Empty Netters Podcast - The Stars Rip Out Minnesota Hearts In Double OT

Episode Date: April 28, 2026

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Live this afternoon, you've got MT Netters live, playoff edition, brought to you by BetMGM. I'm your host, Dan Powers, along with this broken-handed dipshit, Chris Powers. We are back in studio, back from Tampa, back on the sticks, rock in, rock hard, ready to go, and Pittsburgh is dead. As always. I hate to say it. Dr. Watkins is not here behind the sticks because he is in mourning. Yep. He is in morning. Is your camera on, David?

Bang, there he is. Let's go. Say out of David, everybody. This is Dr. Watkins' surrogate. Yes, okay. I like that. Whenever he is in significant trouble, this is what happens. David comes in and saves the day.

But as you know, folks, this is what we go. This is what we got when it's playoff time. You got your live shows. We're coming to you every single day with content. Every single day breaking down the games, breaking down what's going on. We're going to start with Pitt, Philly, and holy shit, man. It's like, I, I, I, we said, Philly gets two games on the road.

Yep. But this is Sydney Crosby we're talking about. This is this red hot penguins team all season that we're talking about. They could come in on the road. They could come in and. Bad baby, bad baby. Fist those Philly fans. Yep.

And they started to do it. Well, dude, I got to say. And also everyone in the chat, appreciate you guys rocking with us. with the schedule changing and all, you know, I know we're going to try to get more consistent. We've been on the road. It's epic. Everything's been awesome.

Playoffs. I forgot how little we sleep during playoffs. Because we get this shit. We watch every game and then we get this shit. We're recording until 1 a.m. waking up early for the lives. We land yesterday. And we were, I was kind of grinding on that flight.

And then at the end of the flight, you saw me. I just hit a wall. Yeah. I was so tired. So we get back. And I'm literally racing back to try to get to the Penguins, to watch the Penguins game. and I'm like, man, I have 20 minutes before puck drop.

I'm just going to try to hit a little random, you know, those like Navy Seal power naps where they put their feet up. Yeah. So I was like, I'm just going to get, I'm going to do that. And then I'll be ready to go. Can barely fall asleep, even though I'm so tired, kind of fall asleep for one second, wake up to my alarm for the game. And I just, I'm full zombie trying to start that game.

I'm like, I'm going to fall asleep during this. Sure. And then the penguins were like, all over. And literally in the first five minutes, I was like, I didn't, I got a Celsius, didn't even fucking need it. Didn't even need it. That's the best.

Why would you? That's the best they've looked. I guess they did look good in the third period. Eric Carlson said they'd been outplayed for six periods coming into that game. I actually thought they outplayed the Flyers in period three of game two. But that first five minutes, I was like, oh my God, this is Philly's nightmare. Literally, Penguins had nine shots in five minutes and a Malkin power play goal on a tic-tac-toe from Sid and whoever the fuck else.

And I was like, buddy, you're dead. The fact that it was a Malkin Piper goal. was particularly special. I was like, okay, they're going, they're firing shots, they're coming out hot on the road, and then they get the people going, they get a 1-0-0 lead in the first period. It felt all to script.

I was like, and here we go. It's going to be the reverse 2-2. Philly gets 2 on the road, now Pitt gets 2 on the road. That's what it felt like was happening. Exactly. And then pretty quickly, at least for me, after the first 10 minutes, probably.

Yeah. The Flyers, they event, eventually will dominate this game. They weren't dominating yet, but they completely reset in a way that there was no, I was actually terrified if I was a Penguins fan after the first 10 minutes you had, where everything you said was true, reassert your dominance in the series. The Flyers righted that ship so quickly by the end of the first that it was trouble in paradise immediately. Yeah. I mean, going into the second, were you thinking to yourself, okay, this is going to be all pit all day or were you like this is a reset talk's going to get them restructured and this is

going to be a totally different ball game no i was like we're fucked who's we the penguins okay i was literally like after the first the beginning i went the first 10 minutes i went yep pick pit's gonna win this game you know four or five one yeah and then game four will be tough but i bet they can steal it and then it's you know it's an awesome best of three series we'll see what happens for sure by the end of the first i was like if pit wins this game it's going to be a like two one three two two tooth and nail with your fingernails. And then, so it was brutal. It was absolutely brutal.

I think what's great for content is in every series you're on one team and I'm on the other. And we'll go head to head. So I'm going to do something very daring right now and I'm going to ride with the flyers. It's going to be a tough battle for me. Well, no, dude, it isn't because. I mean, listen, it's like the series is basically even. So this is risky by me. This is bold.

So I'm in on Philly. And yeah, I think we've got the edge on you right now. And dude, it's crazy because I think I've said this on a show before, but the guy that lives above me, Irv, is a legend and is a Flyers believer has always been. And he's going crazy above the house, right? Like every time we get a sick Flyers go, I can hear him going nuts. He went to Flyers Kings this year. He's been on this train.

He said they're going to make playoffs. They did. So it's actually... Sharp from Earth. It's actually hard for me to even... I actually got to mourn the Penguins earlier than I would have normally because I just went, you know what? They don't have it.

You don't have it. You don't have it. And I'm happy for Irv. I'm happy for Irv. So now I really want to get to the moment of the game, in my opinion. The Penguins, I do have to say real quick on that, Irv thing, a lot of people have said this.

When the Flyers are good, and when the Flyers are in playoffs, it's good for hockey. I agree. Did you see, Dave, I don't know if you saw it, but it's like, they're showing the new ratings for these first-round matchups, the most watch first-round matchups in NHL history. and Flyers' pens is number one. Really?

And I promise you that's a huge Philly thing. We got Dr. Locke styled in. Correct. He's sending me pictures last night. He's watching the fucking games. He's cocking the walk around town. The fact that my guy, Loxy... The fact that Loxy is watching

means we've got fucking special shit going on here. So I know what you want to get to. Big stuff going on here. So this game... Evan said at the start of this series, Penguins are better and they need to not get caught in the mud. Philly's going to want to take this to the mud. Don't do it.

And I actually think, maybe I'm blacking out one of the games before, but the, it wasn't, it hasn't been as chippy as some of these other series we've seen, I think, until, until last game, when there's a million people in the penalty box. I might be forgetting something. Anyway, I'm watching the game. I forget what the score was already. Do you know? I think it was.

Certainly one, one, right? Well, let's check. I can check this stat sheet. Check when that penalty happened. So I am watching the game and the camera is like somewhere else and it cuts back and I can hear the crowd and Sid is on the ice. And I, in my notes, I literally put, oh my God. It was first period. So it was one nothing.

It was one nothing. Okay, yeah. So I go, oh my God, what happened to Sid? Because it was, or at least by the time I saw it, I don't know if they showed it the first time, but at least by the time I saw it, Sid just on the ice. and he's kind of like holding his head looking around. I was like, holy shit. I thought there was a sniper in the crowd, dude.

I thought someone took him out. I thought Ovi was in the crowd and said enough of this. Then they showed the replay. And I texted you guys immediately, and I was like literally arrest Garney right now. Call the police. Eject him, call the police, send him to jail. Which to which Nate and Evan immediately chime in agree.

Which you chime in. No shit that Nate. You chime out. I can't believe Chris found two Sid truthers to join the episode. It's just like a worst thing that could have possibly happened to me. So he goes down. Now, the facts of the matter are they call Hathaway for a high stick, then they also call Sid for embellishment.

Just on the facts of the situation, what is your response to the outcome? I've got tons of thoughts. It was, the outcome was just, I just want that first. The outcome was fair. Okay, I agree. Unfortunately, I agree. And I was ready to be like, this is bullshit.

it, but I think the point of that rule, the point of that rule is you're just not supposed to make shit look ridiculous. Yeah. And I think Sid could have easily gone like this, like, and really pulled his head back and grabbed his head and got the Hathaway call. And I, I disagree. I think of Sid had just been like, oh, shit. I think, yeah, I think if he had just gone like this, and I'm speaking with Garnett as a

close person. I know, I know. I know. It's funny. For those in the live who are not aware, high school teammates, buddies, I know Garnett well. Garnett can mix it up. Yep. He is, I mean, this is a guy who's fucking 34 years old and has been in the league for over a decade because he redefined himself.

I mean, like, we're talking about a star, stud player in high school and college, who then was like, I can be a fourth line grinder and I can get under your skin. He knows how to get under your skin. Yep. I think that was an accident. Me too. And I think if Sid had been like, oh, fuck, Garnett would have been like, oh, shit, sorry. And Sid would have been like, whatever, it's fine. And I think they would have gone like this.

They were lining up for the face off. I know. And it was definitely, or not definitely, but I think, I also agree with you. I think it was an accident. I just wonder. So what do you think is better? What do you think would have been the better outcome for the penguins? Sid to go like this.

Oh, and then go, yo, and Garnie goes, sorry. And then Sid goes all good. And we just play. That. That's better than the matching. High stick and embellishment. Yes, because I think it gets the pens guys. guys fired up because they're like this. Did you just fucking accidentally high stick Sid in the

face? And then they want blood. But then Sid flops. It's an unsportsmanlike and everyone's like, and then you now you've got them in the box and Garnie's beaking Sidney Crosby. Yes. Which is awesome. That's why I thought this was. Could you imagine? Could you imagine? Getting in the league. Everyone loves Sid. Everyone admiars Sid. I mean, that's the guy that you look up to that you want to be like. And Garnett Hathaway gets to go like this. I am such an established NHL player that in the playoffs when we're up 2-0 on them, soon to be 3-0,

I get to call Sidney Crosby a fucking bitch. Pussy. Do you have any idea how few people on Earth get to call Cindy Crosby a bitch? That's why I thought it actually was a nightmare scenario because, A, you're now trading, no offense, Garney, he would say this, but you're now trading half for Sid in the box.

Yeah. Like the Flyers take that every time. All day. And I think the Flyers get extra juice from that because they go, you fucking bitch you flopped and now it's just

we didn't even get a power play you know like all the juice from that outcome went to Philly as as was evidence of immediately what happened in the second period

so I want to say though I will say this I slightly disagree with you in that I think he could have gotten a call without going down I think there's a version I think there's a needle thread where he gets the call

and doesn't take an embellishment I think if he went like this oh the fuck dude and then the ref was like whoa what happened and then one ref came in and when he got Yeah, I think he gets the call. And then Garnett still goes,

you fucking pussy, because he's so mad, because he goes, that was clearly an accident, which I'm willing to believe. And I actually think, this is probably my Sid Homer. No, I don't know. I actually think that can be a call. You hit him in the face with your stick. And he's like, I didn't mean to it.

I'm like, I don't give a fuck. You hit him in the face. It just wasn't that hard. I know, but you hit him in the face. Listen, it doesn't feel good. You don't believe accidents can happen? No, I do, but I think you have to be, accidents happen in the game.

And that gets called. These are, yeah, but that's, that's through, and the rate of play. The fact that it was on the face off is why I'm like, I feel like that could have just been washed.

Yeah. There was a part of me that even after the flop, after everything, I almost wanted the refs to just wipe everything and be like this. Garnet, control your fucking stick. Sid, enough.

That actually would have been awesome. It would have been awesome. Somebody said, let me see if I can find this comment from up here. Somebody said, Cole. Cole says 21 years without an embellishment call and gets one when he gets a twig to the nose.

That I actually kind of, have agreed with. I'm not saying he didn't embellish. He did. But they never call Sid for embellishment. And I'm like, this is the time. This is the moment in Sid's entire career in a playoff game that they're beating Philly trying to climb out of a hole. And he actually got hit in the face. This is the time you slap sit on the wrist. This is clear ageism at its finest. They're officially going, don't we don't care. We do not care about Sid anymore. You're an old man. You can't be fly. He fell down because he's old. That's what they're saying. Someone saying, did you guys see this interaction with Sid and the Philly fan in the penalty box?

I actually didn't see that. I actually didn't either. If anyone on this chat can find that on Twitter or something, send it to us and we'll watch it right now. Oh, I forgot that outside. Well, I'll get it later. What do you got outside? You'll see. You'll see, pal.

Will I? Are you going to leave the live to go get something outside? Villabuster, Villabuster. Oh, I can filibuster. I'm a great filibuster. So right after that, Ziegress fucking hammers home a one-timer on a power play, which was awesome. And then, in my opinion, there was a terrible. Terrible.

Rist aligning goal from Stu Skinner. Yeah. Terrible. Not one you want to see. Let's focus on the Zegris goal for a second. Okay. Yep. I like the Zegris goal so much for so many reasons.

Number one, it's about five minutes into that second period when, yeah, it did feel like the Mo Moe had shifted for Philly. They go out, they get a peeper. Just a great quick pass. And it wasn't even, didn't even get Stu off his line that much and Z just hammered. That is when you know you're feeling it. He's like, you know, I can see in the corner of my eye, Stu is in that. Stu is locked in and ready to go. I'm fucking letting this rip and he just tucked it.

Near side, beautiful goal. Porter Martone on the assist, continuing to be just so fucking high. Dude, can I tell you a sick Port-a-Martone moment? Please. I saw this happen and it's a nothing thing, but I was like, wow, that is so dope how good he is. And just how ready he is.

He, it was, he's on this wall. Zegris is on that wall for the one T's, right? Yeah. And the puck goes to, who is it? Maybe Drysdale's up top. It goes to Drysdale. He kicks to Zegris. And dude, Zegris, obviously, we just said he had a sick one T there. Zegris is usually the facilitator on that power play.

So he knows what he's doing. He's Trevor Zegris. Right? It goes over to Zegris and he's kind of stick-hending looking. And I'm watching Porter Merton, who's like in the seam. And it's kind of taken. And Port-Martone takes a stick and points at Drysdale and goes, to be like, pass it back up there. And I was like, Porter Martone is directing Trevor Zegris around a power play.

Conducting. You know, I was like, holy shit, this kid is fucking. NHL ready. Dude, the way Porter has come in and just been like, I don't give a fuck. That was fucking awesome. And that's what you get. When you're buzzing in college, your, you know, tournament ends earlier than you

would have wanted, but you're flying, you come in and you go, I got, I've got all the juice. Yeah. I'm going to give you the juice. Gonna give you the juice. You need the juice sponsorship. It's insane. Fantastic goal by Z. And then yes, you get the Risto goal.

First playoff goal for Ristolina. been in the league for a minute and Risteline and getting his first taste to playoff hockey comes in and gets that goal. That's got to feel good. And dude, at this point, the shots were like, I think I maybe wrote this wrong, but the shots were completely even after starting 9-3 penguins for those first five minutes. And I was like,

maybe I didn't even write it wrong. I wrote 21, 13 flyers, which is possible, but that might have been typo. But either way, it was just like, oh no, this game is over. Like, here it comes. Here comes the answer. I'm not going to lie. You, Nate, and Evan were all in. your feelings at that moment.

But yeah, I'm not going to lie, buddy. 2-1, I went night-night. Yeah, yeah, truly. And that never feels like that in playoffs normally, a one-goal game, but this really did. Agree, but with this series and just, I mean, again, we have seen so many unbelievable energy moments from the Barnes across this league and this first round.

And just the way, the crowd pop at that second goal. I mean, the Zegra's goal, yes, but the second goal, it was like, nice power play goal guys congratulations we're fucking back and I was like oh boy like Philly is not fucking around bro and then you get another fourth line goal Nick Seeler

and that's another one where I'm like that Garney by the way was a huge factor and I wrote because he had just changed and then when I went in he's on the bench like it's like hammering the wall and I was like Garney's having the time of his fucking life this is awesome that's another one where I go stew skinner just has to see that shot.

It's a wrist shot. Yeah. And it's, dude, there are screens. For sure. People in front of that, but you just, you're a professional goal. You have to see that shot. And unfortunately, we were all making comments like, oh, man, stew could get hot. Stu could go nuclear.

The penguins could make it run. But this is the other stew that we have seen before. This is the stew that the Oilers fans hated. And I felt like that was the stew you were getting a little bit last night where I was like, buddy, we got to have these safes. No doubt about it. No doubt about it. And this is, you love seeing there are teams right that that get carried through series,

certain series by their top guys. There are teams who absolutely need to rely on secondary scoring. We saw the Oilers in the first game. You had two goals from Dickinson, two goals from Caponan. And you're like, yep, that's what you need. The Flyers are, they have got a ton of talent. And I think that's a fallacy with this team. There was a person on Twitter yesterday who was like beak in the flyers being like because I was like,

Flyers are a fucking contender just like trying to get people juiced up. And then you always get that these people like, well, technically their second line is only blah, blah, blah. And I'm like, dude, if you're going to, like, you have Owen Tippett and Tyson Forster on your first line and you think that's a contender. And I'm like, well, they're shit pumping pit right now. So I don't know what to tell you. And at the end of the day, it's like if you don't think that line and then TK. DeVorek and Martone and the second line isn't. And you have Mitchcoff.

That's sick, dude. This is a good team. They're constructed well. And this is the type of group that is going to get a lot of juice, a lot of juice from your bottom lines. Yeah, yeah. And this was a game where you get a little bit of action from Pitt, and then the dogs come in and just slap Pitt in the mouth. And it's like, you might be dead. So they get the Carlson Power Play goal, which was nice because.

it was another power play goal, which had been so quiet. But again, but also a weird double-edged story where you're like, you're still doing nothing five-on-five against this Philly team. But three, two. And I admit, even I was like, maybe, maybe you claw this back and steal this game, you know, whatever. Yeah. And then this is going to be a theme of this live.

But then another delay of game. Mantha backhand into the crowd. So bad. It's so crazy because I understand that I am going to talk out of both sides of my mouth in that I preach, I beg players. When you have the puck in your zone on your tape with time in the playoffs, you literally have to get it out. If you turn that over, it's a goal.

But also, you can't flip it into the crowd. So I know I'm like, I'm on each side of this thing, but I'm like, how fucking hard is it to just get it out without launching it into the fucking crowd? Hard. So bang, another delay a game. Because, you know, it's also one of those funny things where you're like, there is no worst feeling anyone who plays hockey.

I mean, there's a lot of fucking dipshit podcasters and, who have never played hockey and they're like, oh, do this. And I'm like, shut the fuck up, nerd. Yeah. There is no worse feeling than when you are like, got to get this puck out and you just flub it and it just is on the ice or like this high off the ice. That is worse than putting it over the glass.

Straight up. I'd almost rather take a penalty and be like this. I fucking got it up, dude. At least I can get it up. Bitch. You know, it is so shit. When you get the puck on your stick and you're like, get this puck out. And you just try to put too much into it.

And it's just on the ice. And you're like, I'm a fucking plug. I am so bad at hockey. It's unbelievable. It happens because you were like, get this puck in the air. And then you put it through the fucking ceiling. And you're like, well, sorry, everybody.

So Flyers back to the power plate. Skinner some flowers. He actually made a great save on the Kate's breakaway, which was immediately to start it. But then I just thought the penguins gave Kate's way too much space down on that goal line there. He had all the time in the world to catch that pass, turn around.

And Skinner didn't get a stick out. No one got to stick on him. He pulled it all the way around and roofed that shit. Bang, goal. tip an empty neck goal. How's your mother? It's like everyone always says, Bugsie said it to us two days ago. Fourth wins the hardest. You don't understand that team changes their mentality. Yes. To me, Dan, you're bringing the broom out. It just, I just don't know. I don't know what's going on. This for me was a great example of

when a team sees the fight. They see the desperation in the other team's eyes. Pet had desperation. They come out. They get that first power play goal. They get the power play going. Yeah. And Philly answers the bell every time. We get to the third period. You get Carlson going. Carlson's halfway through. Carlson cuts the lead to one.

Gets a power play goal. Philly sees that fight. They draw a penalty. Two and a half minutes later, they get a power play goal of their own. That is when the game ended. Yep. The game ended on the Kate's goal.

Yes, yes. Agreed. And it's just like when you see a team, as I always say, seeing a feral animal in a cage fighting for their lives and you continue to respond I agree it's you're you're dead and when you're pit Bugsie's right game four or when you are

facing elimination things do change yes but Philly has all the juice they get the juice then they they they the judge orange juice their jug is full to the brim we have surface tension on the lid of their jug Yeah. And Pitt is out here hiking a hot, sunny trail and desert heat going like this. Dude, is there anything left in here? And there's nothing like it.

It's even better, Dan. Someone's going to clip that. I'll paint it for you. Yeah, do that again. I'll paint it for you even more clearly, Dan. You look at the Flyers jerseys. They look like a cup of orange juice. And I go, great.

You look at the penguin's jersees. They look like a cup of piss. The flyers are drinking orange juice. The penguins are drinking piss. Flyers are drinking OJ. They're drinking piss. It's hot out there and the penguins are going like this. I guess I'll just drink my own piss.

They're drinking. They're, they're, they have. They have been forced to drink their own piss. The pliers of drinking OJ, and that's all. Last thought here, I think he should be absolutely in the mixer for Coach of the Year. But I think Dan Mews is having a hard time adjusting. Like, there have been, not enough is changing when you feel like you are a more talented team. I agree.

When you get a guy, you get a guy like Tocke, going up against a guy like Dan Mews, there's obviously an advantage. And we are seeing the advantage on full display here. And that's not a knock on Dan Mews. You got to get your reps in. Sometimes you got to get swept and you got to get pee-p-wacked in the playoffs then come back years later stronger.

Correct. That's what I think can happen here. But absolutely, Philly has the edge in a huge way. Let's move on to Stars Wild. What a fucking series, what a fucking game. Now, I want to say at the top, I really wish everyone was healthy in this series. I just hate that it's like you get this matchup

and we have some major players out, but we have some role players out who matters. in a big way. Every game, I'm like holding my breath, checking the lineups to see who's going to even be in. So right away, I'm like, whatever, but here we go, dude. Witt had said this, I put this note later, but I just wanted to bring it up right now. I heard Witt say, the wild haven't been up, haven't had a 2-0 series lead, like ever or something, or in a really long time. It's like some crazy stat. Yeah. And I'm pretty sure they won game one against Vegas last year I think. Doesn't that sound right where I was like, ooh.

And I remember that stat coming up again. Chat, tell us, did they win game one last year? Did the wild go up one nothing against Vegas last year? So either way, they have this Dallas game, game two, where they have a chance to do it. Dallas, Dallas gets them. And then Dallas gets them in Minnesota. And it's just like, God, the wild, they always feel like they are this close. You know, what's the Heath Ledger thing?

You know, where he's like, here we. And here we. It just needs a little push. I feel like the wild, they're always the tiniest push away from a juggernaut. And it's like someone grabs their back of their shirt and saves them and like pulls them back into losing in the first round. And they're like, just let me fall, dude. I was fine. I wanted to fly.

I know. And they're like, no, no, no. You will come back and you lose in the first round. Yeah. It's like, fuck me. Yeah. So right away, dude, bang, mooskel. And great play.

Did you robo pass that over? I think he did. I'll check the box score. Yeah, robo pass it over. And that's one where I was like, okay, we get a power play goal, we get moose on the score sheet, we get an immediate deficit. And I was like, fuck. Yeah.

Minnesota is, in that moment, I was like Minnesota's dead. We're watching them die. Vegas did not win game one, but they did go up to one after game three. David, thank you. Thank you. Also, David in the chat, let us know that potato salad is common on Greek salads in Tampa. I think it's just outside of Tampa. Dude, a lot of comments on that video were like, what the fuck?

I've never heard. like on the actual YouTube. So that, thank you. Listen, all I know is we ate at two places

well in Tampa and both places have potato salad on their Greek sides. Also someone find us the Sid fan interaction please.

I really want to see that. Yeah, send that. So bang, moose on the board and then bang, Robo goal. I want to say, talk about that Robo go real quick.

What a, that's such a nice, you're coming down your off wing, you get the puck in a position to pass or shoot right off your hip. You're looking at your winger

the whole time, which as a goalie, I know that's a thing that they're going to shoot no look or look at the last second, but you just have to respect it. You have to be ready to push off. Because he's staring down the pass,

and then Robo goes, fucking snipe job. Hank made a really cool comment in the intermission, which I loved. He said, and I never really thought about this, remember we were talking about that Celebrini shootout goal? Cooch did it too, like under here. Everyone's so used to the block

now that shooters are changing. Hank was like, everyone has always been trying to score high glove since hockey was invented. And he was like, we as goalies get trained to lock the elbow. The elbow.

So we're here and you're playing the statistics kind of like, okay, I'm here or up. So he's actually really hard to get that back down because our arm, it's not out loose. Like our arm is now locked, that's the training. So he's like, guys are going like right under it now. Yeah. And Robo kind of probably just wired that as hard as he could.

But it was like, boom, right there. And I was like, man, JD, we got to get JD back on because remember in our show at the golf tournament last summer? Yeah. He's like, just Robo is not like a, his shot isn't like a goal score shot. Don't do this to J.D. He and he and Robo had their moment.

They squashed their beef, they're back. Hey, and it's this year. He said that last year. It was true. It was true until this year. And now these shots fucking go. First game in Minnesota, I really thought Minnesota wanted this game, especially after their statement in game one.

I thought they wanted to come back here to Minnesota, take the lead on home ice and really stick it to Dallas, especially with Dallas without hints and fucking Sagan, you get Rantman, his first goal. That's like a... I know, Dan. You really like to keep team star players off the board as long as possible. But Moose gets on the board with a peeper.

But I have a couple of things I want to say about two players specifically. I get the Sid reaction. Jason Robertson. Three goals. He gets the second goal in the first period for his third goal the series. He also had an assist on the first goal. If I see a single, one single fucking comment about Jason Robertson not being elite ever again, I'm going to lose my mind. It's insane. Whatever, whatever, whoever he fucked and pissed off. I don't know what it was,

but this guy just does nothing but come out and perform. Last year was hurt and was the best performer on this team in the playoffs in my opinion. And then Matt fucking Douchain assist on both goals in that first period. This is a guy who got bought out. Yes. And then was like, I'll go to Dallas. Isn't that insane?

And he's just been a top performer from this team from the second he showed up in Dallas and continues to do it. It's unbelievable what this fucking guy does. That actually, in hindsight, because there was a moment where the Predators went on that run and it was like, oh, wow, they're going to be fine

and they've really retooled. that looks more and more insane with every passing day, that dutchy thing. Like he goes 78, he goes 86 points in 78 games for the Preds, then 56 and 71, and they go, fucking, you're fired. It's insane. 65 and 80, 82 and 82, and then 45 and 57 this year and already firing in the playoffs. Okay. Anyway, I'm so with you.

And when that, for me, Dan, you know I'm a quick reaction guy in the playoffs. The second that Robo one went, I was like, this is a statement from Dallas. Like they are about to pump Minnesota full of lead. And like you said, Robo's already going. I said last episode, how long did it take Robo to get going? Last playoffs, that might have been the difference in Dallas's run. To have him going already is amazing. And God damn it, did the Minnesota Wild deserve so much credit?

Because there is so much fight in that. And as there should be. They are just as good. Like they are right there. This should be a close series. but they used that home crowd. They did not blink about that early deficit. It was fine.

Mojo, bro. What a fucking year. What a career. So similar to Matthew Shane. Yes, dude. I mean, Mojo is Minnesota's Matt Duching. Yes, great call. A guy who's bounced around.

He's always been a solid player, but he's bounced around the league, had a great little shift in Boston, and then he winds up in Minnesota and has fit like a glove. Yep. And just perform. Unbelievable year. So he scores a power play goal after,

just a dominant shift dude he was wheeling around the zone doing fucking everything and otter made some great saves um uh uh sturgeon k it was like that crazy one he he lunged across in the blocker uh but mojo scores um he kind of he hits with like it was a deflection off the post but bang goal and then dude i know i know erick neck tied it but matt boldby on that play buddy i wrote down it was the it was shades of the gold medal with the you know flipping the puck in the air and kind just like knifing through the defenseman. That play and that pass is so fucking disgusting. I don't even know what to do about it.

I gasped. I gasped in the living room. So there's something I want to say about that in Matt Boldy. We talk about guys like McDavid and McKinnon all the time with this. There are players forwards who naturally get hit a point where they naturally put defenders on their heels. And I don't mean that metaphorically. I mean literally as a defenseman, you see a player coming at you and you are

We're like, I got a gap up. I got to increase my gap against this guy because they're quick. They're good with their hands. And I can't let them get inside my bubble because they'll turn me inside out. They'll get behind me. Matt Boldie has hit that point. You can see when he gets the puck and when he gets ahead of steam, defenders do kind of quick see cut and get a little bit of a bigger gap because they're like, this guy's dangerous.

He showed that on this goal. It was fucking disgusting. Dude, so actually, this is awesome. I wrote, let me see if I wrote. wrote this year. Maybe I wrote it later, but I'll just say it now. Yeah, this is insane. So, because someone in the comments just said it. Let me find it. Yeah, Dwayne Jetsky. Dwayne Jetsky just said. Matt Boldie's filthy. Him and Caprizov should switch contracts. Now, I don't think they should switch contracts, but I wrote later because you've got one of the best contracts in the national.

This came later when, remember there was the Boldie two-on-one with Eric's in Eck, I think, a shorty that Otter made a great save on. And Boldie couldn't quite get the rebound. I was just sitting there. Yeah. But I wrote, it is actually kind of insane. And keep in mind, he signed it a couple years ago. But it's actually kind of insane that Matt Boldy signed a seven by seven. And then they gave Caprizov 17 million when Bolby is just as good as it. I'm like, dude, you get the same thing from these two guys. Listen, man, it's what we talked about. But Krell Kaprizov is a Russian assassin. Yes, correct. And he had you bent over the barrel looking at the 50 states. And he said, make one of these states Russia. Yeah. And that's exactly what Bill Guerin did. And we did it.

Sometimes you got to play. Bill Gare is a great American. Carol Caprizov and his camp are top negotiators. There's nothing you can do. He was going to get that $17 million from someone. Correct. You might as well keep him where he's happy. Might as well keep him where the Kremlin is.

Which is now in St. Paul. Yeah, St. Petersburg. I think it's funny that they went, we need to, the reason we need to do this for Caprizov is we need a superstar. We need to say we don't lose superstars. And I'm like this. Look at Matt Pauley. You have one.

It's insane. I don't think it was. so much that as it was like you have to keep him you can't lose krill. You can't go somewhere else. Yeah. Like it's not like they went out and signed, you know, found a UFA in Krill. They were like this. We have him.

Yeah, right. We got to keep him. We did it. Okay. So then we get just a dominant run from the wild. Yeah. They were all over the place. And I just wrote down Quinn must be so happy.

Like he must be having the time of his life. And it's why I always talk about there. Everyone says, oh, we got to get the reunion of the Hughes boys in New Jersey. I'm looking at Minnesota in playoffs going toe to toe with Dallas, one of the best teams in the league. Quinn's having the time of his life. The boys are familiar with the area,

familiar with Michigan. Maybe you get all the Hughes boys in Minnesota. I'm so in. I'm so in. Boldie rips went off the post. He's absolutely man-viving. Then we got a Hartman penalty, which was that Hold the Blue Line thing again.

I'm actually interested if there was an emphasis on this in the refs or something. It is weird that we've seen this come up so many times in one week. What is going on? But this holding the blue line interference, I fucking hate it. That is ice that everyone is entitled to. If collisions happen there, I go, it's a collision. Penalty on no one.

Right. If it's a clear pick and you go out of your way, sure. But I'm with you. I didn't love that one. It's interesting. And we're getting a couple audio messed up comments. I'm going to ask John to listen. Can you check if the audio is lagging?

Totally with you, Dan. Chat, we're on it. We're on it. We're on it. We're going to fill a buster for a second. Well, we figure out the audio. But also chat, keep being heroes and let us know if the audio comes back and feels good. So then, Dan, and now we enter the penalty chaos moment of this game.

You know, just all hell's breaking loose. Yep. Well, hold on. I think let's filibuster here until we make sure we got the audio back. Okay. I'm guessing that's going to be very difficult. but we can, not to filibuster, I'll filibuster to filibuster to La Cows come home.

Yeah. I'm guessing it's going to be very difficult to try to fix this. Usually it just comes back. True. It might just be a lag chat, so we'll just see. But I hate that call.

Okay, it looks like we're good. Looks like we're good. Okay, we'll keep powering through. Yeah, the penalties go crazy. Boldie, I said out this was going to come back. We'll come back again, unfortunately. But Boldie takes a delay a game now. Yeah.

Which was, dude, he shot that from his, for the people that don't know that rule, If you clear the puck into the crowd from your D zone, that is not allowed. That is delay a game. But if you clear it in the O zone, or I think the neutral zone even, you can shoot it into the crowd and it's no penalty. It's just if you do it from your D zone. Boldy shot one from his D zone.

Hold on. Can we, it looks like the audio is not synced. Can we like reload the live or something? Will that help? Sure. Let me get Sean in here and we'll. All right. We'll give it a shot.

Okay. It says, once in a while. Yeah, it's the sync chat. We're just going to, we're having a Wi-Fi issue, so we're going to see if we can just do a reload. But we'll keep going. So do we turn this off? No, no.

We'll see what can happen. We'll, um, don't worry, folks. We're going to, we're going to see if we can just re-sync, but we're going to keep going until our technicians come in and get a re-sync for us. So keep going. Keep going. So, yeah, Boldie shoots one from his D-Zone. So it's going to be delayed a game.

Yeah. But he shot it out the far end of the rink. Because he's just trying to clear the puck on a PK. Dude, that was a 180 foot clear. First of all, the fucking forearm strength to get the puck that high from that far away. Tell you, he's a superstar. And I motion that that rule needs to change.

If you clear it from your D zone, but it goes out in their O zone, it is no longer delay again. Yeah, I'm like, dude, never mind. That was incredible. I'm totally into that. Stamp that with me, dude. Totally into that.

That is ridiculous. If it gets beyond the blue line, fine. We're good, dude. That is fucking nuts. The cock strength. to get that puck that far out. It's unbelievable. So then here comes a killer five on three for the stars. And I just want to shout out Eric Seneck because I think people who are new to hockey don't understand how gargantuan that faceoff is. If Dallas wins that draw, they have a 40 second five on three

ramming it down your throat. If Erickson Eck wins that draw cleanly, bang icing and basically the five on three never happened. And that's what he did. And oh, dude, such a massive, massive play. Those are like the little things in playoffs. That might have won the game. That was insane. and then wild kill the penalty and then McCarran. Holy shit. What a pickup. What a pickup. What a snipe.

That was an awesome moment. Unbelievable moment. Felino and Brodine great plays on that to keep the puck going and get that goal. Huge play. But then, yeah, fast forwarding into the third period, the guy we've been talking about, Matt Dushane, power play goal from Moose, from Wyatt. We got a tie game. Holy shit.

Did it feel like it, because it's about halfway through the period. To me, it felt like it was coming. I did think they were going to get one. There was just a ton of moments where, I mean, this, I was waiting for overtime to say this. I was, you know, I was live-storing it, live-tweeting it. The way Minnesota controls the puck when Hughes and Faber are on the ice, when Eric Sinek, Boldie, and Capriza are on the ice,

which was a lot of times in that game. It looks like they have a power play when they don't. Dallas was collapsing into a box with five guys on the ice as those dudes were just whipping it around. But, and we saw it on the power play too, you've got Brink on the power play instead of Faber because Faber runs powerplay too. I don't think I like that. Brink's great. Don't get me wrong. But part of me is like, just put your dogs out.

You got to get fucking power play goals in the playoffs. And your first power play unit is when you're going to get it done. but the way they controlled the puck and get all these chances but couldn't break through. I mean, what was the power play in this game for for? Yeah, good question. I think it was one for seven for Minnesota. And it's like, dude, you get that many chances and you go one for seven. You're going to lose this game.

But the amount of chances they had was insane. And credit to we had Foxa who was making insane block. Beck was making insane blocks. Yeah. Crazy. The Dallas PK was unbelievable, and even their 5V5 unit was unbelievable against them. But that is a huge note for Minnesota. I think they got to shoot more.

The amount of times those guys were whipping it back and forth, just try to get it to the wings to Caprizov and Boldy, and then they'd reset and pass again, or maybe they were looking for one too many, looking for the cheeky pass. Otter's playing great. And in these moments, even when Otter's not making that many saves, when there's so much vibes and momentum for Dallas there.

And for Minnesota, when you guys are controlling that much, you've got to start whipping some bucks on net, I think. Especially if this power play is getting to a point where it's one for seven on home ice like that, you ain't getting seven power plays every fucking game guys. Ever again. So I think they've got, they need to see how much they're controlling, but get more chances at the net because you lose this game in heartbreaking fashion. When you have that many power plays, when it felt like you were controlling the ice as much as they were, it's like you cannot lose this game. Yes, correct.

Quick shout out to Moose on that tying goal that you said because we talk about poise a lot. That was fucking money. Yeah. He came by the pump. Yeah. Oh my God. And then hit Dutchie. I was like, Jesus, dude.

Hunter in the chat just said, but zero of the chances were high danger chances. And he's absolutely right. That's what I'm saying. It's like you have all these chances and you're eventually settling for these ones that are like, oh, it's a shot hopefully through a screen. It's like you got to get it to a point where you're getting that crazy, like the good shot on. Even when it's like Capriza of Boldie, we're like, maybe this isn't perfect, fucking clap it, dude.

Like we got to start getting pucks on net. Yes, correct. So now let's just jump to overtime because I have a few things to say here. Awesome overtime. I love overtime hockey so much. I want to talk about the penalties because there were a lot of power plays awarded across one and a half overtime. You know my stance on this, dude.

I won't do it. I will talk about the penalties all day, but I have declared I refuse to complain about penalties. I refuse. It happens every year. I'm so fucking sick of it. There's always going to be bad calls. and it is loser mentality to bitch about the refs.

If you go, we lost that game because of the refs, I won't hear it. I'm okay with that. I'm down to talk about them all. Yeah, I'm going to talk about them now. Yeah, because here's my thing. In overtime, and I'm with you largely. It's playoff hockey, the refs are doing the best they can. And by the way, they're doing a great job.

Like, put it this way, they are doing the best job that anyone could possibly do. Yeah. Anyone other than them would do worse. So just appreciate what we have and shut the fuck up. That being said, I think in playoff overtime, it needs to be, fucking egregious. That's my stance. It needs to be a delay game or a high stick that the dude gets clear stick to the face

or a clear trip. Those are pretty much the only ones. The first one that is called on Sam Steele, which is the trip on Quinn Hughes. I cannot believe that is called. In my opinion, Quinn Hughes literally topex as Sam Steele's stick grazes his quad, which has nothing to do with it. In my opinion. I am here to say that anyone who live didn't think that was an obvious trip is a fucking

fraud. Fair. Once you see the replay, it was soft. But then at the same time, there's a part of me that's like, when you move as fast as Quinn Hughes does and as Connor McDavid does and some of these guys, I do think that slight contact to your legs, like does, does trip you up. So I don't know. And good point about the live, because it's Quinn Hughes.

As a ref, you go, I assume Quinn got tripped. Yes. In real time. No doubt, it was soft. But there's, I don't know. Like, truly, when you were moving that much, like any contact to your leg, and like that it's a trip. I don't care if it's a poke check.

Oh, no, you could get hit anywhere. Yeah, like it's a trip. So I'm with you, but it is what it is. Good people. That's the one that krill hit the post. Yes. But if that had been a better pass, he would have hammered it in. It just like, it couldn't get to his wheelhouse.

He had to collect off the backhand. Great job, everybody. Great job. Looks like we're back synced. Well done. Hey, everyone in the chat, way to stick with us and help us let us know. And then, Dan, and this one I do, I don't even put on the rest for a bad call. I just sometimes you have to read the fucking moment, in my opinion.

It would play off overtime to call Jamie Ben for holding on Flino. right after that, which I thought was another soft call, right after you gave them a call that everyone's going, that was a toe pick, just felt so inappropriate to me. Like, let them fucking decide the game in overtime in the playoffs. Just let them play. Holy shit.

So that one rattled me. And Jamie Ben was obviously, maybe that's one. It was actually Dan a double reputation. You see Quinn Hughes fall and you just call it because you go, I assume he got reputation. Jamie Ben kind of wraps someone up and they just go, reputation, hold.

But I'm like, bro, back to back power plays on questionable calls. I'm like, holy shit, dude. So it almost made me happy that Dallas killed those because I just didn't want it to fucking end like that. I completely agree with you. So then Quinn, I just wrote Quinn is so nasty on the blue line. It's fucking insane. Miro got a shot block.

That was insane. He's so, Quinn is so in his bag. Yeah. Just that he does whatever he wants, tries whatever he wants. It's fucking beautiful. So speaking of Quinn, then they call him for that hit on Moose. And again, I didn't think that was interference. Like, he just flicked it by him.

I completely agree. If they wanted to call high stick, maybe, because I guess he kind of got him in the face. But I was like, that wasn't interference at all. Tough height difference there. Yeah. However, I actually loved the Quinn shove after. Yeah. That was sick.

I was like, they did a zoom in. I wrote it down. I think he called him a bitch if you, if you watch the zoom in. But yeah, I was like, whoa, dude. That was awesome. I, it does, like, I, you know, I know people don't like this, but that felt to me like one that was like Dallas was owed some calls. I mean, so I'm not, not, and I'm not entirely mad at that one. Yep.

Point of concern here, this is the kill where Erick's neck got tangled and then was kind of grabbing his hammy. And then he went right to the locker room. He came back, but I was like, oh, God. Yeah. Because that would be a fucking disaster. Disaster. I hope nothing happened there. And then, dude, this one.

And I know no one is more upset than himself, but Urof's delay of game was one of the funniest things I've ever seen in my life. Was this the third delay of game of this game? I can't remember how many delays there were. But dude, he literally had such incredible poise because that was kind of a scramble shift. Oh yeah. He gets stuck behind the net and I'm like, here comes the rim.

And he goes, nope, I'm an NHL player. I don't care. I'm going to dust this thing off, take a look around to my outlets. And then he goes like this, bang, 10th row. And I was like, dude, you have got to be fucking kidding me that you put that puck in the street. Satisfere after waiting. It's remarkable, dude.

It was remarkable. A couple of things that I want to shout out before we move on in this OT. It will obviously get to the Wyatt goal and just talk about how insane why it is. Dallas fans in the chat, let me know on this pronunciation. R.2. Heary. I think it's Heary. I'm not entirely sure. But this fucking kid, unbelievable, was 6 and 0 on face-offs.

Oh, yeah, this was 6. 6 of 7 on face-offs in OT were all from him. and that, dude, people need to understand how important that is. And this is a rookie injected into the lineup late here. You only played 20 games this year and just a monster at the dot. But then, you know, that's an emphasis of how crazy and important these games are. But then also we've been talking about Quinn a lot, 43 minutes, 47 seconds of ice time by Quinn Hughes in this game.

O.T. is insane. Oh, that's nuts, dude. And yeah, to your point not to brush over it because it was amazing play, but Wyatt Johnson tips one in. And, you know, he went to the Pavelski school of tipping, and now he knows how to get. And that's a reach, buddy. That was far away. Like, he just bang, gets his stick on it.

It was incredible. You're off devastated leaving the box. I actually really feel for him because that sucks so much when you come to the locker. I'm like, sorry, boys. But at the end of the day, I think your larger point is right. Minnesota had seven power plays, including two and overtime. Dallas had eight, but, you know, like they go three for eight. Minnesota goes one for seven.

It's like, you're dead. And I really want to say this, too, when it went three to Minnesota. Yeah. What a comeback, by the way, and the building was going insane. when it went three two, I wrote in my notes, eventually you just need an otter game. If you're Dallas, like how are you fucking doing this? Did you feel like this was an otter game?

No, but I take back that chirp when I went. Oh, okay. Because I was like, buddy. I thought he was phenomenal in this game. After that, he really was. He made some amazing season overtime. So that was awesome. What a fucking series.

Yeah, the Wyatt goal, just the one thing about the Wyatt goal. Tell me how old Wyatt Johnson is. Fucking 23. Two. Two. Wyatt Johnston is 22 years old. guess how many game winning Stanley Cup playoff goals he has?

Three. Sixth game winning Stanley Cup playoff goal. Wyatt Johnston is fucking Captain Clutch on this team. And yeah, listen, it's 2-1. You've got game four in Minnesota. Minnesota's not sweating. They're not freaking out, especially when you go one for seven and when you had that much control,

you know that you can get some answers here. You've got to take advantage of the injuries Dallas has. You're not freaking out. but if you were Dallas, I think you feel phenomenal about getting that game. Absolutely. All right. Let's move on to the last game of yesterday. Ducks Oilers.

We fucking knew this series was going to be a shootout, and boy, is it a shootout. But what a surprise. Jesus Christ. What a surprise so far, which we'll get to. I do want to say this. I had, just for a fun sprinkle, I had Crider first goal score. Did you? And I thought to myself, God, if the Ducks just get a power play when it's zero, zero,

literally hit this because the odds were incredible. Yeah. And the Ducks did get a power play when it was zero, zero. He did not score. But boy, was that the best two minutes of my life. The potential there, Dan, was just through the route. That must have felt great. I was losing my mind.

That must have felt great. Holy shit. Okay, so. This was a game of special teams, eh? Yes, it sure was. Which we said was going to be a nightmare in the other direction. Yes. And, you know, what's interesting is you, you have, Leon starts the scoring.

I thought the Oilers came out hot. I thought they came out hot. They did. They always do. minus that powerplay surge for the ducks. Pod, dude. It's always pot. Yeah.

Leon gets on the board, his first of the series. It's only game two, but his first of the series. And Putt Colson, dude. And Walman, three assists each now. The first one was, it was Pod. Right? They did it ricochet and they gave it to Leon. Oh, they did.

It's Leone's role. Okay. Interesting. Yeah, yeah, got you. But to your point, put three assists already for Putt Colson. He is such a good and valuable player. And Walman, proving to be a great pickup and a great contract.

Absolutely. So then, I said what the ducks can't do in this series is be chasing and you can't be taking dumb penalties because the Oilers power play will kill you. It didn't kill them tonight and the duckeys get a power play

and fucking cutter goatee he gets on the board. Boom, tie game. So immediately in the first period it's one one and I'm like we're going to fucking do this all series aren't we? It's literally going to be like this. Oh it looks like so oh look at that. Goal, goal, goal, goal. And it was just like this was such a

roper dope back and forth fucking game and I came into these playoffs being like Dallas Minnesota is going to be my favorite series to watch. I think it still is because I can't believe how good both of those teams are. Watching Dallas Minnesota going toe to toe to is crazy, but this series is a fucking circus in the best way because you have so much talent on the ice and anything can truly happen in this series. Someone will have full possession and be completely controlling the game and then there's a quick turnover goes the other way and there's a goal. And you're like, like how I don't know how anyone in either of these fan bases could ever feel comfortable for more

than 10 seconds. You cannot. It's insane. Absolutely correct. Shout out Cutter. There was a stat that came up last night. He's the first duck to score 40 in the regular season since Corey Perry in like 2014. I thought that's amazing.

He gets that seeing eye one. And then the Oilers got a power play. And like you said, the ducks were making plays without a stick. Like guys would lose sticks. It's like a five on three. They're getting out on the ice, blocking shots. And we saw Leon miss a couple one teas last. game in this game with like 20 seconds left in the first connor does vintage Connor wheels around

hits leon with that backdoor one t dozel makes an insane save i actually thought he made some incredible saves and led in some he'd want back so it's kind of a funny night for him but those are the moments if you can survive those power plays it legitimately almost feels like a two-gole swing and then you start the second trouba fires one on net from the fucking parking lot yeah and it just goes in yeah goes and this is kind of a it was just another one that ingram didn't see cutters was a better shot, but Ingram just didn't see that one either. And it's almost like he's looking the wrong side of screens. The announcer was said that Cutter shot it. That's out on purpose, but I think these guys are just trying to get it on frame. Ingram's like, look in the wrong side.

He jumps this way. It goes past him. As much as I stroked him last game, there was a few in this one where I was like, oh, fuck, dude. The boys just stand in the way. You need that one. And then obviously the big moment here, right in the middle of this frame is Connor McDavid is jumping up and down, hobbling and then runs to the locker room. Yeah. That was a weird emotional moment for me. Oh, dude. I was like, oh, no.

It's, you never, ever, ever root for injuries. And that's a message to all the fans. It's like, I know how much the hate. When you're a real fan, like Ducks fans, Oilers fans, when you're a real fucking fan and you're in a battle, you wish death. Death to America. Yes, you do.

On every player on the other team. But then when you see an injury happen, you're immediately like, fuck I hate like that sucks yep and seeing the best player in the world get injured in the playoffs it's just it sucks the life out of you and that was a I mean you feel for an entire city oh dude it's awful it just can't happen because it's not it's a sport where the guys are banged up I don't mean to say this doesn't happen right like it actually does happen but football I swear your mentality when you're watching the NFL is you're like well someone's going to tear the ACL this yeah like I don't want to

wonder who we go to the playoffs with. In hockey, it's such a grind. It's like a whole second season. You just want to go to battle with your guys and to lose Connor McDavid from the playoffs. And frankly, I will cut Ducks fans some slack that if any Ducks fan went like this, I'm not mad at you. Yes. As long as you do not ever in the privacy of your own home, you can go, that'd be great

if Connor was hurt. But if you put that shit on X, if you put that shit out in the universe, you say quiet. You've got bad stuff coming. Listen, what you put out of your own. into the universe you get back. When you do douchey, cunty things, it's going to come back at you, you better believe that. So don't put that stuff out there in the universe. So,

live, or actually, I kind of only saw the replay because by the time they cut to it, but on the first replay, I went like this, oh fuck, because it looked so non-contact. I know they were tangled, but I was like nothing bad happened. Then I watched the replay a trillion times on Zoom and slow-mo. At first, I thought maybe he got

cut, like literally after he stepped on him, which I still think is in play, but the tongue is thick like it's hard you'd be oh my i don't even know i mean it would have to be insane things happening but don't forget connor doesn't even lace the top two yeah yeah you know and it's like loose as fuchsial maybe the skate just got down there which would kind of buy well he was like oh fuck like he's like hopping like oh i just sliced my leg yeah quick locker and quick back so i would buy cut i would also maybe buy his ankle got twisted and i couldn't quite see i don't know anything

but i'm going sprained ankle or cut frankly if he's cut unless it's horrific yeah he's fine Yeah, yeah. And if he's sprained ankle, he's fine because of the boot unless it's a really bad high ankle sprain, which it didn't look like considering he was flying around in the third period. Yeah. But keep an eye on it, though, because that would be a nightmare. Witt said this, and I agree. I think Connor was kind of battling something the whole time anyway.

The last quarter of this season. Yep. And for this to happen is obviously a huge bummer. Yes. But, you know, fuck me. Connor Murphy. Yep, scores. well it goes 3-1 first right oh so yeah we didn't even talk about the killer powerplay goal

yeah yeah yeah and i'm glad because i i wanted to bring that up monster game from cologne yes and uh this is you know you love i promise you this we're gonna get a crider game here yeah yeah and guys like cilorn and crider and truba truba obviously on the score sheet in this game as well when you have such a young group this is the reason that you have guys like this you have colorn who's involved in in the first goal and then he gets the past power play goal. Like, Coulorne out there on the power play in a big body. After ridiculous play by Cutter on the halfball. Yeah, absolutely.

Ridiculous play by cutter. He bangs in a goal here. He gets the assist on a shorty for Palings goal. We'll get to later. But it's like, this was a monster Coulorn game. And it's for like some of the people who look at the roster construction and you're like, does, does he fit in this team. I'm like, you bet your ass he does. And it's like, this is a guy with Stanley, you know, Stanley Cup playoff pedigree. You want him on this team. Perfect example. But yes, unbelievable play by cutter. Great goal to make the lead three.

Roger's getting quiet. And again, Rogers getting quiet, but a two-goal lead in this series, which we've seen disappear already, and we saw it happen again, is like, it does feel a little bit better of like, okay, we can rebound even if they do tie it. And eventually we get in this same period, Connor Murphy gets on the board, his first, Leon's third assist. And then, KK keeps in it in the blue line. You know, it's just like these guys, teams think depth scoring means having great depth in the megal season, incorrect. Depth scoring means having dudes who literally never score, just in the playoffs go,

all we do is score now, and they always have done this for three years in a row. And when I talked about the circus of this series, Edmonton gets a power play, and you're like, and bye-bye lead for the ducks, and then they score a fucking shorty. Dude, so what is your read on that McDavid play? Obviously, it's all over the internet,

but what did you think about that? I have absolutely zero issue with that play because it's one of those things where the Lord giveth and the Lord take it. If you are going to enjoy Connor McDavid putting his team on his back night in and night out, you have to live with occasional mistakes. It was an occasional mistake.

I'm not mad at it in the slightest. Especially because- Same thing with Quinn. Yes. When Quinn tries stuff on the blue line and turns it over, I'm like, turn it over all day. Because the second you start telling a player like Connor McDavid, hey, man, maybe don't take those risks or those chances. How many goals do you lose?

A lot. Infinity. Yeah. So, yeah. No, and he is going to see things out of the periphery and spin around and pass without double checking because that is his gift. So I'm with you largely. I will say, and by the way, the fucking guy is entitled to make mistakes. He's a fucking human being. Of course. I will say, I don't know what he really saw there. Like usually when you kind of see a pass, I'm like, oh, he tried to do that, but it got picked off. And I was like, well, who was that too? Like that was kind of like the softest. Dude, I'll tell you. He sees, he sees the matrix. He's seeing numbers. And there was a coding area. Yeah. And that's all it was. The only thing I didn't like, and again, he might be bleeding down his shin at this point, like from an open wound. Who knows.

But the only thing I didn't like was he kind of passed it. And then he did that thing where he goes like, like, in public. You know, he like throws his head back. Like, you guys are idiots. And I'm like, well, that was a terrible pass. So go get it. Oh, I'm not sure that was his. I think that I think that was, he was directed towards himself. But then he kind of just like glides over. And I was like, you know, go get to. Yeah. You know what that was. a lot of effort there. That was a nothing's working. Yeah.

That was a whether he thought his teammate was going to cut one way or maybe they cut the wrong way or it was his mistake or their mistake, whatever. I think that was a universal him being like, fuck me, nothing's going right now. Yeah. And, you know, it's like, if you're Connor McDavid playing the Ducks, you don't expect to be two games through the series without a goal. So you're like, without a point, I think, without a point, yeah. So anyway, the Ducks, so they go up four two, take another two goal lead and then bang,

Oilers again. off a ducks turn over in the neutral zone. They go low to high, Echom shot, Hyman tip. Great tip from Hyman. Great tip. God, he makes a living in there. And at this point,

you're right, Dan, this feels like the ducks are too leaky to win a game in this series, unless they're going to win 7-6. Yeah. To me, it was like, they're going to have to win an O.T. And, you know,

like, which is not happening. Yeah. But we get more than halfway through the third period. And I'm watching this game. I got the fucking multicast. There's nothing hornier than the multicast. I know.

It's awesome. Like, getting both games on the TV is like I am fucking absolutely juiced through my pants. It's unbelievable. And I'm watching this game and I posted a story. And I go, I go for people in the chat who are on the Instagram, let me know if you saw this and laughed at it. I posted a story, Chris. And I was like, this game is drunk as shit and you're high if you don't think it's getting tied up.

Yeah. It didn't even load before Samansky's score. It literally didn't even. load. Like I was looking at it loading and the story posted after Samanski scored and tied the game 4-4. And I immediately was like, I didn't even get that story up. That's how quickly it was tied. So I got to say the two notes here, we changed the delay of game rule officially. If you shoot it past the other team's blue line, it's no longer delaying. Here's another one. Minchikov took a, I think it was called on sportsman like penalty because he pulled KK's helmet off. Yes. And I go,

oh, okay, well, if that's the rule, if you pull someone's helmet off, then you can't be doing that. Yeah. Then they show the replay and he puts, there's a scrum after the whistle and he just puts KK in a headlock and KK goes like this. Yeah. And just squirms out of it. I really like that you took the hat off there. Just for the visual.

And his helmet comes off and I go, that is not a penalty. I'm just standing here like this. I did not take his helmet off. He wriggled out and peeled his helmet off. Yeah. So we need to stamp that rule change too. That was crazy. And then on the tying goal, dude, I said I'd come back to this.

killer the oils have some pressure there's a high rebound kicked out and becket seneca who i fucking love collects the puck in the high slot headed towards his own goal yep and he could use his momentum and wheel all the way around and try to get out of danger but he like a fucking seasoned vet goes like this cheekiest little backhand kick to killer who is nude yeah in the zone beckett wheels presents options whatever and then killer just starts carrying the puck out of the zone looking around, chilling, and then Maddie's boy picks his pocket and stick left right before the line. And I'm like, that you would be better off icing it. And to your point, you might even be better off taking a fucking delay of game, shooting it into the crowd, than getting stripped

in the zone with time. It's bad. It's obviously the game is moving so fast. These guys are a thousand times better than me. I'm not chirping anybody. But holy fuck, get the puck out. Yeah, it's insane. Okay, so the go ahead goal by cutter. Yep. I've, I have a lot that I loved about this. Less than five minutes left in the game. It's tied up and you're nervous, right? You're like, Jesus Christ, don't let Edmonton score again if you're the ducks. Then we get an offensive zone draw.

Leon Drysidle versus Leo Carlson. Leo Carlson is such a player. Dude, he... Someone posted a stat the other day. I actually had a scary thought I'm not even going to say a lot. How about that? It's actually so scary, I'll tell you later. Let me get this.

I want to do everyone a favor and get this exactly right. but Leo Carlson, in his career, through 200 games, they put this stat up against Leon. Yep. He is better. He has better numbers than Leon Drysidal. And we know Leo Carlson is a phenomenal player. But I don't think some people know, other than Ducks fans,

know just how good he is. And it's crazy, man. And I always love, I think people, people look at things like plus minus. They look at things like face-offs. And if you're a new hockey fan or a casual hockey fan, and that's not an insult. You can be a casual fan of tons of things. I'm a casual fan of lots of stuff.

In the playoffs especially, face-offs are so important. And you put guys out, when you have that home ice last shift, you put guys out specifically for D-Zone draws. We saw Team USA win. an Olympic gold medal because of the roster they put out emphasizing de-zoned draws. It's important. And with less than five minutes left in a tie game, when you're down one-oh in a series, you're trying to steal a game in Edmonton, which is huge.

You get to draw Leo Carlson against Leon Drysiddle, one of the best players on planet Earth. Yep. And the way Leo snaps that fucking puck back to Lacombe is just such a fucking big dick draw. It's amazing. And I know people go, oh, it doesn't mean anything. But then Lecombe fires that puck into traffic. It squirts out to Qatar, go-ahead goal.

You then fight, scratch, and survive, and you get an empty netter. Thank you. We cash the fucking bet. And you win a game in Rogers. Like those fans beating the shit out of each other. Those are moments where you're like, what a fucking big draw that was. And like, when you're celebrating that goal and you're Leo Carlson, you're like, fucking rights. Had my guy.

Yeah, yeah. Yes, exactly. And that is fucking huge. Holy fuck. Yeah. Well, that's an incredible one because, like I said, two days ago, I thought the Oars were going to win in four, five, and blow them out. Five still in play, obviously.

I'm a math guy. I can do those numbers. But the Ducks, I give a ton of credit for because now, dude, they get to bring playoff hockey back to the OEC, bitch, buy a shirt. And then, dude, they were better than the Oilers for a ton of this season. Regular season is different. Yeah, I would say a ton of this game. I mean, the Oilers still have the shot.

They're going to have, I feel like they're going to have the shot advantage almost every game. But I thought in this game, the duckies weren't running around like chickens with their head cuts off. They were flying around like ducks. Yeah. And I thought they were the better team at a lot of moments in this game. So when you go down two to nothing in game one and everyone was like this, well, bloodbath. It's over, sweep. And then you tie it.

And then you get the lead. And now you have this game. I think you're like, we can fucking play. That's kind of what I meant. I went in going, well, the Oilers and the playoffs are a different beast. This is a given. And the ducks are going, dude, we finish behind them in the standings, obviously, but we were ahead of them in the standings for 90% of the season.

Correct. Don't be a fucking scared of this team. Maybe McDavid's got a knock. Maybe Leon's got a knock. We can win this series. I'm not saying they're going to, but I'm telling you right now, the ducks currently go like this. What, dude?

Yeah. We can win this series. I 100% agree. And closing thoughts in this series, you cannot expect this Oilers Power Play to go O'L for 4 ever again. Yes. So stay out of the box.

Clean that up. But know that you can play. And come to Honda, dude. Bring them down to the fucking OC and introduce this Edmonton team to Southern California in a big way. Make sure you get a win on Home Ice and we have a fucking series.

Unreal, bro. Fantastic stuff. All right, folks, that's going to do it for this live episode. Huge shout out to the chat. We love you guys. Always getting in there, getting in the mix.

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