The Kevin Karius Show - Mar. 9th, 2026 - In or Out

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2:16You win or are you on sports 1440? I thought you would go, I'm in top. We would have had a really cool moment, but you kind of ruined the whole thing. All right, Duke, let her back. The M2 doilers. Back in the win column, kicking off their three game trouble, they four two victory last night in Las Vegas. They now head to Colorado and Dallas, the top two teams in the Western Conference, top teams in the NHL. If the owners pick up two of an available four points this week, that will be a big success for the team. Then you got St. Louis on the back to back after Dallas. So, oh, so a split in Colorado and Dallas. I would say yes, I wouldn't say that is a success. The problem is the last time you played Colorado, you lost what? 9-1. Last time you played Dallas, what was it? 8-2 or what if it was? They got all of you with you. That's not okay.

3:19Absolutely smoked by both those teams. So, this is as good of a litmus test as you're going to face here. This is it. This is it. This is it. So, I mean, they have to play better than they even played last night. They got to be, you know, at their very best to have success in these two buildings because it's tough to go into these two. I mean, the home records for both these teams, I mean, Colorado is off the charts. I'm going to just check there. I'm into your into this. This is the measuring stick. These are the best. Yes, you have some good teams playing in the East 23, 4 and 4 at home. Yeah, man. Like, this is the West and this is you got to beat the best in the West if you want to talk about the big dance. And you got to go through these two clubs. This is it. Yeah. No question about it, Duke. And so it like getting the two points last night in in Vegas, I think really helps the cause of this where even if this

4:19goes poorly, well, the next couple of games you salvage it, you didn't go over on these three playoff caliber opponents. But to so I guess I'll switch this up since you guys are so adamantly doesn't have to come in the form of at least beating one of the teams or does a couple over time losses, meaning you played them close. Does that still register as a successor? You need an actual W. It's a good follow up, dude. You got to get a win. And preferably, I would like to see the win. Like, now we're talking nitpick. Yeah, regulation. But against Colorado, we've seen Edmonton beat Dallas multiple times in the playoffs now. I'm not going to say they have Dallas's number, but you know how to beat Dallas. You haven't really had much success with Colorado in a long time. Beat Colorado. Show up against Colorado. Go in again on that one too to get a W. The three new oilers that were acquired last week ahead of the Traded Line. All made their debuts over the weekend, starting with the less than ideal performance for the club on collective against Carolina. But then last night in Vegas, specifically, I think we have gotten a good sample.

5:21I'll be at very small and limited still of what each new player can add to the oilers roster. You know, Murphy for sure, because you know, you see what you see is what you get. And Dickinson, I love his line. Dickinson's when he's talked about shutting guys down. I'd like to see the frustration. I like Dickinson, man. I like to see the frustration on guys. Yeah, man. Can't do anything. A true pest pest. Well, because it's the other way around. Like, most guys take the pride and scoring and doing stuff like that. It's the other way around. So maybe not quite as much with the doc yet, because of the amount he's played. I mean, right now, like Colton, doc is, he's basically, is he got Connor Clattenberg with more experience, you know, that's kind of what they're the role. That's the role, you know, so, but I think just a little hair more of doc is what I'd like to see at Duke. And I guess that maybe comes at least with a little bit of recognition that he is going to be a fourth line player. And as you guys already talked about respect, even in a game where the fourth line looked like they had some mojo and stuff going,

6:21you do see them reigned back a little bit still. So how much of a sample of Colton doc? Can we really get him with him being a fourth liner? But I thought we saw some of the physicality, some of the boardwork. It was the smallest sample size, just purely from a minute's perspective, obviously. But I do think we got a little bit of a taste of what he can bring. Obviously, the expectation and hope that he can start to provide a little bit more as well continue move. But I'm right there with you, Kev. I thought Connor Murphy lasted in particular in a game. We talked all morning about this defensive effort that the audience put forth. And it was very much on display what Connor Murphy can bring to the table from a physical standpoint, from a ruggedness. And I really like Jason Dickinson on the penalty kill yesterday as a Murphy to you for sure. So breaking news, breaking news, guys, breaking news. Any words you like to make the announcement here? No, let him do it. Let him do it. I apologize to everybody. I don't know what happened this morning, but I slept in.

7:25Sorry to add all that undue extra work onto you, Duke. Don't know what happened, but my apologies. I take full responsibility. Okay, there we go. Now, wait a bit with all the roll and sleepy head, Fenwick, all that extra stuff. Hey, be a man. Moron or whatever. What time does the morning start? I forget what Kevin's accurate. What time does the 330 bus leave? Oh, yeah, what time does what time does the 330 bus leave? I like everybody's getting nourished on Friday morning. That's all I want. Getting nourished. I can do that. I can do that for you all. Bring Eddie some pickled eggs from the gas station. We'll switch gears over to the NFL as the new league year set to begin very shortly, but today is the beginning of the legal tampering period, which has a little more cache that maybe in the CFL where we saw it's just be complete unnecessary endeavor, just open for agency. That can apply to both leagues, no doubt. But before this got going, Max Crosby finally dealt out of Vegas,

8:30headed to Baltimore, a couple first round picks, very unlike the Ravens organization, that they do not trade away first round picks. They make their bread in the draft. But when you talk about the compensation received and where they're headed as organization, tough to do for a fan favorite and icon of the franchise, but this was the right choice to move on from Max Crosby. Go ahead. DeLine, man, boy. I'm in. Definitely. And I think it's a win overall for everybody involved, because the Raiders, let's be honest, as a defensive end, Max Crosby's not moving the needle. He's not making their team better. They're not getting. And when I say making their team better, yes, he's a great player, but they're not getting two or three more wins because of Max Crosby and the pressure he causes. Whereas in Baltimore, they're missing that piece. So with Vegas, get those assets. Get the first round or this year. Get the first round next year. Now they have two first round picks. We already know they're going quarterback, address another position of need, which I don't think is defensive end. I think the problems are deeper than just Max Crosby in Vegas. It's a win for Baltimore because they're getting the best player. Sure they are.

9:34So I'm going to, I'm going to be honoured on it. I think this was not the right move for the Raiders to make because he's technically the face of your franchise. He is the engine that never stops running. But it hasn't moved the needle. I don't know. What's the point if you're the Raiders right now of having him there? It's a waste of an asset. Yeah. As opposed to stock up trades for first two first round picks do not happen in the NFL. And so that's what they said was they're asking prices whole time and a lot of people were blocking at it. Yeah, you heard rumors. The teams like the Bears in particular were interested and maybe close, but this price is where they said it and they did not waver on it. They got what they wanted. And for a player of this caliber, it's a steep price, even as good as Max Crosby is. So you set yourself up to improve in the long term rather than keep whatever some fans like in the NFL, Eddie, you know, it was better than any is a pro football player like there's no love loss, man. It's it's on to the next look at the two of cut Kyler Murray cut all these players that have

10:38been with organizations and meant a lot a lot of investment in now Crosby has had more success than a lot of these other players. So why waste the asset cash in while the while the iron's hot Kevin strike while the iron's hot Delburn phrase and and two first round picks is a hell of a return. I think it's the I think it's the right move. No doubt. And again, Baltimore's winning because they need this piece on defense. Yeah, I get it. I understand it at all, but I just if he's such a great player, why do you want to he he's not bringing you win because you want to lose. He's not bringing you wins either. Look at Miles Garrett and Cleveland. He's the player of the year. Borderline MVP last season and the Browns didn't even sniff the playoffs. So as good as one player can be in football, you have no chance if you're just one good player. And that's the case with the Raiders right now. They don't have any good players. Yeah. And so Crosby's just wasted essentially. It gives him a chance to go play competitive games and maybe we get to see another level of them from a fan perspective. And the Raiders do better long term probably go. What do you think position of need would be

11:41just really quick sidetrack like quarterback and then they'll use because they'll get Mendoza. Yeah. And then you'll they'll use that 14th. What do you think? I think it has to be an alignment, right? Okay, brother Duke or or if you're football man. Oh yeah, we're a couple of couple of real football guys. If if you're really keen and maybe the right guy of the guy you really wanted goes a couple spots ahead to trade back down and get a couple seconds for it. Which once again, you can always help all I'm in the second round too. You got options. But I just think the asset management here by the Raiders was well executed. Interested in in sharing anything. Hi, this is Pablo Tore from Pablo Tore 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.

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13:45and 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 100 insurance plans, including Medicaid in some states. Sessions average about $21 with insurance and some pay as little as $0 depending on their plan. Visit growththerapy.com slash start now to get started. That's growth therapy.com slash start now. Growth therapy.com slash start now. Availability and coverage vary by state and insurance plan. Both Josh coming in. How many times did Van Wake hit the Gen Z button on his phone? I was aka the snooze button. Did you hit the snooze? Fanny, so we got to, like, why were you late? We know you slept in, but like, what happened? Yeah, so it doesn't seem like I hit the snooze button on my phone at all, judged him by, so Connor Halley called me this morning at about 8.10, said, are you alive and making it into work?

14:49Yep. Yep, my bad. As soon as I hung up that phone call, my home screen, you know, when you have an alarm go, it goes all black and it just has the stop or snooze button. I had to hit the stop button. How many? Six times because the alarms had all, like, run their course essentially, and I just had to clear all of them. So I don't think I hit the snooze button. I think I legitimately slept through the mall. Were they actually making noise? Yes, because I, you know, check if the volume's on. Always make sure I put it up on max when I go to bed. Didn't happen. Were you inebriated? I was not last night. I got to bed at the ripe time of 11 o'clock. And on Saturday, I went to bed early as to not get mucked over by the time change. So, you know, just, just one of those things. All right. Sticking with the NFL, uh, Tua, Tongue by Loa, as just mentioned, he'll join Collier Murray as a couple high paid quarterbacks who are now in search of a new team. And if you

15:52look around the NFL, there's no shortage of teams that need quarterback help. I, and as a result, I think that both guys will be starters next year for at least three games both. Okay, Duke. Well, Eddie, you can go first again. I'm going to be out other football questions. I'm going to be I think I could see Kyler, Minnesota starting games. The most recent Minnesota. I don't know. I really don't know. That's what the talk is, but I don't know if that's the direction they're going to go. It's a cheap yet, right? He's going to play for the vet minimum. So because Arizona's still paying out his contract. So I guess why not to be I'm in on this one. But I don't know if two old start three games, but Kyler, I could see starting three games for sure. I just think that there's the quarterback position is so weak again. It is so I'm looking down like here's teams that as of right now do not have a starting quarterback or at least not a clear cut one. So the dolphins, of course, the jets, you go into Cleveland, the Steelers, Minnesota, maybe the Colts, maybe,

16:53obviously Daniel Jones health. The Cardinals, the Raiders, we know they're probably going to pick someone, but these are the start Mendoza right out of the gate. I think there's enough openings that these two guys will weasel their way in somewhere and get a chance to at least play a couple games. The quarterback depth stinks like you guys just said in the NFL and people harp on the CFL for it. But man, it's it's a football problem. It's not the CFL NFL quarterback play across the leagues in both leagues and not top tier man. Yeah. Finally, today is national napping day. It doesn't count as it's not a nap, Josh, when you just sleep in like three hours past your alarm. That's not a nap. I love naps. I have one almost every day is to quote George Costanza. Sometimes a thought of a good nap is the only thing that gets me out of bed in the morning. But you have options when you're at home taking a nap, power ranking the spots to take a nap inside your home.

17:56Number one, it goes to the bed. No doubt or number two, the recliner and number three is horizontal on the couch. Well, we just picked up a new recliner. Oh, and I'll tell you what, if you go into this thing and and it's got the the dual settings. So they're also for the back part like you're where your head sort of rests. If you put this thing in a peak position, you don't have a chance. You're out here. You are. You are gone, man. Peak position. So I would go I'm recliner all the way here for your car. Ranker for me. Okay. Even ahead of your actual bed. Oh, yeah. I've never done that. I'm like, I prefer that couch or chair recliner. Yeah, it's never in bed. That's not where you go now. So at you sleep at the farm, then the couch nap is paramount because like sometimes you still even have the car hearts on. You don't know how long you got there. We've talked about this before

18:56in regards to me having like a nap in my jeans and stuff. You know, that's like you just get down on the couch or in the recliner and catch whether it be two minutes where the Z's are nice 15, 20 minute power snooze. But when you have the chance to actually just get in your bed and get a actual pillow underneath your head that's still the best, even if it's maybe not this and we're like it's not like it's a lack of convenience. Your bed is usually immediately adjacent to your living room or up the stairs down whatever. I just I think it can't be beaten the comfort of an actual bed with a blanket pillow. I'm a big card nap guy too. As you know, traveling around so much I eat my lunch in the car pretty much every day. No, no. Wait, he only does that Kevin when he knows that he can expel the residual effects of the eggs in here rather than inside his own vehicle or he's asked to deal. I do not do that to you guys at all. And I keep all my nutrients in. And he crop dust us every morning before he leaves this place. Yeah, you guys come on. Don't do me like that. Come on out. I keep every fiber of nutrient in this body. I absorb everything. Yeah, exactly. You're

20:01just spelling the way steady. That's what your endocrine system does right to the muscles. Yeah, I don't know about that. Big card nap guy though. I love it. I don't mind. But so you full recline. Yeah, it's never really overly comfy. I'll be honest like I don't get there. But after a meal, man, thatitis kicks in. You know what I'm saying, baby. Yeah, no, I'm straight recliner. Then couch, then bed. And bed isn't even on the list for it. You can't you can't be going to the bed if you only are expecting to nap for five minutes. That's at least at 20 minutes. Yeah, that's a big haul. You got to be committed to it at that. I like to be clean in my bed though. I don't like to go in like my outside clothes and get in my bed. I don't know. Sometimes I lay on top of the blanket in my bed. I like to be showered and clean in my bed. Don't you aren't you the coach guy though? Duke now more so. I nap everywhere. I like this chronic fatigue or something. I don't know. But I like if I'm sitting on the couch watching a hockey game or something like I do have to times work to keep the eyes open. Oh,

21:03for sure. For sure. Regardless of what time it is. Like whether it's 11 o'clock on an 8 o'clock PT start time or in a matinee affair. It doesn't matter. I'll start to nod off if I'm not keeping myself sharp. So whether it be on the couch in the chair watching a game from my bed like sitting upright against the head rest doesn't matter. I'll I'll dose off anywhere. Hi, this is Pablo Torrey from Pablo Torrey 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 slower speeds. Customers pay $25 per month as long

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