Empty Netters Podcast - The Flyers End Crosby’s Season and Malkin’s Penguins Career

Episode Date: April 30, 2026

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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. It is late yet again. We got the Vegas Utah game on Vegas. Just tied at four to four. I'm your host, Dan Powers, Dr. Watkins, back in the studio, and this big bag of shit to my left, Chris Powers. As always. We both got funky sweatshirts on. I know. That was actually really funny. We spent him too much time to get it. I walked in and I was like, what? You guys are like you're about to yell at somebody for surfing in their beach. Really? I feel like mine's more of a ski vibe. Don't have some of me. I'm local. Yeah. Yeah. I think mine's more of a ski vibe. Yours is definitely a surf. Yeah. But I got it for ski. Hey, ski surf. I'm so tired. But that's what it takes to. That's what it takes to grind. Yeah. All these guys are grinding. That's playoff hockey, Dan. That's fucking playoff hockey. All these guys are grinding. All the fans are grinding. And here we are. We're heading into OT while we do this episode. But we got three games. to cover. Dr. Watkins, I'm really proud of you for being here to celebrate your funeral

of your penguins who are dead as fuck. Guys. Oh my God. Wow. She's got, it's pouring one out for Gino. He's got a, he's pouring himself a glass of Evan Watkins. Little glass of Evan. He just did a real shot. He had to for Gino. He deserves that. Gino might not come back. Gino deserves that. Do you think so? Oh, Dan. I don't know. I mean. I'm Gennie Malkin at 61 points in 56 games this year. He said that he would never play for the penguins again. He said he hated it there. I'm fucking drunk already.

Do you guys want to have two other cups if you guys want some? You couldn't fucking pay me to drink alcohol right now. You're tired. He's tie-tie. So wiped. Gina said, I don't want to be here. I don't want to be a part of the team next year. And I don't want to be retired in Pittsburgh.

That's his quote. That is not true. He said all of that except the reverse of it. He said, I want to be here. I want to be here next year. I want to be retired. You did a reverse. I did the reverse card. Reverse quote. I thought he had said, though, because his key is up. He's a free agent, right? Yes. Can somebody check that? I'm on it. I'm on it. I'm on it, mama. I'm on it. I'm on it. I'm on it. I believe. I thought he signed. No, yeah, he's up this year. 6.1 mil off the books.

Maybe I was just a reporter. I was talking with Nate the other day, our other graphics guy, Nate, who's also a Penn's fan. they gave Tanger a three-year deal within a full no move. Starting when he has this year, next year, and the year after that, all at 6.1. Tanger is 39 years old. And that is a crazy contract to have given that man. And he's a bit, he's been a bit of a liability this season. But you know what's exciting is Carlson and his 10-Mill next year is the last year of that deal. Someone would eat half.

This coming season is the last year. Yeah. Someone could take half of that. That is what they should do, even though he has been better lately. He's been great. It's because Sullivan's out of there. He didn't like Sullivan. Yeah. But, I mean, how much space do they have?

Carlson had 66 points this year in 75 games. I mean, that's 15 goals. That's wonderful. He's phenomenal. And if they're missing playoffs next year, I would definitely. Why? I said if. But why would they?

I don't know, dude. A lot of people picked them to miss playoffs this year. No one saw them finishing second in the back. But they weren't aware about the muse. They didn't know the muse was coming. It's true. They currently have 10 million cap space. They're going to have six available with Gino's off the books.

And they can give him two. But they've got a lot of stuff like Hasey's off the books. Manta is off the book and they're going to lose Manta. Actually, I could see them bringing Manta back. Yeah, he did well, but he's going to try to get a lot of money. I don't know if they need to spend it because he is older and we're already an old team. I wouldn't do it. Manta is only 31.

But he is about to sign a five-year deal. And for probably too much, even though Nate, which one of you or Nate sent that hilarious text that was like, Mantha just lost so much to see this year. Nate sent it. Because he didn't, he produced so much in the regular season. And then he didn't do fucking shit in the playoffs. It was crazy. It was fucking crazy.

But unfortunately. Clifton's off the books. Skinner's off the books. Sheelofs needs to be signed. Sheelofs needs to be given 10 by 10. Somebody pay Sheelob the spider. And you do, you do assume that the penguins, probably go into next year because they've got this great prospect signing.

Mershov. They're signing Shilov as like you are the starter next year and you probably want to coach up the guy. But that kid has only been in the H.L. Yeah. I mean, he's like 12. Right, right. I'm just saying sometimes it's hard to be like, I think putting. Sergei Miroshov is 22.

It's a little risky. Unless this kid is truly fucking dope. It is hard to put. I think he's good. I know. but just no NHL experience. It's hard to go, hey,

Shilob, you are eating 60 games. I think you probably signed stew too. Okay, yeah. Yeah, but we just, I mean, look,

we just got our asses handed to us by a team that had no experience either. So it's like, I always would go youth over experience at this point because look where we're at. Yeah, for a team that was so good offensively this year.

I, I thought, they went out with a bit of a whimper in this game. Like, I kind of needed them. The Pittsburgh Penguins were third in the NHL and goals for. Yeah. By only eight. Isn't that crazy?

Colorado had 298 goals for this year. And Carolina had 291 and Pittsburgh had 290. Yeah. Okay, so that's a fair point. But I was going to say, I, the, the, wait, hot take coming. The problem with going down 3-0 is there is no room for error. And I said on one of those lives, Secret Service.

Consequences. I said on one of those lives, there was, you guys went to Shilab one game too late. If you had gone to Shilab when you went down 2-0, you would have literally won this series. Probably in seven, but you would have literally won this series. Then you would have been able to go back to Skinner in the next round, and he would have got three shutouts against the canes and beat them. And then everyone would have gone, what the fuck is happening? But you waited one game too long, and it cost you every.

thing. I think the Penguins were better in game, I can't quite remember what I thought in game three, but the Penguins were the better team in game four, they were the better team in game five, and they were the better team in game six for me. They just lost it because the Ladar made 40 fucking whatever saves. It's like you said, there's no room for error. If it wasn't an elimination game, you go, oh well, it's overtime, let's go to the next one. And you go, whatever, Shilob was money. Yeah, we have no issue here. But you bring up a reasonable point where I'm like, yeah, But Vladar did have two shutters in a playoff series against you. And Vladar isn't bad, but like, if you were the fourth highest or third highest,

whatever he said, leading goal scoring team, you can't get shuttered twice by Vladar. And you did, you went into this series not afraid of Ladar. Yeah. You were like, Philly might be scrappy. You didn't expect to get shuddied by Darth. They also, they also got dragged into the fucking mud. Yes. As I warned and knew they would.

Oh, yeah. And they did. Oh, yeah. That was the one fucking bear trap they fell into. They got dragged into a Philly fucking mud pit. I was also informed today on Twitter by lovely Pittsburgh fans that maybe it's the spelling. But apparently people from Pittsburgh don't appreciate Pittsburgh being referred to as pit. I mean, yeah, it's true.

They call it like the burg. The bird. They call it the burger. Yeah, pit is like, they don't really say that very much back home. Fuck off. What are you fucking insane? No, there's a good, there's a good reason. There's a good reason.

Oh my God. There's a good reason. We don't prefer mass. I'm not, I'm not down with mass. We prefer chusits. You want to talk to me? We're called chusits. Fuck you.

Such a bottle. That's insane, dude. No, there's a good reason. It's apparently the school, pit, P-I-T-T is like, that's the college. So if you ever say Pitt, they go, they couldn't be talking about, they couldn't be talking about the city, they got to be talking about specifically to college. He's just the messenger, dude. I'm not, I'm not a yinzer, okay?

I don't know. Hey, yin's guys call it Pitt. Yeah. I'm gonna come after Yins. That's what I'm saying. Right. Sidney Crosby's my god. I've ever heard in my life.

Well, don't you think it's like people from San Francisco who are like, it's not San Fran, bro? It's Esse. Yeah, Armand got me on that one. I also make fun of them though. I'm like, shut up, dude. That is insane. San Fran is an awesomely cool nickname. Have we buried the lead? Have we even mentioned that the penguins have been eliminated? Flyers won, okay? Crosby's out. Malkin's on the fucking Panthers. All right? Announcement.

Malkin signs with the Panthers for two years. Let's get that over with it. Boom, done. I, I, in what world people are already posting? They're like, is this it for the big three? Is this it for the big three? Why would you? There was a report. I thought it was literally. Gino, but there was a report before the season that said Gino has played his last game as a penguin. Yeah, but why? We've already been down this path. It happened like three years ago. Remember? People were like, he's gone. It was when he signed his last deal. We posted that amazing meme of the iceberg separating and that one being fucking almost missing. And then he ran and he jumped. What was the, what was his contract before this one? I don't know. You know, look it up. Hi. It was more than 6.1. I'll tell you that.

What if he goes, I need 6.1 again? I would probably give it to him. Really? He just had 61 points in 56 games. He's in the final year. Do you have any idea how low 6.1 is now? Dude, I said this to you the other day, and you got so mad about someone not producing it at 6.1. I was like, that is chump change.

He's in the final year of a four-year 24.4 million contract. Evan, I just said it. 6.1. He's talking about that. No, but I went the contract before that. I'm going to say exactly what you say, Dan. Yeah, Dan, take the other I repeat what you say the whole.

Here's the thing. It's Sydney, this is a Sydney Crosby thing. He wants to play with Letang and Malkin. And unless they trade Crosby, they're going to be stuck with these two guys because above Dubis is Crosby at this point. And Dubus has done a great job, but like we're kind of,

unless you get rid of Crosby, you're never going to really have a rebuild. Here's a question for both of you. I think, and dude, I have been banning the trade Crosby drum for the previous three years. But I have always said, and everyone who listens to the show will back me, and for the new Pitt to the new Berg fans listening today.

Don't say pit. I want nothing more than Crosby to retire as a penguin if you are making playoffs. Even if you're limping in, as long as he's in, then by all means, please God don't trade him. It was the miss playoff act for three years in a row that I was like, I am not going to sit here and watch Sidney Crosby go out without playoff hockey for the last fucking six years of his life. So you're back in. All good.

Keep him. That's fine. And if, if Crosby's going, you have to keep these two. And if the penguin can still make playoffs with those two, then fine. I have no issue with it. Pay them what you got to pay him.

All good. Now, by follow up, though, is if I'm Sid, I almost want to go, Gino, dude, I need you to take fucking three. Like,

don't be a dick. But then I wonder. They want to give him one. I think Gino wants two years. I think Dubus just wants to give him one. Yeah. I genuinely... Fine.

Oh, no. I bet he'll sign a one. I bet it's going to be the same thing as Bergeron, one by three. That'd be great. And I don't think that's going to be a problem at all. I think my main point is I have no idea what anyone is talking about being like it would behoove Pittsburgh to move away from this guy. I think that's insane.

He had a good year. He had a great year. He did have a pretty good year. Dude, if you look at this team, look at the play. Who was their leading score? Sid, five points after that. Raquel, four points after that. Gino, three.

Like, he was the third highest. Two goals, two, right? Three goals. Two goals. He was the third highest playoff performer on the team. He was the fifth highest point scorer on the team. And if you do it by point per game, he was tied for first. He actually, in fact, I mean, no, he was tied for first with Sid. Yeah, I think he is still the second best player on this team.

in what world and and I think my big thing is even if let's say he wants five like that five million by one year I don't think that's holding you back from signing anybody well then you'd have five left right yeah to me it's just like we talk about it every year who is available no no one gets I haven't I just don't I don't think that there's this big free agent available this summer that Pittsburgh is going to miss out on if they give Gino a one-year deal. So we can just end this conversation. You obviously bring Gino back. He's playing at a high level still. Sid wants him there. Tangor wants him there. We're done.

I think it was the 68 games 50 points dash 24 the year before that everyone said before this year even started. They said, oh, this is his last year. Geno's done. He's going to decline again and we don't need this and whatever. And then he shoved a 56 game 61 point plus 13. Yeah, I think now that they did, I mean, we got fucking trunced by fucking Philly, which is painful for Penguins fans. But I think outplaying the expectations of just making the playoffs this year, I think that now their decision making is going to be on hold until they see what they look like next year.

And if they get midway through the season and we're tanking, then it's, you know, real. But they might go to next year and say maybe we do just as good as we did last year. Right. Yeah. So then my follow up to the contracting was going to be, Sid has one year left. and the 26-27 season and then he's up again does he ever take less

he's been taking a million 8.7 discounts his whole career does he ever take less than 8.7 literally no to go no he can't do it like I literally don't think he can and also if I'm the penguins because I think Sid is going to be

I don't know man I don't ever see him being under a point per game I genuinely ever like I think he'll be 44 and he can still do this. It's actually rattling to me that he's been close the last couple of years where I'm like, bro. I don't think so.

I mean, he's literally been close, but I don't think it's rattling because I think he's just like, yeah, dude, I'm just doing what I do. Yeah. If it was ever, if it ever was in jeopardy, I'd handle my shit. So, I mean, I'm sorry, there's not much to talk about in this game. There's, respectfully, I... It's a goalie matchup. It was a goalie matchup.

I didn't think that there were any, like, crazy chances. I thought Shilov's made an insane save on that great Tippett play. Tippett had a one where he crashed the net, tried to go across the crease, and it was just a classic waitout game. Like Shilov just got his toe across. In O.T. No. It was in like the second period, I think.

And yeah, it felt like a game that Philly was prepared to play. Oh, yeah. Yep. I think that they, you're never counting on. on Vladar to have a shutout. But when it was tight, I think Philly was like, we'll play tight like this,

you know? They weren't really sending anybody. No one was stretching. It was kind of a chess match feeling each other out. And then it ended up being a defensive in goalie battle. Yep.

And by God did they win. By God, actually, I can't read this. I got a text from a Flyers fan buddy after the game. He was so fired up. Okay. And I was like, God, that is awesome.

I have a lot to say about this Flyers team, and I have a lot to say about Cam York's attempted murder goal celebration. But otherwise, in the game specific, I have a lot to say about the series and this Flyers team. I don't have much to say about this game, too. I really wanted to do the Malkin thing. We did that. Oh, I wanted to go to this. Flyers first series win on Home Ice since 2012.

That's cool. Oh, sorry. I heard that as playoff win, and I was like, no. No. That's very cool. That is very cool. That's a long time. You brought this up earlier, Evan.

I will say this, Ev, I'm glad. If Philly was going to win, I'm glad they won it in this one and not in Pitt. That was a question I was going to ask you guys. I was like, if you're going to be in an elimination game and get eliminated, would you rather do it at home in front of your own fans or away in front of the other team? What would you, what would you? Oh, oh, I see. Like, if you're on the losing end.

Honestly, I'd rather get eliminated on the road. And I know they're going to be fucking raining. Everybody was birding. But I'm just like, all good. This is what I want. I like getting booed by the road fans. It's fine. It's just disappointing my home fans.

I don't need the like, unless you're copy and it was kind of cool. Yeah. You're like, bye, I don't need that. Just like, I think there's something to be said about it being kind of nice. Actually, here's the big question. Would you prefer the flight with the boys getting bombed? I was right about to say that. Or would you prefer the, let's drive home.

Let's go to our favorite pub and get bombed. Yeah, fuck, both good. Both good options. I almost like the flight of just like one more hang with the fellas, because not everyone comes to the bar. I think when you get eliminated, you fucking better get your ass there. Just not everyone does. I know, but not everyone drinks on the plane. But at least they're there.

I'm just like this. What's up, bro? I start dapping everybody. I think I'd prefer to be home. I think I'd prefer to be home and go to the fucking watering hole and draw my stars. You do both. True. Do both.

But I was going to say this. The Flyers, oh, oh, and as a pit fan. very much would rather have lost in games. You mean a Berg fan? Oh, sorry. That's going to be tough. Sorry, I'm kidding. Sorry. Very much rather get eliminated in game six than come, then force the game seven and be one step away from the reverse. I'm sure you're much happier you've lost the night, then come all the way back to game seven and then lose. Well, here's the thing. I have planned. I had plans with my wife on

Saturday, so I'm glad I don't have to have that conversation. We need a, can we have a serious conversation? It's playoffs. You've got to stop making plans with your wife. I agree, dude. Like, I'm sorry, dude. Like, you have to tell the wife for the next month and a half, there are no more plans. Because you're going to be fucking sitting here. I got her tickets to the ballet. This is like a cliche. Tickets to the ballet in February for Valentine's Day.

I hope she has a blast. Yeah. I hope she has a blast with her friend because you are sitting with us two morons for the next month and a half. Dude, you guys seen that? I mean, it's like a long, repeated joke now, but there's that clip that's, or it's like an Instagram post that's like, hey, got tickets to the Masters. You like won a Masters auction.

Yeah. And then my wedding landed on the same day. So if anyone's free that day, she's 5-8. Yeah. That's great. That's awesome. That's you. That's you for the next two months.

It's Saturday night off. The funny thing about this series was it was so fun. What a run by the Flyers to make playoffs. Pretty much all my Flyers fan friends were saying, house money, house money, we're in the playoffs. I'm sorry. I keep yawning. I'm sorry.

This was enough. It was enough. easy to forget that I felt like in a vacuum, the penguins were also playing with house money because no one had them in the blast. So Yeah, but I think that it's different. Ignoring the opponent, it was kind of like, well,

whatever, it was cool with my playoffs. Once it was the flyers, it ended up sucking. I think, Dan's got a hear. I don't want to speak for you. No, go ahead. But I think what you were about to get to, yes, you're absolutely right about the flyers. I kind of disagree with you, man. The pens were too good all year long. And then being the

two seed, I don't think you anymore have this excuse of oh it's house money if you're the two seed you're I mean you're the second best team in your division that's no longer house money well there's outliers right like the Pacific yeah they're horrible

I'm just trying to see what's an unfair outlier I know but I was just trying to see where the pens were I think there's more expectation of the penguin just because they have more star power I mean they are older but I think there's just more expectations for a guy like Crosby and Latang and Malka agree agree good point very good point

You know, I mean, I know that they have not been playing great lately, but, you know. Yeah. Okay. Let's get into this Flyers team. Yes. They're playing talkie, and that's great to see. Very interesting thing about this team. Ev, off the top of your head, you watched every second of the series.

Almost. Who would you venture to guess had the most points on the Flyers in this series? Was it connecting? Great guess. No, he was second. Okay. I bet. It can't be more tone.

Nope. Oh, but I bet he leads to them and it's going now. I think he quieted down a little bit. That was a crazy miss. He was tied for the lead in goals with two. Which is also not a lot through six games. Ristolinin?

Rasmus Ristoliner. Oh, yeah. LESCP. Unbelievable poll. I have no idea how you got that. I just feel like every time they would get a power play, it was like just, I was like, what is he doing up there? He would get a point.

So there are nine guys on this roster with three or more points there's six games. No one with point per game. Yeah. Ristow had five in six. This, because of how good scoring the pens were all year, this is not how I expected Philly to beat them. Yeah. Showing this, every game was kind of a battle, kind of a dog fight, right? No one popped off. Zegras didn't have, you know, eight points in six games. Connectney didn't have eight points. What did Zegris do now that you say that?

The Ugris was good, four points, one goal, three assists. Okay, okay. DeVorek, Couture, in a, you know, hybrid role, playing fourth line sometimes, playing second line sometimes. You know what I mean? He's kind of all over the place. Martone obviously had two goals, but like that's your rookie. That's your surprise guy.

But, you know, only three points. And that's great for him. But you know what I mean? This was very much a committee. It was, you know, everyone playing. their part getting on the score sheet but this was not how I expected them to win. Agree.

And it's kind of why I'm like, this is talkie. They're playing Rick Tock and Hockey. They dragged a team into the fucking mud pit and they wrestled them and won. And I'm so

curious, we're not doing our second round preview. I can't believe that tip didn't go in by Logan Cooley. I am so curious if this Flyers Hockey, rough and tumble, get in the shit, is going to be effective against the Carolina hurricanes. No. Yeah, right. Yeah, we're not doing that right now. But I am saying this way that they beat the pens was very unexpected for me.

And I do not believe that this can be effective against Carolina. But we will see. The same dude that texted me the text that I will keep between ourselves also texted me as we kept talking. He said, talking about this next round, he said, we are hummed in four and I don't even care. And I actually think that is the attitude. And I'm not even sure that that's true. Like, maybe they are pescu. You want to talk about house money?

Exactly, Dan. Could not agree with that more. If Philly loses the series in three. Yep. If they get too injured that they can't feel the team and they have to call it in three games, they don't care. invaluable experience for those guys. Making the playoffs this year and getting all the way up to the three seed and drawing the pens and beating them in six on home ice for the first time in over a decade.

Sending Malk into Florida. That is the definition of house money in the playoffs. Whatever happens to Philly now, they are laughing. Crazy. And what a run that is. I'm going to bring up something that really pissed me off, though. they there was uh halfway through the second period uh there was an icing that Philadelphia committed and there was going to be a face off you know in their defense event

and they pulled some fucking gamesmanship bullshit where like I think Kineki was like oh I got a skate error issue and literally three minutes went by of them like humming and hawing with the refs yeah and they didn't get a fucking delay game penalty and I'm like this is some bullshit dude I wasn't out yet and that you guys were tech you I saw you texting Nate being like this is delay a game and I wonder what's happening yeah it's It was that. It was that. And I'm just like, that shit pisses me off.

Veggie's pads are so sick. Dude, I wanted to say this. I'm glad you brought this up, but this can be the last thing. There was a stretch where Porter has the miss, right, in OT, which was crazy. And I think he kind of got hit, but, like, Shilab, like, threw with the stick down to throw the blocker at it. And then it hit the stick, and it was crazy. And Porter's on the bench literally going like this. Like he was like, oh, fuck, fuck, fuck.

Yeah. Fuck, fuck. Fuck. I was like, dude, dude, it's okay. Oh, sorry. Well, just then you have this insane scramble. And then speaking of delay of game, Ev, I was kind of rattled because the penguins player, I forget who it was, blocks that shot in the slot and just goes down on it.

And he's literally just going like this. And I was like, that's a delay game. But then people start digging at him. And it's, and the ref's not blowing the whistle. This is the game winning goal. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. That was our rookie.

And I'm like, oh, fuck, the fire is a bunch of score. And then it's like, block, block, chaos. and a penguins player just ices it. And I thought to myself, incredible icing. Sometimes just take the icing and then win a D-Zone draw and it's okay, even though your guys are tired because they had a guy down. It was all chaos. And then literally, they lost that draw clean bangle.

And I was like, oh, wow, that was not the right thing. Do not get the ice. Yeah, I was like, oh, dude, that was insane. I don't want to move on before saying what an insane game that was for Lidar. I know we've mentioned it, but just like, A, great series, B, great game. let's just have a quick conversation before we move on to an ad break. Was that a completely unacceptable stick toss by Cam York? Oh yeah, thank you, dude.

Thank you. That could have killed some of it. I need, need the other angle of that. Like we only get him throwing it towards camera and it just disappears. And I go, I was like, dude, that had some mustard on it. He swung that thing like Indiana Jones's whip and launched it in. into the fucking 20th row. Who got that?

The, what it, when you think... There's no way that didn't semi hurt someone's hand. When you think stick throw. Stick throw intergrad, what do you think of, you personally? Bud end? No, I mean, I mean, uh, literal. Mark Savard.

Same. And it was so polite. You know, like, clapped it. Clap, gluck. Coming at you. Yeah, you gotta warn him. Can you know. Through a katana blade.

Boom. Into the stand. Javellivan. Dude, that was fucking nuts. Someone either got a great souvenir or a conkey. Those stick throws are tough too because almost inevitably two people get a hand on it. It's too big. Yeah.

So then it's immediately like, and then it's like... And in Philadelphia, you know, they're definitely fighting each other to the depth for it. That got torn limb from limb. That'd actually be fucking numby. If you snapped it in half, you know that scene... You know that scene... I keep one half.

You know that scene in the two towers when the... Urukai cut the head off that goblin and he screams, meets back on the menu boys. And then you see a bunch of Urdu Kai disemboweling this guy, tearing him limfer, as they begin to eat him. Yep. I believe in Philly, that's what happens to a stick that goes in the stag. They snap that thing into a million pieces.

That's what happens if somebody drops a cheese steak on the floor. Dude, I got a text from somebody today. I could not believe, just because it was so out of context, you know. It said this. literally no prompt I just got a text on somebody

that said there's two texts the first text said Helms Deep is so epic and then the follow-up says makes our problems seem so insignificant and I was like

wait do you mean do you think Helms Deep happened I was like do you mean the movie production of Helms Deep was so epic

what those people went through to make that movie means that person is literally thinking about the people of Helms

the conflict going on for those in the Battle of Helmsdeen. Also, here's a big question for you. Do you think that person was watching the movie or just genuinely in that moment they started thinking about it popped into their head?

They just started thinking about the Battle of Helms Deep and they were like that, holy shit. That one. Yeah, me too. I responded with... Was this Andrew Chatsky? No. I responded... Who tell me who it was right now?

Glad. I responded with I've never recovered from that Legolas Miss. This is the same man who got kidnapped in Puerto Rico. Does this guy ever text you? And he's like, man, you know when you're like sliding down the trunk of an elephant shooting arrows into an orch-in arrows?

Oh, dude. Unbelievable. All right. Last thing on that series, shout out Irv. Bang. My neighbor Irv, he's flyers, man, I was happy for him. You had maybe two things you could have said to go into a last thing on that series

and you nailed one of them. So shout out. Shout out. I'm so happy for I'm honestly, dude. And I'm sorry. No, that's enough. Let's take a quick ad break. Shout out Earth. Shout out Earth.

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Lose the lead. Hervie dot goal. And then third period starts a minute and six seconds in. Goal. Dang. Sleepy bolts, dude. They were asleep at the wheel three times and it cost them. And Dan, that is literally leadership and coaching. Like the things that are happening in the locker room, our coach going a speech and, hey, here's the line going out. And then the leadership in the group going, hey, this is what we need, this period. Yeah. To get scored on right away, and it shit happens, but to get scored on right away or to cough leads up that quickly multiple times in a game, good take by you.

Really good take. Good. Thank you. I also, dude, we've said this many times. One Braden point better be hurt. dude he better be dead like they might they might have to go

Braden Point died pre-Olympics we have this is his clone but obviously he's not he's in appearance amazing but he's not physically yeah the brain isn't there the hands aren't there we're not advanced like that yet

but appearance perfect directed by a gamer tutorial yes braiding point I'm going to go to uh 2021 okay

Actually, let's go before that. 2020. 66 games, 64 points. Actually, before that. 2019. 79 games at 92 points. Unbelievable season. 66 game, 64 points.

Pretty good season. 56 games, two points less than point per game. You're saying is pretty good. Yep. That is, dude, come on. Pretty good. That is insane.

What is it then? A point per game season, in my opinion, is fantastic. Fantastic. We actually have had this baby before. You're wrong, but so am I. So let's come to some agreement. Point per game in the National Hockey League. You are, you are destroying the integrity of the world fantastic. It is a great. Okay. If you can't agree that point per in the NHL is great, you're a fucking idiot. I agree. Okay. Thank you. So the second one, great. 56 games, 48 points. Pretty good. That's acceptable. 66 games, 58 points. 6068, 58, pretty good.

82 games, 95 points. Fantastic. Thank you. 81 games 90 points. Fantastic. But that's maybe being in January. Last year, 77 games, 82 points, 42 goals. Very good.

And then also in that stretch, he went 51 goals, 46, goals, 42 goals. This year, 63 games, 50 points, 18 goals. His worst season in a long time. How old is he? 29. Oh, my God. These are the pivotal hours. These are the pivotal hours where you make or break your weekend.

And I think anyone in the Tampa Bay fan base, Tampa Bay organization will tell you, Braden Point is very hurt. I think he would, well, he won't tell you anything. I think Braden Point is very hurt. Yeah, so they have a hurt point. They have a dead headman.

They have a dead head and a hurt. Braden Point in these playoffs through five games has one goal and zero assists. It is a dash one. That's crazy. He, him being a ghost is very, very difficult. And then, while he is point over point per game in this series, since Cooch breaking his insane goalless run in the playoffs. Yeah. Since game two, he has no goals.

Yep. At what point are you like, yeah? And, dude, by the time we got to this game, which was like after the first because we were coming out of insane meeting. there was a play, Aunt, actually, Ant had made a great move, hit the post.

Yeah. And then Cooch, it wasn't totally his fault, but there was, it was an gaping net, and he just couldn't quite get it to fly flat on his stick. And Steve Levy on the call was like,

Kutcheroff, you know, can't put it on the open net. And it's, he said something like, which continues his tough night. And I was like, man,

stuff has already happened that Cooch is having a tough night. So if you are getting to your point, Dan, nothing from Braden Point. And very non, regular season cooch play from cooch. I don't know how, and you don't even have

Hedman. It becomes way harder to win these playoffs series against a fucking good Habs team, against anybody, by the way, but certainly this team. Great Habe's team. Trust me, we're going to give a little double wrister to the Habs in a second here, but the bolts are, I mean, like, Hague's is amazing.

He has six goals, but after that, Gensel who scored tonight has two. No one else has multiple goals. And that's okay. You're only five games through the series. But for a team that was way high up there in goals in the regular season, Cooch had 44 goals, Gensel had 38, Hague's at 36. Big drop-off, though. Sorrelli, 22. Rattish, 22. Like, you, this team's not really going that much. They have two wins, only in five games. I think this is going seven, for sure. But I really do. I mean, it's like every time,

they've had their back against the wall. They somehow come out and win. And I feel like they did this all season long. So, they were streaky all season long. That's what I'm saying. They would win eight and then lose eight. And this is the shrunken down version of it's like they have a great game. They get a good win and then they lose the next. And this one, they come out so sleepy, dude. And I thought Vassie was bad in this game. There was one. I think it was the, the Kirby Dockle was another dude. Happened in game two. Yeah, okay. Really shit. He, he,

tries this paddle poke. Yep. And he gets a little piece of it, but not enough. So it's right, and it's great play by Doc to keep it in his skates. But, like, if you're doing that, like, you've got to fucking, you got to whack that shit. You got to break somebody's leg. You got a cricket paddle that puck out. And I thought the, uh, I thought the, the Gallagher one was a weird one, but the third goal.

Who got their third goal? Texier. Yeah. Who's, that whole line. And dude, I need to say again, so much credit to Kirby Doc. I'm so happy for him. But that whole line has been amazing. That Texie A goal is a good shot.

But like no screen, weird angle. Vezna, probable winner, Vassi. I need you saving that. Dude, this one I'm with you because this one came seconds after that Cooch Open Net Miss that I was talking about. So if you're Tampa, you're like, oh, wow, we're about to score to start the third, right? And then it goes immediately the other way. Also, horrible, Osh called this out on the pod.

Shout out our boy. horrible change by Tampa there awful which can't happen in the first and third I know Chris and again sleepy yep and it was a uh someone on the call it wasn't was that game on the ESPN yeah that was o'sh that was OSHA that was OSHA yeah it wasn't the ESPN it must have been TSN call yeah but someone was like unbelievable heads-up play by lane Hudson on the pass it was a great pass but I chalked that up to that was a shit change oh it's awful change It's a, Hudson makes a great play taking advantage of a bad play. But I just, God, they were sleepy tonight, dude.

Just call weeks. On home ice, sleepy. Wow, Vegas Power Play. Wow, we got a Vegas Power peeper with eight minutes left in the third, in the OT. And for people that are new, what Dan and I were just talking about, people that are new to it, the second period, and the even number periods, you have an extra long change. That's what we mean by we're saying, just in the first and third, when it's so easy to get off the ice, you can't get sprung like that. But, Dan, I'm with you. They recovered enough.

Like that is just a high glove shot. Yeah. That Vassi just drops into his net. And not only will he win the Vesna, but also he looks like a difference maker again in a way that we hadn't had been totally seen recently where I was thinking to myself, yeah, Tampa is going to make a run because of this guy alone. And that one was leaky. Yeah. So, I mean, dude, to go in in a series tie two to into that loud Tampa barn and to get a win by the Canadians, great. Yep.

But there was just like, I think it was the first period. There was a lane shot from the point that wasn't really screened, that Vassie, like, mishandled. And in the same shift, Zook threw one on net from the point that wasn't really screened. He mishandled. Yeah. So I was just like, you guys are fucking asleep at the wheel tonight. He did make some great saves, though.

There was stretches where I was like, oh, Mass is playing great. But I just, like we always say with goalie, if there's just a couple ones that you wish didn't go in, it's hard to not talk about that. Yeah. I have a stat for you, which I just could not fucking believe about this, since we're talking about it right now, I was going to say this for later. Since the three straight cups. Oh, my God.

Dorofiyev almost with four goals. If he handles that better, that's cool. And that would have been such a Dorothea of Knight. Yeah. He's like, yeah, four. Are you shitting me? And Ikele with like four assists. Oh, dude.

I'll save her for this series. Forofia. Four of Fiaveh. Nice. There and it's right there. Nice. The bolts go win the cup, win the cup. Vassi I think wins one of those cons mites.

And then they lose in the cup to the Aves where Vassi plays great. Yeah. Oh, since that's 2022. This is a monster kill by-Hirculane kill. And you hate, I hate seeing overtime power play goals. I wish every team to have a bad power play in overtime. I agree. the since the 22 cup and counting tonight

Fassie is six and 15 in the playoffs yeah not good that is fucking staggering yeah and and you know we we keep having the conversation you made that point if if Tampa loses this series they feel like shit and I came to the defense of the Canadians and I was like this Canadian team is good but I'm I am now kind of on your side where they're now one and two at home.

Yeah. And you have a game like tonight, which I thought, oh my God. No way. Did that just get in? I mean, oh, they're calling no goal. No goal. But now another penalty.

Now maybe not. Now we got a scrum. Barbie is holding his teeth. That's what I'm saying. Barbie's holding his lower jaw. But someone else went down too. Is that weeks? We just got to get every.

You just got to go down. No, it looks like it's fucking Jersey. Everyone's got to go. down here. Another fucking Nettor's friend. Blood? Blood on the ice? No. Oh, I think you might have got one to the eye. Yeah. Oh yeah, his eyes on the ice. He's a cyclops. We've got an eyeball on the ice. All right, folks, folks, if you haven't figured it out, we're watching the OT right now. It's at 618. We've got to see what happened. Yeah, here we go. All right, we got a bouncing puck, definite high stick played by a high stick. Yeah, really high, over the head.

And then it goes to Barbie. So he gets a touch. That's got to be a whistle. Yeah. Barbie. So everyone stops playing. I mean, but this, I can't believe, is in a penalty. Like, Ders goes bang. Oh, cross. Right to the face. So now Ders has to go down.

Ders has to flop ASAP. Yeah. So he goes, boom, I'm down. Do you see Ders get down there? They're calling one on, on sportsmen like conduct. Yeah, embellish. They're given an embellishment to Ders. Really?

And now a Utah PowerPull. What? It's like, no way. No, it's four on four. They switched it. Oh. Which I'm actually fine with. Who did they give embellishment to?

Barbie? Yeah, after he got drilled in the absolute face and they went like this. So cross-check to the face. That's actually a harsh embellishment. Barbie gets called for embellishment and that that felt like if... Dersy embellished. I'm not, no. We're not saying a friend of the program embellished.

Yeah. But if I were to, if I were a betting man and I were to say someone embellished there, it was probably dirse. Barbershove got right up, honestly. Jersey cross-checking on sportsman, like, for a barbership. Yeah. Harsh, harsh. But I'm glad Utah didn't just get that killer.

I don't know. The way, how fast Barbie popped up, I'm like, you're fine. I don't know, but that's why I think he wasn't in Belmont. He literally went like this and then got right up. He's like, I'm good. Yeah, but he went down on the ice. That's a bellishman. That is 100% what would have happened.

The going down was completely fine. He grabbed his face because he got hit in the face and then he got up. But you don't need to fall when you get hit in the face. Yeah, you do. Why? He got knocked over. There's is a brick shithouse. I don't think that he got knocked over.

Whatever, I'm glad it's four on four. Yeah, agree. That was not a good goal. Play on. So, Tampa. Yeah, you were about to finish a thought. My thought was, yeah, you're one and two at home so far, and you have a sleepy game like that. You have injury or not, guys not performing again, Vassi not performing.

If you're Tampa, I think you're pretty upset right now. And can I pile on? Please, pile on. And I would love if literally, I was looking at. at the playoff bracket, it wouldn't be that shocking if Dallas, Minnesota went seven, so good, Edmonton, Anaheim went seven, Buffalo, Boston went seven, Tampa, Montreal went seven, and Vegas, Utah, went seven. Like, that feels very not a reach for all those. And I was like, that would be crazy if we can get all those game sevens. So I love that you think that Tampa back

against the wall that have been seesawing all series will just, oh, oh my God. Clayton Keller and Jack Eichael are such similar players. I know. It's unbelievable. That will just force it. But going back to the Bell Center, where I feel like Montreal should have won twice and just kind of, they were the sleepy haps for two seconds there in Montreal and costume. Yeah. How long do you think Tampa was leading in game one of the series? Oh, I don't, tell me. Zero minutes. How long did they were leading in game two. And keep in mind, this is a game they won. Uh, zero minutes. Zero minutes. How long? long think they were leading in game three.

Zero minutes. Nope. $7.54. I just thought we were on a roll there. How long think they were leading in game four? Which they won. Four. Four minutes?

Yeah. How much do you think they were leading in game five tonight? Zero minutes. Zero minutes. They have been getting dummied. Yeah. Dude. And they have two wins to show for it, but it's like it takes everything to somehow claw these

victories from the jaws of defeat. I am having currently sitting at this desk a hard time, even though great flurry at the end great flurry at the end I get them credit for that but I have a hard time sitting here going they're going going to waltz into Montreal and win when I'm like you haven't had a lead in this series

literally yeah I mean again tons of credit to Montreal you get Gallagher in the lineup gets that gracy goal doc makes his presence felt great and like you said that line's been great Texier gets a gold but like again

your big dogs weren't scoring the goals tonight. I think you grease out a win in this one if you're Montreal. That's what I would call it. On away ice, you catch Tampa sleeping. You get a, you catch, when you have a game like this where Vassi has a bad game, and make no mistake, folks, that was a bad game from Vassie. You have to win. And when none of your big dogs are scoring, that is a great game to win.

And here's what I want to say, here's my stroke off for the king. the, or excuse me, for the, for the habs. Uh-huh. Right now, I'm thinking to myself, man, and OSHA said this on the broadcast, too. He was like, when I won the cup in 2018, you need everybody doing everything. What people think that means is you need everyone hit and you need everyone blocking shots. You also need third line guys scoring. Yes, you just do.

100%. Montreal is absolutely getting that right now. And I was, went from watching the series, and we have watched damn near every second of this series, I was about to go, God, you're getting nothing from the top. top line. And right now through five games, you have Cole Coughfield with one goal, three, assists, four points. And Nick Suzuki, zero goals, five assists, five points. So they are leading your team in scoring. Well, Lane's got five too. Lane also five. But it's hilarious to me. It's actually like a double win for me. Win number one is I feel like they're doing nothing

and they're literally leading your team in scoring. And win number two is, imagine when they start scoring goals. You know what I mean? How is Tampa in, how is Tampa down three, two, and Cole and Nick Suzuki have combined for one fucking goal. Yeah, I mean, listen, it's easy to say this through five, someone has to be winning after five, and it happens to be Montreal. Yep. But right now, when you have the lead and you're headed back to the fucking bell center, you feel pretty damn good. And if the deck stays as it is and, you know, like Cole only has one goal, Zook has zero. But point has one point.

Yeah, yeah. only has his one goal. If you're Montreal right now, you undoubtedly go happy to keep it as is. Yeah. Because you feel like you're going to win that battle. Right? I do believe, as I said, I think this is going to go seven. I think Tampa's going to find a way to win the next one. But very much so. If anyone wakes up, they will win. If Tampa's big dogs wake up, I think they will win two in a row. If Montreal's big dogs wake up, they will win this series. I like this take. So it's like my goalie take in Dallas, Minnesota. Yeah. So I'm in reverse. I think if I'm picking, I say it's going to go seven. And if it stays as is, Montreal has the edge for me.

I just don't think in any of the losses, Montreal has like fallen asleep or Dobesh has had a really bad game. Whereas Tampa has done that. I guess Montreal is pissed about game four when they're up to nothing and they went, oh, yeah. which we dude if you that was a game that was the kings or the Bruins or something you were like emotionally invested in that moment you would have gone that was a puke job which it was yeah uh i wanted to call some you said you mentioned gensel earlier and i just wanted to say this gensel dude um i think you said only two this series which is probably right um but gensel 79 career playoff games 43 career goals the highest goals per game by an american born player ever in playoff history. I said it when we were in Tampa. Jake Gensel is the sneakiest good hockey player on Earth. On Earth. Like, think about the Americans

that have been in playoffs. Patrick Kane. Mikey Madonna. I'm like, no way. And like Patrick Kane with three cups. You know, like I know Gents has two? Three? Must have two. Oh, no, one, I think. Because he got, he caught one with Pitt. Yeah. Yeah, and then he got

Sorry, Penn. And then he got, and then I think he caught the, no, he he missed that first one. Yeah. So, he only He missed the first one with Tampa, but caught the second one, right? With Pitt, you mean? No. Will Pet has three, and he, does he have two with pens? No.

No, I'm saying they want to, you know, a million years ago. Yeah, and he has one with Pence. Yes. We've said that from the beginning. No, we were saying which one he caught with that. No, no, no. We were saying, did he catch one with Tampa or no. No, no.

Yeah, because that was way after. So he has one cup. Yeah. Yeah, so three cup Patrick Kane. Yeah. And like the fact that he is more, like that's, or, You know, that's crazy. Yeah, he just had the benefit of being on two very good teams so far that have

deep runs. Amazing. Good for Jay. He way missed those Tampa Cups, but either way. But yeah, I mean, it's like he is, I mean, fuck, man, like 38 goals this year, 41, 30, 36, 40, like 40, you know, he's just, he's a goal score. And he's such an under the radar goal score. It's crazy.

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Kicking it to the last game of the night, Vegas, Utah. And if you've been listening, we're watching right now and we're about to catch up to this game because we're about to go into double O.T. But Dan, I want to go back to game four because there's something really cool happened. You said in the live

What am I supposed to do with this guy? He sneezes and he sneezes and he sneezes. Sorry. You said in the live before game four that we need Eichol to shoot the puck. Yeah. And I said, dude, what are we going to, what is he? He's 80 years old.

We can't teach an old dog new tricks. And you said, Chris, he's like 20 fucking eight. Calm down. He can do whatever he wants. He's best player on the ice. Jack Eichael, game four, 11 shot attempts, six on goal most in the game. I think he finished with three assists or whatever, but man, exactly what you wanted.

Did everything you needed them to do. Vegas gets a huge win, ties up the series. Now here we are in game five, back in Vegas. I said that Utah just looks better in this series. Utah is going to win the series. They just look better. But it occurred to me that maybe after Vegas steals one O.T. Thriller Game 4 that they come home game five use the juice of the fortress the crowd the vibes the strip and just win game

five and then utah's on the ropes but dude utah this utah team is fun as fuck oh my god it's insane every game they come out and i go here comes the stinker kind of like what we saw with the ducks frankly you know what i mean where it goes oh here comes the stinker from the team that hasn't been playhouse they don't know what they're doing they've been playing great they've been impressing us but they're due for one and every game they go fuck you stinker yeah you're the stinker And I'm like, I am, you know what? And it's been amazing. So early in this one, I was, I guess this happened me a few times, but I got worried about

Carter Hart again. I was like, oh, man, here comes his stinker. But he reels it in. Vegas has no quit. And then I'm like, oh, veggie, here comes veggie stinker. But then he reels it in. And I don't know which way is up. Yeah.

Vegas continues to be dead. And then not dead. Yeah. They continue to battle. This one felt like it, when Krauster scored in the second period halfway through. That's the one I was like, part. Yep. And with that one, I was like, you're dead.

Yep. Utah is winning this game. And then quick score a Fiav goal, quick theater goal. I tweeted, Shea is having a great game. Shea is so good. He's so disgusting. And I was like, uh, veggie probably wants that one back. Yeah.

but Che, it's just, you know, players make place. And he's walking down fucking broadway. Yeah, totally. So whatever. But yeah, like Vegas just like finds a way, but then it's like Gunther again, big fucking God this guy. Gunther scores, Carcone scores, and that goal was disgusting, by the way. The pass from Kerfoot was so nice.

Aw, steady. Quick spring, two on one, perfect pass. Perfect one T. Gets it upstairs. He kind of muffed it, but it doesn't matter. Doesn't matter. You just have to get up. Also, the replay makes it look like a month.

Agree, agree. It was like flopping, but he hammered it. Yep. Looks like they got it, and then score a Fave, Patty, tie game. Now here we are. We're headed into double O-T. So, yeah, go ahead. I, no, fucking whatever.

What are you going to say? I'm dead, dude. I got nothing for you. Theodore, Ev, Theodore has always scared me because our first year of covering the final. we get media passes and we get to go to Media Day, where it's the day before the game one, and they're all at their booths, you know, and there's a schedule, and you can do the thing.

And Dan and I were a brand new show, and none of these guys know us at all. And I was, we'd done it at All Stars, but All Stars were so chill that I was like, oh, we just make jokes, which we did, and they all laughed. But then here, it's like laser-focused cup energy. And I was like, dude,

maybe these guys don't want to make jokes here. and I think I made Dan go first and he made me was Aiden Hill I can't remember who you got first but Dan went up and made and we let the professional reporters ask their real questions

and then it starts to clear out and then we ask something fucking stupid and whoever Dan went up to first died laughing and I was like oh you know what they're just the homie still and they would like probably a little ease in the tension

before game one so then we got in a rhythm and now we're asking everybody all these jokes and then I get the Shea Theodore one and he came over early to Vegas when they became a team and all they did was go to the Western Conference Finals or the Cup, you know?

So I went up to him once the feed died down, the scrum died down and I was like, Shay, since coming to Vegas, you've made the third rounder for more every year. Do you ever think to yourself, damn, I wish I hadn't come here, it really is killing my summers. And he was like this, no, I would like to win the Stanley Cup. and I was like, oh no. Because, dude, he doesn't know us.

Like, he doesn't ever. And I was like, oh, fuck. And since then I've been literally terrified of him. Like, I don't ever want to see him yet. You had to go, that was a joke, sir. No, yeah, Evan. Guy. No joke, Shre She.

He was not in the mood. And I'm sure he is. He just didn't know me and, like, was, like, what is going on? You know, but I was dying. I was like, I am now terrified of Shia Theodore forever. I, yeah, he's so gross. God. But this, we've been stroken off Dallas, Minnesota.

This series is just as good. It is. It's so unpredictable. Both these teams are so fun to watch. Neither of them are ever out of it. The fight from Utah. You've been surprised by Utah being so resilient. Yes.

Both teams, frankly, Vegas has a ton of comeback wins, not just comebacks. Like, comeback wins in this series. And what's crazy, too, man, is like the, the goal tending is as expected. Like, veggie's good, but I, you know,

Vegas is a good team. And I was like, they could probably get some goals on them. And they have been. I was very much like, I don't think Carter Hart is a definite, like you're going to be a lockdown. And he hasn't been.

Yeah. And earlier I thought like he might be. And now I'm like, oh, no, this is right. So this is like a shootout again. And I think the only thing I got to say in here so far is, Jack Eichael's doing what Jack Eichael does

You've got goals from Barbie You've got goals from score of Fiev Mark Stone is Mark Stoning You know like he's a 4-4 What's the score right now? 4-4 Yep The dude

Hold on You know who's very happy right now Is Toronto Maple Leaf fans Because Mitch Marner has been Oh Not very good Good point Dan Okay let's well I don't

Let me go back to Dorfia for a second, and then we'll go to Mitch. Dorfiev got, and this is another one, because Utah is probably feeling like, shut the fuck up, we are gross, and we were in the Central and actually had to earn wins, unlike the fucking Pacific. But coming into the series, if you're Vegas, you have to be like, we should win the series. Absolutely. We won the fucking Pacific, and now we're in a dog fight. Dude, if you're Vegas, you go and get Rasmus Anderson, everyone's healthy.

And you got Mitch Barner, which I know happened to start a year, but you got Mitch Marner. And you go, we're winning the cup. Like, you want to win the cup. Is Colorado, Dallas, and Minnesota disgusting? Absolutely. But you are like, we are trying to win the cup. Yep. So Vegas is in, finds himself in a dog fight, okay? And in game four, a crucial game four, which you come back and win. And I don't have the exact number in front of me. Whoever's listening can look this up. But Dorofiev, who is your leading fucking score in the regular season, not just a helpful. player, your leading goal score gets benched in

game four when you are down to one and losing. And I'm like, are you fucking kidding me? Like, that is a guy. If Cole Cofield isn't going, which he kind of isn't right now, he's not getting benched. I need him to go because he'll eventually go. Dorofiev gets shut down.

And then he comes out in game five. Everyone's talking about it. They're like, they need Dorofiav to get going. And he scores and I was like, ooh, that'd be interesting. And then he scores again. And I was like, wow, that would actually be massive for Vegas. And then he's bang. He ties the game with a fucking minute left for a hat. His first playoff had, hatty. And I was like, uh-oh. So, and he almost got his fourth if he had handled that better in the first overtime. So massive look there, if you're Vegas, because you hope you

win this game, obviously, because you do not want to go back to Utah. But at least you've got that cooking right now where you go, all right, thank fucking God. I'm not about to go out of the playoffs with our leading score having no goals. Speaking of no goals, Mitch Barber, let's go there. granted we're through five games plus an extra period here and he has three assists does he get no points tonight no points tonight three assists through five games no goals and for context last year in a second round exit right for the Leafs yeah to Florida Marner they play 13 games he has 13 points which you will always take but it's two goals 11 assists and that's kind of his game obviously but keep in mind that regular

season, 27 goals, 75 assists. He's not not scoring at all, right? He can put the puck in the net. You just need him to do it in playoffs. And dude, you are right. I thought to myself, God, I do not know how the Leafs could have lost this ordeal worse by finishing fucking near the dead last. And Marner, granted Pacific, but Marner winning his division with Vegas. But a first round Vegas exit with Marner posting three points in six games and no goals. would be at least a salve on that wound. Yeah. It's, it is frankly unacceptable. And, I agree. And it's like you,

you're definitely, you're definitely, you're fighting it, you know? Yeah. You're in this situation, in this, you're in double O T now.

And if I'm Vegas, you know, if I'm tortarella, I'm definitely looking at that guy. And I'm like, can you fucking get it going, pal? And it's not like they're void of scoring.

You know, they've got, like, Ike says, I think, what does he have, two assists today? I think so. I'll check for you. Ix has eight points in, you know, only has one goal, but has eight points in five games. And a lot of his assists are, not a lot, but a few of his assists, including the, including the Dorophye of game tying goal with the middle left tonight, are hammered shots that people are just putting the rebound in, which is a knock that I'm like, it wasn't an amazing pass, but it was him trying to shoot the possible. into the net. Yeah. And then good things happen.

Great. Tonight, Dan, and I have a question for you because maybe you just know, I'm interested to find out from people who are watching Vegas every night what the usual lines have been all year because I haven't been paying attention enough. Yeah. But when the year started and it was Eichel Marneur Dorofiev, I put a billion dollars on Dorofiev winning the rocket because I was like, oh, my God. Yeah.

He's playing with Eichel and Marner. This is insane. And he scored a hattie. He scored two hatties in his first four games. Yeah. And that was the line. And the lines tonight have Eichel centering line one with Houdin and Barbashev, Marner centering line two with Smith and Stone, and Dora Feev on the wing on Hurtles Line.

And I'm like, has that, how long ago did that get split up? I couldn't tell you how long that's been happening. And how long has Marner been playing center by himself? You know, like, that's very interesting. I think it's because Wild Bill is hurt. Yeah. and yeah i mean i i i i don't know man it's just like you are i'm a big mitch marner supporter and these are just guys where i'm like you're too good i'm you're too good to be playing

to be not playing at your best and you're in a you're in a dog fight now with this really great scrappy utah team if you lose a game like this on home ice and you only have three points, three assists, no goals, you're looking at yourself in the mirror and you're like, I got to get going here. There's a million examples of teams mixing up lines. The Bruins just did this where it gets things going. You see this in playoffs all the time. But remember us saying about Nashville the last couple years, maybe this was two years ago.

They weren't, they were out basically. And then they made a really late push because they put Stamcoast and Marshall and flip on the same line. And it was like, oh, yeah. Wow, they're scoring. That's insane. and we just saw the Overs announced we're playing McDavid and Dry Saddle on the same line in game six

because we said if we're going out we're going out swinging and I'm kind of like I don't care what hasn't been working put Marner with Jack like what are we doing did just put him with Jack and go fucking fight

yeah like I would I would no doubt put Marner with Jack and try to get him going but I think the issue is you need him to be playing Senator and here we go one highlight for me

from this game earlier Schmalti someone broke a stick, maybe Theodore, someone broke a stick, sprung Smaltzy on a breakaway, huge save by heart, and then TANiv on the turnaround right after that. Oh, insane save. Crazy. That was awesome. But Veggie has also made some incredible ones down the stretch here.

So I think what's going to happen for the viewers is we are going to go like this. Second overtime just started. We're going to just watch and this episode will pick up as we celebrate the goal. Watch this. Oh, no. Oh, there it is. Holy shit. Fucking Shorty.

Shorty, dude. Shorty for the game. Oh, for five on the power play, I think. Why did it feel like that was coming? Dude, because they had a jack fucking breakaway into the Marner chance off the face off into how. Yeah. You got to fucking get two guys on that or something or fucking reverse it. The Vegas has no guys on the ice.

What a rip by Howie. Wow, that's, dude, you said you don't like power play goals. How do you feel about shorthanded goals? You know what? Actually, that is cool. Because you take a penalty in overtime and you go, what the fuck? And then to do it in short, he is insane. I'm just like...

Look at Hill, just in the minute. What a fucking beauty. He loves the boys. I'm sick for weeks, because I feel like this kind of all started on that fucking play. I'm sure he's so pissed at himself. No, that you're... Fuck. That's a great shot out of it.

It is, but I just... God, he's going crazy. Good for him. Yeah. Good fucking forecheck on the penalty kill. I mean, that is just a singular effort. I mean, no, there's two guys. There's two guys in there, but that's just such a good play by Howden.

Deserves to be going bonkers. Oh, dude. Rips that puck off the stick and then just lets it fly. Marner Apple? Was Marner in the corner with him there? Yeah, it looked like it was him. Dude, Jackie Five Hole tries to go fibers on the breakaway, on the shorty breakaway and can't get it. Fucking chance is out there on the ice, dude.

Yeah, Marner Apple, dude. So fucking four points. Four points in five games. Hey, listen, that was big. That was a good dig. That was a great fucking fight in the corner there on the PK, and they get the puck out, Howden gets it, and score. So Mitch Marner, okay. Little fight, little fight, Marner.

Little fight. I have zero doubt in my mind. I'm putting this on the record. While we were watching that, I was like this. After everything we just said, Marner's going to shove it up my hoop and score a goal. When that puck almost went to stick, I was like, this, that would have been amazing. And I'm still going to give him a hoop shove, as

in he earned one against me. Because that was a great fucking play. He helped dig that puck out. Great pressure in there in the corner. It gets it, allows how to get that puck and fucking beautiful. Utah must be honestly, dude, that the week's play is, is

that shit happens, right? Is this two games in a row where Utah has puked on their leg? Peeked on themselves? Yeah, because I guess you give up a shorthy in overtime, in double overtime. That is it. And you have the And the other lead. You gave up a goal with the goalie pulled. Yeah.

So they're kicking themselves. So hold on. Double puke. Here's where I was headed. Utah has a stomach bug. They have a stomach bug, but now it's out. Get that stomach pump, baby? That's two games.

The Golden Knights, or sorry, this is what I was going to say before. Utah, you just, that amount of Tom Foolery off a D-Zone draw on the power play is unacceptable. It was a drawback to Marner who then hits the weakside D, who then almost got it back to Marner alone in the slot. Like if that pass had been two inches better, he has a great A, which is ridiculous. And then it bleeds to the corner anyway, and you've got guys on it, and then you let the two Vegas guys dig it out, which nearly, Dan, I would argue, those two Vegas four checkers were too deep to be on the PK in double overtime.

Like if Utah does get that out, I'm like, what are you doing? wing up here. That's what, that's why I'm saying this was, uh, like it felt like it was coming. I mean, there was what, 20 seconds left? I think 16 seconds or something. But like either way, like that you're still, you're an, it's an odd man situation. You can't be too deep, but

they could feel it. They knew they were going to come up with it. Jackie got that fucking little breakaway and they were like this, we're on them right now. There's even a face off and they still felt like they were on it. But I am going to say this on record. The Utah Mammoth of one game six in Utah bang. Wow, you think so? Yeah, I think this is

the way Utah have played them and the way they've played at home and the way they played in this game where they had every chance they, Baloop! I think the mammoth, there's no chance the mammoth season ends on whenever the fuck, what day is it? Maybe Friday they play. Yeah. Next game six, I think the mammoth win that game were going seven. I love that take. All I'll say is, yeah, it's great that it's in Utah. Yeah, it's Friday night. That's two backbreaking games. Yes, it is. Two backbreaking games. Yes, it is. Two backbreaking games, and then after we put a little pressure on Mitchie, makes a big play to get to that winning goal.

Who knows, maybe he's awake. Vegas is, there are vibes going right now. Vegas is good, dude. And there's also like, you know, two times where we're like this, you're dead. And then they survive like this and win that I'm kind of like. If Dorofiev is cooking now, that actually could be trouble. But I still love this Utah team. They are going to fight.

They are going to fight. They are going to fight all the way to game seven, I promise. You'll show that. Unbelievable stuff. Vegas wins it in 00T. That's going to do it for this episode. Folks, we love you. Hope you're loving all the daily content. If you are, please support. Spread it around. Subscribe to the YouTube. Please, please, please, please. Five star reviews on Spotify and Apple, please, please, please, please. Next stream's Friday. Next stream is Friday. We will see you then. And until we do, skate hard.