6 IN A ROW?! Canadiens Are ON FIRE After Beating Tampa!

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2:05think one of the questions that's probably going to linger throughout the course of the next 58 to 60 minutes here between you and I was that the most impressive win of the Montreal Canadian season was that their biggest win of the season I don't know if it was their biggest win of the season I think I go back to the Ottawa game the three two win there I look at the Columbus 21 win considering the context of how hot they were but I will say this brother that was the most impressive effort from top to bottom if you're looking for an appetizer before the main course that is the playoffs I thought the Montreal Canadians Marco delivered and delivered in a massive way in Tampa Bay last night your thoughts on all of that yeah I mean I think it starts right off the battle with goal tending I think Jakob Dolbech played extremely well and that's been the that's been the theme of it for the last six or seven games is the play of the goal tending has been very good one of the things I will say though

3:07the Canadians yesterday it was fire with fire like Basilepski played a phenomenal game like it was goalie versus goalie which we haven't really seen of late right like the Canadians have been a very opportunistic team which is it's a skill like I'm not discounting them for it but oftentimes it's the Canadians with 17 shots in the opposition with 40 and the Canadians come up with a 3-1 victory you know what I'm saying so it was refreshing to see them have to get frustrated a little bit by goal tender consistently robbing them chance after chance but it spoke to their ability to create offense on the rush even though you know you can say that they had a better much better start this time around than they did last time or a couple of games before I want to get into this thank you so much John we love you for that I want to get Marcos take on the now what I thought was in a word to look in bullet area to to encapsulate Keith Pelley and his press conference from Tuesday I thought it

4:12was borderline disastrous I want to talk about that with Marco as the show moves on as Darren Dregor told us on TSN 690 right after Marco Domingo left the air Marco is on with Connor and I every Wednesday at 805 to serve up a nice play to have breakfast together and Darren Dregor had mentioned that the organizations that Keith Pelley had mentioned in Buffalo and Montreal that he never saw that train coming and that Buffalo and Montreal took exception to their organizations being dropped you want to talk about it now go ahead absolutely Sean that's Chuchu bananas yeah Chuchu mother yeah okay well maybe maybe maybe you bring it down I didn't go the whole way you know keep it but obviously for those that aren't aware you know I can't speak to whether the Canadians have mentioned anything to the league I can't I don't have that information but I want to tell you is I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest because can't use has had his hands slapped by the league for daring to

5:14mention even just one player that plays for another team during his press conferences and that's not something you're allowed to do right and meanwhile you have you know you have Pelley basically naming he named Michael Hage yes but then after that in the scrubs well what's he called down Hagey Hagey Michael he named yeah he named every single player under the age of 22 for the Montreal Canadians you know so like you know and he did the same thing for Buffalo so I just want to put it out there it's not a thing but yeah it's definitely a bad look like the teams are pissed because why why you know speaking as them why are you talking about our players right talking about your players you have you have bigger problems than Buffalo never thought I'd say that you have bigger problems than Buffalo and you have bigger much much bigger problems than Montreal but again you know I I enjoyed the transparency which is rare in this

6:17league usually everything is all as generic in these things but for him to say you know they want they don't want to rebuild which is kind of funny for me because I always be like what but in the reality they can't the leaves cannot rebuild two of their next three first round picks don't even belong to them they've traded them away right so either they keep their 2026 pick then they lose 2027 and 2028 or they lose 2026 and 2027 and they keep 2028 or they lose 2026 and 2028 and keep 2027 regardless can't do a rebuild and finish in the bottom if you're not there to draft it or else it just becomes a question it becomes the same situation that the leaves went into you know in the 2009-2010-2011 when they traded two first round picks in advance the Boston Brews for Phil Kessel finished second to last gave a second overall pick to Boston they drafted Tyler Sege and then the following year finished ninth to last and with that pick the Boston Brewins drafted Duggy Hamilton you don't want to do that so what are your options options are a

7:20retool and that means in my estimation I don't know how they could perform a successful retool considering how thin the unrestricted free agency market is into it this summer I don't know how Toronto can do that without trading one of nice knee-lander or Matthews as the Montreal Canadiens pick up their six with a six win in a row we can resurface and circle back on on Toronto but in the here and now is the special night for Haps Nation as you know they took care of basically Marco like we can talk about the Atlantic Division and everything else but for a long time the Tampa Bay Lightning are the gold standard they're the team organizations like Montreal like Buffalo like Ottawa like Detroit they aspire to be like them one day to have that reign to win multiple Stanley Cups to be again to repeat myself the gold standard I'm not saying we're seeing a changing of the guard still full respect to the Tampa Bay Lightning but what about that approach what did you like from the Montreal Canadiens who took that

8:22playoff type intensity played a tight game all around what made the Montreal Canadiens go toe-to-toe whether it was in game or after whistles with the Tampa Bay Lightning what did you take away from that well one of the things I definitely appreciated was how much more aggressive they were in the defensive zone right like Kaden Gouli played another phenomenal game in my opinion I had you know outside of a couple of giveaways I thought Arbor Jack I played a very reasonable game I thought Jaden Strubel played a good physical game so when everybody's kind of pushing in the same direction that's a fantastic outcome that's exactly what you want but they played tighter in front of the net you were the opportunities and the one time it did happen I believe that there was definitely a holding call on Gonzales on Noah Dobson but few opportunities did the Canadiens give to the Tampa Bay Lightning in the high-danger areas they were always pushed to the exterior and that is something that we've been

9:24talking about for a long long time so I really enjoyed how they started from the defensive side but I don't think the Canadiens were opportunistic this time around they were robbed many times last night by Andreye Vassalowski who was standing on his head for most of that game so kudos to him and keeping his team in it clearly like again that team's not at a hundred percent Kuchara just came back was a game time decision so you know he's not a hundred headman is not there he's a number one defenseman so you have to be mindful that you were employing the final form of the Tampa Bay Lightning that being said it's how they played the Tampa Bay Lightning that keeps that makes me it's not the result I mean obviously the win is is the positive and it's a sixth win in a row that's what you want results matter it's a results driven league but if you're projecting this may very well be the first round of the next of the playoffs for the Montreal Canadiens right yep if you're projecting that's right and like

10:27the way they brought it to them they didn't back down they were physical the forecheck was heavy and they were really good in puck cooperation in their own zone there were times of course where Tampa Bay took over a little bit in the offensive zone swings like that are gonna happen but no one really overly panicked and as long as they keep it simple and they keep putting pucks out it's exactly what you need in the defensive side of the puck to be able to counter a team like Tampa who you know you may not realize it not a very big team let's put this comment on the board here because again you know Jacob Dobish had another outstanding performance another three goals save above expected Marco but let's let's put some numbers on the table right the Canadiens have a 9.33 say percentage since facing Boston we go back to St. Patrick's Day right and we look at overall and yes the Canadiens have been giving up shots no doubt but they're basically at 50% in expected goals percentage and high dangers scoring opportunities according to stats delivered by natural

11:28statric and they still have outscored their opponents 18 to 7 so maybe to your point as we fall back on those numbers yes the volume of shots but they're not all created equally at 50% I mean this speaks to I guess what you talk about in terms of the team defense and how better structured they seem to be because throughout the course of the season Marco was it not fair to say there was a lot of talk and maybe some worry from a percentage of the fan base about the system that Marta Saint-Louis and his players were playing under for the majority of the season I think one of the I think the Canadiens were very opportunistic I would say since the Olympic break yeah they've been very opportunistic haven't really gone into high volume shooting situations but I've taken advantage of scoring chances would need to be do I think that their scoring will be sustainable in the playoffs I don't but what I think will be

12:30sustainable is what they're developing right now which is more of this team defense overall aggressive persona that this the identity of this team is slowly developing into and I think that in a playoff setting is far more important than assuming that they're gonna run up the scores six you know five or six goals a game that's not gonna happen on average could you could obviously have a blow out here there it's anything could happen in the playoffs I guess but in terms of and you know I know my mom's gonna be watching this is her favorite expression but in terms of transferable skills that we're seeing in this late season that you can a hundred percent carry over into the playoffs that heavy forecheck and that aggressive play along the boards in the defensive zone are two very notable changes that we've seen over the last five weeks that I think will be very conducive to helping Montreal not only be performance in the playoffs but win around and you know you can make the argument that the east is wide open and this and that there is only one

13:35element that I really just want to touch on and then we can move to something else yeah don't assume that the teams that you see before you or in the standings are what they are because of what they are in the regular season some teams are better playoff teams than regular season teams because you have to remember this schedule has been bonkers bonkers so much so that the playoff schedule that's right playoffs going is going to be less condensed than the regular season and so some of those older teams that have really felt it like Tampa Bay the amount of the amount of injuries they've had this season in players that have left the team has been insane you look at a team like Boston a lot of veterans there Boston I'm really I'm just it's coming out of me hard here those guys those teams I feel like are going to be the teams they're going to elevate in the playoffs because they have that older

14:37experienced core and I just want to remind everybody that is a completely different style of hockey in the playoffs and that you can't simply just juxtapose success especially in a six to ten game window in the regular season directly on to the playoffs I believe the answer to this question maybe Marco could be more accurate I thought it was seven with the little sorry set what do you mean in terms of magical number in your case then when you say seven seven points seven points to get them to lock them in right I was going to go with the combination of four wins and losses right so basically it's a eight point spread right right right I like to round my number so I get it but seven is the number with the what three ninth place teams Ottawa loses Columbus loses last night we don't have meatloaf in the Demiko household we we have the song it the Florida

15:41Panthers you know went into that game and left that game is the most penalized team in the national hockey league and coincidentally I guess you could take that penalties when you have the third best pk unit in the national hockey league and and just I guess to fall back on what you talk about in terms of sustainability as we're talking about a matchup that featured two of the highest scoring teams in the national hockey league matching up last night in Tampa Bay but it was the Montreal Canadiens who scored on the power play not the Tampa Bay Lightning who went over for four and to fall back I guess on that commentary the goals the Canadian score now granted they scored two empty netters Matheson and Nick Suzuki shout out to Mike Matheson who crosses the 300 point career threshold with his goal so does coffee old so does coffee old 47 goals I mean we're done with Mr. Saturday night he's Mr. every night these days which by the way reminds you that was the 27th go ahead goal of his season he's got Pavel Murray and he's not gonna catch Brett Hall there's not enough games to catch Brett Hall but he should pass Pavel Murray if he continues on this trend we just talk about how funny it was to finally see Cole coffee on the ice at six on five yes and that

16:47and what happened on that six on five yeah this is you key starts at three on one the other way yeah and does it pass it the coffee old and takes it all the way in scores yeah I um I'd love to know what caught the light when they when they embraced after my head was like I bet you went nice pass good pass yeah thank you you know yeah well if you're Nick you'd be like how many passes have I made you over the last yeah how many assists does Nick Suzuki have on the 300 points that go coffee yeah how many how many how many of those 300 points is Nick Suzuki factor in on next episode we'll figure that out and we'll bring it to you but the new captain serious in the NHL he took the easy play he took the guarantee play and put it into the empty net for the money yeah get the W I like I get it I really get it we're getting around and ironically enough was any those two weren't even the best players on their line last night yeah you're I slipkowski the more I watch him play yeah the more I strongly and most

17:50directly believe that he will become one of the premier power for it's in this league you know in the same vein as Brady could chuck in the same vein as as Amiko Ranton and though like he is there yeah he is so close and I feel like it's almost discounting his season to say that second half slough versus first half slough but if you didn't have that five to ten game speed bump at the beginning of the season we'd be talking about a point per game power forward yeah that's bonkers it is members remember when everybody said at the draft maybe second line winger and now he was like a first line power for it it's crazy when it comes to projections and sometimes you get it and sometimes you don't and it's not lost on me either right and slough just turned 22 a couple of days ago right all of our captains on 22 goals Jacob Dolbech most wins for a rookie gold tender this season I've been demied off leading rookie in in points in

18:53the national hockey league like yeah I mean to go back to you know what the opening moments Chuchu Keith Pelley here comes the Montreal Canadians train how did you not the Montreal Canadians coming bro they weren't even aware in turn their own observations internally they just assumed they just assumed they were going to be as good and picked up as many points this year as the as the one that got got them into the playoffs last year they don't see Buffalo they don't see Toronto this is this is who's in charge this is who's spearheading the new direction of the Toronto Maple Leafs yikes you know what I've since the day I was born I was glad to be a half fan I you know my hat goes off to you Maple Leaf fan I do believe the playoffs are ever are always better when Toronto and Montreal and Boston are in the mix but yeah that was disastrous yesterday no doubt man this is a fantastic question yeah Samuel Garniel asks anyone scared the second line is gonna get crunched during playoff hockey I don't know about

19:56crunched yeah I'm not so concerned I don't know about crunch I don't know that they're gonna be physically outplay because first of all Alex New York maybe five eleven but that guy is basically a cube he's like five eleven two oh nine like every two of you know and I was gonna get to Demi in a sec but I just Alex New York not necessarily a guy you're just gonna toss off toss off the the puck not yeah not his style um but then you look at the way that Demi Dove is playing like Demi Dove against Kucherov was like a thing like they were constantly being matched up because John Cooper had the last change and I just the the if you juxtapose the styles Demi Dove seems like such a more gritty player already in the way that he played obviously I'm taking nothing from Kucherov I mean the guy's gonna score 130 points this year for love god one of the best Russians if not the best overall Russian of all time once it's said and done once the points race is over he may very well eclipse Ovechkin but the way in which Demi Dove plays man I said it before he'll

21:00run into the he'll run into the corners you think he was a third line grinder yeah and then the skills come out and you're like oh my god this may be one of the most layered future superstars that we've seen in a long time right that you know wasn't a first overall pick say like you know how you look at Celebrini and you're like yeah well I feel like that's exactly like and as I'm talking about last year obviously Celebrini took up monster monster jump and Celebrini is a better prospect in my opinion and I don't think that's a hot take yeah to see the way that Demi Dove is playing right now I think Demi Dove is playing to the same level in terms of offensive production and in terms of offensive zone puck recuperation as if someone likes Celebrini where I think the difference is is that Celebrini is a stupendously more dependable defensive player and a center and again probably trending to be the crossby of this

22:04generation but let us go backwards can Demi Dove be the Cucherov of this generation upcoming and I think that's what's interesting right because think about it Sean what was Cucherov doing at 19 20 years old yeah right we yeah he was playing in the QMJ HL that's right and even then his 20 to 21 year he started in Syracuse and only then got called up in the 2013 2014 season so Demi Dove already ahead can be very interesting because there was a huge developmental curve when it came to Cucherov between the ages of 20 22 and 25 that's really where he went from like to like 65 points to like that's right and I feel like that's exactly the window for someone like Demi Dove but a little earlier because he's starting earlier and that is a very interesting proposition because when Cucherov began there was already kind of like Demi Dove

23:07right now there's already kind of a totem pole think about it right Stamcoos was already ahead of him on the totem pole and and and then he came in on that second line the the triplets line as we remember it with with Johnson and Palat and those guys were buzzing they were great I really enjoyed watching them in the playoffs against Montreal in 2014 and then they just took off well I feel like Demi Dove you're starting to see the sparks of a superstar because he's able to adapt to whatever the game requires him to play that it be going into the corner and getting his nose dirty that it be trying to decadentment out of his pants on the rush that it be trying to intercept the play in the neutral zone and being hard on the forecheck his adaptability and his hockey cue to me I again I just continue to to the horn I see a superstar in the making and to finish off the thought you know we talked about toughness I forget who who asked the question about you know anyone worried about the Canadian's

24:07line getting smacked around come playoff time and everything you know what always goes through my mind when when that's proposed and listen I'm a big proponent of size and physicality too but the one thing that makes me confident that that's not going to be an overwhelming factor in determining why the Canadians hypothetically lose if they play Tampa Bay or if they play Buffalo let's say in the first round of the playoffs coming up right you know and Jeff Gordon had mentioned this last summer in the after-math of them losing to Washington yes they wanted they want tougher players but it it there's no direct correlation to toughness and size and to Mark was point about the way Alex Newhook plays you watch Oliver Capin in whose situationally very smart you know put himself in these positions Ivan Demidov will take on contact will go through contact will battle hard along the boards will use his God-given talent of his handwork to manipulate in a one-on-one battle along the half wall those are tough examples that I'm highlighting right so it's not just you know North South player that's gonna grind you into the ground and

25:11catch you with your head down it's like grind these guys and they're for checking get ready for a battle they don't shy away from it and that is also I think a component of toughness so I don't think that's the case and I don't disagree with your take and I'd I raise you one more yep the combativeness of the bottom six in the offensive zone of late I want to get to that yes then take it away Shawnee Joe Valeno Jake Evans Jake Evans and Joe Valeno have really Marco stood out in in big ways and especially situationally when it comes to being shorthanded they've created a couple of different odd man rushes down a man don't convert but Joe Valeno is squeezing every bit of juice out of every minute he's been given and Martins Saint Louis talked about trust that's a big thing for this coach he wants to be able to put a guy over on the ice and he wants to be able to trust them and and this comedy here is nails it team toughness and team toughness is led by example and Joe Valeno is forcing his

26:13way to not come out of the lineup when the Montreal can if and when this team gets healthy enough I mean this again has been another interesting talking point for you and I for most of the season we're starting to see this team add that component on a consistent basis now trending but upwards upwards I've talked about this Joe Valeno's ability to be on the sidelines for basically a month and a half and then just come back in and be an excellent role player for this team like the only thing you could ask more from Joe Valeno is being able to you know to to convert on all the two on ones and odd man's situations that he consistently creates from his effort from his speed from his physicality like again you know just blue collar lunch pale style hockey where he's keeping it simple he's doing the basics that he needs to do he's doing it well and then I think I wouldn't say indispensable but I think you can make a very I think you

27:17can make a legitimate argument right now that he's giving you equal to if not better output then feel to know well he the thing is Marco like yes he doesn't score goals but I think maybe more importantly if I could say that without being laughed out of the room because goals are everything he plays a need he fulfills a needed role to me and that is extremely important to round this team out well look at the Canadian's penalty kill of late like actually starting to turn around and it's not by chance I'm not obviously going to say that it's because of Joe Valeno like I understand but it's Joe Valeno exemplifies the change that we've seen on the defensive side of the puck where they're more aggressive the utilizing their speed they're not getting walked they're making it difficult to play in their zone they're not being passive to the puck carriers going around their zone this is what we've been asking for if you're going to play a hybrid man-to-man situation when you get a hold of your man finish the check right or get ahead of him or be on top of him or you know hook

28:24well I'm gonna not hook but like tie up the player that's how you execute that kind of a system so as I've said before and Martin saying who you said it before it's not a system issue it's how you how they've applied that system and I feel like they've taken the next step to to be able to play that kind of style but Sean we've been saying it from the get go to play a hybrid man-to-man system you have to be on top of your man you can't be passive and play a man-to-man you it doesn't you if you're going to be passive it's zone defense if you're gonna be aggressive it's man-to-man there's no one between I'll put this comment up here you touched on field in O's name and I guess long-time viewer and loyal supporter the Rod Langway fan club hopefully Ryerson can include Rod Langway and is over the top generosity on the on the regular basis we love Ryerson for just spreading the word of star and Demiko Rod's takeaway field in O's just too slow he doesn't win enough races to make

29:27a difference to many cases and I wonder about you know Brendan Gallagher over eight minutes yesterday field in O I wonder about you know every good organization I think surrounds itself or should in my opinion Marco with different voices that not everybody's a yes man maybe as it was in previous organizations or previous regimes right that maybe there is a difference of opinion Marco a dialogue that that we're not aware of I'm not asking you to speculate on that but wondering about are there better roles are they waiting for other players are they thinking about Michael Hagen is future this year with Montreal Canadians about you know is this team deep enough on its bottom six to be a tough out come playoff time we bring up field to know we bring up Brendan Gallagher's name with the injuries obviously to a guy like Kirby Doc and Alex Texier being at the forefront I think they're deep enough I just don't I I don't think they have enough diversity of persona right I think is

30:27the thing right you can have enough NHL bodies but is it what you need in that bottom six and I think for those that perhaps want to understand where I'm coming from go ahead Jake Evans filled to know very similar hockey players right one's a righty one's a lefty right okay Alex Texier Kirby Doc Zach Budzick you know middle six wingers right one of them has a more of a physical edge in in Budzick but Josh Anderson the reason why Josh Anderson is appreciated he's a crash in Bangai that fights and it could chip in some goals from time to time as long as he's not on a breakaway so you appreciate that obviously the leadership and then Brendan Gallagher is appreciated because of his motor and and what he's done who is the kind of player that the Canadians would have on the roster that would be similar to say the way the Corey Perry plays the game today or similar to the way that we've seen a guy like AJ

31:30Greer play for the Florida Panthers yeah they don't have that no that's what I'm talking about I get it difference in personas right yeah and I think eventually they're going to have to move that that to me is what I think is going to open up the Canadian Stanley Cup window when their bottom six becomes very identifiable and to the point where anybody in their bottom six can jump up into the top six in the in the face of an injury whereas right now Budzick knock on wood seems to be the only one that I would think of that's healthy that I would be willing to put into the top six in case of injury right I don't know that I would do that with Anderson I don't know that I would do that with Gallagher etc etc well I think Florian to be in a top six situation in Montreal I think Florian needs to be in a top six situation in Laplace first we'll get there but I think in terms of that bottom six crash and banger you're

32:30spot on if that's what it was meant for that's exactly what they're looking for right is those personas that's why you draft the Copiniacus that's why you draft the Tyler Thorpe that's why you draft the Logan Sorcerer that's why you you know and eventually those players are going to be the combination of both skill and size fill out your bottom six and then you're off to the races because then the secondary scoring will come but then that bottom six will have a better adaptability to the game in front of them because if it's a rope adope you know north-south game they can adapt if it's an east-west trench war they can adapt and then the top six will continue to do their thing the same applies on defense you know the third pair I feel eventually will be upgraded be it internally with the development of angstrom and Rynebacker or elsewhere but I feel like the Canadians are slowly getting there they're slowly identifying the pieces that they want to place in those eventual roles because I think this summer they're going to be a little bit more aggressive and filling out their depth as opposed to filling out their core as we've seen

33:31in the past well it's going to be fascinating you know I think it's something that obviously we're going to tackle you know as you know the playoffs arrive and the offseason be you know gets into full bloom about you know what happened to the Canadians in the playoffs obviously you know we don't have a crystal ball so we have no idea right does a loss change things does a win of a first round opponent change things for management in terms of who they're who they're targeting do they stay on course I'm very fascinated I know Mark was I'm very fascinated by what this summer has in store so make sure you like and subscribe to the star and debiko show for continuing coverage and depth analysis the occasional laugh as best we can right here on youtube.com and wherever you get your audio podcast platforms and I get the element you know you see some reactions online from the you know the passionate fanbase you know the Montreal Canadians by and large have an extremely high hockey IQ fanbase and I do get the angle you know I lived through it when I was a boy I saw goal tenders

34:31do incredible things fans of a newer generation perhaps watch the arousal of Halak maybe they watched Kerry Price and Shay Weber in their incredible run during the COVID bubble year where they went to the Stanley Cup final and lost the lightning in five games like we've seen unbelievable performances perhaps defy some odds what we're seeing from Jakob Dobos today is obviously out of this world first star of the week the guys electrifying he's playing with extreme confidence I believe maybe not to the level Mark over 947 per se say percentage but I believe what he's kind of doing is somewhat sustainable so I get the question why not the Canadians why not us as they say when you get golden like that as I mentioned in my lead in like a percentage of the fanbase that's watching this you know what I mean having that perspective hold on a sec just because I do want to give him a shout out good friend and all is fun to be able to discuss it Matthew Blackman asks can we start a Domingo versus Gallo segment on the show what did I miss well call your

35:36colleague and good friend of mine Mitch Gallo made the point yesterday that he feels that you know people that say the Canadians contention window being two or three years away is misguided it could be as open as early as this season now I always ear on the side of caution I feel like that's a best-case scenario situation where everything has to go right and that's a lot to ask of a young team my argument was more along the lines of I would have agreed with Mitch's statement if Kent Hughes got done what he wanted to get done before the trade deadline right and I'll re up that by saying I believe that if Kent Hughes does circle back on some of those moves and is able maybe find other moves but in the same strategy or vein that he was looking at at the trade deadline then I believe the Canadian contention window can open up as early as September yeah and I just want to you know clarify my position on this you know looking at the overall you know take from a fans perspective right by I say why not us more

36:41specifically you know the Canadians have like a 40% chance of winning a round winning their first round right based on stats and data right what did you do I hate that stuff I hate that stuff 90% chance of making the playoff 40% chance of winning around oh my gosh you know like you're gonna get into a you get into a playoff series it depends who you play right but hold on like I don't know why you're losing your mind over this it's called probability not use not use specifically no I know I understand where you're coming from don't show me the numbers I am I am the I am the king of the law of averages I abide by the the rule of law of averages right but based on the percentages like anybody that's ever put a dollar on a game you know you're you're hedging your bets so in the context of a goal tending performance the way Jacob Dolby's has been playing yeah totally they could beat anybody in their first round 60% chance that

37:41Hank makes an appearance I think I think it could be higher I mean I have a lot of control over that I don't have the I don't have control over the Canadians winning around I have a lot of control on getting Hank on this show what happened you muted yourself again you're so handsy with your microphone hey I said it works 60% of the time yeah yeah I know I you just I mean you know I know Italy has a 0% chance now of making the the World Cup after yesterday you okay with that no I make good money on that you had a boy had a boy fool me once shame on me that's right twice shame on me too fool me three times you know what the drop your sadness brother the the Toronto Maple Leafs rule applies to Italy the World Cup is just better with Italy involved in it it's a it's a shame they couldn't get over the line down down a man yesterday to a to Bosnia but yeah it is what it is Italy does Italy is two two levels either they win the whole damn thing or they don't know and they just they won the Euros recently like they beat

38:42England like now I don't know and that will forever that will forever be my my Stanley Cup back to professional hockey here I love how active you are but then I can't find your questions so many comments what chance Canada finish first what is the chance of Canada finish first finishes first in their group maybe not first but I think after yesterday the chances of them finishing second are much higher yeah I think switch I think switch I think the Swiss still get in on top but I think now I think Canada gets out of that group my own personal opinion and you cannot understand how relieved I am that there is no internal conflict of interest of Italy playing Canada in the opening around oh boy it's baby Hank up Hank up damn it okay he doesn't listen to me guys I'm sorry I welcome I was in a dead sleep no you guys you see I woke my dog up from a dead sleep

39:47bill is exactly correct don't tell me the odds I'm not a star wars guy that's a star that's not a star Han Solo is not Star Trek okay no don't don't don't be Obama no no the question was who is the most memorable player I've ever interviewed oh I got a good answer for that one yeah I would have to say the day that I've been to meet off signed as contracts yeah that was a kind of a shining moment that's a badge of honor for sure yeah well I mean I was told that I was lucky to fall on that and that was in a scoop but that's besides the point oh Joe's just a joke everybody please come on now worry not a Han Solo thing come on don't worry it's a joke come on Sean I am culturally aware pop culture aware for the most part of course of course but I would say that to meet off interview is probably the most memorable in terms of personality my interview with Lane Hudson before the draft before the 2022 draft I had the

40:48chant I basically interviewed the entire US team that was slated to go in the first round so like Logan Cooley cutter goat C.A snuggler rude you name it right I interviewed them all Frank Nazar was my boy at that draft as well and then I interviewed Lane Hudson and I never came away more impressed about someone because obviously you had known everyone's talking about Lane's size he's small there's that but just before that interview I had spoken to a good friend crack button who told me off the record at the time he said it since that he would have put in terms of pure talent he had Lane Hudson in his top 10 right and so I asked Lane what do you think about that and he's like why only top 10 and I was just like okay this this is the kind of guy you're dealing with and the interview went really well to you know and all to intense purposes Lane spent a

41:49lot of time talking about his brothers as well and how we needed to pay attention to them coming up it was very selfless and at the very end when I asked him you know like what would it be like to play for a team like Montreal they got two second-round picks first that's exactly your range and he's like I want to play hockey where hockey is the most important thing and there's no place where hockey is the most important thing then in Montreal and when he got drafted we were sitting in the media lounge first of all there was a standing ovation in the Bell Center but we were standing in the media lounge he walks in and I remember asking in the question now you're part of the Montreal Canadians how do you feel and he's like man did you hear that crowd it felt like I just scored a hat trick yeah this is the dream and that's exactly to me that was like one of the most personable moments with that with with a player like that because it's at the stage for the player that you guys now all know and love today where you understand that there is no way that this kid had average compete that guy at an 11 on 10

42:51um rire since it says he won't let me give away a jersey to the star in community fan base why not I don't know I'm you caught me off guard you got me on that one rire soon did you ask no one's asked me anything about doing any giveaways on the show I mean I'd love to give away a jersey I don't know you know who's jersey just a Canadian jersey or or or what referee jersey those referees that was a interesting way to officiate a hockey game yesterday Ryerson's trying to send an email that's why I've been trying to send an email okay to the you know well no send it to star and Demiko spell it out S.T.A.R.R.R.A.N.D.D.A.M.I.C.O. at gmail.com then we'll be able to get it to the you okay so do that I do that and well obviously we we'd love to be able to do that Ryerson once again MVP the star Demiko community 43 minutes into this show fantastic Marco we're

43:56we're encroaching on a thousand live viewers on a Wednesday afternoon thank you so much yeah indeed that's right we are a diverse community worldwide we are in fact worldwide and please well I mean we have spiraling grease over here that's why I need to sleep guys I don't I don't know the day time is anymore and a new born and what days it and a congested Montreal Canadians crazy compacted schedule they got a little bit of a soft spot here how you feeling six wins in a row they've got the Rangers on Thursday night and then the home and home with the Devils so walk me through how how the soft spot benefits the Canadians or if they've been dialed up because they've been playing some pretty good opposition and Jacob Fowler's next start what what what what are we thinking first of all I just want to say that no one gets to deny me frappe

44:59oh I love a good frappe and that's it so I'm gonna say I'm so proud of us we haven't done an April Fool's joke to him so proud of us I never I'm never gonna do that so don't worry Sean I punch people that do April Fool's Joe that's a soul brother that's a salt so you're somebody's father come at me I don't care but I think that I think that you know one of the one of the elements this week and obviously look at the Rangers I think just given the schedule you it's a do or don't right we've had this conversation on this channel all season yeah where Jacob Fowler needs to play but also Jacob Delvish is on fire on fire do you go with the hot hand and write him or do you give Fowler an extra game because you know that it's gonna be a pretty jam pack week next week as well yeah yeah I get my two cents I think we see

46:03Dolbech tomorrow I think we see Fowler the first of the games against New Jersey and then we see Dolbech again against New Jersey in Montreal on Sunday that would be my take but again and I've made this clear don't ask me about the lineup I will not ask Marta I will not ask Marco Martiano I will not okay so let's leave it to that this is a good question your Marco if I recall you told us to watch for Pickford very early in the season I'm not gonna take credit for that when I was in L.A. at the moment at the draft when he was picked in the third round I had a lot of folks that are far more knowledgeable about the draft than I am I mean I I cover the Montreal Canadiens on a regular basis that's already a full-time job to be able to scout prospects to that level I can't take full credit of that I obviously did watch and heard a lot about him because I watched the mem cup but there are a lot of a lot of people in the house that said the Montreal got a steal and then when I got to talk to the individual you know face-to-face or I guess camera to camera an absolute

47:07stud of a human being stud of a human being and you know professionally I look forward to working with him next year in La Valle you know the whole Marco Martiano thing is unbelievable right I mean considering you know the decision and and Marta is saying Louis again you know kind of spoke about how he stays out of the goalies way and everything it's just not a coincidence that you know the way you act dubious to the playing I mean you want to give you know the majority of the responsibility and the and the compliments and the pad on the back to the athlete as he's leveled up in a in a big big way but I mean he's clearly feeling it right now and what about that out of town scoreboard yesterday you want to talk about the Ottawa Senators for a second getting absolutely down by the Florida Panthers oh my god auto man up the red wings brother have fallen off a cliff they were getting stomped out Anthony Manta on 28 goals in the pain Pittsburgh penguins continue to roll yeah I mean first of all when a bounce back year for Anthony Manta just a fantastic year overall this is a

48:11guy that signed one of those and probably the next contract that a guy like Patrick Liny's gonna have to sign one of those like post injury one year bonus deals where he gets $250,000 every 10 games that he plays so he's he's been fantastic what a bounce back here he's gonna make it himself a good amount of money next year great bet for him to go to go to Pittsburgh like that and then let's see if Pittsburgh's able to hold on to him but yeah I mean Ottawa's you know there was a lot of controversy with Ottawa right think about it Linus Olmark on Saturday said he wasn't willing to play right yep not available Travis Green said he was not available to play yeah he just said he couldn't play he needed a day and that got a lot of pushback because you know that decision was based on mental health and and whatnot look I get it it's been a difficult season for him but it was a V game of the season and he doesn't show

49:13up that rubbed the players oh dude on such a wrong way and then he gets into a game and let's in five goals in the first period yeah and if there was ever a backbreaker for the season anything at all that could kill what was a beautiful momentum from the Ottawa senators there it is I think I think the senators are done I'm I would be very shocked to see I think my two sons watch out for flyers man what it what about the capitals Ovechkin hits 30 goals again he scores twice yesterday Washington picks up a big win we we take a look at at the overall standings in the NHL's Eastern Conference right remains as dramatic as exciting a race as we've seen in a long time the Columbus Blue Jackets have lost four in a row the Sands have lost three in a row the Red Wings have lost two in a row the flyers have lost yesterday a rare loss for them that they have like seven wins in their last ten games the Washington capitals brother I

50:15mean there are three points out of a playoff spot with everybody above them losing games consecutively yeah I think the out of town scoreboard yesterday was fantastic for the Canadians and honestly I have for this last performance they're not stupid power to them well again I've said this before and I'll say this again I didn't think they were gonna be Alice but whatever I think that the heart is probably gonna go to Kuturov this year or celebrini if San Jose is able to squeak in yeah but ladies and gentlemen my number three probably gave a pastor-nack mm-hmm that's good call it's just incredible yeah like I was watching both games at the same time the beauty of having multiple screens in the basement while you're with the baby and the Bruins game like pasta is nuts yeah nuts and again like we talked about the Montreal Canadian this is what and obviously McKinnon is is part of that conversation of course I've got a ballot of five basically yeah but I think you look at the Bruins the Bruins

51:19haven't established core elite core McAvoy eleted his position Swainman strut elite to strong in his position pasta elite in his position so when you have that basis it allows you to maybe extend a window or quickly retool around those players right like I feel like the Leafs can do that too but they gave away all their futures right tough luck but the Bruins the what the Bruins did last year I thought was excellent in the sense that they were able to quickly retool release a couple of teams out of their top of their top prospects and a couple first round pick I mean how good is Fraser Minton for them oh my gosh oh no trading him and and a top five protected first-round pick and a fellow yeah for Brandon Carla like what a steal getting a first-round pick for injured Brad Martian who had barely played last year yeah I think is good value considering that he decided he only wanted to go to Florida so

52:20they have assets to continue this along and they drafted James Hagen's Dean Latour nose coming like it's not the it's not ideal I still think that they're gonna be they're never gonna really go back to being a top team in the NHL like like a top five team like we saw them for for many years but they're gonna be sticking around accordingly just because of that and with the salary cap increasing the way it does if they continue to be aggressive they could continue to add players so that's the beauty of having an established core why does that matter because his channel doesn't care about the Boston Bruins right I assume nobody in the channel cares about the Boston Bruins why does that matter because it's exactly what what's being built here in Montreal by Kent Hughes is having that established elite core in place and then just plug it in place and around them let me ask you though quickly you heard anything on what the players with James with James Hagen's as far as Boston I mean they're gonna add them I heard I heard it was more likely than not that James Hagen's is gonna play maybe five six games with the Providence Bruins and then signed as ELC okay okay because it's looking more and more like the

53:22Bruins are gonna make the playoffs yes it does big one for them they got it to an early early two nothing lead over Dallas as Marco mentioned there was a good night on the other board and I'll go one step further if Michael Hagen's season had ended on Sunday I think that there was an opportunity for the Canadians to try the same thing I don't think you're wrong there tonight on the out of town scoreboard three games on tap not a single game features an Eastern conference team so Habs Nation a chance to perhaps take a breath and catch up on on your PVR or or here's a here's a novel concept maybe spend time with the family because there's really nothing to watch Colorado host Vancouver the Kings hosting Lewis and the Sharks host the LA Ducks that's the late game that's a nine o'clock game tonight so LA Ducks Pickling there well that's it and let me ask you speaking of the California teams for a second you know you talk about Toronto and the fact they're void of premium picks right and you went through the freezer mint and deal with everything else I mean I don't know you would know this better than I would but I think there's a take to be said about that if Toronto is like dead serious I don't know if I believe

54:27them that they don't want to rebuild but if they want to Marco I mean you've got to trade Austin Matthews right I mean if you want a premium package in return I know how many teams can absorb that 13 million dollar and he's got a full new no move so he has to go green light before anything obviously but okay you really if they're serious about this if you really want me to address this I'll address it but really don't clip this okay yeah Austin Matthews has a full no movement clause he will decide if he wants to move or not right but if he decides if he wants to move or not don't expect you know a ridiculous like super duper monster return I think because the fact that he's limited remember how little Artemi Panarin went for it right because if you're trading Austin Matthews you're still not getting a guarantee of an extension no well I'll give you the example of Quinn Hughes Quinn Hughes got the value of about four first

55:30round picks I think we can all agree that he would have gotten more had there been more guarantee for the Minnesota wild right they would have been able to ask for more but because the maximum guarantee that you're getting is 18 months of Quinn Hughes well they got still a really good package but maybe not the package that you would put together for a top three defenseman in the NHL in his prime well the same goes for Matthews if Matthews decides he's gonna play hardball and only wants to go to one or two teams you know and the leaves have been there right look at last year last season the the the Toronto Maple Police tried to trade Mitch Marner three times three times yeah he was almost traded to Vegas a year before he was traded to Vegas for Shay Theodore he Mitch Marner nicks that deal he was almost traded for Miko Rantonen also nicks that deal right they tried to trade him but when you have no movement clauses man your window just get smaller and smaller and smaller and the the

56:32thing that really hurts is when you have a no movement clause you cannot build a proper market for a player unless that player is willing to play ball and I just don't know that Austin Matthews would have that big of a list of players that big of a list of players I think it would be LA Utah you know Dallas you know a Robert a Robert Robertson brother reunion for Austin Matthews you would happen wow that would be interesting it's a joke it's a joke yeah but you know what I'm saying yeah that's a gym meal kind of out of left field kind of play um that's racist I'm not full gassy oh there's a there's a fake there's a fake Marco in the chat that's why they be oh remember at the beginning of the season yeah yeah or the tail end we had a fake Marco account in the chat yeah yeah the fake

57:34Marco has re-emerged yes it was a mistake to give I know like Loris had a very as a very good question here can you say then that it was a mistake to give Mariner and M.C. so an M.C. is a no movement clause we just finished talking about it it means that you can't wave a player and the player has full control unless otherwise specified over where he can be traded you cannot give a player that would be considered an RFA so restricted free agent so generally between the ages of depending on when they start to league 18 to 27 but if a player starts their career earlier like 18 or 19 they get to free agency faster because it's seven years or you turn 27 years old so Mitch Mariner started at 19 he was able to become a free agent this summer at the age of 26 didn't get there did a sign in trade but you get what I'm saying the last year of his contract had had a no movement clause because of that I am a hundred and fifty million percent against the notion of complete autonomy in the last

58:39year of a contract it kills the flexibility of any team of course and it absolutely ravaged the entire value structure for the Toronto Maple Leafs because why and I'm not going to swear here but I really want to why in the hell the Kyle Dubas get backed into that corner when Mitch Mariner was holding out a training and proceeded to give a no movement clause in the final year like what are you doing and the same applies Matthews had had a little bit more negotiation power because he was gonna be a free agent so he signed a four-year deal right he was gonna be a free agent made a little bit more sense we get it okay but Mitch Mariner out of his entry-level contract getting an NMC is a lunacy and I'm very happy that we haven't seen can't use do that with any of the contracts with the Montreal Canaanes is their trade protection yes yeah right five ten full lockdown mode the full lockdown

59:42but a but giving them a hundred percent yes control that's crazy bro they were giving I mean it was the trend it's the trend in the national hockey league for how many seasons now right well look at the look at the market market look at the New Jersey doubles Quinn Hughes would be a New Jersey double right now if they didn't have so many goddamn no movement clauses right yeah right again we talk about fiscal flexibility yes what about causal flexibility yeah I'd like to see much just as a fan I'd love to see much less of that I'd love to see the trade perhaps go the go the other way like it only used to belong to the star exactly and it's not just Mariner Matthews and Mariner are star players yes but like Jesus what are we doing handing out NMCs and like 25 team NTCs to the third-line players like what's happening here yeah you know you look at the Andre Palat situation like what why did why did Fitsy sign that contract and New Jersey like what's going on yeah but again you know they get desperate

1:00:45they want to try to sign those free agents but they don't want to spend too much and so they they utilize clauses especially during the flat cap era to acquiesce I hope that we see a pushback from that moving forward you know you can get some level of no trade protection but full no trade protection is is just a recipe for disaster unless you're a hundred and fifty thousand percent sure like a Nick Suzuki for example that that player is going to be a lifer make sure to like and subscribe to today's video we are four subs away from hitting fourteen thousand six hundred as the oh my god yeah guys hit that like button there's we're almost there to fifteen thousand it's crazy I know it's going quickly huh what did you want you wanted us to hit fifteen by the playoffs didn't choose those by the end by the end of the playoffs I said the draft but by the playoffs would be crazy like listen if we get to fifteen thousand by the playoffs it's we may get Kuku but it's made I know maybe I'll just go start making some some fake accounts just

1:01:45to boost the at the sub like that's so sad don't don't do that Sean I don't have enough time okay I'd rather see a couch I'd rather see another Morales couch pose than you try that did you see the Photoshop someone did a great job photoshopping me with from the Morales couch pose on a matches with the Jacob Dobas I got to admit I kind of yeah I'm gonna I'm gonna send that over to Jacob see what happens maybe I'll make a big poster and I'll send it over to your house you could put it in your kids room just to traumatize them unnecessarily so thankfully my kid doesn't sleep in his room yet so we have put it there I was gonna say put it in your bedroom but I I don't want to go there no thank you Colcoffield Marco breaking news Colcoffields on forty seven goals brother like breaking get get get Stefan Richey on the watch get him to tour the Canadians coming up this starting in New York City on Thursday night I want him in the building because mister every night is on forty seven goals I mean I've been preaching for so long I'm I'm ready for new chapters of

1:02:45history hundred points Nick Suzuki is eight games left eight points to get to these century mark and Colcoffield has eight games to get three more goals to get to fifty yeah I say he does it I say does it a hundred percent but it is absolutely insane to be thinking that we're having this conversation where I know for the first time in forty years yeah the potential for and a hundred point players right there yeah but Colcoffield like can he get three goals in the next eight games yeah I think so I think where things may get a little bit more a little bit difficult is maybe I think coffee will get to fifty but I just maybe gets edged out ever so slightly yeah my Nathan McKinnon for the Maurice Rechart I think that's what might end up happening I really hope he doesn't get stuck on forty nine I don't want to go over you know Nick Suzuki not passing the puck or no no no if if coffee you know if coffee will to get stuck at

1:03:47forty nine and it's the last game of the season Saint Louis gonna play him twenty five minutes that game none of this is not a joke I'm telling you I understand yeah yeah he's getting to fifty I don't like it's happening you're I still of Cops yeah I made the joke I was like are you why are you always trying to pass it to Cole he's like I want Cole to get fifty he's like yeah but you got to get thirty he's like yeah I know but like fifty's rare I was like yeah it's laugh yeah be honest here not many people on your draft they were willing to say that you were going to be a thirty goal score either yeah get to those thirty goals and he's like yeah you're right and now he's one goal away and and and right Adams correct the point to say what he talks about your ice livkovsky thirty goal one goal away from thirty that was by the way his fifteenth power play goal top five in the national hockey league for the twenty so you're in fantastic he's been fantastic Marco I watch him shield the puck don't don't take this out of like to the extreme but when I watch him protect the puck I see I see yeah I see yeah or sometimes the way he's strong arms guys and just you can't get the puck off him that big to this is so

1:04:52good man I mean listen obviously this it's a it's a similar style there are notable differences and I think everybody that takes this for what it's worth can understand yeah are notable differences but yes yes all that being said stylistically I understand what you're saying all right man good stuff lots of fun sixty five minutes just a flew by on the line presentation Marco and I will be back Friday at noon as the Montreal Canadians try to run their winning treat to seven that's crazy I don't think you could have I don't think anybody could have predicted that to to two two two three weeks ago for those that are still the rate of one three in a row they're now okay they don't play until tomorrow night yeah they're not playing exactly yeah exactly so for those that still here we will have an interesting video up tomorrow a lot of you have asked about T.J. Hughes we've gotten some information on that so for those that are members that'll probably be up later today for those that aren't following

1:05:54or that aren't members be sure to like and subscribe because this is going to be some interesting talking points especially with a teammate of Michael Hage potentially available Kuku bananas y'all habs one six and row they just went to the lightning of beat him four one let's go eight games left we'll be here for each and every single one of them that you can put in the bank I know Marco's not the biggest probability guy but that is a 100% fact Marco thanks as always brother we'll see on the channel tomorrow and then Marco and I are back live with you Friday at noon time fresh off the habs in New York City to play the winners of three straight bottom beating New York Rangers have a good day everybody