Has The Stanley Cup Been BETTER Than The NBA Finals? | Hour 1
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This is the Dan Levitard Show with the Stugatz Podcast. This episode of the Dan Levitard Show is presented by DraftKings. DraftKings, the crown is yours.
Holy shit, the Stanley Cup final.
This is the United States of Tortorella.
How did it become that? How did it become the United States of Tortorella? How do the Vegas Golden Knights go up four goals, cough up a four-goal lead in the third period, which has never happened before? A team has never before coughed up a four-goal lead in a third period, and then lost the game. They didn't lose the game. Vegas didn't lose the game. What happened to momentum?
What significant events are happening in the Stanley Cup finals?
How does Vegas win that game if momentum means anything? Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. How the hell does Vegas win that game if momentum means anything? Because that is a gut punch if you're Carolina. You had to feel like you were ordained to win that game once you come back from four goals down.
The puck was kicked in off the back of the skate of the... Carolina goalie. That's how Vegas won. They shouldn't have won the game.
There have been, I think, multiple two-goal comebacks throughout this series.
How did the Vegas Golden Knights manage to win after a four-goal lead?
Every game, I think, is featured.
Game one, Carolina was up 2-0. Vegas came back and won. Game two, Vegas up 2-0. And the third, Carolina came back and won. And this one here, four-goal lead, but Vegas still won.
Most dangerous lead in sports, I guess, if it's a four-goal lead. That's extra dangerous. Yeah, it's been... An unbelievable series. You have iconic moments. What Braden McNabb is doing, not like anyone ever doubted that he was going to play right away, took a puck directly to the face. Directly to the face. Hospitalized immediately. Heroic performance in Game 3.
You know how bad that hurts, Dan? You take a puck right to the nose? Well, this is, as far as I can tell, the only thing that Tortorella has done is made sure that all the Vegas players take pucks to the nose and also freezes out the media.
What impact does momentum have in sports like hockey?
Roy, correct me if I have this wrong. I really thought that the only way that Vegas would win this series is if the games were low-scoring.
Yeah, me too. I knew it was going to be close, and I was right as far as the road dog is concerned because they covered in all three games. But I thought it was going to be low-scoring, good goaltending, good defense. I was wrong on that.
Dan, they scored the four goals to tie it in the third period. Well, the first three goals were in a span of 39 seconds. 39 seconds. They scored three goals to make it a one-goal game.
We almost forget the fact that Mitch Marner had a hat trick.
He's going to win Conn Smythe if Vegas wins.
Yes, absolutely. He leads everybody in points and goals.
Such a disaster for Toronto. Oh, I need one of those to cash on the DraftKings Sports app, let me tell you. Mitch Marner doing an incredible thing right now, just like Mike Brown and Carl Anthony Towns are changing the narrative around their careers.
Mitch Marner.
Mitch Marner was the scapegoat for a loser franchise in the postseason. The Toronto Maple Leafs, everybody's ire was directed to Mitch Marner, who's one of the best two-way players in the game. He has been un-freaking-real.
Dan, he's from Toronto, and they ran him out of town, and his first year gone. He might win the Stanley Cup. It's 2-1. Might win the Stanley Cup. And if they do, he's probably going to win Conn Smythe.
And it was an acquisition that, as it looks right now with Vegas up 2-1 in the series, did swing NHL history because it wasn't widely reported, but Mitch Marner had a decision to make this offseason, and Carolina was in that hunt. And he decided to pick Vegas. Mitch's are having a moment right now.
Mitchell Robinson, Mitch Johnson.
Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. I don't think it goes by Mitch Robinson. Are Mitch's having a moment right now?
It was a fairly easy decision for Mitch Marner to leave Toronto. They doxed his home address after they lost to Florida. They doxed his home address. Obviously, he's not going to stay there.
I do understand why you did that Mitch thing, but I don't think Mitch Johnson is having any kind of moment right now, unless it's a bad moment.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:42
2
What significant events are happening in the Stanley Cup finals?
0:42–1:11
3
How did the Vegas Golden Knights manage to win after a four-goal lead?
1:11–1:55
4
What impact does momentum have in sports like hockey?
1:55–7:08
5
How is Mitch Marner changing the narrative for himself and the Maple Leafs?
7:08–13:42
6
What legacy changes are being discussed for Karl-Anthony Towns and Mike Brown?
13:42–40:26
Speakers
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