Could The Lightning Break The NHL Record For Most Consecutive Wins?

Summary

Empty Netters Podcast – Episode Summary

Episode: Could The Lightning Break The NHL Record For Most Consecutive Wins?
Date: January 15, 2026
Hosts: Dan Powers, Sean Buffini, Chris Powers
Produced by: Almost Friday Media

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Overview

This lively episode of the Empty Netters Podcast blends sharp-witted hockey analysis, playful sibling banter, and in-depth breakdowns of current NHL happenings. The spotlight this week falls on the Tampa Bay Lightning’s massive win streak and musings on whether they could set a new NHL record, with side quests through the state of the Predators, Golden Knights, trade deadline machinations, and the shifting pecking order among American hockey greats. Frequent detours for betting picks and comedic life talk add flavor to this brothers-in-arms hockey hangout.

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Episode Structure & Key Segments

1. Banter & Opening Chatter (00:00–01:35)

• Lighthearted jokes about their beer league glory days and personal quirks.
• Quick catch-up and transition into main hockey discussions.

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2. In Case You Missed It: Nashville Predators Revival? (01:36–06:47)

• Sean Buffini’s Bold Claim: "The Preds are back." (02:02)
• Debate on whether Nashville’s mid-season hot streak is a genuine resurgence or a fleeting pulse.
• Statistical rundown:
  • Ryan O’Reilly leads with 39 pts; Stamkos (Stammer) at 20 goals, closing in on another 40-goal season.
  • 6-4-0 in last 10, 14-7 since December started.
• Dan’s Caution: “Big win, but is this just a flash in the pan... are they too old to keep this up?” (03:54)
• Sean: "Age is just a number" and reminds listeners Nashville started hot, then slumped, and now is fighting for a wildcard. (04:16)
• Consensus: The Preds are no longer pushovers, but skepticism lingers over long-term sustainability.

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3. Main Story: Tampa Bay Lightning’s Win Streak—Chasing NHL History (06:48–13:37)

• Lightning have won 11 straight, holding a two-point Atlantic lead with two games in hand over the Habs.
• Injury adversity: “Point is day-to-day, Headman and McDonagh on IR, and they’re STILL rolling.” (07:02)
• Sean: “The Bolts are the best team in the East.” (07:58)
• Dan voices caution: “They keep winning a ton, then losing a ton… Are they about to go cold again?”
• Last team to win more: 1992-93 Penguins (17 in a row); Tampa franchise record is 11 (current streak). (11:54)
• Tampa’s upcoming schedule dissected (Stars, Blues, Sharks, etc.). The possibility of the record being broken is tantalizing—but several tough games ahead.
• Quote: "If you walk into Nashville thinking… you’re gonna have Steven Stamkos hat trick down your fucking throat before you can blink, dude." – Sean (05:42)

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4. Other Streaking Teams: Vegas Golden Knights & Pacific Division Parity (13:38–17:47)

• VGK: Four-game win streak, tied atop the Pacific with the Oilers but with three games in hand.
• “The weirdest franchise; never a dominant regular-season team, always lethal in the playoffs.” – Sean (14:26)
• Roster rundown: Eichel, Stone, Marner above a point per game; team playing well, but goaltending is the wild card.
• Pacific Division is “wide open;” both Knights and Oilers have questions, and Central may beat each other up in playoffs.

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5. Burn The Boats: NHL Teams Who Must Make All-In Moves (17:48–26:31)

• Inspired by Frank Seravalli’s quote on the Oilers’ window: it’s do-or-die for Cup contenders.
• Which teams are in “Burn the Boats” mode?
  • Edmonton Oilers: Need defensive help more than scoring, goaltending remains a concern.
  • Colorado Avalanche: “They could do nothing and still be the favorite… but if they do nothing and lose, it's a disaster.” (21:06)
  • Dallas Stars: Pressure from an aging core despite wealth of young talent.
  • Tampa Bay Lightning: “This might be your last, fantastic opportunity... Set fire to the entire fleet.” (25:15)
  • Carolina Hurricanes: Perennial contender, but path to Cup is open—must not squander.
• Dan: “If you don't get to the Stanley cup as the Carolina Hurricanes this year... you're a moron.” (26:39)

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6. Patrick Kane Chasing Mike Modano: The Greatest American Debate (26:57–34:11)

• Kane is about to overtake Modano as the highest-scoring American in NHL history.
• “Patrick Kane is the best American born NHL player. Would you agree?” – Dan (27:17)
  • All agree, but acknowledge Modano and Chelios are underappreciated.
  • Kane set the template for a new generation of American stars; Austin Matthews next in line?
  • US scoring leaders now: Jason Robertson, Kyle Connor, Zach Werenski, Boldy.
• “Think about the 2010 Olympic team… when I think about that era of American guys, it’s Patrick Kane. He’s the guy.” – Sean (28:36)
• Discussion of Matthews’ MVP case and its contrast to Kane’s all-around impact.

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7. Betting Corner: Picks, Parlays, and Fade Challenges (35:28–44:21)

A. Recap – Live on a Beach Mega Parlay & Life on the Line Parlay (36:39–39:15)

• Mega Parlay: “Nine and five, gentlemen...might be the best we've ever done.” – Sean (37:39)
• “Life on the Line” parlay continues to be a coin flip.

B. The Friday Fade (39:15–41:00)

• Always bet against the obvious; this week’s fade: “Surely the Bolts would not wreck their franchise record streak against the Blues. Therefore we must fade the Tampa Bay Lightning—Blues at home.” (40:47)

C. Saturday Selly & Sunday Hat Trick Parlay (41:14–44:21)

• Saturday goal picks (Draisaitl’s power play potential vs. Vancouver).
• Sunday: Wings Moneyline/Under/DeBrincat Point.

D. Saturday Mega Parlay Picks (44:29–46:53)

• Full-card rapid-fire picks for Saturday games.

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8. Life Talk & Comedy: The Great Snooze Button Debate (52:23–62:10)

• Unfiltered rant about the pointlessness ("single worst invention by humanity") of the snooze button.
• Quote: “People who use the snooze button are psychopathic, masochistic lunatics. And the human I love most on this earth uses it 50 times a morning.” – Dan (56:14)
• Playful bickering about morning vs. night-people lifestyles.
• “You need sun on your face.” – Sean (61:56)
• Listeners are urged to abandon the snooze and find healthier morning routines.

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9. Game Time: Trivia "Factorial" – Guess the Player (62:21–67:37)

• Sean quizzes Dan with a five-clue trivia game.
  • Most difficult clue: “Debuted Nov 25, 2013, scored on 1st NHL shot/shift… vs. Hank Lundqvist.”
  • Hardware clues: “3 Art Ross, 2 Ted Lindsay, 1 Hart... never a gold international medal.”
  • Answer (at 67:14): Nikita Kucherov

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10. Closing & Teaser for Next Episode (67:37–End)

• “Incredible episode. Fun stuff folks. Amazing interviews coming soon—NHL players, actors. Take those Professor Puckline picks to the bank!”
• Sign off: “We love you, babes. Skate hard.”

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Notable Quotes & Moments (with timestamps)

• “The Preds are all the way back, and you're telling me…they’re not in that conversation?” – Sean (02:21)
• "The Bolts are the best team in the East." – Sean (07:58)
• “I am heavy looking at [Tampa Bay] as a…this might be your last year. Set fire to the entire fleet.” – Dan (25:15)
• “Kane was the bridge to this new era, but it's how sick was he, dude, to watch, like, to really own his generation.” – Sean (28:49)
• “People who use the snooze button are psychopathic, masochistic lunatics.” – Dan (56:14)
• “Dan, get out of the box! Dan, get out of the box!” [during trivia] – Sean (65:40)

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Key Takeaways

• Tampa Bay’s win streak is legit, possibly historic, even with injuries; franchise and NHL records are in sight, but schedule ahead is rocky.
• Nashville is not dead yet; they’re in a dogfight for wild card but remain questionably “back.”
• Vegas & Pacific are both hard to read but dangerous low-key playoff threats.
• Burn the Boats: Several top-tier teams (Edmonton, Dallas, Colorado, Tampa, Carolina) are under huge pressure to maximize their current windows—no half measures.
• Greatest American Debate: Patrick Kane is about to make history and remains the definitive American NHLer for now; Auston Matthews’ place is debated, but the next generation is coming.
• Fantasy & Betting: The trio keeps it fun and accessible, delivering actionable picks with an irreverent edge—plus, that classic Empty Netters reverse jinx is always in play.
• Life & Comedy: Sibling dynamic and rants (snooze button, morning routines) provide authenticity and comic relief.

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For Listeners Who Haven't Tuned In…

You’ll walk away knowing why Tampa is the team to watch, which aging and/or contending teams are heading for roster make-or-break moments, what makes the current American hockey talent pool so special (and unresolved), and you’ll likely check your alarm settings—or at least laugh at those who snooze. All with legit hockey smarts, puckhead energy, and hilarious, sometimes savage camaraderie.

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Until next time… skate hard!

Transcript

[Dan Powers]

Welcome to the Empty Netters podcast.

[Sean Buffini]

Can you believe what this has become?

[Dan Powers]

There's a full 48 hours where I.

[Chris Powers]

Felt like I was, like, literally Superman.

[Dan Powers]

Jumbo loves playing Fortnite, so he gets on the sticks. Did TR show you the saunacycle or was that all you did? No, I invented that.

[Sean Buffini]

Almost a year now that I haven't taken a body check. That's kind of nice.

[Chris Powers]

Finished tonight with some chicken fingers and a few Guinnesses.

[Dan Powers]

Ran into you guys. And that's where this pod came to life. Ice is ready. And we are back with another episode of the Empty Netters podcast, brought to you by BetMGM. I am your host, Dan Powers, and over here on the sticks, his presence is as warm and cozy as the homemade fisherman sweaters his wonderful mother makes. Sean Buffini.

[Chris Powers]

Ah, shucks.

[Dan Powers]

Heard you had some traffic today.

[Chris Powers]

A lot of traffic today.

[Dan Powers]

We hate traffic. But what we don't hate is the man on my left. He puts pins in his designer suits from his favorite childhood studies, stories and video games.

[Sean Buffini]

Chris Powers. One of my most endearing qualities, if I may say so myself.

[Dan Powers]

As always, I think it's pretty lame. And every time people go, what's that pin? And you go, it's from the Legend of Zelda. Part of me gets embarrassed for you.

[Sean Buffini]

They go, that is amazing.

[Dan Powers]

People go like, no, they always go like this. Oh, that's so cool. And then they walk away and go, how old is Chris? That's what happens every time.

[Sean Buffini]

You know, it's funny if I went like this. Oh, it's this random art piece.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

That I found.

[Dan Powers]

It would go, a man of culture.

[Sean Buffini]

Amazing. And I go, it's an ocarina, you bitch. And they go, fuck you. And I'm like, fuck me? Fuck you. Fuck you, dude. That's how. That's how it happens.

[Dan Powers]

Don't let the little kid in. You die. Listen, cocktail hour. We've got a great episode. We've got hot ice to get into, some stuff going on in the league. You're gonna hear from the professional professors. We're going to do a lot of stuff, so let's just jump on in Hot ice. We're talking Preds. Can you hear the music, cp Are the Preds doing something?

[Sean Buffini]

The Preds are back.

[Dan Powers]

Will you relax?

[Sean Buffini]

The Preds are back.

[Dan Powers]

Will you truly relax?

[Sean Buffini]

Are they.

[Dan Powers]

I specifically pegged this topic to not say, the Preds are back. That's. We were saying, are they doing something?

[Sean Buffini]

I can hear it.

[Dan Powers]

It's like, it's. It's. It's you're in a room in the house and someone's playing music in their bedroom, and you can kind of hear it upstairs.

[Sean Buffini]

I can hear it. That's the back, Dan, the Preds are all the way back, and you're telling me you're going to sit over there and you're going to sit over there and you're going to tell me that the Preds, who are. With a game in hand. Well, with a game in hand against Utah only two points back, Sharks have a game in hand, one point up and then tied with the Kinks, head of the Ducks, Hawks, Blues, et cetera. And I'll even go spunk Dan at 50 points, 44 games. Listen, you're gonna tell me that in a dog fight for two because they can't get a central spot. They cannot.

[Dan Powers]

They can't. They certainly can't.

[Sean Buffini]

So in a dogfight for two spots against the Spunk, the Mammoth, the Sharks, the Kings and the Ducks, you're telling me that they're not in that conversation?

[Dan Powers]

I. I'm not saying that. But that's not them being back.

[Sean Buffini]

Yes, it is. They were dead and buried. They were six feet under.

[Dan Powers]

They were. Listen, they're clawing like there are scratch marks on the lid of the coffin. There is no doubt about that.

[Sean Buffini]

You buried me.

[Dan Powers]

The Preds are.

[Sean Buffini]

I'm alive and they're alive. Dude, we buried them and they're alive.

[Dan Powers]

They're 6, 4. No. In their last 10 games, two straight wins and a big win in OT last night against the Oilers. That's great. 147 since the start of December. Also very good. And after very quiet starts and frustrating interviews, Ryan O'Reilly leads the team with 39 points. Friend of the program Flip Florsberg is 32. Evangelista and Stammer have 31. Stammer with 20 goals.

[Sean Buffini]

Dude, Stammer.

[Dan Powers]

Flirton with another 40 goal season. The question is, are they too old to keep this up? Is this. Is this just a flash in the pan? Because at the end of the day, they have good players, they have a good coach who they've stuck by, which is very admirable. But is this just a, oh, hey, we're having some fun in Nashville, but at the end of the day, we're going to fall apart?

[Sean Buffini]

No. And the reason is age is just a number. And the reason is they started the year pretty good. People forget that because then they went on that another putrid run. But they started the year and they were beating teams and they were competitive and everybody was like, oh, yeah, this is what I thought Nashville was. Which was. Which was only, by the way. And no, not revision a little bit on the.

[Dan Powers]

Like, they started. I don't think you're allowed to have like six good games and call that a good start.

[Sean Buffini]

But when you were horrible last year and it seemed like you were the same team.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

I was like, oh, yeah, this is more what they look like. And to not be a revisionist historian. Yeah, I certainly. And I think you two. Two years ago, or I should say going into last year, we weren't like, the Preds are wild card team. We were like, the Preds are going to be sick because they made all the moves.

[Dan Powers]

I mean, holy moly.

[Sean Buffini]

So I'm not trying to be like, I always knew they were only a wild card team, but they are only a wild card team. And they are. They're. That's what they are now. Or they're. They're. They're in that realm.

[Dan Powers]

You know, they're in that realm. I am not going to say that they are back, but the Preds deserve a nice little stroke off here on the show. We haven't really talked about the Preds in a long time, but ultimately, in the last month and a half, they've been playing good hockey. They've been playing really good hockey. Again, big win against a red hot Connor McDavid Oilers team. So they can't be ignored anymore. The treads are not an easy win anymore.

[Sean Buffini]

Oh, dude. If you walk into Nashville thinking you're going to go to Jason Aldean already relaxed Jason Aldean, have some beers, listen to some honky tonk, take two points and kick your butt down the road, you got another thing coming. I can. You're going to have Steven Stamkos hat trick down your fucking throat before you can blink, dude. Enjoy the tunes because that's the only dancing you're going to be doing.

[Dan Powers]

You're already too horny.

[Sean Buffini]

Preds are back.

[Dan Powers]

No, you're already too horny. This is a classic jinx. This is a classic empty netters jinx.

[Sean Buffini]

Here comes the. Comes the 08.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah. Here comes five straight losses for the. I think I need to see. Listen, this has been a good month and a half. I need to see in the next 10. Yeah, let's call it the next 10. They're through what, 45 games. 46 games. 46 games in the next 10 at game 59. They gotta be above.500 in those 10 games. And if not. I think that this is a classic case of an old Dog starts running a little quicker in the yard. He chases after that tennis ball a little bit faster, but he's still going to bed way too early and he.

[Sean Buffini]

Can'T keep up with the young pups.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah. So we'll see.

[Sean Buffini]

We will see. And I'm ready.

[Dan Powers]

Two wins in a row. Talking about streakers. We're going streaking. We're going up to the quad and out by the gymnasium.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah, everybody's coming.

[Dan Powers]

Got a couple of teams we're going to talk about who are streaking right now. The bolts have won 11 straight games. They've got a two point cushion and two games in hand over the Habs, who are behind them in the Atlantic. Cooch sealed the deal last night against Pittsburgh with a real, real cheeky shootout move. Just like a quick shot from between the leg or not between the legs, like right in front of him. Tucked it under the arm. Cooch is unbelievable. Point is, day to day, Headman is on the ir. Like, this team is pretty banged up. I don't think people are really acknowledging what's going on. The Bolts, top of the Atlantic. Like I just said, 11 straight wins. McDonough and Headman on the IR. Braden point one of their star forwards who's been off and on all year. He is day to day. And they are still getting these monster, monster wins. Here's a serious question. Are the Bolts the best team in the east or do we still need more evidence that they're not going to be so hot and cold like they've been all year?

[Sean Buffini]

The Bolts are the best team in the East.

[Dan Powers]

They keep winning tons of games in a row and then they lose tons.

[Sean Buffini]

Of games in a row.

[Dan Powers]

Is this going to continue or are they right about to lose five straight?

[Sean Buffini]

They. No, they. Even if they do, I don't care. Even if they do, I do not care. And also, people forget that they. And we picked them, we wore clown noses for this. But they were incredible at the end of last year and ran into the juggernaut that was. That was the Stanley cup champs and your in state rival, which is just extra juice. Like, even if the Panthers weren't as good as they are, it's just like a tough series. And since the Panthers handled their business, it started all this like, oh, should Cooper get fired? And like, were the Bolts actually not that good? And I was like, no, they actually were. That was just. That was a Colorado Dallas first round situation. Someone had to go home. Unfortunately, that should have been the Eastern Conference finals. So the Bolts are a fucking crab wagon they.

[Dan Powers]

They are. They are potentially a crab wagon. And there's. There's a few things that I want to bring up. Number one, they. With two games in hand on Carolina as well, they are officially more points than Carolina for the first time in a bit here in this season, the Bolts are the top team in the east. Coucher off has 67 points. We keep talking about Nate and Connor. What are they in the 80s now? Like, look up. Look up the top stats in the league right now. I think they're probably in the 80s. They were both tied at 78 when we did our episode at the top of the week. I'm sure Connor, he's.

[Sean Buffini]

David. 82.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah, 82. 81. But cooch just right there, yet again, 67 points. Gensel and Hagel, 47 and 41. And the guy I brought up when we were talking Team Canada, Darren Radish, 39 points from the blue line on this team with Headman and McDonough out. Like, he has been so fantastic for this, for this team. But the big one for me is it feels like we have playoff vassi back.

[Sean Buffini]

That can change everything.

[Dan Powers]

And I keep saying, I keep telling people, when you look at the standings and you see in the wild card race, Florida is sixth in the wild card with 51 points, and the Leafs have the second wild card with 53 points. And Florida has a game in hand right there. Florida is just. They're doing everything right. Yes, Florida is. All they had to do was survive. Survive until game 65 and then you get your guys back and everything changes. And again, if. If Tampa is top of the east and Florida gets the second wild card. That is hysterical, Dan. It is utterly hysterical. So I'm not sitting here ready to tell Bolts fans that you are the best team in the East. It's.

[Chris Powers]

No.

[Dan Powers]

Florida is the monster under your bed just waiting for its opportunity. I need everyone to remember that Florida is doing exactly what they want to.

[Sean Buffini]

Do, and they're the ultimate wild card this year. I don't even mean literally in the standings. I mean like.

[Dan Powers]

Like l. And figuratively.

[Sean Buffini]

Because anything could happen because. Because. Because could come back and. And get a knock again or someone else could get hurt. Because anything could go wrong, but anything can go right.

[Dan Powers]

Like, I need you all to remember, folks, that the Florida Panthers are, with a game in hand, two points out of a wild card spot, and on their injured list is Matthew Kachuk, Alexander Barkov, Dimitri Kulakov, Jonah Gadjevich, Cole Schwint, Thomas Nok, Seth Jones, Brad Marchand all inc. Incredibly important players to that team. And I genuinely think all of them, including Barkov, could be back at the end of the season and into playoffs. So fear the Panthers still, but Tampa is a very, very good team. And this is exciting stuff for Tampa because that's just an awesome fan base. An awesome team with awesome guys. I love it.

[Sean Buffini]

11 wins in a row. The record is 17 in the NHL or.

[Dan Powers]

Oh, yeah, fucking rights.

[Sean Buffini]

Oilers did 16.

[Dan Powers]

What is Tampa's longest win streak? Because I wonder if it's this. Tampa Bay, 17 wins in a row is the longest win streak in NHL history.

[Sean Buffini]

Yes.

[Dan Powers]

That can't be true. Sean, will you look that up? Longest win streak in NHL history.

[Sean Buffini]

I assure you it's right. The longest win streak in Tampa Bay franchise history is right now 11.

[Dan Powers]

That's 11. Hey.

[Sean Buffini]

Tied from the previous record of 20. 19. 2020. When they.

[Chris Powers]

So we have. The longest winning streak in NHL history belongs to the 1992. 1993 Pittsburgh Penguins, who won 17 consecutive regular season games.

[Dan Powers]

Hey, good job.

[Sean Buffini]

So Oilers did 16 a couple years ago. Got close. Tampa has tied their record from the year they won a million games. Can I give you their next games, Dan? Police to break their franchise record this Friday against the Blues on the road. Check.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

Then they play the Stars on the road. Very tough game. Okay.

[Dan Powers]

Very tough game.

[Sean Buffini]

But then, Dan. Sharks, Hawks, Blue Jackets, Mammoth, Jets.

[Dan Powers]

Sharkies are not an easy win. Hawks with Bedard back, not an easy win. Blue Jackets, I'm sorry. That should be a win. Who is the next one?

[Sean Buffini]

Mammoth, Mammoth, jets at home. Sharks at home.

[Dan Powers]

Not an easy win. Jets are kind of buzzing again.

[Sean Buffini]

Yep.

[Dan Powers]

This is gonna be tough.

[Sean Buffini]

Oh, of course gonna be tough. But I'm just saying this could have been. Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

Juggernauts.

[Sean Buffini]

Juggernaut. Juggernaut. Like, if I'm like, oh, dude, the record. If you get through that Stars game. Yeah. If you get. If you beat the Blues, set your franchise record. And then if you get through the Stars to complete this road trip, then. Then we're in. Record. Watch. Then we're in. Then we're in. Penguins watch.

[Dan Powers]

All right, let's get back into streakers. The Golden Knights. Four straight wins after a bit of a tough stretch here because they're five, three, and two in their last ten. So these four have been important. They sit atop the Pacific, tied with the Oilers, but with three games in hand.

[Sean Buffini]

What is the deal. What's. What's the deal with airline food?

[Dan Powers]

With the Pacific and this Golden Knights team and also airline food. Do we think it's getting better. Do we think it's getting worse?

[Sean Buffini]

It's not served enough.

[Dan Powers]

Don't talk.

[Sean Buffini]

It's not served enough.

[Dan Powers]

Save it for not ice. We're not talking about airline food. We're talking about the Vegas Golden Knights. What is the deal with the Pacific? And also, do you believe in the Vegas Golden Knights? I'm going to tell you right now, I'm not entirely sure. I am not sure I believe in this Vegas Golden Knights team.

[Sean Buffini]

Here's the only reason I kind of do. The Vegas Golden Knights have got to be the weirdest franchise I've ever seen in my life.

[Dan Powers]

They are so confusing. It's truly the most difficult thing for my brain to process.

[Sean Buffini]

They are cutthroat in ways that many pro sports teams are not. Where they're like, okay, good day. We are here to win Cups. I don't have any loyalty to anybody yet. They have pretty much never produced a really dominant regular season team. Someone check me on that. But I'm like, I can't recall the Knights ever being like, oh, wow, you had a billion points and dominated the regular season. They do for stretches, but they obviously stumble for stretches, too. And they. They have never really produced a dominant regular season point guy. Obviously, I think Jack is one of the best players in the league, but that's just not what he does. And yet they go to Cups. They win Cups, and even when they've been knocked out, they've been a favorite pick and threat. You know, like, they're like, they're. You don't look at them being like, oh, my God, the 23 Bruins.

[Dan Powers]

Holy shit.

[Sean Buffini]

You're just like, oh, there's Vegas. Are they going to win?

[Dan Powers]

And you're like, yeah, maybe.

[Sean Buffini]

And so right now, I look at them and I'm like, you stink. But I'm like, well, actually, are they my pick to win?

[Dan Powers]

Well, you know what's interesting about that? You just. What you just said. Jack Eichel and Mark Stone are both significantly above point per game, playing phenomenally. Mitch Marner, above point per game, playing phenomenally. And then you look down their roster. Everyone is playing really well. Tomash Hurdle, playing fan.

[Sean Buffini]

He's having a great year.

[Dan Powers]

Having a great year. Scora Feev, great. His cool down on the goals, but playing well. Barbie playing well. Theodore Hannifin playing well. Like, the team's playing really well. To me, it's all the goaltending. Like, I, They. They have just done so many things that, like, are working, aren't working. You wonder about Hill, like, is he coming back? Is he going to play? But I think the Vegas Golden Knights last year, they would be very upset with how their season ended. As they should be. They've got so many guys who are hurt right now in guys like McNabb, Saad and Carlson. We've talked about Petro. He's not coming back this year. Hill is out. Hart is now out.

[Sean Buffini]

Yep.

[Dan Powers]

So.

[Sean Buffini]

And wasn't playing that well.

[Dan Powers]

You do. It does feel like Vegas is genuinely, like, one thing away from being like, oh, they are very, very, very complete.

[Sean Buffini]

Oh, okay. But also, would you say one thing away from being like, oh, wait, you're in trouble?

[Dan Powers]

No.

[Sean Buffini]

Okay.

[Dan Powers]

Well, I mean, unless it's another goalie injury.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

Like, if. If Kira Schme gets hurt, then I'm like, jesus Christ. But yeah. I don't know. I just think, no, the Pacific's crazy, dude.

[Sean Buffini]

The Pacific is. Is weak in that. I think Vegas. I think the Oilers are worse than they've been. I think the Kings are worse than they've been. I think Vegas is kind of what they've been. Yep. Which is good. But just.

[Dan Powers]

But not good enough.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah. Yeah. Right. To be completely fair, over the last few years, not good enough.

[Dan Powers]

Not good enough. Since the cup, they've not been good enough.

[Sean Buffini]

You know, so I'm like.

[Dan Powers]

And that's. That's on a scale like, they're obviously very, very good.

[Sean Buffini]

But the only hope for the. For the Pacific is what we keep saying, which is that the Central beats each other's brains in.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

And then limps into the conference finals and the Oilers beat them and go like this.

[Dan Powers]

Great call.

[Sean Buffini]

Here we go.

[Dan Powers]

Perfect transition. Chris, we're going to talk some burning boats here. Teams that need to burn the boats. Our pal Frank Saraveli recently said it's a burn the boats type of year again for the Edmonton Oilers in that they need to make big moves to make their team better. I completely agree with him. As I have said, I think this is probably. I've kind of been all over the Oilers this year, calling the date of Connor's extension and then telling Oilers fans to just. Kalma, remain calm. Woosa. Everything is fine in oil country. Here they are tied in points at the top of the Pacific. There was never a need to worry. Conor and Leon are doing their thing. But.

[Sean Buffini]

And it got dark, by the way, people. Even we were like, maybe some worry. We had one episode. Some worry. And then Wit Whit on Chiclets was like, we might not be very good. So now here you Are same fucking team.

[Dan Powers]

Yep. But I. As we say all the time, and yes, it has gotten you to two straight Stanley Cups, but when you just look at the drop off of Connor McDavid with 82 points, Leon with 67, Bouchard with his 46, and then it drops to Nuge with 37. This is the same old story where you're like, you. You would. You would feel as though you are the definition of insanity to think that this model is going to work. So when we talk about burn the boats, we don't need to spend too much time on what the Oilers need to do. I think goaltending remains a massive question mark, but I don't know if there's another goalie move that you can make. Regardless of what's going on, I think this team needs to focus on, like, get a defensive third line center. You don't need more scoring. Go get defense, Boylster your defensive blue line and boilster your defensive centers down the middle of the ice. I think that could work. But the big question I wanted, because we all know that this is another year for Edmonton where you've got Connor and Leon and Boosh in their prime. It is win now time. You've been to two straight Cups. Win now. My question is, we talk about trades all the time, and I love this topic of burn the boats, as in, like. Like I said before, make big fucking moves to win a cup. We talked about Detroit last episode. They got to make a move. But I don't know that that move is necessarily to win a Cup. I think Detroit's move is you're a fucking playoff team now.

[Sean Buffini]

Yep.

[Dan Powers]

Get your ass in the playoffs. I want to talk about what teams do you think right now in the league are in burn the boats territory? In that it is. You have a chance right now to win or go to a Stanley Cup. You better be lighting those boats on fire.

[Sean Buffini]

And is part of that conversation that they also need a big move?

[Dan Powers]

I think teams could always use a move.

[Sean Buffini]

Yes, a move, but I think a burning boat.

[Dan Powers]

Well, why don't you fucking answer my question? Couldn't even keep that fake intensity. But why don't you answer my goddamn question? And I will. I will answer what questions you have in that answer.

[Sean Buffini]

Okay? So here's why I was asking Colorado Avalanche literally have to win a cup this year or. You're a fucking joke.

[Dan Powers]

Anyway, so it's burn the boats, right?

[Sean Buffini]

But I'm saying they could literally do nothing and happily be the heavy, heavy favorite and should win, even if every Other team in the. In the NHL did a massive burning boat move. The ass could go like this.

[Dan Powers]

Cool.

[Sean Buffini]

But don't.

[Dan Powers]

Don't you fear that?

[Sean Buffini]

No, I'm. Dude.

[Dan Powers]

Okay, let me give you a scenario, right? Colorado has been great for the last few years, and every first round exit they've had, they've been like, that was embarrassing.

[Sean Buffini]

Yep.

[Dan Powers]

So you. While they are a weapon of a team, we just saw Boston break the record and lose in the first round. So it's not impossible. You might be gassing it too early. So I don't think that they can afford Chris to do nothing and then lose in the first or second or third round and go, oh, wasn't our year. Because I would go like this. You did nothing.

[Sean Buffini]

Yep.

[Dan Powers]

So they've got to do something. We keep talk. We keep hearing Panarin rumors with this team.

[Sean Buffini]

I know.

[Dan Powers]

And I'm like, fucking do it.

[Sean Buffini]

Oh, yeah. So. So I'm in support of them making a move. I'm just saying if they don't. I wouldn't care at all if I was an AVS fan. And if they lose, it's a risk because now you're humiliated. But I'm like, this team, as currently constructed, can easily win the Stanley cup against any move that another team.

[Dan Powers]

See, I just. I don't disagree with you, but I am looking at that Boston team again. And don't forget, Boston went out and they got Orlov, Hathaway, and Bertuzzi, and they still lost.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

So I'm like, don't you fucking dare do nothing.

[Sean Buffini]

Don't you dare or don't change it up. Like, Boston went like this. We have something that's incredible.

[Dan Powers]

But they did it and then got even better. Like, with those guys. They were buzzing through the end of the season, so I. I did. I don't think that that's. You could make that argument of, like.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah, I'm certainly not blaming their playoff. I'm blaming their playoff loss, too.

[Dan Powers]

You hate Tyler Bertuzzi and Dimitri Orlov and Garnet Hathaway.

[Sean Buffini]

God.

[Dan Powers]

A friend of the program, Gar.

[Sean Buffini]

Oh, wow. I had a dream about Garnet Hathaway last night. That's crazy that you just said that. Not that kind of dream. Guernsey. He was.

[Dan Powers]

It was pretty weird, dude.

[Sean Buffini]

Bertuzzi was so nails in those playoffs, too.

[Dan Powers]

Oh, he was fantastic.

[Sean Buffini]

God, dude, keep this guy, please. Okay, so Dallas or, I mean, Colorado. No, because of my opinion.

[Dan Powers]

Sure.

[Sean Buffini]

Dallas. Yes.

[Dan Powers]

Burn the boats, dude.

[Sean Buffini]

Yes. Like, fucking figure it the fuck out, bro. Because. And then they're Another one where I always say, their roster is insane. They don't need anything. They're spoiled for riches. But I'm like, you got a fucking.

[Dan Powers]

You almost feel bad with Dallas because Colorado exists. I'm like, but. But it's like, this is. You know, it's the reality. And, you know, to go back to Colorado, Nate is in his prime. Cale's in his prime. I think you've got, like, Natures is in his prime. I was like, who am I trying to think of? Natures is in his prime. There's a lot of young players. But then you've also got guys like Brock Nelson, who's incredibly valuable to this team. Be real. Brett Burns has been phenomenal this year for this team. And Brett Burns might retire at the end of this year. So, yeah, it is a little bit of, like. I mean, we gotta. You gotta make something happen here. Dallas is kind of similar. Like, I look at how insanely valuable Matt Duchene is to this roster. Jamie Benn has been in and out of the lineup. Sigs is done for the year. But, like, you're spoiled with riches of young players as well. But at the same time, it's like big, important pieces are on their last leg. So I'm totally with you. I think Dallas is a burn the boats team. My big one is the team we talked about earlier, Tampa Bay.

[Sean Buffini]

Okay.

[Dan Powers]

I think Tampa Bay is absolutely in burn the boats territory. When you look at Cooch, who's in his 30s. Headman, who's in his 30s. McDonough, hopefully he comes back, like, in his 30s. Vassi, like, this team is still so good. Cooper is still such a good coach. But we keep talking about the shift in the Atlantic. There was a chance that Tampa might.

[Sean Buffini]

Be one of those teams that wasn't too greedy, but.

[Dan Powers]

And now, like, they're at the top, but they've got very important guys who are older. It is a. I think this is. When you. Especially when you look at the east with Florida being hurt, even though we talk about them being this lurking team, if you're Tampa Bay, I am heavy looking at them as a. Guys, this might be your last year. This might be your. This might be your last. Excuse me. This might be your last fantastic opportunity for a path to the Stanley Cup. And who knows, like you said, even if it's Colorado, the. They might have to fight through fucking World War I trenches to get there, and they might be so goddamn tired. But if you're Tampa, I am fucking setting fire to the entire fleet.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

Because this Is like a. Guys make a big fucking move.

[Sean Buffini]

Canes for me too.

[Dan Powers]

I agree. Canes are tough cause they're. They're so well constructed with contracts with youth. And there's a part of me that's like dude, they are going to be this for so many fucking years. And I also just no idea what's happening in net. Like is bussy the guy? Is Freddie. Like is Freddie going to come back as the backup? I don't know. But I agree they for the same exact reason. The path is there.

[Sean Buffini]

Yes. And Dan, it goes.

[Dan Powers]

If you don't get to the Stanley cup as the Carolina Hurricanes this year. I do not we say talk about this every year. How does Rod Brindemore after the last.

[Sean Buffini]

Few years and then the offseason you had this year when everybody went oh the dude. The Canes dominated the offseason. Finally. This is different. If this all leads to the same exact thing and you do nothing to your Colorado point, then you. You're. You are a moron. Correct.

[Dan Powers]

Quick topic. Wanted to talk about a potential new Mr. America. Patrick Kane is four points away from passing Mike Madonna. To become the highest scoring American born player of all time in NHL history will cement him as the greatest American ever. Even though we feel like he already is. I think Patrick Kane is the best American born NHL player.

[Sean Buffini]

Would you agree? I think so. I think Madonna. I think Madonna is underappreciated in a way.

[Dan Powers]

I completely agree.

[Sean Buffini]

People forget how good he is. Yeah. That's what I'm saying. Like I think Mike Madonna was fucking insanely good at hockey.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

And I don't know if you want to limit it to just forwards, but I also think Chris Chelios has something to say about it. When you look. When you look back at actual stats and accomplishments for. For in that conversation. But Kaner has been a joy to watch and really took the reins of kind of like the new wave of American players.

[Dan Powers]

Oh geez. I think he might actually be three points away now.

[Sean Buffini]

Oh, sick. Even better.

[Dan Powers]

Even better.

[Sean Buffini]

This is amazing, but you know what I'm saying? Like there was that epic era of. Of American born guys. Of. Of. I'm going to forget guys, but like the Madono Chelos junior Keith Kachuk, like that whole run was. Was unreal. And then Kane was kind of became like. Think about the. Like the 2010 Olympic team, you know, in the 2014 team. It's like when I'm thinking about that era of American guys, I am like, it's Patrick. Patrick Kane.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

He's like, fucking the guy. And he's become the bridge to this new era, which I think will absolutely be in the conversation of taking this title from him.

[Dan Powers]

Sure.

[Sean Buffini]

Right. Like the Nikola Matthews, blah, blah, blah. But it's. How sick was he, dude? To. To watch, like his. To really own his generation.

[Dan Powers]

No question about it. I mean, to me, it is like, I think about the things that he has done, the cups that he has won, the MVP that he won. Patrick Kane had moments in his career where he was the best player in the league with insane talent, with guys like Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin in the league. So to me, I mean, Madonna and I don't even know what we say about Holly. Like, people talk about Brett Hull.

[Sean Buffini]

Sorry, another great one. Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

But, like, is Brett. That's why it's American born. Like, Brett Hull was born in Canada.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

And so it's like, people always are unsure about that stat. But I think about American born, whatever you want to call it, Patrick Kane is just like, he is the best player.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

And there was a time, it got me thinking. There was a time where everyone kind of was like, well, until Auston Matthews takes it over from him. Do you feel that way anymore?

[Sean Buffini]

I don't. Patrick Kane was. I guess I'm just checking. He only had two, which is kind of surprising. He only had 200 point seasons. And Matthews, like, that's kind of my knock sometimes on Matthews, where I'm like, where's your 130 point season? You know, because he doesn't have the assists usually to go with it.

[Dan Powers]

But I still.

[Sean Buffini]

I still believe in Austin Athens. I still believe in Harvey Dent. I know it's been a rough season and he's had some tough, tough sledding. But, dude, he. And even if it's not for Toronto, but like, he is a. He is an unbelievable talent. He sure is. With longevity. Because Patrick Kane is 37 years old and still playing great. So with longevity, which is always the thing, even with the Gretzky record, you know, OVI still playing. Like, I. I think Matthews has a chance to literally break that record, but he needs to play this long.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

So he would need that. But I am like, Auston Matthews is one of the all time greats and we'll make a run at this. I'm still in that boat.

[Dan Powers]

No doubt. He is an immense talent. There's no doubt about it. But I do find it interesting. Right. We just rostered Team USA for the Olympics. Let's not even get into the fact that what we're talking about Patrick Kane and we just got robbed of so many Olympics with him. It's so annoying. But we talk about Auston Matthews maybe being the next one, but then when we look at Team usa, I literally had him as a, as a sub. Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah, you did. That was awesome.

[Dan Powers]

And I'm Chris, I'm not the only one. So it's crazy when we talk about how good USA Hockey is getting and how great it has become and the fact that we have this team that, you know, regardless of the bad roster decisions, in my opinion, this is a team that can and should and hopefully will compete with Canada. But when you look at just like the top, top guys in the league, we don't have a Patrick Kane at the moment because Auston Matthews isn't it right now. He has been in the past, but he isn't it right now. There's no US Player right now. That is definitely a lock for like 100, 120 points.

[Sean Buffini]

That's correct. And that's. That was a really cool point you brought up where you're like, you know, he was like, if I'm thinking. And I was just asking Chat GBT who had more points by age 28, Matthews or Patrick Kane. Okay. Matthews had 760. I love how Chat GPT goes 760 or 761. I'm like, what? Which, which is it? Yeah, that's insane. And then Kane had 631. So Matthew's on pace.

[Dan Powers]

Yes.

[Sean Buffini]

Like to have to finish with points after a couple seasons where we're like, oh, he's not really doing it. And I'm like, well, even his not really doing it is on pace to have more. But Auston Matthews isn't really ever going to be my priest. Actually I think I did this this year. But I was going to say isn't normally my pick to be mvp. Right. Where Kane. There was that stretch where you're like, he could win an MVP at any moment. The only way Matthews wins an MVP is if he pops off a 70 point, a 70 goal season.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

And Kane could do, do it without doing that.

[Dan Powers]

And like that's, that's, that's it. And that's interesting. And you know, like Austin right now in 40 games has 37 points.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

So it's just why I bring it up when you look at the league right now. Jason Robertson continues to lead us players with 55 in 47. That's 100 point pace season. Kyle Conner 54 and 45. That's like teetering right on 100 points. And then I think Zach weren't ski is next with 50 and 42.

[Sean Buffini]

Sick.

[Dan Powers]

And like Zach Wensky is potentially about to have a 100 point season.

[Sean Buffini]

Like, that's what's happening right now.

[Dan Powers]

But isn't it interesting? Like boldy. Right. Right after that is 50 and 47. Those are the top U.S. performers.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

And when we talk about, like the greatest American player, like, when you name those names, are they going to be in the conversation? Like Jason Robertson, Is he in the conversation? Like, it's crazy. Like, there was a time where people were like, the best three players in the National Hockey League are Connor McDavid, Austin, Nathan McKinnon and Auston Matthews. That has not been the case for three years.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah. Because first of all, it was massive cooch eraser erasure. And then second of all, he has stumbled a little bit, a little bit from that pedestal.

[Dan Powers]

It's interesting. Before we move on, just want to give a quick shout out to the Anaheim books. Duckies invited us down to Anaheim last night. We smashed the take flight button. Got to hang out with Will Levis. That was sick.

[Sean Buffini]

That was extremely sick.

[Dan Powers]

But just had an amazing time at Honda. So much fun. Helped the Duckies get out of their little skid. Big three one win over a great Dallas Stars team. Chris Kreider goal, obviously. Obviously. Every time we're there, the Ducks win and Kreider scores. Yep. Some are saying we have to go to every game.

[Sean Buffini]

I'm not saying we broke the losing streak ourselves, but I'm not not saying that.

[Dan Powers]

I'm not not saying that either.

[Sean Buffini]

And how's your hand?

[Dan Powers]

Genuinely? I thought I broke that button. We hit.

[Sean Buffini]

We hit the button too hard.

[Dan Powers]

I hit the button so hard I don't know what I was doing.

[Sean Buffini]

And then I sandwiched you.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah, you did. I got. I got it on both sides.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

But just want to give massive love and shout outs to all the Ducks fans. Specifically to Sammy Glanz. Our friend at the Anaheim Ducks. Set us up. She's the best. It was so much fun.

[Sean Buffini]

Impact Club. Unreal.

[Dan Powers]

Oh, my God. The food down in the.

[Sean Buffini]

Everybody was so nice too.

[Dan Powers]

Saw Timu. That was great.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah, it was incredible. So, yeah. Hell of a night in Anaheim. Cannot wait to go back.

[Dan Powers]

Cannot wait. Let's take a quick ad break and then jump on back in.

[Sean Buffini]

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[Dan Powers]

What?

[Sean Buffini]

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[Dan Powers]

Daniel.

[Sean Buffini]

Dear me and gentlemen, let us recap the live on a beach mega parlay. We did quite well because, gentlemen, I feel. I feel we are back in a delightful way.

[Dan Powers]

I think we're getting closer every single time. This one felt great to start early. I think we might. We might hit this one.

[Sean Buffini]

If you. If you recall, Professor Feeny, you. We finished the mega parlay and you said this will go horribly.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah, but I'm always wrong.

[Sean Buffini]

You are always wrong. So we need more of that. Feeny. Feeny. We need more of that. Recapping the mega parlay. Bruins, yes. Pens, no. Aves yes. Sharks, yes. Sabers, yes. Excellent pick, Daniel. Leafs, yes. Habs, no. Cats, yes. Bolts, yes. And here I really thought at this point I said something special.

[Dan Powers]

I'm telling you, we were. We were. We were close. We were on it. We were on it.

[Sean Buffini]

Fug no. Preds no. Wild, no. Kings yes. Knights, yes. Nine and five, gentlemen.

[Dan Powers]

Nine and five. I think it might be the best we've ever done.

[Sean Buffini]

It might be, Daniel. And we could always.

[Dan Powers]

We can always do worse. Always do worse. People forget that. People forget that we can always do worse.

[Sean Buffini]

Always do worse. But that was quite well done. Life on the line parlay. We could always do better.

[Dan Powers]

Another two and Two. I'm not. I don't understand how the life on the line should be the four we're most confident in. And we just continue to be 2 and 2. The Knights won. The Pred's lost. The Aves won. The Oilers lost to the Kings. Their child, their son. That's a game that they should always win. But well done, Kings.

[Sean Buffini]

So that brings us to our victories. To our victories. To the Friday fade. Quite literally the most automatic bet in the NHL sphere. The NHL landscape. The Friday fade. We find a team that surely cannot win. And they do win. And every single time last week. Welcome back, professors. We gave you the jets because the jets are horrible and they can't win. They could never win a hockey game. But yet they play the Kings and absolutely ragdoll them.

[Dan Powers]

So we fade the Kings and the jets win.

[Sean Buffini]

Ping.

[Dan Powers]

So congrats.

[Sean Buffini]

Enjoy your money.

[Dan Powers]

This Friday, we have the Sharks at Detroit. We have the Panthers at Carolina. We have the bolts at St. Louis, the Preds at Colorado, and the Ducks at Los Angeles. I don't feel as though there are that many obvious fades. It's interesting with the exception of maybe a couple.

[Sean Buffini]

Well, there are two. But they both come with caveats. Remember when we couldn't, we tried to fade earlier, but then we burned and learned because of the split. Correct.

[Dan Powers]

Recall the caveat. Absolutely correct.

[Sean Buffini]

So normally I want to say Bolts at blues is a clear fade. Friday fade. And we take the Blues. Indeed. However, the Bolts are one win away from their franchise record streaking. And I fear that the streak defeats the fade. How do you feel about that?

[Dan Powers]

I'm not entirely sure that we can say that.

[Sean Buffini]

Interesting.

[Dan Powers]

Interesting. Daniel, we must keep them in the running.

[Sean Buffini]

Righto. Cheerio.

[Dan Powers]

Now the Ducks. Kings. Ducks are struggling. There's no fate.

[Sean Buffini]

There's no fate at all.

[Dan Powers]

There's no fate.

[Sean Buffini]

It's rivalry. Tough game. Now the preds at AVS, preds at AVEs is another clear.

[Dan Powers]

The Avalanche are the best team in the league. But the Preds have been fantastic. They've been fantastic.

[Sean Buffini]

Which makes them un. Normally would make them unavailable for a fade.

[Dan Powers]

Panthers at the Canes. We're throwing that out. Absolute wash. Sharks at the Wings. Those are both playoff teams.

[Sean Buffini]

Feels like a wash.

[Dan Powers]

I think realistically, it's the Bolts at the Blues or the Preds at the avs. That is the only discussion we have here. And to be perfectly honest, the Blues have been terrible all season long.

[Sean Buffini]

They've been horrible.

[Dan Powers]

And the Bolts are a very good team. We just said that they might be the Second best team in the league. Outstanding. And I think with the streak on the line, it feels like that is the obvious win. The Bulls.

[Sean Buffini]

Surely the Bulls would not wreck their franchise record streak against the Blues. Surely.

[Dan Powers]

Therefore we must fade the Tampa Bay Lightning. And we're taking the blues at home.

[Sean Buffini]

Blues at home. Play party poopers to break the streak.

[Dan Powers]

Streak.

[Sean Buffini]

Break the streak and complete the fade.

[Dan Powers]

Fade Winners. We're taking the St. Louis Blues against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Absolutely ridiculous. Now our Saturday Selly. Somehow Nate didn't score again. This is completely your fault.

[Sean Buffini]

Professor. I must.

[Dan Powers]

It is completely your fault.

[Sean Buffini]

I must disagree.

[Dan Powers]

You were adamant on this discussion.

[Sean Buffini]

I wanted Carter and he did score. He did score. And I bet all three and I knew. I knew he would score.

[Dan Powers]

Absolute fool. This is completely your fault.

[Sean Buffini]

Nathan failed us. It happens. We said. We said Conor. We said Sid. We said Nate. It was really Conor. It was always Connor. So Daniel McDavid. And you know I don't like a road Selly. I do not care for a road sale.

[Dan Powers]

Never have.

[Sean Buffini]

Never have. However, the Oilers are on the road against the lowly Canucks. McDavid has 24 goals in 42 career games. And Draisaitel has 29 goals in 50 career games against the Canucks. Both appealing to me.

[Dan Powers]

Okay.

[Sean Buffini]

However, we have Eichel. I actually think maybe no Eichel at home. Eichel at home versus the Preds. Seven goals in 16 career games. Back to Sid against the Blue Jackets. 24 goals and 48 games. And then of course you have the Leafs who have been hot. Those are intriguing Saturday Sellies to me.

[Dan Powers]

Absolutely not with Eichel. He might score, but too risky. Too risky. We're not doing it. I can't believe you didn't say Tage Thompson.

[Sean Buffini]

Tage is interesting.

[Dan Powers]

Tage Thompson. The Buffaloes have been red hot.

[Sean Buffini]

They're at home the Wild though against the Great Wall.

[Dan Powers]

It is the wall.

[Sean Buffini]

It's difficult to score against the Great Wall.

[Dan Powers]

I do not love that now. I can't believe you didn't say Kyle Connor. Kyle Connor.

[Sean Buffini]

Who does he have? The Leafs. Leafs are hot. Leafs hot.

[Dan Powers]

Leafs. Well, they did just get the absolute doors tally whacked. The doors were blown off the Toronto Maple Leafs. So I like Leon. I like Leon quite a lot.

[Sean Buffini]

Oh, interesting.

[Dan Powers]

In fact, I'd like to stop right there.

[Sean Buffini]

Discussion.

[Dan Powers]

Gavel slams the Vancouver Canucks. It is a road game for the Edmonton Oilers, but they've been playing quite well. Leon is just a one time machine. He's a power play machine. I don't See Edmonton slipping against Vancouver. And I feel like Leon is poised for a Saturday power play.

[Sean Buffini]

Power play. Half wall.

[Dan Powers]

Saturday Selle Leon Draisiedl against Vancouver Canucks.

[Sean Buffini]

Cash.

[Dan Powers]

Cash it.

[Sean Buffini]

Done. That brings us to our Sunday hat trick parlay. Daniel, there are three games to choose from. Bolts at Stars. Brutal game. Brutal game. Sends at Wings. Interesting. Blues at Euler's. Interesting.

[Dan Powers]

Sends at Wings. Absolutely. No question.

[Sean Buffini]

Wings Moneyline.

[Dan Powers]

Wings. Moneyline. Under.

[Sean Buffini]

Under.

[Dan Powers]

I would like Alex Debrincit. Point.

[Sean Buffini]

Oh, damn, professor, talk dirty to me while don't you.

[Dan Powers]

Yes, sir.

[Sean Buffini]

Alex Debrincit has come on like a house on fire.

[Dan Powers]

He's a perfect hockey player.

[Sean Buffini]

He's a perfect hockey player. He deserved national team recognition.

[Dan Powers]

Absolutely.

[Sean Buffini]

He will get Sunday hat trick parlay recognition. Three legs, Wings, Moneyline under and the brinket Point. Take that, put that in your pipe.

[Dan Powers]

And smoke it by the chimney. Enjoy yourself with that lock of a Sunday hat trick.

[Sean Buffini]

Incredible. So that brings us, gentlemen, to the Saturday Megapal. Dear sweet Lord. Live on a beach, one time, please use the momentum, as they say. Use the momentum from a 9 and 5 to bring you all the way to a perfect ticket. A Charlie. What's it, what's his name in the chocolate factory?

[Dan Powers]

Charlie Bucket. Bucket. You fucking Bucket.

[Sean Buffini]

Perfect golden ticket.

[Dan Powers]

He's a national hero.

[Sean Buffini]

He is a treasure. He is an absolute treasure. And he was kidnapped. I fear I. He was kidnapped by so Wonka. So Wonka should be knighted. Now that I say that out loud, he should be knighted.

[Dan Powers]

Absolutely correct.

[Sean Buffini]

Saturday mega parlay. Daniel, we'll start with you. Wild at Sabis.

[Dan Powers]

Sabis.

[Sean Buffini]

Christopher Rags at Flyers. I will take the Flyers. Professor Feeney Isles at Flames.

[Chris Powers]

Definitely the Isles.

[Sean Buffini]

Daniel Spirit bonk at Mammoth.

[Dan Powers]

I've learned to never pick against the mammoth. I will take the Mammoth.

[Sean Buffini]

Smart. Well done.

[Dan Powers]

The other way.

[Sean Buffini]

Well done. Christopher Habs. Etcens. Habs. Habs in a. In a dog walking. Professor Feeney canes at Devils.

[Chris Powers]

Devils.

[Sean Buffini]

Devils. Yes. Daniel Jackets at Pence.

[Dan Powers]

Hell, Sean. The Pens.

[Sean Buffini]

The Pens. Christopher Cats at Caps. Interesting. Interesting, interesting, interesting, interesting, interesting. Caps. Thank you, sir. Professor Feeney leafs at Jets.

[Chris Powers]

Jets.

[Sean Buffini]

Yes. Feedy Feeney is feeling it. Daniel Bruins at Hawks.

[Dan Powers]

I will take Jeremy Swayman and the Boston Bruins.

[Sean Buffini]

Yes, sir. Christopher Oil at Canucks. Oil is next question. Feeny Preds at nights.

[Dan Powers]

Knights.

[Sean Buffini]

Yes. And Daniel Kings at Ducks.

[Dan Powers]

The Kings burned me last night.

[Sean Buffini]

They surely did, Daniel. They surely did. And we just took flight. In fact, we did take flight.

[Dan Powers]

Might have gotten the Ducks back on track. Yes, sir, I'll take the Ducks.

[Sean Buffini]

The Ducklings live on a beach, gentlemen. Sabres, Flyers, Isles, Mammoth, Habs, D. Devils, Pens, Caps, Jets, Bruins, Oilers, Knights and Ducklings.

[Dan Powers]

Fucking Professor Feeney taking the.

[Sean Buffini]

The Devil is inspired.

[Chris Powers]

They're due for a win.

[Sean Buffini]

It's inspired now, boys. The Life on the Line parlay. Get your act together. Get your act together. Get your act together. This is the one we're supposed to win. Would you like to lead?

[Dan Powers]

I would not.

[Sean Buffini]

Surely I will lead.

[Dan Powers]

I feel as though, you know, perhaps we mix it up the last several times. Maybe we trade off.

[Sean Buffini]

Interesting trade.

[Dan Powers]

I'll go, then. You go.

[Sean Buffini]

Yes. Yes. Daniel. Yes.

[Dan Powers]

So I feel like a fucking idiot because one of mine is against what Sean just said.

[Sean Buffini]

It doesn't matter. The mega part. Life on the beach is different than Life on the Line.

[Chris Powers]

Do you want me to change the.

[Sean Buffini]

No, no, no, no, no.

[Dan Powers]

For my first collapse in the Senate and a loss, you can pen it. As the Habs take a trip to their neighbors. Beating a friendly foe always makes a good show. And this one shouldn't take too much labor. The Brady Bunch on the rocks, which has been quite a shock. Many thought that this was their year with young Fowler and net. It must be a safe bet that the Habs should be in the clear. Habs money line.

[Sean Buffini]

Excellent pick. Excellent pick. On the road.

[Dan Powers]

On the road.

[Sean Buffini]

Daniel. My first leg. The Islanders are suddenly vicious with their rookie sensation Matthew Schaefer. A win on Saturday will be more delicious than a Kit Kat with its crispy wafer. Isles money line.

[Dan Powers]

Those are quite nice.

[Sean Buffini]

It's delicious. It makes the bar.

[Dan Powers]

To be honest, it makes the bar quite nice.

[Sean Buffini]

Leg number three, Daniel.

[Dan Powers]

I. Oh, yeah. This is my. Yes, it's my turn. I feel as though you could have done a Cadbury timeout to be more English appropriate.

[Sean Buffini]

Well, I am a Brit who loves a Kit Kat.

[Dan Powers]

They're popular there as well. Now, this is where I contradict Professor Feeny and I feel so sorry, but will Slaven even play? There are some who might say that the Kanes are playing it safe. Is Dougie on the way out? There can be no doubt that in fits fans are starting to lose faith. The Devils can't be this bad. So much promise they had. But at some point, you have to admit the Canes are a beast. Perhaps the best in the East. Perhaps it's just to say. Time to say, well, shit.

[Sean Buffini]

Kane's money line and the final leg of the parlay. These days, the Canucks must be faded. So an Oiler's win shall be determined. Because even if they stop McDavid they will never stop the German Oilers moneyline and throw in a dry side of goal. Why don't you.

[Dan Powers]

Oh, for the love of Christ. Well, that is it for the professors. There are all of your picks.

[Sean Buffini]

Islanders, Habs, Oilers, Canes, Life on the line.

[Dan Powers]

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[Sean Buffini]

We are back. And I had a slow morning today, gentlemen. Did you? Yep. I think. Well, you were sick.

[Chris Powers]

Yes.

[Sean Buffini]

And Paige was sick. Paige got everybody sick.

[Dan Powers]

Paige got everyone sick.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah. Paige came in sick and got everybody sick.

[Dan Powers]

This is. I'm looking at you. Shame on you for coming in sick. You work too hard. Take a break.

[Sean Buffini]

So then everybody was sick, and then Sandra was like, I'm feeling sick. And I was like, great, because then that means I'm obviously gonna get sick.

[Dan Powers]

You people, the listeners know you and Sandra are two of the sickest people I've ever met.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah. They call us the petri dish.

[Chris Powers]

There was a level of irony, because the day I got sick was the day we were talking about sneezing.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah.

[Chris Powers]

And I was, like, 78 sneezes. And I think I did 78 sneezing.

[Sean Buffini]

Did you get that graph I sent you?

[Chris Powers]

Yeah. Oh, the graph is crazy.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

He hit his quota.

[Chris Powers]

I hit my quota for the year already, so.

[Sean Buffini]

And then we were. We were at the Ducks game last night, and then I got back, and I had a bunch of work to do, but I was like, man, I'm gassed. I'm gonna just go to bed and get up early and do it. But I'm not a morning person. Famously, I am not a morning person. So I got up, and my alarm went off, and I was in a deep, deep slumber, dreaming about Garnet Hathaway, insanely. And then.

[Dan Powers]

Garney just can't hear this.

[Sean Buffini]

And then my alarm went off, and I ripped me from the. From the pleasures of sleep. And I was like, ah, dude, that. And, like, hit the snooze button. And then it went off again in not. Is your. When did snooze change from 9? 10 to 9?

[Dan Powers]

I don't know, dude. But I. What I do know is I'm doing my best to not have a crash out in this discussion. I'm already doing my best.

[Sean Buffini]

Nine minutes go by, it goes off again. And I wanted to go back to sleep, but I was like, I have so much shit to do. I have to get up. So I got up, and it occurred to me in that moment that that snooze did jack shit for my. For my life, for my happiness, for anything. And then I even read an article when I should have been working, but I was. I was so obsessed with this news button, and I read an article that was like, it's actually horrible for you because your brain, like, you're trying. When you wake up, you should, like, get up instead of be like, oh, no, go back to sleep. Is the snooze button the single worst invention by humanity?

[Chris Powers]

I think the alarm clock is in general.

[Sean Buffini]

And whoever made the jingle. The alarm clock jingle?

[Chris Powers]

Yeah. Well, that's like the talking about alarm clock jingles. The iPhone has the worst alarms ever. Everything sounds like a nuclear disaster.

[Dan Powers]

You gotta.

[Sean Buffini]

You know. He doesn't know, Dan. Yeah, you don't know, Sean. He doesn't, he doesn't, he doesn't.

[Dan Powers]

You gotta set up your sleep. We'll show you. Because I wake up to the slow volume rising of delightful chirping birds.

[Sean Buffini]

Wait, John. Wait till you see this, dude. It's unbelievable.

[Dan Powers]

It's literally, if you do the ones that are like. Or like, yeah, that one. Like, that is a disaster, dude.

[Sean Buffini]

And there's a thousand options, and they're all horrific. I've never seen anything like it.

[Dan Powers]

Well, I think some people need to be shocked away. Shocked body.

[Sean Buffini]

Shocked body.

[Chris Powers]

That should be the replacement of a snooze. Is you have the.

[Sean Buffini]

No, no.

[Chris Powers]

You start off with the slow chirping birds rising, and if you don't wake up within 10 minutes, then you get the nuclear bombs are about to drop on you alert.

[Dan Powers]

You're usually so wise. I can't believe the grace of your setup. I thought you were going to be so on the other side of this. Oh, wow. Again, I'm going to try not to crash out the snooze button. Snooze button is the single dumbest thing on this planet. And I'm gonna be delicate here. People who use the snooze button are psychopathic, masochistic lunatics. And the human I love most on this earth uses it 50 times a morning.

[Sean Buffini]

Oh, really?

[Dan Powers]

I. I'm telling you, man, I love that woman more than anything. But when she is hitting the snooze button over and over and over again, there are times where I think about rolling over and just smothering her with a pillow because it is insanity. I'm like. I look at her and I go, what are you doing? Yeah, because, dude, she hits it intentionally, like nine times, right?

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah. So she knows budget.

[Dan Powers]

She's budgeting for, like an extra hour of sleep or more. And it's just like, I just gotta hit that. And I'm like, we don't have anything to get up for. What are you doing? I'm glad that you researched it because it's like, it doesn't help your body, dude. You're not.

[Chris Powers]

It definitely doesn't.

[Dan Powers]

Cause I would venture to guess that 90% of the people who hit the snooze button, that sleep you're getting in those next nine minutes is like half awake because you're anticipating the next alarm.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

So just fucking set your alarm for when you want to get up and then get up. It is. It is insane. And again. What. Again, the most important person in my life, what she does to me every morning is cruel and unusual punishment because I'm like, you're killing me.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah, you're doing this to me.

[Dan Powers]

It's awful.

[Chris Powers]

There needs to be a better way for couples where one person can have an alarm and the other person is not affected by it.

[Sean Buffini]

It's like the mattress firmness sides. You know, some mattresses you can be like, I'm making this side firm and this side soft. It seems to be like an alarm just rings in one person's head. Well, that's.

[Dan Powers]

We're getting into black mirror episode type stuff here, but yeah, it is catastrophic.

[Sean Buffini]

I have two. I have one comment, one question. Question. The. When I wake up, even if I'm not using a snooze button, I would say often, probably like half the mornings. Yeah, I'm. I'm like, I'm up, but I'm just kind of like sitting there for a second. I want to just lie here for a second and I'm going to get up soon in a few minutes. I just, you know, let me chill. Maybe I grab my phone or whatever, but I just want to stay warm for a little bit longer. Sometimes I will hit the snooze button out of fear of accidentally falling back asleep. I don't intend to use it. I'm going to get up before it even goes off and then shut it off. But I just hit it just in case by accident I fall asleep. And then it hits me and I go, oh, that was close.

[Chris Powers]

So I do the same thing where I stay, like, awake. I have to be, like, in bed in that transitional period where I'm definitely awake, but I am not awake and up out of bed yet. I don't think I've ever relied on a snooze button before. I think every time I've ever set an alarm, I've set like four alarms at like two minute intervals. And then I. I get up on the first one, but I'm so fearful that I'll miss the first one.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

Okay, so that's kind of a snooze button, though.

[Chris Powers]

It's kind of functions as a snooze button. Yeah. Only it's worse in every way.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah. Yeah. Because you get the bomb every time. Snooze is a little bit nicer usually.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

Snooze alarm, I think. Yeah. And then my comment is this. And I wonder if you could pitch this to Miss Alice Dan. Come on. And shout out Quinny, my prep school roommate. He hated this, but I did this. I. Because, you know, fucking prep school. Do you remember you're just getting up so early and you're so tired all the time that I. When that alarm went off, I was miserable because I always felt like it ripped me from the deepest depths of sleep because I was in such sleep deprivation. And so I would set an alarm an hour before I needed to get up and then set another alarm when I needed to because the first alarm would rip me out of sleep. And I was like, oh, I hate my life so much. And then I'd be like, okay, well, go back to bed at least. And then when the second arm would go off an hour later, I wasn't in such deep sleep that it was a little bit easier to wake up. I'd be like, ah, okay, well, let's go now.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

And I didn't mind that. And if Alice is using an hour long of snoozes, at least you'd only have the two instead of.

[Dan Powers]

That's what I always say.

[Sean Buffini]

King every 10 minutes.

[Dan Powers]

I don't want her to do either of those options, but at least do, like, have one alarm set and then have another alarm set for an hour later, if that's what we're gonna do here. And then you're, like, waking up six times in an hour.

[Chris Powers]

Wait, so, Dan, are you a morning person?

[Dan Powers]

Very much so.

[Chris Powers]

Okay, interesting.

[Dan Powers]

So is she.

[Chris Powers]

I feel like the world was crafted by morning people. And that's inconvenience for me because I'm definitely a night person.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

I'm so dumb. People are like, oh, it's peaceful in the morning. No one's awake. And I'm like, so is the night. Yeah, you fucking idiot. It's so crazy.

[Dan Powers]

How does that make us idiot? I'm not calling you an idiot for being a nightmare.

[Sean Buffini]

You are the only morning person on earth who isn't like, oh, you don't understand. I get up. Oh, I do have my coffee.

[Chris Powers]

Being a morning person is like being vegan or something.

[Dan Powers]

Better.

[Chris Powers]

Yeah. So I'm actually surprised to hear that you're a Morning person because you're very chill. You don't talk about it ever.

[Dan Powers]

I don't. Yeah. I, I would never do that.

[Sean Buffini]

You're the only one person I've ever met who doesn't like, there's nothing.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah, the peace.

[Sean Buffini]

No one's up. What I get, I've accomplished my whole day before you even wake up. And I'm like, cool, dude. How's your 8pm bedtime pussy? Fucking insane.

[Dan Powers]

Listen, I, Yeah, I don't do that. But yeah, to close on this topic, I just, I will never understand the snooze button. It is, it's crazy. I'm glad to hear you because I, I do the. When I wake up. I'm not a big shotgun out of bed guy. I, I always, I sit up in bed to prevent the fall asleep.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah, yeah.

[Dan Powers]

Like, I sit. I actively sit up. I scooch up and I sit up.

[Sean Buffini]

It might get cold though.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah, you are. You have a disease.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

So. And that, that makes this harder. But I do sit up in bed. I'll grab my phone, I'll check emails. And I know a lot of people are like, don't go on your phone immediately. And I'm like, I don't know what to tell you, man. I'm.

[Sean Buffini]

Son, you need sun on your face.

[Dan Powers]

I actually do subscribe to that.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

I think getting, getting out and getting sun on your body makes a huge difference. It's real nice. I like that. But the snooze button. If any of you babes snooze, I'm telling you, you're killing yourself.

[Sean Buffini]

You're dying. You're dying.

[Dan Powers]

So crazy, man. You've got to stop doing that. Let's go into some fun things and let's get, let's get some games going. CP let's play a game.

[Sean Buffini]

This game for the new listeners is called Trivia Factorial, where I have come up with a player and I give Dan little trivia tidbits about said player and we go down a list. The first, first one is hard and it gets easier and easier and easier and Dan at any point can stop me and guess who the player is. If he guesses it after the first one, he gets 10 points. The next one he gets 8 points, then 6 points, then 4 points, then 2 points, then 1 point. If he guesses and gets it wrong, he receives a zero and he gets no more clues. So you can't guess early unless you're sure. Dan, are you ready?

[Dan Powers]

I'm ready for 10 points, which has never been Done.

[Sean Buffini]

Correct. Making his debut on November 25, 2013, he scored a goal on his first NHL shot on his first NHL shift against Hank Lundquist, becoming the seventh player in his team's history to score a goal in his NHL debut.

[Dan Powers]

I got it, but I'm going to wait for the next one.

[Sean Buffini]

Okay.

[Dan Powers]

First goal on his first shot. Shot on his first shift in his NHL debut on November 25, 2013.

[Sean Buffini]

So the real clue there is 2013.

[Dan Powers]

Yes. So he is slightly younger. Younger than I am.

[Sean Buffini]

He's a vet that.

[Dan Powers]

Didn'T debut for the Rangers.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah. And the clues are he's a vet and he didn't. Doesn't play for the Rangers. Okay. Also crazy how often that happens. Like, it's not a lot, obviously, but there's, like, a good amount of people that are like, oh, they scored on the. It's like their first shot and they scored. You think that'd be never.

[Dan Powers]

There's no. No game notes.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

No game notes on the guy. That's why.

[Sean Buffini]

Okay. For eight points.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

He has four bronze medals and one silver medal across a U18, two World Juniors and two World Championships, but he has never won a gold medal. An international competition. Thanks. That's such a good clue. Dan's not thinking next level. Dude, that is such a good clue. That is such a good clue. I can't even believe it. You got Dan.

[Dan Powers]

Dan.

[Sean Buffini]

You got to go outside the box.

[Dan Powers]

Great clue.

[Sean Buffini]

You got Dan. Dan. Dan. Here's the box.

[Dan Powers]

I want someone to comment.

[Sean Buffini]

Here's the box.

[Dan Powers]

If anyone got this on that clue.

[Sean Buffini]

That's an incredible clue. Dan, you're an idiot.

[Dan Powers]

Yep.

[Sean Buffini]

Okay, so go to six points.

[Dan Powers]

Yes, please.

[Sean Buffini]

Six points. He loves to collect hardware, having won three Art Ross trophies, two Ted Lindsay trophies, and a heart trophy in his career, and a single heart trophy. So he's a vet. He doesn't play for the Rangers or he didn't debut for the Rangers. He's a good vet.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

He's a decorated veteran, in fact. And we can go say snow.

[Dan Powers]

Say that hardware again.

[Sean Buffini]

Three Art Ross trophies, two Ted Lindsay trophies, and a heart trophy. And I'm telling you, if you get outside the box on eight, you'll have it. You guys got to get outside the box. And you are in the box. Dan, get out of the box. Dan, get out of the box.

[Dan Powers]

This person debuted in 2013.

[Sean Buffini]

Yep.

[Dan Powers]

So it stands to reason that this person is probably, like, 32 years old.

[Sean Buffini]

32.

[Dan Powers]

33.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah. Fair. Something like that.

[Dan Powers]

This person scored.

[Sean Buffini]

On hang.

[Dan Powers]

That's not Going to help.

[Sean Buffini]

Who cares? Yep.

[Dan Powers]

Zero golds across Olympics, juniors, world championships. So probably not American, probably not Canadian.

[Sean Buffini]

Get how to get out of the box, Dan. How to get out of the box.

[Dan Powers]

Also probably not Swedish.

[Sean Buffini]

How to get out of the box, Dan. Welcome to the outside world.

[Dan Powers]

So this person is Finnish or Russian in my mind. And this person is also apparently a fucking weapon. So they've got one mvp, one mvp, three art rosters.

[Sean Buffini]

Three times they've led the league in scoring.

[Dan Powers]

And I think I can stop right there because it's starting to sound like a person who should have three heart trophies minimum. I stand by the second clue did not help me until now.

[Sean Buffini]

It's. It was such a good clue. Well, I. Once you realize he's not Canadian, US or Swedish. Oh shit. Yeah. Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

But I was never going to get like as I was making fun of you, I was like, okay, it's probably not a US or Canadian player.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

But I was like, but I don't have enough still for sure.

[Sean Buffini]

But that's a great hint.

[Dan Powers]

It's a great. It's a retroactive hint.

[Sean Buffini]

The clues, each clue should be hard but should provide something and that provided.

[Dan Powers]

It'S a retroactive hint.

[Sean Buffini]

Yep.

[Dan Powers]

The player is Nikita Kucherov.

[Sean Buffini]

Ping Nikita Kucherov for four points before going 58th overall in the 2011 draft. He made his professional debut playing 27 games in the KHL for two points. He won back to back Stanley Cups in 2020 and 2021 and gave an epic shirtless post game interview.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

And for one point he truly hates NHL all Star games and NHL award shows. And who can blame him since he's been robbed of two straight hard trophies.

[Dan Powers]

It's true. Nikita Kucherov, incredible player. Incredible episode. Fun stuff folks. We've got amazing interviews coming for you very, very soon. Fun stuff. NHL players and actors coming on. It's going to be very, very fun. Have an amazing weekend. Take all of those Professor Puckline picks to the bank. Enjoy them.

[Sean Buffini]

Use them them.

[Dan Powers]

Go on to the shop, get some merch. Oh yeah. If you want, subscribe to the YouTube. Do all the things. We love you babe, so much. Have an amazing weekend. We'll see you next time. And until then, skate hard.