Empty Netters Podcast - Pasta Is An All Time Bruin, McDavid Put The Oilers On His Back & Stank Dropped The Gloves??

Episode Date: November 13, 2025

The boys take their quick shifts through the hockey news covering all the action. Stankoven drops the gloves. McDavid is putting the team on his back. Pasta got his 400th. The Ducks and Bruins are shocking everyone. Global Series is about to start. The Sharks vibes are back. And the Kings and Rags suck on the road. The Professors are back with Dr Locks to give you your weekend bets. Dan goes conspiracy theory crazy again. And what’s the connection nearly stumped Chris. NEW EPISODES EVERY TUESDAY & THURSDAY! Watch full episodes, shorts, and clips right here on YouTube. Listen to the podcast on Spotify or anywhere you get your pods. Subscribe & follow Empty Netters everywhere: YouTube: / @emptynetters Instagram: @EmptyNetters TikTok: @EmptyNetters X: @EmptyNetters 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. 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.

Finish tonight with some chicken fingers and a few guineasas is, right into you guys. That's where this pod came to life. Ice is ready, and we are back with another episode of the N-E-E-Rexam. Nettors podcast, brought to you by BetMGM. I'm your host, Dan Powers on the sticks, the Irish wonder. Sean Buff, baby. That was nice. Yeah, you like it?

Yeah, that's pretty good. And then to my left, the guy you're hearing right now, he's in his 30s, but during the holiday season, he wears a Santa hat and Grinch, pajama pants almost every single day. Chris Powers. Because they keep it warm. As always. Have you thought about upgrading? No.

Why not? Because why would I? Because you look dumb. Or cool and childlike. Childlike wonder. Childlike wonder. Not the negative connotation of Peter Pan, the positive whimsy of Peter Pan. The positive whimsy of Peter's.

You know what I'd like from you? To keep the Grinch pants but put a little more effort into matching. And maybe ditch the Santa hat. How about we get you, uh, A cap, like a nightcap. That's great. You want to talk old, dude? Yeah, you should lean into a 1950s Christmas character.

I have that posture. Yeah, you do. You're a broken bent man. Yep. The bent, the bent. Sean, do you know this about Chris's back? No. He's got scoliosis so bad.

And I want you to start trying to pay attention to it. If you ever walking behind him and he's walking, you'll see, he like, he like weirdly swings. Like our friends in the hockey world As we've been on the road together Like what's going on with him Like a Saturday night fever thing Is the 100% yes That is exactly what it is

The only way I can walk It's insane You're broken What was that lady's name in Hillhouse Bent lady? Bent neck lady Yeah yeah yeah That's you

That's me Bent neck CP We've got a big episode Lots to talk about We're ripping through the hot ice As yush So let's dip right into it I want to talk about two plays real quick

Two plays that you flagged. Yes, sir. First one, you got a lot of texts about a little scrap. A little scrap by the stank man. You know I love the stank man. I always have, always will. Correct. He's a friend of the program.

And this is the first time that the stank man had a little stank. Dude, he got in a fight. Had a little stank, dropped the gloves. Here's what I love. You saw it, I assume. Do you see the whole? I did see it. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I. So, so Freddie goes behind. Freddy tries to play the puck. Try to play the puck again. Yeah. I think Dowd actually hits Freddie. Yeah. And then there's a shoving match. And it's one of those like, I'm shoving you because I'm pushing, you hit my goalie.

Yeah. But I don't want to fight. I just want you to go. Like, hey man. Back on. And I want everyone to go, he did something. Yeah. Forget who was the first into the fray for the canes there.

But then Freddie comes in. Throwing block. And I'm like, okay. And then it goes. And then Vervari is kind of bullying Jackson Blake, who's also. Small guy. I love Jackson Blake. Yeah.

We need to protect Jackson Blake. And our goalies. There's a lot of people. Protect our goalies, protect Jackson Blake. There are a lot of people who need protection in this scenario for you personally. Protect our coaches. Protect Rod. What?

No, Rod is the one coach that doesn't need protection. Every other one we do need to protect. Yeah. And then dude, Stank comes flying in. I forgot to write down Farivari's height. I think he's like 6-2 though. Yeah. Stank 5-8.

Throwing haymakers. Yeah. And, dude, he comes out bleeding everywhere. And my favorite part is he goes like this. And I don't think he was trying to do anything crazy, but he goes. Oh, yeah. Because his hair was everywhere. And he literally takes like blood.

It's like, uh, uh, jango, jango on chain. Oh, yeah. He went Leo. He went full Leo. That's like, oh, Carrie Washington on himself. And, uh, the bench, the bench is always fired up after a fight, but holy shit. Everyone was over the side. Fucking stack man.

Yeah. You dog. And I got to tell you, the canes were down for one nothing when it happened. Immediate 4-1 dummying. Boom. I thought, I really thought that was going to turn the tide. Yeah. And I'm sad that he doesn't get to say, dude, I fought.

And then we won 10 to 1. Yeah. But don't let anyone take that from you, Stank. Incredible fight. And I knew. I always knew he had that scrap. And postgame, he was like, I kind of liked it. So was his first, guarantee it won't be his last.

and steak sick taps from us buddy hell of a hell of a fight you really love to see it uh here's a question is there anyone in the league who has never been in a fight for sure who who has had like a long career um i wonder if that's googleable uh but if you wanted to make me guess i would say like i i'm going to pick i'm about to be a sizest uh oh now but i was good going to say like, has Matt Grizzlick ever been in a fight? A defenseman is a chance, I would say. Probably not, but like maybe. But like, did Cam Atkinson get in a fight?

I bet. He's scrappy. He is scrappy. Not that Gris isn't scrappy. Small guys are scrappy. Grizzlick is playing so well, by the way. I know. I'm fucking fired up for him.

It's unbelievable. We'll find that out. I'll find that out of our fights. But Stank is no longer on that list because he stood up for his boys. He protected our goalies. And he protected Jackson Blake. And I did want to say, Freddie kind of got, that was kind of his fault. He misplated.

He went back for it. And I'm like, dude, you, you, you are out of the net, sir. And you're trying to play a puck. And doubt, I don't think hit you with any malice in his heart. And then, and then it also wasn't even that big of a fight. Like, I actually think Freddie should answer for a lot of that. So speaking of Freddie, speaking of fights, Trent Frederick got in a big fight in the Oilers game against the Blue Jackets, which

led to another sick play that we want to talk about. Yes. But I do want to give stick taps to Trent Frederick for getting fire under the boys' ass. Thank you, Freddie. Because the Oilers were losing 4-1. 3-1 at the time. Were they down 4-1 at one point?

No, because it was McDavid 3-2, 4-2. 4-2. David 4-3. He got both. He brought him back twice. Losing 3-1. Freddie gets in a big fight. McDavid then scores just putrid spinorama backhand top cheddar goal.

Classic Patrick King. Yes. What I loved about the goal is McDavid is so fast and we've seen him beat defense men with these like hez-go moves that they fall down. They look like children playing with him. And this one was the,

he'd been out there for a long time. This is the very end of his shift. So he picks it up, but it's one of those you want to just dump it, but you kind of have a two-on-two. So he's like, well, I guess I should just just go. But even that move, it was because he was tired. Like he went and he's like, I'll just cut

this way. I'll cut back to the middle. I'll stop and spin because I just got to like, I can't beat this guy wide. Yeah. And it couldn't have drawn it up better, dude. And I will say, dude, after the comments he made and we brought it up, he was yelling at Bush and he's saying, you know, we need to fucking try harder. And then I remember looking up and going, because he hadn't scored yet. And it was three one blue jackets. And I was like, they're dead. Yeah. He's leaving. He's going to leave before the Olympics. Yeah. If this is the energy they're going to give the night after he gives that speech. And that statement by going not only will I score twice to pull us back to a goal, keep us in the game, let us get the OT win, but I will also do that was just vintage.

So we're not going to spend any time talking about the Oilers. We did that last episode. Yep. But everything you just said. This guy, you know what? I'm going to liken this to. Remember when Jimmy Butler was on the Bulls And he was motherfucking The entire team and organization And then he like challenged every player On the team at practice And he fucking dunked on everyone He played with the backups

And he was like, you guys suck This feels honest to God What McDavid is doing It feels like that I know, dude He's looking at this team going What is it going to take for you Plugs to start playing?

Help me help me So he puts the team on his back Truly and gets them this win. And I do also want to say, it's like he scored that goal, that highlight real goal. And he kind of just turned around. He was like, come on. Because they're losing still.

He's like, let's go, dude. I'm like, holy shit. And then after the game, he's, I love how he said. He goes, I mean, we're never out. We're never out of these games. That's kind of been our thing for a long time. And that's true. But I'm like, it's their whole season.

It's because of you. And yeah, he just, he seems a little fed up. And I also will say before we move on, Columbus Blue Jackets. You cannot lose that game. Correct? Like that, you are,

the Oilers were short-handed when they tied that game with less than a minute left. Yeah. You cannot lose that game. And they, you know, they are in a tough spot.

The Blue Jackets, they're in this weird spot where it's like, you can feel your season hanging in the balance. A lot of teams. I mean, frankly, God, it's very close in,

it's closer in the east, But still, these are dangerous times, my friend. It is. Very dangerous. Moving to the West and a team that we, what, dude, what? You're going to ruin the flow. Did you think he should have fallen? Oh, the defenseman? Yeah.

I mean, you can't fall. People texting me like, greatest move ever, and I'm like, he tripped. Oh, I don't. I mean, listen, McDavid's movement makes him trip on himself. For sure. So I'm like, I'll give McDavid credit. but I don't think it was a true ankle break. I think it was like a he clipped himself a little bit, but dude, you fell.

You can't fall. You can't fall. You cannot be falling. You cannot be falling. Okay, go on. To a team that we kind of pee-p-wacked a little while ago, I said that they were dangerously close to being on fraud watch about six or seven games ago. They then won that game I was talking about, which you're welcome. The Dallas Stars. Dallas Stars is a team that we've been like, what are you doing?

Yep. And remember last year when we got frustrated with the Stars? They're a frustrating group. Dude, they've lost like 10 games to end last season. I think it was literally they lost six straight to end last season. For being one of the top teams in the league, God, Stars fans. I love you guys. Can't wait to come down to the hangar.

But you guys must be pulling your hair up all the time. But yeah, I think it's something like 10 points of their last 11 possible. The team's on fire. And they're right behind the abs. second in the cinch. Yep. I would say, and second to second, there are three points clear of the Jets.

They're four back of the aves, so they're not up their ass, but seven one and two in their last 10. So they have righted the ship. Rantanin has been incredible. So, you know, you are happy about that. Wyatt Johnson's pumping in goals. You're happy about that.

Miro looks great. Robos. God, Miro looks good. Robos producing. He's not scoring the way. I don't give a fuck. He's got 17. points in 17 games.

This is him. He's an 82 to 100 point guy. Well, is he an 82 guy? Yes. No, you mean, that's what I'm saying. Regularly. Because I would say JD, and obviously long listeners remember that whole saga between JD and us and Robo, but JD's take was kind of, it's never, it wasn't that he was

going to stop producing points. It was that he's not the goal score that you all think because that year he had, what was it, 40, right? I think so. He was saying a lot of those, he got some nice bounces that year. God, he had 42 in a row and 35 last year. But my point being, he's got four goals this year. Yeah.

So I think you'd like, if you're Dallas, if you're a Dallas stand and a Robo stand, you're going, fuck, he should have eight. I hear you. Not that this is a, well, this kind of is the issue where I was headed, though. My only knock on the stars in this great run is a bit what we beat the, what it was for two episodes ago, Miko Ratanin, minus six, Wyatt Johnson, minus five. Miro Heiskinin minus three. Rupa Hintz minus three. Thomas Harley minus eight. These are your best players getting dummied five on five. And Dallas themselves, 52 goals, 45, 45, stars minus one, Jets plus 10, ducks plus 14. All the good teams have a very positive double-digit goal differential. And the stars are minus one. They give up too many

goals. And you want to talk about my boy, who I said would win the Vezna this year. I sure do. 289 goals against 8.96, say a percentage. So is there a chance that the Dallas Stars have a leaky problem? Right now. I still don't think they are, I don't think he's leaky. I don't think it's an issue. But right now, if Stars fans are going, how do you like us now?

I'll go, you're a little leaky still. Yeah, like Moose is a minus 6, Wyatt's a minus 5, Miro's a minus 3, Rupaa, a dash 3, Harley a dash eight. That's what I just said. I'm reiterating. I'm just saying like, what are you guys doing? Like those are your best guys?

Why are you letting in so many goals? Dude, this is actually crazy, Dan. Why are they doing that? And you know, it goes to show this is a wild leak because at the end of the day, they're doing well.

And Otter, you just, you read his stats, Otter's seven, three, and two. Like, they only have four dudes who aren't

and dash on their roster. They're leaky, they're a leaking ship. They're the Edmund Fitzgerald. What happened to that ship? Is that the whole name of the ship? Come on, Sean. Look up the Edmund Fitzgerald for me. It's a ship.

Pretty sure that it did something cool, but did it sink? Titanic. Why didn't you go Titanic? Because Titanic wasn't leaky, I think. Titanic was a chance that the Edmund Fitzgerald is just sick. Okay. An American freighter that sank in Lake Superior during a storm, a November 10th, 1975.

Lots of all 29 crew members. Damn. So Edmund Fitzgerald's leaky. Isn't there a song about the Edmund Fitzgerald? Maybe. Maybe. That, you know when you just ran? Yeah, I don't know.

John is all over it right now. Gordon Lightfoot, wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Yeah. What happened to my brain just? That's crazy. How did I just pull the Edmund Fitzgerald out of the clouds? Never heard of that in my life? I'm so glad it sank.

Could you imagine if I, if the Edmund Fitzgerald was like old iron sides and I just called it leaky? We need the Dallas Stars to be more like Old Ironsides. Less like the Edmund Fitzgerald. But right now I would say they were Fitzgerald.

And you know what's crazy? I do want to say because I know Stars fans are going to yell at us in a loving way. They are without Dutchie, without Jamie Ben, without Nils Lindquist. So they've been doing really well

with some key, especially Dutchy in the production. I know, yeah. I do want to say you feel pretty sick if you're a team like the Dallas stars and you've got a goalie like Jake Ottinger and you're like, we are not playing well defensively

and our star goalie is not playing as well as he can and we're still doing this good. This is what I mean about Dallas all the time. I say this about them all the time. This is the greatest roster in the league. Can you imagine if they eventually let it click? Have we ever seen them let it click? Only for stretches and never in playoffs.

Also, can you do me favor? No. Spin that hat around because it's so sick and I want the fans to be able to see it. and you look great in it. It's a lot of shadows. It is, okay,

now they've seen it, you can turn it back around. I'll keep going back. Cool. Okay, sweet. So stars are buzzing. They deserve a little double-rister,

but patch it up. Dude, I had a, the thing that we're about to talk about. Yeah. I was, as I was looking up the ranking of that all the time, actually just say it,

so then I can tell the stat without. having to try to hide it. Say what? Say what we're, go to our next topic. The next topic is a team that is streaking. Yep. And they're going down from the quad down to the gymnasium.

Yep. And there was actually so while we were putting this together last night, there were two active seven game win streaks, the Bruins, because they had already won and the ducks, but they were playing. They were playing against the ass night. They were going to be eight game win streak or this over. And they did lose. They did lose.

Played really well, though. It was one one. Carlson tied it up. He's a machine. The a abs are a buzz saw. The abs are Malibucelli. They are a buzz saw. So I wanted to say, I wanted to ask you questions about the Bruins and the ducks,

but even before that, quick avs tangent. I see Carlson go 1-1, and then the avs score again as I was doing some of the outline stuff, and I refresh. Yeah. And it's like, Landy. And I was like, oh, nice. And then it said, oh, no. Yeah, first goal.

And I was like, oh, Landy hasn't scored yet. Yeah. Like even Johnny Pays has three. Yeah. Hey, he relaxed. He's 25 again. Yeah, he's 25. So, but Landy's get 25 again.

Landy hasn't played in 10 years. No, no, no, no, no. Yeah. Landy didn't go get his mind right. Landy's not all jacked up on Mountain Dew and ayahuasca. Landy has actually dark thoughts. He's like, this could go away in any moment. Landy is Shadow from Homeward Bound.

Yeah. He came home. Yeah, but he's still hot. He's old. He's old, dude. He's actually not old. I don't know. That's what sucks.

He's got old knees. So this is what rattled me. Dan just thinking about it. Yeah. He had four goals. He's playing. He's succeeding in. Sure.

He had four assists. Now he has one goal and four assists. Yeah. And I think I had Hollywoodified this season for him. Yeah. But I think maybe we all did. Because he looked, he looked relevant in the playoffs, in the playoffs, which is way harder than what he's doing now.

I got to take. So disappointed? Or are you just like, listen, dude, he's 30 going on 80 and this is his life. And I'm sorry this happened to him, but he is not a relevant player anymore. this is not relevant. I think two things. Well, three. Number one, how dare you?

Number two, I think the reason the abs are a buzzsaw is because he's back in the room. Oh, yes. He could have zero points, and he is relevant because clearly what his presence does for this group and this team

and particularly Nate makes them a Stanley Cup winning team. When was the last time Landy played on this team for a full season? They won the cup. They won the cup. I don't care if he is a dash 50 and has zero points. His existence with this group is what makes them a great buzzsaw. And also, my third point, I think he's saving it.

I think he knows exactly what he needs to do for this team. He's doing it. If he gets a goal here and there, great. Yeah, bonus. But the second they get to the dog days of the season, And then the playoffs, he's going to turn it on. He knows what's going on with his knee. That thing is held together with Elmer's glue, scotch tape, and toothpicks.

And he's going like this. Easy. Easy. Easy. Early in the season. We're in first place. He's a smart man, dude. He's a Swedish god and he is saving it.

Your first point is the correct one because Nate no longer has to speak. I think in the past, Nate, they've been, like, things will happen in the locker and and everyone goes, look to date. He's like, what? I don't even think of it. that. Honestly, I think it's more Chris. They shit happens. They come in the locker room and Nate, like everyone comes in and they go,

here we fucking go. And Nate just starts going crazy. And now Nate comes in and takes a deep breath and Landi goes, shut up. Stop, stop. Stop. And he's like, you're right. And then he saves. Landy hands out candid, everybody. He goes, eat it. Be happy. Everyone's good. Eat some Skittles. This is incredible. So that's what's happening. You think Nate gets five points on fucking Sunday if he's too tired. He's gone. He's exhausted himself from screaming. Yep. You're so right. Okay. Hey, Dan, ducks, uh, ducks previously streaking.

Bruins streaking. Who finishes? And, and right now, dude, they are literally, the ducks are first in the Pacific with 23 points. Sure. And the Bruins are second in the Atlantic with 22 points tied with the haves with more games, but same amount of points to the habs. Absolutely. Who finishes with more regular season points?

Ducks are Bruins. I believe the ducks will. Um, but I, I, listen, we, we've stroked off the ducks a lot this season. Some people calling us a California podcast. Yeah. Which is true. We are literally in California. I live here.

So you're right. I guess. We got to talk about the Bruins. We have not talked about the Bruins all year. I know. After being accused of being a Boston podcast. True. It's all cyclical.

Yeah. Correct. The Bruins are in, okay, ready? Yep. We, in our previews, I was like, they're going to miss playoffs, but everything's going to go positive. I thought there's really positive vibes with this group. And that maintains.

Correct. That's the truth. How good God. How viby is this team. I think so far, 18 games in, Don Sweeney deserves a massive. I don't want to say apology, but like the leash is getting longer. Yes, absolutely. I mean, absolutely.

After certain moves, like people love some of the early moves in the office. and then didn't love some of the later moves in the offseason. But, like, things just look really, really strong. And Marco Sturm. Yep. New coach bump, for sure. But also, there have been some cool videos of him getting fired up in the locker room. The boys really responding.

We've talked about Zedorov and, you know, he's got a number of plays now. Like, with his little scrap mix up with Max Domi, which we'll get to, his situation with Schaefer, then his hit on Matthews, blah, blah, blah. but like the leadership role that he is so clearly taken. He's embracing the Z. Yeah, yeah. Remember he was like, don't call me Z. Yeah, I'm not big Z, but I'm like, you might be.

Well, you are, you are. But, man, pasta doing his thing yet again, scored 400, which we'll get to. I know you have thoughts on that. But I really want to say when Morgan Geeky signed, and I was like, I think Morgan Geeky is a perennial 30 to 40 goal score. He's got 11 and 18. Yeah, no, he has been everything you asked for. He didn't even take that much money.

And I thought there was no universe where he touched that from Mark from last year. And you did. And so far, it looks great. And so one of the best contracts in the NHL. Yeah, absolutely, absolutely. But, like, dude, Zaka looks great. Charlie McVoy is just like, God, I love him. And he's playing so well.

I want to score a goal so bad. I know, but I don't care. Yeah, yeah, no, it doesn't matter. 14 assists and 17 games. Lora's offensive game looks great. He's a plus two now. So many people talking about his defensive play, but he's a plus two. You know, he's playing well.

And then just like Mikey Isamont, man. Dude, some of the, like Victor Ardvinson's looking great. Genoa's looking great. Kestellick's doing his thing. And I do just want to quickly stroke off Fraser Minton. I loved that trade. I loved that return. It's always tough to see a guy like Carlo go.

But Minton comes in and, and this kid's defensive game is out of control. I don't know that if people are aware of that, but Frasier Minton is a, I think he's going to be an elite defensive center in this. Like, I think he's going to be like a third line, second line center. Luxury. In his career that people are like, this dude is a fucking shutdown machine. Like, talk, like baby Barkoff vibes.

I'm not saying he's going to be Lundel, but I am saying he's going to be a guy in his career. If you watch his game, if you look at his full 60 minutes and the way he plays 200-foot hockey, I think he's special. I think he's a special defensive center. What do you want to happen? Well, I guess you just leave him there when everyone comes back. There's a lot of centers that are missing time right now for Boston. Yes.

I think you leave him. You leave him. Kick Zaka to the wing. Yeah, but Zaka, Zaka's one of those guys for me where I'm like, you know, obviously he's great, but I'm like, Zaka I don't need at center. Yeah, yeah, same. He's so good everywhere. And look at how well, he's playing.

I know. Yeah, when Elias comes back. And middle stat comes back. But, I mean, I don't, he can, Frazier can play wherever two. Yeah, we're fine. Anyway, we're fine. This team, I think, and again, it's early, they might officially be in like, dude, your vibes are so high. We can't even talk about tank it now.

Oh, agree. I'm not sure that they're going to make playoffs still. Their second place, that's great, but so much can change. So much can change. But, yeah, I think that this team is too vibey to like even be in consideration for bottom of the leak. Unfortunately, I completely agree, which means that I'm with you.

I think the ducks finished with more points. I think the Bruins are more surprising because I think we both have the ducks in playoffs and neither of us have the Bruins in playoffs. Unfortunately, I think the Bruins are... Stop. I think they are, dude. Because I'm going, you...

I think they, if you made me pick right now, I would say they just barely miss, which sucks. But, yeah. Let's get back to that. Because I want to talk about a couple of things that you brought up. Number one, did you see our best friend Jeremy Swamen almost lose his life last night? Bro.

It's unacceptable. Sean, go on Twitter and look up this Jeremy Swamen play. It's just a play in front of the net. And Lorenz, nothing bad, nothing intentional at all. He's just in front of the net trying to tip the puck. And his elbow clips the chin of Sway's mask. and Sway's mask literally lifts off and then a 95 mile power

clapper from the point comes and clips the last part of his mask that's covering his face and knocks it off and you can see Sway turn and he like he's like whoa but you can clearly read his lap I texted him and he was like oh yeah he goes that would have fucking sucked yeah yes it would have

holy shit but Sway is I mean he's getting win after he's get seven and four on the season, um, 3.08 goals against and a 900, 899 save percentage. So similar to Otter, like he's doing great.

He's getting wins that you need. He's making huge saves. Yep. But like he can be better. There's more. There's more. Yep. So interesting.

And then let's quickly talk about pasta's 400 goals. Before we move on to the, yes. The transitional topic. Um, Pasta gets his 400th. This is what I was going to say earlier. I was looking up where he was. all time and he's 112th. 113th is Jamie Ben and Jamie Ben has 399 and I was like,

did he finish last year with 399 and just hasn't had a shot at it? Well, he's hurt. I know. That's what I'm saying. It's just like, it's a fucking nightmare to be like, gonna pop that 400th. Then I'm like, you aren't, you can't play. I was like, Jesus. Because I was like, wow, I can't believe he passed him and scoring all these goals. Yeah, yeah. Anyway, um, Bucci Gras tweeted 400th career goal before age 30, 500 a lock.

Bruin's record is 545 held by the chief. Pasta should get that if he retires. No, without question. I agree. Pasta might get that in three years. How high can he go? I think pasta can hit in his career. Yeah, he's got 400 right now.

He's not even 30. I think he can hit 700. I genuinely mean that. 700 goals. Yeah. I mean, pasta is scoring 50 almost like on average. And he's a real, knock on wood, he's a really fucking, actually, I'm not even going to say it. Yeah, don't even fucking do that. I'm not even fucking do that. I'm not even going to say it. Don't even fucking do that. I think he can get 700, definitely. But that's, if he plays six more years, watch this math. If he plays six more. Do it. And scores 50 a year still. Yeah. That's 300 more. Yeah. Plus 400 will be 700. Yeah. You think he's scoring 50, 50 goals a year until he's 36? Yes. Wow. I could easily see him.

And he could play longer. He could play. He strikes me as a guy that could play. Again, I'm going high. I think 700 is like his ceiling. It could be like when pasta's 38 still in the league, he has like a 20-point, 20-goal season, and he gets 700. Who? Oh, 801, Gordy.

Yeah. So if he got 700 on the nose, he would pass Messier 694 and move to ninth all-time. Yeah. That would actually be pretty sick. Only eight people have ever scored in 700. I would like pasta 700 watch. Do it. That is now happening.

Do it. Begin your journey right now. We are on this train with you, pasta getting 700. You know what the real tragedy is, Dan? Well, let's talk about the 400 goals. Okay. What did you think about some of the people being like so lame that the Bruins emptied their bench for 400 goals? I think it was slightly fair.

I think it's insane to... I'm not mad. Some people are mad. I'm not mad, but I was like... I think at 300, you should empty the bench every time someone hits 100 plus time. At 300? Dude, scoring 300 goals in the national, that's sick. Who gives a shit?

240 people have done that. On earth. That's not a lot. Fair. But I just think... Some of the names here, you'd be like, oh, we're, like, we're emptying the bench. 240 people have done 400? No, no, 300.

Yeah. So how many people have done 400? 112. Like, and there are people dogging that? Yeah. I don't think you should be dogging it. I don't think you should be dogging. I think it's crazy.

But it's a little bit champagne-y, like, your baseball thing. And you know what? I think it's not a coincidence that most of the people online who are bitching about that were Leafs fans. Me too. And let's do a quick tranny into that. Wait, this is what I want to say to you when you said, don't, you said, hold on. I'm looking at goals, you know, Ovi,

1500 games, weighing 1400 games. Everyone's in the thousands, and then you go down 24th all time with 573 goals. Uh-huh. Mike Bossie, 7502. Jesus Christ, dude. Mike Bossie is the best player to ever live.

Isn't it amazing when we discovered that? Oh, my God. He's incredible. He's incredible. He's unbelievable. He's incredible. Okay. Last episode we brought up that Leafs fans asked us if trading Matthews is on the table.

Yeah. The dude. The Toronto Maple Leafs are in the running for worst vibes in the NHL. Yes. Yeah, correct. There's flames, sabers, leaps. I want to be clear, they're 500. They're 500, so we're not raising alarm bells yet, but they're sitting at 500.

We'll raise some. Yeah. They're ninth in the wild card. But as we always talk about, right, like that can change in literally two games at this point in the career in this season. But they have played more games than a lot of teams close to them. Yes. And Chris, dude, name a good thing going on with this team other than Nealander and I. I was going to say Willie Nealander, that's it.

I guess Morgan Riley's having a great season. Yes. Okay. But for God's sakes, this team just looks so soulless. They've got no happiness in their lives. And then you see this game and, you know, Bruins are up for one. The Leafs bring it to four three. And like there were some people trying to be like, oh, oh, like here we come.

And then you lose five three. And then it's just like you've got nothing. The fans are shitting on Boston Bruins, emptying the bench for pasta's 400th goal. And I'm like, this is what you guys are clinging to right now. And then the other one, Zadorov hits Matthews. Matthews leaves the game. You don't ever want to see that.

This is not hometown cooking here because, as we know, we're a California podcast. We don't even like the Bruins. I did not think that that was a penalty. Yeah, fine. Did you? Not really. If it got called a penalty, I would have gone, okay. Yeah, same.

That's what I was going to say. I would have been like, okay, absolutely. But I genuinely, Zadorov's elbows are down. I think he absolutely catches him more shoulder, shoulder. It's like Matthews is turning his back into him, which is always one of those weird plays. But then, like, I don't even know. People are calling it boarding. Like, he clearly hits the ice well before the boards.

It didn't even look like he went into the boards that hard. But the bigger point is, before people call me an idiot. zero reaction from the Leaf which is kind of the MO. If people want to sit here and piss and moan and act like that was so bad, where are any of the Leafs players? What your captain just went down

and what goes down the tunnel? No one's fighting, no one's up in arms and even Barubei after the game. He was like, I thought it was a penalty, but I'm not a ref. Yeah. So I'm like, clearly you guys didn't think it was that bad. So, like, fans screaming.

Look at your team. Look at your coach. No one's freaking out about it. But I just, like, what do the Leafs need? Do they need a trip? Yeah, maybe. Here's my Leafs take. Anthony Stolars.

And what's fucking hilarious is how bad the Leafs have been are going to cost me my Stolars win over under, which felt like the most automatic bet on Earth because I said, Joe Wall's not even going to play. And he hasn't. Stolars has started 13 fucking games. This should have been free money. And he has six wins currently because he has an 8-8-4 save percentage and a 351 goals against. And I will say, and I'm not fucking rooting for anyone, I'm not rooting for anyone to be bad ever.

I want every team to go 82 and O. Yeah. But the amount of people that fucking lost their shit about how good Anthony Stalars is. And he certainly can turn this season around easily. But we're talking about a dude who had never even been an actual starter in the NHL. already fucking two. And everyone he was telling me that he was about to be in Vesna conversation. Yeah. And I'm like, because he played well as a fucking tandem slash backup in his past his prime. Like what in the fuck are we talking about? Don't be an agist. Well, that's science. That's science, dude.

So that's rattling to me. Here's what else is rattling. The Leafs, goals, most goals for in the national hockey league as per by team. Number one, the Colorado Avalanche, Chelly Malibu, 68. Number two, the Anaham Ducks. They have the greatest rock. I've ever seen, 64. Number three, the Toronto Maple Leaf, 62. Goals against in the league, number one, worst, 65, Toronto Mapleys. Yeah.

You have given up more goals than the fucking blues, ricochet, sorry, than the Preds. Rickshaw. The Canucks. Like, what these teams are in dead last with like minus 18 goldups? What in the fuck are you doing?

Morgan Rother, you're having a good season. No, you're not. Do you play a defense? Like, what is going on, and the last thing I'll say is, I wonder if it bothers Austin Matthews,

deep down, he wouldn't talk about it at parties. But I wonder if it bothers him a little bit how good Willie has gotten where they're like, Willie's the best player on this team.

And you're like, what? That was supposed to be me. Yeah. Because it is. You're Austin Matthews, dude. You're Mr. 70 goals. You literally ripped

John Tavares' C off his sweater and put it on yourself. And now you have less points than him. And dude, Tavares, Matthew says nine goals, which isn't horrible. But like you're Austin Matthews, but you have nine goals.

What do you mean? That's fantastic. But like he should always be in the other top. Actually, to be fair, nine through like 17, 18. Yeah. I mean, it's great. But yeah. Yeah. And five assists, which is always the knock.

Tavares has nine goals, 12 assists. And I'm like, dude, he plays your position on a worst line and has as many goals as you. I just, I would never ask him that. I would never accuse him of anything. But I just wonder if he's like, fuck. I mean, listen, we talk about all the time. I do want to just say really quick, I just because I know people are going to go crazy,

Tavares is playing with Willie. So I would argue that Tavaraz is probably playing on the better line. But, you know, Matthews has nice. And you're my one seat. Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah, yep, yeah. I just, dude, they need something. Yeah. They need a little spunk.

And it's, you know, you look at the, We'll get into them later, but like the Rangers, too. It's like they're so bad at home. And I wonder these teams who have these crazy fan bases in these major cities that demand such success, it's like if things aren't going awesome, it might kind of suck. Big time. All the time. And God, the Leafs are, they just feel so soulless. And it's sad.

I want them to find their soul. This is a bad season with the mariner stuff to be bad. Agree. Like you almost would have rather been bad last year. Agree. And it's like, yeah, I wonder, man. I wonder what they need. So that's what we're kind of looking at here.

It's like, what do the Leafs need? It's actually an incredible transition to him because the global series is coming up this week. Preds and Penguins in Stockholm this Friday and Sunday, a little home and home. We have seen trips, bond teams. in the past big time in big ways. Big time. And in fact, Stephen Stamco's on the Lightning went on a trip to Stockholm. And they said the way it bonded them, launched them into their cup to the point that they have.

Hold on. What did you just say? Stephen Samcoe was on the Lightning. They went on a trip the year they won the cup. Okay. I thought you said Stephen Samcois went home and I was like, went to Stockholm. I was like, that man is not Swedish. Went to Stockholm.

Stock's home. And they got Stockholm on their race. That is written on their rings. So he's here. He knows what this is all about. They gave a ton of interviews about how, you know, this is exactly what we needed. This is great timing. We're not where we want to be.

This can fix us. Two questions. One, is there any hope that this trip can save the Pritz? There is definitely a hope. I love the idea of Flip getting to go home. Yep. But there's a couple of things that I want to say here. These global series, you know how the NFL can flex games in a

and out of Sunday night football. Yeah. I think with stadium series and global series, we, stadium series makes it a little harder. We should be able to flex teams in and out of these games. Like, no disrespect because they're fantastic now.

But was it last year, stadium series was in Chicago? No, that was Winter Classic. Sorry, I mean, I meant Winter Classic. Yeah, yeah. That was last year.

Yeah. Blues Hawks. Blues Hawks, that should have been flexed out. Yeah. Like that one, I know the blues figure today. out. But like that would get out of you.

Yeah. The, the, the Preds should be flexed out of this game. So they're dead. Prez dead. Could it fix them? No. Well, but what if Flip gets some candy going? Flip, flip has never been the issue. He's fantastic. No, he'll be buzzing. But I'm telling you, what if he makes all of them flip? He goes, this is what made, this place made flip. Now you are possible.

But here's what I was going to say, I think the pens should be flexed out of this game, too, because they're too good. We can't have their vibes going this high. The Penn's vibes are... See, this is what I was headed. The Penn's vibes are too high already. This is going to be... They might never lose again. I think there's a chance that this...

Everybody's been wondering about the penguins. Oh, can they hang? Are they legit? Is this real? Is this real? And I have been wondering too, deep down. Because I've been like... I want Sid to be happy.

So either be real or be worse and trade them. Dude. And there's a chance. I am now on board that this... trip is going to do something to the penguins, the likes of which we have never seen. It's terrifying. I'm telling you this, and we're obviously, we're loving the pens buzzing right now. I'm telling you, this is scary.

Yeah. Like this team just might be, you know, through the roof. But I think Raquel is still on the IR right now. This might heal him, dude. He might go home. He might pop the border over to Finland real quick, get in a sauna. Oh my God. If he all of a sudden is back and playing,

he's going to score a billion goals. The penguins are really banged up right now. I know. This might heal them. God, I actually just can't believe. I look at their team and I'm like, how are you winning? But they are and they have Sid.

Because of Sid. They have vibes. And this is going to. And goalie play, and goalie play, she long. So I'll say this. I don't, I think this is going to be very good for both teams. I don't think it's going to fix the Preds.

But I think it'll give them a little bit of a juice. But if there is a team here that this is going to be huge for, it's the Pittsburgh Penguins. I fear desperately for the next 10 teams that play the Penguins after this. Could it turn back the clock for Carlson? Of course. Could he just become a kid again? Of course. Also, the hammer.

We're going to hammer the Swedish player points over in this game. They got family there. That is a no-brainer. They got family there. I love this so much. Wait, you wrote down, this is something I want to talk about. You think you were like, why is the NHL so much better at this than other sports? You don't think NFL is doing a cool job with this with the overseas games?

Dude, I think the NFL overseas games is a fucking tragedy. Why? They're like, oh, we're playing in Germany and fucking the game's on at three in the morning and the field sucks and no one knows the rules and no one. cares. But that's how you grow the game. Dude, fucking grow up. Play literally every single game in this country, in this country, and maybe in Canada, if you want. But even then, I don't like it.

I love it. NHL, hell yeah, this is awesome. They're so good at it. Play everywhere. This is another one. Hat tip to Gary. I think these games are so cool. So I love it.

A couple more things talked about the vibes of the pens We gave it award to the All Vives team last year And then we snatched it away from at the beginning of this year But we might have to give it back The Sharkies are back dude All Vives team They went to sleep for a little bit And then they woke up and went wait wait wait wait wait wait

All range mode Is someone else taking all vibes from us And they took all vibes back seven, two, and one in their last 10, one, four straight, and they're beating awesome teams. The wild card right now, this could change, this will change, a million times. Right now, the wild card in the west is wild card one, hawks, wild card two sharks. And truly, and this is an overused meme, but if there was ever a time for the Paul Rudd. Correct.

The ball red clip. Look at us. Did you see the way... It is that the sharks and the fucking hawks are in the playoffs. Bernard lit up in an interview when talking about Macklin celebrating, having a great ear. Like he was literally smiling ear to ear. He was like, I love it. Whenever I look at that, you know, they're having a great game and I look and he's just ripping up the points and makes me so happy. And I'm like, wow. And dude, that's what I think is so cool. And I want to say this, Dan, out loud.

As a hockey fan. Yeah. And as them, frankly. Yeah. This is the second Billy Madison reference in a few episodes. But stay as long as you. You can. Because right now, right now, we are in a beautiful moment in time where the sharks and the hawks are proud of each other and it's fun and you're rooting for each other. And hey, look at us. Yeah. Very, very quickly, quicker than I even thought, maybe as early as next year, you are going to be, you are the two best teams and you have the two best players in the league. Yeah. And you will despise each other. You were going to meet in the Western Conference final. Enjoy it. Year after year after year. And Bedard is going to fucking want to beat Mac. And Max doesn't want to beat Bedard so badly. It's true. It's all you're going to think about.

So right now, just be little guys and be happy. Just enjoy it. And be like, what's awesome. We're rooting for each other. And it's so fun. That's my message to hockey fans, especially sharks and hawks fans. Enjoy this moment because it will not last. That's true.

Our last topic in hot ice, we're going on the road. Yep. Talking about some road warriors. Team that is struggling, but not on the road. The New York Rangers, 7-1-1 on the road. Shasturkin playing out of his mind, quickie playing out of his mind. All on the road.

And then the Kings, a tale of two coasts, 7-1-2 on the road. Both have really struggled at home, but are buzzing on the road. What is up with that? I think I know the answer. I have no idea. last year the Kings, my only thought for the Kings is, well, we posted a thing with BenMGM

where the, excuse me, the Knicks are undefeated at home. Yeah. And somebody was like, yeah, that's how this goes. You know, you can't have both. So maybe that's the Rangers answer. The King's answer, my only explanation is last year they were like a billion and two at home. And we, and we said, oh, oh, this is how you beat the Oilers. You get home ice advantage, you take care of business and you're a dominant home team. And they go immediate loss to the Oilers in probably the worst fashion as they've done in four years.

So I think this year they're going like this. Okay. Okay. Sock at home. Beat them in Edmonton. We'll beat them in Phoenix. So I think the,

that's my only explanation for the Kings. They're trying to do reverse jinks themselves against the Oilers. I love that. I mean, I love that. I think the answer is, and I'm not sure if this is the answer for, the rags. Actually, yes, it is, but it's different. This is a message to teams coaching staffs as well as

GMs. Let the boys have fun. The boys watch. Let the boys have fun. Yep. When teams are on the piss, when they're just like out enjoying life, having a few pops, relaxing, it translates to the ice, dude. And when we talked about Toronto and I referenced New York, I'm telling you, man, I think there's too much pressure and too many bad vibes in MSG and in New York

that the players tighten up. Yeah. They get too tight. And then when they get on the road and they just start yucking it up with each other, they're having fun in the hotels, laughing, enjoying life. All of a sudden, they loosen up and they're playing great. Kings on the road

One of the tightest groups in the NHL We talk about it all the time They're just fucking buzzing Yeah I think they're just on the road No distractions No distractions Just having fun And they win

So it's like dude Stay Stay on the vibes train When you come home Act like you're on vacation You're on the road Get a hotel room Do a staycation

Yeah Get a fucking Airbnb down the road Yeah Do whatever you got to do but keep the road vibes. You got to be less, you got to loosen up. Loosey, baby.

Maybe more, maybe more, maybe make, you know how in that Rocksbury they make the outside of the club, the inside of the club? Yeah. Maybe they make the facilities, your home facilities that you're so used to

and so comfortable. And maybe you make those look like a hotel room or something like that. You make it look different. Get rid of the comfortability. Make it a fresh, oh my God, look at this. Look how much fun we're having

because this is new and on the road. I think it's perfect. Change the clubhouse. Change the clubhouse. So done. Solved. Let's take a quick ad break and then jump on right back.

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Daniel, Daniel, I forgot my spectacles. As of I, as if I, two weeks in a row, I find myself squinting, cannot see anything, Daniel. But if I may be so bold, we had another fantastic week. Yes, and we're getting closer. We're getting closer and closer. Also, young Sean, I will say, last week, every one of my Mega Palet picks hit. And Sean did not do as well. It did not continue as well.

Let us start with the Megapole recap from last week. Devils, yes. Yes, of course. Devil's incredible. Devils incredible. Quicker, quicker, quick. Sends, yes. Preds, no, Preds awful.

Bruins, yes. Bruins best team in the league. Mammoth? No, mammoth usually win. Caps, no. Isles, yes. Cains, yes. Spunk.

Yes, Sean did get spunk. Well done, Sean did get spunk. Avs, yes, avs nine to one. Jackets, no, knights, no, sharks. Yes, sharks also incredible. Eight and five again. Eight and five again, we begin to wonder, listen, we're doing better than 500.

Yet, it feels as though this eight and five results might just continue over and over again. And what's horrifying is if, even if you did 11 and 2, You lose. You still, unfortunately lose. One might wonder, should we just bet all of these games individually as a money? No, no, Smee, no. But we cannot even begin to flirt with the idea.

Now, the Friday Faye was quite successful last week. We had the Wild Over the Islanders on Long Island, which of course hit. We are three weeks in a row running on that one, my friend. And then the Saturday Selly as well, we said that Mr. Jarvis. and Carolina would light the lamp just like Sir Paul Bunyan. By that I mean Paul Revere. I don't know why I said Paul Bunyan.

How would you know they're Americans? How could you... Because he ruined everything for us. I know, but you would never know American law. I forget because why would I remember the man who ruined everything. Revere, lamps, trees. Paul Revere.

Who cares? Paul Revere, that scallywag, ruined everything for us, but he did light a lamp just like Mr. Javis. It was an empty netto, by the way. They played at home, and hey, they all count. They all count. As we say.

So, that is two weeks in a row on the Saturday's celly as well. Now, three of four on the fade and two of four on the celly. For those of you not participating, you are missing out on riches. True, riches. Now, Friday fade this week, we have the Canucks at Caines. We have the Flyers at Blue. and the aisles at the manor. And Peds, the pens at Pretz.

Pets at Preads as well. There are a lot of good options. Well, here's, well, here's the thing, Daniel. The, the global series. Yeah, Seals, two. We can't, who could be sure of anything? Could not begin to flirt with that. Who's even home?

Who's even home, though, where the Preds are home technically, but it doesn't matter. The pens are home Sunday. It's too, it's, it's, it's, it's, can swallow up. then Isles and Mammoth is a little bit tricky for me I think both teams are doing quite well I wouldn't call one a significant fade Therefore the other two

Potentially other two feel because the very interesting Blues always lose they do The blues lose blues Clues Clues Blues clues I don't hate that So then perhaps we fade and pick the blues money line. Let's keep it simple.

You're on track with an idea. I'd like to support and champion the idea. We'll take the St. Louis Blues at home against the Flyers. Because, of course, blues close loose. The Blues Clues lose. Therefore, we will fade. The Blues win. And take the Blues to win.

Friday thing. Simple as that. Simple as that, sir. Now, Saturday, sadly, you always like a homeboy. I love a home boy. So tell me a few that you like this Saturday, sir. Ones that are intriguing to me are Wyatt Johnston at home versus the Flyers. Mr. Johnston is the leading goal score on the stars.

Oh, yeah. A stars team that employs Amico Ranton. And it is Wyatt, it is in fact young Wyatt, who is the sharp shooter. I love that one. I also love Connor B. God at home versus the Leafs. The Leafs cannot win. They cannot do anything right.

They've given up more goals than any team in the league. And Conner Badard is having the best season of his young career. One of the best seasons in the league comes of anybody. Of anybody of participating. And then I also like Dylan Larkin of Dear Friend. And they are playing at home versus the Sabers. As Larkin goes, the wings go. The sabers go down the drain as always.

Circling the drain, circling the drain. And then Larkin circles. net and scores. Now, I believe I urged us to take young Seth last week. Therefore, I would like to give the reins to you. I love Dylan Larkin versus the Sabres. And I know you don't prefer this. Oh, here we go. It is a road player, but I do believe my kin. Macklin, Celebrini to score against the Seattle Cracken feels very, very good. Very feasible.

Very feasible. Crackin have been spunky, though. Phenomenal. So it's a tough game than you might have expected last year. I'm between, but you did say Larkin. No, Badaard.

I thought you might be a Bada. Oh, I love, love, Conner, Connor Badaard against the Maple Leafs. It's a lot, big stage. I could do that as well. My three favorites are Badaad Celebrini in Markin. Let's stick with a home game. Why fight?

Why fight it? Why fight it? As much as I love Dylan, the hot hand must be young Connor. Connor Badaard against the Leafs. Saturdays, basically. Come on, Connor. Now, let's get into... Let's take our medicine.

it is time to take our medicine The doctor is in the house And I believe we're going abroad And well I also want to say doctor This was It was interestingly The worst result from last week However we got the team finally

It's not about what's behind us It's what's ahead You do need to look forward We need to move We're looking forward We're getting closer and closer The only way out is through here We're going to a place where we don't want to be

I don't think anyone wants to be But it's where we have to be How about that? Sunday in Stockholm I apologize I must disavow I must disavow for obvious reasons However we are heading

But certainly not in the winter It's dark I mean what are we doing? You're in a regular season game You're getting sent to Sweden Like one night you're playing in Detroit And the next night you're in fucking Sweden No one wants to be here on what Sunday, November, November 16th,

17th, whatever the fuck the date is. It is quite dark in Sweden right now. I'll give him that. I'll give him that horse meat in Sweden on Sunday night. One night you're playing the avalanche in Colorado. The next night you're in Stockholm. Like, no one wants to be here. No one.

That sounds like a nightmare. Right. And then the next night you're going to have to travel back and now you're playing the islanders in New York. We are, that is, however, where we're going, you like this game. Yeah, yeah, I mean, I feel like it's... We might as well make some money if they're going to be there. We have to do it.

We need to pay for the travel. Yeah, we don't often have an opportunity to bet on a hockey game in Sweden. So now that we do, let's dip a toe in the water, it's kind of like the NFL when you go across the seas. Very true. It's like, yeah, it's great to be in Germany or London or Brazil. Brazil, yes, Spain, all these places, but. You know, no one, the game gets altered. No one wants to be there.

And it's just, you know, it's, it's an opportunity for us to get in bed. To capitalize. To capitalize. Um, with that being said, uh, we got the penguins. Yes, sir. Versus the predators. And the predators. And penguins technically home, despite we are in stock on.

It is a, it's technically a home game for the penguins. Yep. And we love a homecoming suite on the penguins. Yep. Uh, well, I'm just going to get out in front of this one. Like number one, we're going to go with the penguins. under. Oh, I love

and I. We went away. We went away last week. Stockholm Unders. Sweden Unders. Sweden Unders. Swedish.

Swedish Anders. Brilliant. I mean, I love it. I mean, you're going to tell me these guys are just going to show up with the cleats on and slap a bunch of goals in the back of the net. There's no fucking chance. These guys are going to be sleepwalking on the ice. Yes.

Under. Under. Under. Under. Under. Under. Under. Under.

Final score won nothing. Yeah. How about that? Um, but luckily that one is going to be a point for Leg number two, tell him your guy. Eric Carlson returning home to Sweden in front of friends and family and loved ones. It is a certainty that he will have a point in this match. One point.

One point. Love it. Love that. So that's leg number two. Then leg number three. We need a winner. We need a winner. If it's a one-nothing game and Eric Carlson has a point, we can assume we know what the third leg is, doctor.

I'm pretty sure. Are there any penguins in Sweden? Maybe? I'm pretty sure there's penguins in Sweden. There is an aquarium in Stockholm, and I believe that penguins shall be there. Sweden is like... I believe they eat penguins there. I believe they eat penguins in Stockholm.

Sweden's like the capital of penguins. Yes. Everyone knows that's... Like, come from Sweden. That's where they reside. So with that being said, like number three, give us the penguins on the money line. Penguins? Bang.

The under and an Eric Carson point. I feel like this comes home. This one, we will all ride on this one together, Doctor, because it is short to hit. It's definitely under, it's definitely penguins and the homecoming. Ken Carson, Ken Carson. Definitely Carson. In front of friends and fans. Just for a point.

Just give us one assist. One assist. Bulley for the doctor. Polly, bully, bully, bully, bully, bully, bully, bully, bully, bully. Brilliant from the doctor, as usual. Now let us get into this week's Saturday Mega Parley 13 games. Sir Christopher Youngshon, myself. We will go around the horn starting with Christopher.

Yes, it is me this week, I believe. And I will start bolts at Panthers. What a game? Panthers at home, heavy better. Give me the Panthers. I'll take the Panthers. I would disagree. The bolts are red-hot.

I know, but there's always this game, this game. Something always happens in this game. We are taking the Panthers. Sean, ducks at wild. I feel like I have to go ducks. Quack, quack, quack, Daniel. Quack, quack, quack,

Bruins at Habs, Daniel. Give me, sir. The Habs back on track. Yes, another one with the Bruins Red Hot, but that game, that game always does things. Kings at Sends, Kings on the road, I will take.

Kings, Sean, sabers at wings. Hmm. Home team advantage, wings. Tough game, Sean. That is a difficult game. You've done well. important playoffs. Devils at caps, Daniel.

I will take the devils. Yes, sir. Oil at canes. I will take the canes. Sean, rags at jackets. Another weird one. Jackets. Yes, yes.

Yes, yes, yes. John, I like it. Daniel, Leafs at hawks. I will take the blackhawks. And a badad. And a badad goal. And a badad goal. Christopher, knights at blues.

I will easily happily take the knights. Sean Flyers at Stars. Stars. Stars. I love that pick. Daniel, Jets at Flakes. Jets. Jets.

And that's easy. Christopher Sharks. Difficult. Difficult. Very difficult. Very difficult. I will take the Spunk. The Spunk have been a delight.

Brilliant. I will take the Spunk. So we have the Panthers, the Ducks. The Habs, the Kings, the wings, the devils, the canes, the jackets. The Hawks, the Knights, the Stars, the Ducks. Jets and the Spong. That is our 13 game Saturday Mega Parley and that is the Professor's Parkline.

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I haven't, no. This is where I share some conspiracies with you guys that have been rumbling around my brain that I actually think have some legs. I talked about lizard people a couple weeks ago. And we're staying on a similar train in a way. And today, I want to talk to you too about dragons. Oh, that's awesome. Dragons are pretty cool. And I feel like with you, sir, my Irishman, you've got some experience with dragons.

in your country's history. You'd be surprised how little experience I've had with dragons personally. Personally, I believe. In the history, I'm sure there's some... Personally, I believe, but we got castles up there. We've got knights up there. I believe there were dragons up there. And here's the point, folks.

This conspiracy is that dragons often considered a mythical creature were and are, in fact, real. And we're going to get into why possibly they are real. And why have we tried to wash them out of existence? Okay? I will say that I often forget, and I'm being dead serious, I often forget that. The dragons weren't real. Yeah.

Like, I think they're like dinosaurs. I'm like, yeah, yeah, that was like a billion years ago. But then you're like, oh, wait. Yeah, I read too many fantasy books. I'm like, oh, right, that was actually, that's a made up thing. But maybe not. I'm going to talk to you guys about a man named Herodotus, okay? Herodotus considered one of the world's first historians.

This is the person who first reported on Troy, discovered the city of Troy. Okay? Yep. In his teachings and his research, he has a quote from his time visiting Arabia, where he describes dragons in great detail, large winged serpents. Okay? Okay. So Herodotus, boom.

Let's go to Marco Polo. Yep. He heard of him. A little more. Heard of him more frequently. in Marco Polo's map charting he included drawings of dragons around where Indonesia is and in his writings he said here I found snakes and huge serpents ten paces in length and ten spans the girth of the body the jaws are large enough to swallow a man the teeth are long and sharp and their whole appearance is so formidable that neither man nor any kind of animal can approach them without terror does he did he say wings yes he did the wingspan the girth of the 10 links the girth of the body Okay

Because I was going to say The 10 paces does not feel long enough to be a dragon That's pretty big That 10 paces is pretty big Like I wouldn't I wouldn't not be afraid of a 10 pace long Yeah but I feel like A pace is like at least

That's like four feet long Yeah well I mean Marco Polo is probably like five feet tall Yeah we'll call it three feet Yeah we'll call it three feet But still that's that's 30 feet It's a large but I feel like anaconda or a boa constrictor, those are 30 feet long. No, dude.

Like a 20-foot python is huge. What's the biggest thing? Python? I don't know. I say Python's probably pretty long. The longest Python ever recorded. The longest measured an incredible 32 feet, 9.5 inches. Yeah.

So these things are, these are just the average ones. I think he just saw a python. No, dude. It has wings. Like, I always kind of, you know what we like there's all, like, around. in the world, everyone has kind of their own version of dragons. I always assumed that was like people would find part of a

dinosaur bone and be like, well, this must have been from a dragon. This is a dragon. We'll get into that show. Okay. Okay. So now we have Rodotus and Marco Polo. Yep, yep. Let's go to a man named Alexander the Great. You know him. I do know him. He and his explorers also shared maps, drawings, and

documentation of dragons. All stories are connected to the idea that these reptiles hid during the day in caves and hunted at night to kill their prey and could fly. Why were they hiding? Because they're protecting their treasure. Oh, shit.

Oh, so we're like, this is full on fantasy dragon. This isn't just like, oh, no, well, no. I mean, that the treasure part. There's no mention of treasure. Okay. But all of these historians and explorers have documentation of giant, serpent, winged animals. Now, you're going to ask about fossils.

I can already tell. Yes, Sean is. Certainly. Scientists believe that there were roughly one to four billion kinds of species that walked the earth. And we have around 300,000 fossils of those species, 1%. 1%. So there's species we haven't even, we forgot about it.

Correct. So large birds very famously have a hard time being fossilized because their bones are so fragile and brittle. So we believe a lot of these fossils we found of dinosaurs were actually dragons, but we don't have the fossilization of the wings. because they've deteriorated. But we have like, when you see like a teradactyl, like you can see that like the pentadactile limbs where the wings like were.

Like you can see the fingers of the wings and stuff. Yep, yep. Surely if like a T-Rex had wings and was actually a dragon, we would still have those little little pieces. Possible. So there's a species of fish called the Colacamp. Okay. Okay.

The colicant is a fish from millions of years ago that we have fossils of. They were said to have died out in the great dinosaur extinction. But in 1938, a museum worker found one swimming in the Indian Ocean. Oh, shit. Still alive. There were early reports of a Sasquatch beast, okay? Andrew Bartel, a 17th century explorer. He talks of beasts who would steal food, raid camps, and even sometimes kill humans.

But they were, in fact, guerrillas because they had not been discovered yet. They were dismissed. as myths until they were officially documented in 1847. So, point being, there's a lot of misinformation, a lot of lack of information with numerous species around the world throughout time. And we have documentation of all of these great historians talking about dragons. Why would they talk about dragons? Why would they put them in their charts if they weren't real?

And here's my big finisher for you guys, okay? Yep. Let's go to the Chinese zodiac. You've all been to a Chinese restaurant. You get your cool paper menu and that shows the zodiacs all around. You figure out what year you were born and what your zodiac sign is. Let me share the Chinese zodiacs with you. Okay?

Yep. A rat. An ox. A tiger. A rabbit. A snake. A horse. A goat.

A monkey. A rooster. A dog. A pig. and a dragon why would the Chinese Zodiac put one fake animal

one fake animal in there dude I think you've convinced me you think I'm on board with it of all the mythical creatures there are that date back hundreds thousands of years they could have done mythical for everything they could have done it for every single one

the Chinese Zodiac decides to pick one mythical creature hmm hmm the the historians saying they saw them

I'm a big alien guy huge which we'll get into in a future episode but there are literally drawings well documented human drawings of spaceships coming down and aliens doing stuff

and then and then people are like no no no way I'm like yes way literally they they drew it they saw it remember 2020 was such a crazy year the US government was like yeah there's like unidentified flying objects off the coast of California we picked up in like 2012 or whatever. It's like, we don't know what they are, probably from another planet.

But it was such a crazy year. It barely made the news. It's insane, dude. And I swear it's like, the more and more stuff's becoming declassified. But people are now like, okay. And I'm like, okay. We just announced that we've been visited by aliens for fucking centuries, that millennia.

So I am, I'm really interested in the historians. More than the fossil stuff, the historians, because that's way past when they would have died in their foster. would have been pulverized into dust. People were like, there, I saw one. Maybe on another segment of Danny Tin Man, we will get into why society has tried to make us believe that dragons never existed. But I think, Sean, to your point about the fantasy comment, that perhaps we, similar to the witch trials, wiped dragons off the face of the earth because we believed they were up to something or hiding treasure or something. And now we're so embarrassed by it that we've erased them from history.

I think it was big dinosaur. Yeah. This is definitely possibly the existence of dragons. Two T-Rexes, they're like this. No, no, no. We were the big dog. It was me. This could be, this was big dinosaur, big archaeology,

the big paleontologists. Big paleontology. This could be a huge conspiracy. Do you think, too, that there's a chance that the dinosaurs that did exist more like spewed, like, acid molten lava? than a roaring flame. Like, because I really don't think there was like a pilot light in an animal. Yeah, probably not.

But I do think it was like, because there's all, there are dinosaurs that spit acid already. Well, there were. That's what I'm saying. Oh, yeah, sorry. But they, yeah, we got that thing in Jurassic Park that spits the ink. Yeah. And like, the tar. Squid spit ink.

Yeah. So I think there's a chance that dragons maybe didn't like literally torch fling. flame thrower, but more like spit something out that burned right through tables. So what do we think? Is this like an old, because I googled the largest flying creature and it's some kind of dinosaur that I can't pronounce. But it's, you know what's interesting? It's 36 feet long, 10 paces. Huh. A wingspan of 11 meters. Huh. So. Yeah, like, is that a dragon? Is this an old dinosaur that's just like, did die off as early as we thought it did? It's possible. Why do we think there were no dragons when that is the thing as a dragon? That's what I'm saying, dude. Again, that's this episode of Danny Tinman, but I think dragons are real.

I'm in, dude. I already told you the start of this. I forget that they aren't. So now I'm like, okay. It's just reinforce your belief. Yeah, I choose to believe. I'm good. Okay, let's wrap up this episode with a game of what's the connection?

Your favorite game. My favorite game for any new listeners or people who forget, what's the connection is where I will ask CP, Ten questions, all of which have hockey connections, and their answers all will be connected by the 10th question. The 10th question is, what's the connection? Are you ready, sir? Yes, I am.

Question number one. Well, there are three NHL teams in this tri-state area. The oldest of the three has their arena in this major part of the city. Okay, three teams, tri-state area. I think that's the devil's islanders, rangers, the oldest team is the wrong. Rangers and it's where the stadium is. Yeah. Their arena is in this major part of the city. It's pretty general. It doesn't need to be super specific. I'm going to write Manhattan, but I'm not positive yet, but I think it's the Rangers and it's where their rank is. It's

where MSG is. Fantastic. Question number two. Yep. What goes in a player's hockey bag is an art and always tailored to each person. While perhaps not a certainty to be in everyone's bag, this tool is crucial for at least one player on the team to have in case a mask comes loose on a helmet. Ooh. Okay. I'm going to go screwdriver and that is actually incredibly correct. Not my answer necessarily, but that and scissors, like someone needs someone needs them. Okay, continue. Number three, drafted 97th overall in 2004, Johann Franzon won a Stanley Cup with the Detroit Red Wings in 2008. During his career, he earned a nickname for his work ethic being named after this hybrid of a donkey and a female horse.

Philly's is a female horse. Donkey is a mule. Okay, I'm going to write all that down. Donkey, fillies. Okay, continue. Number four. Several years ago, the NHL changed one of their penalty rules, stating that a player who gets a double minor,

will get a double minor on a high-sticking infraction. if the opposing player's face gets this. Okay, I'm going to write cut or blood, but that's what happens. If you get a high stick and you get kissed and there's bleeding, then four minutes. I will say it's a finish the sentence. So like a double minor on a high sticking infraction

if the opposing player's face gets blank. Yep. Okay, great. Number five. Joining the NHL in the 2017-18 season, the Golden Knights became the home of one of the most fun road trips in the league, with many casinos holding popular nightclubs frequented by players, including the marquee, which is in this hotel.

That's what the club's called, the marquee. Yes. I should know that, dude. I'm going to write the win. I'll give you a hint. This is in your favorite casino. Hmm. God, I can see if they pass the problem, it depends on the night.

Depends on the table game. It depends on the table game. Okay, I'm writing... I'll say it's in your favorite hotel casino. Okay, okay. I can also... No, no, I'll come back, because I think maybe I'll be able to get it. Number six.

Stats are a big part of the game, but some aren't always the best. One of those stats is penalty minutes, which is often referred to as this shorthand. I'm going to write hymns. Very good. Number seven, Red Wings fans have been putting their trust in the Eiser plan over the last few years they felt they were missing a key piece that was until they made a trade this summer for this player. The Red Wings traded for this player this summer. And it's the player, right? Yeah. All right, I'm going to write John Gibson. Number eight, the Stanley Cup playoffs are commonly

known as the most grueling postseason in all professional sports with numerous players announcing brutal injuries. To get through the series, players often have to take many of these. Okay. It's a general term. Yep. Yep. Um, to get through the series, they have to take many of these. Okay.

I can't tell if it's like injections slash pills slash painkillers or if it's like days off. We'll say, don't give it away. Yep. Okay. Number nine. In the 1967 expansion, Los Angeles, excuse me, Los Angeles. got themselves a hockey team and named them the kings because their team owner wanted them to have an air of royalty. If the owner wanted the team to have a flare of ancient Rome instead of king, it would have been this.

Okay. Okay. So I think that is Caesar. I think. Okay. Would you like to run down your answers? Yes. Number one is Manhattan.

And I think that's correct. but there's a chance that MSG is it's more like Times Square or whatever but I think it's Manhattan I think number two

is screwdriver number three I don't know for sure that was the it's a combo of a donkey and a female horse Phillies I'll give you a hint

on that one this is an animal it's not like a a fake name or a mythical it is an animal okay number four is the one

that's like cut or bloodied um because it's like their face is yep cut um the then that it's Vegas hotel win maybe pimms i'm quite sure of john gibson i'm quite sure of the next one i don't know it's like rest days or something and then i think the caesar is i think i'm quite sure of how many do i have right i think i have one two three four five right you have one two three four five certainly right. Okay, yeah. All the ones you said you were sure of are absolutely correct. Okay, great. And you have literally said the answer to every other one except one. Okay, great, great, great, great. Oh, yeah, the animal one.

I haven't said it. No, you have said the answer to that one. Oh, oh, oh. Interesting, interesting. You said it immediately and then you abandoned it. Phillies or mule. Actually, but the mule would be a good nickname. So I'm going to, I'm going to rock with that just for a second. Okay. So, Manhattan screwdriver mule hymns oh I got it okay now try to have it

I have it good job that's really good job that's really good now try to figure out the other ones based on you getting it okay okay so the first one I believe that number the answer to number 10 what is the connection actually I'll wait for the listeners in case they're still playing

so I believe it's Manhattan screwdriver mule bloody will be my official answer to the next one Cosmo will be my official answer to the casino because you should see me, Sean, at the Blackjack table at Cosmo. And AJ, if AJ is listening.

Oh, dude. Oh, my God. Pims, John Gibson, Gibson, Gibson. I'm going to go painkiller for that one. And Caesar. Oh, wait, was that all of them? Yeah. Okay.

So then number 10, what is the connection? Is these are the names of cocktail. Correct, sir. Ten for ten. That is awesome, dude. All cocktail. All cocktails. Very good, Dan.

Yeah, I had a good time with it. The one I'm curious about, do you know what Pims is? No. Okay, so good job not tripping. Pims is a very popular British drink. It's a punch. Oh, cool. But like Pims is like, Pim's punch.

Pim's is a huge thing. Yeah, I'm sure you've had it. Yep. But I needed to get Pims in there, and I was like, please don't let that trip you up. Dude, you didn't for one second. The mule of it got me. because I was like, I just heard, I call it a mule all the time and I heard the word mule.

And then I was like looking up at the ones above and I was like, screwdriver Manhattan. And I was like, oh. The mule. Great. Great job. Great job. You. Great job.

Sean. You got that one. Yeah. Sean is on it. I got that one too. When did you get it? You were naming off all the things. Yeah.

And I was hearing cocktail names. Yeah. Yeah. It's funny. If you're just hearing the names, you're like, those are all cocktails. Yeah. Yeah. Great job.

Both of you. Great job. Listeners. Phenomenal. phenomenal episode here. Beautiful stuff. If you haven't checked out the Porter Martone interview from earlier this week, make sure to do that. We've got some great interviews coming next week and great hockey as usual. CP, show him the hat one more time. Unreal new hat on the site. If you've got a big noggin, we've got X-Ls in that as well. He's rocking the shirt too. Go grab some merch,

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