Empty Netters Podcast - The Habs Lose Two In A Row For The First Time All Playoffs

Episode Date: May 26, 2026

Wow it finally happened. Dobes and the Habs lose two playoff games in a row. Hell is about to freeze over. The Canes OT magic (5-0 this playoffs!) continues to shine and they take a massive 2-1 series lead after a road win in MTL. Have they finally vanquished their ECF ghosts? All we know is if the Habs are going to get back into this series they are going to need to SHOOT the puck! Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:39 - New Hosts of Stanley Cup Live 6:39 - Hurricanes Win Game 3 VS Canadiens in OT 19:04 - Can the Habs Shoot the Puck More? 32:59 - Dan's Mushroom Journey into Roku City 42:09 - Is Exhaustion Catching up to Habs? PRESENTED by BetMGM. Download the BETMGM app and use code “NETTERS” and enjoy up to $1500 in bonus bets if you lose your first wager!Thanks to our Sponsors!BetMGM: Use bonus code NETTERS when signing up to receive up to $1500 in bonus bets if your first bet loses. Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER (Available in the US)877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY)1-800-327-5050 (MA), 1-800-NEXT-STEP (AZ), 1-800-BETS-OFF (IA), 1-800-981-0023 (PR)21+ only. Please Gamble Responsibly. See BetMGM.com for Terms. First Bet Offer for new customers only. Subject to eligibility requirements. Bonus bets are non-withdrawable. In partnership with Kansas Crossing Casino and Hotel. This promotional offer is not available in New York, Nevada, Ontario, or Puerto Rico. Dial in your shot with the new Bauer PROTO 2. Available now at https://Bauer.com and your local hockey retailer. For a limited time, Chubbies is giving our viewers 20% off your order with our code netters at https://chubbiesshorts.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Empty Netters podcast. Can you believe what this has become? There was a full 48 hours where I felt like I was like literally Superman. Jumbo loves playing Fortnite, so he gets on the sticks. Did TR show you the sauna cycle or was that all year? No, no, I invented that. Almost a year now that I haven't taken a body check. That's kind of nice.

So we are back. We are horned up and we are going deep. Finish tonight with some chicken fingers and a few guineasas and ran into you guys. That's where this pod came to life. is ready. And we're back with another episode of the MDN airs podcast brought to you by BetMGM. We are live.

We are here. We are remote. We had to abandon the studio due to ATEM issues. Fuck the ATEM. Fuck the ATEM. But hey, we're here. We're rocking. We're remote. We're all in our respective places.

You both have MTNators hats on. I wish I had mine on. I feel like an absolute schmuck that I don't have it on. Yeah. You're a bitch. I know. I know. I know.

But listen, we've got a lot to get into. We're rocking with one game. Habs. Cains. We're going to get into it. But before we have to get into it, CP, we've got some exciting news to talk about. As always. I love that.

Got it in. I got it in. Sometimes Evan, I like to just like roll and see if CP remembers. and he, you know, he's pretty sharp. This guy's pretty sharp. Big, big, big, big, big, big, big news, big news. Come on. Chris Powers and Dan Powers.

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then we cook then we cook then we go into the game boom Stanley Cup live new hosts bang how are you how's your mother How's your mother Stanley Cup Live? Every single game during the final pregame brought to you by the NHL. Stanley Cup Live will be hosted by yours truly and that truly. It's going to be incredible.

We're going to have tons of guests, so many different people. Jason DeMers will be on there. I always love to shout out J.D., because that is our boy. He is familiar with the Stanley. He was host last year. Yes, sir. And we are going to get so many players. Unbelievable members of the media.

It's going to be such a good time. So make sure you tune in to Stanley Cup live. It's going to be on the YouTube, NHL Network. All the shebang. It's going to be so, so, so fun, so good. Make sure you tune into the games early. So you can see us ripping it up, teeing up the games, interviewing people, having a blast. And kicking to some stuff.

We're going to put in extra stuff like we'll be live in the arena being like, hey, last game analysis. next game predictions guess in real time but then also we're going to be kicking to stuff like remote spots we've done with other players with other actors just stuff the whole thing the whole finals it's going to be incredible

I love everybody at the league I'm so grateful and so thankful they've asked us to do this it's going to be an absolute blast and we're really pumped we're really really pumped man and and listen if you think PK if you think PK has a wardrobe way to you see what Dan pulls out

wait till you see what Dan pulls out for Stan's going to look like Bjork out there with a swan dress or something crazy. I don't even want to say it right now because it's going to make Chris try to respond in his terrible way. But I am working currently with three of our unbelievable partners to fit me every single game. So we have 14 different fits that I already have set up working with these companies and it's going to be. And Ev, here's the good news. I've already spoken to 14 homeless people in Venice. and wait till you see, wait till you see.

The derelict campaign. Sorry you couldn't book it, Dan. Sorry you didn't book it. Dara leak my balls. I was going to say, Chris is like, I have already worked with Timo for 14 different terrible fits, and it's going to be fantastic. I'm sorry you didn't book it, Dan.

Dera leak my balls, you bitch. I know. Well, it's going to be the best time. We are getting closer and closer here. We got a 3-0 series. one side, a 2-1 series on the other. We're going to get into this game that we all just watched. You're all ready to hear about it.

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This was absolutely monumental. The Cains acknowledge the ghosts. Dude, I'm sad. Our Busters costumes are at the studio where there's a shitty atem and nothing works. Because I would put it right back on. I'd put it right back on. Biggest disaster of us not being in the studio is that my Ghostbusters costume is there. But here's the thing.

We want this to go seven. We've said it from Jump Street. And I believe firmly that the team that can handle adversity more in this series is Montreal. So right off the bat, all of the Habs go on. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow.

Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Right off the bat for me, all of the Habs fans listening who are frustrated, who are freaking out, don't freak out. This team can handle adversity. they can battle. No question about it.

But this was huge. Huge. Yinser for you, Ev. Yeah. Huge. Yins. Yins. For the Carolina Hurricanes.

Winning game three was so big because we said... Yes, Dan. If it's two-two. Reiterate this. Re-ed, no, but okay, keep going. If it's two-two after four, there's no blood. It's fine. But going into game four, down two-one for the

Cains was a fucking death sentence. It was an absolute death sentence. For the first time, and maybe the only time in this series, for the Cains, they have a little bit of, whusa. Okay. Like, relax. Here we are. They have that right now up to one. The Habs, man, there is no pressure ever in this series.

A lot of people are going to say, what the fuck you're talking about? They're the better team. They can, I love that energy. But going into all this, that wasn't the case. The habs are playing with fucking house money, folks. House money. And now they get into, they get to go into game four in the Bell Center with a chance to tie it up to two, too. You're fucking laughing.

The only team that is fucking drenched with pressure in this series is Carolina. And we've got back-to-back OT game. sure, we'll talk about the shots, we'll talk about all that. But at the end of the day, I think the habs are so fucking fine. But at the other end of the day, two days, the canes have taken care of fucking business back-to-back games, and that is huge. Dan, what I will say to you is this. You're right, 2-2 was the job, was the mission. We both said the Cains, if they came out of this 2-2, we're completely fine.

I just want to give you credit, though, because you pointed out to me this morning on our live, and if you're not listening to the lives, go check them out immediately. They, the Cains, just winning game 3 was so big because it didn't put them in the pressure of game 4, where now we're down 3-1, now we're going to get gentlemen swept again. and for the first time in the playoffs, in the playoffs, the Montreal Canadians lost two games in a row. For the first time in the Stanley Cup playoffs, this Habs team has been playing with fire,

we both thought. And I do think the narrative is that we are always making excuses. We're always saying the other team choked, not the Habs won. And I hate that narrative because I'm like, the Habs are awesome. This is amazing. They're such a good team. I'm not trying to diminish them at all.

Unbelievable. But they've been playing with fire in this like, we lose, we win, we lose, we lose. they just keep they battle and it's a credit to them the fact that they are like dude we are ready to go we will show up after a loss every fucking time that is amazing and that's a credit to marty and it's a credit to those players but they have now lost two in a row for the first time and the have or excuse me the canes now finally get to go okay worst case scenario we leave montreal split and we have home ice and it's okay and dan i will add the carolina hurricanes fucking crossing streams Boston ghosts have a conference finals series lead for the first

time since 2006 how fucking crazy they won the cup they have a series fucking lead and that means nothing by the way that means absolutely nothing but they have a series fucking lead holy shit

I will say it is crazy because the first two series against Ottawa and then Philly. We talked so much about the playing with their food element. The fact that they were like, we're going to let these teams play their way. Maybe they'll get a lead.

Maybe they'll tie it up. They'll do this. They'll do that. But this Carolina team felt like they were just kind of being like, okay, you know, like, it was like playing with a child. Yeah. Playing with a child who's, you know, being a little petulant, being a little ridiculous.

And you're like letting them tie it up. to make them feel good, but you're like, yeah, okay. And at the end of the day, you're like, Ann, dunked on. You're dead. It's over. This Montreal team is not a team you can do that against. So they're not doing that here. But what's interesting is the last two games, regardless of the fact that they've gone OT,

with the fact that fucking Montreal has had 12 shots on net in back-to-back games, did they finish with 12 or did they get up a little bit here? Let me tell you. No, Dan, I think it was very low. I think it was 12 again. dude and it's like you you've got 13 13 yeah so 38 to 13 unlucky 13 yes evan yes they needed 14 like the hobbit it look agree dude evan don't ever say sorry for that i think my favorite thing about this show and the three of us is that like we are a sports show and we are the

biggest dork fucking losers who have ever lived and i love that about absolutely and And it's interesting because like you look at that stat line and you're kind of like, oh, yeah, they're doing the same shit. If you were just to look at the numbers, you'd kind of be like, yeah, like this is what they did, round one and round two, but not against this team. So it's a very interesting anomaly where it's like, if you look at the tail of the tape, it's not that different. But if you watch the games, it's so impossibly different. but at the end of the day if you're Carolina you want to take the ghosts

you want to take all of the fucking stats all of the oh well historically this happened that happened whatever whatever yeah you can read into that you can let that play into your game

if you want to look at the tail of the tape there's a world where Carolina is being like whatever man we have two wins so far through three games in this series and they're so similar to round one and round two and I actually think there's a planet where they take that and use it as very legitimate fuel in this series.

Okay, I actually want to, I was going to save this point for later in the app, but I'll just do it now because that was a nice tee up, kind of. I think I even said, I want both of your takes on this. I even said in the live this morning. Can I just stop real quick? Yep. I don't know if I've never noticed this before, but the fact that Evan has a fucking mandolin hanging over his Pittsburgh Penguins banner? Dude, I think this every day

Dan. Every day I wake up, this is the first thing I think of before I piss. I wake up and then I think Evelyn hangs a mandolin over his Pittsburgh thing and then I think I have to be. No, I said Evan hangs. Or maybe I did. I think you just called it. I think you accidentally called him. Every morning my first

two thoughts are, Evan. I'm announcing right here. I'm transitioning into Evelyn. Bad news for you, Evan? Bad news for you, doctor. you're now Evelyn. Like, my first two thoughts every morning are one, Evan hangs a mandolin over his Pittsburgh banner and two I have to pee. Those are the first two things I think the second I wake up.

Do you think I gave them bad luck by covering it up? Yes. Also, also. You cost them the playoffs. Also, Doc. It's too late now, Evan. Is this the instrument you play the most or the least? The least.

But I'll tell you what, you guys want to hear an A24 trailer? Can you play something? Yeah. Oh. It's an 824 movie show. Wow. That's actually perfect. It's a little out of tune.

How much do they pay you? What's your residuals on that, dude? That is insane. They pay shockingly low the amount of money. They're not a very well-equipped company, but they make good art. Is your best instrument guitar? Yeah. Yeah.

Yes. But I play bass and keyboard. That's so sick. All right. So what I wanted you both, Being that good at that At so many things. It's annoying.

It's so fucking annoying, dude. I just like, I, it, I'm, I, it's, I'm, I, it's, I'm, boys, boys. Enough. Ed, how was the grill tonight, Ev? How is the grill tonight? Evan, if you don't by the end of next week, have a 22nd guitar riff,

empty netters trailer. Ooh. Soundtrack for on an acoustic guitar. Yeah. You're fired. We're going to do. We're going to do, no, we're going to do the ghosts. We're going to do an 824 trailer for the ghosts in Carolina.

For the guest, dude, yes. Also, respect the craft and respect our fans and tune that mandolin. I'm sorry, yeah, it is badly out of tune. I don't, I have not played it since I did, uh, since the Flyers, since the Flyers beat the Panxas. The Flyers series, yeah, I was trying to put a curse on the Flyers. As a massive Mumford and Suns fans, I find this very insulting. Oh, really?

Okay. Yeah, I have not had use for it. But no, I was actually thinking I should make a, empty netters theme song because right now our our theme is as a generic like stock music song we should just have our own custom song did you guys hear did you guys hear the jelly roll did you guys hear the jelly roll nchl playoff theme i know but i read the comments on the video and i was like oh i don't like and listen we are not we are not going to say anything bad about no we love we love the league we love the league and all the decisions but i will say this insane to it to release the playoff

theme like now. I was like, oh, dude, way, yeah, the playoffs are over. Like,

where, what is happening in April, dude? Like, could I get the fucking playoff theme?

Chris, I interrupted you. I have a terrible habit of that. I'm so sorry. Continue. All right. No apology necessary

because, uh, sorry, apology not accepted because it wasn't necessary in the first place. Hmm. He's frozen.

No, I think he's frozen. He always does this. Uh, What I want your guys take on is this. After game two, I said on the live, I kind of felt like the HABs were going, dude, we are, we feel great because we won game one. And whatever you want to say about the Keynes figured it out after the first period, whatever.

But we won game one when the Keynes had lost once all playoffs. Or no, none, never. They hadn't lost yet. We beat them for the first time. The abs had lost once. I confused. I confused that. The Keynes, hey, were double swing.

weep, we beat them for the first time, and then we lost game two, but it was overtime on the road. And yeah, we only shot eight fucking times or whatever, but like we do that sometimes and we are so fine. That was my mentality, if I was the HABs, out of game two. I want both your response to this, but my mentality after game three is you actually do have an issue now because you are, you can't shoot. Like legitimately, I'm like, oh, dude, what, what is going? on. And I, and obviously there's no doubt in that room. I'm just telling you deep down in places

they don't like to talk about at parties. They are now going, yo, this was not good. Please, please opine, both of you. I have a thought, but Dan, you go first. Okay. If I'm going first, I think it's not a great look that this happened in the Bell Center. I, I, so I do agree with you, Chris. I think after game one, obviously they got away with one in game seven. I, I against Tampa where they had fucking nine shots. Nine shots. Yeah. And they win that game. And that felt like an anomaly. It was kind of, because that wasn't really happening all series long. I mean, this, this Habs team is so special. I'm so impossibly enamored with this group, these fans, that city. And I'm like, I just love it.

And I felt like that game. I was like, yeah, it was a weird game, but they're kind of scrappy. They'll figure it out. and game two we knew that Carolina was going to go there are so many things ghosts and all that are going to make us come out so fucking desperate that that's what it is and and blocked shots are a part of that a stifling forecheck a stifling neutral zone press is going to be a part of that so the lack of shots in game two I wasn't totally blown away by the fact that it went to OT with that few shots, I was like, that's a huge sign of positivity for the haps.

But now we're in the Bell Center on a, you know, a U.S. holiday. So like everyone in Carolina is fucking hanging around, barbecuing, chilling, they're so ready for this game. This was a big game. Like everyone was psyched to watch this game. The fact that you came out in Montreal and you had 12, 13 shots on fucking net. I was, I was like, are you joking me? So now, I'm more pointing it towards a, this is a sign of positivity for Carolina and that you, you have figured out a way to really

frustrate them as far as shots on net. But two games in a row now, we've gone to OT when this team has managed less than 15 shots in a fucking game. That is also. a problem. So it's almost... Are you still putting that on Habs positive spin zone? Because you're like, you're an O.T. with barely shooting? I don't think I'm going to spin zone this. I think I'm looking at this as like Hey, Habs, wake up

dickheads. And then also, hey, Kaine's wake up dickheads. I think this is a double dickhead situation. Wow, double dickhead. Wow. Okay, what do you think? Okay, the optimist in me, if I'm a Montreal Canadian. Which you now are. Sure. I mean, I would say that

I like them. The positive side of me says, look, the past two games we lost in OT could have won these games, and we hung in there without shooting as much as a normal team with any fucking right mind would want to shoot in a playoff game. Correct. Come on. So, yeah, you're still in it, and you're only down to one, and you have one more game to go in your home barn, which you're going to be pumped up by that crowd. The pessimist in me, which, let's be honest, takes over more than the optimist. says you might you might have only had your one shot in this series by winning game like you might

have only won game one because you caught the cane sleeping like you won game one in the first period and I think it's mostly because the canes had so much rest and you fucking punched them in the mouth when they were half awake and you lose game two and OT didn't get a lot of shots and then you come out in game three and you're flat like first you lost I think you lost this game in the first period because the first period you were flat you got run over a lot i think did you see that hit where cofield just got run over yes yes yes and and all these fucking like east west passes like you know that i think that's why they're not shooting is like they they're young they like to be fancy they're fast and and when it works it's great but all this east west shit doesn't get you a lot of shots on

goal when it gets broken up by the cane's great defense and there i think there was one play where Suzuki tried like, it was a two-on-one and Suzuki tried like a, like a spin-around pass that just went nowhere. And I'm like, that's where you shoot. You shoot there. You could have scored. So as much as Montreal fans like to see a great goal, they just want to see a goal. Yeah, well said, dude. Extremely well said. Yeah. So to me, the pessimist is like, right now this is real important. You got to now, now game four, you have to win. Because if you lose both of your home games, I just don't, I think you give the Keynes all the power and they say, we're back. We have no ghosts whatsoever.

We have efficiently swept out the ghost completely and we're going to fucking take this to the Stanley Cup finals. Especially, dude, because they go, we only really lost first period of that first game, right? When we were rusty, right? Like, we were rusty. Yeah, they can look back on that and say that's the only weak point we have. Like, they're basically like we should, if they win game four, if the canes win game four, they're basically going, we should have swept you essentially

because we just lost the first period. Well, yeah, I know. But trust me, this is the pessimistic view that I'm putting on. But Dan, you speak your piece. Well, Evan, I fucking love everything you just said and I'm going to respond to all of that. The one thing I will say based on what was just said

is, and I'm curious what you both think about this, I think if Carolina were to go up 3-1 in this series, Montreal can come back. If Montreal went up 3-1 in this series, it's over. I think there's a huge difference with that. I think that's the mental, that's the mental shit though, not the teen skill stuff. Yes.

Which is, of course, matters, yeah. But that is huge. And that doesn't mean that if Carolina goes up 3-1, that I'm like, oh, you're in trouble. I'm like, you know, great job. I think what's interesting, Ev, you just, to me, you just went on a fucking. Preach Fest. Everything you said was true.

What's fascinating to me is that game seven against Tampa, they have nine fucking shots and they win. I think a lot of people went, weird game, Montreal was the better team in that series. I think I'm one of them. I feel that way. And I love this Montreal team.

And you think that against Buffalo too, right? I remember you saying you were like, full scope. I think Montreal was better. than Buffalo. I think Buffalo should have won game seven once we were there. Once they were hammering the HABs in the third period. But agree, or at least for me, Montreal was better than Buffalo with that full series. For me, Buffalo in game seven was the better team. But overall in that series, I think Montreal was the better team. And I'm happy that Montreal is here. However, regardless of OT, I think there's an argument to be made

based on everything that I've just said you have back-to-back games now where you have 12 and 13 shots they went to O.T. Shore, Carolina wins. And I would say very plainly Carolina was the better team in overtime in the back-to-back games here.

And I wonder if Habs fans look at the these last two games and they go, yeah, we didn't deserve to win those games. That's how I would feel. If I were a Montreal Canadiens fan, I would be looking at these two games and I'd be going, yeah, listen, they were great games. But if I, like, gun to my head, should we have won that game? I would say no. Like, you, you had 12 shots. You had 13 shots. And in game two, especially we talked

about is like crazy tip goal garbage goal sitting in the crease that gets stuffed in it goes to OT and Carolina Fis fucks you for all of O T and then went like I'm kind of like Yeah it's not pleasant Yeah like Carolina won that game

And here you are you're in the bell center And you manage 13 shots in this game you didn't fucking deserve to win that game So I wonder Spin Zone world Per what Evan was just saying is like, yeah, it's a, it's weird to win in OT when what the fuck was that 38 to 13 shots?

Like, yeah, that does not feel like a game that should have gone to OT. But in the spin zone factory, is Carolina going, I mean, O.T or whatever, how many times in the last three years, five years, six years, seven years, when we've lost in the Eastern Conference finals that year where Rod was like, that wasn't a. sweep because they had multiple OT losses. Are we now in a situation in the Eastern Conference final where they have two OT wins? And they're like, yeah, dude,

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Like magic mushrooms. Evan, leave this in. Leave this in. No, you can. I got a little baggy here. Keep it on my desk here at home. It looks like a Swedish pick and mix. Yeah.

Because, you know why, Chris? Because you're bitch Because it is It is half of that Yeah no I saw it I almost ate some You today

I'm so glad I didn't eat mushrooms I didn't It just At first glance It just looks like A bunch of Swedish Like watermelon candies

But there are In fact mushrooms in there And I totally Just ate one And You're dead dude It's midnight

Like you're gonna be up So fucking Five Yeah Wait Wait Well he might Sleep like a baby

How many Did you take Just one I might be fine Yeah You'll just have Some weird dreams.

You're going to be fucked up for jury duty tomorrow. Yeah, you're dead. I got Randy here. We're going to lie in bed and we're going to pop on Paddington 2 and we're going to fucking. Randy. Still watching Paddington 2. Yeah, it's like the 5th.

Evan, we've been watching it all week. It's Randy's favorite movie. I've actually seen Paddington 2 like four times at Dan's house this weekend. Literally. It's Randy's favorite movie. You guys are being assholes. So this is what I was going to say. I have a couple of things to say.

What? What? mushroom head oh my god dude now we're shaming now we're shame you have a drug problem you hippie you're a drug addict

I have a quick aside okay yeah can I slide to the left nope and shit you're off camera now oh oh oh do you want to show you want to show Roku City

Evan you're familiar with Roki City oh yeah this is some gonna be some bullshit No, no, no, no, no, Chris. I've been meaning to bring this up on the show for years. Roku City changes like every few months. So surely, surely you have not been trying to bring this up for years because there's a different Roku City than years ago than there is now.

I have. Well, that's impossible. You're familiar with Roku City. I just don't know how the shrooms hit so quickly. You're going to stay at Roku City for 15 hours. No, stop. Okay. Guys.

What? This has been a fucking issue for me for years. Uh-huh. Roku City is so fun. It's like, if you're ever just like chilling and Roku City is on, you don't have to be in mushrooms, it's fine. If Roku City's just chilling back here, it's a blast. There are so many fun Easter eggs in Roku City. That's the point.

One of the Easter eggs is the Ninja Turtles. I actually know. another Easter egg. I think maybe I know where you're headed, but we'll see. If you look closely, only three of the four Ninja Turtles show themselves. I have spent

guys days looking at Roku's I promise you. Only three Ninja Turtles reveal themselves. The fourth is nowhere to be found. It drives me fucking mental.

And I need Eve, I need you to make this clip because I need the world to help me. It's unbelievable. I'm telling you the hours I have invested into Roku City trying to find the fourth Ninja Turtle. He's not there.

And it's fucking mental. I think they're fucking with us. I think they're playing a trick on. Don't you tell me that you just Googled it. Dan, all four Ninja Turtles are now included as Easter eggs in Roku City screensaver. Viewers historically drew. drove themselves crazy searching because only three turtles initially appeared in the city.

The creators later added the elusive fourth brother to the scrolling skyline due to backlash. Oh, it doesn't say. Ralph, Raphael? He's always the angry one. Two are on the roof of a building peering out. One is peeking out from behind a window or a pink lit area. The fourth turtle can be found further back in the distance, often seen relaxing on a boat or at a shipping dock. Getting a blow job.

Getting blown by Chris. April O'Neill. Chris. Chris. April O'Neill. Chris, we have a clip that was guaranteed to do 2 million views in one hour,

and you just blew it. No, Evan will cut it, Dan. He will cut it. That's true. It'll do whatever. Don't you tell me what to cut. Dan, I actually think me breaking the news that the fourth turtle is there

will do two million views. We're going to get demon. We got to find it. Yeah, Dan, it's okay. to do the entire episode looking that way if you want. Yeah, don't change the thing. All right, Chris, you were in the middle of a point. Let's get back on track and let's finish up this

wrap-up of this game. I was in the middle of 10 points. Here's number one. The Canes... Fuck. The Canes... Dan, you had said, Rod was like, that's not a sweep. You'll recall in that series, they lost a lot of OT games, which is part of the reason he was saying

that. The Canes this year, 5 and O in overtime. How many times have we said on this very show the NHL playoffs are a coin flip. You've got to win a few coin flips, right? These OT games, dude, bro, what happened at the beginning of this game? Even with all the bullshit, Dan,

of Montreal not playing? They had a breakaway and then a crossbar in like the first minute. Nick Suzuki could have ended this game immediately. That's how the cookie crumbles sometimes, right? Like the game, if the habs just score on that, we all go, oh my God, the habs had 12 shots,

and they won on the first shot of overtime, blah, blah, you know what I mean? Like just bang. but the canes have lost so many coin flips in a row. It's easy to make fun of them. I have done it many times. Tonight they won a coin flip. Two nights ago, they won a coin flip because that's what OT is.

Don't get it twisted. OT is a fucking coin flip. They want two-fructs in a row. Yep. Now they're up to one. Looking pretty. That is awesome, but don't lose sight of that. Evan, I wanted to say this to you.

You were talking about shots because I just wanted to give you this P. POV. We said, then the live this morning, you have to have a good period on the road against the Habs in the Bell Center. You have to.

The Cains outchew the Habs 15 to 5 in the first period and have a 2-1 lead. They went up 1-0, nothing, which is important. They ended up giving up a goal, but then Taylor Hall, Beast, got a late goal.

Yeah. 2-1. 15-5, greasy goal, dude. Because he almost missed it, remember? Like, he kind of was like, I was like,

I was like, dude, oh, he fuck the nets might over. Yeah, he was like, hungry dog on that thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It looked like a hungry hippos. He was like, yeah, da, jah, jah, jaz. Jesus, great. 15 to five shots, 2-1 lead. 10-6

Cains shots in the second, but they get scored on. Power play goal, Lane Hudson, jumping up in the rush, doing everything good that Lane does 2-2, and you're like, oh, fuck me if you're the canes, but whatever, but 10-6, you still feel like you're playing well. Dude, and if you're the haves, you're going, wow, 2-2, amazing. Let's

go, let's go, boys. We're at home. This is it. Third period. Shots, 7. to one, Keynes. Overtime, six to one, Keynes. The cabs had

two shots total in the entire third period in overtime. Right. And I'm like, what, dude?

Like, that is just like, of all the cabs, like, oh yeah, we're doing our thing, whatever, that I almost think

you should be like pretend it's a video game, just cross the blue line and shoot it. Cross the blue line and shoot it. Because this is not a sustainable way to play hockey and then think you're

going to survive. Yeah, it just, it feels like when they win these games where they, they're like, well, we're just like blessed with some magic that when we shoot, it goes in, even though we're not getting a high percentage of shots. But it's like, I feel like that's going to catch up to you. And maybe it's like, I mean, what, how many games are they on now? 14, 15, this is the 17th game they play. Like, are they starting to get a little tired maybe? I think it's a great point of. Like, it's, I mean, you know, everyone gets tired in the playoffs, especially when you get to the conference final. This is a team to your point though that hasn't

been this deep in years and they're super young and yeah you're playing a team that has historically had issues in this round and has failed to get over the hump but all of these factors are real.

Can I say something on that point? Dan unless you're about to. Our boy Dennis who our our Raleigh buddy are resident Keynes fan who I love and I'm always shutting out on this. He texted me something that I thought, I was like, wow, what a cool take.

You two both know I am such an anti-rest guy. I'm always like, dude, it's a real thing. These guys are getting fucked. Dennis had been texting me before the series started that it wouldn't really bother them. I felt like, I personally felt like it did bother them big time in game one. I think most people agree.

Anyone who disagrees with that is a fucking alien. Yep. And he didn't say he didn't. Just like, you know, I was hammering that. He texted me today. It's these OT games where the long layoff is benefiting the canes. And I was like, ooh, good take, actually. Because it's like the, you know, the long games and you're like, we haven't played that much. The HABs have played two, seven gamers. And the Keynes have played eight games total. And I was like, oh, good take.

And he goes, the third period in overtime, the canes have looked better, which is a fact. I'm not saying it's because of the layoff, but that is a fact. So he's using that data point. And then he hit me with this, which I didn't realize. How long was this overtime, boys? like 12 minutes, something like that. It was almost a full period. 15 minutes. Yeah. It was longer.

Yeah. It was very close. Montreal iced the puck seven times in overtime. And I was like, damn, good poll, good stat pull, dude. Because I do think, and if you don't want to give it to the rest, so be it. But I will say 100% that is a tired leg stat. Seven icings in overtime. And I'm like, poof, okay.

It is. But at the same time. time you've got listen i stand by what i said earlier where if montreal goes up three one they can now but if they had gone up three one the series was oh series was over if the canes go up three one they feel great but the series is not over and that's for a number of reasons maybe the biggest one they have yet to been able to put this team away very valid dan Very valid. You've got back-to-back games here, one on home ice, one on away ice, where you have held this.

You kicked the shit out of them. Under 15 shots, you were beating the fucking bag off this team, and you're going to OT, both games. That is not sustainable. You're playing great, and this is not me disparaging the canes. You, like, anyone in hockey knows that I'm one of the most pro-Kains guys that exists. you just can't keep doing this dude you're not going to win four games like this that is a promise

I promise you Cains you will not They could They could But I promise you you will not That is and I And I will eat crow I put a clown nose on this show

I will literally eat crow I will kill a crow No I won't I will kill an animal I will find Jesus I will find a dead crow I back

I'll go to I already dead Now you have to eat it. I will go to Chinatown and I will find Crow being sold and I will eat it. My point being, I do not believe that you can beat this team four times like this. So you got to find a way to fucking put them away. You got to find a way to fucking bury them. On that same measure, well, I was going to say on that same measure, like, I would love to see what a game looks like when Montreal outshoots the canes.

Such so true. Like what would happen? Exactly. Evan? What does that game look like? What does it look like where Dobech doesn't save their ass? Like, through much of the game. This game was 38 shots to 13.

What does this game look like if it's 38 to 38? Fucking 7 to 2? Because Dan, I'll add. And again, I hate being like, oh my God, Freddie's 8 percentage is bad because the habs only shoot twice and they score both times. It's like, you know, it's kind of skewing the whole thing. But I will add, we were both sitting there, Dan.

I don't know what you thought, Ed, but that first Matheson goal, like, he's, it's above the circle wrist shot. And it's a great shot. It's not bar down, but it's a good nip. But there is literally no one there. C.P. That was a good call by you. Like, we watched that goal and you were like, he wants that back. Freddy's like standing there.

Like the back view is like Freddie standing like this. And it's just a dude right in front of him above the circle. He just shoots it. And he's like, whoops. And, hey, I want to coin this because I did, I did come. Oh, yeah, this was sick. on the spot, but like you called it, man. Like, you looked at that goal and you were like, he wants that back.

And I was like, dude, that went bar down. And we looked at it and it does like kind of go bar down. No, it doesn't. But you're, but you're, go on. Yeah. But I go, I was like, dude, that's a nip. It's not a rip. And I think that that's a, that's interesting.

I thought you said not a snip, but maybe, maybe you didn't say it. No, I said it. I said it's a nip, not a rip. Yeah, you're right. It wasn't shot that hard. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, because like, listen, if you nip it, that means it's a, you fucking, you put it in a fucking, yep, you put it in a fucking corner.

And that was placed very well. If that wasn't bar down, it's about as close as it gets. But it wasn't a rip. Like, he was, was he getting screened on that too a little bit? Dude, no, no, Evan. That was the thing, like a screenshot. Not at all. And that's why, that's why I think Freddie might want it back.

Because like, listen, it was nipped. It was placed really well. But he gets that puck at the point. He's walking down. Broadway, no screen, not a quick shot. Like he has it, he holsters it, he lets it go, and Matheson has a good shot, he's got a good wrister, he's got a good snapper on him, but he lets that puck go. It's like kind of wobbling.

It's not ripped that hard, again, not a rip. It was a nip, not a rip. And I think with no screen and a lot of time, a goalie wants that. And that was a good point. Chris, you are like leaning into your computer. Nip, not a rip. You look crazy. Yeah, Chris, could you?

you get a little closer to the lens. Can I help you? Do a favor and get your pores closer to the screen, you fucking idiot. Dude, wait a you see this. He's looking, he's looking for something. You're sending a screenshot. Okay. Vamp. Let's vamp. You want to play Mandolin more? Yeah, do it. I keep going, actually. That is the most out of tune thing. And it pisses me off that I can tell that you're so good at playing that as well, you fucking twat. And it's just so... Look at the tan line.

Look at the tan lines. It's like when a bikinis is slightly off, you know? You can see that. God, that's erotic. But I had to pull this back so it was intonated. I just texted you. I screenshot of this highlight. Look at...

Yeah, yeah. Look at that. Like, there is no one... Like, it is as if the two of them are on an open skate practice. Like, dude It's me at stick time with my buddy Yeah, like that has to be One of the great shots ever to beat you

If you are And it's not Yeah, like, it's not Like, what the fuck? Okay So I didn't love that So what are you What are your closing thoughts on this game

And then I have one more thing I really want to talk about And then one more ridiculous sign off The I just want to talk about the waived off goal what's offside Dan believes it's offside by a mine I have absolutely

no time people Dan people don't think it's off people don't think it's off people don't think it's off it was it was thank you Evan I have and that's a haves fan speaking that's a haves fan talking but it was yeah I mean it was offside it's it's you know what did you

why would it not be offside I'm curious it's off yeah I have absolutely you don't talk about it no time to spend on this it's offside and if I'm so sorry he I like it's just like this is crazy here's a sad fact if Cole if Cole Coffield was just a little bit taller it would have his leg would be longer you're right his leg would be longer dude I'm sorry this is like oh look I'm I'm kind of a short guy like I'm not that short hey Edd Disavow down Dan is disavowing this I'm cutting all this not let you speak about

my man Cole yeah we love Cole also but can can we say great fucking assist to the lane Hudson goal. I mean, that first shot, the first goal was like... We did say this morning, it's, uh, we said this morning Memorial Day, our two sweet, sweet Americans on this team would be on this score sheet. Good point, Dan. Good point,

10. We had two cold assists. Beautiful stuff. Yeah. Yeah. All I'll say about that. They did it for the troops. They did it for the boys. They sure did. For the troops. All I'll say about that surely offside goal is at this point in the playoffs, you take any piece of motivation. You can can get. And I've said to you guys before, I love when I kind of get robbed because I'm like,

it makes me more fired up for the next game. I'm not saying they think it was a bad call. They don't. But the habs are saying, we were right there. Like, if that goes in, they probably win that game. I'll take me. There. They go, we were a two inches away, a two inch call away from like winning that game. I'll take right there. But if any fans try to go like, well, we got robbed of one, I actually think that backfires on you because you're grasping at. There are some fans doing that and they are dumb. Here's the last thing I had for you guys and I don't

Dan, we, I don't know how long you watch the game of post it ending. Like if you watched like the post game we did not. No, because I'm on fucking TNT HBO and as soon as it's over it's just like piss off goodbye like nothing for you.

I didn't mean it goes like this. Bum! The criminal justice system is made up. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. So I'm watching white Lotus Season 2 or something. I did not see the three stars of the game's ceremony. So I cannot confirm this is true or not.

But NHL.com, every time you click on the game summary, it says, here are the three stars of the game. Yeah. Does anyone know who the three stars of this game are? Don't look if you don't know. Oh, okay. I was about to look. I'm about to tell you.

Dan, do you know? No. I don't know. Okay. I'm going to give them to you. All right? Ready? Yeah.

The number three star, Taylor Hall, one goal, zero, assist, one point. Great game. Took the lead for the Keynes. The number two star, Matheson, one goal, zero assist, one point, great goal tied the game. Kind of crazy. Because you would have done what? I just, I mean, go on. I'm taking guesses for the number one star.

Don't overthink it. If you don't have a guess, it's fine. but if you have a knee-jerk guess, give it to me. I have one dobesh, Evan. I would have said Dobesh, uh, maybe, no, couldn't be Hudson. Or Svetch, like, I mean, O-T winner. So I would have said Svech and I might have said Dobesh in the loss. The number one star, Sebastian Ahjo, zero goal, zero, is just zero points.

What about the intangibles? What were the intangibles? What? And dude, I don't know if it's true. I wasn't watching long enough. It might be like a typo on NHL.com, but I'm just saying. No, it's on ESPN too. It's Aho.

What? I've eaten way too many mushrooms in this conversation. Dude, Sebastian Ajo. Dan, you said before the game, you go, Aho better fucking figure it out quickly. Hey, he did. Apparently he did. He did literally nothing and then gets the number one star tonight. No, I thought he played well.

He had a good, I mean. I have an idea, dude. Spetched the golf won the fucking game. Yeah. Okay. National Aho zero goals. He was all over the ice. He was all over the ice, guys.

And he was everywhere. He was everywhere. He was everywhere. He was everywhere. I need to check. Let me check his boss. Let me check his plus minus real quick. Hold on, dude.

That is the craziest thing I read. Plus one. Oh, oh, plus one. Okay. Where, to close this out, where do you guys feel this series goes? Like, are you, are you comfy if you're canes? No! No!

You can't score! You are winning an overtime and the habs are shooting. You weren't good! Like literally you have two wins in the series both are in overtime and the haves have a combined 20 shots. No, you don't feel good.

To me, this is one of those games it's like, this is a bridge game to like an important game four. I think game four is going to reveal a lot more it's one of those cliches, right? But I truly feel like it's, I, this could literally, go anywhere at this point just because the habs are so resilient yeah and the canes are so dominant

it's like it's like who's who's going to meet their true form first is how i feel and i don't know that we're going to know that until the next game that's how i feel i said it at the beginning of this series doc like this is a nightmare series for the canes in that or not a nightmare series but a battle series for the canes in that no matter what happens after every game It's just like next test. This was a huge win for the Cains and they should be so thrilled. Yes, it was. But everyone knows that if in the Bell Center on a fucking Wednesday night,

Montreal comes out and shit pumps you, all the pressure in the world is on Carolina again. But you'll take that, right? You'll take the best of three at home with two at home. You'll take that. Sure, sure. But you're telling me that if you get fucking. pounded by this Montreal team.

You're like, we'll take that. We're going, like, no. Like, you're putting out. Dude, Dan, honestly, bro, I dead ass think that the, the canes are, are the fact that they've even won two games in the series. And obviously the favorite, but just I'm telling you like, mentally, mentally, I think they're like, we're good. We're like, now we're in a dog.

Yeah. They're past that beginning part. Yeah, exactly. They're like, Jesus Christ. At least it's a series. We want a joke. We want a joke as much as we have after that first game, but they're like, we won two in a row. We've made them lose two times

in a row for the first time in playoff. So yeah, the canes are like, dude. They're like, we did our job. Yep. But yeah, I think the canes have answered the bell in a big way, but at the end of the day Montreal still has the house money vibe, and I think they need to use that in the next game. And they've got to come out

in game for first period super pumped in charge, because they were just a little hesitant and a little flat. Yes, Ed, totally. You use your crowd. You have the best crowd in the league. You have the best crowd in the league. Yeah. They haven't used it.

They didn't even use it against Buffalo, dude. Yeah. 100%. All right, folks, huge, huge game for the Canes. Montreal is still right there in it. We've got tonight the possible end of the Colorado Avalanche in game four. Vegas Golden Knights, Colorado Avalanche. Cannot wait to get into it.

I am going to melt backwards into Roku City here. I hope. You're going to be in Roku City tonight, man. He's the fourth turtle, I wish so badly that I was adept enough with the graphics set out. I could just go like this and just lean backwards and all of a sudden I'm in Roku City with a nice band around my eyes and I am the fourth turtle. But I don't have those abilities.

What I do have is the ability to sign off this show. Follow us on everything, folks. Make sure you're tuning in, following in all the action. We will see you again. tomorrow. Your boy's going to be at jury duty tomorrow. So tough. I'll see you there and I'll see you on another time. Yeah, well

dude, I'm going to post. I did it last time. I'm going to post it. We're going to stream live. We're going to be streaming from jury duty. No. I love it. Actually, maybe that'll get me dismissed. Ooh, good call. We could bring you Riverside. We'll Riverside you in. And they'll be like, sir, you're in jail.

Next you know, it's my trial. Beautiful stuff. Great job, folks. Hope you had an amazing Memorial Day. We will see you next episode. And until then, CP, skate hard.