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Chapter 1: What are Sid Seixeiro's insights on the World Cup and Stanley Cup Final?
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stukas Podcast. This segment is presented by DraftKings. DraftKings, the crown is yours. And guys, I have opened up my trusty DraftKings Sports app because it is now available in all 50 states. And I got a pick for you. A U.S. men's national team pick. They are kicking off their World Cup experience tonight at Los Angeles Stadium against Paraguay.
And the bet that I like in this match, I think it's going to be tough, and I think we're going to get a little nervy, at least in the early going. I got both teams to score. The market price on that on the DraftKings Sports app that I got is plus 113. I locked that in. Both teams to score, yes.
And now I am looking at the screen, and we got a friend of the program, the perfect guest, because we got the Stanley Cup going on, we got the World Cup going on, and it's a big day for Canada. Sid Cicero joins the program. How's it going, Sid?
Let's go, Sid.
Gentlemen, gentlemen, too kind, as always. What a day. What a weekend we got in store here. This is going to be something else.
What is your experience? Because you're based out of Toronto, Sid. Sid Cicero, so you can catch YouTube channel, wherever you get your podcasts also. Now, the Knights are a game away from being eliminated, but how are you handling the whole Mitch Marner thing?
Better if he loses, but I'll be honest with you like that's gonna be a tough one for Toronto That's gonna be a tough one. Now. This series has been so messed up.
I'm not willing to throw away the Knights chances Going into Sunday night But there is There's a familiarity now with it with the Knights that we've seen in Toronto a lot in the Mitch Marner years And it's one question that was always asked at the end of a series Here's the question What's up with the power play? Mitch Marner power plays go quiet a little the longer the series goes.
That has kind of been the deciding factor, goaltending aside. The power play for the Golden Knights has been awful, and it's not getting any better. So I do find it interesting how Mitch Marner, who nearly had a four-goal night last Saturday in Game 3, was talked about as the surefire MVP of the entire postseason. And a couple of nights later, it's like, well, it has to be Jordan Stahl.
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Chapter 2: How does Sid view the performance of Mitch Marner and the Golden Knights?
They had to bribe people to show up at Disney with the Governator appearance and free wieners and Coke. Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola.
to be clear that's how they got them still not very many people turned out that was the all-time disgrace but Sid it's better for Carolina for the NHL in terms of credibility of regular season and otherwise it's a bad look if Tortorello shows up on the eve of the playoffs and the Knights end up winning the Stanley Cup no it's uh I think it's bad for like every head coach in the league
I think it's a terrible look because right now in the NHL, what do you do if you're in a bind? Just fire the guy with eight games left or five games left. Like that's, look, and I know there's a lot going on right now. This Mike Babcock story in Edmonton in terms of what happened in Columbus a few years ago, it's been a circus with the coaches.
Vegas won't let Bruce Cassidy interview with the Oilers or anyone else. They have him on a non-compete. It has been the Wild West. I will say this. I don't think Vegas are going to pull this out, the way the goaltending is now going in Carolina's favor. But if Vegas come back and win, yeah.
ownership will take notice all 31 other teams around the nhl will go that seemed to work so listen we had two coaches get fired like with games ago last year was patrick wah and bruce cast patrick one long island so yeah if i'm a coach i don't like this at all if i'm an owner i like that i could pull that lever and potentially get a couple rounds out of it in the postseason
Sid, you're going to help us out here. We're all into the World Cup. Some of us know a whole lot more than others do about the World Cup. It started yesterday. We have a couple of games today. So, Sid, you are going to help us with today's edition of Big Game or Not a Big Game.
Howdy, folks. Welcome to Big Game or Not a Big Game with Jonathan Zaslow.
Oh, yes. All right, everybody calm down. Big Game or Not a Big Game. World Cup today, 3 p.m. Eastern time this afternoon. Canada versus Bosnia. How do I say the other country, Mike?
Yeah, they got to play two of them. Don't forget about that.
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of the Stanley Cup Final for Canadian hockey fans?
Live, not from SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles Stadium. All right. Los Angeles Stadium tonight. The United States of America against Paraguay. Sid Cicero. Big him and out of the game.
First off, the naming of these stadiums just like Toronto Stadium up here and L.A. Stadium. It's like the early video games where they had no rights and you just kind of name things, things. Be better, FIFA. Find a sponsor. Huge game at SoFi slash Los Angeles Stadium tonight. Huge game. I'm stunned. I don't want to say this.
I am very surprised how good Mauricio Pochettino's teams looked in those final friendlies going into this tournament. I know the Germany game wasn't a win, but there was some skill on display. And if Christian Pulisic can wake up and continue at this pace, which he did not do, which cost AC Milan a Champions League spot this year in Italy.
I think the States have round of 16 written all over them. It's not the toughest group. Big game. And I'm fascinated tonight. Two big games.
How about that? Two for two in big games for the World Cup today. Well, let's revisit that first big game, Canada. A lot of expectation last World Cup and a lot of big talk. They tried to play teams. They tried to hang with them, take the fight to them, and it didn't exactly work out. A lot of expectation now that they are a tri-host. This is a sneaky, tough opponent. I know. I'm part Italian.
What are you expecting from tonight?
Well, the thing that has my anxiety running right now is a story that broke this week from the Bosnia and Herzegovina Consulate in Ottawa. And they are claiming, now again, the Toronto Stadium is, I believe, the smallest of all 16 venues in the World Cup with like 45,000. And they had to bring in like a lot of fake stands for that.
They are claiming in Bosnia there's going to be 30,000 Bosnian supporters to this game today.
Wow. Isn't capacity under 50K there?
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Chapter 4: What are the key storylines for UFC Freedom 250?
So the injury situation with Canada has been concerning. With that said, I don't think Bosnia are world beaters. They got some decent guys. There's no game breakers. Their best player might be their left back from Benfica, Mardetic. I think Canada can get their first point in tournament history today. A win would be amazing.
Again, Canada's not the toughest group either, but there are some sub storylines to this. What about Hertz Covina? A similar scouting report, Zaz. Similar scouting report. Yeah, it's not no game breakers. We'll see. We'll see how they play against both teams today. Yes.
All right. It's an important question. How is Canada? I feel like it's a little bit muted down here, the World Cup, and that the games are about to be here in Miami Gardens. I don't know. It doesn't feel like it to me. There's going to be games here 10 minutes from my house. How does it feel up there in Canada? Does it feel like the World Cup is happening?
I'm glad you said that because had I not been downtown, we recorded a pod downtown yesterday with Michelob Ultra around the FanFest. So obviously around the FanFest, there's a feeling. Like you'd be hard-pressed to kind of get that same feeling around town here. It's a strange vibe. It's an exciting vibe. Like today, everyone's excited.
But it's not like the signage is overwhelming you coming into the city.
Summer always hits different once the big game starts stacking up. Now you've got finals games on every other night, baseball's rolling all week, racing on the weekends, and suddenly, everybody's looking for an excuse to get together. The other night, a buddy texted me, we've got the game on, come through. I figured I'd stop by for maybe an hour. That was optimistic.
Next thing you know, everybody's locked into the game and we're all part of the coaching staff, somebody's yelling at the ref, somebody else is suddenly an expert on pitch strategy, and nobody's even pretending they're leaving early anymore. It's one of those nights where you take a sip of Miller Lite, look around and realize, yeah, this is exactly what summer is supposed to be.
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Chapter 5: How does the crew analyze the significance of the Canada vs. Bosnia Herzegovina match?
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My algorithm on Instagram is dance all boobs. Stugatz. It's a good algorithm. This is the Dan Levatard Show with the Stugatz.
Well, I'm hard to tell. I feel bad taking a hard right turn here. But I am curious. We were watching here at the house, me and Jean-Claude Van Damme last night. We're watching a little Hamilton Tiger Cats v. Blue Bombers from Winnipeg. And once again, the boy just discovered it. He was watching. He said, the field is bigger.
And we were going into some detail about the differentiation and the rules.
and and and it led to where it always does for american football fans how can we without offending you make the cfl a part of the nfl and what it ultimately leads to is a minor league but if you guys would be willing to change your field imagine i know it's a it's a slap in the face given the history of the cfl but imagine if we could create an environment
in which we had relegation, where the 32nd NFL team was dropped to the CFL and the best CFL team jumped up into the NFL. Wouldn't that be better for everyone involved? We can do some UFL if that'll make everybody happy as well. Wouldn't that make pro football even more satisfying in North America?
That's quite a turn. I wasn't expecting the CFL question there. That is quite a turn. I like the CFL question. I'll say this. That's a non-starter. Here's why it's a non-starter. Stu Johnston is a guy who just became commissioner of the Canadian Football League. He made some rule changes that you guys might be familiar with. He moved the field goal posts to the back of the end zone.
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Chapter 6: What are the expectations for the US Men's National Team in the World Cup?
As we all know in 2026, your base is important. And I don't believe this alternate partnership with the NFL would work. But it's an interesting idea.
But relegation, to me, that's the brass ring for all of North American sports leagues. That's what we need to steal from across the board. Dave, I actually have a working theory that we may actually see it in college football if they get this Super League, and that's a cool way to make the regular season matter. Sid, I have a question back to soccer.
I know you always got an eye on the Portuguese national team. I like their chances this year. I think Vitinha is one of the best players in the world. He doesn't score all the goals, but if you watch the game, you know the game. You know this guy's a dynamite player. I'm a little worried about Ronaldo messing things up for them.
Do you agree with me that you like their chances to win this World Cup?
I'd like them better if everyone else didn't like them as much. Like, it makes me nervous how much they're being talked up. Like, they're being talked up like the way Nigeria was being talked up in 1994 in that World Cup. When Pele said, well, Nigeria are going to win the first African World Cup.
Now, in terms of what you said about the PSG guys, Vitinha and Joao Neves and Nuno Mendes, like, there's really two nations in this tournament that have players that have won two straight Champions Leagues. It's France and it's Portia. I like that as someone who follows the Portuguese national team. I'm a fan of that. The problem is you have an ego at the front of the train that is immovable.
Andre the Giant was more movable than this object at the front of Portugal's spear in Cristiano Ronaldo. The ego is unlike anything we've ever seen. It's crazy. Now, he's 41. We've been told through the media, look, what's good for the team is what will be done. Ronaldo's not going to go out there and run around huffing and puffing at 41 years old for 90 minutes if it's not working.
That's what we've been told in this tournament. We were told that two years ago in the Euros, four years ago in Qatar. They tried to sit him in Qatar.
didn't work out there either like portugal for some reason have tripped themselves up often when on paper they've looked like the better team i'm just trying to figure out how they lost to morocco four years ago in the quarterfinals i don't know how that happened um but on paper this this seems like it's the group i think in the central midfield they they have a spain vibe back in the day of javi and iniesta they're not that level but they're pretty good
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Chapter 7: How do the hosts compare 80s cartoon villains?
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I like the commercial they showed last night because, you know, Game 6, obviously the Cup could be won in a Game 6. And it was like, well, we'll see you Sunday, you know. And it was a picture of the Cup because the Stanley Cup's going to be in the building on Sunday night. Do you think the New York Knicks, like, the Knicks fan... wants the Knicks to win tomorrow, right?
Like, okay, you love the idea. In a perfect world, you win the NBA Finals at home. But I feel like the Knicks kind of got their championship celebration two nights ago. Like, they could win. If they win the championship in a game six at the Garden, they blow out the Spurs, right? The celebratory feeling would be muted compared to what happened a few nights ago, right, Dave?
They got the big championship in-person moment. They got it already. So you have to root for them to win tomorrow on the road if you're a Knicks fan, right? I think you just said it. In fact, it's funny because when you were talking about the Canes fans, as the final moments ticked off down there in Carolina last night, the fans seized the moment.
The standing ovation and all of that felt like, next time we see you guys, you're going to have a cup to hold up over your heads and go get them in Vegas was the vibe there. And if you're smart, if you're a Knickerbockers fan, not that you can actually influence, I don't think by rooting for it from your couch, that is the result you obviously want to get.
You do not want to mess around with the sports gods and root for your team to lose so you can attend the celebration. That's bad form, and that's fraught with curses and such. Guys, I told you I'm going to see Disclosure Day this afternoon, and specifically before Team USA plays.
Are you worried?
About Disclosure Day? It's not a documentary, Tony.
They're trying to tell us it's very close to what's going to be the truth that's coming out.
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Chapter 8: What makes Skeletor and Mumra iconic villains in 80s cartoons?
It looks corny. I don't know if this movie is going to be any good. I'm worried. I'm worried about this movie. And I see the Rotten Tomatoes scores. And I had friends texting me a few days ago, have you seen He-Man yet? And I'm like, no, no, I'm going to see that. You're going to love it. And the Rotten Tomatoes scores are very high. The reviews are very, very good.
And if I could tell you how much I loved this movie, it is so, so good. If you're a child of the 80s like me, if you love T-Man, who was my absolute favorite, you're going to love this movie. And dare I say... What is this, an ad? Dare I say, Jared Leto, who's a terrible actor, does terrible films, he's awful. Jared Leto. He's terrible. I'm with you, though, lately.
Jared Leto is phenomenal as Skeletor. Incredible. He nails it. He's great as Skeletor. Anyway, I love this movie so much. Everything you want, it has. And it got me thinking. All right. I got a top five for your asses today. You ready for this? For my ass. Top five for your asses today. I got a top five. It is top five all-time 80s cartoon villains. How are they all-time if it's just the 80s?
All-time. Top five all-time 80s cartoon villains. You ready? So ready, Zazz. No, we're getting right after that. We're workshopping back here a theory that you talk like that because you've hosted shows by yourself for so long that you have a stretch. Like this is just another person that you've created. I ask a question and then I answer it with this voice. That's a good point. Number five.
Shredder. Now you know who did the voice of Shredder. Who? Uncle Phil. Oh, really? That's cool. All right. Love Uncle Phil. Shredder, the big bad from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I mean, he's trying to kill, not only is he trying to kill the turtles, the turtles are kids, like they're teenagers, they're teenage. He's trying to kill teenagers. Very bad. Number five is Shredder. Number four.
Cobra Commander. Oh, yeah. G.I. Joe's number one. He's a terrorist. That's literally the character. He's a terrorist. Obviously, Cobra Commander is going to be one of the top villains, but he only comes in at number four. He's very bad, though. Terrorism. Number three. Megatron. Megatron. Transformers. Come on. Autobots. Decepticons. Megatron is the leader of the Decepticons.
And eventually, he gets even more powers. And he becomes like Super Megatron. You don't want to F with that guy. Number two. So hold on, Zazz. Really quick before number two. So Megatron was the bad guy. Oh, yeah. So then why did they call Calvin Johnson Megatron instead of Optimus Prime, who was the good guy? He named himself that. Yeah, I mean, he thought he was a bad guy.
I don't know what to tell you, man. Go ask him. What are you asking me? Megatron's a fighter jet, and his arch nemesis, Optimus Prime, is just an 18-wheeler. That's right. Yeah, that's right. Seems unfair. Number two, Mumra. You know about Mumra? Thundercats? Mumra was very scary. And they had movies. You ever seen Mumra Lives? Dave Damashank, you know about that Mumra?
No, I have never literally heard of Mumra. What? What? I've only heard of Shredder. Mumra coming in at number two. Say it again, then we'll know about it. Mumra. Thunder, thunder, thunder, cats. Momra. And number one. Number one. Momra. Number one, Skeletor. Of course Skeletor is number one. I mean, He-Man's arch nemesis, who is actually, I think it's He-Man's uncle, all right?
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