Blake Bolden
Appearances
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Blake Bolden Walked Out On Denzel Washington
Yeah, she actually sounded like she's been doing it for years. And hopefully she gets a lot more stints. Clearly, she was nervous, but she got used to it. And she did a very good job. We talked to her about the media and we talked to her about the league. And that's coming up next.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Blake Bolden Walked Out On Denzel Washington
Blake Bolden's rise in media has been meteoric. She's doing a great job right now. Nice wordplay, Roy. Astrology and celestial bodies, I guess. I don't know. Blake Bolden works for Prime and she works for ESPN. And she had just recently done her first color commentary gig for the Avalanche Utah Hockey Club game on December 27th. And she actually sounded great. Like she's done it before.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Season veteran. Yeah. Season veteran. Like how would you grade yourself during that performance?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Blake Bolden Walked Out On Denzel Washington
Oh, you guys, I just told you, don't compliment me like that. It was my first NHL in between in the booth. And I'm hard on myself. Like you don't become an elite level athlete if you're not hard on yourself. So I walked out of there giving myself a B minus. But others said I did OK. You guys said I did OK. And I really appreciate it. But there you could always be better. Yeah.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Blake Bolden Walked Out On Denzel Washington
Yeah, absolutely. I mean, we can always be better. I mean, just like all day today, you know, you can always be better. But you actually still work for the Los Angeles Kings as a scout. And you convinced Luke Robitaille, like, I want to get into media. Like, what convinced you to actually go into the media landscape?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Well, I'll clarify. I kind of transitioned out of scouting because I wanted to just take the leap into media 100% because I had one foot in scouting in the American League for the Pacific Division and then another foot with ESPN. And I got a call from Amazon's people saying, sent the call over to my agent and we were kind of discussing what might be for this year.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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And I was like, Luke, I think, I think I want to try it out. And he actually told me, he said, you have to do it. He didn't say we want you to stay. Like he was like, you have to do it. You're still a part of our Kings community. You're still a growth and inclusion specialist. You still have all your camps and clinics and LA is your home. Don't worry about it. Just go blossom. So, um,
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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I have a lot to credit to Luke for one, getting me my job with the LA Kings just as a pro scout. And then to just being a really good mentor for me when I have all of these opportunities coming just to kind of sift through it and make some good decisions. But he's the one who told me, take the Amazon job, do it. This is perfect for you. We want you to do it.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Blake Bolden Walked Out On Denzel Washington
And then maybe you can do some TV with the Kings, too.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Blake Bolden Walked Out On Denzel Washington
Oh, yeah. That's awesome.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Blake Bolden Walked Out On Denzel Washington
I think you guys are right. I mean, being in a microscope landscape or whatever, and it almost felt like when you watch the television as just a normal viewer, you kind of like chastise the commentators. You're like, oh, no, that didn't really happen. Or, oh, yeah, whatever. And then you become that person and you analyze everything you're saying.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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You want to be perfect, like I said, as a as an elite level athlete. And, you know, you just have to find a balance of being yourself by delivering the right and correct information. And I think for me, that was my challenge is just figuring out how to be myself. You watch so many commentators, broadcasters, reporters. I've been in a reporter position. I've been in a
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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An analyst position, I've been on a desk position and just figuring out who you are in front of the camera is probably my biggest challenge as of late.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Well, I have to say my fellow scouts always tease me because they're like, you have the Pacific Division, like you have Coachella Valley, you've got L.A., you've got San Jose, you've got Vancouver. And some of them are in the middle of nowhere.
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Northwest Territories.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Right. And so for me, like I was really spoiled and also being a pro scout as well. You're not an amateur scouting. You're not like professional. freezing cold and just like on the bleachers that are aluminum. So I would say I was spoiled, but driving to Bakersfield wasn't my favorite. It wasn't my favorite going to Bakersfield. It's in the middle of nowhere. It takes forever.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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And yeah, it's not that I ever had a thought that was like, what am I doing here? It was more of like, where am I going next? Like there are scouts that have been scouts for 30, 40 years. Like what is my game plan? It was kind of my thought process. And, you know, I've turned down a lot of different things. Like I've turned down roles in the women's league.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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I've turned down, you know, other television opportunities. And it just, I was just like, you know what, maybe I'll just try something else. Like I didn't, I didn't hate the scouting. It took me away from my new husband. I got married in 2022 and I was like, Ooh, I'm leaving four or five times a day a week. But, um, yeah, I can't say I hated it, but it was a grind. Like I got sick a lot.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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I needed like all the remedies, all the changes in temperature.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Oh, I mean, it's just all the travel. It's it's just getting like for me, I didn't get caught in a lot of snow. Sometimes when I'd go to like Colorado and Denver and go up to Loveland to watch the Eagles play. But a lot of my guys, snowstorms like all like. 12 inches, just getting stuck, not being able to move, getting just getting stuck is just the worst.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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And honestly, the game's over at 1030, 11 o'clock at night. You got game reports to do. You don't want to be behind on those game reports, but then you got four or five games lined up in the future. So it's just about like managing your time. Try not to get stuck or sick and getting the job done wherever you can be.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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in in in the middle of like warm-ups doing your game reports or you could be up till like one o'clock in the morning trying to finish it all it's just you're grinding all the time you talk about the uh travel stories i mean last season's standard cup final was not exactly great for any of us oh yeah why are we talking about that i was i'm bringing it up opposite sides yeah i mean no direct flights
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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I'm not even going to find the sound. Get out of here.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Yeah, go to the penalty box. You're blessed, man. You're blessed.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Thank you.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Yeah. Yeah, we did. We had to drive from Calgary to Edmonton. I had to drive for Rose and that was not exactly a pleasant experience for me.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Well, now we're working with Amazon and being in San Diego County area, getting to Winnipeg and Edmonton are still very hard for me. There's no direct flights. It's so hard to get to Winnipeg and Edmonton.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Yeah, you got to work on the infrastructure up there, Canada. I mean, come on. What are we doing? Right. Now, you're breaking the ice segments that you do with ESPN. We live down here in Miami, South Florida. I'm 40 years old. I'm an old man, okay? I spent my formative years in the late 80s and early 90s. There were no rinks down here. There were probably three. We got our hockey team in 1993.
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So, I say that to say is... I'm trying to learn how to play hockey myself.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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You don't know how to play hockey?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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No. I'm actually learning how to skate. We're going skating as soon as we get done today. Yeah. So I'm teaching... Well, I'm not teaching myself. I'm being taught how to skate. And... And I'm trying to there's a media game for the winter classic, right?
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Exactly. So I got to ask you, is there any tips, any suggestions that you have for me? Not the Dave, because he's a goaltender, but to me specifically, so I don't fall and bust my ass on the ice.
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Wait, so you don't know how to skate at all?
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No, I don't know. Really? No, no. I just bought my first pair of hockey skates.
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What kind are they?
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CCM.
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Where'd you get them from? CCM or are they used?
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No, they're not used. They're brand spanking new. They're a new line called Next for like pickup games. But you've been wearing them around the house, right? Yeah, I've been wearing them around the house. I didn't get them baked.
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Number one rule, break in your skates.
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Yes, yes. That's exactly what I'm doing.
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I don't know. I mean, just get out there. You're not going to learn unless you fall on your butt a thousand times. A story for me, when I first learned how to play when I was, I don't know, six, seven years old, I didn't know how to stop on my left side for two years. Two. Two years, I was like just stopping on my right, but then switching to my left to pretend like I stopped on my left.
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It wasn't working.
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So I would just say, get out there, fall on your butt, use those inside outside edges. I mean, I teach so many kids now. We got Bolden Girls. We are all Kings clinics like this through and through, through and through Little Kings, all of that. And it's just so funny how you know that it's an athletic sport, but kids don't want to bend their knees. It's like a straight leg thing.
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So bend your knees. If you fall down, just get up like you're fine.
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You're supposed to have the best edges out of anybody.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Roller hockey has actually become one of my favorite new sports. I was on the national team. We went to Buenos Aires for Team USA. We came back with the bronze, which was crazy because Spain and France are insanely good at inline.
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Wow.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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And I have since moving to California, roller has been like my numero uno. Four on four, no icing, no offsides. Like I'm an offensive defenseman. Just give me the puck. Let me tool around. I don't have to stop. And I have a hard shot. It's amazing.
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So fun. Yeah, I'm ready for it. I'm ready for all that. Bring it on.
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Let's talk about the league now. At the beginning of the season, we all thought that the start that Colorado and Edmonton had was fairly disappointing. And they both seem to be in playoff spots now. But what we did not see... Goaltending. Okay, well, there you go. I mean, even Colorado had to make that trade. Yeah, they did have to make that trade. Look how good he's doing.
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Good trades, though.
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Very good trades. But speaking of trades, the thing that we did not see coming was how poorly the Rangers have been playing. What's going on in New York?
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I mean, it's tough to play well when you got a lot of drama around you, right?
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Yeah.
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And you got your goaltender back. So if you want to think positively, Shusterkin was back from four games. But I think when I look at them, I see a struggle in five on five. You know, you trade away your captain, a lot of drama around that. You're struggling five on five. Your goals against average is around three goals, which last year that wasn't a thing.
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Savannah, Jed, Kreider, your guys are all in a funk, which is tough for them. Your stars aren't scoring and your power play is not what it used to be. Last year, your power play was their power play was number three in the league. And combined for them all, all of them, Fox, Trochek, Zibanejad, Kreider, I think they have nine or ten goals this year. Last year, 47.
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And we're halfway through the year. So they've got a lot of trouble. And it's sad because this is a team that we expected to have a deep run last year. And you've just been riddled with all the newspaper clippings, articles, drama. And it's just not a good look for them.
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Well, I mean, Manon was probably, well, she was my idol when I was 12 years old. And I was coached by her at that time when we went to that Quebec tournament. We were the first girls team to play in the boys division or whatever. And so I was just like, oh, Manon Mariam. And then to sit down and listen to her story from start to finish and Her and I work together with the L.A. Kings.
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She's a player development consultant and I was a scout and still do community. And we work together a lot. So we've gone from coaching mentor situation to colleagues to now I'm interviewing her. And the trajectory of our relationship has been different.
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Like for her to be someone I can just call and talk to about what it's like being in a men's field right in the NHL to being able to sit down and interview her on ESPN. And fun fact, back in what was that 20 years ago?
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um 2020 2004 we had espn follow us around for that quebec tournament so it was kind of like a full circle moment just to be able to hear how challenging it was for her to play in the pro and those two exhibition games and i think our assistant gm actually took a couple shots on her with the la kings uh in that exhibition game so that's fun too awesome still making saves out there yeah
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That's great. Surprises in the league this year. Obviously, the Washington Capitals are leading the division in the Metro right now. Also, you got the Flames are in the playoff spot, and the Blue Jackets and Canadiens are competing for a wild card spot in the East. Aside from the Capitals right now who are in the playoffs, do you think the Flames are going to end up making the playoffs?
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And can the Blue Jackets and Canadiens actually upset somebody like a Boston? Or Pittsburgh?
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Well, Pittsburgh just had a great game, but we all know they've been struggling. I just came back from the Canucks and the Canadians game, Monday Night Hockey with Amazon. And when I tell you the Canadians look like a different team, I'm like... Who are these guys? It was insane. Their power play, Suzuki's on a tear, Caulfield's on a tear, their goaltending in Montembeau's great.
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Dobish has been playing out of his mind in those two games that shut out against the Florida Panthers. I mean, they have so much hope right now. And I think it's possible for them to squeak in. The Flames have been a little quiet, inconsistent. I used to scout Wolf a lot in the American League. He's an incredible goalie. He's a little smaller. I think...
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I think Calgary's okay, but they're not really doing it for me. I'm a hopeful person. If you haven't seen the Canadians play, just watch them right now because they're looking okay. They're looking all right right now.
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One more before we let you go. I have a little birdie at Prime who gave me this information. I believe you know his name is Adnan Virk.
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Oh, my bud.
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Yeah. Apparently, you walked out on Gladiator 2. What happened? No. No, you didn't, Blake.
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Well, OK, my husband is my husband is a gladiator fanatic. We went to Rome and after we did all the tours, all of that, all of that, we sat in our hotel and watched the first gladiator because he was so surprised I hadn't seen it. Like he's obsessed. And so I'm like, OK, gladiator two is coming out. Let's go. And he's like, I don't know. I don't know. It's not going to beat it.
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And I'm like, come on, you love it. Like, it's whatever. So we go. I'm really excited. I would never walk out of a movie. I'm just going to throw my husband under the bus. It was his fault. It was his fault. He didn't like how Denzel's character was. He didn't like the plot. He was like, it's just copying the first movie. There's no creativity. There's too much. And I'm just like, all right, dude.
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I didn't want to hear him complain in my ear for another 45 minutes. So I was like, let's go. Let's go. And you know what we did? We went back home and we watched the original Gladiator.
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Oh, you got that sour taste out of your mouth on that one. Oh, wow.
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I didn't even get to finish it. I didn't even get to finish it.
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A hundred percent.
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No, wait for cable.
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Yeah, you're right. I should stream it online or something like that. I got to finish it. I'm not a quitter. That was hard for me.
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What the f*** kind of... I'm trying to get it all out of the way at the same time.
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That's why you're a professional athlete. Blake Bolden, we appreciate you joining us today. Thank you for coming on. Thank you, Blake.
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Thanks, guys. Take care.
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Ah-choo. Five, four, three, two... I'm leaving that in. No, you are not.
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All right, it's time for the Panthers recap. The Panthers had two games this week. The first game was in Colorado. They lost 3-1. They did not have two of the top four defensemen in that game, Aaron Ekblad and Nico Mikula. It was still relatively close. Devin Tays ended up with two goals. That was pretty unexpected.
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You're going to leave that in, too? On audio, at least. Okay, whatever. Five, four, three, two, one. We're back. First episode of the hockey show. Such energy. We're back. I'm getting over whatever sickness that I had this week, all right? So you need to get off my back. Damn it.
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Conover Hagee, sorry, Ethan, Conover Hagee with an eight-game goal streak finally got on the board. That was huge. Hopefully that... that will open the floodgates for them, Ethan.
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Florida then went to Utah, won 4-1. That game was also pretty close. Now, don't let 4-1 fool you. I mean, those were two empty net goals. But it's the first time the Panthers played in Utah. And Ekblad and Mikula were both back in the lineup. Sam Reinhardt finally scored after going, what, six straight games? Six games, I believe it was. Yeah. Right. So, yeah.
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But he also became the second in franchise history in power play goals scored. Wow. Alexander Barkov leads the team all time in that category. It's going to take a while for him to catch up to that considering that he's still on the team.
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Yeah, he was really good. He's hot in that game.
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The Boston Bruins come into sunrise tomorrow for a 1 o'clock game on ABC. The Boston Bruins who start the season. Completely disastrous. Kind of riding the ship with the coaching change. And now it's a complete disaster. Again, they lost six straight. Yes. I'm so upset about this, Roy. I know Ethan is.
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Right. Take that into the weekend with you. All right. All right. Thank you for joining us, everybody. For everybody in California, we are thinking about you. Be safe out there with the fires. We thank you for listening and watching us here on YouTube and wherever you find us. Thank you, Rose. Thank you, Ethan. Thank you, Mike Malley. Dave's there. I'm Roy. Okay, goodbye.
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All right. My name is Roy Bellamy and that's David Dvorak. Rose is back in the seat. The college football season is almost over for her. So maybe I'm not talking to him. You're still talking about Rose.
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Thank you. All right, you're in. We're all wearing hoodies because it's 60 degrees in Miami. It was 41 when I left the house today. So, yeah, not exactly great when you get over a cold, but whatever. Frigid.
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Yeah, we'll talk about that in a second. But first, Slapshot. So let's go with our hot takes first. Dave, go ahead. Okay, my hot take. Oh, by the way, Ethan's here. Hey, how you doing?
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He has the eye of the tiger, apparently.
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You are a very biased person. You and the goaltending community, like, come on, man. Come on, Dave.
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That's a fine.
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All right, so that's $1 for Ethan towards the Venmo fine bucket. All right, that's Dave's hot take. My hot take comes from the Oilers and Bruins game. Nikita Zidarov had the puck, cut towards the net, and this is basically a power forward move. Now watch this. He ends up running Stuart Skinner. Now, what I really don't like about this, and granted, the first line was out there for the Oilers.
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The biased goalie has some thoughts. Of course. First line was out there for the Oilers. They're not going to do anything. But there was not a lot of response. Towards the goaltender getting ran. I'm trying not to swear.
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Especially them with the start that they had to this season. Them trying to get back up in the standings. You can't have that happen.
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Yeah, first shift out of the box because he got goaltending interference on that one. Somebody needs to have some words for them.
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But us three, me, Rose, and Dave, because... This is so self-involved. I mean, you complain about us complaining about the travel from last year.
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They don't have the season in the summer. That's after the season.
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We are winners because it was announced that the state of Florida will have both outdoor games next season, starting with the Winter Classic at Lone Depot Park. The Panthers will host the New York Rangers. And in February, the Lightning will host the Boston Bruins at Raymond James Stadium for the stadium series. The pirate ship is going to be a hot seat. Yes. So cool. I don't know about them.
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I definitely don't know about you. But I'm going to get credentialed and definitely will cover both games. And as the guy who is in charge of the credential process for the company for the NHL, You two will definitely be credentialed as well. So we got to do something.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Blake Bolden Walked Out On Denzel Washington
How about that?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Blake Bolden Walked Out On Denzel Washington
Yes, I'm sure Barry Jackson is.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Blake Bolden Walked Out On Denzel Washington
Yeah, I'm going to deke Jordan out of his skates, man. Oh, my God.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Blake Bolden Walked Out On Denzel Washington
Yeah, triple deke.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Blake Bolden Walked Out On Denzel Washington
Oh, Rose. I'm sorry. I completely forgot. I'm sorry. Rose, let's go back a couple of minutes.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Blake Bolden Walked Out On Denzel Washington
Have you been there, bro?
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The Hockey Show: Blake Bolden Walked Out On Denzel Washington
Ran out of characters.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Blake Bolden Walked Out On Denzel Washington
Okay, you a Puck Bunny over there?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Blake Bolden Walked Out On Denzel Washington
I got two of them from the same game. Two fails in one game thanks to two former Panthers. This came from the Flames-Ducks game. Jacob Truber is not having the best of years right now, and this is an example of it. Oh, no. He gathered the puck behind his own net. And this is an overtime, mind you, of Flames-Ducks. Banked it off the boards. The puck went over the net, landed in the crease. Oh, man.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Blake Bolden Walked Out On Denzel Washington
And out of the air, batted it into the net was Jonathan Huberdeau, who won the game on that goal in overtime. That's rough. Yes. That is definitely rough. And then what happened? During the celebration... I got it towards the boards. This is in Anaheim, by the way. So this is what happened. There's a Ducks fan who is giving the celebrating players the bird. He's flipping the duck.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Blake Bolden Walked Out On Denzel Washington
And Mackenzie Wieger is waving at him.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Blake Bolden Walked Out On Denzel Washington
Yeah, so elves all around in the city of Anaheim. It's supposed to be the happiest place on Earth, Anaheim, man. They got Disneyland over there.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Blake Bolden Walked Out On Denzel Washington
Yeah, yeah, he's fantastic. I mean, you would have thought that Trouba and Guta's getting together would have been pretty special. Scary. Yeah, pretty scary. So coming up next, we have Blake Bolden from ESPN and Prime. And I can tell you right now, her rise in media has been outstanding. She's learning a lot. She had just completed her first color commentary gig.