Ethan Podolsky

Yeah, yeah. There's a lot of dudes in this VRBO right now. That was my buddy College Mike. He's a good dude. We love College Mike. He's a friend of the show.

Yeah, yeah. There's a lot of dudes in this VRBO right now. That was my buddy College Mike. He's a good dude. We love College Mike. He's a friend of the show.

Yeah, College Mike is basically my child this weekend. We're basically taking care of him like that. Take control of your kids, dude.

Yeah, College Mike is basically my child this weekend. We're basically taking care of him like that. Take control of your kids, dude.

We're trying to be professional here, and you've got guys crawling in the room. Did you see how I just powered right through that, David, though? You've got to love that.

We're trying to be professional here, and you've got guys crawling in the room. Did you see how I just powered right through that, David, though? You've got to love that.

So Forsling also made a play in overtime that could have ended the game like his pass to Kempe could have ended the game. So I thought Forsling had a good game. I thought that game in general was pretty amazing. My my problem was where was Sam Reinhardt in overtime? John Cooper didn't put him out there for a shift in overtime, which I find absolutely ridiculous.

So Forsling also made a play in overtime that could have ended the game like his pass to Kempe could have ended the game. So I thought Forsling had a good game. I thought that game in general was pretty amazing. My my problem was where was Sam Reinhardt in overtime? John Cooper didn't put him out there for a shift in overtime, which I find absolutely ridiculous.

Like you've got a Selkie Award winner and a guy that's going to score 50 goals in back to back seasons. And he didn't take a single shift in overtime. That's crazy to me. But you're throwing Anthony Sorelli and Brandon Hagel out there together. Like, that's absolutely insane. I don't know what John Cooper is doing. They ended up winning the game.

Like you've got a Selkie Award winner and a guy that's going to score 50 goals in back to back seasons. And he didn't take a single shift in overtime. That's crazy to me. But you're throwing Anthony Sorelli and Brandon Hagel out there together. Like, that's absolutely insane. I don't know what John Cooper is doing. They ended up winning the game.

So I don't think he's going to get questioned for it. Right. But if they don't end up winning that game, don't you think some people are going, hey, where's that guy that scored 50, you know, 57 goals last year and is going to score 50 goals again this year? Like that was an interesting decision from John Cooper.

So I don't think he's going to get questioned for it. Right. But if they don't end up winning that game, don't you think some people are going, hey, where's that guy that scored 50, you know, 57 goals last year and is going to score 50 goals again this year? Like that was an interesting decision from John Cooper.

Well, Roy, we were having this discussion, actually. I was talking to Chris about this, and I was questioning Mike Sullivan's decision-making because he didn't start the Kachuks together. He didn't start Zach Wierenski on power play one, right? And then once Wierenski went to power play one, the U.S. scored two power play goals.

Well, Roy, we were having this discussion, actually. I was talking to Chris about this, and I was questioning Mike Sullivan's decision-making because he didn't start the Kachuks together. He didn't start Zach Wierenski on power play one, right? And then once Wierenski went to power play one, the U.S. scored two power play goals.

Once Kachuk and Kachuk were on the same line with Jack Eichel, the U.S. absolutely took over the game. So initially you're like, well, that's bad coaching. But it's also good coaching to in a short tournament where you're only promised three games, make that decision on the fly like that two periods in to just be like, no, this is clearly not working. I need to change something.

Once Kachuk and Kachuk were on the same line with Jack Eichel, the U.S. absolutely took over the game. So initially you're like, well, that's bad coaching. But it's also good coaching to in a short tournament where you're only promised three games, make that decision on the fly like that two periods in to just be like, no, this is clearly not working. I need to change something.

And he dumped Adam Fox from PP1. He put Zach Wierenski up there and look what happened in the third period. You know, from what I saw, like in the building, you could feel like Finland played a really good first two periods, right? And then what happened in the third period was the United States skill just took over.

And he dumped Adam Fox from PP1. He put Zach Wierenski up there and look what happened in the third period. You know, from what I saw, like in the building, you could feel like Finland played a really good first two periods, right? And then what happened in the third period was the United States skill just took over.

And I think the biggest part of that skill taking over was Kachuk, Eichel, and Kachuk being out there together and just dominating the game completely. Um, Really specifically those two, like Eichel was a bit of a guy that I was just kind of like, where is he on the ice right now? But the Kachuks absolutely dominated the game.

And I think the biggest part of that skill taking over was Kachuk, Eichel, and Kachuk being out there together and just dominating the game completely. Um, Really specifically those two, like Eichel was a bit of a guy that I was just kind of like, where is he on the ice right now? But the Kachuks absolutely dominated the game.