Anze Kopitar Calls It A Career

Summary

Empty Netters Podcast – "Anze Kopitar Calls It a Career"

Date: April 28, 2026
Hosts: Dan, Chris Powers, Evan
Notable Theme: High-energy, irreverent, classic locker-room banter and deep hockey analysis on the 2026 NHL Playoffs, with a heartfelt tribute to Anze Kopitar’s career.

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Episode Overview

This episode of the Empty Netters Podcast is a wild, unfiltered live recap of a jam-packed weekend of playoff hockey. Opening with the King's elimination and Anze Kopitar's retirement, the hosts launch into spirited, wide-ranging discussions of every major playoff series, player performances, and plenty of off-kilter personal anecdotes. A big focus is on shifting dynasties—Buffalo's dominance, the Avs' power, and the Ducks' shock run—complemented by debates on goalie controversies and playoff culture. It wraps with a heartfelt salute to Anze Kopitar, lauding both his on-ice legacy and off-ice character.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

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1. Opening Chaos, Hungover Vibes & Live Format

• The episode kicks off with classic Empty Netters energy: Chris is visibly hungover after a night out at a Kings game, and the crew riff on aging, beer league antics, and interventions.
  • (02:01) "I don't deserve it." – Chris on refusing water due to his hangover.
  • (03:09) "It's at an impound lot. And Dirty Mike and the boys are having a fucking orgy in the backseat." – Dan, setting the tone with humor.

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2. Playoff Series Breakdowns

a. Buffalo Sabres vs. Boston Bruins

• Sabres dominate, "piss pump" the Bruins, Swayman yanked, Bruins defense woes.
  • (04:02) Chris: "The Sabres absolutely piss pumped the Bruins. Sway gets yanked. They score four goals in 20 minutes."
  • Swayman's fiery attitude praised; McAvoy's blunt locker room honesty quoted:
    • (04:43) Dan: "If we're not embarrassed after that performance, I don't know what the fuck to tell you."
  • Sabres' remarkable turnaround highlighted: best NHL record since December 9.
  • Discussion on poor Bruins defense, repeated turnovers, and playoff inexperience.
  • Swayman's elite play not matched by defensive support.
    • (06:40) Chris: "In the last 16 playoff games for Sway, he has a .924 save percentage, and the Bruins are 7 and 9. That is a joke."
  • Emphasis that Buffalo is no longer the league’s punchline.
    • (20:06) Dan: "They're a great team. Goalie play was always the question, and [rookie goalie] Alex Lyon has answered the bell."
  • Sabres’ "loser" trash talk after shootouts called “savage.” Suggestions they lean hard into this mentality in future games.

b. Colorado Avalanche vs. LA Kings

• Avs’ sweep dissected, with detailed praise for Cale Makar and Nathan MacKinnon.
  • (25:05) Dan: "Did anyone on this planet see how good Cale Makar was last night?"
  • (27:52) Dan: "He is a silent assassin...there’s a legit argument he’s the best player in the NHL."
  • Recognition of Avalanche’s depth, their “china shop bull” power, and top penalty kill.
  • Discussion on goalie Scott Wedgwood as an under-appreciated asset.
  • Kings' early exits reframed—they keep running into eventual conference champs.
  • Tribute to Anze Kopitar’s emotional final game:
    • (38:31) Dan: "At the end… they put him out and they were like, just stay out [for a final shift]."

c. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Montreal Canadiens

• Series ultra-competitive: upsets, tight games, and online fan toxicity.
  • Montreal fans’ online negativity called out, followed by appreciation for Bell Centre’s elite energy:
    • (44:05) Dan: "If you're the Canadiens, you have the best arena in the league."
  • Praise for Kirby Dach battling back from social media hate to scoring and receiving crowd chants.
  • Lane Hudson’s insane OT winner analyzed, with vivid commentary on shooting lanes and risk.
  • Tampa’s aging core and narrative of possible decline weighed against their comebacks.
  • (51:03) Evan: "Did you ever see Indiana Jones when he shoots through four Nazis? That’s what happened!"

d. Anaheim Ducks vs. Edmonton Oilers

• The “beer league” series: track meet games, tons of goals, and goalie chaos.
  • Ducks unexpectedly up 3–1, Oilers look gassed:
    • (58:44) Chris: "Holy hell, dude, I am blown away that the Ducks have a 3–1 lead on the Oilers."
  • OT goal controversy dissected with geometry:
    • (61:32) Dan: "If you don’t think this puck went over the line… sports are not for you and life is not for you."
  • Jari’s tough-luck goal summed up:
    • (66:43) Evan: "There’s nothing more fitting for me as a jaded Jari fan to see the puck literally take a Karam out of his butt."

e. Utah Mammoth (expansion) vs. Vegas Golden Knights

• Vegas’ goaltending woes and expansion Mammoth’s shock home win at Delta Center.
  • (70:48) Dan: “[Utah] have never lost a playoff game at Delta Center.”
  • Mammmoth's youthful hunger compared to seasoned but tired Vegas core.
  • Jack Eichel vs. Mitch Marner dynamic discussed—do they need to get selfish?

f. Carolina Hurricanes vs. Ottawa Senators

• Hurricanes’ sweep, Sens’ failings, and discipline issues.
  • Ridley Greig’s “most ass” punch mercilessly roasted:
    • (85:01) Dan: "That was the most ass I've ever seen in a hockey game."
    • (87:13) Dan: “I think he should be suspended into next season.”
  • Canes’ goaltending and composure praised.

g. Dallas Stars vs. Minnesota Wild

• Utter chaos: OT games, goalie duels, see-saw momentum, tip-ins, and intense shot volume.
  • (92:16) Dan: "This series is pure crack cocaine, straight up the urethra."
  • (93:54) Chris: "No sleep 'til fucking Brooklyn."
  • Calls series “hockey pornography.”

h. Pittsburgh Penguins’ Elimination Battle

• Penguins stave off elimination, Yinzer pride, and fan suffering.
  • (96:04) Dan: "Do you want to do a nice Yinzer accent?"
  • (98:53) Evan: "Nobody thought we were going to make the playoffs. …Just happy to get in the dance."

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3. Podcast’s Signature Banter

• Constant detours into pop culture, personal stories, and ongoing inside jokes (e.g., shitting and eating, Ms. Cleo, hardcore porn).
  • (41:54–46:13) "Ms. Cleo" as a metaphor for hockey predictions and blind fan bravado.
  • (78:39) Dan: "If you find yourself sitting on a toilet and shitting and you take a bite of food, call me. …We'll get you the help you need."
  • Running gags: who on the crew has eaten while shitting, beer league stories, Chris’ struggle.

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4. Anze Kopitar: A Career Saluted

[Timestamps: 102:51–103:54]

• Deep respect and emotional sendoff for Kopitar:
  • (102:56) Dan: "Shout out to Anze Kopitar, the greatest King of all time."
  • (103:33) Dan: "You will not find a better human being… and just be that remarkable of a man… What a career. You're the best. We love you, buddy."
  • Promise of a special Kopitar episode/interview to come.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

Hockey Analysis:

• Chris Powers (06:40): "In the last 16 playoff games for Sway, he has a .924 save percentage, and the Bruins are 7 and 9. That is a joke."
• Dan (27:52): "He is a silent assassin in that, like, how many times have I said on this show, I think there’s a legitimate argument that he is the best player in the NHL."
• Dan (92:16): "This series is pure crack cocaine, straight up the urethra. It's unbelievable."
• Chris Powers (03:09): "It's at an impound lot. And Dirty Mike and the boys are having a fucking orgy in the backseat."
• Evan (66:43): "There’s nothing more fitting for me as a jaded Jari fan to see the puck literally take a Karam out of his butt."

On Culture & Fandom:

• Dan (44:05): "If you’re the Canadiens, you have the best arena in the league. ...You’ve won. It’s like winning the Cup and then going, fuck you, dude, to the other team. Like, you won."
• Chris Powers (46:13): "People attacking this kid [Dach] online… Like, literally just attacking this poor kid who's had a fucking crazy journey."

Off-Topic Banter:

• Dan (78:39): "If you ever find yourself sitting on a toilet and shitting and you take a bite of food, call me."
• Dan (102:56): "Shout out to Anze Kopitar, the greatest King of all time. ...What a career. You’re the best. We love you, buddy."

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Timestamps – Important Segments

• 00:01–04:02: Opening live chaos, beer league banter, and podcast introductions.
• 04:02–07:20: Bruins-Sabres postseason analysis, goalkeeper focus, Boston turnovers.
• 13:15–18:22: Sabres' playoff readiness & Buffalo's transformation discussed.
• 25:05–34:44: Avalanche sweep, Makar's brilliance, Kings’ fate, time-off debate.
• 35:15–45:12: Tampa-Montreal series, fan culture & arena energy.
• 50:32–52:34: OT goals, fan toxicity, Kirby Dach’s arc, Lane Hudson’s snipe.
• 58:44–66:07: Ducks-Oilers “beer league” playoff, wild OT controversy.
• 70:12–75:16: Utah Mammoth's rise, Vegas' struggles, Marner-Eichel dynamic.
• 80:13–88:05: Canes sweep Sens, Greg's cheap shot, fan etiquette after sweeps.
• 91:12–94:41: Dallas-Minnesota: epic goalie duel, "hockey pornography" analogies.
• 96:01–99:49: Penguins stave off elimination, Yinzer accent, Sid/Lettang goals.
• 102:51–103:54: Tribute to Anze Kopitar and tease of upcoming content.

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Final Notes

• The episode is signature Empty Netters: packed with unfiltered humor, deep hockey insight, genuine emotional moments, and raucous brotherly camaraderie.
• Listeners new to the pod will get a high dose of both hockey nerdery and the kind of off-ice stories that make the sport (and its culture) so beloved.
• The tribute to Anze Kopitar is heartfelt and worth revisiting by any hockey fan.
• For more playoff takes, fan culture analysis, and behind-the-scenes stories, tune in to the next live episode—and watch out for the upcoming Kopitar special.

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Next Live Show:
Tuesday, 9am Pacific
Upcoming Segment: Anze Kopitar Interview Special

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Transcript

[Dan]

I don't even know what to say. Live. We're live. Welcome to the Empty Nutters podcast live show. Oh, God. Welcome to the Empty Netters live show. Monday morning, the 27th, recapping the whole weekend, including Friday, of everything that happened in the games and what happened to Friday, folks, you've seen it before. You'll see it again. We've got a hungover Chris Powers,

[Chris Powers]

as always.

[Dan]

God, dude, you are an absolute pathetic piece of.

[Chris Powers]

I. This is irresponsible.

[Dan]

I told you. What did I tell you?

[Chris Powers]

I told you. No, I told you.

[Dan]

I. There are so many things that I will not accept from you. And you trying to act at all, like you had even an ounce of responsibility last night is not something I will accept.

[Chris Powers]

What do you mean?

[Dan]

What do you mean? You were at the Kings game going, I'm going to Blackout tonight. You said that. You're almost 40. Are you almost 40? Zach. Evan, when this guy turns 40, we're not gonna have a birthday party for him. We're going to take him to Betty Ford. Yeah, we're going to have an intervention.

[Chris Powers]

But it's all my. Great. It's all my friends, though. Everyone's there, right? Yeah.

[Evan]

We're gonna have a couple drinks.

[Dan]

They're all gonna be there, dude. We're gonna drink there, everyone. Because we're gonna have to wean you off.

[Chris Powers]

Well, that's. What. Isn't that right? Like, isn't. At the interventions. You always. They let them do, like, one more. No. Yeah.

[Dan]

What are you talking about?

[Chris Powers]

I think that's right. I think you go. There you go. Is the last one.

[Dan]

I love that you think that. I love that. That in your mind, that's what happens.

[Chris Powers]

That is what happens.

[Dan]

No. Where do you want to start, Chris? Um, we're going to go on your pace today. There are people in the live show right now in the chat, waiting to talk about hockey.

[Chris Powers]

Sabers. Let's start Sabers. Okay, let's start. Sabers.

[Dan]

Someone says the fact that you chose what time to do the live is so funny.

[Chris Powers]

Like, this is up to us. No, it isn't. That's.

[Dan]

Yeah, that's.

[Chris Powers]

Hey, it's not up to me.

[Dan]

CW. That's what you think.

[Chris Powers]

Do you. Do you think that I would fucking be here here if it was up to me? Oh, my God, I would be dead. My car is at Vons for Probably so good.

[Dan]

It's insane how good.

[Evan]

Don't tell the V people. Your car is.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah, yeah.

[Dan]

True.

[Chris Powers]

Literally, like, we can't let Vons know

[Dan]

That Chris's car is. They're gonna tow it now.

[Chris Powers]

Like, my car was advanced. It's not. It isn't at Vons. It was at Vons. It is now. It is now at an impound lot.

[Dan]

It's at an impound lot. And Dirty Mike and the boys are having a fucking orgy in the backseat.

[Chris Powers]

That's what's happening. Thanks for the f. Shack.

[Dan]

Yeah, there's a rat. There's a. There's raccoon semen in there. There's a lot going on in your car.

[Evan]

They call that a soup kitchen.

[Dan]

Yeah, they call that a soup kitchen. Thanks for the f. Shack. Signed Dirty Mike and the boys. That's what's going on in your car. Buffalo Sabers, Boston Bruins. That's where we're starting, folks.

[Chris Powers]

The Sabers. Absolutely.

[Dan]

We're gonna actually talk. Has anyone given him water?

[Chris Powers]

No, I have not.

[Evan]

You want me to get you water?

[Dan]

No, Evan, no.

[Chris Powers]

No, no, no, no, no, no. I don't deserve it.

[Dan]

Agree.

[Chris Powers]

I don't deserve it.

[Evan]

Yeah, but you might die.

[Dan]

He might. He might.

[Chris Powers]

The Sabres absolutely piss pumped the Bruins. Sway gets yanked. They score four goals in 20 minutes. And, oh, I actually had a cool stat about this. So conceptually, Dan, this is what's frustrating. Swayman gets yanked and gives it to the boys on the bench.

[Dan]

I've never liked. I've never liked anything more than the way Sway yelled at the bench. Actually, I take that back. The only thing I liked more was Charlie McAvoy's answer in the locker room.

[Chris Powers]

I. What are you saying, Macavoy?

[Dan]

I think with what happened has happened. What happened? What happened?

[Chris Powers]

Nothing. Nothing.

[Dan]

I think with what has happened to macavoy's mouth this year, he has just made a decision to be like, I don't give a anymore. And I'm going to just say whatever's on my mind. He said something like, if we're not embarrassed after that performance, I don't know what the to tell you. She is so real and, like, just so honest and open with the media now. It's awesome. But yeah, man, that was a.

[Chris Powers]

Listen, there's two things.

[Dan]

The Buffalo Sabers are an absolute wagon. The way they turned it on the second half of the year, that's unbelievable stuff from Dr. Watkins down here.

[Evan]

You're going to spill it.

[Chris Powers]

Where'd you even find that?

[Dan]

Look at that, dude. The Penguins win, and all of a sudden. Dr. Watkins.

[Evan]

I've been looking. Say, I'm. I'm embracing the piss because I found out that they can't change their jersey in the F. They can't.

[Dan]

They made a choice.

[Evan]

Dude, you made the choice. And you know, have you ever been with a woman likes to be peed on?

[Dan]

Jesus Christ.

[Chris Powers]

It's Monday morning.

[Evan]

Listen, I haven't Monday, but if you.

[Dan]

It's fucking Monday.

[Evan]

I haven't.

[Chris Powers]

Will you calm down?

[Evan]

I'm just saying, if you ever been. Chris looks like he was with a woman that liked to be peed on last night.

[Chris Powers]

No, it was me.

[Dan]

He peed on himself.

[Chris Powers]

I am that woman.

[Evan]

Like that monkey. He's pissing his ass.

[Chris Powers]

I am that woman.

[Dan]

Dude, Chris got home last night and went up to his fiance and went like this. Have you ever done wet work?

[Evan]

So my point is, listen, if I've never had that happen, if I was in love with the person, I would say, yeah, I will not yuck your yum. And that's. And I love my penguin. So you know what? They made the choice. I'm embracing the piss. We won a game. We're going to. You know what? Sid. Sid's like, I, you know what I want to put on my resume? The reverse sweep. He's never done it, and now he's going to do it.

[Chris Powers]

He sure did.

[Dan]

Boom. Dude, can you, like, can you contribute to the show, please?

[Chris Powers]

This great stat. I got a great stat dad, in this website. In the last 16 playoff games, first way, the last 16 games, he has a.924 save percentage in the playoffs, and the Bruins are 7 and 9 in those games. That is a joke if you are getting that level of goalie play, dude. And what pissed me off and dude,

[Dan]

that to get that goalie play and then that record is so unacceptable.

[Chris Powers]

And what pissed me off is, remember when the Bees lost to Florida on their way to winning the Cup? And Paul Morris after was like, I've seen a lot of good ones.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

But, you know, that was incredible.

[Dan]

Jesus Christ.

[Chris Powers]

The, the, at least then that was the narrative. And I feel like right now it's not the narrative. Like, nobody's going like, oh, my God, the Bees are so good. Or the Bees, like, are losing to a better team. But Sway's been incredible. I, I need more people talking about that because he has been incredible. And the Bees are porous defensively right now. It is insane.

[Dan]

Yeah, Yeah. I, I, I, I actually think I was very impressed with online, with the Internet machine last night, because Sway, I mean, they gave up six goals and Sway got yanked, and then he beaked the bench. And I didn't see, like, any, anyone being like, Swayman yelling at the bench, maybe don't give up that many goals, dude. The world was like, holy. The Bruins team was asleep at the wheel. It was very much a collective opinion that the Bees came out and were absolutely horrendous last night.

[Chris Powers]

Dude, we, how many times on this live have we talked about turnovers in your own zone? In playoffs, if you turn the puck crazy. Yeah. You get scored on every time.

[Dan]

It is crazy. I feel like I would have PTSD if I were on this Bruins team.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah.

[Dan]

Because it's not just been the playoffs, it's been all season. If I have the, if I had the puck in the defensive zone, puck in the D zone and I was on this Bruins team, I would, I think I would take a delay of game. I would fire that puck.

[Chris Powers]

I said over the glass, dude.

[Dan]

Just get it out before I turned it over. Because every time the Bruins turn it over in their D zone, immediate goal, immediate goal. And it happens once a game.

[Chris Powers]

I would, I would literally be screaming. I'd be screaming, I said every time we touched it in our end and because a couple of those you'd probably flub by accident and it wouldn't be icing and then you could change.

[Dan]

It's it, it has got. I can't imagine the conversations going on during tape and what going back, watching the game. Marco Sturm and the coaching staff must be like. So here, as you can see, we had another irresponsible D zone turnover.

[Chris Powers]

And then watch this goal.

[Dan]

And hey. And wouldn't you know it, hey, they scored again. Dude, that game. I, I, I love, love matinee hockey.

[Chris Powers]

Oh my God, dude, I love, it's amazing.

[Dan]

Do you not like it?

[Evan]

I, I always thought the players don't like it.

[Chris Powers]

Is that true? They don't hate it.

[Dan]

But as a viewer, you're saying you as a viewer. Oh yeah, yeah. As a player, I did not like.

[Chris Powers]

Awful.

[Evan]

Right? Cuz it up your whole, yeah, whole

[Dan]

routine gets absolutely wonk jobed. It's unbelievable. As a, as a human viewer, as a fan, I love matinee hockey. I just think it's like what a great, what a great excuse to sit back, crack a drink, do whatever and just like pop on some hockey. It's amazing. I, I what?

[Chris Powers]

Nothing, nothing. Keep going, please.

[Dan]

I went up, I, I went up to the pool yesterday. I, I popped on the, the TV upstairs. I got, I got some sun. It's a little windy yesterday, which was kind of nice. Like when it's sunny and you can get some sun, but it's also windy, so you're not sweating, Sack. That's kind of a nice day. I pop on the game. I got. I had a nice bowl of freshly cut strawberries cut by your boy. Turn on the game. Five minutes in, it's fucking three nothing. And I went, well, I guess I'll read a book, because this game is over.

[Chris Powers]

You game is over, conceptually, in this series. I said to you. We were talking about this yesterday.

[Dan]

I think you're a piece of shit, dude.

[Chris Powers]

Oh, dude, I am so much worse than that. I am your pond scum.

[Dan]

You are such a bad guy.

[Chris Powers]

I am. I am the scum of the earth.

[Dan]

Zach, have you.

[Chris Powers]

Have you.

[Dan]

Have you figured this out yet with him? For those who can't. Yeah, I must say, I think. I think I figured it out a little bit. All right.

[Chris Powers]

He's a good guy. Hey, Zach and I. Zach and I were at the fucking craps table till 5am he knows that's. He knows.

[Dan]

We were. And I. Actually, Zach's like, first social situation with you was in Vegas. Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

And we.

[Dan]

The fact that he still works here is insane because, hey, he hasn't quit

[Chris Powers]

because Zach and I clawed out of the gutter together. And we fought. We fought.

[Dan]

You guys did. You guys did fight, and you forget

[Chris Powers]

that if you just fight a little bit, then something incredible.

[Dan]

Zach. You and Zach truly have, like, a wartime relationship. Like, you guys met in the trenches and you battled together. So actually, this might be your best friend.

[Chris Powers]

That's my best guy right there. We're together. Yep. But he does.

[Dan]

But he does know that scene from the Walking Dead where he goes, I know the man you are. Yeah, that is Zach.

[Chris Powers]

Yes, Correct.

[Dan]

Like, he. You can't fool Zach. Zach knows. Zach knows that you are a fucking deviant piece of shit. I need. I need everyone to know that you are just an awful, awful guy.

[Chris Powers]

And he knows I love him for it. I love him for it, though. He knows, dude. He knows. You know, guys, each other, they're like, 80, 85th, 85th infantry, 85th air force. And the guy's like, what unit? Yeah, it's. That's sick.

[Dan]

It's me, Zach, what unit did you serve in? The. The. The. The win craps table, 4:00am yeah, the

[Chris Powers]

bees had no fight. Dead. And this is what I wanted to say to you. The. Conceptually, in this series, you were like, everyone that thought Boston could win or that was picking boss, and it's ridiculous. Buffalo's so good, blah, blah, blah. But I was saying to you, ridiculous.

[Dan]

I don't think I use the word.

[Chris Powers]

The goalies. The goalie play for both teams was why I think. Or certainly I. But I think people were being like, the Bruins could win this series. Buffalo is great. No one is any. Or people are saying they're not good. Those people are dumb. Anyone that doesn't think Buffalo is. Is awesome is wrong. But Boston, I was like, man, you just get Sway and you get that playoff experience versus the Buffalo goalie situation who I think even you admit. You're like, they don't have a. Like a guy in goal that you're like, that's their dog. They're like, whatever, we'll play off. We'll play three guys. But Boston has gotten the goalie play. Like, I was like, the Bruins. I picked Bruins in seven because Sway was going to be great.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

And, and, and I said it's the only way they can win. If they were down 3:1. I was going to say Sway's probably just giving you like a B plus and you're losing. Sway is giving you everything.

[Dan]

Giving you everything.

[Chris Powers]

I cannot believe the Bruins are down 31 while getting the only thing I thought they needed to win the series. They got it and they're still getting pumped and.

[Dan]

Well, listen, I don't think they're getting obviously last. Yesterday was crazy to see that. That, that type of a performance. Performance. I mean, we saw it. Game one, Minnesota, Dallas. Right? The Minnesota absolutely tally whacked Dallas. And it was shocking. Everyone was like, what the just happened? We saw that yesterday. I mean, the home crowd was booing the team in the first period when they were down 4. Nothing deservedly, but it was just like. It was a crazy, crazy asleep at the wheel performance. Because it was.

[Chris Powers]

Because it was 11:00am Pacific.

[Dan]

Yeah, I. People hadn't even had their car.

[Chris Powers]

You love Matt Day. The players, it. Us.

[Dan]

It was so bad. I think what's crazy about that game in addition to. Yeah, listen, this, this series, I thought was going to be a goalie battle in terms of if Boston can win this series. It was going to be if Sway puts out a elite performance. And he's doing that. That's what's crazy. I have said multiple times, a lot of Bruins fans came into this series being like, this is a fucking toss up. Like, you know, this is a. This is a. This is a battle. This is too good. Which it is. Which it is. But they were like, this is a toss up. And I think the inexperience of the Buffalo Sabres made people go. They don't know what's coming in playoffs, which, which does happen to team which does happen. And we talk about all the time. Alec Martinez is on this show and talks about how there are playoff teams and regular season teams. There. There was always the fear for Sabres fans, like, are they ready for playoffs?

[Chris Powers]

Here's my thing.

[Dan]

I think we found that out game one, that they were ready. They went down to nothing early, and then in the third period late, they fucking ripped in a million goals and won game one. That should have woken up everyone to the fact that the playoffs are not too big for them. They can handle this pressure. They are ready for this new season. They fucking won that first game. Everyone went, oh, my God, you have Jeremy Swayman pitching a fucking perfect game. You have this Bruins team all over you. And they won that game. So I'm, I'm. I'm so crazed by Bruins fans being like, we should be up in this series. Well, this, this is. I can't believe we're down 3:1 with everything that's happened. What do you mean with everything that's happened? I don't give a fuck when you score goals. Buffalo scored goals in that third period in game one, many of them, and won. And then game two, Boston gets a big lead again. Great. You then gave up goals in the third period, but you held off Sway needing to fucking call timeouts for the coach. He's like, hey, dickhead, do you realize what, like, what we've seen this story before. Maybe fucking get the boys settled and then game through game three, you lose. I don't want to say emphatically, but like, Buffalo won the game three in every level of the game. And then last night or yesterday matinee, they fucking beat the wheels off you. So any Bruins fans who's being like, I can't believe this, we should be up in the series at best. You should be tied 2 2. And realistically, game one again, I don't care when the goals were scored, Buffalo beat you. This series is three 1. Because Buffalo won the Atlantic and was the second best team in the Eastern Conference this season and is rolling that play right into the playoffs. And their fucking great players are red hot. And this is what it is.

[Chris Powers]

They were the best team. Everyone knows this stat at this point. They were the best team in the league from December 9th. That's a long time ago. From December 9th on, they literally have the best record in the league. Everyone's stroking the ABS off. I'm like, literally, the Sabres have the best record in the league from December 9 on. They are proving it right now, actually. I kind of love this goalie play that they're getting in this series, and it's a perfect time to. To iron this out as you murder the Bruins. And I want to say this, too. The. The Bees. This is. This is the nature of playoffs, dude. And you're. You're right. Like, if. If you score more goals than me, you win the game, and that's all that matters. But, man, the Bruins. Think about this. The second Tanner Geno scored in game three to go one nothing at home, the Bruins have to be thinking, we should have won game one. We won. We murdered that. We should have won game one on the.

[Dan]

In that brief moment, murdered them on the road. That is definitely the confidence.

[Chris Powers]

And we're now winning game three.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

One nothing. And they. They must have been going, we are literally going to beat the Sabers in five because we're going to obviously win our two home games, and then we'll just go back to Buffalo.

[Dan]

Isn't that crazy?

[Chris Powers]

Where I have no issue pounding them because I've pounded them for five, five and a half periods.

[Dan]

Isn't that crazy?

[Chris Powers]

And now they're going to lose in five. And I'm like, oh, hold on.

[Dan]

I think this Bruins team is fantastic. And they. They have every. Every capability of winning game five. They have every capability of winning game six. But I think it's time that fans stop talking about the Sabres as if they're the Sabres from the last 15 years.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah, they're good.

[Dan]

They're. They are a great team. And goalie play was really kind of always going to be the question. And upl I'm sorry. He was not great in games one and two. And Alex Lyon is coming and answered the bell.

[Chris Powers]

He's calling people losers.

[Dan]

He's calling people losers, Chris.

[Chris Powers]

Why did he do that?

[Dan]

I think he did that chat let us know. I'm pretty sure he did that after RV's shootout.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah, I think so.

[Dan]

He was like, you're a loser. And I was like, that is the. That is the most savage, Zach. Can you imagine coming down on a shootout in a game, and then the goalie, you just got saved by looks at you, takes off his mask and goes, you're a fucking loser, dude. It'd be heartbreaking. I don't know. You can't come back from that. I don't know. If I could take another shot on net, I would be like, what? I'm a loser.

[Chris Powers]

Fuck.

[Dan]

Victor Arvison for the rest of that game must have been like, this I literally have to score.

[Chris Powers]

I'm a loser.

[Dan]

Yeah, I'm a loser.

[Chris Powers]

God damn, that was crazy. Okay, last thing on the series. I do think buddy, I said this.

[Dan]

If the Bruins don't score first, next game night night. No, no, no. I don't think night night. Do you think a night night, Evan?

[Evan]

Well, I was just Guy, you call him a loser again?

[Dan]

Yeah, yeah.

[Chris Powers]

Lose, dude. Loser.

[Dan]

Yes.

[Chris Powers]

If, if Sabers thing.

[Dan]

Chris, If Buffalo scores first in Game 5, the amount of talk that I would be heaving onto the Bruins if I were on that Buffalo team would be astronomical.

[Chris Powers]

This Buffalo team should make for the rest of playoffs. They should just start calling everyone on the other team losers. Dude, if they score, they should just skate by Swayman and go, loser. You're a fucking loser.

[Dan]

Don't, don't say that.

[Chris Powers]

Everybody they talk to, that should be their only shirt for the rest of class.

[Dan]

There was a old school Bruins fans will know this in the. I think it was the, I'm saying like they'll know this and I'm not even sure what it was.

[Chris Powers]

You don't know.

[Dan]

It was in the Blues 2019 cup

[Chris Powers]

in game seven, the cup that should not be named.

[Dan]

Yes. They gave up a goal and someone on the Blues skated by the bench and went, oh, you're dead now. And it was the most clear lip read of all time. I forget who said it, but it was so. It was such a clean lip read and it was also the truest thing that has ever been said in the history of hockey. Like it, he was just like this, oh, dude, you are fucking dead now. And like you could see the Bruins bench being like, oh my God, we are, we are dead.

[Chris Powers]

We are losers.

[Dan]

So yeah, I mean like Buffalo. This is ammo for Buffalo. If you score first in game five, you need to be and just bury, bury the morale of that team. But it's. Listen, I, I, I think I picked Buffalo in six in this series. This could easily go seven and Bruins could win. That's how good this Bruins team is. They are a very good team. But I think what we're seeing so far and certainly yesterday is that people continue to underestimate the Buffalo group. And I think that that is a huge mistake.

[Chris Powers]

They, I always say this. I hate being the higher seed in these situations because it feels like game five is nearly must win, which is ridiculous because you're up 3:1. But, but I'm like, God, if you lose game five at home because, because Boston has their backs against the wall and then they come Home to Boston, where they haven't won yet. And they go, obviously, we're winning a home game. Then it's game seven, and I'm like, I'm going to kill myself. So I actually think there is weird stress on Buffalo being the high seed in this situation.

[Evan]

I could absolutely see them losing this

[Chris Powers]

game tonight because I'm like. And then, and then all of a sudden, you're in, you're like, oh.

[Evan]

But I do think the fact that they are underestimated means that puts them in a really good position overall. If they get past Buff or Boston. Yeah, I think it puts them in a great. Yeah, they are. People do. Like you said, Dan, like, think of them now.

[Chris Powers]

100.

[Dan]

The one thing I disagree with is I don't think they say, oh, if

[Chris Powers]

it goes to seven, they go, oh,

[Dan]

well, sure, everyone does. But I, I don't know, man. Like, I just don't. And this is not me doubting Boston. Like, I, I want, I don't want anyone to clip this and go, joe Bluth killed Earl Milton. But I, I am saying, like, I don't think this Buffalo team is, like, easily rattled.

[Chris Powers]

Do you like that?

[Dan]

Did you like that Arrested Development call out?

[Chris Powers]

Dude, it's neither seen nor heard. He's a building man. I, I, I do.

[Dan]

I, I'm I'm just saying if, if Boston wins this game, which they're absolutely capable of, I don't think Buffalo's down their leg. I think they're like, okay, come out next game.

[Chris Powers]

Okay, what do we got next? Abs Kings.

[Dan]

Abs Kings.

[Chris Powers]

Abs Kings. I believed.

[Dan]

Let's, here's, Here's a question. Our. Oh, rest of the Western Conference. Oh.

[Chris Powers]

Oh, yes. Okay. So here's a question.

[Dan]

Did anyone on this planet see how good calm Car was last night? Yeah. Yesterday.

[Evan]

Yesterday.

[Dan]

Yesterday.

[Chris Powers]

Drank unicorn blood. On Saturday night.

[Dan]

I, I cannot believe how good that human being is at all.

[Chris Powers]

He drank unicorn blood. And, dude, he is. When he is going, obviously, Nate is incredible. Is incredible at hockey. And when he, when Nate is firing at all cylinders, it literally feels like a bull has been let loose in the china shop. And he's, you're like, this is. Just let it happen.

[Dan]

Can we have a conversation about that real quick?

[Chris Powers]

Sorry. Yep.

[Dan]

Everyone watching this episode, I am so sorry for what you're seeing, but we're just, we are, you know, we're, we're doing it today. It's. It's Monday. We're, you know, I hate Mondays. Do we think.

[Chris Powers]

Is that Garfield?

[Dan]

Yeah. Well, it was, it was Hannibal Burris doing Garfield from the movie Neighbors.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah.

[Dan]

Is what I just did.

[Chris Powers]

He makes the kid do it, right? Yeah, he.

[Dan]

Yeah, he makes Jared Carmichael do it.

[Chris Powers]

So you hate Mondays? Yeah.

[Dan]

He's like, I'm just fucking with you, dude. I know you're high as fuck. Do we think that there was ever an actual bull in a china shop?

[Chris Powers]

Oh, there must have been, actually, Zach. I, I, I have to believe that

[Dan]

has to have happened at least once.

[Chris Powers]

Thank you.

[Dan]

Yeah. I think it is crazy.

[Evan]

I'm looking this up, dude, and someone went like this.

[Chris Powers]

Oh, oh, no.

[Dan]

They went like this. Is that a bull?

[Chris Powers]

Exactly.

[Dan]

How did a bull get in here? And then the china shop was absolutely destroyed, pulverized. And they went, well, we know we can't let that happen again.

[Chris Powers]

That were like, when Nate is going, that's what it's like. But when Kale is going, the. The whole. Their whole team gets more dangerous. Nate is like him. He is dangerous when he's bullying. But when Kale is going, all of a sudden, everyone else, Kale, he makes everyone else so good.

[Dan]

Looks like he his start and stop hockey is so insane. The way he break, like he will break the ankles of some of the best players in the league at will, and it's just insane. And he is. Who, who called him last night? Someone called him a silent assassin. Last night. Actually, last night, not yesterday. This was last night.

[Evan]

Okay.

[Dan]

He is a silent assassin in that, like, how many times have I said on this show, I think there's a legitimate argument that he is the best player in the NHL. Yeah, like, Conor is Connor, but Kale, to do what he does from the blue line and to be as good at defense as he is while also being a, like, literally a 100 point guy. What's happening, Evan?

[Evan]

I'm just, I'm just looking at the screen. It's behind us.

[Dan]

It's making me nervous. It's, it's unbelievable. It's actually unbelievable watching that man play hockey. And, you know, some credit to an ABS fan. Found a tweet of ours from the beginning of the series and I, I was like. But I, I said, this was me who tweeted this.

[Chris Powers]

I can't tell if it's about to be a tweeter.

[Dan]

No, I said, the AVs better win in five or less with how much hype they have going into these playoffs.

[Chris Powers]

And we were saying with Marty, the longer this series goes, the worse for the ABs because it was like, oh, now they're thinking about it now. They were expecting to win and they went like this. Dismissed.

[Dan]

Well, they won in four. And. And here's the big thing. All of the talk about how frustrating the Kings were, how much they were, like, making it tight, shutting down the power play, shutting down Kale and Nate. Well, game four, honestly, it felt rude.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Dan]

Game four felt rude. Yep. Like, the ABS were like, oh, you guys thought you were in this. You were frustrating us. The power play wasn't going. Get fucked every. They then turned on everything.

[Chris Powers]

Yep.

[Dan]

Nate. Multiple goals.

[Chris Powers]

Power play. Goal.

[Dan]

Power play. Goal, Kale. Like, everyone was going.

[Chris Powers]

Because, dude, we were doing the thing. Like, we were going, well, you know, you just win game four and then. And then you steal game five. Then you come home, you're winning game six. Now it's game seven. Anything can happen. We were doing that mental gymnastics. Revolutions, revolutions, revolutions above the shoulders, mustard shit. And then they went like this. We are going to murder you. Please enjoy your weekend.

[Dan]

Correct. So, yeah, this ABS team is insane. And you can call this loser talk. I don't think it's loser talk. We, we. We remember when we. When we were having the conversation about the Bolts when we were down in Tampa, Game two, and they've lost in the first round a couple years in a row. And we were like, but they have lost to the Stanley cup winning team. Like, people forget people. The idiots at the beginning of the season were like, you maybe you should fire John Cooper. Well, you've lost to the team that wins the Cup. People who want to give the King shit about the Oilers. The last two years, you've lost to the team in the Western Conference that's gone to the Cup.

[Evan]

Right.

[Chris Powers]

And I'm saying right now, might have just happened again.

[Dan]

I think it might be three years in a row now, like you are. You have somehow in the first round, ran into the buzz saw. That is the team in the west that's going to the Cup. And I'm sorry, man. How many conversations do we have about Scott Wedgwood? And is like, it not doubt, question. Scott Wedgwood has been one of the best goalies all year. He's a top five Vezna goalie. How much of that is the team that's in front of him? Because people want to talk about this offense all day long. They forget about the fact that this is also the best penalty kill in the league. This is a top three defense in the league. Is Scott Wedgwood going to come into the playoffs and be amazing? In his first test, he was amazing. Like, he gave them nothing.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah.

[Dan]

Yeah. These guys Were coming down, getting looks, and they saw nothing. No openings, no goals, no easy options. The goals that the Kings got were like, I mean, you had to fucking earn it. Oh, yeah. This guy has been unbelievable. I look at this ABS team and I'm like, who the fuck is beating them? Even, even Dallas, Minnesota, like, who is beating this team?

[Chris Powers]

Okay, a couple things on that. The. I asked you if you felt like this was a dream series for the ABS, especially considering the other one's probably going 7. Yeah. This feels like, did you want, did you want to sweep or did you want to maybe lose a game? Sometimes I'm like, I want some adversity here. Like, I would like to lose two games. Sure. See how we react. Sure. I think, though, if you're the AVs, you actually are really happy because the Kings did fight. So every year you're in a tight one. Every game you have an OT win. Whatever.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

And you got some great Wedgwood action where he was, he was dialed in.

[Dan]

You did say, like, you brought up that fight. We talked about it at the Olympics, the US Team going to OT against Sweden.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah.

[Dan]

In the quarters we were like, it's actually kind of nice because it's like you, you dealt with like a poof.

[Chris Powers]

Yep.

[Dan]

Me and round one, your elite power play, getting flustered and frustrated. I don't want to say flustered, but frustrated.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah.

[Dan]

And. And you sweeping pretty good.

[Chris Powers]

Pretty good. Pretty good. So that I think, I think you're thrilled if you're the ABs, especially to your point with game four, where I go, man, you when it was time to go. Because, because, dude, we always say, the team that is has three losses, the fourth win is the hardest. All that that was going to be the King's best fucking punch. They have lost three games. This could be Kobe's last game. Like, everybody on earth wanted to win that for kopi and the AVs. Bet that took it to. Because they were like, here come the Kings taking a step. Watch. We'll take a step too, and crush them. They did. I think that's really good for them. I genuinely don't think players like the time off. I think they'd rather play every other night. And the AVs are now going to sit. I know you disagree with that.

[Dan]

Yeah, I do. I think I, I'm trying to be better about saying just like, hot. My hot takes on the pod. I, I don't.

[Evan]

Why. Why? This is what sells tickets.

[Chris Powers]

I know.

[Dan]

I, I, I, I have a deep seated fear of people going, this guy's A no. But that's.

[Evan]

That's what he's for.

[Dan]

Yeah. Chris, I don't think the days off thing is. Is that much of a thing. Zach, you're. You're a big basketball guy, right?

[Evan]

Yep.

[Dan]

Huge. Do you think so? This is similar.

[Chris Powers]

Okay.

[Dan]

And, like, I want your take on this, too, people. Like, so. So the. The Carolina Hurricanes have swept now. The apps have swept. Yeah. And there's the big argument. Like, oh, do you. Do you actually like that? Because now these other teams are still playing, so you have so many days off. Are you going to get cold? I don't believe that.

[Evan]

I. I have.

[Chris Powers]

I think.

[Dan]

I think with NHL playoffs, with the Stanley cup playoffs, it's so intense. It's so violent. More time off is amazing. Like, guys can get healthy, you can rest, you're practicing every day. You know, you're in the playoff. Mentally, you're fine. Like, I know you want to get out there. And. And again, I. I wish Marty was on this episode because I'm sure he would have a very good thing to say about this. I just. I don't think it's that big of a factor. I agree. I 100 agree with you.

[Chris Powers]

Just because you need any sort of

[Dan]

injury, even you get dinged up a little bit in the game, you can recover a little. Yes. Like, look at Wimby, right? Wemby concussion on the ground comes back, everybody was like, hey, you might be out two or three games. They had a little bit more time than usual. A couple more days off, and all of a sudden, he was great. Fantastic. Yes. Dude.

[Evan]

By the way, I have a nuance.

[Dan]

Okay, go. Go, Evan.

[Evan]

I think for, like, a young team that is running on momentum and, like, maybe they're not the best team.

[Dan]

Like, maybe.

[Evan]

Maybe they're mostly momentum and, like, young and hungry. Time off is bad.

[Dan]

Okay.

[Evan]

I think for an experienced team, like the ABs, who have just been, like, fucking locked in since the beginning of the season, it's probably not going to affect them. Yeah, but that's the difference.

[Dan]

I like that take. Also, dude, that Wemby concussion was crazy.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah, dude, that happened.

[Evan]

We were on the ground.

[Dan]

She looked like a fucking lake trout flopping onto the deck of a boat. Like, his arms just being nowhere near embracing that contact was hilarious.

[Evan]

Like a Chris Farley fall on snl. Just right to the bottom of the table. Bam.

[Dan]

And the look on his face, like he hit the deck and he was just like, oh, fuck. Jesus Christ.

[Chris Powers]

Listen to me loud and clear. Yeah. The Avalanche are losing game one the second Round series because they had time off. And then all of you, or you two can apologize to me and Evan can slightly apologize, but no, I think

[Evan]

it would be a full apology because I qualified it by saying I think the absolutely fine.

[Chris Powers]

But they are. Put your fucking life savings on whoever wins Dallas, Minnesota for Game 1 because the Avalanche are dead. And they are gonna go, oh, man, it was just tough because we've been sitting on our dicks for a week.

[Dan]

Sure.

[Chris Powers]

While they've been playing playoff hockey every other night. Sure.

[Dan]

You know what? You know what? I. I sharp action by us that I love is that we. With Marty, we went. This series is either ABs and 4 or Kings and 7. And no one will ever know. No one will ever know if we were right on the other side. But we were sure right on the front.

[Chris Powers]

Real quick. Not even real quick, but I think I still wanted what I said about when it would be nice for Kobe to end. But having witnessed it, it was cool.

[Dan]

It was so much.

[Chris Powers]

I cried, dude, that the crowd.

[Dan]

Hand up. I cried.

[Chris Powers]

The crowd was going crazy with six minutes left, even, like, you know, there was plenty of time for the game. And it was like, okay. And they handled it great. He got the last shift. Obviously. He didn't linger. You know, I wondered if he was going to say anything. He didn't linger. I know he spoke at the end of the regular season. Yeah.

[Dan]

I think that. I think that's why.

[Chris Powers]

Right. And so whatever.

[Dan]

But.

[Chris Powers]

But it was crazy that. Or not crazy. But I think it was better that it was a blowout. I don't know how you feel about that, but I was just thinking, if that game had been in overtime, Kopi would be out there going, let's go get a goal. We're going to win. Like, I'm definitely not done tonight. I win this game. And then it would. It would happen, and you would just be like a bucket of ice water smashing the face. You're done.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

The fact that it was a blowout was like, okay, I'm. I know this is it. I can go kind of just soak in this last shift.

[Dan]

I love how they gave him a beer. League shift.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah.

[Dan]

At the end of that. Like, at the end of that game, Ev. It was like two minutes and they put him out and they were like, just stay out. And like, you could. You could tell, like, it's a NHL shift.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah.

[Dan]

So, like, a minute in, he was kind of like, jesus Christ, dude. Like, I've been out here for a while. That was great. I mean, again, man, Listen, it was. This has been a wild year for the Kings. Wild year. So much happened, so much turnaround. We, you know, we got a coach firing late in the season and I think for a lot of them, it's like, you know, this was a wild year. It's over now. Let's see what you can do that. The Panarin trade was so massive.

[Chris Powers]

Like, I know.

[Dan]

I don't think people really, like, acknowledge how big that trade was. So this summer is going to be interesting for the Kings. It's like, in a good way. You got Panarin, you're going to hire a new coach. As we always say on the show, we don't like talking about people's jobs, but I think Luke Robitaille is on the hot seat. I think there's a very real chance that Luke might be gone.

[Evan]

We got a lot of people in the chat going wild here on game one.

[Chris Powers]

Yes. The ABs are dead. The abs are not that. They're not dead in the series. They are going to lose game one because they swap.

[Dan]

Also, I love the fact that the chat is saying they're declaring the wild of one is. That's sharp action.

[Evan]

That's true.

[Dan]

A bunch of Ms. Cleo's in the chat. Dude, is that her name? Ms. Cleo?

[Chris Powers]

I think so, yeah.

[Dan]

Remember Ms. Cleo? Zach, are you calling me now?

[Evan]

Call me Cleo.

[Dan]

I have no idea what you guys are talking about.

[Evan]

I've never seen a TV.

[Dan]

Holy Zach. So when we were young, Ms. Cleo was like a late night TV. Like you'd be up late. She was like a fortune teller. TV, like, it was like you'd see infomercials for Ms. Cleo on TV and she was just like a TV fortune teller. And people would call in and like, talk about their problems and Ms. Cleo would like to read their, you know, aura or whatever and people are like, oh, my God. Ms. Cleo. She predicted my whole life.

[Chris Powers]

This is unbelievable.

[Dan]

It's just some random lady saying a bunch of bullshit and people were like, she a fortune teller.

[Chris Powers]

It did. So, yeah. Was she like, I see the future. Yeah.

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Dan]

Oh, yeah.

[Chris Powers]

Dude, that is so crazy. Times was simple. Simple times. Times were great.

[Dan]

This was.

[Evan]

This was like late night MTV.

[Dan]

Yes.

[Evan]

You'd be watching MTV at 1am and dude, there.

[Dan]

There was a fortune teller in our hometown.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah, correct.

[Dan]

Right on the beach. She had a.

[Chris Powers]

What?

[Dan]

What? What did you say?

[Chris Powers]

I said correct.

[Dan]

Oh, I thought you said. I thought you said her name. I was like, you knew her name? But she had like A little shack, like next to you, like the. The. The. The best restaurants in our hometown. There was just this little hole in the wall on this strip. And it was this old. This fortune teller and people would go in there. I mean, she made a killing because there's all these tourists would go in and be like, I'd like my palms red. I'd like my. My tarot cards dealt. And our good friends Nick and D, A couple of twins, they always tell a story that their dad went in there when he was a teenager. And was they. He was like, hey, like, I'd like my fortune told. And the Miss, or, yeah, Cleo, but whatever her name was, did his. Read his palm. It was like, you're gonna marry a blonde and you're gonna have twin boys. And then. That's right, our buddies are twins.

[Chris Powers]

And then he did.

[Evan]

Was the wife blonde?

[Dan]

Yeah, she sure was. I was like, I don't. I'm saying was. If she's dead.

[Chris Powers]

She's not.

[Evan]

Well, she could be dead.

[Dan]

No, she's not. We know her.

[Evan]

Well, you know her. Okay.

[Dan]

They are. They are, however, divorced first, so.

[Chris Powers]

Oh, true.

[Evan]

Dead to him, then.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah, she didn't predict that. Dude. Where were you on that one, babe? What the.

[Evan]

Half my income. Thanks a lot.

[Dan]

Could add a heads up on that, Ms. Cleo.

[Chris Powers]

All right, now we gotta go to bolt tabs. We got two games in this.

[Dan]

Dude, I have been absolutely spit jobbing.

[Chris Powers]

Yep.

[Dan]

Dallas, Minnesota.

[Chris Powers]

Yep.

[Dan]

This one.

[Chris Powers]

Okay, dude, so here's what I have to say about this game.

[Dan]

This series is incredible game.

[Chris Powers]

Three halves, win in overtime. Yeah. And it's the third straight game that goes to overtime. It was insane.

[Dan]

Yeah. Going into this game, CP was like, are we gonna. Has there ever been four straight playoff games in ot?

[Chris Powers]

And I want to say a couple things about that one. There are a lot of people. And listen, dude, I gotta say this too. People, fans that get mad or that chirp other fan bases for, like, having a good atmosphere or. Or. Or us going to places and enjoying the atmosphere.

[Evan]

Wait, who was chirping? What?

[Chris Powers]

Like, there's just so many Montreal fans in the comments on like, our Tampa video. And that's like, place is a joke compared to the Bell Center. And I'm like, dude, no one said. Like, no one is saying you guys have a bad atmosphere.

[Dan]

It was just also like, if you're in a playoff series, like, don't you want a great vibe every game? Either way, it is so weird for fans to be like, this barn sucks compared to ours. I'm like, it's what. It's. It's good. What's going on.

[Evan]

Why.

[Dan]

Why on a great environment as well.

[Chris Powers]

It's.

[Dan]

Gramp is an objectively great environment. And also, if I were a Habs fan, shout out Vicky, our homie, big Habs fan. Vicki, if you're watching, love you. Has been great about being like, damn, Tampa Barnes loud. And I'm like, yes. That is the. That is the vibe you should have.

[Evan]

They're just. They're mad because it doesn't have the. The only thing they can stand on is it doesn't have the history and the tradition of Montreal. But it's still. Still great.

[Dan]

Yes. But.

[Evan]

But you can't complain about the facilities either.

[Chris Powers]

The.

[Dan]

The Canadiens and I. I would say the Oilers. Like, you got the two best barns in the game, in my opinion, as far as atmosphere.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah.

[Dan]

Yeah. I. I think you should be able to re. I think we all need to rest more.

[Chris Powers]

Everyone needs to tell me about it.

[Evan]

Unless you're the abs.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

Then you're dead.

[Dan]

Correct. Don't rest. You're dead. You will lose to the Wild. Apparently around Wild game one.

[Chris Powers]

Wild one, Game one.

[Dan]

Everyone needs to calm down when, like, if you are the best at something, it's like, thanos, dude. Now I finally rest and watch over a peaceful universe. If you are the Canadiens, you have the best arena in the league.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah.

[Dan]

You have the best environment in the league. You don't need to get mad about other environments. You've won. It's like winning the Cup.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah.

[Dan]

And then going, fuck you, dude, to the other team. Like, you won.

[Chris Powers]

Enjoy it, Montreal.

[Dan]

You should.

[Chris Powers]

You know what?

[Dan]

You should. You know, the best chirp is if you're Canadiens fans and there's a game in Tampa, you go like this. Pretty decent little crowd there.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah.

[Dan]

Say it like that.

[Chris Powers]

Yep. In their defense, that place was rocking. For game three, I was like, holy.

[Evan]

Oh, Montreal. Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

Of course. They were talking so much and I was like, calm down. And then game three started and I

[Dan]

was like, actually, the pre game of game three, I was like, oh.

[Chris Powers]

Oh, my God.

[Dan]

My God.

[Chris Powers]

Couple things on game three. Kirby, Doc, friend of the show. Great episode.

[Dan]

Come on, baby.

[Chris Powers]

He was the guy in that. Remember game two, I was like, the Habs iced it and they. Then Cooper did the line change and like, all that. Yeah. So Kirby was the one that iced it when. When he clearly could have got the red line. He just like flipped it in too early.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

Then he's also the one because he couldn't change. He was closing out Moser and kind of got walked around the blue line and then people in Montreal lost their shit against him. Like to the point that he had to delete his social media. Like it was, it's. It was. You always talk about the bad sides of fandom. It was like it was fucking at all. Literally just attacking this poor kid who's had a fucking crazy journey, by the way. He's like third overall. Right?

[Dan]

Can you, can we. Let's have a real conversation. Can you imagine going online and tweeting at a professional athlete who is a

[Chris Powers]

child, by the way?

[Dan]

Can you imagine being that big of a fucking loser?

[Evan]

Well, this is part of the reason why sometimes I have a hard time watching like college sports. Cuz I'm like, they're 18, 19.

[Chris Powers]

It's crazy.

[Evan]

I'm like, they're kids, man. Come on.

[Dan]

Seriously?

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Dan]

To go to. Go on to x dot com. Is that the. Is that the URL?

[Chris Powers]

I think so.

[Dan]

And go. I'm going to, I'm going to look up this young person, get his ass who plays a professional sport that I love for a team that I love so much, and I'm going to tell

[Chris Powers]

him to kill himself. Yeah.

[Dan]

Imagine being that type of a person.

[Evan]

Do you think some of those though are Russian bots, Dude? Just trying to stew.

[Chris Powers]

Yes.

[Evan]

Trying to stew some anger in the States. Some of it is not all of it.

[Dan]

Clearly. Now, now, now you got me thinking. Yeah, sure.

[Chris Powers]

People attacking this kid online. He had to delete his social media, dude. Actually, Dan, I don't even know because I went to text him and it. Sometimes my phone tweaks it. Like maybe that was happening, but when I went to text him, it, it was coming up green all of a sudden. And like I even went to our thread with him and it came up green and I was like, did he change his number?

[Dan]

Like there's a chance.

[Chris Powers]

He deleted everything.

[Dan]

He blocked.

[Chris Powers]

He blocked me.

[Dan]

He went like this. This is Chris.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah.

[Dan]

Shitting on me.

[Chris Powers]

But anyway, that kid fucking comes out. Game three, assist, goal.

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

And the whole fucking crowd is chanting his name. And I was like, how dare you? Well, but yes, how dare they? But I was just so happy. Like literally, dude. I was like, yes, I have. No, that series has been amazing. I don't even know what I want to happen. But I literally was filled with such joy in that moment, knowing that this kid had to deal with all that after game two and then just comes out and scores in a playoff game at the Bell Center.

[Evan]

Love it.

[Chris Powers]

I was like come.

[Dan]

Love it.

[Chris Powers]

Kirby.

[Dan]

It's so good. We gotta talk about before we get into this game. The. The lane ot go.

[Chris Powers]

Did you screenshot?

[Evan]

No, but my mom texted me. My mom is my mom's big follower of the show. She's been following all this games now. And like I was tied up that day, but she's like, that Lane Hudson goal. And I was like, yeah, but I didn't fucking watch it.

[Dan]

I need.

[Evan]

Sorry, mom, I apologize.

[Dan]

I need you to go. Go to.

[Evan]

I'm gonna look at it right now.

[Dan]

No, no, go to the Empty Netter's Twitter and find God. You're gonna have to scroll down so far, but find this screenshot of the goal that we tweeted and show it to Zach. It is. If people haven't seen this screenshot, it is hysterical that this goal went in. And also there is a. There is a moment looking at it like, this is the most shooter shoot.

[Chris Powers]

Yes, dude.

[Dan]

Moment of all time. When you see this, Zach, when you see the. The freeze frame of what Lane Hudson was seeing, seeing when he let go, that goes bar down in overtime to win the game. It is hilarious, dude. There are four guys in the way. It's like. It is remarkable how little of a Lane, no pun intended, that he had for that goal. So you saw the picture of this, did you?

[Chris Powers]

Crazy. It is like.

[Dan]

It's so sorry. I'm getting the wedgie like you read about here.

[Evan]

Guys showing off his calves, huh?

[Dan]

I'm right, dude letting the games out.

[Chris Powers]

He's got chicken legs. Hey, hey.

[Dan]

Yeah, it is insane, but I think Lane, you know, having a great series, but is another guy that, like, I, you know, I heard all the boobirds and all the chirps of like, you know, maybe didn't have that great of a series last year in the playoffs, but he's been great. But this, this was. This was night night for Tampa, right? Like, if they had lost, this was night night.

[Chris Powers]

So, yeah, Montreal wins game three. Game four in Montreal again. Montreal up to nothing pretty early. Yeah, maybe second period, whatever. But I was like, oh, boy. So let's just. Tampa comes back and wins.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

And Hagel, dude, Hagel is fucking Brandon Hagel, man.

[Dan]

This is this it, dude.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah, exactly.

[Dan]

I literally tweeted that, Evan, I go, this went top left.

[Chris Powers]

What, like shooting that block.

[Evan]

Did you ever see. Did you ever see Indiana Jones in the Last Crusade when he shoots through like four Nazis at once on top of the tank and they all go through their bodies?

[Chris Powers]

That's what happened.

[Dan]

We showed that we were looking at that when the game happened, and I showed it to our buddy, and he goes, why would you shoot this? That. Yeah.

[Evan]

Going off somebody's shin pad and back.

[Dan]

Literally.

[Chris Powers]

It's a breakway the other way.

[Evan]

Absolutely.

[Chris Powers]

A breakway the other.

[Dan]

Yes.

[Evan]

But this is like, what. When Whenever you're in a crowd and everyone's yelling shoot at you.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah.

[Evan]

And half the time they don't do it right. Because that's what they're looking at.

[Dan]

It's so true.

[Evan]

Hey, pulled. Pulled it up.

[Chris Powers]

So this conversation I'm about to have with you is irrelevant because Tampa won. So I don't even know why I'm saying it, but I. But I do think, dude, that when it was two nothing. Montreal, and I was like, I wrote down. And actually we could even have this conversation if Montreal wins the series. But I was like, dude, Tampa at some point has to answer for this. Like, and again, they won, so this is irrelevant. But when they. When it seemed like they were about to go down 3:1. Eventually, you have to own up to all the. The first round exits when. But you're going. Not you literally, but people are going, well, dude, you lost to Florida. You lost to these really good teams. Not your fault. It's like Dallas or it's like Dallas Minnesot Minnesota series. No one is mad at either. Whoever loses that series for going. You lost in the first round. Yeah, well, you know, whatever. But I'm like, Tampa, dude. Every year we're like, tampa's the going to the cop. They're incredible. I'm like, you lose in the first round.

[Dan]

I know.

[Chris Powers]

And again, they. They even up the series. They could win in six.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

But I was like, buddy, what? Like, I don't know or somebody. Didn't you tell me someone tweeted, like, it's official. This Tampa core is.

[Dan]

Dude, it was. It was game two Ev. When we were in Tampa.

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Dan]

There. When they were down on. On online, there were a bunch of people being like, dude, like, this might be it for this Tampa for, like, no more excuses. Oh, we've lost to Florida. This. That the other. This core might be too old. The guy, you know, like, Headman's not even playing. McDonough is maybe a little older even. Cooch, who's unbelievable, is getting a little. Like, there were people saying that. And when they're down in this game to nothing and you're staring down the barrel of being down 3:1 to this very good Montreal team, you are a little bit like, fuck, man. It's Tampa about to lose again in the first round. And here's the deal. They still might, you know, but. Yeah, that fight on the back of Brandon Hagel is pretty exciting. Yeah, pretty exciting. It's insane.

[Evan]

But here, do you want to pull up the photo?

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Evan]

There it is.

[Dan]

Well done, Zach.

[Chris Powers]

Dude, look. That's right.

[Evan]

Everybody that needs to see shooting that.

[Dan]

Imagine being at the point in OT getting that puck and going like this block. I'm gonna. I'm going to unload a 90 mile per hour missile howitzer at the net here and it is gonna go through and hit no one.

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Dan]

And go in.

[Evan]

I think that was. It might have been piloted by a drone pilot in Ukraine or.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Dan]

Genuinely insane. What a fucking shot.

[Chris Powers]

But. But Dan, what a series.

[Dan]

What a series.

[Chris Powers]

And I have to. I'm. If Montreal wins, I am so excited to see their next round because either every Canadiens fan is right. That's been going. I can't believe people are fucking doubting us. And. And dude, here's another thing I don't understand. You were saying this to me about the Bruins the other day. The regular season is in. In hockey. Like, we. I don't want to get too into the data, but we. We were privy to some. Some stats that's like in. In hockey, you. You'd need a. I forget what it is, but you'd need like a 51 game series to have it be. To hit an 85 clip that the best team wins.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

Like that's how. That's how tough. That's how much parity there is in the NHL. The regular season is the. Is a very clean and accurate test of how good your team is. Like legitimately, where you finish in the regular season is not a fluke. It's like here is the sample size that determines this. I know the Atlantic was super tight. It went down to the last few games, but Montreal finished third in the Atlantic. Like they're not this wagon team that's like, oh, we're the best team in the league. They finished third in the. In their own division. Listen to me.

[Dan]

Disagree with that.

[Chris Powers]

It was this close, so it's. Whatever. But they finished third in so many points.

[Dan]

They were. They were all so good.

[Chris Powers]

Yep. They finished third in their division. They weren't first. You know, they spent. They spent most of the year around there too. I'm sure there was a stretch with a couple games where they were first, but like Detroit was first in the Atlantic. Montreal was just right here. Like a good Atlantic team.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

And Habs fans, as soon as playoff started going, keep doubting me. And I'm like, no one's doubting you. I'm just saying, you're like, you might lose to Tampa. Like, their Tampa is probably better than you. And I'm so excited to see their second round because if they beat Tampa and then they murder the Sabres, then I'm going to go, wow, you were 1000% right. Everyone was doubting you and you were actually like this sneaky, dominant team that somehow didn't win the Atlantic. Yeah, but if they lose to Tampa or if they get out of this round and then kind of get rinsed by Buffalo, I'm like, I think. I think you were right where you want to be, but holy hell, dude, they have been awesome. This series, like, this series is amazing. And I just cannot believe the back and forth fight. It's.

[Dan]

Yeah, I mean, they're just so good. Cole getting on the score sheet too, was great.

[Chris Powers]

Yep.

[Dan]

Let's kick it to Ducks, Ducks, Oilers. Ducks. Oilers.

[Chris Powers]

This one, man. I mean, I never. Dude.

[Dan]

Oh, can I ask you a quick question?

[Chris Powers]

Yeah, yeah.

[Dan]

Where do you think Brandon Hagel is on the points leaders in the playoffs so far?

[Chris Powers]

I know he's leading in goals. He has six goals.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

So probably first, second.

[Dan]

Oh, you wanna. You wanna guess who's first?

[Chris Powers]

Wow. It's got to be a Duck the way you're saying this. Leo Terry.

[Dan]

One. Jackson lacombe.

[Chris Powers]

Oh, no way.

[Dan]

How do you like that?

[Chris Powers]

Is not brown. Dude. Dude, hold on. I gotta find this. There we go. Trevor. So, dude, we met. Remember we met Trevor at garage? Well, we met Trevor at Big Dean's and then we saw him again at Elbow Room and he was in our video. And then we saw him at the garage. Trevor goes, we're watching that game. And he looks at me and he goes, so. So Oiler's in five, right? Which I think. What? Didn't you have that too? What did you pick?

[Dan]

No, I picked them in seven. Six or seven.

[Chris Powers]

Okay. He's like, well, it was in five. And I was like, yep, my bad. And dude, I am shocked, Dan. I am. I am blown away, truly. And you said this about Buffalo, like, oh, the playoffs is going to be a big deal. And they didn't care at all. Holy shit. So much credit to the Ducks. The Oilers team is probably a bit tired. I think we don't give them any grace for that. Where they've also had been on this insane run that the Panthers have been on. Like, the Panthers missed playoffs and we all Go. Well, you know, it's fine. They were, they were hurt a little bit and they've been playing. They've been having a couple of long seasons. The Oilers are dealing with the same issues. They made playoffs in the pillow fight, but still they made playoffs. Credit to them. They're probably gassed, so they deserve a little mercy. But Holy hell, dude, I am blown away. I'm blown away that the Ducks have a 31 lead on the Oilers.

[Dan]

It is the greatest example of.

[Chris Powers]

They don't.

[Dan]

They don't give a.

[Chris Powers]

They don't give a what about nothing.

[Dan]

Yeah, evil. For your purposes and for Zach's purposes. Will you get a freeze frame? Actually, what you guys just did, by the way, shout out these two dialed. Getting that photo up on the stream was incredible. You can do that again. Can you find the freeze frame of the overtime goal in this game?

[Evan]

Yes, the OT of this one.

[Dan]

Docs Oilers.

[Evan]

Oh, oh, you mean the little, the little butt squeaker. The little.

[Chris Powers]

Yes, yes.

[Dan]

Because we're, we are going to get to that topic and I.

[Chris Powers]

Let's do it.

[Dan]

That daddy is going to go off this year.

[Chris Powers]

So just to like big picture, this series is a beer league. It's insane.

[Dan]

I've been going nuts online being like, this is literally a beer league series. There is an average of like nine goals a game in this series.

[Chris Powers]

So crazy.

[Dan]

It is so fun and it is crazy how you're. You watch these games and the Oilers will go up to nothing and you're like, well, this game is nowhere near over, dude.

[Chris Powers]

But that's, but that's. I mean, like, dude, when the Ducks go up, I expect the Oilers to come back because they're the Oilers. When the Oilers go up and the Ducks just battle back, it's, it's blowing my mind and I'm so impressed and it's so fun. As just a hockey fan watching the series, it's like I get this is the other the Dallas, Minnesota and Tampa Montreal are higher levels of hockey. But this series is my most fun series to watch. I get so excited when there's a

[Dan]

Ducks always game is true chaos Watching this series, it's just like every game is, is out of control.

[Chris Powers]

Yes.

[Dan]

And yeah, I mean there was a couple things. They go up two nothing. Yes. And then that cutter power play goal was gross. But then Granny, Granny getting on the score sheet was big for the Ducks. Like I, I, I, I've said to you. There you go. That was a good one, Ev. I think Kreider is going to get going eventually. Here. And, like, I believe that passionately. You're up 3:1, duckies. And if you're like, oh, Crider hasn't had his game yet, that's pretty exciting.

[Chris Powers]

Yep.

[Dan]

But obviously we get to. Gets to 2. Bouchard scores. They go up 3 2. Veal scores.

[Chris Powers]

Veal. Jeffrey. Jeff.

[Dan]

Veal, dude. Jeffrey.

[Chris Powers]

Veal. Hero, dude.

[Dan]

But then we go to OT and this puck goes in. Let's. Let's talk about it. Okay? I. I need. I need the overhead one at some point, too.

[Evan]

Yeah, we got that. We got two for you. Wait, bring that up. You can't see the puck on that one.

[Chris Powers]

I.

[Dan]

As an. As an objective viewer here, I am not a fan of either team. If you are a human being and you don't think this puck went over the line, hockey is not for you, Sports are not for you, and life is not for you.

[Chris Powers]

Dan.

[Dan]

And also Chris.

[Evan]

There you go.

[Dan]

The people going like this. It doesn't matter if I think it was over the line. It's the rule, dude. Here's an idea.

[Evan]

It's physics. Look at that thing.

[Dan]

It's. It's. Here's an idea. If that's what you're going to say. If you're going to go. It's the rule. You can't say, definitely, it was over the line. I am going to go. Every goalie in the league pile snow on the goal line, dude, Pile snow on the goal line. Because then you will never be able to see the goal line, and we won't know if the puck is over the net.

[Evan]

These people don't have object permanence. It's like if you close, if you put a hand in front of your face, like, oh, Dan doesn't exist anymore. Oh, wait, there he is.

[Dan]

Is. It's hilarious watching Oilers fans on Twitter being like, I don't give a if I know it's over the line or not. You can't see that it's over the line. That is so obviously a goal. And if you can't just accept that and go, yeah, we lost that. Puck's over the net. You're a clown.

[Chris Powers]

So I'm actually pretty sure I have a couple things here. I'm pretty sure that they are wrong about that rule. So, for example, if a goalie catches the puck in his glove, so you can no longer see the puck.

[Dan]

Correct.

[Chris Powers]

But he goes like this and puts.

[Dan]

His entire arm touches the net.

[Chris Powers]

Touches the net. That is a goal in the rule. I'm saying. I'm not. I'm saying, like, they're arguing. No. Unless you can see it, it doesn't count. I'm like, I think you're wrong. I think the literal rule allows for a ref to go. That puck has to be in based on where his club is. So I think they are wrong. Did you see that?

[Dan]

Did you see the picture that Nate just sent to the chat? Ev.

[Evan]

No, wait on here.

[Dan]

Yeah, okay, let me look. Show that to Zach. It's so funny.

[Evan]

I'm gonna. I'm gonna put it up on the thing. Give me a minute.

[Chris Powers]

That's great.

[Dan]

So fucking good.

[Chris Powers]

And so they're. First of all, they're wrong. That is not the rule. Like, legitimately, you are inaccurate. Second of all, Dan, there were. And I'm not gonna dox anybody. There were several people we were with last night. Yeah. Who did not believe that was. Was in. Like, several dudes were like, that is not it. That is crazy. And I was like, bro, are you dumb? What are you talking.

[Dan]

I tweeted last night. I go, are there humans who think that didn't cross the dude?

[Chris Powers]

And we were sitting with them. Dan, like, literally in that entire table

[Dan]

in the back, there's a hundred and forty three replies to that.

[Chris Powers]

Do you know what I'm talking about? Like, the group at the table in the corner. Like, the. Yeah, that table was like, yeah, there it is. Was like, that didn't go in.

[Dan]

Yeah, there's the puck. There's the puck last night, for those who didn't think that crossed the goal line.

[Evan]

It's hard to get a straight shot on that thing.

[Chris Powers]

I was like, yes, it did. And you know what's funny?

[Dan]

What's funny about the image that the. The guys just put up?

[Chris Powers]

You can literally use math. Agree.

[Dan]

You can use literal math and show that objectively.

[Evan]

Geometry or something.

[Dan]

Yes, it is across the goal line.

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Dan]

Like, it. It's. This isn't debatable.

[Chris Powers]

It's not. It's not debatable. It's so clearly in.

[Dan]

You can use math to show that that puck is across the goal line. It's fucking hilarious, man. I don't even know what to say. It's crazy town. So, as I've said many times, we will not complain about refs. We will not do that. Because it's just, dude. That the fact that there are fans hanging their hat on that didn't go and being like. It's unbelievable that they're just giving the Ducks this series. Yeah. I'm like, are you crazy?

[Chris Powers]

And, dude, you got bigger problems. By the way, if you're the Oilers. Like, what are you doing being in overtime against the Ducks? No offense.

[Dan]

And you know what?

[Chris Powers]

Again, like, this is insane.

[Dan]

You know what's crazy is we. How would power play was 100% last night for the oil.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah.

[Dan]

So, like, that's good.

[Chris Powers]

Yes.

[Dan]

You also do the last year, the Oilers yanked Skinner and put in Jean Luc Calvin Picard and just won four straight games.

[Chris Powers]

Yep.

[Dan]

You put in Jari in this game. Your old friend Ev.

[Evan]

Yeah, let's talk about it.

[Dan]

Put in Jari and it looked like magic again. And you go up to nothing, and there was a huge part of me that was like, oh, my God.

[Chris Powers]

God, they did it again.

[Dan]

They've done it again. Like, they. They. They went down 2, 1. Do you. Do you have that stat off the top of your head? Knoblock in game fours.

[Chris Powers]

Oh, dude, this was so sick. The. The oilers had won 10 straight game fours. It's the second longest streak in NHL history, I think behind, like an 80s Oilers team, which is funny.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

But they, like, every time they go down 2, 1. They don't always go down to 1, but every time they go down to one of the series. Immediate. Like when you could. You could step on their throat. Immediate game four win every time. So coming in, they were like, here we go again.

[Dan]

Unbelievable. You're dead unbelievable.

[Chris Powers]

Yep.

[Evan]

I just have to say, there's nothing more fitting for me as a jaded Jari fan to, like, see the puck literally take a. Out of his butt.

[Chris Powers]

Like, the shot of it just going

[Evan]

like, there goes the game. Sorry, I. I don't want to. I feel bad for again. It's like, we don't want to beat up on players. He's doing much better than me.

[Dan]

So it is unbelievable that. That felt like, oh, my God, here we go. They've changed the goalie, and they're just like, they're going to find their mojo. So I think for momentum reasons, that was such a big win for the Ducks.

[Chris Powers]

Oh, my God.

[Dan]

To come back down to nothing, storm back and win. Get an OT win at home. At home.

[Chris Powers]

Honda center. Going like, you're 2.

[Dan]

0 in Honda. That's huge.

[Chris Powers]

I will say, though, the. This Oilers team is going to be extremely hard to kill. And I know a lot of Ducks fans that are impossible now. I'm like, dude, you have. You haven't even. They haven't even begun to fight. Like, wait till you see what happens now. And it's the same situation, like, if Edmonton goes home and wins. Yeah. Game. Game 5. Because the backs are against the wall and the Ducks come home for game six. I'm like, you better win this one.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

Or you are. But. But they can. They can beat this old team and they know that. So that's like, it's fine. But that's. This win is going to be very hard.

[Dan]

Yeah, it's true.

[Evan]

All right.

[Dan]

Do you want to. Before we wrap up here?

[Chris Powers]

No, we got to do a couple other series. What's the. What's the next.

[Evan]

A lot of people in the chat want us to talk about stuff that happened.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah, we can.

[Evan]

Can we quickly go over like Mammoth?

[Chris Powers]

Yes.

[Evan]

Sends Canes.

[Dan]

Hell yeah. I was so glad. I would. I. I didn't mean to say before we wrap up as if we're gonna wrap up soon. I meant before we wrap up in an hour and a half.

[Chris Powers]

Yes, correct.

[Dan]

Let's talk about everything else.

[Chris Powers]

Dude, I want to go. Let's go. Vega, is there a ticker that's about to appear or no?

[Dan]

Yeah, yeah.

[Chris Powers]

Which game is next on that?

[Dan]

You're joking. You were.

[Chris Powers]

You tell me.

[Evan]

Utah. Vegas.

[Dan]

Are you about to update the. The ticker as well?

[Evan]

Yeah, the bottom.

[Dan]

Yeah. This guy Vegas Zach is about to get fellatioed after this.

[Chris Powers]

Yes.

[Dan]

Vegas shortly thereafter.

[Evan]

Hr, hr, hr, hr, hr, hr.

[Chris Powers]

You guys are. Hey now.

[Dan]

You guys are unbelievable.

[Chris Powers]

It's incredible.

[Evan]

It's amazing. When we have two people on here, it's a lot better.

[Dan]

Holy. There you go.

[Evan]

Nice. Mammoth. Boom.

[Dan]

He's got Veggie's name up there too. VKA makes 30 saves for you.

[Chris Powers]

Incredible.

[Dan]

Vegas.

[Chris Powers]

Mammoth. We got a playoff game at Delta. Very cool. And I was excited. Locks asked me before the game. He goes, who wins that game? And I was like, Vegas probably figures it out after puking up game two.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

And then I was like, actually, I'll give some love to Delta getting their first playoff game and going apeshit and them doing it. Sure. And dude, they went apeshit. Like they. There was a. I gotta say, it was weird. Utah seemed to be controlling the game. But also Vegas had a billion shots. And like, also at times I was like, Vegas is gonna. Was playing great. They're gonna break through.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

But. But holy shit, dude. Like I just. Every time I would look away, I had the multi view going. Like you were saying. Every time I look away, just the Mammoth had another goal. It's like, oh, my God, dude. Vegas fought back, but too little, too late. And I'm officially shook about Vegas. I don't know where you're at with them, but I was like, maybe the court's bump. They figured out how it's playing great. I'm like, you're dead.

[Dan]

I think Vegas is dead. I'm sorry, dude. I, I said it on Hockey Talk yesterday. I just don't believe in their goaltending. I, that has been the big question going into these playoffs. I don't think they're. They, I don't think they have the goaltending that's going to carry them through. And Vegas or Utah is kind of similar to the Ducks. Like, they, they're coming in and you can tell, you can look in the way Cooley is playing. You can tell in the way that Keller's playing. You can tell in the way that Krauser is playing. These, you know what? Weeks too.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah.

[Dan]

These guys have been frothing at the mouth for playoffs and a lot of people are being like, it's only their second year in the league. Well, yeah, yeah, these guys have been in the league, you know, like, it's. They have been frothing at the mouth for playoffs and they came in and they don't give a fuck that they're playing Vegas. They won one in Vegas. They bring in, dude. Delta never lost a playoff game at Delta Center. Never once.

[Chris Powers]

The Mammoths are literally undefeated. The Mammoth.

[Dan]

In the history of the Utah Mammoths franchise, they have never lost a playoff game.

[Chris Powers]

That is incredible.

[Dan]

That's remarkable.

[Chris Powers]

Oh, my God, dude, they're gonna win the cup. Here's a thought. The Golden Knights. What is. Do you think Mitch Marner has done everything you would have asked of him?

[Dan]

No.

[Chris Powers]

What. How much more do you. How many points did Marner have this year? Evan, can you check that for me? Because Dan, Vegas, it's kind of like Panera. And I know they lost Kev, but it's kind of like Vegas last year. I'm going, oh, man. I thought they should have been better.

[Evan]

80 points, 24 goals, 56 assists in 80 game.

[Chris Powers]

82 games.

[Evan]

81.

[Chris Powers]

81 games plus 17. Plus 17. That's nice. Dan loves that.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

80 points. You probably want a little more, but I don't think you want that much more, right? Or are you saying like, you want 110 from Marner once he gets to Vegas?

[Dan]

I, I, well, no, because you want. This is. I'm shouting out Marty again. This goes into the Jack Eichel thing, right? Yep. When Ichiro is playing baseball, Ichiro said many times, and people who like, coached Ichiro, coaches and teammates were like, if he wanted to hit 40 home runs a year, he could have yeah. But he actively chose to bat.400 instead and help his team. It's ironic because they never won, but Jack Eichel could easily. And I'm telling this to every hockey fan. I'm looking right in the camera. I'm telling this to every hockey fan. Jack. John. Jack Eichel could easily, easily score 120 points in a season, but he plays knowing that it behooves him and his team to snap it around and score 80, 90 points and make everyone on the ice better. He does that intentionally. And if you don't understand that, you got to start watching Jack Eichel's game more. I think Mitchell is kind of in a similar boat, especially when he showed up there and they're like, dude, just elevate the team. Let's get to playoffs and let's win a cup. Now, we said it. The second that trade happened, those two guys needed to have a conversation and look at each other and go, one of us has to shoot.

[Chris Powers]

Yep.

[Dan]

And I don't think they did that all year. And I don't think they're doing it

[Chris Powers]

now in playoffs because. Because my one weird thought about it is I think Ikes is legitimately, like, one of the five or six best players in the league.

[Dan]

Yes.

[Chris Powers]

Like, I actually think he's that good. But it's weird that in moments like this, I almost think he has to stop doing what you just said, which is what he does. Yeah. And I go, hey, dude, today you need to hit 40 homers. Yeah. Like right now, I need you to be selfish and just win this game for us by yourself. Stop trying to make us better because we suck. You just win alone and literally never pass again. And I think he's like, well, no, because I play this way. And I'm like, but you can't. Like, we are going to lose. We will just.

[Dan]

I know if you play this way.

[Chris Powers]

And. And, dude, the. The Mammoth, like, the Mammoth are going to win this series. The. I think the Mammoth are going to win this series.

[Dan]

I think Vegas is dead.

[Chris Powers]

I really wanted more.

[Dan]

I. I think the Mammoth have been shot out of a cannon. And again, I. I think Veggie is playing well.

[Evan]

And I don't think the chat's asking if we're. You guys are going to go to a Mammoth playoff game.

[Chris Powers]

I want to so badly.

[Dan]

Yeah, we're gonna get.

[Chris Powers]

I want to get back there.

[Evan]

Yeah, I think you have to.

[Dan]

We have to get back there. The Salt Lake City is incredible.

[Chris Powers]

What are those drinks called again?

[Dan]

Dirty sodas.

[Chris Powers]

Dirty sodas.

[Evan]

I think you could use a few dirty sodas.

[Chris Powers]

Zach, you remember I had a few dirty sodas last night. I'll tell you that.

[Evan]

Too dirty.

[Dan]

You've been to Salt Lake. I have been to Salt Lake.

[Chris Powers]

I've.

[Dan]

I've skied down Park City, Utah, with the boys in 98. It was awesome. Whoa. Zach's a skier. Zach's got to get on the ski trips. This is huge. You and Zach are about to be best friends, dude.

[Chris Powers]

We already are. Yeah, we already already are, pal.

[Dan]

This is war torn. This is war torn. You know those videos where people, like, they post those videos on Instagram? It's like two, like, army buddies being reunited and, like, surprising. That's you two.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

Way. Do you.

[Evan]

It's more like when a dog gets reunited with and.

[Chris Powers]

Dude, who's.

[Evan]

Yeah, yeah, I think we know.

[Chris Powers]

Little bit there.

[Dan]

Oh,

[Evan]

why don't you guys switch so Chris can lay down?

[Dan]

Yeah, you.

[Chris Powers]

You had every.

[Evan]

Yeah, you need to lay down.

[Chris Powers]

Then I would have lifted the desk

[Evan]

and you might choke on your own vomit like Jimmy Hendricks.

[Chris Powers]

Roll me over.

[Dan]

Is that how Jimi Hendrix died?

[Evan]

A lot of musicians. Bon Scott from AC DC choked on his own vomit in a car when he was passed out drunk.

[Dan]

Mama Cast choked on a ham sandwich.

[Evan]

That's an awesome Powers quote.

[Dan]

Is that true?

[Evan]

Maybe.

[Dan]

I think she did choke on a ham sandwich.

[Evan]

Let's look it up.

[Dan]

No, Elvis died on the toilet eating.

[Chris Powers]

But he chose gold. Yeah, he choked.

[Evan]

He was. No, he was so hopped up on pills. He was constipated, and he was grinding a shit out and had a fucking coronary attack.

[Chris Powers]

Seriously?

[Evan]

Yeah, that's how he.

[Dan]

And was he actually eating Fool's Gold on the toilet?

[Evan]

I don't think he was eating Fool's Gold on the toilet. I know that he had gone to Colorado. He flew there. I know everything about Elvis.

[Dan]

Just eating on the toilet has got to be the craziest behavior I've ever heard.

[Evan]

When you're busy, you got to do it.

[Chris Powers]

It's a simple machine. You become a simple machine.

[Dan]

It's just. It's. It's just dropping straight through you.

[Chris Powers]

It's incredible.

[Dan]

Can you imagine how much fiber you have in your system if that's happening? You're just. How many times have you eaten on the toilet, dude?

[Chris Powers]

I feel like this happened. If you.

[Dan]

I swear to God, right? If you tell me right now that you have ever eaten while taking a shit, I swear to God, I'll punch you in the face.

[Chris Powers]

Ever.

[Dan]

Yes, I swear to God. If you admit this right now on this show, I swear to God I'll punch you.

[Chris Powers]

I'm just thinking. Let me think, let me think. Because I want to be honest with you. Let me think. I ends up. Chris, I don't believe. Are we talking literally anything? Anything.

[Evan]

Dude, what about like a. What about like a lifesaver?

[Dan]

No, no, no, no. Different, different gum. Like breath saving things don't count. That is the most vile behavior I could ever imagine. If you are fit. Holding food.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah. I don't think I've ever been sitting

[Dan]

and shitting and eating. It's that. That would be horrendous.

[Chris Powers]

I don't think I've ever. I don't think I've ever put anything in my mouth while shitting.

[Evan]

He did prepare.

[Dan]

You drank. We've all done that. We've all brought a drink into them.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Dan]

Well actually, but not shitting. I don't think I've ever like brought a beer. We all go to the urinal with a beer.

[Chris Powers]

100.

[Dan]

But not into the stall.

[Evan]

I'm pretty sure I'm 0 for 0 on eating or drinking anything.

[Dan]

Can you believe that? That is a. Like addicts talk about their rock bottom moments.

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Dan]

If you ever find yourself sitting on a toilet and shitting, that's a cut

[Evan]

scene from the whale. Maybe.

[Dan]

Yes. Oh my God, you're right. Have you ever find yourself.

[Chris Powers]

This is a message to the fans.

[Dan]

Lox has definitely done it. There's no way Locks has. If you ever find yourself sitting on a toilet and shitting and you take a bite of food, call me.

[Chris Powers]

Cuz you need help.

[Dan]

Like I. I will.

[Chris Powers]

Call me.

[Dan]

We'll get you the help that you need. Holy hell. That would be horrendous.

[Chris Powers]

Awful.

[Dan]

Horrendous. Awful.

[Evan]

Yeah. I'm going to ask Chad who has. Yeah.

[Dan]

Actually Chat. Someone just said food in the bathroom.

[Chris Powers]

Period.

[Dan]

Vomit. Agree. Like, yeah. Chad, who is.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah.

[Evan]

Did.

[Chris Powers]

Hands up, dude. So this is what I was wondering. Someone just said this. This is why I was thinking, what if you're chewing when you go in? That's what I. That's what I meant by. I don't think I've ever put anything in my mouth. But what if I was. I ate it.

[Dan]

This guy goes, no.

[Chris Powers]

Shitter beers, you guys.

[Dan]

Shitter Beers is wild. That's wild. We're incredible.

[Chris Powers]

See, that's gotta be a T shirt. That's gotta be the next T shirt.

[Dan]

Sugar Beers is like the name of a beer. Like that's a Buffalo based beer.

[Evan]

Beers that's like Keystone light or something.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah. Okay, let's go. Kane sends. Kane's also complete the sweep.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

You called.

[Dan]

Who could have seen that coming?

[Chris Powers]

You sniped that, Dan.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

Sandy was out. Conked. Sandy conked into the next universe out. I knew they were going to lose

[Dan]

the sens.

[Chris Powers]

I really only have one thing I want to talk about in this game, but just for. Just for the overhead view. The Sens power play was like, over 17 before they scored. Yeah. They had multiple. Literally like three, five on threes. And I'm like, you can't win in this league if this is what's happening. Taylor hall scores, which was just so poetic because he's the one that conked Sandy. And everybody was like, we hate him. And then it's like, bang. Taylor hall scores. Stank man scores because Stankman only scores. And he's incredible.

[Dan]

Third in the playoffs in points.

[Chris Powers]

Really?

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

That's awesome. Omar. Very proud of his playoff performance.

[Dan]

I agree.

[Chris Powers]

He's had some sketchy ones in the past. Extremely proud of his playoff performance. We can talk about the sens. And where if we think they're happy, but I want to talk about the Ridley Greg play.

[Dan]

Oh, my God.

[Chris Powers]

There was a play before that or. Sorry, it actually was after.

[Dan]

Do you know about this too?

[Evan]

No, I do not.

[Chris Powers]

So look.

[Dan]

Look that up. End of game. The Ridley Greg.

[Evan]

Oh, I think Ridley Scott play.

[Dan]

Yeah. Gladiator 2. Ridley Scott.

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

And this series, dude, there was like a million penalties and fights.

[Dan]

I can't. I can't.

[Chris Powers]

Drilled.

[Dan]

I can't believe the graphics that these two are putting up right now. You guys are unbelievable.

[Chris Powers]

They're dialed.

[Dan]

This is a real show.

[Chris Powers]

The.

[Evan]

Yeah. We talked about. And eating at the same time, of course. What am I looking up here? The Riddly Greg.

[Dan]

You know what's funny?

[Chris Powers]

We.

[Dan]

We've spent almost two hours talking about NHL playoffs here. But the real discussion that people will talk about in this episode is. And eating. Correct. Because that's the important stuff.

[Chris Powers]

Ridley Greg in the second period, gets a goalie interference call.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

Okay, that live, I thought was like. And we're not on refs, but live. I was like, that is the worst call I've ever seen. Because he gets drilled from behind and he's not even doing the like, oh, I'm trying to stop, but I'm going to the goalie. He full stops and is like, all good. And then gets absolutely murdered from behind. Hits Freddy. All hell breaks loose. And they come out of it being like, ridley Greg goalie interference. And I was like, are you insane? But. But in the intermission, they were like, look at his right hand. Like, he hits Freddy. But they were. Look at his right hand. That's on purpose. And it's kind of like. I don't totally buy it, but I hear them when I saw the replay, because his left hand goes, like. When you get hit from behind and you're going into the crossbar, you're. You protect yourself. His left hand goes up, and his right hand does stay a little low and, like, catches Freddy in the mask.

[Dan]

So I was like, okay, maybe he

[Chris Powers]

does do a little accidental. Oh, I clipped him by accident.

[Dan]

Yeah. But.

[Chris Powers]

But 1000%, he is hit in the back. Like, he has no. He is not going in Freddy at all until he gets drilled.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

So whatever. But then Biz was like, he shouldn't even be in the game anymore. And I was talking about. About. And then they showed this replay, and, dude, it is right after.

[Dan]

Evan, did you find it?

[Evan]

It's. It's. Let me. Before we get it, it's this, right?

[Chris Powers]

That's the interference.

[Dan]

Look at the Ridley. Ridley Greg punch.

[Chris Powers]

Yep.

[Dan]

So he.

[Chris Powers]

There's a. There's a big hit. Brady drills someone. Maybe it was Taylor Hall. Brady was everywhere in that game, like he always is.

[Dan]

Oh, my God.

[Chris Powers]

And there's a scrum, and everyone's going at it. Okay. And Walker is tied up with folks. Fogel. Like, they are fighting. And, dude, for people that don't know if you can come in and pull someone off a guy or whatever, if you're protecting a teammate and all this.

[Dan]

Sorry, Evan, I found it. I'm sending it to you.

[Evan]

Okay, thanks, brother.

[Chris Powers]

Walker is tied up with Fogel. When that is happening, you cannot be a third man in and engage another player unless it is literally just pulling someone off because it's getting out of hand or whatever.

[Dan]

Dude.

[Chris Powers]

Ridley Greg comes in and drills Walker from the side or kind of from the back.

[Dan]

No, it's an uppercut.

[Chris Powers]

And then a second one comes through because Walker's kind of bent over and drills him with an uppercut. That is actually insane behavior. There are. There are. People don't like fighting in hockey. I love fighting in hockey, but there are rules.

[Dan]

We are engagement. We are such a players pod. And again, people make fun of us all the time for just stroking everyone off. Sorry about it, but this is one where I will be like, that was the most ass I've ever seen here.

[Evan]

I'm gonna see if we can get the video up here.

[Dan]

Oh, it's insane. Zach, did you see this video?

[Chris Powers]

I have not seen this video.

[Dan]

Evan, just.

[Evan]

I'm sending it to him right now.

[Chris Powers]

Just.

[Dan]

Just play. Like, I just want you guys to watch it because I. I know everyone watching has seen this play. And if not, look it up right now. See if the boys can pull off some wizardry and put a video up that. That was the most ass I have ever seen in a hockey game. Like, you. It is. You're right, Chris. It is like, rule one, dude, you cannot. You cannot come in.

[Chris Powers]

You.

[Dan]

You can't make it in an odd number, right? Like, you can't.

[Chris Powers]

Yes.

[Dan]

You can't do that.

[Evan]

Teaming up on somebody.

[Chris Powers]

Yes. Do you can't protect himself.

[Dan]

Walker is like, in a headlock with his head down. He can't see shit. And Ridley Greg just comes in and throws an uppercut into his face. And I'm like, what are you doing, dude?

[Chris Powers]

That. That sucked. And dude, he knows better. Like, he's not like that. He knows exactly what's happening. I know it's playoffs. I know you're getting swept. It's. Everything's tense. But, dude, I'm gonna go.

[Dan]

I'm gonna go from six to midnight. If these two get a video up

[Chris Powers]

right now, I'm gonna lose my crazy in the canes. Dan, the Canes

[Dan]

are.

[Chris Powers]

I kind of feel the same way I've been felt with the abs where I'm like that. You almost wanted more adversity, but it was.

[Dan]

On the ice here. What are you doing? The ice. What are you doing

[Chris Powers]

that, Evan, that

[Dan]

is 100% a wires cross moment, but that is not happening. And it's like, listen, it's not. Let's not be too dramatic.

[Chris Powers]

It's not like he.

[Dan]

It's the hardest punch that he's ever. But it's just not into it at all. He was not on the ice. Is on the ice.

[Evan]

He was not Keep watching it this many times.

[Chris Powers]

Enough, Ridley, enough.

[Dan]

I'm not. I'm dizzy beating the guy to death, but no. All right, so, I mean, listen, that Ridley, I think I deadass think he should be suspended into next season.

[Chris Powers]

Me too.

[Dan]

Like, I'm like, what will happen is the first time these teams play next year, you know, he's having to answer the the bell for sure. But that was ass. I I. When they were down 3 0, I went on my whole speech about, like, sends y. Your future is bright. I still believe that passionately. I do think there are. This goes for Kings fans, this goes for Sens fans. This goes for anyone who gets swept. If you are a fan online talking, first of all, stop touch grass, brother. Yeah, like, stop talking shit online. Just like, go enjoy your life. But second of all, you have to take your medicine.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah, dude, you got swept.

[Dan]

If you get sweat. If you're a fan talking shit online. If like, yeah, that's you. That's your personality.

[Evan]

And you.

[Dan]

You go and you beak online and then you get swept, dude, take your medicine like it's part of life. Just sit back and go, yep, I was talking shit. It was like we were walking out of the King's game yesterday and there's a guy very peacefully walking in a nav jersey and a Kings fan was like, you guys are fucking overrated bums. You're going to lose in the second round. Just like the Ducks. First of all, crazy ricochet shot at the Ducks. Crazy.

[Chris Powers]

But all.

[Dan]

But also I was like, dude, you just got swept. Yeah, just. Just put your head down and walk

[Chris Powers]

out of the scene, dude. The King's hand, he goes. He goes, you're going to be golfing like, you're going to be golfing just like we are in a fucking week anyway.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

And the ass fan kind of like looked over at him and he goes, all right, dude. See at the fucking cup parade. And I was like, he's right. Good response. He's gonna win.

[Evan]

I also have to say I've. Has anyone ever been more wrong in their life than me for picking the sens in six?

[Chris Powers]

Oh, that was so funny, dude. This is another one baptized by the

[Dan]

King Jack Evan got clipped in a Carolina Hurricanes hype post.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah, it was incredible.

[Dan]

It was, but feels good, right?

[Chris Powers]

Yep.

[Evan]

Hey, man, I've been weaved into the great tapestry of Cane's online.

[Chris Powers]

Dude, that was so. You're.

[Dan]

You're in the space, baby. Like, you're in.

[Chris Powers]

That was amazing.

[Evan]

And. And hopefully they know. That was a gut call of me just picking randomly. I'm like, one of these teams is going to lose.

[Dan]

It was actually funny. Someone sent it to me and was. Or sent it to us and was like, oh, Dr. Watkins is in the clip. And I laughed because I was like, he said that just to do something different. Like. Like you were just trying to. Like, I didn't want to be so chalky.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah, y. Dude. And dude, I think I did that with. I got to go back and look. But I'm pretty sure I picked mammoth. Like, you guys all had vagues and I was like, I don't know it. Whatever. Like mammoth6 and if mammoth win, you gotta get well. Exactly. But I could have so easily, like Vegas could have them in five and

[Dan]

I'd be like, no, you knew.

[Chris Powers]

I knew. I knew, I knew, I knew. But yeah, great, great series from the Canes. Sends. We kind of talked.

[Dan]

Yeah, we. We don't need to. I mean, listen, the Canes, like another great graphic from the boys. Freddy Anderson's out of his. Playing out of his mind.

[Chris Powers]

He can't. He can't.

[Dan]

The Canes are insane. They're so good. It's exciting.

[Chris Powers]

Dallas, Minnesota, just an unbelievable series that I have 180 on 50 fucking times. There are stretches where I'm like, I

[Dan]

don't even know what to say.

[Chris Powers]

Minnesota's incredible. And Dan, there were stretches in this game where I go, minnesota's about to lose in the series in five and. And dude, I actually had some. Does anyone have anything mean to say? I had something mean to say about Minnesota.

[Dan]

Does anyone have anything mean to say?

[Chris Powers]

I was going to say something about Minnesota when it looked like they were going to lose. Where about 2/3, 3/4 the way through the season, when the Central was going crazy, I said on an episode that as good as Minnesota is, they are a full step worse than Dallas and Colorado. And presumably Dallas was going to get the 2 seed because Colorado was at that time running away with it.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

And I was like, dude, Minnesota is just going to lose to Dallas in the first round and it sucks and it's a tough draw and they probably would have beat a lot of other teams, but they are just worse than Dallas and they are going to lose and Dallas is going to, you know, Dallas, Colorado is what we're all. That's the main course.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

And when it looked like Minnesota was about to go down three games to one, I was like, I can't even believe I doubted that. Take. Why did I ever. Like, we all. We all picked Minnesota. And I was like, why did I think that Dallas is just fucking better than them? And they have been better all fucking year. And they were obviously going to win. But holy shit, dude. This series has no quit, no rest, no sleep till fucking Brooklyn. And it's amazing. So huge credit to Minnesota for just fighting back.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

In a game, Dan, where I feel like you did get an otter game. I know he was really good in game three also, but I was like, holy shit, he is making ridiculous saves.

[Dan]

Dude, they've both been insane. But. But Walstead was.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah, can't say enough about him. He 42 saves or some.

[Dan]

But I mean Both of them. I think the shots were 45 and 43 in that game. This series is crack.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah.

[Dan]

It is pure crack cocaine straight up the urethra. It's unbelievable. Action.

[Chris Powers]

What a tip by baldy too. It was so sick. He kicks one in and then. Yeah, that was actually hilarious.

[Dan]

That was. That was great. Like, he fully kicks one in.

[Chris Powers]

He's like.

[Dan]

And they're like, no gold, dude. He was like this. Let me get another.

[Chris Powers]

An insane tip. Dude, that was so far out there. That's the only way you're going to beat Otter in that moment. Yeah.

[Dan]

Both goalies insane. I mean, we've talked about our boy Dutchy. Matt Duchene is playing so well in this series. That's incredible. He skin is insane. But like this, this is everything we could have ever wanted from this. Because to. To quote Rod the Bod, there are series right that end up in a sweep. And it's not really.

[Chris Powers]

It wasn't a sweep.

[Dan]

It's like both teams are great and just like one team gets. The fact that we're two. Two in this series is unbelievable.

[Chris Powers]

Oh, man. Dan, it's. It's amazing. I was so glad because when it looked like Dallas is going to win, I was like, man, the Wild fans don't even get one at home. Like, this sucks. I'm so glad they got one. I'm so glad we are getting more hockey, getting seven games. This is going to be insane. And dude, there, there are stretches in this series where teams look. So there was a stretch where Dallas looked like they had a five on three and it was just five on five. They were just snapping around that well. I think it ended like Harley finally took a shot and said gloved it. But it's insane. And then there's stretches where the Wild do it, especially those defensemen. You've said this many times. I don't need to repeat it. But just Quinn gets going and I'm

[Dan]

like, oh my God.

[Chris Powers]

Like you are beating the out of the star.

[Dan]

It is so crazy. Insane.

[Chris Powers]

I hope comes back asap. Comes back.

[Dan]

Are Zukin Trenin back in the lineup?

[Chris Powers]

I think Zook could play game five, I think. But I think Haynes is like something. He's a hurt hurt.

[Dan]

But you got to get Capris up going though. No.

[Chris Powers]

Yes, you do.

[Dan]

Like I, I think if you're a seventeen million dollar man, we gotta get Caprizov going.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah, you do.

[Dan]

Like I, I, you know, he's, he's, he had a great game one. He, he had. He was on the score Sheet last game. But, like, I. I need krill to, like, score, like, a krill goal.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah, he will. He's going to.

[Dan]

Yeah, he's been close.

[Chris Powers]

He's gonna get there. But he does get $17 million. I'm so pumped for that. I'm so pumped for the rest of that series. It's.

[Dan]

It is like. It's. It's frustrating. I want to talk more about it, but we'll obviously talk more about it during rest of the week with all the shows that we have. But, like, that series is just. It is. It is hockey pornography.

[Chris Powers]

Yes.

[Dan]

Rough, aggressive, hardcore pornography.

[Chris Powers]

I like that. Jesus.

[Evan]

But. But is there kiss involved?

[Dan]

You know. You know the type of. That. Zach likes that.

[Chris Powers]

Oh, yeah, that.

[Evan]

The kind of stuff that's illegal and,

[Chris Powers]

you know, Zach that up.

[Dan]

This is all locks, brother.

[Chris Powers]

You know.

[Dan]

You know, Zach comes into the office every day and he's like, guys, I was watching the craziest hardcore porn last night.

[Chris Powers]

This is all Defamation lawsuit.

[Dan]

This is all way out of hand. It was. It's that. So, like, I want to talk more about it, but we will this week after game five.

[Chris Powers]

Okay. Amazing. Last one.

[Dan]

Evan's alive, dude.

[Chris Powers]

Evan's alive.

[Dan]

Pitt survives another day.

[Chris Powers]

Did you want it ev. Did it feel good?

[Evan]

I was at a friend's birthday party, and I was not watching. I tried to watch it, but, you know, we live in a major city, and yet somehow I couldn't fucking get the game on my damn phone. And Silver Lake.

[Dan]

That is ass.

[Evan]

Well, I was like, look, I've watched all the games. They've lost these games. If I don't watch the game, maybe they'll win. And they did.

[Dan]

Can you do a nice Yinzer accent?

[Evan]

Oh, yeah, of course I can do Yinzer accent. We talking about.

[Dan]

Wow. Okay, so they Yinzer sound like Philly

[Evan]

accent a little bit. Like, Yinzer's a little bit more Appalachian is a little more like, you know, you're going to get some rednecks out that way. But Yin. Yin's got to understand. Penguins were. We were in dire straits, you guys. You kidding me?

[Chris Powers]

That's great.

[Evan]

This is my pit audition.

[Dan]

Yeah, the Yinzer, actually.

[Evan]

Hey, Doc, I got this thing stuck up my bum. I don't do about it. So it's the worst accent in the world.

[Dan]

It is that. That I was going to say that's pretty bad. Like, that's. That's a gnarly one. Is also saying yin is so funny.

[Chris Powers]

What does that mean?

[Evan]

You wins.

[Chris Powers]

Oh, you.

[Evan]

It's like, y' all but it's.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Dan]

It's like there.

[Evan]

Hey, you want to go down a river? We'll get some Primani brothers and drink some orange cities.

[Chris Powers]

I'm like, holy.

[Evan]

We'll watch. We'll watch skeins pitch a game. It was going to be nice. Nice afternoon.

[Dan]

That is insane. That's crazy. It's a beautiful town.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah.

[Evan]

All right. Where are you from?

[Dan]

I. I am originally, I'm from Clemson, South Carolina.

[Evan]

Okay.

[Dan]

Born here, but I. I would. I've been to Pittsburgh. I'm going to South Carolina this weekend.

[Chris Powers]

You are? Yeah.

[Dan]

Charleston.

[Chris Powers]

Yes, sir.

[Dan]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Chris Powers]

So that's where y' all go. That's.

[Dan]

That's where. No one is going anywhere in South Carolina other than Charleston.

[Evan]

You go to Beaufort, South Carolina. It's a beautiful town.

[Chris Powers]

There you go. Penguins stave off elimination. Yep. I was happy. I've kind of written the series off, but I was happy. And then I started.

[Dan]

Scores.

[Chris Powers]

I said, scores.

[Evan]

He gets a power play goal.

[Chris Powers]

I was like, let's go. But then, admittedly, I started doing that thing, the mental gymnastics where I'm like, well, you know, Sid. Sid could do it. We go. We went to Shelob. We went to she Love in Gold Dan. Maybe he gets hot, so anything could happen.

[Evan]

I think I'm a little confused by the move to she Love because I don't think that Skinner was the reason for 90% of what was happening. Bad for the Penguins, I agree.

[Chris Powers]

But there were a couple. Like, it wasn't. He was.

[Dan]

He wasn't getting any, though. Like, he wasn't making any big saves. Yeah, exactly.

[Chris Powers]

Saved the Kate's breakaway. Like, what? The Kate's eventually scored the power play goal in game three to take the lead. But he saved a breakaway. Sure was making a couple.

[Dan]

Sure.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah. Hell, yeah. But. But, you know, sometimes that's. Sometimes you just go to the backup and he gets hot, and you're like, holy. Like, you're just talking about with the. Or so maybe. But I did feel like. Yeah, exactly. But I did feel like the Flyers in that game, if you're gonna get a Penguins win. I was looking for a more comfortable win where something. Something switched here. And it made. I was like, ah.

[Dan]

The Flyers kept fighting. It was like, every time you guys got a lead, it was like, boom, Flyers, goal. And it was like, oh, okay, they're still here.

[Evan]

I'm. I'm. Look, the. The ends are in me is very much like, God, wouldn't it be amazing to get a reverse sweep? But, like, come the On. I. I think that this.

[Dan]

Come on, come on.

[Evan]

Come on, guys. Which means Dan out there skating around the ice like Keystone Cops falling over each other, a bunch of drunk idiot. But no, I mean, look, hey, just. Just happy to get in the dance.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah. Happy to get.

[Evan]

Nobody thought we were going to make the playoffs. We made the playoffs and a younger team might be ringing our butts.

[Dan]

I. I will say it's always nice. Crosby goal. Tanger goal. Raquel goal. All first goals. So, like, it's. That was a good game of, like, everyone got going, you know, like that. That is always kind of sick.

[Chris Powers]

Like, I know that Lar screwed up, but that was.

[Dan]

I think D CD's goal was his first as well.

[Chris Powers]

Oh, really?

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

Nice. So, yeah, that little. The old reach around for rail there.

[Evan]

See, I'm gonna watch it today.

[Chris Powers]

That was sick. There you go. So, yeah, I'm. I'm still kind of like, they're dead. But I was happy to see. I was glad to see the boys get one. Glad to see Sid get one. Getting swept is not fun.

[Dan]

Embrace the piss and you go home. You go home.

[Chris Powers]

You know what I mean, dude?

[Dan]

Once we realized it was like, that's the only jersey they're wearing. You're stuck in it. We're so. Here we go. All right, so tonight we're headed back to Pitt.

[Chris Powers]

Yep.

[Dan]

4pm Eastern. See if they can stave off elimination again. And then 6:30pm Eastern, or. Excuse me, 4:00pm Pacific. I apologize. My brain's not working.

[Chris Powers]

You're like, matinee again, dude. No.

[Dan]

Could you.

[Chris Powers]

We could never. They would never.

[Dan]

And then 6:30pm Pacific, Vegas, Utah. Second game in Delta.

[Chris Powers]

Huge game.

[Dan]

People forget the Delta center has never once seen a playoff. An NHL playoff loss.

[Chris Powers]

Correct. And if they get that one, bro, then they're. Then they start making plans. Yeah, then they start making plans.

[Dan]

Kind of nice in the first round. It's rare that we get only two games.

[Chris Powers]

And. And, bro, wrap your head around this.

[Dan]

I'm sure that happens every year at the end of the round when teams have been eliminated. I feel like a fucking. Dude.

[Chris Powers]

We were almost gonna get. If. If the Flyers had won. We almost. This Pens game was obviously not going to exist. So I was like, oh, wow. We're only gonna have one game on Monday. Which sucks because we've had so much hockey and it's been amazing. But wrap your head around this, boys. If the Mammoth win, I mean, nothing is over because Vegas and Edmonton are good teams and scary. But because of the way that bracket shook out and like, where the wild card teams kicked out to the the second round, there could be mammoth ducks, which means the winner, like, could win that one of those two teams is in the Western Conference finals, which is gas.

[Dan]

Can you imagine how fun a mammoth duck series will be?

[Chris Powers]

Like, that's awesome.

[Dan]

Could be. But also the Oilers can just correct

[Chris Powers]

so and so could Vegas. Vegas could go 2, 2 tonight.

[Dan]

Like, that's so easily win three straight games. Yep. It's insane.

[Chris Powers]

But mammoth ducks would feed families.

[Dan]

Mammoth duckies would be just scenes new blood.

[Chris Powers]

I love it, dude.

[Dan]

The hardcore born that Zach watches.

[Chris Powers]

I love it. All right.

[Evan]

Your browser history.

[Dan]

All right.

[Chris Powers]

Amazing.

[Dan]

Can't do that.

[Chris Powers]

Clear. No.

[Dan]

All right. Clear your cookies. Get ready for tonight. Two games. We will be back tomorrow with the normal episode. No, no, no, wait.

[Chris Powers]

We're going live tomorrow.

[Dan]

Oh, my God.

[Evan]

Wait, no. Are we going live? Oh, yeah, we're around.

[Dan]

Yeah, we.

[Chris Powers]

We are.

[Dan]

We're messing with the schedule.

[Evan]

Can you fill us all in?

[Chris Powers]

Yeah. We are going Monday morning. We'll be live and I'll be in hell. We're here. You've witnessed that.

[Dan]

It's happening now.

[Chris Powers]

Tuesday morning, tomorrow. We are live at 9 Pacific. Wednesday morning at.

[Dan]

When did the pod come out?

[Chris Powers]

3am Pacific. Wednesday morning, a pod episode will come out Thursday morning, a pod episode will come out Friday morning, 9 Pacific. We are live.

[Dan]

There you go. I do want to give a quick shout out to Kopi.

[Chris Powers]

Yep.

[Dan]

Before we wrap up all the love in the world, shout outs to anjakopitar, greatest king of all time. It was an honor to be there last night and see his last game in Crypto.

[Chris Powers]

Truly, that. That kind of swung me back around where I had said I wanted him to get that win, but just to have. Have been there, to be a part of it was. Was emotional. Was legitimately emotional. And he has so much to be proud of.

[Dan]

Yeah. What Kings fans know it, but just, you know, for. For anyone who has not been able to interact with the guy, be around the guy, you will not find a better human being.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah.

[Dan]

And then to also be that good of a hockey player, that great of an ambassador for the game and just do everything he did on the ice and then also be that remarkable of a man. You don't find him like that often. So huge cheers to Kobe. What a career. You're the best. We love you, buddy.

[Chris Powers]

Love you, man.

[Dan]

Well, for and for all the Kings fans and hockey fans, we got a fun episode coming for you with him soon.

[Chris Powers]

Yep.

[Dan]

Gonna be great. All right. That's gonna do it for us on this live. We'll see you tomorrow. Huge stick taps to Zach and Evan. Just unbelievable stuff today.

[Chris Powers]

They told me last week. I go, we'll be. We'll be humming in a couple weeks. And they go, he said we'll be humming by Monday.

[Dan]

Zach said it to me on Friday. He was like, dude, we're gonna be buzzing. And I was like, okay. And I've never seen us buzz this hard in my entire life.

[Chris Powers]

We almost got porn up on the screen.

[Dan]

Wait till tomorrow, folks.

[Chris Powers]

Incredible.

[Dan]

Could you imagine if we just put porn. That'd be cool.