No Table Is Safe In Buffalo After The Sabres Roll The Habs In Game 1

Summary

Empty Netters Podcast – Episode Summary

No Table Is Safe In Buffalo After The Sabres Roll The Habs In Game 1

Date: May 7, 2026
Podcast: Empty Netters (Almost Friday Media)
Hosts: Dan Powers, Dr. Watkins, C. Powers

Episode Overview

This episode dives deep into the first game of the Sabres-Habs playoff series and the Ducks-Golden Knights matchup, offering analytical breakdowns, spicy hot takes, and bickering brotherly banter. The hosts blend sharp hockey analysis with comedic asides, reflections on pop culture (notably a detailed interlude about "Devil Wears Prada 2"), and genuine fan energy, making for a lively, insightful recap of the night’s NHL playoff action.

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Key Discussions & Analysis

1. Opening Banter and Pop Culture Sidebar

• [00:54-07:00]
  • The guys riff on “Devil Wears Prada 2,” callbacks in sequels, relationship "breaks," and the nuances of movie endings—setting the episode’s trademark loose and irreverent vibe.
  • Notable Quote:
    “A break doesn’t mean go put your peeper in any–” – Dan Powers, [04:33]
  • Brief aside on their perfected tzatziki recipe.

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2. Sabres vs. Canadiens Game 1: Deep Dive Analysis

Lineup Decisions & The “Bulldook” Line

• [07:49-08:37]
  • Montreal split up their most productive bottom-six line (Tex, Doc, Bulldook), which the hosts lambast as a baffling coaching move post-Tampa series.
  • Quote: “That line won you a playoff series… then they go like this—let’s split them up.” – Dan Powers, [08:32]

Exhaustion Factor & Playoff Scheduling

• [09:25-10:14]
  • The crew compares the Habs being beat up post-Tampa series to the Sixers vs. Knicks “dogfight.” They argue Buffalo, with more rest and momentum, always had the advantage in Game 1.

The Eye Test vs. Stats: Were Sabres Really Dominant?

• [11:05-13:01]
  • Despite Buffalo’s win, shot metrics showed Montreal’s offense was buzzing.
  • The Sabres made their shots count—many high-danger chances and posts despite having fewer SOG.

Game Flow & Key Moments

• [12:03-13:40]
  • Quick succession goals (Greenway, Bowen) for Buffalo showed their poise.
  • Hosts praise depth lines: Doan-Benson-Norris line’s impact a repeated talking point.

Luck and Bounces

• [16:36-18:02]
  • The “puck luck” swings—Buffalo gets a glove deflection goal (Greenway), while Montreal hits multiple posts.

Rivalry Potential

• [18:56-20:11]
  • Debating if Sabres/Habs is a real rivalry (not yet, but could be)—regionally closer rivalry with Toronto, but playoff heat could change that.
  • Quote: “You’ve got your Euro wannabe Quebecois in Montreal and your dirty rust belt Buffalo people…” – Dan Powers, [20:04]

Habs Fans’ Perspective Post-Game

• [18:02-18:46]
  • Predicting Habs fans will be “pissed” if they lose the series—will feel they lost to a lesser team, even if Sabres have been stronger most of the year.

Standout Players

• [22:49-23:40]
  • Montreal’s goals by Suzuki and Doc called a positive takeaway.
  • Kirby Doc’s highlight-reel goal (“Goal of the Playoffs” conversation).

The Goalie Discussion: Alex Lyon’s Cinderella Run

• [25:40-29:47]
  • Lyon is praised for his continued clutch play despite career backup status:
    “He’s not going to be… the starting goalie for another team next year. This is his shot.” – Dan Powers, [29:47]
  • Tim Thomas comparisons: blossom-late, unlikely cup run, possible career-defining stretch.
  • Quote: “Alex Lyon is right now about to do something that another gentleman did… who made his first All-Star game at 33… and then won two Vezinas and a Cup. Some guys blossom late.” – Dan Powers, [31:22]

What If Lyon Falters?

• [33:19-33:49]
  • Consensus: stick with Lyon unless he repeatedly gets shelled—he’s earned leash as long as D and team play stay strong.

Sabres’ Top Guns (Tage Thompson)

• [34:04-34:51]
  • Tage and Tuch: quiet games, but Sabres still roll. Hosts say Game 3 will be a key test; they need their stars engaged moving forward.

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3. Ducks vs Golden Knights: Game 2 Recap & Commentary

The “Ben Affquack” Mascot Sidebar

• [39:17-40:49]
  • Spirited (and hilarious) breakdown of Ducks' quirky mascot traditions—eggs, puns on Ben Affleck, and mascot mortality rate.

Torts' Impact in Vegas

• [42:05-43:28]
  • Torts (Vegas coach) allegedly lights up his team post-win, but hosts think it may have “spooked” the group in Game 2, rather than inspiring them.

Special Teams: The Ducks’ Terrible 5-on-3

• [43:49-47:34]
  • Ducks squandered a 90-second 5-on-3 (no shots), foreshadowing doom—but, surprisingly, they overcame it to win.
  • “You simply have to execute here if you are the Ducks… you have had four power plays… and you have to score.” – Dan Powers, [44:51]
  • Hosts discuss universal power-play anxieties—overpassing, waiting for the “perfect” play, instead of just firing pucks.

Ducks’ Power Play Comparison: Series to Series

• [48:09-48:15]
  • Ducks were 8/16 vs. Oilers on PP in previous round (50%), now 0/9 vs. Vegas. Hosts identify this as the tactical battleground going forward.

Momentum Shift, Series Trajectory

• [48:26-49:29]
  • Ducks split in Vegas, now return home with confidence; hosts compare it to their round one approach vs. Edmonton:
    “If you’re the Ducks, you come home, I think you’re feeling good. You’re horny. You’re Flying V.” – Dan Powers, [49:25]

Young Stars and Future Hall-of-Famers

• [50:07-52:58]
  • Rave reviews for Beckett Seneca’s (rookie) goal and Leo Carlson’s impact, with sidebar debate:
    “If you are Kyle Davidson… do you take Leo Carlson number one overall over Connor Bedard?” – Dan Powers, [52:00]
    • Openly argued, but Leo’s all-time potential is now “at least a real question.”

More Goalie Talk: Dostal and Carter Hart

• [54:02-63:10]
  • Dostal, after being maligned in round one, puts up a “shutout until 5 seconds left” performance.
  • Carter Hart’s “Tombstone” mask gets a nod (and is another authentic sign this pod talks about everything).

Shot Metrics & Hockey Stat Grievances

• [54:03-55:44]
  • The hosts rant about the statistical injustice of not awarding “shots on net” for posts, and how reclassifying shots and saves would change perceptions.

Eichel Needs to Shoot More!

• [56:33-57:32]
  • Jack Eichel’s tendency to defer instead of shoot is, again, highlighted as both a statistical and emotional momentum issue for Vegas.

Random Animal Anatomy Tangent

• [58:20-59:33]
  • An impromptu (and graphic) discussion about duck, dolphin, and wolf genitalia delivers some lighter, classic Empty Netters chaos.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On playoff grind:
  “You go, okay, it’s a long series. Hondo P. We’re going to be fine.” – Dan Powers, [10:14]

• On rival animosity:
  “It’s like cousins at Thanksgiving who don’t have anything in common.” – Dan Powers, [20:04]

• On late-blooming goalies:
  “Alex Lyon is right now about to do something that another gentleman did... named Tim Thomas.” – Dan Powers, [31:22]

• On Ducks’ failed 5-on-3:
  “They did not take a shot on a minute and a half, five on three...I was like, oh, you have lost this game.” – Dan Powers, [44:30]

• On Leo Carlson’s potential:
  “He might be all time good. I knew he was really good. But there’s a chance we’re talking all-time Hall of Fame.” – Dr. Watkins, [52:58]

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Timestamps & Segment Highlights

| MM:SS | Segment | |-----------|-----------------------------------------------------| | 00:54 | Devil Wears Prada 2 sidebar, movie callbacks | | 07:49 | Sabres-Habs Game 1: Bulldogs line split | | 10:14 | Habs exhaustion, Buffalo’s upper hand | | 11:05 | Shots/eye test analysis | | 12:03 | Greenway, Bowen, and game control | | 16:36 | Puck luck/bad luck segment | | 18:56 | Rivalry building potential | | 22:49 | Kirby Doc’s highlight goal, Montreal’s positives | | 25:40 | Alex Lyon’s Cinderella, Tim Thomas comparison | | 33:19 | Goalie leashes, what if Lyon struggles? | | 34:04 | Tage/Tuch needing to step up | | 39:17 | Ducks mascot mayhem, Ben Affquack | | 42:05 | Torts’ speech aftermath / game 2 impact | | 43:49 | Ducks' 5-on-3 disaster / power play deep dive | | 48:09 | Ducks' PP woes series-to-series | | 50:07 | Beckett Seneca’s breakout, rookie play | | 52:00 | Leo Carlson vs. Connor Bedard debate | | 54:03 | Dostal’s redemption, goalie stats rants | | 56:33 | Eichel’s passivity issue analyzed | | 58:20 | Animal anatomy and podcast tangents |

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Final Thoughts

The hosts wrap with excitement for the next phase of both series, emphasizing how depth, goaltending, and momentum swings have set up unpredictable, thrilling matchups. There's anticipation for the “Tage Thompson game” to come, nerves about whether Lyon can hold up, confidence in the Ducks' home stand if the power play wakes up, and the tongue-in-cheek hope that bizarre playoff rituals and mascot antics continue.

Whether you’re a Buffalo diehard, Habs loyalist, Ducks fanatic, or just in it for the hockey banter, this Empty Netters episode is a quintessential playoff pod: equal parts hockey wisdom, friendly jabs, nerd culture, and beer-league-turned-media authenticity.

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Next up: Flyers vs. Canes in Philly, with the call for the Philly crowd to “bring it” and for everyone to stay tuned to Empty Netters for more playoff mayhem.

Transcript

[A]

Welcome to the Empty Netters podcast.

[B]

Can you believe what this has become? There's a full 48 hours where I felt like I was, like, literally Superman.

[A]

Jumbo loves playing Fortnite. So does he. Gets on the sticks. Did TR show you the sauna cycle, or was that already.

[B]

No, I invented that. Almost a year now that I haven't taken a body check. That's kind of nice.

[A]

So we are back. We are horned up, and we are going deep. Finished tonight with some chicken fingers and a few Guinnesses.

[B]

Ran into you guys.

[A]

And that's where this pod came to life. Ice is ready.

[B]

And we're back with another episode.

[A]

Welcome to this episode of the Empty Nerders podcast, brought to you by BetMGM. And the Ducks just scored an empty nighter, which means we're all richer, thanks to BetMGM. Pew, pew, pew, pew, pew, pew, pew, pew, pew. I'm your host, Dan Powers. Dr. Watkins on the sticks.

[C]

Hi.

[A]

C. Powers hitting the bricks. Time to go, pal.

[B]

It's been great, boys. I'm gonna get some rest.

[A]

You just saw devil wears Prada 2.

[B]

I did. Oh, shit. Yep.

[C]

Have you seen the first?

[B]

I've seen the first one trillion times.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

And I saw it again very. I've watched it again recently just so I would be as primed as possible, because I love a callback, dude. And I love a subtle callback.

[A]

Sure.

[B]

And I knew they'd be full of them. And again, it kind of was. I can't wait to talk to you guys about what they are. I don't want to spoil anything. Obviously. Yeah. I thought the movie was great.

[A]

Awesome.

[B]

I've heard great things. There's a few. I could pick some nits, obviously. Sure. And there's a few. There's honestly, a few callbacks where I was like, oh, you used that wrong. Like, I wish you had done it this way.

[A]

Oh, wow.

[B]

How did that not go in? Holy. Man, that look like it hit the back of the guys.

[C]

Vegas gets one goal.

[B]

You just want it for Dosto, though. He literally was like.

[A]

Don't you guys think that Janson. Harkin sounds like a character from Batman?

[B]

I was going to say Marvel. So. Yes.

[C]

Yeah. Harkins.

[A]

Jansen.

[C]

Harkins.

[A]

Anyway, Harkins, you're on the edge.

[B]

The movie was wonderful. Yeah, that was good. And I. You guys will actually both relate to this. I am dying to hear your take on. In my opinion, they. This movie was probably written and shot and tested, and then they had to add a scene at the end because. Because of poor Testing would be my. I would put interest money. Yeah, I'd be good money on this

[A]

scene at the end.

[C]

If there was ever a by committee movie, dude, it's this one.

[B]

And dude, I give them credit because it's. It's. It's not as butchered as some by committee movies are.

[C]

Totally.

[B]

And there's. There's a few parts where I'm like, that was. That was a network note. Like, we didn't need this whole arc at all. Okay. But I don't care. Like, they didn't ruin the movie in any way. I was like, yeah, whatever. Like, that part is stupid, but who cares? But there's one decision when they made the movie where I was like, oh, wow, that's an interesting decision. And I'm fine with it. I might not have done it myself, but I'm so fine with it. And then there's a scene at the very end that's like, just kidding. Or not just kidding, but kind of like, but we good? And I was like, this definitely ended without the we good. And then people didn't. People getting their free lunch spun the dial and said, did not like that. So then they went, okay, what about now? And they said, we're good.

[C]

Did Nick Fury come up at the end? He's like, I'm putting together a team.

[B]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[C]

It's a post credit scene.

[A]

Andy Sacks be awesome. Did you see that Adrian Grenier did like a Starbucks commercial all about how he's not in the movie?

[B]

Oh, no way.

[A]

Yeah. It's like starts and he's like, yeah, you know that there's a sequel coming out and I wasn't asked to be in it, but I'm gonna not be butthurt about it. And it's like the Starbucks refreshers or something. I don't know what it is.

[B]

I don't think I like that because I feel like he qu. And I love him, but I just think he quit. He lives on like a beet farm with the Schroots.

[A]

He's. Isn't he like, not the best in that movie? She does cheat on him, dude.

[B]

Common misconception, by the way. Cause Sandra said the same thing to me.

[A]

Wait, he doesn't cheat. They are broken up. And then she hooks up with the douchebag.

[B]

Yeah, they go. They are fighting. And they go, maybe this Paris trip is coming at a perfect time and we should take a break.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

And he goes, okay. And then, yeah, she hooks up with a guy. But I'm like, but I don't know, man.

[A]

If you're living together, agree with.

[B]

What does that word even mean?

[A]

I think it means take some time apart and, like, see how we feel. I don't think it means go on a fuckfest.

[B]

I have been misinterpreting breaks.

[A]

Yeah, you have. Cause you know what? You're a common douche.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[A]

If you live together, that's not what a break means. Yeah, a break doesn't mean go put your peeper in any.

[B]

It doesn't mean you go break one off in some vag.

[A]

Yeah, it's not sweet.

[C]

That's really sweet, Dan.

[A]

It's just. I think it's. I think that's the truth, right?

[C]

I think it's very sweet.

[B]

You know what I also think is odd? The. The very end of one, she comes back and is like, she quits, right? And then she comes back and goes to see him, and he goes, while you were gone, I took an interview in Boston. There. In New York, obviously. I took an interview in Boston. And she goes, and. And he goes, you're looking at the new sous chef at, you know, Blue Sky. No, I feel bad for Doseal.

[C]

No.

[A]

Really?

[C]

No shout out for Dosto Jack, though?

[A]

No, I think it was. Unless Jack got the tip. It was. It looked like it was definitely tipped on the way in. Fuck.

[C]

Five seconds left.

[A]

Yeah, you want that shot?

[B]

You wanted the shutter kind of do on the resume, dude.

[C]

Nah, whatever.

[B]

She goes. He goes, you're looking at. You're looking at the new Sousa.

[A]

Jack at the top of the circle snaps one on it, gets tipped for sure by Mark Stone.

[B]

Nice. You're looking at the new sous chef of this Boston restaurant. And she goes, oh, wow. And then I forget the exact line, but they say something like, and I bet they got newspapers in Boston. Or like, you should come with me to Boston. And she's like, amazing. And you're like, oh, nice. They are now together still.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And then she goes. And he goes, so, what's next for you? And she's like, I'm gonna go interview at a paper around here. Which is like that fun scene when he's like, miranda Priestly said, you're a nightmare, but also, I should hire you. And he, like.

[A]

She waves at Miranda getting into a

[B]

cab, but I'm like, are you dating? Like, literally? He's like, come date me in Boston. Just kidding. You work in New York.

[A]

Correct.

[B]

So I don't even know why he expected to be in the movie. You're split up.

[A]

Well, you would, I think movie lovers Hope that they get together. It's like the end of the breakup, there's that fun little meeting, and you're like, they get back together.

[B]

That would actually be a dagger if they made the breakup two 20 years, 30 years later, and Vince Vaughn's just not in it, and they're like, yeah, yeah. She never got back together with him. I'd be like, what?

[C]

Can I bring up a point?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

We're in the middle of the playoffs. Can we talk about hockey?

[A]

Yeah, yeah, let's do that. Listen, we had two games tonight. Game one, Sabres, Habs, Game two, Duckies, Golden Knights. We're going to get into both of those, but it's nice to get some not ice in the mixer here. It's wonderful.

[C]

You're absolutely right.

[A]

I'm overdosing on hockey a little bit.

[C]

You know, sometimes you need a little

[A]

bit of Devil wears Prodigy, the T DWP2. Yeah. Also, boys, I perfected my homemade tzatziki recipe tonight, so it's very exciting. I'm gonna give it to you both.

[B]

No shit.

[A]

It's phenomenal. You know when you make something and you take a first bite and you go, holy shit. Yeah. I audibly said, holy shit.

[B]

What did you change about it?

[A]

A little bit of extra work I took. I spent some time taking the moisture out of my cucumbers.

[B]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[A]

That helped a lot. And then just a little technique here.

[B]

If you do that with tomatoes in guac, it makes such a massive difference, and I just never have time.

[A]

You mean, like, take the seeds and the juices out?

[B]

Yeah, just like, literally. Jute, stab them on some paper towels for a while beforehand. You're laughing.

[A]

Yeah. All right, Sabers, halves.

[B]

Let's talk about first thing, for me, insane, that Montreal comes out in this game and breaks up that Tex Doc, Bulldog, third or fourth line, whatever you want to call it after, they were by far the most productive line against the Bolts.

[A]

You have in this Doc here, you have his name spelled backwards. It's Bulldook, but you spelled it Bulldog. And that is the funniest slip up I've ever heard in my entire life.

[B]

That's funny, and that is insane because they. Who are we just talking to? That was like, your top six makes you get. Gets you in the playoffs. Lyles, your top six gets you in the playoffs. Your bottom six wins you playoff series.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And then this line won you a playoff series. And then they go like this. Let's split them up.

[A]

Yeah, I mean, it's. It's one of those Things where it's easy in Hein or you know, after the game to say it's insane because I'm sure they watched film and they did matchup things and that's why they did it. And if they had won, you'd go, wow, incredible coaching.

[B]

Well, that was my first note before the game started. Like the game puck hadn't dropped and they showed the lines and I was

[A]

like that is bad again. But what I'm saying is if they win that game, you're like, oh, they saw something.

[B]

Yeah, they're geniuses.

[A]

But now you get, we all get to go. That felt insane. It, it appeared to be insane.

[B]

It proved to be insane.

[A]

I however feel about this game. I'm, I'm all, obviously I'm all board the Sabres wagon. I have been for three years as

[B]

well as like seven other teams. Yeah, here we go. Here we Danny Bandwagon.

[A]

I I to, to give Habs fans something to be happy about. I feel the same way about this game as I felt about yesterday's Game 1 Sixers, Knicks like the dog fight the Sixers went through, they were always going to get body bagged by the Knicks and I feel like the dog fight that Montreal was in with, we said it right, those teams are going to kill each other. They killed each other. And going into this game I was like, Buffalo is going to fucking wax you because you are beaten to shit. And they have a little bit more rest. They are also home. You don't stand a chance in this game.

[B]

Totally. Dan. I didn't think about that until after the fact. But coming off the emotional roller coaster of the game seven and just the travel, you know, getting all the way back up to Buffalo from bouncing back and forth. Yeah, they, this was going to be a tough one for them to win.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So yeah, you can as the Habs on the road, you can absolutely sell this game and go whatever. Yeah, you had some chances probably but, but you, but you're right. You just go, okay. It's a long series. Hondo P. We're going to be fine.

[A]

Yeah, but I, I mean I parlayed the Sabres and the Ducks tonight because

[B]

I just, I feel like you could

[A]

feel it and I'm, I'm saying that cuz I'm like not a sick call by me. I think there were some tea leaves that were showing the grim and it felt obvious. And this one dude was a, you turned on the game and it was just all sabers all the time. Yeah, they, I, I truly the first four minutes I was like, oh, boy. And that, like, that was that. I was like, this game's over, dude.

[B]

I want to say though, I, it's

[A]

weird though, the shots.

[B]

Well, that's what I was going to say. So the interesting thing is I'm watching a game. Obviously, the Sabres look, we'll get into the minutia, but the Sabres look really good in general. But the shots, Montreal is all over them now. They did say after Buffalo only had 16 shots on goal, 17 high danger chances because they hit a lot of posts and they missed a lot of dice.

[A]

They hit a ton of fucking posts, whatever.

[B]

But this was a weird one where some of the people in the post game were going, man, that's an incredible game by the Sabres. They, they crushed them.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And I was kind of like, I thought Montreal looked great for long stretches, and in fact, there were times when they were down 2 021, especially where I was like, montreal should be up. They are, they are. I can't believe they're losing this game. So I thought it was a pretty good game by both teams. I don't think either team body bagged the other one in a way that some people were saying it.

[A]

I, yeah, I, I, I am getting a bit hyperbolic with like the they. No, because I was just like, it was all Buffalo to Mon. Had some chances.

[B]

Yeah, for sure.

[A]

But Doane scored pretty quick. Less than 10 minutes later, McLeod scores. And I'm just kind of like it. You've, Regardless of the shots, I always say when you have a bunch of shots on net that are like, you know, shots from the top of the circle, shots from the point, not through traffic, you're just spraying pucks on nets and the goalies are just blockering them away, smothering them. Easy glove save to get a tie up. Face off. I'm like, I don't give a fuck if you have 50 of those. Those aren't good shots. And the first period in particular for me, I'm sorry, those 10 shots they had, I wasn't really threatened by any of them other than the Zukoal. And I don't think Buffalo was either, because Buffalo felt so in control the whole time. Even when Montreal had offensive possession, Buffalo was unfazed, seemingly. And what you love to see, that game goes 2:1 and then the second period starts and immediately Greenway scores. And to me, that was a, yeah, they know they're in control because you could have gone into that damn. Montreal gets one at the end there. We can't give up the lead here. You're tight, you're this, you're that. They came out in the second and they were just like relaxed and Greenway. What a fucking game.

[B]

Greenway, Jesus Christ.

[A]

Greenway's fucking buzzing all over the place. He gets one. And I was just like, oh, yeah. And then Bowen, the hottest fucking player on the team, maybe he gets one and you're just like, oh, yeah, dude, this is.

[B]

This is.

[A]

I think this is night night, dude.

[B]

One thing that is cool about everything you just said is I the start of the game. And by the way, dude, the Buffalo top line, it's an interesting battle between these two teams because their two top lines are filled with elite talent, with one incredible goal scorer on both teams in Tage Thompson and Cole Caufield. And both of those two guys aren't really letting camp yet. Quiet.

[A]

So you're very quiet.

[B]

What the fuck is going on? But they're getting production from these other lines which we always say you need. And that, that, that Doan Benson Norris line has been doing so much. Dude, shout out Hugh on our chat, I actually have no idea what relation technically this person is to me because my mom, our mom is cousins. First cousins with Sarah, which makes Sarah what to me, your second cousin. My second cousin.

[A]

Her husband is your second cousin in law.

[B]

In law. His brother.

[A]

Same thing, I think.

[B]

I guess so. Yeah. He's my second cousin in law. He's my second cousin in law's brother. Well, that can't. I don't know if that's.

[A]

He's your second brother in law.

[B]

Dude, shout out Hugh, you're my second brother in law. He texted us before the game. He's a big Sabres guy, texted us before the game and he said, watch out for the Benson Norris dude Stone line.

[A]

The point of that story is that we are tangentially in a Sabres chat. Yeah, we are cousins and it's fucking popping off. And the funniest part is, is our mum is in it and she's just doing that mum thing that's like, oh, I love that my family's talking. So it's like, yeah, she sends this text this morning that's. Or it's like two hours before puck drop and she's like, time to strap in and get the game boots on, boys. Go Sabers. And I'm just like, thanks, Mom. That's great.

[B]

They just beat the Bruins, mom. Yeah, I'm doing the same thing though. I'm actually like, fucking go Sabers. But anyway, Hugh was dialed and those guys getting the early goals. But Evan I were talking before you came in. Lane just fell down.

[C]

Yeah, that whole second goal was disagree.

[A]

Disagree completely.

[B]

You disagree that he fell down?

[A]

He.

[B]

He.

[A]

That. I think he falls down because of the pressure from Benson, and Benson putting him in a tough spot. Getting a good stick lift, throwing him off kilter. Getting in his head a little bit. Then he takes a tumble and he's swiping around and Benson fights right through it. Nice little stick shot.

[C]

Yeah, he literally falls on his own ass.

[A]

No, he falls, but I'm telling you, if Benson's not there, I don't think he falls.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

He does not fall. And then Benson comes out of nowhere. Benson is actively coming. And there's contact.

[B]

No, no, there's no contact. But they are standing right here.

[A]

Their sticks are touching.

[B]

But also you. This is a fine.

[A]

Stop lying to the fans.

[B]

I'm watching the replay.

[A]

You're telling me those sticks don't touch?

[B]

No, because Lane sticks over here and Benson's.

[C]

They're like. I think they're like 10ft apart.

[B]

No, no, no, they're close. They're closer than that, but they're. They're three feet apart. And Lane just falls down and he's.

[A]

Footsteps, dude. He goes down.

[B]

That's why it's a fine take. That's why it's a fine take.

[C]

Here's a ghost.

[B]

But the.

[A]

So then it's a good take. I don't want fine.

[B]

I want good. I can only. I personally can only go as high as fine on sharp lane. Hudson fell down, sharp turn, Benson footsteps. And then. I know you disagree with this and maybe most people will. I thought Montreal controlled more of the first period than Buffalo did. And then they get the goal, and you go at the very end and you feel like, wow, that was huge for Montreal to take one back there. And it's zook and it's power play and all that shit. Then you get the Greenway one and. And dude, you're gonna call this a hater take, but if I'm Montreal, all the people, put it this way, all the people that bitched at Montreal in Game 7 when they said, you got the puck luck, you got the puck luck.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

This, in my opinion, is actually what it feels like when you're not getting puck luck. Because in this moment, Greenway takes a shot that hits Dobish right in the fucking glove, and it just nicks off his glove, but then goes in the net. And previous to that, Lane Hudson and someone else, I can't remember, who have taken two shots off lion that have just nicked off his pads, gone right past him, but then hit the post. And I'm like, man, because you can't control the puck, no one's aiming the puck after it ricochets off a goalie pad. And they've had two that they've put past lion that just nicked off his pad and then off the post. And then Greenway goes off the glove and in. If that one goes off the glove, crossbar, who cares? And if there's two go in, you know, it's just like. That is actually bad puck luck.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

That is what that feels like. So I did feel like in that moment, I was like, Damn, they're down 3:1. And this. I have a question. Have good bounces.

[A]

I have a question. If it's only one game, if Montreal loses this series, what are Montreal fans going to be like?

[B]

Oh, great question. I think they are going to be. They're going to be pissed and say, we lost to a worst team. They're going to go, I cannot fucking believe we lost to Buffalo. And I will go, you were actually behind them steadily the whole way, and you were. You almost never had a better record than them. And. And they beat you. And I have questions about Tampa that I'm even surprised you got by them. Yeah, that's what I would say. But they are going to go, this is ridiculous. We are the best team in the Atlantic. We're the best team in the east, and we should be in the cup minimum, if not winning it. And we lost to the fucking Sabres. That's what they're going to do.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

I have a question. As somebody who's not as well versed as you guys with the hockey, but, like, is Buffalo. Are Buffalo and Montreal natural rivals?

[A]

No, not. I would not say so. Certainly not in the last 10, 20 years, other than division.

[C]

But it feels like they're so close regionally.

[A]

Buffalo Toronto is way closer. Buffalo Toronto is like the Battle of Niagara Falls.

[C]

Those are like.

[B]

It's like Boston, Montreal are right above each other, and Buffalo, Toronto right above each other. So there's not a ton. Because we got that question, too. Like, Buffalo, Boston.

[C]

I was like, but does it feel like maybe this. If this series gets hot, this might

[B]

create a new dude? Ev Pang said on the broadcast, it was actually a very astute comment. I thought he made a comment about the chippiness, and he was like, they don't quite hate each other yet. He's like, there was nothing before this.

[C]

They need to get there.

[B]

But he goes, I Promise you this will grow.

[C]

If it goes to seven games. I mean, you gotta think like for the next few years this is gonna

[A]

be a big fucking grace. Is also going to be a phenomenal fan base rivalry. Yes. Because you've got your fucking Euro wannabe Quebecois in Montreal and then you've got your fucking dirty rust belt Buffalo people who could not be more. It's like cousins at than giving who don't have anything in common way to college.

[B]

One started a business, one of them

[C]

are smoking thin cigarettes and other ones are. They're just like slipping Bud Light.

[A]

This is Derek and Dale in step brothers.

[B]

Oh my God.

[C]

I haven't had carbs in three years. Is that what he said?

[B]

Yeah, I think so. I haven't had a carb in three years. Then Dan, the Byram goal was nasty because the McLeod keep. I feel like people are going to forget that. Dude, that was a clean face off win by Montreal. Clean slap shot out of the zone and McLeod goes whack. Straight down, waist high, bang. Got it. Yeah. It's like, holy shit. And Byram, dude, what a playoff.

[A]

Oh my gosh, he's red hot. It's amazing. You know, I put something on X today that was like, holy shit. Byram is hot. Crazy to think that he could be going up against his old team in the cup final, which would be nuts.

[B]

Good point.

[A]

But that, that sparked a ton of Colorado people being like still so broken up about that.

[B]

Yeah, that's cool.

[A]

And I was like, oh, shit. That's kind of interesting to hear.

[B]

Dude, he. He wired a wrist shot because they were kind of buzzing that power play. Darlene did a post, he wired a wrist shot that, you know, he had a couple options. He kind of like looked off some one timers and just fired one. And you know how they call it a heat check in basketball if you.

[A]

Oh yeah.

[B]

And I remember thinking to myself, because we weren't together yet, I was watching that alone and I was like, fucking Byron. Heat check. He's got three goals. And he was like, I'm just gonna shoot. And then 20 seconds later he's like, that was a snipe too. And I was like, oh, yeah.

[A]

Never mind. Spray pucks, dude.

[B]

Keep shooting, dude.

[A]

Spray pucks.

[B]

Fucking incredible.

[A]

I will say for Montreal, you're really happy that your two goal scorers are Suzuki and Doc.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Two guys that you need to be going. And in a loss, if you can get guys like that staying hot, that's a good thing.

[B]

What about that Kirby Doc goal? Dude, that was Insane.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Do you think? I mean, online everyone's like, goal of the playoffs. Agree. I actually have. I think one was cooler. I can think of one goal I liked more.

[A]

Yeah, maybe. I mean, yeah, maybe I have there. What are you thinking of?

[B]

The only one I liked more was the bad Vlad goal in the 96 game when he kind of Forestberg.

[A]

Oh, yeah. That was disgusting. Probably that.

[B]

That was more skill, obviously. But Kirby's was just crazy. Cause he's literally. It's kind of. It's a good play by Lion. Like, Kirby whips it around, lion kind of makes the paddlebox comes back to him. He is literally falling over. He's in midair.

[A]

I'll say. Pasta's OT goal was pretty nasty.

[B]

It was. It was. But yeah, so he just gets it up and over and. God, dude, we've said this a million times now, but fucking right, Kirby. Doc, after that game two icing that we were at in Tampa, definitely when he has to delete his socials because the Montreal fans are so fucking mad at him, I'm like, chill out, dude. He's scoring highlight reel goals for you in the playoffs. It's awesome.

[A]

I, yeah, again, I think it's great that those guys are going. I want this series to go a long time. For sure. I'm. Well, I'm worried that.

[B]

I think.

[A]

I agree, Ev.

[B]

Yeah, like, I think it will.

[C]

There's. It feels very even to me.

[B]

Montreal so far, very tough in Montreal.

[A]

That was a great showing against doves. 16 shots. But again, periods like that, I actually commend Buffalo and I'm not taking anything away from Montreal. Montreal fans a lot of times get in the comments on us and they're like, you're talking a lot of shit about Tampa not giving enough credit to Montreal and I don't want you to feel that way. So I, I, I, I'm not saying Montreal didn't play well in the third. I felt very significantly that in the third, Buffalo was like, we have. We have this game. Don't do anything stupid. I mean, one shot is pathetic.

[B]

That's what I wanted to ask you. I was like, what is going on?

[A]

One shot is pathetic. But I do believe they were playing very much a get. Get five shots in this period and protect the lead.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

They felt like they let up big time intentionally to sit back, pack it in, protect the lead, protect lion, and get out of this game. I don't love that by them because I don't think that that's their game. But then at the same time, it's like they had a couple of games against Boston where Boston got some goals in and behind them, but not since lying.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah.

[A]

So I'm like, just keep playing your game now. They didn't give up any goals doing it, so whatever. But that can't be a recipe moving forward.

[B]

Yeah, I want to ask you about the goalies, but let's take a quick ad break and we'll be right back. It's playoffs, baby. And all playoffs long. And playoffs is like a whole nother season. Okay. We started in mid April. We're going to go till September and that's going to be camp again. We're already going to be playing the next season, but right now it's in playoffs and all playoffs long. BetMGM is taking every single shot, every single save, every single sudden death thriller, which feels like every single night. And they are turning it into an even bigger win with the Stanley cup playoffs odds boost token. It's an all time token. You're missing out. You're missing out on the token. You token. Because I'm token. You got to be token. All you got to do is log into your BETMGM account and when you do that, you activate the NHL playoff wager or you pick any NHL playoff wager you want. Goal scores, chase the empty net bets with us, all that good stuff. And then you just activate the Stanley cup playoff odds boost token. Then when your bet hits, because if you're betting on empty netters, it hits every time as we're trying to show you, then you get an even bigger payout. And if you aren't skating with the BETMGM team like we are, jump on the ice with us right now and use that bonus code, netters. That's N E T T E R S. When you sign up and you get your welcome offer, that fat daddy welcome offer and the fat daddy Stanley Cup Playoffs odds boost token, you better be token betmgm. Make it legendary. So the goalie thing I wanted to ask you about, Dan, we said before this game or you said, and I totally agreed with you, man. If Montreal wins tonight and DoBish gives up one or less goals.

[A]

Two or less.

[B]

I said two or less. I'm going to be like, yo, oh, that's a statement. And I, I kind of left this game feeling that way about lion in a way where I was like, oh, he just kind of, he's doing that backup goalie thing against Boston where you had a couple great games and you, you did it and whatever. And then he comes out in this game and you know, 28 shots or whatever. But two and one, what was the second? Oh, and one was a miracle. It was sick. But like one was a miracle and one is a backdoor power play tap in that he never could have saved. Otherwise. He's just brick wall for 26 shots. I'm now kind of like, yikes. If I'm Montreal. I'm a little scared that Lyon is about to go. I'm dialed still 100%, dude.

[A]

And the only thing that I. That I am so fucking rock hard about Buffalo. Yeah, like Buffalo very much is I'm sorry, man. Unless you are a Canadiens fan right now. Who is rooting against Buffalo? Who in the Atlantic is so passionately. Oh, we have such a crazy rivalry with Buffalo. I hate Buffalo.

[B]

Only some Boston fans who. And I don't blame them for this because I Sometimes I'm like this. Who are bitter just because you got knocked out. So you go, I want the.

[A]

But don't you think that any Boston fan who has a brain hates the Habs more than they are mad about losing to a better Buffalo?

[B]

Yeah. So the whole world is rooting against Buffalo except for Montreal people. For Buffalo, you mean? Or. Yes. Sorry.

[A]

Yes. That's. I just don't know how you can dislike this team. And like Dahlie and I know there's a bunch of people who think like Dahlian's dirty dude. There is a reason he. I think he's up for the Masterson. And it's like Dahln, what he has gone through, what he and his wife have gone through and to battle through and play this whole fucking season. Be the captain of this team. Be as good as he is. Everyone on this team is so likable. Lindy's story is so likable, dude.

[B]

God, that would be epic.

[A]

So it's just a. It's just an absolute ride. The one thing that makes me nervous about this team is no offense to Lyon, who's been remarkable. I know you are a career backup goalie.

[B]

It's why we both picked the halves. I would say I said, you have the goalie advantage.

[A]

It's like even when we've seen this work for a while with Edmonton, for example, last couple of years, Jean Luc. Jean Luc Picard comes in and is great for a little while, but eventually they have to go back to Skinner.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And then they would lose with Skinner. And it's like I just get nervous when. It's like when you get up against a seven game series against Montreal.

[B]

I know.

[A]

Or if you make it past this and you're playing Carolina there, you will run into a team that is like

[B]

you have been weighed.

[C]

I mean but do Bash is pretty young, right?

[B]

Yes, but we're talking Buffalo. Like if Lyon. Because, Because I guess to finish your thoughts, right. If Lyon gets lit up next game, do you go back?

[A]

I'm sorry, what, Evan, what is your question about?

[C]

Meaning, like if you're talking about goalie matchups.

[A]

No, no, I'm not even talking about matchup.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

I'm talking about the fact that right now Buffalo is riding high on and winning with. With their backup, 33 year old Alex Lyon, who is a career NHL backup.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And historically that has always eventually hit a brick.

[C]

Totally. Yeah.

[A]

That I'm worried about that for Buffalo.

[C]

Yeah, yeah. I.

[A]

That like, do you. Do we really think that this Buffalo Sabers team is going to. I mean, I'm not saying it's not going to happen.

[C]

Well, I mean look, look, as a guy who's like a Penguins homer.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

I saw Matt Murray take us from like right. Fair being barely anybody to like, I

[B]

want to come and Hill.

[A]

But. But wasn't Murray then like 24?

[C]

I think he was 22 or 23. Yeah, he was.

[B]

He was young because Hill did it young too.

[A]

And. But, but my point is you need youth to do then. Well, at least then Murray was the starting goal for the next like four years.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Lyon is like, he's not going to be, I don't think at least the starting goalie for another team next year. You know what I mean?

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

Like this he's.

[C]

Unless he wins a cup.

[B]

Yeah. Great actually.

[A]

Yeah. And that's what bang.

[B]

You're the end of the year.

[A]

We're either going to see the switch happen again.

[B]

He.

[A]

Maybe he gets tired or he's straight up going to be like, no, dude, I'm fucking sick. I've been waiting for the chance my whole life.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And I'm going on a run. I'm going to win a fucking cup. And then I'm. What up, dude?

[B]

It's crazy though that he had it. Our buddy Sully Ev texted us because before. Before tonight, Alex Lyon had.

[A]

Have you had a hat on all day?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Your hair is in the weirdest. It's like flat and like so wavy right now.

[B]

Well, I have a lot of things happened. I got in the shower and had no conditioner was out and I was like, oh man. So I shampooed it. So then I was like, fuck, it

[A]

looks flowy as hell.

[B]

Well, Then it's like so naughty, you know? So I towel dry it, and then

[C]

I'm like, do you air.

[B]

Do you blow dry it? No, occasionally, if I'm going to something nice. But normally I just go, that's good. So then I go, rip the. Rip the. I almost said fork. Rip the comb through it. And then it was still soaking wet, so I threw a hat on. So it's no conditioned hat.

[C]

That's all right.

[B]

And then, honestly, I had a hat on coming in here, and all that was in my head was JD Texting us going, dude, let the. Stop wearing a hat, bro. Let the blowout.

[A]

Yeah, but you don't have good flow right now.

[B]

I know. And then I was like, oh, fuck.

[C]

Look, all you literally have to do is take.

[A]

Give me the hatty.

[B]

Ready?

[C]

Take your right hand and just do this.

[B]

Is this that? That's the Hattie.

[C]

Well, that's. That's the hand with the cast.

[A]

But what is the Hattie?

[B]

Hattie. Ratty. Hottest. Hottest hat company in the game right now. Nice, Patty.

[A]

Ratty.

[B]

Look at this.

[A]

I just figured it out, guys.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Are you ready?

[C]

Yeah. What's up?

[A]

Alex Lyon.

[B]

Oh, I was gonna say something funny about him, but you go first.

[A]

Alex Lyon is right now about to do something that another gentleman did.

[B]

Another gentleman named.

[A]

Another gentleman who made his first all star game in net at 33 years old.

[C]

Fuck.

[A]

And the very next year, he won the Vesna.

[B]

Fuck.

[A]

And then two years after that, when he was 36, he won the Vesna again. Fuck. And a Stanley Cup. Some guys blossom late.

[B]

Yep.

[C]

Tim Thomas.

[A]

And his name is Tim Thomas.

[C]

I fucking knew it. I knew it was Tim Thomas.

[B]

Unbelievable snipe, Evan.

[A]

His name is Tim Thomas. Alex Lyon has been bounced around not one, not two, not three, not four, but five teams. And now at 33 years old, he has found his opportunity.

[C]

Just like Timmy T. And he's going

[A]

to raise Stanley Cup.

[B]

Dude.

[A]

He.

[B]

What I was going to say is our boy Sully, before tonight, Alex Lyon had seven or eight career playoff games, and they were all against Boston across two seasons. And Sully was like, alex Lyon has fucked the Bruins twice. Because this year he came in as the backup and turned the series around and beat the Bruins. And his previous time against the Bruins, he sucked so badly that they were lighting him up and that they pulled him and put in Boski. And then we blew the perfect season.

[C]

Dude.

[A]

Isn't it remarkable that Florida gave up on Bosky? They were like, you stink. Alex Lyon started and then lion was Doing poorly against the Bruins. And they went, let's just put in Bob. And then Bob was like this. Sup? I'm going to dominate and win. You go to three straight cops and win you two.

[C]

Yeah, no, I remember because I kind of gave up on Bar Buffsky too, for a while.

[B]

It's great.

[C]

Goldtening is such a fucking weird position. Like, yeah, of course. Anybody at the late stage of 33 or whatever can make a. Yeah, of course.

[B]

My God, what a dinosaur.

[A]

He's 33.

[C]

Let's do it.

[B]

Dan, if you. What do you do if he gets lit up next game?

[A]

I. Nothing.

[B]

Me same. I think they. I think they'll go back.

[A]

Absolutely. If he gets. If he gets stay pat rung up like a pinball machine next game. Don't do nothing.

[B]

I bet they do.

[A]

I would yank him in game and be like this, take a break, dude. Take a rest. But I absolutely still start. He needs to get rung up two games in a row to give up on him because he's playing great.

[B]

He's playing great.

[A]

He's playing great. And the D is playing great in front of him. That is a huge factor, too.

[B]

And he's talking. Lindy's talking to the boys going, is he. Are you comfortable? And they're going, yep.

[A]

But I loved what I saw from Buffalo. You got to stay right on it. Heavy, heavy dick. Stay right on it.

[B]

I want to. I said. We said this about Krill. I want to tie. I kind of. It's Tage time for me, though. It's TNT a little bit. A little bit for me. He. He's the one that had that tough kind of. Well, it was his fault. He had that tough turnover on the Dockle where he just. He was stick handling. Just lost it in the neutral zone.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And then it's like, bam. Down your throat. I just. I. He's. He's not a ghost, but I'm now like, okay, let's go. Start hammering in goals.

[A]

I. Yeah, now would be. I don't know, dude. Maybe you just save him for the conference final if you can get there without him, but I don't think you can get there without him.

[B]

I'm going to need a little bit Tage.

[A]

I need Tage to show up by at least Game 3 for Buffalo to feel good. Yeah. If Tage goes Goose's next game. I think you're a little bit like

[B]

brother, like Goose, Goose, Goose. Dash one for him and Tuck today. And I'm like, so you won four, two. Yeah, give me. Give Me something.

[A]

I know, I know, I know, I know.

[B]

Give me something.

[A]

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[A]

Quack quack. No, we're not going to do that.

[B]

Oh, I was ready. I was ready. I was.

[A]

Everyone's doing it.

[B]

I was ready.

[A]

But listen, we talked about the parlay and we talked about. We were talking about it on the live. This Morning with jabs. It felt like a Duckies game.

[B]

It sure did.

[A]

Felt like Ben Affquack was coming out, getting the drum going, and it happened.

[B]

Ooh, do they have an Aflac partnership?

[A]

They. Are you joking? You don't know about Ben Affquack?

[B]

No, I don't know who that is.

[A]

After every game, Ben Affquack, they hold a little duck and he hits bongos with his feet.

[B]

But is he the Aflac duck?

[A]

I don't think he's the Aflac duck. I think he's Afquack.

[B]

I'm saying the Aflac duck in the aft.

[A]

I don't think it comes.

[B]

But you keep.

[A]

But this doesn't have to do with Aflac. What is Aflac?

[B]

I don't know.

[A]

Are they insurance? Insurance?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

Because if you're worried, if you're hurting, it's not the insurance company. It's Ben Affleck.

[C]

It's Ben Affleck.

[A]

Like, this is a Ben Affleck pun. Not.

[C]

It's the pun, but it's not. They're not related to the insurance.

[B]

He's not a duck. The Aflac guy is a duck, but

[A]

that's why he's named Ben Aff Quack. Because this version is a duck. You fucking boob.

[C]

You guys don't want to know how many ducks Affleck has been through.

[A]

Okay, here's Ben Affquack.

[B]

There he is. I mean, that's the Affleck.

[A]

No, that is Ben Aff Quack.

[B]

That's the Affleck.

[C]

Is that the little duck that they put his little feet on?

[A]

Yeah, he plays bongo.

[C]

Yeah, it's fucking cute as shit.

[A]

Yeah. And I'll tell you what, they've only gone through one.

[B]

Yeah. Whereas some feathers on there.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

Murdering.

[C]

Yeah, they've got some.

[A]

They're making duck confit for dinner every night.

[C]

Yeah, it's a PETA nightmare.

[B]

Torts. Apparently. Apparently. What was that video?

[C]

Oh, the apparently kid.

[A]

Well, apparently, it's probably. It's been my first time on a roller coaster.

[C]

God damn, that kid's cute.

[B]

Apparently.

[A]

And it went really fast. Apparently. Apparently.

[C]

Apparently. That kid is like 25 now.

[B]

They actually.

[A]

I'm pretty sure they did a video. Yeah. And he is old.

[B]

And they found him under the 405.

[C]

Apparently I'm unemployed.

[A]

Apparently, I live under the 405. Apparently, fentanyl is found in most cocaine. Apparently. It's burning holes in my brain.

[C]

That's so fucked.

[B]

Oh, poor kid.

[C]

All right.

[B]

He's probably great.

[A]

He probably Has a family.

[C]

No, he's probably awesome.

[B]

I hope he's wild as a family.

[C]

Can we get the. Apparently, if you're a hockey fan. Apparently.

[B]

Kids, please come on.

[C]

Apparently, I'm a Ducks fan.

[A]

If he is an Empty Netters fan.

[B]

If he's a fan.

[A]

If he's an empty Ners fan, he is listening to this right now, and he is either howling, laughing, or he is like, God damn.

[B]

Somebody get this to the. Apparently, somebody that knows us knows.

[A]

There is no question that an empty Netters listener knows that guy.

[B]

And, dude, if. You don't have to force it, but if you are a hockey fan, you got to come on. Yeah, you got to come on.

[C]

Apparently.

[B]

Apparently, you got to come on.

[A]

Oh, my God. All right.

[B]

So Torts apparently said to the boys after game one that even though Vegas won, he was like, we did not play well. We stunk. In fact, you guys were not good in game one. And all the players were saying that. They were like, God, he told us. We were off. We were watching film. He's like, you guys played like a bag of dick, and you gotta win. What happened?

[A]

This.

[B]

Oh, and then today, I was afraid. Cause I thought to myself, man, Vegas is that scary team where they get a win without playing well. And then they come out. They get fucking by torts. And then they come out and roll. And I thought they got waxed again, you know?

[A]

What happened is they got ptsd, and Torch is yelling at them, and they're just seeing butch.

[B]

Oh, he went butch.

[A]

He went full butch.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And they're like. And they were like this. No, dude, he's back.

[B]

And it just.

[A]

They all just got. They got spooked. They went into their little shells.

[B]

They were losing all the time.

[A]

Yeah. And the duckies rolled.

[B]

He's got to come back and be new Torts.

[A]

Torts. You got to be chill Torts.

[B]

The torts.

[A]

That's like, I don't even have a contract pass. We don't have time to install this.

[B]

It's fine. It's fine. Yeah, that's probably the mistake. That's probably the mistake there, Dan, because you don't need that. I thought you were gonna say they liked it so much. They were. They. In a creepy way, they were like, that was awesome. How do we. How do we see that they need the torts?

[C]

It's like, I'm single, baby.

[B]

I'm just here. Yeah, right.

[C]

They.

[A]

Yeah, they need drunk Torts. Yeah, get him some booze to his.

[B]

Just.

[C]

She's in Vegas. I mean, there's Booze everywhere.

[B]

Easy to get booze.

[A]

Yeah. I think Torts did too well. Too fast.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And then he was like, wait a minute. I could get a contract next year. And now he's in full.

[B]

Yeah. He's like, what if I come?

[C]

Could it also just be the DOE style was on fire?

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So that could be okay. So early, though, even though the Ducks were really rolling right away in the first period.

[A]

Rolling the Ducks.

[B]

Well, I guess I'll. Well, I can just do this. All right. Now the Ducks in the first period get a penal power play and hold on.

[A]

And then they got another one, and then they got two more.

[B]

Well, then Eichel hit someone in the face with a stick and get. I think it was granny. And gets a 4 burger. Which gives the Ducks a minute and a half five on three. And then. And then a two and a half more of a power play. And not only do they not get a shot on a minute and a half, five on three. Let me repeat that. They did not take a shot on a minute and a half five on three. They then proceeded to not score on the additional two and a half minutes of power play time. And I was like, oh, you have lost this game.

[A]

I am so delusional about 5 on 3.

[B]

Me too.

[A]

I watch that game and I go, you could put you, me and Marty out there with two of the Ducks players and we would score. Yep. That is how I feel. That is obviously wrong.

[C]

And if you don't score, the momentum goes all the way.

[A]

Heaven.

[B]

It's a fucking possession.

[A]

I posted right? Something like, you simply have to execute here if you are the Ducks. Otherwise you are. You are. You are on away ice with a chance to even this series up. And you have had four power plays in the first period. You simply have to score. And they didn't. And I almost. Right then. And there went, the Ducks have lost this game.

[B]

Yes, dude.

[A]

Because I was like, are you fucking kidding me? You didn't score here. But then Vegas got a power play and the Ducks killed it. And I was like, that was kind of the momentum shift alleviated some of it.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But yeah, after they didn't score on that, I was like, are you fucking kidding me? Vegas almost scored a shorty.

[B]

Yeah, Dan. And here's. Here's one thing that I think, and I am so guilty of this when I play. So fucking tough talk for me. But the. On a five on three, you feel the need to. You go, we should get a tap in here somehow. We should get a back door like

[C]

A bing bang, boom.

[B]

Yeah, you're just waiting for that. Like, they only have three fucking guys just pass it around to you. You have someone wide open back door

[C]

waiting for the perfect shot.

[B]

Yes. And they don't shoot. And I think it was biz, but someone in the intermission was like, look at this penalty. Or this power play. And it was biz. It was just them on the perimeter, like.

[A]

And it was crazy perimeter stuff too. It was, you know, I, I, I. The overlap skate on the power play. Yeah, I get it. It gets guys to shift. It opens up passing lanes more so sometimes than straight up passing it around. They did it way too much. And they were truly in the. The tightest or not the tightest, the widest circle you could possibly imagine while staying in zone on a five on three. And I was like, what are you fucking guys doing? And there were a couple times where biz. He didn't pause it, but he was like, right there, Troy, Terry needs to throw that on net. There was also another one when they. Where they overlapped and the back door, or. No, it was. Someone came from the top of the umbrella. And there was an overlap, but it stayed at the top. And the shift opened up granny wide. Or maybe it was Leo, but down below the dots. And I was like, oh, my God, pass it right there instantly. Either for a tap in or back across the crease. And they didn't pass it. They held it. And I was just like, it was, it was a bunch of fucking use out there.

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

It was just a bunch of people being like, this one more pass. And I was like, fucking shoot the puck.

[B]

And here's the fallacy. This is what I was going to say on the five on three, you think, God, it's scary to shoot because if it doesn't go in, they're going to ice it. And this 5 on 3 time is so precious. But what you have to realize is if you shoot and you miss and they get the rebound and clear it, if your goalie isn't a moron, he just comes out and passes it right back up to you. And you can literally wheel around and get it. You get. There's no pressure to get it back in the zone. On the five on three, five on four. Yes. It sucks because you go, fuck, they might break up our entry. 5 on 3. You just literally are. Get it and skate into the zone. You were back in the zone in six seconds.

[A]

I know.

[B]

So I'm like, fire the puck. And then good things happen. And if they get it Out. You will be right back here. Especially when you have 90 seconds of a five on three.

[C]

They don't have enough numbers to come back and try to score shorthanded. Right. So it's like fire the puck.

[B]

Absolutely. So that was a terrifying moment which will lead me to this. I guess the Ducks are now, now that this game is over, 0 for 9 on the power play against Vegas. And I'm pretty sure there was a good Vegas PK stat against Utah. So they're, They've been rolling there. So give them credit. But don't forget, The Ducks were 50% against the Oilers. Eight for 16 in that series, which is quite literally why they won that series.

[A]

Correct.

[B]

And if you go, oh, for not. If you continue this, it will be quite literally why you might lose this series.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So that is, you know, that's. If you're the Ducks, you got the split in Vegas, you are fucking fired up. The only thing you're coming home frustrated with is you go, we, we need to get that squared away immediately.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You get the, get the peeper going and you're, you're feeling real, real good. But I mean, I could feel the Ducks in this one. That's crazy news about the tort speech, because that would, you would think that would have fired him up.

[B]

It turns out it spooked him. Spooked him.

[A]

And going into this two game stretch in Anaheim, if you're the Ducks, you've got to feel exactly how you felt against Edmonton.

[B]

Yes. Was there a split in Edmonton? Is that what happened?

[A]

And then they won both.

[B]

Oh, right. Yeah.

[A]

You've got to feel the exact same way because you.

[B]

Do you think they need both, though? Or do you go, no, no, But

[A]

I think you now know, just like last series, we can do this. You are just as good as this team through two games. And they feel like they got robbed in game one.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So if you're the Ducks and you come home, I think you're fucking feeling good. You're horny.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You're flying V. I think you come into Anaheim horny.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You come into Anaheim horny, ready to play on a Friday night and a Sunday. Like, that's that's exciting.

[B]

Crowd is rocking. Weekend vibes.

[C]

Yeah, dude, I might go to a game just for fucking fun. Not even related to this.

[B]

I love that, dude.

[A]

Like, they're, they're, they're, they're. They're probably on the plane right now. They're gonna sleep in their own beds tonight. Yep. They're gonna have a Nice day of practice tomorrow. Easy skate.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

They're in South.

[B]

Work on power play the whole time.

[A]

They're in Southern California. Might hit the beach and you're laughing.

[B]

Dude, I was about to say my guy, but he's our guy. But he's my guy, too. Beckett. Seneca.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Getting a goal. Just. I mean, the kid is incredible. I love when there's the really young kids. You'll remember this from early Sid days, Ev. When they just can't. They have no beard. They just can't grow.

[C]

Can't grow.

[B]

They just. Their face. They have this tiny little face.

[C]

Little, tiny, little tiny face. Pews.

[B]

Look at little tiny face. Boy, I still have them. And. Yeah, you never grew up. And Beckett. It tucks one off. An incredible forecheck. Truly, it was great play by everyone on the ice. Incredible. Incredible pass by our dog, our Lord and savior, Jeffrey Viel. I think it's vl. How do you say it? Vl or vile?

[A]

I think it's vl.

[B]

Vl. Jeffrey Vl. And it was like, in the air because, like, it had to get over Marner. And then it kind of landed on Becket. Sick on edge, but he still got enough to get it in.

[A]

He's the best player in the world.

[B]

Just a greasy, grimy. With a greasy, grimy. But also tic tac toe goal. And man, this made me laugh about just life in pro sports. Shit comes at you fast, you know, Mitch Marner, great play in the Utah ot. Or the. Yeah, the Utah ot. And then Unreal Game one where I'm like, oh, shit, Marner's doing everything. And then it was kind to him. That was his. Beckett's his guy on that. On that rush. Like, he's a little bit asleep here. And it's just so funny where you go, God, Marner's awake. Vegas is incredible. And then. Then the next night, they're like, marner, Blue is coverage. Vegas lost. I'm like, fuck, dude. It's hard to always be in the good graces of the fans and the media.

[A]

It's true. Can I throw something crazy at you? Can I do a take?

[B]

Yep.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

A take. Question.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

If you go back three years.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

And you are. Kyle Davidson.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Do you take Leo Carlson, number one overall, over Connor Bedard?

[B]

Yes. Because I wrote down when they. When Leo scored, which is. Which is another great play by everybody who had the assists on that Kreider maybe cried in. Somebody cried. Satiri. To Leo.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

So cried to Terry Delia.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And so it's just a Great play by the line, which, you know, I think we saw on the Lacombe miss in game one. More sublime skill from Leo than that literal goal, which was just him, like, hammering. He had the play in the neutral zone, but then it was just him hammering it in. But, dude, if you watch his game, if you have the luxury of watching a Ducks game and you just take a couple shifts out of your night, truly, next time you watch Ducks game, take a couple shifts out of your night and just ISO cam Leo. He might be all time good. I knew he was really good. But there's a chance now where I'm now thinking we're talking all time hall of fame.

[A]

He is so good. And so is Connor Bedard. Yep. I'm not going. I'm sorry, I did not mean to bring up a Connor Bedard conversation.

[B]

No.

[A]

But I bring him up as to emphasize how good Leo is. This is a compliment to Conor Bedard. The fact that it is a question. I believe it is a question. Is a testament to how good Conor Bedard is and Leo Carlson is. Leo is disgusting, man. And the fact that he is, what, 20?

[B]

I mean, is he. Is he 19? Maybe he's 20.

[A]

I think he's 21. He's 21.

[B]

21. Okay.

[A]

Yeah, he is 21.

[B]

Sucks.

[A]

He's terrible. But dude, he's like 6, 3, 2, 15. He's a brick shithouse. And he's just so good. And if you're the Ducks, it's like you feel like you've got a. Another get slap here.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Like, it's just unbelievable, man.

[B]

It's awesome. It's really awesome to see what he's doing. The. Oh, yeah. I was wondering.

[A]

God, that's a horny.

[B]

I wanted to say, Dostal, you brought this up earlier. Unfortunately for him, actually, that last play was kind of funny because, Michael, I didn't. Let me see if I can track it.

[A]

That was a sick. Dude. That was a sick shot between legs or. It was either between legs or it was between a leg and a stick. And then Mark Stone somehow Phantom got a tip. Like, there's nothing Doe Stahl can do. Also, there's five seconds left. Like, people are kind of just being like, whatever, let Eichel shoot this.

[B]

So, yeah, what I was gonna say is Eichel. Okay. So, yeah, that must have been his second. Do you get a shot if someone tips it? Wow. What a great question. I don't know.

[A]

No, you do not get a shot on that.

[B]

Interesting.

[A]

Because Stone gets a shot on that.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. That's funn. So I think that funny. Well, you just think like, I fired it on net. Yeah.

[C]

The one who shoots doesn't get the shot if it gets tipped.

[B]

Yeah. I guess it's just kind of funny, right?

[A]

You're like, I just fired it up.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

I'll give you that. It's funny, but it obviously makes sense.

[B]

Oh, of course. Yeah.

[A]

You know what I always think is a bummer? That if you shoot it and hit the post, you don't get a shot on net. I think posts should count as safes, and I think that that is a stupid thing for me to say.

[B]

Well, Dan, you maybe weren't here. I think this movie was the day you weren't here. And it was just Evan and I. But I said. I said that because.

[A]

Oh, you agree.

[B]

Because I think most of the time I get it. If you hit the post, though, it's because a goalie was in the right position where I was like, well, I got to get it past the goalie. Forced you to shoot it.

[A]

I know, but that. But you. Then you missed the net, Correct?

[B]

No, it's. It's. I see why it's not a shot on goal.

[C]

Right.

[B]

I think it shouldn't be a shot on goal, but should be a save.

[C]

I mean, it quite literally is a shot on the goal.

[B]

Oh.

[A]

Actually agree.

[C]

Oh, you call it a save.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

You're calling it a save.

[A]

Yeah. I kind of like that. That would pump save percentages through.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. Not that bad. There's not that many posts.

[A]

Well, I mean, yeah, but think about, like, think about a three poster hitting a game and there's 30 shots. You get 33 saves, and on 30 shots, your saber's just fucking out of control. That's what I'm saying.

[B]

So Eichel. There was a stretch in the game where they're like, jack Eichel is a dash. One and only has one shot. And it's interesting to me, Dan, where you go before that, whatever that Utah swing game was, when you said, I need Eichel to just go out there and shoot the fucking puck. And then they go. Eichel had seven shots today with 11 shot attempts and led the team. And I. And then they win. And I'm like. And then today he has no shots and they're getting murdered. Yeah, yeah, I'm with you, dude. Where it's like, dude, I don't know what to tell you, and I know this isn't your preference of the way to play, but you need to carry the puck into the zone and fire it.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And every time it gets to your sick, you need to not be. Be backing into the half wall like you do, where you're always making great plays.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You need to be crossover. Crossover to the slot. Fire it. You put. You are Nathan McKinnon now. You are Nathan McKinnon. I know there's a famous story of. Fuck.

[A]

I forget what coach it is, but

[B]

there's a famous story from, like, in the 80s where a dude on their team gets conked and he's sitting out a few shifts, and the coach looks at the trainer and he's like, how is he? And he's like, oh, dude, not good. Like, I don't. I don't know if he can play. And he's like, well, we need him. You know, it's the 80s. Like, I don't even know what a concussion is.

[C]

Did he say it's the 80s?

[B]

No, he went. He went. Put him. He's got to play.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And the trainer said, well, he doesn't even know who he is. And the coach goes, good, tell him he's Gretzky, which is incredible. Like, and that's what I think you need to do to Jack. Just go like this. Hey, dude, you are Nathan McKinnon. Just wheel through the zone. Wheel through the zone and fire the.

[A]

What's funny is I feel like if you told Jack that, he'd be like this. I'm better.

[B]

I know, but I'm just saying you need to be. Nathan, I need you to shoot like that. I need you to shoot. But. So barring that. But. But. Oh, yeah. So I didn't bring that up. That being said, nice for him and Stone to see that go in with 5 seconds left. Irrelevant goal. But just that shit matters. And it won't discourage Dostal, but I feel bad that he didn't get the shutter. But just a great game from a guy who has been, you know, the third worst goalie in playoffs.

[A]

Yes. After a round, I think that was a necessary performance.

[B]

Yeah, that was really good because game

[A]

one was very good. And, you know, obviously there was a couple of bum, bummer play, but game one was very good. That game was obviously great, but. Yeah, right now, if someone's feeling cocky in this series. And I don't mean cocky in the negative way. I mean cocky and like, you're. You got a stiff cock.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

It's the Ducks. Because game one was closer, right?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

You know Ducks have a corkscrew penis.

[A]

Yeah, it's really violent looking.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I don't like, dolphins have weird penises, too.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Well, we learned today that their dolphins are kamikazes. Yeah. In the war effort.

[A]

What other animals do you think have weird pee pees?

[B]

I think a wolf has a hook penis. Right? Right. Yeah.

[C]

I can tell you right now from experience, my dog's got a weird dick.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah, for sure. Poodle dick.

[C]

Slimy.

[B]

Yeah, poodle dick. Crazy.

[A]

And then eagles do that weird mating ritual.

[B]

What is that?

[C]

Anyway.

[A]

Where they lock talents and they begin mating and then they spiral towards the ground. And they only separate when 1.

[B]

Nuts.

[A]

If they consummate, and if not, they die. They suffer death by hard ground.

[B]

Is that why they're going extinct? Yes, because they can't come fast enough.

[A]

They're trying to fuck, but they're.

[B]

They aren't a one. Too much.

[A]

No, there's too much of stallions.

[B]

Yeah. In the bed.

[C]

Dude. This was me.

[A]

We need to increase your altitude, soldier.

[B]

Yeah, dude. You beat a chick. That's his pickup line. She goes, do you want to fuck? And he goes.

[A]

He goes, oh, hi.

[B]

He goes, you probably need to go a bit higher.

[A]

Let's go.

[B]

She's like, no, you go like this. You go like this.

[A]

Let's go to the top bunk. Because I like an eagle.

[B]

Yeah. And if she gets it, marry her.

[A]

She gets that reference. You put a ring on.

[B]

That is incredible. Oh, holy shit.

[C]

So the ducks should feel good is what we're saying.

[B]

Yes. Ducks should feel, I think, very good.

[A]

And I also. Evan, I think the ducks should feel excited about the opportunity to do what they did in round one.

[C]

Yeah, they stole a game in Vegas.

[A]

Of course.

[C]

That's great.

[A]

And they stole a game emphatically. Yeah, they really won that game.

[C]

Almost got a shutout.

[B]

Yes. Yeah.

[A]

And.

[B]

And they gave us an empty netter. They gifted us another, and we love them for that.

[A]

The power play is not even going. Imagine if the power play starts going at home.

[B]

And dude, Cutter had that one wide open net, which he. He hammered into it. And then Hannifin ate it. Yeah, dude. Actually, well, to finish that thought, those are moments where you're going, see, there are more goals on the table. You know, we're fine. We're getting huge chances. There were two funny ones for me tonight. Darlene ate one early in the first period, I think, and kind of went to the tunnel. I was actually worried for a second. He took it in the back of the leg. And then in this game, the. In the disaster, five on three, extended power play. The Ducks were getting nothing. And you can tell you Know, you know how the guys on the flanks always get antsy when a power play is not getting shots where they go, the next time this puck comes to me, I am Hammer fucking A. One timer, no matter what. Cutter was standing on the side after they'd just been thinking it around the perimeter for 90 seconds, and it comes to him and he just uncorks one and it just drills Crider.

[A]

Oh, yeah, I did see that.

[B]

Crider literally goes.

[C]

He's like, dude, I'm right here.

[B]

I was like, oh, my God. I literally was like. So just to be clear, you wasted a minute and a half. Five on three. And a double minor for Jack Eichel, one of their best killers. And all that happened was you killed Chris Crider. What a power play, boy.

[C]

Jesus still won the game.

[B]

That was fucking hilarious.

[A]

They won the game. They won the game.

[B]

Holy shit.

[A]

Yeah. I think you're feeling great. And Vegas, I think you are. You're totally fine.

[B]

It is a.

[A]

This is a veteran group. They can win on the road. They've proven they've. They can win on the road. And let's. Let's not forget after three games against Utah, they went down 2, 1, and we were like, they're dead.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And then they proceeded to never lose again.

[B]

Yeah. Yep.

[A]

So if there is a team that had a series in round one that makes them feel so comfortable being uncomfortable, it is Vegas.

[B]

Yeah. And I. This is also said that so. Well, a biz comment, but nice job.

[A]

Thank you.

[B]

Before the third biz said, man, it's only one nothing. You've missed all these power plays. Vegas is not a team you want to leave hanging around. And tonight the Ducks didn't. But I fear that they will consistently kind of let them hang around.

[A]

So I also got to be careful. Think that you're not going to win another game that you go, oh for on the power play.

[B]

I'm kind of with you. Unless Vegas doesn't get a lot either.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

It's kind of one of those games.

[A]

Even still, just because of the way they performed against Utah and because of who they are, I don't think you're going to win that game again.

[B]

Because by the way, this is going to. Getting swept under the rug in this whole situation. You get a Beckett goal, which is an incredible from behind the goal line pass out front.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And it's, you know, beautiful. What are you going to do? And then you get the Leo. Nice. Another tic tac toe hammer goal, and then an empty netter. Carter Hart also played great you know what I mean? We talked about a few.

[A]

Carter Hart played great.

[B]

Yeah. We talked about game one. Oh, man, Carter Hart looked awesome. That could be trouble. He's. It wasn't like Dosto had a great game and Carter Hart turned into a pumpkin. You are not getting a lot past Carter Hart.

[A]

Also, shout out Carter Hart. Really cool mask.

[B]

Really cool mask.

[A]

Tombstone. Yeah.

[B]

That was sick.

[C]

Oh yeah. A fucking. What a great movie.

[A]

Wyatt was pumped about it. Yeah.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

The old man dude making an appearance. Yeah. We close out this episode and talk

[B]

about Star Fox, the character.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, sure.

[C]

What happened with Star Fox?

[A]

Star Fox is being re released, I think.

[B]

Well, Glenn pals in the. Star Fox is in the new. New Mario movie. Yeah.

[C]

Oh, there's a movie.

[A]

But the Star Fox video game, like a new one's coming out.

[C]

What? The N64 game.

[A]

It's. I don't think it's a. It's art. I. I'm almost certain it's not a remake. It's like. Evan, you have a computer. Will you look up new Star Fox video game?

[C]

Absolutely.

[A]

Thanks. But a bunch of graphics have come out. I just sent you guys them graphics. By that, I mean video little videos of it. And I think it looks sick. And as Chris, as you know, I'm a big Star Fox fan.

[B]

I mean, Stu is gonna be losing his fucking.

[A]

And the Internet is making fun of it and they're putting up this photo of the like, cracked out. It's like a meme of like a cracked out fox, like sitting on a stool. You know that meme?

[B]

No. You sending it to me though.

[A]

I'm gonna try to find it. Yeah.

[B]

I mean, my sides are sick because it's literally shot for shot. It just looks cooler.

[A]

That's what I'm saying. It looks sick, doesn't it?

[B]

But I'm just gonna say the game, simply titled Star Fox isn't a grand. Is a ground up remake of star Fox 64, known in some regions as Lylat Wars. Some people call Star Fox.

[A]

Like, look at. I think. I think Fox looks sick.

[B]

Yeah, he does.

[A]

Okay, right? He looks cool.

[C]

He looks like a fox.

[A]

He looks cool. He's got a little mohawk. And then people are putting this guy on him and they're going, my king, what have you done? What have they done to you? And I'm like, he doesn't look that. That bad.

[B]

He doesn't look that bad.

[A]

So I don't like. I don't like the shit talk.

[B]

I don't like.

[A]

And I'm sure no one Likes this segment.

[C]

Well, there's some nerds out there.

[A]

Actually, every time we nerd out about stuff, people love it.

[C]

I mean, I remember this game was so fucking fun.

[A]

It was so fun, Evan. And I think my only qualm was that you never really got out of your. And by really, you never got out of your plan.

[B]

Oh, sick.

[A]

It was strictly a plane game. And then Chris always says, you know how in Mario Kart you could do the dog fight version where like, you're. You're just in like the battle version.

[B]

You have the three balls.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. It was crazy that you couldn't do a battle version and dog fight each other in Starbucks.

[B]

That would have been.

[C]

No, it was all. It was all missions.

[A]

Yeah, it was all missions.

[C]

It was all plot fighting Andros.

[B]

Dude. Dude, I think the story of the game's gonna be familiar. You'll never defeat.

[C]

Oh, yeah, I remember that. I remember Andros. I failed you. And then he dies first.

[B]

Fresh cutscenes.

[A]

It appears that it is just a remake of all the same levels for Twitch. Like, look at this. Like, that's just the first up. The first level.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Even with the planes flying in from the left side. Yeah, and that feels like a bummer. Like, why not just make a new Star Fox game? But this is because we talked about Lawler today. Nintendo needs to step their shit up and make a new fucking console.

[B]

Dan. This says Twitch challenge mode allows you to replay levels with new objectives that are found in the main campaign. And battle mode, meanwhile, sees you going head to head against players on Team Star Wolf via online battles. Dog fighting, that is.

[C]

Yes, dude, we're into it.

[A]

Star Wolf. I always wish. I always wish we could have turned him.

[B]

Me too.

[A]

He would have been a good, powerful ally. Falco is too Bird. Like, I don't love the feet.

[B]

That is awful. I hate him.

[A]

I don't even like his wings.

[B]

Dude, he doesn't look like that.

[A]

How is he operating a plane with

[B]

those wings in the thing you sent me? He doesn't look like that in the video. The tweet in the video there. He's just chill.

[A]

He's a full on bird.

[B]

Oh, man, this is ds. I don't know what the fuck that is. This is terrible.

[A]

We gotta stop talking about Fox. Fuck. Guys, we've got one game tonight. Kane's Flyers, Game three in Philly. Philly Crowds. Got to bring it.

[B]

Kate's out for all of round two.

[A]

It's fucking Kate's is officially ruled out for the rest of round two, which is Fucking brutal.

[B]

That makes me really sad.

[A]

But Philly fans got to bring it. Gotta stay alive. Maybe give Canes their first loss. Canes, just keep on rolling, baby. Jarvey, stay hot. That's gonna do it for this episode. Love you guys. This is so fun. We're getting into the real fun days where there's only like one game. We can all focus on the same shit. It's fucking exciting. It's beautiful. It's amazing. If you us like we love you, please, please, please send us around to your friends who are watching hockey. If they don't know about the netters yet, make them know about the netters. Make them subscribe. Follow us if you can toss us a five star review on Apple Spotify. It takes two seconds. You can even roast us in there. Tell Chris his hair looks bad. Tell me I'm a dumb bitch. Don't be mean to Dr. Watkins.

[B]

Do not.

[C]

Please. I'm sensitive.

[A]

Don't do that. But we love you guys the most. We're having so much fun. We hope you're having fun, too. Keep chatting with us. Keep telling us what you want more of us. We can't wait to see you Friday on the live.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

And until then, skate hard.

[D]

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