Are The New Jersey Devils Pretenders Or Contenders? (Season 10 | Episode 4)

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And hello, everybody. Welcome back for another rip-roaring edition of
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the old Let's Go Devils podcast. Of course, on the
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Let's Go Devils podcast network, I'm Scotty here along with Mr.
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Beer Baron, rocking his G-Man hat over there. Almost had
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a big J.J. McCarthy comeback win today.
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Almost. Almost.
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Maybe. Maybe. Maybe the Giants done stole themselves a future
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quarterback because we know Jackson Dart's going to get hurt
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every single year.
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But that's for the Let's Go Giants.
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Stop pretending to be the Mets podcast. Let the Mets
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be the Mets. And Giants, maybe you can get back
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to your winning ways.
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Either way, how's it going there, everybody?
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Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Instagram. opening up the old YouTube chat
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as we speak right now.
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Boom!
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Let's see. Hey, what's up, Selecta? What's up, Wimpy? What's up, Eddie?
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I see people filing into the old chat room. So yeah, yeah,
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chirp away with Sam Wu's title of tonight's podcast, Are
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the Devils.
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What was the title? I don't even remember. Are they
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contenders or are they pretenders? I thought you were a contender. Yeah.
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Get a better contender. No. They probably got me out
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here chasing chickens.
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Don't make no sense, man. And we lost everyone. We
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lost them all. Yeah. It's all took. It's a sly impersonation.
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And Burgess Meredith.
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That was Rocky 2. That was Rocky 2, right?
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. You had to have that second hearing.
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Is it? Was it one or two?
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It wasn't three. I'm like, which one was that?
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It's definitely number two. You know what? I'm going to
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jump right into this question because you have this team.
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I don't know if they're pretenders. I don't know if
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they're contenders. I don't know what they are right now.
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They're really hard to figure out. They're an enigma because
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you go into the game against Detroit and you play
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good enough to win. That was a fun event. First
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of all, One of the greatest things that ever happened
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to me in my entire life. And I think I
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might've said it on devils after dark that night. We,
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you know, we did the intermission podcast with, with Kenny Danico,
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with Jim Dow, with Bruce driver, Grant Marshall, the whole
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event was incredible devils all day, all night. Like, thank
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you for setting that up. That was, it was awesome.
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My favorite moment, Jack scores that game. All right. The
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game winning goal on that breakaway. I turn my head,
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and Ken Danico's standing next to me. I just start
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high-fiving him.
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Yeah!
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I was like, that might have been one of the
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cooler things I've ever done. And I don't know if
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that says a lot or doesn't say a lot about
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my life, but it was pretty awesome. Anyways, you go
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from that game. Then they play the Rangers. The Rangers
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have been red hot, and they walk. They dog-walked that
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team out of the arena. They absolutely dog-walked them. Like,
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that was... That was one of those games where I
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was like, ooh, ooh, oh, oh, they figured it out. Like, oh,
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they figured it out. And then some. Like, oh, they
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got it. Like, Luke Hughes has been having a good
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year so far, but ooh, he just took that next step.
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And it felt like the entire team figured it out.
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It felt like they just, Nico Dawes has dialed in.
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They had secondary scoring. They had guys that the Jack
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Gritsiuk and Bratline looks like they're humming, which, hey, Gritsiuk
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is on a little bit of a heater right now
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himself with three goals in the last couple of games.
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And then they play yesterday afternoon against Washington, and it's like, oh, nope.
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Whips him a daisy. I got a little ahead of myself.
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We can't beat the Capitals, apparently. Like, we can't beat
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the Capitals, can't beat the Hurricanes, can't beat... And when
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you lose to a team like that, you're not just losing,
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you're losing points in the division, which makes it way worse.
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So....
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Yesterday was a game where I'm like, yay, hooray, Timo
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Meier scored. It makes you frustrated as a fan because
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you're like, what are we? Who are we? What are
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we doing? What are we doing here? That's what it
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feels like.
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Yeah, and I see a lot of people talking about
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it here. I know they were talking about Devils After Dark.
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Where is it? I think Dub's over here. Yeah, it's
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like they're better than the bottom feeders, but they're not
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at the same level as the playoff teams. They're in
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this netherworld of not being able to put it all together.
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And we see glimpses of it. And, you know, as
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we said, they're a great team on paper, but it
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hasn't translated to fully consistent results on the ice and
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it's just it's been the same thing for a number
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of years and you get excited and you're like well
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look at this ranger game you know maybe they finally
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woke up it's early in the season okay here we
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go and then they just you know lay an absolute
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dud uh in washington and then it's like and it
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starts like the excuse train well it was an afternoon
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game they were early and they played a lot last
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week and blah blah blah it's like all these excuses
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that we've been hearing for years and years and years
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just seem to be you know we'll come back to
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the forefront there and so you know for me personally
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i don't want to say it but you know, until
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they prove something, I gotta say they're pretenders. I wish
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they were contenders agreed, you know, but they haven't, they
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haven't proven it.
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I agree. If they were consistently in the playoffs in
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the last, like three out of four years, even not
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even like the, the entire time, three out of four years,
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they're in the playoffs where they're making it to the
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second round or, you know, they're getting past the first round, uh,
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two out of those three times. Um, Then I'd be like, no, no, no.
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This is just early season hiccups. It's not a big deal.
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The problem is I can't tell as a fan where
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it's coming from. Is it defensively? Is it structure? Is
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it coaching? Is it goaltending? I think it's a little
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bit of all of the above. I think it's definitely
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answer D, where I think there are times where this
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team turns it on, and I think there's times where
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this team just looks absolutely lost. And that's on coaching
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and that's on structure. And then there's times where I'm sorry,
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you need these goaltenders to come out and make a
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big time save. And I'm getting so goddamn sick and
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tired of like defending like, Oh, you know, Allen and
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Dawes are fine. They're fine. It's like, yeah, they're fine.
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They're fine enough to be backups, right? Like we need
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these guys to have these big time saves when they
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matter the most. I don't need Nico Dawes or Jake
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Allen to make a big time, you know, sweeping glove
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save when we're already down by three goals. It's like, yeah, great.
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That's awesome. But that little softie that you let up
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before is really what's costing us the game. Like they
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have to be able to be that last.
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Well, I don't know. I mean, like, I feel like
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a lot of the goals that they've been given up
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haven't been softies.
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Like it's been a lot of like two on one.
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Yeah, it's a lot of people being uncovered and no
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one's getting in the lanes. You can look at the stats.
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I mean, the Devils have some of the fewest block
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shot numbers in the league. And you look at any
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other team against them, like every other team's like, Bob,
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29 block shots, 35 block shots, you know, like, and
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you see the Devils like 13 and you're like, Hmm,
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that's quite a big discrepancy there. You know, between the
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blocked shots.
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I mean, I don't know.
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Like, looking at some of those goals, there's very few that,
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you know, I would say like, oh, yeah, it's a guarantee.
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The goaltender should have definitely had that one. Now, obviously,
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you want your goalies to come up big in certain points,
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and I feel like they have. But, yeah, like to
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your point, it seems like they're coming up big when
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the Devils are already down like three or four goals.
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So I don't know. I think it's I think it's
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tough to just put it all on the goaltending.
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I think I'm not. I'm not. Yeah, I think it's spread.
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I think it's spread across evenly. You know what I mean?
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I think I definitely think it's spread across evenly.
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I mean, for me personally, I think Jake Allen and
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Nico Dog. I mean, save for that Islanders game. You know,
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I mean, his first two games, he got one goal
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goal support. You know, that's that's not a recipe for. Yeah,
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that's not a recipe for success. And then, you know,
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the Rangers barely got one by him. And, you know,
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when the Devils played well, but they were clogging up
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the lanes. They weren't letting the Rangers get to the
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front of the net. Uh, they were winning puck battles
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along the board. And it's just like, sometimes they show
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up and sometimes they don't. And it's the same old story.
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I feel like that we've been going through for a
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number of years. And yeah, is it coaching? You know,
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is it the, the system? Is it the players that
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are in here?
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Um, I don't know.
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I love all these players, but I'm wondering a lot
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of these guys came in, you know, and they were
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already anointed as this next, you know, coming of greatness.
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And sometimes that doesn't work well. And, you know, I
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wonder what it would be like if some of these
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guys did get traded to different teams where there's already
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established veterans and they come in and they're like, no,
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that's not how we do things here. You know, like
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I have this, I don't know if it's true or not,
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but I have this sneaking suspicion that these guys are
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kind of set in their ways and they do it
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how they want to do it. And they've been doing
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it that way since they were, they first came into
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the league. And I don't know. I just feels, I mean,
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we use this example a lot, but Mackenzie Blackwood, as
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soon as he got to Colorado, he wasn't, you know,
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didn't seem like he was, Oh, I'm upset with this.
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Like Colorado is like, this is how we do things.
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If you want to be here, then this is how
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you're going to do it. And I'm not sure if
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the devils have that structure except for, you know, people
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who are still relatively young in the league.
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And I don't know. Yeah. I like John. It's been,
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it's been rough since 2003. Yeah. I mean, yeah. Oh three.
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Oh three. It was, it was wonderful. Yeah. There's, there's
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some guys on the team that you expect more of. Right.
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And I guess that it's a nice thing. Timo Meyer score.
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But once again, it's like a goal in a meaningless moment.
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It's a goal with like less than a minute left
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when we're down by three. It's not going to really
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do much except make the score look a little bit more,
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you know, a little bit better than it actually was.
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And this is just a hypothetical. And, you know, I'm
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sure there's people that are going to call me a
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moron for saying it or even like mentioning this. I
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know the Dylan Larkin deal looks like it's happening soon.
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I mean, Butch Grass, like a lot of guys that
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are within the know are saying that it's happening within
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a week. would you be upset if the devil sent
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a package of like Timo Meyer for Dylan Larkin? And
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is that almost a one for one type of trade?
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I mean, he would be the last person I would
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want on this team. Cause that would be, I'm.
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Not saying I'm not saying, well.
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I'm just saying it's yeah. I would be upset because
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that's exactly what I'm just talking about here. It's bringing
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another one of those guys in and that's, Not a
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good idea, in my mind. You're just going to have
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more guys that are just like, well, this is how
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we're going to do it.
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This is our little.
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Team USA get-together thing. And it's just like, no, that's
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not what we need. So, I don't know. Dennis, well,
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we'll bring in Hellebuck and then blah, blah, blah. No,
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that's not what we need.
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I don't know.
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Like we were talking about with Jim Down on Devils
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After Dark after that Wings game.
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You know, where.
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who on the devils is that, that Scott Stevens, that
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Ken Danico, when in practice that Randy McKay in practice,
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they're going to go and they're going to rough you
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up in the corner and make you work hard. You're
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going to, you're going to mouth off to Scott Stevens. No,
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I don't think so. I don't think you're going to
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mouth off to Danica. You're going to mouth off to Randy. Nah,
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I don't think so. Yeah. Young timer, young grasshopper. You know, I,
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I don't, I don't see that happening.
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So that, yeah, but that, that layer, that layer doesn't exist.
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That layer does not exist on his team. And it,
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where does it exist really on what, I mean, yeah,
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you could look over at Washington and a hundred percent,
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you can see that because of obviously, you know, you
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have Ovi and, and Wilson and lots of guys over there,
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but like, yeah, that accountability and like that structure of like, Hey,
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like don't F around. because you're going to take this serious.
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You're going to run this drill the way we're running
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this drill, the way coach is running this drill. I
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think that's a lot of the culture of like sports
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these days in general, where it's like the, you know,
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the players are running more of the team than the coaches.
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Like it's not like the old days where the coach
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was the, the iron guy behind the bench, like the
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Pat Burns or the Jacques Lemaire's or like these guys
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that demanded respect, you know, not to say that they
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don't respect Keefe, And not to say that there's not
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coaches out in the league that, that have that, you know,
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gravitas to them, but I don't know. It's just, it's,
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it's a different, it's a different error. I don't see
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that Scott Stevens type of mentality in the locker room anymore. And,
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and if it's there, you could have fooled me because it's,
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it definitely doesn't seem like it from the outside looking
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in now, something happened in the game. Okay, go ahead.
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Well, I'm saying look at teams, just to follow up
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on that, look at teams like Colorado, look at teams
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like Florida, and, you know, they've been very.
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Successful in recent years. Yeah, you have guys that are like,
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don't mess around. You have guys that are like straight
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to the point and don't mess around. You have Landeskog,
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and you have McKinnon in Colorado, and Makar, and then
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down in Florida, you have, you know, now you have
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both Kachuks. Now you have both Kachuks.
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But yeah, you know, like you, you have so many
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of these guys that you're just like, they're going to
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take everything seriously. And I don't know who just said,
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was it dubs or Jay snow or selected? What's up,
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Mike Rossi, devil heaven. What's going on, Maria, Ariel, someone
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here in the chat. You said it too. I mean,
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a lot of these guys all have no movement clauses.
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So it's just like, Oh, what are you going to do?
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I'm guaranteed my contracts and I'm going to play how
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I'm going to play. Now, do I think the guys
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are going in there and just half-assing it? No, but
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I just don't think there's anyone in there that's pushing
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them to that next level. I know.
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You know, and you don't want to say it, but
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I don't want to even have the captaincy conversation because
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I hate that conversation. I think Nico is a fine
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enough captain. I think he motivates the team fine enough,
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but like, do they need a guy that's going to
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be yelling in their face? And, and, but then that's
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also coach too. Like there's a lot of people that
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are like Tortorillo, Tortorillo, Tortorillo cure this team. And it's like, yeah,
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but he's also the, he could, he could come in
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and shake and rattle some bones and, and get this
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team playing in the right direction. He could get this
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team motivated by kicking them in the ass and like
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holding guys to, you know, keeping them accountable for everything
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that they're doing on the ice and off the ice.
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But then we've seen it before and unfortunately the message
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gets old and guys these days don't have that same
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kind of like, all right, I'll let the coach yell
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at me and I might hate him, but I also
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respect the hell out of him. In sports, you look
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at a Bill Belichick or a Bill Parcells. I'm wearing
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a Giants hat. This is what's making me think of it.
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A Bill Parcells who would MF you up and down
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the sideline. He didn't care if it was Phil Simms,
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your star quarterback. I mean, he did give LT some
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special treatment, but it's LT. How much cocaine did you do? Oh,
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never mind. Two bags?
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All right. Get out there.
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You haven't slept in days. Go kill someone. You would
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fear the coach, but you respected the hell out of him.
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Pat Burns. I brought up his name before. He was
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even holding guys that were you know veterans of the
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team like marty and you know guys like that holding
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them accountable so the voice in a room i don't
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know if it's gonna this is why this team is
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so frustrating because it is it's not one easy answer
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it's not like oh change this get rid of this
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guy change the goalie get rid of the coach it's
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not it's not that simple like one two solution I agree.
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I mean, I think it's a, I mean, I'm not
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in the locker room, so I don't really know, but
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coming from the outside, it seems like there, there might be,
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you know, a bit of a culture, you know, problem
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there where, yeah, I don't know. Maybe that's just the
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way this generation of, of players, you know, works, but
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you go around the league and you look at the
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teams that are successful and yeah, it's the guys that
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are working hard non-stop and i don't know i don't
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know i'm not saying that they're you know what sucks
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though or do they have that do they have that
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edge do they.
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Have that edge and well you see guys like mercer
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like it's there you see guys like Mercer and like
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right now, the early stages of it, Lombardi, these guys
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are working their balls off out there. You know, like
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it sucks that Mercer doesn't have more of a scoring
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touch because that dude is a grinder. Like he's out
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there every shift giving 120%. Like there's, there's games where Mercer,
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like he'll have a breakaway or he'll have an opportunity
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to score. And he just, he can't like, he doesn't,
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he doesn't have that, that same finesse, but man, does
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that dude go in there and like, Go into some
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of the hard areas and play Some of the hard
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minutes and do some of The things that you're like
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hell yeah like He's always he's when he's out there
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he's noticeable Just wish he could You know have a
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bit more Of a scoring touch and unfortunately Because of
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because of that I mean His trade value is what
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it is like it's not Going to be the most
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You're not going to get a top prospect for him
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But you're not going to you could also Package him
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in with a couple Other things now there's something and
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I could be wrong about this but I've never noticed
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this before. They had something at the rock the other
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night where on the screen, they were like black and
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red members. And this probably happened before. No. Well, yeah.
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Sam Wu who showed up on MSG. They're like, if
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a player gets traded or changes their numbers, like you
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get a hundred dollar credit towards your Jersey. And the
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guy that I was sitting with, we're sitting there and
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he goes, and he's a season ticket holder. And he's like,
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I don't remember them ever really saying that before. He's like,
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I wonder if that means something, if there's, if there's
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something about to happen. And I'm like, maybe possibly, I
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don't know why they put it out there. Cause I've
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never noticed that ever. Like I've never noticed that maybe
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in the chat, maybe one of you guys have noticed
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it before, but that was, that was definitely interesting.
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Uh, I think, yeah, I don't know. I mean, I,
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I've heard of other teams doing that. Maybe it's just
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something that the devils are catching up with. Um, because
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I know they have been doing a lot more new stuff,
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including a hot dog cannon, because Lord knows you need
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a frigging hot dog getting shot in your face at
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like 60 miles an hour. But maybe they're just trying
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to be a little bit more fan-friendly because they do
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understand there's a lot of frustration with this fan base
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from everything that we've been going through. And like we said,
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every year we're like, this team looks great on paper.
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but it just doesn't translate on the ice. And yeah,
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maybe that is a sign. Maybe that is an eventual
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sign that Sonny is going to say like, Hey, this
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is not fitting the vibe that I want. And listen,
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we saw Lou Lamorello do that many times where you're
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just like, why did he trade that player? You know,
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and he did things.
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Yeah.
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And Jason, you broke up the A-line because you were like, hey,
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there's more people.
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Paying attention to the A-line. Yes. Yeah. The logo on
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the front is more important than the name on the back.
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That's what he used to say.
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And they want to stay on the cup. You know,
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so I don't know. So is that maybe something he's
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getting prepared to do is trade some people that they
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know have sold a lot of jerseys? Could potentially be.
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I wonder, though, if I can get this old heritage
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one redone with the Kovalchuk. I wonder if I can
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finally get this one then on that. Maybe I can
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use that to finally get this one.
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I got a Kovalchuk sitting in my closet, too. 90%
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of the fan base has a Kovalchuk jersey just hanging
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in their closet. I'll break it out every once in
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a while. It just says, when it was good, it
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was great. You know, it was like that girl he
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dated for a little while and you're like, man, we
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had a good time. We had a great time. And
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then it ended horribly. It ended horribly.
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This is a CCM heritage Jersey. Like I would love
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to wear this thing again and it fits perfectly. And yeah,
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I just can't bring, that's why I just keep it
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here on the chair and I hang it up like for,
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for show for the background. But yeah.
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Yeah. Kobe, the old Kobe Jersey. Yeah, dude, it's, it's
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tough because like, I don't know. I don't know. Like,
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you know, we were talking about before, like the whole
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pretender contender, like I feel like this team does have
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enough talent and they show in those bursts that they
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can compete with anybody. And when they want to put
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on a show, they'll put on a show. It's just
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like games. Like yesterday, you look at that and you're like,
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you're coming off of a seven, one beat down where
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you absolutely destroyed the other team. And it, Not just
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the other team. That's across town. That's your biggest rival.
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So you guys got up for that game and you
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crushed them. You come into this afternoon game, whatever. And
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it is such a flat effort. And it's an absolute dud.
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Same thing happened when they lost 6-0, though. Like, when
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they got beat... When they got absolutely destroyed by the Islanders.
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They just... you think, you know, you think they're going
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to come out the next game and they're going to
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have a, a really strong game and they're playing the man,
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the Utah mammoth. And they came out flat and you're like,
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don't you guys have any goddamn pride? Like, don't you
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have any fire in your belly? I know it's an
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84 game season and you, you know, you can't go
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out there and play like it's game seven every night,
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but Holy God, like there's some games where you're like,
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what is going on? Like I, the, what the hell,
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who the hell were they playing? that game that I
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went to recently where I walked, like I walked out
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of the game with like eight minutes to go. Cause
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they disallowed that goal. And then they ended up scoring
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like a meaningless goal with like two minutes left or
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whatever it was. Who the hell were we playing? Why
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can't I remember?
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I have to look back in my notes to figure
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it out, but I know which one you're talking. It
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was the goal that they call back because I, They
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were like, no, we were going to blow the whistle. No,
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we swear.
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No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. It's a
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different game. They got screwed on that. It was, I
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think it was, I thought it was glass or somebody
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like poked it in and they called goaltender interference. And
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it would have made it like three to one.
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Yeah, that was another one where they were like, we
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were going to blow the whistle. We swear, we swear
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we were going to blow the whistle.
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It was Connor. They didn't.
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They thought whoever the goaltender was, had covered the puck
471
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and they didn't blow it. So Conor Glass then started
472
00:26:47.690 --> 00:26:50.849
poking at it. And then it was like in between
473
00:26:50.890 --> 00:26:55.250
his legs in the back and somebody came by. Was
474
00:26:55.289 --> 00:26:56.130
it Boquist?
475
00:26:56.150 --> 00:26:58.200
Or maybe it was Lombardi.
476
00:26:58.220 --> 00:27:00.539
It just like swept it right and swept it into
477
00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:02.259
the net. It was like just kind of sitting into
478
00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:02.960
the crease. Yeah.
479
00:27:03.900 --> 00:27:06.920
Oh, the Senators. Thank you. The Senators game. Yeah, that
480
00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:09.789
Senators game. Like I walked out of there and I'm like,
481
00:27:09.880 --> 00:27:12.269
what the hell was that? Like I got in my
482
00:27:12.309 --> 00:27:16.230
car and I was like annoyed. I'm driving home. I
483
00:27:16.309 --> 00:27:21.369
left early. I hate leaving games early, but the effort
484
00:27:21.410 --> 00:27:27.190
was so subpar. And listen, not for nothing, the Senators
485
00:27:27.269 --> 00:27:30.089
are a good team. They took away the center of
486
00:27:30.130 --> 00:27:33.630
the ice all night. And this team has been shown,
487
00:27:33.690 --> 00:27:36.349
if you take it away, the Capitals took the center
488
00:27:36.369 --> 00:27:38.970
of the ice away. If the Devils can't get anywhere
489
00:27:39.009 --> 00:27:40.630
nearly close to the center of the ice, all of
490
00:27:40.670 --> 00:27:44.960
a sudden they become like this perimeter team. You just
491
00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:46.079
force them out to the perimeter.
492
00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:49.329
Yeah. Because everyone gets in the lanes and blocks all
493
00:27:49.349 --> 00:27:51.930
the shots. And you can look at the stats for
494
00:27:52.309 --> 00:27:54.509
the opposing teams and the blocked shots against the Devils.
495
00:27:54.569 --> 00:27:57.269
They're all, like, in the 30s. The only team that
496
00:27:57.289 --> 00:27:58.150
wasn't was the Rangers.
497
00:27:58.410 --> 00:28:02.230
And they're like, oh, well, the Devils had, like, 42
498
00:28:02.230 --> 00:28:04.890
shots last night. And I'm like, yeah. And 30 of
499
00:28:04.910 --> 00:28:09.460
them were from the perimeter. And where the goaltender is, like, unblocked.
500
00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:10.740
So he's going to just be able to see it
501
00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:13.319
the entire time. Like, it's just....
502
00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.079
I don't know.
503
00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:18.539
It's frustrating. It's very frustrating. I know. And I'm like, look,
504
00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:22.589
I'm over the it's early thing. It's not early anymore. Like,
505
00:28:22.650 --> 00:28:25.410
I'm done with that excuse. I'm done with the excuses.
506
00:28:25.450 --> 00:28:28.289
I'm done with like the just play goddamn hockey. Like,
507
00:28:29.589 --> 00:28:33.109
just be a winning team. Like, find your identity. Like, oh,
508
00:28:33.289 --> 00:28:36.109
it's early in the season. It's okay. No, it's not.
509
00:28:36.210 --> 00:28:39.470
Not anymore. Done. Done with that. Oh, well, we got
510
00:28:39.509 --> 00:28:42.950
these goaltenders and we're going to ride this. Nope. figure
511
00:28:42.970 --> 00:28:45.009
it out or go get hellebuck or figure this out
512
00:28:46.029 --> 00:28:48.380
you have put in poirier you went out and you
513
00:28:48.390 --> 00:28:50.460
got this this guy off of waivers and everybody raved
514
00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:53.200
about it go then put them in like figure it
515
00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:56.740
figure it out this is goddamn so annoying like this
516
00:28:56.759 --> 00:29:01.359
team is annoying like like oh but we got jack
517
00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:06.160
who cares who cares then score then score a goddamn
518
00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:10.049
goal then play goddamn defense i don't care I don't
519
00:29:10.109 --> 00:29:13.519
care about the what ifs and the yeah what's. Like,
520
00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:17.519
I don't care. Like, this team is so much talent
521
00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:19.799
and you can't put it together. I don't care. I
522
00:29:20.339 --> 00:29:23.720
don't want to hear it anymore. Don't. I just, I can't.
523
00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:30.119
Yeah. I mean, listen, I agree with you. I mean,
524
00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:35.839
I just, it's enough with the excuses already. And yeah,
525
00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:42.079
I mean, I don't know who said it there. Oh,
526
00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:44.700
thank you, Maria. Yeah, Travis Green was, yeah, of course.
527
00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:47.880
I mean, someone who was just like, he could have
528
00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:50.619
the keys to coaching this castle, and he was just like, nope.
529
00:29:52.430 --> 00:29:56.549
They're all immature and spoiled. And he's up in Ottawa now.
530
00:29:57.890 --> 00:30:02.829
And Yeah, I mean, it's just... It's rinse and repeat,
531
00:30:02.970 --> 00:30:07.970
and you've only had, you know, one playoff series. That's
532
00:30:08.009 --> 00:30:11.089
the only... You beat the Rangers once.
533
00:30:11.269 --> 00:30:13.529
Two playoff series, but one playoff series win.
534
00:30:13.549 --> 00:30:20.289
Well, no, they've had more than that. Because they lost
535
00:30:20.309 --> 00:30:22.369
to Carolina in the second round, and then they got
536
00:30:22.470 --> 00:30:25.029
smoked by Carolina in the first round the next year.
537
00:30:25.069 --> 00:30:25.960
Yeah, I mean....
538
00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:29.460
But it was like, it was no, it was like
539
00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:32.420
no contest. Like there was, there was not, I don't
540
00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:35.500
think anyone really doubted who was going to win. You know,
541
00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:39.240
we can sit here and as fans and be like, yeah, no.
542
00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:40.180
They got a shot.
543
00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:42.759
You know, no, no one was like, yeah, the devils
544
00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:44.920
are going to be Carolina. That was, that was not
545
00:30:45.140 --> 00:30:46.440
Carolina in the same class.
546
00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:50.009
No, we can't, we can't be Carolina. You can't be Washington.
547
00:30:51.190 --> 00:30:53.589
You can't be teams that are going to, are going
548
00:30:53.650 --> 00:30:56.650
to clog that middle lane. You can't, you know, there's,
549
00:30:57.170 --> 00:31:00.599
It's great to see Rodriguez is like scoring because that guy,
550
00:31:01.210 --> 00:31:05.910
that first goal that he scored against Detroit was exactly
551
00:31:05.930 --> 00:31:08.369
what you needed. A guy, he, he got the puck,
552
00:31:10.009 --> 00:31:12.029
got it in the middle because he's in the middle
553
00:31:12.049 --> 00:31:14.809
of the like high slot, gets the puck and scores.
554
00:31:14.849 --> 00:31:17.190
And it's like, Oh, all right, cool. Like this is
555
00:31:17.230 --> 00:31:19.589
what happens guys. When we like can penetrate the middle
556
00:31:19.609 --> 00:31:21.210
of the ice, when you can get into that high
557
00:31:21.250 --> 00:31:25.849
slot area, it's like we, we do this like dancing
558
00:31:25.869 --> 00:31:28.210
around the edge. And then it's like, we kind of
559
00:31:28.269 --> 00:31:30.150
come in a little bit and we take a shot.
560
00:31:30.170 --> 00:31:33.400
There's already like three guys there. So it's blocked and
561
00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:35.880
it gets kicked out or like on the entrance, we
562
00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:37.960
dump and chase and we dump it in the corner
563
00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:39.460
and it gets knocked out and we got to go
564
00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:42.740
chase it back again. Or we come in, we take a,
565
00:31:44.089 --> 00:31:47.190
you know, lame duck shot or, you know, these, these
566
00:31:47.349 --> 00:31:52.289
not so dangerous looking shots. And it's like, save kick
567
00:31:52.309 --> 00:31:55.819
to the corner, recovered by the defense. Defense cycles it
568
00:31:55.839 --> 00:32:01.220
up the boards out into the neutral zone. It's predictable, boring,
569
00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:06.240
damn hockey. I'm not going to sit here and be like, oh,
570
00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:10.920
it's early anymore because I'm like, they've had the same
571
00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:13.440
coach now for three years. They've had the same core
572
00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:17.660
for quite some time now. There's a lot of the
573
00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:20.200
same guys that are returning back. There's guys that have
574
00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:23.470
been on the same line Nico and Timo, Jesper and
575
00:32:23.529 --> 00:32:29.789
Jack for a while now. There's guys that people go after.
576
00:32:29.809 --> 00:32:32.670
They'll be like, Jack Hughes hasn't done this. And I'm like,
577
00:32:32.730 --> 00:32:37.230
all right, cool. Jesper Brett has done what? There's guys
578
00:32:37.269 --> 00:32:41.490
that get a free pass on the team to be mediocre.
579
00:32:42.630 --> 00:32:45.900
And it's like they need to step it up. There's
580
00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:47.400
guys that are out there that are playing great. Luke
581
00:32:47.420 --> 00:32:49.039
Hughes is having a hell of a season so far.
582
00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:51.480
He's really having a great season.
583
00:32:54.130 --> 00:32:58.240
But he's also made some complete blunders though.
584
00:32:58.339 --> 00:33:00.519
Oh, that too. Yeah. But he's going to be that
585
00:33:00.579 --> 00:33:03.079
kind of, you, he can be like that high risk,
586
00:33:03.099 --> 00:33:07.099
high reward guy. And that's fine. Like that's okay. Like
587
00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:09.180
I do it. I'll live and die with a guy
588
00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:11.079
who's going to put up points and put up goals.
589
00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:13.759
If he's up there doing what he needs to do.
590
00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:17.859
But like, if, if he's not producing and he's doing that,
591
00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:20.569
then yeah, that's a problem. And in the past, that
592
00:33:20.609 --> 00:33:23.339
kind of was what it was. Like, he was not producing,
593
00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:25.799
and he was also turning the puck over and doing
594
00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:29.420
something stupid. Can we please just stop, like, dropping the
595
00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:33.579
puck back on that goddamn power play, too? Like, that
596
00:33:33.619 --> 00:33:39.640
just drives. Can we prove it? It doesn't, like, skate up,
597
00:33:40.089 --> 00:33:43.549
drop it back. Or you just killed, like, you just killed, like,
598
00:33:43.630 --> 00:33:49.440
four or five seconds off your power play by doing that. Yeah,
599
00:33:49.549 --> 00:33:49.910
I mean, I.
600
00:33:52.869 --> 00:33:57.849
Don't know. It's bad. And Devil Heaven, I will say
601
00:33:57.910 --> 00:34:04.089
the first five Maiden albums. Skip Somewhere in Time and
602
00:34:04.109 --> 00:34:06.750
then go to Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. Those
603
00:34:06.789 --> 00:34:10.630
are my favorites. thank you for the question as I
604
00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:13.449
have yet another I'm not wearing the same shirt as
605
00:34:13.789 --> 00:34:15.969
yesterday by the way because I had a different Iron
606
00:34:15.989 --> 00:34:22.550
Maiden shirt two days in a row yeah I had
607
00:34:22.570 --> 00:34:24.329
the run for your lives tour this is a killer
608
00:34:24.349 --> 00:34:26.889
shirt so I had the run for your lives tour
609
00:34:26.949 --> 00:34:30.579
on yesterday so this is actually a different Iron Maiden
610
00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:33.320
shirt I just realized I pulled an Iron Maiden one
611
00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:37.550
out of the closet again today so um But yeah,
612
00:34:37.590 --> 00:34:40.050
I don't know. I mean, like, yeah, Luke has those moments,
613
00:34:40.090 --> 00:34:42.570
but he also has those things where I'm like, you know,
614
00:34:42.849 --> 00:34:47.550
how did Leonard go around him yesterday on that power
615
00:34:47.590 --> 00:34:50.349
play when he went coast to coast? It was just like,
616
00:34:50.369 --> 00:34:53.469
he just, you know, forehand, backhand, just moving right around him.
617
00:34:53.510 --> 00:34:57.110
And then he just stretched the puck out to protect it.
618
00:34:57.210 --> 00:34:59.670
And Luke couldn't reach him, you know? And there's been
619
00:34:59.710 --> 00:35:01.610
times where I see Luke and I'm just like, how
620
00:35:01.690 --> 00:35:05.389
is Luke getting like outreached and outskated? Like that doesn't
621
00:35:05.409 --> 00:35:10.880
seem like, you know, it should be happening. So he's
622
00:35:10.900 --> 00:35:14.800
still a young kid. I know we've been saying this
623
00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:19.679
for years and hopefully he's going to get this all
624
00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:23.619
figured out. He shows the glimpses of it again because
625
00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:28.550
he does do some really good things, but the consistency
626
00:35:28.610 --> 00:35:29.329
is lacking.
627
00:35:30.969 --> 00:35:34.429
Well, that's across the board. Yeah, that's across the board
628
00:35:34.469 --> 00:35:39.030
with everyone. This team is the most inconsistent team I've
629
00:35:39.070 --> 00:35:44.389
ever seen. And for years now. We were talking about
630
00:35:44.409 --> 00:35:45.929
it the other night, and I was like, I'm pretty
631
00:35:45.989 --> 00:35:50.019
sure I had the same speech about this like two
632
00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:55.199
years ago. Or maybe even the year we got PK Subban.
633
00:35:55.800 --> 00:35:59.559
We had Gusev and Subban. And I was like, man,
634
00:35:59.579 --> 00:36:04.070
we have all this potential. We have potential, but they
635
00:36:04.110 --> 00:36:10.889
need to be consistent. And I've said this a thousand times.
636
00:36:11.449 --> 00:36:15.650
The only thing they're consistent at is being inconsistent. And
637
00:36:15.829 --> 00:36:18.769
it's like they're very Jekyll and Hyde. They're very hot
638
00:36:18.809 --> 00:36:22.800
and cold. And there's games where you look at them
639
00:36:22.820 --> 00:36:25.739
and you're like, man, they got it dialed in tonight.
640
00:36:26.719 --> 00:36:29.219
And there's games where you're like, they can't even hit
641
00:36:29.639 --> 00:36:34.280
a tape-to-tape pass. And by the way, this is not
642
00:36:34.320 --> 00:36:37.440
just us observing it. And it's not just us. It's
643
00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:40.860
like fans looking at it. Listen to the broadcast. Listen
644
00:36:40.889 --> 00:36:42.969
to what Dan was saying. Listen to what Sal saying.
645
00:36:43.010 --> 00:36:46.030
Like the other night, Salvador was saying like they're missing
646
00:36:46.070 --> 00:36:49.730
these short five to six foot passes. You should. And
647
00:36:49.750 --> 00:36:52.110
he's like, they should be taped to tape. They should
648
00:36:52.130 --> 00:36:54.809
be taped to tape. And they are just missing these passes.
649
00:36:56.530 --> 00:37:00.679
That should not happen. You know, like these little things
650
00:37:00.820 --> 00:37:04.079
should not happen. And I'm like, yeah, pressure of the
651
00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:06.219
moment is different than practice. Practice, you can do a
652
00:37:06.590 --> 00:37:08.869
million things right. You get into the pressure of a
653
00:37:08.889 --> 00:37:12.710
game and it's way different. Way, way different. Atmosphere is different.
654
00:37:12.809 --> 00:37:17.760
Play is different. Speed of the play. Different players, different mindset, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
655
00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:22.119
But there has to be some kind of consistency, like
656
00:37:22.139 --> 00:37:27.489
night in and night out. You know, like. And offensively,
657
00:37:27.769 --> 00:37:33.300
we've got to figure this out. Defensively, yes. Defensively, there's
658
00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:38.239
a lot of issues. Dougie Hamilton is not it. He's
659
00:37:38.280 --> 00:37:40.440
not it anymore. I love him as a human being.
660
00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:43.039
He's an awesome dude. Seems like an awesome guy, right?
661
00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:46.619
Huge reason that the Devils were able to get some
662
00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:50.440
other players is the addition of Dougie Hamilton. He just...
663
00:37:50.760 --> 00:37:54.159
There's some plays where I'm like, Jesus Christ, dude, you missed...
664
00:37:54.360 --> 00:37:58.739
The puck's coming to him, misses a one-timer. The puck's
665
00:37:58.780 --> 00:38:00.449
coming up the board, something that he used to be
666
00:38:00.489 --> 00:38:03.110
able to grab the puck and send it in, and
667
00:38:03.150 --> 00:38:06.530
it's bouncing over a stick. He's lost a step. He's
668
00:38:06.610 --> 00:38:12.690
getting back late defensively. Is this his last year contract?
669
00:38:12.730 --> 00:38:15.670
Is this it? Because if it's not, I guarantee he's
670
00:38:15.690 --> 00:38:19.429
getting waived next year. You could call me crazy, but
671
00:38:19.590 --> 00:38:22.429
if he's got two years left, he will play out
672
00:38:22.469 --> 00:38:24.559
this year if he doesn't get dealt at the Dougie.
673
00:38:25.820 --> 00:38:27.639
You can't wait. If he's got to move in close.
674
00:38:28.840 --> 00:38:33.010
He's got no movement. Well, there you go. There's that then. So, yeah.
675
00:38:34.869 --> 00:38:38.510
Then he can't get. All right, good. Yeah. So if
676
00:38:38.809 --> 00:38:42.309
he does, if he agrees to a trade, which I
677
00:38:42.389 --> 00:38:46.980
highly doubt. Because I think that was a part of
678
00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:49.340
the whole Luke Hughes or that Quinn Hughes problem is
679
00:38:49.360 --> 00:38:54.860
that Dougie was not willing to go anywhere. He's not
680
00:38:54.880 --> 00:38:55.570
willing to go anywhere.
681
00:38:55.610 --> 00:38:59.409
I mean, well, part of the problem was, is yeah,
682
00:38:59.469 --> 00:39:02.369
that he has that no movement clause. And then Fitzy
683
00:39:02.389 --> 00:39:04.010
just thought he was going to like, yeah, sure.
684
00:39:04.050 --> 00:39:05.130
No problem. I'll do that.
685
00:39:05.690 --> 00:39:07.730
And this is like, no dude, that's not how it
686
00:39:07.769 --> 00:39:10.469
works with players. You know, they, they fight for those
687
00:39:10.510 --> 00:39:12.690
things and you were dumb enough to give it to them. So,
688
00:39:13.250 --> 00:39:16.070
you know, yeah, he's going to exercise it and take
689
00:39:16.110 --> 00:39:18.880
advantage of it. And yes, Eddie, I'm just realizing now
690
00:39:18.920 --> 00:39:22.360
that your logo, your little, your little icon is, because
691
00:39:22.400 --> 00:39:25.050
I'm blind and I can't see anything, is actually Eddie
692
00:39:25.090 --> 00:39:27.889
from Iron Man. So, yes, up the irons. And John Heaton,
693
00:39:27.969 --> 00:39:31.190
I'm not saying skip somewhere in time. Great album cover,
694
00:39:31.239 --> 00:39:32.530
of course. Wasted years.
695
00:39:32.570 --> 00:39:33.159
Yes, yes, yes.
696
00:39:33.389 --> 00:39:37.159
I'm just saying for my personal favorites, for my personal favorites,
697
00:39:37.880 --> 00:39:41.539
it's still a great full album.
698
00:39:43.659 --> 00:39:45.679
But yeah, I don't know, man.
699
00:39:45.739 --> 00:39:48.619
I think this team, I know a lot of people.
700
00:39:50.449 --> 00:39:52.739
Uh, you know, don't want to hear it or whatever,
701
00:39:52.820 --> 00:39:55.860
but like, if they trade one of these guys, I
702
00:39:55.900 --> 00:39:57.880
don't think it'll be the end of the world. Like
703
00:39:58.539 --> 00:40:01.139
I'm talking like someone like a Jack Hughes or something
704
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like that. Like, I don't think it would be the
705
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end of the world for this team. Um, and it
706
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would definitely be a big culture change and shock to
707
00:40:11.340 --> 00:40:15.639
the system, which Like you said, with that little inkling
708
00:40:15.699 --> 00:40:20.269
about the jersey, if your favorite player gets traded, we'll
709
00:40:20.670 --> 00:40:22.130
restitch it and blah, blah, blah.
710
00:40:22.150 --> 00:40:26.530
We'll give you $ 100. What the hell was that about?
711
00:40:26.590 --> 00:40:29.769
Jack Hughes sells a lot of jerseys. Nico, he sure
712
00:40:29.809 --> 00:40:32.630
sells a lot of jerseys. There's a lot of Dougie
713
00:40:32.650 --> 00:40:34.750
Hamilton jerseys out there as well. There's a lot of
714
00:40:34.809 --> 00:40:38.349
Luke Hughes jerseys out there. Am I saying it's imminent
715
00:40:38.369 --> 00:40:41.579
that they're going to get traded? No, but Would that
716
00:40:41.920 --> 00:40:45.400
shake this team up significantly? Yeah. Yeah, it would.
717
00:40:46.139 --> 00:40:46.480
It would.
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Yeah.
719
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But a lot of those.
720
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Guys, again, I got to look. Oh, Seventh Son. Love
721
00:40:53.289 --> 00:40:55.909
that song, by the way, John Heaton. They played it
722
00:40:56.050 --> 00:40:56.969
at the Run for Your Lives.
723
00:40:57.010 --> 00:40:59.949
Too, which was amazing.
724
00:40:59.969 --> 00:41:02.239
They played that in Rime of the Ancient Mariner back
725
00:41:02.280 --> 00:41:06.320
to back. Let me look again because I don't remember
726
00:41:06.400 --> 00:41:11.349
off the complete top of my head here. Um, where
727
00:41:11.409 --> 00:41:18.070
the hell is that? Um, that's the trade rumors. Um,
728
00:41:18.289 --> 00:41:22.800
where is, there we go. NJ devil's salary. Let me just, uh,
729
00:41:22.880 --> 00:41:26.219
make sure that I get it correct. Um, so no
730
00:41:26.280 --> 00:41:30.590
movement clause, Timo Meyer, uh, Jack Hughes has a, uh,
731
00:41:31.969 --> 00:41:34.570
I think it's like a 10, 10 team, no trade list.
732
00:41:36.429 --> 00:41:41.469
For his remaining, what, three years? Four years. Jack has
733
00:41:41.489 --> 00:41:45.110
got this year and then three years after that on
734
00:41:45.159 --> 00:41:53.719
his contract. And they're all a 10-team no-trade list. Jasper Bratt,
735
00:41:53.880 --> 00:41:59.739
no movement clause for his entire contract. Connor Brown, not
736
00:41:59.780 --> 00:42:03.019
worried about him as much. Nico Heischer, same thing. No
737
00:42:03.079 --> 00:42:10.389
movement clause. For his entire contract. And Dougie Hamilton, same thing.
738
00:42:10.409 --> 00:42:14.329
And then that's it for right now. I mean, some
739
00:42:14.349 --> 00:42:17.250
of these other guys have, you know, 10 team, no
740
00:42:17.289 --> 00:42:22.099
trade list. And, you know, oh, Brett Pesci has a
741
00:42:22.219 --> 00:42:28.280
no trade for this year. And then after that, it
742
00:42:28.380 --> 00:42:32.219
is a, I believe it's a 10 team, 15 team,
743
00:42:32.280 --> 00:42:35.400
no trade list. For Brett Pesci. Luke Hughes has nothing.
744
00:42:36.019 --> 00:42:41.320
Until his last year. Of his contract. Is he has.
745
00:42:42.099 --> 00:42:45.119
What are you going on here? Come on. Just give
746
00:42:45.139 --> 00:42:47.920
me what this icon. Damn it. I can't.
747
00:42:48.139 --> 00:42:48.480
It's not.
748
00:42:48.480 --> 00:42:53.940
10 team. No trade. List. For Luke Hughes in his
749
00:42:54.059 --> 00:43:03.019
final year. Kovacevic and Siegenthaler. Same thing. So. You got
750
00:43:03.059 --> 00:43:10.909
a bunch of guys, you know, it's Dougie, Timo, Nico,
751
00:43:11.030 --> 00:43:15.989
and Jesper. Those are the guys that you really can't move.
752
00:43:18.070 --> 00:43:25.800
The others, there's possibilities. Am I saying they should do that? Nah,
753
00:43:26.159 --> 00:43:30.079
I don't know. But I think one of the best
754
00:43:30.159 --> 00:43:35.510
moves that Sonny... has made so far in talking about
755
00:43:36.469 --> 00:43:38.829
people who know how to get ready to play and
756
00:43:38.889 --> 00:43:40.789
know how to do those things and how to work
757
00:43:40.829 --> 00:43:46.110
hard has been Evan Rodriguez. I mean, that dude is a,
758
00:43:46.199 --> 00:43:50.539
is a throwback that we have been missing on this team. Uh,
759
00:43:50.800 --> 00:43:56.579
and I just love his energy, his vibes. Um, the, uh,
760
00:43:56.659 --> 00:43:58.300
you know, even when he, you know, all right, he
761
00:43:58.320 --> 00:44:00.969
got the stick up high there on, uh, what's his name?
762
00:44:02.059 --> 00:44:04.590
you know, in that face off circle. But I, like
763
00:44:04.639 --> 00:44:07.230
I said, I kind of liked that because that's something
764
00:44:07.269 --> 00:44:10.389
I haven't seen from a devil's player. And I don't
765
00:44:10.409 --> 00:44:14.269
know how long, you know, like, yeah, I love, I
766
00:44:14.409 --> 00:44:16.690
love the way Evan Rodriguez plays out there.
767
00:44:17.809 --> 00:44:21.070
Well, that, you know, that what Brendan Dillon too, in
768
00:44:21.110 --> 00:44:24.239
that Senator's game, which that game was, that game was
769
00:44:24.280 --> 00:44:27.380
bad for multiple, multiple reasons. And I mean, one of
770
00:44:27.400 --> 00:44:29.900
them was the officiating in that game was just absolutely
771
00:44:29.940 --> 00:44:32.920
atrocious and, Um, and there were a lot of calls
772
00:44:32.960 --> 00:44:36.780
that were like the, like the interference call and Luke,
773
00:44:36.800 --> 00:44:39.139
when he's skating backwards and the guy runs into him
774
00:44:39.380 --> 00:44:42.860
and Luke gets the, uh, gets the interference call. There
775
00:44:42.880 --> 00:44:44.619
were a lot of things like that where it's just like,
776
00:44:44.699 --> 00:44:47.159
all right, it's going to be one of those nights.
777
00:44:47.360 --> 00:44:50.090
It's going to be one of those nights, but, um, yeah,
778
00:44:50.289 --> 00:44:53.329
E-Rod Dylan had a very physical game, that game. And
779
00:44:53.349 --> 00:44:55.690
then he was a healthy scratch as soon as Kovacevic
780
00:44:55.730 --> 00:44:59.989
came back, which is a very interesting decision. I get
781
00:45:00.030 --> 00:45:02.360
it that they're trying to, and Sheldon Keefe even went
782
00:45:02.400 --> 00:45:04.860
out and publicly said this, they're trying to get Chisholm
783
00:45:04.960 --> 00:45:09.760
kind of more involved and get him going. He's had
784
00:45:10.480 --> 00:45:14.039
some decent moments, and he's also had some not-so-decent moments.
785
00:45:14.699 --> 00:45:19.579
I think defensively, overall, the team is just they should
786
00:45:19.599 --> 00:45:22.719
be better than they are. I mean, Brett Pesci's had some,
787
00:45:22.840 --> 00:45:25.300
you know, he fell down on that one PK goal.
788
00:45:27.030 --> 00:45:30.010
He's had some some rough games. I don't know if
789
00:45:30.050 --> 00:45:33.809
it's lingering from last year where he's just really knocking
790
00:45:33.849 --> 00:45:40.070
off that rust. But listen, I don't expect them to
791
00:45:40.130 --> 00:45:44.059
make any earth shattering moves anytime soon. I don't think
792
00:45:44.079 --> 00:45:45.619
they're going to make a coaching move. I don't think
793
00:45:45.639 --> 00:45:48.320
they're going to make a trade. I don't know. But
794
00:45:48.340 --> 00:45:52.360
then again, Sonny Mata, who keeps everything kind of close
795
00:45:52.400 --> 00:45:55.190
to his vest could, could be having something brewing right
796
00:45:55.210 --> 00:45:58.090
now and, and, doing something that we don't even think
797
00:45:58.130 --> 00:46:00.250
would happen. So who knows?
798
00:46:00.349 --> 00:46:03.289
I think he will at some point, but I'm not sure.
799
00:46:03.369 --> 00:46:04.750
I don't know if it's going to, I don't think
800
00:46:04.789 --> 00:46:08.170
it's going to happen during the season unless he gets
801
00:46:08.530 --> 00:46:14.420
absolutely completely blown away by some offer for some, you know,
802
00:46:14.579 --> 00:46:20.519
really massive superstar type player. But I, if this team
803
00:46:21.440 --> 00:46:25.840
goes the way they have in recent years, I don't,
804
00:46:26.170 --> 00:46:30.550
don't see Sheldon Keefe coming back the following season. And
805
00:46:30.909 --> 00:46:35.880
I see some of these key core pieces are, I
806
00:46:35.900 --> 00:46:37.440
think are going to get moved. I think there's going
807
00:46:37.460 --> 00:46:42.079
to be a massive blockbuster deal at some point in
808
00:46:42.099 --> 00:46:44.320
the off season with some of these guys getting moved
809
00:46:45.199 --> 00:46:47.780
just to shake it up and get a different culture
810
00:46:47.820 --> 00:46:53.349
in there. That's, that's just my opinion on it. Again,
811
00:46:53.449 --> 00:46:56.900
I'm just a, you know, a fan. doing a podcast
812
00:46:56.920 --> 00:46:59.199
with his buddy here, you know, talking like, that's what
813
00:46:59.219 --> 00:47:01.199
we always say. This is just like talking with your
814
00:47:01.239 --> 00:47:05.559
friends at the bar. You know, we're not professional, you know,
815
00:47:05.659 --> 00:47:08.519
hockey reporters or anything like that. You know, we're just
816
00:47:08.619 --> 00:47:11.079
two dudes. This is what we used to do in between,
817
00:47:11.139 --> 00:47:13.449
you know, band practice takes and stuff like that. So,
818
00:47:13.510 --> 00:47:18.449
I mean, like, that's just my opinion on it. Like,
819
00:47:18.489 --> 00:47:20.789
I think Sonny's going to let this season play out
820
00:47:20.969 --> 00:47:23.570
and see if Keefe can make something happen. If they
821
00:47:23.670 --> 00:47:28.369
spiral and are just frigging terrible, then that's a different story.
822
00:47:28.429 --> 00:47:33.090
But if they do play well at some points and stuff,
823
00:47:33.130 --> 00:47:34.489
I think he's going to give them the season to
824
00:47:34.530 --> 00:47:36.670
try and figure it out. And then after that, he's
825
00:47:36.710 --> 00:47:39.050
going to be like, all right, it's time to make
826
00:47:39.090 --> 00:47:39.820
changes in here.
827
00:47:41.239 --> 00:47:43.739
Yeah. And there's, listen, there's a couple of guys that
828
00:47:43.820 --> 00:47:45.340
I really respect.
829
00:47:45.360 --> 00:47:51.079
Brian Boyle. That's a guy who came in and was no, no, no.
830
00:47:51.079 --> 00:47:53.360
But I'm just saying that's a, well, serve was just mentioned,
831
00:47:53.380 --> 00:47:54.420
but that's a guy who came in.
832
00:47:54.400 --> 00:47:57.280
And was like, Oh yeah. Respect. Respect.
833
00:47:57.320 --> 00:47:58.639
You're not going to mess with that dude.
834
00:47:58.679 --> 00:48:03.320
Yeah. Hell yeah. I, yeah. Hell yeah. I love Brian Boyle,
835
00:48:03.380 --> 00:48:05.780
even though like his, his tenure with the devils was
836
00:48:05.800 --> 00:48:08.889
very short lived. Like he was a player that came
837
00:48:08.989 --> 00:48:13.190
in and like the players instantly respect them and the
838
00:48:13.269 --> 00:48:16.869
fans instantly respect them. Like he was just a, one
839
00:48:16.889 --> 00:48:19.829
of those guys you're like, hell yeah. Like this, this
840
00:48:19.909 --> 00:48:26.079
is what we need. Um, As far as big shake-up
841
00:48:26.099 --> 00:48:28.500
moves or blockbuster moves that are happening in the offseason,
842
00:48:28.739 --> 00:48:30.619
there's a lot of people that I respect online that
843
00:48:30.699 --> 00:48:34.880
are way more in the know than we are that
844
00:48:35.280 --> 00:48:40.900
keep leaning towards that goaltending as being the issue. I'm
845
00:48:40.940 --> 00:48:42.579
not saying that they're going to go and get Hellebuck.
846
00:48:42.639 --> 00:48:45.159
I'm not saying they should go get Hellebuck because Lord
847
00:48:45.199 --> 00:48:48.159
knows how much that could cost you. But he's definitely
848
00:48:48.219 --> 00:48:53.150
not going to be playing in Winnipeg. There's absolutely zero chance. So...
849
00:48:53.889 --> 00:48:58.389
His suspension is up on Friday and he can return
850
00:48:58.429 --> 00:49:02.219
to the team by Friday. Barring a trade that happens
851
00:49:02.280 --> 00:49:05.619
before that. Do I think that he's going to get
852
00:49:05.659 --> 00:49:08.280
traded before that? I kind of do. I kind of
853
00:49:08.300 --> 00:49:10.599
don't think they want him back in Winnipeg. He doesn't
854
00:49:10.619 --> 00:49:12.119
want to be back in Winnipeg. I don't think his
855
00:49:12.179 --> 00:49:14.889
teammates want him back in Winnipeg. It is a very
856
00:49:15.050 --> 00:49:18.710
uncomfortable and crazy situation. And I know you were saying before, like,
857
00:49:18.750 --> 00:49:20.519
you don't want like that drama. of this and that
858
00:49:20.539 --> 00:49:24.159
and the other thing. I would take on Connor Hellbach's
859
00:49:24.219 --> 00:49:27.199
drama if he could come into our locker room and
860
00:49:27.300 --> 00:49:31.280
fix the goaltending room. But I don't know what's going
861
00:49:31.360 --> 00:49:33.340
to happen because Sonny, and it was, I think it
862
00:49:33.360 --> 00:49:37.610
was Greg Wasinski. How do you say his last name? Wasinski?
863
00:49:37.849 --> 00:49:38.130
I can't.
864
00:49:39.429 --> 00:49:42.610
Wyshynski, thank you, bud. If you don't know me, I'm
865
00:49:42.650 --> 00:49:47.190
terrible at pronouncing names. It's been my crutch forever. He
866
00:49:47.230 --> 00:49:50.590
was saying the other day, he thinks that Sonny is
867
00:49:50.639 --> 00:49:55.619
doing something. Especially the goaltending. He's putting up this front
868
00:49:55.659 --> 00:49:58.300
of like, oh yeah, we're going to write out the goaltenders.
869
00:49:59.639 --> 00:50:01.480
The goaltenders don't matter. This, this, and this, and this,
870
00:50:01.539 --> 00:50:05.409
and this. He thinks that there's going to be something bigger.
871
00:50:05.909 --> 00:50:10.579
There's other people that have alluded to this. Is there
872
00:50:10.860 --> 00:50:14.079
something going to happen? I guess time will tell, but.
873
00:50:14.099 --> 00:50:14.179
I.
874
00:50:16.159 --> 00:50:19.500
Can't see him watching this season waste away. You know
875
00:50:19.519 --> 00:50:22.980
what I mean? You only get prime Jack, prime Nico,
876
00:50:23.039 --> 00:50:25.860
prime these guys for so long. That window can only
877
00:50:25.920 --> 00:50:28.920
be open for so long. I can't imagine him sitting
878
00:50:28.960 --> 00:50:34.550
back and being like, yeah, it's fine. I.
879
00:50:35.380 --> 00:50:37.480
I don't think, I don't know, I just don't think
880
00:50:37.519 --> 00:50:40.139
the goaltending is, I don't think bringing in someone like
881
00:50:40.199 --> 00:50:43.929
Connor Hellebuck is going to change anything. He's still going
882
00:50:43.949 --> 00:50:48.409
to give up goals on those type of opportunities. Like,
883
00:50:50.670 --> 00:50:54.269
all the odd man rushes, the lanes being open, the
884
00:50:54.730 --> 00:50:58.750
no block shots. I mean, the only way that that
885
00:50:58.769 --> 00:51:01.349
would be fixed would be like, if you brought in like,
886
00:51:02.090 --> 00:51:06.280
you know, prime era Dominic Hasek. To be doing flips
887
00:51:06.380 --> 00:51:09.239
and twists in the net to stop all the goals.
888
00:51:09.420 --> 00:51:11.619
That would be the only thing that I think would
889
00:51:11.679 --> 00:51:16.199
fix that. I don't really think that Jake Allen and
890
00:51:16.260 --> 00:51:19.360
Nico Dawes have played exceptionally bad this year so far.
891
00:51:20.239 --> 00:51:21.420
I don't put it.
892
00:51:21.500 --> 00:51:24.949
On the goal table. I don't think they've played exceptionally bad,
893
00:51:24.989 --> 00:51:28.829
but I also don't think they've played exceptionally good. And
894
00:51:28.849 --> 00:51:29.789
that could definitely be.
895
00:51:31.670 --> 00:51:34.590
You know, a difference of opinion, but that's just, that's
896
00:51:34.650 --> 00:51:37.829
definitely my opinion is like, I don't think they've played horrible,
897
00:51:38.469 --> 00:51:41.239
but I also don't think they've played outside of that
898
00:51:41.320 --> 00:51:46.860
one Ranger game. They haven't played that stellar either. And
899
00:51:46.880 --> 00:51:49.639
look at who we've won against, you know, like we're
900
00:51:49.679 --> 00:51:53.519
beating these, we're beating Vancouver. Are you beating Detroit? It's like, yeah,
901
00:51:53.539 --> 00:51:56.139
you should be beating those teams. You're beating the Philadelphia.
902
00:51:56.239 --> 00:51:56.440
Yeah.
903
00:51:56.460 --> 00:52:00.230
You should beat that team. Like the Rangers, that's the
904
00:52:00.329 --> 00:52:03.250
only team so far that we have beaten where it's like,
905
00:52:03.510 --> 00:52:05.369
oh yeah, that's a quality opponent.
906
00:52:10.269 --> 00:52:13.260
I mean, yeah, I mean, those are, those are all
907
00:52:13.320 --> 00:52:18.039
fair assessments, but I just, I don't think it's a
908
00:52:18.079 --> 00:52:21.119
simple answer like that. Like, oh, you bring in hella bug.
909
00:52:21.199 --> 00:52:24.760
Everything is going to be fixed. No, I honestly, I
910
00:52:24.780 --> 00:52:27.800
think that'll, that I think that'll just honestly create more problems.
911
00:52:28.760 --> 00:52:32.260
I really do. Cause it's just more of all those
912
00:52:32.340 --> 00:52:35.519
like buddies getting together. And I just don't think that's
913
00:52:35.559 --> 00:52:38.340
a good thing. I just, I just don't personally.
914
00:52:38.360 --> 00:52:40.119
Yeah.
915
00:52:41.880 --> 00:52:46.480
I don't know. We'll find out though in the coming days.
916
00:52:46.519 --> 00:52:48.820
Cause we got a bunch of games coming up this week.
917
00:52:48.860 --> 00:52:53.340
Three of them to be exact. Two tough ones. And then,
918
00:52:53.989 --> 00:52:56.869
you know, another team that's been struggling in the LA
919
00:52:56.909 --> 00:53:02.760
Kings over the weekend. But Colorado and Anaheim, and there's
920
00:53:02.800 --> 00:53:04.820
an example for you as well. Anaheim, a lot of
921
00:53:04.840 --> 00:53:08.199
young players on there. But, I mean, I know he's
922
00:53:08.239 --> 00:53:10.659
not there now, and we weren't a huge fan of
923
00:53:10.699 --> 00:53:12.809
both of these gentlemen, being that they were playing across
924
00:53:12.849 --> 00:53:16.230
the river for that other team. But you bring in
925
00:53:16.269 --> 00:53:19.369
a Jacob Truba, you bring in a Chris Kreider, those
926
00:53:19.409 --> 00:53:21.289
are guys that are going to make you work in
927
00:53:21.329 --> 00:53:24.809
practice and make you hustle. And there's a way to
928
00:53:24.849 --> 00:53:26.489
do things, and there's a right way to do things,
929
00:53:26.550 --> 00:53:28.639
and this is how we're going to do them. And
930
00:53:28.699 --> 00:53:32.539
not just let the young kids just, okay, whatever. This
931
00:53:32.599 --> 00:53:35.840
is how we're going to do it. I don't know.
932
00:53:36.539 --> 00:53:40.090
That's just my personal opinion on it. Again, we're just
933
00:53:40.130 --> 00:53:44.130
talking here, like we said, like friends do. And that's
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why we like to have everyone chime in and help
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out as well. But we'll have three games this week. So,
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you know, we're going to have it all covered for you.
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We'll have some morning woo action. We'll have some stay
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to the fan address with Nick Villano. And, of course,
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Game Day Live and Devils After Dark before and after
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every single game this week to make, wow, Sam Wu's
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playing us out here. We didn't even get to our
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final thoughts.
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Final thoughts. We're done, fellas.
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Final thought is Sam Wu says get done, kid.
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Get done. The red light's on. The red light is on.
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I'll do a quick final thought. A quick final thought.
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You just brought up the teams that they're going to
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play this week. Win two out of those three. Because
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they're playing Colorado twice. Split the Colorado game. Split the
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00:54:41.280 --> 00:54:46.519
Colorado game. Win the Anaheim game. And take care of
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00:54:46.539 --> 00:54:50.110
the Kings like you should. And then we'll walk. And
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that's a lot to ask for. That is a lot
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00:54:51.949 --> 00:54:53.750
to ask for. That is asking for a steak dinner
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00:54:53.789 --> 00:54:56.760
at McDonald's. All right. It's a lot to ask for.
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But I think they can do it. Go to McDonald's,
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ask for a birthday cake. They'll make it happen.
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Oh, Jason, you're right. Truba moved up to San Jose.
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But again, another young team that has a lot of
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guys that, you know, could use that sort of direction.
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Do I like Jacob True? But no, of course not.
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He's a former Ranger. But would I mind someone with
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that hard-nosed mentality on the Devils like that leading the way? No,
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I would welcome something like that. Because, again, just feel
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like that's an element that's been sorely missed. And that's
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my final thought. More dudes like Evan Rodriguez. That's what
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I want for this team.
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There it is. Perfect timing, Sam.
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Yeah, yeah.
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Well, thank you.
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Thank you to everyone on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, X, Jay Snow,
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Stephen Tortoise, Devil's Heaven. Serve.
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Who we got?
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Selecta over here. Maria. Man, there's so many. I'm trying
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to scroll back up and see more names over here.
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I know Ariel.
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Jersey JC. Look at that. That's a new one. That's
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a noob to the family. John Heaton. Oh, you were
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at the Maiden Tour as well. Very nice, sir. Thank you, everyone,
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for tuning in, chiming in. Sam will have the podcast
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up soon. And, yeah, let's go Devils. Three games this week.
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Let's make it happen, boys. Let's work hard out there.
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Let's play some defense.
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And get some Ws.
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For the man, Beer Baron, and... Sam Wu behind the scenes.
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This has been the Let's Go Devils podcast.
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Until next time. Let's go Devils.