The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - The Hockey Show: Happy Hockeydays

Episode Date: December 19, 2025

It is the last Hockey Show of 2025, so the guys are sending out the year with a bang. Nick Saban, the Winter Classic, Leon Draisaitl, Gene Principe, Tate McRae, cigs might be back, and that's just the first segment! Plus, before we head off for the holidays, Roy shares an emotional message about what this time of year means to him and what he is reflecting on as he heads into 2026. Brad Williams joins us afterwards for our semi-regular Anaheim Ducks update, which devolves into a deep dive into the history and legacy of one of America's great institutions: Waffle House. Finally, it's looking much brighter these days in the Panthers Den as the Cats have won six of ten and sit just outside a playoff spot as we head towards the holiday roster freeze. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The greatest college football coach of all time is now an owner of an NHL team. This is the Hockey Show. David Jorke is to my left. He works for the hockey news. Ethan is in the other studio and Rose is on vacation. My name is Roy Bellamy. This is the hockey show. Please follow us on YouTube.

It's The Hockey Show DLS on TikTok, the Hockey Show 7, and on X Instagram and threads, Hockey Show DLS. As I said earlier, and that's a fine. There is a new owner in the NHL. The man is no stranger to winning championships. In fact, he's won seven national championships. That man's name is Nick Saban. He should have won a Super Bowl or two.

Yeah, probably should. Yeah, but he is a minority owner of the Nashville Predators through his Dream Sports Benchers LLC? What do you think? You think he's just going to come in there and kind of Ray's house over here? I hope so. I hope he goes in there and absolutely like Sabinizes

or whatever, Alabama's, whatever he needs to do. He goes in there and he gives him the Sabin way. He tells him, you know, like on the commercials, you're not going to be showered more than two and a half minutes and no barbecue and after whatever. Like I want him to go in there and write the ship. Very Trots does that already. Well, it ain't working.

Yeah, the tide for second. the worst in the league right now is Seattle. I remember last year, over the summer, we were all excited when they made all those moves of Stamcoast and Marchitsoe and it looks like they're loading up for another run and no it has not worked. So yes, get Nick Sabin in there as soon as possible if you want to fix things in Nashville.

Yeah, we kind of just forgot that they had no centers. Like we saw like Stamcoast and Marciusso and Brady Shea and then the Brady Shay contract has been really terrible and Stamcoast boy, did that look like a good move for the lightning and Marchesau hasn't really worked out and then we were like, oh wait, they don't have a second line center, they don't have a third line center, they don't have a

Fourth Line Center. This team's kind of bad. And yeah, I mean, you can win the offseason all you want, but as we know, doesn't necessarily always translate to winning in April, May and June. So you went hard on that office party, didn't you? I'm just tired, Roy. I don't sleep a lot anymore. You're the one telling, did you end up going out after the office party? We did go out after the office party. Yeah, and we had a fun time. But I mean, I wasn't out that late, not any later than I'm. And I slept down in the Grove instead of Hollywood, so I didn't have to wake up. I got like a extra. or 45 minutes of sleep today, which was really nice. So I'm still exhausted, though. An hour and a half more than I did. And I went home early. When I hear a young person sounding that bad, it's kind of like, man. I don't even feel bad this morning.

Like, I feel fine this morning. I'm just tired. You look like shit. I'm just tired. Well, that's great. That's a daily occurrence. Thank you. On Wednesday.

That's not any different from how I normally look. On Wednesday, David and I went to Lone Depot Park to see the start of the build for the winter classic, the plane surface, the laying things down. The decking. Yeah, we learn some words. Yes. Yeah, Bill Zito talked to the media, so did Derek King and Andrew Higgins. Derek King is the VP of Hockey Operations for the league,

and Higgins is the senior manager for facility operations, so, you know, they know what's going on over there. Yes, these guys are like the winter class at gurus. They know everything, all the ins and outs, the ice. It's pretty cool listening to them and hearing some of the knowledge that they had. And before I go to you on the information that you know that it's going to happen for the in a classic because they're making some things that are usually different from the actual regular season games at

NHRRinks. Apparently, the NHL has decided to go with a former white boy rapper, now singer, role model. That's the name of the guy. The name of the guy's stage name is role model. His actual name, by the way, is Tucker Harrington Pillsbury. He's from Cape Elizabeth Maine. His real ass name

is Pillsbury? Yes. He's from Cape Elizabeth Maine. That, my friend, screams Miami. Him and I need to connect somehow of people with odd last names, but that's an interesting one. I've never heard somebody with the last name Pillsbury. He's also gone by the stage name Dillis, Tucker, and Doe Boy. And, no, and St. Laurent's, St. Lorraine, Cowboy. St. Lorraine, Calvoy.

All right. Resident Young Person, do you know who role model is? Never heard of him in my life. This makes me think of the All-Star game that we covered in Toronto, where I didn't really know who Tate McCray was when we were going up. Yeah, but you should know who Tate McCray is. No, well, now I know who. By the time we left All-Star Weekend, I was well aware who Tate McCrae was. So maybe I'm going to learn about role model around New Year's. Kate McCrae might be making an appearance in the show later today. Stay tuned. Giggity.

Okay. You have any info on this bill, Dave? I sure hope so. How is Tate McCray showing up? Is she in the studio? You'll see. I don't know. He? He? Tate McRae's a girl. I said she.

Oh, I thought you said he. I heard he. Did we not learn anything in Toronto, Roy? I saw the woman. But anyway, info. So one of the cool things I thought was interesting, because one of the concerns, I guess, not for us, the novices, is like how are they going to maintain the ice?

They're actually going to build the ice almost twice as thick as they would at a normal NHL rink. Normally it's like, I think, a quarter of an inch to an inch and a quarter to an inch and a half thick in a regular rink. They're going to take this potentially all the way up to two and a half inches. Just so that way, if the ice does melt a little or if it's not the way that they want it, instead of adding water to it, they're just going to shave it down. And they're going to get it down to a place where they see it.

say the players are going to be really happy with it when they practiced the day before. And the other thing is they're going to start building the ice like a day or two before Christmas. That's like, right now they're building the rink, the infrastructure, all that, and you're smiling about something. I'm curious. We'll find out in a second. But they're going to actually start building

the ice around, I think, the 22nd, 23rd, I think is what they said at the presser. And then from there, they're going to crank the AC up in Lone Depot Park. They're going to close all the doors, all the windows. They're going to turn that place into an ice box until they open it up for the game. So what you're telling me is two and a half inches is a lot.

Okay, I appreciate you holding on to that one, buddy. Let me for crying out loud. It's above average for some people. That joke was below average. I mean, what are you doing? All right. It's time for puck luck. It's sponsored by Drag Kings.

The crown is yours. David, can we finally win some money for people? I think we got one this week because of the Panthers are playing. on a Friday. And we got the Panthers edge. But they're playing Carolina. They are playing Carolina, but that means we're getting good odds. And I'm going to go with the hottest panther that there is right now. That's Carter Verhege. He's been ripping puck. He's been scoring goals. He's been doing everything. The dad bump is real. He has hit his over two and a half shots line, nine of his last 10 games. And like I said, we're getting good odds because it's Carolina.

So we're going to loop in Verhege's shots. We're going to loop in Nathan McKinnons over three and a half shots. As he's hit that line, Roy, in 11 of 12 games. And Winnipeg are in the top third of the league and giving up shots on goal. We are also going to take Colorado's money line against Winnipeg to add a little bit of juice to the parlay. And finally, we're going to take Nick Robertson of the Dallas Stars over two and a half shots on goal. He has hit that in three straight. No, excuse me, he hasn't gone three straight games all season without hitting that line. And he's missed it in two straight.

So I got a good feeling. Anaheim also allows the eighth most shots in the league. And the odds on that parlay, Ethan, plus 531. So let's make some money today, guys. All right, it is time for Rosa in a minute. Take it array, Rosie. All right, it is time for Rosa in a minute. Take it away, Rosie.

It's got to be the music. Hello, kids, this is a minute of hockey with Rose. This time we're going to San Luis, where the semester was inconsistent, but with a moment. The blues arrainked malcolm. Fulberg decided to convert into the victim favorite and let's make a hat-trick

in the derota 5-2 against Nasveo. Yes, Fosberg. Ah, but when I me talk on Rip the Ice, No does nothing. But then the redension defensive

victory one against the Wilbur with Justin Fox marking the goal and Joe Huffer

with his third shout-out of the time. Perfective. And when it was

he was up the world, he got to the world against the rangers with J. Milder

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sub and much sub sub and back emotional because the blues never

never know if you were to sound jazz or pure rube. That was a minute of hockey with Rose to resume seminal of a pock, passion, and a little of chaos. All right, that was Rosa

in a minute. Thank you, Rosie. And now it is time for Rose in a minute. And in her stead, it's Chris Cody. Go ahead, Chris. Hey, hey, kids.

This one minute of hockey with Rose, and this week we're heading to St. Louis. Where the week was inconsistent, but it had its moments. The blues started off rough. Flip Forsberg decided to turn them

into his favorite victim and dropped a hat trick on them in a 5-2 loss to Nashville. Yes, Forsberg, but of course, when I pick him and rip the ice, he does absolutely nothing. Then came the defensive redemption, a 1-0-0 win over Winnipeg, with Justin Falk scoring the only goal,

and Joel Hoffer recording the third shutout of the season. A short game and ugly game, but an effective one. And just when it looked like they were taking off, the drama hit, a 2-1 overtime loss to the Rangers, and with J.T. Miller burying the game winner. Bergeron scored again for St. Louis, but it wasn't enough. So the Blues finished the week with one loss,

One win and two losses, solid defense. One day, hat tricks against them the next. A whole lot of emotional up and downs. And this was one minute of hockey with Rose. Your weekly recap of passion and a little bit of chaos because with the blues, you never know if you're going to hear jazz or just pure noise. That's great. Thank you, Chris.

Thank you, Chris, for that. And first when you said English, I thought maybe you wanted a British accent. No, not, no. Good day, mate. American English would be. I mean, you can read, you can do it again. Yeah, we can again, Jenny for it. And the Rangers only seem to be able to win.

Thank you, Dovna. Ladies and gentlemen, it's time for the hockey stat of the week. The hockey set of the week. Hello, gentlemen. Hi, guys. You have a hangover or something? No, I don't have a hangover. I'm just tired.

I would tell you if I had a hangover. No, you wouldn't. A hundred percent I would. I would make no secrets about it. that you've ever had in your life. I would never, I would never, ever keep that a secret from you, right? Okay, hey, how you guys doing? So that Carill Caprizov guy up in Minnesota, he's pretty good.

And now he's paired with another guy that's pretty good, Quinn Hughes, which, hey, that trade happened. That was pretty big news. So he's only going to get better with Quinn Hughes, and he has only been getting better. The Wild have outscored opponents 16 to 4 in the three games they've played with Quinn Hughes. They're, of course, 3-0. They are red-hot, 7-2 and 1 in their last. and my stat of the day comes from at Dylan Lauchs 4 on Twitter

since entering the NHL in 2020-21 Kareil Kaprizov and Alex Ovechkin were tied for the most goals by Russian skater in the NHL Kaprizov has now broken that tie he has 207 goals he scored again last night in 354 games since entering

the NHL so you're saying Kaprisov is going to break Ovechkin's record someday is that what you're saying? I'm not necessarily saying that David what I am saying is that earlier either this year, sometime this calendar year. It could have been this season. It could have been last season. We were talking about Caprizov, and I called him the greatest player in wild history. And you kind of scoffed at me, David, and I haven't forgotten about that. He is the greatest player in wild history. I think he just recently got to second on their

all-time goal scoring list. And of course, he's there for eight more years at $17 million. So he's going to get to number one eventually. Great player and only going to be better with Quinn Hughes. I can't wait to watch. Keep watching that pairing. They are electric. All right, it's time for wins and failures of the week. It's presented by Yeagermeister. Serve a code or don't serve it at all. Yeagermeister. Damn, that's cold.

For more, visit yagamister.com. Drink responsibly. What is your win, David? My win is a goalie win, but I think we can all appreciate it. Yes, thank you. We're going to go to Coral Springs, the former Fort of Panthers practice facility, and that's where a tournament was going on last week. And the sons of two Hall of Fame goaltenders,

Roberto Luongo's son and Martimbrador's son, were going against each other in goal, and their dads were in the stand. Roberto's actually, I think he's an assistant coach on the travel team, the Junior Panthers. And then Martan Bredor was there with his son, the Aftan Americans, the St. Louis travel team. How cool is that?

How random is that? That you get Martam Bredor's son and Roberto Wondo's son, two of the best goaltenders to ever play in our lifetime. And their kids are going up against each other in that. I thought that was awesome. I didn't put the video in because the video was kind of long, but it was posted on Instagram from Craig Minervini.

Yes. of South Florida sports legend, of course, and a great guy. Minnie was at the game posting a video where he's like, hey, look, over here is Max Rodore, and over there is, I think his kid's name is Gianni, Gianni Luongo, and up there is Marty Rodor, and over there is Roberto Luongo, like, just the coolest freaking thing you'll see in minor league hockey, or young, you know, amateur hockey like that. Craig actually was there because he was reffing. He refs games.

No way. He reps games. That's amazing. So he was there reffing games. He's like, yeah, what I just walked out to? That's so cool. We got a large round number for Leon Driesado, as he earned his 1,000 point with an assist on Zach Hyman's goal

in Emerton's 6-4 win over Pittsburgh. He became the first German player to reach that number. Now, it's a secondary assist, but he's got that 1,000 point in what? What do you get for that? You get the puck, right? And nothing else. Do you get like a silver stick, or is that for a thousand games? I believe those are for games.

I don't know. He's probably going to get a watch or something. You get your whole team pouring out on the ice, that's for sure. Yeah. I think it's appropriate that it came on the power play. It should have been a power play goal. And also, we'll get to the film in a second because that fill was pretty epic. Following the game, you took a picture with that puck that earned him that $1,000.

Smoking his way to a thousand points. That's a hell of a shirt. Yeah, and that shirt is of him, a picture of him from his wedding reception, smoking a cigarette. And behind them is a tattered German flag, and the words, smoking his way to a thousand NHL points. Summer lung darts, baby. Yeah. Ethan, what you win? I'm going to continue and piggyback right off this one, Roy.

My win comes from the Oilers broadcasts. I believe in the next game after they saw this picture, Gene Principay, who is an absolute legend. I love this guy. If you ever watch Oilers Broadcast, he is just so much fun to watch. Six might be back, guys. And this picture of Gene Principay proves that Six might be. might be back because to start off the broadcast the next night here is jean principate with a sig at its mouth just uh capitalizing fully on the sick movement in the oilers locker room i think

there was also a picture of vasili pod colson and uh calvin pickard in the locker room after where they had unlit we should clarify jeans was unlit as well unlit cigarettes in their mouth as well listen leon farha like what are we doing here leon probably needed those cigarettes after losing twice in a row in the finals to the panthers So it was well on him for doing that at your wedding. Cigarettes, one team wins Stanley Cups. Exactly. Gene, I know you looked like Roger Nilsson.

He does look at it. What's your failing in a week, David? Well, we're going to go back to, we're circulating this, Oilers, Leon Drysettle. We're going to go back to Drysaintle's point because he scored that point against his former goaltender, Stuart Stinner. And if you look at this, there's the team celebrating having a blast and there's Stewart's dinner just sitting there. Sweeping the crease, just nothing's happening next to me. I told Roy, like, I would have gone for a skate. I would have gotten the hell out of there.

I would not have just stood there and dealt with it. But, I mean, I guess Stewart's dinner has been used to getting kind of crapped on over the last few years over what's happened with his, you know, the Stanley Cups and everything. So this felt very sadly appropriate for the arc of Stewart's dinner over the last couple of years. My fellow week goes to the New York Rangers. The Rangers. Yeah, you expect to me to say the islands. Well, you also have the penguins, no, Roy? I also have, well, yeah, that too.

What was it expecting you to say the islanders? This video, by the way, that's being played, is the comeback by the San Jose Sharks, the Pittsburgh Penguins. What was the, I forgot what the school was it? It was 5-1. It was for a goal deficit. Yeah. And the Sharks came back to win six to five in overtime. Ha!

How good is that Macklin Celebrini? How good is that Maclin Celebrini? He is unbelievable, man. He made another great play last night. Yeah. He is so good. He's going to be on Team Canada. He's a lock at this point.

Yeah, and that's one of my feels as a weekend. That was an epic feel. also ha ha ha ha piss for penguins ha ha they have been bad lately yeah they've been really bad also the rangers who've also been very bad at home and here's the reason why

it's a microcosm of their play at home on the power play it was a five on three how do you give up a goal when you've got two man advantage a two man advantage they somehow let Ryan polling come in on a one-on-one egos shirskine makes the save but gives up a rebound and jackson lecombe comes in

and whacked it a couple of times before scoring the ducks ended up winning four to one. He what? Yeah. Wow, okay. You get your mind out of the gutters. Just Sturkin made a mess of things as he walked out in the tunnel after the loss. He was pissed. Yeah, he should be pissed. When you got five on three and a guy's getting three wax on rebounds and nobody's there to clean up the crease, I'd be pissed too. The Rangers, they were also shut up by the Canucks the very next night.

They now have 13 losses at home. They've gone 4, 10, and 3 at Madison Square. Gordon, it's the second worst home record in the league behind Vancouver at the time that I wrote this, which was yesterday, based on points gained, they have two more loser points than the Canucks, who are 4, 10, and 1 at Rogers Arena. Bad situation. No, it's not good. It's not going to get better either. What are they going to do, make another trade?

The JT. Miller trade didn't exactly work out from him. No, man. I don't know what it. Maybe just give it a little bit more time for Mike Sullivan to kind of let his roots take place, but I, I thought it's almost Christmas. Yeah, that's the thing. Well, luckily, they're good on the road has proven with the wind in St. Louis.

Well, that'll be great if they make the playoffs, then they won't have home ice advantage, so it'll work out well. Yeah. Ethan, what's your fail? So we mentioned Tate McCray earlier, guys. Kate McCray, a patron saint of Calgary, I guess you could call her. Calgary is her homeland. She's a Flames fan. She's often there. Now, the

fail might, you know, why is this a fail? Well, here's her with a picture, getting a New Jersey. And the reason she's getting a new jersey from the Flames mascot is because in this picture, if we can zoom in here any chance, she's wearing a Matthew Cachuck Flames jersey to the game last night. She's wearing a great black jersey with the horse head logo for the Flames, right? But it's a Matthew Cichuk Flames jersey, which is a fail on the Flames because Matthew Cichuk has not played for the Flames since 2023. How have you not had one player worth getting a New Jersey for Tate McCray for since you've done? traded Matthew Cacham. Maybe she's such a big Flames fan that she's trolling her team. Like, look what you did to me. Well, she's a certified Buccaneer. I thought she was a doubles fan.

No, she's from Calgary. I understand she's from Calgary. That doesn't necessarily mean that she would be a flames fan. But I could have sworn I saw that she was a doubles. Oh, well, she was reportedly, she was reportedly on a date with Jack Hughes. Well, there were pictures of her taken on a date with Jack Hughes. I just like the pictures of her with Harvey the Hound. I just need to, is that how Harvey always looks? Is his tongue always hanging out of his mouth? His tongue's always hanging out like my dumb looking dog, honeybee. And he's also got, but yeah, how do you not have somebody worth getting a New Jersey for? Also, she showed up in a Jerome McEljurzy to the Flames game before, which shows she's a puck knower. She's a puck knower. That doesn't mean anything. That doesn't mean

anything. That means something. I mean, if she came to, uh, if she came to the saddle don't wearing an Atlanta McDonald's jersey, then that'd be a down. Now you're certifying her as a puck nor are. It's like 22 years old. Joe Nguendyke of it. No, you history. No history. Gary Roberts. Trevor Kid. This is the last show of the calendar year, so we would like to wish you guys a happy holidays, no matter what your

faith is, no matter what you believe. Just enjoy it. I want to share something personal with everybody here. If you listen to the Lovetar show, you know. My wife and I have this story of Aria Hope Bellamy. And back

in June of 2021, One, MetaLock Media launched, you know, Freedom, 24-hour marathon. And it was early in that marathon. I would say probably at the end of our one when I announced to everybody that he was pregnant. It was going to be on fourth pregnancy. You know, the first pregnancy was Claire. The second pregnancy did not develop. The third pregnancy ended up being in a miscarriage.

And the fourth was Aria. It was not a couple of weeks later that we found out that ARIA had Trisome 18. As you guys know, you have 24 pairs of chromosomes, right? So with Trisomy 18, the 18 pair of chromosomes came in as a triplet. And that brought about all sorts of abnormalities, you know, and things just did not go well from that point for. for Aria. So we had a decision to make, right? And the laws on aborting a pregnancy in Florida were much different back then. And we were on the very last week of potentially having to

abort this pregnancy. So had a tough, just tough decision to make. And we decided to go through this pregnancy, knowing the risks involved, knowing that Aria could very well have died in the middle of, you know, one of the trimesters and given these health, you know. So we decided to go on and through the grace of God, Aria decided, hey, I'm going to come out. You know, we went full term and it was great, you know, and she gave us six days of her life to us. It was, it was great. It was, we hope that she felt all the love that we could possibly give her in those six days before she transitioned and went with God. And her birthday was this Wednesday.

It was December 17th. So today, Wednesday would have been her fourth birthday. And I think about it now because at the Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, neonatal unit they have a wall and it's painted and it has butterflies you know

and it to me it's just symbolic of her you know transforming transforming from a caterpillar to a butterfly

before she went on and yeah I have this paperweight here in front of me it's blue it's glass it's a shape of a heart

Now, this paperweight was made with Aria's ashes, and I keep it in front of me for every show here, for every hockey show. And it's my dedication to her. This show, in its entire run, is dedicated to her. And on her birthday, and, of course, a couple of days before Christmas with her passing, you know, those six days or I saw all the time. toughest, bravest person I've ever met. And I celebrate her right now because I miss her and I love her so much. So, Aria, thank you. And I know you're watching over me. I know you're protecting me in the need and Claire. And I miss you. So thank you for allowing me to say this about my daughter

and we're going to move on with the rest of the show. If you're watching on Draft King's Network, we have Brad Williams, who is going to give us an update on the Anaheim Ducks who are basically running, well,

the Pacific Division, really. I mean, Colorado is right now running the league, but watch out for the Anaheim Ducks because they are absolutely crushing over there. So you can watch that interview on YouTube, and you can listen to it on the audio podcast. Brad Williams is coming up next. Marty Supreme, Christmas Day.

Marty Supreme, Christmas Day, Marty Supreme, Christmas Day, Marty Supreme, Christmas Day. You know what I'm going to be doing on Christmas Day, and it's going to be watching Marty Supreme, because I didn't even need to know that critics were calling Marty Supreme a full throttle masterpiece and the best movie of the year. I already knew that was going to be the case. From A-24 and starring Timothy Shalameh, alongside Powerhouse cast, Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa Ozion, and Tyler Accoma, Marty Supreme, Christmas Day, only in theaters. Brad Williams makes people laugh, and he's going to make us laugh.

He already did. Laughing already. He didn't even say anything yet. He hasn't even said anything. Well, can we show Brad what Brad looks like so people understand why? There's a reason why he was wearing a goalie mask in the shape of the day. the Ducks logo is because he's going to give us his Anaheim Ducks update. He's currently on tour.

It's the Grothspurt tour. He's going to be in Fort Lauderdale at the Park of Playhouse on December 30th. So he's going to be in town. And Dave, you're not going to be here. No, I will be on a red eye on my way back from out west when Brad is performing. I'm very upset about that. That is called poor timing, my friend. That's called letting my wife plan.

And, you know, I have to live with her. So, Brad, I'm upset. I wouldn't be there. All on her. Yeah. It's all on her. That's what we usually do right here. Yeah.

Well, good news is for you is that you can drive north to Duval County, and I'll be in Jacksonville on December 31st, New Year's Eve. So you can leave Miami and celebrate the new year in Jacksonville, or as their football coach likes to call it, Duval. It's on the street deck there, Mr. Guy sitting in the seat that's in front of stream. Duck? Is it really? Yes, it is, really.

All right, hold on. I'm doing my job. I was cutting the show. Ask Brad, I'll find it. All right. Well, well, he defines it. We're going to go quack, crack here with the Anaheim Ducks update. Go ahead, Brad.

What do you got for us? Listen, man, the ducks are very excited. That's right. The ducks are very excited. We finally got our goalie back. We got Dostal back. He's looking. looked absolutely great the last few games, coming back from the injury. Shout out to the

goalies that were coming in for us, having some great wins, number 33 specifically. But now we're back to full strength. The ducks are an exciting team. We play tonight, and, well, as this is being recorded, and as this is being recorded, we are in second place in the Pacific division behind the Vegas Golden Knights. But you look at guys like Leo Carlson, you look at guys like Seneca, and you just have a young, exciting core that isn't, it kind of reminds me a lot of the Florida Panthers and what they built up. It really does. So hopefully we have the same amount of success. It's a great time to be a Ducks fan, and I am certainly a Ducks fan. Quack Attack is back, Jack. Let's go.

Is there a chance that Joel Quenvo is going to win the Jack Adams Award? I mean, I say it is because the Ducks, they were an afterthought last year. No one thought like, oh, the Ducks last year, like, oh, they're really jelling. They're really putting it together. But this year they are. And the only sort of variable it changed is we got the new coach. And we got, I mean, we got Seneca in the draft, which turned out to be a great draft pick. and obviously Leo Carlson gets one year older.

I remember when Carlson was drafted, we missed out on Connor Bedard. And I thought, ah, that's the only shining star in that draft. Turns out, wrong. This guy was wrong. Leo Carlson, very exciting player. And yeah, so I do believe he is in the running for that award. I want to make an apology. I said that Rose is on vacation. She's not on vacation.

She's working from home. Uh, and as proven, uh, for a minute. Yeah, well, we've got to make sure that we got our facts straight. Well, I'm sorry. I apologize. It looks like a vacation. Uh, no. No.

No, it's not, apparently. Anyway, Ethan. Brad, how much cooler would Beckett Seneca's name be if it were Beckett Senecki, like it's spelled? How much better of a hockey name is Beckett Seneke than Beckett Seneca? Journalism, everybody. That's what we're here for, boys. You know what?

It just makes me think, what would his hockey nickname be if it was Beckett Senecki? Because do you still, yeah, you call him Bex? Do you call him Becky? You call him Senex? I'm not sure what you go with. But, yeah, but thankfully he's a very exciting player. I remember when the ducks drafted him, I thought who, and this is coming from me, I thought, who is this tiny, tiny person that thinks that they can play hockey?

And it turns out he is an absolute wizard with the puck. Very exciting player. Speaking of exciting, the Ducks, I didn't realize, is they haven't made the playoffs since 2018. So how excited are you right now for the prospect that you're going to be going to playoff hockey in a few months? Here's the best part. In addition to my team being what perceives to be a playoff hockey team again,

is that I am a D, maybe an F-list celebrity. But then because I support the Ducks, They don't have a lot of celebrity fans. Like, if I'm going to a King's game, oh, I'm, I'm 122nd in line behind, you know, the likes of Will Ferrell, Justin Bieber, uh, uh, what's his name? Goldie Haute Brooks, yeah, and her husband. Yeah, and her, her brooks. Why can I think of Kurt Russell's name?

Oh my God. Herr Russell's name. Yeah. No, but he played her Brooks. Yeah, I was like, wait, Goldie Hans married to Kurt. No, man. Come on. Her Brooks is the best hockey movie of all time.

They're not even married. Domestic partners. I don't know why Roy knows that. Okay. So. They're famously not married. Yeah. So that's where I would be in line if I was a Kings fan. But despite the fact that I've assigned Wayne Gretzky, Marty McSorley, Plack behind me, I am not a Kings fan. I am a lifelong diehard Ducks fan. And they have hooked me up. I was at a game a few weeks ago, a very exciting game against the Kings where the Ducks won in a shootout. I got to do the take flight button where I hit it. and then a bunch of smoke and stuff goes off. And it was awesome.

And the best part was that I got the chance to go down as the ducks enter the ice and with my daughter. And we got to, like, stay high to the ducks. And she held out her arm and all the ducks gave her a high five. And then the ducks won that game. So I'm thinking that we need to go back to every game. And touching the Asian dwarf baby is the good luck for the ducks. Because they all gave her high fives.

Gootis, the captain, even kind of took a moment with her. And now we got a Ducks fan for life in this household. So it is a very exciting time. And I'm excited that I'm going to get to go to some playoff hockey games. And I think we can all agree with this. Not only is the NHL, the best sport live. Playoff hockey just takes it to a whole other level. So I will be there.

I will be wearing this mask. And I will be having a lot of fun supporting my ducks. Duval. Thank you for that. Timing. So is your daughter like a Radcoe Gudis mega fan now? He's just the best. We loved him when he was down here.

So is Radcoe Judas like the duck of your family right now? Right now, yes, because he took time to talk to my daughter and even gave me a sign stick. The profile when you turn sideways is spectacular. Oh, my God. You look like you're wearing a catcher's mask with the hat on and everything. It's so good, dude. And it's a Radcoeudus autograph stick. That is awesome.

Oh, my God. Yeah. So, uh, it, it truly is. And, uh, I believe he's the top duck in our house right now. I just love the fact that this team is coming together and they're embracing each other. They're doing a lot of bonding stuff together. They have, I don't know if people follow the ducks on social media, you know that after every game in addition to the traditional three stars of the game, the ducks give away the, the,

the, the, the Gordon Bombay jacket after every game, which, which they have. a jacket modeled after Gordon Bob Bay from the movie, and they give it away to their favorite player or the MVP of the game. And I don't know if they wash it. I truly don't know if they watch that jacket. But if that jacket could talk, wow, it would have a lot of smells to speak of. But it's an exciting team. It's a team that's gel at the right time. And I'm really stoked for what this means for Orange Country. That's the other thing. Orange County and Orange Country.

Orange Country. That's our slogan. I like it. Here's the deal. As someone who is from Orange County, California, there is another pro team in our city that it tries to not be associated with Orange County. They try, they're the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, which I know this joke has been made, but if you translate that to English,

it is the, the Angels, Angels of Anaheim, which is the dumbest thing in the world. So they're trying to be L.A. The Ducks, they say, welcome to Orange Country. They're trying to be Orange County. They are trying to embrace the neighborhood around them. They switch back to the bright orange jerseys. And, man, the fans have really responded.

They do excellent giveaways like this mask. And I also have some old ducks vans. They did a partnership with Vans. The shoes? And yeah. Oh, my God. Dude, have you seen these? They're so good, Jorky.

They're so good. Let me see if I can get a picture and take your list real quick. I have some plum green. Oh, plum, wow. Duck shoes, the old school colors. And they are awesome. So they're doing amazing giveaways. They're really getting the fan base excited.

And I'm loving it. I'm loving it that the ducks have really embraced Orange County as their area. and as their fan base. I'm looking at the Panther schedule right now. You're going to be here December 30th. You do have a game Monday, December 29th against the capitals. You're not going to be here for the winner classic, obviously, because... No, but there is a game on the 29th?

Yes, there's a game on the 29th against the capitals. That's the day before... They have a back-to-back, by the way. That's a day before you're a show. I'm flying in a day early. Oh, there you go. I'll be there on the 29th. Let's go.

Let's frickin go. I will wear this duck mask so, you know, no one recognizes me. I'll let the chat know, Brad. I'll let the... God damn you in this damn chat. Come on, man. We can't get through one show without the chat coming up. Dude ball.

There's a wonderful hockey chat, of which I am a part of, many people in the chat. I do not know their names. I only know the phone numbers. Both of you are in the chat. You're in the same chat that Ethan's always... Brad's in the chat. I'm in the chat. We start our own chat.

We already have it on chat. There are no Android users in this chat. It looks amazing. It's all blue text boxes. Every text goes through to the proper chat box. There's none of that separate thing where it's like, all it's a group of four over here, a group of eight over here. All iPhone users, no Android.

I'm sorry that we still have not been able to come together like this, Roy. This is a microcosm of how things are in America. All right, yeah. You just want to separate, what are you doing? What are you doing? Stop playing with the buttons. All right, stop playing with the buttons. Now, let's get into Joe Bowen.

Joe Bourne at the 44 years of giving play-by-play locally for the Toronto Maple Leafs is turning off his microphone at the end of the season and the Leaf celebrated him on Wednesday with Holy Macon Night. That's his famous catchphrase. So I asked David to compile his top five list of best local play. Play-by-play announcers in the National Hockey League, and I'm wondering if Brad would agree or disagree with this list. Go ahead, Dave.

Okay. First off, out of respect for the great Joe Bowen, he's not going to be on this list, because we're goading him right now. This is the Joe Bowen Memorial list. And I'm also not going to include our friend Steve Goldstein, so I feel like we'd be a bit biased in that regard to. So that's the caveat to the list.

But here we go. O-L-I, Mark Moser in Colorado. Do you go. Because he's in Maybe the biggest homer in the lead Those guys are freaks I love them I love that broadcast so much

And here he comes in it Score By the way There was a hot mic situation in Philadelphia That landed The play-by-play guy In some

Extremely hot water He's been suspended two games For Jim Jadson? No, no Radio It was a radio Play-by-Play guy What did he say?

He said apparently his color analyst was below the desk or something yes below the desk and he said something that I really can't say on the air and has... Oh, okay. It might have been a Monica Lewinsky reference.

Something like that. Okay. While you're down there, can you please blank? It's a good joke. It's a good joke. I mean... Yeah, just a caveat to you, the top five list. It didn't even make a joke

with your partner anymore. I mean, what is what taken from us? Can somebody check on Castianos? Does he have an at-bat anytime soon? Because he's about to hit a home run. Is it a hockey version of Castanos? I'm just going to go out there and say Corey Perry just because it's always him. Yeah, Corey Perry is a good.

Cory Perry on a breakaway and... All right. Next O-L-I is Randy Hahn in San Jose. I'm sure you're familiar with him, Brad. I am. I am not a sure. Sharks fan, but I do know that he is good, and I hate that he's that good. Yeah.

Very distinguished, but boys. The final LLI is John Foresland in Utah. Seattle. Oh, yeah, Seattle. My bad. I don't know why I put Utah. But, yeah, that's awesome. One of the best ever.

And I love the, that's hockey, baby. Wow, he's outside the list, huh? Yes. Well, this is my personal preference list. So this is what my ears like. This is what my ears like. Number five, Ken Daniels in Detroit. Yeah, no team that I hate, but got to respect their announcer.

I mean, you did kind of, you know, beat them as a president's trophy winner. You kind of shocked the world on that one. You beat Detroit, the Western Conference Finals in the inaugural and win. And yet you hate them, even though you've done some massive work against them. Yeah, fair. All right, next number four, Jim Jackson and Philly. for a while timing Ethan and yeah I just like Jim

I'm tired yeah you hung over over here number three one of the goats Sam Rosen New York Rangers do yeah time that's great that's a power play goal that's a power play goal he also Zavanna Chad No that's Al Pacino

sorry yeah that's Al Pacino sorry Yeah that's Al Pacino That's if Tony DiMato coached the Rangers Zabana Jad Zavanna Jad This is just our joke I had coffee with Savannah Jad A half hour ago.

Number two, Joe Minanati, Washington. Very much enjoy his calls. And number one, my favorite guy to listen play-by-play, too. I am so jacked up to listen. He gets so excited. Jack Michaels from Edmonton. He's great. Did you hear the other night when he lost his voice after McDavid scored a goal?

He was fighting through. It was a few weeks ago. It was like they were playing the start. It was the game the stars like blew them out. and they scored, and he lost his voice in the middle. He's just so good. Every, like, five minutes, down the stretch they come. Like, how do you just gets me so excited.

But, hey, he played through hurt because he's a hockey announcer, and that's what you do. Right, exactly. You have any thoughts out of the Western Conference, Brad, because obviously Colorado is kind of running things there as well as Dallas. But how does everything else look out there? I mean, it is nice. to have, obviously, like I've said before, the ducks being back in the mix, but the abs look very tough. And the ducks played them a few weeks ago, watched the game, and they

are a well-oiled machine. So it is definitely going to be the abs. Like, the cup is going to have to go, you've got to go through the abs. That's just, that's just the bottom line. But it is exciting here out West because you have these, you have hockey markets that, you know, are, not traditional hockey markets. And I'm glad the mammoth is actually turning out to be good. I'm loving this. Vegas supports their team, ducks out in Anaheim, San Jose. These are great hockey markets that are oftentimes overlooked. All right, Brad, I got a question for you. Just being a comedian, very sharp, witted guy, one of the things I love most about hockey is the chirping and how we just kind of treat each other like shit and it's all good because we love each other.

Is there a lot of chirping that goes on behind the scenes at a comedy show? Because I would imagine you guys have some of the best insult vocabulary out of anybody. I have several group chats that if they ever got published, I would never be able to show my face in public again. No Android in that. Yeah, no Android there either. No Android in those group chats either. No, it is absolutely the best chirping.

And high school never ends. The best thing, we have the past week, we've had several comedy clubs here. in Hollywood have Christmas parties. And what comics do when we all get together is we all just talk S about other comics. And it's pretty wonderful. People have

very strong opinions. And then I'm fully aware that as soon as I leave, then they all turn around and be like ah, he only has midget jokes. So, you know, like, I'm fully aware that that's the chirping going on to me. But yes, the when people ask

me like, hey, what's the best part about being on the road? Um, I say the best part about being on the road is when a show is done, me and my opening X, go to a waffle house and we just talk S for another two, three hours. Nice. And that is, yeah. Covenant and smothered. Oh. Oh, uh, chunked. Nice.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And then do you ever have that guy who, uh, because you guys have, do you guys have

do you guys have waffa houses in Florida? We do. Yeah, we do, of course. All right. So, do you ever have the guy. I sit down with you at the Waffle House. Maybe he hasn't been to Waffle House in a long time. And he orders like a burger from the lunch menu and everyone just looks at them.

Like, are you insane? What are you doing? What are you doing? This is a freaking Waffle House. You get the, you get the All-Star special. You get the grits you weigh you want them. Yeah, might get some hash browns.

That's it. That's your role in a Waffle House. You get a chair thrown in your face. I will get it real cheese occasionally at the Waffle House. See, no one likes you. No one likes you. Why is there always a chair being launched in every video I see from Waffle House? Because that is why you go to a Waffle House because you're going to have, you have a level of food.

It's never going to go up, but it's also never going to go below. And it's just a solid, you know. It's a solid second line winger. Like it's never going to be on the top line, but it's never going to be on the fourth line. You always know what you can expect. It's a thumper. You know, the funniest thing about because we have a Waffle. House in Miami Gardens. It's on 441, your Ives Derry, and driving by it every single day

going to work and coming from work. There's a police kiosk. It's like a satellite, a police kiosk right there next to the Waffle House. It's just ridiculous. I get waffles. See, I like Rose. Rose knows the role. She goes in, she orders a waffle from the house of Waffle. Casa de waffle. Hold on, let me be clear. Let me be clear. I am also getting a waffle in hash browns. I'm saying I get a grilled cheese in addition to my

waffle. Have you guys ever had to do the Waffle House Challenge? Do you know about the Waffle House Challenge? What is the Waffle House challenge? So it's like a common fantasy football punishment, which is the loser of your league has to spend 24 hours in a Waffle House. They get one hour knocked off for every waffle they eat.

So if you eat a waffle... I've seen the equivalent of this with like beers. So basically, if you eat 12 waffles, you have to spend 12 hours. So you have to eat 12 waffles in 12 hours. And then you can get out of the Waffle House in 12 hours. Waffle an hour would probably work there. See, I've seen, the equivalent I've seen is the 24-hour bar thing, where you have to stay in a bar for 24 hours. But for every beer drink or for every, like, you can knock off X amount of time.

You think you can knock out 12 waffles, Brad? Because I don't know if I could. I could spend 24, I could spend 48 hours. in a Waffle House if I had to. To me, that is not a punishment. You get me with the right crew. I have a guy. I have a friend, my opening act.

You and Tony have a guy. Yeah. J.B. Ball is my opening act, and he would be in there with me, even if he didn't have a punishment or didn't have to be rewarded. Like, he would just be there with me, because he and I both love Waffle House. We have seen several confrontations in a

Waffle House. Some of our greatest stories was the cook I use that in quotes the cook one time was clearly on some mind-altering

substances while being the cook and J.B. and I were the only people in this Waffle House. The only people and it took him an hour and a half to make two waffles.

He just kept but he kept moving. It was very weird like he kept moving, he kept doing stuff and then hour and a half for the waffles. We have seen fights. There was one fight that got broken up simply because one of the people in the fight saw me and was like, aren't you that midget comedian? So, I'm fine with that. I mean, you might as well.

I'm fine with that. Brad, where is the most remote waffle house that you've been to in touring this great country? I mean, you know, the shithole. I mean, the United States. The most remote waffle. Dude, there are places. in Arkansas that are just like, you have one town with a one horse town, one stoplight, but they'll have two waffle houses.

Yeah, the good waffle house and the waffle house we used to go to. Yes, that is the old Chris Rock joke updated for Waffle House, because that is true. In a Gainesville, Florida, I mean, that's not really remote. That's where I'm from, dude. I mean, not from, but that's home. That's home. They just added their second Waffle House, and man, the town is a buzz.

The town is more a buzz about that than the third Florida Gainesish football I don't know about that. I don't know. You got to watch out for those sundown towns. There's a lot more in Gainesville than Waffle Houses. Maybe just outside of Gainesville. Maybe when you get into like Dixie County and Gilcherson. Again, you got to watch out for those sundown town.

So we're talking about Dixie County. What are you doing over here? Two Americas. Two Americas. But I will say one of my favorite activities to do at a Waffle House is have a touch tunes competition in the Waffle House. You go to the Waffle House. Every person in the Waffle House has an assignment.

You get three songs, and your job is to keep the party going. That is your job. And the patrons of the Waffle House will judge whether you kept the party going or not. That is my favorite thing to do in a Waffle House. I highly advise it, although I have seen one fight happen because someone played New Edition and then turned to their friend and it was like, take it.

Like, hey, you sing this part. And then the person didn't know the lyrics to the new edition song. To miss the telephone, man? Yeah. And then a fight blows right there. So here's what has to happen. When Brad comes to town for this December 29th game

against the Capitol. He has to go to Miami Gardens to the Waffle House. We all have to go to Waffle House after. We have to go get dinner at Waffle House after the game. Dinner and Waffle House. breakfast, whatever, dude. Briner? I am. Briner? Totally.

No, there's only one acceptable time to go to Waffle House, and that is between midnight and 5 a.m. That is when you go to Waffle House. No, man, those are comedian times, Brad. Exactly. That's when I go. And Duval. Like 2. 2 p.m. at a Waffle House, that's depressing. 2 a.m. at a Waffle House, that's a party. That's when it's a life.

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They have won six out of the last seven. To party in the den this week, this is the best den week we've had all season. Let's go. At the end of Wednesday night, when they beat the Kings, they were tied for second. in the wildcars spot with the Montreal Canadiens. They have since changed. They are outside looking in, but they are very, very close right now.

They are a win away from being tied, I believe, tied for... Second. They'll be tied with the Canadians, unless the Canadians play tonight. Depending on what happens tonight. Well, Montreal plays Pittsburgh, so I know Roy would be thinking they're going to win. Boston hosts Ottawa, so maybe. But either way, the Panthers are right there. If they keep on this path, they'll be climbing up the standings.

it'll be all good. Yeah, they have crawled the way back into contention after being second to last in the Eastern Conference, even though it is quite tight in the east right now. That wake-up call against Colorado really set things straight for the Panthers. It was just one hiccup between that six out of seven that they won. But yeah, after losing four straight to be on that type of run, getting themselves back into near playoff contention. It's just a good thing to see with Again, Kachuk's not back yet. Not a lot of people are back yet, except for Etteu Lusterining. It's just a good thing to see for the Panthers.

Roy, you called the Colorado game, the wake-up call, but I'll push back on that with you. I'll go back to the-Nashville, it was Nashville, actually. It was Nashville. I think Nashville was the wake-up call here where the Panthers were up one-nothing that entire game. They blow the lead very, very late in the third period. The game goes overtime. They lose on a really dumb goal. And it just felt like everything in the press conference afterwards was kind of like,

okay like it can't get any worse than this we can't get any worse than blowing a lead late to the worst team in hockey and since then they obviously that crazy game against columbus where they stole one seven six they beat up really good on the islanders that utah game was closer than i think or the score is closer than the game really was got blown out by the avalanche and then three straight against the against the stars the lightning they dominated and the kings in a fun one the other night. Yeah, they're back to playing Panther hockey. They look like the team that we're used to seeing on the ice. And they have been playing Panther hockey by the analytics all year, but the goaltending has tightened up a little bit. The defending has tightened up a little bit. And they just

look more like the Panthers. They're controlling the game in the offensive zone more. And look, the biggest part is they're putting results together. They're six three and one in their last 10. And they're right there knocking on the door like the lightning are three, six and one in their last 10 because if they're all their injuries. So the Panthers are right there. You know, a win tonight basically puts them back in a playoff position. And all they have to do, we've said it all year long, is just be in striking distance by the time the Olympic break comes around,

and they're in striking distance at Christmas. What have you seen from this past week here, David, because I've seen a team that's kind of gone back to the old ways as far as having an excellent forecheck that their opponents really cannot defend against? I think right now it's just the depth this start. to show again. Like getting Luster Rhinan back was big just because when you lose that many forwards, I mean, you see, the trickle-down effect is pretty significant. But combine getting Lusterine back with the emergence or the re-emergence of Sam Bennett, Cardover Hadey catching fire, or just

kind of resuming the pace that he's normally played at, save for a slow start to the season. And now suddenly you've got two really, really good lines. I mean, the Lundell Lusterine and Reinhardt line has been a throwback line that we've seen in past years, but with the emergence of Lundell and Lusterine in this season. Turning your corner offensively, it's been pretty cool. And then obviously Sam Bennett and Verheedier are on fire. Matthew Kachukh is going to be back within the next few weeks, it looks like, if not sooner, and the depth is going to trickle down even more.

Right now, it's an exciting time to be a Panther fan. Like, they're really turning a corner. You mentioned Luster Rining coming back. It's crazy how much better the lineup looked with just one guy returning to the lineup. Like it made everybody slot back into their proper slots so much easier. Now Matthew Kachuk could be back. Eventually, it'll be Gajov and Nosek and Schwinn, Kulikov. Like, everything is slowly working back to looking like the roster that we saw in the Stanley

Cup final last year, and then obviously the big one will become playoff time, whether they can get the captain back or not. I mentioned the forechecking. They have Carolina tonight, the other massive four checking team in this league. What are you seeing this one? One of you. Sorry, I was, I totally distracted myself because I started reading about what the Flyers broadcaster did to get suspended.

Oh, no. I had that tab still open from we were talking to Brad Williams and oh my God Yeah, pretty funny No, I, Roy, it's going to be, you know We're not on the air, are we? We always know what we're going to get with these Carolina matchups, look, they can't score on the power play

But they're going to be relentless on the forecheck But the Panthers kind of, you know, they control these matchups a lot And this is a good matchup for the Panthers And, you know, it'll be interesting to see Without Barkoff and Kachuk because it's kind of like two teams. I mean, the Panthers have Ryan Hart,

so they have a little more star power than the hurricanes. But the question with the hurricanes is always the star power. So we'll see how it goes tonight. But back to back here, Saturday and Friday and Saturday, and then a couple games next week. It should be a good test. I mean, Carolina, they've been, I mean, they're always very solid and consistent during the regular season.

Their defensive systems, their structure, it's really solid. I don't think, really, as I knocked my microphone away. Oh, boy. No, I mean, like, the Panthers and Carolina's done a good job against the Panthers. in the regular season over the last few years. It's just when the playoffs start that Florida just dominates. What are they, like, eight and one in the two conference finals that they played against Carolina. But, again, to Ethan's point, a good test against the good team right now is a good thing for the

Panthers because they're playing the best hockey of the season, arguably right now, maybe not arguably. So going into this challenging back-to-back, a good team against Carolina, a frisky team against St. Louis, and then a road game against Carolina, Ethan. Yeah, by the way, St. St. Louis is four, five, and one in the last 10, they are three out of, the three points out of a tie in the second wild card spot in the West with the sharks and the mammoth. Yeah, they're right there. The West is so funny because right now the Columbus Blue Jackets and Sabres are tied for the bottom of the East with 34 points. That would get you three points out of a playoff spot in the West. Yeah. Yeah. The Blue Jackers will be right there with the Blues right now. Everything is so bunched up in the East and those teams are so good and then there's really a big separation in the West. especially between the top teams where Colorado is 55, Dallas 51, Minnesota 47, and then the next best team is the Golden Knights and Ducks at 42. 26 points separate the top of the west from the bottom of the west.

And in the east, what, 12 separates Carolina from Buffalo. And less than 10, seven points separates last place Buffalo from first place Detroit. What are we doing? All right, that is our final show of 2025. We will be covering the Winter Classic. Yeah, we will. And then we will head straight into 2026. Our next show is January 9th.

Thank you to whoever. Thank you, Rosie. Have you gotten all your training in for the media skate, Roy? Yeah, I should be able to glide. When are we going? Are we going? As soon as I get the schedule, I'll let you guys know. You are credentialed.

He is credentialed. I am credentialed. Rose was credentialed except she's out of country. She lost it. She lost that credential. She already lost her credential. She lost it before you. I want to.

I prefer to be in. in a cruise with the sun, then are freezing. So, yeah. Yeah. Who's holding the camera? Yeah, it will be Sean McGill, ladies in John McGill's son will be helping us out during the Winter Classic, and we appreciate him. In the video room, I have no idea. But thank you to you guys for helping us out.

Is Danny and Gino? I think. Danny and Gino, thank you for helping us out today. That was clutched by you. Rosie, I miss you. Come back soon, please, because this place will fall apart without you. Ethan, do not fall off the ship, Rose. Whatever you do, just don't get lost at sea.

I might. I might. Yeah, don't fall off the vote, please. Brad Williams, thank you for joining us today. That's David Dwork. My name is Roy Bellamy. We will see you in 2026.