Episode Transcript
[00:00:09] Speaker A: All right, everybody, welcome back to the Good OL Hockey podcast. This is episode number 40. And we're back after a much needed break for the boys.
We had a lot. We did a lot this season. Season's over finally.
We, I mean, fell like it ended so quick too.
It was so, such a long stay in the cup final series. And then, you know, Galley and I went straight to Las Vegas and pretty much right after, I mean, what this playoffs ended on Monday night. We recorded Tuesday, put it out Wednesday and Thursday. We were on the road. So it was a quick turnaround. Long weekend. So let's get into that weekend recap.
What's it called? Recap. Our experience in Las Vegas. We got to go the very first time for the NHL draft. Galley, what do you think of it? Just the weekend as a whole, I guess.
[00:01:04] Speaker B: Weekend as a whole is unbelievable. I mean, going to both the awards and the draft. I mean, the draft in the sphere was pretty insane. I feel like the awards, I mean, I think the host did a really good job. What's his name?
Yeah, I know you're talking about something, friend, I think.
[00:01:23] Speaker A: Oh, Matt Fredman Friedman. I don't know.
[00:01:26] Speaker B: Yeah, I think Matt Freed free end or something. I'm totally butchering his name. He did a really good job. Yeah, I feel like that was kind of run of show. Like every year is going to be kind of similar to that. But the sphere was unbelievable. Like, I feel like the NHL did such a good job with that. I feel like they should event. They should hold more events there. I know we were both talking like, what if they did a stadium series game there? That would be really sick.
[00:01:48] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:01:49] Speaker B: But I mean, that sphere has so much potential. I think that's honestly one of the coolest venues in the whole world right now.
[00:01:56] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:01:56] Speaker B: Whether it's a concert, whether you're seeing that NHL draft, you know, I thought the weekend was amazing in that perspective. Vegas is kind of.
It's kind of a shitty place. Yeah, everything's expensive. You're paying $6 for a water. No water fountains either, so. And we didn't do too good on the tables, but. Yeah, man, it was.
Yeah.
[00:02:21] Speaker A: I mean, not that we did okay. We didn't do bad on the tables. I just don't think I had enough time. I gambled $50 and that's all I could because that's all I could afford after fucking food prices in Vegas are crazy expensive. I was on the ride back home.
I was deep in Reddit just reading about Vegas back in the old days. Just glorifying it. And they were saying that back in the eighties, like, you get, like, housing or lodging was super cheap. Free food, free buffets, everything like that. Drinks were flowing at you because they want you to spend your money gambling and at the shows, they want you to spend your money at those things. They don't really care about food and all. Like, they're not. That's not how they make their money nowadays. Yeah, that's not the case. Like, it's literally, the hotel itself was expensive, and then we got a deal, and it was still expensive for us. Food, I don't even want to talk about food. Food was $20 a person a meal. $20 a person a meal. Insane. Like, in and out was probably the only place that was affordable.
[00:03:22] Speaker B: Yeah, shout out. In and out for that, too.
[00:03:24] Speaker A: Yeah, honestly. Only that kept their, their prices the same everywhere else. They just all of a sudden, I don't know.
[00:03:32] Speaker B: But, dude, and my philosophy on it, I think it's just, it's a global city now, and that's why they can charge these prices, because there's people coming from all around the globe, every single continent, and they're ready to spend bands because, one, they're going to be gambling a lot. Yeah, but I mean, the american experience, it's, everything is there. And, um, it also sucks. Just like, I mean, walking around the strip when it's 110 degrees is pretty brutal.
[00:03:57] Speaker A: That, too.
[00:03:59] Speaker B: But, I mean, we knew it was coming in Vegas.
[00:04:02] Speaker A: Yeah, we did.
[00:04:03] Speaker B: Yeah, man, I just, I feel like I don't really recommend it to too many places. Steve Aoki was cool. That was a cool way to end off.
Drive home was brutal on Sunday.
[00:04:12] Speaker A: Yeah, it was long. And I appreciate, like, everyone give a round of applause to galley. He drove there and back there four in the morning on Thursday, and, you know, we made it in perfect time. Went the speed limit the whole way, and we got there, like, shaved off a ton of time and, yeah, I mean, overall, it was a great experience and, like, really cool to, I feel like for both me and galley to, like, you know, say that we're there for a hockey podcast was like, you know, just something really cool to, you know, I mean, we were tourists to begin with, but, you know, we also had some ties to it, and it was really cool to experience that there, especially in the sphere. That was the first time the sphere ever did, um, what's it called? A live sporting event there, even though it wasn't really sports. But also, did you see Dana white trash in the NHL for that? This fear.
[00:05:04] Speaker B: Yeah, I did. I did.
[00:05:06] Speaker A: Dana White, you bald fuck. I don't care what you can do with the, uh. Of course it's going to be cooler. It's the UFC. It's like live action fighting. This is an NHL draft. He was like, oh, this is like kids with crayons.
Yeah, we know, we know. You can probably do better with the UFC.
[00:05:21] Speaker B: Like, I mean, it's. I think it's similar. The draft is, I mean, not saying the draft is on the magnitude of a weigh in, but like a weigh in and a draft is like pretty similar. Like, no one's fighting in it. Sure, there's going to be some fireworks and drama and, and Bennett Snecky gets picks third overall. And. And I mean, but yeah, I mean, that was kind of outrageous. He runs his mouth about everything, which he can. I mean, yeah, he can't stream successful, but I will say, I mean, a UFC match there. A lot of things there. I mean, the draft was cool because, I mean, you have the biggest Joe motron ever there. But like a UFC fight, I mean, if you're in the nosebleeds, you can't see anything. Like, might as well watch it on tv at that point because you're like way up there. Yeah, I think a concert would probably be the coolest experience there.
But yeah, man, I mean, the sphere is incredible.
I mean, just the architecture of it, what it looks like on the outside, what they do, all those motion graphics. I mean, I've dabbled around with motion graphics and my previous experiences and with this podcast a little bit and it just blew me away. Like, holy shit. I don't even know what they do.
[00:06:31] Speaker A: But yeah, they had, at one point they had all the players faces up on the sphere. It was just crazy to see, like, all these kids are going to get drafted most likely.
[00:06:40] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:06:41] Speaker A: And to see all them above, like, it was just a lot of the stuff. Um, which I wish we took more videos of. Um, could have made like an Instagram thing out of. I didn't even think of that when we were there. But, um. Yeah, it was honestly really cool to be a part of and just see everything and everything like that. But before we get into the drafts, we'll kind of back it up the weekend a bit. NHL awards on Thursday, like you said it was. Yeah, it's a tv show. Like, I was telling people today about it and I was like, honestly, like, that's a live t. That's a tv thing. Obviously it's cool to be in person, but you could tell it was very like, scripted. And you're watching a tv show get filmed, a live award show.
[00:07:19] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:07:20] Speaker A: I don't know. I thought it was kind of cool to see that. And we got to see all the players, some of them. We also saw the red carpet. There's like a red carpet thing, I guess you could say, but they were just walking in there.
[00:07:32] Speaker B: Yeah, but I will let some. My one criticism of the fountain blue, cool ballroom, cool venue, cool host, I thought they did an okay job with all that, but get a damn red carpet and please, like, there's people gambling and who are staying at the hotel walking through where the best NHL players are walking through.
[00:07:53] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:07:53] Speaker B: And I mean, obviously, you know when that's coming.
And it was really cool. I mean, we saw Austin Matthews, we saw the Hughes brothers. We saw Khusharov, literally villain of the NHL is my opinion on him now. And I thought the coolest part about the whole red carpet was Martin Broder. That guy's such a class act. And to see him just stop and sign everyone's autographs and talk to people, take pictures with people, I mean, this guy's in one of the best goalies of all time for him to do that, it says a lot about his character. And I mean, you see these other superstars, which, to be fair, it's a little bit different world that they're growing up and living in now, especially in the NHL, kind of just blow past for the most part, everyone.
[00:08:39] Speaker A: No, people like, yeah, remember that some of those guys, they were like, who is that guy? And we're like, Marty Brodur.
[00:08:45] Speaker B: Yeah, I know. Ridiculous. But another thing. I know I'm on a little bit of rant right now, but another thing that kind of upset me and was surprised me was people doing autographs. I was shocked to see some tactics that people were using to get autographs from some of these players. And, I mean, there's people there with duffel bags of jerseys and they would get a little girl.
[00:09:10] Speaker A: There's getting numbers, too. Yeah.
[00:09:13] Speaker B: Basically to go out and get that signed. And it's like, that's like so disheartening to see someone use a kid to get autographs. And I'm sure this is nothing new. I'm sure this has been happening for decades, probably, um, I mean, somewhat of a smart tactic from their standpoint. But it's like. It's like unethical. It's like, what's. What's going on here?
[00:09:33] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:09:34] Speaker B: Because, you know, they're turning around and making bands off those jerseys so that was a little bit disheartening. That was my first time seeing that, um, in action. And it was just. It's pretty.
[00:09:44] Speaker A: I don't know. Did you hear this part when we. When Marty Bordeaux walked up? He was walking. Bye. Um, the guy who was there trying to get autographs was asking around what number Martin Brodur was and someone said it and he pulled out one of his numbers and handed the number to the kid like it wasn't even a jerk. It wasn't a Martender Martin Brodur jersey. It was literally just a number in red that could go on a New Jersey devil's well, or maybe it was a white number, I don't know. But all he's doing now is he's just going to take that number. What? I forget which one he got signed, but he got that number sign. I was going to go put that on a Martin Boudoir jersey and go sell it to some fan. So, yeah, it's wild what they do. Apparently they have Facebook groups in Vegas that find celebrities that they can get autographs of and resell things. So, I mean, it's wild.
[00:10:39] Speaker B: It's a weird situation for these NHL players to get in. I mean, you see this little girl trying to get an autograph and you're like, well, is she gonna give this to her dad or is she gonna cherish it? I mean, for the most part, I feel like there's a lot of kids that want autographs and it's their favorite thing ever. But yeah, for us to see that firsthand, like, unbelievable. It was also pretty cool to see Austin Matthews acknowledge us and zins shout out shortage.
[00:11:10] Speaker A: Yeah. Yeah. If you didn't see that, go check out our instagram, plug it again at Google Hockey podcast. We also got some street interviews done, which we'll be having out these next couple weeks.
Last week, as you know, we didn't have a podcast. We were taking a break for this great country's rest 4 July week, and we were just tired, you know, long, long season. We brought episodes to you guys once a week, sometimes twice a week during the playoffs. So we need a little bit of a break, but we'll be back.
We're going to be doing it bi weekly, too.
Moving forward with the off season, just because it's a little slow. We got a lot today to cover. So yeah, strap in. It's going to be a good episode. A lot of stuff here. But moving forward, we're probably going to do some stuff, maybe some fan questions, too, and try to get some interviews done as well, so just plan for the future. Had to plug that for a bit, but with the NHL awards. Yeah.
[00:12:03] Speaker B: What was your favorite part of the NHL war? As far I know we've talked about the red carpet a little bit.
[00:12:09] Speaker A: I mean, I think it was just cool to see all those players in one spot, like, how much greatness was in one room. Like, I know. I mean, we could look down and see Nathan McKinnon, Kucharov, the Hughes brothers, hella book, like, all these goalies and Connor Bedard, all these players that were there that were just amazing.
The Hughes brothers was cool to see all three of them walking together.
Obviously, two of them were up for awards, one of them won. Um, Jack was still there, though, but it's kind of cool. Also, I. One thing I then noticed about the red carpet, since we're still talking about this, but, um, we saw Caleb McCarthy there, who wasn't up for anything, I don't think, unless maybe.
[00:12:48] Speaker B: Yeah, he was up for the Norris.
[00:12:50] Speaker A: Oh, he was. That's right. That's right.
[00:12:51] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:12:51] Speaker A: Um, I guess Jack then, he was, like, kind of hiding behind everyone, like, let his brothers kind of take the fame and Quinn was signing everything, but Jack was kind of, you know, with his parents and I thought that was pretty cool just to kind of, you know, share that experience with them and not, you know, he's not taking over all the attention, which he normally would, but super cool to see.
But, yeah, with the winners. Let's look back on it because we did a. What was it? I guess, prediction last episode and also kind of looked at our preseason stuff.
Obviously awesome. Matthews. We got that right. But, yeah, the heart, Nathan McKinnon, first ever heart, which was awesome. Galley called it. What, you called it preseason, too, huh?
[00:13:35] Speaker B: Yeah, called preseason that he was going to get the MVP. So stoked on that. Definitely deserving. I mean, this guy's one of the best players in the league every year. I feel like a lot of other years he's just been a finalist and just barely got edged out by McDavid or Kucharov or. Yeah, I mean, good. Good for McKinnon, though. I think that was very proper. And then the Norris. I don't think either of us got this. I feel like I. I had mentioned it, but I didn't guess it preseason, but Quinn Hughes had an unbelievable year. I mean, I mentioned that once he got that, see, he was really going to step up, but holy shit, I didn't think he was going to win. The Norris stepping up and. Yeah, and he was. I don't think he's the best player defensively. I think he still has a lot of room for improvement on that.
So do I, obviously, but I mean, what a fucking. I mean, he. He's such a good offensive defenseman, and he was one of the biggest reasons why the Canucks had the success they did this year. So that was pretty sweet. And, yeah, the Vesna Hellebuck. I don't think either of us guessed that. I think you might have mentioned it, but, yeah, I said Jacob Markstrom, which was horrible guessdev unbiased pick anyway, not even on the flames anymore, but, yeah, that was a. I mean, totally deserving. And we got to remember, this is for regular season. I know he kind of choked in the playoffs big time. I don't even. I don't. I don't think he was above 900 save percentage, which isn't too good in the playoffs, but.
And then. Yeah, last but not least, Calder trophy. Badardsky won that. We both called that one.
[00:15:13] Speaker A: Yeah, we all could have seen that coming.
[00:15:15] Speaker B: Yeah, definitely. And I feel like Austin Matthews, too. I mean, I feel like he's going to be the favorite going into it next year. The Maurice Richard is kind of his trophy to lose for the next five to ten years, honestly. I mean, he's the best goal scorer in the league right now. I mean, I would say Ov is historically, but I think he's declined a little bit. We'll see. Maybe we have the return of Ov next year, but, yeah, that was really cool to see all their, you know, awards getting handed out. And not only that, just their speeches, too. Classic hockey guy speeches.
[00:15:51] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:15:52] Speaker B: Speaking of classic hockey guy, I know Matt friend or whatever his name was. It's pretty damn funny. I can't believe he clowned on Kucharov. Yeah, he was, like, doing a russian accent. Kutr off was pissed, bro.
[00:16:04] Speaker A: Yeah, I love that.
[00:16:06] Speaker B: That's pretty crazy.
[00:16:07] Speaker A: Yeah. Yeah, he, uh. I thought, yeah, the awards as a whole were like, they. They were done pretty well, as well as Vegas could on a Thursday night. Um, and, yeah, but enough about that. Um, any last thoughts? We'll. We'll talk about. I want to bring something up about the Calder, but I'll wait for next year because I think next year the Calder race is so stacked, and we can bring it up. Yeah, we'll talk about it later, but NHL draft back to that, you know, day of, we walked around the sphere, got some good content, some interviews that I said will be coming out soon. You guys, if you haven't already we got talked to the Philly sports guy, who actually also told us that he'd be willing to come on to our podcast, which we'll definitely do these next couple months.
And we got kicked out. Not kicked out, but we got a kind of told to move. Get the fuck out of there on the sphere. Like, on the grounds of the sphere, because we were interviewing people.
You didn't have credentials. Yeah, it was whatever. So we had to go to the strip, interview people there, which we got. We got a lot of content. There was a lot of hockey fans. You could tell them pretty easily, all wearing hockey, hockey jerseys. So easy to spot there. But, yeah, that's another thing about.
[00:17:27] Speaker B: Another thing about Vegas is, like, how hot it is and hockey jerseys. I mean, I'm sitting in a room right now that's probably like a hundred degrees. There's no ac in here. It's. It's brutal. But, like, in Vegas, it was like 100 to 110 degrees. And, like, some fans are repping their jerseys, which, like props to them. And a lot of fans had their jerseys up above their shoulder, but it was kind of funny to see that, like, all over the strip and. Yeah, yeah, we definitely got some. Some good interviews on there.
[00:17:53] Speaker A: Philly sports guy was dope.
[00:17:55] Speaker B: Like, really dope, dude. I'm stoked to have him back on here. We'll, we'll ask him some juicy questions about Philly. Philly sports.
[00:18:02] Speaker A: You also gave nux to Ryan Smith, the owner, Utah hockey club.
[00:18:07] Speaker B: Oh, you know, yeah. Not a fan of the Utah hockey club for picking Tginla, which we'll get into the. A little bit of a draft analysis. I know some other people have been watching these prospects all year and grading every team. We're going to just kind of go over winners and losers of the draft that stood up, stood out the most. But yeah, it's pretty cool to give knucks to Ryan Smith. I mean, I mean, this guy is a very successful man in sports, and no one was really noticing him. That was one thing that I was surprised about. No one was noticing him. And I'm like, that's fucking Ryan Smith. That's the owner of the jack.
[00:18:42] Speaker A: I didn't even know when you saw.
[00:18:43] Speaker B: Hockey club, you gave him a little bit surprised, and he did it. I mean, he's a dope dude. Like, I feel like he's that type of dude that's going to give you knucks.
[00:18:53] Speaker A: Yeah, I think also with him, a little quick tangent, but I think he's doing a good. You can tell he's trying to grow the game of hockey, especially for his team, but I know I've seen him on, like, Pat McAfee and stuff, talking about the Utah hockey club and stuff like that, and I think he's a cool guy overall. He owns the Jazz, and I didn't know also the soccer team in Salt Lake, whatever that's called. Soccer sC, I don't know.
So, yeah, he's very rich. Man, that galley gave knocks to. So pretty cool. Cool guy.
But, yeah, in terms of, like, fans there, we saw a lot of sharks fans. As to be expected with the number one overall pick. That's how it was last year in Nashville. A lot of Blackhawk fans around, but also still a lot of Blackhawk fans there.
I feel like those fools travel everywhere for that team and all over. I mean, a lot of Vegas. A lot of Vegas fans. Yeah. Which I didn't even realize. A lot of Canadians fans. Yep.
And I think galley, before the draft, was like, who do you think is going to get the most booze or cheers? I didn't think Vegas was. He was saying the Knights were going to, and I just didn't put it together. But I think a lot of the people there just weren't wearing their knights jerseys or something because that place erupted for the nights, um, when they had their pick, so that was cool to see. Uh, the Sharks got a lot of booze, which was understandable. Um, I mean, I feel like everyone.
[00:20:16] Speaker B: Got booed except lanes are silent, honestly.
[00:20:19] Speaker A: Yeah, it wasn't too bad.
[00:20:20] Speaker B: Yeah, I did see. I did see, which I didn't really hear it, but at least on the broadcast, people were saying the Oilers suck when they were picking, I think, oh, 32nd, which I think we're happy. Um, yeah, we we. We have to run, like, the 30th pick. Um, I mean, we were there for, like. I think the first round was like, 4 hours or something.
[00:20:40] Speaker A: 4 hours.
[00:20:40] Speaker B: I mean, shout out to people that stay there two through seven. I don't. I don't know if I can do that. Um. But, uh. Yeah, man. I mean, let's. Let's just get into the analysis of both the winners and losers. I know you. You probably are going to talk about that first.
[00:20:57] Speaker A: I got this.
[00:20:57] Speaker B: All right.
[00:20:58] Speaker A: Yeah, we'll give you. Yeah, yeah, we. I mean, both. I think both our teams are big deserved winners this year, obviously, the sharks celebrating big dub right there. Um, but I think where the rest of it comes in is a lot of the other prospects they were able to snag. Um, Sam Dickinson at the eleven spot. Eleven? Yeah. Eleven spot was super big. I didn't think he's going to fall that far. I thought we were going to pick Z Booyum. Um, I was kind of hoping for him and when they called Sam Dickinson out, I was kind of shocked that he was still available, or at least I forgot he was still available.
I don't think he's going to be playing the NHL next year. I think he's got another HL year, maybe another. I think he has to go back to the canadian league, actually to go.
[00:21:43] Speaker B: He's going to play in CHL again.
[00:21:44] Speaker A: Yeah. Because unless he plays in the NHL. Yeah, his rules.
So it'll be some time before he steps on up. But yeah, I mean, it's a steal, honestly, at number.
[00:21:56] Speaker B: What a number. Eleven. I mean, I feel like a lot of people had him going in the top ten.
I wasn't like the most stoked on him going into the draft, but I mean, to get him at number eleven, that's, that's a dub for the, for the Sharks and I feel like he's not really going to be someone that's going to be a superstar, but he's going to be a solid defenseman.
[00:22:15] Speaker A: Yep.
[00:22:15] Speaker B: He's, he looks all around good. You know, he doesn't look too offensive, which I feel like there's so many offensive defensemans.
[00:22:23] Speaker A: Yeah, that is true.
[00:22:25] Speaker B: Yeah, sure. Excellent draft, though.
[00:22:27] Speaker A: Yeah. And even in the second round, first pick, I still don't know how to say his name, but shares Nov or whatever, he was another first round projected guy and he fell all the way down to the second round, so we were able to snag him up. We got a couple goalies, too, which were nice to see. Um, deep down, I haven't looked too far into it as of, as of yet. Um, but I mean, notably, I mean, I think Will Smith and both Macklin Silver brini signing their entry level contract this week or this last couple months, I guess. Um, super excited. I think, you know, I think the Sharks are going to finish bottom five again, but I think it'll be entertaining to watch this year. Last year was very hard to watch that team. I didn't watch very many games, but this year will be fun, actually. You know, we have some fun guys to watch this upcoming, this upcoming season.
Even some guys from last year's draft coming up.
We'll see. But I thought overall, like, our draft was, was really solid.
You know, getting the first overall pick, obviously you're going to have a pretty good, pretty good draft, but to retool and thankfully getting rid of Eric Carlson paid off. Penguin sucked, and we got pick eleven and Sam Dickinson out of it. So we didn't really lose a whole lot on that Carlson trade. Yeah, that's true.
[00:23:49] Speaker B: It's a good point, though.
[00:23:50] Speaker A: Yeah. So it paid off. Um, and I think next year we'll have another one from the Devils in that Timo Meyer trade. So should be another good year. Um, good draft year next year, too. Um, way too early. We're not going to talk about the prospects next year, but let's hear about Calgary.
[00:24:07] Speaker B: Oh, let's just start this off. Zane Perek, you are going to be a Norris winner. You are fucking incredible.
[00:24:16] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:24:16] Speaker B: At hockey, I am so stoked. We got this guy at nine. I mean, I saw a lot of mock drafts. This guy was going top five.
I mean, in my opinion, I think he's the best offensive defenseman in this whole draft. I think he has a lot of room to grow defensively. But I mean, as an 18 year old winning the CHL defenseman of the year, you know, I think he had 33 goals this year, 96 points as a defenseman. I mean, this guy is incredible out there. I know he broke the record for a 16 year old in the CHL for defensemen and goals. So, I mean, this guy's proven he's going to be a stud. He also sounded ELC, so I'm going to be curious to see if he makes Calgary's opening night roster. Has a good, good, you know, opening camp, I think, all the way.
So we'll definitely see Perek in the NHL soon. Yeah, I know Calgary fans are stoked on him.
He really gives me shades of like, Quinn Hughes Roman Yossi type vibe. So I'm, I'm stoked on Zayn Matvi gridden. I think this guy is also, I know there's been some rumors about him. He was originally committed to University of Michigan and he couldn't make it because he had bad grades. I know that that was released like a few days after the draft. Supposedly he shot that down and it was just rumors, but he did get drafted number one in the Quebec major junior hockey league for their import draft last year. He was the USHL point leader. So I think this guy's solid. He's a center and I think the Flames definitely need some more center depth. I think he's at least a couple of years out from the NHL, but this guy could turn into someone, something really, really good if he has a good year next year in the queue. I mean, be careful. This guy could crack the NHL, even the next year. Andrew Bosch. I'm really stoked we got him. I saw some first round projections for him. We got him in the second. Also a Calgary kid. The Flames stayed on their path of drafting Canadians and Calgary kids. I think we're scarred from drafting Americans, honestly.
Henry mused, another great d man out of the OHL. And then the biggest steal, I think, of the draft was getting Luke Misa at 150th overall, which I know a lot of people know about his younger brother, but this guy is 18 and he scored 85 points in the OHL. He was projected second round, third round by a lot of people. And the fact that we got him in the fifth round.
[00:26:41] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:26:42] Speaker B: I mean, damn. And I just feel like that's going to put fuel to this fire. Be awesome if we get his little brother next year. Um, but yeah, man, I feel like the Flames are going to be an entertaining team to watch. I don't know about this year, but we'll see how many of these guys can crack the NHL roster. But I'm so stoked on. On their, you know, their draft this year, and I'd give it an a or a plus to both San Jose and Calgary.
[00:27:08] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:27:08] Speaker B: I mean, excellent.
[00:27:10] Speaker A: No, I would, too. Um, I think another, like, I think Calgary is a whole. That's funny that you say they didn't draft any american players, which also, I think. What was it? Top ten. No american player got drafted, which I think is the first in a while.
USA has pumped out some pretty good prospects in the past, what's called past couple seasons, definitely. But, yeah. Next team, though. Big a. Big a is to Chicago.
[00:27:40] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:27:40] Speaker A: Levshanov at two was, I think, expected by most. We had thought. I think you kind of got to roll. You got to roll the dice a little bit with Demidov, I think, especially with Chicago, but also maybe not. I mean, they don't. I don't know the need to roll the dice. They've got Conor Bernard and, you know, they're not going to be any better next year, so it's not like they're going to miss outd on anything. I think Devadav is going to be a great player, but again, it's a risky move, and I get why they're going to want a solid defender like Levshanov, who also signed an ELC.
[00:28:19] Speaker B: I think he's going to make the opening night roster for the Blackhawks. I think he's going to be their centerpiece as a defenseman, kind of their next Brent Seabrook or next Chalmerson.
I think they're. That was an excellent pick, honestly. Kind of hitting myself on the head for not picking him in, in my mock draft, but, yeah.
[00:28:41] Speaker A: I have a funny story about Levshanov. So on Thursday night before the draft, Galley and myself, we were at. Was it called Cabo Wabo?
Sammy Hagar. Lead singer, Led Zeppelin. Led Zeppelin, lead singer of Van Halen. Sorry. I, um. His restaurant in Vegas. We're leaving. We had. Had a picture of margaritas that were very strong. Very, very, very strong. I've had pictures of margaritas before and felt fine after, and I was not feeling fine. And we're walking across the strip, and I see this guy. He's pretty young. He's got a bald. Not bald head, but a shaved head, like, buzz cut. And I see a bower shirt on, and I was like, is that Levchanov? And I, like, look over galley. Didn't see this, by the way. Like, I was literally behind the pack, just, like, stumbling. And I was like, levshanov? And he, like, turns around, looks at me like I had five heads, and I was like, you love Artem Levshanov. He was like. And I was like, good luck tomorrow, sir. Like, good luck. And he's like, thank you. I shook his hand, went on his way, but it was funny. I was, like, shocked. I just saw him randomly on the strip, like, it wasn't a bar, like anything like that. It was literally just us walking the strip. I saw his bower shirt, and I was like, what? So, yeah, that was funny.
[00:30:00] Speaker B: He's gonna be solid.
[00:30:01] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:30:01] Speaker B: Yeah. And I feel like they also got good picks on Sasha Boivor and Vaniker. They had three picks in the first round, so I think at least Levshanov is gonna work out for them, but I think one of two of those or maybe both of Vanecker and boy versus boiv Boivert. Whatever you say. But, yeah, Chicago had a good draft. I also think Montreal had a really good draft just because they got Demidov. I think they missed out on Mitch coff, and that was stinging a little bit. So I think they. They went. Rolled the dice and went with a russian this time.
I think that five. Yeah, definitely a steal. A five. And I think he's going to turn out to be something really good for the Canadiens whenever he does come over.
I've heard it's. Might be the same situation to Mitch. Cough. Might not be this year, but maybe next year. Michael Hage is also good, and they also drafted a coy view, son.
[00:30:54] Speaker A: Miko. That's cool.
[00:30:56] Speaker B: That would be. That would be pretty cool.
This is something that I'm upset about, but Utah, I think, had a really good draft, too. The fact that they got Tginla. I think TGLA is going to be very similar to his dad in the NHL. He's going to be, I don't know if you'd call them the cornerstone of the ex Coyotes. I don't even want to call them the hockey club. Like, I want to call them coyotes.
[00:31:18] Speaker A: Because they just call them Utah. Yeah, no, that's true.
[00:31:22] Speaker B: But I feel like a gimla is going to be really good. I also think, boy, win. I don't know how to say his name, but he's a good center, too, so I think that's a very good draft on their side, but yeah. What are your thoughts on Montreal or Utah?
[00:31:38] Speaker A: Yeah, Montreal, I mean, I think they're in a good spot. I think Montreal, I think that's the final piece of their rebuild. Yeah, it's been a long rebuild for them. It seems like because they just can't get out of the top ten, drafting at the top ten.
And I mean, I think next year, I mean, he's not going to come over, so I don't know that they're going to get out of that lottery spot, but I don't think they're going to be as low as they have been the last couple of years. Um, you know, they signed, um, what's his name? Long last name. Dude, I'm blanking on it right now. Um, but, yeah, I think it's honestly a good draft from Montreal. I think it completes the rebuild for them. Utah, um, honestly, great first pick. Tgamline. I know galley was really upset, but at the same time, like, I think we kind of saw this coming. Like, he had gained a lot of hype, um, the last couple months before leading up to the draft, especially in the combine. I think he had a really good combine. That really opened some eyes.
[00:32:35] Speaker B: Good interviews, too.
[00:32:37] Speaker A: Yeah. And to be the first pick of the Utah hockey club is kind of cool, but it's, I mean, Arizona or Arizona? Utah is going to be nasty. I mean, they've got Clayton Keller already, who's their cornerstone, I would say also got Logan Cooley, who's their rookie last year.
Who else? I mean, they still have a bunch.
They have a. But, like, they have a good, good deep prospect pool. I don't know that Tiege is going to play opening night.
Not sure. I don't know if he signed his elc yet. But yeah, overall I think those are two great clubs that drafted really well.
I also put on here in Minnesota as well. Getting Ziv Bouilliam at twelve I think is a steal. They traded up one spot to snag him too. Um, but Minnesota is in a weird spot where they have a solid team. They're just like missing these little pieces and, um, z fell pretty hard. I, I thought he was going to fall to the sharks. Um, but then we got Dickinson, so Minnesota snagged him up. But the New York Islanders, I think have one of the craziest first round steals in coal. Iserman, I did not think he was going to drop that far. He dropped all the way down to.
[00:33:49] Speaker B: What, 19 and also like honorable mention to the, to the Knights getting Connelly, Trevor Connelly. Yeah, those are, that's also another steal, that first round and draft in general.
But yeah, I mean, I think Minnesota, New York and Vegas, I think they got some very good picks where people didn't project these players to be.
But yeah, let's, let's get into the losers. I know I kind of teased one of them, but the Anaheim Ducks, what the hell is going on here?
They drafted Bennett Sinecki, number three, and he signed as well.
I don't really know how I feel about this. I think Ben is neck. He's a very, I don't know if I'm saying his fucking name right, but I think Sinek, whatever, I mean, very, very good guy. I mean he looks like a great player personality wise and he's proven too.
But to reach him at number three, I think that's a little bit questionable. I think they could have drafted down or, you know, possibly even traded their late round pick and an asset to get him. Yeah, I mean, and I also think that Anaheim's lacking on the d end. I think they should have drafted a defenseman. I mean, at number three they could have drafted Zayn Pereke, for Christ's sakes. I mean they could have drafted Z. They could have drafted Sam Dickinson, Silja even too. And I think silly have dropped too.
[00:35:19] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:35:20] Speaker B: I want to say to pass a top ten, I think it was like 13th or something, but I don't know. What do you think about the ducks?
[00:35:27] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, I saw afterwards, I was scrolling through Twitter and the guy who runs elite prospects, the guy who's like the head scout for them, called Bennett getting picked at three.
So I'm sure he knows some things that we don't. He probably talks to many insiders, but I mean, I honestly did not expect that at all. And the whole crowd did either because everyone in that spear was like, whoa. Like, just shocked. And so was he. I know all of you guys have seen that, that video by now of him just in complete, utter shock.
Anaheim's in a weird spot, too. They have a lot of these players that, I mean, I feel like their team and their rebuild is not done yet, but it's, it's close.
And, man, I mean, they've got, like you said, defenseman. I mean, I hear they got Jamie. No, they got rid of Jamie Drysdale.
[00:36:28] Speaker B: Yeah, I know they got, they got rid of their, like, best defensive prospects. So, like, what are they doing drafting a right winger that's projected but 15 plus?
[00:36:38] Speaker A: They got to know something that we don't. I mean, he doesn't turn out for.
[00:36:41] Speaker B: Sure, but, yeah, if he doesn't turn out, that's probably going to be one of the biggest draft flops.
[00:36:45] Speaker A: Oh, yeah.
[00:36:46] Speaker B: This draft, at least, I don't know, ever. But I think he's going to do good. I just don't know. I mean, I just feel like there's better players that are more NHL ready. Yeah. Or more, more potential in them than him. But, yeah, they obviously know something that we don't. And, I mean, I feel like we've seen, we saw this last year at the Leo Carlson. I think people were pretty shocked when they picked Leo Carlson at number two, which he turned out for them. So, I mean, the ducks, I think they draft well. And honestly, I just, I'm still a little bit shocked that they did that. And another team that I'm shocked about is Ottawa. I mean, Carter Yamchuk at or Yakam Chuck. I think I'm butchering that name freaking hard. Names in this draft.
[00:37:34] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:37:35] Speaker B: I mean, to draft him number eight or rate. Was it number eight or number seven? I think it was number eight.
[00:37:41] Speaker A: I think seven was Seattle.
[00:37:43] Speaker B: Yeah. Or no, it was number seven because Seattle was before Calgary.
[00:37:48] Speaker A: Yeah, that's right.
[00:37:49] Speaker B: Yeah.
7th and they pass over Berkeley Catton. They pass over Perek, William and Silia.
I mean, they must know something. But also, classic senators for them to drop this player and he doesn't really turn out to be anything but.
I think Jakim Chuck is a good player. I just feel like some of the defensemen, some of the prospects ahead of them, way better. Way better. Even Berkeley cat. I think that wouldn't be a reach for them if they picked Berkeley Cat, which we totally underestimated how good this guy's going to be, too.
[00:38:26] Speaker A: Yeah.
I think also, I mean, the Senators, I talked about this in the, the, a lot of these teams, I think, could have, even the Ducks, like, they're pretty close to being done with their rebuild or at least just becoming competitive, especially the Ottawa Senators. Like, you guys should not have been finished that low. Um, and you could have picked Berkeley, Berkeley, Catton and retooled them for an NHL ready player from a team that's maybe trying to rebuild, um, to try to help out this senators team that, I don't even know what the problem is because on paper they look good, but they just couldn't do anything last year.
And to do that, like, I don't know, again, like, there's got to be, you know, these scouts watch these players all year, so there's something that they know.
But as a fan, I don't know, it's, it's just wild.
[00:39:17] Speaker B: As a fan, it's classic senators move. Like, I just, I just see them, either them or the Ducks are going to have. I think either of those teams is, they're going to have a bad draft from this draft and, and one of those two players is going to be the reason why.
I also thought the flyers kind of had a bad draft. They picked Jet Luchenko over Bum Helinas and Iserman. I mean, I think Jet Luchenko is good, but I don't think he's better than those three players I just said, especially Helenas. I feel like Helenas. I predicted that he was going to go to the Flyers and I feel like he matches the fire system. They need centers.
Ah, it's, it's, it's like, what, what do they know? What do they see in this guy? But I, yeah, I don't know, but any, any thoughts on the Flyers or.
[00:40:11] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, other teams, it's tough out of that top ten to really know because. Yeah, like I said, a lot of those scouts, I feel like they know what they're doing. They have to know what they're doing. I hope they know what they're doing.
To draft some of these guys, especially in those mid round, the middle of first round is just so tough. I mean, I mean, we see this all the time. Like Poshanak was drafted at what, 20, I think, or he was drafted pretty late, I want to say.
[00:40:38] Speaker B: Yeah, I think, like 25th.
[00:40:40] Speaker A: Yeah. Compared to what he, who he is. Like David Poshnock. Yeah.
So it's just one of those things where, you know, I feel like scouting is so, so difficult because, you're essentially looking into the future. And you can't do that, like, no matter what you do. Right. Like any of these back. Let's not like knock on wood. But I mean, all these guys, like, you just don't know. So it's a tough job that they do, and we're calling them losers from what we see. But again, we don't know the future. So it's really hard. It's hard to, like, really say a whole lot about it other than just why, you know. Um, yeah, but overall, um, I think wrapping up on the draft, um, trying to think of any other crazy picks. Yeah, that Trevor Connelly one I thought was, was crazy. Obviously, he's got some controversy around him we won't talk too much about because I don't know the full details and I'm not going to spout something that isn't true. Um, but there's some controversy. You can look it up if you are curious about it.
[00:41:45] Speaker B: I will say honorable mention to EJ Emery going to the New York Rangers. I think they got a steal out of him and I think he's gonna, he's gonna turn into something. I think he's got a lot of development ahead of him. But I think that's a good draft pick by the Rangers, especially because, yeah, I don't think they're low on team in right now, but they can definitely wait a few years for a player to develop. So that's one of the best later round draft picks. Yeah, but, yeah, man, the draft was fricking sick. I'm stoked.
[00:42:14] Speaker A: I.
[00:42:14] Speaker B: We did that. I want to go again.
[00:42:16] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:42:17] Speaker B: Hopefully it's not as hot of a place as Vegas. I feel like that was kind of a downside. Inexpensive. Yeah, but I mean, still, still. What an experience. And to end it off with Steve Aoki, that was pretty cool.
[00:42:32] Speaker A: Yeah. Seeing him on Saturday night was cool as well.
And. Yeah. So we're gonna. Let's see. So right after that, we left on left on Sunday. Long drive again. And right after that 30th, I think the next day.
The next day was July 1. Free agency. So we had a whole. Another crazy, crazy day of just hockey again. Just hockey, hockey, hockey all weekend, all, all week. It's kind of slowed down a little bit now, but let's get into it. Free agency. Some of the first couple picks will kind of blow through some of these and kind of back it up a little bit. But Stamcoast and Marshall both sign with the Preds. Stamcoast with a four by eight. Marshall with a five way by 5.5. Marshaso, I feel bad for you, buddy.
I feel like he wanted to stay with the Knights. He was a misfit, you know, he was their consmyth winner. Yeah, but at the end of the day, this is business, and I think Vegas had done their business with him.
I still think it's sad, though. I mean, I think he really wanted to stay. He had said that he wanted to stay. Same with Stamco, too. I mean, I think Stamcoast really loves that Tampa Bay franchise, and we saw it in the playoffs. I remember him looking out on the ice when they got eliminated by the Panthers.
He was looking out and could tell he was kind of soaking in. This could be his last moment wearing that jersey. Yeah, that's true.
[00:43:59] Speaker B: But the predator crazy finally leaves. I mean, he was freaking cornerstone of that franchise for almost over a decade. I mean, Stamcos, I wouldn't be surprised if they retire as jersey there.
Maybe that's a little bit of a stretch.
But, I mean, he was a captain. I mean, he was the captain there for fucking ten years, at least, I want to say. I mean, Stamko's was.
I mean, he saw Tampa Bay go from nothing to a Stanley cup champ. Back to back Stanley cup champions, three time Stanley cup appearances. So, I mean, Stamka's had such a good stint with the Lightning. It's gonna be very interesting to see what he does with the Predators. Same with Marsha. So. Yeah, I mean, his marsha. So just, like, special on the. On the Knights? I don't think so. And just looking at the freaking predators, I mean, I think you were gonna go into this, but, yeah, their top six is looking dangerous. I mean, on a left wing. I mean, who knows how they're going to kind of shuffle these? I could definitely see Stamko playing center because he played that a lot of his career. But, I mean, just top six. Philip Forsberg, Ryan O'Reilly, Gustav and IQuest, who had a great year last year, Marshaso, Stamcoast, and Tommy Novak can maybe swap that out with Colton Sizzins, too, but that's a really dangerous top six. And then you got Roman Yossi in the back. UC Saros gold pending home.
[00:45:28] Speaker A: No, no.
[00:45:30] Speaker B: Is he.
[00:45:31] Speaker A: Or is he on the.
[00:45:32] Speaker B: No, he's on the Oilers now.
[00:45:33] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, that's right.
[00:45:34] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:45:35] Speaker A: Who'd they get? Oh, they got ty berry, but, yeah, yeah.
[00:45:38] Speaker B: And they also, uh, they also signed Brady's J. Fuck. How am I saying?
Blanking on his name?
[00:45:52] Speaker A: I don't know. Brady. Sk j e I. You can, you guys know, let us know how he's played for the Rankers.
[00:45:58] Speaker B: And the, the Hurricanes. But I mean, he's a pretty solid defenseman. I just feel like kind of an overpay 7 million a year for a player that's getting.
[00:46:07] Speaker A: I feel like that's getting the norm.
[00:46:09] Speaker B: But defense, very good defenseman defensively. But yeah, man, watch out for the freaking Predators. I know they had a really good last half of their year. I think it's going to be a very good team next year. So watch out for them. I think they're in a win now, stage two, just with Yossi kind of getting out of his prime, maybe getting older, but yeah, I think the Predators made the biggest splash possibly I've ever seen out of one team in agency on one day.
[00:46:43] Speaker A: One day, yeah. Also, there is over a billion, 1 billion, I want to say $1 billion of salary money given out on the 1 July, which is a record for the NHL. Um, so just crazy. Yeah. Crazy day of free agency, but we got more Jake gentle. Yeah. Then goes to Tampa Bay Lightning. Um, I think a big reason why they got rid of stam coaster couldn't fit him is because they needed that room for Jake Gensel. Um, I feel that's a solid signing. Sucks for Carolina. They lost him in that trade. Um, didn't get anything for him. But obviously they were in a push for the playoffs, so they kind of had to make that. That gamble. Yeah.
[00:47:20] Speaker B: And I think that that improves Tampa's top six for the, you know, for the future. I mean, having gentle point and Kucharov as your first line is, that's dangerous. And then you got sorely on that second line with Cam Atkinson, too, who also signed with the Lightning at a 900K deal. Holy shit. But, uh, yeah, very, very solid signings by the lightning. I think they pivoted right. And they're not, like, jumping into a rebuild or anything. I think the lightning can still do some work. They still got headman, who resigned. They still got Vasileski. So.
[00:47:55] Speaker A: Yeah, I agree.
Another one to the Bruins. I think the Bruins made a decent splash here. They got liaison home, who I think is a solid pickup for them. I think they needed help down the middle, especially after losing Bergeron this last year.
And I think he's a good addition there, like you said. I mean, I remember you saying in the beginning when this trade happened for the Canucks, I remember you were talking about how we'll see how this ends for the Canucks if they can keep him or not, and they didn't. So I think Calgary won that trade.
Yeah.
[00:48:30] Speaker B: Flames stomped them on that trade. We got Hunter bruce, which. And Matt vey gruden out of that.
[00:48:35] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:48:35] Speaker B: And Blindholm didn't even. He was okay in the playoffs, but didn't do too much, so.
[00:48:40] Speaker A: Yeah. And then they also got Zidorov, correct.
[00:48:44] Speaker B: Yes, they did get Zidorov, who famously said, don't call me big Z anymore because that's his nickname. So obviously Zidane Ochara's got that.
[00:48:53] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:48:55] Speaker B: What's interesting to me, two signings that stick out to me is Blackhawks. They signed Tyler Bertuzzi and Tivo Terravinen. Terravinen's making a return back to the Hawks. I think he started out his career there. Decently priced offers.
No, Bertuzzi was a four by 5.5 million, and then Terravinen was a three by 5.4 million.
But I think those are two players that make your forward group immediately better, and you give players that are around them very good players to work with. I think Bedard's going to have a lot more players to tool with. I also think Taylor hall is going to benefit from this, and I think it's going to be a lot different looking of a team than last year. I mean, I don't necessarily see them being, you know, anything close to contender. I mean, they also picked up TJ Brody, who's an excellent defenseman.
[00:49:55] Speaker A: Yeah. And Pat Maroon, too.
[00:49:57] Speaker B: And Pat Maroon. So, I mean, I feel like they're maybe consider them a bubble team if bedard really shows out next year. Yeah, but, yeah, I mean, and shit, you forgot about Levshanov, too. I mean, yeah, I mean, this team is kind of shaping up to be something. I think they still have goal pending to figure out, but, yeah, I think those two signings are pretty good. What do you think about those?
[00:50:19] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, I think the Blackhawks have been doing well, um, to kind of tool around bedard or at least get him some protection, especially Pat Maroon. I think we saw there wasn't really much protection, especially when Corey Perry got traded.
Not that Corey Perry would really do anything nowadays like he used to, but I feel like Pat Maroon's a good big guy, big defensive guy, to kind of step up for Berdard in cases that are needed.
Tyler Brutusi, I think, is a great signing. I love him as a player. Um, I think he's a heart and soul guy that you, every team needs. Um, so I think that's a great one for him, for them, honestly. Um, but moving on to the Kraken, you got Brandon Montour for seven by seven, which Brandon Montour loved watching on the Panthers. He was super fun to watch. Sad to see him go from them. I think he was very much a part of that. That championship roster. Um, but he's got to get paid and he got paid out in Seattle. They also. Seattle signed Chandler Stevenson from the Knights, who was a pretty big piece of their championship roster as well. So, I mean, I think the Kraken did pretty well with those two signings. What do you think?
[00:51:32] Speaker B: Yeah, I think the Kraken definitely improved with those signings, definitely gave him more depth. I mean, just looking at their I four lines, I mean, you got solid players all around. You also got Shane Wright, which could turn into something maybe one day.
But I mean, their defense looks really strong. Vince Dunn, Adam Larson, Jamie Olisiak and Brandon Montour, I mean, that's their top four. Dude, I swear to God, like when we film, I like, forget how to say everyone's names, but.
And then you got Philip Grubauer in the back. So, I mean, not the strongest, but I think they're. They're getting there. I think Ben. Yeah. Probably needs another year.
[00:52:15] Speaker A: I think that Montreal, right?
[00:52:16] Speaker B: Maybe. Yeah, but that Montour sign. Yeah, I think that's going to make them a lot better. And I just see them being a team next year. Like smash the under. Like, I feel like this team is going to be really good defensively. I mean, even their forwards, there's a lot of defensive forwards.
I mean, you got. Beniers is pretty defensive, Stevenson is defensive, Borg Strands defensive. Even Jared McCann. So, you know, I feel like they're going to be hard to score against next year, especially with that top four.
But speaking of defensemen, Chris Tan have signed with the Leafs six by 4.5 million, which is a steal.
I don't know if it's steal because he's 34 years old. No move cost too. Yeah, and they're. They're signing him until he's four years old, which, I mean, you said it earlier, defensemen are kind of going at a premium right now. Yeah, this is a classic Bradshaw living signing. Not going to lie. Kind of ruined the flames. But yeah, I think it's a good. It's a good sign for the Leafs. I think they need some grit like him. And holy shit, he had a good, good playoffs with the stars and he's always just like one of the grittiest players in the NHL. And I mean, is this what's going to make the Leafs go over the hump? Who knows?
[00:53:29] Speaker A: But there's always something. Every year they have. I mean, they lost Bertuzzi, who I thought was a good ad for them. Yeah.
[00:53:36] Speaker B: For real.
[00:53:36] Speaker A: But I don't know what the Leafs. We'll see. It's. It's hard, you know, like, they're literally the Cowboys in the NHL.
[00:53:43] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:53:43] Speaker A: They always have their year and then have a great regular season and then just shit the bed in the playoffs. So I don't know. Honestly, I really can't say much about this until we see playoff time.
But after that, the Sharks. We got Tyler to Foley on four years at six mil. I think this is a perfect contract and a perfect guy that we. We need for this team. Yeah, he's a champion. He's a Stanley cup champion. He is a 32. 32.
So by the time the contract's up, he's not going to be worth that. But I think where we're at right now, I mean, four years puts us at the right after Will Smith and celebrity will need to be resigned. So I think it's a good length. I think he's going to be a good part of that team to kind of help these guys move forward in their progression and get better.
[00:54:39] Speaker B: He is going to be a good mentor, and I think he's. He was looking for that longer term deal, so he's not bouncing around so many teams.
[00:54:47] Speaker A: He's bouncing around lot of different teams.
[00:54:49] Speaker B: In the past, like four years, so.
[00:54:50] Speaker A: Oh, he has? Yeah.
[00:54:52] Speaker B: He'll probably stay with the Sharks for a little bit. Hopefully, he's going to be a mentor and whatnot. Also, Monahan, so blue Jackets. I love Sean Monahan. Like, I got a poster of him somewhere behind me.
Dope, dude. I loved when he played with the Flames, but he's going to be reunited with Johnny Goodreau. Is this the emergence of the Blue Jackets? I feel like the blue jacket's going to have a better year next year. They were absolute dog shit this past year, but that's a pretty impressive signing. And then I will say Jeff Skinner to the Oilers. I think Jeff Skinner is going to hit 40 goals next year. That's my prediction.
[00:55:29] Speaker A: I think he's going to score a lot. Yeah.
[00:55:31] Speaker B: Fucking ridiculous. I mean, I think he's put him.
[00:55:34] Speaker A: On a line with McDavid.
[00:55:35] Speaker B: Yeah, him with McDavid or dry style shit, dude. So not really stoked to see that as a Flames fan. And then I know there's a lot of free agent signings. We're just kind of highlighting the top ones, Teresa. And go to the wings. Yes, I think that will be a decent signing. I think he's not really working as a bottom six role anymore. I think he'll probably slot in second or third line, but I think that's pretty good signing for the Wings because they also got Patrick Kane and we'll just jump right into the resigns. They got Patrick Kane.
I know we've talked about him in the past. Matt v. Mitchkov. He's going to have next year sent his ELC. I can see him being on the Flyers opening night.
Two key parts of the Panthers Stanley Koppelin Reinhart signed an 8.8 by 8.625 million, and Anton Lindell, which I think is a steal, signed a six by 5 million. I think I was 22.
[00:56:39] Speaker A: So yeah, he's pretty young.
[00:56:40] Speaker B: He could really turn into something for them.
And then my boy Igor, I haven't talked about the flames yet and free agency.
Igor, Sharon Govich, the Lego man. Get this guy some Legos. This guy's freaking savage. I'm sorry. Sign him for five years. Five by 5.75 million. Watch out. He's going to score 35 goals plus next year. He is incredible. He had a great season this past year and shit, Flames won that trade. So, I mean, Craig Conroy kind of knows what's going on. He's been winning a lot of trades lately. I know there's some questionable things he did giving him Markstrom, especially for what we did. But, yeah, I mean, any, anything to say about those re signings, though?
[00:57:28] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, I think Sam Reinhardt's a big one for the Panthers.
I was kind of nervous to see if he was going to leave or not, but to stay with them, I think they had to pay that price and had to get rid of Brandon Montour. But Sam Reinhart, me, he had an incredible season.
Let's just hope it wasn't a contract year motivation thing, but I don't think. I mean, Sam Reinhart was picked, what, second overall by the Sabres? Like he was a high draft pick and he nothing. He's had a bad career, but he's had a rough, rough start, especially in Buffalo. It's a hard, hard state to start at, but he's got his cup now, hit a great season, and I think he's going to be a good part of that, that core of the Panthers and Kaczuk Barkov and now him as well.
[00:58:14] Speaker B: They're going to be a hard team to knock out of the playoffs.
[00:58:17] Speaker A: I agree. I mean, I think. I think Brandon Montour, though, was a big, big hit.
And I love Bob, but I don't know how many years he can do this and be great. Maybe he could.
[00:58:30] Speaker B: I feel like Forza. They went Forza jump into Montour spot, more or less.
[00:58:35] Speaker A: That is true. Yeah. Gustav forzing had a great, great playoffs, too.
The Panthers also have Spencer knight, who's going to be a pretty good goalie in the future. Um, so they might not, you know, hurt too bad if Bob decides to call it quits here soon. But the guy, I mean, Bob's 37 and had a great, great season, which blew my mind. But one last thing before we wrap it up, I want to talk about this next year's Calder race.
We'll probably do, you know, in the next couple months, we'll be doing some, like, same thing we did beginning of this season, just kind of, you know, predicting. But I. The call to race for this year, I'm going to try to spit this off at the top of my head. All possible candidates, we've got this year, we've got Matthew Mitchikov, we've got Macklin, Celebrini, Cutter Gautier, Will Smith, Shane Wright.
Now I'm blanking. Do you know anyone else that we could. Dustin?
[00:59:30] Speaker B: No, I think.
[00:59:31] Speaker A: I don't know.
[00:59:31] Speaker B: Shane Wright might be out of eligibility.
[00:59:35] Speaker A: Are you sure? Has he played enough games?
[00:59:38] Speaker B: I don't. I don't think he has, actually.
[00:59:40] Speaker A: I don't know if he's really played up yet.
[00:59:43] Speaker B: But, yeah, I mean, you got also Cutter Gautier, Logan Stinkovan. I mean, yeah, shit. Fucking Dustin Wolf is still eligible. Lane Hudson is another one.
[00:59:54] Speaker A: Lane Hudson, another one I was thinking about.
[00:59:56] Speaker B: But right now, just looking on the draft Kings odds, Matvey Mitchkov is the favorite. And, wow, we called it a couple months ago just about the rumors, and, you know, obviously not called it. I think Will Smith, stink oven Gotier, Celebrini, Mitch Cobb, even Lane Hudson and Wolf are some players that could sneak in and win that. So it's gonna be a fun race to watch. I don't think there's really a favorite of, like, bedard was last year.
[01:00:30] Speaker A: Yeah.
[01:00:31] Speaker B: So I'm really stoked for it.
[01:00:34] Speaker A: Yeah, no, I think it'll be. This upcoming season is going to be a lot of fun, at least for me. I had a pretty rough season last year watching, but speaking of last season and just moving forward into the future, that pretty much wraps it up for today. But upcoming next episode, me and Galley kind of talks and I think we're going to do a like just to recap of this last season, some funny, like, I guess more pop culture moments in our eyes of just like what happened in the NHL, not necessarily like goals, more of like things that happened. Do like a top five for each of us on like just crazy because so much, so much drama happened last year. You know, we had the whole cutter goatee thing. That thing was crazy.
Bedard. Yeah, bedard's mom. Which wasn't true. We know that now. But that being a thing in of itself was crazy.
So much stuff. So much stuff. So we're going to kind of recap not next week but two weeks from now.
I do that and then hopefully jump into some interviews and then as a season, you know, off season kind of progresses, I mean, I'm sure we'll still have some trades or some news to talk about here and there.
But then leading up to the season we'll probably go. Once we come back weekly, we'll be doing some like division, what's called like division predictions.
[01:02:04] Speaker B: Yeah, we'll do some predictions next season previews. Yeah, we'll be getting right into it like two months, which is crazy to think about.
[01:02:13] Speaker A: So it'll be a little bit slow the next couple months. But I mean, I feel like once September hits we're going to be hit the floor running again.
But in between then we're doing some interviews so stuff like that to bring you guys some more content. But as a whole, you know, just for settle down as a whole, too, we're trying to kind of cut back on exactly what we're doing, especially with, you know, the offseason, it's slow, so we're going to be, you know, reassessing some things and coming back next season even stronger. So, I mean, that's first. This is the first episode of the 2025 season and wow, just crazy. I'm excited for next year, though. Oh, yeah. Excited to see how everything turns out. We had a great season last year, very blessed, and can only hope that next year is better. So we shall see. But Galley, do you have anything else before we send it off?
[01:03:06] Speaker B: Thank you to all of our, you know, I know we're under 600 followers. Thank you to all of our under, you know, 601st followers or so.
[01:03:14] Speaker A: Yeah.
[01:03:15] Speaker B: Appreciate you guys for being around with us for these first, this first season. And, you know, we've progressed a lot as a podcast and we're going to get even better next year and, you know, hopefully we are going to reach our goals next year and get some better content to you guys. I know we have some really exciting interviews coming up and, you know, we might be adding an intern or something like that next year to help us out with all sorts of content. So we're pretty stoked on yeah, we're pretty stoked on all of this. And, you know, we don't get paid for any of this, so, you know, we're really stoked on just coming on here, talking bullshit hockey. And I know we're not maybe the most knowledgeable sometimes or insightful, but we have a good time doing it. And, yeah, happy that some people are with us along for the ride. So thank.
[01:04:05] Speaker A: Yeah, no, I appreciate everyone listening. You know, we. I feel like I've wrapped at this season so many times, but I feel like it's officially closed on the 2024 season, you know, and Galleon, I had so much fun this year just doing all this stuff and excited for the future stuff, too, so. But, yeah, like you said, honestly, maybe we'll tease this right now. If you're listening and if you want to help us, if you're a listener and you want to help us make content clips, get some experience doing that. Let us know. You can email us at, um. You dm us on Instagram, actually at.
[01:04:39] Speaker B: Good.
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[01:06:30] Speaker B: Oh, yeah.
[01:06:31] Speaker A: If not, thank you, guys. Again, we're here. We're ready to kick off this 2025 season. So we will see you not next Wednesday, but two Wednesdays from now. All of our content, by the way, is going to be all bi weekly. So whether that's any other podcast you guys like, listening to, the live shows, those are all going to be bi weekly. It'll be pretty easy because it'll be every week. Everyone's doing everything. Then the week after that, we're all going to take a break, then come back the week after. So once football season starts, we'll be back, though, full swing, but take a little break for the month of July and August. So with that, though, hope you guys have a great, great rest of your next two weeks and we'll see you guys then.
[01:07:09] Speaker B: Peace. Peace.
