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Elias is BACK: All right, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, we are back. Episode 39 of the Same Seeds podcast. Just five more than what the Green Bay Packers are currently putting up on the New England Patriots right now. we're here Sunday, November 8th. The day started off great as a as a Boston sports fan, but I don't know where it's ending up here for the remainder of you. remainder of the evening. Jeez. Holy shit. gentlemen, how are we doing today?
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Shit. Absolutely dead. Just an unbelievable weekend. celebrating Aura and Logan down.
Elias is BACK: Shout out our
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah, down in Tampa. Or no, not Tampa, sorry. down in Jacksonville. And at this beautiful resort called Pontavidra Inn and Club. it is one of the best places I've personally ever been in my entire life. And There was a lot of golf to be played there and I'm very lucky that I had my pinned equipment with me because it was a tough it was
Elias is BACK: Imagine if you didn't.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: a tough it was a tough track.
Elias is BACK: And you were there for a few days, yeah.
Dianna Russini: What'd you use? The caddy? The speaker? Used it all?
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah, I used the caddy and the speaker. their their actually their technology in the golf cart was inaccurate and we had flown we had flew the green a few times and we were like, Why are we getting the wrong numbers? So I just pulled the caddy out and we ended up using that for the group. But dude hilarious story. They put in a huge new gym at the place. And I'm like taking a quick saunter on Saturday morning and Liam Cohen just walked out and I was like, I was like How's it going? And and then who
Dianna Russini: You maskay.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah, and
Elias is BACK: LaSalle Academy, a lot.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Rhode Island guy.
Elias is BACK: I'm I'm done trying to make
Dianna Russini: Married a Bristol girl.
Elias is BACK: I'm done trying to make claims where people are from, but I know for a fact he's Rhode Island guy.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah. Yeah. But no, it was it was it was a it was a hell of a weekend.
Elias is BACK: The pictures look gorgeous. I
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah.
Elias is BACK: it look he had to be on eighteen or something, that one of the Instagram stories of him just ripping a tee shot was incredible. It looked
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Was that the w the one where look look look like looked like it was at cocktail hour? Yeah.
Elias is BACK: Yeah, it looked gorgeous.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah, so they did that, which was cool. They had a bunch of clubs, like balls, and they they did closest to the pin for a small prize and there was a there was one member that scr sent in a screamer into the restaurant. So that might be no longer after this wedding, but it was it was so so much fun.
Elias is BACK: Set the top. Jeez. God, that's incredible. And
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah. So that's fun.
Elias is BACK: you just got back. So you're just there's the gallon.
Dianna Russini: boy, the gal the gallin going.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah, yeah, that was unintentional. But yeah. Yeah, we got the gallant out. I
Elias is BACK: God.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: don't know, we I was dancing so hard though that I probably sweat out all the beers too. So it was
Elias is BACK: Lie band.
Dianna Russini: Well when it's hot down
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: live ban.
Dianna Russini: there too, you'd like it's easy to they they go out just as quick as they go in.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: yeah, yeah. A hundred percent. It was it was just an episode. But a band with DJ, all old E DM, the good stuff like Garrix and all of our old fit like the the the heyday of E DM, call it. And it was just it was a it was so much fun.
Dianna Russini: Twenty sixteen.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Twenty sixteen, yeah.
Elias is BACK: Best. Having a live band at a wedding makes all the differences. Three three gentlemen who have had live bands at their weddings. Top weddings I've been to all have live bands.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Have you do you guys want to tie a bow tie?
Elias is BACK: No. Our financial planner does though.
Dianna Russini: Yeah.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Dude, it is a lost art, man. I I was trying to do it for an hour on Saturday and I was on YouTube. I was typing it into AI to get a step by step tutorial. Nothing was coming up. And I took it then I took it down to the inn and to see if the the staff could help me. I asked I'm not exaggerating, forty five people if they could help me. Not one person knew how to tie a bow tie. So I think it's a complete lost art that I've never had, obviously.
Elias is BACK: I agree.
Dianna Russini: I think I may have done it once for it was either junior or senior prom. I don't know, but definitely don't know how to do it.
Elias is BACK: It's it still doesn't make sense to me when I look at one, just how it's like what the final product, like how you get there.
Dianna Russini: Did they just lose that fumble?
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah. Yeah. Patriots are on their fourth fourth turnover of the day. Yeah.
Dianna Russini: Good god. my god, this is insane. Not
Elias is BACK: Stay hot, think I'd have a playback error. Think I'd have a playback
Dianna Russini: to bury the lead here.
Elias is BACK: error on this TV or this remote would be through it. It'd be the second casualty.
Dianna Russini: You're not missing much.
Elias is BACK: It'd be a second casualty to a TV in my career. Mike, sorry for your TV.
Dianna Russini: Yeah, it's okay. It's my grandma's. She bought it right before she passed away and then Dave broke it. B Cam, you'll
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Would you guys get into this weekend?
Elias is BACK: Not a good guy move. Not a good guy move.
Dianna Russini: appreciate this. I went to the Kowloon for the first time
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: yeah.
Dianna Russini: ever. First time I've ever
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been.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: What'd you think?
Dianna Russini: It I didn't love it.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah, I I I think that's so fair. I think it's like a it's a it's a it's a special place because of how big it is and how big the parking lot is and there's a lot going on and I think the
Dianna Russini: Yeah.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I think the owner is like a Republican con not maybe not Congress, but in the Senate or s whatever. Dennis Wong, I think his name is. and then they
Dianna Russini: Yes, yeah. yes, yes.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: do movies and stuff like that, but like you're not gonna convince me like the food's like that great. Yeah.
Dianna Russini: No, the food was terrible, I thought. I thought it was terrible. But I'll tell you what, the vibes and the service, ten out of ten. we had
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: They have us.
Dianna Russini: we were ordering just Sapporo beers and the bartend or not the bartender, but
Elias is BACK: Great beers.
Dianna Russini: the it's a great beer. And the waiter would just come around half empty, put a full one right on the table, like second a napkin was crinkled up, he'd pick it up, new napkins, hand wipes, whatever you needed. He he was excellent. We left him a five star review. But yeah, the food was nothing To write home about.
Elias is BACK: Did you get the poo poo platter?
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: GS.
Dianna Russini: We did not get the poopoo platter, we should have though.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: No Scorpion Bowl?
Dianna Russini: No Scorpion Bowl, 'cause I wanted to have the beers. I was really looking forward to the Sapporo. I was like
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah, that's fair. That's fair.
Elias is BACK: Once you get into the scorpion balls.
Dianna Russini: not going out after two. I know, it's like
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah.
Dianna Russini: you there's no turning back, so
Elias is BACK: The scorpion bowls
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: There are they're not
Elias is BACK: at the new Watoy were like lighter fluid. You have one of and
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah. And and also
Elias is BACK: you're on a different planet.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Kowloon is very well known for having a heavy elbow on pours too. from what I understand. I
Dianna Russini: Yeah.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I truly like people ask me that all the time. I've only been there maybe like three or four times total in my entire life. because like
Dianna Russini: feel like that's plenty.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: everyone, every I'm I'm sure you guys did too. Like I had my local Chinese restaurant that we went to like once a week or once a month, whatever it was. We just never traveled out to Saugus.
Dianna Russini: Sangs Ducksbury.
Elias is BACK: August.
Dianna Russini: Legendary spot. Shout out.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Shout out not for yeah, it's for shout out.
Elias is BACK: Mindy's and Portsmouth every week. Not every week, every couple of weeks at least. Breakfast
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah.
Elias is BACK: and Chinese food according to the sign, but they drop breakfast, so they need to drop drop it on the sign. Just a crazy combination of food to be teeing up. Not
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Ha ha ha.
Elias is BACK: only can we serve sushi, but we can serve scrambled eggs and corned beef hash. Yeah, we didn't get into much though over here. Last weekend was our big weekend. We went to Nantucket for Halloween.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: yeah. How was it?
Elias is BACK: Yes. It was great. They got a little a little parade for the kids, went to Cisco, had a mariachi band playing, which was incredible. some good costumes.
Dianna Russini: For Halloween.
Elias is BACK: Yeah, it was incredible. yeah, it was a good time. It was definitely different. great time of year to get out to the island if you're looking to get out. the weather was perfect, so it couldn't have been any better.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Do guys stay overnight or do you guys just do a day quick day trip?
Elias is BACK: yeah, we stayed overnight, but I thought it would be cool not to sleep that night. So
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Hmm. Yeah.
Elias is BACK: we got a grand total of probably two hours with the time change too. The time change really set you back. The dog's all out of whack. He's trying to eat at two o'clock. It's crazy. I
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I know.
Elias is BACK: we just gotta drop that like a bad habit.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: They'll never drop it.
Dianna Russini: You you paid for a full night on Nantucky, you might as well stay awake for it.
Elias is BACK: Geez, I guess so, huh? None of it can go up. We're just sitting in the room staring at each other. She's having a party in the room between us.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Do you grab some ice cream? Do you go to the juice bar?
Elias is BACK: No, we didn't. We did get what's that place? Lemon press or whatever. Yeah,
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: that place is special.
Elias is BACK: great breakfast burrito.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah.
Elias is BACK: this isn't even a hot take. Breakfast burritos bar none the best way to eat breakfast.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Mm.
Dianna Russini: I I like that take, but I will I've always been a breakfast sandwich guy and I gotta say, I had probably the best breakfast sandwich I've ever had in my life, like last week. I think it was last week, yeah, on Wednesday. It was in Rowley Mass, which is near Newberryport. There's a place
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Mm-hmm.
Dianna Russini: called Sweet Pea Bakery, and they make their
Elias is BACK: No for that.
Dianna Russini: own bread in-house and it was everything sea everything bagel bread. So it's like an everything bagel seasoning. And they had like sheet pan egg. So it was like perfectly square and it was cooked to perfection. Like the cheese was perf it was unbelievable. Like I it was very filling, wasn't that expensive, probably like seven bucks. Ten out
of ten. Would recommend to anybody. No free ads.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: There's a couple nice small
Elias is BACK: Seven dollars is a good deal.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: t that's a couple nice small towns up that way too that like they they definitely have some hidden gems like that.
Dianna Russini: Yeah, local owned mom and pop type
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah.
Dianna Russini: deal. You don't see that too often anymore.
Elias is BACK: Probably doesn't hold a candle at the Bristol bagel works though.
Dianna Russini: Crystal bagel's delicious. That place is fantastic.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: We went over to
Elias is BACK: Elite.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: we went to Stamford last weekend to go watch my little sister run the New York C City Marathon and she absolutely crushes. She came in under four hours, which is bananas. And and then but we went to Colony Grill in Stamford on
Dianna Russini: Hm. Fairfield? and Stanford.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: yeah, the the OG. It it felt like very it was like wood panels inside and frosty mugs and all of that and The pizza was very good. Very, very good. I'm a ti I'm a tomato pie guy now exclusively. and I am a complete pizza snob and and I think that's that's sneaky in my top ten already.
Elias is BACK: And that that marathon's fun. When we weren't down to watch Bailey run a couple years ago, what a time it is.
Dianna Russini: That was a good time.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I didn't know Bailey ran.
Dianna Russini: Yeah, two years ago I think.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Mm.
Dianna Russini: Great time.
Elias is BACK: Complete complete party. Where were we watching? Williamsburg or whatever. Great atmosphere.
Dianna Russini: Yeah, somewhere in Brooklyn. They
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: yeah.
Dianna Russini: had DJs on every block. Restaurants were selling beers right on the sidewalk. Super cool.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Brooklyn's the best. I love Brooklyn.
Elias is BACK: Wildly different than the experience when we lived on like when we lived in Brookline on the route. Granted, like it like kind of like tail end of COVID where like people kinda w like really weren't given it and they were doing whatever. Like I was I was kind of itching to get back for a round two. Like that was a fun Sunday. Just a miserable car ride home though.
Dianna Russini: It was a fun Sunday. Yeah,
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Ha ha ha.
Dianna Russini: it's crazy. We took the train, it wasn't much better.
Elias is BACK: No. That's
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah.
Elias is BACK: like, geez, like this is horrible. You're like going through like the bowels of Connecticut. You're just like, Holy shit, this two this
Dianna Russini: No cell service either.
Elias is BACK: like it's a two lane highway on ninety five, one of the biggest like major highways in the US. And it's like, why is this two lanes and why is there always traffic?
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Dude, that highway sucks.
Dianna Russini: The merit.
Elias is BACK: all the Merritt
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Sucks.
Elias is BACK: Parkway. Even worse. We were driving that one time, and I somehow convinced Biley that all of the trees on that highway were like imported from Africa because they kind of had like the weeping willow look. And she was like, No way. Like these I was like, Yeah, Bri, like they got them all from Africa. And then like she like brought it up in conversation to someone like a week later. I was like, no, Bri, no, no. I was like, Nope, that's fake.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: shit never never followed up on that. Nope. Nope. Yeah. You didn't close you you didn't close the loop on the joke.
Dianna Russini: That's on you for not for not saying it was a joke. I know.
Elias is BACK: Just leave wide open. In fact, hey, she believes me.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: But we have we have a ton of hockey to talk. Holy cow are the Bruins on on fire. And now we're we're thinking
Elias is BACK: They
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: we're thinking soupy official.
Elias is BACK: Brian, we can't bury the lead though. We can't bury the lead here. Burgie getting
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: yes, yes.
Elias is BACK: inducted. First and foremost, our childhood idols. Not to speak for you two, but speaking
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah.
Elias is BACK: for you two here. Like incredible. Few clicks. Like just what a class act. It was a matter of time. It was bound to happen. Guy looks like he could still play. it he set the tone. So well obviously well deserved. Big night coming up in December, for him and and his family. So that was just massive. So we just we would have been remiss if we didn't kick off.
Dianna Russini: And tomorrow's the induction night. So Monday, November 9th, the official induction night. A little trivia question for you guys. So Burgie's obviously first ballot Hall of Famer. Do you know who else from the Boston Bruins organization is a first ballot Hall of Famer? So there's there's five of them, not counting Patrice.
Elias is BACK: Bobby Or.
Dianna Russini: Bobby's one.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Ray Bor.
Elias is BACK: Raymond Bork.
Dianna Russini: Raybork is too.
Elias is BACK: Chief.
Dianna Russini: No.
Elias is BACK: Espazita.
Dianna Russini: Espositos three.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Big Z.
Dianna Russini: Big Z four. There's one more. I don't know if you guys are gonna get it. Cause I was pretty shocked to see it.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I'm a I'm assuming it dates a little far back.
Dianna Russini: Hmm, sorta, not really.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Cam Cam Neal not Cam Nealy.
Dianna Russini: Not can I'll give you a hint, Dave, you love this player.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Mark Reckey?
Dianna Russini: It's Joe Thornton.
Elias is BACK: man!
Dianna Russini: Right? Yeah.
Elias is BACK: Jumbo!
Dianna Russini: Even though he two years or three whatever years he played for the Bees, but he still technically is a Boston
Elias is BACK: Hey Brillin.
Dianna Russini:
Bruin first ballot Hall of Famer.
Elias is BACK: It is sad. I think of him as a shar well, not sad, but he's just a shark. He's just a shark in my head.
Dianna Russini: A shark? he is a shar he is a shark. He gave us Marco get on the bus, loop the off the stir.
Elias is BACK: No, if it wasn't for him, would the bees be in first place in the Atlantic right now on a complete heater?
Dianna Russini: Bees wouldn't be a com Bees wouldn't be a complete wagon if it wasn't for Joey Thornton.
Elias is BACK: They are a complete wagon.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Well I did you see Kerry Price's comments about his least favorite player he played played against in his career? And he was like that that little rat out in Boston talking about Marshe. Got a good ch got a good chuckle from everybody.
Dianna Russini: That's funny.
Elias is BACK: Speaking of Marshy, did you see his so the Panthers got their jet blue plane? Just copy Cat League, copying the bees. and he was doing an interview and the and the reporter asked him something and he was like, yeah, Burgie and I I mean Barkie and I were going around. He still thinks about Burghe. Still
Dianna Russini: I saw that. Freudian slip.
Elias is BACK: just a quick little tear rolling down your face. You're like, man, what a what a run.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I know.
Dianna Russini: Yeah. He's gonna they're gonna have a his tribute video or not not his tribute video, but like whatever video rolls from every player saying something for Patrice, I bet March is he's gonna be just bawling like a baby.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: yeah.
Elias is BACK: Out of doubt.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I did I did see just kind of closing the loop on the Marshi trade. I did see the lineage of the draft pick we got back from what we use for Praturka. So we do have some we do have some good that came out of it and we're starting to see some more signs of him being active on the Bruins. I th I I still think there's so much more to uncover there for him and but he's still you gotta I think he's twenty five years old. He's still so young. and he's stepping in twenty four and like he He's stepping into a a a really big role for the Bruins, playing top three minutes most of the time. So, I think he's only gonna improve and if he can grab twenty five and seventy, like we're we're the driver's seat.
Elias is BACK: New new team, new city, third city in three years. Just let the guy get settled in. Right.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah yeah.
Elias is BACK: we're not calling on his number right now. He had a nice one today, great breakout pass by Freddie B to
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Mm-hmm.
Elias is BACK: send it up to Zaka and then a little bit of bing bang and he was cleaned up on a nice feed from pasta. But just give the kid some time, right? Five goals. It's
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah.
Elias is BACK: still early. It's still so early. He can get hot and start like he's got the touch. He's proved he can do it in Buffalo. call last year, whatever you want, but he's playing with the right guys, so it's just a matter of time.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Well, he played well last year too. he had I think he had twenty five goals last year. So I think that's why everyone was a little stunned that he that Utah wanted to get rid of him so quickly. yeah, he had twenty two and forty seven for I'm sorry, he had twenty five goals, twenty two assists for forty seven points last year. was a twenty three year old. So for them to get off of him that quickly, obviously some question marks mean why why? 'Cause Utah was working towards something, but our in our favor at the end of the day.
Elias is BACK: mean the last three years, twenty eight, twenty seven, twenty five.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Crazy.
Elias is BACK: So like he's a fifty point guy all day long. And look, he's he's getting the opportunity now. Not that he hasn't had the opportunity before, but
Dianna Russini: Collins just got a tutty.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I I saw that. Yeah.
Elias is BACK: I don't.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: This game might be also
Dianna Russini: Cutting the lead to twenty. It's like that that meme, Paul George,
Elias is BACK: Just dragging us along this evening.
Dianna Russini: Paul George has hit a three to cut the lead to forty-five.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: What was what was your guys' take on the the whole Kucharov madness that transpired like late on Wednesday night, Thursday night of last week?
Elias is BACK: With the request of the trade? Have we not recorded since then?
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: yeah. No, we have not.
Elias is BACK: wow, stay hot, boys. Johnny on the spot with the news. I don't know. I think they proved in the past they didn't want to do it with stammer in terms of paying them what the guy earned is deserving of, right? And then people are going on, Kutrahoff's agent on Twitter is people are like, the state tax will all come out to the same or whatever. Like, clearly the guy was just insulted. in Canada there's ways you can still recuperate that money. You put it into a I forget what type of account it is, but it's a moot. It's like a a what is it, moot point? I don't know why words are tough right now.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah, mood point, yeah.
Dianna Russini: Mm-hmm.
Elias is BACK: Thanks, boys. it's a moot point. Like he clearly he feels insulted. And I have a hunch he's either gonna go to Montreal or New York and I don't know, like it's gonna get done. And if he leaves, pfft good luck.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I don't totally agree with that. I I I don't like they have so many dogs on that team that whatever they get in return for him plus what they already have, their window is certainly closing. all their top guys maybe outside of Braden Point are over thirty years old. but they still have some dudes on that team. I mean, I think offering him thirteen million dollars and then at w after he won the Art Ross is such a slap in the face. And
then they jumped it up to like fifteen million. And even that's a that should maybe should have been the starting point. But I I was listening to Chiclets the other day and in in that scenario you kind of just have an open conversation around like what are you thinking in your brain on it and like trying to come to some terms on it being like we're willing to pay you like top value? Seems like they didn't do that, but then I I almost felt that there was like a disrespect from a organizational standpoint. Did you see him get honored for the most points and Lightning history. He sat he just sat on the bench and just raised his hand and the game and then the game proceeded from there. It felt very like I don't know. I I Dave, to your point about being in a big market, I think that's that's part of it. I think he wants more recognition, acknowledgement for what he's doing on the ice, truly.
Elias is BACK: He's sneaky been like I wouldn't say flying under the radar, but he can just go about his business in Tampa. Right.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yes.
Elias is BACK: they got great fans. I've been to a game there. It's a great atmosphere and they're diehards and they've been winning, right? But he probably wants something going like somet something more, right? Exper you you only have one shot going. he's won his cups now, go play in a big market somewhere.
Dianna Russini: I feel like that's such a opposite from what we've been seeing lately too with Hella Buck and just all the American people playing on Canadian teams or something, I gotta get out of this market, it's it's ridiculous. And everybody wanting to go to Florida and wanting to go to Vegas and now you get this megastar that just wants the complete opposite of what we've been seeing. So kinda interesting. I mean, I don't know, i if if you're a Don Sweeney, how can you justify paying Kuchrov sixteen, seventeen million in the offseason? I just don't I don't think it's worth it for him to come to Boston. I don't even think it'd be a like s a slight consideration. but I could see him going to New York or something, being a big ticket, like he he's, you know, postered all over the wall at MSG season ticket sales go s through the roof for Kutrov coming in, so I could see something like that happening, but just kinda unexpected and odd to see.
Elias is BACK: Crazy is the Bruins will be in on Cooch.
Dianna Russini: They will be in on Cooch, which I respect.
Elias is BACK: They will be. if it they'll put something out there, they'll be in on
Dianna Russini: Absolutely.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: they're they're stealing it on Dylan Larkin when Dylan Larkin isn't it on them. It's t
Dianna Russini: Yeah.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: T S N keeps reporting it and I they it just needs to stop. If we he doesn't want to come here. We gave him a couple opportunities to be like, Hey you wanna include the Bruins? Like, no, I'm good.
Dianna Russini: It's actually disgusting that TSN keeps reporting on it the way that they do.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I they need to stop. It it's a bad look. I almost it feels intentional because of the Bruins start. And then they're like the fans are bickering in the comments like we don't need Like, we don't want And then other people are like, Why wouldn't you want Dylan Lark? And it and it's just causing friction amongst the entire fan base. And probably like I'm I'm sure guys on the team are seeing that and then like Low Ri's name gets tossed around like a frisbee every single trade request and like we need him now. So it's we just we just need it to stop. And and I I'm not willing to give up. I I saw that Edwardson's package would start with Hagen's. Start what are we talking about?
Elias is BACK: Yeah, there was a list. It was like the Hagen's from the Bruins, Misa from the Sharks, this he's a thirty point defenseman.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I know. I don't know.
Elias is BACK: Is that what the return is?
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: No. But I I did see I think it was Peg Donna was talking about it today that the Bruins are in the market for some back end help, whatever that means and whatever that looks like. But
Dianna Russini: Middle Will Borden.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah, seriously, he's been dynamite.
Dianna Russini: He's been on fire lately.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah.
Elias is BACK: Go simple. It's easy. Makes the right play.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Mm-hmm.
Dianna Russini: To dive into bees hockey here though, because at the end of the day this is a Bruins podcast for everyone listening at home. Where do we wanna start? 'Cause I think it's been a while since we last recorded, right?
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah, we should probably start back where for g Golden Knights and then penguins and then I think we need probably about twenty to thirty minutes on the Panthers game today.
Dianna Russini: I mean they've won four in a row right now. Lay it on us.
Elias is BACK: I got something for you here, boys. I'm gonna share my screen. allow that. Okay. Window. All right boys. Can we see this?
Dianna Russini: Yes, but I don't understand it.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I don't understand these graphs.
Dianna Russini: Ha ha ha.
Elias is BACK: Spell it out for you here. because I really don't understand it either. But this was taken from from Twitter, and I'm trying to cite my source here now as I save the photo. but essentially the Bruins are for real. And for those who are just listening, this is bad radio. what we've pulled up here is a nice little chart of kind of how the Bruins have progressed and where they rank this season. So in points percentage, they rank third. Points of division, they rank first, goals four six, goes against ninth, second, excuse me. power play, okay, middle of the pack, penalty kill coming in at 22nd. But what you could see 21st, excuse me. but what you can see here is that the numbers don't lie and the bees are a legit team, right? Like you don't get in first
in the Atlantic by just kind of going through the motions, right? Will they cool off? Maybe. But big win today against Florida. Big shootout win against Vegas. They go on the road to Pittsburgh. They take care of business. That was utter domination. Right? Like they just keep finding ways. And other than that snooze fest against St. Louis a couple weeks back, week and a half now. They're on a heater. And they look good.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: They are.
Dianna Russini: Big old T win against Chicago on Saturday after the St. Louis game. Gutsy gutsy win for a weird wonky game. Find a way to win.
Elias is BACK: Weird game.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah, Chic
Elias is BACK: Weird game.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Chicago's in a really bad spot.
Dianna Russini: I would hate to be there.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: And they had players only meeting. It's pretty early. Game eighteen, players only meeting is is never a good sign. So I I don't know what's going on. I think did San Jose have one too?
Elias is BACK: No there's been a few of those players only meetings. Yeah, and I think I read there was one more too, I forget who it was, but they're thrown around like they're going out of style.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I saw that Warsofsky might be on the on the hot seat already. I I I
Dianna Russini: No way. They were on the bubble in playoffs last year.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: think he I think he won coach of the year.
Dianna Russini: Yeah. No, I don't th he was definitely a finalist. I don't know if he won it, but he was definitely a finalist, right? Marshfield guy.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: bizarre. But yeah. Is yeah, true. Yep. I I watched his I think his older brother, David Wyshowski at BU's nasty.
Dianna Russini: Yeah. Yep.
Elias is BACK: He scored the goal. I was
Dianna Russini: Those
Elias is BACK: at that that frozen Fenway game when he scored and took the swing from the blue line. That was a pretty sick Sally.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: yeah yeah.
Elias is BACK: good throwback game. Yeah.
Dianna Russini: So sure, guys. I found myself during the Pittsburgh game on Thursday night when they won six to two, asking the question how many points did the Bruins have the year they broke the record? Because I think this team might be close. I was getting I was thinking delusional thoughts.
Elias is BACK: Those are some crazy thoughts.
Dianna Russini: They were crazy thoughts, but I was I it was it was just natural. Natural emotion.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: We're at game eight we're at game eighteen now and they've played some legit teams and and beat them. sp like one of them being Vegas Golden Knights. I and you could say that it was I don't know, if if you could say that Vegas could have won that game very easily, but the Bruins like continuously just keep sneaking out these points against these teams. And at some point you just have to call them a good team, and I think people are coming around to it now. But The one thing that scares me is the that that new statistic, it's like saves above expected. And and then there's another one that's stealing games for the goalie side. And I'm pretty sure Swayman comes in at one on both of those categories. And the Bruins shooting percentage is I think it's number one in the league right now. And and it's like coming up on like maybe highest in league history. and and they're ahead of the Edmonton Oilers in that case, too. So I I just don't know how long this is a sustainable, but today you saw them play of a a g a really good team and they competed the entire time and there's obviously penalties and mixed in there, but the shots were even, the hits were even, all of that like looked really good. I think the power play will always come around. I I can't even remember the last time the Bruins had a efficient power play. No. I d I have no idea. I I think we're just used to it. So That that doesn't scare me as much. They I I don't know if Adam Oates is still on retainer with them, but I'd love for him to come in for a weekend and just dial something up.
Elias is BACK: last year they found magic with spotter coming in, but I think they've like People are just it's the same look over and over again. We talked about it last time. It's like you give that second unit a little more, a little more creativity and see what happens. I mean, when when the bees score three or more goals, they're winning the game. Like that's a fact. Go back to what they what they did in October. Anytime they put up three or more, they're winning the game. All of their losses losses they've scored scored. One two and one goal and then two goals and that lost to Dallas. So when they put the puck in the net and they get good goaltending. Watch out.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: And D Piedro has is played very, very well too. he's and and I I think he's gaining some confidence from those wins. So that's great to see. There was one thing that came after the the Vegas Golden Knight game that I want to get test your your your fan knowledge about the Bruins. Do you know who the most accomplished player is against the the Bruins statistically that is currently playing right now?
Dianna Russini: Were they on the Vegas Knights?
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah, I yeah, I kinda gave away the yeah.
Elias is BACK: There's a lead there for sure.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: No, yeah, but yes, he is.
Elias is BACK: Not Jack.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: No. Mitchell Marner.
Elias is BACK: I was trying to think who came from the east. That makes sense.
Dianna Russini: I was gonna
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: He
Dianna Russini: say like David Perron or something. I guess that does make sense.
Elias is BACK: That makes sense though. Someone who saw the bees three, four times a year minimum, right? Yeah.
Dianna Russini: In the division, tight games.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: It's it says with the two assists night, Minor is now up to fifty-one points in just thirty-one career games
against the Bruins. His one point six five points per game against the Bruins is also the second best by any player in league history. Minimum of thirty games played, trailing only Mario Lemieux and his one point seven points per game against the Bruins over forty-three games. Directly behind Minor, in that case you're wondering, is Wayne Gretzky, who averaged one point three eight points. over a fifty three game sample against Boston. That
Elias is BACK: So he's daddy.
Dianna Russini: Yeah, that's crazy.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I didn't realize that.
Elias is BACK: Damn.
Dianna Russini: That's s that's kinda like how pasta plays against Philly. He just dominates in Philly.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yes.
Elias is BACK: Something about the cheese steaks.
Dianna Russini: Makes sense. I I d I don't that doesn't really rattle me, I feel like, as much as it it probably should, just because I feel like the the bees have always owned Toronto. So like it
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah, they think ninety nine percent of that those points are coming from Toronto and when he's playing on a line with Matthews and they did nothing against the Bruins.
Dianna Russini: Yeah.
Elias is BACK: Do you
Dianna Russini: Right.
Elias is BACK: notice him that much though? when he when he's out there, sometimes he's kinda like Casper the Ghost.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Hmm. I I I think he's he's like a cheeky hockey player. He like he he throws the puck on net with a lot of purpose.
Elias is BACK: Soccer term.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah. Ever
Dianna Russini: Yeah.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Everton big one the other night.
Elias is BACK: Yeah, Arsenal top of the league. Sorry.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Lost to Fleetwood Town. Yeah.
Elias is BACK: Of the leg.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: That I mean that was as Arsenal fans are they do are they doing okay after that loss?
Elias is BACK: Yeah, it's top the league going to the international break good. Six points clear of second place.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: worse w worst loss in Premier League history. Arsenal's in
Elias is BACK: Wasn't even Premier League, it's Cabinaro Cup. It's okay.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: the Premier isn't Arsenal in the Premier League?
Elias is BACK: Yeah, but it wasn't for the Premier League. Guys, guys, guys, guys, guys.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah.
Elias is BACK: We're chasing we're chasing Premier League
Dianna Russini: I gotta say I I I jumped off.
Elias is BACK: trophies and Champions League trophies here. You guys are just look
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: What what are you about to say, Mikey?
Dianna Russini: I I jumped off the Premier League. There's just it's too much. It's too much for me to try to focus in. I I I
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: No, we we need we need you. We we I need you I I need you in my corner.
Elias is BACK: Don't jump on my wagon. You s
Dianna Russini: I was in I'll I'll still be it I'll still be in Everton's corner, but I'm just not a I'm
not a Premier League guy. I try.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Okay.
Dianna Russini: I'll try again next year. I'll still be with Everton. Everton's my club. But
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Okay, good.
Dianna Russini: I I just I just can't do it. Too invested in the Pats, too invested in the B's. It's
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I think we need the morning game. The morning Saturday games are they need to come back around because then you can have your your breakfast and your coffee watching Everton. When they're on at like three PM on like a Thursday, it's it's hard to get behind. It's hard to get behind.
Dianna Russini: I'm not watching that. Yeah.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: also my dog, Mikey E. Cimont, just continues to to be on fire. I think he had thirteen and nine down in the AHL got a call up.
Elias is BACK: Eight. Don't don't sell short now.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Thirteen and eight, player of the month. Natty Hatrick. I think he's gotten like three Natty Hattricks now. yeah. And and he looked I actually don't know. I have no idea.
Dianna Russini: Matty Hatrick to win the other day.
Elias is BACK: He's got the bubble on too. Come on. Superpowers.
Dianna Russini: What happened? Why does he have the bubble on? When he scored that goal today, I thought it was Patra.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: He looks really
Elias is BACK: We
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: good though.
Elias is BACK: we got two bubble
Dianna Russini: He did.
Elias is BACK: boys. It's electric. Yeah, he looked great.
Dianna Russini: Greedy team.
Elias is BACK: He he looked
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: But now the c if he if he continues at this pace, the question becomes when Haggins does come back, does he fit in that lineup? Does he does he take over anybody other spots that could potentially be sent down? I I d I don't really no one's really jumping out to me outside of our our our dog Houdini. He's still making the small plays, he's just not being on the score sheet a ton.
Elias is BACK: Well, I could be wrong, but I was reading this online. If he sends if they send him down again, he has to clear waivers and someone's probably gonna scoop if
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: my god, yeah.
Elias is BACK: I had to guess. So like,
Dianna Russini: Yeah, for sure.
Elias is BACK: do you like I I don't even know, do you can you waive like a corale for an for example, right? So you don't lose
Dianna Russini: I think you could I I think you could put Corale on waivers and I think he's probably to the point where nobody would really claim him because he's just not that much of a value adder, right?
Elias is BACK: Unless you're looking for a veteran presence in the room and a guy who can work the fourth line and kill kill penalties. someone will want his services. But
Dianna Russini: I feel
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah.
Dianna Russini: like he could also just be like, Yeah, I'm if you guys claim me, I'm not going. the the Corey Perry was that Cory Perry that did that a few years ago or someone? I don't
Elias is BACK: True Yeah. He's like I'm just not going.
Dianna Russini: know, it like a vet that was just like, Yeah, if you guys claim me, I'm just not gonna show up and nobody would claim him. He would just go up and down.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: That's legendary.
Elias is BACK: Because s someone would jump on Isimont in a second. He looked very
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I know.
Elias is BACK: good today and went on his goal. I think it was Seth Jones behind the net. He little boyed him. I don't know if you guys
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Mm-hmm.
Dianna Russini: Mm-hmm.
Elias is BACK: remember that. Little boyed him, took it to the crib,
Dianna Russini: Broke his ankles.
Elias is BACK: stuffed like stuffed it and then stayed in front, got gritty. Like This is a young guy too, I I don't know. I
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: He's he's
Dianna Russini: Is he young?
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: now he's now he's thirty. Yeah. No. No. No,
Elias is BACK: He's thirty? I thought he was still mid late twenties. Damn. Still though.
Dianna Russini: I don't know. We we might still have a chance on
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I th I still Yeah, I think he's he's still got some gas left in the tank. But what was what was
Elias is BACK: definitely.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: what was your take on the the scraps? 'Cause I was in I was in the air and for whatever reason I couldn't stream the the whole game so I was watching it through clips for the most part. Do you think that the Bruins were sensing this in the to like kick off the game where Florida was gonna come out wanting to fight and be physical and get into all this nonsense. And do you think the Bruins prepared for that? Because I don't Zodorov being a defenseman, he would have he would have had to have that conversation probably in warm-ups with Kachuk being like, let's go off the opening draw. they're not in a group text being like, Hey, do you wanna fight tomorrow? So so that's where my brain goes. And like McAvoy had a comment after the game saying that that's their style of play and We had to come into that game thinking about that and whatever and it's the first division game, setting the tone. But it was very interesting how that unfolded.
Elias is BACK: Well, the Panthers had a back to back. They lost last night against Washington. And I don't know, maybe that was just like, let's get the boys going, and you know, like there's gonna be some sort of fireworks. B's most penalized team in the league, I think, ever, ever,
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Ever.
Elias is BACK: right? And like they have a lot of heavies. So like you kind of knew there was gonna be some some tomfoolery. I did get nervous though, BK, I know you were there, but Mike, if Castlick didn't beat the piss out of Pathway, t game's two nothing at that point. there could have been a momentum switch. thank God he did. So but I was a little apprehend like I like, God damn, why is he taking this fight right
now?
Dianna Russini: I don't know. I I had no problem with that fight. I I th like it's a day game Saturday in your building. The crowd
Elias is BACK: Sunday.
Dianna Russini: yeah, true, it's Sunday. The crowd is just jacked up completely. Like even even if Castlick goes down for that, any chance the bees can get to to take a shot at the Panthers, the fans are gonna eat it up. So It was gonna jack up the building no matter what way the fight went. But B Cam to your first point about Zadorov and the and the opening draw scrap, I think Zadorov just loves being in the spotlight like that too. Because I remember last year in Montreal, the game that I had gone to, same thing, right off the face off Saturday night, hockey night in Canada. He dropped the mitts, center ice, and just went toe to toe with I don't even I think it was Jack Eye, but He just loves doing that. And Brady Kachuk is gonna be the same way. look at what he did game one of the playoffs last year with Eric's or not Eric Stahl. Jordan Stahl just dropped the mitts, went toe to toe, center ice. I I think it's just like a it's like an unwritten rule. It's like I don't know, hey, let's just let's get it going.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah, it's a tone setter for sure. It it
Dianna Russini: Yeah.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: it but I I I loved it. I and then they were all talking about having each other's backs and I I think it's setting the precedent with all the other teams that the Bruins are truly not a team to fuck with when it comes to the physicality department. I think you they can start to leave the cheese for them a little bit, and have them draw some penalties, but I that's where my brain goes a little bit, 'cause like Sodorov He's fantastic that's why you have him on your rush and that's why you pay him some good money. But the ten game mis the ten minute misconducts, that's that's not going to help. So it's like I I don't I don't care if you take a guy's head off as long as he's not intended to injure, but I also need you to like be on the ice too, because to your point, Mikey, when you were texting, you were like, We only have three defensemen that can actually play right now. And like that could be a that could be a problem. You're up three one. Heading into the third period, and and all of a sudden we have Padra on the back end taking D to D passes, and he has odd man rushes coming at him. That could be a problem.
Elias is BACK: I agree. And the bees like today, right? Like if they get when they get out to the lead and they start taking these penalties and they just keep mounting, like in the first period, like the Panthers had five power play opportunities. It's like it's like, what are we doing here? And it's like we get out to a lead, are we just gonna shoot ourselves in the foot yet again? And some of them are like dumb stick penalties or whatever, but it's the same story over and over again.
Dianna Russini: It hasn't been as la as bad as last year though. They have been gen
Elias is BACK: No. agreed.
Dianna Russini: generally better than they were last year. And I gotta say, too, the game today, I mean, five on five B's looked like they were as good, if not the better, team out there. I know Florida was coming off a back to back, but in the past, when you're watching those Florida games, you're you're kinda like, Wow, our our team is nowhere close to what these guys are bringing right now. But did it didn't feel that way today.
Elias is BACK: Well, granted the Panthers don't have two of their better forwards.
Dianna Russini: Yeah, that's fair. Well Bees didn't have one of one of our best forwards either.
Elias is BACK: True, yeah. Jimmy Hagins. Couple weeks. Sucks
Dianna Russini: Jimmy Hagoon. Ter
Elias is BACK: to see that.
Dianna Russini: terrible for the Calderbet too. Terrible.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah, that's not good. Not good.
Elias is BACK: I don't know I don't know though. Like there's still hope. Like a couple weeks in the grand scheme of things
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I I think
Dianna Russini: I think he I think he might
Elias is BACK: is nothing.
Dianna Russini: dude, I I don't know. I went or I didn't go back and look at it, but they showed the highlight on Nesson today and I didn't realize he when he was skating back to the bench, he was stumbling. He kept
Elias is BACK: He buckle.
Dianna Russini: going down. Yes, he was buckling, kept going down to his knees. That's not good. Cause it was such a
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah, so
Dianna Russini: weird it didn't look anything crazy. Freak injury.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: They said it might be a chip in the tailbone or something like that. I I feel like that I feel like that timeline of I don't know, what was it? Two one to one to two weeks, two to three weeks. I feel like that's a pretty low number. Obviously they can add to it, but you gotta think the next time the Bruins play the Penguins, Gerard will have to answer to someone, right?
Dianna Russini: gonna have to and I don't it wasn't like it was that dirty of a play either I didn't think. I didn't think it was bad at all. You thought it was bad?
Elias is BACK: I didn't think it was that bad.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: give me a break. What you talking about? That was that was I thought that was like that was a nothing play and and he got torched on like a partial breakaway
Elias is BACK: Hagen to beat
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: and and his first move is to come across like a like a lacrosse stick and chop him on on where you have zero padding. Like I'd rather see him take a a like a a slash at his leg or his hands or something like that. I thought that was extremely dirty.
Dianna Russini: I feel like that happens ten times in an NHL game though.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I I don't know. That that seemed that it just seemed like a weird play. Like it that that felt to me as though like you torch me. I'm gonna try and get you a little bit hurt right here. And and he he
was successful with it.
Dianna Russini: I've seen Hampus Lindholm do that fifty times a season.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Hampers Lindholm is not as strong as Gerard. Gerard is a fire hydrant.
Dianna Russini: Mm.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: so I I but and obviously you slow it down, it looks a lot worse. But it it it looked like he came down on him like a lacrosse head, which I just it it it just didn't make a ton of sense in the moment in my brain. But who knows? That that does so
Elias is BACK: it was a desperate play.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: it was a desert play. But speaking of the the Calder, I think I think Hagan's already on His back against the wall with that guy Fowler out of Montreal.
Dianna Russini: I know. Well he had that terrible game
Elias is BACK: yeah.
Dianna Russini: the other day though. It was the
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Mm.
Dianna Russini: same night I think that Hagens got hurt where Fowler lit up four goals in three minutes and they lost. So it was back in on the the Hagen caller hunt, but unfortunately we're we're tough sledding right now.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: No.
Elias is BACK: I got I got one for you here, boys, and just some f some food for thought. And we've seen some different combinations, but now that they're settling in. And we've been ragging, and we talked about this a little bit on the last pod. But is Elias Lit home? I'll say I might say this on every episode, the best third line center in the NHL. He's looked incredible.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Stunned.
Elias is BACK: And he's been playing his bag off. And we have dogged this guy.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I'm completely silent.
Elias is BACK: Sorry.
Dianna Russini: Stunning. We we we we are we are bad people for the things that we've said about Elias Lindholm. Bad people.
Elias is BACK: I think I need to make a public apology. You can stay in Boston. It's the other Lynn home.
Dianna Russini: Make w make one on behalf of all of us. We tried to trade
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah. You have more you have
Dianna Russini: him for a two in one washing machine.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I think we said some outlandish shit, don't get me wrong. but I I think he would also agree with his play over the last two years too. I I don't I don't I think I think I think he's may a little man in the mirror situation where it's like, yeah, playing much better now, but I also think the line combinations is just working so well with him now that that's maybe what he needed. He needed some more courses that go
Elias is BACK: Speed.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: get the buck and speed and and his his face off I think he won twenty two draws today. Crazy. crazy number. I think he leads the league.
Dianna Russini: He they were they were really good on the dot today overall.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah.
Dianna Russini: Make makes makes such a difference too.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: It really does. I I didn't really think about it all that much until
I s read that whole article before the year. But Sturm is like he's thinking back to the the things that people don't care about as much or practice as much. And that's why he's a good coach. And that's why I think the the
Dianna Russini: Mm-hmm.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Bruins are having some success here too.
Elias is BACK: Yeah, and maybe even just the going back to Elias for a second, the eye test didn't lie the past couple years in terms of his game. But when you see him with people with speed, right, like call us like geeky he's not burning the wheels off the place. Like Poss is like fast sometimes like in his own weird way, right? It if that's fair to say.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Mm-hmm.
Elias is BACK: But now like the reemergence of Casey Middlestad. And then Jimmy and then Marat filling in today into that line or whatever, right? Like and Elias isn't that slow. Like he looks a little faster when he's playing with faster guys. Like when he was playing with Geeky and Pasta, and maybe he was fighting something. You're like, man, like it really looks like he has a piano on his back.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah. I I I th I do think outside of draws, he would he would maybe look a little bit faster if he wasn't covering two hundred feet and being l low
Elias is BACK: Yeah.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: guy. So that that could always come into play, but you you can't miss him on face offs now, so you can you can lack a little bit of speed there and
Elias is BACK: percent. Such a difference when you start off with the puck, as we said, versus chasing it.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: That was also
Dianna Russini: Mm-hmm.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I saw Mark or Bruins Center post that that was the first time the Bruins have beat the Panthers since March eleventh of the twenty twenty four, twenty twenty five season. That was a little disgusting to see. But you know what, Ron on onwards and upwards. Onwards and upwards.
Dianna Russini: my god. That is disgusting. That feels right though. Feels right. That feels very correct.
Elias is BACK: That is an insane stat. I have
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Insane.
Elias is BACK: to say, when I was putting in my my Sunday bets, I was like, they just can't beat the Panthers, but it's a one o'clock game.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: A BR.
Elias is BACK: So rule number two, you just have
Dianna Russini: Mm-hmm.
Elias is BACK: to
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah.
Elias is BACK: ride the boys and then geeky any time goal score I teleport it off my couch.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: It is funny though 'cause I it does feel like Merley does not like the Bruins and the for that to be his num
Dianna Russini: No, definitely not.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: he the f the for that to be the number two rule and like even post about it today is like a hundred percent I'm taking the Bruins.
Dianna Russini: Yeah.
Elias is BACK: You kinda respect it.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah. He does not like
Dianna Russini:
Love to see what their record during Matinee games has been over the past
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: let me see if I can
Dianna Russini: s six or seven years. It's gotta be they gotta be winning at an insane percentage. Yeah, yeah,
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Is it is it also at home? Is that part of the statistics?
Dianna Russini: yeah. It ha it has to be at home. Which I do feel like they only played like one o'clock games at home. By the way, boys, they they only have one road game the rest of this month.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: that's awesome.
Elias is BACK: This could be
Dianna Russini: And it it's a back to back in Detroit. It's a home on the seventeenth at seven and then a seven thirty on a Wednesday night in Detroit. It's a weird, weird schedule, but it's good for them.
Elias is BACK: This seems like a whole lot of hockey games, but this could be way off. The Bruins have a this is definitely off. 2026, 1014 record
Dianna Russini: What?
Elias is BACK: all time in afternoon games.
Dianna Russini: What did you just say?
Elias is BACK: They played 2,000 afternoon games. Well, more than that. They played over three thousand afternoon games and they have two thousand wins in thousand losses all time. All time. Dating back to the start.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Pretty pretty damn good.
Dianna Russini: D did they did they play games like during the day back in nineteen twenty four?
Elias is BACK: In nineteen twenty four and twenty five they did, yes.
Dianna Russini: That's kinda crazy. That seems odd.
Elias is BACK: according to stat news.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Extabbies.
Dianna Russini: Interesting.
Elias is BACK: That just seems like a ridiculous number, but
Dianna Russini: That is an insane number.
Elias is BACK: And
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah, so they go so they go
Dianna Russini: Good radio.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Canadians Wild Kings and then you said at Red Wings. yeah, like when do we I think we're all committed to this team being past the first round of playoffs if they continue at this rate. But like when is it the next level? If they continue at this pace up to Christmas, is that the next tier that we're looking at here?
Elias is BACK: I think we have to see how we stack up. We need more s more divisional games, in my opinion,
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Okay.
Elias is BACK: to have a healthy sample size, probably up until Christmas. I would I would say we have
Dianna Russini: Yeah, I agree.
Elias is BACK: to play at least team minimal at least each team once. I can't talk. You guys get what I'm saying. Gotta play everyone once in our
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Okay.
Elias is BACK: division.
Dianna Russini: Mm-hmm. Yeah.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yes.
Dianna Russini: Well, the thing is too,
Elias is BACK: To see how we stack up.
Dianna Russini: th they got completely worked by Carolina last week or two weeks ago. like
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah, that was not good.
Dianna Russini: it was it looked like
it was a different league out there. Freddie Brune had
Elias is BACK: Anna kinda choke hold.
Dianna Russini: a had his welcome to the NHL moment where he just got completely pickpocketed, bullied, and they go in and score. he looked good today though. He did hit the pipe. He
Elias is BACK: Padra hit the pipe though, Mike. If if he scores, that's could be a a different game.
Dianna Russini: Yeah, it could, but my point being they had no business winning that game at all. Completely dominated. So I don't know. I mean, I I I think the the Thursday Montreal game's gonna be a a a big test. I I think probably gonna see similar to what we saw today in terms of fireworks. Like they have three days off, so they're gonna come out bundling people.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah, so they g they don't so they don't play until Thursday now. Now they've got they've had some good time
Dianna Russini: Yeah, they're off.
Elias is BACK: Yep, Thursday, Saturday, and then Tuesday.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: off. Good for Hagens.
Elias is BACK: yeah.
Dianna Russini: Yeah, it is good for Higgins. I do I wish he was out there today 'cause I would have loved to have seen how he matched up against Florida and just a team that's completely gooning it up. the BKM, I don't know if you saw it, the McAvoy sucker punch. That was that
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Oof, that's bad.
Dianna Russini: was a lock from Florida to just give him a complete cheap shot uppercut when nobody's looking.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Dude, he can't he can't catch a break with his face, dude. It's it's like you said face and th that he wasn't back, and I was like, I don't know how much more damage he can take to his face. Like a face surgery, I don't think you can have it all that often and continue to roll on or or he goes back to the
Dianna Russini: Look like the melting man.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah, it's like now I th he might have to be a a forever bubble guy. That's fine though. He plays great in the bubble. Sorry, yeah.
Elias is BACK: Chucky all American.
Dianna Russini: Yeah. I don't know. I didn't catch at least that the announcers did say it, like what happened when he went down the tunnel, but he did come back at the start of the third, so they never really followed up with it, but I don't check any post game. Maybe they said something about it in postgame. Glad he's okay though.
Elias is BACK: Need him. Need
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah.
Elias is BACK: him. The bus goes as he as he goes. But also, question
Dianna Russini: The bus? Zubass.
Elias is BACK: question for you guys, who leads the team in plus minus at this point in the season?
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Will
Dianna Russini: Mason
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Borgan.
Dianna Russini: Lowrae.
Elias is BACK: Borgan plus eighteen.
Dianna Russini: Who was it? The Borgonzola
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Six plus
Dianna Russini: cheese.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: yeah.
Elias is BACK: He's been playing some good hockey boys. Keeps it simple. And then Hampus plus fifteen coming in second.
Dianna Russini: That's crazy. I don't know how that's possible.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: This happens every year. I don't get
Elias is BACK: A guy we've just been
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: it.
Elias is BACK: dogging. Dogging.
Dianna Russini: He he
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Again.
Dianna Russini: should get dogged though.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah, again, I I think if he was to look us in the face and say that I've been playing good hockey, I he would be lying to everybody and and including himself. He has not played
Elias is BACK: Yes.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: well. And the facts don't have feelings. So it is what it is. But we need we do need I did hear Dave Portnoy say that one time and I've I've stolen it and copyrighted it and it's now mine. But I yeah,
Elias is BACK: It's incredible.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I I just think he needs to play better. He looks very does he look tense out there? Like i it he looks like he's in high
Dianna Russini: Yeah, he always does.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: panic all the time.
Dianna Russini: Also, when he needs to get to a spot quick, have you noticed he always keeps two hands on a stick?
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yes.
Dianna Russini: It's the strangest thing.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I know.
Dianna Russini: And he like, you
Elias is BACK: He pitchforks.
Dianna Russini: know, it's v yeah Yes, he pitchforks. He
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: No.
Elias is BACK: You tell the kids when you're coaching don't pitch fork, one hand on your stick.
Dianna Russini: he pitchforks. It's the craziest thing.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: And then if he has the puck,
Elias is BACK: Looks like he has to take a dump.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: if he has the puck
Dianna Russini: Yeah.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: and he's like looking to make a play and that first pass isn't there, it's like the it's like the the the house shuts off. It's like, yeah, literally panic button, dude. It's like and then
Dianna Russini: Yeah, it's crazy.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: pizza. And also,
Elias is BACK: Flam it.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: the leaves are stinking it up right now. They are absolutely stinking
Dianna Russini: Love it.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: it up. They're they are crying in the mansions. They're saying, I don't understand how the Bruins are doing this. Can anybody explain to me? why the Bruins are good. And I read through some of the comments too. And some people had some good stuff. They were just like, I no one really agreed that they were gonna be a bad team. If you if you go through the tiers of players on their team, they should be theoretically good. But we just don't have the Matthews of the world where I don't know. It's just they the the Maple Leafs get more attention than the Bruins. But the Bruins are better and they've been better for a very long time.
Elias is BACK: Bruins also weren't gifted the first overall pick
multiple times.
Dianna Russini: Rigged.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yes, there will be an investigation into that at some point.
Dianna Russini: Rigged. He did have a hot and ready pizza against Carolina the other night and Chris Kreider took it down on a breakaway and scored. So yeah,
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I saw that.
Dianna Russini: very invested again for the the call to rig.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yes.
Dianna Russini: So actively rooting against Gavin McKenna. hope he has a good career, just not this year.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yes.
Elias is BACK: as a good Bruins fan should actively root against him.
Dianna Russini: Yes, yes.
Elias is BACK: Brian, what do you got for housekeeping here? Before we bring us home?
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: That's that's it. That's all I got. It's been fun to watch.
Dianna Russini: Alright, I I got I got one. so we talked a little bit about Bruins Legends before with Hall of Fame and everything. I ran into David Ortiz the other day at the airport. He was flying to New York, early morning flight, and I was at the desk wait asking to see if I could change my my seat. And this guy in front of me, he's got hood on. Louis Vuitton sweatshirt, Louis Vuitton jeans, Louis Vuitton shoes. And I'm standing behind him and I'm like, who the fuck is this guy? wearing all Louis going to New York. He's asking for first class seat. I'm like, like, who is this asshole? Turns around. I looked right at his face and it was David Ortiz. And I was like, face just did a complete 180. And I was like, my God. Texted Bailey right away. I was like, David Ortiz is right there. She was like, my god, holy crap. So I looked like he was still hood up and everything. So I'm like, Boston sports legend. I'm I'm not gonna go up to him, won't say hi to him. If he makes eye contact with me, maybe I'll I'll make a judgment call then, but not gonna go out of my way to say anything to him. So we board the plane. He's in first class, and Bailey made eye contact with him, but he didn't make eye contact with me. So I was like, you should have gave him nuts. But I didn't, again, nothing. Didn't give him nuts or anything. We deplane, went to the bathroom. He's in taking a piss on the urinal. I went to the urinal, not directly next to him, left left, left one for him, left space, got it right, the one right next to the empty one. He pisses with jeans under his ass.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: he's pee peas like a middle schooler.
Dianna Russini: Yeah. So bo boxers and briefs still on, jeans under the ass. Dude
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: That is dude.
Elias is BACK: That is incredible. I didn't have this on the bingo card.
Dianna Russini: it was it wa it was great. So
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I didn't know where that was going. That's unbelievable.
Dianna Russini: so so again that like I I wanted to say some I just wanted him to look at me so bad, just so I could be like, dude, thank you, you're a legend. you you made my childhood of something like that, but he
Elias is BACK: Why do you pee like that? Did anyone teach
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah.
Elias is BACK: you how to pee the right way?
Dianna Russini: No, it's just giving him respect. I d I I didn't say a word to him. I I was in his his gravitational pole for a solid three minutes total probably and just never didn't say anything to him. He was incognito.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: That's horrible.
Elias is BACK: Could you feel the aura?
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: That's unbelievable.
Dianna Russini: Yeah, dude, he's when when you look at him and he's wearing he's decked out and all the Louis stuff and you know the Louis' you're like, All right, th this guy's just like an incr a complete legend.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: How much money do you think he made off of Pop Chips? Are those things st still kicking him? You remember
Dianna Russini: Pop chips. I don't know.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: his his partnership with Pop Chips?
Dianna Russini: No. I know
Elias is BACK: I hope.
Dianna Russini: he's got a tequila brand up here now.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: You guys were you guys Mofi people?
Dianna Russini: the rapper?
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: You guys yeah, were you guys a Stargang affiliate? Yeah, so he was in
Dianna Russini: Yeah, yeah, yeah. I God, I haven't heard that in forever.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: It will pop on. I'll I'll do a I'll do a random s shuffle on SoundCloud every once in a while. Mofi will pop on there and I g I g I
Dianna Russini: Mao fear.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: leave it on. I 'cause he kinda jams a little bit. But he
Dianna Russini: That's like Mac Miller free s city hall concert type shit. Bottles everywhere.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: yeah, I was there. bottles were flying in the air. Yeah, that was that was that was dangerous. but he David Ortiz was in one of his like music videos and he's like in the famous line, Ortiz would just come in and be like, Don't forget your pop chips And like th they they were like a they exploded for a little bit and then I haven't seen I haven't seen them on the shelves in a while. So he might have lost some money there.
Dianna Russini: Never never heard of pop chips, but maybe maybe Big Poppy took a bath on those.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah.
Elias is BACK: Incredible way to to bring it home. PSA, big poppy peas with his pants at his ankles.
Dianna Russini: Jeans below his ass, which I he's a legend. So I started doing it too.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah, he's doing it.
Dianna Russini: Naturally.
Elias is BACK: He's doing something right. He was our savior.
Dianna Russini: All right, the Pats officially just got their they officially lost. They got their teeth kicked in. Forty five to twenty seven.
Elias is BACK: Defense took the night off.
Dianna Russini: What an absolute joke.
Elias is BACK: Drake has the yps.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I don't I I don't think that's the
Dianna Russini: The November yips.
Jeannot Still Has The
Belt: case.
Elias is BACK: No.
Dianna Russini: He he did throw three picks.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: That that first that first throw was Matt Collins' fault. He didn't finish the route.
Elias is BACK: You could argue the third too, because the
Dianna Russini: Agreed.
Elias is BACK: the Mario Douglas stopped moving his boots. But
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: yeah, a hundred percent. Yeah, yeah. That
Elias is BACK: he should have had a fourth on that out route.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah, but that was
Dianna Russini: Yeah.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: but that was also another rote that like he stuttered and then didn't go for the ball. So you at least
Elias is BACK: Yeah, what's up? How come guys aren't like completing their routes?
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Well, that's that maybe that's maybe a different issue. they're on their fucking eighth, ninth, and tenth wide receiver. They don't even they like they have Efton Chisholm who play like Eastern Washington. He's been great, don't get me wrong, but
Dianna Russini: He's been lighting it up.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah, he's just like it
Elias is BACK: He's an animal.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: like when you have Christian Watson in this g was not Golden Tate, something whatever his name is.
Elias is BACK: Something golden.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: yeah, these guys are they're they broke like Donald Driver and Devontae Adams record for the Packers and and the Patriots have like three white wide receivers out there now. It's crazy.
Elias is BACK: We could get called up next week.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Potentially.
Elias is BACK: go let's go work on the routes. Just have have Cammy run
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I did I I did.
Elias is BACK: some cover zero on you and just give her a little shimmy shake.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I did race. I raced Fleep late night last night. it was
Elias is BACK: How are your hamstrings?
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: they were fine. it was it was a long time coming. We've been talking about this race for at least three or four years. And we're on the back deck and he mentioned race and I was like, Let's do it. Just kicks off on the on the green. no stretch, which was bold. false Yeah,
Dianna Russini: In the suit, in the tux.
Elias is BACK: We kn we know
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I took off the tucks. I actually went ski skivys.
Dianna Russini: Let's go.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: because it was late it was late and then it was really dark out, but
Dianna Russini: Smart, better elasticity.
Elias is BACK: Did we win?
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: yes. first attempt was a false start on Philippe's heart. second one, I went through the line and I beat him. and he he said that he didn't know where the line was. and I had and then I had
Dianna Russini: Ha ha ha.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: to catch my breath and then he he got me up by about two steps on the third one. He he's he's
Elias is BACK: When's the rubber match?
Jeannot Still Has The
Belt: he's a big dude. It's a big he's like six three. So it's just five nine, I got short little strides. So we
Dianna Russini: Yeah.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: we battled, but it's just it was n no victory no victory.
Elias is BACK: So y so you're just at a dead heat right now, we have to have the rubber.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah, I think the rubber match is just gonna be like I know, I'll I'll give him the match. I can't do I I really I woke up this morning and I was v counting my lucky stars that there was no injuries. So
Elias is BACK: Well, a couple of friends of the pod tried doing that on one solemn night and the rest was history.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Up in Man
Dianna Russini: They did.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Manchester, New Hampshire.
Elias is BACK: Yes.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: yeah. I I honestly from knowing Spain so well, I should have probably just kept that in the back of my brain, but I needed to do this against Fleep. It was it
Dianna Russini: Ha ha ha.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: was much needed.
Elias is BACK: Needed the edge. love it.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: God.
Elias is BACK: Well boys, the bees have a couple coming up. Like we said, they're off till Thursday here against the Habs and they got the Wild Kings wings and then caps, so.
Dianna Russini: I'll be boots for kings, by the way.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Mm.
Dianna Russini: I will be boots.
Elias is BACK: Good, good. Hopefully get it high above the ice, Michael.
Dianna Russini: We will.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: also the that little souvenir cup is hilarious. Who did someone send you a picture of that?
Dianna Russini: my god. Yeah. So my buddy Jake Jake Myers, St. Mike's guy,
Elias is BACK: Loves drinking beers.
Dianna Russini: loves beer loves beers. He was at the game today, sent a picture
Elias is BACK: Loves drinking beers. And the brown.
Dianna Russini: of the cup. It is it is the Michael Scott TV. Like it is so
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Mm-hmm.
Dianna Russini: small, it's insane. He put it on his hand and like it was bouncing up, like just sitting in his hand. It's tiny. It doesn't even
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I like
Dianna Russini: it doesn't even cover the the circumference of your palm.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I like how he did it in comparison to a polar seltzer, just to give you an idea of what it w what it looked like. That yeah, it's yeah, it's not even worth getting one. Yeah.
Dianna Russini: Yeah. Yeah. It's so tiny. Absolutely. No,
Elias is BACK: a scam.
Dianna Russini: I I'm a hundred percent gonna get one.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: But yeah, but I'll be there
Elias is BACK: Yes.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I'll be
Dianna Russini: Yeah.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I'll be there December fifth. I'll probably get one.
Elias is BACK: I'm looking to grab some matinee tickets.
Dianna Russini: Jeez, I didn't know you had that kind of money, Dave. Jeez. I thought we could afford it like a podcast studio or something with that
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: I didn't know you had it like that. I mean Goose is gonna be on the open market here soon if you want to be doing that.
Elias is BACK: I don't but I have a daughter. I
Dianna Russini: kind of money.
Elias is BACK: I don't but bedtime's at six o'clock, so you kinda gotta make ends meet here, boys.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: Yeah, that's a good point.
Elias is BACK: All right, boys. Well, good shift. Thanks everyone for listening. Tune in. Thank you, Pin Golf, as always. and
Dianna Russini: Yeah, we didn't really give them their flowers at as much as we should have today. Shout out Pin. Pin's the best.
Elias is BACK: I know. We jump we jumped right in.
Jeannot Still Has The Belt: And leave voicemails too.
Elias is BACK: Yes. Yep. Check out the voicemails. We'll drop the number again on all the channels. like, subscribe, comment, follow, spread the word.
Dianna Russini: Pissed with the jeans below your ass.
Elias is BACK: And go bees. Let up.
Dianna Russini: Peace.