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Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?
Hey, Spittin' Chicklets listeners. You can find every episode on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Prime members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. Me and Ryan have been officially welcomed to the jungle that is Barstool Sports. I brought it towards the Coyotes, and I asked them if it was okay if I joined the Spit and Chicklets podcast full-time. Ryan Whitney's got a pink Whitney out there now.
This is a standbagger. Get that on camera. It's a full-time member. Marley just got an assist from Chris B. Whoa, we're buzzing right now. Sonk. Welcome everyone to episode 627 of the Spittin' Chicklets podcast. Pinky's up. If you're watching on Netflix, we'll get to Biz in a second and what he's wearing. Pinky's up.
So I didn't really know what to think when Pinky's up came out, but people are saying Pinky's up to me everywhere. Yeah. And you may think I'm joking. You may think I'm kidding. But I'm in youth hockey rink all day Saturday. It just pickies up, pickies up. I'm like, wow, this thing might be catching on. This thing might have some legs to it, biz.
Some long ass, pale, skinny legs like the founder, me.
pinkies up when i get some sun my legs and skin are pink and it's all one in the same because we got the pinkies up we got pink whitney big part of this show everyone knows that we love talking about we love drinking we love getting banged up on it that's pinkies up so biz keith it's great to see you guys biz i'll tell you i mean who would have thought gallo would have known knew what they were doing with the pinkies up campaign i mean we thought we were dropping an rtd they're like no no no no
We got something else in mind. We got the hard liquor, 30% vodka coming at you. It's like, oh, okay. Boom. Who would have thought this conglomerate knew what they were doing when it came to alcohol?
of 4,000 different liquors they just said hey guys you two idiots are going to go down to Hoboken film a commercial and just hold your pinky in the air and barely say anything and we'll figure out the rest we're going to put the stars around you and you clowns are going to look somewhat decent by the time this thing's done and everybody in the airport everybody at any charity event you go to is going to be just coming up to you and saying hey boys
Pinkies up, motherfucker. I got to start cutting my fingernails more regularly solely because if I'm going pinkies up all the time, I can't have like a long fingernail. You should have a pink. You should paint just your pinky. That's probably a good idea. And grow it out a little bit. The girl should do it. Pinkies up just ain't the vodka. What about what? OK, I see that.
I see that wink right there. What about what about if I just got a tattoo where my entire pinky finger was pink? And Biz, I think we recently saw a tattoo of somebody who did their entire foot like a Cheeto. Who was that? You showed me that. Cheetos. No, I think that was the big baller brand guy, LaMelo Ball. He got the Cheeto toes.
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Chapter 2: How does the 'Pinky's Up' trend influence the podcast?
Lonzo Ball, he might never play again. I mean, his knee is completely fucking toast. Okay. Okay, so it wasn't because of the wheels? People say it's because of the big baller shoes, yeah. Those big baller wheels, it was like wearing a shoebox. You take the shoe out of the shoebox and you put the shoebox on.
I was thinking about doing Big Busy Brand and doing skates, but doing the double blades so the guys who wear them could stand up out there because I always had a hard time. Biz, you're a very positive person. We've been over that a million times. I've known you forever. I felt pretty bad for you on Friday, buddy. It was a little bit of a dud. It was a little bit of a dud.
I saw at one point you were there just you and Juice were making fun of each other. And the timer said five hours and 27 seconds left till three o'clock. I was like, holy shit. What the hell is he going to do the next six hours? We did get some fireworks at 4.15 p.m. right around then with the Cadre deal. So I want to hear about your day.
I think you've done that, what, three years in a row and with all the big hitters? Yeah, it's a blast. I love going in there. Last year was a little bit different where I feel like so many more trades were breaking, where we had a lot more time to obviously like break the certain ones that did that went down. And early on, it wasn't like majorly eventful.
I mean, we're going to eventually get into every team that made the big ones, some teams that were bad. Really, I mean, they left a lot up to the imagination as to why they didn't make big moves. And I'm sure that they're going to have their respective press conferences. But awesome day. Love the fact that there's the different desks, right?
You got like Sam, Sam Constantine, Bukala and Feutz, who, you know, you got the GM mind and guys who have been head scouts at the pro level for a very long time. Uh, and then the, the couch where army was at with Versteeg, uh, Smith Pelly in the mix now who we ran into it, um, uh, at the NHL network.
And then obviously Elliot and Kyle who turned into a coffee maker because there wasn't enough trades to, to break down. So he got the barista, the barista Bacoskis was a barista Bacoskis. How do you say his last name? Yeah. You say it Bacoskis. I think so, yeah. I like, yeah, Barista Buscos. Were you laughing because it sounds like Bukkake a little bit? A little bit, yeah.
But I'm sure he's heard that a million times, so I'm not somebody to pile on. And we're immature. I'm not a pile-on guy, because you know me. I'm not a pile-on guy. But just for like the whole going into trade deadline day, we thought that the absolute fireworks were going to happen. All these big names being thrown around and then absolute dud. How was the vibe in there?
Had to be low at some point. Had to be. Honestly, buddy, we were having a lot of fun. We got to weigh in deeper on certain things where we weren't being cut off because there was another trade going. Honest to God, my morale was probably the highest it's ever been there. And probably just the fact that I've gotten more familiar with working with all of them. Luke Gazdik was in the mix as well.
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Chapter 3: What insights are shared about the trade deadline?
No, I didn't see the ice with him. I was more of the shutdown pair. But I did room with him in Germany on the way home after he won gold. Unbelievable guy. Just want to say I was teammates. I think they must have beat Manchester. They beat a team near Boston in one of the rounds in the Calder Cup playoffs. So Chris Bork and a couple of the guys came over. We hung out. Awesome dude.
And then if you remember. And now why am I going into Mike Green? You may ask. I'm going into Mike Green because he was there. He was great. He's very offensive. Then John Carlson came and it was Mike Green. Better defensively, right? It was this guy who has all the skills offensively. He has all the vision he has. He could jump up into the rush.
He could produce points, but he was an awesome defender as well. And it was like, holy shit. They have their number one. Now they got a true number one. And it's still, even with them there, it took them a little while. He'd been the World Juniors hero, and then they finally won the Stanley Cup. And you look back at that team, it was Ovi and Carlson. Those are the only two guys left.
And he's traded, okay? Now, I understand him being moved. I love the move for Anaheim, right? Anaheim's a hell of a team. They've had a great season. They're thinking, all right, we're young, but we're ready to add something that's going to make a big difference. I just didn't like how it went down, man. I didn't... I don't know. To wake up to that is just... I think it's odd.
I think it's like different players should have different types of respect. And I know the Capitals have crazy respect for him. And the way that the team and the brass talked about him... It's just kind of weird to me that it goes on while he's sleeping. Why couldn't you wait? I don't know why that couldn't wait to be done. Apparently, that had happened already.
Who else was traded in the middle of the night? What's his name from Washington to Vegas? It was Dowd, I believe. Now, I just feel like John Carlson and then seeing the team and the way the team spoke about it. Dude, I don't know. They might not do anything the rest of the year. The Bruins beat him on Saturday. What were they going to do? They were four points out when they traded them.
And I did not consider them dead at all. And it's just kind of like seeing the reaction. Dude, Biz, we were on the Game Notes trade extravaganza. I said to Merles, I've never seen a team this down in the dumps after someone was traded. Guys were just downtrodden. Just Tom Wilson speaking, Ovechkin speaking. Guys just utterly shocked by it.
I felt like Brunette was pretty distraught after he found out McCarron and Smith were dealt too. I know it's not to the level where, but are you kind of taking Merle's aside where Merle's was like, I feel like it's bullshit for them to do it in what could be Ovi's last year? Like you think that he did... I don't... Listen, Biz. I don't think Carlson wanted to be traded.
He said he wasn't naive to the fact that it could happen. So obviously he knows, you know, UFA coming up. He's getting older. But... Chances are Ovi's playing his last season right now, right? Considering there was a leak before the year that it was his last season. Season ticket seller. And Ovi said he wants to play in, I think, Russia. Like, he's going to play there. So maybe it's next year.
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Chapter 4: How do the hosts feel about the impact of recent trades?
I think it's crazy. I'm with you, Whit. He's one of those guys, and we've talked about it with the Geno Malkins and the Latangs. He's in that category of player, especially for the Washington Patriots. He was the only guy left in the league who didn't have a no-move, no-trade clause, so they had to. How did he not have one? No, I think he had 10. He was probably like, oh, never trade me.
Modified. I think he had a modified one. Listen, I get Washington, right? They're kind of doing this thing on the fly. Last year, nothing was expected. They had a nice little run. Lost to Carolina there in the second round, but... It's a first rounder. Now, if Anaheim misses the playoffs, which I don't think that's going to happen, they can move it.
They could say, we're holding it this year and you can have our next year one. Yeah, I guess you don't want to lose it for nothing. I do see both sides. It's just like some guys deserve, I don't know, one final run. Yeah. One final chance. Try to get in here. Yeah. So if he wasn't aware, the team was shell-shocked from it. It does suck. But the GM and this management team does have a job to do.
And on top of that, I feel like this would be a lot worse if we're backing it up a few years ago and they wouldn't have put themselves back in a situation to give Ovi at least one more chance at another run. The way that they replenished and retooled on the fly, I would say that was one of the biggest masterclasses I've seen as far as a retool job that maybe we've seen in the last eight years.
Would you not agree? Dylan Strom for nothing. They end up getting Chikrin, and who do they sub out? Another D-man. I'm drawing a blank on him. Jensen. Jensen. Unbelievable win for that one. Come on. They end up getting Pierre-Luc Dubois over and rejuvenating him with the work. They bring in Carberry on top of that. And then who else do they get in between the pipes?
Logan Thompson, who I think at the time was making like a million and a quarter, a million and a half. So... And then Protoss jumped into it. And he's got a brother coming. Yeah, like, so, you know, signing and making sure they end up bringing and getting Tom Wilson locked in long-term to continue to be part of that core.
I thought when they brought Doubt over, that was an incredible move who I'm also sad to see go. So... I think that that management, you know, despite this, deserves a lot of credit to trying to get Ovi one last kick at the can. They make his run to the goal chase one of the most enjoyable things that any guy could experience ever in their fucking life. Yeah. And,
if it goes back to the conversation we were having with Merle, Merle said, I think it's bullshit that they did this to Ovi in his last year. It's kind of like, well, man, I don't exactly think that fucking Ovi's like, like he's fucking 280 and hasn't taken a D zone draw all year. Like, come on here. Like, come on, come on. I know. I just look at the East. It's so open. What if they snuck in?
So they get to replenish their stable and get a first rounder for a guy who, and, and guess what, man, maybe it isn't Ovi's last year and he comes back for one more and they re-sign Carlson in the off season. Then you're even laughing even more. Yeah. So when does that ever happen though? Oh, plenty of times guys end up re-signing and coming back and they end up helping out their team.
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Chapter 5: What injury concerns are affecting the team's performance?
I don't know if anything's come out today in terms of his injury, but that sucks considering that they're on a run right now. All right, everyone, listen up. Rollback is back, and it's officially Azalea season. The Azalea collection is here. Fresh spring colors, unreal prints, and that same best fit. The best feel. We've been rocking it nonstop. The new Highlands hoodie.
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Chapter 8: What trades and team strategies are discussed towards the end?
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So the first-round pick was owned by the Avalanche, and then the third-rounder belonged to the Devils. So I... St. Louis, right, it's going to be tough sledding here. Very shocking, I think, to see Pareko didn't get moved. He kind of did, but that fell apart. There was rumors of Binnington, big rumors on Robert Thomas. It seems as though those are summer trades, okay?
I don't think that there was a way to get all that stuff done. What was odd was that I thought when Pareko said no to Buffalo, he just wanted to stay in St. Louis, but then it came out he was open to Anaheim or L.A., Now, did Anaheim then call and try to figure out something there and then go to Carlson when they realized they didn't have a deal done? I have no idea.
But I didn't think he was going to be willing to go anywhere when I heard him say no, but it was just Buffalo. I still think, though, that Armstrong, it seems like it will be his last year. Yeah, Steen's taking over next year. I can't think of a better situation to leave an organization in than what he's been able to hand off to Steen. I don't think Peranko's got a good contract.
I want to say he makes under $6 million. Yeah, it sucks he didn't move him, but he's still a very serviceable defenseman. It's not like he's like this horrible contract you got to deal with. Robert Thomas is a great foundational center. that's still only 26 years old. So if you don't end up dealing them in the summertime at the draft, then who gives a fuck?
And Binnington, still a world-class goalie that's only making $6 million, I think next year is the last year of his deal. So yes, would you want to get some more assets in order to strip it down? And would you not say that between Broberg, Holloway, they got some pretty good pieces. Snuggerud. Snugger rude. Kairou's still there somehow. Kairou's making 8 million bucks.
Probably like, I don't know what you do with him. I think that you obviously, he doesn't, I don't know, he just seems like a guy who's maybe a little bit disinterested there where it's like, okay, we'll see if you can get that off and someone else can work with him. You don't think that they're definitely going to trade Robbie Thomas now after having, you know,
go through all this bullshit during the year?
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