Empty Netters Podcast - Is Draisaitl's Injury Good For The Oilers And Blue Jackets On A Heater

Episode Date: March 19, 2026

While CP nurses a post St. Patty's Day hangover, the Netters discuss resting Leon for the Oilers post season, the Blue Jackets playoff chances, the return of Sid, and rank the best non-bank holidays + the Professors make an appearance that is too hot for TV. Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 06:33 - Leon's Injury 14:32 - Blue Jackets on fire 21:07 - Kuch is the MVP 25:33 - Goal Caufield 32:32 - Professors Puckline 58:03 - Ranking best non-bank holidays 01:11:42 - What's the Connection Game 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! Thanks to our Sponsors! BetMGM: Use bonus code NETTERS when signing up to receive up to $1500 in bonus bets if your first bet loses. Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER (Available in the US) 877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY) 1-800-327-5050 (MA), 1-800-NEXT-STEP (AZ), 1-800-BETS-OFF (IA), 1-800-981-0023 (PR) 21+ only. Please Gamble Responsibly. See BetMGM.com for Terms. First Bet Offer for new customers only. Subject to eligibility requirements. Bonus bets are non-withdrawable. In partnership with Kansas Crossing Casino and Hotel. This promotional offer is not available in New York, Nevada, Ontario, or Puerto Rico. Find LUCY near you at lucy.co/stores, or save 20% on your first online order at lucy.co/NETTERS with promo code NETTERS. For more information on compliant messaging and to dive deeper into each product for your own education, please refer to LUCY’s in-depth guidelines HERE. Restocked and ready to keep you sharp! The Bauer Prosharp Advantedge at-home sharpener gives everyone the ability to sharpen their skates with pro-level precision at the touch of a button. Leveraged by decades of progressive innovation, this machine is designed to be as automated, precise, and convenient as possible. Whether you're sharpening skates in your garage, at the rink, or even on the road — the Advantedge at-home sharpener ensures that your skates are always game-ready. Pro-level sharpening from your garage — the Bauer Prosharp Advantedge is back in stock at Bauer.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Empty Netters podcast. Can you believe what this has become? There was a full 48 hours where I felt like I was like literally Superman. Jumbo loves playing Fortnite, so he gets on the sticks. Did TR show you the sauna cycle or was that all year? No, no, I invented that. Almost a year now that I haven't taken a body check. That's kind of nice.

So we are back. We are horned up and we are going deep. Finish tonight with some chicken fingers and a few guineasasers, ran into you guys. That's where this pod came to life. is ready and we're back with another episode of the empty netters podcast brought to you by betmgm i'm your host dan powers another thursday episode and another sean buffini sighting i'm back again this is alternating between evan and i this is really lovely you never see the two of us in the

same room though that is true there are people who are starting to ask the question where does one start in the other end it's going to be like a scooby-do moment a year from now we're just go that would be just phenomenal if you just unzip your skin like a suit and evan walked out and then he did it and then you walked out and then it was a Russian doll. And then, yeah. That would be special. That would be special.

Speaking of someone who's not feeling special, we're not going to kick him well as down. Looks like we've got a St. Patty's Day boy here, Chris Powers. As always. Do you think that sometimes you have a tendency to overdo it? No. No? It's not a tendency.

Oh. It's a life. It's a lifestyle. It's a lifestyle. This is just you. I feel like the people of the lovely listeners in the network have seen you like this many times. Yeah, the Unabomber look. Yeah.

We've discussed this before. You're right. It is the Unabarmer look. That, when we consider, I mean, that's pretty recognizable. Last episode he did this, a lot of the comments were like the Unabomber. Unabomber. Yeah, yeah. Do we not give the Unabomber enough grief for a pretty lazy costume?

Also, why was he, if you were trying to be not... Conspicuous. Conspicuous. As an inconspicuous. He walks on, what did the Unabomber do? I should know that. He bombed airlines and universities. Oh, is that why he's called the Unabomber?

Yeah. Because it was Unis? Yeah. So he... Interesting. I always thought it was one bomb. He was like one of the smartest people ever at Harvard University. and he graduated as like a teenager.

Very, very intelligent person. But he was disgruntled about where the future of humanity was going with AI and everything else, long predating anything that, you know, we'd gotten to. This guy was sharp. His manifesto was called the Industrial Revolution and its consequences. And he just wanted to reject basically like modern society. So he lived in the woods and he like lived off the land. but then out of like frustration where the direction the world was going he was sending bombs in the mail to like harm innocent people so it's funny that you're like do we do we occupy him enough grief it's like do you think we're going too far thinking that he looks like that but do you not think the unibomber went too far when he was no no I think in chris's interpretation he did one bomb the unibomber I thought it was I thought it was because it was one bomb oh

Yeah, that would be rough. Like one bomb is like, everyone makes a mistake. I was like, dude, it's fine. Like, dude, you got a little worked up about the state of the, of humanity. It's fine. Just don't do that again. Just don't everyone, yeah, you're allowed to have one mistake in life. But even if he did that, I would still say that's too much, Ted.

Relax. And apparently now he was doing it all the time. He was doing it. Yeah, he did a few. Why was he? And he was walking around like that. He's walking around like that. He had his hood and his big glasses.

It's a good disguise, in fairness. Well, it's a good disguise. I think it's so conspicuous. But do you think maybe it's noticeable now because of him? If someone was walking around like that pre-Ted, people would have been like this, oh, that guy had a tough night out. Tough night out, yeah.

Nothing to look at. But now we see it and we're like, Jesus. This is kind of like what Hitler did with the mustache. I think you're right. I think it morphed from being like the big Lebowski kind of hung over thing. True. A little bit of a vibe there into. being the Unabomber.

Isn't it? There's a very thin line. Chris is actively dead right there. Yeah, he's having a hard time. There's a very thin line with sunglasses where I think you are sometimes you put sunglasses on you look really cool. But you add a couple more accessories and you look really spooky. Yeah.

Put on a hood and a hat. And now people are like, ooh, I don't trust that guy. You get him out of here. That's a good point. You put on a mustache and, you put on. maybe a fake nose fake nox like a groucho marks thing fake nose and now you look like groucho yeah what if you put what if you put on a ski mask you grab and sunglasses that I'm terrified of you yeah but I feel like if I saw I saw someone wearing a ski mask and not on a ski mountain I think

I'm probably already I don't need you to have sunglasses on for me to be spooked in fact it's kind of hilarious to put on a ski mask where only your eyes are showing and then cover And then put on sunglasses. Yes. Like, why would you do that? What are you doing? All right. Let's get into this episode.

Wait, I did hear, I did hear someone say that when they listen to Evan now, they hear an Irish accent. I did I see that? I saw that. They were like, I think it's a Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde thing where, like, they are the same person, but it's just like one of them is evil. I don't know which one. We've hired an incredible makeup team here at Almost Friday Media, and we're just doing a full. on change up of the person, but that's just the same voice in there.

He's just trying to do an American accent. People don't realize is that all three of us are just one person, including it's all four of us are one person. This is AI, folks. L-A-I. Have you ever seen us in person? Probably not.

Only the people who paid to go to the live show have. They know the secrets. They know the truth. They can confirm. Yeah. All right, well, we've got some great hockey talk to get into. We've got some fun games to play today.

We're going to talk about some holidays, all the good stuff. Let's get it going with the Leon dry sidle injury. Interesting stuff going on in Edmonton. Okay? We've got Leon getting shut down for the rest of the regular season. The question now is, is this a just what they needed situation

where they're going to shut down Leon, let him get his mind right, his body right, for a few weeks, and then he comes back fresh as lettuce? Or is this an at-home situation where it's like he'll be back game one of playoffs but then maybe he's not back to like round three

this I feel I feel as though we are owed something here because he here's what happened Leon Drysettle gets hurt he leaves I go

uh oh I wonder if he's okay then he comes back to the game and I go oh he's fine plays two shifts leaves again, does not return. I go, uh-oh. Then Noblock goes, oh, the doc saw him, said he's completely fine, but we were like, why push it today? Sure.

Just take the rest of the game off. You are, he is fine. He will be back tomorrow. And I go, oh, okay. And then they go, he is out for the rest of the regular season. And I go, uh-oh. And then I think to myself, this could be just what they needed. And then Stan Bowman comes out and goes, we feel this could be a blanche.

And I go, you stole that from us. And he's officially listening to the pot. Fuck, fuck you. Because this could be just what they needed. And if it's at home, it's, it is not at all what they needed and they're dead. I do, listen, I think, I want to hope, because we always like great players playing. I'd like to hope this is a precautionary this team sees the state of the Pacific

and they're like we're going to make playoffs we can get in even without Leon let's get Leon healthy that's what I hope it is if Leon is out for a while here and potentially going to miss the first round I think that they that this might be tough rough pumpkins for this team

they take off those sunglasses I can't you got to I can't take off those sunglasses and that hood let the world see you No. Come on. No. Come on. I think if, if they, the trouble, Dan, the trouble is that team is, has always been very top-heavy, and it has it mattered.

Like, everybody loves, including us, everyone loves to make fun of their depth. And then they go, we're in the fucking, we're in game six of the Stanley Cup final again. Because we have elite talent who can make that much of a difference in the playoffs. The problem with being that top heavy is if you lose one of those guys, it devastates your special teams, which they rely on heavily in the playoffs, and it devastates your line matchup ability at all times, but certainly in playoffs. Yeah. Where you go, okay, now teams empty the clip, just trying to stop Congress line, and then go, we can just beat the Oilers otherwise. Yeah. Versus being like, fuck, now we have to account for dry sidel on his line and when they double up and on the power play.

I if he's fine in playoffs though this doesn't matter I agree because they're getting in so easily I agree I I wonder if let's say this is a misses round one misses round two yeah can they survive without honestly though like without at home I'm like that's tough that's that's that's probably your number one number two I mean it's your number one defensive guy you could survive because you still got the big boys up front? Can you survive two rounds of playoffs without Leon? They have the blessing, Dan. They have a blessing. It's called the Pacific Division. I know. And it's called the playoff format. I know. And they actually maybe could. If it's only two rounds, they maybe could get out of the Pacific. Right? Because you go, you go, what would it be right now?

It would be Vegas. Okay, yeah. I mean, with home ice. You beat Vegas and then you beat the ducks for argument's sake? Yeah, I don't know. This is what I'm saying. I don't know. This is what I'm saying. I don't know. But they've got two games. Hey, hey, wake up. Take the hood off at least. Step by step. Come up.

No. Please. No. Please. The world needs to see you. At least let Dan pick the glasses you're wearing. We have a whole props department next to us. I'll wear a different one so I can't.

I like the glasses. You don't have to turn the lights off or these are things. I'm fine. Take the hood off. I'm begging you. Come on. This is good. This is a good version of you.

Here we go. This is going to be great. We're having a fun. So we're going to keep our eyes peeled on Leon. They've got the thing with the Oilers is they've got two games in hand on the ducks. Or excuse me. They've got two games extra played on the ducks. So the ducks have two games in hand.

And they're tied in points. So that's good for the ducks. Vegas is one point back. and the Kings and the Cracken are six points back and they both have those two extra games. So like... And the King's schedule, we already talked about this. We talked about it.

Kings are going 12 and 4. And they just got a big win. The Kings might actually catch the Oilers. They could get... Absolutely. This is going to be a dig deep situation. Wait, the Oilers are out. Well, no. The Oilers are on a two-game win streak

and they're six, three and one in their last 10. And now is... No Leon. Yeah, but look what happened to the pens with no sit. Yep. which is a perfect time to talk about Sid's back. Sid's back. Playing his first game since the Olympic injury.

And the penguins are as hot as a team can get. You know, a couple wins in a row, four, three and three in their last 10, but they've got good, gritty wins, and they're sitting pretty. Second in the Met, and now Sid is back. I want to tell you something. Do you think playoffs are locked for the penguins? Yes. Locked?

They're in. Wow. That's incredible. Just they're in. I want to tell you something that I feel I don't even like saying this out loud but I feel very vulnerable about this Okay

Part of me Wanted famously Ted Williams last person to hit over 400 Hit 406 I believe Famously The last game of the season was maybe a double header For some reason I think it was a double header But they had a game

And the manager was like you can sit out Because you're hitting 404 and don't ruin this. Yeah, you can sit out and just like be, no one's done this, you know? And Ted was like, fuck that I'm playing and played and went two for four and then hit 406.

Yeah. And I was like, that's fucking awesome. And Sid last year broke Wayne's record became the first person ever with 20 point per game seasons. 20 straight seasons of over point per game.

Yeah. And this year he's at 59 points in 56 games. So he would be 21 straight. And when he got hurt, I was like, shut it down. Just shut it down. Just shut it down. Because he's not, there's not that much of a cushion.

Like, if it takes him a while to get back into it here, I'm like, dude, don't break, don't lose that. We're shutting down too many players. But, but Sid is Ted. You know what I mean? Like, Sid, he would never, he would never. He just wants to play hockey. And he's got, you know, what, 13 some odd games, right? How many games are left for the pens?

15? They have played. 15, 67. They've played 67, 15 games left. So I need 12 points. Yep. He can do it. And he can do it. He's going to have two in his first game. He can do it. And he better do it. Dan, he better do it. So the pens are tied with the Islanders with 83 points. Islanders have one more game played. And the Blue Jackets are right there with 81. Everyone thinks the Blue Jackets are dead. They are very not dead. Well, if we were going to get to them, do them right now. Let's do them right now. Let's move the Blue Jackets up right now. Watch this. Copy. paste boom

your fire and dude speaking of fire it is hot as fuck in this studio are either of you feeling this it is let me go see

if I can crank up it's unbelievable is it bright is it bright in here is it bright in here though is everyone yelling I felt this way last episode Sean

I am sweating my butt cheeks off in here it is so hot I feel like I'm having hot flashes is it bright yeah it's bright

in here pal you're gonna be okay The Blue Jackets beat the Canes 5-1 last night. They're on a 10-game point streak. A lot of OT losses, but they're on a 10-game point streak. They, Dan, last year, I said, oh, my God, what a surprise the Blue Jackets are, which they were. Yeah.

And they kind of, it was, it was, we had all said it was that team rallied around the tragedy that happened. And they played so well. And then they just ran out of steam down the stretch. Yeah, that was the fear. And I was like, man, that's not their fault. It's just such an emotional season and like, whatever. And then this year, it was like, fuck. To start this year, it was like, fuck.

They, what we saw at the end of last year is actually who they are. And I can tell that thinking is difficult for you right now. And then now, dude, they are going so hard that, unfortunately, Unfortunately for them, and frankly, unfortunately for the teams just above them too. Yeah. They have now entered this. You have to get in. I don't think so.

Yes, they are. No. You're trying to call it like playoff or bust. I don't think it's playoff or bust. It is. Because if you go, if you miss now, you go like this, what was it all for? What is the point of anything? That's stop it.

There's no way. Yeah. There's no way. there's no way it's that intense. They are definitely in a... I don't know the way about Ottawa, but... They're definitely in a... Okay, we are a playoff team.

Like, we are good enough. This slow start was a blip. This is who we are. Let's get it going here. And that's good. That's an exciting thing. But I don't think they're playoff or bust. They're going to be devastated.

if they don't get in. I don't think so because they haven't been in all year. But this run, you can't get this close. Like, they're in right now, dude. No, they're not. They are, they'll have, if they win their game in hand, they have more points than Boston and Detroit in the same amount of games.

Correct. And would be tied with the island. But they're not in right now. They've got to win that game. I think it would be more devastating for a team like Pittsburgh or for, actually, no perfect example, Detroit. Yeah. Because Detroit, because Detroit don't.

even fucking say that out loud, dude. What is wrong with you? I'm not, I don't, I don't know what, what is wrong. I don't know what I'm saying. What is wrong with you? I don't know what I'm saying. Yeah, you were blackout drunk right now. That was awful. Ready? Blue jackets. Rangers at home. When? One and no. Cracking at home. They've been mediocre at home. Um, actually no, they've been great at home. When? Two and no. Islanders on the road. Loss. Two and one. Flyers on the road. When? Three and one. Habs on the road. Loss. Three and two. Sharks at home. When?

Sorry, sharks. Four and two. Bruins at home. Loss. Four and three. Cains at home. Win. Five and three.

They just did it. Cains on the road. Loss. Five and four. Jets at home. When? Six and four. Wings on the road.

Loss, I'm sorry. Six and five. Savers on the road. Loss. Six and six. Habs on the road. Win. Good split.

Seven and six. B's at home. Win. Eight and six. Caps at home. When? Nine and six. They're out.

This is it. Damn it. They missed playoffs. That is a pretty tough final stretch. Those are all tough games. I can't believe you kicked them out. I didn't do anything. What scares me is the real, if you want to get in, I mean, the habs aren't that in the clear,

but if you want to get into it. Everyone in playoffs is so fun. I don't, I can't, I don't kick anyone out. I want to let them all in. What kills me? I want to let them all in. The real fringe ones are pens, islanders, wings, bees, jackets. Yeah.

And Ottawa is in the mix, but let's just live there. The ones of that group who will fight, will claw with their fingernails is everyone but the bees. Like the wings, none of them can afford to lose. Like, the bees can afford to miss playoffs. The Bruins, the teams in the Atlantic, and the East must look at the Bruins and how incredibly quick and effective they did their retool and they must be so furious. Like Columbus, Ottawa, Detroit, the Islanders, frankly, Montreal, frankly, they must be looking at Boston being like, are you fuckers kidding me? How did you do this

so fast? You were supposed to be out for like three, four years, but they're just right back in the mixer. They must be so mad at them. And that's what terrifies me. Yeah. Is that the beast, like, Just they have like a minor blip in the blue jackets. Yeah. Fucking knife fight them to death. Dude, it has been so fun watching this, we'll call it Montreal, Pitt, Islanders, Boston, Detroit battle of like who's getting in. And how sick is it that Columbus is like this? Excuse me.

I would like a seat at the table, please. I have something to say. They just want a seat at the table. Can we do, can we do, who do you want to do the pens? the senators. We can't keep doing this schedule thing. I want to do one more. No, no, we got one, we get one an episode. We get one an episode and we just did ours.

Let's get back into some stuff going on because there's a very big, big piece of hot ice that I'm excited to get to eventually. Cooch got a hatty. And two assists, five points. Five points. Dude, I'm fucking... Eleven points. I told you. Or excuse me, 111 points in 62 games. Connor has 115 and 69.

Do you think this is finally the year that our golden boy gets MVP? First of all, he is going to end up Ross. Yeah, dude, which is so funny. Again, he's going to win it for the third year in a fucking row and go like this. Oh, and dude, he does this every fucking year where every year. Halfway through the season, he's not even fucking close. People are like, oh, there's, you know, Coochie's top 10. Yeah, and then the second half of the season he goes, dude, few things.

I feel like every week we talk about this. It's insane, dude. And I said this to you off air. I have, a few things were, have been more fun in my life for a bet I didn't win. The bet that you and I made with Geary last year about Cooch winning MVP, which we were robbed of, when he was going off like, fucking 50 to 1. And we, the three of us were sharp. And we were like, I can't even think about it. But my favorite part about that whole run was the chase.

when every game the three of us would text and go, need a four-pointer from Kooch today. And then he would do it. Like we would look at the Tampa game and it'd be like this, ping. We would just send check marks. Ding, ding, ding, ding. Point, point. In today's NHL, it was literally down the stretch.

It was a guarantee that Kooch would have four points a game. When he had three points, we were like, not a good enough night. Slow night at the office for Kooch, three points. And I was just, I saw his game last night. I was thinking about you and me and we were robbed. Just being like, ding. We were robbed. They robbed us.

Dude, he literally is going to, he's four points back. He's not going to make up the games, obviously, because he missed time. But he is going to win Art Ross in seven less games. And I'm like, this is a fucking clown show. He is truly out. But I need a dominant playoffs from him. I haven't had one in a while. Fair.

So, Cooch, if you're going to just keep doing this, maybe it was good. He missed those games. Those seven games. It's going to turn right into a playoff series. Is it possible that we are hard on him because Barkoff was doing the same thing to Connor McDavid? Like we go, Kooch sucked and he goes. Yes, 100%.

100%. Because what is it? Two years in a row? Yeah. And I go, whoa, he's doing that to everybody. Yeah. And I think I tweeted last year, like, I was like, Nikita Kutrov has an Alexander Barkoff problem.

And it turns out a lot of people have that problem. So, yeah, right. It seems like it's a league-wide issue. Pretty much every team that comes against them, they're like this scouts. is difficult. Why don't you check the bet MGM odds of MVP, please? I'm going to check the bet MGM odds on MVP.

Let's see. Right now, Dan, it says Nathan McKinnon 62%. And Macklin Celebrating 23%. I mean, I've said it before. I'll say it again. If the sharks get in, Macklin is the MVP.

Can I show you something? I'm looking at NHL stats. And Scott Wedgwood is leading league right now in goals against. Yep. Will you just quickly look at the thumbnail of Scott? He's going to be on the right side of my screen when I spend this to you. Does Scott Wedgwood in this player profile photo look a little bit like Gareth Bale? Yes.

Pretty cool. Show the camera? Scott Wedgwood. Hey, you have to take a picture of it? Somebody said the other day they were like, every time you guys show the camera, we can't see it. And you just put a picture. I'm going to copy this image and I'm going to send it. To Evan or Sean, are you editing this episode?

No, Evan. It's sending to Evan. Oh my God almighty. Dan, Cooch is the is the leading odds-ar-a-os guy. Leading? Yeah, leading. That's special. That is huge.

Dude, it's so fucking funny. You know the graphs? Like, remember the Michael B. Jordan graph where it's like, ding? Like, then Timmy's up here and it's free falls. Like the cooch is like, the graph is like, da-da-da-da-da-da. you. I wish I had this graph from every year. Dude, it's insane. All right, folks,

our last bit of hot ice. Second in the NHL in goals. Ooh, this is actually good. With 40 Cole Cofield. We did it. We did it. For those who are unaware, Sean,

you might be unaware. I am unaware. There's a lad named Cole Cofield nicknamed Goll Cawfield. because he's such a great goal score. He plays for the Montreal Canadiens. Everyone has this joke about Cole that he is the best 40 goal score to never score 40. It actually used to before last year, he was the best 40 goal score to never score 30. He'd never even scored 30 goals and we were all like. Everyone was like, we were talking about the team. They're like Cole Cofield. He's like a 40 goal guy. Just saying that as like he has the talent to do that. Yeah. And he just hadn't done it. He'd just scored 20.

So haters started being like, dude, he's never even scored 30. He's never even scored 40. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. So last year, every time he scored, I tweeted all caps, Cole Cofield is getting 40. And then when he would score again, I would quote tweet it and say, Cole Cawfield. So I have done this 40 times, finding that tweet, quote tweeting it,

and saying Cole Cofield is getting 40. He had to scored 37 last year. We got very close. God, something is in my throat. And he scored 40 last night. Nice. 40 goals. It felt great.

Hey, firing off that tweet, I said, Cole Cofield got 40. Nate has 45 goals and has decidedly slowed down. Yes. And he's having a great season. I'm not chirping Nate at all. Yeah, there was a period where I was like Nate might have 200 points. I thought Nate was going to score 70

this year. And I was like, wow, that is going to be such a flex when he's like, I have 70 fucking goals. But dude, he has been passed by Cooch. He's been passed by Connor in points. And he very well could win MVP this year, but he is extremely slowed down. Do you think there's a chance, 15 games-ish left, maybe 14 for the Habs,

that he could catch him? Is the Rocket in play or is it over? Oh, Cole? I think so. I think it's in play, too. it's definitely in play. That would be iconic. You've got, you know, frankly, he's got to get to like 40-9. 16 games.

16 games for Col 17 for an 8. Sorry? Did the Habs have 16? Yeah. Okay, so he'd have- Or I think maybe did Cole miss a game? I don't know. Cole has played 66 games, so I don't know. Well, I'll check the standings. Here's my question. Yeah, 67.

Answer your question, yes, I think you can do it. I think he's going to get 50, though. Here's my question, which would be gas. We've got roughly, we'll call it on average 15 games left in the season. Here are the people, how many goals do you think you need to have to be eligible for, to get 40 with 15 games left? Say that a question again? How many goals do you need to have right now with 15 games left for me to be like this? You could get 40.

30? Or is that too much? Like I'm asking too much. No, no. You are asking a ton, but I think if you have 30 goals, it's possible. I think it's. less than that, you're dead. I think it's a tall task. At this point, if you have 30

at this point to ask you to get 10 more right now. You just ask me if it's possible, though. If you have 30 goals, it's possible to get 10 and 15. I don't think so. Well, it is. I don't, I don't think so. I think if you are a player who through 66-ish games have 30 goals, I don't think you're scoring 10 in your next 15. I don't think you are.

Well, that's the point of this exercise, you buffoon. Well, no, the point is, No, you're answering a question, can somebody score 10 goals in 15 games? The answer is yes to that. I'm with you. But I'm saying a person who has 30 and 66

is not, I don't think they can score 10 and 15. I guess it depends on the person, to be honest. Because Haddy's dude, Hatties change. Let's call it 33 for the purposes of this exercise. Okay.

Here are people with 33 goals or more that could get 40 this year. Dylan Gunther with 33. Debrinket with 33 Scora Feev with 34 Morgan Geeky with 34 Cutter Gotee with 34 Tatech Thompson with 34

Maclin Celebrity with 35 Leon Drysettled dead dead Jason Robertson 36 Wyatt Johnston 37 97 Nikita Kutcherov 37 Connor 37 Matt Boldy 38

Kralte 358 Would you like to hear who's getting 40 Yeah Carill yes Boldie yes Yes McDavid yes Yes

Wyatt yes Wyatt yes No, no. Mac, yes. God, I'd love that. Mac, just five more goals. Yep. Tage. I think it would be really fun if Tage. He had like 48 one year.

Oh, yeah, no, sorry. Tage is obviously perfectly capable of it. I think it'd be really fun if Morgan Geeky got 40. Me too. That'd be sick. I don't know if he is going to get 40. And I'd really like Cutter to do it too. I would love for Cutter. Six more goals.

I think Cutter, I think Tage, no. Cutter yes Morgan no unfortunately score if you have no unfortunately to brinket yes gets seven finishes with 40 on the dot that'd be sick

and that's it no one else does it Cole Cofield scored 40 goals Cole I knew you can do it I've been there the whole I mean I've literally been there the whole ride baby

every single time Dan I think he's gonna get 50 here that would be so electric. If he just fucking went nuclear heat. He's been pretty hot. I think he is going to score 49 goals this year and Cole is going to score 50 and win the rocket. That would be sick. Put your money on it. That'd be sick. God, that's so awesome. I love it. Let's take an ad break and then let's hear from the professors. The NHL is in full swing. We are so close to playoffs. I can

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The professors are here. One of us is a bit worse for wear. But we surely will come with great picks and great advice for the weekend as we always do. Sir, how are you feeling? You know, what does Professor Schneebly say? Ned Schneebley? I was drunk yesterday.

That, what's funny is, I believe that that's actually Dewey Finn posing as Ned Schneebly. And he says, no, it means I was drunk yesterday. And now, what is he now? He's hungover. A hungover, which means I have something and the runs. I think he's like, I think it's a headache. I've got a headache and the runs. That is myself.

That's how I feel today. Correct, correct, correct. Christopher, tell everyone how we performed last week. Coming off a tremendous mega parlay from the week previous. This week we had a large shoes to fill. The results. Ducks, no. Fucked, ah, fuck.

Bruins, yes. Good. Avs, no, wild, no, leafs, no. Sharks, yes. Brutal run. Volts, no. Devils, yes. Isles, yes. Jackets, yes. Stars, yes. Mammoth, no. Sponk, yes. Sponk, yes. Sponk yes. Well done, yes. Well done, Professor Feeney. Pulled it together.

Eight and six, it's not, not our best, but not even close to our worst. We can always do worse. That's the beauty of it. Now, speaking of worse, life on the line, Pallet. Sponk, yes. Wild, no, kings, no, abs, no, one and three. Absolutely terrible. Gentlemen, students are relying on. Some of the worst we've done in quite a long time.

We need to lead by example. We need to lead by example. Students are relying on us. They're relying on these picks. Life on the line is incredible. This was terrible. Lead by example. Lead by example.

Do better. Absolutely correct. Do better. Now, where we do, do better. Always. Always, the Friday fade continues to be the most reliable thing in this nation. It's absolutely ridiculous, but the Friday fade, we were put to the test, maybe our toughest test. Maybe the toughest test ever.

We had the blues against the Oilers, and they somehow did it in overtime, I believe. The St. Louis Blues beat the Edmonton Oilers. It was remarkable. Absolutely remarkable. I received a SMS, no, what's the, an eye message? I received an eye message from my dear friend Matt, who attended Harvard. who you do not care for. We are Oxford men at Harvard Business School.

And he said to me that the Friday Fade should get its own case. And Harvard is great. And I said, agree. This needs to be studied by the top minds in the world. How, what is happening? I am not sure how to explain what's going on with the Friday Fade

because it is truly unbeatable. Now, we have several games this Friday. We have the Cains at the Leafs, the Devils at the Caps, avs at the hocks, the cats at the flames and the ducks at mammoth. I believe, simply this is between two. Two. Yes. The canes at the leaps and the avs at the hocks. And I would like to take because they've been so shit, there is no chance that the Leafs, without Amats. Without Austin Matthews can stop this, just dreadful, abysmal skid.

They're trying to lose to get a top five pick. Again, they need it. They need it. It's protected. They're trying to lose. They need that pick. There is no chance they can beat the top team in the Metropolitan. Therefore, we shall fade the Carolina Hurricanes and take the captainless, Toronto flailing, blowing in the wind, Toronto Maple Leaf.

Terrible. terrible Toronto Maple Leafs. I doubt the Hawks can win as well, but we must fade one. We must fade one. We are taking the Toronto Maple Leafs to be somehow victorious over the Keynes. That is your Friday fade.

The Saturday Selly! We said it would be Gold Carfield. And of course, ping! He scored his 30th goal of the season. He did it, we did it. And he is officially, as we said, as our colleagues earlier in this episode, is a 40-gore.

So the Friday fade, cash. The Saturday, Sally, cash. This Saturday, there are some candidates for celebration. This is absolutely correct. Celebrini at home versus the Flyers I am interested in. It's delicious. Absolutely delicious. Houch and McDavid playing each other. You know they will rise.

They will rise. Interesting. Robo and Wyatt playing Boldy and Krill. You know they will rise. someone then there will rise I believe I'm tantalized

by Matthew Boldie and Creelka-Priezov however that is a tough matchup both directions I'm not entirely sure I want to touch it because of that we think that the sharks

can smell playoffs they desperately need it they desperately need a win against the Philadelphia's on the West Coast swing. And who is the man who continues to rise to the occasion for the sharks. Who also wants 40? He is a man who wants 40 goals as well, a young lad. We shall take Macklin Celebrini versus the Flyers as our Saturday, Selly.

Rise. My son. Rise. Rise. Macklin. Saturday, Selling Maclin, Celele McLeodney. Sunday Hatrick Parley. We gave you the Oilers Money Line in McDavid, and over 5.5 in the.

the final ditty bowl of the season. The world is won. McDavid had two points. It was the fucking under. But it was under. Why, why do I stray from the under? When I know it's always the under, I do not know why I stray. Because it just should be non-stray.

Stay, stay. Do not stray. Stay. Don't stray. Stay, s me. And I strayed. Idiotic. And it feels like you're passionate about,

this, therefore you have a pick for us. It does feel to me looking at the Sunday What has your research found for this Sunday hat trick parlor? Looking at the Sunday slate, jets at rags, abs at caps, canes at pens, Preds at hawks, jackets at aisles, knights at stars, bolts at flames, sabers at ducks, kings, at mammoth.

I was interested in the Tampa Bay Lightning. And? Traveling to Calgary, winning the money line. And staying under 6.5. And the mad scientist, Nikki Takuteroff, who has a five points every night, will have a point. Tampa under 6.5, Kutrov Point.

Sunday hat-trick, Polly. How are you? Now, Professor Fini? Yes. Get prepared. I'm ready. You caught me right while I was mid-yawn, but I'm ready. The Saturday

mega Live on a beach. Live on a beach. Polly. Christopher, begin. I will start with myself. Christopher. Jets.

At Pence. I should take the pens. Crosby returns. Professor Feeney, knights at Prince. Take the knights. Daniel, stars at Wilde. I would take the stars. I hate it. I hate that game. Christopher, sabers at kings.

What a game. The sabers so hot, kings need it, though. Kings, please. Wow. We're going out to voter. Professor Feeney, Spunk at Blues. Spunk. Spunk.

Cleedy Spock. Daniel, Flyers at Sharks. I would take the Sharks. Christopher, Isles at Habs. I'll take the aisles there on the road. Professor Vini,

Leafs at Sends. Sends. Daniel, blues at Canuck. Oh, wait, I put the blues twice. Who are the blue? I'm drunk. I don't know. I told you.

Spunk and blues. I told you this man. Let's see. Let's see. Has been on the struggle boss. Spunk is, oh, Spunk's playing the blue jackets. It's an honest mistake, gentlemen.

It's an honest mistake. That is very, very understandable. Oh, to stick. So, Daniel, you do have the blues. Blues at Canucks. I will take the blue. Wait, you have the blues. Spunk is playing the blue jackets.

Svini has the funk. I take Spunk either way. Svini has the funk over the blue jackets. Okay. Daniel, blues at Canucks. I will take the blues. What a toilet bowl match at that game is. Feel terrible for anyone going.

Christopher. Bruins and wings. Oh, what a playoff matchup. Horrible. the wings. Yes. Bulli! And Vidi bolts and Oilers. Oilers. What to match up.

No dry cycle. Incredible. Penguins, knights, stars, kings, sharks, spunk aisles, sends, blues, wings, Oilers. Live on a beach. Live on a beach. All right. So last week, the life on the line,

Parley did not go away. Humiliated. One and three. Our friends and family. As you said, people are counting on these pills. Counting on these pills. This is very important to be. Life is on the line. Life is on the line.

Leave by example. Which order would you like to go in today? I was 0 and 2. So perhaps I start. Christ almighty, yeah. Perhaps I think you should. Perhaps I start. Begin, sir.

Perhaps I start. All right. Life on the line, leg number one. The sabers are horny for their playoff selection. And so far the kings have been hopeless. But L.A. is it phased by a strong erection.

they prefer their buffalo boneless. Kings money line. Like one. Very good. Very good. Alternate? Yes, sir. Yes, sir. For my first. The sharks have a chance.

They want in on the dance. Can Wilmack get the boys in? Philly is gritty, but sometimes they're shitty. They've still got life with a big win. But it's not cheese steaks and rocky. We're talking about hockey, and the flyers will be golfing in a few weeks. Macklin's foot's on the gas, he wants that ass. Prepare for the sharks to clap cheeks.

And at any time, goal score, why don't you? Why don't you? Sharks, money line. Incredible, incredible, incredible. Right, right, right, right, right, all right. The next leg, the next leg. When Matthews demands a trade, The Leafs are all done, and their fans won't recover either. But don't blame Austin for wanting to run.

He's not the first man. No. Genuinely, don't think we can air that. So bad. I actually don't think we can air that. It's awful. Just awful. Like, do you need to do that again?

Oh. We can believe it. Yeah. I don't know what to do about that. That was so funny, but I don't know if we can say that. Oh, dear sweet lord. We put a censor. Yeah.

A horrendous. You're a madman. Surrounded out. Said somebody. For our last pick. Sid has come back and playoffs are on track. The penguins feel like a team of fate. There's little hope in the peg.

They don't have the legs. They're freezing to death like Leo and Kate. But these pens are Titanic, so no need to panic. The jets can only pray to heaven. There is no magic. This team is quite tragic. These are the worst jets since 9-11. Oh no.

Penguins money line. Penguins money line. Well, there you have it. There is our life on the line, Palais. We are heading to prison. Correct. This is absolutely horrendous. Hope you learned lots in class today.

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Do I love it? You can be honest. I mean, it's your day. Do you not really care? As an Irishman, are you like... No, I care. I care. It kind of serves the same.

It's like the Ireland day. Like, it's like, uh, um, fourth of July for Americans. It kind of takes place of our independence day because we don't really celebrate. Yeah. Independence Day.

Um, but yeah, it's like, back home, it's like a bigger deal in that you get the day off work and you get to see your friends and stuff. Um, it's pretty cool.

Yeah. And that's huge actually. When St. Patty's Day falls on a day during the work week, that must be awesome. Yeah, it's pretty great. You're like,

Like, fuck yes. Is it such a big deal that, like, so for example, if Fourth of July is on a Monday, we get the day off. But if it's on a Sunday, we get Monday off because they're like, hey, we are recognizing. Do you get a day off if St. Patrick's. If St. Patrick's Day were to. Very good question. I can't remember.

I would imagine in Ireland people would be like, I know you guys are going to go hard on Sunday. We're going to give you Monday off. Like, I would say that like in Europe, we just get a lot of time off. But it's not true. It's just in America. You get no time off. Yes. Yeah.

Now, would you ideally, if San Patrick's Day falls on a Friday, huge, long weekend. Yeah. Is it even better if it's a Thursday because you're getting that bank holiday on Thursday and then you're like, we're probably going to just do Friday off as well. Yeah, I think that that's probably, I mean, I'd imagine it would be a lot of people calling and sick. Yeah. I mean, if you were asked to work on Friday after a St. Patrick's Day, that would be insane. You'd see. Yeah.

Now, you have to imagine most businesses would be like, just don't even know. I'm always very curious about this as an Irishman. Do you like it?

Or do you roll your eyes when you are here in the States during St. Patrick's Day seeing how many people all of a sudden are running around claiming that they are so super Irish. No, I love it.

I like that a lot. I don't see why. I know people who complain about it. I don't see. what the point in complaining about it is. Like, what are you trying to gate keep here? It's like, I don't get it. Like, it's so stupid. I really... Trying to gatekeep Irish blood. I think it's really cool that such a small country on the other side of the world is being celebrated by such a large country here. That's for us. And I think

that it's, you know, it doesn't really matter to me a whole bunch that people might not know exactly what the origins of the of the day is. But I mean, to most Americans, it's just like, it's Ireland day. You go out and drink because that's what Irish people do. You wear green because that's the color in the Irish flag. And all these other fun things. It's funny how green took over. Orange got a bad, bad poll there. Yeah, well, it's green is the Republican color. So it's, our flag is green, white, and orange. And the green is for the Republican. Republicans and the orange would be for the like Protestant loyalists, the British. Yeah.

And the white is supposed to be the piece in between them. It was I think designed by the Frenchmen, perhaps the Frenchman who designed the French flag, which is probably why it's another tricolor-esque flag. That makes sense. I'd have to fact check myself on that. But, uh, but yeah. And so our actual national color isn't green. It's blue. What? Yeah. Ireland's national color is blue. That's why if you ever go to like the President's house or anything else like that, like our emblems are crests it's all blue. Blue's a big

thing. But a lot of Irish people don't even know that because green is so synonymous with Ireland. Ireland, yeah. That, this was incredibly informative. I also love this guy. I was not prepared for how much information was about to come from that. I love this guy who's like a famous

flag designer and he goes like this. Color. Color. And they go, oh my God, do another one. He's done it. He goes, watch this. He goes, let me check this out, dude. Give me two years. I'll be back to you.

Yeah, I really love the idea of whoever did this was the guy who designed the Italian flag as well. He goes, lots of things. He goes, she's going to change one color. Just one color. Bang. And people are like this. Oh, okay. It's going to confuse so many people when they're like, is that a faded red?

Yeah. Or is that an eye? I will say, the U.S. flag is a sick flag. It's so sick. I love flags. Flags is a special interest of mine. Oh, yeah? Yeah.

Yeah. There's, uh, I watched this great like TED talk on flags before and now I've never been able to look at a flag the same way. Yeah. The U.S. city flags are designed very poorly. Okay. There's a lot of writing going on.

There's a lot of like overly ornate things. A lot of U.S. city flags are just like the city emblem with all of the writing top and bottom, a very complicated thing. A good flag should be, you know, a child can not only draw it, but can remember it. to draw. It should have... It should be something that you can make. If you were, you know, in wartime,

you should be able to make it with a few resources around or an approximation of it. It should be visible, a simple enough pattern that you can identify it from like a kilometer away off the top of a sailboat. Sure. You know, that's the whole point of what flags are supposed to be. And I think the US flag is super sick at doing that.

It feels like flags are kind of a special interest of yours as well. I have a lot of strong opinions on flags. I love this. I got all the tisms, from patriotism to autism. I got all of them. Talk about a spectrum, baby. That's the one we're on. I'm with you.

I think Canada has an awesome flag. The Canadian flag is super sick. The Canadian flag rocks. Oh, my God, dude. It's so good. Especially because that color combination, the red and the white, it's like perfect. Yeah, really strong. I think we can't get into too much flag talk here.

But I love when area, like I love how Scandinavia, they're all the same pattern. Yeah. It's like they're unified together with different colors. Always thought that's cool to Norwich. There is kind of a cool thing with the, you know, as an Irishman, I'd hate to say it. The Union Jack being the countries of the Union layered on top. Incredible. And a lot of people don't know that.

A lot of people are just like, oh, it's kind of a complicated flag. But I'm like, nope, the Union Jack is, I mean, that is unity. Yeah. Yeah, it's a cool idea for a flag. God, let me some flags. We're going to offline about this. Yeah. Oh, wait.

Best flag of all, though. Last thing I'll say on the subject. Japanese flag is so sick. Yeah. That is such a good flag. It's just they, they saw what everyone was doing. They should be able to draw. Yeah.

Yeah. They saw what everyone was doing using all these squares and rectangles, and they went, get fucked. How about this? About a circle. Just a circle. That's just Japanese ingenuity. the French and Irish flag

designer rolling over in his grave. Oh, God. He's like, Jesus, what the fuck are you doing? God. All right. Well, we were talking about St. Patrick's Day. Let's get back into it. You, Chris, so our friend,

shout out Marty, is a big Marty Donovan. He's an Irishman. Anytime, whatever day, St. Patrick's Day falls on, he doesn't matter what's going on he's like we will we will drink guinness and we will enjoy this day and it was incredibly contagious i was like you know what you're right and i do love that we get to celebrate ireland and i get i love that whenever you get a surprise like oh let's have some fun

today a little surprise fun day especially a guy like me who has such a routine during the week all of a sudden being like you know what i am going to have a guise today it's pretty sweet so where do we rank non-federal holidays? Yeah. So like obviously the big ones, Christmas, Thanksgiving, you're getting days off. But the non-bank holidays. Non-bank holidays.

I'm going to give you the list right now, then we're going to rank. Yes. And I'm going to be honest, and Sean B, do this with me. I think when you list them, we can just eliminate a few off the rip. Okay. Here's the list. I'm just going to give the list quick. The list is, or the one that I'm considering, Halloween,

St. Paddy's, Mother's Day, Father's Day, April Fool's Day, Groundhogs Day, Valentine's Day, Flag Day, Earth Day, Cinco de Mayo. So I think... Flag Day. Flag Day, Earth Day, dead. You're killing Flag Day? You of all people? Of course. I thought you were going to rally for Flag Day. Dude, here's the thing. You don't even know what I do on Flag Day, brother. The one day you can truly be yourself. Oh, yeah. I just... I think if we did more cool things on Flag Day, It'd be amazing, but we don't. And I think you, I don't even know if you know, I think people don't know.

Like, when is Flag Day? I don't know. When's Earth Day? I don't know. So I think that's a hit for those two. Flag Day, Earth Day, dead. Dead. And then April Fool's Day dead.

April Fool's Day is incredible. I like, April Fool's Day is great for the first two hours. Yeah. I think, April Fool's Day. You get a little goofy. April Fool's Day, you get a little goofy. April Fool's Day terrifies me. me.

I know. That's why. April State packs a punch, dude. Whenever I meet a new person, one of the first thoughts that goes through my head is, I wonder if this person's a big April Fool person. Because I need to know if I need to fear that person. Fuck. I would hate it.

Keith Yandel. Yeah. Is a big prank guy. Prank people terrify me. Yeah. I'm not. I don't ever want to be. pranked. It's not, getting pranked is so scary. And I don't, I don't want to be pranked. And I feel like

if I, if I meet people and have people in my life that I am close with, who are like, oh, I'm a big prank person. You're like, fuck. I'm like, God damn it. I will say away from that, as far away from that person as I can on April. April's Day is legit, dude. It's just like, it's funny that it's even a thing. I know. Considering it's like, Earth Day, not important enough for you to remember. Yeah. Mother's Day, Father's Day. You know, celebrating. people who raised you or who were very important figures in your life. And then we just have a day for fucking with people. Yeah. As well. Sure. We remember that. It's like the one day you're you can have like like kind of do a douchey prank on somebody, but it's like, ah, it will allow it today.

I'm going to look up. The origin. I just look this up. Dan, I just type this in. Did you? Yeah. What did you find? Well, AI overview says the exact origin of April Fool's Day is unknown, but is believed to have originated in Europe with traditions of trickery existing for centuries while often tied to calendar reforms, the holiday likely evolved from a mix of ancient medieval and seasonal traditions. Makes sense.

Those European tricksters. They were like, why don't we fuck with it? Tricksie hobbits. And I was like, okay. I think April Fool's Day is awesome. Okay. Mother's Day, Father's Day. Great.

We just send a text. We all suck. Yeah. Yeah. Well, it's different. So Father's Day, I think, is the same in the U.S. and in Ireland. Mother's Day is two different days.

There's different. I believe Sunday was Mother's Day in the UK. Oh, yeah, because what's your day? said that? Jesse Buckley said that, yeah. He said that. That is pretty cool that there's multiple Mother's Days.

I don't like that. I don't like that. Why? It diminishes the importance of the individual day. And that also feels like a weird one that we couldn't sink up on as a world. Who is gatekeeping Mother's Day? Being like, what?

No, our Mother's Day is that. Like, why couldn't we have all gone collectively? Someone complained that it was too close to flag there. Yeah, yeah, that's for sure. Yeah. Okay, but for me, the big hitters here are St. Patrick's Day. Yep. Halloween.

Yep. And Cinco de Mayo. Yep. We don't like Groundhog's Day. We cannot spend, we cannot waste any more time on this podcast talking about how much I hate Groundhog Day. What about Valentine's Day? Valentine's Day is just a big old, economy stil.

You're woke on big hallmark. Yeah. It's big chocolate. Big chocolate, big hallmark. Celebrate, you know, celebrate your love the week before,

the week after, and save a whole bunch of money and have a genuinely better time. Yeah. Like the worst thing is when you like book a reservation for a restaurant to do this big old fancy thing, you go in,

it's like pack, you have to book six months in advance. It's a set menu, even though you're paying like out the nose for it. Set menu on the night before the night after. Yeah. It would be like you get the full menu.

Yeah. Can I, I'm going to, I'm going to blow your mind right now. I'm going to be a sap. I love Valentine's Day. Of course you do. Of course, do. But let me tell you why. You big softy.

I am a big softie. I think we should all, if we're in a relationship, which we all are, we should all be doing date nights more often. Agree, but not, that's what Sean's saying. But what we were saying about St. Patrick's Day, how when you do it like Marty does and you go, enjoy this day. I think it's good. We should look at Valentine's Day as a reminder to celebrate the love that you have. Don't get tricked by these restaurants going in and fixed menus and paying out the butthole. But be like, it's Valentine's Day. We're going to have a lovely date night tonight and let it be a reminder that we should do this more often. And if you're single, That's what we have Palentine's Day for. And Galentine's Day. You know, I've heard you're a reminder. If you're single, you don't need to be in a relationship to enjoy Valentine's Day.

Make it your own thing. I've heard Galentine's Day a whole lot. I never heard anyone say Palantines Day. I've never been invited to a Palantanth. We've had some big Palantines days. Big Palantines days. It's actually a wheel of a night, Sean, if you're single. Because you go out and the only girls out are single because otherwise they'd be on a set menu date.

Right. Yes. It is a wheel of a night. Everyone thinks, oh, it's Valentine's Day. I got to stay home, not in relationship. I suppose Valentine's Day might be a good day to. It's a great day to go find love. You know what they, so when I was in China, they have this park that you go to and, like, grandparents of, like, single grandchildren will have, like, printed out descriptions and, like, photos of their kids. And they're trying to, and you, like, walk through the park and you're like, oh, I kind of like, this person right here. And look, this is the money that they make and this is where they were educated and everything else, all these details.

And I was like, at first you're like, this is so strange, but it's actually the perfect setup. First of all, your grandparents, they're going to be pretty good salespeople for you. Yeah, yeah. And then you have like, you're removed from the awkwardness of the initial interaction. And then by the time you meet that person, it's like, you already know, it's kind of like a dating app where you're like, well, I know this person's single and looking for somebody. I'm single and looking for somebody. So this is a great setup. I think we should bring that to the U.S. and replace Valentine's Day with that.

Or just do it on Valentine's Day. just have lots of grandmothers in parks with like holding up like printed out Facebook profiles. I love this. I think this is brilliant. I couldn't be more in. That's amazing. I also, I left off this list, Kyle Clark's going to kill me. I left off this list, uh, Valentine's Day, February 14th. March 14th is, uh, International Pie Day, 3.14.3.14. And you get to be irrational all day. You get to act irrational. And you go, sorry, it's international pie day. I suppose that's why I'm acting so Irrational. Izzy told me

on March 13th that it was almost Pye Day which sounds like almost Friday. Yes, it sure does. So we need to turn that into a holiday.

Yeah. Wow. The lobster fought, dude. Almost Pied Day. That's huge. The most irrational pictures we've ever seen.

Dude, that is fucking gold. I... God, these holidays rock. Rank them. Rank them. Give me your top five. I think

for me I think Halloween has to be considered I feel like everyone's going to say Halloween's one but the interesting wrinkle is Halloween you party that weekend like sometimes Halloween lands on the weekend but you if it's Halloween's on a Wednesday you party that Saturday.

St. Paddy's you party that day. Correct. St. Patrick's Day is my one. No question. I think everyone's just so happy. I appreciate that. I just think everyone's so happy on St. Patrick's Day.

Cinco de Mayo is my two? Cinco de Drinco? I love Cinco de Mayo. How many times do I need to say this? I'm a Mexican boy. Yeah. I love, love Mexican food. I love margaritas.

I love mariachi bands. And we, listen, buddy, we're in Southern California. Yeah. Cinco de Mayo here rocks. Some of the best Mexican food you'll ever have. What's the rest of it? I think Cinco de Quattro. They celebrate on May 4th.

I think so, but that doesn't make sense. Correct. Because, yeah. But it is, I love synchina mile. Love it. And then I'll probably go Halloween after that. Probably. I just said I love Valentine's Day. You have Valentine's, Halloween 4th behind Valentine's Day. I do like Halloween. I like Halloween. You know what? Halloween is incredible. Halloween is incredible. But I miss, we're going on way too long about all these holidays. I miss the Lord. lore of Halloween that you get in New England. I feel like here in L.A., we all just dress up like a bunch of sluts. Yeah, it's awesome. And we go out and we just drink too much. In New England, you would like go on haunted hayrides and you'd go into haunted houses. Yeah, Salem, dude. We used to

burn. Yeah. Like, Jesus. Bring it back. Bring it back. Bring it back. Let's get those Halloween's back. But it's like, you felt the lore. Yeah. I feel like I want to, you know what, maybe that this year I'll do better. I'll do a better job of spooky season getting into it watching the movies. We can go to Halloween horror nights or something. It is hard in California. A lot of holidays don't feel like their holidays because it's so sunshine all the time. Yeah. So like Christmas is so weird. It's a tragedy. Like Christmas lights and wreaths on palm trees. Sean. Same with Halloween. American Thanksgiving is the most brutal here. Yeah. Like you just all you want to do is put on like a sweater. Go outside in the cool crisp fall air throw.

football around. Billion degrees. You walk outside. It's 80 degrees outside. And you're like, what the fuck? Sean, what are your top three? My top tree, top tree, the Irish came right there. Yeah, that was big.

My top three would probably be, I think Halloween would be my number one. And I'm not even a big Halloween boy. But I do appreciate like all the movies and the lead up to it. Yeah. You know, it's like St. Patrick's Day has a, is lacking in festive movies. Best of TV shows. You don't like the Disney Channel original movie The Luck of the Irish?

I knew you were going to say that. I knew you're going to say that. I have a very crisp memory in my brain of watching that on St. Patrick's Day as a kid and going, this is dog shit. Yeah. It's, hey, it's not great, but... I knew you watch it again.

I was a very tough critic as a little kid. So I'd say, yeah, Halloween number one, St. Patrick's Day, number two. And you know what? I might go April. Fool's Day number three. Although Cinco de Mayo, I love all the, all the Mexican traditions and like cost, what's it called the the Day of the Dead? Yeah, yeah, yeah, Dia de los Mueros. Oh, that's beautiful. I think that's really cool. And in that movie Coco. God, I knew Sean loves Coco. But yeah, I think maybe

I'll, I'll lock in with April Fool's Day though. I'll lock in with number three April. That's awesome. St. Patti's Day deserves some credit. I love how you went first because it's the It really does get the day, but I like that trick or treating is on Halloween every year. That part is cool. I can't forget that. I'm going Halloween 1, St. Patty's 2, though. St. St. Paddy's electric.

And then I'll go Cinco DiMio 3 because Cinco de Mayo is fun as fuck. Cinco de Mayo deserves more, like, the way we all drink on St. Paddy's, Cinco de Mayo deserves equal footing of that. I think it does get that. I don't know. I don't think people as universally go nuclear. That's true. There were people in Jameson's pub yesterday at 9 a.m.

And like, we need to be... Yeah. Did you see the sign outside? What? It was amazing. That should have just been like an AA meeting. Yeah. From six till 12, it should have just been like, we got you.

Sit down, have a seat. That's what I'm saying. There needs to be, the Mexican restaurants here should be like, we're opening at six because it's Cinco de Mayo. We're going nuclear. Yeah. What is, isn't that like, like, defeating the French empire or something? Yeah, yeah.

But it's not. There's something that's like, everyone's like, oh, it's Mexican independence. It's not. It's not. But it's a really cool story. It is, it does have to do with the French, right? Or with the French. Unexpected 1862 victory over the French forces at the Battle of Puebla. Hell yeah. Hell yeah. That's fucking amazing.

Nice. All right, CP, let's wrap this episode up with a nice game. Okay. Dan, this is your favorite game. I love this game. This game is called What's the Connection? I asked Dan 10 trivia questions, nine of them have answers. And then the 10th question is, what is the connection of those nine answers? Sometimes we did famous TV and movie dogs. You did Marvel superhero or you did superhero real names. I did.

By the way, Sean, have you seen the newest Spider-Man trailer? I have been avoiding it because I don't want anything spoiled. I just want to see the movie when I can say it. I love that you guys do that. I'm such a horror for it, though. I just, I need it all. Like the Dune trailer too. Yeah.

I saw the posters and I've also been avoiding the trailer. Yeah. You're a good man. This is a hard one. Okay. Oh. Okay. I think you'll get the questions.

I just don't know if you live to get the connection. Got it. Question number one, go. With two Stanley Cups and two Vesna trophies, this goalie's long last name is usually shortened to create a nickname that some could mistake for his actual first name. I'm going to guess Vassie. He has two Veznas and two Stanley Cups. Question number two.

The 18th overall pick to the Devils. This forward shined in his sophomore. year with 56 points, but he hasn't been able to reach those heights again in his last three seasons despite playing on Nico Hescher's wing. What is his first name? I think that's Doss and Mercer. So I'm going to put in that and I will lock it in. Okay. Question number three. First name was the answer? What is his first name? Yeah, okay. This family of four brothers all made the NHL. The oldest won a cup with the canes, the second oldest never won a cup, and this guy, the third oldest, won a cup with the penguins. What is his first name, Jordan?

Stall Brothers. Question number four. A 13-year devil, this player finished his career with one season on the Bruins, his hometown club. He eventually became an assistant coach of the Bruins until he left to be head coach of the BU Terriers, his current job. What is his first name? I think that's Jay. Yeah. Okay. Question number five. A second round pick of the Colorado Avalanche, this goalie has bounced around the league until finding some success as a top backup in recent years during some playoff runs.

Sometimes his last name is confused with that of a Star Trek character. What is his first name? Hold on. Do this again, please? A second round pick of the Colorado Avalanche, this goalie has bounced around the league until finding some success as a top backup in recent years during some playoff. off runs. Sometimes his last name is confused with that of a Star Trek character by me. What is his first name? Fuck. I have no fucking idea. You will be very mad if you don't get that one.

I'm not a Trekkie, brother. The only person I know is Spock. Well, you know one other one. Kirk? I got to move on. I have no idea. Question number six. A humane black bear, this humane black bear got his start with the L.A. Kings before getting his bag in Tampa Bay. All in all, a great career for someone with self-proclaimed slow boots. He still married a gold medal winning beach volleyball star. What is his first name? Teddy. Question number seven.

A five-time all-star, it was in his first all-star appearance where he made all the headlines, tying Wayne Gretzky's record for the most goals in a single all-star game with four. What is his first name? Do it one more time. A five-time all-star, it was in his first all-star appearance where he made all the headlines, It's tying Wayne Gretzky's record for most goals in a single All-Star game with four. What is his first name? I think it's Danny Healy.

Question number eight. This player has one of the most lethal shots in the NHL, scoring 37 goals once on his current team. Many thought he would end up in New York, even though he's a Boston local. But then again, many thought he would end up at BC. But that's not how things worked out due to some questionable test results. What is his first name? Frankie!

Frank Petrie. Toronto. Question number nine. A bruiser as a player, this person has built out a nice coaching career in retirement. His first head coaching job was for a team that, as of recently, no longer exists. At his next stop, he won the Jack Adams in his first year. They parted ways the next season, and now he's on his third team, and has them and one of their young stars they traded for playing better than expected. What is his first name? Rick. And now what's the connection? Question number 10 is, what's the connection? Okay, give me five again. Five. I don't know why. I don't know why I'm asking you to give me it again because I... Well, he has been a top backup goalie in recent playoff runs. Oh, wait a minute.

Okay, I got it. Sean Luke, Picard. And it's his first name? What is his first name? Okay, Calvin. All right. what is the connection so i believe that my answers are vassie dawson jordan jay calvin teddy danny frank and rick is vassie right no okay that's the only one you have wrong okay actually i shouldn't have

told you that but well it felt wrong yeah given all these so this guy has two cups And two Veznas. And he has a long, last name. His long last name is usually shortened to create a nickname, to create his nickname that some could mistake for his actual first name. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, I got it. Bob. Okay, Bob Dawson, Jordan, J, Calvin, Teddy, Danny, Frank, and Rick.

This is awesome. I'm just looking at them and I'll tell you this did you want a hint? No, okay I'm just like looking at them to see how these could be connected

I love when we play this game because I love people listening they who know it. You are going to love it. I'm going to love it. I'm going to love it. Bob Sean, do you know it? No idea. Bob Dawson

Dawson should be such a hint that was going to be my hint the only one these are perfect Bob Dawson Jordan Jay Calvin Teddy Danny Frank and Rick I could have done a different one for the Dawson one but I did that one

to hopefully spark you to get it yeah that's why I did it that way I was like oh you might get it because of that Dawson Jordan J Calvin Teddy Danny Frank and Rick tell me when you want a hint. When I'm just listing names like this, it makes me think that it is Will Hunting's fake

brother names that he gives mini-driver. That's hilarious. Um, give me a hit. Fuck. Okay. Um, I, it's topical in, um, something that was happening this weekend. Okay. That makes me think the Oscars. Okay. Is that correct? Yep. Ah. You're aiming in the right direction.

And you are someone at the Oscars. Yeah. Someone at the Oscars, I would say. Not just the Oscars in general, but someone at the Oscars. Oh, my God. Is this? No. I feel like you were getting, you were close there.

I feel like something happened in your brain. Yeah. Is this is the character names of an actor? Is that correct? That might, that just might be it. That could be it. And it's, I'm going to guess it's my guy. So I'm now just trying to get, uh, hold on, let me think about this.

I'm trying to, I'm trying to, no bad radio. You got to get it now. You got to get it now. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Because you're, now you're on the goal line. I'm on the goal line. So is this... Hold on. I'm sorry.

Everything's fucking up right now. What's fucking up? Me. Okay, but you gotta think out loud. Okay. I'm thinking... I don't have it. Okay. I don't have it.

I was thinking it was potentially... I mean, these are character names of an actor. Yep. But I was initially thinking Redford, but it's not Redford. Okay. it's Bob is it it's Leo yes it's Leo okay so it's Leonardo DiCaprio character names which is great Bob is obviously one battle after another uh Jordan Belfort uh J Gatsby yep I would imagine um I'm trying to figure out what oh Jack Dawson yeah okay I was like when is he named Dosson yeah

Okay, I was like, when is he named Dawson? Jack, but I was like, it would be so hard, so I'll give you Jack Dawson. Yeah. This is great. Okay. Calvin Candy. Thanks for bearing with me, everybody. But this is great.

Rick, obviously. Calvin Candy, Teddy Daniels, Danny Archer, Frank Abagnale, Jr. and Rick Dalton. Phenomenal. Leonardo DiCaprio character names. Very good. Really good. Really good. Really, really good.

Great stuff, CP. me. I love this game. That's good. All right. Huge episode. Great stuff. We love ranking holidays. Have an amazing weekend, everybody. We got some fun new stuff coming out for you. Great new interviews lined up. Hope you enjoyed that Dylan Larkin interview earlier this week. It's amazing. Go give us five stars, Spotify, Apple, wherever you get your podcast, subscribe. Follow us on everything. We love you guys. Have an amazing weekend. Have a safe weekend. Enjoy March Madness. Yes. We're going to be in Vegas, so tune in, see us with all the shenanigans there. And while you're doing everything safe and having fun, skate hard. Getting ready for a game means being ready for anything. Like packing a spare stick. I like to be prepared.

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