Spittin Chiclets
Spittin’ Chiclets Episode 649: Featuring Tripp Tracy, Erik Johnson & Liam Blutman
25 May 2026
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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 Bates. Whoa, we're buzzing right now. Sonk. What is up, everyone? Pinky's up on Memorial Day Monday. Shout out everyone out there who's tuning in with us on a holiday. We appreciate it. Shout out all the soldiers that are serving now that have served before.
What an incredible holiday and an incredible day for some spit and chiclets and Pink Whitney. Hats off. Hats off. Hats off. And let me tell you, Biz, Pink Whitney's everywhere. We keep saying it. I know down in Carolina, they needed that Pink Whitney game too. They tied that thing up, right? I don't know if it's in Montreal or not. I'm actually in Puerto Rico right now, which I mentioned.
There's a Puerto Rican bartender here at the resort that's an enormous Florida Panthers fan that said to me, we need to get Pink Whitney here at this resort. I said, I'll see what I can do, but I can't give any promises. You know, I have my name on it, but other than that, I got no say in anything. So shout out Pinkies Up and Pink Whitney.
And the conference finals was one shocking, shocking situation out west. You got to rub some pink Whitney on that leg, McKinnon. Oh, my God. That's crazy. We're going to get into that. And we got Carolina just biting back, biting back against Keith Tabbs. Biz is on the hurricanes because Jeff Gordon said, don't you come near our Montreal Canadiens. Don't you even think about coming near us.
I'm in witness protection here, dude.
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Chapter 2: How do the hosts feel about the Vegas vs. Colorado matchup?
And I... I'm shocked. I mean, obviously, I'm more shocked at the turnaround that Vegas has had and what they've turned into than I think I am on the abs going down 3-0. Because if you guys remember, this team was dead. They couldn't get a save all year. They trailed the second most amount of minutes in the league this year. Only the goddamn Canucks trailed more than them.
And they were the worst team in the league. And then... They fire their coach with a chance of missing the playoffs. And, buddy, it's just been domination, Biz. It's a joke. I hate them. I hate them. I'm disgusted by this. But sometimes you got to tip your cap, man, and I have to.
Oh, buddy, these guys, not only the right moves at the deadline, but just like even after the first round, you were like, oh, okay, these guys got something cooking. They got some steam going here. And there was a few shaky games for Carter Hart. And I'll always go back right now to crediting Tortorella for not pulling him and not deviating from the plan in that series.
And ever since then, I think I read that nine, well, now it's probably, I don't know about last night, but before last night, it was nine of his last 10 starts, he had a save percentage of 926 or higher. So Merle's kind of touched on just how confident he looks, how he's kicking. And when he's in the zone, I mean, Jens, you played with him. This guy is locked and loaded.
And sure enough, the one game where maybe he gets off to a little bit of a shaky start, lets up, what, three in the first or three in the first half of the game there.
and the offense all of a sudden comes storming back and you also kind of felt like they were going to come back because torts kind of he it felt like he lit the bench up when they called that when they disallowed that goal that cross-checking goal i don't know how you guys feel about that one we could talk about this after but he kind of brought that fire and he kind of went at the ref and dorothea was actually sitting right in front of him
And Dorofeev didn't say a word to the ref. All Dorofeev was doing was staring forward. He was worried about fucking what the task at hand was. And the quote post game for Mitch Marner, he's like, the boys didn't turn on each other. We didn't get yelling at each other.
I thought that was, that was, I thought Merle's and G believe that's directed at old Maple Leafs teammates. I think it's directed at the abs a little bit and it probably just not directed at anyone and they just love each other.
We're at the point in playoffs now where every single post-game quote is being fucking scrutinized, turned into something it might not be. Going back to Bednar talking about Kale McCarr. Wondering what he's going to have to say about Nate now if Nate's not playing. Like, fuck it. This has gone completely off the rails more than anyone expected. Like, yes, did I expect this to be a series?
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Chapter 3: What insights does Tripp Tracy provide about the Hurricanes and Canadiens?
It's not like they didn't lose their composure.
Colorado went right back and scored to make it 3-0. Right. The Drury sickle. So that swing alone would have crumbled a mentally weak team. But once again, this Vegas team, they do not deviate. They don't get down on themselves. They don't start turning on each other. And just an incredible, incredible comeback. I mean, the minute they scored that first one, I'm like, oh, here we go. Here we go.
And I mean, you tweeted it out. I think it was right before playoffs. About Avs goaltending.
April 1st.
Now, April Fool's. Now, Merles now wants to take credit for it.
I know.
Of course.
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Chapter 4: How does the discussion shift towards Liam Blutman and his impact?
Of course.
For people who don't know, I tweeted out, if you're not questioning the Avalanche goaltending going into playoffs, you don't know puck. I got crushed considering they are the Jennings winners. The Jennings winners, right? And at the same time, I got to admit, I don't necessarily remember sending that tweet. It was late night. We were on another vacation. Shout out to vacation for the witness.
This one's no kids though. This one's no kids. So you guys know, you know, Keith, you know, vacation, no kids. It's a vacation on steroids. What's the only thing you packed? New sponsor. I'm not, yeah, I'm not going to include that rouge yet. Um, So I got – and I'll go back to game two in this series. Like the Barbashev goal after Eichel tied up. Eichel's goal was incredible.
And Devon Taves, I didn't like how he played that. Like he had a guy in the middle.
You're going at Taves for that? The Eichel one? I thought Wedgwood was off his angle, man.
He was way off. Okay, I'm not all on Taves here, but dude, he's backing into the middle of the ice. He had coverage in the middle. Molenski had come back. There was a forward, too. And Eichel... We're turning on him. Eichel slowed it down, looking to pass. And then he's like, oh, wait, I got plenty of room. It was a perfect shot, whatever, angle off.
The Barbashev one, which people are telling me, you're ridiculous, that's bar down. It's like, dude, it's the top of the circles.
He's on his knees.
Yeah, I don't I just I don't know. I just can't believe the way Colorado gets out into that lead and then their second period like you you you game two. Right. You got the one nothing lead. Everything's good. And Vegas takes over in the third. Well, this time you actually – and the lucky thing was in game two, Vegas in the second period was trash.
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Chapter 5: What insights are shared about Eric Robinson's performance?
So he's got a history in conference final. It's a classic story that Will Carrier has said even his wife, being from Quebec, has room for the Montreal Canadiens. He's been outstanding. Eric Robinson, I still think, is scratching the surface when you look at his size, his speed, ultra-likable teammate. I like the fact that he's shooting in stride from a distance here so far in this series.
He flies. He flies, and I like on Dobish, I like that blocker location. He scored there in Game 1.
Chapter 6: How does the discussion shift to the importance of player signings?
That's where Ehlers scored. That's where Jarvis scored. Jordan Stahl hit the post, but... You know, Robinson recognized all about a week or two from free agency that the grass isn't greener because I think he would have made more in free agency. But it's tough to be in a spot where a coach believes in you like Rob Brindamore does and Eric Robinson.
I think Eric Robinson realized that what a signing that was. Speaking of signings. I thought it was really smart to extend Jankowski between series because he has had a ton of chances.
Chapter 7: What impact does coaching have on team dynamics?
He's had two goals taken off the board so far in these playoffs. And you never know. You guys played the game. You'd know better than me. But signing him, extending him, which I think is a great value for the Hurricanes, might settle those hands now that that's taken care of just enough that that could be the difference now that that extension is in place.
So I thought that was really smart by the Hurricanes in his particular case to get the Swiss Army knife that he is extended between the second and now the conference finals.
Tripp, we appreciate it, buddy. Legend. It's going to be a good one, and Jankowski, I mean, he won it all at Providence. I remember seeing him then, and I was like, this kid's good, and he's changed his game to be in the NHL, but a hell of a player, and the team looks good, but... We'll see what happens at the Bell Center.
Montreal's 2-4, and the Canes haven't lost on the road yet, so we'll see if that stays true or Montreal can flip it. We appreciate it, buddy.
Chapter 8: What reflections are made about the significance of Memorial Day?
I might have to come find you in the press box and get a couple shoulder checks, get on the score sheet tonight, Tripp.
Biz, do that. Thank you for having me, guys. You're the best. Have a great day.
You're the best, Tripp.
See you, Tripp.
Before we get to Eric Johnson, quickly, I just wanted to talk. Kapanen's out tonight, so it's already been announced. I think it sounds like Valeno's coming back in, but I was reading the part of the press conference after Game 2 that was interesting. It was in French. A reporter asked St. Louis about the line that was out there for overtime. It was Duke, Doc, and Kapanen.
Now they were out there for the goal against in Tampa. They were out there for the OT winner against Tampa game six. And then it happens again. And I guess, so St. Louis said, I don't know, but why are you asking me that? And then the reporter mentioned like, well, you had the fourth line on the ice and either scored. He's like, yes, they were out there. And then he just got up and left.
So like Marty wasn't happy with that.
I think they mentioned it was the last question.
Okay. That wasn't in the article.
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