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Monday, Let's go. Our studio is decked out in behind us. Usually
we have multiple sport photos or posters. Today all CFL all BC lions.
Because later on today's show, CFL Commissioner Randy and Brosie is going to join
us. We want him to feel at home keeping in mind that the CFL
opener Thursday, a rematch of the Ray Cup from last year in Winnipeg versus
Montreal in Winnipeg. Lions play their first game to Sunday in Toronto. Man,
things move quick. And then that home opener for the Lions June fifteenth,
with fifty fifty thousand people plus. Right, you tweeted something out yesterday,
didn't you look at this? I got to give this fifty cents guy
credit fifty thousand Donnie sold? Can you believe this? And another update for
you, don I think two thousand sold this morning. I think there's only
like singles left. I the BC Lions will be announcing a sellout very soon.
The white Caps just had one a couple of weeks ago, a sellout.
Lions having say fifty cents not gonna show up. I guarantee you,
well, well I shouldn't say that, but the fifty cents, he's not
gonna bail forty eight hours before, Donnie, unlike the guy you called the
weasel, you know, uh, what's his name? MESSI Yeah, he's
not gonna bail this guy. There's no way he bills like a MESSI build.
And also today we found out that the Jonas Brothers will be playing the
halftime show at the Gray Cup every seventeenth, also at BC Place. Yeah.
I don't know much about these guys, don I gotta, I gotta
be honest with you. I like, I just don't know much about him.
But hey, the commissioner thought and by the way, uh, you
know, these are two pretty big acts according to everybody. You know,
fifty cents in this guy Jonas Brothers. But I don't know much about him.
Done. I don't listen to their You're not the target audience. I'm
they're trying to get the youth in there, like like young Ryan Henderson.
They want the young bucks in there. And for us, hl US run
is just a good move. We're gonna talk hockey in a second, folks,
don't worry. Yeah, oh yeah, yeah yeah. They sold out
Rogers Arena last year. I want to say they were. They were much
like fifty Sea that long ago. They sold out Rogers Arena. They they've
had a stadium tour, they've been playing stadiums in the United States. Wow,
they're They're a big deal. And again, you bring up the point
all the time. As much as Green Day last year, everyone loved and
it was maybe more in line with football. This is a good it's a
right turn from the game. What do you mean Green Day? More in
line like it's it's rock. It's a rock band. So people would think
rock band football. The kids call rock and roll. They might not think
pop band and football. But the bottom line, and by the way,
the other thing I hate is some people that go they should be a Canadian
band because it's a Canadian. They should be. There should be. I'm
sorry to say, Rick, there's only so many good Canadians. They've had
them, They've had Arkell's play Great Cup. Yeah, and uh who did
the the anthem in Toronto? Remember the piano which is god awful? Burton
coming, Gary and Burton coming, and you know what, I bet the
national anthem performer will be Canadian. Look, this is a worldwide act.
You can have that play your Great Cup festival. That's fantastic. When I
was growing up, there was a quarterback for the Bombers and the Argos moved
around with it. Fred Jonas, Don Jonas, Is there a relationship.
I'm gonna guess probably not, Probably not. You don't know. You should
ask Randy. He kind of looked like, did these guys sing love songs?
I've heard mostly love you? In fact, we one a second.
You told me you like one of their songs. No, I will listen
to them. I don't know. You probably just heard it because I play
the one on the Beach. I have a guy on the beach. That's
Cake by the Ocean, Cake by the Oceans. I've heard that, also
known as the Guy by the Beach. I I don't know this. This
is not where where have I heard you? You've You've you like the song
I heard Cake by the Ocean I thought was actually pretty decent. All due
respect to Sir Randy and Brosie and everybody. That just sounds like a million
other songs that are there. That's a pop band. I don't know what
to tell you. They should have got lover Boy for crying out let it
go. I have a hard time with the line between pop and rock.
You know, where does pop begin? Where does rock start? And this
is definitely more pop. Okay, by the way, I got to say
it back to fifty cent just for quickly. Rick's right. Look at this,
Look at look at the seat map. It's basically single blue dots like
there's very few pairs of of you to see this like this. We get
the idea, I mean sold out, It's essentially sold. It's gonna be
a sello. Good for them to look up that Don Jonas, uh Wikipedia
like your like d O N? How else would you spell d A w
N. That's what a woman Don is called Dawn? Bad name. Isn't
this music for teenagers? So mostly yeah, no age, music has no
age. I've been to so many McCartney shows. That's there's young kids there,
there's old people there that okay, that's McCartney is the NFL of music.
You just can't compare him to anybody. I see the old people that
other shows. I've been to Jonas Brothers, Great Cup Halftime fifty cent June
fifteenth, BC Place be there or B Square will be there. You know,
Randy and Rosie in studio just after eleven o'clock see a fel chemistry.
I mean yeah, I already tweeted the you guys, you want to keep
this out, this little charade you got going, that's fine. But the
interview, okay, the interview, it's it's really good. He popped in
for a visit. Now he's gone then he'll be back. Yeah, he's
not a big tour. Okay. Hockey Oilers defeat Dallas two to one.
Ten shots on goal for the Edmonton Owners the fewest shots ever in a series
clinching or by a series a team that won a series ever in the National
Hockey League. Yeah. I didn't explain that well, but I think you
get the idea. Yeah. When I looked at the shot total, I
think it was eight, Donnie, with twelve minutes left, and I'm certainly
going they're leading this game. I mean, and they got out shotted,
But I got to give the orders credit. You know, forget about the
ten shots. They are here in the Stanley Cup Final because they have the
best power play in the playoffs, the best PK in the playoffs. They
have four to five top point getters in the NHL playoffs. Donnie, you're
missing a huge what my research? This is my research? Are you kidding
me? Their goaltender has bounced back the worst goaltender in hockey against Vancouver.
Yes, yes, Skinner has been great. He had a nine to twenty
three save percentage under two point zero zero goals against average, and Donny,
he only allowed what I got here. Four goals in the last three games.
It was Stuart Skinner showed up well, and let's see the other guy
in Dallas didn't. Let's Jerry, Let's tip the hat. Yeah, got
all the old expressions going today. Let's have a tip of the hat,
shall we? To Chris Knoblock. Everybody thought, or so many people thought
that the series against the Canucks was over when Stuart Skinner was benched in favor
of Calvin Pickard games four and five against against Vancouver. Then he goes remember
how surprising it was because he went back to Scar was just fine. He
went one and one in those two games. He was just fun. Goes
back to Skinner and he's been His numbers have been great. He's six and
two since then, nine to twenty save percentage since the benching, if you
want to call it that, ye goals against under two. He's been really
good since. I still think he looks kind of awkward and goal that's just
me. But the numbers are there, and then last night he's not there.
I mean, what do you make thirty four saves? He's pretty good.
He was good. He was good and there's only one team that has
scored a power play goal against the Edmonton Oiders. The Vancouver Canucks and the
King's never scored one in the series. Dallas will for fourteen with a power
play, Dottie. If they want to look at why they lost, they
can start there. But the Vancouver Canucks were the only team to score a
power play They did it three times and the other two series they never gave
up a power play goal. So we're gonna talk more about the Canucks in
their relation to the Oilers and the Oiders making it to the Stanley Cup Final
in a little bit, and that's the focus of that will be the focus
of our watdling dog a pull a question. But what about this thought that?
And again we talked about this last week and there's this Boston pizza drive,
this ad camp. Oh yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You know, we should all jump on board to whatever Canadian team does the
best in the Stanley Cup playoffs, in this case the Amaton Owners. They've
they've made it to the Stanley Cup Final. I want to run this clip
now of Connor McDavid. This is him postgame talking about the Orders being or
possibly being Canada's team. Now, you know there's going to be pressure playing
in the Stanley Cup final, no matter where your team's from. So obviously
we're a Canadian team. We've got great Canadian fans, and it feels good
to maybe unite the country a little bit and have something to to bring people
together. You know, that's what sports is all about, is bringing people
together and and and you know, hopefully we're doing that for Canadians across the
country. I don't know if it's going to unite the country and but but
I will say this, and I've gone on on about that Boston pizza ad
campaign, which, as we talk about it is because we talked about it
quite a lot, is clearly working, you know, bad, bad or
good. But I'm really conflicted here because I want to see the Oider win
another Stanley Cup for Vancouver. I've seen them win five times they were there
in the eighties. Done they won every year. It was ridiculous. It
wasn't just that they won, it's you know, and they were the they're
one of the best teams of all time and they were clearly the best team
Hockey league back then. Gretzky, Messier, Coffee, Low, Curry,
Curry, I could go on a Glenn Andrews let's not forget that Brinaby guy
Fear what he used to bother me? Uh uh, But Dave Lumley,
what used to bother me about them back then? Is that I I uh,
Dave Simo. But what used to bother me about them back then?
I was a reporter back then, the young guy. They were very cocky.
They didn't treat the media all that well, at least at least the
media outside of Edmonton all that well. And it all started with say there
he was sole cocky behind the bench. I don't want to see that organization
win another you know, I'm sure Glenn Saylor, I don't know where he
is. Maybe he's probably pulling for the Oils. There was such a cocky,
punch, arrogant, and it worked for them. I think you have
to be that way to some extent to be a successful pro athlete, to
be a successful organization. I didn't like them though. I didn't like them
back then. But here's where I'm conflicted. I don't want to see Connor
McDavid retire much like Marcel Dion as one of the great players of all time,
and and not win a Cup. He's so good for the game,
he's so much fun to watch comes across as a really nice guy, and
I want to see that great Canadian superstar win a Stanley Cup. Unfortunately,
for me and a lot of people who I know, there's a lot of
people out there who feel the same way, he probably has to win it
with the Vonton oilers. Here's my problem for you. Ninety four in twenty
eleven, did you think the rest of the country was sharing for the Canucks.
Well, then there's your answer. I was in Edmonton in ninety four
when the Canucks were obviously working. I was working outside of Edmonton with taskin
anyways, I had zero There was nobody at the radio station. I tried
to get everybody to come over to my place, and uh, well that
was more about you listen to me. I tried to get everyone to come
over from the station, and you know, Canucks viewing party. Nobody.
We don't give a crap about the Canucks. We're in Edton. I think
Donnie's right there. I think that just might say more about who's doing the
inviting. No, everyone at the radio station. They were in Edmonton,
they were owners backs, but there was none of them cheering for the Canucks.
So that's my point to you. If the rest of the country isn't
going to cheer when the Canucks are in the final, why the hell should
you cheer for the owners? I guess because maybe back then this is just
well, first of all, I lived in like you, I lived in
Alberta for several years and there was definitely there was definitely a dislike for Vancouver
there you go, not just we're not just going to Cape A sports a
lot of things. Sure, so there's that, no question about it.
But back then ninety four, you only had eleven years since the Canadian team
had one. Now it's three decades, So maybe maybe it's a little bit
different that way. But I think they're dreaming if they think that people are
just going to jump a lot of people. They hate the oilists, they
hate the flames, they hate the leaves, certainly right, but there's that
McDavid factor. People want to see him win a Stanley Cup. I we've
interviewed Marcel Dion several times on well, not on this show. Why think
we've interviewed him once on this show back at the Funny Okay, and we
haven't even I love Marcell. He was great, Okay, we interviewed him
back at the Funny Station show, the defunct station, the one would just
static on it by ways. And I always, you know, you always
have to bring up the question with Marcel. You know, you're one of
the great players of all time, one of the top point producers of all
time. How does it feel not to have won a Sta Cup? I
hate it. I don't want to see. I've had a great life and
I had a great career. That a career that people can only dream of.
Like his playoff what would his playoff highlight have been? It would have
been the miracle on Manchester against the owners, right against the owners, and
that helped the Thatcks get to the eighty two finals. You tried to get
people over to your house in eighty two as well, but one of them
would come over because they didn't want to. They did not want to bask
in my glory. You have the Canucks being in the final. I don't
like. I don't like the thought that you know, somewhere down the line,
I'll be gone by then from this business. Some somewhere down the line,
someone young like Ryan Henderson asking conomic guividy, Hey, he had a
great career, but he never want a Stanley Cup. So I'm I'm conflicted
when it comes to this. Yeah, well I I don't see a lot
of people cheering for him. I just don't. And they beat the Canucks
and for crying out yes, okay, Well we're going to deal with that
a little bit more. In twenty eleven. I mean, they took a
poll. I remember, I forget what one of the so called national networks
did this, but they took a pull, which which team do you want
to win? Boston or Vancouver in Toronto? And most people said Boston.
There you go, there you go, there you go. DTMZ is it
just me? Coming up in the next hour, the eleven o'clock hour,
Randy Ambrosi, you left the cat out of the bag. Ryan, we've
recorded this interview CFL Commissioner. CFL season opens on Thursday. Lions play Sunday
in Toronto. He's gonna join us in studio. He did join us in
studio. We're gonna run that interview, great coup alongside Randy just after eleven
o'clock. Big Ride, the Gruitter Guy later this hour and coming up next
becoming a regular on the show, he covers the Edmonton Owners former Canuck from
Edmonton, Jason Strudwick. Jason's going to join us next. Hope you had
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with with Rick and I. This is unsigned. Listen listening to Donnie and
Rick talk about music is embarrassing. Please note they don't represent all seniors.
These acts are world class, and we're talking about the CFL, Landing fifty
cent and the Jonas Brothers, and we would prefer something a little bit a
little bit more than. First of all, well, I'm close to it
being a senior. You're you're nowhere near being a senior. I am getting
up there. I'm not a young pup. But this is unsigned. Hey,
unsigned, music was better back then, music was way better. I
don't even think it's it's an opinion. I think it's a fact. As
a matter of fact, the eighties the best decade for music, whether you
like it or not, I don't care. Sixties, seventies, eighties,
all of it better than what better than the crap that's turned out right now?
This new stuff is just it. It's horrible. It's horrible. Co
host of the Got Your Back Podcast with Ryan Rashaw, Jason Stredwick up in
Ebonton and joins us Now, Jason, thanks for doing this, sir.
How are you? I'm good right. You can't just leave me. I
got to weigh in on this at one time. It says the favorite music
of yours is when you're you. You were influenced when you're eighteen, about
twenty three, twenty four. That's it. So that's how it works.
So whatever time, grape that works out for you. That's what you like
the best. So yeah, I hear you. The music right now doesn't
resonate as much as me as maybe some others. But I'm trying to buck
that trend because I don't want to be like two guys saying that the two
music today sucks, Like if you don't like do Alipa, Like, what
are you missing out on? She's amazing. Okay, I'll give it a
shot. I'll give it a shot. There's no way do Aleapa is better
than the Bee fifty twos though, A Jason, But they're the same.
It's the same. It's the same thing. And I like the little Bee
fifty two. It's it's the same, it's just different. I don't know.
I just go try to google that, say when do you that is
when your music is decided between eighteen and twenty five. That is true though,
But I don't want to be one of these old guys trying really hard
to be young. And if I if I listen to dual Lipa, maybe
that's what will happen. I'm okay with the old stuff. Who is do
a Lipa? I have no idea. You got least time off and just
put it on boys. Yeah, yeah, I don't know why I picked
the B fifty twos, but I do like that. Hey, can you
put into words how much fun your city is having right now? Yeah?
It's incredible. I mean I think you know, you go back to that
Vancouver series, there is a lot of nerves. Right Game six and seven,
Canucks are playing well. I mean, Miller was amazing. There's so
many great storylines for the Canucks there. But the Odors find a way,
you know, not to mention their number one goalies to Skinner being taken out
of a couple of games, been put back in for those deciding games.
So it's huge. And then no, you can't. Everyone, all the
experts can't beat Dallas. Dallas is too deep, the goals are too good.
Well, the others found a way right, the other's death came through
and the penalty kill has been elite. Duart Skinner out played Ottinger and I'll
say that again, he outplayed Ottinger in that series. He was he was
fantastic. And then Connor and Leon kind of did their thing. But this
isn't a one, you know, one trick pony. There's many people contributing
to this, and I think at the top of that list, I put
Chris Nablock, their coach. Okay, so Chris Noblock, how much obviously
a lot of credit you're giving it for what the Lions or for the Lions
what the where did that come from? I'm looking at this Lion's poster next
to me, maybe that what the what the Oilers are up to? Uh?
Jason? How much credit does he get? Keeping in mind that decision
to go with pickered for those two games in the Vancouver series. Then going
back to Skinner, well, let's take it back to game one of the
regular seasons. You know, the Canucks spanked the Oilers, they beat him
again. Then you know, was it a night a night or two later
and then you know, just to make the times easy, like roughly four
or five weeks later, whatever it was, the coaches fired and walks No
Block into literally a burning house. This team felt they were they should go
to the cop and compete for the Cup. And they're in thirty first place
for Tide, for thirty first, whatever you want to call it. And
he walks in there and just calms everybody down. And that was the start
of what No Block has done his influence. He's a very calm guy.
Half the time he's on the bench, I think he's doing the word of
the day, and I hear he's quite good at it. So he's just
very very calm on the bench, very relaxed, and that team has taken
on his persona where they are like, we believe in what we do.
And yeah he's made some changes and nothing massive, but I think it's just
to get them to calm down and do your own job. Let others do
their job. Now, you fast forward to the playoffs and you see against
Vancouver, the Canucks, they you know, they started with a certain set
of lines and they went to the top three guys all together, which I
didn't like at the time. I know it produced one win, but it
was a mess. But then he found the right combination for lines. Move
up against Dallas, same thing. The way the lines start didn't finish.
They put a line together that I was blown away by. I think it
was Game three or Game four. It was Leon, Harry and McLeod,
two players that it sat out are now playing with the best or second best
player on the other's team on the second line. And it worked because it
beefed up their third line, taking dare Nay out a huge piece of your
penley kill again, take him out. I'm like, what but Brober again,
unproven the playoffs can skate better, moves better. It worked, So
you know, I think for non bloc. He's not that guy. He's
not John Tortorella or you know Rick Talker, who's great in the media.
He is tong guy and he just does things the way he thinks best,
and I think his players are really responding to it. Hey, Jason,
we all knew Evan Bouchard was a good defenseman, but man, oh man,
he's got twenty seven points. He's third in the league and scoring.
Did you see this coming out party for him? I mean, he's he's
been unreal. So I always felt his offense, his passing. I think
he's one of the best passers in the league, and that's playing beside Leon
drive side, like he's an elite, elite passer, and he's so calm
on the blue line. So the offense was always there. I always wondered
about the defense, the defending, and he has raised his level of defensive
play to these playoffs to I mean, he helped duel Quinn Hughes. And
I'm not on here with the Vancouver group to kind of, you know,
chirp him, but he did. He beat him. Heiskin in, he
beat him. Who the best defenseman in the league, in the world,
Those two guys I love washing him play Evan Bouchard stayed under down and it
was a better team and in both series. And it's not just because of
the offense, it's also the way he's defending. So Ackholm has a part
to play in that very partner, but he also has to grow. We
also was playing harder. You know, we saw in the Vancouver series he
gets into his little kind of wrestling mattress Miller, who's a very competitive guy.
A year and halfgo, we wouldn't have seen that from Bouchard. He
would have engaged in that. You don't need to you know, we don't
need to be a fighter, but there are times where you have to kind
of defend your house and he's done that so offensively. Yes, I thought
it was there, but I'm more impressed and thrilled with the defensive improvement we've
seen from Bouchard in these playoffs, these three rounds. I can't imagine winning
the Western Conference Final and then being told Jason, oh you oh, by
the way, you got five days off, like what's going on there?
And how is this going to affect both teams? And I know you there's
guys banged up like Ivander Kaine, last night did not look good. He's
bay. But talk about the layoff and how do you adjust to that?
Well, I mean, it's the good thing is the same for both teams.
I think that's really important thing. But I think we also have to
and I not this isn't the reason. But the distance between these two cities
is I mean, I remember I played for the Canucks. We'd find home
from Florida and you're like, are we there yet? Like, literally,
it was the longest flight. So this is a long lot of travel.
And it sounds like the olders are maybe gonna leave on Thursday. But that's
a full travel day. So if it's let's say it's I don't know,
five or six hours flight, whatever it is, plus two hours, that's
your whole day's gone. That's it's eight nine hours by the time you get
to the airport and get out of there. It's probably more than that,
you know, counting the time change obviously, so it's a really long way.
So I don't I actually am not so upset with it because of that
travel time. It wouldn't be nice that it would maybe start a Thursday or
Friday, but the NHL got these dates locked in and uh, you know,
off we go, and quite honestly, I think Dot's fans need to
break. I don't know what's going on Florida, but it has been the
last three rounds have been so emotional, so much fun to be a part
of. I think people have to just you know, sober up and get
some sleep before they hit the ground running Saturday. I don't know if you
want to make your prediction, Jason, but what kind of problems do the
Panthers present to the Oilers. Well, they compete. They compete so hard.
I've watched a lot of Florida games in these playoffs and they are so
competitive. You even have a former all the rect from Larsa hitting people,
I don't think. I don't think he'd registered a hit in his style and
anchor. I might be wrong. You guys watch more games than that.
He's competing really hard, and so when you have him competing, that tells
you the level to which those guys are playing. So I think it's a
real challenge. You know, let's let's assume that you know McDavid's line is
going to be what it is and barkoff. That'll be a fun matchup,
you know, pretty even then you look at the second line. Let's assume
that Holloway and Kane go back up together with dry Siddle against Sam Bennis line.
Again, pretty even, I'll take both centers in that situation, but
pretty even. I think it's a third line where thing gets interesting. Florida's
got really strong third line. The Orders have to figure out their third line.
Henry is going to be the center there. He has been such a
good addition to the Orders, such a smart player. I've advocated Forlordas to
get this guy for a number of years. He's there, he's healthy,
he's going to play. Who are his wingers? You know, McLeod Gates,
well, you know, at times I'm a little bit concerned about his
puck management and decisions, but he can fly. And then Follegl a twenty
goal scorer who by the way, hasn't played the last two or three games.
Do you put him back in there and say, hey, you're our
guys, or do you put arry on there? Or do you move up
Connor Brown? Do you Derrick Ryan Kerrick? Like? I think that to
me, the series starts on the third line matchup for for for the team,
because you know what Flora's going to send out. What do the orders
do? So that would be Florida and seven No I six. I've been
public with mine. I say orders in six. I said orders in six
against Dallas. I honestly think that the top two centers for orders are the
difference maker, appally kill the power play. I think those are three things
that are when you're when you're this tight. The advantage for Florida is that
third line. I really I I worry about that because Lundell's become a really
important pet piece and a really good player for them. You know, the
d they're you know, fairly similar. You look at the dotor's top pair
and compare them to what they've got going on Florida. It's good. But
then he got Nurse. If he plays with an edge, you know he
can bring it. So I really think that third line is the part that
waivers or the advantage voters I laid out, so I got dotors in six.
Yeah it's probably a homer pick, but you know what, what the
hell's been a fun run and you know, in what is it twenty days,
we'll know who the winner is. Okay, I'm coming back at you
because you criticized us earlier for our taste in music. You say you're not
tripping Vancouver f You say you're not tripping Vancouver fans. Take a look to
your right there. What's that shot of there? Yeah, Messier the Cup
in ninety four. You do know who they were playing that? Ye?
Shots flying, that's sudding. So that was not That is really funny and
I wish I was smart enough to have that picture front and center. I
didn't even think of that. Oh, that is hurtful. I love Vancouver.
That is not what I meant to do. So many people, so
many people here. You ask them, who's your favorite X Canuck? They
say, Jason Stradwick. That's all out the door, now out the door
tonight. Not anymore. I'm done. I'm dead to them. Okay,
Jason, thanks for this. We'll get you back on Thanks so much.
Enjoy the series, guys. You bet. Jason Streadwick. You mentioned the
shots on goal yesterday. With only ten shots on goal for the for the
Edmonton Oiters, out shot was thirty five to thirty five to ten attempts seventy
three twenty four for the Stars and the Stars end up losing that game.
Somewhat historic poll question we haven't dealt with it yet. It has to do
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dualipa. This is It's sounds exactly the same. Is that song you played
by the Jonah's brother the same stuff? It's the same song. And what
the eighties had in the seventies was variety, stop man, no it did
it? Song started with the synth No every single one, Yes Wrong had
a key tar, Billy Idol von Jovi was so good, here Jovi so
heavy? Since deeph Leppard the same. This all sounds the same. It
doesn't that song get played before. It's just listen. The Jonas Brothers is
exactly the same. That's why we old dinosaurs can't get into this. But
we're not dinosaurs. We're just right. We're right. Eighties. It's catchy,
this is catchy, this is can you wash your card to this?
Yes? It was shirt off. It sounds like I don't know every song
in the eighties seventy distinctive, quite right, No, every every DC was
still doing things in the eighties. Every a PC song said that's and Brian
Johnson came along. Oh no, no, so wrong. Every AC DC
song sounds somewhat similar to Hey, Mouney Talks is not wasn't from the eighties,
and money Talks is great. Yeah, And it sounds like all other
Asyas songs. So you don't like a CD jazz. I'm just saying every
artist every decade, all the music sounds alike, sounds similar beatles, their
songs don't know they're actually one of the if you go from first album to
last, they experimented a ton case closed. That was a gall Peter in
Vancouver. Delaney's Okay, tarrying Langley inbox. We'll get to the waddling dog
poll question. In a second, Oiter is gonna get demolished by the Panthers.
Can't wait and can't wait to see mcweiner. Why interesting Panthers are good
and and I I they're tough, aggressive kind of you know, maybe you
know a step above the Cannucks and those two connucts are good that way,
connutra solid that way, being tough, being aggressive, being physical, especially
when you talk about Vancouver's Vancouver's blue line. But I harken back to a
million as I prove how I am by using the word harken to uh several
anyway interviews we've had, including Ray Ferrell saying back in November, Florida's the
best team in the nature or he said that race. Nobody said that about
the Oilers back then. But they're they're hot right now. Waddling dog poll
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The waddling dog pup pole question. Do you believe the Canucks would it
beat Texas or Dallas Stars in the Western Conference? Would it killed you to
put Dallas Stars in there? Yeah? What is that? I'm with Rick
here, so I gives you sound older than it sound a billion I Usetas
Hockey because Texas Hockey is the official hashtag of the Stars. Do you use
the hashtags to get to get more interaction with the posts? But you know
who's reading this pull cap and I should have just as soon as I typed
it out. It was gonna be a problem for him. I knew.
Okay, let me redo it because you had Texas Hockey there. Do you
believe the Canucks would have beat Dallas in the Western Conference final? Seventy percent
say yes, over three thousand votes. It is hopping, it is bopping,
and it is not stopping. Well, I would say yes, No
right now, I would say no, and I hate to disappoint Vancouver fans.
But if Bester is not playing, which he from what we understood,
he wouldn't have been. We don't know about Thatcher damnco that's the X factor
would have been back for the Dallas Okay, then I might might have said
yes. And then the other player not playing Peterson, Yes, right,
eleven point six? So just come out and say it. Then you thought
Peterson was like he in order for the Canucks and this I'll stick with no
here, in order for the Canucks to beat and I didn't see any signs
of this. In order for the Canucks to beat Dallas, Petterson would have
had to stepped up his game. Yep, and he would say that.
Then again, knee tendon iis. But what are you hearing on that?
By the way, ten to nights, not in general that it's over,
Donnie. That was two weeks ago. He's gonna have all summer to get
better, come back ready for training camp, and away we go. So
it's all it's all better. It's good as far as I know. Yeah,
you know, eleven point six, he'll be back ready to go.
But sorry, what did you say they would have beaten them? I think
the Canucks would have beat Dallas because Texas Hockey. Texas Texas Hockey. But
you make a good point. What you haven't thought about is a Besser would
have been He would have been. Besser would have been done for the rest
of the playoffs. And when you take your top goalscorer out and the power
play, the Canucks power play Donnie let them down against Edmonton. It let
them down in the entire playoffs. It was five to thirty six in the
playoffs that power and you saw what the Stars did. They went over fourty
with the power play. It cost them, cost them. I think the
Canucks play with we talked, I just talked about it now more aggressive,
more physical than the Oilers. So that matchup would have been interesting against the
Dallas. I think it's with Dallas and the reason why. First of all,
they're a very good team, very deep team, uh, but so
impressive. Earlier in the playoffs they knocked off Colorado in Vegas, the last
two Stanley Cup champions. There was a there was a whole lot there.
I thought. I thought Dallas was gonna win that. Seriously, everybody di
I had, But nobody thought the Skinner would outperform Atinger. That was that.
That was the one thing nobody saw in this series is that Skinner,
who was ripped so hard in the Vancouver series, would outplay Otinger. No
one saw that. Donny I mentioned, I'm conflicted when it comes to,
you know, the Oilers and whether or not they're Canada's team, whether or
not I personally want to see them win. I want to see McDavid win
a Stanley Cup. He's such a great player, just so skillful. We
haven't seen anything like him, maybe maybe Bobby or I'm talking about pure skill
and to end just just so fast, so exciting, so entertaining. I
want to see him when he's Stanley Cup, but doesn't have to be with
the oiders. I guess it does. The other thing I'm conflicted on is
this Stuart Skinner. Yeah, he's Canadian, He's from Edmonton. You want
to see if you care about Canadian hockey, you want to see a Canadian
goaltender. You know what this happened with Bennington a couple of years ago.
Do something special during a criminal, crucial moment like the Stanley Cup playoffs.
I wouldn't mind seeing that as well. So I'm really conflicting when it comes
hold in a second, you're rattling off all these things. Did you forget
that the Florida Panthers have gustaff forstling former Canuck oh E l, former Canuck
Roberto Loogo, former Canuck Brian McCabe in charge of their director of player a
personnel. Don I'm not reaching. How come everybody so for the Canucks.
Okay, but he was drafted by the Canucks. Dawn and Roberto Luongo a
special advisor to the gym. By the way, if you go on their
website, no no, no, no no no, he's an assistant to
the traveling secretary. If you go on their website, Florida, Donnie,
Yeah, they have four special advisors to the GM, four not three,
not two? Four? Is it possible they could make it five? Because
I think that would be the dream for Berta Lawongo. There's your reason to
root for Florida. Everybody. All I saw in Caduck's Twitter was, Oh,
Florida's a guy who said his contract sucks. Yeah, it's contract saying
well. All I saw in Caduck's Twitter on the weekend was, oh,
well, let's vote for Florida because of a Roberta Luongo. I mean someone
else says vote anyways. So you know there's some there's some ideas to vote
for Florida. Donnie. I'm just like, if you could get a job
as an advisor or a consultant, Like, what do they do? Four
guys advisors to GM? All four were players? Oh my gosh, what
a great job. What six figures. Why does a GM need four advisors?
Like? Yeah, I think you should put first thing out there?
More? Can I cash my check? They might have the biggest staff in
the NHL Florida. We'll look at there, I look where they are.
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now is that they played actual musical instruments. Donnie Rick, your music taste
is bang on. Thank you big rather Twitter guy, thank you got something
on the Jonas Brothers or Dulpo. No. I don't reminder the Great Cup
tickets on sale tomorrow. We'll talk more about that with Randy Ambrosi next.
Hey. The bottom line is, it's it's a it's a you might not
like their music, okay, but you can't look at the release today and
not go that's all very impressed. That's a big name, that's a big
act, and there's a lot of people that love to kick the cfl in
the shins and you know this and that about it. The bottom line is
that is a worldwide act that is known worldwide, and they're getting they can
played for their championship game. It's current and but I can still say I
prefer music in the past better than the music now. Absolutely, it's no
different than you know when Rick said originally with fifty cent was announced that it's
not his cup of tea. That's fine, but again you can't doubt the
fact that he's on his way to helping the Lions sell out their home opener
because the two pieces of music that you've played, the Jones Brothers in dua
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What's pop? Yeah, and well there you go. Pop music doesn't really
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Jeremy to send me a note when it comes to the floor tile. Maybe
he'll be able to get Rick a pre sale on that just one time.
Yeah, you can enjoy that first of all, though, And this is
what hed done is Donny's favorite subjects. But we need to mention we haven't
talked about it yet. Today we talked a lot about what's happening inside BC
Place. We didn't talk about what happened though over the weekend with the BC
Places team, the Vancouver white Caps, winning back to back wins out the
Cap. The Caps are on a roll, so they wins to one.
They beat Colorado was their seventies seventies match, so that's why the graphics he's
got the seventies look to it. I'm assuming it was all seventies. I
should ask. I think our buddy Jay Swinger is the DJ there, so
I should ask him find out what he was doing there. The Caps,
by the way, left it until late their second goal of their winner happened
in stoppage time. So the white Caps, as I mentioned, back to
back wins, international break. Now that precious Copa America tournament with Lionel Messi
is coming up, so they got they gotta break for that. So their
next game is June the fifteenth, when they go to New England they take
on the Revolution. Next home game here is coming up on June the twenty
ninth against Saint Louis, which I gotta double. I think it's Saint Louis's
first MLS trip here to Vancouver, I believe. Wow. So how about
I want to say, yes, check check out the old White camp's logo
there, the red and white logo, original colors, and I don't know
the MLS Jersey rules, guidelines all of that, but it's too bad the
Caps couldn't have worn that for seventies night their original nas. That that would
have been cool, you know, Like I say, I don't know,
maybe it's just not approved and all that stuff, and you got to coordinate
with Colorado and all that, but it would have been that would have been
fun, would have been quirky, okay, when it comes to the Stanley
Cup Final. The other thing a lot of people are making, uh,
making noise about because it's Edmonton, Florida, right, and so that was
confirmed last night. Oh, hold on the travel. Okay, so the
travel in this series. Didn't we talk about this already? The travel?
Yeah? No, it's officially going to be the longest distanced Stanley Cup Final,
beating out any hints and he guesses, go yeah, Bruins Cannucks was
a shade under twenty five hundred miles, Eilers Panthers twenty five hundred and forty
one miles. So it's a little bit longer. The biggest thing, guys,
and the toughest part here and this might change now that Edmonton's going there.
They might add flights. But the toughest part is there's obviously no direct
flights from Edmonton to Florida really, so that's that's gonna make it hard for
writers fans. Oh, the media is gonna hate this Stanley Cup Final.
That's touse. They are looking at long, long days at the airport and
and look at there's a lot of people the Stanley Cup Final schedule came out
and a lot of people, you know, complaining about the start and then
also how long it goes on for, because there's two days between every city
change. Every time it goes to and from Edmonton, you get two days
off. I get it. I actually get that. I'm okay with that.
The NBA does it similar as well. The NBA is worse. I
think there's a three day gap in their schedule. It's a year. Actually,
it's it's crazy. I think people's beef bat I don't really buy I
understand the gap, the gap in the series, especially with this playing out
like it did. It's not like it's going to be you know, Florida
the Panthers against the Lightning. It's not happening, right, It's gonna be
board again. Sorry, if you don't mind, can we see that board?
Jeff Patterson, our friend, made a very very good point at the
bottom of this list of Victoria versus Montreal, the Montreal Canadians. You know,
back in the twenties twenty five, Taylor covered that it's just you come
on, it was just I'll tell you what music back then way better than
now. Lawrence Well, is that the ragtime era? I think would that
be like the tip that's something else that happened to what do they do with
the shoes there? The dancing tap dancing, tap dancing, that's not a
form of music, but not a form of dance, but the top dancing.
They danced the music, yes, but that's not the foremost. It
was jazz and ragtimes. Stop Anyway, My point is that, like Jeff
made this point, Victoria Montreal was it two years in a row? Yeah,
different different Montreal teams, the Maroons of the Canadians, but the Victoria
Cougars. The mode of travel would have been, I would have trains,
trains there sees and then I remember reading a team from game two will be
a week and a half from now. Yeah, the Panama Canal wasn't around
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to join us, not the first time in our studio, CFL Commissioner since
twenty seventeen. Like I say, you've been here before. Thanks for returning.
How are you? I'm great? Thank you great to be here.
It's been a great day for the CFL and a great day for Gray Cup.
Happy to be here. Well, it sure has and the CFL season
begins on Thursday. But let's talk about the big news today. You've landed
the Jonas Brothers as the halftime act for the Gray Cup right here in Vancouver,
BC place November seventeenth. How does a person go about getting an act
like the Jonas Brothers. It's a lot of work. The music industry has
changed so much over the past several years, in part because the old revenue
model was album sales. So had you had acts that wanted to do the
Gray Cup because they got a ton of exposure and that helped with albums was
that album sales doesn't drive the industry the way it used to. So now
it's a lot of live performances what's driving their revenue model. So it's changed.
But you know, we had our secret weapon in this whole thing was
Zamar Doman, who's got a better playlist than I do, by the way,
because he's a real music guy, and he had his vision to really
you know, welcome the entire community to make sure that the halftime act would
really draw in you know, a new a whole new community of CFL fans
to be attracted the Gray Cup. And he was incredibly passionate about it,
and but we had said a deadline. We wanted to get it done early.
We wanted to make the announcement early. And here we are. We're,
you know, early in June, and we make the big, big
announcement right here in Vancouver. So for older people like Rick and I,
a possibility of Billy Joel or maybe bto for me. And next year is
that gonna happen at all? Randy? You know what, I think.
I can't really talk about who will have next year, but let's say we're
gonna put those names on the look, all right, they'll be on the
list. What's a reaction to Maridoman landing fifty cent and we understand he's selped
out with the Jonas brothers, but Landing fifty cent lines have sold over fifty
thousand season ticket it's for their home opener on the fifteenth. Ran, Well,
it's you know, Frank again you I'm not telling you anything. You
both don't know. He has brought a level of energy and enthusiasm to the
you know, not just to the BC Lions and the province of British Columbia,
but to the league. He's a big thinker, he's a passionate he's
a passionate supporter of the Lions and of the CFL, and it's just been
a pleasure to be around them, and it all creates this momentum, gets
that flywheel turning. You know, last year we had one of our greatest
seasons in league history. TV ratings up nine percent, in the twenty five
to fifty four category, up thirty four percent, huge momentum in our three
big markets, So you know, so much, so many good things going
on, and you really got to say, you know, in good part
to that energy. But it's not just a mar it's what's happened in Toronto
last year, lots of energy mls. He really, you know, came
to play a big, big boost in our tendance there and of course in
Munchrail with Pierre Carl Palado, and that doesn't even begin to speak to the
success we had around the rest of the league. I think I'd asked this
question if even if Amara was somewhere else other than Vancouver. But do the
other owners feel pressure because of the big things that he does? Is that
good for the league? Well, you know, frankly, again, it's
a group of big thinkers one of the real I don't think there's ever been
a point in the CFL's history we've had stronger ownership than we have right now.
If you look, you look across the league and think about this group.
You know, from Pierre Carl Palado, Roger Greenberg and John Ruddy in
Ottawa, MLS, Bob Young, Scott Mitchell and stelko In in in Hamilton,
you've got Winnipeg. That's just knocking the cover right off the ball.
If you got the Riders, we don't have to say much there. We've
got a process going on in Edmonton right there, right now looking for and
we will, I'm confident, have great new ownership there. You've got Murray
Edwards and c seg in Calgary and then Amar Doman. I mean that's a
lineup if you want to hang out with really cool people, this is a
good place to be. Okay, let's talk about expansion then. I mean,
you're you're happy with the teams that are currently the ownership, attendance is
up, TV numbers up, everything. Are you ready to expand in the
Maritimes yet? Yeah? We we are ready to expand we just know we
got to get it right. And you know in part, as you both
know, well, you know, in a large part it's a it's about
a facility that would be suitable. What the you know, the governors have
made it clear and I'm and i'm you know, my mandate is to pursue
expansion, but to pursue it the right way, be methodical, and you
know, I don't think it's just the Maritimes. You know, we have
talked quietly but maybe not so quietly, about Quebec City being another potentially attractive
market. We'll get there and and again. Now we've got this amazing group
of owners, lots of energy, real vision for a bigger, stronger CFL,
and I think we're going to get there. It just might take us
a little bit of time. You know, Lion's going to Lions games.
Last year, I did see more younger kids I saw, you know,
Donnie and I went to Empire and we'll keep going to Lions games. But
you got to get those young kids. Do you think you're doing the right
things getting the audience younger in the CFL. Yeah. You know, one
of the big advantages of our Genius partnership was the energy and expertise they have
in that whole fan engagement world. And in part what they've done is build
all of this. We've got our you know, our game Zone, which
is a bunch of free to play games, and it's all about getting kids
involved in getting them, you know, getting them to you know, talk
CFL and be involved in the CFL. But one of the things I really
love. You come to a Lions game and the you know, Dwayne Beno
and his staff have done an amazing job. The game day experience is much
better. And and you know what I always think. You will see,
uh, you'll see a mother and her daughter and they'll have they'll have the
cameras on and then be up dancing or and you can just feel that.
You can feel the joy they're having being in that building. And when the
songs come on and people are singing it, it's just a passionate environment.
And I think that's how you get that to get that flywheel turning. And
I think we've been doing a lot of really great things. The governors have
continue and will continue to challenge us to do more, which is good.
That creates a great partnership. Okay, it's more than football now. August
thirty first, in Victoria, a Touchdown Pacific game between the Lions and Ottawa.
That's that's sold out, over fourteen thousand tickets sold. There's what's the
thinking going to Vancouver Island. Well, you know, again, in part,
the touchdown program for us has been a great success. It was a
great success on you know, in Atlantic Canada and we've had some we've had
some really great games there. We think we've shown a lot of love to
Atlantic Canadians and we and that's an authentic we We would like to be there
eventually. But it was Amar again, Amar and Dwayne said, how about
the other coast and how about Victoria, Amar's hometown. He thought, you
know, bringing a game. As you probably recall when he bought the lines,
one of the things he said he didn't he wanted the team to belong
to the entire province. And that's why right now, you know, they've
got this fifty community tour you know, leading up to Great Cup Touchdown Touchdown
Pacific in Victoria. He wants everyone in this province to feel connected to the
BC lines and events like Touchdown Pacific will go a long way to creating that
provincial energy around what is a fantastic football franchise. I had to look this
up, but the USFL and XFL have merged. I knew that story.
It's now called the United Football League. I just realized the other day.
They're in their playoffs. So it shows you how much I care about it.
I've been around for a long time. We've seen the world foot the
league, the USFL, et cetera, et cetera. How much a threat
is that to is that group? You know, I've said all along,
I think what we're doing really well now is we're worrying about our own business
and you know, focusing on growing our game, focusing on doing all the
right things to market, you know, to to the point earlier, to
making sure we're attracting a new generation of fans. The work that Omar is
doing here. We're always paying attention, you know. It's it be a
mistake to not say we don't and we aren't interested or we're not noticing them.
But what the governors who have all the credit to them, it has
been about focus on ourselves, do a lot of things right, then reevaluate
and do more things right, you know tomorrow, and eventually that's going to
lead us to our success. So you know, again, they're out there,
they've got to having their season. We know we watch them, we
keep an eye on them, but our eye is squarely on our league and
our future. One hundred and eleventh edition of the Great Cup coming up in
Vancouver November seventeenth. You remember the first time you got your hands on that
thing? Was it? Was it ninety three? It was ninety three.
Yeah, you know, I gotta say i'm when i'm this thing just gives
off an energy that's unmistakable. And when I get in a room and our
our Great Cup cup keeper, Jeff mcwinnie's with us, and he is the
greatest Great Cup historian of all and CFL historian of all time, but I
get close to it and I just can remember and my I don't wear my
Great Cup wearing very often. And I don't because when I put it on,
it's like a time machine and I'm literally transported back to that feeling of
what it was like to be named the Great Cup champion in nineteen ninety three
and being next to the Cup, and there's so much Canadian history, it's
just amazing. Yeah. Well, pleasure having you in studio again, Randy.
Anytime you want to drop by. Yeah, you're more than welcome.
Thank thank you, so good to see both of you. Yes to luck.
Yeah, in twenty twenty four and we'll see, you'll see, we'll
see each other a few times this year. Well, him and I go
to a lot of games. Yeah right, but yeah, he only goes
into a suite. You'll see me. No call her fans up hie,
up hie. Randy, you've said before he's a bit fancy and that's okay,
that's okay, nothing less than he deserves. I'm concerned, blue collar.
Thanks so much, Randy. CFL kicks off on Thursday with a great
Cup rematch show. By the way, again, thanks so much. Randy
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Rick, all right, the Watling dog pop pole question. Do you
believe the Canucks would beat the Dallas Stars in the West Stern Conference finals,
seventy percent say yes over three thousand votes, and obviously the polls Donny and
Vancouver, you're going to get a strong contingent of people saying so. But
also twenty nine thirty percent is pretty high as well. We have Elliott Freeman
on the show tomorrow, right, Ryan, Yes, we have Elliott on
the show tomorrow. He has said for a while now on our show and
other shows that he feels or he felt, the Dallas Stars were the deepest
team in hockey. He still feels that way. So I'll ask him how
how he feels the Oilers were able to get to get by them. The
PK helped, certainly, Stuart Skinner's resurgon resurgence helped. I just can't believe
that when you look back at that decision. I know I talked about this
earlier, but that decision to bench him for games what four and five against
the Canucks, and that was surprising at the time. And Calvin Pickard comes
in, goes one and one in those two games, also surprising. Pickard
was fine that he lost that fifteen. He goes back to Skinner for six
and seven, and everything works out and then they go on to beat Dallas
and the Cacks couldn't score in six and seven. I think one thing that
we haven't talked about when it comes to the order is not many people have.
But they were down yesterday right in the shots department, big time,
thirty five ten. They were out shot, out attempted by a wide margin.
And yet, and we heard this word all season long with Rick Hockin
and the Canucks. They were resilient that they seemed comfortable playing in a situation
where the game was tight and it was too nothing for a long time,
but relatively speaking, pretty tight and then eventually became a two to one.
They seemed comfortable playing in a situation where not only was it a close game,
not just a close game, but a close playoff game also comfortable.
And Rick Hackett talked about this a lot during this year. I've learned a
lot about hockey from Rick Hockett sending to him over the last year and a
half or so. But also on a night when you're not playing all that
well, yeah, you saw Connor McDavid after the game, he said,
that wasn't our best effort and he managed to win. You have to be
comfortable and just keep plugging away when you're not at your best, and that's
that's what they did. Their early lead obviously helped, but that this is
a different team with with with not blocked there and I just you just listen
to Rick talk at Talk and he just how important that is. You're not
gonna have your best every night. And the Oilers are there with that.
They're they're resilient and comfortable playing in tight games, tight playoff games, and
when they're when they're not at their best. That's that's one thing you got
to learn if you're gonna if you're gonna win a Stanley Cup and they're gonna
play a very heavy, heavy, skilled team. Donnie in Florida, you
we talked about this before. You know. Ray Fararer told us a few
weeks ago. He says his his number one team in the NHL was Florida,
And that was a few weeks ago. He came on our show and
he said they are big, mean, strong, and they are skilled.
It's going to be a good final. Well, I'll go back even further.
I think Ray said that a few weeks ago on our show. He
said that back in November. I think that was it that he feels Florida
is the best team in hockey, and I always feel and you could go
back, you know with the New York Islanders, with the Oilers, the
Dinings, Dynast teams. They had that disappointment, right that that just Tampa
Bay, right, you know they lose in twenty fifteen with Cooper as coach
and then go on to win a couple year years later. You have that,
you know, that disappointment, You go a long way. You have
that disappointment and you learn from that. And Florida people forget. Yeah,
they made the Stanley Cup Final last year somewhat an eight seed. They won
the President's Trophy the year before. So there's been a lot of disappointment there
with the Florida Panthers, and that just makes it just makes you stronger.
They got to fall before. You can't take anything for granted. And they
seem to be they seem to be comfortable playing any any any situation behind ahead,
no matter who they're playing, what style they're playing against. Rangers,
so much talent on that team, President Trophy winners themselves, and they were
clearly the second best team against against the Panthers. No and panerin has been
a JAD and uh, you know two Rider Crider, two goals between those
three guys in the whole complete series. Again, Paneren goes quiet in the
playoffs after a great regular seat, and he scores at the very end.
That's it to make that final game close. You had some information about the
Connucks. I just wanted to say, don you don't, No, No,
I do. But I wanted to say the Canucks are. They're busy
out there looking at all possible options to clear up money so they can resign
guys like zidorof in Joshua. So that includes, you know, moving guys
and trying to move guys like Ilia mckayabb. But mckayb moving him don won't
be easy, especially if you put in a sweetener and you don't have a
first or second round draft pick, which the Canucks and have this year.
Mckayev's coming off major knee surgery. He's got one goal in fifty one games.
Not easy to do. But his name's out there as a guy that
they're they're trying to move to clear up cap space. So I get that
that's a contract you'd like off the books. So you can go out and
say Okay to Joshua, we got we now get the money to you know,
bump up our offer or zador Off with zador Off, I can tell
you it's very quiet. Nothing to report, zero zilch on Zadoroff. Canucks
loves Sea Loves. Okay, let me get this straight. Uh, The
way this management team felt about Sea Loves in the playoffs incredible. I'm having
a tough time seeing a path a pathway for the Smith to resigning in Vancouver.
You just never know somethings, something could change. But the boy,
the way the Canucks talk about Sea Loves, I will be shocked if he's
not your backup to dem Goo and this nets just story out of Carolineup.
He's the forward that a lot of teams are after, anding Vancouver still in
the mix. But I don't think, uh, you know, offering up
a guy like Coronic is going to get that done. I just think teams
are honing in on that. Just you good young player twenty five, Donny.
I think the Canucks are still poking around there. But it's it's it's
that's a tough tough deal to do, uh, Chris tannef so many people
in Vancouver wondering if he would be a fit with the Canucks given his well,
first of all, his he's still a very effective hockey player, to
give it, his background with the Canucks, and and given that so many
people are wondering if Philip Heronic is long for Vancouver, you know, because
he's he's an RFA, and we all saw, we all saw mister cranky,
and we just I just wonder how much he's enjoying it here after that
press. Maybe I'm wrong, but that's the impression I got after that,
after that interview ten of with the broken foot in the final game, and
what about the possibility of him rejoining the Kanucks. Okay, so if Tanna
played in a lot of pain last two games. He took the shot,
Donnie, what game was it in Edmonton from Evander Kaine. It looked like,
you know, some people thought it was a hairline fracture, but I
was told today that the MRI didn't show too clearly what it was. But
I can't tell you he was in a lot of pain. He played,
and you know what, Chris Hannev, there's not a bigger a bit,
there's not a guy that pay it plays with more pain than Chris Tanneh,
but he wasn't comfortable last two games for him. Chris hanneb on the Vancouver
Front UFA if he hits July first. My personal opinion, I have a
tough time seeing him signing in Dallas if he hits the market. Obviously the
Canucks if they move Heronic Tana would make sense. But he's not going to
be cheap. Tannav is not going to be cheap. He's I think his
camp they're in a good spot ton of teams. You just talked about all
the attributes that Chris tanne brings. Great per on and off the ice,
great first pass, penalty killing on the ice, laton games, great teammate,
all that stuff, but there's value on it. And when you hit
July first and you've got multiple teams after you, it's gonna be it's gonna
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Sony Pictures has announced the deal, featuring the stories of McCartney, Lennon,
Harrison Star spread out over four films. Sony is targeting twenty twenty seven
for their release. McCartney Star and the families of John Lennon and George Harrison
have all signed off on the project. Nice. I don't know if I
know. Ryan and I are huge Beatle fans. You are definitely a fan,
but maybe not to our level. I don't mean that as a criticism.
No, I can't get enough of the Beatles, and I think a
lot of people feel the same way. Yeah, I agree. Now,
I'm not sure that's a commitment though. When they say bio pick, we're
talking like Bohemian Raps. Did he's somebody playing George Garrison. Yeah, I
don't know. Somebody playing John Lennon, which we've seen in other movies.
Well, yeah, I'm not so sure. We've heard of what's his name
there? From uh from the Bear. He's gonna play Springsteen in an upcoming
movie. Yeah, so I don't know who biopicks Bohemian Raps. It is
very Ramy Mallock. Yeah, he was very Oscar Oscar and I loved Love
and Mercy, the Brian Wilson story about the Beach Boys, which was which
was excellent. Yeah, Austin Butler Elvis Elvis, do you see that movie?
Of course I saw Elvis. I've seen everyby Elvis movie there is possibly
to see. I love Elvis. How many movies did he do? A
lot? I've never watched one. I never watched one in its entirety.
Well, I always watched it, and you know it's they're all musicals.
Where you break into song walking down the street doing nothing. I can't.
I can't do it. I can't. I can't watch movies. I like
that. I've got thirty one films. Yeah, most a lot of them
in Hawaii if you check Guy Elvis's Blue Oi Blue Hawaii. Yeah. Former
bas Allies head coach Adam Rita was in Blue Hawaii. What Yeah, are
you serious? Adam never told them background, Yeah, are you He was
one of the extras. Yep. But I guess this is probably where where
we were talking about the Beatles. Yeah, sorry, sorry, I guess
that's where the money was though. Probably if you can sing and do movies
at the same time, it's sort of like this fifty he morphed into movies.
That's what these guys do. He had a chance to do A Star
is Born, that's right, the one with Chris Kerstofferson was a barbar streis
not the moment. No, no, it would have been. It would
have been difficult, and somehow it didn't work out, and I believe that
was a big regret of his. Okay, birthdays talk amongst you. I've
never seen the original one the woman. Actually it isn't the original one.
I think that's the second of three. Really, I think there was one
in the thirties. Chelsea and I just recently rewatched it. Such a good
show. Bradley friend, Lady Gaga, are you fans? Oh my god,
what a great movie. And two good bit parts of that movie.
Dave Chappelle, he was really good. He was like Bradley Cooper's friend that
kind of took him when he was in the hard times. And Gaga's dad
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right, here we go? Is it just Me? Rick and Donnie should
host the Dinosaur Rock Hour? Nothing but pre nineties rock and roll. Come
on, guys. Music didn't die at the end of the eighties, Bob
and Vancouver. Well, I didn't mind the nineties either, but I think
it did die. Actually, I think it died around ninety five ninety six.
Hey, everybody has their own preferences. Strudwick said something important. When's
your when's your favorite music? When you're a teenager, that's that's when you
get hooked on music. So if we were in the eighties in high school,
that would be our best music. Donnie favorite. I remember hearing somewhere
that there's some study out there that most people don't listen or appreciate music past
the age of thirty three, and I think that for me might be it
might be accurate. I think so for me too, Is it just me?
Unsigned? With Corey Perry on the Oilers, you know that Ebonton will
not be winning the five that's five teams that Corey Perry has been on in
a Stanley Cup Final. He did win the first time around with the Ducks.
With the Ducks, he won, but then he had that COVID run
with Montreal and Dallas, then Tampa Bay and they didn't win with him there
Tampa Bay. Right, Yeah, yeah, no, you're correct, I
got that right? Yeah? Cool? Is it just me? Even though
I'm a longtime Canucks fan, I will cheer for any Canadian team in the
Stanley Cup Final. This is good for our country in a way. Canada
can stick it to the Americans, especially Gary Bettman. This is from Ernie
Mudd, who will be cheering for the Oilers. Give me another one?
Are you another one? Yes? Unlike some people in this country, I'm
a Canadian patriot. My food comes from Canada and I cheer for Canadian teams.
Go Oilers, Dwight, that's dright in chilliwacker. That sounds like somebody
who hates you guys, and I hate you guys against you guys going over
the border to do all your shopping. That's a good point. I'm behind
here, Rick, you gotta help me out. Okay, I got another
one here? Uh? Is it just me? But if Dua Lipa wasn't
dropped dead gorgeous, she's just another minor league pop star sixty seventies, eighties,
doesn't really matter, Getty Lee. Yeah, you could say the same
thing about a lot of people. A lot of people get by on their
looks. I e this show, right, I don't think so. Okay,
is it just me? From Paul and lake Iraq? Is it just
me? But Bto's music sounds the same. Looking Out for Number one and
blue Collar is the same song. Yeah, you have no idea what we're
talking about right now? Do you both the slower songs? But that's my
point. All due respect to Paul, I don't think they do sound the
same. But blue Collar slow, yeah, mellow, exactly right? Looking
out for Number one? Same thing versus taking care of business or roll on
down the highway take it. I'm gonna move on right now because I'm alienating
probably eight percent of the audience taking care of business. A beautiful song.
I love that, I love it, not a biggie, But could someone
please tell Dolly it's fifty not fifty cents? Have I been saying fifty cents?
Yes? Okay, apologies, Okay, we know who you're talking about.
Yeah, jap Joe. Sorry, no, go ahead, jap Joe
from Surrey. Is it just me or will the Oiler's Path Through series have
some Battle of Alberta vibes to it? The two main villains on the Panthers
could Shock and Bennett both ex Flames, Yes and boys. Sam Bennett he
was he looked good in Calgary, especially in the playoffs. Man, he's
improved his game. Did you see the one pass he made in uh?
The one the game at home, not the last one. I'm not saying
he's bad in Calgary, but no. But things didn't work clevated, but
Donnie, things didn't He was fourth overall pick things didn't work out in Calgary.
He goes to Florida and he's been incredible, unbelievable. What's the first
thing you think of when you think Sam Bennett? Remember he couldn't do a
pull up, pull up, the draft combine, combine. But he had
a shoulder injury. I believe he did have a shoulder injury. But did
he refuse to do it or he couldn't He he couldn't do it? Was
it chin ups or yeah? Chin up? Yeah, he couldn't do chin
ups and his record for chin ups wasn't very good. And well he he
didn't have a lot of comment at the Vancouver media. I'll tell you that
much. He's done just fine. I will have to take a break.
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