Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Speaker A: Be.
[00:00:10] Speaker B: All right, everybody. Welcome back to the good old hockey podcast. These are two Americans talking. Before anyone gets further in the video, just know our biases. You know, if you're a returning listener, you know where we stand. If you're a new listener, welcome.
If you're Canadian, you're not gonna like this episode because you got dummied by the US but we'll get into that later.
Overall, before we actually get into any of these teams, let's just talk about how awesome this tournament is.
Because I've seen so much on the Internet, whether it's fellow hockey fans or new hockey fans talking about just how the NHL did this so perfectly in place of the All Star Game. Because I don't know if I didn't even watch the NBA All Star Game, but those that did and I saw highlights. That's a show.
The All Star Game for the NHL wasn't any better. I don't think I liked hockey better, so that's why I would watch it. But other than that, like, it was kind of. It's just a pointless weekend. It's cool for the players. Ish. The fans. I would never pay to go to an All Star Game unless it was in Boise, Idaho, because we're here.
[00:01:23] Speaker A: Well, even when I still lived in San Jose, I didn't go to the All Star game there in 2019.
[00:01:28] Speaker B: That was. Yeah, that was before COVID too. So.
[00:01:30] Speaker A: Yep.
[00:01:31] Speaker B: I was thinking the one in San Jose was coveted time. But yeah, this tournament has been so fun to watch. Like night one, Night one. Canada versus Sweden on Wednesday. We got a crazy back and forth game, a comeback game for Sweden really got them into overtime. And then just an electric game all, all around and even the next night. I mean, I don't know, what are your thoughts on this, this tournament compared to just All Star?
[00:02:06] Speaker A: I think it's been absolutely fantastic. You have people who don't watch hockey talking about hockey and I think that's going to happen anytime. Like we talked about last week, anytime the United States is playing in any sort of sport.
[00:02:20] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:02:20] Speaker A: And they're competitive. You're going to see people who don't give a talk about it.
[00:02:25] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:02:25] Speaker A: And I think that game against Canada really showcased the sport of hockey in as a whole. Right. It was a close game. It was competitive. Guys were beating the hell out of each other. You saw some sweet goals. Connor McDavid's backhander was gross. Like it just kind of showed off the. The sport.
[00:02:43] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:02:45] Speaker A: Way better than any All Star game ever could.
[00:02:48] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:02:49] Speaker A: And that was. I feel like even though the NBA All Star game was going on this weekend, I feel like that game was the focal point of sports this weekend.
[00:02:58] Speaker B: Yeah, I think it was like dunk contest on Saturday. And I think it was even. I think they did it smart where they kind of split it. Like, I think the dunk contest was earlier in the day, actually. I don't even. That might have been on Friday. I don't know. I didn't pay attention, but I was locked in on the. The game. Even the morning game. I mean, Sweden and Finland, we'll talk about those two teams first. So we're gonna get into all the teams and, you know, their performance. We're gonna save Canada and the U.S. for last because that's the juiciest. And we're gonna build up to that. So first things first. In last place, we're recording this right after the Sweden and USA game, which does not matter for us. So don't come at any Americans for losing to Sweden. We had half the roster out. Shut the up.
Now, Finland as a team, I was actually very surprised by them. They put on a really good tournament.
I think, you know, their first game against the U.S. they kept it close for the first two periods. I was a little nervous. I wasn't super nervous, but I was like, the US Needs to figure this out. Because again, like you've said millions of times, the skill gap in the NHL is not that far apart just because it's team Finland and there's no like, quote unquote superstar, which isn't true because they have. Mika ran in. But they're not stacked with quote, unquote superstars like the US And Canada. Maybe. It does not mean that this is a uncompetitive team.
Even Finland today had a chance. They beat Sweden.
[00:04:27] Speaker A: They.
[00:04:27] Speaker B: They had a chance with Canada. It was. It was close.
You know, both of those teams are really one game away from making the final.
[00:04:37] Speaker A: Literally, they were. There's an opportunity. The US Locked in on on Saturday against Canada to the final. But Sweden, Finland and Canada could have made it to the final with them today.
[00:04:52] Speaker B: Oh, yeah.
[00:04:53] Speaker A: On the last day of the. The round robin of the tournament. So I think that kind of shows how competitive it was. Every team won a game.
I think that's. That was also a huge thing.
Finland beat Sweden and Sweden beat the US Today.
Now, US Wasn't already locked in that championship. Would it have been a different game? I think so. But it is still cool to see that every team won a game. Samuel Erson played Fantastic today. Still on his head. And Sweden won a great hockey game.
Finland beat Sweden in a great hockey game. Canada obviously beat both Sweden and Finland.
The Americans, great games, not the Americans. We'll get to that later. Spoiler alert. I told you so.
[00:05:42] Speaker B: Yeah. Who could have seen it coming? This guy? This guy saw it coming or this guy.
[00:05:47] Speaker A: But yeah.
[00:05:50] Speaker B: Okay, well, I want to save the.
[00:05:52] Speaker A: We'll get there. We'll get there.
[00:05:53] Speaker B: We'll get there.
[00:05:54] Speaker A: It's been a great tournament. I think there's pros for the four teams that were in this tournament.
Obviously, this is going into next year's Olympics.
It's a little bit of practice, like, warm up. I think the rosters are going to be fairly similar in the Olympics than they were to this tournament.
I have a feeling Logan Thompson will be a net for Canada in 2026, not Jordan Bennington, which we'll also get to later. But for the most part, it kind of seemed like a trial run for these four teams. And I think there were definitely some great takeaways.
Teams like Germany are going to be in the Olympics, which if Finland plays them, they're gonna absolutely whop them. Like, it's not going to be close.
[00:06:41] Speaker B: I know Finland's getting hate, but it's like in the Olympics, they're going to be. They're going to be a great team.
[00:06:46] Speaker A: I remember on the broadcast, what game was that? I think it was the can or the US Finland game. On the broadcast, the announcers were talking about, like, how Finland's getting hate and they're the underdogs in this tournament. It's like, yeah, that's true.
But at the same time, they're the fifth best hockey nation in the world on any given day. Maybe fourth. It might be better than Sweden after this tournament. Great.
There's no reason for them to get hate. Just because you're playing three hockey powerhouses does not mean that you're not a extremely great hockey nation. And I think Finland has been producing great hockey talent for years, so I think they'll be competitive at the Olympics.
[00:07:34] Speaker B: Yeah, no, they're definitely going to be. I mean, all four. Like we said, these four teams are great teams. It's not. Yeah, we looked at it and we both had said, you know, Finland's the weakest of the the four.
You know, they finished in last. We weren't wrong there.
But at the end of the day, I mean, this is still a great team. And the US Pumps them six one, which, honestly, I think that game just kind of got away from Them in the third period. For them, the game against Sweden, I mean, they played fantastic hockey. It was competitive.
Even today against Canada, I didn't get to watch a lot of it against Canada, I was at work. But, you know, they're showing replay right now. But they definitely had a chance to come back in that captain Crosby did his thing, stop them from pushing it to overtime. And if they did, this tournament would have a whole. Yeah, it would have been crazy if they went to overtime because that game tonight would have really meant something.
[00:08:36] Speaker A: So I was at work today, too.
I was. I watched a little bit of the first and second period.
Son Nathan McKinnon's goal.
There was apparently a real bad icing. Non call on Canada with like 45 seconds left in the game or something that on the very next play, Crosby scored his empty netter, which I thought was pretty interesting. You know, you can't say, yeah, Finland's scoring a goal. If they call that icing. You can't say that. But no, at the same time, it could completely change the course of that game.
Banner had an absolute of a third period.
Yeah, shocker. Bringing a bad goalie to be your best goalie when you have better options, shocker. It might bite you in the ass.
[00:09:26] Speaker B: But, yeah.
[00:09:28] Speaker A: Yeah, I just find it. I find it pretty interesting. Finland, I think, put up a great. They put up a great tournament. Like, there's nothing to hate about. You came in with the expectations you were going to be last, and you sneak away with a win against a rival country, against a rival country, and you sneak away with a close game against Canada, like there's. There's nothing to hang their heads about Finnish hockey fans. I have a buddy named Oscar Castron. Not sure if he's going to be watching this, but you guys can hold your heads high.
[00:09:59] Speaker B: Yeah, no, it was a good overall tournament from them. And yeah, I think next year these. These rosters are going to change just because of. I'm sure Bedard will play in the Olympics for Canada.
Cold call. Like, I'm sure there's going to be some changes, players that aren't hurt that are going to play.
So, yeah, overall, Finland, great job. You finished fourth like we said you would, but you definitely. I thought they. I didn't think they were going to beat Sweden, I'll tell you that. And they put on a great game in overtime, too. Mikhail Granlin, former Shark, with a great, great snipe in the last first couple minutes of overtime. So that was a really fun game to watch.
[00:10:40] Speaker A: Randall was like, tied for the tournament league in goals, I think.
[00:10:43] Speaker B: Yeah, he had. I think he had two this morning.
[00:10:45] Speaker A: With two this morning. He had three overall. Just tied with Genzel and Nate Mack for first. Yeah.
[00:10:54] Speaker B: So, yeah, Finland. Good stuff, Sweden.
I didn't watch too much this game today, again, as a USA fan. It was fun to watch, but I wasn't paying attention as. As much because we're, we got bigger fish to fry. Yeah.
But Sweden overall, I mean, that first game against Canada was the true showing because it, Everyone kind of had written it off because it's Canada and they're like, oh, game over. Like, yeah, here we go. Like, Canada's gonna win it all. And then Sweden comes creeping back to your point. Jordan Bennington is a mediocre goalie at best, and he's not 2019 Bennington. And everyone thinks. Every Canadian thinks that he's 2019 Bennington, which I'm sure he, like, if he turns that on against the US On Thursday, like, yeah, we might have a problem, but I just don't see that happening.
[00:11:51] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:11:52] Speaker B: Knock on wood. But yeah, Sweden as a whole, that game, I mean, what an effort would have come back and then, you know, just get unlucky with. Somehow Mitch Marner, who we were making fun of last week for not being a gamer, comes out and decides to be a gamer and just scores the OT on kind of. I mean, I don't know.
Yeah, like, that shot was just not.
[00:12:18] Speaker A: Crosby went in, went in, passed it back, and then was almost off sides.
[00:12:23] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:12:24] Speaker A: And he streaked in the zone. Just took a.
I mean, wicked shot from.
[00:12:29] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:12:30] Speaker A: Above the top of the circles.
[00:12:32] Speaker B: Yeah.
And who's in it?
[00:12:37] Speaker A: Philip Gustafson.
[00:12:39] Speaker B: Oh, wait, I was thinking.
Yeah, I was thinking it was Sorrows for some reason.
[00:12:43] Speaker A: No, no, no.
[00:12:45] Speaker B: Yeah. I was gonna make fun of Saras for there, but yeah, I mean, Philip Gustin also played lights out.
[00:12:52] Speaker A: Yeah, no, he did. He had a great game.
[00:12:54] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:12:56] Speaker A: I think this tournament was just really tough for Sweden and Finland. Yeah, I, I it. You're playing the two best hockey nations on earth. Right. And then you also have a huge rivalry game with your biggest rival country.
[00:13:13] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:13:14] Speaker A: Like that. Neither of them had an easy schedule. No team in this tournament had an easy schedule. But I feel like the schedule was harder for Finland and Sweden.
[00:13:24] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:13:24] Speaker A: Even though they played the same teams, it's like they did not get a night off. Whereas, like, if you look at it, the US And Canada. Canada should have, but kind of got a night off against Finland. Right?
[00:13:37] Speaker B: Yeah. Yeah.
[00:13:37] Speaker A: The US had really had two nights off. Because this game today against Sweden did not matter at all. Right. So they could have lost that game 10 to nothing. It did not matter. And then Finland was bound to lose to the U.S.
in Canada is the same thing. Even though Canada had two real, real tight games that should not have been as tight. Yeah, but I called that, so, you know, I'm not complaining about it. It's. It was just a tough setup for Finland and Sweden, to be honest. You're playing the other thing. Canada and the U.S. both had home games in this tournament with home fans watching and cheering, right?
[00:14:16] Speaker B: Yeah. Like a full stadium. Like.
[00:14:18] Speaker A: Yeah, maybe if this. If these tournaments are held in Helsinki and I don't know what. Yeah, Stockholm, like, games might have been different. I think that could affect a lot.
But they're held in the US And.
[00:14:35] Speaker B: Canada, so it's the NHL that is played in the North American states.
[00:14:40] Speaker A: So you're playing away games pretty much no matter what. And that's a lot for an international team. Right. You come and. You come into Boston and play the U.S. that's not good. Even though Sweden won. You go into Montreal and play Canada. That's not good for you.
[00:14:57] Speaker B: Especially night one night one of four nations is in Canada and you're playing Canada.
[00:15:02] Speaker A: Like, that was just Montreal.
[00:15:04] Speaker B: Yeah. I was just destined for Sweden to be the underdogs.
[00:15:10] Speaker A: And that game was fantastic, too.
[00:15:12] Speaker B: That was.
[00:15:13] Speaker A: I was on the edge of my seat, obviously. Being an American and making some claims that I did. I really wanted to see Canada lose that game.
I was on the edge of my seat in overtime.
[00:15:26] Speaker B: Yeah, I was. I mean, yeah, I was happy with the. The overtime finish for the.
For the. That team. Because, you know, it just shows how.
I don't know. I guess. Yeah. Just how competitive it was. And that game. Yeah. Super electric Sweden playing against the U.S. i mean, I think like we said, the U.S. had half their stars out due to injury or resting. Yeah. Throwaway game for them, like you said. I don't think that happens. If this game means something a little bit more.
[00:16:08] Speaker A: Yeah, they were just kind of weird goals.
[00:16:12] Speaker B: Yeah. Andre also has not played in.
[00:16:15] Speaker A: Yeah, a couple weeks.
[00:16:17] Speaker B: Like. Yeah, almost two weeks now. So he's out of his mojo.
But yeah, it was just overall, like, it's hard to really judge them based off that game because it just didn't feel like that competitive, especially from the.
[00:16:30] Speaker A: US it's really hard to judge Sweden too. Yeah. At least in my opinion, because it's like the guys who are on the ice were trying pretty hard. There were There were big, big bodies being thrown.
[00:16:42] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:16:42] Speaker A: But, like, the US Was not playing tonight. Like, they were playing against Canada on Saturday. So I think it would have been interesting to see if this was, like a, you know, make or break kind of situation, because I think it was more competitive.
[00:16:59] Speaker B: Yeah. In usa. Like, those are, again, two great teams that I think, you know, you put. If you would put us up against them night one that have been a whole different game.
And, like, I mean, we can't really go back in time, but I'd love for that to be the case and have Canada play Finland first or.
[00:17:16] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:17:17] Speaker B: I don't know. Just. It might have made today a little bit more interesting. Obviously, Canada needed to win today, but even then, like, they had a hot start, so.
[00:17:25] Speaker A: And after that game, because Sweden, up until Canada won, Sweden still had an opportunity to make the final.
Which is, I think the coolest part about this tournament and how it ended up working out is like, the last day of round robin. Every team still had a shot.
[00:17:43] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:17:44] Speaker A: So if Canada had lost and Sweden won the game, they're playing in Boston again on. On Thursday, but didn't work out that way. But either way, great tournament for Sweden.
Lost two OT games. Those are.
[00:18:00] Speaker B: That's.
[00:18:01] Speaker A: Both those games are a bounce away from them being in first in this tournament, which is, I think, the craziest part. Like that game against Finland, there is a crazy bounce that led to Finland's rush, where Mikhail Gramlin scored the game winner.
[00:18:16] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:18:17] Speaker A: That very well could have been in the back of Finland's net. And then Sweden is in the championship with the U.S. yeah.
[00:18:24] Speaker B: And there was. I will say, I'll give Bennington flowers in overtime. That first game, he played a lot better. There were. He stopped some chances that I thought Sweden was going to finish it. It was William Nylander. I'd called it in our group chat. He's gonna score. He's gonna score. And he had a chance. But Bennington with a great save. So, yeah, it really sucks for them to have two overtime losses and just lose like that.
[00:18:50] Speaker A: Literally two bounces away from. They could have been the best team in this tournament.
[00:18:54] Speaker B: They could have.
Yeah, they beat Canada. They beat Finland. That would have put them not above us, but it would have been. It would have made today's game a.
[00:19:05] Speaker A: Lot more competitive, a lot more interesting. But.
[00:19:08] Speaker B: Yeah, because then you're battling for.
Yeah, us would still be battling probably for a spot, maybe.
[00:19:15] Speaker A: Well, I.
I think Canada would have been eliminated already if Sweden have won that game.
[00:19:23] Speaker B: True.
[00:19:24] Speaker A: Assuming everything plays out the same. Who knows? But yeah, either way, it doesn't matter. Canada and the U.S. in the final. Doesn't matter.
[00:19:31] Speaker B: Yeah. All right, let's get to it.
[00:19:36] Speaker A: I think that's great omen for the Olympics.
[00:19:39] Speaker B: I agree.
[00:19:40] Speaker A: I don't think. I think they've already come out and said Russia is not participating in the Olympics. Right.
[00:19:46] Speaker B: I don't know. Haven't heard yet.
[00:19:48] Speaker A: Or is that ihf? I forget.
[00:19:50] Speaker B: Maybe ihf.
[00:19:52] Speaker A: I don't know. But it's a good omen for Sweden. I mean, they're the third best team in the world right now without Russia.
[00:19:59] Speaker B: Yeah, no, exactly.
[00:20:01] Speaker A: If they're gonna be super competitive with the us Canada and Finland, like, yeah, it's gonna be an interesting. I'll tell you.
[00:20:08] Speaker B: Yeah. This 4 nation should just show how. How hyped this Olympics. Like, this is, how excited we are for four nations Face off presented by NHL and Enterprise. Like, imagine what it's gonna be like for the freaking Olympic. Like, it's the Olympics. A gold medal like this. You know, I will say, if the US Loses on Thursday, this is just a tournament. Throwaway tournament.
[00:20:32] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:20:32] Speaker B: However, if the USA wins, this is a legit tournament.
[00:20:35] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:20:36] Speaker B: It all depends on what happens.
[00:20:37] Speaker A: This is the most important international.
[00:20:39] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:20:39] Speaker A: Ever. Exactly.
[00:20:40] Speaker B: And I will say we'll get to it. Let's. You know what? Let's do it Saturday night, prime time. Hockey, prime time. Just sports in general. We have Saturday night at 6 p or 8pm Eastern time. That is the time people on the east coast are at bars, out and about, watching at home. Whatever you're doing, you've got the hockey game turned on. The puck drops. Matthew Tkachuk drops the gloves.
Second one, second one in the game. Him and Brandon Hagel go at it toe to toe.
And then another face off happens. And Brady Tkachuk then drops the gloves and starts beating on Sam Bennett. He won that fight. Even, like with fights, I don't really care about who wins in a fight.
[00:21:24] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:21:25] Speaker B: Truthfully, unless you get dummied, like J.T. miller punching himself in the face, that's like. And even then, I give J.T. miller credit because hell yeah, he's part.
[00:21:34] Speaker A: Of the most memorable start in international. Yes.
[00:21:37] Speaker B: It doesn't matter what the outcome is of a fight. That always gets the crowd rock. Like, yeah. They were there to send a message. And that's exactly what the US Did.
[00:21:46] Speaker A: Obviously, the wheels off of you.
[00:21:49] Speaker B: You set the tone. Set the tone. Physical. Like, physically, they were throwing the body around. And then of course, the little ketchup freak scores the first goal.
Okay, Charlie McAvoy did give up that goal pretty bad.
[00:22:07] Speaker A: He thinks I know that. Absolutely. Deck McDavid twice later in the game. Put him on his ass.
[00:22:14] Speaker B: Exactly. That's where I was going. Is that. Yeah. Like, he gives up a goal. Sure. Okay. Like, you can't let McDavid get up the ice like that.
But I will say, I think I texted her.
[00:22:25] Speaker A: Group chat. You can't let him do that.
[00:22:27] Speaker B: No, it's McDavid. You cannot let him skate by you like. Like, you keep him outside the dots at all times.
[00:22:33] Speaker A: That goal was gross.
All props to McDavid. That was kind of a weird, broken play as well, where he just, for whatever reason, had the middle of the ice. And you cannot, no matter what, when you're playing Connor McDavid, you cannot let him take the middle of the ice like he did, and he's gonna put it in the back of your net.
But I think McAvoy made up for that. And Hella Buck looked phenomenal in the rest of that game.
It was just awesome. Anyways, go on.
[00:23:07] Speaker B: Yeah, tell me more.
[00:23:07] Speaker A: I want to hear the story again.
[00:23:11] Speaker B: Wait, wait, let me get. Let me get my PJs on. Can you tell the story again?
[00:23:14] Speaker A: Can you please continue talking?
[00:23:17] Speaker B: Yeah. So that play, like, what I saw out of that, like, I remember seeing Jake Gensel stick shift. He was, like, four checking. I saw his stick shift from, like, this side of his body to the other side of his body.
[00:23:29] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:23:30] Speaker B: And the minute he moved it to the other side of his body, I see McDavid cutting up the ice, and I was like, oh, my God, here it comes. There's the pass, there's the finish, and ketchup man scores again. I saw a tweet, but they were like, how do you think McDavid feels if when he's looking down in his peripherals, like, do you think he just thinks of ketchup? Or, like, what, The Canadian red?
But, yeah, Ketchup man scores. And if you don't know that reference, you should watch the Amazon documentary about the NHL where Connor McDavid admitted he's afraid of ketchup. That's why we're calling him the Ketchup Man. If you don't know that reference, rate.
[00:24:05] Speaker A: Of ketchup is the craziest part of that. Like, I can. I can understand not liking ketchup. Right. I have my roommate, for example. Shout out, Scott, if you're listening. I can hear him in the background. He is not A fan of ketchup. I don't think he's afraid of ketchup. Being afraid of ketchup is insane. Yeah.
[00:24:24] Speaker B: You're just. Yeah. So I think. Oh, my God. Boston. Okay, hear me out, Boston fan. Like, everyone in Boston, just bring some ketchup packets to the game and throw them on. Yeah. Throw them on the bench. Yeah. Don't do it on the ice because it'll give us a royalty.
[00:24:40] Speaker A: But real quick side note, for this. For this championship game, obviously there was some. There was some interesting conversation around this game about how the Canadian fans booed the national anthem.
I don't particularly support booing the Canadian national anthem. I think they should let it play. I. Knowing Boston sports fans, I think they're gonna booze the Canadian national.
[00:25:07] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:25:09] Speaker A: Oh, Canada. But I just hope it is the loudest Star Spangled Banner singing of all time, which is everybody in the crowd, top of their lungs.
[00:25:21] Speaker B: That's the best way to combat that. I don't. Like you said, I don't think booing a national anthem is the right thing to do. I did it once as a kid. My dad got mad at me at a Canadian. I forget. The Sharks were playing some Canada team, and I booed the Canadian national anthem and my dad was, you know, rightfully upset.
[00:25:38] Speaker A: I love them real quick, too.
[00:25:40] Speaker B: I think a lot of it's great.
I think so. I think it is, too. It's definitely got some catchiness to it anyways, but now there's a little bit more hatred for the. Not even hatred, like, at the end of the day, like, we're not gonna. I mean, it's not political, but it's just.
There's other ways to protest whatever's going on internally. Like. And you know. You know the best way. You know what the best way is to.
I don't know how you say peacefully protest is to win the hockey game, and you didn't do that.
[00:26:19] Speaker A: I just find it ridiculous because it's.
None of the players have any sort of. No matter who they voted for, none of the players have any sort of connection to our current president saying that he wants to annex Canada or. Yeah, I don't even think he specifically said that, but any sort of. Kind of, like.
[00:26:46] Speaker B: Yeah, I'm.
[00:26:46] Speaker A: I'm forgetting the word. But like, none of them have any connection to anything that Donald Trump says they have. No say, no poll, no whatever. Right.
[00:26:55] Speaker B: No.
[00:26:56] Speaker A: You're sitting watching a national sporting event, right.
Between two hockey teams that have nothing to do with politics.
[00:27:05] Speaker B: Right.
[00:27:06] Speaker A: And. And you're Booing the national anthem as protest. Yeah, I don't think booing the national anthem is going to change whether or not the President of the United States wants to invade your country. Like, it does absolutely nothing for it.
[00:27:21] Speaker B: No, it doesn't, silly.
Yeah, it's just their way of. But, yeah, we're biased. But our.
[00:27:32] Speaker A: He wants to make Canada, or make the U.S. canada's 11th province or whatever it is.
[00:27:38] Speaker B: He never did say that. But he did do blackface. So we're gonna do his. We're gonna boo his anthem because Trudeau did blackface.
[00:27:45] Speaker A: That guy.
[00:27:46] Speaker B: Exactly. So, yeah, you have your reasoning. You have your reasoning on Thursday to boo that anthem? No, I'm kidding.
[00:27:55] Speaker A: I say we sing the American anthem as loud as possible. I'll be singing it from. From my bar seat, assuming we go to end zone. Yeah, you're. Damn.
[00:28:06] Speaker B: That's the thing. I'm just like, you know what? At the end of the day, and here's the thing, like, a lot of people are saying, like, oh, politics have no reason to, you know, be a part of the sport. Blah, blah, blah. Especially Americans are kind of saying that right now. Like, and Canadians, too, especially in our comments. They're like, it's just not the place for it. Like, you know, we're here to compete, blah, blah. What the was Miracle on Ice about? What was the tension between America. It was the Cold War. I'm sorry, but, like, sports are the way that political tensions, just rivalries between countries, like, they're always settled somehow between sports because it's in war.
But the friendly way.
[00:28:49] Speaker A: Friendly way is through friendly wars.
[00:28:51] Speaker B: Yeah, friendly wars. No, but, like, sports is a friendly war. Like, those guys don't hate each other. No, the US And Canadian, they play with each other. Exactly.
But, yeah, I mean, I think it's just kind of silly to not expect that it's gonna come. I said this to you like. Or maybe I don't remember who I said it to, but when this whole thing was going on with the whole, you know, 51st state stuff, which I've been saying for years. He's just copying me now. I didn't actually mean it, but we don't want them leave. You guys can have the loony and the toonie. Like, I don't want that. So, okay, back to the game. Back to the game. We're. We're not going to get all red, white and blue on you guys. But that game as a whole, I thought the U.S. the Americans played a very good defensive game. I think for the casual Fan watching hockey after the first period, it probably, it was definitely still electric but it wasn't as maybe exciting as like a 33 or a 43 game going overtime, like something like that, you know. It was only three goals scored.
Well I guess four if you count them together.
[00:30:01] Speaker A: But really all the goals were off. Like weird miscues too.
[00:30:06] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:30:06] Speaker A: Just shots on that Jake Gensel forecheck kind of led to Connor McDavid's rush. Yep. I think Jake Gensel's first goal was just kind of weird. Fluky.
[00:30:18] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:30:20] Speaker A: Was a weird change.
[00:30:22] Speaker B: Yes. Yeah.
[00:30:23] Speaker A: Canada messed up a weird change.
[00:30:28] Speaker B: It's the battle of mistakes. I mean both, both the teams played pretty well defensively. I thought the Americans definitely had a lot more opportunities and chances at least more possession time and like actually controlling the puck. I don't remember what the scoring chances stat was. I'm not an advanced stat nerd. But I do know, I don't, I don't know who led. That is what I'm saying.
[00:30:50] Speaker A: But I think the, the US Led in total shots and attempted shots. Canada had a lot more blocked shots and the scoring opportunities were pretty even if I remember correctly.
[00:31:02] Speaker B: Okay. So yeah, yeah. I thought the game was, it was so, so fun to watch. Just true. Best on best hot. Like best on best hockey and watching these guys play with so much intensity and everyone on the Internet, you know, reacted to it as I expected that. You know you had football players, baseball like yeah. High level celeb like figures in the sports world tuning into this game which is how you know you're doing something right.
[00:31:31] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:31:31] Speaker B: You put that American flag like you said, you put that on the player's chest and immediately tweeting about it. Yeah. I don't know if he's ever talked about hockey. Yeah.
[00:31:42] Speaker A: I can't remember a time.
[00:31:44] Speaker B: No. And I saw, I think it was like five peak was like 5 million viewers on ABC in the U.S. yeah. Which is like higher. The highest like non Stanley cup televised event for the, for hockey in the last couple odd years.
So that's awesome to see, you know, the growth of the sport. I think you know getting people in the door and I think Thursday is going to double and I don't even know double that. It's going to be tough to beat that Saturday night.
But it's, it's a rematch. I, I still think that that's going to be the most watched game I.
[00:32:19] Speaker A: Think solely because of how that first game started.
[00:32:25] Speaker B: True.
[00:32:25] Speaker A: People, there is hype around it. People know what's happening. Yep.
People are going to want to see it. I think that this game will look completely different. Obviously Canada, I believe they should have Kale McCarr back in action, which is going to be huge for them.
[00:32:42] Speaker B: Their power play.
[00:32:43] Speaker A: Yeah, just everything about it. Although I will say Canada's power play did not look nearly as strong as I thought it would in that game against the US and given they don't have Kale McCarr. Oh, whoop Dee doo. They still have Josh Morrissey, right?
[00:32:58] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:32:59] Speaker A: One of the best offensive defensemen in the NHL.
Oh, no. Right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's just, it's. It's real interesting. I think that game's gonna look a lot different. I don't know what they're gonna do goaltending wise. I don't know if you still run with Jordan Bennington because I don't. After specific the game against the us, he did not look bad.
The two goals he let up were kind of brutal. Well, the first goal was brutal. The second goal was.
Yeah, it's like a two on one far side. You probably want it back, but at the same time it's like it's not completely your fault.
[00:33:40] Speaker B: No.
[00:33:41] Speaker A: But then that game against Finland today, I don't know how you start that guy letting in three go. They, they almost blew a four nothing lead in the third period. Like, I don't know how you start that guy again and not give Aiden Hill or Sam Montembo a chance. Like, yeah, because it's been working. Right. They won two or three games.
[00:34:05] Speaker B: But like, yeah.
[00:34:06] Speaker A: Do you really want to risk that and have. Even if the US's offense is, is significantly better than Finland's. Right.
Even if you have a 34 nothing lead in the third period, are you gonna give the US a chance to get back in it with a goalie who's been kind of shaky late in games?
I don't think so. I mean, they gave up a, they give up a 3 to 1 lead against Sweden in the first game.
[00:34:30] Speaker B: Too true.
[00:34:32] Speaker A: And that's with their full roster with Cale McCarr.
[00:34:34] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:34:35] Speaker A: Like it's just one. I don't know if you run with them. I don't know.
[00:34:39] Speaker B: I, I think they're going to just based on the fact that they, you know, it was a close game against the U.S.
and yeah, he's had some shaky moments. But Aiden Hill as your backup or Sam Montebo? Hell no.
[00:34:52] Speaker A: I don't know how the hell that guy made the.
Is a great young goalie, but I don't know how the hell there was. I mean, Darcy Kemper even.
[00:35:02] Speaker B: Yeah, true.
[00:35:03] Speaker A: Pick a random Canadian goal.
It's probably better than both the guys you picked over Sam.
[00:35:11] Speaker B: Yeah.
No, I was thinking someone else.
[00:35:13] Speaker A: There's a lot of guys you could go with.
[00:35:15] Speaker B: Like there is. And that's.
[00:35:16] Speaker A: I think it's just very Blackwood.
[00:35:19] Speaker B: Yeah. He's honestly a better younger. Yeah.
[00:35:24] Speaker A: But he's your international goalie of the future at this point in time. Like, you might as well take him now.
I think talking about the future in the Olympics next year, I think that Canada's goaltending situation is going to look wildly different than it is in this tournament. I don't think so too. Any of these guys are going to be on the Olympic team next year.
[00:35:48] Speaker B: No.
Have had Carter Hart, but you know.
[00:35:51] Speaker A: Yeah.
Shout out to 2018, 2017.
[00:35:56] Speaker B: They ruined it. They did ruin it. It was 2018, 2018. Yeah.
Yeah. Those guys suck. So. Yeah, I mean, I think Construction company.
[00:36:09] Speaker A: That guy.
[00:36:11] Speaker B: Your house.
[00:36:11] Speaker A: London, Ontario.
Leave the city.
[00:36:16] Speaker B: Nope. Gotta stay there. Yeah. So I think this.
I thought another. Oh, my God. Charlie McAvoy is my hero right now. He's. He is the best defender on that team.
[00:36:33] Speaker A: Absolutely.
[00:36:34] Speaker B: Now, I said defender, not defenseman. I mean, I could say he's the best defenseman on the team too. But even just in the league, like, he is one of the best defenders in the league, I think.
[00:36:44] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:36:44] Speaker B: Just watching him play, like, there's some sequences of just watching. If you lock in on Charlie McEvoy and watch what he does in that game, he just. Absolutely.
He was just. He was such a lockdown force. And yeah, he gave up that goal like we said, but he seriously made up for that and played his heart out. I thought Austin Matthews and both Jack Hughes had a great defensive game. It may not have looked like they had a good game on the stat sheet, but that's what happens when you have a best on best.
Like when you see in the Stanley cup finals, it's often not your star players. You know, people always say like, oh, where do you go in the. In the playoffs? It's like, well, he has to play defense. And he's also playing against line one of. I mean, who'd the Panthers play this year? Oilers. So, like Barkov's playing against David. Like. Like those guys kind of just get canceled out at that point. And it comes down to your depth. And who's got depth? The usa, Canada does not. We have Dylan Larkin on our fourth line. That's Dylan Larkin.
[00:37:44] Speaker A: He is line center. He's the first line center and captain in the NHL and he's the fourth line. J.T. miller is on like the third line. He had 103 points last year.
[00:37:56] Speaker B: Exactly.
[00:37:56] Speaker A: That's nuts.
[00:37:57] Speaker B: Yeah. And that's nuts. Yeah. And like any Stanley cup run, anything like that, you have to have production from your depth players. And like we're saying that Dylan Larkin and Jake Gensler quote unquote, depth players.
[00:38:11] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:38:11] Speaker B: I think Gensel plays on the first line, but I mean, yeah, these, this team is just so deep and I just don't think, I think that's what's going to hurt Canada truthfully. Unless they have a showing from McKinnon and Crosby. But you guys are going up against Austin Matthews who's I think the best center in the game. Who plays the position of center correctly.
[00:38:35] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:38:36] Speaker B: Behind maybe Sid.
[00:38:38] Speaker A: But I'm gonna say, I'm gonna say this, this might be a hot take. I genuinely think Auston Matthews is the best two way player in the NHL.
You think about a guy who can score 70 goals.
[00:38:49] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:38:50] Speaker A: Even though he's never scored 70 goals. 69 last year. But guy with the ability to put up 69 goals in a single season.
[00:38:59] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:39:00] Speaker A: And also would be on most teams. Penalty kills.
[00:39:03] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:39:04] Speaker A: That's nuts.
[00:39:05] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:39:06] Speaker A: And dab that guy as your first line center. Second line center. Even with, I don't, I don't know if Jack Eichel's playing above him. It's been kind of weird.
[00:39:16] Speaker B: No, they, they like flip flop, they're just kind of like thrown out to see who's matched up with who. But.
[00:39:22] Speaker A: Yeah, it's just one of those things where it's like you have that guy on your team and he's tasked with Shutting down. Connor McDavid. Yeah. He might not, he might not be like your number one point scorer because his main goal for the, the tournament is to make sure that Connor McDavid doesn't score on his line.
[00:39:40] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:39:41] Speaker A: But then you take into account that Connor McDavid has four points in the tournament. Right. Is three points in two games against every other team. He only has one against the U.S. yeah. Right. And he, other than his one goal.
[00:39:54] Speaker B: He, he did not factor.
[00:39:56] Speaker A: He was non factor. Nathan McKinnon against the US didn't do anything.
[00:40:02] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:40:03] Speaker A: Like it really. I didn't even notice him out there for most of the game. Same thing with Sid. And that's kind of like there, there are players across the US team that can kind of do that.
You'll go like Jack Eichel he's gonna do that mostly by controlling the puck. And I think he's somebody who really has gotten underrated in the last few years as to how good he is.
[00:40:24] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:40:25] Speaker A: Obviously with the injury. Played on Buffalo for the first half of his career, the injury. And then he plays on Vegas, which they play more of like, a defense first, like, team system game where it doesn't really allow a single player to shine.
But you watch him play in this tournament, and every time he's on the ice, you notice.
[00:40:46] Speaker B: Yeah, it's.
[00:40:47] Speaker A: It's kind of one of those things where it's like, he looks like Connor McDavid, but on the US where he's on the ice, he has the puck, you're like, holy, this guy's gonna score a goal. Yeah, this guy's gonna set something up. Which I don't feel like, in normal games, you really notice Jack Eichel like that. No, this tournament is kind of. Maybe. Maybe I just don't watch enough Vegas hockey.
[00:41:12] Speaker B: Yeah, we can't in Idaho. We can't watch it all night at NHL. Yeah.
[00:41:17] Speaker A: Although I can because I have YouTube TV now, but.
[00:41:20] Speaker B: Oh, do you have the Bay Area?
[00:41:23] Speaker A: Well, it's. I. I have access no matter what, but we have local channels, so I can watch. We can watch Vegas MSNBC local or NBC SN local. Yeah.
[00:41:35] Speaker B: Oh, I don't even know that. Yeah.
[00:41:37] Speaker A: Oh, well, that's cool either way. It's just one of those things where it's like, I've never noticed that before, and I'm watching. I'm watching the US Team play, and I noticed Jack Eichel on the ice a lot more than I noticed anybody else. I'm like, exactly.
[00:41:51] Speaker B: Yeah.
Yeah, no, he is. And, like, I think we were talking about, like, how kind of cool it is that we can watch some of these players that normally we don't. Can't. Like. Charlie McAvoy is a great example. Like, I've never truly been on his side and been able to watch him play defense or, like, really paid attention to him. I mean, I've known he's a great defender, but I just being able to watch him and, like, root for him. Jack Eichel the same way Austin Matthews is a big one, because I don't really. I'm not a big fan of the Maple Leafs. I know you have a different opinion, but, yeah, I am usually not rooting against him, but just not wanting the Leafs to succeed in my own biases. But I think this tournament's been fun to be able to like, come together as a country and be like, this is awesome. Jack Eichel, I love you. Awesome. Matthews, I love you. Yeah, Noah. Like. Like that.
[00:42:47] Speaker A: I saw some comments on, like, on Instagram, posts about. Specifically about Canada because they played the first few games of Montreal. Right. And there are people commenting about. This is the first time they've ever cheered for Brad Marchand, ever.
[00:43:00] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:43:01] Speaker A: Which I find. I find that same thing. Like, that's the first time he's ever gotten cheered for at the Bell Center.
[00:43:09] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:43:10] Speaker A: The same thing for a bunch of those guys. Like, you just look down the list, and it's like, there's players that play for, you know, different teams all around the place.
[00:43:18] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:43:18] Speaker A: And they get.
[00:43:19] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:43:19] Speaker A: Matthew Tkachuk, if he scores a goal in Boston on Thursday, guarantee you he'll be getting cheered pretty goddamn loud.
[00:43:27] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:43:27] Speaker A: And that's the first ever happened.
[00:43:30] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:43:30] Speaker A: Yeah. Especially after that first game.
[00:43:32] Speaker B: Yeah, that first game and that second game, like, him and him against Finland. But, like, we've got to touch on them. The Kachuk brothers. Thank you, Keith Kachuk's balls. Seriously, I wish you had another son. But, like, we.
[00:43:48] Speaker A: We got.
[00:43:49] Speaker B: Yeah.
Yeah.
I don't know. I just.
Those two together is so fun to watch. I mean, I've. I've been a fan of math, and honestly, we've both been a fan of the Trucks, I think, since we met them in Nashville.
[00:44:03] Speaker A: Since Matt slapped Scott's ass. That's.
[00:44:05] Speaker B: Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Shout out Scott Young again. And. Yeah, I mean, those two have been always. You know, they play just like their dad, Matthew, a little bit.
Not more skill, but more finesse, I guess you could say Brady's just like his dad.
[00:44:24] Speaker A: Like, four minutes against Sweden, and I saw him body like three guys.
[00:44:28] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:44:30] Speaker A: Total minutes. He said it was one shift. He said two guys into the boards, flying.
[00:44:35] Speaker B: I saw that. No, it's just stuff like that. Like, this is the kind of hockey that we need. Matthew Chuck's a Stanley cup champion. Like, we know that. That in Florida plays exactly like he does.
We need that against Canada because they think it's all skill and finesse right now, but they don't really have a true basher on their team. Unless you want to count Drew Doughty's bum ass.
Exactly. You got thrown into the boards by Brady Kachuk, which, if you don't know any backstory on the Chucks and Drew Doughty. They hate each other, at least. Drew Doughty. Yeah. You not.
I'll send you a video after, but there's just a compilation of Matthew Chuck and Drew Doughty going at it to each other. And I think Drew Doughty said in an interview something like, Matthew at the time was like, 20, 21.
[00:45:32] Speaker A: Oh, I remember that. It was. He said, when the Flames and the. And the Kings had that huge rivalry. I forgot about that.
[00:45:40] Speaker B: Yeah. Drew Doughty said something like, he needs to show respect to, you know, players of my caliber. Like, I'm a Norris winner. And he's like, Matthew just said, like, I don't have to respect you. Like, you don't have any of my respect.
Yeah. And it's just like, that's the kind of player that you need. And Martian used to be like that. I mean, he still kind of is, but, yeah, you need that, like, that grit. And of course, you know, they start the game off with the fights and stuff, and I wouldn't be surprised if another one goes off, like, on Thursday.
So, yeah, I am.
Yeah. Woke up Saturday just so excited for that game. I'm so glad we won because we would have to defend ourselves pretty hard.
But we live to see another day, and, you know, we're ready for it because I think Thursday is. I think it's gonna be another close game. I mean, I don't think the US Is going to blow them out by any means. I'd love to see that. But it's Team Canada. It's Team Canada at the end of the day. But you guys are not.
[00:46:41] Speaker A: Best talking nation in the world.
[00:46:43] Speaker B: Exactly. They are the second best at hockey. We know this.
And, you know, I think the NHL has seriously robbed us of watching the U.S. i mean, I was gonna say, like, robbed us watching the U.S. like, climb up the international ladder. But behind the scenes, if you're watching the World Juniors, like, that's already been happening. Yeah, they won this year. They won last year.
[00:47:09] Speaker A: So Canada did win three in a row a few years back. But I believe it was, like, over the last we looked at that, we talked about this. It was like, over the last 15 years, the US has won more than.
[00:47:21] Speaker B: You see all that stuff behind me. Yeah, that's all part of my past. All the stuff I'm focused on you in the future, what's in front of me. This stuff is my past. This is all stuff from my past. That's like a little toy I got.
[00:47:36] Speaker A: Actually pointing something out.
[00:47:38] Speaker B: No, no, just a metaphor. But this is. I mean, it truly is. Like, everything behind me is part of my past. We're focused on the future, though, here at hockey. Team usa. USA Hockey. So hockey Canada, you Got some. You got some competition coming your way. It's not your world anymore. You guys have been out of the loop. Not out of the loop, but NHL just hasn't shown us, you know.
[00:48:04] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:48:05] Speaker B: That we're the supreme leaders and we're.
[00:48:07] Speaker A: Going to show you that you're the 51st state.
[00:48:11] Speaker B: Yes, you are.
Yeah.
So, yeah, we were gonna. We're gonna dedicate this show to Keith Kachuk's balls.
[00:48:22] Speaker A: Shout out Keith. Good Chuck and his nuts.
[00:48:26] Speaker B: Appreciate you. Yeah, I saw a tweet. Someone was like the biggest. The worst thing Keith Tkachuk did was not have more sons.
[00:48:37] Speaker A: TBSA full line, 23 Kachuks.
[00:48:41] Speaker B: Hey. I mean, the more they reproduce and like start to have offspring, we could.
[00:48:45] Speaker A: They got a goal. He's beating the out of or whatever game.
[00:48:49] Speaker B: Yeah, well, that would have been Bennington, but yeah, he used to play, so.
[00:48:54] Speaker A: Bennington. Jordan. Bennington's the long lost Keith Kachuk son.
[00:48:58] Speaker B: Yeah, he really is, but he's not good at hockey, so.
[00:49:02] Speaker A: Oh, you know, that's a good point. Oh, he didn't make the NHL. He's better than me.
[00:49:05] Speaker B: But he did play. He did win a Stanley Cup. But you know, again, past, past. We're focused on the future.
[00:49:11] Speaker A: Behind me. Drew Doughty, you're Norris. Behind me.
[00:49:15] Speaker B: Behind me. Canada, all your gold medals. Behind. Behind. This year. Yeah, it was this year. USA won gold at world juniors. We're going to win gold at the four nations. We're going to win gold at the juniors again next year. And we're going to win gold at the Olympics. And then we're going to win gold at the World cup of hockey.
[00:49:33] Speaker A: Since 2016, an international play with NHL players. The U.S. is 10 against Canada.
[00:49:40] Speaker B: True. Also, Sid lost his first game as a Maple Leaf or not as a team.
[00:49:45] Speaker A: It was the first game since like 2010 because the U.S. beat Canada in that round robin.
A bunch of Canadians going, oh, Canada lost on purpose to break the U.S. s heart. You think Canada wanted to set up to plague in the US Again? No.
[00:50:00] Speaker B: You think that?
[00:50:01] Speaker A: Absolutely not.
[00:50:02] Speaker B: You think that Team Canada lost in Canada against the US to potentially miss the four nations gold, whatever the. The tournament? Yeah, I think that they lost in Canada on purpose so they can go to us to their home state now and go back to their win. Yeah, back. They're gonna go back to their home. Yeah. Team USA in 2026 is going to be nasty.
[00:50:31] Speaker A: Boston's going to be the new capital of Nova Scotia.
[00:50:34] Speaker B: Dude, think about it. Team USA in 2026. Is going to have McDavid Crosby, Austin Matthews, Matthew Tachuk.
[00:50:45] Speaker A: It'll be unbelievable.
[00:50:46] Speaker B: It's gonna be nuts.
I thought. I think it was pk. PK Suban. Such a dumbass for asking this question. But he asked Matthew if he would ever play for Team Canada.
I saw that was like, no, like.
[00:51:03] Speaker A: He just American through and through.
[00:51:05] Speaker B: Yeah. He's like, that is the stupidest question. Some of the comments people were like, oh, he wouldn't even make the team anyways. Really? Over Travis Kineckney or Sam Bennett is quite literally Travis.
[00:51:16] Speaker A: Connect me. But 10 times better. They play the exact same game. Just Matthew Chuck is significantly better.
[00:51:23] Speaker B: Exactly. He almost had a between the legs goal.
[00:51:27] Speaker A: Yeah. I thought, dude, that those brothers. Can we just take a second?
[00:51:34] Speaker B: Yeah. Thank you.
[00:51:38] Speaker A: Shout out to that guy. Right? The greatest thing he ever did for. For the game of hockey wasn't scoring 500 goals in the National Hockey League. It was having two sons, right?
[00:51:48] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:51:48] Speaker A: Because if only he had a third, right, that played center and we could watch all three of them play together. That would be nuts. That'd be hilarious. I don't think that line would stick together very long because they'd probably get in fights every single shift. But it was.
[00:52:03] Speaker B: I don't.
I expect to see a fight in the first period. After that, though, I think they'll be one at puck drop again. But after that it's going to be. They're gonna be dialed in. We'll get rough and rowdy, but yeah, we'll see. Make sure you guys tune in. It's tomorrow. If you're listening to this on Wednesday. If you listen to us on Thursday, it's tonight. Tune in that tv. It's on espn, I believe this time. So better watch the. Out of that because that game is going to be peak tv. If you thought Saturday was awesome, just wait.
[00:52:33] Speaker A: Oh, yeah.
[00:52:33] Speaker B: Because Thursday it's. It's a rematch and it's a rematch within four days. Usually we have to wait a year for a rematch and this is one four days later. So. Yep, super pumped.
Yeah, it is.
[00:52:48] Speaker A: So the entire day off, I'm gonna spend the entire day pre gaming.
[00:52:53] Speaker B: I'm down.
[00:52:54] Speaker A: If I remember. If we remember this game, we did something wrong.
[00:53:00] Speaker B: Yeah, true, true. Yeah, no, we'll. We'll definitely. Yeah, we'll hang out. Maybe we'll go live on Instagram too.
[00:53:07] Speaker A: Do a little Hell yeah. Oh, dude, that'd be fun.
[00:53:10] Speaker B: Yeah. At the bar. A little fun. I thought about it, but I don't really want to sit in front of a camera for three hours. That's for the game. Like, I want to bask. No offense to you viewers, but unless all you would tune in, I totally would. But if we're gonna get, like, two people, one being my mom and the other being Scott, I'm not gonna do that.
[00:53:33] Speaker A: Scott will be there, but it'll be. It'll be odd. It'll be like, I'm bored of you guys.
[00:53:37] Speaker B: Oh, we can. We can go live on our phone during intermission or something on Instagram, so it could be fun. But, yeah, everyone tune in Keith Kachuk's balls. Thank you so much.
Everyone listening. Thank you so much. Go follow us on Instagram, because I've been doing some reactions after the game. Defend me in the comments if you're an American fan. If you're a Canadian fan, send some hate.
[00:53:59] Speaker A: Hate on Sean.
[00:54:01] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:54:02] Speaker A: Yeah, I've been getting too much hate recently. Hate on this guy.
[00:54:06] Speaker B: Yeah, no, I've gotten. I've gotten a good amount, but it's all deserved. I mean, I don't. I take some shots, but, you know.
[00:54:16] Speaker A: I can't wait for next week's podcast when the US Wins this tournament.
[00:54:21] Speaker B: Same.
[00:54:22] Speaker A: And I get to go back on this podcast and say, you, 51st state, go eat a wiener. I'm not gonna say that on.
On the Internet, but.
[00:54:35] Speaker B: Yeah, you just did, so I was.
[00:54:37] Speaker A: Gonna say something worse, but.
[00:54:40] Speaker B: All right, guys, we love you. Thank you.
[00:54:42] Speaker A: We're gonna beat you.
[00:54:43] Speaker B: Yeah, we do. And, like, yeah, all. All jokes aside, Canada, you're a great team. We're excited to play on Thursday, but you're going down. Hockey's our sport now. We're gonna put a tariff on hockey for you guys, so plus 500% and see you in the next one. Oh, yeah.
[00:55:00] Speaker A: Yeah. Before we log off, we get to watch the greatest matchup in hockey two times in one week, and I think that's a blessing.
[00:55:07] Speaker B: Dude, that is so true.
[00:55:08] Speaker A: That being said, peace.
[00:55:11] Speaker B: Peace, everyone.
