NETTERS LIVE: Olympics Hype, Super Bow Debates, and Billy Langdon!

Summary

Empty Netters Podcast – NETTERS LIVE: Olympics Hype, Super Bowl Debates, and Billy Langdon!

Podcast: Empty Netters (Almost Friday Media)
Episode Date: February 9, 2026

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Episode Overview

This special live recording of the Empty Netters Podcast brings high-energy banter as hosts Dan Powers and Chris Bowers (joined by Sean Buffini and guest Billy Langdon) dive into the looming excitement of the Milan 2026 Olympic hockey tournament, heated US vs. Canada debates, quirky Super Bowl party traditions, behind-the-scenes beer league stories, and lively fan Q&A. The seamless, chirpy chemistry between the brothers—plus sidekick Sean's dry wit—fuels 90 action-packed minutes, oscillating between passionate hockey analysis and signature absurdity.

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Main Segments & Discussion Points

1. Olympics Hockey Hype & Rule Changes

• Olympic Return of NHLers: First time in 12 years.
• Unique Format & Rule Changes:
  • Preliminary rounds: 5min 3-on-3 OT then 5-man shootout
  • Semis: 10min 3-on-3 OT
  • Gold: 20min continuous 3-on-3 OT
  • Quote [03:45, Dan Powers]: “Can you imagine playing three on three for 20 minutes?”
  • All agree such a format could create “the most electric gold medal game of all time” (Dan, [03:49]).
• Rink Size Blunders: Milan’s supposed Olympic-size rink is actually 4 feet short—“A massive L for the metric system" ([08:08], Chris).
  • May favor Team USA's grind style over Canada's track-meet.
• US vs. Canada Pressure:
  • Hosts suggest Canada faces crushing expectations:
    Quote [05:23, Chris Bowers]: “If this Canada team doesn’t win gold, they are fucked.”
  • Point out USA’s disadvantage of leaving top scorers (Robertson, Caulfield) off the team.

2. Roster Debates: Team Compositions, Injuries, and Unsung Heroes

• US Team Roster Critique:
  • Absurd omissions: Three of top six NHL goal scorers (all Americans) aren’t on Team USA ([06:30], Dan)
  • If USA fails, coaches will be “fucking Seward for these decisions.”
• Key to US Gold?
  • Goaltending must be flawless against Canada’s offensive firepower.
    • Quote [09:09, Chris]: “If we get a shutout in the gold medal game, we can win.”
  • US needs scoring from non-headliners; Dylan Larkin, Zach Werenski highlighted as possible “unsung heroes.”

3. Olympics Lifestyle & Milan Antics

• Anticipation for Milan:
  • Eager for “lifestyle coverage” (food, culture), not just games.
  • Ongoing “chicken parm & broccoli” running joke about Dan’s odd Italian restaurant orders ([12:01–13:20]).
    • Quote [12:03, Chris]: “It's outrageous you drag me to these places and then turn your nose up to the most important part of the entire dish.”

4. Guest Segment: Billy Langdon

• Backstage Stories & Concert Chaos:

  • Chris describes the “most inconvenient man who’s ever lived” ([16:07]), referencing Chris’ marathon attempts to attend concerts last minute.

• Super Bowl Party Philosophy:

  • Debate ideal game day snacks—Dan’s anti-dip stance is roundly trashed ([18:09]).
    • “The whole point of dip is to eat yourself sick.” (Billy, [18:50])
  • Comfort is paramount: PJs, mattresses, or pillows on the floor, communal food coma
    • Quote [21:08]: "We're gonna lay out pillows and mattresses on the floor and let everyone just lie around and gorge themselves."
  • Dips, wings, pigs in a blanket, and comfy clothes are essential; no pretensions.

  Highlight:

  Dan’s Patriots Super Bowl fainting story ([22:03–23:48]):

  • Too stressed to eat, passed out upon celebrating game-winning play.
  • “I went from sitting on the floor to leaping in the air ... smashed my face on the table.” ([22:23])

• Fan Etiquette on Rivalry:

  • Debate whether party guests should be separated by rooting interests ([25:31]).
  • Chris shares his “never chirp first” policy, but laments it’s never reciprocated ([26:51]).

5. Beer League Hotline: Hilarious Beer League Tales

• Sleeping on the Bench ([30:29]):
  • 40+ year old teammate with young kids falls asleep, snoring, during late game.
  • “The most beer league thing I’ve ever heard.” (Chris, [31:26])
  • Team lets him rest—a moment of solidarity for every tired dad.
• Locker Room TMI (Stepdad Overshare) ([34:27]):
  • Player’s stepdad, now teammate, bonds via oversharing—announces he “woke up to a blowjob,” i.e., mom.
  • Hosts divided: Chris (amused), Dan (horrified).
  • “You can’t talk about rinsing the kid’s mom ... that’s crazy, dude.” (Dan, [37:29])

6. Blind Rankings: NHL Jerseys & Fast Casual Food

• NHL Home Jerseys ([39:23+]):
  • Passionate debates on uniforms (e.g., Ducks, Capitals, Senators).
  • “Literally the worst jersey in the NHL.” (Dan, about Stars, [43:06])
• Fast Casual Food Showdown ([43:49]):
  • Animated crowd debate on In-N-Out, Dave’s Hot Chicken, Shake Shack, Panda Express, etc.
  • Blind ranked Panda Express #1—“Any one of you that says you don’t love Panda Express, you’re a liar!” (Dan, [48:50])

7. Q&A: Behind-the-Scenes & Personal Hot Takes

• The Origin of Sean Buffini on the Show ([50:04]):
  • Hired for a different job at Almost Friday Media; becomes producer due to emergency, fits the crew instantly.
• Favorite ‘Heated Rivalry’ Scenes & Characters ([52:53]):
  • Club confessionals, tunnel scenes, comic airport “sperminator” walk, and the infamous spit-in-hand moment get the nod.
  • Character love for Svetlana, Kip, Shane, and Scott Hunter.
• If You Could Change Any Hockey Game’s Score ... ([55:16]):
  • 2010 Olympic OT (USA/Canada), Bruins' 2023 Game 7 heartbreak among picks.
• Biggest Pet Peeves & Silly Traditions in Hockey ([61:16]):
  • “Playoff seeding is the stupidest thing in the entire world.” (Dan, [61:33])
  • Beer league superstitions, love for the soon-to-be-retired EBUG goalie rule.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• “Can you imagine playing three on three for 20 minutes?”
  Dan Powers, discussing gold medal OT [03:45]

• “If this Canada team doesn’t win gold, they are fucked.”
  Chris Bowers on Olympic pressure [05:23]

• On Olympic Rink Error:
  Chris Bowers [08:08]: “A massive L for the metric system ... Measure a rink, morons!”

• “If you get a shutout in the gold medal game, we can win.”
  Chris Bowers crystallizes Team USA’s Olympic hopes [09:09]

• “The chicken parm is the star. If I wanted pasta, I'd order a nice pasta.”
  Dan Powers’ culinary logic [12:44]

• “The whole point of dip is to eat yourself sick.”
  Billy Langdon, on Super Bowl appetizers [18:50]

• Dan’s Super Bowl Faint Story:
  “I leapt in the air, smashed my face on the table, and fell down.” [22:23]

• Beer League Joker:
  “One of the guys legit fell asleep on the bench … we just let him snooze.” [30:29]

• Stepdad Locker Room TMI:
  "He knew he was going to get a go that night because he woke up to a blowjob ... that's Buddy's mom he's talking about. Is this over the line?" [34:27]

• On Jersey Debates:
  “The Ducks jersey is cool. We dug our own grave with four.” (Chris, [42:56]) “Literally the worst jersey in the NHL.” (Dan, [43:06])

• Panda Express Passion:
  “Any one of you that says you don’t love Panda Express, you’re a liar.” (Dan, [48:50])

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Important Timestamps

• Olympic Overtime Rule Breakdown: 03:17–04:38
• Canada/USA Pressure Debate: 05:05–06:43
• Roster Controversies: 06:30–07:04
• Milan Rink Size Blunder: 08:08–08:17
• Chicken Parm/Broccoli Debate: 12:01–13:34
• Super Bowl Dips War: 18:09–19:19
• Dan’s Super Bowl Faint Story: 22:03–23:48
• Beer League Sleep Story: 30:29–33:03
• Stepdad Overshare: 34:27–37:20
• Blind NHL Jersey Ranking: 39:23–43:47
• Fast Casual Food Showdown: 43:49–49:22
• Sean’s Origin Story: 50:04–52:17
• Favorite ‘Heated Rivalry’ Scene: 52:53–54:23
• If You Could Change a Game: 55:16–56:37, 56:42–57:04

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Recurring Themes and Tonal Notes

• Casual, irreverent hockey banter:
  The group oscillates between authentic analysis and off-the-wall riffing; chirping and inside jokes (especially re: food and beer league) abound.
• Audience engagement and improv:
  Frequent crowd asides; live “blind rankings” and rowdy Q&A integrate live energy.
• Nostalgic love for Olympic and childhood hockey moments:
  Hosts enact the “every fan watching Miracle for hope” trope and appreciate sporting mythology.

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Conclusion

The Empty Netters’ live episode is a rollicking ride through the 2026 Olympic hockey hype, roasts Team USA’s management, lampoons Super Bowl food traditions, retells hysterical beer league tales, and crowdsources classic fan Q&A—all in the authentic, bond-of-brothers style that defines the show. Essential listening for both the diehard puck-head and the casual Empty Netters devotee.

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Sign-off:
"Let's all have some drinks. Let's have a fun night. And until we see you next time, skate hard." – Dan Powers [64:33]

Transcript

[Dan Powers]

Welcome to the Empty Netters podcast.

[Chris Bowers]

Can you believe what this has become?

[Dan Powers]

There was a full 48 hours where.

[Chris Bowers]

I felt like I was like, literally Superman.

[Dan Powers]

Jumbo loves playing Fortnite.

[Sean Buffini]

So does he. He gets on the sticks.

[Dan Powers]

Did TR show you the sauna cycle or was that all?

[Chris Bowers]

No, I invented that. Almost a year now that I haven't.

[Sean Buffini]

Taken a body check.

[Chris Bowers]

That's kind of nice.

[Dan Powers]

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

[Sean Buffini]

Finished tonight with some chicken fingers and a few Guinnesses.

[Billy Langdon]

Ran into you guys.

[Dan Powers]

And that's where this pod came to.

[Chris Bowers]

Wow.

[Dan Powers]

Wow. Is this on? Yeah, it's on. What's up, everybody? Holy. This is unbelievable. I can't believe we had to bribe all of you to be here. This is fantastic. Well, folks, ice is ready.

[Chris Bowers]

Yes.

[Dan Powers]

And we're back with an Empty Knitters live show. This is unbelievable. You guys are all incredible for being here. I'm your host, Dan Powers, over here on the sticks. As always, he sporadically came into our lives and stole our hearts. Just like. Just like the English went in and stole his country. Sean Buffini, over here. We got Evbot running around with a camera. The newest member of the Empty Netter squad, Evan Watkins. And then over here, once upon a time, a friend from home hit this guy up and asked if he knew anything about making a website. And instead of saying no, this guy spent a week learning how to make a website, and then for free, made said website for this guy's lobstering company. And then as a thank you, he then paid full price for 10 lobsters to be shipped to our house. They then got delayed in the mail, and three days later, 10 dead lobsters showed up on our doorstep. Chris Bowers. There we go, as always.

[Chris Bowers]

That was a good one, Dan.

[Dan Powers]

That was a good one. You were probably the most inconvenient man who's ever lived.

[Chris Bowers]

Try traveling with me. Try traveling.

[Dan Powers]

Try doing anything with you, buddy. That's unbelievable. Well, again, folks, I cannot believe that you are all here. You're incredible. We love you, babe. So much. Let's get into the show. We'll talk some hockey. We'll talk some nonsense. We'll talk some heated rivalry.

[Chris Bowers]

We got a beer, league hotline, a blind ranking.

[Dan Powers]

We sure do. Here's the deal. I know there's actually. If you're a hockey fan in here, let's hear it a little bit.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

Let's go.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah. Hell, yeah.

[Dan Powers]

And if you're just a fan of our general nonsense in here, let's hear it. I think that. That is probably the more accurate one here.

[Chris Bowers]

That's because that's, that's only because Sean does the general nonsense with us. That's why. That's why.

[Dan Powers]

They all like that Sean. Come on, baby. All right, well, we're going to start with some hockey Talk. Listen, the ABs, we got some ABs fans over here. The ABs are a wagon, the Tampa Bay Lightning are a wagon. But none of that shit matters right now.

[Chris Bowers]

Who gives a fuck?

[Dan Powers]

Who gives a fuck? Because we're going to Olympics. So we've got to talk about the Olympics. For those who don't know, it's been 12 years since NHL players have been in the Olympics.

[Chris Bowers]

Unbelievable. Yep. So fired up.

[Dan Powers]

But we found out today, really great journalism by us hockey guys. Some weird rules in these Olympics.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah. So actually we put the fan questions out and a ton of questions are about the rule changes in the Olympics. So we wanted to talk about that a little bit. And the craziest one, I actually will be surprised if even the hockey people knew this. The overtime in the Olympics this year. The preliminary round is 5 minute OT, 3 on 3, then a shootout, 5 person shootout. Then the semifinal and quarterfinals is a 10 minute 3 on 3 overtime, then a shootout. And the gold medal game is continuous 20 minute OT, but also three on three.

[Dan Powers]

Can you imagine playing three on three for 20 minutes?

[Chris Bowers]

Three on three, gold medal OT. That's.

[Dan Powers]

It would be the most electric gold medal game of all time if it went a full 20 minute 3 on 3 of. Just nonsense going back and forth, dude.

[Chris Bowers]

And imagine if a semifinal game to send you to the gold medal goes into extra time shootouts like with Oshi. Where's Ginsberg? There he is. Ben Ginsberg came over to our apartment at 4 in the morning during the Sochi Olympics to watch that OSHI shootout. Showed up with a box of donuts, like a true gentleman. 4am we ate the whole fucking box. Remember that? Just the three. Watching that OSHA shootout all time moment. That could happen again, actually.

[Dan Powers]

Who For a hat.

[Chris Bowers]

How many goals did Oshi score in that shootout? Need? Seven.

[Dan Powers]

But no, we got a three. Nope, nope, nope.

[Chris Bowers]

Four. Four. Boom.

[Dan Powers]

Come on, give him a hat.

[Chris Bowers]

There we go.

[Dan Powers]

Atta baby. Also, just a random question. Does anyone here have a massive head? Because these hats are extra large. Grab those guys. They'll fit your large noggin. Thank you for having them. It's unbelievable. So we're talking about Olympics and we're talking about Canada being an absolute wagon. It's ridiculous. We need you. Do we have any Canadians in here.

[Chris Bowers]

Let's go.

[Dan Powers]

Someone get her the fuck out of here. But listen, I think we need a USA win here.

[Chris Bowers]

Well, someone asked who needs the gold more. It's the U.S. i don't know. I don't think we need it more.

[Dan Powers]

We don't think so.

[Chris Bowers]

This Canada team. If this Canada team doesn't win gold, they are fucked.

[Dan Powers]

The US Hockey team needs a win. That's what we're saying.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah, they. If this candidate team does not win, that's a disaster. They come home. They come home humiliated.

[Dan Powers]

I hear you, but we talked about the injuries. Sweden has a bunch of bad injuries. Finland has a bunch of bad injuries. Barkov's not playing. Now we've got Canada with point out so out. The US is the only team that doesn't really have injuries.

[Chris Bowers]

Yes. Sneaky, healthy.

[Dan Powers]

And this is. This is I. No one can record this and clip this because I don't want any of the US boys to hear me talking shit. But there have been so many edits, so many videos of this US team being like, we like being the underdog. We like being the little brother.

[Chris Bowers]

It fuels us.

[Dan Powers]

And I'm like, hey, dipshits, you haven't won in 46. Like, what the fuck?

[Chris Bowers]

It's not exactly working.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah, it's like this. This. We're tough, we're gritty. It hasn't worked in a while. Maybe we switch things up.

[Chris Bowers]

I also wonder if we could get a little injured. Like maybe J.T. miller picks up a knock. Maybe Vincent Trocheck picks up a knock. Maybe.

[Dan Powers]

Oh, no. We have to add Jason Robertson.

[Chris Bowers]

Oh, my God.

[Dan Powers]

Jason Robertson and Cole Caulfield made the team.

[Chris Bowers]

Oh, fuck.

[Dan Powers]

For those who are unaware, in the NHL right now, three of the top six goal scorers in the league are American. Not a single one of them is on Team usa. Really fucking Galaxy brain stuff from the coaches here picking this roster.

[Chris Bowers]

Dude. Good point, actually, because I will say this. We don't need the gold. But if this US team crashes out early. Yeah, they are going to get fucking Seward for these decisions. As if we make the golden lose to Canada. It's like, all good. We picked the right team. If we lose in the quarterfinals, they're going to go, why are those Rangers on this team? Why is Brock Nelson on this team? They're in dead last and hold on.

[Dan Powers]

It took us all of seven minutes before the Rangers shit talk started. I'm glad it came from you.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah, you're right.

[Dan Powers]

It's usually coming from me. So there. I mean, here's the thing. It's like, I do keep coming back to. I'm so excited for this team. I'm so excited for this tournament. Olympic hockey is the best thing in the world. The women are already there, crushing it right now. It's so good.

[Chris Bowers]

Hell yeah. Let's go. Come on.

[Sean Buffini]

Yes.

[Dan Powers]

But I. I cannot get over, man, if. If this narrative of like the. We're the bully, we're like, you know, yeah. I'm like, guys, you have not won in a lot. There's a reason we all watch Miracle every fucking day.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah. Yeah. Like, God, that felt good.

[Dan Powers]

Try to remind ourselves.

[Chris Bowers]

That felt good.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah.

[Chris Bowers]

I think, you know, we got a shot, dude. I like that it's on. People were freaking out about the rink, right? Everybody was like, oh, the rink's too short. It's. The Olympic rink is normally bigger. The. There's been Olympic hockey played on an NHL size rink twice before. Because when it was in Vancouver. You're playing at the Vancouver. So it has happened. They did. This rink is short by accident. This rink is four feet short, which is a massive L for the metric system, by the way. Everybody's like, inches and feet are stupid. I'm like, measure a rink, morons. Talk to me about centimeters.

[Dan Powers]

Imagine having four years to get prepared for you. You hosting the Olympics and you're like, we did fuck up the hockey rink.

[Chris Bowers]

Yep.

[Dan Powers]

But I'm telling you, unfortunately, it's not done yet.

[Chris Bowers]

Yep. That small rink, though, is going to favor us because we built this team to be tough and, you know, grind in the corners. We don't want to play this fast Canada game. The small rink's going to help.

[Dan Powers]

It's true. It's also built in excuses.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah. Correct. Who has to be incredible for Team USA to win gold? J.T. miller. Actually, Jack, you're right. If J.T. miller and Vincent Trocheck lead Team USA in goals, we will win.

[Dan Powers]

If our worst player is playing really well, then we're to do a great.

[Chris Bowers]

We'll be okay.

[Dan Powers]

No, I think it's the scores. I think it's. I mean, you know, guys like Jack Eichel is going to have a great tournament. You know, guys like Jacob Slavin and Warrensky and Quinn are probably going to have a great tournament. I need. I need like Dylan Larkin to come out and just absolutely light the world on fire.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah. I just. Unfortunately, I feel like it's.

[Dan Powers]

Maybe Austin Matthews does something once in his entire life, like, hey, oh, it's a big game. Austin, can you please not call in Six.

[Chris Bowers]

That would be gold.

[Dan Powers]

That would be fantastic.

[Chris Bowers]

If he misses another chance, if that. If we make the gold and it goes to overtime and he misses another point blank shot from the slot, he has to retire on the spot, don't come back.

[Dan Powers]

And then he's found reading a book while Connor McDavid is open in the slot and wins the game.

[Chris Bowers]

God damn. I think it's the goalies, dude. I don't even know who's going to play, like, legitimately. I don't know who it's going to be. I hope it's Sway, but it could be any of those goalies. But I fortunately remember, remember in the 11 Bruins cup when it was that Game 7, Tampa, Boston, and we were like, how do we win this game? And I was like, I just need a Tim Thomas shutout. That's the only way we can win. And then he did it. That's what I need from the US Goalies. If we get a shutout in the gold medal game, we can win.

[Dan Powers]

I'm picturing you as the coach of this US Team and looking at those goalies if they play Canada and going, hey, so, yeah, you know how You've got Connor McDavid, Nathan McKinnon, Cale McCarr, Sidney Crosby on that. Just go ahead and don't get scored.

[Chris Bowers]

No goals.

[Dan Powers]

Don't get scored on and I promise we'll win.

[Chris Bowers]

Well, because I got.

[Dan Powers]

If you're Jeremy Swayman in that situation, you go, fuck you.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah, what do you want? I go, who's going to score on our team? Look at this team we put together. He goes, robo or Cole or debrinky. And I go, none of them are here. They're not here.

[Dan Powers]

They didn't come. God damn. But, you know, it's great.

[Chris Bowers]

It's good. J.T.

[Dan Powers]

Miller and Brock Nelson are going to give me.

[Chris Bowers]

Give me an unsung hero.

[Dan Powers]

I mean, I want it to be my guy, Dylan. I love Dylan so much. But my unsung hero for this Team USA group is going to be. Oh, Zachary.

[Chris Bowers]

Oh, shit, that's a good one.

[Dan Powers]

I mean, the guy is unbelievable. He's. Cale McCarr was made in a lab. And yet every year, Zach Barinsky is comparable to Cale Makar. That's unbelievable.

[Chris Bowers]

I actually, I kind of. I think it's going to be one of the fourth Flying Canada guys. Like, give me Hagel, Jarvis. Yeah, yeah, you're doing a raw, raw thing here. No, no, no, no, dude. Okay, I'm going for Canada. Dude. Fuck that. Because actually, actually, I Looked this up. You sound like me rooting for every little turncoat. I actually, I looked this up. I think that only six in the way. Evan checked this for me, but I think six people ever have three gold medals, individual gold medals. Yeah, they're all Russia.

[Sean Buffini]

They're all Soviets.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah, they're all Soviets.

[Sean Buffini]

64 through 84.

[Dan Powers]

Oh, nice.

[Sean Buffini]

And. And so, yeah, I think it's. It's Crosby and.

[Chris Bowers]

And Dewey. Crosby and Dewey could have a third gold now. The only two guys.

[Dan Powers]

Wow.

[Chris Bowers]

And that actually would be. Would be so sick.

[Dan Powers]

Let's hear it for Soviet Russia.

[Chris Bowers]

Hey, come on.

[Dan Powers]

Why did anyone cheer?

[Chris Bowers]

Is that true? That's incredible. We're out of here, too.

[Dan Powers]

We've been infiltrated. We've been infiltrated. Well, so we're going to Milan on Tuesday. We're going to be there for the games. We're going to be getting. Getting you all some great coverage. But I think I'm most excited about all of our lifestyle stuff.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

Like ripping around Milan. I feel like I mentioned the other day, I was like, I'm gonna eat pasta. And someone from Milan slid in our DMs and was like, we don't eat pasta here, you fucking idiot. Yeah, what do you eat?

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

And they were like, Milanese, obviously.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

And I was like, jesus, I feel like a moron.

[Chris Bowers]

Well, that actually suits you perfectly because longtime followers will remember that Dan, this sick pig, gets chicken. Chicken parm's his favorite meal. And Dan, every time we're out on the road, he like, finds us. He looks. Does all this research, finds us the best Italian place in the city that we're. And I'm like, oh, this would be great. We go down there and then he orders the chicken parm and subs out the pasta for broccoli. And I'm like, literally, you don't like that, dude, we went to an Italian place, like a well researched and reviewed Italian place, so you could not have the pasta for fucking steamed broccoli with your chicken parm.

[Dan Powers]

Hear me out, everybody.

[Chris Bowers]

The chicken.

[Dan Powers]

If you're ordering chicken parm, which, by the way, another thing, if you go to Italy and order chicken parm, they will shoo you out of the restaurant.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah. Also correct.

[Dan Powers]

But chicken parm is the star.

[Sean Buffini]

I don't need.

[Dan Powers]

If I wanted pasta, I'd order a nice pasta. I want chicken parm to shine. It can shine.

[Chris Bowers]

It can shine with the pasta. They make it that way. It's literally designed to shine.

[Dan Powers]

I'm acting like the chicken parm suffers if there's pasta there. It's too heavy. It's too heavy of a dish, dude. We eat the broccoli.

[Chris Bowers]

It's outrageous that you drag me to these places then and then turn your nose up to the most important part of the entire dish.

[Dan Powers]

Let me eat my meal.

[Chris Bowers]

No, you embarrass me. You embarrass me. If we were alone, if we ordered it back to the hotel, you do whatever you want, dude.

[Sean Buffini]

Eat broccoli when we're out in public.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah, of course.

[Sean Buffini]

Broccoli underneath it.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah. I just like.

[Sean Buffini]

You pay money for that?

[Chris Bowers]

Yes.

[Sean Buffini]

That's not something.

[Chris Bowers]

It's insane. The is this. You were a joke, dude. It is so stupid. It's so hard eating with you, bro.

[Dan Powers]

Just order some fish and chips and the chicken parm to me, okay? God, I'm telling you. Well, they eat fish.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

Wait a minute.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah. Wow. Wow.

[Dan Powers]

I said at the beginning, they. They stole you.

[Chris Bowers]

All right.

[Dan Powers]

Oh, God. Well, I mean, listen, Olympic hockey is going to be incredible. Cannot wait for it. Are there any other hitters on that that you want to talk about?

[Chris Bowers]

No, I don't think so. I'm fired up. It's gonna be incredible tournament. I'm so excited. I. Hopefully it's. We can figure out what the hell we're doing over there. Because the Olympics are so strict. They were like, you can't post anything.

[Dan Powers]

And I was like, I'll post.

[Chris Bowers]

What?

[Dan Powers]

No, truly. They were like, we're gonna leave all the coverage to us. And I was like, watch me, pal. Yeah, Watch me sneak into the locker room, post a video. It's gonna be unbelievable.

[Chris Bowers]

But I can't wait.

[Dan Powers]

I can't wait either. Should we bring up a friend?

[Chris Bowers]

Right, Yeah, I think we bring in a friend. I think we bring in.

[Dan Powers]

Everyone in here is in the Almost Friday realm and loves the Almost Friday TV sketches. We're gonna bring up our friend Billy Langdon right now.

[Chris Bowers]

Come on, Billy.

[Dan Powers]

Have a nice, fun conversation with. Come on, Bill.

[Billy Langdon]

Hi, how are we?

[Chris Bowers]

Casual night last night?

[Billy Langdon]

Very casual night.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah.

[Billy Langdon]

I, like, actually was in the crowd looking at the fact that I have to hold the microphone up here, and I'm just like, okay, I just need something to rest this on. You did Britney Mike thing.

[Chris Bowers]

You did have your arm up all night. Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

Were you guys out 4?

[Chris Bowers]

4? Yeah, 4:30.

[Billy Langdon]

We went to the. A late DJ set last night. And honestly, you owe me an answer.

[Chris Bowers]

We shouldn't have brought Billy.

[Dan Powers]

I don't know any of this. So I'm. I'm here for the tea here we go.

[Billy Langdon]

Tickets were about $83.

[Chris Bowers]

Yep.

[Billy Langdon]

He got on the waitlist too late. Never got off. The tickets skyrocketed to about 500 yesterday. And he didn't have a ticket. And halfway through the show, he just camel fat barreling into the crowd. And I just.

[Chris Bowers]

You saw me first.

[Dan Powers]

How do you.

[Chris Bowers]

Sorry, dude. So we were just refreshing. We were just refreshing tickets all night. Like, literally. Sandra and I were like, okay, refresh, refresh. They'll drop, they'll drop. Like just up, up, up. Nightmare. Then they sell out completely. And I was like, all right, I'm dead. Can't go. Sandra was like, they'll. They'll come back. Just keep refreshing. So I'm refreshing. 30 minutes. Sold out, sold out. Finally refresh again. And one sold for like 180. But I missed it. But. And I was. But it pissed me off. But I was like, it's possible. You just have to keep refreshing. Yeah. And then literally at 11:15pm I'm in Manhattan Beach, I'm at Shellback, and I. And one pops up for 150. Two tickets for 150. And I go buy Uber boom boom lightning foam suit. And then I drove an hour and a half to fucking Glendale.

[Dan Powers]

And then remember at the beginning of the show when I said this is the most inconvenient man who's ever lived? Like, this is what his life is. If there are any San Jose Sharks fans here. We were out with Tyler Tifoli on the Sharks last night.

[Chris Bowers]

Let's go.

[Dan Powers]

Ty few drinks and I'm sitting there being like, I'm pretty sure this guy talked about going to a concert later, but it's just like 10:30, 11, 11:30. I'm like, I guess he's not going. And then he's half in the bag and he looks at us and goes, well, I'm going to a camel fat concert. And I was like, you are out of.

[Chris Bowers]

Had 10 Fanta shots. And I was like, I gotta go.

[Billy Langdon]

You're a psychopath, dude. I would have never.

[Dan Powers]

It's insane.

[Chris Bowers]

But it was good to see. It was great to see you. Always great to see you. Always great to see you. God damn.

[Dan Powers]

All right, well, fans of the show know we like to do a not ice portion of the show where we'd get into anything other than hockey.

[Chris Bowers]

Hockey.

[Dan Powers]

And it's. It's super bowl weekend.

[Chris Bowers]

Let's go.

[Dan Powers]

So we. We had to bring Billy up because, Billy, you're not the biggest football fan.

[Billy Langdon]

I'm not. I don't watch any sport you love.

[Chris Bowers]

You love sportsball.

[Billy Langdon]

What's so funny, too, is, like, all of my friends throughout my life have been such big sports fans, and I constantly meet athletes now at Friday beers, and they know. I don't even know these people, and they're genuinely just like you, dude.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Chris Bowers]

I don't like you. Yeah. Genuinely. Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

We wanted to get into a discussion because I think there are a lot of, maybe not the biggest football fans who participate in the super bowl because.

[Chris Bowers]

It'S a big day.

[Dan Powers]

It's a big day. So we had to get into the discussion of what makes the perfect Super Bowl.

[Chris Bowers]

Who's. Who's rooting for the Hawks? Who's. Hawks. Hawks. Okay, okay. Who's rooting for the Pats? Whoa.

[Dan Powers]

Good amount of Patriots fans here.

[Chris Bowers]

I actually want to dish a hat out, dude.

[Dan Powers]

Hoops.

[Chris Bowers]

Give me a ace. There we go.

[Dan Powers]

Look at that.

[Chris Bowers]

There we go. That was a bucket. That was a great toss. I don't know. That was incredible.

[Dan Powers]

That was incredible.

[Billy Langdon]

That was the way to that. Real.

[Chris Bowers]

That's incredible. Working on it. Okay, I think here since 3 o'.

[Dan Powers]

Clock, Steve Aoki with the cakes for. And I want crowd participation on this, so chime in with any of your ideas. We're going to talk about food first, because I have a very hot take here.

[Chris Bowers]

This is going to be some bullshit.

[Dan Powers]

I. Yeah.

[Billy Langdon]

I mean, considering what we just heard.

[Chris Bowers]

This is going to be some bullshit.

[Dan Powers]

I like. You got to serve broccoli with it. I think dips at super bowl parties are a disaster.

[Billy Langdon]

Why?

[Dan Powers]

They're too. They're too filling. I feel like whenever the dip. Because the dips come out first, and then I feel like you just start housing the dip. And then like, an hour into the super bowl party, you feel like a fat piece of shit and you can't eat anything else because you've had too much dip.

[Sean Buffini]

This is exactly the opinion. Opinion of somebody who orders parmesan with steamed coffee. This doesn't surprise me in the least.

[Dan Powers]

Well, at least I'm consistent.

[Billy Langdon]

1. The whole point of dip is to eat yourself sick.

[Chris Bowers]

Agree. Actually, completely agree.

[Billy Langdon]

If you go to a Mexican restaurant, they put guac on the table, you get sick, and then you don't eat anything.

[Chris Bowers]

They just keep bringing the sauce out. Here you go, dude.

[Dan Powers]

But what you're saying sounds bad. I'm trying. I'm trying to heal us here, like you are.

[Billy Langdon]

You are trying to undermine the very definition of this dip.

[Dan Powers]

Right? I know.

[Chris Bowers]

Also, that is the day to go insane on. If there ever was a Day.

[Dan Powers]

I know.

[Chris Bowers]

I'm like, yeah, I want to fill up on this buffalo chicken dip that. That you have made.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah, yeah. I do make it very good to.

[Sean Buffini]

Your self control if you're like, yes, just have a little bit of dip.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

To the fact that, like, if I put dip in front of you, you can't stop until you're like, I'm sick. And this is your fault for doing this to me.

[Dan Powers]

Now I feel like whenever I'm at a Super bowl party and there's a plethora of dips, I feel like the Grinch at the holiday Jubilee when I'm just like, multiple things. I'm like, I'm sampling every dip on the table, and I just. I don't know. The variety is the spice of life.

[Sean Buffini]

Supporting it, like, no, not for you.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah, dude. You know, I will say this, though. I wonder what your take is. I think that often the dips are placed on the coffee table, and the dip is a. Not the speediest of in and outs. You know, if someone comes up and they're getting the dips and they're right.

[Dan Powers]

In front of you, you do this.

[Chris Bowers]

Move, and I'm like, sit the down.

[Dan Powers]

Sorry, everybody. Sorry, everybody.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly.

[Billy Langdon]

Trap.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah. And I'm like, put the dips back there, dude. It's third and ten. Like, this is the play of the game.

[Billy Langdon]

I like to set them on the credenza, right where the TV's resting.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah, that's perfect.

[Billy Langdon]

Right above it on a show.

[Dan Powers]

I could see you being not a football fan, hosting a Super bowl party and just making it pure chaos for everybody. Like, just seeing how fast people would figure out that you were meant to.

[Billy Langdon]

Torture it would make it a nightmare.

[Dan Powers]

Okay, but here's my other thing. Seating.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

Is important. I. I don't know if anyone here has ever hosted a Super bowl party. There's no worse feeling than when you have people over and then see that someone is in, like, the cuck chair or. Or you're standing in the back and you're like, fuck.

[Chris Bowers]

Do you. Do you think there needs to be a seat per person or do you expect some standing?

[Billy Langdon]

Oh, no. What?

[Dan Powers]

Well, what's everyone supposed to do? Okay, now we're talking.

[Chris Bowers]

It's a Super bowl party.

[Dan Powers]

Now we're talking. This is. We're talking about eating ourselves sick.

[Chris Bowers]

Right?

[Dan Powers]

Like, that's the point.

[Billy Langdon]

Yeah, that's right.

[Dan Powers]

We need to drop the pomp and circumstance of super bowl parties. I want everyone to come over in PJ's sweatpants and I'm gonna lay out.

[Billy Langdon]

Okay.

[Dan Powers]

Pillows and mattresses on the floor and let everyone just lie around and gorge themselves.

[Chris Bowers]

Can we sleep over? Yes. If we all slept over, that would.

[Dan Powers]

Be sick coma and just sleep there.

[Billy Langdon]

I like this.

[Dan Powers]

Perhaps a four.

[Chris Bowers]

What's like the school, the shut in. You know, like, how schools would be like, we're doing a shot in snow day.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Chris Bowers]

We're all locked in your house for the next 40.

[Dan Powers]

Put on your fancy outfit. You can wear a jersey if you want, but dress comfortably and then pass it on my floor.

[Chris Bowers]

Floor. That is a perfect Dan, because I wanted to ask how much real food you want there? Because I like the apps, but, like, do you want, like, real significant food there?

[Billy Langdon]

Like, what do you mean by like? Like, pizza would be real food.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah.

[Chris Bowers]

Like, do we want, like, substantial food?

[Dan Powers]

Something that could be considered an entree.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah. Yes, Dan. I think I'd like it. Dan wants. Dan, once passed out, literally fainted at our Super Bowl. Dan fainted at our super bowl party because he didn't eat enough. Actually, you tell story, but Dan, Dan, Dan, Dan fainted at a Super Bowl.

[Billy Langdon]

Dude, Dan.

[Chris Bowers]

Dude, he. He almost concussed himself.

[Sean Buffini]

This.

[Chris Bowers]

Actually, I don't tell him. Someone said, go to the hospital.

[Dan Powers]

This was the Patriots Falcons 28 three game. And we ordered a bunch of wings. And I was too stressed to eat during the game, and I was just, like, housing tequila sodas. And I was sitting on the floor.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah, he was. He was on the floor.

[Dan Powers]

The floor, the floor. It was, like, truly making us a comeback. And at the end of the game, it was like, Duron Harmon picked off a ball to, like, seal the deal or so I don't know. Or no, it was the James White touchdown or whatever, but I went from a sitting on the floor position to leaping in the air in a matter of 1.3 seconds. And that head rush. I then remember feeling dizzy and putting my hand on the coffee table and watching my wrist, like, buckle over itself and then, like, smashed my face on the table and, like, fell down.

[Chris Bowers]

And there's only, like, two people in.

[Dan Powers]

Our house, but they were like, what just happened? It was two people in you.

[Chris Bowers]

Yes, I was one of them. It was just me and Dan and.

[Dan Powers]

One other guy upstairs locked in his room. Yeah, because he couldn't watch. You think I'm nuts? This guy has a mental problem.

[Billy Langdon]

Wait, you couldn't even watch the.

[Chris Bowers]

Too stressed out. Dan came downstairs, and my buddy goes, dude, we won the super bowl. And Dan has to go to the hospital and I was like, holy. What the fuck happened, dude? That's insane.

[Billy Langdon]

Oh, my God.

[Dan Powers]

Oh.

[Chris Bowers]

Whenever someone asked, he thought Dan was reaching for a wing finally. And he was like, oh, nice. Dan's gonna eat now. Yeah. And then his hand missed the wings, and he was like, what is he doing? Can he see? And then his wrist started crumpling over, and then he collapsed.

[Billy Langdon]

I mean, wrist starts crumpling. You remember when Voldemort, like, the wind gust came and, like, turned him to dust?

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

That was me.

[Dan Powers]

That was me. That was me.

[Chris Bowers]

That's incredible, dude.

[Dan Powers]

But I'm telling you, I think.

[Sean Buffini]

Think that.

[Dan Powers]

I think this seating arrangement, floor pillow, mattress situation might be a move. We got to start turning super bowl.

[Sean Buffini]

Parties everywhere, because clearly, you're a risk.

[Chris Bowers]

Yes. Stretch. Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

You're getting that up at a party with two people.

[Chris Bowers]

It was just.

[Sean Buffini]

That's like. There's a bigger conversation.

[Dan Powers]

The insane asylum rooms with padded walls and floors is apparently what I need to watch football.

[Sean Buffini]

Super bowl party is an insane asylum.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah, dude.

[Billy Langdon]

Dan, I'm. I don't want to go to your super bowl party.

[Chris Bowers]

It sounds like there's no dip and there's padding everywhere. There's no dip. You can't eat. Dad's gonna kill himself. Like, what the happened?

[Dan Powers]

Yeah.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

I'm starting to learn that. I. No one is going to want to come over to my host at super bowl party.

[Chris Bowers]

That's pretty standard.

[Dan Powers]

But I'll tell you what. You'll be comfortable.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah. That's free PJs for everybody. That's kind of nice. That's kind of nice.

[Billy Langdon]

Wait, you're providing the PJs?

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

He's gonna get PJs.

[Chris Bowers]

He sized you up the second you walked on stage, bro. He sized you up.

[Dan Powers]

I have every inch of you memorized. You're out of your mind.

[Billy Langdon]

That's the nicest thing you ever said to me. That's awesome.

[Chris Bowers]

How many people. Is there a cap?

[Dan Powers]

Oh, that's a good question, too. That.

[Chris Bowers]

For me, it's two.

[Dan Powers]

And someone upstairs in the bedroom. That's a good question. What do you think, Billy?

[Billy Langdon]

I feel like there should be a cap. This doesn't need to be, like, a massive party. Like, wouldn't that be sick, though, actually, for my sake?

[Chris Bowers]

What if. What if we were at Francis and there was a. A jumbotron screen in the yard and there was 500 people there? Wouldn't you be like, this is the best party ever?

[Billy Langdon]

All right. You're right. I. I just ate My words, let's do it. You fed them right back to me.

[Dan Powers]

But that's. I think. I think that's the funny thing. So anyone who's. Who's a big football fan out here, when you're watching the super bowl, do you hate it when there's a lot of people there and they're just talking and not even watching the game?

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

So I think that's.

[Chris Bowers]

So you need to keep it intimate.

[Dan Powers]

I think you need to go. I think there needs to be like a quick survey test. When you walk in the door, do you plan on watching this game? Seriously?

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

Are you going to be commenting on the commercials after they are over during gameplay?

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

If the answer is yes, you're out.

[Chris Bowers]

Or you go. Different party room.

[Dan Powers]

Two rooms.

[Chris Bowers]

Great idea, Billy. Great idea.

[Dan Powers]

Separate parties.

[Billy Langdon]

I mean, in my experience, houses have many rooms.

[Dan Powers]

That's a good idea. I'm into that. The two rooms, it feels. It's like a kid's room.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah, yeah.

[Dan Powers]

It's like if anyone's here just for the dip, you're going to be watching in this room.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah.

[Billy Langdon]

There's little tables. You can sit at the chair.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah, yeah. It's like the little tykes chairs. Yeah.

[Chris Bowers]

Dude, you're not a sports ball guy, so I don't know if you have an opinion on this, but I don't know, I give people a lot of credit that are willing to watch massive sporting events with fans of the other team. If it's your team. And then you're like, I'm down to just go somewhere where people are rooting for both teams. I'm like, you are fucking insane.

[Billy Langdon]

Like, you don't want to be around.

[Chris Bowers]

No, because I just want to be like, we're all happy or we're all sad, whatever, but I just need to be with my crew. True. You know, the dueling is nuts.

[Billy Langdon]

You can feel it in bars where it's like split down the middle, where, like people celebrate and everybody else gets very upset watching it.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah.

[Billy Langdon]

It's just like they're already mad and they're watching you be happy.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah, dude.

[Chris Bowers]

Because here's the other thing.

[Dan Powers]

I think it's funny how you're talking about this as if you're not the number one offender.

[Chris Bowers]

So this. I was gonna say this. I was gonna say I. My personality is. I don't ever. If you're a fan of the other team, I'll never chirp you. If my team wins, I'm never like, oh, hahaha. But no one extends that back to me. So, like, my team loses and I get ridiculed and shit on. And then my team wins. And I'm like, good game. That was really fun. And I'm like, I never got. This is a bad deal.

[Dan Powers]

To be. To be clear, though, Chris is also the type of guy. The game will start. It'll literally be the first possession, the Patriots will throw an incomplete pass, and Chris goes, game.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah, I got it. I gotta go. I go upstairs. I go, right to your room. I go upstairs. Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

And he does that about 52 times a game. And then the Patriots win, and he goes, that was fucking awesome, guys.

[Chris Bowers]

Incredible game.

[Billy Langdon]

Thanks for coming over.

[Sean Buffini]

What a great.

[Chris Bowers]

Watch the highlights after, so I can talk at the office tomorrow. Like, I saw the whole thing.

[Sean Buffini]

Oh, yeah.

[Chris Bowers]

I wasn't in my room. Yeah, that's cool.

[Dan Powers]

All right. All right, well, so to close up super bowl party talk, let's go back to food.

[Sean Buffini]

Your.

[Dan Powers]

Each of you, your top two food needs. And again, got shouted out, folks. Like, if there's something that you're like, this is. This needs to be at a Super bowl party, right?

[Sean Buffini]

Wings. Wing.

[Dan Powers]

I think wings is wings. Buff dip. Buff chicken dip.

[Chris Bowers]

Who said pigs in a blanket? That was gas.

[Dan Powers]

Pigs in a blanket.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

That was really good dipping sauce with pigs in a blanket.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah. Mustard.

[Dan Powers]

All right, let's go. We're talking spicy brown Dijon. What's going on? Yeah.

[Chris Bowers]

Hell, yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

I like backtrack your opinion on dip now.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah. Dance back in.

[Dan Powers]

I'm like, I need a spinach artichoke buffalo chicken dip.

[Chris Bowers]

I need buff chicken dip. That's my number one.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah.

[Chris Bowers]

100.

[Billy Langdon]

You're back in on the dips now.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

I've always been a huge dip guy. Everyone knows that.

[Chris Bowers]

Buff chicken for sure. Yeah. Yeah. Probably.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah.

[Chris Bowers]

Dude, you're actually. Now that I'm talking about this, it should be only dips. Like, you're insane and nothing to scoop it with.

[Dan Powers]

I. I swear to God. I swear to God, if you guys pick on me 13 or 14 more times, I'm out of here. This is.

[Billy Langdon]

I'd like to see you try to go.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah, right? And I can do. I can do 13. I promise you that.

[Dan Powers]

All right? So dips, wings, and pigs in a blanket. Comfy clothes.

[Sean Buffini]

This.

[Dan Powers]

This is your assignment. Comfy clothes tomorrow. Okay, everybody, we're not. We're not impressing anybody. We're gonna wear elastic waistbands, and we're gonna have fun.

[Chris Bowers]

Hell, yeah.

[Dan Powers]

It's gonna be great.

[Chris Bowers]

I love it. Sean, give me a score prediction I.

[Sean Buffini]

Don'T even know how the scores work.

[Chris Bowers]

I know. That's why I want to review you're guess why you're gonna be right. You have the best.

[Dan Powers]

Not even another number.

[Chris Bowers]

Two numbers.

[Dan Powers]

Also, it's pretty difficult to get to 11 points in an NFL game.

[Chris Bowers]

I'm predicting a wild game.

[Dan Powers]

Okay, so Sean's score prediction is 11.

[Chris Bowers]

11. No other score. 11. Yeah. That's incredible.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah.

[Billy Langdon]

That could be historic.

[Dan Powers]

I don't think we need to do the rest of us. I think that's 11 is the answer.

[Billy Langdon]

I feel good about that.

[Chris Bowers]

I love that.

[Dan Powers]

Okay, Billy, we're gonna let. We're gonna release you. You can go back, have a drink, but thanks for popping.

[Chris Bowers]

Round of applause for Billy Lang and everybody. Almost fighting TV legend. Yeah. Anyone you want? Come on. Hell yeah.

[Dan Powers]

All right. All right. Is it time for my favorite segment in the entire world?

[Chris Bowers]

I think it is, Dan. We're gonna do a couple beer league hotlines.

[Dan Powers]

Yes.

[Chris Bowers]

Sean has picked out some special submissions and he's been practicing them all day. Okay. But he told me he's the first thing he did when he woke up was start reading these.

[Dan Powers]

Sean loves reading aloud.

[Sean Buffini]

Publicly. As. Yeah, as a, as a. A rampant dyslexic.

[Dan Powers]

Well, how do you be a rampant dyslexic? Are you just like raging? You're like a town crier. Just like reading.

[Sean Buffini]

I can't. You can't stop me from reading poorly. Alright, so our first one is someone submitted in saying, been playing with a group of guys for 15 plus years. We're all over 40. We've dropped down a few levels as we've slowed down. Last night we had the 10:45 game and in the second period one of the guys legit fell asleep on the bench. Head back, open mouth snoring. He's got young kids at home, so we just let him snooze. Missed three shifts before he jolted awake. Do we need to put him on the seniors plan? Discounted team dues and an early game. Only getting a little worried about him driving home at night.

[Dan Powers]

This is the most beer league thing.

[Chris Bowers]

I've ever heard, dude. My first reaction is massive, massive missed opportunity to not put a smelling salt under his nose while he was asleep.

[Dan Powers]

But you know, it sounds like the boys knew he needed this. Like, I think I, I love this so much from both him and the guys because I think they probably looked at him and they're like, yeah, just let him sleep.

[Sean Buffini]

Like they played quieter.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah, yeah.

[Dan Powers]

Like, no, no chirping on the bench. Like, someone starts yelling out plays, and.

[Chris Bowers]

They'Re like, hey, dude, what's crazy, though, is there's space. I feel like on our bench, you would have tipped right over. Like, I can't. I wonder if he's just. He's got some back support.

[Dan Powers]

There's got to be, like, a cement wall behind him.

[Sean Buffini]

Once you hit your 50s, you, like, do the whole dad pose.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah, yeah. It's like on the couch, I'm watching that. Someone turns the TV off and you're watching that. Yeah. You're going to sleep for an hour, pal. Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

No one has ever slept like this comfortably until you're like an old man. And then it's like, oh, yeah, arms crossed past your nipples. That's where it's got to be. Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

The arm cross above the nipples is such a hard. You can't do that until you're a dad bad. That's a learned thing.

[Chris Bowers]

Do you think he faked it? Like, you think when he woke up, he was like, yeah, dude, what is my turn? Am I up? Or. They're like, bro, you've been asleep for 30 minutes.

[Dan Powers]

No, I bet that that wake up was like the nap where you feel like you've been hit with a flashbang and you don't know where you are anymore. Like, he woke up and was.

[Chris Bowers]

He's in his gear. He's like, holy.

[Dan Powers]

He, like, thinks he's missed work, but it's. You know, it's you. You hear stories like, you. You get married, you have kids, and then you just try to have those moments where you can find any opportunity to just have. Have rest or peace to yourself. The fact that this is beer league for this guy is unbelievable. Like, he suited up and he was like, I'm probably gonna catch some Z's.

[Sean Buffini]

Well, dad.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah, because it's either. It's either the game was brutal, you know, like, you're getting rinsed, and he's like, whatever. Or it was a great game and he's given it everything he's got. Like, it literally drained him to zero. Like, he gave you the hardest fact check of his life and then came on the bench and fell asleep.

[Dan Powers]

Heart rate be damned. This guy just fell asleep. Oh, like, by the way, these are a couple of our Beer League teammates over here. If that happened on our bench, would. What do you think we would do? Like, if Keenan just fell asleep on the bench.

[Chris Bowers]

Keenan, we need out.

[Dan Powers]

We gotta.

[Chris Bowers]

You gotta get out there.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah, that's the other thing. If this guy's a wheel, you gotta be like, hey, buddy, get up, dude. Jesus Christ on the peeper. Get out there.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah, but it's okay. Berkey would have seal barked him awake though, I think, you know. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Exactly, exactly. Listen, I. Yeah, yeah. Change everything. Change everything. Yeah, listen, I support it. Honestly, now that I've absorbed this, I think you just catch some Z's when you can.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah.

[Chris Bowers]

Give me a. Give me a good third the second period, you know, Give me a good third and also forgive.

[Sean Buffini]

Merge it into the professional leagues where you have like a nap.

[Dan Powers]

Agree.

[Sean Buffini]

While you're off. Could you imagine, like how energized you come off?

[Dan Powers]

Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah, dude.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah. His next shift was incredible. They're like, dude, wait, we should be all napping.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah.

[Chris Bowers]

Cycle these naps in.

[Dan Powers]

This guy clearly needed it. And I'm glad he found. He found a moment of respite in his chirp.

[Chris Bowers]

Him forever, obviously. Obviously. Every time.

[Dan Powers]

If one of you didn't skate off the ice and get your phone to.

[Chris Bowers]

Take a fucking picture. Yeah, yeah.

[Dan Powers]

It's the biggest mess of all ever.

[Chris Bowers]

Yep.

[Dan Powers]

All right, let's get into the next one.

[Sean Buffini]

All right. Guy on our team invited his step. Sorry, stepdad to play with us full time. He was D1 back in the day, so even though he's older, he's still. Wait, do we think it's the same guy?

[Chris Bowers]

He fell asleep on the bench. It was crazy.

[Dan Powers]

The Christopher Nolan twist of beer leagues is this is the same guy.

[Sean Buffini]

Alright, so he was D1 back in the day, so even though he's older, he still got it out there. Plus, it's been a nice way for those two to bond. The problem is the post game. The boys get to swapping war stories in the locker room, bad hinge dates, girlfriend drama, et cetera. And the stepdad wants to fit in, so he doesn't hold back. It went so far last week that he said he knew he was going to get a go that night because he woke up to a blowjob that morning. That's Buddy's mom he's talking about. Is this over the line?

[Chris Bowers]

Oh, no.

[Dan Powers]

Oh, no.

[Chris Bowers]

I kind of love it, to be honest with you. I kind of love it, dude.

[Dan Powers]

I. The stepdad angle makes it so much better.

[Chris Bowers]

Does he like. Does he dap him up? Is he getting all the boys going after?

[Dan Powers]

Yeah, he's like, caught a hummer this morning. Right, Buddy?

[Chris Bowers]

Come on.

[Dan Powers]

Right? Yeah. Sounds awesome, man. Oh, I mean, the fact that there's the bonding element there. It's a stepdad. He's working his way in, he's like, hey, man, we'll get out there, we'll play some hockey together. And I imagine driving home.

[Chris Bowers]

Oh, yeah.

[Dan Powers]

Do they drive together like these guys? These guys are driving home in silence and he's like, you had a great shift in the second period, by the way.

[Chris Bowers]

Hell of a back check. Hell of a back check, dude. Here's the thing. I think it sounds like he's been sharing story. This isn't the first story. It sounds like he's been doing this. So it's been ramping up. This is probably the worst example, but it's been ramping up. So the fact that you didn't squash it right away, it's now on you. Like the second, the first time he said anything about your mom and you went all good, bro. Now you've opened this door, dude. This is, this is life now. I'm sorry.

[Sean Buffini]

People saying yeah in the audience, as if this is like, oh, yeah, like it's on you that your stepdad is talking about your mom going down. It's like, I should have said something when he said, like, yeah, I was, you know, looking forward to dinner later. You know, that would have been. I should have stopped it then. Knowing that it was going to escalate to blow jobs in the locker room.

[Dan Powers]

They're like, it's this kid's fault for having a mom. I mean, Yeah, I, I mean, it's like, you gotta. Everyone says in beer league, you either have to be good on the ice or good in the locker room.

[Sean Buffini]

There's only one way to even it out.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah, yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

He has to his stepdad's mom.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah, right? Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

And then talk about it.

[Dan Powers]

Or, or that was your mom. It's like, holy, dude, we're now we're crossing into a dangerous territory of, of step porn attack here.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Dan Powers]

Like, we don't need to get into that. But I, I, I understand the dad's desire to be a good locker and hang, but I'm like, you can't talk about rinsing the kid's mom. I mean, like, that's crazy, dude.

[Chris Bowers]

I think if the boys loved it, then you just keep going. I think if the boys loved it. I think if the boys.

[Dan Powers]

Laughs are contagious.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Dan Powers]

Like, if you start telling the story, everyone else is loving it. It's like he's telling these stories and then he just keeps me like, I'm sorry. I'm so, Yeah, I have to keep going.

[Chris Bowers]

I think that's right. I think that's 100% also like this.

[Sean Buffini]

The fact that he's substantially older than everyone else on the team also makes it weird. It's kind of like, how do you do fellow kids energy? Like, he could just go and not try to fit into that degree. It's honestly a little bit weird if he's, like, the age to be a stepfather to these kids. Yeah. And that means that he's, like, probably in his 50s, maybe. Yeah. Gotta be, like, in their 20s. And he's, like, trying to get the affection of these children.

[Dan Powers]

That's weird in itself.

[Chris Bowers]

Yes.

[Dan Powers]

To be like.

[Chris Bowers]

And the way I'm gonna do it sick up here. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

Girls have sex with me.

[Chris Bowers]

And in all the 20 year olds. Your mom specifically your mom specifically your mother.

[Dan Powers]

You didn't need to jump to blowjobs.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah, he did go hard. He did go hard. That was an uppercut. Yeah, I support it. I'm on his side. I love this fucking guy, actually.

[Dan Powers]

Shocker, Chris.

[Chris Bowers]

Shocker. Oh, my God. Okay, Sean, couple blind rankings.

[Sean Buffini]

A couple blind rankings.

[Dan Powers]

Wait, but can I get a Guinness before we do that?

[Sean Buffini]

Is that possible?

[Dan Powers]

Maybe. Oh, I drank them all.

[Chris Bowers]

Hell, yeah, Dan. Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Don't get me an ipa. That is my only. Please, Please, please, sir. Thank you so much.

[Sean Buffini]

I.

[Dan Powers]

Well, it's gone, Lucas.

[Chris Bowers]

There we go. Let's go. Okay.

[Dan Powers]

Blind ranking. All right. Everyone knows what blind ranking is, right?

[Chris Bowers]

Yep.

[Dan Powers]

All right, here we go.

[Sean Buffini]

Best NHL home jerseys of all time.

[Dan Powers]

Oh, okay. Oh, who said that? Are we talking Disney Ducks or are we talking.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Hell, yeah.

[Dan Powers]

The orange Ducks jersey. Just go back. Go back to purple green, folks. What are we doing?

[Sean Buffini]

All right, well, let's. Let's start it there, then. Let's go Anaheim Ducks.

[Chris Bowers]

Oh, so current, though.

[Dan Powers]

Current Anaheim Ducks.

[Chris Bowers]

Current Ducks logo. All Time logo. All time logo.

[Dan Powers]

5. 5. The current orange Ducks jersey.

[Chris Bowers]

There are way worse jerseys than that.

[Dan Powers]

I. You're the best, dude. Thank you so much.

[Chris Bowers]

There. Are we correct? Correct.

[Dan Powers]

Hell, yeah.

[Chris Bowers]

I wanted that to be an IPA so bad.

[Dan Powers]

I. I was like, yeah, it might be.

[Chris Bowers]

I'm not going five, dude. That's crazy. There are way worse jerseys than the Ducks.

[Dan Powers]

Name three worst jerseys in the Ducks right now.

[Chris Bowers]

The jets, the Capitals, the Hurricanes. Those are all worse.

[Dan Powers]

Canes hate.

[Chris Bowers]

I love the Canes. I just.

[Dan Powers]

Was that cheers or hating the canes?

[Chris Bowers]

I know. It's. It.

[Dan Powers]

We went. We went overboard.

[Chris Bowers]

Wild jerseys are.

[Dan Powers]

But the North Star ones are sick.

[Chris Bowers]

No, but this is their home. Their regular home jersey. Jesus Christ.

[Dan Powers]

We always get off track.

[Sean Buffini]

I am Distracted by that pint. What happened? 60 head.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah, I, I, I, I got a little. It said as stout. I thought it'd be like a Guinness. It wasn't really. Okay, I'm going four. I'm not going above four. And I love that.

[Chris Bowers]

We're gonna pay for that. We're gonna pay.

[Dan Powers]

Orange is just so aggressive.

[Chris Bowers]

Okay. Yeah, yeah. And they're front row, dude.

[Dan Powers]

You know I'm right, though. The, the, the purples are so much better. The logo is so good.

[Chris Bowers]

The logo.

[Dan Powers]

The logo is one of the best in the league. That's actually true.

[Chris Bowers]

Okay, okay. Four. Four. Four.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah. Okay.

[Chris Bowers]

Four.

[Dan Powers]

We love the Ducks, though.

[Sean Buffini]

All right. Chicago Blackhawks.

[Chris Bowers]

Very good, Very good, very good, very good. I would, I would be. I would go one out of fear.

[Dan Powers]

Me too.

[Chris Bowers]

But I would also go two because there's some. I think are better go two and have some fun. Let's have a good time, dude. Let's go two. Two. Yes. Dan.

[Sean Buffini]

All right. Washington Capitals.

[Chris Bowers]

Trash. Garbage. Trash. Literally lighted on fire.

[Dan Powers]

This guy. Trash.

[Chris Bowers]

Come on.

[Dan Powers]

Trash.

[Chris Bowers]

Dude.

[Sean Buffini]

Really?

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah. An awful, awful.

[Dan Powers]

It's a very. But is it five?

[Chris Bowers]

Yes. Oh, my God.

[Dan Powers]

Dude. Damn.

[Chris Bowers]

Trash. This isn't even a conversation.

[Dan Powers]

On the nation's capital.

[Chris Bowers]

This is not even a conversation. The Ducks jersey is cool. We dug our own grave with four.

[Dan Powers]

This is your shocked by this, but I like the. I like the passion.

[Sean Buffini]

Five.

[Dan Powers]

Five.

[Sean Buffini]

All right. We're doing five on that. Senators.

[Dan Powers]

That should be fine.

[Chris Bowers]

You like the black. You like the black. You like the black. The white is bad.

[Dan Powers]

You like his ass.

[Chris Bowers]

Should have been three, dude. You, us. You, us. From the beginning.

[Dan Powers]

I don't.

[Chris Bowers]

You Duck. Should have been three.

[Dan Powers]

Talking about I, I. The Senators. The black jerseys are nice, so we.

[Chris Bowers]

Obviously go three because we can't go one.

[Dan Powers]

The, the, the Senators are just so mid in every way. Three is perfect. Yeah, but did someone just say agree.

[Chris Bowers]

We have to go three because it's obviously not one. But now we. Now we are really playing a dangerous game we are really playing a dangerous game if we leave one open.

[Dan Powers]

Here we go. Senators at three.

[Chris Bowers]

So it's currently blank. Hawks, Senators, Ducks, caps, which I'm, I.

[Dan Powers]

Feel pretty good about.

[Chris Bowers]

We up the Ducks, but. Okay, fine. Here we go. This is the best. This is the best home jersey in the league. Number one.

[Dan Powers]

Come on, Sean.

[Sean Buffini]

Dallas Stars.

[Dan Powers]

Literally the worst jersey in the NHL. The worst jersey in the NHL.

[Chris Bowers]

When.

[Dan Powers]

When I said name three jerseys worst, I was thinking for the. About the Stars. Well, surprise, surprise. We absolutely fucked it again. Jesus Christ.

[Chris Bowers]

God. And what's crazy is the North Stars is good. We got to get back to that.

[Dan Powers]

Color like that, that electric green and the terrible logo. But, hey, they did bring back the Madonna Stars jersey, which was cool.

[Chris Bowers]

Which was cool. Which was cool. That's a debacle. All right, what's your favorite jersey?

[Dan Powers]

It's got to be the Habs.

[Chris Bowers]

Montreal Canadian Habs. Wings Leafs.

[Dan Powers]

Yep. Bruins.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah. Have Swingsley.

[Dan Powers]

Shout out, Abs. Great jersey.

[Chris Bowers]

Shout out. Fs. Hell yeah. Yeah. Okay, Sean, what's the next one?

[Dan Powers]

Next blind ranking that. We're gonna veer away from hockey on this one.

[Sean Buffini]

Best fast casual food.

[Dan Powers]

Ooh.

[Chris Bowers]

Okay. Okay, Sean.

[Dan Powers]

Hell yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

All right. Number one. I have a strong opinion on this. In and out.

[Chris Bowers]

O.

[Dan Powers]

Okay. Oh, we got a one out here. Genuinely apologize to any LA natives here. I think in and out is the most overrated place.

[Sean Buffini]

Yes.

[Chris Bowers]

It's an incredible deal, Dan. It's an incredible deal. Thank you.

[Dan Powers]

It's like. It's a. Listen, it's fine.

[Chris Bowers]

The fries are bad. The fries are bad.

[Dan Powers]

The fries are.

[Chris Bowers]

The fries are bad.

[Dan Powers]

Are cheeks. Does anybody.

[Sean Buffini]

Does anybody like the fries from In n Out?

[Chris Bowers]

Like a good question.

[Dan Powers]

Who here actually makes some noise if you love In n Out?

[Chris Bowers]

Okay, okay, okay. But that's the burgers, though, I imagine. That's the burgers. The burgers are good, cheap. The burger is an incredible deal. For the deal alone, you have to put some respect on them. It's an incredible deal. Surprise.

[Dan Powers]

Are better spear pour of all time. You.

[Chris Bowers]

You. Yeah, you had a panic attack.

[Dan Powers]

Unbelievable. You want to go four or three? I think.

[Chris Bowers]

But the deal, though, Dan. The deal, it's an incredible deal.

[Dan Powers]

That's actually a very good point. Yeah, I think.

[Chris Bowers]

Could we go too? No way.

[Dan Powers]

You out of your mind?

[Chris Bowers]

Okay, okay.

[Dan Powers]

3.

[Chris Bowers]

3. 3.

[Sean Buffini]

3.

[Chris Bowers]

Three.

[Dan Powers]

Three.

[Sean Buffini]

We're going three.

[Chris Bowers]

Yep.

[Sean Buffini]

We're locked in three. All right.

[Chris Bowers]

Sean's fucking us again. Just so everyone. Just so everyone was wondering what look that was. That was Sean fucking us again.

[Sean Buffini]

Dave's Hot Chicken.

[Chris Bowers]

Okay, Tell the truth. Tell the truth.

[Dan Powers]

Tell the truth. I fucking love Dave. I love Dave's Hot Chicken. This might be one.

[Chris Bowers]

It could be one.

[Dan Powers]

I think two is safe.

[Chris Bowers]

It got worse when they. When they expand.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah, they were purchased and it got perfect. Anyone in LA if you're unfamiliar with main chick Hot chicken, it's probably superior.

[Chris Bowers]

Really good.

[Dan Powers]

Main chick Hot Chicken slaps. They got a little bit worse.

[Chris Bowers]

But we.

[Dan Powers]

Yes, I agree. Al's is.

[Sean Buffini]

Al. You know.

[Dan Powers]

You know your hot chicken.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah. Oh.

[Dan Powers]

Oh. What do you think about how and race.

[Chris Bowers]

All right.

[Dan Powers]

Correct that completely. If anyone here needs hot chicken, Rex.

[Chris Bowers]

Right there. Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

Okay.

[Chris Bowers]

Two. Yeah. I can't go one. I love it. I can't go one.

[Sean Buffini]

All right, you're going to.

[Dan Powers]

Yep.

[Sean Buffini]

All right. Locked in at 2. All right. Another one. Another chicken place. Oh, controversial one. Chick fil a. Ooh.

[Dan Powers]

I asked Chick Fil a not fast food. Dude.

[Chris Bowers]

That's. Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

This.

[Chris Bowers]

This is not fair. That's not fair. That's fast food.

[Sean Buffini]

Do we disqualify?

[Chris Bowers]

I'm putting it five for. For dq. Either.

[Dan Powers]

Okay, either we go five because it's a fraud and it's actually fast food, or we just DQ it.

[Chris Bowers]

Is Chick Fil a fast food cheer. Is Chick Fil a fast casual cheer.

[Dan Powers]

Okay.

[Chris Bowers]

Chick Fil a. Chick fil a DQ'd.

[Sean Buffini]

All right, here we go.

[Chris Bowers]

Shake Shack.

[Dan Powers]

Oh.

[Chris Bowers]

Shake Shack's good, bro. Shake Shack is good.

[Dan Powers]

They got the crinkle fries. Yeah, they. They make a good sandwich, too.

[Chris Bowers]

Wait, is.

[Dan Powers]

Is Shake Shack 1?

[Chris Bowers]

Is Shake Shack the best cat.

[Dan Powers]

I'm getting What's.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

Can't be go. We can't go below in it. That's so true.

[Sean Buffini]

These are the risks of a blind ranking.

[Dan Powers]

Fuck. What is one?

[Chris Bowers]

But what if.

[Dan Powers]

What if I got one in my heart that I want to come up?

[Chris Bowers]

Me, too. But it's my. My one is so trash.

[Dan Powers]

All right, I think we got to go four.

[Chris Bowers]

Oh, shit.

[Dan Powers]

Well, it's all to save. To save one.

[Chris Bowers]

But my one you're gonna hate.

[Dan Powers]

Let's get chaotic. Four, four, four, four, four.

[Chris Bowers]

We should have put in and out four.

[Sean Buffini]

All right, Chipotle.

[Dan Powers]

Is that your one? One.

[Chris Bowers]

Is that.

[Dan Powers]

Isn't Chipotle trash now?

[Chris Bowers]

No, no, because they remember. They. They got. People got pissed at them for the serving size, and then they fixed it.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah.

[Chris Bowers]

They said, sorry, we've been skimping on chicken.

[Sean Buffini]

I love the discussion that's happening.

[Dan Powers]

So much Chipotle discussion going on in the audience right now. Hey, blocks extra.

[Chris Bowers]

Five. But now we're gambling we don't even.

[Dan Powers]

Need to do the show anymore.

[Sean Buffini]

Five.

[Dan Powers]

Chipotle five do.

[Chris Bowers]

Here we go.

[Dan Powers]

Here we go again. One is left.

[Sean Buffini]

All right, Chipotle five. We're locking in five for Chipotle.

[Dan Powers]

All right.

[Sean Buffini]

Panda Express.

[Dan Powers]

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Was that your one?

[Chris Bowers]

That's my one, dude. That was your one.

[Dan Powers]

Let's go.

[Chris Bowers]

Oh, my God.

[Dan Powers]

How in the did you know that Panda Express was coming?

[Chris Bowers]

Panda, dude, that.

[Dan Powers]

What a miracle.

[Chris Bowers]

I. I am.

[Dan Powers]

I. I am here to say Any one of you that says you don't love Panda Express, you're a liar. Panda Express is awesome.

[Chris Bowers]

Wow. Dude, that's incredible.

[Dan Powers]

We totally redeemed ourselves.

[Chris Bowers]

I thought I came.

[Dan Powers]

Do you like Panda?

[Chris Bowers]

I thought I was on an island here.

[Dan Powers]

Panda Express is amazing.

[Chris Bowers]

Oh, dude, I love Panda.

[Sean Buffini]

So it goes. Number one, Panda Express. Number two, Dave's Hot Chicken. Number three, In n Out. Number four, Shake Shack.

[Dan Powers]

Shake Shack died so Panda Express could live. And I'm okay with that. I'm okay with.

[Chris Bowers]

That's incredible.

[Dan Powers]

Shout out the crinkle fries.

[Chris Bowers]

God, dude. Panda. Holy. Double orange chicken. You insane?

[Dan Powers]

Did you say double orange?

[Chris Bowers]

Bang. Bang. Yeah, bang. Banged it. Overflowing.

[Dan Powers]

Just don't act like double orange chickens. Like this normal thing that everyone does. That's the most normal order of all time.

[Chris Bowers]

That's the most popular order of all that, actually. Yes.

[Dan Powers]

Dude, I got to set my Panda Express up.

[Chris Bowers]

Idiot. Dude, that's insane. Holy shit. Yeah, right?

[Dan Powers]

Don't trust properly abandoned Express.

[Chris Bowers]

Don't trust him with anything. Okay, now we're going. So we did a Q and A.

[Sean Buffini]

Thing on the page.

[Chris Bowers]

We got a bunch of submissions. How much time we have? Sean, what time is it actually?

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah, it is actually 6:54pm okay, so let's rip 10.

[Dan Powers]

10 minutes of pre.

[Chris Bowers]

Pre.

[Dan Powers]

You guys put in some awesome questions. So we're gonn into that. Let's start it off.

[Sean Buffini]

The first question is, how did you meet Sean?

[Chris Bowers]

Wow. Okay. This is actually an awesome story. We came into the office one day and there was a box of Lucky Charms sitting.

[Sean Buffini]

There was a rainbow that happened to end at that.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah. I don't know.

[Dan Powers]

I don't know if we can be racist to Irish people, but we're getting close. We're getting dangerously close with all of these jokes.

[Sean Buffini]

You guys get the path from me.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah, yeah. Right? There we go. This is actually cool because. Because no one knows this because you were just in it but Sean. We. One of our producers who was doing the show had. Sean got hired at Almost Friday and to do a completely different job. Like, not even close.

[Dan Powers]

I would. I would also say maybe the first time in Almost Friday media history where someone was hired specifically to do a very intense job.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

Like, it was. There was like. There is one thing that you're supposed to do. He was hired and then immediately was told to do something else.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah. So. So we walk in and our producer has a family emergency and is like, I'm leaving. I'm going home. For, like, a long time. And so everyone was like, hey, Sean, you have to produce the Empty Netters podcast and they're doing a live stream today. Go.

[Dan Powers]

He was like, Irish cinematographer Sean produce a hockey podcast. And he did it great.

[Chris Bowers]

And he nailed it. Dude, let's go.

[Dan Powers]

He sure did by the best part.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

My favorite part about Sean's journey was immediately we get in for the first pod and he's like, I've never done this. And we're like, you're going to be great. No worries. Whatever. And I was like, there's a camera there that you need to turn on yourself. And he was like, abso fucking lutely not. And next thing you know, he is live streaming heated rivalry with us and doing again, an incredible job. So, yeah, Sean was a nice gift for us.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah. I still remember the first time meeting you guys. And I remember you were doing the college show at the time on a Tuesday.

[Dan Powers]

Yes.

[Sean Buffini]

And that was like a big thing. And you're just like, I just want somebody to care about the college show.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

And I was like, I'll make them care.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah. Yeah. Dude, you edited that for so long.

[Sean Buffini]

I remember that.

[Dan Powers]

And it was so good.

[Chris Bowers]

Amazing.

[Dan Powers]

God, it was a lot.

[Sean Buffini]

I went too many hours for. For college show.

[Dan Powers]

I know.

[Sean Buffini]

It was for all 200 views that I got.

[Chris Bowers]

And 200 people had a great time. Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

You guys should go back. And they went. The editing on this is incredible.

[Chris Bowers]

They.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah, there was actually. There was no comments about the editing.

[Chris Bowers]

Well, now you're getting fan edits about you, so. We've come a long way. We've come a long way.

[Dan Powers]

Sure is.

[Sean Buffini]

But, yeah, no, it was. It was really, you know, it was just rolling with the punches came in and. And then I was shitting my pants having never produced a podcast before. Really? In that way.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

And then I think we were actually mid episode when you started talking to me and you said like, Sean, what do you think about that? And I was like, what?

[Chris Bowers]

Talking to me? Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

I was like, what?

[Dan Powers]

Shot the microphone in front of him and was like.

[Sean Buffini]

I thought this was like, here for someone else. All right, next question. Favorite scene. Favorite scene each from Heated Rivalry season one.

[Dan Powers]

Oh, hell yeah.

[Chris Bowers]

Okay, dude. Wow.

[Dan Powers]

Oh, wow. Hell yeah. This is tough.

[Chris Bowers]

It is. Dude.

[Sean Buffini]

Can I say mine first? If you have it from you guys.

[Chris Bowers]

Yes.

[Sean Buffini]

The nightclub scene. Really amazing. The most amount of drama, the best cinematography. The soundtrack.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

[Dan Powers]

You love the soundtrack. Was so good.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah. So, yeah. Best scene in the whole show.

[Dan Powers]

That one's great. I always go so emotional with these. I'm sorry. Mine is the Ilia Tunnel. Russian confession. Speaking Russian. Confessing all of his feelings. That was just so well done. Every bit of that.

[Sean Buffini]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

I was a puddle during the scene.

[Chris Bowers]

Oh, my God. I think my. When I think about the show, my first reaction is. Is full sperminator. When he's. When he's walking through the airport. Like, that's what I picture. When I think about the show, It's Ilya. All time cutoffs, all time shades walking through the Ottawa airport like this. Yeah. No one saw me. Like, are you hiding?

[Dan Powers]

Hey, NHL superstar. The sexiest dude who's ever lived. Anyone notice you? No. Full sperm and not a single person.

[Chris Bowers]

That is it.

[Dan Powers]

So.

[Chris Bowers]

So either that or the. Spit in the hand. Spit in the hand. Spit in the hand. Not. Not the.

[Dan Powers]

Not. Not the mid.

[Chris Bowers]

Phone call.

[Dan Powers]

Blowjob face.

[Chris Bowers]

That was fucking great. Spit in the hand. Dude. That was like. That was unbelievable. That was a special moment.

[Sean Buffini]

I think those are three. Three great scenes.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah, sure.

[Sean Buffini]

The next question up. Favorite character from heated rivalry.

[Chris Bowers]

I don't even have to answer that one. Dude. My girl, dude. Svetlana.

[Dan Powers]

Holy.

[Chris Bowers]

Someone mailed me. I don't have it on. Someone mailed some. Some swag. Some bracelets, and someone sent me a Chris Lana bracelet.

[Dan Powers]

And that was incredible.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

Behaviorally, I want to say Shane. I feel like I relate to Shane so much with the way he operates, but I gotta go. My guy, Kip.

[Chris Bowers]

Shout out.

[Dan Powers]

Robbie gk. The best. I just love me some Kip.

[Sean Buffini]

I was gonna go.

[Billy Langdon]

Kip.

[Sean Buffini]

Damn it. I want to go first every time. I. I do like Scott Hunter a lot.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

Because he's like King.

[Dan Powers]

He's Captain America.

[Sean Buffini]

But I feel like some of. One of us has to give love to the. To the main two protagonists. So I'll go. I'll go Shane.

[Dan Powers]

Nice.

[Sean Buffini]

I'll go Shane. There we go. If you could change the score of any one hockey game, which one would it be and why?

[Chris Bowers]

Whoa. Sick. Wow. The fuck?

[Sean Buffini]

Okay.

[Dan Powers]

I'm gonna. I got one.

[Chris Bowers]

Okay. Go.

[Dan Powers]

I'm gonna be topical. 2010 Olympics overtime, USA Canada.

[Chris Bowers]

Dude.

[Dan Powers]

But it feels blasphemous to take away the golden goal for Sidney Crosby.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

Sorry.

[Chris Bowers]

What a moment in hockey history.

[Dan Powers]

But.

[Chris Bowers]

But when Parisi tied that game. Dude. Oh, nuclear. That was great. Okay. My. I think I'll go this. I wish the.

[Dan Powers]

The.

[Chris Bowers]

The. The year the Bruins came back against Toronto in 2013 was so epic. But then they lost that cup up and it kind of made everyone forget that comeback. I wish I could change that. But even if the Bruins won Game 6 against Chicago, I think they would have lost Game 7 anyway.

[Dan Powers]

Chicago.

[Chris Bowers]

So it hurts. So I'm like, I can't even change that one. So I'm going. I'm going. 20, 23. Bruins, game seven against Florida, first round.

[Dan Powers]

Oh, the Martian breakaway.

[Chris Bowers]

I think if. Yeah, like, I think, yeah, I'll do that one. I'll do game five. Even better. Marshan scores that breakaway.

[Dan Powers]

Can you imagine how I think the.

[Chris Bowers]

Bruins win the cup and Monty's the coach and he has a cup, and everybody's happy, and it's all sunshine and rainbows and reading Lucky Charms, and it's perfect. My life is perfect. And. And now Monty coaches the Blues, and I'm.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah.

[Chris Bowers]

I like that one. Which one are you changing, Sean?

[Dan Powers]

Yeah, Sean, which was it? 77 Olympics.

[Chris Bowers]

Was that it? Yeah. Sean changes 1980.

[Dan Powers]

Sean wants the Russian, like, erase miracle from.

[Sean Buffini]

Didn't you say you were born in the Soviet Union so you would want them to have won? I see you spy.

[Dan Powers]

We're on to you. Okay.

[Chris Bowers]

Thank you for your support, despite the.

[Dan Powers]

Fact you've never seen a game of.

[Sean Buffini]

Hockey and you just had to listen to us talk about hockey for an hour straight, and it was probably really boring to you. That's like me.

[Dan Powers]

Every day I go to work.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah. Welcome to Sean's life.

[Dan Powers]

Well, it's all coming out now.

[Sean Buffini]

Sean, thank you for coming out here. And also, I'm still on to you. Solve.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

All right, so next question. Which player is going to get the next Raymond? Was it broke?

[Chris Bowers]

Bork. Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

Raymond Bork.

[Chris Bowers]

Moment. Yep.

[Dan Powers]

Or absence over here.

[Sean Buffini]

Brock Burns. Claude Giraud.

[Dan Powers]

So we're just gonna have Sean say hockey names.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

So what do you guys think? Think which player is going to get the next.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah. So for any of the. Not the biggest hockey fans, Ray Bork played for, like 20 years, played for the Bruins for a long time, then got traded to the ABs. Finally won a Stanley Cup. One of the most iconic moments in NHL history. Joke. Joe Sakic, the captain. The captain is supposed to lift the cup first.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

And Joe Sakic passed the cup to Ray Bork to have him lifted first because he'd finally won one awesome moment. One of the greatest clips of all time. I think it feels weird that it's the ABS again, but it's. I think it might have to be Burns. Burns is like 40 years old.

[Chris Bowers]

Canes. He would do it for the canes, but Brock could do it for the app.

[Dan Powers]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Chris Bowers]

But Burns would be sick Burns would honestly be sicker than Brock for the. For the dude. Like, the dude. Because it was on those Shark teams that were so good.

[Dan Powers]

What are you talking about?

[Chris Bowers]

Brent.

[Dan Powers]

Brent, what do you think? Brent Burns plays.

[Chris Bowers]

Oh, he's back on the apps. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. He's last, but then. So I guess.

[Dan Powers]

What are you saying to me?

[Chris Bowers]

I was confused.

[Dan Powers]

They're both on the app. Both.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah. Yeah. So who would get it first in that scenario?

[Dan Powers]

Brent Burns will get that cup second.

[Chris Bowers]

You think so? Yes, I think Brock deserves it.

[Dan Powers]

What are you talking about?

[Chris Bowers]

It would be so sick for him. Dude, just battle. He has been this guy.

[Dan Powers]

Burns is practically dead. He's the oldest man who's ever lived.

[Chris Bowers]

How old is Brock?

[Dan Powers]

Like 34.

[Chris Bowers]

He's older than that?

[Dan Powers]

No, I don't think so.

[Chris Bowers]

Really?

[Dan Powers]

Someone look that up. Brock Nelson. How old is Brock Nelson?

[Sean Buffini]

I guess that someone's me.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah. Sean.

[Sean Buffini]

Oh, I don't have wi fi.

[Dan Powers]

You know what? I've got a. I've got a sleeper one, actually, on the Canes. Taylor hall in the league for a long time. Bounced around. Former first round overall mvp. Former mvp.

[Chris Bowers]

That would be cool because he got. He should have won on the Bees that year.

[Dan Powers]

Yes.

[Chris Bowers]

That's.

[Sean Buffini]

That him, 34 years old.

[Chris Bowers]

Nice dance. So good at that, dude. That's insane. Yeah. Brent Burns is dead. He's.

[Dan Powers]

He's literally my special.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So he gets it. Second. That would be. I would actually on. On a personal level, I think it would be. I want Giroud to get one so bad. But whoever said it earlier, Ottawa sucks.

[Dan Powers]

So someone over there hates Ottawa. I think it's Parrish.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

All right.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah.

[Sean Buffini]

That's good take on Gavin's arrest. Oh.

[Chris Bowers]

Oh. Yes.

[Dan Powers]

Round of applause.

[Chris Bowers]

All right.

[Dan Powers]

For again, those who don't know, Gavin McKenna is a freshman at Penn State. The projected first overall pick beat the wheels off a dude at Penn State earlier or this past weekend.

[Chris Bowers]

Charges dropped.

[Dan Powers]

Correct charge. Felony charges have been dropped. The story goes he was with his family and a drunk dude came up to him and called his mom a. So to that I say your chin broke for a reason.

[Chris Bowers]

Talk shit, get hit.

[Dan Powers]

Talk shit, get hit. We need like, listen. Violence is not the answer.

[Chris Bowers]

Most sometimes. Yeah, but you call.

[Dan Powers]

You call my mom a whore. I'm going to sleep the shit out of you, dude.

[Chris Bowers]

I would draft him higher than 1 if I agree that it has been.

[Dan Powers]

So funny seeing some of the people being like, this is why you got to keep your emotions in check. His stock's going to Plummet. And I'm like, are you out of your mind? Like, NHL teams are going to hear about this and go, not only am I drafting you first overall, here's the keys to the city.

[Chris Bowers]

I also think he wanted the college experience, and he got it. Now he was like, all right, I'm.

[Dan Powers]

Gonna get a drunk bar fight someone.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah. Like, there we go.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah, that is very true. That is a. That is a very specifically. Penn State.

[Chris Bowers]

Good for him. Good for him.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah, Good for him.

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah. Correct.

[Dan Powers]

Very true. There you go. He can fight his own battles. Gavin McKenna, we're on your team big time.

[Sean Buffini]

Biggest pet peeve in modern hockey.

[Chris Bowers]

That they allow you to regroup in overtime time. That. Get in the zone, dude. Get in the zone. This. This cycle back, dude. We gotta change the rule. I hate it.

[Dan Powers]

Okay?

[Chris Bowers]

I hate it.

[Dan Powers]

Mine is the playoff seating.

[Chris Bowers]

Oh, yeah.

[Dan Powers]

It is the stupidest thing in the entire world. The fact that the 2 and 3 seeds play each other is so moronic. Go back to 1 through 8. It's. I like, listen, sometimes you try stuff. Sometimes you go through phases.

[Chris Bowers]

Sometimes you have broccoli with chicken.

[Dan Powers]

Broccoli, chicken.

[Chris Bowers]

And you go back to.

[Dan Powers]

But you need to just learn that it doesn't need to last forever. Go back to the thing that worked.

[Chris Bowers]

Agree. I love that pasta. Yeah. Yeah, Exactly.

[Sean Buffini]

All right. Something that you think is goofy in the game of hockey, but you love it.

[Dan Powers]

Oh, that's nice. Superstitions for me. Dice, for those who don't know, hockey dudes are hockey people are the most superstitious people on earth. And what's funny is it lasts even when you are a washed bum like us and the boys into beer league. Like, we just do the dumbest of all time. It's like, if my left skate doesn't go on first, then I can't play the game. And it's like, pal, you're playing.

[Chris Bowers]

We might only lose by five.

[Dan Powers]

Yeah. You're playing at 10:45pm on a Wednesday in El Segundo. You don't need to do your routine, I promise you.

[Chris Bowers]

Okay? Mine is. And this is sad, because it's going away. Mine is the E Bug. I don't know if everybody knows what the ebug is, but it's the emergency backup goalie. So every. Every rink has a goalie just ready if two goalies get hurt on either team. This guy just comes down and plays. He's not in the NHL. He's just a guy who's up there and. Yep, yep. And. And the E Bug for The Kings is literally right there. Right there, which is fucking all time. And we were actually at the game the other night, and. And Darcy got hurt, and. And Parrish was dressed up, ready to go, and I was like, holy fuck. I'm never rooting for injuries. But I was like, dude, this would be fucking electric.

[Dan Powers]

We were at that game, and I was like, somebody slide into Anton Forsberg.

[Chris Bowers]

As hard as possible. And they're not doing it after this year. This is the last year of the E Bug, so Parrish will always be remembered as the last King's Ebug of all time. Yes, sir. Unbelievably cool thing.

[Dan Powers]

Hell, yeah.

[Chris Bowers]

That's fucking awesome.

[Sean Buffini]

All right. That was our last one. I do have a question about the Ebug. So it's like a player who's not in the NHL but can play hockey. It's not just like that guy up there?

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah, no, they just pull. They pull a ticket.

[Dan Powers]

Sean, 27A. You know how they do, like, the Kiss Cam?

[Chris Bowers]

Yeah.

[Dan Powers]

They just find someone and they're like this. You're the E Bug. There's equipment downstairs.

[Sean Buffini]

Your ship in the NHL would skyrocket.

[Dan Powers]

If we just had random.

[Chris Bowers]

Fucking amazing.

[Sean Buffini]

That's why the Olympics should be. We should have random. Like, bring people in a van off the street. Just be like, you're doing curling.

[Chris Bowers]

Let's go. I love that.

[Dan Powers]

Oh, my God.

[Chris Bowers]

All right.

[Dan Powers]

Well, folks, that is our time. This has been an unbelievable show.

[Chris Bowers]

Let's go.

[Dan Powers]

Genuinely cannot believe all of you coming here. You're the fucking greatest people in the entire world. This is so fun. And to be able to do it with you makes it so much better.

[Chris Bowers]

An absolute fucking blast. Coolest thing ever. I love you guys.

[Dan Powers]

We love you guys. Let's all have some drinks. Let's have a fun night. And until we see you next time, skate hard. There we go.

[Chris Bowers]

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[Dan Powers]

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