Chris Cote

I'm proud of that.

A lot of people that were actually aware of Michael Yormark's reputation here, like this wasn't like some weaponized special forces politicking behind the scenes thing.

All we were doing was bringing Michael Yormark's actual reputation locally into the light.

I kind of felt for Mark Messier, and I don't know if you guys saw that intermission.

Well, he was like a dog with a bone.

He just refused to acknowledge the construct.

He didn't have a legal leg to stand on, but I kind of understood what he was trying to say.

So he thought it was a goal?

He's like, all right, I—

this should be a goal like if we're actually playing this thing out i know the whistle and the goalie and the uh intention to blow a whistle which is a phrase that roy reminded me of which is you like that phrase the it's not just the whistle blowing it's the intention to blow i meant to blow a whistle yeah it's over yeah i i get where messier was coming from and that in other games this is a goal you know that it's not it was earlier in the game

Well, if the stakes were different, if it was on the road, if it was a different crew, I don't think you could look at that.

They were never overturning that.

That I agree with.

And they also had the rulebook in their favor once they decided to blow the whistle in the fashion or intended to blow the whistle in the fashion that they did.

But I did...

kind of feel bad for Marc Messier in that he should have just capitulated.

He's like, look, I get what you're saying, but also it's a goal.

The best comparison I can make is in soccer when they go to VAR and you see a guy is offside by the toenail.

What the hell are we doing?

look i'm a hate and ass hater and i i wasn't thrilled to see either of these teams in the cup final because i'm applying my panther bias these games have been great great game one was spectacular a load of fun this game was more cagey even though you got some goals you had an all-time third period there have been great moments these two teams are very tight and as far as the ratings go game one was the highest rated cup final game since 2019 why is