Barn Burner: Boomer & Pinder with Rhett Warrener - Zayne Parekh’s Rookie Season… Cause For Concern?? 👀 | BB Clips

Episode Date: March 27, 2026

Boomer and Rhett dive into a deep discussion about Zayne Parekh’s rookie season with the Calgary Flames, as it hasn’t gone quite how many expected and raises real questions about his development path. The guys debate whether he should have spent more time in the AHL or even gone the college route before signing, especially with NHL rules forcing Calgary’s hand, and share concerns about the physical toll he’s already taking at the NHL level after a few tough hits. While they agree the talent and upside are undeniable, they break down whether these are just normal growing pains or signs the Flames may have rushed things a bit too quickly.Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/1dpBdKgZHZE#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.

Did St. Perrette, because he played in Saginaw and that, is there hitting in the leagues that he's played in prior to this? No, the OLLI chose full, can I say the P word? Probably not, eh? Pantzies. Oll is a bunch of, yeah. That hit he took from Crider, did you not see him coming? And it was kind of like the one that's Felino when he heard him. I hate to go off on a tangent.

it's these fucking refs. Is it? And I'm not joking this time. Riffs, you're doing a fine job, you get out there and you're trying to call it by the book, but you have to be able to interpret what a clean check is, a dirty check is, and a hard check is. Yeah.

Right? There's dirty. No good. That's a penalty, sir. But hard isn't necessarily dirty. and they've lumped. They've got clean, dirty, and they've taken the hard check

and just auto shifted it into the, I'm giving you a penalty because you hit that guy too hard. That's not how it's supposed to be. Yeah. I mean, he... And so these guys stop hitting, which means nobody gets hit and then nobody knows how to.

Right. That was the tangents I forgot. I didn't finish it off. Because there wasn't a penalty on the play. No, it wasn't about... the penalty, but it's the teaching of, oh, I'm never getting hit because nobody hits because they all think

they're going to get a penalty if they finish a check. Yeah. Because, I mean, it's kind of being cheeky, but he, again, last night there were three hits. The one that's kind of right in front of the, he gets hit into the boards, puts himself into, he turns his back and takes a bad hit.

And then the hit from Crider, he gets up, he's fine. But it's a big hit. It kind of spun him and knocked him right off of his skates. Go up. You can have to figure this out. You're going to have to figure this out with this young man.

It can happen. It is quite a, you will be able to go, to look back on this kid and go, I mean, at some point, it's either going to be, wow, he's found it. He's got it figured out. What a pick, this guy is. We've got a 75 point defense.

Or you're going to go, ooh, missed on that. Yeah, and I get it. If Ryan were here, we'd get into the, he should, I don't care what the rules are.

I just, would it be a better situation in the HL? Would he be taking as many hits? I don't think the H.L's the answer. I think he effed up by signing an NHL contract. He should have went to fucking school.

God, I'm swearing. I'm swearing. He should have went to school this year. It would have been a great spot for him. He would have had a small number of games. he would have been playing it's bigger, stronger, tougher

opponents that at the time off he could have spent it in the gym working on his physique like Ryan has he saw him down there taking his shirt off and it

but he signed the contract then he couldn't go I don't think because the HL's a grind right like yeah you're not they aren't spending days in the gym yeah it's yeah

I travel. I get why going back to Saginaw wouldn't have been good. That's fine. You want to move up level? Absolutely. But I don't think jumping to the age was a necessity. Again, whatever. But for that guy specifically, NCAA hockey would have been perfect.

Yeah, whatever the path would have been. It's tough to learn. You're still learning. You're 19 at the highest level. And I mean, it's easy for me. me to sit here and be cheeky and say, oh, was your body checking? But he's not close to a finished product. And the skill is absolutely there.

But you watch that game the other night, it was turnovers and spit in the puck, but he can, I'm going to, he can get back and kind of cover his ass and this sort of thing. He's, he's going to be what he's going to be. He's not going to be a sound defensive product. You're going to have warts in your own end to put up with what he accomplishes with the puck on the offensive side. That's fine. Even last night, he almost scored.

He took the pocket inlessly shot over the net. But he was smart enough to shoot it. It's hard to describe without the clip. But I think it was in overtime. Did you have a shot in overtime? It was in the second period because he was shooting towards the Zamboni. It was one of those periods where they were shooting towards the Zamboony. And he shot it underneath the guy's stick to the left-hand top corner

tried to hit it like it was a hell of a play we saw it at the world juniors where he had a couple of those goals that went in either he's kind of walking the line and gets the shot or he's got that shot does seem like when it when everything starts to click he's going to be dangerous in that way it's a team that needs offense and he's offensive help and he's going to provide it on the back end he'll be a power the power play guy for a long time but i i still come back to it i just worry about the he'll figure it out he's taken whatever just yeah that was that was kind of like quarterback in the pocket blindside type of the thing he was so focused on the puck he didn't even see the guy coming at him but he'll get better my concern is who do you play with him and i'm not and the reason i bring it up is because of the more he's played the more i've watched the more i'm like i wouldn't want to play with that guy because i don't know what the yeah where's he go like it's one of those where you're guys coming down on a three on two okay my partner's got this uh you two you two you two you two you two you two you two you two you two turn. He'd be like, what the

where'd you go? I think it'd be very difficult to play with. I wonder if it's one of those things they look, they've got defensemen and bodies and all that. Do you look for, because this is, obviously this is an important part of your franchise. Is there someone in free agency that

a defender, a veteran guy, that, I'm sure they'd think about it. Like Crash Davis with New Leloush. Like you're coming here. Tail end of your career, but you're the type of guy who's going to be able to... I don't think, and the reason I bring it, I know what you're saying, and they probably do consider it, but it's such a,

when there's no rhyme or reason, and I'm not taking a shot at the kid, he's doing things that clearly not everyone can do. But to play with that, when he's just doing shit where it's like, who literally are going, I don't know, why are you over there? why have you abandoned and that will be the frustrating part as the coaching staff because you're probably saying we're not trying to go like this and rein you in completely but we have to be able to play with you on the ice and we don't understand it's not okay to you can't be in on the forecheck if the puck's going the other way right like and there are times where he just stays in the offensive zone down low okay that's your instinct. things kicking in and that's what helps you produce the numbers you produce. But it puts the rest of us in a real eff and pickle because we can't read off of that.

And not just your D partner. It's the forward. The whole thing. Shit, I got to cover your ass now. Yes. I'm spending more. I can. I don't know how you'd manage it.

And I think that would be the most difficult thing from a coaching perspective. And as a teammate perspective is, yes, we love what you do. but I don't know when and where you're going. Does that not seem like, though, somewhat of an easy fix as a player, matured. It's not an easy fix because, no,

because they don't, and I kind of cut you off there, but the reason I still think it's an easy, because he doesn't want to change. And his instincts aren't hockey 101. You know what I mean? His instincts are, you said he gets so focused on the puck.

His instincts are, going, well, if you give me that puck over there, I'm wide open except no one else has played that style hockey where it's like, well, I didn't think that you would be up there because you're the defenseman and usually you're a zone back that way. Yeah, to this point in his life, he's been one of the best players on the ice. A lot of nights by far and away the best player and he could just skate himself to do anything he wants.

Yeah. So, I mean, I just wonder, do you, not to say he's not coachable, but it's not going to He's not coachable. It's a shift. And then can you, can you start to figure that out? But we'll, they're, they're kind of all in here with, with him. They're going to have to make it work because the skill level is there. Skill level is there.