Empty Netters Podcast - Swayman And Pasta Aren’t Ready For The Golf Course

Episode Date: April 29, 2026

Pasta is just barely onside and pots the OT winner, which puts so much pressure back on Buffalo. If the Bruins can hold serve at home now it’s game 7 and that’s not good. The Stars have their backs against the wall after Minny steals another game in Dallas in convincing fashion. They could send the Stars packing at home in game 6. McDavid plays and the Oilers punch back with their best game of the series in a statement win.  Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 2:27 - Boston Beats Buffalo, Force Game 6 29:54 - Wild Take Down Stars in Game 5 51:21 - Oilers Clip Ducks in Edmonton, Stay Alive 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 https://lucy.co/stores, or save 20% on your first online order at https://lucy.co/NETTERS with promo code NETTERS. Get moving with superior hydration from Liquid I.V. Tear. Pour. Live More. Go to https://www.liquid-iv.com/ and get 20% off your first purchase with code NETTERS at checkout. 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 guineasas and ran into you guys. That's where this pod came to life. Ice is ready, and we are back with another episode of the Empty Netters podcast brought to you by BetMGM. I'm your host, Dan Powers, coming at you with a late night sesh. Nettors after dark. And that guy you just heard there interrupting my flow is Chris Powers.

As always. I can't tell if that's you interrupting my flow as always or it's just you as always. When do you think you're going to get a haircut? I don't know. I was actually thinking about that. And I was like, what was I aiming at? And then I think it was Coachella. I was like, oh, I'll keep it long through Coachella.

And then I kind of forgot that's what I was aiming at. So now I'm like, oh, shit. Do you think you're a little too old to be growing your hair out specifically for Coachella? I don't grow it out for Coachella. I just happen to be like, oh, I'm not going to get a cut before that. But it sounds like you bookmarked Coachella for your hair. I did this year. But it just kind of like, I'll get it cut.

Then it starts to grow out. Then when it's that mid-length again, I start being like, when if I get this cut. And then I do look at calendars. And I go, oh, maybe that. Maybe I'll finish the ski season, things like that. Like, whatever's kind of like near me. Well, Halloween, that's a big one actually because I'll be thinking.

Can I be honest with you? Oh, I'll change. I'll change my. You are such a cold bitch. Literally, my body. Uh-huh. Yeah. Not your heart.

You've got a warm heart. I will give you that. You are such a cold bitch that you wear so much shit on your head and neck during your ski session. Yeah, true. that your long hair that you think looks good doesn't even stick out. So what do you care at operating? From the grave.

It then just looks matted and disgusted. She sends her best from the grave. We become incredibly spiritual. My hair has become incredibly slowy and long. Yeah. But it just looks matted and terrible. No, it's cool. Oh, okay.

I didn't consider that. Yeah, it's cool. Did you consider the Bruins winning an OT? No, because I. God, I shouldn't even admit things like this. Oh, boy. But on the live this morning, we were saying, Boston could win this game.

Boston could win this game because Jeremy Swayman would go, hey, and all of the guys said the word embarrassing, 50,000. I think we both guaranteed a Boston one. They're going to win, they're going to win, they're going to win. Sway is going to be incredible. And I said on the live, the only problem is, the Bruins clearly have an issue scoring on fucking Alex Lyon. so they sway could be incredible and the Bruins are going to lose 2-1 and whatever and I'm just sitting there watching this game like oh my god

Dude, I also said to you... We were incredibly sharp today. We guaranteed a Bruins win, and we were like, Pasta's got to get going. Yep. But the one thing I shouldn't admit was I texted you and said, just put me out of my fucking misery. You know, I always just wanted, I'm like, I don't, it reaches a point where you don't want to do it anymore.

Yeah. But then a little fight, though, then a little fight in your back. It was a little bit of fight. And you know what? If there's ever been a time where I believe the bees could come all the way back, it's after a win like that. Because a win like that feels like something. I wanted to.

It sounds like you're saying something. I wanted to ask you that question later in the set, but let's just do it for the bees right now. Okay. The Sabres, we also said on the live this morning today, that they could, the way they've been playing, I felt like they could lose game five at home and then just go in game six in Boston and not really be stressed.

Yeah. That's what I said before again. Sure. Now, I just playoff's a reactionary, but now I actually do feel like you kind of go, Fuck. Listen, you, you feel that way all the time in playoffs. That's playoffs.

That's playoffs, baby. Everyone, if there's anything, there's actually, there's a point from the Dallas, Minnesota game that we're going to get to and talk about that's going to launch into a larger thought, an idea that I have. And it's that I think I have become numb to fandom. Okay. What do you mean? I have been beaten down by fandom.

Yes. Fandom, I find to be largely the one of the most annoying things that human beings do. Yeah. The way human beings react to being fans largely, most of the time, I find incredibly distasteful, which is a bummer. Because I used to love being a fan. And I just, we have seen. in playoffs now, so many people devolve into the shittiest version of themselves in the name of Christ, dude, in the name of their Lord and Savior their team. Stanley. Stanley, Cullen. Yes. And people just

become irrational and rude and angry and delusional. And I've just kind of become numb to it to the point where I'm like, I know that you're all, the second playoff start, you're all going to turn into Gremlins. It's after midnight and you've been fed, unfortunately. Oh, it's food. Yeah, yeah, yeah. What happens with the water? I think the water kills them.

Oh. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It burns them, like, melts them. But if you feed them after midnight, they turn into Gremlins. Yeah, right, right, right, right, right, right. So the playoffs arrive. It is after midnight and you all turn into Gremlins. And you all just see red and you can.

cannot be reasoned with. And to that I say, boo. No, all the power to you. Like, you know, be, go for it. If this is the type of fan you are, go for it. It is, this is your time to shine. And I, yeah, I think when playoffs come, everyone's feeling a little toit, little sphincter puckering. And that's okay. This is how, we'll get through it together. The, uh, I saw someone on Twitter. I don't know if I can find it. I probably could, but it was forever ago.

But somebody tweeted something like the Bruins were holding Tage Thompson all game, no call, and pasta was literally offside, but we shouldn't, this is the person talking still, but we shouldn't be bothered by this because you have to remember this is a business. So they're just, like, we all know who's offside, but like we just, the NHL needs the Bruins to win this game so we can keep going. Yeah. And this is what you're talking about, where I'm like, do you think that? Yes.

Do you think those things? That person who put that for free on the internet means that. They literally think that's going past it offside. That the reps know. The refs go, this is a business, dude. And we got to sell, we got to put butts in seats. You know what I always love about the takes? That person believes that.

Dude, but here's what I always love about the takes like this. The implication is that, hey, if you get a chance to extend the series for Boston, do it. And that means that in some discussions, they're implying that pasta will score an overtime game-winning goal while being a fraction offside. And then they're just like, in this scenario, just look away. And then they go, what did you know it?

That exact scenario happened. That person, Chris, then goes, why do you think he was floating all game, dude? He was floating all game because it was in the script. Yeah, they told them. They told them. The script said float and get a breakaway goal. And then you would also think that if that were in the script, why would they review it?

Why would they even look at it? For, to throw you off the scent, to throw you off the scent. Because if they didn't look at it, I'd go like this. That was clearly the script. Yeah. That's why they didn't look at. No check? No check. I like that.

I like that. Me too. Make conspiracies great again in the NHL. And we got one. So let's stay on pause for a second because we're here. He was on side. It was close. he was on side.

I do think he was getting behind the D a lot today. We see him do it sometimes, but I do think he was getting behind the D a lot today. Chelyos always calls it anticipation, anticipating. I'm not mad about it, dude. Me neither. They also, he heard us. Yep.

He heard all the people being like this, we got to get pasta scorer. Not, not, you're not doing good enough. It was like, we need you, baby. We need you. And he was like, I got you. And dude, people forget this. These, you know what is a business?

NHL fucking teams, not the league. The league, well, the league is also a business, but the results of the games are not a business. The league is a business, and NHL teams are a business with fucking staff that they pay to do certain jobs. Do you see the guy putting his finger

on fucking sticks all shift to make sure someone gets a new stick? That's a job. You know what else is a job on an HL fan bases? Tell me. Film, guys. And dude, I assure you someone saw something in the Buffalo tape

that said, hey, in these situations, you can get behind. Get behind the D. If they turned over, we will spring you. Their D's pinching too hard on transitions. This is in Tasha at fucking midnight on Wednesday, Beer League going, I don't feel like backshacking. I'm just going to stay on the far blue.

I want my cookies tonight. We're down 3-1, dude, but I am not leaving this city without a fucking goal. I don't care if we lose. Facing elimination in Buffalo, but you bet your ass I'm getting a tough time. And they're going, pasta, get back. And he's like, fuck you.

No. Incorrect, dude. Someone has seen something and said, do this. So he is doing it. Yeah. You're welcome. And it fucking worked. Yeah.

So shit off. Okay. So then... It's all... I was really loving the... Just the weird vitriol about him floating all game. Yeah.

As if the game was five to four. Yeah. And his float... It was like it was a tilt one one game into overtime. Like it was not this like crazy... He was being reckless defensively. But hey, whatever... narrative you want.

Whatever you need. I like it. Great goal. Great goal. Yeah, really pretty. Really pretty goal. Pretty good play by Lion. I almost got back for that.

Like when he stopped, I was like, oh, torched. And then I was like, whoa. He's been unbelievable. He's been unbelievable, Dan. He played so well. He's been unbelievable. So good goal. Let's talk about the fan chirping.

I couldn't believe it. Dude, what I love to, this is another one of your fandom things. The, I will do this to a friend. of mine. Like, for example, somebody, somebody who I will not name did something during a game, I won't even say, but a team scored who theoretically he wasn't rooting for, and even though it was kind of a joke, and I kind of was rooting for them, even though that was also kind of a joke, and the team I wanted scored, and I went like, this in his face. And we all had a good laugh. Okay, so there's a time and a place for things like that, but nothing makes me actually laugh harder

than, and when an NHL player scores, and there's always a lot of, a slow-mo of the goal as he slides into the glass, usually on the road. And immediately, someone in the home jersey who has just been scored on stands up and birds them. Yeah. I'm like, dude, why? Guaranteed. Guaranteed burning. Dude, every fucking time.

It's not even a drive-by birding. Boom. It is a head-on, a rear-end collision burning. So I was watching the possible again, and I'm sure he did, but I didn't even see an angle where the dude, he presumably is beaking to death, birded him. But if you watch the angle, a different guy,

also in a goat head, is up off his feet so quickly. So I want to know, in your mind, is that the first time that pasta has laid eyes on that man? Or have they made eye contact throughout this game?

Oh, I think throughout the game, probably. Okay. I think Buffalo fans are my favorite fans on Earth. They are incredible. They're incredible. And I love them.

I love them. I love the city. They parties. I wish I was fucking there. Yeah, I love Buffalo. I know. I want to go there so bad. I love Buffalo so much.

I love Buffalo so much. I love those fans. I think they're so funny. I think they're incredibly self-aware. Yep. They potty so hard. And they are also, no one deals with devastation better than Buffalo people. Great call.

They don't burn their city down when they lose. They don't beat their, they don't fucking beat their spouse when they lose. they just drink and they eat wings and I love it. You know what I've always said I miss the most about sports fandom in Boston, watching sports in Boston. I really don't like how, or it doesn't feel this way. I shouldn't really chirp the city this bad, but it doesn't feel like this happens in L.A. If an L.A. team loses a significant game. I don't mean a fucking regular regular season Dodgers game.

I mean, if you lose a huge playoff game or something or a football game that. really mattered. Yeah. In Boston, and dude, in Maine, if you went to the grocery store that Monday, everyone you saw, I was like, tough on last night. Yeah. And you're like, yeah. It was such a miserious company thing.

All we're talking about is how bummed we are about the sporting event last night. Or reverse in the happiness, but it was just, it was, it permeated through everything and every person. In L.A., I don't go to the grocery store and see anyone being like, even if they are bummed. They just don't, no one talks about it and they don't care. You know, it just doesn't feel that way. Buffalo does that, probably even more than Boston, but Buffalo does that so hard. And that's why I feel so connected to that.

I yeah. Because the whole city goes, fuck, we all really wanted that together. Yeah, I know, I'm bummed too. So because of that, because of how much I love them, I was surprised there was this much vitriol from pasta. Well, I wrote, my only note for this was that poor fan. Because he just got, I was like, dude, what is going on? I need, there are people doing this all the time online.

Someone's got to have a good angle of it and do the lip reading thing. Because I just want to know, and someone is sitting there. You want to know what pasta said. Oh, both. Yeah. Because I want to know what that, like I said, I didn't see a bird. There probably was a bird. I didn't see it, but there's probably a bird.

But, and again, maybe Dan, this is why I asked you that question earlier. Maybe something happened earlier in that game during a dead clock or whatever, Pasta went into the corner and that guy did something. But if that dude was just like, fuck you, because he was just doing the fan thing. Imagine it, pasta scored and then jumped right into the glass. What if it happened just right then and there? If he jumped in the glass and made out contact with the guy and the guy did or said something and then pasta, I mean, that's possible.

It is. It's like that guy, and he might have just been like this, fuck you pussy. And pasta might have just the, you know, he's vibing off that goal and he just might have been like, I'm a pussy. Yeah. I'm going to fucking eat your lunch tomorrow. Great chirp, Dan. Yeah, that was awesome. I hope he said that.

That's the best I could come up with right now. And Dan, pasta. I just said, I'm going to eat your lunch. The poor people of Buffalo cannot afford you eating at lunch. He's a, he brought, that guy brings his lunch in a fucking steel a lunch pail.

Like pins open. Yeah. And it's Kellogg cereal. Inside's a Kellogg cereal. Sloshing around. No. No. He's bringing the milk in a thermos.

One of those things. And the loose Kellogg's. One of those things, Dan. Does Kellogg's make just plain, cereal? Didn't they? Corn flakes? Kellogg's Corn Flakes?

Kellogg? Didn't they just? Wasn't that like the chicken? Yeah, yeah. It's a rooster. It's like a rooster, right? Yeah, yeah. Kellogg's

Corn flakes. Yeah, it's a green and red and yellow rooster, I think. That was just cereal. Yeah, Kellogg's is cornflakes, and you bet your ass, it's a rooster. Boom. Regular cereal. I know my junk food. I know my junk food.

They got, hey, they got strawberry cornflakes, too. See, that sounds good. Regular cereal's fucking insane. Cereal is so good. When's the last time you had a bowl cereal, Dave? I want to say a month ago. Really? Yeah.

What'd you have? Raisin brand. Dude, you know, raisin brain is low-key, like the sugary of cereal? Yeah. It's crazy. It's, yeah. It's like, you bet your ass.

If I'm going to do it, it's, yeah, yeah, I'm going to do it. Dude, it's funny because it's marketed as a healthy cereal. Oh, no, dude. And it's, it is more sugary than, And fruity pebbles and lucky charms. Serrava's sour before you. It's so good, but it's awful.

It's so good. I give myself one day a year. I go to the grocery store and I buy two boxes of cereal. He eats both boxes in that one day. I do. Yep. Yeah, I'll buy the little individual packs. Are you shitting me?

Oh, yeah. What do you even get those? Yeah. Oh, it's a grocery store. Really? No, yeah. Ralph's. You're telling me I can go to Ralph's and get an individual pack cereal?

You're telling me I can go to Ralph's and get an individual. Individge, dude. What are those? Who are those for? If you're a gun to your head. Both of you. You're on your death row meal and you can have one bowl of cereal. What is it?

CT Crunch. You're a fucking liar. No, I love cinnamon, dude. Oh, wait, sorry. Sorry. The fuck did you think I meant? Captain Crunch? Yes.

You insane? Yeah. CT Crunch, maybe Reese's Puffs. Oh, God. Recy's puffs are incredible. I'd say fruit loops. Yeah. Yeah, it's a fucking good one.

You know what? Didn't they like a lot of like apple. Didn't they change the. color of fruit loops or some shit? Or maybe it was that. Apple Jacks are all one color now. Oh, yeah, they were two colors. They used to be... It was like green and orange. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. And I'm pretty sure I'm a good...

I don't know if I Google it. They look like they're two different colors. Fuck. Maybe they wear one color now they're two. Oh. It's good that we don't eat cereal enough to... To know that. Actually know. Yeah, I feel like fruit loops... Maybe I've just been in England too much recently, because fruit loops... Fuck you. In England, fruit loops are only... like three colors and here they're like

fucking 19 it's insane they're they're only three yeah I think so that's sad the Brits don't know they're missing dude well they've got all the flavors I know it's just part of the it's the part of the visual it's a die or whatever part of the process okay that chirp

was just awesome and that'll get pasta fired up and do you hear what he said in his post game no they were like what do you have to say to the fans back in Boston he said just be loud be patient we're going to shoot the puck don't worry. Just be loud.

So, dude, that means there was a lot of shoots in game four, which upsets me. I didn't know that. And I need to talk to some of the boys and say, hey, stop yelling. Note to the Boston fans, you better bring heavy energy to the garden. Because Buffalo has been shaking that building. Literally, the foundation is shaking. Yeah, yeah. And, dude, what's a fucking tragedy for the people of Buffalo is, I guess they had an electric

game one win, truly. I mean, like, you know, a friend of ours said it was one of the best greatest sporting events ever. But the, actually, everyone knows he was there. It was Wyatt. He was like, it was incredible. Yeah. But they've now lost two of their three home playoff games. Like, that sucks, you know.

And the Sabres are doing fine because they won both in Boston. So you're all good. You're still winning the series. But it does suck for the people of Buffalo who are like, fuck, dude. I'm giving you everything. I want a little riot. And they just keep losing these games. You're like, God damn it.

But yes, Boston fans bring it. None of the person I know is going to bring it is Sway. I thought he was the best player on the team again. You knew he was going to, but he really did make some huge ones. So did Lion. So did Lion. Oh, yeah, Lyons been, I will say it again. Lines been unreal.

But, yeah, Sway is the best player on the Bruins in this series. And it's just yet another game where he just played fucking phenomenally. He stood on his head. So many traffic jams in front of the net in this game. He got run by maybe Benson. Not in a bad way. It was just like he got pushed in. Benson, that Carney.

He has been a thorn in the side this series I know He almost had one with the stick With the stick guy Yes I was like that would have been cool Yeah Yep but sway was incredible

I thought Tucky might have wanted that one back in O T when it fell to him And I was like oh my phone Might have Because Sway couldn't see it Yeah And he just didn't elevate Like it was good say

But if that's above that pad That's in Yeah And I was like oh my God Great Do you want to talk about Tage at all? Not really I mean

Tage Obviously he had a great game one look up his point totals right now. I mean, I do think there's something up with the way they're playing him. He feels like he's playing outside of his game a little bit. And there are just times where, you know... He's getting held all game. They're not calling it.

Yeah, I don't know what... I genuinely don't even know what that person is talking about. They're paying attention to him. It provides you that much. Yeah, I think, I think Tage has got a lot of. open up a little bit more. He's a little robertronic. Okay.

You know? had two goals in an apple in the first game. So three points on all three. Or did they get an empty end of that game? I can't remember. But they won. And then he had zero points in the four-two loss. He had zero points in the three-one win. And he had one apple in the six-one win. And then tonight, he had one apple. Yeah. On the darling goal? Yeah, it was like the one goal. So he's playing, you know, he's point per game. Yep. He's playing well. But I think there is, I think there's a fluidity to his game that we're not really seeing right now since game one.

And let's be honest, in game one, it was really only in that third period. But yeah, I think he's just got to run and gun more. Like when Tage is, when Tage is kind of a downhill player and he's just fucking heavy fortune. checking, you know, getting those inside out shots, quick move, quick spray on that. I think that's when he's at his best. And right now he feels like he's in a box a little bit. Get him out of the box. Let him rip.

Someone grab a Xacto knife. Let him out. Are you worried? Are you worried? No. You feel fine. You win in Boston. Like we said, I think that that was, even in Buffalo, I think that was a game that

Boston had to win. Five sucks, dude. Yeah. This Boston team is way too good. to lose in five even to this amazing Buffalo team. But their response after getting the doors blown off in game four, it was a game they had to win. And I don't mean literally because they were going to be eliminated. It just felt like the response with this group, they were going to win this game.

It also feels like there's exceptions to this, of course, that King's 2014 run, or I guess, 2012 run, when they went 16 and 4 or whatever, where you just go, yeah, we're murdering everybody. This happens. but for the most part, your success in the NHL playoffs and probably the NBA and MLB playoffs too, however, those are a little bit more dictated on pitcher in the MLB, but your success in the NHL playoffs is largely determined by how you respond to adversity. When you drop a game you shouldn't have, when you're embarrassed at home, when you lose a swing game, if you can bounce back and not stack losses,

you are going to go on a long run. and I think Boston, to your point, absolutely had to respond to that game for fucking Porter Potty. And Buffalo now gets the chance to go, hey, boys, we had a chance to close out a fucking playoff series for the first time in 15 years and go on to the next round and we puked at home. We didn't puke, but we lost at home in front of our fans.

Respond. No one wants a game seven respond. Yeah. Just get it done. And I think they have a very good chance. And dude, this Buffalo team, obviously you're, you're stressing if it goes seven. But this Buffalo team, even if it does go seven,

should go, we can win. We're at home. Win a game. I guess the team were better then. Yeah. It's fine. They're so good. You know, it's okay.

We have to, or go on. Well, you briefly mentioned it, and I just want to bring it up because I just tweeted a photo. We did not spend any time talking about the offside call, or the OT, is it offside? Because, oh, here we go, empty net bet. Come on, you fuckers. four minutes of an empty net. Here we go. Here we go. Eat a bounce. We did not spend any time talking about if pasta was offside or not because he is so clearly onside. And if you haven't

seen this photo, yeah, yeah. We're done here. There's nothing to discuss. He's on side. I'm sorry. But these are the things that Chris, like you talked about what game was it where we're talking about the offside call and the hover rule? The Cains. It was the Cains. O.T. I don't know if it's because people don't know. It's because people don't know the hover rule. Yeah. But if there is a human who can look at that photo, frankly, in my opinion, similar to the Ducks Overtime goal, and go, that is offside, then that's enough internet for me today.

Dude, people get so angrily online when they go, well, listen, the camera's here and there's the puck, there's ice over the paint that is the line. So you're getting a weird angle at it. And I'm just like, I just don't understand what people think that they're seeing. And also, Dan, what we have, the tech that we have to see these things, including biological tech, our retinas, what we can see is what it is. Reality is literally what is in front of my brain. It's unbelievable. So if it looks like that, you're on side.

That dress was yellow and blue, both because it was. Wasn't that what it was? Was it golden blue? Or no, it was white and gold and blue and black. Yeah. And that's what I meant. Yeah. It's both.

Because my brain saw both. So it is both. Yeah. He's on side. End of discussion. What does need to be discussed. What's not over is I want your thoughts on Witt's chug. I'm going to act as Witt's lawyer here.

We, he has released his own statements. You don't have to defend him. He owned up to it. And that's because Witt is a man of honor. Yep. But until I myself chug out of him. of the saber, which everyone says is impossible, I will reserve judgment, critique, or frankly, any comments on the matter. It was not his best, his finest hour, but that is a man of honor.

That is a man of talent. It's a man of, uh, who I know can drink a beer. Yeah. So I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt. Well, he, he was given, he was given information. to be hesitant with the saber because it's hard to chug at. I just, I won't, I will, I'm going to, I will not pass judgment until I try it myself. Well, what I love is it actually makes perfect sense to me because he said, and dude, if you watch Wyatt's chug at the lake, yeah, it gets all over him. All over him. It explodes.

And when we were asking about it, he said, like, there was no way to keep it off my chest. And then Witt said, he chugged one outside and dumped it all over. Well, people were like, you can't chug it, dude. It's going to spill everything. Yeah. So then the guy coming inside was like, or one guy said to him, like, you should have just warned the spill again. Because Whit was like, I already got it all over this series. I didn't want to do that again. And so it made perfect sense that he was going. He's like, I got to go slow. But I was like, dude. It was terrible. It just looked slow. No, sorry, I didn't say that. It just looked so ridiculous. It was terrible. It's a terrible chugger. It's a terrible chugger. I have a terrible chugger out of anything. Um, so shout out of wit. I appreciate you owning up. And I am also a, and actually, I'm not even going to say, Witt's a terrible chugger because it's a terrible chugger out of anything. Yeah, you were... I'd be even worse than you, buddy, and we're good.

Dude, you're always clear in your throat. You got a tight throat. Yeah. What are you? I'm going to get beer down there? Again, can you believe the fucking ducks take a penalty? Which fucks the empty net? This always happens.

Like, they pull the goalie, and then some team takes a penalty. That's a nightmare. We could still win, though. Are you out of the bet? Yeah. Okay. Let's take an ad break, and we'll be right back. Playoffs are in full.

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you're like, just get Zook back. And we're kind of buzzing. And he'll make an impact, because all you need is one and two here or there and make huge impacts in the playoffs. Four minutes into the game, I don't even know if he had a shift before that. I bet he had one, but it's like his second shift, kind of a terrible.

I don't even know what the fuck the stars were doing. It was like, it was as if they were doing a like a quickup, but there wasn't a wild player standing right there. Yeah. Like moose is halfway up the ice, which I'm sure he was supposed to be,

but it's like there's someone in between, dude, it's like when a quarterback throws one, like a deep cross and there's a linebacker standing right there, and he's like, and I'm like, do you not see that guy? And it's like, maybe. Maybe he literally didn't see him. But whoever shot that puck up the wall

literally did not see the wild standing there. And they just snap it back into Krill of all fucking people, alone in front of the net. Kind of a good save by Otter. And then actually, I thought it was an axed-dangle pass by Krill, but on the replay, it actually does look like he slides that over to Zook after the scramble. Yeah.

And then bang, smash it in. Not like Zook had to do a ton there, but how sick does that feel when you come back and you're just like, boom. God. I mean, he must have been chomping at the bit to get into this series and to come in and score instantly in the first period. How much did he play?

It's also just such a, oh, I don't know. Check those stats. It's just such a good feeling when the people are, talking about it. 16 minutes. So yeah, just to get back in and be like, dude, three apples in that game too. Like three apples in game one, dead.

Yeah. And then bang, goal. First second background. I mean, God damn, dude. He is such a factor for this team. It's fucking incredible. Absolutely insane. Did you have anything to say about the Miro goal?

No. Miro tied it up on the power play. But, dude, actually, I will say this. At that moment, I was like, dude, this special team's situation is a nightmare because you called it out this morning being like Minnesota's, imagine if Minnesota's power player was going. Yeah. And Dallas's power play is humming. And then it was like, bang, Miro on the powerplay again. I was like, I would like to talk about the boldy disallowed goal. Yes. Okay. Howard, how did you feel about that? Like most goalie

interference calls, live, I was like, wait, what? Or actually, that's not even true. Some live, you can tell right away. In that one, I was like, what are we addressing? Why? When it was being challenged by Dallas, I thought they were challenging it for kick in. And I was like, you're out of your mind. And then as they were looking at it, I realized, I put it on the story and I didn't have the, I had the volume in the Bruins game. So I was like, I don't know what they're challenging here. And then it became clear. It was goalie interference. And I was like, are you fucking my dad? Yeah. So then, and dude, when it went to the slow mo, it was kind of hard to track because there was so much of chaos

happening. Yeah. So at first, I thought, because you know how you came? can't go, if a puck, if the puck is like pinned under the goalie's pad, you can't just push him into the net. It's not an allowable goal. But at first, I thought Boldie was stuffing the puck in. And with the act of stuffing it, like, Otter tried to make a save and it just got pushed in. And I was about to be like, you are insane. Then I realized that on that stuff, he doesn't have the puck.

The puck is still loose. So then I thought, Boldie's pushed Otter. leg reached back and got it and stuffed it once Otter was moved. And I was thinking to myself, okay, that actually does kind of feel fair. But then what actually happened is he's, he swings, hits Otter's leg and mirror, or I think it's mirror, but somebody swipes at the puck on Dallas, drills it off Boldie's knee or something, and it shoots back in. And then I was kind of like, dude, this might have been, I think I might have called that one a wash and been like, listen, dude, there was a lot of shit happening. Where did, what did you think?

I just, it's one of those ones where, again, the conversation online, I find interesting, because there are a couple fucking crazies who are going, Boldie almost broke his stick pushing Otter in. And I'm like, why do you have to say that? Why do you have to go? Is it bending? Like, I don't know why I'm saying that. Because it's not even close to that.

and there's a big part of me that just goes, are we, I mean, goalie interference remains the most confusing thing in the world. Correct. Here's a good look at it. And I just don't know that that is what we should be calling goal interference. Because, I mean, he's pushing him. Lindell blows over Boldie into his goalie, which is the age-old thing that we're like,

when do we start calling that? or factoring that. I just, again, I don't, I didn't take a stance on it. I was just like, how is that not a good goal? And there, again, were tons of people who are like, are you crazy, boldy, fucking assaulted Jake Ottinger. And I'm like, okay. All right.

All right. To me, that is pretty soft. It is a soft. But I do get the rule. You can't push the goalie. I get it. Yep. Yeah.

I don't want to fucking hear. it from you or anyone. I get it. I just wish that people could be more honest about going, obviously as a Stars fan, I'm pretty pumped that they called that one back because it's not a goal against us. It, I get, I understand the rule and why it's called. It's pretty soft. Yeah. Why can't we just do that? The world would be a better place if we could all do that. Yeah, I think, I think that's the fair take. I think it is. It's so soft, but I think it's probably goal interference based on the rules. And all we can do is use the rules, by the way.

For example, the Carolina Hurricanes getting a penalty shot after an offside, I think is horrible. But all we can do is use the rulebook that we are given. Yeah. Which I think has flaws. I'm just so not entirely sure that I am prepared to admit or accept that that that that, that, that, that, that stick contact, lazy susan, Jake Ottinger. Like, Jake Ottinger couldn't recover from that. Like, give me a fucking.

The overhead view of this one on the athletic does look like T's spinning around, and there's not much he can do about it. And it's like, oh, it's right there, too. Fuck. Okay, I'm all right with it. You are tougher, but okay. But then, after some good goalie play by both of these guys, we talked about that this morning,

some good goalie play, a good stretch of goalie play by both these guys. Boldie gets it back on the power play. Second game in a row, Goldie has had, Goldie. Goldie. Matt Goldie. Wow. He's scoring so many goals. Yep.

He has had a goal disallowed and then immediately gets another one. I actually think he should start scoring intentionally illegal goals. Kick goals in every game. Because then he will score. Then he's like, go watch this once I get this one. Because once you see it go in, it's like making a free throw. You go, I've seen it go in. No question about it.

He should start kicking in goals on purpose. He gets one on the power play. So two things here. One, wild power play goal, huge. Not that their powerplay was dominant in this game, but just nice to see one go. And then two, I thought that one was awful for Marr. Yeah, I didn't like that. He like saucer pass sifts it on net with literally no screen.

And Otter was like, whoops. Yeah, and it wasn't even really like a change of direction one or like catching him leaning. It was just kind of weird. I forget who was on the call because I agree I was going back and forth between announcers and games and all that stuff. but and and I think all the announces are doing an incredible job truly yeah so I'm not chirping but somebody said something like oh you know like the because boldie's like this right yeah they said oh boldie is so far you got to be you got to be lined up with the puck not with boldie as if like this isn't how everyone on earth shoots you know i was like yeah no shit like he's the puck's

fucking this is how I should I've side go like this and the puck my stick actually angles down and then curves and then that part is flat on the ice and it's over here and I fucking shoot it and it goes in like that watch that one again otter there's no one in the way and and he goes like this right he knows like it goes in and he goes yeah oh my god yeah he's playing so good before that but i was like yo and then you have the mccarran one five hole which also kind of felt like i was like bro and he was not bad but we were talking in the morning where i said yeah you were like all these goalies cracks and i was like i don't think either are going to I was like, oh, dude, what are you doing?

Otter bent a bit tonight, though. Oh, fuck, dude. So that's scary. That's scary. Bit of a bend. Yep. But what a fucking dream for Minnie, right? Oh, Dan.

You were heading back to Minnesota after all the doubt and all the fears and people saying that you're not different this year and now you go back to Minnesota up three, two. I want to know, is there anyone? Because Robo ends up banking that one in, right? Which, by the way, he had a couple of great A chances anyway. he was generating so much and then yeah shoot or shoot and it went in and congratulations uh but after a fucking 96 point season from jason he has a goal in every fucking playoff game so you're welcome is there anyone on the stars that i'm blanking on that is doing absolutely dick that is costing them like maybe

a maverick bork i don't really think so man but what did he do in the regular season yeah like bork 41 in the regular season doesn't have any points unless he got something tonight because this hasn't updated. Jamie Ben, no points coming into tonight, dash four. And, like, Miko, maybe you want a little bit more from, right? Coming into tonight, one goal, four, assists,

and then what did Miko do tonight? Nothing? Correct. Right? I don't know. I'm going to see if he had an apple. You might have had it. Stand by. I got it. Miko. Yeah, Apple. Had one apple on the on the Robo goal. So he has

one goal, five assists for six. points in five games. So he's point per game, but I'm just kind of thinking maybe you want more goals. Yeah, I mean, like, look at the way he eviscerated the abs last year. Like, you're kind of waiting for that moose to show up. And then Wyatt, Wyatt's okay, though. But Wyatt had a couple chances tonight, dude. He had that one for him back end coming across the crease that he missed. But yeah, I mean, no one's, no one's hanging you out to dry, really, I think, if you're Dallas. Maybe you want more from Averick Bork. What did Jamie Bend do? Well, I mean, I'll tell you this, Chris. You want to hear a crazy stat? Rupert Hintz is hanging out to dry. He's not playing.

44 points of 53 fucking games. You don't have him. The, yeah, the Dallas Stars have also gone over 160 minutes since their last 5V5 goal. Yeah, I mean, that is a problem. That is a massive problem. Yeah. So, dude, I mean, huge fucking win for Minnie. Someone in the live this morning said, and if you're not listening to our lives, go to YouTube. We just got them up on Spotify, but go to our YouTube. They're usually Monday, Wednesday, Friday morning. Sometimes the schedule changes, but go check them out. We're giving you everyday action coverage. Someone in the live this morning said, nearly a must win for Dallas. Obviously, they can win in Minnesota. But dude, this is not good. This is not good where you've kind of been beat. I would say tonight was

reasonably emphatic. Do you agree? 22 shots for the stars in a pivotal game five at home. And Wall said it's great saves. But just 22 shots. for the stars. I don't mean to freeze on you here, but like, I'm not prepared to call Dallas frauds. And like, I'm not going to, but like, this is too bad, or is this two bad games in a row for you? No. But it's, it's twice at home, game one and game five, that, in my opinion, because I'm counting tonight, that you were emphatically beat at home by Minnesota.

Yeah, I would call this. I don't think I would call this an emphatic win, but I'd call it a solid win. You know, like this one, they were just smothering. And I'm like, bro. Like, Minnie was all over them. They got a power play goal, which, I mean, we've talked all about it.

Like, that needs to get going. This felt like a game where Minnesota was in control of. And to start that third period and get the McCarran goal and be like this, you have a two-goal lead now. That felt like, I was like, oh, fuck. Since game one, this was at least the first time where I, in the middle of a game, I was like this, oh, game over, Minnesota has won. Yeah. So like that was huge to do that in Dallas too.

And the chance to go home, if you're the wild, who have just been terrorized in the first round, to the chance to go home and beat the stars, who a lot of people, no one on this podcast actually, but who a lot of people picked to win and to make a run here. Yeah. And there was a stretch. never got that close, but there was a stretch in the regular season where it was like, Dallas could catch Colorado. You know, they were right there nipping on the heels,

and I'm like, you got pumped by the wild of the first round. And you said to me today, because I was like, Dallas is going to have to, this is going to be an uncomfortable offseason if you lose this fucking series. Yeah. And you were like, Minnesota's good, which 100% they are. But I stand by. If you lose this, Dallas goes, fuck me, bro. Yeah, for sure.

But it's again, it's just one of these ones. It's like Tampa losing to Florida in the first round. I'm not saying I think Minnesota's going to the cup Yeah But dude they're just like it's I don't know man You know what pisses me off And I'm not saying you piss me off

You We spend all year Talking about how much we hate the playoff format Because this exact thing happens And then when Dallas loses we go Fucking pathetic First round lost Dallas And I'm like what

They're playing one of the two best teams In the league Anyone can win this fucking series. So we did talk about it this morning on the live. I think a first round loss hurts Dallas more. But if you're going to sit and huff and puff and be like, this is so bad for Dallas, I think you're a boner. I don't, and I know you're not saying, yeah, I'm not saying you. I think though, and I'm about to get chirped by Minnesota fans, but in these first round matchups that are, dude, and we said this morning they're a gift. I'm not mad about this. It's

awesome. But there are teams, I guess like the thing I keep pausing on is the rupe injury and sagan too but just like the rupe thing is really impactful but in this scenario this year i think dallas should i think dallas should beat minnesota i think they should go this first round matchup is a tough bid because of the format but it is what it is we got to beat them eventually and i'm saying dallas is the one that should go fuck We are pissed because we got our season cut short and shouldn't have. Whereas if Minnesota loses to Dallas this year, they go, fuck, that is a shit matchup in the first round. But it is what it is.

They're better than us. They were supposed to beat us. That's all I'm saying. I'm saying, and I think you're kind of agreeing because you were saying Dallas should be, uh, Dallas would be more mad. But I'm like, Dallas should beat this Minnesota team. Minnesota is awesome and fun and they should give them fucking a brutal seven games, but Dallas should weigh.

And I picked Minnesota because it's just like, Like, you know, something's happening. But I'm like, Dallas right now is about to go home and go like this. We are fucking idiots. Yes. Yes. I am with you. Like, again, I think that this Minnesota team is fantastic.

But Dallas will be hurt by a front of Trump loss. But, dude, you'd be sick for the wild. Huge for the wild. Dude, I'm like, you know what, man? Also, this sucks for Dallas fans, who I have a great affinity for. Yeah. And they've been to three straight Western Conference Finals, which is taxing on a team. but on a fan base too.

Very taxing. Long, deep runs. Don't get anything out of it. And I feel as though they deserve better. They deserve to get one. They lost in a cup not too long before that. But the wild fans deserve a crack at this. You've had three straight fucking chances to do something.

And you did not shit. So get off the pot and let the wild take a dump. You see what happens. You see the frustration in Hayskin and after that empty net goal. By the way, Carol Capriza of most playoff goals in franchise history. That's cool. Isn't that crazy, though?

You're about to say wild? No. Yeah, you were. I saw you. I was going to say weird. No. I saw it, Dave. I saw the W form it.

The W was forming. To me, it's like, I feel like the wild have been around longer. Yeah, they have. Like when Karel is your all-time leading playoff cold score, I'm like, what? Who is second? Erickson Eck. Is that true? I don't know.

No, it's probably fucking Koi. That's what I was going to say. But, like, it's wild. There you go. said wild there for that time. Thank you. I knew you were going to say it the first time, too. Oh, dude. I know it is. We should have got this. Oh. Sometimes this thing won't load, which is so fun. But it is Gabbard. Oh, yeah. That makes sense. All right, let's take a quick ad break and then get back with the last series. Siked to talk about one of our favorite partners,

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So, dude, right off the bat, I was surprised at Ingram. I think we both said Jari. Yeah. But I, well, it was funny. I was like, maybe it is Jory, but I kind of said I would have gone to Ingram because he felt like the guy who was doing it for you at the end of the regular season there with Dry Settle Hurt. And he felt like the guy that went, how did you get Ingram?

Because Jari is not the answer, but all of a sudden you got this dude who you pulled off the fucking trash heap and he's going to win you a Stanley Cup. But in game four or three, I did feel like Ingram just wasn't finding the puck. Literally, Trubas throwing fucking hand grenades from the blue line and Ingram's taking fucking cover instead of catching the goddamn thing, biting it off and throwing it back. I guess it was already bit by Truba, but you know what I mean, throw it back.

And he was just letting it explode in the back of the net. So I was kind of surprised that they went Ingram. McDavid was also a game time decision. Exactly. He said to Liam after the game, McHugh was like, how close we did not playing? And Connor was like, never, never close. A lot of guys are digging in.

It was never a question. But I do think that that's conf, confirmation that dudes are battling on this team. What? Do you see Kreider fucking plant one right in Leon's back? Yeah. Didn't like that. Did not like that. I like those.

I don't like those. I did not like that. What is the rule there? Because I know in the NFL you can get fined and that people cheat anyway, but you can get fined if you don't accurately list the injuries. You know, you have to say this person is questionable, this person is doubtful, this person to have his injury. Why, if Connor was truly like, I mean, Connor knows what he's dealing with, obviously, so does the team.

Yeah. He didn't skate this morning. Right, but if Connor thinks to himself, I know my body and I know the pain I'm in, I definitely don't want to skate this morning to preserve that, but I will be able to go tonight. I know this. Yeah. Then is there some obligation for the Oilers to say game time?

I don't know. Because if there isn't, I'm like, why did you say that? Dude, even if he like, even if he was game time, do you have to say that? I don't know. Just be like, bang, Conner's not playing. Yeah. That's a dash one for us because like I don't know that. I don't know that rule or that designation and what the need is.

But yeah, it does feel like a weird thing to announce, especially if Conner's like, I'm playing. Maybe it's, and this says, no NHL teams are not required by league rules to disclose specific injuries or designate players as game time as game time decisions. Yeah, weird. So I'm like, why did you say that? I don't know. Weird to, weird to say it. Maybe, maybe.

Fire up the place. Can I tell you something? Yeah, please. Maybe. Usually the reason NHL never reveals injuries is because you don't want guys to target it out there. You go, if I'm dealing with an ankle, you're going to get fucking hacked all game, right? Like that's a huge part of it.

Maybe the ducks, no playoff experience against this powerhouse. Mind games? We've been there. The ducks are riding high. They're flying V all over the place, dude. Look at us. Up 3-1 against the defending Western Carpice champs. Everyone's saying we couldn't beat the Oilers.

Up 3-1, Flying V! And then the Oilers go, McDavid might not even play tonight. And they go, we did it. Boys, we fucking did it. McDavid might not even play. Oh, my God. Get the beers going early.

And then he goes, psych. I am literally fine. Fuck you. You got over your skis. Flying V, more like fucking duck hunter. Doo, do, do. dead. I loved every bit of that.

Me too. Are you a little upset that it got ruined by your flemy throat? Yes, but I'm sick. Me too, dude. Don't think I didn't hear that. Your gargly flemy throat that you tried to subtly clear in the middle of your soliloquy about the Flying V and Connor. We're burning it at both ends.

I know, I get it. I'm up early. I'm up late. I think they announced he was game time when he wasn't, so the ducks would get overconfident because they were flying V, and then they thought, wow, McDavid's not even playing. We've already won.

I don't hate it. I'll tell you this was just a classic Oilers of the last three years performance where we think they're dead and they win a game that they have no business winning. A lot of people are online. A lot of people are saying that the duck shouldn't have won this game.

And I will say they had one good period. The Ducklings? No, the Edminton Oilers. Oh, oh. They kind of had one good period. They came out hot. They scored three goals in the first 10 minutes.

Dostal gets fucking yanked. And then... Leaky all series. He has been leaky all series. Which is so unacceptable. Like, look at the goals that have been scored by both teams. And if you are the Ducks who look at Dostall as a blue chip goalie, you're like, really, pal.

Really? And like, Conner's not even really scoring. Dude, and the Ducks? Who was on their team that they traded? Gipper? Thank you. Yeah. I'm like, you went, you did this. Like, you went to the guy being like, you're the guy. We're going to make playoffs. And he's good.

Oh, 100%. But I'm like, we did this so you could make playoffs and not give up a thousand goals a game. And he's like this. I'm going to give up four. Every game. How's four seven? What do you think about that? Tonight would have been a thousand. And listen, it's such a tall order for this duck team to be like this. So we're going to go down by two goals or more every game and we're going to battle back somehow and win. You can't do that every time. So for...

The order's just scored first every game back. Oh yeah. And to be 10 minutes into this game down 3-0, I was like, are you fucking dipshit serious? Like, are you actually serious? Thank God this game was in Edmonton. Because if this, when you're up 3-1, if this was your performance

at home, it would have been so unacceptable. But by the looks of things, you're going to go back to Honda and you're going to give up the first goal again. Yes, you are. And it's going to be like this. Okay, here we go. You certainly are. So what's frustrating is, you give these three goals, you then yank him and put in Huso, and then you play a one-one game

after that. And I'm not saying you missed an opportunity here to fucking score three other goals and tie this 4-4. That would have been too tall of a task, especially with all of the other things that you've done. But I do think you're a little frustrated if you're the ducks that this was the performance

you put out. Because really, you had a bad 10 minutes. You had a bad 10 minutes, and then you played it very even for the rest of that game, and you're kind of like, oh, damn, dude, we just fell apart for 10 minutes to start this game? Like, how did you come out that flat? Well, let me ask you this, because this is something I wanted to say to. Coach Q definitely said this, but maybe this is the first time this entire series, the Ducks playoff inexperience, has risen, has shown its ugly mug.

Yeah. Because in this game, with the defending, two-time defending Western Conference champions and two of the five best players alive on the ice. Yeah. at home with their backs and lives, backs against the wall, life's on the line, elimination game. Yeah. All you have to do, not all you have to do, but the number one thing you have to do is rip this mic off. Oh my God.

Let's go! One fucking time! How did you even do that? Is weather the first 10 minutes. Yeah. Like literally, and again, I know Q said this, but he went, just weathered the first 10 minutes. They are going to come out the first 10 minutes.

They are going to come out. The rink is going to be exploding. They are going to be flying. Don't even try to score. Play the first 10 minutes, 0,0, and then we are... Play them tight! And then we are in a game. And instead, you have three goals down your fucking eye socket in nine minutes on six shots.

Dude, two minutes in, pod calls and scores. That line has been incredible. Yeah, I love Pod. He's such a good player. That line deserves so many flowers in a situation where McDavid is clearly dinged up. Yeah. And getting a lot of attention out of the top line. I know they've jumbled a little bit,

but Pod is fucking doing it. And Kay is doing it. And Leon, I can't even begin to say enough good things about Leon. What a fucking stallion. He should be in the next Budweiser commercial as one of those fucking Clydesdales. And they just strapped the beer wagon to him.

And he just goes down Main Street in a gentle snow. That's what he should do. He is a horse, dude. Holy shit. Wow. Agree completely. It's insane. Yeah.

He's a, monster. But that's, yeah, the start of that game, you just get three quick goals and it was over. Those still comes out, plays the pocket. It was also, I don't know how you felt it's easy to say this after the game after they win. They went up three nothing and I mentally I turned the game off because I was like, this one's over. I was like, Anaheim cannot claw back in this one. And if they had, I would have been utterly shocked.

Yep. But with their backs against the wall getting three goals in 10 minutes, I was like, yep, that's that. I have something to say. I've said this, you already, but I'm going to say it on the airwaves. The, it got way better because when I said this year, it was 4-1, and it was right when the fourth one went in and it was no goals again after that. And, I mean, the shots finished what? 30 to 20 ducks. So they did, they didn't roll over.

I mean, they got pounded, but they didn't roll over. No, and this is what I'm saying, like, they outplayed them. That's the crazy thing. There was a lot of great possession, a lot of in-zone time. And in the third, I thought. Yeah, I think the second, too. and yeah just I'm telling you you're a little

frustrated that you just came out so flat for sure I'm going to look at thought yeah because see look at this dude 126 Edmonton shots in the first 11 5 ducks in the second 13 3 in the third but you always are obviously playing a little like whatever they oh they were playing to just protect no doubt so

anyway what I was going to say which was smart to be clear what I said to you when it went 4-1 and I still stand by anyone that listened to the live this is what I'm talking about I had said that I think the mammoth can rally a little bit internally around the fight they showed after going down to Vegas 3-0. And again, that everyone kind of was saying, oh, Vegas is going to win. They're not going to let this series run away from them. And then Dan was saying that the mammoth should actually be pissed because they did go up 4-3 and then puked that up.

I will even concede the puk, which I wouldn't concede this morning. But I will even concede that is a puk if you come all the way back and take the lead. but dude I fucking still stand by and you still disagree which is fine but I still stand by I would so much rather lose like the mammoth did than the ducks did here because this makes me go fuck now here now now they're going and and again when I said that to you they had just gone four one so it felt like it was going to finish like five six one yeah and I was like you just can't have this you can't have this moment where you go now they're now they're pissed yeah and now we're dead whereas the mammoth certainly are going I know we

lost this game, but like, I am not scared of Vegas. I think I was speaking more situationally to the mammoth rather than in general. So with this comparison, I agree with you. And especially, dude, because

this is a lot of PTSD for teams of the last three years, you just, you cannot give this Euler's team life. You simply cannot. This team clawed back from three fucking O, in the final and lost game seven on the road by a fucking goal to the back to back stand the when they had macdavit alone in front of the net like that was as tight as it comes when they were

literally statistically dead they like this never happens and they did it this team is the scariest team in the playoffs full stop dude yeah full stop and a lot of that's but i mean pretty much all of it's mcdavid and dry sell but i'm just telling you this team actually that's not fair a ton of it is mcdavid and dry title, but this team surrounding them, this core, has been here. They've done these runs. They know what it takes more than anyone in the playoffs. Bush is getting points all over the place. New

is getting points. Pod, cap. They're scoring. Yep. And, you know, here we go. Big win. Big win. Yeah. Like, you haven't slowed them down once. Not at all. Fucking not at all, man. You score a ton. Not at all.

Yeah. And yeah, I just think that this was a this was a big win for the Oilers of right now I think Connor walked into that locker and he goes this team fucking sucks exactly exactly this duck's team fucking sucks how the fuck are we down three to one that's what I'm fucking talking about boys

let's shove it up their hoop two more times and embarrass the fuck out of them that is what he's saying in the locker room and if you're I think he should be saying that I'm not saying that's me saying I think this duck's team sucks. But when you're giving up an average of four goals every fucking game, it's like, yeah, dude, they have every right to think that they can easily come back and win three straight. They just won one. And it was the biggest win of the series so far. Yeah. And I think,

okay, I got two things. One, I think the ducks should be happy that they aren't in a buffalo situation. And what I mean by that is they just lost game five. at home. Yeah, and now you're heading back. And now you're heading back. Because like right now Buffalo has to go, we need to steal this one in Boston. Yeah.

Where they've been, where they've been shitty. Yeah. They're going to be pissed. Or we're coming back for game seven. And even though that means a home game seven, it's just still a lot of, it's a lot of mental shit.

At least the ducks are coming home for game six. Because if they just puked this at Honda and then we're going to Rogers for game six, I would already, I would already buy my tickets to game seven. Because I was like, there's no fucking universe. So they got one shot at this in

Honda to close it out. Yeah. But I mean, is anyone, if this goes seven back at Rogers, is anyone going, I actually think the ducks can straighten this out? No, dude. And I'll also tell you this. Doe Stall has been the worst goalie of these playoffs. Yeah, is that true?

That probably is. Statistically, with the new analytics and the goals saved above expected, he has a minus 3.1 goals saved above expected, which is the worst of any goalie in these playoffs. Yeah, I mean, dude. He is, he has 15 goals against. Dude, 8, 6, 4, 4, 3, 2. It's rude to laugh like that. It's rude.

That is insane. I'm only laughing because he's not that bad. Like that is insane. It's so bad, man. And here's what's crazy. If you lose this game at home, I would guess you are losing by giving up four goals or more. And at that point, I'm dead ass. I would start Huso in Game 7.

Really? Yes. Yep. Yes. He played great. I would be like, buddy, you are a fucking liability. Like, it's so bad. I hate it because I love the guy.

And I think he's a great goaltender. But I would be like, it would truly be one of the craziest conversations you've ever had. You would look at him and you'd go, Do you think you should start? Four three, two? Do you think that you should be starting this game? We were just up three one, and then you gave up four goals a game. Oh, my God.

I, honest to God, don't think you can start him. If you lose game six, and he gives up, honestly, three or more goals, I think you have to look at him and go, Ron, I have to fire you. Yeah. Dude, Connor Ingram is 878-377 after tonight, after like a 19 save in 20 shots and one goal. Like, those two were probably the two worst goal

in the playoffs. They are literally the two worst goals. And they're playing each other. I'm like, this is a fucking... This is why we keep calling it a fucking

beer league series. Holy shit. It's because these two guys are just not playing. That is so insane, dude. Here's another one that I'm terrified if I'm a Ducks fan.

Killer scored again on the Power Play, which is insane. Yeah. And I don't know how I haven't clocked this because I've been watching all these games

because they're so fun. The Ducks are seven for 14 on the PowerPlay. if that dries up at all, which is unsustainable, like they are on a fucking solar nuclear path on the power play. If that returns to the norm, like, dude, I don't want to find this doc.

Remember I did their power, like I think they had a horrible power play this year. If they returned to horrible power play status, they might never score again. I know. So they are dead. All I know is this. We have not had our Chris Crider game yet.

Yeah, you promised me I'd get one. And I'll tell you what, dude. Do you know when they, they play next? What day is it? I bet they play Thursday. Guess whose birthday it is on Thursday? Crieds?

Yes. That is gas. I don't know for sure if they play Thursday. I'll tell you. They do. They do. It would be a good day to have a day. Not a bad day to have a day.

It would be a good day to show up as a great playoff performer, which he is. I just think it could go seven, dude. I think the players have so much grit. Oh, I, I feel so. certain and confident that it is going seven. Game seven will be number. Which is why I hammered that bet today at plus 325. Oh yeah, yeah. And if it goes seven, you bet your sweet breeches that the Oilers are winning. I think the betting public will be on them in a big way. Yeah. All right. This episode is out this morning, Wednesday. So tonight we got Habs

bolts. We got Flyers, Penguins, Big Game Six. God. And we've got Big Game Six. And we've got Big Game five, Mammoth, Golden Knights. Can't wait for it. Unbelievable. Two electric game fives. Do you think Flyers pick go seven? Yes. Do you think Oilers, ducks go seven?

Yes. Do you think savers, Bruins go seven? Yes. Seven's wild, dude. It's my favorite number. 777 jackpot, dude. That's going to be insane. Can't wait.

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