That phone call from Adam is the most impressive things I’ve seen on the pod in ages. The entire time I was 2nd hand stressing like crazy while Adam was calmly pulling it off like a master deceptionist.
Adam's brain turning on and absolutely showing off his radio host skills during the call is genuinely one of the most impressive things I've seen in a really long time. That was insane dude, major props!
To explain Jarry getting the Bronx cheer as someone from Pittsburgh and know people who go to every game, our attendance this year has been basically exclusively season tickets holders. So could you imagine driving through Pittsburgh to watch the game just for the starter to give a goal first shot of the game 3 DIFFERENT TIMES and absolutely sewer your night 3 DIFFERENT TIMES? That’s what it’s like going to a Pens game this year, but at least it’s super cheap even for the game against Toronto. I paid nearly $50 less per ticket to go to a Pens Leafs game in Pittsburgh than I did the same exact time last year, same exact seats too. Glad as a Leafs fan but the homer in me really wants Crosby to get everything he deserves and life in more and this just ain’t it
Thank u for being honest about the Blue Jackets. All CBJ fans on Twitter are hopelessly optimistic about everything & give the org the benefit of the doubt when the org has done ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to earn it.
If there's one thing that Bruins and Leafs fans can agree on, it's that Sweeney and Neely are idiots that keep succeeding despite their extremely bad and short sighted decisions with their coaches and players.
@@Hockeyhobo89oh this Bruins fan has been waiting for this to happen for like 3 years. We spent what felt like 5 years saying “hey uh.. when Bergeron retires and Marchand gets old…. Um… where will our offense come from…”. Front office proceeded to do, nothing, develop, nothing. But hey, we got a goaltender, and you can coach good defense right?…
@@rickyma3189 It's hard with coaches right? I mean nobody has a sure fire way of knowing what's right because NHL coaches pretty much only get 1 cup win if they get any at all their whole career because winning the cup is hard. It's the hardest and most desired trophy to win in pro sports. There's so many factors that go into winning a cup it's hard to know what's right and wrong. The one thing we know is that you can put together the perfect team, with the perfect people, and all the pieces, and still lose. How many times have we seen a team that seemed unstoppable only to see them fall to an obviously inferior team.
As a hardcore fan of all 5 of the NFL/NBA/MLB/NHL/MLS, I can tell you right now and say the MLS isn't closing on the NHL in any metric. They are struggling to even be the most popular soccer league in NA. The Premier League, La Liga, and Liga MX are three leagues that more people follow here over MLS. Adam mentioned that the MLS' revenue was catching up to the NHL's, but that's not true. For 2023, the MLS' revenue was $2 billion. The NHL's revenue last season was about $6.8 billion. That's nearly a $5 billion difference. That's not closing in my opinion.
Their games are on Apple TV. I'm a fringe soccer fan. I will watch h team Canada play and in the summer if there is a TFC game on, I'll watch. I won't subscribe to Apple Tv to watch a TFF games.
Prepping for something in real time is an oxymoron. Prepping has nothing to do with it anyway. Looking things up online in real time to verify info is part and parcel of todays podcast experience. Part and parcel of life everywhere. Not asking Adam to do anything he isn’t capable of
That Raiders customer service assistant was awesome, but Adam handled it incredibly well. Very fun segment! But I can see the second hand embarrassment on Steve and it was hilarious lmfao
In the US, getting ESPN+ has access to the vast majority of out-of-market games & we love just bouncing between games and listening to the local announcers! It is great. The Kraken commentators had us in stitches the other night.
Damn you SDPN! I had to leave to work clearing road's from snow. There hasn't been any until you said it ADAAAAM! 1st snow in Southwest or Finland. and we have over 20centimeters of that snow
I would love to be as confident as Steve when it comes to stomach problems “You really think your stomach can handle all that?” *”I GUESS WE’LL FIND OUT”*
I don't know how people keep falling for this every streaming service. "omg it's so cheap! Omg is so unrestricted! Omg they want you to share" 3 years later once the viewer bases in on the portal the price has tripled, they've created tiered levels of access, and they're blocking sharing. They only out-compete cable until they're big enough to become cable.
That hail Mary offseason by the Bruins, where they lost the UFA trade with Vancouver, is why Montgomery got fired. Usually the GM fires an assistant coach and/or makes a couple trades before firing the head coach, because after that the curtain gets pulled back on the Wizard of Oz and they're cooked if things don't turn around.
The Jack Adam’s Awardstimeline: Award Year: Hey we thought you were going to be bad so you win. Next Year: Team goes back to being bad “hey they’re not supposed to be bad they were good last year, and they have a good coach” Final Year: Hey the team is still bad, maybe it’s the coach….Fired
I was listening while at work not really paying attention and let me say... @ 33:52, as a person named Jacob, Steve stopped me dead in my tracks hahaha!
What is more Leafy than having literally no players and winning but when everyone is healthy they will look like they've never played together before 🤦♂️😂
As a Blues fan, I'm watching the Jiricek story very closely. Armstrong has been going out of his way to get brothers lately, and with Adam Jiricek in the prospect pool, I could certainly see them trying to get a Jiricek/Jiricek right side
All I can conclude so far this year is that Toronto got the best former Flames Defensemen out of the ones traded last year and its not particularly close. I miss Tanev so much lmao
Why you guys going after Jarry all the time ? He's a 2 time All Star who led the league in shutouts last season and had a career save percentage of .913, playing behind the worst defense in the league this year
Fairly sure Steve has told the Seguin talking with Kadri story on a previous episode? SDPN should really follow in the footsteps of Red Letter Media and have a show where they compete to answer trivia about their own past episodes.
I love Lindy in Buffalo but I think if we have the option to get Monty, Buffalo needs to move on him. Will the Pegula’s ever not be cheap? No. So it was a fun dream while it lasted.
A Raiders game with unlimited alcohol and a menu for 25 people for 15000 dollars comes out to 600 a person. That actually isn't that bad all things considered,
Columbus fan from the start. Sadly, you guys are absolutely right. Our draft record tells you everything you need to know, and that poor development is absolutely tied to our 2 series wins in over 20 years.
Great episode as always guys! Just had one thing that I wanted to clear up and discuss and that's the discussion about the MLS and their deal w/Apple from someone who follows MLS closely as well. For starters, when Adam mentioned that the MLS' revenue was closing in on the NHL's, that's simply not true. Last season, MLS' revenue came in at $2 billion vs the NHL's $6.8 billion. That's a near $5 billion difference. In my opinion, that's not closing in. For comparison, last year's revenue number for both the NBA and MLB was at $10.9 billion each. The NHL's revenue is closer to those leagues than MLS is close to the NHL. MLS needs to worry about trying to become the most popular soccer league in NA first before they even can consider themselves close to the NHL. For now, they are third behind the Premier League and Liga MX in terms of following here in NA. Secondly, in regards to the deal w/Apple, DO NOT assume that MLS is thriving with that deal right now. For us hardcore fans, yes this deal has been great in terms of having everything just under one place for only one payment (if you get the whole season pass instead of the monthly pass). However, for MLS and Apple, the deal has not been working out as good as they were hoping for. Last month in London at the Leaders Week conference, Commissioner Don Garber talked about the deal and let's just say some of his answers were not encouraging. Garber’s conversation was littered with ifs. That's not a good sign from the commissioner to say the least. Rumors have it that Apple has an opt-out clause after the 5th year of the deal and one of the conditions that MLS must meet in order to avoid having Apple trigger the clause is meeting a certain number of subscribers. Unfortunately, that magic number has not been publicly revealed. As part of the deal w/Apple, if/when MLS reaches the number of subscriptions agreed with Apple, which again is a closely guarded secret, MLS will earn 50 cents on every dollar (i.e. a 50% revenue share model). That hasn't happened yet and if doesn't happen within the next three years, don't be surprised to see Apple opt-out of the deal. All this to say, while from an outsider's perspective the deal w/Apple seems to be a brilliant thing to do, and one that all other leagues should do, it hasn't been perfect. For MLS, it has been largely out of sight, out of mind for sports fans here in the States who consume their content through a mixture of television and more popular streaming services. And for fans of European leagues, those streaming services offer a range of said leagues for less cost than a subscription to MLS Season Pass.
46:08 Trade all of Ottawa's defense for defensive defensemen... Goaltending becomes less stressed; Penalty killing becomes less stressed; the opposing team gets blocked and hit into oblivion... Problem solved
A few of Steve’s comments on the Jiricek situation are spot on - this should’ve happened weeks ago, and there’s no such thing as a developmental coach. That said, lemme play advocate for a sec. Evason is letting the other young players play and make mistakes because those mistakes are coming from being fast and aggressive, and they’re working their butts off - fantilli isn’t getting benched or healthy-scratched. The guy gave Brock Faber 20+ minutes as a 21-year-old rookie (before he got fired) because he was putting the work in and he was making aggressive mistakes. There’s a fair amount of data that says jiricek’s treatment is the exception, not the rule. So what’s really going on here. You watch him on the ice - he’s slow, he’s tentative, he’s nervous, he doesn’t know what he’s doing when he doesn’t have the puck. He started training camp on the 2nd pair and very quickly got passed, by more than 1 guy. They could’ve kept Mateychuk up, he seemed like he was ready, but they’re letting him cook in the A. Malatesta could’ve stayed up, his play in preseason warranted it. Greaves was arguably the best of the 3 goalies in the preseason and he went back down. I dunno, seems like the common denominator here is David Jiricek.
Don’t you dare say the bright blue and yellow colors are St. Louis Rams. They took those colors from Los Angeles and then changed to horrendous dark blue and weird gold in St. Louis
The problem with the Sens can be summed up by watching how they played against the Oilers vs how everyone else does. Nobody lets Mcdavid and Draisaitl get behind them anymore yet the Sens got caught cheating multiple times against them. Their star players take shortcuts they can't out produce
I have to say that the player modeling the SLB jersey has a look of fear/embarrassment/anger like Ralphie when he had to model the rabbit outfit...if you get it, you get it.---Maybe
The NHL is not a developmental league. CBJ fan here: Jiricek isn’t NHL ready, and your precious Allan Walsh doesn’t want the AHL paycheck. That’s all this is.
@ they made it to the post season five years in a row. That was relatively recent. They’ve been rebuilding lately. Not much more to it than that. They were WAY more dysfunctional during the Nash years.
@@TurdFerguson92 No, they don’t. No player’s career has been ruined by being a year longer in the AHL. Many a player in the Jackets’ past has been rushed to the NHL and it has hurt his development.
GUYS IM TWO EPISODES BEHIND, RELAX!!!!
Lol I kinda love when that happens actually
Last one this week so ya got some time!
I’ve just started watching the video and I’m wondering what you’re referring to‼️
Lol. Nope! Keep ‘em coming boys! Love it! Blessed with 3 days in a row of episodes … plus…. VIP drop on Thursday night! Friday I will be a lost soul 😂
I've just been watching nonstop at this point lol
Adam nailed the hell outta that phone call
Tony*
title should have been Tony Foote
1:36 Hey that's me! Never thought I'd get a shout out from the Pod!!! Thanks guys!
0:52 it was me, I said "Balls", as per Jesse's request
Absolutely lost it at "If the price tag is a sticking point....I don't know that it will be" 🤣
I wasn’t even involved but the secondhand embarrassment on the phone call 😂
Leafs suck they can’t beat teams like Ottawa and Montreal
@ and yet we beat you?
That phone call from Adam is the most impressive things I’ve seen on the pod in ages. The entire time I was 2nd hand stressing like crazy while Adam was calmly pulling it off like a master deceptionist.
Nicely done! Take that Hamish and Andy 😂
Adam's brain turning on and absolutely showing off his radio host skills during the call is genuinely one of the most impressive things I've seen in a really long time.
That was insane dude, major props!
Absolutely agree, that’s what I was coming here to say 😄
To explain Jarry getting the Bronx cheer as someone from Pittsburgh and know people who go to every game, our attendance this year has been basically exclusively season tickets holders. So could you imagine driving through Pittsburgh to watch the game just for the starter to give a goal first shot of the game 3 DIFFERENT TIMES and absolutely sewer your night 3 DIFFERENT TIMES? That’s what it’s like going to a Pens game this year, but at least it’s super cheap even for the game against Toronto. I paid nearly $50 less per ticket to go to a Pens Leafs game in Pittsburgh than I did the same exact time last year, same exact seats too. Glad as a Leafs fan but the homer in me really wants Crosby to get everything he deserves and life in more and this just ain’t it
Tony Foote of Gripper nation, well done indeed with the phone call!
Steve really set his hoodie to steal while Adam called the Raiders lmao
i almost had a heart attack when Adam made that face in the intro
2:41 if it makes you feel better, Steve, it snowed in Minnesota today
That's the kind of stare that says, "STAY AWAY FROM BEDARD'S MOM!"
bro the people's foote podcast has me dying LMAO
Thank u for being honest about the Blue Jackets. All CBJ fans on Twitter are hopelessly optimistic about everything & give the org the benefit of the doubt when the org has done ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to earn it.
Why did that call make me uncomfortable lol great content as always to the crew!
Sweeney's never been a good GM, he was just gifted 5 holl of famers and Rask
H A R D A G R E E
Bruins would have at least 2 extra cups if he didn't galaxy brain the 2015 draft.
@@DownsyMB(B)ruins had a chance for 3 home runs and only Debrusk turned out to be a decent depth player, moslt because his dad played.
Justin Holl of famers
If there's one thing that Bruins and Leafs fans can agree on, it's that Sweeney and Neely are idiots that keep succeeding despite their extremely bad and short sighted decisions with their coaches and players.
@@JoeMagician Bruins fans don’t realize the team should’ve dropped off a year or 2 ago.
Sweeney and Neely are doing a great job in Boston. Fans are just fickle. Need to be patient with them.
@@Hockeyhobo89oh this Bruins fan has been waiting for this to happen for like 3 years. We spent what felt like 5 years saying “hey uh.. when Bergeron retires and Marchand gets old…. Um… where will our offense come from…”. Front office proceeded to do, nothing, develop, nothing. But hey, we got a goaltender, and you can coach good defense right?…
@@rickyma3189 It's hard with coaches right? I mean nobody has a sure fire way of knowing what's right because NHL coaches pretty much only get 1 cup win if they get any at all their whole career because winning the cup is hard. It's the hardest and most desired trophy to win in pro sports. There's so many factors that go into winning a cup it's hard to know what's right and wrong.
The one thing we know is that you can put together the perfect team, with the perfect people, and all the pieces, and still lose. How many times have we seen a team that seemed unstoppable only to see them fall to an obviously inferior team.
1:38:00 - 1:47:00 Greatest Segment Ever in the History of SDP. Period. End of Story. No arguments.
God, I miss those Samsonov interviews. Loved the guy.
Could be borderline unplayable at times, but he's just likeable.
Reminds me of Jack Campbell in that regard, lmao!
3 days in a row?
Thats so many days
Steve’s going to Halifax for his book tour so they had to release episodes back to back to back
The fact MLS is closing in on the NHL is beyond embarrassing
As a hardcore fan of all 5 of the NFL/NBA/MLB/NHL/MLS, I can tell you right now and say the MLS isn't closing on the NHL in any metric. They are struggling to even be the most popular soccer league in NA. The Premier League, La Liga, and Liga MX are three leagues that more people follow here over MLS.
Adam mentioned that the MLS' revenue was catching up to the NHL's, but that's not true. For 2023, the MLS' revenue was $2 billion. The NHL's revenue last season was about $6.8 billion. That's nearly a $5 billion difference. That's not closing in my opinion.
Their games are on Apple TV. I'm a fringe soccer fan. I will watch h team Canada play and in the summer if there is a TFC game on, I'll watch. I won't subscribe to Apple Tv to watch a TFF games.
How hard would it to have been for Adam to google Joe Sacco and see that he's been with the Bruins as an assistant/associate coach since July 2014?
It happened mid-show dude. You can't prep for something you learn in real time.
Prepping for something in real time is an oxymoron. Prepping has nothing to do with it anyway. Looking things up online in real time to verify info is part and parcel of todays podcast experience. Part and parcel of life everywhere. Not asking Adam to do anything he isn’t capable of
@@KS-xk2so No, it didn't.
Swayman and Ullmark are such good bros they're quantum-entangled. It's in the stats, stars, whatever
They make me spin sometimes up, sometimes down.
No hate for Ilya Samsonov. He is the goalie who helped the Leafs beat Tampa to get into the 2nd round in almost 20 years!
the MLS actually wants people to be able to watch their product? what a novel idea!
That Raiders customer service assistant was awesome, but Adam handled it incredibly well. Very fun segment!
But I can see the second hand embarrassment on Steve and it was hilarious lmfao
In the US, getting ESPN+ has access to the vast majority of out-of-market games & we love just bouncing between games and listening to the local announcers! It is great. The Kraken commentators had us in stitches the other night.
Tony Foote kills me lol
Damn you SDPN! I had to leave to work clearing road's from snow. There hasn't been any until you said it ADAAAAM!
1st snow in Southwest or Finland. and we have over 20centimeters of that snow
Gripper nation !!
Seeing where the title of every episode comes from is always fun
I would love to be as confident as Steve when it comes to stomach problems
“You really think your stomach can handle all that?”
*”I GUESS WE’LL FIND OUT”*
As someone who's just recuperating from a stomach bug, I'm out of the game, man
love the shows thanks for the consistency❤
The Columbus Blue Jackets drafted Boone Jenner 37th overall. He is a solid NHL player. 192 career goals.
3 episodes in 3 days I love it♥️♥️ also tony foot segment was amazing lol
Seeing how Sacco coached the Bruins Power Play, I'm expecting great things from him as a Head Coach 🤣
I don't know how people keep falling for this every streaming service. "omg it's so cheap! Omg is so unrestricted! Omg they want you to share" 3 years later once the viewer bases in on the portal the price has tripled, they've created tiered levels of access, and they're blocking sharing. They only out-compete cable until they're big enough to become cable.
I use yarrr Matey Plus exclusively for the nhl
Amen!
That hail Mary offseason by the Bruins, where they lost the UFA trade with Vancouver, is why Montgomery got fired. Usually the GM fires an assistant coach and/or makes a couple trades before firing the head coach, because after that the curtain gets pulled back on the Wizard of Oz and they're cooked if things don't turn around.
you should call the Bell Center and see how much a box would be for the Canada VS US game of Four Nations Faceoff
1:18:00 Steve looks like he's having Vietnam flashbacks
The Jack Adam’s Awardstimeline:
Award Year: Hey we thought you were going to be bad so you win.
Next Year: Team goes back to being bad “hey they’re not supposed to be bad they were good last year, and they have a good coach”
Final Year: Hey the team is still bad, maybe it’s the coach….Fired
I wonder if that menu just itemized the food ordered within the "fully catered" package?
I was listening while at work not really paying attention and let me say... @ 33:52, as a person named Jacob, Steve stopped me dead in my tracks hahaha!
Adam’s hot cocoa face 2:33 🤣🤣🤣🤣… and the rapid blink bahahaha
What is more Leafy than having literally no players and winning but when everyone is healthy they will look like they've never played together before 🤦♂️😂
I have NHL center ice and pay almost $200 a year, just for Leaf games because in Newfoundland every Leaf game is blacked out except for Saturday's.
That kid for the Canucks Sherwood played good against my Rangers
Woah, that was close. You can play centre! 🤣
DANG IT! I thought they were going to say "Hey SDPN listeners that are wrestling fans. Want to go to Mania?" If I had 2000 I WOULD ABSOLUTELY DO IT.
Could see Montgomery ending up in Montreal if the Habs move on from St. Louis. He's from Montreal originally.
As a Blues fan, I'm watching the Jiricek story very closely. Armstrong has been going out of his way to get brothers lately, and with Adam Jiricek in the prospect pool, I could certainly see them trying to get a Jiricek/Jiricek right side
That phone call proves you can't take Steve anywhere.
The phone call was soooooo good.,😂
I feel like Steve is right there are no developmental coaches in the NHL, but I also feel like MSL could fall into that category
I have the complete 1995 - 1996 Kraft hockey collection in mint condition. I don't have anything else in my life to flex other than that.
Sacco is a BU + Medford, MA.
All I can conclude so far this year is that Toronto got the best former Flames Defensemen out of the ones traded last year and its not particularly close. I miss Tanev so much lmao
Gonna be honest, I went straight to the phone call because I couldn’t wait.
Sacco wasn't just a Maple Leaf. He played for the Leafs in 1992-93.
Crosby to the Sens wasn't even discussed?
Ridley Greig slap shotting that empty netter vs the Leafs last season made the hockey gods angry and they have been paying for it ever since.
Jesse Blakes 90's family sitcom intro pose 🤌
I am a lifelong pens fan and I’m learning a lot of sad things about the pens fan base this season
"Hi I'm Tony Foot from an unnamed Football podcast"
A 70s Winter Classic jersey would have a Disco Stu vibe, and 80s would have pastel colours and popped collars, .
Dangle balls dangle balls dangle all the way
that is so cursed 😂
Why you guys going after Jarry all the time ? He's a 2 time All Star who led the league in shutouts last season and had a career save percentage of .913, playing behind the worst defense in the league this year
Fairly sure Steve has told the Seguin talking with Kadri story on a previous episode? SDPN should really follow in the footsteps of Red Letter Media and have a show where they compete to answer trivia about their own past episodes.
1:16:05 I was at the pens game sitting behind jarry and did not hear him get booed at all
I love Lindy in Buffalo but I think if we have the option to get Monty, Buffalo needs to move on him. Will the Pegula’s ever not be cheap? No. So it was a fun dream while it lasted.
A Raiders game with unlimited alcohol and a menu for 25 people for 15000 dollars comes out to 600 a person. That actually isn't that bad all things considered,
Monty could be the next coach of the Red Wings or Penguins. Or he could wait until the Summer and pick his spot.
Another thing invented after Cliff Fletcher was born? THE BALLPOINT PEN😮
Columbus fan from the start.
Sadly, you guys are absolutely right.
Our draft record tells you everything you need to know, and that poor development is absolutely tied to our 2 series wins in over 20 years.
Great episode as always guys! Just had one thing that I wanted to clear up and discuss and that's the discussion about the MLS and their deal w/Apple from someone who follows MLS closely as well.
For starters, when Adam mentioned that the MLS' revenue was closing in on the NHL's, that's simply not true. Last season, MLS' revenue came in at $2 billion vs the NHL's $6.8 billion. That's a near $5 billion difference. In my opinion, that's not closing in. For comparison, last year's revenue number for both the NBA and MLB was at $10.9 billion each. The NHL's revenue is closer to those leagues than MLS is close to the NHL. MLS needs to worry about trying to become the most popular soccer league in NA first before they even can consider themselves close to the NHL. For now, they are third behind the Premier League and Liga MX in terms of following here in NA.
Secondly, in regards to the deal w/Apple, DO NOT assume that MLS is thriving with that deal right now. For us hardcore fans, yes this deal has been great in terms of having everything just under one place for only one payment (if you get the whole season pass instead of the monthly pass). However, for MLS and Apple, the deal has not been working out as good as they were hoping for. Last month in London at the Leaders Week conference, Commissioner Don Garber talked about the deal and let's just say some of his answers were not encouraging. Garber’s conversation was littered with ifs. That's not a good sign from the commissioner to say the least. Rumors have it that Apple has an opt-out clause after the 5th year of the deal and one of the conditions that MLS must meet in order to avoid having Apple trigger the clause is meeting a certain number of subscribers. Unfortunately, that magic number has not been publicly revealed. As part of the deal w/Apple, if/when MLS reaches the number of subscriptions agreed with Apple, which again is a closely guarded secret, MLS will earn 50 cents on every dollar (i.e. a 50% revenue share model). That hasn't happened yet and if doesn't happen within the next three years, don't be surprised to see Apple opt-out of the deal.
All this to say, while from an outsider's perspective the deal w/Apple seems to be a brilliant thing to do, and one that all other leagues should do, it hasn't been perfect. For MLS, it has been largely out of sight, out of mind for sports fans here in the States who consume their content through a mixture of television and more popular streaming services. And for fans of European leagues, those streaming services offer a range of said leagues for less cost than a subscription to MLS Season Pass.
Not going to lie. the raiders segment was fantastic. its too late now however doing a similar call about the vegas grand prix would be awesome
I think we all know that there will be no victory puppy tonight. The Leafs are broken right now, and The Marlies are taking over
46:08 Trade all of Ottawa's defense for defensive defensemen... Goaltending becomes less stressed; Penalty killing becomes less stressed; the opposing team gets blocked and hit into oblivion... Problem solved
Center Ice is still available on Roger's and Telis cable!!!!
Ain’t no way your quoting Bluey stories 😂
OK boys no more drinking in between sets because Buffalo and St. Louis are actually two different teams lol
I need a picture of Adam cackling menacingly with the words “maybe” on a t shirt like I need oxygen
David Juricek would be on the second D pair of the Oilers
A few of Steve’s comments on the Jiricek situation are spot on - this should’ve happened weeks ago, and there’s no such thing as a developmental coach. That said, lemme play advocate for a sec. Evason is letting the other young players play and make mistakes because those mistakes are coming from being fast and aggressive, and they’re working their butts off - fantilli isn’t getting benched or healthy-scratched. The guy gave Brock Faber 20+ minutes as a 21-year-old rookie (before he got fired) because he was putting the work in and he was making aggressive mistakes. There’s a fair amount of data that says jiricek’s treatment is the exception, not the rule. So what’s really going on here. You watch him on the ice - he’s slow, he’s tentative, he’s nervous, he doesn’t know what he’s doing when he doesn’t have the puck. He started training camp on the 2nd pair and very quickly got passed, by more than 1 guy. They could’ve kept Mateychuk up, he seemed like he was ready, but they’re letting him cook in the A. Malatesta could’ve stayed up, his play in preseason warranted it. Greaves was arguably the best of the 3 goalies in the preseason and he went back down. I dunno, seems like the common denominator here is David Jiricek.
I see someone else has watched season 3 bluey 45 times with their toddler
So $2000 each u need 22 more people. I think SDP needs to get this done.
Youse shoulda done a bit about the team Sweeny's gonna put together for Canada- golden opportunity by the wayside!
Don’t you dare say the bright blue and yellow colors are St. Louis Rams. They took those colors from Los Angeles and then changed to horrendous dark blue and weird gold in St. Louis
If youre calling customer service people, 99.999 % of the time they have an automated voice say this call may be recorded for quality and training.
Glad it isn't just us whom thinks the Hawks jersey looks like something out of the 1940's... Germany 1940's to be specific.
The problem with the Sens can be summed up by watching how they played against the Oilers vs how everyone else does. Nobody lets Mcdavid and Draisaitl get behind them anymore yet the Sens got caught cheating multiple times against them. Their star players take shortcuts they can't out produce
Can we get a “who he play for” soon?
1:47:10 is that producer drew? lol
I had centre ice and there were blackouts
I have to say that the player modeling the SLB jersey has a look of fear/embarrassment/anger like Ralphie when he had to model the rabbit outfit...if you get it, you get it.---Maybe
Head-assery is a good one.
The NHL is not a developmental league. CBJ fan here: Jiricek isn’t NHL ready, and your precious Allan Walsh doesn’t want the AHL paycheck. That’s all this is.
I mean the entire blue jackets organization has not been nhl ready since the rick nash days, and even then its questionable
@ they made it to the post season five years in a row. That was relatively recent. They’ve been rebuilding lately. Not much more to it than that. They were WAY more dysfunctional during the Nash years.
If you want to develop players they have to play in the NHL
@@jessedouville They won more playoff rounds than the Leafs over the last 20 years
@@TurdFerguson92 No, they don’t. No player’s career has been ruined by being a year longer in the AHL. Many a player in the Jackets’ past has been rushed to the NHL and it has hurt his development.