Is Draisaitl's Injury Good For The Oilers And Blue Jackets On A Heater

Summary

Empty Netters Podcast – Episode Summary

Podcast: Empty Netters
Host: Almost Friday Media
Episode: Is Draisaitl's Injury Good For The Oilers And Blue Jackets On A Heater
Date: March 19, 2026

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Episode Overview

The Empty Netters crew – brothers, hockey aficionados, and beer league veterans – gather for a lively episode packed with their signature blend of humor, insider analysis, and banter. The focus: major injury news around Leon Draisaitl and its impact on the Oilers’ playoff hopes, the surging Columbus Blue Jackets, and a spirited rundown of the current NHL playoff races, personal traditions around non-federal holidays (especially St. Patrick’s Day), and their signature betting and trivia segments.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

The Leon Draisaitl Injury: Blessing or Disaster? (06:24–11:29)

• Situation: Leon Draisaitl has been shut down for the rest of the regular season.
• Debate:
  • Is this a strategic "Echom Situation" for rest and recovery, or is his return timeline worrying for the Oilers’ Cup hopes?
  • The Oilers’ persistent lack of depth means losing Draisaitl could devastate their powerplay and playoff matchup flexibility.
  • Top-heavy teams like the Oilers are always vulnerable to losing elite talent.
• Playoff Implications:
  • If Draisaitl is healthy for playoffs, panelists agree "this doesn’t matter" since Edmonton is almost certainly making the postseason.
  • Without him, Edmonton may barely survive the Pacific but risks early elimination.
• Quote:

  "The problem with being that top heavy is if you lose one of those guys, it devastates your special teams, which they rely on heavily in the playoffs, and it devastates your line matchup ability at all times." (09:16, B)

Blue Jackets on a Heater (16:07–20:47)

• Recap:
  • Columbus is on a 10-game point streak, defying low expectations.
  • Discussion of last year’s surprising run after tragedy, fading late in season. This year’s team is “who we thought they’d be.”
• Playoff Hopes:
  • Internal debate: Is this run now “playoffs or bust”?
  • Columbus could potentially overtake Boston, Detroit, and the Islanders if they win their games in hand.
  • Remaining schedule is tough; odds are against them, but panelists love the fight.
• Quote:

  "They have a blessing, Dan. They have a blessing. It's called the Pacific Division." (10:27, B)

Penguins and Crosby’s Milestones (12:21–14:26)

• Sidney Crosby returns after Olympic injury.
• Crosby could extend his record of seasons averaging over a point per game if he gets 12 points in final 15 games.
• Host admits hoping Sid would rest to "protect" the streak, but admires the competitive fire.
• Playoff chances: Panel is bullish on Pittsburgh making it.

The Hyper-Competitive Eastern Playoff Race (19:17–20:43)

• Teams in the hunt: Pitt, NYI, Detroit, Boston, CBJ, Ottawa, Montreal all vying for a handful of spots.
• Discussion about how Boston’s “fast retool” makes the other rebuilding teams crazy.

Individual Player Streaks and Superstar Chases (21:08–31:18)

Kucherov, McDavid, and the Art Ross/Rocket Richard Races (21:08–29:59)

• Nikita Kucherov surges into the Art Ross lead; the guys marvel at his annual late-season stat explosions.
• Debate whether this is finally Kucherov’s MVP (Hart Trophy) year; current betting odds favor Nathan MacKinnon.
• Cole Caufield breaks through as a 40-goal scorer, finally delivering on his touted potential.
• Speculation on whether Caufield can catch MacKinnon for the Rocket, and which other snipers might ride a hot streak to 40.

Quote:

"He [Kucherov] literally is going to. He's four points back. He's not going to make up the games, obviously, because he missed time, but... he is going to win Art Ross in seven less games. And I'm like, this is a fucking clown show." (22:47, B)

Quote (on Caufield):

"For those who are unaware... everyone has this joke about Cole that he is the best 40 goal scorer to never score 40. It actually used to.. be best 40 goal scorer to never score 30... [now] he scored 40 last night." (25:48, A)

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The Professors’ Corner: Picks, Fades, and Parlays (32:32–46:08)

Weekly Review – Hot & Cold Bets (32:32–34:41)

• Run through last week's picks, noting a rough stretch but maintaining faith in their process.
• The “Friday Fade” continues its hot streak, defying all logic.

Friday Fade & Saturday Selly (35:03–38:34)

• Friday Fade: The Toronto Maple Leafs (without Matthews) to beat the Carolina Hurricanes, fading the much-stronger 'Canes despite no logical reason — and that's why the "Fade" works.
• Saturday Selly: Macklin Celebrini of the Sharks to score against the Flyers, riding red-hot form and playoff desperation.

Sunday Hat Trick Parlay (38:35–39:53)

• Bet: Tampa Bay Lightning to win in Calgary, under 6.5 goals, and Kucherov to record a point.

Life on the Line Parlay (42:22–46:08)

• Fun, poetic—and occasionally off-color—presentations of their must-win picks for the upcoming week.

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St. Patrick’s Day, Holidays, and Authentic Irishness (49:53–70:36)

St. Patrick’s Day Traditions & Reflections (49:53–53:52)

• Sean offers a delightful primer on how Ireland celebrates March 17, noting it feels akin to the US 4th of July and is an official holiday back home.
• Discussion on whether Irish people feel “gatekeeping” over St. Patrick’s Day when Americans get extra into “Ireland Day.” Sean says not at all:

  "I think it's really cool that such a small country on the other side of the world is being celebrated by such a large country here." (52:22, C)

Flags Deep Dive (53:35–56:54)

• Surprise segue into flag geekery—Sean reveals Ireland’s national color is blue, not green(!), and critiques US city flags’ complexity. Calls for simple, memorable flags:

  "A good flag should be... something you can identify from like a kilometer away off the top of a sailboat." (55:29, C)

The Best Non-Federal Holidays — Power Rankings (58:09–70:36)

• Panel power-ranks non-bank holidays: St. Patrick’s Day ("everyone’s so happy"), Halloween ("undefeated lore in New England"), and Cinco de Mayo ("rocks in Southern California").

• Playful roast of Valentine’s Day as “big Hallmark, big chocolate,” but Dan goes contrarian:

  "I'm a big softie. I think we should all...be doing date nights more often... It's Valentine's Day. We're going to have a lovely date night tonight." (63:15, A)

• April Fool’s Day gets mixed reviews, “good for the first two hours,” but too risky for prank-haters.

• Fun fact: Ireland and the US have different dates for Mother’s Day.

• Discussion of cultural holidays, with Sean promoting China's “grandparent matchmaking in the park” as Valentine upgrade.

• Final consensus on best “fun” holidays: Halloween, St. Patty’s, Cinco de Mayo.

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Trivia: What’s the Connection? (71:39–82:47)

• Signature "What’s the Connection" segment—nine hockey trivia questions, the answers all share a subtle link.
• This week: The answers are all first names of Leonardo DiCaprio movie characters (Bob, Jack, Jordan, Jay, Calvin, Teddy, Danny, Frank, Rick).
• Memorable moment as Dan slowly pieces the connection together, groaning with realization as the pattern emerges.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On Draisaitl’s Injury:
  "If Leon is out for a while here...this might be that tough, rough pumpkins for this team." (08:19, A)

• On the playoff picture:
  "Dude, it has been so fun watching...the...battle of who's getting in and how sick is it that Columbus is like, 'Excuse me, I would like a seat at the table, please.'" (20:43, A)

• On Cole Caufield finally reaching 40 goals:
  "Cole Caulfield scored 40 goals. Cole, I knew you could do it. I mean, I've literally been there the whole ride, baby." (31:06, A)

• On holidays (St. Patrick’s Day):
  "Everyone's just so happy on St. Patrick's Day." (66:51, A)

• On flags:
  "Our actual national color isn't green, it's blue. That's why, like, if you ever go to like the President's house or anything else like that...it's all blue. Blue is a big thing. But a lot of Irish people don't even know that because green is so synonymous with Ireland." (53:35, C)

• On flag design:
  "A good flag should be. You know, a child can not only draw it, but can remember it to draw it." (55:08, C)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Opening Banter, Unabomber/Costume Gags: 00:00–05:37
• Oilers' Draisaitl Injury Debate: 06:24–11:59
• Playoff Races / Eastern Conference Drama: 11:59–20:47
• Kucherov, MVP and Scoring Leaders: 21:08–25:01
• Cole Caufield 40-goal Run: 25:06–31:31
• Professorial Picks, Fades, and Parlays: 32:32–46:08
• St. Patrick's Day & Irish Traditions: 49:53–53:52
• Flags Deep Dive: 53:35–56:54
• Holiday Power Rankings & Banter: 58:09–70:36
• Trivia: What's the Connection?: 71:39–82:47

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Tone & Style

The episode is energetic, irreverent, and deeply knowledgeable, blending razor-sharp hockey analysis with self-deprecating humor and the warmth of true brotherly rivalry. Their discussions move seamlessly from serious player injuries and Cup hopes, to betting passion, holiday traditions, and random expertise (flags!). Inside jokes ("professors," "Friday Fade," "spunk," etc.) abound, punctuated by memorable one-liners and hearty laughs.

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Final Thoughts

This episode encapsulates everything that makes Empty Netters your “favorite NHL player's favorite podcast”—smart, fun, and never afraid to chase down a tangent if it brings a laugh or new insight. If you’re looking for a fast-moving, sharp-edged pulse-take on the current NHL landscape, this episode delivers, rink to barstool and back again.

Transcript

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Welcome to the Empty Netters podcast.

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Can you believe what this has become? There's a full 48 hours where I

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felt like I was like, literally Superman.

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Jumbo loves playing Fortnite.

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So does he. Gets on the sticks.

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Did TR show you the sauna cycle or was that already. No, I invented that.

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

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So we are back. We are horned up and we are going deep.

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Finished tonight with some chicken fingers and a few Guinnesses. Ran into you guys. And that's where this pod came to life.

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Ice is ready. And we are back with an welcome back to another episode of the Empty Netters podcast, brought to you by BetMGM. I'm your host, Dan Powers. Another Thursday episode and another Sean Buffini sighting.

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I'm back again. Alternating between Evan and I.

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This is really lovely.

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You never see the two of us in the same room, though.

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That is true. There are people who are starting to ask the question, where does one start in the other end?

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It's gonna be like a Scooby Doo moment a year from now where it could just go underneath the zone.

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That would be just phenomenal. If you just unzipped your skin like a suit and Evan walked out and then he did it. And then you walked out, and then it was a Russian doll.

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A Russian doll. And then.

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Yeah, that would be special. That would be special. Speaking of someone who's not feeling special, we're not going to kick him while he's down. Looks like We've got a St. Patty's Day boy here. Chris Powers, as always, do you think that sometimes you have a tendency to overdo it?

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No, no, it's. It's not a tendency. Oh, it's a life.

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It's a lifestyle.

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It's a lifestyle.

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This is just you. I feel like the people of the. The lovely listeners in the network have seen you, like, this many times.

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Yeah, the Unabomber look.

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Yeah, we've.

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We've.

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We've discussed this before.

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You're right. It is the unabarmer look that when we consider. I mean, that's pretty recognizable. Last episode he did this. Lot of the comments were like, the Unabomber. Unabomber.

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Yeah, yeah.

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Do we not give the Unabomber enough grief for a pretty lazy costume?

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Also, why was he. If you were trying to be not conspicuous? Conspicuous as in inconspicuous.

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He walks on. What did the Unabomber do?

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I should know that he bombed airlines and universities.

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Is that why he's called Ted Kaczynski.

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Yeah.

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Because it was unis.

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Yeah. So he.

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Interesting. I always thought it was one bomb.

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He was, like, one of the smartest people ever at Harvard University. And he, like, graduated as, like, a teenager. Very, very intelligent person. But he was disgruntled about where the future of humanity was going with AI and everything else long predating anything that, you know, we'd gotten to.

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This guy Sharp.

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His manifesto was called the Industrial Revolution and its Consequences. And he just wanted to reject basically, like, modern society. So he lived in the woods and he, like, lived off the land. But then out of, like, frustration where the direction the world was going, he was sending bombs in the mail to, like, harm innocent people. So it's funny that you're like, do we. Do we not give him enough grief? It's like, do you think we're going too far thinking that he looks like that? But do you not think the Unabomber went too far when he was. No, no.

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I, I, I think in Chris's interpretation, he did one bomb. The uni bomber.

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I thought it was. I thought it was. Because it was one bomb.

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Oh, yeah. Even if that, like, one bomb is like, everyone makes a mistake.

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I was like, dude, it's.

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Dude, you got a little worked up about the state of the. Of humanity. It's fine. Just don't do that again.

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Just don't everyone. Yeah, you're allowed to have one mistake.

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But even if he did that, I would still say, that's too much, Ted, Relax. And apparently now he was doing it all the time.

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He was doing it. Yeah, he did a few.

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Why was he. And he was walking around like that?

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He's walking around like that. He had his hood and his big glasses, and it's a good disguise, in fairness.

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Well, no, I think it's so conspicuous. But do you think maybe. Do you think maybe it's noticeable now because of him? If someone was walking around like that pre Ted, people would have been like this, oh, that guy had a tough night out.

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Tough night out. Yeah.

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Nothing. Nothing to look at. But now we see it, and we're like, Jesus, this is kind of like what Hitler did with the mustache.

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I think you're right. I think it morphed from being, like the Big Lebowski kind of hungover thing. True. A little bit of a vibe there into being the Unabomber, isn't it?

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There's a very thin line.

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Chris is actively dead right now.

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Yeah, he's having a hard time. There's a very thin line with sunglasses where I think you were. Sometimes you put sunglasses on, you look really cool, but you add a couple more accessories and you look really spooky.

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Yeah.

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Put on a hood and a hat and now people are like, ooh, I don't trust that guy.

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Get him out of here.

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That's a good point.

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You put on a mustache and maybe a fake nose.

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Groucho Marx thing.

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Fake nose. And now you look like Groucho.

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Yeah.

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What if you put on a sea mask, you grab. And sunglasses.

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I'm terrified of you.

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Yeah.

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But I feel like if I saw someone wearing a ski mask and not on a ski mountain, I think I'm probably already. I don't need you to have sunglasses on for me to be spooked.

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In fact, I'm already spooked. In fact, it's kind of hilarious to put on a ski mask where only your eyes are showing and then cover you and then put on sunglasses. Unless, like, why would you do that?

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What are you doing? All right, let's get into this episode.

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Wait, I did hear someone say that when they listen to Evan, now they hear an Irish accent.

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I did see that.

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Did you see?

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I saw that.

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And they were like, I think it's a Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde thing where like they are the same person, but it's just like one of them. One of them is evil.

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I don't know. We've hired an incredible makeup team here at Almost Friday media and we're just doing a full on change up of the person. But that's just the same voice in there. He's just trying to do an American accent.

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What you don't realize is that we're. All three of us are just including Evans, all four of us are one person. Exactly.

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This is AI, folks. LAI have you ever seen us in person? Probably not.

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Only the people who paid to go to the live show have probably. They know the secrets. They know the truth.

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You can confirm.

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Yeah. All right, well, we've got some great hockey talk to get into. We've got some fun games to play today. We're going to talk about some holidays. All the good stuff. Let's get it going with the Leon dry Seidel injury. Interesting stuff going on in Edmonton. Okay. We've got Leon getting shut down for the rest of the regular season. The question now is, is this a just what they needed situation where they're going to shut down Leon, let him get his mind right, his body right for a few weeks, and then he comes back fresh as lettuce, or is this an Echom Situation where it's like, he'll be back Game 1 of playoffs, but then maybe he's not back till like round three.

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This I feel. I feel as though we are owed something here because he. Here's what happened. Leon Draisaitl gets hurt. He leaves. I go, oh, I wonder if he's okay. Then he comes back to the game and I go, oh, he's fine. Plays two shifts, leaves again, does not return. I go, oh. Then Knoblok goes, oh, the doc saw him, said he's completely fine. But we were like, why push it today? Sure, Just. Just take the rest of the game off. You are. He is fine. He will be back tomorrow. And I go, oh, okay. And then they go, he is out for the rest of the regular season. And I go, oh. And then I think to myself, this could be just what they needed. And then Stan Bowman comes out and goes, we feel this could be a blessing. And I go, you stole that from us. And

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he's officially listening to the pod.

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Fuck you. Because this could be just what they needed. And if it's Ekhom, it is not at all what they needed. And they're dead.

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I do listen, I think I wanna hope because we always like great players playing. I'd like to hope this is a precautionary. This team sees the state of the Pacific and they're like, we're going to make playoffs. We can, we can get in even without Leon. Let's get Leon healthy. That's what I hope it is. If Leon is out for a while here and potentially going to miss the first round, I think that they, that this might be that tough, rough pumpkins for this team.

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They.

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Take off those sunglasses.

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I can't.

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You got to. I can't take off those sunglasses and that hood. Let the world see you.

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No.

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Come on.

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No.

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Come on.

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I think if, if they. The, the. The trouble, Dan, the trouble is that team is. Has always been very top heavy and it hasn't mattered. Like, everybody likes, including us. Everyone loves to make fun of their depth.

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Everyone.

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And then they go, we're in the fucking. We're in game six of the Stanley Cup Final again because we have elite talent who can make that much of a difference in the playoffs. The problem with being that top heavy is if you lose one of those guys, it devastates your special teams, which they rely on heavily in the playoffs and it devastates your line matchup ability at all times. But certainly in playoffs where you go, okay, now teams empty the clip. Just trying to stop Connor's line and then go. We can just beat the Oilers otherwise.

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Yeah.

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Versus being like, fuck. Now we have to account for dry Seidel on his line and when they double up and on the power play, I. If he's fine in playoffs, though. This doesn't matter.

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I agree.

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Because they're getting in so easily. I agree.

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I wonder if. Let's say this is a Mrs. Round One, Mrs. Round Two.

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Yeah.

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Can they survive without. Honestly, though, without Ekholm, I'm like, nah, that's tough. That's. That's probably your number one. Number two. I mean, it's your number one defensive guy. You could probably survive because you still got the big boys up front. Can you survive two rounds of playoffs without Leon?

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They have a blessing, Dan. They have a blessing. It's called the Pacific Division.

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I know.

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And it's called the playoff format.

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I know.

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And they actually maybe could. If it's only two rounds, they maybe could get out of the Pacific. Right. Because you go. You go. What would it be right now?

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It would be Vegas.

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Okay. Yeah.

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I mean, with home ice

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and then you beat the Ducks. For argument's sake.

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Yeah. I don't know. This is what I'm saying. I don't know. I don't know. But they've got two games. Hey. Hey, wake up. Take the hood off. At least step by step. Hood off. No, please, please. The world needs to see you.

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At least let Dan pick the glasses you're wearing. We have a whole props department.

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Oh, yeah. I'll wear different ones. I can't either have to turn the lights off or. These are fine.

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I'm fine with the. Take the hood off. I'm begging you.

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Come on.

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This is good. This is a good version of you. Here we go. We're gonna. This is gonna be great.

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We're having fun.

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So we're going to keep our eyes peeled on Leon. They've got. The thing with the Oilers is they've got two games in hand on the Ducks. Or, excuse me, They've got two games extra played on the Ducks. So the Ducks have two games in hand and they're tied in points. So that's good for the Ducks. Vegas is one point back and the Kings and the Kraken are six points back and they both have those two extra games. So, like.

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And the King schedule, we already talked about.

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We talked about it. 12 and 4, and they just got a big win. The Kings are tight.

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Catch the Oilers, they could.

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Absolutely. This is going to be a dig deep situation.

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The Oilers are out.

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Well, no The Oilers are on a two game win streak and they're six, three and one in their last ten. And now is. Yeah, but look what happened to the Pens with no Sid.

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Yep.

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Which is a perfect time to talk about. Sid's back. Sid's back playing his first game since the Olympic injury. And the Penguins are as hot as a team can get. You know, couple wins in a row, four, three and three in their last 10. But they've got good gritty wins. And they're sitting pretty second in the Met. And now Sid is back.

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I want to tell you something.

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Do you think playoffs are locked for the Penguins? Yes, locked.

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They're in. Wow.

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That's incredible.

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Just. They're in. I want to tell you something that I feel. I don't even like saying this out loud, but I feel very vulnerable about this.

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Okay.

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Part of me wanted, famously, Ted Williams, last person to hit over. 400, hit 406. I believe, famously. The last game of the season was maybe a doubleheader for some reason. I think it was a doubleheader. But they had a game and the manager was like, you can sit out because you're hitting.404 and don't ruin this. Yeah, you can sit out and just like be. No one's done this. You know. And Ted was like, fuck that. I'm playing. And played and went 2 for 4 and then hit 406.

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Yeah.

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And I was like, that's fucking awesome. And Sid last year broke Wayne's record. Became the first person ever with 20 point per game. 20 straight seasons of over point per game.

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Yeah.

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And this year he's at 59 points in 56 games. So he would be 21 straight. And when he got hurt, I was

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like, shut it down.

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Just shut it down.

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Just shut it down.

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Because he's not. There's not that much of a cushion. Like, if it takes him a while to get back into it here, I'm like, dude, don't break. Don't lose that.

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We're shutting down too many players.

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But Sid is. Ted, you know what I mean? Like Sid, he would never. Yeah, he would never.

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He just wants to play hockey.

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And he's got, you know what, 13 some odd games, right? How many games are left for the Pens?

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15.

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They've played 15.

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67.

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They played 67. 15 games left. So I need 12 points. Yep.

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He can do it.

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And he can do it.

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He's gonna have two in his first game.

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He can do it. And he better do it, Dan. He better do it.

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So the Pens are Tied with the Islanders with 83 points. Islanders have one more game played and the Blue Jackets are right there with 81. Everyone thinks the Blue Jackets are dead. They are very not dead.

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Well, we're going to get to them. Do you want to do them right now? Let's get it.

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Let's do them right now. Another perfect transition.

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Jackets up right now. Watch this copy paste. Boom.

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You're fire. And dude, speaking of fire, it is hot as fuck in this studio. Are either of you feeling this?

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It is. Let me go see if I can crank up.

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It's unbelievable.

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Is it bright?

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Is it bright? Is it bright in here, though?

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Is everyone yelling bright?

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Everyone yelling.

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I felt this way last episode. Sean. I am sweating my butt cheeks off in here. It is so hot. I feel like I'm having hot flashes.

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Is it bright?

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Yeah, it's bright in here, pal. You're gonna be okay.

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The Blue Jackets beat the Canes 51 last night. They're on a 10 game point streak. Lot of OT losses, but they're on a 10 game point streak. They. Dan. Last year.

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Yeah.

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I said, oh, my God, what a surprise. The Blue Jackets are. Which. They were.

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Yeah.

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And they kind of. It was. It was. We had all. We had all said it was. That team rallied around the tragedy that happened and they played so well and then they just ran out steam down the stretch.

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Yeah, that was the fear.

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And. And I was like, man, that's not their fault. It's just such an emotional season and like, whatever. And then this year, it was like, fuck. To start this year, it was like, fuck. They. What we saw at the end of last year is actually who they are. And

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I can tell that thinking is

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difficult for you right now. And then, now, dude, they are going so hard that unfortunately for them, and frankly, unfortunately for the teams just above them too.

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Yeah.

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They have now entered this. You have to get in.

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I. I don't think so.

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Yes, they are.

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No, you're. You're trying to call it like playoff or bust. I don't think it's playoff or bust.

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It is because if you go. If you miss now, you go like this. What was it all for? What is the point of anything that.

[A]

Stop it. There's no way. Yeah, there's no way. There's no way it's that intense. They. They are definitely, in a way about Ottawa, but they're definitely in a. Okay, we are a playoff team. Like, we are good enough. This. This slow start was. Was a blip. This is who we are. Let's get it Going here. And that's good. That's an exciting thing. But I don't think their playoff or bust.

[B]

They're gonna be devastated if they don't get in.

[A]

I don't think so. Because they haven't been in all year.

[B]

But this run, you can't get this close like they're in right now, dude.

[A]

No, they're not.

[B]

They. They are. They'll have if they win their game in hand. They have more points than Boston and Detroit in the same amount of games. Correct. And would be tied with the Island.

[A]

Correct. But they're not in right now. They got to win that game. I think it would be more devastating for a team like Pittsburgh or actually, no. Perfect example. Detroit.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Because Detroit. Don't even fucking say that out loud, dude. What is wrong with you?

[B]

I'm not. I don't know.

[A]

What is wrong with you.

[B]

I don't know what I'm saying.

[A]

What is wrong with you?

[B]

I don't know what I'm saying.

[A]

Yeah, you are blackout drunk right now. That was awful.

[B]

Ready, Blue Jackets. Rangers at home with one and.

[A]

Oh.

[B]

Cracking at home.

[A]

They've been mediocre at home. Actually, no, they've been great at home.

[B]

Win 2 and. Oh. Islanders on the road, loss 2 and 1. Flyers on the road, win 3 and 1. Habs on the road, loss 3 and 2. Sharks at home,

[A]

win.

[B]

Sorry, Sharks, 4 and 2. Bruins at home, loss 4 and 3. Kanes at home, win 5 and 3.

[A]

They just did it.

[B]

Kane's on the road, loss 5 and 4. Jets at home, win 6 and 4. Wings on the road, loss.

[A]

I'm sorry.

[B]

6 and 5. Sabers on the road, loss 6 and 6. Habs on the road,

[A]

win. Good split.

[B]

7 and 6. B's at home, win 8 and 6. Caps at home, win 9 and 6. They're out.

[A]

This is.

[B]

Damn it. They missed playoffs.

[A]

That is a pretty tough final stretch.

[B]

They missed play.

[A]

Those are all tough games.

[B]

I can't believe you kicked them out.

[A]

I didn't do anything.

[B]

What scares me is the real if you want to get in. I mean, the Habs aren't that in the clear, but if you want to get into it, everyone in playoffs is so fun.

[A]

I don't. I can't wait to kick anyone out. I want to let them all in.

[B]

What kills me is I want to

[A]

let them all in.

[B]

The real fringe ones are Pens, Islanders, Wings, Bees, Jackets. Yeah, and Ottawa's in the mix, but let's just live there. The ones of that group who will fight Guan with their Fingernails. Is everyone but the Bees like the Wings? None of them can afford to lose like the Bees can afford to miss playoffs.

[A]

The Bruins, the teams in the Atlantic and the east must look at the Bruins and how incredibly quick and effective they did their retool. And they must be so furious. Like Columbus, Ottawa, Detroit, the Islanders, frankly, Montreal. Frankly, they must be looking at Boston being like, are you fuckers kidding me? How did you do this so fast? You were supposed to be out for like three, four years, but they're just right back in the mixer. They must be so mad at them.

[B]

And that's what terrifies me, is that the Bees just. They have a minor blip and the Blue Jackets fucking knife fight them to death.

[A]

Dude, it has been so fun watching this. We'll call it Montreal, Pitt, Islanders, Boston Detroit. Battle of who's getting in and how sick is it that Columbus is like this? Excuse me, I would like a seat at the table, please.

[B]

They have something to say.

[A]

They just want a seat at the table.

[B]

Can we do. Can we do. Who do you want to do, the Pens or the Senators?

[A]

We can't keep doing this. This schedule.

[B]

I want to do one more.

[A]

No, no. We got what? We get one an episode. We get one an episode and we just did ours. Let's get back into some. Some stuff going on because there's a very big, big piece of hot ice that I'm excited to get to. Actually.

[B]

Cooch got a Hattie and two assists. Five points.

[A]

Five points. Dude, I'm 11 points.

[B]

I told you.

[A]

Or excuse me. 111 points in 62 games. Conor has 115 and 69. Do you think this is finally the year that our. Our golden boy gets mvp?

[B]

First of all, he is going to end Ross.

[A]

Yeah, dude. Which is so funny again.

[B]

He's going to win it for the third year in a row and go like this. Oh, and dude, he does this every fucking year where every year halfway through the season, he's not even fucking close. And then people are like, oh, you

[A]

know, Coochie's top 10.

[B]

Yeah. And the season he goes, dude, few things.

[A]

Feel like every week we talk about this.

[B]

It's insane, dude. And I. I said this to you off air. I have few things where have been more fun in my life. For a bet I didn't win. The bet that you and I made with Gary last year about Cooch winning mvp, which we were robbed of when he was going off at like fucking 50 to 1. And we. The three of us were sharp and

[A]

we Were like, I can't even think about it.

[B]

But my favorite part about that whole run was the chase. When every game, the three of us would text and go, need a four pointer from Cooch tonight. And then he would do it. Like we would look at the Tampa game and it'd be like this ping. We would just send check marks. Ding, ding. Point, point, point.

[A]

In today's NHL, it was literally down the stretch. It was a guarantee that Kooch would have four points a game. When he had three points, we were like, not, not a good enough night. Slow night at the office for Cooch.

[B]

Three points. And like, I was just. I saw his game last night. I was thinking about you, me, and we were robbed. Just being like, ding.

[A]

We were robbed.

[B]

They robbed us, dude. He literally is going to. He's four points back. He's not going to make up the games, obviously, because he missed time, but he is, he's. He is going to win Art Ross in seven less games. And I'm like, this is a fucking clown show.

[A]

He is truly out. But I need, I need a dominant playoffs from him. I haven't had one in a while.

[B]

Fair.

[A]

So Cooch, if you're going to just keep doing this, maybe it was good he missed those games. Those seven games turned right into a playoff series.

[B]

Is it possible that we are hard on him because Barkov was doing the same thing to Connor McDavid? Like, we go, cooch sucked. And he goes, BARKOV Sucked lunch. 100%.

[A]

Because what it is two years in a row.

[B]

Yeah. And I go, whoa, he's doing that to everybody.

[A]

And I think I tweeted last year, like, I was like, nikita Kucherov has an Alexander Barkov problem. And it turns out a lot of people have that problem. So.

[B]

Yeah, right. It's a.

[A]

That seems like it's a league wide issue.

[B]

Wide issue.

[A]

Pretty much every team that comes against them, they're like, this guy is difficult. Why don't you check the bet MGM odds of MVP, please.

[B]

I'm going to check the BetMGM odds on MVP. Let's see right now, Dan, it says Nathan McKinnon 62% and Macklin celebrating 23%.

[A]

I mean, I've said it before. I'll say it again. If the Sharks get in, Macklin is the mvp. Can I show you something? I'm looking at NHL stats and Scott Wedgwood is leading league right now in goals against.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

Will you just quickly look at the thumbnail of Scott? He's going to be on the right side of My screen. When I spin this to you, does Scott Wedgwood in this player profile photo look a little bit like Gareth Bale?

[B]

Yes. Pretty cool.

[C]

Show the camera, Scott Wedgwood.

[B]

Hey, you want to take a picture of it? Somebody said the other day, they were like, every time you guys show the camera, we can't see it. And you just put it.

[A]

I'm going to copy this image and I'm going to send it.

[B]

Send it to Evan or Sean. Are you editing this episode?

[C]

No, Evan.

[B]

Send it to Evan. Oh, my God.

[A]

God almighty.

[B]

Dan Cooch is the. Is the leading odds Art Ross guy.

[A]

Leading?

[B]

Yeah, leading.

[A]

That's special. That is huge.

[B]

Dude. It's so fucking funny. You know the graphs. Like, remember the Michael B. Jordan graph where it's like, ding. Like, then Timmy's up here and it free falls. Like, the Cooch is like. The graph is like, da, da, da, da, da. Fuck you. I want to get. I wish I had this graph from every year, dude.

[A]

It's insane. All right, folks, our last bit of hot ice. Second in the NHL in goals.

[B]

Ooh, this is actually good.

[A]

With 40, Cole Caufield.

[B]

We did it.

[A]

We did it. For those who are unaware, Sean, you might be unaware.

[C]

I am unaware.

[A]

There's a lad named Cole Caufield, nicknamed Goal Caulfield because he's such a great goal scorer. He plays for the Montreal Canadiens. And everyone has this joke about Cole that he is the best 40 goal scorer to never score 40.

[B]

It actually used to. Before last year, he was the best 40 goal scorer to never score 30. He never even scored 30 goals. And we were all.

[A]

Everyone was like, cole, like, when you were talking about the team, they're like, cole Caufield. He's like a 40 goal guy. Just saying that as, like, he has the talent to do that.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And he just hadn't done it.

[B]

He scored 20.

[A]

So haters started being like, dude, he's never even scored 30. He's never even scored 40.

[B]

What? Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

[A]

So last year, every time he scored, I tweeted all caps, Cole Caulfield is getting 40. And then when he would score again, I would quote, tweet it and say, cole Caulfield. So I have done this 40 times, finding that tweet, quote, tweeting it and saying, cole Caulfield is getting 40.

[B]

He had scored 37 last year. We got very close.

[A]

God, something is in my throat. And he scored 40 last night.

[C]

Nice.

[A]

40 goals. It felt great. Hey, firing off that tweet, I said, Cole Caufield got 40.

[B]

Yeah. Nate has 45 goals and has decidedly slowed down.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

And he's having a great season. I'm not chirping Nate at all.

[A]

There was a period where I was like, Nate might have 200 points this year.

[B]

I thought Nate was going to score 70 this year. And I was like, wow, that is going to be such a flex. When he's like, I have 70 fucking goals. But, dude, he has been passed by Cooch. He's been passed by Connor in points. And, you know, he very well could win MVP this year, but he is extremely slowed down. Do you think There's a chance 15 games ish left, maybe 14 for the Habs, that he could catch him? Is the Rocket in play or is it over?

[A]

Oh, Cole. I think so.

[B]

I think it's in play.

[A]

I think it's definitely in play.

[B]

That would be iconic.

[A]

You've got, you know, what is it, frankly?

[B]

He's got to get to, like, 40.

[A]

16 games. 16. 16 games for Cole, 17 for Nate.

[B]

Sorry, did the Habs have 16?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Okay, so he. He'd.

[A]

Or I think maybe did Cole miss again? I don't know. Cole has played 66 games, so I don't know.

[B]

I'll check the standings.

[A]

Here's my question.

[B]

67.

[A]

Answer your question. Yes, I think you can do it.

[B]

I think he's gonna get 50, though.

[A]

Here's my question, which would be gas. We've got roughly, we'll call it, on average, 15 games left in the season.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

Here are the people. How many goals do you think you need to have to be eligible for to get 40 with 15 games left?

[B]

Say that question again.

[A]

How many goals do you need to have right now with 15 games left for me to be like this?

[B]

You could get 40 at 40, 30.

[A]

Or is that too much?

[B]

Like, I'm asking 30? You are asking a ton. But I think if you have 30 goals, it's possible. I think any less than that, it's. You're dead.

[A]

I think it's a tall task at this point.

[B]

It is.

[A]

If you have 30 at this point, to ask you to get 10 more.

[B]

You just asked me if it's possible, though, if you have 30 goals, it's possible to get 10 and 15?

[A]

I don't think so.

[B]

Well, it is. I don't.

[A]

I don't think so. I think if you are a player who, through 66ish games have 30 goals, I don't think you're scoring 10 in your next 15.

[B]

I don't think you are.

[A]

Well, that's the point of this exercise, you buffoon?

[B]

Well, no. The point is no.

[A]

You're answering a question. Can somebody score 10 goals in 15 games? The answer is yes to that. I'm with you, but I'm saying a person who has 30 in 66 is not. I don't think they can score 10 and 15.

[B]

I guess it depends on the person, to be honest, because Hattie's. Dude, Hattie's. Change.

[A]

Let's call it 33 for the purposes of this exercise. Okay, here are people with 33 goals or more that could get 40 this year. Dylan Gunther with 33. DeBrincat with 33. Scora Fiev with 34. Morgan Geeky with 34. Cutter Gautier with 34. Tage Thompson with 34. Macklin Celebrini with 35. Leon Draisaitl.

[B]

Dead.

[C]

Dead.

[A]

Jason Robertson, 36. Wyatt Johnston, 37. Nikita Kucherov, 37. Connor, 37. Matt Boldy, 38. Kirill Krizov, 38.

[B]

Would you like to hear who's getting 40? Yeah. Kirill. Yes. Boldy. Yes.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

McDavid.

[A]

Yes. Yes. Wyatt. Yes.

[B]

Wyatt. Yes.

[C]

Robo.

[B]

Yes. Leon. No. Mack. Yes.

[A]

God, I'd love that. Max, Just five more goals.

[B]

Yep. Tage.

[A]

I think, I think it would be really fun if Tage, he had like 48 one year. Oh, yeah, no, sorry. I, I. Tage is obviously perfectly capable. I think it'd be really fun if Morgan Geeky got 40.

[B]

Me too. That'd be sick. I don't know if he is going to get 40.

[A]

And I'd really like Cutter to do it, too. I would love for Cutter, six more goals.

[B]

I think. Cutter. I think Tage, no. Cutter, yes. Morgan, no. Unfortunately, yeah. Scorfiev. No, unfortunately. Debrincat. Yes. Gets 7, finishes with 40 on the dot. That'd be sick. And that's it. No one else does it.

[A]

Cole Caulfield scored 40 goals. Cole, I knew you could do it. I've been there the whole. I mean, I've literally been there the whole ride, baby. Every single time.

[B]

Dan, I think he's gonna get 50 here.

[A]

That would be. I think he's gonna score 50 electric. If he just fucking went. He's been pretty hot.

[B]

I think Nate is going to score 49 goals this year and Cole is going to score 50 and win the Rocket.

[A]

That would be sick.

[B]

Put your money on it.

[A]

That'd be sick.

[B]

God, that's so awesome.

[A]

I love it. Let's take an ad break and then let's hear from the professors.

[B]

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[A]

Welcome back to class. The professors are here. One of us is a bit worse for wear, but we surely will come with great picks and great advice for the weekend, as we always do. Sir. How are you feeling, Daniel?

[B]

What does Professor Schneebly say?

[A]

Ned Schneebly.

[B]

I was drunk yesterday.

[A]

That. What's funny is I believe that's actually Dewey Finn posing as Ned Schneebly. And he says, no, it means I was drunk yesterday.

[B]

And now. What is he now? He's hungover. Hungover. Which means I have something. And the runs. Yeah, I think he's like. I think it's a headache, which means

[A]

I've got a headache. And the runs,

[B]

that is myself. That's how I feel today.

[A]

Correct?

[B]

Correct.

[A]

Correct. Christopher, tell everyone how we performed last

[B]

week, coming off a tremendous mega parlay from the week previous. This week, we had large shoes to fill the results. Ducks. No. Ah, fuck. Bruins, yes. Good halves?

[A]

No.

[B]

Wild. No.

[A]

Leafs?

[B]

No. Sharks. Yes.

[A]

Brutal Run.

[B]

Bolts. No.

[A]

Devils.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Isles. Yes. Jackets.

[B]

Yes. Stars. Yes. Mammoth. No. Spunk. Yes. Feeny. Spunk. Yes. Spunk, yes.

[A]

Well done.

[B]

And knights. Yes. Eight.

[A]

Well done, Professor.

[B]

Feeny pulled it together.

[A]

Eight and six. It's not our best, but not even close to our worst. We can always do worst. That's the beauty of it.

[B]

Now, speaking of worse. Life on the line. Parlay. Sponk. Yes. Wild. No. Kings. No. Abs. No. One in three.

[A]

Absolutely terrible, gentlemen. One of the worst we've done. Students are relying on some of the worst we've done in quite a long time.

[B]

We need to lead by example. We need to lead by example. Students are relying on us. They're relying on these picks. Life on the line was incredible. This was terrible. Lead by example. Lead by example. Do better.

[A]

Absolutely correct.

[B]

Do better.

[A]

Now where we do do better.

[B]

Always. Always.

[A]

The Friday Fade continues to be the most reliable thing in this nation. It's absolutely ridiculous. But the Friday Fade. We were put to the test. Maybe our toughest test, maybe the toughest test ever. We had the Blues against the Oilers and they somehow did it in overtime.

[B]

I believe that's correct.

[A]

The St. Louis Blues beat the Edmonton Oilers. It was remarkable.

[B]

Absolutely remarkable. I received a sms. No. What's the imessage? I received an imessage from my dear friend Matt, who attended Harvard, who you do not care for. We are Oxford men at Harvard Business School. And he said to me that the Friday Fade should get its own case. And Harvard, he said, agree this needs

[A]

to be studied by the top minds in the world.

[B]

What.

[A]

What is happening? I am not sure how to explain what's going on with the Friday Fade because it is truly unbeatable. Now, we have several games this Friday. We have the Canes at the Leafs, the Devils at the Caps, the Aves at the Hawks, the Cats at the Flames and the Ducks at Mammoth. I believe simply, this is between 2.

[B]

2. Yes.

[A]

The canes at the Leafs and the Aves at the Hocks. And I. I would like to take. Because they've been so shit. There is no chance that the Leafs without. Without a mats, without Auston Matthews can stop this just dreadful, abysmal skid.

[B]

They're trying to lose to get the top five picks.

[A]

They need it. It's protecting. Trying to lead that pick. There is no chance they can beat the top team in the Metropolitan. Therefore we shall fade the Carolina Hurricanes and take the captainless Toronto.

[B]

Flailing, blowing in the wind. Toronto Maple Leafs.

[A]

Terrible, terrible Toronto Maple Leafs.

[B]

I doubt the Hawks can win as well, but we must aid what we must fade.

[A]

1.

[B]

Toronto.

[A]

We are taking the Toronto Maple Leafs to be somehow victorious over the Canes. That is your Friday Fade.

[B]

The Saturday Selly. We said it would be goal Caulfield and of course Ping. He scored his 30th goal of the season. He did it. We did it. And he is officially, as we said, as our colleagues earlier in this episode said, is a 40 goal scorer. So the Friday Fade Cash the Saturday Sally Cash this Saturday. There are some candidates for celebration.

[A]

This is absolutely correct.

[B]

Celebrini at home versus the Flyers. I am interested in. Absolutely delicious.

[A]

Absolutely delicious.

[B]

Hooch and McDavid playing each other. You know they will rise. They will rise.

[A]

Interesting.

[B]

Robo and Wyatt playing Baldi and Krill. You know they will rise. Someone in there will rise.

[A]

I believe I'm tantalized by Matthew Boldy and Kirill Kaprizov. However, that is a tough matchup.

[B]

Yes, sir. Both directions.

[A]

Both directions. I am not entirely sure I want to touch it. Because of that. We think that the Sharks can smell playoffs. They can. They desperately need it. They desperately need a win against the Philadelphia West Coast Swing is the man who continues to rise to the occasion

[B]

for the Sharks, who also wants 40.

[A]

He is a man who wants 40 goals as well. A young lad. We shall take Macklin Celebrini versus the Flyers as our Saturday Selly. Rise, my son.

[B]

Rise.

[A]

Rise again.

[B]

Rise, Macklin. Saturday celebrating Sunday hat trick parlay. We gave you the oilers Moneyline and McDavid Point and over 5.5 in the final Diddy bowl of the season.

[A]

The Oilers won. McDavid had two points. It was the fucking under.

[B]

But it was under.

[A]

Why?

[B]

Why do I stray from the under when I know it's always the under? I do not know why I stray. Because it just should be non stray. Stay.

[A]

Stay.

[B]

Do not stray. Stay.

[A]

Don't stray.

[B]

Stay.

[A]

Smee. I strayed. Do you feel chaotic and it feels like you're passionate about this. Therefore you have a pick for us.

[B]

It does feel to me looking at the.

[A]

What has your research found for this Sunday hat trick parlor?

[B]

Looking at the Sunday slate. Jets at rags. Aves at Caps, Canes at Pens. Preds at Hawks, Jackets at Isles, Knights at Stars, Bolts at Flames, Sabers at Ducks, Kings at Mammoth. I was interested in the Tampa Bay Lightning and traveling to Calgary, winning the money line and staying under 6.5. And the mad scientist Nikita Kucherov, who has five points every night will have a point. Tampa under 6.5.

[A]

Kucherov Point Sunday hat trick Pali. How are you now, Professor Feeney?

[C]

Yes.

[A]

Get prepared.

[C]

I'm ready. You caught me right while I was mid. Yawn, but I'm ready.

[A]

The Saturday Mega Live on a beach. Live on a beach Parlay Christopher Begin.

[B]

I'll start with myself. Christopher jets at Pens. I should take the Pens Crosby returns. Professor Feeney Nights at Preds. Take the Knights, Daniel. Stars at Wild.

[A]

I will take the Stars. I hate it. I hate that game.

[B]

Christopher Sabers at Kings. What a game. The Sabre's so hot. Kings need it, though. Kings, please. Wow. We're going out to voter. Professor Feeny Spunk at Blues.

[C]

Spunk.

[B]

Spunk. Feeney Spunk. Daniel Flyers at Sharks.

[A]

I would take the Sharks.

[B]

Christopher Isles at Habs. I'll take the aisles there on the road. Professor Feeny Leafs at Sens.

[C]

Sens.

[B]

Daniel Blues at Canuck. Oh, wait, I put the blues twice.

[A]

Who are the Blue? Who are the who?

[B]

I'm drunk. I don't know.

[A]

I told you.

[C]

Spunk and Blues.

[A]

I told you. This man. This man has been on the struggle.

[B]

Spunk is always. Spunk's playing the blue jacket. It's an honest mistake, gentlemen. It's an honest mistake. That is very, very honest mistake.

[A]

Very understandable.

[B]

Honest mistake. So, Daniel, you do have the blues. Blues at Canucks.

[A]

I will take the blue. Wait, you have the blues?

[B]

Spunk is playing the Blue Jackets. Feeny has the spunk.

[C]

I'll take Spunk.

[B]

Either way, Svini has the funk over the Blue Jackets. Okay, Daniel Blues at Canucks.

[A]

I will take the blues. What a toilet bowl matchup that game is. Feel terrible for anyone going.

[B]

Christopher. Bruins and Wings. Oh, what a playoff matchup.

[C]

Horrible.

[A]

Give me the Wings.

[B]

Yes. Yeah. Bully and. And Feeding bolts and Oilers.

[C]

Oilers.

[B]

Oilers. What a matchup. No. Dry cycle. Incredible. Penguins, Knights, Stars, Kings, Sharks, Spunk, Isles, Sens, Blues, Wings, Oilers. Live on a beach.

[A]

Live on a beach.

[B]

Live on a beach.

[A]

All right. So last week, the Life on the Line parlay did not go well.

[B]

Humiliated one in three, our friends and family.

[A]

As you said, people are counting on these pics. Counting on these pills. It's very important to lead.

[B]

Life is on the line.

[A]

Life is on the line. Lead by example. Which order would you like? Like to go in today?

[B]

I was 02, so perhaps I start.

[A]

I still mighty. Yeah, perhaps I think you should.

[B]

Perhaps I start.

[A]

Begin, sir.

[B]

Perhaps I start. All right. Life on the line. Leg number one. The Sabres are horny for their playoff selection and so far the Kings have been hopeless. But LA isn't fazed by a strong erection. They prefer their Buffalo boneless Kings King's money line.

[A]

Very good. Very good. Alternate.

[B]

Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

[A]

For my first. The Sharks have a chance. They want in on the dance. Can Wilmac get the boys in? Philly is gritty, but sometimes they're shitty. They've still got life With a big win. But it's not cheesesteaks and Rocky. We're talking about hockey. And the Flyers will be golfing in a few weeks. Macklin's foot's on the gas. He wants that ass. Prepare for the Sharks to clap cheeks

[B]

and in any time. Goal scorer. Why don't you? Why don't you?

[A]

Sharks, money line.

[B]

Incredible. Incredible. Right, right, right, right. All right.

[A]

The next leg. The next leg.

[B]

When Matthews demands a trade. The Leafs are all done. And their fans won't recover either. But don't blame Austin for wanting to run. He's not the first man to.

[A]

No,

[B]

I don't. I genuinely don't think we can air that.

[A]

He's so bad. I actually don't think we can air that.

[B]

That's awful.

[A]

Just awful.

[B]

Look.

[A]

Do you need to do that again?

[B]

Oh, my God. Oh, we can't believe it. Yeah.

[A]

I don't know what to do about that. That was so funny, but I don't know if we can say that. Oh, dear sweet Lord.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Horrendous. You're a madman. To round it out, Sid's mighty eyes.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

For our last pick. Sid has come back and playoffs are on track. The Penguins feel like a team of fate. There's little hope in the peg. They don't have the legs they're freezing to death like Leo and Kate but these pens are titanic so no need to panic the jets can only pray to heaven There is no magic this team is quite tragic. These are the worst jets since 9 11. Penguins, money line. Penguins, money line. Well, there you have it. There is our life on the line. Parle. We are heading to prison.

[B]

Correct.

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[A]

We're back, and CP is still on the struggle bus because of St. Patrick's Day. Sean.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

Do you love St. Patrick's Day, or do you.

[C]

Do I love it?

[A]

You can be honest.

[B]

I mean, it's your day.

[A]

Do you not really care as an Irishman, are you, like, no, I care.

[C]

I care. It kind of serves the same. It's like. It's like the Ireland Day. Like, it's like Fourth of July for Americans. It kind of takes place of our Independence Day because we don't really celebrate. Yeah, Independence Day. But, yeah, it's like back home, it's like a bigger deal in that you get the day off work and you get to see your friends and stuff.

[A]

It's pretty cool.

[C]

Yeah, that's huge.

[A]

Actually, when St Patty's Day falls on a day during the work week, that must be awesome.

[C]

Yeah, it's pretty great.

[B]

You're, like, such a big deal that, like, so, for example, if Fourth of July is on a Monday, we get the day off, but if it's on a Sunday, we get Monday off. Because they're like, hey, we are recognizing. Do you get a day off if St. Patrick's Day.

[A]

If St. Patrick's Day.

[C]

That's a very good question.

[A]

I would imagine in Ireland, people would be like, I know you guys are gonna go hard on Sunday. We're gonna give you Monday off.

[C]

Like, I would say that, like, in Europe, we just get a lot of time off, but it's not true. It's just in America, you get no time off.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Yeah. Now, would you. Ideally, if St. Patrick's Day falls on a Friday, huge long weekend.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Is it even better if it's a Thursday because you're Getting that bank holiday on Thursday and then you're like, we're probably going to just do Friday off as well.

[C]

Yeah, I think that that's probably. I'd imagine it would be a lot of people calling in sick.

[B]

Yeah. I mean if you were asked to work on Friday after a Thursday, St. Patty's Day, that would be insane.

[C]

Yeah. Now you have to imagine most businesses would be like, just don't even know.

[A]

I'm always very curious about this. As an Irishman, do you like it or do you roll your eyes when you are here in the states during St. Patrick's Day, seeing how many people all of a sudden are running around claiming that they are so super Irish? No, I love it.

[B]

Irish iron.

[C]

I like that a lot. I don't see why. I know people who complain about it. I don't see what the point in complaining about it is. Like, what are you trying to gatekeep here? It's like, I don't get it. Like, it's so stupid. I really.

[A]

Trying to gatekeep Irish blood.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

I think it's really cool that such a small country on the other side of the world is being celebrated by such a large country here.

[A]

That's.

[C]

And I think that it's, you know, it doesn't really matter to me. A whole bunch of that people might not know exactly what the origins of the. Of the day.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Is. But I mean to most Americans it's just like it's Ireland Day. You go out and drink because that's what Irish people do. And you wear green because that's the color in the Irish flag and all these other.

[A]

Funny how green took over. Orange got a bad, bad pole there.

[C]

Yeah. Well, it's. Green is the Republican color. So it's. Our flag is green, white and orange. And the green is for the Republicans and the orange would be for the like Protestants, Loyalists, the British.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And the white is supposed to be the piece in between them. It was I think designed by the Frenchman, perhaps the Frenchman who designed the French flag, which is probably why it's another tricolor esque flag.

[A]

That makes sense.

[C]

I'd have to fact check myself on that.

[A]

But.

[C]

But yeah. And so our actual national color isn't green, it's blue.

[B]

What?

[C]

Yeah. Ireland's national color is blue. That's why like if you ever go to like the President's house or anything else like that, like our emblems are crests, it's all blue. Blue is a big thing. But a lot of Irish people don't even know that because green is so synonymous with Ireland. Ireland. Yeah.

[A]

That this was incredibly informative.

[B]

I also love.

[A]

I was not prepared for how much information was about to come.

[B]

I love this guy who's like, a famous flag design, and he goes like this. Color, color. And they go, oh, my God, do another one.

[A]

He's done it.

[B]

He goes, watch this.

[A]

He goes, let me check this out, dude.

[C]

And give me two years. I'll be back to you.

[A]

Yeah, I, I, I really love the idea of the. Whoever did this was the guy who designed the Italian flag as well.

[B]

He goes like this just got to change one color. Bang.

[A]

People are like this.

[C]

Oh, it's going to confuse so many people when they're like, is that a faded red or is that the. I will say the US Flag is a sick flag.

[A]

It's so sick. I love flags. Flags is a special interest of mine.

[C]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. There's. I watched this great, like, TED Talk on flags before, and now I've never been able to look at a flag the same way.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

The US City flags are designed very poorly.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

There's a lot of writing going on. There's a lot of, like, overly ornate things. A lot of US City flags are just like the city emblem with all of the writing, top and bottom. A very complicated thing. A good flag should be. You know, a child can not only draw it, but can remember it to draw it.

[A]

Should have great fucking call.

[C]

It should be something that you can make if you were, you know, in wartime. You should be able to make it with a few resources around approximation of. Should be visible. A simple enough pattern that you can identify it from like a kilometer away off the top of a sailboat.

[A]

Sure.

[C]

You know, that's the whole point of what flags are supposed to be. And, and I think the US Flag, hey, super sick at doing that.

[A]

Feels like flags are kind of a special interest of yours as well.

[C]

I just, I have a lot of strong opinions on flags.

[A]

I love this.

[C]

I got, I got all the tisms from patriotism to autism.

[A]

I got all. Talk about a spectrum, baby. That's the one we're on. I'm with you. I think Canada has an awesome flag.

[C]

The Canadian flag is super sick.

[A]

The Canadian flag.

[B]

Oh, my God, dude, it's so good.

[C]

Especially because that color combination, the red and the white, it's like.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. Really strong. I think we can't get into too much flag talk here, but I love when area. Like, I love how Scandinavia, they're all the same pattern.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Like, it's, it's like they're unified together with different colors.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Always thought, that's cool. The Nori flag.

[C]

There is kind of a cool thing with the. You know, as an Irishman, I'd hate to say it. The Union Jack being the countries of the union, layered on top.

[A]

Incredible. And a lot of people don't know that. A lot of people are just like, oh, it's kind of a complicated flag. But I'm like, nope. The Union Jack is. I mean, that is unity.

[B]

It's.

[C]

Yeah, it's. It's a cool idea for a flag.

[B]

Me.

[A]

Some flags. We're going to offline about this.

[C]

Yeah. Oh, wait. Best flag of all, though. Last thing I'll say on the subject. Japanese flag is so.

[A]

Yeah, exactly.

[B]

That is such a good.

[A]

It's just simple. They saw what everyone was doing.

[B]

Be able to draw. Yeah.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

They saw what everyone was doing using all these squares and rectangles, and they went, get.

[C]

How about this about a circle?

[A]

Just a circle.

[C]

That's just Japanese ingenuity.

[B]

The. The French and Irish flag designer rolling over in his grave.

[A]

Oh.

[B]

He's like, Jesus, what the are you doing?

[A]

God. All right, well, it's all. We were talking about St. Patrick's Day. Let's get back into it. You, Chris. So our friend Ma. Shout out Marty is a big Marty Donovan. He's an Irishman. Anytime, whatever day St. Patrick's Day falls on, he doesn't matter what's going on. He's like, we will. We will drink Guinness and we will enjoy this day. And it was incredibly contagious. I was like, you know what? You're right. And I do love that we get to celebrate Ireland. And I get. I love that whenever you get a surprise, like, oh, let's have some fun today. Ooh, little surprise. Fun day. Especially a guy like me who has such a routine during the week, all of a sudden being like, you know what? I am gonna have a Guinness today. It's pretty sweet. So where do we rank? Non federal holidays?

[B]

Yeah. So, like, obviously the big ones, Christmas, Thanksgiving, those. You're getting days off. Yeah. But the non bank holidays.

[A]

Non bank holidays.

[B]

I'm gonna give you the list right now. Then we're going to rank them.

[A]

Yes. And I'm gonna be honest. And Sean, do this with me. I think when you list them, we can just eliminate a few off the rip.

[B]

Okay. Here's the list. I'm just gonna give the list quick. And then the list is. Or the one that I'm considering. Halloween. St. Patty's Mother's Day, Father's Day, April Fool's Day, Groundhog's Day, Valentine's Day, Flag Day, Earth Day, Cinco de Mayo.

[A]

So I think Flag Day, Flag Day, Earth Day, dead.

[B]

You're killing Flag Day? Are you? Of all people?

[A]

Of course.

[B]

I thought you were gonna rally for

[A]

Flag Day, dude, here's the thing. You don't even know what I do on Flag Day, brother.

[C]

The one day a year you can truly be yourself.

[B]

I just.

[A]

I think if we did more cool things on Flag Day, it'd be amazing, but we don't.

[B]

And I think you. I don't even know if you know. I think people don't know. Like, when is Flag Day? I don't know. When's Earth Day? I don't know.

[A]

Don't know.

[B]

So I think that's. That's a hit for those two.

[A]

Flag Day, Earth Day, dead.

[B]

Dead.

[A]

And then April Fool's Day dead.

[B]

April Fool's Day is incredible.

[C]

I like the. April Fool's Day is great for the first two hours.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I think

[B]

April Fool's Day is April Fool's Day. You get a little goofy.

[A]

April Fool's Day terrifies me.

[B]

Well, that's why April Fool's Day packs a punch, dude.

[A]

Whenever I meet a new person, one of the first thoughts that goes through my head is, I wonder if this person's a big April fool person. Because I need to know. If I need to fear that person, I would hate it. Keith Yandel.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Is a big prank guy. I prank people. Terrify me.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. I'm not. I don't. I don't ever want to be pranked.

[B]

It's not.

[A]

Getting pranked is so scary. And I don't.

[B]

I don't.

[A]

I don't want to be pranked. And I feel like if I. If I meet people and have people in my life that I am close with who are like, oh, I'm a big prank person. I'm like, God damn it. I will stay away from that. As far away from that person as I can on April Fools.

[B]

April Fool's Day is legit, dude.

[C]

It just, like. It's funny that it's even a thing I know during. It's like, yeah, Earth Day not important enough for you to remember? Mother's Day? Father's Day, you know, celebrating people who raise you or who were very important figures in your life. And then we just have a day for fucking with people.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

As well.

[B]

Sure. We remember that.

[C]

It's like the one day a year you can have like. Like, kind of Do a douchey prank on somebody, but it's like, ah, it will allow it.

[A]

Today I'm gonna look up the origins.

[B]

I just looked this up, Dan. I just typed this in.

[C]

Did you?

[B]

Yeah. What did you find? Well, AI overview says the exact origin of April Fool's Day is unknown, but is believed to have originated in Europe, with traditions of trickery existing for centuries. While often tied to calendar reforms, the holiday likely evolved from a mix of ancient, medieval, and seasonal traditions.

[A]

Makes sense.

[B]

Those European tricksters, they were like, why don't we fuck with each other, tricksy hobbits? And I was like, okay. I think April Fool's Day is awesome.

[A]

Okay. Mother's Day, Father's Day. Great. We just send a text. We all suck.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah. Well, it's different. So Father's Day, I think, is the same in the US and in Ireland, but Mother's Day is two different days.

[B]

There's different.

[A]

I believe Sunday was Mother's Day in the uk.

[B]

What's her name said that?

[A]

Jesse Buckley said that.

[B]

Yeah, he said that.

[A]

That is pretty cool that there's multiple Mother's Days.

[B]

I don't know like that. I don't like that.

[A]

Why?

[C]

It diminishes the importance of individual day.

[A]

Yeah. That also feels like a weird one that we couldn't sync up on as a world. Who is gatekeeping Mother's Day being like, what? No, our Mother's Day. Is that, like, why couldn't we have

[C]

all gone collectively complained that it was too close to flag there?

[A]

Yeah. Yeah. That's for sure.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Okay. But for me, the big hitters here are St. Patrick's Day.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

Halloween.

[C]

Yep.

[A]

And Cinco de Mayo. Yep.

[B]

We don't like Groundhog Day.

[A]

We cannot spend. We cannot waste any more time on this podcast talking about how much I hate Groundhog Day.

[B]

What about Valentine's Day?

[C]

Valentine's Day is just a big old economy trash.

[A]

You're woke on big, big, big Hallmark.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Big chocolate, big chocolate, big Hallmark.

[C]

Celebrate, you know, celebrate your love. Yeah. The week before, the week after, and save a whole bunch of money and have a genuinely better time.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Like, the worst thing is when you, like, book a reservation for a restaurant to do this big old fancy thing. You go in, it's like, pack you had to book six months in advance. It's a set menu, even though you're paying, like, out the nose for it. And if you went there the night before, the night after.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

It'd be like, you get the full menu.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Can I. I'm Going to. I'm going to blow your. Blow your mind right now. I'm going to be a SAP. I love Valentine's Day.

[C]

Of course you do.

[B]

Of course.

[A]

But let me tell you why, you big softy. I am a big softie. I think we should all. If we're in a relationship, which we all are, we should all be doing date nights more often.

[B]

Agree, but not. That's what. That's what Sean's saying.

[A]

But what we were saying about St. Patrick's Day, how when you do it like Marty does and you go enjoy this day, I think it's good. We should look at Valentine's Day as a reminder to celebrate the love that you have. Don't get tricked by these restaurants going in and fixed menus and paying out the butthole. But be like, it's Valentine's Day. We're going to have a lovely date night tonight. And let it be a reminder that we should do this more often. And if you're single, that's what we have Palantine's Day for and Galentine's Day, you know, so it can also be a reminder if you're single, you don't need to be in a relationship to enjoy Valentine's Day. Make it your own thing.

[C]

I've heard Galentine's Day a whole lot. I never heard anyone say Palentine's Day, buddy. I've never been invited to a palate.

[B]

We've had some big Palentine's Day.

[A]

Big Palentine's Days.

[B]

It's actually a wheel of a night, Sean, if you're single because you go out and the only girls out are single, because otherwise they'd be on a certain menu date. Right?

[C]

Yes.

[B]

It is a wheel of a night.

[A]

Everyone thinks, oh, it's Valentine's Day, I gotta stay home, not in a relationship.

[C]

Valentine's Day might be a good day to.

[A]

It's a great day to go find love.

[C]

You know what they. So when I was in China, they have this park that you go to, and, like, grandparents of, like, single grandchildren will have, like, printed out descriptions and, like, photos of their kids. And they're trying to. And you, like, walk through the park and you're like, oh, I kind of like this person right here. And look, this is the money that they make, and this is where they were educated. Everything else, all these details. And I was like. At first, you're like, this is so strange, but it's actually the perfect setup. First of all, your grandparents, they're going to be pretty good salespeople.

[B]

For you. Yeah. Yeah.

[C]

And then you have, like, you're removed from the awkwardness of the initial interaction, and then by the time you meet that person, it's like you already know. It's kind of like a dating app where you're like, well, I know this person. Single and looking for somebody. I'm single and looking for some. For somebody. This is a great setup. I think we should bring that to the US and replace Valentine's Day with that. Or just do it on Valentine's Day. Just have lots of grandmothers in parks with, like, holding up, like, printed out Facebook profiles.

[A]

I mean, I love this. I think this is brilliant.

[B]

I couldn't be more in. That's amazing. I also. I left off this list. Kyle Clark's gonna kill me. I left off this list. March 14th. Valentine's Day. February 14th. March 14th is International PI Day. 3.3.1.

[C]

3.14.

[B]

And you get to be irrational all day. You get to act irrational, and you go, sorry, it's International Pie Day.

[C]

International.

[B]

I suppose that's why I'm acting so irrational.

[C]

Izzy told me on March 13 that it was Almost PI Day, which sounds like almost Friday.

[A]

Yes, it sure does.

[C]

So we need to turn that into a holiday.

[B]

Yeah. Wow. The lobster pot, dude. Almost Pie.

[A]

Almost Pie Day.

[B]

That's the most irrational pictures we've ever seen. Dude, that is fucking gold.

[A]

I God, these. These holidays rock.

[B]

Rank em. Rank em. Give me your top five.

[C]

I think for me, Halloween has to be considered Halloween.

[B]

I feel like everyone's gonna say Halloween's one, but the interesting wrinkle is Halloween. You party that weekend. Like, sometimes Halloween lands on the weekend, but you, if it's Halloween's on a Wednesday, you party that Saturday. St. Patty's you party that.

[A]

Correct. St. Patrick's Day is my one, no question. I think everyone's just so happy.

[C]

I appreciate that.

[A]

I just think everyone's so happy on St. Patrick's Day. Cinco de Mayo is my two.

[B]

Cinco de drinko.

[A]

I love Cinco de Mayo. How many times do I need to say this? I'm a Mexican boy. Yeah.

[B]

I love.

[A]

Love Mexican food. I love margaritas. I love mariachi bands. And we. Listen, buddy, we're in Southern California.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Cinco de Mayo here rocks, rocks. Some of the best Mexican food you'll ever have.

[B]

The arrested open think Cinco de Quatro. They celebrate on May 4th.

[A]

I think so. That doesn't make sense. Correct. Yeah, but it is. I love Cinco de Mayo. Love it. And then I'll probably Go Halloween after that, probably. I just said, I love Valentine's Day.

[B]

You have Valentine's Halloween fourth behind Valentine's Day.

[A]

I do like Halloween. I like.

[B]

Halloween is incredible.

[A]

Halloween is incredible. But I miss. We're going on way too long about all these holidays. I miss the lore of Halloween that you get in New England. I feel like here in la, we all just dress up like a bunch of sluts.

[B]

Yeah, it's awesome.

[A]

And we go out and we just drink too much. In New England, you would, like, go on haunted hayrides and you'd go into haunted houses.

[B]

Yeah. Salem, dude, we used to burn.

[A]

Yeah. Like, Jesus.

[C]

Bring it back.

[B]

Bring the good old days.

[A]

Let's get those Halloweens back. But it's like, you felt the lore. Yeah, I feel like I want to. You know what? Maybe this year I'll do a better job of spooky season, getting into it, watching the movies. We can go to Halloween horror nights or something.

[C]

It is hard in California. A lot of holidays don't feel like they're holidays because it's so sunshine all the time.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

So, like, Christmas is so weird. Like, Christmas lights and wreaths on palm trees.

[A]

Sean.

[C]

Same with Halloween.

[A]

American Thanksgiving is the most brutal here.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Like, you just. All you want to do is put on, like, a sweater, go outside in the cool, crisp fall air, throw a football around, building degrees. You walk outside, it's 80 degrees outside, and you're like, what the.

[B]

Sean, what are your top three?

[C]

My top three? Top. The Irish came out there. Yeah, that was tree. My top three would probably be. I think Halloween would be my number one. And I'm not even a big Halloween boy, but I do appreciate, like, all the movies and lead up to it.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

You know, it's like St. Patrick's Day has a. Has a. Is lacking in festive movies, festive TV shows.

[A]

You don't like the Disney Channel original movie the Luck of the Irish?

[C]

I knew you were going to say that. I knew you were gonna say that. I have a very crisp memory in my brain of watching that on St. Patrick's Day as a kid and going, this is dog shit.

[A]

Yeah, it's. It's not great, but I need you

[C]

to watch it again. I was. I was. I was a very tough critic as a little kid, so I'd say, yeah, Halloween number one. St. Patrick's Day number two.

[A]

And

[C]

you know what? I might go April Fool's Day number three. Although Cinco de Mayo, I love all the. All the Mexican traditions and like, Costa. What's it called the. The Day of the Dead Dia.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

De los Muertos.

[C]

Oh, it's beautiful. I think that's really cool. And in that movie Coco.

[B]

God, I knew Sean loves Coco, but.

[C]

Yeah, I think maybe I'll. I'll lock in with April Fool's Day, though. I'll lock in with number three, April.

[B]

St. Patty's Day deserves some credit. I love how you went first because it's. It really does get the day. But like, that trick or treating is on Halloween every year. That part is.

[A]

Yeah, that's.

[B]

I can't forget that. I'm going Halloween 1, St. Patty's 2, though St. Patty's Electric. And then I'll go Cinco de Mayo 3, because Cinco de Mayo is fun as fuck.

[A]

Cinco de Mayo.

[B]

Cinco de Mayo deserves more. Like the way we all drink on St Patty's Cinco de Mayo deserves equal footing.

[A]

I think it does get that.

[B]

I don't know. I don't think people as universally go nuclear. That's true.

[A]

There were people. There were people in Jameson's pub yesterday.

[B]

That's 9am and like, we opened at 6.

[C]

Did you see the sign outside?

[A]

What it was?

[C]

That should have just been like an AA meeting.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

From. From 6 till 12. Should have just been like, we got you. Sit down. Have a seat.

[B]

There needs to be the Mexican restaurants here should. Should be like, we're opening at 6 because it's Cinco de Mayo and we're going nuclear.

[C]

Yeah. What is. Isn't that like. Like defeating the French empire?

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. But it's not. There's something that's like.

[A]

Everyone's like, so people think it's Mexican independence. It's not. It's not. But it's a really cool story. It is. It does have to do with the

[B]

French war with The French unexpected 1862 victory over the French forces at the Battle of Puebla.

[A]

Hell yeah.

[B]

Hell, yeah.

[A]

That's fucking amazing. All right, CP let's wrap this episode up with a nice game.

[B]

Okay, Dan, this is your favorite game.

[A]

I love this game.

[B]

This game is called what's the Connection? I asked Dan 10 trivia questions. Nine of them have answers. And then the 10th question is, what is the connection of those nine answers? Sometimes we did famous TV and movie dogs. You did Marvel superhero or you did superhero real names? I did.

[A]

By the way, Sean, have you seen the new Spider man trailer?

[C]

I have been avoiding it because anything spoiled. I just want to see the movie.

[A]

I love that you guys do that. I'm such A whore for it though.

[B]

I just.

[A]

I need it all. Like the Dune trailer too?

[C]

Yeah, I saw the posters and I've also been avoiding the trailer.

[A]

You're a good man.

[B]

This is a hard one.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Oh, okay. I think you'll get the questions. I just don't know if you ever get the connection.

[A]

Got it.

[B]

Question number one. Go with two Stanley Cups and two Vesna trophies. This goalie's long last name is usually shortened to create a nickname that some could mistake for his actual first name.

[A]

I'm gonna guess vassi. He has two Vesnas and two Stanley Cups.

[B]

Question number two. The 18th overall pick to the Devils. This forward shined in his sophomore year with 56 points. But he hasn't been able to reach those heights again in his last three seasons despite playing on Nico Hecher's wing. What is his first name?

[A]

I think that's Dawson Mercer. So I'm gonna put in that and

[B]

I will

[A]

lock it in.

[B]

Okay. Question number three.

[A]

First name was the answer.

[B]

What is his first name? Okay. This family of four brothers all made the NHL. The oldest won a cup with the Canes. The second oldest never won a Cup. And this guy, the third oldest, won a Cup with the Penguins. What is his first name?

[A]

Jordan. The Stahl brothers.

[B]

Question number four. A 13 year devil, this player finished his career with one season on the Bruins, his hometown club. He eventually became an assistant coach of the Bruins until he left to be head coach of the BU Terriers, his current job. What is his first name?

[A]

I think that's J. Yeah.

[B]

Okay. Question number five. A second round pick of the Colorado Avalanche. This goalie has bounced around the league until finding some success as a top backup in recent years during some playoff runs. Sometimes his last name is confused by with that of a Star Trek character. What is his first name?

[A]

Well, on Dallas. Do this again, please.

[B]

A second round pick of the Colorado Avalanche. This goalie has bounced around the league until finding some success as a top backup in recent years during some playoff runs. Sometimes his last name is confused with that of a Star Trek character by me. What is his first name?

[A]

Fuck. I have no fucking idea.

[B]

You will be very mad if you don't get that one.

[A]

I'm not a Trekkie, brother. The only person I know is Spock.

[B]

Well, you know one other one.

[A]

Kirk. I gotta move on. I have no idea.

[B]

Question number six. A humane black bear. This humane black bear got his start with the LA Kings before getting his bag in Tampa Bay. All in all, a great career for someone with Self proclaimed slow boots. He still married a gold medal winning beach volleyball star. What is his first name?

[A]

Teddy.

[B]

Question number seven. A five time All Star. It was in his first All Star appearance where he made all the headlines, tying Wayne Gretzky's record for the most goals in a single All Star game with four. What is his first name?

[A]

Do it one more time.

[B]

A five time All Star. It was in his first All Star appearance where he made all the headlines, tying Wayne Gretzky's record for most goals in a single All Star game with four. What is his first name?

[A]

I think it's Danny heatley.

[B]

Question number 8. This player has one of the most lethal shots in the NHL, scoring 37 goals once on his current team. Many thought he would end up in New York, even though he's a Boston local. But then again, many thought he would end up at bc, but that's not how things worked out due to some questionable test results. What is his first name?

[A]

Frankie Frank Petrano.

[B]

Question number nine. A bruiser. As a player, this person has built out a nice coaching career in retirement. His first head coaching job was for a team that as of recently no longer exists. At his next stop, he won the Jack Adams in his first year. They parted ways the next season and now he's on his third team and has them and one of their young stars they traded for playing better than expected. What is his first name?

[A]

Rick. And now. What's the connection?

[B]

Number 10 is. What's the connection?

[A]

Okay, give me five again.

[B]

Five? You may.

[A]

I don't know why.

[B]

Sorry?

[A]

I don't know why I'm. I'm asking you to give me it again because I.

[B]

Well, he's been a top backup goalie in recent playoff runs.

[A]

Oh, wait a minute. Okay, I got it. Jean Luc Picard. And it's his first name.

[B]

What is his first name?

[A]

Okay, Calvin. All right. What is the connection? So I believe that my answers are Vassy, Dawson, Jordan, J. Calvin, Teddy, Danny, Frank, and Rick. Is Vassy, right?

[B]

No. Okay, that's the only one you have wrong. Okay, actually I shouldn't have told you that, but. Well, it felt wrong. Yeah.

[A]

Given all these. So this guy has two cups and two Vesnas. Vesnas. And he has a long, long last

[B]

name, is usually shortened to create a nickname. To create his nickname that some could mistake for his actual first name.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, I got it. Bob.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Bob, Dawson, Jordan, J. Calvin, Teddy, Danny, Frank and Rick. This is awesome.

[B]

I'm just looking at him and I'll tell you this. Do you want a hint?

[A]

No.

[B]

Okay. Ah.

[A]

I'm just, like, looking at them to see how these could be connected. I love when we play this game because I love people listening who know it. They're like, it's this, it's this, it's this.

[B]

You are gonna love it.

[A]

I'm gonna love it. Bob. Sean. Do you know it?

[C]

No idea.

[A]

Bob Dawson. Dawson should be such a hint.

[B]

That was gonna be my hint. The only one. These are perfect.

[A]

Bob Dawson, Jordan, J. Kelvin, Teddy, Danny, Frank and Rick.

[B]

I could have done a different one for the Dawson one, but I did that one to hopefully spark you to get it. Yeah, that's why I did it that way. I was like, oh, you might get it because of that.

[A]

Dawson, Jordan, Jay, Calvin, Teddy, Danny, Franken, Rex.

[B]

Tell me when you want a hit.

[A]

When I'm just listing names like this, it makes me think that it is Will Hunting's fake brother names that he gives Minnie Driver.

[B]

That's hilarious.

[A]

Give me a hint. Fuck.

[B]

Okay, I.

[A]

It's topical

[B]

in something that was happening this weekend.

[A]

Okay. That makes me think the Oscars.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Is that correct?

[B]

Yep. You're. You're aiming in the right direction. And you are. Someone at the Oscars. Yeah, someone at the Oscars. I would say not just the Oscars in general, but someone at the Oscars.

[A]

Oh, my God. Is this. No,

[B]

I feel like you were getting. You were close there. I feel like something happened in your brain. Yeah.

[A]

Is this. Is the character names of an actor? Is that correct? That might. That just might be it.

[B]

That could be it.

[A]

And it's. I'm gonna guess it's my guy. So I'm now just trying to get. Hold on, let me think about this. I'm trying to. I'm trying to. Nope.

[B]

No.

[A]

Bad radio.

[B]

You gotta get it now. You gotta get it now. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Because you're. Now. You're on the. Now you're on the goal line.

[A]

I'm on the goal line. So is this. Fuck me.

[B]

Hold on.

[A]

I'm sorry. Everything's fucking up right now.

[B]

What's fucking up?

[A]

Me?

[B]

Okay. We gotta think out loud.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

I'm. I'm thinking. I don't. I don't have it.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

I don't have it. I was thinking it was potentially. I mean, these are character names of an actor.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

But I was initially thinking Redford, but it's not Redford.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

It's Bob. Is it? It's Leo. Yes, it's Leo. Okay, so it's Leonardo DiCaprio character names, which is great. Bob is obviously one battle after another. Jordan Belfort. Jay Gatsby.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

I would imagine. I'm trying to figure out what. Oh, Jack Dawson.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

I was like, when is he Jack?

[B]

But I was like, it'd be so hard. So I'll give you Jack Dawson. Yeah.

[A]

This is great.

[B]

Okay, Calvin Candy.

[A]

Thanks for bearing with me, everybody, but this is great. Rick, obviously.

[B]

Calvin Candy, Teddy Daniels, Danny Archer, Frank Abagnale Jr. And Rick Dalton. Phenomenal.

[A]

Leonardo DiCaprio character names. Very good.

[B]

Really good. Really good.

[A]

Really, really good. Great stuff. CP I love this game. That's good. All right. Huge episode. Great stuff. We love Rankin Holidays.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Have an amazing weekend, everybody. We got some fun new stuff coming out for you. Great new interviews lined up. Hope you enjoyed that Dylan Larkin interview earlier this week. It's amazing. Go give us five stars. Spotify, Apple, wherever you get your podcast. Subscribe, Follow us on everything. We love you guys. Have an amazing weekend. Have a safe weekend. Enjoy March Madness.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

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