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Ethan Podolsky

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1921 total appearances

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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Is Nathan MacKinnon Better Than Connor McDavid?

No, it wasn't a breakaway. It was like a zone. They had the puck in the zone. I think he was in the right faceoff circle going towards the net at the time. Nobody in front of him. No, no, it was like they were in the zone, like passing it, trying to get a shot at the empty net, or maybe they had just rushed in over the line. I just remember it wasn't like a breakaway situation.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Is Nathan MacKinnon Better Than Connor McDavid?

No, it wasn't a breakaway. It was like a zone. They had the puck in the zone. I think he was in the right faceoff circle going towards the net at the time. Nobody in front of him. No, no, it was like they were in the zone, like passing it, trying to get a shot at the empty net, or maybe they had just rushed in over the line. I just remember it wasn't like a breakaway situation.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Is Nathan MacKinnon Better Than Connor McDavid?

He had guys in between, and he just got taken down, no call. Puck turns around, down the ice, and... And the refs...

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Is Nathan MacKinnon Better Than Connor McDavid?

He had guys in between, and he just got taken down, no call. Puck turns around, down the ice, and... And the refs...

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Is Nathan MacKinnon Better Than Connor McDavid?

I don't know, man. In that era, when they were in the league, you also had Dominic Hachette playing. Yeah, okay. I'm just saying, he might not have the same amount of cups as those two guys, but I feel like they're all in the same conversation.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Is Nathan MacKinnon Better Than Connor McDavid?

I don't know, man. In that era, when they were in the league, you also had Dominic Hachette playing. Yeah, okay. I'm just saying, he might not have the same amount of cups as those two guys, but I feel like they're all in the same conversation.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Is Nathan MacKinnon Better Than Connor McDavid?

Yeah, the Fred Flintstone bowling sound. That's rough. Credit to Sider, though, because you can see he's kind of fallen backwards. He decided to completely lean into what was happening, and he kicks his legs up. Lucky nobody was around. Yeah, that would have been tragic. I just don't understand, like, is that embellishment? Yeah.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Is Nathan MacKinnon Better Than Connor McDavid?

Yeah, the Fred Flintstone bowling sound. That's rough. Credit to Sider, though, because you can see he's kind of fallen backwards. He decided to completely lean into what was happening, and he kicks his legs up. Lucky nobody was around. Yeah, that would have been tragic. I just don't understand, like, is that embellishment? Yeah.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Is Nathan MacKinnon Better Than Connor McDavid?

Embellishment's basically like a... Maybe he figured, he's like, I'm about to eat it right now. Maybe I can try to make it look like I got taken down.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Is Nathan MacKinnon Better Than Connor McDavid?

Embellishment's basically like a... Maybe he figured, he's like, I'm about to eat it right now. Maybe I can try to make it look like I got taken down.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Is Nathan MacKinnon Better Than Connor McDavid?

So go back to 2017. That's eight years ago, right? Yeah. That's when Pittsburgh said Marc-Andre Fleury was getting too old. Yeah. He's still in the league kicking fairly decent amounts of ass. And Pittsburgh has been meandering around a good goaltender for a while since. Just curious, what would things have been like in Pittsburgh had they kept their franchise goaltender? Yeah.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Is Nathan MacKinnon Better Than Connor McDavid?

So go back to 2017. That's eight years ago, right? Yeah. That's when Pittsburgh said Marc-Andre Fleury was getting too old. Yeah. He's still in the league kicking fairly decent amounts of ass. And Pittsburgh has been meandering around a good goaltender for a while since. Just curious, what would things have been like in Pittsburgh had they kept their franchise goaltender? Yeah.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Is Nathan MacKinnon Better Than Connor McDavid?

We don't have to get into it. I just want to put it out into the universe. Roy, this should make you happy that they made such a poor decision.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Is Nathan MacKinnon Better Than Connor McDavid?

We don't have to get into it. I just want to put it out into the universe. Roy, this should make you happy that they made such a poor decision.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Is Nathan MacKinnon Better Than Connor McDavid?

I think this is just common sense in this case, but let's get to my goaltending bias now. So, Adnan, there's two goalies I want to bring up. One in the East and one in the West. Out West, you got Mackenzie Blackwood in Colorado, who I said when the trade happened, he was going to take them to the final. I feel like I'm looking pretty smart right now in that regard.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Is Nathan MacKinnon Better Than Connor McDavid?

I think this is just common sense in this case, but let's get to my goaltending bias now. So, Adnan, there's two goalies I want to bring up. One in the East and one in the West. Out West, you got Mackenzie Blackwood in Colorado, who I said when the trade happened, he was going to take them to the final. I feel like I'm looking pretty smart right now in that regard.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Is Nathan MacKinnon Better Than Connor McDavid?

And then in the East, Jacob Dobis in Montreal. He's now 4-0. He's kicking... The East's butt right now. And I think it's a little early, but I think this is the next great Montreal goaltender. I think he's going to be the next big one, the next Carey Price, the next Patrick. I don't know if he's going to play up to that level, but I'm just saying in terms of a great goalie in a great hockey town.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Is Nathan MacKinnon Better Than Connor McDavid?

And then in the East, Jacob Dobis in Montreal. He's now 4-0. He's kicking... The East's butt right now. And I think it's a little early, but I think this is the next great Montreal goaltender. I think he's going to be the next big one, the next Carey Price, the next Patrick. I don't know if he's going to play up to that level, but I'm just saying in terms of a great goalie in a great hockey town.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Is Nathan MacKinnon Better Than Connor McDavid?

So I wanted to get your take on these two goalies who I'm very much focused on right now.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Is Nathan MacKinnon Better Than Connor McDavid?

So I wanted to get your take on these two goalies who I'm very much focused on right now.