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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Chapter 2: What are the highlights of the Hurricanes vs. Golden Knights matchup?
Oh, good. Beautiful day in Toronto. Beautiful day in North Carolina. And I'm wondering if anybody's pre-Stanley Cup routine was similar to mine. A couple days before the Stanley Cup final, my best friend Sully said, he's a lawyer, he goes, I got a buddy in town, he wants to go tee it. So I went and played 80 holes of golf. Oh, wow. It wasn't anyone there, and we just kept going around.
We played 80 holes of golf.
That's a lot, man. It was a lot. There's only about six weeks a year where you could even do that, right? You'd need the sun to come up at 630 and for it to go down at like 9, 915. That, by all accounts, is the Michael Jordan lifestyle 365 days a year.
Yes.
He plays his own course, the Grove.
down in south florida he has a cart allegedly that goes about 60 miles an hour and this guy just loops the course and never waits because anyone that sees him goes here go ahead play through like and a lot of times like again this is all hearsay but he's he'll be on his own and he'll play he'll play 45 holes in like two and a half hours yeah just just cruise around beers and cigars
Yeah, beers, cigars, stop and chat every once in a while when he sees someone he knows.
Dude, another guy like that, he was on the senior tour for a while in my course in South Florida. He was a member, Dana Quigley. This guy... He did all day long, man. Giant gar and just teed it every day. And it was also his job. He would go play all the events. And when he was back in West Palm, this guy teed it from morning until the sun went down.
Oh, what a life, man. What a life.
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Chapter 3: Who is the frontrunner for the Conn Smythe Trophy?
There's chats.
But who made kind of the group announcement where it was like, guys ā We're taking our own carts, and we just don't need... I know, but somebody had to make it official where it's like, this is how we're going to roll.
It was never announced. It never rolled back to normal, right?
Because it started... Remember in COVID... Okay, so when things slowed down, didn't you say to Tux one day, hey, pal, you want to ride with me today? No, because... He doesn't want to ride with me, and I don't want to ride with him. So how many carts are we dealing with here? Dude, there was five. I saw five today. There must have been a fifth guy.
No, we had a foursome going.
It's a traffic jam.
Yeah, there's four. As far as I know, we're the only guys to do it. I mean, I'm sure other people possibly do it. But our thought is it costs the same anyway, whether you share it or not. So it's like, all right, I got my own thing.
I know, but what I want is the reason for it. Do you guys find you play faster, or is it just you all like your own little personal space? Yeah, it's more about a personal space thing.
You can look at your own phone, do your own thing. It's funny because one of our kind of regular guys will walk sometimes, so he'll throw his bag on someone's cart for like a couple of holes, and everyone's kind of like, what's this guy doing, man?
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Chapter 4: What did Eric Staal share about his Stanley Cup experience?
I can tell you it would be unanimous.
It would be a yes. It would be a yes.
It would be an overwhelming majority solo cart. But we'll ask. I'll get to the bottom of it.
Hey, it's something I've never seen, man. It's very unique, and that's how you guys roll. You've got to stick with it, man.
Well, when are you going to join us? We're waiting for you. You've got to get in there. It's solo cart. You'd be cruising around.
Dude, you let me know. The one thing, you've got your buddies. You do your own thing. I do not need to interfere with your time.
I want you in there. We all want you in there. There's always spots. It's not 7.30. You're a 7 a.m. guy, 7.30 guy.
Once in a while, I can work out whatever you guys do, and I'll get my own cart.
Actually, me and you, same cart. When you come out, we're riding. But I'm driving. I don't want to do it.
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Chapter 5: How did Eric Staal prepare for the Stanley Cup Final?
And I'm with you, Noodles. This guy has been phenomenal through 13 games. 12 of 13, he's been great. The one game, he wasn't great. The rest of the team stunk. They lost. Yeah, I guess you're saying that's probably unfair, but it's a scenario where... I guess the reasoning is it's been kind of easy. To the credit of his team, they've made his life very easy.
Like Freddie Anderson, he's had to make the stops, but he hasn't been overwhelmed. I would have to think if I'm John Tortorella, I'm telling my team, and I'm sure St. Louis said it. I'm sure Travis Green was saying it. I'm sure Rick Tockett was saying it. Try to make this guy make 30 stops tonight. Like force him to make 30 saves. But is that even possible?
Well, the way Carolina plays, it hasn't been ā through 13 games. And maybe Carter Hart should get the same treatment.
Chapter 6: What insights did Eric Staal provide about the Buffalo Sabres' turnaround?
Don't you guys think it's going to be probably the biggest key that which one of these two guys who don't have track records of stellar play in the playoffs, they're kind of unproven to get this far. So whatever guy bubble doesn't burst, it might be the difference in the series. Because everyone watched Carter Hart, and they're like, man, this guy is incredible right now.
And he had some bad teams in Philadelphia. But I don't know. It's going to be a massive key in this series. As far as Freddie goes, and Jamie, you know better than anyone, I think sometimes as a goaltender, you just get to a certain age where you're ā like overripe mature-wise and you're just like, screw it, man. It's either do it or don't or I'll never do it.
And maybe it's just go play and I got confidence, I got a great team in front of me, and I'm going to stop worrying about everything else because it seems like that's what he did a lot in the past.
Chapter 7: How has the playoff atmosphere changed over the years?
I think that's fair you get to a maturation level where it's like you are comfortable with how you play how you prepare how you handle the ups and downs and you know within a game after a game before a game that's the one thing that has kind of been lost in all of this and You know, we brought it up slightly when we were talking about Marner and all.
Keep in mind, like, we've watched players, and let's leave Mitch out of it, just everybody. We've watched players grow up in front of our eyes, you know, from the start of their career to mid-level to the end of their career. We've been around that long. And you can see a lot of these guys change as they get more experienced, they get more comfortable in tougher situations.
So coming back to Freddie Anderson or any goaltender who's a veteran ā They know how to get to their game quick. I remember talking to a goalie who was 35 years old and kind of getting flushed out of the league, and he said to me, and I thought it was an amazing comment, he said, I've never been a better goaltender than I am now, and I'm going to be out of the league.
Because he said he felt like he could handle the mental duress.
I know the goalie you're talking about. Oh, yeah? Can I guess? Yeah, sure, why not? Curtis McElhaney.
I think I told that story before. No, I swear to God you didn't. No, you didn't. And C-Mac's a great friend of mine. And what happened was he, I think the Leafs had waved to him.
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Chapter 8: What are the dynamics of having family members on the same team?
And he was a really good golfer. Terry Sparks. Yeah, and it was, yeah, they took Jerry Sparks over him. And he went on and won a couple cups, I think, in Tampa.
Yes, I believe you're right.
But he had found his game. He really did, Jamie. And they were really good. But that's the thing. When you get to an age where you can still handle it physically, but you can handle it mentally, it's impressive. That's that sweet spot. Maybe Freddie's in that sweet spot right now mentally and physically because he looks really good.
Sure does. And, you know, on FanDuel right now, the favorites to win the cons might, Mitch Marner plus 180, Frederick Anderson plus 200. So, like, the two heavy favorites on both teams are former Leafs. Yet, you know, they're not alone. I know Leaf fans, of course, are going to say, what are we thinking here? I don't get the impression in Dallas.
They're rattled that they have Rantanen instead of Stankoven. You know, Stankoven's been phenomenal, clearly, but Mikko Rantanen I think is going to pay off pretty well for them. But I am curious about the Taylor Hall, you know, how people look back on Taylor Hall, you know, in his career.
And obviously he was famously traded one for one, you know, and Adam Larson isn't in Edmonton anymore and he hasn't been for a while. And that was a long time ago, and who knows what Taylor Hall would have turned into if he stuck around there. But does Edmonton say, what were we thinking? Did we make a mistake there if Taylor Hall keeps playing like this and ends up winning?
Is that a missing piece that never should have left Edmonton?
Taylor Hall, the way I look at it is he played with Connor McDavid and it didn't really work out. They were both going a zillion miles an hour and the team was like, I don't know if this is going to work out. So they moved off of Taylor Hall, and they felt they needed to strengthen their D. So they pulled the trigger on Taylor Hall for Adam Larson, which at the time I thought was bizarro world.
Did anyone else have that? That was a crazy trade.
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