The Kevin Karius Show - Mar. 27th, 2026 - Steve Kouleas

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1:00Howdy, howdy ho, and welcome to Fantasy Fanfellas. I'm Hayden, producer of the Fantasy Fan Girls podcast and your resident lover of all things Sanderson. And I'm Steven, your bookish internet goofball, but you can call me the smash daddy. And we are currently deep-diving Brandon Sanderson's fantasy epic, Mistborn, but here's the catch. Steven here has not read Mistborn before. That's right, hey, hey. So each week you'll get my unfiltered raw reactions to every single chip. And along the way, we'll do character deep dives, magic explainers, and Steven will even try to guess what's next. Spoiler alert, he'll be wrong. News flash, I'm never wrong. Episodes come out every Wednesday and you can find Fantasy Fanfellas wherever you get your podcasts. As we welcome back the king, the gun, the fire, you know him, you love him. You can't live without him. Steve Kulius from Sirius XM, NHL radio. Good morning Kulius. Good morning, Kevin. Looking great. The face only a supermodel could love. Well done. And Mr. Ruder, yeah, after a hockey basement Saturday night, I hope you can jump a few provinces

2:05and come out and help me. Very reminiscent, Steve, as I recall the time I used to work at Sam the record man. Sam the record man is closed, unfortunately. You better believe it, baby. Hey, what's new in your your world, Kulius? What's going on? What's new, big fella? What's new? Well, I could tell you, I don't know, someone has been released as living in our neighborhood apparently. That's what the neighbors have found out. So that kind of threw everybody for a loop, but that's a topic for another channel, maybe in another station. But yeah, so that's new, but I don't think it's changing anytime soon. So yeah, that's kind of new. Well, that's good. You fired up for the stretch run here. Hey, we were talking about the Montreal Canadians right before the break. It's not a given they get in to the playoffs. They're looking good right now. Everyone knows that. What kind of damage do you think they could do? In the playoffs. Well, it's Montreal. See how they won last night in Mason, Marchment missed a

3:10wide open net with seconds left, which is at least a Columbus point. Now, it's good for teams in the East that where you are going into the game and the where you are going out is the same spot. For Columbus, it's they've done so well that they're still second in the division. So, you know, second, third, whatever they are. So that parts good as it relates to the Blue Jack hits. For Montreal, it could be 1993 if they get goal-tending like they got from Doge. And that's incredible because I think the gap between Tampa Carolina and Buffalo, if those are the three and they probably are and everyone else means why not? Now, maybe not Boston as per say other teams, maybe not Detroit if they get in and they got another critical game tonight. But for other teams, I don't know, for Columbus, if Jack Grease plays well, I didn't like the first goal last night. For the Buffalo Sabers are 33, 6 and 6 in their last bubble-bud games. You know, Tampa Bay, we believe in it. Carolina, we believe in it. I think we believe in Buffalo. For Montreal, why not? And that building gets going and everything else. And

4:12they've captains done a job on the second line. They've got Jake Evans. They got the Anderson. They got the veteran guys. They got the defense. It's the goal-tending, which is Doge is now. It could be 93-ish, but the Sabers could say 93 was good for the Sabers. 93 was good for the Avengers. 93 was going to be good for the penguins, but we were, for you kids out there, look at 93. It's a great history lesson instead of being on your phones. Listen to me, David. Get off your phones. What about the Sabers then, Cooley? I mean, the last time they were relevant, you and I were watching Gilbert Perot, the man. Yes, back to the line. Gave him up. There's a shot. Big Saber, let's go. 10 darling on the call with WGR. Anyway, I could say it. Why not the Sabers? But you're in a category, not you, but here's a category. I have Sorokin. I have Vasilevsky, or I have a Jake Ahtinger. Okay. You're in this shelf. If you are Edmonton, Vegas, Carolina,

5:13Buffalo, Montreal, you've got a couple of options, which means you don't have a number one. So for you, other kids out there, put the goalies in the playoffs and categories, where are the Oilers in Vegas? Then you've got Utah and Anaheim, two good goalies, but no experience. I think that's a fun little game to play as it relates to Buffalo, as it relates to Pittsburgh, she lost her skinner, right? Busy or Anderson, UPL or Alex Lyon. It's a conundrum. There's creases, conundrums, Kevin, around the NHL. What do you think the Old Keybank Center in Buffalo will be like for this first playoff game, Cooley? It's going to be beautiful. We're trying to do the show from down there, right? Right in the lobby, you know, with Marta and Bjorn, because these people are, they're like the 8th Canadian team. They really, really are. They sing both anthems, even when a Canadian team is employing in Buffalo,

6:14you know, season ticket base has about 15 to 22%, depending on how good the sabers are or aren't, and they've been waiting. And they're in. They're in. Detroit's been waiting, and Steve Eisenman has a lot of pressure on him. Obviously right now, it'll be crazy and why not the sabers? Like honestly, if you said sabers, well, you'd like to say oilers, but sabers avalanche, that's not far fetched now. It was at US Thanksgiving, Kevin, not now. Steve Cooleyus, from Sirius XM NHL radio with us on the Kevin Curie show on sports 1440. So with Buffalo, what the sabers have done. And if Columbus gets in the playoffs, Cooley, what's the bigger story? Jackets are sabers this year. Yeah, that's a tough one. That's like picking between two of Charlie's Angels in our day. You know, it's a dead heat really, but maybe the sabers were always this good. And for Columbus, can you have a Jack Adams award winner who's what,

7:201943, and might only coach 37 games. Right on. Would you vote for him? Would you vote for him, Cooley? Yes, I would. Yeah, I think I would. I think it's so close. The sabers were 11, 14, and two. That was that number. They fired Kevin Adams. How about this, Kevin? How about this? Adams wins the gym of the year and bonus wins the coach of the year. Crazy stuff. The NHL's a mad side blowing my mind, Cooley. I'm just throwing it out there. But maybe the sabers were this good, and they needed to shake up. There's a rumbling that Yarmou kicked a line and brought everyone to a room and read them the riot act. You either want to stay here or get the out of the sabers. Some of the players go, oh, okay. And then winning, winning solves everything, right? So whether that's true or not, it's a pretty good story. And since then, the sabers have not looked back. Steve Cooley is with us on sports 1440. Do the

8:21Ottawa Senators make the playoffs Cooley? If they do, what kind of damage can they do? I think last night's an example that they want. Okay. That Ottawa gives it the A plus, A plus for effort. So many opportunities to win the game in regulation in overtime. And of course, in the shootout. And they're in a situation where this depleted defense until Sanderson gets back. It's a lot to ask and they're strength of schedule. I believe in the strength of schedule. I think they'll finish sadly night and try to screen set an amazing job. If Omar did what he did last night earlier in the year, they would be where Buffalo is in Tampa Bay. So I think sadly, they are going to miss because the Bruins are in on the strength of Swainman because their underlying numbers are not good. Their five on five numbers look great. But expected goals should be a gave way higher. I think Ottawa is unfortunately going to finish night. It's sad. But games like last night, they just can't

9:24finish the deal. It's 130. They get a full number, but they finish the deal. You know what I'm saying? Well, you know, you never had a problem with that. Cooley, did you? Well, I don't like to talk about my past, but let's just say that, uh, uh, northern danger isn't the only way you can do the rest yourself. Hey, well, we're on that subject. Hey, you mentioned Charlie Angels, Charlie's Angels. Which one's out here? Cooley, which one's out for you? You said two to the three, Farrah Fawcett, Jacqueline Smith or Cape Jackson? Which one's out? Well, I mean, I've share a ladder, Farrah Fawcett fan. Obviously, they weren't on together. There was a change. The other one was more of a, you know, the, the, the brains behind the operation. Kate, Kate Jackson, right? Kate Jackson? Yes, yes, yes. So that's who you're taking, you're taking the brains out of the operation. Yeah, the other three, if I'm, you're asking me to rank, I'm ranking them. Okay. And the 35 year olds going, what are they talking about?

10:25Well, we got to bring it to the modern times. It's, uh, I don't know, what would it be? Hannah Montana or something back? I don't know. I can't believe it. I'm trying to be more current. I don't know. I know Barney Holer, you know, the kids used to watch that show. I don't know, boy, Cooley. Uh, out west here. Uh, I know you guys focus on, on the east a lot more because of the time zone and everything. But a guy like yourself has always up late night watching some late games. Did you catch the, uh, Oilers and Vegas last night? Are you kidding me? See these bags under my eyes? I don't go out of the bed till two o'clock in the morning, which is midnight, your time. And, uh, what, uh, what to play off the draw? Yeah. What again, Oilers were better Vegas chase the whole game. Something's more wrong with Vegas. And if this Hyman right side, Newge and Jack turns into something, because Savoy and Mc, McDavid can play with anybody. But if this is something up there while 29 is out, and then Dickinson in, I like it. And Murphy's helped. Well,

11:27Murphy's helped. And I, and I'm encouraged by Jerry's last game and what, it was a good, it was a good win. They're probably going to play Vegas. Let's see what happens against the ducks. And I, I, I like the Oilers more with this alignment. I think they've discovered something, but 22 was a big reason why you need something from somebody else. And they might have it here right at the right time. The hustle doesn't have to hurt. If performance pressure is making it hard to breathe, growth therapy helps you navigate stress, set boundaries, and actually feel like yourself again. Whether it's your first time in therapy or your 50th, grow makes it easier to find a therapist who fits you, not the other way around. You can search by what matters, like insurance, specialty, identity, or availability, and get started in as little as two days. There are no subscriptions, no long-term commitments. You just pay per session. Grow helps you find therapy on your time. Whatever challenges you're facing, growth therapy is here to help. Grow accepts over

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13:35They have the ability here, Cooley, once Leon comes back, and I think he'll be back at the tail end of the regular season. I wouldn't be surprised if he plays that last game against Vancouver. When he comes in, they have the ability to move guys in and out of the top six, and then even the top nine, maybe more so than a lot of teams. And that gives them the luxury moving forward here. I think more so than other teams. It does. I mean, I've always liked pod Coleson, right? I mean, you can start if he's hurt that drives it all. And McDavid play together on the nuclear option. I might not want to touch what Nougat and Jaime and Jacob have been able to do. So that would move down and strengthen the third line. It's very encouraging. Notwithstanding the win and McDavid's little run right here and everything else, that hub. And I think that's what Dickinson's done. And that is what Jack has to do, right? Like he's in the nick of sometimes as you know, but this could be the perfect slotting for him.

14:36And that is huge, exciting news for the Oinders cabinet. You know, they were even good, Cooley, when they had Nougat Hopkins, Ross Lovic and Dickinson, that trio together as the third line. And then you had Captain and put Coleson and Leon together with Savoy McDavid and Jaime together on the top line. So there are options with this team moving forward. What do you think of how Connor Murphy's come in here with playing with Darnell Nurse? Cause I said earlier in the show, he's dragging Darnell into the stuff that we need. This team needs to have Darnell play. That style. Cause that's when he's effective. Like you saw it last night and he needs that. He needs to be dragged in. I don't know why, but Murphy's doing that right now. Absolutely. And the argument could be that this is something that the club has needed are a lot of teams that need it for a while. And Murphy's name has been out here the last three deadlines. Like let's be honest. Yeah, I think it took this long and the Oilers. Well, good for that. Because I could mention a lot

15:39of other teams in the same situation to just slot properly. You know, you got 14 and Boosh and then he got Nurse who's a bib in a Nigma himself. That's a perfect pairing. We like Walman's skill and what he can do and playing on either side, depending on the situation. And it's, you know, another version and a better version of the CCs and day or nays of the world in the past. It really is. I think so. And I think he's ready to roll and play in the playoffs. I think this isn't this. This is also exciting. If Murphy's not here, if Dickinson's not here, this, if you want to call it a foundation, there's more cracks. These are two bank third line center, bank three, four and a fence. And then what happens in the creases is another story. But if you want to help your goal tending, then you need a Murphy and you want to help your goal tending a depth in the lineup. You need a Dickinson. So I think it's exciting. I feel better this week than I did a week and a half ago. All right, cool. What's going to happen with the Toronto Maple

16:40Beliefs here after the season's done. What kind of changes sweeping changes may we see? Skies falling. I guess got to keep dodging the the bricks here and everything else. So I would like to think you never start a conversation with no. So everything's in play. Now the insiders tell us to keep values having one-on-one meetings with people in the organization. What does that mean? I'm going to guess. The keep probably will say, okay, Brad, you have a chance to fix this. You had an eight-year last year, this year's an F, the Mariner situation, you brought guys in, now was gone. You know what? You've got a year to see where they are around the summer, U.S. Thanksgiving, all of that stuff. And to kind of convince Matthews with two years left, not going anywhere. And you're going to stay. So let's see that that's what I'm going to guess as opposed to anything dramatic. That may or may not include a coaching change as well, right? Let's just say that that's 50-50 and it's up to him to try to fix it, to get them in a spot.

17:46If they go around the ban in the summer, they go around U.S. Thanksgiving, they get back to January and the trade deadline and it's not working out. That's a different story at the management level and at the Matthews level, which could put him in play at the deadline next year with a year and a half left, which also makes it a very sexy trade target for another team. Now, others are saying, Pellies, get rid of everybody. I'll believe that when I see it, I think that he's just figuring out the lay of the land to make a bold big move or to move Matthews in the summer. So that's my guess in my crystal ball here. That's Kevin, what I see. What's the leaf fan base? Think of Keith Pellie as the head of this maple leaf sports and entertainment franchise? I don't think they know him. I mean, I know him. Yeah. I would say that, I mean, to play cards in his house, he was a young executive and we all play cards still seven in

18:46the morning, like 12 of us. And we get up at seven and you know, back in the days, we made 50 bucks a day, you know, when I thought was a lot of money. And so I love him. He's smart. He's infectious. He's really all that kind of stuff. Well, I don't know what that means. I mean, he's a broadcaster. Yeah. Well, so am I. So how would the fan base fan base peel if I was running the whole show? You know what I mean? I think they'd like things that I would do. I'll tell you that much right now. So at the end of the day, it's this. It's kind of like going back to the Olympics. If you win your grade, if you lose your nod, you can't play any better in losing. So sometimes you have to shake hands. That's what sadly we had to do when Taves missed and so did McKinnon. In this situation is you've kind of got your four or five year window and you better win. And we're in a league where as great as Doug Armstrong's been, what's he done? He won one cup, right? We can look at his grade is the McFee cut, the capitals won one. You just win one. You walk together forever.

19:51And I don't see a toe Blake and a Scotty ballman and a Sam Pollock out there to fix and be the hero. So I don't I don't know what they're going to do. But I do know this. There's a lot of the next ones in play as it relates to general managers like the next Matthew Darryl. I wonder if teams will start to go in not recycling the Marty Shottonheimers and go in there and say Scott Nichol who's in Nashville and done great. Jeff Keiltley is in play. Maybe Brandon Preddon runs his own program in Toronto or somewhere. Who knows what happens. But that might be the next wave of general managers. Just something you should think about Kevin. Something to think about Keith Pelley. Cooley about 33 years ago at the Scotty's Tournament of Hearts. I was doing a documentary and he was producing and directing curling. And that's when I first met him in 1993 at the Scotty's in Kitchener Waterloo. Cooley. I first met him in 1989 in the tape room, a TSN,

21:00and I thought I like this guy. It reminds me of me with good shoes on. And we met rights before the Winter Olympics. And he said because he ran CGBJZ and he said, you know what, we're proud of you. You've done a great job with that score stuff. It's time to bring you home. Time to bring you home. And we're going to bring your show and bring that to TSN. And that brought that hockey tonight back. And then Keith went to Rogers and took the rights away. The rest is television history, ladies and gentlemen. Yeah, with Scotty Moore, right? Yeah, yeah. I think the people at Bell never realized that he would do damage when he left. It's like Jesus decided to leave to form his own religion. That could be a problem for some other people. I guess Keith is Christ like for a combination out there. Well, hey, Cooley from our text line. Oddball says, Cooley has got into the usual. I love it.

22:02Listen, this is just, I honestly feel I think you've been really good. I think I've been great. Like I wish send me the tape and I'll send it to Keith. You know what I'm saying? In over the line. Here we go. Here's Matthews with a shot over top of the net. Back to the point to County scores. East and Cowan. Least are still losing eight to one. See you. Hey, see you. Got to go on on that, Cooley. Thanks, pal. Hey, see you later. Thanks, Cooley. Have a good one, pal. 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

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