The Sheet with Jeff Marek - Brantford Bulldogs vs Generals Game Day ft. David Pagnotta & Reed Duthie

Episode Date: February 27, 2026

Live from inside the players’ room at the TD Civic Centre in Brantford, Ontario, it’s a special game day edition of The Sheet. Jeff Marek kicks things off with David Pagnotta, who joins off the top to break down the latest buzz from around the NHL as we sit just one week away from the trade deadline. From contenders weighing their final moves to teams deciding whether to buy or sell, Pagnotta brings the inside intel and what it all means for the stretch run.Then, the focus shifts to Bulldogs territory as Reed Duthie — play-by-play voice and Director of Communications for the Brantford Bulldogs — joins the show to tee up the Bulldogs’ Hall of Fame Game. From the significance of the night and the honourees being celebrated to what fans can expect on the ice, it’s a behind-the-scenes look at a big evening in Brantford.#thesheet #JeffMarek #BrantfordBulldogs #SpencerHyman #OHL #OntarioHockeyLeague #JuniorHockey #HockeyPodcast #Brantford #TDCCivicCentre #HockeyTalk #CHL #CanadianHockey #HallOfFameGame #BulldogsHockeyReach out to [e-mail] to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us!If you liked this, check out:🚨 OTT - Coming in Hot Sens | https://www.youtube.com/c/thewallyandmethotshow🚨 TOR - LeafsNation | https://www.youtube.com/@theleafsnation401🚨 EDM - OilersNation | https://www.youtube.com/@Oilersnationdotcom🚨 VAN - CanucksArmy | https://www.youtube.com/@Canucks_Army🚨 CGY - FlamesNation | https://www.youtube.com/@Flames_Nation🚨 Daily Faceoff Fantasy & Betting | www.youtube.com/@DFOFantasyandBetting____________________________________________________________________________________________Connect with us on ⬇️Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/daily_faceoff💻 Website: https://www.dailyfaceoff.com🐦 Follow on twitter: https://x.com/DailyFaceoff💻 Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dailyfaceoffDaily Faceoff Merch:https://nationgear.ca/collections/daily-faceoff Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

All right, here we go. The NHL's newest insider with a brand new scoops. Did you see this before he came on the air? NHL follow tracker. I did. I did see this. To the world today that Connor McDavid has now started following. Macklin Celebrini.

Connor to San Jose. Colby Cohen the other day tweeted that he thinks Maclin Celebrini will win a Stanley Cup before McDavid. I think he was just trying to piss some people off. Sure. And I replied, I used AI to my advantage, used the picture of McDavid and Celebrany, celebrating together. Turned it into a photo of them in San Josei uniforms. In San Jose.

That looks everyone in Edmonton will be really cool home about that. We're really happy that we're going to make this part of the conversation. Anyway, welcome once again to Brantford. The Home of the Bulldogs tonight, Hall of Fame game, the inaugural Brantford Bulldogs' Hall of Fame inauguration ceremony. Tonight, the first person going in is former Bulldogs. owner Michael And Lauer. Now, of course, the owner of the Ottawa Senator sends back in action yesterday, dropping a tough fund through the Tret Red Wing and the process, Simon Edvinson, dropping Dylan Cousins in a fight after dropping Brady Kachak. Yesterday was kind of, yesterday was a weird night on the schedule. We're going to go over a couple of things that we did see yesterday. Wanted to make sure I got that info out about Connor McDavid as we're going to continue to follow this NHL tracker.

So the reason we're here, and we were here yesterday as well as a show went off the air, one thing I want to share with you. So as a show on off the air yesterday, I did a number of interviews with a number of Bulldogs players, Jacob Bryan, hello Seattle. Merrick Van Acker, hello, Chicago. A couple of other players, Adam Jurichick, hello, St. Louis. And Caleb Malhotra, hello question mark, because he's a draft eligible. And he has been rising up the draft rankings all season long. does he go as high as three? Is there a chance that he gets into the top three?

Vancouver. Oh, that's just it, right? I was on with Secarison Price Day, we recorded early because I had to come on to do the show here at the rank. And that's one of the things that we were speculating about. But the other person that I had a chance to talk to is Jay McKee, former NHLer with Buffalo and St. Louis, played in the OHL with the Niagara Falls Thunder

and the Sudbury Wolves who drafted him. And just a quick little interesting note about Caleb Malhotra. We always talk about the second generation guys and just, you know, Mani Malhotra, the Abbotsford head coach is his father, played almost a thousand games in the NHL. So we talk about second generation players and what the advantage of having a dad that played in the NHL is for a kid. And McKee told me something really interesting about Caleb.

He said at the beginning of the season, Caleb Malhotra came up to Jay and said, can you get me a list of all the first names of all the linesmen in the OHL? Not the referees because you'll know them, but the linesmen. He said, because I want to be able to have a relationship with them. So it's like, hey, Steve, hey, Kevin, hey Dave, hey, Howie, or whatever or whomever. But when you talk about tiny little differences that you get by being a second generation player, You say, oh, certain advantages you have.

Now, Malhotra all season long, has relationships and a first name relationship with the linesman in the OHL. Yeah. I thought that was really interesting. We know they put like the pictures in the NHL benches sometimes of all the officials. Yep. But for a kid in the OHL, you know, a kid, he is, to me, I guess, he's becoming a man now. But kid. It's more mature than you are.

I hate to break it to you. Probably. From the way I heard him speak yesterday, I would say probably. But yeah, I thought that was really interesting. Just like an extra little touch to go that extra distance, which you got to imagine gets passed down by a very knowledgeable people. That's right from Manny. That's right from Manny or Uncle Steve, Steve Nash.

Okay, here's coming up on the program today. The Blueprint powered by Fandual. Download the app today and play your game on Fanduel. Coming up on the show today, he is standing by. He is Dave Pan Yota. We will talk about trade deadline. Although, as you referred to it before I shamed you, TDL heating up.

What the hell is TDL? Oh, trade deadline, Merrick. Trade deadline. We'll talk with our boy Dave Pan Yoda. Read Duffy, play-by-play voice of the Bulldogs. We'll stop by as well. And we'll talk about the Bulldogs, Hall of Fame and Hall of Fame game tonight against the Oshawa generals.

In the meantime, we have a lot to talk to you with Dave Pan Yota, who's all over all of it. To sharpen the pencil on a few things we're familiar with and, you know, get out the lead on some new ones. Here he is, ladies and gentlemen, without a net. Dave Pan Yoda on the sheet today. Good to have you board. You've been busy lately, hey?

A little bit. Yeah, things have picked up in the last week or so. Gearing up for TDL. Thanks, man. Just make me feel unhip. I'm like, Zach, what's TDL? Like, am I missing something that the kids are saying here? Fellow kids.

Before we get into a few things, I want to touch on the Boston Bruins with you in a couple of seconds. We'll start that off. And I think it's pretty safe to see anyone who watched the Toronto Maple Leafs in the last couple of games, even though Keith Pelley went there perhaps to rattle a saber or scale. no effect whatsoever. So that's most likely the season there for the Maple Leafs,

and that'll inform Brad for Living now going forward. I want to share with you a conversation that I had this morning on the Securison Price Show. So I was talking to someone today about Elias Pedersen. And is this the, I guess for Vancouver, Dave, maybe the best way to frame it is the last best time to try to move Elias Pedersen here. And this person that I was talking to this morning, who I will, describe as a person of influence in the NHL. Try to be vague about these things.

We wondered about a destination like the Pittsburgh Penguins for Elias Pedersen. And here was a justification. It would be a deal along the lines of, because Vancouver will look for prospects. So you look for someone like Will Horcough. They'll want some, you know, players to fill in the lineup. So maybe Sam Gerard as well.

you look at maybe throw in Novak and a couple of the million second rounders that the Pittsburgh Penguins have for Pittsburgh taking the player at full freight. Okay. So then all of a sudden you have Elias Pedersen and Sidney Crosby. This would be predicated on Malkin not coming back next year because the money won't work. But the money you would pay Pedersen would be washed out by moving Gerard and not bringing Malkin back. And what I was thinking about with this, like I've followed Kyle Dubus as we all have, going back to junior hockey and the Sue St.

Marie Greyhounds, where he's always believed in reclamation projects. You could make the argument that when Sheldon Keith was hired his head coach of the Sue St. Marie Greyhounds, that was a reclamation project for Kyle Dubus and the Sue Greyhounds. And whether it's, you know, players like Anthony Manta this year or players previous like Phil Tomasino

and Anthony Bavillier. Like, Dubus has always been in love with the reclamation project. Yes, you pull the RV. Like, there's another one there. The Penguins roster is sort of riddled with the reclamation projects, the second chance guys. This would be the ultimate one because as much as Dubus has done a great job cleaning things up with the Penguins organization and getting them ready for the future, prospect pool is deep. The draft pick pool is deep as well. Dubus doesn't have a face card yet, right?

He doesn't have his face card, right? and general managers love to have their face card. What that one makes, again, this is just you and me shooting the breeze on a Friday afternoon before we get down to more serious things. I'm being frivolous here. But it's part of a, put it this way, an informed conversation. Would that one make sense to you? It's interesting. So a couple of things point out to me.

One, Malkin wants to stay. So you've got to figure out that. You got to massage that for one year. Now, could you just swing them over to the wing? maybe. Is your 3C? Maybe. But that would be the first like, okay, I got to figure this out, the scenario out.

Vancouver doesn't, is not going to retain on it. So moving the full money is key. And then the return would need to be massaged, I think, a little bit. Because they want, they're not getting face value by any stretch for PD at all. That's clear. Hang on. Pause for that from what is face value for Elias Pedersen? Is it the 100 point Pedersen or is it what we see now? Because I struggle with the same thing, Dave.

I've caught myself seeing the same thing. And then I'm like, what is full value? I don't. So it depends on the time of day when you ask me. Yeah. And right. And there are teams that believe that he can get back. He needs to leave there and he'll get back to point a game guy.

Not necessarily the 102 point guy, but maybe the. 89 point guy, that point-of-game type of player. And if he's going to stay in Vancouver, he's probably a 60-point guy. So from the Canucks perspective, it should be who gives a crap what he is outside, because here he's only going to be a 60-point guy. But let's try to maximize a return. Can we get a top young kid slash first-round pick equivalent, another prospect of value, and then fill the holes.

So instead of a three-prong type of legit return, you're probably looking at two or one and a half and then filling out some stuff to make money work. Just to get rid of the bulk of that 11.6. It's an interesting way of going about it. You're right. Like Pittsburgh, from that perspective, add Chinikov to the mix.

They brought him in out of Columbus kind of kind of working. So from, yeah, like from that perspective, Justin Brasso wasn't necessarily a reclamation project, but can he keep up progress and he has? And that's another one. And you mentioned Manta. There's interest in Manta. There's a lot of interest in Manta right now.

Pittsburgh probably, unless they're getting, you know, an overpayment might hold on to him. But there are teams that are looking at Manta going, oh, man, six, five, oh, yeah, 20 plus goals. He could help us on a run the way he's playing this season.

But, yeah, PD there is, is an interesting. interesting one. But I would, if I'm Vancouver, I try to up the, I'm trying to up that package. Well, it's not like. Because I think they can pull that off. It's not like Jim Rutherford and Patrick Alvin. I always go back home for their trades. No, this would be the first deal between these two?

Yeah. They're, they're really, in, in, uh, I'm just going to chum the waters here for you for what you have coming up because I know your schedule is always packed and you have like, a million interviews on a million different shows. How many people ask you about NHL follow tracker? Well, recently a lot because I was unfollowed by someone. Oh, were you? Yes.

Should I bother asking? A buddy of that's out of then. Tom Wilson, mid-Olympics. So guess who's available now? So I'm throwing that out there. Really, Tommy? All right. Let's see.

You want to play that game? Really, eh? Yeah, no, buddy. I threw him a little chirp. It was, I don't even think you do, but whatever, it's fine. But yeah, but I did see, I saw the Celebrini thing today. Okay, that's what I was good. So, like, NHL follow trackers become like the great new insider, right?

Yeah, there was NHL insider for a while, but now NHL follow tracker because Connor McDavid is now started following Maclin Celebrini. So we'll just match it up the hysteria because things exist, like things right now in not just hockey and not just sports, but just in the world. exist in two states really quiet and really loud. It's either a whisper or it's a scream. There's sort of nothing in between. Like that's just the lives that we lead right now.

So expect this one to get a whole lot of, a whole lot of concert here. But when it's, when it comes to like this time of year, I know that nerves are close to the skin. And we're seeing what's happening with Tyler Myers and the Detroit Red Wings. And we understand like the situation with his family,

specifically his son, makes it difficult and understandable that, you know, Tyler Myers doesn't want to move. And I know he, you know, at risk exposing himself on July 1st, when more teams can be available when it turn, when the no trade turns into a 12 team no trade list. But Vancouver is an interesting team. Like, you know, outside of the, the PD conversations, there's DeBrusk, there's Connor Garland.

As you mentioned, there's, there's Tyler Myers, there's Brock Besser. Like, when you sort of, you know, run triage with the Vancouver Canucks, how does your list go. Well, by the way, Myers right now, as of this morning, status quo scenario. So they're still waiting to see if other options pop up. They haven't said as of early, it's first thing this morning, so unless something's changed in the last couple hours, they haven't said no to Detroit yet. They haven't said yes either.

So it's kind of just waiting. But outside of that, Evander Cain's probably there. But Evander Cain is a plan B, C, D for a lot of teams. Connor Garland is right there. Jake DeBrusk is right there. Teddy Blugher is right there. And the Brock Besser thing, that one's a tricky one. Because yes, they'll listen.

My understanding is it has to be the absolute perfect scenario situation for Brock to accept waving. He started to grow some roots there in Vancouver. And it has to be the right environment for him to consider waving. I think he would for the right environment. I don't see that being, I call that a very big long shot right now over these next seven days for that to be a consideration. It might be a scenario where it's playing the negotiation game. You need a scoring winger. You need an offensive winger.

I don't think this is going to work, but may I interest you in a Jake Debrusk instead or a Connor Garland instead? And I think that's where the focal points are for the Vancouver Canucks in terms of their guys outside of Myers and Patterson. are Garland and Debrus. There was hesitancy in moving Garland earlier on in the season. That shifted. And there's a full willingness to pull the trigger on that now. He's no trade protection doesn't kick in until July 1 when his new deal does. Debrusk has no trade protection.

But by all accounts, he's willing to waive for a better environment. And that's key. That word right there, the environment in Vancouver is not great. And I think a good chunk of those guys would be willing to explore alternative options as they regroup and go from there. But it's, you know, the younger kids they just acquired, it's Philip Heronic, probably Marcus Patterson. Outside of that, I think they're listening on pretty much everybody. So, and this is, again, just based on on fit and what would make sense to me, a couple of things. One, I've always wondered about Jake DeBrusk and Edmonton,

and I think a lot of that would depend on how they want to construct their third line and is Ryan New Jersey Hopkins part of it? The other one for Connor Garland, just knowing how this team plays and what they value, man, I wonder about the Boston Bruins with him. I want to me if they're going to move in that. Would that make a lot of sense to you, Dave? Because that's a team that pops for me.

Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, and I think they've poked it. I know they've had interest before. I've got to imagine they've poked around again on him, pretty much a local product. And as I said, there was interest before. I could absolutely see them getting into the mix on a guy like Garland for what they're looking for. They're looking for a top six guy. The ruins are.

And he checks some boxes for them. I think cap-wise, a $6 million cap hit for what he's capable of, fits directly, at value, especially with the cap going up. And it's really going to come down to the type of return that they're looking for. The Bruins are shopping Matt Poitris. He's available. And they're trying to utilize him in some type of deal formation of a deal in order to fill one of the holes.

Because they're also looking for right D. But it's top six guy. They can add a center. Great. But I think they're open to the wing. And I agree with you. I think Connor Garland is a guy that makes a lot of sense for the Bruins. Hey, just as an aside, one of the things that I've,

been mentioning more so now that I have for a while since everyone's treated on like a pinata for the longest time here. Should we be giving more credit here to Don Sweeney for what he's been able to do with this Boston Bruins team when this thing was like careening off the cliff and everybody was ready to fire Don Sweeney and get rid of them and the fans who were, you know, lighting torches and, you know, trying to find out his address. Like it was crazy in Boston around Don Sweeney. I just don't think that, you know, when people turn things around in the NHL with their teams, we give them enough credit, but here's the Boston Bruins tucked into a playoff spot.

They're healthier. And sometimes patience pays off, right? Like, I know there's, especially from the fan perspective, you always want to knee-jurker reaction, right? You want to say, okay, well, crap, we just lost three in a row. Let's make a trade. Let's fix this guy. This guy sucks. Get them out of here.

Do this, do that. Sometimes you got to just take that step back. and go, no, we actually like our team. If we're healthy, here's what we think we're capable of. And I think they fully believe going into this, or believed going into this season, that they are a playoff-bound team, a playoff caliber team. And so far, they are with what they've got, which is why he's looking to Sweeney is looking to bring in some reinforcements, but not just, and he had an interview,

a local interview yesterday or the day before, saying that he's approaching this trade deadline differently than he has in the past. And I think by that account, it's, we're not necessarily going for the rental piece. We're going for, like a lot of teams are now, because of the cap, it allows them to do this. It's bringing a guy that helps them now and next season and the year after that and however long the term is on that deal, which is where Garland makes sense. Yep. You know, for them. But, yeah, I think their approach is, yeah, it's different because it's not just playing in the rental sandbox.

It's now going for additional options that can help them long term. Tampa Bay Lightning. What's happening with John Cooper's squad here? They're fishing. It seems like right D is what they're looking at. Still, they poked around on some options up front in terms of mid to bottom six. But this is another, exactly as I described for the Boston Bruins, the Tampa Bay Lightning are in the same boat.

if they make an impact addition, it's a guy who's gut term. It's a guy who's going to be controllable, and that's going to impact this team this season, next season and on. And that's what they're looking to do. Now, some of the pieces that they have available are some of their younger kids, Sam O'Reilly, who they brought back in the Isaac Howard trade with Edmonton, he's believed to be available. And he has been for a little over a month or so.

His name's been out there for a little while. But that's a piece that they're willing to dangle if they find that that player, presumably a right shot D, top four caliber, that's there now and for the immediate future. So that's something that I'm looking at. I don't think they're rushing into anything. I don't think they're trying to be overly. They're not panicky by any stretch.

They shouldn't be. Look at how they're playing. But they're not just going to do it for the sake of doing it. It's got to be the right fit for Breisblah and Company. But that's a piece that seems to be available if they find the right asset that they're looking for. You know what would be the most Maple Leaf move of all time? there's probably a few but what do you got branding carload to go there I won a Stanley Cup that was a right shot yeah yeah that would make sense Zach who's just off camera here for a couple

second I just want to ruin Zach's day um but but that you know see so that's interesting to me like that Tampa has the Tampa has interest in in defensemen I mean we see every year that if you think that you have Stanley Cup aspirations you load up right maybe see it up look what Dallas does every year like no one loves a you know, a five, six pairing, much like better than Jim Nill. Like, he, give me all the five sixes. I'll, I'll take them all around trade deadline because you're going to win the Stanley Cup. You're going to get down to, to depth defensemen.

But Tampa's got a lot. Like, I'm, I'm not saying that you're wrong at all because I believe 100% what you're saying, that Tampa's interested in a fendeman. But the next step that I take is, what does that tell us about Victor Hedman and his health? Like, is there, because I believe that they're looking for D2. Does that mean that we don't know the full snapshot on how Victor Headman is? I think it's a combo. I think it's a combo of cushioning that scenario. And also, Darren Radish is a UFA.

And if you're looking at somebody with term, you're probably just hedging your bets that he might price himself out of that market based on how he's played deservingly. So this season and the last few seasons. two years he was great. He's just catapulted this year. So you're kind of hedging yourself a tiny bit if you can bring in that piece. Again, they're not going to overpay for it or anything along those lines. But if the right guy presents himself and is available, I think that's the direction they go on where it's top four caliber. He may be the third pair this season.

But that seems to be, A, you're looking at Radish's future and maybe we can't afford what he's what he's done because shallow free agent pool teams are going to cough up a little bit extra and then at the same time what goes on with Victor Headman and maybe you limit his minutes a little bit more because you've got more depth on that right side

top quality depth on that right side where you can maximize the captain to the full potential of his abilities on what would presumably be quite a run for Tampa's That's what they're looking at this year. Radish is interesting. It's believed he's looking for the JJ Mosier deal.

And he left Wasserman and now Craig Oster is his agent who also happens to be the agent for J.J. Mosher. So draw the lines as you see fit there on what happens with Darren Radish. Elsewhere around the NHL, we've talked about the Bullets. We've talked about the Bruins. we're talking about the Vancouver Canucks. I mentioned off the top of the program. A tough trip through Florida for the Toronto Maple Leafs, although they have no one to blame other than themselves.

Man, did they ever look lifeless? And, you know, the defenseman, you know, playing Keystone cops is not going to help visually. That's a tough look for the team. Got trounce as they went through Tampa and Florida to play the Bullets and the Panthers. What happens there, Oracle, Dave? Yeah, I think. How's Zach doing, by the way, now that you brought that up.

Oh, he's curled up in the fetal position in the corner. He's sobbing with this thumb and his mouthclined for mom. Sounds about right. Sorry, buddy. But I think that you just solidify their position in terms of what direction they're going to go in. And I think they're going to continue to listen on their pieces. And not just the Bobby McBans and the Scott Lawton's on expiring deals. I think they're going to continue to listen on, you know,

Simone Benoit. There's interest in OEL. But OEL, I mean, that's one of the ones where they can justify saying you've got to overpay to get him. He wants to stay. He doesn't want to leave. He likes it in Toronto. He's your best defense. Hands down, without question.

He's been their best deal all season. So I think they'll listen if it's an overpayment. I just don't see that playing out. So he more than likely sticks around. But again, this time of year, you never know. but those pieces. And then you have the other suspects. You mentioned Carlo that they've had talks with with other teams about

Matias Machia, Machia, Max Domi, they've been trying to move for a decent chunk of the season. Kelly Yarncruck as well. And, you know, let's see who else these, you know, some of these teams, you know, knock on the door on. I think Tree and company there are willing to listen on a variety of their guys. And you've got to recoup. And this doesn't mean that they're trying to move these guys for. prospects and picks so that they can go through a little bit of a retool. They just got to fill their cupboard up a little bit.

And then perhaps in the summer around draft time, utilize those assets, collect them, and then try to fill those holes up front. They've got four top six forwards, not usually a recipe for success. Here's one for you. You've probably seen this one. It's more for our listeners and viewers. The Vancouver Connects, Philip Horonick at 7.25. Marcus Pedersen at 5.5.

which defenseman do you think they're paying the most after that? Is Booiams deal up? You just said his name, Oliver Recman-Larsson on the bio. Oh, oh. Is the third highest-paid defenseman. Oh, right. I forgot that he was still on the books. This year and next year, it's just over for a copy and then it drops down to two.

Anyway, so it's out of the frying pan into the fire there. Calgary Flames, interesting game last night against the San Jose Sharks. your thoughts on what happens to Calgary here. I believe you were the first one in on Blake Coleman. I mean, you were the first voice that I heard attached to, hey, pay attention to Blake Coleman here. But he's not the only candidate. Of course, Nazim Kadri, Ryan Longberg, et cetera, maybe McKenzie Weeger. What else is happening with Calgary?

Yeah, so I think Coleman is expecting to be moved. I think he's preparing for it. He's saying the right things right now. He's still aflame and that's what his focus is on and as it should be. but I think there's a very, very good chance of likelihood that he's moved over the next seven days here ahead of the deadline. Some people in Calgary were trying to connect, you know, tea leaves and dots and whatnot. His family stayed in Texas after the break. Well, they were there beforehand.

His wife's due. So they want to, you know, they want to be home for that. So I don't think there's a, I mean, yes, Dallas is interested, but I don't think it means that's the end all once all is said and done. But the stars are in the mix. and there are other teams that have interest in Blake Coleman and I think he's as I said a prime candidate to be moved I'm expecting it between now and the deadline. Lomberg as well he's a pending on restrictive free agent

for teams looking for a guy with some winning pedigree, been to the cup final, financially responsible option for a bottom six, a fourth line. He's in play as well. There's some chatter in terms of before I get to cadre that maybe they go the hockey trade route again. which they tried last year. Morgan Frost's name has popped up a couple of times.

I don't know if that's something that happens now. I think they focus more on some of their other guys before they go in that direction, unless the right offer kind of just falls into Conroy's lap. But I think Connie's kind of focused on some of the other elements, including Cadry. And I think there's a good chance, not as good as Coleman, but a good chance that Cadry has moved as well. Versatile player, winner, people are tying him to Colorado now that they freed up an extra

$2 million or whatever it was in capital. space. I think all three teams in that central at the top, Colorado, Dallas and Minnesota have interest there in Nas. And Weger's the interesting one right now, because there is interest in McKenzie Weger. They're expected to have a conversation with him to see what he wants to do with respect to his no trade. It's a full one. And you know, you see the reports of Ottawa and whatnot. I, Ottawa's had interest in Weeger for a while. Yes. He is a local product. I don't think that's an option right now.

I think that might be something he explores later on in his career going home and playing there. I just don't get the sense that that's an option now. I think that he will consider waiving his no movement or no trade clause. He does love it in Calgary. So that's a factor. If it's a lateral move, I think he'd rather just stay in Calgary unless it's a clear-cut cup contender, which I think he would give serious consideration to. So that's the interesting one.

They're supposed to have a conversation. Maybe it's happened today. I don't know yet, but between now and the deadline, that convos going to happen, and then they'll decide where to go. And he may easily say, you know what, I just want to finish this season. Maybe it's something we explore later. But there is a lot of interest in McKenzie Weger. You know, Weiger, Ottawa thing is interesting.

I remember at the draft in Montreal, after they did the Talbot move, and this is on the heels of doing the Debringet move. Dorian and I were ships crossing. I said something, oh, congratulations on the Talbot move. And he turned around and said, one more. Still one more. And I said, Weger, and he kind of did that little. Not a nod, but just like a smile.

And I think we all knew, like, yeah, they're trying to get McKenzie Weger. So this flirting with Weger goes way back here. Yes, it does. Yeah, this era now, that era then. Yes. They've got some people in that organization that really like him. But again, I'd be very surprised if he waves for the Sends right now. Don't disagree. You know, you mentioned, we'll close on this one. You mentioned the Pittsburgh

Colorado deal from this week, a real tight unit of business by Kyle Dubus again. Like, I remember the reputation about, you know, Cliff Fletcher back in the 80s, late 80s and the early 90s. The old saying was, if you shake hands with Cliff Fletcher, count your fingers afterwards. And I'm wondering, like, how close Kyle Dubus is getting to a Cliff Fletcher reputation. Because if you look at the entire body of work and what he's turned other players into as far as like cap, as far as, you know, assets, either prospects or picks and players, like all of it. Dubus outside of the Tristan Jari contract has like really turned this organization around, cleaned up a lot of things around the edges.

We mentioned he doesn't have the face card yet. We wonder if that could be someone like in Elias Pedersen. We don't know. We'll see. But what did you make of this week's deal where he took Sam Gerard and another, another second round pick? because why not? This is Kyle Dubus and he collects second round picks.

And going the other way, Brett Kulak was, of course, part of the Stewart-Skinner, Trits & Jari deal. Great bit of business. And he's got the keys and he's driving the car. And maybe if he was given the keys somewhere else yesterday year, that maybe things would have worked out differently in a different environment. but he's got him fully now. How are you doing over there, Zach, by the way? Let me just let me just pause for one and say, you okay there, Zach? No, okay.

I just got the back in the hat over his eyes. Sorry, go ahead if you were saying. Yeah, maybe somewhere, I don't know. But now he's got it now. And this is his ship and, you know, he's steering it. And it's in a pretty good direction by not just, you know, the reclamation projects that we talked about and or just projects in general for some guys that have been working out just.

filling up that cupboard again and it gives them so much flexibility now with 20 picks in the next in the first three rounds over the next four years um that gives them a lot more flexibility to make additional moves and to bring in more chinikov-esque type of pieces or guys that are a little bit more advanced because you can package up a couple picks couple second round picks a third round pick another piece um in order to fill that cupboard and escalate fill the immediate cupboard and escalate your rebuild slash retool that that you're going in and while you're doing that and your team is performing nice little 401W yesterday against Jersey to stay in that playoff hunt um yeah it's it's a pretty good position for the penguins to be in right now and and i give i give them full credit and

because of all those pieces i am curious about what they're going to do you mentioned like we talked about piti um if i'm Pittsburgh i'm giving st louis a call and asking about a couple of their guys. Robert. At the top in their mid, mid-tom, yeah, mid-20s, Thomas, Cairo. They've got some interesting pieces in Pittsburgh and they're not afraid to package them up. If it means that caliber player, I would make that call.

Yeah. How do you see St. Louis finishing up here as we finish up our conversation? What do you see Doug Armstrong finishing up with? Is he finishes up his GM in the St. Louis Blues? Yeah. Well, he's trying. He tried trading Matthew Joseph, couldn't pull it off. We've got, what, 25 minutes till waiver wires, see if he gets picked up or not.

If he doesn't, they're going to try to make that work anyway ahead of the deadline. They've got Oscar Sunquist, who's also a pending UFA, who's expected to be moved. And the guys with one year left, Shen, Falk, Pia Souter, all available. Could we pause on Suter? I think that's like a hidden jam that I think a lot of teams will be interested in. Good, like, second line, maybe third, probably third line center for the playoffs. would look hard as suitor if I'm a playoff team. Yeah, stabilize yourself up the middle.

There were so many people that kind of head scratched a tiny bit when he signed that contract. Was that a little too much? And then you see the value that he continues to bring exactly. It's proven to not be. So he's another prime candidate, I believe. And the Kyru's and the Paracos and the and the Thomas's, it's going to be, I mean, those are big deals. And I still maintain that I think Kyru is going to be moved at some point. if not now, probably in the summer.

Yeah. Because he's open to it. It's just with the direction the team is going in, if you're over 25, you know, Doug Armstrong and Alex Dean are listening. And, you know, we'll see. I expect a few moves coming out of that camp over the next week.

Okay. So we will stay tuned to your reports and NHL follow tracker as well for the very latest on who's going where. Thanks as always, Dave. Have a great weekend, pal. Awesome. You too, buddy. Yeah, be good.

Dave Panyoda from the fourth period, DFO Insider here. Check out him and her friend Gaffar Wednesdays, 3 o'clock Eastern on the channel. One thing I wanted to point out here is you bring in Reed Duthy here. And by the way, Jack, moreover at Ashwa General say, don't go easy on you. So that's what we got to start hammering you right away. One thing I want to point out real quick here. So yesterday, how you doing, pal? So yesterday, I'm being told by Zach to move over.

Here we go. Here we go. Are we good? There's that. Florida that's our producer slash floor director. So Matthew Schaefer with his 18th goal yesterday. He's now, that's the most goals by an 18-year-old D-man in the NHL. So he breaks Phil Housley's record.

That's great. Like, good on the kid. Feel great about him. I'm going to ask you about Matthew Schaefer in a couple of seconds here. You saw him when he played with the Iriotter's read. So Phil Esposito, Phil Housley's record falls there. But interestingly enough, Housley still has one record that's pretty significant. And that is most goals by a second year defenseman, 31.

Just you think 18 is hot for a first year? Houseley pops 31. Now, in the 18-year-old year, he did play some center with Falino Perrault, Hamel, and, oh, God, who was it? McKenna. So he would have played some center as well. So not just D, but still. congratulations to Matthew Schaefer, but now you've got to get more than 31 next year because that's Halsey's record.

Anyway, Reed Duthy, play-by-play voice of the band for Bulldogs trains me right now. How are you, sir? Doing great, Jeff. Thanks so much for having me. This is a real treat. Pleasure. Oh, boy. I watch you all the time. Oh, boy. Listen, they'll put a little something next to your envelope for saying that, son. Thank you very much. That sounds like a wrestling show, I've been on. Yeah, a little bit, little bit. Well, let me, let me start off. I just mentioned Matthew Schaefer for a second ago. I mean, you've seen plenty of names, you know, come through the Ontario Hockey League. And I remember last year, my, my, kid was in a tournament in Erie and so I arranged for the whole team to go and watch, specifically the defenseman because you're going to get one shot to see Matthew Schaefer because he's going to the National Hockey League. Where do you put him amongst the players that you've seen come through the OHL?

Right at the top of the list in terms of defensemen and in terms of people. One of the best characters that I've seen come through the league, one of the best people I've had the chance to talk to. And you knew Jeff right away when you saw this kid at 16 years old. He's not for this league. He's going to be in the NHL before too long. And I really didn't get a chance to see him as much as I would have liked to with Erie being in the other conference.

But every time we got a chance to call him in action, you circled that one because you knew it was going to be a treat. I mean, I compared him every night to kill McCarr. He'd lead the rush and he'd be the first man back. It was just outstanding. And what a talent in the Islanders. I mean, that was awesome for them. It's interesting, too.

I don't know that the Islanders picked him. you know there's some like i think like peter shire didn't pick connor macdavid you know mike greer didn't pick macklin's celebrini it's not like you pulled them out of a bunch like you're the islanders it's like yeah we're going shaford dummy like we were really happy he was still on the board when we had the chance to select them boy were we surprised when he was available at one and dominating the field um speaking of draft picks and high draft picks it's got to be a lot of fun uh calling a a team like this. I'm sure you've been part of teens before where it's like, oh, geez, it's another slog

because they're on an eight game losing streak. And I've got to try to make this interesting, even though we're going to get pounded by Peterborough or Ottawa or whatever. But like this team is the closest that we've seen in the O.HL in a while to a traveling all-star team. Both have established first-round draft picks, whether it's Adam Uruk, Merrick Van Acker, Jacob Bryan. Like, these are all first-round draft picks.

and then future first round draft picks and players like Caleb Mahotra. Is it just flat out fun to call these guys? Yeah, this is a blast. And on and off the ice, they're a great group of guys to be around. And they make my life really easy traveling with them. But to call them every night, you never know who's going to put up the starring performance.

I mean, the last couple weeks we've seen Jetluchenko's got 13 points in the last couple weeks. Oh, yeah, I didn't even mention Jetluchenko, Philadelphia firefighters first round. Yeah, it just keeps going and going and going. And Jake O'Brien, since he's come back from an injury, has been otherworldly. and Adam Bonac has three primary assists the other night. And you never know on any given night which one of these superstars is going to step up.

And then you get into the guys that are completely unheralded. Cooper Dennis is not drafted. And he's got 29 goals and over 60 points at all. But I think four of those points coming at even strength or short-handed. So this team has just blown away a lot of expectation at the beginning of the season for a lot of first-year players. And then Spencer Hyman was in the position where they were playing so well that he had to go out and make them. moves that he made to get a Danford, a Sandin, a Lucchanko, a piquet, a frasca, and really put this thing together. Oh, yeah, Ben Danford, there's another first-round pick from the Toronto Maple Leafs.

So I asked Spencer this yesterday because I heard the whispers around trade deadline time about Michael Misa and the bulldogs. And he's like, yeah, yeah, yeah, of course we are interested. This is all on the record. You mentioned on the program yesterday. Where would he fit? Anywhere he wanted to. You want to play center. Do you want to go to Jake O'Brien's left? Do you want to go? Where do you want to go, kid? Yeah, if Mesa had been available,

and I wouldn't have doubted that Spencer would have been in on that because he, I don't want to see his phone bill because every time I talk to him in the lead-up to trade deadline, he was on the phone. But, yeah, that would have been another part of a traveling All-Star team. So one of the things that I opened the show with this today, I really like talking to Jay McKee, and I know Spencer doesn't like it when I say this,

but like he's not long for the Bulldogs. Like he's going to be an actual coach. Jay's the quality. coach, and I believe he's already interviewed with some teams, and I would imagine that that would continue. But one of the things that he mentioned to me that was really unique, we talk about second generation players. And I was mentioning that one of the things that Caleb Malhotra went up to him and asked him at the beginning of the season, he said, coach, give me the first names of every linesman in the league because I want to have like a first name relationship with

everybody. And this is like right from his dad, Mani. Oh, yeah. This is right from Mani Malhotra. But it's like that if you have a dad that went through it and he played golf in the OHL. And of course, we all know close to a thousand games in the league and the National League. That's that blessing that when you've had a coach that has gone through it, these are the tiny little things. And so Caleb Malhotra now can go and talk to Steve and Kevin and Danny and Frank and whomever. Yep. So it's not just the referees. It's the linesman.

Yep. Like that's a second generation hockey player, I think. And that's the kind of thing about Caleb doesn't surprise me at all. I said yesterday, if you told me he was 22 and had already played two years in the HL or in the pros, I wouldn't have been shocked at all. He's, he's that mature. He's the most mature player that I've seen come through the Bulldogs door at this age. And that's not a slight on anybody else.

That's just how good Caleb Mahalter has been. This is a young man that's going to be in the NHL before too long, Jeff. Like he's built for it. He's pro ready. just about now. And there's a lot of teams that have got to be just licking their chops at the top of the draft. You know, you don't necessarily want to be at the top of the draft order because it means your season didn't go so well.

But there are a lot of teams that Caleb Hulcher would be a great prize to come away with. He did say, and I did ask about Vancouver specifically. I said, which market is on you the most on social media? And he's like, oh, yeah, Vancouver. Oh, it has to be. It's got to be. You know, early in the season, I compared him a lot to Patrice Bergeron, just the 200-foot game, what he can do, the character that he brings.

And he pulled me aside. one day he said, you know, my dad was on that 2011 team that lost the Bruins. Can we be, careful with that one? Yeah, keep that one down a little bit. Kind of a, kind of a hot one. I don't know if you followed what happened afterwards. Let me, let me ask you about, because one of the things that I asked the kids yesterday, and a few of them said the Barry Colts, who gives the Bulldogs the toughest out? The Barry Colts. Yeah, they're exactly right. That team is just, they compete every night. Dylan Smoskowitz has done an incredible job at his first season behind the bench there.

They're big. They're fast. And they just work hard. Four lines, three defense pairs. Ben Horebic's a heck of a goal tender to have as your number one. They will be a tough out for anybody in the playoffs, including us. You would hope that the depth that Spencer Hyman is built and the way Jay can coach will be the deciding factor because Barry went in last year.

It's been a lot of assets to put together. It was a really good team a year ago too. But man, they just work their rear ends off. They really do. Now, tonight, the Oshawa generals are in town. It is the Hall of Fame game, and it is the first Hall of Fame induction ceremony for the Bulldogs and Michael Andlauer, former owner, who just over a year ago sold to the Hyman family, goes in as the first to go into the Bulldogs Hall of Fame. Do you have a thought on Michael Anlaw, who, as we all know, is now the owner of the Ottawa Senators?

If it weren't for Michael Andlauer, I wouldn't be sitting here. None of us would be sitting here. He saved the Bulldogs on multiple occasions. But Michael gave me the opportunity to live my dream job. And that was to be the broadcaster for the Bulldogs. And I grew up in Hamilton, going to the games, wanting to be a part of this organization. And because of Michael, I have a wonderful family. I have a house.

And I have a career that I am incredibly proud of. So I can never thank Michael enough for the opportunities that he's given me. And it's only right that he's the first one to go in. You know, it's interesting because he came. He's from Montreal. And it's not as if, like there are some people that. again, like they, they were born with money. Like that wasn't, like Michael was the opposite, complete opposite of that.

And I've always, I remember having long conversations with him and Regina at the Memorial Cup when the Bulldogs were there. That was the Robert Thomas team. And just how much he, A, knew about hockey and loved hockey. Like he was, sometimes, you know, you know what owners are like. Sometimes it's just like it's a part of their, like, having a team. it's just part of the profile of their business. We have a team and this and like Michael's busy guy and he's a lot of things on the go.

But I was always impressed at how much he was on top of everything in hockey. Yeah, he knew everything. He would come in the building and he would, you know, he'd almost quizy on stuff. He'd be asking you questions that he already knew the answer to just to see if you were up to date on stuff as well. One of the most intelligent people when it came to the game that I've ever been around. And I can remember in the 2022 run sitting with my. Michael and Steve and the coaching staff after the Bulldogs eliminated the steelheads in the second round, Arbor Jackey's overtime goal. And Michael talking about what challenges we were going to have in North Bay and then what challenges potentially Windsor or Flint down the road would provide.

And it's those moments where you already knew, but you just realize, yeah, he is on top of everything in this league. He's a delightful guy to talk to as well. Here's one, Frank. I'll put you on the spot. If it were up to you. If it were up to you, all right. Hyman family, don't listen. Who would go in second? Oh, I, you know, I'm going to.

Carry Price. No, no, no. I'm going to be the homer. And, you know, Jack Edwards, my old favorite. He's such a homo. Steve Staisos, the Hamilton guy, the president, the general manager. He was Ray Bork's defense partner when I was a kid for crying out loud. Stios was awesome.

Built two OHL championship teams after taking over an organization that had missed the playoffs its first year into into Hamilton and did an amazing job. And I think Steve would have to be second. And then I think we get into the conversation of, all right, where do you put what player and how quickly do they go in? Right. Because part of this conversation is too, is like the Bulldogs as an American hockey league team as well, not just, not just O HL, which is why, you know, if we talk about the Bulldogs, you can't throw Care Price's name. Care Price, P.K. Suban, Max Patchretti. Yeah. Nigel Dawes. Yeah. Oh, man, I love Nigel Dawes. There's a whole list. You want to want to go all the way back. We go back to Steve Passmore and great goaltender.

Yeah, exactly. Those are the teams I grew up on. So Ron Hainsey would have to be in a conversation like that. So there's, there's so many guys. And then you get into the OHL years and, you know, it's Logan Morrison, it's Ryan Winterton, it's Mason McTavish, it's Robert Thomas. One day in the summer, I actually sat back and looked at the all-time roster of the Bulldogs and thought over the last 10 years, how many of these guys that I got the call and thought, wow, this has been an incredible run over the last decade. And Nick Lardis, on the horizon too. Like, oh, Nick, don't kill me.

What did he end up with last year? Was it 72? 70, 71. 71 goals for Nicolartis? Yeah. Yeah, that was a spectacular season for Nick. And he and Patrick Thomas, there's another one. Patrick Thomas, who was cut at the beginning of the season in 21, 22.

And by the playoffs, Mason McTavish and Ryan Winterton are asking if we can have that guy on our line. I mean, that showed us right there what he was going to be. So there's another guy that could go on right alongside Nick. But yeah, Lardis had a huge impact. and the chase for 70 last year that electrified the city. And that was so much fun to be a part of. And everybody wanted them to score it here.

And of course, we scored at the very western end of the league in Saginaw. But I don't think it took any of the excitement away from it. Yeah. Before I wrap up with you here, there's a new building coming, 2028. Yeah, September of 2028 is our expected move in. This team wasn't supposed to be here.

No. This team was supposed to go back to Hamilton. Spencer and I talked about this a little bit on the show yesterday. as we wrap up, why did it stay? The city, the city, the fans, the sponsors, the folks at the mayor's office here. Mayor Davis has been a huge proponent of the Bulldogs. He saw the difference that it made having this for the community to come together around. Jeff, this city waited 40 years to get no HL team back after the Alexander's left.

And it was right in the first year, the first game and our first playoff series, the building was shaking when the fans got loud. And it was pretty quick. We got the impression that this is our. home. We are staying. And for the city to come together and put an arena together for us right here so we can just take the atmosphere of the madhouse on market and move it next door, that makes all the difference in the world. You mentioned the Alexander's and the first thing that pops in my mind is Bob Probert fighting in Cooperalls. Yes. We actually, so last year, our equipment manager, Chris Cook,

who is the best in the business, made sure that when we wore the Alexander's jerseys, he got the pantshells and the socks to look like Cooperalls. Oh, that's awesome. Oh, I love it. He doesn't miss the detail. That's fantastic. And I know that, and I don't want to spoil anything, but there are special jerseys for tonight for the Hall of Fame game. Can you, can you give us a sort of wink at what they may look like? Any teases that we have to watch it for tonight?

It's an homage of all the years that Michael was the owner. So you'll see a B, you'll see an H. You'll see the red, white, and blue make an appearance. Oh, that's awesome. A little bit of everything. And I should, before we go, say two names that never get mentioned. Okay. Stephanie Barrett and Connor French, our director of operations.

And Conner is our human Swiss Army. does everything around here. They don't get enough credit for what they do. We couldn't do all of this tonight without them. Connor put the legwork in on the Hall of Fame and Stephanie oversees everything. They're two of the best of the best. And like Jay and like a number of other guys, they're going to be headed off to the pro level.

People are going to be looking at Stephanie and Connor to be scooped at some point. And they will be looking at Red Duthy here too. And if I wanted to put him on the spot, I'd ask him about that, but I won't. You're one of the best, pal. Thank you so much. You'd be good. The great Red Duthy, the play-by-play voice of the,

the Brantford Bulldogs of the OHL Hall of Fame tonight as the Bulldogs face off against the Ashwa Generals as I slide. Am I reframing the shot now, Zach? Are you going floor director, Zach? Are you putting me back here? Okay, let me get that. This is, by the way, the academic room for the Bulldogs. Keep going?

Holy smokes. Am I good now? I'm centered now? Holy smokes. Can I go pick up your dry cleaning too? Anything else you want me to do? This is the academic room, by the way. The dressing rooms have all been redone,

the weight room and all. like Gary Roberts, as we talked about yesterday, Strength and Conditioning Coach here with the Bulldogs. They got a full, like a fantastic operation from top down. It's very much looking forward to tonight and saying hi to a bunch of people, meeting a bunch of new people as well, a bunch of, I got a guest list for who's coming tonight. And I believe E. Friedman is coming to. I think so. Darts and all.

We'll see. Yeah. Last scene smoking darts in Italy. Panics in panic situations. What do we got left in the program today? Do you think we need to go over? Yeah, you'll like this. What do you got?

Your boys play the NHL video games? Yeah. So are you familiar with like the Bia Pro mode that they can play where you go through? No, but sure. Okay. I tend to just leave them. Okay. Okay.

So you'll have to show them this and ask them and tell them about this comment. Jeffrey Moran in the chat brought this up. One of our best. You look like when you go in and meet the coach in the video game and then they give you bad news. I'm that guy? The way you're set up right now. the logo in the back and yeah. Well, son, we're going to be making some changes with the team.

Cutting your minutes and you're going to the, you're going back to junior. Yeah, you know, you show a lot of promise, but you really lack focus. And what we need here on this team is focused player. Yeah. And I laughed at that.

I looked at it after the comment. I looked at the screen. I was like, yeah, kind of. I get it. Yeah, it kind of looks like that.

What do you think of the setup here, by the way, Zach, because we're finishing up the program. The Bulldogs have been a great organization hosting. Awesome. First class. First class all the way.

Yeah, it was unbelievable. Being here for the last two days, I'm excited for the game tonight. But yeah, the setup that they've given us, it's been really cool. And the arena itself, we're in the dressing room portion. So, like, we are in the dressing room. And then as you brought up, like, in front of me is the door to the left of the, the player's dressing room. And then the coach's room. And this is the academic room that they've set up.

So kids before, after their practice. practices can do all their school work. But this facility is awesome. And this area that we're in the dressing room, the access these guys have, like we've got where you said we're filming some interviews and stuff. So we've been filming B-roll and walking around, like the dressing room, the weight room and even like the equipment in the training rooms, the access these guys have to this kind of stuff.

It's unbelievable. It's top notch here. I want to know if you're like my kids. When you go into an O.HL dressing room is the first thing you go and check out the stick rack. Yeah. And it's right. Still that guy?

Yeah. Well, I don't, I'm not going to stop and do it now, but I walk by. I still do it. I still do it. I just look at the patterns.

The curves, how they all do their, the knobs on their sticks. It's all very unique and different. And then the other thing, which like I'm not going to go and grab the kids sticks and stuff, but you can look at them and see who uses what,

they changed and modernized the sticks. So like some of them are the round edges on the sticks. Now, some of them have the round edges on the sticks. the indent on your fingers and stuff, like just seeing how the kids like their sticks now. I think that's pretty cool. So I take a look at all of them.

Ah, kids. It's been great. Let's wrap up with the cup. Do we leave anything on the table, by the way? Oh, by the way, you know what I love? And I, someone, I should have written this person's name down. Maybe I did. Do you, two, two, two, two, two, too, too, too.

I didn't bad me. I love still getting triangle alerts. Matt Faye Meechikov last night, scored one. triangle alert in that in the winter last night yeah yeah triangle goal yeah there's a good defense by j t oh jeez that's a tough look man where was that jt in the final game against canada couldn't have done that where was that could you not have done that against can you could you not have played defense like that j t miller on behalf of everybody in canada could you not and jack hughes two nights ago yeah turning over the puck to t tom's way could you not have done that against canada

where was that jack hughes where was that jack hughes and where was that j t miller Where was that in the gold medal game? No, you got to turn into superheroes. Thanks. Don't need it. Yeah, thanks so much for that. Yeah, the triangle goals. I like seeing those.

I get tagged in those every now. You get those too. Yeah, it's great. Triangle goal alert. Oh, yeah, I still get Daniel Sprong alerts and I get triangle goal alerts, which I want to share with everybody. I really, really appreciate. Oilers liked a stamp last night on the Kings.

Look, I want to ask you this. And I don't want to point. pin this in the way of like I'm calling for the guy's head and trying to run him out of town. Jim Hiller? Jim Hiller. Last night. You can't ignore it. Yeah.

I get that on the broadcasters, that awkward moment where do you acknowledge it or not? It's like it's a real thing that's happening. You're like this is the way that I looked at it. I was speaking to someone today about it. When you're broadcasting a game and there's something like we saw last night with the fire Jim Hiller chance, I know it's uncomfortable and there are some broadcasters that think it's not professional

to acknowledge it but A, everybody can hear it in the building and bleeding into the broadcast and you're competing with these things, phones where people are putting it all over social media.

Yeah. Right? Like you're not like the only media here dictating. You're there reflecting more than anything else. So I think, you know, if you're,

if you're the Edmonton crew, the LA crew, it's part of the event. And it's part of your job to hold up a mirror to the event. That's what you're doing, which is why you probably should say something. Oh, here come. It doesn't have to be over the top. Oh, fans have had it with this coach. The Hiller Chance are out there.

Meanwhile, back to the action. Just something like that. But you should have to say, you should say something, right? Yeah. I agree. I agree. Everybody knows. And the second you hear it for the first time, whether you're in the arena or

watching on TV as you just demonstrated phones up, Twitter's open. Yeah, everyone's talking about it. Grabbing a clip, posting it every single account, our daily faceoff accounts on it right away. Yeah. Yeah. You can acknowledge it. It's, it was part of the reality of that game.

Yep. It's part of the reality of that game. And I don't know. Listen, I, I've maintained that, well, it sucks because of the Fiala injury. Yeah. But I still think that Ken Holland does something to do. try to replace those goals because I don't think that they want Copatar's last game to be game 82. Yeah.

I think they want him to finish in the playoffs and understandably so. As much as I thought, and maybe the best example of this was Trevor Linden in Vancouver on his last game and Jerome McGillah had all the Calgary Flames players going, shake his hand, one because of the tremendous career that Trevor Linden had, but also because of his work as the final president of the NHL Players Association. Regardless of how you felt about what has. happened in the 0405 lockout from the players point of view. I thought that was a really good thing that Gimla did by having all the Calgary Flames

players go and shake his hand. But I don't think that I don't think that the LA Kings want Copa Tars career to end on Game 82. No. Maybe it involves a Ken Holland Lou Lamarillo-esque down behind the bench. I'm taking over. I'm taking the reins. I don't know that Ken Holland wants to go behind the bench.

I don't think that this is, yeah, Lou Laramillo saying like, yeah, Plinth, I'm driving this thing now. No. Listen, it's out there and it was pretty loud last night. And I'll tell you what, I'm going to get into this more with Tyler and Liam here on Oilers Nation every day, which I'm hopping on as soon as the program goes off the air here. But Silly Pod Colson, and I know it's tough to draw it from just like two games, and specifically yesterday was a blowout. But untethered from McDavid and dry sidel look really good. driving his own line. Give him some depth, something that they've kind of,

I don't want to say lacked. Lacked is the wrong word, but at times struggled to find lower in the lineup and whether that's because of Nabila not trusting it or just not having it. If he can drive his own line, that makes that team feel, feel and look a lot different,

a lot different. It really, really does. But we'll see. Like, you know who else looked good last night? For all the haters who looked really good, Trent Frederick. I know it was a blowout against the Los Angeles Kings. And that's you could always come back at like, okay, yeah, they look good. Nate 1 blowout.

Okay, yeah, congratulations, Merrick. I thought you were going to be mean and be like, Brad Marchion. You know, I was waiting. You look really good. No, no, we'll let you off the hook. You've taken too much punishment today already. The sheet is powered by Fanduel. Play your game with Fanduel.

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Well, you know, when I was offered this position and I was offered to be the producer of this show, I thought, Jeff. Did I almost say to you, we don't have a job for you, but we have a position? Oh, okay. Anyway, continue. You can laugh. Go ahead. When I was offered this job, I thought I follow you. or what.

Oh, geez. There we go, Alex. The more you chirp the leaves, the more you slam the door in my face and break my heart. I have found. Okay, so I got Alex Ayafalo. Yeah. Not bad. I wanted to give you like one second to see if you're going to jump in there with them.

But yeah. Ryan Hartman. I wonder what happens at Ryan Hartman trade deadline time. Alex Ayah follow. So goals tonight. Alex Ayah follow Pavloviev and Ryan Hartman, $5 brings you $3.40. It's a big payday. That's a nice one.

That's a good one. How long did that one take today? I did it while I was talking to Panyoda. No, I did it this morning before I left a hotel. I did a morning cup of hockey, sat at my computer, figured this one out. Is that why I was getting cupcake texts? Cupcake. Someone referred it on, maybe it was a DM about you being called Cupcake.

Was it Cupcake? What did they call you? Oh, I don't know. They didn't call me that to my face. Maybe it was when you weren't on. Anyhow, no reason to go back and listen to watching. Yeah, I was on with the boys. The whole goal, Lazz tweeted out, was to get me riled up.

Did it work? Well, yeah, because the thing is that Colby gets riled up with me, and then the two of us just get going, and then Lazz just sits there. And then Colby and I just get fired up and start firing away. And then it's back and forth, and Lass just sits there and smiles. I mean, I was watching a ton of games last night. So how was the post game after that? that's crushing defeat at the hands of the hospital bracelet panthers.

See, I don't think anybody is mad at the team or the way they play anymore, not because the way they're playing is good. I think everyone's just mad because they're like, how can you watch this and still say publicly, whether they're posturing here or not, but how can you watch this and still say publicly, well, we haven't decided yet. What is there to not decide?

The team stinks. They've decided. Yeah, but I think people are just annoyed and the fact that the email came out, the letter, if we call it that and said, you know, we're in injury riddled season. Like, I think people are just annoyed. Fans do not want to hear that. No, I think people are just pissed off. I don't want to hear that. And then you watch that and you're like, we're playing an injury riddled team missing their, I'd say their best player.

And we just go on away, of course. Yeah. Yeah. It was pathetic. They've missed their best player all season long. Now I know the Florida Panthers aren't going to make the playoffs either. Yeah. But there is kind of a recent history of them winning two Stanley Cups.

The ultimate goal. Yeah. So that's the thing. Like they bought themselves no grace. Yeah. But I think people are just fed up. Like the play combined with that, it's just like, get me out of here. Everybody's in the post game.

People are calling into the show like, I'm done. Get me to the end of the season. All right. You don't have to watch. A lot of time. I do. While you do, it's your job. But I mean, like, fans, like, you don't have to.

Yeah. People were fed up last night. It's interesting. You know, Keith Pally made the trip. And for those to think that, you know, when the person in sort of, you know, ultimate charge shows up, like, okay, you better have, you better show. Yeah. That was the complete opposite. Yeah.

It was the complete opposite. Like, if you're Keith Pelly at that situation. and just like fuming. Yeah. Well, I think just, it was Justin Bourne tweeted and paraphrasing on it. But he said, team France struggling in the first period against the Florida Panthers. I was like, yeah, that's what happened. I said it was like watching the peewee father, son, Christmas game.

Like it was just boys against men. It was a tough game to watch. It was bad. So we'll see what happens come trade deadline for the Toronto Maple Leafs and 31 other teams. It's one of the most exciting days on the hockey calendar, folks, as you know. Teams are setting up their rosters for a playoff push or whatever it is the Maple Leafs are doing. Fering up cap space and adding future assets, join the DFOC crew on Friday, March 6, 11 a.m. Eastern for the daily face-off trade deadline special.

We look forward to that one next Friday. In the meantime, thanks to Dave Panyota for stopping by the program. Thanks to the great Red Duthy, play-by-play voice of the brand for Bulldogs. We're stopping by tonight. It is the Bulldogs alumni game. And the inaugural recipient, or the first person going in to be inducted, I should say, into the Bulldogs Hall of Fame, Michael Ann Lauer,

former Bulldogs owner and now, of course, owner of the Ottawa Senators. So looking forward to that tonight as the Bulldogs face off against the Oshawa generals. Any closing thoughts from you, Zacharoo, as we bid everyone good day from Brantford? I appreciate the hospitality of the Bulldogs. Gave us two amazing setups here in the boardroom today.

and yesterday out by the arena. Really looking forward to some of the sit downs that we're going to do later and then getting to watch the game. So it's been a fun experience out here. Should be fun. Thanks to the Bulldogs for setting us up and treating us first class. You are very much a first class organization. So thank you on behalf of everybody here at the sheet. We're back Monday, 1 o'clock Eastern.

Enjoy your weekend. Enjoy the games tonight, Saturday, Sunday. Talk about them on Monday and more trade rumors. And we'll stay tuned to the follow tracker. The new great insider, right? Have we secured NHL, have we secured FollowTracker for Friday? We got to get it. Follow tracker.

Have they priced themselves out? They're going to go appear on T.S. And or Sportsnet? Have we secured Follow tracker yet? So we, we are unrolling or unveiling this new thing on Monday. You'll see it on the screen. Oh, yeah? Just a sneak peek.

It's like a ticker that you'll see up on the screen for trades. We got to get one for Follow tracker. 100%. We need Connor McDavid. has followed Maclin Celebrini, followed by Evander Kane, has unfollowed the Vancouver Canucks. Oh, no. Because what did he, didn't Evander Kane follow some custom home builder in Texas? That's it in Texas.

Yes. Further fueling the speculation. All right, that's it. Go. Enjoy your day. Enjoy your weekend. We're back Monday. Went to