The Kevin Karius Show - Mar. 12th, 2026 - Scottie Upshall

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2:12Well, I don't know if you heard the end there, Laddy was just saying with producer Duke, he's trying to get him on that show farming for love, and maybe we can get him down to Newport Beach and maybe... You could help him out because this single life is not working well for him, seriously. He needs some help. Well, you know, if there's anything I was good at, it's been a good wingman. I was known for my off-and-six plate, so if there's a guy I need, they can help that department. I got him. Good stuff. I love it. Being down there. What do you see from the Anaheim Ducks here, Opby, in the sense that I don't think anyone expected them to be in first place in the Pacific right now, but what do you notice with

3:16the Ducks here in the last little bit? Yeah, I mean, the Ducks are, you know what, they're exciting to watch is what they are. Their young players have really taken a step, you know, Cuttergote this year, Leo Carlson and back healthy skating well, Owen Zellweger on the back side, you know, Beckett Seneca is playing out of his mind and, you know, scoring goals at will. And then they just, just the overall, you know, they're overall mojo. I think Coach Q gives them, you know, a good game plan, go out and play hard, have fun, score goals, and, you know, win games. It's kind of like the Edmonton Oilers sort of in the mentality where, you know, maybe we let in three or four night, but if we score five, you know, we're good. They, you know, take the over is what we often say on our podcast with, with anyone watching the Ducks because they just, you know, there's limited defense to tie-octane offense. I think Don Skoy has been an incredible, you know, backstop for them this year.

4:16He's played extremely well, even Billy Hussle stepping in from, you know, the last little bit since the Olympics has played well, but it's good to have that in the backyard here in Newport Beach. A lot of excitement around Ducks hockey, that's for sure. Well, how do you think they're going to, they're going to do in the playoffs, you know, like usually we all know defense wins the championship. So, like when you talk about they giving up three, four goals, do you think I, are they going to be able to sustain the same, same kind of offense like in the regular season? No, I definitely don't. And, you know, I think adding John Carlson is a key piece to sort of trying to stabilize that back end. It has been a weak point there all year. And, you know, Vlad, you know this, but it's a playoff time, things tighten up. And games become tough, minutes are longer, played out there, shifts are longer. And what we're witnessing even here with the Edmonton Oilers right now, it's almost

5:17like the switch has gone off where they decide to tighten up in these games and they find themselves playing way better, way more consistent, playing from their own end out, which is what they've done every year, you know, just at different times, but going into the playoffs, they seem to have things pretty, pretty buttoned up where, you know, they understand the only way we win is if we, is if we take care of our own zone and then we just trust that we'll score three a night, you know, but you can't, you can't run in guy and come playoff time or it'll come back and bite you in the ass. Hey, how good do you think that Leo Carlson's going to be here up dog? And you mentioned him, you know, when he just asked you in general about the ducks, but, I mean, this is a guy that has, you know, he's got everything, speed, high speed, everything, man. Yeah, what's his ceiling here? You think? Yeah, it's incredible. You know what? I was first, I was first made aware of him by Alex Dean, who was just kind of coming into his role as a sort of an advisor to Doug Armstrong after he retired.

6:17Alex was spending some time in Sweden with his family. You know, he stayed over there for a couple years and was scouting and, and he put this guy on the radar, you know, back when we first, you know, geez, we were doing our podcasts. We might have been a year or two in. So this is three, four years ago and he said, upbeat, we got this kid out of Sweden who's tall and big and feisty and wins puck battles. And he's like, I would take, you know, I'd be taking him first overall. There's, you know, limbic question. And this is a, this is a, this is a guy that looks at hockey from the hockey IQ out, right? If you have hockey IQ, that's one. If you have size and skill and everything else, that's, that's two. And this was him bringing, you know, Leo to my attention back then. And now you watch the way he competes, you know, he doesn't lose the puck battle. He's, you know, he's shifty, he's the ice well, he uses his teammates. And I think, you know, just getting to know him a little bit, he's a great guy.

7:20He's a, you know, he's a good young guy, likes to learn from, from the vets and will be a superstar. So it's to answer your question, sealing is high. Oh, good. Yeah. I'm big, big fan of S2 like he, he literally, if there's a guy, you can, you can tell like he's got everything. This is, this is one of those guys in the end, each other, you can tell he's got everything. And the way they're playing, right, like, like you said, like they're nice and lose. They can, I think you, like, coach Q is like, okay, but them making mistakes, right? Like they're young guys, so, you know, you're going to make mistakes and that's how you learn, right? Like, it's, you know, I'm sure you had coaches just like me when, you know, somebody made mistake. They yell at you like it. No, this generation, they don't, they don't respond to their verbal. So I think they, they locked out with, with the coach like that and just more about the defense now. But they have some young, interesting pieces there, these, who do you think is going to be the leader on the defense moving forward next few years or foreseeable future?

8:23I mean, I don't think it's a question that, you know, the deal that Jackson Lecombe signed before the season started this year solidifies him as a guy that they want to build around it. And they hope can carry, you know, the torch and you think of all the demons that have come through, you know, Anaheim Ducks Hockey, you know, from back in the day with the need of myers and pronger, you know, and then you get into, you know, Fowler who left here this, you know, last year to St. Louis and someone needed to kind of come in and replace that. And they've got rid of guys. They've got rid of these or Montour, um, had the slendon. And they had, they shipped Lindholm out, they shipped, um, they're the young kid. I love. He went to Philadelphia, um, you know, they shipped him out there, dry stale. So, you know, they've been, they've struggled to really like, you know, figure out their D. And I'm not saying they figured it out now, like I can't tell you, I'm the biggest, you know, goodest fan on the planet for more reasons than one, not just because it was puck

9:27handling skills, but I think that they're in a good place with Jackson Lecombe. Jackson Lecombe leading the charge. I love the way this, you know, Owen Zellweger and X Camel's blazer skates in these, you know, he plays that style of hockey. You got to have one or two of these young demand that, that play on their toes and skate forwards a lot. I think that that's a, you know, that's a tool for your team. Um, but yeah, that's answer your question. It's got to be local. He's a stud. Uh, hey, Laddy wants to ask you about the big news in these parts here that happened on Tuesday, they didn't call her out of, uh, go ahead, Laddy. Well, are you aware of the mecky, mecky and hit on Ingram? Have you seen it? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Okay. So what is your take on that? Because, uh, because I have a very strong opinion, uh, but like I, I, I want your take on it because people are going crazy and they think the major was justified. Yeah. No, listen, my business partner, I think is on the same side of this fence as you,

10:29Shane O'Brien, and rightfully so. I mean, let's just, let's just keep the game the way the game should be played. And that's our superstars should be able to make superstar plays going in. And when you beat, you know, if I'm taking you, why it's made, and I beat you and you're, you're caught and you nudged me because you're behind me and you're out of place. You have a terrible position on me and you, you force me into your goalie and I'm going, I can't skate as fast as Nathan McKinnon nor nor can many guys. But yeah, that, that, that was what happened. If, if you, if you have good position on me, I will never, ever get to the goalie. And if I do, I'm running him over by myself, um, in this case, you know, I, I believe Nurse was beat and McKinnon had nowhere to go. If the unfortunate circumstance here is that Engram's cut, yeah, that he's bleeding from the face. That doesn't happen to go with a little different if it's, you know, a, a, a demon or something like that.

11:29So they're trying to, Hi, this is Pablo Torre from Pablo Torre finds out. And today I want to talk to you about boost mobile because we spent a lot of time analyzing inefficiencies in sports, overvalued contracts, money tied up in the wrong places and so on. But those inefficiencies aren't just on a roster. Sometimes they're in your own monthly expenses. Boost mobile says switching to their $25 unlimited forever plan can unlock up to $600 in savings a year. That's $25 a month for unlimited data, talk and text when you bring your own phone. If that money is trapped in a pricey phone bill, it might be worth a second look. Visit boostmobile.com to learn more. After 30 gigabytes, customers may experience lower speeds, customers pay $25 per month as long as they remain active on the boost mobile and limited plan, savings claim based on a January 2026 boost mobile survey of 1000 Americans with single line unlimited plans comparing average annual payments of major carriers to 12 months on the boost mobile and limited plan. For full offer details, visit boostmobile.com.

12:30Over 90 of the top 100 US accounting firms trust bill to handle bill pay processes. Why? Because our tools are built on over a trillion dollars of secure payments. We're not just moving money. We're powering financial workflows for half a million customers. It's a level of expertise you just can't fake. Ready to talk with an expert? Visit bill.com slash proven to get started and grab a $250 gift card as a thank you. Terms and conditions apply. See offer page for details. And a quarterbacks for the NFL of what, you know, they're trying to protect and you hate to see a guy go down, especially in Edmonton, you know, we need as many goalies as a kid. But it wasn't a warranted five and I think everyone would agree anyone who played the game would agree. I think if you're an Edmonton oiler fan, you probably, you know, you disagree. Yeah, you'd be cool with it too. Yeah, you know what? I think if he wasn't bleeding from the face, it's a two minutes if, you know, he's caught

13:35and he's going off with a towel over his face, wondering, you know, if he's, if he's in ball a land, if that wasn't the case, you know, it's a two, but McKinnon is just so powerful and you can't take away the fact that these guys, you know, to score goals in the NHL, you got to get to the net. If you beat guys to the net and they nudge you and you hit the goalie, that, that, that should not be warranted a five-minute major. Scotty, I'm sure with us on the Kevin Carishow with Ladislav Schmidt on sports 1440. I never asked you this story up, but we've had Verne Fiddler on many times and lots recently with his son playing here and Verne, as you know, as a character and you were with him in Milwaukee and Nashville, can you tell the story when I guess you sort of broke into his house? How did that work? What? Yeah. Yeah. There's a couple stories. Listen, so me and Fiddler go way back. So I, you know, I was four-map kid. I used to come up and train at Barry butts, like Barry butts, good guy, trainer here, local

14:40guy in Edmonton and Fiddler's in there and he was just kind of grinding through the WHO at the time, you know, and you can tell he had some, some sort of character to him, you know, he's a local middlewoods guy. He liked the golf but I kick his butt at golf. So we got to know each other well. Well, fast forward, you know, my first, I think my first or second year pro, I was thinking of moving to Kelona. So in a quick, long story short, I moved to Kelona, I stayed with him for my first month as I'm like trying to figure things out, I'm only 20, 21 and I come home one night. I went out with this, I went out with this girl, got lost, went to a party, came home. I had this bike and I rode the bike, he lived up this mountain, I rode this bike all the way up this hill. Finally got to his house at like three, four in the morning and the doors are locked. So I find a basin window and I open it up and I kind of, you know, jump through, thinking I like covered all my tracks and like, you know, clean things often.

15:43And then I wake up in the morning, he comes in, he's like, dude, what the hell, you know, what the hell happened last night? I'm like, what are you talking about? He's like, my office downstairs, like the whole room is just a disaster. There's pictures broke and everything. I thought I was just being like, you know, super fly in Cognito and, and, you know, low and behold, I just, I, you know, I left mud all over the carpet and, yeah, it was just a disaster. So it was like a scene from the chase meeting, it happens, but he shouldn't have locked the front door. Exactly. It was his fault. It was like a scene from the wolf of the Wall Street when they, when they take the quail, it's like, oh, this is nothing to happen. Yeah, it was exactly that. Yeah. Well, he's a sleepwalker. So he does, he does more, you know, I, I blamed it on his sleepwalking. I'm like, dude, are you kidding me? I'm like, I can, no, I wasn't me. I'm like, you're the sleepwalker, you're the sleepwalker, dude. Oh, it's funny. It's a good one. Hey, happy with you. It's good there. And we got so many, you know, that know you out here and in Fort Mac, just with the family and what's just keeping you busy, I know you got the podcast going with, with, will

16:47be in Missing Curfew, but just maybe more with all the kids and running around and doing all that kind of stuff. Yeah. No, things are, things are great, actually, fellas, before I, before I was jumping on here with you guys, I dropped my little guy back at Moff at school. He's only three. He's, uh, he's in T-Ball and hockey right now, so he's buzzing around. We got two other beautiful girls, Izzy and, uh, little Goldie, who's 10 months. So life is growing fast there and, um, you know, I'm on this, actually, to talk about a little bit of sports, um, I'm on this pro tour open. It's an incredible thing for these ex-athletes. There's 80 guys and Jeremy Rona hit me up about four months ago and said, hey, they've got this tour going with baseball guys, hockey guys, NFL, um, NBA and we'd love for you to be part of it. Yeah. So we play six events a year. There's a cut. There's like FedEx points. Oh. There's a tour championship in, uh, September, um, and it's great. It's, you know, for, like, Vlad, it's, it's all like a locker room feel.

17:49They bring these locker rooms. They've got massage tables. It's like, dear, everything you can drink, they get, they gamble, so they've really made it a special place for, for ex-athletes to compete. Um, so you can check that out online if you throw golf tour open. Yeah. Fearsies there too. Right. Fearsies there too. It's still missing. Fearsy, Brad May, Darren Pang, um, you know, Brendan Moral, Mike Medano, you know, somehow I got thrown into this mix, which is incredible. Never mind. We see everybody like, I would have you there. I seen you at blockoff. Yeah. Come on. What about Joe Pobelski? Yeah. Is he part of that? Well, he lost in a three-hole playoff last day. It was heartbreaking. I'm, you know, I watched him down the stretch and at the tournament with his, but he's, you know, a hell of a golfer. He is. Is he? And he's a, gets, he's a hell of a golfer. Get see who's the best hockey player golfer than is at Joe P. Yeah. It's Pobelski for sure. Yeah. Uh, there's, there's a few, there's a few knocking at his heels.

18:50You know, we, he got, uh, Kyle Quincy's good. James was new skis a stick, you know, uh, local, local boy, Ray Whitney had it going for forever. And he lost his touch. I don't know what the hell is going on. Ray Whitney? Yeah. He went a pro. I'm here a year ago. He did. Yeah. He was really, he was a hell of a player. He was fun to watch. Yeah. Yeah. He's, he's a legend. Legend. I don't know if you remember this years ago, up dog. They had this like a long time ago where there was a tour similar to what you're talking about and, uh, I mean, there was an old Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Rick Rodin. The best hockey player back in the day was Dan Quinn. I don't know if you remember him. Yeah. But he was the best, the best hockey player golfer. So they did this a long time ago. It's great that it's being resurrected. Oh, that's cool. That's got to be awesome, man. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Awesome, boys. Yeah. Hey, good stuff. Up dog. We cut out there for a sec. No worries. Hey, thanks for coming on. Really appreciate it. Always love touching base with you. And, uh, because you got so many fans and friends in, in, in this neck of the woods, uh, continued success

19:52with the Missing Curfew podcast. And, uh, as always, thanks for coming on. Yeah. You bet you guys. Thanks for having me. Thanks, man. Yeah. We, for me. Hi, this is Pablo Torre from Pablo Torre. Finds out. And today, I want to talk to you about boost mobile, because we spent a lot of time analyzing inefficiencies in sports, overvalued contracts, money tied up in the wrong places, and so on. But those inefficiencies aren't just on a roster. Sometimes they're in your own monthly expenses. Boost mobile says switching to their $25 unlimited forever plan can unlock up to $600 in savings a year. It's $25 a month for unlimited data, talk, and text when you bring your own phone. If that money is trapped in a pricey phone bill, it might be worth a second look. Visit boostmobile.com to learn more. After 30 gigabytes, customers may experience slower speeds, customers pay $25 per month, as long as they remain active on the boost mobile and limited plan. Savings claim based on a January 2026 boost mobile survey of 1,000 Americans with single line unlimited plans, comparing average annual payments of major carriers to 12 months

20:53on the boost mobile and limited plan. For full offer details, visit boostmobile.com. Over 90 of the top 100 US accounting firms trust bill to handle bill pay processes. Why? Because our tools are built on over a trillion dollars of secure payments. We're not just moving money. We're powering financial workflows for half a million customers. That's a level of expertise you just can't fake. Ready to talk with an expert? Visit bill.com slash proven to get started. And grab a $250 gift card as a thank you. Terms and conditions apply. See offer page for details.