Episode 33- Division Standings Predictions & Fantasy Hockey Insight Ft. Eric Rodriguez

Join us for a unique blend of hockey insights and personal stories in this episode of the Royally Quacked Hockey Podcast, as we welcome our special guest, Eric Rodriguez. Eric shares his perspective on the latest developments with the Anaheim Ducks, including the strategic acquisition of goaltender James Reimer, and we delve into how this could shape the Ducks' season.

We take a spirited dive into the world of fantasy hockey, highlighting a rookie season for Eric's teenage daughters. Their strategic picks have them standing out in the league, leading to a lively discussion about draft strategies and the nuances of various draft positions.

In this engaging conversation, the hosts dive deep into NHL team performances, predictions for the upcoming season, and player analyses. They discuss the Atlantic, Metro, Central and Pacific Divisions, highlighting key players and potential outcomes. The conversation also touches on goalies, historical contexts, and light-hearted trivia, showcasing the camaraderie and passion for hockey among the participants.

Chapters

• 0:45 Father-Son Hockey Podcast
• 14:38 Fantasy Hockey Draft and Competition
• 20:16 NHL Team Roster and Contracts
• 29:41 Hockey News and Road Trips
• 34:53 Fantasy Hockey, Goalie Strategies, Competitive League
• 49:01 Hockey Season Predictions and Updates
• 59:12 NHL Team Rankings and Predictions
• 1:03:16 Predicting NHL Team Rankings
• 1:16:04 NHL Team Predictions and Rankings
• 1:25:07 Hockey Season Predictions and Memories
• 1:38:42 Father-Son Hockey Banter

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:45

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Gary: 2:11

Man, I'm bored. When does hockey start again? Gosh, I don't know what I'm going to do today. What? What Hockey started, oh my God. Hey guys. Guys, welcome back to royally clacked, where I'm royally, and he's clacked. Wait a second, so is the other guy.

Eric: 2:33

He's clacked too that's double quacked for you.

Cody: 2:37

Yeah, that's that's uh, eric rodriguez, that we've talked about many times in our podcast um, they, they heard him little bit last week but we had the technical difficulties, so we apologize again for that.

Gary: 2:52

So so, Eric, why don't you introduce yourself to our fans?

Eric: 3:00

Well, I will say I am Eric Rodriguez, the one that typically is calling Gary during the podcast. And so he said well, if you're going to call me during the podcast, why don't you just get on the podcast? And so here I am for week two of kind of an abbreviated hybrid week from last week. But I had fun last week kind of doing half half the podcast and uh, this week I intend to do the whole podcast, if uh technology allows us to be friends yes, well, I could already tell you.

Eric: 3:35

Uh, with this connection, eric, you're so much easier to hear yeah, well I think it's because, uh, you know well, it's an arizona, we're just going to leave it at that. It's an Arizona thing. We can't keep a hockey team, but we definitely have better technology than LA.

Gary: 3:54

So you're in the backwoods and you're getting good internet. That's awesome.

Eric: 3:57

You know it. You know it, probably borrowing from my neighbor. That's three miles away, but yeah, I gotcha.

Gary: 4:07

That hundred foot cable is coming from this house to your house.

Eric: 4:09

Yeah, I think I got gum on one one corner of the house to hold it up all right, are we ready into team news now?

Gary: 4:19

oh boy all right Quack news and then royally.

Cody: 4:26

The spoiled news.

Gary: 4:28

Yeah, all right, it is spoiled this time to be honest with you Go ahead, cody, talk about the Anaheim Ducks.

Cody: 4:37

All right, I'm actually kind of going to opposite order of my notes, just because the last one I'd rather talk about a little bit more. Here are the players that were assigned to the tulsa oilers. The echl? Uh team, that's the one in um in tulsa, it's the team under the goals, pretty much um, but you had um vladislav batayets, the goalie, and then Sasha Poshiljov and then Jackson Wiebe were assigned to the Oilers. Callie Klang, oscar Dansk and Jansen Harkins have been added to the AHL San Diego team and Oscar Dansk and Harkins both passed through waivers to join the team. Both passed through waivers to join the team.

Cody: 5:28

The last bit of news for the ducks is the reason why kelly clank and oscar dance were assigned to san diego is because the ducks claimed goaltender james reimer off of waivers from the sabers. So I think the main thing why they did this move is because they think that john gibson is going to be out a little bit longer than probably initially. Uh, originally, uh, he was supposed to. So honestly I think it might is probably the right move, because I'd rather have cali clang playing more time down in san diego, getting more minutes. Oscar dance kind of looked a little what's the word? Uh, kind of looked a little what's the word? Uh, weak, yeah weak, that wasn't the nice way I wanted to put it.

Gary: 6:12

But yes, he, he did look pretty weak and he's not ready. Yeah, let's be nice and say he's just not quite ready yet yeah, exactly.

Cody: 6:18

Um. So, and james reimer, at least he, you know he's a established nhl goalie. You're probably not the goalie he used to be, but I mean he's just. I think they're more for a backup role, just in case something happens into Dostal or just to give Dostal, like that, one game break. So what do you think about this move, eric?

Eric: 6:40

Well, I think you know it's a couple of young ducks that need a new pond and and we sent them over there and we hope to get them back. But, like you said I think Dansk was, he's just not ready for the NHL yet. But you know, a couple years there and maybe a stop at the AHL and he'll be ready to go. Yeah, agreed.

Gary: 7:02

It's another veteran presence.

Cody: 7:04

Yeah, agreed to go, yeah, agreed. No, it's another veteran presence.

Gary: 7:06

Yeah, great, instead of, you know, instead of, especially if gibson's out for a while. You know, and I mean those all looked so good last year he looked good in the last two preseason games too yeah, but you don't want to sit there and not have something to back him up well, especially since our first two games are back to back.

Cody: 7:26

We played recording this. You know saturday afternoon noon and you know we play the knights tonight or no, they're sorry the sharks tonight, and then travel to vegas to play them tomorrow right you can't.

Cody: 7:40

And then we have a uh, our home first home game on. Was it wednesday, I believe you know. So, having dostol playing back-to-back games, I think that might be not the best for him. So I think picking up reimer to play in what at least one of these uh, either against the sharks or the or the knights, is probably the best way to go give dostol that one extra day break. There you go.

Eric: 8:05

Yeah, they gotta carry, they gotta carry too anyway. I mean just just, we don't want to go to the stands to have to cover the net, so yeah, exactly, I'm just trying to figure out, like, who would you start?

Cody: 8:16

do you start dostol against the easy team to get hopefully get a better chance of winning that game, or do you play Dostal against Vegas, the harder team? That's the question.

Eric: 8:29

I mean, a win is a win in my opinion. So I'm going to line it up the way that it was already planned, which would be Dostal tonight, and then you know I don't know, we'll see what kind of night it is. If the defense can keep you can keep the shots on goal down, then potentially maybe he can go back-to-back nights, but I'm sure he's going to need a night off somewhere between now and Wednesday. Oh yeah, guaranteed I'd rather go with.

Cody: 8:55

Joel Stahl tonight.

Gary: 8:57

In the World Championships. He looked pretty dang good. I bet you he does both games.

Cody: 9:06

I think Reimer goes against the Knights.

Gary: 9:10

We'll see who's right.

Cody: 9:15

One of us will be right, that's it for the Ducks news.

Gary: 9:21

On to the Royally news.

Eric: 9:25

No news.

Gary: 9:27

Actually this is. I mean, if you're a hockey fan, this is sad news that I'm just about to share. Nick Nixon Hall of Fame hockey announcer Nick Nixon is entering his final season of play-by-play broadcasting for the Kings 44 or 45 years. I want to say that's really sad news. I mean, he's been good that long and he's already been on the Hall of Fame for a while, so that tells you how good hockey thinks he is. I don't know what's going to happen after that, after losing bob miller and him. I mean what a team they were. I mean you can tell me a pair of broadcasters for a hockey team that are as good as those two were there. They were both incredible.

Eric: 10:24

So what, what amazing year for sport, or just period for the los angeles market to have bob miller, chick hearn and vin scully as their announcers. For several years, I mean, los angeles has been blessed with great announcers, and nick nixon moving on. That's another tough, tough shoes to fill there for the next guy.

Gary: 10:47

Well, just put it this way you think about Bob Miller, obviously totally kind of a different way of broadcasting than Nick does, but they're both really really good. You're right, vin Scully. I mean, how many times do you hear about the Gibson home run and and the eloquence of how he spoke? You know we have been blessed in the Los Angeles market with great announcing. We'll move on because that is definitely. I don't want to stay on a sad note.

Gary: 11:21

I don't want to stay on a sad note. Yeah, phoenix Copley, samuel Fagimo and Jack Stunica cleared waivers and were assigned to the Ontario Reign. And I know I did say that Drew Dowdy had successful surgery last week and they have placed him in LTIR which is going to help them out Financially Until he can come back. And then they did Loan Andre Lee To Ontario, but they recalled him After they put Drew Dowdy on LTIR and he made the opening day Roster and not only that, he actually started the first game. So, and that's Kings news, I guess we're going to move on to league news, guys.

Cody: 12:16

Do you have the Kings opening night roster, like who made the team?

Gary: 12:24

Yes, would you like to yeah?

Cody: 12:27

You want to go through that and go through yours real quick, or do you want me to go through mine while you look it up?

Gary: 12:32

No, I think I know it by heart.

Eric: 12:34

Go for it. Oh wow, this is going to be impressive, okay.

Cody: 12:38

Hopefully you can pronounce all the names right.

Gary: 12:39

Obviously our number one Shut up. I'm still pissed at you that you took 25% of the people I wanted to draft from fantasy hockey to pick before I did so you just shut up, boy, or I'm going to slap you upside your head.

Cody: 12:56

We'll definitely save that more for later.

Gary: 12:59

Anyways, first line is going to be Alex Laferriere, anze Kopitar and Adrian Kempe, the AAA line, or A-team, whatever you want to call them. Line two is going to be the law firm of Jeannot Deneau and more, and then I got the BFF line, byfield Fiala and Fogle. And then the third line at least starting I think the first game was Andre Lee, alex Turcotte and Trevor Lewis In reserve on the forwards is um akil thomas, um the now to uh, the defensive core. It's going to be mikey anderson and jordan spence they're the number one pair and um, then gavrikov and um jeff burrows is the second pair, and then joel edmondson and brant clark is the second pair, and then Joel Edmondson and Grant Clark is the third pair, and then they actually have two defensive players finishing up the roster, and that would be Andres England and Caleb Jones.

Eric: 14:24

Well, that was impressive.

Gary: 14:26

That's all off the top of my head. Not bad for an old guy.

Eric: 14:32

It was going to be a bald joke, Harry.

Gary: 14:35

Well, you can't say anything bald. All I've got to say is, before we go off today, have your daughters come in. I want to see who we're playing against in fantasy hockey.

Speaker 1: 14:49

I want to see their faces.

Gary: 14:51

Because, if they kick my ass, I'm going to congratulate them.

Eric: 14:53

There is one that is very close to beating you this week, one of our fantasy season.

Gary: 15:00

It's okay, it's a long season. We'll see what happens.

Eric: 15:05

I think you were 20-2 last year, right.

Gary: 15:08

Yeah, yeah. You know, what I'm going to 0-1 sounds good this year. Before we move on watching how the draft went, I can already tell you the competition is a lot stiffer.

Cody: 15:23

Yeah, I agree.

Gary: 15:25

It really makes me and nothing against young ladies, young teenage girls, but I'm impressed. I'm impressed. I mean I don't know how much you were helping them If they did that all on their own. I'm impressed.

Eric: 15:42

They were given kind of guidelines on the best approach and, uh, they did very well drafting and um and they stay on it and check it kind of daily. So for their first teams I'm I'm kind of no I, I was impressed they definitely stole.

Cody: 15:59

I want to say, at least both their daughters at least stole one or two players each. The one that I was about the draft yeah, I struggle well I was.

Gary: 16:08

You know what? I'm sure every one of you, every one of them, stole something from me. But damn, it was like six out of ten picks, I'm, I'm ready. And then you moved it up to it's only 30 seconds and I had three automatic picks which really pissed me off.

Cody: 16:26

I told you what to do and you didn't listen. And you even told me to move it up.

Eric: 16:33

Well, it was a nice fast draft, I will say. But yeah no, they got in my way a couple of times too, so we're going to really see how this goes.

Gary: 16:42

But this one I'm pointing at him on the screen. It was like sick, I mean, and he was in the same room as I was because we had we were celebrating his birthday on Sunday because, we didn't see him on Saturday last week and I'm going damn, you took another one.

Cody: 17:04

The favorite one was one that was like it wasn't. He wasn't even like, the player wasn't even like in the on the you had a scroll, well no, there's a bunch of mine.

Gary: 17:12

You had to scroll and find you. I gotta be nice or my wife will be mad at me when she listens to the podcast.

Cody: 17:19

I know for sure one of them was um. Was it shea, theodore? I know know it was not just him. I know, but that was the one I for sure remember because, I had to scroll down to find him Hullabuck.

Eric: 17:30

Yeah, but that was his first pick. Connor was like that was early, right. No he didn't take his first pick.

Cody: 17:37

I think that was my second pick.

Gary: 17:38

Second pick yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, he was going to be my second pick. Yeah, going to be my second pick? Yeah, because I had the. I'm going to be honest If you really want to do well, you don't start number one.

Cody: 17:50

Yeah.

Gary: 17:51

You start like.

Cody: 17:52

Middle, middle of the pack.

Gary: 17:54

Middle. I was seventh last year, seventh or eighth.

Cody: 17:59

Yeah, out of ten.

Eric: 18:01

Yeah, and you get the overall talent's better, better, yeah, so picking one that's the first time I've ever picked one, yeah, but when I saw that I was like ouch, because you know the next time you go out is what 17. So yes, that was that was. There's a big gap. I mean you got 17 and 18. Yeah, the teams are. The teams look really good and and uh, I just excited that my two teenage daughters have teams.

Gary: 18:29

It's going to be very competitive, from what I can see, very competitive. Well, the other two people in. Is it just Kale Salad and then Los Patos yeah. Justin, oh and Jeremy Kale Salad, and then Los Patos.

Cody: 18:45

Yeah, Justin.

Gary: 18:46

Oh, and Jeremy. Yeah, my friend Jeremy. Yeah, I mean no offense, jeremy, but I mean, out of everybody that came back, you were the weakest one last year, but the other two guys I mean Kale Salad beat me one year. He had 500.5 points.

Eric: 19:13

I had 500 points and beat me in the final Really.

Gary: 19:15

Yeah, and then Justin he works hard. He works hard and I can already tell I watch things and I go this is going to be really competitive. I was ready not to play this year because of the podcast. Well, let's move on to league news.

Cody: 19:36

You want to be part of league news.

Gary: 19:37

Eric, Can I go?

Cody: 19:38

over my opening night roster first.

Eric: 19:41

No, it's not opening night yet for us, I mean what are you talking about?

Gary: 19:45

A second to last place team you want to talk about? Oh boy, no, it's not opening right now yet for us. I mean, what are you talking about? A second to last place team you want?

Eric: 19:47

to talk about oh boy.

Cody: 19:50

So, Eric, you heard about my.

Eric: 19:52

We just got royally whacked.

Cody: 19:54

Well, you heard my very take I had a month ago or so. Right yeah, the Ducks will win a playoff series before the Kings do. That's my hot take.

Gary: 20:13

That is a hot take. That thing's on fire, for sure Paper airplane on fire.

Eric: 20:15

Yeah, it's already burned up and gone. This Kings team coming out this week watching the Kings play Buffalo and then, as we're, as we're recording this, they're playing Boston. They have played well in their first two games. The line changes and Kemper I love Kemper at this point in the game. We'll see. I mean, it's a long season, but they've come out the gate really nice.

Cody: 20:37

No, I know Well, they came out really hot last year too, but all they have to do is play Edmonton in the first round again. Yeah, gary knows about do is play edmonton in the first round again, and you know yeah gary knows about that remember?

Cody: 20:51

yeah, I do so I'll. I'm gonna just go over the opening night roster real quick. Um, there's no, there's only like a few set lines. For sure I know was that the first line is um, calorn, carlson and godier. Second line is fabry, mctavish and zegras. Third line, vetrano, strome, terry and I believe the last line is leeson. It was lundestrom, but um, that's the news. I forgot to add lundestrom, but um, that's the news. I forgot to add that Lundestrom had a little minor injury during practice A couple of days ago and I forgot to add that in the notes. Uh, it was very minor. He just got had to get helped off the ice, but they're saying he's supposed to be like a day to day injury.

Gary: 21:39

Um only had to get helped off the ice.

Cody: 21:41

Well.

Gary: 21:42

I mean it's just minor, you know he's okay.

Eric: 21:46

The key is he got off.

Cody: 21:50

Yeah. But if you think about it, with hockey, you get helped off the ice and all of a sudden you're back playing like two shifts later. It's not like basketball, where you hurt your thumb and you need to get carted off in a wheelchair. A what, yeah, nothing. Get carted off in a fucking wheelchair. What, yeah, nothing? I'm not gonna name names lebron, but um.

Eric: 22:14

Thank god.

Cody: 22:14

Thank god, this isn't in a basketball podcast right, but anyways, you know, only kobe only tore his achilles and shot two free throws and walked off on his own, so that's why he's better than lebron anyways. But here's the opening night roster. We got dole stall, uh. Jackson lacombe, cam fowler, erho vacanainen, brian dumoulin, radko goudis, trevor zgris, robbie Fabry, ryan Strom, alex Killorn, troy, terry Brett Leeson, isaac Lundestrom, mason McTavish, brock McGinn, pavel Mintikoff, john Gibson but he's on injured reserve right now. Ross Johnston, who I don't want on this team James Reimer, olin zellweger, cutter godier, tristan luno, frank petrano and leo carlson. And that is the ducks opening night roster.

Eric: 23:14

So now we can go into league news I think we should add an effect right there, like where you hit like the quacks. Remember when we used to have those little blowhorn that sounded like quacks back in the day.

Gary: 23:30

Yeah, well, he had some. We have menus and a little clap or whatever I mean. Wah, wah wah, Something like that.

Eric: 23:48

There you, whatever I mean.

Speaker 1: 23:49

Wah, wah, wah you know something like that.

Eric: 23:50

There you go, there you go, you have a sound effect. All it took was Lord Gary to start making effects and bam, there they are.

Cody: 24:02

Wait.

Eric: 24:07

There we go.

Cody: 24:12

Hey, we got effects now, now on our way up here. Hey, hey, uh, studio guy start doing your job. Yeah, stupid guy yeah, really all right league news now. So I guess it wasn't 64 million reasons to re-sign with the Bruins. It took 66 million reasons to re-sign with the Bruins. Jeremy Swayman inks an eight-year by $8.25 million AAV for a total of $66 million to stay in Boston. Okay, 66 million dollars to stay in boston, okay. So what do you guys think about that?

Cody: 24:49

ending note for that um not shocked I, in my honest opinion, I still don't think right as of right now. 8.25, I think was a little too much, but I I understand probably why, because maybe if they wait another two to three years he's probably going to be in the 10 million range or 12 or 12. I don't know if he's gonna be in the 12 million range well, you know the new cba.

Gary: 25:18

It only goes through uh 2025 and the and they've paid back all the COVID stuff. So the cash is going to go up quite a bit, so players are going to make more money. I mean when you really think about it. I mean, if hockey was basketball, leon Dryside will be sitting on the bench, not playing Right Connor McDavid. He might get three minutes a game. I mean, honestly, that's the difference in pay.

Gary: 25:51

I mean hockey players are, compared to other sports, are way underpaid and yet we have a whole lot less news than the other sports does. I mean there is news, negative news for sure I should say yes. Anyways, what do you think, eric?

Eric: 26:09

I'm going to add that it's, you know, being in Phoenix and watching a team come and go. Basically I mean I saw them come into the league and then just watching what happened last year. Most hockey fans to me come off as very loyal to the sport, so they really love the sport, they keep up with it, they usually have a lot of depth to them as a fan and hockey. Just they're played in smaller venues. You know they kind of go like here in Phoenix the Coyotes would never get covered, it was always the Cardinals, the sons and the diamond backs, and so that's impacting in a lot of markets where in Boston you're going to hear about the Bruins and so some of these smaller markets that are struggling.

Eric: 26:55

You know, just like Atlanta, the same way people just got to get behind these teams and throw their loyalty into them. Like you can't have the transient fans. You know what I mean. That just doesn't work. So hopefully, our fan base, when a team comes back here in the next five years, hopefully, fingers crossed, people will get in behind it and stay behind it. But you know, ultimately you're right, hockey needs more support in order for the finances to change.

Cody: 27:24

I would say the only thing about the whole arizona, but the hockey thing, like I agree they deserve the fans and everyone there deserves a team. I just hope they get a right, the right owner for that team, because that team would have like one good season and then they're like a bottom feeder again, like instantly, the very next year. You know, they they never like fully stayed competitive. Year after year they have like, oh, like that, in 2012 they were what? The number two or three ranked team in the west and then they were bottom feeders again and then they had that that one year when they brought in taylor hall um, they were like getting competitive again.

Eric: 28:03

The very next year they were bottom feeders again well, the ownership's always been a problem in phoenix, especially with that franchise, and the latest owner was an abomination to nhl owners. But thank god for that but.

Eric: 28:14

I think he's. He's already. I mean that ship's already left port and it's long gone. So, um, hopefully we you know the local market is hopefully supporting matt ishbia to take on the team. Don't know if he's going to do it or not, but he's been a good owner for the Suns early, not afraid to spend money, obviously with Beal and Durant coming over, so hopefully we'll get a competitive franchise, but I think he too would have wanted this team to move on and have a fresh start. Agreed.

Gary: 28:47

Let's get back to the news. The Wild have re-signed goaltender Jesper Walsstad to a two-year extension worth $2.2 million AAV Overall $4.4 million. Eric, you got the notes. You want to do the next one.

Cody: 29:03

You don't want to say that name, Dad, do you?

Gary: 29:06

What name oh? I didn't even look at that.

Cody: 29:10

If you need help.

Gary: 29:11

I'll help you with the name Eric.

Eric: 29:15

Hey, why is there a hashtag on these notes?

Cody: 29:17

It's me copying and pasting it and sometimes I forget to take off certain things.

Eric: 29:23

All right. So the Canucks have re-signed forward Nils Hoglander Right, is that right? Yeah, yeah, perfect To a three-year extension worth $3 million AAV $9 million overall. I think that was a good move. That's good. I felt like he scored last night I want to say in the first period, when we happened to be catching the game. So I think he did.

Gary: 29:49

I heard he scored after the game. Oh my.

Cody: 29:53

Just kidding, just kidding.

Speaker 1: 29:55

This guy with his snipes huh.

Cody: 30:00

By the way, yes, eric, you're right, he scored the first goal of the game yesterday.

Eric: 30:03

Yeah, they were playing Philadelphia, I think, last night and caught that the Canucks look good, I mean, they're off a little bit, but they look good.

Cody: 30:12

Yeah, well, they don't have their number one goalie.

Gary: 30:14

yet If they get Demko back watch out. They could be a Stanley Cup finalist.

Cody: 30:20

Yeah.

Gary: 30:21

If everything works well, because it takes a whole team to do it.

Cody: 30:31

Next bit of news the Seattle Kraken have named Jordan Eberle the second team captain in franchise history.

Eric: 30:35

It's funny because actually, who was their first captain? Mark Giordano. Oh yeah, the journeyman Giordano. Hey, you pulling out bobbleheads.

Cody: 30:45

Well, this is when I went to Seattle and this is the bobblehead we got. Oh, that's pretty cool. It was Jordan Eberle.

Gary: 30:53

He says if you want to watch hockey, you want to go see a game in Seattle. He said it was an awesome experience and we're actually talking about doing stuff like that. Go to Vegas, go to San Jose for a game. I don't care if it's Kings or the Ducks, I just love hockey. Chances are, if we get the ladies go, we'll go to a Ducks game Probably.

Gary: 31:18

Because, everybody else is a Ducks fan, I don't care, I love hockey, I'll go to. I'd love to go see something in san jose, go to vegas, even go to seattle eventually and and see the kraken yeah is there?

Eric: 31:31

they got I love it now too. That'd be a good time. Everybody go out to a city and, you know, maybe get a back-to-back or something. Be kind of fun that would be.

Gary: 31:41

We're talking about doing road trips here sometime in the future.

Cody: 31:45

We just got to hit the lottery to be able to get that to happen. That's it, gotta love that.

Gary: 31:56

Well, and the next bit of news is the world champs. The Panthers have re-signed forward Carter Verhage to an eight-year extension worth $7 million AAV.

Cody: 32:04

He deserves every penny of that. He deserves every penny of that.

Gary: 32:07

Absolutely. He deserves every penny of that. I listened to the games during the Stanley Cup Finals and the name I heard the most was Verhege more than anybody else A lot of things.

Gary: 32:23

What people don't realize is sometimes they're the guys that keep the puck in the zone and the goal scorer happens, but without them that doesn't happen. So when you think of like oh, oh, geez, it's Ovechkin scored 50 goals, well, there's somebody who helped him, and it might not even get an assist, but they helped him score those goals. So that's one thing I've always talked about. Any team I ever coached is that everybody's important, right? Cody Agreed, what did I say that one year in soccer? What was that kid's name? He was in the band.

Cody: 33:02

He was in the band.

Gary: 33:03

Remember the one kid I go hey, my goal this year is to make him a better soccer player on your 14u team.

Cody: 33:12

Oh, you're talking about andres.

Gary: 33:15

Andres, we almost got him to score a couple goals and he was so slow, I mean he was I really, really hope Andre doesn't listen to this. You know, but did he get better? No, he was. He got way better.

Cody: 33:30

And faster. Yeah, he played better my ultimate goal.

Gary: 33:34

If I did that, I won.

Cody: 33:37

I think there was one game where I think we were winning. I was just trying to get him to score Like I would have a wide open net. I'm going to pass it, and he got robbed on one of them. Oh it, just, it went just over the crossbar.

Gary: 33:50

I was like he got robbed, I think. Uh, the goalie saved one, yeah, one right across right over and and so you know it's so funny. It's sometimes it's the. You know you're strong as your weakest link yeah, the way. I always looked at it when I coached a team.

Cody: 34:06

So Yep, All right. Next bit of news the Senators have re-signed goalie Linus Ulmark to a four-year extension worth $8.25 million AAV $33 million overall. Seems like he wanted this, him and Swayman wanted the same amount of money.

Eric: 34:27

That's exactly what was happening. They were only paying one.

Gary: 34:30

Didn't he earn it in his first game beating Florida?

Cody: 34:33

Shut out? Didn't he shut out Florida?

Gary: 34:35

No, I think they scored one.

Cody: 34:38

Didn't he get a shut out his first game, or am? I thinking of somebody else.

Gary: 34:41

He beat Florida. I think it was 3-1 or 4-1.

Cody: 34:47

Let's see, I'm going to look it up. You're going to look it up. Yeah, you guys can talk about the next bit of news.

Eric: 34:53

About Florida, though going backwards. Did you get any information on the Barkov entry?

Cody: 35:00

Oh, it's right here. He's out two to three weeks Oof. Yeah, and I have him on my fantasy team too.

Gary: 35:11

Here's a guy. I mean he's a decent fantasy hockey player, but if you're really playing hockey, you want him on your team, yeah.

Eric: 35:25

And everything out of Florida. The guys that I know that know him. He's an incredibly good human being too, so to see him bang the boards the way he did and and he was down, that was that's a bad situation happening to a really good human being. So I hope he gets back quick, but Florida definitely needs help.

Gary: 35:49

Yeah, anytime you lose one of your best players. I don't, Even if we're going to play him. I want to see the best against the best.

Cody: 36:02

Agreed Right.

Gary: 36:03

I don't wish injury upon anybody like that, so unless it's basketball.

Cody: 36:12

Oh boy, let's keep in the same sport.

Eric: 36:17

Gary woke up bitter with basketball this morning.

Gary: 36:20

I've been bitter for a while, Eric, but that's okay. You want to take the last bit of league news there, Eric.

Eric: 36:30

I can do the last one if you want me to. Sure, is this the Kraken? You have re-signed goaltender Joey Decord to a five-year extension with $5 million AAV, or $25 million overall. Yeah, these goalies are making some bucks.

Gary: 36:49

What I can't believe is he's not number one.

Cody: 36:52

He is number one. Well, Grubauer is good I mean he's older, he's good, but he's.

Gary: 37:00

DeCord was. He was the guy last year, yeah.

Eric: 37:06

No, I mean there's definitely a passing of the torch going on there in Seattle, but Grubar still is good for, you know, 30, 35 games.

Cody: 37:16

Yeah, I think that's going to be more of a 1A 1B thing, and I think Decord's going to be at least the 1A part.

Gary: 37:24

Because I'll be honest with you, if he'd be the number one and play 55 games, I wouldn't mind having him on my fantasy team.

Eric: 37:31

Yeah, who are the goalies on your fantasy team, gary?

Gary: 37:36

Omar Markstrom. Pretty good goalies I got. Yeah, omar was the one um automatic draft. I didn't even know I had old mark to cody goes. You got old mark, I did, I was. I was looking something else up when it all happened. You know, uh markstrom, uh swayman and uh buffalo, uh kuka peka Lukkanen Nice.

Gary: 38:09

The guy with the name you can't pronounce. They're decent. That's probably One of the best. Last year my goalies were average. I won. I've won with goalies. I've won with the guys, just the skaters. Every year it's a little different. This year I'm not sure where I'm at. I've won with goalies. I've won with the guys, just the skaters. Every year it's a little different. This year I'm not sure where I'm at with that because it's just been a different year. But I'm going to try to have fun with it.

Eric: 38:38

You know You've got definitely a couple of Vezna guys for sure this year, so we'll see From a goalie perspective I think you've got the strongest set of goalies in our league.

Gary: 38:48

I don't know.

Cody: 38:49

Well, who had the strongest set of goalies?

Gary: 38:51

last year, cody Huh, who had the strongest set of goalies last year.

Cody: 38:55

Me.

Gary: 38:55

Oh, by far.

Cody: 38:57

I had Vaz Valesky, I had Shishirkin and Sorokin. How did you guys let him get all of them, but I didn't win. So why does it matter?

Eric: 39:10

Well, vasilevsky had a bad back right.

Cody: 39:12

Yeah, but that's why I did this on purpose. I took him and I put him on injured reserve and then picked up another goalie, yeah.

Gary: 39:21

I picked a defenseman up the other day. I got.

Cody: 39:28

Helambuk Soros, bennington and Erson for my goalies.

Gary: 39:32

That's a good set. Who do you have, Eric?

Eric: 39:35

I'm not even sure. To be honest with you, I can't even remember. I know Marc-Andre Fleury was one, but I went after goalies later.

Speaker 1: 39:41

Oh, I have.

Eric: 39:42

Ottinger, my boy, the Vezina winner, probably Stanley Cup He'd probably be After goalies later.

Gary: 39:45

Oh, I have Ottinger, my boy, the Vesna winner, Probably Stanley Cup. He'd probably be a Hans Smythe too. You know what's funny? I was looking for him and you'd already picked him, and I didn't even notice it.

Cody: 39:52

See, eric, you got Ottinger, fleury and Freddie Anderson.

Eric: 39:56

Yeah, and Anderson didn't do anything for me this week, but you know, hey, next week's a new week, yep.

Gary: 40:02

It's all going to be fun. You'll find it's going to be very competitive. Yeah, It'll be very competitive. Well, I mean you've got three 200-point teams already so that's saying something. I watched and looked at everybody's teams afterwards and I'm going like this has probably been the most like uniform. I go, I can't look at this and go this guy's got the best team.

Gary: 40:34

I think they're all pretty good. So in years past we've had some really doormats, and it's nice not to have doormats. I'll be honest, I'd rather come in the middle of the pack and be very competitive than to just have Cody and one other person.

Eric: 40:52

Cody's not a lock to be in the top three either this year he's always up at the top. I know my shit. This might be the year that always stops being always.

Gary: 41:04

I mean honestly his, mine and our team together made the playoffs no, we missed it didn't we?

Cody: 41:14

no, because we were fifth. Oh, they were tied. We were tied, same record.

Gary: 41:19

Somehow we lost on that one, so the three of the top five teams in a 10-team league were ours. Yeah, all right, we had three his team, my team and we had a team together because we couldn't get somebody else.

Cody: 41:37

Because we had nine teams, yeah, and we're like, okay, I'll just make an extra team and we'll just do a team together, even though I did like 90% of the work for that. He helped me draft and that was about he helped me draft and after that it was just me.

Gary: 41:54

Well, the thing is, when they're playing, I'm working.

Cody: 41:58

Yeah.

Gary: 41:59

That's why, you know, we kind of got off on this fantasy thing. But that's okay, that's fine.

Cody: 42:05

That's why I was trying to save it for the end. It's not on the notes guys, yeah. Follow the notes. Dad Come on.

Gary: 42:12

Okay, let's go to predictions. Then no, no, nose dad, come on. Okay, let's go. Let's go to predictions then, oh no, no, we just oh, my game, yeah, your game. Okay, so we had one game, um, on thursday the kings played the buffalo sabers. If any of you listen to the game or watch the game, what you saw is the kings get dominated for little over two periods.

Cody: 42:32

Then they decided to play hockey on the cupatar for the rich, the Rocket Richard Trophy this year Nice little hat trick first game.

Gary: 42:44

Why not Spoiler? He did it two or three years ago and he didn't win the Rocket, Richard.

Speaker 1: 42:49

Trophy. I'm just joking. It's not going to happen this year.

Gary: 42:51

I'm joking, you know what's amazing, the Kings ended up winning the game 3-1. In a game they got outshot by 33-23. They lost the face-offs 58.3 to 41.7. The only thing they did better is they had one power play goal, but shut down Buffalo 0-5. They got out hit 28-16. Play goal but shut down Buffalo 0 for 5. Wow, they got out hit 28-16. They did block 19 and Buffalo only blocked 15. Giveaways were close Takeaways. The Buffalo beat them 8-2. And yet the Kings somehow came up with the win.

Gary: 43:37

Buffalo had 35 minutes in penalties yeah, but yet they each had 5 power plays.

Cody: 43:46

I'm looking at the thing Jason Zucker and Dylan Cousins both had misconducts hey, but I'm going to say your power play kills.

Eric: 43:57

That's a big part of the Kings' success is killing power plays.

Gary: 44:01

Their defense, except for, you know, even last year we were like second or third in the league, and yet Edmonton just dominated us in the first round.

Cody: 44:10

Plus, I mean you're going against playoff McDavid and playoff Drysaddle. That's just.

Gary: 44:15

Well, and it's different. It's different this year. They have actually more penalty killers. They're trying to not over tire. Uh, by field and Fogle have been on on the penalty kill too. Um, they basically have two guys from from each line that are going to be penalty killers. Now they may not use them all the time, but they have them available, you know. So it's. It's interesting that a guy scores a hat trick and he's not even the number one star. Because Darcy Kemper was phenomenal. If I mean you talk about Vesna trophy, he had 32 saves, including a penalty. Um shot how many times was? And I was listening to the game. I didn't get to see what happened, but how many times he was making saves. That, uh, nick Nixon was describing that. That I mean wow. So, and I already know what happened in today's game.

Eric: 45:30

So it wasn't. Is this like wrestling, where we can't give up our next show, or can we say what happened today?

Cody: 45:39

well, I mean, we're not going to spoil anything for anyone.

Eric: 45:41

The Kings lost in overtime, 2-1 to Boston but did you notice too, they killed all in power play? They killed them all in today's game.

Gary: 45:52

I did not see I don't have the stats up for the game yet I just saw that they had lost in overtime, like three minutes in. You know, and losing in Boston is nothing to I mean, it's still got a point out of it so. But anyways, like I said, number one star was Kemper, number two star was Kopey. I mean some great plays. At the end of the game, byfield went and chased down a putt, backhanded it to Kopey to get that third goal, natural hat trick. It was incredible To get totally outplayed and win a game and other podcasters and I'm not saying who were really bad, talking how bad the Kings were. So to me I'm looking at it in a different total perspective, guys. So if you actually do listen to our podcast, I'm not saying you're not right, they did look really bad at times. But when you win a game, when you look bad, you ought to be smiling on your face, right? You don't deserve the win. Yet you come up with the win, and not just by one goal, but by two.

Speaker 1: 47:04

You heard it here first everyone.

Cody: 47:06

We're the best hockey podcast out here. My dad hates every other hockey podcast.

Gary: 47:10

I do not hate them. I listen to them all. I learn a lot from them. I just have a different perspective on that part.

Eric: 47:20

Do you listen to Spit and Chicklets.

Gary: 47:23

I have not.

Cody: 47:24

I only listen to the Pat and B.

Gary: 47:25

Those guys are great Spit and Chicklets who is?

Cody: 47:28

that Paul Bessonet is part of it. Okay.

Eric: 47:36

I guess, you don't have that Well, you know, paul Bissonette is part of it. Okay, that's a good time.

Gary: 47:39

Well, you know, I'm supposed to be working in an office and I've been driving.

Cody: 47:45

I'm training and I'm like two weeks behind on all of my podcasts.

Gary: 47:49

Well see, I can listen when I'm driving. I can't listen at the office, so I'm sitting in chiclets. I'll have to put that on my list.

Cody: 47:56

Yeah, got four you got you got like two to three hours to listen definitely recommend it.

Gary: 48:01

Those guys are entertaining, yeah absolutely, I'll put it on the list. All right now do we want to move on to uh? Yes, we'll do predictions now all right, you're gonna start in the atlantic again we'll start in the atlantic so you can.

Gary: 48:16

Are you going to change your mind about? Uh? I mean, we actually talked about this last week, but it got cut out because we were losing eric. We thought we lost the audio. Um, it's so much clearer and more concise this time, so I'm I'm sure the fans would love to hear us do this this way, instead of giving the cut up version we had last week.

Cody: 48:39

Yeah.

Gary: 48:40

Which we did cut and didn't. No yeah. So it's not going to air to you this. This one will.

Cody: 48:48

So Atlantic Division? All right, Eric. Who do you have in the eighth spot?

Gary: 48:58

the montreal canadians want to change that.

Eric: 49:02

After a one nothing over toronto in their first game hey, I gotta tell you the this uh caden primo their goalie over there. Um, he had a pretty good game. Have you guys seen him?

Cody: 49:16

Was it Primo? I thought it was Montabow.

Gary: 49:19

It was Montabow that shut out Toronto.

Eric: 49:22

Oh, montabow, actually shut him out. What was Primo?

Cody: 49:26

Maybe Primo was the backup. Yeah, but this kid.

Eric: 49:32

I was watching some video on him and he's an up and comer for sure for Montreal. I mean they got a lot to video on him and he's an up-and-comer for sure for Montreal. I mean they've got a lot to build on with Cole and everybody. But as far as doing any better than they did last year, I still think 76 points that they scored last year would probably be around where they'll be again this year. But yeah, they've got some pieces to work with, for sure. But this backup goalie looks like that future might be bright for them if they can get a couple more pieces.

Gary: 50:01

They're definitely going to get better. They've drafted well, they've made good moves. But yeah, I agree with you, I still would have them in eighth place for now Same Agreed. Cody, you're up. All right, so we all got Montreal eight, you get to go first on seven, cody.

Cody: 50:23

On seven. I got Detroit. At seven. I have Detroit also.

Eric: 50:28

Eric, make that a hat trick. That would put me in there also.

Cody: 50:32

Oh sweet, we're six for six. Yeah, it's not going to stay that way For now. Alright Now.

Gary: 50:42

Who do you got in the?

Cody: 50:43

sixth spot.

Gary: 50:45

I think I'm going to switch what I said. I think I'm going to put Buffalo there.

Eric: 50:52

Joining the team. Here he comes. We got a bandwagoner.

Cody: 50:57

So we kind of because, like I said, we did this last week, I already had everything written down, so I already kind of know what everyone's going to say. So I kind of figured you were going to switch.

Gary: 51:07

You were going to switch that one, didn't you?

Cody: 51:09

I had a feeling you were going to switch that one Can.

Eric: 51:11

I switch Montreal and Buffalo. If Can, I switch Montreal and Buffalo. If you want Just kidding, I'm just kidding. Buffalo will win a few games. They just don't look very good now yeah.

Gary: 51:21

Well they have some talent on that team. They really do.

Cody: 51:24

No, they do, they just. I just think it's a new coach and everything. They probably just need a little little time together and they'll probably get the hang of it. So but I also got. I got Buffalo at 6 too, Right, Okay, we're talking about some of these kids weren't even born when he last coached with Buffalo.

Eric: 51:42

Okay.

Cody: 51:45

So we all got Buffalo at 6, so we're 9 for 9.

Gary: 51:49

So Eric, you're up on number 5.

Eric: 51:52

Number 5, let's put the Senators there at 5.

Cody: 51:58

Yeah, that's what I got. I got Ottawa at five.

Gary: 52:03

Is this going to be a clean sweep? Maybe not.

Cody: 52:07

This next part might get messed up. I got Tampa Bay at four.

Gary: 52:13

I have Boston at four.

Eric: 52:17

I've got Tampa Bay at four. I have Boston at four and I've got Tampa Bay at four.

Cody: 52:20

See Dad this is why we can't have nice things. You ruined it. Thank you, it's my job.

Gary: 52:26

Somebody's got to do it.

Cody: 52:28

I know.

Gary: 52:29

Might as well be the royal guy.

Speaker 1: 52:31

The guy with the scepter.

Gary: 52:32

The guy who's reigning over all of you.

Cody: 52:39

You're not reigning all over this podcast because I have the mute button on this podcast so I could just make this the Cody and Eric show wouldn't that be interesting when we talk about how bad the kings are? Remember this. See, I got protection, I'm good. Now I'm safe. Number three.

Eric: 53:00

He was using the small violin.

Gary: 53:03

That wasn't a small violin. I used to just grab and pinch and squeeze his ear when he was being bad and shut him up real quick. He stopped doing whatever bad he was doing, I'm gonna call c.

Cody: 53:17

I'm calling cps right now for uh child abuse you're 32. Get over it, kid all right number three, I believe. Dad, it's your turn to go first I have tampa bay third I got boston at three.

Eric: 53:34

Yeah, I've got the bruins at three. I I I'm not sure what you're seeing in tampa bay, but uh man, good luck to those people out there.

Cody: 53:44

Huh, she's oh yeah, with all the, and carolina too.

Eric: 53:48

Yeah, it's been a tough two weeks for those, those two cities.

Gary: 53:54

The home of the company I work for is in Fort Myers oh wow. They shut down and shipped everything to Elisa Viejo. We were getting all the lab work for both labs. It stopped as of yesterday, okay, so they're back.

Eric: 54:21

Everybody's okay in the corporate office for your team.

Gary: 54:26

I haven't heard of any. You know any? Obviously, the building was designed, from what I heard, to withstand a Category 5. So all that is good. Now, every individual with their homes? I haven't heard much about any of that.

Eric: 54:47

Yeah, I've heard, there's no power obviously, and some of the storm surge got some of the cities down south of Tampa have some water in them, pretty bad. A friend of mine actually sat through. Hopefully we heard they were okay, but they actually stayed through it and they're just south of Tampa and he was reporting that power was a problem and then obviously there's water in their house. So hopefully they will be in a better situation soon. But for anybody that's out there, we're just wishing you the best, absolutely.

Cody: 55:27

Totally agree. All right, at number two, I have Florida. Oh, no, yeah, I have Florida.

Gary: 55:34

At number two I have Toronto at number two. I have Toronto at number two.

Eric: 55:39

And I have Toronto also. You just can't put the Maple Leafs at one. It's kind of faux pas.

Cody: 55:48

If Joseph Wall stays healthy. I'm just saying, if he stays healthy, look out.

Gary: 55:57

He's not healthy, is he?

Cody: 56:00

As of right now I think he is.

Gary: 56:03

I thought I just heard something about it.

Cody: 56:05

Oh, don't jinx it already for me, please.

Eric: 56:08

You're the guy that put Toronto in the number one spot.

Cody: 56:10

Well that's okay, I think now they got you know Berube. Well, that's okay I. I think now they got you know berube. They got um. You know, hopefully matthews does a better job being a captain than tavars. Did you know they? And I feel like they? You know they got better on defense with picking up tanev and um ekman larson. So I was you know, I think, and they got a a better backup now with Anthony Stolarz too.

Gary: 56:40

I like Stolarz.

Cody: 56:42

I like.

Gary: 56:42

Stolarz. He played their first game. He did.

Eric: 56:45

Yeah, yeah, walls out.

Gary: 56:50

That's what I said. Sorry, Cody.

Cody: 56:52

I'm sticking with Toronto being number one.

Eric: 56:54

It's hard to go against Matthews scoring 80 million a year, there's got to be a loser.

Cody: 57:03

Your turn. Florida For number one.

Gary: 57:07

Yeah, you have Toronto.

Cody: 57:11

I got Toronto number one.

Gary: 57:14

Who's different now?

Eric: 57:15

Yes, oh boy. Number one Yep, yeah. So who's different now? Yes, no, oh boy.

Cody: 57:18

All right Metro.

Speaker 1: 57:21

All right.

Cody: 57:21

So on that one, I have Montreal, detroit, buffalo, ottawa, tampa, boston, florida, toronto, dad, you got Montreal, detroit, buffalo, ottawa, Boston, tampa, toronto, florida, eric, and you also have Montreal, detroit, buffalo, ottawa, boston, tampa, toronto, florida, Eric, and you also have Montreal, detroit, buffalo, ottawa, Tampa, boston, toronto and.

Gary: 57:43

Florida, it'll be, interesting to see at the end of the year how good we actually do.

Eric: 57:48

Yeah, because if Detroit wins this division, I'm just giving up on this.

Gary: 57:53

I can't see that. No, they aren't.

Eric: 57:55

I can't see that. No, they aren't.

Gary: 57:56

I can't see that at all.

Eric: 57:59

No. You know the Mets are in the playoffs right.

Gary: 58:02

Yeah, what a shock.

Cody: 58:04

Not only are they in the playoffs, they're in the. They were the first team to make it to the semis.

Gary: 58:11

They're in the National League Championship Series now. Yeah, against the Doj Championship Series now.

Eric: 58:16

Yeah.

Gary: 58:16

Against the Dojers, the Doyers, doyers.

Cody: 58:19

All right, metro Division. I think we all probably got the same first two Eight and seven, unless someone changed their mind already.

Gary: 58:31

Columbus and Philadelphia.

Eric: 58:32

Yeah, columbus, and.

Cody: 58:33

Philly yeah.

Eric: 58:35

That's a lock.

Cody: 58:37

Yeah, I agree.

Eric: 58:40

I assume Columbus will be the number one pick next year.

Gary: 58:43

Yeah. Well, yeah, I mean they've had tragedy.

Eric: 58:49

It's sad. Yeah, that's Johnny Hockey's.

Gary: 58:51

They lost their best player, I mean to a drunk driver please don't drink and drive.

Cody: 58:57

Please do not.

Speaker 1: 58:59

Do not.

Cody: 59:00

Uber, Lyft or just find a DD, Just walk.

Gary: 59:06

Drink at home if you want to drink.

Eric: 59:08

Stay home there you go Goodness.

Cody: 59:12

Yeah, so number six, I'll start with number six, I'll start. I'll start with number six. I got the Islanders at six.

Gary: 59:22

I got Washington.

Eric: 59:24

I got Washington. I don't know how you have the Islanders so low.

Cody: 59:30

They just don't excite me. They have, I think what one good line and and think what one good line, and then one decent defensive pair and then I mean their goalies is probably what's going to save them.

Gary: 59:46

But he didn't have a good year. He didn't really have a good year last year.

Speaker 1: 59:50

So he has a good year.

Cody: 59:52

Yeah, but I mean I know that said, I have nothing against Patrick Waugh, but he didn't do very well in Colorado. But then again, usually you always do better on your second coaching job, but I just don't think he has a better lineup than?

Gary: 1:00:11

the people in front of him. The New York Islanders and the smart guys have Washington there, smart.

Eric: 1:00:19

I mean Utah did beat them in the first game. But I, yeah, I just, I think Washington is it's going to be the Ovechkin goal season, so he's going to have the puck most of the time and he's going to be firing off the shots most of the time. And I mean I know there's some new guys there I think one of Gary's favorite players is over there but yeah, I just don't think, I don't see Washington being very good this year.

Cody: 1:00:51

I thought they had one of the best off-seasons out of everyone.

Gary: 1:00:55

Well, you take away Dubois. They had a great offseason. I mean, you know.

Cody: 1:01:00

Dubois could be the reason why Ovechkin breaks the record.

Gary: 1:01:03

Now here's the thing. If Dubois would have a resurrection and become the player everybody thinks he should be, they could be actually pretty good, but he's the key actually pretty good, but he's the key. If to me, it's like they they made that trade to try to get someone to get the puck, to ovechkin he really didn't have great centers because, uh, what back backstrom, retired right yeah, backstrom, and then um oh well, oh, she is in the center though, right? No?

Cody: 1:01:35

he's. He's a winger, but he's on LTI or not, cause he's out for the year. Oh, what was the other guy's name? Um, it starts with a K. I want to say I can't remember, but he was also part of the main reason. But I can't remember, but he was also part of the main reason, but I can't remember his name. So, at number five, eric, who do you have in the Metro?

Eric: 1:02:00

We're going to put the penguins there.

Gary: 1:02:03

I have penguins there too. Oh, it's a winner, winner, chicken dinner Pittsburgh. At number five, number four, I have the Islanders.

Eric: 1:02:18

I like that. Kerry, I think I agree with you on that one. I think the Islanders are a number four team and not a number six team.

Gary: 1:02:26

You have Washington there, right, Cody? No?

Cody: 1:02:29

No, I'm just kidding.

Gary: 1:02:30

Yes, I have Washington.

Eric: 1:02:30

I'm like oh boy, Washington winning the bet, no, I'm just kidding.

Gary: 1:02:35

Yes, I have Washington at four, cody has the PL Dubois. Dubois is at number four in the Metro, yeah, See, I'm.

Cody: 1:02:45

You know, if I look bad then that's fine. But I'm saying PL Dubois is going to help Ovi break the record this year. I have a feeling Ovi is going to get the record this year. Oh I, I have a feeling obi's gonna get the record this year. He wants it, but I'm saying dubois is gonna help him. I have a feeling this isn't gonna be a. I hate to say it, but I hope pl dubois, you know, I feel like he. He deserves to have a good season after everything.

Gary: 1:03:11

But you never know so let's move on to number three then.

Cody: 1:03:16

All right, I got Carolina at three.

Gary: 1:03:20

Carolina at three.

Eric: 1:03:22

That sounds amazing, patrick, patrick.

Cody: 1:03:26

All right, Eric, who do you have at two I have the New Jersey Devils.

Gary: 1:03:35

That's where you're wrong. I might be wrong. Okay, this is my year of going out on a limb.

Eric: 1:03:43

Oh boy.

Gary: 1:03:44

Which limb Well, if you ask. I think we talked about it last week when the podcast got kind of messed up. I had the Rangers going to the Stanley Cup. They disappointed me.

Eric: 1:04:02

Yeah, it's early.

Gary: 1:04:05

They definitely, so I have the Rangers at number two.

Cody: 1:04:15

I have the Rangers at two, and that means I have the Devils at one.

Gary: 1:04:18

I have the Devils at one and we know you have the Rangers because you're a big Ranger fan.

Eric: 1:04:22

I can tell oh, I'm all about the Rampire.

Cody: 1:04:25

I love that kid.

Eric: 1:04:26

The Rampire. I love that kid man. He's a good kid, he loves the fans. I mean, he's a classy guy and you can root for him. He's easy to root for, for sure.

Cody: 1:04:40

Yeah, agreed.

Gary: 1:04:42

You know, I have to tell you, the Rangers got Panera and they got Zibanejad. They got. Fox Trochek, Trochek. I've got to tell you, nobody thought Trochek, except for me, would have the season he had last year. He might have been the reason I had such a good fantasy season, because I did have Trochek and he was very good. And your daughter stole him.

Eric: 1:05:08

She did and she liked him, and I'm going to tell you she picked him because she liked his name. That's how you win.

Cody: 1:05:16

I've got to tell you I think that was one of the ones that she stole from me too.

Gary: 1:05:20

If he does what he did last year, I tell you what he was a difference maker for my team. So I guess we're going to be moving to the West now. Huh.

Cody: 1:05:35

Yep To the Central.

Gary: 1:05:37

Okay, I'll go first this is a hard one. I don't know who I'd pick here. Wait, the Blackhawks. Oh, I was like really.

Cody: 1:05:47

The Chicago Bedards.

Speaker 1: 1:05:49

Yeah, the Bedards, I have eight.

Eric: 1:05:52

Hey, Bertuzzi's over there, and so is Alec Martinez.

Gary: 1:05:56

Yeah, yeah, but you know, martinez is like 38 years old, I'm not sure how much 38 is a great age. Are you speaking from experience?

Eric: 1:06:14

I wish I was 38, but I'll tell you 38's a great age. I really remember doing a lot of things at 38.

Cody: 1:06:24

I don't remember a single thing from 38.

Eric: 1:06:26

You're not even 38. Didn't you just turn? Like 27 or something last week 32.

Gary: 1:06:34

No, I just turned 12.

Eric: 1:06:35

Gary 12 gary, you're 71 32 on episode 32 oh how convenient.

Gary: 1:06:41

Did you plan that I want to say I mean I planned that exactly he goes. Hey, we got to start this weekend. Let's do this. I was going podcast you. I'm not even sure I can do this on our jonathan quick is.

Eric: 1:06:54

Isn't jonathan quick 32 in the king's world? Yes yeah, on our jonathan quick episode he turned 32. Yep, that's awesome that is nice yeah, when do we have our 70th lined up with gary's birthday?

Gary: 1:07:09

not yet. No um the hundred will match a little over three years er him A little over three years, Eric.

Eric: 1:07:17

Damn really yeah.

Cody: 1:07:20

Alright Seven. I have St Louis at seven.

Gary: 1:07:25

St Louis has started pretty good this year, though.

Cody: 1:07:28

Yeah.

Gary: 1:07:28

Falk is not.

Cody: 1:07:30

You know I was gonna pick him up. Justin Falk yeah, he hung out on the board a couple of rounds. No, he did. You know I was going to pick him up. Who, justin Folk yeah, he hung out on the board a couple of rounds. No, he did. And I was like, no, I like this person more, but I was looking at the top scores and I think he was one of the he had the most points. I want to say for a while. I want to say he had one of the top fantasy points.

Eric: 1:07:54

Yeah, yeah, earlier this week, he definitely was. He had a good week. You know, I just think their weekend goal, that goal, is so bad. What is that? Bennington or whatever his name is?

Gary: 1:08:06

Yeah, he has him.

Eric: 1:08:08

Yeah, I have him too. Whoever has him has got a tough year ahead.

Gary: 1:08:11

Hey Eric, what's that? I had him last year and I won the Fantasy League and I had Bennington.

Eric: 1:08:19

Oh, that's good. So whoever has Bennington wins the Fantasy League.

Gary: 1:08:23

Oh sweet.

Cody: 1:08:25

Good, I like it.

Gary: 1:08:27

Well, you know what? We have two less teams, so the teams will all be stronger.

Eric: 1:08:31

Oh, yeah, yeah.

Gary: 1:08:32

Which makes it actually where you can compete more, because all the teams can be stronger. You're not having so many weaker players that you're pulling in.

Eric: 1:08:44

Yeah yeah, the waiver wire has been good. Dylan Gunther was sitting on the waiver wire.

Cody: 1:08:50

My daughter grabbed him after his two goals, so Justin Falk has the second most fantasy points this week. Really, who's number one? Someone that I stole from my dad, shea Theodore.

Eric: 1:09:07

Gary, how does that make you feel?

Gary: 1:09:10

Well, you know what's funny? He had a great start last year and then he was out for like two months somehow I was still able to win. But he was like my number one defender last year and then I go, oh, he's still available. I'm going to get him with this next pick and some good looking guy named Cody some quack got in there and took it from me.

Cody: 1:09:37

Quacky boy. It happened like five or six times where I'd drive someone and all I'd hear is damn you, that's alright.

Gary: 1:09:47

You know what? It'll all be fun, it'll all wash out. At the end Somebody's gonna win. And then you know what Seven people are gonna not win. That's just the way it is.

Cody: 1:09:57

All right, We'll go from there, I'm not going to worry about it All right. So we all had Chicago at eight Everyone had St Louis at seven Yep. All right, utah Six.

Eric: 1:10:07

Utah At six. Yeah, the Phoenix Coyotes of Utah are at six.

Cody: 1:10:14

I got Minnesota at six Six.

Eric: 1:10:19

That might actually pan out.

Gary: 1:10:21

No, it might. Those two are.

Cody: 1:10:25

It can go either way with those two.

Eric: 1:10:26

I could see Winnipeg falling too. I mean, they're okay, but I could see them falling.

Cody: 1:10:32

If Hellebuck gets injured or spends any significant time on LTIR, they could drop.

Gary: 1:10:39

Yeah, but if they stay healthy which they didn't stay healthy last year, winnipeg I mean they could either fall or they could be really good.

Cody: 1:10:52

Yeah.

Gary: 1:10:52

I mean the guy they got from the Kings.

Cody: 1:11:01

The many players they fleeced from the Kings. Well, the best player, they fleeced from them.

Gary: 1:11:07

Why can't I think of his name, kapari?

Cody: 1:11:11

No.

Gary: 1:11:11

Kapari is the worst one they got from him.

Cody: 1:11:13

No, oh, I know who you're talking about. Velarde, velarde, velarde. He killed the Ducks last year. If he, stays healthy.

Gary: 1:11:21

you saw how good the Kings power play was. He was on the number one power play the last year he was with the Kings. He was that right shot. He was scoring a lot of goals and he even got hurt that season. If he could stay healthy along with Shifley and Connor, yeah. Yeah, they could be tough they could be good.

Eric: 1:11:43

I just think that they could also drop.

Gary: 1:11:46

I agree with you.

Eric: 1:11:47

Everything's kind of hitched around that first line and even, like Minnesota's, got the same problem. The depth is a little questionable. So any of those teams, and then you've got a young Utah team, so any of those. I could see any of those kind of bouncing in between four and six.

Gary: 1:12:01

Four, five and six could all jumble it up, it could all move around.

Eric: 1:12:08

But I'm going to tell you Minnesota's got a great goalie. I'm hoping this is Fleury's designate here Hoping for about ten shutouts this year. I'm hoping this is Fleury's Vesna here Hoping for about 10 shutouts this year.

Gary: 1:12:17

I'm not even sure he'll be number one. Honestly, I wouldn't mind that.

Cody: 1:12:21

I wouldn't mind that, because it is his last year.

Eric: 1:12:24

On the retirement leg Vesna.

Gary: 1:12:27

He's a hall of fame for sure, no doubt about it. Very great goalie, Nice guy. Who's your favorite goalie? Gary Mine.

Eric: 1:12:38

Of all time, all time.

Gary: 1:12:40

All time.

Cody: 1:12:42

It's hard to go against Quick. It's obviously not Hasek.

Eric: 1:12:50

Right, it's definitely not, dom yeah.

Cody: 1:12:54

The.

Eric: 1:12:54

Dominator doesn't fit in that world. Yes, he does. He's not a king.

Cody: 1:13:01

The look I got, though, that was the mom look.

Gary: 1:13:04

Yeah, you got the look there, but no, that's a very rare.

Cody: 1:13:08

dad look Obviously because I'm a.

Gary: 1:13:09

Kings fan Quickie would be right up there, the greatest of all time.

Cody: 1:13:16

obviously, hasik's right there with broder um roy wah wah wah god, you can't even see it's three letters and you still can't even say say it right.

Gary: 1:13:31

It's R-O-Y, it's Roy like Roy Rogers.

Cody: 1:13:34

Oh Jesus.

Eric: 1:13:36

Or Walruses.

Gary: 1:13:39

Wrong yeah, so yeah.

Eric: 1:13:45

I thought you were going to tell me Kelly Rudy, but we can deal with that.

Gary: 1:13:49

You know enjoyed him when he played for. The Kings Took him to a Stanley Cup final. They didn't win it, but hey he's alright. He's not a Hall of Famer.

Eric: 1:14:00

No, your best doesn't have to be a Hall of Famer, does he?

Gary: 1:14:03

Well, I think Quick will be a Hall of Famer Winning this USA born goalie in hockey history.

Cody: 1:14:15

Just barely beat out Ryan Miller for that.

Gary: 1:14:18

Yeah, ryan Miller, he was an incredible guy. Yeah, he's probably not going to be a Hall of Famer, though. Do you think he will be?

Cody: 1:14:26

I think Ryan Miller will be.

Gary: 1:14:28

Because he's been such a backup for the longest time.

Eric: 1:14:32

Yeah, I think he's kind of in between. I don't know. The Hockey Hall of Fame looks at things differently than like baseball and football he did have a good international career though too.

Cody: 1:14:43

He was part of that big. I think he was the goalie when Crosby scored that game winner in the Olympics that year. I think he was one of the mainers. They even stayed in that championship game. Let's get this.

Speaker 1: 1:15:00

Let's move on.

Cody: 1:15:00

Finish these predictions and then we can kind of start going off the rails. So where were we, the crazy?

Eric: 1:15:07

train Minnesota.

Cody: 1:15:08

You have Minnesota at five.

Eric: 1:15:11

Minnesota for me.

Cody: 1:15:13

And I got Utah at five and then number four, I got Winnipeg.

Gary: 1:15:20

I have Winnipeg.

Eric: 1:15:21

That's a hat trick, boys Suit em up.

Gary: 1:15:25

Another hat trick for 3.

Eric: 1:15:28

Let's fire some snipes Number 3 Nashville. Dang another hat trick, dude.

Gary: 1:15:35

This is where I'm going to be different.

Eric: 1:15:37

Of course.

Cody: 1:15:39

There we go. Alright, number two.

Eric: 1:15:42

Eric, who do you have the Stanley Cup champ? Just kidding Colorado Avalanche.

Cody: 1:15:49

I have Colorado, I put.

Gary: 1:15:52

Dallas they don't have Pavelski, they don't have Velski, they don't have.

Eric: 1:15:56

They have Jake, they got Ottinger. Yeah, the Otter, the Otter. This is his year Big fan over here.

Gary: 1:16:04

I like him, but I don't put him in the same category as, like, vasilevski.

Speaker 1: 1:16:12

Oh no.

Gary: 1:16:13

Shosturkin Not yet.

Eric: 1:16:15

Or.

Gary: 1:16:15

Hellenbach, hellenbach, hellenbach, not yet, not yet. He's not as quite consistent, and that's why Dallas hasn't won a cup. If he would be more consistent, they would have won a cup.

Cody: 1:16:34

I wouldn't say that because he's consistent in the playoffs.

Eric: 1:16:39

He's only 25.

Cody: 1:16:40

Yeah, yeah, okay. So that means me and Eric have Dallas winning the Central and you got Colorado winning and I'm going to put the President's Trophy on Dallas.

Eric: 1:16:50

It's going to take them a little while to get hot. It doesn't look like that early, but I can see Robertson and Johnson boys firing off a lot of shots here.

Cody: 1:17:01

You know what, Eric? I'm backing you up on that. There you go. Come on, Gary Dallas, for a President's Trophy.

Eric: 1:17:07

Yeah, gary, come on, you going to join the team.

Gary: 1:17:10

Make it a hat trick. I think it's probably between them and Edmonton and Vancouver. Those three.

Eric: 1:17:22

Really Vancouver.

Cody: 1:17:23

I wouldn't say Vancouver, I would say Edmonton and the Devils.

Gary: 1:17:30

You know I did put the Devils up at the top. I'm stretching there. To me that's a stretch. You know I did put the Devils up at the top, I'm stretching there. To me that's a stretch, but I've been doing a lot of stretching this year. It's good for you.

Gary: 1:17:44

Well, you know, it's like it's easy to make the easy prediction, to make the harder prediction, and boy, if it ever comes true. I mean honestly, like I think I mentioned before, who would ever pick the Dodgers to be the World Series champions in 1988? Their best hitter was Mickey Hatcher.

Eric: 1:18:06

Yeah, good old Mickey.

Gary: 1:18:09

I mean think about that. They beat Canseco.

Eric: 1:18:15

That's Canseco.

Gary: 1:18:21

The one who had the ball, bounce off his head and go over the fence for a home run.

Eric: 1:18:25

That would be the same, jose Canseco. Yes, yeah, same guy. And then McGuire, mr 40-40 himself.

Gary: 1:18:33

Yeah.

Eric: 1:18:34

With Walt Weiss, and I mean Dave Stewart and Eckersley and Terry Steinbach.

Gary: 1:18:41

Yes, I mean, who would have thought? That's why I was like sometimes the crazy pick is the one that wins.

Eric: 1:18:51

No, I get it. I'm with you 100%. I think Dallas is going to get a lot more opportunities than these other teams, but Edmonton's not a far off pick either.

Cody: 1:19:04

Speaking of Edmonton, let's get into the Pacific predictions. We keep going a little off topic here, Alright let's go. At 8,. I got San Jose at 8.

Eric: 1:19:18

San Jose, it is Dad.

Gary: 1:19:23

Should I just piss you guys off and say the Ducks, no, I got San Jose I was going to say you're not going to like who I have at 7.

Cody: 1:19:32

If you would have said that, Go ahead and do it, you'll be wrong. I know All right, eric, who do you have at seven?

Eric: 1:19:43

I unfortunately have the Ducks. I don't see a bright. This year is not going to be an amazing year. I think it'll be just a complete rebuilding year.

Cody: 1:19:55

I think you're wrong on that one. I got Calgary. I got Calgary at seven. I think their roster has turned over the most, and I mean Huberto hasn't looked good in two years there. Kadri's been okay, there, wieger's, I think, only been the only good one. Their two goalies barely have any.

Eric: 1:20:17

NHL experience their 500 goalies too. I mean, I could see that. I just think Anaheim's too young and then Igor's out too right In Calgary. I think he's sitting on the IR right now.

Cody: 1:20:27

Sarangovich? Yeah, probably. He was probably one of the bright spots from last year.

Eric: 1:20:34

Yeah, him and Huberto. Yeah, those guys, yeah, I mean there's definitely, you know, 7a and 7B could definitely be Calgary and Anaheim. We'll see what Dostal does tonight. If he does well tonight, that's promising. But after him you have Reimer.

Cody: 1:20:56

And Reimer's a journeyman goalie. Basically, I mean, see, the only good thing is, um, because I was listening to, uh, another Ducks podcast, crash the Pond, and they were. They were talking about the starters for the Ducks, for the goalies. So I think they don't, they only have to use their backup at least maybe two or three times before Gibson's time is supposed to be, when he's supposed to be back that timetable. So Reimer would only play maybe two, maybe three games, so Dostwal would be playing most of the majority of the games.

Eric: 1:21:29

I mean, yeah, you're right, you, you have that opportunity, but that's, that's barring any other issues with Gibson.

Cody: 1:21:36

Yeah, but.

Gary: 1:21:37

I have.

Cody: 1:21:38

The ducks are starting healthy this.

Eric: 1:21:40

There is some truth to that and they've got some young studs coming up so that they can pull from.

Cody: 1:21:46

Cause like Carlson was out starting the year, kaloran was was out starting the year Um last year somebody else was also injured to start the year. So like starting the year um last year, somebody else was also injured to start the year.

Gary: 1:21:56

So like? Are we talking about our number six pick now, or are we still?

Cody: 1:21:59

yeah numbers, so number six.

Gary: 1:22:00

Yeah, I got anaheim at six before we do there, I I gotta. I think cadre is going to have a another breakout season this year why? Because you have cadre on your fantasy team I picked him because I felt he's going to have a breakout yeah, I could be wrong, I like Caddard though, but I do it. Six have Anaheim, but then again, if everything hits, they could be four or five.

Cody: 1:22:28

That's if everything hits.

Gary: 1:22:30

You know, because there's a whole lot of things that can happen, and that's what we don't know. Yeah, so I have An. We don't know. Yeah, so I have Anaheim at six. I take it. You have Calgary, right, I've got.

Eric: 1:22:45

Anaheim at seven and Calgary at six.

Gary: 1:22:47

Okay.

Cody: 1:22:49

And then five, eric, who do you have? The Kraken, kraken, that's what I got.

Gary: 1:22:54

I have the Kraken also. The Kraken, kraken. That's what I got. I have the Kraken also.

Cody: 1:22:57

The Quacken.

Gary: 1:22:59

And I know you guys both have LA, probably at four. I have Vegas because I think Vegas I mean I know they started off really good- I mean, I think they've got the most goals, don't they? They do, but that doesn't mean anything. I mean it think they've got the most goals, don't?

Eric: 1:23:17

they, they do. But that doesn't mean anything. I mean it does at the end.

Gary: 1:23:20

Their biggest problem is depth. They don't have. If they have injuries, they could drop, they could drop to six, if they have injuries, which tell me what year they haven't had injuries.

Cody: 1:23:34

True.

Gary: 1:23:34

I mean Mark Stone's going to be out for two months before the playoffs and come back and play in the first game.

Eric: 1:23:39

He's settled down. I think he's on my team.

Gary: 1:23:43

I know you picked him up. I'm going injury Eric.

Eric: 1:23:47

Injury Eric Injury.

Cody: 1:23:49

You save at least one IR spot for him around the trade-out line. I mean, they have 12 goals in two games our spot for him around the trade.

Eric: 1:23:53

I mean they have 12 goals in two games well, they start what they won the first.

Cody: 1:23:58

What six, seven games last year, yeah, so we got to play them tomorrow.

Eric: 1:24:04

So you got well, they've got kind of a light schedule. Avalanche was pretty good. They actually had the Avalanche Wednesday and eight to four lost. But beating the Blues yesterday the Blues started to make a move on them. So I mean, I don't know. I like Vegas, I think they're better than LA, but if they keep scoring goals like they're scoring, this could be a whole different conversation in this Pacific division.

Cody: 1:24:31

Yeah, we'll see what happens. Yes, it's early.

Gary: 1:24:35

You don't know yet, so at 4 Eric, you have LA yeah, the Queens on 4 same.

Cody: 1:24:46

Queens at 4 and dad you and the dad. You have Vegas at 4, and then obviously we got the opposite at 3. I got Vegas at 3, eric has Vegas at four, and then obviously we got the opposite at three. I got Vegas at three, eric has Vegas at three and you have LA at three. Right, dad.

Gary: 1:25:03

I have Vegas at 4 and LA at 3. And, by the way, tonight for dinner the Queens are having duck a la orange A la orange.

Eric: 1:25:16

If you even knew how to make that, I would come to your house just to eat the crap.

Cody: 1:25:21

I'm actually surprised. You didn't even know how to pronounce it.

Eric: 1:25:24

Duck a la orange. Is that like some Orange County delicacy, or what? Yes?

Gary: 1:25:33

Oh boy.

Cody: 1:25:35

Alright, at number two. Who do you have, dad? Vancouver, canucks Same.

Eric: 1:25:43

It's a hat trick boys.

Cody: 1:25:45

And then, obviously, we all have Edmonton to win, how do you not?

Eric: 1:25:49

go against Dreisaitl and McDavid, although Stuart Skinner's not exactly holding the net down. Huh yeah, didn't they lose their first game like 6-0? I think it was 4-something. But yeah, the point was I think they pulled them late in the third quarter Third period. The point was I think they pulled him like late in the third quarter third period, but it was bad.

Cody: 1:26:11

Let's see, I'm trying to find. Oh wow, yeah, they lost 6-0 to the Jets. Well it's 6-0.

Eric: 1:26:17

Wow.

Speaker 1: 1:26:19

Yeah, stewart.

Eric: 1:26:21

Skinner coming off the playoff run that he had, where he was fairly impressive I mean better than average to coming into this. I was like whoa he was unprepared.

Gary: 1:26:32

See, he's another young guy, like Swayman. They've got some maturing to do.

Cody: 1:26:41

I trust Swayman more than Skinner.

Gary: 1:26:44

Well, I do too. But then again, how many people have Dreisaitl and McDavid?

Cody: 1:26:51

I mean really honestly, and I think Edmonton had a sneaky good offseason too.

Eric: 1:26:58

They did. They brought in a couple pieces that they really did need.

Gary: 1:27:02

It really didn't help them on Wednesday night, though, right, it didn't help help on Wednesday night.

Cody: 1:27:08

Alright, so Stanley Cup final predictions. We literally all had different picks.

Eric: 1:27:18

Yeah, let's let the Duchess of Queens tell us what he's got, because that would make it more exciting From one he's got because that would make it more exciting Dutchess, or Queens For Gary, from one bald guy to another. I went on a stretch. Hey, can I have hair in this podcast?

Gary: 1:27:37

I'm picking Toronto and Colorado. Oh wow, colorado winning it.

Eric: 1:27:43

Okay, eric, I'm going to stay a little closer to home. I've got Dallas and the Rampire. Who do you have?

Cody: 1:27:56

winning.

Eric: 1:27:58

I'm Dallas all the way right now. I like the team and I'm hoping they stay healthy. I'm an all-in for Dallas this year.

Cody: 1:28:07

All right, I'm going to go out on Dallas this year. All right, I'm going to go out on a limb here. Which limb? This is the year that the Canadian team curse ends, oh you got Edmonton winning it right Edmonton versus New Jersey and Edmonton wins. New Jersey and Edmonton wins. So McDavid will be the first player ever to win the Consummate back-to-back years and he's the first player to lose and win Back-to-back years.

Eric: 1:28:45

He didn't look real impressed with losing last year, so I can definitely see him wanting it this year um, and he's gonna. He has the taste yeah, he's got blood and he he sent some blood in the water, so I think too.

Cody: 1:28:59

Yeah, he didn't have a good, he didn't have a good final, so I think he was like you know I'm he's gonna, I think, come back stronger, especially what that new contract of his but, guys, I gotta tell you there is this guy that you guys need to keep an eye on.

Eric: 1:29:14

His name is liam o'brien, spicy tuna. Spicy tuna, he's gonna be my favorite player ever. This guy is the coolest dude and to be named spicy tuna. Can you imagine like I I just when I grow up, that's what I want to be liam o'brien eric did you? Do you remember tuna, I'm used to, of course, terry canning, of course you know, his nephew plays for the Angels, right. Yeah, griff. Yeah, we used to umpire him when he played with.

Gary: 1:29:51

Craig, you know, terry passed away.

Eric: 1:29:53

I didn't know. Terry moved on. No, that's new information. Yeah, he lost his wife.

Gary: 1:29:58

He lost all his weight, he went back to umpiring again and then, you know, with a different organization. I never did see him again, but I saw a post about him a few times and he did pass away, I think a year or two ago.

Eric: 1:30:16

Oh, what a good guy he was great. I remember him and Charles White used to always work together. Remember when the Heisman Trophy winner Charlie. And they would always work together and Charlie would do all the plates.

Gary: 1:30:28

I think I worked with Charlie once. He wasn't the best umpire.

Eric: 1:30:33

Charlie.

Gary: 1:30:34

Yeah, he was there to make money.

Eric: 1:30:36

He was there to make money.

Eric: 1:30:38

It was a good time. I hate to hear that about Tuna, but he was a great guy. And Griff, yes, griff was. It was funny actually. I was watching a game and Griff and Dom Fletcher, the little lefty that played on that same team. He was a younger guy, short kid, left-hander, real spark fire. Remember him, him and his brother Dave. They played on the Angels also and Dom's on the White Sox and I happened to catch a game. Griff was playing against him, so it was Stan Graybeck's team. Remember Stan and Craig's.

Gary: 1:31:14

Yeah.

Eric: 1:31:15

Yeah.

Gary: 1:31:16

Obviously I had both of them. I didn't you know what, I didn't pay attention to their names back then.

Eric: 1:31:21

No, no, we knew they were good. Though You're behind the dish and you line up behind certain guys, it was you know. You know when they're going to go.

Gary: 1:31:32

Oh, what was the name of that team? The Black Sox? What team did we have? Who was that? Remember? When I took the one off the mask, I was literally just thinking that the Rawlings team. It was like a.

Cody: 1:31:45

they had like players from Texas and Florida and stuff thinking that, and they were playing the Rawlings team, it was like a, they had players from Texas and Florida and stuff like that.

Gary: 1:31:52

And I always wear the helmet, and this guy was throwing 14 years old, 92?, 94?.

Eric: 1:32:03

Isaac Gutierrez.

Gary: 1:32:05

I don't remember the name, to be honest with you.

Cody: 1:32:08

Wasn't one of the catchers, he was going to modern day. Wasn't he Something, Martinez?

Gary: 1:32:15

Jeremy Martinez. Oh no, that's the crush.

Cody: 1:32:20

I think he was playing for that team that day though.

Gary: 1:32:23

I used to insure his parents when I was an insurance agent.

Eric: 1:32:29

Way back in my young days I remember doing some games with you, Gary, in our lifetime.

Gary: 1:32:36

Yeah, well, cody was working with me and these two teams were playing each other and I bet you it was great. I bet you the Fletcher boys I didn't even realize they were on that and it was a great game and it ended up being a 3-2 win. But I took the big lefty from Rawlings through a pitch and the guy tipped it. It hit my mask.

Cody: 1:33:02

I thought he died.

Gary: 1:33:04

It hit my mask up by my eyes. It knocked my throat guard. It hit me so hard oh yeah I was dazed and I, because of the foul ball, I took time out, I I pulled it off. I went and got a drink of water. I think you ran over and picked up my throat guard and when I looked at my helmet it had bent in yeah, get a dent it hit so hard it bent it in a little bit.

Gary: 1:33:30

My sister was watching the game and she goes are you okay? I go, I'm a little dazed right now. So I mean, I think everybody realized I was dazed. It's the only time I've ever felt something like that yeah, yeah, I mean, I know it's great back because I mean because, um, it was he was, he was he was.

Cody: 1:33:51

I never had a problem with him as a coach ever wait, so wait, so that that game we, we had the fletcher boys dom's.

Eric: 1:34:00

He had longer hair, he was. He was younger he's. He's gotten to the big league since because a lot of those kids got up like, like Chris Betts, the catcher went over to Tampa and even Austin was over at the University of Oregon and the younger, gray Beck also went. I think they called him John John or something like that. I think he even went to like the Carolinas, but that team just in general was so classy and was so well organized. But yeah, griff played for him.

Cody: 1:34:31

So because I remember David and Dom, they played with Van Skipps' son at Cypress. They were part of when they I think when they won CIF that year.

Eric: 1:34:43

I mean that's possible, yeah, van.

Gary: 1:34:44

Skipps. You remember Van Skipps?

Eric: 1:34:46

Yeah.

Gary: 1:34:47

What was his son's name? Elijah's possible, yeah, you remember Van Skips?

Eric: 1:34:49

Yeah, what was his son's name? Elijah, yeah.

Gary: 1:34:50

I remember having Elijah and he's catching and he was pulling and I go, stop pulling. And he'd pull it again. Stick the ball, boys, I go if you do it again. I'm telling your dad, Did he stop? He stopped.

Cody: 1:35:08

He stopped.

Gary: 1:35:09

Skip was a big guy, scary guy. Okay, we're missing one thing before we finish, guys Trivia question. Anybody else got one? I have one, nope, okay, so there have been eight Michigan goals in the history of the NHL to this day. Who has scored the most Michigan goals?

Cody: 1:35:33

Is that really even a question?

Gary: 1:35:35

It is.

Cody: 1:35:37

It's obviously Zegers Nope, or he has three right, he has two, he has three right.

Gary: 1:35:49

He has two. The account kind of the pass to Milano over the net is like a Michigan but that was an assist, not a goal. Oh, and then Sveshtikov. Sveshtikov is the correct answer with three.

Eric: 1:36:05

No, zgris has two, doesn't Bedard have one?

Cody: 1:36:10

He does, Bedard has one. So Bedard and Zegers' last one. They did literally the same day.

Gary: 1:36:18

First time that ever happened that they had two Michigan and that's in this question I just looked it up for who had the most Michigans and that's actually stated in the notes on the thing I looked up, because I know he did it against the Canadians.

Cody: 1:36:34

He did it against the Kraken. I could have swore he had another Michigan goal too. Oh no, no, he does have three. He did one against the Kraken, he did one against the Coyotes and he did one against the Kraken. He did one against the Coyotes and he did one against the Montreal Canadiens.

Eric: 1:36:51

Gary, are you wrong on this answer?

Cody: 1:36:53

No.

Eric: 1:36:54

Look it up.

Gary: 1:36:55

This is as of May 13, 2024.

Cody: 1:37:01

So you can look it up. But I guarantee you because he remember he had the one against the Canadiens up. But I guarantee you because he remember he had the one against the canadians. He has the one. Then he did the one because he did it around milano. That was the against the coyotes, that was what started the whole when terry got beat down by what's his name I'm looking it up.

Gary: 1:37:20

They're tied. You're right, they're tied with three wow, I know I know my team.

Cody: 1:37:26

What a comeback. So I was right originally.

Eric: 1:37:29

The czar of Quack City knows his stats. I have him on my fantasy team.

Gary: 1:37:33

I hope he has five this year, only not against the Kings.

Eric: 1:37:39

I hope all of my skaters get a Michigan goal this year when I'm playing you.

Gary: 1:37:46

Boy. You know two young guys picking on an old man. How good do you guys really feel about that? I?

Eric: 1:37:54

don't know about two young guys. I think there's, you know, one young guy and one old guy, and then picking on an old guy.

Cody: 1:38:04

What is this Tropic Thunder? I'm a black guy disguised as another black guy. I of a black guy disguised as another black guy so how old are you, eric?

Eric: 1:38:15

oh, this is a public podcast. Man, can't I get away with not having to air out my age, dad?

Cody: 1:38:21

it's very inappropriate to talk like that to our special guest here, shut up, I can do what I want to do.

Eric: 1:38:28

So I guess the end, I will tell you this I'm on the verge of my 42nd birth.

Gary: 1:38:35

You're still a baby.

Eric: 1:38:37

I know, I know it's been fun. It's been fun. So, gary, so at 70, is it going to be easier?

Gary: 1:38:50

You know I, I, gary, so at 70, is it going to be easier? You know, I would almost bet in a 20-yard dash I might beat you running buddy.

Eric: 1:38:57

Dude, I smoked you on that field. I remember you'd go A to C slot, which is first, to basically around third. The kid would be passing second and you would be just getting to the C slot and I'm like that kid just ran 180 feet before you ran 60.

Gary: 1:39:15

Hey Eric, your nose is growing, just like Pinocchio's.

Cody: 1:39:20

So, Dad, when you were in high school, was it hard racing in the 100-yard dash against the Velociraptors.

Gary: 1:39:29

If you didn't win, you were eaten. I'm still here.

Eric: 1:39:36

You should ask them what it was like when they opened the arc door. The arc door, Alright well.

Cody: 1:39:48

We need to get rolling, he need to get rolling off in four minutes, or or or I'm in trouble. I'm in trouble. The person who wears the pants in the family's gonna come yell at him all right, so I'm gonna add to my intro that, uh, the indeed post will be going out for a new co-host of Royally Quacked Eric you're more than welcome.

Gary: 1:40:12

So he's going to become royally.

Eric: 1:40:14

No, nobody can do that, because right now he's nothing but quack.

Cody: 1:40:18

That's fine, we'll be quacky quack.

Eric: 1:40:21

Oh boy, quacky quack podcast the quacky quack podcast. There we go, we're going to go on the wrong kind of podcast yeah, but um eric, we we again.

Cody: 1:40:33

Thank you very much for coming back on, especially after the hiccup we had last week. No worries um hopefully. Uh, mark recce and chris chalios don't help, help you enough to help to beat us on fantasy. Hey, I got a Delphor.

Eric: 1:40:53

Yeah, I got to tell you, man, we got some exciting stuff coming up too is we've got a bunch of signings both in Buffalo and then we're doing some in Chicago with a lot of the Hall of Famers, so, like Grant Fuhrer and all those guys are coming around, so it's been fun. Man, I picked up this about a year ago and you guys have piqued my interest.

Eric: 1:41:13

I saw it on your guys' Facebook and, before I know it, man, here we are talking hockey, so you know, I really appreciate the friendship, but really the thoroughness of like watching you grow a man, and Gary and I have been on the field together and worked together. Just a father-son watching a sport in the right way is so exciting to see, because that's what sports is really about. It's not about all the money and stuff, guys. So I really had fun with you guys and I cherish your guys' friendship for sure. So if you guys need me back on, let me know.

Cody: 1:41:50

You always have an open invitation, Eric.

Gary: 1:41:53

Cody needs some help, because I will just kick his ass anyway, so we'll invite you back so he can have some help.

Eric: 1:42:03

We'll let him think he got a few barbs in there, but at the end of the day, listen, all I care about is that we beat you, and that's what I told my girls. And I got one team I want to beat all the time.

Gary: 1:42:17

Perfect Well you know, we're going to have fun doing it no matter what, and the neat thing about fantasy hockey is it keeps you. You can watch any game and it's still fun because you have some something vested in it and that's what I've always shared with cody and I played I still play football. I stopped playing the baseball one, just like you physically play football or you play fantasy sports. No, no no, I'm talking fantasy sports.

Eric: 1:42:47

Oh, okay. Yeah, I've seen a guy very similar to you. He's on Step Brothers, oh wow.

Gary: 1:43:00

Yeah, weren't you on Seinfeld.

Eric: 1:43:04

I think you guys were on the same career path.

Gary: 1:43:08

Weren't you on Seinfeld. Oh boy George, Weren't you George?

Eric: 1:43:15

I feel insulted.

Gary: 1:43:17

I was not expecting that I wasn't insulted.

Eric: 1:43:21

Listen for this podcast.

Cody: 1:43:22

I have hair.

Gary: 1:43:27

Wait, wait, wait. Stay right there. I got the hair. You're now hairless.

Eric: 1:43:34

Nobody knows, I'm bald.

Gary: 1:43:37

All right. Well, God put hair on.

Cody: 1:43:40

Let's get this shut down, because I got to get ready and we got. My wife has a photo shoot. So, oh, wow, down, because I gotta get ready and we got, my wife has a photo shoot. So oh, oh, wow, getting a call from another, another uh professional athlete popular actually, I think he was one of the announcers when I did the uss games yeah, so, but, um, let's get out of here before I get in trouble.

Cody: 1:44:06

Yes, sir, but so everyone, please go follow us on all our social media accounts. At Royally Quacked, please leave a review, like Eric you know did left us a great review. We thank you again for that, eric.

Eric: 1:44:21

We really do, Absolutely guys. So I hope this gets huge for you guys for sure.

Cody: 1:44:27

I hope it does. I hope it does just because I want the hockey game to just reach out even more so, um, but, like I said, everyone we're on spotify, apple, youtube, uh, iheart, amazon or any of your other favorite podcast platforms. If you have any questions, please send us, uh, an email or direct message us on twitter or instagram, and you know, we'll be back next week and we'll be able to have more game recaps.

Cody: 1:44:57

The ducks games will finally start after tonight and we'll have more kings games for you too, so absolutely and hopefully we we'll have Eric on again very soon, especially probably going over our horrible predictions that we all just made.

Eric: 1:45:13

Or just we can go over a horrible King's season, just kidding.

Cody: 1:45:18

All right guys All right. Well again, eric.

Gary: 1:45:24

Thank you very much for joining us and don't forget fans Go, kings Go.

Cody: 1:45:32

Let's go Ducks Later, guys. See you next week. We'll be right back, hey.