OverDrive - OverDrive - September 10, 2025 - Hour 2 - Jason Strudwick

Episode Date: September 10, 2025

Join Bryan Hayes, Jeff O'Neill and Jamie McLennan for Hour 2 on OverDrive! Got Yer Back Podcast Host Jason Strudwick joins to discuss Connor McDavid's contract negotiations with the Oilers and Noodles' back tattoo. The guys discuss the headlines around the sports world in the latest edition of Role Play Level of Concern and Bryan gives his FanDuel Best Bets.

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We've got burrios on the mouth for the Jay's. Driver seat. driver's seat jays are in the driver's seat can't beat it leaves are in town soon you get the rider cup coming up you've got the NFL week two and people are freaking out around the NFL right about different things well you know the big game this week is chiefs eagles you know if kansas city loses that they go oh and two we know the history of teams that start the year oh and two at kC in kansas city yeah uh what's detroit going to do i i saw news last hour, Brock Purdy's injured. He could be out for a while, unlikely to play this week.

They kind of survive in Seattle. What happens there? Bears fans are freaking out that Caleb Williams and Ben Johnson don't know what the hell they're doing. It's just constant. It doesn't take long for half the league to be miserable because there's 16 teams that won, 16 that lost. You know, the 16 that won, it's the greatest. In Indianapolis, they're like Danny Dimes. That's our guy man i always believed in him always loved dimes did i read that a kicker got like let go already i'm trying to i was it san fran well jake moody yeah moody got moody got cut i believed yeah yeah that's what it was moody uh he was trending pretty quickly you know during the game and after the game yeah does not take long for a kicker to get cut one game one game but here's the thing there are people concerned

in Buffalo for Bass, who's on the IR, because of, you know, Matt Prater coming out and kicking the way that he kicked, that maybe Bass, even when he returns from injury, they're going to just shake his hand and say, thanks for everything. We're going to keep this guy. Really? So you can lose your job quickly in pro sports, man. He might get Wally pipped. It's a tough gig.

For that one guy to come in, though, the way he did, and then the other guy to just say, you're done? That's tough, man. It's tough. Wally Pipp, right? Wally Pipp. I know, but, like, you should be able to at least have an opportunity to get back in there. You're only keeping one kicker, though.

Like, you're not multiple kickers on your roster, so you're going to have to make a choice. Listen, Prater may, you know, doink a few this week, and all of a sudden people in Buffalo change their mind on him. But anyway, more on that with role play level of concern coming up. Struddy will join us in just a moment. You see Mark Carney was talking about McDavid today. he was doing some speech about the economy and he actually made a pretty good joke you did kind of drop it in there about where we are as a country and where the economy's going and mac david's not signed yet it actually landed pretty well most politicians

are horrible when they try to bring the sport stuff into it you know they just they mispronounce a name or it just sounds so unnatural carney actually nailed this one so credit to him but um it's still an ongoing story i guess it's quieted down for a couple of days but we'll see what strutty has to say about it. Tell training camp, until next week, I mean, until he shows up and his scam, I mean, it's captain skates right now, but once they get into training camp and get into games and all of that, like, I'm sorry, you've put yourself in a position to be asked and to be talked about daily.

Do you think he's getting cat called in Edmonton? No. You think he's walking into a convenience store and the guy saying, hey, what the hell's going on here? I think people are probably asking him something. They're curious, man. I know, but I don't think it's, you know, but I don't think it's, you. You know, every second it's like, hey, you're going to sign, you're going to sign. I think there's, for the most part, I mean, Struddy would be able to.

Struddy lives there. But, you know, the people I talk to there is like, yeah, you know, we still believe he's going to sign there. We still have them for a year, maybe more. Let's see what happens. Like, I think they're, you're trying to, you basically have to deal with what's in front of you. You have no control. Like, if you're a fan of the Oilers or a fan of that team, like that, you have no control. He controls the situation.

Okay, let me ask you this. Put this in a perspective for me, as an Edmontonian yourself. And Struddy can do this as well because he's a modern Edmontonian where you're an ex-pat. Yes, I'm an ex. Can this, if he leaves, where is it on the Gretzky scale? Like where does it rank in terms of, you know, you mentioned your aunt was crying in the kitchen when Gretzky got traded. No, my mom. Or your mom was crying.

My mom and her best friend Donna McMartin were cooking pierogies and they were crying. I'll never forget it. They were like, Gretzky got traded, call me. Okay, where is this? The social media jacks it up like a zillion. And the other thing, too, is Gretzky didn't ask, he didn't leave. Gretzky didn't put his hand up and say, trade me. He was sold by Peter Pocklington.

Obviously, but I don't think it came out, like, I don't think it was a situation where he, like, leaned over and said, get me out of here type of thing. I think that was, you know, he was. was traded like he was like that's a different scenario where you know mac david is choosing his own destiny and he has the right to do it he's been there 10 years i still have always believed he wants to win there and all bets are off maybe he's saying i'm going to i'm giving one my myself one year to win there and if i win i'm out if i don't i'll sign a short extension until i do i don't know but i've always believed that him and dry siddle want to win there and then everything else

right which would be the ideal way to put a bow on it if it gets to that point you know if he wins and leaves which would be a complicated finish as well there's like a kawai element to that you know it's very rare does a superstar win and then say i'm leaving you know usually once you've won all you want to do is stay and continue to win and so double down and try and yeah absolutely it's intoxicating you know to win but yeah i mean that i don't know i don't have like i don't i don't remember, you know, the Gretzky feeling in 88 or whatever when he got dealt. Well, again, always bang on. Social media wasn't around, right?

Like, you just had people calling you and stuff, like saying what's going on. Like, I think there's a lot of things, like people in Evanton remember certain things. They remember Gretzky getting traded. They remember the goal going off of Fierzy's leg, Steve Smith, you know, banking. Like, people remember where they were when that went down. Which is crazy because they won five cups over that run. And they remember the one fumble, which was a massive one. Right.

Massive fumble. People still talk about around here. Toskola getting scored on 185 feet away. Right. But that was during the regular season in a meaningless game. I don't even remember who it was against. Long Islanders. Yeah, I think it was the Islanders.

You were not on that team, were you? No, you were gone by that. No, I was gone from the Islanders, but I was in the league. No, I meant, oh, I wasn't. Did you play with Costco? watching i remember watching it on the couch it was like okay can't believe that one in okay that was one of the worst bounces i've ever seen it was an unlucky regular season bounce listen the vesotoscala era that was a fergi fergi acquired him i'm fairly certain of that yeah that he went out there and you know

i cannot confirm it than either we just picked up vesotoskola but it didn't work it wasn't a good it wasn't a good run it was the beginning of the end you know it was the end of the sundine era and all that kind of stuff it got weird there for a while it just it is weird we had him in calgary it was tuscola and kipersoft they were best buddies and we brought him in from either san ozay or i can't remember where we started in the leaps got him from san jose right that's where they acquired him from yeah i think they gave up a first i want to say the pick turned into logan kuture i can't remember exactly might be wrong on that really yeah that's a pretty good player i think it was a pretty good player yeah turned into a pretty good player let's not head down that

Like, what did the picks turn into? It may not have been, but I don't know why I have this connection to that. Yeah, I have like a connection to that pick or San Jose flipped the pick they got from the Leafs to move up to take him or something like that. But that one stung. That one stung. But it happens. You're right. It comes back to moments where you're like, where were you when this?

You know, I remember, again, regular season or whatever, watching that Leaf game, David Airstskates on the eye. Oh, dude, that's a completely different ballgame. That's a whole new animal. These are regular season, like, weird night. Like, that was, what, in November? I don't even remember, like, the, I don't remember the month. I just remember. I think I was up in Collingwood, actually, for that.

I want to say that that was in February or something. Like, I'd have to remember, we'd have to go back and look at that. It was, but I think it was a Saturday night game, which made it crazier. I could be wrong on that. Yeah. But that's, like, it was like a, it might have been a hockey night game. It might have been, like, it was outrageous because when that all went down, I remember Dave Poulin, you know, our colleague. Yeah, he was working at D.S.N. at the time.

But, you know, messaging me going, uh-oh, like, you know, the Leafs are going to win 31-0 or 31-1 or whatever. And then somebody scored. Was it peer, Engval scored? Yeah, Engval scored. It was the happiest kind of. They were losing like 4-1. I remember the way the game played out. They were getting pumped, and then both goalies went out.

I think it was Rimer was the first one for Carolina. And the second one was another former league. Wasn't it Marazic? I think it might have been Marazic. Yeah, I think it was Rimer and Marazic. And then Ayers came in, and it was 4-2 maybe at that point, and Engval scored a brutal flip shot, and it was 4-3, and you thought, all right, they're going to win 15 to 4.

Yes. And they ended up losing 6-3, I believe, or 6-4. Did they only get one, like, I remember. They barely got any shots. Jack Hyman had, like, a wrist shot from the blue line right at the end of the game. And to the credit of David Ayers, he made a couple, like, fundamentally strong plays. And Carolina, you know, they were, they did their thing. When the one went in, I said, he's going to purposely let in 10 goals, and this is going to be laughable.

Yeah. That's what I said. Well, I don't think he was purposely going to do it, but it just was naturally going to have. No, he's just going to be like, it's like, it's like, it's like, Those are my guys, and there you go. Here's one for you, Oprah style, one for you, one for you. Well, at the end of the second, do you remember all the Leifes when we're tapping him on the pads and high-fiving him and stuff like that?

Because they skated with him. Like, it was kind of yucked up. I just remember the look on Rod Brindamore's face when David Ayers skated out. Of course. We're trying to win games here. Mortify. And you were right, Hayes, Saturday, February 22nd. That's why I say, I remember.

remember where you were when i was at blue mountain i was up there for a charity event 24 hour blue shout out unbelievable ski event up at blue mountain every single year i'm there every year doing the emceeing stuff yeah i was in the room watching it and i was just in awe like i was in my room my wife and kids didn't come up that first year i'm in a room like above the starbucks in the village watching it like i can't believe this is happening and like texting people calling I remember calling my dad saying, can you believe this? We're talking on the phone and be like, the Zamboni guy is going to beat the Leaves.

The Leaves you're going to lose tonight. And you could feel it by the third period when they were struggling and Carolina locked it down. You're like, they're losing. There's no way the Leaves are finding a way to win this game. See, this is, you know what? You want to talk about CBA stuff? That's the type of stuff. There should be a third Goldie, allowed on the roster.

But then we missed that story, though, Nuddles. I agree with you. Really? In terms of the sense of it, you're 100% right. Right. The thing is, the Leafs, it didn't matter who they brought in. The Leafs weren't winning. Like, the Leafs were not going to beat Carolina.

Because Carolina, they shut everything down. They defended incredibly well. And the Leafs, you know, basically thought this would be a laffer and we'll go out there and crush these guys. And it didn't happen. But imagine if we didn't have that story. Like, I couldn't wait to get on the air on Monday. That show was like, get us on the air to talk about this disaster. You talk about carving a team.

Man, was that ugly. That was ugly. That was ugly. All right. Role play coming up in about 15. Struddy. What are you chasing Connor McDavid out there? Trying to get an answer from him.

What's going on here, Struddy? Trying to get scoops for you guys. Sorry. I thought I saw him at Max, the 7-Eleven, and he wasn't there. There's somebody else. We were asking, Struddy. So the guys asked me, do you think McDavid, if he is at the 7-11, or if somebody sees him,

somewhere, the grocery store, like, are people asking him daily? Like, what the hell is he doing? Do you think? Um, I know what? I don't know. I think it'd be pretty bold. Maybe, maybe a closer friend. But, I mean, if you just see someone in that, if you see Connor McDavid or Austin Matthews,

are you asking about that, or he asking for a selfie? Because he's not going to tell you what the contract anyway. So I'd probably ask for a selfie, wouldn't you? An autograph? Yeah. I think so. Well, an autograph and then maybe a, hey, can you sign here, initial here? and then send that to the Oilers.

DocuSign. Yeah, exactly. DocuSign. When is he going to cut off strutty? When is he going to cut off the asking of the question about the contract? Like, he's got to get to a point where he's like, I'm not answering this anymore because he's done it two or three times thus far. Yeah, I'd love the way he's handled it so far.

I think he's front-loading it. I think he's trying to get all the questions out and give all the different, you know, sides and angles and people have a chance to get their questions in. Then after that, I think, you know, I'd say after the first day of training camp, he's going to say, okay, you know, unless there's something new report, I'm not talking about it. The problem with that is when you go to Toronto or you go to,

New York or Montreal, like there'll be questions asked, right? Does the local reporters there'll want to get in, get in, you know, their shots and try to get some scoops? But I honestly think that's what he's doing, and he's trying to be honest. Like there's, you know,

in the one interview had he talked about trying to find the right deal for himself, his family and the team. I mean, there's going to be a deal, but it's not simple. It's not as easy. You know, people say he deserves them.

max 20%. Yeah, he does. But, you know, that kind of handicaps what a team or this case orders can do. But why should he have to take a home-down discount, right? I don't see the other guy taking a home-down discount, whether you're in McKinnon or, you know, even when Tavares came at Toronto. He didn't take a discount. So why should this guy take a discount? So it's really complicated. And, you know, trying to predict what the orders are going to be like or any team in three to five years, that's a pretty hard thing to do. So I feel for him, I did think after Leon signed that he would have signed the exact same contract, maybe seven years or eight years,

whatever. But, you know, who knows? But I do think ultimately it gets done and then you move forward with what you got. All right. Answer this hypothetical because we've been big on hypotheticals today. I posed a question in noodles. Now, Noodles is an expat Edmontonian, right? Yeah. But when

Gretzky got traded, you know, Darlene McClennon and the whole crew were crying in the kitchen and everyone was freaking out in Edmonton. If he's leaving, where does this rank? Where will this rank in Edmonton on the Gretzky scale of shock, disappointment, tears in the kitchen? How close is it to Gretzky? I was cleaning on my mom's Aero Star band, and that's what I was doing.

I heard it on the radio, and I couldn't believe it. I was crying. I was 13 years old. I was just shocked and sad. But I think this is all for not. I mean, you're just, I think he's signing. I'll be floored if you didn't. But if I had to rank, I'd say, Greg could still be number one.

You know, then probably, you know, Strubbock leading, no one, Wadamore was probably number two. Right. Or maybe people are happy. There were, there was a celebration. Yeah, those are tears of joy. You were misconstrued. We got a chance.

We got a chance. We're alive. No, but, yeah, in all honesty, I just, I can't, I don't see this theme in this issue. I think the deal gets done, and I think that, I just think it's really complicated. It's not as easy as, you know, just signing the contract. I think he's trying to figure out a lot of things. And, you know, again, your GM trying to explain, can you imagine sitting down with the best player,

let's say it's Austin Matthews saying, you know, what are you going to do in four years? Well, we're going to try to get this guy. Well, no, you can't say that. Or we're going to try to draft this guy. No, we can't say that. So it's more like a theory of what we're going to look to build and what we want. But I can't give you specific names. It's not like buying stocks on the TSX.

guys wheel and deal daily. Strudd Nuddles seems to like what's come in, the different changes that have been made in Edmonton. Like, what are your thoughts on it? Like, if that's something that McDavid would be viewing, obviously, to see what the, you know, the new look, Oilers would look like. Well, I was down there the first day he spoke, and he talked about some young players and, you know, saying it's hard to come in and become an impact player of first year.

And it is. You know, let's look at a recent guy, Connor Bedard. You know, and now he did have injuries first year, but it really highly touting. guy. Now, on a much weaker team, for sure, and the LLIs are on him, so a little bit different, but it's not easy to come in and become that guy, and this is a guy that was really highly touted. So, like Howard, not as touted, obviously, but still, you know, a good young prospect, same with Matt Savoy, but the owners need these guys. Like, if you're Conn McDavid, you're, you need these two guys to come in. My concern is that they may be a little bit smaller.

You know, you look at some of the changes, you know, Van der Kaine, although they didn't have him all year last year. You know, he's a smaller guy, but he still got Podolson. who I expect would have a better finish this year, I'd like to think you get 50 to 20 goals. You know, Perry out, I mean, he did everything for the Oilers, and who's replacing that? You get Trent Frederick now in a way better contract. Sorry, not a better, sorry, a longer contract, but he's healthy.

So is he going to be a different player? I suspect he will be than what the Oilers fans saw this year. You know, so I think the D-Men are better now than they were this time last year. And then, you know, Newliff can speak to it better, but I honestly think a goalie coach, it's a worthwhile try to change things up. You know, this guy, I don't think, changed your technique as much as your approach,

the way you think, and Dustin Schwartz had him for a long time and gone to a certain point. I wonder if this guy can't come in and maybe change things up and just a different approach because I think it's different than a skating coach. You know, skating coach just teach you how to skate

and become quicker. I think noodles, you can correct me, I think there's an approach guided way of that this guy bringing in for a goalie coach to work with a young guy. There is, but I had several goalie coaches, and you still called me, say that I had a lazy glove. So, I mean, at some point.

Coach can only do so much. Exactly. At some point, you're like, all right, like, I do believe there's lots of things that a goalie coach can do, but ultimately the player has to play better and turn the corner. You know, I think that's the thing. And I look at that, I look at that tandem. I almost feel like Pickard might be the guy that is a casualty out of all this, and he did nothing wrong at a million dollars and had 22 wins and won seven games in the playoffs.

But they've drafted and developed Skinner. They might bring in somebody either off waivers or 20 games in to challenge him. You look at this group as at a whole. I look more at Edmonton, the health of RNH, Hyman. like they didn't have great seasons last year that's that's where i look at some of their like mac david was up and down injury all of that type of stuff like dry saddle was their best player that's the one thing that we we always kind of look past is is dry saddle was arguably up for the heart i mean he was running up right yeah i'm saying but it

it could have been dry saddle every day of the week as well so i i i think there's a lot that factors into all of this they're a good team yes they've got some new blood but But I also think they might be, like a couple other teams, kind of waiting in the wings to see if there's some other players kicking around 20 games into the season to get a little bit better, a little bit older, a little bit stronger type of thing. Yeah, I think that all makes sense, for sure. You've seen them do that upgrade every year, right?

But I like the point, you know, the challenge is they don't have that much to trade away. You know, you're trying to – if you look at their coffers as far as young players, and, you know, there's not a ton. You know, the young D man, Blackie, who looks like he might be a right-shot D, but, you know, it's, again, it's hard because you're trying to win now and try to add players,

but also, let's say Connor starts for five more years. Well, you have these guys for six more years. You need players they can play with them because Acombe's not a spring chicken. Kulak's not a young guy. He needs new contract. You look up front, you mentioned Noose, and these types of guys, they're getting older.

So you have to replace them. otherwise you have two superstars with aging guys around them and no one to replace them with. Well, you've also got a division that, you know, you've got a powerhouse in Vegas and your boy, Mitch Marner's rolling into town and you can be playing the others four or five times a year. And he was doing his media today. He looks, it's such a stark contrast from like the classic original six Maple Leaf uniform to the Vegas Golden Knights. Yellow jersey white gloves, gray helmet. Yeah, it's like he's in a different league. It's like he's at the Spengler Cup.

That's what it looks like. But how do you think he'll transition strut and how scary to think he's in Vegas is this year? Yeah, no, I mean, it's obviously hard when a hometown player leaves, right, choose to leave their town. I think I can see why there'd be, you know, a lot of, I mean, it's hard. It is really hard to see that.

But I'm on record, I'll double down. I'll take Petra Angel over Marner any day. You know, I know Petraans is getting older, So they have Martin for a long time, but I think an elite D-Men is really, very important. So, you know, Vegas has seen the younger team who moved up, but they also got Nick Hague moved out. And he, you know, I get it. He's a bit limited, but, man, he's a big guy with Stanley Cup pedigree and moves people around. So I think those two guys will be missed.

You know, they scored a ton of goals last year, right? And then get into the playoffs against the Oilers, and they literally got run over. So is Mitch Martin the answer to change that? Yeah, maybe they need more offense. I'd be concerned without Petrangelo and Hague and what that looks like back there this year. Yeah, that's a very valid point that, you know, the shiny new toy is going to get a lot of love, and he's a very good player, but Petrangelo, you know, Hague, like he mentioned, even Nicholas Waugh who left, and he's not, you know, he's not a superstar player,

but he's got size and he was on the cup winning team. Always solid for them. Yes, always solid. So there's a lot of depth and size that have left for Marner, you know, who's not a big guy, and if it gets rough and tumble and heavy, man, he ain't the guy you're looking for. That's not the guy that's going to cut it. The West is a little bit more physical, but, you know,

I think Marner is going to be fine. I think he's going to be a great player there. It's just an adjustment, though. Keep in mind, different system, different city, different leaders on the team, all of that. It might take him a few games to settle into his new environment. But, you know, Stradi, before we let you go, I think you owe me an apology,

Because you started a rumor this year that I had a tattoo on my back. I don't know. Oh, you weren't on the show. It was Hayes. And Frankie, they were doubling down. And Struddy was like, Noodles has the worst tattoo on his back. And then he covered it with something worse. And I was like, I don't have a tattoo on my back at all.

So Struddy's just making things up to create content. So I don't know what's... Oh, do you want to react to that? Struddy's just making things up. But I don't think it is. I saw with Struddy on this. Strud, what was the original thought of what tattoo was back there?

So I think there was a tattoo that was like, it looked like a sun, but looked like someone did it in the dark with their opposite hand. Like it was really bad at gun. Then I think he put like a tombstone over or something because he went through a wrestling thing. So he said, like, a nude picture showing his back. Okay. So what happened? There's way too much cheek.

I could have put my wife's purse in there. But what I'm saying, I think, guys, it's clear what's happening. I'm not lying, and he's not lying. He doesn't have one anymore. He got it removed, the tattoo removed. He went and got it done. And if someone's listening to did it, just text in the show and tell us where you got it done because that's painful.

And I don't know if doesn't like pain, but I think he might have done it. I'm telling you, I promise on everything. I've got 13 tattoos. I do not have one on my back at all. And yes, I did send you a picture that wasn't naked. Just a crack in my back, and you said that was my ass. It's not Tinder. My phone number is not Tinder.

I love it. Yeah, the tattoo removal, man. That's a big industry right now. You make some good money. You invest in that thing right now. 13 mistakes. A lot of regret. How many guys I had, like,

full sleeves that they just wake up when i'm doing i've done it the last five years where it's just like no it's all gone yeah see i you know what i i i only have one that i really regret but it's it's it's it's it's it's not nobody sees it and it's not a big deal like it's it's it's sad it's a sad tattoo it's embarrassing yes it's a it's so embarrassing i got it at the nasher had the tasmanian devil holding a hockey stick and it looked like someone did it on crayons like it was the worst tattoo and right on his belt line and you'd have to get it was so small like what is that the worst tattoo I was just going to say hey you could speak to it oh you've got a million of them but like we all there was young junior hockey players all went and got tattoos and I the

The buddies that I went with, one got the Noid, which was like a, I think, a pizza delivery guy. The other guy got the Tasmanian devil, and I got a Pink Panther leaning on a stick. And the Pink Panther now is like this sad, drawn out like Panther. Awful. The stick is like broken. This wants to be put out of its misery. It's just awful. But I did it years.

I was 16. Like, you know, 54 now. Like, it's just terrible. I had buddies, everyone's done it. Same thing. Canadian flags with something in there. It's like, why do you need that? No.

Yeah. It's a barbed. I think noodles had, did you have a barbed wire around your bicep? Why would I have a barbed? I've got the tini, skinny, gross arms. Like, why would I draw any attention to my arms at all? No. I've never had a barbed wire.

Yeah, let's have been someone else. Yeah. Zip tie. Exactly. Anyway, strud. Great catch. Not with you, buddy. Go find McDavid.

Let us know what's going on out there. Yeah, I will. I think I just saw him at 7-Eleven. I'll go to the next one. Okay. Find some pop. Love it. Okay, guys.

Thanks, Struddy. Have a good one. Good to hear you guys back on. Yep, great to catch up with you, buddy. There is. Jason Strudwick. Joining us here on Overdrive. All right.

Well, I don't know what we just accomplished there, but... I'm not sure either. It's all good, man. Well, he comes on 15 minutes late, too. Yeah, he's a busy guy. He's a busy guy out there. As he should be. All right, roll play level of concern coming up.

Best bet's coming up as well. Overdrive continues. TSN 1050 and on TSN4. You can never, never ask me to stop drinking. Do you understand? I do. I really do. All right, role play level of concern.

I haven't played this in a while. Good to have it back in the rotation. Let's get right to it. Oh, you're playing the role of Austin Matthews. We mentioned earlier someone would be playing the role of Matthews. What is your level of concern that your rocket, Rashard winning years, are behind you without Mitch Marner? Mm.

Are behind me. Mm-hmm. No more Rockets. No more scoring the most goals in the league. I am... 52% No What's the role play?

Jerry's What's the raw play here? I got to be Stevie Caldwell, don't I? A couple of whiskeys and five or six beers. Because the guy that put the puck on my stick is not there. That's the only thing. Sorry, I went Jerry's there. I was all, I wanted Stevie Caldwell, I went Jerry's.

But I was thinking that's about what is I mean his right-hand man is gone so how is whoever is going to play there because Matthew nyes as good as he is at getting in and getting pucks and getting in on the forecheck it's not a disher he's going to do a lot to help Austin Matthews but whoever is going to fill in that void big responsibility I'm Stevie Caldwell he's got to be at least a Stevie Caldwell yeah what it where is Stevie Caldwell in the level like he about 52% whatever they're exactly 52% percent is stevie caldwell i'm below stevie caldwell one notch what is that pint on the patio

or is that a couple i don't think so so that's where i'm i'm i'm kind of in that range right there because you said never again i think he's going to so i i i still believe in austin matthews he's a goal score like no no no no only one guy can get the most goals right like he right dry shuttle could score 58 he could score 57 he doesn't win it you're Right. McDavid said he wants to score a bunch of goals. I get it. But Austin Matthews is proven to be a top-notch, you know, the best goal score in the last three, four years, like more. But at the end of the day, I still believe he can do it. So I'm just above pine on the patio. Whatever that is. I think health is a concern too, not just Marner, but Marner, where's his health at? Where's he at in his career? You know, going into year 10, usually the stats start to drive. drop off, you know, at that point. That's a good point, Brian. We're not, we're, sometimes I still think we're like year four, five, seven.

He's not a kid anymore. Dude, 10 years, man. It's a long time in the league, long time. All right, noodles, you're playing the role of Anthony Stollars. Speaking of, you know, long time in the league, not a young guy. Playing the role of Anthony Stolars. What's your level of concern? You're too late.

It's too late to make the big money. I am Stevie Caldwell. A couple of usis and five hundred. second beers because to find to me big money because i think his next contract say signs a three or four year deal it might have something in a four in it so that's well wolf i would say is big is kind of big money you know seven million yeah that's longer term deal does he have enough time to prove that he's worthy of that with i would be more concerned than i'm rick bush would then because we're an adjustment on the fly six bush light six bud light and i love him tall

boys. Because even if Anthony Stollars shows that he's something else. I love that guy. Do the math. I will. Because of his age and where he's at. Like, you know, to prove that he can be a number one. Like, Dustin Wolf has been a number one everywhere he's been, number one in the

H.L, number one in the National Hockey League will continue to be. Stolars played 34 games last year. So even to go and prove it. this year he'd have to play 55 and then follow it up with another 55 and follow like i think that window was closed based on his body of work you know him being not discovered but him getting better with age he's gotten better with age so i i think his deal will have lots of money but not the i agree yeah i think it's too late in his career and he hasn't you know at 31 32 the the likelihood of him playing 55 games seems very slim and you know maybe they signed

an extension with him before the start of the year. I wouldn't be shocked if that happened. Maybe he plays it out. Maybe he bets on themselves and, you know, give me another year. Let me stay healthy in the playoffs. Have a big run. Then you're really going to have to pay me or pay me more. I don't think he's waiting on a seven or eight year deal.

That's not tenable. That's not realistic. But he may be thinking I should make, if Wolf's making seven, five, and I get what you're saying, but Stolaris is a true number one on a really good team. And he puts up, you know, multiple years of really good numbers. He's going to want to get paid. So it is complicated. All right, I am playing the role of the Chicago Bears.

The Chicago Bears, what is my level of concern? Caleb Williams is not going to be the QB I've been waiting for. Man, he's getting a lot of attention on that gray undershirt he wore. That was just untucked T-shirt. It was just a weird vibe for a starting QB. It's warm still. Yeah, it's like you don't see that, man. You don't see quarterbacks kind of go off the beaten path in terms of their gear.

and the whole thing. So I'm going to, I'm going to, I'm going to Rick Bushwood, this one. Six Bush Light, six Bud Light, and I love him, tall boys. You know, it was tough, tough game. Minnesota's a good team, good defense. He was slinging it earlier, you know, early in the game the other night, made, you know, his first 10 completions. He can run the ball.

My concern is that he's, it's Chicago, too. It's not just Williams. It's the nature of the bears and the whole operation. That's very difficult to be successful there. But if you're the first overall pick and, year two, I think you've got to win that game. Like, I can't let him off the hook when you got a big lead like that at home. Who did the, I forget the kid's name, the Niners.

They had that young kid when they're like, this is the next, this is the. Trey Lance, you mean? Trey Lance. And then all of a sudden it was like, you're just, they made a decision very quickly, like, you're not the guy. Right. And Pertie helped with that because Purdy fell into the lap and they don't have that equivalent in Chicago.

he's playing he's getting every start this year they're going to give him the runway i'm not completely you know selling my stock on williams he's clearly got talent he's got an arm he's got legs he's clearly got it but does he have what it takes to be a leader does he have the winning elements of his game you know the jury's still out on that and i think if you're in chicago you're just always nervous because jaden daniels was there and they didn't take him just like mahomes was there and they took Trubisky and you know there's a long list of the bears making the wrong choice with other quarterbacks who were available at the time so I would there's there's definitely a concern there has to be an element of concern in year two that maybe he's not

the savior maybe he's not going to turn into some great quarterback that leads you somewhere in the future sticking with this theme oh you're playing the role of the new york giants what is your level of concern danny dimes is going to take off an indie who what's the highest one what is the highest nick cage you can never never ask me to stop drinking the compliments that were coming out

to danny dimes like people in indy were like this guy's got ability he's got and i'm like that's dandy dimes man but it goes back to dable how bad was dable or systems or coordinators like dable's on like he's got to be on thin ice man thinnest of ice for danny dimes to go there first off take the starting job well the other guy richardson quit on his team last year it wasn't hard for everyone to pick that guy but i don't know it would kind of be freaky to see dandy dimes turn into a stud you know the guy that turns into a stud on a second team and just becomes a legend maybe danny dimes is that guy yeah i mean it's it's one week

it's one week against Miami and they're a disaster but Dimes look very good he looked very good and this is kind of what we're talking about Caleb Williams sometimes it's not about the player it's about the situation

the Giants just don't have it man the Giants are they've been in a dark place for a long time offensive line not very good coach doesn't know what he's doing you know Sam Donald same thing got out of the Jets went to Minnesota look what happened

right Baker Mayfield got out of Cleveland once somewhere else now look what happens maybe Dimes is the next you know next guy to follow in that lineage all right noodles last one here you're playing the role one of the stories of the day you're playing the role

the Minnesota Wilde you know where this is going yeah what is your level of concern Kiro Caprisov is telling you he's not interested in staying give me Rick Bushwood six bush light six Budlight and I love him tall boys

wouldn't he get into that before the negotiation started though Hayes Well, that's what I was going to say. That's why I went there because obviously they're talking term and money. So obviously that means he is willing to sign a deal. It's just he didn't like the term and money. So the concerning part is where does it go from here? Does it blow up and he plays it out?

I don't think so. It's just how high is Minnesota going to go or what short a term, all of that. I still believe he wants to sign there. So that's why I didn't go Nick Cage. Okay. Well, listen, it could be a scenario where, you know, why take this offer, if this is true, you know, if Minnesota put eight years, $16 million per on the table, if they're willing to go there, you might be thinking they're willing to go to $17 million, you know, maybe in a few months. Like, he's just going to keep testing them. Are they going to pull it off the table and not give it to him in a month if he goes back?

Probably not. You know, they're kind of showing their cards that he's in the driver's seat and they want him and they're willing to. overpay because that's what it would be i get the caps going up but dry saddle just signed for 14 and Mitch marner just signed for 12 i get state tax and all that and i don't know the whole situation in minnesota but 16 million if it's true 128 million total and he turns it turns it down that's that's a wild wild statement wild is yeah literally figuratively pun intended You know, that's, it's quite the message to Bill Garan and to ownership there. You know how piss the agent?

Like, I can't see the agent saying I wouldn't sign that because most agents would be like, well, you get two or three percent on that if you're an agent. Think about how much money you're making if a guy gets $128 million. No kidding. Crazy. And the guy says, no, I don't think so. That is outrageous. Well, listen, this is a sign also of where we're in a different world.

in the NHL, we keep, these guys all have a year left on their deal. Right. It's not, you know, like Caprisaw, McDavid, Eichol, they could all just play, right, and then figure it out at the end of their deal. Maybe they sign out of Minnesota next. Those are the pressure points, man. He can just be like, well, just, you know, the pressure point for the injury and not getting any money, but he could just say, maybe I'll just play it out and then, you know,

maybe he doesn't have a good year. There's all different kinds of things that can happen. Right. But, well, keep in mind, the cap goes from 95. 5.5 to 104, and then to 113. So 19.1 is the extension that he could get, and then it goes up into the 20s. He might be just waiting for McDavid to set the market and go. That's dangerous, though, isn't it noodles?

What if McDavid's like, I'll take 16, you know, short time? Then how does Caprisaw get, you know, turn that down? Yeah, you're right. I don't know. I mean, it's a game of chess out there clearly in the NHL right now. And everyone's playing it. All right, best bets coming up. Jay's Houston.

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And please play responsibly. Sorry, I got off script there. I was worsted in my level of concern. That was, I was off script. I thought you were having a seizure or something. You know what it was? I'm looking at the... If you live in Ontario.

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We didn't play the Tyrol Hatton audio today, which maybe we should have. Did you see when Tiro was talking about getting named to the Ryder Cup team? Play it, we got time? Yeah, I don't know if we have it. I didn't send it to the guys. That's on me. We'll play it tomorrow, and it's a longer clip, but he's going through his drinks and how he was absolutely a disaster and woke up on the floor of the hotel room.

Anyway, we've had some people suggest maybe we should add Teryl Hatton into roleplay level of concern. Yeah, we'll get a little sniff of that quote tomorrow. Maybe above Rick Bush would. Could be. Because, yeah, Turrell was in a pretty bad place. And I guess he was asked, like, what's the party going to be like if you win the Rider Cup?

And he said, I don't ever want to feel the way I felt after I got named to the Rider Cup because we took a deep, I guess him and John Rom. I could see Romm being just a, oh, I could see him. He could see him. He has a tequila special, man. I think he owns a tequila or something. He does. he does.

I can see, are they in the, they're not in the John Daly type of neighborhood. They're professional. They show up and play. There's a big tournament in Napa this week where all the American players are playing in it to stay fresh for the Ryder Cup in a couple of weeks. And I think a lot of the Europeans are over in Europe as well, right, playing on the DP World Tour. Every time I see Daly now on Instagram and stuff, he's like in flip-flops on the course,

like doing trick shots and drinking a beer and smoking, like at 8 o'clock in the morning. That's his thing. That's his thing now. You know, no shoes and show up and try to break a course record. Yeah, he gets into it on the daily. He does. He enjoys himself. But yeah, the Ryder Cup's going to be good, man.

A couple weeks from now. It's going to be a lot of fun. A lot of fun. I'm fired up to see these Js tonight. Let's see what they got. Yeah, me too. Yeah, it's going to be a lot of fun. You get a win tonight.

You know, you would expect the Yankees are going to respond after the way they played last night. Boston won big last night. But really, if you're the Jays, you know, we're joking about the driver's seat comment, but it's true. You get 18 games left. You win nine or ten more games, you know? You're going to win the division, and you're going to finish top two in the American

League. That's a formality. It's going to happen. And you can allow everyone else to go through the wildcard dance, and you're already in the ALDS, and games of one and two are going to be at the dome. Some tight ones. Like, you can have a few blowouts if you want. That would be fun and acceptable as well.

night, man. I know it's that time of year, but give yourself some cushion once in a while. Yeah. How about put a few runs on the board early tonight? Let Burrios breathe. Although they did that last time. They put eight on the board for him and he struggled. So it may not matter. But you're right about that. Just kind of breathe easy. Have yourself a night tonight. All right. Jay's Astros tonight. We'll break it down tomorrow. We've got Packers, commanders tomorrow night on Thursday night football and Hayesbrough on the clock. So big, big game tomorrow night. a big swing with the Packers at home against the Washington Commanders. Thanks to everyone behind the scenes for helping out.

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