Speaker 1: NHL picks for Tuesday, March twenty fourth. Welcome into Puck
Time wager Talk TV. Myself, Andrew McGinnis, Carmel and Bianco,
Brian Leonard and Don Buster. We had just one game
on Monday, and you guys know what that means. One
game on Monday means a loaded slate on Tuesday. We've
got a handful of games to break down for you guys,
hopefully some PROP winners as well. I hope you guys
joined me yesterday on the Shasterkins Saves PROP. Not a
great night for the New York Rangers. Nine registered shots
on goal for them. That's the fewest shots on goal
for a team since two thousand and three. So quite
the boring game there, but hopefully we'll get some more
excitement in tonight's slate. Speaking of tonight's slate, it is
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Man nine shots on goal for the New York Rangers.
Your thoughts on last night?
Speaker 2: Yeah, man, just four shots with the second period almost
coming to a close, and then they got a few
power play shots and yet the game still finished two
to one. Absolutely amazing. And then Rhymer celebrates at the
end of the game. He's pumping his fists up in
the air like due you face nine shots or whatever
you let one in. My god, But a good game
by Ottawa, an even bigger game for them tonight. You
and I are going to discuss that up first, but
just let you guys know, Andrew and I are going
to do the Ottawa and Detroit game busters in here
to do Colorado and Pittsburgh, Ryan Leonard, Washington and Saint Louis.
A lot of playoff possible matchups or teams that are
still in the playoff races. Andrew, you and I are
going to finish it off with Vegas and Winnipeg, some
play props from you, a pod from me, and then
we're gonna close out the show because we got a
lot to cover today and we have a hard out.
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on Thursday, So a lot of stuff going on. But Andrew,
you know, you look at this one and fresh off
at victory, the sends yesterday to one second of a
back to back, and we know that they started rhymer
and goal yesterday, so obviously it is all marking goal
and you know that it is going to be one
goalie and one goalie only unless there's a problem with them,
and there is no problem, and that is John Gibson
for the Detroit Red Wings minus one twenty five total sits,
You're at six, A little shaded to the over in
this one. How are you playing this one?
Speaker 1: It's it's kind of a tough time right now in
the NHL. To be a contrarian, Carmen really is to
go against some streaks and to kind of go against
some hot teams. I was lucky enough to do it
against the Buffalo Sabers on Sunday as one of my
winners there. But when I look at this spot here, guys,
I am going to do it because I'm going to
jump in on the Detroit Red Wings.
Speaker 3: I faded them when they were dealing with some injuries.
Speaker 1: But if I'm going to come on puck time yesterday
and say there's a chance Detroit makes the playoffs, I
can't fade them the next day. This isn't even really
a four point game. This feels like a six point game,
Like what a battle this could be. We're gonna look
back on this game, at this game, excuse me, and
probably a week and a half and say, wow, if
only this team won that one, or if only this
team won this game in regulation, how big it was?
Speaker 3: Then?
Speaker 1: You know, I know we've talked over the years about
the back to backs not being as significant as we
always state. But Ralph Michaels dropped a great stat to
us with how fantastic Ottawa were on taking advantage of
against teams that are on second half of back to
back and how New York's been poor in that situation.
And Ottawa took care of New York. But now they
fall into that back to back spot, Detroit gets to
hang out at home and wait for them and watch
some tape and come into this one fresh. You talked
about John Gibson Carmen and that's really the big deal
for me. You know, up until the past few weeks,
I have not cared as much about Golidye like I
do right now. Last three games for John Gibson a
nine to thirty save percentage, Last three games for Linas
Allmark an eight seventy one save percentage right now, So
if it's not for the shot suppression, but Ottawa is
so great at I don't really trust all Mark as
much as I trust John Gibson. And now you look
at this Detroit team. Dylan Larkin their captain, he's listed
as questionable, you know, as well as I do with
hockey players. They will play in the big game. If
this game was against the Anaheim Ducks, or if it
was against the Toronto Maple Leafs, maybe Detroit's not playing
or Larkin's not playing. And I mentioned Anaheim because they're
in the West that I mentioned the Leafs because they're
in last place. But you know, my bet is on
Larkin playing tonight. I'll take Detroit to get the job
done here. You know, hats off to Ottawa two to
one victory, but it felt like a five to one
victory last night. But maybe they're gonna come in a
little fat and sassy here in Detroit sur up some
humble pie. Big game for Detroit. After all that being said, Car,
how you with me or against me?
Speaker 2: No, Andrew, you know I'm with you. You know. One
of the things that I've said it for a while
is it is so tough for teams, no matter how
well they may play, just to make up ground in
the NHL standings. You know what I mean. I talked
about last season, a team that was eight points back
in December and played some very good hockey for the
final stretch of the NFL season or the second half,
only made up three or four points. They had a
stat yesterday in the game, and it was a surprising one.
The Ottawa Senators are, like I think, one of the
best teams, if not the best team. After the post
Olympic break, there's something like eight two and two. They
were six points back heading into the Olympic break of
a playoff spot, and after that eight two and two
run note including last night's game, they were four points back.
So imagine you are playing at almost an eight hundred
clip or whatever they are, and you only make up
two points in the standings. It is tough because we're
seeing some of the teams in the East and they're
doing what they need to do. It's hard to make
up points. In this one. You look at the Red
Wings a couple of big wins and then they get
the Bruins. Bruins scored three goals in that game, but
it was one in which I think the Zadorav goal
a little lucky one that put them had three two
and then an empty netter forty four to twenty seven.
Where the shots on goal I think if you look
at the postgame analytics, they did favor the Detroit Red
Wings against the Boston Bruins, and that one they should
probably be on a three game win streak heading into
this one and would probably feel a hell of a
lot better. I like the Wings than the spot. I'll
lay the minus one twenty five. I get it. The
Ottawa Senators looked like a freight train, but I think
there's some underlying numbers with Auto. Whether they're playing well,
they're allowing you very few shots on goal, so I
don't expect De Troy to have forty four shots on
goal tonight against lion Sallmark, but they may not need
forty four shots on goal in this one. It is
tough in the second of a back to back when
you're playing a team that is ahead of you or
in a playoff spot that you're battling with, to just
go in there and dominate. Detroit's not going to roll
over and play dead at Little Caesars tonight, so I'll
take the Red Wings minus won twenty five.
Speaker 3: Andrew, here we go. Let's do it. Let's start Tuesday
off on the same page.
Speaker 1: Here, Carim, I like it, and plus three hundred for
the draw if anybody wants to sprinkle. But of course
you and I don't even want it to get that
far because we want them to win. Just win baby
for the Red Wings. And look, the playoff battle. This
is so much fun. Like obviously we all look forward
to the playoff series, but it's so much fun for
the final week and a half of the season, two
weeks of this season to talk about these big games.
This is why the schedule maker set it up like this, right,
This is why you get your West coast or East
coast trips out of the way, because you want to
be playing these interdivisional games, you know, towards the end
of the year.
Speaker 3: So look, I'm a Canadians fan.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna have the Habs game on the TV tonight,
but I am certainly gonna have Ottawa and Detroit on
my TV as well.
Speaker 3: Should be a great hockey game.
Speaker 2: Car definitely will be the next time I see the
Detroit Red Wings after tonight. I'm gonna be watching a
ton of hockey tonight Andrews, different monitors, different games. But
after tonight, the next time I see the Wings will
be on Friday when they are in Buffalo at the
Key Bank Center. As I mentioned, myself and a friend
and then our fearless leader, one of the owners of
Wager Talking, Johnny Detroit and his lovely wife will be there.
We're gonna have some beers pregame. I found a couple
of places, Andrew, I know we're tight on time. We're
gonna be tight on time today. But there's one called
the Draft Room that looks pretty good. And then there
was another one that is connected to the Hilton Both
a couple of minutes away from Southern Grill or something
like that. Have some Buffalo Wings, some beef on weck.
Have you ever had befun weck? No you haven't. You're like,
what is a weck? It's like a bun that is
salted on the top or something like that. But you
can dip it. But is Yeah, man, I'm looking forward
to it. Let's hope I'm still happy by the time
that game is over. Speaking of guys who are normally happy,
let's bring in this ray of sunshine, don Buster, don Buster.
Let's see if he's complaining about the weather again in
Mexico while I had to defrost the vehicle again today.
Speaker 4: Yeah, no complaints about the weather. And if you're taking
Jihane Detroit somewhere in Buffalo Hop in a cab, it's
probably about maybe ten fifteen minutes tops and go to
the original Anchor Bar, the place where chicken wings were
discovered in Buffalo, and it's it's fairly close to it, Rina,
so take a little time and that's the place you
want to take them for sure.
Speaker 2: No, I know the Anchor buy is good. And I
don't know if Johnny's been there. I've been to to
a Buffalo before. I'll talk to him and see what
they want to do. But we're both staying at hotels
near the stadium within Uh, he's like right there, I'm
like a two minute walk from the stadium. So you
want his stories, stay in that area. There's also a casino.
Speaker 5: I get that, But to go into an occasional casino.
Speaker 4: Yeah, well, I'm sure that's exactly where you'll end up
before the game and after the game.
Speaker 3: Buster, I don't know many have fans.
Speaker 1: A lot of people I know around me are all
Leafs fans, Bruins or Sends. You're one of the few
have fans. I talked to you on a weekly basis.
Here are we going to find a way to get
to the first round together?
Speaker 4: I don't see why not. I'm not worried about that
at all. What I am I mean watching we may
be we maybe, because I'll be back at the end
of April, back in Canada for a few months, so
I might take a little plane trip and meet you
in Montreal. I've got some friends that have tickets there,
so maybe I can pull out a favor and get
some tickets for us.
Speaker 5: That's very possible.
Speaker 4: I thought you were talking because Carmine. I know Carmine
said Montreal's not making the playoffs, but I think he
just did it for the show, to make sure.
Speaker 2: Buster. This game here is intriguing just from the sense
of the Caps cat Land sorry, the the Avalanche cat
Landskog back. He's back in the lineup to get a
couple of wins together, looking much better with him. They're
so deep down the middle, are you? You know the
Pens went into Colorado or no Land Discog there, and
I get it. Landeskog being out is a lot different
than McKinnon bean out, but still a very important part
of that team. Do you subscribe to rapid revenge because
they hung a seven on them? Wedgewood was in goal
in that game, got pulled after three and the Pens
just kept un scoring and Wedgwood is is they're showing
that Wedgewood's the expected starter tonight. Maybe they're given another
goal at the Penguins against Skinner. What are your thoughts
on this game?
Speaker 4: Yeah, Carl and I will be talking about that that was,
and of course I do. I've been on here lots
of times. I firmly believe an instant revenge. That game
was on the sixteenth, But yeah, tonight's gonna be a
great night. So if you're a hockey fan, great night.
I believe there's fifteen games, but I'm really interested in
this Colorado game. That's for sure. Colorado or laying like
one sixty, but truthfully, I believe that's that's probably right number.
I was hoping for one fifty five. But yeah, Colorado
have been really, really good on the road this season.
Right now, they're on an eight to one run on
the their last nine road games, and they do as
you said, Carmine, they have big time instant revenge as
they Pittsburgh walked in to Denver handed their lunch, embarrassed
them in front of that crowd and beating them, as
you said, seven to two. This game definitely, you know,
as anybody that's played sports, when a team does that
to you, especially in your home arena. Colorado had this
circled right away. They knew they were coming to Pittsburgh
within a week. You don't think Bennar is going to
have it up on the board just before the game today.
Tell them look at you guys, right. You know he'll
he'll be embarrassing these guys. So I expect a really
big game out of Colorado tonight. As you said, Carmine,
Pitsburgh scored. Pittsburgh scored a lot of goals on Wedgwood.
They scored four goals in seven shots in the first period,
and then you know, uh in Colorado just couldn't survive.
It could couldn't come back from that. You know, it
was four to two and they just couldn't get it,
couldn't get that third goal to make it four to three.
So we have that there. I really like Colorado because
of just the whole setup. Part of that setup, too,
is that Pittsburgh's in this real dog fight for a
playoff spot in the East, and it's not talked about
too much. This will be the third game in four
nights for Pittsburgh, So that gives I believe Colorado little
ledge as well. Even though I don't believe that they
need it. And truthfully, guys, I've never really been a
big fan of the Penguins this year at all, you know,
and that's sometimes to my own detriment, I believe. But
we actually gave out le al Avalanche to our clients,
and we also gave out the over. We like the
over here as well. We don't usually play a lot
of correlation games, I bet yeah. I can count on
one hand how many times I've took like Carolina under
Rangers and over or whatever. But we're taking Colorado and over.
So everybody's gonna get two plays on here tonight. Colorado
just haven't been scoring lately, right, and it's proof because
they're three and three in their last six games. Because
they haven't been scored many goals. I think they get
better tonight. I think the doctor. This is just what
the doctor ordered, the revenge part. And they need to
play offense, like I said, because they're not scoring. I've
really believed you're going to see a more offensive type
game in general, and Pittsburgh has been really really suspect
on defense. How suspect you might ask. They've gone eight
of the last nine games over and between these clubs
three of the last four have gone over include that
seven to two game. We play a nice correlation game
in my opinion, Colorado and the over.
Speaker 2: Buster. You know you're an absolute gem, my friend. I
tend to agree with you. On Pittsburgh. Listen, I've been
up and down on Pittsburgh all season long because I
didn't think they're gona have a good season, and then
they seem to be playing well, and you look at
them right now, and I know they got wins in
like three of the last five. But this is a
team that has in seventy games they have lost thirty
five of them. They have a lot of loser points
as well too. I think sixteen losses in overtime I
think for the Penguins, if I'm correct, let me have
a look. I want to make sure I'm correct on
that one. Yeah, sixteen losses. They've had twenty two games
go to overtime. Almost a third of their games have
gone to overtime. A good goal differential for them on
the season, I think plus twenty two gold differential. But
thirty five losses in seventy games. I just think that
the teams behind him are a couple of them are
going to pass pits the Penguins team. It's great that
sids back and he's back on the shelf over there.
I keep hoping he doesn't whack me with his stick.
But I might be one on one of those futures
of the Penguins to miss the playoffs. And I think
lost Kid will probably jump into the chat and say, figures, yeah,
it goes going against my Pittsburgh team once again. But
you make or miss for you.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think they might miss as well. I think
Pittsburgh misses as well. I really do, because that I
know us slila Off or whatever his name is, I've
lost right now. I know he's been she lofts. Sorry
about that. I know he's been playing well for them,
but their their defense is just not the best. Unless
he's standing on his head all these games. Job, you know,
I don't think he will. But what you're saying, Carmine
about those losses in overtime, I believe if I could
be wrong here, but I think they just won their
first game in a shootout. They're like, I think they're
zero and ten in shootout, but they just they beat
somebody on the weekend and that was their first shootout win.
I believe it's either the one or two. But that's
what's really killed them as well. So yeah, I'm with
the I think they're a team looking they won't make it.
That's I'm I'm with you on that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's like it's like the isitors. You don't want
to play the isitors when a game goes to overtime
because I think at one point they were a perfect
ten and oer or something like that. But sixteen losses
in overtime is going to hurt in a couple of ways.
Number one, it's fewer regulation wins, which is a tiebreaker.
But number two is you're dropping a point, you're picking
up a loser point, kind of like the rouge in CFL.
You miss a field goal and they're like, hey, we're
going to reward you with a one point instead of three.
You gave it to some effort. But with that said,
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Speaker 4: I started that last last week. I guess I didn't
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Speaker 2: Until it's all good.
Speaker 4: You notice how I made sure I didn't say it
this time.
Speaker 2: Buster, It's all good, man. Listen, enjoy the temperatures. Those
warned that warm weather down in Mexico. And we'll see
you in April when you make your way up up here,
my friend.
Speaker 4: For sure. Thanks a lot, guys, best of luck, big
night in the NHL. Have a great day, everybody.
Speaker 2: Andrew another Baseball Savants, Back in the show, Back in
the show. You're back in the show, Andrew. You left
the price on on that picture behind you?
Speaker 3: Okay, price, the price is right?
Speaker 2: Yeah, the price is right. Yes, the Price is right.
One of my favorite shows I used to watch with
my uh sincely since departed dad all the time. He
used to love The Price is Right, so and wheel Afford.
He loved all those shows Wheel Afford and all the
other stuff. Do you know that I actually went to
California and was at taping of The Price Is Right.
And they line you up heading into the studio and
in groups of ten, and they ask you a ton
of questions, and that's how they determine who makes it
onto the show or not. And this lady right beside me,
and I still remember her name, Laura Pippen. She got
called down, this elderly lady, and she turned around to us.
She was the last one to bid, and we're young.
One dollar, one dollar, And she listened to us and
she got on stage and lost.
Speaker 1: So I remember my grandfather. He used to watch every
single day. I'd love to watch with him whenever I
was visiting. And my my, my old man took him
to it in California and he goes, I hate this line.
Speaker 3: Can we go home?
Speaker 5: He didn't.
Speaker 3: He's like, he said, I like watching this better on TV.
He didn't. He didn't even want to be there in person.
He would rather be there and I'm watching on TV.
Speaker 2: I've got the perfect segue. The price is right. This
man coming up always has the price when it's right,
and that is the one and only. Brian Leonard, Brian,
what's up?
Speaker 3: What's up? Brian talking?
Speaker 5: Price is right?
Speaker 6: Jesse from Aaron Paul from Breaking Bed was actually on
the Prices right, got up on the stage and all
before he got famous.
Speaker 5: So that's nice to see things like that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, it's uh brings me back to my youth.
A lot of a lot of stuff that's on TV
now is just absolutely fluff, you know what I mean.
It's like you're switching channels and they got the stupid
Montreal Canadians on TV. It's like, I don't need to
see these guys. But uh, I have one problem though.
I'm gonna tell you, guys, I'm not sure who watched
the game last night. The NHL does not belong on
on Prime like it is. It's just miserable to watch,
like delayed number one. No, it's delayed number one. And
then the commentator sounds like he's in a cubicle in
a bathroom, like he's talking in a vacuum. It doesn't
sound like studio audio. It was. It was miserable.
Speaker 3: Maybe it's just me, but I give you a main card.
Speaker 1: But to me, there's less ads, less advertisements. There's better
like sound and video coverage, more interviews, like if you
want the hockey experience, I know what you mean. The commentators,
it's not as great, but that's one thing I like
about the paid stuff, Like I know, Brian in the States,
you guys have to deal with that a lot more
than we do, with the different channels you have to
buy and stuff. But for us, the Prime is Monday
night hockey one Canadian team on Mondays.
Speaker 3: I just I don't know, Carl. I'm a big I'm
a big.
Speaker 1: No commercials guy. I just like the fact that they
don't go to commercial because you got to get.
Speaker 3: Prime, right.
Speaker 2: I just think and it's happening to you guys in
the States, and you guys in the live chat know
what I'm talking about. Where Like for NFL, you want
to watch one game, you have to have YouTube TV.
You want to watch another one, you have to have
the NFL network. You want another one, you have to
have CBS or NBC or Fox. It's just paying twelve here,
fifteen here, nine there a month. You're getting it. You're
getting absolutely waxed on thing. It's just give me the
NFL network. Let me pay a certain amount every month
and let me watch every single game I want to watch,
plain and simple. But it's all about money, man, And
it's just the consumers, the one at the end of
the day that absolutely suffers. Speaking of which, Brian, you
picked a team, a couple of teams that might be
suffering at the end of the season, the Washington Capitals
and the Saint Louis Blues. Let's pop up the odds
on this one for you, Andrew. I know you're always
good at this one. And I'll let you guys discuss.
Speaker 3: My bad cave.
Speaker 2: And the prices.
Speaker 1: Oh no, now, now Brian's gone hold on, hold on
a second.
Speaker 3: Rookies, Wow, this is what we get here.
Speaker 2: You know, someone's been drinking Bailey's Brian minus one fourteen
on Washington, minus one oh six on the Blues, total
shaded to the over minus one twenty two on the
five and a half. Right now, it looks like Thompson
and Hoffer are the expected goalies in this one. How
you breaking this one down?
Speaker 6: I wanted to talk about this game because I wanted
to touch on when teams get off to a bad
start of the season, you tend to forget about them.
You tend to not pay any attention. Washington got off
to that great start, but they had that time fourth
break where they struggled.
Speaker 5: Well, now they're playing pretty well.
Speaker 6: They've gone ten seven and two of their last nineteen.
We've got a Saint Louis team here, who really got
off to a terrible start this season. They could have
been the worst team in hockey for a long time.
They were when you take a look at gold differential.
But since the break they've gone seven to one and two.
So you're getting teams in an underdog spot for the
most part. With these clubs who are actually playing pretty
good hockey.
Speaker 5: Right now.
Speaker 6: Now, the chances that are neither one of them are
going to make the playoffs. But just because the team
is out of the playoffs does not mean that they're
gonna They're got a tank.
Speaker 5: Especially in hockey, these guys are.
Speaker 6: It's a lot different than it is in the NBA,
and which is another reason why I picked Cocky for
the NBA at any time. But you know you've got
You've got two teams here. They're still out there trying
to play. And you mentioned Logan Thompson. If he's not
the best goalie in the NHL, he's one of the
top three. He's been there all year long. And the
problem with Washington is, yes, they're very good defensively, but
offensively they've really struggled lately. You take a look at
their last few games. They score two two, four, two,
two and one for the last six games. So it's
tough to take a team on the road that just
can't put it in the net. I like the way
the Saint Louis team is playing right now. If you
take a little schedule, they're the more rested team. They've
had the last two days off while playing just two
games in the last eight days.
Speaker 5: I wrote this up for.
Speaker 6: Clients earlier in the night and put it up for
a free play. I said, the wrong team is favorite
in this one. It's getting closer to a pick them now,
So I think a lot of people are seeing the
same thing that I did with Saint Louis. But still
that's the only way I would look at this game
watching just got great goalie, But other than that, this
team it's been a disappointment this year. In fact, I
believe obi last time he played it was his first,
uh was his first power play goal at home all
season or something like that, So that has really hurt.
Speaker 1: Them, Ryan, because you know, I was talking on a
show before doing Puck Time about Alexandro Ovechkin if this
could be his last year or not, And there's been
a lot of people talking on radio shows about Ovechkin
has not played or started one shift in the defensive
zone this whole calendar year. If I'm Ovechkin, like, you
kind of take offense to that, don't you like you
should take offense to that if you're the leader on
a team, and I understand that.
Speaker 3: You should know your role and know how good you are.
Speaker 1: But that is an anomaly as far as hockey is concerned.
That is something that is unheard of for a guy
that's supposed to be the.
Speaker 3: Top player on a team. Get it, he's getting older.
Speaker 1: But if you're going to tell him like, hey, we
don't trust you at all to play anything in defensive zones,
you know, that tells you all you have to know
about them. And my favorite thing you just said there
is that for Logan Thompson to play the way he
has all year and for this team to really much
so be below expectations, it goes to show a goalie
can only do so much. Logan Thompson can't go down
the ice and score a goal for them as well.
Here Brian, he's doing everything he can for them.
Speaker 6: Yeah, he is, you mentioned ov. He knows, you know,
he didn't have to come out on the press. He
knows that he hasn't been very good this year, and
that's got it.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 6: It sucks for him that there chances are he if
he does retire, they're not going to the playoffs this year.
That does hurt. But still he's had a terrific a
terrific season or season for you know, he's.
Speaker 5: In the NHL. If you're in the NHL.
Speaker 6: You're still a good player, but yeah, the end could
be coming soon and that may help him make his
decision in the offseason.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's gonna be uh an interesting offseason for the
Capitals because you would think that if OV I think
he thought UH and the team thought that they could
make a late run and get into the playoffs. But
they have eleven games lefter six points back, the percentage
has got to be under three or four percent. I
would think at this point of them making the playoffs,
you would think you would want to do sort of
like the uh not the carry price. But Marc Andre
Fleury like the retirement tour one more season where you know,
he plays in different arenas and uh and gets his
accolades and stuff and says, this is my final season
coming up. It's just off of a season like he's
had this this year. You know what I mean? Is
he just filling a spot next year for a team.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 6: You find that a lot of times, Like in baseball,
you got guys are you know, you know you're the
under your career when we're in your older guy and
you can only be a DH. That's sort of like
the way it isn't hockey. It's not obviously not the
same thing, but they know that on their last legs.
You know, McCutcheon through McCutcheon's had a great career. He
got cut and he made the opening roster in Texas.
But yeah, he's on the edge, and that's why it happens,
you get old. I'm just glad that you guys have
not decided to put me out the pastor and I
can still be on the show. And I do want
to point out the baseball season starts tomorrow and the
total basis will be back on, so you can come
and look at me. You think I look bad at
eight am Pacific, just come and look at me at
six am Pacific starting tomorrow.
Speaker 5: I am looking for Andrew.
Speaker 2: I am looking so forward because I'm normally at my
desk very early doing notes, checking team sites and reports
and stuff for the NHL, and then also for the
World Cup of Football. World Cup football as they say
in Europe, but it is soccer here, and and I
fire up YouTube and I watch and you got Tokyo
Brandon drinking his fireball looking like creamer on that episode
of Jiffy where you look like a pimp with a
hat and he's the color dream coat thing in the
cane and it's just him and Brian and Trigg sort
of keeps it all together. It is such a fun
show to watch you guys do a phenomenal job. We're
gonna have to talk to Trig about getting mister mckinnis
out on there, because you had a pretty good baseball
season yourself.
Speaker 1: Andrew before from Brian, you got a vouch for me.
You know, we do puck time together. We got to
get me on the twenty eight units on Best Bets
last year. I know I wasn't in your range with
how many units you make, but I gotta start talking
some baseball with you, you know.
Speaker 6: You know it's funny. It's like the Wally Pips situation.
Anytime one of us is gonna be off, will you
make the comment? And nobodybody else wants to bring anybody
in because they're afraid they're gonna take one of our Spocks's.
Speaker 5: That's what you run into.
Speaker 6: And it is a Monday through Friday show, So if
we're all long season, you guys know how that is.
It takes quite a commitment to be able to be
here every day. I always say I go this guy's
not hot for me. I'm not taking the time on.
I'm not doing it. But you guys are nice to
put other people on, you.
Speaker 3: Know, Brian.
Speaker 2: Just a ton of stuff going on for you right now.
Baseball right around there. It's a standalone game tomorrow in
MLB to kick off the MLB season, of course, twelve
thirteen whatever games in the NHL tonight, we have the
Sweet sixteen coming up in NCAA. What do you have
up on five dollars Tuesdays over at wager Talk.
Speaker 6: Yeah, knock on wood. We're still winning in every sport.
I've got my top play up in the NHL over
in the site right now for five bucks. I have
a five percent in the Big Dance going on alright,
I've had two five percents in the Big Dance so far.
Speaker 5: We're two and zero.
Speaker 6: Looking to continue that sixteen to nine run in hockey,
fifty one and thirty or something like that, fifty four
and thirty one maybe in college basketball. Yeah, I cannot
complain about anything right now. So if you want to
get that five dollars play, it's up there. Unfortunately, you're
going to pay full price for that five percent play,
but yeah, really excited about this week. We've been on
a really nice run and like I said, baseball starts tomorrow.
I get to go see Rob Veno's son tonight down
at the Brooklyn Bowl. He's in a band.
Speaker 5: Band down there.
Speaker 6: So excited to see them and getting together with a
Robin his family.
Speaker 5: It's always fun.
Speaker 2: Where is the brook and Bowl?
Speaker 5: Brooke Bowl is down there between Well, used to be
a Perial Palace. What's it called now?
Speaker 2: Okay they we'll walk away with all the shops and
everything with it. Okay, yeah, okay, yeah, it's a It's cool.
That's how old I am. Man. I remember, uh the
Imperial Palace well before Andrew was born. Uh and uh,
your your player's card was a piece of paper that
was lamonaded with a handwritten four digit or five digit
number on it. And Imperial Palace would give you one
point for every dollar wager and it would cost you
two thousand points to get a hotel room for free.
And I would just bet sports and you could put
a few bets in and then your your hotel was
free for the whole weekend. So but it smelled like p.
Speaker 5: The guy that was at the West like West eight minute.
So popular. He was at Imperial Palace.
Speaker 6: Before that, it was Jake Cornegay, So, uh, Imperial if
you were sportsman, Imperial Palace back of the day was
was the place you came.
Speaker 2: To Vegas for bright A quick story for you by
because because you've been there for so long. When I
worked at the Fan five ninety and I used to
do a sports radio show and the football show, we
used to have Joe Lupo on from the Stardust and
he would come on every morning and top a couple
of sharp action. So Joe says to me, listen, come
and see me next time you're in Vegas. So I
go to Vegas and I made that mistake of like
every rookie does early on, where you look at the hotel.
I'm like, it's not that far away. I can walk it,
and then about ninety minutes later you're like, holy shit,
it took me forever to get here. Anyways, I see
him at the sports book, and that's when they still
had the chalkboards or the whiteboard up and they would
change the odds and talking to Joe and he says,
what are you doing for dinner tonight? I go nothing,
just here with my girlfriend. And I He's like, he
grabs a piece of paper, a pad, he writes this,
circles all of these letters on it. He goes here,
eat at Tony Romas tonight. It's on us. So we
go to Tony Roma's. I give it to the guy
and guys like anything you want, it's all taken care
of him. Like what I had steak, I had lobster,
I had champagne, I had beer, I had wine. Yeah,
I took full advantage of it. Those were the days, man,
You can't. Vegas is not like that anymore, the old.
Speaker 5: Days of Vegas and Joe Loopo.
Speaker 6: I've always had a soft spot for Joe Loopo because
he put me on the Stardus Interpretational twice and now
he's up, he's up in New Jersey. But yeah, it's
I know it'll come. So that's the end of my talking.
Good luck to you guys, and let's get some whiners.
Speaker 2: All right, Brian, Best of luck to you, and good
luck with your five percent play on Friday as well too.
Speaker 3: I'll see you on total basis, Brian, and I'll look
forward to that very much.
Speaker 5: I'll see what man. I'll take that get Canada in
the month I'll take bribes.
Speaker 1: Hey, it looks like you're listed as questionable for puck
time next week. I can take bribes as well.
Speaker 3: So we'll see.
Speaker 5: I will tell you what I wants. The hockey season's over,
I'll take the next few months off.
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, exactly, exactly. All right, Bright, all right, take care, Andrew.
Speaker 2: Sorry to reminisce two old people. We're like the Brian
and I or when President I do it. It's like
the two old muppet guys at the theater talking to
each other. Yeah, whatever theirs are. That's pretty much how
it is reminiscing. But Vegas is so different now than now.
They just gouge you on everything. Like you order eggs
and toast to your room with a pot of coffee,
and it's like ninety bucks plus service charge plus a tip.
It's just stupid.
Speaker 1: It is just Look, I've loved my experiences there. I've
had so much fun with you and the Wager Talk
family at Westgate or Circa or.
Speaker 3: Wherever we've been.
Speaker 1: But yeah, you see all these tweets going around during
March Madness saying there's no better place to watch a game,
and you've just got like five hundred dudes standing in
a pool watching basketball with no volume and the screen
is like five hundred feet away.
Speaker 3: I don't know.
Speaker 1: I think I think my couch at home with two TVs,
the volume on and a couple of beers in the
fridge is pretty good for me. So it's like, I
love the environment. But it's also like, do you want
to fly a couple hours to go somewhere where it's
gonna be crowded a bunch of people you don't know
and you got to pay forty five dollars for eggs
and bacon in the morning, Like you said, like, Vegas
is not the same Vegas it used to be.
Speaker 3: Now.
Speaker 1: I love the experience of going there, But I think
what's changed Karm since you were younger is that there's
more places to go. Like you were in Detroit with
the Wager Talk family at a casino, Right, you're going
to Buffalo these casinos there. It's not our school. Yeah,
it's not the only place to go anymore, right, not
the only place.
Speaker 2: No, it's not. Listen, and that's a perfect segue. If
I had to choose as much as they gouge you
in Vegas, if I had to choose between going to
Vegas or going to I would choose going to Vegas.
So why don't we talk about Vegas and Winnipeg. Minus
won twenty eight on the Golden Knights, plus one oh
six on the Jets, totals five and a half, minus
won twenty three to the over Andrew. How are you
playing this one?
Speaker 3: Well, Karl, honestly, I look, I looked at Vegas for
so long.
Speaker 1: I'd probably say the last two months the team that's
haunted me the most has been the Vegas Golden Knights.
Speaker 3: But you know how it works.
Speaker 1: It's like sometimes when you hop off a team, right
when you hop off, they get going again. When I
look at this, I look at the goaltending data. I
look at the last few games. Connor Hellibuck has an
eight thirty one, say percentage. Hill has a nine to eighteen.
I mean that seems a lot more impressive goals against
per game last three games one sixty seven for eight
and Hill, So the guy has still been phenomenal. They're
heating up offensively. I have a tough time not backing
Vegas in this one, but this, to me is still
a Vegas team. I'm waiting for an outpour of offense,
So I would look for potentially an under or a
Winnipeg under two and a half goals. Oddsmakers have this
set at five and a half for a reason. I'll
take Winnipeg team total under the two and a half
goals at a nice plus price.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Andrew, I think Vegas is the right play here.
And listen, I've been on that boat, you guys know.
I've been talking about the Vegas Golden Knights. Can they
miss the playoffs? And I have a bet on them
at plus fifteen hundred to miss the playoffs. But I
separate what I think is a good value bet and
what every individual game is. And I look at the
Vegas Golden Knights and they came off of that lackluster
game against Nashville Preditors where they lose four to one
and then have to play the Dallas Stars in Dallas
who are playing extremely well. And I'm telling you, if
not for Casey the Smith, and I said this on
yesterday's show, the Knights could have had five in that game.
They played extremely well. It's like they came to life.
And sometimes when you're a sports better a handicapper, you
look for signs within a game that a team is
turning it around. Now, is that third period something that
turned around? They look phenomenal in that third period. They
looked like the Vegas of old. They were all over Dallas.
They looked like a five on four power play for
twenty minutes of that game. And now they're going to
Winnipeg and the sort of the one you know, the
one feature or the one thing that scares you against
playing against a Winnipeg Jets team in Winnipeg is the
fact that Connor Hallibuck is one hell of a goalie.
You saw it in the Olympics, you saw when he
won the Vesna. But if the team's not scoring in
front of them, it is tough for the Jets. And
with a couple of losses by the Jets, I think
now they're residing to the fact that they're not going
to make the playoffs. Vegas is they're in the mix.
They could either miss the playoffs or finish in any
one of the three positions in the Pacific first, second,
or third seed. There a team with more upside is
Vegas Golden Knights.
Speaker 3: Here.
Speaker 2: I really like that third period. Hopefully it's not an
overreaction by me Andrew, but I think the Knights are
the right play here.
Speaker 3: Hey, what better time to get going than now? Right?
Speaker 1: If you're struggling, you don't want to be struggling towards
the end of the year. You want to get going
towards the end of the year. I think that might
be the case for V. G. K. So I'm with
you on that, Karm. But I am just very impressed
with Aiden Hill and what he has done. So you
know what, we got a prop for you, and we
did well with these save props a couple of days ago.
We did well with the one yesterday. So I've got
one more for you guys here for this slate. And
this one's kind of a by low spot. I'd say, here,
Karm when it comes down to it, because how often
do you see a goal to with twenty one and
a half as his number? And Sir Gabrabrowski, the Florida Panthers,
they're playing the Seattle krack in here, and look, the
Seattle Kraken are not exactly known for being the most
exciting team to watch by any means, right. They're not
known for being the team that gets a ton of
shots on goal. And that's exactly the reason why this
number is only twenty one and a half for his save.
Prop This is a Seattle team in desperation mode. This
is a Seattle team looking to fire everything on net.
And Florida has injuries galore, suspensions all over the place.
Their defense has not been great. Sir Gablebrowski will have
to be huged for this team. I'm going to take
Sir Gablebrowski Bob the goalie over twenty one and a
half saves for today's prop of the day.
Speaker 2: All right, I like it.
Speaker 5: Andrew.
Speaker 2: It was a no sweat prop at winner yesterday with
Igor's a stirk and he played so well and He's like, hey, guys,
do you want to get a set on gold the
other way because I'm kind of busy right now here.
He saw more rubber than the highway in on the
way out of Vegas, and Drew, all right, let's go
prop at pod time. And we just talked about this game,
but I'm gonna make it the pod play anyways. So
with that said, today's pod play is the Vegas Golden Knights.
Was impressed with that third period. Hopefully they can carry
that over into this game in Winnipeg. The Vegas Golden
Knights are ten to one their last eleven meetings with
the Winnipeg Jets. Just total domination over this team, a
team that I think has resided to the fact that
they're not gonna make the playoffs is if season, while
Vegas has a very good chance of making the playoffs now,
especially with a win tonight, and I think they get
it at minus one twenty eight. So give me the
Vegas Golden Knights minus won twenty eight as your pod
play b g K.
Speaker 1: All right, Vegas, get the job done here for us,
Let's have a winning night. Nice looking graphic there, Karm
for us. All right, we've got Rabovski with a save
prop and we've got Vegas Golden Knights to get the
job done. Let's get it done with these two the
prop of the day and the pod for CARM five
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great you've been in hockey, but you're taking care of
business in soccer. You've got a World Cup package going on,
all kinds of good stuff going on at wager talk.
But hey, there was just one game yesterday, and you
know that means you've got a ton of games today
for hockey.
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The other two are available in one package for twenty
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I will have a it is the playoffs for the
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the finals on Tuesday to see who the last four
European teams are to make it into the World Cup.
Let's hope it really makes it. But I will have
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that's it for me. Man, you got a five percent
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Speaker 1: Hey, look, twenty eight units on MLB Best Bets twenty
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Speaker 3: Super excited about it.
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Speaker 3: Once hockey is over.
Speaker 1: Don't forget about me because I got two sports in
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And the great thing about the CFL schedule they spread
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a great, great day here, carm And yeah, I'm pumped
up for the World Cup as well. Man. I've got
some buddies that were actually, uh, they got tickets at
Gillette Stadium and then they also got tickets in Atlanta.
So they're going, they're they're they're they're driving to Boston,
parking their car and then flying from Boston to Atlanta.
After that, I said, what am I'm not gonna see
you guys all summer or something. They're just gonna be
They're gonna be away and join the games. Uh, but
it's gonna be just an amazing, amazing time for Canada
and America as well.
Speaker 3: So I hope it goes awesome, dude, I'm looking forward
to it.
Speaker 2: I got series of tickets for different games. I have
the Canada the the only game that Canada plays at
in Toronto at Bimo Field, because there are other two
group stage games where we played in Vancouver. But the
very first game where they play the European qualifier, Uh,
that would would be either Italy, Northern Ireland, Wales or Bosnia.
So I believe Italy will Northern Ireland. There's only five
players on that Northern Ireland team to actually play in
top flight football. And the game is in Italy and Bergamo.
Then they play the winner of Bosnia and Wales, but
it is an away game and they've got to play
there on Tuesday. I have no idea. I would love
to see them win. I love to see them qualify
because I would love to go and watch a game.
And do you know the the Andrew the ticket price,
the face value ticket price, this is how insane I
am crazy. I am the face value of the tickets
for Canada versus whoever they play from Europe thirteen hundred
dollars Canadian ticket, which is one thousand dollars US. That's
face And I am getting offers from companies here in
Toronto that Italian companies that I know who want to
see the game off Italy is there and they they're
willing to pay seven eight thousand dollars a ticket. And
I don't know what to do, so I know the
easy question is sell, sell, sell, And then I got
four tickets for Croatia as well too, being played here,
and then I'm going to Atlanta. I'm going to Kansas City,
and I'm going to Guadalajara, Mexico to watch.
Speaker 3: Why don't know you're going to Mexico. That's cool.
Speaker 2: Yeah, man, I might see Buster there. Man, I'll have
a Buster take me in one of those.
Speaker 3: It's gonna be the Summer of Carmine, the summer Summer.
Speaker 2: Of Carmine and will Miami and I will be doing
live audio. I will do be live video of every
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