Empty Netters Podcast - 39. Uknight the Realm

Episode Date: June 5, 2023

Stanley Cup Final game 1 recap, Vegas punches first, Tkachuk punches faces, and Adin Hill wants the Conn Smythe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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We went to Media Day yesterday. You guys saw all over the Instagram. We were ripping Media Day, getting incredible interviews. How about Jack Eichael, dude? How about my guy, Jack? Jack is in on the shrimp. His personality was shining. and a lot of you guys said this in the comments

and I'm not even this isn't even a boost I'm not even trying to say we're cool I just think this is like media changing is cool it was awesome to genuinely see him miserable fielding questions and then be really happy

when I asked him about shrimp lit up like a Christmas tree when we started talking about the shrimp that brought me great joy here's the thing I love Jack I will live and die by Jack but I'm not I'm not counting all the playoff points I'm not

You told them to his fucking face you were going to do. No, I went like this, Jack, I couldn't believe he said it. We're doing 72. No, dude. Are you shitting me? Listen, when that clip went live on the Instagram, do you have any idea how many people came into my DMs and they were like this? You need to consult a medical professional before you do this bet. Dude, I'm not wrong.

You're all saying this is easy. There are people coming into my DMs without knocking telling me that this is unsafe. You are dumb. No. You are dumb. I'm being. safe. You're going to do this so easily and you're going to be pissed you didn't do more. That's just, all right, we'll see. We're probably going to do that in Florida. But one thing we talked

about that was really funny, we obviously are Bruins fans from our childhood, but with doing this incredible job and hanging out with all of you amazing people, we're getting to meet tons of different fan bases, tons of different players. We start having relationships and feelings towards a lot of you guys and a lot of these teams. And it's hard to figure out who we're rooting for. We go to media day and the Vegas players were out first. Yeah, this is, we go around, we had some laughs with some of these guys. They're all being amazing. They're being great sports.

And you find yourself being like, shit, I think I'm rooting for Vegas. We're in Vegas. We're in the house that Elvis built. And it's just hard not to be like, I kind of love the Golden Knights right now. Then we go up when we get lunch. Producer Redmond ate about 17 pounds of chicken. Then we come downstairs. What a do.

Then we come downstairs and all the Panthers players are out. talked about two of them and you're like, oh, fuck, I think I like the panthers. Dude, it's the classic documentary thing. Like, what was that, what was it, um, blackfish? Was that the, was that the sea world? That is the seaworld dog. Dude, blackfish came out and I was like, I'm going to pick it outside sea world tomorrow. Like, I'm literally ready to burn that place to the ground.

And then all any, all any documentary ever has to do is just come out. And then I'm your biggest supporter of all time. I'm the easiest swayed little bitch who's ever lived. I'm right there with you, buddy. So, yeah, I was having a tough time dealing with the consequences of meeting these boys at Media Day. But let me tell you what, man. It's been an absolute time so far here at Vegas, and we're just getting started, man. We are here for a long, long time.

And this city, dude, holy shit. We, you guys saw all the Media Day stuff we did yesterday. It's Saturday right now. We saw the Media Day stuff we did Friday. Today we were outside the rink doing all the man on the street meeting the people. and it was awesome. We got some great clips today. I know we're going to get clips every day,

clips in Florida too, but it's such a vibe out there. Fucking marshmallow was doing a concert. Like it's an absolute scene. Man, I'm telling you, I honestly think, obviously part of it goes hand in hand with Vegas, but all of these other teams,

I'm looking at L.A. specifically. You've got to take notes here. It's like there are performers in every city in America. You can put on a show like this and have a absolute, ball, especially these warm weather cities. It's like, Vegas doesn't miss a single opportunity to have fun.

They're all of the bars right outside on the strip, right outside of the arena. Yeah, what was it, which one? Was that Beer House? Yeah, shout out Beer House. Shout out Beer House doing it so well. Oh my God. And it's just been the greatest setup and the greatest lead up to this game one. It was hot as shit, though.

Oh, dude, I was filming C.P interviewing these people and I'm just feeling beads of sweat. dripping down my ass crack all the way from my neck down the small of my back and then right between my sweet little cheeks. And I was a professional. I didn't, I didn't flinch. I kept going. I felt bad for the people that I was interviewing because I'm visibly soaked. Don't you think that's weird when you're talking to someone and you just have beads of sweat on your forehead and cheeks? I'm like, I'm not nervous, dude. So what does it mean to be a Vegas Golden Knights fan to you? And they're like, are you all right, dude? It was actually my favorite part, though. And you just mentioned this, But real quick, we're on the road with Dave Redman,

aka Red, aka Diet Boy, aka. AKA walks a lot, aka calorie deficit, aka Fit Boy, aka Director Supreme. Yeah, super talented guy. He does every guys, honestly, every video, every text-tracking video you see, almost everything we do is made by this guy. He's our guy on the road. He's the man.

He's here. And me and Red got into one last. night and we had a Vegas night and you know this is so fucked up because it's making me well you bailed no I didn't I took a personal health day yeah you Dan was it was health bombed last night and me and red got in yeah I was on the I was on the fourth floor eating fucking hot dogs and nachos me and red got into one and we got back at you know we left the spearment rhino which is a which is a you want to tell him one of us which is a spa which is a spa we left the spearment right now we got 430

We got back here and we woke up this morning. We didn't feel great. And I ordered Red a fucking tall boy. For anyone watching this YouTube, I ordered him a tall boy high noon. No free ads. No free ads. Tall boy high noon. And I said, let's drink this on the walk over the ring to clear our head get mind right. And Red said, quick bump get mind right?

And Red said, no. I can't. And I said, dude, fucking drink the beer. Drink the drink and we're going to be fine. And he said no. So then I drank the Noener. and then I was doing interviews and at one point I am filming Dan

giving an interview and Red is right next to me and he goes like this I'm going to throw up and he runs into a public bathroom and fucking pukes right next to the rigged tip. It was fucking gnarly. It was probably the gnarliest thing I've ever done.

Yeah but you took care of it and here's the best part to him. The professional that he is, boot and rally came out and then the Vegas marching band came by and he didn't miss a beat. Camera up got the entire entire show. And on the bench boys were there who were going to come on,

teaser, hopefully going to come on, but they are old friends with Red. And they saw him and they said he had a delayed trigger because they were like, Red, and he's like, just like a dead person filming. He's like, oh, that's a life. Dude, my favorite part about when I talked to you guys in the morning, Red got back from the spa, he said all of the, uh, uh, maurs who kept coming up to him in the spa. Yeah.

And they were asking him if he wanted a massage. They're so nosy. Yeah. Red kept going like this. I'm a complicated individual. You don't want to deal with me. You can't handle the truth. They just keep making their laps. I'm not meant for this town.

No. Certainly not this long. It's going to chew us up and spit us out. But all right, guys, we had the best time ever. We're going to get right into this game. We're going to make these quick hitting podcasts. We're doing one after every single game. Let's get into game one.

This game starts out. Like we said, pre-game show, whole vibe, Vegas, out-of-control show. I was talking to one of the employees at the rink. She was asking what the deal was. I was like, this is my first time at Team Mobile. She was like, what an incredible experience for your first time here at a Saturday

game, game one of the Stanley Cup final. I don't think there's a better situation. Maybe game seven. Yeah. But unbelievable time. I think from, you would you have something to say before we get into the game? It's kind of slander, but should I do it? Yeah, do it.

So the pregame show was fucking money. Truly. It's like an incredible production. But I've been watching. watching a few of them on YouTube that they've been doing, like the Dallas ones and everything. And the last Dallas one I watched, which was, I think, game five. Yeah. These, like, these guys who are, like, in all black come out.

Yeah, they're the villains. And he's like, and he's like, Vegas, I hate you. And then the golden night shows up. And then two drummers drop from the ceiling, which is sick. And then the Dallas guy was like, and like, like, green, like, lights get, get the drummers. and they're stuck. And then the Vegas Golden Night cuts the drummers free

and then he fights the Dallas guy and then he wins. Oh, and then Chance, the dragon. Or he's not a dragon, but I don't know what he's, he's like a little monster,

but his name is Chance which is a sick name is. He's not a dragon. That's what I said to the people outside today and they said, no, he's a, like fucking, I never even heard of what they said.

But it's like something crazy. We gotta look that. Red, can you look that up? What is chance? The Vegas mascot? What animal is he? But anyway.

I thought he's like a lizard thing. It is like a blank. It's like a something with a salamander. Well, yeah, no, but but anyway.

Gila monster. Gila, Gila? Yes, dude, this is right. A Gila monster. A Gila monster. That's what they said.

I just, I don't know if that's a word. And I was like, okay, sounds good. All right. Anyways, the show tonight

was like literally the same show. And I was kind of like, dude, it's the finals. Dude, the show's on the ice, bro. I know,

but I just think you gotta like, I hate that shirt. And listen, it was awesome. And to see it was sick. Like, it was amazing, but I was just like, can we go harder? Hey, there we go.

Oh, that's a Gila monster. That looks like chance. We're going to have to send that to Brian and have him slip it in. But anyway, it's an amazing thing. Anyway, we get into the game, right? Fantastic game. Start to finish. You set it on the Instagram, Chris.

Chippy. Chippy from the very beginning. It was a scrum in like two minutes. And I love that from these teams, and I specifically love it from Florida. I feel like Florida was very aware. aware of the game that they play. They were very ready to be physical, very ready to get down and dirty in the corners, very ready to get raucous on 50-50 pucks, things like that.

And it was just a great, great back-and-forth game. And then in the first period, boom, Vegas power play. Dude. And I got something to say about this Vegas power play. Okay. Go ahead. We go on the power play. By we in Vegas.

Do you need that? Yeah, I'm going to look at something. Willie Carlson has a good play where he keeps the puck in the zone. Breaks a stick. Yeah. Could you please tell me what in the fuck happened with his brain? So he breaks, he breaks his stick on the left point. Yep.

Like left side of the umbrella, really. Yeah, yeah. He was a little closer to the point, but yeah, either way. And for listeners, if you weren't watching the game, or just for reference, difference. Willie's bench, obviously, or not obviously, but in the first period is the far bench in that sense. He breaks his stick and just stands there for a second. And I'm like, they had possession. I was like, go get a stick or change or go get a stick. He starts skating to the bench, then stops, goes back towards his broken stick as if he's going to pick it up. Like, I don't know what he was doing. Like, maybe he was like, oh, I'll just keep it in with my skates or something. But it was a total meltdown. And then he comes back to the bench, eventually gets a, stick and at that point Florida has like a two on a rush

two on one rush with with Patrangelo and then there was a total miscommunication with Willie and Petrangelo they're pointing at who they're covering pug carrier goes wide Hill comes out of his net to take away the angle wraparound not even a sufficient wrap around it like hit something and then it's just like kind of like

a weird bang bang play puck get stuffed in the net you're down one nothing at home with a shorty and we were talking with me read and Dan were talking like I just wanted Vegas to score first just to like see the building erupt and like to get popped on a shorty. I was like come on, dude. Like not even that I'm not rooting for the head.

I don't care. I just want a good game. But I was like, dude, not this. My favorite part about that whole thing was we ran into Merles like we always do. And a huge shout out Murals. He's just the best guy going. Yes. And he said him and his boys.

He's always got a nose on the game too. Him and his boys had big money on Vegas first goal. And it was devastating to see the shorty. But then Murils goes, but here's the thing. I doubled it on Vegas next goal. Yeah. And came all the way back.

And boy, did he get it. Boy did he get it. It was amazing. Yeah, that was a horrible play. And I thought Dan, too, I actually said live, and I said this to Merl's, Petrangelo just was like holding the puck. We talked about this on fucking Wednesday nights all the time. When you're on the power play, move, dude.

Move the puck. Move your feet. If you're just standing there, you are doing nothing. And Petrangelo was just standing there for so long. Again, Merle said this too, but even before he turned it, or it wasn't really him, but like, they took it. turned it over in that moment. I was like,

this is a disaster. And it felt like the goal was coming just because of the fucking shit fuck that they were doing on the power play. So that was not what the crowd needed at all. But luckily, they went on the power play again, which I want to talk about in a second.

And your boy, your short king, your French short king. Dude, my little sweet French boy, I said to Red and Chris, last night we're hanging out, people were talking about cons, my thoughts.

And I said, do not sleep on Jonathan Marshall. So I think a lot of people You two correctly, by the way. If Vegas comes out the winner at the end of this Stanley Cup, I think the odds-on favorite is Jack Eichael. I think it's a good story for the NHL. By the way, Jack Eichael, two points tonight. I miss my Jack Eichael goal, but two assists, which puts him to 20 points in these Stanley Cup playoffs, which, by the way, for people who aren't paying attention, is two points off of the NHL record for most points in your first time in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Cool. I didn't know that. Who has the record, do you know? I actually do not know. We should look that up. But that's going to be a really fun thing to keep an eye on. So 22 is the most in your first playoffs. And I think there's no question he's going to break it.

Jack had an unbelievable game. By the way, Jack Eichol, this is going to sound insane because he is definitely a face of the NHL. Yeah. Wayne Gretzky. It's Wayno. 35. Wait, no, no, no, no, no. That's most in a playoff ever.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's most in a playoff run. Most in your first ever playoff run. I bet it's also waiting. Jack Eichol is a face of the NHL, no question. I think he's underrated. Me too. I've been screaming this, dude.

I've been fucking screaming this from the mountain tops. Watching him live, the way he moves the puck, the way he stick handles, the way he passes, he is such an incredibly special player. Dude, I'm going to look this up as I'm speaking to you. It's unreal. But I was going to bring up, you guys said, The odds-on favorite for the cons my if Vegas wins, probably Jack Eichael. I think it's so true.

It's a good story for the NHL. It's his first time in the playoffs. He's leading the team in points. He's playing out of his mind. Jonathan Marsh's though now has 10 goals and 11 games. He is playing out of control. And he's scoring huge goals. And I do think that power play goal, which was a beautiful bang, bang, passing play by Vegas.

Tucked it in, low left. Got them right back in the game. and for me I thought we talked about Florida takes their chances they find turnovers they find

miscommunications in the opposing team and they capitalize immediately they did that Eric Stahl great job getting that short-handed goal

I don't really think Florida was honestly ever in this game I didn't love their game tonight I didn't at all or sorry I loved

I thought they dude we saw them get out shot by Carolina like a thousand to ten This game was what? 34, 32 shots. I think they had more shot.

Like they, they, they were jumpy. They, face-offs were similar. I like the physicality, but I agree. And we kind of talked about this

with Pete. Like, they just looked like Vegas doesn't care about them. Like Vegas was like, okay, whatever, dude. Does that make sense?

You know what I'm saying? Chris, that was so perfectly said. When I was saying, I don't really think Florida was ever in this game. I mean very specifically, the way they have gotten

in opposing teams' heads of being like, We are the disruptor, right? We're the team that has come in and surprised everybody. We're the ones who have jumped all over teams and they've not really known what our game is, how we're going to play. Vegas was completely unfazed by this Florida Panthers team. They came in, they played their game, their four lines. We talked to Morales about it.

They have four lines so, so deep and so efficient. They went down one-one-nothing on a really unfortunate turnover, awkward situation. with a broken stick on the power play. Short-handed goal gets them down in a one-oh hole. They immediately get it back and they never fucking look back. And that is funny to say because they go up to one and then headed into the third, Florida ties at 2-2. Your boy.

But it was, yeah, Duclair. Your boy. Fucking stealth bomber, dude. I'm telling you, he is the most undercover. I'm a killer. Because there's so many killers, right? Florida has Kachuk. They have Rhege.

They have cousins. They have Riner. Sasha. They have, dude, they... absolutely. They have Sasha. They have Montor. Dude, DeClair is just in here. Just scoring huge goals. But even when it went to, two, two, that third period started, and it just felt like Vegas was getting not only better with every period, but more comfortable.

Yeah. First period was good. I have two things about goalies. A couple of talking points. I want to hit for everybody. I forget who it was. Oh, actually, because I just want to say it was about Jack real quick. His career high goals is like 36, I'm pretty sure. Jack, in my mind he's like a big goal scuba, he's not really, you know, like he's a 20-something No, no, yeah. Jack's, he had 27 this year in like 67 games, so he could have hit 30. And like, 30's, he's never going to score 40, I don't think. I think he could. I think he could totally go. If he focused on it, I think he could, but I think Jack Eichl is going to be your, when Jack Eichel is cruising, which I think he is on pace for, I think he's going to be your 20 to 25 and like 70, 70, 80 assist guy.

So what I was going to say is Jack is, Jack makes everyone better around him. He really does, dude. And what I was going to say is his vision is sick, live. Like he is making great bad. So the two goal of things I want to say was like four minutes in Jack hit. I think it was Howden, but I can't remember. But I think it was Howden in alone, alone, but like slot in. And he goes high glove.

And Bob does one of these. Not the windmill, not the windmill glove. No, it's the punch. He literally, like, fuck you. Dude, Bob. fucking loser. Bob got to the puck before the puck got to hit.

Dude, he started shooting and Bob goes, you're going right here. Like, Bob's hand was already, getting in my view. Bob's hand was already here, dude. And I was like, that is a,

that terrified me. And if I'm Vegas, you're like, oh no. Because that was so early, you're like, Bob might be rushed. You have to,

and Bob goes, as a player, when you rip that puck and the goalie literally sticks it, you're like, oh, yeah. So that was a big save.

And I don't think Bob played bad today, by the way. I thought he played great. I thought he played great. Two pad jammer. Bad jammer. Bad jammer. But he played great.

He played great. And then this one we've got to talk about. 20 seconds into the second period. Cousins. Maddie Cichuk hits cousins on that sick pass across the crease. And Aiden Hill paddles him, dude. Yeah. He paddled tennises him.

And just and thwapped it too. Dude, I cannot. Sent it to the stratosphere. Well, he's like literally like falling down and just right on the goal line. And that's a one-one game, dude, at that point. Like, that goes in, I don't know. I think Vegas is going to score a couple tonight, but that goes in. When you slide the guillotine with a paddle like that and just go,

dude, and here's the other thing, yeah. And this is not a chirp, really, but Cousins, I wonder what you think about this. Maybe, I don't know if you saw the highlight right, but Cousins, that puck comes across. Cousins pushes into the open net, which is all you can do in that moment. Like, it's a quick pass, quick play, bang, he pushes into the open net. And he'll guillotines him. And it's just sitting there, but cousins had already started to, like, skate away. Yeah.

I think because he was, like, going into his, like, crow hop celly. And I was like, dude, you got to stop on that. Make sure the job's done, buddy. Like, I need you to just make sure. And, dude, if he'd been standing there, so he could have just hammered that in. And you know he's thinking that too. He's like, dude. Hill is the story.

And I will the world. The world will know Hayden Hills name. And after his performance at Media Day. He's just the man. I'm not really sure. I ever expected anyone to be. be as cool as Aiden Hill. Anyway, we get into the third period, right?

Yep. Just phenomenal poise. We get, so PowerPlay's 03, Florida. Yeah. Not great. And I'm going to be honest, PowerPlays did not look good. Vegas penalty kill looked very strong tonight. But I would say more so, Florida never really got in their groove.

There was a lot of miscommunications. They've been pretty good. A lot of pucks that wound up out of the zone on, forced errors, which is just never what you want. Vegas 2 for 7. That 7 is a little conflated at the end of the game. Agreed, but chill out. Florida.

You cannot be taking this many penalty. Absolutely chill out. Yeah, inflated number at the end of the game. Great, poised by Shea Theodore. Dude, Shea, I can't. Is the Vegas video out? The Vegas video posted, right?

Vegas videos out. So Shea was the only guy at Media Day who didn't really have that much fun with us. So hold on. Well, he was just dialed. This is something that I want to say. So Media Day, CP talking to Shea Theodore.

He was one of our first Gets. Comes up to him. Hits him with a funny question about, dude, you've been here since the jump of Vegas. Do you ever feel like all these playoff runs

are cutting into your summer vacation? And Shay was not happening at all. He was like, no, this is my dream. I want to be here. I want to be here. He goes, dude, I want to win the cup.

He just wasn't about it. I know, dude. So to see him score, pump me up so much. Because by the way, Because I was like, he's dialed. A, he's dialed. It's like, oh, this, that's why he answered like that.

This guy is fucking laser-focused. B, first goal to playoffs. Incredible. Love to see it. Absolutely love to see it. From there, we saw a phenomenal Markstone goal. Well, did, was, I think, White Cloud was four. Was Shea?

Yeah, Shea was two. White Cloud was three, go up three, two. No, no, no. Shea was third period Go ahead I believe I'm gonna check

Yeah Correct me if I'm wrong Oh bum bum Shea 2 1 Okay sorry She was 21 White cloud White cloud was

Late cloud was late Yeah yeah that's right White Sorry White cloud was the go ahead goal And fuck That was the power play goal Uh

No She's Marshall Show was power play That's it That's it no they went two for seven on the power play Riley Smith

I think it was Riley at the end I think it was empty netto yeah all right Jesus Christ so Shay goes up to one sorry

Zach White Cloud great goal bang bang bang play barbyshev or Ikel has it goes to barbyshev gets to White Cloud rips one just through through traffic

sneaks in that's the go ahead goal then it's like is Florida going to do this again are they going to tie this up are they going to show their spine like they've showed all playoffs

there is a play where the puck is flipped through the neutral zone or in the zone in the zone or through the slot rather Mark Stone wax this puck down like a fucking dart into the ice

like straight down right into his feet does not take a second to even think about settling this puck to touching this puck hits it down to his feet puts his stick down and fucking rips it top cheese right by Bob's glove immediate snip

unbelievable. Immediately Maurice challenge. Did you think that... Red, did you think that was a high stick? I don't even remember. Oh, the goal, sorry. Yeah, I'm half out of it. I didn't...

We don't get a great replay at the game. You know, you never get a great, especially when it's a home team thing. So we didn't get a great replay. That looked... So there's a couple of things from ECP. One, I did not think live it was high stick. But what's funny about those things is

your stick goes up, but it's where the fucking puck is. Good point. Good point. hits in the stands, don't understand that. Mark's stick was high. But the puck was not above his chest shoulders. Clearly, they agree with you, but even on the replay, I was like.

And live, I was like, that was not a high stick. And when they challenged it, I was like, if you take this back. Like, that's, like, seven penalties, but like one of them was a chat. Yeah. I was like, if you take this the way, that is a huge bummer for just the vibes of this game. They showed the replay once in the Jumbotron. Looking at it quickly, I was like, that's not a. high stick. But then they don't show the replay again.

Yeah. Yeah. Which is a, to your point, telltale sign in the home arena, you're like, oh, it probably was a high stick. And then West McCauley and co don't spend any time at all looking at this and come right back to Center Ice. And I looked at Chris and I was like, oh, fuck, that's definitely high stick. And then they were like this, after review the play, we have a good goal. And I was like, we got a good goal. It was so fast. And after that, the game was over. Yeah. I think minutes after that, massive. massive scrum. We get Maddie Kachuk tossed from the game.

Four and a half minutes left in the game. Dude, there's another one that I wish we had had announcer audio on because Maddie got tossed, Stevenson got tossed, Goudis got tossed, and someone else got tossed. There was four people. Let me see if I can find this. Yeah. Four people, but like, I was like, dude, what the fuck is going on? Dude, it was just madness. And if I'm being honest, and I'd love your take, right? Bennett, Bennett got tossed too. Yeah, it was Bennett, Gudis, Kachuk, and Chandler-Stevenson. So, or finish what you're going to say.

All toss from the game. Massive scrum, nonsense going on. Ends up with a five-on-three and then Riley Smith tucks the absolute sealer for a five-two victory for Vegas. I'd love both of your takes on this. Florida has been the runs, right? They've been the runs of the playoffs. They've been the scrappers. there's an angle of that situation at the end of the game that you could look at and be like this.

They're just, they're staying true to form. For me personally, I thought that shit in a two-gold game with four and a half minutes left, when you've done what you've done all playoffs, these back-breaking goals on home ice or away ice. I thought that was a serious lack of composure moment for the Florida Panthers. I hated every second of, I hated it from Kachuk because you know the situation, you know that you can get tossed here. Bennett as well, Goudis as well, like all of them. I just, to me, you actively got into that bullshit going, this game is over. Yeah.

And when there's almost five minutes left in the game. Oh, yeah. I think that that is trash. I think that that is. Well, because you said it best live, Dan, you were like, this game's not fucking. over. At all. You can score two goals, dude. You pop a quick one. You pull the goalie. That game is very alive.

And watching Matthew Kachukh walk down the tunnel. It looked like, and I'm not, you know, speaking for Matthew Kachuk, it just felt like there. He was like, yeah, whatever, this game's over. And I'm like, no, it isn't. No, it wasn't, man. He, okay, a couple things. Agree that the game was not

over. I didn't like the, usually I don't like that energy at all, where they're just like, I'm going to fucking fight you. And now it's better. I'll feel good in game, too. because I fought you in this. Yep. But I, correct me wrong, but I swear there was a game

in the Boston series where they kind of did this and they were like, they're just setting the tone for the next game. Dude, it was when Kachuk straight up fought Linus Olmark

in game, yeah, and then they did, uh, four, when you go down three one. Yeah. And they did completely turn around.

So I'm kind of like, I want to talk shit about that, but I'm like, well, it completely worked once. Yeah. I don't hate this to be like, Vegas,

you won today, you won this battle, but fuck you. I think the difference there was, that game was like 6-2 or something right yeah he was way over I can't remember but I hear your point that game was over yeah

this one was not so you know whatever my biggest fear is I don't know if you've seen the clip yet because it was hard to see because we were in a suite so it's kind of hard to see from the fucking sweet

but have you seen the clip of what he got jacked for Maddie no he literally I think it's I think it's Hague I can't remember but like someone's like Ben it's like holding a Vegas player I can't remember who and Matt

Maddie, and his helmet's off, dude. It's right here, dude. I'll show you right now. I just pulled it up. Watch this, dude. So I have something I want to say about Hague. Maddie literally just dummies a dude in the face. Like he's just being held helmet off, and Mattie comes through lefty, lefty, lefty, lefty.

This was like after the scron. But he comes through and just literally punches a guy glove on directly in the face. And I'm like, if you catch a game for this, I don't think he will. He will. But if you catch a game for this, I wouldn't be. outraged at the league because I'd be like dude you like just drill the dude yeah of course

I don't think they're going to but I'm just like to your point Dan that is recklessly dumb for me if I'm Matt Kachuck and you know you stir the drink on the Panthers oh yeah I'm like dude yeah do not Mark Stahl is holding Nick Hague and Matt he just comes in and punches him

square in the face and that's what I'm saying like if they pop him an extra game which I don't think they will again but I'm like if they did I wouldn't blame them because he literally punches a defenseless dude a helmetless defenseless player. Stupid. You can't be doing that, dude.

Like, that is nuts. And you know, so in talking about the energy vibes, right? Like, it clearly worked against Boston. This to me feels like a, a pissed off younger sibling. Yep. Shout out younger siblings. Yeah. Hey.

Who is getting dozens. I am the eldest boy. I am the eldest boy. I am the eldest boy. Who's pissed off that they just got tallywacked. Yep. And they're throwing. a fit. That punch is not a great look. The thing that I felt was really damning for Florida,

Nick Haig is standing there without a helmet on, getting triple teamed, and he was laughing like a maniac clown in their faces. Dude, he is the king. Hague will get, Hague will get speedbagged and laugh in your face. He's done it all playoffs. And dude, he gives him, he's taking those punches and he's little just laughing going like this. You're a bit. You're a bit. He's done. He's done. such a fucking child. It's such a flex. And it is like rattling to me

if I'm an opposing team. All right. I have two things left. The first one is, can you just talk about who we were chilling with all game? That was really fun. Yes.

Massive, massive shout out to, frankly, the NHL. The NHL. The NHL has been such a beacon of help and support for us all season long.

This isn't a tire pump. It's like just a, genuine, you know, I think it's the best league in the world. I think it's so, so fun. And all of the execs and the personnel who work at the NHL, who help us out, hook us up with stuff, you guys are so amazing. And, you know, they've brought us to these finals. They brought us into this NHL suite at the end of the game.

And it was such a, such a blast, meeting all these amazing people. But the funniest part was, it was truly a social media influencer event in this suite. Hanging out with our shoutouts, Reagan Russ. our homie who's been on the podcast. She's coming back on soon. Swaggy P. Pete, unbelievable guy, was supposed to come on the pod, had a crazy, crazy flight cancellation.

He's coming on the put again. Zach Bell coming on the pod. Always hockey. Just the coolest people. On the bench boys. These guys, hopefully, Chris said it earlier. Hopefully we're going to get them on this weekend. They're hanging around.

We were hanging out with them at All-Star weekend. Just some of the best people you could ever, ever imagine, truly. And we had a time. We had a time in the suite watching an amazing game at an amazing arena at an amazing Stanley Cup final. We're all about to go hit the Cosmo Casino together and get rich. Lose everything. No, no, no.

I hope you guys are listening to this. Oh, we're going to win. This is the last time you'll ever hear from us before. We're all multimillionaires. Yeah, next podcast is going to be in the suite at the Bellagio. Multi-time million is. And then my last thing is this. This was just like such a fun moment for me.

Stoner No, White Cloud scores It's 3-2 There's like seven minutes left I'm chilling with Red And on the bench boys I'm listening to like a really funny story Which I cannot wait for them to tell

On the pod. It's going to be amazing Dude Pete Swaggy Pete Yeah You heard it too Oh he also has an awesome story Jesus Christ

He got in yesterday to Vegas And they're like people out here Are hucking them up with stuff Don't spoil it at all He's one of the trick guys He got set up with a event. It's the fucking funny story. It's ridiculous.

So anyway, I'm chilling with these guys. I'm chilling with bread and on the bench boys, but I really had to pee. I was like, I got to pee so bad. But that was the story was awesome. I finished the story. And then I'm like, yo, is there a bathroom in this, in the suite?

And do they say their real names? On the bench voice? Is that like a secret or? You may as well just call him Jacob in. Okay. Jacob is like, uh, the bathroom. It's outside.

Go outside. Go to the left. And I'm like, okay. So I walk out of the suite, go to the bathroom. And one thing I love about playoff hockey, playoff, probably any sport, is like regular season game, bathrooms are full all game, concessions full all game. Playoffs, dude, fucking locked in. Yeah. In between periods, get fucked in the bathroom line.

But during the game, it's empty. Yeah. So, you know, it's three to Vegas, seven minutes left, and I'm like, I'm going to pee. So I leave. And I go into the bathroom. And we're on the suite level, obviously, and I go in. And by the way, we were, the NHL suite was next to the TNT suite. So literally right next to it.

us like not even a screen like i could just reach over and touch uh gretzky biz uh hank all of them are there andson like everybody's there liam the whole crew whole team two is right next to us gary bevin was there too by the way i noticed that but but waino looks so he looks great dude we were trying to like sneaky film we were like wayne way i was trying to like whispered like you know if you look at someone sometimes they can sense you looking i was just like that was weighing the entire time i don't I don't want to gas him up because you're about to talk about him. So does Biz. Yeah.

Biz. He's great. He's great. He's great. The hikes are working. Everything is. Biz, you look fantastic,

buddy. It's unbelievable. So anyway, I'm in the bathroom and I'm alone. And I finish peeing. And I go. Tell us about that part. It was great.

Salt stream. Burn? No, it was like heavy flow. Like, because I had to pee so bad. No burn. No, no,

no, no. What was that like? Last week. last week. I don't know. Couldn't tell you. So I pee.

I go to wash my hands and I grab a paper because I'm not an air guy. If I'm if I can avoid it. Me too. So I grab paper and I'm drying my hands and the door opens and Biz walks in. And we met a few times now obviously and Biz goes, he's like, he sees me. He's like, oh, hey, dude, how are you? Because he definitely doesn't know my, like, you can't remember my name, you know. But he's like, hey, dude.

You're a guy. Hey guy. What's up? I go, Biz, what's up, man? And now I'm kind of doing that thing where, like, he was busting for the urine on. I don't want to, like, dab him up, like, right before he pisses, it's whatever. And I'd also want to like... Your hands are kind of wet.

Yeah, exactly. So I kind of, like, just lean against the wall. And I go, he goes, how are you? How are you? And he goes, hell of a game, eh? And I'm like, yeah, dude, it's great game. And I go, uh, here's the thing, though, because it was three, too. And I go, it is a great game, Biz.

But I do need the over, which was five and a half. So I'm hoping for that empty netter. and he goes, dude, not smiling at all. You know how Biz is always like, Biz is on all the time?

He's business. Dude, Biz goes, no hint of a smile goes, Wayne said he's pretty sure Florida's going to tie it up so the over is good.

And I go, oh, really? And he goes, yeah, I mean, if Wayne says they're going to tie it, they're going to tie it.

And I was like, and obviously they did it, but I was like, Biz's respect of Wayne's call brought me such great. Yeah, How could you not do? Dude, Biz goes, dead face, dude.

Wayne says they're going to tie it. So it's basically three. So the game is tied. Yeah. And then, dude, they scored. Fucking, I missed the stone. You two saw the stone goal alive. I was in the bathroom.

But we heard the goal. And Biz looks at me. He's like, he's like, oh, shit. That's a goal. And I'm like, yeah. And he starts running to the sink. And he's like, the over's good. The over is good.

It just like runs back to his suite. And I'm like, I see anybody. And it went back in. And I was dying too because I thought they're going to overturn it. I was like, Biz, I'm fucked. God damn it. Over. But dude,

watching him be like this, Wayne says they're going to die. I fucking love it. Fucking incredible. Listen, before we close, I actually have a, I come to both of you.

Hat and hand. Wow. With a request. Fine. And I would like to say I had this request yesterday. Yesterday around 5 p.m. Okay. And I didn't say it.

Okay. Yeah. in our last episode we made our series predictions you took cats like a moron and i took the panthers in seven if i'm being honest partially because you and p p p took both took viz but i was doing the slot thing you should have just you should have just hit the slot i know with me seven seven seven i felt this way after media day after talking to the players and looking them in their eyes and i'm coming to you hat in hand, asking if I can change my pick. What do you think?

I mean, say it. Not after tonight. Not after tonight's 5-2 win. It has nothing to do with that. Audit, audit, audit. Promise. I would make this pick if Florida won eight nothing. Okay. I think it's, I truly do after Media Day, after looking at these players in their souls,

I think it's Vegas and six. I'd even say five at this point Dude, okay, so if you had said five right there I would have had respect for you Because I think you would have been like, dude, I'm telling you I knew it was so different And if you had said Vegas and seven I would have laughed you out of this room

But Vegas and six is still a ballsy call After Florida has won What did we say? It was three, four 11 games in a row No, 11 and 1 or something Yeah, 11 and 1 in their last 12 games This is their first loss since March 11th

11th. That's crazy. May 11th. May 11th. May 11th. Okay. Yeah, I accept. Vegas and 6.

Redmond? Sure. I appreciate you guys. I'm not going to lose sleep over. Cats and 7. You get bold. When Florida pulls this out, dance like, I fucking called it. Shut up.

No, no. I truly, after Media Day, I was like, Vegas is winning this and six. Hell of an opening night, boys. Hell of an opening night. Guys, this is truly, truly just the beach. beginning. This is game one of this Stanley Cup finals and night two here on the road. You're here with all three of us familiarize yourselves quickly with the Spearmint Rhino. No, because we will with producer Redmond. Yeah. Because he is our fucking hero and our champion on the road.

And we're fucking going to rip it all together. We couldn't do this without you guys. So pumped to fucking keep this train rolling. Going to be a tough series. Everybody skate hard. You know,