Pomp & Joe Show 3-31-26

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The Pomp And Joe Show 2h 38m 8 speakers 8 chapters transcribed 5 months ago

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What exciting moments happened in the Penguins game?

Michael McHenry 0:01

Achari works through Shin, rips it on net, saved by Sorokin, loose in front, they score! Soderblom, the big man, with a huge goal! Raquel shorthanded to Rust, back in front, Raquel, he scores! That is the swing the Penguins needed! A shorty from Ricard Raquel, and it's 3-2! Shovels it behind the head for Manta. Shea shoots. He scores! These Penguins, they've done it again. Say hey to Ryan Shea. We're tied three. Barzel and Brazzo ahead to Manta. He scores! The Penguins in front for the first time tonight. Able to push it free to Brazill. Then Mantha, backhand, scores! Anthony Mantha putting on a show! No! Feeds the moment! And it's 5-3 Pittsburgh!

Sean Gentile 1:12

I sure hope you didn't blink during the second period because eight total goals on both sides eventually led to eight goals for the Penguins last night in an absolute statement victory on the island. against the New York Islanders, and putting them much closer to getting back to the playoffs for the first time in four years. Austin Bechsel with you. It's the Pump and Joe Show with Harry Callis behind the glass producing. There is no Bob. Today, of course, you know, Bob is typically not in with us on Tuesdays. Joe woke up not feeling well today. Joe was expressing yesterday how he was feeling a little bit under the weather and unfortunately got worse for Joe today. So listen, our guy, all the best and hoping things are going to be okay for him and he can have a speedy recovery.

Sean Gentile 2:07

So it's me and Callis behind the glass. Harry, I am honestly very excited for this. I think we're going to have a lot of fun.

Donnie Football 2:15

Why are you excited?

Sean Gentile 2:16

I think Doran put the odds of us going at each other's throats at 30 minutes. I feel like we're going to definitely be able to break down that barrier and have a great show.

Joe Starkey 2:28

You think so? I do. I'm only going to be here for half the time, I think.

Sean Gentile 2:32

Yes, I think Donnie will replace you.

Joe Starkey 2:34

We're going to have a great half show.

Sean Gentile 2:36

Yeah, a great half show. Perhaps. It's like a half birthday. Today was Doran's birthday. How about that? Yeah, how about that? Did you guys do anything special? Did Crowley give him a gift?

Joe Starkey 2:44

Crowley thinks he's 42, so he's rounded up. No, he's not. Doran turned 38 today, but Crowley keeps forgetting how old he is. Yeah, 38.

Sean Gentile 2:55

No gifts were exchanged, so we just wished him a happy birthday and moved on. Wonderful. Well, good to be with you, and happy birthday to Doran Dickerson. Last night's game, going into it for me, was make or break. It was the one that was going to tip the scales on whether your 2025-26 Pittsburgh Penguins made the playoffs. And that game, the way they won it, the way that they responded after giving up two goals in the first three minutes of the second period, after no goals were scored in the first period, is why my confidence level in this team is at an all-time high this season. At the start of the year, my expectation was this was going to be a team finishing in the bottom five of the NHL standings, and you better hope the ping-pong ball 20-plus years later after hitting on Sid works again with Gavin McKenna.

Sean Gentile 3:58

Those... any dashing hopes of that or any thoughts of that actually being a reality, pretty much around Christmas time, we're gone. When the true gift underneath the tree, the hockey stick that arrived at your doorstep, was a competitive hockey team that brought in Justin Brezeau and Anthony Amantha and some guy named Parker Wotherspoon. And yeah, those are three of the biggest contributors and most surprising players in the NHL this season. So much that Anthony Mantha, of all people, scored two goals in two and a half minutes to close out the second period. He leads the team. Leads a team that has Sidney Crosby, sure he missed a month. Evgeny Malkin, sure he was suspended five games. Ricard Raquel, 30-plus goal scorer in his career.

Sean Gentile 4:51

Brian Rust, consistently an elite goal scorer. I think it's seven years in a row with 20-plus goals. Anthony freaking Mantha with 29 goals this year.

Why is the Penguins' recent performance significant?

Sean Gentile 5:03

He was the one that put the Penguins in front for good. Down 2-0. They go on an 8-1 differential. So for a team that was projected to finish right around the bottom of the NHL standings, if you look at the little playoff predictor wheel that people like to put out there on social media, the Penguins now have an 84% chance to make the playoffs.