Would you make a big move at the NHL trade deadline??
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Welcome back to Pomp and Joe. Pomp off on Fridays. We know that. City Limits back in the home studio. I'm at Bowser Chevy in Monroeville having a wonderful time out here. NHL trade deadline today. What will the Penguins do? What should they do? What do you want to see them do? We all had the opinion yesterday, Bob, myself, and Austin, that we'd be okay if Kyle Dubas stood pat. I would. I think he's earned that.
What are the implications of the NHL trade deadline?
He pointed it out on his radio show the other day that he's made bunches of moves. Nobody's made more moves than him recently, say in the last year or so, in the NHL. And a lot of his moves, clearly, you see the bottom line, have been spectacular. Chinnikov is a great example. Shilov's has been very good. So I'd be okay if that were the case. But I certainly wouldn't complain if he took a big swing.
Why might Kyle Dubas choose not to make a big trade?
I wouldn't. And I'm not sure what's happened in the last couple games. I'm not sure what happened last night would prompt me to move at the trade deadline in a way that I wasn't going to move anyway. You know, I mean, for the most part, we said yesterday, of course, I jinxed them when I said the Penguins haven't lost a regulation game by more than a goal since December 23rd. And then they go out and lose five to one. But that was a pretty competitive game that turned and it was an entertaining game. And I wouldn't mind seeing these teams in a playoff series, by the way. It turned on the goalie interference call. I really didn't have a problem with that call. I don't know what the hell goalie interference is anyway.
Neither do you if you're listening. Neither do people in the NHL, coaches, players, officials, fans, media, whoever you want to name. Nobody knows. It's like a catch in the NFL. It's like home plate collisions in Major League Baseball. Nobody knows. Nobody can define it. When I was looking at it, it kind of looked like Letang pushed the guy into the goalie. Was there contact or a skate in the crease before that? I guess. I don't know. Do you? And would that precipitate a call? Like, was it an obvious challenge to make? They thought so on the broadcast, on the television broadcast. Like, oh, for sure, this was obvious goalie interference here. Was it? Because it looked like Letang pushed him. That's what I was thinking the whole time.
And I was proven correct. Not that I'm proud of that. Because half the time, they don't make the right call. I have no idea what's happening there. It's kind of like the NHL Department of Player Safety. Geno could get five games or none, and I would be not surprised either way. How did you see the interference or alleged interference play last night? Oh, limitless wonder. I thought it was a push by Letang. It wasn't egregious. It wasn't significant. But that's kind of how we've seen occasionally because there's never a distinct ruling on it. That's kind of how we've seen at times the goalie interference be judged. If there even is some type of pushing motion or Letang is, even if it's accidentally pushing an opposing player into the goaltender,
they're likely not going to call it goaltender interference. They're going to say that that contact, as subtle as it might be, is the reason. And I thought it was, but then again, I could be wrong. Then again, I don't know what goalie interference is, and neither does anybody else. Now, I will say this about that, and a catch or a no catch in football, it's impossible just to lay down a rule that makes everything clear. You know what I mean? Look at the Isaiah Likely play. Was that a catch or a no catch? Most people, common sense, would say a catch. But there's plenty of plays where you could look at it a thousand times and say to yourself, hmm, is that, did he make enough of a move there? Was it a catch?
Look at the play the Bills season ended on in Denver. Was that a catch or an interception? There's no clearly, nor could there ever be a clearly written rule that put an end to any controversy on a play like that. The nature of the sport, the nature of the play itself doesn't lend itself to being clearly defined.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:29
2
What are the implications of the NHL trade deadline?
0:29–0:58
3
Why might Kyle Dubas choose not to make a big trade?
0:58–5:33
4
What was the impact of the goalie interference call in the recent game?
5:33–9:39
5
How do fans perceive Evgeni Malkin's potential suspension?
9:39–14:06
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