The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - The Big Suey: Come On The Witty

Episode Date: June 4, 2024

Chris Wittyngham joins us from his shower, not his bathtub, to discuss his heartbreak after his New York Rangers bowed out to the Florida Panthers. Chris offers him an olive branch and wants him to come back to the Panthers, but Witty's stubbornness simply will not allow it. He now turns his attention to the Edmonton Oilers, and has an interesting way of rooting them on. Plus, Stugotz is in heaven guiding us down the lazy river with the Cotes and finds himself in the middle of a classic Cote discussion. Then, we dive deeper into the Stanley Cup Finals with Roy, who is once again very confident in his Florida Panthers. Do the Panthers have to win the Stanley Cup this year? Chris doesn't necessarily think so. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You're listening to DraftKings Network. Welcome to the Big Sui, presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan LeBattard podcast. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging. I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries

if they're just there. That hasn't happened to you guys? I've done it. And now, here's the marching man to nowhere, fat face and the habitual liar. We'll get to the fancy young lad in a second. He doesn't look like a bathtub. I have no idea where he is. He's got his ranger sweater on. He was devastated the other night.

He's been a ranger fan for five minutes. We'll get to him in just a second. But Greg was asking about the Chipotle CEO. We played this video yesterday. He had a message for all the people who love this great establishment. First I can tell you the portions have not gotten smaller. One of the things I think is great about Chipotle is if you come into the restaurant

and you want a little more rice or you want a little more pickle, all you gotta do is kinda like, and usually our guys and women, give them a little more scoop. It's a little nod. That's false. He said later in that video that it's not protein,

by the way. The nod only works for non-protein, which is, who wants more of, I don't need more guac, all right, I already have a mountain of this guac you put up here. It's for the stuff that doesn't cost them a lot of money. Yes, exactly. Yeah, they don't give you more meat.

They laugh at you. Nod. Would you ever walk into a place and just nod and expect them to know what it is you're nodding for? No. Why should that? That shouldn't work in any restaurant. Right? I agree. Why are you complaining about it? He's basically saying you can have more if you guys want more. Because it's bullshit. That's why. I mean it's bullshit. No it's not.

No, but that's the case in any restaurant you go to. When I'm going into a, just to name a restaurant at random, when I'm going into a char hut, if I want more onion, instead of nodding, I say, can I get a few more onions, please? Yes, that place is so good. I just had it the other day. Yeah, char hut. Diced onions. Damn right. So good.

Oh, those straw onion rings. Oh my gosh. I think there's a char hut in Sunrise, should be, I think, along with the quarterdeck and Ed Morse, of course, should be on the parade route for the Florida Panthers. I mean, and La Bomba, Whittingham's favorite place on the planet. So, Whitty, you're not in a bathtub. Where are you?

It looks like a gym shower. So, I don't have a bathtub in my apartment in Connecticut, so I'm in my shower. I mean, it is a tub-like white...is it porcelain? I don't even know what material this is. It's how I bathe slash shower in the morning, so I'm here. Here I am. I'm doing it. Right. With a jersey on when you shower? Yeah, usually. I'm trying yeah usually Come around it. You know You have a bench in your shower. I am sitting down I'm just I'm on my bare bottom and I'm balancing my laptop on my knees is bare bottom bare

Bare bear situation, huh? Yeah, yeah, I figured I figured you guys you guys wanted me to be in a bathtub So I figured I'd take the pants off so that you know I'd at least live live up to at least part of this bit. You're cheeked up right now? I don't believe him. Show me the penis. Do you have your ring light in there? No, I do not. I just have my lights on. It's pretty bright in here, so I'm good. I'm well lit.

Chris Whittingham is a fancy lad. How did I fancy lad there? What did I do? We just have the sound and we want to play. Bragging about your legs. Yeah, to break it out. I'd rather his shirt be off, Greg, and his pants be odd, to be honest with you. No, that would be the natural order of things,

you know, for photographically and visually. When does your oilage jersey arrive? Oh, f- It's currently caught in business shipping, so we're in one to four business phase wait I want it to give you another chance to just like we're here for you. We forgive you. It's okay The correct view in my opinion yes, I am NOT not welcome back. I don't wanna be welcome back. Correct. Chris, what are you doing?

Because only Roy and Walter Katz have the authority to allow a Panther fan back. That's it. This guy's been a Panthers fan for a year. Like I thought it was a fun bit. Like I just see the darkness and the sadness in your eyes, dude, you're allowed to come back. Like it's okay.

You don't need to be scared. You got caught up in the moment. Everyone will be like. It was the Mecca, it's what happened. People might say they don't want you back, but they'll take you back, like it's okay. You don't need to be scared. You got caught up in the moment. Everyone will be like, it was the Mecca, it's what happened. People might say they don't want you back, but they'll take, we'll take you back, man. Like I just like, I'm here for you if you want to come back. But the thing is, is that the darkness and the sadness is like what has made this experience for me.

I have been ripped up and down on social media. I have been ripped up and down on this program. I have been destroyed by several group chats of my friends. My friends hate me. I didn't do all that to then at the final hurdle, be like, you know what, I'm rooting for the Panthers in the Stanley Cup final, no, I'm rooting for your misery. I'm rooting for you to be inflicted

what has been afflicted upon me for several years now. I don't want you to be happy. I don't. You chose this, no one made you do this. I know, I don't want you to be happy. Your choice. I don't. You chose this. No one made you do this. I know. I know.

And you know what? The choice has not gone well for me. However, Thank you. However, let's not see this end in a championship because my God, it would be terrible. It would be the worst thing that had ever happened. Who won?

Who won the trade between Calgary and Florida? Not the team that didn't make the playoffs how many how many goals of Matthew Kachuk score in the Eastern Conference final was it was a hole one hole one Chris! He made the Eastern Conference final! John Hubertov did not! He didn't even make the playoffs! Sam Reinhardt and Sam Bennett and Alexander Barkov and Gustav Forsling and Sergei Bobrovsky they made the Stanley Cup final. Deep team, unlike the Rangers. Carrying a passenger, making more money than everybody else, they only scored the one goal

in the Eastern Conference final. As opposed to the New York Rangers. The Rangers got like one goal out of their so-called big three and they didn't have the depth to make up for it, unlike the Panthers. That's correct, that is correct. And fair play to the Panthers for building a very good team defensively. I don't like it, it's not my kind of hockey,

but I play great hockey. What? My kind of hockey. It's not my kind of hockey, I don't like the watch. What is your kind of hockey? What is it? Losing hockey. My kind of hockey is like, is, you know, where they try and score goals and pass the puck. Yeah, I'm the range of doing it.

Passing the puck, what a concept. Like soccer. Right, exactly. That honestly, to be fair, two years ago, what I liked about the Panthers, they kind of played soccer on ice. Now they play rugby on ice, it's terrible. Listen, Woodingham is consistent.

He said this about the Dolphins as well. He wants his team to be exciting. He doesn't care if they win, he just wants them to be exciting. Yeah, that's correct. Yeah, and I feel like like I don't know most sports fans prefer winning to aesthetics but I like you said I am very consistent about this. I don't I would not want my soccer team to try and not play with the ball I would not want my NFL team to not try and score

31 points and I would like to see my hockey team like string three passes together that that that's my Desired outcome and the Florida Panthers don't seem terribly intent on doing that. I wish this I didn't like it. I don't like Seriously, they passed the puck Chris. No, they don't I wish that shower would turn on right now Whittingham how crushed were you like, you know, you're the biggest Ranger fan I know I'm not really a fan of the Rangers. I'm not a fan of the Rangers. I'm not a fan of the Rangers. I'm not a fan of the Rangers. I'm not a fan of the Rangers. I'm not a fan of the Rangers. I'm not a fan of the

Rangers. I'm not a fan of the Rangers. I'm not a fan of the Rangers. I'm not a fan of the Rangers. I'm not a fan of the Rangers. I'm not a fan of the Rangers. I'm not a fan of the Rangers. I'm not a fan of the Real Madrid in the first 60 minutes were horrendous. Borussia Dortmund should have scored a goal, but Real Madrid do a Real Madrid thing. And like every sporting interest I had on Saturday went wrong.

And so I've actually decided to not watch Panthers games anymore because they make me miserable. And so I'm just like, I'm following my the score notifications that I get in. And I'm just like, and every time it like comes up on my Apple watch, I look down and I go, please dear God, please dear God. And then it doesn't go my way.

And it's just terrible. And I was just I was you know, I was alone in my hotel room in Philadelphia on Saturday night, watching all my friends have fun and watching all my friends tell me to go bleep myself. And I was very unhappy. So that that was my experience watching the Panthers on Saturday. It was doubling down. I'm happy. Yep.

Doubling down. Come come on the Oilers, which apparently is like a whole thing. Okay, this was a thing yesterday. Like, come on blank. Like, let's go blank. Maybe a comma. Doesn't require a comma. No, there's no commas.

You don't say a comma. You don't say, let's go, comma, Panthers. You just say, let's go panthers but when you're saying come on just throw that you don't say come on the Oilers though I mean no you say come on Oilers oh usually is go all is going up there no it says let's go thank you yeah right let's go the Oilers no no one says that come on the lads let's go what that soundsers. No, no one says that come on the lads. Let's go. What that sounds worse Yeah, but no, it's not worse. It's not worse

It's not I don't understand. We're like where you guys have gotten this idea Also the the perverted mind of America ruining up ruining a very basic word that we use in a lot of different contexts I don't understand how that happened either hmm You're deflecting. I am deflecting. Which word? See, I can't even say it because

now it's like if I just use a very basic four letter word that is a verb to describe about 15 different things, somehow that's like me being gross. Say it, Woody. Say it. Come on the Oilers. Try that Like me being gross. Say it, Woody. Say it. Say it. Come on the Oilers.

Try that in like your form. It's very wordy. Come on the Oilers. Come on the Oilers. Can we spend the last minute of this talking about Chipotle? Where did everyone get complaints about Chipotle from? I don't understand how people go to Chipotle, where did everyone get complaints about Chipotle from? I don't understand how people go to Chipotle. You used to get a burrito from there

and you couldn't hold it. You couldn't bite it. Like it was way too wide. They needed to, you could argue they needed to be smaller. Oh, they absolutely needed to downsize. Like you would get a to go thing. It's like, I need three people to go through this. This is not a portion size for one person. This is ugly Americans being like,

I want more food for my money. More, two and a half portion sizes. No, you get the amount of food they give you now is the amount of food they should have been giving you in the first place. Have you guys ever gotten the double tortilla? Cause your burrito was too big. Have I?

I'm a tortilla on the side guy. Oh, with the bowl? Now they charge for it, right? They charge now? Yeah. Okay. It's like 65 cents. Yeah, but it used to be free. It used to just say, can I have a tortilla on the side? You'd make your own little burrito on the side

and then you'd eat the rest of it in your bowl. The side burrito was, chef's kiss. Cerrito. Yeah. You don't get to side burrito was, mwah, chef's kiss. Ceredo. Yeah. You don't get to do that. No, I know, yeah, yeah. You mean I don't get to do that.

You don't. Not wearing that shirt. All right, we're gonna give you one more opportunity here. Do you wanna come back and be a Florida Panthers fan? It's up to Roy. It's up to Roy. You can beg and plead your case and Roy will decide. Do you want it or not?

How funny would it be if I just said, yeah, can you let me back in? Dude, you're welcome. No, no, no. You have to admit the trade worked for Florida. I am the world's biggest Oilers fan. By the way, I have no idea how far away Edmonton was. Why is there a team there? They're so far away from everybody. It's like seven and a half hours to get there from New York. I was looking at a flight to root on my beloved Edmonton Oilers, have been a lifelong fan.

Get out of here. It's like, it's seven and a half hours to get there. Greg, are you going to go for the Herald? Oh hell no. No. I'm actively campaigning not to go. Witty, on the way out here, just come on the Panthers one time for me on the way out. No, I'm not saying that.

I can't say that. Come on. Come on, Panthers one time for me on the way out. No, I'm not saying that. I can't say that. Come on, come on them. No. No. No. No. No. No.

So dumb. Traitor. Traitor. Traitor. Yeah, Whitty. Do you feel good about this? Do you feel good about this is the last question. No, I don't.

I have been miserable every day around hockey for two years. But that doesn't mean I'm gonna stop now turn the shower on right now. You coward. Yep Turn it on Turn on my shower come on the witty I mean Screw you love you, buddy. Love you too. The Dan LeBattard Show with Stu Gotts is sponsored by BetterHelp. This year has gone by so quickly. Reaching the halfway point of the year is an excellent time to reflect on your mental health journey, assess your progress, and make plans for the future. Ask yourself, what's something you're

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I had to school you and explain to you he was going to take you to Augusta. When I was 17 years old Alan Sherry and I used to haunt the Bueller Planetarium. This is the Don LeBathar Show with the Stugats! I am sitting in between Greg and Chris Cody and I'm in heaven. I mean I really am headsets on Greg That segment just started with you saying I just thought it was funny. No one knows what you're talking about I'm not sure if you should say what you thought was funny. Yeah, what's going on making fun of me? Okay for how I acted at my daughter's kindergarten graduation And it is this the least controversial ever. When my daughter was called, wall of videos going on, I'm like, yeah!

That's it. It wasn't louder than that, it wasn't any other words. No, every parent, when it's their kid, you give a little something extra for your person. Everyone did it in that place. I disagree with that. I believe in parental decorum. I think you have to keep an even keel. I believe in parental decorum. I think you

have to keep an even keel. I believe in polite golf like applause. Coming from the guy who when I was a baseball player had a look at me Louie, let's go Christopher. Christopher. My friend Jess to this day still says, Hey, what's up Christopher? Okay. The problem with you going, was that just for you or did he do it for all the kids? He didn't call anyone else Christopher. Let's go Christopher! Far! But he always emphasized, it was like a very,

everyone knew his call for me. But like, what if Matthew came up, was it? No, it was not. Matthew! No, right, he did exactly what I did, which was just for his kid, give a little something extra. Let's go Christopher!

I don't understand this relationship. Do you want your father not to love you? No, he's criticizing me for how I reacted to my daughter. Well parental decorum, there's a difference between a baseball game and a graduation. Okay, exactly. Okay. Greg gets me.

Okay, at a kindergarten graduation, if you're going, yeah, then the next dad wants to out-parent you and out-love you. Equal parent, and he's going, woo! Well, hold on, did the next parent indeed try to out-parent you and I just love you. Equal parent. And he's going woo! Well, hold on. Well, did the next parent indeed try to out-parent you? We're sending Billy the audio to his email. I've sent in the audio, so he should have it soon.

In Christopher's defense, my bad. That's what I always call him. If the parent in front of you is wooing and then you don't woo for Gracelyn, she's gonna have her feelings hurt. So you have to, like the first parent sets the tone. No, but to Greg's point, the first parent let out whatever they let out and Christopher tried to outdo

that parent and then the next parent tried to outdo Christopher. Because my daughter is hearing 50 kids before her get wooed and then she gets her name called and what if she just hears nothing? Golf clap. I'm telling you, by the 30th kid, I am mailing in this clap.

That's the thing that's more interesting to me. Everyone's giving their kid the woo. It's what do you give the other 104 kids? Not everybody gave a woo. By kid 32, I'm just like, I'm barely making a noise with this clap. Not every parent woos. You're saying some parents were silent

when their kid was called? Oh, you left early. You left early. I had to leave early. Act like you've been there before. Yeah, and an important doctor appointment. This guy snuck out the back door like 20 minutes into the ceremony. Didn't even see his...the woo that I did for my daughter, you weren't even there for.

I know, but I heard it on tape. You missed the woo, huh? Yeah, I did. I would have cringed. Chrissy woo. Yeah. No, you don't woo. Yes, you do.

Everyone woo. It's the most...it's such an odd thing to make fun of. I didn't woo. It metastasizes. You don't give her, you didn't give Claire a woo? No, I had my phone in my hand. I didn't, I was, usually I clap, but I didn't give a woo in this situation.

No, you can't woo. Because then, the son of your own. What's the phone in the hand have to do? I guarantee you a need wooed. Well, yeah, she wooed. Someone in the family's gotta woo. You can woo with a phone in your hand. Seriously, I did, right? But then you record yourself wooing.

I'm not a wooer though. This is a three America situation because in Hispanic families, the entire family's cheering, applauding, SME ho, woo! No, there are a lot of Hispanic kids at this school. I was probably not in the top 30 in terms of like, there were plenty of people where the whole family Went crazy. I know and then you're you're you're drowning out the announcement of the next kid now everyone's very respectful

Yeah, that's why you get in and out with a quick woo. Yeah, exactly, but we're talking kindergarten graduation Yeah, if you're how do we feel about that like a kindergarten graduation? I mean seriously doing in high school Yeah, it's the worst so you think afterward your daughter says to you daddy Why didn't you woo no she heard me? Well, I know but if you didn't you think she would actually say why didn't you woo? I think she'd question where were you like I didn't hear you whereas she heard my woo Okay, I think she'd be upset if everyone else a through B Everyone got a who's?

Mom didn't will the. My wife was crying. Oh. She was emotional. Well, you cry loudly. If you're gonna cry, cry loudly. She was boohooing. Okay, you want your daughter on stage to hear you crying, so cry loudly. What? Weep. Weep loudly. I understand you wanting your daughter to hear something from you. I get that you'd rather you think my daughter would rather hear me going Like loudly crying everybody who's do you have my woo Billy It's a heck of a whoo, oh man, I'm telling you though. It's there's nothing crazy about my woo. I'm just saying That's a heck of a woo. Oh man. I'm telling you though, there's nothing crazy about my woo. I'm just saying it's a common woo.

Yeah, exactly. You gotta up your woo game. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. If you're gonna judge woos, you gotta stay for the whole ceremony. I know, you're right. I had a doctor appointment. I think Billy has this out now.

Bracelyn Cody. Woo! Yeah! See, he didn't even woo Bracelyn Cody. Woo! Yeah! See, he didn't even woo. He said yeah. Yeah! It was a short woo and a yeah. Bracelyn Cody.

Woo! I think the woo is somewhere else. Who's the woo from? I don't know. So I think you heard the woo and then had to outdo the woo, is what you did. Well, we were sitting with other parent friends of ours. So it might have been the dad of one of my friends.

So we all kind of like, I che to you. I cheered like you know Okay, you scratch your other your friends back what ranks higher the the you the woo or the yeah? I think the yeah, yeah, I did it so I'm gonna defend it. Let's hear it again real quick It was the woo until he let out a yeah. Nothing mock worthy there. That is just a parent celebrating their child. I have to give you credit. You did the two syllable woo, yeah.

You did the two syllable yeah. Yeah. Which is big. No, that's good. Yeah! Like that. Yeah! That was good.

Saving three syllables till eighth grade graduation. Yeah. I just, nothing I did wrong there. No you didn't, I'm just kidding you. You know who's a big woo family of StuGots? The Golic's. Sid and I both graduated together from the same college at Notre Dame

and when my name was called, nothing. Like a little clap from my parents. The Golic's, Sid, oh my God, every Golic in the state of Indiana stood up and cheered. I'm sure. And they're loud. But according to Greg, your family did it right. Yeah, decorum. Golf clap.

Were they weeping? If your family was weeping, then they did it right. You want people loudly weeping. Well, sometimes they will say, please hold your applause to the end. They'll tell you, don't cause a scene. Did they do that before? There was no announcement like that.

No. Yeah. Should have been. You don't want rules with your kid like you'll decide when you want to cheer for your kid everyone was real respectful I think if somebody was over cheering and then a name wasn't heard that's when you come in with the announcement yeah everyone was just in and out with the cheer it was respectable I'm half kidding if I was there at the end I'm like grace let I might have wooed no I might have woulded. You would have gotten whoop.

You have a distinct go, what do you do? He would have tried that, do you? He has a distinct whoop. I might have done that. He would have done that. You might have done that. Slide whistle. Yeah.

So Randy Moller is going to join us to talk Panthers in a second. Roy, I was upset not to see you yesterday. There are precious times in the 20 years that we've known each other where I have to see Roy the next day and because the Panthers haven't done a lot of winning, there haven't been many days where I have to see Roy today. I didn't see you yesterday, I was upset by it.

What does this mean to you, Roy? Because I said yesterday? There are two people that have the right to feel good about this One is Roy the other one is Walter Katz now. Let me explain Walter Katz for a second. You did this yesterday No one cares about Walter Katz. I just want to explain who he is. I just want to explain who he is Walter Katz represents about I just want to explain who he is. I just want to explain who he is. Walter Katz represents about 1,200 to 1,500 fans who have been there every single game.

That's who Walter is, okay? So Walter and those 1,200 fans, they have a right to be happy, okay? As does Roy. So Roy, emotionally, put us there. You're going to the Stanley Cup. You're four games away from winning your first Stanley Cup. What were you feeling? I told you so is basically what I was feeling.

I mean, this is exactly what I expected these playoffs to go. I expect them to. You were confident all the way through, Roy. Yeah, the entire way through. Can you be a cocky Panthers fan headed into the Stanley Cup final? No. In 30 years of this team's existence, there's pretty much no reason for it to be a captain. Earlier you said you wanted to spot the other team two wins.

That's crazy. No, I said no on that. I said no with that. No, no, that was you, buddy. That was not me. But over the 30 years of this existence, they have been to the playoffs five straight times. Prior to that.

We have, has it been five straight? Yeah, it's been five straight times. Prior to that prior to that it was five in the first 25 years right you know this is the third time to go into the Stanley Cup final this is back-to-back so Jack Jack yeah I'm still not used to this I'm not used to this success and success is when you close the deal you know what I mean? No, no, no. You're trading with a buffalo Bills territory here. For this franchise right now, this is success. Sounds like you want to come on the Panthers. I'm not going to say what I'm thinking.

I'm not going to do that joke anymore. Sorry. Billy, they're three cups away, consecutive cups away from being the Bills. That's what I'm saying. They're not even the Bills at this point. Three consecutive Eastern Conference championships from them. You would take that, of course. Well, right now I'll take a Stanley Cup at this point.

I'm just saying you would take what the Bills... Like, people make fun of the Bills, they're like a punchline, but any team would take that. Making it to the championship game? The Jets? Not any team. They make a bad team. Wait, time out. You don't think any team would take making it to the championship game? The Jets? Not any team, naming a bad team. Wait, time out. You don't think any team would take making it

to the finals four straight times? No. Any fan base? No, I'm kind of with studots on this. You gotta win. I'm kind of anti, I'm just happy to be here. I think that it's our conference, regardless of what happens here.

I know it's a loser's mentality, and it maybe speaks to like Roy's been in this game longer than I have with the Panthers, so I'm kind of just like new money in here. Just enjoying this to me. This is fun I'm having fun going to all the games being a season ticket holder. So I'm kind of good I know that's a shitty thing to say like I won't be that upset if we lose this series I'm going to be happy knowing that it's our Eastern Conference two years in a row Regardless, so it is it does feel a little like house money to me.

I know that's a terrible loser's mentality. Well, I'm not saying I represent most Panthers fans, but for me, you need to win the Stanley Cup this time because for a number of reasons. You have home ice, you're the betting favorite. Paul Maurice. Deeper team. Yeah, deeper team. I give Paul Maurice credit. He's not shy about saying flatly,

we reached the final last year, we're better this year. We're decidedly better. They're healthier. That's the main thing. They are much, much healthier than last season. The penalty kill is better. They were an eight seed a year ago. Right, right. So for me, I'm not saying it's gonna be a raging disappointment if they don't win, but they should win. They need to win. Howdy sports fans. I assume you're sports fans if you're listening to this podcast.

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You know, I'm a married man. I don't cheat on my wife despite that gratuitous line in back in my day. Stugats. I wish you were here, my my wife I really miss her. No I don't that's the thing about being married you know you're not allowed to say I don't miss my wife I've been gone two days I haven't been gone long enough to miss my wife I'm sorry I call her I'm on the phone with her for 30 seconds you know what am I hello all right all right we'll see ya all right see you. All right. And then, you know, I'm going to see her in two days. I was jumping Charlie. Good. This is the Don LeBattar Show with the Stugats.

I'm just talking about the overall premise of would you want your team, even if they lost all four of them, to do what the Bills did. I would take- To go to four Super Bowls and lose. But I'm with, like, the Panthers have to win it this year. They do have to win it this year. But you just said the opposite.

No, I'm saying I would take four straight championships losing that. So would I. As a Jets fan. So would I. Any of my team. Bro, can you guarantee right now that we're gonna be where we're at right now the next two following seasons? I guess if you say we're not winning any of them that. If you're not winning any of them, then no.

It's a weird question to ask. No. You have the best team in hockey. You're playing Edmonton, you have home ice advantage. This is the best chance you've ever had of winning a Stanley Cup. They gotta win. I love it.

They have to win this one. There you go. And they are equipped to do so. Yes, they are. But if they don't, then what? Well then we're going to do it again next year. There are some, not that we want to have them right now, there are some interesting decisions this team has

in the off season with Montor. But Reinhardt. Yeah, Reinhardt, like it's gonna be interesting. And to that point, I don't know if the roster will be as deep next year. So, I'm so excited. Now or never then, you're saying. If not now, when?

Exactly right. I love Chuckie by the way. Yeah. What I love most about him is he really promotes hockey at South Florida. He makes it seem like a dream destination for other free agents to come down here. He's always talking about how great it is down here,

the weather's great, the organization's great, no state tax, he is constantly selling the Florida Panthers. He got here kind of after the fan base had kind of been galvanized and excited about this team. Like we were the President's Cup trophy winner and then we got him. President's trophy.

What'd I say? President's Cup trophy. We were that winner and then we got him. So I feel like the fan base was kind of excited. In a controversial trade, right? He didn't see any of the sad Panther times like when he was here We were already kind of the crowds were decent. So it's like it's been a real It's been an easy existence for him here. We've been good the entire time

He's been here and playing in Calgary before he was traded. He has Experienced playing against the oilers. So, you know, that's why I saw like a minute montage of him going at it with Oilers as the Calgary, oh dude, there was some intense moments. Oh yeah, he got jumped by Cassian, and he had the total, yeah. Did that guy get suspended for that play? Cause that was an insane beat down that he put on Kachak. I don't think he got suspended for that play.

But yeah, that was crazy. I'm just saying to have a guy of his caliber constantly talking about how great this organization is. Yeah, you're right. He talks it up. Yes. But why shouldn't he? The GM Zito is a GM of the year finalist.

Paul Maurice, what, second winningest coach of all time, and a delight to talk to from a media standpoint. They have it all. I mean, this is a complete team. I don't see a weakness in this team do you Roy? No like it's like they're playing the Rangers but tenfold because they have Dry Sido and McDavid. Is it fair to say that Edmonton has two best players in the series? They have basically the two best players in the world. In the world yeah. sidles number two. Yeah Wow, he's good

I knew he was like a top ten guy. He's won two MVPs, right? Yeah, he's really really good and cause McDavid's won three MVPs So but but this is interesting How many are like the next like four or five guys? I think they're all Panthers if we're doing a draft or do it the angels swimming if we're drafting from these two teams though It's McDavid dry side all and then a bunch of Panthers. Yeah, and evens out there the Panthers are a much deeper team Yeah, and you all is their defensive unit. They're not as good as the who's their third best player who's Kane Evanda Kane yeah, don't know nurse

I'm just like I feel like we got four or five saying if you were drafting both teams you would take the two oilers first and then there would be like ten Panthers after I don't have a ten But like at least it's kind of like the Mavericks and Celtics Yeah, bark off Kachuk Reinhardt Verhage right Bob like I feel like those guys are all going before Kane Oh, yeah, the gold tennis situation is gonna be very sling vast gap for sling There's like six or seven guys sling for sure especially if you're building for the future He's so young and and Anton Lundell has really had a breakthrough. Yes postseason. Oh, they need ver hagi though He was super quiet again in the Rangers series I think if he had a couple of public he's allowed to have a quiet series

I know but for me ver hagi we're waiting for he's mr. Playoff I mean, he's been a lot of goals though He was good in the Boston series like I wouldn't be critical of him. So right this playoff. Okay Sweet Roy. No, no, it's not saying it's not going to be a sweet Seven six Roy. You've been the most confident Roy. I've ever seen in my entire life. There's a tire run Yeah, are you gonna cry? No, I'm gonna soak it all in. You said that quick, I feel like you might cry. I think he's trying to fight the urge to cry. Roy, imagine the cup being lifted by Markey.

Yeah, Lord Stanley. You're hoisting the cup, Roy. You would probably hoist it at some point. You'll be on the ice, you know you'll be down there. You get it, yeah. Yes, I am gonna be on the ice, but I'm not gonna hoist it. Kiss it?

Would you kiss the cup? He would. I mean, they're not gonna give me the opportunity to do so. How do you know? If you did, would you kiss it? Sure. Open mouth. I'm sorry, what was that Jessica?

I drank out of the Stanley Cup once. When the Penguins won. Nice. Couple of domers on it. They brought it to a tailgate and I happened to be there drinking Natty Light. Oh! And I want you to have the same opportunity, really. I have a little bit of a premonition that the Panthers are gonna win.

Wow. Really? Yeah. And I don't often get these about sports, but I felt it the night of the national championship game. I was like, Michigan is gonna win this game. I am 100 and a million percent confident. Wow. I put money on it. Are you that confident about us? I feel it. I just I don't know if you have good

vibes. Stu B did his take yesterday. He said it yesterday, didn't you? Sweep? Yes, I did. I think in six. In six? Wow, that's a Roy thought. Someone say sweep. I mean, otherwise. Why don't you say sweep? I'll take it. Okay, there you go. I own it. Panthers in four. I'll take it. Okay, there you go. I own it Panthers and four Unless we do that thing where we give Edmonton the two home games because no one wants to go there We come back to two game five here. Yeah Gentlemen sweep then we just have to go back for games. Yeah, that's still be three wins. We want the gentleman sweep here Yeah, three two then we skip game six come home. Just play the home games

Let him have to go seven and then come back for seven. Who doesn't want a seventh game, according to Dan. I don't want a seventh game. No, I don't. Definitely not this time, no. I don't want it. Chris yesterday said, wouldn't it be exciting? It would.

I'm not saying I want it. You can have two different, like, I want this to be an easy series. But if you tell me we get a game seven in our barn, I just wanted to say barn again, that's exciting. But you're also fine with them losing the series, so. No. You just said that, you said you'd fine if they lost.

That's true. I'm just gonna find the perspective of we're still, like I want them to win. You'll be upset if they lose. Perspective can get the hell out of here. I'm so sick and tired of being told I need perspective. want reality. No, I want fandom. That's what I want I don't perspective don't have perspective so great. We lost but we got so close winning who gives a shit you lost No, you lost fans are allowed to be disappointed if they lose

They're all they're all allowed to be appreciative of being in the final two years in a row and having a really good team No, no, the point is to win. It's not about... Win the cup. Guys, I'm in this... The further you go, the more it hurts. Exactly right. Not to be that guy of like, I'm a Susan Prickle holder. I'd rather not win Prince of Wales trophies.

This is the long game. This is fun. I'm enjoying watching this team. That matters. If we don't end up winning the final, there's still good feelings to be had about this team. That's true. But ultimate disappointment. No one's saying there's not. I I'm just Billy just said I have to be like if you lose I have to grip people like I can have the perspective of I really want to win now

But if we don't know it's okay You've been brainwashed into thinking that you don't need to you don't need to be appreciative by Levitore by the way Yeah, you know you could be upset you can be disappointed Roy This series should end in you crying one way or another Toss of joy or tears of sadness like you need to cry at the end of this series should end in you crying one way or another Toss of joy or tears of sadness like you need to cry at the end of this series I'm not crying Billy see brainwashed brainwashed. I just appreciate what Barry Zito put together It's still very scary like game five against the Rangers I was just at home with like a blanket over my head the whole game

I was it was terrifying what you do when you're scared. I like it I was like this is a watch at home game. Like sometimes I go out for the games, like this was one, I just want to be alone. Yes. And it worked. Roy, have you ever cried? I teared up once going to Wrigley Field because I'd never been there and that's like.

Really, that's the spot? That was the spot because I grew up being a baseball fan. Right. And going to Wrigley was really almost majestic. Were you confused? It's the only time you cried you think you were broken? Like you had to go to the shop or something? Like, what is this coming out of my face?

Exactly. I'm leaking. This is salty stuff coming out of my eyes. Does this happen to everyone? And then of course, Claire. Is there a recall? Were you in the bleachers? Yeah, I was right behind home plate.

I was right behind home plate. Oh, then you were not in the bleachers. You were in the best seats in? Yeah, I was right beyond home plate. I was right How many beers oh Mmm, we went to the cubby bear before Before the game and had a cubby bomb so Like a shot is it like a car bomb like no no it's like it's a blue drink I forget what they had in in you didn't care Roy not oh, that's the other thing I gotta try because if you go to Chicago you gotta try that terrible terrible Malort stuff Everyone drinks it and what is it? It's a it's a liqueur a it's a liquor a liquor nasty yeah not a big fan of liquor everyone day you you gotta take

a shot of it i'll bring it in next tuesday okay all right yeah i'm there for you right have you ever gotten emotional greg approaching a venue that you've never been to before like uh... that's a good question is roya alone on that or uh... the first time i ever went to fenway park i was emotional i don't recall crying to Fenway Park, I was emotional I don't recall crying. How old were you? But I was emotional. I think I was probably 17. That's like a high school punk getting emotional. I wasn't I was never a punk. I was more of a nerd

Odd clarification. Jess, Notre Dame Stadium, like did that make you emotional? The first time I went, Notre Dame Stadium, did that make you emotional? The first time I went to Notre Dame Stadium, I was in utero, so I don't remember it. And then the second time I was one. First time I was at Lone Depot. No, it's... Well, the first night was emotional, wasn't it? I didn't cry.

I was happy, I was like, this is a cool stadium, but I wasn't emotional, no. Right. Trying to think of a stadium ever made me emotional. The Orange Bowl? No. This place is a dump. Yeah, it was.

Fear was my emotion in the Orange Bowl, always. Making it out alive. Exactly right. Walking into the sphere. Will cement fall on my head today? And if so, hopefully it's not too big of a chunk. It's today the day. Maybe you walking into the fear, first dead show. I was emotional from the mushrooms.

40 milligrams. Augusta. Oh, Augusta. Augusta, I was emotional. There you go. With your dad. That's it. As I walked in, actually, that's a good one.

I was emotional with my dad right now. This is what you do. All right, let's just quick pause, right? I mean, we're live, a quick pause, right? Chris, you or Greg, no, Greg, you better, well, no, you don't wanna go. Chris, you now need to give like a 30 second and passion speech about how emotional it would be

for you to go to a road Stanley Cup final game in Edmonton with your father on Father's Day. And then we clip this and then we kind of put it out there I don't know if we put it on Solace or what we do we find a way to get it to Christie not with you showing her and then she sees it and then she's like wow you know what that'd be such a great gift that I've just really really wanted to spend quality time with you as you age. And you know, we've connected over this Panthers team so much. And I just think that me and you could really have a bonding experience if we

get to Edmonton, you and me, guys night, go to the, go to the arena, just enjoy it. I just, I think we would love it together. Yeah. You know what I'd love even more? Just go into a home game. Not making the big trip. Well, we can cut it after I stop talking. Yeah, that's probably better.

I mean, Greg is right, it's closer. It's easier. Ass on by me. Drive there. He's gotta be there anyways. Yeah, Edmonton. You're the worst. He loves you so much.

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