Empty Netters Podcast - Zayne Parekh On Tying A Bobby Orr Record And Solving A Rubiks Cube | EP.214

Episode Date: July 22, 2025

Calgary Flames defenseman Zayne Parekh joins the show! He tells some unreal stories about his days in junior and dishes some unknown info about his World Junior tryout. Scoring his first goal in his NHL debut with his whole family is a memory he will have forever, and he somehow pulled that off despite losing his lucky sandals… Plus, the guys think membership clubs are out of control and the beer league hotline requires actual police work. 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: FACTOR MEALS. Get started at factormeals.com/netters50off and use code netters50off to get 50 percent off plus FREE shipping on your first box. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of my teammates came down the wall and he just put it in the middle. I just wanted it, but I had like a sick sell after. Dude, that'll take a goal up. I agree for sure. Like that puts it over the top. What'd you do? Ice is ready. And we are back with another episode of the Empty Netters podcast brought to you by BetMGM.

I am your host, Dan Powers. And with me, if you could be physically disabled by your FOMO, this man would be a quadriplegic, eating out of a tube, Christopher Power. hours. How are you? As always, I am crippled by FOMO, even right now. Like, what are you doing? What are you doing over there? What's going on? It's funny you say that. Last week, we recorded an interview that you guys will see this week on a Friday. And it was just a crazy time. And I said to CP before we recorded, I was like, I should be three drinks in by now, man. And then we did the interview. And then like, two hours later, CP text me and was like, do you, are you boozing? Like,

what are you up to? And I'm like, I'm across the country. And I'm like, I'm across the country. from me. I might give a flight. You fucking loser. And he was just like, I knew he was sitting there, whatever he was doing, being like, Dan might be having more fun than me right now. And I'm like, you're such a pathetic loser. It's unbelievable.

God damn. Well, we got a sick interview for you guys today. I'll tell you that much. So there's no FOMO need. We sure do. Absolute stud. Top 10 pick in the NHL draft in 2024. Zane Perrick of the Calgary Flames joins the pod.

podcast. What a weapon. I don't think people understand the way he lit up Canadian Jr., but you're about to find out all about this fucking beauty. Yeah, dude, this guy is going to be a stud in the making. So here's the interview. Enjoy. We are currently joined by a Nobleton, Ontario native, a CHL first team all star, an OHL first team all star, CHL defenseman of the year, the Max Kaminsky Trophy winner for OHL defenseman of the year, a 23 Helinka Gretzky Cup gold medalist, a 2024 or Mem Cup champion with the Saginaw Spirit and the ninth overall pick of the 2024 draft by the Calgary Flames, Zane Perrick. Welcome to the Empty Nader's podcast, you goddamn legend. How about that? How about that hit list? Yeah, thanks for having me.

Yeah, make me feel good about myself. I love the good rundown. Yeah, exactly. Got to pump the tires. Got to pump the tires to start. Tell everyone where you're calling in from. Yeah, I'm Novelton, Ontario, so I'm at home right now. Just, you know, this is kind of my last thing for the day and just kind of get to chill the rest of the day. Well, big dinner, though, eh? Big day. Podcast, then dinner. Work up the appetite potting, telling cool stories then dinner. Yeah, not many cool stories, but yeah, I got a dinner later with one of my buddies. Are you, who's house are you at? I'm at my house. Yeah, my parents. So you're in the, you're in the childhood bedroom right now, eh? Yeah. Yeah, we just moved a couple

years ago, but yeah, this is my room in the background. But, you know, I actually don't even sleep here. I sleep in the guest room. How come? Because, honestly, like, this, the bed here is so uncomfortable that, like,

I've just been, like, going sheets there for the past couple months, so. It's not, it's not the youth medals hanging on the wall that keep you up at night. It's like the light reflects off the thing. Well, they're not even fine, to be honest. I think there's. But everything's just all over the place here.

Dude, think about how good you'd be if you had a decent mattress growing up. All your development years, dude, did nothing. We're sleeping on a stone. That's insane. Hey, the recovery is pretty good. Yeah, yeah, we'll take it. The whoop tells me I got good numbers. Yeah, fair enough, fair enough.

Well, dude, that's actually a perfect segue because we kind of wanted to start with how you got into hockey and really just the whole journey of you and your entire family. Your dad's side comes over to Canada from India. your mom's side was over to Canada from South Korea being survivors of the Korean War. And I would say kind of your parents' generation started to find an interest in hockey with hockey night and Canada being on all the time and becoming fans. But how quickly did you and your two brothers take to the sport that no one in your family had played and had been from anywhere that played hockey before? Yeah.

You know, I was kind of dragged into it. I think I had two older brothers that, I mean, I had two older brothers that played. So, you know, there was kind of a path. there for me and you know I spent a lot of nights at the rink and a lot pretty much of all my days so I'll be honest I didn't love it to begin with it I kind of dreaded going in the rink when I was young and um you know I think I I really started to enjoy I I've always loved like playing I always love the games I um you know back then I never liked practicing or yeah spending so many hours at the rink but um you know I had two older brothers so I'd always be at the rink watching their games

or going on the ace and getting to skate with them. Yeah, that's amazing. I mean, it helps when the brothers are playing too, right? Because it's like you kind of want to do what the brothers are doing. Yeah, exactly. So, like, I'd get on with, you know, them and their buddies. And, you know, I'd feel like the odd guy out. But, you know, you're kind of just looking up up to them.

And, you know, you're always having a good time. Yeah. Do you remember a day specifically where you, or maybe not a day, but a moment, where you were kind of like, oh, this is pretty sick. I'm having fun with this. Like, was there a memory? in your mind that clicks when you're like, wait, this is awesome? You know, I think during COVID, like, I really like started to, you know, enjoy it just because

like I was like sitting at home and, you know, most of the time you're not doing anything. And you got, we got so limited to, you know, being able to play. And, you know, so anytime we'd be able to kind of throw a game together, I'd love it. And, you know, the schedule started to slow down a little bit for me there. So I didn't have to skate as much. And I got to play more games. and I think that's when I really clicked, probably around when I was 14 or 15. So basically what he's saying is COVID's the best thing that ever happened to him.

It really, really let him discover his love for the game. Thank God for COVID. Yeah, yeah, I guess. I mean, that was actually, that was a great time. As much as it was weird, it was a lot of fun. We'd throw these scrimmages together and, you know, these rings that no one had no idea what was going on. So, you know, I had a lot of fun. I think, you know, as a kid, I'd always love going to tournaments, you know, on the road and playing two games a day.

So I always love playing. I never loved the power skating and the practices and all that stuff. Dude, I loved the gear still wet second game. You know, like when you're putting shin pads on, and you're like, oh, God, damn it. Like, those were the fucking days, man. Yeah, no, that's greasy. I can't even do it now, but imagine throwing my gear on after I skil it already. So good. And dude, has it sunk in at all? You know, obviously we're going to get to where you are now, but has it sunk in at all for you and just thinking about the journey that your extended family went on and to be able to create the life that you have and your brothers have now? Because I got to tell you, man, I saw an interview with your grandfather on your mom's side getting, he's like tearing up talking about how he just roots for you to live your dream. And it was making me emotion. I haven't met you yet, you know, but I was like, God, man. And that must have hit hard for you.

at some points during this whole process. Yeah, you know, I mean, I was on a walk with my mom the other day, and she was telling me about, you know, how my grandfather always wears his Calgary hat everywhere he goes. So, you know, he goes to the bank, and he's wearing his Calgary hat. And everyone's wondering why he's wearing it. And, you know, he's so proud telling people that. So, you know, I'm really fortunate enough to be in the position I am, obviously.

And, you know, they've gone through a lot. I don't know too much about the history, but, you know, I grew up with my grandparents and I was attached to my grandmother's hip. So, you know, I'm really close with them. That's the best. It's truly the best. Are they in Ontario? Yeah.

Yeah, they're down, you know, in that York Mills area. So, you know, I'll get out to see him soon. Yeah, I mean, I understand why he gets all the questions of where in the Calgary had. I mean, that's blasphemous out there. Yeah. Yeah, I think, you know, now they think it's cool, but, you know, probably when he was walking in with that, their question if you've been you know what that one. Get this fucking guy out of here.

The poor guy. He's probably just been chirped on the side. Yeah. Well, man, you were mentioned in those years before, like, COVID and after. And you were drafted 19th overall in 2022 in the OHL by Saginaw, even though technically Owen Sound tried to scoop you the year before pulling a fast one, which is electric. But you dominated there, man. I mean, like, truly, we don't have time to get into all of the accolades that you were

able to pull off in your time there. The most impressive, without a doubt, is being the first OHL defenseman to score 30 in consecutive season since Bob Yore. I hope you're aware of that one. And if I were you, I would tell everyone that every single day. But you win the MEM Cup in 2024. Those three years are something I really want to get into. And I think they're so unique because not a lot of people know this, but you finished high

school by 16 so you could just focus on hockey. I can't imagine the mindset of being that young and just having no school to do. So tell us what that time period was like. If you ever found yourself bored, what were you doing to keep yourself occupied between skates and games and all that stuff? In terms of planning the OHL or, you know, when I was a little bit younger there? A little bit of both. Like, I want to know about the OHL rip because that's electric. But then, like, what the hell did you do after you were done with school?

Like, I truly, I can't wrap my head around it. Yeah, I was sleeping a lot. On a terrible mattress, dude. Terrible mattress. This is awful. Unbelievable. So I got a good mattress on my billets spot. Okay, good, good.

You know, that's my home away from home and, you know, my bullets are awesome. So I spent a lot of time, you know, sleeping in now because I didn't have to wake up at like 6.30 to go to school. And, you know, we'd go to the rink around 10 and be able to kind of chill out from 10 to like 4 or 5 o'clock and sit at the rank. And, you know, I've told a couple of things. my teammates like in the past like two weeks like you know I give up so much to just go back to that first year junior and even though I'm still young like that was uh that was a lot of fun and like

these these three years have been um some of the best years of my life and you know they they went by really quick but um you know it's tough to to kind of stay in that moment but um you know through three of the best years of my life for sure what were you doing like be honest with me were you Were you gaming? Were you a call of duty guy? Because you can't play hockey that much, too. Yeah, exactly. Were you watching movies?

Were you crushing TV shows? What was keeping you occupied? Well, like, I mean, the hockey part, like, it's a grind. Like, that schedule, like, it becomes a lot. And, you know, I'd always chirped Misa because, like, he was going to school. And, you know, we got drafted at the same time, but he had to go to school for three years still. You know, I felt bad for him because, like, it's a grind. You wake up at six.

30 you go to school you you get out of 11 you go to the ring 12 30 you know you're out of the rink by 5 but um you know i hung out with minchicob a lot um he plays in anaheim now and uh you know he spent a lot of time with him but you know i think as like because there's not much to do in sag so like you know we we don't kind of like spend our time together like at one guy's house and um I think this past year like you know you only get so many hours like alone like you know you're that's the time to sleep but um you know you're always spending time with your teammates and your buddies and it keeps you occupied yeah dude was it weird like when your dad's like hey we're jumping you from like six to eight we're gonna get you done with school sooner were you like sick or were you

like no dude that sounds hard like how did the conversation go yeah like i i uh he kind of just threw me into it like at the time i hated it because it was like you know now i got to focus a little bit more. And, you know, I'm naturally, like, I'd say I'm naturally smart, but I don't apply myself too well in school at all. Like, like, it's kind of a grind for me. I kind of leave things to the last minute and, you know, get it done on the due date. Yeah, yeah. You know, it was a, weird conversation, but, like, you know, looking back now, like, I completely understand it. I mean, it was for, it was for the best. So, you know, it worked out well. CP imagine graduating high school two years early and saying that you don't get stuff done on time.

Yeah. This fucking guy dude, he's sandbagging all of us. Also, I would have absolutely done the same thing you did to me. So like, I would have been like, oh shit, dude, you have your class, you have Western Civ right now? That sucks, buddy. That's terrible. There's actually some days, like, I had to wake up and go drive them and, like, I was rattled. Yeah.

Like, I would be in the camera and, like, I was rattled. and like my GM kind of got mad at me. He was like, hey, like you haven't had to do school for like three years. Like driving to school like one or two days a week, like it'll be fine. You're like, no, dude. I did. Why do you think I did that shit to not wake up at 630? Like that was the whole point.

Yeah, did you go straight back to bed when you got back home? Yeah, right to bed. But it took like 40 minutes of quality nap time. So it's like, but right back to bed like probably sleep till like 1130 and then show up to the ring at like 12. Dude, did you get chirped, though,

in reverse? Like, I feel like if I was playing against you, I'd have been like fucking nerd over here, Mr. fucking 16 year old high school

graduate. Well, well, I think all my, like, teammates know that I'm, like, kind of an idiot.

Like, the sharpest tool and the sheds. So, you know, they didn't really chirp me about that. I think they thought it was like,

it was kind of sick because like, yeah, they're kind of jealous because, like, you know, I didn't have to go to school

at all during my, my, oh, I never actually got tripped for that, surprisingly, but, you know, it's like,

it's like the only fun fact about me, I guess. No, not true, not true. I found a few more. We'll get to. Dude,

but before we move on from that, though, give us just some highlights. I know it's hard because it's three years and it was epic, but like the Mem Cup run, all the boys, like, what are some of your,

just like, you know, off the top of your head, some favorite memories of that rip? Yeah, obviously winning. You know, winning,

that was a great time. And I'll be honest, like when they tied it up in that game and we were going 3-3, I was like, in my head I was kind of like, thought we might lose. Kind of in chambles, but, you know, somehow we pulled it off. And our end of year party that year was great. Like all the boys came to my house. Oh, wow. I ended up getting paired with like this group of golfers. And he was giving me a little bit of shit because I kept him and his family up like to like four.

on that night. Yeah. You know, those were great memories. I think, you know, a lot of the training camp stuff, too. Like, we had a lot of fun in SAG because you can't really go out to the bar. So, like, you know, if we're going to do team events, we're all together at the same time. Sure. And, you know, we had a lot of fun.

I mean, you know, the style of a game we played too. Like, Chris Lazarie does a great job of, like, kind of letting us express our, creativity and, you know, I have some fun with it. So it's tough to kind of pick out some points that yeah. Hey, the 4 a.m. 4 a.m. celebration party sounds pretty good. Yeah. Yeah. I think that's the go too. Like those are great times. But man, it's, it's, it's really cool hearing the way you talk about it. Because, you know, we've, we've seen moments before where you've said stuff similar to this where it's just, you had a great group of guys, obviously a great staff there. And I feel like so many people at your age who were excelling and, and performing. And, and, and performing

so well or just so eager to jump to the to the show and get to that next level and you seem to still maintain such an appreciation for for the time there as well as a level of nostalgia it's like that's unique man like it's cool that you'll kind of go into these calgary days and be able to look back at sag and be like that was fucking fun like hearing you say a second ago like i would give i would give anything to go back to that first year i hope you know how rare that is that's pretty awesome yeah no I'm not in a rush at all. I think, like, I remember the things we did in our first year in SAG were just kind of like, it was getting outrageous.

So we had a little too much fun. Like, I'd do a lot of things to get to go back there. That's why you didn't get 30 that first year, dude. You know, you could have three, but you guys were out of control that first year. It's also funny, too, I was Z's over here like, God, man, like those members were so great. And we asked him, and he's like, I was just sleeping the whole time. Yeah. I was like, God, I wish I could go back and catch up.

on some Zs, man. Holy shit. Oh, that's beautiful. So, dude, you get to your, that first flames camp, right? And you, I saw you had said where you didn't totally feel ready. And not that you didn't belong, you knew you belonged, you knew you fit in, but you just didn't totally feel ready. And for a few reasons, just wasn't your time yet. But for me, you had this one line that totally stood out where, of course, any young player, and they get to the NHL camp, it's like, okay, I want to improve my skating. I want to get bigger, stronger. I'm a young kid or whatever. but you said you were focused a lot on who you were off the ice too and you had this quote trying to be a guy i want to have dinner with which i loved but can you tell me more about what

you meant by that being like it's not just about the on ice me it's the it's the off ice me too yeah for sure i mean um you know there's a lot of life outside of hockey and uh you know i think if you're not taking care of yourself in that that uh you know aspect it's kind of all all will fall part. So, you know, I think it's better that, you know, I kind of focus on, you know, it's a little bit of self-growth. So, you know, now rather than kind of like when I'm 40 or years down the line. But, you know, that first training camp was definitely hard. Like, it took a, you know, toll on my mind. I, you know, lost a lot of confidence from that too. And I had a little bit of a slow start to the start of the year. So just kind of like building on

some character issues and you know some confidence issues and stuff like that. Were there any of the boys or yeah go ahead, Dan? I think I was about that was the same thing, CP. Like were there any of the boys at camp or, you know, guys with the team that really stick out that helped you with that help you with that growth or, you know,

people that you still kind of work with who you've kind of clung to? Yeah, I mean, I have a great support system. I mean, you know, Matt Brown kind of helps all of us. he's kind of like our mental performance and, you know, he's great. I mean, so it's a really close-knit family and like my development guy Ray, Ray Edwards, is awesome. But, you know, all the guys are great. I mean, I don't think we talk about like, you know, that sort of, you know, our aspect too much.

But, you know, Lombo was like a guy that, like, you know, made me feel comfortable right away and, you know, made sure everything was going good. So, you know, he made my first camp easy. And then, you know, when I stepped in at the end of the year, you know, all the guys were great. And, you know, Frosty was a good guy in weeks. So, you know, it's a, they have a really good culture there. And, you know, obviously backs kind of leads the way. And they've done a great job of kind of building a culture there. Hey, how about, how about Lombo's schedule release video?

That was all time. I think my like brother sent it to me on Twitter and like I couldn't even open it because it was like age restricted. And I'm like, I was like, what is my brother sending me right now? I had to like go on Instagram and find this and I was just like dying for a good two minutes. Like that video wasn't really real. That's not a real video. But, you know, that was hilarious. I love the world where Zane gets a video sent for.

his brother with Lombo on the thumbnail and it says age restricted and he's over here like Is Lombo getting into porn in the office? Dude, he started only fans? I was like, what is my brother sending me right now? Like this can't be this stupid and it's like flames. I'm like, what are these guys post? Yeah.

What's Lombo up to? Dude, it was funny too because I'm I was so good. I'm dying, laughing, watching it. And I was like, oh, he's going to get fucking beaked for this so hard by the boys. But then I'm like, actually he's fucking shredded to shit. So you can't say anything. I'm like, Never mind.

This is genius. He embraces it. The fact that, like, he embraces it, like, I think it makes it even better. So, um, he's probably not getting chirp once because that video's all time. Yeah. So good, man. Yeah, I mean, you have to erase it at that point. Yeah, he loves it.

I know he loves it. And, like, him shirt off. Like, he's in the jungle. Like, I don't even know what's going on half the time, but it's hilarious. Dude, you're going to have to find out how long the, like, hair and makeup took to get him covered in dirt. Like, literally, they, like, they, like, they, like, rolled them around. than the ground for shooting. Yeah, you're probably just losing it.

I started rolling around in the dirt and he was like he was, so funny. Oh, that's incredible. We're talking about all the things that, you know, are you're going through that are making you the player that you are. And I wanted to bring up the World Juniors, because that was a crazy time where you're lighting it up in the O HL, as we've said, a bunch of times now.

World Juniors comes around. At first, you weren't even invited to camp, which was insane, and the Internet lost their minds. Then you finally get there. you end up not making the final roster, which sent the internet even more insane, guys like us as well. And obviously in that tournament, team candidate doesn't do that well. But for you personally, what was that like? You know, it's really awesome hearing you talk about all these ways that you kind of overcome the adversity that's throwing your way, how a lot of this game and this sport is a mental, you know,

gymnasium. What was that period like? How are you able to snap back into your season, not let it affect you? And how does it motivate you moving forward? Yeah, it was good motivation for sure. I think, you know, trying to prove it to myself that, you know, I was good enough to play there. And, you know, obviously I would have loved to help the team. And, you know, maybe it's a different outcome. Maybe not. But, you know, I think the best thing that came from it was, you know, I texted my family

group chat and, you know, right after I got caught, I'm like, hey, like, let's go on vacation. So we went on a family vacation. And, you know, I think that was kind of the best, you know, reset button for me. Definitely. You know, I just kind of just, you know, made you appreciate other things a little bit more. And, you know, it allowed me to spend some time with the family. So, you know, maybe a little bit of a blessing in disguise. But, you know, I was kind of able to, you know, use it as a little bit of motivation, a little bit of fuel.

And, you know, I kind of went on a pretty. nice run after that and yeah pretty decent the rest of the year but wait where'd you guys go well hold on before you get into that because I do I want your honest I want your honest opinion when it happened were you like

what the fuck like I definitely like I should have made that team or were you immediately like I could have played better I could have done this better at camp this and that combination of both what was going through your head I wasn't surprised I was a late invite to the camp.

I was really surprised actually when I wasn't invited to the camp. But, you know, that was a weird story. So I was actually sitting on the bus. And, you know, me and me are sitting beside each other in the back. And, you know, all these guys are kind of getting the world junior invites. And, you know, we're thinking, you know, we might get invited, you know, maybe not. But we're on the side of, you know, getting invited. So, you know, our coach called us up to the front of the bus.

us and so we're all juiced, we're all pumped, like we're going to World Junior Camp together. And he actually kind of just told us like, hey, like, you guys didn't get invited. And, you know, it was a little bit, like, it was a little weird. It was a weird feeling for sure. But, you know, I think when I did get invited at camp, I actually had, like, no edge on my right team, the entire camp. So anytime I was trying to turn, like, I was falling. And then like, like, this guy stinks, dude.

You can't even skate. I couldn't skate. So, like, I couldn't skate, like, full speed because I was falling. I think I switched my blades at least six times. Like, it just wasn't changing. So, um, I just kept falling the whole camp and I wasn't surprised. I got cut, to be honest. Oh, fucking.

Yeah. I couldn't skate up the ice. Dude, we need to do an investigation. That is a meltdown. Yeah. We need to do an investigation on the equipment manager or the skate sharpener or something because they had money on someone else making that roster, and I will not rest until I figured this out.

Where did you guys go on vacation? I think we went to Florida. Honestly, I don't even remember, but we went to Florida. We went to watch Tiger and this kid play golf. God, dude. So they had that, like, fall in the time during my golf on. So we got out there,

but I just spent some time, like, out by the water and, you know, just relaxed. Like, it was nice. That's amazing, dude. I mean, getting a surprise sesh with the fam is, that's always a huge. Perfect use of the time. Yeah. Yeah.

My dad wanted to go on a road trip and I was like, no, that's not happening. Yeah, no. Put me on a plane and then the beach. Yeah. And then like all course. Like I'm just sitting down and like not moving my body for a good week. Yeah, exactly. Dude, I, you know what?

I might get seward for this take, but I've, I feel like I've felt this way for a long time. Road trips are ass. I don't know. Like, who wants to, unless you've got like a sick RV and you're kind of road trip and luxury, road tripping in a fucking normal ass car is a nightmare. I don't know why people do. No, I bet. Like I'm driving a Tesla right now. Nice.

Like four hours, like four hour drive, I got to charge it and it's just like, it's so exhausting. Yeah. Because then you've got to sit there, dude, and charge for 45 minutes. Yeah. What the fuck. I hate it. It's the worst. So all my drives to say, you know, like, it's just like frustrating.

because all my buddies are just like there an hour and a half before me. Yeah. That's so funny. This is bullshit. Yeah, that was like, let's be honest, getting a Tesla while you're going back and forth the SAG was probably not the best decision.

No, it was, Dan, it was. It was always worth it. Yeah. Good thing. Like, my,

one of my, the guys that owns a team in SAG and all, like, his house is right beside mine. And he has a charger and like he's never home. So, like, I just buzz over there. Huge.

Huge. Super charge. Yeah. That's sick. Well, dude, I want to get into another thing that is also family-oriented because end of this year, you get your first, after the second-onaut season ends, you get your first call up to the big club. April 17th at the Kings, first NHL game, whole family there watching.

You guys win 5'1, you get a tuck and are a plus three. In all caps, not a big deal, bro. So I have a lot of questions, but my first one to build us there is, what were you? the emotions, you know, right before puck drop? Like, you know, this is, this is it, dude. Everyone that you care about is in the crowd. How are you feeling? I was more like, like, I wasn't nervous.

Like, I think I was more juiced. Like, I thought it was sick. Like, the anthem was going on. And, you know, the American anthem actually, like, fires me up. So I was like, I was in a great spot before puck drop. And I think my first shift, I had, like, a turnover. But, like, there was still no nerves. It was, it was actually a great.

great time. That's so good. Dude, the, the pregame in that barn is actually kind of electric. I don't think it gets enough credit. So I'm happy to hear you say that.

Yeah, it was sick. Like, the, the rink itself is like unreal. And then like, kind of like the setup you have, like where you're, where the hotel is, you kind of walk to the game from the hotel.

Yeah, yeah. It was actually like the, the perfect environment for a first game. Pretty cool one. Yeah. And then, and then dude, you fucking score on a sick tip.

So like, When that went, and who did you steamroll? I forget there was Coleman. Yeah, yeah, just like, Trillman. So, like, what's going through your mind? Did you see it go in right away? Did you, like, how did you feel when all that went down? Well, like, it was just like it took about, like, good 10 seconds to hit me.

Like, it just felt like I, like, I knew it went in. I tipped it. And then I ran over Coleman. Like, I just, like, I wasn't even looking at him when I ran it over. I just kind of felt something really big. Yeah. You put him on the ground, though, dude. I got to say, like, you're saying.

Like, I just kind of like, just like I, like just a big dude just kind of ran over. And I felt really bad right away. But he was pumped. Like, he was dying laughing. Like, right away smiling. So, like, I was, I was juice. Like, it was. And then, like, as I was, like, kind of going down the train, like,

Lombo was, like, squirt in water in my face off the bench. So, you know, it took a little bit. but like it kind of hit me in it and it was it was sick are you like twitching on the bench after like i can't imagine my first like once the dust settles and you're just waiting for your next shift i feel like it's all going through your head in that moment i think at that point we grew up 5-1 and i was like just like okay like i'm good for the night yeah yeah dude i'm done i'm a plus three d but no like i think like um it felt like really like natural like it was almost like i wasn't like like super over the top but like I was just like having a great time like I felt like I was having a lot of fun

almost felt like you'd scored 30 the last two years and this isn't that hard for you so that's so sick and then what about after dude like when you get like I imagine your parents everybody were down below what was it like with the rush with everyone after the game yeah yeah no there was a lot of people so um I actually didn't have a lot of time to see them um I had probably 10 10 minutes or so and then, you know, I got to talk to them for a little bit and they were juiced. So, and then we had to actually get on the plane that same night. So, you know, it was, it was like, it was pretty sick. But I went without Wi-Fi for about an hour.

Oh, yeah. I heard you say that. Your phone was dead. Yeah, you're blowing up so bad. Yeah. My phone was like, I was trying to respond, but like I had no service. So it was a bit of a mess until I landed. Yeah.

You're staying up all night answering text messages. Yeah, for real. Jesus Christ. That's so sick, though, dude. What an awesome thing to have them down there, you know, because you don't know if they can come to every game and all that stuff. To have everybody there and get that goal, it must have been incredible. Yeah. Yeah, it was sick.

My mom, I guess my mom didn't, like, realize I scored, so she was pretty, like, apologetic. And, like, sorry, because, like, I guess on camera, she was just, like, pretty pumped. but like you could see my dad and my brother's all fired up like getting up and my mom was pretty apologetic it was funny she's like she's like five one who cares why do you guys care so much I got an assist so she was just sitting there and then she found that I scored a little bit later that dude could have been worse I thought you're going to say she was like getting a beer you know you're like oh sorry did you imagine that would have been brutal I would have that would have been really bad yeah so we'll take it we'll take it that's incredible so last

season, you know, you guys missed out on the playoffs, even though you had the same amount of points as the blues tiebreaker got you. But I think most people would say possibly a better season than a lot of people were expecting from the flames. You had Wolfie out of control, playing so well. And a lot of guys like yourself who are coming up making the fans super excited about this upcoming season. So what do you feel like's going on in that locker room, in everyone's minds? What's your mindset? And how are you? you guys kind of going into this season, channeling what I imagine you hope is going to be a playoff year? Yeah, I mean, I'm not on the team yet, so kind of got to get there first and then,

you know, go from there. I know, you know, those guys are pretty motivated. You know, I wasn't around kind of all last year, but you kind of just kind of get a sense of, you know, what they're like through, you know, being around them for a couple weeks, but, you know, I know husk, the conversation that he had with the guys was just coming back more conditioned and getting that extra point. So, you know, at the end of the day, it was a really good year for the team, but, you know, what they said was it just wasn't good enough.

So, you know, I think, you know, I got to have a good camp and, you know, really push for a roster spot and then, you know, from there we'll see what happens. And, you know, obviously the goals playoff. So, but, you know, go one step at a time. Yeah. Great answer.

He's a great answer. Can you feel the expectations higher, though? Right? Because, like, I know right there, but coming into last year, it was no one was really being like, we're going to make playoffs, you know. But now, like you said, it's like 100%. That is the goal. Do you feel that in the room?

Yeah, I think, like, all the guys know, like, that's the goal. And, you know, I think the expectations from the, the outsider definitely a little bit higher. I mean, last year, kind of, you know, people thought that they weren't going to be very good. So, you know, they proved a lot of people wrong in that department. But, you know, their leadership group with six or seven guys are, you know, obviously set on making playoffs. And, you know, they got a really good culture. So they're trying to create a winning culture.

And, you know, hopefully looking to be a part of that for a while. indeed it's it's such a great that the fan base there is behind you guys so hard you know like that's going to be really cool you'll feel that so big when you guys get cooking it's going to be awesome yeah yeah it's sick like i was i was around town for two weeks and you know you kind of just tell like the the fans really love it um you know and it's a lot more positivity than kind of the the the harping down on you yeah all the you know say toronto dude say toronto yeah yeah that's what's he's thinking about. But, no, again, then I was around Stampede time, like, you could just tell, like, you know,

the city loves the players. And, you know, I got recognized a lot. You know, even in the one night, I was there for Stampede. So you could tell it's, like, a really big hockey town and they love. That's sick. Stampede sucks, eh? Terrible time. Sounds like an awful time.

But, I mean, it's just, you love to hear it, man. It's like, this is the stuff, you know, I know fans are already. counting down the day. It's not only just to the season, but to camp itself. So it's exciting, you know, being in seats like ours, seeing how pumped up you are for camp, you know, to try do everything you can to make that team. And just the energy around teams like Calgary right now, it's like that, that gets you through the summer for sure. It's, it's exciting. Yeah. I mean, it's like I'm kind of bored this summer. So I'm waiting for camp to roll around and, you know, hopefully it comes by soon. But yeah, I'm kind of counting down the days as we go.

How far he's come down. He used to hate practice. He used to hate practice. Now all he wants to do is power skating. Guy used to just hate going to the ice. All he did was sleep. Now he can't sleep a wink, dude. He's just so pumped up.

You love to see it. It is sick, though, because I heard you say a few times, it's like, you know, you watch guys like Quinn and Kale and the way they skate how it takes them to the next tier, dude. And like that you add that to your, but not that you're a bad skater now, but if you add that to your bag, it's like, look out, man. Yeah, this shit they do is it.

It's pretty insane. I was watching, like, Quinn's, like, highlight pack the other night. Because I was so bored. I don't watch that much hockey, but, like, when I get bored, like, I guess I'll go to that low. Low. But, you know, the stuff he does, it's insane. And, you know, I actually work with my skating coach with some of that. So I work with Don Brady and McKenzie Braden, and, you know, they're the best.

Yeah, that's awesome, dude. Amazing. I love it. Okay. Before we let you go, we play a game with all our guests, okay? It's called pass, shoot, score. And we give you three things inside of a category, three things we know you like, and you have to rank them past, shoot, score.

Pass is your least favorite because pass in the puck's fine, but whatever. Shoot is your second favorite because puck's on net and score is your favorite because you score 30 every year and you light the lamp and that's important. Okay. So your first category is prized possessions, okay? Pass shoot score, your first pair of jeans that you ever owned that Weigs made you buy, your mismatched black and gray flip-flops that used to warm up in, which I think you actually lost, which is a tragedy and maybe bad luck, but those.

Or your 20 shares of Apple stock. I guess like apples, those are all gone, so. Yeah, we lost. We cashed them in. I actually bought jeans like last week. I heard. Like legit last week I bought jeans and like they they barely fit so Wait wait, wait, did you not try them on or like what happened?

I did but like all the pairs were like you know either they're tight around the quads or the waist is too big and like as shitty as those fit like they're the best ones. So I had to end up picking those up and you know go buy some more like I bought a nice pair of jeans like I got to go buy some cheap pairs of jeans. Yeah for sure. Yeah, no one will notice. Weeks, why did you never have jeans before? I never wore jeans. Like,

I just wear shorts. Like, I'd show up to the rink in, like, slides and, like, some pants. Jogers.

He got, he got chirped for his joggers, yeah, like, I'm wearing Looleven joggers. I thought it's like, I look pretty good. Like, like,

such a fucking hockey guy. Right, right when I walk out of the, right when I walk out of the room backs, like, looks at me and, like, kind of gives me, like,

the death's there. So I'm, like, confused on, like, what I did. and he's like, hey, buddy, like, you know, around here, like, we kind of wear jeans to dinner. Like, we don't, we don't wear that. So, like, I had to, I still got to pull with us out.

Like, it's a mess. Yeah. We'll get the, hey, we'll get the war. Focus on the skating first. Then we get the wardrobe dial. We'll get him set up, dude. We'll get them set up with a bunch of state and liberty shit. I was going to say, Dan.

He would actually love those. Yeah. There's got to be some sponsorship in Calgary, with. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah. For sure. For sure. That'll be my shoe.

and then the slides, like, those things are iconic. Iconic, dude. So epic. Where did you lose them? Yeah, good question. I don't know. He would still have them if they knew. Yeah, like, I used to leave my, like, slides in the gym before games.

So, like, I just throw them in the gym and then, like, come back after. And then one day they were gone. Someone's told it. Well, no, or someone just saw a pair of old mismatch slides. It was like, no one's looking for these, so they just threw them away. Yeah, maybe. I don't know. but they're like iconic.

Like those have like, uh, we cut like scissors. Like we made designs in them. Oh, sick. Like, so me and me and Joey Willis, like, we, we actually switched slides and like, it was running for about two years until I lost them. Yeah. I can't believe you survived that, dude. Honestly, I thought that was like the source of your power.

And I was like, once the slides are gone, you might be in trouble. It must have been. I don't know. Oh, God. All right, Zee, your next one is things that I couldn't beat you. win. So this one is like the one you're most confident in will be your score. Okay. Chess, completing a Rubik's Cube, and your Uber rating.

I'm actually like a really like below average chess player, so I don't know where all this came from. So that'll be the shoot or the pass. What's the other one? The Rubik's Cube and what? And your Uber rating. Oh yeah, my Uber rating will be my shoot and the Rubik's Cube will be scored. But I haven't done one in like a year. But I think I could still dial it in. I heard it's under a 40 seconds dude.

Is that true? It was. It was actually got to the point where it's like in Bolson. Like I don't like talking about it. But like there was like, so Jory and Donovan was he joined our team in like December and like, you know, he showed up to one of like, like our parties with like ruby scoves. And like the guys just like, like there were like seven or eight of us that just sat there like figuring these

things out for like about a couple hours. And like hashay and Bloom were like pissed because like we'd bring these things like around everywhere. And it got to the point where they started stealing them. Yeah. And hiding them all us. I mean, yeah. It's a great party trick, dude.

Like I can't have you. Oh, it's actually really embarrassing. Like if I, if I took that. that thing around, like I would be so embarrassed. No, but see, that's, that's why you need, that's why you need an assist man. Like, you need a setup, man. Like, you need someone to bring it for you. And then, like, I'll, I'll walk around a corner and be like, dude, look what I just

found. I wonder if anyone can do this. Like, no one can solve these. You'd be like, I could probably do that. That's what you need to do. But are you telling me that the first time you saw a Rubik's Cube, you just sat there and figured it out? Like, you didn't look up any tricks?

Okay. Oh, like, he, like, took us step by step. Like we all kind of learn together with them like a week. CP, I was about to say this kid's the biggest fucking sandbagger. I'm not smart. I'm not the sharpest tool of the shit. I fucking skip 10 grades. I can solve a rubikov in 40 seconds.

It's actually not that hard. But no, I am a pretty dumb kid. No way. There's no way. That is so good. I do think I do think I could go toe to toe with him on the Uber rating. I have an exceptional Uber. Yeah, yours is pretty good, Dan.

Yeah. I think I'm a 4.95 right now. Wow. Yeah, you can get me beat. Wow. Yeah. There you go. Did yours, are you still a 492?

Check it right now, dude. Sure. Like I've took, like usually I get the Ubers. Yeah, and then the boys are being assholes in the back and now. Yeah, you're always doing that. So I think it's gone down, but I'd have to check. Oh, yeah. Down to a 483.

Oh, my God. Dude, that's a drop off a cliff. What did you do? Someone puked in the car. No, like I just keep getting ones because guys are just like in the back singing And they just Yeah, that's a nightmare

And you're late dude, if you're late If you make them wait, you make them wait out front, dude You know, they hate that Yeah, I'm just sitting in the front Like just kind of You know, I'm trying to settle them down Yeah, yeah Yeah, that's what you gotta do

Whenever I feel like I am driving people around I always sit in the front And I'm just like, hey, sorry about my friends Yep Yeah, doesn't say it's cool They're still giving me three stuff Yeah, bye See you later

were you. Yeah, actually, so that might be my pass. Yeah, chess. You like your chances in chess. Yeah. Okay, Z, your next one is, I was going to call it goats, but maybe it'll just be kind of athletes you love, all right? And I've seen you mention a few of them.

So, athletes you love, LeBron, Brady, Stamco's. That's a tough one. I think Stamco's is my one. Like, I think, I actually saw him at the rank the other day, and I felt like a little kidding. Oh, no way. Wow, that's awesome. It was sick.

Like, I've never met him or even said a word to him, but I saw him at the rink and it was like, it was like I felt like a little kid. That's why you wear a 91, right? Yeah, so I used to wear a 91 and then I guess minor midget, a kid already had it, so I couldn't take it, so I switched to 19. And then when I wanted to take it and sag and all it, they wouldn't let me. So I stuck in 19. So I think Colby, my score,

Brady would be my shoot and then LeBron would be my pass. God, I love LeBron. I love LeBron. Thank God, though. If you would put LeBron over Brady, this episode would have been over immediately. I can't put him over Brady.

How did you end up a Brady guy? Just like family. My brother loves Brady. Sick. Signed football in Jersey. Oh, hell yeah. That's awesome. I actually got out to a box game.

When they played the Rams, I think, in the divisional runs. Oh, the playoff game. What a game, dude. Holy shit, that was awesome. Like 20 seconds left, so. Yeah, on that, like, the long bomb to Cooper Cup. Yeah.

Yeah, it was sick. It was a sick game. Fuck, because he had that epic comeback. I was like, here he goes again, dude. Yeah, that was unreal. Yeah. Yeah, those would be my three. LeBron's right.

Yeah, he's right. Well, I'm not a big LeBron guy. If you said someone else, it would have been like a toss-up. Okay. Who else? I almost went Kobe. Kobe's good. Yeah.

I like, obviously, like, he was in McCarr. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I guess you can't throw all hockey guys in there. Yeah, I was trying to spread it out. I knew you love stammer, so he had to go in, but I was trying to spread it out. Shaffler, Shafler, would have been a good one. You know what? I almost suggested Shephler.

This fucking guy, man. He doesn't give a shit and he's still winning. It's remarkable. That was so funny. I like that. His interview was great. That was so good. Honestly, we need more people doing interviews like that.

Yeah, great. All right, your last one here, Zee. This is going to be Indian dishes that Americans love. very curious your take on this chicken tiki masala chicken vindaloo and butter chicken I only know one of those

really dude we're such clowns Dan we're like this is Indian food this is Chinese food like we don't know any like I like my diet is legit salmon rice and then like steak and rice and I barely eat breakfast

so I mean listen I've got no problem with that I love all that but I just I'm like the family's got to get you, you're dabbling more, I think. No, no, I can't. Gotta stay healthy, bro. Which one do you know? It just doesn't even like,

it doesn't taste that good. It just doesn't. Oh, Jesus. I love sushi, though. Sushi's great. Okay. Yep. Maybe I'll go get something right now,

like after. Yeah, maybe that's where they're going. You better hope that's dinner, yeah. Oh, well, hold on. I got a, we don't even need to pasture to score these if you only, well, which is the one that you know?

Which one do you know? Yeah. Butter. chicken. Okay. Wow. Is the family making you like traditional Indian dishes and you're just not eating them or does it not even happen anymore? Yeah, like if I go over to my aunt's place, I'll just grab like a burrito or something. She's like cook this incredible spread, Dan. He's like actually got into burrito. I actually went to chipper before, so I'm just going to eat this in the corner. I feel bad, but it's like, I just can't. Like they know too, so like they don't

care but like um yeah i i i just like i'm starting to cook so okay he sticks down and like that will not be in the palate yeah we're not doing any vindaloo dad no apparently not is it like does the spice get you like do you not like a little bit of heat or is it just the flavor in general you're out on the flavor so funny dude this hates it last from this i can't believe this oh i God, that's amazing. Okay, see, the very last thing we do, and since you're so young, this is going to change over the course of your career, so we'll do it with you again someday. But we love to ask everybody, we call it your career hat trick, so it's the three favorite goals that you've ever scored in your career, any level. Could be at Gretzky Cup, could be in juniors, could admit probably your first NHL goal.

But think about it for a second and let us know when you think you have your three favorite goals that you've ever done. Um, so that's a good one. Um, I think game one of the Moroeril Cup, that was, I guess Moose Jaw. That was a good one. Um, what happened? I, uh, I don't know, I was just kind of floating and then like I, I, I ended up in the slot. And then I got like a one T pass and like it was just like kind of went like this towards the net and somehow went in.

Um, but that was game one of the Moro Cup. So that was a good one. And then probably my first NHL game, I think I got to throw that in. That was pretty cool. And then my first OHL goal was actually a nice one. I actually don't remember. Like, I think if I thought about it, I could come up. For sure.

Yeah, yeah. I think I came down the left side. Like me and my partner and junior, my first year, were like just like we'd do some crazy shit. somehow we ran like a switch at the top and then like I don't know he found me on the seam like I was going back door and then I just beat the goalie low blocker and it took me like a while to score that my first goal oh so yeah it was a big moment yeah yeah getting the monkey off the back that's a great yeah beautiful I don't know guys no no that's beautiful those are three great ones those are three great ones actually I had won in Kingston this year that was nice but I did like absolutely nothing I just kind of like was like we're on line rush and like one of my teammates came down the wall and he just put it in the middle and I just wanted it but I had like a sick sally after. Dude that'll take a goal up.

I agree for sure. Like that puts it over the top. What'd you do? I just like I'll, I got to find a video of it. I can't I can't show you what I would do right now. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, you got to send it to us after. Yeah, yeah, I'll send it.

It was a, I just went on one knee, but it was like it was a, it was a, it was a, it was a, it was a, Pretty good sally. Yeah, that's big. That's fantastic. You had a couple O.T. winners, dude, I saw, I was watching a couple O.T. winners you had. I'm surprised none of those get in there. Yeah, that.

Yeah, I just remember that. The one against Hamilton, maybe, it was nice. Yeah, that was sick. That's the one I see a lot. That was a good one. The other one against Hamilton was nice, too, and overtime. Which one was that? Two-on-one with Mies, and then.

Oh, oh, yeah, yeah, too. Yeah. Okay. Career double. Hattie. Career double haddy, six, four. Poor Hamilton getting sewered here. Fuck, that's good.

Now they're all coming back to me now. Yeah, yeah. I can't keep throwing about, though. Yeah, too much. Well, dude, Zane, this was a fucking blast, man. Thanks so much for popping on with us. Before we let you go, is there anything you want to shout out, anything you want to plug, show some love to?

No, no, not really. I think I'm all good. Thanks, guys. Good, good, good. Certainly not Indian food. So that's great. Yeah, maybe sushi. Yeah, love some sushi.

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In partnership with Kansas Casino, Kansas, in partnership with Kansas Crossing Casino and Hotel. CBNGM.com for terms. US promotional offers not available in New York, Nevada, Ontario, or Puerto Rico. Huge, huge shout out, and thank you to Zane Perrick. What a fucking awesome, awesome dude. Laft a ton there. Yeah, just chopping it up. Funny guy, in the best way, too.

You know what I mean? Like he's, he's like, I'm dumb. I'm a dumb kid. And I'm like, you're a genius. So you can solve a Rubik's Cuban 42nd. You skip 20 grades and you're a visionary on the ice. So I don't know what IQ test you're taking, my guy. But dude, what a legend.

I'm a huge fan. That's like, I don't want to stroke him off too much here. But like he is, I don't understand how a kid like that doesn't go one. Yeah, right. So true. So nasty. everywhere he's gone he succeeds he's a brain too even though he keeps calling himself stupid it's ridiculous but all the love in the world is he's such a beauty can't wait to have him on again

can't wait to see him around uh we are going to kick it to an ad and then we'll be back to let your boy rant a little bit all right we are back and c p i got some i got some bitching to do okay I'm going to be bitching for the next 30 minutes. I went out this weekend. I had some fun. I bet you hate hearing that. I bet you're freaking out. Yeah, dude.

I'm pissed. It pisses me off to think about the fun I wasn't. Actually, I had a great weekend, too, but there's no cure for fomo. I thought that maybe I wouldn't sewer some places here. I wouldn't name names, but I think that that is... That's not how people get better, Dan. Exactly. That's not how people get better.

Like, I think my whole point is going to be based around the idea that I demand better from people. So I went to two separate Soho houses in New York this weekend. I went to one, I don't even fucking remember where. We just said, we just said you had to name them. At least I said Soho House. I remember where the second house. Yeah, fair, fair. Dude, I go to Osohas on Friday night.

It's just so crowded, packed to the gills. Awful. Too many people. Service is terrible. Drinks terrible. This gal brings me, I ordered an espresso martini. By the way, I got an espresso martini with tequila, which is my normal move. Here we go.

And our mutual friend James said, you know how a Bloody Mary with tequila in it is a Bloody Maria? He goes, an espresso martini with tequila in it is an espresso martina. And I was like, did you already make that up? I don't know, but I was like, that's fantastic. Like, that's just great stuff. Oh, dude. Sticktaps party. That is great.

That is awesome. But I order this drink, this God, I mean, I was going to say God bless her, but no, I'm pissed. This lady comes over. She's, yeah, yeah. This woman has Parkinson's. Hope you didn't want any of this. Put it in a different glass. Put it in a different glass if you can't carry the martini glass.

The whole time she's serving it to me, too, C.P. She's going, sorry, sorry, sorry. And I was making it worse. You are you all right? What is happening? It's making it worse. And then when she finally puts it down on the table and there's espresso martina everywhere, she goes, we overfill them, you know, for that reason. And I'm like, did you just tell me that you overfill them so you can spill it on me?

She did not say that. She did not say that. I swear to God. I swear to God. It was fucking appalling. But terrible drinks, terrible service. And then the next day, I go to Dumbo House. I went to fucking Brooklyn. I crossed the bridge like a goddamn buffoon.

Dude, damn. I didn't even tell you this, but I, we were on a thread. Oh, it was the extra thread. You know, like the extra thread was popping off. And I'm like never opening any text on my phone. and I pocket sat on the Exeter thread and like clicked a bunch of buttons, you know? Yeah.

And it took me into like members of the thread, whatever. And then because I have, you know, your megas, like I had a few of your dots that it was like, when I put my phone in my pocket, I was like, what am I looking at? And it was like all your guys things. And you were in Brooklyn. And I was like, what, what happened?

I almost called the authorities. I was like, I think he's been abducted. Dude, just awful. So we get to get to Dumbo House. We go up onto the roof. And everyone in New York is just so starved to be outside because you can't be outside anywhere unless it's on a sidewalk. So all of these people are up here. There are these day beds up on the roof at Dumbo House that have this like permanent towel cloth over the beds that are so hot and like disgusting.

They're like this weird shade of green. Everyone's in their speedos and bathing suits trying to get sun. It's raining. Is there a pool up there? There is a pool. Oh, dude, I thought these scumbags were just like sitting on daybed sweating in Brooklyn. There is a pool, CP. But I'll get into another point here.

First of all, it's raining. Yeah. It's literally rain. We're going between rain, like little spurts of rain and then cloud cover. And people are still just laying out in their bathing suits acting like they're getting sun. I get burned. You're just burning. And that gets me into part one of my larger complaint.

of these fucking places. There are three separate areas of this roof. Only one of them has the pool because there's so many fucking people up here that you couldn't even pray to get a spot by the pool. So everyone's just like laying out randomly. But what do you do in that situation?

Maybe order some food, maybe order a drink. We ordered a couple pitchers of this drink. It's called pink drink. It's like a tequila, watermelon, and jalapeno drink. I am not kidding you when I say it took an hour and a half for these people to bring these beverages. And at first they showed up after 45 minutes and they were like, we're out of watermelon.

I'm sorry. Yeah, yeah, vital. We were like, okay, we'll get a margarita. And then 30 minutes go by and they walk over and they go, we're running pretty low on ice. That's why it's taken forever. And I was like, dude, put a boiling hot shot in a squirt gun and blast it up my nose at this point. You fucking troglodytes, get me a fucking drink. You should be closed if you don't have anything to drink.

You should say, sorry for the inconvenience. We are closed due to no ingredients. At that point, I'd rather go to the bodega on the corner and drink liquor out of a brown fucking bag if it gets me some booze at this point. So my gripe here that I want to talk about is memberships in general. Members clubs, memberships. We're going to go through a lot. We're going to go through a whole gambit. But people are paying high.

hundreds, if not thousands a month for some of these places, some of these memberships. Yeah. Is that true? Oh, yeah. Maybe, I don't think Soho, but Soho is hundreds. I mean, like, do a quick Google. Yeah, I will. I'm telling you, dude.

This is going to be like, call, call this person so he can fuck your face for an hour. And then you're too uncomfortable to hang up. And now you're a member. You'll never go. I bet, hold on, how much is Soho House membership? I bet like Gemini. might tell me that. It costs around five grand a year.

Okay. Five grand a year. So, I'm here to say if I'm spending just, you know, a little less than 500 a month for that type of service,

I am dog walking these people. Dude, Like the whole point of these members places was to not be in a crowded area to get great service. And what I would hope is some familiarity. If I'm a member somewhere, I want to show up and I want the employees and the people there to be like this. What's up, Dan?

Good to see you again. You're a member. Yeah. But instead, there are these pretentious douchebags who fucking sit there, make you wait in the lobby and check in. And if you have a guest, it's this whole fucking link sign up. bullshit and then you come up and I get the I get worse service than if I were out of fucking friendlies TGI Friday's it's insane and I'm I'm sitting here I can't believe I'm about to preach Karen behavior but dude we need to start complaining as a

society more yep like if you pay for a service and that service sucks ass we either all need to collectively leave that service and demand something better or get on the phone get on an email and be like That was the shittiest experience of my fucking life. Dude, and the problem is we're getting fucked everywhere. And the, and it just, it starts good. They give, they give us things that are good and then start bleeding them down, but I can't stop it. You know, and dude, think about it like subscriptions too.

It's the same thing as a membership, you know? Netflix used to be six bucks and everybody could use it and everybody gets it and you can share it. Now it's 25 bucks. Remember when we tried to get Netflix up and it was like, Do you want fucking standard death like it's 1985 television? And I'm like, no. And they're like, well, that's 20 bucks. 30 bucks if you want to fucking read the subtitles.

The picture, the picture they show you on that when you log on Netflix. It literally looks like someone came on the lens. They go, oh, you just got, hey, do you want to watch TV like you just got Bukakkied or do you want 4K? And I'm like, that's not what it looks like if I don't pick the, like, you're just lying. They're blatantly lying. to us. It's fucking ridiculous. YouTube fucking at free. It was free, Dan. Now it's like ad,

ad, ad, fucking buy YouTube plus whatever. And like planes, dude. We're reading a book about hijacking planes which I got to talk to you about later. It's fucking crazy. We should maybe hijack a plane. But, dude, no one has to die. No one has to die. That's the thing.

No one has to die, Dan. But anyway, but anyway. Dude, we're going full D.B. Cooper here. Yes, dude. Good name drop, Dan. No one found him. Got away. Got away. People used to sit in coach in 1970 and fucking get a meal, drinks, all free. They got a foot massage. And now I'm like, I am jammed in the back of a plane. We don't get into planes like we always do. But the things that we used to receive that we don't get anymore are a tragedy in society. And no one, you're right. No one says anything. No one speaks up.

No. We can't let this happen anymore. It's fucking bullshit, dude. And so, so if we go back to the members clubs, all right, this is what I think is the funniest thing in the world. Members clubs are fucking bars. That's all they are with some food. It's a restaurant.

Yes, there's the occasional Soho house that has, you know, it has a, this one has a pool. They have like a lounge that you can work in. But so many of these places are just a fucking restaurant, dude. They're literally just a. restaurant. It's like a place you can get food and a place you can get drinks. And I'm like, okay. And I'm like, theoretically, it's like, whatever I please. My point was about to be, all that is is a fucking bar slash restaurant.

But they went pay monthly so that not every Tom, Dick, and Harry can walk in here and we'll give you great service. We'll know you. We'll this, we're that. We've been to one many a time in L.A. in, in, that with some of our friends that does exactly that. But yeah, I agree, yeah. These fucking places, I'm telling you, by and large, at these fucking places, they have completely lost that element that made them a member's only place. Like, it's just, dude, if I go, if I am paying 500 bucks a month for a membership at a fucking bar. Yeah.

And I don't get a drink on my table the second I sit down accompanied with a fucking spit in the hand tug job, then your establishment sucks ass. and I just can't believe that we're letting, we're just letting all these places exist like this with these pretentious wannabe tic-talking cunts serving me poorly and everyone's just like this, that's, hey, you're at Soha House, baby. I'm like this, well, this place is fucking terrible. Why does anyone belong here?

And it's like you want to be seen in there, but it's not even cool to be seen in there anymore because I'm like everyone's in here and this place blows, so what do you care? I would argue, Dan, because oh dude i'm fired up now all these things because i'll go to a gym for you dude i used to be the you know we kind of built a home gym i used to be uh the la fitness guy 30 bucks a month because i was like it's just not worth paying more than that and you go in there and it sucks it's 100% it sucks

like it's it's so crowded and it's it's not that clean and i'm not even chirp in that place it's exactly what i'm paying for you know i'm getting exactly what i'm paying for but it's it's crowded it's dirty my shit's broken blah blah blah blah But I'm like, whatever, I'm paying 30 bucks a month. And then eventually it grinded my gears to the point that I'm like, okay, you know what? You got to pay the piper and go to an equinox. And then you're paying fucking $300 a month for the same problems, dude. You go in there and everything's taken.

I can't work out anywhere. The fucking son is broken. And I'm like, what are you talking about? I should have personal machines and free weights if I'm paying you $300 a month to go to the fucking gym. You should literally walk into the corner and say those free weights, those free weights, or Chris's. You can't touch those. And those free weights are yours and do whatever you want. But every member here has their own shit.

Because that's the only way the model makes sense. It's one of the great anomalies of human beings right now where people are paying premiums for these next level things. And aside from putting a little bit of lipstick on a pig, it feels like they're not getting the better things. It's like I remember a day at Equinox where they had like keels, lotion and, and, and shampoo and then they just like took that away. And it's like now, yeah, like the sauna and steam room is always broken.

It's Kirkland now. They got Kirkland lotion. I'm like, I got to wait two hours to get a fucking squat rack. And it's like all of these places. And it's like the dating apps now too. Like some of our boys in the league or boys who have an element of fame, they used to be on all these dating apps. It was like, all famous people. Raya.

Yeah, yeah. Famous people and good looking people. And now there's just a bunch of ugos and fucking pavos on there. Like our friends. My buddy. Our ugly friends are like, yeah, I'm cruising Ryan. I'm like, what are you doing on Ryan? You're a fucking hideous piece of shit.

You don't belong on that, dude. And there are just people paying money for it, dude. They're paying money for garbage. And I don't know where we lost it. I don't know where we lost it in society where we just, you know, used to pay money for good things. And now the good things suck. It's like airport lounges, too. People used to tell stories.

They would tell fable. about the Delta Sky Lounge, the United Club, and now it's the shittiest fucking cheeseboard I have ever seen in my fucking life, and every goddamn asshole in the airport goes in there. Dude, can I push back on that, though? Because think about this, because the cheeseboard is trash, and they are too crowded.

We both agree with that. They're too crowded for what I want it to be. But if you operate under the fact that if you have a top-level card credit card for you now i'll do united and delta i actually don't know how american works but if you have the top level card for those you essentially have a limited lounge you do on united on delta there's a spend required as well but if delta is your only card you easily hit that so essentially if you have the top level card you get to go to the lounge whenever you want and that card dan is like 550 bucks a year for that price

the the airport lounges give me exactly what I deserve and should get for that price 550 a year should get me

I walk in there's a bunch of I'm always I'm always get a seat I'm never like standing you know like I get a seat somewhere shitty there's places to plug in

my electronics there's nicer quieter bathrooms and there's food there's free food and a bar with like reasonably good service The food, the cheeseboard blows.

I think the lunches are uninspired. I think the dinners aren't great. The breakfast I actually think are solid. But for $550 a year, the lounge actually delivers on the service I think you would want for that price. You're not wrong on that. Compared to a soul else, which is $550 a month. And then fuck you. They fuck you.

They fuck you. They do. We're getting bent over. What I need to know with the airport lounges is so like I, I sit in that lounge, right? And there is the next level. If you're flying, fucking, if you're flying business class or, or, uh, you're one K, like, I'm pretty sure you're in the Polaris lounge.

Oh, yeah. You're in the, you're in the international lounge. It's, that's the big shit. And that's where you belong if you're doing that. Correct. What I'm curious about is I'm in the normal ass lounge. Are you telling me that everyone in that lounge has the fucking United credit card, like the highest level United credit card?

Or, no, no. Some have the card, some have status, but they let day passes in. And we can't be doing that. We can't be doing that. Bye, bye. That is step one. By step one with fixing lounges, no day passes. And also, I need, what about guests?

I need limits on guests. I need, I need spouses or honestly, maybe that's it. And I'm part of the problem. I bring, I bring, I bring, I bring my. by Paavo idiot friends into the lounge all the time, and I'm ruining it. They look like fucking Greg from Succession, stuffing cookies in a dog shit bag.

Yeah, yeah. They're in there, they're like this. There's free food here, and they're fucking stuffing pieces of cheddar cheese down their throat. And I'm like, you are ruining this for every time. That's not the water bottle water. You don't fill your water bottle with the cucumber water. There's a fucking,

there's a station in the corner. We're going to get kicked out of here. It is embarrassing. So I think, I think step one. is shaving away because yeah listen if you don't have the top of the line airline credit card for these places or if you don't have like the second to best status or above you're out we're taking people out of the line what about this though i want and this is going directly in the face of everything

you're just saying i though believe that since i have the status and the card yeah that i should be able to go in the United Club whenever the fuck I please. So if I show up and I'm on an Alaska flight because I'm flying to fucking Boise and only Alaska goes there, but I get to the airport two hours early and it's United to the terminal over, I will walk into the United Club and go, I will come in and they go, no, you have an Alaska boarding pass. And I go, I don't give a fuck, dude. I'm coming in. I know I can get in, but you know what I'm saying. Normally that's what happens. Yeah, I actually kind of fuck with that. Like Delta doesn't let you do that. Delta doesn't, Delta tough, dude.

Yeah. But I like that. Like, we need, we need to get the fucking stinkers out. Yep. Get, get, get the plebians out. I am going elitist here. Like, this is, we need to start taking away. We need to raise the bar.

Dude. Dude, you know. Raise the bar and then we need to start cutting some fat. Like, I, I'm sorry. But this is how we get these things better. Dude, I'm just, I'm so fired up about that fucking Soho house piece of shit that I'm going to stay on that. I'm telling you, C.P.

if if I am paying a membership at places, which I am, you better believe I am I am demanding presidential treatment in these fucking places or else I will take my money and I will go find another place that does it. And that's what everyone needs to do. Yeah, we won't. We won't. These places accountable. It's like, and dude, there was there were a few celebrities in that piece of shit, Dumbo house that I saw coming up that dark dimly lit dank elevator. And I'm like, no, I can't.

Say one of them. Say one of them. I can't say. You're not doing anything to them. They were just at Solo House. They were fucking living large. But I'm now making them look like a shitty celebrity. And I don't want to do that. Oh, okay.

Yeah, yeah. But it's like these, everyone is just, we're just accepting. We're accepting too little. And I, I won't have it. I won't have it anymore. These places need to be put on blast. Yeah. It's ridiculous.

We need, the biggest point, the biggest takeaway here is we need more for the, because they have us, dude, they have us, that we pay, and then they're like, it's going to give you nothing. But it's on us to be like, no, dude. Like, I expect elite, elite treatment if I'm going to pay you money and we aren't walking away. You know what? You know what? You're absolutely right. And like airlines is a thing we always talk about. Like some of these airlines, the bullshit that they pull on you is, is criminal, but they know we have no other options. Everyone just needs to travel. So it is what it is. But you don't need to be in a lounge. So make the lounge is better. Again, I'm stuck on the fucking members clubs, dude.

They're just bars. With all they are. I want to be, I want to be wind and dined when I'm up in there and, and like have ease of accessibility. And, and like, they're like, oh, would you like to nap or we're like playing a movie back there? You know, there's no extra amenities. There's no, there's a pool sometimes.

But even if there are, it's like, I get in New York City, it's hot. You want to go swimming. There's not that many options. Okay, fine. But when you're up there and you can't even sniff the pool anyway because it's such an overcrowded dump. And then you're like, well, at least just get me a cold beverage. And they go, well, we don't have ice. And also, you're going to have to wait an hour.

The group I was with, we kept looking at each other going, what the fuck are we doing here? Let's leave. Let's go to any bar. And eventually I did that. I left. I bailed on them. And Alice and I were like, we're going to go fucking to a bar where I can actually get served. It's like.

And also. these, oh God, I can't even waste any more of my energy on this goddamn place. But I'm telling you, man, I am putting an end to members clubs in the United States. I get it in London, right? Members clubs are the only places that are open past midnight. I get why those exist. Because that is a service that they're providing that others don't. When I think about these fucking member clubs in L.A., I'm like, what the fuck?

You think I can't get into a body of water? Yeah. Everyone I know owns a fucking pool. I'll go anywhere for that. And when I go to these places and the beverages stink, the service stinks, it's insane that they stay open. What we need as a society to reframe. This is trash. You know how with golf, they always say if you're good, fast, or funny, you could just be two of those things and I'll play with you.

Like if you stink but you play fast and you're funny, I'll play with you. If you're a drag, but you're good and you play fast, I'll play. You know, just give me two of those three things and I have no issue. Yeah. I think these clubs need to start doing that, Dan, where it's, and even maybe one, but it's like either you would afford it. Like there's a ton of, you have the money to buy your way in or you're attractive. You're like a really attractive person and I want you in the mixer or you're really funny. Then if you hit one of those things, you can come in.

You don't. If you are, I go, Paavo, and not funny, then you cannot come in, dude. I love it. You're a disgusting slob. You're not fun to be around and you're not paying a fee. Get the fuck out. Can you imagine you walk in and you're poor and hideous? And they go, tell us a joke.

Dude, but then you're the funniest person alive and I'm like, get your ass upstairs, pal. You're going to make everyone's time better. I just, I am opening the door to the world here to be. Listen to me loud and clear. If you are paying a premium for a service, gym, members club, whatever, and this place is starting to suck, we've got to do something about it. Yeah, we got to stop it. You've got to complain. We've got to start being squeaky wheels.

Come on. Be the squeakiest wheel in the fucking garage, man. Like, this is crazy. Crazy stuff. I'm so in. I'm never getting a membership at Dumbo House. And I don't think that. I'm saying like, I'm drawing a lot.

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All right. Now my favorite part of the week, Wags, give us a beer league hotline. Guys, we have an emergency on our hands. About two months ago, we came into the locker room after the game and noticed someone had been in there going through our stuff. Nothing was stolen, but someone took a roll of white tape out of one of the bags and wiped his ass with it and put it back in the bag. Literally one wipe.

one perfect stripe of shit since then this has happened three more times always a roll of white always a different bag always one wipe since you're going to ask it's an old rink and not all the rooms lock and since you're going to ask again other teams have been hit to

how do we stop the shit bandits oh my god what's great is I am not sure I would have asked if other teams had been hit you thought it was a vendetta You thought it was personal day. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You thought it was personal.

I thought this was a calculated attack against one team. Holy moly. Listen, uh, okay, great job covering your bases on this message. The door lock obviously was the obvious first question, yeah. Easy question, easy question. So that's great that that's covered. Um, this is devastating for a guy like me. I'm a white tape guy.

Yep. And if, if you're ruining, yeah, but at the same time, a big ball of tape covered in shit might still get put in your bag so you're not safe and in if he ever moves to black tape i might not even notice right away you're gonna notice right away i might try to tape the twig with it i might try to tape the twig with it not even notice you're completely forgetting the fact that it's balled up tape so if you don't notice a big ball of black tape in your bag then you're a fucking moron idiot so that's on you sir i i i can't believe this move it it's got to be a rink employee i mean

who's just hanging around an old rink while beer league is going on. Also, how does this person consistently have a shit to take during beer league? Like that, you are you adjusting your schedule to shit at like 9 p.m. just to make sure that you can tape wipe and destroy someone's night? Been planning this for months, Dan, getting his body acclimated for months. This is crazy work. Rink employee is good, Dan. I didn't even think about that because I was thinking it's a team.

it's a guy on another team, but then other teams got hit. And then I was like, well, what team hasn't been hit? But then I'm like, well, you hit your own team. That's 101. That's mastermind 101. You hit your own team, so the suspicions off you guys. But rank employee, Dan, that's interesting. That's where my mind went.

And yeah, you're right. Listen, if this is a player, if they're smart, they're hitting their own team first. Yeah. And, you know, make everyone start asking questions, then you move on. Dude, this team, this team, look internally. You've been hit three times. Look internally, Dan. Yeah, yeah. No one, no one is going to suspect someone on that team.

Honestly, you might even hit your own bag first. Yeah. It's this guy. Wait, it's this guy, Dan. Who submitted this? It's this guy. Be the first victim. Be the first victim.

And no one is looking at you. But this is, this is foul. This is foul. I mean, like, you're putting, you know, I would have been upset. if this story was someone was going in and stealing tape. That's how valuable tape is. Yeah. You're not only are you now using up tape, but you're wiping your bum with it and leaving,

we've talked about this within the last couple of months on the podcast. Like unleashed human shit is horrendous. It smells so bad. And you're just like leaving that in someone's bag. Like I would burn my whole bag if I had another man's shit in there. League manager is on my. radar too, Dan, because he's getting complaints from everybody. Everybody's got a problem with the league manager, you know, and he's had enough. And he's had enough, Dan. And he methodically hits the teams that

are bothering him the most. What do you think about, like, setting up an iPhone and recording it? So, like, you catch him in the act. Like, hide it in, like, the locker. That's crazy. You just said that. That was coming out of my mouth next. I was like, I'm sorry, you have to set up a camera in the locker room. I know that that is faux pa. That'll get people. in trouble. We've got a porky situation here. Yeah. But you have to set up a camera, a hidden camera in that locker room and catch someone tape shitting you because this just can't keep going. It better be hidden well, though, dude, because if he sniffs out the snitch, the rat, you might get, you got your phone might get shit on. Oh my. On camera. God. Wow recording. You're right. There's

just going to be a still recording iPhone in the middle of the locker room with a steamy log on it. Did you imagine? God. So this isn't a simple, you might need to plant. What about a physical human plant? You know, get one of your boys to come to Beer League and hide out. In a bag. Stake out the bag, Dan.

In a bag. Yep. Pops out. Boom. Gotcha. Oof, man. You know what? This guy started this by saying, we've got an emergency and he was right.

This is an emergency. Put someone in a bag. I don't know that I would go to Beer League. I would be terrified that I would get. tape shit in my back. Put someone in a bag. That's the answer. All right. That's going to do it for us today at the MDNators podcast. Thanks so much to Zane Perrick, beauty for the Calgary Flames.

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