Bussin' With The Boys - Best of the Bus: Roman Josi Joins The Boys

Episode Date: April 18, 2026

With the Stanley Cup Playoffs starting today, no better way to start the day than with the captain of the Nashville Predators. Roman gets into his journey to the NHL and what it is like playing in the Olympics. This episode is a blast from the past, enjoy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Well, our guest today is the very handsome, the very talented, two-time All-Star, Olympic. Did you go? The medalist? No. No. No. Well, I hate to say that in the podcast. But here we are. Went to the Olympics, played in the NHL finals, and is the captain of the Nashville Predators, our boy, Roman Yose. Right of applause for the boy right now. Just a round of applause. Absolutely happy to have the boy. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Very excited today, little puppies. As always, I'm joined by my boy, Willie C. The Wolf, Will Compton.

The boy. How do you feel today, my baby? I feel great, man. I'm excited about, I'm excited about interviewing our boy, Roe. Excited to be here. Yeah. It's going to be an exciting day. It's an exciting day.

We've got all our puppies. Now that we're getting our dental figured out, and we're laying out that hay, like we promise we lay out the hay, so the puppies can lay down and get comfy. We got them a nice 35-inch plasma screen TV because puppies don't need big screens. They have beautiful, beautiful blue eyes,

and they can see perfectly. All right, and they're watching us right now, They're loving it. And if you're not watching us and it's ripping through your cerebellum walking down that highway, you get to listen to the puppies. And you might think to yourself, oh, Daddy, he's sending a little sick right now. What's wrong, Dad? Well, yeah, I got some of that throat stuff going on right now. But guess what?

A grinder gets up and he goes to work. All right? I get up and I grind for the boys. And when my guy, Roman Yosey comes on, I'm thinking, I can't miss this. I can't miss another opportunity for our foundation to grow and be best friends because we have each other's number. Roman and Will they don't have each other's number. All right? And is that ever going to get worked out?

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and we're going and we're going we'll let you guys listen busing w tb get some merch but do it after you listen all right or just pause us now and welcome back now i enjoy the show my babies what a great weekend and plus you we walked in and fucking kid rocks there and everyone like like literally the owner of the bar you know Steve right yeah I've met him before Steve's like texting me like hey kid rocks coming in blah blah blah blah make sure everyone's cool

so I'm like hey will be cool which which we'll talk about how inappropriate you were and a bunch of other people were there so I was like all right everyone just fucking relax when he gets here so fucking Bob walks in

yeah you're gonna dude that's gonna give you the jitters seriously yeah but anyway Bob walks in and he literally goes starts going through everybody's like hey Bob Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. And within three minutes, Will goes, all I'm thinking about is Joe Dirtlines.

Like, loud as fuck. So everybody could be here. I was just like, God damn it. Steve. That's just a stupid joke. It was a dumb joke. My bad. My bad.

Anyway, we get, we get, uh, we get Zach in there. And Zach's like, he like, he like, well, remember, hey, we didn't tell Zach. Oh, we didn't tell him. He said, his real name is Bob. We said, hey, we got a potential podcast guest that we've been trying to get on but we're not going to tell you who it is. And he got there, remember Zach? Zach, yeah, Zach's, Bob's like, hey, I was going, Bobby goes,

kid rock. And then Will goes, God damn it, Zach, like, be cool. Be cool. There's a mic in front of your face. Like, I was not expecting it. Like, I was just star-stunned. Like, that's who it was because I just thought it was, whatever it's called.

I just thought it was going to be, like, another football player, like, no offense, but. Okay. Jesus. Okay. And I'm shaking all your buddy's hands. And then I just get to this guy wearing the trucker hat, Bob Sear T-shirt and cowboy boots and starch jeans.

And I look up and I'm like, it's Kid Rock. And Will is like, Zach. Damn it. Zach, be cool, man, be cool. No, it is. I mean, it is like, I just think in my mind, like, if me personally, if I'm Bobby or if I'm Kid Rock, he's way too old to be Bobby now.

I didn't even know his name was Bob. Yeah, well, me neither. I'm like ready for him to be like, yo, what's up, man? I'm Kid Rock. Like, just be fucking Kid Rock for him. He's got a line in one of his albums, Devil Without a Cause.

He's like talking about, you too old a kid, too soft to rock. And I saw him like, yo, he's both those right now. Yeah. But he's still Kid Rock. He's a fucking badass still.

Yeah. Dude, Kid Rock's the fucking man. We're like thinking this stuff in our mind. What's up, man? I'm Will.

Will, what's up, man, Bobby. He's thinking like, holy shit. Your name's not Bobby, dude. Yeah, you're not Bobby.

Did he introduce himself as Bobby to you or Bob? Yeah, Bobby. Bobby? Oh, hello, Robert. He introduced himself to me as Bob. What's his last name? Rock? Yo, what is his last name?

Look that up, Zach. Yeah, he's already on it. Dude, I remember I grew up on a ranch in Cave Creek, Arizona, like a 13-acre, like, horse ranch. And I remember, like, I won this, like, stereo out of a raffle. and the first CD I had was Devil Without a Cause by Kid Rock dude And I popped that thing in there

I'd be in my room Just so anti-everything But Kid Rock at that moment Just like just I will not succumb to the man Type of act I was such a skid dude In the nighttime you're searching The Pamela Anderson videos

No I had never seen I never even We didn't really have internet We had there was like a there was an office At the front of the ranch We had an office at the front of the ranch And there was one computer And it was my mom's work computer

and we didn't have internet we didn't have internet in the and the house so when I figured out this friend named Waylon and I figured out what porn was he showed me he was that friend

had my first chew with him you know what I'm saying all that shit did a couple of things whatever and he was like a super bad influence kid and I get to I figure out what porn is

and I'm like I'm walking past the office one day and I'm like yo is that a computer and I'm in there dude I swear to God I was in there for four days straight, 12 hours every five, all day. And my mom would come in and be like, what are you doing? Just like hitting the minimize button as fast as possible. Like lower the volume.

Like, nothing, mom. And that's back on pop-ups were relevant. No, pop-ups were everywhere. And the most disgusting pop-up. I just didn't know, dude. It'd be like a girl and a snake all of a sudden. Like, you know, what? I'm just looking for the regular stuff.

Yeah, yeah. I'm 12, 13. I want to see missionary, dude. I want to see missionary. I want to see missionary. I want to see her on bottom and me on top I want to see those kinds of things But then a snakes get popped up

I'm like yeah yeah yeah yeah The animal thing was that about Long story short you took four days That computer dead Couldn't my mom went up there And like went to look at emails one day Thing wouldn't even fucking start dude That thing put a gun to its own head

And shot itself It was so done Roman you got any good ones And uh What's the first time you watched porn Roman What's a good porno story from Sweden yeah um I don't know probably same age to be honest yeah same time how old is that how old are you saying uh I was about 12 or 13 years old that sounds about yeah sounds about right

yeah sounds about right too dude I remember did your parents give you to talk about it like did you know no never same still haven't they never talked to you about it dude so my dad here's what happened with me my dad got like pissed off and because you know pop-ups were happening you know you're like young you don't you don't you don't think that they know but they know and he's like well let me talk to you outside for a minute I have no idea like what he's about to say I'm like all right

hey dad what's up he's like what is tits and askalore.com no he did not say that I swear to God immediately I'm thinking of the buddy you were talking about I'm thinking of my friend I'm like a son of a bitch got me god

dude um Trim Montgomery he was on the computer earlier and I was telling him to get off of it because I didn't you know why it I didn't why it's your boy out Yeah, yeah. You sold him out? Yeah, he was never allowed to come to my house again.

What a terrible friend. Roman, you see that? Don't fucking, don't ever be boys of will. When fear is happening, yes. He's under the bus. He was like, he wasn't like that good of a friend anymore. But anyway, throw him under the bus. And he's like, if I ever catch you on a porn site again, I will box your jaws.

Your dad said that? That was my talk. So me, I was just a kid that, you know, you stayed at your buddies. I was like, hey, man, you got Cinemax, you got HBO. So you haven't watched porn since? No, no, I did all the time. You guys got it. Look at his phone right now.

This history is crazy, dude. Oh, man. That was my story. I got so many getting caught watching porn videos. Would you always have it on the previous channel? Like, you have it on ESPN and showtime? That's the oldest trick in the book, dude. Oldest trick in the book.

I remember, ah, fuck it, dude. It's our podcast. I say what I want. The first time I, like, jerked off. Like, dude, but everyone, you guys all remember the first time you guys jerked off. Oh, yeah, my left leg went shaking. Okay, don't even. Hold.

So, dude. about 13 like so like by the way the story I just told like didn't jerk off once I'm just staring at it dude like literally 12 hours of my day I'm just watching porn like I'm not even I'm like yeah it seems like something's going on down there but oh yeah oh my god like so sexually frustrated dude running around like punching other kids whatever so I figure out dude I'm on the bus I go to desert canyon middle school and I go on this bus and these seventh these eighth graders I'm in seventh grade these eighth graders are talking about jerking off and I'm like in my head like I've literally Googled like how do you make yourself do it because I think to

myself I'm thinking at this age I'm like oh it only works if a guy and a girl does it for you like that's the only way it happens that's how babies are made right so I'm like I'm like lost and I hear these kids talking about yeah jerked off last night yeah they're talking about all that stuff and I'm like yeah yeah oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah I'm yeah I'm gonna I'm sitting like two rows in front I'm like yo my mind is blown dude I'm like my my mind is blown dude I'm like my my is blowing up. I'm like, holy shit. You can do it yourself. You can do it yourself.

So I rip over to the house as fast as I can, dude. I get home, parents aren't home, and I start to watch them porn, but I'm like, ah, dude, I don't want to get caught. So I like wait to my, I wait, my mom comes home 50 minutes. And I was like, dude, you're on top of it. You knew she was coming home. Yeah. So I'll wait until she goes to sleep. I'm in the living room. Do we have one computer in the living room? In the living room now.

and moved. And I'm watching, do you remember lime wire or frost wire? Yeah. Just like HIV and AIDS for all computers everywhere. And I was downloading some shit. I don't even know what I was looking at, dude.

But I'm kind of like, just tugging at it. I'm not really doing nothing. I don't really know what's going on, dude. And all of a sudden, like I'm sitting there. And I'm like watching it. I'm like, all right, go. And my leg starts like going, like shaking like this.

I'm like, yo, what is? What is happening? And I just made a mess, dude. Made an absolute mess. Keyboard was never the same. Hey, that's so funny. Dude, that was a first time, dude. Been chasing that high ever since, dude.

I've been chasing that high, dude. Out there, like, God, I gotta get back on that. How'd I get back on that train? How'd I get back on the train where you could do it multiple times? Every once in a while, every once in a while you get one back, you're like, that was kind of like it. That was like an eight at ten, dude. You're just like, you're stuck. about it you're distraught about the first time it happens you're like what yeah what did I

just do I gotta clean this up now dude I have some funny stories man we can do it we can rattle that off on other five I want to hear you I want to hear your story go ahead we got we got Rome we got we got Roman I know I know we got to hear it um but Rome hey you better think of yours too because we're coming to you next you got you got you got to think of years got to have something so I uh he's kind of the same situation fuck you what I get I got into, dude. Is coach going to get pissed? I'm sitting there figuring out, okay, my buddies told me this is how I do it.

So I'm going to have a little. Your buddies? Yeah, my buddies. Yeah, my buddies. Sure. So I'm sitting in the bathroom, run the shower, obviously, taking a shower. Yeah. Get out the lotion, make a little scene about it.

Start, you know, going to work. Boy starts going to work pretty quick. And obviously, you know, it doesn't, it doesn't last long for a young. youthful dude. Yeah, or 27 years old and something like that. But keep going. Dude, my leg,

like yours did, my left leg starts like twitching and it starts like leaning up like on the counter and it's just like, oh! And it just goes everywhere. Fast word the next night

can't wait to do it again. I already start taking a shower. I'm like, I'm going to do this in the shower. That's why I had to learn the hard way about shampoo. So I'm like, oh, what can I use in the shower? Because the lotion,

it was falling off way too quick. I'm like, it ain't working. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I can think, come, think, oh, it's shampoo. So I start going to work with shampoo. Well, this one's hilarious because I didn't go to the second time. Calls a shot, this one's hilarious.

I thought I was about to. Oh, no. Hey, and then I just started pissing. What? What? What? What? Hey.

Oh, my God. That wasn't it. That wasn't it. That wasn't it. That was that. Quick try. Then as I started going, that's when I started burning. the shampoo and that's why

that's when you knew soap was just off limits after that point. I used to do some weird shit though back in my day man like yeah I feel like when you're that young of an age you'll try anything. You're just an animal yeah oh dude dude no question you'll go dude and you'll just look at stuff I remember being like eight and looking

at a shoe box and the little hole in the shoe box being like I could that could be something like I'm like in my head like that could be something like I don't know or just a pillow laying there helplessly like A pillow? Or stuffed animal, like, oh, you're in for a knife. You have no idea what's about happening to you, dude.

I'm tear it up, man. Oh, dude. So, Roe. Who you got taking this thing? Game 7. Now, obviously, by the time this releases, it's going to be over. Like, the same-tips are going to be decided. What's game?

Oh, shit. Game 7 tomorrow. I think Boston, honestly. Yeah. I think Boston's going to win. They just have so much experience. with game sevens and a bunch of guys who've been there how much strategy is involved in like how much strategy plays into hockey because we're talking about one game and a seven game series like dude if we if we

played seven game series there would be so much frustration by the seven games because it's such a strategic game and football like game preparation everything on like being on your P's and Q's like I don't know what you guys look at but I know from defensive perspective like it's all like what formations are coming out of what but personnel's, what are their tendencies in this formation, yada, yada, yada, to where you can kind of narrow some stuff down. And by game seven, it's just like, how many fucking trick plays are they going to have or just tendency breakers that they're going to have now?

So what is that with hockey? It's a lot different in hockey. It's a lot more instincts. There's obviously some strategy. There's systems and stuff, and you try to adjust your other team. But honestly, like, once you're out there, you're just playing. Like, you know the system because you play it all year. And then once you're out there, it's all instincts.

Like, you're just trying to read the game and trying to read a game. and trying to read and react. And, like, just talking to a bunch of you guys. Like, our meetings are so short to compare to you guys. Yeah. Yeah, we have a meeting. Like, we have a, yeah. Oh, yeah.

Yeah, we don't, we have, like, on game days, we have maybe half an hour meeting. And that's about it. Like, we meet about the other team, and it's pretty much half an hour, not even sometimes. And then you're just sharpen your skills, you're like, your skills up. Yeah, I got to work on this. I work on that. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, that's crazy. I can't imagine playing as many games. How many, will you play 86? 82. 82. Yeah. How much times in between each game? Two days normally.

And you guys just have like a 30 minute meeting? Yeah. Well, we have like, we have meetings on practice days and we just go over the game for like 20 minutes. Go over the game you just play. Yeah. That's got to be so much more fun than like football. Like football, you're like, okay, boys, like Monday meeting. Okay, we played awesome or we played shitty.

You know, we had to work on this. Tuesday's off. Wednesday practice, Thursday practice, Friday practice, Saturday, walk through. And you guys are there from what? Oh, dude. We're eight to five. Yeah. Every day.

Yeah. And it's like, for us, it's really like seven, seven to five. Yeah. And like there's so much taking care of your body because you're banging all time. Yeah. Like, we got a hit. I mean, fuck, but you guys hit all the time too. We do.

How's your body feeling like April, May? How's that feeling? Honestly, it just depends on the games. It's, uh, it's not, playoffs is, playoffs is tough. Like, you get beat up in playoffs. But during the year, it's, it's, I mean, there's guys who play a different way, too. There's guys who hit all the time. I'm

Here's your first train. Here's your first train. This should be an honor. Like every bust one with the boys' podcasts, there's always a train. Always a train that goes by. We just fight through adversity around here. But I'm sorry to interrupt you.

Go ahead. You're good. But yeah, there's just, I mean, like I said, like on a practice, we barely practice anymore. We just play games. And then the next day we might practice, but we practice for half an hour with the ring

for two and a half hours, max. And then you get to go home and relax. So it's a lot of games and not a lot of practice. So your days aren't very full. No, we get to rank maybe like 10 the day after a game and practice at 12. Get out of there by one. Dude, Jesus. That would be fun too because like he said instinct like you're about to kill myself right now, dude. Because for us, it's like a different Wednesdays, the focus is like first and second down. Thursdays is what third down? Third down. Friday's red zone. Fridays is red zone in some two minute.

Saturday's like you put it all together through walkthroughs and stuff like that. You've your first top 10 plays or whatever. Yeah. Your top 10 calls. Well, it's impressive. How many plays you guys have to know? It's crazy. Dude, it is, but like you can do like, it's just like any, studying anything.

Like word association. Like these, these plays are all grouped together in a certain way. Like, these are all outside zones. A couple of nuances here, the inside zones. Okay. These are the unique pinpole schemes or the, like, the taxis and everything like that. Yeah. That's the stuff that's crazy.

But do you guys like have like defenses? Obviously you do, like power players. You have the guy chilling down there. We got systems. And our systems are all like, there's five guys on the ice. So there's the system is like for the five guys. Like we don't have like a defense and an offense. Obviously the defense plays a little different than the offensive players.

But our system is all team-based. Make sure no puck's get behind you. Our system is all team-based. So it's like whatever we do, like playing defense, our forwards have to play defense too. They can't just play offense. Once we get the puck to play offense. If the other team has to pocket, everybody plays defense. Yeah.

So it's not just a D-Men that play defense. What was your process like getting to the league? Like my brother, my brother played juniors. He got drafted by Corpus Christi. It was like playing for Metro, Moose, and a bunch of stuff like that. And then my brother-in-law, he played juniors, played for like the Colonna Rockets. Oh, he did?

Yeah. He played for the Colonna Rockets, which shape. Weber, he also played for them too, right? So I kind of get it. I've been around football. I'm not football hockey my whole life. My dad's for me, Dinnamids. and so I played hockey as a mite was eight

was a stud dude I could dangle I was the most coordinated eight year old how's that sound and then we went to peewee or whatever it is and I got we went to like do a travel team I got checked I got hit you I got de-iced or de-skated or whatever I was out of there I quit I never played again because I got hit because I got hit I'm not getting it every five seconds

now I get hit it's awful I quit dude I quit football when I was younger too for the same reason. Oh, really? I got tackled. I was like I'm out of here. Done. You don't like getting hit?

I love it now. I don't mind it now. I know. I think it's all relative. Yeah. I think I like hitting someone way more than getting hit. Oh, of course. That is not fun.

But yeah, dude, when I was younger, I was a little bitch. I would, like, I got hit. I was like, fuck this, dude. I'm out of here. I don't want, no one nothing to do with this. So I quit off. Well, hockey's different, though. Hockey, you can like kind of, you guys.

You guys take some hits, dude. Yeah, you do. but there's a couple of big hits once in a while but there's also games where you're like depending on the situation like you have to hit one a guy like every play like we don't have to do that like there's some place where you have to hit a guy or you get hit

but it's not as often so your process growing up yeah so I played in Switzerland my whole life I grew up in Bern Switzerland not Sweden yep excuse me made that mistake before the podcast never do that again but yeah I grew up there and played from

my hometown team pretty much my whole life and um uh played there till i was 16 and then i turned pro in switzerland played for my hometown team again at 16 years old you turned pro well 17 was my first season yeah Jesus that's it happens young like if you're not in hockey young like it's yeah but it's different over here it's like like you said like they play juniors over here and then you get drafted then you make the nchel or go to the ahl but so when when you said it's different over here you got juniors and then they get drafted what age are they getting drafted to the NHL, 18. Yeah, high school.

And you're pro at like 16, 17, 17 over. 17, yeah. But then I got drafted when I was 18, too. And then once you drafted, you can play in the NHL. But I played two more years after that in Switzerland, and then I came over. After getting drafted, you played two more years in Switzerland? How did that work? How does that work?

It's similar to like, like, go ahead. No, well, the leagues are good over there. Like the European leagues, the hockey leagues are pretty good. I don't know if Austin Matthews played in, he was the first overall. pick he played in Switzerland the year before he got drafted because it's a really good league it's fast and and you're playing against men so it's uh they're all strong and it's a it's a really good league so for me i i was going to make it right to the nchel so i decided to to play there one i think it was one more year or two more years and and just try to work on my game get better get stronger and then

then i came over but i mean some guys make it right to the nchel but it's probably similar in football like it's only the real talent guys that make it right away like it takes yeah takes takes time The difference between hockey and football is hockey you get drafted at a high school or when you're 18, 17, 18 years old. And then you have the choice. You can go to the league, right, and then try to make a team or go down to their minor league teams. Or you can go to college and play. And if you go to college, you can only play one year. And then you can go play NHL.

And football, you have to be three years removed from high school. So I, whatever, I was 17 when I graduated high school. So when I was 20, I was eligible to play football. but like the dudes in the states because like in Canada like you just play where you're from right and you just do your thing in Europe like you do this like you play

where you're from and then you go pro there and then you do the process you just said like in the states like I know some kids that are from Arizona that like 14 15 years old had to go move to like Michigan or Minnesota because I think the the USA team plays in Michigan in Ann Arbor actually

so which is with the school I went to and so you're living with a billet family and you're like you live a different family at 14, 15 years old. And, like, your boys are your hockey guys, and that's it. Then you go play college. Yeah. And then at any time in college, you can just dip.

Yeah, and, like, NHL sounds like you can have more development, more of a developmental stage. Because in the NFL, like, if you're not ready to go, once you're ready, once you enter the draft, like, you're not going to. There's only going to be very few guys who are on a practice squad. Like, I couldn't have been drafted by somebody and then played somewhere else for a year so they can kind of, I don't know, did they get better? Did that team help you?

Like when they drafted you, they knew you were going to play in Switzerland for another year or two. They did. They wanted you to develop more and work on certain aspects of your game. And then I came over and I played in Milwaukee for a year in the H.L. So for me, it was like that's, in hockey, it's pretty nice because you can, like, you can play, if you don't make it in the NFL, you can play in Europe. And it's a pretty good league or you can play in the HL. And the HL is good, too. Like, it was great for me because I came over from Switzerland.

And the game is a lot different over there because it's a bigger ice rink and stuff. So there's so many things I had to learn and just get stronger and get used to the North American game. And for me, playing Milwaukee for one year was huge. That's a wild game. And so from Milwaukee you went to the Predators. Yeah. And you've been here the whole time. Yeah.

How has that been? Like when your first year, what was that like? It was awesome. Well, when I got drafted, I got drafted by Nashville. I was like, where is Nashville? I never heard of it. Like never. So, yeah.

And then I came. my first year here was it was unreal like to be honest like everybody thinks hockey is only growing the last couple of years because we made it to the finalist but even even my first year here playing at bridgestone was was unbelievable like it was loud it was wild the fans fans are unreal and obviously with making it to the finals we got the whole city kind of came behind us but but even before it was awesome yeah you guys are studs dude the way you guys like i don't know you guys got this energy about you like well the first off all the fans are crazy. Like they're, they're unbelievable.

They're all about it. It's so cool how everyone's so close. And like, if you go and talk to somebody from Nashville, they have no idea what hockey even, like, you know what I'm saying? But they've educated themselves. And they know like, hey, well, if the puck goes past the blue line, then everyone's going to go back. Yeah. And they've got to show for a second. Then they've got to go back it. You know what I'm saying? And it's just like, it's wild. And like growing up watching hockey, like that was a sport to me. Like, that was my favorite sport to watch. And to come and watch you guys and kind of get to know you guys a little bit. That's been the coolest thing.

My dad and my brother are like, oh, you know, Roman Yose? It's like, yeah, we're actually boys. Got his phone number right here? Got his phone number right here, dude. Yeah, oh, am I going to his wedding? I can't make it. I must have got lost in the mail. I took my AOL account.

See, me, I was like, I'm like the guys you explain. Like, I didn't, most I know about hockey is like playing it on the video game and just kind of learning and bandwagon rooting for freaking Alex Ovechkin being up in D.C. So, dude, being in hockey games, it's my favorite sport to watch live. I mean, the energy is, like, it's fast-paced, like, dude, you get. But Bridgetstone is another level, too. Like.

Bridgestone? Yeah. It's like. It's unreal. Like, have you played in Washington? Yeah. And Bridgetown's better? I think so.

Okay. Washington is good, too, but Bridgeton is just, it's a different atmosphere. Like, it's like a college game, like death chance and everything. That doesn't happen. Awesome, man. I haven't been to one yet in Bridgeton. Oh, you haven't? No, I haven't been one.

I haven't slept the catfish. I haven't watched the boy role play. You haven't wanted a catfish? Slap the catfish. Ain't that what you do? You slap him. You slap them. You chug from the catfish.

What you're talking about? Go fish to the catfish with Termironic one time? Dude, that was the coolest thing ever. Well, no, we had an already dead one in there. Oh, really? Yeah, and that pond where we were out outside of the Titans facility, the whole facility used to be a dump. There's, like, trash.

And they turned into a pond. And I guess there's like a rumor like they paid an offensive line in like 15K to swim across the pond and it ain't no like basic swim. Yeah. Like you got to know your shit a little bit to get across that thing. And the guy swim across it and he was like dead. Like he was like so sick for weeks because that water is so contaminated. Really? And so like they're like, hey, they want you.

Because we just did the catfish thing with the I think it was the first time. We only did it once. It was before, like, we chugged it off the catfish or whatever. And they, like, they're like, hey, NHL's coming for the finals. They want to do a thing with you and Ronick. And I'm like, Jeremy Roanick? You mean the guy who played for the coyotes? It was like, I mean, he played for the flyers?

Phil. Flyers, right? For a little bit. For a little bit. San Jose, I think. Yeah, and he's like a legend. He is, yeah. Yeah.

And so I was like, yeah, I was fired up about it. But this dude who started like, he gets into it. And we were out at the pond. and I'm like, hey, you should just know that that's some dirty water. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And he was like, I appreciate that. And the guy's like, all right, here's what we're going to do. You're going to get in the water.

And they said action. And Ronik dives into the water, dude, like, mouths the water and like spits it up in the air. And I'm like, this man is going to die, dude. He's going to be responsible. Get him out of there. And, dude, it was fun, dude. He gets into it. He's a fun time for sure.

He's awesome. Yeah, he definitely gets after it, dude. I, um, do you know a guy named Bob? corkrum. He was like a fourth line guy for the for the coyotes forever but like when I was really young his kid his family lived in our neighborhood and we'd play like roller hockey every single day together after after school. It was the best. It's like one of my own of my own of a lot of coyotes games. Dude I went to a couple went to a couple coyotes games went to roadrunners games like we had a lot of fun out there but I never like really invested into hockey until I got to

Nashville. And when I got to Nashville I mean we did the catfish thing and that was awesome. Like I remember And that was during the playoffs? Was it the first time? I think that was in the finalist wasn't it? No, I think the finals was the, that was the luge thing we did.

Do you guys watch that stuff? Oh yeah. Do you really? You guys get fired out. We do get fired up. The old line and the big dudes up there just fucking pounding beer. Oh yeah. We love that.

Dude, I had a lot. No, we see that for sure. Do you guys really? Dude, because I was saying my head, I'm like, you know, you got to get these boys. Like in my, you know, you got to pump yourself up. Yeah, give yourself a reason.

I was so fired up to pump you dudes up and we're like I remember sitting back there and it's all the boys and they're like wives or girlfriends and really it was like a oh we want marcus to be there but marcus is not the most outgoing guy in the world so we'll bring the office line and like as soon as I knew we were in it I like caught a catfish well I bought a catfish and we go through security and I'm like all right boys like what do you guys want to do and they're like well maybe we should just wave towels like everybody else let's go predators like we're not going to do that like why be basic a F like let's get this thing going

It's like, we're chuggy. I'm going to hold this thing up. We're going to slap the 24 ounces and we're going to put those things down, dude, as fast as we can. And they were kind of iffy about it. And then they bought in, dude, and it just totally took off. It was unreal. It became a thing after.

Yeah, it kind of did, huh? Remember we came to your game? Dude, I was going to bring that up. And they all brought catfish up. Dude, you guys, well, I remember, it was right before you were announced captain, right? Yeah, that was the next season right after. Because, yeah, what, fish and Weber were gone? Yeah, right? Or maybe Fish was still there.

Fish was captain before and then he left. And so I remember like you guys came out and I was kind of watching y'all and you like put the sword down. And in my head I'm like, yo, that dude, he's going to be captain. Like he's going to for sure be captain. You guys already knew, didn't you? No. You didn't know, no. You lying, son of a bitch.

I swear, we didn't know. But I remember like, was it like halftime or something like that? It wasn't half time. No, it was before the game. It was before you guys were up in the, up in the suite. Oh, no, yeah, it was like during the game, I think. Yeah, because all brought catfish up and we were all like. we were so fired up too

did they did they just play it on the screen dude they put it on the screen and they were all like holding the catfish up and the boys were you hype and I'm like I'm gonna fucking run through a wall for these boys that's what I'm gonna do it for the boys right here that's what I'm saying I was so fired up that's what it is though how like how sick is if we see like we see you guys yeah in our suite

like just that's what I'm saying the boys up and we come to your game like it's the best like when you see our athletes there and like you appreciate like boys coming out and support you Dude. Because you're like, oh, did you see that? I'm just thinking, bro, if we were sitting on the, I guess you guys already did it, but if we were sitting on the bench and look up and the freaking hockey teams,

they're pounding beer like, Ty, yeah, you're just, let's fucking go. No doubt, no doubt. And then we did it again. Yeah, dude, I got me so fired up. I was so stoked you guys did it because in my head I'm like, you know, the boys, like, we got a little thing going. That's pretty cool. I know.

And so we did it, like, for the finals year, we did the catfish alluge thing. And like we, like, they put the beers on top. and I'm like drowning. Literally that catfish was like, I didn't drink one ounce of that beer, dude. I was just like trying to breathe the whole time. And finally I get the catfish, I'm like holding it up.

And I'm so fired up, but I'm also like trying to catch my breath. And I see their goalie, and I just give them the bird, dude. I give them that bird so hard. And I came off and one of our PR guys texts me and goes, little too much.

And I was like, oh, dude, the GM gave us a talk. Oh, really? Brable gave us a talk to him. They were like, hey, maybe just tone it down a little bit. A little too much W.W.E. or whatever. Yeah. And I was like, I don't know, man.

I kind of love you. That's awesome, dude. But there's a big difference in, like, hockey etiquette and football etiquette. I feel like for you guys to be able to fight and come off, go to the other box, get out. Like, that's got to be like, you got to have some self-control to not just go back at that dude and fight him again. And football, like, I don't know if it's where, like, a lot of dudes. and football, like we, like, everybody came from a different part.

You know what I'm saying? I feel like hockey, I don't know. It's just a different situation. You know what I'm trying to say? Yeah, but, well, the fights are kind of like, the fights are more part of the game than aggression. Sometimes they're aggression. Like sometimes you,

I guess like the guys who actually fight a lot, it's kind of part of the game. They're trying to get the momentum for the team or the boys. Yeah. Yeah. They try to get the momentum like you're down. Like you're fighting someone. You win the fight.

It's like three, two. You need something. everybody gets fired up and but but there's definitely fights from aggression like there's some some players who don't fight a lot sometimes i get into it with a guy and and you fight but that's i mean that's what's good about hockey like you can settle it right there yeah it's it's one against one it's all like it's it's not like both both guys have like a fair event like the same the same rules and stuff so they square them up and they're all yeah and then it's done like you go to box and yeah it's like it's pretty much settled power play stuff like that yeah uh how is that

coached. Like, how is that in the room coached? Because, like, when we're coached, like, not fight, not that guys want to square up and fight. Yes, we do. Yeah, but you know what I mean. Like, when your guys are shoving up to the play and basically you can get a penalty, we go through situations where, you know, he's basically, you'll walk away. Like, you're not going to fucking do anything here besides make it worse.

Like, how is that coach, how was fighting coach and implemented in, like, a strategy or in your guys's locker room? Well, it depends. Like, you normally know the guys who are fighting know when a good time is to fight. And it's always like, if you have a tough guy on your team, he's fighting another tough guy. Like, he's not going to go after some guy who never fights. Yeah. So he's going after the other tough guy. And they pretty much know when a good time is to fight.

And it depends on big games. Though, playoffs, there's not as many fights because you don't want to take a penalty just for a fight. Right. And then you're on the boxplay. So, but, yeah. Are you a fighter? No, I got one fight. He's two skilled.

Two skilled to fight, too skilled to fight. I got one fight. You got to keep him sharp, man. Gotta keep him sharp. Who's the tough? I hate that. I don't know this. Who's the tough guy on the Predators?

Who's the one who fights? Well, I would say Austin Watson. Cody McLeodd last year. Austin Watson. Brian McGratton, man. That guy was legendary. Brian McGratt, he used to be like really, really tough. Yeah, is there conversations on the bench like, hey, man, we might need you to whoop somebody's ass to get this thing going.

Like, is that, does that shit ever happen? Dude, if you guys have an opening, I would absolutely love. Love. All you come in for is fighting like Happy Gilmore. Well, have you ever seen the documentary Ice Guardians? No. Have you seen it?

No. It's unbelievable. It's about hockey like enforcers and how like literally they be sitting there. And like their only role like is the fight. And then once once you get to the playoffs or games that matter, you're an H.S. Yeah. You're healthy scratch. That doesn't happen.

There's, there's not many guys like that anymore. No, it's not like that. Now everybody has to play. Like everybody, um, there's a lot of like tough guys. Like, yeah, probably in that documentary. those guys were like tough.

I know for the cats, Tom Wilson fights a lot. Yeah, he's tough too. Yeah, he swings. He's a really good player too. Yeah, is there ever like, you know, I shouldn't fuck with him. Because when you're at the games and in between whistles, that's when guys are kind of trying to alf each other a little bit. Yeah, but it's almost like you guys know who's tough and who's not.

So it's like if I go up to a tough guy and go like, hey, he's going to know, like, okay, like you're not going to fight me. Or like a tough guy picks on you Not saying you're not tough But the tough guy of the team Would be like hey hey Like you know don't be a bitch Like you want to fight somebody fight me

How did your fight go? How did your first fight go? It was okay actually Did you win? He said it was okay Yeah I don't know It was more like

A wrestling match than a fight I didn't get any punches in But he didn't either so Did you win the take down? Did you win the takedown? Yeah Oh there is That's all you mean

And you were never a big fighter Like do you get after it Then Jim or anything like that? what fighting in the gym no I'm saying like you know you gotta get in the gym a little bit yeah if you want to fight no but I was always I'm I was always kind of weak a little bit

you know I was I was never a strong never strong guy so I just never and growing up in Europe fighting is not like it's more in North America than it is in Europe oh there is fucking Americans this is you this is you fighting this is your fight let's see dude let's see Yose throw some

bows here he's back there is it gonna go back back? Yeah. Okay, let's go. It is a wrestling match. Leverage. Look at leverage. Oh, yeah, a little Josh shot there. He's got him up against the boards. Dude.

Hey, that's a win, bro. That's a win. Came over with a little Chuck Ladell over the top. He got the tail of the tape. Yosi, 6-1, 201. 5-8. That's that 63 guy. He talks about a shit. He does. He talks a lot of shit out there. Do you chirp? Yeah, do you chirp? Not really.

Dude, you got... I'm terrible at it. What do you mean? You're terrible at it. I could see you're being really good. That's what I'm trying. Yeah, Taylor's a big chirper. I'm begging to it.

I love it. Yeah, but you're quick. You're probably just quick and like... Yeah, well, dude, I get a lot of my shit from videos like this. I'll watch, like, because my wife's from Canada. Yeah. My brother, I've said the whole thing. I literally grew up watching hockey.

And, like, football players, like, just say, like, ridiculous shit. Yeah, but also growing up. Like, N-word, I'll shoot you. That is literally, I've been told that I probably a dozen times. Yeah, weak ass. Yeah, exactly. I'm like, okay, whoa, a little aggressive. Yeah.

But like hockey players, dude, they say the fun. They call people wagons. Like, hockey lingo is the best, dude. But they're like, guys are wearing visors back in there. Like, hey, rolled on your window before you talk to me, bud. Like, just saying stuff like that. I never heard that one. Oh, dude, it's so funny.

But everyone wears a visor. You got to be quick. Like, to be, it kind of has to be funny. Yeah. If somebody chirps me, I'm just like, uh-uh. Well, I mean, it's a second language, too, right? English. Like, you got to, like, I'm sure you get some running.

guy out there you're like hey what's up you pile on the guys just like duh yeah okay all this guy doesn't want to talk at all yeah you're definitely nobody who probably thinks about it not thanks about it but you just kind of know what you're gonna go to I feel like if you're gonna chirp you got a couple in the back pocket that's what I'm not a big like you got to just too like she says something you got to come back to have you gotta have some form right enough yeah you know you did you got a couple who chirps in the team um Austin Watson you know Austin sounds like a boy P.K. is good, too.

Does he chirp? He's quick. Is he quick? He's quick. He's quick and witty. What is this? Good one. The pussy.

Who's this? Who's this fighting? That's Watson, yeah. So, yeah, this is Austin Watson fighting. And it's a video, they go to the box and they start hanging out. They start having a good conversation. The words come up on the screen. Dude, it's the best.

You done? You done? Hey, good job. You done? Hey, good job. Water, buddy. Water, buddy. Hey Watts, we're going to work on our cardio this summer.

I'm dying after like 10 seconds, man. That's so funny, dude. They were really going at it, though. They were kind of... But that's why they were... They were brother-lying each other. Like, they know it's kind of like... For morale?

It's just a fight, and it's not like... I'm sure there's aggression sometimes. Like, sometimes you get into it, but a lot of times they fight to get the momentum and stuff. And then it's done after the fight. Sorry, I didn't even get you. Oops on me. me oops no i was just going to say too it's like part of the culture to protect your like

your like your guys yeah like um i heard uh what we were talking wain grisky was talking about his enforcer that makes swirley guy yeah he's like i wouldn't have been griskey without this guy you know he protected me on the ice the whole time no it's that's what it is like you like they protect the star players like they make sure everything everything is like in order like guys don't like do any cheap shots on on the star players And I mean, I have so much respect for those guys. It's it's I mean, they're tough when you're out there on the ice and you see them fight. You're like, wow.

Dude, there's such a respect factor in hockey that I appreciate so much. Like, I love it when guys will skate up on the goalie, ice the goalie a little bit and you guys are just on them. Doesn't matter how big the dude is. You guys just take care of your boys. It's like the quarterback. They hit the quarterback or somebody's down around the quarterback. Everyone's around them, dude. You got to look out for the boys, dude.

That's one thing. Dude, this is a long bus. That's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, One thing you got a long train. Yeah, long train. Oh, sorry. Fuck, dude. I am literally CTE right now.

It's bad. Dude, you got to like, I don't know. It's just crazy how you guys look out for your own out there. And like the boys are always looking out for the boys. What, uh, did you see that video in the finals a couple years ago when P.K. was just like jabbing Crosby in the head and the back of the name. What was going on with that? I don't know.

They were kind of chirping on. They were chirping at it for a couple times. There are a couple big name guys too Because he said something about I don't know if you guys saw that About his like He PKK said something that Crossby called him out

That he has bad breath I know if he got shot up Hey man Hey man you want a man What the fuck? And then they had like The whole series They were kind of going at it

Oh shit No it was opposite It was Subang getting hit like that But PK's good He gets Like I said he's good at chirping too Yeah how do you not beat the shit out of that guy For that dude

You could be fucking tired man look at him holding him in a headlock yeah I'd be so mad if I was Sue Ben was he going that was a tough series to watch man I was there

for all those games every game you guys had at home game yeah well all these final games for sure because I got those the I got season tickets and I'm like two rows behind the bench every once in while we lock eyes I know yeah we gotta give each other a little nod we do we move on I remember that picture

you posted about when you're standing behind Phil and you're standing like this Oh yeah, just like just staring at Phil Yeah, dude He's he good dude He is yeah He's awesome That's all

That was a couple years ago dude I didn't make it to one game this year I know I know I'm a bastard But I should have definitely made it It's heartbreaking Will hasn't been to one Yeah we gotta go to one dude I love the hockey environment

Do you make it to a lot of Titans games I try to at least once or twice here Yeah Did you this year No I didn't I didn't last year either, actually. Really? We try to, but it's tough with our schedule because you guys play, what, eight home games?

Yeah. So sometimes we're on the road or, like, we play Saturday night, but I love watching you guys play. It's awesome. I mean, I want to come to a couple more if you have a chance, for sure. Dude, you ever need tickets? You let me know, I got you. Are you, do you understand the game?

I do. Yeah. Did you know more or more before you came over here? No. I did not, actually. Well, we used to watch the Super Bowl in sorts. then. Yeah.

It's like a thing to watch a Super Bowl. What time does it come on there? Like 3 a.m. 2 a. Perfect time. But we would only watch the Super Bowl. We didn't see any other games. And then I came over and like I said, I played in Milwaukee.

And that year I played in Milwaukee, Green Bay won the Super Bowl, which is pretty cool. Yeah. So, yeah, I started to watch football more and more. And yeah, I'm pretty, I don't know all the rules, but I would say I'm pretty good. I didn't know. Dude, that's awesome. Yeah. It's fun to watch.

I love it. It's what Red Zone on Sundays just all day. Really? It's a relatively easy. game to watch. Like you understand the concept pretty fast. It doesn't take very long to learn. Hockey is definitely tough to pick up

when you're icing, like it takes a while. Why is the why is a ref just blowing it dead? And then there's so many lines involved. I feel like it's kind of like soccer. But I don't even understand the concept of soccer at all. But it took me a while for football. I don't really know soccer. I know I know hockey decent. But like I wouldn't know how to play.

But football is hard for like for me to understand like all the plays, a different and why you run the ball right now or why you're drawing it and that took me a while too like he's watching somebody he's watching us run it on like third and long we're like you know backed up or trying to just get better people when the what the fuck are we running do it you have a fantasy team do you play fantasy yeah yeah i played last year for the first time you guys play with offense alignment or no no there's no offense alignment in fantasy football did you have anybody from the titans on your team um no uh have my mom my husband my

order actually yeah yeah yeah get married is have you met him no never met him's an awesome guy dude i've heard yeah we got like that's the thing i love like that little community has got we got going on like the preds and the titans i feel like we got a little something i know i agree yeah it's awesome i was talking to we're talking to buch who was a guest we haven't really stick yet or maybe we have it this time we're all over the place but um i was talking to him about doing like a softball game like predators versus titans and then i know like caleb's really close with you guys. And so, like, do you like,

Kings of Leon, like, two on your side, and then I'm close to Jared. So, dude, too, and that's it as captains. Yeah. And we do, like, we'll do like,

a little pitch softball game. Yeah. You guys would probably kick her ass, though. No, we wouldn't. Dude, your hand, eye coordination is crazy. The Europeans?

No. We can't play. We beat the shit out of them. Yeah. No, there's no way. We played. I think it'd be, I think it'd be a close game

because, because football players, ego everywhere, dude, we would try to go yard every time. No doubt, no doubt. That is true, too. We fall over.

But you guys, I've seen, like, dudes take the stick and, like, just bank it in. But I don't know. We played a baseball game at Vandy this year in the beginning of the year, and we played Europe against North America. Yeah. We got no chance. Like, you go to softball? It was baseball.

It was baseball? Were you guys pitching? Yeah. Well, ripping it. But, like, not ripping it. Like, I like, no. It was more like a home run derby kind of. Like, the coach was joining to us.

Do you get some kegs there? I think, dude, that's what we got to do is got to get a couple. We should do that. I think it would be awesome. Yeah. But what's a good time for you guys? Probably, well, the thing is guys don't, right? Well, guys are not in town.

Guys don't get into, like, end of August. But when you guys are terrible for. We would never be able to do it. Yeah. But if you guys, like. Do guys hit the road right away right after the season's over? Yeah. Like, most guys leave, like, a week after.

What we should do is feel it out. Like, if you guys are doing really well and we know, like, hey, they got a chance. then we should do it like around this time. You know what I'm saying? Because all the football players are in right now. Like we're all here. And you get enough guys to come back, nine, ten of your guys.

Like we're solid. It'd be perfect time for us. It'd be so much fun. Yeah. It'd be so much fun. Because I haven't spent a lot of time with you guys, but I've been around a couple of you guys and you guys seem like good dudes.

But hockey's always been a super tight community. Yeah. At my house in college, we were on State Street. And like, Yost Arena was right across the streets of the hockey boys were my next-door neighbors. And like, it'd be so,

spring like it'd be like may time we all be hanging out and we play poop dollar you were play poop dollar no oh dude you're missing out dude well what is it dollar you guys never heard a poop dollar did you never play poop dollar i just dude we would literally so like um well you take a shit and then you like take a little bit of it out and you put it on a dollar and then you go across the street and you put it face down and then you and the boys a couple 30 packs just hang out and wait for people to pick up the dollar And that's poop dollar I thought you're gonna tell the hockey story

Well no That's what I thought He did there play poop doll You and the boys Yeah So me and the hockey boys Would just sit there dude It'd just be like

Literally me and all those guys And like a couple of the dudes From the track team Because I love the track guys In college And we just We'd wait And we'd like hide under everything

And like some old man And his like Granddaughter would be walking by Just enjoying their Saturday afternoon And then old man Would get super greedy Dude you get greedy swipe it up

poop all over his hand you guys just laughing in the back oh god it's we'd start yelling at us he'd start yelling at us he'd start yelling back at us dude it was so much fun

did I play poop dollar here I've played in Nashville we just play in Nashville yeah hey we should do a bit like just get the cardboard out we get the uh get the film crew out

play poop dollar what do you think jes well I know you definitely played invisible rope yeah yeah I played invisible rope have you played invisible rope where like a car's coming up

on like a stop sign and like say me and Taylor out in the middle of the road and you're like by the stop sign like hey come on come on come on and me and Taylor act like we're getting this rope set up and we stand there and act like we're pulling on each end of the road and the car comes to a complete stop well I guess it's not a stop sign just in the middle of the road

yeah it wouldn't be a stop so yeah just be like ongoing traffic and you act like you're pulling this rope and they all stop and then we you know you act like you drop oh there's no rope it's invisible the guy would just be shaking his fist as you you damn kids get the fuck out of there's rope what's that don't they see that there's no rope

No, but all they see is two people like just pulling super hard. Yeah, you see it at nighttime. Yeah, and you're like pulling on each side and they just come to a stop and you drop the robot, got you. Never played a. Did you guys have any in Switzerland? Did you guys have any games like that? Any games like that? Any, uh...

Ding dong ditch? Yeah. Ding dong ditch, that's it? What do you call it over there? What do you really call it? What do we call it? Lutti Steif. Well, Lutti Steif?

That's the one you go. So, ring the doorbell, takeoff, run. What do you go? Lutti stay? Lutee Stey. Were you a good kid? Yeah, I would say so. I was always kind of like I knew when there was the time to stop.

Like, so my mom always told me like she, like I never got in trouble because I always knew like when to stop. But I don't know. You'd be a class clown. I guess. Until I was trying to stop being a class clown. Yeah. Until I knew I was going to get in trouble. I was like.

okay I'm gonna stop he's definitely probably a good dude dude Roman's the best nicest guy in the world that's what I'm saying maybe right didn't get too much trouble what's up juice I was just gonna ask the difference between uh like the transition from barry trots to uh you know love love you let yeah and what like how how are they different coaches um well I don't know trotsie was my first coach he was um I mean he was awesome for me he's uh I don't if you ever met trotzi no but he He was like the best guy ever. Like, he was awesome.

And he was a great coach, too. He was, I only had him for two years, I think. And he was awesome. And, I mean, he wasn't watching. They won the cop with him. And he's a great coach. He's been in the league for so long. And I think there's a lot of similarities.

I think Lavi's more, he's really intense. He's great with pregame speeches. He gets the boys fired up, which is not easy. be playing 82 games and the coach has to come in there like every day and say something and he's unbelievable like he he always finds something to to get the boys going and um i mean they're in a lot of ways they're they're really similar but they're still a little different but um they're they're both great coaches and um like i said drachi was my first coach and um he helped me get in the league so um yeah they're both awesome but uh they're definitely a little different what year did you come in the

league that was 2011 so you're part of the lockout yeah how was that what was that like no I had two years two years before the lockout yeah so you were part you were in the way no actually no I played one year and then the lockout happened right what was it like going

to the lockout like what was that what was that um yeah it was it was I mean I only played one year and I got to play in Europe after that I played in I played in Switzerland so you're able to keep going back to my hometown team and played in Byrne, which was really good for me, but there's a lot of guys who didn't play. So they just kind of worked out and skated on their own. And for those guys, it was long. What was the big reason for the lockout?

I forget, was it getting, like, contracts guaranteed? No, all our contracts are guaranteed. It was more at the shares between players and owners. But your contracts were already guaranteed before the lockout. I got you. I got you. That's always interesting because you guys went into season with that stuff. Yeah.

Yeah, we missed half of the season. and then we started in channel and played 48 games. Yeah. Yeah. That's interesting, man. Going through a lockout. Yeah, did you get paid the same amount? Did you get paid?

Well, no, I'm saying when you went back. Oh, no. No, that's a bummer. Yeah. It was, for me, it was tough because I only played one year in the league. So you just want to, like, you just get into the leagues. You're going to play, play, play, play. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And then there's a lockout. But for me, it was good. I mean, I got to go back home and playing the Swiss League, which was good for me. But there's a lot of guys who didn't play. So you can. So you can. go and play somewhere else while things are going on yeah that's awesome that's something that that they're able to do that if the NFL ever did like guys are able to do that well you would you also

wouldn't want to because in the NFL the season's so short and the injury rate is so high true yeah yeah yeah you're not gonna go get play for pennies on the dollar of what you would get paid for like oh i'm gonna go play like an af f or whatever or canada league or something like that that's way different i don't think i don't think football will ever get to that point where they have like a a minor league hockey or or baseball or anything like that why wouldn't they though it's just because call that's what college is yeah it's free and it's a billion dollar business that somehow they've the nca has gotten away with for such a long time like we you're a professional athlete dude and not a professional i'm sorry you're an amateur athlete and i was getting like 1,200 bucks a month and my rent was like

550 600 bucks you know and so like you're you're playing for nothing and you get you know free meals like you can't even have cream cheese on a bagel it's a violation It's just crazy. And so with that, and like you're not, I feel like if you were allowed to go right from high school to the NFL, then there would be an opportunity for like a minor league. But if you already,

everyone's already going to college, then like we've got it. You know what I'm saying? And you only have so much mileage on the tires anyway in the football career. Like you get banged up a lot easier sooner, faster. If you're playing amateur right out of, say you've got a fifth year senior,

it goes to an amateur league and plays like three years. Then he's like, what, 26 years old trying to be. to be trying to make the minimum. Trying to be a rookie. Yeah, trying to be a rookie, dude. I'm 27. Like, I got in the league last year. Yeah, and then you have, the average career anyways, only like three and a half

years is the average career in the NFL. So it's like... I feel like that's just a lot of guys who play and then they can't play. Like, they're really talented, but all of a sudden they don't play football anymore because there's no league for them, right? We're talking about after three and a half years? Like, let's say they're playing college and they don't make it the NFL. And then what do you do?

like you have to quit pretty much right yeah well you can go different paths like there are leagues like the cfl the canadian football league yeah you can go to there's an arena football league like yeah the xFL has been a thing and not been a thing about 40 times they've always been trying these leagues they try a bunch of leagues for guys to get opportunities there was a spring league this past year it was like four weeks long and you would have thought it it was going to potentially be something yeah and it just tanked spring league be would probably be the best bet yeah like something that's honestly like that Oh, yeah, go ahead.

Will. Are you, uh, do you need that? Sorry, let me. Is that another phone call? It's my, it's, uh, the red, Redskins strength coach. Oh, is it? It's my boy.

He's just calling. So weird flex. Okay. Who's I going to say? Oh, it's Chad. Who's Chad? It's a really weird thing to say, dude. All right.

Who's Chad? Red skin strength coach. Weird flex. What the fuck? So I got a question if, if, if you're done, Taylor. Go ahead, Zach. So I want to ask about, like, traveling. I mean, you're playing 82 games a season, but more, I want to look at the

2016 Stanley Cup playoffs. Round one, you're playing Anaheim. That game goes to seven games. Well, the last four games of that series, you're going back and forth from Nashville to Anahom, Nashville to Anaheim. Traveling-wise, is that pretty, like, tough on you? Because, I mean, they're in a different time zone than us,

two different time zones. So I think Puck was dropping here at like 9 or 11 o'clock at night, then you all would have to come back after games and then play a day after next. Yeah. That was tough. You're right. I mean, we, like, it's a four-hour flight every day. And so we pretty much, we played two games there.

I think we won the first two, lost two at home. And then you play, like, you play every other day. Every other day. So you play at home, you go to bed pretty late because I don't know how you guys, I can't sleep after games. Well, you guys play earlier. Which is nice. Well, it can kind of be the same sometimes depending on banged up.

We play at seven, so I can't sleep after games. So you go to bed late. Get up, travel four hours to Anaheim, play the next day. fly back again, four hours again. And then the second round we played San Jose. And they only played five games the first round. Yeah. And I remember we played game seven in Anaheim.

In Anahe. And the islands were only playing their second round match. So we were like the last first round matchup to finish. So two days later we played in San Jose. We didn't even go home after the Anam series. Really? Played in San Jose and then went another seven games. And that was hard.

I mean, it's just, I feel like traveling is just, it's hard. on your body like yeah dude it is on your body all that inflammation shit being up in the being up in a plane how how important or how serious is like the performance side recovery side for like you guys individually or how much of a priority does the team make that like when you guys have a quick turn around like are they in your face and in your ear about doing the right things to yeah yeah yeah it's it's for us it's all about recovery like that's what i said like we don't practice much anymore right like even the coach like it's all about the games yeah like you can practice once in a while but it's it's pretty easy like the the days we don't play

play is pretty much just to recover and work on some system stuff. But on that, it's especially driving like that. It's huge. Like getting a lot of water in you, getting a lot of sleep and all that stuff. And I mean, it's probably the most important part in the playoffs for sure. Is your guys, do you get your recovery through a lot of stuff at the facility or do you source a lot? Do guys like kind of source people around Nashville or in cities they go to? Both, yeah. We get it through the facility, but a lot of guys have their own people for massages or treatment and but um yeah it's a little bit both i mean you know bobo do you use bobo no you don't no you're your fiance i yeah yeah i used i used him one time but it's a it's a it's a preference

yeah i mean getting stuck all the time's tough yeah i love the iv stuff i i like that stuff i got like treadmarks you're like a heroin addict you guys you guys you take when you talk about not sleeping that you take a lot of like uh pre-work out and some up before the game. Yeah. Caffeine. The boy's all about that. Yeah.

Hey, who's got the pre-workout? Do you guys take that or no? Yeah, I take some pre-workout for sure. Do you guys drink coffee before games or no? Oh, yeah. Yeah. That's what we would do. We hit Starbucks on the way to the stadium.

If we played at noon, we'd go like, what, 7.30 in the morning? Yeah. We'd go to the facility. Oh, 7.30 already? Yeah. We go cold tub, hot tub, cold up, hot tub, like contrast for probably 45 minutes. Yeah. Roll out a little bit and then stop at the Starbucks.

get myself in ice latte with almond milk. There we go. No sugar. And just bang some music on our way to the facility. Get her going a little bit. Taylor got me on that stuff because with the Redskins, our games are in D.C., but we would,

where we lived in our practice facility, it was like an hour away. So I never, we never had access like that. We'd just be in the hotel before I game, even on home games. So Taylor got me on the bit of going in the facility like hours before,

and it's a lovely, dude, playing for a team that's in town. What time do you guys have to be there? It's usually, You have to do it Two hours before a game starts So if it's at noon You ought to be in the stadium at 10

Yeah checked in Ready to roll Out of your clothes and shit Like changed and all that type of stuff We have like a little team meeting And then you kind of go about your business Like I'll go on the field for a little bit Can I do a couple of things

Make sure I feel good Go up And I don't usually get Ivy I get Ivy the night before Yeah With Bobo Because you're just dude I can't like

I can't imagine doing 86 games And like just skating all that Wear and tear in the legs But I mean it's all But you get to a certain point in the season. It's just like, at week eight, you're just like, all right, get myself to the next game. Make sure you feel good at the next game.

Survive in advance. Survive and it's almost when you don't play for a couple days, you get tired because you like get in the rhythm of playing every other day and you just keep playing. That's what like people like buy weeks, I'm not like, like, I don't know how I would actually feel about it. But if there was no by week, it almost be easier for me. Because I could just, I could just transition and like just, because eventually like you take enough hits, your legs get sore enough. like it just kind of gets stagnant. It's like plateaus and you're solid. But I don't know.

I mean, people might kill me for not wanting to buy a week. Yeah. We just got a bye week like three years ago. Yeah. Well, you get the All-Star break too, right? I know, but they started to have a buy week now.

So you get either like three days off after the YALSA game or before. So it's like, your guys is buy weeks a three-day off thing. Yeah, it's like three or four days, yeah. That's crazy. Yeah, that's so much. Go ahead what you're saying?

It's like with the awesome game, it's like a week. pretty much. Yeah. But guys love it. It's like a little break and kind of breaks up the season a little bit. Do the boys go out when you guys go to Vegas? After game we did.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, do Vegas steal a soul, dude? What hotel do you guys stay in? Bellatio. Oh. Yeah. Yeah, Will, do you know where the Bellagio is?

The Bellagio? Yeah. Oh. But we're back. Yeah, I know where it is. Dude, I feel like, because like the Raiders are going to the Vegas. Dude. people are going to lose some paychecks

things are going to go dead Vegas is a tough state it's a place that will steal your soul I'll spend three days there I'll be like dude get me the fuck out of Vegas dude unless you're winning dude well I mean

yeah but like sometimes you're just so hungover you're like I just gotta I gotta go home when you guys get there my whole entire life do you guys get there the night before the game well we don't they haven't moved yet but you will get there the night before game

yeah and There would be no way. Guys would be able to. Well, you get there at like 4 o'clock. You can go out for a couple hours and go gamble if you want. But you know, like, the coaches, everybody would be pretty, you know. They'd probably be a little more strict. A little more strict for sure.

But, like, living there. Like, outside the strip, there's not a lot, like, in Vegas. And, like, really is nothing. Yeah, but James Neal played there last year, and he said it was awesome. He loves it. Like, there's so many nice neighborhoods. And, like, he lived right on the golf course. He said it was pretty nice, actually.

Yeah. You play a lot of golf? That's awesome. I'm starting to, yeah. Yeah. I started like two years ago, so I'm now. I'm terrible, but I'm getting lessons right now. It's fun, though, man, just get out.

It's awesome. Get some beers, cigars, play some music. Yeah. Not take it too serious. I know, but it's hard not to take it serious. Yeah, it is. You're bad at it. Yeah.

Where do you guys play? No, I don't golf. I haven't played here. I would play when I was on the skins all the time, like in the offseason around this time. Yeah. But, I mean, I'm not that good. I got my own clubs and stuff. and you'll hit shots that keep you coming back.

Yeah. But I'm not like some scratch golf or anything like that. No, I'm terrible. It's fun, though. I enjoy it. I like the camaraderie around the boys. Yeah. And it's nice being outside for five or six hours and just... For sure. Just golf. You got to get you into golf. I see, I don't know, dude. I have this weird thing. You'd come with us.

I just remember, like, I grew up poor, and now I'm watching and I watch all those assholes, part of country clubs. I'm like, I don't want to be a part of that. Dude, I was at a country club a couple years ago. And the guy's like, and the guy's like, oh, you should be a member. And I was like, can I dress like this? And I was wearing like a T-shirt in Jim shorts. He goes, you got to wear a collared shirt. You got to wear khakis.

I'm like, get me out of here, dude. I don't want to be a part of it. Golf. I had this stupid joke that like golf. I grew up. Yeah. Don't want to be in a country club. I don't want to be in country club.

I'll be a sellout if I ever join a country club. Yeah. Don't even want to live on a golf course. That'd be nice, though. I mean, you're going to live on the competition. What's that? I would love to live on a golf course. Would you?

Yeah. I think it'd be nice too. What are you going to live after you're done playing? Because your wife, she's a stady. Yeah. Looks like Nashville. No way. Yeah.

How do you feel? How's your family feel about that? My mom isn't too happy about it. Yeah. But no. She should just come over. I know. Bring the squad over.

They love it here. Like my family loves it here. But, yeah. Like, I mean, we met here. And she loves Nashville. I love Nashville. So we'll see. Have you seen a lot of spots besides Milwaukee and Nashville?

Besides what? Besides Milwaukee. Or on the U.S. In Nashville? Yeah. Like you spent time. I'm not just like flown for games. Yeah.

Not really. There's a lot of places out there, man. I mean. You're trying to get them out of way. Yeah. Yeah, where are you trying to get? You're diving into. There's some spots out there, man.

Like you like golf, Arizona. Yeah. Arizona's got great golf. And then California. I love California. Yeah. I mean, your, your wedding was that? Big sir.

Where are you going to live? Way better in a country club. Dude, I don't know. That's a good question. Because I don't know what it is about this city, but for some reason they love me. And I love them back. And I think it's a great city. I'm building a house.

But, I mean, I'm from Arizona. I was born in California, all West Coast. And then my wife's from British Columbia, Canada. She's West Coast. And so I feel more naturally drawn to that part of the country. Like I said, natural people were so nice. Like you come here. and everybody's so nice to you

and like everybody's so open and they help you out and it's I mean it's been awesome honestly that's awesome yeah I would agree with that being in D.C. and shit like that everybody's all about going from A to B and not like asshole but there's just people prioritize

like it's all like business out there dude yeah dude Nashville I don't think anybody has a job like dude it's Tuesday and I'm like drive past the Mumbrian and it's tin roof is packed Yeah. You know what I'm saying?

Losers is bad. I'm like, yo, you have to go to work. Yeah. Like, what's going on? Nashville's so unique, dude. I love it. Yeah, I like Nashville a lot too. But about that, about that skate, dude, I'm down to go skate.

Let's do it. You're in. I'm 100% now. Are you guys working out right now? Yeah, we're done on Thursday. Okay, so. And I'm here. All we do, it's just like, yeah, there are football is done on Thursday, but like, all

we do in the summer is just work out. So we have, like, a lot of the day free. Okay, well, come on. Are you good at ice skating? Dude, I used to skate quite frequently. Well, I just know I'm going to be out there. I had my first date on skates. Really?

Like, I know I'm not going to be that solid. So I'm just trying to gauge how solid you're going to be. I'm going to be trash. It's not like riding a bike, dude. If you don't stay on it, you're going to be. No, come on out. Come on skate next week. It's just me and Watson out there.

Dude, I'm going to come skate. You got to get me a stick, though. Yeah. All right. What are you, righty? All right. I'm right. I want a bucket, too, to get me a good bucket.

Your CCM? Yeah. All right. I'm a jofa guy, but all right, I'll do CC. I want to do it like BK. Do one of those old jofas. Old jofas, dude. I might cut it into it, mullet, dude.

I want to line up 40 sticks and just pick out the right one. Yeah, you and P.K. Out there. All right, we're done skating. Hey, cop, just, just pick a stick, cop, like you don't play. Checking out the bend and the stick. Oh, God. I thought that this was not good.

Yeah, this one's a little too stiff. Dude, I'm down to get out there. Yeah. Awesome, we done to do it? Yeah, of course. All right. Deal. Have you skated?

I've skated before, but like, it's like one of those deals. It's one of those deals where it's like it'd be a field trip one time a year in Missouri. You know what I mean? So not that much. Like, if Taylor and I are doing a face, I was going to be like stop moving forward. Like, I don't know what the fuck you guys want me to do. Like just stay still. Fuck, man.

Dude, I'd have to take my ankles. I would have to tape my ankles. Really? Like a scrub. Yeah, dude, I'd be ankle bending on the ass. I mean, hell, I don't know. I'll do whatever it takes, man. I got these flat flippers, dude.

I got some flat feet. Do you have skates? we would have, you probably, what's your feet size? Is it like 14 or 15? I'm 12. You got 12? Yeah, probably. Oh, no.

I'm out now. Give me some figure skates, dude. Have you seen the movie Goon? No. Dude, you ask everybody this question. Nobody sees it. The most inspirational sports movie of all time. Sean William Scott, have you seen American Pie?

Yeah. Stifler? Yeah. So he's in the movie. And it's like a based on true story about a guy who's an enforcer. But he's kind of like simple. and he just beat the shit out of guys and they watch him

like he's got to learn how to skate and stuff like that and he's wearing figure skates and it's a hockey it's a hockey movie dude and he hasn't seen it so it's probably not that fucking good dude I watch this movie before every single game look at him

oh this is no no no this is the second one this one was trash what is this one back in 2012 this might be it I don't know we'll let you go after this Romer but you're gonna you're gonna sit and you're gonna watch this I want to watch that movie.

It's on Netflix, dude. Never made it to theaters. So it's never made it to theaters. Are you being serious when it's your favorite sports movie? I watch this movie every single game. I watch it, it's a word of God. It's way better than it should be.

It's really good. Yeah. When do you watch it the night before? Night before, dude. I just sit there and I'm just like fucking fired up, dude. Yeah, because he's a protector. This guy named Xavier LaFlemme. He's like this number two overall pick.

And then Ross, the boss, Ray, who's an enforcer, knocks him out like his second game in the league. This guy right here. Just start watching. Boom! See you, nerd. That's how he knows.

That I should be a hockey player? Look at him. It's coming out there. Guys are talking shit to him. Look at him. He just beats the shit out of the whole hockey team. He starts doing the skit, skate at him or the stick. So he learns how to skate or whatever.

Gets the number of 69. it's hilarious. Their words, not mine. He's got the elbow pads outside the jersey. And then he becomes a pro hockey? No, this is below. He's the Halifax Highlanders, dude. East Coast Canada.

So you've seen this movie like 60 times? Dude, I've seen this movie so many times. It's got two rules, man. Don't touch my perkinsets. And do you have any fucking perkinsets? You got a couple of European dudes. They're always just talking about banging his mom. This guy just beats the shit today.

That was Xavier LaFlemm. He got with the hair. such a great movie dude falls in love with this girl that's ross the boss ray we're basically watching this movie right now Taylor's taking us through it I'm actually starting to feel it yeah Ross the boss ray is like my hero and he's like this just tough

bastard that beats the shit out of people there he is dude like he's seen he just beats the hell out of everybody got that foo manchu dude he's sitting there in a diner it's 3 a m he goes he tells him he goes if you and I ever go toes I will lay you the fuck out and at the end of the movie and they go toes at the end of the movie

the whole stadium goes crazy or the arena goes crazy and they get out to center ice dude and they just go at it dude don't ruin it I won't tell you what happens I'll tell you what though Ross the Boss Ray that guy was a real hot oh yeah sure hockey player

George La Rock is that he was tough yeah he was a goon wasn't he yeah he was really he's one of toughest ever I think yeah he's got a video on YouTube that's like he's like sitting there before a face off and he goes hey you want to go yeah I see that sure he goes good man and they dropped the puck and they just square up and just get after it that's all that fires me up

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