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Chapter 1: What insights does Troy Stecher share about his season with the Maple Leafs?
There's an absolute monster up in Collingwood at the gym that needs to be put in his place, but I can't do it because he's too jacked. Oh yeah? What's he doing? And wears a tight, long, spandex pant with a tank top tight tuck into it.
That's like the Hart Foundation. He's like, what's his name? Not Bret Hart. Who's the guy with the goatee?
Dude, he's just got a real bad attitude. He just thinks he's the king, and you know who you are. I hope you're watching. I can't say anything to you because he makes Tony Twist look like a smurf. Yeah, you're in trouble. Why are you picking a fight with him? I'm not, dude. I'm not, dude. I went up to him, and I was like, excuse me, are you using this machine?
He goes, what does it look like I'm using? I'm on, like I was some kind of, and I just said, you don't have to be a D about it. Dink. And then he just, and then every day he just walks around. He's just a loser. Okay. And I don't have the jam to say, why don't you mind your P's and Q's, because he might just squash me like a little blueberry.
I love it. Jim the Anvil Neinhardt. That's what I was talking about. Oh, Jimmy the Anvil. Yeah, yeah. Jimmy the Anvil. That's him with a tight tuck.
Is he a juice guy, too, like a roid monkey? Dude, he's gigantic.
He's gigantic. He's probably a super fan of the show now. Yeah, leave him be. Big trouble. Maybe he's on mute. Maybe he's at a restaurant. Boston Pizza.
Apparently, there are people sending us pictures and watching us.
Yeah, it's great. No sound. Oh, it's the best way to watch. It's always a great watch.
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Chapter 2: How does Troy Stecher describe the culture of the Maple Leafs organization?
Do you guys disagree with that? No, I don't think it's a five game or anything. No, it's one game. You get one game for the dishonor. Yeah, people were talking about the code and all that. What it is, and I said Ridley Gregg going into the playoffs was my X factor because he is a guy that plays in that gray area. Ask Morgan Riley. Takes a slap shot in the empty net. He's an agitator.
He's a guy who gets underneath your skin. He's a hell of a player. He's the type of guy you want on your team. Did he punch a guy and a third man in? Absolutely. You're right. Game or two and move on. But there was a ripple effect of this code, and you don't do that. We've seen lots of things. Konechny was kicking at a guy the other day on the ice.
Jamie, you played with Chris Simon, didn't you, when he stepped on the guy in New York? Yeah. No, I got traded for Cy. He got traded, though, for a long time. Yeah, and that was... That is not in the same... Joe, try to find that one. That is not in the same ballpark as this one. That's more on that. I just think, guys, one game's enough, and just be done with it.
I agree with you, but I also don't think you need... You don't need to soften the fact that it was a greasy play. That's all it was. It was a greasy play.
There's all kinds of greasy stuff that goes out there that nobody has any idea what goes on.
Ask Troy.
Troy will tell you. I want the duck bill to come back where a guy holds the blade, the blade of their own stick in their hand, and stuffs it underneath the guy's throat. That happened to me once in a scrum. A guy had his stick in my throat as he was pretending to hold his blade. He was choking me.
Was that in the NHL or in junior?
No, it was in the British National League during the lockout.
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Chapter 3: What are the players to watch in the upcoming Stanley Cup Playoffs?
Troy, you mentioned you're a smaller D-man, but mobile and skating, being able to move the puck. Does that feel like that's where the league is at when it comes to defensemen and their value from the back end is being able to advance the puck and jump into the play now?
Yeah, for sure. I think you kind of see the theme of that across the league and a lot of these D-men that are coming up. I do still think there's a big importance on how you defend though. And I think that becomes pretty evident when it comes to playoff time. But I don't know, I guess the whole mindset of just like playing defense has changed. The best defense is playing no defense.
So if you have the puck all the time, it's a lot easier in that regard. And It seems like they have a new generation of D-men coming up who like to play at the puck and have possession, so you don't really have to defend that often.
Troy, I'm not sure I would imagine. I think you're a hockey guy and you're watching these playoffs. Has anything stuck out? Any teams got your attention, individual performances? What's kind of caught your eye?
Just all the matchups in general, I think... It's been really entertaining to watch. I was really shocked how it all got swept. I didn't see that one coming. The Tampa-Montreal series has been super entertaining. It's really cool to see Utah do as well as they have so far, especially being in Arizona not long ago and a lot of those core guys still there. Really happy for them.
Obviously, Edmonton kind of let me go, which I was disappointed about, but still have a lot of relationships with those guys and
hope the best for them and it's kind of shocking to see where they are right now too so uh what's your read on that kind of opening troy like the fact that the oilers are up against it do you think the fact they played so much hockey the last two years factors in or is it more about what anaheim's doing i think a bit of both um i think you'd argue both sides of it um
As far as the series, I just think it's pretty free-flowing and kind of open. Just kind of trading chances back and forth. But yeah, you did hit it. They've played a lot of hockey, especially some of their big guys. Going to the Olympics for Devo and the Four Nations.
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Chapter 4: What are the implications of Ridley Gregg's recent sucker punch incident?
It adds up.
with Troy Stetcher. So in terms of your time in Toronto, like when you were acquired here and claimed you stepped in, you played a ton, you played really well, you endeared yourself to a fan base immediately. We were talking about you almost daily on this show. What sparked that, in your opinion, when you arrived? Why did it kind of work and what did you take out of your season in Toronto?
I don't really know. I think...
just opportunity i came in like there's a lot of injuries when i got here and especially to the back end so i i stepped in right away and just played um i felt like i played well the first three four games and from that you just kind of get confidence and i kind of ran with it for i guess six eight weeks there like at the start my game definitely dropped off at a certain point too like i went through a lull um
Not to make an excuse to myself, but just like everybody on our team, it seems like everybody kind of hit a rough patch at a certain point through the season. My overall assessment of my year is I was proud to prove to the people in the hockey world that I can continue to play. You kind of doubt yourself sometimes when you're put on waivers. At the same time, there's no place for any complacency.
I understand that. You got to strive to be better every single day because somebody's always knocking on the door trying to take your job. So I was content, I guess, is what you could say.
So, Troy, you take a look at, you know, you're in Edmonton, you go to the Cup the last couple of years, you see that culture, you see that set up, and then you come to Toronto, and, you know, from the outside, I'm sure you had your preconceived notions of what it was like, and now you're behind the curtain. Do you see the framework of something good there?
Do you feel like there's, you know, a base to work with? And obviously a lot of uncertainty moving forward with the organization. You know, what do you make of it, and would you like to be a part of, you know, that moving forward?
Yeah, there's obviously a lot of good pieces in Toronto. First and foremost, how the organization treats you as a player. We're very fortunate. You're not treated that way across the league in many spots, if any other. So it's a real privilege to be able to be a Maple Leaf in that regard. I felt very fortunate. There is obviously a lot of uncertainty around the organization right now.
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Chapter 5: How does Troy Stecher view the importance of training regimens in hockey?
Love it. You know, like, I swear to God, the guy, super cool guy. And the thing about him is he's gotten better with age. Let's not forget, Florida's first run, this is the guy who got them into the playoffs and started the playoffs before Bob took over.
That's right.
This guy has been great.
In that building, Noodles, against Boston.
Top building, exactly.
He's a legend. Gave up a goal in game three, a goal in game four. And listen, the game was over in the first period yesterday. Yeah, yeah. It was over. But Alex Lyon, UPL clearly not getting back into the net anytime soon. So we've got Alex Lyon, number four on the list. Number three, and I can't believe this, Freddie Anderson. Oh, Lord, I love it. Fredrick Anderson. He played great.
He played great. He was phenomenal. Four-game sweep, right? We were all talking bussy this, bussy that. What are you thinking? How do you play Freddie? This guy put it together and was outstanding. He gave up the one bad ā the Cousins goal. Maybe he could find another one. I don't think so. He barely gave up anything throughout the whole series.
Yeah, he was awesome.
He was great. And I think Freddie's down in Raleigh, North Carolina, just saying, step aside. It's go time. I don't know any places down there, but ā
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Chapter 6: What are the challenges faced by teams not making the playoffs?
Dostal's made some big stops when he's had to. When it was 2-0, I thought he made some really good stops to keep it there. But Lacombe, that kid is really good.
He's good. I think he's a special player. I think he can skate well. He's got a great stick. To me, this is a guy that is going to be an absolute stud for years.
McDavid, I think it was the game on Friday, tried to go around him and he just said no dice and put Pushed him into the corner.
And went hard into the boards with him.
Yeah. And I was like, whoa, who is that? And that's Lacombe. And he's got eight points, and he's telling McDavid, bring it. Like, McDavid has turn-styled everybody in the league, and he couldn't pull it off. Yeah. McDavid. Have you seen the numbers on him, the amount of games he's been either even or minus? It's like 11 playoff games in a row since he's been a plus player.
He hasn't looked very ā he's had a struggle. I know he's injured, but I didn't think he played well before his injury. Him on the penalty kill last night, if you look, if he's struggling with an ankle to stop and start, you look at that Granlin goal, that's on McDavid. That's a give-and-go, and Granlin gets the seam between them. You've got to stop and start on those plays.
You can't skate and turn. That's why penalty killing is hard. I come back to it. That Carolina penalty kill is the best penalty kill I've ever seen. Roddy Brendamore played for Peter Laviolette, and Roddy Brendamore, if you look at any of Lavi's teams, he adopted the penalty kill. because Roddy was Peter Laviolette's main guy killing penalties, and he adopted it.
It's the same in the neutral zone, stack at the top, pressure at the blue line, immense amount of pressure in zone. Insane. Peter Laviolette. When Peter Laviolette took over the Carolina Hurricanes, guess what his first meeting was about? The penalty kill. It was all mapped out on the board. It was the first thing he said before he even told me that he hated me. Penalty kill. Penalty kill.
And this is how it's going to go down. That's how important Lavi put on the penalty kill. You've heard Craig Button say, you know, your power play, this and that, but if you don't have a solid penalty kill, like the penalty kill was Lavi's baby, and it's Roddy's too, and it's the exact same one.
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Chapter 7: What does Troy Stecher think about the current state of defensemen in the NHL?
hour two come on back in folks we are sprinting now an hour two we're not off and running we're sprinting brian hayes jamie mcclennan jeff o'neill we just had troy stetcher on and he got me thinking a little bit he said the luxurious life of being a toronto maple leaf It's like we stay in hotels when other teams don't, you know, this and that.
Well, maybe what Keith Pelley or Matt Sundin or somebody should do is find out if Colorado does that. I'm not talking about giving them the Cleveland Indians playing and saying there's a new way of doing business around here, but maybe they're just a little bit too coddled where it's like, Fly back home and sleep like everyone else does in the NHL.
Maybe you'll just be a little bit more grateful, a little bit more hungry. Maybe that's just one thing that needs to be looked at because they keep saying how coddled they are and how great it is, but you know what they reward the organization with? Jack squat. So why keep doing it?
It's an interesting point because there's a ā On one side, people are like, well, I don't love what Pally's doing, and I don't love ownership, and MLSC, and blah, blah, blah. And then on the other side, it's like, well, I don't love these players, and they don't ever win. So there's just bitterness kind of everywhere if you're the fans.
But I understand what you're saying because the team players only busts. Not necessary. Get on the bus. But what are they talking about? Hey, we just lost seven in a row, boys. Anyway, back to the hotel. We're playing cards tonight. You know what?
I like the other way around it, and Steve can talk about it being a GM. I like it the other way because you know what? You lose, sit on the bus and chew on it and don't act like everything's fine. That's how it was for all 82. It's like, man, it's not that fun. You've got to be quiet. Players only. God knows what the hell they do on that bus. That means no coach staring at you.
Remember how tough that was to walk on the bus? Oh, my God. You would scratch the top of your eyebrow on the way by just so you didn't have to look at them. You walk on the bus after a tough loss, and you've got a coach giving you the hairy eyeball or the GM.
And they're always on the bus first, right? Waiting for you. Fuming. Here's Steve Phillips, our TSM baseball insider. What's that like? Baseball is a different game in a different world. We were just talking about getting on a team bus after a bad loss. How does that work for a GM or a manager in baseball in terms of just staring at players as they get on the bus?
Yeah, I think that 162 games in 187 days, they try to keep an even keel with it, right? Not too high, not too low. But there is an etiquette. Right. When you lose and it's no music on in the clubhouse, it's quiet voices, no real chatter. Guys quietly get on the bus and, you know, I know what they do once they get back to the hotel.
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Chapter 8: What are Bryan's FanDuel Best Bets for the upcoming games?
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