Empty Netters Podcast - The Oilers Are In Big Trouble - Stanley Cup Game 2 | 106

Episode Date: June 11, 2024

The panthers deliver another 3 goal win to take a commanding 2-0 lead in the series. Things got chippy last night but the power plays are still struggling. The oilers need the home crowd to turn things around in game 3. PRESENTED TO YOU BY LABATT BLUE LIGHT SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuf52MHW1O7guPMzsMvv2kA FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/empty.netters/?hl=en FOLLOW US ON TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@empty.netters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ice is ready and we are back with another episode of the Empty Netters podcast brought to you by the cool, crisp, refreshing taste of the bad blue light. Panthers are up 2 in the series. And it was a PIMS party tonight, Dan. It sure was. A PIM particle. The PIM particles were flying around, dude. We got an Ant Man movie? We had an Ant Man reference at the top of the episode.

You know we're firing. It was a Pim particle party tonight. Come on, dude. Not Ant Man and the Wasp. More like Ant Man and the Rats. Pims. Sims galore. I thought the world was out of pin particles. Turns out there were 45 in Edmonton. Yeah, there's a lot. Forty-five. Is that exactly how the many there were? Yeah. That includes the ejection, but which was deserved. Deleted? Yeah, that was a penalty potty. A lot of people getting tossed in the sin bin. Some of them warranted. Some of them not. We talked, we texted Rooney after. We said, busy man tonight. Sir. Earned the paycheck.

Busy, busy man tonight. You love to see it. I mean, listen. I didn't like some of the calls. I did like some of the calls. First out the gate, I think... Let's start with some penalties. Yeah, yeah. First out the gate, what were the first two on? I think there was one on Eckholm and then one on Bennett.

Bennett and Kachuk. Bennett and Kachuk. The two Florida ones that you're talking about. I think Florida had a peeps first. Yes, I think that's right. But these are the two that I had issue with. They were a little soft. But I'm going to be honest, here's how I feel.

Obviously, this didn't really work because there were penalties. everywhere. I either think you swallow the whistle and we're just letting the boys play. But you haven't liked that during play. Remember you were like, we've got to get control of this. We're unhinged here. You're going to let me finish? No. Start talking

again. If you interrupt me. I swear to God. I will walk out of this one right now. I will be done. You'll have to do a solo show. Please. I've been waiting for it. I think either swallow the whistle, let him play, but you're right. I do hate that because when there's a clear cut penalty, I'm like, you got to call that.

The leg check being a great example. Or, I don't mind a couple quick ones on both sides, which they did, to be like, hey, keep it fucking clean. Not tonight. Yeah, keep it cute. Not tonight, boys. Keep it cute out there. Keep it nice. I don't want any Tom Foolery or Ballyhoo.

Keep it clean. Sometimes that works. I feel like when there's a couple quick ones, sometimes you like that? You like that? Ballyhoo? It's just like such a good Goodwill hunting reference and my dear friend Andrew Chatsky who I hope is listening to this

will recall the time he tried to quote that in our college storm and then puked on himself. Ballyhoo So sometimes I think it works when a couple quick ones go and the boys go all right enough of the jackassery this didn't work.

Didn't work at all. Backfire. Classic backfire. But there were a couple soft ones there I thought there was a slash on Bouch that I didn't love. Oh, later. But, dude, I'm talking that first period. The Bennett one where he's kind of coming, like, he's forechecking, and the defenseman tries to like squirt by the net.

I don't forget which one it was. And then they like clip. And they got Bennett on a trip, I think, on that. Maybe an interference, but I think a trip. And then, dude, the second Panthers penalty was on Kachuk, and it was a hook. And bro, he literally, one hand. And you can take a hook one hand.

And you can take a hook one hand. He one hand, like, waves his stick off the side of, whoever that was, maybe it was McDavid. Yeah. And they were like, bang, hooking. Yeah. And I'm like, dude, that's not even a penalty. That ain't hooking, dude.

Give me a short dress and some high heels, and I'll show you what hook in it. That's, yeah, dude, that's not even a fucking penalty in, in a, what is it? Up in Rochester. Yeah, it looks like you're playing a throwaway game up. That's not even a hook during a throwaway game up in Rochester, dude. Nice. Let alone game two of the Stanley Cup finals. Yeah, I'm with you.

I didn't love it. But as usual, made no difference. Yep. Dude, and I was pissed too, man, because there was a, that was both were in the first period. And I, I was doing a live, I was doing a Labat Blue, our boys at Labat Blue. Oh, yeah. I was doing the Labat Blue Light Live for the first period. Shout out to everyone that joins on that.

I love chatting with you guys. And so you, you were inside, because we were hosting actually tonight. Yeah. So you were inside. I didn't even get to, normally I get to look at you and like, how was that hook? But like, you were doing your thing. inside. I'm doing my thing outside. It was funny, though, we had Oilers fans and

Panthers fans over tonight, and neither of them were happy with any of the calls. Yes, but it was a really good, like, and they were, they were getting calls, and they were like, I didn't like that. Yeah. It was a very, uh, very peaceful game. There wasn't a lot of infighting going on with the Oilers fans and the Irish fans,

which was nice, and I think it had to do with my cooking. Yes, you really, you chefed it up. I sure did. I made a couple of steaks that were just cooked so perfectly. We had, It was kind of a high-low night. We had wings, fries. But the wings and fries were from...

No free ads, but shout up bloodsos. Holy shit, bloods. Incredible. I mean, it's just one of the... I think it's the best barbecue in the city. It is, and that sauce, dude, I don't even know what that sauce is on the wings. I didn't have any of the wings. We had wings.

We had fries. We had a Greek salad. We had incredible steaks. Yes. Dude, I'm just... I'm telling you that the chimituri is just... Yeah, it changes the game. It changes the game.

It changes the game. And I'm doing this homemade chimit cherry. I throw a little flare of my own in there. It's so nice. A nice red wine. And when you're doing cavement, you just cut the steaks up. We had some filets. We had some rib-eyes.

And when you just cut them up and then you just grab it and you dip it into the Jimmy Churry. Like a caveman. It's a little bit of class, a little bit of ass. I'm eating with my hands, but I'm also eating fine steaks with fine saucers. And one of our friend, it was actually interesting because the oilers fan over isn't really an oilist fan. She's in fact the Leafs fan. Yes. So our friend Liv has a little connection.

Yeah, this was cool. With the Oilers, she is styling Connor McDavid. I mean, well, his wedding, but. Yeah, him and Lauren. Yeah, he's styling Lauren. As brought in Liv to work with them, and she's styling Lauren and helping out with the wedding in a big, big way. Yeah. So she feels emotionally invested into the Oilers, and she was pulling for him hard.

And sometimes, she's pulling for him so hard that sometimes when I was on the Panthers tonight financially. And when I get going and I get a goal and I'm going around the room catching daps. Yeah, Liv was like, no. I throw one to live and she's like, get fucked, dude. Get away from me. Spit in your face. She's like, that's my wedding, dude. Spit in your face and stop in your foot.

That's my job. It's my livelihood, dude. What if Connor gets so pissed when they get swept, he calls off the wedding. Don't even start that rumor. I'm just saying, I didn't hear it. You utter that phrase. I didn't hear it. You utter that phrase.

And then we wake up on Wednesday morning and there's a tabloid in an Edmonton paper that says, Connor David considering calling off his wedding if they don't win the car. Per wedding stylist. Via per wedding stylist. Unnamed wedding stylist. Connor McDavid calling off wedding if swept. Liv calls me, kills me. Spits in your eye again.

Spits my eye again. Daps, kills me, daps up my dead body before she pushes it off a boat. Yeah. And I'm like, Jesus Christ. This is dark. We got a crime. She ties me to a Stanley Cup replica.

Sinks me down. Put a Stanley Cup replica in the trash bag. Sinks me. That would be a cruel crime of passion. Yeah. Liv, don't fucking do that. Yeah, please don't. not even

I know you said replica but I was like if that was the real Stanley Cup there's the real crime there's the real crime more than my death absolutely but anyway

I didn't even get to yell with you in the first period because we were all doing that so in the second period oh oh and dude the fucking leg check was also the first period that was the first period

so yeah let's break that down fogle classic fogel last round me this is I did this and I'm taking all the credit

last round we put an end to complaining about referees. We're not, we're not doing it anymore, folks. Yep. Enough complaining about calls and no calls. Move on. Shut up. We've moved on from that one. It was the right call. Five minute in a game. Get out of here. You're done.

Any, and I will go hard here. Dude, go. Any Oilers fan saying that that wasn't a leg check, get your head checked. Yeah, get a head check. Get a head check. It's just such a bad take. It's such a home or take, and don't be one of those people. Leg check is trash bag stuff, dude. You were a garbage pale kid. If you throw leg checks, if you defend leg checks, they're so dangerous, they're so shitty, they're so lame.

That was a blatant leg check. I'm not saying Fogel did it on purpose, but it was a blatant leg check, and that gets you sent right out of the game. Dude. Every time. And here's, let me go, let me, Dan, can I go even a little step beyond you? Can you, can you step to here and then I step another half step? Yeah, but keep it cute.

another half step beyond that. I said the same thing on the lot. Everyone was being like, because some other fans on the live for like, that's two minutes, dude. And I was like, you're fucking psychopath. You're being, you're coming off. You're psychopath.

But I said the same thing you just said. On the live, I said, I don't think he meant to do it. But here's the tricky part about leg checks. You did mean to do it. I don't think, and then I went, well, he didn't mean to hurt him, but he did mean to go like this. He actively goes, bang. Here's your leg.

Hang in. Nice move. bang, hip opener, hip opener, hip opener, and then my second thought was, but he didn't mean to hurt him. He meant to do it. He didn't mean to hurt him. And then I was like, well, leg checks only hurt people. But that's not what it is. I'm on your side. I'm just trying to help you explain it.

It's reactionary. You're trying to stop an attacking player. You're not, you're just doing anything. Truba. Truba's about to miss the hit and he just goes like this. You're going to get your body out there. But the game moves so fast, you're moving one way. They're moving the other.

That leg's dangling. Next thing you know, it's just a clip job of the legs hitting. and that is one of the most dangerous plays in hockey. So, yes, it was an intentional, physical action. Yep. But I don't think if they could go spidey sense, times moving, you know, at one quarter of the speed, if he goes, I'm going to throw this leg out,

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Visit medcan.com slash moments to get started. And then I'm going, oh, don't do that. Okay, second thing on that, Luster Einan, missed the entire final last year with like a broken leg or something. I can't remember what it was, but it was a bad injury. When that happened, I was like,

you have got to be kidding me. Sick for the kid. And everyone was like, he's fucking fine when he came back out, but I'm like, that hurts bad. Yeah. That hurts real bad. Also, the overhead,

the first overhead view I saw where you can't really tell the depth, the height of the knee on knee. And just the weird angle, dude, it looked like his knee completely collapsed sideways in the first replay I saw that I was like, oh, dude.

There goes. there goes fucking college soccer my guy there goes all of next year and then he was like I'm fine I thought he was dead there was a couple dude it was great to see him come back on the ice and then Ekblad got his ankle folded and half like a piece of origami and somehow was back on the ice too

so that was also great to see and dude what a debacle melt that five minute waiter yeah hold on any question about the menu I can help you with no I know exactly what I want Let it rip. I would love a tuna melt on rye, please.

You're coming right up, dude. That was the Florida Panthers power play. I said, if God forbid the Oilers kill this whole thing, maybe. I said if the Panthers only get one here, you feel good if you're Edmonton. You go, good job, boys. God forbid the Oilers kill the whole thing, and you have a complete momentum swing the other way and you are fucked. Yeah. And then, Dan, the Florida Panthers take a penalty of their own and get scored on four-on-four.

It is one of the worst five-minute major performances I have ever seen in my life. It was very poopy. Very poopy. You immediately negate it by taking a penalty. Then you get tucked on, which doesn't get your guy out of the box, by the way. Yeah, yeah.

Just like, oh shit, what the fuck's going on here? And big shouts to Ekholm, though, dude, for looking off dry side along two on one and just fucking shooting one. He went like this. He went, you know what? We watched the game one tape. Bob's saving everything.

We tried Bob here. We tried Bob here. We tried Bob here. We tried Bob here. We didn't try him right in his own belly button button. Look off dry saddle. Belly button shot. Bob, asleep, dude. Bob hasn't had a shot in 10 minutes, Dan. Look at him. I saw him. He saw him. Yeah. And then someone went, someone, I don't know who was playing D. They said, Bob, wake up. Get Bob, get up. He wakes up, little rusty, couldn't drop down to the butterfly. Trickles in. Terrible. That's scouting, dude. That's how you do that. This episode of the Empty Netters podcast is brought. brought to you by the crisp, refreshing Canadian taste of Labat Blue Light. This Canadian kindness swirled around every bottle and every can, and then it goes right into your mouth, over the gums, through the lips. Here we go. And listen, it's my favorite light beer running. I'm not kidding you. I need you to try it.

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Because we're, shut your mouth. We're in a, in the, zip it. Shots 9 to 4 in that first period in favor of Florida. And somehow Europe won nothing. Yep. So you're feeling like, okay, this game, you know, maybe they're not going to follow normal scripts like other hockey games are. This is just a take your chances, pick your battle situation. We said Florida needed to get more shots.

They did. I set there over under on shots in the period at eight and a half. Look at me. Wow. Vegas over. Wow. But you go Edmonton and Edmonton goes, all right? like this listen if that that's how we get our win on the road here amazing so you go into that period

feeling good you got i think half a power play happened but you killed off half of it to end the period i think and then you come into the second we're okay we're okay but then these pesky florida panthers come back in the second period michala beautiful goal known goal goal score yeah absolute snipe known goal score micola that was a nasty play he's also massive oh he's a giant I know Cap's tiny, but that was the funniest between periods of her. Cap was literally holding her microphone. Her microphone was above her head. Yeah.

So funny. So we get into that second period, about halfway through, brilliant zone entry. Lundell, man, baby Barkoff. Yep. This kid is a very, very impressive player. And he comes in just like gets everything going for these boys, has them buzzing, makes a great play.

leads to the Mika La Goal. And man, it was just such a quick release. Nothing Skinner could do. Yeah, yeah, he made a good bit at it, actually. And for me, going back to the shots, I think it was 13 to 3, Florida. Oh, in the second? In the second. Damn, yeah, okay.

So Edmonton, you're now like, okay, we only have seven shots on net. It's a tie game now. Once Florida tied it, I mean, first period. Florida outplayed them. In my opinion. Lots of penalties here going back and forth. Kind of craziness going on. But good goal by Edmonton.

Second period, Florida definitely outplayed them. They tie it up. Going into the third, I was like, you do not feel good right now if you're Edmonton. I really, I was like, you do not feel good at all. Can I give you a stat? Please. And they keep flashing this.

Everybody knows this. The Panthers are like minus three in the first period. And then like plus 22 the rest of the game. And it gets better. it's like plus five, plus 15 or something. You know, like they're the best third-pery team in the playoffs. They're closers. And you're afraid of that.

Yeah. Obviously. Every time everyone playing them is like, God, we've got to be up big going into the third. It feels like. The Panthers are four and one, now five in one, when tied after two in the playoffs. And the Edmonton stat, right, is. They were 0-and-4, now 0-and-5. And that is actually a dagger stat if I'm an Oilers fan.

Oh, yeah, you do not like that. Your 0-and-5 when tied? You do not like that. Like it's one thing if you're like going down a goal going into the third, you haven't been able to come back yet. Tide going into the third, you are 0 and 5. Yeah, no. Unacceptable, especially against the, the Panthers close like a freight train dam. I know.

Like a gray, a horse as gray as the Nantucket mist flying up the railing. Run! Run! Go to the whip! Run! So you cannot be 0 and 5 against the freight train team. You can't. And then be tied.

And then being outshot by a billion. So I had the same thought, that Mikola one went in, or the, or, or, or, you know, Oilers don't get really buzzing on anything in the second. And I was like, you're in big trouble here. One bounce, one bounce goes the other way. You're in big trouble, but whatever. Also in the second, Dan, I think this was the second. I'm pretty sure it was one, one at the time.

Oilers run a power play. And the Oilers, I'll say again, I said this in game one. No goals again, but had pretty good power plays. You know, sometimes your power play doesn't even get set up. They're in the zone. They're getting shots, yeah. But they are keeping the pan. They're buzzing.

I mean, we always talk about the McDavid wheel, kick out to the side to dry sidle, but it's not just McDavid. His movement helps everyone else, but you got to give credit, like Nuch is moving really well on that people. Boosh is moving really well on that people. They all are a very good cohesive unit, keeping the legs moving. I scream that. I can't stand stagnant power plates. And you can see the cycle, it works so well for them, but you got to give credit where it's due. Florida is forcing them to make perimeter shots. Like they're really not getting a lot of stuff inside to the bumper. They're not getting a lot of these cross-crease passes. Like they're shooting through traffic and it's not working. Yep. So yes,

they look great, but so does Florida. And Florida's got sticks and lanes. Yes. Dude, oil is live off that, off that cross-ice and dude, every time, the world was try to hit one of those. It's like a little force, stick in lane, stick in lane. But one of those P-Ks, I think it was Rob Regis, but there was like a sloppy exchange. It was one of those ones, Skinner, the puck was coming out, the D thought Skinner was going to get it, but didn't get into the trapezoid. So Skinner's like, I can't get there. I think maybe Rodriguez gets in the forecheck. Loose puck, bang, slides it out to Bennett, dude.

And it looked just like Rodriguez's goal game one, where it's like bad turnover right out front and before Skinner can even react, it's bang, top shelf, right? Bennett, it comes to Bennett, dude. And live, like, he rips it and it just doesn't go in. And I'm like, do you put that over? Look, what happened? And then they show the replay to him.

Then they show the overhead replay. Dude, that fuck was one of the most savage snap hooks I'm not sure that puck ever crossed the coal line, Dan. He put that in the water hazard off of the third hole fairway from the sixth T-box. Dude, four right, bro. It literally looked like your boy who's been slicing one all day. Yeah, he over-corrected. And he goes like this.

He over-corks the strong grip. Twist the wrist. Dude. And then he's not going to come down on this one. He gets way down here and you fucking stop. I've been fucking around with the P-28 curve because I think I shoot from the toe a little bit more than even I realized. I've been fucking out of the P-28 curve and I actually really like it.

Anyone that's on the P-28, you know what I'm talking about. But if you catch one, like kind of on edge like that and you let it get caught in, it's almost like, um... It's a lacrosse. Yeah, dude. You get caught in the pocket. You, dude, and you get caught in the pocket and you fucking, look out, cookout to my wingers, dude, when I'm coming through the slot with the P-28 and the pup gets on edge,

that was a hilarious miss. And if it wasn't game two of the Stanley Cup finals and you were either down one or tied, I can't remember, he comes to the bench there and I'm like, Oh dude I'm giving him shit Yeah We're tied And like if you're my liney

And we sit down to the bench I go gotta fucking hold of that one Dude Wait a snipe job by guy Yeah I had a hard time Letting go of that one dude Wanted to hold his hand a little bit longer Cross-ice dump from right in front of the crease dude

Fogne one into the corner But you know Bennett was laughing about that Unbelievable stuff That was fucking incredible Right so we get into the third Yep And then like I said I just feel like you're not feeling good

if you're Edmonton in Florida you're feeling real good and then very quick E-Rod dude, dude. What an X factor. Bang, dude, again. And what a fucking setup from Evan Bouchard. Dude, Bouchy, that one man because Rodriguez has it

right? And he like, it's either a shot or a pass. But like he kind of like yeah. And it goes right to Bouch. Yeah. And Bouch, I'm telling you this is what happened. I said this to you in the car. That was a mind-body connection thing where the body made a decision that the mind could then not stop. Yeah. Like, I think Bouch got that puck on his stick and looked up, saw an outlet pass or want to just do a,

you know, um, indirect pass off the boards or a clear whatever. But he went, he, he told his body, I am sliding this puck over here. Yep. And then he looked up and saw Rodriguez and he was like, oh, fuck, wait, don't do that. But his arms were already moving. Yeah. Because like, you can see he's like, not, there's not a full follow-through and he doesn't quite try to pull it back but there's just a hasn't, he's like, oh, hey, oh no. Just absolutely snapped taped to-n't. And there's just a

tape-to-tape. Right in the shooting zone, dude. Served on a platter with a silver casing and a linen napkin. Let me top off your wine, sir. Yeah, truly. No hesitation. Ero just goes, thank you very much. If I'm Skinner, I'm like, if I'm skinner, I'm like, dude,

what are you doing? Fuck you, bro. Dude, just. Because then he's also screening him. Like, not only does he pass it to him, but he's also screening him. Just so unfortunate. You actually described it perfectly because it is one of those ones as a forward where I'll send a cross-ice

neutral zone pass on a breakout and then I see the stepping defenseman and you're like, no. But as a guy who's played a lot of D too, to me it feels like it felt like one of these plays where I'll go, the puck, like I'm like, you know, there's a scramble, someone gets a shot and the rebound bounces

and it's like pretty chaotic. And I know not up the middle. You know, don't just shoot it's at the middle. Outside. So I just fire one like totally. the outside point. But you got to give her, dude. You got to put some non-old.

You got to put some Chinese mustard on it. But you know what I'm saying? I'll go like this. You can't put a fucking on the ice. A macaron on top. And kiss it good night. Yeah, dude. As you slide it to Erod's waiting one tea.

Dude, I will slap one and it goes right to a point guy. And I just go. Like I'm looking down. I hit it. I look up and see it's a perfect pass. And I'm an asshole. Sorry. And like that's what I felt like Bush was going to do that.

Like he hit it and then he was like, fuck. It looked like a practice drill. And dude, that's just one of those ones where you go, please don't go in. Yeah. And then he puts it, Cheddar Bay Biscuit top pity with cheese on it. Don't go to bed top bunk on me right now.

And then he goes, get fucked. Yeah. Just a rip. Oh, dude. And fucking sick sally, dude. He was like. Oh, yeah, he was buzzed. Well, he had, that was two goals in two games so far.

Dude, Erod is, Erod is doing. Where did he play in last year? Colorado Fuck, yeah I kept thinking lightning But that's for Hagey Not the last year

But yeah What Exactly that type of player When you are this team When you get him You go Man I really hope Erad is just that like

Yep Fourth fifth option score That gets some clutch tucks for us And my God is he doing that Like what a player he is being Dude it's It's we always say bro It's it's

the Rich Peverely, you know, the Chris Kelly, like, for the Bruins fans, it's like these guys that come in. Erod's probably, honestly, a little bit more skilled or playing a little bit higher than those guys were at times. Those guys were mostly our third line. I mean, like, you look at those Tampa teams, you know, like it's the Yanni Gordes. Yep, yep. It's like, it's the, it's Ross, it's Ross Colton. Yep, yep. You're like, fucking, can you be a huge contributor for me in, you know, clutch moments when no one's looking at you?

Yeah. Like, yes, I can't. Because everyone's counting on somebody else. Yeah. And you're the guy. And he's been involved, dude. He's been involved big time. Yeah, what a player.

He is. Absolutely. I guess we can just get to his other goal. There was actually one thing I wanted to tell you about before we got to the other goal. Oh, dude. This was actually a great play. I've been fucking preaching this, dude. I was so happy.

Erod scores. It was pretty chaotic. Olinus actually had a good push right after that. Oh, yeah. They were like really had a good three minutes. of like a lot of pressure shot shot shot then the panthers cleared one out and then it got chipped back like it got picked off by emminton and chipped back towards the panthers bench and they were changing and there was like a million guys on the ice and sean our boy sean mcdon it was like

a lot of panthers on the ice right now and verhege got on the ice looked saw the puck coming looked back to see there was a million people on the ice jumped over it and then it hit the end boards and it was still right there and he actively like skated away from it because Because if you impact that play at all, it's kind of like soccer offside. You don't even have to touch it. I'm not part of this. Like everyone thinks, like, oh, he can't be a part of the story. Yeah, yeah, dude.

Everyone thinks if he touches that as too many men, but if he doesn't touch it, he's good. But it's not true. If he, like, it's right there and he kind of like sets a screen on an oiler, and they're like, dude, you were involved in the play. He literally jumped the puck and, like, skated away, let the oilers get possession and go into the zone. Because it wasn't a dangerous zone entry. It wasn't like a breakway, he just gave up, in which case you'd take the penalty.

It was just like, okay, that was a sloppy change, get them back in. And not that the power plays are doing jack shit, but you don't want to give up that, you don't want to take it too many men right after going up to one right there. So just one of those classic, not on the score sheet at all, but super heads up play. Heads up. I.I.Q. I was really, that fucking, that got it. That got me going, Dan.

That got me going. I poured another. Actually, I topped off my red after that happened. That's how fired up I was. It was like a, it was a well-done nod from you. I was like, this was probably my last class. And then he did that and I was like, going to the top off.

And then it just like, quick shadow box. E-Rod then finally gets another on the peeper. Not E-R-Rod, but finally for the peeper. Dude, sick fucking tip. Let's talk about the penalty first, though. Go. Leon, neon, Dion, D-on, dry-sidal. I don't like that, no way.

It doesn't make sense. Leon, ski on, ski out. Better. Gian-Ski-off, I'd prefer, though. Leon, ski-on, ski-off, G-off. G. Let's do something with ski-jump, because he jumped into that hit. Leon, ski-on, ski-jump.

Dry-siddle. Better. It's not good. It's not a good nickname. That might have been great. Let me come back to that. Think about it more. Dry-sidal.

Yeah, Leon- Live, what did you think? And then replay, what did you think? Live, I didn't think much of it. He came in. He gets the arms up a bit. And Barkoff's rolling around. Yes.

I mean, anytime you see, a guy like Barkoff, he's not selling anything. He's not going down there faking an injury. So when he's rolling around, I was like, ooh, what happened here? Live seeing the hit. I was like, he came in a bit hot, but it didn't seem like anything was too high up. I was like, man, maybe he caught him with a stick in the face or something there. And then on the replay, there's two things. Yep.

That one is probably an elbow. They called a rough. That one's probably an elbow. But that, for me, is the one that the idiot Rangers fans were trying to claim with the Truba elbows. They were like, it's his forearm, dude. And I'm like, guys, if you were chicken wings up like this and you catch there, it's, it's, it's, still an elbow. Yep.

You silly geese. Buffoon. It is still an elbow. Yep. That one for me was just a hockey play. Like he came up like in a hitting mode. Like the arms came up. Yep.

But he didn't catch him out hanging. It wasn't on the side. Like arms came up. They were pretty tight. You're right. It was pretty tight. Yeah. So I was like, that's probably an elbow.

But it wasn't an egregious elbow. And then they showed the wider shot replay. And I don't know what wires crossed in Leon. he leaps into that hit. Okay. And this is not like a, it's the momentum. Because people make that argument all the time too. It's like, when you hit someone, the body's colliding is what makes people come up off the ice.

That was not this. Like Leon leaned into that hit. You can see like a step, step. Boom. Leaps. Boom. Into this. Yep.

And I was like, oh my God. Yeah, that's a penalty. Dude. Now I'm on record. There's a few Panthers. fans that I'm dear friends with who were texting me and then a few people in the DMs that were like how was that not a suspension and I was like that is not oh dude no let's say it's a charge it's a rough it's an elbow whatever you want to call it's two minutes it's an absolute penalty

right call not a suspension because I don't even think to go way back I don't even think full I'm not suspending Fogel frankly I am every time I have one I know you have no I hate it's a disgusting play but yeah just a game but for me it's the ejection like for me I go you're good yeah me too I don't think he should be suspended next year. Oh, okay, that's not saying, yeah. I don't even suspend him, so certainly. The game, sussie, I'm like, yes.

Yes. I got no place for leg checks in my game. No place for it. So for me, the dry settle one live, I was like, this got to be a high stick. The way Barkoff's moving around. Okay? Then you see the replay, and it's an elbow. But it's in a tight elbow.

It's not a loose. It's not a loosey-goose. It's tight. Titan. And Barcoff bang, right on the jaw. Dare I say wear a cage. Dare I say wear a cage. Don't, don't.

Dare I say wear a cage. We got another. Yeah, Heater. An Heter. NHL player. At least he heater killed me in private instead of publicly. I guess I'm doing it publicly.

Yeah, Marcia did publicly humiliate you. But here's the thing you deserve to be humiliated for that. The day will come, yeah. Yeah, it sounds good, dude. The day will come. But anyway, then, and I thought actually, because that's a killer penalty.

There was like, what, 10 minutes left? One goal game. Maybe nine minutes. Something like that. But the point is it's two minutes. Even with the power play being shit, it's like two minutes where you're probably not going to score

if you're Edmonton, you know, where you're like, Christ, and now I need this energy kill, blah, blah, blah. And I was like, that's a bad call, dude. But then I see the replay. And dude, he launched. Oh, yeah. Everyone in Edmonton, it's like, no, I'm like, dude, Leon, Leon, ski on, ski. Wait, Leon, ski on, ski off, German, jump man, dry saddle.

It's still not good. That was sick. You're just saying words. That was sick. No, it was not. That was a good one. You're just saying a lot of things in succession, and like they're kind of similar. they're related to a moderate extent.

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Had a couple looks on that one, actually. Verhegey had one. He missed short side. Had Reiner back door for a fucking tap, tap it in. Didn't pass it to him. And I was like, you're going to rue the day you didn't make that play. Then one of those two had a near side. Maybe it was Verhege. That's what I'm saying. That Verhegey short side. Yep. Oh, my God. Yeah. And then it comes around. Who passed that to Rodriguez? Is that Lundell? It was, yes, yes, yes.

Yeah. Sick look, sick tip. And dude, that's such a killer. It's one of those ones in the oilers when you see him, he's coming down the slot. It sticks down, dude. And you're like, someone's just got to just get a stick on him. Like, he just can't be running that loose, you know,

because that came out of nowhere. Not saying that's going to break the power play curse. Not saying it isn't either, though. You know, sometimes you just get a pop one. Yeah, it's good to break the damn. I'm here to say, I'm going to say something bad about defense. I'm not pleased.

If I'm Florida, I'm not pleased at all with the point play on the power play. On the power play, yeah, yeah. These guys are moving their feet. I don't think that they're stretching the blue line. I don't think that they're holding some pucks in. I don't know if you mix it up, but like Montor and OEL are on the point together a lot there, and I just, I don't like what I'm seeing from them. I could use more from OEL to be honest with you.

Monta's pretty good. Montor did miss that open net early. Yeah. That was crazy. He's been great. I thought O'EL had a tough game. Yep. And he's been fantastic.

I thought he had a tough game. But particularly on the power play, I need more from those guys. But it was great to see them break through. And then, yes, of course, you had the great empty net bet. We eventually got that empty netter after the insanity of pulling the goalie. But let's talk about that. Six minutes, dude. Because it was four on four at the time.

Because it was like the cane somebody. Kane got into it with somebody, remember? And they were like unsportsman. for King grabbing the face mask. Montor. Montor, rough. Both got tossed. Boom, four on four. Golly pull from Nobby. Yeah, with about, with just under six minutes. Dude, you didn't like it. I didn't like it because, and I know that Edmonton has the number one power play in the playoffs coming into the series, and I know that Edmonton's power play, no matter what percentage they're working with, is scary as fuck. That is a dangerous weapon. But you haven't been humming in this

series yet, yet. But if you, if this is the King series and you're on fucking 80% yeah, pull the goalie, dude. You're a power player you're going to score. Yeah, absolutely headshot at the Kings, but hey, dude, play better. The Panthers haven't given up a power play goal to you yet

this series. Yeah. So to pull the goalie and even so to pull the goalie at all there felt crazy to me because I was like, dude, like now you just give up an empty netter and it's over so much time. And then to leave him pulled. when they got the power play.

When the clear's on the table. Because you get a free ice, free clear, to pay me. Free clear to pay CP. Do you think maybe this take is a little bit emotional? Do you think that Nobby wants a cut? Do you want to hear why I passionately disagree with you? Yeah. I love that move by Knoblock.

Because you just think the power play's working? It's not even that. It's, to me, I passionately feel this way. I feel like if Knoblock was hooked up to a lie detector test in that moment, he would go, we're losing this game. Not, I think we're going to lose, like I'm calling it,

we're going to lose this game, but he's going, we are losing in this game right now, not just on the scoreboard. I was like, yeah, I think everyone knew that. Everyone would know that, they look at the scoreboard. He's going, we're getting beat in this game right now. Yeah. They were already down two goals, not one goal. That was a one goal game.

You're a Bofoville. Psychovil. But it was a two goal. game, little under six minutes left, you've got a lot of ice here with the four on four and you got a chance to make you a five on four. You need something. Like, they weren't knocking on the door on Bob. Yeah, the only goal they had was they had what we said, four shots, three shots in the second period. And I'm like, you're not peppering this guy. You need something to go here. I would love to see the shot. I know they had a lot of shots in the third, but I'd love

to see how many came in that goalie poll session because I think you're probably right. They didn't have a lot of shots halfway through the third either. So I like, you need a miracle here. You need a Hail Mary, and that's a Hail Mary. You need a Hail Mary to get back in that game, because you're not even in it right now. They had so many more high danger chances in game one than they did in game two. Okay, that's actually interesting. So I loved the move.

And then when you get the penalty and you still pull them, I hear the like... He went back out. And then they took them back. I know. I hear you're like, that's risky. But I stand by... You're still in Hail Mary mode. You're like, whatever.

And it wasn't that long. Like, you know, the guys popped out. Yeah. It was like, give it a shot. I liked it. If it had been five on three for longer, it was only five and three for like eight seconds. You got to trust, if you've got Edmonton's PP, and you've got a chance, even for 20 seconds at five on three, take it. Yeah.

Right. And they won it. It was only eight seconds, but they won the draw. And then they had it six on four still for like a minute, 50, whatever. Got to take it. I like it. Dude. Yeah.

You're kind of, I see the logic. I see your logic. I think what always happens, like, here comes the fucking most hardo take of the year. But how often in beer league do we feel like we get the right line up there and we got a really good five on the ice? You're comparing Beer League to game two of the Stanley Cup final line. Yeah, as we should. But when I'm saying... It's the only comparison that we can make.

When it, yeah, what do you want me to compare it to? Oh, yeah. When I was playing... And I'm playing two K. And I'm playing two K. So when we have the right five present, and I know you agree with me. And we're down a goal and there's two minutes off when we call time out and should we pull him? I'm like, no.

because this five can score on that five without giving up a freebie. Like I know that our five is better than them. But we're losing. Yes, but I just, that's how I feel in that moment. I'm like, this five can fucking bunker down, hunker down for two minutes. I do not agree with you. You just said I know you. You've said to my face you agree with this several times.

No way, dude. Like, do I believe that we have the ability to? Sure. But in that moment, I'm like, we are literally losing to this five. Yep. So take every advantage you can get. Okay. Well, I don't agree.

I don't agree with that, but... Yeah, I don't hate the take, but I am saying, like, I don't think that that's as cut and dry as you think. Yeah. And my wonder is if you're Connor McDavid, and you're like, bro,

don't pull the goalie. There's six minutes left. If there's two minutes left, you pull the goalie, 100%. But there's so much time left that I'm like, he's like, I can score, dude. To me, it's the two goals.

Yep. And also, in that scenario, if Connor McDavid, and hey, say it, do it. We're already in the press here, slandering Connor. Yeah, he's calling off his wedding. We don't need to do more.

He didn't say this, but if a Connor McDavid type in that scenario were to look at the coach, if I'm Knoblock and he goes, don't pull the goalie dude. I can score. I'd go like this. Well, you fucking haven't yet, buddy. Yeah. And that's why I pulled goal. But would you go, oh, but you still would.

I think I would go. Yes. Because I go, if you could score, we'd be winning. Yeah. You bitch. If my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a bike. Yeah. Like that, it's one of those situations.

I'm like, shut your fucking mouth. I might let them try. I might let them try. And then I'll be shaking your hand going like this. this, ballsy decision to not pull the goal, you fucking... So early, so early, that's all I'm saying. Absolutely. And by the way, right now, if that had happened, and I'm Connor McDavid, I go, great decisions, sir,

as they ram an empty netter down our throat and ended the game. But no one is mad at it. Everyone goes like this, yeah, you have to take a shot? I had to take a shot. I don't know if I would have taken that shot so early. I wouldn't have done it. Clearly. Wouldn't have done it.

And I don't, you know what? I don't. But hey, you know what? God damn it I respect. You know why I'm glad they did it? Because we got our empty net. Hey, let's go, dude. That feels real nice.

Last thing I want to say, Dan, is if you're the Edmonton Oilers, Witt said this on the pod, we said this on our first step. After game one, you're laughing. Good road game. We lost game one on the road of the Stanley Cup finals. You're not laughing, but you go like this. I feel fine. You lost game one on the road of the Stanley Cup finals.

You're supposed to lose this game. You played well. It was one of the situations, though, where, you know, we did our pregame, or, you know, the pre-series breakdown. And we said, you know, if Edmonton holds this Florida team to under 20 shots in game one and Florida loses, you're like, fucking A, are they going to do what they did in Vancouver and Dallas? And they held them to lower than 20 shots, but they score three goals. So I was of the mind in that space that says, okay, good job, Edmonton. You did what you've been doing that has led to wins, but you still lost.

So yeah, you don't feel bad, but you're also like, fuck. That stinks. This game is bordering on, oh, I feel, I have food poisoning. I feel real bad. Yeah. Because you lost that game one when it felt like your kind of game plan and flow went in the direction of the wins that you got against Dallas and Vancouver. But you still lost. This one, you got chip pumped.

Yep. This was a top to bottom Florida beat you. Yep. Like, you got one goal that was not, it was a good goal. No, it was. But it was a bad goal. It was not the best goal. It hit Bob in the belly button.

Not the best goal. And then, you know, aside from the Bouchard turnover, like Florida's goals were real clean. Yeah. Real crisp. Like, they outshot you. They really physically beat you up. And what I'll tell you is this, too. A lot of temper tantrums out there.

Dude, a lot of temper tantrums. End of that game, and I include Dry Seidel's penalty, felt to me like a lot of frustrated Oilers players. And it's only game, too. It's okay. Like we always say, right now, this is a, it's always darkest before the dawn situation. You're looking at the situation, you're down 2O to the higher-seeded, better team with home ice, and 91% of the time in the NHL, the team that goes up to O wins the Stanley Cup. So you don't feel great, but we're headed to Alberta.

We're going to be there. That's what they needed. Bang, bang, all of a sudden it's 2-2. So you're okay. Yep. But that game, right now, you have to be feeling a little bit like, fuck. You feel, you feel, dude, infinitely worse. That is not.

Obviously, you feel way worse because it's too old, but even ignoring that, like you just, that, that did not, that was not good. That was not what you want. Yep. Go protect the rig, dude. Yeah. Go back to the rig. Get me in the boss pit.

Get you in the boss pit. You need a blood bag. You need a blood bag. We'll be your blood bags. We'll be your blood bags. And I'll bring the fucking spray paint And just show me those teeth And I'll get you shiny and chrome

Yeah They uh No better time to head home Yeah my god Than right now Need it need a little home cooking Yeah You need to get home to Alberta

Get those fans pumping you up Get the silver spray paint Yeah Feel shiny and chrome And be prepared to be awaited I can't wait Get me to Emmett today It is truly like that

This is right now It's great that they're Can you imagine I'm ready for an oil Oilers win, dude. I'm on the Panthers in this series, as you all know, but I am fucking ready. I am strapped and ready for an Oilers win, and I want it. I officially want it. It feels like if we're going to get one, this is a good time to get the first one. You can't go down through you. I need it now. I need it now.

This feels like a good time to get the first. I need it now. We're headed to Edmonton. Can't fucking wait. Cann't wait. All you Edmonton fans hit us up in the DMs like you've been doing. Let's get some plans cooking. Let's get going. Excited to see all the boys. Excited to see everybody. But how are you feeling? I feel great, dude.

I'm telling you, the Oilers are going to win game three. We've got a series on our hands. I can't wait to see Alberta. This is going to be sick. Yeah. This is going to be great stuff. So, here we are Florida Panthers. You're up 2-0 in the series.

Pray to God that Sasha Barkoff is okay. Dude, we do need to say something about that real quick. He didn't come back. That sucks big time. We're assuming and hoping it was just a, he got popped in the chin, went back to do a concussion protocol check. They're up 3-1.

They were probably like, we've won this game. You're fine, dude. You don't need to go back out there. That's what we're hoping. Yep. And if he is conced, pretty lucky break,

honestly, that these games are so spread out. Yeah, that's a... Like, he's going to get three days before this one, quick turnoff for game four, three days for game six. You never want to conk. Oh, God, no. It's a disaster, dude.

And that, I mean, talk about one guy that could so drastically swing. I mean, it's, I would say it's McDavid and him is two in terms of affecting the series. Definitely. So really hope he's okay just as a hockey fan, but major keep an eye on that in this series. I mean, that could be, that could literally be everything.

Yep. So we'll keep an eye on that. We'll get the Edmonton wrecks flowing. We're going to get the vibes going so the Oilers fans can feel like they're buzzing. When we get to Alberta, we get game three on the horizon here. We're going to be ripping in hot. So be prepared.

Be prepared for an empty netter's tsunami. coming for you in Edmonton. And until then, do as the Canadians do. Skatehart.