Chapter 1: What are the latest updates on the Maple Leafs and Canadiens rivalry?
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Proud sponsor of The Pit Podcast. Learn more at volvocars.ca. All right, here we go. Overdrive off and running. TSN 1050 on the TSN app. Your home smart speaker up on TSN 4, up on YouTube Live. Brian Hazio, Doug Jeff O'Neill, Jamie Noodles, McLennan. What's going on? How we doing? Hey, ZB, I heard your name at 6.30 this morning on a little toot beside Lake Ontario.
And I jogged beside a guy and he said to me simply this. Hayes is the goat. Not Hayes is a fraud. Love it. Hayes is the goat. Wow, okay. Like, I just want to... For what? I don't know. I don't know. That's the kind of stuff I get. Not Hayes is a fraud this time.
haze is the goat and i just wanted uh... see that i think i can transition into that although that's more awkward like the fraud stuff is a nice breaker that with the god i want like i'm down in the middle of a run walk and i'm like i just i didn't want to turn around safe to go to what like i i didn't want to get into it i don't blame you because i do you think it's somewhat telling that i couldn't tell you what i would be the greatest of all time like i don't know what i could possibly register it would be anything impressive
College casinos? I was going to say that. I'm the goat at losing money running a casino. That's never happened before. Hot wings back in the day? You could mangle hot wings. I could mangle a two-pound stack with the best of them. But that's the avenue we're going down. By the way, was that your go-to order? If you had a growl on and you wanted a wingie, what did you call in and say?
Did you have it off the tongue where it was like, two-pound stack, it's AZB? i know you had a regular of course who doesn't just like your little sandwich shop around the corner from your house it was like you had the it was like what was it a chicken parm i love the chicken parm still do right you don't go in there blind noodles you could back me up on that
I'm backing you up, but I just... No, but didn't you say that there was a sandwich place down the street from your house when you were growing up and you were always gooned up and you went in there and always got a sandwich? Well, that's... Yes, there's a place called Belly Busters. There's a couple of them scattered throughout the city.
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Chapter 2: How are the Maple Leafs' roster changes impacting their future?
The original is... Do you remember? I remember this vividly, Hazen. Now, maybe I'm wrong. I'm recalling it improperly. You used to order... Two pizzas, one for consuming and then one for the next day, right? Yeah, layover. Dude. Just in case. That's a monster move if there ever was one. That's the goat move, dude. That's what that guy's yelling. That's the thing. You think he's complimenting me.
He's actually, I think, being sarcastic. Yeah, maybe he ate pizza with you. Yeah, maybe back in the day. And he just was like, hey, this is a goat. I'm the goat. Maybe he and I met at Belly's one night at 2.30 in the morning and just went through. Are they open that late? Oh, yeah, that was the spot, dude. They'd be open until 3, 3.30. You'd go in there, and there was an old guy.
His name was Hermes. He was from Cyprus, and he ran the tightest ship ever. Really? Because you'd go in there, there'd be 20 people in there, shattered, 19, 20, 21, 22, loud. And he'd be yelling at people. Get your order right because I'm not redoing this. Not fixing it. Not changing it because idiots like me would get to the end and go, no, no, no, no, no, I didn't.
And he'd be like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. You don't no-no me. I asked you, you idiot. You weren't listening or you're whatever. This is what you get now, and you're paying for it, and you just had to accept it. I love that. That's the way it went. He ran a tight ship. He was the best. Wow. Everybody had their place. I had a place in Edmonton called the Funky Pickle. It was a pizza joint.
But you'd have to fight your way out of there some nights. It would be a brawl on a Tuesday night. But those places, those late nights. The best.
either you know or shawarma there's a shawarma place by uh on the rocks in edmonton like these like these places are legendary spots right yeah like they're not they're not chained restaurants right no it's just it's pure blue collar grit yes you got to get your elbows up and get in there and get what you can dude i there was a little spot downtown right on the water it was like a little greek
a little greek place that i've seen some buffoonery in like that's where you went you got some greek fries and a slovakia on a pita i've heard about that place i've heard about this this place served out some groceries man i love it that's the thing you want the thing i always respected is if these places had big portions
You go to a place in Calgary called Pete's Drive-In, they've got a shoebox full of fries for like three bucks. Crazy. Diners and stuff, I don't know if they survive COVID, man. That's the problem. There's so many great diners throughout Toronto. I've heard this about New York as well, which is probably the most famous diner city in the world would be New York.
And certain famous 24-hour diners just didn't survive, you know, because if you went two or three years where there wasn't enough business ā and so many people just order now and, you know, I don't know. I can't speak to it. Like, I'm out of that world. I'm not 20 anymore and I'm not going out and I'm not hitting diners at 2, 3 in the morning. But those are the moments you never forget.
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Chapter 3: What insights does Joe Thomas provide on NFL free agency?
You're 50%. You think it's a coin flip tonight? I think it's a coin flip tonight. I think you look at, you know, Montreal's been playing well, playing hard, and they certainly are playing for something.
But at some point, I was talking to Mike Camilleri last night, at some point, you know, these guys in the dressing room for the Leafs, there might be that, like, acceptance where it's like, we're not making it, let's just go out and play. Oh, that's happened, Jamie. Like they said it yesterday. But work ethic is something else. That's something that's non-negotiable.
What I'm saying is there might be a point where they just go out and have fun and play hard, and good things will happen. That's maybe something that could be in the future here. They've got too many games for this to be 0-17. The problem is they're all veterans. Right. don't feel they have to prove anything. You would think internally, right? Like our chat with Pat Maroon yesterday.
Wow, that got some buzz. People were reacting to Pat. Pat Maroon never played Toronto, obviously admitted that, and spoke to what's going on in the room in Toronto. I think it was Andy Strickland who quote-tweeted that about a conversation he had with Roman Polak. who Roman said it was much more pressure, and I'm paraphrasing, but a lot more pressure to play in St.
Louis because of the internal pressure in the room and within the organization. Like, media pressure you can push out. It's the internal pressure that matters. And that's what I think we're talking about here. Like, the Leafs aren't going to sit there and say, oh, you know, Hayes, Owen, Noodles are freaking. We better start winning. Or, man, the fans aren't showing up to the games.
They don't care what we say. Exactly. They don't care. I thought that was a great comment by Strick, by the way, like just bringing up the idea of the internal pressure from the organization. I thought it was a great comment. I agree, and that's what I'm saying I think has to apply here. I just don't know if it will because, you know, the best players, it's guaranteed money.
They're all, you know, a couple of these guys are legacy Leafs, you know, like they are. They're Jersey retired Leafs already or real close to it. And it's like, are they fighting for their lives tonight? No. I don't know. How many young players are on their way up fighting for their lives? That's more likely to see craziness.
If you put some kids in the lineup and say, hey, you got a chance to play in the NHL, what are you going to do? That guy might go out and run someone through the boards and drop his gloves. What are the Leafs going to do? Matthews and Nylander and Tavares and Riley, they're just going to go play. They don't care what...
I shouldn't say that, but I find it hard to believe they're worried about their reputation or anything like that right now. No, this guy told you that the other day. This day and age, it's like locked in, no movement. There's no sense of fear or urgency. It's like it's over. But you know what? Oh, you just said the words about Strickland. St. Louis won in 2019. There's an expectation there.
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Chapter 4: How does Tua Tagovailoa's contract affect the Dolphins' strategy?
Louis that year. So I do think there's some revisionist history, right? There wasn't much culture the first two or three months when whoever it was that got fired. I get that, but my point is their expectation. Like, all I know from the outside, again, is the Leafs' dressing room is a country club. But then why can't Berube change that?
If Keefe couldn't and Babcock couldn't, this is what I don't understand. I think it comes from within, Brian. We can yell and scream all we want. A coach can come in and yell and scream all they want, but those players have to be able to want to dig in and accept that. That's just the truth. Yeah, I think there's some to that, Noodles.
Chapter 5: How are the Jets viewed in terms of their recent performance?
I also think the way they play defensively is just horrendous. Yeah, you're right. Like the semantics of it. I'm not letting the players off the hook. I just feel like with commentary, if you go too deep on that, it lets Berube off the hook, Tree Living off the hook. You know, like Craig Berube has coached. Look at the way they defend. They get caved in every single night.
Yeah, no, that's agreed. That's on the coach.
Chapter 6: What challenges does Aaron Rodgers face in the upcoming season?
And that's on the players, the roster construction, you name it. Everybody has to own a piece of that. What I'm saying is that who's not accepting that? You know what I mean? Like that's the point is the guys in the room. have to play with pride. That's where I'm coming back to. They've accepted it. They've accepted what's going on. You can hear it in their voices when they talk.
They're like, oh, yeah, you know, Boston, they got back into the... It's just like there's no conviction at all. It's like, how do you even believe anything coming out of their mouths? It's just, I don't know. But if they lost tonight 3-2 in a hard-fought game... Who cares? To me, I can respect that.
I can respect that, hey, they just didn't have it, or you know what, maybe one play different, that type of stuff. Not getting run out of the building, and to me, you shouldn't be second on effort. Jamie, I love saying to a guy, and I don't say it that often, where it's like, how about those Leafs last night?
I don't mind saying, you know what, they worked their ass off and they got goalied or they just got beat or a special player made special plays. But you just don't say that that often, especially right now. It's just like all you can say is that was a complete disaster, a mess. How else do you describe it? Yeah, and they've got to get off that.
Like, you can't ā you know, you've got to ā if this is one ā like, Berube's saying the right things. He said it yesterday.
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Chapter 7: How does Joe Thomas describe his journey into the beef jerky business?
Like, hey, this is our biggest rival. The Bell Center will be rocking. You know, shoes on the other foot. I remember this game seven, eight years ago when Matthews and Marner and them were going into the Bell Center and beating up the Habs, and people in Montreal were going nuts, saying we're in trouble. Like, the Leafs are going to own us for a decade. And ā
In reality, they didn't because in 21, the Habs came back from down 3-1 and have owned the Leafs ever since because that's the only moment that really matters. Who cares about game 12 or 48 or 63? When they puked away that series against Montreal, it was... It was a death knell for the most part.
But, you know, the connection to where you are now with Hudson and with Demidov and, you know, Suzuki and Caulfield, they're not kids, but they're younger than Matthews and Nylander and Tavares. Right. And they're motoring, man. You look at their lineup. You know, they've got a lot of depth. You know what?
One guy that I was thinking, always watching him when he got drafted, and it was kind of a scrutinized pick because of the unknown, but I watched him when he was younger, and I'm like... If that guy could get nasty and figure out how to navigate his way around the ice, he could be like the real difference maker for the Habs. Slavkovsky. And it's Slavkovsky.
And he had some comments after the game the other night that I absolutely fell in love with. He was like... I want to be the guy that changes the game. And I don't know if he's just blowing smoke, but for him to say that and he's making big plays at big times, I just love that attitude and I love the stuff that he's doing out on the ice. Because he's a big dude, man.
If he can be that ultimate power forward, much like on defense how they have skill and point producers, But I think when Caden Gooley's playing at his best where he's physical, like he's kind of the guy back there, you know what I mean, where it's like there's a leadership and it's like that's a guy you want out in the ice in most critical moments.
And I think offensively that could be Slavkovsky. Well, he's 21 years old. That's the crazy part. He's just starting to figure out his spacing in the league. Imagine him when he mans out and he's just absolutely dominated. It'll be like Todd Bertuzzi out there. You will not be able to get the puck off that guy.
But that's the one thing, like Hayes was talking about, players that are young and exciting and finding that next level. Slavkoski, I think, has started to figure out how strong he is and what he can do on the ice and what he can't. And I'll bring it closer to home. That's what Matthew Nice is capable of doing with his speed and his size.
And we saw a progression of that last year, using his size, using his capabilities, all of that type of stuff. Big players are unique in today's game. Guys who can skate and handle the puck, those are unicorns. It used to be everybody was big. Nowadays, everybody's small and skinny, and a guy who's 230 is an outlier.
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