Barn Burner: Boomer & Pinder with Rhett Warrener - Noodles (FULL INTERVIEW)

Episode Date: March 11, 2026

Boomer, Pinder and Rhett are joined by TSN’s Jamie McLennan on the Insider Hotline to break down the Calgary Flames trade deadline moves and what the recent roster shakeup means for the team’s future. The guys also dive into the red-hot Buffalo Sabres, the recent struggles of the Vegas Golden Knights, and get the latest update on the injury situation surrounding Jake Sanderson. Noodles also weighs in on the reported tension involving Tristan Jarry and his teammates on the Edmonton Oilers as the crew covers some of the biggest storylines around the NHL.Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/spjFthR_7_4#nhl #nhlshorts #nhlplayoffs #nhlpredictions #nhlhockey #nhlpicks #stanleycup #stanleycupfinal #calgaryflames CHECK OUT OUR STUFF ⬇️BARN BURNER MERCHhttps://nationgear.ca/collections/shirts/FlamesnationBARN BURNER SHORTS https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj_bcGtvvo-cW2DHEDZ6dEO5ePDmlhZc9&si=jo8iNGxT4ImhS2Y8📲 Follow us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fnbarnburner/X (Twitter): https://x.com/barnburnerfn?lang=en🎧 Listen on:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/barn-burner-boomer-pinder-with-rhett-warrener/id1648562889Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Mc6Qd5U22R2zbMlQ7RxIiProducer: Jack Haverstock Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jamie McClana. There he is. Look at the family man. There he is. Family man. Is that TV? Does the pictures always changing? Is that kind of?

Yeah. It's a, where is this? It's a TV. Yeah, you can change that. AI or did you actually post that photo? No, that's a photo. It's a very long. Whoa, whoa.

Kids are like grown up now. Now, don't take no shit from Pinder. Because we can send you a photo of him that was professionally done. Like, that looks like a lovely professional photo. Ryan's got somewhere. he's in his gitch in a river. What? Yeah.

Noodles. It's classy. Marriage. Wonderful stuff. Is it like a Casanza picture? Like, you know. It's what it's worse. It's worse.

Eight months in, loaded with twins. She's got some weird flowing thing with a cape and I'm some check photographers. Like, we need you in Zabata. Take off your pants. Oh, my God. What am I doing? How to, like, immediately. Can I have a heart attack?

Please. photographer says take your pants off like sort of like I'm like this is no good every year my brother sends it in the group chat and says happy I'm right unless I say screw you that's neat the thing is is

if there's photographic evidence it's never going it's never going away yeah if he starts talking about it now I just send it to the person he's talked to I cut them off at the past because there's yeah you got to have them hanging that over my head here it is Kill the punch, one. It is. I'm not that embarrassed.

I mean, Tara is in here. Is that photo hanging in your house anywhere? Is that a, is that in a frame and in the place you live? It's in my room of regret. All the mistakes I've made in life, it's right at the center. You walk in, it's the first thing you see. But back to hockey. We can't be screwing.

We're in a sports show here, you know. We try to keep things serious. What do you think of your good pal, Craig Conray's work over the last week? I mean, it's done a great job. I mean, how long have we talked on this show all season long? And I think it started with the, the Don Maloney interview that planted the seed of doubt for a lot of people.

And rightfully so or maybe not rightfully so, depending on how you looked at it. Because I, I disagreed with it at the time saying, I just, I kept saying, let them do their work. Their work will reflect what the plan is. And as fans and in media,

we kept saying, we want to know what the plan is. You need to tell us what the plan was. And what's the plan? They've been doing exactly what we all, as fans and in the media and anticipated they were going to do. They just didn't, Connie,

just didn't write it in an essay and put it on, you know. Truth, social with Trump. There was no season ticket, or letter. They just made their business and didn't announce it. Social or Blue Sky or Twitter or anything in all caps. He just, all he did was execute, which I thought some great moves, potentially sat on some assets that he can deal within the off season two.

I talked about this last week where, you know, if you don't find a taker for players that you may think you're going to part with in the next six months or more, a year, you don't force feed it just for the sake of doing it. And to me, having a plan. Like, I'm sure there were lots of calls on White Cloud. I'm sure there was lots of calls on, you know, coal in us. There was lots of calls on, you know, players that we might not even thought of.

But you have a plan. You executed. I thought they got a King's Ransom. And Pinder, you always talk about Connie's draft record. And, you know, he's got a boatload of picks. And now he's got some currency to work with. because it was a tidy cadry deal that lifts you a bunch of money off your cap. So I thought he did a fantastic job.

I think there was for about 20 minutes I was concerned because, you know, they were in the queue, I guess, or whatever at the trade deadline because I sat there for eight hours. We saw you. Yeah. You know, and there were skits and people, Daniel Dale, fact-checking people. There was all sorts of make-believe stuff. But you know what there wasn't? Trades.

And you're going, all right, it's 11 o'clock. We've been on air for three hours. And I don't even know if anybody had been traded. It was weird. Like there was a weird feeling throughout the whole room. And I think every hockey fan, especially to every hockey market specific, was like, what's my G.m. going to do? What, what, you know, and I guarantee you in Calgary, they're like,

is Cadry going? Is Cadry not going? Like, what's going on? Because the Uighur deal had gone through already. So the fact that they got the Cadry deal, the fact that they got what they got for it, too, tidy, tidy good work of business for Craig Conrail. And I think we were all concerned because you'd heard Cadre to Colorado and then went to Colorado and you're like, oh boy, I guess this was over. We freaked out. Those events, so Colorado, so they've traded their first for Nick Waugh.

And then you get to day of and well, now Shen's been traded. So that's enough. You got a pile for Shen. Why aren't you moving cadre? The hell is what's happening here? And there was still no O'Reilly. Like maybe O'Reilly was still on the move, maybe Trocheck. And then they make the trade for Strom, which in a way was like, this, it was kind of the one colonel that we were the hope.

Okay, there has to be something. Right. The only way this makes sense, taking on $5 million, another year at $5 million for us. 30 year olds is because they need center depth because they've moved him. And in the end, we were relieved to see that that was the case. Can you shed some light on the queue? Because like, how in the world does a cadre deal get done at 1130 per Connie mountain time, where the deadlines won mountain time?

And yet the Strom deal was done after to replace cadre, that hole that opened up. And that one came out like half an hour, 45 minutes before the cadre one. Like Red thinks this is made for TV. This is his conspiracy of the day. You guys. But what the how in the world does a trade that goes in the queue before the Strom deal come out way later? I don't know. The only thing I can say is there's a lot of organizations.

And I think we could talk about it a little bit is, you know, when the Colton Pereko, you know, wave or no wave came out. And again, I heard reports, so I'm hearing exactly what you guys are, that Doug Armstrong was pissed. There was a leak there to the point where they took people's phones internally. It was like, who's the leak? And they found out it wasn't anybody on the St. Louis side. But what you have involved now, players, agents, family of players, who are on social media, all of that type of stuff. then you get the insiders. Then you get people that work at the league office.

Like there's just so many layers to this. I'm the same way, Pinder. I laugh about it because you know it's happening on trade deadline date. The queue is longer than a lineup at. How are we not ready for this? You know, Friday in our, where was it? Morgan's on a Tuesday night. Yeah.

Way to bring it local, James. Way to bring it local like that. Longer than a lineup of Morgan. on a Tuesday night when I was there in 04. And we couldn't even blow the line. You had to stand in line and freeze your ass off. But my point being is on a day where you know there's going to be a lot of trades, don't you think there should be a way for the queue to speed up?

And I know they got lots of people working there. But it was pointed out to me by an insider, and he made a way better point than my thought process. He said, keep in mind when trades happen that are massive trades, you have to go through it almost like a lawyer contract-wise to make sure that the draft picks that are going back the other way. You've got to make sure they're yours because you know, you might have gotten somebody from in another deal. And it's, it's St. Louis's pick from, you know, three years ago. And so all of these types of things take time to sort through to make sure that you can have a legal transaction.

So in the end, the insider said to me, he goes, it's not made for us while we sit there. and wait, it's made to get it right. And so when you- You can still hire more people and do it faster. I agree. And you can have maybe a better process, but at the end of the day, I kind of think it's kind of cool

because trade deadline ends at 3 o'clock Eastern and it's 410 and Nazim Kadri gets traded. You're like, okay, are you hearing buzz that Cadre's been traded, but you're not sure and pending on a trade call. But some of these managers are speaking with the media already going, well, we've got

You know, we got a few things in the queue, but we'll wait for them to sort out. You're going, okay, is that that big trade we're hearing about or not? Like, we had Brad Tree Living on our show, I believe, and, you know, he still had things in the queue where he's like, I, you know, there's stuff that we're still working on. Yeah, but we hope it goes through. And you're like, okay, well, maybe come on after, but our show would be over. So it's stuff like that. But going back to it, the process, it's an exciting day. It's a stressful day.

It was a long day for a lot of people. But Connie's body of work was A plus for me. I think Connie's done a great, great job. Yeah, because when that happened the day before with the Nick Watre going to Colorado, and you heard, well, flames aren't going to eat money, so there was a deal there. It felt like a real lost opportunity because that was the one place. I mean, he's clearly, that's not going to be on his list of places not to go.

Colorado clearly wants to win. And it felt like such a buyer's market. There were first round picks being moved. And for once, the flames were in a position this time to bring in some firsts instead of having to settle for a second and a fourth or a third or whatever. They could finally cash in. So it went from almost peak disappointment early. I was like, well, why won't the flames? Why are they so hesitant?

Why will they not eat money or retain salary? And then within a couple hours, like, okay, well, that's a 20% retention. And you get a first and a second. And this is Ted work. Best case scenario. Great work. And maybe,

this is why I say, maybe those guys in the chair actually know what they're doing. And, and you know, for us, like I say, I'm sure there was tension

because I saw the Watt trade and I'm going, okay, well, does that take Cadre off the books there for that? And boy, is it a missed opportunity. So for 48 hours

or whatever it was, we can sit there and go, man, you know, what's this, what are they doing? What the hell are they doing back there? Why did they not do that? And then all of a sudden, two days later, it falls into place and you go, okay, well, there was a plan in place and maybe it was a pressure point. You know, in the end, Connie had to know they wanted Cadre. And, you know, Nicholas Waugh wasn't going to replace what Cadry brings, the two separate

players. So, you know, you do have to take the chance that Chris McFarlane says, because deal's not there. Couldn't make it happen. And sometimes you do get left holding the bag because you do hold out for too much or you do whatever. Go back to it.

I think we've talked about it. Jacob Markstrom to New Jersey. Was it there at the deadline or was it there in the offseason? I don't know. I don't know what the deal was at the deadline. We know what the deal was in the off season. So at the end of the day,

there's things that you learn along the way. but I'll tell you I think Connie did a great job he had a great trade deadline the team is where they are you know dignified not cheating you for effort every night

but you know there's going to be some losses and you hope that I mean I know it's weird I watch Colby Armstrong say it last night on his panel going for Calgary Flames I want them to work hard but I want them to lose tonight because he said I want them to you know get a better draft pick and so it's

It'll be interesting to see because, you know, the Rangers aren't that great of a team. And, you know, they, a friend here with an atric last night. It's the ethical tank. That's what we're calling it. So there's a million places to go. Tampa Bay Buffalo on Sunday.

Unbelievable. Unreal. Do you want to just talk on that? Like, that's hockey. That's hockey. And you know what it said to me? Buffalo is for real. like that was the like Tampa Tampa for me has always been real they know how to play they know

how to win they know how to compete good on them they're a great measuring stick and Buffalo's been on a heater so you're wondering okay when you go up against a top tier team will you get pushed out of a game are you going to push back physically Buffalo did everything and now they almost pissed it away twice I won't okay or one then Tampa made it five four, then it was 5,5, then 7-5 for Tampa. And I thought, okay, 7-5 with Tampa with like six minutes left, I'm like, that's curtains. It was a nice run for Buffalo, but, you know, the big boys flexed their muscles.

And I know Tampa had played the night before. So, you know, they're catching, I'm sorry, yeah, Tampa had played the night before, so Buffalo was catching them. But Buffalo didn't give up. And they fought back. They won on the score sheet, and I think they won a bunch of the fights. too and you know tampa's a top tier team but i i look at buffalo as saying we're here and we're for real and good for them like good for them there might not be a better feel good

story in the nch l then the buffalo sabres considering where they were they fired their gm what was the day to that is that november 10th around because they had just come through calgary they lost to calgary they beat edmonton the next night went into vancouver one beat seattle and flew home and fired at him Yeah. So, I mean, and he could still get GM of the year. I mean, honestly. Like, I like their trades at the deadline too. Yes, they were swinging for Pereko, but you get Stanley and Shen, like those are, that

Stanley's a. I almost like it better because I don't, I didn't see the fit with Perico. I love their tough style. Oh, he's fit because he's good. Right. But I mean, like, what are you, but Samuelson on the third? Give it up a lot more to get him too. Yeah.

Yeah. You're swinging for the fences, and that would have been Yarmos stamp on his team, right? But he ends up getting two good, serviceable players to a really good team already. And I'm happy. But that game was, that game kind of made me, you know, have some belief in the product of hockey. Because, you know, coming back from the Olympics again, that the watered down, you know, bad games had started again. and you're like, oh, here we go again. And then you see a couple good ones.

I thought the Tampa Buffalo. I thought Edmonton, Colorado was a good game last night. Like I look at it, there's some real good hockey, hopefully to be had here down the stretch. So I'm in agreement. I think Buffalo's for real. I don't know that they're cup bound. What's Vegas?

We have one of their draft picks. I watched a little bit of the game the other night. Who were the Edmondson? And it was a dog's breakfast. Yeah. They did not look like a team that you could like lost six or seven after last. Yeah, like Michael looks good, but the list is real short after that, fellas. Yeah.

And I think the stone injury hurts them because Stone's a big, like spiritual, like drag you into a fight leader. Watching him all those years when I was calling games in, in Ottawa. This guy, like, I'm not lying. I'm in between the benches and I'd have to look around him because he stands a lot of the time on the bench. Like he doesn't sit down. he stands and he's yelling and he's he's an emotional leader um i think about Vegas was though like they were like a pack of dogs they didn't need one dog to pull them into a fight they would come at you non-stop it's not that anymore no but it

i think they've got a good team that's not playing to their capability and they're not getting the saves that they they need like they actually mirror the abitinian oilers like i think they're a a better team that they show but but you are what you are in the stander standings right now and they're going to fight Edmonton and Anaheim in that top three. But at the end of the day, they're not playing to their capabilities. But I think Aden Hill has to play better.

I think their goaltending has to be better. I think they miss Petro Angelo. No secret on that. They didn't replace that. You know, they got Rasmus, but, you know, I think Rasmus has taken a bit to settle in there. It's a different player, different type.

I just look at them as an underachieving team that, you know, if they turn it on, they can they can get there but they're they're they're on the second tier for me i've got colorado dallas and minnesota in the west as like game what of and one of those doesn't make it out of round one again crazy but i think those three out west are the best and then there's a tier just below that and i think that's where emminton and bagis fall into and then you can throw in anaheim or whoever else are they in the clear to make the playoffs.

Edmonton, Vegas. Like, I'm just looking at the standings. And they have to, they have to play well. If L.A. gets on a heater or Winnipeg. San Jose can catch them. San Jose.

Yeah. I think those teams are, again, I'm just going on what I believe on paper. Like, yeah, they, you know,

they're going to be playing against each other as well. So, you know, is Seattle a better team? Is Utah a better team? Is, is, you know,

is L.A. better team than Vegas or Eampton. I don't think so, but it doesn't mean you don't have to play and produce and do well. I think Evanton at least in the last couple

games have shown more commitment to how they want to play. And I actually thought their trades addressed what they needed. That was Murphy. Connor Murphy, they needed to split up that nurse Walman pairing and Murphy is going to be a stabilizer there.

He's a ret Warner, modern day Ret Warner. and got some bite to his game, stay at home, can move the puck, go on the penalty kill. And that Dickinson is a younger Adam Henrique, and that's exactly what they needed in the three center spot. So I look at it, that might help the balance of the group a little bit. But same thing with Vegas. Like I think Vegas is just kind of plotting along.

But are they, you know, I look. We need saves. They all come down to saves if they don't get the sealed. And you know what? The difference in. how Evanton's won two games in a row is their goaltenders had better, you know, goals saved above expectation about the other guy. And that's the difference.

Connor Ingram had one better save against Aden Hill or two better, empty net or whatever. And then last night, the combination of Jari and Ingram, although I thought Blackwood was unreal. I thought he made some unbelievable saves, got one better. And you just need stable goaltending in this league. and maybe you can see what your team's all about. So I look at that Vegas team, and I think their goaltenders need to play better,

and they need to play better in front of them, and they'll be fine. But I think L.A. might be coming a little bit. They're waking up since the goal, coaching change. Yeah, and Panarin's been a good fit there, too. He's piling up points. I agree with you that Vegas and Mets are in the same box. And so they play in the easiest division in hockey.

Where they're at now with points, they are out of the playoffs in the east, and they'd be wild card two if they played in the central. Like these are 16th and 17th placed teams in the NHL. But we look at Florida, they don't care whether they're a wild card or a three seed or a two seed. Like these are teams that are going to be measured in the spring. And so with all that in mind,

have you seen Evanton turn a corner last night? And what did you make of what I thought was a pretty controversial call against Nathan McKinnon when there's contact with Nurse? Like we're watching the home broadcast in Alberta with it being, sports net oilers. And everyone on that Brock's got is like, oh, they're looking at it, but they're going to drop it down to two. And McKinnon's punted from the game. It was a shame. I did think there was a couple TSN turning points or whatever you want to call them turning points last night. But that one was critical. I can see both sides of the coin and not, and this is the

former goalie in me. Hunter Ingram did nothing wrong to you have to be afforded your crease. and to have a collision like that in your own crease, it's not like Darnell Nurse pushed McKinnon into him. There was contact that veered him into it. And the crazy part is, I don't know how Nurse didn't get hurt on that. His neck looked like his head. His head, like, watch his head here. An unnatural way.

But here's the thing for Nathan McKinnon. You're driving hard, blue paint. like there's there is you still have to be in control because that is Connor Ingram's space not yours so yes nurse helps him into there even if he's not he has to wedge he has to edge work around Connor Ingram there might have still been contact and I think that's where they were thinking honestly if they gave him two for goaltender interference I wouldn't have been shocked I'll be honest with that that's what I like because

Because I was watching it, but I didn't have sound on at the time. And I was, I'm like, is he kicked out of the game? Like, that's what I was kind of like, is he kicked out of the game? Is it a major in a game misconduct? And they took a long time. They were talking to Toronto. Too long. Yes, I understand that.

But I can't say it was the right call, but I also look at there was an injury on the play. I mean, the goal he had to leave. What? from the head, you know, like that's a severe contact. And again, I come back to it and I would just ask Nathan McKinnon, is it avoidable from your standpoint? And maybe he's saying, yes, I'm going a million miles an hour. And I've got a lane there, but nurse impedes me and we collide and I go into it.

I can see what he's saying, but I still go, what is Connor Ingram saying? He's saying, I'm making a paddle down save. I shouldn't be contacted with. I should not be run over and have to be stitched up and and and pulled out of the game. So I can see the injury being a factor. I don't know the step ladder they went through in Toronto and the refs of what they decided. But it did change the course of the game because you've got arguably the second best player on the planet gets taken out of that game. And Colorado had a couple of power plays in the in the third period that might have been the difference, right?

I know what the guy I'm talking to would have done. He just stayed in the game and said, I'm good. Get out of here, trainer. Fine. You know what? Nowadays? There's a spotter. A spotter that goes, it doesn't matter.

You're coming out. Midler would have got up. He would have went right after McKinnon. Concussion spotter too. If you look at the real time of the actual like the replay and the review, that had to have been 10 minutes. You're supposed to be, I believe, under the spotter rules, it's minimum 15 minutes under evaluation and that.

So he could have come out and if he was all right, come back for the third period. That's concerning because if they've deemed that he's got a concussion, he's out a week and Jari's going to start tomorrow and I think Pickard will start Friday against St. Louis because that's the one thing of having depth in an organization. You need three goaltenders. Pickard will come up and probably...

Oh, Christ. The goaltending union, we need three now. You always need three. because again, just what happened last night. Eugene Prince of Beg came on and said, Rick Smith from Kinkos is getting his gear on. Right. As ready.

Sorry, who was that? Rick Smith from Kinkos. We just pulled him in. He just finished his shift at 9 o'clock and took off his shirt. And now he's going to put on an oiler's jersey and potentially come in in a standings battle. Because that's the e-bug is ridiculous. thing on the planet.

It really is. Like we need another drunk goalie traveling around with the team. Get out of here. Listen, what we need is, again, the NFL is a standard for all pro sports and soccer, obviously, the world.

But you don't, you know, Tom Brady doesn't tweak his ankle and they go, hey, Rick, Rick, put a jersey on. You wipe the wings off your face and the cheese and all of that. Put your wings down and come put a jersey, on and come throw the ball in a nickel defense.

Like you don't do that, but in the NHL, for some reason, they do it. How many times do we see the ebug in? Like, I get your point. It just never happened. I actually think they should be allowed through it. It happens until it's going to happen and cost the team a playoff spot. No, but in the playoffs, you have black aces with you. That's not a problem, is it?

No, no, no. They're not dressed. You can't have one on the roster. So, tweak that. I'll be an example. When David Ayers, the Zamboni driver for the elites and all that came in. Yeah. And he won the game for Carolina.

If the leaves would have rinsed them and Carolina missed the playoffs by one point or two points, you've got an owner going, why is David Ayers making saves for me? Like, I think that the parody is so close nowadays. You are going to see a situation. It might not be this year. It might not be next year. But if the eBug continues on, you're going to see a situation where a team loses with the eBug in net and they miss the playoffs by one point.

And that's I get it, but it's like Oh, right. He's right. It's not a You don't get to argue. I don't get to. Hey. I'm saying it's the right. I'm right in this and I don't want to be right in this.

That's my point. Look me in the eyes. I want you to do some digging. What's going on with the, there's rumblins up in Edmonton that the guys are arguing with this jari guy is what we got to vote in. I have no problem with that. If a goaltender,

if a goaltender, if a goaltender. not playing well and they're not working hard in practice, I'd be pissed too. Is that what it is? I don't know. I'm hearing as much as you guys are. Seems like you know. But my understanding is that I don't think I, every insider has come out and said it's not as big a deal as people are making it out to be.

But if you can get testy with guys in practice, I would be. I'd be pissed if I wasn't playing well and guys are ripping it in or ripping it bar down on me and stuff. Like to me, there is a level of pride here. Like, it's not all sunshine and roses. You're not playing well as an athlete. You take it personally. And, you know, if somebody says, hey, you need to stop more pucks,

you need to work harder or you need to do whatever, I'm fine with that, especially if you're not doing that. So to me, there's a standard at the NHL level. I say this to my eight-year-old son. I don't care if you allow 20 goals or do whatever. but don't waste people's time not working. And like to me, work ethic is non-negotiable. Even these teams that are out of the playoffs,

that's why I never worry about the Calgary Flames. Because Ryan Husk's teams do not cheat you for effort. And like I say, win, loss, draw, you name it. You come to play. And to me, if there's a little testiness in practice because a goalie doesn't like a high shot, we had it all the time. I would argue with Robin or Iggy or whoever,

ripping it off my shoulder or my throat. And I'm a guy who played 15 games in a season. You know, it gets, Kelly Chase one time, punched me in the head. And it was the funniest story, actually. And we all love Chaser. He was, you know, at the end of practice, the backup goalie always stays on. And you play a three-on-three, you know, game with the coaches or whatever,

the healthy scratches. I believe either Chaser was going to be a scratch or something wasn't going well for him. And we were doing this three shot rule. So shoot in. You go until you score. And I was the guys, it's a bag skate for the guys. Because if it hits me and goes into the corner, they got to go pick it up and come in.

And if I make a couple saves, like, it's taxing. Well, Chaser shot one and it hit kind of my shoulder and went flying out to the blue line. And he thinks that I somehow like shouldered it out to the blue light. So as he skated by, he like suckered me in the side of the head. And like I took a swipe at him. Like, what are you doing? And then he stopped and was going to beat me up. So if you want to talk about like guys getting testy in practice,

you know, I'm just trying to work. He's trying to work. And everyone's frustrated because we're not playing. So I have no problem. Like I think there should be more of that stuff in practice. I think there should be more emotions and stuff. It shows to me that you care. And I don't know the rumblings out of Edmonton.

I heard. but if it's either a work ethic thing or a frustration thing, good, because it's something that you can correct and something that you can work on. And sometimes showing motions show people that you care. And I don't see enough in the NHL now. Everybody's too cool for school. I'd much rather see a little bit of emotion where you're letting people know not only yourself, but other people, like I care what's going on here.

So that's... Well, you know what? That's not surprising coming from a guy who is currently serving a suspension from the national. That's right. That was an accident. You guys know that. That was a, it was a misunderstanding. Put it now.

Okay. Yeah. Seemed rather deliberate and intentional, but. It wasn't too bad. Like, do you feel bad being that close to a game where you're currently like blackballed? I'm not blackballed. I just owe the league four games and I'll never get them back. I'm 54 years old.

Even if I was like. You're the e-bug. Yes, I could say I'll be an e-bug. But the thing is, is I'd be terrible too. The guy shoot the puck and they move things so fast now. Like, I don't know if I are. I would love to take a practice to see how things are. I played that Shorzie game.

That's not, it was good. Don't get me wrong. But this was manageable speed and it was still difficult to keep up. I watched the highlights. What's wrong with Sanderson? We can't have Sandio. Oh, we need a matter. We've got to go.

Oh, I haven't done an Ottawa game, right? I did the game on Thursday, and then my next game is until next week. Week to week? What scares me is exactly what you just said, the verbiage of week to week. That's what Sidney Crosby was at the Olympics, you know, week to week. And then, you know, it's four to six. I don't know. On the broadcast, he was holding his shoulder.

Scary times because he's not replaceable. Now, I will say this. Thomas Shabbat used to play in that role and is certainly capable of doing it. But the trickle-down effect. Now you need Tyler Cleven, who's their five, to go to three. You know, same thing. Like you need guys, Matt and Palo, who was healthy scratch, but playing the Olympics to come in.

Like, they've got defensive depth there, and I don't think it's, you know, it's season down the toilet type of flushing, but, you know, the system's got to protect you. And I thought they didn't have their A game against Vancouver the other day, but they did enough to get the win. They need a big game tonight against Montreal. Yeah, that's a good one. At home, that's a pivotal game because if you look at it,

you want to talk about standings. Like, these teams aren't out of the woods in the east either. Like there's games in hand. I think Ottawa's six points back of Montreal or with a game in hand. Something like that. Yeah. Who's your horse? Because there's a few teams in that spot.

Like L.A., you noted San Jose lurking Winnipeg's five back. They're not playing great, but they also got Hellebuck. And then out east, it's like Columbus, Ottawa. That's the thing. Columbus is right there. And if their goalies can hold up, you know, Garland's got three goals and three games there. He's done well. They're a good team.

I think that, you know, I was concerned about Boston. I really was because they've got a bunch of road games and the road record isn't as good as strong as the others. But Boston's found a way to win. And, you know, they got the win. It was at McAvoy scored in overtime against L.A. And, you know, like you look at it, there's teams lurking on both sides that could be dangerous.

That's why, you know, these last 17, 18 games are critical. Couples, we don't want to take you longer. What did you think being a expert in the sword swinging brethren, what did you think of the malcon chop? Pretty good? Where would you put it up there? It was a good job. Here's the thing that I would laugh about and not even laugh.

This Dahlene player seems to really get underneath the skin of a lot of people, right? It's Austin Matthews got four games for cross-checking his neck basically off. And Mald. Handen Hagel now too on the list. Hagel chasing him around. Malkin chopping him in the head. Says to me that you're not only a great player, which he is, but you're a pain in the ass to play against.

And if you look at leading up to it, he gives Malkin a couple real good crosschecks. And Malkin just turns and gives him a little aggressive chop. Had enough of you, pal. And then grabs him trying to fight him while Dahlien's like, hey, you chopped me in the neck. Like it, I don't know. I kind of like it, but I don't, I didn't like it from Malcolm's side because, you know,

you were in the five games. You can't, you can't do that. You can't drop somebody in the head. We've been talking a lot of, we'll get you out of here, but we've been talking a lot of Sabres. That game on Sunday, that was, I mean, it feels like the league is talking about the Buffalo Sabres. And he's, well, Kevin Adams gets fired. And the last loss, they played Calgary and lost.

And then they went on an eight game win streak. It's now eight games again. 28, 5, and 2 since that cover loss. You know, so like, what happens? What are we talking about? There's little things. And somebody brought it up. Maybe it was the firing of Kevin Adams.

Maybe there was a, maybe there was one of those players-only meetings. Yeah. I'm close. Keep the coach out. There was also something else that happened right about that time, as I recall. I believe that was about when, that's about when mascot head came to life. And I don't know if you saw, if you saw this. Turning point.

This is Sunday in the first period. You are part of what's happening in Buffalo. I thought it was AI first and foremost. I was like, somebody put that on there. And then Razor goes, I don't know who that is. I was like, really? He doesn't know my ugly face. But maybe I am a lot younger.

You're young there, yeah. Glorious hair. Is that junior? That's you in the fish stick, right? That's my first year with the Islanders. That's 94. You're a puppy. Handsome.

Very good. You are. It's a good bullet. Hell of a mullet. Cutting a wide swath out on long. That's right. Apparently on the back of that, they were talking about it. They're from his hometown, Razor's hometown.

And it's like they're buddies that they curl with or something. And I don't know why they put my picture there, but him turning around. It's so good. That is so terrific. I loved it. But I, you know what? You guys know, Razor and I are great. I love that man.

Well, we had him on yesterday, actually. We were talking. I didn't like me again. What did I just? We love you. Get out of here. Now I could go back and hear what he had to say about me. No, I wouldn't.

If I were, I wouldn't just pretend. Don't even worry about it. Oh, that's too bad. It's all about reading. Are you coming to Buffalo with us? Razor's going to get us a suite for the playoffs. Let's go.

We were talking about it on our show yesterday, saying maybe we should go down. So a bunch of shows are going to go down And be the hardest ticket to get. Everyone's talking about having a cheat team And it's the Buffalo Sabres. Yeah. Well, I don't like,

I was just going to let you go. But if I had to choose between going to a playoff game in Montreal or Buffalo, I don't know. It's going to be a close race. Yeah. Because Montreal to me is, is the best of the best. But boy,

it will be mayhem. I will be happy for Buffalo. and I will be cheering for them. I think they've had a lot of pain there and the team is excellent and that they're not a, that's not a flash in the pan. They're built, the way they're built,

they can have some longevity there. Get out of here. Thanks, doodles. Love you.