Win One More Hockey Game And It’s Cup Time In Canes Country

Summary

Empty Netters Podcast Summary Episode: "Win One More Hockey Game And It’s Cup Time In Canes Country" (June 12, 2026)
Host: Almost Friday Media

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Episode Overview

This high-octane Empty Netters episode finds the crew embedded in Raleigh for Game 5 of the 2026 Stanley Cup Final between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Vegas Golden Knights. The brothers—lifelong hockey players turned irreverent, sharp-witted hosts—recap the action and atmosphere as the Canes close within one win of their first Cup in twenty years. The episode is packed with fan interactions, personal stories, hockey analysis, and signature Empty Netters banter, capturing both the on-ice and off-ice chaos of hockey’s grandest stage.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Setting the Scene: Stanley Cup Fever in Raleigh

• [00:00] "The Stanley Cup final, the final series, the final handshake line. The final chance to have your heart broken or watch your team make history." – Host A
• Vivid description of playoff anxiety: no work, no sleep, group chat meltdowns.
• Context: Carolina seeks its first Cup in 20 years; Vegas chases a second in under a decade.

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2. Immersive Fan Experience & Shoutouts

Emotional and Hilarious Fan Interactions:

• [02:23] "Zach, Blue Moon Guy" Brings Beer on Ice:

  • A superfan keeps the hosts fueled with cold blue moons, inspiring stories of hockey camaraderie and the effect of the podcast on new fans.
  • [04:11] “He’s getting into hockey because of the Empty Netters podcast.” – Host C
  • Stories of fans picking up hockey and passing it down to their kids.

• [05:07] Bella and Fiona:

  • Shoutout to a listener’s sister, Bella, recovering from unexpected brain surgery.
  • [05:51] "We are behind you 1 billion percent in this journey." – Host B
  • Promise of merch and encouragement.

• [07:06] Kelly the Superfan:

  • A mother who relates the brothers’ bond to her own sons, gifting the hosts bracelets for epilepsy awareness.
  • [08:16] “When you meet people like Kelly… it is the easiest thing in the world to spread joy.” – Host B

Traveling Fans & Local Exclusives:

• [08:33] "Bama Boys" and Local-Only Tickets:
  • Out-of-state fans struggle to buy tickets reserved for locals—discussed as a bittersweet but "sick" way to protect home atmosphere.

Quick Hits & Southern Hospitality:

• [10:00] Stories of Uber drivers, lost headphones returned ("That right there is why you come down to the South"), pig skins with pimento cheese, and connecting with strangers across Raleigh.

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3. Game 5 Analysis: Canes Step Up, Knights Falter

On-Ice Performance

• [02:46 – 03:09] "Nick Ehlers with a monster game. Three apples just looking so good. Pickup of the year." – Host B
• [25:27] "Four other players... have scored in each of the first five games of the Stanley Cup Final. And 37-year-old not goal-scorer Jordan Staal is now one of them." – Host B
• Key Themes:
  • Canes’ forecheck and defensive dominance.
  • Role of momentum ("momo") swinging Carolina’s way. [23:29]
  • Vegas's lack of finishing, struggles to match Carolina’s adjustments.
  • Ehlers’s presser: Humble even after three assists, citing high personal standards.

Special Teams & Swing Moments

• [33:43] Discussion of pivotal penalties—soft calls, back-to-back power plays flipping the game.
• [35:27] Sebastian Aho’s cathartic goal and celebration: “Goal of his life because of the monkey on the back that moment.” – Host A
• [43:57] Keandre Miller’s block late in the game, playing through pain to help preserve the lead.

Goaltending & Notable Injuries

• [40:13] Wild Bill Karlsson’s injury ("catastrophic for Vegas")—potential broken wrist.
• [41:13] "Carter Hart is the first goalie in the history… to give up four or more goals every single game through five games of a Stanley Cup final." – Host B
• [42:52] “Bussy coming in, playing as well as he did… having a monster game tonight.” – Host B

Cup & Conn Smythe Predictions

• [26:16] “Jordan Stall is the first player since 1956 to score in all five games of the Stanley Cup final.”
• [27:08–27:30] Debating playoff MVP: stall as the favorite if Canes win, with Bussey getting love for his emergency heroics—"We’re gonna bust all over this episode." – Host B
• [57:50] Historical stat: “Canes would have to lose back to back, which they have not done since mid January.”

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4. Off-Ice Energy: Traditions, Superstitions & Memories

• [12:36] The Canes Build-a-Bear story: fan brings bear to Duke Chapel, lights candles for good luck—interplay between fandom, ritual, and fate.
• [13:10] “Wagon Wheel” as Canes’ win song and personal good luck charm, sung in unity after the win.
• [65:14] "The fourth one’s tough... But I need Kane’s fans to hear this loud and fucking clear. You are a happy go lucky bunch... Lock the fuck in, dude. Because... if you lose game six, the fear is going to consume you."

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5. Broader Perspective: Playoffs, Trades, and Mascots

• [54:52] Vegas’s looming salary cap and roster squeeze: “This is kind of a like, you gotta win."
• [73:11] Hilarious debate: "We should be able to trade mascots, like, players."
• [75:02] The long-running Empty Netters "no adult jerseys" debate: "The second you become a teenager, you can't be wearing a jersey anymore." – Host B (causing chat chaos).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (with Timestamps)

• "[04:11] He’s getting into hockey because of the Empty Netters podcast."
• "[05:51] We are behind you 1 billion percent in this journey." – Host B
• "[13:20] ...they obviously play Wagon Wheel at the end of every game. But we sang Wagon Wheel... this song says North Carolina... But I’m like, nah, it’s us."
• "[25:27] ...37 year old not goal scorer Jordan Staal is now one of them." – Host B
• "[35:27] That might be one of my favorite moments of the whole series. ...the goal of his life because of the monkey on the back that moment." – Host A
• "[41:13] Carter Hart is the first goalie in the history of the NHL to give up four or more goals every single game through five games of a Stanley cup final." – Host B
• "[57:50] Canes would have to lose back to back, which they have not done since mid January. That is so horny." – Host A
• "[65:14] ...Lock the fuck in, dude. Because I'll tell you what, if you lose game six, especially without Carlson for Vegas, the fear is going to consume you." – Host B
• "[73:11] We should be able to trade mascots, like, players. That is incredible." – Zach

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Opening Hype & Setting the Stage: [00:00–02:02]
• Fan Shoutouts & Personal Stories: [02:19–16:25]
• Game 5 In-Depth Analysis: [23:06–38:26]
• Goaltending & Conn Smythe Debate: [41:13–30:11]
• Special Teams, Key Plays: [33:43–35:37, 43:57]
• Post-Game Crowd/Rituals/Superstitions: [12:36, 13:20, 65:14]
• Broader NHL Issues & Humor (Mascots, Jerseys): [54:52, 73:11, 75:02]
• Chat After Dark—Jersey Debate etc.: [78:47–79:43]
• Episode Wrap-Up & Next Plans: [80:13–82:12]

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Overall Tone & Takeaways

The episode perfectly matches the Empty Netters’ trademark: deeply knowledgeable yet hilariously self-aware, blending fan passion, technical hockey talk, and locker-room style ribbing. The hosts celebrate the community around the sport, emphasize its emotional highs and lows, and poke fun at themselves and each other.

For Those Who Haven’t Listened

You’ll come away understanding:

• The sense of destiny and anxiety swirling around the Canes’ cup push.
• How playoff hockey amplifies every community, connection, and tradition.
• Specifics of Game 5’s on-ice chess match—who’s driving, who’s faltering, and why.
• Why both the superstitions and stats matter this time of year.
• The best (and worst) things you can eat at a hockey game, and why you might want to reconsider wearing a jersey…

If the Canes finish the job, you heard it here: They’re a team of destiny. But if Vegas finds a way, hockey heartbreak and chaos will reign once more.

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Transcript

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The Stanley cup final, the final series, the final handshake line. The final chance to have your heart

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broken or watch your team make history.

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For the next few weeks, nothing else matters.

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No work, no sleep, tons of group chat, meltdowns after every goal.

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It comes down to two teams. The Carolina Hurricanes chasing their first Stanley cup in 20 years, and the Vegas

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Golden Knights, the young franchise going for their second cup in nine years.

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Two fan bases, two cities, one cup.

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And while the rest of the hockey world watches from home, we're hitting the road. From opening puck drop to the moment the Stanley cup is raised.

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Every city, every game, every unforgettable moment will be there.

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Outside the arenas, inside the arenas with

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Hurricanes fans who have waited years for this run.

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And Golden Knights fans ready to turn Vegas into the center of the hockey universe once again.

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Nobody does the playoffs like hockey fans, nobody travels like hockey fans. And nobody loses their minds quite like hockey fans.

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So whether you're chasing your first cup

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or adding another banner to the Raptors, we've got you covered.

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Miles on the road, voices nearly gone,

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probably a few terrible decisions along the way, exactly how the Stanley cup final should be.

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One trophy, one champion, one last push. The Stanley cup final starts now, and empty netters is coming with it.

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Look at Dan, asleep.

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I was asleep at the wheel. Welcome to empty netters live. We are here in Raleigh. Brought to you by BetMGM recapping game five. There's blood in the water and the Canes can smell a cup.

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Can you believe it, Dan?

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I sure can.

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I sure, Cane. How about that? I sure can believe it.

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I sure can. That was sick, Cane. Believe it.

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That. That was sick.

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I cannot wait to get the chat buzzing tonight. It's going to be great stuff. It was fun as hell here in Raleighwood. Per usual, we came in hot from Vegas, woke up, got the wheels turning, ripped up Stanley cup live. We had an unbelievable list of guests today.

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Yeah, we did.

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Pat Mar. Patty's the best. The man Patty is the absolute best. Johnny Laz came on. Eric Cole came on. We were buzzing.

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Yeah, we were buzzing today. We were. And. And honestly, this is the most buzzed I've been. I don't even mean alcohol wise. I mean, I'm just buzzing after that game in the whole series and we missed the. We missed the double ot which probably would have been a hoot, but in. In that crowd. Yeah, I want to give them credit, but I am just. I am feeling it right now.

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Me too, man. This has been the best Stanley cup final ever. And even with that Game that was the most comfortable win of the series. It was still only a two goal game. It's. I love that Vegas game. A little fight at the end there. They got one more and they made it a little bit closer. They made a little bit sweaty for Carolina, but I'll tell you what, Carolina came out hot. Nick Ehlers with a fucking monster game.

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Oh yeah.

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Three apples just looking so good. Pickup of the year. I called it from the jump. Yeah.

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Yes.

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No doubt about it.

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We are going to get to that. A couple shout outs to start.

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Okay.

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Festivities.

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Let's do shout out.

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Zach. Blue moon guy.

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Blue moon guy. I tell you. Coming.

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You're my boy blue.

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Cooler of blue moons for us was one of the coolest things I've ever seen anybody do.

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Dude, he, this guy, he, he brought us a cooler on ice with blue moons to finish up Stanley cup live because it's 120 degrees outside and I'm leaking all over the place.

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And, and to be clear, this homie gave the boys blue moons earlier. I think it was game two. So he came back with blue moons but this time in a cooler with ice packs in it. It was a fucking 100 degrees out there today. So that was some of the most glue guy shit you will ever see.

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Do you remember his name? Zach or no. And didn't he say something else?

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He's. He's blue, dude. It's my boy blue.

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It's our boy Blue.

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His daughter pronounces shres very well.

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Oh, amazing.

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She was like, oh, yeah.

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His daughter's play. And he's getting into hockey.

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Yes. Yeah, he's getting into hockey. Is 40 years old and he is getting into hockey because of the Empty Netters podcast.

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Pretty sick.

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That's pretty sick.

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That's actually pretty sick.

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Pretty sick. He was like, I started watching your show when loved the beer league hotline stuff. Loved all the beer league talk and the camaraderie stuff about playing hockey. He's learned to play hockey, he's bought gear, he's got his daughters into the game. They're playing for the Junior Canes. This guy is the man.

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He is the man. And that really fired me up.

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It was special, dude.

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Go.

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No.

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Next shout out. You had a great text. You sent us a text and you said we have to talk about this on the show tonight.

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Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Let me get that, Let me get that.

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Because this is important. I don't know who mixed martial arts is, but they really want us to talk Knicks. Listen, we're Gonna be. We're gonna be getting dialed for game five, I think it is.

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Okay.

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Game five. Oh, is that him?

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Yeah.

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Nice.

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There he is. All right, I'm gonna give a shout out. Awesome fan, Fiona. Okay, Fiona, legendary fan, sent us an amazing message and we're gonna give a shout out to her sister. Bella had an amazing. Have very unexpected brain surgery, which is crazy. It was yesterday. She's in recovery mode now. They're both fans of the show. They are amazing. And Fiona and Bella, that is. I mean, in the. We always talk about the Stanley Cup Final. Everyone's grinding, everyone's battling through injury. And the fact that Bella, during the Stanley Cup Final, had a brain surgery and she's already in recovery mode. Fiona is already thinking to get a shout out on the show. And that is just legendary. Battling right there.

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It made me so happy because she even said, I'm sorry. I'm sure you get a million messages like this. I hope I get a trillion messages like this because it makes me so happy and I'm so grateful that anything we do bring you joy. Agree. We are behind you 1 billion percent in this journey.

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1 billion percent. And Fiona, when, hopefully when you see this, we'll make sure that this message gets to Bella whenever, uh, the recovery is fully up and running and she can be listening to the show again, make sure we get this clip to her. But both of you, Fiona and Bella, we're gonna send you all the new Netter's merch that's dropping. So make sure you send us a message again. Get your address to us. Cause we wanna get you some great new stuff. And Bella, as you recover, we're gonna be pumping out all the great content for you to listen to while you're recovering, getting everything back on track. We love you. Sending you all the strength in the world. That is no joke, man. Unexpected brain. And now it looks like the Canes are going to get a cup for B. Dude.

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Okay. I mean, that. That's incredible. That was incredible.

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No jinxes.

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Got no jinxes. Okay. Another emotional shout out. And then we'll go to high energy shout outs. Another emotional shout out. And I think she's got to be here, but shout out. Kelly. Kelly's been giving us a to do list before every game.

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And yeah, if you watched the. The, you know, we. We posted a tailgate video. All the amazing stuff going on at Lenovo. This unbelievable fan, Kelly, we love you. Gave us all of these to do lists and then gave us one today that just rocked myself.

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Nearly made me cry.

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It was unbelievable. Kelly talked to us about having two sons, loving seeing us as brothers, doing this show together, having fun, and it makes her think of her sons. That's amazing. And it was just all about, like, she said, say thank you to our mom for raising us the way she did. And, Kelly, we said it to you in the moment. There's no doubt in the world that you are the greatest mother ever based on the way you treat everybody, the way you treated us, and this amazing message. And then also gave us these awesome bracelets for epilepsy awareness. Mine says Go Canes, same. So does yours. Amazing. And that's just an awesome thing. We've got one of our best friends has epilepsy. Kelly has epilepsy. And it's great thing to raise awareness for and spread the love for. But, Kelly, you're just like the. The showering of love and fun you have given us every time we have seen you. It's just amazing.

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She said, keep spreading joy. Easiest thing on earth to do when we're meeting people like her.

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Man. When you meet people like Kelly, when you get to do this job, it is the easiest thing in the world to spread joy. So you bet we are going to keep doing that every single day as long as we can. And it's in huge part because of people like you. We love you, Kelly. Hope you're in the chat. Hope you are in the chat.

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Shout out the Bama Boys. We've talked about them with Mark.

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Yes.

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They're. They've done 18 of the 32 rinks. They're making their world tour, but they do one Stanley cup final game every year. They chose this game this year. What a doozy. And we caught up with them. They are legends.

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Amazing.

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And they told me a crazy story, told us a crazy story that I didn't know took place. And this is. I think this is awesome. But they came in here playing golf at Chapel Hill, and then they said, we're going to go get tickets. And they go on Ticketmaster, get two lower bowl tickets, and then Ticketmaster wouldn't sell that. Sell the tickets to them because they didn't have a North Carolina, South Carolina or Virginia address. They said, these tickets are for locals only. Love it. Not allowed.

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Absolutely.

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Have you ever heard of that before?

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I've heard about it in European football.

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Yeah. Yeah. Fair.

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I have not heard of it here, but apparently one of them was like, everyone does that. And I was like, I did not know that. I also am not sure that's true, but it makes sense. And it's fucking sick.

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It is extremely sick because I want those tickets to be for locals, but I also think there should be a way to prove you're rooting for the Canes.

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Yes.

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Which they are. They had. They were decked out in Cane's gear and they were saying, dude, we're from Bama. I get that you don't want to sell one to someone with a Vegas address, but address is Bama. Like, let me have this.

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Correct.

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Which I actually, I'm with. I'm on their side on that. You should. The bubble should have been a little bit bigger. So that was all time. But they, you know, seatgeek, seat geek ticket, tick pick. You'll find your way in. And then. Okay, my final shout out. And this is a partial shout out to me, but

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the.

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I gotta shout out. This guy Larry. I wish I could remember his last name. This guy Larry. He was. He. I went to Dan. I did. You know, I went to Duke.

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Yeah.

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So here's the thing. I went to Duke and I used to spend a lot of time in Raleigh.

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Chris.

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Zach.

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Yeah, I know.

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This is breaking news on the pod

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you meant to do.

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I did. Dude.

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Dude.

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Isn't that.

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Isn't that crazy? He's so excited to be back in North Carolina. We actually have. We haven't heard about it yet. We haven't heard about it.

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Just know that this man is pushing forward and he still uses Duke hockey backpacks.

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You damn right, dude. So, dude, I.

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And also, that thing is a piece of shit. Oh, well, it wasn't.

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It's cool.

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Yeah, no, it's cool. But he uses it as like a check bag. It's the most inconveniently shaped bag of all time. The two handles don't even reach each other when you pack it full.

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Well, it's.

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It's.

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It is exactly per airport regulation carry on size, which is amazing. And it's usually a carry on.

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Chris.

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Checking the bag anyway. Because I'm checking the big bag.

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It's an awesome bag, but it's not a good bag.

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Entire school had it. Our entire school uses. I mean, our entire team.

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I know that Kelly's in the chat. Thank you. I love you.

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Yes, Kelly, Love you. So, yeah, you used it 25 years ago.

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So. So I didn't get to go to campus during games one and two. And today I. I was like, I gotta go. So I go to Duke campus. And I gotta tell you, it was. It was lovely. I haven't been back. It was. Not much has changed in a Good way. And I really was a lot of memories coming back. It was awesome. So then we get into the Duke Chapel, and. And I'm just gonna take a nap. People in Carolina are going to be pissed at Dan for ignoring this.

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I'm not ignorant.

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Very important. No, it's a bad day, Duke Chapel, and I meet this guy Larry, and

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he Actually, I do want to hear

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about Larry and Larry. He's the man. And he's like. He jumps up and he's like, please, make yourself at home. You know, if you have any questions, let me know.

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And I'm like, oh, was he like a minister?

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No, he was just an older gentleman who retired. And he says he just does this in his spare time. Oh, I thought.

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Sorry. I thought for a second we were saying Larry was just a random dude who was in the chapel. Was like, make yourself at home.

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No, that would be actually what have been sick. So he comes out to me and he's. And I'm like, oh, Larry, I. You know, I had my graduate, because they kind of rotate graduations, but mine was in there. So I was like, my graduation.

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That's sick.

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Just at first. Happy to be back. So then he's. Then we really start chopping it up because we're just talking about how great the place is.

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Yeah.

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And he says, what brings you back? And I told him about this and that there's a Stanley cup live. And he goes, dude.

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Chris goes, let me tell you, dude, I used to go here.

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Yeah, Larry, I went to Duke.

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I. Once upon a time.

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You.

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You wouldn't believe it, Larry, but I'm an alum. Larry shows me a. A someone that came into the Duke chapel today, okay. And they had made a. Build a bear. Teddy bear. Literally, like a little teddy bear that was decked out in Kane's jersey.

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And love this. Like, where this is going.

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And they used the cane's build a bear to light the candles in the chapel.

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Love this.

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So the canes build a bear, lit the Duke chapel candles and then was like lighting prayer sticks for the canes. And he's like, that happened today. And I was like, dude, then something might be going on, and this occurred. This is why it's a. It's a 90% Larry shout out, 10% me. It occurred to me that I was like, man, when I was going here. Well, I've always loved the song Wagon Wheel because Stu and I used to play it all the time. But it was kind of my good luck song. I would listen to it if we had tests or Whatever Wagon Wheel was.

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Yeah, yeah.

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Every time I examine, that was the song I'd listen to right before I walked into the. Into the exam. And then we sung it with the boys. And then it's the Canes. I think it's there been their win song all year.

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But yeah, it is so funny how clearly they obviously play Wagon Wheel at the end of every game. But we sang Wagon Wheel with the. With the good old Canadian boys. And then when it came on after the game to win, we were like, we did this.

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We did this.

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They were like, this. This song says North Carolina. We're coming to raw. Like, what are you idiots talking about? But I'm like, nah, it's us. That's.

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Oh, dude. But I was just thinking, D. I was like, man, the. Me going to Duke where I. Where I used to sing Wagon Wheel all the time when it's the Canes, Wing song, wind song. Going into the chapel with a cane's Build a bear, lighting the prayer candles. I was like, I think I really launched this win into the stratosphere by choosing today to go back to Duke. So huge shout out, Larry, if I can find you, I'm going to track you down and say what's up? Again? But also 10% shout out me.

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I do want to do one more quick shout out.

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Hell yeah.

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Shout out Derek, our Uber driver last night, bro.

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And shout out Stan, my Uber driver today, who brought my headphones back. Yeah.

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Whoa, legend. This guy brought Chris's headphones. Chris left his headphones in the Uber. The guy brought it back and put up one of the trash bins on our front stoop and the headphones under the trash bin. That's Southern hospitality, Zach.

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That right there is why you come down to the South. You know what? How about a little cookout tray?

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I can't wait, bro. We gotta finish this. Party time.

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How about a little cane's win?

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What'd you say before when you were doing that? You had a couple good ones earlier. Double cookout tray. Have them have a little red.

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How about a little head neck hockey? How about a little trailer park fucking stick and puck? Give me a little Carolina win.

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Win, baby. When I had pork skins today, dude, I had the skin of a pig today with pimento cheese on it, dude.

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Well, shout out Derek. Derek was the man. Had a great chat with us about sports. He wants to start a sports network, Unc, and I want him to do it. I think he messaged us. I think he said he was going to come by. I don't know if he came.

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But dude, I. This is a compliment that I'm about to give North Carolina that I had to check myself before I riggedy wrecked myself.

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Yes.

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But I have taken a couple long Ubers during our stays here where I have intended to use that time to do work, where I'm like, amazing. I'm going to get in this Uber and then crank out 30 minutes of this task. I need to.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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And then I get in the Uber and every single person is like this. How's your day going? How are you? Let's have a 30 minute conversation. And it hit. I wouldn't trade it for anything. No, but it's amazing. And I had to like, by the second drive, I was like, you know what, dude? I'm in the south. There will be no work in Ubers. I will be learning the names of this everyone. Grandchildren, dude.

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So I do that everywhere in the world. Every single Uber driver in the world. I will sit there and have conversation because it's just a part of it.

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I am literally Ted Lasso. There's an episode where Sassy is asking him, she's like, you have your five Uber rating, aren't you? And Ted's like, she's. He's like, yeah. And she's like, how? And he's like, I don't know. I'm polite, say thank you sometimes offer to drive if they look tired. That is me. I have a five star Uber rating. And it's because I'm always like, tell me about your entire life. But dude, we just got to start connecting more.

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Correct. Yeah.

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Talking to people more.

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Absolutely correct.

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Okay, Shout outs. Those shout outs.

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Those are my shout outs.

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You wanna, you want to cut to a quick ad break and then so we can just rip this game?

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That's great. That's great.

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Talk to me about BET mgm.

[A]

This is. This is a bet mgm. And Zach's going to get it up and it's going to. It's going to ease it up there. And then I think we got it. And listen to me loud and clear all playoffs long and sadly, very sadly, we are nearing the end. We are nearing this NHL season. We are nearing the end of the Stanley cup playoffs. But for the one or two more games left. Maybe one, but maybe two. BetMGM takes every single shot, every single save, every single sudden death thriller. Which, man, I feel like we might even get another one. And they make it an even bigger win with the Stanley cup playoff odds boost token. Here's how you get in on that fund. You make A bet. You go on to BetMGM and make a bet on the NHL. You can bet on anything you want. Or chasing up the headers, Dan's post and parlays. You can take any time, goal scores, any points, saves, whatever you want. And then you just activate the token. You put the bet in your slip and you activate the Stanley Cup Playoffs odds boost token. If your bet hits Bing, you're a genius and you get a bigger payout. If you are not skating with the BET MGM crew yet, now is the time to jump in. Use that bonus code netters. That's N E T T E R S when you sign up and you will get a welcome offer and then you will get to hit the odds boost and then you can maybe even get one more hat trick jackpot. Because BET MGM always makes it legendary. Dan, Zach, I sent you a couple pictures into the thread. Can you slowly bring those up? Because I have an investigation that I would like to discuss with you.

[B]

Okay, well, yeah, while you do that. How awesome was it that Erling Holland was at the game?

[A]

Dude, that was numbing.

[B]

Was fucking incredible.

[A]

It was the Norwegian team.

[B]

I'm so mad that he didn't come on Stanley Cup Live. He didn't get there.

[A]

And if we had known that, I would have.

[B]

If, if. If Erling Holland had come on Stanley Cup, I would have. I would have come on Stanley Cup Live.

[A]

Dude. What's crazy is the.

[B]

The.

[A]

I would have my dude, my Uber driver Stan, who's now my dog because he brought my headphones back and everything. I was talking with him and he said he's a huge Arsenal fan. So he got. He won the premiere. He's a huge Knicks fan. So I think he's going to win the ship. Shout out mixed martial artists. We talked about the Knicks. And then he said, but I actually despise my roommate who is a Canes fan. So I really want Vegas to win. And I was like, oh, wow, that. What a turn that took.

[B]

Yeah, that was.

[A]

But then he was like, I really didn't want. Man City was like the bane of my existence. And I was like, yeah, but they didn't actually catch Arsenal. You won. But then I realized Holland came to this game.

[B]

Could you imagine if that Vegas?

[A]

Wow. So I was like, oh, he. That Man City is the bane of your existence. Yeah.

[B]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

Holland came for you. Well, you. You went to sleep. That's sleep. And you thought you escaped Man City, but you did not.

[B]

That's tough.

[A]

Okay, so look at this, Dan. And. And Zach will be able to get this up. This is an investigation for you because I know you love this stuff.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Okay. So this is a picture of Mark Stone.

[B]

I love getting surprised.

[A]

This is a picture of Mark Stone in an on away game. This is one of the away games that he scored. And you know how they do the patch now, so it's kind of clunky. Okay. That is an away game picture of Mark Stone. This, Dan, is a home game picture of Mark Stone. Same deal.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

You got it. And then this is a away game picture of Jordan Stahl.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And they go opposite. And here is a home game picture of Jordan Stahl where it is the same.

[B]

It's.

[A]

They move their seat. Yeah. Because it's. They.

[B]

It's a different logo. They're using their alternate blacks and the stick coming to the hurricane flags. It's like the Detroit Red Wings.

[A]

And is there. Is there red. This one, The C on the left.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

Because I have been losing my mind.

[B]

Yeah, no, it's, it's, it's the, it's the logo. Interference. It's just like the red wing.

[A]

Okay. Yeah, go interference. Because this was an investigation. I was trying to figure out which seaside stalls playing better on. But it turns out it does not matter.

[B]

Doesn't matter.

[A]

It does not matter. Doesn't matter what Jordan Stahl does. Nothing matters. It is absolutely incredible because there's a very real chance that he wins Consmi.

[B]

It's. What's crazy is someone posted the odds of Jordan Stall Con Smythe yesterday and it was like plus, like 350 or something like that. Probably not going to happen.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

And then after this game, statistically. Listen, before we get. We've been stroking off the canes so far this episode.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Any Vegas fans in the chat? This ain't over. John Tortorella already went into the presser after sewering less.

[A]

That was so funny.

[B]

If people haven't seen that.

[A]

Where did he post that? La.

[B]

He posted it on ig. It's all over Twitter. Chris Johnson's posting it. Other people are posting it. Laz asked, did you ever consider putting in Aiden Hill and la? Or Torch just interrupts him. He's like, jesus Christ, that might be the stupidest question I've ever heard. And what's so awesome about Laz is Laz immediately posts that and owns it. And he's like, yep, yep. Badge of Honor, dude. Badge of Honor. And what's funny is Torts then said, he's leaving his clothes here. He's leaving his Clothes here, and they're going to be in his hotel room when he gets back. So he's. That is some confidence.

[A]

They use the hotel room for an extra week guarantee. Get a different hotel.

[B]

It's going to be an expensive build. You might as well move in. But he's basically guaranteeing a game.

[A]

Okay. Yeah. I think Zach's got the pictures up. So.

[B]

Yeah, here's. Here's the pick of Jordan, Stall C. And yeah, you can see the.

[A]

The.

[B]

The blade of the stick in the logo with the hurricane flag.

[A]

Same side as the patch. Yeah. C and patch are together.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So there's home stall.

[B]

Yeah. What's so funny is that cup patch is like in the center of the jersey scene. So it's such bad places.

[A]

So then there's a way stall. Yep, that's perfect.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Here's a waste all. Boom. Other side.

[B]

Yeah. Again, it's. There's no mystery here. It's because of the logo.

[A]

Yes. Logo interference. But. I know, but the fan. The people. The people in the chat are just seeing us for the first time.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. Chat. Sorry.

[A]

There's. There's a way stone same side.

[B]

Yep. Well, that's not up yet.

[A]

Oh. Oh. Yep, there's a way stone same side.

[B]

So traditionally, stage left bang. Homestone viewer right is where the sea goes. But you'll see it if you. We, you know, Wings fans know that the tip of the wing.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Just gets up there. So you can't put the sea there.

[A]

So, Dan, let me tell you. Talk to you about torts real quick. Yeah. An amazing comment. I really loved that comment. That's exactly what you got to say. I have an announcement to make on the Empty nerds podcast at 12:58am Eastern Standard Time, Friday, June 12th.

[B]

Do it.

[A]

Oh.

[B]

Now make bang.

[A]

I have an announcement to make. 12:58am Friday, June 12, Eastern Standard Time. The Stanley cup is over.

[B]

Listen.

[A]

Well, just so you know.

[B]

Yeah. We're jumping into this game. We. We took a jack eel point. We took a Vegas first goal. Or excuse me, Carolina first goal.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

And we took the over. Vegas did jump on it first with a disgusting power play goal. It was just the zone entry from jack and the SL pass over to Dora Fev. Who hammer that.

[A]

Yeah. Dude, it went so hard, the rink didn't know what happened. Yeah.

[B]

Zach and Chris looked at me and they go, what a save. And I go, they're celebrating. They scored.

[A]

Holy, dude, we're idiots.

[B]

Yeah, we're all. We're dummies.

[C]

We're dummies.

[B]

Vegas got the first goal, but then Carolina responds quick. And it was Carolina from then on. And listen, if you remember, if you all go to the, to the Instagram page, you will see a clip posted yesterday that was like, does Carolina have the momentum now? And I went on that little rant in the show after game four where I was like, it felt like in that game Carolina has figured something out. It feels like they've gotten to Vegas in an interesting way and they might have a little bit of momo here. And we go into this game and the momo was everywhere. And funny enough, I actually think Vegas played kind of well. I mean, this is the. This is the most even shots we've really seen in a while. 25 to 23. I think at the end of it, Vegas does get two goals, but Carolina, man, great second period.

[A]

Two games in a row.

[B]

Good two games in a row.

[A]

I actually don't think Vegas was or I didn't think Vegas was quite as good as you. I'll get to that later.

[B]

No, no, they weren't their best first

[A]

period of the whole season.

[B]

And they weren't that sloppy. Yep, that was a big thing. Like, they weren't that slop. Carolina was just really so they were fucking smothering, smothering them on the forecheck, Smothering them in the neutral zone. That was a very good game by Carolina. And funny enough, I've been absolutely spit shining the guy. Bubble wrister. My boy, Nick Ehlers. I thought he was disgusting. This is when, you know, people are vibing. I don't know if you saw his presser. Someone was like, Nick, three assists. Great game. Beautiful, beautiful assists. On that final power play. Gold is fetched. And he was like, yeah, I think that was my worst game of the series by far. And he was like, I don't. I'm not excited to talk to my dad, which is awesome.

[A]

That is.

[B]

Papa Ehlers is gonna be like this. You rat.

[A]

That is incredible.

[B]

You piece of. You looked like garbage out there.

[A]

So I kind of want to save some of this for. For later. But dude, Ehlers, great pass on the stall one like you said. And just like stall again, dude. It's just so amazing. It's so amazing.

[B]

I don't know what this is. I. Four other players in the history of the NHL have scored in each of the first five games of the Stanley Cup Final. And 37 year old not goal scorer Jordan Stahl is now one of them.

[A]

Yeah, like insane.

[B]

And that's what we were talking about. His Con Smythe odds were crazy. It was like, yeah, I mean, cool bet, but he's not going to win it. And now statistically, the team who wins game five when tied two two wins the Stanley Cup 78% or something of the time.

[A]

Yeah, it might even be higher.

[C]

Can we. Can we give a shout out real quick? I know you said it a little earlier, but add AJ Juror or 1183. Jordan Stall is the first player since 1956 to score in all five games of the Stanley cup final. Just.

[A]

That's awesome.

[B]

So like, dude, he's gonna score. Is that so? We were just talking about. It's the four other players ever. The last time was in the 50s. So it wasn't even Wayno or Mario

[A]

because dude, there was like five players in the league. So if anyone scored, he's a guy scored all the goals.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Yeah. And he's gonna score game six. I promise you he's going to score in game.

[B]

And this is what I'm saying, man,

[A]

I don't even know 74% they're saying. So I overshot it. I was too horned up. I'm sorry. I was 70.

[B]

I said 78.

[A]

But I said I bet it's even. I. Our analysts are saying it could go a heck of a lot higher than that.

[B]

But in fact it's actually low.

[A]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

Correct. Can you get me the. The Canes stats for these playoffs? Because I'm sitting here going, if they take care of business in game six and win the cup. I think Stahl is the favorite on this team. It's not Freddy. So I know you said you want it to be Bussy because that's our boy. But listen came in and completely changed the game. We're gonna have.

[A]

We're gonna.

[B]

We're gonna bust. We're gonna bust all over this. We're gonna bust all over this episode.

[A]

And listen to me. I know, I know that this is a full. This is a full. We're busting, dude.

[B]

We're about to be busting.

[A]

I know. This is a full playoff award, right? It's a full playoff award. But I'm dead ass. And it should be Stall. Like here's. This is probably one game short because hockey reference is always a little behind.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

This is what you're looking at. And keep in mind, these guys are well behind Marner and Jack a little bit the dead ass dude. Bussy coming in and winning a Stanley cup like going like this. We were about to lose and now I will win. I will play three games and just win in a row. By the way. I legitimately think it would be so badass if the NHL was like this. The Con Smythe. The most important person that won the cup is Brandon Bussey. Yeah.

[B]

So I think this is up date.

[C]

Would that not be an incredible movie by the way? Are we hitting movie status? Dude, three man.

[B]

Like well, dude. So hold on. Here's my deal. Blakey is leading the team. I think this is up to date.

[A]

That will be. Yeah.

[B]

Blakey is leading the team with 18 points. Tied with Taylor Hall.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

Which would be a fucking story. And right after that with 17, my boy Nick. And fifth on the team, tied for fifth on the team is Jordan Stahl with 12.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So only six points less. And I just think with everything he does defensively given that none of the. I mean listen, if Blakey or Halsey have a.

[A]

Or.

[B]

Or Nick have a monster game. If they. What did they wrap up the Montreal series? Was that 4? Nothing 4 1. Someone in the chat. Yeah. What was the score of game five?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But if Carolina steps on the throat in Vegas in game six and one of those three boys has a monster game three points or more, then I do think you probably go them.

[A]

But if. Yeah.

[B]

If Jordan Stall has even a point in that game and these guys only have like one again because of what he does defensively to others teams top lines. And AHU does that too. But like I just think the story.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Do it for the story. Yeah.

[A]

There was a long gonna be Stall dude. So I agree. I think. I completely think it's Jordan Stalls to lose. I don't even think barring a monster game those guys can take it from him at this point because of the story. Someone. Someone here. I'm. That's what I think.

[B]

If Blakey has a Hatrick, it's it.

[A]

That's a monster game. I would say though so.

[B]

Oh, sorry, my mistake. I thought you were saying even with a monster.

[A]

Yeah. Barring a monster game. Someone here said Marner actually and I was on this a couple games ago. I was like Marner's going to win six one.

[B]

Fuck me.

[A]

I was like Mar's going to win it either way. Like if Vegas loses and stuff they're going to give it to Mar.

[B]

But I think 29 points.

[A]

Yes. What I'm saying. But I think even that's off. And I stand by. I stand by. Busy should get it. Because no one has gone nuclear enough on Carolina. Like if Mitch Marner exact production was on Carolina, I'd be like, yes, obviously that guy. But I stand by. They should go. Brandon Bus.

[B]

Listen, I, I, I respect you. That's wrong. Yeah, but I do respect, I do respect you. That is wrong because he will have played three games.

[A]

Y.

[B]

But let's start bus and all.

[A]

Zach's right. It should be a documentary. He's literally going to, he's going to come in and go, I played third period overtime and then three games and I literally changed the course of the NHL season.

[B]

Yeah. And, and he. Here's, here's my jam. I know Netters fans in the chat right now and in general are going to have our back on this. I don't think anyone in hockey has been on Bussy harder than you and I have. Correct.

[A]

Dude, we've been talking about Bussy for years.

[B]

Oh, my God. You know, OG fans know when he got picked up by Florida, we were busing all over the place. Then he, Since I was born. Then he went to Carolina and that might have been exactly what they needed. And we said that. Yep. And then he, he won over 30 games this year in the regular season. And also people will remember while we've been on the. Well, we've been supporting the Canes and boosting them up and gassing their tires all playoffs. We, at the beginning of playoffs were like, you should start Bussy.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

He is the guy. I cannot believe and all the love and respect in the world to Freddy Anderson. The guy went quick math here, 13 and 1.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Through three rounds like that. Sorry, that doesn't make sense. He went 12 and 1 through in 13 games through three rounds. That's unbelievable. And then he comes in here, might have a concussion, some sort of injury, needed a rest. That's all we know.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

But this man is like such a part of the story of this Carolina team is those guys did it together.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

They did it together all season.

[A]

And I'm actually really sad for Freddie in this moment as that rink is just chanting Bussy. But I, I legitimately hope he's hurt. And I'm. What I mean by that is I hope he can't play. It's not. Like I will tell you this there and live with.

[B]

Like, I will tell you this. If this Carolina team wins the Stanley Cup, Jordan Stahl is handing that cup to Frederick and.

[A]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

Right. Like that is. That is the second guy that you. If you can find that on Kalshee. Sorry, bet on Jamie live tv. If you can find that on a book, who does the cup. Because that will be on a book.

[A]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

Who is the cup getting past you. If Carolina wins, it will go from Jordan Stall to Frederick Anderson. I fucking guarantee it.

[A]

I like that. I like that a lot. I like that a lot. But yeah, and I was going to say he feel he's his name going on. This cup is extremely worthy. Extremely, extremely worthy. So Keynes could not stop taking delay of games. But I want to talk some special teams here really quickly. Vegas obviously got the power play goal, which I thought was going to be a big deal. It was not the Canes penalty kill, which was terrible.

[C]

Actually.

[A]

No, their Canes penalty kill was awesome. But the Kane's power play was terrible. Coming into this series has. Has been amazing.

[B]

Was bad through a couple games.

[A]

Yep. And the Vegas PK had been. Had been incredible. So it was like, it felt like a recipe for disaster. Incredible PK awful. Power play completely has flipped. That was so good. And I give so much credit to that barn because when you. When that barn gets a kill, they buzz so loud. The Cane's team gets better in the next few minutes. So that was huge. I actually was thinking this during the game. This is such a loser mentality by me. But I always hated as a player when my team got a bunch of power plays in a row because it felt like, okay, well that's obviously going to come an avalanche back at me later in this game. So if we don't score on all these, we're fucked. And as Vegas was racking up those power plays early, I was like, you know you're going to pay for this. You better score here. When they didn't, then they did pay for it on back to back penalties, honestly, to be fair. Both of which I thought were soft calls.

[B]

Yeah. Which ones were those?

[A]

The first one was someone shot it in on Carter Hart. He gloved it, but it was like a rolling. It was like a shortstop play. And someone was just taking Luzon. Luzon wide and he just like tipped them over.

[B]

Yeah, he like held them up a little. What they call that? A hook?

[A]

I don't even know.

[B]

Yeah, I didn't love that one.

[A]

And then the McNabb cross check as they killed that penalty. When. When Howden got cross checked into the. That was 12 seconds before that.

[B]

But shout out Jane.

[A]

Jane.

[B]

Yeah, shout out Jane. Blake. He did get buried, but yeah, Howden got buried in the exact same.

[A]

I was like, that's the same way.

[B]

And it was just like, ooh, that kind of sucks.

[A]

But we cannot be cross checking our boy Blake.

[B]

Cannot be. Cannot be cross checking Blakey.

[A]

Dude. But I was like, dude, that was tough. And then bang. Like that's, that's how it goes, right? They score and now you're in trouble.

[B]

Yep. Great fetch goal and then. Yeah, in the second period, go straight in.

[A]

Did you ever check?

[B]

I believe it did.

[A]

If that went straight in, Carter Hart. And we have a lot to say about Carter Hart. But that, that was one of the first ones where I was like, oh, that's a bad goal. Like that. You have to.

[B]

Yeah, I mean, I, I, I listen, I completely agree. I, I think it went through some traffic, but at the end of the day, it didn't get tipped. It's fetch's goal and that went straight through five hole. You could see by Hart's reaction, he was like, fuck me. Yeah, you can't let that in. And then there was a big boost from there.

[A]

Dude. Yes, Dan.

[B]

The emotion on Svetch's face after that goal. And then with a little over two minutes left in the period, there's a great flurry. There was a great from behind the net, behind the line, beautiful pass out front that got right under someone's stick. And everyone in Carolina was like, oh, God, what a chance. But then regather the top and Ajo was calling for it. Immediate. Yep, stick clapping. Saw the lane, saw the opening in the net. Pass comes over and no hesitation whatsoever. Angles off the skates, gets it to his blade, roof, titty job.

[A]

Oh, dude.

[B]

And his celebration. The fucking one leg, one arm up, screaming, mouth guard hanging out.

[A]

Yep, yep.

[B]

That moment for me, I was like, similar to game four when I started talking about this momentum and found something changing for Carolina. We said when Stahl got that goal in game four, every other game here we've been like, this lead is not safe. Yeah, that game we were like, I actually think this is safe. You and I were looking at each other with like eight, seven minutes left in game four. And we were like, I don't think they're tied. Like, this is over. Yep, Carolina has won this game. That goal went in and I know everyone was like a two goal lead going into the third.

[A]

Who cares?

[B]

In this series, who cares? The momentum from four that we felt like was happening was very much alive in this one. AO scored and I was like, book it. Yep, game over.

[A]

Not series over, but book it. I wrote Vegas is done. I was like, place erupts. And that I give. That was the aho. Not like the, the, the best goal he's ever scored. I mean, but I wrote the goal of his life because of the monkey on the back that moment, two goal lead swing game, it was like, that was. That might be one of my favorite moments of the whole series. Just because I was so happy for him. Yeah, because I know, I mean, you saw in his fist bump. But I was like, holy, that was one of the. That might be the loudest, at least for me, that rink got. Except for the Ehlers opening goal of the series when it exploded. Yes. That aho goal. I was like, holy, dude. Yeah, that was awesome and just an incredibly cool moment. So I'm going to stop here and say. I want to say something that I was hinting at earlier about a prediction I made about how I thought this game could go okay. And I had said if Vegas comes out, because remember I said to you in game two, before game two, I go, this has to be Carolina's one of their best punches because you cannot lose two at home. And I was actually rattled that they came out and hadn't scored for 50 minutes. And that was the first time I was worried about the cans. I was like, oh, dude, this had to be everything. You cannot lose this. And then I said to you before this game, and I said on Stanley cup live, this is the first time this has to be Vegas's best punch. You have to come out this game after the egg you laid in game four and go, we're going to win this game. And because we feel like we've been in the better team in every game except for four, now we go and prove it.

[B]

Sure.

[A]

At this point in this game, I was like, oh, you're cooked. Because this is your best punch. Like this is the best punch. You have 13 shots after two periods and. And you ha. You're getting dummied. Three one. This is a nightmare. And I also, my prediction was I thought if Vegas came out and ran Carolina tonight, I was going to say this probably over because we go back home and Vegas is now rolling. Sure, if Vegas loses tonight, but they lose 5, 4 and Vegas has 35 shots and they're lighting up bussy and they're fine. I didn't think it was going to be over yet because they were going to go, we can win at home. But if they came out and got completely smothered by the canes again and lost, I was like, you are in big trouble. And then that is exactly what happened.

[B]

Yeah, there's two factors here for me. We talked about a lot after game four. You have patterns.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

These aren't one off bad games. This is now a pattern. It is a theme in this Series. And what we have now seen through five as it has been, as the pattern we believe we identified after game four, it was proven again tonight. The lack of shots, the speed differential, this is a result of Carolina's play frustrating Vegas.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Dan. This is not as we kept talking about. Vegas hasn't really played their best game yet. This is a. Because of Carolina. And Carolina came out shot out of a fucking cannon. Vegas did get that first goal, but again, power play goal. They respond immediately, then get the lead and you're like, okay. Carolina has figured what we thought they have figured out. They have figured it.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Brandon. Or excuse me, Wild Bill Carlson going out. Yeah. Is a fucking absolute dagger. Shout out Merle's game notes. Chiclets. Our boy can't wait to fucking see you, pal. God. He calls him the star straw that stirs the drink.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

And Vegas fans, hopefully there are a bunch in the chat will agree he is. I looked at Chris today and I said Wild Bill Carlson might be a top five underrated player in the NHL.

[A]

Zach, can you see if you can get that tweet I sent you in the thread up here? It's a video.

[B]

He is a guy. This is a guy that is going to go under the radar at all times. But he's also a guy that plays unbelievable 200 foot hockey. He's a guy that can score 40 goals, he kills penalties. He's a dynamic player for this team. And we saw when he came back in the lineup, look where they are. They're in the Stanley Cup.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

That's in huge part to Wild Bill. He leaves in the second period after a tough hit, doesn't return. Got taken to the hospital for further medical attention. We don't know what that is. Don't know if it's a concussion, shoulder, whatever. But we do know that Torch has said he's unlikely to play again in this series. I'm reading that as he is. He is sure as.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Not playing in game six. Maybe by a miracle. If they force a game seven, he can fucking duct tape it and suit up. But I would bet all your cookies Carlson is out. That is catastrophic for Vegas.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

Now, on top of that, Blake saying broken wrist.

[A]

I don't know if. I don't know where. I don't know where that's coming from. Yep.

[B]

Someone in the chat, if that's been confirmed, sorry, we're not. We're not on the Bird.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

We're doing the show. On top of all that and what Carolina has figured out what they're doing to this team. Carter Hart is the first goalie in the history of the NHL to give up four or more goals every single game. Through five games of a Stanley cup

[A]

final, Vegas is going, we cannot win unless we score five. Which is a daunting task in a playoff game.

[B]

Correct. And that's your guy not starting anyone else, as I said and predicted. And I almost feel like, I mean, listen, if he gets rung up in game six, the white flag is being waved. You have lost. Torts is not yanking him, especially after what he said there.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

But it is a, you know, it's. It's tough for Vegas that you, you know, you kind of thought you had an answer in net. As we knew with Hill's injuries, we were like, what does Vegas do in net?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And they thought through three rounds they

[A]

had it easy, Dan.

[B]

But, dude, like, this is, this is what happens. And this is, you know, it's been really funny. A big narrative going into this final was people going, yeah, you don't need to pay a goalie huge money to win a Stanley Cup. And that has. We've seen examples of that. Darcy Kemper didn't have that big of a pay cap hit when he won Colorado. Then we've seen the other side with Vassi and Bob. And we came into this final and we, we looked at that amazing status like the combined money.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I think it was the both conference finals. Right. Because it was like the combined money of Wedgwood Hart. And then Freddy and Dobesh was like under three, under $4 million or something. But we laughed because one of these teams gonna win the Stanley Cup.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

We laughed through four games. It was like, well, yeah, they're all giving up a fucking million goals. Yeah. Like, I think you do need a blue chip goalie. It's just a matter of the fact that both these goalies are giving up a million goals. So someone's gonna win.

[A]

And now, by the way, the goalie that's winning is the dude who's going to get paid out the ass because he's actually nasty, dude.

[B]

So that is another issue for Vegas and going back to the bus. And man, all of these things, all of, all of the answers that Caroline has found. Freddy has been amazing. But Bussy coming in, playing as well as he did in that OT loss and then getting a win in game four and then having a monster game tonight. Yep, he made some huge fucking saves. And again, you want to go to that first power play goal. That is a textbook power play goal.

[A]

No one Nothing you can do. I actually had a thought where I go, this has happened to Carolina so much in this series, but I was like, giving up your. Giving up a goal in your first or second shot must suck so much.

[B]

Oh, dude, it's absolutely.

[A]

Every time you step on the ice, you go like this.

[B]

It's absolutely tragic tonight, getting a shout out tonight.

[A]

And then it goes like this goal. You're like, damn it.

[B]

You go like this. Wouldn't it be sick?

[A]

Wouldn't it be really like, oh, my God, dude.

[B]

Wouldn't it be really. So it's really freaking cool if I

[A]

didn't give up any quick shout out here, Dan. AJ in the chat says, talk about the Miller. The Keandre block shot killing chance. He was hurting. Who could see?

[B]

Who said that?

[A]

Aj.

[B]

Aj. That was hilarious. We were right in front of that play, and that was a, you know, tense moment. Goalie pulls.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[B]

Two goals. Power play. Keandre Miller eats that shot, and again, we're right there, and he just go. He. He takes that one. He just goes.

[A]

Screamed and then.

[B]

Then he gets a clear on it, and they get the puck out, and you just see him like, jesus Christ, get me off. Yeah. Does look like a wrist there. You can see one fall there. And I was losing my mind thinking that while Bill's sister was in the chat, I was gonna go crazy.

[A]

Yeah, that would have been nice.

[B]

That would have been unbelievable. So that's going to be tough for Vegas. And I, I, I believe I said this game would have determined the cup final, to me for sure, if Vegas won.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And I was like, I'm not 100% yet on Carolina because you're going back to Vegas. You're going that. This is what I was saying after game four.

[A]

Oh, okay, okay, okay.

[B]

I was saying you're going back to the fortress. We've seen Vegas. They're so comfortable being uncomfortable. They can come back. They can get a win. I am not so sure now.

[A]

Dude, I said to you walking over,

[B]

I am not so sure if Vegas

[A]

Hammers Carolina 51 in game six. I said to you, my brain will be in a Wetzel's Pretzel.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

Because I literally will be like, oh, my God. I have no idea what's going to happen, but I am gun to your head.

[B]

Wetzel's Pretzels or Auntie Ann Spretzels.

[A]

Ah.

[B]

Are you Auntie Anne's?

[A]

Because that's what I knew growing up. But the Wetzels at the King's Gamers.

[B]

Incredible. Are You.

[A]

That's at the King's game, right?

[B]

I think so, yeah. Auntie Anne's is incredible.

[A]

That's what I said, Auntie Anne's. But that.

[B]

But the fact that you're even thinking about it, dude, you're the most. You're the biggest nostalgia boy in the world.

[A]

Recency.

[B]

But you're gonna tell me that the Newington Mall and Newington, New Hampshire, and the Auntie Anne's pretzels doesn't get your dick hard?

[A]

That's what I'm screaming, dude.

[B]

So, Zach, if you're getting a soft pretzel, do you know. Do you. Do they have this in South Carolina?

[C]

Do you know soft pretzels?

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Yeah, Auntie, hands in Auburn, Alabama at the games are really nice.

[B]

There's an Auburn, Alabama. Oh, wait, sorry, I thought you were saying Auburn, South Carolina. And I was like, what?

[C]

Of course, stadium.

[B]

If you're getting a soft pretzel.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Are you doing soft covered in salt with, like a little bit of mustard, or are you getting the cinnamon sugar covered 1?

[C]

Mustard.

[B]

That's my guy.

[C]

Yeah. Mustard.

[B]

Wow.

[C]

I think, yeah.

[B]

You're a cinnamon, aren't you?

[A]

Well, dude, well, soft pretzel is my most ordered. Like, if I try a new bar and they have a soft pretzel, I get it every time. It is long documented as a CP special.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And I don't like. Well, I don't dislike. But when they come with the cheese or the mustard, it's. It's got to be the mustard.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

A lot of people like the beer cheese, but at the Kings game at night, then I'm like, yeah, give me a fucking dessert. I've already eaten dinner.

[B]

You know, it's interesting. I feel as though oftentimes at restaurants when you order the soft pretzel, you go to a German beer house.

[A]

Yeah, it's.

[B]

It's got the sort of well done, hard brown exterior. I wish more restaurants gave me a fucking doughy Auntie Anne, dude.

[A]

Same. I'm like, barely cook that bitch.

[B]

Dude.

[C]

Right?

[B]

Like what? Yeah, I'd like to see that more at restaurants.

[A]

Can you eat the dough in the way that you eat cookie dough?

[B]

We had a.

[A]

Could I just eat it as a dough?

[B]

We have a friend, Sam, back home, and I think we had. We had just been eating Auntie Anne's and he was thinking about a bag. You remember what I'm about to say? We were. We were. He was talking about a bag of like rolled gold pretzels that you get, you know, put in Your house put out for games. Tiny twists. And he goes, I've got a business idea. Bagged mini soft pretzels. And I looked him in his face and I went, sam, that's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard in my entire life.

[A]

But that was mean, though, because. No, dude, no paper. No paper.

[B]

No, no, no. Listen. If it's like a situation where you're at a fair or at a game, at an arena.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And they give you one of those, like little mini paper bags filled with a bunch of tiny little soft ones, then sure, I think probably I'd go, these are great. I would love just a big one. But that would work. But he was talking about, like, the. The grocery store. And I'm like, they wouldn't stay soft.

[A]

That was why it was stupid. But talking about on paper, it's cheap. The more on paper they sold.

[C]

They sell soft pret. The grocery store, right?

[B]

You're a liar. You're telling me I can go get a soft pretzel? Like, Auntie Anne's in the grocery store?

[C]

Yeah, they sell them in the grocery store.

[B]

What grocery store? Ann's Groceries.

[C]

No, no, Whole Foods. I know. They definitely sell them at Trader Joe's. And I think they sell them.

[B]

What do they look like? Is it in, like the bakery?

[C]

It's in like the frozen. You warm it up and.

[B]

Oh, you. It's frozen.

[A]

Yeah, but it's garbage.

[B]

It's garbage. This guy goes. Zach goes like this. Hey, guys, let's have a pizza night. I got ordered from digiorno, you fucking idiot.

[A]

Oh, frozen don't donut. No, frozen.

[C]

No, frozen pizza is fucking amazing. You know what?

[B]

It's not better than fresh pizza.

[C]

No, but it's pretty fucking awesome. There's a lot of nights I toss a beard, I get a couple of beers, and I put the frozen pizza in the oven and I have a great night, dude.

[B]

I believe that, Zach, but you're. You're the crucial element there is the couple of beers.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Like, you're drunk at home late night, and you throw a pizza in the fucking oven and sure, it's going to be good.

[A]

What's sad? Not sad, actually, it's nostalgic.

[B]

Is.

[A]

I probably said exactly that when I was exactly Zach's age.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

He will look back on this 10 years from now and go like this. I cannot believe I uttered into a live stream.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

That a frozen pizza is not that bad. Yeah.

[B]

He was like this. I was so online.

[A]

YouTube will remember. I was once on live YouTube.

[B]

Telling people to get a frozen pretzel.

[C]

Oh, yeah. It was amazing. Dude. Dude.

[A]

I actually do want to try that, though, to be honest.

[C]

So good.

[A]

Just because I need to know. I've had plenty of frozen pizzas for one lifetime, but I do need to try the frozen pretzel. I want to try that. What kind? What brand?

[C]

Oh, Lord. I know in. Well, they're saying. Which is true. They sell the frozen pretzels in the. In the. In the deli section of Publix.

[B]

Oh, really?

[A]

Yeah. Publix is great. I love.

[C]

Publix is amazing. But I've. I've definitely bought. I can't even remember the brand.

[A]

I mean, I mean, pizza. What? Frozen pizza.

[C]

Oh, what Frozen pizza? Pizza. I'm the. There's a Detroit. I think it's called, like, Motor City.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Of that nature. But it's a Detroit pizza and it's frozen. It's. It's amazing. You shit on me.

[A]

Hey, no, dude, I love them. I'll have one with you when we get back. I'll have one with you.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And a couple of beers. And you have the greatest night.

[A]

I'll have one with you. The greatest night of our life. Greatest night of our life. So I wanted to say on the. Mark Stone takes Eichel and Mark Stone combining for six minutes of penalty time. When your team is down to going into the third period, I'm like, are. And I thought Jax was a little. Yeah, but Mark Stone, Tree trunks. Who do you get in the face?

[B]

Actually, I, I don't. I don't remember.

[A]

I'll remember. But anyway. And then Svet scores again off a gross. Ers pass.

[B]

Just. I, I again, I can't get over how he's like, I played. Like, it's insane. That's. But it's one of those times. Like, he took. He took a. A tough panel. Did delay game and.

[A]

Okay, so then, dude, his second delay game. I don't even know. Don't you dare play that video again. They're gonna kill him.

[B]

Was.

[C]

I just want to prove it to him that I could play it.

[A]

Oh, it was chatty. That's who got the. That's who got the stick to the face. That's right. He went down, remember?

[B]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That was the four minute.

[A]

Hey, by the way, did he come

[B]

back on the ice? Dude, I think. I think Chats has about four teeth left in his head and now they're gone.

[A]

Was it smacked? I hope that. I hope he's all right.

[B]

Oh, he got.

[A]

But, yeah, the those guys taking penalties in that moment and I'm not saying Vegas is coming apart at the scenes but just those guys taking penalties. It's like you can't chase a game from the box. It's insane. Plus the Canes power play has been killing you which they continue to do. And ER sketch got even hotter. ER stayed hot like ridiculous. ER's second delay game. I don't. I don't even know how he did that.

[B]

Me neither.

[A]

Crazy. That was the most unbelievable thing I've ever seen. But even though Dorothy like honestly the only negative at all if you're Carolina is Dorothy have scored twice and you're like. Like I just would have loved him not to get going. But that kill at the end of the game with the goalie pulled was such a cherry on top of this dick kicking where they're like. Like take another power play, dude. Ers just like Rainbow kicked a puck into the crowd. I don't know how that happened. Take a pull goalie pull six on four. Still can't score on us. They had that post but Bossy had all the answers on the Eichel rebound. I think it was EO rebound or maybe Dorothy of on that rebound. But Eichel had a chance. It was just like that was so fully encompassing Carolina hockey that I'm. I am so hard pressed especially without Bill to think about any way that Vegas can muster up enough fight to win another hockey.

[B]

Yeah man. And look at I go into Game 5 against Montreal and the way they fucking took care of business. It's just been all playoffs with this team. It's like they. They just. They don't shrink. Winning in game four, winning in game two were you know, especially game four after the brutal double O T they do this Carolina team does not shrink. And now they have the first lead they've had in this Stanley Cup Final and Wild Bill is out. They're fucking all over the goaltender in Vegas.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

You've got to imagine they go into this game and this happens all the time. Vibes are so high. Boiler actually said it today on Stanley cup live and I thought this was brilliant. And so did Eric Cole where he they were talking about and actually so did Patty everyone.

[A]

Yeah. This is common take.

[B]

They were like being on the road in a crucial game is actually kind of awesome.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

This is great for that because it's like you've got all your family there and. And you best believe again shout out Jane family. People are going to be coming to Vegas for this game to hopefully possibly See their guys win a cup.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But at home it is different. You've got so many people asking for tickets. You've got all those fans who have been with you all year long. There's something about going on the road road, getting a good night's sleep in the hotel, being with the boys and just locking in and being like, let's fucking close this out.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

With all of that, I just feel like they've showed everything anyone could have ever asked of them to. To believe we will take care of this job.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

And it does feel like they have found it. They have found everything that they needed to figure out about this Vegas team to win. And it's going to be a tough battle.

[A]

And.

[B]

And for Vegas, you're now going to be without Carlson. You've got a goaltending issue. You've got a defensive issue. You got a lack of offense issue. You've got a quiet down. Quieted down. I know he had two assists tonight, but you've got a quieted down. Jack Eichel a quieted down. Mitch Marner hasn't scored in a little bit. And on top of that, dude, this is something that's not really being talked about because every year Vegas finds a way.

[A]

They.

[B]

They make a trade. They do something crazy. They have an ltir situation. Dude, Vegas Dorothy is about to get a bag.

[A]

Oh, buddy, he's nasty.

[B]

Rasmus Anderson is not signed. They're up against the cap. This is kind of a like, you gotta win.

[A]

Yep. Again, they'll probably. Yeah. You made that call the other day. I like that take.

[B]

I was talking to you and Marty about this and. And I, I do think Vegas is in a bit of a. Hey, man. We kind of went all in for some guys here. We went all in on Martyr. Martyr and paid him. We went all in and traded for Anderson. We went in and got heart. We thought going to be the answer. We've got this unbelievable goal scorer in Dov. He's about to be rfa. You don't have Petro Stoney is getting older and so hurt. This is definitely. They are looking at this being like we. We really want to win this. So like this is a. There's there's an added desperation for Vegas in that element.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

Where this game 6 is not a lay down, boys. It's over.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Carlson's injured.

[A]

Blah, blah, blah.

[B]

It's like a no, no, no fight tooth and nail because this might be the last time we're or the this. We're not guaranteed at all to be Back here next year.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Right.

[A]

So, yeah, well put. And it's crazy because you go, I kind of go, Vegas, what? You. What are you even doing here? Yeah, like. But then preseason, they go, well, we were the preseason favorites. And I go, but then you sucked all year, which you did. You sucked all year. And then they go, well, advanced metrics and we killed the Aves. And I'm like, you got. It's. You know, it's such a weird thing where the Canes and. And I can point to the last eight years of the Canes where it didn't fin bob, but the Canes have just been so consistently good all year. And actually, I have a couple chats I want to shout out here. Okay. It's about hockey. I've been trying to ignore this comment. You keep making it, But Jack has three goals in his last 31 playoff games. Without that production. It is because I have felt at times in this series that Vegas is going to be kicking themselves that they. They're going to look back and go, I literally cannot believe we lost that series. Now after games four and five, I feel less bad because really, Vegas just feels like they puked up game two and they should admit they should be up three zero. And then you're like, well, we'd win. But I go, well, then you kind of got kicked in the face 4 and 5. And then now you're stressing because you're like, okay, the Canes are on us. But I still think Vegas is frustrated, but without that type of Jack production, it's a tough task. Like you.

[B]

You need.

[A]

We kept saying the Canes are the team team. And the Vegas has Jack and Mick Mitch. That's why they might win.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And you. But you. Then you need Jack and Mitch.

[B]

Yeah, right.

[A]

Okay. That was a good one. This is really funny. This is torts. I don't even know if it's going to coach next year, but AJ goes towards heart's gonna play 82 games next year, plus playoffs. Oh, okay. Drake had this. I need to come back to that. Let me see. There was a great comment from Blake. Sorry, I'm just filling time here while I look for it. But I. I had another investigation, Dan, because remember I said to you and

[B]

Laz, did you know what's going to happen? That's going to Dr. People insane. Florida is going to trade for Connor Hellebuck and then Vegas is going to trade Aiden Hill and sign Bobrovsky.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And it's like, it's going to be really tough.

[A]

I found The Blake one. In order for Vegas to win the cup now, the Canes would have to lose back to back, which they have not done since mid January. They haven't lost two games in a row since mid January.

[B]

That is so horny.

[A]

Isn't that incredible? Awesome. And remember, because everyone was going, montreal has never lost two in a row. And everyone, all the cadence fans are going, we have an E3 either. But everyone was just on Montreal's dick because they kept going seven gamers without losing two in a row, ignoring the fact that they were losing three times. And the Canes are like, we also haven't done that since January. That's insane. Oh, here's my investigation, Dan. Game one, the team that took the lead or the team that scored first lost. Game two, the team that scored first lost. Game three, the team that scored first blew the lead but still won. Game four, the team that scored first blew the lead but still won one. Game 5, the team that scored first lost. So we're going in two sets of twos.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

So game six, the team that scores first will lose.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

For Carolina. You start with the goalie pulled. Bang, goal, first shift, boom. Go down with nothing. Bussy goes in, pitches a shout out, you win.

[B]

Wow.

[A]

End of discussion. Start with Bussy pulled.

[B]

Wow.

[A]

Give up goal Bussy. Because then he doesn't have to see it go by him. Oh, should I give up a goal? Start with Bussy pulled. Goal. Bussy goes in, shut out. Cup parade, parade, Championship. Walk down the strip, Tarps off, cups on. We did it.

[B]

Interesting.

[A]

So I find that very interesting.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And did I have anything else for you here? Not really. Busy was just incredible. What a moment for the kid.

[B]

What a moment, man. It's him, his family. It's just. It's so awesome to see. It's unreal, man. I, I. As we've said from the beginning, I love both of these teams, and this is not over. This is not over. We. We.

[A]

Chris has declared it's over.

[B]

As we have said, I do think Carolina has the juice right now. I do. And that's not the obvious, because they're up three, two. It's because of what I said after game four and what they. They. What I said after game four became true in this game. So I'm like, yeah, they've got the juice. And there are so many great stories here. It's a very great story for Rod. It is a very great story for Jordan Stahl. It's a very great story for Bussy. It's a very Great story for Taylor.

[A]

I was just about to say Taylor. I'm so happy for Taylor Hall.

[B]

Taylor hall being tied for the most points in the playoffs on this team is fucking insane. And you know what also is a big thing to night Taylor Hall. I think in his time in Boston, he got a lot of good tips from one Bradley Marshand.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And he's a bit of a stirrer out there. And I think tonight way more than we've seen in the other games of the series. He very much officially got under the skin of a lot of Vegas players.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Like, I think he is in their heads and I mean to be the leading. Tied for the leading scorer on the team and also being a fucking rat, getting in people's faces and be 33 years old, 34 years old. He's been on what, five teams now? Toronto, or excuse me, Edmonton, Buffalo, Boston, Chicago, Arizona and now six Carolina.

[A]

Dude, I forgot about that. And the Devil mvp.

[B]

He's been on seven teams. First overall pick, Taylor hall has been on seven teams. That is a hell of a story.

[A]

Yep. Dude, there, there are a ton of people I am will be extremely happy for. And dude, it's the, there are guys I'm leaving out for sure. And it, I mean, God, these long series, it's just such a, it's so sad for the team that loses. You know, you just feel so caught up. But at this point, it's like, like it's now the canes are up 3, 2. It's more of a dagger for them.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You know, like I'm always trying to avoid the most sadness as possible. I just don't want to. I just want everyone to have a good time.

[B]

Sure.

[A]

So I'm like, at this point, I'm like, the Canes have to win because if they lose now, it's an absolute nightmare.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

But Vegas got there a couple little while ago. I know there's a couple new guys and everything, but it's like it's going to be okay. Honestly. I, I, Mitch Marner is the saddest part of the Vegas story for me because he has had regardless of, of what anyone says about him in this series, which I think is mostly positive still. He had a Hattie the other night, but he has had a tremendous playoff and is the man.

[B]

Oh man. I mean like I. There, there again, there's, there's so many great stories on Vegas. It's like torts coming in, doing what he's done and winning. Mitch Marner's whole journey has been amazing. Jack EICHEL. Winning a. A gold medal with his longtime best bud Noah Hannifin. Them winning a cup together.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Those are all amazing stories. There's amazing stories on both teams, but there's just Carolina, man. Like Carolina has had for years a little brother vibe. And, and it's amazing seeing them what do. Doing what they're doing. And to what you were saying earlier, if there's any part of Vegas is like we flubbed that. We, we. We blew this one.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

I don't think there's. If, if Carolina takes care of business here in game six or even comes home and wins in game seven. I don't think there's any way anyone can say that because look at what they've done.

[A]

Yeah, right.

[B]

Sweep, sweep, gentleman sweep. And then if they go diplomatic sweep, sweep. Then it's like, dude, they're the best league and they were all year.

[A]

Absolutely. They haven't.

[B]

Who shout out whoever said that in the chat. They haven't lost back to back games since January. This team's a wagon, dude.

[A]

Here's another investigation for you, Dan. We should have seen it coming a mile away. Laura said, quote, they are a regular season team, not a playoff team. End quote. If we win. I'm getting that on a T shirt with Osh or Wit's face. Dude. Wit. This is the year. Whit Seward, the Sabers.

[B]

Dude. I cannot wait to see Wit tomorrow because I'm going to be like this. Dude, you are the. You are the biggest reverse jinx I've ever seen, dude.

[A]

Exactly the second second Wit sewer the Sabers and they made playoffs. And then he sewered the Ducks against the Oilers and the Ducks rinsed the Oilers. And then he said they can't. The Canes can't win. We should have seen it a mile away. Yes, this is the year of the anti wit. And the Canes were winning. That was. That's all it took to get the Canes over the hump. Was Whit making that comment this year?

[B]

The craziest thing about this. I suppose as we close out here, we'll get into a little netters after dark for five or so minutes and have some fun. But Zach, you. You said correctly after game four, it feels like after every game all we do is just completely flip the narrative because crazy things are happening.

[C]

That's all we do.

[B]

It's all we do. And it feels very much like this game and this episode. All we've done is talk about Carolina. Yeah, but it's deserved. And Carolina and Carolina fans have been waiting for this all year.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

People to other than me to finally give them respect. And I don't want to get too horny here and I don't want Carolina fans to get too horny.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

I mean, walking out of the Lenny tonight, the dude, that was crazy.

[A]

Dude.

[B]

It's fucking special things ever. 85 degrees outside. We walk out of the Lenny, people are fucking tarps off. There's a concert going. Wagon Wheel is playing. We want the cup. Chance are happening. That's what every fan base does when they get three wins. So they did what they should. But I need Kane's fans to hear this loud and fucking clear. You are a happy go lucky bunch. You're amazing. We've loved every second we've had with you. Lock the fuck.

[A]

Yeah. Fourth one's tough.

[B]

Lock the fuck in, dude. Because I'll tell you what, if you lose game six, especially without Carlson for Vegas, the fear is going to consume you.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So lock the fuck in. And even if you lose game six, you come back home and you do the same thing.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah.

[B]

But like, do not you dare start dancing yet.

[A]

Dude, that was so sick. Leaving the rink. I was in heavy. I want. I didn't even want to come back here because why it took us so long. I'm recording Wagon Wheel. I wanted to jump on stage. That was insane. You're so right. Because I said walking out. I almost hope it comes back for seven. If you promised me the Canes were going to win, I would say I almost wanted to come back for seven because these fans deserve to have that party outside because it would be insane. But you just don't want the fear of it because since I can't make promises like that, you don't want to watch Vegas pound you in game six and then have to come back and be like, oh, God, dude. Yeah. So, yeah, it's. It's. I mean, dude, this team is awesome. This Vegas team is awesome. But they look wounded. They look wounded. We said blood in the wall water, but you got. But you got to be a shark, though.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Listen, Grant and I were fins up at the craps table all night in Vegas. It's been the trip of sharks. I didn't realize that, but we were fins up. Fins up because we were circling. Boom.

[B]

Give me a six. Give me a six.

[A]

Fins up. We were sharking the Canes. Look at me. We sharked. Now you have to shark because there's blood in the water right now. But if you're not a shark, then, then Nemo gets away. And Nemo gets away.

[B]

Is that another thing that happened? You guys were sharks.

[A]

That's what I'm saying. We've been sharking and then now there's blood in the water.

[C]

Blood in the water.

[B]

Now the canes need to be sharks,

[A]

so you got to turn into a shark.

[B]

Unbelievable.

[A]

What a night, dude. What a game.

[B]

What a night. Listen, I think we can wrap up the episode. This, this has been. Oh, what?

[A]

Yeah, you keep going, you keep filibustering.

[B]

I got nothing. Nothing. I got nothing left. I mean, that was one hell of a hockey game. I think that was probably. We still got great action. Yeah. When Ehlers made that pass and then, you know, I was trying to get the great action stamp up and then Vegas scored to make it a two goal game again. And I was like, this is. We just got great.

[A]

Yeah. I was so sure that, that Vegas was gonna score on that late power play to make it four, three. And yeah, here we go.

[B]

So we got great action again. But this was probably the most normal hockey game so far of the series. But amen. We are headed back to Vegas where the three of us are getting on

[A]

the bird, get our plane in the morning.

[B]

Gonna go back to Vegas. We've got a game on Sunday night with the cup in the building. Chills.

[A]

Is this. Did the bars literally close it too? Like I literally can't go out? Is that what you're telling me?

[B]

Yeah, Carolina people do your.

[A]

I was trying to go to tin roof right now, but I'm now closes at 2.

[B]

Tin Roof closes at 2pm and then

[A]

what time does cookout close? Like, do I. Did I miss cookout now you guys

[B]

can get cookout still Cookouts.

[A]

Three tin roofs too. Yeah, I mean, I guess it makes sense it's an hour after the bar, but both of those seem preposterously low early.

[C]

Yeah, dude, cookout here is at 5.

[A]

See, that's what I'm saying. Like, how do people. The Duke bars are open till 4. I'm pretty sure.

[C]

No, let's double check these.

[B]

Where, where, what states does do bars stay open past two? New York.

[A]

New York, Florida.

[C]

Yeah. Two.

[A]

Two. Yeah. People are saying two is last call. That cannot be true. And then Jeremy. Oh, Jeremy. What up, dude? Jeremy says cookout never closes. Oh, also Dan, Jeremy, earlier, I forgot to flag this comment. He goes, did Dan know the wall and couch were going to be white

[B]

before I have my white shirt on? Does it look? Does it look? Who said that?

[A]

Jeremy, dude, who sitting with us for game for the ottoman winner.

[B]

Oh, yeah. Jeremy's the man. Does it look like I'm a floating head? It's like I'm wearing a green shirt on the, on the, the Weather Channel.

[A]

Yeah, they go. They go. There's no. He does. He doesn't have. They go, what shirt?

[C]

Dude, look, y', all, it was very dark. It was very dark in Vegas, so we want to make sure it was very white.

[B]

No, no, no, Zach, this is a, this is a plus for you. This is just me. I just wore a white shirt on a, On a cre. Couch on a white wall.

[A]

It's exactly correct. That's exactly correct. Yeah, man. Dude, Vegas. Vegas Open all night, but that's it. Dude. So now we got to go to cookout before it closes, which is ridiculous.

[B]

I know. I feel bad. We. We're supposed to meet up with the boys, but listen, I got to text them right now. The, the, the chat is, is where our loyalties lie.

[A]

Yeah, correct. We're not going to leave you guys hanging.

[B]

No, no.

[C]

It's amazing that there at 2am There's 282 people in here.

[A]

Yeah, correct.

[B]

It's amazing. I love every one of these psychopaths

[A]

fight. Is.

[B]

There is. Does anyone in the chat have a hot take that they want us to dissect for five minutes and then we'll close it out? I'm going to give the chat 60 seconds.

[A]

Okay?

[B]

Anyone can put in any hot take debate they want right now, and we will spend the next five minutes, the three of us. And here's.

[A]

Here's one that we're not going to talk about, but this is going to be a topic of a future pod, probably after the final.

[B]

Here we go.

[A]

Cooch winning MVP this year is beyond me after they buried him the last two years and then, then they awarded him MVP this year on next year.

[B]

Here's the big question. Who, who, who were the other nominees? Nate and Connor.

[A]

Who won? Ted Lindsay.

[B]

Was it Connor?

[A]

I think so, because it wasn't.

[B]

It wasn't Macklin. Yeah. It must have been Nate and Connor.

[A]

This was like. This was probably the easiest Conor MVP year of his entire life. And they're like, cooch, after years of you having more points, both of them

[B]

first round losses probably should have been

[A]

Nate and Connor carrying the team without Leon forever.

[B]

I mean, no, like, I thought winning Art Ross, but I, I thought it should have been Cooch. Like, I, I, I was like, it's, I mean, I, I thought it should have been Macklin, but yeah, that, that's me being biased for my Son.

[A]

Oh, hey, let me see the Hot Topics. Oh, dude, I did have one more thing to say. Zach Canes, you got to look at the comments.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Keynes fans need to be very careful about something. I realized something happened tonight. Oh, the tarps off. Oh, yeah.

[B]

Careful, guys.

[A]

A rally.

[B]

That's a rally. Tarps off.

[A]

Dude, I did not realize this, but

[B]

you listen, listen, listen. You could take your tarps off after a while win, but in game like the tarps off was a rally. Tarps off. You can't take your tarps off when you're winning, dude. So you're going to rally the other team.

[A]

I've been reading dungeon crawler call.

[B]

No, because I think that that's getting too. I, I think that's bad juju. If they win, we'll do the pod tarps off. I, I, I will be shirtless doing the pod if, if they win.

[A]

So I've been reading dungeon crawler Carl as I said on a pod recently, and there's a lot of spells being cast in that, but you got to be careful because they do what they do regardless of what you intend it to do. Like, if you're like, I'm casting a, a growth thing off on Dan, but I miss and it hits the bad guy, he doesn't not grow. I'm like, oh, I cast the spell.

[B]

What? That's not unique to dungeon crawler Carl.

[A]

Yes, it is.

[B]

And you're telling me if you cast a spell in Harry Potter and it misses your target and hits something else, it won't still happen?

[A]

Some, some.

[B]

If I when Guardian Leviosa the couch and I miss and hit the lamp, the lamp's gonna be floating.

[A]

Okay. It's unique to every magic book ever written.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And in the in character, because magic is real.

[B]

And this is true to what happens

[A]

rally thing is a. Or the tarps off is a rally. So spell and any whoever is down will rally. So I mean, I'm not hit that. And then it was immediate four.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Like, I'm, I'm not saying that's why Vegas scored again, but I'm not not saying that. So you got to be careful.

[A]

It's like, Jesus, you can't tarps off if you're winning. What the are you doing?

[B]

Okay, you picked one.

[C]

RC12 dropped my favorite hot take that I love here. Okay, ready?

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Zach is picking the hot take.

[C]

Our sync 12 says we should be able to trade mascots, like, players. Dude, that is incredible.

[A]

That is interesting, but it would, there's a, there wouldn't be a Lot of one for ones. I think it'd be plus. Plus packages. You know, like, I want. You want Gritty. It's not. It's not for free.

[B]

That is so funny, because now I'm going to troll the Internet every time I talk about trade propositions, and I'm just going to throw a mascot in there.

[C]

Dude, that would be incredible.

[B]

Yeah. Wow. Wow. I wonder if there are any mascots in the league that a team, like a fan base is, like, that should be our mascot. Do you think

[C]

there's definitely ones that you think about. Like, but, like, who would you. Who would you take? Like, number one mascot? You? I. I'm going to give up. Like, what player would you give up?

[B]

I'm not going to say a player's name in the NHL and say I would give him up for a mascot, because that is possibly the most insulting thing of all time. However, I mean, the number one mascot in the league is Gritty. It is. It is. It is frankly, not a debate. And Stormy, relax. Don't yell at me. And I don't need. I don't need anyone coming for me. But it's got. It's gritty.

[A]

Oh, yeah. 100%.

[B]

I mean, gritty is. Is a weapon.

[A]

Here's a great take from Chris. The Oilers.

[B]

We're just doing all.

[A]

The Oilers said they would hire Babcock to get nurse to request a tree.

[B]

Dude, that is not that. Not a hot take, Chris.

[A]

That is just real. Like, that is funny. Let's see. Oh, no. Now people are mad at you about Stormy. That was your fault. That was.

[B]

I love. Come on. I love Stormy.

[C]

I want to know. I want to know you guys.

[B]

Gritty. His first ballot.

[C]

No. What would y' all trade gritty for? McDavid even trade one.

[B]

The deal is one for one. Whoa.

[A]

Drake says Harry Potter movies are better than the books. That's incorrect.

[B]

That's wrong, Drake. But they are.

[A]

But they. They're good. Yep, they're good.

[C]

There is one. This isn't from the chat, but it's one that was similar to a comment in the chat at what? And this is one that I've wondered for a long time. At what age is it too old to wear a jersey?

[A]

Oh, don't even get. Dan, we have to turn. Is this a.

[B]

Is this a troll by you?

[C]

No, I'm asking. There are people that have.

[A]

Before Zach's time.

[B]

Dude, Zach, this is before your time. The very first ever viral empty Netter clip.

[C]

Oh, really?

[B]

Is this. Take by me where I say and I mean this adult men are not allowed to wear jerseys in my opinion. I think it is absolutely insane how much of a child toddler, baby boy you look like when you wear your jersey. But again, it's like a funny take. I'm not actually mad about it, but

[A]

I do think you kind of look

[B]

goofy in a jersey. And I think. I think 12 is the age. The second you become a teenager, you can't be wearing jersey anymore.

[C]

A team.

[B]

Buy him. Buy him. Shadow box him.

[A]

But.

[B]

And we're just redoing the.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Correct.

[B]

But. But. Yes, I. I do. I think it is. I think it's. I think it's tough. Yeah. Who is the shadow? Kristen Usch.

[C]

Laura said you should wear a jersey in your casket.

[B]

What's that?

[C]

Laura said you should wear a jersey in your classic my or casket.

[B]

I think that's actually gas. Wait, Laura and I are be beefing?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Well, no, Laura. Laura's been chirping me for like weeks now.

[A]

No, no, no, no, no. You got chirped one time.

[B]

Ever since the hip thing. Laura and Laura and I are arch enemies. It's unbelievable.

[A]

This is hockey thing.

[C]

But.

[A]

But Rock said that Torts is getting massively out coached. Rod made lineup changes. They worked towards has just been a cheerleader. I actually thought Torts today brought out.

[B]

It's pretty good.

[A]

For the first time did the Marner Eichel Stone line.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And then Marner and Stone were dash one. Eichel was somehow plus one. But I was like that was actually a big swing change. That did not work. Laura wants to be out of timeout.

[B]

Laura's not in timeout. We're just beefing Laura. We used to be best friends and now we're enemies because you have been humiliating me for weeks.

[A]

God damn, dude. Oh, okay. This is a good one from about the jerseys. If the player is older than you, you're good.

[B]

Well, listen, my take is ridiculous because I.

[A]

That's a good take, dude.

[B]

Oh, no, no, I. Well, I, I don't like that because it takes the wonderment out of loving a team. I'm like, whatever, dude. That's okay. And I say that. I say that because whoever said that comment, that's a very logical comment. But I wear as you know, I wear football kits all the time, soccer kits all the time, which is a jersey. And they're all but, but, but, but, but. Football jerseys. Sorry, Excuse me. I'm being. I'm being douchey British Dan. Now, now, soccer jerseys are just T shirts. They're Just T shirts.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

So I think they just look. Literally the visual aesthetic looks cool and good. I feel the same way about baseball jerseys. It's just a T shirt. When you wear. Zachary, when you wear.

[C]

You are bending the rules here.

[B]

No, it's.

[C]

You are. It is just called toddler baby Boys. Anybody wore a jersey and then you're like, like, you know what? Baseball completely fine.

[B]

But you know it's right. Dude, when you put on a hockey jersey, you're swimming in that thing. Like it.

[A]

It's the one. The right size. Our Utah jerseys are gas.

[B]

Yeah. But because I'm smart and I went, give me a schmedium because I was like, I don't want this thing to make me look like I'm going to my first day of school.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

This is unbelievable. This is just straight hypocrisy is what this is.

[A]

It.

[B]

It's.

[C]

It's.

[B]

It's specifically a hockey and football jersey issue for me because everyone buys big. Football. But you know what I do like about football? Football.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Most stadiums are actually. I don't even know if that's right. I was gonna say most stadiums are cold weather places, but that's probably not true. But in the cold weather stadiums, I love it when people put the football jersey over their jackets, like their winter jackets. I think that does look cool. And like the winter classic. And when it's in cold weather cities, people put the jerseys on over the jackets and stuff. That looks pretty cool. Or over a hoodie. Yeah, looks. It looks like you're laying.

[C]

Jerseys are cool. Cool.

[B]

Jerseys are so.

[C]

You're wrong.

[B]

Jerseys are cool. But I just. I think I don't like it. It's not for me.

[A]

Get the right size.

[B]

Get the right size. Also get a jersey and shadow box.

[A]

It put on a wall.

[B]

That looks amazing. Get a jersey tea. Yeah.

[C]

All right.

[B]

We got to end this.

[C]

We got to end this.

[B]

We're out of control.

[A]

Good night, guys. People are mad, dude. People are mad. People love jersey and so do I. I can't believe I don't like Chad from Dan. I love a jersey.

[B]

I said this in confidence. This is is the OG viral clip that we got yelled at for. This is not a real take. It's a. It's a hair brain Dano take. This is fancy boy Dano.

[C]

Dude, there are 259 people at 2 in the morning.

[B]

I know you guys are the fucking

[C]

great pissed about this, but you know

[B]

what's great and why I love all you beauties and what I love about this show, especially moments like this. I feel like we're just sitting around with 300 some odd of our budget buddies.

[C]

That's what I feel like.

[B]

We're just yucking it up, dude.

[C]

We are just yucking.

[B]

We're not. We're not ending this episode because I'm just having fun chatting with the fellas and the gals. Yeah, we got to go to cookout.

[C]

We do. Gotta go cook out. Shout out. Shout out for the blue moons.

[A]

Shout out blue moon guy.

[B]

Shout out blue moon. God, you are. You are the goat. And shout. I mean, we don't need to do the shout outs again, but I do just want to say shout out Kelly again. I love Kelly and Bella.

[C]

Yeah, let me.

[B]

Hey. I will say that again. If anyone. If that was missed in the chat chat, message us please, so I can get merch to the both of you.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

Amazing that that recovery is going to go perfectly. You're going to look amazing in these unbelievable new hoodies that we're dropping. God.

[A]

Game 6. Cup in the building, ladies and gentlemen. Cup in the building.

[B]

Cup in the building. Game six. We will be there. Boots on the ground as we have every time. And also, hey, check out all of you unbelievable human beings who are always so loyal coming in, watching all these shows. Make sure to tune in Stanley cup live. It's an absolute blast. We got some great guest lines, lineup. Alec Martinez is going to be joining us. Liam Blutman, Shout out Barstool gonna be joining us. Maybe we'll get Merles.

[A]

Yeah, that'd be good.

[B]

I can't wait to see Merles. I can't wait to see Army. I can't wait to see memes. I can't wait to see G and Biz and Wit and Yans and Ra and the whole gang.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

Our boys, Vegas and Pasha. I'm gonna give Pasha the biggest hug. You know who was gonna get along like a treat is Zach and Fish.

[A]

I was actually thinking that Zach and Fish are gonna. I was actually thinking that why am

[C]

I gonna get along with them?

[B]

Fish is just. Just the.

[A]

Just the goat.

[B]

He's the goat. He's. He's the answers man. Like, you're the answers man. You guys are just gonna click.

[C]

We are gonna click. I do. What can I defend one small thing since it's 2am yeah.

[B]

If this has to do with jerseys, I'm gonna throw you out the way.

[C]

No, it's not jerseys. There's just some folks that are like that rip on my reading when I'm like reading out the comments it's because I can hear you and then hear myself on a delay. And so when I am talking. Cause I'm monitoring the audio, y'.

[A]

All.

[C]

That's why it sounds so funny and slow, is because I'm hearing myself at a very high volume in my head.

[A]

That is awesome.

[C]

Pull up.

[B]

Pull up a page of a Harry Potter book right now and read the whole thing.

[C]

If it. It looks like I sound like the kid that gets a little nervous in popcorn reading right now.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Today, Junior.

[C]

Yeah, that's what. That's what it sounds like.

[A]

Oh, my God.

[B]

All right, that's going to do it for this episode, folks. We absolutely love you, Raleighwood. We love you. Hey, if it goes game seven, we'll see you back here.

[A]

But.

[B]

But as CP Said, cup in the building in Vegas on Sunday. We'll be there tomorrow giving you content all through the weekend. Fun stuff. We can't wait to see you for the next one. Unbelievable.

[C]

We love you guys.