Devils Shoot Down Ducks, Win 4-1 (Devils After Dark)

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Hi, this is Chico Resch. You are listening to the
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Let's Go.
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Devils podcast on the Primetime Radio Network.
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Happy Devils Thursday. This is Devils After Dark. Coming to
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you live, live from America Whiskey.
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51 Edison Place, Cross Street, Financial Center. National Championship Plaza.
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I'm your host, Sam Wu. Going cross-continent to the Michael J.
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Fox Studios in beautiful Beverly Hills, California. It's Scotty of
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Cirrus XM.
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Liquid Metal as they're streaming live on Facebook Live, YouTube Live,
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X Live, Twitch, and now on Instagram Live on the
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Let's Go Devils Network as the Devils shoot down the
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Ducks tonight.
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4-1 at the Rock. Big victory.
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Two solid points. Devils moving up in the standings. This
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is all good stuff, Scotty. Everybody's happy.
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What a game. What a game tonight.
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Yeah, good performance by these Devils, you know, trying to
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round into form here as we just right close to
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the old 10-game mark of the season. And the Devils
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are starting to play some good hockey and come together
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and play some team defense as well. So let's do
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a quick recap, and then we'll see what you think
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about it on– Um, YouTube and Facebook and Instagram and
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X and everywhere else.
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Trip away. I see everyone in the YouTube chat already. Corbin,
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the Met Jebel, the Met Jebel. Yeah. The Met jet
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devil guy. Uh, oh my goodness.
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Uh, Lynn Mars, Tom Dermody, John, we got John Heaton
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and Art Heaton. Uh, little dubs, Eddie serve boxer Joe.
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That's a new one.
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Beam me up.
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Lawrence Eck.
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What's up, Lawrence?
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Haven't seen you in a little while. Thank you very much, Sean.
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The old Fear Factory demanufacture anniversary tour from, I don't know,
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was that a year ago?
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Two years ago? Three years ago? Somewhere around there. Edward Gob.
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Very nice. Gritz, yes.
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Gritz is having a good, is going to, it seems
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like he's going to have a good year. So we'll
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talk a little bit about him later on. But see
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everyone starting to chirp away.
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Yes, Eddie, the Devils went duck hunting tonight.
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Very nice.
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Everyone seems to be excited about the solid win, Doug Flambe. Oh,
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my goodness. Lin Mars, don't worry.
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I'm sure everyone can always find something to complain about,
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but we're not going to do too much of that tonight.
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Because, yes, the Devils did play a good game.
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Oh, the Mets.
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Jet Devil Guy getting some of those Peking Duck spring
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rolls in the Verizon Club.
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Okay, nicely done.
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John Heaton with the right score prediction tonight. Congratulations, sir.
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Devils down under.
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There you go.
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Two wins in a row.
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Who is this team? Well, we seem to be finding
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out here. So, yeah, game number nine.
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My hat is all crooked. Game number. There we go.
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I got to even it out there. Game number nine
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on the season.
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It's 10.
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And.
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Oh, is this the 10th game?
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Oh, my bad, my bad.
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I thought we were on game eight the other day.
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So game 10. Nico Dawes in net, no other changes.
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So seeing what the Dawes man can get done over there.
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Will it double score first again for another game?
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Hey, what's up, Selecta? How's it going?
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Yes, and as you can hear in the background, you know,
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the Place is starting to pop over there at American Whiskey.
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Always want to give a big thanks to Frank the
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Tank and Kevin and everyone else.
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For helping out with the podcast and always go down.
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Tip your bartenders. Be nice to them. They'll be nice
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to you. And yeah, American Whiskey.
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We love our home over there across the street from
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The Rock. So it started out with a goal from
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that man, Arseny Gritsyuk. His fifth, yes, his fifth Goal
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of the year already coming at 438 of the first period.
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And this was the tip. That's right. So here you go.
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You get the Devils controlling the puck in the zone. Okay.
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And they're just kind of passing around perimeter cross ice.
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Seem to be controlling play at ease at this moment.
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Moving the puck around.
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Jack gets it. He's up near the point and he's
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going to pass it down the wing. Okay, down low
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to Jesper Bratt, who then does the shot pass, you know,
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across to Gritsjuk.
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It deflects off of a D-man stick.
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And kind of like, and just kind of lands right
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in front of Grits' stick, but past Husso, the goaltender,
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and Grits is just able to put it in right
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around that leg and into the back of the net
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for his fifth of the year.
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Put the Devils up 1-0. Yes. It's been occurring now.
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They are scoring first at will.
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We never thought they were going to be able to
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do it for a while.
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Now, all of a sudden, it seems like they can't
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be stopped scoring first.
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So, there you go.
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Devils up 1-0 at 438 of the first period. Gritsyuk,
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his fifth coming from Jesper Bratt and Jack Hughes. Now.
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later on.
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In the period, very much later on in the period,
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almost at the end of the period, on the power play,
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the captain gets his fifth goal of the season. Slow
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down there, Mr. Fancy Pants, Gritsyuk. The captain says, I
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want to.
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Lead the team in goals, or at least be tied
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for it.
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But yes, a power play goal, PPG, for your captain,
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Nico Heischer, his fifth of the year.
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I'm not sure. Oh, I guess did Evangelista get a
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stick on it?
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I'm like, why isn't Jack Hughes on the assist over
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here and only Jesper Bratt? Well, because essentially it was
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like the same exact play with Jack Hughes getting the
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puck and then passing it down, you know, down the
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wing to Jesper Bratt, who's right around the goal line,
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you know, just above it, you know, just above.
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A very sharp angle.
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And this time he Jesper Brat kind of goes down
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on one knee to rip a one-timer on net. And
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I guess, yeah, Evangelista was in front of the net
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along with Nico Heischer. So I guess it tipped off
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of Evangelista as well because he gets the primary assist.
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And then Nico Heischer is able to clean up the
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rebound from that Jesper Brat shot. And boom, in the
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back of the net there for your captain, number 13,
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His fifth of the year, putting the Devils up.
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2-0 at 19-19 of the first period.
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So once again, we're seeing the Devils get those goals
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late in the period or maybe early on in the period.
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I mean, 4-38 into it, that's pretty damn good. That's
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a good way to start off a game within the
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first five minutes, getting yourself on the board.
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So a really strong period there for the Devils in
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the first, leading 2-0.
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In the second period, I know Luke Hughes put one
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off the iron. I don't think the Devils let the
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Ducks get a shot on their power play. Nico Dawes
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made an incredible poke save on our old friend A.J.
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Greer.
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I was listening to the radio call because, you know,
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out here in Los Angeles where I'm talking to you from.
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Of course, the Anaheim, because it's the Anaheim Ducks and
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will be the LA Kings on Saturday, the games get
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blacked out in this market. Yay!
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But It gives me a good chance to listen to
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Chico and Matty on the radio call. And let me
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tell you, Chico was jumping out of his seat at
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that poke check from Nico Daw. So love seeing all that.
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And then we had the first ever double major penalty
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called by the officials today. We know about their vision
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plan not being the best or maybe not even having
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one at all.
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But now they're getting double minors and double majors. Double majors.
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Never heard of that one before. Getting their penalties all
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screwed up. So, yeah.
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There was a penalty called on Evan Rodriguez, which obviously
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shouldn't have been a penalty because it was on the
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follow-through of a stick. But the refs seemed like they
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just wanted to call one against our old New Jersey Devils.
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And at least they did the right thing. They called
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the major, apparently a double major. Hey, you know, who knows?
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Maybe there is something in the rules now where there's
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a double major. And probably the refs don't have to
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even blow a whistle on it. They just have to
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think about blowing the whistle.
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And they say, oh, no, I was going to do that.
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I was going to do that and call a call
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a double major. But at least they're able to review
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it at that point and see that, OK, this was Evan.
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This was on the follow through. This wasn't actually a
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high sticking call. And the penalty does get negated.
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But let me tell you, man, Chico, I love it.
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Bring in the fire. Talk about those officials. Rips them.
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Literally a quote from our buddy Chico. And I know
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I've said this many times on this podcast, and so
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have you.
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Chirping away in the chat. Are you even watching the play?
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I think you should know what a follow through on
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a shot is.
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Yes, we would think they would.
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But once again, we know the NHL officials don't have
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that good vision plan.
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And they don't see so well.
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Out there on the ice, especially when it seems to
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be in these New Jersey Devils games. But either way,
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they actually get it right and negate that penalty. And
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by the way, Arsene Grits, you're getting penalty kill time.
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Love the way this kid is playing, and I love
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the fact that Sheldon Keefe is starting to put him
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out on the ice in those situations.
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That maybe you don't expect to see him in.
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But Strong, you know he's got the offensive numbers kind
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of popping right now. but he's playing strong on the
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defensive side of the game as well, which is really good.
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Let's move into third. It's still 2-0 New Jersey Devils.
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Went about halfway through at 820.
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Okay, things get a little bit tighter here now because
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the Ducks do get a goal.
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Kind of a, you know, a little bit of a
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lucky tip there.
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A long range shot from the point that gets tipped
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in front of the net and goes past Nico Dawes.
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Tough one to put on the goaltender right there.
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I'm sure he would have loved him to have it,
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but Just kind of a funky bounce and into the
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back of the net. So now, okay, the Devils played well,
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but that 2-0 game is now 2-1. Now it's anyone's
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hockey game at this point. But the Devils don't give in. Okay,
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five minutes later at 1327, Anthony Manta comes through, getting
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moved down to that third line.
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He gets his second of the year from Brett. What
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am I, funny? What am I, a clown to you? Pesci!
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That's right. And it's funny because It's almost the same
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play that Anaheim scored on.
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You get Brett Pesci throwing the long-range shot at the net, okay?
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And then Anthony Manta is able to get a stick
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on it, and he's trying to tip it down between
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the five-hole. He does get it to go down, but
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it pops in front of Jusso there, and then Manta
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just kind of swipes at the puck, and it just
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kind of trickles very slowly through his legs and into
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the back of the net for his second of the year.
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Brett Pesci gets his third assist of the year.
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So that 2-1, that 2-1 game, you know, a mere
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five minutes later has turned into a 3-1, which is
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obviously a bit more comfortable of a lead halfway through
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the third period. And the Devils played well, good on
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Brett Pesci as well, because he's starting to block shots
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the way we expect Brett Pesci to block shots.
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So it's nice to see him also getting rewarded.
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On the offensive side of the puck, you know, with
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this shot, getting deflected, and then putting the back in
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the net by Anthony Manta, who's probably still, you know,
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as well, fighting his feet with this new team. And
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it's been 10 games, okay? We know he's only got
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two goals, but I like where we're going with him.
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I think.
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He provides a lot more being on that third line
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because it stretches the offense out a little bit more. Um,
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he's still, no matter what, he's got a nasty shot.
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And I think by the end of this season, we're
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going to see him go on a couple of streaks.
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And I don't know if he's going to be, you know,
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40 goal score, maybe 30, but I think, I definitely
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think he's going to get to the twenties. Um, and
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that'll be a much, much welcome addition, uh, for that
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bottom six, which is something we've talked about for a
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number of years, just the supplemental scoring and everything like that.
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So good on Anthony Manta.
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He gets a second to put the Devils up 3-1
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at 1327. And then jumping Jack Flash gets an ENG
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empty net goal to seal the deal 4-1 at 1953
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of the third. Devils up 4-1, and that's how they
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win it. Brett Pesci, strong game. Arseny Gritsiuk, another strong game.
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Nico Dawes. Like Chico was saying, can everyone stop complaining
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about the goaltending? Because I'm not sure that was the issue.
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I think maybe you play some team defense in front
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and you block some shots and you get in some lanes.
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You're going to be, it's going to be a different outcome.
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And in the past, you know, three, three, four, five games,
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the Devils have actually been playing some good defense.
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They've won three out of the last four. Was it
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five out of the last seven?
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When you play that team defense, yeah, Nico Dawes and
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Jake Allen, they're going to be able to shut the door.
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Only giving up like a goal a game in these.
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As opposed to that 6-0 Islanders debacle that happened. It's
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been a long way from that for Nico Dawes already
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this season. So congratulations to all of them. Devils get
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the victory. 4-1 at the Rock. Shots on goal for
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the Devils. 11-11-7 for a total of 29. And in
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the first period, man, Devils were dominant. The Ducks had
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two shots on goal. Two. And I think they got, like,
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the second shot registered while the intermission was going on.
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So the Devils outshot the Ducks 11-2 in the first period.
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11-8 in the second. And they tied it up 7-7,
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you know, with the third period. But that's when the
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Ducks were trying to make a charge. And the Devils said, quack, quack,
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I don't think so. We're going duck hunting tonight. and
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taking you down Old Yeller style.
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Behind the barn.
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So Ducks, 287 for a total of 17. Devils have
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a slight advantage in the face-off circle, 25 wins. To
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the Ducks, 24. The Ducks have the jersey, everything bagel
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with cream cheese. On the power play, 0 for 1,
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while the Devils go 1 for 2. Devils, again, soundly
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out-hit in this game, 27 to 12. 13 block shots,
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pretty good.
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Considering that the Ducks only had 12.
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But 23 friggin' giveaways by the Devils.
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Want to clean up some of that play over there.
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But overall, overall, a pretty damn good game by this
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New Jersey Devils team. And it puts them in third
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place in the division right now at 6-4 with 10
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games played. The Rags are 7-4-1 with 12 and... No surprise,
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the Carolina Hurricanes in first place, 8-2-1 with 11 games played.
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That's 17 points on the season for them. The Devils
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have 12. So let's hear what you think about it
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on the YouTube. Chirp away, chirp away, chirp away.
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Anyone else? Oh, Dawson Mercer played very well tonight as well. So, yes,
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who did I miss? I said Pesci, Gritz, and Dawson.
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Let me know who you.
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Think some of your three stars of the evening were.
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And let's bring in the man of the hour, the
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tower of power, too sweet to be sour, Sam Bagadwu, who,
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of course, was at the game tonight.
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And now he's at American Whiskey afterwards.
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Go on by and have a celebratory adult beverage over there,
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or maybe just a Coca-Cola or Pepsi if you prefer.
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How about a root beer or a Sprite? Maybe an unsweetened...
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Iced tea. That's what I like now.
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Yeah. Because I'm in my mid-40s, Sam Wu. So I
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go with the unsweetened iced tea because, you know, I
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got to watch my calories and my sugar and all that.
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You know what I'm saying? Yeah.
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That's what Mrs. Wu would say.
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That's what happens when you get old.
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Yeah.
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That's what happens when you get old, Sam Wu. So
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if you're in your 20s and 30s, enjoy it. I
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hate you.
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I'm jealous.
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But at some day, you will appreciate the unsweetened iced
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tea with a little lemon squeezed in it. I'm telling you,
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I kid you not, my friend.
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I kid you not.
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Sam Wu, how are you doing? How was the prime
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rib tonight?
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I didn't have prime rib tonight.
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What did you think of this game?
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It was K-pop night, so they had a lot of
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Asian food or things and all that kind of stuff.
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Not that I tried it or anything, but.
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But, yeah, like overall this game, Scotty, they're putting consecutive
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games back-to-back of 60 minutes of hockey.
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The defense has tightened up.
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The defense, any time there was trouble, you had help
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from your teammates to slide over to make up the difference.
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And I'll tell you, Scotty, they're playing a team defense
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right now.
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They're blocking shots.
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I didn't hear the stats before when you were reading
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them off, but they're blocking the shots.
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There was one sequence. I think they had about five
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blocked shots in a row.
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I believe it was in the first period, I believe,
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where the Ducks just, there were no shooting.
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The Ducks only had two credited shots on goal in
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the first.
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Yeah, so Devils came out dominant. They're feasting off of
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these Western Conference teams.
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I brought that up.
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A couple days ago, that last season that they had
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success in a down year, and that trend is continuing.
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Nico Dawes, can we put it to rest?
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He's giving his team every chance to win, and I
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thought he played excellent tonight. Gave up one goal, not
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the end of the world. I thought he played an
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overall great game. Luke Hughes, there was a couple times
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where he I guess he slipped on the ice, but
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he recovered very quickly to make a play defensively. I
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thought Luke Hughes is just looking more confident out there, Scotty,
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and just more assertive. You know, he's not timid anymore.
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He's playing his position. He's doing a great job. Also, yeah,
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you're right, Pesci.
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Well, by the way, real quick, yeah, Brett Pesci three
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blocks tonight. Dawson Mercer three blocks tonight. Erod two blocks.
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Tonight. Seegs, two blocks tonight. Two block shots.
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Yeah, and Roman was sitting next to me tonight, and
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Roman was pointing out Dawson Mercer was doing all the
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little things all night long, and he had a really
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good offensive game, but I'll tell you, he He was
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pretty tough out there, you know, stopping the Anaheim Ducks.
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Gritsik, I mean, what can I say? The kid's on
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a heater right now. He's hot.
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He's red hot.
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Yes, he is. Evangelista as well. Red hot.
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And also you got a little feisty there, Evangelista, towards
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the end of the game as well.
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So they're playing a full 60 minutes.
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You're getting a good performance from your backup goaltender.
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Nico Dawes.
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Let's see if the Devils can continue on Saturday when
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they play the LA Kings and I would consider that
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a trap game but all these Western Conference teams that
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are coming you know and.
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LA's actually played a little bit better recently you know
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they started out terrible but they've actually started to play
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a little bit better now in these recent games kind
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of like the Flyers yeah Yeah, a little bit, yeah.
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So we'll see. I mean, they're going to come into
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town hungry.
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Hopefully the Devils can take advantage of it because it's
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going to be an early start. So, you know, I
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can tell you coming back from Cali to the East Coast,
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losing three hours is a lot harder than gaining the.
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Three hours, you know, just from my perspective.
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So maybe the Devils can take advantage and catch the Kings,
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you know, maybe in a little sleepy time there.
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On Saturday with that earlier, I believe it's a 3.30
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Eastern start time again.
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I don't like these start times, but, you know.
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They did not confer with Sam Wu on this. I mean,
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how dare they, Sam Wu?
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Don't they know?
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Oh, I know. I know.
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Look, the NHL schedulers should have me on speed dial
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just to make sure.
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I mean, they really should.
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They should check with you first. Well, first they should
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check with Mrs. Wu. To see if that's okay. And
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then they check with you, Sam. That's how it should go.
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By the way, how was the couch two nights ago
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that you were sleeping on?
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My back's still hurting.
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Back's still hurting a little bit?
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Back's still hurting. I was laboring. You can ask Roman.
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We were sitting in Section 18, those comfy leather devil seats.
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Oh, comfy leather seats?
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Yes.
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They have leather seats there now?
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Oh, yeah.
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Well, they've always had it. You know those black seats
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where it's like nice and cushy?
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Yeah. Was it like riding in a BMW or something
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like that in that section?
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Man, Roman.
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All right. I see how he rolls.
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Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
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But overall, I mean, there was actually a couple plays.
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Evan Rodriguez, let me tell you something. That guy back checks.
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If you ever go to a game, And Evan Rodriguez
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is out in the ice. Don't worry about what's going
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on in the game. It's a pleasure to watch what
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Evan Rodriguez does for this team.
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Just the little things behind the plays.
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But his back checking, there were a couple sequences where
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he was just a thief out there grabbing that puck
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away from the Ducks. That's what you need from your
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third line. That's playing devil's hockey. It was a great
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collaborative team effort tonight, Scotty. And he's the.
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First player to ever get a double major. He's the
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first player to ever get a double major in a game.
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I didn't know that.
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That existed before, Sam Wu, but according to the officials tonight,
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double major out there. Wow.
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He's Evan Rodriguez. E-Rod.
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Most people call it a 10-minute misconduct, but Evan Rodriguez
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apparently gets a double major.
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That's a new one for the books.
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Yeah, you know, well, that's Evan Rodriguez.
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Yeah.
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I don't even know what to say. But just in
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the fourth line, I thought downtown Connor Brown, the fourth line,
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they were awesome as well. They were just doing their thing.
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And the Devils really dominated this game for the most part.
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I mean, they were just the Ducks had so much
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trouble getting the puck out of their own zone. And
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when they did, the Devils were swarming to the puck tonight.
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Absolutely swarming. That's what I was telling you. It was
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a complete team effort. The teamwork was out there. But again,
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if there was a play where somebody fell or just
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a mishap or whatever, you had help from your teammates
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to cover you.
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It was great.
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It was great. This is a team sport. They didn't
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play like individuals. Not at all.
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And.
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Look at this over here. Robert Isaacson and six-pack pops.
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Look at that. Six-pack pops. I think you're a noob
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to the chat. What's up?
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Welcome.
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Love to hear the chirps.
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Robert Isaacson indeed looks better, but the Devils now have
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scored 22 goals in the last five games compared to
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the 11 they scored in the first five games.
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That's that goal support that we were talking about.
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Nico Dawes and And Jake the Snake Allen can't win
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if the Devils don't score any goals or if they
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just score one. It's not, you know, the odds really
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aren't in your favor. But, Sam, just to throw these
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out there as well, Eric.
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Gobb, I don't know, is Gritsuk hot or is he
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playing with the right line mates now? Okay. Serv says
494
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it's both. Oh, my goodness.
495
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He's going to score whatever line he plays on. He
496
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says he's a smart player, never looks like he's in
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panic mode.
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So is.
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Gritz hot or is this the way he should be playing?
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And also, oh my goodness, he's got a hot take here.
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Dawes will play more games than Jake the Snake Allen
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this year. Well, what do you say to that one,
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Sam Wu?
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That's a hot take. That's burning.
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That's sizzling.
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You know what? If that happens, that means all is
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well with the Devils goaltender. I am all for it.
508
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And I bet you Jake the Snake Allen would be
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all for it as well. This is such a great
510
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tandem just developing here between the two. You got the
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veteran and you've got a promising, promising, you know, this
512
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is my shot. Nico Dawes, you know, this is his moment.
513
00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:31.480
He's going to have to seize it. And right now.
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They're giving him the goal support. They're giving him the
515
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better defense up front, unlike the first two starts that
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he had. This is exactly what Sonny had envisioned. And
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Devils are 6-4 right now.
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6-4.
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12 points. Yep. Dirty goals, too.
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That's right, Tom.
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Dirty goals right in the front for Manta and Nico
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as well. um devil's guy robert devil's getting that net
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00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:06.779
front presence yeah selecta that's all they needed to do
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00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:10.779
was help out dawes defensively yeah yeah uh roman winning
525
00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:15.319
is fun winning fixes everything absolutely um actually a couple
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00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:17.400
people i don't oh my goodness someone else said this
527
00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:20.390
before as well dougie hamilton had a really strong game
528
00:27:21.130 --> 00:27:23.549
uh physically as well out there on the.
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Ice oh yeah he had a couple good hits dougie
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hamilton tonight.
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00:27:32.509 --> 00:27:35.210
Um, yeah, I was, again, I was listening.
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00:27:35.849 --> 00:27:40.380
So, um, I didn't get to see as much, but, um,
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00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:43.039
Chico definitely sounded very excited.
534
00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:46.599
Uh, listen to him call the game. Obviously he's going
535
00:27:46.619 --> 00:27:48.059
to be focusing.
536
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On, uh, Nico Dawes there in net, you know, but
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00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:54.019
Brett Pesci, Gritz, Yook, uh, Dougie Hamilton.
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00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:54.460
Wow.
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00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:54.920
What do you know?
540
00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:57.140
And it's all defensive players. And all of a sudden
541
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the devils are playing a lot better.
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00:27:59.339 --> 00:28:01.079
When the team defense.
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00:28:00.690 --> 00:28:02.819
Isn't the old Swiss cheese that we had seen in
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00:28:02.859 --> 00:28:06.220
the past, you know, like when you play this team
545
00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:08.480
defense is going to open up the other end of
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00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:12.240
the ice as well. So them getting in those holes,
547
00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:16.380
them getting out into a lead instead of always chasing
548
00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:19.500
the game, you know, and putting that pressure on themselves
549
00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:22.960
to always have to score. I mean, that's huge, huge
550
00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:25.819
for this team. So the fact that they've been doing
551
00:28:25.859 --> 00:28:27.059
it now in succession, I.
552
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Mean, That's a really, really positive step forward.
553
00:28:32.269 --> 00:28:32.930
Very positive.
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Evangelista as well. You've seen a lot of people on
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here about Evangelista as well. I mean, that's a nice
556
00:28:41.269 --> 00:28:46.369
pickup by Sonny. Nice pickup. Completely off the radar, too.
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00:28:46.410 --> 00:28:47.210
That wasn't one.
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00:28:47.150 --> 00:28:50.549
That you were hearing all these, yeah, you weren't hearing
559
00:28:50.569 --> 00:28:53.029
all these rumors or long time, oh, they're trying to
560
00:28:53.069 --> 00:28:54.470
work on something.
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You didn't hear anything.
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00:28:55.890 --> 00:28:58.150
That was kind of just out of the blue. And
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00:28:58.230 --> 00:29:00.710
so far, it looks to be paying some good dividends.
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00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:05.200
And just also note, Barrett Hayden's having a great year
565
00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:09.460
right now. The guy that the player that Sonny made
566
00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:13.819
him made that offer sheet. Remember with the Utah Mammoth? And,
567
00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:17.819
you know, again, anything Sonny's doing right now, it's so
568
00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:21.140
far it's. For the most part, working out. It hadn't
569
00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:23.670
been perfect, but it's starting to work out. And this
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00:29:23.730 --> 00:29:29.309
goaltending situation, you know, Nico Dawes played great tonight.
571
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You know?
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Yeah.
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He only gave up one goal, and Anaheim's got some firepower.
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But they're going to have to, you know, obviously do
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it again against the Kings on Saturday. I'm assuming Jake
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the Snake Allen will be in that. And then they
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go on the West Coast. They've got on the 27th,
578
00:29:49.569 --> 00:29:54.559
I believe they've got Dallas. Dallas Stars on the 27th.
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We'll be at the Woodbridge... Brewing Company in Woodbridge, New Jersey,
580
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I believe, on Tuesday for a live event, live viewing party,
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Game Day Live and Devils After Dark. And then on
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the 28th, second half of back-to-back, we're going to have
583
00:30:12.970 --> 00:30:15.609
probably State of the Fan Address, I believe, then Game
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Day Live, then the game, and then Devils After Dark
585
00:30:18.349 --> 00:30:21.789
when the Devils take on the Colorado Avalanche, which that
586
00:30:21.829 --> 00:30:25.559
would be, again, I think the Avalanche wants to get
587
00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:27.660
that one back after losing to the Devils.
588
00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:28.079
Yeah.
589
00:30:29.349 --> 00:30:32.990
We'll see here. Trevor and Lynn Mars over here. And Sonny,
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we trust. That's right.
591
00:30:35.109 --> 00:30:38.220
Some really good pickups. Yes, and obviously, yeah, Evan Rodriguez
592
00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:41.900
was a very, very good pickup as well, coming from
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the Florida Panthers, where Sonny was.
594
00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:49.180
Very smart move. But, yeah, Evangelista, shocking. And actually, yeah,
595
00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:53.200
good call on serve over here. And who else said that?
596
00:30:53.269 --> 00:30:56.589
Oh, my goodness, you know, Chisholm, having him in the lineup,
597
00:30:57.220 --> 00:31:00.029
Over Dilley, I mean, that's not one that I would,
598
00:31:00.329 --> 00:31:04.130
you know, really think, you know, I would think Brendan Dillon,
599
00:31:04.210 --> 00:31:06.549
but it really has helped out on the.
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Speed side of things. Obviously, the physicality is taken back a.
601
00:31:11.009 --> 00:31:17.599
Little bit without Brendan Dillon in the lineup, but speed-wise, it's.
602
00:31:16.140 --> 00:31:17.220
A different team back there.
603
00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:21.710
And with Kovacevic back as well, that's another element to it.
604
00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:26.390
Yeah, they've been playing better. They've been playing better. Team defense.
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00:31:27.470 --> 00:31:29.609
You've got to credit Sonny on that one because the
606
00:31:29.670 --> 00:31:34.470
Chisholm move over the offseason, we all knew that, okay,
607
00:31:34.529 --> 00:31:39.359
this is one of these Sonny picks where it's something
608
00:31:39.390 --> 00:31:43.480
in their back office with the analytics, with their scouting,
609
00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:48.579
take a chance, had high value on their board, making
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00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:52.069
that deal to get Chisholm. And at first, again, things
611
00:31:52.109 --> 00:31:53.930
were rough in the beginning as the Devils were getting
612
00:31:53.970 --> 00:31:57.410
adjusted to the regular season. But it seems like he
613
00:31:57.650 --> 00:32:01.930
is suitable for the kind of cap hit that he,
614
00:32:03.109 --> 00:32:04.369
you know, that you would take.
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00:32:05.670 --> 00:32:06.640
On your roster.
616
00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:09.779
I think this is a good value pick right now
617
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because the Devils, in terms of depth, Sonny made a
618
00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:17.059
right now offensively with the forwards.
619
00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:19.200
They've got depth all around.
620
00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:26.250
Defense, a little light in some areas, but overall, they
621
00:32:26.289 --> 00:32:27.849
have seven D guys right now.
622
00:32:28.269 --> 00:32:31.150
Right now, it's Brendan Dillon is the seventh D guy.
623
00:32:32.450 --> 00:32:32.769
Yeah.
624
00:32:33.690 --> 00:32:39.019
And this is after the mess Tom Fitzgerald left. I know.
625
00:32:39.319 --> 00:32:41.720
Sonny's done some great things already with this team.
626
00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:43.619
And I want to say, what's up to Wimpy? I
627
00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:44.660
forgot to mention before, Dubs.
628
00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:45.200
Dubs.
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00:32:46.309 --> 00:32:48.869
See you in there. Stay between the dots. Protected the house.
630
00:32:48.930 --> 00:32:49.779
Love to see that.
631
00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:50.690
Yeah.
632
00:32:51.170 --> 00:32:52.359
Stealth Chef.
633
00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:56.220
Brat, Jack, and Grits equals the good eats line.
634
00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:56.799
All right.
635
00:32:56.839 --> 00:33:00.740
I like that. Very nice. Bill Agnew. What's up, Bill?
636
00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:04.039
Haven't seen you in the chat in a while. Nice
637
00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:07.500
to see you as well. Devils are first in the
638
00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:10.759
league on five on five shot attempts, which, as we know,
639
00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:13.920
an area of the game that they needed to improve on.
640
00:33:15.089 --> 00:33:15.680
And we will see.
641
00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:20.279
I mean, this 10-game cycle here, I think it started out,
642
00:33:21.059 --> 00:33:25.170
just couldn't get any worse, you know, the way things
643
00:33:25.190 --> 00:33:27.470
started out. And now the Devils have been able to
644
00:33:27.569 --> 00:33:31.109
swing the momentum in the positive here by doing a
645
00:33:31.150 --> 00:33:33.240
lot of the things that all of us fans have
646
00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:38.000
been talking about. Scoring first, playing the defense. You know,
647
00:33:38.589 --> 00:33:41.650
protecting your goaltender. I mean, these are all things that
648
00:33:41.750 --> 00:33:44.430
everyone has been talking about and hoping to see because
649
00:33:44.450 --> 00:33:47.910
we know they have the offensive talent. But playing well
650
00:33:47.990 --> 00:33:51.059
five on five, we know they can dominate when they
651
00:33:51.099 --> 00:33:54.859
have the extra skater out there. But playing well five
652
00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:57.380
on five has always been something that has haunted this team.
653
00:33:57.619 --> 00:33:59.000
And we shall see.
654
00:33:59.640 --> 00:33:59.980
All right.
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00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:05.950
We will reevaluate again in 10 games. And I know
656
00:34:05.970 --> 00:34:07.869
we're going to do some more because we'll have the
657
00:34:08.230 --> 00:34:11.949
Kings tilt over the weekend on Saturday. Don't forget that's
658
00:34:11.969 --> 00:34:13.849
an early start time. And then, of course, the big
659
00:34:13.889 --> 00:34:19.130
show Sunday night. Myself, Beer Baron, Sam Wu all getting together.
660
00:34:19.190 --> 00:34:21.159
And we're going to we're going to talk about the
661
00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:26.199
11 games that were and have a full on evaluation
662
00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:28.900
of the team Sunday night here in the Let's.
663
00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:31.280
Go Devils podcast network.
664
00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:34.340
And don't forget, on Saturday, we'll be back in action
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00:34:34.380 --> 00:34:36.300
with Game Day Live and.
666
00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:39.539
Devils After Dark, even though it'll be an afternoon time. Well,
667
00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:42.000
it'll be dark out there on the East Coast.
668
00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:44.880
It'll still be bright and sunny out here in L.A., but,
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00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:46.530
you know, the sun will start going down, so we
670
00:34:46.550 --> 00:34:47.150
can still call it.
671
00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:50.349
Devils After Dark. Eventually, Daylight Savings will kick in.
672
00:34:50.869 --> 00:34:52.570
Is that this weekend or next weekend?
673
00:34:52.789 --> 00:34:56.710
I think it's next weekend. I don't know.
674
00:34:56.750 --> 00:34:58.489
I thought they were doing away with the.
675
00:34:59.030 --> 00:34:59.809
I don't know anymore.
676
00:35:01.269 --> 00:35:07.949
Yeah. But, yeah, yeah, Kovacevic has played very well. Chisholm, yeah,
677
00:35:08.010 --> 00:35:10.909
he's making his way to, you know, maybe having one
678
00:35:10.949 --> 00:35:13.719
of those, you know, bottom.
679
00:35:13.420 --> 00:35:16.079
Defensive pairing spots, you know, kind of locked up for himself.
680
00:35:16.179 --> 00:35:16.579
We'll see.
681
00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:18.239
We'll see how it all goes.
682
00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:20.960
See, the thing is, not everyone is locked into a
683
00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:23.039
no-movement clause anymore, so it's nice.
684
00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:27.579
We can make decisions and have choices. Oh, what a
685
00:35:27.619 --> 00:35:30.239
beautiful thing for a sports team. Isn't it, Sam Wu?
686
00:35:30.389 --> 00:35:30.590
Isn't it?
687
00:35:31.130 --> 00:35:33.809
Oh, yeah, not being held hostage. Oh, it's great.
688
00:35:33.869 --> 00:35:35.369
Yeah, it's just like Mrs.
689
00:35:35.429 --> 00:35:38.250
Wu has the opportunity to let Sam sleep in the
690
00:35:38.289 --> 00:35:41.269
bed or out on the couch when he decides to
691
00:35:41.349 --> 00:35:43.349
eat prime rib instead of salad for dinner.
692
00:35:43.849 --> 00:35:46.309
Yeah, or she doesn't hide the cookie jar from me,
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00:35:46.789 --> 00:35:47.030
you know.
694
00:35:51.469 --> 00:35:53.750
All right, well, let's wrap this bad boy up, Samu.
695
00:35:53.769 --> 00:35:58.320
Devils win 4-1, 12 points on the season, 6-4 record.
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00:35:58.409 --> 00:36:00.199
Starting to steer.
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00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:04.000
This ship in the right direction and the direction that
698
00:36:04.099 --> 00:36:06.380
all of us fans were hoping it was going to
699
00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:09.679
go in coming into the season. Let's see if they
700
00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:14.449
can continue on this good trend with an earlier weekend
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00:36:14.510 --> 00:36:19.389
tilt with the LA Kings coming into Newark, New Jersey
702
00:36:19.630 --> 00:36:20.409
at the Rock.
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00:36:21.289 --> 00:36:23.449
Let's go Devils. We'll see what happens. But yeah, we'll
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00:36:23.469 --> 00:36:23.820
be here.
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00:36:24.110 --> 00:36:27.800
Game Day Live beforehand and Devils After Dark afterwards.
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00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:29.019
Thank you.
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00:36:29.059 --> 00:36:34.099
Thank you, everyone on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, wherever the hell
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00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:34.760
else you might.
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Be listening to this podcast.
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00:36:36.050 --> 00:36:36.570
We love you.
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00:36:36.590 --> 00:36:40.429
We appreciate you. Join the YouTube chat. Chirp away. You
712
00:36:40.489 --> 00:36:43.369
are the ones that make this podcast special.
713
00:36:44.050 --> 00:36:45.369
Yeah, thank you to all the fans.
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00:36:45.590 --> 00:36:49.320
Also, thank you to America Whiskey, Frank the Tank, Casey, Kevin,
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Everybody behind the bar, thank you.
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Thank you, and especially the fans again. Dropping the podcast
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at midnight.
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Until next time, let's go Devils.