OverDrive - OverDrive - March 14th, 2025 - Hour 3

Episode Date: March 14, 2025

Join Bryan Hayes, Jamie McLennan and Dave Feschuk for Hour 3 on OverDrive! NHL Network Analyst Cory Schneider joins to discuss the goaltending perspective around the NHL. The guys hand out their best advice in the latest edition of Dear Hayesy-B and Bryan hands out his FanDuel Best Bets.

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Final hour for the week, Overdrive continues. Powered by FanDuel, bringing you everything from the opening line of the final score. Ryan Hayes, Jamie Noodles, McClennan, Dave Festrick, the Toronto Star. Got Battle of Ontario tomorrow night. The Oilers are back in action tonight against the Islanders Pierre Engvall and the Islanders time Pierre Engvall and the Islanders that caught me off guard

That's some marquee matchup make David and the Oilers up against Engvall and the Islanders tonight If you said that it's like right now because it's six o'clock i think the game is at seven thirty patrick wall is sitting in the coaches room right now looking at a whiteboard yeah and if you walk that if he had to show on in you said pierre angle of the islanders what do you think they look on his face would be i think it would

probably be a look of disbelief is what would would be. Because you know, he's charting up a plan tonight saying, all right, if McDavid's on the ice, Engvall can't be. If Dry Suttles on the ice, Engvall can't be. If Henrique's on the ice, Engvall can't be. I'm telling you right now, Engvall's scoring.

He's scoring tonight. He will. He'll snipe tonight. Game winner tonight. Yeah. And I will give him full credit on Monday. I will 100% give him full credit. Yeah. So yeah, we got that game going tonight. The Raptors in Utah tonight. And there's a lot going on like online is the Marcus Lawrence and

Michael Parsons back and forth where Lawrence and why don't we play this clip? Because Lawrence is like, he's been with the Cowboys forever over over a decade. Oh yeah, yeah. And he signed in Seattle and I don't look at the Seahawks as a team that's in Super Bowl contention. Like I don't think they'll make the playoffs this year. If they do, it'll be Sam Darnold dragging them there, which I'll believe that when I see it. Right. But here's what Demarcus Lawrence had to say about maybe why he chose to leave Dallas and end up in Seattle. You know Dallas is my home.

I made my home there. My family lives there. I'm forever going to be there but I know for sure I'm not going to win a Super Bowl there. So yeah. We hear. I know for sure I'm never going to win a Super Bowl there. That one hurts. A little bit bitter about the departure. Yeah, then Parsons. Slightly bitter. Which is pretty wild because Parsons now, like they would have been boys.

They're both chasing quarterbacks around. The two of them were on the defensive line for years. And Parsons tweets out, quote tweets. This is what rejection and envy looks like. This is some clown and envy looks like. This is some clown you know what. And you know anyway it's it is I love a good job at the Cowboys. You got to appreciate that. Oh yeah. It kind of reads like you wanted to stay though in Dallas and maybe the Cowboys were like I think we're gonna move on. I mean my thing would be noodles like it's one thing to say we never gonna win a Super Bowl you were a big part of the team for 11 years That's on you man. Why did you pull your weight?

You know, but I mean is that it's an indictment that he's like at no time Did I feel like we were gonna win here like that's that you know, that might be and now that's a parting shot Maybe but it's just like man. Oh, man. That is I don't know 11 years You're there and and you make a comment like that. On the way out, exactly. Like you're a revered player and now you know people in Dallas, like Cowboy fans are sensitive to that stuff. They can chirp their team, they don't want former players

leaving to chirp their team. Those are kind of the rules. So I am curious to see what his future looks like in that market. But he said, it's still his home He's going back. He'll live there for a long time, but never gonna win with the Cowboys tough comment Jerry I don't disagree call him though. Like don't you think Jones would he'd hear that comment? Regardless if he's on the team or not Jerry Jones would call him. He might personal

Yeah, or he'll say something publicly Joan Jones will address it. Right like someone will stop him on the street with a microphone and he'll start talking Jones will address it. Right, like someone will stop him on the street with a microphone and he'll start talking. All right, Cory Schneider here in a moment. It is Pi Day 314, right? So the pie charts, this is my new thing. I'm going to exclusively own this in the market, in the country for that matter.

I don't think anyone else is bringing pie charts to the table the way I am. So these are, this is the pie chart in terms of Leafs concerns before the playoffs. This is how I would allot, you know, I have a hundred percent, I got a pie in front of me. This is how I would distribute the percentages in terms of what my concerns are. Doesn't mean they can't be fixed, can't be rectified.

What I'm saying is something's got to give here. Forty percent of the pie is the play of Austin Matthews. I have 40% simply on his plate. Big slice. It's as big as it gets for the most part because I look at him what he represents, what he's got to be, what he's got to do, what's on the line for him, the core, the whole legacy of the core four over the next, you know, between two, three, four months. Like a lot of it's gonna be determined here. What happens with Marner in the future, what they do with Tavares,

and he has got to be the guy who leads the way. He's got to be the best score scorer in the world in the playoffs, something he has not done before. Like that's what also makes this difficult to kind of envision working out. And I'm hopeful it will for his case and for the Leafs case is that he's been the best regular season goal scorer for a long time. That has not carried over to the playoffs.

Not at all. Right. Like he has not been, he hasn't elevated his goal scoring prowess in the playoffs. It has fallen off when he's been healthy and rocking and going into the playoffs feeling great. So I got 40% the play of Austin Matthews down the stretch. 30% who they play in the first round. 30% of this pie chart is who they're going to play in the first

round. So opponent, right? Opponent, yes. Is it going to be Florida? Is it going to be Tampa? I don't see a scenario where they play Florida personally. Probably not. I don't think Florida's going to, you know, draw like Tampa is going to end up in that one. See, it could happen. Tampa's a very good team but I think Florida either finishes one or two in the division and My guess would be they probably end up winning the division

So I don't see Florida in the first round but it's possible if they play them They'd be a they'd be an underdog how big of an underdog will determine but they definitely be an underdog and Tampa, you know, they feel pretty good about the way that they're playing against them and they have in the past but if it's Ottawa I mean obviously we know that there's there's a variety of choices and if it's the one seed the two seed the three seed home ice 30% who they play in the first round 20% is the form of the goalies the way the goalies are playing

the rest of the way I think is here. Like I think with a tandem noodles, A, you want to make sure that you got one of them popping, ideally both, but you can't have neither guy feeling good. Yeah, no, it certainly is. A lot of times it's who you trust. If they're at the height of their game, I've mentioned it, you know, Stollers is going through a bit of a market correction. Wool has had that as well. And it goes hand in hand with the team. But you know, a guy who could speak to Tandems is Corey Schneider. He's literally been in a scenario. He's a starting goal tenor.

He'd been with Louis. I mean, you know, he can talk about the vibe between that healthy competition, but also being the guy and having to carry the load. He can't. Let me just quickly finish the pie chart. All right? Ten percent lines and D pairings because I still think that's undetermined exactly how these are going to play out.

Whose plan is it going to be Yarn Crook on the second line? Where is McMahan going to go? What's going to happen with Patch Ready if and when he's healthy? You know, who's going to be on that third pairing? Is it going to be Benoit? Do you put Myers in there? Can Carlo elevate Riley? Can Carlo elevate Riley?

If not, are they going to split them up? Do you move Ekman-Larson up? Like there's still a lot to be determined there. So I've got 10% of that pie chart would be how the D pairings and the lines still kind of shake out because there's still some questions in terms of what they're going to do there. Absolutely. Great chart. Great chart. I think the pie chart, I'm very bullish on these pie charts. I love it. Weekly they come out.

They're making me hungry. Is that like a pizza pie, a blueberry pie? What are we looking at? Possibly. That's the intro that we've got to work on. We've got to come up with some sort of bunch of pies and we'll make something happen here. All right. Here's Longtime NHL goalie. You see him on NHLl networkers korey schnider what's happening korey how much do you know you're going to return pretty well we were just talking about the leaf goalie goaltending in the status of the leaves goalies you know as

we inch closer to the playoffs here and kind of unique compared to the other big boys in their division where you know all marks gonna be the guy in auttawa bob rossky in florida of unique compared to the other big boys in their division where you know all marks going to be the guy in Ottawa and Bobrovsky in Florida and Vasilevsky in Tampa do you ever read on who was the who's the number one or has the best bet to be the number one Joseph Wall or Anthony Stolar's I mean my money would be if I mean they're both healthy that Stolar's would get the first crack at it

and I heard Jamie talking about Tandems in the playoffs and how that works I'm sure he's been a part of those and to me it's tricky to do a full-on tandem in the playoffs. We saw last year with Olmark and Swainman, you know, if a guy loses you immediately go to the other guy. If a guy wins you're going to take him out. So I think you got to have the guy and for me right now that's that's stole ours. But I know Joe Wall's got some playoff experience and he's played pretty well. You know last year he came in for Sam Sonoff, I believe, and almost stole that series from Boston. It's a fine line, but I would give Solard

the first crack at it. Yeah, I agree, Schneid. The biggest thing when it comes to goaltending is who you trust, and I've always said this before, is the team, if you have that tandem the team will lean to one guy or the other but it's the coach and who's playing well at that time I like Stolarza what have you seen from him his progression to become you know where he's at right now because he's had many stops throughout the league and he's become a fantastic

goaltender but it didn't happen overnight for him. He developed that and now is 30 years old. Yeah, I mean, I played against him in Anaheim a bit and watched him in Florida in a limited role. And it's funny, you know, and you've probably been through this, but I went through in Vancouver and everyone's like, well, he hasn't done it yet. He hasn't played a starting workload yet. So, well, yeah, you never get the opportunity to, how do you know that you are?

How could you prove that you are? So I think Stolar is at the age of 30 is finally getting that opportunity. I know he he was out for a while with an injury. So maybe that's not a great example. But you know, I think for a bigger guy like him, he's a big kid and those guys take a little longer to put it all together. I feel like he's finally not just a big guy who takes up a lot of net. He's more of a technician.

His movements. He comes up with some big saves at big moments which is also part of it, that's part of being a starting goalie is knowing when you got to come up with the saves not how many you make. So I think his progression, I think he's learned a lot from playing behind a guy like Bobrovsky and John Gibson and I know I took things from guys like Roberto and Marty Luthor and it just takes a while sometimes to put it together and then get the opportunity. He's finally gotten that opportunity here and we're seeing what he can do and as you guys mentioned though, you know, maybe scuffling uh... and it just take a while sometimes to put together and then get the opportunity finally got that opportunity here

everything what he can do and as you guys mention though you know maybe scuffling a little bit of laid-up that part of grinding and learning in becoming a starting goal is working through that paper you know the most game you've ever played a higher workload a course the playoffs started today of course the lease would be matched up against tampa bay one of the role of nemesis and and there's been some

talk about thatilevsky over the past couple of years, that maybe he's on the wrong side of the age curve. And yet, when you looked at, he got the two week break at the Four Nations and there's been some evidence that he really has had a late season surge, albeit maybe some mixed results, but trending positively.

How intimidating is Vasilevsky still, even if he's not the guy he was in his prime? Yeah, he's a guy that would concern me, a guy that I wouldn't want to face if I was the opposing team. I know last year he had that back surgery, which is hard to come back from. It's hard to be yourself, even once you're healed and cleared.

So I think that might've played into a down year for him last year, but by all metrics and the eye test, he's been that guy again this year and they can score too. Tampa's got a team that they got to make and score a ton of goals. They got one of the best goal differentials in the league and he's a big part of that. So I think, you know, he's only, I think around 30, he's not even that old. But you mentioned at the two-week break at the Four Nations, they didn't have a deep run last year. So, you know, he's not even that old uh... but you you mentioned the two week break at the four nations they didn't have a deep run last year so uh... you know he's a guy that he can dial dial it up when he needs to and i think he has that big game experience that you go to a game seven or a big game that you gotta win you're going against Vasily like he can

he can pull out one of those games for his team to steal a win so he's somebody that would definitely concern me going up against him with uh... Corey Schneider of the nl network and this year it feels like you know we haven't really had the best of chat because hellebuck is is just a lot i mean i i don't who would you who do you suggest is even contesting him because they're a lot of guaranteed number two number three guy

noodles you can try and i thought well basilevsky goal saved above expectations right there as well i mean logan thompson yes nice i don't know how you feel the way where you you know your cutoff for games played that's the biggest thing for me is bright you know the separator is a big i place thirty five or thirty eight that's not really started minutes like to me it's got a lease be something with a four-in-it forty five forty 47 yes you know that type of stuff I don't know how you feel Schneids no I agree with you I think you have to play at least half your team's game like a bare minimum

you know 45 to 50 is a good range for me these days I know those guys don't play 70 like they used to very often but yeah I've asked he would be up there you know Omar's putting together I know he missed some time but he's if they get in the playoffs you know he'll get some some love you know it putting the i know he missed some time but he's if they can apply off you know he'll get from some love uh... you know it is goldman is a pretty good around the league i find this year not a lot of controversy that team that are in in a dire need of it uh... you know it's not the good one he's been out

news and myself like you said the game's played as an issue doesn't want on calgary i think you know not only colder love and he should get a little bit of that the love of the inside calgary team i can't score in the playoffs uh... so it is a good number guys but your point i'd i do think it's it's a horizon dot by by helenbach i don't think anyone can even come near him but if he gets

interesting after that i agree uh... you know one i guess spotlight throughout the league and because it's in canada and guys stewart skinner gets uh... a lot of a lot a lot of love a lot of hate uh... whether it's in Canada, the guy Stuart Skinner gets a lot of love and a lot of hate whether it's earned or not. What do you make of him? When you look at him just from a technical standpoint, the way the Oilers defend, all of that type of stuff, do you think he's a guy that can stabilize?

He did last year, but this year it's been wildly inconsistent. What do you see from Stuart Skinner? Yeah. He's a guy that I've tried to watch and get a beat on. you know we did last year but this year's been wildly inconsistent what do you see from steward skinner yeah he's he's a guy that i've tried to watch and and get a beat on hum you know i know i kinda got to be last year be sleep they still got him within a game of the of the family cop uh... i think part of thing is still a still a young gish goalie is a bit volatile you know you

is that games can be really bad in his game good games are really good i think you saw the playoffs where he lost in that to pick her for a stretch. But when he's on, he's proven he can win the big game. So I think that's what you want out of your goalie. You know, I talked about stole arms and how he's a big man, but he's become more of a technician. I still find skin has got a lot of movement, a lot of moving parts for a big goalie, which can be an issue.

It can create holes. It can create a creases and gaps for guys to look at and score. Um, so for me, you know gaps for guys to look at and score. So for me, he does play deep at times, but then it seems like he's got a lot of movement and action in his game, which isn't always the best thing when you're his size. So I think the quieter a game he can play

and when he's seen the puck swell, I think there are times where he can get beat around the hands if he's not tracking the puck really well. So for me, it's all about his puck tracking and then just quieting his game down and not trying to do too much in there. With Corey Schneider, we've been talking a lot about Austin Matthews today,

and he's burned a lot of goalies in his career with how deceptive his shot is, how much zip he's got on it. Obviously, he's got immense hockey IQ in terms of reading goaltenders and throwing them off based on what maybe he's done earlier in the year or earlier in that game. But when you're watching him play I don't know how much you've seen him play this year but his goal scoring is way way down I mean he's maybe gonna score 30 goals this year he's had some injury issues

but he scored 69 last year is there anything that you you see out of him that that would be able to pick off why he's not scoring at the same rate he generally has throughout his whole career? Yeah, that's a tough one. I know he's had the wrist injury issues, he's missed time this year and went overseas to get it looked at. I don't know if that's still a problem, which obviously is probably one of his biggest assets is you need strong wrists to score goals for him.

But yeah, I can't tell if it's just some sort of malaise or just a down year. Even watching the Four Nations, he wasn't bad by any means. Even in the finals, he had two assists in that game, but I was at that game. And Eichel was the most noticeable center, and I thought their best center in that tournament. Matthews just didn't really pop. He didn't make a lot of big plays or noticeable plays. So I know he can play an understated two-way game, but offensively, I just didn't really feel as if he was himself. He wasn't very dynamic and then he had those chances in overtime. They just didn't vary which, you know, a guy

that's your best goal scorer, you look to score those goals. So, it's hard to say if it's something, you know, injury related or fatigue or just sometimes you just have a down year for him. You know, it's still a good year for most guys, but he's judged by a different scale. So, you know, I like this Leafs team this year more so in terms of their center depth with Lawton. I know he's playing wing now, but they have them there. The defense is probably better than spend a little while in their goal tenings, better than spend. So I like those components, but if those guys aren't scoring in the playoffs, you know, they're gonna be in trouble. Cory, getting back to

the Leafs goal-tending, I mean, one of the big topics, not only that Stolarz hasn't played in the playoffs, I mean, he got some mop up work in Florida, but he never started a game in the playoffs. It's also the idea that these guys haven't, neither Wall nor Stolarz has had, you know, a sustained run where they've had to go deep into a season. You know, they've both kind of had been limited at 20 something games as their career high in a year. Like what's the challenge for these guys in terms of just holding it together, the endurance factor here,

just being able to sustain a longer season than they've ever had to play before as they head into the playoffs. Yeah. That's, that's that fatigue part. Not even just physical, but mental fatigue. It's, you know, it takes a lot of mental energy to play goalie and especially in the playoffs, you know picture I think Vaski said it was Vaslowski that one Playoff game is like two regular season games almost in terms of what it takes out of you And I felt that a little bit you feel like every game is is a do-or-die game and afterward you're spent I think the guys who go on those deep runs the guys have done it before they know how to manage it

They know how to manage it, they know how to approach it. So without any playoff experience, you just have to be able to manage that mental fatigue and workload. So I think physically, these kids are all in great shape. They're all strong and energetic. It's more that emotional energy that you spend every night. And that's the concern.

If you end up in that two, three matchup and you play Tampa or Florida to start and you lose a game or two right away and the panic sets in and everyone's hooting and hollering in Toronto about what are we going to do. That's the stuff of the goal you've got to block out or figure out a way to navigate. It's going to be a test. It's definitely going to be a challenge but like I said, we don't know until we know. So you've got to give the guy a chance to go prove it and if he doesn't, you go to Waller and you sort of revisit it after the fact, but it is definitely I don't say concerned But it's an issue that you know has to be thought of for sure really appreciate the insight the time as always Cory

We'll do it again down the road Sounds great guys. Have a good night Cory Schneider long time NHL goal And he brings up a really good point about you know when you you wonder about Stolars or wall more so so Stollers, because Wall actually has, he's played some playoff game. Yeah, he's had four starts. Yeah, not an extensive resume, but he has done it. But how Stollers reacts to the noise in the market if it goes

south, you know, like if game one, he gets in there and he gets shelled and they have to pull him or something, you know, that where hellebuck vasilevsky bob you talk about it all the time noodles those guys like whatever We'll see a game two. I've been there. They've been there. Let's do it again where in in this market if It go if it's not going well, it is gonna be so loud. Well, and that's tough Yeah, but he's had a dream season. That's the thing. So there hasn't been any type of stretch. He had one, was it Jersey at an off game?

Like he gave up five or something. I'm trying to remember he had an off game where it was like, you know, I didn't have my, no, it was Florida, in Florida. That was in November. Yeah. Early on in the season. But it was like he didn't have his goods but for the most part you know last night I was at the Macalagal how do you do? Yeah

Micola he well I mean that's right down Broadway. It is it's down Broadway but if you look at his motion he's taking a step towards it right there's missed assignments all the way I'm not gonna lay this. They've lost that in the corner you win that battle. Right. But he's gotten motion there and it's a great shot, goes high blocker. But I just, you know, I think there is going to be a time, I don't know when, and you hope it's not this season, but he hasn't had

a down cycle where he's felt the pressure and that, and then, you know, they go to wall or whatever, like that's the type of thing. In a partnership, in a a tandem if a guy has a down cycle they just go to the other guy and then allow the other guy to get his game in order but when the pressure cooker ramps up here down the stretch and into the playoffs all eyes are gonna be on both these guys and there's a lot of pressure

on that and you're right like he this is his first go at it where he's actually going to get the net I watched him get half a game last year in Edmonton that was the mop-up game where Edmonton beats Florida bad in that first win and everyone knew Bob was going in the mob is going right back in absolutely this is this is stole ours potential net or wool's potential net where there is no, you know, there's this is on them. Yeah, exactly. They got to perform and exactly like it's and ultimately we've been saying this for

a long, long time. Like that is the one position that can get you into another round by himself. You know, and it's asking a lot. It would it's it's not easy, but there have been examples of this in the past where a guy just stood on his head four times the Hamburglar you want to draw the pie chart yes I think I should put 20% I mean just the reason I had him at 20% was because you got two tickets yeah like and it's you know if it was one guy like if it was it's that Vasilevsky and he's really performing poorly,

you're like, man, he's playing and he's gotta get going. The thing is with the Leaf goaltenders is, I think Stolar says the upper hand right now, but Wall could still make a case for it. And if one of them, if not both of them are feeling pretty good about their game, you know, yes, you're gonna have concern come the playoffs, but down the stretch, I'm, yes, you're going to have concern come the playoffs, but down the stretch, I

don't know how much that's going to overcome the conversations about Matthews or, you know, who they're going to play in the first round. Yeah, they got insurance. You're right. They've got insurance. Yeah. Like the other guy, it's not a drop off. There's no insurance for us to Matthews not showing up.

That's the whole, that's the point. Like if Matthews doesn't if Matthews can't perform at a top five player in the world performance level, Scott Lawton's not doing that. Yeah. Like it's not gonna happen. No one else on the team can do it. It's like Johnny said like when you start looking at breaking down why aren't they being who they've been in the past like you're taking a half a goal a game essentially off your ledger. Yeah. And there's no way to replace it.

It starts at the top. But this is a top heavy league. It's a star driven league. You know, most leagues are. And if you're your your star players are wildly inconsistent or having down seasons kind of mirrors the team. That's really what it is. Or the team has to, you know, bump it up a little bit. You know, That's really what it is. Or the team has to bump it up a little bit.

The biggest challenge is, I think Matthews has lots more to give. You look at Edmonton, McDavid's got a lot more to give. I think there's teams where you're like, okay, I look at that team, they look good on paper, but if the team plays to their capability, that's what you're gonna need yeah and there are different ways to build teams and different ways to use your money and some teams you know are more worthless than others some some teams had different benefits that other teams didn't have a weird we just heard course diner mention jack i go and how good he looked

i've got a really interesting air i saw last night pop up online that i go hit seventy 79 points last night career high Isn't it? High yes, and that for that to me is such an important note to make that here There's this fascination with 69 goals and a hundred points and all this Vegas has been in the league now for almost a decade They've been to two cup finals. They've won one. They go to the playoffs every year. They're a dominant, like top five team in the league. Yeah. The highest point getter at any point in the franchise's relatively young history is 79 points. Yeah. Yeah. So

here it's like, well if you don't get this from Matthews and you don't get down there, they've never looked at one guy and said, you got to do it now because they have depth and they have size and they have good coaching and they've got a variety of goalies that they use. Aidan Hill got a big extension today, credit to him. Yeah. But it's, you know, look at Florida, like Florida, they've had, you know, Kachuk can put up points and Barkov can put up points. Reinhardt had 50 goals last year. Like they've, they've got examples of that, but this year they don't really. Like you look at the stat sheet this year, that team scares me in terms of how they're built and what they're capable of doing. They don't have guys that are chasing stats this year. Like let me look at it.

No, they never do. They've got, like Reinhardt's got 70 points. He's leading the team in points, 32 goals. Barkov's got 60 you know Verheggis got 45 and Bennett's got 44 and like there it's just a lot of balance there just balance exactly it's just a bunch of guys who are good players that can fit a system that go in and check well and they forecheck and they back check and they might make your life difficult and they commit to a system and they play it and it speaks to a noodles it speaks to you know what was the biggest move of

the pre-trade deadline Period it was Colorado deciding they're getting rid of the star because what a Chris McFarland say we don't have enough depth We need more depth. Yeah, get rid of the guy that puts up all these points. He's a legendary platformer We feel we need more guys. Yeah, that's and they brought in four new guys exactly one guy for four Yeah, and one guy for four and one guy for four and that team is a lot better for it on paper you gotta be a gotta back it up and they always say that but

the team is a lot deeper but it is the way the team is structured to who makes the most in florida financially is it bob a bob a ten yeah-year-old and right so that's how that nine built right so that's you know it we talk about the leaves are built differently you know the guy making what is it fourteen million thirteen and a half there are five years old i guess you guys make it eleven another guy make eleven

five will he's making eleven five you know you're right it's just's just a different structure the way that it's built. So they have to have that success the way it's built because the trickle down is there's a big drop off. Yeah, absolutely. Mail it in Friday brought to you by Boston Pizza Canada's favorite sports bar. Enjoy a $15 lunch at BP where you get an entree, a side and a drink and you'll get it all in 20 minutes or less. A fast lunch doesn't have to be fast food. See you for a $15 fast lunch at your local Boston pizza. Dear Hazy B coming up, the O-Dog will be back on Monday.

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on life things. Dear Hazy B, Every morning my boiler has a gas leak. My wife thinks it's the baby. Dear Hazy B. If you want to come to Hazy B, I need honesty from you. Hazy, you got dumped a lot. Tell them, tell them, tell them. Growing adults with birthdays? It's asinine.

All right, Dear Hazy B. Brought to you by boston pizza canada's favorite sports bar enjoy fifteen dollar lunch at bt we get an entree aside in a drink and you'll get it all in twenty minutes or less a fast lunch doesn't have to be fast food see you for a fifteen dollar fast lunch your local boston pizza i gotta be honest i've had somebody walk up to me and say like cuz i in my one take their is like growing adults with birthdays, it's asinine.

I have people like, you know, I celebrated my birthday. I'm like, all right, like, knock it off. It is a harsh statement, but I appreciate that you got to stay true to who you are, Doodles. I know. And listen, I think you can separate if you're turning 40 or 50, but like I'm turning 42 this year, I could not care less if anybody on earth knows about it. don't need anyone to hey, how old are you 42 like nobody 42 is the most irrelevant Birthday of all time. It's just there's not no one cares

42 what is 42? What are you gonna have a big? Huge party cuz I'm turning 42. Yeah, I mean come on. So I'm with you. I'm with you on that Like my birthday wish is leave me alone. Yeah more or less exactly party because I'm turning 42. I mean, come on. So I'm with you. I'm with you on that. Like my birthday wish is leave me alone. Yeah, more or less. Exactly. Hey, you know, if everyone knows so be it. A couple of people checking in, you know, that's all right. That's great. It's nice to get a couple of tags. Thanks so much. I appreciate that. But it doesn't have to be. I'll take a cake. That's it. No singing or anything. I just want some sweets. Well, you know, like a cake, you know you know what the movies is i'm sure you guys see this online

whether it's fate face book it's more famous for face book but you might get on instagram or twitter the the birthday guy was like thanks for all the birthday wishes right and then waiting for people to like they are all happy belated i you know i meant to all you know problem is like a birthday yeah like this it's so clear that you're waiting for more people to jump in Thanks so much for the birthday wishes By the way, if you want to leave a comment below go ahead. I'll like it a little bit later All right. We've got we got a couple of dear hazy bees here, but do he wants to chime in here first?

Oh, wow. This is a big development Noodles because doogie has been poking and prodding all afternoon. He said he's got something to do with St. Patrick's Day, I believe, which is technically on Monday, but what do you have for us, Dougie? Alright, Dear Hazy B, this is from myself. And talking with my group of friends, they're planning to florit this St. Patrick's Day weekend. Saturday go out, hit the bars. Sunday, do the daytime parties. Downtown Toronto, wearing green and all of that.

But is it a respectful move to go the third day, the actual day on the Monday, so three day bender? Is that a respectful move? Well I think it's a respectful move but I don't think it's mandatory like there I don't know if you're a big St. Patty's Day purist Dave because you do get that I guess from Irish people in particular where it's like you actually have to go out on the 17th right but it's a Monday that's a terrible night. No one wants to get together on a Monday.

But are people drinking green beer this Saturday night? But it's a Monday. That's a terrible night. No one wants to get together on a Monday. But are people drinking green beer this Saturday night? Yes. This Saturday, what you're saying is like tomorrow more or less, maybe into Sunday, is the St. Patty's Day bonanza. Saturday is the staple. Everyone in green, everyone pretending it's happening, but then you have to follow up on Monday or what if you do you know what if people reach out to you that one boost bag buddy who's like let's get back together on monday and you're like i don't know man

but he's like it's st patty's we got a tradition here what's the play yeah that's tough i don't know three is tough like i think you have a big saturday night you bleed it into sunday but the actual monday night depends on what's going on i I mean the Leafs play Monday night. They do, they got Calgary on Monday night. Right, so you can go into that, like I say if you're committed and you have people involved, people that will go, Doogie's what,

20 years old or something? Yeah, Doogie's not even legal, he's probably got an illegal ID I would guess. Yes, and he'll have the cologne going for three nights. For me I say Irish Spring. I say floor it for three nights just don't start rolling into the studio and mailing in an effort because the old dog's back next week. He'll have his eyes on you. Exactly. Yeah I think if you're young, exactly. I think there's something to the tradition of actually on the St. Patrick's Day. But I think at the same time,

if you're gonna commit to it on Saturday, that's probably more than enough. And Doogie was wondering where you draw the line on, because it is a young person's party day. Yeah. I find that anyway. Where like you look at Halloween, people of all ages get together, you know, dress up, you have different Halloween parties, Christmas

parties are actually more for older people than younger people. Like when you're a kid, you're not going to Christmas parties and have it a big time. But St. Patrick's Day has basically been for young people and debauchery. Well, tell Jack Armstrong. I guess you're right. Jack is, but great Irishman. does it have to be the house days been the one of the jacket it'll do it at any point he's been like the the grand marshal of the saint patrick parade yes i like you know i don't know around on saint patrick's day right yeah i guess you're right i guess maybe i'm being uh... and a just one of the

other a days i hear you agonist i'm saying personally it's not a big day for me anymore it was when i was eighteen nineteen 20 like early 20s mid 20s It was one of the coolest best parties of the year like at school like universities and colleges. It is a massive party day Yeah, massive and that's a three four day bender. But now again, I'm almost 42. I'm I don't care I'm not going for a Guinness on Monday. Leave me alone. Yeah I don't care. I'm not going for a Guinness on Monday. Leave me alone. Yeah, no chance.

I respect Dougie's ambition though. I mean, going for the hat trick. Monday, Monday, or Sunday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday hat trick. Okay. All right. Austin Matthews doesn't have one this year. Maybe Dougie can get one. Isn't that kind of crazy? Like Matthews has not scored a hat trick this year. He hasn't had a multi-goal game in almost two months. Yeah. Since January 16th. We're just not used to seeing this yeah like last year he had three hat tricks in the first five games or whatever it was he did yes

right crazy now maybe it'll happen tomorrow night all right here's one from Gabe in Toronto dear hazy being the boys going to the Leaf game tomorrow night in the company suite my boss keeps, this isn't a work event, it's totally casual, end quote. Should I believe that or put the pedal to the metal? What's the play here? Okay, I have a slight question, but we can't obviously get him to answer it.

It depends on the relationship at work. Do you want them to see you in a different light? Especially if you act differently when you get into the booze and let your hair down, so to say. That's where you want them to look at you differently. Is it a professional relationship or is there a line you're like, hey, this is good time, Charlie? Because then floor it in the company suite and just act like it's a weekend.

But if you feel like that'll change the way they look at you come Monday, you gotta have some reservations towards that. I would use it as a pregame and then filter through who you wanna party with the rest of the night and go somewhere else afterwards. Like the game's over by 10 o'clock, but don't ever trust a boss when they're like, it's not a work, yes it's a work then.

You're there representing the company, it's the company's suite. Like you're not showing up decked out in green, like St. Patty's gear, buckled, don't be pre-drinking beforehand. Like get there, be in your best behavior, sneak in some drinks, have a good time mingle But then figure out who you want to have a big night with and get out of there and make sure your boss isn't one

Of them now that would be my suggestion Because you're right notice you don't know exactly what the details are the work environment But if they've got a suite at the Leaf game that would suggest it's pretty corporate I was like this isn't some guys, you know, they're not running a garage sale here well, this is real life stuff. There's a reason why the bank on Bay Street that the Leafs play in is not a particularly raucous, rowdy place.

Because of suites like this one. Because of suites like this, because these are corporate meetings where you gotta be on your best behavior because you're with your client or you're with your boss. So you gotta take that into account. Well, and that could be a part of it as well. You get there totally casual,

then you realize that they're actually, they're kind of entertaining different people, right? Where you found a way to kind of sneak in, but they've also got- Their best client. Some massive client that they're either trying to land or whatever, and you're in there doing keg stands. Exactly.

That probably will not put you in a great spot. I guess it depends on the industry you're in too. If you're in the rock and roll industry, maybe you could have a great time. I guess you're right. If this is a rock band that has the suite, then go ahead and pour it. Hey man, times have changed. Back in the journalism business, when I started, the editors used to have bottles of whiskey in their desks.

Yeah. Oh man, you hear- Spoking. Famously like play-by-play guys okay any other drinks and color guys buckled just call yes I've been that's a that's a real thing like I know hair was it that hair was it Harry Carrey or who's the guy who would have Harry Carrey was yeah though he was the voice of the Cubs forever and then he was the voice of he might have done. And then he was the voice of, he might have done the White Sox on radio, and radio back then was like,

man, by the seventh inning stretch, Harry was buckled. When I started in this business in the early, I guess it was the early 90s, you could go into some of those booths and I'm not gonna name the play-by-play guys, but they had coolers a beer at their feet and they're just cracking one after another but that's the fact that they're calling it a big day

regardless of the sport that calling the game and you know they're six deep by whatever third quarter first intermission appeared to have a half-hour first intermission noodles down to the level of got four beer. Calling a game one can't have four beer. Calls got a lot better. That's the thing. I'll bet you went back there and heard like the difference between the first period and the third period. Because yeah you'd hear you I've heard stories I think we all have within the industry of like

famous famous broadcasts. Oh yeah. Who like we're not you can't be inebriated to the point where you can't speak. Yeah, slurring. But it would be like if you went back and listened to the tape, hmm, something going on there. Happily buzzed. Yeah. He's enjoying the game. That's right.

He's having a really good time. So you're suggesting that doesn't happen anymore, Noodles? Well, I never happened on my watch, no. Okay. I'm just asking. Crazy. You couldn't get away with that, I mean. I'm just asking. Crazy. You couldn't get away with that now, man. No, of course not.

You couldn't get away with it now. Well, that's another thing. It's just standard, like society has changed so much. I will say this. I have a friend and we went to a birthday party in Miami recently and it was at his house. So he has a fully stocked bar. He's wealthy, he's got all these things,

right? He pulls out a flask. I haven't seen a flask in forever. Yeah. Like, that was old school, right? The old flask. Oh yeah. And he had like, you know, drinking out of a flask. I'm like, that is something else. Like, that was like Johnny Carson type of thing. Yeah.

Dean Martin, all of those guys. I feel like those guys would have flasks absolutely oh yeah man the ride pack although I couldn't like I don't know if this is true now but there I had read that Dean Martin didn't actually drink or at one point he stopped drinking and it was always like you know you had apple juice or water or something in there and it was an act, although I don't know, because it was one hell of an act, man. It seems like those guys were having a great time. Drank and smoked at Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr.

They mostly stopped in the grave. Yeah. Like that was what stopped them. They just kept going. They kept going. Well, someone just wrote me and said, Elvis was 42 when he died. Wow.

And so he said, hey, it's a big birthday, I guess. So if I'm turning 42 and Elvis, that's a bit of a more conversation. Thank you for that. I guess I'll have a big, big year. There you go. I'll have a big year. All right, let me get to one more here. Who is written us here? This is from Jake Bowmanville. He said, I heard you chat earlier this week about shorts guy and wondering what the move is when it comes to convertible guy. The reason I ask is my brother just bought

or just picked up a Mustang convertible this winter and he wants to take it for a spin this weekend top down. Is this nuts or what? Wow. It does seem a bit extreme in March. Like, you know where I stand on shorts guy. I think it's absurd behavior to be wearing shorts in March. And it was really nice today.

It's supposed to be actually pretty warm tomorrow. I think in Toronto, maybe 16, possibly a little windy at times, a little bit of rain. I get it. You know, your brother obviously he's jacked. It's a big purchase. This is a big, once you become like Mustang convertible guy, that's a life, that's a lifestyle lifestyle right in what what this guy's brothers

trying to tell the world is i'm here i wonder if he's recently divorced yourself i need to find out that brother story because some have been here for the mustang to get picked up and he wants to get out there and send a five i would say just by your time you know wait till it's actually truly beautiful i'm not a big car guy noodles i don't know if you're a car guy Dave if you're a car guy, but convertibles in March

Again, it's a lot like shorts guy. Just don't do it, but he's pot-committed though. That's the thing he bought a Mustang He's excited about the convertible. Yeah, I say do it the problem is you start the problem Why does the brother have to come for a spin though? That's what I want to know I can't he be like you're like I get it's a moment For you, but yeah, I don't really want to do that. Just don't drive like my thing is I always see it and you kind of chuckle Convertible guy gets caught when it starts raining and he has to pull over That's off. It's going up and they're just getting pissed on a rain and he got it Like if you're trying to beat the rain but outside of that goal of your life of the you know go ride with your brother

at this is part committed on a little bit of a people you know i use your your your support again they've got a lot of work that type of activity or what i just looked at the forecast and i'm a little i'm concerned about when it was talking about here we're looking at like a ninety percent chance of rain on sunday yeah but i had that he's getting to get a rule ruin the upholstery of his new car. Yeah, careful. Slow the roll. That's what's gonna happen. There'll be plenty of sunny days ahead. That's what I'm saying. Don't jump the gun. We're almost there. It's actually a very exciting time of year.

Like it's really, the snow is quickly leaving us. Like it's, I think by Sunday it's probably gone in the city. And we're getting there. The spring is right around the corner. It's gonna be beautiful. The Mustang. Golf? Golf is like two, three weeks away. Yeah. Right? There'll be some tracks open in the next two weeks. So just, I know we're itching to get out,

but leave the top on for a couple more weeks. Convertible top down guy. Just like motorcycle guy. Like motorcycle guy is dying to get out right now. Oh yeah. Yeah. Right, like you know. That's a little bit more, yeah.

Well, because it's still icy and people aren't prepared for you too. Like people still have winter tires on and motorcycle guys flying by you. Yeah. And we're just, we're not in the head space of motorcycle guy living amongst us yet. So just ease into society.

If you live in the city, you know E-Bike guy has been around all winter. Yeah. E-Bike guy is a big problem. He's really bothering a lot of people. E-Bike guy bothers a lot. No lights. Yeah. Just bombing right through. Not bombing. Yeah. 30 miles an hour. Sidewalk, onto the sidewalk, onto the road. Oh, whatever he needs to do. 25 pounds of food in the back. Oh yeah. Just bombing onto the road. Oh, whatever he needs to do. 25 pounds of food in the back. Just bombing around the city. I respect the hustle, but be careful out there.

Yeah, maybe head on a swivel. Like, look both ways. Maybe a headlight. Working a headlight and a tail light. And if it's snowing outside, maybe don't do that. Like, just take it easy. All right, best bets powered by FanDuel still to come. We'll wrap up a busy afternoon.

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