Empty Netters Podcast - Four Nations Face-Off Part 1: Montreal Recap w/ Seth Jarvis, Adrian Kempe, & Erin Ambrose

Episode Date: February 17, 2025

Four Nations is the coolest tournament of all time and Montreal is the best city on earth! Hockey fans everywhere are freaking out over this tournament and for good reason. The guys recap the Montreal games and their experience in Canada. Adrian Kempe and Seth Jarvis join the pod after their first games to try to describe what it's been like. And Erin Ambrose is forced to join after the Canada loss so the guys can rub it in her face. NEW EPISODES EVERY TUESDAY & THURSDAY! PRESENTED by BetMGM. Download the BETMGM app and use code “NETTERS” and enjoy up to $1500 in bonus bets if you lose your first wager! SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: BAUER. Bauer is the go to destination for all your training needs. Head to http://www.bauer.com/training to explore tools like the Digital Reactor Danger for stickhandling or the Reactor Slide Board to add strength to your stride. BETTERHELP. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at http://www.betterhelp.com/netters for 10% off your first month and get on your way to being your best self LABATT BLUE. It’s time for you to get on board with our favorite beer in the game. Labatt Blue and Labatt Blue Light are the perfect beverages to wet your whistle while you’re watching hockey or hanging with friends. That’s because there’s a little bit of Canadian kindness in every sip. Go to https://www.labattusa.com/product/labatt-blue/ to find some near you 00:00 INTRO 19:29 FOUR NATIONS NEWS PT 1 22:50 SETH JARVIS INTERVIEW 48:43 ADRIAN KEMPE INTERVIEW 1:16:57 FOUR NATIONS RECAP PT 2 1:56:46 ERIN AMBROSE INTERVIEW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the Empty Netters podcast, we were giving you a full Four Nations Montreal leg breakdown. Adrian Kempe, Seth Jarvis, and Aaron Ambrose join the pod. It's U.S. versus Canada with one of the best hockey games I've ever seen. Maybe the best hockey game I've ever seen. Ice is ready, and we are back with another episode of the Empty Netters podcast brought to you by BetMGM. I'm your host, Dan Powers. I am joined by Nate Thompson and by a man who once said he would watch the entourage movie every night for the rest of his life starting at 7 p.m. for a mere $5,000. Chris Powers.

As always, and it was 50. He's still too low. Still far, far too low. That's true. That's true. That's true. Boys, holy hell. I'm delirious right now. Like, legitimately delirious. Somebody yesterday goes to me, he was like, well, they were talking about skiing. Yeah. And he's like, well, I got to work Sunday. so I can't ski. And I go, well, you got to work Sunday. You're golden because, you know, tomorrow's Saturday. And he was like, no, it's Saturday now, dude.

And I was like, oh, yeah, fuck. I was like, I have no idea where I am, what day it is. Dude, it is chaos. This, we, what is this now, day five? We got in Tuesday night. So here we are recording on Sunday. This episode will be coming out Monday morning. This has been, we're going to get into.

everything. We've got a lot to talk about. We're going to get into everything. This has been one of the greatest trips of our lives. It's been insane. It's been insane. I mean, from a hockey fan perspective, from a hockey person perspective, this has exceeded all expectations. It has been unbelievable. And more, I think. Yeah. I mean, and the fact that we're in Montreal, like, I think that adds to it. Like, the fact that we're here. We like Montreal. We love Montreal, don't we? But, dude, you're so right, though. Like, there's, I can see a world. And, you know, everyone's opinion about next year's winter classic can be what they are. Like, I see both sides of it truly.

But if this so easily could have been, like, in Tampa, because I could see them have been like, well, it's a cool venue and, like, let's just do it there. And I'm like, you know what, Tom, we talked about this? I think not a better comp, but maybe a more realistic comp. We were saying this could have easily been in Toronto and New York. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The fact that they picked. smaller hockey-centric cities. Dude, I don't want to kiss Gary on the mouth here,

but like every decision for this tournament has been perfect. This being here, playing at the Bell Center, then playing at the TD Garden, it's like these smaller major cities with huge hockey communities was the biggest no-brainer of all time. Because if we were in Toronto, amazing city, we love Toronto. It's just a little too big.

It's harder to have the entire city feel wrapped up in something when it's such a big city, Montreal is perfect for this. Yes. And the people here in Montreal have been perfect. Yeah. Before we get into this stroke-off session that's going to be this tournament and Montreal, we do have one gripe that we've been talking about for five days that we need to discuss. What the hell is going on with the Uber situation in the city?

It's a racket. It's a racket. It's a racket. It's a racket. It's a rock. It's a fucking racket. I have never seen. Like, I know, that, like in Breaking Bad, they have a, they have a, like, a laundry service that's like a front. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I know that there are, there are businesses. Tony Soprano owned a business. Like that, that's like this, this is mob activity. I legitimately, something is going, something is fishy with the Montreal Uber situation.

It's just all they, they, they, I mean, we're in the middle of a snowstorm. That doesn't help. But every Uber takes 20 minutes to get to you. Mm-hmm. You order black SUV. and then a Nissan Rogue shows up. And I'm like, what are we doing? It's, and what's crazy is every time that's happened, I can test it.

And I'm like, hey, this wasn't a black SUV. And Uber goes like this. Oh, sorry about that. Here's $10. Oh, they did. What about yesterday when you ordered an Uber and the guy literally drove right by with people in the car? I literally forgot it.

Like, what the fuck? That was one of the craziest thing is. I've never done. It was insane. Like, we ordered an Uber. the guy came to where we were. I ran up to the car and was like, hey, and he just drove right by me, and there were three passengers in the car.

And then I was messaging him, I was like, dude, what are you doing? And he's like, I'm dropping someone else off. And I was like, well, then cancel my ride. And he's like, no, no, you cancel it, dude. Yeah, yeah. He called. He was like, you cancel it. So your score goes down.

Yeah. I was like, what the fuck is going on? It's unbelievable. Dude, I can't, one time, you know, it's like, fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. One time, I excuse. Like, one time they send a,

fucking Prius for my black SUV and I'm like all right whatever dude like mistakes happen yeah but dude it's every time like I have not once successfully acquired a black SUV Uber here and even I think I'm like one for five on just regular X-ells

like one time a van came and I was like oh hey it's a van absolutely insane they gotta fix that they gotta figure it out Montreal through Uber's gotta figure it out all right the Uber situation is not great everything else is great everything else perfect Everything else is perfect.

So like we said, we get in Tuesday, wake up Wednesday. I don't even remember what we did. Work out. Yeah, we got an honest. We had our first and only, we had our first and only workout. We were like setting the tone, boys. We're going to work out every day this week. Dude, legitimately, I was like, good, great start, boys.

We got a great workout into it. Really good workout. I was like, this is great. We're going to rip this every day. I saw the refs. I saw West and saw all the boys. Yeah, yeah. That was funny.

And then, yeah, it's just been a, we have had accumulatively, accumulatively, we've had two hours of downtime, maybe. Yeah, since that moment. Maybe. Maybe. It's been absolutely insane. But that first game, Canada, Sweden. Yep. We get everything going.

We get our credentials. We get the workout in. We get rocking and we go to the bell center. The way that in, you know, warmups. that arena just like took my breath away and I don't mean that in a corny way I mean like legitimately I was like oh my god was that moment we didn't even have a puck drop yet and to me every doubt about this tournament was gone

instantly we heard you're going to hear this in a second when some of these guys come on but they were saying that they could tell in warmups how pep crowded it was and I felt like so could we even in the concourse you said in practice Yeah, yeah. Like, I can't remember the last time I've watched warmups. Yeah, right. And I was excited to watch warmups. And I remember like, I had the same sentiment.

Like I was sitting there and I just kept looking around and I'm like watching the guys on the ice. Know some guys no bucket on like skating around and you're just like what the, like where am I? Yeah, yeah. Oh yeah. But it adds to it that you're in Montreal because you guys know like being here like there's that there's like a there's a vibe in that arena where it's like. whoa. Oh my God. Where,

like, yeah. It's like, it's, I always say it's like, Montreal, like the Bell Center, it's like,

um, church of hockey. Absolutely. It feels like a church. It's like a cathedral. 100%. Great call. And that's what it felt like it was like,

wow. Yeah. Yeah. You know? I mean, go on. It was just. Okay.

So that game, that game, we show up, it's packed. We're like, holy hell, dude, something's cooking here.

And I, stupidly, I guess, probably didn't realize or expect the, the extra intro there. I was like, oh, yeah, here comes Canada and Sweden anthems, and then let's go. But it was like, oh, no, like, here comes Daniel Alfredson, and here comes Timu, and who came up for US?

I can't remember. Austin and Richter. Oh, Richter. Yeah. Richter. And then Mario, obviously. So they do the whole thing. And, man, I also stupidly didn't think about the Leap players.

Like, the Leaf players getting absolutely douged here, which is awesome. because Willie comes out and they're playing sweet and he's a leaf murdered. Matthews comes out. But the way Willie smiled at the camera, like they start booing and he was just like, what? Dude. Like he's so, he loves him.

He's the man, dude. So yeah, it was like these legends come out. Matthew's totally hearing it from the crowd. But dude, the ovation for Sid and for Mario took my breath away. And I mean that. 100%.

It was the bell center's got. those little necklaces that hang on every seat. It's like the blinking red light. They've got them all synced up. It's the most electric atmosphere in the NHL. And, you know, we talked about it with a bunch of the guys who've come on. Ikes was saying it. I think something that we maybe didn't consider, which is weird, right? It's like, we've got this best and best tournament. I never considered how cool it is for the Canada boys to be representing their country. for the first time on the national stage best on best in their own country.

And I didn't think about that because usually it's, Olympics are going to be in Italy. And you're like, oh, yeah, great. And like, Italians will hopefully have a team. And sure,

that's good. But it's like, you think about the major hockey countries they're overseas. And it's, Sochi was another one. It's like, yeah, great.

You know, it is wild to me that I didn't think about that because the moment was so clear the second it was going on. Like all of the, these Canadian flags, these Canadian citizens with like tears in their eyes, watching, singing the anthem together, watching this, like, you know, Mario on the ice with Sid,

seeing the adoration the young boys have for Sid. The amount of Crosby chance that start is just like, holy shit. I'm getting goosebumps just thinking about it. It's like bringing me back right now. Yeah, it was nuts, man. Like we're watching a Canada, Sweden game. We are three U.S. citizens. And we were, my heart was beating out of my chest. I was like, this is. so electric. And it has been pedal to floor since that moment. Like we talk, we can talk about that game. And you know, you guys will hear, you'll hear Jarvie and Juice talk about it. But that first 10 minutes was like, dude, we were just smiling. I felt like a child. genuinely, I felt like a child in a toy store. Because I was just like, I has got three guys who love hockey. That's the best 10 minutes

of hockey I've seen in my entire life to that point. Dude. And I was like, oh, my The fact, I said the Sid shootout in the snow winter classic goal, in the first winter classic ever felt literally scripted. In Buffalo. Yeah, like, I was like, that's not possible that that's how this thing. NHL has this idea and then their golden son does that to win the game. Having a McKinnon from Crosby and McDavid goal 40 seconds into the conditions game played in Canada. But I was like, that's who, where did, what contract was signed and everyone agreed to do that. Dude, and the way that that power play goal shaped up,

it looked like a script scene from a movie. Like, they were like, let's have this play, the passing be so crisp. Let's have Crosby get it and spinorama, no look backhand. Between the legs of, I think it was Slavin that went down. Or it was he was he was, oh, sorry, sir, yeah.

I'm still in. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're all still in. Yeah, yeah. But yes, like between his legs and then boom, goal. Like, it was like, let's script up like the most dominant looking goal.

And then the look up. and all their faces. Like, they look on McKinnon and Nate Dogg. When he was like, look at, he was just like, they were like, look at each other like, wow, this is so much fun. Dude, I had this thought, man, what, because Sid's obviously played in, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Nate hasn't done anything.

Hasn't had the chance. What a cool moment growing up in Sid, not his town too, but in the same town as Sid, idolizing that guy, making the league yourself as a superstar, getting to play with him on a team Canada for your first time and then having your hero send you on across. Like when he hit that into that, he must have been like, well, dude, I fantasize about this. Yeah. And to go one step further, how much

talk have we heard about the Nova Scotia boys, those two and Brad, and then two minutes later, Brad's course. Yeah. It was like, the way that the roof of that building fucking flew off, and we talked about it. I'll look to you, Tom, where I go, is this going to be 10 nothing? Yeah. It was. Yeah, we thought so.

It was insane. The way it started, yeah. But it was just, I mean, this that game, it set the tone in a couple of ways, right? Like Canada comes out power play. We heard about the, can we, oh, imagine that power. Yeah, yeah. Instantly, goal.

Then, boom, they score again. The barn, we couldn't have asked for a better vibe. I mean, I'm going to be redundant here, but how many times did we, we all were thinking, you can't ask for anything better? Like, Canada scores, they get a power play immediately, they score immediately. Then another one of the vets that we were desperate to be on this team, Marchand, scores immediately. It was just like, holy shit.

But then the next part was, after we just said, oh, fuck, is Canada just going to run Sweden here? After 10 minutes, Sweden going relax. And then boom, they made it the fucking best game ever. Also showed like Sweden's here to not fuck around. They're nasty. And then they tie it up. And we go to overtime. First game goes to overtime.

A 10-minute three-on-three overtime goes beyond five minutes. Just back-to-back. Edmund shutting down 15 one-on-ones. With Nate Dog, winding it up every single time. Dude, I was laughing with Merles. Because I was up with Burles for that, OT. You guys were down. I was up with Merles, and I was laughing with him

because he goes, he was like, God, Hedman just eight straight one-on-ones. And I was like, yeah, from the eight best players alive, too. It was like, oh, yeah. Like, it's literally just an onslaught of like, oh, here's Sid, here's, here's, here's, Nate, here's Connor. I was like, dude, Edman's just like,

oh, fuck. He was like, bring it on. Give me kale next. It's insane, dude. Absolutely insane. And then obviously, Mitchie gets the overtime goal after all the fans, the Habs fans and Canadian fans alike were like, fuck are you, Marty, get off the eyes.

I like, and they had to cheer Brad too. Like they cheered Marci and Mitch in the same game. I was like, wow, Belcenter, unique moments in the Bell Center. Dude, but it was just like, I mean, like we said, I feel like I was drenched in sweat after that game because I was just like, that was so electric, so intense. and it just set the tone, right? Like that one game set the tone for,

all right, if you weren't paying attention before, make sure you watch every single one of these games. If you're at home, watch every single one of these games. And then I think for us, like, I don't know about YouTube, but for me, watching that game, I was like, yep, we got a lot of work to do this week. This is going to be crazy.

But take this in, this is, you said it, Tom, we're in the game. You were like, this is probably the best hockey we'll ever watch. Well, and too, I think we have to recognize, too, like what we witnessed that night with Canada, Sweden. We witnessed a Michael Jordan moment with Sidney Crosby. Dude. What he did.

Like what he did. Like if you didn't appreciate Crosby before this game or if you didn't know much about him as a fan or you've heard about him, but like, oh, yeah, Sydney Crosby played a long time, you know, probably Hall of Famer. If you didn't watch this, like, or you did watch this, you realize that he is him. Bro, dude. He is him. I might have said this when JARVie was here, so sorry if you'll hear it again. but the hype that he has and whatever he's a he's a determinator but the pressure like that's you're a human being

you know like the entire country is chanting your name at this ring not nates not conners you and probably a loud or ovation than mario yes dude literally oh definitely which brand which is crazy yes yeah to have that coming out and it's not he's not a 28 year old anymore he's 30 set like he's coming out 37 like damn yeah first time in a decade we've got to do this i hope i can deliver yeah yeah bang three apples game winning apple player of the game the man mj and i'm like bro you are so good and so not afraid of any moment ever it's incredible everyone he rises too mean you think about all the biggest games god damn like finals international play he's always it's he's always okay sid you're you know you're the spark plug for us and he was like every time they needed

something good to happen 87 was he was there he's just he's larger than life dude It's like, it's genuinely, he's larger than life. It's genuinely crazy. I mean, we talk about all the time. People always ask the, you know, I get asked it during the hockey talks all the time. Like, who's your, you know, top five of all time? Who's your Mount Rushmore? He's on it.

Yeah. And if you don't, for the multitude of reasons, if you don't see why he's on it, you got to, you know, you got to wash your face, get some new contacts, wake up a little bit. because it is, you look simply at the talent on that ice and the way everyone is just looking at him. Like, he's, he's a god. It's truly remarkable. And the way he, like you said, the way he answers the bell every time. Getting to see him do that in person was. I felt like lucky that we got to watch that because it's like, absolutely. I got to watch Sid, he cemented himself more if that makes sense, you know what I mean? Like, you cemented himself more as the goat by doing that?

Yeah. Where you're like, there's zero question that he is the guy. It's just so sad. And it's crazy to think, too. He, he's what, 37 now? Yeah. 38. Yeah.

And he's still, he's a top three player on that team. It's absolutely insane. Right? It's absolutely insane. It's an top three player on that team. Okay, so then after the game, we, there's a million little pubs and everything right by the rink, you know? So we were trying to just like find somewhere that, because the games are long, eh?

Like it's, it gets out long, they just start late. And long TV timeout. Yeah. Yeah. Longer TV time out. So it did feel longer. Yeah. So it's like, you know, we get out and like, we, and we have been fucked on this trip with time time.

Like, we, I'm just living on West Coast time still. I don't even know there's been a time clock for us all weekend. We just kind of just, it's been onto this to the game to. So it's like, you know, we're looking for somebody to go get some food, honestly. And like, everything's packed and like, we'd nothing to do. And then Dewey's like, yo, a couple of the boys are at. What with Jacks or something? Jack Saloon.

Yeah. Shout out Jack Saloon. So we go in there and it's dead. Literally dead, except for us and five or six dudes I'd seen Canada. Just chopping it up. And man, for me, and I want to hear what you guys think, too, but the coolest part of that whole hang session

was, obviously, they're riding hot. Dude, you know how it makes me laugh? Every time we finish like a beer league and we're having beers upstairs, it's like, oh, dude, you had that sick pass off the wall there. That was still, like, hockey dudes just like chopping up the game that just happened. The same thing.

They're doing, like Team Canada is like, oh, you made that one. I couldn't believe you made that mess. And I was like, this is hilarious. What do you guys do? Like, when it's like, you know, we have nights with like Dewey and Juice from, you know, till 4 a.m. And people are like, what do you guys talk about? We're like hockey.

Yeah. Just talk about hockey. It's so dumb. Seriously, he's like, because Kempi scored in that game right in front of Dewey. And like, Dewey's like, oh, my gap was shit. I can't believe I let Kempi do that. It's like, it's just hilarious to hear them do that. But then the other thing I was going to say was just watching the younger guys

on Canada interact with Dewey. Yeah, I mean, he's a gold medal winner. He's a Norris trophy winner. And we always say it's so cool. I mean, like Tomer is a guy who played for multiple teams. It is no one really wants to get traded, right? Like you want to stay in one place, especially if you're happy there. But I think one of the cool elements is like you get to meet new guys.

Like you get to interact and play with different guys. And this is the coolest way to do that. It's like all of a sudden you get to play for your next. national team, you're meeting new guys, getting to hang out socially with new guys. So it was really cool. Yeah, like seeing all these guys who have not normally hung out being like, yeah, we're all being boys. But it was kind of just like everyone was sitting around Dewey. Yeah. And being like, they were circle around him like campfire. Yeah. Yeah. And you could see like, and you could see too, they weren't leaving until he was ready to leave. Correct. It was like, dude, 100%. Like I actually saw at one point like some of them start to like scoot a chair out and Dewey's like, we'll do one more. And everyone's like, yes, one more. I'll have another one too. Yeah, and then he finishes. A few of these, like, oh, yeah.

Like, what are we doing? And, like, look at him and he's like, we're not going anywhere. Yeah. And then save and reverse, like, they started to get another one. And he's like, I'm all set. And they're like, I'm all set, too. I'll cancel that. Take that back.

Take that. And we're leaving. No, but it was just, obviously, it's so awesome. I mean, anytime we get to hang out with those guys is the best, but seeing them in that environment was just so cool. And it was, like we keep saying, just everything was setting the stage for the rest of the trip. Yes, man. And yeah, it's been amazing. But before we move on to the rest, let's kick it to Seth Jarvis and Adrian Kempi. I want you guys to hear from them.

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See betmgm.com for terms. US promotional offers not available in New York, Nevada, Ontario, or Puerto Rico. All right, kicking it in Montreal, still snowy Montreal, Steve Jarvis, coming back on the pod. Yeah. This is great. Yeah, true. Curring. True.

Now a recurring guest. Hot off the heels of the most electric hockey game we have all seen in years. Yeah. How are you feeling right now? Finally coming down from it. Yeah. That was a lot. That was, yeah, that was.

Like you guys said, that was by far the craziest game I've ever played in. Absolutely. From an atmosphere standpoint. Yeah, finally settling in. Yeah, I bet. Jarvie, when did they tell you you were, you were, when did tell you the lines? When were they like, here's where you're slotted in? We had practices for a couple days, but he kind of was like,

ah, like, we don't know how we're feeling. Like, stuff will move around. And then morning skate kind of got solidified, I guess. Okay. And see what everyone was going on. So did it kind of sink in that moment? You're like, holy shit, dude. I'm going out there.

Yeah. And like the weird part is the first practice we had was by far the most nervous I've ever been for anything to do on the ice. Yeah. Just because I don't really know. I don't know any of the guys or I didn't know any of the guys. Obviously such legends on the team. And I'm wheeling out there. I'm like, we're like doing just like the NASCAR just shooting bucks.

I'm like, oh my goodness. There's like 300 media people. I've never seen that before to practice. And I'm just terrified. Yeah. First couple drills, I'm like fumbling pox. We're doing like Canada Cup. I'm like trying to just sift them on there.

And then, uh, so I would honestly, I was probably more nervous for that than I was for that game. I believe it, dude. Like, it was first time touching down on the ice with all those guys. How could you not be like, Jesus Christ? Look at this. If I put one of McKinnon's feet, like, I'm going to panic. Yeah. I'm absolutely maddened, dude.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Jarvy rings one off the bar, hits McDavid in the face. Yeah. He's like, get the fuck off the ice. Yeah. Yeah, the last thing you want is one guy to give you a dirty look after a bad path. my God. I'd be exiled from Canada if I did something like that.

But dude, you were joking around with us, like on the text. You were like, every team needs a shower guy. And then next thing you know, you're in the lineup, did you have a holy shit moment where you're like, oh, fuck, here we go. I'm going. Yeah. Well, yeah, during the anthems, I was like, all right, I kind of got like, I was trying to take it all in because you never know if you're ever going to experience something like that again. Yeah. So I was kind of looking around, taking it all in.

And then I was like, kind of got to play a game. Now I've got to kind of focus up a little bit. And so I use the anthems just to kind of lock in a little bit more. And then from there, it's hockey. So, like, you're going out there. You're just playing against and with most of the best players in the world. So it's different, but it's hockey. Yeah, it's a lot of fun.

Yeah. Did you need a shift, though? Like, sometimes I feel like it takes one or two shifts and you get hit once to be like, okay, now I'm settling in. Was it crazy that first time? I don't know if you saw my first shift. I skate a million miles an hour trying to hit the first yellow jersey I saw. I was just trying to hit something.

Yeah. Yeah. It took a couple shifts, I'd say, because like you and then I got the puck right away and I think I just kind of threw it at the net. Yeah, yeah. And I was like, I'm playing with like Marcian. I'm playing like, I could probably try to make a play here and give him the puck and see what happens. But yeah, the first shift was skate as fast as humanly possible and hit something.

Yep. Speaking of your line with Marci and point, like, did you know beforehand that you're going to be playing with him? And like, I don't know if you saw, but Marshaun came out and said, like, I want to play with Seth Jarvis. Yeah, he willed it. Yeah. I guess he did. He kind of spoken into existence. I mean, like, we practiced together, so that was kind of like a hint at it.

But you obviously, you never know all that stuff can change so quickly. And then, yeah, when he said that, I took me, I was off guy. I was like, oh, why? You could say almost anybody else. It would make so much sense. Like, Marshall, you know that Sid and Nate are right here. You get up the Nova Scotia line here. You want to play with me?

But he's been absolutely unbelievable to me so far. everything I could have hoped for as a person and it's been it's been a blast were you guys kind of laughing on the bench when it's immediate people, immediate goal where you're like Jesus Christ not only immediate goal but immediate Nate from Sid and Connor

and like spin around on the tape between the legs like just yeah that was special yeah everyone who was practice Peking the last two practices was like yeah I've seen that one a couple times actually they're like here it comes here it comes yeah there we go

that's hilarious beautiful It would have been more impressive if they didn't score than if they did. Yeah, right. Stick taps to Sweden. Yeah, hey, good on you. That's actually a good point. Dude, we were just talking to Kempi, and he was saying, like, that first 10 minutes was fucking insane. From your perspective, how much were you guys buzzing?

Like, it was like that you were hammering them for 10 minutes. Yeah, it was impossible not to be flying out there. And, like, we were talking about last night, like, that was the most unnecessarily fast game ever. like just skating so hard so fast for no reason there's times and games where like you can slow up read a little bit more adjust no it was fuck balls out 24 seven it was it was oh yeah it looked fast it was

it was north south yeah it was mad max fury i was just like this is like mock 10 right now these guys are moving dude is it it's hard to say i guess in hindsight but is i feel like there was so much So if it's the first game, you're at home in Canada, the crowd insane. Like you said, it warmups. It was already packed, right? Did the first goal or scoring so quickly help a little bit?

I feel like if it had been zero, zero for 10 minutes, you guys might have been like, tighten up, oh my God. But did that help kind of your bench just be like, here we go, dude? A thousand percent. And I think when you score on the power, it almost opens it up even a little bit more. Like you have that going for you, score early and just seeing those guys connect, knowing they're going. It kind of gets everyone else humming along. Yeah.

did you well actually they'll get into your goal too or the goal you assisted on they haven't even yeah your goal i'll take it yeah the uh it happens because of you yeah correct the you guys like dan said were all over in sweden didn't even have a shot on goal yet maybe the willy one but didn't even have a shot on goal yet you make a great play to get it up to pointer there see that was a play that was the play that was the past of the whole play to set the whole thing that's not no let's not get nuts here it was he was i told you last night you went so all out on that play that i was like he's about to get bundled. And then you somehow got your stick on it and got it up to point.

That made the whole goal. Well, that's just not having a lot of awareness. He could have probably hammered me. But I was ready to, yeah, the whole, yeah, make that play. I mean, pointers pass was by far the nicest pass of anything there. He froze everybody in the arena. Pretty sick. And Marci could have skated it into the net at that point.

But yeah, when you're playing with two guys, that was kind of the moment it clicked. Like maybe I don't have to dump this puck. Maybe I can make a play. and just will happen to work out. So you guys get that goal and you got, there's a couple sick pictures of you guys going nuts, right? Is that, I have two questions. One, where you kind of like, holy shit.

I just assisted a goal for Team Canada. This is amazing. And number two, at any point, are you guys like, we were about to beat the wheels off this team? I mean, yeah, I was like, this is pretty sweet. I got an apple and an environment like this is pretty cool. And also, yeah, for a second there, We're like, this might get a little nasty here, but you have to, they push back pretty much right away.

Yeah. And like that last half of the first, last couple minutes of the first, and then that second period, they really kind of took it to us. They had a good game going. So, like, you have to expect. They're the best players from Sweden. Yeah. They have studs over there. So you knew it was going to happen.

But there was a little bit of, there was probably a couple seconds where you were like, oh, boy. All the boys. Yeah. Yeah. That was funny. We looked at each other Tom, where I was like, this could get ugly fast. Oh, yeah. I mean, the way you guys started, I was like, oh, boy, this.

Yeah. But then Sweden settled in. Take us into the locker room a little bit, like, beforehand. I know, like, nerves for you. Like, was there any older guy or was there someone, like, maybe joke around to kind of loosen things up? And then, like, second part, like, on the bench, you know, like, how is it on, like, what's the dynamic on the bench?

Is there a lot of guys talking or guys, like, you know what I mean, being quiet, you know, kind of give us that. Yeah. The locker room's been great. Yeah. I mean, like, you have all those guys who've played in tournaments like this. So they're kind of there calm in the storm a little bit. It was honestly, yeah, the locker was pretty loose.

A lot more loose than I would have expected, to be honest with you, because all those guys are so regimented and everything they do. But everyone was pretty loose, just excited to go. And then on the bench, I think me, Marcy probably had the highest word count on anybody in that arena. Wait, are you beacon guys? No, I'm not chirping anybody. I'm not smart enough to get that going right away. Is Marcy, though?

Margie got good ones. I saw him giving somebody. Was he chirping last night? Yeah. He was chirping. He was going at Carlson for a while. I fucking love that. Who, it was like the end of the first or something.

Well, it was when Carl he shot it on that. He shot it after the buzzer. And he said he couldn't hear it. I saw him go like this. Yeah. He was going after him. But I mean, given the role we're playing in, you never know how much you're going to play. So there's other ways to affect the game.

Sure. Like talking on the bench, creating energy for everybody. So people are coming off. give him taps, whatever, cheer for hits, cheer for blocks, whatever you can do. So that's pretty much my mindset every game. And then whenever I can pitch in offensively, it always helps. Yeah, yeah. How is scale 1 to 10?

How incredible is sharing a locker room with Dewey for the first time? He's awesome. Oh, yeah, that was, yeah, yesterday it was kind of the first time. We spent a lot of time around each other. And he's great. Oh, dude. He's everything anyone ever says about it. Yeah, correct.

It's the best. True. as advertised. It's the laugh, dude. That thing, it makes you, you cannot not laugh. Possible. It's the most contagious laugh of all the time.

You could laugh at your fucking mother's funeral. Yeah. It's unbelievable. Did you have a moment, you know, obviously the goal is so cool. Or, yeah, again, your goal. Yes. For you,

how long did it take to sink in that moment of like throwing on the Canada jersey, being there in Montreal, playing for your country? Yeah, that whole warm up probably. Yeah. That was, I've never seen anything like that. I thought, I think the rink almost was fully packed.

Dude, it was. No, it was. It was. I sat through warmups too and I was just like, holy shit. Yeah. Same thing. Yeah. Yeah.

Like they had those red, the blinking, blinking things on. Yeah. Yeah. We started doing the hot lap. I was high stepping. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Snap one quick. Hegs was joking. Like, he snapped one six feet wide, but he was still humming along. Yeah. It's unreal. Yeah. That's so great. good feeling. Dude, the crowd was so pro you guys, obviously, you know, and everything. You could

feel it the whole game. But after three, we were kind of joking earlier, the third goal you guys scored, kind of went against the run of play where they were having a good second period. And then they really hit the comeback. And you could feel the building get tense for us, too. Like, we were in there and got quieter and everybody was like, oh, my God. Did you guys, were you feeling that? Were you tightening up on the bench? Or was it like steady as she goes, we're fine? Yeah, I think a little bit of both. I think, obviously, you kind of expected a push and they gave us a great point. They came back. They played a really good game. But you got to have confidence with the line if we have and knowing the guys who are putting out

on the ice that that is going to soar itself out and now we're going to win. So I think it is a mix of both knowing that they got players over there that can definitely be game changes, but we got ultimate superstar game changes on our team that can flip a game pretty quick. For sure. Do you feel like you can tell or feel the weight of the important? like from the crowd and then does that leak into the team? Because we spent tons of time talking about a lot of people were like, yeah, we'll see if the guys really care about this tournament that much. Like, do you feel the weight of the nation on you guys a little bit?

I mean, yeah, but I mean, whenever you toss on that jersey, I think you feel the weight of a nation no matter what the tournament is. Yeah, I love that. Definitely. It's an honor. So, I mean, anytime you get to represent your country, whether it's a big term, a small term, whatever it is, it matters. and so for something like this in Canada,

doing it in Montreal in such a legendary place, it definitely feels a lot more, like really important, which it is, but it's also hockey, like I said before. Yeah.

Like you're out there playing hockey just on a really big stage. A lot of people watch it. Dude, we were talking with you last night about the OT because like we're sitting up in the bleachers and it's like, McCar, McKinion,

and McDavid get put out there. And we're like, oh, that's crazy. and Tom are saying he's talking to you and you're like, it was crazy for us, dude. Watch it from the bench. It was nuts. It sucks. They didn't win the face off right away because he had, like, they, Sweden kept possession

for a decent amount of time, but right when they got the pill, you knew something was going to go crazy. And those guys winding up, I would have hated to be on the ice against that. Oh, dude. Kempi said, right, he was like, I was out there one time. It was miserable. Oh, it was unbelievable. Yeah, it was unbelievable. I mean, just seeing, like, every time Nate got the puck, I did, I did.

did like this one. I stood up and I was like, oh, did this one I'd sit back down. I'm like, what am I doing? I'm like, you could tell how bad Nate wanted it. Oh, yeah. He wanted it. He kept doing the regroup and then the horse got going. Looked off Connor a few times.

Yeah. What is Connor said on the bench, dude? After they change, he's like, hey, dude, I'm wide open. It's a three on one. Like, did you guys give him shit a little bit? No, I would. Oh, no. Yeah.

Yeah. You would say something. I would be here. I would be here. Sid could be dead. Yeah. Probably. There's a select few people who I think would probably give him shit.

but I wasn't one of them and I don't think anyone else was. Yeah. No one's questioning his choices out there. You could maybe do it after you win. Yeah. Like middle of OTI saw on the bench, someone like this.

Hey, pass the puck, Nate. Jesus Christ. Dude, how cool was it as a younger Canadian kid, honestly, seeing the way the crowd reacts to Sid and all the hype and the pressure on Sid and all the stats. It's like he's never lost as a captain

to have him just come out there and be like three apples, player the game, whatever, we win again. Like, what is that like seeing firsthand? Yeah. Well, now that I got to experience being around him a little bit, it totally makes sense. Yeah, really.

Always calm, nothing ever really flusters him too much. And then when they were chanting his name at the player of the game, I was getting chill. Same, dude. I was like, oh, my God. So I can only imagine how he felt. But that's something that, like, you can tell he's built for that and built for those moments. And he, like you said, three apples, like, absolutely delivered. Dude, did you have this?

is you, you were Grinnell, somebody had this take, which I love, and I want your, but your opinion, I haven't said it to you either, that I'll be interested to see if playing in this tournament for Sid, which is like high stakes pressure, like, he hasn't been in the playoffs for a couple years now, if this tournament just kind of gives him an itch. Because he said so many times, I don't care.

But I'm like, if you play in this and you hear that crowd and this atmosphere, and you're like, fuck, I do miss this a little bit. Maybe I should move to Raleigh. There we go. That's interesting. That's a tape. Now we're talking, dude.

He really wants to play with Seth Jarvis. fucking everyone does, I know the Nova Scotia boys. I do. It was cool. That was the first godlike Sydney Crosby experience I've seen in person. Because that was wild, dude.

We were joking at the ceremony in the beginning. He got a bigger cheer than Mario. And I was like, dude, this is wild. He's him. He's him. He's him. And yeah, him stepping into this tournament just having three assists was just like, this guy's hurt.

The oldest guy on the team, I think, right? It's like, Jesus. Is there any other players on the team? obviously besides Sid, I mean, he's Sid, that you were like super excited to play with, or maybe you were, like, didn't know how good they were. Like, you knew how good they were, but like once you're, you know what?

You know what I mean? Once you're in practice and you see little things, you're like, holy shit. Yeah. I mean, like, the weird, like, you know how fast McDavid is, but it's like insane. Yeah. It's crazy.

McCar is another one that I don't, like, he could be a forward and he might be one of the best forwards in the NHL. Yeah. He just decides to play D and just wheel the puck from behind the neck. He is, it's insane. But, like, you go down the list and, like, everyone is always going to, I feel like, in terms of the latest especially are always going to be better than you probably imagine.

And, like, we have so much skill up and down the lineup, like, the fact that Kinecti is playing on our fourth is insane. Yeah. It's crazy. Yeah. He's crazy. He's incredible. Yeah, he's gross.

And so just like, just the depth we have, like, in practice are nuts. No one misses a pass. Like, if I flubbed a sauce in one of our practices, like a backhand sauce and everyone was kind of staring at it. This drill stops. You know, like, full whistle. I was like, oh, God. Hear a pin drop.

Yeah, yeah. Who's this guy? Yeah. But no, it's incredible. Yeah. It must be just so awesome having that experience and being like, dude, we've been, the hockey world's been missing this for 10 years.

And then you get on the ice with all those guys and then get on the ice against Sweden. Just a totally different game. It must have been like an experience. that you've never even imagined. No. Never, never had anything close to that. Yeah. And so to be able to be a part of that was extremely special.

Yeah. Fucking eight. Dude, how about Binner, eh? I thought he played a great game. There was so many questions coming in, right, about like, oh, Canada's goalies. But I thought he made some monster stops. That won in overtime? Dude, yeah.

Huge. Huge. Yeah. Insane. So that was great, dude. That must have, I'm sure the boys were rallying around that big time. Oh, 100%. And I don't know if you guys ever had the chance to meet him.

Yeah. Yeah. He is, he's a character. awesome it's just steady like like he was sitting in our meet one of our meetings like before the meeting and he was just like locked in on the screen like this and like i'm not it must have been probably like three or four minutes he didn't move and it was just yeah staring and i was like this isn't even a meeting for you like this is the pk or something and he's just sitting there like he's like you could tell he who enjoys us and loves this big pressure more yeah yeah yeah i mean god they all the blues

said that in that 19 yeah yeah yeah chip on his shoulder dude did you how How early did he get the nod? Like, how early do you guys know it was been or starting? I don't think until the practice before. Oh, really? Yeah. And do you know, have they said it's him going forward? Are you guys going to jumble or who knows?

I'm not John Cooper. I got to. Yeah, yeah, above his paper. Yeah, that's not quite, it doesn't run through me yet. That's fair enough. But yeah, so like for you, for, you know, off the ice, how awesome has this experience been? Because, you know, we, you have that funny comment last year about the vacation overall star.

Yeah. You know, now here it is. Like, this is your break. You're in a cold snowstorm, winter city in Canada. But, like, you must be having a ball right now. Oh, the best time of my life. I would never go on a break again if I could keep doing this. Yeah.

But it's been, yeah, everything I could have ever dreamed of them more. The best part for me is I know how great all these players are. I know how awesome they are on the ice. But to see them as a person, see them as a human being, like going out to dinners with them, going to shooting the shit at team meals and stuff. Like, I'm going to live with those experiences. experiences forever. Yeah.

I'll never trade that for anything. Fuck yeah. Like I was eating dinner. I was at a table with Sid, McKinnon, McCar, Taze, and, like, Ryanhart, and, and, like, and Benet. Yeah. And then in the meal room, I'm sitting there, like, kind of sat back for a second. I'm like, what am I doing?

Where am I? This is an incredible. Like, they're just, like, tell them stores. They're just talk and shop. Yeah. And, like, so, there's so much stuff I can learn from these people. It's incredible. Yeah, that's such an underrated part of it.

No, I mean, that's amazing. I mean, being a young guy like yourself, like being around that, just like being able to soak it in. And you said it's like a pinch me moment almost. You know, we're like looking around like these all Hall of Famers, really, you know, and you're getting to be a part of it and learn from them. And credit to you, though, I mean, you had a hell of a hockey game last night. Like you were, you were all over the ice. So you definitely should be in that lineup.

I appreciate it. Yeah. Yeah. It's, it's, I mean, for us, the fans and, you know, just people who love the game seeing it and being like this, like I said, we've been missing this. We need more of it. Hearing you guys feel that way even more is just fires us up so much. Because it is that game had no business being as fast as it was. Did it surprise you guys?

I don't think it's slowing down anytime soon. Did it surprise you guys how immediately intense it was? Or were you kind of like this might go crazy? Oh, no. We were ready for an absolute all at war. Okay, okay. I was talking, like I'd block a shot off my face if I needed to at this point. Like for something like this, like it baffled me that people thought this wouldn't be

taken seriously. Dude, it was such a common narrative. I couldn't believe that. From people in our world, dude. Like, you know, we've called some of them out. But I was like, what are you talking about? I mean, yeah. They're going to go nuts.

Insane. Yeah. Like, I've, like, seeing, like, the big guys on our team, like, take it so seriously. Like, how am I not supposed to come in here and do absolutely everything I can to help this team with? Yeah, yeah. It's amazing. How pumped are you for Saturday to play against some of your teammates?

Yeah. That'll be sweet. That can to US is going to be. That's going to be... Speaking of war, right? Oh, my goodness. Yeah, dude, I'm so ready. What do you expect?

Do you expect that game to be possibly maybe no puck in the first period? Like, guys are... That's what I'm assuming it's probably going to happen is a lot of body contact. But, I mean, there's no... Nothing else we'd rather do. Yeah. There's no other way we'd rather have that. It's like the classic Canada, US, first period, first 10 minutes of just an all-out war zone

until everyone kind of settles in and starts playing again. I can't wait to hear how hard Austin gets booed. Dude, that was epic last night. It's going to drown out the entire arena. The way Willie got booed. Every time he touches the puck properly. Oh, 100%. For sure.

100%. That's got to be such an added element too, of just being like, this is like we've got the home nation here behind us. Oh, totally. Like when Willie was on there and he was getting booty smiled with the camera, like that was awesome. It was so awesome. He was so perfect with that stuff.

He is great. for it. He's great for it. Oh, dude. Well, I mean, we'll close you out. But, I mean, wait, I have one thing before we let him go. Not Four Nations related, but I'm just curious. How has it been on the hometown team post-trade?

Yeah. It's been good. I mean, like we've talked about before, we lost two guys that have been with the team for a while. Key parts of our locker room, like Natchie is one of my best friends. So for me, that was kind of the first trade where I lost someone extremely close. to me. Yeah. So that was interesting, but to get what we got back in return, like to get Rants back, like, it's, it'd be hard not to make that trade. Yeah. He's huge, eh? I couldn't believe. Dude, I ask. It's like one of the biggest people I've ever seen. It's in, it's so

I don't know why it doesn't translate when you're watching him, but then you see him in person you're like, wait, are you a fucking giant? He's huge. Like, I met him first, I shook his hand out. I was like, I looked the legitimate 11-year-old. Yeah. Yeah. Like, looking up at him. And like, so he's, and you can tell right away he's an absolute game changer. He's someone that can affect the game in so many ways and it's going to be a real big positive for us. It's awesome. And even for him, like, leaving a tisbe

with them for how old life dude. It's a little pro career, yeah. So I can only imagine what it's like for him. So obviously it takes a little bit of an adjustment period, but I'm imagining it's going to be awesome when he gets settled in. Show him the Raleigh bars dude, make him feel at home. Yeah.

Pretty sick. Him playing with Fisie during this tournament. It's very sick. It's going to be such a nice, like added adjustment for him coming back to Raleigh. Yeah, that'll be great. 100% and then they'll probably trade for another Finn and then I'll be back. Thank God knows where. Yeah, you're going the other way. We'll take him in L.A.

Yeah, there we can. We'll bring him to Southern California. Yeah. Yeah. That's incredible. Well, dude, I mean, obviously a bunch of big games left, but just your final thoughts, like how are you feeling? Yeah, how the vibes of the trip. Vibes as high as they could be? Couldn't be higher.

Yeah. Could not be higher. This is amazing. Fuck yeah, dude. I love it. Well, dude. Thanks for coming on. Thank you.

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the fact that you're here after a tough OT loss just shows what a good person you are thank you to know that yeah because he said he said yes before the game and then they lost and I was like oh I should have said no this morning that's right that's a big brain stuff that's why you asked before. Because I knew he'd say S and then he can't back out. That's why you got to do it that way. Exactly. How quickly did you realize that this was not going to be a shunny tournament?

I mean, kind of like on warm-ups, it came out. It was packed right away. You were like, Jesus Christ. Yeah. And then like with a ceremony and everything before, you know, the fans were into it. It was crazy. And then, yeah, I mean, first shift when they came out flying. So you're just like, all right, this, you're going to have to pick it up here a little bit.

And the first 10 minutes was probably the craziest 10 minutes I've ever played. Yeah. Like being on the opposite side of it, it's just like I have never seen a team come out like that. It was wild. Dude, the fact that it was, first of all, like you said, in the ceremony. Yeah. Because I didn't know they were going to do that whole presentation thing, right? Yeah, that was cool.

Which I know it's kind of a grind for you guys because you're like, I'm just sitting here. I just gave it, you know, let's go, let's go. but I was dying at like the dudes who kind of were double trouble for the fans to like Willie Nealander. Yeah, yeah. Sweet and Leaf. You know, Matthews comes out, American and Leaf. Like, yeah, like the sewer.

That's when I really noticed the crowd, the booze that you guys were getting. I was like, oh my God. Yeah, the roar. You got a bigger cheer than Mario. It was. It was unbelievable. We were dying, you know, obviously, like you said, the first 10 minutes was a shotgun. We're like, holy shit.

That barn was out of control. That team was out of control. The power play goal, immediate. Yeah. I mean, that's definitely tough. You know, you come out and get a penalty.

Bad call, too. I haven't seen it, to be honest. Dude, what actually was the call? Because I was walking. You guys were in the feet. It was a high stick, I think. It was a high stick. Yeah, you had to call high sticks.

Yeah. Come on. It's a little soft. In the first, like, five minutes. It was high, I saw. I saw. I saw. I know juice is here, but it was nice solid.

I haven't seen it, but it's a tough way to start for sure. They got more Cesar on. Yes, that's right. That's right. In that first, like the beginning of the game, what was the coolest moment for you? Was it the anthem? Was it the warm-ups? Was it the first shift?

I mean, kind of warm-ups. I didn't expect it to be that packed when I came out right away. So that was definitely something that I haven't been a part of before where you come out and it's pretty much just all the fans sold out. Everybody's in the stands, you know. So you get excited for that. And then, yeah, I mean, first 10 minutes was like cool, but like not cool because I was on the other side of it. Yeah, but, you know, once you sell the nerves a little bit, you calm down.

Like after that, you kind of, everybody on our team were like, all right, now we relax, now we play. How did it compare to Habs games? Because obviously the Bell Center packs itself all the time. Yeah. But this one's different. Yeah, it was different. You know, they do have great fans and they're like really loud, obviously. So a little bit similar, like during the game with how.

how intense the fans are. Every time someone touches the puck, every time they get on a, not even they get a chance, but every time they touch the puck, everybody started going nuts in the crowd. And it's just like, a little bit of similarities there.

But yeah, it was some different for sure. It was one of the loudest buildings I've ever played in. My question is, is we're watching the game the first 10 minutes, and you talk about it,

is the speed of it, like the difference of playing with the Kings and regular NHL and then playing in this. Yeah. Was that, like, extremely noticeable for you? Yeah. I mean, in the beginning, I felt like, yeah, because, you know, I haven't been on the other side of it, but, you know, I can only imagine, like, being, you know, that Canada team coming out with the fans in the back

who are just, like, so excited to play. The puck drops, you're just, like, it doesn't matter if you feel, like, terrible out there. You're just flying. You're just doing everything. And, like, basically every line they had for the first 10 minutes, we're just buzzing. And everything was just going, right? Got a power play goal early. And then you just ride the wave for, yeah, the first 10 minutes.

So that was, yeah, it was hard for us. But I think, yeah, after that, the crowd settled down a little bit. And then we started rolling. Dude, what did you say, because we've all been playing on teams where you're kind of like, or we're the road team and you're like, all right, boys, just weather the first five minutes? You're like, that's kind of the messaging. And then they score in 30 seconds. What was, what did you guys, if anything, say on the bench after that power play goal?

Were you like, regroup it's fine? Or was everybody just like shell shock, not speaking? Well, I think after that, they were kind of still riding it. So we were just like kind of in the moment. And then, you know, they get the second goal. And then that was kind of the moment. I feel like we're like, all right, let's calm down here a little bit. You know, we a little bit on our heels, everything.

We're just tried to. In the beginning, I think we didn't even try to make any place. We're just chipping the puck out in. And they were just coming at us every time. So I think kind of after the second goal, I think we were everybody on the bench. We're like, all right, let's take a step. back. Let's chill here a little bit. Go back to, you know, the things we do. Like, just play a little bit more. Like, not, yeah, you have the nerves in the beginning, but now it's been 10 minutes and now we can

take it easy. And obviously, it's tough being down 2-0 at 10 minutes. Before you had a shot, dude. You guys hadn't had a shot on. No, I know. I was looking at scoreboard. I was like, yeah, someone has to get shot. Shoot the puck boy. They robbed Willie. Willie had one back in and I was like, that was on that. Yeah, they only had seven shots on. Yeah, true, true. Yeah. It's easy to say now, but was there a moment, like, after that second goal, did you guys know, you were like, we're going to be fine? Or was there a part of you that was like, Jesus Christ? Not to be 10. Nothing. Yeah. I mean, part of me thought that, I mean, we should play a lot better than this. Like,

even they're flying. We still have a lot of skill. We have to, you know, start making some place and then everything. But at the same time, you're like, wow, are they going to like keep playing like this for another 50 minutes, it's going to be crazy. But after that, I think we started making some more plays. You can see them back off a little bit more. We got a couple ozone shifts, and you can tell that once we started to get a little bit of a roll in the ozone, you know, they're, yeah, I mean, they're just like, just like us. It's like hard to play with new guys all the time, new system, everything. And, you know, they have a lot of skill, obviously. But once we took advantage of, you know, getting easy stuff, getting the Pucks behind their D, four checking, all that kind of

stuff. We started playing a lot better. And then when we felt like we had that rhythm going, I think we started getting a little bit of a role. For sure. For sure. I always wonder with this stuff. So like we've talked about this before, but since the youth days, this is the first time you've played in a serious best on best tournament. Did you fly here with Dewey? Yeah, I did. How quickly does communication stop? Like did you guys step off the plane and you were like, I'll see you in L.A.? No, we were actually on the, well, we met at the airport, obviously. then he walked by me. He flew coach. I was in first class. That was funny. Absolute, absolute bitch, ricocheted. That is a nugget.

Oh my God. What a late ad loser. He's probably sitting in a middle seat. Yeah. So he was pissed right off the start there. But then after that, we actually took the Uber together from the airport here to the hotel. I dropped him off and then we went to our hotel. He dropped him off the Motel 8 and then went to the room. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Or he dropped him off the other street to do we get out and walk? I'll be going to go to my hotel now. No, then we've been texting a little bit back and forth before the game. After the game, we texted a little bit too. He texted me right after the game.

He's a little pissed. Oh, well, dude. Have you seen Gav's comment yet? Yeah, I saw it. Amazing. Yeah, if anyone is unaware, immediately your goal, which will get to, gets posted, and Gavrecoff just comments and tags Dewey in it because you score right through Dewey. It was fucking amazing.

Yeah, that's fine. I want to hear about how that felt. Like, were you immediately like, oh, fuck, yeah, that was nasty? Or were you just too fired up to even register what just happened? A little bit too fired up. Like, I got the puck from Carlson. I saw that it was Dewey right away. I saw that he had a shitty gap.

Dude, hold on. He said last night, dude, we were talking to him last night and he goes, who turned it over? He was pissed. He's like, or it was like someone got blown by by Carlson. He was just such a nasty play by. Carlson. Yeah, it was great. He thought Carlson was going to dump it in. Yeah.

That's what it was. He was cheating on the dump. Yeah. And then Carlson made that play to him, which was a sick. He like stopped on the red line. And then I came like second wave. Dude, he's like my gap was so shit. He was so pissed.

He was like, dude, the second, juice got it, stepped over the blue line. I was like, fuck me. And bang. Yeah. I was going to try to, first, because he was like kind of standing still. So I was like, do I try to walk him here or do I try to shoot it? And I was like, he probably thinks that I'm going to try to dangling there just because it's me.

Yeah. Yeah. I try to use him as a screen pretty much. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, that was sick. All time. I risk my life. I risked my life celebrating. You didn't. Where's Marco? Marco, Dan jumped up in the air. We were all pretty fired up. We jumped up in the seats. Shout out, this is Marco's house. Yeah. And we're all, we're surrounded by Canadian fans. And I'm just beaking, grabbing my sweater. And Marco was like,

sit the fuck down. Yeah, he's like, I'm going to change the locks on you. Yeah. Yeah, that was so funny. That's incredible. Dude, is it awesome playing against Dewey or is it like, you know, just part of the business? No, both. I mean, you, when you're out there, you don't, like, think about it too much, obviously. But then you see him before face up or something.

You just look at him. You smile or something like that. So it's pretty cool. Like, first I'm ever played against him. So it's obviously different playing against the guy you've played with for, yeah, almost nine years. Yeah. So it's, it was pretty cool. Yeah.

It's, yeah, like I said, different. Yeah, for sure. Dude, we were talking about Carlson, right? Tell us a little bit about, and then you, too, like what it was like watching him last night? I mean, last night I thought he was, I thought he was incredible last night. Like, I mean, obviously he's in Pittsburgh and everyone talks about, you know, this past scoring 100 points, but last night he looked like a guy that was the 100 point guy we saw him a few years ago.

He was electric, I thought he was. Yeah, he was great. I thought he was really good too. Like, all over the eyes, like defensively, offensive, but you can see just, when he just decides to skate, like, Jesus Christ. It's crazy how I'm good of a skater, yes. Even like loose pucks. Like, you know,

pucks kept behind him and I say, I'm like, ooh, there's going to be a close battle here. And then Carlson just takes off easily has it, goes behind the net breakdown, no problem. Yeah, he opens up that next gear. Yeah, does he have that still? And you're like, oh, yeah, he sure does. Is there a guy on the team that, like,

coming to this tournament that you didn't know that well? Or he's one of those guys now that you're on his team, you're like, oh, my God, this guy is so sick. I didn't realize how good he is. No, not that I didn't. know, like, I'm going to talk about forcing, but I know him really well. And I grew up playing with him a lot. But then you, we don't play Florida that much. We don't see him that often. But I think when I saw him, like, just in practice and the game yesterday, I was like, wow. Like, it's incredible

how. Said that to you last night. He's so good. How good he's become. And, like, especially going back the years before, too, and, like, he's been on some different teams, you know, I don't know if he got claimed on waivers and all that kind of stuff. And I think so. too yeah and then you just see him playing you're just like Jesus Christ this guy is one of the best defensive guys have played against and played with for sure so he's it's the golden moment triumph on the podium golden hand but with Corona Serro golden moments go beyond the winter Olympics they're enjoying sunsets time outside reconnecting with nature and laughs shared with friends for every golden moment at the Winter Olympic Games enjoy your own with Corona Ceres

zero percent alcohol and a source of vitamin D. Coronacero, the official non-alcoholic beer of Milano Cortina 2026. One of the guys, top guys, for sure. He might be the answer. I was going to ask, is there anyone that you played with growing up that you were psyched to get back on a team with? Yeah, him for sure. Like Willie, I haven't played with in a while.

So that was pretty cool to be on his team again. like we played world jays and all that kind of stuff growing up yeah yeah the last uh seven eight years only played against him so that was it's pretty cool to see you know just how he works you know in practice all that kind of stuff you know and then obviously in the games as well so it's that was pretty pretty excited to be to be his teammate yeah that's sweet yeah um juice the theodore play uh did you did he could you hear anything like when you because it was like an awkward bump it didn't look like anything to us did you hear him was he like oh fuck right away i had no idea yeah uh i heard when in the intermission that he got

hurt and someone said that it was i because i hit him but i couldn't remember remember the play so i saw it after the game and i was like wow i didn't even i had no clue that he uh that he got hurt because of that yeah so that was yeah obviously unfortunate yeah i actually think we did we did chill at the far blue with juice and we made fun of him for not checking enough and then he comes out and kills theodore in the first period and i was like this was our fault i did that You had a couple of good hits last night. Yeah. I think I saw you ended up with like four or five hits.

Yeah, I think so. Career high. Season high. Season high. Season high. Does it feel cool to be the goon of the tournament so far? A little bit. Yeah.

Like that's a, I mean, someone has to unseat him now, which is pretty special. Dude, I thought you guys especially, but in the whole game, you guys were thrown body more than I was expecting, kind of. And maybe it was because you were down and it was like, hey, let's get in the game a bit. But I was impressed. Like, Flip was out there smashing people on the forecheck. I was like, let's go. Yeah, there's a lot of guys ahead, especially after, you know, those first 10 minutes after that. I think everybody was, you know, we're playing really physical and, you know, not just the bigger guys, but the smaller guys, too.

Yeah, definitely. Playing heavy. So that was. I feel like there was such a noticeable momentum shift. Like you said, after that first 10 minutes, you guys reeled it in. Obviously, you got the score close again. When Dahlene dumped McDavid, it was like seeing your bench, everyone jumped up. And then all the Swedish fans in this crowd were like, fuck, yeah.

Let's go. I'm telling you, the ice shifted after that. So noticing it was like, it truly felt like Dahl's was like, get the fuck out of here. And then it was also like, all right,

we're taking this game over. That was awesome. Yeah, he's strong as hell. When he gets pissed at you or something, he can just do that. I feel like he's done that to me during this regular season

sometimes two, you hit him and he just gives you one back and you're just like, Jesus Christ. Man, that was such a looking at your, obviously there's so much talent all over the ice. I think you,

I think you tweeted it. You were like, this is the best hockey will ever watch. And I think that that is accurate, honestly. Looking at your decor, there are times

you're just like, Jesus Christ, dude. Like, I think OT was a great example. Heady got stuck out there for like two and a half minutes and eight, like four one-on-one

and just stopped them all. Yeah. It must be insane playing with all of those guys. Yeah, they're all unbelievable. Like, it doesn't matter who you're out there with.

It's like, they just make plays. Like, they're so good defensively, all of them pretty much. And it's just like, yeah, I mean, it's so fun and easy as a forward to play with it because, like, they're just making the right place pretty much every time.

And like in D zone, take care of it. We got some big, strong D back there, you know. That's just, yeah, they're just doing the right things every time, which is fun. Yeah. Was there a, like a pinch me moment last night? Like for me sitting there, especially in overtime, watching and then Team Canada putting McKinnon, McCarr, McDavid over the boards, and watching that, like witnessing that, was there a moment last night for? you like a pinched moment where you were like wow i'm i'm in this game right now yeah i mean

i was out there one shift against those guys in the o t and we're like yeah it was that shift we're taking the draw on the ozone and i'm like it was me pedy and uh i can't remember who was on d and yeah it was mckinan macdavid and mccarr and i'm like so who do you got yeah he actually saw that you lined i think it was also on the uh on the their power play yeah you were on We could see you, I think you were talking with Flip or something. It was clear you guys were like, who the fuck are we covering? Yeah. Jesus Christ.

Yeah, so that was kind of the thing. And then you're like, yeah, like you said, like when McKinnon picked up speed like five, six times, just going end to end. And then, yeah, I mean, it's just hard to stop. And especially three on three for 10 minutes. It's just like you're going to trade chances back and forth. And I think we had some great chances too. But, you know, it's hard. For sure.

Yeah. I thought it was over on the, I think it was Razor and. Forrestberg. Was that who it was? No, I think it was Willie. It was Bratt and Willie. It was Brat and Willie. Oh, right before.

Yeah. I was like, it's over. I thought that was going to be it too. Yeah. That was crazy. Dude, the crowd would start cheering as soon as one of those three guys would just start to skate. Nate would get the puck in like take three tries and the crowd was like, oh.

Yeah. I know. I was like this is a nice thing. That's a similarity with when you play the Canadians too, I feel like when someone just picks up the pocket, everybody's starting going nuts. It's like a prem game. Yeah. It's like the crowd was nuts when they have.

the ball. It's so funny. On that topic, dude, how much different is it? Because, you know, I feel like line matching is such a huge thing in the NHL and you know who is on the ice, who's against you, what type of line they are. With this much skill, how much different is that? It's just like every shift you're like, Jesus Christ, this is, you know, some of the best players in the world. Yeah, I mean, yeah, you definitely obviously have to know when you're out there against maybe McKinnon or McDavid. But other than that, I think we, I mean, we talked about it before a little bit and, you know, they're going to try to, try to coach some lines against some other lines. But we'll see how it goes, obviously.

But, yeah, I mean, there's so much skill. So it's hard to just, you know, play one line against one line the entire game. So I think everybody did a pretty good job, I think 5'5 against all those guys. But after something, we're just talking about, you know, being on the right side against like David, McKinman and all those guys. Because it's, you know, if you're on the wrong side, it's pretty much going to hurt you. 50% of the time every time.

So it's like, it's tough. But yeah, I think once we settled in, I think it was fine. Whoever line was out there, I think they did a pretty good job. Dewey's out there.

They're like, takes some places. Yeah. Try. Try it. His gap sucks. Gap sucks all night. Dude, did you,

uh, anytime I'm a part of a comeback, there's usually a moment where I'm like, we are winning because of this just happened, you know? When on that Gus save on Taze was fucking insane. That's one of the best days. ever seen.

Did you guys go nuts in that moment? Was that like a we're doing it moment? Yeah, that was crazy. Like, I was sitting at the bench. I saw, I had the perfect angle when Taves got the puck. Yeah. And I was like, fuck. Yeah.

Yeah, that's in. And then he comes out of nowhere and you're like, Jesus Christ. And now you're like, after that, you start going even more. Yeah. You're even more excited and you get more momentum from that. So that was, yeah. Gus played unbelievable. Oh, my God.

For sure. You guys all did. It was, I mean, that comeback was so electric. Yeah. And they said, they said, And maybe you don't know or you can't say, which is fine too, but is it Gus the whole way? Or are they like, we're figuring it out? No, no clue, actually.

No clue. Yeah, yeah, cool. I don't know. How, I mean, like I said, obviously losing an OT sucks, but sick to get the point, make that comeback, show everyone you can play with anyone. What has the chatter been like in the locker room today? Like, are you guys fired up? Can't wait for the next game. Yeah, for sure.

I mean, obviously we were frustrated after the game. Felt like OT could have gone either way. 100%. We could have got the two points, obviously. But we get the one point. I think we're really confident and really, you know, showed good character in the third period coming back. Definitely.

You know, Canada in the arena like that with all the fans. So I think we all know that we can play with, you know, the best teams. And moving on now, I think, yeah, we're confident going into the game against Finland and Saturday. Obviously, now we got one point. Now we probably have to win the last two to, to, to, to go to a championship game, but I think we played good enough to win last game. I think we all know that, so I think the confidence in the group is still really high.

Yeah, that's huge. I mean, there's a moment I was like, they're going to win in regulation. Yeah, yeah. Like after Joel's goal, I was like, this is, holy shit. I would say even who got the third stoner. Yeah. Yes. I would say even that goal fell against the run of play.

Like, I thought you guys were about to tie in. We had a great chance right before that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that's just how it goes.

Yeah, so I wasn't that surprised to see you get that close. So coming from the Kings, and I always think about this, like, you know, you're coming to a national team and you're playing an tournament like this, you know, your roles change, right? Like you're usually first PK guy, first power play guy, and then you come here and you're playing on a team where, you know, everyone's roles changed and they adjust, right? So how has that been? I mean, for other guys too. Yeah. No, it's definitely different. You know, we're coming, like you said, playing 20.

21, 22 minutes during the regular season, first PP, first PK. And now you come in here, you, yeah, I don't know how much I played, maybe like 16 minutes with OT yesterday. So it's different, obviously. I think the good thing about our team, we all know each other really well. I think we're all like, yeah, we're all going to buy into the roles that we get right now. And I feel like everybody has done a really good job with that. Whenever you're playing PK or you're playing PP, yeah, for me, I was like, yeah, I mean,

PK. I play PK1 now here, which is pretty cool. All the best players, obviously, didn't work last night. So I'd do a better job with that. No, but you have to take the role and, you know, make something positive out of it. I think, like I said, the team is,

we're really close. Everybody knows each other from before. We've played with each other before. So everybody is buying into roles really well, which is, I think, important. And especially in such a short tournament with a couple practices and then you play, So I think, yeah, I think it's been good so far.

How do you feel about this tournament in general in the sense of like, we always talk about All-Star, it's such an honor, obviously to be named an All-Star, but it's really the one break you guys get in the season. So a lot of guys are like, no, it's nice to have a break, spend time with family. But now here we are doing this different thing from the players' perspective, because, dude, for us, it was like, I think I said to these guys, that was the most fun I've had at a game in like five years. That's not to say I don't have fun. It was just so exciting for all of us.

For you guys, has this whole experience been like, no, this is sick. I think it's been sick. Obviously, coming into the tournament, you're like banged up everything. Yeah. The break is coming up. You're like, yeah, it would have been nice for the break. You know, reset the body, everything. But then once you get here, start practicing, seeing all the guys.

And now, you know, you're coming into the game. You're like, I mean, this is pretty sick, too. Like, this is, like, playing the game yesterday. I thought it was one of the most fun games I ever played in. Hell yeah. So, I mean, that makes me so happy. Like, that's just so awesome. Yeah.

And we still get the breaks in between games. Now they have two days until the next game. I feel like if it was every other day, probably would have been more tough on the body and all that kind of stuff. Now we have some time to relax, you know, didn't practice today, you know, chilled today. And then tomorrow we can, you know, go have a good practice. And then we play Saturday again.

So I think it's, for me, I think it's, I mean, it's been great. And, you know, I would want to do this. every year if I could. Fuck yeah. I was going to, we talked about it a little bit, but I mean, you kind of just answered it. How much does this increase the itch for Olympics? Yeah, for sure. I mean, Olympics is, that's a dream.

You know, you've had since you were a kid. You only get a chance to play in maybe one, maybe a couple. But, I mean, yeah, for me, it's, yeah, I mean, that's the main goal. And I can only imagine, like, this is a sick tournament because it's in Canada, obviously, with all the Canadian fans and everything going around. but I think Olympics is, yeah, that's going to be, you know, different vibe, but still, like, it's going to be crazy. So good.

Yeah. Anyone been funny in the locker room? Who's the class clown on Team Sweden? I don't know, actually. I mean, we don't have a dooey in the locker room. Hard shoes to sell. I mean, Carl's kind of. Yeah, Carl's, he's great.

He's probably the most loud guy in a lot of him. He's been around. I was going to say, I like that. A lot of stories. Yeah. It's great. How about my boy, Victor Edmund, as a captain? How has he been?

Is he, is he a vocal guy? Is he a guy that just kind of, you know, beats his own drum and just, you know, leads by example? Kind of both, I think. I think he, no, he is pretty vocal in the room. More so maybe when it comes around game time and, you know, talk to the boys, everything. What we should do? Communicate, all the kind of stuff. But then he's also like a guy like, you know, Kope that just goes out and do it on the ice

and you just show, shows his aura and all that kind of stuff on the ice, which is like, yeah, great captain, you know, unbelievable player. So it's, he's a great captain. I think they made the right decision. That was another moment when they put him and Carlson together as a deep hearing. I was like, oh, wow. Yeah. Here we go.

Yeah. It was awesome. Yeah. Yeah, it's so cool. Well, closing you out, is there anything that especially you're looking forward to, or is it just, you know, everything? Just can't wait for next game. Can't wait to keep rocking.

No, I mean, yeah, that means so much fun I had last night. I mean, I'm just looking forward to the next game. And obviously, Finland's going to be a big rivalry for us. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's going to be an intense game, I think, too. I think so, too. I'm excited about the crowd for you guys in that game, because obviously last night was so wide.

excited. It's like opening game Canada here, but I'm interested to see the Sweden-Finland game where I'm like, how does that shake out? Yeah. Yeah, that'll be sick. I think it's going to be, I think there were so many Swedish fans last night. It was so exciting to see. I think some people, a lot of the people that are here that are coming to all the games and they don't know anything about it, I think they're sleeping on that game. Yeah. No, I think so too. I think, you know, the game yesterday was really intense. I think just kind of the, I don't want to say hate we have between each other, Sweden and Finland, but there's all the. been the rivalry there. So I think it's going to be a physical game. I also think I was

scared. I brought my Sweden Beanie to this trip, but I was scared to wear it last night because for the Canada game, I was like, I don't want to get rolled up on by the kid. I know. He wasn't. I had my shirt on under it too. Yeah, but against the fins, I'm actually, I'm less scared. I'll wear it. Actually, Sean, I have a shirt for you that you have to take. It's got him on it. All right, dude, well, you're the fucking best for coming through. I can't thank you. enough, but let's get two wins. Yeah. Yeah, good luck rest of the way, dude. Yeah, thanks boys. I appreciate it. Taking a quick time out to tell you that this episode is brought to you by our friends at BetterHelp. Having a support system can change everything, whether it's a therapist

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That takes us right to Thursday. Yep. So Thursday we go into USA Finland. obviously for us huge was like can't wait to see how the guys do what a weird game yes actually you know it was a weird game

as far as wanted to see how USA came out obviously all these teams at the same level of crazy skill and speed and I feel like that game came out bruising way more than I thought but before we even get into the game do we want to talk about the anthem now oh sure yeah well because it kind of

kind of didn't they play no did they they they said beforehand please do not yeah yeah yeah yeah and they've said that every game by the way to be clear so like they were they were aiming at the u.s before every game they're like please respect the anthems yeah they said it and when before sweden's anthem yeah i don't think anything was anyone was going to boo the swedish national no um so yeah it's obviously been a huge point of discussion they've asked all the players about it but there's a testy time going on right now with the U.S. and Canada with President Trump and

people are booing the national anthem. Yep. Let's get into it. How do you feel about it? Dude, and people were booing it in Don't do it. Don't do it. Like Raptors games, I heard. Like even before this. Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah. It's kind of been like... The national anthem is being

sung in Canada right now. It's getting booed. Yeah, dude. I did it at Aaron's P-Dub game. Oh, yeah. She said that. Yeah, she's like, they booted at my game, too. I would just, I would just say, like, obviously it goes out saying you show respect for everyone's country but when I think of someone's booing anybody's country like that it's you have to think about the like the military vets yes right if you have military vet next to you if you're a person who stands and you're booing what the fuck you think it's going to happen dude in the USA Canada game they brought out a a Canadian

military veteran who has the utmost respect for the US veterans and he sang and they still booted. So you're allowed that I've ever heard anything. Don't be a fucking donkey. Yeah. It's for me, it's like,

we're not going to get political on this show. We never do. We never will. No. I get it. I get the, I get the feelings behind it.

We all do. We all get it. But to me, it's like, this is one of those things where it's like, I understand the frustrations. I understand the emotions

behind it. This is not the response. I think you have so many players both on, obviously Team USA, the Chuck boys have been very vocal. J.T. Miller's been very vocal. Like, yeah, it sucks. I don't

do it. But Canadian players are also saying, don't do it. Like, we heard Jonathan Marsh is a while ago give a great speech about it. Brad Marshan was like, don't boo the anthem. And yeah, to me, it's just this amazing tournament, this

amazing moment where these guys, who many of which are teammates, and the majority of which now call the United States home and love it, this, I don't think, is the forum to do it. I do want to say I'm incredibly sympathetic to the situation and I do understand, but I just, I don't think that's what this tournament is about. Agree, and you said it better about thinking about a military vet, but I'm even like, think

about the Charlie McAvoy just standing on the blue line that he's like, dude, I'm at this really cool tournament that I'm trying to remember and you are frustrated with politics in my country. Like, can't I just let me play hockey. I'm here in your country to play in a hockey tournament. You're ruining this for me. I'm like, that's, sucks too. Yeah. Especially from a nation, too, of like, we love Canada. We love it here. We love all these people. And you don't want to, you know, put a sour taste in any of these guys' mouths. Like, yeah, I went to Canada and they booed the veterans who sacrificed their lives for me. And that sucks. Like, that blows. And I love singing both anthems.

Dude, me too. I was like singing the Canadian. I have videos on my phone, dude. I'm like screaming as loud as I can singing all Canada. It was incredible. Such gas anthem. So it's, yeah. Just a quick touch on it, but it's just a wild thing. And yeah, I'm like, I don't think that's what this is about. Yep. I think it's good to raise the issues, but do it in a different form. Yeah, is what I would say. But anyway, into that USA Finland game, how wild was the third period?

Like, you know, Finland strikes first. Which I actually thought was a little soft from Hellebuck on that first one. Yeah. And there were the questions of it made me nervous. Me too. I was like, God. because we talked about playoff heli right it was like this is a huge game like what's gonna happen and then he kind of lets in a week one certainly for his standard he's like i want that back

he could see his body language too he was like fucking how did that go yeah and the USA was they were a little sloppy too in the first period awful power play with bad i was like oh boy Jesus Chris yeah and yeah then he you know Brady gets a greasy one ties it up yeah and then third period dude the floodgates got blasted wide open we had uh we had dinner that was a night, right? That was Wednesday. That was Canada, Sweden night. That was Canada Sweden night? No. Right. Right?

Way. It was Thursday. Oh my gosh. Don't ask me, then. So, dude, we all... I had no idea, though. I don't know what you were. Where did we eat dinner on Wednesday? Um... Wait, what? It was Wednesday? Dude. I have no idea what's going on. Hold on. Wednesday, we went to the gym.

No, no. And then... No, I was... We went there early. We just went to the game. We went to the game early. Yeah, yeah. Okay.

Okay. And then Thursday, Medusa. Mm-hmm. So, yeah. So Thursday, our crew, everyone here is sitting at dinner. And I think Marco maybe was asking about the game. And I said to the whole table, that has Finland's tough to play against. I think the U.S. is better.

I think they're much better. But if Finland's tough to play against, and I think, I think, It could be a game where USA is looking really good, but they're up to one in the third, and we're all pulling our hair out. We start the third period. That's the exact score. And I text the thread, and I go, what did I tell you, boys? Tough, frustrating game. US up to one.

My night. Just like I said, I knew everything. Literally, like, the server's is tough in the Bell Center. By the time that text went through, it was 5'1. It was free bird the rest of the period. I was like, well, sorry. That was a terrible take. I don't know why I said.

B. That was great to you. I bet the over. Yeah. And a lot of people were like this great bet D.P. And it was just like goal, goal, goal, goal. And I was like, yeah, how about that? Yeah.

I wasn't sweating at all. But great, great part about that game, as we've said. I mean, so much talent all over the ice. But there's been a huge spotlight on the Kachuk boys. Because like I said, they've been incredibly vocal. They're so good with their little set. down bites and everything they're saying that you know talking about everything about this tournament and the fact that those two come out both have two goals seeing them in the locker room after the

game dapping each other up you like just again we talk about crosbie answering the bell like a lot of spotlight on those two and then they come out and show up instantly i don't know if there's more i don't know there's anybody that cares more about these tournament than those two brothers i completely agree for any nation like the way like they're talking to the media like they They're hitting everything on the ice. Like the way Brady, like, he, he finished every single check. Yep. I mean, these guys are all in on this tournament, and you're seeing it.

There's a, I don't even remember seeing it in the game. There's a clip going around the internet of Brady finishing a check on Dewey. Yeah, he absolutely pops. It was huge. And I was like, dude, he is a freight train out there. Dude, I'm with you guys in terms of, we talk about Sid's an MJ moment. And different stakes for sure. But I kind of felt that way with those two, where I was like,

oh, I wonder if the chucks can rise up to this moment after all the heat they've been talking. It's like, dude, two goal game. In that game, Sullivan, well, he put him together in the second period, Michael, right? Changed everything. Yeah, and we were like, oh, here we go. The second that sandwich happened, I was like, holy shit. And I'll tell you, man, that line would maybe be the best line in the NHL. Yeah, just the way they play, like the way, you've, you've, you know, you.

You've got Brady finishing every check, digging out every puck. You've got Jack's vision. You've got Matthew's goal scoring ability. It's like that would be insane. Yeah. They've been insane. God. I mean, what a shit line to play against.

Holy hell. Yeah. Think about like that could be a line for USA hockey for a long time. Yeah, dude. Good call. For 10 years. Like it's insane. Like that's what you got to play against now for the next 10 years in every U.S.

or every international event. Yeah. Absolutely. Suck on that. So, yeah. that was a crazy one too of it made you know we we posted a funny story i was like you know it was after the game we went out to um uh we went to palma first and and uh god we've been to palma a lot because we've been here i like palma yeah we love palma too but uh outside

there i posted a funny story like oh canada you're shaking in your boots USA scores six goals lots of shit talk you know all in good fun people being like finland's the worst team in this tournament this and that, blah, blah, blah. It was wild to see that many goals. And then we wake up the next day or, you know, we had a little gap day. But, like, Finland is a very good team. Yeah, yeah. To see them beat Sweden in OT.

And it was like, holy shit. No, it felt, you said it to off camera, but it was that, that score wasn't a fair representation of that game. Little leaky in the net, you know, a couple that, you know, it shouldn't go. and then it just snowballed or whatever. Yeah, exactly. But sick to see the boys get off on the right foot like that for us. You know, that was pretty awesome. Sick to see the boys, absolutely.

Before we get into the next games, we had our Gap Day. Yep. Got some great food at so many great places. Yeah. God, we've done so much. What happened Friday day? Well, we did the Bauer event. Oh, the Bower event, dude.

I was about to get a. The Sticks were a. Yeah, dude. Huge shout out to our friends. Bauer, we went to the sticks for a lot of the boys came through, so many players came through we got to sit down with a bunch of them, you'll hear

from them in future episodes, but what an awesome event. Really, really good event. It was just like this, this, Sully keeps saying, it's like every day is a perfect day. And it truly has felt that. Everything has been so fun, so amazing, so well put together. And that Bauer event

was absolute nails. It was so cool. And yeah, getting the chance to talk to all those guys was was just beyond fun um and then we then went from there to a dinner yeah well we we uh we had that was like maybe our sully that that was that was like our only that was the hour hour window of downtime that's right we came back and then we were going to dinner to palma yeah and we were going to dinner to palma yeah that was our first that was our first time at palma yeah we love palma no that was no we went we went for six we were there at the x-a-night night before we went to

Mama three days in a row. My facts are all over the place. So, yeah, Bauer Vent, Unreal. Tiring, though, because, like, you're kind of up, you're walking around. Yeah. Interview to a lot of people. Come back, we all, like, chill for a second, and then kids set up for, like, a proper team dinner hockey road trip.

So it's like us. Shout out. We had what. Shout out. Massive shout out. We had seven of us or eight when Brad came. We had, like, eight of us. Yeah.

And then the entire chicklets crew came. Yeah, they were behind us. And then George Kittle came. And then, dude. that's, I posted this on story. This wasn't a joke. Like, I misplaced my phone at dinner. And then I come back and there's a picture of George Kittle middle fingering me on it. Do you know why, though? Do you know why he grabbed your phone? No. Because of the spoke B on it. Really? Yeah. He saw the B. And he started fucking giving it to the finger. He's like, fuck the Bruins. Yeah. Fuck the Bruins. Just because he's a huge predators fan. Yeah. He's anyone, if it's not Sweden or if it's not the Predds, fuck you. He hates him. Yeah. Yeah. Dude, you know it was funny. He like, he like, he took the picture and it was, it's hilarious. because I kind of came back.

I kind of saw it happening. I came back and I was like, I'm my phone. And it was like everyone's laughing. And then he like puts it back down and then like grabs a drink and starts to pour it. And I was like, whoa, whoa.

The picture was funny. Don't dunk the phone in vodka, soda. But yeah, George Kittal, boys with Philip Forsberg came out to support him and team Sweden. He had all the Sweden gear on and hammer with violent gentlemen, hooked him up with some more Sweden

gear. Sully hooked him up with Sweden gear. Like, we got them dapped up. It was unbelievable. But that night went off the rails. Dude, I got to say, too, at Palma, I don't know if you guys reacted, but I haven't even asked you. There was a stretch where, in my mind, we had eaten dinner to completion. I was like, what a great dinner. Same dude. And then, dude, like five tomahawk steaks, four lobster tit. And a sushi boat with dry ice pouring. out of it. Double the food that had already been, double the food that had already been there appeared. And I was like, oh

dude, we were like, wagg, we're like, wags, you're gonna eat everything. My first part of dinner was sully bullying Wags into eating more food. Oh, yeah, put it down, wags. Wags had to eat all. But the best is like, when that, when that fucking sushi boat came out, all I heard was a clap from behind me and it was biz going like this, like just this big

giant sushi boat. I was like, oh my God. Dude, literally, I was like, I thought we ate already, dude. Stakes, it's like ribs. I was Jesus Christ. All time meal, all time meal. And then I also love places like that. We sit down and, you know, it was a late dinner, right?

Yeah, yeah. Got there, like, 9.30. Yeah. And there's a DJ playing. And at first it's that like, you know, it's, it's upbeat music. This isn't a fine, I mean, it is fine dining, but it's not a fine dining, you know, traditional restaurant where it's very quiet. Yeah.

There's like soft jazz playing. He's playing like smooth EDM. Yeah. And then, you know, we get in. we get through like a first course of the food people have a couple drinks and it's like pumped up a little bit and we're like kind of like bouncing our chairs we're like yeah like this place is like we're kind of buzz in here and then like 30 minutes later I look up and there's like four chicks behind the DJ at the restaurant I was like what the fuck is happening in this place yeah I found

myself as the music's area I'm like I'm like going to the bathroom and as I'm like going to bathroom I'm like dancing on the way I'm like oh okay we're in a full on club but dude I swear he has you know there's like tide charts they sell so it's like you know you're like oh monday it's february 16th like 2 18 p.m i swear he has a time and a beats per minute you know and it's like 1143 1117 beats and he's like and just like dude he rams it so perfectly oh he got me going it's a perfect formula it's incredible we we're we're we know the night we move on we all headed to the loud luxury show but it was hilarious when we were leaving we're like we shouldn't leave you did you you call it you like we were like we're going to go to loud luxury like 1230

and you go it's going to be hard to leave palma And it was. It was really hard. Yeah. It was very hard. There's attractive people there. Yes. All way above average.

Yeah. Just it's a great looking crowd. Just our two tables. Yeah, including us. Including us. Just our two tables? Yeah, man. Yeah.

If you don't know, Montreal is very beautiful people here. It's very beautiful people. It's just a great time. Yeah. There's a great time. But then we headed to, what was it? New City Gas. New City Gas. That is our place. The city gas. We had to New City Gas. It was a shit show getting in there, but then turned into just one hell of a show.

Dude, shout out G for orchestrating everything. And the loud luxury boys are just... Honestly, shout out Seoul for being the guy that doesn't let the group fall apart. True. You know, like he's like, hey, he's last. Don't know that guy. This cruise was. with me, you know, just like the shepherd, I guess. Just like the shepherd. Because we had a big crew with us going there. Yeah, it's hard. We kind of split up a little bit.

Yeah. And especially in a place like that, it was bananas. Yeah. But it was a fantastic show. What a cool venue? Like that was a proper warehouse show. Yep. You know?

But just again, man, just another unreal night on this marathon. Dude, to jump ahead briefly, we saw a kid at the meeting green. I don't know if you heard this. And he goes, dude, I was at the loud luxury. show in the pit in the GA pit and he goes at one point i see the loud luxury guys walk over to the backstage crew and hand them a bottle of 1942 tequila and they start drinking it from the bottle and he was like i thought to myself like god that must be like such a famous person who's doing that and then i looked on your instagram story and it was you guys and i was like yeah you like that dude

you were right it was it was a famous burger than 1940s you were right dog it was a famous Because we called it, buddy, you're spot on. It was a really cool guy. Oh, dude, that was insane, man. Great show. Great show. And then that night leads into the big show. Rivalry Day.

Yeah. Yep. We wake up Saturday morning. Exhausted. And exhausted. Exhausted. We're shoveling snow. I told Wags we could, I will get breakfast at 10 a.m.

Maybe we should get a breakfast at 10 a.m. Just set herself up for the day. Pipe dream. Got back at 6.30. Dude. Not getting breakfast at 10 a.m. Let's go even worse, dude. Talking about breakfast?

You're talking about breakfast? Talking about breakfast? Dude? We were talking about going to the gym. Yeah, yeah. I was like, well, if I wake up at nine, I could be in the gym by 9.30 and we'll be like, are you shipping me, dude? And we hadn't been to the gym since Wednesday.

Someone had to peel me out of my mattress like a pancake and then get me to that game. I almost miss Sweden, Finland, dude. Yeah. And my legs were. I was like, you've got to go, bro. My legs are already sore from fucking doing this. I bounce and bounce up and down, you know? But there's a huge emphasis.

Obviously, we're in Montreal. There's huge emphasis on USA Canada. I kept saying, I can't wait for Sweden, Finland, because these two teams have just as intensive a rivalry. They hate each other as much. We've seen all those videos coming out of people being, like, you know, fun in games, but it's the Sweden team walking in and someone's going, say three nice things about Finland.

Yeah. And, you know, they play into it. But you can tell a lot. a bunch of the guys walked by, like, Eric's an act walked by, and he's like, no. Yeah. And, dude, and that was, by coincidence, that was like the loser's bracket game. Yeah. So you needed it.

You know, it wasn't like, oh, yeah. Like, if they had both won, it'd be different, you know, but it was like, you kind of, like, you needed that game. Yeah. You know, I don't want to skate by this game because it was, it was great. But, you know, again, Finland gets on the board first. No, no, I think Sweden scored first. I think Mika scored first. No.

Oh, fuck, okay. Maybe you're right. Maybe you're right. Yeah. I'm pretty certain Finland gets on the floor first. And then Sweden takes the lead. Yeah, there you go. And they give up a goal over time again.

And it was nerve-wracking, rooting for Sweden. I was like, Jesus Christ, man, finish this game. I thought they were going to win in regulation. They had like three minutes left. They had a great spell where I was like, come on, get one, get one, get one. Rivalry Day starting with an OT game, again, was just, like this fucking tournament, dude. This is unbelievable.

Dude, that's what's funny, too. I also ran my mouth after that because before the tournament started, I said Finland would lose all three games in regulation to Canada, in regulation to the U.S. and in overtime to Sweden. I said that specifically. And as that game went to overtime, I was like, I am a savant.

And then it was immediate Finland goal and I was like, never mind. And they hate each other. I know, dude. We talked about that, but I think that they genuinely hate each other. But it was also the first, I mean, for the first period, I feel like it was a bit of a snoozer a little bit. And then the third period, it was like, oh, wow, this is a hockey game.

Yeah. I think they were feeling each other out a little bit. Yeah, we were feeling each other out. And then it was extremely physical, too. Totally. Got really chippy. Yeah, totally. Because I got text in the beginning of the game and it was like, oh, this is snooze fest.

And then towards the end, it was like, oh, never mind. Yep. Never mind. This is a good hockey game. Yeah, absolutely. Correct. Totally. And then obviously, Granny gets the, gets the OT goal, gets two here.

Huge points for Finland. Dude, and just a dagger loss for Sweden, I think. Like, I just, I think it's a, um, and not to keep, like, clowning Finland because they're a good hockey team, obviously. I just, fantastic. I feel like everybody kind of has them as the fourth, though. Yeah. And Sweden was a third, but according to them, and especially after the game won, like a, a feisty third.

Like, maybe, maybe we're not getting enough respect. Yeah. And then to just lose that game, I'm like, ah, fuck. No, it's tough. Yeah. If they lose to the U.S., which, like, maybe they won't because I don't know how hard the U.S. goes, but if they lose to the U.S., that's like a disaster. If you're Sweden and you go off the road. For them, they're like, that tournament went horribly.

Especially after the game they had against Canada. Like, I thought they played a pretty good game against Canada. Right. So do they. That's what I mean, yeah. Follow it up with that. I think it's disappointing. What do you think about Gus?

Like, he comes, he gets pulled. Everything I'm reading, it wasn't an injury. you give Finland had four shots in the first period, two goals. Omar comes out for the second. I imagine they go, O'Mark. Yeah, you know, yes, I probably would.

And in Boston too. Yeah, yeah. But who knows? Like, it might be like maybe just Gus wasn't feeling it that day. Yeah. Because, you know, I thought he played well against Canada. Yeah. And he made some monster saves in that OT.

But it was just, yeah, it was a weird, he was leaky in the beginning of that game. But, you know, those will be big questions to answer. But it was, like you said, that would be a disaster. If they lose to the USA, they'll feel like it's a disaster. And it's been cool seeing how pissed the guys are. Yeah, yeah, I agree. Talking to some of the guys, like, they're not like, oh, yeah, whatever, this sucks.

Like, they're pissed off. And it's like, I even love, like, I told you, Tom, or, like, talking to Alice. Like, she was like, fucking furious. She was like, she was like, yeah, I went out with some friends after the game, but I'm just so fucking pissed off. And I was like, hell yeah,

babe. Yes, I love this action. Dude, come on. Like, because the Ikel, Chuck Lines having success.

So we get to sit here and go, that could be a line for 10 years, man, it's amazing. One thing I think is interesting for tournaments like this is the guys that maybe are on the Sweden bubble-ish. You're like,

I'm so fucking glad I made this team. You go 0-N-3. That changes after me. We can't bring that team back. You know, kind of that's the attitude. So it swings the other way, too. Like,

Victor Hedman's on the team. team no matter what. But like the guys that are trying to get on that roster and you go 0 and 3 now like that compromises your international hockey career. Oh 100% it does. And it is what we've talked about is like these this tournament is amazing and it's great but it's there there's a lot of elements in this tournament and what we've talked about is they're looking at Olympics. Like this is a great test for Olympics and that's a huge reason why Drew Doughty is on this team. So many people were like, he played four games.

How could you, and I'm like, because they want him in Italy. Yeah. And him playing with these guys is huge for the team. It's huge for the guys. It's huge for him. So absolutely, this is, this is not pointless. Like, this is a great test of games for these guys. It's crazy.

But like you said, tough spot. Tough spot for Sweden. So huge game against USA. We then go to Ye Old Orchard. Yes, dude. We do our meet and greet right across the street from the Bell Center, get set up. What an awesome place. Just like shout out Joe over there.

Shout out that whole bar. But that place is such a proper pub. Yeah. Just a hockey bar. And could not have thought of a better place to do that. Meet and greet. Dude. And that's so many cool people.

Yeah. And that was easily. We've only done a few of those, you know. I forget. We wear even Tampa, I think. We did with Bosnia, Jersey, Boston. Yeah, yeah. That was the best one we've ever done.

It was awesome, dude. Like, just from the venue, too, but just like the people that showed up and everybody wanted to hang and, you know, take picks and just talk about it. They were fired up too. Oh, they were just fired up. It was awesome. It was fun beating some of the guys and hearing their perspective and hearing what their predictions were. I mean, it was, that was cool. It was a cool little bar, too.

Dude, you know. So cool. We've been rewatching some entourage, so this is like a deep entourage cut. but there's a there's an entourage episode where they go to Comic-Con because Vince is doing Aquaman, they go to Comic-Con. I know which episode. Johnny Drama is-

probably just come up a lot. Yeah. And Johnny Drama's like, oh, I'm the man at Comic-Con, you know, Viking Quest. And there's a scene where these two guys come up to him and they're like, holy shit, Torval.

Torval. Viking Quest. And then they're about to get their picture with him, but then they see the angel, Vanessa. And they're like, oh, my God. Is that the angel? Like, sorry, Torval.

And like, take off. off for her. That's what it was like for me and Dan at the meet and greet when people saw you. They're like this, oh, empty netters. And they're about to get the picture. And then they go, is that Nate Thompson? And they just gone, dude. I picture just the empty frame between me and dad is everyone right over to talk. Nate the great dude. That's funny. You talk about that. I'll touch him that too. Because like, I'll say for anyone that has not played Montreal a player, like to get to experience to play for the Montreal Canadians is second to nut. And like, I appreciate everyone in Montreal and all the fans because the welcoming greeting I got like coming back to the city and like

people been like, hey, Nate, you know, glad you have your time here. So I just want to say thank you. But yeah, it was, it was very like, like, it was humbling. It was like, have, you know, people, because I was only here for parts of two seasons. Yeah. Yeah. And there's guys that have played in Montreal way longer than I have. And to get that like warm welcoming back, it was nice. Um, so it, that's what I like, you know, Montreal, they are so passionate about their hockey. Like, they know everybody. They know everybody. Everybody.

It's amazing. It's incredible. So, I mean, it was cool to experience that for sure. Dude, even people that weren't there for the meeting greet. You know, a couple tables over, like, they'd be like, I don't know who they, you, those guys are. They obviously see, we're doing something, but they'd just be, like, looking over. And even they would be like, no, Nate, that's Nate. You like, I could hear that.

It's so awesome. And yeah, I just, again, yeah, you old orchard is just, I mean, I'm not sure there's better hockey bars in the world. Dude, they tapped us up. Everything you want, right? It's right across from the rink. Those guys get it. Great setup.

Great food. Dude, I was going to say, I was going to say, I made Wags cook up. I was like, dude, order whatever you want. Yeah, Wags, good job. Great order for the team. Obviously, I didn't touch a single bit of it too distracted. I think I pencil sharpened a fried pickle spear on my way out, and that was it. You and I almost nuked our mouths.

They looked so good. Yeah. Fried pickles came out, and I both just threw one hand and fucking. exploded my mouth. I was like, oh, fuck. This is right out of the oven. But yeah, no, they were amazing top to bottom. Yeah, just loved that place.

And it set the stage, man. It's set the stage. We got all the predictions. So many Canadian fans, you know, giving us the Canada, Canada. Four three. Four three, a lot. Four three, a lot.

But then we go to the game. The main course. The dry ice sushi boat, if you will. This is our sushi boat. This is our sushi boat. This was our sushi boat. Yeah. With the tomahawk stick.

Yeah. We get into that game. we're in there for warm-ups we're sitting there and we're looking around the bell center there was not an empty I'm not exaggerating there was not an empty seat

in that arena for warm-ups Dan and to be very clear and this is kind of unique at this rank but they're in the there's a 300 section and it's like 330 331 there's like a few rows above that that they call 430 431 that is literally like reserved

for auxiliary media so like they're open even in Canada Sweden those were open. Every other seat sold out, but like three rows up there, not a soul there. Yeah. USA, Canada, literally every seat filled in warmups. And I was like, where do you want me to go? They were like, sorry, dude. We have a fan in every seat. So something that I wanted to bring up, I tweeted this during it. One of the cooler things for me, watching those warmups, you could see on everyone's face. no one was having fun.

Yeah, yeah. You know, warm up, and often you see like people yucking it out when Stone or fell. Oh, yeah, yeah. And Dewey was laughing out. Stoerfell and Dewey was laughing. But it was really fucking cool

how clear you could see that these guys were locked in and even had jitters. Yeah. It's always this. I think the first person I noticed and he's probably, he'll yell at me for saying this

and being like, I wasn't fucking stressed. But like, I noticed, Ikes skating around and he stopped the blue line and he did one of these. Yeah. Like a big inhale exhale. And that is when I really started. I was like, oh, they're fired up.

They're, they've got jitters in a good way. They're pumped for this game. Everyone on Canada was doing it too. And that just led into everything. It's like, you know, going off the ice, we get the anthem like we talked about. You can see the USA boys pissed off. And then the puck drops, dude. Dude, well, even like, oh, my God.

Well, we talked about the anthem, obviously, but like the Matthews, like, it cut to Matthews on camera, and the boo got so loud. Or his face, and he was like, he looked angry. Bro, and I thought he was going to kind of slap, like, Willie had in that first game, I would be like, okay, Christ. But, dude, he was, like, laser-focused.

And that was my moment. I was like, oh, shit, dude. He knew what he was about to do. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So we've since heard the Chuck brothers and J.T. Miller were on a group thread. and they were talking to each other being like, we're going to start the game. I turned to Sully, and I was like, I go, Matthew Cuchuck is fighting right off the drop. And I had my phone out ready for it because I was like, I'm telling you they're going to go.

Unbelievable tilt him and Hagle. Yeah. And like Hagle fighting. Kudos to Hagle too, man. Both of them were chucking. Yes, yes, yes. One thing that pisses me off. We posted that.

I saw some comment that was like classic Cichuk brothers going after guys smaller than them. And I'm like, first of all, Matthew's not that big. Like I always like acts like Matthews. He's not that big at all. And he's also a 100 point guy. Yeah, that's what always pisses me off.

People are like, yeah, he's such a rat. I'm like, yeah, he's also one of the best players. I do whatever the fuck he wants. So them going. And my favorite, I'm curious for you guys, my favorite part of that fight was the way Brady looked like

a rabid dog. Like the refs were having to push him away. Yeah. Like Brady got in and immediately was like clearing their sticks and gloves out to give them all the space they needed. But he kept like stepping in, screaming at Matthew. Like God knows what he was saying, but he was like, kill him. Yeah. But he was just like hyping it up.

He was a cornerman for that fight. He was legit a cornerman. I was watching it. Out of their minds. Like truly the refs had to keep grabbing Brady and like pulling him away from the fight. But great, great tilt. the two of them just like that's as close to a 50-50 fight as you can get yeah i mean i think matthew maybe got some more chucks in but and then after both of them haggle saying he was like

went to the crowd yeah yeah yeah matthew went to the bench like it was like both of them so much emotion hyping up everybody then face off dot right in front of us did you guys see what before that though before the face off did you guys watch brady yeah no so he looks at cooper looks at Bennett and kind of waves him on the ice. Like, come on. Oh, oh, sick. Oh, yeah. Like, he was, like, looked at Cooper, like, put him on the fucking ice and, and, like, kind of waves him. And then you see Bennett, like, one leg over and comes on. But once I saw them, but the face off dot, I was like, yeah, I was like, uh, you're gonna say,

you didn't see the face off dot is Bennett Brady because like Brady taking a face off. And you're like, okay. Here we go. They go. Brady. I mean, again, great fight. But Brady takes him down. Then you get the fucking Bash brothers in the box. Dude, and Brady, talk about the reaction. Like, Brady kind of did like a loop to the crowd. Just, like, stare down. Again, frothing at the mouth. Yeah, yeah.

Just such a beast. And Matthew, out of the glass, banged it like this. And then greets him at the glass with a dab. Yeah. Yes. Unbelievable. Yeah, so good. Dude, when Brady got in the box.

It was also such a cool brother moment. Like Matthew was like, he just looks at him. He's like, how did mine look? And he was like, unbelievable, dude. Like, that was so insane. Like, and dude, Brady got in the box. I haven't found a video of this yet, but when he gets in, because he's, like, fired up, Matthew daps him up,

and he, he, like, there's a panel of glass to your side. Like, the side is, like, the scorecard. This is, like, the fans. He, Brady, like, hit the glass. Not, like, try not like, hurt anybody, just, like, hit the glass, but it has a lot of gift. Like, that glass, like, went so deep into the crowd. I was like, oh, my God,

dude, Brady's going to lose his mind today. Obviously, J.T. then fights Preakow. You could see J.T. just wanted to fight anybody. Oh, he was like, I'll go with it. Well, he was asking him before the face. off. And when they had the scrum, it was like, all right, let's go. Yeah. He's it immediately. But we've said a bunch of times,

the Kachuk brothers, very dramatic in a good way. Like, they always say the right things. I'm going to get dramatic here. Before we left for Four Nations, we posted a carousel of iconic international moments. The Kachuk brothers fighting

to start the first USA Canada best on best game in nine years, to me, is now up there in one of greatest international hockey moments of all time. Dude, I... Seeing the two of them toss and then go in the box together and legitimately look like Dean Portman and Fulton Reed pumping up the crowd, that is one of the most iconic

moments in USA hockey history, hands down. My take on, I thought about this, my take on this is, this is the best start to any hockey game I've ever seen because, yeah, that there's a fighting, but the reason why I think is because like maybe besides Brady, none of these guys fight. Yeah. Absolutely. They don't fight. Yeah.

But they wanted to fight because they know and they care much, they care that much about this game and their country that they're putting themselves out there. Like, fuck it. I am going to throw down for my country. I'm going to do this. I'm setting the tone. But this game, it's on the players. Like they make it as big as they want it to.

Yeah, dude. And a kudos of the players is that they made this game bigger than it was like huge, right? Because they did that. Like they set the tone for this game. And kudos of them because it's all them on that one. Like that was the best I've ever seen. A hundred percent. Great, great point.

It's the best hockey game I've ever been. Yeah. And yeah, I'm with you, Dan. I think we're obviously biased in a bit because we are from the U.S. But the, I don't see how anybody, any fan of any country can't recognize you like that. That was awesome. We were standing up for how long? Dude, I didn't think we would sit all game.

There was a stretch there. You know how college basketball games? Like those nuts students just stand for the whole time. There was a stretch there. I was like, I don't think we're going to stay down. I said it. I was like, we're just standing the whole game. So crazy.

Yeah. God damn. I mean, gosh, that was just heart rate jacked. Truly. I mean, that was unbelievable. Like, you said, you were like, I was sweating. I was, I was like, dumping. Dude, I was, God, because sometimes I like to walk, you know,

like, I just like to be around the rink. And, like, I pop, into the I don't know what those are called but like the little tunnels from the concourse yeah the seats yeah that's right and it's like it was an usher woman there and uh it was after the after the jt fight nine seconds into the game and i was just standing right next to her um because i was i was actually like on the goal line there kind of like opposite where you were and i go um sorry i go uh i was like how long you've been working here to her is crowd guy how long you're working here at the bell center she was 16 years and i go have you ever ever

heard it this loud in your entire life and she goes not even close 16 years to bell center dude nine seconds in and i've been in there obviously i've been at the cell of bell center heard and that was insanely loud yeah not even close i think my i think one of my favorite moments about that was and this goes into why i love canada so much and canadian people so much the intensity of that moment what it meant to everybody and we're just looking around in the stand at Canadians with the biggest smiles on our face is like hugging people being like how cool is this that we get to experience there was no animosity there was no like fuck you fuck you like you like you know Hagel won that fight could Chuck won that it was just a bunch of hockey fans enjoying the moment yeah there's like a nine year old boy in front of us remember he was like he's so cool he's like I can't believe I just witnessed this I was just like me too buddy oh god all right well to make this moment better we just had someone who's less pumped about that result join Aaron, do you want to come sit down and talk about USA Canada with us? Pause in the pod real quick to talk to you guys about our good friends, our old friends, our old good friends at Labat Blue.

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Okay, Aaron Ambrose joining us again. Yeah. Nice recurring guest. I wish it was better circumstances for you. No, you don't. Well, yeah, you're lying. You're lying. You're completely lying.

I said for her, I'm, but no, you don't, because that would be bad circumstances for us. And yeah, then you guys are sitting here all mad. I care about Aaron and I wish that she were happier. But the good news is we probably have a championship game coming our way. We hope. We better. Yeah. I know.

We all need it. We all need it. I think. You saw I interview, Dale Larkin, said that actually. He said, he's like, I hope we play him again. Yeah. He said it. God, I love Dylan. It's unbelievable.

Aaron, we were just talking about the fights. What's your take? How'd you enjoy that? I loved it. I couldn't believe it happened. The first one, I was like, damn, this is going to be a sick game. Then the second one. And I was like, I was with my teammate and Tavin and I were

like, this can't be happening right now. And then the little scrum and you just saw Miller toss his gloves and I was like, who's going with him right now? Because nobody like, you kind of saw on the replay like Preyko was like I guess it's me. Yeah. I guess I'll go. It was funny. You called me out last night and you're right.

I was like, it's bullshit that they gave you a say penalty. But JT did just drop his gloves and he's like, who's gonna go? And it was like, all right, you gotta give him a penalty. I didn't like that call. I didn't like that. I mean, because what, but, but he kind of waited and preako wait. I mean, I didn't, I didn't, I didn't like that. But what did they call though? Instigating. I thought they called the cross chat. I think it was genuinely just a tough situation. Like, I, I didn't like that it happened.

But the way, like, if you watch the replay, Pareko is kind of looking at him just with his gloves on. He's like, you want me? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, and he's like, all right, fine, here we go. I think they were just trying to get that game under control. They didn't want it to get out of control. They were like, okay, this is the last fight.

I was actually about to say, it's funny how that was so perfect. Like three fights, we were like, oh, my God, if there was one more fight, I feel like, even us in the sameza, we're like, all right, guys, like, let's play some hockey. So it was just the perfect amount. It's fantastic. I loved it. How do you feel the game?

What surprised you about the game? Well, actually, before you even answered that, I was curious, do you think... This guy just fucking cucking my question. Well, it's a buildup to your question. Do you think that got in Canada's head at all? Like, was it like, oh, grice, the U.S. team's here to fucking fight and get so physical? Like, Canada probably doesn't want to play that game. Do you think that mattered to them at all?

Were they like, whatever, that was just fun at the beginning and now let's play? I don't know. Like, for me, I think this is the one part. of the game that I just can't quite relate to. Like as a fan, I sit there and I'm like, okay, I'm engaged, but like, I don't know like how much it galvanizes a group. Like, there's maybe been like one or two scrums that have been more than obviously we don't square up. But like, I've never been on the bench when it's like somebody's going toe to toe with somebody. Like I do think it would

be sick. But I do think like, I saw something like this was the first time that US has ever really been like the bullies. Yeah. Right? Like it's always been like team Canada's style. Like we're going to run you through the ground and like that you saw that change a little bit last night. Also like some people are pointing out like Tom Wilson would be a great player to have right now. Yeah, fair.

Good call. But it's like it's and he was right on the brink of I think he was right on the brink. Also though like would have been nice to have Connect me in the lineup last night. I know he's a small guy but like a little bit more of a shit to server. I want him. I hate Brad Marshaun. when he plays for fucking Boston,

but, like, what I love that piece of shit to come out last night like that side of him and he was quiet. Like, I saw Matthew Kachukh like literally just cross-check, cross-check like at the end of a period

or whatever and I'm like, that's such a little shit-head. Yeah, yeah. Like, Brad, where are you? Yeah. Lick somebody. Yeah. Like, choke somebody.

Lick someone on the face. Anything. You're absolutely right. And yeah, I mean, Tom, I, good Lord. Imagine if Willie were out there on the ice during those fights. Like he,

because you know he would have been like, I'll go. Yep. And that is a guy, I mean, maybe other than Brady, but like, I think about Matthew and JT being like, yeah, and I don't want that. I fought him once. It's like wrestling a bear. Really?

It's like, hold on to a bear. He's in a unit. Like, I played against him growing up. And like, I remember he was North Toronto stars or whatever they were. And he was a unit back then. Oh, I believe that. Like, would just destroy people and just take over games by himself physically. Like he had a beard at 12 for sure.

100%. He's like, Jesus Christ. But yeah. after all the fights, we talked about the game settled down a little bit. There was even stretches where it was just like, you know, it was kind of these spoon flip-ins back and forth,

just going down and down. And I feel like both teams were figuring each other out, but what surprised you about the game, if anything? I just loved how, like, physical it was. Like, everybody talks about going into this event. What's it going to be like? Is it going to, and, like, whenever Canada and U.S. meet, like, there's no doubt it's going to be epic.

And I think like last night, everybody talked about it. Like it's been 10, 16 years in the making. Like, whatever it is. None of these guys have played this before. Yeah. Yeah. Right? And I just think, I don't know.

It was so exciting to watch on that side of things. Like I feel like I sat there. I think a couple times you guys like, is this what it's like when like we play the U.S.? Like I'm really curious because it's like it was so it was so fucking intense. So intense. It was hard to even have, um, convos with your with your seatmates, right? Because it can kind of be talking and then immediately something. would be like we'd stop we would shut up yeah i was i was probably an asshole because i know wags

is trying to talk me a couple times i didn't i was like basically yeah i was basically ignoring you wags sorry but like last night you were trying to talk to me i'm like wags shut the fuck up but it's just like aaron and i were talking we're talking like this like i'm like yeah so anyway we're like i would never look oh yeah no no no yeah we're not taking our eyes off the game like it's just it was too too good uh how good do you have you have you're an olympian A gold metal The gold metal Actually, show the tattoo

You want Whip it out I always feel like I'm like Harry Potter Like in the wizarding world Yeah It's like you show and look at that Dude Aaron tangent

But we're like Getting beers in between periods Whatever And it's like People walk up to us It's like dudes You know like Oh dude see up to debtors boys

And we're like hey bro What's up Great to me And I love it right I'm like great to meet you Thanks for saying what's up And they always look at her And they're like

Excuse me You could check a picture of us And I'm like, dude, like, you have no idea. Yeah, you have no idea about it.

Isn't that one asshole? Yeah. Literally, I was, I was having a conversation turned around and he just goes, with his phone.

He just like hit her. I was like, yeah, you take it, you take it, you take it, you take it. That's,

that's when you take a selfie of yourself. Yeah, I said the next one, this happens. I'm literally might just take their phone like this. Yeah. Yeah.

Show the rings, tat, dude. But, yeah, I'll hold your phone. You want to hold my gold medal? or just a quick trade.

Thanks a lot of time. Gold medal winning Olympian. How awesome do you think this is for the game? I mean, like you're in the middle of your season. For those who don't know, you played and won on Saturday. Yeah, there was a ton of me. All her best friends went to the game to watch her play. And you know, you're locked into that, like your mid-season form.

But the fact that you came to the game, I thought, was so cool. So like I feel like you guys can see how cool this is for the game. Yeah, like we were pumped. A big group of people got tickets like literally the day before. we were able to get some, but everybody else was so excited to get tickets. And I know when I got them, like, I texted David and was like, we're going. And she's like, shut up. Because I was just like, I wanted somebody who would enjoy the game, have a good time.

And like, we play on Tuesday, but it was like, this is something you don't get to experience. Like the fact, I say this as a least fan, like, there is no better place, no better rink, I think, than the Bell Center. Like, the fans are like, and even playing there for me, like, the fans are literally on top of it's the coolest rank and the fans are nuts. Absolutely psychotic in the best way possible. I love that you said that. Yeah. It's just cemented how I feel.

You know, playing for the Canadians. There was the same sentiment. And how important do you think this is? Because we always talk about the stuff that we do and all these people in this world do. It's all about growing the game. And when we say growing the game, it does, I don't mean the NHL game. We mean hockey.

And that includes the P.W. It includes women's hockey, men's hockey. how, because I feel like I was feeling this way, how important do you think this attention on best on men's best on best? Thank you for adding that in. This attention on men's best on best, I think is huge for the women's best on best too. Because now heading to the Olympics,

it's just going to be more eyeballs on. It's like, oh, we get now both of these. It's going to be great for everyone. Yeah, it's what the game needs. And I think we always talk about it on our side of things. like everybody is like hey appreciate what you're doing to grow the game and it's like thanks me too but i'm also playing the game yeah like we're also competing and playing and it's like you don't go up to jack ickel and be like hey way to grow the game yesterday you went out there and you're really

growing it and in Vegas like it's like no like we're also athletes like we want to win we're not just doing this yes we want to create something for people down the road and we've done that now with the pwhal but it's like i'm also here to win a championship yes and i'm here to compete for walter cup I'm here to compete for a spot at the Olympics, world championships, whatever it is. Like, I'm growing the game, but at the same time, like, I'm also doing a damn good job playing it. And that's how we all feel. Like, we want to do what we can to grow this game and we're going to continue to. But at the same time, like, we're also in it.

Like, we're the athletes right now. Yeah. Yeah. No, it's so true. And I just get so fired up at the idea of, you know, you have a tournament like this, gets the competitive juices flowing. And I love the idea of you all being at the Olympics and being able to look, like, the Pied up players and the NHL players being able to feed off each other and be like, you want to win a gold, they want to win a gold, you help each other be competitive, fire each other up.

Like, it makes it so much better. Yeah. It's unbelievable. Like, I'm not going to lie, I met some nice guys that were on like the men's team in Beijing, but it's like you had to do a little bit more research on them and everything. Like, respectfully, respectfully. And it was, that's how it was for everybody back home. Like, it was like, okay, who's coming kind of thing. But I think, like, obviously there's so many reasons to want to make that Olympics and be there in Italy.

But to be able to go and compete alongside the guys that are in the NHL, like, yeah, those are guys that I've watched for years. And it's like, we want the best of the best to be there. Everybody's wanted it for so many years. And you think, like, back to Sochi, it's like, it's been a decade now. And it's just like, it's time that it turns around and they're there in Italy. And it's exciting to think about. Yeah, it is. going into back into the game we were talking about you guys were mentioning the sweden goleys and all that if this goes to well first of all actually Canada Finland who are you starting in that

I'm going Eden hill yeah what are you guys I feel like I am too I would have started him the whole I would have started him this whole tournament with respect to Binner so like this is an easy one for me at the end of the day he could give up two goals so it's not like he got lit up but like you lose a game two one yeah it's not you're not sitting there saying

I was just say I thought he played really well like he has played really well yeah what's funny is like I thought he played I thought he we don't need to say that Binner's a fantastic goal we all know that I thought he played all right

against Sweden but what's funny is he's making the big save huge shapes yeah I was right about to bring up OT he's he's right about to bring up OT he's he's made fucking psychotic saves in OT.

And then yeah, and this one, he only gives up two. And, you know, say what you will about the Larkin shot, but like. Or even the, even,

I thought both were. I think Gensel's was cheeky as fuck, man. Yeah, that was such a Jake Gensel goal. Like, John Cooper said that. Yeah. Coup said he was like, he does this all the time.

Yes. It's like a misdirect, well, like the shoulder fake to a slow, it's almost like the Kucherov shootout. Yeah. It's like no one is expecting him to slide five hold there. It's such a cheeky goal.

So I'm not even going to kill Binner for that one. So it's my thing, though, is like, do you look ahead? So you got to win tomorrow. Yeah. What do you do, though? Like, if, I don't know, does Binner give you the best chance to win? Like, we talked about it last night. Like, he somehow gets it done.

He's a Stanley Cup winner. Yeah, he really does. We all know, like, he's not the best statistically, whatever it is, but he's got this, like, fuck you out of him. Totally. And I don't know. Like that, that's fun to play in front of. Yeah.

Like, as a, as a D, like, if you got a guy who's like, I don't know how, but I'm going to beat the guy at the other end, I don't know. It's, so now I'm kind of backtracking it. Yeah. Now you want to interview, yeah. Seriously. But it's, it is true. Like, you're so right that the feeling as a defenseman of knowing you got a guy who doesn't get rattled, that's huge. And his fuck you attitude, I feel like doesn't get rattled.

He has that. That great quote? He was like, do I look nervous? Yeah, yeah. And I think he is that way. Oh, he is. You see, he thrives in those moments. Like, when the bigger the moment, the better he's going to play or the bigger save he's going to make, which he did the last couple games.

It's been interesting. We were joking with Las last night. He was saying, like, John Cooper, the biggest decision of his career was deciding who to play in that game. And it's, there's obviously some humor to it, but there's also some validity to it. Because it, and now it's almost even worse. Because if you start Hill, and let's say Hill gets let up like a Christmas tree, everyone guns coop for that, not Hill. Yep.

You know? And you're playing against a confident team now. Yep. Good call. They beat Sweden. Yeah. They beat Sweden and they have that.

I mean, we didn't talk about that one line, but their top line is. It's absurd. It's crazy. You have two guys that are huge. Yeah. And Barkoff and rantin in. And then you add Lekin in, but like, I don't know. But it's going to be, it's not going to be a walk in the park.

Yeah. Keep in mind, they own the Sweden tiebreaker too. You know, we keep being like, oh, if Canada wins, they're in. I'm like, if Finland wins, they're in. Because even if Sweden beats U.S., Finland, on the eyebreaker, and it's there through. And it's interesting, too, I think a huge strength of the Canada team is that speed down the middle, obviously, with Nate, Connor,

being the ones that jump out. And I think a huge part of USA's game plan was clogging the middle. If you watch a lot of those, people talk about Jack Hughes's game. Sure, Jack wasn't that crazy offensive, but he did make a lot of really good back-checking plays, isolating that second pass in the neutral zone. Austin was doing that all night. We talk about all the time who is better down the middle in this tournament than Finland,

especially when you think about defensive capable centers. Like you've got Barkov and Lundel on the same team, and then you add Rupé Hints to that as well, and you add Sebastian Aho to that as well. It's like they're going to do a good job down the middle against this team. It'll be interesting. I have a question, Aaron. So, like I think John Cooper shortened the bench last night.

He didn't really play four lines. And against Finland, do you, I mean, I think you have to, I think he has to play more of his death. I mean, do you agree with that? Yeah. Like, do you think he shortened up the bench too much? I think too quickly almost. Like, I don't know, maybe I wasn't paying too much attention, but like it just seemed like he started to switch some things up and then kind of started spotting guys.

And I'm like, I think at that point, it's a tight game, but I also think you just got to roll. Like, trust the guys. Like, you look at the group. It's not like a typical NHLT. Like, you don't need to. to be nervous putting your fourth line out against the first line most of the time because they would be in first line matchups on their own teams right so they're kind of used to that but i think if anything and i would never ever go against what john cooper does because we on our

side think he's the biggest beauty in the world and we love him to death but i just think maybe at that point just put a couple things in the blender instead of just shorten the shorten the bench like i i mean i think we got to give thomas harley a little bit of a shout out statistically apparently he was off the chart. Great goal. So, like, so I think on the back end, it's different shortening the bench on the back end. Like, if you go down, you're going down and it's a little bit tougher. But for him to come in, literally barely touched the ice. He was on a plane two days ago. Like, it's absurd. He was really good last night. Yeah. He did everything. Really good last night. Everything right. And more. He was just, yeah. Yeah, you're right. Like, apparently, I think I saw something like, uh, out chance 10 to 1 when he was

on the ice, like for Canada, which is like, like, yes. Like, wow. Yeah. That's a damn good. for it. Yeah, it is. And you mentioned it earlier, the fact that when you shorten that bench and you're, you're limiting Brad Marchand, Sam Bennett and Seth Jarvis's ice time, it's like, that's a line you want out there against anybody. To bang. That's who I wanted to see. Like, you know, we talk. That's kind of what I was getting at. I wanted to see more of that line. You wanted to see like it's Bennett. I mean, he was had how many big hits and how many. Yeah. Even Jarvie. Jarvie was like just throwing his body around. Yeah, yeah. Wasn't always staying on his feet, but it was just like it got everybody into it. Yeah, just played more of his fourth line, third,

You know, we gassed him up when he came through. The assist he had in the Sweden game, like, that was all Jarvie's hard work that made that happen. You're telling me you don't want that on the ice a little bit more. You want Brad getting under people's skin in that type of a game? And I think that that's where, like, I get the, it's not even like they were down big or anything. So you got to get the more skilled guys, more chances. Like, it was like, that was such a tight checking game. It's like, let them run and gun.

Let them throw the body around. Like, let them just frigging go out and be Bash Brothers. Like, get the crowd. into I get the energy. The numbers might be a liar, but it felt to me that the U.S. rolled four lines way more in this game than the Finland game. Like I remember barely seeing

Dylan Larkin in the Finland game. And then here he was all over the ice. Yeah. You know, so it's interesting to me that in this one, the U.S. was like, go ahead. You know, everybody can play and then Canada went to the types. People being in different numbers, oh, it was messing with me so bad. I'm literally like, who the hell's 21? And I'm like, oh my God, it's Larkin.

Like, what? Like, it throws me off so bad. I need, like, we always have a mark. our game's just a sheet with all the numbers. Whole roster printed off for me. Devon Taves has been fucking me up with that. Seeing him wearing five. Five. I'm like, who the fuck is five on this team?

Honestly, I'm like, at black, no, it's a lefty. Like, I'm like, no, it's not him. He's a righty. That's not right. So glad you said that because that's been messing with me and I'm glad I'm not the only one. But shout out to Brock Nelson, too. Yeah. He played way more last night and he was similar to Thomas Harley. He was just doing the dirty work.

like he was making all the right plays. He must have had four separate plays where the U.S. was hemmed in badly. And it was like, you were starting to kind of sit up a little bit like, oh, is Canada about to creep in? And he made some unreal plays on the half wall getting the puck out. It was annoying.

Yeah. I bet. But he was great. Jacob Slathing, man. I love watching that guy play hockey. He was unbelievable. He was unbelievable. I mean, obviously all the other things, but like defensively last night, he was...

Talk about small market teams. Shutting down, guys. If you are a casual to slightly above casual NHL fan, he is the guy that people always go. When they, the name in Team USA Ross, people are like, oh, Slavin. And I'm like, buddy. Yeah. He is. And like, is allowing Brock Fabor to play more of his game.

Yeah. Like he has... I like Favreiber. He's a young guy, but like, I think. switching that up and putting Slaven with favor has been like, okay, now let him do his thing, let him have a little bit more confidence. Like playing with a guy like Slaven, like any time you have that kind of just steady rock beside you,

you're like, okay, I can do this. I can cheat a little bit more. He's got my back kind of thing. So I can't say enough good things about Jake of Slaven. He's so good. My last tire pump is going to be, you know, game starts, Canada gets on the board first, disgusting. We're talking about that.

second, do your tire pump, yeah, or unless it was of that. No, it's not that. You want to interrupt me more in this episode? What have I done wrong? You spent a lot of time together all weekend. I wanted to freeze over the McDavid goal. All right, talk about the McDavid goal. Okay, yeah, that was the coolest moment of the entire week for me. Like, I literally- Not the three fights?

No, that was fucking insane. The Bell sent, like, it was so perfect, incredible pass from Dewey. And just like, I felt like, everybody could see it coming. I was like, oh, here's Connor, full head of steam, exactly the thing we wanted to avoid, takes MacVoid. you know, didn't play it perfectly anyway, but just like goes wide, bang under the bar, his sally we talked about. Like, that looked like him game seven. So, like, he was like, and that was, the building exploded. Like, I, I, I truly, no joke, I cheered just for, I was like,

oh, because it was just such. I cheered because of the Dewey Pass. Yeah, like, it was just like, ironic thing, dude, that, I couldn't believe that moment. I was so happy. That, another one to be like, I'm so glad I witnessed that. Oh, yeah. Yeah. God damn. Amazing. It's cool to see Connor's for sure, especially in Canada. That was awesome. My poor teammate left about 13 seconds before that to go to the math. She's like, when should I go? I was like, go now.

Oops, sorry, Tabes. Sorry. Goal. The tire pump I was going to say, you mentioned it. You know, it's Connor McDavid, barreling down the ice, but Maccvoy was like, do I go to him now? He was trying to see if there's a pass option, and then Connor just does what Connor does.

After that play. Yep. Do you think that lit a fire? A hundred percent. 100% Charlie McAvoy fucking dummied Connor McDavid for the next 45 minutes It was insane

It was insane he put Connor on his ass At least five times for the rest of that game And he's sitting there like Being like this guy just embarrassed me Well screw that I'm gonna light you up the rest of the game And it literally like I think it changed momentum for US Because we had all of the momentum momentum And then McAvoy was like

Fuck it this isn't happening again again. I, that's so spot on. I think that was the most big boy moment of Charlie McAvoy's career. You should talk about what you, the text you got, what you were talking about during the day. That's right. I, I, I, I, I'm not going to sewer who it was. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I got a text after the goal, I got a text from someone very close to me who said, Charlie McAvoy is a B-level defenseman. And I was like, that's tough. That's a tough critique. And then after that, Charlie does what he does. I got a text from the same person that was like, well, he just shut me the fuck up. And I was like, yeah.

But truly to the first hit, obviously, just a huge, perfect line-up, skating, hip-check, leveled him, both feet off the ice. For McDavid, I mean. But he was actively seeking Connor out after that. And Sid. Yeah, true, true. Like, he was being like, where is Connor? I'm going to fucking bury him. Do you know how cocky that is?

I wish Brad or Jarvie. or Bennett. Like, I know we just had three fights, but, like, you talk about it all the time in NHL regular season games. You touch our best player, like, what's going to happen? Yeah. Okay, so why is it any different?

We just had three fights, so we're clearly going to fight. Yeah. Like, it's not like we're not fighting in this game. Somebody just... Yeah. Like, nobody even touched McAvoy. Good call, actually.

I mean, that's kind of why I was, like, my prediction before the game we were talking about it was, for the first time, I mean, ever saying that is Canada couldn't match U.S.'s physicality. And it was going to wear them down eventually. It was going to wear down Canada's D and everyone else. And I think that's what happened last.

Yeah. And we talked about it. That first McAvoy hit, more or less led to the Larkin goal. Like it was a huge... Sorry, the Gensel goal. It was a huge momentum switch of like that hit happened. It was the loudest the USA fans were on the way. Unfortunately.

Yeah. Like, it was like, people were like, oh, my God. Yeah, dude, credit to the fans, too, though. I couldn't believe how quiet it was when Getsl scored. Like, I thought there would be like a bit of a roar. And it was like, no. I was like, oh, damn. That was crazy.

Oh, truly. Yeah. Same with Larkinsmore. Yeah. I stood up and you were like, shit the fuck down. I actually did tell you to sit down. Yeah. But it was, it was quiet.

It was quiet in there. But again, obviously, Lark's scores. Then we get the empty net goal. USA wins three one. J.T. missing another empty nap. Dude, I felt so bad that who's the, um, the guy sitting in front of us had his kids there. Yeah.

His daughter, I presume, had the J.T. Miller jersey on. Yeah. And J.T. gets that brush. And she stood up. So I was tapping her on the back because I was trying to be like, your boy's about to score. But then she thought I was like, I can't see. So she sat down. And I was like, oh, no, get up.

He's about to score. And then he missed. And I was like, actually sit down. He missed an opening. This has gone horribly. This has gone horrible. Like, damn it. By bad.

I was just going to say, like, the way that I think the, the. rivalry like we were talking about earlier. There is, I think it was 8 to 10 years old, the one kid in front of us, and USA scored, and he literally goes, I fucking love USA! And all of my teammate Taves and I are like, you can't.

And the dad was like, whoa, he goes, I have to. We just scored. And I was like, fair point, buddy. Fair point. He goes, I hear it all the time. And then we kept saying, sorry for swearing. I can't argue that. I dropped 50 fucks right behind him after that. So I was like, I was the first one I did. I apologize. He was like, I said

already. Don't worry. He gave us permission. Yeah, yeah. We're off the rails. The other thing too, though, is I think, like, what we need to, like, embrace with the Four Nations is, like, as great as the games are going to be at the Olympics next year, it's not going to be three fights.

Because it's double I, Jeff Games. Also good call. It's not going to be like this. Like, we're never going to see that again. It's so true. It was 10 years of buildup, like, and then, yeah, it'll be competitive. It'll be epic at the Olympics, but, like, we all know how double iHF roughing is like obviously the fighting and everything it's going to be it's going to be definitely a very different vibe at the olympics it's a great no doubt and it's also just you know with with a quick round robin like this it almost always happens but it's as we keep saying this has been such a good tournament everything has gone so well and the fact that we're now we're headed to boston we've got these next games on monday and every game is must win for every team other than USA it's

It's like, that is so electric that all these teams, it's not like, it's, oh, yeah, it's meaningless, whatever. They're like, nope, half to win. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's just every game, the stakes have been so unbelievable. Dude, I, now we're on home soil. Yeah, dude. Yeah, but now we're going to home soil. Do you guys know, like, 2010, so 15 years ago what happened in the round robin?

Yeah, I do. And everybody was, yeah, we do. Everybody was just on cloud nine. We remember. We actually said we were hoping, God, we were afraid of this. You know, like, I was like, I don't care if we lose. I hate it on Saturday because we'll win in the finals. I just, I just, it has a, there's a different feel, though, after last year.

I'll give you that. I'll give you that. Yep. Than there was in 2010. I will say this. The, this tournament just, I can't say enough good things about it. Being able to walk out of that stadium and there was no. Do you always call it a stadium?

It's a rank, by the way, or an arena. I keep saying arena. that's the first time I've said state yeah walking out of that arena thank you if this good check it's not a no disrespect it's not an eagles game it's not an NFL game where people are our motherfucking each other it's just such good vibes like you the USA fans and Canadian fans everyone's being very nice to each other that one dude just enjoying the moment and and I am going to challenge the US now I'm going to challenge the city of Boston now of like this was picture perfect from this city, that arena, and these people of just

unbelievable times, unbelievable vibes, and such good energy. And if you want a shot at winning USA, and if you want to shot Boston and all the fans at matching how awesome this was, you got to bring it the same way. It's got to be the same energy. It's got to be the same, like make sure Team USA feels like they're in their home living room in this game. Like make them feel exactly what the Canadians here did because that was the coolest thing. I'm worried about that actually. I don't know, I don't think, or I put it this way, I don't think it's going to be as

955. Oh yeah, you know what I mean? Canadians are going to travel. Canadians are coming to Boston. I'm American. Actually, you guys know, I was drafted by Boston but there's no place like Montreal, the Bell Center. I don't think you can match it. Nothing. Right? Nothing. I mean, it'll be, I'm sure it's going to be electric. Boston's the Garden's going to be really loud, but it won't be bell center. Yeah. Yeah. But they're going to, it's

going to be electric though. It just can't be too with the amount that it holds like it's the biggest rank like you know what I mean like everything about it it's just like I don't think anything can top it. This place is unbelievable. It's crazy. It's crazy. But yeah it's just yeah it can't you're right it can't be

matched but what I mean is you got to that's the challenge you got to bring it. You've got to bring it all the fans because we're just riding the biggest tie of this tournament and it has to keep going. Yeah you haven't shut up about it true true true

I feel like Nate thinks I'm funny it's kind of great I wasn't expecting this oh god well heading into Boston and our closing thoughts how is everyone feeling wonderful

really you feel good I don't know not nervous at all yeah we'll see after tomorrow I'm curious are you nervous about Finland oh absolutely I think that's a good attitude

yeah I think it's like we were talking there were a lot of people after the USA game they were like Yeah, Finland, whatever. And then Finland slaps weed in the mouth. And I think people are like, oh, shit.

Yeah, you can't overlook them. No, definitely not. The one thing, like, that I do think that we, like, Canada can do and use to it. Our advantage is, like, obviously, like, Finland's weaknesses are deep. Yeah, yeah. Like, without a doubt. And then we'll see, like, Lankan, Lankan? Yeah, yeah.

He's starting. And it's just like, at least he got a little, like, I don't know. I think that's her weakness. And, but you talk about it. They've got depth down the middle. but how much can that help? If your D literally aren't there, which I don't think they are compared to anybody else

in this tournament, is it going to matter? We talked earlier about it would be a nightmare for Sweden if they lose to the U.S. and finish O and 3, nightmare if you lose to Finland. Oh, absolutely. And that's what I think. I won't even talk about it. I want to talk about it happened.

Yeah. Yeah. But I think like that's also, it's not a bad thing for us to be sitting there like they got a win. Yeah. So, right? Like, why not go into another do or die game? Yeah.

We haven't had it yet, technically, so let's go into a do or die game. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, it's so cool. I mean, and, I mean, as a Canadian with obviously what happened with World Juniors and, like, I think there's a little out of pressure too. Yeah, agree. On the men side, like the men side has been weak, to be honest.

Right? I think there's a little out of pressure. So, I mean, this is. I think it's fire too. Like, it's added pressure, but I think they're fired up by the pressure. Yeah, for sure. I agree. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, the fact that we get to go into Monday with the immediate must-win game is fun. Yeah. Aaron, before we go, can you give us a P-dub update? Six-game heater? Yeah.

Pretty sick. Yeah, we're rolling right now. I've got Minnesota on Tuesday night, which will be good. I think, what do we have right now? I think we're up by eight points in first right now, but the three-point system is it's so good. They do that. It swings so quickly. I think the bottom three teams, bottom four teams are two points apart.

So we're feeling pretty good. There's, I don't know what the Minnesota. Yeah, Minnesota Boston's playing right now. Minnie was up 2-0 and then game in Edmonton, Toronto, and Ottawa are playing this afternoon. So I'm excited to watch that one too. Yeah, that's awesome. God. You guys feel good.

Best jerseys. You guys have the best jerseys too. Thank you. I say like best jerseys, but like best like look all put together. Yeah, top to bottom kit is solid. I like our cream jerseys better than our maroon just by look. But like when we're in our gear, like maroon just looks fantastic. It's so clean. It's so clean.

And you have a Bell Center game. March 1st, yeah, March 1st, which honestly was against Toronto. No, Boston this year. Boston, that's right. Like last year was one of the top three moments of my career was playing at the Bell Center. Yeah, what did you say again, though? It was like, your first world's your first Olympics and playing at. the bell center till. Isn't that? That's amazing.

Yeah. And they did like the fix you to skate out too. And that always gets me like teary. I like even going to a Habs game and I actually showed him a photo last night of me like stepping onto the ice and it was the coolest moment. Like I just kind of look up and it's unbelievable.

We're going to get you in the goal column soon here too. At the bell center. Yeah, we need to. No, we don't want to wait that long. Whoa, whoa, whoa. That's like another five games before the bell center. You're right. We'll be a five game Tuesday. Five game goal street. I need my netter's bump. That's the only reason I came on this pod.

That's the only reason. Literally the only reason she said. I just need a netter's bump. We're going to get a goal on Tuesday. Thanks, guys. I see you. Great stuff. All right. Well, we're headed to Boston now.

Big game Tuesday. Going to get a goal. Like, what we keep saying? What more can we ask for? Like this. Here we go. The show goes on. The thing we can ask for is a Canada

U.S. Canada, U.S. Final. No disrespect. 3-2 Canada, just like a women's hockey game, USA Canada. 3-2 final and overtime. There we go. Yeah, no disrespect for them in Sweden. I think we do want a USAF.

Everybody needs to. Give the people what they want. Dude, a 3-on-3 overtime. Is it 3-on-3 in the final? No, I think it's 5-on-5, I'm pretty sure. Is it fun? I thought, I think so. I don't know either.

I think it's 20 minutes. I don't know for sure, actually. But I know it's 20, like, it's continued. I think it is. It's been the same, with the exception of the 10 minutes, it's been all NHL rules. And playoffs is 5'5 20 minutes. Yeah. I think it's.

Although I am kind of surprised that they would agree to that. Like, PA-wise, like, that's a lot more, could be a lot more awkward. Yeah, yeah. Like, you could literally play triple over time. You could play six periods. You could play 63 minutes in a game. I think they probably just wouldn't want to end it, like, not the traditional wave, you know, right? Yeah.

Honestly, game one when it went to. 3B3 as electric as it was, there was part of me in this type of tournament. I was like, ah, no, do 5V5, but it was sick. But yeah, I think they got to do 5V5. All right, well, thanks for coming on. Thank you for having me over. And here we go. I can't believe we have fucking five more days of this.

Shipping up to Boston. You're going to be in Bean Town. Come on. All right. I'll miss you guys in Montreal. Thanks for stopping it. Oh, my God. Thanks for having us.

And thanks for not showing up to the P-Dub game. Had to be called out. Had to be called out. Oh, wow. They're all for two, actually. They've been in the same location. Yep, at four empty seats. You technically had a ticket, too, I would assume.

Yeah, you, you, he's you. Yeah, but you're not in trouble. You're not in trouble. This is a one warning, basically. Yeah, yeah. You just slap on the wrist for you. Yeah. All right, well, that's it for us in this episode of the Amtiener's podcast,

and until we see you in Boston. Do you want to do it? Yeah. Skate Heart.