Empty Netters Podcast - Massive Overreactions to Week 1 of the NHL Season | 141

Episode Date: October 16, 2024

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I demand specificity. And I want it to say, Matthew Kachuk, week to week, squirts. Has the squirts. And I'm like, okay, thank you. Ice is ready, and we are back with another episode of the Empty Netters podcast, brought to you by BetMGM. We are back in the makeshift studio. We just got back from San Jose.

We're headed to Boston tomorrow. Then we're headed to Nashville after that. You don't have a home anymore. I don't. No. Think about it. You don't have a work home. Oh, man.

You don't have a permanent home. You live life on the road. You're a vagabond. Yeah, live out of a suitcase. Yeah. Like some of the great trade pieces in NHL history. That's kind of fun to think about it like that. Like we're a suitcase now.

I'm a suit, yeah. I'm just getting dealt every deadline. Yep. Don't get a home because you're not going to be there long. Make sure you've got some airline loyalty. Find a month-to-month rental because you're going to be gone in about eight months. Oh, man, dude. Yeah, it's good, though. It's good. It's good. Life on the road, it, it, it toughens you. Yeah. It hardens you. I mean, we've talked about it before. The first year of

this podcast, when we went to the cup, I did not handle it well. My body responded poorly. Yeah. It was soft. Relax. It wasn't soft. It was just going through trauma for the first time. And now I'm a seasoned vet. And I got life on the road down. Pat. I've got my living out of a suitcase strategy is perfection. Yep. My routine remains intact. Yep. I'm a stud on the road.

Well, I'm a stud on the road. I'm a stud on the road. You're pretty good. You're pretty good. You're pretty good. So, San Jose. Yeah, man. What a time. What a time. Got there for opening night. Yep. Got to see our boys, Will Smith, and Macklin Celebrini getting out there, getting the beak wet, getting the feet wet. A little hot lap, no bucky together.

Oh my God, that's got to be one of the best hot laps in NHL history. Dueling one tease. Yeah, just beautiful stuff. The boys were unbelievable. Macklin obviously goal and assist in his first game. But the boys looked great. They had a great time. Macklin came on the podcast.

If you guys haven't listened to that episode yet, it came out Monday, go back, listen to it immediately. One of our best episodes ever. Yes. Incredible kid, incredible interview. I think Mac was just so awesome and so comfortable. But, dude, huge shout out to San Jose. Never been. Me neither.

Airport right there. Fucking at the rink in eight minutes. Dude. Just the cool town, dude. That cannot be emphasized enough. Like, you fly into that airport, 10 minute Uber to the hotel, 15 minute walk from the hotel to SAP.

Some people coming at me being like, it's SAP. And I was like, sap is a sick name. It's the sap, the shark tank. Yep. But just like everything's very walkable, really cool bars. What was it, Santana Row? No, dude.

San Pedro Square. San Pedro Square. Why did I say Santana Roe? Crazy. San Pedro Square, sick bars, awesome stuff. Huge goal by the Boston Bruins right there. We got the game on the background. Brandon Carlo getting on the score sheet.

You don't see that too often. But San Pedro Square, awesome stuff. And I want to talk to you about a new endeavor for me. Yes, please, please. So last year, if you guys remember during the playoffs, I said I wanted to, I'm a huge chicken parm guy, huge chicken parm guy. Tons of you fans were sending me a bunch of recommendations of places that I could get some chicken parm.

I love you for that. Bucci is the parm. He's the parm guy. I wasn't trying to step on toes. I know. And I wasn't trying to step on toes, but I was. So I have exited the parm review game. Actually, that's not true.

I'll still review parm, but it's not. Send me a parm. Send me a par. And I'll review it. But it's not going to be my thing. But we're on the road so much. Going to all these awesome NHL cities, I want the people to know where to go,

what's hot. Burgers, dude. Yeah. Burgers are, you know, everyone loves a good burger. There's burgers everywhere. We're going to try to find the best burgers in every city. So the burger spot that we went to in San Jose that got the review,

hella good burger. It's in San Pedro Square. Santana Row. It's in San Pedro Square. Hella Good Burger. We got the Smash Burger. It was fantastic. So if you're in San Jose, make sure you hit up Hellgood.

And there was other ones. There was like a Western one that had like barbecue sauce and onion rings that I really wanted. But the Smash Burger was speaking to us. It had the quote, secret sauce on it. I'm talking a lot about Secret sauce with Mac and the Hell of Good Burger. But that's what it had. And I was like, okay, I really want to try that. Also, we had a great, and I'll segue this into a second point.

But huge shout out to the Netter's face. fans in San Jose. Yeah. Awesome. We got a ton of people coming up. I saw a good dro shirt, which is sick. Very heartwarming moment. Just a lot of, a lot of, um, netters fans coming up and saying hi, which we appreciate, genuinely appreciate so much. But we were talking to one Netters fan among many trying to get that burger wreck. Yeah. And he goes, hell of good. And we're like, yeah, okay, that's what we've heard. And then we mentioned a barbecue spot called High Life. Henry's world's famous highlight. But I forgot the name. I was like, there's a barbecue spot around the corner. Like, it looks awesome. And he goes, he goes, he goes, he goes, hella good. And we were like,

I was like, no, no, I mean the barbecue place. And he's like, yeah, no, that place is hell good. He was just describing the taste. And I was like, oh, right, the NorCal people. Yeah, I was like, we're in NorCal. We are in NorCal. Dude, I was like, we're in a loop. Dude, hell of good. That was crazy of him. I was like, what? Oh, man, that was awesome. So that made me happy. But the game, amazing. It was so cool to see the boys playing their first game. Toph gets a goal in his first game. Mar looked amazing out there. Tough loss. But they got the point.

Yep. And listen, we're building back up here. You know what I mean? Like this team's getting, they're young, they're getting better. So to see them get out to a nice 4-1 lead that was against a good team. Dude, and the tank was going. Oh, yeah. People were even saying that to us how it felt like the days,

the Marlow Fortin Pav days, when that place. And we were even talking to Dewey the other day. And he was like, that's one of the hardest places to play when it's rocking. Yeah. So to see that and hear the. buzz in the arena. That was cool. 100%. I want to give a huge shout out to our boy Will Smith's parents, Will and Cully. Dude.

Whole family. Truly unbelievable, but could not have had a better time meeting them. They're just such unbelievable people. So funny, so kind, so amazing. They were so happy to see Will buzzing around out there. But they just, they're such a beautiful New England family. Yes. Like I, they felt like our parents. And they felt like a ton of our friends parents. It's just like some of the best people you will ever meet and getting to hang out with them was unbelievable. Dude, and just they were so happy. Yes. Like they were so proud of their boy and Colleen had her sick sharks custom shoes on.

So sick. Yeah. And like they had all the, when they came out and like they had all the pucks. Yeah. From like every, you know, first everything. And I was just like, dude. Smitty looked nails in his suite, too, by the way. It's incredible.

What a beauty. So that was great. And then another shout out real quick. And I won't get into all the details of the story. But I just wanted to say. a friend of ours, friend of the show, Sean Coffie, Will's agent. Cough is a great, great dude. And Cough, if you're listening, I just wanted to say, congrats, bro, because that was an

awesome night. And we're super proud of you. And I'm sure that was as emotional as it gets for you, watching Will out there. And to see what you've built is cool. And onwards and upwards, bro. Absolutely. And, you know, I think you kind of said it to me. The relationship, Cough, and Will.

Will have is very Jerry McGuire-esque. And I mean that in the best way possible. Like they care about each other so much. Sean cares about Will so much. Like that there was a family element of him watching Will get his first NHL game. So, yeah, message to players out there, young guys, players in the league, there are a few agents in the game better than Sean. And that's not said because he's a friend. And it's great that he's a friend, but it's mostly said because the way you look at the way he interacts and treats Will, you're like, dude, what could you want more?

Exactly. That's the dream. Unbelievable. So, massively fun time in San Jose. Yeah, God. Again, go check out that Macklin Pot if you haven't yet. But just love to the NorCal San Jose people and Sapp. Like, the whole thing was a good time.

bright, bright, bright days ahead, I think, for the sharks. I'm excited, dude. I'm really excited. We've got some NHL action under our belt now, dude. We've got like days of this shit. We've got games of this shit. And there's one hockey club that I want to talk about in particular. A little team that Danny Boy picked to make the playoffs.

And they called me a madman, Chris. They did. They laughed in my face. They said, you're getting too horny. Yep. Because they said it's not an expansion team. People are forgetting. It's not an expansion.

mansion team. It's the same team. It's a team that exists and they just change their name. That doesn't work. People said I was nuts. They said I was getting too chubbed up too early. But would you look at it? Our Utah hockey club is 3-0. Dylan Gunther is scorching hot. Scorching hot. He is

Megan Fox and Transformers hot. Honorable. No, no, no, no, no. Not hot. He might be. He might be. No, no. He might be. But, listen, he is. and this team two OT wins against the Islanders and the Rangers on the road. Keller is absolutely buzzing. That, dude, that, that, can we talk about that goal for a second? Oh my God, dude, please.

That was the, first of all, I love a good back bar and out. No one knows it went in, but you moment. Yeah, and you're just, you know, dude, remember a crossover episode here, but Zinidine Zadon, pre-headbutt, World Cup final. Yeah. Penalty kick. Penn. Whole world watching.

Yeah. Chip. Buffon was in that too, right? Chips Buffon. Bar down, out. Yeah. Everybody freaking out. But Zizu knew.

Zizu going like this. It's just pointing at it. I went in, sir. Bro. So Kells, everybody going crazy. Smalti's like trying to hit it back in and I'm like, Kels is like this, dude. Count them, dude.

Yeah. Count them. What I want to talk about, though, is that was the craziest team defense I've ever seen by the rags in my. life. Dude, Kianne, Miller and Ziba are in the corner.

And, like, Keyes kind of got Kells pinned and Ziba's in support. Kells, good battle, good puck battle. Kells gets it out behind the net. And then when he comes around the corner, dude,

like, I don't know who, what wires crossed, but, like, somebody was like, you got him, you got him. Where'd Hugo? And then, and then Kels just walking, like, Shesty is like,

he's down, because he's trying to protect the wraparound or whatever. But I think Shesti's looking around, like, Is someone going to cover him? Yeah. So what's happening here?

Walks out in front of the night and shelf job. And I was like, what the fuck just happened, dude? That was so insane. It's absolutely mental, dude. But the team is just like, it is so, so electric. The Cooley Gunther McBain line is firing. Yep. And like, when you've got that line going as hot as they are and you've also got

Keller's line, it's just like, holy but Jesus, dude. What more could you want? I said that defense was going to be fantastic. They were going to be a step up. It was going to make Ingram look better, which he has. I don't know, man. It's early, early days, but Utah has me fully torched. And Dan, I'll say this.

The, I know that I said they're not an expansion team, but they are in a new city. And there's new fans. There's a new fan base there. And they are so pumped up. And dude, you just, you couldn't. There's such, there were a sneaky playoff pick with comes with pressure. That happened to Buffalo last year.

What did you say? Oh, yeah. It's like, oh, my God, Buffalo's the team. Utah was that sneaky playoff pick by a lot of people. The nothing sucks the wind out of your sales, like if they had started 0 and 3. Yeah. And that the fans are like, wait, what is this, dude? Why did we bring this team over here?

And I don't know how they're going to finish. There's a chance. There's a significant chance that you are still horny, that you are still chubbed up. Yeah, yeah. And it's like, whatever, dude, they missed the fucking playoffs. No doubt. They had a good start. They won three games in a row.

Calm down. But, oh. But the, this start was so necessary for, for the fans, for the fucking league. So true. Put on notice, dude. So true. The hockey club is here to win games. It's not club hockey.

It's the hockey club. Come on, dude. End the episode. Come on, dude. But you're right. Listen, then coming out, getting out to this 3-0 start, that's just so huge. That fan base was going to be. jazz no matter what.

Like that. Oh shit, dude. Wait, are we firing? We're on fire. We are the Utah Hockey Club. This is insane. They were going to be jazz no matter what. And to give them a 3-0 start is just so money.

It looks so sick. It gets them so far. And the players do. Had to have it, dude. The players have been playing in a college barn for two years. They needed this. And sure, they're not in their barn yet, but Delta Center is still, you know, it's a blast.

Look at all those fans. What was it record beer sales in that first game? I didn't even see that. Is that true? That was an insane goal. Dude, Jesus Christ. Sam Reiner,

yet again, this guy's going to score fucking 60 this year. How many did you get last year? Didn't he get, no. He did get 50 though. Yeah. Oh,

I think it was like 52, 50. It might have been like 57, dude. No, no, no, no, no. I swear he got a fucking million goals. Look at this. This is a tough turnover. Was that a shorty too? Yeah, yeah.

Oh, God. That's two for him, eh? Yeah, two in the gate, two in the day. I know, I mean against the beat, two shorties. Oh, wow. I think. Yeah. Yeah, dude, 57.

27 talks for Ryan. Yeah, he's getting 60, dude. Yeah, wow. Goal scores, dude. That's tough, my potter. Okay, let's get back on track here. So, dude, here's what I do. I do really want to say.

Have seen a lot of tweets online about Delta Center, how there's the obstructed view. Leah Hextall did a little coverage. on it. Yeah, yeah. People dogging Delta Center for the obstructed view, what are you talking about? It's not their rink. Right. It's an NBA arena that they are playing in. It's an infinite step up from Mullet, no disrespect to Mullet, but people being like, can you fucking believe this in Utah? I'm like, yeah, it's a temporary arena. I'm, I'm like shocked that people are trying to dog Utah in the Delta Center for that one spot that has a few obstructed seats because it's like, yeah, it's a basketball arena. That happened the same thing in fucking Barclays in,

in Brooklyn. Yeah, yeah. Like, this is, this is not surprising. What is it? And why isn't it obstructed when basketball's playing? The basketball court is so much smaller than the ice. So it's like the look down?

Yeah, is that where it is? You're sitting up and there's just, it's the porch of seats in front of you cuts off the net. Yeah, right. Because when you're up there, the, think about it, the smaller basketball arena is further out into the middle so you can see it.

Got it, got it. Like it's a not the best seat in the arena for basketball. ball too, but you still see it because the arena is smaller. Do they do anything about that? Yeah, the price wise. Yeah, I'm pretty sure the seats are like $8. Okay. Yeah.

Yeah. So like, listen, that's kind of gas. Yeah. And also, like, the other seats are like fucking 50 bucks. Yeah, right. If you don't want to spend 50 bucks to have a, like, if you're willing to spend the $8, spend the $8, which people clearly are. So it's like, again, it's not their arena.

If it, when they build their arena, if there are obstructed seats, How we got issues? Then we got issues. Then we got issues and we will dog them all day, do it. Take them to the dog pound. Yep. But right now, enough.

Like you're, you're grasping at straws here. Dude, can I actually go back to something that I forgot that I wanted to talk about? Yes, always. It's from San Jose. Do you know what it is? No.

It's, it's, this is what made me remember it. We got issues, dude. Do you remember now? No. Okay, dude. You and me got issues? No, no, no. The San Jose Sharks have got issues.

Something in the facility has got issues. Oh, yeah. Do you remember? Dude. I'm so glad you brought this out. Because, dude, this is... We're not going to snitch. Right.

Yeah. But it has been brought to our attention. This is important. So for people... Yeah. We're done with Utah. So, but we'll get back on track of our little rundown here, but we're going back to San Jose. We're going to add this into the rundown.

Yep. For those who don't know, every NHL barn has a family room. Yep. So when members of the players' family come to games, they sit in a family section, and they also have passes that takes them down into the lower level for intermission. For intermissions. And there is a family room. In these family rooms, there's often areas for young kids.

There's toys. There's couches, lounge areas. There's food. There's drink, there's this, there's that. And TV, you can watch. You can watch down there. I think it is primarily for kids. 100%.

If you've got kids and you're coming to the game, the kids are getting a little too rowdy in the arena, or they just need a break. That's what the family room is for. But the family room is also for taking care of family. Yeah. Taking care of the wives and girlfriends, taking care of the parents.

Yep. It has been brought to our attention that there is no wine in the San Jose Sharks family room. And not like it wasn't there on Thursday. Not like they ran out. It's not allowed. There is no wine allowed in the San Jose Sharks family room. Now, there are allegedly maybe things that happened in the past that has removed the wine from the room, but it's a new day.

It's a new dawn. It's a new group of people. And those people need wine. Yeah. In what world are you trying to enjoy a game, watching your husband, boyfriend, son play in a San Jose Sharks game, and you go into that family room, you're exhausted, maybe you've been taking care of kids,

maybe you're stressed out because you're watching a close game. You go down there, you want just a nice glass of Vino, and you can't have it? Absolutely not, sir. Unacceptable. Absolutely not. So this is a message to the San Jose Sharks. Get your shit together.

Let's not get stuck in the old days. get some bottles of wine in that family room or you'll be hearing from us again. I'm, this is, I'm not going to go quietly into the night on this. No, no, no,

this will change. Yes. Now. It's preposterous. Get wine in there immediately or we will bring it in there ourselves. Yeah. And I will start a petition. Yeah.

I'll start, 10 petitions. Unbelievable. It's insane. Let's get back on track. Yep. We're talking about the scorching hot Utah hockey club. Now let's go to the ice,

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Like, they love the Preds and nothing has altered that. Yeah. But it just not the start you wanted with all the new toys. You know, like, it just would have been cool to be like,

look, we brought these guys in. And I think Dallas was home. Was Dallas home? I think the Red, the wings were, they lost on the road. But I think that's right. I think.

I'm not sure. So I was just like, ah, that would have been cooler to have not been shut out by Detroit. I'm going to be honest. I'm not faced.

And I don't think they are either. Like this, what's interesting is, you know, Utah needed to start hot. Nashville does not. Correct. That is the most veteran-fueled team I've ever seen. Yes, they've got unbelievable young guys like Evangelista, like Novak. But realistically, when your team, like your major core here is Roman Yossi, Philip Forsberg, Ryan O'Reilly, Steve Stamcoast, and Jonathan Marsh.

So, like, you, you're not getting phased. by an O and two start. You're like whatever, dude, we've been here. Dude, we've been here a thousand times. Like I said, I'm completely with you. Like I said in the predictions, these guys, these guys are figuring out

how to jet, like that top line is still intact, but like everyone out, the power play, who's stand and where, how the second line, the new second line is going to merge. I said that the Preds could be a third, third seat in the central slash wild card.

all the way through four nations. And then they will close like a freight train. Yeah. Right? Because now we know where we all go. Now we know how this all works. So I agree. They shouldn't be worried at all.

You wish you got off to a better start. But like who gives a fuck? Yeah, it doesn't matter. They know exactly where they're going to be. I'll tell you what. Jesus Christ. Lundell again, four to Panthers.

The Panthers own the Boston Brookes. Correct. Like it is a fucking joke. It's a true stand-up comedy act joke. how pathetic the Boston Bruins are against this team. It's like I've never seen a team in someone's head more. I genuinely think the Florida Panthers are in the Boston Bruins head more than the Bruins are in the Toronto Maple Leafs. Whoa.

I'm being dead serious, dude. It's pathetic. Pathetic how they just come out and let this, like, you know, look at that. Another fucking breakaway odd man rush goal goes past sway. Like, yeah, it's just like this. First of all, that shot can't go in, sway. Second of all, like, dude, you just get ragdoll by this team and they don't even have Kuch and Bark I know. It's like you are so mentally weak against them. It's remarkable. Yeah, you might be right.

Genuinely remarkable. You might be right. Now, going back to Nashville, I will say this. If they lose a few more, if you go 0 and 4, oh and 5, you got to make plans to go to a concert so Barry Trots can then cancel it. And then you can do that right now. Then you get back on track. Because they got a homestand coming up, right? I'm checking it right now. Yeah. Preds are going to be home. Come on, baby. Preds are going to be home for the next four games. And not easy games, by the way. All tricky teams, but you're right.

You've got a minimum, Dan, minimum split that four game homes, Dan. Because I swear if you are one and five coming out of this, like, well, you get a four more games that month. But if you, if you are one in five, it's just like we always say, dude, it's, it gets late early, you know, and you're like, whatever, dude. we're a veteran squad, it's fine. That works for, I would say this month, but that is it, truly. Like, once you are in November,

then you better be winning fucking hockey games. And I think they're going to. In fact, I know they're going to. But keep an eye on it, is all I'm saying. Keep it in the back of your mind is all I'm saying. I think that's absolutely right. Now let's talk about the Panthers. We're on them right now talking about how much they

fucking own the Boston Bruins. How do you think they feel? feel and how do you think they will respond? Oh, come on. Mason Lulroy, absolute beauty. Come on. Two, losing Barkov to an injury. He's going to be out two to three weeks with the LBI. Matthew Kuchuk is in a week-to-week illness. A little sick. A little sick boy. Well, dude, what's funny is I was going to say the Panthers tagged the bees in opening night, ring ceremony night. You know, you're all hyped up. And which got, I'm sure they took the foot off the gas, but got a little bit closer than you wanted to. I think they were up like 6-1. And then it ended 6-4. And, you

And then lost, dude. Like, they lost to the Senators 3-1 and the Sabres 5-2 with respect. But, like, those are horrible losses. Brutal. And I was like, you know what, dude? Maybe the Panthers are going to experience a little bit of that been to two straight cup hangovers. And they were hyped up opening night, but now they're going to lose.

Looks like the magic potion is just play the fucking bees every game and they'd go 82 and O. Sure, so you'll never lose. Yep. But the, with then hearing, and, you know, we're doing this outline and everything before. this game started. So you're like, man, you had two bad losses. You're now going to play Boston on the road and you're out Kachuk and Barkoff. And Barkoff for not nothing, but that's three weeks. Like, that's a lot of games, right? Yeah. So the Atlantic is a nightmare. We've said that a million times. The Atlantic is a nightmare. There is no room for error. Zero. Secret service.

Consequences. No room for error. So I was about to be like, you know, You know, you're a little concerned if you're Florida, but like, hey, lock in, laser focus. Now, they have as a recording. Yeah, it's okay. But it's interesting. Like, you know, they're tagging the bees right now. It's four or three, but, like, you know, they're just, they're buzzing without two of their, if not, certainly, they're two best players. You know, I think what's interesting is Florida, even in the Atlantic, there's just no way Florida, like, they have no issue of missing playoffs.

Yeah, correct. So to me, personally, man, like, they're just Vegas. Like this team is so seasoned and so unfazed by everything, they can be a wildcard team and they will still beat the shit out of everyone in the place. Correct. So like, I genuinely don't think they care. And it's an interesting thing. Drew Dowdy gets hurt for the Kings.

We were talking to Drew and obviously no one wants to get hurt, but there is a part that, you know, he said, and the Kings have said, well, you know, it's almost better now than middle of the season. Yep. Better now than losing him in an incredibly crucial and important stretch leading into playoffs. If you're Barkov, like if you're going to lose Barkov, your best player, probably right now is a time that you're like, okay, we can weather a few weeks without him or try to at least. But I do think the bigger story here is just like Florida has really hit this space where they are just so, they're so confident.

And they're unflappable. Yeah. It's unbelievable. You're right. And I was going to say you kind of want the one seed in the Atlantic because it just helps you miss. a bunch of brutal first round matchups, but they just don't give a fuck, you're right. One thing I want to talk about is Matthew Kuchuk's illness.

I always laugh with those designations because I'm like, what happened to? Are you shitting your pants? Like, are you, are you leaking from both ends? Because I've been there. Oh, yeah. I get it. I've been there.

But it is funny. Like, I will, you know, I feel like most of these guys are like, if you've got a cold, they're like, whatever I'm playing. agree. So when you're out with an illness, I mean, like, maybe it's COVID, but like, are we fucking testing for COVID?

That's what I was wondering. And I think they maybe would have to say that. Like, I don't really know the league protocols on that. But if he has COVID, I think they'd have to be like, he's out with COVID and he's quarantined. I don't know. I don't even know if they do that shit anymore. But, dude, yeah, it killed me because I love how vague hockey is about everything. And I know what frustrates people, but they're like, LBI at UBI, dude.

Someone gets their leg chopped off and they go, LBI. And dude, I just. not really sure what it is. I love illness, dude. I really want to start incorporating more illness stuff. Um, and maybe just like, you also hope though, like we, we're making our jokes. You hope it's nothing serious. Like, you know, some of these guys get some of these like migraine things that are so fucking brutal. Yep. Um, and that God forbid anything worse. But yeah, it is, it is crazy. If you've got the squirts. Yeah. I get it. And so I'm either, I'm one of two things, Dan, either I demand specificity. And I,

I want it to say Matthew Kachuk, week to week, squirts. Has the squirts. And I'm like, okay, thank you. Or I want to just open it up the vagueness and be like, you know, and I just, because no one's checking. I don't know if he has a fucking cold. So I want them to just start using other words like Matthew Kuchuk week to week, confused, bored.

Like he's out with boredom for a week. And I'm like, I guess, okay. No, you would not say okay to that? Yes, I would. I think if we just start opening it up to just chaotic things that our players are missing for, I'm okay with the creativity that the league could flash. I won't accept boredom. I would accept hypnosis-style confusion.

Hypnosis-style confusion. Hypnosis-style confusion, I'd be like this. Oh, my God. What happened? One week. What happened? Who did this, Dan? Yeah.

What about over-excited? One week, over-excited. Needs to- He's got puppy syndrome. Yeah, puppy. He's got the zoomies. He just, like, he can't be trusted out there. Week-to-week zoomies.

Week-to-week zoomies, I would accept as well. Yep. That's interesting. Yeah, I like it. Hypnosis-style confusion and zoomies are acceptable. I also, should we make a movement to normalize diarrhea? Yes. Oh my God, Dick.

Like, it's okay. It happens to the best of us. I feel like people who, you know, get like embarrassed. They're like, oh, yeah, I've got diarrhea. It's embarrassing. I'm like, no, it's not. No, it happens to all of us. And diarrhea is terrible.

You can't be skating out there if you're possibly leaving a snail trail, a squirts on the ice. Bro, diarrhea. This is no joke. Diarrhea kills, like, that's like one of the highest causes of death across the world. Yes, we need to start treating diarrhea more seriously. I need people to understand that it's like the two big, killers, I think the top three killers on earth are diarrhea, mosquitoes, heart problems, heart failure.

Diarrhea is as serious as a heart condition. It's more serious. Yeah. People go like this. Are you serious? Are you serious? You go, serious as a heart attack. I'm going to start saying serious is diarrhea. Sears is a diarrhea, pal. Could end my life. Yeah. Killing more people than anything. Yeah. People out here are afraid of sharks. Yeah. Be afraid of diarrhea. Yeah. And take it seriously. And stop shaming people. How come, how come peptobis? isn't the most isn't a 20 trillion dollar company it might be like shouldn't they be like shouldn't you know where you go to the grocery store and it's like would you like to round up and donate to the american heart fund or whatever yeah yeah yeah i would like to start donating to pepdo bismol

peptobismal is saving lives like bro left and right that's where my money should be going yeah yeah yeah big pepto big pepto is out here like genuinely saving lives it's amazing that's amazing it's amazing amazing. Want to get into a new segment. Wait, one more thing. Here's my biggest laugher of the year for me. Oh. Vegas starts 3-0.

Oh, yeah. I skated right by that. I thought we had talked about Vegas. Literally, dude, everybody, including me, at times. You counted them out. Have been like, this could be the year that the cap hits Vegas. What if they got hurt? They'll never be good.

And they're like this. We're the best team in the league. We're 3-0 and Jack Eichol is the best player in the NFL. They are Thanos. Dude, they're just, I mean, they're Florida. Like, Vegas and Florida are, they are, as I said, unflappable. Like, they are just never going to be in a rut. They're never going to be, like, getting dogged out there.

And it's, it's remarkable, dude. Like, they truly are such a preposterously special. And, dude, it's sick. Obviously, Jack's going off, but, like, Mark Stone's playing great. And maybe that's an obvious one, too, but, like, Barbashev. Shea. It looks great. It's like, and people are healthy.

It's like really awesome. Playing great. like, fuck. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So that one just killed me so much for all the hype, for all the, all the shit talk everybody was doing. It's, this could be the year Vegas stumbles. Yeah.

And maybe, like I said, it's three fucking gears, but just like, so funny. If you hate Vegas. Yeah, you're pissed. This is a tough. It's been a tough week. Yep. If you hate Vegas, you're right now, you're like, are you fucking hitting me, dude? Can you go away?

Yeah. And they're like, no, I'm sorry. We won't. They will not. They will not. But they are a wagon. They're a wagon. as they have always been.

And maybe always will be. Yeah. I'm fine with that, dude. Me too. Great town. Be unbelievable. All right, babes. We're in mid-season form right now.

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let's get into a new segment. We're going to start in six. Yep. We're going to do this every new Zep. Yep. Premise is this. This, we're going to give you a line, left wing, right wing, left D, right D, goalie.

that is the best line that money could buy in the NHL right now right now so it's not just like McDavid is going to be the center every week it's right now based on how the things have been going since the last week this is the best line in the league yeah start us off left wing left wing and we said this before dude left wing's weird in the league like they're just there's a lot of talent at center and right wing. Yeah. Left wing is a little...

And there's sick left wings. I'm going to be wrong. I'm just saying it's like it's less frequent. Yes. Elite, elite talent. Left wing, week one, first ever starting six.

We could be saying this name a lot this year, by the way. We're going Matt Boldie. Yep. Two goals, three assists, five points and three games for the wild. And Krill is looking dangerous too, by the way. Could have been Krill. Could have been Krill.

Oh, yeah. But I love me some Matt Boldie. And he's playing great hockey on a team that I think will be more competitive this year than they were last year. Yeah. That's how I feel. Matt Boldy's our left winger. Yeah. We've said before, I think Matt Boldy's got 100 point potential written all over him.

I'm not sure he's going to do it this year, but he certainly might. But he's just like, I love how much Matt Boldie is, he's in the Miko Randen category for me where you don't realize how big he is. Yeah. You don't realize like what a dynamic player he is. And he's just special. He's so special. He's off to a buzzing start. And you absolutely love to see it.

So Matt Boldie's getting that spot, no doubt about it. Unbelievable player. What the best for the wild, too? Of course, dude, of course. At center, I think this is the easiest one. Yep. Jack Eichael. Bang.

Jack Eichel is back on his bullshit, dude. He is leading the league at the moment of recording with seven points after six games. only one tuck but you know he's like this is what he does um the guy just fucking buries the berries the biscuit all over the place in terms of serving up five star quality level service to his teammates and dan he knows he knows he's johnny apple seed an apple a day three apples a game keeps the doctor away yeah and he can't get hurt this year that's why he's having so many apples and he knows he can't get hurt this year dan and he's got seven fucking points in in how many games they played i don't know i think i think i think it's three games yeah you had

six written down there and i'm like that is wrong he has six assists i think he has seven points in three games he can you even fathom how many shrimp you'd be eating if we made the bet this year no i don't want to think about it yeah might go hundred three games he's a goal in six assists seven points he's a plus four come on dude insane absolutely buzzing uh right wing this one was a little complicated our boy cole cofield goal coffield he's going to score 80 i No, dude, so sick. He's going to score 80. Cole has four goals in three games.

Unbelievable stuff. But we got to give it to Clayton Keller, I think. He's got, I think he's got three goals, three assists, six points in three games. He mentioned the OT winner, which was just disgusting. The hockey club's three and oh. And he's the, well, is he the heart and soul of that team? I mean, he's the captain. new captain.

So yes, I would say so. I want to say he's a heart and soul of that team. So they have him going out there being a leader, six points in three games, undefeated OT winner. Three and three balance, dude. That's what I'm saying, bro. Under the bar against Chesson.

I mean, it's like you couldn't love it more. I've been a huge, huge drumbanger when it comes to Clayton Keller. But yeah, a lot of good right wing play going on in the league right now. Again, like we said, cold buzzing, but that balance baby, three goals, three assists, three games.

I mean, what more could you possibly want? Lefty, the lane fucking train, baby. Bro. Lefty, we're going to Lane Hudson. I mean, dude, we've been hyping this guy up all preseason. Yep. All summer. And then he has just showed up and been a fucking wagon, an absolute weapon. He's playing so well.

And you have all these players you're excited about in Montreal, and all of a sudden, Lane comes in, and it's just unreal. Bro, four, it hasn't scored yet. Hasn't had his first NHL goal yet, but four assists in three games, he's a plus three. He's doing the fucking,

he's doing the head fakes. He's got Brady rattled. Yeah. I think Brady's rattled about that, dude. Oh, yeah. Everyone's saying like Brady trolling, Brany troll and Lane. And I'm like,

Brady might be rattled. No, I think, I don't even think it was trolling. I think they were just in it. Like Lane, Lane didn't care. Lane, it's not like it got in Lane's head. Nobody rattled. Nobody rattled.

Nobody ral. They were just bouncing back and forth. He looks like Kail McCar reborn, dude. Jesus, dude. He does. It's insane. Be reasonable. I am being reasonable.

Be reasonable. I said, I did a pick video earlier this year about the rookie of the year. And we've been talking about a lot where it's like so many good candidates, especially because you get those second year guys like the stank man that make it interesting. But Lane had the worst odds of like the elite crew. and I remember pointing at him and be like, Lane could do it, but it would take a very special season

to defeat the likes of Celebrini and Mitchcoff and Will and Stank and et cetera. I'm probably forgetting someone massive. But watching him through three games, I'm like, a special season is on the table. Oh, yeah. Like, it's crazy. No doubt.

He is so confident out there. Yeah, he looks amazing. Like, he's running a power play. Like, it looks like it's, I said yesterday in Hockey Talk. He looks like a five-year vet. Yeah. He's just like in a flow state.

Yep. You love to see it. Right D. We're doing Rasmus Anderson. Flames are undefeated. He's got two goals, three assists, five points, and he's a plus six. Dude. What the fuck?

Bro. Like, we could add a segment on the flames, too. Yeah. We dog the flames. And I think they will come back down to Earth. But like, holy shit, do they look good, man? It's incredible. Also, like, Wolf?

Flames might have, knew what they were doing by being like, listen, Markstrom's amazing, but like we've got this stud ready, waiting in the wings. We're talking about this team dealing players left and right at the deadline.

They might be buying players. They might trade for Marks from back. They might be buying players. Unbelievable. Rasmus Anderson is a guy that I had my eyes on who could possibly be dealt. But shit, man.

Two goals, three assists, three games, plus six, like you said. You're going to cost five first round picks now. He's fucking buzzing, dude. Crazy. He looks unbelievable. Plus six in three games. Absolutely ridiculous.

Goalie. Surprise, surprise, surprising no one. Connor Hellebuck back in regular season form. Won the Vezna last year. He's 3-0 right now, 0.976, save percentage, 0.66 goals against. Like, what is happening? Some goalies have started well, but he, the champ, you've got to beat the champ to unseat the champ. And he has moronic numbers through three games.

And, dude, I was chirping the Jets. Like, I have the Jets out of the playoffs, I think, is what I picked. Or maybe I had him as the five wild card. but I have them basically out of the playoffs. You, when he is playing like this, they are going to be one of the top seats in the league. 100% dude. And just, you know, stay in that division.

Quick shout out your boy, Otter. Yeah. Otters 2.0.957% percentage, 1.51 goals again. Come on. Contract year, baby. And like their goal is together. Money. Because DeSmith came out and had a fucking stupid performance. Yes.

I think last night, Sunday. But Hella Buck is just, you know, he's on one, too. Come on, dude. On one. Didn't like that playoff performance by himself, so he decided to fucking get on it. Matt Boldie, Jack Eichel, Clayton Keller, Lane Hudson, Rasmus Anderson, Connor Hellebuck. That is your starting six of the week. Nice line.

Unbelievable line. Okay. Now we're going to do another new segment. Okay. We're calling it trending. Oh. And we might change that name, but right now we're calling it trending. Yeah.

We're just going to hit you guys some stuff that's been trending up, trending down. It could be whatever we feel like. Yeah. But some stuff's been going down that we felt we must discuss. Number one. trending down. Similar story to the last year, at the beginning. The Edmonton Oilers.

The Edmonton Oilers, they lost to the Jets, 6-0, the Blackhawks, 5-2, and the Flames 4-1, all at home. Connor McDavid, zero goals, two assist, dash five. Leon Drysell has one goal, zero-assist, dash four. Stewart Skinner is 0-2 with a 0.0805, excuse me, 0.805, say percentage, and a 5.4 goals. against. The oilers are, listen. Trending down.

Listen, a little bit of trauma, a little bit of cup lost trauma, I think. That's all it is. Dude, this isn't good enough. At the finals, right now. Dude, they need to be better. Yeah, tough start for the oil, but again, like, how stupid could you be to count out of course that. Connor McDavid and Leon Drysidal.

But listen, awful, awful, awful start. I don't care. I understand Oilish fans were to be like, look at last year, dude. Look at how bad you started last year. And that's probably right. But even with that attitude, it's like, dude, that this is bad. This is not good enough. Well, dude, what I think is hilarious is the, there was a lot of talk on this very show

when Tomer was on. I think it was a division breakdown maybe. Where you kind of pitched that they would be, maybe they would start slow and because of the long hangover or the long season, short summer. and maybe they know now. They've unlocked something and they don't need to be the ones. It doesn't matter.

They're fine. They just get me back to the playoffs and then we'll try this bitch again. And Tomer's argument was kind of like, actually, no, I think they're pissed now and they're like all gas. I think you picked them first because he's like, the oilers are all gas this year.

Like fucking let's go. And I was like, you know what? That's a good take. I kind of like that argument. And then to come out and get absolutely dusted by teams, dude, that, again, with respect, are not good. Again, the Jets might be good, but like the Jets, the Hawks and the Flames. Hawks and Blames two teams that pretty much everyone is predicting to miss playoffs.

Dude, and B-8th, basically. Like, seventh or eighth in their respective divisions. Yeah. To bury you at home when your stars and your big contract boy can't get on the score sheet and Stuart Skinner, All-Star Stewart Skinner can't stop a puck. And I'm like... It's not a good thing. Three games, dude.

It's three games. But I'm just like, how can you come out with this start if you're this team? You can't. You can't. It's terrible. Beat the Hawks, dude. Yeah. So that one's trending down, I would say.

Yeah. Next one, trending up. You touched on a second ago. The Calgary Flames, Dan. They beat the Canucks in OT-6-5 after being down four-one after one. Beat the Flyers and beat the Oilers, as we mentioned. Rasmus is firing, as we mentioned. Hubbard O firing.

Codry-Fying. Conner's Airy friend of the pod firing. Who the fuck saw 3-0 from the flames out the gate? Especially when they're playing the Canucks and the Oilers in those first three games. And like Flyers are tough team too. But yeah, dude, I mean, they won the Battle of Alberta. I'll tell you what, dude. Again, a lot of us and a lot of other people talked a lot of shit about Calgary.

We'll see where we are 10 games in. But this is an amazing start. And I'll tell you what, if Huberto is back. Yeah. If Huberto is the Florida Panthers Huberto, if Cadre is buzzing like this, Zeri takes the jump like we think, like this team is all of a sudden pretty good.

So you love to see every single bit of this if you are a Calgary's Flames fan. I mean, my God. Yep. And I think, I think, unfortunately, just enjoy it while it lasts. But maybe that the Flyers. Last year I was like,

oh, the Flyers having a fun start. Enjoy your little fucking October pat of them on the head. And then they were like, we're actually in the playoff picture till the death. Yes. And if the flames, that happens to the flames, then fucking good on you. Because what a turnaround. But I don't think it's going to happen, but hell yeah, you're trending up on a three and

no start. Yeah. Absolutely are. I like how I've got all the downs here. I'll do it. I'll do it. No. Yeah, yeah.

Okay. Next one, trending down. Alexander Georgiev. Buddy. They've played two games. He's 0 and 2. They lost 8 4 to Vegas, 6,4 to the fucking blue jackets. He has a 0.680 save percentage and a 680.

and a 7.75 goals against nightmare. Genuine nightmare fuel. Dude, the abs are 0 and 2, obviously. They're fine also, like the Preds and whoever, and the Oilers, like the Ophers and the Aves and the Preds are fine, and they haven't won yet. But, dude, Georgiev was, I think, slept on a little bit last year.

Like I remember saying, you know, you lose Kemper, and then they get Giorgiyev, and I'm like, oh, is that the way? Av's weakness. Like they can't win a cup again because Georgiev isn't good enough. And I don't think he cost them the playoffs by any means. If I remember correctly, like I'm trying to recall that Dallas series.

He wasn't great and he was really struggling at the end of last season. And then he stepped it up going into the playoffs. But then obviously they lost. But minus that blip at the end of last season, his numbers were sneaky good last year. Like if you looked at his season, you're like, I'm out here being like, Georgiev's the issue.

And then I was like, you know what? No, he isn't. And they're okay. I will, I will say this. I think Giorgiv has officially become Stuart Skinner status with this team where that question is continued. Yeah. Continuously asked. Right, right, right. If you're an abs fans, you're going, is Giorgiv enough enough? Yep. And you don't want to have that question ever with your starting goaltender. And after this start, it's like, this is now going to be talked about all season long. Bommet. Unless he goes on a great run here. And we keep talking about the abs and their issues and what's holding them back from the window, cup winning window they should be in. And this is now part of it too. Absolutely.

It's not just Nishushkin and Landy being out. It's, is Giorgiyev good enough? You had Kemper, you won a cup. Then you grabbed Giorgiyev from New York because he looked like such a great backup to Shisterkin, and there's just been constant questions with him. So here we are horrendous. Horrendous start. So, yeah, that's going to be a downward trend. Yeah.

We're going into our final trending up, but I'm going to change it. Oh, okay. Because we were going to say Darcy Kemper. Yep. And I do want to show some love to Darcy Kemper. because Darcy Kemper was kind of this like, you got PLD out of L.A., you got Kemper back, and it was kind of like,

all right, Kemper's going to be our guy now. No one really knew what to expect, and I don't think expectations were that high, but through two games, two starts for him, Darcy Kemper was fantastic. He was 1-0-1, had a 0.948, say, percentage, 1.47 goals against, but he's currently getting lit up like a Christmas tree

and a 5-5 tilt against Ottawa as we speak. So I'm not sure we can say that, so I'm going to switch it to, Jake Ottinger. Okay. Two and O, we read his stats earlier. Jake Ottinger, obviously an absolute beauty in a contract.

You're just like Igor Shisterkin. Get that money, dude. And, you know, you see Shasturkin in New York struggling a little bit. People are talking a lot of shit saying he's selfish, saying that he's not a New York Ranger. He doesn't belong there. They should get rid of him because he's asking too much money.

Yeah, not me. Not hearing any of that in Dallas. Because out here, Jake Ottinger is just standing on his fucking head. He's making the team look amazing, and he's going to be worth every single penny that he gets. So, trending up. is Jake Ottinger and the Dallas Stars because they are fucking on one right now.

And I will say, you kind of mentioned this, but if Kemper, ignoring today's game, if Kemper can give the Kings top level goal tending, that is a massive rabbit they've pulled out of their ass. Because I was like, way to go not addressing your biggest problem. And they were like, as psych we did. Kemper's dope. And he won a cop in Colorado. And that's who we got. Yep.

Like, wow. I don't even know if they did that on purpose. No, no. It'll be like one of the best trades ever. Insane. Like truly, it's, you know, it wasn't work with PL. They got out of that contract. And you get a guy who's a starting goaltender like that would be huge.

And people forget, it's his second stint in L.A. So it's not an unfamiliar team, unfamiliar town to them. So I think things could go very well. Like I said, right now, they're in a fucking tilt. Drunk games today on this Monday. But those are some of our trending situations. We're going to keep track of them all year. All right, we're going to finish up our episodes this season with some fun games.

Keep it light. And this first one is going to be too real, too fake. C.P., why don't you tell people how two real, too fake works? Two real, too fake works like this. I am going to give Dan four NHL players. Prospects, right? Well, no, just four NHL players. Wow, okay.

And two of them are real people, and two of them are made up. and you're going to give me background details teams stats and dan is going to try to guess which two are real which two are fake and you get nothing more than what i give you okay are you ready i hell yeah i'm i'm ready player number one oners lindbach a goalie out of finland he was drafted two hundred and seventh overall in the 2008 draft by the predators played a total of six years in the league playing for the Preds, the lightning, the stars, the sabers, and the Yotes. Went 11 and 5 as a backup his rookie year, never had a winning season again, finished his career with a very respectable 904 career save percentage.

That's totally fine. Not bad at all, pal. Anders Lindbach, okay? Only out of Finland. Okay. Player number two. Sergei Starikoff, a left shot D out of Russia, drafted 152nd overall in the 1989 draft by the Devils, played one season in the NHL, and he didn't make the league until he was.

was 31 years old, got in 16 games, had one assist, and was a career dash 8. Andre Starikov? Sergei Starikov, sorry. Player number three, Oleg Norberg, a right wing out of Sweden, drafted 163 overall in the 2006 draft by the Canucks, played two seasons in the NHL, got six games in 2010 where he had no points and was a dash four, got two games in 2011 during which he scored his only NHL goal was eventually traded to the Panthers where he never played. Player number four. I hate to see it. Jan Martinik, left shot center out of Czechoslovakia, by the way. Wow.

Drafted in 172nd overall in the 1994 NHL draft by the St. Louis Blues. Got in 25 games for the Blues his rookie year with two goals, three assists, and dash eight, played four years in the league for the Kings, Blackhawks and Flyers, scored four goals in year two for the Kings, but never scored again, finished his career with 20 points in 133 games. Wow. Well done. Well done, well done. Never heard any of these guys.

All right, let me... So Anders Lindbach, goley out of Finland. Yep. Drafted in 2008. I don't need all the... Just give me the names. Sergei Starikov, left shot D out of Russia, drafted in 89. Ole Norberg, right wing out of Sweden, drafted in 06.

Yon Martinik, left shot center out of Czechoslovakia, drafted in 94. Okay, I am going to guess that my real boys are, who's the last one? Say it? Jan Martin. My real boys are Anders and Martinik. So my goalie, the Finnish goalie, and then the left shot center out of Czechoslovak. The Czechoslovakian last shot center. I just, I want him to be real. Okay. Finally. answer. Final answer. One, one, one and four are real. Number one.

Those other two cartoon characters are fake. Anders Lindbach, goliata of Finland. Real. Come on. Come on, Lindy. Dan, finished with a very respectable 904 career save percentage. Way to go, buddy. Yeah, that's what I'm saying, dude.

Like, he's okay. Give him another shot. Number four, Jan Martinik, left shot center out of Czechoslovakia. Fake. Fah! You dog, dude. You got me with the Czechoslovakia. It felt too fake to be.

fake. I was like, you wouldn't just come up with a Czechoslovakian center. So Dan, Oleg, Norberg, right wing out of Sweden, not real. Not real. Not real. Sergey Staraakov. Dude, you know what? I was like, there's no way Starakov is fucking real, but the Czechoslovakia got me. Sergey Starikov, left shot D out of Russia, 152nd overall, 98 draft for the devil's played one season, didn't make the league till he was 31, got in 16 games, had one assist, dash 8. that guy is real real yeah that guy's a real man sergey starikoff hell of a run what a name dude like he had to be better sir gay starikov played one season at age 31 he had to be way how about that perseverance oh god gets in his one season at 31 dude like the the man never quit

now you know what i get it why all these heroes just play it forever because they're like this i'll make it i lost my mind i'll make it one day sergey starkov real but my guy uh norberg O-L-L-E O-L-E-O-A-Norberg. Fake. He's a fake man. Right wing out of Sweden. Not real. Made him up.

I mean, I should have... O-A-Norberg's not a Swedish name. It is, though. I should have called you out on that. I found some good Swedish name sites. Ole Norberg. That's true. That's Swedish.

163 overall draft. Unbelievable, dude. Well done. I went... Batten 500. We'll take that every time. I'll get you next time. Yeah.

I'll get you goose egg next time. Let's see if I get you next time. Yeah, yeah. My friend. My friend. That's beautiful. That's too realty fake. And that's also it for us today at the Empty Netters podcast.

It's been an absolute blast. We will see you when we're in Boston. When we're in Nashville, we got a couple excellent and exciting interviews coming for you with a few or a couple Nashville Predators players. So keep your eyes peeled for that. And until we see you next time, skate hard.