Spittin Chiclets - Spittin' Chiclets Episode 51: Featuring Colby Armstrong

Episode Date: November 3, 2017

On Episode 51, the gents start off with some World Series talk as RA and Whits take opposing views about the post-game proposal. They also discuss Crosby's missed empty-netter attempt from center ice that cost RA some shekels and the hideous Team USA jersey before bringing on the always entertaining Colby Armstrong (@armdog). Armdog talks about dressing up as Danaerys for Halloween while live on TV, his NBCSN debut, the sick costumes that NHL players always come up with, what ails the Oil, riding aboard a truck in the Penguins parade, and so much more. There's no way he's going back to the minzies after this ep. The boys then have some laughs as they finish up with #AllRightHamilton questions. Lotta fun once again. Tune in.You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/schiclets

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You're crazy today. I am a little off the wall today. What the hell is up? I can't even blame cough medicine even though I got a call. Brian Whitney with the what up, what up. Hello, gentlemen. Grinnells with the hello, gentlemen. First off, we want to say thank you to everybody last week for the tremendous support

Mike Motto I know a lot of folks Probably weren't completely familiar with the name Or the play when we brought him on but you definitely were afterwards Is he not one of the best storytellers Of all time like the way he changes His voices and stuff is just That guy is such a beauty and we were So happy to finally get him in

He actually said for a while he was like hey let's do it And I was like finally I'm like oh Mot, oh, Mott's would be amazing. Little did I know he'd be that good. It's just his accent when he says, I can't. When's your birthday?

Mott's. Dude, there were like two or three times in an episode, I'm like, this motherfucker's accent is worse slash better than mine. I was like,

holy shit. He's like from just outside the city. That was a lot of fun. He was a true rock on tour. He told great stories. We got bumped up to number one in Canada on iTunes. We don't brag on the show, but he was a true raccoon on tour. He told great stories. We got bumped up to number one in Canada on iTunes. We don't brag on the show, but we'll pat ourselves on the back a little.

Number one in Canada. We broke back on the top ten in the U.S. It had been a while, and that's a nice spot to be during football season with all the football podcasts. So, again, big thank you to all the listeners out there. The support's been great. We love you guys. Just want to acknowledge last week's show. Instead of kicking off

Our hockey this week Wednesday night's World Series conclusion It would be remiss If we didn't talk about it One of the truly great World Series of all time Yeah I fucking had

The Dodgers man Bet them for the series Before the series Minus 160 God I'm so pissed off You know what I'm pissed off That it wasn't a good Game 7

You know like I was more Like granted Yeah I lost So that really rattles me in my wallet. But it's more than anything that the game wasn't enjoyable. Every game was so good, and then you know that that ends up – they went up 5-0. I'm like, it's going to fucking end up like this. Anti-climactic.

Yeah, game six, at least it was a pitcher's duel, and Houston – Why didn't you start Kershaw? Dude, I don't get it, man. I get it. You know you might use him for three or four runners, then fucking start the game with him instead of Davos. After Davos was terrible that first game he pitched, and he was awful last night, too.

He was so bad, and I couldn't believe with Kershaw. All right, so Kershaw doesn't go in. Back in the day, I feel like, not even back in the day, I feel like Curt Schilling goes game one, game five, game seven. Yeah, then he rants about Nazis and fucking transgender people, but he at least

was a horse on the hill. And then Kershaw's this good, he's gonna then, you're gonna bring him in and that, it's just, I don't know. Yeah, all he did was keep them close, but if they started them, then who knows, they get a couple of knocks early in the game, they might have the lead. It was just like a questionable decision. I'm sure Dodgers, I'm sure Dodgers fans woke up today and forgot the World Series was last night because they live in L.A.

And there's a fucking beach and hot broads and bikinis everywhere. So probably real easy to just ease back into life when you live in L.A. They're fake fans. They're fake fans. Yeah, exactly. I mean, L.A. There was tons of tickets left like three hours before the game. Yeah, it's L.A.

It's not Miami as far as like there's no one cares. But I think that it's a lot easier for those people to just like, yeah, yeah, well, back to the beach or back to my big-breasted actress wannabe girlfriend or stuff like that. And conversely, man, I hope there's a day when – You're going back to Kevin Spacey's house? Oh, yeah, I know. I do hope there's a day when,

you know, like, we can have a sports team that isn't fucking, like, tied into some sort of fucking tragic event where they can just win

a series and not have the dedicated victims of a natural disaster or a fucking mass shooting or something like that. Having said that, it was exactly what, you know,

what people in Houston needed. Did you see the video of Tex last night, Tex from Bosco? I saw, I saw, was that like the three-minute one? Yeah.

Yeah, that was. I hadn't even really. I feel bad saying it. I didn't see a lot of stuff. I saw it everywhere, but I never really read up on it. Shame on me. But then you see those pictures, and you're like, holy shit. Part of the city was completely destroyed.

It probably still is. Oh, it's a disaster. And Tex, I mean, obviously he's from Texas. He went down to, like, find his father, man. And he's from the area. He's a lifelong Strohs fan. And, I mean, that was a real emotional thing. And if you saw the clip on Boston Wednesday night, I mean, it was genuine.

It's like, it's why we, you know, cliche, but it's why we watch the sports. It's why we partake. And to see him all teared up and, you know, it was, whatever you think of Texas, it was a pretty moving thing. Did you have Houston gambling? oh man dude like degenerate fucking city my side team my nationally team for 30 side piece my side piece for 37 years i just showed you a 30 year old fucking astros hat it's disgusting covered in sweat it's beautiful and yeah you think you know when i bet them you know when i actually bet them game six you know why and honestly i don't even so you actually mushed them.

Exactly. But you know what, though? I'm not even mad because when are you going to get... Verlander was lights out for the last three months. He was plus fucking 120. I'm like... I know. Actually, when I went to sign in, because I took him game six, I was like, I'm not hedging

or anything. And I was like, they're favored? I was like, I thought they were going to be like plus 125, Verlander on the hill. And I still had some balls and took them. I actually took them one and a half. So that Jock Peterson home run had me hit that bet. Oh, nice. But still, I ended up with the series loss.

But I just couldn't believe that you're telling me right now that you didn't take them. No. And then last night, I just, you know, like Zavas was like a fucking huge favorite last night. He sucks. He sucks, man. Good for him that he handled being made fun of by that dude making his Asian eyes. Good for him handling it good because that's what people remember. Because other than that, that was the most embarrassing two performances I've ever seen a big-time pitcher have. It was pathetic.

He couldn't get out of the second inning. He pissed on his leg. Remember the Sox almost gave up like half their final system ball? Yes. Remember they were in the running for that, too. Yeah, he had a bad world series. So, yeah. By the way, the Astros turned down Bregman and Correa for when the Marlins offered them Stanton a couple years ago.

Oh. So, what a, I mean, they wouldn't be where they were if they didn't have Bregman and Correa. Speaking of Correa, dude. Oh, dude. Usually ballparks. That move. I'll tell you what I think. Tell them what happened.

Usually ballparks. He wins the World Series. He's interviewing with Ken Rosenthal. He's like, oh, and there's one other big moment in my life. And Rosenthal, if you watch his eyes, he's actually waiting for him to say something. He doesn't realize he's going into his back pocket. And there he does the drop to one knee. And my girl, Daniela Rodriguez, she was like Miss Texas. Small. actually wait for him to say something. He doesn't realize he's going into his back pocket. And there he does the drop to one knee.

And my girl, Daniela Rodriguez, she was like Miss Texas. And, dude, the best thing is my wife jumped up out of the bed. Because, you know, I get in from work, and she put the last few minutes of the game on. I'm like, honey, not every World Series ends like this. They don't all end in proposals. But if you watch all the women in the background, like that one lady in the orange shirt, she's like, oh, my God. She starts crying and shit he breaks gets down on one knee does the proposal it was i mean honestly i'm not a sap for romance i'm i hated it i thought it was fucking phenomenal man it was such a great fucking tv dude i'm just like yeah it was great

t dude you just won the world series with your boys 162 games like get proposed next week go rip it up with your all the other guys are down in the locker room he's up getting engaged like good for him i mean he's i'm happy for the guy but fucking hey you just won the world series like that's when you're with your buddies don't bring your girl into it right then like so is now this the night that they got engaged or is it the night that he won the world series oh Oh, it's both. I mean, it's both. Yeah, it's movie storybook. If you're talking, yeah, it's a pretty cool story to look back on.

I got engaged on Christmas. It's always going to be Christmas in my engagement day. Winning the World Series is a little different than Christmas, though. That's what my dad did to it. No, I know, but I'm just saying it's still the anniversary. It's a date. You can't change the date. Yeah, that's actually true.

I'm just wondering, actually, if he's like, hey, It's a date. You can't change the date. Yeah, that's actually true. I'm just wondering, like, if he was – actually, if he's like, hey, let's get married, boom, unreal pictures, he's like, now you're not going to see me for, like, two days. Then she's the best, and that's cool. But if she's like, oh, my God, now we've got the pictures in two days, I'd be like, dude, you're the biggest idiot of all time. What are you thinking? Yeah, I don't know.

That's me. Yeah, I just thought it was a nice moment. Obviously, if they lost lost he wasn't going to do it then and people thought he had the ring in his pocket the whole time but he did have a bad boy you know the team the manager everyone was clued into it that if he if they the astros won he was going to do it but he had the ball boy running the clubhouse and grabbed the ring i thought it was a fucking pretty cool moment anyways put it this way it was a lot better than most of the usual ballpark fucking hey imagine proposals we see That's for sure People who don't do those If you listen

Stop listening If you get fucking engaged At a baseball game But by the way Imagine if he had a bet With his No if he told the girl Hey if we win the World Series

I'll propose to you right after Then they won He's like fuck God damn it And everyone's like What would you have done If they lost I'm like I'm sure

If he bought the ring He probably still wants to marry her He still loves her. It's just, you know, he didn't marry her because he wanted, you know. Exactly. Good for TV. Now we go into some hockey. Well, yeah, we'll segue the gambling segue.

It's Wednesday night, fucking Pittsburgh. I'm laying the goal on a half. Speaking of Pittsburgh and Edmonton, two teams we could talk about. Yeah, two teams going down. But exciting. Not on national TV again. Once again, not on national TV. Thankfully, our little buddy here has NHL TV that allows us to log in on all of our outlets.

So fucking Chicago. I'm sorry. Pittsburgh up, what, 3-2. Two chances at the empty net. They got Crosby and Hornquist going on a two-on-one. Golden. Somehow gets fucked up. Guy gets a stick on it.

Eight seconds left. Crosby lays out, blocks the shot, gets up, center ice. I'm like, oh, perfect. The best player in hockey from center ice. It's a slam dunk, and he goes a fucking, and it's like he goes like fucking wedge from fucking Star Wars and misses it two meters to the fucking left. Cocksucker cost me 22 grand.

I think that... 2200, I'm sorry, 2200. I think that Maybe 999,000 99 I don't even know how many numbers out of a million That he makes that shot Like when is he ever missing that shot He could sit there with his eyes closed and make it

It's just because you had him and you moved the Astros too But That whole scene though Of Edmonton right now, they're a disaster. Wow, dude. And Oilers Nation, I felt the wrath of them. That is getting ugly. And you see, they traded Strom.

They're already talking about trading him. They traded Eberle, who on his worst year was like 20 goals, 50 points. And I don't have the stats in front of me. But that was just like run him out of town shit year right they trade him for Strom now granted

part of it was salary to get back some salary Eberle you know makes more and Strom hasn't done anything and Eberle still you know he's not playing with Tavares

but he's producing for the Islanders it's like what are you doing and now they're saying oh we might need to trade a D for a forward well you just traded

Taylor Hall for a fucking D, so why are you going to go back? It's just, I don't know what's going on. Ch-ch-ch-chia. It's fucking Shirelli, man. Some guys have had some poor starts, and they need to get Sekiro back, Andre Sekiro,

the D-man who plays big minutes for them. If I'm an Oilers fan right now, you're like, what's going on here? How much is Cam Talbot the problem? He hasn't been good. He hasn't been great. He hasn't been great. He hasn't been great. No. He hasn't. Not even great. He hasn't been good.

Remember when you showed me preseason, they were like the number two cup odd teams. And I was like, what is that? Yeah. Yeah. I was like, no chance. So granted, they could switch it around. Yeah, it is really. But we're getting to that point.

I know Thanksgiving in recent years has sort of become a playoff barometer. Teams in the playoff position at Thanksgiving. Yeah. I think it's anywhere between 10 and 13 of the teams that are in the playoffs. No, we did a thing actually last night on NHL Network. I bet you were talking about me. I do support you, buddy, but I was watching the World Series. No, no, I wasn't even.

It was that in the last three seasons. Winner, eh? In the last three years, let me think. years uh let me think of of the teams that are in the playoffs at the thank us thanksgiving it's 78 make the make the playoffs so i mean if you're all of a sudden not only not in it at that point but like behind four other teams you could say what you want that you can go on a run and go 30 and 10 in a 40 game stretch but chances are you're not and so it's just for teams that start off slow whether it be injuries like you know minnesota and stuff but you have you're not. And so it's just for teams that start off slow, whether it be injuries like, you know, Minnesota and stuff, but you have you can't buy Thanksgiving like you're saying you have

to be in the race or you have to be right there. You're fucked. Yeah. Like I know I'm repeating myself as I always do in life and on the show. But, you know, I've said it before. You can't you can't clinch a playoff spot in the fall, but you can certainly lose one of the fall. That's a hard take, but it's true.

It's a hard take, but it's true. Edmonton is right there, man. They're dipping so far below that you're going to have to go on like a win 8 out of 10 fucking spree at some point. Another team that I want to talk about, because I get a tweet once in a while, or you might get tweets.

You got to throw in some Western Conference talk. I think we're around the East Coast a little more. That's a fair assessment. It's a fair criticism. And we just ripped on Dodger fans, but L.A. Kings, who have great fans, that team is legit. Now, St. Louis is right there, too. We can talk about them, but L.A. looks unreal.

Kopitar's back. You kind of wondered what was going on with him. Dustin Brown's back. What did he do over the summer? Honestly, I was thinking, and I'm not going to pretend that I know how Dustin Brown's thinking, but if you get the captaincy stripped from you, and Kopitar takes over. Kopitar's an unreal guy. I've met him in everything I hear.

Guys love him. So I don't think it's anything. You don't dislike him, but it's probably a sense of embarrassment. You were the captain for two cup-winning teams. And that's what I'm saying. I don't know. Maybe he didn't care. But this is a year or two after and it's like maybe he's more

comfortable with it now and he feels better and Darryl Sutter's gone and he's probably got a way better relationship with John Stevens. And he's caught on fire. And Kopitar's the same thing. And he's like the Patrice Bergeron out west. I say that all the time. But that's why LA looks so good. Yeah. Again, Dustin Brown and Joe

Thorne. He's another guy who had his captaincy strip. 1,400 points last night. Yeah, Thornton, right? That was his 1,400th point. It's a joke. Top 20. Well, East Coast bias, whatever, but if New Jersey Devils, 18 points right now,

so two games in hand on Tampa, so theoretically if they were to win those two, they would be the number one team in the NHL right now. That's a team that literally I don't think anybody had doing well this year, let alone, you know. And it gets early. I know it's only 11, 13 games in. But right now they're playing some nice hockey. They're unreal.

And it's all about the rookie impact. So when you're talking about a team preseason, unless you've got this stud Austin Matthews that you drafted, or Connor McDavid, you can't really plan for what a rookie is going to be. about a team preseason unless you got this stud austin matthews that you drafted econ mcdavid you can't really plan for what a rookie's gonna be you know like last year toronto maple leaf fans didn't know marner was gonna be that good yeah and and so when you're looking at the devils nobody was planning on will butcher being this good and nobody at all anywhere was planning on yes for brat so this kid's a rookie he's's 19 years old, played in the Swedish League last year, had six goals, like didn't do much, you know?

And he comes over here, sixth round pick, and he's fucking lighting it up. So like you have these young guys come through, and that's why teams who have given a lot of salary to certain players like Chicago and Edmonton, and Jersey's not an example of that, but they need players like this because these are the guys that aren't making anything,

and they're now in the NHL. your first year, you could be a star. So that's why the Devils, no one's planning on how good those guys have been. And Hall's back. Brian Boyle came back, by the way, last night. Good to hear. Shout out to him. Yeah, absolutely. Walking in like a stud, no socks per usual, the slick-ass suit on.

Break Brian Boyle. I was happy to see him get back in the mix. And they won in Vancouver, and I had him. Did you have him last night? I picked him to make the playoffs. I think they're going to because Schneider's nasty. I mean, they're going to slow down a little. They won't be on this pace. The only thing that worries me is that that's the toughest division.

We'll cross the river, the Hudson. One team, a lot of our listeners, they've been not sure. I've been asking us to mention them or ask to discuss them is the Rangers and what their problems are and why they've struck not sure. I've been asking us to mention them or ask to discuss them as the Rangers and what their problems are and why they've struck them out of the gate. And I think the Rangers, man, I think this might be the year that they start to tumble.

I just don't think their roster is very well constructed. They've got some talent there, but I just don't think it's a great roster. And I think that we're finally seeing the effects of two things, the Marty St. Louis and Yandel trades where they gave up all these pots that should have been on the team now, and now they have nothing to show for it. In addition to Hank is old. He's 34, and he's played the moments of a 44-year-old. I said a couple years ago, like, I knew they would never do it,

and I wasn't even trolling Rangers fans. They should have looked into trading Hank maybe two years ago when his value was still sky high to a contender and got a bounty of picks for him. But now, I I mean I think the future of the Rangers is like kind of sinking slowly sink to the bottom and have to rebuild again what about you yeah it could it could be that looking that way I mean I don't think they're as bad as they've been so far I mean they barely snuck by Vegas Vegas has their is on their fourth goal I it's like, so they barely won that game. I don't usually say or think, like, it's funny, like, coaching changes can help.

I'm not, like, I don't really think of it right away. I more think, like, the team's not very good, you know. But with the Rangers, I think maybe with AV and the voice is kind of, you know, you run a, it's like a shelf life. Every coach is on, like on kind of borrowed time, and maybe it's time for just a new voice in there. How long has he been there for, Vigneault? Is it three, four years?

I don't know. Yeah, I honestly can't fucking keep track. I don't know, but I heard, you know, you hear that if they lost that game against Vegas, he was going to get fired. Well, that never makes sense to me because they win, and now they're playing Tampa. So if they lose the Tampa game tonight, do they get fired?

That always seems like a media type thing. It's kind of goofy. It's just, I don't know. Well, that never makes sense to me because they win and now they're playing Tampa. So if they lose the Tampa game tonight, do they get fined? That always seems like a media type thing. It's kind of goofy. It's just, I don't know. I wonder, like, I wonder, you know, they got guys who aren't signed to very long-term deals. Like, McDonough's got another year. Like, as crazy as they say, maybe they go out and shop McDonough. Imagine what a team who needs a top 4D would give up right now for McDonough.

Yeah. Say you go to Toronto and just throw it out there. Like, hey, McDonough for Marner. Honestly, you never know. I mean, this is totally me. This could never even come close to happening. But what if they're willing to do that? At least get some feelers out there because, like you said,

I don't think they really have what it takes to win a cup. And Lundqvist has looked – he looked real bad at the beginning of last year too, so maybe he figures it out. But, you know, at some point, everyone gets a little older besides Tom Brady. I think Rick Nash gets dealt. Yeah, I know. I'm wondering where he could end up.

It's funny. He actually always starts off unreal or he starts off slow. And then the years he starts off unreal, he usually gets like 40. And then the years he's kind of started off like this, it seems like it can be kind of a struggle. mean he could still skate so well he could still be an elite player i just wonder where it where it would be i mean maybe a team like phoenix to get up to

the cap floor something like that i don't know if he if he has a no trade he wouldn't accept i don't know if he does but i don't know if if the ranges are like you know faltering in the playoffs so looking like i'll tell you who a team, I know, what's his name? Luongo's been banged up a little bit. I mean, it seemed like Florida, like, they got a guy like Hank, and this isn't a rumor. I'm not, don't fucking, oh, Hank's the Panthers. I'm just making it up in my head here.

But that could be a huge move because, you know, Florida's got a lot of fucking good young pots they can give up. I don't know. I wonder if they would have, I know, that's crazy. And it would be a change of scenery. Like, yeah, I'm just saying in one breath, yeah, Hank's old and he looks tired. But you go to a new team, man, and a new scene, and that's like, that can be a complete new life in TV.

You know what I mean? Yeah, I feel like he's a ranger for life. Yeah, I know. I know exactly what you're saying, but I just wonder. I think it would be great drama for the league, though. Yeah, we would love it. Absolutely. We'd have shit to talk about.

Speaking of red, white, and blue, R.A. Boo. And Grinnelli, did you see those fucking uniforms? Dog shit. Team USA came out with? Yeah. What is Nike doing? As a former USA hockey player, how do you feel about them?

I thought he was going to say himself. I was going to mic smash. I play satellite. I play satellite. If you play match hockey, it made me sick to my stomach. I hate them. I played satellite. If you play basketball, I made me sick to my stomach. I hate them. I can't believe. It's like two. It's like 90s or something.

There's like the white underneath the armpit. There's three different shades of blue. Yeah, fuck. I mean, I was pumped. I'm actually, not was,

I am pumped for these Olympics, but having a look at those jerseys the whole time. By the way, Cannas are even worse. Cannas are shit too. It's just funny. They went with this retro,

I don't know, is that even retro? No, it's not. Retro is old school, right? It looks like something that would have been done in the 90s. MC Hammer pants.

Just ugly design for the sake, and I love how like, oh no, it's an Eagles wing. Yeah, that's the ticket. It's their Eagles. So then people won't shit on them because you're saying

they're bald Eagle wings. They look like street hockey jerseys. Bald Eagles aren't fucking blue, okay? They look like the jerseys that USA wore in Mighty Ducks when they played like the Bahamas and stuff. Remember those? Like there was different colors of blue in those. Those are probably better though. Those are better.

It's just a classic case of overthinking. And young kids, there's a certain market who's going to buy anything no matter what. But those shirts are just not good. There's so many better... It's a classic, dude. Just go with one of your classics. It's fucking USA. It's the Olympics. It's fucking... It's such an easy brand. No brand. Just

go with something simple. I mean, who was it? I think it was Jordy said... Will you watch all those games? Will you get into that? Or not as much, you think? I'll do what I can. I mean, if it was the pros, I'd be on a fucking opium addict schedule, like in an opium den sleeping half the day and watching hockey half the day. Zombie Alley. I kind of like the no names, that it's not NHL.

Obviously, NHL guys would be great, but it's going to be kind of cool to see some guys that you haven't seen. Maybe Bugsy's playing? I hope, man. I wonder. Was he on the list? I mean, he's in Iowa. He's loving life, I guess.

He's like dummying people in the AHL. Bugsy's coming on this fucking podcast. I know you're listening, Bugsy. You're coming on this podcast soon. We're going to get him on there and find out what his thoughts are on the AHL. It's been a long time since he's been down there. But we are bringing him back up.

Yeah, we didn't even say at the beginning of the episode, Colby Armstrong is coming back. So we'll get a call from him in a couple minutes. Is that him calling in right now? No? No, he's calling in four minutes, he said. Four minutes. Okay, by the way, before he calls,

Shipachev, he's gone. The kid in Vegas. It didn't work out. They brought him over. And I wonder, like, you've seen this Dadunov playing with Huberto and Barkov in Florida. He's filthy. Played with him in the KHL in St. Petersburg. He's doing amazing.

Now, granted, he's playing with Barkov, who's so nasty nobody knows about him. But Shibachev, you know, Vegas didn't want him. Now they're going to terminate his contract. He's going to go back to Russia. It was just surprising to me to see a guy that was just as successful as somebody else that's ripping up the league right now and not be able to make it. Would they end up putting him again? I'm sorry.

No, he went to Chicago. Oh, that's right. Yeah. And then he was like, I'm done here. I think he was probably like, I didn't come over here to ride the bus. I can make the same money I'm making in Russia, and I can play in the Olympics. But I was just surprised that he couldn't play. And he's not getting the chance, I guess.

But the kid that he played with last year is ripping it up with Florida. Yeah, maybe. Different line mates, obviously. Who knows? I mean, he's a little bit older. He has a resume. Maybe there was a sense of entitlement, like I'm better than these guys. And Gallant is a player's goal.

He's not going to just put you out there because of the name on your back if you're not doing the work he wants you to do. And guys in Vegas are going so hard. I mean, they're putting the chip on their shoulder. Dude, you briefly mentioned it a minute ago, and I meant to follow up. Dude, they're only a fourth fucking goalie, and it's not even – and it was before Halloween, dude. They went –

They grabbed a kid from junior that they drafted. That's insane, dude. They had an emergency recall draft pick from fucking junior. In warm-ups, he was probably like, holy fuck. I can't get into this game. But, no, I know. Vegas is going to have to battle through that. They need Fleury back.

Yeah. Eventually, they're going to probably regress a little just because they're playing such high-caliber hockey right now. I'd love to see them continue. But that's something we're going to keep an eye on. But I do hear the phone ringing, and we're going to be bringing it up. There he comes. All right. bringing it up. There he comes. All right, now we'd like to welcome our recurrent guest,

the crowd favorite, Armdog, a.k.a. Colby Armstrong, who, if you missed him, he was riding Dracarys all over the Great White North the other day, dressed up as Dinora Stanborough. Welcome to the show, brother. What's up, boys? Good to be back, good to be back. A crazy Halloween I had.

Dude, was that your idea? Like, I mean, I didn't think that you would ever be down for, like, the girl's makeup, the lipstick. I mean, you kind of look pretty decent, dude. A couple of 6.0 beers and who knows what happens. Hey, a couple of Molson Canadians and, hey, you never know. I'll tell you what. I never got... My Twitter was...

Well, my text messages were blowing up. Okay, first of all, that wasn't my idea. It was Kipper's idea. I don't even watch Game of Thrones. I don't know anything about it. I was Googling what I was going to do. I'm like, oh my God, I'm going to do this. Okay, let's give it a shot.

I was like... But then I was kind of cautious about it because i'm like i'm kind of i'm kind of new at doing like the tv thing the last few years and i'm like i don't i don't know how this is gonna work and everyone's so sensitive now like will people be upset if i'm dressed as a woman like i don't know what's gonna happen you know you start double thinking your whole life and then i uh and then i was like yeah screw it i'll go for it it'll be hilarious so you know it was good it turned out good but i said i wanted if i'm gonna do it i want to like look good like i want to look like really good yeah you want to look fuckable do you throw some titties on no just my regular dad bod man boobs i had rolling so it's been it's been a long it's been a long time since we chatted.

I first, I need to hear the back story of, it was a June afternoon and I sat down on the couch and NHL Network was showing the Pittsburgh Penguins parade. And I looked up and saw fucking Colby Armstrong on one of the floats. Like, can we explain how you ended up in the pens parade i know buddy you're like a seeker like yeah i was amazed that i i i was like i'm sure if i should go in it but just because i do like the regional stuff here with at&t sports

net last year was roots now it's at&T SportsNet, like our regional coverage. And I do Penguin's Radio Network also, a pre-game show with them. They asked me if I wanted to go with some of the media that cover the team in the float. So I was like, oh, I was like, is this normal?

Like, what's going on? And like all the guys that I work with were like, oh yeah, we've been in them before. Like, you got to do it. It's a heck of an experience. So I was like, okay, can I bring my kid with me? So I brought my seven-year-old kid cruz

who's watched back-to-back stanley cup championships like how lucky is this kid right so he's sitting with me in the parade we're second car like come on there's like people yelling at me people are yelling at me like hey, yeah, spit and chick. Like, yeah. There's guys with, like, barstool flags. Like, they think I'm on your guys' show. Some guy launched me a beer from the crowd. I'm like, what's going on here? Oh, my God. It was hilarious.

Cruz was like, dad, let me crush that beer. I cracked it. I was like, and then I looked. I was sitting with Stan Salvin you know stan here in town yeah i was i looked at him like this normal like am i allowed to drink this beer right now and i just put it down in the cup holder because i'm like i was just like trying to like fit in you know i didn't know what to do i did take a couple swigs off it though like i like i don't know it kind of felt weird like i had nothing to do with the Stanley Cup, but here I am in the parade,

just getting beers chucked to me, people yelling at me, spitting chiclet! Yeah! The Mindsies! Speaking of the Mindsies, it was great to see you on NBCSN last week. Yes, sorry. Was that your debut on that channel? Did I see you on it before?

Pardon me for not remembering. No, no. That was my very first time on there and it was an awesome experience. It was crazy. So that was like my first, I guess, big national U.S. championship at NBC.

So what's your call up from the Mindsies then? Yeah, I saw your tweet already i was like ah that's a good one no so i saw you on there and that was with keith jones and katherine tappan right yeah yeah you're right yeah yeah they were awesome are we gonna get to see you again on there when's the next time you'll be on there for the viewers um i don't know i think maybe in december sometime i think i got another date but i'm kind of just kind of on call a couple shows here and there. Maybe we'll see. I wasn't really told you'll be on more. If that was a tryout, dude, you'd dominate.

Yeah, dude, you should be back soon and often because I noticed they kind of bring in a rotation of guys. It seems like they ease certain guys in and almost test pile them. Yeah, dude, they'd be crazy not to have you back. I thought you crushed it out there, brother. And in today's social climate, if they think you're transgender, you'll definitely get the job. Guys and girls want to fuck them. Man, you know how

many people were loving me on Twitter, boys? Dude, it went viral. It went viral, Army. It went viral, yeah. Basically, my timeline on Twitter 20 in a row was just like retweets of colby armstrong dressed as denarius stormborn i don't know what's her last name uh just the dragon yeah i don't know hold on dragon queen hold on i gotta go get my encyclopedia game of thrones family fucking charts.

You know what's funny? It seemed to be a theme this year. I noticed a lot of the players in the league opted for the distaff uniforms. Did you see Eric Carlson dressed up as Princess Leia? Yes, yes. And they went with – I mean, why would you cover up your wife's face if you're Eric Carlson? She's gorgeous.

I mean, you can't cover her up and make her Darth Vader. He should have been Darth Vader. Carlson wanted to show off the bod, I guess. Yeah, he did. Seriously. He wanted to show off the legs. Honestly, dude, he looked pretty damn good as Princess Leia. I'm not going to lie to you.

Hey, Witt, you remember when Marc-Andre Fleury dressed up as Catwoman, I think, in Halloween in the Miners? Yeah, and his body was just rocking. Yeah, and his body was just rocking. Yeah. Tony wore this leather black catsuit, and from behind I'm like, who's this fucking old idiot? They're like, oh my god, it's Flower, Jesus Christ. I burned my clothes like it was fucking Ace Ventura.

Did you see his uni this year? I think it was Marc-Andre Fleury. Him and his wife went as army guys, like the old school army guys with the base and stuff. I'll tell you, man, a lot of the pro athletes do it up. But hockey players, man, I think they might do the Halloween stuff the best. I mean, it helps when you can drop fucking 5Gs on a costume. That's the national thing.

I'll tell you, for my costume, my costume that I did would have sucked if I didn't have... I had a real makeup artist do my makeup. The people that do that for the show, you know how you get makeup? It's professional makeup people and they did it like I was looking good.

I was getting hit on like crazy on Twitter. I didn't even know what was going on. I was like, are these people crazy? I thought I looked like my mom kind of, which was weird. Oh, shit. Oh, Jesus Christ. Oh, boy. Poor Rosemary.

Poor Rosemary. Hey, Wayne Armstrong is going to be like, shut the fuck up, Colby. I'll fucking punch your head in, kid. That's my wife you're talking about. Colby, did you happen to see the footage of Nick Bonino dressed up down in Nashville? Did you see that clip? Yeah, I thought that was awesome. Hilarious.

To let the listeners know, Nick Bonino, was it his wife with him? It was his wife with him, and P.K. Subban was doing the... P.K. was up on a bar from the second floor doing the narration. And Bonino and his wife were dressed up as autograph hounds. Seekers, we call them. The creatures. They come out of the fucking sewers. So Bonino and his wife are there because the van is dropping off all the

predators for the Halloween party. And Subban's narrating it. He's like, all right, here comes Pecorini right now. And he's going up like all gush, like, oh, get me an autograph. And not fucking one of them remembered him. I know. No, I recognize him. And then some of the guys weren't signing.

They weren't signing. Because they were like, how do you know we're here? We're in fucking costumes right now. That was so funny. Yeah, man. Hockey guys really have gone on out with the Halloween stuff. Army, quick change subject. I asked Bugsy Malone,

I said, hey, Army's coming on. Can you remember anything funny I can ask him about? He goes, and I have the answer to this if you don't remember. He said, ask him what Sid and himself thought if they did, they would score a goal. If they did this pregame, they would score a goal.

No, he can't talk about that. Well, Bugsy's crazy, man. he can't. Well, yeah, Bugsy's crazy, man. You can't listen to Bugsy. Don't listen to Bugsy. What's Bugsy doing? Where is he? He's in the minesies. He's in the minesies. Army thought taking a big, long

shoot, he'd always score a goal that night. 45 minutes with the Washington Post when we're playing the Capitals. Yeah, that's right. That's superstition. They get crazy. You know it.

Come on. I know. I know. The World Series finished up Wednesday night. Was it a big deal up in Canada, even though it was a team from Houston, a team from L.A.? It seems like to me, just based off of Twitter, that Canada really gets into the World Series up there.

Is that accurate? Yeah. Yeah, I think so. I think, you know, we only have the Blue Jays, and they're pretty – they're covered, like, huge up in Canada. Just, you know, it's Canada's team, and everyone follows it. They've had good teams the last few years. Maybe not this year, but years prior, it's been pretty exciting. So I think everyone's kind of got the baseball bug going in the last few years.

But everyone in general, I think, is a pretty big Jays fan in Canada. Everyone sees some people secretly wishing that the Expos came back. I hear that. Everyone's sad that they left still. It's been years. But I think everyone's pretty much pretty into the World Series. That was a good World Series. I don't know about you guys.

Like I know Witt loves baseball. And like when I played with Witt, Witt, remember where we were when the Sox made that epic comeback? Norfolk. Remember? Norfolk. We beat Norfolk. I scored a goal, ran off the ice. It was game seven against the Yankees in 2004.

And Jimmy, remember fucking Jimmy, dude? The mortician? Jimmy Morlock? The mortician? Jimmy Warlock? The mortician. I'm like, Jimmy, what's the score? He's like five, nothing, Red Sox. I was like, holy shit. And then we went to that bar and caught the end

and we went bananas. I was crazy. I remember that, but I don't remember any other baseball games except for playoffs. I kind of feel like, how come they play so many games? I know. You can't really. I try to watch a lot of Sox games, but you can't watch even half of them.

That's why people say, oh, they don't really. How hard is that physically? Dude, 162 games. I don't care if you're not getting hit. Running the bases, running the outfield. Those guys must be so sore. It's a grind, man. It's a daily grind.

How do they convince fans to buy tickets to go to that many games? Dude, I know. During the season, like during the regular season. And the Red Sox, I mean, they don't really get a full crowd every game, but they're close to it. That's why people say baseball is so unpopular, but it seems like it's pretty popular to me. People still pack the game.

There's still young players coming up. Yeah, I think there's maybe kids playing other sports more. Kids maybe playing lacrosse a little more. But, I mean, the ratings are what they are. The ratings have been through the roof. Pitchers make the best money in any sport. You fucking can pitch. The actual NBA now, but because of the NBA contract.

I know. I've got to get my kid playing baseball. I know, dude. Get Cruz chucking it, Chris. Imagine if Cruz was like 14 on that float, dude. By the way, he would have just been that. Man, it's cool. Oh, yeah.

I'm talking. Is there like a Little League or a Little League equivalent in Canada? Like do kids, is there like some sort of organized baseball in Canada, or is it just hockey, hockey, hockey? No, it's just like they throw them to the wolves out there and teach themselves how to play. No, I mean like organized Little League. There's Little League.

They're in the Little League World Series every year. Yeah, they got teams. There's good Little League, but they call the catchers backcatcher. I've said that before. That's bullshit. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, we do. Yeah, I think some provinces are like way crazier, like I guess some states are with like hockey and certain sports

like i think like out in bc like i think baseball is huge out there lacrosse is is pretty huge uh i don't i don't know like saskatchewan i think is like cfl they love cfl football like the rough riders they love the rough riders oh my God. It's so torturous. I played with Sheldon Brookbank, dude, and he fucking loved the Rough Riders. They love it there. Oh, Brookie. There was two teams named the Rough Riders in the CFL at one point. That's how much of a joke the league was.

Two teams, the same name. There's fucking eight teams. Yeah, there's no excuse for that. There's a lot of words out there. You can pick another word. There's a fucking eight teams. Yeah, there's no excuse for that. I mean, there's a lot of words out there. You can pick another word. There's a lot of animals. Yeah, absolutely. Hey, boys, let me ask you.

Let me ask you. How are the Bruins doing? What are you guys feeling about your Bruins? I'm glad you brought up because we always get accused of East Coast bias on the show. I think they're going to be fine. I think they're struggling a bit. They're going to miss Bacchus for a time. He has to get surgery on his colon to die of a ticulitis. Getting Bergeron back was huge.

They were kind of adrift without him. I think the key is they just got to get Tukorask to the level he needs to be at. I mean, he's kind of having a slow start. He just doesn't look completely locked in out there. He's kind of a little lackadaisical, I think, sometimes in between the tapes. But it's essentially the same team they had last year. They replaced some guys with some younger kids.

I like that. I mean, I was going to say, I don't know about this year, but I like Bjork. He looks great. McAvoy's going to be army. This McAvoy's going to be dowdy. He's nasty. Yeah, I know. I remember you talking about him at World Cup. You're like, oh my god, wait, do you see this McAvoy? Yeahdy yeah he's nasty yeah i know and i remember you talking about him at world cup you're like oh my god wait do you see this macka boy yeah because he's and he's a man already he's 19 but

yeah he doesn't not only get out muscled he's out muscling guys so he's i mean he's nasty i just it's they don't really like they don't really have a lot of depth and then tuka like i'm the biggest tuk fan but he hasn't but he's letting, like, one goal per game that's just kind of a bad goal, and it, like, lets the sails up a little bit. But, I mean, they'll battle for the playoffs. Yeah. But I don't know. I think it could be real good.

Let me ask you this. Let me ask you this, boys. What did you think of Josh Anderson tangling with Big Chara? I thought he was a fucking lunatic, dude. Like, that's actually, like. I know. I know. Like, that's what he. I was like, oh, my God. Here we go. Oh, dude. I know, I know.

I was like, oh my God, here we go. Oh no, oh my God, he's fighting Charles. All I think about every time is Brian McCabe, and I'm like, oh my God, he's going to fucking wreck all this guy like Brian McCabe. And you don't even want to say, you want to be like, hey, good job, Andy, fucking attaboy, Joshua, way to show balls, but you should be like, dude, you're an idiot, don't even want to say, like, you want to be like, hey, good job, Andy. Fucking attaboy, Joshua. Like, way to show balls. But you should be like, dude, you're an idiot.

Don't do that again. No, he kind of ragdolled Chara, though, a little bit. I know. He looked like a complete lunatic. People won't want to fuck with him now. Yeah, he hung in there with him. But from the Chara perspective, that was a great time to pick a fight. He went picking.

Anderson took the bait. The Bruins were down, what, 3-0, I think, at the time. That sparked the Bruins. They come back against Columbus. Ended up getting a point on the road when it didn't look like they were going to. So that's an example when we talk about fights in the show. On stage, it was one, okay, man, I've got to wake the boys up.

I think he had to stick up for himself, too, because Boone Jenner and him and a couple other guys were just running Jara. The boys were just going after him. And then I see Anderson square off with him. You're like, oh, boy. Oh, shit. Get the paramedics ready.

Yeah, he finally got those Dr. David Banner eyes. Don't you? I love Anderson. Anderson's like old school. He's like a good player, but he's ready to go. He's big old school. He's like a good player, but he's ready to go. He's big old school. I would be shocked to find out if he wasn't a guy who loved having some beers after the game and having a good time with the boys

because he seems like an old school beauty. So does Ryan Johansson. I don't know him. I'd want to hang out with him too. Yeah, yeah, the boys, yeah. I miss hanging out with the boys. I want to ask you about a team. What's wrong with the Edmonton Oilers? We were talking about it before we brought you on, but I want your opinion.

What's their big issue, and why are they slumping so bad? Where do you start? I don't know. They don't have any depth scoring, really, at all. None of their D are really chipping in either. They don't have a guy that's, if it's not McDavid or Dreisaitl, I think expectations are getting to them, and then they can't score.

They're dead last. Of all the teams, Arizona, one win, everything, think of all the bad stuff. And Edmonton has scored the least amount of goals. I think they have 24 goals scored this year so far, which is... That's pathetic. I don't know. I don't know what's going. Like, I don't know. Like, I don't know what's going on there.

So, I don't know. I think a team just, like, they're, like, searching right now. They're searching. Dude, and remember... And, like, Talbot's been, like, okay. Like, he's been all right, I think. Like, not great. And I think it just has to do with managing expectations.

Like, wait, you played there. Like, they're touted to go to the finals this year. Like, like every like it's it's a good place to play when things are going good but it's got to be tough right now for them when it's not going great oh it's the war it's it was the i mean i never got to experience it when it's good which when it must when it's good it must be the best but when it's bad dude they just i was talking about they ran eberly out of town dude they literally he was he was good for 20 goals, 50 points every year, and he was a fucking complete bum in everyone's eyes. It's like, Oilers Nation goes bananas.

They don't really, when you said they were favored to go to the cup finals, they were like second favorite team, I think, to win it all, which I guess is the same thing. But right away, we were saying earlier, I was like, there's no chance that they're that good. I don't know. I know. I was thinking the same thing, too that they're that good. I don't know. I know.

I was thinking the same thing, too. Everyone just got all starry-eyed with them. Because McDavid's so filthy. What's Eberle got? Nine points, two goals. Let's see, what's Taylor Hall doing in New Jersey? Halsey's ripping it up. Halsey's ripping it up.

And now they need scoring. It's like, hello. Yeah, and Bruins fans are kind of nodding along. I mean, we got a cup from Shirelli when he was here. But he also was a disaster in a lot of regards. And I think Edmonton fans are going to start feeling the same way about him. He's made a couple of yuck trades. I mean, obviously, he had to pay McDavid.

He had to pay Dreisaitl. But did you have to pay them that much for that long? I mean, maybe, yeah. But it's just like you just said, the depth score, they don't have any because when you spend the 20-something million on two guys, it really affects your body. Hey, Army, I just got a – Bugsy just texted me again. I totally forgot about this.

Do you remember when I dressed up as him at Halloween? Yeah. I totally forgot about that. Yeah, you had tattoos all over and curly hair and your shirt on top of your belly button. Dude, I had all the fake tats on the chest. I had the blonde wig that he had, and then I just carried around a bottle of Jager the whole time. I forgot about the bottle of Jager. So did I.

Hey, guys, want to do some shots? No, dude. We got a game in a couple days. Fuck it, boys. Want to do some shots? No, dude. We got a game in a couple days. Fuck it, boys. This is old school. This is how I learned to grow up and play. Oh, man. We got some good Bugsy stories.

He's the best guy ever. What a player. What a guy. We're trying to get him on. All right. Well, Army, dude, we thank you so much for coming on as always. We'd love to have you in person. Maybe you can make a trip to Boston, bring the fam or something,

and get on a casting coach. Yeah, maybe you guys could pay for my flight, eh? Yeah, you're going to. Just take the Dragon, dude. Yeah, you might want to try a Venmo because we'll have to pay our own freight, too. I'll fly a Dragon in. Don't worry, I'm good. I got Dragon, boys.

Dracarys! Hey, boys, if I'm heading out, if we're done, I just want. I got Dragon. Dracarys! Hey boys, if I'm heading out, if we're done, I just want to let all your viewers know, make sure everyone listening, check the game notes. Hey, I ran into Alexander Dagg

at the airport out of nowhere after I was done NBC. I was walking, I looked over, I seen this guy. I gave him a quiet, I was like, Daggy? His head started going on a sw I gave him a quiet, like, I was like, Daggy? And his head started going on a swivel, like, looking around all crazy. And I'm like, Daggle? And he looked over, and he's like, hey, Arby! I was like, holy smokes, it's Alexander Dagg.

What a beauty. Hey, didn't he used to, like, have limos waiting for him after the Wilkes-Barre games to take him to AC and shit? I don't remember. I remember one time I think he took off. The game went a little long, and he had a flight to catch. He was like, I'm out of here. Got to catch the flight. Off to Vegas.

Alexander Daigle. What a legend. Yeah, what a legend. All right, buddy. You're the man. Good to see him. I'm Doug. Thanks for having me on.

Thanks as always, pal. We'll see you on NBCSN hopefully sooner rather than later, buddy. And Sportsnet for Canadian viewers. See you, Army. And that interview with on NBCSN hopefully sooner rather than later, buddy. And Sports Network radio viewers. See you, Army. In that interview with our boy, Colby Armstrong, was brought to you by MyBookie. Holiday cash. You need it, and I know where to get it. MyBookie is the place to score serious cash on your sports predictions like Doc Brown and Back to the Future.

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I wonder how many times that he actually is going to get chirped about that for the rest of his life. Not chirped, but people will be telling him for the next 10 years that they were laughing when they saw him dressed up as that Halloween costume. Oh, absolutely, man. It's funny. I always kind of wanted

to dress up like Tootsie or something for Halloween. I think it's funny because you can just kind of like... It's fun to do something to dress up like Tootsie or something for Halloween. I think it's funny because you can just kind of like – it's fun to do something to dress up like something you don't normally. That's why when we see like Carlson dressed as Princess Leia, you know, like shit like that works. Yeah. Actually, I think we're about to start All Right Hamiltons, correct? All right.

Perfect. I think we actually have a Halloween question if I'm not mistaken. Yeah. Our good buddy Derek asks, best Halloween party story, hockey related or not? All right, Hamilton. Want to go first? No, I can tell you have one. Not hockey related.

Dude. You think? Yeah, exactly. Yeah, yeah. Back when I was in the eye. Dude, I'm college, dude. College and Halloween parties were fucking always the best, man. Just, you know, you just make do with your costumes.

And one thing about costumes, man, I don't want to do a bad costume. I hate when people, like, put a paper bag over their head and, like, oh, I'm a ghost or something. It's like, put a little effort into it. One year, the year Braveheart was out around that time, me and my buddies, we went to school in, like school In like northwest Massachusetts Up in north We drove down to Pittsfield Like a 45 minute Drive to a fabric store And we bought tons

Of fabric Like different colors Different shades Bought a bunch of wigs And fucking We all went to One of our houses You guys are all into it

We made tunics And kilts And we went as Fucking brave hot warriors We all painted our faces Pretty good costume Blue You had the blue Mel you had the blue.

Mel Gibson had the blue on your face. Yeah, we only had a little bit of blue makeup, so only a couple guys got to put the blue on. And I got, you know when you go to Fenway, you got those little mini baseball bats? You know, the little fucking two-footers? Yeah, they don't sell those things anymore, right? Shock, how pussy fucking society we live in.

Those things were sick. You could dummy someone with those, though. I got one of those, and I got duct tape And a softball And I made a mace out of it So like We were like We invaded a party Like we stood outside a party

And we're like Hold Hold Everyone's like Inside the party What the fuck's going on We like rushed the party We didn't beat people up

We went in and partied And I was like Swinging the mace over my head But the best part is There were like Three of us Who went as True Scotsmen Oh Fucking Commando huh Bollocky We'll put it of my head on but the best part is there were like three of us who went as true scotsman oh

fucking commando huh bollocky we'll put it nowadays it'd probably be a fucking sexual offense but let's just say done let's just say when i was sitting in the bar then i wasn't exact i was more like sharon stone from fucking basic instinct crossing my legs dude imagine this crushing a keg beer and just seeing your cock and balls hanging. Oh, my God. Dude, it was hilarious, though. Walking around fucking shithouse with fucking, like, it's like, wow, dude, this is what it's like walking around with, like, a skirt and no panties on. I feel so free. Yeah, it was.

It was liberating. But at the same time, it's like, you know, I want to cover up my cock and balls. Yeah. And one other year, dude, I shaved my head, and I left one little thing at the top, and I brought one of my chick friends' peach-colored bed sheets and wrapped it around me, and I went as a Hare Krishna. What's that? Hare.

You know. Oh, God. Ask a millennial. Remember Hare Krishna? Obviously. No. There's some sort of religious sect that used to be like in airports and stuff, and they wear like, I'll pull one up, and you're like, oh, I know what you mean.

Like a monk? Almost like a monk, but they have their head shaved bald with one little ponytail sticking out. Google it. Google it for me. I shaved my head with a ponytail, but the thing is I hated wearing the same costume twice in a row, three times in a row. So you were into Halloween. I was the opposite. So the next night I took the Bic, took the whole thing off.

One of my buddies, he dressed like a 1980s detective. I just raided his wardrobe. I bought a bunch of lollipops and I went as Kojak. I don't know who Kojak is either. You motherfuckers! You assholes! You don't know who is Kojak? Kojak was a fucking

1970s detective show star and Telly Saval is a bald guy always sucking on a lollipop who loves you, baby. Ask a fucking millennial. Oh my God, you don't know who Todd

fucking Kojak is. Can we do a percentage of Twitter listeners who know who that is? I want to find out this episode. Do a poll. We'll do a poll. Kojak is fucking Kojak.

He's probably the most iconic bald man in fucking pop culture history. I'll wait to see. I want to know what our listeners. I'm actually curious. I'm really curious. Your Halloween story. Halloween story. Oh, actually, I got called up.

When I got called up to the NHL, it was the morning after the Halloween party, and we got after it. And when I woke up, I had like 35 missed calls, and they were all from the GM. I got called up. I was like, oh, shit. But so still, it was a sick memory, but it was probably like a little unprofessional, I guess. I didn't have an unringer.

You showed up for practice with like Paul Stanley's kiss makeup on your face. There was obviously a day off for us, so I was like, I guess I could have it on ring. I wanted to sleep. So I got a good one too here. So when I was in college, one of my buddies was, well, we were dressed as Santa and his elves, and we looked like assholes. We were walking down the street

and there was a kid dressed as a boxer, and he called my buddy over, just out of the blue, and he just knocked him out knocked him out not just like out of nowhere was he santa or an elf he was an elf oh he was an elf my buddy runs over thinking he has class with him or something and he just one hit or quitter just out cold and the boys had to come in oh yeah yeah and the best part was my buddy, who wasn't involved in this at all, he's about 6'6", comes running out of nowhere, and Superman punched the kid and knocked him out.

Dude, there's nothing funnier than fights in Halloween costumes. It's like fucking Big Bird and Sir Lancelot are going out in the middle of the fucking street. Imagine walking down the street and seeing a bunch of elves fighting with a boxer. Weird little tutus and stuff, too. It was ridiculous. That is hilarious. Honestly, I haven't dressed up in fucking years. bunch of elves fighting like with a box tutus and stuff too is ridiculous that is hilarious I honestly I haven't dressed up in fucking years you just get

like well I'm the old guy the crew you just don't go to parties your friends don't stop having parties but I'll invite you to a party honestly though I kill last time I dressed up I fucking if I don't know who the person is I'm gonna lose my mind Travis Bickle. No. Taxi driver.

Robert De Niro. Okay. I know who that is. Again, shave my head. Legit shave my head. This one I still had here. Shave my head into a mohawk. Got my father's old army jacket. Designed that penny war, dude.

Found the same glasses, dude. I can see that. I'll tell you though, dude, if you're going to be a Robert De Niro character, you can put all the gear and clothes on. There's one thing. The mole. Bingo. I was like, okay, it looks like it. I looked at the gear and clothes on. There's one thing. The mole. Bingo. I was like,

okay, it looks like it. I looked at the picture. I grabbed my wife's mascara. Once you put the mole on, it's like, fuck it, you turn into De Niro, dude. It was almost like

I felt like an actor. I was going to go on set. Once I put that mole on, it was like, I went into character. There's nothing better than a good De Niro impression, too. You're going to meet the parents.

You're going to throw it. Meet the parents is probably my favorite De Niro movie. Get the fuck, get out of my house right now. Get out of my house right now. You don't like that movie? I do, but it's not

fucking De Niro's best movie. You fucking lunatic. What if I think it is, you psycho fuck? Dude, honestly, that's your favorite Robert De Niro movie, really? I don't know.

I mean, what's he, he's great in Godfather. He's unbelievable. Godfather 2. He's awesome in that, but he's young. I just think Meet the Parents is one of the funniest movies of all time. Raging Bull, Casino. Raging Bull, never seen it.

Casino's good. Actually, you know what? Well, Goodfellas, obviously. Dude, you know what? The movie, Ask a Millennial. Midnight Run. Heard of it, never seen it. Heard of it, never seen it.

It was De Niro's first real foray into comedy. Him and Charles Grodden had unreal chemistry seriously it's if you like to laugh at dinero watch midnight run buy it because you'll fucking watch it nine million times it's one of the i i've never watched movies more than once but i would actually watch this movie because i've heard of it many other times besides you right now it's an action comedy like you know road trip oh yeah it's in color yeah but dude i'm telling you dinero andin, they have this unreal chemistry. Fucking Dennis Farina's in it. You don't know who he is.

Not me saying his name wrong. I recognize him. You definitely recognize him. Unreal cast to it. It's a fucking fantastic movie. Anyone listening, Midnight Run, that's your assignment this week. Go see it. What's up, Grinnelly?

All right, Chris DeMonkey wants to know, I've wanted to ask this for a while. Alright, Hamilton, what is your favorite Stanley Cup series I want to hear on Friday? Alright, Hamilton! I struggled to read that one. Yeah, holy shit. I feel like Hank. I know it wasn't yours, Witts. Sorry. Oh, yeah, definitely. The one I lost

is definitely not my favorite. Sorry. My favorite, honestly, my favorite one is probably the Rangers to Canucks because I don't know. I remember that was like the first playoff run where I was so into hockey. Like I was, so I would be 11. Yeah, I just remember every single game, that whole like playoffs. It was when Gary Thorne was, is it Gary Thorne?

Yeah, Gary Thorne, Bill Clement. He was unreal. Pavel Bure. Yeah, Bure was doing hockey. He was unreal. Pavel Bure. Yeah, Bure was on Vancouver. R.A. had a prompt. And I remember, what's it called? Messier, like game seven, the guarantee in the East Conference final. So that's probably my most memorable cup final is that Rangers-Canucks series.

And I remember the slash Messier threw at fucking Bure. Bure threw at Messier when the final faceoff went off and they won the draw to win the cup and Burry just went to two-hand him. That was an unreal series. It was. That was one of my short lists. The obvious answer for me and it's because the Bruins in 2011. That's the obvious answer so I'm going to give you one.

You were there too. I was there. It was great too because the Bruins lost the first two but they saw how scumbaggy the Canucks were and literally before that series I would say maybe Boston was rooting for the Bruins lost the first two, but they saw how scumbaggy the Canucks were. And literally, like, before that series, I would say maybe Boston was rooting for the Bruins and maybe mostly for Vancouver. After those first couple games with Burrows-Bighton and Lapierre, whatever,

that was it. That was like the whole fucking continent was rooting for the Bruins and only Vancouver was rooting for Vancouver. But that's my fan answer from a non-fan perspective. I'll give you two of my favorite Cups In the last 20 years Right before the lockout

Strike whatever And then right before Right after 2004 Calgary-Tampa Bay Calgary was up An eight A late eight seed In the playoffs

Fucking Kip Rosoff Got hot as hell They went all the way To the final That was another one Martin Jelena scored The game winner In every series

Until the cup final And he almost had it in game six I think it was a goal right Don't they still say it was a goal Yeah There was nothing They didn't have the same replay then But I don't think it was

And it went from looking like They were going to win the cup in game six To Marty St. Louis Getting the game winner Sending it back to Tampa To game seven Which ironically I was at that game So that's one of my favorites

And here might be One of my favorite cups of of all time, strictly because of the randomness of it was 2006, Carolina versus Edmonton, where literally nobody on the planet thought that was going to happen. And Edmonton was on their third or fourth goalie. I think. Or maybe not. What's that? Was Edmonton eight seed that year?

I think they were. I think they were. And I think Carolina was a six seed. We haven't seen a series quite like that. We've got a lot of higher end seeds. But just the fact that they were two, I'll say, scrub teams because no one gave them a chance, played in the final, made it a seven-game series. It was just fantastic drama hockey.

And I just liked it because it was a fucking Raleigh-North Carolina versus Edmonton. And everyone was crying about, oh, the ratings and who cares. I'm like, it's fantastic hockey. So, yeah, a little obscure, but those are the two I'll go with other than... And Pronger scored in a shootout in game one. I mean, a penalty shot in game one. Remember that in Carolina? Yeah. That was sick.

Yeah, dude. So what about you, Grinnells? Gotta go 2011. I was gonna say 2013. 2011 was awesome. 2013, I was gonna say, even though the Bruins lost. That was when 2011, I went to a game... I went to a game. I went to the game Horton got knocked out, game three, right? Yeah.

And I was with my dad, a couple buddies, and one of my buddies, like the last seat in our four-seat package, was my buddy, and he's sitting right next to the prime minister at the time, Harper. Oh, yeah, yeah. And literally, like, we have pictures, and this guy's the prime minister of Canada. He's not even in a box. He's in, like, the. And literally, we have pictures. And this guy's the Prime Minister of Canada. He's not even in a box.

He's in the middle of the loge. And my buddy Oki's like, what's up, dude? Yeah, I do it. I also have relations with North Korea. I remember that. That was fucking hilarious. It was unbelievable. He didn't even have a fucking bodyguard next to him or anything.

It was like, hey, what's up, man? Who are you rooting for? I'm the Prime Minister of Canada. That was a pretty funny memory of that series. Yeah, I've been lucky. I've been in the building four times to see the Cup presented. It's a fucking special time. Anytime you can be there for it.

It's a cool thing. Would have loved to have seen it in Nashville. I wouldn't know. All right, so Coops asks, during a game seven, do NHL players ever feel the same amount of nervousness as a fan watching the game, or are the guys just dialed in? All right, Hamilton. No, not even close.

You're like, I literally think it's two opposite ends of the spectrum. As a fan, like when I'm watching the Pats, like, you know, last year in the Super Bowl, the players are just completely zoned in. I mean, yeah, you might realize the moment and stuff. You know, if you get a power play in game seven tied game third period with two minutes to go you understand like holy fuck we're scoring to win the stanley cup but you get the puck and you're confident and you're you're you're just in the in the action and the flow of the game so the fit and then from the fan side

it's you can't even it's like it's almost like not enjoyable at times, I seriously would say like the Patriots sometimes, you're like, oh, my God, I'm so stressed out right now. Is this even fun? So when you – so not a low blow here or anything, but when you were on the bench for USA, how did you watch that? Were you freaking out because – I was pretty – yeah, because I knew I wasn't going to play. Yeah, I was pretty nervous actually then.

More just like – but not visibly. So you're like, you know, you're not going to be like that sitting next to everyone. I think I was sitting next to Tim Thomas actually. But I just remember being on the bench like kind of like almost at the end. And you're like almost kneeling up at that point. You know, a lot of times guys are just sitting down. But it was just, that was different because you know you're not getting out there. But the guys who were playing,

they're just hopping on and off. Who's up next? Who's up next? And then at the end, all of a sudden, you realize what actually happened. I played an intramural final. It was game three

of a two out of three. It was the final game. It might have been, yeah, it was funny. For a 30 pack and a bag of weed. You were a tendie though,

weren't you? No, no, no. I was a tendie for street hockey. But this was, I told you, my ice? No, no, no. I was a tendie for street hockey but this was, I told you, my ice hockey team, we used to audition

a roommate every week for a laugh and I did it one week and I had so much fun. I was so pissed that I didn't take skating lessons as a kid because that's all I needed

was maybe a couple lessons and I would have played. I would have sucked but I would have loved to have played. You would have played hockey. I would have played hockey, right. I would have played ice hockey.

In force. So anyways, I became the third, this scrub forward but I played with fucking, I think I told So anyways, I became like the third, this like scrub forward. But I played with fucking, I think I told the story. I played with fucking Moose, who had a ring from Bosco, and Maki, who had a ring from CM. These guys were like top goal scorers in the state back when we were in high school. So I was fucking on the line with them.

I got set up more than fucking Ellen DeGeneres in high school. And you still couldn't bury it. No, I would. I buried a couple goals here and there. But I'll never forget. It was the final fucking, we were losing. Moose. Like 3 a couple goals here and there. But I'll never forget. It was the final fucking we were losing. Moose. Like 3-0 or 2-0.

And I scored on a fucking rebound, like garbage goal. And I'll never forget. Moose stood up. He's like, let's fucking go. And I could see it in his face. He's like, it was like, wow, if fucking Magoo's scoring goals here, then the rest of the team needs to step up. We ended up losing. But it was like, obviously nothing like fucking NHL playoffs.

Hey, you never forget, though. But it was like, yeah, you never forget goals. Moose setting you up, dude. Yeah. It was like, fucking wow. I canL playoffs. Hey, you never forget, though. But it was like, yeah, you never forget goals. Moose setting you up, dude. Yeah, it was like, fucking wow, I can't believe I scored a goal in a final. And seeing the reaction of my team, I was like, wow, they were like mad. They were like mad that it was me scoring the fucking goal because it meant we were getting outplayed. But yeah, honestly, I don't have a ton of regrets in life,

but one is that I didn't. You never skated. No, I did skate. I sucked. I was terrible. They put me out there, me and my brother. My brother was one is that I didn't. You never skated. No, I did skate. I sucked. I was terrible. They put me out there, me and my brother. My brother was a wizard. I couldn't.

But I just never went back to it. I wish someone told me when I was six or seven, when I took ice skating as a gym for one credit up college. First thing, it was the hockey coach thought. He goes, head up, chest up, knees bent. I'm like, if some motherfucker told me that when I was six, I would have had a pretty decent media fucking bantham career, mediocre bantham career, but it wasn't meant to be.

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I was at NHL Network checking out some of that. That was fun for three days. So I'll be back November 10th to 17th. It's also about to be a dad. Yep, month away. It's coming. Month away. Wow, it's coming soon.

Well, it could be. I mean, yeah, it could be way closer than a month. I just want to pod my... I know when I'm laughing, I sound like a fucking 90-year-old bingo grandmother on her 17th Tarrington of the night right now, but I'm coming with a little chest cold. Oh my God, I do. I sound like a fucking heavy smoker.

Dude, quick shout out to a show on Netflix. It's called Big Mouth. It's a cartoon. You know Nick Kroll? He's a comedian. He's done a lot of comedy sketches. He used to date Amy Poehler. If you've seen him, you'd know who he is. He's a comedian. He's done a lot of comedy sketches. He used to date Amy Poehler. If you've seen him, you'd know who he is. He's a fucking funny character, does a lot of stuff on Comedy Central.

He just came out with a show on Netflix. It's called Big Mouth. It's a cartoon. Really? And it's him and a lot of his comedy friends. They do all the voices, and it's about kids in puberty. But it's fucking hilarious, dude. It's raunchy as hell.

Oh, my hilarious, dude. It's raunchy as hell. Are there swears? Oh, my God, dude. It's like, and like the main character has like, he has, it's called the hormone monster. He comes out and like no one's around. And you know when you're

a 14-year-old chronic masturbator like all those crazy things. Well, that's what this, that's what the hormone monster is. He's like, you're like Id when you're like a teenage boy that tells you to do all this

like sick shit. I don't need to see it because I still am going through puberty. I don't need to see it. He hasn't hit it yet. I can't grow a beard. Have you seen Mindhunter? I haven't yet. You know I don't need to see it because I still am going through puberty. I don't need to see it. Conelli hasn't hit it yet. I can't grow a beard. Have you seen Mindhunter?

I haven't yet. You know what? I want to watch it. I've heard about it. I love David Fincher. I think he's one of the great directors working today. I'm not big on the

serial killer stuff. Yeah, I kind of like that shit, I think. What are some other ones? I've got to be in the real fucking right mood for it. You know what I mean? I've got to be in a certain

mentality because it's such dark fucking shit that's depressing a lot of times. What are some other ones? I've got to be in the real fucking right mood for it. You know what I mean? I've got to be in a certain mentality. When it snows. It's such dark fucking shit that's depressing a lot of times. But everyone's raved about it. I'm going to watch it at some point. What was the show on HBO? I love that one. That wasn't about a serial killer. It was the huge hit, and then the second season sucked.

Oh, True Detective. True Detective. That was awesome. That was HBO, right? Oh, yeah. Duh. Stranger Things. I haven't watched one yet. I was HBO, right? Yeah. Oh, yeah. Duh. Stranger Things. I haven't watched one yet.

I haven't watched one. What about you, Grinos? No, I haven't, but I was going to say it's getting a lot of hype. I'm waiting to start one, and then I'll have one and two. Yeah. The first season, phenomenal. It was one of those things I watched and immediately went to the keyboard and had to write fucking 2,000 words on it because it was unbelievable.

Season two was Stranger Things 2, whatever you want to call it. It was good. It was enjoyable. I liked it because it was unbelievable. Season two was Stranger Things 2, whatever you want to call it. It was good. It was enjoyable. I liked it. I was entertained. It didn't come to me close to the level that the first one

did because the first one was so unique. You didn't know what you were getting into. Definitely watch it. Enjoy it.

I just don't think it was on the same level as the first one, but it's definitely worth watching. I'm going to definitely check it

out and just end up binging it. Yeah, Strange Things, the first one, it it's definitely worth watching. I'm going to definitely check it out and just end up binging it. Yeah, Strange Things is the first one. It's really excellent. But somebody tweeted something that someone died and I remember the name now so I'm going to, when I start the season, I'll know right when I

see that person's character that they died. So that kind of sucks. But whatever. I don't even know who it is, but it should really affect your viewing. So yeah, Stranger Things 2, definitely check it out. Like I't think that... But whatever. I don't think it's anything... I don't even know who it is, but it should really affect your viewing. So yeah, Stranger Things 2, definitely check it out. Like I said, it is very good. I just thought it was a notch below the first one

because it's tough to catch lightning in a bottle twice. Big Mouth's the other one. Watch that, dude. Seriously, watch the first... The half-hour episode, so you can piss through the... I think it's a 10... Family guy-ish.

Yeah, but it's fucking hilarious, dude. I mean, if you went through puberty, you can laugh at a lot of this shit. So something else? All right. I think that about does it, boys. Yeah, dude it's fucking hilarious, dude. I mean, if you went through puberty, you can laugh at a lot of this shit. So something else? All right. I think that about does it, boys. Yeah, dude. I got to hit the road, but thanks for Army again.

He's fucking hilarious. I want to go to the prairies just to hang out with people. I want him to come here and have some beers with us. He's an absolute blast to hang out with. We should plan like in the spring. We get him, Motts, and somebody in the third all in here, group podcast. Next fucking spring or something. Five hour one.

Maybe we'll have a ripper. I'll send the wife down the street for the night or something. All right. All right, boys. Always a pleasure. Peace out. Peace. Peace.

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