Episode 95- Ducks Are Sinking, Kings Get Kuemper Olympic Rosters Revealed!

A rivalry rout, a painful pattern, and a few bright sparks set the stage for one of our most candid shows yet. We open on the Kings’ 6–1 statement over the Ducks and the Sharks’ five-goals-on-13-shots stunner, then rewind the tape to ask why Anaheim keeps spotting teams the first goal and how that habit wrecks structure, special teams, and momentum. On the other side, we talk through the Kings’ identity tug-of-war: a reliable defensive base that still needs more bite on the power play and a stronger finishing mindset from their big bodies and young skill.

From there we get into specifics. What does “start on time” actually look like shift by shift? Fewer high-risk breakouts, tighter neutral zone routes, and shots that create rebounds instead of finessed passes to nowhere. We make the case for pairing a true shutdown righty with a puck-moving lefty to calm the Ducks’ blue line, and we outline how LA’s penalty kill can tighten the slot without conceding the flanks. Quinton Byfield’s role comes up too: when he drives the net and shoots off the rush, the entire top six looks different. When he defers, the offense stalls.

Then it’s Olympic roster fever. Canada’s forward core is terrifying, but the crease is a debate—Logan Thompson’s form versus Darcy Kuemper’s experience. Team USA chose balance over star scoring, leaving out Jason Robertson and stirring real questions about where clutch goals will come from in a short tournament. We highlight how international reps could unlock another level for Leo Carlsson and Lukas Dostal, and why Sweden’s goaltending tandem might be the quiet edge no one is talking about.

We wrap with predictions, practical fixes, and your comments from live chat. Want more honest breakdowns and fewer clichés? Hit follow, subscribe on YouTube, and ring the bell so you never miss our live streams or bonus rants. Share the episode with a friend who loves SoCal hockey, and drop your take: what’s the one move your team must make this week?

Chapters

• 0:00 New Year Kickoff & Live Game Plans
• 2:50 Chatting With Listeners & Community Shoutouts
• 6:25 Kings Updates: Injuries And Olympic Nods
• 10:25 Ducks Updates: Injuries And Rising Prospects
• 12:45 Around The League: Signings, Fines, Injuries
• 21:10 Barzal Slash Debate And Enforcement Philosophy
• 26:00 Kings–Ducks Blowout Recap And Stats
• 31:50 Sharks Edge Ducks: Shot Quality Versus Quantity
• 37:10 Ducks–Lightning OT Heartbreaker
• 41:40 Kings–Lightning: Special Teams Swing
• 45:10 Wild Roll Ducks: Trends And Takeaways
• 48:40 The Big Rant: Starts, Specials, And Discipline
• 56:10 Mama Duck Joins: Officiating, Defense, And Identity
• 1:04:10 Fixes The Ducks Need Right Now
• 1:08:10 Predictions And What Has To Change
• 1:12:40 Olympic Rosters: Snubs, Starters, Surprises
• 1:20:40 Byfield, Roles, And Development Paths
• 1:25:10 Community, Meetups, And Subscriber Push

Transcript

SPEAKER_01: 1:17

It's that time once again for episode ninety-five of Royal Equat brought to you on the Elite Sports and Entertainment Network. How's it going, Cody?

SPEAKER_05: 1:30

Happy New Year, everyone. Happy New Year. Uh I'm excited. Um, mostly for a different reason, I guess. Today is uh we're gonna get a very special surprise. It's gonna be the first rant of the season.

SPEAKER_01: 1:48

I've had plenty of them already.

SPEAKER_05: 1:50

Yeah, but it's time for me to have a rant. And like I said, I have a whole special outline of my rant. Look, yeah, it's that kind of rant where I needed an outline. Wow, okay, and my dad hasn't not seen this outline, so he has no idea what's coming.

SPEAKER_01: 2:14

But uh then again, you might be a little more detailed than I might have said something. Uh, but we also have breaking news. Breaking news, breaking news, yeah. Tonight at I'll say it the way it's supposed to be said, crypto.com arena. You'll see Royally Quack will be there. Yeah, so we're gonna be there against uh watching the wild and the kings tonight. If you guys come, please listen let us know. We'd love to meet with any of you that would like to talk with us.

SPEAKER_05: 2:55

No, I'll bring stickers.

SPEAKER_01: 2:57

I have some stickers too. Um, anyways, uh I'm excited about it. We get to see one of the greatest defensemen in the world tonight and Quinn Hughes. And I'm he had hell of a game last night, and we won't spoil any more about that than that. Yeah, I'm excited and the wall of St.

SPEAKER_05: 3:24

Paul.

SPEAKER_01: 3:25

Yeah, I actually he's one of my goalies on the fan my fantasy team. I'm struggling whether I want to play him tonight, you know, because if I really love the king is a whoop on him, but then again, that might hurt me uh fantasy-wise, but you know what? Fantasy is fantasy. I I'm doing okay in fantasy, so I'm not gonna um you're undefeated, aren't you? Well, yeah.

SPEAKER_04: 3:53

I'm doing it, I'm doing it, I'm doing all right.

SPEAKER_01: 3:56

And you're undefeated. I don't want to brag about it. So it's so old. I tell you what, I'm doing better in that than the kings are playing.

SPEAKER_05: 4:04

That's like going, that's like going up to like Wayne Gretzky, like, hey, were you you know, were you a good hockey player? I was alright. Or Tom Brady, like, hey, were you a good uh quarterback? Uh I was alright. All right, we got one in the YouTube chat. Let's go, Kings. Yeah, we also got one a couple in the Instagram live. Um, from the sound. He said, Oh man, major FOMO for missing the live game tonight. Uh, hope you guys have a great time tonight. Thank you. Appreciate it. This would be my dad's first kings game since we started the podcast. He's been to many, many, many, but first time since we've started the podcast. Oh, and we also got uh he's from we got uh Du Boy 909. It says, Hey, from Pomona, California. I've been to Pomona many times for work.

SPEAKER_01: 5:00

I wonder, did you play little league there? Would you know uh little?

SPEAKER_04: 5:04

All right, yeah.

SPEAKER_01: 5:06

Um, was it Washington Park? Yeah, Washington Park. We've we've uh umpired a lot of games for you triple SA baseball in our past there. Just wondering if you were a little leaguer, and you would probably know the Ayala family, uh, and Paul Ayala. Shout out for you, Paul.

SPEAKER_05: 5:22

And and Ralph, the brother?

SPEAKER_01: 5:24

Uh Ralph, yeah. I think that's his cousin.

SPEAKER_05: 5:29

I don't know, I can't remember. It's been years.

SPEAKER_01: 5:33

Yeah, it's been a while since we've been doing that. So it's been a while.

SPEAKER_05: 5:36

It has been uh he said, uh, yes, I have my uncle is the mayor of Pomona, Tim Sandoval.

SPEAKER_01: 5:42

Oh, that's cool. Wow, awesome. Awesome. Well, welcome to Royally Quacked.

SPEAKER_05: 5:49

Yeah, welcome. All right, you ready again to some news? Sure. All right, I'll let you start.

SPEAKER_01: 5:58

Okay. Obviously, this is some news you might have heard already, but the kings activated Darcy Kemper from IR, and uh he did play um against Tampa Bay, I believe.

SPEAKER_05: 6:13

Tampa Bay, yeah.

SPEAKER_01: 6:16

Uh yeah, well, that that's almost every kid's favorite hockey movie is the Mighty Ducks.

SPEAKER_05: 6:23

Uh my favorite movie was The Mighty Ducks, and you chose to be a Kings fan.

SPEAKER_01: 6:29

Well, he's a little closer to I know the Kings than he is to. I mean, and that's okay, there's nothing wrong with it. We like we we we we love all Kings fans. I mean, it's not that we have to love your team, but we love all Kings fans, yeah. Or uh all hockey fans, I should say. Yes, um, also with Darcy Kemper uh getting activated, uh Phoenix Copley had been low has been loaned to the Ontario Reign. And you should have already heard this news. Drew Dowdy and Darcy Kemper named to Team Canada for the 2026 Olympics, and then I know um Adrian Kempe was uh named to Sweden, Viala to Switzerland, and Armia Finland, Finland. Wow, we have all the North countries covered there for hockey, yeah. Right there on our team, yeah, and and that's it, other than and yeah, and other than our our our uh poor play. That's king's news.

SPEAKER_05: 7:39

You have no room to talk about poor play after last week, okay? No, no, no talk. All right, on to Ducks News. Um, ducks forward Frank Fatrano is out approximately six weeks due to a shoulder fracture, and that was, I believe, against the king. That was in the king's game, I believe. And uh it was a nasty like incident looked like. I don't know if you saw it or not, dad, but you could tell right away, like, yeah, he's he's going on the IR.

SPEAKER_01: 8:14

We were at a Christmas party, and we did watch some of the game, but I think it was after Vitrano got hurt. Oh, okay. So I didn't I missed seeing that. I don't want to see anybody get hurt, anyways. Yeah, you know, that's I mean it's it's inevitable in in uh a physical game like uh hockey that people will get hurt, but yeah, you don't want to see, yeah.

SPEAKER_05: 8:42

Someone seriously hurt, and then the ducks so far have been uh as of right now, I believe four players on the current ducks team have been named to the Olympic roster. We're gonna give you the full Olympic roster uh later on the show. Um, but right now the four main ones is Mikhail Granlin is gonna be playing for Team Finland, Leo Carlson will be playing for Team Sweden, and then both Rako Gudis and Lukas Dostal will be representing Czechia. So uh, and then the the fifth duck, I would say, is not a duck yet, he's a prospect, but Damien Clara, the goalie, I believe we dropped it last it was a 2023. I won't say it was 2023. Um, he'll be representing uh Italy as the goalie for them.

SPEAKER_01: 9:34

So yeah, no, there you know, look what uh the four face-off did for Carlson last year. So, you know, having these kids get in and some of them get in and play. I mean, it he just was a different player after the four four nations face-off last year. He yeah, he looked like he came into a zone. Um, that's just that's just my opinion, but I I gotcha.

SPEAKER_05: 10:02

All right, uh, time for league news. Um, I'll I'll start. The lightning have signed defenseman JJ Moser to an eight-year 6.75 million AAV contract extension. He's someone that's really come onto the scene this year. I would say he's really stepped up his game this year, and and he i he was part of that um trade that sent uh Sergev from Tampa Bay to Utah. So good little nugget there. Uh, but I mean he and he's played very well this year.

SPEAKER_01: 10:39

Well, they've been having they've had some injuries on the on the D line, and him picking it up has definitely kept uh the lightnings uh play. They've they've been surprisingly good, yeah.

SPEAKER_05: 10:54

And they didn't have headman for the game against the Kings and Ducks. I don't think they missed him.

SPEAKER_01: 11:01

Yeah, I mean it didn't look like they missed. Uh the senators have announced Linus Ulmark will be taking a leave of absence from the team for personal reasons.

SPEAKER_05: 11:17

I hope everything's okay with uh Ulmark. Great goalie, great guy. Um, hope everything's okay with him.

SPEAKER_01: 11:26

Well, you know, that it's probably something to do with the family, and um I don't know. I I think if you have all your priorities straight, it's God, family, and then maybe then comes work. Yeah, that's what it should be. I mean, not necessarily do we all live by that motto. I mean, I know I've been guilty not to but live it all the time because you get caught up in this world and it's hard to stay focused. But if you can do that, you probably you know, you'll probably have a great life.

SPEAKER_05: 12:02

Yeah, uh all right, and then uh blues forward pews suitor is out uh for four weeks with a right ankle injury.

SPEAKER_01: 12:15

Wow, I hate injuries. Um I do too, you know, Islanders forward Matt Barzall has been fined five thousand dollars maximum allowable under the CBA for slashing blue jackets forward Mason March Marchman.

SPEAKER_05: 12:35

Did did you see this play?

SPEAKER_01: 12:37

I did not, but I I I I've heard snippets of people talking about it.

SPEAKER_05: 12:43

Yeah, because Mason Marchmont kind of tripped uh Schaefer, the golden boy, you know, and uh Matthew Barzell took various i and he like two-handed whacked him like right uh luckily like it at least he was smart. He hit Marchmont where he had protection. Like at least it if you would have like hit him in the head or something like that, yeah, he probably would have been suspended for a while. But he he he he just two-handed whacked him right on the shin. Yeah, not not. I mean, I I understand that, but you can't be doing a a two-handed whack like that, you know.

SPEAKER_01: 13:24

The funny thing is, I think about this. I mean, you know, to you and me, five thousand dollar fine would be oh yeah. Uh, but to a guy's making millions, is that really a deterrent from doing stuff like that? Yeah, I mean, hey, kid, I I just spent five thousand dollars protecting you. You think Schaefer's gonna love him for that? I think so.

SPEAKER_05: 13:46

Yeah, I mean, and you could tell, like those Islander guys, they they love Schaefer. He's he's played well, no, and no, like it, but like I think it's not just the way he's playing, it's just the way he is as a person, and I think they would do anything to make sure he's oh he's he's protected, and you could see you could tell right away, yeah. And then uh uh uh Peter Kachekov will undergo surgery for his lower body injury and is expected to miss the rest of the season, and that's per Hurricanes head coach Rob Brendamore. So it looks like it's just gonna be Freddie Anderson and the that new guy, um Busy. I can't remember his first name, but he was like the first like he won like 10 games and 11 starts. Yeah, he's been something, yeah.

SPEAKER_01: 14:43

So oppos um opportunity knocked, and he he he he stepped up. Yeah, he really did. Um, Flyers acquire Philip Tomasino from Pittsburgh for Igor Zamula.

SPEAKER_05: 14:59

Just a little hockey trade, I believe. I don't know much about either player, so um, okay, so we do have a uh before we get too far. Um DeSown asked, What is your guy's opinion on Barzell's actions? Was he justified? Like I wouldn't say the Marchment trip was like dirty, like like like you know, like yes, try to uh try to injure it was it happened. So what marchment did I I think is just kind of like like a freak because you he didn't really like his leg was already stuck out from what I remember, but um I'm I I'm I thought he would have maybe I knew it was gonna be either a fine or one game just because it was a little bit after, but and but this is what Jeff Merrick said, and I think this is the real like real reason why it was a fine and not a suspension, it was still during live play, kinda. So if it was if the if the play was dead and the refs blew the whistle and then he whacked him, then yes, he's probably gonna get suspension. But since it was during live play, refs haven't blown the whistle dead, the world of play dead, that's why I believe it was just a suspension. So I think I I mean in Marchman even came out after the game saying that he's like, Yeah, I shouldn't have done that, like I shouldn't have trepped him like that.

SPEAKER_01: 16:36

It was an overreaction, is what it was. I mean, granted, maybe going up and you know checking him really hard would have sent maybe a similar message without a five thousand dollar fine. Um, but if we're if we're gonna if you've played hockey and I've I've I have played hockey, but not on ice and not at this level by any means, but if you talk to players, um that physicality and the fighting that happen is to get that aggression out without it going too crazy. Yeah, otherwise you'd have guys actually swinging the sticks at their heads, you know, they get angry, you know. The the physicality that the sport has, and a lot of people, you know, I don't want to say just dislike, but don't approve of, you know, the guys square off and start throwing punches, that's just to tell everybody, hey, you know, that was a little too much. Let's not do that again, and we're not gonna be using our sticks in in a manner that could kill somebody, yeah, because if you don't have that physicality, um things will get out of hand, yeah. Um, but also I I do believe the CBA needs to punch up those fines a little bit to make it more of a deterrent, especially doing stuff with the stick, you know, or or you know, like throwing an elbow in a guy's face, yeah, what the damage that could do. I mean, so there's there's some room for uh improvement on on actions, on uh you know, plays like that where it could be more of a deterrent, costs you a little bit more money, you'll think twice about doing it. Yeah, I mean it doesn't take away that physicality because you know they can go throw punches at each other, you know, the dance around, punch around thing, and we've seen some guys get knocked out cold in those, you know. So, um, but that's why it happens, yeah.

SPEAKER_05: 18:59

Yeah, he said to uh to sound said in the in the Instagram chat saying, uh completely agree. I think he should have tried to make him drop the gloves instead of striking him with the stick. I think the reason why he didn't drop the gloves, because I think Mason Marchmint would have just destroyed him in a fight. Uh but I but I don't think that was the point. I think the point is you stand up for your player, and but his his and his but I mean Barzell's not a fighter, and Marchmont is a big guy, and I think he would definitely I don't think marchment's like a fighter, but he can hold his own a lot better than Barzell can. Yeah, so all right. Uh we'll move on to the next big news. Uh Penguins acquire a Yegor Chinnikov from Columbus for Danton Heinen, a 2026 second, and a 2027 third round pick.

SPEAKER_01: 19:57

So is this the first time in NHL history that two guys named Yeegor got traded on the in the same week? We had another oh right above.

SPEAKER_05: 20:09

Wow, yeah.

SPEAKER_01: 20:11

You didn't notice that, right?

SPEAKER_05: 20:13

I did not notice that. No, I something wrote that uh ask the 32 Thoughts guy.

SPEAKER_01: 20:19

Yeah, there you go. Um, and the last bit of league news Calgary extended goalie Devin Cooley for two years at 1.35 million AAV.

SPEAKER_05: 20:31

Well, not quite the last one. Uh, I forgot to put one in the notes. I have it right here on my phone. Um, the Canucks have re signed forward Linus Carlson to a two year. 2.25 million AAV contract extension. I forgot to add that in the notes. That's okay. It's a good thing I was looking through my notes. And now to the fun part.

SPEAKER_01: 20:56

Alright, let me get my the games ready. Well, this game was fun for me and not for you.

SPEAKER_05: 21:05

Yeah. Wait till you see the game graphic I made for this one. Alright. And let's go here. Alright, ready? Ready for the game graphic, everyone? Oh, we got uh subcut clothing. They said hi on the IG live. What's up? How you doing? Good morning. Are you ready for the game? The game graphic? I'm ready. All right, here we go. I put the goals on there because the decks played like they were the San Diego goals last Saturday. Yeah, this was a horrible game all around. Um I'll let you start with uh your scoring because you had a lot more to talk about than I do.

SPEAKER_01: 21:52

Okay. So we're gonna share this one, are we?

SPEAKER_05: 21:55

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01: 21:56

Let me just let me move it down. So let's go to the first period. Um 303 and Drew Daddy gets his third from Byfield is 16th, and Perry is ninth on a tip in. One nothing kings. 53 seconds later, Trevor Moore gets his fifth, from Doomlin his seventh, and CC his sixth. Yes, the two defensive guys we signed to exorbitant contracts both got an assist with the Trevor Moore. I I I actually think they've played somewhat better than they did at the start of the season, but uh honestly not good enough uh overall. Yeah, um then Alex Laferriere gets his eighth from Kempe his 18th and Cope Patar his 12th to make it 3-0 on a snapshot at the 1021 mark. The triple A line triple A line, yeah. We we're back to the triple A line, yes. We've had that before, yeah.

SPEAKER_05: 23:13

But it but that was with uh Kuzmenko.

SPEAKER_01: 23:17

I know I I I LaFerrier's uh the the new one on the tit on that line, for at least that game, and then hey Quentin Byfield gets his fifth on the power play from Clark his 12th and Kuzmenko his fifth at the 1902 mark on a tip in. I don't know how many games that was between goals for Quentin, but at least we know he can score.

SPEAKER_05: 23:45

I believe they said that was his first point of December.

SPEAKER_01: 23:50

Well, he had his first point on the uh first goal from oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_05: 23:54

But uh yeah, but this was the first game he got a point in all of December.

SPEAKER_01: 24:00

Yeah, I something's got to go on there, but that's something for a little later.

SPEAKER_05: 24:05

So everyone out there, all those goals my dad just mentioned, that was all in the first period, yeah. And you notice that I didn't say a single player in that a ducks player in that period. On to the second period, where I'll have nothing to I'll be the only one talking about this second period, but it's not gonna be long. Uh, Mason McTavish gets his ninth of the year on the power play on a wrist shot at the 1002 mark to make it 4-1 Kings. Um, assists go to Carlson, his 25th, and Seneca his 18th. And then I'll shut up for the rest of the game.

SPEAKER_01: 24:47

We go to the third period, but part of the as Cody said, the triple A line, the newest A on the triple A line, Alex LaFerriere gets his ninth from Doomlin, his eighth, and Copotar his 13th to make it 5-1 on a backhand shot at the 424 mark. And to um finish it off getting the hat trick, Alex LaFerriere gets his 10th from Clark, his 13th, and Copotar his 14th to make it 6-1 on a slap shot. So the final score in the Southern California rival game Kings 6, Ducks won, evens up the series at one and one. Yeah, um let's go to the stats real quick. And here's a shock. I mean, the Kings did outshoot them 30 to 26, but did you want to talk about the face-off? It's one plus for you.

SPEAKER_05: 25:53

So this is the one plus I would say, especially the last couple weeks about the ducks, or I would say last week, I would say more. Um, but the ducks did win the face-offs uh in this game. Uh, we won 55% of the face-offs, which is shocker, especially against you know, someone like the Kings, who have Copotar, who's one of the best face-off guys, and I know Turcot's one of them. Uh Turkot is, I think, your best face-off guy right now. I believe that's what they're saying.

SPEAKER_01: 26:28

Well, percentage-wise, correct, he hasn't taken nearly as many as like Byfield and Copotar, and then also uh Deneau before we traded him to Montreal. So, um, I do believe um Turcot's he's he's he's been a the surprise. I think that's why Deneau went. We can move Turcot up. We could start getting Hillaneous. Give us let us be a little bigger on that fourth line. Start beating people up. Um, it it's not really translated into a lot of wins yet, but you know, we we gotta get we're gonna have to get younger. We're gonna get younger just because we're the oldest team in hockey, yeah. So um, you know, the the ducks were one for two on the power play, kings were one for four. The ducks out hit the kings 16 to 12, block shots. The kings finally win one, uh, 16 to 13. And then, you know, hey, the ducks out gave away the kings 18-17. Do we want to go to the three stars of the game, Cody?

SPEAKER_05: 27:35

Oh, yeah, because I have so many players in that.

SPEAKER_01: 27:40

Um, Brian Dumlin is the third star with two assists. X ex duck, by the way. Um, Anze Copitar with three assists is the number two star, and the number one star, well deserved. Uh Alex La Ferriere with a hat trick.

SPEAKER_05: 27:59

Yep, or Anze Copotar in another universe is a duck. Because the ducks would have selected him second overall.

SPEAKER_01: 28:05

And well, if you did a redraft over their careers, he would have definitely been a duck for sure.

SPEAKER_05: 28:13

So but wow, well, that was a great game by the ducks. Good job, guys.

SPEAKER_01: 28:21

Well, why don't you go ahead and go to your next game?

SPEAKER_05: 28:25

All right. So, speaking of division rivals, um, the ducks hosted the San Jose Sharks, and let's uh let's get this one started. So the Ducks fall to this one five to four. Not a very uh pretty game either. Um, Mario Ferraro, you're that's right. We had another defenseman score first for the other team, is second of the year at the 1043 mark on a tip-in shot, gets the scoring started, and then um uh Askeroff, the goalie for San Jose, decide uh just looked like his like controller kind of died. Like if you're playing a video game and he forgot to play the puck, and then Nestorenko comes up, steals the puck from Askaroff, and Troy Terry takes it. And Troy Terry has like literally a wide open net and just shoots it in. So then we're tied 1-1 at and that was at the 1502 mark. And Nestorenko got the assist on that. That was his eighth, and Troy Terry Terry's 11th goal, and then Macklin Celebrini, who someone that he should not be left open like the the ducks did here. He gets his 21st of the season to make it 2-1 San Jose, and that was at the 1912 mark. Um yeah, so it was 2-1 after one. We go to the second period. Igor Cherneshoff scores on a backhand make to make it 3-1 San Jose, and that was at the 6 30 mark, and then William Eklund gets his 10th of the year at the 1217 mark to make it 4-1 San Jose. Okay, and just wait till you see the totals at after this game, but then Cutter Goate gets on the board, it's 19th of the year. Uh Troy Terry gets his 26th assist and Peeling's 12th assist to make it 4-2 San Jose, and that was after two periods. Now we go on to the third. Someone who's been playing a lot better uh lately is Pavel Minchikov. He scores, gets his fifth of the year to make it 4-3 San Jose, and that was at the 307 mark. So we still have plenty of time in this game. Um, Cutter Goody got his 19th assist, Ian Moore's fourth assist on that Pavel Minchikov goal, and then Zach Ostapchuk um at the 1347 mark gets a tipping goal. I'm not blaming Morazic for this one on that goal because the shot was going low, he went low, and the guy tipped it high. So there's nothing Mrazic can do on that one. So that makes it 5-3 San Jose, and then Troy Terry gets another goal, his 12th of the year, McTavich's 15th assist, Lacombe's 17th assist, and it makes it 5-4, and that was with 558 left. But the Ducks could not score another goal, you couldn't even really get that many shots, and they even had a power play, it made it six on four, and we couldn't get shots on net. Like, what are we doing here? What are we doing? Um, so here's the horrible part. San Jose scored five goals on 13 shots. You heard that right. Five goals on 13 shots. Dol stopped five of nine and Merezic stopped three of four. It's not good. Like, we can't be giving up five goals on 13 shots. Like it it was it was like the Dallas game. They had like seven goals on 13 shots at one point. It's bad. We can't be doing this. I I I mean, I'm I you can't blame just the goalies on it because like when you're giving up like two on ones and one timers and deflections, that's on defense. I'm not blaming Dostall, but I mean Dostall hasn't looked himself lately, but still, like we have to you have to stop more shots, and it's I would say it's on the defense and the goal leads at the same time, not just on Brazic or Dostal. Um, but the you know, here's a shocker. Uh oh, I forgot to say the Ducks also had uh 42 shots on goal and only got and scored four. Um face-off percentage, the ducks win another one 55 to 45. Uh both teams were 0 for on the power play. Um, ducks outhit them 18-17. Um, San Jose had 19 block shots. Uh Ducks had 11. And now we the season series is tied uh one apiece, and you're three stars of the game. Uh Wenberg had two assists for two points. Uh Troy Terry had two goals, one assist for three points as the number two star. And then the golden child of the NHL right now, Macklin Celebrini was the number one star with one goal, two assists for three points. And we also have a uh something in the IG live. Uh DeSound says, I was watching this game, a tough loss for the ducks. I thought they might have pulled off the win or at least tied uh the last five minutes. I'm also secretly hoping both teams to lose. Oh, trust me, that's that's me this weekend with the Niners and Seahawks. Yeah, there you go. So yeah, just another embarrassing loss, and that makes us now three straight losses to division teams, three straight losses to divisional teams all in the last week. Outside around that.

SPEAKER_01: 34:34

Okay, so now it's your turn. So on the 29th, um Kings are playing in Colorado, and let's we'll go right to the scoring. Jack Drury gets his sixth from Colton, his 10th, on a wrist shot at the 924 mark. So after one period, it's one-nothing avalanche. In the second period, finally, Corey Perry gets his eighth on the power play from Fiala, his 12th, and Edmondson his 12th on a tip-in at the 515 mark. But Martin Nitches gets his 19th from Landiscog his 14th, and McKinnon to make it 2-1 on a backhanded shot at the 1321 mark, and then Brock Nelson gets his 15th from Kivaranta is third, and Girard is eighth at the 1730 mark on a wrist shot, and it's now 3-1 um Avalanche going into the third period. But this is a prize, and Finland's uh Olympic player, Joel Armia, another short-handed goal, his ninth from Kempe, his 19th at the 458 mark on a wrist shot. But then um it's so it's 3-2 going, and the the Kings pull the goalie, and McKinnon gets an empty netter from uh Lekinnan. That was McKinnon's 32nd goal, and Lekanen's 17 assist on a wrist shot at the 1823 mark to make it 4-2, and then McCarr gets his 12th from Nushkin, his 15th, and Nelson is 13th at the 1915 mark, and the Kings lose in Colorado 5-2. Um, the Kings actually were competitive in this game, but you could see the difference in talent level. I mean, totally their their uh Avalanche have a lot more talent hockey-wise than the Kings do. So let's go to the three stars. Natchez is the third star with a goal, McKinnon's the second star with a goal and assist, and Nelson uh the first star with a goal and an assist. Now, on to your next game, Cody.

SPEAKER_05: 37:14

All right, or my next game. So the Ducks host the Tampa Bay Lightning, and here's how it went. So again, the Ducks give up the first goal to a defenseman. Uh JJ Moser, who we just talked about earlier, um, gets his fourth of the year to make it one-nothing lightning, and that was the first period. In the second period, Chanson Harkins gets on the board to tie it up his third of the year, Ross Johnson's ninth assist of the year. So now we're tied 1-1, and that was at the 15-17 mark, and then Braden Point gets on the board for only his seventh goal of the year, which is crazy. Um, to make it 2-1 lightning, and that was at the 1911 mark, and that was after two periods, so it's 2-1 Tampa Bay after two, and then the third period is where it gets wild, and then uh Beckett Seneca, also known as Bucket, uh gets his 12th of the year to tie it up 12-12, and that was at the 357 mark, and that goal was unassisted, which I think 12-12. I said, Did I say 12-12? Sorry, but 2-2. I did there you go. Yeah, so I tied it up 2-2. Yeah, I just skipped a bunch of goals and didn't tell you guys. Um, sorry, 12 is my favorite number, so it's I've 12 on the brain. Um, so that yeah, Beckett ties it up 2-2, and that goal is unassisted, which really should have gone to uh McTavish, but yeah. Um, and then Nikita Kucharov gets on the board for Tampa Bay on a power play goal, and that was at the eight-minute mark, and that makes it three to Tampa Bay. But Mason McTavish on the power play gets his 10th of the year. Mitchikov gets an assist, his sixth of the year, and ties it up three to three, and that was at the 1302 mark, and so there was no other scoring, so then we go into overtime, and the ducks had plenty of chances in overtime, can't capitalize, but then Darren Radish, a defenseman, uh gets his ninth of the year and wins it for Tampa Bay, and that was at the 247 mark in overtime. So the ducks fall to Tampa Bay four to three. Um, here's the shots on goal. Um Tampa Bay had 29, the Ducks had 28, and for the third straight game, the Ducks win the face-off percentage 62 to 38. Each team was one for three on the power play. Um Tampa Bay outhit us 19 to 13. Each team had 12 block shots, and Tampa Bay wins the series, uh season series two games to none, winning both games four to three. You're three stars. You have Brain and Point with the one goal, one point for as a third star. Uh Beckett gets the second star with the one goal, and McTavish gets the first star with the one goal. And that is it for this game.

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So so you have two ducks get the first and second star, and they lose.

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Yeah, because um it's the they're the home team.

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Okay, so.

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On to your new now.

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Now we're playing Tampa Bay on New Year's Day, and the scoring starts off with Braden Point on the power play from Gensel is 22nd, and Kucharov is 34th at the 334 mark on a wrist shot. So it's one-nothing Tampa Bay. Then Jeff Millot gets his third from Corey Perry his 10th on a snapshot, just about a minute, a little over a minute later, to tie the game one-one. Then Andre Kuzmenko, formerly of the AAA line, on the power play, gets his eighth from Perry his 11th, and Fiala his 13th at the 1614 mark on a snapshot to put the Kings up two to one going into the second period. Did I lose you? And you know, Radish is a defenseman. I think he has more points than Byfield does. Uh I think that's disturbing to me.

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Wait, sorry, go go back because I think you cut out for like a minute. Did I? Oh no, you're freezing on my end.

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Am I? I'm I can't see anything going on. Am I okay now?

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Yeah. Oh no, all was oh, I scrolled a little too far, and then you froze for like a good 30 seconds.

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Okay, so in the second period, Braden Point gets his ninth from Radish is 21st and Moser is 10th to tie the game 2-2 on a backhanded shot at the 1807 mark. We go to the third period, tied 2-2, and Kevin Fiala on the power play gets his 14th. From Perry is 12th, and Kuzmenko is sixth to put the Kings up 3-2. And that was at the 137 mark on a wrist shot. Then we go all the way to the 1641 mark, and Anthony Sorelli gets his 11th from Hegel, his 17th. Kucharov is 35th on a backhanded shot to tie the game 3-3. Then Gage Gonschar. Gonchar? Yep.

SPEAKER_05: 43:16

It makes sense if you don't think about it.

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Okay. Uh he scores his fourth from Gensel is 23rd and Sorelli is 13th to put uh Tampa Bay up 4-3 at the 18-19 mark. And then less than a minute later, Kucharov gets an empty netter from Radish is 22nd, and the final is 5-3. Um Tampa Bay. Uh shots on goal were 24-20. I'm not gonna go over the other ones, I'll just go to the three stars of the game. It's a little disappointing. Gonchars with a third star with a goal. Perry was the second star with three assists, and Braden Point with two goals was the number one star. And that's the last game for this week for me. Let's go to your last game, Cody.

SPEAKER_05: 44:13

All right, so the ducks hosted the Minnesota Wild. Let me pull up the graphic right here. So the again, the ducks give up the first goal. Uh Capril Capri Soff gets his 24th of the year on the power play in the first period, and that was at the 539 mark to make it one nothing Minnesota, and that was the only goal in the first period. So now we'll move into the second. Danila Yuroff, who's really been, I think he's been their number one center for Minnesota. He gets his fifth of the year to make it two nothing Minnesota, and that was at the 8-10 mark, and that was off a off a deflection shot, and then Beckett Seneca again gets his 13th of the year to make it 2-1 Minnesota. Uh that was Mason McTavish's 16th assist of the year, and that was at the 1346 mark, and then a minute later, Yaakov Trennan gets his third of the year to make it 3-1 Minnesota, and again at the 1445 mark. So now it's 3-1 Minnesota at uh after 2. So now we'll move into the third period, and Danelli Yuroff again gets a sixth of the year to make it 4-1 Minnesota, and that was a uh at the 321 mark, and then Nico Sturm gets his third of the year to make it five one Minnesota. Uh that was at the 1502 mark, and then oh yay, Troy Terry scores to make it 5-2. Uh it was the 13th of the year, Granland's ninth assist. Um, and that was at the 1727 mark. So that's that's the final 5-2. Uh Dostal stopped 29 out of 34 shots. Gustison stopped 26 out of 28. And we'll go to the stats. Uh, Minnesota outshot the ducks 34 to 28, and then for the fourth game in a row, it's a ducks record since I can't remember when, um, but they won the faceoff again 53 to 47. Um, Minnesota went one for four on the power play. Ducks were 0 for 1. Can you believe that in the two games against Minnesota, Minnesota's had I want to say 12 power plays to the Ducks three? I feel like that's a little lopsided. Yeah, exactly. I'm speechless too. The Ducks, the Ducks outhit them 22 to 11, uh, and out block uh had more block shots 20 to 18. And so far the ducks are 0 for 2 against the Minnesota in the season series. Um, the three stars of the game, uh Capri Soff is the number three star with the one goal. Uh Beckett Seneca was the number one star with one goal, which I don't know how Euroff is not on here with two goals. Um, but Quinn Hughes, the new Minnesota Wild, had four assists this game for four points, and he was the number one star.

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So Seneca was the number two star then.

SPEAKER_05: 47:35

Seneca was a number two star, and Quinn Hughes was the number one star. Okay, all right, and I believe that's the last bit of news. So I guess I can remove that. All right, now for my favorite time of this episode. Are you ready?

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Uh yeah.

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If you want to take a nap or anything like that, or you know, go to the bathroom.

SPEAKER_01: 48:02

Now I'm gonna hit the I'll hit the restroom real quick while you go off.

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All right, I'm gonna go off. And you'll end up listening to this later, so you'll hear everything. All right. Here is my rant. We need to stop starting the game behind 27 games. We've been behind. We've given up the first goal. 27 games. We've only taken the lead 14 times to start the game, 14 to 27. It's not very good. So out of 41 games, so half the games we've already played so far, we've given up the first goal 27 times. That's not how we start games. You can't be giving up the first goal. We can't be behind every single game like that. That's way too many. Okay, that's one. Two, can't be losing to teams in division. We lost three straight. We lost the Seattle game we should have won. We lost to the Kings, we played like crap. Then we lost to the Sharks. We were gave up five goals on 13 shots. We can't be losing to teams in division. Those are points that we're giving up easily. That's that's what's keeping us in playoff spots if we win. Now we're going lower and lower and lower in the standings because we're not winning these games in the division. Oh, you could have taken your time. Oh, I did.

SPEAKER_01: 49:42

Yeah, and then want to miss it all.

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Next up. What's going on with the power play and penalty kill? I thought we got new coaches for this. The power plays started off very good, and now it's I mean it's been better as of late. At least we've scored some power play goals this last week, but it was horrible, horrible. So here's how bad the power plays has been in October, and this is October. We are we are going at 20. November, 20. And then December, it dropped. We had 11.4 percent on the power play. That cannot happen. Your power play needs to stay consistent. Okay, next up. Too many odd man rush attempts are get being given up. That's how the other teams are scoring their goals. Um, we're we're leaving this. Is all uh like these next three bullets are all pretty much the same. Stop with the defensive turnovers and leaving the zone too early, and it leads to goals against. That's how Bedard scored one one of his goals. That's how they get the odd man rushes. That's how we're giving up these high danger chances against these teams. That's how they're scoring the like that's how they're usually taking the lead on us right away because we're leaving the zone early, or we're giving the puck up in our D zone, and that's how we're losing these games. And then there's too many odd man rush attempts that we're not scoring on, and sometimes we're not even getting a shot off. There's been too many times where I've seen a two-on-one, three on one, and it's like an easy, it should be an easy goal, and we're not even getting a shot off. What are we doing here? Like, I'm so annoyed. Like, I'm like, oh, shoot, shoot, shoot, and they don't shoot, or they make another, they make too many passes, and they've they do that in the o zone too. Shoot the puck on net, get rebounds, put put someone in front of the goalie and block his view. That's how all their teams are scoring on us, but we're not doing the same, you know. We and next up, we need to learn to be more dangerous in the offensive zone, can't just score on rush attempts all the time, you know. I know that's how like you know, cutter and leo and Terry all usually score, but we need to have we can't just be a rush automan rush team and score. We need to be uh all around better offensively when we're in the ozone. We need to keep keep in the o zone, work the puck around, get the other team tired, and then start getting shots on that, and we're not even doing that. I don't know what's going on with that, but it looked very good in the beginning of the year, and just we I feel like the team has changed dramatically since then, and we haven't really had major injuries that are involved with this. Um, I know I mean mom talked a little bit about this yet when we were texting, so she kind of knows I was gonna go on a rant. Um, they did better when they get the puck and shoot instead of trying to try too hard to get the best shot. I agree. Um, I believe as uh Michael Scott said in the office, you're gonna miss 100% of the shots you don't take from Wayne Grodsky. It's an office reference if you don't know that. Um, so shoot the puck because, like I said, you're not you're better off shooting the puck and getting rebounds and block or blocking the and getting deflections than just trying to find the best shot and then losing the puck. Agreed. Another one, stop taking penalties. We're I mean, all right, I'm not gonna lie. Um, this is a little on the refs, I would say too, where the refs I feel like have been really bad against the ducks as of late. Against the Kings, I wasn't too worried about it. Was I want to say the Sharks or Tampa Bay game, and this has happened, I want to say a few times now, where the Ducks have a power play, and then almost like right away, the the other team trips one of the ducks players, like, and it's a blatant trip, like they call it all the time, and they don't, and we don't get another power, like that should be another penalty, and get called, and then we should have a five on three, but we're not getting that. And see, you know, mom, how we are with the referees, how mom's like, hey, calm down, mom agrees. That should tell you one thing. When mom agrees with how bad the refs are, that should tell you one thing. Because I can tell you this, I don't know how many times where I've seen the ducks on a penalty kill, then they take another penalty and they call instantly. But when the ducks are on a power play and the other team takes trips us or anything, they don't call it. It happens too many times. All right, and our penalties, we're taking dumb penalties. I love Beckett, but he's one of the worst ones at taking penalties. I know he's young, he's 19, he's probably he'll he he'll clean up the act. I'm not worried about him as much and stuff like that, but we're still taking too many penalties. So, penalties. This is how many penalties we've had in each month. In October, we had 43, in November, 58, and then in December 53. Penalties drawn. We had 50 in October, 62 in November, uh, and then uh 49 in December. Like it's when the ducks are playing their game, that's when we draw more penalties. That's what's killing us right now. Uh yeah, uh mom says even Hayward was shocked about not getting it's yes, I agree with Hayward on some of these, but sometimes he could be a little bit of a homer. I love Hayward, but yeah. Um, next up, you know the game Where's Waldo, Dad?

SPEAKER_01: 56:13

Yeah, I know the everyone.

SPEAKER_05: 56:15

Yeah, um, I I want to play a new game. Where's Krider? I haven't really seen him do much in the last, I want to say month. So, like I said, I I don't know like where he's been. He hasn't been scoring goals or getting assists. He I don't I don't really see him in the net. Like, other than that, I I haven't seen Kreider. So I I want to know where Crider is. Like, where where was the Krider we had in October in the beginning of November? I want that Crider back.

SPEAKER_01: 56:54

So I I've got an idea for your next rant.

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Okay, I'm not done, but go on.

SPEAKER_01: 57:01

Yeah, we let your mom come in and you guys can rant together. Okay, what do you think about that? I know I know we've done it before. Well, I know, but it's yeah, yeah, okay, and then you know the ladies that listen, they'll get a ladies' point of view, just not just us guys' point of view. Um is mom in the building right now. You want mom to come in? Bring her on if she's listening. I think mom is mom come come into dad's office, come in and take my spot and let me know when so we'll guys can have your celebrity rant.

SPEAKER_05: 57:40

So I got more. So in the last five games, we haven't had a lead once in the last five games. And since December 1st, do you want to know how many leads we've had since December 1st? And this is including the game last night. Three close, we've had four.

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I wasn't gonna say four. Dang, yeah.

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So the ducks had a lead in let's see, one uh uh December 1st against the Blues. We had the Chicago game where they won seven to one. I totally forgot about this one. Um, we did have a lead in the Pittsburgh game, the one that we got completely outplayed in, and then the last time we had a lead was on December 15th against um the New York Rangers. On that, the last time, or sorry, one, two, three, or yeah, five times. Sorry, it was five, not four, five. Uh, because we did have the lead against the Columbus on December 20th. That was the last time the ducks had a lead in a game, was December 20th. So five leads in the month of December. That's not good. We like and a team that was scoring how to oh, mom's in the picture. All right, and then letting up three or more goals. We've given up 13 in the last 16 games. We've given up three or more goals.

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Yeah, if you want to listen to my iPad that's sitting right there.

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All right, and we're we're about to have a special celebrity. All right, celebrity rant. Go on, mom.

SPEAKER_00: 59:43

Well, well, as you said the other day, you knew something was bad when I start texting you.

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Yeah, so if you know how I always tell you guys how my dad likes to ruin games for me, at least my mom does the courtesy of, hey, are you watching the game? And usually when she texts me that, I'm like, oh crap, something's going on, something bad happened. Because most of the time, I like especially with the the East Coast games, I get off work at like four or five o'clock, and the game's already started, or I'm trying to come home, shower, eat, and everything. So I already start the games behind, like the game against uh Tampa Bay. I I think the game was already almost over by the time I even started watching it.

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And I think I was full blown angry.

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So I mean the refs were horrible in that game, but yes, you normally when you text me, are you watching the game? nine times out of ten, I'm like, Oh crap, the ducks, something's going on, and the ducks are horrible. Horrible, which I noticed I the first two months, you never really texted me that. It was really it was it was really in December where it really started happening.

SPEAKER_00: 1:00:52

Yeah, December, I was definitely texting you a lot. It was it was like constantly because I had something to say or I had a question or I was just angry and I didn't have anybody to vent to, yeah, except yelling at the television, which I'm surprised I didn't wake up your brother a lot because sometimes I'm really yelling at the television set. As of we I think there was one game I just shut off completely because I was like, I just can't watch anymore. No, because we were we read we read Joanne's. I think that was the seven to seven to one. Who was that? I can't remember.

SPEAKER_05: 1:01:28

Seven to one. That must have been the Dallas Stars game.

SPEAKER_00: 1:01:32

Oh, yeah, that might have been in Dallas.

SPEAKER_05: 1:01:34

Oh we we get sorry, we have an annoying person in the IG chat, uh Gary Speak21. He said boo-hoo. So that's number one person to block on Instagram right now.

SPEAKER_00: 1:01:46

Yeah, well, that's his MO anyway.

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So yeah, but go on, mom. The ranch is all for you now.

SPEAKER_00: 1:01:53

Oh my god. I just it's just so frustrating to see them right in front of the net. I mean, sometimes I think last night I yelled, Who are you guys passing to? We were passing to the orange shirts, not a white shirt. Because uh, like you were talking about earlier, the the defensive they're leaving and they're passing, and everybody's going the wrong way, and then all of a sudden there's a play, and poor Dostal is like, Okay, guys, you know, give me some help. I mean, there's some he should have stopped. He hasn't looked great since he got back right after Thanksgiving. He has not been the same. I'm hoping the Olympics will bring a regence for him, resurgence for him, and bring him back to the the stall that we know. He's been showing, he's been showing inks of it a little bit here and there.

SPEAKER_04: 1:02:41

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00: 1:02:42

The last couple of games have definitely been better, but his defense has just been. I mean, Lacombe, who's usually really good, I haven't seen that much of. He's been kind of silent. I haven't seen him sliding across the ice to block anything like he normally does. It's been very, very frustrating for sure.

SPEAKER_05: 1:03:08

I I agree. Sorry, dad's being annoying. He says, You look good with the king's background. Here, let's do this. Go on, mom. I got you.

SPEAKER_00: 1:03:20

There we go. There we go.

SPEAKER_05: 1:03:21

I'll put you in the in the orange.

SPEAKER_04: 1:03:26

There we go. Orange and black. Go for it.

SPEAKER_00: 1:03:28

I like that. No, he's talking, he's talking about this part.

SPEAKER_04: 1:03:31

Oh. The key part. I I can't do anything about that one.

SPEAKER_00: 1:03:35

There we go. I'll try to block it a little bit. But uh yeah, it's just it's been so they were playing so good, and it seems like since Thanksgiving, it's like a switch. You know, you're gonna go through periods where things go down. But I I like to see, like I think I put on there, I would like to see them maybe start losing the face-offs because they seem to be doing better when they lost the face-offs. Since they've been winning face-offs, they're doing worse. So I'm all for let's okay, lose the face-offs if that's what it takes to put something and then shooting the dang puck when they didn't think about the shots, that's when they were making the goals, they'd make these fantastic goals, or they'd get the rebound from it instead of playing with it and then passing it and losing it, and then they're off to the races trying to catch the person that's gonna go down and score. And it's uh I it seems like it's two different ducks since Thanksgiving.

SPEAKER_05: 1:04:36

No, you're I would say you're 100% right on that. They it's a different, honestly. I hate to say it, but it looks like we're watching Grey Cronin hockey again.

SPEAKER_00: 1:04:46

I thought about that this morning. Yes, it's like they're all of a sudden they're not the team that you know, like I said, you know there's gonna be bumps, but you know, what are we in third place now instead of first? And it's such a tight-knit group already that every point counts. Yeah, it's I I I want to see something. I'm hoping that we can start doing something by the Olympics, and I'm hoping that all the guys from the Olympics come back with maybe a renewed and a refreshed attitude, yeah. And then hit the ground running to finish off the season to at least make the playoffs. I mean, they're not they're not Stanley Cup ready. I mean, as much as I'd love them to be, they are not Stanley Cup ready, but at least let's get him into the playoffs.

SPEAKER_05: 1:05:33

Yeah, no, like I I agree, like honestly, like I knew when we were doing that seven-game win streak when everyone's like, Oh my god, the ducks are contenders. I'm like, I think a lot of people did not like me for this, and I I was still like, okay, what they're doing is great, and I'm enjoying this. Like, I trust me, I was not not enjoying it, I was enjoying the moment, but I I'm more realistic. Where I'm like, what they're doing is not sustainable. The the way they're playing defense, the way they're scoring goals is not gonna last. I'm like, they have to. I trust me, I loved it. I loved the winning. I loved everyone. The ducks were finally on everyone's radar. They were talking about, hey, this is the ducks, this is the ducks, instead of because the ducks were always like, Oh, yeah, they're bottom feeders, they're they're you know, they're gonna be a lottery team, like I like always. But the way they started really turned a lot of people's heads, like, oh, the ducks are better, like they're looking legit. And I was like, Yes, they are, but let's see what happens later on in the season.

SPEAKER_00: 1:06:41

And you know, I you know, I'm one of the most positive people when it comes to no, and you are my my sports teams and stuff, you know. I'm you know, even when they're down, I'm usually like, okay, there's something, but right now it's like I'm even having a hard time, you know, with with that.

SPEAKER_05: 1:07:00

So for most of you don't know, when me and my dad, we used to umpire baseball, and my mom would get mad if we complained about the referees or umpires. Like, hey, how would you feel if that was you out there? But when I'm getting texts about refereeing, I'm like, yeah, like that's how you know something's wrong with the referees when my mom is not happy with the referees, you know. And then uh we had someone in the chat, uh Deuce 3805 gotta change the background when Mama Duck hops on. Yeah, I know we're gonna have to work on that for sure.

SPEAKER_00: 1:07:39

I think I need to change my Instagram to Mama Duck, yeah. You should, or Mama Mama Quack, Mama Quack.

SPEAKER_05: 1:07:45

There you go. Mama quack, and then in their bio executive producer of Royally Quack. Um, but no, like so that's how I know like the referees are bad. Is and it's usually whenever you have a question, when you text me, like, hey, where are you at in the game? Because I have a question, usually it has to do with a referee moment or stuff like that. And sometimes we're you text me with this, and I was like, No, that was the right call. I I I I agree, like what they did, and stuff like that. But like, uh, because like I said, I'm trying to be as realistic as I can with this. I knew what they were doing was not realistic to start the year, but what they're doing right now is not realistic either. They're playing well below par from what they normally do.

SPEAKER_00: 1:08:34

Slightly off subject, but even last night when I text you about Klorn that got the yeah, got the the lip and stuff like that, and they let the play go. Yeah, I think I texted you. I I think it's wrong that they let a player dripping blood, gushing blood down there while the let play continue. As soon as they saw blood, the whistle should have been blown. And I mean, I know that you know, play advantage, that's not what they were going for and stuff like that. But I'm sorry, players first, as far as that is concerned, that they should have stopped it immediately and let a trainer come out of the ice and get that taken care of right away. That bugged me, even if it would have been a wild player, yeah, I would have felt the same way.

SPEAKER_05: 1:09:21

Stop the play, especially if you see blood, I say stop it immediately.

SPEAKER_00: 1:09:26

Yeah, that that that bugged me.

SPEAKER_05: 1:09:28

But what happens if it was like you know, he got cut here, and you're in how would you feel if you're the referee and you guys let the play? I know what the rule is, I and I understand that, but what happens if a guy is bleeding from the neck and like the only way to save his life is to stop the play meeting and get the trainer out there and stop it.

SPEAKER_00: 1:09:49

Yeah, because you didn't know where exactly he got hit, he uh you couldn't see it.

SPEAKER_05: 1:09:54

I saw because it was funny because when they stopped the play and everything like that, the fans were booing. I don't know if you heard that audio. The fans were because they thought it was a penalty. I'm like, and I knew right away, I'm like, no, he got hit in the head with a puck. Cutter is the one that hit him in cutter, batted the puck in midair and it hit Kaloran. I'm like, it had nothing to do with the wild player, and yet the fans were booing. I was like, no, that's it's nothing. Like, I knew right away. I'm like, there's no penalty that was cutter hitting the puck and the puck hitting Kalorne in the face. That's all it was. I'm like, there was no penalty, there was no high stick, and I think once everyone saw the replay, they're like, Oh, okay, yeah. Because I I still remember it was me and Christine went to one of the home openers, and I want to say it was Troy Terry got a double miner for high sticking, and we were booing the refs, but they didn't show anything on the on the jumbotron or anything, and then they showed the replay, and Terry just whacked the dude in the face, like blatantly, and everyone's like, you just hear everyone go, ooh, and then like, okay, yeah, that's a double miner. Like, everyone's like, okay, refs, you're you're fine now. Okay, we understand. Like, yeah, I guess that's how I normally am. Is that all right? Show me the replay, I want to see. But that one against the lightning, where the ducks had a power play, and then the guy immediately tripped Granlon, like puck the guy's stick was between Granlon's feet or his legs, and he skated and he fell, and then no call. That's what that cannot be happening.

SPEAKER_00: 1:11:36

Well, my other one that I was questioning, and I'm not sure if I text you about that, but was it the might have been the lightning when the net came off? Yeah, and they and they kept letting play go, yeah, and it kept going and it kept going. I'm like, when are they gonna decide to call the whistle when it comes back down and they go to shoot and there's no net?

SPEAKER_05: 1:11:58

No, so the rule is on that if so, since it was a lightning player that knocked the net off, the play continues, so that way, since the ducks had possession, it keeps the ducks. It's like uh in soccer, you know, oh it was a foul, but oh, they the they have an advantage kind of thing, yeah. But as soon as like the lightning touched the puck, it's it's dead. So yeah, it it there's no way the lightning can come back and score on that uh play. Uh let's see, here let's just be real. The ducks are being exposed as fraudulent, just like my keys. Honestly, like at this point, yeah, the ducks are being frauds right now on playoff watch. Like they're not I'm sorry, but like I said, I in my notes, how do you it how are you a playoff team when you haven't had a single second lead in the last five games and you've only had five leads since December 1st? And out of what 15 games, and you only have four leads?

SPEAKER_00: 1:13:07

That's not their problem, it's been their problem all season. It's getting the first, but I used to not worry about it because I'm like, okay, the team gets the lead, you know, that's okay. We can usually come back for our now. I'm not so confident about that.

SPEAKER_05: 1:13:22

So I was in a Discord chat, and we were all kind of going off last night, and one guy's like, Well, I mean, I kind of like it because that you know, we're that make makes us the comeback kids. I'm like, why don't we just be the winning team? Like, why do we have to be the comeback kids every single game? Like, I like I don't know if I can take it every game being the comeback kids. I mean, no offense, mom, but if we the ducks did that every game, my hair is gonna look like yours by the end of the year. I mean, I already got getting a little wider, but I'm I already got gray hairs and I'm 33 years old. I don't know if you guys can see it, but yeah, there's there's trust me, there's white hair in there. I'm only 33, but I rather I don't want to like this. I love being the combat being having that nickname, the combat kids of Anaheim. We've been that for years, but why can't we just be the winning team? I I rather be the most generic nickname. Oh, yeah, the ducks just win games. Boom. Simple as that. But why do we have to be the combat kids? I don't want to be down, like I said, in half the games this year, the ducks in 41 games, the ducks have given up the first goal 27 times out of 41.

SPEAKER_00: 1:14:41

And most of it's been in the month of December. Did we did we have any? Did we have any in December?

SPEAKER_05: 1:14:47

Um, I want to say maybe one, two.

SPEAKER_00: 1:14:55

Oh, we had two.

SPEAKER_05: 1:14:56

Yeah, because we had. I want to say it was I want to say it was the against the blues on December 1st, the Chicago game. I think no, they scored the first goal. They scored, I think. Did we score the first goal this game? Yeah, we scored the first goal that um, so I want to say three in December. Yeah, three in December out of one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve. All right, wait, I have it right here on my notes. Out of 15 games, we had the lead three times, and that that's sad.

SPEAKER_00: 1:15:29

Yeah, very, very sad.

SPEAKER_05: 1:15:31

No, as do no, as do Deuce said in the like the the ducks are being exposed as frauds, so yeah, it's honestly it's up to Quenville and Verbeek right now to change things up in Anaheim. Like, we need to be better defensively, and I feel like once we get better defensively, like we we need to add either a a nice two-way center or forward, or get a shutdown defensive defenseman. Like, we need something.

SPEAKER_00: 1:16:01

We need a defensive defenseman.

SPEAKER_05: 1:16:03

Yeah, I want I want someone that's gonna play on the top line with Lacomb. I want a right-handed shot defensive defenseman to play on the top line with Lacomb, move Truba down with uh Zellwegger, and I want Minty and Moore. I'm sorry, but Gudis, you're my seventh defenseman because I like the way more has been playing. Truba just plays better with Zellwigger, they have a good connection, but we gotta have some we need to find a top line, a top pair of defensemen to go with Lacomb, someone that's great defensively, and it cannot be Hellison because Hellison's been giving up too many. His defensive um plays just not been there in the last two months, I would say. Yeah, he started off great, but the last two months I just and I love Hellison. I do. I'm not one of those people saying, you know, he needs to be, you know, let go, traded away. And I mean, trade him if what you're getting back is that is what we need. Don't just trade him away to trade him away. So um, we got a couple chats in the IG live um from the Mighty Ducks Club. So shout out Mighty Ducks Club. Um, he said, nice shirt, Cody, since he helped me get this shirt from Fnatic Swag. And then um, he also mentioned the King's tickets are cheaper than the Ducks tickets right now. So um, but do you have anything else to rant about from the last month or so?

SPEAKER_00: 1:17:36

No, I think I think I got everything, uh just very frustrating.

SPEAKER_05: 1:17:41

Yes, things need to change. Like, honestly, like I'm getting more and more annoyed with watching the Ducks games, and I love watching the Ducks games.

SPEAKER_00: 1:17:51

I'm looking forward to the Olympics just to get a different perspective on them, and hopefully they'll get different perspectives.

SPEAKER_05: 1:18:00

Yeah, like like I I think the one person that's gonna help with the Olympics, I think will help the most, is uh Carlson. I think because what happened to him last year with the four nations, him being there, after that, he was a different player, like for the better, and maybe that might be what he needs is being with you know top players like you know Elias Peterson, Philip Forsberg, Kempe, all the the Swedish guys, you know, Victor Hedman, Eric Carlson. I think being with them is what's really gonna help them.

SPEAKER_00: 1:18:34

And I'm thinking the same thing with Lukas with the stall. Yeah, I think I think I'm hoping that that's gonna bring out the player that we know is in there back out, and maybe he'll find maybe being with other players and stuff like that, different players and stuff like that, might just bring out that urgency that he's like, okay, I gotta get this back because he's not the player he was before he that last injury. And I'm hoping that the Olympics will definitely bring that out.

SPEAKER_05: 1:19:07

Yeah. So all right. Well, dad, if you're in the chat, come back in and we'll finish the rest of the the podcast.

SPEAKER_00: 1:19:16

Nice talking with you, son. Any time.

SPEAKER_05: 1:19:19

Yep. I know we'll have to change the background next time you come on. All right, well, since now I got my rant out of the way, mom got her rant out of the way. Now we'll finally get into um the upcoming games predictions, and we'll talk about the Olympic rosters real quick. So just waiting for dad to hop back in and we'll get we'll get everything started for you guys. You were still talking. I was I was behind. All right, and here he is coming back. I was taking a nap. Told you you could. Okay, so ready for game predictions? I am. All right, uh, you go first since you already have your games on there.

SPEAKER_01: 1:20:12

Okay, tonight. Sorry, Kings fans. Um The Wild are maybe the third best team in hockey right now. I have them losing 5 3, the Kings losing 5 3 tonight. I hope that is not true. And then we play them again Monday, lose again 4 2. I gotta get a win in there somewhere, so we'll beat the Sharks 5 4. On Wednesday next week, and then Friday we play the Jets in Winnipeg, and I have another loss 3-2. What about you on your games, Cody?

SPEAKER_05: 1:20:52

So on Monday, I have the Ducks uh playing in the nation's capital. Um, I have them losing to call uh the Capitals uh four to two. So uh losing four-two. Then on Tuesday, they head over to Philadelphia. So it'll be the Cutter Gautier Bowl part two, and I have them winning this game five to three, and then on Thursday, the ducks um head over to Carolina, and I have them losing that one three to two. We have another uh chat. Uh, we we all can't beat Colorado, but I get it. It's the other way, it's the other way for the Kings. Get a strong lead in the first and tie in the second and lose in the third. That's pretty much exactly what happened with that Tampa Bay game, I want to say.

SPEAKER_01: 1:21:49

Totally agree. Um, you know, we all can go on rants. I go one thing I I I have to say, being that I have a long officials uh background, um we can only worry about what we can control, and we can't control how people officiate the games.

SPEAKER_05: 1:22:17

But we can boo them.

SPEAKER_01: 1:22:19

I'm just kidding. Well, yeah, absolutely. It's a bad call. I mean, but it happens, and we can't control that. Um, so we can say all we want about that, and it's not gonna change a thing. Yep, you know, you get it off your chest. I mean, because honestly, we've been where we've been praised and we've been booed, yeah. And I can remember it wasn't working with you, but another person where I we had people following us because my honestly, my partner was so bad, he was bad, and you know, I just kept telling them, look straight ahead, don't listen to him. As soon as we get close, uh a director is gonna take care of him, and that's exactly what happened. I think that was the last time I worked with that guy.

SPEAKER_05: 1:23:16

Yeah, so all right. Well, last bit news is we got the Olympic rosters, so I'll we'll talk about each team uh fairly quickly, then just you know, say if we're shocked on who made it and who got snubbed, real quick. So here's Team Canada's um team. So here's the forwards Macklin Celebrini, Anthony Sorelli, Sidney Crosby, Brandon Hagel, Boar, Bo Horvat, Nathan McKinnon, Brad Marshan, Mitch Marner, Connor McDavid, Braden Point, Sam Reinhart, Mark Stone, Nick Suzuki, and Tom Wilson. On the defense, they brought the exact same defense. Um, Drew Dowdy, Thomas Harley, Kale McCarr, Josh Morrissey, Colton Pereco, Travis Sandheim, Shea Theodore, and Devon Taves. And for the goalies, this is where the big shape shakeup happened. Uh, Jordan Bennington, Darcy Kemper, and Logan Thompson. So obviously, for the forwards, um, Sam Bennett did not make the team.

unknown: 1:24:21

Wow.

SPEAKER_05: 1:24:21

Um, yeah, he was the one player from four nations that did not make it back, and then also um, no Connor Badard.

SPEAKER_01: 1:24:35

I thought Bedard is USA.

SPEAKER_05: 1:24:37

No, he is Canadian.

SPEAKER_01: 1:24:39

Is he really?

SPEAKER_05: 1:24:40

Yep. Uh, remember him and McTavish were buddies on Team Canada and the World Juniors. Defense is the exact same, and the goalies and no Aidon Hill, no Sam Montabo, but the two more deserving guys are on there is Darcy Kemper and Logan Thompson.

SPEAKER_01: 1:24:55

Yeah, who do you think the starter is?

SPEAKER_05: 1:24:58

If if it was me coaching team Canada, Logan Thompson's the starter.

SPEAKER_01: 1:25:02

I would totally agree with you.

SPEAKER_05: 1:25:05

Yeah, Bennington.

SPEAKER_01: 1:25:06

Bennington has not he's not been the same.

SPEAKER_05: 1:25:09

No, he has not.

SPEAKER_01: 1:25:10

And he helped help Canada win the four nations, so um, yeah, that's the only reason he's there, I think. And Horvat instead of like Bennett. Interesting.

SPEAKER_05: 1:25:23

Well, Holvert's had a great year and he's good on in the face-offs.

SPEAKER_01: 1:25:27

I was just gonna say that same thing. Uh, he's a good face-off guy, and that that can uh change a game.

SPEAKER_05: 1:25:36

Yep. Uh uh, enough of the quacking. Let's talk kings kicking wild butt tonight. I hope they do because we we are going to the game tonight. I really hope they the kings beat the wild. But kings are winning at least one of those games.

SPEAKER_01: 1:25:52

So so here's the funny thing about my predictions. It seems like every time I pick them to win a lot, they don't. Yeah, so I figure if I pick them to lose a lot, maybe they'll win. And and and I have such a terrible record this year. I was I was like 10 games, at least 10 games over last year, yeah, on my predictions. But the the Kings were playing much better last year than they are this year, yeah. Um, and you know, there's gonna be that there's gonna be a reckoning of some sort with the Kings coming by the trade deadline, possibly, and in the offseason, because changes I think need to be made. Yep. I mean, they either need to try to retool by signing some very key free agents or making some trades, or they need to get bad and get some draft picks and and have have like a number two hit better than Byfield's hit so far. I mean, he's on the team, he plays, and it's not horrible, but for a number two pick, he should be scoring more. Um, and that's the biggest thing about him is he's not scoring enough. Um, Turcott obviously, and and both these guys have had some issues with health, uh, whether it be injury or illness, that has really set them back. I mean, Byfield like two, three, broke his ankle. He had that uh thing with his, I think, tonsils and adenoids that supposedly was corrected for this year, but it certainly hasn't played into him scoring better like he did the second half last year. I I just wondering if is he one of those guys that just always plays better in the second half? We'll see. Um, but we we needed to hit on that, and we haven't hit on it yet, just to be honest. Um, Turcott, he does everything except for score a lot. I mean, he's he's always in the plays. I I like watch him play, but we need some guys that are snipers, other than Kempe, and we don't have very many snipers. Armia is probably our second or third leading goal scorer, or maybe fourth. I mean, Fiala's probably up there with Kempe, and then Armia, Fiala, Perry.

SPEAKER_05: 1:28:22

So wow, how I like how we went from Canadian Olympic roster to a little rant on the Kings.

SPEAKER_01: 1:28:29

Okay, I got mine done.

SPEAKER_05: 1:28:30

Let's let's go on to the um was there any shockers on defense that there because there's one for sure, and then the second one is like kind of a long shot, but I can see it happening for defense for Team Canada.

SPEAKER_01: 1:28:43

I'm trying to think Canadians now, so yeah, I might be mixing up.

SPEAKER_05: 1:28:48

Um, he you wanted him as a defenseman for the Kings before he got traded to Washington. Uh Chicken. Chicken. He's he, I would say he's my first one on, and then Matthew Schaefer was the long shot, and he didn't make it either.

SPEAKER_01: 1:29:05

No, and you know, I like him.

SPEAKER_05: 1:29:09

No, I no, I do too. But I mean, he's 18. I understand why. Yeah, that's uh that's a big spotlight to put a kid in. Yep, so uh uh USA Olympic roster. Remember, these these are not the final final rosters because obviously players can get injured, or you know, you know, anything can happen between now and when the Olympics uh start. Here's the uh forwards for Team USA: Matt Boldy, Kyle Connor, Jack Eichel, Jake Gensel, Jack Hughes, Clayton Keller, Dylan Larkin, Austin Matthews, JT Miller, Brock Nelson, Tage Thompson, Brady Kacuk, Matthew Kachuk, and Vincent Trochek. So uh the one player that was left off from Four Nations was Chris Kreider. At this point, I don't blame them. Um, I would have but no Jason Robertson, yeah.

SPEAKER_01: 1:30:05

He was the first one.

SPEAKER_05: 1:30:06

I I'm sorry, but Trochek does not need to be on there. I'm sorry, I I I nothing against Trochek, but the USA lost the Team Canada in that four nations final, and all they needed was one goal. I'm sorry, but Vincent Trochek is not gonna be the one player that helps you get that. He's not gonna be the player that gives you that one goal. Jason Robertson, see if I have it somewhere.

SPEAKER_01: 1:30:32

He's got like 25 or 40.

SPEAKER_05: 1:30:34

So five of the 10. Oh, sorry, five of the top 10 Americans in scoring will not be on team USA in the Olympics. So this is within the last year, I want to say. Are you ready?

SPEAKER_02: 1:30:50

Yeah, I'm listening.

SPEAKER_05: 1:30:51

So number one in points for for a US player. Um, Jason Robertson was number one with 48 points. Tied for fourth, Alex Debrinkett with 41 points. Cole, or maybe this is just the season, maybe I'm thinking. Um, yeah, maybe this is just the season. Uh tied for seventh, Lane Hudson and Cole Caulfield each have 40 points. And then and 10th, Trevor Ziegress with 39 points. I'm sorry, but Ziegris was I the only way I can see Ziegress making the team is if he was like the TJ Oshi kind of player. Oh, yeah, I got it. Um that that shootout. I didn't think there were any snubs from the Olympic picks for you. Well, uh, we already talked about the snubs for Canada. I mean, for goalies, the only goalies I can think about were like the the Colorado goalies, Blackwood and um Wedgewood. Um, but I think they picked the right goalies. The defense, I think it was just Chicken and Schaefer, and then on Team Canada, I think it was what Bedard and what who else did we say? Bedard and somebody else.

SPEAKER_01: 1:32:01

I can't remember drawing a blank.

SPEAKER_05: 1:32:03

Yeah, but for USA, hands down, it's um Jason Robson.

SPEAKER_01: 1:32:09

The he's the biggest snub for sure.

SPEAKER_05: 1:32:11

Yeah, and then uh for defense, they have Faber, Hannifin, Hughes, Seth Jones, Charlie McAvoy, Jake Sanderson, Jacob Slavin, and Zach Rowensky. I honestly I have no problem with the defense. I'm trying to neither. Uh, I I like the Seth Jones um pick, and he's a right shot, so that really helps, but no Adam Fox on that one. Yeah, um, so I I'm like I said, that's Adam Foxman is the only one.

SPEAKER_01: 1:32:46

Uh USA went bigger this year, yeah.

SPEAKER_05: 1:32:51

And then I mean the goalies, uh Hellenbuck, Ottinger, and Swayman. So the same three goalies from last time. I don't know who's gonna be starting because Hellenbuck's not having as good of a year as he did before. Um, snubbs on this one on defense. I can't think of any. I mean, just Adam Fox is the only one I could think of for defense, and then like Robertson for forwards, Cole Caulfield. Yeah. And then let's see, and then here is team. I had another one. Where is it? Here's team Finland. Um, you have Sebastian Aho, Joel Armia, Michael Granlin, Eric Halla, Rupe Hints, Capo Kako, Oliver Kapanen, uh Joel uh Kivaranta, Arturi Lekinen, Anton Lundell, Itu Lesterinen, Miko Rantinen, Tibo Teravinen, Eli Tovinin. On defense you have Mir Hiskinen, Henry Yokoharu, Miko Letninen, Essa Lindell, Olimata, Nicholas Montepalo, Miko Mikola, Rasmus Ristalinen, and Vergoles. You have Uku Pekalukinen, uh Kevin Lankinen, and uh Yusei Saros, and then Team Sweden is uh for forwards. You have Jesper Bratt, uh Leo Carlson, Joel Erickson Eck, Philip Forceberg, Pontus Homburg, Adrian Campe, Gabriel Landescog, Elias Lindholm, William Nielander, Elias Peterson, Ricard Raquel, Lucas Raymond, Alexander Winberg, and Mika Zabenejad. On defense, you have Rasmus Anderson, Philip Broberg, Jonas Brodeen, Rasmus Stalin, Oliver Ekman Larson, Gustav Worsling, Victor Headman, and Eric Carlson, and for goalies, um, you have uh Philip Gustison, uh Jacob Markstrom, and the wall of St. Paul, Jesper Waldstatt. So no Matias Eckholm for defense for Team Sweden. I think that's the big one. And then who did they leave off for Sweden? Oh, it's for um William Carlson um is not gonna uh participate for team Sweden in the Olympics because I think because of an injury. I guess I don't know much about Team Finland or Team Sweden for snubs for that. I all the one I heard the most was like Matthias Eckholm, and then that was really it for the team Sweden. Um, but we had another chat. Uh I think Bifeld needs to use his physicality a lot more. He's a big dude, he's fast, but I never see him drive the net. Am I wrong on that? I don't know. He looked he did that against the ducks, and he looked damn good doing it.

SPEAKER_01: 1:36:02

He needs to do it more. Um, he needs to look to shoot more. He's always trying, he's trying to be the passer all the time. Yeah, and that's one thing I know at one news conference. Um coach Hiller talked about it, said he wants him to shoot a little bit more, but you know, he did score that power play goal, but that's the only one. You know, he he needs to he needs to pick it up, you know. Maybe after the season and he he doesn't have Kopotar's shadow on him all the time, maybe he'll he'll flourish from that. Who knows? Um, we'll gotta we'll have to see what happens. Um, the Olympics are gonna be crazy, anyways, because there's a lot of great players that we don't see in the NHL that play in other leagues throughout the world, yeah. They decide not to play in the NHL, they play it in home at home, Finland or Switzerland, Sweden, you know, Czechia, Czechia, Czechia is probably gonna have a really good team.

SPEAKER_05: 1:37:08

Well, yeah, they got Natcheus, Pastronach, Dostal, um God, who else do they have? Yarmir Gagger can come back and play. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_01: 1:37:20

I don't think they're gonna have Yarmi. I know, I know. Maybe, maybe as a mascot, yeah.

SPEAKER_05: 1:37:26

Or um, oh thanks for for the Anaheim Ducks memes on Twitter. He posted this, and I agree with this. Um, here's the biggest snub of all of them for Team Canada. Ducks forward Ross Johnston was left off of Team Canada for the upcoming Olympics. Biggest snub. Snub of the year.

SPEAKER_01: 1:37:51

Ross the boss, or are we talking are we gonna go human traffic cone this time?

SPEAKER_05: 1:37:56

No, uh hey, I'm I do you hear it? I don't know, I know you didn't hear most of my rant, but not one thing involved Ross Johnson on that. Um, someone put in the IG chat, what do you think the ducks need to do to uh to snap this losing streak? Um, if you go back about 10-15 minutes, you'll hear my rant. So I would say listen to that, and whatever I said, they need to do the opposite what they were doing in the month of December, pretty much, and yesterday.

SPEAKER_01: 1:38:31

Yeah, I didn't listen to your rant, but the one thing is they they they need to think defense first and then let the offense happen. That that would be a big thing for them. Yeah, see the kings are the opposite, they're they're defensive first, but there is very little offense. I mean, it's been picking up here a little bit lately, but you know, you you have a uh the ducks just have so many more weapons actually scoring than the kings. The kings don't have enough offensive weapons, they need to make them offensive weapons, yeah. And then again, you know, one of the biggest that strong holds last two years for the kings is the penalty kill. I I don't see it. Yeah, they're giving up a lot of power play goals, not gonna win if you do that. You know, Edmonton's gonna come in if you end up playing them and crush you on the power play. Yep, they will crush you on the power play.

SPEAKER_05: 1:39:37

The the Mighty Ducks Club on IG also said they are better than this, like the the Ducks are better than what they've been playing lately. I agree, I do 100% agree.

SPEAKER_01: 1:39:45

They definitely have the talent level to to be what they were, maybe a little less than they started out because they started out with gangbusters. Yeah, um, I I don't think they're that good yet, but with time, who knows? I mean, because these guys are all gonna grow, you know. Um Seneca's still a teenager, so we'll see what happens with that.

SPEAKER_05: 1:40:09

Yep, so but on that, uh, are you ready to get out of here? I am ready because I'll be see I'll I'll be seeing you in a couple hours.

SPEAKER_01: 1:40:18

Oh yeah, yeah. So we're gonna we're gonna head out early, grab some food, try to try to get some of that uh hockey vibe going up up at uh crypto dot com tonight. If you're there, come by and uh you know let us know. Yeah, Instagram us, uh yeah, DM us or

SPEAKER_05: 1:40:40

You can text us at 951-760-4003. I will have the phone that phone with me. I have it right here. Boom. So please, um, if you're gonna be at the Kings game tonight, text us, or you could text us there, or you could DM DM us anywhere um at Royally Quacked. Um, that's a good segue to go into our socials. Like I said, you can follow us anywhere at Royally Quacked on Instagram, Twitter, Blue Sky, Threads, LinkedIn, Smokescreen, all that. I'm just kidding. Um that should be that should be a new app. Um, and then um also please, please. Oh, I forgot to mention. So I set a goal for us to hit the 100 subscribers before new year, and just before, I would say like one or two days before we hit the goal. Not only did we hit the goal, we surpassed the goal. So I wanted 100 subscribers, and you guys made it happen and got us to 105. So thank you to all of you guys for helping us get to our goal. We wouldn't have done it without you. We appreciate every single one of you hitting that like button. But hey, those are watching or listening right now. If you haven't hit the subscribe button on YouTube, everybody has a YouTube. Go on YouTube, type in Royally Quacked, or you can see this little QR code right here at the top right of the video. You can scan that, takes you to the link tree. Go to the YouTube and hit the subscribe button, please. We'd really appreciate it. Yep, and don't forget to hit the notification bell icon, that way you never miss a live stream, and you never you don't miss me going on a rant like I did today, and then even a celebrity rant with my mom on there.

SPEAKER_01: 1:42:38

So and whose idea was that?

SPEAKER_05: 1:42:41

Yours, yeah, yeah. So, because I even texted him mom and dad last night and I was like, Hey, I'm going on a full rant. And mom's like, Oh, so dad could take a nap. I'm like, Yeah, a full eight hours.

SPEAKER_01: 1:42:54

So I thought it'd be more fun for you guys to feed off each other.

SPEAKER_05: 1:42:57

So yeah, we just got to make sure there's no LA Kings background when she comes on.

SPEAKER_01: 1:43:01

I you know what? That's not something I even thought about. It was a joke I I put in uh Instagram for you. No, I know just to hopefully make you smile a little bit during your rant.

SPEAKER_05: 1:43:11

Yeah, but now our next goal, I want to get to 500 subscribers by next year. So, same goal, whoa, but 500. I know we can do it. Hey, ducks your heads fans, hockey fans, or not even fans of any hockey team, just hit the hit the that subscribe button on YouTube. We'd really appreciate it. And don't forget to like the video. I see a bunch of you guys viewing it, but not a lot of people liking it. So like, comment your takes on there if you think what I like what I ranted about. Do you agree? Do you disagree? Let us know what you think. What do the kings or ducks need to do to change this team? Put in the comments. Yep. Yep, and like I said, you can text us at 951-760-4003.

SPEAKER_01: 1:44:03

And let's go, Kings. And let's go ducks. Or go kings go.

SPEAKER_05: 1:44:11

Or go kings go.

SPEAKER_01: 1:44:12

We'll see you guys next week. Yep.

SPEAKER_02: 1:44:21

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