The House Always Sweeps
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Did you see the video of Bryce Harper brushing his teeth?
I saw something about it, but I didn't actually watch the video.
Oh, you should go watch the video. Oh, I don't want to tell you. You have to witness it for yourself. Okay, look it up. Okay, so I'm watching. It gets it wet. Oh, my God.
What? Why does he do that? Welcome to 32 Thoughts, the podcast presented by your Canadian Toyota dealers and the 2026 Tacoma. Get yours before red tag days are over. Dom, Elliot and Kyle are with you once again here in Fridge. It happened. The sweep happened in the Western Conference final. The Vegas Golden Knights brought their pillows, the avalanche, the president's trophy. The pillows not only won out, they did so in four straight. A stunner. sends Vegas back to the Stanley Cup final for the third time in nine years since they came into the National Hockey League. Where would you like to start for a series no one saw coming? The result was one thing, but four straight. Even Mark Stone in the postgame, Elliot, saying, we're as surprised as anyone.
Kyle, if this was the WWE instead of the NHL, I would say it was a loaded pillow Vegas brought to the playoffs. They took it and they put a brick inside or some brass knuckles or a roll of coins, something like that. Yeah, I'm right with you. I'm not surprised Vegas won the series, but I am absolutely gobsmacked, shocked. that they swept them.
What were the highlights of the Vegas Golden Knights' sweep over the Colorado Avalanche?
I certainly didn't see that coming at all. And no matter what comes out of here, injury-wise for the Avalanche, we cannot let that take any credit away from Vegas. And I like the fact that Jared Bednar was asked about that postgame when he said, look, Joe Sackick and Chris McFarlane will tell you that over the next couple of days, but everybody deals with it. I think we're all curious to see exactly what they had there. You could tell on our broadcast that Luke Gazdik has some theories but didn't want to get into them. I have some theories, too. I think Makar has a pretty significant shoulder injury, and I think some people have wondered if he might miss the start of next season because of it. We'll see if that's true or what that is.
But it doesn't take away at all from what Vegas did in this series. They won it, they earned it, they dominated it, and they deserve all the credit in the world. A perfect plan was put together and they executed it brilliantly.
So certainly credit goes to John Tortorella in coming on board late in the conversation here and not reinventing the wheel by any stretch, but even by how he described it, just guidance here and there, but also understanding when to get out of the way. A veteran team that can run the room there and a different voice that seemed to be coming in at the perfect time for that team. I just wonder, in hindsight, because so much of this year, Elliot, we looked at Vegas and went, they should be much better than this. They should be way better than this. And maybe now we're seeing it. I really liked, and they touched on it on our broadcast on Tuesday night, Ryan Strom's theory of getting through Utah, getting through Anaheim.
They learned how to deal with fast teams. and how to beat them. And it almost made them all the more powerful in facing the most power yet in Colorado in round number three.
What was the biggest problem they had all year? We've talked about it ad nauseum on this podcast, Kyle. They were 28th in save percentage. If you look at Vegas all season, especially right before Bruce Cassidy got fired, their underlying numbers were really good. That was never the issue. You never looked at them and said, this is a bad team. But they weren't getting saves. And what's Alain Vigneault's old line? If your goaler is better than my goaler, you win. If my goaler is better than your goaler, I win. And that's one of the major reasons that it's turned around for Vegas. And they're getting saves that they weren't getting in the regular season. That is a huge difference. And this is another thing, too, and this is where I do agree with Ryan also.
Vegas has shown that they can nullify speed.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:52
2
What were the highlights of the Vegas Golden Knights' sweep over the Colorado Avalanche?
1:52–11:12
3
What are the implications of the Eastern Conference Final between the Canadiens and Hurricanes?
11:12–21:56
4
What recent news involves Evgeni Malkin's contract with the Penguins?
21:56–24:29
5
How are the Toronto Marlies performing in the Calder Cup Playoffs?
24:29–26:27
6
Which players from the IIHF Worlds could make an NHL impact?
26:27–28:03
7
Why is the Montreal Victoire's Walter Cup victory significant?
28:03–30:59
8
What shoutouts did the hosts give at the end of the episode?
30:59–1:00:47