Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Hour 2 Overdrive continues. Powered by FanDuel. Bringing you more ways to play your game your way. Confirm or deny later in the hour. You've got Lee Spruance tonight. We've got a bunch of games on TSM, a bunch of games in the NHL. Tiger Woods making his return to TGL tonight. You've got an opening day in baseball coming up. You've got the Jays back home. Crazy turnaround.
And they're still making a couple of decisions on the final roster spots, like who could be the final bench piece, final bullpen arm.
Did you see that cool situation with the Texas Rangers yesterday? Yeah. No. The skip went out to the mound in the middle of the game. Joe, I don't know if you have this. To talk to the pitcher, and he just didn't have anything to say. He told him he made the team. Oh, that's awesome. Dude, it was sick. It was just one of those things that was really cool.
Like, just a mound visit, and the guy was like, I'm wondering what he's going to tell me.
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Chapter 2: What insights does Mike Johnson share about the Maple Leafs vs. Bruins matchup?
And he just said, I just want to tell you, you made the big league team. Wow.
That's really, really cool. That is so cool. Like, it's still one of the most pure elements of pro sports. That, yes, these are grown adults, but the guys on the edge... They're living on the edge, man. There's no guarantee they make it. Life in the majors compared to the minors is so drastic.
Well, we see the stories basically unfold right in front of us because it's so well documented. Sidney Crosby, Jonathan Tays. all the superstars, Connor McDavid, Ovechkin, Dreisaitl, Matthews, the guys that are, like, living on the edge, they're not exactly living the glorious lifestyle that those guys are. No. Not even close. Not even close, man.
Yeah. The average, like, lifespan of an athlete is, like, what is it, a year, two years? Yeah, there's the mountain visit, and he just told them he made the team. That's really, really cool. Yeah, it was sick. Yeah, that's really cool stuff. Because, you know, especially if it's a younger guy that you know is going to have a great career, that's one thing.
You know, if he's the number one prospect, okay, cool.
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Chapter 3: How do the recent trades involving Fraser Minten and Brandon Carlo impact the teams?
Maybe you're going to go to the minors, but you know you're coming up. Eventually you're going to get a chance. The cool stuff is when it's like a guy that's 25, 26, never made it. and he's not sure if he's going to make the team.
I know John Schneider said it about they're bringing up some extra guys to Toronto, and he said there's going to be a lot of sleepless nights from the final three or four guys.
I bet you it would be more likely, like if you were to bump into an NHL hockey player or former, it would probably be more probable to meet a guy that said he had a cup of coffee in the NHL as opposed to a guy that played for 10 or 12 years.
Oh, no question. Like, there's way more players in NHL history that have played one game compared to guys who have played 400. Yes, probably. Or at least 800. Yeah, I mean, that's an interesting thing to look up. I'd be curious what that number would be. But there are, like, dozens and dozens and dozens of players who have played one game.
I know a couple of guys that I grew up playing with or guys who are now kind of in my world. They live around me or their kids play hockey or whatever. It's like they made it and they played one game.
I think Kenny Reed wrote a book about guys that played one game.
He might have. Yeah. Yeah. He might have. And yet they get their card, right? You're a part of the alumni, technically. You got to say you played in the big leagues. You played in the big leagues. But there are dozens of those guys. Even if it's three, four, five games, that's pretty much the average experience.
Certainly way more consistent than a McDavid experience, obviously, or a Matthews, or a superstar who's going to play 15-plus years and make a ton of money. But that's a cool story. I hadn't seen that in Texas, but I like that. Major League Baseball is back. Blue Jays back in town later this week. I'll say this too quickly before we bring in Johnny. 50th year.
They've got all the new clothing line coming out, commemorating the 50 years of, I guess, existence for the Blue Jays.
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Chapter 4: What challenges are the Oilers facing in their current season?
Oh, I think you can get that hoodie. I think it's bluejays.com, so I don't know. I'm not sure why this is the secret. I'm pretty sure it is available to you.
Not familiar with that website.
Donnie, you don't think I looked for the sleeveless hoodie? They don't sell them. They're in the clubhouse. I need connections down there.
It's exclusively for the team. Well, that's probably why they don't want to give one to you.
They don't need you walking around town. You know what the grappler said? He said the Jays said they don't have them anymore. They have 180 people in spring training.
No, those are exclusively for players, though. It's players and staff. They don't want you walking around with that.
Dude, I'll text Ross Atkins myself, and I don't care.
Ross is a busy guy. He doesn't need you bothering him over a sleeveless hoodie from Dunedin. Dunedin's a thing of the past, man. They're back home.
Dude, the one thing that me and Ross share that you and him don't, we have a pro-athlete fraternity. He didn't play pro. He's in the pros. It's pro on pro. Okay.
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Chapter 5: What are the highlights from the Confirm or Deny segment?
Yeah, chaperone. Bastard. Chaperone. Chaperone. Anyway, Johnny. Keep on moving. Johnny, what's getting your attention right now? Big matchup tonight, the Oilers, whispers of problems. What's got you focused and got your attention?
Well, it's not the game I'm about to do in Boston.
That's for sure. What's your give-a-crap meter for the Boston tilt tonight? Like out of 10, where's your give-a-crap? How many craps? Big game for the Bruins. Big game for them.
Yeah, I guess that's what gets my attention, though, is all these teams. And there's, what, five spots available in the East. I'll give Tampa, Buffalo, and Carolina their in. even Montreal on down, everyone else is very much catchable and has to play well. And so Boston, who has 12 games left or whatever, eight of the 12 games they have are against playoff teams.
They need to take advantage of the games they play against the bad teams. Right now, the Toronto Maple Leafs are a bad team. And so they need to beat those teams when they have the opportunity. So I'm interested in That for Boston, you know, can they take advantage of a team that they are supposed to beat? Can, you know, Ottawa-Detroit matchup, really, really interesting.
Two teams that could have a big swing. Montreal has one of the most difficult schedules remaining. We've assumed that they're going to be good and home and cool for a long time. Could they stumble just a little bit? I don't quite know. So I'm interested in those kind of races, the sort of, the East where there's so many teams that, trying to snag those spots.
And there's basically two and maybe even three, if you consider Philadelphia, that are going to be the outside looking in. They'll be disappointed if they don't get there.
Johnny, if you were the head producer of the Underpants Cam, where would you direct the camera? Would you be going possibly to Detroit to check them out? Or where else would you be putting someone on location for Underpants Cams?
I think on the Detroit management box, right, the Iser plan, this is the year they're supposed to be good. They're going to make it. They've been good all year. They've just fallen out. I know. It's crazy. And they're not playing. Now, Larkin might return tonight. And if he does, that's a huge boost against Ottawa, who has like four defensemen that aren't regulars playing.
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Chapter 6: How does the performance of the Blue Jays factor into the current sports landscape?
Roman Yossi was thinking, how do I get out of here? And now all of a sudden they rallied all the way back. And if they could somehow, some way, and I doubt it, catch Utah and get in that Pacific division playoff battle as Nashville, they think they'd be the favorite in that thing. So I, Yeah, it's turned around quickly there, but they were never perceived quite the mess that Buffalo was.
And maybe the hockey world that almost was laughing at Kevin Adams sort of deserves an apology. Send them an apology. Say, listen, we sort of, yeah, it took you too long and there's lots of missteps along the way, but the group that we were just carving that you left and we thought was just a mess was actually pretty darn good. And they played that way.
Johnny, give me an Oilers update. Like, I want to do hot Oilers talk. Like, they got problems, man.
Big time.
Chapter 7: What are Bryan's FanDuel Best Bets for the upcoming games?
Big time. So here's the thing, O, for me, is that they keep wanting to believe that they are much better than they are. It's been 70 games. Maybe the reality, O, they're not that good. which we all wouldn't believe because of the players they have and the experience of the last two years. But maybe they're not that good.
Ray just told us earlier, I think they've only won three in a row once this year. Yeah. They can't get anything going.
Their goaltending has been not what it needs to be. Defensive coverage has been terrible. Yeah, the offense scores a bunch. The power play is still wicked, but they don't have depth scoring. All the same issues, but maybe more exacerbated than years past. But the one thing I don't mind... is honest Connor McDavid. I got a lot of time for honest Connor McDavid.
And I have no problem when the best player puts everyone on notice, including the coaches. Because the coaches mess up too. And players never ever sort of publicly criticize, say, our coaches haven't been very good this year. Coaches will say that about players. Players never say about coaches. But when McDavid says... John Cooper's team is so well organized and so well run.
And then it asks why your team is in that way, says ask our coach. I don't mind putting everyone on notice. Players, goalies, coaches, management, they are all responsible. All responsible for the place they find themselves in. It's not just on the players. It's on everybody, including McDavid. Because I like the idea of that guy putting the spotlight on everyone, including himself.
Like if we're watching McDavid tonight, Is he cheating? Is he not sticking to the game plan? Is he looking for offense by staying on the wrong side of the puck? Things that you would criticize any player for, including him, I want him to be mindful that the spotlight's on him because I expect him to be great when that's the case. They've got a lot of issues, though.
Leon Dreisaitl over in Europe, going to soccer matches, talking about, I hope we go deep in the playoffs so I can play again. There's a lot happening there, and none of it is great. And they're looking like they're going to play Vegas in the first round, which Vegas hasn't had a great season either, but that's a really tough first-round matchup.
That's what's amazing. Vegas, they've been terrible lately. Terrible. They were good the other night. No, they beat Dallas, and that was a big win. That was a back-to-back in Dallas. That was a big win. But something's up. Their winning percentage is legit one of the worst in the league the last 20 games.
I think it's the worst season they're ever going to have. Yeah. As an organization, perhaps.
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