The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Postgame Show: The Polls + The Hockey Show

Episode Date: March 1, 2024

Roy and David Dwork talk to The Fourth Period's David Pagnotta and TSN's NHL insider Darren Dreger about the upcoming NHL trade deadline. Plus, we got some polls to recap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You're listening to Giraffe Kings Network. This is the hockey show, Roy Bellamy. David Drucker, the hockey news. This is our trade deadline show, ladies and gentlemen. David Pinoyota is gonna show up and so will Darren Drager from TSN. Big guns. Big guns.

We are going to guess what's gonna happen during the trade deadline. This is the trade deadline show. The trade deadline show. But before we get to that, we're gonna talk about the Florida Panthers who won the 13th game out of 15. Man.

And it's a lot on paper when you look at just a whole bunch of W's on your screen here and on the computer. So, but they haven't played well really that recently. I mean, they've gone over time three times in the last five games. And last night, especially, we saw a couple of blown coverages that led to break a raise one goal. And that face off goal, I mean, they had four Panthers spotted up in front of the crease. I don't know how so laws was able to see that puck. Yeah I mean Paul Maurice even said after the game that the first couple goals that they stored were a little tight on traditional

But I think just to your point Roy That's what makes this Panthers team so unique compared to past years and even other teams when they don't have their a game They're still able to find a way to get that dub and to get the two points They scratch and claw whether it's relying on their goal ton and relying on the ridiculous talent pool that they've got So this is a pretty stacked team right now even when they're not at their best and the special teams last night the they scratch in claw, whether it's relying on their gold ending, relying on the ridiculous talent pool that they've got. So this is a pretty stacked team right now, even when they're not at their best. And the special teams last night, the penalty kill,

even though Sam Reinhardt scored a short-handed goal. Not that great. Well, I think that was Paul Maurice was talking about after the game. You're dealing with a very young, fast, skilled team in Montreal that's really got nothing to lose right now. And Florida, for what it's worth, they've got a lot riding on every game. They've got a lot going on. They're focusing on the playoffs, so perhaps a little tight at times.

But special teams are going to be clutch for this team just because we've seen throughout the year that it's carried them, especially lately with the power play and the penalty kill. So yeah, it's the kind of thing that these are the games that you want to kind of work out those kinks. Sam Reinhardt also scored a power play goal. That's number 40 and 41 on the season. Man, Sam Reinhardt, that guy's going to get paid, huh? Yeah. That might be something we want to ask these insiders about. Yeah, there might be a bit of a sacrifice for the Panthers here so that they can actually

pay Sam Reinhardt. Well, that's going to be the big question, isn't it? Are they going to be able to pay the Reinhardts, the Forzlings, the Montours, everybody that's going to be UFA after this year? They're going to have some decisions to make, so we'll see if they can get everything done. I know there is a plan for Bill Zito, the Panthers GM, to get everything done. We'll see if everybody cooperates. And as I said, today is the Trade Deadline Show.

And from the fourth period, we have David Pinoyota. We are going to talk a little bit of Trade Deadline. But first, I want to talk about the Los Angeles Kings. You're over there on the West Coast. They're currently tied for a wild card spot. Do you think they're going to be buyers or sellers? Honestly, it's going to come down to the overall future or immediate future of Adrian Kempe and his health.

If he's done for the regular season and there's a strong belief that that could be the case, then they're going to engage. Now, some people think he could come back at the end of the month. If that is the case, if that's the diagnosis, then cap space, bye-bye. They have none. But if he is out until middle of April to the end of the month, then they're going to utilize that full cap space to $5.5 million that is Kempe's hit in order to add. They've already asked about guys like Tyler Tafoli and Max Pascheretti and a few other players out there to try to get a gauge of what the marketplace is, what the price tag is like for some of these guys. But again, really everything or anything that they do for now is dependent on Adrian

Campes' help. If he comes back in the March, forget about it. If it's prolonged, it's going to give Rob Blake some wiggle room. What about Quinn Beifield? It seems like he has a lot of potential. He's the highest black draft pick in any Joe history and he's having a fine season. What do you think about his career right now? Oh, it's just starting to climb. Like this is he's not even scratched the surface of his

potential yet. And he's a versatile player. He was drafted as a center. He's playing the wing right now. You can play in different situations. He's really actually in the last four games, really propped up Pierre-Luc du Bois performance as well. Since since they were kind of put on the line together, this guy is going to be an elite star in the National Hockey League. It's just going to take, some guys take a little bit of extra time. And with the depth that LA has, he

doesn't have to be forced into situations to be the main guy right now at this young age. He's going to be a very good player for a number of years and I think will eventually evolve if he isn't starting to already into a fan favorite in LA. They went in the right direction with him and they slow cooked it. They didn't want to rush him and it's certainly paying off right now and it will continue to.

And Anzic Copetar has included this year three years left on his contract. Does he have enough left on the tank or do you see him playing out the rest of his career on his contract. Does he have enough left on the tank? Or do you see him playing out the rest of his career on that contract? He's going to kind of see where it goes. I mean, I wouldn't be shocked if this is his last overall deal. Maybe depending on where they're at, maybe he sticks around for another a year or whatnot. But when the sun kind of settles on his playing career,

he'll eventually go back to Slovenia for the most part, probably still have a place in LA, but go back to Slovenia with the wife and kids and just live basically like a king out there. He's a huge celebrity in his own country as well as obviously in LA. So look, he's having a great year. He had some, you know, a little, I guess maybe a round all star right before he dipped a little year. He had some, you know, a little, I guess, maybe a round all-star right before he dipped a little bit. And maybe some people were questioning his longevity, but he's kind of re-upped that in the last little bit. Really, the entire team kind of reinvigorated recently.

And a nice 5-1 victory the other night over Vancouver should add a little bit of extra confidence, not just to him, but the rest of that roster. Dave, I want to switch gears to the Eastern Conference. Now, a couple of the top teams in the East that are possibly cup contending could be active at the deadline. Not so sure. Curious your take on both the Carolina Hurricanes over in the Metropolitan and the Boston Bruins in the Atlantic. Well, Carolina right now is looking to add up front. There's the, they were part of the goalie discussions, but with Freddie Anderson set to come back,

they actually have to figure out what they want to do there because they're going to end up with four goalies active once Freddie does come back. He's been skating for the last few weeks. Should be ready to go by the sounds of things sometime next week, if not a little bit sooner. But they want to add up front. They want to add an extra little bit of scoring punch to that lineup and kind of deepen their offensive abilities and If they can do that and there was some talk that they were making a little bit of progress on that So maybe we get word, you know later today or even tomorrow But the Hurricanes would like to certainly add to the offensive side of the game and I think From Boston's perspective

offensive side of the game. And I think from Boston's perspective, they're looking at every option. They're looking at defense. They've kicked the tires on guys like Sean Walker and Matt Dunba. If the prices drop a little bit, then I think they engage a little bit further on that. Otherwise, or in addition to that, I should say,

center position. They'd like to add up front as well. Center position's still the primary to further deepen themselves up the middle. Alex Weinberg, I think is a guy on their radar out of Seattle. I did also want to ask you about the Florida Panthers. We've heard them mentioned with the likes of Noah Hannafin. We've heard them mentioned more recently with Vladimir Tarasenko.

Now, I've heard that Tarasenko is interested in coming to Florida. I'm not sure that there's mutual interest there. I wanted to get your take on that. Yeah, I think he I think he would. I think that's that's a destination. And my understanding is he is willing to move to a contender. He's relayed that message to the Ottawa Senators, just a matter now of Steve Sayles there GM kind of figuring out what the best deal is, but he would be interested in going to Florida. You're right. I don't know if the feeling is fully mutual. Now if the price drops and it's like a fifth round pick and Ottawa eats half of his $5 million contract,

then I think Bill Zito reconsiders that direction. But barring something like that, I think there are other teams. I think Carolina, who tried to sign him in the summer, would be in on him. I think Vegas is in on him, a few other teams. But Teresenko is going to have options, but he is willing to go to a contender. It's just a matter of the sense now finding the right fit.

The bottom three teams are Anaheim, Salze and Chicago. Obviously, Chicago is probably not going to do anything for this deadline, but what do you see Anaheim doing at the trade deadline? Frank Petrano is out there. Adam Henrique is out there. Sam Kerrick is out there, teams are calling about some of their other players as well. Now Petrano has one year left on his contract, the Rangers would love to make that reunion

happen again and bring him back to the Big Apple. So they're having conversations there. Adam Henrique is being discussed across the board. He just had his, I guess him and his wife had their second child at the start of the week and the Ducks were waiting to see, I mean, when that would happen and talks have kind of picked up since now that they welcome their second daughter. So we'll see kind of how that progresses, but I'm expecting and Adam is to that he is going to get traded ahead of the deadline just a matter of when not if, but Toronto,

because of that extra year, they don't have to do it. But if, you know, the Rangers, for example, pay a bit of a premium, then I think they would certainly bite on that. John Gibson is still available, but I think that might be more of a summer thing if it does happen. And we'll see who else can kind of get plucked out of there.

Jakob Silverberg, unless Anaheim retains half of that contract, probably gonna be sticking around. He's a UFA at the end of the year as well. Dave, with the Edmunds and Oilers, they've been a lot of fun to keep track of this year. Obviously, it looks like they're going to be a playoff team. It sounds like that they want to be pretty active the deadline and kind of load up for a playoff run.

What do you see them doing? And do you see them kind of make that run? I do. They if they if they make these ads, they want to add a defenseman. They want to add a mid-six forward. Somebody that can slot in the interchangeable second-third unit, depending on situational play and playoff matchups and things like that. So Pavel Busenevich out of St. Louis has got another year in his contract. They're very much engaged in that. I think Carolina, again another team that we just talked about looking for forwards. I think they're in that mix. Vegas as well.

He's got a pricey tag to him. I mean, it's you're basically looking at two first round picks plus to get Bucznavich out of St. Louis or a first plus an equivalent level prospect. But Edmonton's right in the thick of things. They also want a defenseman. And for them, if they make any additions that are impactful, they're going to have to move bodies out. They're right up against the cap. So anything that comes in, even if there is salary retention, it's going to require somebody moving out, whether it's Cody Cece or Brett Kulek on defense, War War and Fogel up front, all three of those guys, and I believe they know that they could be casualties of the cap situation in Edmonton. I wouldn't be surprised to see something kind of happen there. In fact, I believe, actually I'll put this out here before I report it elsewhere. They have an offer on the table for one of the top defensemen that are available right now to first round

pick and Cody Cece. I don't know if it gets to the finish line, um, but that's something that's currently on the table for one of the defensemen that are out there. Finally, the Ottawa Senators probably won the biggest disappointments of the season. Second to last in the conference. Do you see them selling off maybe a Jacob Chikrin? Well, he's available.

Um, you know, they, they, they've been telling everyone they're not shopping him, but they're also saying, all right, well, give us your best offer. Let's talk more about this. So semantics, really. But teams have called about him. They've called about Josh Norris, who just got hurt in his season, might be over. So a lot of teams, when you're at the bottom, they like to vulture in and see where they can get some deals or force somebody to potentially make a panic move. I think unless something steps up for Chikrin, I think this is an discussion that happens in the offseason closer to the draft. I wouldn't be surprised at all if something happens around that in June and in Vegas.

But barring that, we talked about Tarasenko, Dominic Kubelik is going to be moved. That's their goal anyway That that he gets moved out as well for basically a mid-round pick And then outside of those two guys there again, they're open to hockey moves whether it's chikrin or And other people some some players before Riley Greg slap that puck right into that open cage in Toronto teams were calling about him too So everyone's just kind of looking around and just making inquiries to see what's there. But I think Ottawa, if they can,

would like to be active. And they're utilizing this deadline as basically a speeding up process for their off-season movement. So they can make moves now and then follow that up at the draft, go into free agency, add to this group. I think that's the objective, especially with this deadline for the send. So it's going to be interesting to see how they kind of play this one off. But if they do something

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It's the trade deadline show and the free agent show. We are looking forward to the trade deadline show. That's Trade Center on TSN. That's gonna be next week on Friday March 8th starting at 8 a.m. They're gonna have like 35 people on the panel. It's gonna look like an Earth, Wind and Fire concert really. So many people are gonna be on the stage.

And one of those people is Darren Drager. Darren Drager is gonna join us to talk a trade deadline right now. And we're gonna start off with the two trades that have happened already. We're going to start off with Chris Tanev. Can you explain what happened in that trade? Well, it was an interesting trade.

I mean, obviously Chris Tanev is a right shot defenseman who was one of the most coveted available defensemen. And the Dallas Stars identified that Tanev was going to be a near perfect fit. But there were other clubs that were keenly interested, the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Vancouver Canucks, the Colorado Avalanche to a degree, the Edmonds and Winers. And you know, they're somewhere critical of Craig Conroy and the Calgary Flames because they feel like maybe he jumped a little bit early.

But they got a package that they were looking for, including a prospect defenseman who is tracking to be a real good defensive defenseman in the National Hockey League. So that's the tricky balance guys between now and the Marche trade deadline is knowing when to pull the trigger and the Tanafiel I think more or less kind of restarts the trading platform if you will and obviously that carried into Yelia Labushkin going from the Anaheim Ducks to the Toronto Maple Leafs with the Carolina Hurricanes involved as a broker. So when you first begin with TANF and the Calgary Flames, I think Calgary did well. I look at the New Jersey Devils as being a broker on that deal,

and I know the Dallas Stars are over the moon based on the fact that they add a real high character individual. And Yale or Lupuskin trade, can you explain that one? Yeah. Well, look, Brad Trilov and the general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, again, was in on Chris Tanoff, but I think he recognized fairly early in the week that it just wasn't going to work. The fit wasn't there from Calgary's standpoint. So when Triliving knew that he was going to have to turn, he had been in constant communication

with some of the other guys in play. I think of Danny Breyer and Sean Walker. I think Ilia Labushkin and Pat Verbeek and the Anaheim Ducks. There's a familiarity with Labushkin, reliability. You know, he's a big strong guy, played well with Morgan Riley when he was formerly with the Toronto Maple Leafs. So the fact that they got the Carolina Hurricanes involved, the Anaheim Ducks retained 50%. Carolina retains 25%.

And it only cost the Maple Leafs a third round draft pick and a sixth round draft pick. I think that's some pretty good work by Trillivink. And I also think that the door is still open for Trillivink and the Leafs to do something else. I got another defenseman, but they shore up a position of need and that was that right shot defense. Darin, I want to ask you about another team in the Eastern Conference, and it's the New York Rangers. They've been on a hell of a streak lately. It looks like Igor Shisterkin has reclaimed his Vezna form, and that's a team that's rolling.

Do you think that they're going to make any moves just because, like, I've heard things like they're going to be, like, in 94, where they were already so good, but they made different moves to get ready for the playoffs. So do you see anything like that going down this year? I absolutely do. And, you know, I think you can expand that list. Any of the teams that we would consider to be top contending teams, I think that they're going to do everything within their power to try and upgrade. So I most definitely see Chris Gerritte and the New York Rangers adding something. There's been at least a loose connection, I would say to the Anaheim ducks. Pat Verbeek has been scouting closely, you know, watching

the New York Rangers, the Carolina Hurricanes. And, you know, I can see Carolina adding a piece like maybe the Toronto, if there's a fit there, I can see the New York Rangers taking a hard look at Adam Henrik. I mean, this guy is a salt of the earth experienced forward who just all around makes you better. So I can see the fit there. And I'm not suggesting that that would be the only target of Chris Durie and the New York Rangers,

but there was some speculation a couple of weeks ago on the possibility of Capococo being in play. And I don't think that we can officially dismiss that. It just seems like a real long shot at this point because man, as he changed his game, he's turned around, you know, coming off an injury. Maybe it took him a little bit longer to get up to pace and get back up to game speed and all of that. But he's been a real contributing piece for the New York Rangers,

but I still think that jury is on the hunt and I wouldn't be surprised if there's a connection to the Ducks in some form. And they need to do Claire as his own agent and I think, I believe he's shopping himself around. Do you believe that he's going to get dealt? Well, he's on the list. You know, so I can't dismiss that possibility. I'm always careful in putting too much stock in the list of trade bait players that all of us produce on a daily basis. But I

mean, we put those names on those graphics because they're legit. Those are players in play. I can, I can appreciate why Anthony DeClair would be in play. He's a very quick forward. He's got the experience. He certainly has the resume. Does it get a little trickier because he represents himself? Maybe. But in today's world, unless you have true trade protection, which includes either the no trade clause or the no move clause, The agents aren't as involved as they once were

in negotiating these trades, unless you're looking at a type of extension. But when I think of Anthony DeClair, I think of a depth forward who can also play up in the lineup. So I think that there'll be some interest, and I'm sure that there is some interest in DeClair. And one of the hottest teams in the West lately has been the Nashville Predators.

And they're, what's like they're going to be a playoff team. They're right on like above the Mendoza line and there's a bit of a gap there, you know, in the Western Conference standings. Now, this is a team that's got picks. They've got cap space. Do you think Nashville is going to be making some moves and try to maybe make a little playoff run here? Well, I could see Nashville making some moves. Excuse me. Just battling a bit of a cold here.

But making moves in the sense of trying to improve. I feel like we should be past the speculation on UC Cerro, see even though people continue to talk about it, I can't envision you know, the run that the national predators are trying to build on as we get into the late stages of the regular season here and The playoffs right around the corner and you strictly you trade a star gold tender like that Carrier's name has been out there. I think that that's a bit of a long shot now But maybe maybe Barry trotts the general manager of the Preds

Has changed his thinking with the currency that he has to maybe bring in some reinforcement. So among the teams that we're watching closely, fellas, for the next week leading up to next Friday's trade deadline, the national Predators, because there is a level of uncertainty. They've kicked the switch here. They're not looking to be in the selling mode, but given some of the assets that they have, perhaps they're in a position where they can add to kind of bolster what they already have with the playoffs in mind. The two teams that Steve Iserman has affected the rosters, Tampa and Detroit are currently in a wild card spot.

Do you see them making any moves? Well, when I look at the Tampa Bay Lightning, uh, I, I have all the time in the world for the management of Julian Breeze by the GM of, of the Tampa Bay Lightning because he was recognized since he took over the position from Iserman that it's a real small window, that window of having an opportunity to compete for the Stanley Cup. And they've been very, very successful. But when you look at the roster of the Tampa Bay Lightning, I think that you can absolutely appreciate

that this is a team that knows that that window is coming to a close here. So I'd be surprised if Tampa Bay isn't actively involved. It looks like they want to add something to their defense. There's been open speculation about maybe connecting to the Calgary flames and Noah Hanifn. As of our reporting yesterday, the flames don't have enough yet. That can change with a simple phone call to encourage them to move Hanifn who's playing his best hockey.

But I could see Tampa Bay and the Boston Bruins as an example trying to improve in that area. And then I think Steve Eiseneman and the Troy Redwings are still feeling things out a little bit and trying to figure out where they are. Are they a playoff team? Are they a non-playoff team? Iseman has been pretty creative and very active over the last number of years

as the Redwings come out of that long rebuilding process. So as much as he may want to give his guys a shot in the arm, it also has to be made decisions like this has to be made more so on the long term. What's the better fit for the Detroit Red Wings moving forward as opposed to helping on the short term in trying to lock down a playoff spot or stay in the mix. Now out West, the big name that we've heard a lot lately is Elias Pederson. Uh,

can you kind of give us an insight on what the latest is with him in Vancouver? Well that's a developing story and it is a big one in Vancouver and really around the national hockey league. And this is Crafty Veteran Management by Jim Rutherford, Patrick Alvine and the Vancouver Canucks because last weekend there was speculation that surface that you know Rutherford and the Vancouver Canucks were actually approaching teams and at least nibbling at the edges of the potential of trade with Pettersen, either between now and the deadline or probably more likely in the offseason. And I think that that was purely with design to encourage the player to the negotiating table, which absolutely happened. So it worked.

So the contract negotiations began on Tuesday night, continued into Wednesday yesterday. And I'm sure that they'll resume again today. It's a tricky one, right? Because Elias Pederson did not want to be a distraction. He didn't want to be disruptive. But now he's in a position where, you know, all of the speculation, everything that's hovering around the Vancouver Caddox has been exactly that. So why not engage? And that's where they're at now. A player of that magnitude, you're looking at anywhere from a five-year contract extension of the maximum eight years. And when you look at the productivity of Elias Pederson, I look at the extension of William Nylander and the Toronto Maple Leafs and that came in at an annual average salary of $11.5 million. Now, Patterson is tracking a little bit higher than that, but you have that restricted free

agent year, so it is complicated. And what will happen is, Paperson and JP Berry, who represent Aliyah's Patterson, will gather all of the options and the possibilities that they've discussed and negotiated with Canucks management take them back to Patterson and say all right, which one is the best fit for you? Patterson will decide which one is the best fit for him and if that jives with the Vancouver Canucks Then they get a deal done very quickly. Could it be two days? Sure. Could it be a couple of weeks or in the off season? Absolutely because you know, it's fashionable now for players, again, of that level and that skill set to want a shorter term. So I'm sure the player is looking at

a five-year option, and the Vancouver Canucks are probably thinking, no, we'd prefer to get you on an eight-year extension. So I think there's some work that lies ahead. Down here, we covered the Florida Panthers, and they have people that they need to sign in the offseason. But for right now, looking at the trade Panthers and they have people that they need to sign in the off season. But for right now, looking at the trade deadline, what do you think Bill Zito has up his sleeve? Well, Bill Zito always has something up his sleeve. You know, he's one of the more aggressive general managers. But also guys, you know this because you watch this team closely and they are so good.

I mean, in so many different ways, they're considered the model of the Eastern Conference and maybe to a point across the National Hockey League based on how Paul Maurice has that team committed to playing. They play hard, but they can play any different way. So you got to be careful not to mess too much or tinker too much with the chemistry. Now, I think that the Florida Patras would like to add a winger, maybe a depth center. But I don't think that Bill Zito is looking at the looming trade deadline through a position of need.

You always have wants, but it's money in money out for the Florida Paters that are a cap team. If there's an opportunity to add a depth forward, then I'm sure he will do that and it wouldn't surprise me at all if he does that. But if there isn't an affordability or if there isn't a financial fit where he just,

you know, he can't make it work, I don't think that the Florida Patras are overly concerned or look at their roster and see holes. I don't believe that for a second. You can catch him on one of TSN's biggest shows of the year, his trade center, and his next week, March 8th, starting at 8 a.m. Darren Drigger, thank you for joining us.

Hey guys, thank you. Don Lebatard! How do people always go missing in the mountains? Don't go to the mountains? And by the way, I don't want to bring racism. This is the most white people thing ever. Going missing in the middle of the mountains. It's the strangest thing.

You go by yourself, you don't take a radio, you don't take a phone, you're missing for four days, and they find you like ten years later covered in snow. And it's like, don't go by yourself. If you're going in snow and it's like don't go by yourself if you're gonna go on a trail don't go by yourself. Stugats! Put it on the pole is it the whitest person thing ever I believe is what you called it going into the woods by yourself is going into the woods by yourself. I can't disagree with that man. I mean so so black people don't camp? Yeah, black people don't hike.

They don't camp. They don't go out into the woods. This is the Don Lebatar Show with the Stugas. YouTube and DraftKings Network exclusive here. We're going to open up the club in moments. We have to get to the polls as well. For those on YouTube, you will see a Ben Lyons, David Samson, and Ann Verk segment that also appears on our podcast feed. Very excited to announce. I know Dan did it awkwardly earlier this week.

But the three of those gentlemen will be here in studio March 10th, a Sunday, for a live watch party, a watch along for the Oscars. It's the first time we've ever done anything like this around an awards show. And I know that plenty of people from the Metal Arc family and the LeBatard show are going to be here. And we're going to actually host an Oscars watch party as they will be your guides through all the red carpet looks and as you know from producing Cinephile. Big movie guys, big movie guys, Ben Lyons. It's in his family Everyone here is talking about they want to like dress up fancy for this like can I just that makes me not want to come

Yeah, that's the only reason I'm gonna show up. We have makeup. We have hair and makeup. We're gonna wear a tuxedo I saw a thing in slack about let's dress to the nines. I'm like gosh want to wear a hat You want to dress some more like the four? Yeah You want to dress more like the fours? Yeah. Maybe two. And I wear one of those shirts with the tux, like, eh, I'm the wacky guy who wears a shirt. Oh, that's a great idea. That shirt Mike Flentes is going to do that.

Dammit. Just Jack Lackett. Wow. But I'm very excited about that. It's the first time we've tried something like that, and it opens us up to a whole new audience. So, and those three guys are really good at what they do, and I'm excited to see them work together.

We've had a fair amount of polls this week. Chris, Cody, what are the polls? I have them. Billy Gale, what are the polls? All right, before we get to the polls, I just want to remind you guys, the polls are presented by the new season of Peacock, the Peacock original, The Traders,

streaming now with new episodes Thursdays and 9pm Eastern, only on Peacock. And I want to talk to you guys about The Traders, but I'm not because it aired last night, so I don't want to spoil anything So I will not be talking to you about the show the traders right now. I love it. So this Taylor's mom Oh, yeah, anyways, is roller skating a good idea right up until you're about to do it 85 points that per 8% of the audience said yes it is Have you ever honked your love and support

for someone with your car horn? 55% of the audience said yes. Did you know that Finland was the happiest place on earth? 55.8% of the audience said no, they didn't know that. I wanna go there for the Panthers game. Panthers, yeah. I wanna go there. Reportedly, it hasn't been confirmed by the Panthers,

but they're gonna be playing, has it been? They're gonna be playing the stars Because Sasha Barkov is his home country. Well, yeah, we've just like totally forgotten about the Russian Does Dallas have a player from there? Is that a guy? I don't know. I'll double check for you. Get back to me on that. Please close that loop Where would you prefer to be the happiest place or the most magical place magical? 72.9% of the audience said the happiest place rather be the happiest place, but everyone just assumes it's Disney.

Serial for dinner? 59.7% of the audience said yes. Been there. Good way to lose weight. Is everyone made happier once Jim Tonsula has been mentioned? 77.8% of the audience said yes. Did you know that the LA Clippers were boats? 52% of the audience and no really is now the best time in history In the history of America to be a skeptic I don't think so 88.5% of the audience said yes, you're bad at this Wait, what was the question again is now the best time in the history of America to be a skeptic that was I was being a skeptic That was no idea. That was, I was being a skeptic. No, I get what was the result. 88.5% of the audience said yes.

The stars have four finished players. Ah, that's big. Four. And the Panthers starters though. Panthers have two. Yeah, Lundell, right? Lundell and Barca. The pillow guy?

No, not Mike Lundell. Oh, does MLB spring training make you happy? 55.5% of the audience said yes. Did you know that f-minus was a grade? 72% of the audience said no. That's it. Those are the polls brought to you by the traders Jealous of the people that have never received it. 72% isn't f-minus. Yeah. Uh, no, it is not you It's almost a B. What? Oh yeah, kids are stupid as hell. Oh wait, there's Eda.

Eda's good to see a 93 to get an A. I think it might be an A now, actually. When I was in high school, they changed it. Like when I was in the middle, that's, I guess I'm dating myself. But then 90 to 100 was... They made it like a 10 point scale at one point in time. Yeah, 80 to 89 be 70 to 79 C, 60. My school punished us.

That's a C by that matter. A C was an 84 at my school. Yeah. Jesus, oh, it's Miami-Dade education that we went to, Mike So. I went to Christian schools my entire life. I just, school, I didn't really have much use for it. For fools.

And then really take it seriously. And I wish I took it more seriously, especially now in the day and age where you can just go to chat GPT and do everything. I don't know how to do anything. Do you ever meet someone that's like, I wish I could go back to school, I'd do worse. I was gonna f**k shit up, I did too well. I would probably do worse, but my grades would be better

because of how much we've advanced with artificial intelligence. I remember taking tests where there were no calculators. I wanna go back to school. I feel like I'd like enjoy learning stuff now. I didn taking tests where there were no calculators. I want to go back to school. I feel like I'd like enjoy learning stuff now. I didn't enjoy it at the time. What would school be like?

I just wanted to get drunk. I'm over these people that want to go back to these things when they were younger. Get me to retirement. That's where I want to get to. Really? Yeah, I don't want to be young again. So I'll find being young.

Close to the death. Get me exactly right. Get me closer. What do you imagine it was like? What would a school be like if it was all people that were doing it a second time? Like would it be a more rowdy experience? We all-

Check Mr. Beast, he's definitely done this. That is exactly how Mr. Beast video starts. I took a thousand people and they went back to school for six months. I paid him 10 grand a day. I held the one year old captive for three months. Here's the, that was crazy. I had an ad for that on Twitter every time I logged in for a week and I was too afraid

to click it and watch. I trapped this person inside of a supermarket to see how long it would take before they had psychosis. But I'm a good guy, generally. I might be president one day.