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What happened in the Eastern Conference Final for the Canadiens?
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stukas Podcast.
We root for America. You root for the best story. You root for the underdog. You root for the Canadian. Put it in the club. You root for the Canadian team.
What was that word? Put it in the club. Oh my.
I don't know how you guys felt about watching what happened in hockey last night, but at this point, I really do feel that it is cruel what America does to Canada's proudest teams when it comes to winning the championship. I cannot imagine. How anybody who cares about hockey in Canada would feel in terms of the height of angry that this year you're looking at Vegas and Carolina on the sport they invented and to get squashed out like that at home where when they come out of the locker room, you know they're done at home. Just cruel.
I just want to keep it like it was Florida and Vegas four years ago. So it was probably the same reaction.
Yeah, I said after Game 3, with Game 4 being in Montreal and the Canadiens down two games to one, I don't think I've ever felt a series being over more than I did at 2-1 than this series at just 2-1. Montreal has nothing for Carolina. It's the second straight game, and including overtime in the last game, Second straight game that Montreal had no shots in the third period. Like, Carolina suffocates them. And really just throughout the game, like, they have no shot attempts, Montreal. You're watching knowing they have no chance.
Plus, they had played 18 games so far in these playoffs. Two series have gone to seven games. And they played multiple overtime games, as Zaslow said. And mostly every game, they have had just about 15 to 20 shots on goal.
They got no chance, Montreal. It was so frustrating watching last night. I root for Montreal anyway. The Panthers are not involved because my family's from there. And that was a difficult watch. It's such a great atmosphere. And if you're a fan, you didn't get to see them celebrate even once last night.
The thing that I'm asking you guys, when Roy says there's a precedent for this by saying, hey, remember it was Vegas and Florida. Yeah, but are you trampling the greatest hopes of the entire country At the end, you have to go watch Vegas do that with that record as not just any team, but Montreal, one of the original ones.
What are the issues with NBA officiating discussed in the episode?
These people think they invented hockey. To watch these two teams take the sport from them, I'm saying emotionally cruel to people who care about hockey. Something that would be prosecuted if it was done by a criminal. You're doing that tone again.
But it's awesome now. Get them, Dan. Go. Get them.
I just felt bad for Montreal. They care so much about hockey. Vegas and Carolina. Vegas and the cheap guy. All right. Tortorella and the cheap guy.
I just want to laugh at them. It's hilarious. I mean, I know people, you know, general public doesn't necessarily care about this stuff. But you want to talk about, like, ratings-wise and how many people are going to watch. Carolina-Vegas is going to do very poor.
How do fans feel about Tony Brothers as a referee?
It'd be like if all the SEC teams just, like, stopped winning.
Yeah, but I also don't think that's fair because we have inundated our audience with two years of Panthers talk they did not want. And Florida was doing that to the entire sport. And ratings, I mean, Montreal is crushed today. Like wherever it is that regions get crushed across the path here, like wherever it is we've been watching playoff stuff, Maybe Boston, maybe the Celtics, the way it went out in the first round, in terms of what a city does and feels around its regional identity. The Montreal Canadiens choked out like that at the end of the season. I'm not kidding. Cruel to Canada.
I think Montreal is crushed but not surprised. I mean, Carolina was the favorite in this series. They've had this kind of a disappointment since 1993. They're used to it by now, right? I mean, they just lost the gold medal to the United States. I mean, they have to be getting over the fact that, look, we're not winning right now. Now, what Canada would say is that half of the roster on every team is Canadian.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What happened in the Eastern Conference Final for the Canadiens?
0:00–2:58
2
What are the issues with NBA officiating discussed in the episode?
2:58–3:38
3
How do fans feel about Tony Brothers as a referee?
3:38–7:28
4
What is the significance of the Stick in the Toy Hall of Fame?
7:28–8:55
5
What are the arguments for and against the inclusion of the Stick?
8:55–16:09
6
What is the controversy surrounding flopping in the NBA?
16:09–31:59
7
How does technology impact officiating in sports?
31:59–42:18
Speakers
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