The Sheet with Jeff Marek
Cup Final Game 5 Tonight & Babcock Investigation Continues ft. David Pagnotta & Greg Wyshynski
11 Jun 2026
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Chapter 1: What are the critical matchups for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final?
Trinsky, spot quiz for you. How many fruits are there in Five Alive? One would assume. Hang on.
How many fruits?
Five.
Correct. Five. Very good. Right. Much like there's eight vegetables in a V8. We all know this, Jeff.
Okay. Hold on. I'm going.
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Chapter 2: How has the performance of goaltenders affected the series?
How many counts did King Kong Bundy want for a pin?
He wanted a five count.
Yeah, there you go. Okay, very good. What was Beethoven's most popular symphony?
Outside of Master of Puppets, I believe it was the Fifth Symphony.
Yes. How many Jacksons on the Victory Tour?
I believe it's five. What are you getting at, Jeffy? Is there a game five tonight?
There's a game five tonight between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Vegas Golden Knights. And as much as we're going to try to talk a lot about this today, there's a lot of other stuff happening around the NHL, which we will get to.
By the way, just quickly, I'm pretty sure this is the second time you've done that five-bit to Greg this year. And I did the five-bit before?
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of Dylan Larkin's trade request for the Detroit Red Wings?
Yes.
Is it now? Wait a second. I vividly remember it.
When was it? Jeff Merrick.
I'll try to find it, but. Now I repeat stories? You repeat bits? This doesn't sound right. No, I just was like, oh, I've heard this one in these playoffs. I'm sure you have, Zach.
In radio training, it's important to say the same things over and over again because the audience is constantly refreshing itself.
Zach, did you ever hear that Merrick worked in a cemetery? I don't know if you've ever heard that story.
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Chapter 4: What recent developments surround Mike Babcock's potential hiring by the Oilers?
Did you know that a young Gregory Shintz used to hang out at the track with his dad? Did you ever hear that story before?
I did. Oh, my God. He used to have cigars all the time.
Did you ever get to that? Did you ever hear that story? Do the show. Greg Wyszynski and the New Jersey Devils. You ever hear about the half cup in 1995? You ever hear that story?
How dare you?
You ever hear his Bobby Holik impression before you ever heard that one? How about the Garrett Commissioner? Oh, no, no.
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Chapter 5: How do the Carolina Hurricanes plan to adjust their strategy against the Golden Knights?
As you know, the Czech soccer team begins the World Cup play tonight, and I'm very excited to watch the Czech soccer team. I'm also very excited to watch Thomas Schroedl inside the Tenekup Island because Thomas Schroedl, of course, is a countryman. Jarmo Kepelainen impression while we're at it. It's the same thing. It's the same what? It's the same impression.
Oh, Jeff Greaves wants a long-term contract? I don't know. He's kind of tiny.
He's no longer the general manager of the Columbus Blue Jackets. It's Don Waddell. I'm not sure if you have a Don Waddell general manager.
You're right. He's with the Buffalo Sabres now. The Buffalo Sabres.
Chapter 6: What are the latest NHL offseason rumors and trade discussions?
I just did default. Can you do like an Alex? Let me rephrase. Are you talking about Alex Tuck? Alex Tuck wants seven years and $14 million per. Who is he? Jason Robertson?
oh that's a nice touch too that's good too um well listen we got a lot to get to today first of all set the scene how is it there give us the buzz give us the rattle give us the shake what's the deal
So the question, the biggest question I have about the Hurricanes, just to bring it back to the series and also kind of like be a little serious for a second. I can't recall a time when a goalie was given a break, like a full break in game four, like Freddie Anderson was. And didn't then join his team for the next all skate. It's weird. He skated before the morning skate today in Carolina.
He didn't skate yesterday. He didn't skate.
Chapter 7: How do injuries impact team dynamics in the playoffs?
So this is now since he was pulled in game three. Freddie Anderson hasn't skated in a full practice with his team. Rod Brindamore swears up and down that he's healthy, that he's available tonight.
And so you start to wonder, first of all, Merrick, obviously, is, you know, are they being sincere about his health with regard to him getting rocked by Ivan Barbashev in game three in the second period?
That's what I'm going to.
Yeah. And again, like he gets rocked on that goal interference play. He then gives up four goals in the period. He then gets pulled from the game. We haven't seen him since. They gave him a full break for game four in which he didn't dress. Peter Kachek off the backup. We expect he's going to be the backup again for game five with Brandon Bussey. And so and he he's not been available to us.
He's not been in the team skates And so you start to wonder exactly is this a full mental reset for Freddie Anderson or is there something else going on here?
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Chapter 8: What are the broader implications of the Stanley Cup Final on the NHL landscape?
Do you think we'll ever know if the concussion spot or T-Mobile arena called New York? I was going over this the other day like no way that it would the way that it works is the concussion spotter in the rink can't pull that player off the ice him or herself they call New York and
the Department of Player Safety Office, I believe, where there are four or five different people that are qualified to make these decisions based on how the player looks. Did he grab his head? There's a head injury. And then if they determine that they suspect there's a concussion, they call the trainer and instruct that that player gets pulled off.
So the concussion spotter doesn't do it themselves. They got to go to New York. And then New York makes a determination. Do we even know if there was a call made? Do you think we'll ever know if there was ever a call made?
We don't. We won't. And then the other tricky part about this, as we've talked about in the past when it comes to the concussion protocol, is he's a goalie. And goalies take shots off the head. Goalies get knocked around the crease. And there seems to be a different standard for pulling a goalie from a game than there is for pulling a skater out of the game. Part of that, I'm sure, Merrick, is...
how important a goalie is to a team. Uh, and part of that is also probably just, you know, he's the only player on the ice with a full mask. And I don't know. It's, it's, it's an interesting question, but again, it is a, all signs point to Brandon Busty starting game five.
He was in the starters crease, first goalie off in the morning skate logic would dictate you roll with the guy that won game four for you in game five. But when you start to think about the different scenarios for this series, uh, One of them could easily be that these two teams split the next two games and then you have a goalie decision for game seven. And who's that?
Is Anderson even available for it? I mean, there's no one sure at this point.
Nobody knows what's going to happen because this series has been crazy. Like, would it be beyond the pale to say that Kuchetkov finishes tonight's game and they win Carolina? You could say anything and you could see it. That's a crazy thing about this series.
There's one thing we know for sure, Merrick, and that is Carter Hart has the crease. I wrote a piece on ESPN.com this morning about four keys for the Vegas Golden Knights in tonight's game and, frankly, for the rest of the series. One of them is Carter Hart plays better.
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