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Speaker 1: We're talking Penguins.
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Speaker 2: Big win over Boston yesterday, came from three to Neil nine to win five to four and overtime. It felt like a season saver. I asked Tommy Novak that he disagreed. I asked Carlson that he said, well, that's an exaggeration, but maybe only a little one.
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Speaker 1: A big win, great weekend for hockey.
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Speaker 2: RMU won its first round conference playoff series against air Force in the third game of a best of three, five to two yesterday at RMU. Michael Felsing scored two goals for RMU. The ball hockey guy I went to Johnstown and saw that Junior eight team, the Tomahawks. They played Friday, electric atmosphere, Johnstown wins at the slap shot rink. Stuff like that makes you fall in love with hockey all over again. Buffalo beat Tampa eight to seven yesterday in a classic game. Buffalo now amazingly in first place, passing up Tampa in the Atlantic Division. Colorado beat Minnesota three to two in a shootout. People bitching because Colorado, Minnesota, Dallas all in the same division. Two of those three teams will play in a first round playoff series. They shouldn't have to play right away. I'm glad they're playing right away. I want to see it. It's like when the Penguins and Caps played in sixteen, seventeen and eighteen in the second round. It was the de facto Stanley Cup Final, but it was great hockey and we got to see it. And then there's the Penguin game. Like I said, five to four, comeback win, you win in overtime. Now up to a respectable four and five and overtime, but still one to nine and shoot us after losing in that phase of the game. Saturday at home against Philly, in that Buffalo versus Tampa game, Hegel from Tampa just started sucker punching Rasmus Doalen from Buffalo. The defenseman with his glove on like was banging his head off the ice. No ejection for Hegel only got fined five K no suspension. Leen is the guy Gino slashed in the head after Dleen cross checked him.
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Speaker 1: Darleen is dotless an agitator. But just because the.
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Speaker 2: Guy's an agitator doesn't mean you can let go of things done to him that are egregious, like Malkin and then Hagel yesterday did the problem is the inconsistent officiating and administering of player safety. Hagel should have got ejected to for what he did yesterday, and I'm not saying he should have been suspended five games, but probably should have got something. And that overtime goal by Nova Carlson set a blatant pick obvious interference non call.
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Speaker 1: That's good.
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Speaker 2: It was nice to see the Penguins get a close call for a change on a non call because the goalie interference stuff a lot of crap like that. It has been going against him if you're just tuning in sid Is on the road trip. I'm not sure if that means he'll play at Caroline tomorrow. In fact, I kind of doubt it, but I think it does mean he'll come back sometime.
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Speaker 1: During the five games.
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Speaker 2: Then again, I'm not dismissing that he's just there and he skated and practiced no contact to work the boys, to make them think he's coming back, to keep them, you know, striving as hard as they can to get to when he does come back, because if you hold on till then you should be Okay.
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Speaker 1: Let's go to Matt and the Turnpike. Matt you're on with double.
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Speaker 3: M hey, Mark, I was wondering what your thoughts are with the Steelers, maybe going for Amari Cooper Junior in the first or stare It in the second, both out of Indiana for the way they handled themselves against the Big Ten and then in the playoffs in the National Championship as wide receivers.
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Speaker 1: I gotta be blunt. I don't Scott the draft.
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Speaker 2: I think it's a useless exercise where you're guessing on how good guys are going to be. Even kuiper F's it up because look look at how many times his picks go wrong in the first round. He can't even get the first round right. Last year he was like three for thirty two. But I am forgetting a receiver. I mean, I could understand if people want to argue against getting one in the first round after they got Pittman, but I think they got to get one no later than the third run, assuming they bring Calvin Austin back, and I've not heard about him going anywhere else yet, but I mean, he has to be your number four receiver if you get a good college receiver on top of Pittman and DK, and then you use frime with correctly that McCarthy offense can work with the three wide outs, unless, of course, Roger screws it up, and he might.
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Speaker 1: What's good to Eric, Eric, you're on with Mark.
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Speaker 4: Hey, good day, sir, I said, good day. Hey, on two things real quick. First of all, thanks for shining a light on Johnstown. Grew up in the area small hockey concerts. I mean that place was just out.
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Speaker 5: Hey, Eric, Carlson so bad last year.
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Speaker 6: You know this year.
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Speaker 5: Maybe he was playing in the early part of the season to make them hockey Olympic hockey game for Sween, but small sample last five games, been the best player on the ice. He should have got the coaching the young guys.
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Speaker 7: What you say.
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Speaker 2: I don't think Sullivan kept Carlson from playing as he preferred, but I think Carlson looked around and saw he expected every defenseman to pinch and activate, which did not suit at least half of them. He coaching this one size fits all method, and I think Carlson's thought it was stupid and lost respect for him and it affected how he played.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, fair enough, That's what I think.
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Speaker 2: And whether Carl's right or wrong for thinking that and acting accordingly, I don't know.
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Speaker 1: I mean, I think that what the coach.
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Speaker 2: Says is is law even when it's wrong. But I'm glad Carl stayed and Selly wentz. Let's go to John Jonroe with double m.
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Speaker 6: Hey, Mark, how's it going, buddy? I got two things real quick. Another guy from john Town. I've seen your picture on my buddy's Facebook. He two looked like twin brothers. His name is Rick McNulty. Lucky got the real reason? Yeah, right, the real reason I'm calling, says man. Are you a hater? Dude?
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Speaker 7: Mid season?
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Speaker 6: You were all over Aaron Rodgers junk?
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Speaker 1: First off, I'm not over first stuff. Shut up, okay.
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Speaker 2: Second off, I'm not all over anybody's juck except Zach Efferts. Third off, he got worse, he got older as circumstances changed. Things change.
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Speaker 1: I'm not a fan of anybody beyond how they're playing.
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Speaker 2: And he got worse, and he's feeble, and he's grandpa game manager, and he ain't the guy, not no more anything else. No, that's it, buddy, Okay, f yourself not to be critical and tell your friend he's a good guy. You're an ass. Let's go to our good friend the Egyptian magician. Hello, my friend, Hey.
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Speaker 7: Mark Carr, you last night. I mean that period, that was one of the best periods in the whole season. I saw, Uh, that was a blatant pick.
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Speaker 1: I know, because that's okay. That's okay, Bob, It's about time to pay what you call.
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Speaker 7: I agree.
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Speaker 1: We talked about him earlier, who just kept tying the game? Your donegal? He ties it. They scored Donegal he ties it.
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Speaker 7: Yep, absolutely, I loved it. I actually I didn't see the first two I was recording, and then I just watched the third period, which was just amazing. Now, if Penguins, uh, they would get those shootouts, at least half of them, they would be very, very close to the first place. And also the main reason are called I think listen, you are the guy in UH sports talk radio in Pittsburgh. What you say basically it's very important, and I think you were a little bit tough on multi.
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Speaker 1: Now this is what you can't do what he did, Bob.
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Speaker 7: You can't.
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Speaker 2: You can't get suspended five games when Crosby's out. You shouldn't get suspended five games at all. I wasn't hard on him at all. I was looking at it from the standpoint of the logo not.
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Speaker 1: Being a fanboy. If you want to be a fanboy.
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Speaker 2: If that idiot who just called wants to be a Rogers fanboy, that's fine.
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Speaker 1: I react to what happened and tells the truth.
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Speaker 7: No, I'm talking about the exact day before all of that happened. All the talk was will he should not sign him?
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Speaker 1: He shouldn't and.
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Speaker 2: I think he's He's not gonna be any better at forty next year.
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Speaker 1: At some point he's going to hit a wall. Why do we have to just let that happen?
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Speaker 2: If they did, and I said, I wouldn't object him coming back next year, but after what he did and took that suspension, that's really selfish.
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Speaker 7: Okay. Lastly, I'm just saying he's a very super sensitive guy. As you do.
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Speaker 2: Booo super spota bag Bob. You lost me just there callback some other time when you're not boohooing super sensitive guy, so am I Nobody cares about that. I just had him tell me. The guy tell me I was all over. Aaron Rodgers is junk one O five nine the X. It's often happy, but they have no real impact in this world, unless, of course, they're good enough to make the NFL the ex at one. Here's the debate that seems to be going on in the wake of the Steelers signing Jammel Dean, the cornerback from.
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Speaker 1: Tampa's who's good.
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Speaker 2: He's thirty, but he's good and he's a good counterpart for Porter on the other side, two big, physical corners.
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Speaker 1: I think Porter's the better cover guy.
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Speaker 2: Although, as we've been talking about, Jammel Dean was the fourth highest rated cornerback in the league last year by Pro Football Focus for what that's worth, and it might not be much, But the debate is where does Jalen Ramsey fit now? Does he go to safeties and he go to slot? Tom and I agreed in the first out of the show. We like him at the slot. We feel he's up closer to the line. He influences the game more there. A lot of people are citing certain games where he got burnt in the slot, like the the uh first Cincinnati game. I think it was, but I don't know. Haven't seen him play both positions. I think the slot again is where he can be more influential. Now they have to go get another safety maybe, and it's an easier lineup to put together if you put Ramsey at safety with Elliott, and then Eccles could play the slot, and you got a Sante Samuel to figure in there too, along with Porter and Dean. But it's easier to put that that lineup together. But I think Ramsey's better in the slot. In a vacuum, that's where I play. Ramsey is in the slot. So here doesn't any or all of that A three three four one two w xdx. And we were also talking about some guy called last name and said how much I loved Rogers last year. Yeah, he was my favorite Steeler midway through the season, but then he started to play not as well. He played horrible, and that lost to the Chargers played horrible, and that lost to Cleveland did get them to the playoffs, did beat Baltimore the last game of the regular season to get into the postseason thanks to a miss field goal by Baltimore. More than anything, but I just don't think Rogers is going to be better or even as good at forty forty two, my god, And I don't like the way he's jerking them around again, and I especially don't like the way the Steelers are letting rogers jerk them around again.
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Speaker 1: So yeah, I don't like him now.
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Speaker 2: As circumstances change and developments occur, opinions change, and that's what makes this show great. So there you have it. That guy would have been hard. Have slapped him right in his fat face. It's time to play, so make your downtime fun time on the bet Parks Online casino in sportsbook Gap, where there's always another way to win. Right now, new casino users get two hundred and fifty bonus spins on the hot online slot game Gold Trio Leprechaun's Luck, plus up to one thousand dollars bonus back in their first twenty four hours. Play real casino games for real money, and bet on all your favorite sports right on your phone. We got Penn's hockey tomorrow night at Carolina. Bet more than the score, bet individual goal scorers, bet the game by periods, and much more. You can live bet on the bet Parks app. You better you bet bet Penn's hockey, Pro and college hoops, MMA, Golf, World Soccer, and more. The bet Park's online casino in sports Book Gap, where there's always another way to win. You must be twenty one and in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Michigan or Maryland. New users only. Terms and conditions apply. See site for details. Casino bonus must be wagered. Gambling problem call one eight hundred Gambler. Make your downtime fun time on the bet Parks online casino and sportsbook app bart Up next one.
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Speaker 1: This report is sponsored by Staple Now the super Genius Mark Madden.
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Speaker 2: Damn It, I'll be popular at Pittsburgh Yeah, I think I gotta start with pull Pork, Nachosginia, fantastic, the exit Penguins with a big win yesterday, joining me now to talk some hockey. He played in the NHL. He won a state championship with Mott Lebanon. You see him on sports at Pittsburgh. It's a pleasure to speak with Matt Bartkowski. Bart, we'll get to the game yesterday. But what's gone into Eric Carlson this year? We've talked about that a bit, but his level of play, especially lately is like vintage Eric Carlson.
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Speaker 6: Yeah, vintage, if not better as far as uh not taking so many chances that he used to take and putting himself in even better spots. I don't think it's any secret that he and Mike Sullivan didn't see eye to eye and along with it seems like ninety percent of the team. But uh, I think just having that new coach, uh and new voice in the room just conn of rejuvenated him along with a few of the other guys. And he definitely depends best defenseman throughout the year. I mean, I don't have any question about that, But you.
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Speaker 2: Know, I think bart he's the MVP for the team except for SMA, you know, and and since actually proving how valuable he is even more his absence been. I mean, you look at you look at Carlson five on five, he's their best three on three overtime player. Maybe they're only truly good one uh power play. And I never knew he could kill penalties till this year.
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Speaker 6: Yeah, I'm still not sold on. I mean, he's doing their penalt kills, doing a good job. It's just if he's at his best, you don't want him playing killing penalties to begin with. And I'm not saying that he's not his best, It's just I'd rather have somebody else there, just because he's such a threat offensively, you don't want to have a chance to him getting hurt, taking a shot off the leg or something, and just not having done in his career, his whole career, he's probably still gonna make a couple few mistakes that he you know, a normally penalty killer. Well, that being said, he's done a pretty good job of it this year, which makes sense because of his legs and his mind for the game. I mean, offensively, we knew he had a mind, so it makes sense that Defensively, he's able to put out those fires that he probably knows will come about on the TK or on the PP the opposing team's PP. But yeah, it's MVP for the team. Yeah, you take Sit off that team. I mean, you could make an argument for the way Gino's playing this year. Maybe maybe rusty maybe, but yeah, I'd say he's him jeez, Sid for sure, and then Malcolm and Carlson those are the next set too.
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Speaker 2: I think this year was that comeback win yesterday against Boston a season saver. Maybe that's a bit dramatic, but maybe not not too dramatic, what with the very difficult road trip pending that starts tomorrow night at Carolina.
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Speaker 6: I think it made it a season a lot easier for back lack of a better word. They lost the previous game to Boston, and that's one of those teams that you could they could bump them out of the wildcard so to be able to stay ahead of them in points in case they get caught by Columbus and then jump by I mean it's seven the Islanders going back and forth right now for second and third, So if they get caught by Columbus, you know it looks like that Metro Division, nobody's gonna make it into the Wildcard. But you know, beat you take the extra point off Boston, that gives you a little bit more of a breathing room. So I don't think it would have been a season ender, but it would have definitely made it a lot harder to just get into the playoffs like we're expecting them to do. At this point.
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Speaker 2: Sid's on the trip and I've been saying that can't be anything but good news. But they could be working the boys too, Bart, you know what I mean, Like, Okay, he's almost ready. Keep going hard, keep getting us there, and maybe he's not going to be back for a few more games, but this gives the impression it's imminent to I think that's encouraging.
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Speaker 6: Yeah, it's definitely encouraging. If he's there, it's probably I mean, I don't know what else does he have to do? Sit around here and he's like, you know, he's probably like, Hey, I want to go on the trip. I want to skate with you guys. If there's nobody else really injured right now, I mean, Gino's the only one that's going to be bagging. Uh. If we're talking to high caliber guys that are going to get a little more attention in the bag skates and and injured skates. He's like, heck, I'll just go on the road with you guys. But it's definitely encouraging and it means that he's probably a lot closer than the four weeks. Now, what side of that is if he's going to push it and then he makes it worse, you know, because are you gonna stay noticed Sidney Crosby If he's gonna say I'm playing you know, so I'm is there okay right now? And they're kind of hovering. I'm okay with him taking his time coming back. I would rather him do that. But any any any time, especially with all more of these younger guys in the lineup, like Gavery Hayes, anytime said it around is a good thing, especially for them.
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Speaker 1: I'm glad you're brought up Avery Hayes. I like him. He's a rat.
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Speaker 2: We haven't had a rat in a long time, and I think he really does get under the opposition skin.
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Speaker 6: Yeah, he definitely does. I mean we saw that fight. That fight he had the general energy he brings.
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Speaker 7: Uh.
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Speaker 6: The first game he showed he was able to score a little bit and could skate. I think he just brings a different, like you're saying, a different dynamic. So far, he's been able to play the annoying little rat role pretty well. That's not an easy role to to to play night in and night out. So we'll see if he can keep it up. I hope he does because it's desperately need. It's needed on every team in the league right now. I mean, it's kind of that little bit of jam is kind of going away a little bit. And then if you have that, if you're just annoying on the ice, to be quite honest, like he's been, and you just have that, then you know you're gonna be able to play along. But uh yeah, I mean he's he's quite all right. He's bringing a different element and the speed that he brings to it's it's a it's a fresh thing to say to see. It a good thing to see.
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Speaker 7: Uh.
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Speaker 2: We're talking to Matt Bartkowski sports Net Pittsburgh here on the Mark Madden show Man. Have Thonk got two goals yesterday. He tied the game twice, which is huge. He's up to twenty three. He's six' five but he plays more finesse than. Big but he has great hands, though doesn't?
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Speaker 6: He, yeah he. Does AND i think what his career highs twenty twenty five in a, Season so he's creeping in on, that which is which is pretty. Awesome he's been injured a lot over his. Career he HASN'T i don't think he's ever played, oh what is, it seventy games or something like. That he hasn't played a full season like he's playing this. Year so on that, hand it's good to see, him especially coming back off a huge industry, injury get back to playing the way that he couldn't years. Pass as far as the physical, aspect, yeah he's not going to go out there or run anybody everybody, over but if you watch him throughout the, game he uses his body really, well like he protecting the, puck driving the, net getting positioned on the. D and with the league going a little, smaller he's going to be able to use his body a lot more and he'll take advantage of those smaller d just just by sheer side right six sixty five two point thirty two forty that's a tough body to move for, anybody let alone and you, know say you're A Matthew schaefer on The, islanders trying to move him out of the front of the net or trying to get inside position on, Him, like it's just not going to, happen, Right so you might not Notice nasa just running a guy. OVER i, mean he's certainly not afraid of the physical. Contact we've seen him fight a few. Times but it's just looking for that little thing that he does in the body positioning that he. Uses that coupled WITH i, mean what is a parent? Now AND i MEAN i remember him from yours, Past, detroit wherever he might have. Been he's definitely had but it's good to see him show it more consistently and be able to throw a whole season.
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Speaker 1: Together, yeah you're.
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Speaker 2: Right mampon's only played over seventy games twice in his eleven, years and he's on a run to play all the games this. Season what About China Kov is he a legit?
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Speaker 1: Star AM i?
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Speaker 2: Overreacting he certainly has had impact since getting The Pittsburgh.
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Speaker 6: It's just it's a tricky, one right because it's, like oh, man he's like anything he touches turns of. Gold right, Now so you, know normally WHEN i like to give a guy twenty game, effect twenty to thirty game effect to see when the adrenaline runs out and when the chips are. Down BUT i Mean sid's out right, Now geno's, Out he's still scoring over. Time he basically set up that. Goal whatever you want to call pedaleon who was, It carlson for interference or, NOT i don't really care about. That he, basically you, know turned three guys inside out and The Novac novak gets the fucking. Scores so it's it's. Turning it's leaning more into. THAT i don't know About superstar, yet but it's leaning more toward full TIME nhl are top six, guy you.
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Speaker 1: Know, yeah that's WHAT i will. SAY i wouldn't say.
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Speaker 2: Superstar i'm not even try to say, star BUT i might be saying top, six twenty five goal guy.
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Speaker 6: Consistently oh, Yeah AND i mean that's that's that'll get, you you, know anymore eight to ten. Million but just to be able to have that shot and how he how he gets it, off from the areas he gets it, off whoever he's on a line. With it just makes the other team think, differently right, too because you know when he gets the, puck you're, like, Oh, craft, well now we got to get over there and respect, him and we might be too. Late you. Know it's just that in the back of your mind when a guy like that's on the, ice you, KNOW i Guess i'm gonna bring up A vetchkin because you know he's Also russian and could shoot the. Puck i'm not saying this guy like events get fuck similar in the fact that they'll shoot anything and they both could, score, Right, so If obi's on the, ice you're gonna know he's on the, Ice you're gonna know where he. Is it's gonna open up other. Guys similar With Sheena. Kova the other teams are going to have to start respecting that just because he is putting up the. Goal, now if he gets cold, here then different. Story but he hasn't, yet AND i hope he continues his run because they've been missing it for years. Now they haven't had a guy who Just, hey give me the, Puck i'm gonna shoot it And i'm gonna.
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Speaker 1: Score Mart Is shiloff's staking a claim to be number one.
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Speaker 2: Goalie don't get me, WRONG i would stick with the rotation for the time, being probably up to the, playoffs BUT i think he's had a little bit better of the play in net for the past two or three.
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Speaker 6: Weeks, Yeah i'd say he had a little bit, Better BUT i still don't know if he's really putting in those true number one. Numbers i'd say before the, BREAK i definitely would have said she, loves AND i would have just ran with. Him but coming out of the, BREAK i don't think they've either of them have played particularly. Well you, know the game In, boston we let in five goals or, sorry four goals twenty eight. SHOTS i, mean you keep you go back through and it doesn't matter which goalie's playing right, now they're just They're they're say percentages aren't up there that. MUCH i, mean everybody talks about goals. Against that's just the product of how many shots you give up per game and how many. Goals say percentage is the big, one and both goalies right now really aren't putting up those. Numbers if you had to give the, EDGE i would go back INTO i guess korealyptic breaking give it to She, Loves i'd say going forward, NOW i mean we've Been i've been saying this Since. Thanksgiving it's, like whatever goal he gets on a, run, hey you got to ride them, out but they refuse to do. It i'd, say now with only, uh you, know we're getting a monk away here to, PLAYOFFS i think you kind of have to go with the goalie that. Tot so whenever it, starts it's you, know they got on a run, here just stick with.
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Speaker 2: Them what's your take on this road, Trip it's it's five tough. Games it's book ended with a couple games In. CAROLINA i think that they even win a couple of, games get four points out of this. TRIP i mean that'd be two and. Three that's not, ideal BUT i think that'll leave them in a good position coming out of. It even Though columbus, boy they're on a roll and The islanders was. Shafer you can't underestimate.
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Speaker 6: Them yeah, YEAH i, mean, well they're gonna be exciting games to. Watch we know. That it's it's turning into the a little bit of the metro round robin playoff is what this trip's all. ABOUT i think five. Hundred you're happy with, that especially with sit Out gino out well at the front end of the. Trip BUT i think you're happy with five, hundred and it's really a measuring. Stick at the end of the, day you know you're gonna end up if you make it in the, playoffs you know you're gonna end up probably playing The. Islander you, know it might be somebody, else you might Play. Carolina it just there's a lot of if if stands are, butt it's probably going to be one of the. Teams so really at the measuring stick to see where you're, at and a little bit, metally like you want to go out, there you want to be, physical you want to make it a miserable night for any of these. Teams so when it comes time you playing at, playoffs you're, like, oh, hey, well back of their head they remember, playing SO.
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Speaker 7: I.
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Speaker 6: DON'T i.
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Speaker 2: Don't.
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Speaker 6: Honestly the points, wise, yeah the more the, Merrier but if you look at where they are right, NOW i think five hundreds the rest of the way should get them in the. Playoffs so especially with, sid especially With, gino And i'd just be shooting for that five hundred and then you, know playing more of a defensive, style we're not going to have our top two point guys in the. Lineup then, Hey it's okay if we don't give up four. Goals you, know maybe we give up one or two. Goals we play a solid game and show up on the score sheet another, way once we get Send gino, back we get some more, scoring then, yeah we can go out and blow a team out of the. WATER i understand that they that they won the game five, before but that's not gonna happen every, game you, know against The, BRUINS i think A swayman probably plays that game they're not winning, it SO i would be more focused on limiting the other team's chances with these guys out seeing how miserable we can make it On Carolina columbus and certainly The islanders here coming.
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Speaker 1: Up, Finally, bart what's your take on The malkin.
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Speaker 2: SUSPENSION i, MEAN i sympathize With dawleen's pretty much a rat out, there especially for a good, player which he is The buffalo.
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Speaker 1: Defenseman but you just can't do, that especially with sit.
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Speaker 6: Out, yeah you definitely can't cross slash a guy palmahawk him in the. Head it seems Like dawleen is always on to the receiving under, this SO i don't really feel bad for. Him. EITHER i mean the other night What hagel was doing bananas on, them so clearly guys don't like him to begin. With you, know like he comes up To gino and he basically cross shets him in the side of the, head like one mark's worse than the, other, Right Tom hawk and a guy on the. Neck BUT i bet You dalians cross check just hurt just as. Bad SO i get. It malc is a repeat Of. Sender the THINGS i don't like about it are what was this two three years Ago truba doing the same thing and getting, no not even a, fine not even a. Call so the THINGS i don't, like or the inconsistencies and all, THIS i Think hegel got a fine for just fraggall and doling the Other, yeah you definitely can't do stuff with the, stick AND i get that how malcl did, it but it's so haphazard and how they're deciding it THAT i think everybody's just tired of, it, Uh from the, league from the, fans everybody's, like we don't know why or how we came up with. This we kind of just you, know roll the magic a fall and here you, Go, gino you get fired. Me but now definitely can't do what he. DID i just think in the grand scheme of, things it's so inconsistent that it's hard to hard to. Tell it gives us, good good stuff to talk, about, Though, mark what's the.
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Speaker 2: Worst thing you ever? Did did you ever do anything akin to that when you played any?
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Speaker 1: Level?
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Speaker 6: NO i, NEVER i never did. THAT i Mean i'd hit guys from, behind you, know back back when you were growing, up that was the big the big no, no or maybe cross check a guy here or. There but, NO i never swung my stick like. THAT i MEAN i remember guys doing, It but, NO i don't. THINK i don't think professionally ever got to spend, it which is good and. Bad it's it's good BECAUSE i never got to spend. It it's bad BECAUSE i probably should have at some. POINT i guess played a little. Harder but, Anyway, NO i. NEVER i never swung my. STICK i hit guys from, behind BUT i always said it wasn't on, purpose.
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Speaker 2: And sometimes that was even. True, bart great. Stuff we'll talk again real. Soon enjoy the, hockey.
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Speaker 6: All, right, Thanks.
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Speaker 1: Jamel.
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Speaker 2: Dean the ripple effect of The dean signing is How Jalen ramsey can likely settle into a full time role as a nickel or safety at this point in his, career that's probably Where ramsey fits.
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Speaker 1: Best but, wait there's.
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Speaker 2: More we Texted mike and, Said, okay which is it safety or? Nickel and To fabel, said if it was up to, him he would rather See ramsey in the slot the, nickel which is where he thinks AND i think, Too Jalen.
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Speaker 1: Ramsey would be more.
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Speaker 2: Effective and To fabo also said that he thinks The steelers will still be looking for a legit safety in free.
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Speaker 1: Agency, YEAH i Think ramsey should play the slot.
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Speaker 2: PERIOD i think that's where he can make the most, impact where his knowledge of the game and his physicality FOR dbac serves The steelers best up in the, slot close to the.
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Speaker 1: Line, okay let's go to a talkback.
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Speaker 9: A double M Does Avery hayes have the potential to Become?
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Speaker 1: Marshand Uh, NO i don't think he'll ever produce Like.
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Speaker 2: Marshand that's not to SAY i don't Think hayes is incapable like twelve to fifteen goals in a good. Year BUT i don't think he's gonna pile up points and play on you, know his national.
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Speaker 1: Team Like.
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Speaker 2: March he's done With Team. Canada BUT i think he's gonna be a good. RAT i think he might be a rap on par with Marchand Marchhan. Marchhaan let's call the whole thing. Off Dak prescott was supposed to get, married now he's. Not there was like a Joint batchelor and batskelore red party for him and his, wife AND i guess things went. Wonky oh, well AND i read that he wanted her to sign the pre nup and she. Wouldn't, well he's a, multimillionaire she's a. Bartender of course he needs a pre.
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Speaker 6: Nup.
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Speaker 1: Dummy let's go to a talkback.
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Speaker 12: He super Genius eric In. Toledo since we just changed our clocks, AHEAD i want to know you're feeling on daylight saving. TIME i know a lot of people are sick of. IT i wish Personally congress would do away with. IT i Think arizona has it right in not observing. It but what are your?
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Speaker 6: Thoughts?
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Speaker 2: THANKS i don't think daylight savings time is enough for me to get mad. ABOUT i, Mean I'm i'm kind of annoyed that's it gets lighter earlier in the later in the, Morning LIKE i like the light in the morning more THAN i wanted extended in the. Evening so, yeah if it were up to, ME i would do away with daylight savings. Time but, again it's not a big enough deal Where i'm gonna get mad about. It and by the, Way tua ah tuah who you can get for minimum wage because of all the guaranteed Money miami still owes. Him he signed With, atlanta WHICH i don't get it because they don't Think God cousins And. Pennix oh, wait it says he they Cut. COUSINS i don't. KNOW i Mean tua backing Up, ENNIX i don't. Know i'm not sure. Too his problems In miami were all of his own. MAKING i also don't think he was ever going to be as good as some projected him For tank for two of my ass let's go to a Talkback.
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Speaker 9: Mark why Does roethlisberger have so much animosity Towards Rudolph it has to be more than just when he was. PICKED i, Mean ben is still sticking it to the guy years, later what Will howard to play Before rudolph? Does like it is, crazy.
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Speaker 2: That's not sticking it To. Rudolph If ben Thinks Will howard should play ahead of, him That's ben's. Opinion you, know he didn't like That rudolph was drafted When ben was still active because he thought that third round pick could have been better used on somebody to come in and help the team win right then and. There and you, Know rudolph has said That ben wasn't much of a. Mentor BUT i don't think it's a quarterback's job to be An if he does, it that's a, Bonus but, uh that's not necessarily in the job description to train your own. Replacement so DO i Think ben probably wasn't as giving To rudolph as he could have been with the younger.
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Speaker 1: QUARTERBACK i think that's.
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Speaker 2: Accurate BUT i don't think it's something to get hot and bothered about to this, day.
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Speaker 1: Like you. Are let's go to a talkback double.
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Speaker 9: Am on a scale of one to, ten how hard is it to talk about The.
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Speaker 2: Steelers that's actually a really good. Question i'm not SURE i should. Answer, YEAH i, UH.
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Speaker 1: I i don't care that. Much i'm not. GONNAY i don't care at. ALL i met, McCarthy i like, him.
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Speaker 2: BUT i, MEAN i just am not interested in a team that does the same thing every year and expects different, results and the usual overreaction has started.
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Speaker 1: Already they signed This.
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Speaker 2: Jamel, dean which is like An eagle Song Jamel dean To Jamel, dean see him on the silver.
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Speaker 1: Screen uh.
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Speaker 7: You.
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Speaker 2: Know they Signed dan thirty year old. Cornerback they Signed, pittman twenty eight year old. Receiver they're not bad, gets but they're not overwhelmingly good.
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Speaker 1: GETS i don't think they take The steelers to the next.
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Speaker 2: LEVEL i think having a forty two year old quarterback is going to keep them from getting to the next.
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Speaker 1: Level despite you, know are these minor.
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Speaker 2: Improvements they're probably a bit better than, minor but they're not. Major so, yeah for, me it's. TOUGH i look at The penguins, improving putting a plan in, place in, executing not trying to turn their addressing them in the. MUSEUM i look at The pirates even finally getting to an element of, that AND i look at The steelers in they're not and that makes me not as interested all, Right i'll take more. Calls eight three three four one two. Wxdx that's eight three three four one two. Wxdx where's A ramsey. Play that's a good place to start for. Calls where Should ramsey play slot or? Safety now that they Got dean to play? Corner your thoughts eight three three four one two, wxdx do they need more help at? Receiver to? Me With pittman And? Metcalf they got two number two? Receivers is that good? Enough would another uh good receiver a draft pick first through the third? Round you, KNOW i don't like not having a number one. Receiver if you had a couple of number twos and a real good number three or even three number, twos then, yeah maybe you're. Talking but, AGAIN i just have no faith in a forty two year old. Quarterback and, honestly Besides, brady it wouldn't matter who that.
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Speaker 1: Forty two year old quarterback. IS i just have no. Faith get your calls in.
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Speaker 1: Guaranteed human double him on THE. X.
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Speaker 2: YEAH i really feel Strongly ramsey should play, slot not. Safety they need to get a real safety back. There ramsey's not a real. Safety they tried to convert him last, year but he Ain't Rod, woodson Ain't Ronnie lott in that. REGARD i want him in the. Slot then what he do With, ECCLES.
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Speaker 1: I don't.
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Speaker 2: Know what he do With, SAMUEL i don't. Know and WHEN i think that they Have Dean, Porter samuels And, eccles Maybe ramsey does wind up in safety because it's a numbers. Game but that, SAID i don't think it's a good. MOVE i just don't think it's a good. Move do they need more receiving help after Getting? Pittman and don't tell me That mouth is an extra wide, receiver not, lately not Under Artie. Smith he's a tight. End use them like a tight, end have three good tight ends and excuse, me, boy that was The sirens song of the last few. Years three good tight. Ends no Used Friar ruth as your number one tight, end and like he should be used on top of three good, receivers then Even grandpa game manager might get dragged into a good. Season can you TELL i have no faith In? Rogers does that make me a bad? Person does that make me necessarily obviously? Incorrect you probably think.
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Speaker 1: SO i. Don't and then we're talking about The. Penguins that's the fun.
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Speaker 2: Topic big comeback win over The bruins, yesterday don three, nothing tied to three to.
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Speaker 1: Three boston won had four to. Three they didn't.
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Speaker 2: Wilt These penguins Without sid And gino hecking any difficult. Circumstances one thing you got to say about them is they just don't. Flinch matthod tied at, once he tied it. Twice just an inspirational. WIN i would have thought a lot better about it if they hadn't lost To philadelphia in a shootout On.
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Speaker 1: Saturday But i'll take WHAT i can.
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Speaker 2: Get and one zero to one Without sid and Without, Gino i'll take that despite. That it's two home, games despite it's A philadelphia team that's not very good at. All At carolina, tomorrow night. Boy if you get a point out of, that if you get two, points then you're only six points Behind, Carolina AND i don't believe you're gonna catch, him but just that, possibility however, remote would be a fresh shot of. Adrenaline and a lot of what is enabled The penguins to get by Without sid And geno in these two games and get three points out of four is, adrenaline and there would be nothing wrong with more of. It we're also talking About Joe Burrow bang And Jessica. Alba she's twenty, nine he's twenty, nine she's forty. Four about that cougar thing. Going but WHAT i really want to talk, about AND i almost forgot to do, it you can tell because the list is usually over by.
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Speaker 1: Now but how COULD i have avoided this topic this?
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Speaker 2: Point Leveon bell is going to do one of those show misfights With Logan. Paul, okay but he's. Not he had it all set, up was gonna be a million dollar Bet Logan paul, accepted Not Jake, paul But logan his, brother THE wwe. Guy BUT wb pulled the, pluck said That Logan paul couldn't Fight. Bell bell dabbles in, boxing and then he said On twitter he could beat up any pro wrestler because according to, him they're not athletic or tough enough to make in pro. Football, okay, buddy MIGHT i suggest that you start That Leveon bell starts by trying to beat Up Kurt angle or Brought. Lessener those two would Make bell tap out quicker than he did in the twenty SIXTEEN Afc championship game Against New england when he quit because of a minor. Injury because he's got because he's a, coward because Old yeller ain't no, dog because of his impending free, agency which he tried to protect and would knuck go back in for a guy who repeatedly screwed up his own, Career bell sure talks smack on everybody.
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Speaker 1: ELSE i Bet bell could Fight Logan PAULA wwe and lose as.
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Speaker 2: Scripted belle would do it because despite all the money he.
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Speaker 1: Makes he definitely needs.
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Speaker 2: It so, Hey Leveon, BELL i Got Kurt angle's number if you want to call him and propose a fight that would last about fifteen seconds.
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Speaker 1: And in with you choke the frig out and guess what?
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Speaker 2: Else you just made the? List, Yeah kurt even now retired how many years FROM ww and for more years than that from from from amateur wrestling The olympic gold medal with a broken freaking, neck and he never and he never did MM. A he would have been great at it had health and circumstances. Permitted if you can make more fighting for, Fake i'd take that over fighting for. Real it's not as, damaging although the Way kirk did it with those souplexes on the broken neck. Yikes but But kurt would Tap levy On bell in about realistically about forty five to sixty, seconds and Brock lesner would just make it. Last he didn't make it, last and it would be awesome and it'd kill him maybe.
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Speaker 1: Literally i'm going To, Shane, shane you're all With.
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Speaker 13: Mark, Hey, mike AND i was just going to see it, on you, know lady On bell take it on You have you seen cardan angle in the past couple of.
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Speaker 2: Years, Yeah kurt would kill, him you think?
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Speaker 13: So, YEAH i got a couple OF i.
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Speaker 2: Mean that that that ability never leaves. You kurt spat up and he's not. Crippled what About? Brock how bad Would brock beat?
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Speaker 4: Him?
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Speaker 13: Oh you, Know brock would destroy.
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Speaker 1: Him, Still kurt would destroy him.
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Speaker 2: Too it might not be as easy as to make it, out and there's no reason Why kurt would want to do, it Because kurt don't need the money needed his Brock Leveon bell's a. Bum Leveyon bell. Sucks lewis football, career held out for a whole, year has always bitched and. Moaned big friggin' baby wouldn't go back in that twenty SIXTEEN Afc championship game because he punked. Out he chumped, out he chickened. Out he wanted to protect his free. Agency he wasn't that. Hurt the doctors wanted him to go back in and he.
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Speaker 6: Wouldn't, Yeah i'm sure you're right about that, One, Mark i'm not.
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Speaker 1: Sure, NO i am.
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Speaker 2: Sure love's a punk f. Him thank you for the, call, THOUGH a three three four one two w xd. X that's a three to three four one two w. Xdx go to talk To Tommy radio at the bottom of the. Hour this is The Mark Madden, Show The home of The, penguins one oh five. Nine It's travis every weekday at ten, am starting your workday commercial free on one oh five.
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Speaker 1: We're talking Penguins.
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Speaker 2: Big win over Boston yesterday, came from three to Neil nine to win five to four and overtime. It felt like a season saver. I asked Tommy Novak that he disagreed. I asked Carlson that he said, well, that's an exaggeration, but maybe only a little one.
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Speaker 1: A big win, great weekend for hockey.
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Speaker 2: RMU won its first round conference playoff series against air Force in the third game of a best of three, five to two yesterday at RMU. Michael Felsing scored two goals for RMU. The ball hockey guy I went to Johnstown and saw that Junior eight team, the Tomahawks. They played Friday, electric atmosphere, Johnstown wins at the slap shot rink. Stuff like that makes you fall in love with hockey all over again. Buffalo beat Tampa eight to seven yesterday in a classic game. Buffalo now amazingly in first place, passing up Tampa in the Atlantic Division. Colorado beat Minnesota three to two in a shootout. People bitching because Colorado, Minnesota, Dallas all in the same division. Two of those three teams will play in a first round playoff series. They shouldn't have to play right away. I'm glad they're playing right away. I want to see it. It's like when the Penguins and Caps played in sixteen, seventeen and eighteen in the second round. It was the de facto Stanley Cup Final, but it was great hockey and we got to see it. And then there's the Penguin game. Like I said, five to four, comeback win, you win in overtime. Now up to a respectable four and five and overtime, but still one to nine and shoot us after losing in that phase of the game. Saturday at home against Philly, in that Buffalo versus Tampa game, Hegel from Tampa just started sucker punching Rasmus Doalen from Buffalo. The defenseman with his glove on like was banging his head off the ice. No ejection for Hegel only got fined five K no suspension. Leen is the guy Gino slashed in the head after Dleen cross checked him.
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Speaker 1: Darleen is dotless an agitator. But just because the.
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Speaker 2: Guy's an agitator doesn't mean you can let go of things done to him that are egregious, like Malkin and then Hagel yesterday did the problem is the inconsistent officiating and administering of player safety. Hagel should have got ejected to for what he did yesterday, and I'm not saying he should have been suspended five games, but probably should have got something. And that overtime goal by Nova Carlson set a blatant pick obvious interference non call.
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Speaker 1: That's good.
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Speaker 2: It was nice to see the Penguins get a close call for a change on a non call because the goalie interference stuff a lot of crap like that. It has been going against him if you're just tuning in sid Is on the road trip. I'm not sure if that means he'll play at Caroline tomorrow. In fact, I kind of doubt it, but I think it does mean he'll come back sometime.
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Speaker 1: During the five games.
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Speaker 2: Then again, I'm not dismissing that he's just there and he skated and practiced no contact to work the boys, to make them think he's coming back, to keep them, you know, striving as hard as they can to get to when he does come back, because if you hold on till then you should be Okay.
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Speaker 1: Let's go to Matt and the Turnpike. Matt you're on with double.
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Speaker 3: M hey, Mark, I was wondering what your thoughts are with the Steelers, maybe going for Amari Cooper Junior in the first or stare It in the second, both out of Indiana for the way they handled themselves against the Big Ten and then in the playoffs in the National Championship as wide receivers.
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Speaker 1: I gotta be blunt. I don't Scott the draft.
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Speaker 2: I think it's a useless exercise where you're guessing on how good guys are going to be. Even kuiper F's it up because look look at how many times his picks go wrong in the first round. He can't even get the first round right. Last year he was like three for thirty two. But I am forgetting a receiver. I mean, I could understand if people want to argue against getting one in the first round after they got Pittman, but I think they got to get one no later than the third run, assuming they bring Calvin Austin back, and I've not heard about him going anywhere else yet, but I mean, he has to be your number four receiver if you get a good college receiver on top of Pittman and DK, and then you use frime with correctly that McCarthy offense can work with the three wide outs, unless, of course, Roger screws it up, and he might.
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Speaker 1: What's good to Eric, Eric, you're on with Mark.
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Speaker 4: Hey, good day, sir, I said, good day. Hey, on two things real quick. First of all, thanks for shining a light on Johnstown. Grew up in the area small hockey concerts. I mean that place was just out.
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Speaker 5: Hey, Eric, Carlson so bad last year.
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Speaker 6: You know this year.
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Speaker 5: Maybe he was playing in the early part of the season to make them hockey Olympic hockey game for Sween, but small sample last five games, been the best player on the ice. He should have got the coaching the young guys.
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Speaker 7: What you say.
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Speaker 2: I don't think Sullivan kept Carlson from playing as he preferred, but I think Carlson looked around and saw he expected every defenseman to pinch and activate, which did not suit at least half of them. He coaching this one size fits all method, and I think Carlson's thought it was stupid and lost respect for him and it affected how he played.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, fair enough, That's what I think.
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Speaker 2: And whether Carl's right or wrong for thinking that and acting accordingly, I don't know.
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Speaker 1: I mean, I think that what the coach.
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Speaker 2: Says is is law even when it's wrong. But I'm glad Carl stayed and Selly wentz. Let's go to John Jonroe with double m.
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Speaker 6: Hey, Mark, how's it going, buddy? I got two things real quick. Another guy from john Town. I've seen your picture on my buddy's Facebook. He two looked like twin brothers. His name is Rick McNulty. Lucky got the real reason? Yeah, right, the real reason I'm calling, says man. Are you a hater? Dude?
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Speaker 7: Mid season?
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Speaker 6: You were all over Aaron Rodgers junk?
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Speaker 1: First off, I'm not over first stuff. Shut up, okay.
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Speaker 2: Second off, I'm not all over anybody's juck except Zach Efferts. Third off, he got worse, he got older as circumstances changed. Things change.
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Speaker 1: I'm not a fan of anybody beyond how they're playing.
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Speaker 2: And he got worse, and he's feeble, and he's grandpa game manager, and he ain't the guy, not no more anything else. No, that's it, buddy, Okay, f yourself not to be critical and tell your friend he's a good guy. You're an ass. Let's go to our good friend the Egyptian magician. Hello, my friend, Hey.
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Speaker 7: Mark Carr, you last night. I mean that period, that was one of the best periods in the whole season. I saw, Uh, that was a blatant pick.
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Speaker 1: I know, because that's okay. That's okay, Bob, It's about time to pay what you call.
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Speaker 7: I agree.
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Speaker 1: We talked about him earlier, who just kept tying the game? Your donegal? He ties it. They scored Donegal he ties it.
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Speaker 7: Yep, absolutely, I loved it. I actually I didn't see the first two I was recording, and then I just watched the third period, which was just amazing. Now, if Penguins, uh, they would get those shootouts, at least half of them, they would be very, very close to the first place. And also the main reason are called I think listen, you are the guy in UH sports talk radio in Pittsburgh. What you say basically it's very important, and I think you were a little bit tough on multi.
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Speaker 1: Now this is what you can't do what he did, Bob.
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Speaker 7: You can't.
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Speaker 2: You can't get suspended five games when Crosby's out. You shouldn't get suspended five games at all. I wasn't hard on him at all. I was looking at it from the standpoint of the logo not.
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Speaker 1: Being a fanboy. If you want to be a fanboy.
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Speaker 2: If that idiot who just called wants to be a Rogers fanboy, that's fine.
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Speaker 1: I react to what happened and tells the truth.
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Speaker 7: No, I'm talking about the exact day before all of that happened. All the talk was will he should not sign him?
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Speaker 1: He shouldn't and.
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Speaker 2: I think he's He's not gonna be any better at forty next year.
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Speaker 1: At some point he's going to hit a wall. Why do we have to just let that happen?
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Speaker 2: If they did, and I said, I wouldn't object him coming back next year, but after what he did and took that suspension, that's really selfish.
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Speaker 7: Okay. Lastly, I'm just saying he's a very super sensitive guy. As you do.
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Speaker 2: Booo super spota bag Bob. You lost me just there callback some other time when you're not boohooing super sensitive guy, so am I Nobody cares about that. I just had him tell me. The guy tell me I was all over. Aaron Rodgers is junk one O five nine the X. It's often happy, but they have no real impact in this world, unless, of course, they're good enough to make the NFL the ex at one. Here's the debate that seems to be going on in the wake of the Steelers signing Jammel Dean, the cornerback from.
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Speaker 1: Tampa's who's good.
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Speaker 2: He's thirty, but he's good and he's a good counterpart for Porter on the other side, two big, physical corners.
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Speaker 1: I think Porter's the better cover guy.
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Speaker 2: Although, as we've been talking about, Jammel Dean was the fourth highest rated cornerback in the league last year by Pro Football Focus for what that's worth, and it might not be much, But the debate is where does Jalen Ramsey fit now? Does he go to safeties and he go to slot? Tom and I agreed in the first out of the show. We like him at the slot. We feel he's up closer to the line. He influences the game more there. A lot of people are citing certain games where he got burnt in the slot, like the the uh first Cincinnati game. I think it was, but I don't know. Haven't seen him play both positions. I think the slot again is where he can be more influential. Now they have to go get another safety maybe, and it's an easier lineup to put together if you put Ramsey at safety with Elliott, and then Eccles could play the slot, and you got a Sante Samuel to figure in there too, along with Porter and Dean. But it's easier to put that that lineup together. But I think Ramsey's better in the slot. In a vacuum, that's where I play. Ramsey is in the slot. So here doesn't any or all of that A three three four one two w xdx. And we were also talking about some guy called last name and said how much I loved Rogers last year. Yeah, he was my favorite Steeler midway through the season, but then he started to play not as well. He played horrible, and that lost to the Chargers played horrible, and that lost to Cleveland did get them to the playoffs, did beat Baltimore the last game of the regular season to get into the postseason thanks to a miss field goal by Baltimore. More than anything, but I just don't think Rogers is going to be better or even as good at forty forty two, my god, And I don't like the way he's jerking them around again, and I especially don't like the way the Steelers are letting rogers jerk them around again.
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Speaker 1: So yeah, I don't like him now.
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Speaker 2: Damn It, I'll be popular at Pittsburgh Yeah, I think I gotta start with pull Pork, Nachosginia, fantastic, the exit Penguins with a big win yesterday, joining me now to talk some hockey. He played in the NHL. He won a state championship with Mott Lebanon. You see him on sports at Pittsburgh. It's a pleasure to speak with Matt Bartkowski. Bart, we'll get to the game yesterday. But what's gone into Eric Carlson this year? We've talked about that a bit, but his level of play, especially lately is like vintage Eric Carlson.
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Speaker 6: Yeah, vintage, if not better as far as uh not taking so many chances that he used to take and putting himself in even better spots. I don't think it's any secret that he and Mike Sullivan didn't see eye to eye and along with it seems like ninety percent of the team. But uh, I think just having that new coach, uh and new voice in the room just conn of rejuvenated him along with a few of the other guys. And he definitely depends best defenseman throughout the year. I mean, I don't have any question about that, But you.
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Speaker 2: Know, I think bart he's the MVP for the team except for SMA, you know, and and since actually proving how valuable he is even more his absence been. I mean, you look at you look at Carlson five on five, he's their best three on three overtime player. Maybe they're only truly good one uh power play. And I never knew he could kill penalties till this year.
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Speaker 6: Yeah, I'm still not sold on. I mean, he's doing their penalt kills, doing a good job. It's just if he's at his best, you don't want him playing killing penalties to begin with. And I'm not saying that he's not his best, It's just I'd rather have somebody else there, just because he's such a threat offensively, you don't want to have a chance to him getting hurt, taking a shot off the leg or something, and just not having done in his career, his whole career, he's probably still gonna make a couple few mistakes that he you know, a normally penalty killer. Well, that being said, he's done a pretty good job of it this year, which makes sense because of his legs and his mind for the game. I mean, offensively, we knew he had a mind, so it makes sense that Defensively, he's able to put out those fires that he probably knows will come about on the TK or on the PP the opposing team's PP. But yeah, it's MVP for the team. Yeah, you take Sit off that team. I mean, you could make an argument for the way Gino's playing this year. Maybe maybe rusty maybe, but yeah, I'd say he's him jeez, Sid for sure, and then Malcolm and Carlson those are the next set too.
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Speaker 2: I think this year was that comeback win yesterday against Boston a season saver. Maybe that's a bit dramatic, but maybe not not too dramatic, what with the very difficult road trip pending that starts tomorrow night at Carolina.
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Speaker 6: I think it made it a season a lot easier for back lack of a better word. They lost the previous game to Boston, and that's one of those teams that you could they could bump them out of the wildcard so to be able to stay ahead of them in points in case they get caught by Columbus and then jump by I mean it's seven the Islanders going back and forth right now for second and third, So if they get caught by Columbus, you know it looks like that Metro Division, nobody's gonna make it into the Wildcard. But you know, beat you take the extra point off Boston, that gives you a little bit more of a breathing room. So I don't think it would have been a season ender, but it would have definitely made it a lot harder to just get into the playoffs like we're expecting them to do. At this point.
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Speaker 2: Sid's on the trip and I've been saying that can't be anything but good news. But they could be working the boys too, Bart, you know what I mean, Like, Okay, he's almost ready. Keep going hard, keep getting us there, and maybe he's not going to be back for a few more games, but this gives the impression it's imminent to I think that's encouraging.
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Speaker 6: Yeah, it's definitely encouraging. If he's there, it's probably I mean, I don't know what else does he have to do? Sit around here and he's like, you know, he's probably like, Hey, I want to go on the trip. I want to skate with you guys. If there's nobody else really injured right now, I mean, Gino's the only one that's going to be bagging. Uh. If we're talking to high caliber guys that are going to get a little more attention in the bag skates and and injured skates. He's like, heck, I'll just go on the road with you guys. But it's definitely encouraging and it means that he's probably a lot closer than the four weeks. Now, what side of that is if he's going to push it and then he makes it worse, you know, because are you gonna stay noticed Sidney Crosby If he's gonna say I'm playing you know, so I'm is there okay right now? And they're kind of hovering. I'm okay with him taking his time coming back. I would rather him do that. But any any any time, especially with all more of these younger guys in the lineup, like Gavery Hayes, anytime said it around is a good thing, especially for them.
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Speaker 1: I'm glad you're brought up Avery Hayes. I like him. He's a rat.
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Speaker 2: We haven't had a rat in a long time, and I think he really does get under the opposition skin.
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Speaker 6: Yeah, he definitely does. I mean we saw that fight. That fight he had the general energy he brings.
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Speaker 7: Uh.
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Speaker 6: The first game he showed he was able to score a little bit and could skate. I think he just brings a different, like you're saying, a different dynamic. So far, he's been able to play the annoying little rat role pretty well. That's not an easy role to to to play night in and night out. So we'll see if he can keep it up. I hope he does because it's desperately need. It's needed on every team in the league right now. I mean, it's kind of that little bit of jam is kind of going away a little bit. And then if you have that, if you're just annoying on the ice, to be quite honest, like he's been, and you just have that, then you know you're gonna be able to play along. But uh yeah, I mean he's he's quite all right. He's bringing a different element and the speed that he brings to it's it's a it's a fresh thing to say to see. It a good thing to see.
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Speaker 7: Uh.
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Speaker 2: We're talking to Matt Bartkowski sports Net Pittsburgh here on the Mark Madden show Man. Have Thonk got two goals yesterday. He tied the game twice, which is huge. He's up to twenty three. He's six' five but he plays more finesse than. Big but he has great hands, though doesn't?
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Speaker 6: He, yeah he. Does AND i think what his career highs twenty twenty five in a, Season so he's creeping in on, that which is which is pretty. Awesome he's been injured a lot over his. Career he HASN'T i don't think he's ever played, oh what is, it seventy games or something like. That he hasn't played a full season like he's playing this. Year so on that, hand it's good to see, him especially coming back off a huge industry, injury get back to playing the way that he couldn't years. Pass as far as the physical, aspect, yeah he's not going to go out there or run anybody everybody, over but if you watch him throughout the, game he uses his body really, well like he protecting the, puck driving the, net getting positioned on the. D and with the league going a little, smaller he's going to be able to use his body a lot more and he'll take advantage of those smaller d just just by sheer side right six sixty five two point thirty two forty that's a tough body to move for, anybody let alone and you, know say you're A Matthew schaefer on The, islanders trying to move him out of the front of the net or trying to get inside position on, Him, like it's just not going to, happen, Right so you might not Notice nasa just running a guy. OVER i, mean he's certainly not afraid of the physical. Contact we've seen him fight a few. Times but it's just looking for that little thing that he does in the body positioning that he. Uses that coupled WITH i, mean what is a parent? Now AND i MEAN i remember him from yours, Past, detroit wherever he might have. Been he's definitely had but it's good to see him show it more consistently and be able to throw a whole season.
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Speaker 1: Together, yeah you're.
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Speaker 2: Right mampon's only played over seventy games twice in his eleven, years and he's on a run to play all the games this. Season what About China Kov is he a legit?
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Speaker 1: Star AM i?
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Speaker 2: Overreacting he certainly has had impact since getting The Pittsburgh.
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Speaker 6: It's just it's a tricky, one right because it's, like oh, man he's like anything he touches turns of. Gold right, Now so you, know normally WHEN i like to give a guy twenty game, effect twenty to thirty game effect to see when the adrenaline runs out and when the chips are. Down BUT i Mean sid's out right, Now geno's, Out he's still scoring over. Time he basically set up that. Goal whatever you want to call pedaleon who was, It carlson for interference or, NOT i don't really care about. That he, basically you, know turned three guys inside out and The Novac novak gets the fucking. Scores so it's it's. Turning it's leaning more into. THAT i don't know About superstar, yet but it's leaning more toward full TIME nhl are top six, guy you.
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Speaker 1: Know, yeah that's WHAT i will. SAY i wouldn't say.
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Speaker 2: Superstar i'm not even try to say, star BUT i might be saying top, six twenty five goal guy.
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Speaker 6: Consistently oh, Yeah AND i mean that's that's that'll get, you you, know anymore eight to ten. Million but just to be able to have that shot and how he how he gets it, off from the areas he gets it, off whoever he's on a line. With it just makes the other team think, differently right, too because you know when he gets the, puck you're, like, Oh, craft, well now we got to get over there and respect, him and we might be too. Late you. Know it's just that in the back of your mind when a guy like that's on the, ice you, KNOW i Guess i'm gonna bring up A vetchkin because you know he's Also russian and could shoot the. Puck i'm not saying this guy like events get fuck similar in the fact that they'll shoot anything and they both could, score, Right, so If obi's on the, ice you're gonna know he's on the, Ice you're gonna know where he. Is it's gonna open up other. Guys similar With Sheena. Kova the other teams are going to have to start respecting that just because he is putting up the. Goal, now if he gets cold, here then different. Story but he hasn't, yet AND i hope he continues his run because they've been missing it for years. Now they haven't had a guy who Just, hey give me the, Puck i'm gonna shoot it And i'm gonna.
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Speaker 1: Score Mart Is shiloff's staking a claim to be number one.
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Speaker 2: Goalie don't get me, WRONG i would stick with the rotation for the time, being probably up to the, playoffs BUT i think he's had a little bit better of the play in net for the past two or three.
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Speaker 6: Weeks, Yeah i'd say he had a little bit, Better BUT i still don't know if he's really putting in those true number one. Numbers i'd say before the, BREAK i definitely would have said she, loves AND i would have just ran with. Him but coming out of the, BREAK i don't think they've either of them have played particularly. Well you, know the game In, boston we let in five goals or, sorry four goals twenty eight. SHOTS i, mean you keep you go back through and it doesn't matter which goalie's playing right, now they're just They're they're say percentages aren't up there that. MUCH i, mean everybody talks about goals. Against that's just the product of how many shots you give up per game and how many. Goals say percentage is the big, one and both goalies right now really aren't putting up those. Numbers if you had to give the, EDGE i would go back INTO i guess korealyptic breaking give it to She, Loves i'd say going forward, NOW i mean we've Been i've been saying this Since. Thanksgiving it's, like whatever goal he gets on a, run, hey you got to ride them, out but they refuse to do. It i'd, say now with only, uh you, know we're getting a monk away here to, PLAYOFFS i think you kind of have to go with the goalie that. Tot so whenever it, starts it's you, know they got on a run, here just stick with.
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Speaker 2: Them what's your take on this road, Trip it's it's five tough. Games it's book ended with a couple games In. CAROLINA i think that they even win a couple of, games get four points out of this. TRIP i mean that'd be two and. Three that's not, ideal BUT i think that'll leave them in a good position coming out of. It even Though columbus, boy they're on a roll and The islanders was. Shafer you can't underestimate.
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Speaker 6: Them yeah, YEAH i, mean, well they're gonna be exciting games to. Watch we know. That it's it's turning into the a little bit of the metro round robin playoff is what this trip's all. ABOUT i think five. Hundred you're happy with, that especially with sit Out gino out well at the front end of the. Trip BUT i think you're happy with five, hundred and it's really a measuring. Stick at the end of the, day you know you're gonna end up if you make it in the, playoffs you know you're gonna end up probably playing The. Islander you, know it might be somebody, else you might Play. Carolina it just there's a lot of if if stands are, butt it's probably going to be one of the. Teams so really at the measuring stick to see where you're, at and a little bit, metally like you want to go out, there you want to be, physical you want to make it a miserable night for any of these. Teams so when it comes time you playing at, playoffs you're, like, oh, hey, well back of their head they remember, playing SO.
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Speaker 7: I.
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Speaker 6: DON'T i.
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Speaker 2: Don't.
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Speaker 6: Honestly the points, wise, yeah the more the, Merrier but if you look at where they are right, NOW i think five hundreds the rest of the way should get them in the. Playoffs so especially with, sid especially With, gino And i'd just be shooting for that five hundred and then you, know playing more of a defensive, style we're not going to have our top two point guys in the. Lineup then, Hey it's okay if we don't give up four. Goals you, know maybe we give up one or two. Goals we play a solid game and show up on the score sheet another, way once we get Send gino, back we get some more, scoring then, yeah we can go out and blow a team out of the. WATER i understand that they that they won the game five, before but that's not gonna happen every, game you, know against The, BRUINS i think A swayman probably plays that game they're not winning, it SO i would be more focused on limiting the other team's chances with these guys out seeing how miserable we can make it On Carolina columbus and certainly The islanders here coming.
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Speaker 1: Up, Finally, bart what's your take on The malkin.
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Speaker 2: SUSPENSION i, MEAN i sympathize With dawleen's pretty much a rat out, there especially for a good, player which he is The buffalo.
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Speaker 1: Defenseman but you just can't do, that especially with sit.
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Speaker 6: Out, yeah you definitely can't cross slash a guy palmahawk him in the. Head it seems Like dawleen is always on to the receiving under, this SO i don't really feel bad for. Him. EITHER i mean the other night What hagel was doing bananas on, them so clearly guys don't like him to begin. With you, know like he comes up To gino and he basically cross shets him in the side of the, head like one mark's worse than the, other, Right Tom hawk and a guy on the. Neck BUT i bet You dalians cross check just hurt just as. Bad SO i get. It malc is a repeat Of. Sender the THINGS i don't like about it are what was this two three years Ago truba doing the same thing and getting, no not even a, fine not even a. Call so the THINGS i don't, like or the inconsistencies and all, THIS i Think hegel got a fine for just fraggall and doling the Other, yeah you definitely can't do stuff with the, stick AND i get that how malcl did, it but it's so haphazard and how they're deciding it THAT i think everybody's just tired of, it, Uh from the, league from the, fans everybody's, like we don't know why or how we came up with. This we kind of just you, know roll the magic a fall and here you, Go, gino you get fired. Me but now definitely can't do what he. DID i just think in the grand scheme of, things it's so inconsistent that it's hard to hard to. Tell it gives us, good good stuff to talk, about, Though, mark what's the.
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Speaker 2: Worst thing you ever? Did did you ever do anything akin to that when you played any?
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Speaker 1: Level?
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Speaker 6: NO i, NEVER i never did. THAT i Mean i'd hit guys from, behind you, know back back when you were growing, up that was the big the big no, no or maybe cross check a guy here or. There but, NO i never swung my stick like. THAT i MEAN i remember guys doing, It but, NO i don't. THINK i don't think professionally ever got to spend, it which is good and. Bad it's it's good BECAUSE i never got to spend. It it's bad BECAUSE i probably should have at some. POINT i guess played a little. Harder but, Anyway, NO i. NEVER i never swung my. STICK i hit guys from, behind BUT i always said it wasn't on, purpose.
00:30:47
Speaker 2: And sometimes that was even. True, bart great. Stuff we'll talk again real. Soon enjoy the, hockey.
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Speaker 6: All, right, Thanks.
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Speaker 2: Mark That's Matt parkowski from Sports Net. Pittsburgh now it's trying to Ask mark Anything, uh we had an eighty four umber segment a little bit. Ago got to catch up. There, Uh Ask mark anything eight three three four one two w. Xdx that's eight three three four one two w xd. X or you can leave a talk back via the microphone icon at The iHeartMedia app one oh five.
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Speaker 1: Jamel.
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Speaker 2: Dean the ripple effect of The dean signing is How Jalen ramsey can likely settle into a full time role as a nickel or safety at this point in his, career that's probably Where ramsey fits.
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Speaker 1: Best but, wait there's.
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Speaker 2: More we Texted mike and, Said, okay which is it safety or? Nickel and To fabel, said if it was up to, him he would rather See ramsey in the slot the, nickel which is where he thinks AND i think, Too Jalen.
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Speaker 1: Ramsey would be more.
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Speaker 2: Effective and To fabo also said that he thinks The steelers will still be looking for a legit safety in free.
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Speaker 1: Agency, YEAH i Think ramsey should play the slot.
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Speaker 2: PERIOD i think that's where he can make the most, impact where his knowledge of the game and his physicality FOR dbac serves The steelers best up in the, slot close to the.
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Speaker 1: Line, okay let's go to a talkback.
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Speaker 9: A double M Does Avery hayes have the potential to Become?
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Speaker 1: Marshand Uh, NO i don't think he'll ever produce Like.
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Speaker 2: Marshand that's not to SAY i don't Think hayes is incapable like twelve to fifteen goals in a good. Year BUT i don't think he's gonna pile up points and play on you, know his national.
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Speaker 1: Team Like.
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Speaker 2: March he's done With Team. Canada BUT i think he's gonna be a good. RAT i think he might be a rap on par with Marchand Marchhan. Marchhaan let's call the whole thing. Off Dak prescott was supposed to get, married now he's. Not there was like a Joint batchelor and batskelore red party for him and his, wife AND i guess things went. Wonky oh, well AND i read that he wanted her to sign the pre nup and she. Wouldn't, well he's a, multimillionaire she's a. Bartender of course he needs a pre.
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Speaker 6: Nup.
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Speaker 1: Dummy let's go to a talkback.
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Speaker 12: He super Genius eric In. Toledo since we just changed our clocks, AHEAD i want to know you're feeling on daylight saving. TIME i know a lot of people are sick of. IT i wish Personally congress would do away with. IT i Think arizona has it right in not observing. It but what are your?
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Speaker 6: Thoughts?
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Speaker 2: THANKS i don't think daylight savings time is enough for me to get mad. ABOUT i, Mean I'm i'm kind of annoyed that's it gets lighter earlier in the later in the, Morning LIKE i like the light in the morning more THAN i wanted extended in the. Evening so, yeah if it were up to, ME i would do away with daylight savings. Time but, again it's not a big enough deal Where i'm gonna get mad about. It and by the, Way tua ah tuah who you can get for minimum wage because of all the guaranteed Money miami still owes. Him he signed With, atlanta WHICH i don't get it because they don't Think God cousins And. Pennix oh, wait it says he they Cut. COUSINS i don't. KNOW i Mean tua backing Up, ENNIX i don't. Know i'm not sure. Too his problems In miami were all of his own. MAKING i also don't think he was ever going to be as good as some projected him For tank for two of my ass let's go to a Talkback.
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Speaker 9: Mark why Does roethlisberger have so much animosity Towards Rudolph it has to be more than just when he was. PICKED i, Mean ben is still sticking it to the guy years, later what Will howard to play Before rudolph? Does like it is, crazy.
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Speaker 2: That's not sticking it To. Rudolph If ben Thinks Will howard should play ahead of, him That's ben's. Opinion you, know he didn't like That rudolph was drafted When ben was still active because he thought that third round pick could have been better used on somebody to come in and help the team win right then and. There and you, Know rudolph has said That ben wasn't much of a. Mentor BUT i don't think it's a quarterback's job to be An if he does, it that's a, Bonus but, uh that's not necessarily in the job description to train your own. Replacement so DO i Think ben probably wasn't as giving To rudolph as he could have been with the younger.
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Speaker 1: QUARTERBACK i think that's.
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Speaker 2: Accurate BUT i don't think it's something to get hot and bothered about to this, day.
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Speaker 1: Like you. Are let's go to a talkback double.
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Speaker 9: Am on a scale of one to, ten how hard is it to talk about The.
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Speaker 2: Steelers that's actually a really good. Question i'm not SURE i should. Answer, YEAH i, UH.
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Speaker 1: I i don't care that. Much i'm not. GONNAY i don't care at. ALL i met, McCarthy i like, him.
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Speaker 2: BUT i, MEAN i just am not interested in a team that does the same thing every year and expects different, results and the usual overreaction has started.
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Speaker 1: Already they signed This.
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Speaker 2: Jamel, dean which is like An eagle Song Jamel dean To Jamel, dean see him on the silver.
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Speaker 1: Screen uh.
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Speaker 7: You.
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Speaker 2: Know they Signed dan thirty year old. Cornerback they Signed, pittman twenty eight year old. Receiver they're not bad, gets but they're not overwhelmingly good.
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Speaker 1: GETS i don't think they take The steelers to the next.
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Speaker 2: LEVEL i think having a forty two year old quarterback is going to keep them from getting to the next.
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Speaker 1: Level despite you, know are these minor.
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Speaker 2: Improvements they're probably a bit better than, minor but they're not. Major so, yeah for, me it's. TOUGH i look at The penguins, improving putting a plan in, place in, executing not trying to turn their addressing them in the. MUSEUM i look at The pirates even finally getting to an element of, that AND i look at The steelers in they're not and that makes me not as interested all, Right i'll take more. Calls eight three three four one two. Wxdx that's eight three three four one two. Wxdx where's A ramsey. Play that's a good place to start for. Calls where Should ramsey play slot or? Safety now that they Got dean to play? Corner your thoughts eight three three four one two, wxdx do they need more help at? Receiver to? Me With pittman And? Metcalf they got two number two? Receivers is that good? Enough would another uh good receiver a draft pick first through the third? Round you, KNOW i don't like not having a number one. Receiver if you had a couple of number twos and a real good number three or even three number, twos then, yeah maybe you're. Talking but, AGAIN i just have no faith in a forty two year old. Quarterback and, honestly Besides, brady it wouldn't matter who that.
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Speaker 1: Forty two year old quarterback. IS i just have no. Faith get your calls in.
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Speaker 2: Now eight three three four one Two wxdx's The Mark Madden show ONE o five to. Nine It's The Woody show tomorrow morning from six till.
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Speaker 13: Ten Whoa you'll get a Day, wednesday?
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Speaker 1: Guaranteed human double him on THE. X.
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Speaker 2: YEAH i really feel Strongly ramsey should play, slot not. Safety they need to get a real safety back. There ramsey's not a real. Safety they tried to convert him last, year but he Ain't Rod, woodson Ain't Ronnie lott in that. REGARD i want him in the. Slot then what he do With, ECCLES.
00:39:35
Speaker 1: I don't.
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Speaker 2: Know what he do With, SAMUEL i don't. Know and WHEN i think that they Have Dean, Porter samuels And, eccles Maybe ramsey does wind up in safety because it's a numbers. Game but that, SAID i don't think it's a good. MOVE i just don't think it's a good. Move do they need more receiving help after Getting? Pittman and don't tell me That mouth is an extra wide, receiver not, lately not Under Artie. Smith he's a tight. End use them like a tight, end have three good tight ends and excuse, me, boy that was The sirens song of the last few. Years three good tight. Ends no Used Friar ruth as your number one tight, end and like he should be used on top of three good, receivers then Even grandpa game manager might get dragged into a good. Season can you TELL i have no faith In? Rogers does that make me a bad? Person does that make me necessarily obviously? Incorrect you probably think.
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Speaker 1: SO i. Don't and then we're talking about The. Penguins that's the fun.
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Speaker 2: Topic big comeback win over The bruins, yesterday don three, nothing tied to three to.
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Speaker 1: Three boston won had four to. Three they didn't.
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Speaker 2: Wilt These penguins Without sid And gino hecking any difficult. Circumstances one thing you got to say about them is they just don't. Flinch matthod tied at, once he tied it. Twice just an inspirational. WIN i would have thought a lot better about it if they hadn't lost To philadelphia in a shootout On.
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Speaker 1: Saturday But i'll take WHAT i can.
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Speaker 2: Get and one zero to one Without sid and Without, Gino i'll take that despite. That it's two home, games despite it's A philadelphia team that's not very good at. All At carolina, tomorrow night. Boy if you get a point out of, that if you get two, points then you're only six points Behind, Carolina AND i don't believe you're gonna catch, him but just that, possibility however, remote would be a fresh shot of. Adrenaline and a lot of what is enabled The penguins to get by Without sid And geno in these two games and get three points out of four is, adrenaline and there would be nothing wrong with more of. It we're also talking About Joe Burrow bang And Jessica. Alba she's twenty, nine he's twenty, nine she's forty. Four about that cougar thing. Going but WHAT i really want to talk, about AND i almost forgot to do, it you can tell because the list is usually over by.
00:42:18
Speaker 1: Now but how COULD i have avoided this topic this?
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Speaker 2: Point Leveon bell is going to do one of those show misfights With Logan. Paul, okay but he's. Not he had it all set, up was gonna be a million dollar Bet Logan paul, accepted Not Jake, paul But logan his, brother THE wwe. Guy BUT wb pulled the, pluck said That Logan paul couldn't Fight. Bell bell dabbles in, boxing and then he said On twitter he could beat up any pro wrestler because according to, him they're not athletic or tough enough to make in pro. Football, okay, buddy MIGHT i suggest that you start That Leveon bell starts by trying to beat Up Kurt angle or Brought. Lessener those two would Make bell tap out quicker than he did in the twenty SIXTEEN Afc championship game Against New england when he quit because of a minor. Injury because he's got because he's a, coward because Old yeller ain't no, dog because of his impending free, agency which he tried to protect and would knuck go back in for a guy who repeatedly screwed up his own, Career bell sure talks smack on everybody.
00:43:28
Speaker 1: ELSE i Bet bell could Fight Logan PAULA wwe and lose as.
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Speaker 2: Scripted belle would do it because despite all the money he.
00:43:38
Speaker 1: Makes he definitely needs.
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Speaker 2: It so, Hey Leveon, BELL i Got Kurt angle's number if you want to call him and propose a fight that would last about fifteen seconds.
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Speaker 1: And in with you choke the frig out and guess what?
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Speaker 2: Else you just made the? List, Yeah kurt even now retired how many years FROM ww and for more years than that from from from amateur wrestling The olympic gold medal with a broken freaking, neck and he never and he never did MM. A he would have been great at it had health and circumstances. Permitted if you can make more fighting for, Fake i'd take that over fighting for. Real it's not as, damaging although the Way kirk did it with those souplexes on the broken neck. Yikes but But kurt would Tap levy On bell in about realistically about forty five to sixty, seconds and Brock lesner would just make it. Last he didn't make it, last and it would be awesome and it'd kill him maybe.
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Speaker 1: Literally i'm going To, Shane, shane you're all With.
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Speaker 13: Mark, Hey, mike AND i was just going to see it, on you, know lady On bell take it on You have you seen cardan angle in the past couple of.
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Speaker 2: Years, Yeah kurt would kill, him you think?
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Speaker 13: So, YEAH i got a couple OF i.
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Speaker 2: Mean that that that ability never leaves. You kurt spat up and he's not. Crippled what About? Brock how bad Would brock beat?
00:45:13
Speaker 4: Him?
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Speaker 13: Oh you, Know brock would destroy.
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Speaker 1: Him, Still kurt would destroy him.
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Speaker 2: Too it might not be as easy as to make it, out and there's no reason Why kurt would want to do, it Because kurt don't need the money needed his Brock Leveon bell's a. Bum Leveyon bell. Sucks lewis football, career held out for a whole, year has always bitched and. Moaned big friggin' baby wouldn't go back in that twenty SIXTEEN Afc championship game because he punked. Out he chumped, out he chickened. Out he wanted to protect his free. Agency he wasn't that. Hurt the doctors wanted him to go back in and he.
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Speaker 6: Wouldn't, Yeah i'm sure you're right about that, One, Mark i'm not.
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Speaker 1: Sure, NO i am.
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Speaker 2: Sure love's a punk f. Him thank you for the, call, THOUGH a three three four one two w xd. X that's a three to three four one two w. Xdx go to talk To Tommy radio at the bottom of the. Hour this is The Mark Madden, Show The home of The, penguins one oh five. Nine It's travis every weekday at ten, am starting your workday commercial free on one oh five.
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