Chapter 1: What sports events are highlighted in the episode?
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Just one sharp execution was poor from everybody. That team sure did suck last night.
They just plain sucked. Got him! Trey, you savage, just struck out Aaron Judge for the third time tonight. Jailbreak goal, unbelievable, honestly. I think I peed a little in the penalty box.
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Chapter 2: How are the World Cup ticket prices affecting fans?
It begins at 6.30 this morning. Adam Leventhal is going to join the program. He's a journalist from The Athletic. With less than four weeks to go until the start of the World Cup, Adam and The Athletic, they've been speaking to secondary ticket sellers, specifically in the U.S., who are working the tournament market. He's been covering this story and all the other off-pitch stories.
going into the World Cup, which is now just three weeks away. So, Evan Leventhal from The Athletic is going to join us at 6.30 this morning. 7 o'clock, Adnan Virk is going to join the program from MLB Network. As you heard in the intro, big win for the Jays last night against the Yankees in New York. What a gem by Trey Yassavage on the bump.
Mariners also got a much-needed win over the White Sox yesterday. Adnan's going to join us at 7 to talk about all that. 7.30, Shana Goldman's going to join the program, NHL writer from The Athletic. The Western Conference Final opened last night, as many of you saw. Vegas beat the Avs in Colorado 4-2. Eastern Conference Final opens tonight. Habs in Carolina to take on the Canes.
Shana Goldman from The Athletic is going to join us to talk about that at 7.30. Eight o'clock, it's Thomas Drance from the Athletic Vancouver and Canucks talk. Given how hectic the last week has been for the Canucks, yesterday was kind of calm and quiet, but there's still much to do for the Sedins and Ryan Johnson, including hiring Adam Foote's replacement as head coach.
We'll talk to Drancer about all that at eight o'clock. So we got a big guest list. We got a lot to get into. And without further ado, Laddie, let's tell everybody what happened. Hey, did you guys see the game last night? No. No. We will begin with game one of the Western Conference Final in Colorado last night. Carter Hart, 36 saves.
The Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Avs 4-2 in game one of the Western Conference Final.
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Chapter 3: What insights does Adam Leventhal provide about the World Cup?
And I want to shout out former Canucks legend Nick Dowd. It's not often, not often we play empty net goals. this early in the show to highlight what happened last night, but what a hustle and what an effort from Dowd to clinch the game last night.
Here's Nick Dowd erasing an icing by winning the race down the ice and scoring an empty netter to clinch a surprising victory for the Golden Knights in game one. Here's what it sounded like.
McDowd won it. Into the corner. McNabb going after it. Fell. Anderson can't play. McKinnon's got it. For Dave's shot. Hurt the same. Picked up by Laker. Shooting for the empty net. It's wide. A race for it though. Hustling is down. It scores. McDowd won the draw.
Got down the ice. And he'll put it into the empty net to make it 4-2 Vegas. Nicked out, everybody. What a wild game for a Vegas team that John Tortorella, the head coach, acknowledged, got outplayed for stretches last night, but ultimately wrestled back home ice and got the split in Colorado early.
Your thoughts on the game? Okay, well, first of all, I was not able to watch the game live, but I listened to it from the Colorado radio broadcast. And at the end of the game... They were both discussing how the Avs did not seem to have enough hunger.
And I was like, oh, that's interesting because this is one of those broadcasts that is, I don't want to say Homer, but let's just say like very enthusiastic about one team and not very enthusiastic about the other team. Like when Nick Dowd scored, it was like, and he scores.
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Chapter 4: What challenges are faced by teams in the World Cup?
I was like, is that Steve Rabel?
No, it's our guy Connor McGehee.
I know. Yeah. I know. I mean, it's a very entertaining call, but they were both discussing after the game that, you know, like Carter Hart played well. Yeah, Colorado had lots of chances. But they seemed to suggest that just something was missing from the Colorado attack. And it wasn't Makar. Makar was missing. But maybe, I don't know, maybe they thought it was going to be easier than it was.
Well, let's hear now from Nathan McKinnon. He had a suggestion on what might have gone wrong. And if you ever wanted to hear 55 seconds of an increasingly agitated Nathan McKinnon, don't turn the channel. Here is Nathan McKinnon following last night's game, a 4-2 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights at home in Colorado. So what were you guys able to kind of take out of this one tonight?
Yeah, we just weren't sharp. Execution was poor from everybody. Yeah, just got to be sharper than that.
What did you guys, I mean, there's always a feeling out process to new teams. Was that basically kind of what you were expecting from them once they got a lead, a lot of packing the house, blocking shots?
Yeah, we had chances. They didn't do a whole lot either. It was kind of a nothing game and then they got a few goals. Really good team, obviously, but I thought we did a lot of damage to ourselves. Guys kind of everywhere. Execution, like I said, needs to be better. Obviously, we're capable of being a lot better than that. Is there anything to really take from how that game ended?
I've just said execution like five times.
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Chapter 5: What role does FIFA play in ticket pricing for the World Cup?
I think that's what hurts. Awesome. Thanks, Nate.
All right, great. I'm terrified of you. Actually, Nate, including the execution you just said, you said it three times only.
So execution then? It's an interesting time watching... Vegas play right now because I think everyone is well aware of the exploits of Mitch Marner, who's had a fantastic postseason for them. And Eichel's numbers are kind of weird because he's not filling the back of the net, but the points are there. The guys that they rely on with regularity.
Now you look at the goal scorers last night, Dorofeev, might be in the... I think he very firmly is in the conversation as one of the leading goal scorers, sorry, in the playoffs. But you get goals from Dylan Coughlin, Brett Howden, and Nick Dowd. It's an interesting team to watch because they're never going to really wow you. Like, we've talked about this. The Vegas teams of years past...
The offense came at you in waves, and they were fast, and they were aggressive, and they were attacking. This is a very defensive team. They blocked 22 shots last night.
Well, they're Tortorella's team.
They got roundly outshot. I mean, he has done a nice job of leaning into their strengths, not really trying to reinvent the wheel when it comes to how they're going to play the game.
I'm surprised you haven't named someone yet.
Who? Who?
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Chapter 6: How does the geography of the World Cup impact fans and teams?
Carter Hart.
Carter Hart had 36 saves yesterday.
But, like, this is a story. I don't know if people will say, like, this is a great story of redemption or anything like that. I know Carter Hart is... Not everyone's favorite, and probably for some people will never be anyone's favorite, but the guy has played 13 games in the playoffs and has a 920 save percentage. That is very, very good, especially in this day and age.
And I think it's been a very interesting story that John Tortorella, who knew Carter Hart from Philadelphia, has come into Vegas and said, you're my guy. To the extreme. I don't know if Aiden Hill even bothers showing up to these games anymore, and there's all sorts of rumors already that Aiden Hill's going to be shopped this offseason.
I don't know if Vegas is going to be able to move him, but Tortorella came in and said, Carter Hart is my guy, and he has been extremely loyal to him And now you're looking at, you know, if you want to talk about conspiring trophy candidates, Carter Hart, if Vegas were to pull off the, I think, fairly massive upset and take down Colorado, Carter Hart is in that conversation.
And I know some people don't really want to have that conversation, but. it's a reality right now.
Yeah. And you know, a big part of the Tortorella hire, especially in retrospect, given how much has he's been asked about it was his relationship with heart and the way that he was able to come in.
And as you said, instill the confidence, I think a big thing was, and this was one of the criticisms of Cassidy is that there was a lot of flip-flopping between the gold tending as if to say like your leash is always going to be short here until one of you can prove that you could run with it. Nobody's going to run with it. And torts has almost done the exact opposite. And it's worked.
Look, if you had told me it was seven games to go in the regular season when they made the switch, that this is where the Vegas Golden Knights would be, I wouldn't have believed it. I didn't have a ton of faith that they were going to rally the troops, only because I didn't think they were good enough to get here. They obviously have some high-end talent on that team, without question.
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Chapter 7: What are the implications of Patrick Allvin's departure from the Canucks?
According to Drager, Alvin has decided to leave the organization officially and pursue new opportunities. I don't think this is anything really too surprising or shocking. It certainly seemed as though that when the regime change happened, going from Jim Rutherford to the Steens and Ryan Johnson, that there was going to be an overhaul in a lot of different departments.
And going back to Alvin, although his scouting...
prowess and the work that he had done would be valuable going into this year's draft it feels as though that it would be weird trying to hang on to the past when there's a really concerted effort to move on from everything that the previous regime had yeah i agree with all that i have a question for you and for for the listeners if they want to weigh into the dunbar lumber text line
How will you remember Patrick Alvin?
Oh, what a good question.
What stands out? I mean, he wasn't with the Canucks all that long, but what is his, I suppose the word is legacy in Vancouver. How will he be remembered? Because I will remember him as a guy who was assigned a mission impossible and paid the price when he couldn't make the impossible happen. And I think he was in a very, very, very difficult spot. He was a rookie GM.
I felt he was quite often undermined by Jim Rutherford and put in an awkward position. Jim Rutherford came out and said that, you know, say he wouldn't let Patrick Alveen handle the Quinn Hughes trade, but he said, oh, I'm going to handle that. And that puts your GM in a really difficult spot. Speaking of difficult spots...
The Canucks go into last season, and we all know they got issues down the middle, right? We all know that, you know, Phillip Edel has some injury concerns. We all knew that Petey wasn't, you know, the Petey of old. We all knew that they got rid of Pew Suter. Not rid of, they just didn't resign him for whatever reason. I still find that really odd, especially considering what Pew Suter did.
signed with for St. Louis. And they basically said, like, go work the phones and find a center. And right from the start, it was like, you know, that's going to be difficult, right? And don't give up any of the youth. Don't give up any of the future. You know?
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Chapter 8: How can fans navigate the complexities of World Cup ticket purchases?
And every week, every week it was Rick Dolly while coming on our show and going like, he's working the phones. Okay. Okay. That's great. He's working the phones. How many times can you call a team and be like, have you got a center now? You know?
Patrick, you just called me five minutes ago.
And I think it's to his credit, and Jim Rutherford mentioned this as well that Patrick Alvin didn't sell the farm to go out and get Marco Rossi early. He could have, could have given up a, I don't know, first round pick another one. Why not? Sure. Or one of the, the young Canucks players that we're now looking to towards to be, be part of this rebuild. He didn't do it.
And by all accounts, I just want to throw out, throw this out there by all accounts, people I've spoken to Patrick Alvin, uh, Good person. Yeah. A really good human being. And I think we've heard from, you know, kind of through the grapevine that Patrick Alvin has had long talks with the Sedins. I think Trevor Linden said that he had a nice chat with Patrick Alveen.
I've asked a few people about working with Alveen and they all say really good human being. And I think he was put in a really, really difficult situation in Vancouver and ultimately was made the scapegoat.
It's a really great question because when talking about Patrick Alveen's legacy in Vancouver and I bet you'll get 9,000 different answers.
I don't know, I'm seeing a lot of the same, and I hate to do this because it compliments Brough. What are you seeing? Well, a lot of people are like, Patrick Alvin will be remembered basically for not being able to answer Brough's question properly about the culture problem. That's like the first thing people think of.
I guess that is part of his legacy.
Not being able to identify the issues within their lineup.
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