys in the NHL contracts in net, if I'm correct. dance has been great by the way. Like he came in 20 pounds lighter or something like that this year. He's been telling him. Don't worry about a thing. You don't know. Life to dance. You learn as you go.

Come on, Jack. Jump in. Hit the chorus of them. Hell are they singing. John Michael. John Michael Montgomery. Jack, big fan. Monty.

John Michael. Montgomery. Shut up, Jack. And I think Dansky is on an NHL deal. So there you are. That would be your answer. That's good. I mean, we sportscasters, no.

Yeah, we've been talking a lot about dancek last three years. I hope you dance. Dancing on to our next topic. Let's get into the Art Ross Chase that got a little spicier last night, another four assist night for McDavid. Kucheroff did that as well. Idle was McKinnon who watched that gap between him and Kuturov expand. And oh, by the way, Panarin at the bottom,

had his hat trick to hit 40 goals for the first time in his career. If you're selling goals, this is a very good time to be in the NHL hockey business. It's exciting players. All those guys there are. Just had the had the hatty too with the bearskin hide. Yeah. Wow. How do you get one?

How do you get one? Well, different answers for each. Pass to late first, McDavid lottery ball, McKinnon lottery ball. He's talking about the bear blanket. How do you get a bear blanket? Like a bear skin. Jack, we get a bear skin for the studio. deal.

Panaron just came over from Russia. You know what you could do, Pinder? Bare skin with him. Speaking of bearskins, I'm just thinking, you could pull off, Jack will definitely remember this, back in the 80s when Bert Reynolds did the nude layout.

Yeah, the hairy, Harry. He was hairy and he had the, you know, you could pull off the Bert Reynolds. We'd strip you down, get you on the fair skin. You got the mustache. I guess we'd have to take the beard off. You got the pudgy smuggler, didn't he? when he was on that layman out?

Yeah, it was kind of... For charts? You know, a little spicy. A little spicy. A little spicy. The ladies would love it. Oh, I'll just run that by the... What?

Who wouldn't love it? Yeah, there you know. If somebody wants... If our friggin, whatever, our guy that does t-shirts, the t-shirt graphics... Jack's the boss. Just talk to Jack.

No, who's your... AI guy. AI guy that makes the t-shirt logos. If you want to do a Bert Reynolds on the... the bearskin mask with a pinderhead on it. I'm buying. I want a pipe bomb shirt.

I love that one of us standing outside the barn. When they finally made your calves the right size, Dean, that guy is genius. Love it. Good work. A little inside, but, March Madness, let's go.

Some kid we'd never heard of was on fire with the three-pointers yesterday. Jack, walk us through this. His name is Jack, and he hit 10 threes in a row. Love. No idea who he is. Love it. Here's goal key again putting up three and hitting looking for a foul as well Great ball movement on that possession

Goal key here he is again Put number three Just contested Come away with it Here's goal key that's three it's go jeeps I should not help on anybody Let them drive, let them do what they want just stay on him face garden don't help Now is a good switch by Wagner here he is a good switch by Wagner here he is

again oh go off pass you kidding a little bit early to do that goal key comes off a screen takes the three now he'll take it from deep two guys great close out right out on goal key he'll take it anyway why not why not is located in rochester michigan about 45 minutes northwest of detroit yeah they definitely a couple of guys can use it below he's at 20 already

this is incredible he comes off a screen puts up a three it's good he needs to be loosened up I can tell you that Townsend comes to get it with 10 on the shot clock

here's goal key again what what here's goal key coming off a screen his three is no good oh this guy sucks

geez you can't shoot threes oh all right And that is how you knock off a three seed when you're the 14. My God, that was the bracket buster yesterday. Less than 0.1% of brackets are still left after 16 content. He took three dribbles the whole game.

Three dribbles. Three dribbles, 32 points off the bench. Just firing. Wow. You know, Pender, you and I, we were in Lexington, Kentucky. They'll be very upset there. The people, because we, you know, mixed and mangled with a lot of the folk there in Kentucky last year.

Yeah, that's security. at 5 a.m. Very chatted. Waffle house. You guys like basketball here? Why, yes, we do.

That's tough. Good shit. Good. That's good. That boy, Jack. Good work. That boy, Jack. Nevada was looking good until they weren't.

Look at the score here, fellas. Seven minutes left in the second half. They're up 17. I texted our guy, Bender. Tough one today. Yeah. I watched that. It almost seemed as if they wanted to lose.

That bottom face really does sum it up. Is that bender at the bottom? No, that's not bad. No. Yeah, social media output slowed down real quick. We're heading the final five minutes of that one. Tees and peece and peace. Sorry, Johnny.

I hate to see it. Yeah. Oh, here we are. This is, uh, all right. Lightning in a bucket. first place Troy's tied there as well

the plural for octopus third place Sharon Govich's Lego collection also tied for third boom Shackalaka also in there and

Mabrackett also tied I'm still hanging top seven boys but it's very early I did want to shout out some of the creative names

we have in the Barnburner March Madness pool you'll like this one Dean toilet snakes Yeah. Buford T. Justice.

Yeah. My hair fell off, daddy. And then there's dot, dot, dot, and in hubes. And in hupes. We have lingerie on the deck. I don't know what that's a reference to, but I like you. Head cheese vomit. That's a call back to the good old days.

Oh, that's a classic. Pig mask Silverado. I think we know who that is. See you in the Northern Territory. Thanks for paying attention. this week. And lightning in a bracket, because we had multiple lightning in a bucket. Lightning and a bracket. You did there?

C. Yeah. Clever. We'll have somebody crowned whenever this damn tournament wraps up. It's very exciting at the beginning. It's all the time. Another 16 games today. Games, games, games.

And then they'll be like, yeah, two games this week. The NHL season is way later. Because I can remember watching Syracuse win and we were eliminated like three or four days. This tournament also goes a long-ass time. That's the other thing, too. I bet you're off these players are getting now, Rhett? Well, and they try to stagger away from football, both NFL and NCAA, right? Anyway, just casual observation.

I don't think it's a poor observation. Thanks, Ryan. Let's go, you said the golf courses open up in Buffalo there, Red. I know it's snowing today. What's the maintenance crew up to? There's a lot of work to be done. Yeah, this was before the snow fell in Buffalo. Slippery.

Must be in the morning. Frost delay. Yeah. Well, again, it was nice before the snow fell in Buffalo. Rhett was excited to get back on his bike and get out there. He's a big cyclist.

Loves the bike lines. Sorry, I was going to, how mad would you be if you're the passenger on that? How did you, what are you doing? Some rake like blast you in the back of the head. Yeah.

Dumbass. What are you? How did you not only, like in the drink? What are we doing here? fellas. Jack. Fire.

Jack was too sleepy on the job. We were saying before it's known Buffalo, Brett was excited to get back on his bike. It does beg the question. How were you getting off the bike? I mean, there's no way to think that that could have been an end result, in fairness to this guy. What's the upside?

I mean, you're going viral, Rhett. You always wanted to. Yeah, I don't know what the I don't see any other upside is the enjoyment. Are there ladies just. Oh, look at look. I just can I get your number? Did you not see the tree? I'll drop off some food at your hospital room.

And I feel like that would have taken some time to put together. Yeah, Rhett, that's a serious hobby you got there. I got lots of time in my hand. You know, his fault is the city. Look at that damn route. Look at the damn route on the sidewalk.

Brett. Freckin Nenshi. Fucking Nenshi. That's just going to until the day we die. Yeah, that's no. Whatever is wrong in the city. Friganty.

Brett Kanye would have never let that happen. Al Duer would never. Let's go to while Taylor Swift just landed in Australia. Oh, we got another bike thing. Yeah, you're right. Let's do another bike. We're staying on the bike theme. Let's do that. That's a high pitch.

And when you see it again, you'll know why. Watch the handlebar. Yeah. Yeah. I'd say wear a helmet, but that really wouldn't have solved that problem. Wouldn't help.

No. Bike shorts. I don't know. Stainless steel bike shorts. Yeah. Chastity belt. That might help. Taylor Swift's line that touchdown in Australia,

and that means Travis Kelsey's not far behind. It's all they're talking about on the Australian news. Let's have a listen. Travis Kelsey. touchdown in Sydney this morning. I've always loved her, but now I consider myself a diehard Swifty. Travis Kelsey is the luckiest man on earth. He gets to hit that every night.

She's a billionaire. Taylor Swift ain't no two nickel fuck. Taylor and Travis. Come on. Taking time out to be tourists. Travis Kelsey is hitting it like this every night. Then that ball boy is lucky. For anyone who's caught Swift fever.

This cannot. What's going on down there? That cannot be real. Jack, that can't be real. Come on, Jack. Is she billion? There's no way that's real. There's no way.

That's real. He's hitting that every night. One more time. Touchdown in Sydney this morning. I've always loved her, but now I consider myself a diehard swiftly. Travis Kelsey is the luckiest man on earth. He gets. to hit that every night.

She's a billionaire. Taylor Swift ain't no two nickel fuck. Taylor and Travis, taking time out to be tourists. Travis Kelsey is sitting in like this every night. Then that ball boy is lucky. For anyone who's caught Swift fever. All right.

That guy's caught Swift fever, D. You do love to double down on the ones you shit. You have to, again, you hit the punchline and then you leave. It's beautiful. get out. Leave them wanting more is never been a part of the Pinder report. I'm here to say.

Or Pinder. More is more. That's right. More is always more. If there could be more, there will be more. Okay. Jack, play it one more time. Let's go.

One more time. So a couple of the fellows up in. You're saying it because I kind of. There we go. We're going up northern Alberta. Now this is a great trick. I think it's Jimbo on the right. His birthday.

So his buddy stew got in the old bear suit here around the end of the little container building here. Trailer. Gotcha. Love it. Yeah. Yeah. Thanks, guys. Now, I don't know where this is.

It's got to be in Australia. There's no other way to explain it. There's just no other way this would make sense. Kids playing in the yard. No big deal. Completely fearless. Yeah, film it. Don't grab your kid.

Film it, right? What do we do with it? here. Different man. Different over there. Yeah, my kid wants a kitten. Not a snake? How about one that's been swallowed by a snake? Well, that's... I did see a clip about... Nah, I didn't put it in.

Thanks. Dean's got a light stomach. I want to set a world record. You've got to do some weird things. A lot of... Especially if you're not that good at anything. So here's one that probably you just... You've got to have balls. this is the wooden record for the most pine boards broken by your groin. So they've laid out a bunch of two by fours and you basically see how many this guy can break through for the world record. You got to want it. He's got the bulls like you.

You made it, man. You're famous. Congrats. Yeah, you've really. Yeah, did he get? Ah, you're one board short. Oh, well, let's do it again. Put me up even higher.

Some of these people are. dumb enough, I don't even think I'd like to hang out with them, right? Like, it's always good to have one dummy of a friend that's going to do some stuff to keep you entertained, but I feel like these people are failing. Right. Your friend bus has been full for years. That's what you keep telling me. Anytime I say, hey, you want to hang out? Oh, the friend bus is full.

Sorry, but seats available. But I think at some point, you know, it'll be funny. We should do this. I'll get some boards. Some time, you think common sense or it's like, well, we're not, it's funny to think about, but we're not actually going. actually going to do it. But they're setting up scaffolding and they're buying boards. They're going to Home Depot.

They're getting bracket. Talking to TV network people. We're still doing this. We were having a few beers and kind of says, you know, before I take a board in the nuts, it just keeps going. But then maybe there's a tipping point. We've come this far. How don't we finish it now?

I don't think it's a tipping point. I think it's where you start out or start off on your intellectual ability scale. What did you have on that test? Yeah, what percent? How were you? Yeah, I was just above. Very. You're just above taking a board in the nuts?

Nut breaking. Just north of that. Okay, good. Yeah. We're going to switch the order up just really quickly for Jack here. We're going to start with the date. You know, go for a meal on a first date. Okay.

Movies are notoriously bad first dates because you never talk to the person, right? You just sit next to them and watch a movie beside them. You don't learn anything about the person. Maybe going to dinner, you can see sort of the etiquette. the manners, conversation. Let's see how this first date went. I mean, maybe there is such a thing as overpopulation.

I don't know that we need to worry about that guy reproducing with that gal. So that's going to solve itself, I'm hoping. Dean. As soon as you pivot toward anything to do with eating, I just need to turn away. What are you talking about? about. Do you think because we're in the food segment that you won't be able to watch the next one?

Is it going to be some insects or bugs or what slime? What's slime? Yeah, it's part of traveling the world like Red did in the lockout. You get to see culturally the differences around this beautiful globe of ours. What about just the legs, Dean?

Yeah, legs. Isn't that a delicacy in France? Legs? No. Escargo? What is that? Snails? You eat snails. Hey, it's hot dogs. You can't be worried about a frog. Snails? Lots of butter, garlic.

You're not getting a Pepsi and a frog for a buck fifty. Well, not here. There, it'd be even cheaper. Are you done with food? I'm trying to look at one. We have one last one. It's kind of food and it's kind of a prank. Okay, let's go.

Dude. I got a buddy on the country. I can't, I can't. I was watching sports. Dino, look. Hi. Now, for people that aren't watching, Ryan, do you want to let people in that aren't watching? Yeah, just head to YouTube and watch the Pinder Report.

Just a prank involving some sort of deep-fried chips. Wouldn't that hurt? I don't know how much callous you've got on your heel, right? It depends. Eleven games in the NHL. Panarin Hat Trick, Kuturov, four points. McDavid, four points. Nashville, shut out the Florida Panthers.

Marmesan? Carolina. Overtime win. Rangers, Bruins. You love pasta. Fresh and hard. Day one of March Madness. Yeah, the Jack guy was hot from the three point line.

I was like three pointers. A lot of them. Big upset. Big bracket buster, Dean. That's a Pender Report for Friday, Dean. Thanks very much. Appreciate it. Brought you by Village Honda.

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No chips. Nothing like some good old Jeffrey Dahmer humor in the Pinder report. Hey, I thought I was doing your favor. No rats. Spiders or crocodiles today. Yeah, you really. Frogs are the shits. I'm with frogs are the shits.

What do you think is now Pinder mentioned hot dogs or whatever. I guess we don't really know. What do you think is when you strip it, take it back, the grossest thing that we, we eat on a regular basis that we don't really think of weed here in this culture yeah that's hot dogs but but but but again something that when like when you look at a hot dog it's like oh my this is a hot dog we've seen the hot dogs we've seen hot dogs walking around in the wild shrimp tripe right oh tripe okay yeah because i think with some of that seafood when you're like ripping it like the shrimp the head off and then you got

got to make sure the poop. Yeah. Poop veins gone. Yeah. That's kind of, I do like your brain. That's whatever the thing. You know,

they got to get poop out of there. Yeah. Damn, what was the other one? Oh, you know what? I was the, when you're done eating a whole bunch of ribs and you look down, it's,

that's an animal carcass. Yeah. That we have cooked to the point that it just, we ate every little bit. Delicious. That was hooked to the, hooked to the bone. Yeah.

and it was so good, I'd do it again. I would have some more. Do it again tonight? Maybe. Yeah. What is tripe? I don't know that you're going to want to know, Dean. You know, and fa?

You can find out on Monday in the Pinder report. Yeah, stay tuned for that. Or tongue? Isn't tongue kind of a... Well, I mean, geez, what's the one at Stampede? Prairie oysters. Yeah, but I mean, you're trying to be gross. Like, tongue is kind of, when you go to a day,

Delhi, right? Like a European deli isn't tongue kind of part of? I don't see tongue on the menu along. I have not seen much tongue, but I don't know what you'd call it. You probably wouldn't call it tongue. Yeah. Wouldn't be a hit. There's a word and it's, oh, I'll think of it here eventually. Like ox tail is a big thing that they use for soups. And then the, the meat comes off of the almost skeleton-like tail. Yeah. Don't need to see it.

Don't need to see it. Yeah, you're an ignorance is blessed guy. I've noticed that. Sweet breads. Yeah, what is that? I forget. Sweet which? Sweet breads.

Which sounds like, oh, that sounds delightful. You almost couldn't make it sound more delightful. Nana would make those sweet breads. And it ain't. It's not that. No. It ain't. It's a culinary name for the thymus, also called throat,

gullet or neck sweet bread. Right. That's your pancreas, belly or heart sweetbread. So there's different sweetbreads, but. I feel, we've evolved, right? We don't need to eat that kind of stuff anymore. It's not the dirty 30s. Christ.

All right. We'll do, uh, let's do this. Let's do, uh, let's do roll it for Tim Hortons. not to say that one video package is going to be different than the other, but maybe it will be. It's hard to say. Tim Hortons, you know it, you love it. I'm there a lot.

Yeah. Some might say too much, but I love it. It's my, I go with the, and I, there is a time. I was a double, double guy. Yep. And I was like, well, maybe I'll try and back, because it's back off, maybe less sugar or whatever. and now if I get a double double

sometimes, you taste like, wow, I can't believe I drank that all the time. Not the thing wrong with a double double, but it's just, it's kind of a thing. I am a, even there, I've gotten better, Ryan. Really? So what's discipline? Look at me.

Wow. I'm an extra large one and a half cream. All right. Because we used to alternate trips doing the coffee running the old spot when the place opened at 5 a.m. Yeah. You were always a two cream at that point. Yeah, extra large two cream now, one and a half.

Not that that has anything to do with this. No. But Tim Hordons is celebrating. Roll up the rim to win, baby. It is back for Tim's 60th anniversary. Wow. And to celebrate Tim's big year, you can win some big prizes. An all-electric Volkswagen ID4, a sun-soaked Hilton getaway, cash from a daily jackpot,

a daily jackpot of $10,000. It's a celebration like we've never seen with Tim Hortons and roll up the rim to win. So for Tim's, let's do it. Tim Hortons, we have a little bit of roll it here on the show. First intermission, this youngster, nice moving then. Oh, the worm. Look at the elevation on the worm. Seven seconds left, fired up from McKinnon.

He's racing for the loose pot. Three to go in overtime in front. Score! Did it go in? Arturi Lankenen! Dead center! You've got to be kidding me! The avalanche have won

with half a second left in overtime. That was in and out so fast I couldn't tell. Saw a collision come, and now it's Dushan. He charges in. Sagan, he scores! Welcome! And watch this spectacular paddle save in acrobatic fashion by Alan.

And again on that one, did he get a piece of the second one or die? the crossbar but look at him stay with this crosbie can't elevate that puck just enough then it's Pedersen but he rips you got it up the stick York tipped it ahead to frost gains the line drops to tip it tip it to frost you not go he scores between the legs upstairs Morgan Frost dazzles and the flyers are within one

seats up top nice move there he'll shoot scos The superstar looks like it on that one. Scrambled face off. The Brinkett gets it back to Gosson's bearing across. Now, King. They score. Raymond. Boy does everybody love Raven now.

12.6 seconds left. Cider drops it back to Brickett to Cain. Cain's right in. Shooting one, he's right. He scores. Patrick does it again. Nothing better. No.

I'm getting choked up, just seeing it. Just a demotional scene. Love it. Bringing up the Rary Lanny McDonald, back at the dome this week, you got to love it. Tim Hortons, roll up the rim to win is back

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My kid, he's, And I got a thing and I didn't get the, it's not on the cup. I'm like, yeah, it's not on the cup anymore. You need the app. Did you pay with the, oh, no, get the app, scan, use your points. Everything's through the app. And that is how you roll up the rim to win all month long with Tim Hortons.

That was Saturday, by the way. Some people asking when was Lanny back? They had the 89 team back because the habs were in town, all in the suite there. And I tell you, the moment they put them up, people just started crying. clapping and standing. You got to love it. Pretty great. Pretty great. Eric Francis had an article out this week.

Last two days or so. A little sit down with Lanny. I encourage you to read it. Pretty good stuff. He's just the best. He is the best. Not Eric, but Lanny. I'm a fan of Eric, though. He's not Langer. No one is. Lannie's the best.

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decide if you could eat your age, your age in eggs in a day? Yeah, we knew Jack could and we think that Rhett and I would not be good. Maybe, but it wouldn't be pretty. I think the possibility of consuming them you might be able to after watching that guy earlier this week, drink up. Yeah, but.

You're trying the wrong technique. I still, I think the post, It's not good. We're going to decline to try. Thanks to the invite, though, Dean. Are eggs still one of those? Because remember, it's, ooh, cholesterol eggs. I'm not worried about the cholesterol,

but there's a very highly likelihood of creating a egg allergy, I think, by consuming that amount. Gotcha. That many, yeah. We'll probably stay away from 40. That's a good call. Whatever we're at. I wonder what it would be.

What would, if you were going to have to consume something in the amount of your age. So Rhett, you were saying earlier, you're 48. I could take a 40 ounce, sir. Edward 40 hands. That's a funny. 48 ounceer of, yeah, right. I feel like there might be some side effects to that too.

Like the eggs, there might be some mild headache the next day, no big deal. All right. Well, we'll maybe do that. That's two ounces an hour, Dean. I could handle that. No problem. I believe you, buddy. I've seen it.

That's quick math. Braden is in at Great Clips inbox. Hey, boys. Might be an obvious answer to this, but where does Jerome sit at the draft? Is he at the flames table or up in the stands with his boy? Also, is there too much pressure on the kid for the flames to take him if it's in that 10-15 range?

Great show. I never miss. Thanks, that's from Braden. I hadn't thought of it either. Brett? I'm asking them. Yeah, good, okay. Because Teige is going to be a first rounder.

Yep. You always see the family. I can't help but wonder if maybe he's in the stands with the boy on day one. That'd be kind of cool. I mean, that said, though, he's kind of moving into full-time capacity, I would think, once his... I think it'd be at the table. I think it would be at the table, too. Hmm. Well, you think about all the things that could happen in the top, let's say, eight to 12 picks,

where they're at that you don't want to be Connie what are we doing like you want to be at the table next to him you could you could you know saunter down after maybe well they draft maybe the picks first you hug them on stage anyway what the hell and I guess also the second part of that question

is too much pressure is it going to be too much for him to be a his kids grew up with their father being who he is it's they don't even was Kachuk's kid too much pressure good one yeah like do they seem to lack confidence like come up i and i would say if there was any doubt about it you would just ask jerome he would know he's going to be working yeah full time with

yeah no no no chuck didn't play for his dad's team like that's what it's not can t which that'd have been a problem if say if it was st louis he played for do you there's not that i'm just saying that the example isn't exactly exactly identicals that's fair um like the chain don't's kid get drafted is he going to play for the coyote lad i'm trying to think of where you'd step right in on dad's team doesn't matter i guess but anyway it's a good question stupid question all right uh this one is from tyler who uh emailed a week ago didn't get on the show oh emailed again tyler did your question suck be honest yourself. Here it is. With all this drought, you know, he doesn't say hi guys, hey, but there's no,

he's just straight to the point. With all this draft capital that Conroy has collected and soon to be more potentially with Markstrom, Manjapani, etc. Can you see a scenario where the flames place an offer sheet for byfield, middle stats, Seth Jarvis, Martin Natchez, Carolina, Colorado, and L.A. have no cap space, I'm guessing, parentheses. The flames could potentially get a young setter that would fit their age three rather than waiting on Hansik to maybe be someone. Flames can afford it as none of those players are over eight and a half million, so we don't have to offer up huge compensation of four first round picks.

I also could be completely wrong and have no idea what I'm talking about. Thanks, Tyler. Well, Tyler, I'm going to copycat your second part of the question and say, I don't have an effing clue how that all works. Smile and Connie would do that team. The first part, did you have... So you're just saying... If you get Bipil, nail it.

Spend the money. Pender doesn't like it. No, no. I just, I'd love to see offer sheets. I think it'd be great for the game. We almost never see them. They got 20 million bucks in cap space next year, but only 12 guys signed. So at the time of the offer sheet,

they probably match and sort of the other shit later. Byfields are most important piece, probably a big picture. Period, stop. And you need your own picks to do it. You can't use other teams' picks that you've acquired. They have to be your original picks.

And then depending on the... How much? Yeah, I honestly think that there's a reason we don't see it. We don't like it. But there's a reason we don't see it. They don't want to upset the Apple cart. And to probably get to the point where a team isn't going to match, it's going to be in that first round pick territory.

Because, yeah, teams would be like, match. We're keeping by field. We're keeping this guy. We'll figure out the rest of the stuff later. I also think the question gets at maybe the heart of what really is, I think, a strategy a lot of teams use when they have cap space is like find a way to alleviate other people's cap pinches. Like go find value in, I keep saying like, Gostas Bear in Arizona. Philly was just like, we can't afford him.

Ah, take a second with this guy. And then years later, after playing well for a couple years, they like turn them into another asset. It's not the exact same as an offer sheet, but do take advantage of other teams cap pinches indeed. Offer sheet, I think, from around the horn. Rhett says he doesn't know anything. We know maybe slightly more tops, but it feels like a long shot. Yeah, sure does.

I love to see it. I love to see it, though. Scott! I was trying to figure, I think his last name is, I thought, like, Scott is something, but I think it's just his last name. Hey boys. My sister-in-law was making supper on the weekend. She had a block of cheese needed for the meal.

The block of cheese had some mold on the corner. She grabbed a knife, lopped that shit right off and kept on trucking. There was a family discussion about it, but we need your help. Certified genius or certified psycho Scott. Genius. Genius. Yeah. There's no mold on the part.

you're realizing that cheese essentially is mold. Like that's what you're making here, folks. That's what's happening. So when you get the wrong type of mold, you shave it off and move forward. I feel bad for people that are throwing out a chunk of cheese just because there's some mold on it.

Now, this is milk and they've got fuzzy thing. That's different. You'd knock that shit back. Just plug your nose and hammer it. It's kind of crunchy, eh? Throw that into the blender with some tilapia, You go. Delicious.

Tlapia is not good for you. It's not. Dene's, uh, he's researched the tilapia. This is from Noah. Hey, fellas. I think this is the right email. Well, anyways, if you boys had to cheer for another team in the flames, who would y'all cheer for?

Cheer for another team. So let's assume the flames don't make the playoffs. We know who looks to be playoff bound. Is there a team in that mix that you feel like, I can get behind year of playoff teams. I can't say I live in Buffalo and I have a soft spot for the city of Buffalo.

No, you can. Oh, we know that already. Yeah. Well, let's say this year. And Tarros and all other old team years, they look damn good. Tarrows look good. Yeah, you were having fun on that way.

I said it the other day. I don't like the city. I don't like the province. I do like most of the people. And they get beat up a lot. JETS over in Manitoba. Not hard to root for them. mine kind of is a bit of a different thing but I have to be honest anyone who is facing the oilers

is my favorite team yeah your hatred of the oilers supersedes your love of anything else anything close to any other team the league winning not in close yeah if somehow some way the greatest player of our lives leaves there without a cup i'm doing a parade i said i talked about it last night which is weird because i'm down to city hall fucking let's dance if you've watched the show it's you do a good job of hiding it you don't really pick up on that. Well, I'm a professional. Who wasn't? Was it, was it Trigger? Or no? It was Frank yesterday. Frank yesterday. He couldn't even

understand the take. You asked him the same question twice. I don't think was right. You basically ask, like, you post something to him. He gave you an answer and then you asked him again. Like, you doubled down on it because you didn't get the answer. You like. Answer, Frank, because you're fucking it up. Okay, but aside from Zach Hyman, what free agents have they got there?

And then he talked for a while. And then you went back, well, yeah, but really, but who has it been? Like, they got, he backed off and said, well, but it's nice for the visiting teams. I said, I do agree with that. It's nicer at the new ring for the visiting teams. It's nicer at the new rank for the home team as well. Yeah. No, it's the, it's the, Pinder will beat you into submission.

It was, it was funny. I was literally talking with Edmontonian before we chat with Frank in the 24 hours prior and noting how it's still a bleeping zombie dump downtown. And then Frank's like, it's revitalized downtown. And my face just goes, oh. Is Frank being nice? I think he's repeating things. Well, compared to what was there before.

What's your team? Yeah, I mean, I get, yeah. I can, I do the opposite. It's like you do right sometimes. Let's work backwards. You know, let's work backwards. Who are the teams that you're never getting behind? Can't stand, yeah.

All right. So if we do the wild card standings, uh, Vancouver, no, Edmonton, no, L.A., probably not. Vegas, no. Vegas, no. Nashville? well maybe but yeah okay sure uh Colorado's one but I like I like McKinnan I like but car I can maybe get behind that and yeah the Jets I guess is kind of a neat thing

in the east um Detroit don't care Tampa you've won enough Philly I kind of dig Philly that's a town that's that's a town that loves champions and it's a unique thing there courts we need torts um Carolina no the Rangers no No, Leaves, Panthers, Bruins? No, not really. You left out Dallas, by the way. Oh, did I? Yeah, no.

Yeah. No. Tanny! As much time as Tanny and I have spent together. Yeah. That's going to running with him. Now, some things coming in in the chat, the old Chatteroonie here. Let's see.

How would other, I don't know what that is referring to. Any thoughts? Oh, okay. Any thoughts on Rick Nash being GM of team? Canada will he be the blues next GM? So which tournament is it for for Nash? Is world worlds or world junior worlds worlds worlds worlds worlds unless I'm crazy hey good for I mean good for Rick Nash I guess

outside of things sure I didn't really have any any thoughts you don't think about those things well it's just okay here's a player and would seem to have an app it's very normal into management The GM? He'll select the team. What is Nash doing to make himself the piece they chose to bro? Where is he? Is he a GM somewhere?

That's what did this guy ask? It's going to be the Blues GM. I'm like, I don't know. Is he in St. Louis? I'm going to tell you right now. Stand by. Last I talked to, well, last I had an interaction with. Director of Player Development, Columbus.

He called me a cheap shot artist and I told him that Was he wrong? Yes, he actually was. The media came up to me because I drilled him in a game and he called it a cheap shot something. I said, well, he could have come and talk to me on the ice and he didn't

or he could just watch the tape. So either way, I'm okay. Yeah, I wanted to clarify, he's a cheap shot artiste. Yeah. Say it right. Yeah, he's been in Columbus special assistant to the GM for two years,

three years is director of player development. So he's been playing Columbus. So why would he be? Maybe it was short for the blue jackets. Blue jackets. I think someone's suggesting the blues GMs on the hot seat. I'm sure, whatever.

I'm strong. I don't know if that's the case. I don't know. So does Peter have chicken hives from 46 nuggets? Not yet. I don't know when I'm into that safe zone, but that was many months ago now. Is that what it was, 46?

I forget the number. 43 or 42, yeah. Yeah, so you're, that's kind of in your good. So look at you. You know what? Probably it's like a good vaccine. You just got a little dose of it. Now you've got immunity.

You're good. When does that wear off? Soon I have to do these 42 nuggets. Yearly, if you do it. Yeah, an annual. Yeah. Just like a blue shot. And Noah is back in.

He had the, yeah. No, at this style, he's just right into it. Oh, hey, fellas. Which Flames Nation hoodie should I buy? He's for some fashion tips. Check.

A good point of Barmburger. Yeah, it's not going to be. The black barn burger. Tino's wearing one. I've got a Flames Nation one. It's okay. It's good. We're going to work on that.

We're going to work on it. Want lots of questions? I know a guy. Do you? Noah. Yeah. Oh, my God. Great way to end it, Ryan.

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there because the rink. Like they gave Hyman more years than money than anyone else. Mila Luchy. And he's been charitable. That was great. Yeah. It wasn't like, I'll take less to go there. He definitely took the seventh year. No one else had that on the table. But sure. I just, Connor Brown. Yeah. They see. It wasn't for the rink. They couldn't give Connor Brown four million bucks for two goals. I don't like to argue with him about this because I don't, I'm kind of with them or I don't want them to have success. And there's nothing nice about it.

people. Yeah, great people. Darnel nurse took less because of the rink. Love the people. You have to respect it, though. It's not easy these days, guys. They're actually pretty good. It's genuine.

He'll slug it out with anyone. And like you say, this has been a couple bad years for the flames and the oilers have been cruising. Even at the start of the year. He really jumped up the power rankings on people I love list last spring. I'll tell you that. Thank you. Like they were going to miss the playoffs at the start of the year.

They were so bad. We were so happy and then they roared back. Stinking Jack Campbell. Yeah. Get up there. Sink this ship. Let's go. Double agent.

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Now, the only thing that concerns me is this Colorado's first game back. I didn't go so far as to look, but I almost don't care. They're so good at home. I'm too good right now. It's a minus two and a half, so we're going a little. But I'll take the plus 110 for a blowout by the abs over the blue jackets. And Dallas is in Pittsburgh. Stars have been going.

Robo, as you call him. He has 13 points in his last 10 games. He's been scoring. So a Robertson goal and a Dallas money line win, throw it all together, gets you a plus 245. It's a nice number. I imagine Pittsburgh is there. Licking oil. Count in the days.

They have two wins in the last seven or eight games or ten games or whatever it is. So it can't end soon enough for the penguin. So those are my bet we bets. I'm liking your Colorado at home thing. They have only six losses on home ice this year. That is by far the fewest in the NHL. I'm heading to Colorado as well. I was looking at some odds for Nathan McKinnon to get points at home.

You have to pay them and they won't let you make the bet. I kid, but there's no value there. They're expecting about five tonight, looking at the odds from McKinnon. So I'm going on to Chushkin where I found a little more value plus 187. God, he was a beast when he passed through Western Canada here a week ago or so. And then I like Seattle who's fighting here, boys, fighting against an Arizona club that's been checked out since we rocked the mullet at the mullet. Seattle laying a goal and a half. That's the puck line plus 200.

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Anyone, anything going on? Two games tonight and I got to go to Rochester on Sunday. I got Greta. Saturday night, Dean. We're excited to see you. Nice. And like you said, you must be getting paid because otherwise you don't do me in public chatting, hanging. It's got a paid event. See you there. More or less. That makes it sound harsh. I mean, harsh. Or true. I mean, it makes it sound like, boy, that's kind of rude. That's verbat. You know, that's kind of, well, what did I? What did I say? I don't hang out with Pinder unless I'm getting paid.

that does sound like something I said actually it's not something you said it's exactly it's an ethos that you repeatedly verbalize on the show unless I'm getting paid I don't talk to pay I don't yeah I'm not talking don't hang out with no one holds you know now that that does sound like something I say

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We're back into the regular Sked. have some flames hockey. Monday's a game day. No. Right? No, Sunday's the game day. It's Buffalo. And then they're on the road. Tuesday, Thursday, we might have a live afterburner on Tuesday. We'll firm that up for Monday's show. Yeah, you should firm it up before you. Email one out. It's getting firmed as we see. Where are you going? We may be at the Grey Eagle Resort and Casino

Dean for Afterburn on Tuesday. That's what I'm saying. But just have to firm that up. Well, hopefully someone can give you a hand setting up the gear. Lovely. Because that'll be great. You're out of here. So yes, we'll have, what's anything that's going on next week?

If I go to Wattucko, can I do the show from there? You guys don't go with, you go with that? Chucco, what's with Tucco? Mexico, baby. Oh. Is that how you say that?

The back burner, remember where we started the show where I'm a bit disorganized and kind of. A bit? You're a 20-year-old. Yes. You're a 20-year-old with 30% focus.

You're going to go stay at a hostel and make out with chicks. With no planning. I can be influenced. What was the word that was used? Yeah. Anyway. I was never sure how you said that. What?

What? What do? What is that? Is that the or the other? It's south. God, it's true. It's not snowing there. That's where it is.

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A lot of people were like, whoa, I know that's John better. Never met John better? I know that's John. Yeah, tease and peace, John. Be great to see you. Be great to see you, Greta. Great to see all you, Grita. Have a fine weekend. Take care of yourself.

See you, buddies.