Empty Netters Podcast - No Table Is Safe In Buffalo After The Sabres Roll The Habs In Game 1

Episode Date: May 7, 2026

Don’t look now but the Sabres look like a real wagon. Was Montreal coming down from their game 7 high or have they met their match? And the Ducks quack back against Vegas and steal game 2 in emphatic fashion. Torts big speech between games didn’t work, and Eichel will need to get going to take back home ice. But if Dostal plays like that, goals will be hard to come by down in Anaheim. Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 7:48 - Sabres Beat Down Habs in Game 1 39:13 - Ducks Take Game 2 Against Vegas 1:03:20 - A New StarFox is Coming! 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. Rally the fellas and go to drsquatch.com and grab the limited edition Friday Night bricc before it's gone. Single or 3-pack. 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 you by bed MGM and the ducks just scored an empty netter which means we're all richer.

Bap, bop, bop, bough, bough. Poo, pew, pew, pew, pew, pew, pew, pew, pew. I'm your host, Dan Powers, Dr. Watkins on the sticks. Hi. C Powers. Hitting the bricks. Time to go, pal. This has been great, boys.

I'm gonna get some rest. Uh, you just saw Devil Worse Prada 2. I did. No shit. Yep. Have you seen the first? I've seen the first one trillion times. times. Okay. And I saw it again, very, I watched it again recently just so I would be as primed as

possible. Because I love a callback, dude. And I love a subtle callback. Sure. And I knew they'd be full of them. And it kind of was, I can't wait to talk to you guys about what they are. I don't want to spoil anything, obviously. Yeah. I thought the movie was great. Awesome. Um, there's a few, I could pick some nits, obviously. Sure. And there's a few, there's honestly a few, there's honestly a few callbacks where I was like, oh, you used that wrong. Like, I wish you would have done it this way. Oh, wow. How did that not go in?

Holy know. That looked like it hit the back in and bounced out. If Vegas gets one goal, wow, there's shut out. You just want it for Doste, though. He literally was like, don't you guys think that Jansen Harkins sounds like a character from Batman? I was going to say, they'd marvel, so yes, sure. Yeah. Harkins. Jansen Harkins. Arkansas are on the edge

The movie was wonderful Yeah that was good And I You guys will actually both relate to this I am dying to hear your take on In my opinion They This movie was probably written

And shot and tested And then they had to add a scene at the end Because of poor testing Would be my I would put Interesting Yeah I'd be put good money on this scene at the end If there was ever a bike

committee movie? Dude. It's this one. And dude, I give them credit because it's, it's, um,

it's not as butchered as some by committee movies are. Totally. And there's, there's a few parts where I'm like, that was, that was a network note. Yeah. He didn't need this whole arc at all.

Okay. But I don't care. Like, they didn't ruin the movie in any way. I was like, yeah, whatever. Like that part is stupid. Sure. Who cares?

But there's one decision when they made the movie where I was like, oh, wow, it's an interesting decision and I'm fine with it. I might not have done it myself, but I'm so fine with it. And then there's a scene at the very end that's like, just kidding. Or not just kidding, but kind of like, but we good. And I was like, this definitely ended without the we good.

And then people didn't, people getting their free lunch, spun the dial and said, did not like that. So then they went, okay, what about now? And they said, we're good. Did Nick Fury come up at the end? He's like, I'm putting together a team. Oh, yeah. It's a post-credit scene. Andy Saxon.

Be awesome. Do you see that Adrian Grenier did like a Starbucks commercial all about how he's not in the movie? Oh, no way. Yeah. It's like starts and he's like, yeah, you know that there's a sequel coming out. And I wasn't asked to be in it. But I'm going to not be but heard about it. And it's like the Starbucks refreshers or something.

I don't know what it is. I don't think I like that because I feel like he quit acting. And I love him. But I just think he quit. He lives on like a beat farm with the shrewts. Isn't he like not the best in that movie? She does cheat on him. Dude, common misconception, by the way.

Because Sandra said the same thing to me. Wait, he doesn't cheat. They are broken up and then she hooks up with the douchebag? Yeah, they go, they are fighting and they go, maybe this Paris trip is coming out a perfect time and we should take a break. Oh, yeah. And he goes, okay. And then, yeah, she hooks up with a guy, but I'm like.

But I don't know, man. If you're living together. Agree, but what is that word even? I think it means take some time apart and, like, see how we feel. I don't think it means go on a fuck fest. I have been misinterpreting breaks Yeah, you have Because you know what

You're a common douche Oh my God If you live together That's not what a break means Yeah A break doesn't mean go put your peeper In any hole It doesn't mean you go break one off

In some vaj Yeah, it's not really That's really sweet Dan It's just I think it's I think that's the truth Right? I think it's very sweet You know what I also think is odd

The the very end of one, she comes back and is like, she quits, right? And then she comes back and goes to see him. And he goes, while you were gone, I took an interview in Boston there in New York, obviously. Yeah. I took an interview in Boston and she goes, and he goes, you're looking at the new sousheff at you know, blue sky. Vegas school. No, I feel bad for do stil. Oh, really? No shout out for dostle. Jack, though. No, I think it was, unless Jack got the tip, it was, it looked like it was definitely tipped on the way in.

fuck five seconds left yeah you want that shot her out of the shutter play kind of do goes on the resume dude no whatever uh she goes um she or he goes you're looking at the new sous chef the jack at the top of the circle snaps one on it gets tipped for sure by mark stone that's it's it's it's nice uh you're looking the new sous chef of this boston restaurant yeah and she goes oh wow um and then i forget the exact line but he's they say something like And I bet they got newspapers in Boston or like, you should come with me to Boston. And she's like, amazing.

And you're like, oh, nice. They are now together still. Yeah. And then she goes, he goes, and he goes, so what's next for you? And she's like, oh, I'm going to go interview with a paper around here, which is like that fun scene. And he's like, Miranda Priestley said, you're a nightmare. But I'll watch and hurry. And he like, she waves at Miranda getting into a cab.

But I'm like, are you dating? Like literally, he's like, come date me in Boston. Just kidding. You work in New York. Correct. So I don't even know why he expected to be in the movie. You're split up. Well, you would, I think,

movie lovers hope that they get together. It's like the end of the breakup. There's that fun little meeting and you're like, they get back together. That would actually be a dagger. If they made the breakup two, 20 years, 30 years later, and Vince Bond was just not in it. And they're like, yeah.

I guess you never got back together with him. I'd be like, what? Can I bring up a point? Yeah, we're in the middle of the playoffs. Can we talk about hockey? Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Listen, we had two games tonight.

Game one, Sabers, Habs, Game two, Ducky's Golden Knights. We're going to get into both of those, but it's nice to get some knot ice in the mixer here. It's wonderful. You're absolutely right. We're all overdosing on hockey a little bit, you know? Sometimes you need a little bit of Devil Wars product.

The T-DWP-2. Yeah. I also, boys, I perfected my homemade Satsiki recipe tonight, so it's very exciting. I'm going to give it to you both. No shit. It's phenomenal. You know when you make something and you take a first bite

and you go, holy shit. Yeah. I audibly said, holy shit. What did you change about it? A little bit of extra work. I spent some time taking the moisture out of my cucumbers. Oh, yeah, yeah. That helped a lot.

And then just a little technique here. If you do that with tomatoes in guac, it makes such a massive difference. And I just never have time. You mean like take the seeds and the juices out? Yeah, I just like literally jutes dab them on some paper towel for a while beforehand. You're laughing. Yeah. All right, Sabres, Habs.

Let's talk. First thing for me, insane, that Montreal comes out in this game and breaks up that Tex, Doc, Bulldoch, third or fourth line, whatever you want to call it. Yeah. After they were by far the most productive line against the bolts. You have, in this dock here, you have his name spelled backwards. It's Bulldoke, but you spelled it Bulldoch. Yeah.

And that is the funniest slip I've ever heard in my entire. That's funny. And that is insane because they were just talking to that was like, your top six makes you get you in the playoffs, Liles, your top six gets you in the playoffs, your bottom six wins you playoff series. Yeah. And then this line won you a playoff series and then they go like this. Let's split them up.

Yeah. I mean, it's one of those things where it's easy in hindsight or, you know, after the game to say it's insane. because I'm sure they watched film and they did match up things and that's why they did it. And if they had won, you'd go, wow, incredible coaching. Well, that was my first note before the game started. Like the game, puck hadn't dropped and they showed the lines and I was like, that is bad. Again, but what I'm saying is if they win that game, you're like, oh shit, they saw something.

Yeah, they're genius. But now we all get to go, that felt insane. It appeared to be insane. It proved to be insane. I, however feel about this game, I'm all, obviously. I'm all aboard the Sabres wagon. I have been for fucking three years, as well as like seven other James.

Yeah. And I was like, here we go. You're a Danny Bandwagon. I, I, to give Habs fans something to be happy about, I feel the same way about this game as I felt about yesterday's game one, Sixers Knicks. Like the dog fight the Sixers went through, they were always going to get body bagged by the Knicks.

And I feel like the dog, fight that Montreal was in. We said it, right? Those teams are going to kill each other. They killed each other. And going into this game, I was like, Buffalo is going to fucking wax you because you are beaten to shit and they have a little bit more rest. They are also

home. You don't stand a chance in this game. Totally, Dan. I didn't think about that until after the fact, but coming off the emotional roller coaster of the game seven and just the travel, you know, getting all the way back into Buffalo from bouncing back and forth. Yeah. This was going to be a tough one for them to win. Yeah. So,

Yeah, you can, as the habs on the road, you can absolutely sell this game and go whatever. Yeah. You had some chances probably, but you're right. You just go, okay, it's a long series. Honda P. We're going to be fine. Yeah, but I mean, I parlayed the sabres and the ducks tonight because I just, I feel like you could feel it for both. And I'm saying that because I'm like, not a sick call by me.

I think there were some tea leaves that were showing the grim. and it felt obvious and this one dude was a you turned on the game and it was just all sabers all the time yeah truly the first four minutes

I was like oh boy and that like that was that I was like this game's over dude I want to say though I it's weird though the shots well that's what I was going to say so the interesting thing is after I'm watching a game obviously the sabers look we'll get into the minutia

but the sabers look really good in general but the shots, Montreal is all over them. Now, they did say after, Buffalo only had 16 shots on goal, 17 high danger chances because they hit a lot of posts and they missed a lot of nets. They hit a ton of fucking posts. Whatever. But this was a weird one where some of the people in the post game were going, man, that's an incredible game by the Sabres.

They crushed them. And I was kind of like, I thought Montreal looked great for long stretches. They did. There were times when they were down 2-0, 2-1, especially. where I was like Montreal should be up. They are, they are, I can't believe they're losing this game. So I thought it was a pretty good game by both teams. I don't think either team bodybagged the other one in a way that some people were saying it.

I, yeah, I am getting a bit hyperbolic with like the, they, they, no, because I was just like, it was all Buffalo. To Montreal had some chances. Yeah. For sure. But Don't scored pretty quick. Less than 10 minutes later, McLeod scores. And I'm just kind of like, it, regardless of the shots.

I always say when you have a bunch of shots on net that are like, you know, shots from the top of the circle, shots from the point, not through traffic, you're just spraying pucks on nets and the goleys are just blockering them away, smothering them, easy glove saved to get a tie-up face off. I'm like, I don't give a fuck if you have 50 of those. Those aren't good shots. And in the first period in particular for me, I'm sorry, those 10 shots they had, I wasn't really threatened by any of them other than the Zuckel. and I don't think Buffalo was either because Buffalo felt so in control the whole time. Even when Montreal had offensive possession, Buffalo was unfaced seemingly.

And what you love to see, that game goes to one, and then the second period starts and immediately Greenway scores. And to me, that was a, yeah, they know they're in control. Because you could have gone into that. Damn, Montreal gets one at the end there. we can't give up the lead here you're tight, you're this, you're that.

They came out in the second and they were just like relaxed and Greenway, what a fucking game. Oh my God. Jesus Christ. Greenway is fucking buzzing all over the place. He gets one and I was just like oh yeah and then Bowen, the hottest fucking player on the team

maybe. He gets one and you're just like oh yeah dude this is I think this is night night. Dude one thing that is cool about everything you just said is I the start of the game and by the way dude the Buffalo top line

it's an interesting battle between these two teams because their two top lines are filled with elite talent with one incredible goal score on both teams in Tage Thompson and Cole Coffield and both of those two guys aren't really lighting the lamp yet so you're like what the fuck is going on but they're getting production from these other lines which

we always say you need and that that that Dohn Benson Norris line has been doing so much dude shout out Hugh on our chat I actually have no idea what relation technically this person is to me because my mom, our mom, is cousins, first cousins with Sarah, which makes Sarah what to me? Your second cousin.

My second cousin. Her husband is your second cousin-in-law. In-law, his brother. Same thing, I think. I guess. He's my second cousin. He's my second cousin-in-law. second cousin in-law's brother.

Oh, that can't. I don't know if that's... He's your second brother-in-law. Dude, shout out Hugh. You're my second brother-in-law. He texted us before the game. He's a big Sabres guy. He texted us before the game and he said,

watch out for the Benson or... Dude, the point of that story is that we are tangentially in a Sabers chat. Yeah, we are cousins. And it's fucking pop it off. And the funniest part is our mom is in it. And she's just doing that mom thing that's like, oh,

I love that my family's talking. So it's like, she sends this text this morning, or it's like two hours before a puck drop, and she's like, time to strap in and get the game boots on, boys. Go Sabers. And I'm just like, thanks, Mom. That's great. They just beat the Bruins, mom.

I'm doing the same thing, though. I'm actually like, fucking go savers. But anyway, Hugh was dialed, and those guys getting the early goals. But Evan and I were talking before you came in, Lane just fell down. Yeah, that was, you know, that whole second goal was like,

disagree completely. You disagree that he fell down? He, he, that, I think he falls down because of the persistent pressure from Benson and Benson putting him in a tough spot, getting a good stick lift, throwing him off kilter, getting in his head a little bit. Then he takes a tumble and he's swiping around and Benson fights right through it. It looks like he fell out of nowhere. Oh, he literally falls out of nowhere. Yeah, he literally falls on his own ass. No, he falls. But I'm telling you, if Benson's not there, I don't think he falls. Okay. He does not fall. and then Benson comes out of nowhere. Benson is actively

and there's contact. No, no, there's no contact, but they are standing right there. Their sticks are touching. But also, this is a fine take. Stop lying to the fan. I'm watching the replay on the loop. You're telling me those sticks don't touch?

No, because Lane sticks over here and Benson's... They're like, I think they're like 10 feet apart. No, no, no. They're close. They're closer than that, but they're three feet apart. And Lane just falls down. Here's footsteps, dude. It goes down. That's why it's a fine take.

That's why it's a fine take. Here's a ghost. But the... So then... It's a good. take. I don't want fine. I want good. I can only, I personally can only go as high as fine. I want sharp. It's a sharp take. It's a sharp take. Bendson footsteps. And then I know you just grew this and maybe most people will. I thought Montreal controlled more of the first period than

Buffalo did. And then they get the goal and you go at the very end and you feel like, wow, that was huge for Montreal. Take one back there. And it's Zook and it's power play and all that shit. Then you get the Greenway one. And dude, you're going to call this hate or take. But if I'm Montreal, all the people put it this way all the people that bitched at Montreal in game seven when they said you got the puck luck you got the puck luck yeah this in my opinion is actually what it feels like

when you're not getting puck luck because in this moment Greenway takes a shot that hits Dobish right in the fucking glove and it just nicks off his glove but then goes in the net and previous to that Lane Hudson and someone else I can't remember who have taken two shots offline that have just nicked off his pads gone right past him but then hit the post

and I'm like man because you can't control the puck no one's aiming the puck after it ricochets off a goalie pad, and they've had two that they've put past lion that just nicked off his pad and then off the post. And then Greenway goes off the glove and in. If that one goes off the glove, crossbar, who cares? And if there's two go in, you know, it's just like, that is actually bad puck luck.

Yeah. That is what that feels like. So I did feel like in that moment, I was like, damn, they're down 3-1, and this, they have a question. They haven't had good bounces. I have a question. If, it's only one game,

if Montreal loses this series, what are Montreal fans going to be like? Oh, great question. I think they are going to be pissed and say we lost to a worst team. They're going to go, I cannot fucking believe we lost the Buffalo. And I will go, you were actually behind them steadily the whole way. Yeah. And you almost never had a better record than them.

And they beat you. And I have questions about Tampa that I'm even surprised you got by them. Yeah. That's what I would say. But they are going to go, this is ridiculous. We are the best team in the Atlantic. We're the best team in the East. And we should be in the cup minimum, if not winning it.

And we lost to the fucking Sabres. That's what they're going to do. Yeah. I have a question as somebody who's not as well versus you guys with the hockey. But like, are Buffalo and Montreal natural rivals? No, not. I would not say so. Certainly not in the last 10, 20 years, other than division.

But it feels like they're so close regionally. Buffalo Toronto is way closer. Buffalo Toronto is like the Battle of Niagara Falls. It's like Boston, Montreal are right above each other and Buffalo Toronto right above each other. So there's not a ton, because we got that question too. Like Buffalo Boston, I was like, but does it feel like maybe this,

if this series gets hot, this might create a new rivalry? Dude, Ev Pang, I said on the broadcast, it was actually in a very astute comment, I thought. He was, he made a comment about the chippiness, and he was like, they don't quite hate each other yet. He's like, there's nothing before this. They need to get there. But he goes, I promise you, this will grow.

If it goes to seven games, I mean, you've got to think, For the next few years, this is going to be a big fucking rivalry. Rice is also going to be a phenomenal fan base rivalry. Yes. Because you've got your fucking Euro wannabe quebecuas in Montreal. And then you've got your fucking dirty rust belt buffalo people who could not be more. It's like cousins at Thanksgiving who don't have anything in common.

And it's going to be. One started a business. It is going to be. One of them were smoking. thin cigarettes. The other ones are fucking just like slipping fucking mudlice. This is Derek and Dale in Stepbrothers. Oh my God.

I haven't had carbs in three years. Isn't that what he said? Yeah, I think so. Then Dan, the byroom goal was nasty because the McLeod keep. I feel like people are going to regret that. Dude, that was a clean faceoff win by Montreal. Clean slap shot out of the zone. And McLeod goes, whack, straight down, waist high, bang, got it.

It's like, holy shit. And Byram, dude, what a playoff. Oh, my gosh, he's red hot. It's amazing. You know, I put something on X today that was like, holy shit, Byram is hot. Crazy to think that he could be going up against his old team in the cup final, which would be nuts.

Good point. But that sparked a ton of Colorado people being like still so broken up about that trip. Yeah, that's cool. And I was like, oh, shit, that's kind of interesting to hear. here. Dude, he wired a wrist shot, because they were kind of buzzed on that powerplay, Daly needed a post. He wired a wrist shot that, you know, he had a couple options. He kind of looked off some one timers and just fired one. And you know how they call it a heat check in basketball if you know? And I remember thinking to myself, because we weren't together yet,

I was watching that alone. I was like, fucking buy a heat check. He's got three goals. And he was like, I'm just going to shoot. And then 20 seconds later, he's like, that was a snipe too. And I was like, oh, yeah. Spray puck's dude. Keep shooting. Spray puffs. It's fucking incredible. I will say for Monday. Montreal, you're really happy that your two goal scores are Suzuki and Doc. Yes. Two guys that you need to be going. And

in a loss, if you can get guys like that staying hot, that's a good thing. What about that Kirby Doc goal, dude? That was insane. Yeah. Do you think people, I mean, online, everyone's like goal of the playoffs. Do you agree? I actually, I think one was cooler. I can think of one goal I liked more.

Yeah, maybe. I mean, yeah, maybe. I have there, what are you thinking of? The only one I liked more was the bad Vlad goal in the 9-6 game when he kind of Forrestberg. Oh, yeah, that was disgusting. Probably that. That was more skill, obviously. But Kirby's was just crazy because he's literally, it's kind of, it's a good play by Lion. Like Kirby whoops it around, lying kind of makes the paddleback, comes back to him.

He is literally falling over. He's mid-air, basically. I'll say pasta's OT goal was pretty nasty too. It was. It was. But yeah, so he just gets it up and over. And God, dude, we've said this a million times. now, but fucking right, Kirby Doc, after that game two icing that we were at in Tampa.

Definitely. When he has to delete his socials because the Montreal fans are so fucking mad at him. I'm like, chill out, dude. He's scoring highlight real goals for you in the playoffs. It's awesome. Again, I think it's great that those guys are going. I want this series to go a long time, for sure. I think it will.

I'm worried that I agree with. Like, I think it will. It feels very even to me. Montreal is going to be very tough. That was a great showing against Dovesh, 16 shots. But again, periods like that, I actually commend Buffalo, and I'm not taking anything away from Montreal. Montreal fans a lot of times get in the comments on us, and they're like, you're talking a lot of shit about Tampa and not giving enough credit to Montreal.

And I don't want you to feel that way. So I'm not saying Montreal didn't play well in the third. I felt very significantly that in the third Buffalo was like we have this game don't do anything stupid I mean one shot is pathetic that's what I wanted to ask you

I was like what is going on one shot is pathetic but I do believe they were playing very much a get five shots in this period and protect the lead yep they felt like they let up big time intentionally to sit back pack it in protect the lead

protect lion and get out of this game I don't love that by them because I don't think that that's their game but then at the same time, it's like they had a couple games against Boston where Boston got some goals in behind them, but Notting's lying. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So I'm like, just keep playing your game.

Now, they didn't give up any goals doing it, so whatever. But that can't be a recipe moving forward. Yeah, all right. I want to ask you about the goals, but let's take a quick ad break and we'll be right back. It's playoffs, baby, and all playoffs long. And playoffs is like a whole other season. Okay, we started in mid-April. We're going to go till September, and that's going to be camp again

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And then he comes out in this game and, you know, 28 shots or whatever, but two and one, what was the second? Oh, and one was a miracle. It was sick, but like one was a miracle and one is a backdoor power play tap in the never could have saved. Otherwise, he's just brick wall for 26 shots. I'm now kind of like, yikes. If I'm Montreal, I'm a little scared that lion is about to go, I'm dialed still. 100% dude. And the only thing that I, that I am so fucking rock hard about Buffalo. Yeah. Like, it's,

Buffalo very much is, I'm sorry, man, unless you were a Canadian's fan right now, who is rooting against Buffalo? Who in the Atlantic is so passionately, we have such a crazy rivalry with Buffalo? I hate Buffalo. I think only some Boston fans who, and I don't blame them for this,

because sometimes I'm like this, who are bitter, just because you got knocked out. So you go, I want to go. But don't you think that any Boston fan who has a, brain hates the habs more than they are mad about losing to a better buffalo.

Yeah, so the whole world was rooting against Buffalo except for Montreal people. For Buffalo, you mean? Or yes, sorry. Yes, that's, I just don't know how you can dislike this team. And like, Dahlene, I know there's a bunch of people who think like Dahlene's dirty. Dude, there is a reason he, I think he's up for the Masterson. And it's like, Dahlene, what he has gone through, what he and his wife have gone through, and to battle through and play this whole fucking season, be the captain of this team, be as good

is he is everyone on this team is so likable. Lindy's story is so likable. Dude, God, that would be epic. So it's just a, it's just an absolute ride. The one thing that makes me nervous about this team is no offense to Lyon, who's been remarkable. I know. You are a career backup goalie. It's why we both picked the haves, I would say. I said you have the goalie advantage. It's like even when we've seen this work for a while with Edmonton, for example, last couple of Jean-Luc. Jean-Luc Picard comes in and is great for a little while, but eventually they have to go back to Skinner.

Yeah. And then they would lose with Skinner. And it's like, I just get nervous when it's like when you get up against a seven-game series against Montreal. I know. Or if you make it past this and you're playing Carolina, you will run into a team that is like, you have been way. I mean, but Doebes is pretty young, right?

Yes, but we're talking Buffalo. Like if Lion, because I guess to finish your thought, if Lion gets lit up next game, do you go back to UPL? Evan, what is your question about? Meaning like, if you're talking about goalie matchups, no, no, I'm not even talking about matchup. Okay. I'm talking about the fact that right now Buffalo is riding high on

and winning with 33-year-old Alex Lion, who is a career NHL backup. Yeah. And historically, that has always eventually hit a brittal. Totally, yeah. That, I'm worried about that for Buffalo. Yeah, yeah, I can see that. Like, do you, do we really think that this Buffalo Sabres team is going to, I mean,

I'm not saying it's not going to happen. Well, I mean, look, look, as a guy who's, like, a Penguins Homer, I saw Matt Murray take us from, like, being barely anybody to, like, I want to come. And Aiden Hill, are you saying what could happen? But, but wasn't Murray then, like, 24? I think he was 22 or 23. Yeah, he was young. Because he'll did it young too.

Yeah. But my point is, you need youth to do that. Well, at least then Murray was the starting goal tender for them for the next like four years. Yeah. Lion is like, he's not going to be, I don't think, at least, the starting goalie for another team next year. You know what I mean? Yeah, yeah.

Like this, he's... Unless he wins a cup. Yeah, great. Yeah. And that's what I'm saying, like, bang, you're the editor-in-air-older-we're either going to see that the switch happen again. Maybe he gets tired or he's straight up going to be like, no, dude, I'm fucking sick. I've been waiting for the chance my whole life. And I'm going on a run. I'm going to win a fucking cup. And then I'm, what up, dude? It's crazy though that he had it. Our buddy Sully,

have texted us? Because before tonight Alex Lyon had, have you had a hat on all day? Yeah. Your hair is in the weirdest. It's like flat and like so wavy right now. Well, I have a lot of things happened. I got in the shower and had no conditioner, was out. And I was like, oh, man. So I shamp, and I shampooed it. So then I was like, fuck. It looks flowy as hell. Well, then it's like so naughty, you know? So I towel, dry it.

And then I'm like, do you blow dry it? No. Occasionally, if I'm going to something nice, but no way, I just go. So then I go, rip the, rip the, I almost said fork. Rip the comb through it. And then it was still soaking wet. So I threw a hat on. So it's

it's no conditioned hat. That's all right, brother. And then honestly, I had a hat on coming in here, and all that was in my head was J.D. texting us going, dude, let's stop wearing a hat, bro. Let the blow out. Yeah, but you don't have good flow right now. I know. And then I was like, oh, fuck. Look, all you literally have to do is take your, give me the hattie-rattie. Take your right hand and just do this. Is this that?

That's the hattie-rattie. Well, that's the hand with the cast. What is the hattie-rattie? What is that? Hattie-rattie. Hattie-Rat company in the game right now. Nice. Hattie-rattie. Look at this. I just figured it out, guys. Yeah.

Alex Lion Oh I was going to say something funny about him But you go first Alex Lion Is right now About to do something that another gentleman did Another gentleman named

Another gentleman Who made his first All-Star game in net At 33 years old Fuck And the very next year He won the Vezna Fuck

And then two years after that When he was 36 he won the Vesna again and a Stanley Cup some guys blossom late Tim Thomas and his name is Tim Thomas I fucking knew it I knew it was Tim Thomas unbelievable snipe Evan

His name is Tim Thomas Alex Lyon has been bounced around Not one not two Not three not four but five teams And now at 33 years old He has found his opportunity Just like Timmy T And he's going to raise Stanley Cup

Dude he what I was going to say is our boy Sully before tonight Alex Lyon had seven career or eight career playoff games and they were all against Boston across two seasons and Sully was like Alex Lyon has fucked the Bruins twice because this year he came in as the backup and turned the series around and beat the Bruins and his previous time against the Bruins he sucked so badly that they were lighting him up and that they pulled him and put in Brobrovsky and then we blew the perfect season. Dude I mean remarkable that Florida gave up on Brobowski they were like you stink Alex Lyon started and then Lyon was doing.

Portally against the Bruins and they went, let's just put in Bob. And then Bob was like this. Sup, I'm going to dominate and win you. Go to three straight cups and win you two. Yeah. No, I remember because I kind of gave a Bombarbowski too for a while. It's insane. It's great.

Gold-tending is such a fucking weird position. Like, yeah, of course anybody at the late stage of 33 or whatever can make a run. Of course. Why not? What a dinosaur is 33? Let's do it. Dan, what do you do if he gets lit up next game? I

nothing. Same. I think they, I think they'll go back. Absolutely. If he gets, if he gets stay pat.

Rung up like a pinball machine. Next game, don't do nothing. I bet they do that. I would yank him in game and be like this, take a break, dude, take a rest. But I absolutely still start.

He needs to get rung up two games in a row to give up on him. Because he's playing great. He's playing great. He's playing great. He's playing great. And the D is playing great in front of him. That is a huge.

huge factor to. And he's talking, Lindy's talking to the boys going, is he, are you comfortable? And they're going, yep. But I loved what I saw from Buffalo. You got to stay right on it. Heavy. Heavy dick. Stay right on it. I want a, I said, we said this about krill. I want a time, I kind of, it's Tage time for me, though. It's TNT a little bit, a little bit for me. He's the one that had that tough, it kind of, well, it was his fault. They had that tough turnover on the docketo where he just, he was stick handling, just lost it in the neutral zone. and then it's like, bam, down your throat. I just, he's not a ghost, but I'm now like, okay, let's go.

Start hammering in goals. Yeah. That would be, I don't know, dude, maybe you just save him for the conference final if you can get there without him. But I don't think you can get there without him. Yeah, I'm going to need a little bit. Tage, I need Tage to show up by at least game three for Buffalo to feel good. Yeah.

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going and it happened do they have an Afflack partnership are you joking you don't know about Ben Affquack no I don't know after every game Ben Affquack they hold a little duck and he hits bongos with his feet but is he the Affleck duck I don't think he's the Affleck duck I think he's Afkwack

I'm saying the Aflack duck and the Afkwack I don't think it, but you keep, but this doesn't have to do with Afflack. What is Aflap? I don't know. Are they insurance? It's insurance, yeah. Oh yeah, because if you're working. It's not, if you're hurt and you can't work.

It's not the insurance company. It's Ben Affquack. Like this is a Ben Affleck pun, not Affleck insurance. It's the pun, but it's not, they're not related to the insurance. But he's not a duck. The Aflack guy is a duck. But that's why he's named Ben Affquack. Because this version is a duck, you fucking boob.

You guys don't want to know how many. ducks, Affleck has been through. Okay. Here's Ben Afquack. There he is. I mean, that's the Affleck. No, that is Ben Afquack. Is that the little duck that they put his little Yeah, he plays bonooms. Yeah, it's

fucking cute as shit. Yeah. And I'll tell you what, they've only go through one. Whereas Aflack has some fucking feathers on there. Oh, yeah. Murdering ducks. Yeah, they've got some real bad. They're making duck confi for dinner every night. Yeah, it's a pita nightmare. Uh, torts, apparently.

Apparently, what was that video? Oh, the Apparently kid. Well, apparently. It's my first time on a roller coaster. God damn, that kid's cute. Apparently. And it went really fast, and apparently, I had a really good time. Apparently, that kid is like 25 now.

He probably older. They actually, I'm pretty sure they did a video. Yeah. And he is old and it was. They found him under the 405. Apparently, I'm unemployed. Apparently, I live under the 401. Apparently, fentanyl is found in most cocaine.

and apparently it's burning holes in my brain That's so fucked Oh, poor kid All right He's probably great He probably has a family I hope he's a family

Can we give the apparently If you're a hockey fan apparently Hit us up Please come on Apparently I'm a Ducks fan If he is an empty netter's fan If he's a fan If he's an empty notice fan

He is listening to this right now And he is either howling laughing Or he is like god damn Somebody get this to the apparently Somebody that knows us knows him. There is no question that an empty netter's listener knows that guy. And dude, you don't have to force it,

but if you are a hockey fan, you gotta come on. Yeah, you gotta come on. Apparently. Apparently, you gotta come on. Oh my God. All right. So, Ducks, apparently said to the boys after game one that even though Vegas won, he was like, we did not play well. We stunk, in fact. You guys were not good in game one. And all the players were saying that. They were like,

God, he told us we were off, we were watching film. He said, you guys played like a bag of dick. And you got to win. What happened? This? Oh, and then today I was afraid, because I thought to myself, man, Vegas is that scary team where they get a win without playing well. And then they come out, they get fucking by torts. And then they come out and roll. And I thought they got waxed again.

You know what happened is they got PTSD and torches yelling at them and they're just seeing butch. Oh, he went butch. He went full butch. Yeah. And they were like this, no, dude, he's back. And it just, they all just got, they got spooked. They went into their little shells Where they were losing all the time

Yeah And the duckies rolled He's gonna come back and be new torts Torts Torts you gotta be chill torts The Torts that's like I don't even have a contract past these playoffs We don't have time I'm chilling

It's fine It's fine Yeah that's probably the mistake there That's probably the mistake there Dan Because you don't need that I thought you were gonna say They liked it so much They were in a creepy way

They were like that was awesome How do we how do we see that guy? They need the torts aside I'm single baby I'm just here to chill Yeah, right. They, yeah, they need drunk torts. Yeah. Get him some booze.

He was just chill. He's in Vegas. I mean, there's booze everywhere. Easy to get booze. Yeah. I think torts did too well too fast. Yeah. And then he was like, wait a minute, I could get a contract next year.

And now he's in full. Yeah, he's like, what have I come? Regular season. Torts. And I'm like, no, no. Could it also just be the dose doll was on fire? Yes. Yeah.

So, okay, so early, though, even though, the ducks were really rolling right away in the first period. Rolling. The ducks. well, I guess I'll, well, I can just do this all right now. The ducks in the first period get a penalty by power play. And hold on. And then they got another one. And then they got two more.

Well, then Eichel hit someone in the face with a stick and get, I think it was granny, and gets a four burger, which gives the ducks a minute and a half five on three. And then a two and a half more of a power play. Yeah. And not only do they not get a shot on a minute and a half, five on three. Let me repeat that. They did not take a shot on a minute and a half five on three. They then proceeded to not score on the additional two and a half minutes of power play time.

I was like, oh, you have lost this game. I am so delusional about five on three. Me too. I watch that game and I go, you could put you, me, and Marty out there with two of the Ducks players. And we would score. Yep. That is how I feel. That is obviously wrong.

But if you don't score, the momentum goes all the way they're saying. It's a fucking disaster. I posted something like you simply have to execute here if you are the ducks. You are on away ice with a chance to even this series up

and you have had four power plays in the first period. You simply have to score. And they didn't. And I almost right then and there went the ducks have lost this game. Yes, dude. Because I was like, are you fucking kidding me?

You didn't score here? But then Vegas got a power play and the ducks killed it and I was like that was kind of the momentum shift deviated some of it yeah yeah after they didn't score on that I was like are you fucking kidding me Vegas almost scored a shorty

yeah Dan and here's here's one thing that I think and I am so guilty of this when I play so fucking tough talk from me but the on a five on three you feel the need to you go we should get a tap in here somehow we should get a backdoor like a bang bang boom yeah you're just waiting for that like yeah they only have three fucking guys

just pass it around until you have someone wide open back door. You're waiting for the perfect shot. Yes, and they don't shoot. And I think it was biz, but someone in the intermission was like, look at this penalty or this powerplay. And it was just them on the perimeter. And it was crazy perimeter stuff too. It was, you know, I, the overlap skate on the power play. Yeah.

I get it. It gets guys to shift. It opens up passing lanes more so sometimes than straight up passing it around. They did it way too much. And they were truly in. the tightest or not the tightest the widest circle you could possibly

imagine while staying in zone on a five on three and I was like what are you fucking guys doing and there were a couple times where biz didn't pause it but he was like right there Troy Terry needs to throw that on net there was also another one where they overlapped and the back door or no it was

someone came from the top of the umbrella and there was an overlap but it stayed at the top and the shift opened up granny wide or maybe it was Leo, but down below the dots. And I was like, oh my God, pass it right there instantly, either for a tapping or back

across the crease, and they didn't pass it, they held it. And I was just like, it was a bunch of fucking use out there. Yeah, yeah. It was just a bunch of people being like this one more pass. And I was like, fucking shoot the puck. And here's the fallacy. This is what I was going to say. On the five on three, you think, God, it's scary to shoot because it doesn't go in, they're going to ice it, and this five on three

time is so precious. But what you have to realize is if you shoot and you miss, and they get the rebound and clear it, if your goalie isn't moron. He just comes out and passes it right back up to you. And you can literally wheel around and get it. You get, there's no pressure to get it back in the zone on a five on three. Five on four, yes, it sucks because you go, fuck, they might break up our entry. Five on three, you just literally get it and skate into the zone. You were back in the zone in six seconds. I know. So I'm like,

fire the puck. And then good things happen. And if they get it out, you will be right back here. Especially when you have 90 seconds of a five on them. They don't have enough numbers to come back and try to score short-handed. Oh my God, dude. You can fire the puck. Absolutely. So that was a terrifying moment, which will lead me to this, I guess. The Ducks are now, now that this game is over, O for nine on the power play against Vegas. And I'm pretty sure there was a good Vegas PK stat against Utah, so they've been rolling there, so give them credit.

But don't forget, the Ducks were 50% against the O'Oers, 8 for 16 in that series, which is quite literally why they won that series. Correct. And if you go O for not, if you continue this, it will be quite literally why you might lose this series. Yeah. So that is, you know, that's, if you're the Ducks, You got the split in Vegas.

You are fucking fired up. The only thing you're coming home frustrated with is you go, we need to get that squared away immediately. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You get the people going and you're feeling real, real good. But I mean, I could feel the ducks in this one.

That's crazy news about the tort speech because you would think that would have fired them up. I know. It turns out it spooked him. Spooked him. And, you know, you know, it's. Going into this two-game stretch in Anaheim, if you're the Ducks, you've got to feel exactly how you felt against Edmonton. Yes. Was there a split in Edmonton?

Yes. Yeah. And then they won both. Oh, right. Yeah. You've got to feel the exact same way. Because do you think they need both, though, or do you go? No.

No. But I think you now know, just like last series, we can do this. You are just as good as this team through two games. And they feel like they got robbed in game one. Yeah. So if you're the ducks and you come home, I think you're fucking... Feeling good? You're horny.

Yeah. You're flying V. I think you come into Anaheim horny. Yeah. You come into Anaheim horny, ready to play on a Friday night and a Sunday. Like, that's exciting. Crowd is rocking weekend vibes. Yeah.

Dude, I might go to a game just for fucking fun. Yeah, dude. Not even related to this job. I love that, dude. Like, they're, they're probably on the plane right now. They're going to sleep in their own beds tonight. Yep. They're going to have a nice day of practice tomorrow, easy skate.

Work on power play the whole time. They're in Southern California. Might hit the beach. And you're laughing. Dude, I was supposed to say my guy, but he's our guy, but he's my guy, too. Beckett, Seneca, getting a goal. Just, I mean, the kid is incredible. I love when there's the really young kids.

You'll remember this from early Sid days, Ev, when they just can't, they have no beard. they just can't grow like that just their face they had this tiny little face a little tiny face fuse look at a little tiny face boy I still have them

and yeah you never grew up and Beckett tucks one off an incredible forecheck truly it was great play by everyone on the ice incredible incredible past by our dog

our lord and savior Jeffrey Vial I think it's VL how do you say VL or Vial I think it's VL Jeffrey VL and it was like

in the air because like it had to get over Marner and then it kind of landed on Beckett's sick on edge but he still got enough of it to get it in. He's the best player in the world. Just a greasy grimy but a greasyy but also tick-tac-toe goal and man this made me laugh about just life in pro sports. Shit comes out you fast, you know, Mitch Marner, great play in the Utah OT or the, yeah, the Utah OT and then Unreal Game One where I'm like, oh shit, Marner's doing everything. And then it was

kind to him. That was his, Beck, it's his guy on that, on that rush. Like, he's a little bit of sleep here. And it's just so funny where you go, God, Marna's awake, Vegas is incredible. And then the next night, they're like, Marner blue is coverage, Vegas lost. I'm like, fuck, dude. It's hard, it's hard to always be in the good graces of the fans and the media. It's true. Can I throw something crazy at you? Can I, can I do a take? Yep. Yeah. A take question. Yes. if you go back three years and you

are Kyle Davidson okay do you take Leo Carlson number one overall over Connor Bardard uh yes because I wrote down when they when Leo scored which is

another great play by everybody who had the assists on that cried her maybe cried's in somebody cried satir to to Leo? Yes I don't look at that

So Crat satir to Leo Yeah And so it's just a great play By the line Which You know I think we saw

On the Lecombe Miss in game one More sublime skill From Leo Than that literal goal Which was just him Like hammering He had to play in the neutral zone

But then it was just him Hammering it in But dude If you watch his game If you have the luxury Of watching a Ducks game And you just take a couple shifts Out of your night

Truly Next time you watch a duck's game Take a couple shifts out of your night And just ISO can Leo, he might be all-time good. I knew he was really good, but there's a chance now where I'm now thinking we're talking all-time Hall of Fame. He is so good. And so is Connor Baderd. Yep. I'm not going to, I'm sorry, I did not mean to bring up in Conner-Badard conversation.

No, but it's, I bring him up as to emphasize how good Leo is. This is a compliment to Conrad. The fact that it is a question, I believe it is a question. Yeah. It is a testament to how good Connabdard is and Leo Carlson is. Leo is disgusting, man. And the fact that he is what, 20? I mean, is he, is he 19? Maybe he's 20. I think he's 21. He's 21. He's 21. Yeah, he is 21. He sucks. He's terrible. But dude, he's like 6-3-21. He's a brick shit house. and he's just so fucking good. And if you're the ducks, it's like you feel like you've got

a fucking other gets laugh here. Yeah. It's just unbelievable. Man, it's awesome. It's really awesome to see what he's doing. The, oh yeah. God, that's a horny feeling. I wanted to say, dostall, you brought this up earlier.

Unfortunately for him. Actually, that last play was kind of funny because Ikel, I didn't, let me see if I can track it. That was a sick, dude, that was a sick shot between legs or it was either between legs or it was between a leg and a stick and then Mark Stone somehow Phantom got a tip like that there's nothing do stahl can do also there's five seconds left like people are kind of just being like whatever let Ikel shoot this so yeah what I was going to say is Ikel okay so yeah that must have been a second do you get a shot if someone tips it wow what a great

question I don't know you do not get a shot on that interesting because Mr. Stone gets a shot on it yeah yeah that's funny um so Ike that funny well you just think like I fired it on net. Yeah, the one who shoots doesn't get the shot if it gets tipped. Yeah. It's just kind of funny, right? You're like, I just fired it on. That's like, it is. Okay, I'll give you that it's funny, but it obviously makes sense. Oh, of course. Yeah. You know what I always think is a bummer? That if you shoot it and hit the post, you don't get a shot on net. I think post should count as safes. And I think that that is a stupid thing for me to say. Well, Dan, you maybe weren't here. I think this maybe was the day you weren't here and it

was just Evan and I, but I said, uh, I said that because. Oh, you agree. Because I think most of the time If you hit the post though It's because a goal he was in the right position Where I was like I gotta get it past him The goalie forced you to shoot it why But you then you missed the net Correct no it's I see why it's not a shot on goal

Right I think it shouldn't be a shot on goal But should be a safe I mean it quite literally is a shot What? What? Oh actually Agree Oh you call it a save Yeah I kind of like that That would pump save percentages

It would yeah yeah Not that bad. There's not that many posts. Well, I mean, yeah, but think about a three posts are hitting a game and there's 30 shots. You get 33 saves and on 30 shots, your saber's just fucking out of control. That's what I'm saying. That's funny. You're getting juice, dude. It's unbelievable.

So Ikel, there was a stretch in the game where they're like, Jack Eichel is a dash one and only has one shot. And it's interesting to me, Dan, where you go before that, whatever that Utah swing game was, when you said, I need Eichol to just go out there and shoot the fucking puck. they go, I could have seven shots today with 11 shot attempts and led the team. And then they win. And I'm like, and then today he has no shots and they're getting murdered. Yeah, yeah. I'm with you, dude, where it's like, dude, I don't know what to tell you. And I know this isn't your preference of the way to play, but you need to carry the puck into the zone and fire it. Yeah. And every time it gets to you're sick, you need to not be backing into the half wall like you do where you're always making

great plays. Yeah. You need to be crossover, crossover to the slot, fire it. But you are Nathan McKinnon now. You are Nathan McKinnon. I know. There's a famous story. Fuck, I forget what coach it is, but there's a famous story from, like, in the 80s where a dude on their team gets conked,

and he's sitting out a few shifts, and the coach looks at the trainer, and he's like, how is he? And he's like, oh, dude, not good. Like, I don't know if he can play. And he's like, well, we need him. You know, it's the 80s. Like, I don't even know what a concussion is.

Did he say, it's the 80s? No, he went, put him, he's got to play. Yeah. And the trainer said, well, he doesn't even know he is. And the coach goes, good, tell him he's Gretzky. Which is incredible. And that's what I think you need to do to Jack and just go like this.

Hey, dude, you are Nathan McKinnon. Just wheel through the zone, wheel through the new zone and fire. What's funny is I feel like if you told Jack that he'd be like this, I'm better than I know, but I'm just saying you need to be Nathan. I need you to shoot like that. I need you to shoot. But so barring that. But oh yeah, so why didn't bring that up? That being said, nice for him and Stone to see that go in with five seconds left. Irrelevant goal, but just that shit matters and it won't discourage dostel but I feel bad that he didn't get the shutter but just a great game from a guy who has been you know the third worst goalie in playoffs yes of after around I think that was a necessary performance yeah that was really because game

one was very good and you know obviously there was a couple of bummer plays but game one was very good that game was obviously great but yeah right now if someone's feeling cocky in this series and I don't mean cocky in the negative way I mean cocky and like you're you got a stiff cock. Yeah. It's the ducks. Because game one was closer, right? Yeah.

You know ducks have a corkscrew penis. Yeah, it's really violent looking. Yeah. I don't like it. Dolphins have weird penises too. Yeah. Well, we learned today that their dolphins are kamikazis in the war effort. What other animals do you think have weird peepees?

I think a wolf has a hook penis, right? Hmm. Yeah. I mean, I can tell you right now from experience my dog's got a weird dick. Yeah. For sure. Hoodle dick? What are you getting me?

Yeah. Poodledick, great. And then Eagles do that weird mating ritual. What is that? Anyway. Where they lock talents and they begin mating and then they spiral towards the ground and they only separate. When one nuts? If they consummate.

And if not, they die. They suffer death by hard ground. Is that why they're going extinct? Yes. Because they can't come fast enough? They're trying to fuck. But they're too much of, no, there's too much of stallions in the bed. Dude, this was me in my 20s.

We need to increase your altitude, soldier. Yeah. Dude, you meet a chick. That's his pickup line. She goes, do you want to fuck? And he goes, you probably need to go a bit higher. And she's like, no, you go like this. You go like this.

Let's go to the top bunk because I fuck like an eagle. Yeah. And if she gets it, marry her. She gets that reference, you put a ring on the finger. That is incredible. Yeah. Oh. Holy shit.

So the ducks should feel good is what we're saying. Yes, ducks should feel very good. And I also, Evan, I think the duck should feel excited about the opportunity to do what they did in round one. Yeah, they stole a game in fucking Vegas. Of course. That's great. And they stole a game emphatically. Yeah.

They really won that game. They almost got a shut out. Yes. Yeah. And they gave us an empty netter. They gifted us another empty net. And we love them for that. The power play's not even going.

Yeah. Imagine if the power play starts going at home. And dude, Cutter had that one wide open net, which he hammered into it. And then Hanifin ate it. Yeah. Dude, actually, to finish that thought, those are moments where you're going, see, there are more goals on the table. You know, we're fine. We're getting huge chances. There were two funny ones for me tonight. Dahlene ate one early in the first period, I think, and kind of went to the tunnel. I was actually worried for a second. He took it in the back of the leg.

And then in this game, in the disaster five-on-three extended power play, the ducks were getting nothing. And you can tell you know how the guys on the flanks always get antsy when a power play is not getting shots where they go. the next time this puck comes to me, I am hammer-fucking a one-timer, no matter what. Cutter was standing on the side after they'd just been thinking it around the perimeter for 90 seconds, and it comes to him, and he just uncorks one, and it just derils Crider. Oh, yeah, I did see that. He'd literally go. He's like, God. Jesus, dude.

I'm right here. I was like, oh, my God. I literally was like, so just to be clear, you wasted a minute and a half five on three, and a double miner for Jack Eichler, one of their best beginning of the killers. And all that happened was you killed Chris Kreider. What a power play, boys. Jesus, Phil won the game.

That was fucking hilarious. Yeah, they won the game. They won the game. Holy shit. Yeah, I think you're feeling great. And Vegas, I think you are, you're totally fine. This is a veteran group. They can win on the road.

They've proven they can win on the road. And let's not forget after three games against Utah. they went down to one and we were like, they're dead. Yeah. And then they proceeded to never lose again. Yeah. So if there is a team that had a series in round one that makes them feel so comfortable being uncomfortable, it is Vegas. Yeah.

And this is also a biz comment, but. Nice job. Thank you. Before the third, Biz said, man, it's only one nothing. You've missed all these power plays. Vegas is not a team you want to leave hanging around. And tonight, the ducks did. But I fear that they will consistently kind of let them hang around.

So I also, Chris, think that you're not going to win another game that you go, Ofer on the power play. I'm kind of with you, unless Vegas doesn't get a lot either. Yeah. It's kind of one of those games. Even still, just because of the way they performed against Utah and because of who they are, I don't think you're going to win that game again. Yep.

Because by the way, this is going to getting swept under the rug in this whole situation. You get a Beckett. goal, which is an incredible from behind the goal line pass out front. Yeah. And it's, you know, what are you going to do? And then you get the Leo nice, another tick-tac-toe hammer goal and then an empty-netter. Carter Hart also played great. You know what I mean?

We talked about after game one. Carter Hart played great. Yeah, we talked about game one. Oh, man, Carter Hart looked awesome. That could be trouble. It wasn't like Dostel had a great game. And Carter Hart turned into a pumpkin. Yeah.

You were not getting a lot past Carter Hart still. Also, shout out Carter Hart. Really cool mask. Really cool mask. Tombstone. Yeah, that was sick. Oh, yeah. A fucking, what a great movie.

Wyatt was pumped about it. Yeah. Yeah. The old man, dude, making an appearance on the mask. Yeah. Can we close out this episode and talk about Star Fox? Uh, he did character. Yeah.

Yeah, sure. What happened with Star Fox? Star Fox is being re-released, I think. Well, Glenn Powell's in the, Star Fox is in the new, new, the Mario movie. Oh, there's a movie. But the Star Fox video game, like a new one's coming out. What, the N-64 game? It's, I don't think it's our, it's our, I,

I'm almost certain it's not a remake. It's like, Evan, you have a computer. Will you look up new Star Fox video game? Absolutely. Thanks. But a bunch of graphics have come out. I just sent you guys them. Graphics by that, I mean little videos of it.

And I think it looks sick. And Chris, as you know, I'm a big Star Fox fan. I mean, Stu is going to be losing his fucking line right now. And the internet is making fun of it. and they're putting up this photo of the like cracked out it's like a meme of like a cracked out fox

like sitting on a stool you know that meme? No. You sounding it to me though? I'm going to try to find it yeah I mean the side by sides are sick because it's literally shot for shot it just looks cooler that's what I'm saying it looks sick doesn't it?

But I'm just going to see the game simply titled Star Fox is a ground up remake of Star Fox 64 known in some regions as lilat wars some people call star foxes like look at I think I think fox looks sick yeah he does okay right he looks cool he looks cool he looks cool he's got a little mohawk

and then people are putting this guy on him and they're going my king what have you done what have they done to you and I'm like he doesn't look that that bad he doesn't look that bad so I don't like I don't like the shit talk I don't like and I'm sure no one likes this segment well I just

Well, there's some nerds. Actually, every time we nerd out about stuff, people love it. I mean, I remember this game was so fucking fun. It was so fucking fun, Evan. And I think my only quam was that you never really got out of your, and by really, you never got out of your plan. Oh, sick. It was strictly a plane game.

And then Chris always says, really, you know how in Mario Kart, you could do the dogfight version where, like, you're just in, like, that battle version. of the three-blades. Yeah. It was crazy that you couldn't do a battle version and dogfight each other in StarVox. No, it was all missions. Yeah, it was all missions. It was a sick mission. It was a sick mission.

Fight and Andros, dude. You'll never defeat. Oh, yeah, I remember that. I remember Andros, I failed you. And then he dies. There's fresh cutscenes. It appears that it is just a remake of all the same levels for Twitch. Like, look at this.

Like, that's just the first level. Yeah, even with the planes flying in from the left side. Yeah. And that feels like a bummer. Like, why not just make a new Starfax scene? But this is because what we talked about with Lawler today, Nintendo needs to step their shit up and make a new fucking console. Dan, this says, um,

challenge mode allows you to replay levels with new objectives that are found in the main campaign. And battle mode, meanwhile, sees you going head to head against players on Team Star Wolf via online battles, dogfighting. That is. Yes. Dude, we're into it. Star Wolf, I always wish we could have turned him.

Me too. He would have been a good, a powerful ally. Falco is too bird-like. I don't love the feet. That is awful. I hate him. I don't even like his wings. Dude, he doesn't look like that.

How is he operating a plane with those wings? In the thing you sent me, he doesn't look like that. In the video, the tweet, in the video there, he's just chill. He's a full-on bird. Oh, man, this is D.S. I don't know what the fuck that is. This is terrible. We got a sub-talking about Star Fox.

Fuck. Guys, we've got one game tonight. Cains Flyers, game three, in Philly. Philly crowds, got to bring it. Cates out for all of round two. It's fucking huge. Cates is officially rolled out for the rest of round two, which is fucking brutal. That makes me really sad.

But Philly fans, got to bring it. Got to stay alive. Maybe give the Keynes their first loss. Cains, just keep on rolling, baby. Jarvie, stay hot. That's going to do it for this episode. Love you guys. This is so fun.

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