WEBVTT 1 00:00:16.239 --> 00:00:21.519 Where are we at in society today? Come after me. I'm a man, 2 00:00:21.800 --> 00:00:26.679 I'm forty. Go ahead, make my day every single week. I 3 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:29.280 put my freaking heart and soul into this. I don't go out there and 4 00:00:29.359 --> 00:00:32.520 laugh. It's not funny. Nothing's funny to me. I don't wanna go 5 00:00:32.520 --> 00:00:36.240 out there and get embarrassed on Monday night football for everybody, I think that 6 00:00:36.399 --> 00:00:40.640 at the beginning of a beautiful friendship. So I ain't nothing changed from yesterday. 7 00:00:41.359 --> 00:00:44.799 Still the same person I was yesterday, and I got the same thing 8 00:00:44.880 --> 00:00:49.759 for you that I had yesterday. You know why I'm here. You play 9 00:00:49.960 --> 00:00:56.359 to win the game. You don't play to just play it. That's a 10 00:00:56.399 --> 00:01:00.679 great thing about sports. You play to win, and I don't care if 11 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:03.640 you don't have any wins. You go play to win. When you start 12 00:01:03.680 --> 00:01:12.680 telling me it doesn't matter to retire, get out for the matters, damn 13 00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:18.719 right, it matters. Sarah Edwards, it's a hump day. It's a 14 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:25.000 Wednesday around the State of Michigan and Axes and Bros. We are with you 15 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:29.200 Monday through Friday, sixtell nine. We know you tune in at different times 16 00:01:29.519 --> 00:01:33.359 to check us out and check out different radio programs. We're cool with that. 17 00:01:34.120 --> 00:01:37.959 Anything that might be on your mind. The Meyer hotline is there for 18 00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:41.799 you eight six six eight three eight forty eight forty three, or you can 19 00:01:41.840 --> 00:01:45.359 text the show at sports Radio to twenty one thousand. Ben's our producer. 20 00:01:45.359 --> 00:01:49.200 I'm Matt Shephard. Welcome. Tiger is a winner yesterday. Isn't it interesting? 21 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:53.519 Yesterday we were complaining. I suppose a lot of people have been complaining 22 00:01:53.560 --> 00:01:57.480 about the Tigers offense, and for good reason, but they were able to 23 00:01:57.519 --> 00:02:01.719 jump out of it in a big way. They snapped a four game slide 24 00:02:01.719 --> 00:02:07.240 in a five game road losing streak with an eleven to seven win in Cleveland. 25 00:02:08.280 --> 00:02:14.800 The hero. Now there's that saying, right, your best players have 26 00:02:14.840 --> 00:02:16.800 to be their best in big games. That's not necessarily a big game. 27 00:02:19.719 --> 00:02:24.400 Every game is important in baseball, but I wouldn't say it's a big game. 28 00:02:25.680 --> 00:02:30.199 Detroit finally got fifteen. I mean they got fifteen hits. That works. 29 00:02:30.919 --> 00:02:37.360 The offense found something or maybe it was Logan Allen. I don't know 30 00:02:37.400 --> 00:02:40.560 what it was. I don't care what it was. I just know it 31 00:02:40.560 --> 00:02:46.439 has to continue. But Andy Abaniez was in the middle of it all. 32 00:02:46.199 --> 00:02:50.960 He was at the start of it all. He hit the third pitch over 33 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:53.479 the wall. He had two home runs, he went four for four, 34 00:02:53.479 --> 00:02:58.560 he was on base five times, he drove in four, scored four times. 35 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:06.560 From the top of the order at second base. Doesn't mean that you 36 00:03:06.680 --> 00:03:09.680 play him every single day. It doesn't mean that he should be your leadoff 37 00:03:09.719 --> 00:03:19.360 guy every single game. But he does put together some decent at bats. 38 00:03:20.439 --> 00:03:24.039 He had four of their fifteen hits. He had half as many as Cleveland 39 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:30.719 did as a team. Detroit jumped on Cleveland in the first I mentioned ibania 40 00:03:30.800 --> 00:03:34.360 Is with the home run. Then Cleveland plates two right away and you're going, 41 00:03:34.400 --> 00:03:38.400 oh, come on, really, Detroit scores four in the second, 42 00:03:38.759 --> 00:03:43.000 it's five to two, and you think, okay, with the history of 43 00:03:43.039 --> 00:03:49.080 their pitching. We told you the numbers yesterday, top four and four main 44 00:03:49.199 --> 00:03:53.840 categories. You think good, feel comfortable now to a certain extent, because 45 00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:59.080 Cleveland's not known as a great hitting team. And then suddenly they played five 46 00:04:00.680 --> 00:04:09.560 and it's seven to five. Detroit answers right back and it's a tie game. 47 00:04:11.759 --> 00:04:15.560 You love the resiliency. Isn't there a part of you that felt pretty 48 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:20.560 damn good about that? You know, we had mentioned earlier in the week 49 00:04:21.600 --> 00:04:30.199 about teams getting down, Boston Bruins beating Toronto. They're down one nothing, 50 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:34.160 they tied at one, Toronto's got chance after chance, and then suddenly Boston 51 00:04:34.240 --> 00:04:39.600 able to come through, showing some grit, showing some moxie, little attitude, 52 00:04:39.720 --> 00:04:45.680 love it right. Tigers had a little bit of that yesterday when so 53 00:04:45.800 --> 00:04:49.240 Perez with two more hits, Matt Veerling with a couple of hits, Jake 54 00:04:49.399 --> 00:04:58.879 Rogers with a couple of hits, and the guy by the name of Ryan 55 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:08.079 Delayed with a couple of hits and three RBIs, including his first major league 56 00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:15.199 hit. Cinderella story. Who knows? Does it matter? For one game? 57 00:05:15.199 --> 00:05:24.040 It did. It's interesting that Justin Henry Maloy wasn't brought up or a 58 00:05:24.160 --> 00:05:28.279 Kiel Badeu aj Hinch saying I'm going to see a lot of lefties. The 59 00:05:28.360 --> 00:05:33.759 reason I say brought up is because Parker Meadows was sent down. Big struggle 60 00:05:33.800 --> 00:05:39.120 for Meadows. You and I both know it. We've talked about it. 61 00:05:39.120 --> 00:05:45.879 It's unfortunate, but it was necessary. And as good as he is defensively, 62 00:05:46.439 --> 00:05:49.480 what do we always say you got You got to be able to score 63 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:55.000 runs and you have to be able to hit the ball and the fastball. 64 00:05:55.560 --> 00:05:58.839 I think I think it was Scott yesterday who brought it up. It's a 65 00:05:58.920 --> 00:06:06.040 great point, missing the fastball. He was a key contributor to that needs 66 00:06:06.040 --> 00:06:12.360 at bats young guys. When people wonder why aren't you just bringing up this 67 00:06:12.439 --> 00:06:15.399 young guy, well, because it can be a double edged sword. You 68 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:21.480 want to promote a young player for a job well done in the minors. 69 00:06:24.399 --> 00:06:29.439 You want them. We've talked about this with hockey too. Okay, guy 70 00:06:29.439 --> 00:06:34.800 does a really good job down in Dahl with Grand Rapids. You'd love to 71 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:38.360 see him with the Red Wings. Is he going to get the same amount 72 00:06:38.439 --> 00:06:44.959 of time in the same situations as he would down there? And it's the 73 00:06:44.959 --> 00:06:48.560 same thing in baseball. Is he going to be in the lineup every day 74 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:54.319 to get the at bats, to make himself feel comfortable like he's contributing, 75 00:06:54.879 --> 00:06:59.279 seeing all the pitches, so on and so forth. You want to make 76 00:06:59.319 --> 00:07:05.439 sure you can do that, and if you can't, all you're doing is 77 00:07:05.480 --> 00:07:12.879 stunting his growth. Now, what's the balance there? What is the balance 78 00:07:12.959 --> 00:07:16.959 between you saying okay, Parker Metals, for example, I'm going to keep 79 00:07:16.959 --> 00:07:23.920 you in there. I'm going to have you bat against lefties even though you're 80 00:07:23.920 --> 00:07:32.639 struggling against lefties compared to I'm gonna sit you so I don't ruin your confidence. 81 00:07:33.879 --> 00:07:40.800 On the other hand, you want guys to be everyday players, right, 82 00:07:41.759 --> 00:07:46.399 I sure as hell do. Parker Metal's second round draft pick a ton 83 00:07:46.439 --> 00:07:51.439 of talent. I want him to be an everyday player. But when you 84 00:07:51.480 --> 00:07:57.120 dip below one hundred, it's got to be enough, don't you think. 85 00:08:00.639 --> 00:08:05.160 Anyway, good win for Detroit. They'll play the series wrap up this afternoon, 86 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:13.040 Reese Olsen against Tanner Beebie. I don't want to be negative after a 87 00:08:13.079 --> 00:08:18.720 win. I think too many people are. Usually you see that on Mondays 88 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:26.079 after a Lions game or some type of NFL game in some market. Too 89 00:08:26.120 --> 00:08:30.800 many times sports radio is all about, you know what, I need to 90 00:08:30.800 --> 00:08:35.840 get calls. I need to get some likes, So I'm gonna throw throw 91 00:08:35.840 --> 00:08:46.159 out some outlandish and vervacious opinion and take it from a negative point of view. 92 00:08:48.039 --> 00:08:52.159 I don't want to do that. You know we did that yesterday, 93 00:08:52.840 --> 00:09:01.919 ripping on the offense in a two to one loss. And when they get 94 00:09:01.919 --> 00:09:07.399 a win and they get the victory the way we want them to or expect 95 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:11.399 them to, or have called and complained about their lack of ability. They 96 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:18.000 finally show the ability. It's a small sample size, granted, but you 97 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:24.240 get the point. I don't want to dwell on the negative. But you 98 00:09:24.320 --> 00:09:31.559 also have to be realistic. You also have to understand a problem when you 99 00:09:31.600 --> 00:09:41.960 see it, and Kentamieta has been a problem. It's hard to deny that 100 00:09:43.200 --> 00:09:50.080 sample size needs to be kept in perspective. But you're getting to the point 101 00:09:52.559 --> 00:09:58.799 where you're about a quarter of his starts. We'll explain when we come back. 102 00:09:58.200 --> 00:10:03.679 Just getting things wrong here on a Wednesday morning. 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We were talking about a 127 00:12:13.679 --> 00:12:18.200 few good Tigers went over Cleveland eleven seven to get them a couple of games 128 00:12:18.320 --> 00:12:20.480 over five hundred, get them even in this series and the series wrap up 129 00:12:20.519 --> 00:12:26.000 taking place this afternoon, weather permitting the problem yesterday, and he'd love to 130 00:12:26.039 --> 00:12:31.559 focus on the positive, and we mentioned andy A Banye's good feeling at the 131 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:37.639 top of the ear. I suppose part of the reason it's it's it's not 132 00:12:37.759 --> 00:12:45.720 as warm and fuzzy for me is because fair or unfair. I don't view 133 00:12:46.559 --> 00:12:52.240 andy A Banyez as an everyday player, and it's probably unfair. That's an 134 00:12:52.360 --> 00:13:00.919 unfair thought on on my behalf. I just don't I see him as a 135 00:13:01.799 --> 00:13:09.840 role player. You know, there are guys who have made livings in Major 136 00:13:09.919 --> 00:13:20.000 League Baseball out of being a versatile player. A guy who's not in the 137 00:13:20.039 --> 00:13:30.440 same position every single game for his career or for a season. Ben Zobrist 138 00:13:30.600 --> 00:13:35.240 is a good example. Okay, guys who aren't married to one position. 139 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:39.960 Who says you can't do that, who says Andy A. Banyez couldn't play 140 00:13:41.600 --> 00:13:46.720 almost every day as a second baseman, sometimes as an outfielder, sometimes it's 141 00:13:46.759 --> 00:13:52.200 a shortstop, sometimes it's a third baseman. The versatility he brings, I 142 00:13:52.240 --> 00:14:01.480 don't see that. But if you're hitting three sixty four, slugging five seventy 143 00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:07.240 six, you force your way into the lineup. He's not going to sustain 144 00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:11.840 those numbers. We're just not sustainable for him. But it's great right now. 145 00:14:13.919 --> 00:14:18.840 And perhaps, and this is where as fans we have to figure out, 146 00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:26.519 Hey, is is he doing that well because he is a guy who 147 00:14:26.960 --> 00:14:33.399 plays every once in a while, or is he that good that forces us 148 00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:43.759 to decide he should be playing more. That's up to the manager. That's 149 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:48.720 up to aj Hanchen his staff to figure out, is this a guy we 150 00:14:48.759 --> 00:14:52.639 want in the lineup every day even if he doesn't have one position, because 151 00:14:52.639 --> 00:15:00.759 that's the way this team is made up, right Because Matt Erling, He's 152 00:15:00.840 --> 00:15:05.159 gonna play some third He's gonna play some right Rightley Green's gonna play the left, 153 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:09.360 although they mentioned yesterday he's an option in center, and why wouldn't he 154 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:18.799 be. Torkosen's not playing any place other than first. Baiez isn't playing any 155 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:22.320 place other than shortstop. Carson Kelly and Jake Rogers aren't doing anything other than 156 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:28.120 catching or maybe dehing. I don't know why you dh Carson Kelly. So 157 00:15:28.159 --> 00:15:35.159 you get the point, right, Well, that's great. It's great to 158 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:39.080 get the eleven to seven win. You don't want to be negative. It's 159 00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:43.399 too damn easy to go there. But there's a difference between being negative and 160 00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:54.960 being concerned. There's a reason to be concerned about Kentamayata signed in the offseason 161 00:15:54.960 --> 00:16:00.279 to a two year deal. He makes fourteen million dollars. Not everything is 162 00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:06.799 associated with money, I get that, but that's a commitment. That's a 163 00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:10.399 hell of a commitment. And right now, in seven starts and you figure 164 00:16:10.960 --> 00:16:15.679 he's never made more than thirty two, and that was his rookie year with 165 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:19.039 the Dodgers. Throw that aside. He's never made more than twenty six. 166 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:27.960 That's the most he's made. Twenty five, twenty twenty six, eleven COVID 167 00:16:29.519 --> 00:16:34.120 twenty one twenty last year made twenty. Let's say he gets to last year 168 00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:44.320 because he was hurt, which is more than likely now that he'll find his 169 00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:48.759 way on the ils at some point. But let's just say he makes twenty 170 00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:52.320 starts. So he's at a third of his starts right now. If that's 171 00:16:52.360 --> 00:16:59.679 the case, if you want to take it's not necessarily his career high. 172 00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:03.639 But if you want to take the twenty six he's at, you know, 173 00:17:03.679 --> 00:17:10.880 twenty seven percent of his starts. When you're one in one with an ERA 174 00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:14.759 of six seven five and you've given up more homers than anybody else in the 175 00:17:14.839 --> 00:17:23.039 league nine, that's not a good sign. I'm not saying it's not a 176 00:17:23.079 --> 00:17:27.559 good signing. I said it's not a good sign right now. I wasn't 177 00:17:27.559 --> 00:17:36.319 thrilled with a signing. I want guys who post. I want guys who 178 00:17:36.319 --> 00:17:42.680 are reliable. He hasn't been reliable. Hurt last year, hurt the year 179 00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:49.880 before. Just don't like it, don't like the way it's trending. Whatever, 180 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:56.359 Nothing I can do about it. Bottom line is he is one in 181 00:17:56.480 --> 00:18:02.839 one in seven starts with an ERA just under seven. That's a problem. 182 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:07.640 If you were a spot starter, it'd be one thing. He's a starter. 183 00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:11.799 Every fourth day or fifth day. At some point you're going to go 184 00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:17.079 see what you have to do with him on the mound. You have to 185 00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:27.039 plan for a bullpen day. You have to plan in case you need him 186 00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:33.599 or you need your bullpen, because in all likelihood you are going to need 187 00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:44.759 your bullpen. Dude's only gone six innings twice, did it against Minnesota, 188 00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:52.680 and he did it in his lone win against Saint Louis, which wasn't bad. 189 00:18:55.680 --> 00:19:00.160 Forgive me if I'm not going to focus on the one win against Saint 190 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:04.559 Louis, and I'm going to look at six earned runs, five earned runs, 191 00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:11.359 seven earned runs, seven earned runs. Yesterday in two innings of work, 192 00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:23.119 walk three, struck out one concerning something to monitor for us moving forward? 193 00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:30.839 Right, absolutely, series wrap up again today. We'll get into some 194 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:36.720 of the issues moving forward. And it's starting to be recognized by national writers 195 00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:40.880 too. They got to fill space, all right, they need clicks. 196 00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:45.839 I get it. It's websites. You and I will see some type of 197 00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:48.880 scintillating headline and it'll make us go, oh, I want to read that. 198 00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:53.920 That's what they're supposed to do. So when you rank teams, to 199 00:19:55.039 --> 00:20:00.319 me, you know the power rankings. To me, it's a little ridiculous 200 00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:04.880 in baseball at this time, but they do it once a week all kinds 201 00:20:04.920 --> 00:20:10.119 of websites. Read one website yesterday and look, I'm guilty of it. 202 00:20:10.119 --> 00:20:12.440 I'm sitting here complaining about it, but I read it. So how hypocritical 203 00:20:12.519 --> 00:20:18.079 is that? But when you do a show for three hours every day, 204 00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:23.160 there are certain things you want to check out, and you also want to 205 00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:27.759 validate your thoughts if other people are feeling the same way. And my son 206 00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:34.680 always tells me dead you got to figure out who's giving you the information. 207 00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:40.519 If you're going to read this, make sure you know who's writing it, 208 00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:45.440 and it's worthy of bringing up. Well, he's right, and Matt Schneider 209 00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:51.319 or CBS Sports is a reputable writer. His latest power rankings Tiger's at fourteen. 210 00:20:51.599 --> 00:20:53.359 That's not even the point. Here's the point. This is what he 211 00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:56.839 writes. This is exactly what we talked about yesterday morning, as if he 212 00:20:56.880 --> 00:21:00.119 was listening. Tigers are twenty second in runs, twenty fifth and average twenty 213 00:21:00.119 --> 00:21:04.920 fifth in ops and for twenty fourth in home runs. They are also supporting 214 00:21:04.920 --> 00:21:08.880 a winning record. 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Get your tickets now at Meyer LPGA Classics dot Com 232 00:22:56.799 --> 00:23:02.400 ran into Savannah Jack tier Line not with a shot blocked by slaving all up 233 00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:10.440 to say thanks. Star burnsent trucks Hack who lives in It overtime for New 234 00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:22.319 York FDNY Trumpchick played more than any New York ranger tonight over thirty five minutes 235 00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:26.640 of hockey, a rebound will come to the next name. Spoon Check is 236 00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:32.279 right on the spot to take the loose puck off of Brank Burst and he 237 00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:37.519 slams it through erandic Fox up. Robertson trying to work it out for Shotston 238 00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:41.920 Big hit there in behind and Cayliano zooms it ahead, Wood Win speed Wood 239 00:23:42.000 --> 00:24:07.160 trucks in can't hit Scot Niles Wood the hero it over time, thrilling stuff 240 00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:11.359 in the NHL last night, Welcome Back Exus and Bros. On a Wednesday 241 00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:18.559 morning that saw the Tigers win in Cleveland and then two thrilling finishes in hockey. 242 00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:25.039 You heard him there on ESPN. Bote calls Rangers edge of the Hurricanes 243 00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:27.960 four to three in DOUBLET. Vincent Trocheck with a game winner. He has 244 00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:36.880 a five game goal streak. The biggest issue for Carolina. And they're good. 245 00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:41.000 I mean they built a two to one lead, a three to two 246 00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:48.400 lead before falling in DOUBLET. They're really good. But how disciplined are you? 247 00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:52.359 I mean they went They're in the box for seven New York power plays. 248 00:24:55.319 --> 00:25:00.160 Rangers went two for seven with the extra attacker. It's ridiculous. They 249 00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:07.319 had a power play in the third and seconds after they were awarded it spashing 250 00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:14.200 a cough with a tripping call. I'm watching this game and I'm not rooting 251 00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:15.480 for one team over the other. Don't get me wrong, but I'm thinking, 252 00:25:15.880 --> 00:25:18.599 what in the world's going on here? How do you keep taking these 253 00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:27.079 tripping penalties? It's ridiculous. You get to this point and you're that undisciplined 254 00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:37.400 with your stick, especially can't happen. It was a fun game to watch. 255 00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:45.480 Both teams are really good, really good. Really like Sebastianaho I'm sure 256 00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:49.799 you do too if you've watched him play at all. But damn, I 257 00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:56.960 mean the lack of discipline. Jake Ginzel had a couple of had a couple 258 00:25:56.000 --> 00:26:03.000 of goals for Carolina. He got an undisciplined penalty, he jabbed in the 259 00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:08.799 face and then took a swing, so he gets sticked to two minutes there 260 00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:14.400 before the grace of God, go I right, who wouldn't retaliate? But 261 00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:19.160 the referees, one linesman and one referee were right there with him up against 262 00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:26.000 I forget who who the ranger was, but how do you not call them 263 00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:33.400 both? They didn't. They get the retaliatory just way too many undisciplined calls 264 00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:38.519 against Carolina, and it burned them. So they're down two games to none 265 00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:44.799 Colorado in the main time. And this was amazing if you stayed up and 266 00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:51.319 watched this game, because the Abs, they've got to be considered the favorite 267 00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:53.079 coming out of the West, just to because how good they are, how 268 00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:59.440 balanced they are, how dangerous their special teams are. They really are so 269 00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:04.160 good. And I get it. When you get to this point, you've 270 00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:11.680 got to be good. So I understand when you look at the NHL and 271 00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:17.200 you're in the final four. You're not getting there by mistake. This is 272 00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:22.319 not the NCAA tournament with one upset. You've got to own it. You've 273 00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:26.440 got to recognize that there's really good teams. I think the Oilers are fun 274 00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:33.640 to watch and they're really good. Vancouver's really good obviously, Dallas and then 275 00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:37.200 as I just mentioned, Denver or Colorado. I should say, but Colorado 276 00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:41.599 came from three goals down to beat the Stars four to three. Miles would 277 00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:47.079 you just heard with the game winner almost nine minutes into ot Stars have lost 278 00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:56.119 now six straight game once six straight, and yet they keep winning series. 279 00:27:57.839 --> 00:28:03.039 We mentioned earlier. Best players have to be their best right when you get 280 00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:08.480 to this time of year, you need those. Nathan McKinnon had the game 281 00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:11.839 tying goal when they were down three to nothing. He scored early into the 282 00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:22.319 third to tie to three. He had two points, Sekustin a goal and 283 00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:30.640 an assist. Cale mccarr one of the best defensemen in the league. Even 284 00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:33.960 though he's not up for the Norris or no, he is up for the 285 00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:41.119 Norris. Excuse me, A goal in two helpers best players at the best 286 00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:45.680 and biggest time of the year. So Colorado's up one game tone San Jose 287 00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:51.279 wins the lottery. They earned the first overall pick for the first time in 288 00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:56.680 franchise history. That's a good thing because they had by far the worst record 289 00:28:56.720 --> 00:29:00.599 in the league. Chicago's going to pick second, Anaheigh third. Red Wings, 290 00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:06.200 by the way, will own the fifteenth overall pick. What does that 291 00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:15.720 mean because there's from what I've read, and yes I watched some college hockey, 292 00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:19.519 but from what I've read, I can't say that there's for sure a 293 00:29:19.640 --> 00:29:30.640 Connor Badard out there. But Maclin Celebrini out of Boston University, who turns 294 00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:36.000 eighteen just a couple of weeks before the draft in June, and with the 295 00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:41.559 youngest player ever to win the Hoby Baker will probably be the first overall pick. 296 00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:48.799 It's good looking player, big reason why bu is ranked in the top 297 00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:53.920 five all year long. It's a good player. How good I don't know. 298 00:29:53.960 --> 00:30:00.440 He's playing against other teenagers and some twenty year olds, but he's a 299 00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:04.559 good looking player. He's expected to go first overall. There was three finalists 300 00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:11.559 for the Hart Trophy. One name we've already mentioned, Nathan McKinnon. Then 301 00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:18.039 there's Connor David Connor McDavid rather and Ankita kucher Off. Now I've talked about 302 00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:22.640 Connor McDavid because I think he's the best skater I've ever seen. I know 303 00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:26.920 people would say Paul Coffee back in the day, perhaps Mike Gartner, but 304 00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:36.160 this guy, he just glides. He's incredibly gifted. Love watching him play. 305 00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:41.000 He's won it three times. He's trying to become the first back to 306 00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:45.960 back winner since Alexandrovchkin. He led Edmonton with one hundred assists one hundred and 307 00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:48.640 thirty two points one hundred and twenty two in the last sixty five games. 308 00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:56.559 That's when they replaced their coach. They dismissed Jay Woodcroft and got Chris notblocked 309 00:30:56.559 --> 00:31:06.720 in there, so that turned things around for Edmonton. Kutcherov led the league 310 00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:12.279 in points. He's won the Heart or the MVP of the NHL. He's 311 00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:15.759 won it twice before last time he won it. He's got more points this 312 00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:22.880 time this year than he did when he won it then. He had a 313 00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:27.400 career high forty four goals and a career best one hundred siss one of two 314 00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:32.920 guys with one hundred a sists or more this year, him and Connor McDavid. 315 00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:44.400 Anyway, he also finished get this fifty four points ahead of his second 316 00:31:44.400 --> 00:31:52.640 closest teammate. On top of that, he led the league in scoring by 317 00:31:52.680 --> 00:32:00.079 scoring fifty percent of his team's goals. That's incredible. I think McKinnon's going 318 00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:04.799 to win it. I think some of it has to do with the fact 319 00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:09.960 that he's had another great season. The problem is he's never won it before. 320 00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:13.480 Fifty one goals, one hundred and forty points, second most in the 321 00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:19.839 league. He has thirty six points in front of his closest teammate, and 322 00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:24.839 he had two scoring streaks that voters can fall back on. He had a 323 00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:30.599 scoring streak of thirty five straight at home, second most ever to Wayne Gretzky's 324 00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:36.079 forty when Gretzky's with the Kings, and he had another run of nineteen straight 325 00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:39.759 points. So he's the first player to have two separate streaks of nineteen straight 326 00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:52.400 or more inna season. That's worthy enough. What's interesting is the omission the 327 00:32:52.440 --> 00:33:06.759 omission of who right, Austin Matthews sixty nine goals and he's not a finalist. 328 00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:17.319 How crazy is that? Twelve points ahead of the next highest goal scorer, 329 00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:23.960 Sam Reinhart, Florida. He also had one hundred and seven points. 330 00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:32.640 His team was really good this year. Now his points finished behind David pastronak 331 00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:42.000 behind our Temmy Panerin. But sixty nine goals and you can't get to be 332 00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:51.559 in the finalist conversation for the Heart Trophy. It's a little surprising. I 333 00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:53.240 think a lot of people thought for sure he'd be a finalist. I'm not 334 00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:57.000 sure how many expected him to win. Who are you going to take out 335 00:33:57.400 --> 00:34:01.680 McDavid would be the obvious answer, But he was third in the league in 336 00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:12.239 scoring. He rescued his team from early struggles and early losses. Helps to 337 00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:16.880 get healthy too. NBA Boston rolls Cleveland one, twenty to ninety five. 338 00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:21.519 Jaylen Brown had thirty two. Derek White had twenty five on seven triples. 339 00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:25.119 Here's a good one for you. You ready. Derek White has twenty eight 340 00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:32.119 triples over a six game playoff span. That is most in Boston history. 341 00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:40.760 It's not Paul Pierce, it's not Larry Bird, not Dennis Johnson, it's 342 00:34:40.760 --> 00:34:50.360 not Danny Ainge. It's Derek White. Would you have guessed? Hell no? 343 00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:53.840 But you see how certain guys are elevating their game a little bit like 344 00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:58.840 Jason Tatum had a double double earlier this year. Jason Tatum was in the 345 00:34:58.840 --> 00:35:07.000 conversation for MVP they get eighteen and eleven last night just fits in. Different 346 00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:13.920 guy steps forward on a different night. The reason Boston is the favorite who 347 00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:17.400 in the NBA title and was the one seed in the East. The one 348 00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:21.760 seed in the West played last night. Okay see, they handled Dallas one 349 00:35:21.880 --> 00:35:25.960 seventeen ninety five. Tough night for Dallas sports fans. Don't cry on my 350 00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:30.800 shoulder. I'd love to have my hockey team and my basketball team in the 351 00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:36.199 playoffs, but they're not. Neither one was good enough to make it and 352 00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:42.440 one set a franchise record for fewest wins ever. But it was a tough 353 00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:45.920 night for Dallas fans because the Stars lost in overtime and they have now lost 354 00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:52.639 six straight game ones. Dallas loses in regulation, they have now lost five 355 00:35:52.800 --> 00:36:00.480 straight game ones. Luka Dacic is supposed to be the guy who saves them 356 00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:07.320 all the time. He's bothered by a bad right knee suffered in the series 357 00:36:07.360 --> 00:36:13.960 against the Clippers. He had nineteen That snaps a streak of twenty four straight 358 00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:17.920 playoff games with at least twenty points or more. And we just talked about 359 00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:23.679 Derek White and how good he has been from Deep. Luka Doncic has been 360 00:36:23.719 --> 00:36:31.320 the opposite five for thirty five from Deep over the last four games. He 361 00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:37.599 is a finalist for MVP and should be. He deserves to be led the 362 00:36:37.679 --> 00:36:45.239 league in scoring. Terrible defensively, but the NBA's about scoring. Defense gets 363 00:36:45.239 --> 00:36:47.119 their own award. We'll get to that in a minute. You get your 364 00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:50.880 own award if you want to be the MVP, if you want to be 365 00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:53.920 in the conversation for MVP, you have to score the ball, as simple 366 00:36:53.920 --> 00:37:01.719 as that. I've always found it interesting and funny that we go defense wins 367 00:37:01.800 --> 00:37:05.760 championships, and then when it comes to voting for the most Valuable Player, 368 00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:14.239 what do we do? We immediately gravitate toward offense. Right there are three 369 00:37:14.320 --> 00:37:19.559 men up for the final up for the MVP award in the NBA. Two 370 00:37:19.599 --> 00:37:23.760 of them are in the top three of scoring. The other one is an 371 00:37:23.760 --> 00:37:30.800 absolute freak of nature because of his ability to do everything. It's not necessarily 372 00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:40.039 defense. It's about his ability to score, rebound, and distribute. That's 373 00:37:40.119 --> 00:37:47.280 Nikola Jokic, who still was in the top ten in scoring second most triple 374 00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:54.880 doubles, second most double doubles, and his team is coming off a championship 375 00:37:54.880 --> 00:38:01.519 and he's won a couple of MVPs. As it is. Anyway, I 376 00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:08.159 digress. The other guy in that game last night who is in the MVP 377 00:38:08.320 --> 00:38:15.719 conversation is Shay Gilgess Alexander. Right, it's Doncic, Shake Gilgess, Alexander 378 00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:22.039 and Nikola Jokic. The finalist for the MVP. How good was Alexander Twenty 379 00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:25.760 nine points, nine boards, nine er sis, that's how good he was. 380 00:38:29.119 --> 00:38:30.599 Love to see him win it. I don't think he will. I 381 00:38:30.599 --> 00:38:35.960 think Doncic shall win it because again we're enamored with the high scoring, even 382 00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:39.599 though Alexander was third in the league scoring. We mentioned defense, well, 383 00:38:39.679 --> 00:38:45.960 Rudy Gobert won the Defensive Player of the Year award. Here's what I can't 384 00:38:45.960 --> 00:38:55.159 help but wonder Victor webbin Yama I think should have won it, but he's 385 00:38:55.159 --> 00:39:05.119 a rookie. If he puts together that type of season and he's not a 386 00:39:05.199 --> 00:39:10.519 rookie, you think he wins it. I bet he does. Instead, 387 00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:15.840 it goes to Gobert, who finished six in the league in block shots, 388 00:39:16.159 --> 00:39:21.079 which you know what. That kind of pisses me off that I just said 389 00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:28.360 that block shots isn't isn't the only defense? You know? He holds opponents 390 00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:31.519 to forty five percent shooting, which is among the best in all of basketball. 391 00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:40.280 So who gives a crap about black shots? Can you defend? I 392 00:39:40.320 --> 00:39:45.639 suppose it's a pretty important statistic for big guys, but it doesn't. It's 393 00:39:45.679 --> 00:39:49.320 not the be all end all when it comes to Defensive Player of the Year 394 00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:53.800 award anyway. Gobert has now won it four times. He won it in 395 00:39:53.880 --> 00:39:58.159 eighteen, he wanted in nineteen, he won it in twenty twenty one with 396 00:39:58.199 --> 00:40:05.360 the Jazz Go Bears, now with Minnesota. There are two other men who 397 00:40:05.400 --> 00:40:08.280 have won the Defensive Player of the Year award four times in their careers. 398 00:40:09.480 --> 00:40:22.719 Who are they? One you should know Ben Wallace. The other was famous 399 00:40:22.719 --> 00:40:35.719 for a finger wag to Kenby Matumbo. Webin Yama finished second, bam Autabayo 400 00:40:36.239 --> 00:40:42.679 third. That's how it worked. And to wrap things up, Denver's Jamal 401 00:40:42.800 --> 00:40:45.800 Murray gets fined one hundred grand for the incident Monday night in game two. 402 00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:52.079 Do you see what he did? He didn't get suspended in a regular season 403 00:40:52.119 --> 00:40:59.559 game he gets suspended. You could have injured somebody. 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