Barn Burner: Boomer & Pinder with Rhett Warrener - The World Cup Final Is In Edmonton… WHAT ARE WE DOING?? | BB Clips

Episode Date: March 16, 2026

Boomer, Pinder and Rhett react to breaking news that Calgary and Edmonton will host games for the upcoming World Cup of Hockey — but the guys aren’t thrilled with how things were divided up. While both cities are getting games, Edmonton will host the two semifinal matchups and the championship game, leaving Calgary with only group stage and elimination round action. The crew debates why Edmonton landed the biggest games and whether Calgary got short-changed despite the city moving forward with plans for a new arena. Needless to say, the guys have some thoughts.Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/r05FaTbu7o8#nhl #nhlshorts #nhlplayoffs #nhlpredictions #nhlhockey #nhlpicks #stanleycup #stanleycupfinal #edmontonoilers 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.

Button's not working? No, that's working. Beer's a day. Barn burner. We do have breaking news this morning. There it is. World Cup of Hockey. What's that? 2028. We've got to wait for it, though, Retro.

That's good, though. We're here. I hope we're here, Dean. You know why? We've got to wait. That rink's not going to be ready if we don't wait. The new home of entertainment in Calgary, Scotia Place, and the state-of-the-art Rogers Place in Edmonton, both in Alberta, Canada, along with the world-class O-2 Arena in Prague, Chequia.

Prague! We'll host the next edition of the Best on Best. Well, we have to go to Prague if the World Cup's there. I wouldn't mind going to Prague. Yeah, that's great excited for Calgary, but when's the next time international is going to be in Prague? Wow, we have to follow this. This is our business.

Get a hold of the Dom. He'll get us a suite. Calgary and Edmondson will jointly serve as hosts representing the province of Alberta, Calgary, and Prague. We'll each host seven games, six round robin one elimination game, while two semi-final games and the championship game will be held in Edmont. Go fuck your hat. What?

I'm out. You got none of my support. I'll go to Prague. Screw this thing in Alberta. I shouldn't have swore. Edminton disgusts me. I don't care if I, no. Uh-uh. Was it an F-bomb or just a swear?

No, I. It was a hard one. Are you... So that dump up in Edmonton's is going to be nicer event-centered to host than ours? You're saying they're going to play the final of the hippo-tank when you got a brand-new,

shiny... It won't be better than the... So you're showing off the city of Edmonton over the city of Calgary for your finals. Great thinking, Gary. Brilliant. I told you this was no good. This is going to affect our media accreditation.

I don't care of that. I'm not going to... I'm not watching it. It's a shitty event anyway, and I'm out. So don't watch. You heard of here first, folks. Boring. It's interesting.

Obviously, I did not expect it to be that. I thought it would be the other way around. I thought it would be the other way around. And you know what? Folks in Calgary should be pissed right off. That's a shot at you're right there. I would be livid. They really need that 50-50?

Like, what's the draw? I'm missing this here. Yeah, I'm trying to find anything further. There's not really any, just the way it's... It's going to be 15 years newer than the other one? Like, what are we talking about here? 10? Yeah, I mean, it's a couple years away. The ring is still relatively new.

I don't know. I just thought that would be the... That's your signature crown jewel event. You want to put it in the nice rink. If I was caught in the flames, I would actually phone and say, F off. Have it all. Known as Canada's Festival City and ranked Canada's, number one sports city by Burson's 2025 Global Sports Cities Report.

Edmonton's proven track record for hosting large-scale events include the Stanley Cup Final, the first ever Heritage Classic Outdoor Game in 2003, the 2023 NHL Heritage Classic, the double IHF World or the IHF World Juniors, the FIFA Women's World Cup, the Juno's and Moore. Juno's? That's a huge Venn diagram overlap. I guess I'm way off on It's a dump.

I just hope nobody gets too stabby up there when I got all these celebrities from the low-cum. I will say it would be nice for the home team to win a big game in that rink with new hardware on the line. So hopefully the Canadians can do that in 28. But I'd rather have with here. I'm out. You lost me, Gare. Sorry. Poor Gare.

Well, the flames will be mad that we're not supportive of. If I was the flames, I'd be like, no. So we're second fiddle. That's what they're telling you, folks. I want to go to Prague still. I was fine with Prague. It might be awkward, though, when

McDavid comes back, because Canada's team captain to play in front of his old fan base. You know? How are Oilers fans? Are they going to welcome them back? And their hearts are still to be broke? They all have a big cry, and they're sure when they get back. There's all kinds of history to learn from here. Every good oiler

ever left. It's a good learning experience for us today. Every day you learn something. I can't wait to get up to the festival city, because that That place is calling my name. I mean, from the roof. I need to find out more about Burson's 2025 Festival City Report. What's Burson's first name and what neighborhood in Edmonton does he live in? You know, this is probably a good point in there.

I mean, people around the world rave about Klondike days, and I feel like the Stampede probably. Yes. It's a good point. Small little. I've been waiting, Jack. I figured at some point we turn the corner to that, you know what, they're crazy passionate, drinks like no not yet can't okay I thought I thought

maybe you were going to be it was the Klondike days now can you even say Klondike it's K days now I don't even know if it's K-days Klondike days it's a freaking ice and brain days I say what I want Sick of people telling me what I can't Well you're on YouTube and you're a renegade

That is true You can't say Klaundike? I don't know It's a bar for Say doesn't that ice cream? Yeah, yes They're delicious by the way What would you do? What did you do for Klonda?

I do remember that. I love him so much. It's adorable. Oh, what do you mean you can't say that? What happened? I don't know. They changed it. It didn't change. Our own show dog here is.

Like, ketamine? Like, is that what KDA stands for? I would not recommend doing that. Klondike's don't do ketamine. It's possible I could be. Although, I've seen some shit in the ice district. Yeah, I wasn't about ketamine. I can't wait to get more video of the losers of Edmonton after around States championship game.

That'll be wicked. It wasn't fighting each other at the end of the win or lose. Yeah. Well, the festival city, didn't they brawl each other with all their orders, Jersey, so, like they were fighting each other. That's correct. Okay, good. It's a stabby.

Great news. Dean, anything else for us today? Jack, let's get a drink. From 62 to 05 Klondike days. Edmonton's role in the Klondike gold rush. From 06 to 12, renamed capital, X reflecting the capital city theme. That's which resulted in a 15% drop in attendance.

Ah, the festival city. And then 2013 to present K days after community consultation, K days was selected from a list of options. So good. How much did the losers that came up with that marketing get paid like millions of those narrowly. We're not sure what about K days or are. They pulled the people right.

It just, just edged out sweatpaping. pant days, which is a shame. Wear what you want days. Bajama pants and dress shoes days. Among the other 2,000 submissions from which K days was selected, Ed Fest and River City Festival.

Hold on. I only have so many tourism dollars. Ed Fest would be tremendous. It would be better because it's actually kind of funny. It is. You could maybe roll with you. You can have a mascot, Ed.

some dude and cut off sweatpants for the summer it's beautiful some jorts yes some clam diggers are they call this one's up to the cap oh yeah you're back by you and hey look who's not for my own he said oh anyway great news can't wait to go watch the eighth and ninth best hockey of countries play World Cup hockey. That Kazakhstan-Belarus rivalry is really heating up. I don't know. Maybe I should have held off in that news. I feel like there's...

It's killed the mood. The tone of the mood of the show has taken it. I think it's actually helped because I was very low energy and I'm getting a good kick out of it. I was really kind of searching for something else that might sparky in that press release, but they're really trying to upsell it. Oh, well, hey.

And we're probably a little... I'm going to piss us me off. We've got a brand new rink and we're not allowed to host and you're going to go to Edmonton. In my opinion, it's very clear. I think Calgary is a nation-sity. I don't live in Edmonton.

I've got no want to live in Edmonton. I don't give a shit about it. I'm a Calgary and very happy to be. A proud one. Don't try to tell me that it's a great city in Edmonton. I live in Saskatoon. They're the same city. There are six round robin games

and one elimination game. So there are seven to the three. I would take the three all day every day. Just for the argument's sake, like the Olympic tournament, you would have had like France and Italy. France, Italy, like the limit, but this is, this

is an eight team tournament. Yeah. This is the World Cup of hockey. Oh, I'm aware what they're going to do here. So who's seventh and eighth place? It would be Slovakia and they're all going have to fight for eight. That's what you're getting. Yeah. You'll get some Canada and that's great, but I think it's actually a

D move on the NHL's part. Pick a city. You know what it is? stamp government, Brett. Where's their head offices? Well, you know, oh, for sure it is. All the union, we should start a union for podcasts. I was thinking about that on the week. You seem like a big union head.

Yeah. Let's go. I don't like being told to tell me what to do. We should start a union. There is no international competition in sports that matches the passion, skill, and excitement of hockey's best on best coming together to represent their countries. This is from Gary Penn. How about Gary?

We at the National Hockey League and our partners at the National Hockey Players Association can't wait to bring the World Cup of Hockey 2028 to three spectacular venues in three cities that shine when staging big events. We know Calgary, Edmonton, and Prague will serve as fantastic hosts for hockey fans from all over the globe and that the greatest hockey players in the world will compete on a level that will make this event truly memorable. I lost, but I think the tournament was going to be great. I'm pissed at the finals and the semis are in Edmonton.

I don't even understand how there's seven and one elimination game here, and they're playing in Prague, but the big games are in Edmonton. So there's going to be two pools. You'll have your Calgary pool and your Prague pool. There's only eight effing teams, isn't there? So you'll send the final four up to Edmonton, two from Calgary. I get it.

But so how are we getting seven games? It's not far. You probably could have done semis here. What I'd like them to do, because I'm a nerd on this stuff, and I love talking about the stuff like the Olympics ended, and I was already talking about the stupid World Cup format because I'm a loser. but why would you not have one host city?

And then the whole hockey world travels there. Because now you're going to have guys that are like, oh, I'm playing on a Tuesday in L.A. And then I've got to fly over to Prague. Oh, and we won. Now I've got to fly all the way back over to sweatpants nation.

Like that's a lot of, oh, and then we pick up after the World Cup break and we're in Miami. Jack, can we get Gary? So I went down there. They were asking a question. It's a good thing that press conference is this week. See?

he'd be called out onto the carpet. That's what happened there. Well, and we're usually very optimistic, so it's odd to find us poo-pooing anything, but... We wouldn't do that, especially none of the Monday. Are you supposed to be eating, reps? Still somewhat hung over and haven't eaten. Jack's back is killing him.

I'm solo parenting for the same days. So is the idea just to spread it around and like... Spread. Spread. Yeah, I don't know. So they want to grow international hockey. You're not growing international hockey in Calgary, Edmonton, right? But what I was going to follow up with that's very important is they're getting a big check from the government to bring it here.

I assure you, if the state of Nevada wanted to throw 15 million at the league, we wouldn't be having this press conference today. So I have the question. So some of my tax dollars are paying to have some rich fucking NHLers going to play hockey here. And you get in Edmonton. Awesome. Thanks. Government. Farkas.

Fricking Nenshi. Nitch. I feel like Nunchy's still. Nenchi's a better one. I shouldn't be mad, I guess. What difference does it make? I'm not going to affect my life, probably. Who's going to be alive at that point anyway?

Not me. Not me, God. We all might be American, so there's only one team by that point. That's going to be a boring ass tournament if that happens. It'll be a solid squad. That'll be a solid squad. 51 states of America beat Sweden, 12, What?