Chapter 1: What are the Maple Leafs' challenges facing the Golden Knights?
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What's going on? What's going on? It happens every time... There's a snowstorm. I don't know why this happens to me, but I always see a neon. Do you know the car, a neon?
Yes, I'm familiar, yeah.
It's like a wicked snowstorm, and every time I'm on a highway in a snowstorm, I see a neon go by me at 130 clicks, and I don't know how they're doing it, man. Like, there is pickup trucks that are having a hard time out there, and a neon... I guess they got winter treads on this thing, and they blow by at 130, and I don't know how they're not racked up against the guardrail.
Craziest scene. You're in Calgary, I think, Noodles. The weather here today is crazy. All the school systems are down. All the buses are down. Driving in, I made... this is a captain play.
I went and grabbed those coffees, you know, because I got off the highway and I'm like, that might be an issue because the one road getting in to where we are, there were buses, trucks, they couldn't get up the hill. There was a full police service. Like there was a guy, they had a plow pushing a TTC bus up and over the
hill but a veteran around these parts knows that that plaza there on the right if you go beyond it and go in behind there you can sneak around that's a little veteran route i like the way you're thinking so yeah it's crazy and you're right i saw a couple cars just bombing by i don't know if it was a neon i'm not sure that you know snow tires were necessarily a part of their whole operation but they were talking in the green room before we fired up and here's one of the best
The ramp that's not plowed and the guy that thinks he's going up it in a little mini Cooper.
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Chapter 2: How is Mitch Marner's legacy viewed in Toronto?
In a golf cart.
And it's like you have no winter tires and you think you're getting up that thing. And they will spin those tires out, man, and they think they're getting out.
They have to. They have to.
I've got to be honest, though, and this isn't ā I heard about the weather, and I saw it on the cameras, and that everything is, you know, canceled. But you're right. Like, there's always somebody who just doesn't care, just driving 120 in the left lane.
And you're always ā in your mind, you're hoping, I don't come around the corner, and they're wrapped around a pole because that ā you're thinking, okay, maybe there should be some karma that this guy has a little bit of an accident, but you don't want that. Like, you're scared for him as he drives by.
Exactly. I had a scenario. It wasn't a Neon, but it was a smaller car that decided last second to pull off the highway. And I'm behind him. Now, I'm taking my time, and I was aware, so I hammered the brakes. But how do you not have preparation for where you're getting off the highway? In weather like this, like at the best of times, you should probably know. But it is crazy in town.
Polar opposite of what Vegas looks like right now. Vegas is, there's not a cloud in the sky.
Yeah.
The Leafs are in town. Mitch Marner's obviously prepared to play his former team. And I'm driving in thinking, I wonder if he misses just the catastrophe that is this city when it gets crazy like this.
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Chapter 3: What factors contribute to Auston Matthews' recent performance?
Not down here. Not down here. Not down here. Yeah, like it is a different world, man. The Leafs are on the road, and the weather in Vegas by all accounts is pretty good. But this is hockey weather. This is what you'd expect in January, right? This is what it should be as we prepare for a big game tonight.
I think the game will be good, too. I think the game will be good, guys, because I think when you look at it, the Leafs coming off a stinker, you know they're going to be prepared. You know they're going to want to bounce back. Vegas is feeling pretty good about themselves last night. They get the win.
I think they've won five in a row now, so you might be able to catch them if they're feeling too good about themselves. You might be able to go... All right, we'll hit them. If the Leafs can start in the first 10 minutes and really push the pace up, I think that's where they can get them. I think they can win the game in the first period.
Yeah, I think that's valid, yeah. There's two sides to it. If you're on Vegas and Mitch Marner, who's probably going to throw an exorbitant amount of money up on the board tonight against his old team, you're like, we want to play well for Mitch. We want him to win this game against his old team. And if you're the Leafs man, you don't want the guy that left your team somewhere else.
I can remember playing against Gary Roberts when he left Carolina and joined the Maple Leafs. First game in Toronto, we ripped home a couple goals. Matt Sundin, they're celebrating. They're new best friends. It was like, man, that was tough to watch. It was like, it's just competition, right? He loved burying us, and you hated to see it.
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Chapter 4: How does the Golden Knights' team overview look this season?
Well, that is... I think a big part of this evening. Obviously, Marner and his teammates are aware of the history here and the significance of the game for him. First time he's going to play his former team. And like you guys said, it's a pretty standard procedure. You put money on the board. Everyone knows.
But for the Leafs, you're trying to bounce back after a bad game and prove that that was one that you could just... Flush, right? Who cares? We were 8-0-2 prior to Utah. It is what it is. Now you're reset. You're waiting for him. You've got Joseph Wollinette, who's been playing really well. But this is a big game for the Leafs that I hope they're aware of. And I don't know if it exists.
I don't know if you think of your own market. You guys can speak to it. I'm guessing you only think of your own room. But this is a big one for Leaf fans tonight. This is a game where, and I'm curious, who has the ability to kind of insert themselves into the conversation after the game and into tomorrow? Because he's not easy to hit. And it's not like they hate him.
And it's not that Marner is this hateable figure on the ice or within the team.
Nobody's saying, I want to get my liquor.
No, it's not a scenario where there's been other players in the history of the game. We could name some of them where they leave and that team's probably like, I wouldn't mind getting this guy. That's not the case here. But if you can get him tonight, it would ring out.
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Chapter 5: What is John Harbaugh's impact as the new head coach of the Giants?
You lay a hit on him tonight, I think people would be like, all right, I like that. And if you can show up and be the best player on the ice, I guess I'm looking at the captain here. This feels like a big captain game tonight. I don't want to overstate it, but within your room, you've got to get points. Everyone's still winning in the Atlantic. You know what happened again last night?
Buffalo's winning. Ottawa's winning. You know what has to happen to stay paced. But it's a big captain game for me tonight.
Especially with the narrative when Mitch left and at the start of the season, it was like, Matthews, what's going on with him? He needs Mitch. There's no Mitch there. And that took up a lot of oxygen for 20 games. Yes. So he can kind of have one of those nights where it's like, I'm still here, I'm the guy, you're not by my side, but I'm still going to get it done. So I completely agree with you.
It's a massive night for him.
I think it's a massive night on a lot of different levels too, guys. I talked about it on SportsCenter earlier, and I actually want you to ask me about that hit later because something crazy happened. But I think this is to show everybody the breakup you've moved on in your life. I attribute it to a breakup.
And the first couple months, the Leafs, to me, looked like they were the hurting ones, struggling with the post-Mitch Marner breakup. They looked like they were down in gloom and doom. And again, this is just, I'm paraphrasing. But now that they've come out of it, their power play is good now, their penalty kill, all the things that Mitch Marner was really big and instrumental on,
They've been able to move on. So I think that's where it's a statement game going, we loved having you on the team, but we're fine now. And vice versa. I think Mitch Marner, you look at it, we talked about his role in Vegas and trying to find a role.
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Chapter 6: What is the Ravens' outlook for the current season?
He's still big on the power play, but he's the guy on the top of the umbrella. He's not the half-wall guy. So there has been some adjustment. Western Conference, more physical. But I think it's a statement game from the Leafs going, We loved you. We had a great relationship, but we've moved on. And I think that's where you have to show in the way that you play.
And they've been doing that certainly in their last 10, 11 games.
Yeah, and Craig Berube said after the Colorado game, he's like, we proved tonight that if we play the way we can, we can compete with any team in the league. They did it against the skill and the speed of the Colorado Avalanche. Now it's a different test because now you've got the big, physical, grinding-out style. These guys play for keeps when they're on top of their games.
So you went into Colorado and played against a team that had a certain style. Now you've got a totally different one that's just as effective. But let's see how you stack up against that because it's going to be big boy hockey. And if you're not committed to that or want to show up and play like that, you've got zero chance tonight.
Just like if you wanted to turn pucks over and do stupid stuff against Colorado, you had no chance. If you don't want to commit to a physical game tonight and compete and all that stuff, you have zero chance. They will crush you at home.
Yeah, Mark Stone's at the forefront of that. He scored the OT winner. I think he had a few points last night. His numbers, he is playing, man. Mark Stone is playing.
One of the most unique players in the league.
If you just watched him skate up the ice, you'd say that's a fourth-line player that probably works hard and kills some penalties. With all due respect, his skating style is wild, yet he's so crafty, he's so smart. He fought Braden Shen the other night. His jersey's all ripped up.
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Chapter 7: How might Kyle Tucker's signing affect the Blue Jays?
He's a hockey player.
Dude, and Noodle saw it more than anybody because he was between the benches. That guy intercepts and pokes more pucks than anybody in the league. He's just so good with that stick.
Yeah, and he's on fire right now, and he's connecting with Eichel. Like, Hurdle's playing. Hurdle was the player of the week last week, and he's on the third line in Vegas because they're playing Marner up the middle. Carlson's out, so I would assume when Carlson returns, Marner will likely return to the right side. But they're playing Marner.
with Eichel and Hurdle still in the lineup, which is pretty intriguing for Cassidy.
Well, it's intriguing because when you get the spiel about going to a new team, the spiel was probably, you want to play right wing with Jack Eichel.
Yeah, exactly. And yet Mark Stone is doing it, and can you blame him? I mean, Stone and Eichel, that's one of the better one-two punches in the league.
But that's what a winning team does. There's not like feelings hurt and this and that. It's like... Okay, we didn't kind of like the way that looked. I'm just kind of thinking out loud here. I don't know the specific reason. But we're going to put you somewhere else now. And whether you like it or not, you can chew on it because that's what we're doing.
Yeah, like Marner Noodles played 1635 last night. 1635 and over two minutes on the power play. And he's usually a 24-minute guy. He is a guy that would play 20-plus every single night in Toronto.
But their team is different. Like you said, they do it by committee. They never had a core four. They never had, hey, we're going to rely on these guys to dig us a win or not.
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Chapter 8: What insights does Ray Ferraro provide on Marner's first game against the Leafs?
And win or bust with two or three players. That's how it's been in Toronto for many years. It's not like that now. It's more balanced. and I think that's what Vegas has been for many years. You look at their third line, their fourth line chips in. Their D were big and mean. Their goaltending was solid. They're just a balanced team. So Mitch Marner doesn't have to play 24 minutes.
Hey, give us 18, and give us 18 good minutes. That's it.
Yeah, and that's it. You look at the even strength last night in L.A. Again, it's a back-to-back, and I think it's a smart play by Cassidy. I'm curious what they do with him tonight. I don't think it's in their nature to just unleash a guy and say you're playing 25 tonight. It's not house league. It's not fantasy sports. They're in it to win it, not just for Mitch Marner.
But you look at the even strength numbers last night. Mark Stone played five minutes more than him, even strength. Barbashev played six minutes more than him, even strength. Like, that's not what Mitch Marner would be used to. Yet, the checks are still coming in every two weeks.
And he would probably say to the coach, you know I can be more effective if I play 22 minutes.
Right, exactly. And he ripped one home on the power play, you know, as the quarterback last night. He walked right down Broadway and he scored, you know, and he's up to 11 goals on the season. But his numbers across the board, like for Leaf fans that are just checking in, he's going to score 18, 19 goals, 80, 85 points. You know, it's not off the charts.
That has that depth. And that's their history, too. That is their history, and he's a piece of the puzzle that's just going to contribute and help them win. For sure. He doesn't have to be Marner and Matthews got to go out there and get it done if the Leafs are going to have any success. There's a big difference, man.
Yeah, what about the Leafs tonight, Noodles? I expect Matthews to play 23-24 if they're going to get a win on the road.
25 in Colorado.
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