OverDrive - OverDrive - April 24, 2025 - Hour 1

Episode Date: April 24, 2025

Join Bryan Hayes, Jeff O'Neill and Jamie McLennan for Hour 1 on OverDrive! The guys discuss the Maple Leafs gearing up for Game 3 against the Senators, the Oilers' defeat to the Kings and Stuart Skinner's tough run in the crease and Patrik Laine's benching against the Capitals. TSN Host James Duthie joins to dive into the Battle of Ontario progresses, the Canadian teams overview and the Oilers run-of-the-mill start against the Kings.

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Jamie Noodles, McLennan. What a night we have in store tonight. Doogie Pritchard? Doogie Pritchard, appreciate that, thank you. What is going on? That's Doogie Pritchard. You think he's gonna to make it to be pretty sure it live and look at the key for the cup to be this give us a full-profile peg yet how do you not win that's an automatic winner call off the contest and do you get down there on

saturday and i don't know and i don't know that here's a brilliant salad like that yes i want to sell areas a little bit more maintenance than that well it generally is in what we're referencing of course is the hockey all the famous they're going to honor the great philip richard who's the keeper of the cup by having a keeper con yes

a stanley cup keeper con on saturday and we're sending do you down and we just gave you sneak peek of who is going to win that on saturday now people gonna complain and say he have a relationship with the Hall of Fame, there better not be any preferential treatments and I don't anticipate that will happen. I think they will be very very dignified in terms of their analysis and they will not be swayed. I think they should have had us do a show from the Hall of Fame during like like afternoon before a leaf home game and then you will people and it could have been just the

but we're gonna have a content we could have been the judges no one talks about philip richard more than us but nobody has done philip richard we actually got a family i guess maybe they they'll never narrow it down to like ten people who we're gonna do ask people questions on why they should be the next i think that think that's very reasonable. Larry King will go to work there. I could absolutely do that. Yeah, no, and we're going to have a Larry King moment later this afternoon. Stu Johnston's coming up, who's the commissioner of the Canadian Football League, who has been working here at TSN the whole time, the three of us have been here. So what, you're going

to go to town on him because he's not boss and i'm gonna go over my own personal reviews ten years ago i asked you if i could do something uh... and you denied that request that one of personal thing or a business that's probably personal they are probably personal but yes there's coming up in the edit introductory pressure that's a really called me to tell me i said did you want me to be your bill daily in somewhat of a serious fashion and he had his introductory presser. You have to ask Stu when he called me to tell me, I said, Stu do you want me to be your Bill Daley in somewhat of a serious fashion and he

had like this look and he was like that's disgusting to even think about that. That's not funny. No. Like that's actually not funny. I'm not in the mood for that kind of humor. But yeah, Stu's coming up a little bit later on. We got Duffy in studio later this hour and get game three tonight. Game, right? They got the towels out. What is it? Hype over heart or heart over hype. Has that always been a saying? Like I've saw people in auto wise saw online saying that's what the Sens have been using all year is that slogan. Yeah, there has been slogans. I, you know, I probably should know this having done 50 games for them. There has been slogans in the room, all of that type of stuff, I believe,

and I don't wanna speak out of turn, that was one of them for sure. But it's not something made up, like hey, we're just doing this tonight. Because the Leafs had hype in one of their things and people are saying, oh, they're reacting to that. If they are, I actually think that's not bad, I like that. Why not?

But it's a towel, it's a rally towel. The the sends if they want to get back into this series they have to slap to make beliefs and knock them down like to get their attention look at what Minnesota Wilde didn't came to with that series in Vegas they at least showed Vegas you're not gonna you're not gonna mow us over as easily as you thought or at least that's the perception they gave after smoking them in game two yeah that's right yeah the sends have to just forget about the refs and forget about oh we came back and we didn't mind her five on five game. I think they got a they got a punch him and knock him down and say make think about that at least plant the seed where the Leafs could say man if they throw it because you do a lot of thinking in the playoffs.

There's a game. There's a day off a lot of times you don't practice and there's a lot of thinking plant the seed where you say and if they throw another one like that at us maybe we're in trouble they obviously do or die because you're gonna get smoked if you lose this it is do or die tonight you can't go down three comp like if you're the Ottawa Senate you can't go down three comp because now you've got to win four straight. So I think it is do or die in that essence, but you have to, I agree with you. A lot of times that day off in between, there is people thinking

about the game. There's, you know, you're, we're teeing it up. The media is talking about the fan bases are talking about it. So there is that, that, you know, 24 hour, you know, break before the next one building it up. So you do have to give them something to think about, but in the end, towels, five on five play, all the lip speak and all that,

it's about wins and losses. It's just WRL, that's it, however it arrives. And the beauty of it is, if you're a sense man, you've been waiting for this for a long time, you obviously don't like the position they're in, but I think you can breathe a little bit easy and I've been just reading some people in Ottawa the last couple of days with their young team, they just made the playoffs, they're in tough, so it's not that you're putting up the white flag, but there is an element of house money, they've made it, like the big achievement this year was making the

playoffs, but I think if you're in the room,'s clearly not your mentality like this is big boy sports man. These are grown men in there They want to win they do not want to lose. They don't want to get swept They don't want to be in a position to do that. I expect a couple things to happen at some point Ottawa's gonna score first and I would I would I put some money on them scoring first tonight And then about angel must the whole exactly it is a must you Can't allow the Leafs to continue to play with a lead and then be comfortable playing the way that they've been playing which is Defensively sound they don't have to cheat you got to put the Leafs in a position where they go into a third period And they're like we got it. We got to take some gambles here

Right we got a cheat and then you can continue to expose that but I expect a great effort from from Ottawa tonight I think Olmark will certainly he's got to have his best game. I mean that goes without saying he's got a pass Well, he's got to be there, but we do that. We've done this so many times over the years the the Psychological hurdles that you go through in certain, you know portions of a series and the Leafs have been down 3-1 a lot They were down 3-1 in 2013. They were down 3-1 in 2013, they were down 3-1 I believe in 2018, they were down 3-1 at different times throughout these playoffs and I can recall, I have deja vu sitting here saying this, if you win in that instance game 5, someone's got to be down 3-2 in the series. If Ottawa wins tonight, someone's got to be

down 2-1 and what I mean by that is if Ottawa wins, it doesn't matter what happened the first two games. Like you're right back in the series. Like it flips that quickly. Ottawa wins tonight and it's 2-1. Ottawa goes home tonight and they're like, someone had to be down 2-1. So what? So what? How it happened? Which game we won? We're just down 2-1. We got a home game on Saturday night. You're hundred percent right because the narrative can go in and comes back to you'll say you're not really out of the day the match or out of the out of the series and they lose at all tell you

lose at home exactly that's what i was looking for that but that being said they have to win this game are you guys a particular game i'm a big game three guy everyone's got a different game which is the most important is like putting game seven aside clearly obvious those without saying will exclude game seven i was a dumb comment on the session all of these followed by like a game three i kind of think it's like

especially tonight if it is down to call bobby c gain three it's as big as i i think i i agree a hundred percent game three is the tell because if you're d though like I mean look with a what a turn of events like that you watch a turn of events if we don't play that Pete the boy interview after game one where he had his feet up on the desk and he was like yeah you know they got a different team on the other get it last night Jamie Ben and Tyler Sagan yeah the old guard the old guard then ties

it and say again and overtime but that's but that's how you said the team with no high skin in or Robertson. That's right, right? That's but Look at this big strong guy, you know, I'd rather Malgan me too personally. I'd rather I'd rather Malgan I know Malgan's got speed and And he's gritty in the corners, I would say Malgan every day over Mason There's me making this nonsense. I don't like that. I don't either I would rather you button hook Yeah, but the any other guy winning a physical battle download. I don't like it and he's from the Toronto area I don't like it. All right. All right I don't like anything about it. Stop it because Max patch already is playing in that spot tonight

So we'll get to that right at ready soon But it's true the point being is Dallas found a way to get it done. You know, Montreal behind Edmonton's in one, like there's lots of teams they're down to nothing. That third game is pivotal. Yes. Tonight's the pivot game. It's kind of incredible. We're in this situation where you look at the Canadian teams, Lisa up to nothing. Winnipeg up to nothing., Habs down 2-0, Ottawa down 2-0, Oilers down 2-0. Can we get a split on any of these Canadian matchups? What did we say?

What was our Jerry's before going into the second round? How many Canadian teams? Didn't you say you were at 2-1? I think we threw out the total was 2-1. Do you see it over or under? Dude, I told you before the playoffs started, it's okay to smoke a team. Obviously on one situation, it might be the Montreal Canadiens that get smoked,

and I'll get to Patrick Lyonny in a minute, but it is okay to smoke a team. Like if you beat them in four or five, like it's, the Leafs seem to always want to press it to seven, they have these long series. Smoke a team, get some rest, man. Well, that's gotta be the mentality. If you're in Toronto, if you're in Winnipe in Toronto if you're in Winnipeg if you're in Washington

if you're in LA, you're you you have a chance to bury teams and We'll see I mean obviously in this series one of the teams had to be I guess in a situation like this It happens to be Ottawa, but yeah It's just a weird first round where you got all the you know Florida and Tampa just playing game two tonight all these Canadian teams you're either on top of the world or you're you're like at the bottom of it all anybody pay attention to Jersey and Carolina I have no idea if that series has started yet I hate this seriously I'm kidding I was thinking about it before

I do nothing Jersey yeah but we're all but we're all like you gotta burp your ass about the devil's man. By the way, it's To Nothin' Carolina. I said that. You didn't correct me. So don't pretend like you know what's going on. You've been watching Jersey Carolina? Tell me what's been going on in that series. I'll quiz you. Freddie Anderson is actually unbelievable. I still don't trust him. But what bugs me about Jersey is, oh, you lost Jack Hughes? We just talked about Heisken and Robertson out for Dallas and they're going balls to the wall. It's like Jack Hughes and all of a sudden it just seems like things folded up in Jersey. It's like, what the hell's up with that?

But they finished with like 91 points. They weren't that good this year. That's still a good season. You get 91 points, but it's like, shouldn't you guys be saying is that still a good season you get ninety one points but it's like shouldn't you guys be saying we we could still win a serious a time i don't know if they can get back into that's the thing going on down to know okay so it's that narrative their third game let's see what jersey has

you know i was i was half joking but maybe they should have looked in a j t miller because they need some stamp papers something i don't know that team of my race to love that guy like he was just this big body who was bullish and who was pushing him around the other night. So I'm Burns headbutted. Yeah, it was Burns that headbutted him. Yeah. And he was doing the kind of smile routine.

What do you think is Skinner's like it? I couldn't believe he was smiling last night. I'm sorry. I hated it. Yeah, because I understand what you're trying to do. What's the wrong time right you get your you're holding you got well He was getting pulled at the time they were actually the time was he smiling when he had his hat on the ball No, they were firing. They were getting like skin or five to any made a save from the point and

The crowd was going nuts skin or scanner. He's smiling. I get it, but I don't get it because it's like don't give him anything. Right. Give him anything. And Pickard was already being like Pickard was stretching out on the bench. So, you know, I think that's the biggest thing is you're smiling but you're you're going to have a ball cap on in 60 seconds. Right. And I get it. Like I remember reading this article about special play Wayne Gretzky Joe Montana and all that those guys when they had off nights I've seen Tom Brady do it they kind of like okay I'm just having this ridiculous night Michael Jordan you can smile and just kind of chuckle it yeah Stewart Skinner doesn't have you can't afford that when you're when you

haven't played well in game one in game two you're you're getting hung out I don't think he was hung out to dry you needed a big save yeah like um by field that goal that's a the Darnell nurse I don't know what the hell he's doing there dry settle with is heavy on the body who sure takes the pass away that's your guy that kid are some blunders on the back massive blunders but the point being is the guy at the other end okay so Eliever made that stop on Hyman that was unreal unreal and then he gets a favorable bounce because Gavrikov drags it out of there right like the point this is a play look at nurse oh okay we're now byfield two on one so take the pass away this goes short side shelf it's a beautiful shot

by by five fields give them as much flowers as you want like unbelievable play but at some point the goalie goes not on my watch you know and and and i'm hard sometimes on goaltenders because you you wanted i said about all mark and stole ours game one right downtown some great a chances on the other end stole ours made those saves Skinner didn't do it last night Kemper did yeah who cop yeah exactly what's your paint shade on the Oilers I mean his bottom row for sure it's bottom row

because it's the goaltending now that's a question mark I'm curious what they do game three I think I would I would go with Pickard but... You thought they were going to go with Pickard game two? I thought he might go game two. Here's why they're going with Pickard. They gave him nine free minutes last night. You don't pull him at five two. I thought it was actually a smart move. Even though he gave up a goal in the first shot. It doesn't matter.

It's games over at that point. It's games over. You're getting nine minutes of free play of like, okay, get this going and you're going next game. That's the way I looked at it is somebody wired down and said, get him out of here. Yeah, you're- I'm bottom row, bottom left. I'm not at the end. I'm bottom row, far left. Yeah, that's where I'm at. Yeah.

That's right. And creeping towards the right. Yes, because here, we said this after game one, if your goal-tending is shaky and your defense, your top pairing is a disaster yeah it doesn't matter that you have McDavid and dry subtle you can't win like that they can only outscore so many exact that teams like LA people forget LA is a hell of a thing really good really that is one thing that everybody is forgetting they're not giving any respect to the LA Kings it's

like look at all these screw-ups from the Edmonton Oilers. At some point you've got to give props to the LA Kings for being a damn good team. They lost nine games at home this year. LA's been playing perfect hockey for the most part, like no patient, no time and space, hey we've got layers, our D are mean as snakes. I mean that Gavrikov and that Mikey Anderson. Well, and Dowdy's out there. They play for keeps man. But that being said, you've got to clean things up. I think it starts in net where you're going to start Pickard because it's just a different look.

Because right now Skinner doesn't have a different look. You've got to have a different feel. I agree with that. And then it gets to far right. I mean if they don't get it done by tomorrow. Well, you lose game three, it's over's you're not going to win for in a row is game three get a new pete get a new sheet up there with different shades yeah but yeah and like runnier they it's a dress when the drips uh... anyways

there's games three are are so important on what tonight emminton model was gonna have a very all montreal trail that place will be games three are so important. Ottawa tonight, Edmonton tomorrow, Montreal, Montreal. Montreal, that place will be rocking. Like I do, I am pretty excited to just see the atmosphere there. Just because they're playing with house money as well. They're playing with house money. Ottawa to an extent, although Ottawa I think has been prepared for the playoffs probably since the new year. Like they were in a good position and felt like they were moving there. In my opinion, Ottawa was a step ahead of yes we all just based on that

but Montreal doesn't matter if you're playing with house money you need like Patrick line you need better play better place well why I did not line him might be in danger of putting his gear on tomorrow night I'm telling you it was that bad and it didn't play in the third not one shift in the third period but you're trying to win the game and you don't feel that he's the guy that's he was horrendous last night that's the he was awful in game one. That's right And and Marty st. Louis probably gave him a warning where it's like you were terrible in game one I need some kind I need something out of you

Well, and I don't even know who the hell they would have on the reserve to put in the lineup But to take a guy out Excuse me that can score a goal when you're in desperate need and sit him on the bench That's not good for him. And I told you guys he just has gotten so comfortable and it's like the old Patrick Lyon he has gotten comfortable and he stopped moving his feet and he looks like he just doesn't care out there it's sad to see well the other turnovers were egregious he's not moving like give me a power play let me take one timers and if I don't contribute that way I'm not

contributing period that's basically what he does. And see, it's tougher for a coach on the road. You can't hide them. You can't give them that favorable matchup. Hey, we got an icing and we can throw him out in the offensive zone on a draw. Like that's where coaches are really good at finding a little extra, you know, what I want to line A on in an offensive zone draw with a tired fourth line something like that if he just had a 50% of Marty St. Louis Drive I top 10 player I agree that town but the point being is on the road you can't do that no get those matchups so you've got to hide players when they're

not going to I think it's the biggest indictment ever on a player where a coach to even use that terminology I got to hide this guy. I could say NHL and you got to hide somebody coaches say it to me all the time though Like like when I you know You're just BS him with a coach either before a game or after a game or whatever and this is regular season not playoffs Regular season. What do you make it man? I got a item well hiding them the last five games What do you think the Leafs are doing tonight? They're like, I don't want to have to hide Nick Robertson on the road. And I think Nick Robertson with Max Domi is terrifying on the road in the playoffs. Don't get last game.

That's why Patioretty's going in. But that's... You're trying to hide their shifts. But what you're also doing is you're thinking... Defensively and particularly. If a coach ever says to me, I've got to hide you, like if he ever told me I'm trying to hide you, I would be mortified. It's a bad terminology but I've heard like I've heard everybody says it. That's a sad thing to say. All of Fame coaches have said that to me is like when we played that team we had to

hide this player because five on five or you know in matchups he was getting killed and I'll be like that player he's like Jamie go back and watch the tape. I'm like, okay interesting, but You know, I I said this yesterday and I believe in and I think this is probably where Toronto was going with patch already You're thinking forward. You're not looking back So you're on the road might be more physical Ottawa might have more jump that type of stuff bigger body. That's what it is Well, and it's also Nick Robertson barely played nine minutes the first two games right here 12 for right there they're not putting Joseph wall in tonight

yes they're not taking Marner off of Matthews line how no it's weeks it's the 12 forward for the 12 forward a veteran guy in patch already who I think you can have more faith in plus you should have some piss and vinegar going in there into a building is very familiar with he's got a lot of playoff history at times this year. He's played with physicality and pace That's all you're asking for dude 12 minutes go out there and run people exactly hopefully you can score a goal try to draw a penalty tonight and hit everything in sight and Pick up your defensive assignment. That's your that's what you're asking for at a match. I'm not ready. Yeah, it's not 2010

It's not you you're you know PP one one or anything like that you're killing penalties you're not doing anything but eight to nine minutes five on five is a trust that's exactly that's i i don't have a problem with the i i could have i could have spun it both ways you stick with the lineup you want to exude confidence but i also kind of appreciate you're only halfway home but you're not is very clear with the like craig barubez approach here. A lot of people have pointed out Mark Savard's reaction to the goals. It's a great video on, it's a great video because Savard's going nuts.

I've always, I never understood how a coach could just be like, okay, next guys are, like there's no reaction. Barube does not react at all. No, it's poised though, but I watched it 30 times. I think it's a great video. We're 10 minutes into the game one here. You've got to settle down and then Savard catches himself the next time. But I think that it's a similar line of thinking here where you're two games into this journey. The idea that you have anything written in stone is just not yeah reasonable or not factual and and you're gonna make adjustments and great you're in the driver's seat but you got to go and find a way to put to bet put together the best lineup to win game three tonight and in his eyes it's patch ready for Robertson. I have no problem with that and I'm curious to see how patch ready plays tonight. Alright James Duthie will join us in studio

we've got the Battle of Ontario we've got Winnipeg, St. Louis, got a bunch of games tonight. We'll continue to look ahead to. Chris Pronger coming up just after five o'clock as well. Prongs will join us to look back on the games last night. And of course, tee up the games tonight as well. Overdrive continues, TSN 1050 and on TSN 4. Overdrive continues powered by FanDuel,

bringing you everything from the opening line of the final score into a same game parlay for the Leafs-Sens tonight. Feel like we're gonna see a score early tonight. I think we'll see a goal early tonight. I do think Ottawa scores first. You think so? I don't know. It's just, like the last two games, it's just, it's fallen right into the lap of the Maple Leafs so perfectly. Things are going to adjust. It's a series. I the media there's ebbs and flows i'm sorry

for my friend my dear friend mark mcfod's case that the sense for first i had an uncomfortable exchange last night with mark mcfod from ottawa on air or off air do you know how i text and i will say something very stupid and then say all i didn't know you were on this thread. Yes, yes. Frank Corrado starts a text chain with myself

and Mark Mathod about dinner plans possibly on Saturday night. And I tried to be funny and I wrote, I don't even like meth, to be honest with you. And then I wrote, oh crap crap I didn't realize he was on this chat and then five minutes goes by and he didn't pick up on it and I'm like I now I got to call this guy like a 15 year old and explain to him that I do like him and he's my friend but you were dinking around yeah and six minutes goes

by and then Frankie sends a laugh emoji and that kind of broke the ice but it was so and i got was just like i gotta call a guy as a fifty-year-old man and i don't know if you are my friend and i like that's a hockey guy you know that's a term i know but the silence was killing me and i can't believe it we're all here look at this and you're like a ms delhi waiting for you uh... we're absolutely on the air we think we just call on a professional somebody doing a panel

i'm going to do that again i'm actually two minutes early i know it is needed for thirty why do i just walked in the we say things like i your commercial do you think we sit here with headphones in the mics and stare and talk to each other like this? It's a compliment to how... We have practice conversations. It's a compliment to how casual and friendly you are that your off air seems the same as you're on air.

This is what we're going to say when we come back on air. Practice it one more time. I'm going to start with the fan duo read, then you go into your meth story. And look mad. Then noodles make a funny face. Right, good to see you JD, what's happening man? I got a scenario for you guys right off the top I wanted to throw at you.

What do you got? You know all the time there's those things online, hole in one, if the ball's halfway out of the hole or whatever. Or like it crashes into the side hole. So, my buddy today doesn't make one, okay, so I'm not gonna embellish the story, but he almost made an ace.

My first day opened at my club. But a couple of the par 3s, you know, it opened a little bit early, got a few issues with the sodding, so they're mats. Mats on the par 3 tee box. So the same thing for, you'd see it arranged, they just put down a little mat so people aren't wrecking the tee box.box I know it's no anything if you made an ace off a mat I think it counts I just gotta say it's legit but yeah it counts still the length isn't it no something about the thing off a mat I don't know I wouldn't

want to make my first you have to declare it and say like I got an ace but it was off a mat like is that that, is that an asterisk? I think if there's an integrity in it, you'd probably mention that. Dude, it sounds so 20 handicapped. I don't think anyone would. I don't think the person would declare it. And the guy who almost made it has made a few in his life, so that would be okay. It would just be a good story.

But if you made your first off a mat. Yeah, I'd be sick over that. Do you, do you carry that as a weight through your life? I would do you tell people that in I would never even have told The fact that he gave that information to you to pass on that there was any kind of Matt and no no I was there Worst guy ever to be there. It's on national TV now. No no no it didn't happen He didn't get the whole the whole one did not happen I think I was just throwing the scenario at you to say if it no no no i didn't have in he didn't get the whole or the whole one did not happen anyway when i was

throwing the scenario at you to say if it is story as i told you is not that great of a story i just wanted to know what you would think it actually have gotten a soft a mat is it still i wish i lied now and said he made it because i would make you have i would be telling anybody i don't think i would but it would be in the back of your mind you'd be like it wasn't it wasn't legit you know what I mean it's like you haven't have

you made I've never had a hole in one. You have an ace? I would take anything I can get. You have an ace? Yeah with him. Yeah first one ever with me. This guy saw me get a hole in one and a week later Dave Poole and get a hole in one. Yeah. Within two miles of each other. Do you have any? That's amazing. I have one yeah. You have one too. Off a mat? No mat. There's something about the tee in the air there's something about you take a look at it is still a hundred and seventy yards away or whatever it is so it's not like you propped it up and fluffed it up right up by the mat you may not have made great contact with you know what i'm saying that you may not i

don't like the mat so i i would the word mat it just sounds like it's something about it. It's like it reeks of a 25 handicap and it's garbage. It's all trash. It's choppy. It's choppy. Personally I think it's harder because these little wonky mats they put down the ball you throw your ball down you don't tee it up.

And sometimes we're about to hit a couple shots and the ball kind of rolls because the mats not level. I know I don't like it man. That actually should be a chirp if one of your buddies is like coming up and you go bring the mat's not level. I don't like it man. But that's actually should be a chirp if one of your buddies is like coming up and go bring the mat. That is it is a good line. Well they do that I think in like yellow knife up in the places where the the grass doesn't grow as well you when you go to the golf course you take this little mat and you carry it around and you play all your shots off the mat. There's golf courses. I've seen that and if they're preparing

for tournaments and stuff they do that too. By the golf courses out there. I've seen that. And if they're preparing for tournaments and stuff, they do that too. Rashed their ass. By the way, I would, like, if I had not made an ace, I would, obviously, it's an ace. You'd celebrate. And it's the rules. Everyone in this course is playing that way.

Very valid. But I don't think I would tell the story with the mat. It's just not far off, like, replacement tees where, you know, it's like, this is usually 160 yard par three. We're playing it from 90 yards because wees where you know it's like this is usually 160 yard par-3 we're playing it from 90 yards because we're you know I don't know I played sawgrass in December and it's like the tournaments in March and they're preparing. You couldn't drive anywhere not on the fairway not in the rough but I wanted to say these marshals like you have four months here homeboy like let me drive

around it was awful. Would you call him homeboy? The Marshal? Whatever, I'd call him something. How would you describe what's going on with the Canadian playoff series right now, where none of them are tied. Right.

You have Toronto, Winnipeg 2-0, Ottawa, Montreal, Edmonton 0-2. Like it's kind of a weird turn of events through, collectively, these two games. Yeah, I'd feel really uncomfortable if I was all the 0's. Yeah, you're in big trouble. It is, because I was saying this this morning. This cliche of a series doesn't start until you lose a game on home ice, I think, is one

of the stupidest cliches ever. Yeah, I brought it up. I couldn't remember it. Hayes had to remind me. If you don't have home ice, you could not lose a game on home ice, if you don't have home ice advantage and lose the series 4-3. I just think it's dumb because 0-2 is a legitimate hole. I don numbers of the amount of teams that come back from O2 including the Senators who have never come back from O2 show you it's a significant hole so I don't really buy any of the feel-good stuff when you played okay on the road you know using Ottawa's example I don't think Edmonton has anything positive to

come home with. Jimmy what would someone from the Ottawa Senators have to do for you to go down to morning skate for game five and hand over your key to the city and say, I didn't think anything would warrant this, but what you did in games two and three, take my key to the city. In games one and two? No, no. In games two and three. So they tied it up.

No, three and four in Ottawa. What kind of individual performance what ascends player have to do to hand the game for you to say i want you to take the key to the city they're coming back for game five coming back for game five like would it be all mark mark to shut out you know really great to goals and draws for penalties i mean you're turning me into a a fan here for this hypothetical situation

timmy stout's goes nuts and has five six points in the two games i would walk up to timmy stout's and say it's yours here's the key to the city. Is that what he holds the key in right there? That's a harmonica. That's a harmonica that we have. Now Doogie gave us harmonica. Well they they're 2-0. Open that thing up. Those harmonica lays, and they were hanging on for dear life last night. They couldn't barely get the wind through the...

They were run out of gas, man. They looked like they were dying. I like how they got them King's jersey. That was a good change. I know that. There's a few of them that might drop dead there. They're 150 years old. They got the job done.

They're going the rest of the way now. They have to. They have to. You know they're rooting against the Kings. Well, could you imagine if they're like, we need you for games. Yeah. And they're like, no, we can't do it. There could be 15 home games if they get to a cup final.

Gene Principe interviewed them in between periods. And they needed an interpreter. The ladies like, talking to an interpreter. final gene principate interviewed them in in in between periods yeah and they need an interpreter the ladies like yes the Korean community I don't know you guys but do you get paid to sing the anthem I mean the regular anthem singers at a game would usually get invited your own little thing I mean Renee what was his name in Boston yeah Rom knows ready ready to work a record he was getting paid but do you if you if they don't get paid if it was a thing of you know just a honor to go to the anthem but now you're getting into the third round in this year 12th time they got the harmonica group actually asked for

a stipend no more than a stipend you got a if the Kings are winning you know we're showing problem is there's 50 Ten grand to the to their their cause right, you know to their what was it called again the Korean? Yeah, I don't know what donate ten grand to that But there's I have buddies who have sang the anthems at like, you know Blue J games and stuff like that They don't like doing it. No. Because if you do it well, you're supposed to. You're a singer. If you do it dreadful, yeah, you're on a top 10 list forever. You're a YouTube clip forever. That's the beauty of A, being in a band and B, playing the harmonica. You can't really mess that up. Like, they're- You can just twist up. I'll bet you one of them's not playing.

Oh, 100%. One of them's up there like, I'm just here for a good time. Eating corn on a cob. Or horrifying the person beside them seeing when they blow into the harmonica. Right. It's like one of those kids festivals. One of them's not playing. Yeah, like for sure. But, hey, it gets the job done and if you're superstitious. Now, if you're in LA, you need the harmonicas every single time you play at home. Every time. Now, would you kill it if they lost a home game even if they won the series or do you keep going? Until I think it's until they lose if they lose a home game with our Monica's now you can bring in somebody now You go a different route, but if they if they go on a heater Yeah

They can't you have to bring them back and you do have to pay them give them a stipend at some point if you keep This is the stuff of legends if they win the cup it really is yeah Oh, they're getting booked all over Beverly Hills, Hollywood Yeah, they get every they're on all the talk shows comes a big big story. I would have all of them Yeah, they're gonna get them on Canada Day, right? Maybe we need to look ahead to well I'm disappointed that this you got ahead of it because the the morning guys will give a K and Carlo credit They were saying this should be like our next song, you know, the bad for Bidard Yeah, don't take my goal away should involve Oh and us playing the harmonica and Carlo credit, they were saying that this should be like our next song, you know, the bad for Bidard.

Yeah. Don't take my goal away, should involve oh, and us playing the harmonica. I like that. Now it's kind of been done already. Well. I thought that was a vape. Yeah, it looks like it does look like a vape.

I don't know how people carry their vape pens or whatever. I thought that was a vape thing. Oh, you see the vapes everywhere. Have you ever played the harmonicas, his talent? No, what he needs is one of those, doesn't Burton Cummins have where like the, it's around his neck? Well, Neil Young, right? Neil Young, you can played the harmonica? Is this talent? No, what he needs is one of those... Doesn't Burton Cummins have where it's like around his neck? Well, Neil Young, right? Yeah, Neil Young. You can play the guitar and then you've got it sitting there.

Blues traveler. Remember the guy from the blues traveler? He lost all that weight and no one knows what happened to that guy. They only have that one song that everyone knows. Run Around? Yeah, it's a great track. That guy hammers the harmonica. He's very good. Very good. Well, JD, let put you you just we asked you to play the role of a fan Let me ask you to play the role of a host. Okay on Free agent frenzy. I'm gonna send you into the future. Okay, the others get swept

Mm-hmm July 1st Connor McDavid can sign an extension. This guy can't stop him. What's what are we not? Are you talking about that on trades on free agent frenzy? What are we talking about? Well, definitely we would be. I'd probably be four of the, what, four of the eight hours or whatever we're on for. I don't think I, my personal guess is that him and McDavid sort of made a deal that we're staying and that's why I'm, I'm McDavid. Him and Dreissel. Dreissel, excuse me. And that's why Dreissel already signed and, and they've both deal that we're staying and that's why I'm at McDame and dry saddle excuse me and and that's why dry side already signed and and they've both decided that they're staying that would be fine if he agreed with one of his best friends yeah we're gonna make it work here and then suddenly actually see

you later series is far from over but it's ugly in Edmonton if he does not sign an extension I mean if you thought like the mariner stuff this year it'll be tenfold in that city all of next season if he does not sign an extension this summer chopper flying following every book is dry so i got out in front of it sign the year before it even kicks in shog and strutty in a chopper following david every day absolutely strutty in tight jeans but like I'll say this, Stan Bowman has not had a good introduction to that market.

Like the moves that he did. Well, and when you see- It's not good at all. No, it's not good. And the goaltending thing, last night wasn't all on Skinner, but you know what I thought watching that and watching certain teams

that are having goaltending issues is how great of a signing that Stolarz was. Like for the amount that he's getting paid and just that's one of the, you know, I'm not going to hold that back. I'm not going to say that. If they go on, if they go to the cup final, that's one of the great signings in the last decade.

Well, if you look at Trees, we were talking about it yesterday though. You look at the people that Tree brought in, Brian you laid it out. It's Chief the coach, it's Stolars, it's Tanev, it's Oliver Ackman Larson. Branding Carlo. Yeah, Carlo, guys like that. But like it's, it's, you know, the filling out of the group. And I, you know, in talking about goaltending, look at it last night, let's just do the off season last year. How many teams felt like they needed

goaltenders? Jersey, go and get a goalie. Colorado, two. Right. Washington. Washington. What stole his AAV? Exactly. 2.1 or something or 2.8. Something in the 2.5. This year in the X. It's ludicrous to me. And I know it wasn't proven as a starter and all that stuff but when you look at his size and how solid he looks i just can't believe there wasn't more of a bidding war well finally something's changed for the different instead of having a guy that makes

double-digit millions it's like have a guy that makes two that plays like he's worth ten that's a nice change of pace for the lead in and he's got to still continue to prove it. Yeah. For a second. But the point being, it's very, very... Well, he's already here in the 2.8. For the value of the contract, 100%. But the biggest thing too is, when you look at some of the deals that were made, I think there was a bigger marketplace for Stolarz, but he might have chose the situation.

Right. Because he probably could have gone to other teams. I would think, and just from talking to people throughout the league, I know there were other teams that were interested in his services, put it that way. Yeah, I was just watching that game going, put him in the... him the way he's playing with Toronto in the Edmonton net. Not necessarily would he play that way, Edmonton has got defensive issues and so on and so forth and if you put anybody there mm-hmm that has been at the top of the game playing better it just looks

different yeah I mean what do you think the white jersey count is gonna be in the building tonight white or blue I think it'll what is it 20,000 there 19 something I thought I read they sold no ballpark at a 20 I think I'll be 14 6 Ottawa okay well that's like 70 30 and I would think and I think a Saturday night game in the middle of the season is 50 50 10 10 how did you get to 14 I don't know I just got was gonna say 15-5 and then I threw an extra grand there. Well I think I saw, was it Cyril Lieder that was doing an interview I think this morning? Like they have tried their

hardest. They went out of their way. Ottawa Senator fans are in the building tonight and they're gonna do whatever they can but you're seeing it already like these are all anecdotal and it's all stuff online you never know if it's true or not but people like I'm going and I said I was a sense man and it's like Leafs fans are gonna find a way to get in. You can't stop them from getting in. This is all conjecture for people outside. Yeah. But it is a priority for the team though you can't overlook that like they have they have legitimately tried to keep the fans out the team is happy to be in the playoffs and the team it should be excited to afford their fan base the people that have signed up for

season tickets and that you're the priority if people if you if you want to sell your tickets that's up to you I mean that's ultimately if people pay a lot of money for season tickets regardless of who you are, it's your right to sell them. Absolutely. So if you feel like hey I can pay for something or gonna do something, yes they would like to discourage that but in the end like this is it's Ottawa's trying to build that fan base up and my understanding is that they've gotten even more season ticket signed up even at the end of the season. Like people they've been growing it.

I might be naive. I don't think it'll be a typical, the typical games where you hear the Leaf fans louder. I don't think it will be either. I don't think it will be. I don't think it will be. I, you know, the Leaf fans are gonna be there and they're gonna be loud.

And what you get is when you get Leaf fans on the road, they're particularly loud cause they take on the challenge. Right. Like they understand, okay, we're in the minority here. We're gonna make sure you hear us. So they're gonna be loud, they're gonna be scattered around. It should be a very good atmosphere. Mike Fisher, I see a line that's been used before but it was the first time I heard it was from Mike

Fisher when he was back with the Senators and I don't I think maybe I was still reporting on them in Ottawa and they were playing the Leafs in a big Saturday night game and I said what's the key and he said score early take the crowd out of it. Yeah, and I know it's been used a ton of times, but it made me laugh It is a good line. We used to say it when I've been in some buildings where you know in Calgary one time I know in early oh one when we weren't we were struggling. Yeah that way and the Leafs came through tell No, it was Vancouver Vancouver travels. Well pretty well. We're like, all right, take the crowd. I remember getting scored on, it was like, yes, you're like, oh, we're at home or we're on the road. But well, it happens. It'll be tough for like the Brainy Kachucks. If it is louder than I'm guessing that it

will be for the Leaf fans, that's tough. It's like you get your home ice to the end. And if you played, if you're playing Tampa, it would be 99% Suns fans. It's like you get your home ice to get in it and if we play if you played if you're playing Tampa It would be ninety nine percent sends fans It's just that it's the least or if it was the Habs in the end like you got it Nothing you can do but nothing you can do so I wouldn't worry about it if I was a player on the outside the business Side and that that's what you were. Yeah, and I I wonder I doubt it because it's been so long coming for them to get back into the playoffs, but being down 0-2 Is there a chance some people said all right? I'll sell like if they're up to nothing. I don't think so

Are you keeping now? They haven't had playoffs if it was you know, if it's over three Then people that hold a game for I would think that's possible That's a good point, but I know enough Ottawa people and Sands fans have been waiting for this They've been starving for this for a long time. You deserve it. You're a fan. They want to see them play. They should.

A lot of people thought that they could have won game two. Yes. Like you got it to overtime. It went to overtime, exactly. I mean, like that's, you know, they're going, okay, what are they going to follow this up with? You know, and talking to people from Ottawa today, they're like, I want to see, do they go one way or the other?

Right? Yeah. Like that's really how it, you know, they push back in the third and had a yeah, they push it to overtime man And it just ended quick put it this way minutes in overtime not really comparable But when they made the cup final in oh seven they lost the first two games in Anaheim And game three in Ottawa was one of the most electric games I'd ever been at as far as the loudest of the building again wasn't playing the leaves it was playing anaheim ducks as far as

crowd but that was one of the loudest crowds i'd ever heard all right well let's get to it we'll see what comes with tonight right guys jd will catch on the panel you guys are crushing the postgame too hots called the hot zone i noticed everybody uh... we don't we know you have to watch the game uh... elsewhere to you just look at over the the tsn among other yet to see a dog talking about

the game for a half an hour that's right written down the numbers on jr arguing with them j that this is a great didn't let go but that this is a bad hot stuff about some tonight. Don't get carried away. I like Johnson, I'll tell you why. He's a pretty smart cookie.

Like, you get in some arguments, I just kind of shut up because I'm like, that guy won that argument. He's a pretty smart guy. Yeah. I've had a couple, I've gone a couple rounds with Johnny over the years. Yeah. You know what? If you're stubborn with your position, stick with it.

Absolutely. He picks up everything, Johnny. The other night when Marner, I know we got to go, the other night when Marner got cut with the position stick with it. Absolutely. He picks up everything Johnny the other night when Marner I know we got to go the other night when Marner got caught with the high stick he was like stay on the bench stay on the bench do not come out because if they don't call it a four that's right then they can't review it can't review it and as soon as Mitch Mitch comes and you think somebody on the bench would have said that it's a great point he's bloody comes out it's a four review. That's when I privately said to myself I had no idea. If it's a can review. And he saw it from the first second. He's like don't come off the bench

Don't come off the bench. That's exactly what happened. All right JD. We'll catch you tonight on the hot zone Thank you boys. There he is, James Duffy There's always some pizza out there. Yeah Boston Pizza's in the house I don't think there's anything left. Doogie and JP have been doing their thing out there. All the pigs are out there just going to work. It's crazy Like you're in here working. There's gonna be shrapnel out there There's gonna bring it in and see what's left overdrive continues TSN 1050 and on the TSN app All right So tonight is a big Boston Pete's night as we know As big as it gets really when you consider all the Stanley Cup playoffs

Luckily the Jays are playing so you don't have to waste your time with that. Yeah, we got to get into that I was watching the game last night. I was sick watching this. It's a carbon copy of last year They had nine total hits in the series They get swept and nine total hits and Ernie Clement got them one on a pinch hit last night in the night to push it to nine Anyway, that's neither here nor there. I'm pissed off because I missed the harmonicas I didn't see them are harmonicas live because I was watching the Jays go down in flames But they're not playing we get the Leafs in action tonight. You got Winnipeg in action tonight Boston pizzas in the house. We have Dougie Pritchard in here as well and Dougie's gonna be a bit of a prop for us because

Boston pizzas come out with the atomic hot streaker, which is I guess it goes without saying It's a wing sauce that would set your boiler into a you'd be in Kitchener you saying it's a wing sauce that would set your boiler into a you'd be in kitchen or you take a deep dip and try that and I want he's gonna have a problem here and he's gonna puke on me or I'm worried about you being in the kind of doogie range there but Boston Pizza wants you know they're supporting the Canadian teams and they're looking for a good streak here we're looking for as many Canadian teams as to go on a run as possible. I like this sport. What are you feeling right now? A great great Canadian restaurant. It's good. It's hot.

Yeah. But you have you like this type of stuff. But you're okay like are you cool with that kind of stuff? Yeah, it's pretty good. You think it's gonna get worse with time? It might. Get in there again you got to do one more dip. Give us a real good dip in that. I get right in. Aggressive dip. There you go. Oh my God. Doogie, look at the eyes on Doogie. Doogie is seducing people at home with the atomic hot string. You look great. You should be in commercials trying wings.

You know what I need from you, Doogie? Next hour you come in with the Philip Pritchard gear Yes, and we we have more wings. Yes, you have a wings Philip Pritchard With the gloves on white gloves on and we bring it over the top and then when you're done you do a little Harmonica song and you leave I love it. It's like probably is carrot top all the sudden. Yeah, exactly We're gonna find different ways to use you You don't have a lot of range, but we'll find something for you to do you know you not in a way you in a place where you're like that's harder than i thought it's

it's it's really good very hard to get there is extremely hard jp probably loves that cause now you get to go sit beside him and breathe on him for the next two hours shout out to boston peter's thanks our favorite spot is the place to be of course for the playoffs and we're rooting for all these canadian teams thanks again a boston pizza will continue with this into the next hour Doogie Pritchard

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