The Steve Dangle Podcast - The Steve Dangle Podcast - May 24, 2016 - Know the Fax

Episode Date: May 25, 2016

On this episode, no Tampa love, all Penguins hate, the Kevan Miller deal, Jesse's ridiculous ESPN story, and a visit from a couple signature bits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Panago Pizza presents S.C.P. The Steve Dangle Podcast with your hosts, Steve Dangle and Adam Wilde. So, I want to start the show by shouting out Shelby. Shelby. Shelby tweeted us today, and it didn't quite make sense at first. So she said, thanks to at Adam Wilde, at Jesse Blake, and at Steve underscore Dangle, all of our Twitter handles, for showing me who Mike Francesa is. You got me a date this evening

Y'all the real MVPs What? So she courted Mike Francesa So I tweeted her back I'm like Did you Are you dating Mike? Like

Is that Is that what's happening? She's like Oh hell no She's like So I was in a bar With this guy Who's from New York

She was just in a random bar And this guy from New York Happened to be talking there And he said He said something about Mike On New York radio And I turn around And say

My Francesa is a gem We keep talking He's impressed that I know who that is, I gave him my number and he called me and I have a date. Dude.

Amazing. Imagine if now those two hook up, get married, have kids, one of them becomes like president because of our show.

Wow. Because of Mike Francesa. Wow. Or scores the winning goal for the Islanders in game seven of the Stanley Cup at Barclays Center

and half the arena doesn't see it. Yeah, it's not going to happen. It's a third-rate organization. Yeah, exactly right they don't know

about the hockey business I don't know about the hockey business so yeah congratulations I told Shelby to keep me updated I want to know

so next episode we will know how Shelby's date went nice hopefully if the date happens I didn't actually ask her when it was

we'll let you know it's going to happen it's going to happen that's a story we're tracking that's definitely something we won't get back to now later later on in the show

we are going to talk about the Penguins goaltending situation and why the Boston Bruins fans are so upset. Well, and Penguins fans potentially by the time they hear this.

Well, that's true too. Also some news out of Chicago and Edmonton and how their rebuild is going and how Peter Shirelli excuse me,

sees it going and what he might do with that fourth overall pick. You couldn't even get through saying Edmonton Oilers rebuild without like your body wouldn't let you. You're like,

this isn't a rebuild. This is a monstrosity. Well, according to Peter Shirelli, it may not be. Oh good Chia Pet's at it again Now Okay

Here's a question That zipped right over your head eh It did Oh oh Chia Pet Oh Come on How is no one called that

You know what I'm glad that zipped over my head That wasn't good I'm kind of glad my receptors He would have laughed I think Peter would have laughed Somebody's called him that Peter Shirelli would have

Absolutely not laughed at that Really No he's only been getting that His entire childhood You know how many people Gave him like noogies And they were like Chia Pet

Yeah that's true And it's just perfect Because he's got that Little stubble of hair This is what I'm saying Okay maybe I shouldn't So if we ever have him on I shouldn't call him that

Or maybe he has That kind of hairstyle Because he fully embraces His nickname Maybe Maybe Sorry what were you Going to say

Before I so rudely Cut you off Goodness I don't remember Okay Oh When was Okay So Shanahan and Babcock

And company They come out And they say Look We're going to stink We're going to be Really bad for a while And you guys

Are just going to Have to hunker down And deal with it Right Name another organization That did that They all have a GM that's like Folks, we're good

Brian Burke Hey, I'm not interested in a five year rebuild Peter Chiarelli Remember those Bruins? I did that, that was all me That was all your boy Chia Pet, right here Yeah, well there's some stuff that he did in Boston too That's led to their current predicament

No, no, no, I got a cup I got a cup How many cups you got? You're right, you're right Got zero cups That's right. He's got one more cup than I do. Exactly.

Yeah. I'm stuck here tied with Andrew Peters in the amount of cups. The thing, though, the thing I feel like we really need to lead the show with today is a story. It's story time. Goody, goody, gosh. Jesse, do you want to tell the masses, the millions, what you did today? Oh, my goodness. Oh.

I learned something. What did you learn? how did your morning first off how did your morning go set it up oh it was good it was good

I woke up this morning to a text from Adam Wild who's that he's on this show I believe he has zero cups same as Andrew Peters

he's one of the most beautiful people in the country as told to me by a magazine he knows famous people by what belts they carry

like if you have a giant one that's kind of gold you might be a UFC star by the way I interviewed a wrestler today for NXT that I had never heard of

Finn Balor he's going for the championship title if Justin Fisher is listening he just chokes did I say it wrong he was really nice

I don't know because there's some giant wrestling fans out there who are just yelling at their radio if you're watching

NXT you're insane I mean insanely intense I don't mean like you're insane so Adam Wilde told me to get Stephen A. Smith

on our radio show oh yeah now why did I tell you because Stephen A. Smith had to apologize to the entire nation of Canada after he said

we had no chance against the Cavs And now it's 2-2. And he sure was upset about having to bring his passport north again. Oh, I have to go through customs. And as long as we're talking about self-absorbed jerks, when Jesse said that, I thought he was talking about this show. Oh.

Well, that would have been great, too. You know, our sports show. No, no, no. It would have made sense. You wouldn't come on a sports show. Anyways, so I looked into it, got in touch with the ESPN PR, emailed them. They emailed me back. You emailed them?

I did. Oh, okay. That makes sense. That makes a lot of sense. So they replied via email. That's cool. Oh, okay, good. It's always nice to get an email.

Yeah, I agree. They told me that if I want to put in a radio request, I have to send them a fax. Sorry, can you... All right, first off... Oh, I skipped a part of the story where I traveled back in time in my time machine that I own. I was just going to ask. Yeah, what year was it when you went back? 1991.

Cool, okay. So, again, repeat for everybody what it is you had to do to get an interview request for radio put through for ESPN. So, the biggest sports company on planet Earth asked me to send them a fax in 2016. Now, Steve, what is ESPN's tagline? Do you know it? We love faxes. It's the worldwide leader in...

Know the facts! That should be the name of Stephen A. Smith's name. Know the facts! Oh, my God. We did it. Wow. We can just stop now. We're done.

High point. Costanza. Table flipped. It's over. It's over. That was a bat. That was a bat. Steve just bat flipped, Rangers fans.

Don't come at him with your fastballs. Oh, we're continuing? We reached peak show. Yeah, that's true. I should have just cut it off there. Segment boom commercials. Let's go. Know the facts is the best thing we will say on this show.

Oh, yeah! Tell them, Skip. Tell them. So, the actual tagline is the worldwide leader in sports. Oh, okay. Now, imagine if you are the worldwide leader in sports, the amount of requests from various radio stations, probably some of your own,

because they have many, many radio stations with the ESPN moniker, whether they're owned by their parent company or not, most of them are not. They just buy the brand and license it. Imagine the amount of requests that you would get for top ESPN personalities. And like it or not, Stephen A. Smith is right at the top of that pyramid. Oh, yeah. What about Skip Bayless?

He doesn't work there anymore. Oh, yeah. He went to Fox Sports 1. I suppose that's a good point. That's never been said on ESPN ever. Which would never be said yet. Never. Never.

Never. Adam looked at me like, well, that bit's dead. See, that's why they have it. Because that's why they fight each other like that. because if you agree, then it's over. Right? That's why you keep going with, oh, yeah. That's so dumb.

Anyway. Oh, yeah. Imagine if we could never agree. Oh, my God. Well, that's how they build the shows, man. That's how they do it. All right. So, again, back to the fax machine thing.

Can you imagine the person, and I imagine, I would hope that they pay for someone. It's not like that minor league baseball team we were talking about that has seven jobs for one intern. You are the mailman. Also, you do the on-air announcing.

Also, you cut the grass in the field. Also, you clean the toilets, make pancakes for the players, that sort of thing. That means there's a room with a fax machine in it. Possibly multiple fax machines

because what happens if... Fax machines, what do they do? They break down as a rule. Oh, my goodness. This thing is a suck. Can you imagine? They have that guy and he's trying to fix

All of the world's sports leader Or whatever the hell they're called The know the facts network Monitoring the three facts machines For the know the facts network I was thinking Imagine you were that guy Imagine their

What's the proper term I guess ecological footprint Oh my goodness They are single handedly responsible For all the rainforest Deforestation That's ESPN My fax confirmation came back in like half an hour, so I was pretty impressed.

I am impressed by that. And how did they respond, Jesse? They responded via email. What is this silly garbage? Hold on. No, I didn't even know that. Yeah, my good friend Diane, who I'm now good friends with. What's up, Diane?

After I guess they got the fax confirmation, she was attached to two other people. So three people had to verify and tell me that Stephen A. Smith is a little too busy to do radio press right now. That is understandable. That's fine. I get that. Stephen A. Smith should be busy. You know how quickly you could have found that information out without faxing? I mean, now you know how to send a fax.

I learned today for the first time. I'm going to YouTube a few courses. I want to learn Morse code. I don't even know how. I don't even know how to send a fax. No. I don't know if you'll ever need to do that again. this might be the last time

the one and only time ESPN like you don't even need a fax to get government papers done anymore all you have to do is download

the camera scan app and it fake scans for you that's what I do same same I was at a Marley's game a few weeks ago a couple weeks ago

and I forgot to bring my press pass like an idiot I just forgot okay happens yeah and so

talked to someone there nice lady she's like alright okay I'll take care of that for you Comes back to me a couple of minutes later. All right.

I sent the email. I go, what? Sorry, what? I emailed who I had to email and they're looking into it. I'm like, can you call them? No, no, no. It's against policy. What?

I'm like, sorry, what? So I'm sitting, I sat there for like half an hour. I missed like most of the first period. I'm like, pick up the phone. Pick up the phone. I'll walk down the hall. That's where you can call and see him. It's not that big.

Can I walk to Can a security guard Make sure that I don't Steal a seat It's against policy To make a phone call Oh it was driving me nuts I'm that old man

Screaming at a cloud Just use your phone It's called a phone Just use it for what it's for There are times Where I can't stand Text messaging people I'd rather call them

Yeah If I want something done Right away I call them Like it's a super novel concept Yeah Hey hey cool Need this done Boom bye bye later

Like if I need to Explain something to Jesse Or Steve I call them See a couple weeks pass, and now I'm that jerk complaining about the Marlies. There you go. Now I'm that hoity-toity media person going, oh! Them and their minor

league ways. How dare they? Did you get into the locker room, Steve? When you wanted to? No. I bet you didn't. I bet you didn't. The Pope also didn't make me onion rings at halftime. Or whatever other... I was expecting

that, too. Goofy requests were made. I have no idea what you guys are talking about, but that's good. I also didn't see the dog driving the Zamboni. They promised that. What the hell are you guys talking about? Anyway.

The pineapple dancing in the tutu? That never happened. I just thought everybody should know that somewhere there is a person in Bristol, Connecticut

in Bristol, Connecticut with at least one maybe three or four you would hope backup fax machines going through the fax requests every single day.

That's their job. They live in Bristol. This goes through Bristol, Connecticut? Yeah, that's where ESPN's headquarters are randomly. I don't know

there's a whole no it's in between New York and Boston oh that makes sense and like the whole east coast and it's close enough to New York

so yeah apparently the ESPN book by the way is amazing and there's some like really great insights on you know the start

of Chris Berman and Aaron Andrews career and that sort of thing I don't know how accurate it is but apparently it's very entertaining

is it as good as the Sportsnet book it is definitely not which has not been published yet but I can't wait I can't wait I can't wait

for the dirty gossip on Steve Dangle it's not as good as Sportsnet magazine oh Oh, now there's a tie-in. There we go. Let's talk some actual playoff hockey.

So we've got Pittsburgh tonight on the brink of an elimination at the time of this podcast. So there's going to be a couple ways that you're going to take this, hearing it after the game's over. But I still want to play this for you because I think it's very interesting audio. Somebody asked the coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Mike Johnson? Mike Sullivan. Mike Sullivan. Why do I always think Mike's? They swapped mics.

Mike Johnson was, yeah. Right. So Mike Sullivan is talking about, the reporter asked him, Okay, so who are you going with in net? And Mike Sullivan says, Mark Andre Fleury not. He says, Matt Murray. That's a very peculiar thing

for Mike Sullivan to say. Listen to this clip. Seems really sidetracked by the playoffs. Verbated at all. Says it verbatim, man. Says it verbatim. Yeah, ready? Ready?

So here's what he says. Matt Murray's our starting goaltender and the reason, just like we make all our lineup decisions, we try to put players on the ice that we think has given us the best chance to win. Matt and I had a conversation. We always do, just like Mark and I have conversations.

What is said in those conversations are between us, but certainly we communicate with our players on a regular basis on the decisions that we make and preparing them to move forward. Now, first off, he's not great with his mic technique because there's a lot of poof going on here. Second thing I want to bring up... A lot of popping peas.

Yes, exactly. exactly but the other thing is he doesn't have his water on hand so he gets the pasties too sorry for all the speakers we just blew popping all those peas

we're not just going to recreate that SNL bit with the gym teacher I don't know if I've seen that alright nevermind we can't make the reference and nobody in the room knows it sorry Jesse

thanks guys sorry man thanks guys I think he's justified we should know that but okay so come on Adam

This sounds important. Saying Matt Murray. You're just doing nothing, Elbit. If Matt Murray gives you the best chance to win, if Matt Murray gives you the best chance to win, why then was he not in net in game five? Well. He's taken them this far, right?

Right. And we had this discussion last show, and that's why I'm bringing it up again. Because I said last show, I'm like, it's got to be Matt Murray. It has to be Matt Murray. And you guys actually said I believe

One of you at least said Might be Marc-Andre Fleury And it's understandable why, right? Yeah, I made the argument That you don't lose your job to injury Like if you're the starting goaltender And you get injured You shouldn't lose your job

Just because you got injured And you're a starting goaltender And you're right And it's not as though Marc-Andre Fleury came in and played bad He had a couple lucky bounces Looked a little tired in overtime But

Well, and this is what I'm talking about, right? Like you gotta You gotta work off a bit of the rust sometimes You gotta You gotta play through some things This isn't the time to be playing through things This is the time to be playing at your absolute best And how could he possibly be at his best

And is Marc-Andre Fleury At let's say 85% Is that better than Matt Murray You would think so Because he's like what 21 But that's not what I've seen so far In these playoffs So how does

And this is pure I'm asking your opinion We don't know anything But how does that Game 5 decision Come down Is it Jim Rutherford saying That's our goalie

Is it Mike Sullivan saying That's our goalie Is it Marc-Andre Fleury saying Come on guys I'm your goalie Like what Come on guys Come on you guys

Like what Come on pal So then Cause instantly Because he lost And they only lost in overtime Remember Goalie loses in overtime

Usually not even the goalie's fault Usually Right Good chance That's a weird That's a weird little theory there I mean because The thing is

I mean, there are some obvious bad situations, but a lot of the time, the reason the game goes to overtime is because the goalies have kept it tight, right? I know that there are big, glaring instances where goalies have really blown it in overtime, but for the most part, you get to overtime. Chances are, in the playoffs, it's not a shootout. Statistically, that theory is a mess.

Practically, I get it. Okay, thank you for giving me that. I get it, and I'll, yeah, I get it. I might be wrong. I'm cool with that. But still, how does that decision come down where you're like, hey, Marc-Andre Fleury, nope, now not. To me, it seems like someone's hand was forced.

Could be. Or, you know, covering this Marlies playoff run, because I've never covered a beat, you know? And, I mean, I've only been to— You've only walked the beat, really. Oh, shoot. Yeah. I've only been to, like, a dozen or so.

I was just trying to truck through that, and I couldn't. Oh, my God, Adam. We're on fire today. I couldn't do it. I'm trying to outdo your ESPN, man. It's never going to happen. Peak show. Peak show.

Peak show right there. Listen, you're making jokes, and I'm just trying to tell you the facts. Steve SPN. Whoa! Okay, that'll do. Thank you, thank you. Golf clap, golf clap. All right.

But one thing I've noticed in the dozen, couple dozen, or whatever games that I've been doing this for, is with regards to injuries, especially around this time of year, shut up, don't laugh. Especially this time of year, Adam. I'm sorry, go on. Especially this time of year, there's so much we don't know.

Right. Maybe Matt Murray was banged up. Maybe. That's why he sat game five. Maybe Marc-Andre Fleury is re-banged up. And that's why Murray's going to game six. Maybe that's true, too. But if, okay,

so let's say Marc-Andre Fleury is injured. As the head coach, do you come out and say Matt Murray gives us the best chance to win? Yes. You do say that? It doesn't mean it's incorrect, but is that not... People are going to take that, whether it's true or not, as an affront to Marc-Andre Fleury. Who are we talking about right now? Mike Sullivan, Pittsburgh Penguins head coach.

What team? Pittsburgh Penguins. Okay. Because I know a certain Pittsburgh Penguins superstar, like the day before, who guaranteed a Game 6 victory. Really? I missed that one. of guinea milk and of course he did because now we're all talking about mike sullivan narrative narrative and stories by the way speaking of that i remember leaving for the

long weekend after we had just done a show on the thursday yeah talking about narrative lightning were up one nothing and gosh darn it did the pittsburgh penguins ever stink they sure did that's what i was they sure did phil kessel goes on a tear Sidney Crosby makes a pundit look stupid, scores an overtime winner. Which pundit? I believe that would be good old J.R. And not the by God kind. The one who works for someone else, I don't even remember kind.

He was a good hockey player. He scored on the Leafs. Made me feel sad. Anyway. Pittsburgh Penguins go up 2-1. People are talking about how great Crosby is, talking about how great Kessel is, talking about how great the Penguins are. Damn, and Kessel's breath.

Isn't that a cute interview? Oh, it was so cute. That was one of Pierre's redeeming moments only, ever. One of his only redeeming moments ever. One of his top and only five. I just threw a bunch of words in a cup and spewed them out. Damn it, Adam. Sorry, did you get that now?

It took a second. I didn't want to get it. And I'm like, just truck through it, Steve. Just go. That's a joke. Like rugby. Just get up, pick up the ball, and go. Oh, my God.

I'm sure he's got more. I'm just kidding. So they're talking about how great the Penguins are I go away for a few days, I come back They're down 3-2 First thing I see is an article questioning Sidney Crosby's leadership Wow First thing, two games

Two games Like four days That's all it took And he's a bum And they can't do it with Crosby Ignoring the fact that they have done it previously Yeah, didn't they win a cup with him? And by the way, this is why Ovechkin

If he retires without a cup he shouldn't worry about it because Crosby has one and no one gives a damn no one cares he didn't get this magical respect out of thin air oh Sidney Crosby's got his

don't worry he's good forever now no they don't care it's long in the past Randy Carlisle could ride winning a cup in 07 for the rest of his life Crosby wins a cup in 09 and he's chopped liver true well that was 09 that's a long time ago

oh my goodness isn't it The game was different then, Steve. It absolutely was. Did you know John Tortorella is the Stanley Cup champion? That's true. Also, well, 2004. Oh my goodness, you're right. Yeah.

Yeah. Well, okay, I think you burn enough bridges. People throw the cop argument out the window. I know Carlisle's still being interviewed. And I know that Tortorella's still working. Sure is. Yeah, forget being interviewed. He's got a job.

It's what the Blue Jackets don't only sort of counts, but he's got one. You like that Blue Jackets fans Had you back on my side for a while The nicest people in the league are Blue Jackets fans Well besides Chicago Chicago fans are strangely nice No they're not

They're nice to me I go after Corey Crawford and they're like hey man Well they're probably like three cups That's why And I'm like you're right You can be chill about it when you got three cups Sorry all I know is I was salty tweeting the Blackhawks Because I was at a Leafs Blackhawks game

the season where the Blackhawks won and I just got flamed by Blackhawks fans flamed fire and flames but anyway

this is the narrative we're talking about a bunch of nonsense frankly I mean we're in the final four they're four fantastic teams

they're four of the best teams in the league if Tampa wins like where's the credit for Tampa it's all about the Penguins and nothing has been

said about Tampa in this series it's all about the Penguins they're not playing with their starting goaltender. They're not playing with their captain. They missed one of their best defensemen. Maybe their second best defenseman.

Most of the playoffs, we're not talking about them. No one cares. Jonathan Drouin is the only guy who's gotten any press. Where's Victor Hedman? Where's the love? Tyler Johnson, Nikita Kucherov.

Jonathan Drouin only got press because his name was spoken with Sidney Crosby in the same sentence by Jeremy Roenick. That's the only reason. And nothing against Jonathan Drouin. He's had a great playoffs, but... Sure.

So has Matt Cullen. I don't know where I threw Why I threw that That's all There's the penguin I had to go back to the penguin I don't think Jesse and I Didn't know what to say to that

Like it was just I'm not going I'm just Bah Going back Ah nevermind Nevermind We'll talk about it later

But uh I don't understand Where the love is For Tampa I don't understand Why there's so much Hate for Individual players

On the fence Proud of my second team What's that? You're talking In future assumptions there sir I'm just saying If it happens, that's the narrative. Man.

Yeah, you're right. That's going to be the narrative. It will be the same as if the Raptors beat the Cavaliers. Exactly. LeBron lost it. Not the Raptors won it. LeBron lost it. The Cavs' best player by light years.

Yeah. He lost it. One of the NBA's two best. You can argue either way for Steph Curry or LeBron. Yeah, same thing. He lost it. Now, when we come back on Sportsnet 590, The Fan, we've got to talk about how Boston Bruins fans are upset.

And the reason that we need to talk about it is really because we are three birdies who need a bath, and we're going to bask in this. It's beautiful weather outside. We're just going to wash ourselves of that Game 7 in 2013 and feel good because they're going the other way. And this is, yeah. I like it for the visual. We're basking in this.

I like it for the visual. Thank you. Wow. Wow. That's two in a row. I'm going to hold here. We'll be right back on Sportsnet 590, The Fan. It's the Steve Nangle Podcast.

So there was some happenings afoot. Actually, you know what? Before I start that, I should just say this podcast is brought to you by Panico Pizzas. What's on the inside that counts? Put it in your face. Absolutely. And Boston's inside's not looking so good right now. We should have three body references there.

There's a happenings afoot. There's happenings. Oh, wow. In your face. Damn. That thing you just said. Sorry, you forgot? It was a stretch.

I'll give you. It was a stretch on my part. I apologize. Just moments into the segment. Jesse's already spitting straight facts Well That's where you come from We should have the fax machine noise play

Every time you say that Yeah can you put that in in post-prod We should definitely Our newest segment Dropping facts No it's just the ESPN sound I think that's licensed I think that's licensed

That would be very expensive Once it's on the internet It's always on the internet Yeah that's right If it's on Instagram it's fine Fair game Yeah, absolutely Now, Bruins fans are upset

What's the outcome? Well, today they announced the signing of a 28, 29-year-old young man Oh my goodness, Torrey Krug? Not Torrey Krug No Who is supposed to get in the neighborhood of $5 million That's what he's estimated to get this offseason If you're a defenseman and you score 10 goals, like, once

Congratulations You never have to work again Your family for generations to come are fine Yeah You're fine. If you're a right-handed shot, forget it. Unless your name is Cody Franzen, because for some reason nobody believes in you.

No, the world won't allow Cody Franzen. He blew it. He could have had that from the Leafs. Yeah, Cody Franzen got royally screwed, okay? I love spitting out theories on this podcast because we were like, man, Cody Franzen's got to fire his agent. Yes.

And then people just flooded my DMs like, I don't think it was his agent. So you got to score 10 goals and not be dumb. and you'll be guaranteed that was a poor financial move on Cody Franzen's part he also

I want to say he saved the Leafs from a poor financial move because he would not have been a fit for them given what's going on I can't think of a highlight of his

from the past season no I can't which team is he on Boston or Buffalo there you go okay I was going to go

5, 4, 3 you knew it don't you dare put that pressure on me you knew it now okay he was rumored to be going to Boston

For a while. Maybe should have. Maybe should have. Because on the right side, in the third pairing spot, you've got Kevin Miller. Oh. Now, on Kevin Miller's best nights, according to Writers in Boston, who I read today, who I will shout out in just a moment. Boston. He, on good nights, can shut down some really good players.

They named Patrick Kane as one of them. We'll get to it, okay? Just listen. I know. I know. Don't say something so ridiculous. and expect us not to read it. Okay, I'm sorry.

But today they announced... Steve might be having an aneurysm. You need to see Steve's face. You gotta subscribe to the Steve Dangle Podcast YouTube channel to see the face that I was just given. I just want you to say that one more time. Okay, let me just get to my point first and then I'll re-explain.

No, no, no, no. That wasn't just comment. It wasn't even me I know that And it's this guy It's DJ Bean from WEI FM in Boston He did a great piece on what's going on

And we'll get to it in just a second But he said That loud whirring noise is Adam backpedaling by the way No what he said was Hold on I'm just looking for the specific quote Please tell me it was a Vander Please tell me it was a Vander If it was a Vander that would be good

I can't find it guys anyway pick a player that he plays more than once a year anyway he basically they signed him

a 28 year old defenseman who played 71 games last year 5 goals 13 assists 53 penalty minutes he's gonna make 10 million dollars

over the next 4 years and you're saying what is that is that what 2 and a half 2 and a half 2 and a half million we're great at math

as we were told in the comments of every social media platform we own ever yep two and a half million bucks okay um now people are mad why are they so mad two and a half million dollars for one nhl player pretty average steve what what possible issue could there be it's kevin miller what are you doing you don't have to offer him 2.5 per you don't have to offer him four and you sure as hell don't have to offer them both this is one of those deals

this is one of those classic 2013 2014 would you say classic classic deals

from the 2013 or 2014 Leafs who are of their own class where you go it's not that bad

but like 2.5 million against your cap isn't like paralyzing right and four years could be longer could be shorter

could be longer though this is one of those just random half craptastic deals that just slowly murders your team like getting stabbed

to death with a thumbtack and it's interesting what's happened in the last two years stabbed to death with a thumbtack wow very graphic

okay so in the last two years you signed you re-signed Seidenberg and you let go of Boychuk. You re-sign McQuaid and you let go of Hamilton.

22-year-old Dougie Hamilton. Same guy. And then, when your team doesn't make the playoffs, you re-sign your third-pairing right-shot defenseman for which there would have been a market in free agents. Don't kid yourself. There would have been some market.

He might have made that. But I don't think he would have made any more than that. And I don't think he would have got four years from anybody else unless they're crazy. So how does this deal? And this is what I thought DJ Bean from WEEI in Boston did such a great job of in his article. And I'll have Jesse link to it in our YouTube and our SoundCloud and stuff. He says in it, and I think you'll agree, it's not the contract that is necessarily the problem. The contract is a symptom of a bigger problem, which is you have slowly eroded all the great things that were about your blue line.

If your marquee defenseman wasn't born in the 70s, that's the thing. Because what they had is they had a great top-line pair. They had a great up-and-comer, and they had a great heart and soul guy, and they let two of them go. I think what kind of ruined the lease is they spent so many years trying to become the Boston Bruins. And now it's funny watching the Boston Bruins ruin themselves by trying to be the Boston Bruins Like it's just it's just really Well, I don't understand why they're being so loyal to this guy I just don't

Like is this a Sean Thornton sort of thing where it's like he just holds that team together He's just the glue I don't get it. You know what? You know what this is though. You know what this is sort of It reeks of a little bit decent bottom pairing defenseman right-handed shot random money per year kind of too much random term kind of too much boston bruins fans welcome to your own jeff finger wow this is their jeff finger not the worst deal in the world but pretty bad also they say, hey, he shuts people down randomly.

I can't wait until the article comes out where the Bruins actually meant to sign Kurt Sauer. Well, it actually says, controversial but correct, Kevin Miller is a good third-pairing defenseman. So what? Those aren't $2.5 million. They're not. Matt Hunwick is

1.2. Miller could help take star players, and in brackets Patrick Kane and Tyler Sagan are examples last season, could help take star players out of games. Those are two Western Conference players. What are you talking about oh tyler second you had to you had to well it's boston you take you take the biggest name american player you take a star that used to be on the bruins there's your catchy little

hey we got a good guy i still think you did a good job with the article do you guys want comparables the only way he would have done a good job in the article is if he said this is a bad deal because it is like okay fair enough fair enough did he argue that it's good he said he said it's not the problem he said it's a symptom of the bigger problem he said it's yeah he said it's a problem, but it's a symptom of the bigger problem, which is the Bruins made their bed, and now they have to lie in it, and it sucks. And that's why Bruins fans are mad.

Let me be fair. The Leafs had something like this a couple years ago. Totally. They signed a player who had a good season. He had a good season. Like, Kevin Miller didn't have a terrible season last year. To my knowledge. If you look at Pete Blackburn's

timeline today with all the gifts and all the bad plays that he made, holy, he just went off. Did you see the first one Where he found out About the signing And we can't Say his reaction

On the radio portion I don't think I did We'll talk about it later Okay Anyway So A player Had a good season

Wanted him to come back To the team The money they gave him Per Kind of messed up The term Kind of messed up And the contract

Had me shaking in my boots Leo Komarov That's That was a rough contract when it was signed. Now it looks fine, obviously. He's proven himself. He can play in all kinds of roles. But that could have gone either way.

That really could have gone either way. Oh boy, you only got six spots. You got six spots to fill every night. Seven if you're fancy. You got six spots to fill and you're spending 2.5 on a bottom pairing guy. I don't get it. Do you guys want some defensemen who make around that number? love to gimme how old how old are they too roman polak at 25 makes 2.7 roman polak's 25

signing age oh oh i'm gonna sign the contract what that guy looks like he can be my dad sakara andre sakara 2.7 uh tim gleason makes 2.7 why he was bought out you didn't have to pay him that much why did you pay him that much How old is this? Tim Gleeson doesn't still It was 2008-2011 He made 2.7 Players who did make that

Yeah, they made this amount Matt Green currently makes 2.5 Really? Yep, through 2017 Ryan Ellis, 2.5 Jakob Kindle Trevor Daly made 2.3 From 2008-2010

that's early on in his career though the point is most of the guys you're mentioning though are not like bottom pairing dudes like

even if they weren't great like they played higher in the lineup than that it's just especially Gleason on the Leafs I mean he was their stud

oh yeah like but again it's not this isn't a huge deal it's but it's a small to medium one that's just bad

and you make enough of those kills your team anchor contracts and as I was texting our good friend Andrew Berkshire today the Atlantic Division

Tampa and who? Who am I to be afraid of? I don't know unless you're unless Montreal comes back and Carey Price is

Carey Price Well here's how the Bruins line up on the right side Adam McQuaid Don't poo-poo the greatest goaltender in the world

Adam McQuaid Don't poo-pooing the most stubborn team in the league Kevin Miller and a guy named Colin Miller who I think played a few games and then was sent down

to Providence last year Colin Miller. Now, apparently, they might have some interest in Kevin Shattenkirk, but I don't know how they're going to afford him. Interest in Kevin Shattenkirk. What a surprise. Do you have interest in going to the moon, Steve? I have interest in having Stephen A. Smith on this show.

I have interest in that. That would be great. Have him come on and tell us some facts. I would love that. Is that the new class? I think it is. Facts. Facts.

Class. Also how they say Fox in Boston. Oh, crap. Come on! I want to know if Mark's a bad fatter than Advax. Facts. Facts, thoughts. Sorry.

What? I'm just saying. The other thing is, too, with this deal, what struck me was that if I am Kevin, if I am a teammate... Kevin Miller! If I'm Kevin Miller's teammate, if I know of this deal and I'm an NHL player,

my contract is up, who is his agent? And how quickly can I sign with his agent? You know, it's funny I told you It's a personal goal of mine To one day Be in the hockey news

Top 100 people of power and influence I just think it'd be really cool I'll even take the novelty 100 spots I don't care The Hyundai, as they call it The Hyundai But one year they gave it to I can't remember where he slotted in

But they made Jeff Finger One of the guys And the reason is because They were like Imagine all of the defensemen around the league going, Woo-hoo! My comparable for my next contract

is Jeff Finger? Giddy up! True. We're all going to Cancun! True. This is awesome! Absolutely. Now it's Kevin Miller.

It's, look, hey, maybe he does great. Maybe he does great. Maybe 71 games is the most games he's ever played in the NHL, and that was last year. He does get hurt sometimes. One of hurt.

He does get promoted from the American Hockey League late. Recently. Sometimes. Hey, maybe this show is approaching its third anniversary

and we've said some dumb things. Yep. Over three years. We may live to regret this. Maybe this is one of them. Don't think so. And neither do Bruins fans, so shut up.

If any Bruins fan gets upset, I challenge you to look up your own thoughts and tweets from today. Are they sensitive? Are Bruins fans overly sensitive? I haven't noticed that. They seem to be pretty tough.

They're a little cantankerous. Well, that I get. It was funny. I was talking to somebody from Sportsnet 590, the fan, today, and I won't say who. Jeff Blair. They said it was not Jeff Blair. It was Jeff Blair. They said it wasn't Jeff Blair.

They said the most sensitive sports group of people is 150% Vancouver Canucks fans. Oh. Without a question. I was worried he was going to say someone else. Jeff Blair told me that the other day. It was not Jeff Blair, and you have never met him, and nor have I. Steve knows him and now

we play the waiting game the waiting game is all the Canucks fans itching to scream at us that you just said that and that we agreed but knowing

that they can't that they'll just be playing into the stereotype if they do unfair that's called checkmate sir Canucks fans I want to play a game

the rules are simple don't be a whiny fan We will tweet in the shade It's a different movie Different movie But Whatever It works okay

It's your own reference Adam Yes I can Yes I can Okay Chia Pet Whatever Oh Steve you're doing this thing Let me just skip to my thing real quick

I didn't have any more to add to his thing So I gave him with a new thing Adding to the conversation Quotable Playoffs? No, that doesn't work either Boom goes the dynamite Since we're just throwing things out

I'm a man I'm boring Come after me Sorry Are you for it? Or get it? Oh, Sonny T, alright Alright, so

Oh no One final thing on the Kevin Miller thing I was messaging someone today I'll just say Andrew Berkshire Screw it I just didn't want to make it seem like he was the only person I spoke to today But um Like okay

What is the chasm The enormous difference Because there is one salary wise What is the huge difference Between Kevin Miller and Eric Greiba For example on the orders That's a good question I don't know

What's the difference between Kevin Miller and Martin Marincin? Or Matt Hunwick? I don't know. I mean, they might be different players. What's the huge difference? I'm sure they're different style of players. But, like, the point, like, you could lock up a quality player to play on your fourth line for two and a half million bucks.

You can do that. It's a dumb way to spend your money. Right. I know, yes, you have that quality player, but if he's playing that deep, then what's the point? Well, and that's the thing that I loved about that article that I keep bringing up is that you've got to have some great guys and then have guys that come in and they fill the other spots.

And they may not make as much and they may not be superstars, but for what you can get from the AHL, on average, it isn't much less than what Kevin Miller gives you. That's what I'm saying. That's a spot for rookies. And now you're paying premium money in term for a spot that should be for rookies. Especially for a cap strap team, which they are. Yeah.

Well, they, I mean, cap doesn't matter anymore. We kind of know that. No, and they bought at the deadline and whiffed. Like, the Bruins aren't in a good spot right now. They got some good players. They're still in playoff contention. They're not in a good spot, though. I know the Don Sweeney bot's going to be tweeting us right after this show.

Have you ever got the Don Sweeney bot tweeting you? All the time. Yeah. Hey, Steve. Don Sweeney here. Something ridiculous That's basically the tweet formula Whoever's doing it by the way

Congratulations it's great Quickly I want to mention that the Blackhawks Officially signed goaltender Lars I don't know if it's Johnson or Jansson or Johansson Because Sweden But it's probably Johansson Lars J Known as the best goaltender in Sweden

27 wins 6 losses 1.74 goals against average And 927 save percentage In the Swedish Elite League Interesting because they already have Scott Darling and Crawford So you would think that it's probably going to be an AHL depth move They also signed The Czech defenseman Michael Kempny

Who according to our buddy Ivis Kolnich Yes, Ivis Kolnich Did I get that right? He says to me today Two way defenseman, loves offense Pretty great penalty killer One of the best pairs of skates I've ever seen in the KHL

Should be a top four defenseman in the future best KHL defenseman available after Zaitsev. After Zaitsev. Thank you, Ivis. Thank you. Thank you for that. Which is great. But both Blackhawks, eh? Both Blackhawks. God, that's so unfair. Well... That's so unfair. But that, you know what?

That's what you do. And that's where I would sign. We're a cap strap team. We gotta fill roster spots. Mostly depth. Where should we go? Should we take some guy already in the organization, kind of mediocre, and way overpay them? or are there other options out there?

Hey, KHL worked out pretty well for us last time. Let's try that. How's that Swedish league doing? Let's have a little bit of those Swedish goalie meatballs. And we should probably mention that Jonas Gustafsson was the best goalie in Sweden until he left and signed with the Leafs. Still an NHL goalie.

He's still an NHL goalie. If you get NHL backup out of a signing that you paid nothing for, Pretty good Oh people hate Bozak And have hated Tyler Bozak For years

He was college signing Leafs paid Nothing Nothing For Tyler Bozak Like That one more time How much did they pay

Nothing Like okay Say what you want about his contract Fine But the fact that they got him Like The fact that they used him Improperly for like half a decade

Is not his problem No And it's not his fault And he played great this year On a terrible team Sure did I thought so So we gotta go on

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start this rebuild. Excuse me. Again, I couldn't get through it. Also, the Bills, the Buffalo Bills, have a new media policy. And I think you're going to find it très intéressant. That's not French. That's just me. No. And we're going to swear to you. We are. Yeah. Sportsnet.ca

to download or subscribe to the Steve Dangle Podcast on iTunes or Podstitcher. I was just looking through my Twitter mentions and I got something. What'd you see? Oh, I gotta bring this to the show, okay? Gotta bring this to the show. It's from a gentleman, I think.

I'm not good on Swedish names. Nill Lindy. N-I-L-L-E Lindy. the swedish provider of nhl hockey viasat just quoted you in an article about the miller re-signing oh you quoted you me and i thought oh they embedded my tweet nope I agree. I mean, personally, I don't think there's any, there's no holes in that argument, right, Jess?

You couldn't have said it better. Do you have any idea what you just said? I probably just said all kinds of terrible swear words and slurs I hope not you imagine okay I'm gonna make this look like a screenshot

did they translate it for you no I mean it's my word it is your tweets are you sure I mean did they contact you

I am sportsnets blogger Steve Dangle did they not contact you before they use your I guess they don't have to no if it's on Twitter I put it out there

on the interwebs for the interpeach that's what I look like in Swedish so something just happened in the Pittsburgh Tampa game yes

there was a goal recalled correct Jesse what happened What happened? I didn't catch it. Oh, okay. I just saw that they were under review and it said 1-0 and then it said 0-0.

Well, I saw a guy come up who I'm familiar with because of Family Guy. His name is Will Wheaton. Will Wheaton? Who's a big hockey fan. And Will Wheaton has this to say. Video replays that stop the action to show things imperceptible to humans in real time really add to the excitement of a hockey game. Fucking A, Will Wheaton.

Fucking A. Fucking A. Absolutely. Why? Again, this goes back to my argument. This is wrong. We are going down the wrong pathway. Either you have refs and you accept that there's going to be human error,

or you don't have refs and you let the computer do it. I'm for that. I get it right. Well, it's got to be one or the other. I don't care which side. Just pick one. Stop having a foot in both bathtubs. I just...

Yeah, I did that. Who has a bathroom with two bathtubs? That's not a thing, Adam. When you're me, when you're me, things happen. I don't think Kanye West has that. I don't think rich people have two baths in their room.

They just have a really big one. You could never be in that situation. You know who has two baths in the same room? Couples from Viagra commercials. That's it. They sit in separate tubs and they hold hands. Or Cialis.

Or Cialis. Let's be fair. Fair enough. Fair enough. We have to be fair to dick bill people. You can't mention one and not mention the other, Steve. I suppose you're right.

I suppose you're right. Boy, this online portion is really... Sure is good. An online portion. Sure is good. For sure. Internet. I'm with Will.

I'm with Will. You got to do one or you got to do the other. Just throwing that out there. Oh, and now that we're on the online portion, I can properly quote Pete Blackburn, who saw the Kevin... He saw the Kevin Miller signing and said, and I quote, fuck me sideways. Pete's a Bruins fan, right? He's from Boston.

The hot take police is indeed a Bruins fan. And by the way, he embraces the Hot Take Police title. Does he? I DM'd him to make sure he wasn't sore at me. He doesn't seem like he gets sore about much. No. Like, if he were to be told he was wrong or proven wrong or something, he'd be like, yeah, okay. And every time he tweets, he gets like 150 retweets.

Goddamn, Pete Lappert. Because he's funny. Slow down. I think he's gained, in the last six months, I think he's gained like 16,000 followers. Like, he's just blown up. Him and my regular face. Just superstars. Absolutely.

Shooting up. And well-deserved. Well deserved They're doing a great job Okay so Let's talk about Peter Shirelli And the Oilers

And how the Oilers Are going to win a cup Soon Say Chia Pet Adam Just say it Chia Thank you Chia Pet

So how realistic Is it that the Oilers To you Before I read his quotes How realistic is it That they make the playoffs Next year Not very

Not very at all Jesse thoughts Opinions I think Next year is the year They finally turn it around Really They're gonna do

McDavid is gonna lead them To the promised land Which is Maybe squeaking Into the playoffs I think they'll be In the maybe That's the promised land

It really is It is And the new arena too I think they'll be A little better Than we expect And they might get An eighth seed

That's what I'm expecting They have a full year Of actually Saying Cam Talbot Is our starter Hopefully he stays healthy They'll have a full year Of McDavid

Hopefully he stays healthy They'll have a full year Of Darnell Nurse hopefully he stays healthy they'll have a full year of Leon Dreisaitl which a lot of people forget they didn't

quite have they started him in the AHL for some reason so well Oilers there are things

that are going to happen to that team I don't think they can sit back and by the way what's going to happen with Yakubov

and what is the Russian team Russia's head coach's problem did you see all that no I missed that I think he for no good reason

talked about Yakubov at the World Hockey Championship, which Yakubov was not a part of. And Oleg Znarok, he's the Team Russia head coach, talked about Yakubov was addition by subtraction. Sorry, not having him on the team

was addition by subtraction. Wow. Just a really unprofessional dick thing to say. It sounds like professionalism in Russia, it's just a different thing. I don't think we would see that as unprofessional. know russians would just see that as honest well and what i would like to say to him in rebuttal maybe in defense of yakupov the gap between russia and canada or the gap between russia and the states

or the gap but well okay not a great example because the states totally got whooped but they were playing mostly college kids and ahlers you know the gap between russia and canada at big tournaments Russia and Finland I don't think it's personnel they have great forwards

they have incredible some of the best forwards in the world they actually have decent goalies which they didn't for a while decent defense

I think maybe not the best pretty decent the gap is you Oleg the gap is you I've watched

Russia get outcoached millions of times and make silly decisions because they gotta to have KHL players in there. They've got to have a certain amount of spots. Sorry, Kachoff, but was he the Olympic coach too? I'm pretty sure he was the 2010

Olympic coach when they got fucking whooped like 7-3 by Canada. One of the most dominant performances I've ever seen in an Olympic game. The gap is you. It's not Yakupov. The gap is you. The gap is Russia's coaching isn't as good.

Right. Right. Just in case you didn't hear me the first time russia's coaching isn't as good well it's not as good as finland it's not as good as sweden it's not as good as the states it's not as good as canada sorry you're not there wow stick it up for my boy like come on yak has his faults he has his shortcomings is that the word yeah yeah i i just don't understand like it's just such a strange shot like i can't imagine like who's canada's coach even at the world hockey championship was it babcock no no he was there but no um it doesn't matter but like imagine any coach from hockey canada just

randomly dumping on some player who didn't show up who's who's also 22 years old steve would you like to take a gander at those russian coaching names for the history of the russian olympic team oh that's rough it wasn't oleg narok it was igor wait what it's got vyacheslav bikov in there bike of and then igor zach harkin in brackets are they are they the same person assistants oh i see yeah then Zenichula Bilet Bilet Ladinov

with Valerie Belov Dmitry Yuskevich Igor Nikitin I don't know I could have swore isn't Oleg Znorak look up Oleg Znorak look up who he is

anyway it doesn't matter doesn't matter the fact of the matter is they didn't do well it really no and because they are that good they should be better

like okay even if he wasn't the coach during those Olympics I don't care like the gap is still those people I couldn't name with the exception

of Dimitri Yuskevich because I loved him as a kid me too didn't we all so he randomly dumps on him and the thing is

is that it sounds like in Edmonton that trading Yak is a foregone collusion I don't see it he played great with

was it Pouliot and Connor McDavid that was that was like the best line in hockey why would you why would you split that up I don't see it happening

I just don't why would you mess with that I guess the better question is why didn't they like put them back together yeah I feel like they didn't really but I guess

is that really your most ideal use of Connor McDavid maybe not maybe not for the longest time Oleg was the

national coach of Latvia oh and then yeah how did he can you do that yeah I guess you can do that

but now he's the Russian national hockey team coach wasn't Ted Nolan the coach of Latvia um probably for a couple years when Oleg was

point being it was uncalled for and ridiculous I don't understand why it was said. It was Narok that said that about Yak, right? I'm not completely dumping on the wrong guy. Let's check. Type in Narok Yakupov.

In the meantime... Props to you for properly smelling Narok. Peter Chiarelli did say, and this might sound crazy to you, we owe it to the fans to get better in a relatively short period of time, and we are looking at all options to be able to do that. um there's some pretty good players that are going to be available at number four and the thought is that matthew matthew chuck is matthew yep uh it's keith chuck's son will be available at number four he said but we may look for we may look to move down and still get a pick and an

asset as part of a larger deal he said that out loud so that means the oil the oilers have been talking um which i don't think is the worst thing for them i think that doesn't that doesn't sound crazy to me at all the thing is um how far do you have to move down to get something meaningful define meaningful well let's say i mean first off you want to get a guy who's under control contract wise because you wouldn't go get like a shattenkirk or something like that well i guess you couldn't but um kevin miller what do you what do you go what do you go get and that's the thing I mean they do need

help on defense well and this is the thing if you draft Matthew Kachuk does he make the team out of camp maybe maybe not but if you are

drafting Matthew Kachuk which I'm not even saying is the wrong decision I think you got to trade Yak for a defender like you can't trade him for

another forward the thing is is that that fourth that fourth that vacant fourth pick is worth more than Yak is right now well yeah

but what I'm saying is it doesn't address their needs at all true what I mean is that it's more important to other teams because teams like the ability to choose once the pick is made it's almost unless it's like top unless it's like Austin Matthews it almost seems like

they're valued less because another team has made the choice but it's almost like before that because all the possibilities are floating around in the ether they'll pay more for it than they will for the prospect afterwards Does that make sense? No, it does.

It does. I'm just thinking, like, what if the Oilers could find a way to go from fourth to eighth, acquire a second in the process, and draft Jacob Chikrin? There's a defender. There's your defender right there. You get an extra pick. Doesn't sound terrible. And Chiarelli seems to think that this draft is deep.

He's like, we got the 32nd pick, which I guess is right behind the Leafs. It sure is. And he said, we expected— The Leafs' honorary third first-round pick. Right. he said we expect to get a good player there too.

So, we'll see. That's that magical spot. I love that. That little spot between 31st and 35th.

It's really, it's the first round. It's the extended first round. Ryan O'Reilly was drafted there. Thomas Yercho was drafted there.

A lot of quality plays. Does Edmondson have that pick? 32nd? Yeah, because, yeah.

Do they have that pick? Because they finished second last, right? So they, I believe what I read, because the draft lottery is only the top of the pile, right? Yeah, so they got to give away either this year's or next year's pick for the Shirelli to Boston. But that's a third. No, it's the second.

It's the second? I'm looking at it right now. They're either giving up this year's or next year's. So they'll probably hold off and give next year's, but they do have three third round picks this year. So you might want to give it up. I want to know which one of those picks, which one of the

there were like less than 10 given out as compensation which one of those picks is going to turn into a superstar you know it's going to

be one it is the Leafs are giving up two picks yep how scared are you well they got a lot of other picks

they got a lot of other choices if they weren't drafting much I'd be like oh but they have their own opportunities

to make good on the picks that they have and Jesse looked it up by the way it was Narok said that about Yak regardless of his own personal performance

with Russia what has killed that team hasn't just been personnel it's been all the infighting and politics

involved with the hockey program was my point leave Yak alone fair with the Oilers you could argue the same thing

no couldn't you there has been politicking and you know what this group isn't I mean there are some significant changes

one of them being Connor McDavid but it isn't that much different than Kevin Lowe and Craig McTavish's team it's not you know

Yes, you've got Cam Talbot, but I don't see what pushes the—unless they are being bold and they are going to make a move that's a splash and it changes the culture and that sort of thing, I don't know what gets them higher than 20th place this year. I'm trying to think of what they really did. And this is going to be the dumbest thing I say this year, so just keep track of this, okay? Nobody will remember. Yeah, no, they don't know.

No, no. I think that I want to say Andre Sequeira. They got. That's a decent add to your back end. For sure. They traded for Patty Maroon. Big rig Maroon. Big rig Maroon.

And that was a decent acquisition for them. Pouliot, I think, was before McTavish was fired. Like, I'm just looking at their team. It's just... You're not seeing it? Dude, they got... Am I seeing this right? They ended the season with 16 forwards.

Jordan Eberle, Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent, Hopkins haven't said a bad player yet. Benoit Pouliot, Laurie Korpikoski is making $2.5 million. Really? Weird. That's Kevin Miller money.

Neil Yakupov, also making $2.5 million. Patty Maroon, $1.5 million. There is a good contract. Matt Hendricks, $1.85 million, 34 years old.

Mark Letestu got $1.8 million somehow. Zach Kassian just got an extension, $1.5 million. That's not bad. Then you got Anton Lander, Connor McDavid at 925. Leon Dreisaitl, Iropaka Rewainen, Luke Gazdik, who is gone.

Adam Cracknell. I don't know. It's just, it's not a deep team. Right. It's not. Their defense is where it dies. An agonizing death. Andre Sequeira, then Nikita Nikitin, who is gone, gone, so far gone this summer.

Mark Fain 3.625 Adam Party Darnell Nurse Jordan I'm not even going to bother learning that name I have no idea

Adam Klendenning Brandon Davidson They got some work to do Marincin's going to look good on that back end They're going to reacquire Marincin Why not Right I mean

I don't know I hope that fourth round pick that they got does them well because he's I didn't get that well no no no I did get that because I think

then they flipped one of their other fourths and they got Eric Greiba I don't know anyway so the thing that I got from this

is yeah it's great that you're saying all those things but there is like the Leafs it's a pretty clear path of what needs to happen for them

to be successful pretty clear a lot of things need to go right for the Leafs because there's a lot they're basing a lot of it on prospects

right a lot of that needs to go right and it's tough prospects are a you know you're shooting a dartboard you don't know you don't know you're you're giving yourself a great opportunity but you just don't know great what opportunity oh okay good um i misheard with the oilers it's like there's it's like it's just complicated right because there's no move that makes you feel good particularly except moving that first pick

this year, but then what do you get? What do you get? I'm trying to think of a real life Like, I don't want an NHL 16 trade We're going to offer it to Phoenix and we're going to get Oliver Ackman-Larsen No I don't think they do that

I don't think they do that You ever have a fart that goes away? Yeah, why? That's the Oilers Wow! Because it's uncomfortable for a bit They're just like Give me some relief

And they can't get it Wow And they've had a Fart trap for six years Damn Or something like that Damn dude Wow

Dude That's what I'm saying Like I And Oilers fans And here's how chill they are They're all right now going I know Yeah

That's the difference Between Them and those pesky Canucks fans That's right Oh sit on your hands Sit on your hands Don't you dare type I wouldn't even call them

Don't you give in Don't let me win I wouldn't even call them cantankerous I would just call them salty They're just a salty group Okanox fans Yeah Yeah yeah

Oh no Oilers fans Oilers fans and Leafs fans Are best friends We all get along Best friends We get it We get it

Now the Bills And their new media policy Which I love I have to say I have to I have to read this out to you I avoided this Because I thought

You would bring it up Did you actually? Yes Amazing Okay so here's Here's what the Here are two excerpts From the new media policy

For the Buffalo Bills Which I think are fantastic So, this is when it comes down to practice. We talk about practice. Not the game. Practice. So, reports, bracket, which also include radio reports, tweets, podcasts, and blogs, close bracket, pertaining to the strategic and tactical information are strictly prohibited.

If you want to be at practice, cannot release any of that information. That includes referencing plays, run, or game strategy, including trick plays or unusual formations. reporting on personnel groupings sub packages players who are practicing with individual units as in first team second team goal line offense nickel defense blah blah blah special plays who is rushing the passer not allowed to report on that not allowed to report on who dropped the passes not allowed to report on who made an interception in practice qb completion percentage in practice only bills personnel are permitted on the grass that's understandable members of the media are encouraged to speak to players during the media availability sessions but are

not permitted to speak with players coaches or staff minute members during practice that doesn't sound too crazy i don't know what going to practice is like steve i don't know do you talk to me i mean football is maybe different than hockey because there's no oh it's way different you show up to marley's practice they're like hey what's up man yeah well it's a little different in the playoffs but regular season it was a whole lot of crickets now you you walk you walk in and the players look at you like, huh? Really?

Oh, yeah. It was weird. A couple times. You want to talk to me? Yeah. Are you here to see me? Wow. Imagine the reward

in their eyes when you say, yes, I am. I am. Wow. This fancy man is here to talk to you. Colin Smith

and Tobias Lindbergh. Here's reporting on injuries. Here's reporting on injuries. All information regarding injuries and injured players will come from the head coach, Rex Ryan,

or team spokesman. He loves that. Yeah, because Rex hates talking. If he's anything like Mike Babcock. Or team spokesman Scott Birchhold, who, by the way, doesn't need to be there because they have Rex Ryan. Media should direct any questions they may have in regards to injuries to one of those two team representatives.

Injuries that occur during practices open to the public can be reported. But only those. Media should not report any injury situation occurring during practice that is not open to the public with detailed speculation to the potential nature, severity of the injury, or level of practice participation. As in, let's say you got a quarterback with a suspected injury. If he is not throwing in practice and it is not open to the public, you are not allowed to report that. Acknowledging an injury occurred is permitted. but anything beyond that general report

would be purely speculative and possibly inaccurate still and televised photographers are not permitted to shoot or film injured players at a closed practice even during the period that is open to media you're not allowed to be a reporter

basically and you also cannot film injured players rehabbing either before or after what Jesse reporter can you spell that qtmw number sign and here's the bet my reporter has fucking report in it you numbskulls who the fuck wrote this how did this how did this get passed hey i have an idea you're not allowed to report on our team fuck you you're the buffalo bills you're lucky every time a fan shows up let alone a reporter the fuck

You are not allowed to report on our team God damn You're the Buffalo Bills The New England Patriots can't even tell me this shit And you're telling me this Fuck you This is the most asinine thing I've heard all day I'm so glad we saved this for now

You are not The guidelines for reporting are you may not report Yeah Like imagine if they had the same rules For like the president Or like anything You are not allowed to ask politicians this because it's called

it's free speech and the thing is it's not free speech it's fucking reporting freedom of the press they'll kick you out of closed practices for the season

if you do it what are you going to put up a tree sign in your little are you going to put up a sign in your tree house for Buffalo Bills no hobos

no reporters the fuck what is that the best part about this is the beat writers for the Buffalo Bills and how they've responded okay so a guy named

Mike Rodak who I haven't heard of but he does beat for Buffalo he says he's at practice a quarterback threw a pass and the football landed in the hands of an offensive player at today's Bills OTA

practice and then he follows that up a Bills quarterback with a jersey number that is the square root of 25 threw a football that missed its intended target the last pass of the day by a quarterback not named Taylor or Jones was intercepted by a player wearing a jersey number with the absolute value

of negative 50 that's what they want it gets even better I got it named Tyler Dune. With a Watkins-Salas Goodwin, with Watkins-Salas Goodwin out, it looks like Jared Boykin and Greg Little are getting more work at wide receiver for the Bills.

Carlos Williams isn't here probably because of the birth of his child back home last week. A wide receiver just dropped a pass at practice. Don't worry, we won't say who. I'm glad. Good for them. For making absolute dicks of

the Bills. I almost called and the Sabres. Like, I don't understand. I don't understand. My question is, are they not? Did he actually?

That's amazing! He scored on a five on three. What's wrong with that? They count. It still counts. It's still a goal. The call was that good. Oh, do you think

all of Steph Curry's threes should be twos? But like, Hey, it's a goal. They got a goal taken back and then they got a bad penalty and now it's 1-0 Pittsburgh. Listen,

I still want Tampa to win. My heart says Tampa. Listen, no, no, no. We're letting the Bills off the hook for stupidity here. Well, that was my question. My next question to that was, okay. No, no.

Interrupting for a Kessel goal is always accepted. That's fair. That is always okay. They're owned by Pagoola Sports and Entertainment, are they not? Yes, and you know what? Holy shit, that little area around, oh my god. Orchard Park? What's the name of the Sabres Arena?

Orchard Park is where the Bisons play, right? Is where the Bills play. Oh, okay. Well, anyway, there's that little area of downtown that doesn't look like Buffalo. Which, by the way, is a good thing. Buffalo People from Buffalo Know

They know Wow Everybody in Chintuaga Just got really mad At you Steven By the way The last time I brought up

The condition of Buffalo I had someone from Buffalo Basically go Fuck you You've been here like Once or twice In the last two years You have no idea

And then someone else Like jumps in And they're like Dude come on He's right You should have been Excuse me sir I have been clubbing there

Many times Oh absolutely With my bodyguard Jeff. That's right. Bodyguard. That's my bodyguard. I just... Now, here's a question.

The thing was, Pagoola Sports and Entertainment owns also what? Sabres. Is this not a Pagoola Sports and Entertainment policy? What will happen with the Sabres? Well, now, here's a question, though. Here's a question. So, let's say a reporter breaks those rules.

Which, by the way, he's not employed by the Bills, so they can fuck themselves with those rules but let's say the reporter breaks those rules then what well then they revoke your media access and then i go to the nfl and say what the fuck is this shit like can't doesn't the nfl have a duty to promote the game well not just promote the game you can't just revoke someone's credentials because they reported because a reporter reported reported on practice sure wouldn't be classic it would not be classy I don't

why have reporters there at all now why not just make the news release only say nice things about my team please only be kind which by the way is the spokesperson's job that's the spokesperson's job that's not the reporter's job everybody is gonna have the same news

the exact same news word for word because they're all getting it from Rex Ryan and that other dick right who doesn't really need to be there who my friend might know and might be a nice guy Now, the other thing about this, this all could be resolved. Because, Steve, I think you hit on a really good point there that I hadn't actually thought about. Okay. What is it that the, you just said it, what is it that the Bills want the reporters to do?

Talk about how nice and fancy their team is. Right. How do you get reporters to do that? Be good. Exactly. Win. If they could fix the suck, maybe they wouldn't have to have that policy in the first place. But they can't do that, Adam.

They're in Buffalo. It's not in their nature Jim Kelly needs to come out of retirement Consider this So they can lose more Super Bowls Consider this, okay No good team worth a shit Comes up with a policy like that

I'll leave it at that And with that We talk about Skate to Great A great organization that takes your used pads And equipment and gives it to people in need Text Daniel to 41010 for a $5, $10, or $20 donation You're not allowed to talk about the people. Takes your equipment and gives it to...

Just say it takes equipment. It doesn't matter that it used to be mine. It takes equipment. Takes equipment, ingests equipment, procures equipment, aggregates equipment to specific parties who may in fact need the equipment. See, that's an assumption of need. Okay, specific parties who have agreed to accept the equipment?

See, now you're talking about the agreement between the parties, the agreement to accept that's a little too, there's too much legalism there, we can't have that. Okay, so is it the message needs to be clearer, or? No, no, you just need to do your job. Who, okay, who make available equipment to other parties? Skate to Great. It's again I just

The human element I need you to take that right out I need you to take that right out So what is Skate to Great You can't talk about any people Go They're fucking awesome Is what they are

Okay Skate to Great dot org Donate One of the hundred donations That is across the country The Buffalo Bills They're fucking awesome Did I get it?

Did I get it? One reporter Just on his last year On the beat He's got one more year before he retires, should just go to practice and his article from practice

and his tweet from practice should always just be, this is great. This is great. There should be a Buffalo this is great guy. This is great reporter and just throughout the season

as they go 5-11 again or whatever it was their record was last year. Adam, they did not go 5-11. They had five wins I didn't say five and eleven what? Five Big Macs And eleven Cokes

Right? See now you're Here's the problem though You're talking about a very Brand specific item And we can't We can't have that Five hamburgers

And a cola Five good times Five good times Let's go with aggregations Of bread and meat Yeah We can't really use that word sandwich Yeah you're right

We get sued by Germany Every time we use it so it's just can't do it do you guys want to check in with the Fresno Grizzlies oh you got a promotion for us

oh love it and also after this let me just say I believe we have a what's up in Liberty Village we might have this Jesse just spit in all the fire today

we might have to go to our favorite neighborhood yeah alright sorry let's find out what's going on at Fresno so their mascot I want to find the name of the mascot

real quick so Parker T. Bear Parker T-Bear is there is there one WHL team does he play for

hold on Parker T-Bear is there like is there like a name that I'm missing in there Parker T-Bear like if you does it mean something

or is there like a character it's supposed to reference or no just Parker T-Bear I assume the T is for Teddy well but Parker the Teddy Bear yeah Park

like baseball park yeah so Parker oh maybe T-Ball too alright okay okay so So, they got him, he went to a class, I guess, a school, he got a...

This is the bear? The bear, the mascot. Parker T. Bear. Parker T. Bear got this, I don't know what to call it, but he got this so that on Thursday, when people come to the ballpark, they can consummate their love. Did he get anointed like he can marry you? Parker T. Bear got ordained. Ordained!

Anointed. I'm not religious can you tell they ordained their mascot by the way that was totally that was not the right way to use consummate

yeah I'm like oh people are just going to just do it on the couch consummate their love they can get married well that that later

Jesse hasn't been to 15 weddings in the last three years but you know you'll know they can consummate their love on Thursday wow

do you know what they're calling this event oh so so that's not even the thing it's the name of the event

they went even further by the way does Parker T. Bear have like a Mr. T. haircut I will show you a picture of Parker T. Bear okay I want him to have

gold chains and an earring I think I think you guys are going to love the photo of Parker T. Bear I think that's the big reveal I pity the fool

who gets married here I don't know so what is it we're looking for a phrase yeah what they're calling something night it's got to be

something night like I'm I'm trying to think of wedding words that are bare. Oh, I was thinking baseball. Oh. Like, altar.

Bride. Take me out to the lifetime. Groom. No. Sanctity. They're also going to have $2 tall cans. Which is important when one gets married. Oh, it's a cash bar?

It's a cash bar. This is the worst wedding ever. Yes, it's cash bar to our American friends, a toonie bar to Canadians? Oh, Adam. No, no, Adam. That was fine. I've never been to a toonie bar.

What the hell are you talking about? For a wedding? Never seen a toonie bar for a wedding? You made that up? No, that's a real thing. No, I have friends that like their friends. You're kidding me?

There's nothing wrong with a toonie bar. That's absolutely wrong. Okay. Said the guy who had the most perfect wedding ever. Now I can sit on my hill and judge everyone else. I mean, I'm glad you just said it.

I'm just glad you said it. He did have a great wedding. Parker T. Bear Priest Minister Baseball Hold on Hold on

Bat Pitcher Mound Dugout Bullpen Bride pen I don't know dude Get past third base

With Parker T. Bear now I'm going with that So They went with the simple My Big Fat Fresno Wedding Oh what the fuck On Thursday night And would you like to see how

I hate how they referenced Parker T-Bear's weight By the way That's not fair I'm assuming Parker T-Bear's fat The officially ordained minister He's a bear Parker T-Bear

Will be dressed like this Just coming out of Hybrid His face is Off center Do you guys notice That his face Fuck off center

It's green It's also He's also a green and yellow bear So he's a radioactive bear From the Ukraine He's also from Chernobyl. The Chernobyl bear.

Chernobyl the bear. Chernobyl bear. They also dressed up their mascot as a priest. Oh, did you notice very subtly

on his, whatever you call the scarf the priest wear? Are you Catholic? Dude, didn't you go to marriage But love,

you know the scarf Okay, all right, well, sorry. We watched a movie and we knew all about marriage after that.

There are bear paws on his scarf garment thing I just want to see how many people get offended

oh I'm sure there will be people who are offended and to them I would say calm down what do you think

the message board in Fresno is like I bet it's a fever pitch there's one more layer to this we should all

Mike.com the hate article oh now are we if we're Mike.com are we offended by the people who are offended by it, or are we offended by the event itself? No, you're just offended

by it. Because you can be both. You can be offended by the tweets that are reaction tweets. Because that is also apparently a story now, too. And people are reacting. They are the Fresno Grizzlies. Grizzlies seen in Fresno as minor league baseball

team offers up Micro-brews and micro-aggressions. Wow. See, now, I think that's too newspaper. That's too good. Because there was a headline and a byline? That's too good. Well, that's too good.

Here's what I would say. Micro-brews. This local baseball team had a terrible in-game promotion. And when you... Or no. Local baseball team... Give me a moment. When I saw what this local baseball team

Had for a promotion My jaw dropped Bingo right there That's how it goes What do they call it Non-secular I'm trying to think of something to do with I can't do it

I can't do it I tap You tap wow I think I had a good one I think I had a good one It wasn't easy I'll retire champ Alright It's always

And my jaw dropped I'm seeing that a lot lately Distractify is like King of doing that By the way Stop clicking on Distractify articles okay Another clickbaity site

Stop it Stop Stop All those All those stories You see on Distractify You know where they were Five fucking days ago

On a real news site Okay Thank you Thank you And two weeks later It'll be on Ellen Yeah True

True Vera also has a bone to pick. Who does? Vera. With us? With Liberty Village balcony cleaners. Oh, no. Okay, hold on.

So, we're checking in. So, did Vera go with balconies? That's first what we need to know. She did not specify which company she booked with, but it was the one that Elena promoted on the Facebook page. Nice going, Elena. Did she tag Elena? She did not tag Liam.

Oh, that would be so... That would be so passive aggressive and awesome. Okay, all right, all right. It would be the perfect message board post. We would have to delete all message boards after that. Yeah. She said, the cleaner texted me at 9.30 saying that they're running 10 to 15 minutes late.

I called them at 10.25 saying they can't, and they said they can't find a parking spot anywhere nearby. I called them again, no answer. It's now 10.50 and I haven't heard back from them. I am frustrated

what a waste of my time can anyone recommend any reliable balcony cleaners you it's a balcony Jesse for people not from here you live in Liberty Village I do

you are a livevigian yes you're not this type of livevigian but you are I can clean my own balcony so okay give people an approximate size of the average balcony in Liberty Village

barring, like 99% of them are about the same size. I think I have a little larger one because it kind of extends around, but I'm 6'4". So my arms are about 6'4". Because that's how your reach works. And I can probably touch most

balconies from end to end. End to end. Not out from the building, end to end. End to end of the entire balcony. That's the size of the average Liberty Village balcony. You know what you could've done in that hour?

Clean your fucking balcony! For free! What the fuck were you doing? What were you doing? Where were you? What were you? Where were you? Where were you?

Now, what are people saying in the comments? Are people saying anything? Oh, yeah. Oh, are they responding? Yeah, um... Oh, balconies. Jackie says...

Fighting back. I used them last week and they were great. Same company? Apparently. She said they were great. Jackie, for sure, is dating someone who works for that company

and is posing as a customer. Jackie's also causing shit. Natalia. Jackie's coming in there like, well, I used them and they were great. Jackie is a shit of a disturber. Jackie, or as we shall refer to her, Skip Bayless.

Oh, yeah! I think that balcony cleaner is shit and frustrating. Oh, yeah! Well, I used them last week. And look at this balcony Fucking clean And spick and span Imagine she

Stephen A. Smith You do not Want to test me Kevin Durant You do not Want to test me You do not Want a part of this

Balconies You don't want None of this Alright Alright You do not Want to make an enemy Out of me

Balconies Natalia Wants to set the record Straight and slow Holy smokes She says Complaining on this forum Is definitely the best way

To get a hold of them Oh Shots fired Natalia Jackie and Natalia Just literally It's like Literally they came out

It's like the Hardy Boys From what is it No it was the Hardy Boys From WWE Who are the brothers The Dudley The Dudley Brothers

The Hardy Boys That's a That's a children's novel Did they Who was the original person Vera They put Vera through a table Yes

Out of nowhere In 3D Vera was talking, and then they came up behind her, snuck in, and wham! Who is it, Elena and Natalia? 3D! Boom! Right through that table. I think Vera might have the last laugh.

Oh! She replied to her own... She spit on that hot... Alright, alright. She replied. She said, it took them about 30 minutes to clean my balcony, since I didn't have any furniture. They did a great job. So I guess they came eventually, and they cleaned it.

Took only 30 minutes, because she has no furniture. which again brings us back to the first point which Jesse and Steve so eloquently put together Jesse again once again who

who would be your question was who would be a great great alternative right it really wasn't yours it was hers but if there's an hour

in between your balcony cleaning not coming who could clean your balcony to which Steve said you I heard an echo in a soundproof room I didn't know

I was that loud you got a strong voice my friend oh I scare people at the dog park, by the way. Really? My voice just carries.

By the way, one day we are going to talk about the dog park page. Because I believe Jesse's a member of that, too. Well, holy shit, Adam. You don't know the kerfuffle

that has been caused. Oh, was there a kerfuffle? Oh, my goodness. Did you know that the bylaw officers were there today? Oh, today? Oh, today.

I saw them. And if I didn't see them, thank goodness the Facebook page reported it. It's my favorite. And then it's, you know, why, Stephen?

It's because people have had their damp dogs off their leash. In the non-off-leash areas. You know what though? It should be an all-off-leash dog park. Because my dogs train and all your dogs are a problem. So what if your damn

kid gets run over by a linebacker 180 pound pit bull that you refuse to get neutered? So what? Not my fucking problem that little Jake and... Little Jake and Smallwood. Little Jake and Smallwood got run over.

Sorry, this is in Ontario. It's not in Alberta It's always Alberta Yeah Speaking of which I made Jesse laugh very hard Did you? Which is not an easy task

He's a connoisseur of good jokes Well don't worry We'll get back to Liberty Village Okay When did you make me laugh? On Facebook a couple days ago Did he chortle? Did he chortle on Facebook?

He said he can't stop laughing So I'm gonna assume he typed Just expressionless Okay I don't remember this It's so funny when you find something funny on Facebook And you don't even react in real life

but you're like that is hilarious oh my god that is so funny yeah fireworks going off in your brain you don't even react

so which player did I bring to your attention last show you bring to our attention yes

Jake and Smallwood Jake and Smallwood oh because it's basically Jack and Smallwood now

I brought that up as the piece de resistance because you can't you can't possibly top that but internets so but internets so someone was tweeting about different like european transactions hockey players going to and fro i don't actually know where this player went but i saw him come across my timeline and i knew it was an instant classic

and i sent it to jesse with just the caption fucking alberta man Okay Listen, I know it's WHL name So we make it seem like it's all A western Canadian thing It's mostly Alberta There was a player Played for the Saskatoon Blades

Vancouver Giants Born in Lethbridge, Alberta Fifth round pick in 2005 Of the Boston Bruins By the way, there's two Lethbridges It's on the border There's a Lethbridge-Saskatchewan, I believe, too Goddammit, Canada

There aren't that many places here No, no, no, it's one city line goes through it oh what yeah I'm going to check that one city exists in two different provinces I think you made that up

well and Adam you are not going to want to miss this player's name though his first name is Wacey what W-A-C-E-Y

Wacey now Wacey Smith well that's nice at least he got one Wasey Wild That would kinda be cool That'd be cool

Wasey Blake That works Maybe even Wasey Dangle Meh Meh I don't know What this guy's parents Were thinking

Because his last name Is Rabbit Shut the hell up Wasey Rabbit I forgot about that I was way wrong about Lethbridge by the way

there's another city I need to get that before the Alberta fans go nuts that's just as funny it's Lethbridge there's a line that goes what's

sorry Wyoming it's Wyoming it's been a while there's another city there Wasey Wasey Rabbit Wabbit which is how

I'm sure everyone comes across pronounced it's not it's not a name that is meant to set the child up for success

it's a conversation piece at a dinner table it's what it is what it is fools sorry to everybody from Lethbridge by the way Adam

I just wanted to get that out there I'm like I know I'm wrong as soon as I said I'm like fuck I know I'm wrong

what at Liberty Village Megan and Livvidge alright Megan has a random question but does anybody

know how to tell if feta cheese is made from sheep or sheep slash goat or cow's milk yeah fucking you get

you get vinegar you get some plutonium you put in a petri dish and if it If it pops up in the air, you know, it's that it's lamb's milk or what the fuck are you talking about? She wants to know if the feta cheese she bought at our local Metro in Libvidge, the one, the one Metro we have is from sheep or goat or cow.

So here's what I would do. She doesn't know. I would Google the product name. That's what I would do. That's not like if I had a question like that, which is, I guess, a valid question. let's say you got somebody coming over with an allergy or who's lactose intolerant or both or whatever, fine.

That's not the place I'm going. That's not where your fountain of knowledge is. But somebody must have an experiment to know how to do it. Yeah, fucking Dexter is gonna put this shit in a lab. Oh my god, I got an idea. Ask someone at the store

where you bought it! Where it was packaged and sold to you, madam! What are you doing? It's cheese They're not gonna tell you I don't fucking know They gotta tell you They're selling the shit

Although Who are all these people? To be fair I'd be like I don't fucking know But If you worked at Metro You'd probably know

Would you? There's a lot I didn't know Working at Shoppers Drug Mart And I was there a while Yeah Dude When I worked at the zoo There was all kinds of shit

I didn't know And what I said was I don't know Let me see if I can find Someone who does See They're not gonna say Does it not say on the package?

Yeah Like what is it saying? I assume not I assume the package Would have been the first place Don't assume Do not assume Do not assume my friend

You know You know We Dealing with People You know Unless the brand you're buying Is called good fucking luck

They will probably list Now Jesse Is that Just so I know Did she post a picture Of the No, no, that was it. So she didn't even tell us what brand of feta cheese it was.

Now I'm going to assume feta cheese comes from a cow. Just going to assume. No, it's a way cheese is made. Yeah. It's a crumbly deliciousness you put on it. Although I'm sure you can get goat's feta. I'm not saying that you could. Well, okay.

She's got her friends. How the hell do I know? I don't work at Metro. Wow, dude. She needs the goat. Do we have another? We have a final. Before you get to that, the city I'm thinking of in Alberta,

and excuse me, it's Lloyd Minister. Lloyd Minster Shoutouts to Lloyd Minster Lloyd Minster I know how it's spelled But they don't care Lloyd Minster Lloyd

Lloyd They just call it Lloyd too Why don't I know that? I'm such an idiot Am I the only one Who gets pissed off That there's a fort Saskatchewan, Alberta?

No I think Well no I think you are There's no fort Quebec, Ontario True I think people got over it

There might be I think people got over it Yeah By the way Sorry I know Because people are just Dying to know

They're dying to know Wasey Rabbit Signed with Oh sorry HC Novezamki Nice That's Slovakia's Tier 2 league

So now you know where Boston Bruins Fifth rounder Wasey Rabbit went When he gets drunk Is he a waste case? I'm sorry Was his hockey nickname

Thumper? It had to be Had to be Did he Waste of the finish? Went into waste of the puck You watch your waistline. Parents, man.

Christine has a simple question. Oh, God. I can't wait to hear how complicated this is. Her post is one sentence. All she wants to know, does anyone know of a good cat sitter in the area who would be willing to do home visits? Oh, I think we know.

I think we fucking know. What's her face with... With muggies Hey I know someone who sits at home and does nothing all day What was her name Erin or something Was it Vera with the two cats One of them squeaks and one of them's got a mustache

I don't remember that No no I was talking about Vera who sat at home Scowling about the balconies people For two hours She could have spent that time watching cats Yeah that person who asked for the cat Photos of anybody In LiveVidget that guy could definitely know

I'd like to put together a LiveVidget cat compilation. Which, by the way, that guy did not get enough hate from us. We made fun of that girl, who's a sweet person and loves her freaking animals, who's doing a Liberty Village cat comp. Right? Because there's going to be a wide market for that. You might get two, maybe three views. Total.

Like, what the hell? And, by the way, Vera. Vera, let's talk to you. Oh, yeah. I'm going back to Vera for a second. Listen here, asshole. Vera. Vera, they couldn't find a parking spot.

Okay, Vera? Couldn't find a damn parking spot. So what's Vera do? She complains on the page. And then two other people go, I've had a great experience with that, Vera. And then she backs that up with, so did I later on.

Why not just take the post down, ripping the company and giving them a bad name? and go oops you know what I was wrong here's the situation or just delete it

poof it wasn't even there how many people are on this planet 7 billion 7 billion something like that how many people

out of those 7 billion are having a bad day in front of a screen of some sort millions of them and some of them might be

watching your shit or whatever yeah like all the people from Alberta that are tweeting me about Lloyd right now. Right now. It's happening right now. Oh my God, we just need an Albertan Canucks fan.

Oh! That's what we need. Then what will they do? Then what will they do? I don't know if they exist. Oh, they exist. See, now they got to respond. And say that they exist.

They have to respond politely, though. You have to respond. Simply say, I am a Canucks fan from Alberta, and that is the last thing you send us forever. You're done. Otherwise, you fit your brand. let's just put it that way I don't even remember

what we were talking about Vera and we were talking about like if why are you giving the company a bad name if you then had a good experience with them

like take it down there's just people just having a bad day and they're doing it in front of a screen you ever just stare at the screen while you're in a bad mood and you're like

I need to say something I need to get this bad mood out somehow you know what I'm embarrassed to say that I have I'm embarrassed to say that there have been comments

that are so ignorant so ignorant on certain things that I've seen. Yeah, Steve, I found your Josh Donaldson video not that good. Like those, right? Yeah. And I go, why are you always

talking about the maple laughs anyway? No. But I find comments so offensive sometimes that I'm like, actually, I want to oh yeah them. I want to oh yeah! And then, fact, fact, fact, fact, fact. Or, and this is what I remind myself

when I see it. Or, I cannot engage with idiots and go make a sandwich. Sandwiches always win. Or log off the page and go, wait, wait, just relax, relax. The only time I'll actually respond to idiots, and we do get them,

and I would say this openly on the air, and we've talked about it on the air, is on the Kiss page. If you're being openly racist and openly like an idiot, I will leave your comment up there and embarrass you, and then what'll happen is

that it'll get promoted to the top, and all my comment gets all the likes, and you look like an idiot and where you work looks like an idiot. Because that's just a different version of retweeting

something you hate. That's true. Look at this idiot! Mm-hmm. Which, oh, it feels good, man, sometimes. I was passive-aggressive

about it on Twitter, but that Crosby article I was talking about, calling out his leadership, oh, could you not click the retweet button fast enough or quote tweet

because you have to get in your insightful thought on how obviously stupid that is. Stop promoting shit you don't like! Stop it! Oh but I screen capped it So they don't click

They don't get a click They're googling it You're still infecting me With that stupid disease Their disease of idiocy It's like the guy From Montreal Who said

The NHL may have Rigged the draft Lottery this year That's all I'm gonna Leave you with That's a guy There's a guy How does that guy

Still have a job Well because every Couple months He has an article That gets 150,000 hits Because you Go check this shit out And you know what

And you know what His boss says good job yeah they don't give a shit what he says no clicks

ad revenue money because you know who's sensitive a lot of Maple Leaf fans huh yeah a little bit sensitive

you can't call my team the last fuck you imagine someone whose first team is the Canucks and second team is the Leafs

and they're from Alberta what an interesting life oof conflicted what had to happen for that to happen I wonder if that's a thing the Leafs

the Canucks but they can't tweet us they can't well they can they can say that they are although if you say you're a Canucks fan from Alberta

you are putting your life in danger I think all they can do is tweet us I'm that period if it exists I'd be shocked

I'd be blown away blown away if that exists we just talked about a lot of things yeah we did alright let's hit up the press conference shall we

the Presser S D P the Steve Dangle press conference I like when Jesse sits there quiet

sometimes and just looks at us because I'm like I don't know if he thinks we're smart or stupid right now. It's because Jesse would like to go to bed before the date changes

and whenever we go on like this. We need our theme song. That's what's up in live bitch. Oh! Did we forget that? Alright.

There we go. Sorry. Someone please isolate that and tweet it at us. Put a dubstep remix too. Does anybody good DJ? That would be sick. If we could get the guys that did the Damn Daniel remix to do it.

They wouldn't, because they probably wouldn't get paid, but amazing. Let's do it. I know you have time to kill. You're listening to us. Do it. Jesse, go. Hey, Steve. Are you going to the NHL draft?

Yes. There you go. I'm going. Well, I haven't got my credentials figured out yet. If I don't get them, screw it. I'm buying a ticket. I mean, you didn't have your credentials figured out for the Marlies game either, right? No, how many emails will they have to send in order to get me into the draft?

No calls made. Oh, my goodness. And imagine cross-border calls. I will be at day one, and then it's going to pain me, but I've got to leave. Like that night, because my buddy's wedding is the next day. I'm lucky that I'm even going to day one. But if you are going, just enjoy it. Did I describe it last episode?

It's the last day of school. I think Down Goes Brown was the guy who originated that. It's so fun. It's so fun. and everyone's just there to have a good time. I'm going to try to go next year. Enjoy it. I want to go next year.

And there's fans from... It's really neat being at an event. Everyone should experience this once, whether it's the All-Star game or the draft. The draft more so than the All-Star game, but you've got to go to an event where every NHL team is represented. Fans of every NHL team will be there,

and it's a neat little experience. No joke to be made. It's just fun. What's up? Just curious. Uh-oh. this is where this is where

hold on anybody that says Just Curious it's about to be a freaking like here's the thing it'll be a question but it'll also be

a smack in the face Just Curious is just behind I love the show but what do you truly think of Joe Pavelski oh I think he tweeted me

about this you were a little indifferent towards him I didn't when he was included as part of the fan cover vote yeah so I didn't say he was bad

I just didn't see him to me NHL cover vote Is a marketable superstar And there's nothing Against Joe Pavelski I would say he is one Yeah

He's an American Yeah Which matters Absolutely matters He's a huge part Of Team USA Every time they Play internationally

He almost got The golden goal Yeah He really did Everyone forgets that Joe Pavelski Is a great hockey player I did not say he wasn't

And I definitely Got some stats Tweeted my direction To the effects And I read them all And I saw them And you're right He's great

I guess I just felt like and I don't remember the conversation specifically to be honest with you but I remember we were talking about it and I think that there are bigger stars he's not as big of a name as he's not a top is he a top 20 name in the league

like in terms of just being recognizable yeah it's not not in his play and maybe that's the Sharks fault maybe the Sharks need to do a better job of marketing this guy Maybe Team USA needs to do a better job of marketing this guy. Man, they put all their eggs in a different basket, that's for sure. Just saying.

I don't know why it was that one. If the Lightning win the Stanley Cup this year, does it increase or decrease the chance that Stammer becomes a Toronto Maple Leaf? Well, increase, I would say, because it completely decreases the possibility or I would say the likelihood of him staying with the Lightning. Holy shit, we won a cup without him. Yeah, I don't see... Bah!

I mean, yeah, they're going to get nothing for him, and that sucks. But if I am Steve Iserman, I'm looking at a team that is one win away, and right now they're down 2-0 as of the recording of this podcast. But they're one win away from the Stanley Cup Finals. No matter how you look at your season, even though they made it to the Finals last year, that's a success. That's still a success.

You have still taken a step forward because you got there without Stephen Stamkos. and you want to take that money and shovel it Victor Hedman's way next year. And I think that's the key is that now they have a team that's going to be good with him and a team that could be good without him

or will be good with, is good without him. Huh. Something just occurred to me. Here's the greatness of Steve Heiserman. Like just as a hockey person. And yes, I just used that term. I'm sorry.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but just off the top of my head, the only teams to make it to the Stanley Cup Final in back-to-back seasons over the last 20 years were the Penguins when they did it in 08 and in 09, the Red Wings when they did it in 08 and 09, and I don't remember what Eisenman's role with those teams were, but I think he was in some level of management, and when the Red Wings went in 97 and 98, back-to-back cups. Or was it back-to-back

Yeah, it was back-to-back Or was it 96-97 No, Colorado was 90 Either way, sometime in the Mid to late 90s You left out No, it was 95-96 with the Avalanche 96-97

Was Detroit, 97-98 Was Detroit You left out 2018-2019 Toronto Maple Leafs Yes, that is true, but that's not within the last 20 years That's within the next 20 years When they make like Five consecutive finals

Lose them all But I didn't say that What? What? What? But What are the odds of that happening?

He was a player for one I think he was management With Detroit For the Late 2000 What do you even call that? The late 2000

The late 2000 The first decade of the 2000s The late zeros The late what? The late aughts Yeah Sure Look it up

Okay And now with the lightning that's pretty incredible man yep and he's got Jonathan Drouin back on side and apparently

here's a fun fact according to Elliot Friedman they the agent is it J.P. Berry that is his agent nope it's not

um not J.P. Berry Alan Walsh Alan Walsh so apparently after the second round ended Alan Walsh and Steve Eisenman

gave each other like a hug oh well it's just it's a it's a business and if anyone gets that That's Steve Heiserman. I just think, damn, dude.

You might have Jonathan Drouin sticking around. Who doesn't want out of town now. That's pretty cool. And I don't know. Well, he'd be an idiot if he still wanted out of town. I just think it would be... I don't think it makes sense for Tampa Bay to re-sign Stamkos. Other than the fact that it makes them freaking fantastic.

But that's just a lot of money in a guy. They're already fantastic. They're already fantastic. And they're getting better. That's the thing. The thing is that the guys on their team are younger than Stamkos, who are really good. That's an incredibly well-run organization. Incredibly well-run.

Beautiful. It's unreal. It is. It really is. And they had a speed wobble. They had a speed wobble. But you're talking about taking out the Sidney Crosby, Evgeny Malkin,

Phil Kessel, Chris Letang, Marc-Andre Fleury, Matt Murray, Pittsburgh Penguins. Tom Kuhn-Hockel. I didn't make that up. He's on the team. He's German, I think.

The formerly Rob Scuderi, Pittsburgh Penguins. Former Rob Scuderi. Anyway, I just think that's pretty incredible. And why would you shovel that money when you need Victor Hedman? To me, you need Victor Hedman more than you need Stephen Stamkos. Even big Stamkos fans got to at least think about that. You really got to think about that. Victor Hedman's one of the best defensemen in the game.

Stamkos is one of the best goal scorers. And you could be like, oh, we could draft and trade and blah, blah, blah. Yeah, that's another six years before you get another guy that's that good. Sign him now. Sign him now. I'll bring this up. Will you? I'll bring this up.

People were talking about the potential of the Rangers dealing Rick Nash. And they are, we've talked about it, they are just coming in on that closing window. It's not closed, but it's closing. What are they going to get? If they manage to deal Rick Nash, could free up a lot of space for Stephen Stamkos. Could

Why would he sign there? It's New York And also money If they have the money Go to where the money is Don't be Cody Franzen about this Go to the money I guess

If he wants to win Like you've said he does New York's not the place to go I think we also think It's a foregone conclusion He's going to sign seven years What if he doesn't? Why wouldn't he?

Maybe he thinks I got a nice two-year window to sign with the Rangers. Why? No, no, no. I got a nice two-year window to sign with the Rangers, and I'm Stephen freaking Stamkos. In two years, I can sign a long deal. So tell me again why it's crazy that the Leafs would sign Stamkos and why it's crazy that he might want to come here,

but the Rangers are a viable option. The Rangers made the playoffs this year. The Rangers were like the third seed in the East, I think. I get that. But you know that the Henrik Lundqvist era is almost over. Yeah, that's why you signed like two years. All right. I don't know.

Listen, I don't think Stamkos to the Leafs is preposterous. Wait. Preposterous? Sorry, did that hurt your ears? Through your head bones? Kessel looks dejected on the bench. And Penguins is still up 2-0. I think that's just his look, man.

I think it is, too. I think it is, too. um anyway no but half a decade it's bad body language adam he's uncoachable he's uncoachable and you know what's amazing you can give reporters the ability to report anything or you can take all the ability away they'll still report the same shit sometimes yep pretty much now look at phil look at phil with his head down ah we've run out of steam we will be back thursday i haven't run out of steam well we we gotta run in this team we gotta wrap it up so our friend jesse can get some sleep here, okay? I'm good.

We should just keep going. No, and I also, listen, selfishly, I need to go home. I'm exhausted. There we go. 4.30 in the morning, I woke up, okay? Don't blame it on me. But thank you for listening. Okay, Mr. I Have a Job. We'll be back on Thursday. Thank you so much for listening. Let's go Bolts. There, I said it. Let's go

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