Empty Netters Podcast - The Panthers Become One Of The Best Teams In NHL History | EP.205

Episode Date: June 23, 2025

The guys are live inside Elbo Room for the absolute chaos of the Stanley Cup aftermath. Matthew Tkachuk has brought the Cup back and is pouring beers off the second deck as is tradition. This is going... to get wild NEW EPISODES EVERY TUESDAY & THURSDAY! 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! SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: LONG DRINK. Check out https://thelongdrink.com/AlmostFriday/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Wow, wow, wow, folks, here we are. Live show, it's going to be loud, it's going to be messy, but we are here in the elbow room coming to you live right now for an episode of the MD Netters podcast, brought to you by BetMGM. Me and C.P. here chopping it the fuck up. Stanley Cup Final Champion Show, we've got everything buzzing on. 5-1 win for the Florida Panthers in game six. here at home at Amaran Arena, here in Fort Lauderdale, at the elbow room, we are fucking buzzing.
Starting point is 00:00:36 What's fucking hilarious is all the fucking lives we've done after games, me slumped over on the couch. Look at your posture. Absolutely battling. You motherfuckers thought that was hard, dude. You motherfuckers thought that was hard. I haven't slept. We haven't gone to bed.
Starting point is 00:00:53 And I'm out here. I'm out here on a stool, no back. No back, dude. At elbow, sun, looking out on the ocean, sun right in my eyes. Sun right in my eyes, live show, we don't give a shit. We don't give a shit. We don't give a shit. Let's get into this game, folks.
Starting point is 00:01:12 Here's the deal. I'm looking at my phone right now. I'm sorry, I'm getting the live up. I want people to know to join right now. Here we go. Boom, we're buzzing. Unbelievable stuff here. We are into the elbow room right now.
Starting point is 00:01:25 We're going to keep reminding you that. We are here in Fort Lauderdale. All the family is here. The players are walking in in about two seconds. Look at this setup. It looks grimy. It looks dirty. That's what the elbow room is.
Starting point is 00:01:37 The fours are soaked. I'm already sweating. I'm already sweating. I got my drink up here. We showed up at the game yesterday. Vibes were tense, but vibes were positive. Everyone coming in, buzzing, feeling ready for the game.
Starting point is 00:01:54 Felt like something was learned in game four. It felt like something was learned from yesterday. It felt like these boys. saw the Edmonton Oilers how good they are, how dangerous they are, how they have continued to play so well with their backs against the wall, all playoffs, and they said
Starting point is 00:02:09 we don't care, we're the best team in the playoffs, we're maybe the best team that we've seen in the last 10, 20 years in Stanley Cup final history, and they just fucking performed. I think we said before the
Starting point is 00:02:25 series started. Hey, by the way, cheers. Hey, hell of a seat. Hell of a season. 8 a.m. Hell of a season. We said before the series starting that everybody was saying Edmonton learned.
Starting point is 00:02:42 Edmonton learned last year. But we said too, so did Florida. They learned from that. And I cannot stress the value of blowing three games last year and the value of game six against Toronto this year.
Starting point is 00:02:58 Having that game five win on the road in Toronto, coming home and getting rinse, those things add up when you're this team. When you know you need to step up coach, you can't blow this. They wanted nothing to do with going back to Edmonton. I got so many chirps in the chat. Like, what do you mean they didn't want to go back to Edmondton?
Starting point is 00:03:13 They've won two games already. They lost it over time. Of course they thought they could win in Edmonton. But do you think you wanted to go back to Edmonton and face Carter McDavid in game at home? No, sir. Those are the lessons they learned and they put that to the test in this game. And it really showed.
Starting point is 00:03:28 It was really remarkable seeing guys like Sam Bennett in that game. on the bench say, hey, I wasn't ready to stop playing hockey. Had a least a month left in me, right? Yep. I'm telling you, we talked all the time. I want to take a moment, and I'm going to get killed here if I do it too late after all the boys are here. But I want to pump the Edmonton Oilers tires.
Starting point is 00:03:48 Yeah. Yep. I think we can say it now, right? Like, it felt almost like you were cursing the gods for Florida when we tried to say it before. That team. Cliffs in the chat. Add a boy, Clippy.
Starting point is 00:04:00 Go on, Clip. How to be up. The Edmonton Oilers battled through so much doubt this year. I don't want to say adversity. They battled through so much doubt these playoffs.
Starting point is 00:04:10 So many people looked at that roster and they said they're weaker than they were last year. They don't have the depth. They don't have what it takes. They went down 02 in round one. And then they found themselves winning four straight to beat the Kings.
Starting point is 00:04:24 They came against a Vegas Golden Knights team that they had lost to a couple of years. You loved, right? They beat them in five. Then they battle against that Dallas team after the crazy first game, six three loss, insane third period. And they just kept battling back. Every time it looked like they were outmatched,
Starting point is 00:04:44 they kept battling back. And they find themselves in this final, and they win the first game. Oh, dude. This Oilers team just continued to fight through so much doubt. And they deserve all the credit in the world. and I bring that up as to say this Florida team
Starting point is 00:05:04 is that good. Is that good? They're so strong. We watch them play this game, this specific one, game six. We watched them go into game five on enemy territory. And they went, listen, take your best player in the world,
Starting point is 00:05:20 take your second, third best player in the world. It's impressive. It's difficult to fight against, but we're going to battle because we are a perfectly constructed hockey team. team. It was so cool to watch Panthers fans last night in the barn, talking to the boys, having them be able to say, we've been here before. We know what it takes literally to win this cup. Then you add vets like Brad Marchand, who's won a cup before. And the way that they just
Starting point is 00:05:47 came out in that game, I think the Oilers won that first period. Yeah, keep going. They outshot them. They were all over them. But who looked so settled? Bob. The defense, keeping the shots. to the outside. Conner McDavid, trying to penetrate through the middle. He could never get through guys like Foresling, Eckblood, Seth Jones. What an addition. Seth Jones. They couldn't do it. They couldn't
Starting point is 00:06:10 get through the middle, and they waited for their chances, and their first chance comes with the fucking golden boy himself. Mr. Hattrick. Mr. Kattrick. Four goals. Sam Reiner gets through, gets the first goal, and from there, it felt like Florida had it all. Let me just
Starting point is 00:06:28 give a quick, because you got to do it. give the others there do real fast. You guys obviously heard math, you could chuck, Torres ad up your muscle off the bone. Everybody's so fucking hurt. Sammy Reiner's 25%. A lot of these guys playing hurt. You will hear soon,
Starting point is 00:06:44 and I don't want to leak it, but like you will hear soon how hurt Connor McDavid is. And I'm not making excuses. No, it's not an excuse. But I just want you to know. It shows what a warrior that kid is. I doubt that any of those fans. Rick jumped in the chat today. I know they were here, but those guys were fucking banged up. And it cannot
Starting point is 00:06:58 be overstated. I think Sal may be said this, somebody in the chat, but Hyman, Hyman's a huge factor in this series, dude. Like, the Oilers lineup fins out so badly without him. Forget about stuff like the power play, but literally, dude, like, with the second line, Knoblox juggling like KK, Kane, like desperately trying to give you anything on that second line with Drysidal. So, fucking hell, man. The Panthers were better the whole way.
Starting point is 00:07:30 I just wanted to say, shout to the others. Great season. If there's even a little, if there's even a little roster building, they will win a cup in the next, you know, handful years. And let's take a quick moment to just wax poetic and show some love to the fucking 40-year-old man, Corey Perry. Playing first line, power play. And the guy's warning up there.
Starting point is 00:07:52 Knoblox trying to push him to the fourth line. And Connor McDavid is going, I want to play with him. Get this guy on my line. But he's lost five cups in the last six years. champion. He's been in five straight now, right? Think? I think he missed one. Four straight at least, though. I mean,
Starting point is 00:08:07 five of six. It doesn't matter. Whatever it is. He lost them all. This guy doesn't matter. Come on. Think about how much hockey that guy is played. Cory Perry guys. He's 40 years old. He's been in five of the last six cups. That is so much hockey. Here he is, with some injuries to guys like Zach Hyman.
Starting point is 00:08:25 He's playing first line power play minutes. He's playing on the first line with Connor David and they want them. That's what's just so impressive about this group. The way that they battle, there's so much line juggling and just here they are, keep going, it's unbelievable. All right, so let's run through
Starting point is 00:08:41 it real quick. Like you said, start the game four or five nothing, Orler's shots in the first three minutes. How many times do we hear? We've got to start faster. We've got to start faster. No one knows why we sucked like this. Incredible start. Incredible start for me orlers to get on the road, game six, fucking
Starting point is 00:08:57 life on the line. Unleable. then literally the first shot on goal for the Panthers goes into that. Absolutely nightmare. Absolute nightmare for Edmonton, right? Look at my guys. Look at my guys, too. And dude, you had to go with them. And I didn't, I don't even think it was his fucking fault.
Starting point is 00:09:18 No way. Like, come on, let's be real. That is a nightmare goal. That is a highlight real goal from Sam Reiner, falling down, protecting the puck away from the defensive. defenseman pulls it back up to his forehand, goes fucking top titty, bar Mexico. You can't. From his ass.
Starting point is 00:09:37 From his ass. The team going insane. You can't get mad at anyone for giving up that type of goal. It's a beautiful play. I want to say, too, and that was another turnover from Bouchard. Sure was. Turnover, and then also, that's who, that's who rhinos cutting in front of. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:09:54 Right in front of the net. Yeah. Yeah. Dude, it's like, I know Oilers fans are kind of, most of them love them, but you find a few honest fans who hate them because they're like he's a power play merchant blah blah blah but i just there's a couple ones even on the second goal which i'll get to but that was kind of bruiseal that was kind of brutal so anyway massive goal there um and we talked about what it feels like to like to chase the game all the fucking time olivia all the time all the time olivia all the time olivia somebody pull up in the chat the stats that it was like you got to be kidding me the minutes that the oilers were waiting hold on we got to we got some hold on
Starting point is 00:10:29 Hold on. We've got an announcement going on right now, chat. We can keep going. We're going to keep going. The Oilers have been chasing the game all fucking serious. So it's just like not only was that a great goal, but it was such a fucking killer to be like, here we go again, losing again, losing again.
Starting point is 00:10:48 It was amazing to see Sam get it. Sam wore his same suit jacket that he wore game seven into this game. I'm superstitious like that. I fucking love that shit. And did you see Matthew Kachuk? No, what happened? The execution. all black suit dressed for the funeral.
Starting point is 00:11:03 I didn't even see that. Tired up. Tie on. Looked absolutely amazing. Talking to superstitions. Luongo on the drum again, too. Oh, bring in Lou. Roberto Luongo, now 4 and O when banging the drum for the Florida Panthers.
Starting point is 00:11:17 Oh, my God. We kept the Miami Dolphins out of the stadium. We kept them out of the arena, folks. We fucking blasted them. We made up a fake stat. It wasn't even real. And we just said. They did win once.
Starting point is 00:11:27 Yeah, they did. John Hussmith. Keep the fucking bum-ass dolphins out of the arena and we'll get a win. We made up a, this is what the internet can do, folks. We made up a fake stat, kept those fucking losers out of the barn, and we got Lou on the drum. Okay, so right after that, and this is a theme, I'm foreshadowing right now.
Starting point is 00:11:45 There was a theme because it was a big, right after the goal, there was a big panther slurry, you know? Yeah. And it was critical, critical that the Oilers hung on there. That won nothing, and they did, right? So, like, that was so big. And then I really wanted to bring this up. About 10 minutes left, there was a strum.
Starting point is 00:12:01 And they ended up taking Bennett and Kane. But there was a scrum, and Lucerainen comes in and starts to push Kane. What did Sam Bennett do? What did Sam Bennett do? Sam Bennett stepped in there, CPN. It's funny because he got the matching penalty. But Lucerainen went in, second man in, started to get in Kane's face, and you saw Sam Bennett.
Starting point is 00:12:22 All you guys, all you haters, people want to talk about Sam Bennett. He's a rat. He's this, he's that. He's getting in goalie spaces. The fucking mental game on this guy. he saw Luster Rinen step in, gets in Luster Rinen's face, and he pushes him out of the scrum to get him out of that mess because he said we can't have anything here. Not tonight, no penalties tonight. We're staying out of the box.
Starting point is 00:12:44 We're keeping at 5V5 because 5V5, no one can play with this team. The mental awareness of Sam Bennett to get in there, get Lusterine and out of that scrum and take the matching himself. Him and Kane go in the box. It was at that moment that I knew, okay, refs are. swallowing the whistles tonight. And two, Florida's not getting any shit that they're here to take care of business. Dude, I just thought that was such a mature play from Bennett.
Starting point is 00:13:09 It was so incredibly impressive. Instigator, but he's like, you've got to know when to do it. He's a game general now. He's a game general. He knows how to dictate the pace of play, knows how to make the key play moments. It was truly, truly mind-blowing. We were sitting there with all these Panthers fans
Starting point is 00:13:26 watching the game. Everyone fired up. And I saw that moment and I went, Holy shit. Did you see Benner right there? Amy, thank you. Amy says, Oilers led for 33.51 minutes total. Dude, it's taxing.
Starting point is 00:13:37 It's stressful. It's a nightmare. You always need a goal. You always need a goal. Okay, so we go four on four there. And dude, goddamn the Edmonton Oilers, buddy, four on four looks like a power plate for them.
Starting point is 00:13:46 If you give them that much ice. So much ice. Four and four literally looks like a power plate. So much ice. And I want to shout out. Connor had a great rush on that four on four, which again, I don't make an excuse.
Starting point is 00:13:57 Connor really is like hitting the afterburners when I know it's hurting him. And fucking your boy, Forsling, with an incredible poke check. He goes by just about everyone else in the league on that rush. Just about everyone else in the league. I'm telling you, my guy, Gustav Forsling, if he didn't already have the most beautiful family I've ever seen, he's got the cutest kid in the world that looks exactly like him. He's got another on the way.
Starting point is 00:14:18 I would walk up to him right now with his second Stanley Cup ring and I treat it as an engagement ring and I tell him I'll be there for you for everybody. He's unbelievable. He's the best for my money, too. way defenseman in the NHL. And Chris, like you just said, man, the way he dictates that center of the defensive zone, he keeps that bubble. And there are times, remember when I said, there are those plays where it looks like people
Starting point is 00:14:44 are kind of blown by him, but he keeps them outside. He keeps them wide enough. It's actually crazy. He keeps them outside. He poke checks the puck away. There were a couple of plays where Connor looked like he was getting outside. Goose, let him get the turn, poked it right up a stick to the sidewall. made sure the puck stayed out of the middle of the ice.
Starting point is 00:15:00 It's crazy. It's incredible. After that four and four, like any good team, you always used that momentum, and I thought there was another really good flurry. Like in that first period, it kind of went like five-nothing shots, Oilers, five, and then all of a sudden it was like 10-5 orlers,
Starting point is 00:15:12 and you're like, dude, this is the period they needed. And I wanted to say this. I've written this a few times during games. I don't think I've ever actually said it on the pod. Bob has a very active stick. Very. Remember his paddle? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:15:24 We saw his paddle. It's shaved down so he can shoot it out further. He's like, He's a passing lane. He's down, Chris. He's blocking that side. So you guys will get down and, right? So there's no chance of a stuff on the post.
Starting point is 00:15:36 Bob will have his stick ready like a fucking javelin. Dude, yeah. To shoot it out. And every now and then you see him. It's a go-go gadget. It comes right out. It is like Wolverine. You'll see it's out.
Starting point is 00:15:46 It's ready to go. It's fucking amazing. Hey, can I get a go, Panthers? Let's go. Go, Panthers! Hell, yeah, we go. Come on, team. Sometimes I want to say, you almost like got to go to school on that.
Starting point is 00:15:57 if you're the Oilers where you're like, dude, try to get him up short side high when he's like getting down there. But it's too enticing because you're like playoffs. It's like get the puck to the net. Get the puck in the net. And they're just trying to funnel shit in front of him. And he's literally like swing. It's like a fucking windshield wiper when they're behind the net.
Starting point is 00:16:11 It's incredible. It's really fucking awesome, dude. So good for Bob right there. He was really dialed and I thought that was fucking massive. Okay, so dude, four minutes left. Bennett and I think Reiner got stuck out with them. It was Bennett and Chuck and Reiner were out. And dude, they had a great.
Starting point is 00:16:27 chance and it was like that one too many passes from Bennett. Do you remember that? Yes, I do. Actually, I think that maybe was for Hagee, but dude, I got to say on the replay, that would have been a tap and I actually loved the pass. I hate it live. I was like, show it Sammy. But let me. It goes to Sammy looking like in the slot. And he has an opportunity on the net and he doesn't take it. Tries to go backside. Which was, because Stu was way out. Way out of the net. Way out of the net. But it was a great pass. But it also was one of those moments, especially now when we look at it. It's like, yeah, they get the win. It's easy to say. They were just feeling it. Yeah. They weren't rushing everything, right? They weren't gripped through
Starting point is 00:17:03 six to two two. He was chill. This is game six. You're up at one. Another goal would change everything. He tries to make that pass and he goes like, yes. After it hits a skate, he goes. Yeah. And I, like, he wasn't like mad. He was like, oh, that would have been nasty. That attitude is so fucking gas. And I want to say, dude, again. Absolutely electric move. That was awesome. Absolutely electric move by my guy right there. Now he's going into the women's bathroom. That's the elbow room, folks. That's the elbow room, folks. So I want to say to another great McDavid. I fucking love that guy. Let me buy that guy up here. Another great McDavid Rush, good saved by Bob. And then, dude, normally, how many times do we say the
Starting point is 00:17:40 orlers last two minutes? Oilers last two minutes. How about the Panthers last two minutes? Last two minutes, man. Lundell, Jesus. Sick dangle. Lundell had an incredible at the blue line dangle. Toe drag, rip just over the bar. The shiftingness by that kid. God, dude. Because he's not even silky like Connor, right? Yep. He does those quick shoulder shifts on the blue line. Makes people think he's going on line. Then he cuts in the middle.
Starting point is 00:18:04 Keeps that puck in tight. Yep. So impressive. Incredible dangle. And then, dude, I'm begging everybody, because this is leading up to the Kuchukl. I'm begging everybody to watch this. I don't know where, because I doubt it's on the full replay.
Starting point is 00:18:18 But if you can find a full copy of this game, Landell has that chance. And, dude, not once, but twice. after that, he breaks up an Oilers transition in the neutral zone. In the neutral zone. Two times. I'm serious. He literally has that shot. He comes back. Get to stick in the lane.
Starting point is 00:18:35 He gave his group, turn it over again, and then he breaks it up again, dude. Literally. People wonder why he's called Baby Barkov. That series right there. That guy, the way he sees the game, the way he can kind of anticipate breakouts, gets in the right passing lanes, breaks up plays. It's truly
Starting point is 00:18:53 remarkable. Him and him and Barcove if I can jump off the of the script of the game Yep, yep They both deserve so much credit There were a lot of people
Starting point is 00:19:04 After games 1, 2, 3, and 4 Where you know, you're down 01 Yep Then you tie it up People are going Where are they on the score sheet Where's Barcove's goals Where's this, where's that?
Starting point is 00:19:14 When you play a team Like this Edmonton Oilers group You've got Connor McDavid on the ice You've got Leon Drysidal on the ice If a guy like Sasha Barkav a guy like Anton Lundell, they go, how many goals does Connor McDavid have? Yeah, right. That's doing your job.
Starting point is 00:19:30 That's your goal. That's you on the score sheet. Let the Marchand line outscore their opponents 15 to 3 or whatever it was. So you're responsible on your rank. Another Bouchard turnover for what it's worth on that goal, which is a killer. But really huge credit to Lundell on that ship. And you get the math, you could chop goal there. And my goddamn, does that change the complexion of the game?
Starting point is 00:19:51 The Oilers out shooting on, they go into the room one, not for. they go, we're okay. C.P. Are you fucking kidding you? I want to stroke off the Florida Panthers fans real quick. Stroke off Amaran Arena. When that puck found its way onto Matthew Kachukh, sticking in a slot. High slot.
Starting point is 00:20:05 Patience. Patience. Catches the puck. Patience. Waits for the screen to slide to the left. Shooters left. Let's go with that puck. When that hit the fucking twine, that arena went absolutely berserk.
Starting point is 00:20:19 I'm not saying it's Rogers because it isn't. It came close. But that is the loudest. I've never heard that ring. I've never heard of Amaran that loud. When that went in, I was like, oh my God. There were two moments last night in that arena where I went, take a clip of this moment, send it to any fucking hater in the league, anyone who says,
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Starting point is 00:22:00 And then the second moment was in the third period. There was a crazy shift. The boys kind of hemmed in. 3-0, I think. And there was an unbelievable play, break up a pass, chip high off the glass to get it out for a chance. They went nuts. Felt like being in a soccer game when a beautiful pass is made and everyone cheers and people are like, what's going on?
Starting point is 00:22:19 It's a nice cross. It's the beautiful game. That was a- Chip it out, chip it out. I was so fucking proud of those fans in that moment. I was like, holy shit, man. You know, fucking smallest violin ever, woe is us. But it's sometimes hard to see where we are and I had crept forward for the Lundell initial rush drag.
Starting point is 00:22:38 So I saw it and I was like, oh, and I sat back and he breaks up another pass, but it was kind of neutral zone and when I saw Kachuk trailing and the puck went to him I couldn't get forward again so I just I see Kachuk at the pass and then he disappears from my view so I was just like sitting like experiencing the aura of the room and then he just felt it and then I just the whole arena started shaking and I was like assume that one went in that was fucking then you just felt it incredible we go into the break right away two-on-one Perry McDavid McDavid and Perry unbelievable did Bob get that I need to see replay that so anyone in the chat that's watching the, that's what, that was watching the feed that you remember.
Starting point is 00:23:15 Ross is not in Bob, Bob did he get it? The McDavid Perry two on one to start the second. Forgive me, because I know it wasn't my husband Goose, but the defenseman, I think it was cool, was it Kulikov? Someone laid down there. Yeah, and McDavid had to get it around it, made the angle ugly, had to get it around him, couldn't do it. I have a question for you.
Starting point is 00:23:35 Yeah. Because either way, Bob got over and it's like sometimes, and for everybody that's like elevate, when the pass down in front of you, all you can really do is hit it on net. Like, it's got to be, you'd have some leverage to get it in the air. So whatever, is an incredible play by everybody. Question for you. At some point, if you're Connor, do you just, do you need to shoot that? Like, if you're trying to make that hard play, I'm like, dude, you're Connor McDavid. Like, maybe you take a bit at it. Listen, I think that's been a narrative a lot, these playoffs. Connor McDavid is such
Starting point is 00:24:03 a dynamic player. Okay, people just saying it went right by Bob Swift, Perry, wasn't able to get it on net. Which almost helps my point. I'm like, you know, that's a hard. By the way, thank you, Chad. Thank you, everybody. I'm almost like, dude, you kind of just put that up upstairs. A lot of talk goes on about Cona McDavid, needing to shoot the puck more. And I actually think he does. I do think that there are plays. We talk about it all the time.
Starting point is 00:24:23 The kid moves, he moves too fast. He's too fast. He's too fast for his teammates. It's unbelievable. That was one where the play was the pass. He made the right play as far as I'm concerned. Smelly saying it was forcing. It was goose.
Starting point is 00:24:36 That's what smelly saying. It's my heart. My bad. But, so, yeah. I want to take a moment really quick. quick, I, you know, I mistook it. It was forzling. Of course it was forsling, lying down, taking away a passing lane. We talk about this Panthers team a lot. We talk about their defensive core. People say, say to us all the time when we do our hockey talks,
Starting point is 00:24:56 what is this team need? What is that team need? People bring up the Toronto Maple Leafs. And I'm like, dude, Morgan Riley, unbelievable player. But he's not your guy. He's not your number one guy, not your shutdown guy. You need guys like that. We say it all the time. This Florida Panthers team, especially with the addition of Seth, Jones, they've got four number ones. Yeah, Gustav Forzling, Aaron Eckblatt, Seth Jones, Kulikov. Kulikov is who I want to...
Starting point is 00:25:19 I mean, Miko. Say it with me. Mikova. I want to point out Kulikov, that fucking guy had one of the better games you will ever see. Active stick, physical body, making great plays. Outlet passes all night. He was all over the ice. But that's what this team does.
Starting point is 00:25:40 They've got... And I don't even want to... I'm not even saying I'm not bringing up the rest of the guys, but it was just, it's remarkable what these guys do. Okay, so I want to say, after that two-on-one, to start the second, even down to nothing, another huge glory from the Oilers. That team does not go away ever. I know they never really got back on this one,
Starting point is 00:25:58 but I'll give that team so much credit. They are the most resilient playoff team I've ever fucking seen. And maybe the Panthers would be that resilient if they were ever losing, which they never were. But this Oilers team doesn't know what it means to be trailing a game. No, no. So fucking resilient. Then you get an incredible Bennett toie through his own legs into a wraparound that my boys too.
Starting point is 00:26:19 You want to talk shit. He got across the post. Massive said out. If that goes in, I know he won consmite anyway. If that goes in, not only do they end the game, but they hand Bennett to consmite on the ice. Literally at the TV timeout. They go, here you go, dude. You talked about those loud moments, right?
Starting point is 00:26:33 Those huge moments for the Panthers. Yep. In that arena, if that Sam Bennett chance had gone in, holy shit. Literally. Consmite over. Whatever and that was I foreshadowed this earlier it That man this was a game of the five minute flurries like it was like it was it didn't really feel like up and down back and forth It felt like all oilers all panthers all orders all panthers it was two heavy weights absolutely trading fucking haymakers trading blows
Starting point is 00:27:02 Which made it fun to watch but holy shit is it stressful because you're like you feel hemmed in for long long stretches So that was crazy um then dude the Panthers third line starts doing their thing and dude at this point of the game we're talking like still 10 plus minutes left in the second and you're getting from
Starting point is 00:27:22 the Edmonton Oilers you're getting the nuclear line every other shift. I'm actually going to check Connor's ice time. Double shift in Connor and Leon like truly all game but this is what we talk about this is why this Florida Panthers team is so perfectly constructed why there's such a good matchup for the Oilers
Starting point is 00:27:38 because when you put that line out you're thinking to yourself oh I got to get Barcob out every other ship. 22 and a half minutes for Conner. You got to get them out every other shift. You don't because you got Lundell. You got Marshan. You've got Sam Reiner.
Starting point is 00:27:54 You've got Sam Bennett. You've got Matthew Kachuk. You've got all these guys that play two-way hockey. I swear to God, you look at a guy like Sam Reiner. Four goals in this fucking game. Absolute machine, huh? Insane. The way this guy, he was so fucking hurt, comes back into this series.
Starting point is 00:28:12 Battles back gets healthy. Has a huge game five, has a huge game six. But the big thing for me is that guy, two seasons ago, 57 goals. And he's also in Selky voting. Correct. Imagine scoring almost 60 goals in the national. And then also getting Selky votes.
Starting point is 00:28:33 That's your goal score. That's your number one goal score. And he's a two-way player. This team is insane. You go down the lineup with the four. forwards. You got Barkov. You got Rhino. You've got Kachuk. You've got Lundell Baby Barkov. Now you add Brad Marshan. You've got Sam Bennett. You've got Carter Verhagie. These guys play the full 200 feet every fucking shift, every game. And people go, oh my God, how is this Panthers team just winning over and over?
Starting point is 00:29:01 Are you insane? Towards the end of the second, this is when it started to look like, even though the shots were pretty close, to me it started to look at the Panthers were a little bit in like, Clocks our friend, chip it out, chip it in, chip it out, chip it in, chip it out. But it wasn't panicky, right? I know, soft chips. Yep, but even that, and maybe I'm just come as much credit, soft chips. Laze, baked lays, baked lays. Those are hard.
Starting point is 00:29:23 Yeah, those are way too hard. Regular lace. Sun chips. Soft flour tortillas. Flower tortillas. Flower tortillas. Flour. Flour.
Starting point is 00:29:32 Flower. But even that is dangerous against the oilers. Because the second you start just being like, get it out, get it out. We don't want a possession anymore. They're like down your throat all fucking game. And I had myself, I wrote in my notes, I had myself thinking at this point, it's not even your fault because you're just trying to fucking move the clock. But the Edmonds owner starts to do shit here where you're like, uh-oh, oh-oh, now we're in trouble. I didn't want to jump in here and say this, because I've written this a few times.
Starting point is 00:29:55 And I'm really curious what the chat thinks. I know there were some misses, or it felt like there were some misses. There were some cries from the Panthers. Oh, yeah. There's some cries for the Oilers, but no penalties is a, except for the matching. That is a master class. An absolute Chris Rooney Masterclass. And I don't know what people want to say in the chat.
Starting point is 00:30:12 Because again, I know there were a few that they were like, that was a trip, that was too many man, whatever. I just think that's how, isn't that how, guys, isn't that how you want to decide this game? Five on five. Nothing. Fucking bloodbath. No power play.
Starting point is 00:30:24 I love that. It was fantastic. Just good clean hockey. Good clean hockey. So that was amazing. Right before the period ended, there was a scramble that the orders had. We're bought for the first time all game, started looking like a fish on debt. He's doing this thing?
Starting point is 00:30:38 And he's like, oh shit, oh shit. Like, you know, normally he's big and calm. What does Murdozori say? Big and calm. Big, big and calm. If your goalie's big and calm, you will win games. For the first time, Bob's flopping all over the place. And I was like, oh, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Starting point is 00:30:50 But nothing goes. And then, dude, right after that incredible pressure from the Barkoff line. He almost scored. For Hegey got him right out front. And he almost just, like, reached it or, you know, reach around a stew. But it didn't go. And you're thinking, like, oh, fuck out him in a big goal. But they keep it and keep it in.
Starting point is 00:31:05 Her Hekees shoots it into the corner. Or shoots it on stew. it comes out, Barkoff shoots it right off Reiner. I have two things to talk about. One. Do you think Barkoff was literally trying to shoot it off Ryan right there? Genuinely, yes. I think, well, I don't think he was trying to
Starting point is 00:31:19 shoot it off him. But that puck is low and hard on the ice, right? Skimming right off the ice. He's going like this, because he's so fucking smart, he's so dialed. I'm putting this right at Rhino's feet. Either he gets that stick down on the ice and he taps it in, or goes right off those
Starting point is 00:31:35 boots, goes in the net. thought it was a great play because Stu, not as bad as John Luke, but Stu comes out pretty hard. And, you know, like, he sees Rhino back door and he's like, trying to hear it point, just get it in there, anything can happen. We've seen so many goals this playoff going off skates. So I'm with you on that. Here's the first time.
Starting point is 00:31:54 And, guys, I'm sorry, any Oilers fans here, I genuinely, I stand by everything I've ever said about Stu Skinner. I think he's a fascinating guy. And I think the Oilers, some of the Oilers fans' treatment of him been unfair. I think he's played some great games to you guys. I think, you know, kind of two years ago he wasn't the answer. So say what you want about the kid. But he's not a bad goalie. Not at all. But that rebounds, I can't excuse. I don't know what he was doing there, dude. On the, on the, he just shoots that in. And anyone listening to the broadcast, tell me what
Starting point is 00:32:28 they were saying. You don't think he just loses the puck? Dude, he just blockers it. Like, Rehagie just flips that on net. I'm like, dude, that has to be not right there. Like, you talked about Bob a couple times, like directing pups to the corner, being better about that. Dude, and maybe, I'm not saying even as, I think you have to see Bach up there. But even if you don't, dude. Stopping. And the puck, like, for Hagee lifted. It wasn't even like a hard shot.
Starting point is 00:32:51 Well, hey, they tell you this. They tell you this. The worst thing a goalie can do is reach across your body to go to the top. Some people were saying you should have caught it. And I was like, no. Worst thing you can do is reach across your body to go to the box. But, dude, that to me was such an easy, like, up to the corner. Buddy, even to the middle.
Starting point is 00:33:05 Like, just. But hey, when they. There's no pace on the puck. When there's no pace on the puck, then all of a sudden you're going like this. Look at me. You're trying to pop it. Yeah. That's when you go, oh, and it falls back up your back.
Starting point is 00:33:16 Like, just get it out in front of you. I just, and again, I love the kid. I do. But, like, that was the first time where I was like, oh, no. Because, dude, like, Sam Rana's school was amazing. Maddie Kachukh was amazing. Everybody's freaking around soon. But I was like, he's good, dude.
Starting point is 00:33:29 He's okay. Hey, I'm going to say this. Fuck. I'm going to say this. And I'm not talking about all Oilers fans. You're talking about a choice few. I'm calling it right now Stu Skinner will not be on the Oilers next season
Starting point is 00:33:45 and you don't deserve them a lot of you Oilers fans you don't deserve them you know what Dan? Fucking bullshit that that kid deals with tangent will get a kiss in the summer he's a great fucking player he's a great person he's gotten you to choose Stanley Cup finals he don't deserve him
Starting point is 00:33:59 he will be an incredible case study in a different market like maybe he's the same guy but if he's not if he takes a step Then that, you know, that reeks of like a Mitch Marner situation. No. But anyway, that one, that one killed me. Utah.
Starting point is 00:34:13 Utah. Give me two. That one hurt me a little bit for Stu, but a fucking massive goal. Massive goal. At the end of the day, it's just a massive goal. That was the game. Listen, we kept saying, I mean, I'm not hiding it. I've been saying it from day one.
Starting point is 00:34:25 I've been on the Panthers bandwagon for three years. Fell off for a second there on the first round, A, against Tampa. Yeah, yeah. Well, I wasn't ruined against. Oh, somebody in the chat early. Somebody in the chat early said Tampa in seven, hey, boys? Hey, what? I'm a clown.
Starting point is 00:34:40 Imagine a clown. Jesus Christ. I was never rooting against him, but I did pick it again. I'm saying. Listen. But on the bandwagon for three years, absolutely love this fucking team. They're out of control. But it's just like everything they do is so impressive.
Starting point is 00:34:58 I have a question for you again. I thought knoblock for a lot of these playoffs pushed every right button. and I would say in this series, it's hard because the fanthers so good, but in this series, I felt like he pushed up you with the wrong ones. Hey, can I say this, though?
Starting point is 00:35:11 I think he ran out of buttons. Yeah, I'm fair. I really don't think it was, you can't want, and more in-depth Oilers fans, I could see them making this point. But I think if you watch Game 5 and game 6, you can't sit there and go,
Starting point is 00:35:26 oh, Noblock did this wrong, he did that wrong. I think he ran out of buttons. I think you run out of answers against this team. The fact that this Florida Panthers team is this deep, they were this healthy. Yep. There's nothing you can do. So somebody said, where is it?
Starting point is 00:35:43 Oh, Smelly says, what do you guys think of the poll than putting him back in? And I just want to address this kind of Smalley. I think we both said you have to start Stu. And I might have started him in game five at home and started Jean-Luc on the road. But regardless, you are where you are. Did you just say irregodalus? I said regardless. Okay, all right.
Starting point is 00:36:02 You got to start Jean-Luc. Sorry, you got to start Stu where you were. I was actually stunned. Stunned. They didn't put Jean-Luc in to start the third. I don't know how you felt about that. To me, what's done was done. Wave the white flag.
Starting point is 00:36:16 I think they knew it. I just think, dude, John Luke has shown he's almost even better when he comes in in game. But dude, it didn't matter because the Oilers weren't scoring. They weren't. You're probably right, but like, fuck. Yeah, you got to try something. You do something.
Starting point is 00:36:31 Push them, pull them. Do something. Shiver push on the line every time. He blows right past him. Oh, damn. All right, folks. The Stanley Cup is in the building. Stanley Cup's here, everybody.
Starting point is 00:36:43 We are the champions. The boys are coming up. We're going and we'll see what happens here, but we're going to keep going. Sorry, it's going to get loud. I would have gone. I would have gone, John Luke. There we go.
Starting point is 00:36:54 Oh, got it. Holy shit, boys. Oh, it's here. There it is. Oh, man. Yeah, turn it around, Redd is turning the camera around. I gotta put the mic up. Stanley Cup is in the building.
Starting point is 00:37:25 The boys are here. You love to see it. Listen to this crowd, dude. They're fucking screaming on the street. Redmond. The camera on screen is the one on the ground. No, it isn't. No, it isn't.
Starting point is 00:37:43 You got it right. You got it right. They got it, he got it. Red, you got it right. The boys are. The boys are in the building. Wow, dude. It's in the air.
Starting point is 00:37:53 We've got Bedlam. We've got Bedlam, folks. The boys are holding the cup up over the ledge at Elbow Room right now. Unbelievable stuff. All right, chat. I'm going to keep talking to you while we do this, but the boys are here. Houston Forsling holding the cup up over the ledge right now as we speak. Oh, you love to see it.
Starting point is 00:38:32 You love to see it. Absolutely unreal. Unreal scenes here, folks. All right. We got Gooster Fosling, hoisting the cup. Beautiful stuff. Wow, this place is going insane. Place is going crazy.
Starting point is 00:38:54 You should see how deep it is on the streets. People are lined up across the street. Here comes the beer poured. Chat, we know it's loud as shit in here, but hey, this is what happens when you celebrate a Stanley Cup. Holy shit. That's insane. All right, Dan, in that case, I'm going to take us right to the end.
Starting point is 00:39:12 I thought it was a perfect third period from the Panthers. Fantastic. Dude, just playing with the lead, getting the puck out, doing everything he needed to do. For Hage, he had a chance about 10 minutes left, huge stay from Stu, but it didn't matter because they were like, we don't need it. We don't need it. We'll win three nothing. Come in here. Come in here.
Starting point is 00:39:29 Fucking, let's go. How are you, brother? Let's get a go Panthers for the chance. Go Panthers. Let's go. I've almost got those, baby. Come on. Los Gatos.
Starting point is 00:39:38 Let's go. Wow. Holy shit. OG. You're one of the six. One of the six. Holy fuck. And then, dude, it just, Bob was the difference.
Starting point is 00:39:55 Wow, dude, that's incredible. Cup up on the bar, folks. Cup up on the bar. Bob was the absolute difference maker in this game. You get an early goalie pole. Look at us. We cash our empty netter. And who was it, dude?
Starting point is 00:40:12 fucking Reiner to complete the Hattie. I said that, by the way, in the box. I go, look for Reiner on the hatcher for the empty netter. He didn't even stop at three. He goes four burger. Absolutely fucking insane. You know it was fucking hilarious, dude? I didn't even see the order's score.
Starting point is 00:40:29 Got to talk to you guys about long drink. Come on. This thing has taken over my life. D.P.'s life, too. It is a canned cocktail that is so good. It's a citrus soda. It's got real liquor. It's so refreshing.
Starting point is 00:40:44 It carried us through the playoffs. I'm obsessed with this stuff. And now that the playoffs are over, it doesn't even matter because it's going to carry me through summer. On the beach, in L.A., living life, it's amazing. Miles Teller, Kygo, Ricky Fowler, Tukhrax. There are insane investors in this thing.
Starting point is 00:40:59 It came all the way from Finland. It was invented in the 52 games, and they brought it here. It's finally in America, and I'm loving it so much. There's a sugar-free, it's gluten-free. It's all natural. I've been having it nonstop.
Starting point is 00:41:09 It's my favorite drink ever, okay? And it doesn't leave it. you feeling so full. Sometimes I have the beers all day and you're like, oh, God, this is a nightmare. Long drink, completely different story. It's so amazing. It tastes like nothing else you've ever had, all right? It's crisp, it's smooth. It's like, it's the other shelters have that fermented sugar, and I don't really, I don't vibe with that as much. Long drink, it's so amazing. And it's, it's, it's the flavors, there's like, it's almost like lemony, but it's, it's so unique. It's one of my favorite drinks. It's so unique. It's really special. I want you to check it on.
Starting point is 00:41:42 begging you to check it out. It's going to carry me through all my beaches and all my fun and all my baseball and everything else. Now the hockey's over. So please go to the longdrink.com slash almost Friday. See everything they've got cooking right now. You are going to love it. I'm loving it. D.P. is loving it. It's my favorite canned cocktail right now. Go check it out. The longdrink.com slash almost Friday. Guys, real quick, I need you to check out the could be the move podcast on Almost Friday. It comes out June 23 and this from our boy, our absolute homie.
Starting point is 00:42:12 The guy, Bobby Dolan. It's from the viral, could be the movie Instagram page. Dolan's got his own pod now. It's going to be insane. He's breaking down moves. He's doing his thing. You're going to love it. He is the most uniquely funny kid I've ever met.
Starting point is 00:42:25 And that's not an exaggeration. That's not an ad. That's completely true. Could be the move pod from Dolan. It's based on moves sent in by listeners. Moves he sees in the wild. Moves he comes up with. He's going to debate and analyze all the hilarious moves.
Starting point is 00:42:38 It comes out every Monday. Okay. June 23rd, first one. And it comes out every Monday. It's on YouTube. It's based on the Instagram. Bobby Dolan, the guy. Go check it out. Did you?
Starting point is 00:42:48 I literally looked up and know. Chat, I'm embarrassed to say. I didn't even see the goal. Legitimately, I did not see the Oilers goal. We were just like, I was saying, oh, this is what I was going to say earlier. Sorry, Chad. I'm on two hours of sleep. We're in the building, right?
Starting point is 00:43:03 We're pouring beer off the ledge. We're there. We're with a bunch of great Panthers fans. Shout out Amrod. Invited us into our suite. We're rude. We're rooting for the Panthers during the game, right? You all know me.
Starting point is 00:43:15 I've been on the Panthers the whole time. All game, I'm going like this. Zero, zero. Yep. It's zero, zero. Don't get cocky. Don't get comfortable. Then it gets three nothing, four nothing.
Starting point is 00:43:29 And I go, all right, get comfortable. Yeah, do it. We got our empty net. Get comfortable. Oh, then I look up. I thought it was an error. I thought it was an arena error. I went, why does it say four one?
Starting point is 00:43:41 Dude, I saw them showing a type of bomb getting scored out. And I was like, it's like a highlight from a different game. And they were like, oh, and I felt bad for him, too, because he deserved to shut him. You did. That was fucking insane, dude. It was insane. Hey, Red. Red, take this story for everybody.
Starting point is 00:44:02 Oh. Hey, can I get a Go Panthers? Go Panther! Let's go, boys. Hey, you recreated the picture, huh? I just had my daughter for a fucking... Dude, I just saw it. I just saw it.
Starting point is 00:44:12 Couple things for me down the stretch here. Shout out our boy Oshy. Oshy said, come on buddy. We're bringing out our boy, Ross. Yeah, get in here. Tell the people what you're seeing and how you feel. It's a dream come true. I told you last night my dreams ever got this far. The Florida Panthers are back-to-back Stanley Cup champions. Hey, do you touch the ice last night? I touched the ice last night. Thanks to these boys. we're so buzzing
Starting point is 00:44:43 we're so letting this ride and again they're the best team in professional sports and if you would have told me 10 years ago that the Florida Panthers were here no one would have fucking believed you and that they are the they are the example of excellence
Starting point is 00:44:56 across professional sports you're damn right and let's run it back next year because who's got it better than us boys how about that eh how about that hey take a look at this view I said.
Starting point is 00:45:14 Oshy, I wanted to say, shout on our boy, Oshy, he said, before the series, I'll put this on the story. I'll put this text to a story. But Matt, like, really go into how insane it was what he did. He literally texts us with a series, and he goes, what do you guys think? And we're like, we picked the Oilers, both of us. I'm like, they're too, they're inevitable, O'S, they're inevitable.
Starting point is 00:45:33 And Osh goes, boys, it's got to go, oilers, Panthers, Panthers, Oilers, Panthers, Panthers, Panthers, and six. And I was like, okay, you're a psycho. And then literally after every game, he would text us again, dialed, dialed, dialed. And I was like, dude, dude, you're actually, you're scared me. You're scared me, dude. When he tells us that story of the, right, when he sees the other team losing composure, you see his mind.
Starting point is 00:45:58 T.J. O'Shee sees the fucking game. And when he went, it's going to go 2-2, Florida's going to go win in Edmonton, then went on Home Ice and 6. I went, you're out of your fucking mind. The winning game five, and on the road, he was like, uh, he texts as he goes,
Starting point is 00:46:14 ready boys? Okay, uh, I also want to say, I don't know when it was discussed, but literally, I mean, God,
Starting point is 00:46:22 anybody in the chat, I love hockey, you love hockey. The Stanley Cup is 20 feet from us. Hey, the coolest trophy I've got seen in my life. I fucking love hockey. I love hockey,
Starting point is 00:46:31 and I love what this trophy means to people, and I swear to God and nearly brought a tear to my eye. that they hand it to all the boys that didn't win it last year first. Yeah, I know. Bark off, right to Schmidt, right to Seth Jones, right to Nosek.
Starting point is 00:46:45 Like, that is actually so fucking cool. Class. Class. And again, I don't know if it was planned or if they talked about it after. But, like, that is just such a fucking beautiful thing. Sports are so amazing. I really love that.
Starting point is 00:46:58 If we're talking cup celebration, yep. I am not kidding you guys. We were at the pool at the W Hotel. Shout out the W Hotel. Shout out the W. Shout out the W. Holy fun.
Starting point is 00:47:07 Our home the past few days. Past few weeks, pal. Brad Marchand's family's there. Yeah. One of the best families you'll ever see. Nicest people in the world. Yep. Beautiful people.
Starting point is 00:47:20 Watching Brad Marchand get handed the cup by Bob. Dude. And watching Brad, 15 years, 14 years later, skate his lap with the cup. I almost cried. Dude, the, uh, him, I put it on the same. story everybody go look at the story from last night there was a moment where he was on the ice
Starting point is 00:47:41 we already said what up to him whatever he was just kind of standing there like looking at the crowd and like he had his hands and he had his hands and he went like this and the whole crowd just started chained nuts and he's like just doing away imagine him going anywhere else sorry brulence fans so insane is a florida panther um i don't know if this is the time but that's because it's fucking chaos but i really didn't like no handshake line from kane all Oh my God. I haven't seen it. We've been up all night.
Starting point is 00:48:09 I haven't thought to go back and look at the coverage. Hey. I don't know what happened. I don't know if you's hurt. I don't care what happened. I will caveat this by saying if Evander Kane had an emergency, an injury, something that brought him off the ice. Then I apologize for this take.
Starting point is 00:48:28 But if that was just sheer pettiness, I absolutely hate it. I absolutely hate it. It's not even an old hat take. That's just classless You gotta go through the line buddy You got your fucking dick punched in by a better team Battled like I know we were hearing the reports That the shit talk in this series was like out of control
Starting point is 00:48:46 So dude to be clear I'm sure the panthers said some mean Like some over the line shit down I almost guarantee it So I can understand being like dude I don't want to go fucking shake that guy's hand He just said something about what I did in my past Whatever whatever but I'm like dude
Starting point is 00:49:01 You gotta shit Let's go shake that has You gotta Let's go shake their hands. You have to do it, pal. And again, like I said, if you're hurt, if you got an emergency. Okay. Randy says he got a misconduct and never came back.
Starting point is 00:49:16 Doesn't excuse it for me. Doesn't excuse it at all. Dude, the guys that didn't dress come out and shake hands. Get on the fucking ice, pal. Get on the ice. So I don't love that. There's more I wanted to talk about, Dan, like, what you do from here if you're the oilers,
Starting point is 00:49:33 what you do for the after Florida. I don't even know. It's too chaotic. Like, I almost want to turn the camera on and let these people fucking watch this shit. What do you think? What do you want to get into now? I want to get into the fans, the people in the chat. My friend Dave, I want to shout up my friend Dave.
Starting point is 00:49:51 My boy, Dave. My friend Dave and I have been through a lot together. Decades of friendship. And we lost Chin Roof last year. Yeah, we lost it. We lost there. Tin Roof belonged there. And it was Dave who had the courage to eat at Ticado that day on game five.
Starting point is 00:50:13 The Oilers Restaurant, to eat at Ticado, and start to take it back, then meet us at Tynroof. Take Chin Roof back. And we started tradition. Pickleback shot every period. Every period. Dude, I get a rickleback every period. And my friend Dave ran up. to the cold zone.
Starting point is 00:50:34 He did. Literally sprinted. And did a pickleback shot with me every period last game. And every time he said, zero, zero, walk in. And it's just...
Starting point is 00:50:45 Stay on the gas. Stay on the gas. If this isn't hockey, man, if this isn't what it's all about, seeing this fan base, looking at this packed fucking bar, the streets outside at 7 a.m. People want to shit on the parade last year.
Starting point is 00:50:58 They want to say, oh, all these fans, blah, blah, blah, blah. It's 7 a.m. here in Florida. People haven't slept. Buddy, I wish I'm going to put it up as soon as we've done with them. Like the streets, it's like a cross. It's all the way to the beach here, dude. It's fucking insane.
Starting point is 00:51:12 People are going fucking nuts. And seeing these fans and what this fan base has been through, what this franchise has been through. And watching the way fucking Bill Zito has built this team up. Really good, dude. Watching these guys buy into this project, this system.
Starting point is 00:51:28 And now here we are. Three Stanley Cup appearances in a row. Two Stanley Cup wins in a row. Buddy, we talked about... If you want to talk shit about Florida hockey, you can get fucked as far as I'm concerned. You just took the 2020s from Tampa. We talked about this.
Starting point is 00:51:42 Like, when people look back on the 2020s, like who really ran shit there? It felt like John Cooper's Tampa teams. Oh my God. Literally, you fucking blinked. And this team is the 20 team of the 2020s. They took it from Tampa in fucking three seasons. It was fucking insane.
Starting point is 00:51:58 We talked about it, right? I don't want to piss off any Tampa fans, but maybe a little bit of a Mickey Mouse Cup in the bubble. Yeah, I always say that too. Maybe. That's how I feel. You played the Montreal Canadiens in the Cup? Like, what are we talking?
Starting point is 00:52:11 Four years ago? Who got, who were last the next year? I was like, what? This team, we want to talk about dynasties. We're doing it. The Oilers twice. We're like, holy shit. So, yeah, I think if you're Edmonton,
Starting point is 00:52:28 I mean, no one in here wants to here, but Edmonton, I'll save it. Florida, I'll say this. we have on really good information Sam Bennett's coming back we have on really good information that there's a high percentage chance Brad Marshall has come back
Starting point is 00:52:42 I think I think at flat's gone but I don't know I would guess I would guess but man you can you can bring back you got Bob another year you can bring back another really competitive team I saw that this
Starting point is 00:52:57 because dude don't forget that Tampa team with the shortened COVID seasons I saw that this this Panthers team and probably the Oilers too or no because it's the Panthers this panthers this Pamphers team played more games over a three-year stretch than any team in NHL history in NHL history yeah okay it's because the season just to be shorter back in the other earlier dynasties Tampa had COVID shortened yeah three years most amount of games in NHL history so it feels fucking insane I was banging the drum that they were tired coming into this playoffs so it feels insane to think they wouldn't be tired going into the next playoffs but my God
Starting point is 00:53:28 If any fucking team could do it, it's this exact team that was built for these moments. It's unbelievable, man. Like, you know, we're watching them right now, chat. Cup is full up here. Cups getting poured over the edge. Can I have one of those? Wow. Wow.
Starting point is 00:53:47 I don't care. Thank you so much. What happened to the stream? I don't know. We're fucking, we're cruising. It's chaos in here. Chat, it's chaos. We're gonna, we're gonna keep buzzing for you for a little bit here.
Starting point is 00:54:06 We've been gone for about an hour. If the camera went out, we're gonna fix it. We're gonna fix it. We're gonna fix it. We're black. We're back, we're back. One of the cameras died. One of the cameras died. It's chaos in the streets.
Starting point is 00:54:23 And dude, man, I kind of think. Chad, don't worry, we're back. We're back. We're back. Don't worry. I honestly think we might just go. like I almost want to leave this up and if one of the boys wants to come jump we'll get them on but otherwise we go get some story for everybody we're back what do you think call it I almost want to just leave the stream up no no no come jump on they can then oh yeah true like because you
Starting point is 00:54:50 know what I mean like I'd like to have it up if someone wants to say something uh let's just keep buzzing chat we're going to stay with you okay we're going to keep buzzing we're going to we're We're going to chill for a few more minutes. Some of the boys are coming around here. Maybe we'll get someone to sit down with us, enjoy. They're firing, dude. Matthew Kachshucks. Now if you can chuck's up on the bar.
Starting point is 00:55:10 It's fun of fucking losing our minds right now. We're ringing the bell. We're ringing the bell. Hey, I want to keep going through a few shoutouts. I want to shout out our girls at the cold zone. Oh, my God, the rat. Best ladies in the world. We had a custom-made empty-netters rat.
Starting point is 00:55:27 And, man. It doesn't get much better than this field. It is a special time to be a hockey fan down here, man. I am sweating. Literally, you're not even that bad. I am like dripping. Like, I am like, my body is shutting down. Is Chuckie up the belt on?
Starting point is 00:55:55 I can't see. Oh, yeah. So we got Mikoto. Drinking beers out of the cup right now. Everyone is fucking ripping. Holy shit. We got the family here, the wags are here. Guys, our scene right now is out of control.
Starting point is 00:56:20 Oh, Steve, we know we kept the rat. We told the girls we put the rat on the ice. They absolutely loved it. And I kept a rat from last year, and I kept a rat from this year. Those will be keepsakes forever. Dude, the amount of fucking beer being poured into this cup right now. Like, I actually cannot believe someone's about to drink all that. Unbelievable stuff.
Starting point is 00:56:45 Unbelievable stuff going on right now in the bar. Red, Red. Can you show the bar? We're going to try to show the bar. Hold on. Yep, that's the one. You did it. It's a delicate maneuver.
Starting point is 00:57:06 Hey, Red. It's chaos. Okay, so. I don't know. I don't know either. No, I said. That's actually so funny. I, uh...
Starting point is 00:57:31 My back. You might get killed for the background music. We don't know. Yeah. Oh, fuck. The boys are going crazy. Boys are going crazy. All right, chat.
Starting point is 00:57:46 I think we're going to bounce from you right now. This has been unbelievable. Great episode. Hey, it's probably pretty easy to turn it back on. It is. Yeah. Hey, we'll see if we can get some of the boys to try. Listen, we're going to get some stories shit.
Starting point is 00:57:56 Pop on your Instagram. So we're going to be firing all this on. Maybe we'll go live on IG, honestly. Yeah. We'll go live on IG. Guys, if you're not, if you're not following us on IG, pop on right now. It's going to be amazing. We're going to get in the mixer here.
Starting point is 00:58:09 We're going to keep giving you content. But hey, unbelievable season. And if someone wants to sit down, we'll pop this back on. So get your notifications on, subscribe to the YouTube. We're going to get IG live. We're going to get story content. Follow everywhere. Unbelievable stuff.
Starting point is 00:58:22 Hey, folks, if you've been with us all season, we fucking love you. If you just joined recently, we love you as well. It's been amazing. Oh, we got a quick announcement here at the bar. Wait, hold on. All right. Okay. Oh, we're fine.
Starting point is 00:58:42 All right, chat. Okay, okay. We're going to wrap it up here. This has been unbelievable. Great episode, great season. It's mayhem up here. Sorry for all the craziness, but at the same time, you're seeing it raw. You're seeing it live.
Starting point is 00:58:53 Fucking beautiful stuff. And shout out elbow room. Shout out elbow room. The best in the fucking business. Greatest bar in America. Catch you spike speedia. You were made to occasionally take the home. road to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
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