Empty Netters Podcast - The Avs and Canes Might Win The Hardest Sweeps Ever

Episode Date: April 28, 2026

The boys are LIVE breaking down Canes Sens game 3, Bruins Sabres game 3, and Avs Kings game 3. The Sens and Kings are on the brink of elimination but it's not from lack of trying. And the Bruins give back home ice advantage to the Sabres after a goalie change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So welcome to the Empty Netters Live. Apologies for all those fucking craziness moments, but we're back. C.P., how are you doing? I couldn't be better. This is the best day of my life. I love to hear that. I'd love you to not be buried in your computer the whole episode, though. Well, you know what was awesome when we had a desk?

Oh, no. For those of you who didn't hear us in the beginning of the first edition, I said all I've ever wanted was a couch to sit on. And here we are, and CP is actually telling me that all I actually ever wanted. wanted was a desk, which is true. Which is true. Dan was like, Don't get hostile.

When we build the studio, we need a desk. And I said, thank God, because then we can use our computers. And then where did we go? We did, oh, we were in Milan. We went to the YouTube studio in Milan and they had a couch and then it ruined everything. Yeah. You got incepted and infected. And then you came back and you said, let's, let's never use our desk again.

That's not true. I keep saying if you'd listen, if you get the fat out of your ears, I want a couch for the live. because it's early morning. What's that? Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no.

This is good. Well, this is good for me, not for you. I guess that's kind of good for you. What do you think about that? I don't like it. What do you think about that? I don't like it. Put it down.

We get to switch seats because I'm, then let me sit there and you can sit here. No, put it down. No, no, no, no, no, no. I'm begging you to put it down. I don't like this. I love it. So where does that net out? We're going to get you.

You know those things that people have when they eat dinner? TV dinner. Yeah, yeah. We're going to get you a TV dinner table. But this is just, this is terrible. This is hiding me. No one can see my great shirt. No one wants to see you.

Okay. That's a really cool table. Those are your options. Desk or me like this. I mean, okay. This guy, who are you? You're Andrew Klein. You need your notes.

Yes. You can't perform without notes. God, if you remember everything that happened across three hockey games that we saw, I give you a ton of credit. I certainly do not have that mental capabilities. I do. All right, folks, we are going to jump into these games. We're going to start with Boston Buffalo.

Huge performance from the Sabres, in my opinion. Yeah, and I thought they had an incredible, obviously they've been down in the first two games. Yeah. But I don't think the literal start of the game was a problem. They got down eventually, but it wasn't like, oh, man, the Bruins are all over. over them for the first 10 minutes. Had a scoreless first. But I thought Buffalo had an incredible road start in this game.

Obviously, they didn't want to go down again on the road, which they eventually do. But it was like the first few minutes, it was like, oh, shit. Yeah. They were up on shots. They were flying all over the place. It was definitely a very strong performance from them. And again, I mean, we'll get into it. But lion starting was a big thing in this one.

I was shocked. I wasn't at all. Yeah. I mean, what's crazy is like, game one was, Yvesa had two goals, you know? Like, it's not like he was, UPL was getting shelled. Yeah.

Game two was obviously, felt like they ran away with it. They went up for nothing. Uh-huh. But UPL hasn't sniffed 900, say, percentage in either of those two games. Yeah, and I know it was the four on 20 or something last game. And it's also in one of those situations where UPL's a great goaltender,

Lyons a great goaltender. neither one of them was the guy this season. I feel like. They rotated like three guys. Talking to Sabres fans, they weren't like, we have one clear number one. I think UPL is,

you know, from the pedigree standpoint, the age standpoint is probably the number one. But it was very much a group effort this season. So coming into the playoffs, it was like, all right, probably UPL going to start.

And in that situation, it's for me kind of like a, if you get off to a slow or rocky start, you're going to get yanked. Yeah. He got Yankton game two made sense to me that Lion started game three, and I thought Lion was fantastic. Oh my God.

He won, he was, you know, the team's player of the game and deserved every bit of it. When, yeah, I want to get into his whole performance, but it's funny, dude. The, like, take the swayman play in the Olympics. In that situation, I'm like, you have three world-class goalies on Team USA. and anyone could play. Obviously, Helly ended up being like the Lord and Savior. But in my mind, I'm like, anyone could play. Sway has that crazy one go in from Center Ice.

And they kind of go, all right, we're just going to play the other guys then. I'm not saying Sway's bad. I'm just saying like, this was an easy thing to point to. Yeah. In this case, they're kind of treating it. Buffalo clearly is treating it the same way. They go, we don't care what goal we plays. So UPL has that weird one from geeky and they go, okay, we're just going to go lying.

Yeah. And in my mind, like, let's say that exact play happened to Swayman, they wouldn't go. We're going to go, Corby. Well, of course not. Right. That's what I'm saying. And I'm like, I was kind of surprised that they, when they chose UPL, I was kind of surprised that they were like, oh, a freak bounce means you're out now. Because even though he had a low save percentage, the three shots that went in were, were RV snipe job, unbelievable goal, nobody's fault. Yeah.

Our play goal, unbelievable goal, nobody's fault. RV backhand with someone draped over him like, Those are no one, those aren't like, oh, wow, UPL's giving up bad goals, except for a complete fluke. Yeah. And normally I don't penalize goalies for complete flukes. I penalize them for like, oh, you're letting him. I wonder if it's more, he's not like the clear, no doubt about it, starter,

also has bad save percentage. Also, that's happening. Yeah. It also does feel tough when you were tied 1-1 in the series to get the ink. That's, that's, and that's, so this, so my answer to you is, this is clearly a, the goalie coach sees something. the head, Lindy sees something. There's no way that that's like a,

Jesus, you're in shambles. It's like a, clearly they are seeing things that we aren't just as the fans watching. So they make a change, and it works out immediately. Because Lion was fantastic. There's no doubt about it. Made two awesome, made multiple awesome saves in the first one, Boston picked it up,

two specifically on Zaka. Yeah. And I was like, God damn. I thought three, because I thought that second one on Zaka, he had like a double chance. So true. Like Zaka had three. chances, big time chances in that first period that he couldn't bury. There were a lot of Bruins fans

being like, this game should be two nothing already after the first period. I think any fan base can say that when you have a reasonable amount of chances, but I do think Boston had some significant high danger chances. Do you feel like the Bruins big dogs are threatening? Well, threatening, I maybe will give them. I thought you were about to say, quiet and I was going to go yes. I don't think they're quiet though because like geeky is on the score sheet, pasta is on the score sheet. And also,

so I bring that up to transition to pasta. Pasta is a top 10 player in the NHL. I think anyone who does not accept that does not watch hockey or is a dumbdown. He is the best player on the Boston Bruins. I think there are very few players in the league. who are this talented, who can, without question, be a 50 goal score if they want to, or, like he has done this year, go, it behooves me and the rest of the team to be more of a setup guy and get everyone else going, like Zaka going, like Geeky going, and get us into the playoffs.

So I'm not going to score 50. I'm going to be a pass-first guy. And I think he's very much been a past first guy this year. And there were a few plays last night Where it felt to me like pasta could have gone hero ball And instead kept that past first mentality And that must be super difficult as a player of that caliber When you are relied upon to do so much

To figure out which version of yourself you need to be Because there were a couple times where I was like Dude shoot the ball or shoot the ball Shoot the ball too Hey dude it's basketball Put it up That's an interesting question That's an interesting thought exercise

because pasta in five less games, because he missed five games this year, in five less games, had his lowest amount of points in the last four years. Okay, he's on a four-year, 100-point streak, which is fucking incredible. 113, 110, 10, 10, 100 on the nose this year.

And I know, I like to say a point is a point. I know some people are like, well, dude, it doesn't matter. Secondary assists, like, blah, blah, blah. And for me, goal scoring in the NHL, scoring goals in the National Ocala is the hardest thing to do. Yeah, period.

You can be a great goal, you can be a great defenseman, all this shit. Scoring a fucking goal in the National Ocala League is the hardest thing to do. And when we had, who are we talking to?

Well, I mean, this is a common take. Austin Matthews has no assist. He's a center with no assist. But I'm like, but he had 65, he had 69 goals. Yeah. I don't care. Like, if you, because no one can do that.

No one has that ability. Austin Matthews, every time the puck touches his stick, he should shoot it. Same with Alex Govechkin. And for me, same with David Posternach. There's a reason Ovi has never had this season. Maybe he's not capable of it. Maybe he's like, oh, I'm just a better pass than you at. Maybe.

I don't know. I think he is. But there's a reason Ovi is like, yeah, I shoot it. I don't need to be passing 71 times. And 100 points is 100 points. I am a point guy where I'm like, I respect all points equally. I'm one of those people.

If you get a point, it means a goal score. Exactly. Think about it. But I guess how people go, dude, yeah, but the defenseman who moved it out of the fucking break zone to McDavid, who went up and passed it to Hyman, blah, blah, blah, so I'm not point-shaming. I'm really not.

So 100 points, pasta, thank you for your service. Yeah. But I am like, man, you are at your best all these three previous seasons when you had more points and minimum 43 goals. Yeah. I don't know. It's tough for me. I'm so big on you got a, I love an assist.

I love an assist. I think when you get everyone else going, that's great. But I'm also so big on in the playoffs, I know you need everyone. If you want to win a cup, you need everyone. But when you look at a team in the playoffs who's going on a deep run and you look at their, I mean, I look at Vegas very particularly the year they won the cup. And it's like, who is their top point score? Jack.

And I'm like, yep, that's exactly what you need. And it's, we're through three games. So I'm not saying anyone's not performing. But it's like, I stand by, it's tough for a guy like Posternak because it's like, you have to do everything. Yeah, that is fucking brutal. But going into this game, we get Bruins on the sheet first. Tanner, you know, I thought that was a great shot.

Me too. Little sneaky rister, short side, kind of through a screen. Right through the wickets. And Bruins get up But for me, the Bruins game Was yet again all about sway I think that first period He's all over the place

I also want to give a ton of credit to guys like Charlie McAvoy, Hampus Lindholm There are so many plays in this game And games one and two Where there's crazy scrums in front of the net No one knows where the puck is Sway's falling all over the place The boys are falling all over the place

blocking shots getting in lanes there's great team defense being played by Boston. But it's another period where, or first period, where you can't crack Swamen. They scored on him in the second period for the first time before the third period all series. Yeah, true. So that's great for Buffalo, but it's so good for Boston. You come home to Boston, you lose this first game, you're down to one in the series. Sure, okay, fine.

But it is unbelievable that three, three games. and please God some of these Buthurt Bruins fans miss me with the people being like Well, Sway got a little leaky in that first game If you watch that game and you think that's on Sway I do not know what to say to you You have three games here where Jeremy Swayman

Has been fan fucking tastic So And that was how you were gonna win You feel great about that Dude I was dying Because when Jano scored I went like this Even though it's been playing great

I was like, oh man, Bruins are going to roll because this is just going to be one of those nights for Buffalo where we have Tanner, you know, scoring and the fucking garden's going crazy. And I was like, yeah, here it comes. And then right after that, pasta had a great chance with a ton of poise. It almost looked like rantan where he was like,

pump, pump, pump, kept going. And dude, Lion almost fell down. Like, pasta pumped and Lyon was like doing this thing like when you're falling off a clip. And I was like, oh my God, this is where to score. And credit to him, because he recovered incredibly, pushed all the way across and saved him. And I was like, fuck me.

That would have been epic. And then that, actually, you know what? The Sabres did get turn it on in that stretch right there. Tons of shots. That was when Sway was really shining. But then you get the Samuelson stick break, which goes right into the RV penalty shot. Can we talk about the fact that there's been four penalty shots in the first round of the playoffs so far? Through three, no series has passed three games.

Like when Q got a penalty shot, I think it was game two. I was like, holy shit. We got a penalty shot. And then there's been three others. What fuck is going on? And I have a hot take, dude. And penalty shots are electric, so I don't know why I'm complaining. But the Q one is textbook black and white.

This is what a penalty shot is. Guy has clear breakaway from defensive blue line. You didn't like this one? This one and the Martinuk one. I'm surprised people are calling penalty shots when they only get clear at the hash marks. The Martinuk one was wild. I'm like, dude, that's like, Dan, it's essentially like this. If I was coming down, this would never happen because you're too good.

but if I was coming down on you on a one-on-one, and you step up to me at the top of the high circles. Yeah, yeah. And I went like this and put it through your legs, and I'm now clearly past you, and you turn around and hook me, then they go like this, penalty shot. That's literally what these calls are.

It's from the hash marks in. And I think that's correct. I don't know why I'm complaining again, because they're cool, but I'm like, dude, that is not the definition of a fucking penalty shot. They're in alone. Yeah, but you're in alone, like, in the, I'm just past you.

That's a hook. That's a penalty. I hear you. It was crazy. I couldn't believe. Dalene, right? Dahlene came in and slashed the fuck out of RV. And I was like, good point.

Also, that play was so wild. And I give Samuelson so much credit because that stick breaks and he was like, oh, fuck. And the puck was very, it was a weird spot between his legs. And his ability to kick it. I was like, well done. But then Arvi's read of that was remarkable. Like he was just like this.

I'm going to put my stick right here. He was like, boom, right on the stick. I bet he kicks it lefty. True. And that he did. He got it. I mean, that's checking the fucking game notes like you read about. The guy knows which leg he shoots with.

It's unbelievable. But came down great save by line. A lot of people thought he missed the net. Agreed. That glanced the blocker. Great save. We have four penalty shots and not a goal. Yeah, all four missed.

And listen, people are like... Arby's been hot, too. That's probably other than Pasta, the guy you want taking a penalty shot. People don't score on penalty shots in the shootout very often. Like, I think people forget that. Like, Zegris is the game. goat and is like 69% nice oh no he's not that high is he dude i think he is it's actually insane talk about that would talk about how people are good at that but zach look up what trevor zegress's

career shootout percentage is for me please sir you're gonna be you're gonna be blown away did you just get it already no no i i wanted zach to be part of the part of the process come on Zach um um i i know it's high i didn't i didn't realize it was that it's fucking nuts but yeah I mean like 30% is good. Like, I'll tell you this, dude. Yeah, yeah. Like, I'll blow, actually, I'll blow your mind right now. To keep the train moving here, second period.

58%. Yeah, 58%. Z. You fucking. Dirty, dirty boy. That is disgusting. You know, like, everyone's like, you should score. And I'm like, well, that's the nastiest dude to ever do it. And you score less than that time.

I'll try ever Zegers. Until Zegers is actually the good. It's unbelievable. So, tough. one, but man, that would have been, for me, obviously, you miss Ben Aldi shot, it's a big moment in the game, but for me, that would have been such a moment because the Sabres were on a several-minute stretch of carrying the play. They're going, we're going to break through sway any second.

And then not only were they, but did they, could they have given up a goal, but also, it was such bad luck. Like, it wasn't a turnover. It's Samson didn't throw a pizza. He fucking breaks his stick. I just think if you're the Sabers, they're on the road and you go, you got to be fucking kidding me. Broken stick into penalty shot into gold. Now we're down two.

So it was, it just felt like an extra big swing when he got that save, great save. And then to make it worse if you're a Boston fan, not a minute later, Beau Byron bang. Yeah. And you're like, fuck. Great, great play by the Sabres moving that puck around. I forget who

got the, who tossed that puck up to Byram? Dude, Osslyn, I think. No, it was Ossland. It was an incredible play. It was a great play. Power got it to Oslin, he threw the puck up. That one I think deflected off Hagen's, which is a bummer because we were talking about the kid line for Boston.

And I thought Higgins had a great game. And like you always hate when that shit happens. That's sticking lane, dude. You're like, fuck, dude. Yeah. And I think Hagen's Minton and Cousier are going to break through here. And you hope that doesn't frustrate them because like you're playing great. Bowen Byram is a great, great player.

Yes, he is. him getting hot here is like that's a great thing for buffalo too but that's another one for boston fans and for sway deflection weird goal like that's the one that sneaks through you feel pretty good about it um going into the third tied one one i thought this game curious to your thoughts was tilting for buffalo oh yeah right oh yeah yep they were definitely dolly was everywhere oh my god dolly was everywhere he was like fucking hammering people he was in the rush. Jesus Christ, dude, what a game.

You get the tuck goal. What a cheese job. That also hit someone, I believe. Yeah, and it was just a great... Seeing eye shots through traffic that glance off someone are so cheek. I love them. It's tough.

Dude, get it on net, baby. And that was another one. I'm not just glazing sway. Obviously, everyone knows. Anyone who watches the show knows that I love Jeremy Swayman. But that was another one. Like, you can't... That's such a hard shot to save.

Through traffic, you can't see shit. I do think Boston needs to get that puck out. Dude, I've been screaming this literally every episode where I'm like, get the puck out. That was a very sloppy play. They had a few chances to clear that puck out. Just like on the stick, try and one extra pass in your D zone that doesn't work out or weak clearances.

Buffalo keeps it in and you make them pay. That in hockey in general, but in playoff hockey, when you get those moments, and you can feel those moments when a team can't get the puck out, you feel it on your stick, like you got the hands switching a little bit, you're like, we have to score here.

That wins games. That wins cups. Yep. And it's, it's, that was, that felt like a dagger, especially when it was like, wasn't a clear, clean shot. That's like, ah, sway missed that one. It's like, fuck, it gets through,

somehow sneaks in. You feel like shit when that goal goes in. When you're the five on the ice for Boston there, you're doing this. And you're like, oh my God, damn it. And this is what's tough. I stand by this. I might be wrong.

I'm sure coaches might be like you're wrong. Yeah. But a turnover at the top of your zone is way worse than icing it, in my opinion. And I know people go, well, now we're iced. Now we can't change. They can get the matchup they want. If they win that draw, we're hemmed in again. I'm like, well, then win the draw then.

Yeah. Or you have another chance to get out. You know, like, I'm just like, it has to get out. It has to get out. Literally ice it. And what blows is NHL players are so good that they trust their, I want to go, if you make a pass in the zone, it better work. Yeah. And I want to say that to them, but they're so good that they're like, that should

have worked, you know, but I'm like, it didn't, though. So it has to come out. And I don't know if it's a regular season to play off mind shift, but it's like ice the fucking puck, dude. Yeah. Iceings are not actually hurting us. They, we just saw it hurt Montreal. I just did that whole thing where cooped through the line change in overtime, whatever, whatever. I'm sure I'll be on here later in an episode screaming about a bad icing that led to a goal. But I'm like, get the puck out. We've seen enough bad turnovers in zone that have led to fucking seven. goals over the last three years. Get the puck out. So Buffalo gets the empty net. Ping, hit the empty net bet. If you guys aren't jumping on the empty net bet, I don't know what you're doing. Join us.

We went two for three last night. Yeah, we did. That's how you make money. Both of them broke my heart. We're betting a hundred, you don't have to bet a hundred. We're betting a hundred bucks on an empty net goal in every single game. It's fantastic. I want to talk about this series. Okay. Of all the series, where is Boston Buffalo ranking for you? Because I, I, I, I, I, I, have some thoughts on this series. And these two teams. I'm trying to pretend if it was in part, if I was, you know,

it was just a regular, I don't care about any team. I would go, let me do them all. Let me do them all, Dan. You're going to rank them right now? Yep. Holy shit. Dallas.

I love when you do this. I didn't even ask for this. Dallas. And now you're feeding. Minnesota. I think. But that's, that's my one.

Second Tampa, Montreal. Incredible. Yeah. Fireworks, two overtime games through two. I'm fucking horny for that game tonight. Then, then Edmonton, Anaheim, just because it's like a fucking

absolute shootout, dude. It's fucking Mexican standoff. It's insane. Jesus Christ. Then. It's a beer league game. There are two beer league games. It's amazing.

Edmonton, Anaheim is a beer league series. It's amazing. Sneaky four for me. This is going to surprise people. Carolina, Ottawa. It's about to be a fucking sweep, it feels like. But every game has been extremely high-scale, in my opinion, and extremely close. So I'll go that for.

And then I think I would have Boston-Buffalo. Boston-Buffelow Vegas Mammoth are kind of interchangeable here for me at 5-6. Avs, King, 7. Because tough games, honestly, but kind of boring games. And then Flyers Pit, which has been a tragedy. Yes. This, for me, this series is a crazy

the fact that this is the one in the Atlantic against the wild card team this does not feel that way wouldn't you have expected that though coming in like we picked I can't remember what you said but I was like I think Boston's gonna win this series like this felt like one of those this is a weird matchup but this is actually very close

yes I picked Buffalo but I definitely thought it was close but I think I thought it was close mostly because we're talking to Marty Alex Martinez last night. And we talked a lot about how there are regular season teams and

there are playoff teams. And what's interesting about that, this is going to be a fucking brutal ricochet shot at Toronto. But over the last eight or so years, we've seen Toronto at the top of the Atlantic many times, and then they lose in the first round. Yeah, they lose in the second round.

That is the definition of a regular season team. When you're playing back-to-backs, you're you're rotating goaltenders, guys are getting hurt. When you have quick, small, shifty guys, you can be a regular season team

and rack up points. And then you get into playoffs, the game gets way more physical, it gets way tighter, certain players disappear, all of a sudden you lose a series that people are like, how did we lose?

And it's like, you're a regular season team. It's a real thing. Talk to any player in the league. There was a fear for some Buffalo fans and for some people in hockey media being like, I wonder what we're going to see from Buffalo here. I am so incredibly impressed with this Sabres team.

Me too. For coming into, how many guys in this team have never sniffed playoff hockey? Yeah, dude. The majority of them? I'd like to get that math, but yeah. And it is awesome how well they're playing. And I think this Boston team has a ton of playoff experience. I think this Boston team is maybe a little heavier too.

Yes. And Buffalo is just going toe to toe. I think this series has been a blast. Like, this is really, They got pretty physical in game two. And it is a physical series. But it's not a fucking rope-a-dope like Toronto or, excuse me, Tampa, Montreal is. It doesn't look like people are trying to kill each other all game.

This is just like great hockey. And it's great to see the goalie battle going on here, especially in the last game. And I think if you're Buffalo, you win that game where I think you won the game. Like if I'm looking at the tail of the tape, this is a boxing match. They win that game. They deserve to win that game. You know, they deserve to win that game.

And if you're Boston, you also still feel great. You go into game four and you're like, we can, you know. Yeah. We should have won game one is how they feel. You emphatically won game two, regardless of the little flurry.

And then tight one last night. I think this series is fantastic. It's going to be great. I think it's going deep as hell. Just like both teams are playing great. I think you got unbelievable shit going on from the fans in Buffalo. Great stuff. I know you lost, but great stuff from the Boston fans last night. This is, if you are just an objective hockey fan looking for games to watch, this series is

fantastic. Great. Fantastic. The Bruins, I actually just want to shout out Noah Oslin because he had that great pass that you said on the Byram goal. Yes. He had the empty net goal, which was actually kind of an epic empty net goal. Yeah. And I don't want to throw any shade, but I just wanted to call it out because you asked about the big guns. Yeah. I would say, when I was doing my tail of the tape, I was like, pasta is kind of the one that couldn't get that out with Tuck.

Pasta was the one chasing down Austin here, and the Bruins, not that this is on pasta, but unfortunately kind of is, the Bruins had two power plays, down a goal with eight minutes left, two,

and just didn't score, you know, and I'm like, man, those are the moments where you're like, fuck us, dude. Like, how did we not send that to overtime? I'm looking at the chat,

so I got to mention it. What do we think about the, the tuck elbow to Mason Luride? before the goal. I will never complain about refs. I don't do that. But that was a fucking nice elbow. Yeah.

I mean, he caught him. The freeze frame is tough. Like, that is an elbow to the head. And I know a lot of Boston fans were but-heard about that. Yeah. Those are, there's a high hit I want to talk about later that was, that was probably worse. I don't know. Shit happens sometimes.

Like, that's not why the Bruins lost the game. Put it that way. My last thing on this series, do you start denying powerplays if you're both of these teams? Yes. Dude, it's a joke.

And it's such a vibe killer. Like you get the powerplay and you're like, come on finally, this time boys. And it's like, you suck still.

And then I'm like, never mind. This is crazy. It's so brutal. Both of these power plays are fucking limp dick like you read about. It's insanity.

It's crazy. Absolutely crazy. All right, let's bounce it to the next series. What do we got? Sends, Keynes. Another one where we switch back to the low seed. We go to Ottawa and I guess in the reverse because Buffalo was the one that came out. And this one, I loved to the start from the Seds.

They came out hitting. Actually, I'm going to pause real quick. I just want to give a quick double-rister to Jack Quinn. Oh, sure. He was fantastic in that. He was all over the ice in that game. Hit a pipe. There was a lot of, hit some lot of.

A lot of iron in that game. Yep. Okay, sorry. We're on to Cain's Sends. I love the energy in that building. And you knew we're going back to Canada. Everybody's fired up. You knew Brady's, Brady was going to have the crowd.

The boys going. Tons of energy for the Sends, which was fucking fantastic. But then the Stank Man opens the scoring. And I got to say something about Stank. I was talking to our boy Dennis from Raleigh. And he goes, because, you know, he's dialed on the Cains. and he has his finger on the pulse of the fan base and what they're thinking.

You and I love Stank Man, and we said... Probably the hottest player on the team right now, no? We said, dude, that during that whole rant and saga, what a piece that was to get back from all that shit, right? Like, I always loved him in Dows,

but I was like, holy shit, they got Stank back. And we said, we told them on the pod, years from now, when we look back on this, I swear people will go, that was a great trade, because look what you got. It just felt at the time,

I'm just getting this prospect, whatever. So this year, he only had 44 points. Which was a career high, by the way, but he's improving, but he only had 44 points, and I think Keynes fans

were a bit frustrated at times throughout the year. Per Dennis. I think we look at Stank as like a 65, 70 point guy. Definitely. And I'm thinking higher. You want higher than that?

My projections, and I'll tell you what? My analysts say it could go a heck of a lot higher than that. What do you think? 7580? A heck of a lot. lot higher than that.

7580. 7580. I think he's an 80 point guy. Hell, yes, Stank. He's always been a goal score. His whole career, he had 21 this year. He's done nothing but perform his entire life. He's going to score, he's going to be, he's still 40.

He's also a brain. He's my new, he might be my new Cole Cofield. Yeah, yeah. If Tank will get 40. If Kane's fans haven't seen our episode with Stank, it's a great one to check out. He's, the kid just loves hockey. He's the new Cole Field because he's never, he's guys 21 once. And I guess he's a 40 goal guy, which he is.

So strap in everybody. But he had 44 points. people were a little frustrated if they want more. Then, you look now, on an 11, go back into the regular season, on an 11 game point streak, 15 points through those games, goals in three straight, which, let me just check my memory, are all three playoff games.

That's every game, folks. That's every game of the playoffs. So, how do you like me now? The, the, Kane's roster, we're going to get a lot into the Sends here in this game, too. So Senators fans,

we blasted out a tweet last night being like Sends fans talk to us. How are you feeling? A lot of frustration, a lot of sadness. Yes. And I've got... I'm telling you, I'm going to put some blood in your pencil today. I'm going to give a nice pep talk to Sends fans at the end of this segment here.

But talking about the Cains right now, I've been so high on the Cains all year long, so high on the Cains going into this series. This, I'm telling you, this roster is different. This Cain's roster is so... different. And I look at some of their additions. Eelers has been incredible. Kandre Miller was so good in this game that that fucking pass on that second goal was out of this world. Great goal by Blake too. But Taylor fucking Hall, man. We need to have a discussion

about the playoff performer that Taylor Hall is. When Taylor Hall was on the Boston Bruins, his last year, he was the best player on the Boston Brewins. He was only one doing anything. Only one doing anything. He was all fucking over the ice in this game and he made that Sankovind goal. Yes, he did. The way he... I'll score himself first. Dude, unbelievable zone entry, great

shot, gets his own rebound, wheels are on the net, fine, stank, and he was doing that all game. Yep. And you know, you've got vets on this team like Martinuk also play a performer. Obviously, the Allfather, Slavin, going to be incredible. But when

you get a guy like Taylor Hall, who we talked a lot last live about Matt DeShane on Dallas. We talked a lot about Mojo on Minnesota. These are these like vets who maybe aren't going to be pouring in so many points during the regular season. But then in the playoffs, they just know how to play. They know where to be. Taylor Hall is fucking doing that. And he must be arousing Keynes fans like nothing you have ever seen.

I mean, talking late night Cinemax, Taylor Hall. Yeah, yeah, dude. Scramble that shit. Look through the scramble. Mr. Skinimax, Taylor Hall is just. all over the place. He is a dog and I think it's easy to go. I mean, he has a fucking heart trophy, but it's easy to go. People forget that he is a NHL MVP. Yeah, it's easy to go. Taylor Hall isn't quite the, you know, a one that you would have hoped. You look at some other ones and I'm

like, oh, whatever. And it's probably true. Like I, I'm, he probably isn't on the level of some of these guys like a Macklin-Colabini who you draft and changes your franchise forever. Diller Hall's been on 10 teams, it feels like, you know. But This you cannot take for granted. Having being able to bring in a guy like this and do this in the playoffs so fucking consistently is awesome. That being said, and I'm pretty sure he passed the Keandre before the Blake goal, right? Like he had an app on that one. He sure did.

And it was a great play by him. But God, that key pass was insane. But we got to bring up because it's worth it. He fucking drilled Jake Sanderson in the head and he left the game. Yes. And that is, I mean, that is your best defense. This is the one I was talking about when you were like. Like, what about the talky elbow?

This hit sucks because, and dude, we have ranted and raved about trying to get the high hits out of hockey. Yeah. Because it does, because it does suck. It sucks. This is one where- Protect our brains, dude. Where Hall is on the forecheck. Sanderson is wheeling around the net, or not around the net, like, kind of in front of the net, but he's turning. He feels Hall coming, so he slows, like in just chips like this.

and Hall's time, keep in mind, they're going so fast. Hall's timing up the, he's not going to slow down. So he's like, and I'm going to drill him in the shoulder. And the second Sanderson goes like this, now it's head contact

and it's hard to pull out of that. He got a penalty. For me, and I fucking love Jake Sanderson. For me, I am okay with the result, even though normally when someone gets hurt and probably is going to miss time, I'm like, die, you should miss time too.

It just felt like he should have got a penalty for that. He did. and it's a shit play. I don't know how you feel, though, because I have no issue, I'll check the chat. I have no issue with any Sands fan going, that is fucking horseshit.

That should have been a major, and we're fucked now because Jake Sanderson's out. Yeah, it's a great point, dude. There are high hits that feel like the wires cross and you're a heat-seeking missile and you're up like this the whole time. That one did feel like a bang-bang play.

Sanderson kind of changed his level. definitely affected it. So I'm with you. It's like I'm glad a penalty was called, but I'm also with you and that it's not one where I'm calling for Taylor Hall to miss time because I'm like, fuck, that was just unlucky.

Bang, bang, playing the playoffs. But it's just, it is always such a dagger when one of your best players goes down like that. Dude, okay, hold on that. We'll come back to it because I have a question for at the end of the series. So you called this out, or actually I just want to shout out the,

uh, the, uh, uh, send's goal. Um, that was actually a crazy play for people that are, everyone in this live is probably dialed in hockey, but new hockey fans, if the defensive team,

if the puck does get out, this is the one the Keynes actually did get out, but then they knocked it back in the zone themselves. That is actually not offside. And it was kind of a crazy play, but the Sends took advantage, Cousins over to the bath man. Great goal.

It was such a nice goal. Yep. The pass from Cousins, that was a great example of Cousins, like not really a top six guy, but is the type of Swiss Army Knife guy where when you're juggling line, you'll bump them up.

They threw them up there. They threw them up there. That pass was gross, just such a perfect sauce to the bath man. And then that's how you elevate. Yeah. That is how you elevate. You have to. Bath with just a great finish.

And this is a great time to talk about Freddie Anderson. Okay. Great. Freddie Anderson has been incredible. And the way we have been riding Bussy all year long, like Bussy, former Boston Bruin, went down to Florida, get scooped up by the Cains, and holy shit, has Bussie been incredible.

The bus has been... What a shot of adrenaline for this cane team. Another element of this cane scene, why I'm like they are so different this year. But they go with Freddie. They go with their guy. They're, you know, on paper, they're starting goaltender,

and he has been fucking electric. Arguably the best goalie in the playoffs. I think... Correct. thought both were great last night. After O-Mart, pretty shaky season. So credit to him, because honestly, sometimes it's the reverse with him. Yeah. Great season, and then,

oh, here comes playoff, Omar again. Great. I thought both goals were great last night. Freddie Anderson, fucking amazing. Question for you. Because I saw a couple of this in the chat, and I saw some of this online. Do you play Bussy game four? Because you go, Freddie, we know that you can't sustain this.

We have, we have. Decades and decades of data that by the time we roll to the Easter Commerce Finals, you cannot sustain this level of this much playing time. We got Sam in the chat saying Bussie has a lucky run and is being overrated. Oh my God. Sam, how fucking dare you. Is that our boy, Sam, or is it different? No, that is our boy.

That's our boy. Sam. Bussie is gross, dude. Shame on you, Sam. What? He's seen Bussy look like Swiss cheese. What's brutal is. I hate saying Freddie can't sustain this because it's,

It's acting like his skill level can't sustain it. But it's just, it's the... It's his body. It's his body. It's not his mind. I almost said it's his body and his mind. It's his body. I don't think you can.

And while I have all the faith in the world in Bussy, and I know that this team has all the faith in the world in Bussy, the fear is if you put Bussy in and you lose, you just play Freddy at home in game five. Yeah, but then what if he loses? And it's like, dude, you interrupted the flow. He's in flow state. Why would you interrupt the flow?

Because you know you're going to lose if you don't. But you've got to take it a series at a time, dude. Get out of this series. Here's an idea. Play Freddy in game four and finish the sweep and then give him, let him rest. Okay. I don't hate that because you are going to get some rest. Here's the thing.

Freddie is obviously starting game four. I would think so, but I don't think it's as obvious as you think. I think it is. I think that there is literally not a single thought in Rod's head. that is like I might not play him. I think there, we'll never know this, so whatever, but I think. Well, that's what you think. Rod, why don't you come on in here?

He goes like this. It's bussy. Punches me in the face. I think there's a conversation has been had in the coach's room of, what do you think? And I think probably they go, Freddie, but I think they go, I think someone has said that out loud in the coach's room. Fuck. Yeah. I don't know.

It's crazy. getting into the Sends There has been Oh well We already mentioned the Blake goal Yep Batherson scores Blake scores a minute and a half way Incredible from from Kiannre

Just so nasty This has been for me in this series Has been a theme where It feels as though the canes Are like they're not unloading the clip And I don't want to say they're playing with their food Because that disrespects Ottawa But it does feel like the canes are

Are playing chess in this series Well, interesting, because my read so far, and we really only got to watch that one Canes Sounds game together. Yeah. But my read so far has been, it's all Ottawa. Like I actually don't think, I think the Canes are playing incredibly. I don't think they're playing with their food at all. I think this is like them nearly full throttle.

Ottawa is that good, and that's why every game is 2-1. So, but that, this is exactly my point. The score line, and it's like, it feels like every time Ottawa creeps in, the canes, are just like this and get game yeah and for me it's like obviously there was an OT game so like that's that would be so arrogant to be like this oh yeah they let it go dude i'm not saying that i don't think that they are going full tilt yet yeah i really don't i think that would pump me up i think this canes team is so good that they're just they're playing chess and they're just like managing every game and and this one kind of felt like that and we'll you know we'll see but i i think

there's another level to this Keynes team, which is scary. Yep. And for Ottawa, there was a lot of chatter online last night about fans being frustrated with Brady Kachuk, being frustrated with Tim Stutzla, Shane Pinto. And I, this is where I said, like, where I want to give some faith to Sends fans. It's still so early in all this. I think there's a lot of Sends. fans fans who understandably compare themselves with Montreal.

They were on a similar trajectory in their rebuild. They, as they should, want to be at that level, and they want to be competing for a cup. But this team's young. Fuck. And I think they've got so many talented players. And some of the fans giving up on Brady and giving up on Stutzla being like, you know, someone pointed out, I think it was last night. It might have been last night.

pointed out Stutzla kind of being a little lazy not picking up Blake on the back door and I'm like dude this he's amazing he's an amazing player these guys are young that you've got everyone locked up the future is very bright

in Ottawa and you are playing the best team in the east literally you can't be so down on getting being down 3-0 when you're playing the best you're a wild card team you're the second wild card playing the number one team in the east a sweep is not

not ridiculous. And the sweep hasn't even happened yet. Look at last year. Ottawa battled back. We thought it was like, holy shit, dude. They might come back and take down Toronto here. Anything can happen. So don't quit. And even if you do get swept, this is a remarkably good Keynes team. And I think something amazing to hang your hat on is,

in addition to all of these young studs that you have who aren't going anywhere, Olmark is playing exactly like the goalie who signed that big contract. Thank God. Omar is playing phenomenally. He made some say, game could have been out of control. All three games could have been out of control, if not for Allmark's great play.

This, while down 3-0 is a goalie battle. I mean, like, Ol-Marc is keeping you in every single game. So with the injuries, Sanderson, you know, Zubbs banged up. You've got a 3-0 down deficit, and things look bleak. I get it. But I don't think this is one to be like, fuck. where do we go from here? Yeah, okay.

That's what I'm trying to say. I think, I was going to make a joke like Ottawa got these reps in last year on purpose. Yeah. Because all they did was win the home game, when your back's against the wall, easy. Then you go steal a game five. They should have comfortably won game six at home

against Toronto and then forced game seven and the Leafs are shitting themselves. So they got that rep in and now this year they're going to go win game four, steal a game five, win the game six at home and then Carolina is shitting themselves. Yeah. But with Sanders,

If Sanderson is in play, they're dead, in my opinion. And I think there's a good chance they're dead anyway. Yeah, if Sanderson is, yeah, if I'm a gambling man, I think they complete the sweep. And if Sanderson is out, I'm like, oh, yeah. And, dude, I don't want that, by the way. I would love Brady and the boys to get a fucking win because they deserve it. The city deserves it. The fans deserve it.

Good question by you of where do we go from here if you get swept? Because I hear you on the, well, we ran up against a good team. but I am a little like where do we go from here because I'm going, why are you a wild card two again? Why are you a team that was out of the playoffs for most of the fucking year again and then sneak in just to get ragged off? I think it's because, sorry to cut you off,

I think it's because the Atlantic just remains so good. Agree, but you got to do something eventually. Buffalo won the division. Buffalo was the surprise. I'm like, that should be you. Yeah, Buffalo was the surprise. The Boston retool, which has been so expertly done, so much credit to Don Sweeney, and I've been a massive critic of Don Sweeney.

The retool and the excitement of Boston is through the roof. So, yeah, you just got to keep up. You have to keep up. And they're not, in my opinion. They're in playoffs, which a lot of teams would kill for. The blue jackets are like, please. Detroit, please. Detroit, even better one, in the Atlantic, please.

But I'm like, I think if you're Ottawa, there is a little. What are we doing if you get swept? It's definitely not like a stay the course. We're fine. Yeah. But you're in playoffs. You're in playoffs. You're a young, good team.

What do you think? How does Brady feel do you think? Because if he goes insanely frustrated, I think we saw a lot of frustration from him. I mean, this is a guy who is a great performer, just won a gold medal and was a massive part of that gold medal. And now you're in this series and you don't have a goal. Yeah. And you're a guy they rely on.

I mean, Brady is a point per game guy that he has to. to be. Yep. And he's not doing that right now. And we know how much of a competitor Brady is. We know how much of a leader Brady is. He wants to be at that level. So he's fucking pissed right now.

Yeah. I, you know, I think he wants to succeed for this team. I think he wants to win with this team. How could you feel anything but frustration? Yep. If they made a deep run this year, I think there's argument to go, I'm staying. I'm not fucking leaving. But if they get swept, I don't know.

You think a trade request is going? Yeah, that's kind of I was thinking. Like, if he gets swept, I think he's like, Christ. Yeah. I agree? I hear that. Oh, yeah. I was just going to say, I was like, I had one more thing.

After the first game, I remember saying, I think, I wish I could go back and find it. I remember saying, I think this is going to be like Keynes in four or five, but each game is going to be like a slugfest type game. And I was like, that's pretty much exactly what's happening. This is a nightmare. Yeah. And, you know, to give you a little future hook to hang your hat on, this is one, let's say they sweep. Yep.

Okay. And in game four, it's a one goal game as well. And then Carolina goes on to win the cup. If you're Ottawa, you're like, oh. Yeah. It's the, it's the. How about this? Take a little page out of Rod Brindamore's book.

That wasn't a sweep. You get swept in this series. Every game is a one goal game, including an overtime game, maybe two overtime games. You go like this. in my mind that wasn't a sweet. You got to say that, dude. You got to say that. 100%.

So there's stuff to believe in Ottawa. But for Keynes and Keynes fans, I mean, you must be bricked up all day long. Dan, who's the bully that is looming? You kept being like, oh, here comes Florida. And frankly, even though that Rangers team was whatever, that was a little bit of a steamroll your team that they ran into. When you look at this, I go,

who are you scared of? If you're Carolina. Oh, I think you've got to be tense and afraid of everyone in the East right now. The East is all so – I think there's such a significant gap in the West between certain teams. The East is like every single one of these teams I could have seen in the Cup. Yep. Now, what's so interesting – I love three games through series. Some are only two.

Yeah. Because right now, like – we're talking Buffalo, Boston. There is nothing that is preventing Buffalo from winning in five. Yeah, yeah. I certainly don't think that's happening. I think that series is going seven. but we can't sit here and say that that's not going to happen. Montreal, Tampa, tied 1-1.

They're playing tonight. I think that series is going seven. I also said last episode, those two teams are going to murder each other. And that is going to be a tough round two for either of those teams, whoever comes out of it. But let's say Carolina sweeps. And let's say, I mean, Tampa, Montreal is going to play the winner of Boston Buffalo. So they don't have to worry about that. but you're not looking at a Tampa, Montreal, whoever wins,

let's say it does go seven, and going like this, oh, they're beat up, that's going to be easy for us. You go, Jesus fucking Christ, those teams are nasty. If you watch that series, those teams are nasty. So I think you're afraid of everybody. You're afraid of everybody because it's crazy. Yes, sorry. You're like, you respect everybody.

You respect everybody. But if I'm the Keynes, I'm going, we are the best team. I agree. Whereas last year they were going, we are worse. You have to have that mentality. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. Dude, what happens?

I think I know the answer, but if this, dude, when does everyone play next? Carolina plays next probably Saturday? I would guess. Let's see. They do, and so do to the flyers. If that's sweep, sweep, did they have to wait until the Buffalo and Boston

and Tampa and Montreal go 7-7? Oh yeah, brother. They're going to have to wait like a week to play hockey. Yeah, like that's not ideal. Yeah, if you get two sweeps, It's great for Carolina because just you put Freddie, you literally freeze Freddie Anderson in liquid carbonite like Han Solo and just go.

Austin Powers. Just rest. You just sit there. You put him. But what if someone steals his? He's going to be like Rom and intercellar and you're going to, he's going to go like this. Why didn't you sleep?

And he's going, I did a couple of stretches. You put him to bed. What if someone steals his mojo while he's frozen? That would be a fucking disaster. Like Awesome Powers. Thank God we have Bussie. Yeah. Who would take it?

Vladar? Uh, yes, and speaking of, he's a villain, dude. I was speaking of it. I was going to save this for later, but top, just updated, topsoor at n.h.com, Vladar injured, game time decision for game four. Penguins in seven? Penns are so back, dude. Nate and Dr. Watkins are currently in a support group, but they don't even know this.

Holy shit, he injured his right arm during a scramble in game three. Special. They're saying they're going to have to amputate, but they can talk it's considering going one-armed Vladar. Oh, I love that. Can you believe that? That's actually quite funny because people who know Anakin Skywalker lost an arm

Yeah, that's a deep cut. That's a deep cut. Okay, let's go to King's Aves. Dan, let's go to King's Aves. All right, kicking it to California. Kings Aves last night, Avalanche win three or four two with an empty netter.

And, empty net bet. The Aves, we gotta start with Aves. Yes, we do. We've got to start with Aves. I am so proud of the Colorado Avalanche and impressed with the Colorado Avalanche

and I really, man, I think there are some people who have complained about the power play some people complain about like, I mean this King's team has been struggling all year long. How do these games feel like such a battle? I got into it with an Aves fan last night who was being like, dude, who fucking cares how these goals? And I was like, yes.

That is the right attitude. Yep. Like, I think this, this King's team, if you want to talk about their offense and their struggles, go for it. But as we've said all year, they've been very stingy to score against all year long. They've been at the top of the league in goals against all year long. They're a hard team to play. And the aves have taken that in stride and they're up three-oh. And it's, I think it is so impressive with all the bullshit that they've dealt with with injuries in the past,

the shit that they've dealt with with first round exits. the last couple years and they come into this one you know you're the president's trophy winner you got the president's trophy curse you don't know between the woods who you're going to start there's all the talk about like all right we're going with Wedgwood

is he going to perform fucking A man this as team I don't care if they aren't scoring that much I mean they got four last night and they look so fucking strong and hard to play against and I'm starting with Wedgwood

I mean, this guy, talk about your first three playoff games in your career. He's been perfect. Perfect, dude. He's been lights out. The goals that he's given up are all legit goals. I mean, power play goals have been multiple of them. I mean, he looks so locked in. He's just seeing the puck.

The defense in front of them has been so good. I mentioned watching the Stars Wild game. Just looking at Faber. And Quinn, he was on the ice together. I'm like, good God, is that the best pairing in the league? And so many outsh fans were like, did Kale and Taves die? And I love that comment. But then also a bunch of people being like, Taves overrated.

Dude, oh, fuck off. Yeah. Learn about that, man. He is so good defensively in Kale. Kale with a great goal last night. But also, Kale's defense is just, will continue to be so underrated. I mean, the way he just uses his feet and his skating to be as effective as he doesn't need size and strength. He is just, we've said it before.

McDavid is McDavid, but like, Kail might be the best fucking player in the league. He's the only guy of this new wave of defensive studs who are who pump in points that plays a level of defense that he plays. Now, I think Miro plays great D. I think Dahlene plays great D. I know. And Dahlene's maybe like a half step behind a knife point race. He could get back in there, but it's like, it feels like the Quinn. Werenski also plays good.

For me, Kail and Werenski are the two, are the only two defensemen in the national who are top five in offense and defense. I'll give you that. Because it feels like, I mean, I didn't watch, I was on a live to watch Bobby Orr. So I actually don't know if he was also this like shut down defenseman or if he was just so fucking good and so much better than literally everyone else that his D. D was like, I'll just take the puck and no one will ever touch it again. So I don't

have to play D because I have the puck the entire time I'm on the ice. But Kale feels like that level where I am really doing both things at such an extreme rate. It's fucking insane. The Kings in this game, Dan, when you're the Kings and you're playing the abs,

you just, to have a goal, to have Landy to shoot one off the end wall and then ricochet off your goalie and go in. It is hard to recover. from that stuff when you're the Kings and they're the Favs. If you're, any other series, I go, yeah, just bad break, just do it. But like, when that goes in, you're like,

Chris, that you could not think of a worst start for the Kings. Correct. When you're struggling to score goals, but Anton Foresberg, by the way, stick taps to him. He's been, dude, what a decision. I know you play the Hock goalie, but I was like, dude,

Kempra played for this avs team. He's a Vezna finalist, whatever. Yeah. No regerts. No regerts. He's been fucking awesome. He's been fantastic. He's also seeing the puck like crazy. But to play him and for him to perform this well has been amazing for the Kings. It's why every game has been a battle.

A big part of why every game has been a battle. But you can't really think of a worse start that it's like you give up the lead early and it's a goal like that. Yep. That just fucking blows. And you're now chasing. Not a team you want to be chasing against at fucking all. It was a nightmare, dude. It was a nightmare.

So then, dude, when the Kings get one back, this was actually hilarious. Cube gets one out front. It ricochets off Morsi's body. Yeah. Goes in. But right before that, he gets drilled in the face. I don't even know if he knew it went in at first because he was like, he's like, dude, chip tooth hole in the lip.

If you have a delayed penalty and then the team scores, the penalty's washed. But in this case, we have a double minor. Yeah. Because high stick, Trevor Moore's leaking. one of the minors in said double minor washed. But kings go on the power play after that goal because the second minor still stands. So crazy.

Very fun. I've never seen that. Very fun bang, bang play. That was nuts. And man, if the kings could have scored on that power play, which has been atrocious all year and not great in the playoffs, if they could have scored on that power play to have that swing there, that would have been fucking numby.

It would have been unbelievable. And what's really frustrating is they at times looked good. but that power play was just like nothing going. It was almost like there was too much confusion and it was like, oh man, you guys got to take advantage here. Couldn't take advantage. Tough going. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

We then in that same second period, we get the Cale McCargoal. And it was just like, again, it was just a beautiful play by the abs and a beautiful shot by Cale. And it felt a little bit like, fuck. Oh, dude. Can't let the abs get rid of. roll in here. Especially because it was like, well, it's one-one. Even though we didn't score on that power play, it's one-one.

Like just, you know, keep pushing, keep pushing, keep pushing. Yeah. So game tightens up a little bit. We get into the third period. It is two-one apps. Yep. A lot of credit to a lot of guys. I thought Drew Dowdy had an unbelievable game.

He did. Drew Dowdy was playing phenomenally. I thought Trevor Moore was playing phenomenally. We already talked about Forsberg. I thought Mikey Anderson was fantastic. He was up in the offense, a ton. I thought laugh was really buzzing around. Panarin

obviously looked great all game. Kew was getting in the mixer. He did. He has been all serious. We saw a lot of chip going on with Cadre. Something's going on there. Codry's we saw the beginning of the third period, Brandt Clark and Codry kind of chirping at each other. Then saw Doughty give Cadry a little slash to the hand. Like I think

Chodry's a chitster. He's a shister. He's a shister. There was actually a cool moment, dude, where I was watching Clarkie. And I actually should ask him because maybe I'm maybe I'm reading into this too much, but Clarkie goes, there's a scrum in front of the king's net and Clarkie kind of grabs a person and the guy grabs him and like the guy kind of gives Clarkie, not a punch at all, but just like a shove, and Clarkie goes like this to shove back and it was Landy and he just goes, you can just let him go, it walks away.

And I was like, I think that was just an all-time respect where he was like, you're good. I don't need to punch Landy in the face. I know. That's so true. I was like, that's awesome. Kings, almost eight minutes into the, or about seven minutes into the period, get a power play.

And this was huge. It was a, you know, good penalty. Go on the power play, and it was like, all right, if there is ever a time for the King's Power Play to get going, it's here. It's right here. And then just like tough play by Juice on the PowerPlay. Comes down, two-on-one, pass goes in off,

Adrian Kempi's skates. and into the net. Dude, it's just such an awful moment. Yeah. Twice in this game, just absolute shit bounce at leads to an avs goal.

You're now down 3-1. Felt like a dagger. We'll get into later. Kings get a really pretty power play goal. Yeah. And then Av's empty net goal, win for two. This is where I will transition

into the LA Kings. This was always going to be a tough series. This team is stacked. The Colorado Avalanche roster is better than the L.A. LA Kings roster. But after game one, it was a great fight and you were like, the Kings could steal some here.

Like they could make this a fucking battle. And I will say this is not us being in L.A. King's bias here. This does not feel like a three O series. It's not a sweep. This is also not a sweep. It's also not a sweet. It really does not feel like a three oh series. And I will say the boys on the Kings, it's like you're going to be so pissed.

You're going to feel so frustrated when you're when you're in this. situation and you're down 3-0 and you're like I don't fucking feel like it should be this way. That game in particular, I actually think the Kings played great. I think you could make the argument that the Kings outplayed the abs in that game and a couple of shit bounces put them in bad spots but the end

of the day that your offense isn't going and if your offense isn't going you can't win games. And your office wasn't going all year. Office wasn't going all year and now here you are playing one of the people fucking sleep on this one of the best defensive teams in the league in the Colorado Avalanche and you can't do anything. So it is

frustrating that you can't figure it out, you can't figure out the offense, you have a great game like that where you do play really well at home and you're like, this is, this was one to steal. And some of the goals go in like that and you're just like, Jesus Christ, I can't catch your fucking break. It's a very frustrating. And going into game four at home on Sunday, you feel nothing but frustration right now. That's fucking brutal. That sucks. And I do want to say, I mentioned this last night. The say what you will about their offensive struggles, it does not take away. Like I just mentioned, the abs are so good. defensively, man, this is a cup team.

Yeah, oh yeah. We said it all year. It was my pick at the beginning of the playoffs. I think they're going straight to the cup. They are so good top to bottom. Their depth is unbelievable. Marty Natchez is all over the place. Brock Nelson remains one of the great pickups.

Like he is just so good and he's so good defensively. They are suffocating in the neutral zone. You can't even start to get a rush going against this team. The Kings would get clear possession in the D zone, crisp good breakout passes, and the way they all collectively step and close their gap and just do not let that second pass get off. And boom, puck has turned over in the neutral zone. And it's not even a transit, like now they have it. It's just like they break the playday.

Yeah, yep. And when you try to do a hard rim and get in the zone, they're on it so quick. Kale, Taves, like these got Bernsey, like they just get the fucking puck so quick. and it is impossibly frustrating, especially for a team who has struggled to generate offense. When you can't even get the breakout going because of how much they smother you, that is, I can't even begin to think about

how frustrating that is to play against. Oh, yeah. They are a waggon. The crab lagoon, dude, they did it. The Chinese food in Colorado is remarkable, and the Star Dish is the crab wagon. That is the avalanche team. It's fucking crazy.

I will say this. pains me to say it very much. This Colorado Avalanche team, barring injury, is incapable of losing four games in a row to this LA Kings team. To anyone probably, but certainly this L.A. King's team. So this series is over. No, to anyone. Yeah. To anyone.

This series is over. Yes. And I have a couple things to say about that. One, I admit, and I might be wrong, but I admit I am currently feeling extreme anger at the Kings for losing to the Canucks and Flames to end the year now that I've seen the Oilers in the playoffs a little bit. Ah, man. And I know you don't want to lose to those for the fifth year in a row.

And you know you couldn't predict that maybe McDavid's a little knocked up here. But I'm just like, dude, you had a chance to play the Oilers who are going toe to toe with the ducks. Who lost a home game at Rogers to the ducks instead of running into this as Buzz stop. And you're playing great. against the a

You're playing probably as best as you can. Beat the Oilers down the stretch. Against the afts. But you just can't beat them. They're better than you. And the Oilers might be better than you too, but I'm just saying like, oh, dude,

and to think that it was a loss to the Canucks and Flames. That does sting. And it's like you hate to be, you know, retroactively look back at those. But it's frustrating. No doubt about it. That really is bumming me out.

And dude, again, I said just said this. Losing to us for the fifth time would also blow. But I'm just like, wouldn't you have rather that shot and it was in your, fucking hands. That really bums me out. I also want to say this. We were in the building last night.

It was fucking awesome. Shout out to everyone in the Kings that brought us there. We're trying to go Sunday, too. I do need more from the entire crowd. Totally agree, man. And I'm not throwing shade, but I'm like... No, because we've come to the defense of Kings fans over and over and over again, but that was a sleepy barn.

Dude, Sandra came to the game last night. It was her birthday. Happy birthday, Sandra. Happy birthday, Sandra. She was at the game last night and she goes, we get in there. we get to our seats and there's she goes what times the game and i was like seven she's like not seven 30 i was like no seven we show up six 50 and she goes there's no way this game starts to seven and i was like oh it does and you know people are filling in whatever it's l a is bad traffic and then even when it got there half through the first she's not a big hockey fan

half through the first she goes is this is a playoff game and i was like yes and i'm like what is going and granted tampa montreal two game two was fucking for the fucking record books but still think about that rink we were in. I was like, what the fuck is going on? So Sunday day game, baby, let's fucking go. There's no work excuse here, folks. And like, you know, listen, I don't think it's going to be, but there's a chance. It's Copey's

last game. L.A. fans, if you're going to that game, you better. Come on. You better get there an hour A little fight. A little fight. And that is the thing. I agree with you. I do not believe that this Colorado Avalanche team can lose four games in a row. So I believe this series is over. But it's, it shouldn't be over Sunday. Yes. Little fucking

fight from the boys. They know they can win a game. They know they can fucking steal one and they know they can make this a bit of a battle and that's what you got to do. But I will say Colorado man with the whole Landy story Nate and Kale being so

awesome, fucking Brock Nelson being the fucking man, our boy Ross Colton and Wedgwood coming out of nowhere this season. Yeah, so sick. If there is a wagon to hit yourself to Colorado

It sounds so lame because they're the president's trophy Yeah, but they're so dope. But they're so likable. Their fans are so likable. The city of Denver is so likable. It's like you think about in the first round, you look at all the teams and you're like, who would be awesome to see when a Stanley Cup again,

for them again, or for the first time, whatever. And I'm not saying there aren't other ones. There's plenty. You all know me. I'm the biggest fucking bitch in the world. I love everybody. I love everybody and I want everyone to be happy. Sorry, I'm a pussy.

But Colorado is that. Like I have such a blast watching that team and interacting with their fans. And it's like when you see them after the shit they've been through with the landy injuries, the vows issues and all this. And now the team's here. The team's on the east. My team's on the floor. And they're this good. And they look like such a unit.

It's fun watching hockey that good. And fucking A are they good? Dude, it's awesome. I was saying to Nate after the game. that the, it's funny that the teams that I have the most affinity for, just from a personal standpoint, would be the Bruins and the Kings, because those are the two places I've lived in my life. Yeah.

And the, they're playing against teams that I want to root for so badly. And I'm almost like, once the Kings and Bruins are eliminated, I'll just be at peace. Because I'll be like, nice. Now I love the abs and the savers. Like, let's go. Fucking right. I want to leave you with this on this series. Power rank for me

Yeah The Which game Let's live in a world Where the Kings are getting eliminated Okay They could win But let's live in a world

Where the Kings are getting eliminated Power rank for me If you're Copee Which game You would like to be your last game Like I would like to just get swept Because I lose at crypto I would like to get to game 5

I'd like to make it to game 7 Just so we fought But then I lose that one So give me your Most favorite to least favorite Most favorite is Seven Losing seven

Really Because you actually Want me over with this last night Number one is seven Yep Because You win your last game On Crypto Ice

And you take the fucking President's trophy Winning Avs to seven games Okay Even though it would be back Coming back from O3 And then you just still lose Yes

Fuck now it's Number two is six Yeah Because you You little fight You battle You take it You get two wins

and then your final game is in the barn that birthed you. And you're there. Number three is, I think, four, for that same, like, final game is at Crypto. And then I think the last one is five. But I actually think I disagree. I think winning on Home Ice is better. Me too. That's what I say to last night.

So I think it's 7, six, five, four. Right down the line. Because I think you have to win. I want him to win his last game. Me too. Because he can still say bye. Actually, six, you actually maybe have a good point with seven because if you win your last game, if you win game six, you can kind of say goodbye.

Because you hope to win game seven, but you're like, we can't be back here this series. So I might as well do a whole thing. Exactly. So maybe it is seven. I'm going seven, five. Okay. Six four? Yeah.

Yeah. Okay. I like it. All right. That is going to do it for the live show today, folks. We will be back on Monday, but you know on all the socials, we're going to be buzzing all weekend long as we watch these games. The schedule is going to start to normalize itself.

So, folks, we're trying to be live on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 9 a.m. Pacific time every single Monday, Wednesday, Friday. The pods will come out as normal Tuesday and Thursday. And if anything changes because we've got to travel and stuff going on, we'll always let you know. Don't worry. Have an amazing Friday, an amazing weekend. A couple of six.

Game threes tonight. Great game threes tonight. Skate Hard.