Episode Transcript
[00:00:06] Speaker A: Booyah. And it's time for the Game Sports Podcast is your host David McCaig Jr. The game is powered by 91 Network and featured on Spaces, which is through Village Media and Sue Today. 91N is a YouTube channel where the Game Sports Podcast video editions are on as well as other podcasts as well. And for Spaces, well you can check out any space and it's not just located within Sault Ste. Marie, it's also expanding throughout Ontario. So just check that out through Sue Today or Village Media. Now you can also check out the Game on social media that is everywhere. Tick Tock, Instagram, Facebook, wherever you find us, you well can interact. And also audio versions of the Game are well where you may be tuning in if it's not on 91N through Spotify, Apple, Google or Amazon. Podcast wherever you are. Like follow, subscribe, five stars. All the fun things definitely help us out as we enjoy our content here on the Game Sports Podcast and there's no bias to that. We've been around for 10 years. January will be 10 of the game Sports Podcast and I want to just emphasize I know this is the a very challenging week for the Game Sports Podcast and the last couple years we've been doing tribute shows and to our friend and partner of myself on the Game Sports Podcast, one of my best friends, Scott Nason, who suddenly passed and I wanted to make sure I gave a shout out to Scott and we didn't do an exact new show to him dedicated this year as we've done in past years. But I want to make sure that I recognize how much I miss Scott and how much we miss Scott here on the Game Sports Podcast and well, I wouldn't be here without him on this podcast. He's the one who gave me an opportunity when he started coffee with the coach and brought me on while we were recording live on Eagle 95.1 after I was doing color commentary for the SUI Blue Devils gave me a chance to come and talk sports and ever since then and I have been here being able to talk sports with you and for many loyal followers and listeners for over 10 years, I cannot say thank you enough. And obviously the messages a few days back on the anniversary of Scott's passing, I want to say thank you for that. I know people that are followers and listeners of the show. We didn't do a new show. As I mentioned, I'm going to be sticking to a tribute mentioned here on this show. Next year we may do something a little bit different, but I want everyone to know that mental health is very important subject. Make sure that you reach out to resources in need if you are required and needed to do so. And also don't be shy to be kind. Kindness definitely goes a long way. I like to throw that in when it comes into the mental health aspect because you never know of the challenges that somebody else may be going through. And we miss Scott every day and I think about him every day and every time I do this show, I feel him with us here, here on the game and we miss him dearly and as well as a lot of you listeners likely do as well from any of our loyal followers, especially in the Sioux Michigan region. We appreciate the continued following and that you've had your faith in me as for these past few years, I have taken a different approach to the show and we're very excited for the next steps and I wish Scott was here to be a part of this as well. All the growth we plan to do and continue to do, but 10 years, we wouldn't be here without Scott. Scott, we miss you very much. Now here on the opener of the show, I was going to kind of just vent about going into hockey first, but I'm not going to do that. I've called a quick audible. We're actually going to have this opener with myself here as we await Connor Henderson to come on to discuss the world of baseball as the wild card playoffs have already been underway. We're already a couple games in, but we're going to discuss some baseball. We have Jordan Trudeau with Chukapak and we have in the pocket. So we don't have top shelf this week, but we will have Chukk Puck. And that's where I'm going to talk about Kirill Capri soft. I'm going to save that then for them. So I kept the introduction for our friend Scott Mason as we just passed the anniversary of his passing. And definitely, again, we miss you, Scott, every day. But I want to remind you, the agenda is strike zone. Chuck a puck in the pocket. Next week we'll have a fully loaded likely four segment show because we are in baseball playoffs. And as I say that he comes in at the perfect time, this guy's time management is impeccable, unlike mine. Okay. It's good at work. Not on podcast time, I will say. All right. But nonetheless, we are working on the time here and we have time segments here on the game. And without further ado, I want to introduce the myth, the legend, the stud, the engaged, getting married very soon, very soon. One only rookie of the year. If you know, you know Connor Henderson. Connor, my friend, how are you? Welcome to another segment of Strike Zone.
[00:05:08] Speaker B: Dave, I'm doing good. Thank you for bringing me on. I can't wait to talk playoff baseball. I'm struggling to maintain my composure as I've, you know, survived through the first two Tigers games here in the wild card three round playoff series. So hopefully we can get into all the, the fun details today on the show.
[00:05:29] Speaker A: Let me ask you this then, right off the hop, why the bleep are the Tigers in a wild card spot? Why are we here talking about this is it? Do we blame injuries? You know what, in light, and this is a great thing, just dedicated to Scott. Scott was a big Lions and Tigers fan. I know if he was here, he would be pumped about the Lions. He'd also be pumped. I would be pumped about this Tigers team still. But I can just imagine how much he'd be fuming right now after the lead that they just blew this season. I sat here a month and a half ago, I think maybe with you saying, ah, the Tigers got it. They're good. They don't. They didn't. It went the other way. Connor went the other way. What happened? Why are we here? Why are we talking wild card with the Tigers and not having to buy with the Blue Jays?
[00:06:10] Speaker B: The universe is correcting itself after last year's insane run by the Tigers, the historic Cinderella push, the end of the season where they had almost no chance of making the playoffs and surged to get in. This year, it was the complete opposite. They completely crumbled and fumbled and bumbled their way to having to fight their way through the first round of the playoffs. And they got no buy. When we were on the show just about a month ago, you and I discussed how the Jays needed to fight and claw and scratch the entire season to fend off both the Red Sox and the Yankees, whereas the Tigers had such a cushy, comfortable lead.
[00:06:49] Speaker A: We did talk about this.
[00:06:51] Speaker B: We talked about this exact thing. And I, I believe we discussed that, you know, you can get complacent when you, when you're up, you know, resting on your laurels. Sure, the Tigers had a couple injuries. Sure. But like every team does, look at the Jays, you know, Bo has had some, some, you know, troubles, and he's a core piece of their lineup. Every team is.
[00:07:12] Speaker A: Some arms. Yeah, some arms. We talked about that. Would you rather be. We talk. That's, you know, what love. That's a little plug for a recent episode. Go check that out. Back in summer when we were on our vacation. Look how smart we are, even on vacation, talking about things like that. You mentioned would you rather be the Jays in the situation they were in or the Tigers? And I know I went. Maybe people thought it was biased. I went Jay's direction because you have. You. You're playing playoff ball right from the start where the Tigers got to go, and then it was a little bit too relaxing. Then while you're sitting back in your chair, your lazy Boy broke, and then you got kind of complacent. I don't know why I went with that analogy. It just kind of flowed off my tongue like that. But the Tigers are in a wild card spot now, and look, it wouldn't be proper to do predictions for the wild card because by the time the show is up, you know, the predictions might be right or wrong. Heck, we might bat a thousands, pun intended, in terms of who we think is going to win what. Day two of the wild card right now is. Is still underway today. You had the Padres win and you had the Guardians win. So now tying Those up at 1:1 apiece, then you have the Dodgers, who are playing today against the Reds, which I fully anticipate a sweep. Not gonna lie. That's one that I'm pretty confident might not change tomorrow. But if I'm wrong, I'm wrong, Dave.
[00:08:26] Speaker B: Then tomorrow, the payroll gap between those two teams is. Is a country mile.
[00:08:31] Speaker A: Hundreds, hundred. Hundreds of millions. Hundreds. I think it's a couple hundred, isn't it? That could be wrong. I think it's.
[00:08:37] Speaker B: Yeah, it would be in like the nine figures of difference between them.
[00:08:42] Speaker A: And there's somebody named Shohei Ohtani on that team as well. And Sazaki and Yamamoto and Glass now and Snell and Mookie Betts and Freeman. List goes on. And Ellie De La Cruz is the name that I'm coming up with. The Reds, they got Austin Hayes, they got Steer. Right. Like I. I have to keep really thinking for a minute on who they got. Sorry, everybody else, Navar Marte, you know. Right. It's. No, they're the. Sorry, Cincinnati, you got in on the last day, but you're going out pretty quick. I'm sorry. I don't care if that's wrong. I hope I am. I hope when I upload this tomorrow, the Reds maybe smacked the Dodgers and I look dumb. I'll take that because I would love to see the Reds go on. But I'm. That's one thing that I can confidently say. I don't think it's going to happen. But we're sitting here and I know last a couple episodes ago we were talking about finally we might see it. Js and tigers, ALCs. We might see it. We might see it. So everyone knows who I'm pulling for. But I got this question, Connor, and I'm going to flip it to you. That's no Jays fan bias on any of this, and we're not biased on the show anyways. But if you're the Blue Jays, does it matter who you see in the next round? Does it truly matter? Are you sitting there looking at the regular season going, we had more success against this one team than the other, right? And then I'll. I'll give my feedback once you answer that. If I'm the Jays, are you sitting there going, who cares? Or you give me one of the.
[00:10:01] Speaker B: School of thought that in the playoffs it doesn't really matter who you play. What matters is how well you play. And unless there's a huge skill gap, which I don't think there is, when we're talking Jays, Yankees and Red Sox, I think all three teams are fairly close. You might say the Jays are a little scrappier maybe than the Yankees. But unless we're talking about like a significant gap in pitching or significant gap with the bats, I think it really just comes down to do you get hot at the right time and are you playing within your team's structure? If you play well, good things happen. So I don't think it matters too much.
[00:10:37] Speaker A: That's where I am. Like I was looking last night, it was in the ninth inning. And this last night right now, it's October 1st. Everyone. When I say last night, I'm talking about I'm ref. Let me correct myself. I'm referencing game one. The the Yankees had bases loaded, no out, and that was the only team in history I could be wrong. I thought I saw the stat that in the ninth inning, at the bottom of ninth inning in a playoff game that did not score a run when they had three men on and no outs, correct me if I'm wrong, could be wrong on that. I thought I saw that stat somewhere. It could have been a wrong outlet trip me if I'm wrong. That's true. That's not the point of my comment. When they made it bases loaded, bottom of the ninth, I was like the Cuban missile starting to falter. But then you just saw the Cuban missile be the Cuban missile. Everyone knows who the Cuban missile is. I'm not going to say the name if you're listening to the segment. I hope you know what the Cuban missile is. If not, it's worth a Google. There's a reason why he's called that Cal. This composure struck out Stanton. And then I was sitting down on the couch, Connor, and I was like, oh crap, K got Goldschmidt. Oh crap, you got Judge. Oh crap, you got.
You got Grisham. You. Not in this order, but oh crap, you got Stanton. Oh God, you got Cody Bellinger. I'm sitting there, the Yankee lineup going, but then I see the Red Sox and I'm like, that lineup looks a little bit more like beatable, right? But then you always forget small ball. It doesn't matter in those games you play, the Red Sox play the right way, they play that chippy way in baseball, it's not doesn't matter that you have these guys get 40, 30, 50 home runs a season. We know and you should know as Jays fans. We just know as sports fans what I means crush more. If you know, you know from 2015, having guys like Donaldson and Carnacion Bautista hit a home run every time doesn't win you a championship. What does is a bullpen. What does is defense. And what don't the Yankees have defense. What don't they have? Composure. Jazz Chisholm is complaining at umpires deservingly so sometimes pretty routinely as of late. And you know what? As a Jays fan, you shouldn't care who you play because it doesn't matter. Let me give you an example. In a different sport, we want Florida. If you know, you know, okay. Be careful what you wish for. Let it happen and let this ride out. Let's enjoy it. Because if the Jays do win this series, it doesn't matter. The next series will probably be just as hard if it's Cleveland, Detroit or Seattle. Seattle's arguably the hottest team in baseball right now and Kyle Raleigh is literally Barry Bonds. And yeah, I'm talking about steroid at Bonds. Even though Kyle Raleigh isn't on steroids. I'm just saying the guy is literally a truck. That team is great, but I would love like think of it that way. The road to get there. I really like the team from the AL this year. The Dodgers have shown they're human. But the road to get there from the AL this year I think is a lot tougher than the nl and I might not be a great opinion Connor. So to go to that point in one second, but you have the Jays. It doesn't matter who you play to shut up and play hard and Play smart. And Vladimir Guerrero, wake up. Time to wake up and hit some bombs. Okay, but Connor, when it comes to the road to the Finals, I think you'll agree the al, is it, Is it harder? Like, I know Milwaukee fans and Philly fans might be like, excuse me, did you not forget? But I feel like the AL is a little bit more of that, too. All them are closer and a lot of it's just, it's tougher. Just a tougher road.
[00:13:55] Speaker B: Yeah, I think that the AL east in particular, having three teams that all are very, very deserving of a playoff spot with the Red Sox, Yankees and Jays. I think any one of them, whoever advances, has a really, really great shot at winning a World Series. And I can't say the same for teams like Cleveland or the Detroit and the AL Central. And I can't say the same for, for some of the National League teams. Like you said, the Dodgers have shown that they are human this year, if.
[00:14:23] Speaker A: We recall, very human.
[00:14:25] Speaker B: We thought, look, they won the World Series last year and this year on paper, they looked better than they did the year before. Heading in just goes to show that you actually have to play the games and you actually, you know, this isn't a video game where, you know, if you're rated highly, you stay rated highly and you're going to do flying. It's, you know, it's not too. There's a lot of human chemistry going on, involved. And as far as the small ball comments that you had referenced, I think that's what's awesome about playoff baseball is analytics will tell you, yeah, home runs are certainly more valuable than singles and all that good stuff, you know, hitting for power, all else being equal is better than hitting for contact.
[00:15:07] Speaker C: And yet.
[00:15:07] Speaker A: Very good, very good point.
[00:15:09] Speaker B: And yet we see the bunts come out in playoffs, right. And nobody bunts in the regular season because, you know, everybody's looking for that paycheck and that payday and bunts don't pay, but they certainly help in a pinch. You get teams that will have like three months, the entire season as a team, and then suddenly there's a man on third base in the playoffs and they're, they're setting one down. And I love seeing that, that it really, it really spices up the game. All hands on deck from the bullpens as well. Playoff baseball is just, just a sprint and it's great.
[00:15:39] Speaker A: It's so good. You know what, what I see in this Blue Jay team, I don't like comparing it, but it does play that Cleveland type style. And we know why.
Look at that. Look at that imprint on there. And Tiger Scubal in game one was like, I can't. So let me ask you this, then. This is my spin off that I don't want to go too far off playoff baseball because I do want to make a World Series predict.
Maybe not. I don't know yet. I don't. I don't know because I think I know who you're gonna pick. And we don't know if they're gonna go on, but perhaps, maybe, maybe we'll hold that for the next round. You know what? We'll. We'll hold that for the next round prediction. Okay. To be honest, I think the Jays are gonna lose in the World Series this year. So that. Yeah, we'll leave that. That's. You know what? That's a good tease for next week. That's a good tease for next week.
Connor, what happens if they lose game three tomorrow?
[00:16:25] Speaker B: Yeah, they still have you done.
[00:16:28] Speaker A: They still have trade them, though. Are they trading them or are they keeping the guy?
[00:16:33] Speaker B: They'll keep them, I think, unless they're. Unless they're cratering the trade deadline next year, which was entirely possible.
[00:16:39] Speaker A: They'll.
[00:16:40] Speaker B: They'll hold on to him at least until the. The deadline. And then next year, if they need to pull bait, they will. Diabolical pitching performance by skubal in the first game of playoffs. Seven and a third, 14 K's. The guy's a madman. And honestly, it's. It's one of those things where you almost wish that we were living in like the 1930s or 40s, because.
[00:16:58] Speaker A: Pitch again tomorrow, you know.
[00:17:00] Speaker B: You know, Scuba would be getting. He'd be getting right back on. On the mountain tomorrow.
[00:17:04] Speaker A: Is there a chance you see him tomorrow at all, do you think? There's no chance?
[00:17:08] Speaker B: I think there is. Zero percent though. I would have him in the bullpen. I. I'd say, screw it, get your ass in there. You're going into the bullpen. And if push comes to shove, there's maybe a lefty coming up that we need to get out, heat up. They won't do it because, you know, heaven forbid there's an injury and they would get, you know, crucified.
Yeah, but, you know, if this was the World Series, I think school yourself would be saying, you better let me on that map.
[00:17:33] Speaker A: Yeah, 100. There wouldn't be. I would. I would. If I'm the Tigers and I want to talk about tomorrow too much, but. Because we'll let tomorrow play out without dissecting into it but don't hesitate to put them in. It's you got, it's do or die. Just don't have to start the guy, just do or die middle innings you got to get some critical outs in a close game. Who else you have to look towards to do that? So definitely going to be some interesting games tomorrow. Some games may not happen tomorrow pending as we're talking right now. The Red Sox and Yankees are currently locked up. So like we, we don't know what's going to be the schedule tomorrow, what's going to be the schedule into next week. But I do know this when Connor and I talk next week we will be in the mix of the, well the ALDS and the NL and all that the divisional series is. So Connor and I might have to do a clip or something this weekend to predict the quick three minute clip for for listener enjoyment who we think is going to go on but nonetheless lots of implications between the next between now and tomorrow night that we will see shape out the rest of the playoff action. So now what I'll say Connor, is that we talked about Skubal briefly and Skubal being that piece that we don't know. But there's another name out there that we've talked about pre recently on the show who is dating a TikTok celebrity person and who is an LSU I believe gymnast.
So you could tell it don't follow. Yep, okay, I'm right. That's great. See I guess I am fit or whatever the young generation says nowadays but nonetheless Paul Skeens, I have never felt more bad for a pitcher almost in my life. I know the guy makes bank okay, he has a good life set up but he's on the Pirates and the guy had a below two ERA and he is on a disaster of an organization that I thought was on the right slope up and they're not. So they don't have, they don't look like they're going to change anytime soon, Connor. But does Paul Skeens, does Paul Skeens get traded from Pittsburgh this offseason?
[00:19:30] Speaker B: No, no, no, I don't think so. I think that as much as it pains everybody to see what he's dealing with over there and I think even rumors coming out of the clubhouse are that, you know, obviously the players are quite frustrated. They actually had a good, you know, I think a fairly good team pitching staff this year all things considered.
They just can't score runs and they're not very talented or deep. Skeens is the only thing that organization has going for them and I feel like if they lose him, then I fold the team, I guess. Like they won't let him go and he seems like a fairly loyal guy who will play good soldier. So yeah, I couldn't see them moving him simply because, you know, they've only had him for two years and you know, he was former first overall pick. This is the type of person that you want to build a team around.
It just so happens that he got, you know, very successful very quickly. He was a college, you know, pitcher coming out of lsu. It's. He was by no means young, but yeah, you hold on to him for dear life.
[00:20:29] Speaker A: Oh, is that true? Well, that is true. It's in that. That's why it's perfect timing. I was making sure the lad was coming on. You know, it's all. I'm glad he's got the Jays jersey on because.
[00:20:40] Speaker D: Wait, I gotta wear this today because it's our.
Well, it'll be our recording before it starts for the Jays. So I'm rocking Jays today.
[00:20:50] Speaker A: 50 and you're catching at the right time, Drew, as we're just about to wrap up strike zone. I know you two know each other quite well and it's good to have you guys together on here because we were teammates together in baseball and I've told Connor that you gave me a nice curveball this year down the pipe and I absolutely hit the ball very nicely and I appreciate that. Curveball down the middle.
[00:21:11] Speaker D: Yeah, I was just trying to throw the ball over the plate that game.
[00:21:13] Speaker C: I remember.
[00:21:14] Speaker A: So, yeah, nice one and rolled in the belt field a little bit. I think there was only two hits that game and I had one. I think I had one of them. I didn't get a hit off Colton. You guys both know Colton. I think he's the best pitcher in the league. So that's just. I'm just saying the guy's a stud. Nonetheless, I don't want to veer off too much. Connor, with. With next time we chat, you and I, maybe we could do a quick clip this weekend for the viewers just to say, hey, what's our prediction is going to be for. For the rest of the MLB playoffs, But I want to wish you good luck as a Tigers fan tomor they go into game three a deciding game. And as a Blue Jays fan, I think all Blue Jays fans will agree that we'd love to see the Tigers move on. That'd be be a great ALCS if it could be both those two teams. But nonetheless Connor, I want to say thank you for another edition of Strike Zone, my friend. It's always fun to chat baseball with you. And we'll chat this weekend and next week. Sounds good.
[00:22:08] Speaker B: Thanks, Dave. See you soon. Trude's Dave.
[00:22:10] Speaker A: Have a good one too, too. That is the man, the myth, the legend, Connor Henderson. The guy is time management. Bang on. Okay. And I was worried Trudes wasn't gonna come on and make it okay. You know, like, I thought you weren't gonna make it. Truth. But I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. You are here. But I have something different with Chuck a puck today. We didn't do a top shelf segment today. That's next week. But there's one thing I do want to kind of incorporate from a professional hockey level before we dive into local. And I think you probably know where I'm going with this because I didn't get to react on it. Kirill capri soft.
The eight years.
$136 million.
I got a yell. Cover your teen.
Million dollars per season. Minnesota Bill Garon. You are dumb. I'm sorry. Now I might have ruined ever having Bill Guerin on the show. Maybe. I don't. And I don't. I don't care. Because I would just pepper him. Because I don't care what the cap is going to be in the next two years, three, five. I don't give a bleep. I'm not gonna swear. I'm not gonna do it. I probably will later. But I'm gonna tell you right now, he is not better than Connor McDavid. He's not better than Auston Matthews. He's not better than Nathan McKinnon. Heck, he's not even better. I won't say Mitch Martyr. I would prefer Mitch Marner over Kirill Capri Soft. I'm not gonna lie to you. And look, I'm not Mitch Marner. Bias or fan. I liked Mitch Marner in Toronto, but I'm okay with him leaving. So there's no love for me there. Okay. No Bias. I would rather Brady Tkachuk over Kirill Kaprisov. I'm not kidding you. Is Kaprisov maybe a better hockey player? Maybe. But guess what? I'd rather Tkachuk. Because he plays the all around game and that's a guy I want to go to battle with. There is no way in the right stratosphere that that man is worth $17 million, no matter what the hell the cap is gonna be. That scares me. For a Conor McDavid contract. Which, sorry to tell you people, if McDavid does leave Toronto, guess who's number one on his list? I'm sorry, it is what you think it is. It's probably gonna stay in Edmonton and tell you right now, I don't think McDavid's leaving, but if he does, I'm sorry. It's gonna be okay. It's gonna be to this team right here. And I'm sorry to tell you all, but that's going to be the team that he's gonna go to if he's gonna leave. Okay, if. Or he's gonna go somewhere to the States, like San Jose, if they're gonna give him 21 million a year. Because now that I sit here, Nathan McKinnon is a gem. I want to win a cup. I'm going to take a discount. McDavid, listen, if you do somehow see this on the show, whatever team you sign with, man, you don't need to sign for that much money. You can sign for a reasonable amount, build a team around you and win a cup. Minnesota is F U C blank, blank, blank because of this contract. They did not learn from Parisi. Did they not learn from Suter? This is ridiculous. Trudes, he did not. Does not deserve 17 million.
The guy is not that level of superstar. I would not give him more than even with the cap going up 11.5. I would maybe give him Shastirkin money is what I would be giving him. Think of this. I saw this meme. Would you rather have Kirill Kaprisov for 17 million? Okay. Or would you rather have Matthew Nies, Anthony Stolars and Nicholas Roy think about that? I would rather the other the for under $17 million. There's another player in there, but I'm just telling you right now, stupid signing. I know we got to talk Chuck a puckin local, so. But I want your reaction on this Capri soft contract. I had to say it. I've been saving it for this segment. I. I think it is dumb. I. I don't like it. I think Minnesota just cap F'd themselves going forward.
[00:25:51] Speaker D: Well, you're. You're really fired up about this. And I don't. It's funny.
[00:25:56] Speaker A: I don't.
[00:25:56] Speaker D: I don't really get fired up about NHL. I do. I do get fired up about OHL and mlb because, like, I'm about to be a nervous wreck on Saturday. Like, I'm already walking the Boston New York series and I'm like, when. When the Yankees had three on and none out in the bottom of the ninth yesterday. Like I was like I'm not ready for this to be the Jays. So yeah, I can understand your. Your frustration because I think for a lot of Canadian fans and a Canadian hockey perspective it's. What does that mean for Connor McDavid whose contract ends in this season here? So the Caprizov signing. So that agent, good for him. I mean I can't deny that. Good for Capriso, good for his agent. But I think the, the fear out of okay, you've. You've got a player of that caliber which needs a good goal scorer. Right. But you mentioned the likes of like Matthews, Dry, Seidel, McKinnon, McDavid, Marner like ranting in like those guys, you know what are they gonna get now if Caprizov is worth what is marketed worth is 17 million AAV then Jack Eichel.
[00:27:09] Speaker A: In Fernand, Kyle, Connor and Kempe are contract ends at the end of this year.
[00:27:17] Speaker D: Now too. Those are other big names.
You know, I think it's bad news for them to Oilers. That would be my take on it.
And in terms of McDavid, I know you mentioned him going to the Leafs, but Dave, I don't know how they would afford him to be honest.
But I don't know what contender is going to afford him. Right. Like you mentioned, he'd have to go to San Jose if somebody wants to pay him a big amount of. But does he want. Does he. Does he want to go push himself back? Although he would probably push San Jose. He would probably push them ahead a couple years. Right. Like in their ending window. Like he would definitely speed them up. But I just, I don't know. Like what does that do for the rest of the market?
[00:28:00] Speaker A: Here's what Connor McDavid's contract is going to start with. If you're on video, you get to see it. It's backwards. That's a two. That is a two. This means there's going to be a zero, a one, a two.
20 million dollar contract. We might see a 19 or 20 million dollar contract and guys like Quinn Hughes in the future that are free agents. These guys are gonna get raked in the cash caps going up. But listen, NHL's had CBA problems before. Buyer beware. That's what I gotta say. Buyer beware. Trudes. I dove into a little bit of that. Let's go to chuck a buck. Okay. Or the true chuckle buck that point. Let's talk about where you want to.
[00:28:39] Speaker D: Go with local the true Choco puck wearing a jeans.
[00:28:44] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:28:44] Speaker D: So I actually was spot on with my prediction last week. I didn't mean to be spot on with my prediction, but I'm glad I was spot on with my prediction. 2 and 1 and they lost in Ottawa on Sunday.
And that, I mean it's, hey, they're right where you want to be. I mean, three and two doesn't look very flashy, but I think in terms of a young team, first road trip of the year, they got four out of six points, so kudos to them. And Landon Miller played outstanding on Thursday night in Peterborough. He had a 40 save shutout. So props to him in, in that game. I didn't want, I didn't watch any of the games. I caught two of them on the broadcast. Jerry Lithcom Jr. And then Sunday, I was busy Sunday, I can't remember what I was doing, but I, I didn't unfortunately I didn't catch any of the games, so I can't really comment them on them too much other than the line score and listening to articles and Jerry's broadcast. But it sounds like a pretty decent weekend hockey coming up. They're on the road again Tomorrow night, Thursday, October 2nd in Barry.
Friday against, I was going to say Mississauga, it's Brampton Steelheads and then Sunday in North Bay. And again looking at those, those teams, I mean, Barry went, took a run out of it last year, so, you know, they might be a little on the lower end this year. Brampton, same thing. Poor Brampton got slammed this offseason. They lost Ivan Kovic, they lost Martone. The Valentini deal for Kitchener went through and that hurts them because they don't get their conditional picks for trading him. So like deport Brampton in the offseason and then Sunday and North Bay should be a tough one. That should be a tough matchup to.
[00:30:29] Speaker A: Have that as the third game. Tough to have that as a third game on the weekend. You almost want to see that as game number one on the weekend, but travel doesn't work that way. That this is logistically kind of doing its, its way. But I think is it fair to say that for the Greyhounds, which here on Chocolate we talk major junior, but also the extra love for the Superhouse from where we're located, is it fair to say that maybe we might see another two in one weekend or would it be more realistic, maybe a two, zero and one weekend? Because to be honest with you, two zero and one is my prediction this weekend for the Sault Sam Marie Greyhounds After a long road trip, tough matchup Sunday after a long road trip and it seems like that would be a good prediction for me. But what about you, Trudes?
[00:31:10] Speaker D: Yeah, I would say that's, that's a realistic weekend. I would say that's a realistic expectation. This team's, you know, they did manage to come through on the power play this weekend. So you know, that's looking up. And defensively that seemed to be their problem on Sunday. So you know, how quickly can they make that adjustment? Can they tie those loose ends up? Will be the. The factor.
Yeah, but I think, yeah, I think for this team, I think you're gunning for a divisional championship. You're gunning for the West Division. Windsor Spitfire is already at 5 and oh so they're going to be a tough opponent but you're spot on. A realistic Expectation is a 2 in one weekend. I like 201. Get an extra point. 5 out of 6 points. Anytime you could take an extra point, that's great. And yeah, we're, we're in for another exciting weekend of greyhound hockey.
[00:32:01] Speaker A: We are. And this is what I got to promise to listeners now that we are going to start dying down with baseball eventually. Not yet. It's coming. But next week I can assure you we will give Chuck a puck more of a lengthier segment than right now. We have been only doing about 13 minutes. We will give Chuck a puck 20 minutes next week because I would like Trudes and I to get into some of those hypotheticals medical trade scenario stuff that we talked about the other week with some historic Greyhound and perhaps OHL discussion that we can certainly utilize for more clip action. But Trudes, any final thoughts from the Chuck A Puck perspective? Even though I used five minutes of it to talk about Korea, Capri Soft to get my hockey fix. The Any final thoughts from the chuckapuck segment or piece that you want to bring up from if it's local or other major junior hockey news?
[00:32:52] Speaker D: Well, Thomas Vanderberg, you're mentioned last week he did score, he did pot one against the Greyhounds and then he got it. He got a couple points as well. Brock Chittaroni, I think again, sorry, excuse me, I didn't look at the box score. He had a point. I know for sure he may have scored as well. So local product Brock. So really solid performance by the Ottawa 67s on Sunday and they that pushed them to 30 with this Greyhounds team. It's going to be time. Time's going to tell where this team's gonna go. We it's still very early for this team, we're still waiting in the wings on Brady Martin. Oh, there's a lot of ways this season can go and so we just have to, you know, push through this weekend, see where we're at. And then we got a really big treat for their weekend back. Kitchener is here on the 10th, so that'll be a pretty exciting game. So yeah, things looking good from the OHL perspective, but let's see who can beat the Windsor Spitfires. They're, they're undefeated. They play Niagara tomorrow night, so hopefully Niagara can hand in their first loss.
[00:33:55] Speaker A: See Brock Chittaroni. Four points in three games this year so far with the Ottawa 67s. The guy's averaging point a game over right now. And projected. If you want some good projected stats, people like analytics. He is on pace for 90 points this year. But that is from EliteProspects.com almost doesn't really math in my head when I say that but elite Prospects projection says 45 goals and 45 stat assist for 90 points in 68 games. That's the projection from elite prospects. I'm going to give you something else. I'm going to say probably 68 games, 73 points. Also he's a point a game guy this year in his rookie year. I think that'd be great if he can do that in his first year in the league and keep that going. That's going to show a monstrous, monstrous steps moving forward for him. So I'll give him credit. I'll say he's a 70 point guy this year and potential favorite for rookie of the year in the Ontario Hockey League. Susei Marie Love there for you. But elite prospects, let me tell you whoever's math in for you or predicting for you, let me, let me help fix that for you. Or there's, there's, there's some AI technology. It's pretty. That doesn't seem to math for me there truths I think like for like it doesn't math. The mathing's not there for me. I just, you know, I'm just saying out loud but that's good to see and this like you said, good exciting weekend of hockey ahead and the Hounds are still away this weekend. What a long road trip. But we talked about the importance of a long road trip being so critical to team bonding and to do it so early in the season is so critical I think so that is, that is terrific.
Now I'm gonna keep you on for one sec. Trudes. Okay, one for one sec. As we wrap up Choc a Puck. We'll have, like I said, it will promise a longer chocolate Puck segment next week. We will give that more time. I'm going to welcome in Justin Heikel as we get ready for in the Pocket segment. But before we officially introduce in the Pocket, I'm going to say hi first to Justin Heiko. Hike. My friend. How are you?
[00:35:47] Speaker C: Another. Another day in paradise.
Had had the sleep lab last night, so I am obviously exhausted. You do not sleep when you're at the sleep lab. False advertising.
[00:35:59] Speaker A: I love that. I don't love that for you. I'm so sorry.
[00:36:02] Speaker C: I said to the girl this morning, I said the best. You know, like, you should tell people the best day to come to the sleep lab is the night after you go to the sleep lab because, like, you'd actually fall asleep.
[00:36:13] Speaker A: Sleep. Good. Good. You should have took some melatonin, but I'm sure you weren't allowed to do that.
[00:36:17] Speaker C: No, no, they don't. Yeah, nothing. No, Nothing fun. Nothing unfun. Nothing. Like, honestly kind of felt like prison. Like the people were really nice. I'm not slandering the place whatsoever. I'm just. The experience wasn't the best.
[00:36:31] Speaker A: Well, if you're going to a sleep lab all the night after, so do two nights at the sleep lab. Yeah, I wanted to. I wanted you to be a non anon because next week we're going to do a prediction on the Blue Jays playoff chances. And I did spoil where I did say I think we're going to see World Series baseball, but maybe not a World Series win. I kind of. What didn't. I know, I know. Jays fans are probably surprised to hear that. I was going to say Toronto may not win, but I'm saving my prediction for next week. I wanted to bring in you hike. To ask you two things while Trudeau was here because he was a part of. Of. Well, he was at the tail end of strike zone, but then he heard me vent about Kirill Capri soft. Okay, So I want. I want you to give two Blue Jay fans your prediction. I know you will cheer for the Jays too, but do the Blue Jays make and win the World Series? And number two, one word to describe Kirill Kapritsoff's contract.
One word.
[00:37:30] Speaker C: All right. Well, I mean, like, World Series would be cool, don't get me wrong, but I think maybe we're setting the expectations a little high there.
[00:37:38] Speaker A: Okay?
[00:37:38] Speaker C: Whoever.
Well, whoever comes out of the Red Sox Yankees, I think is still going to be a toughie. That's going to be a Tough grind.
[00:37:46] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:37:47] Speaker C: And then whoever comes out of the other division that isn't the Jays, because I definitely know them for sure are usually substantially more loaded teams. I mean, I think the Jays are like, what do you want to say? Like a luxury tax team sort of thing. I think they spent a lot of money, but there's other teams that spent a lot of money on guys that are way better.
[00:38:08] Speaker A: So, you know, you're not saying World Series. You're not saying World Series.
[00:38:12] Speaker C: I would love to watch it. Don't get me wrong. Playoff baseball is the most entertaining baseball. That's like, I. If you would have told me, I would have brought my Jays hat to put on rotated hats.
[00:38:23] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:38:23] Speaker C: But no, if they make the World Series, great. They're probably not winning it. But I'd like to see the Springer on the horse thing happening.
[00:38:28] Speaker A: Happens.
[00:38:28] Speaker C: So.
[00:38:29] Speaker A: So the reason why I ask hike this, listeners is for two reasons. One, I put them on the spot. Two, it's not as bad as when Butch Davis asked him about the Cleveland Clavaliers general manager, but it's not an unbiased opinion that you're getting on that side. So we're not biased on the show. But just to solidify, no bias in Canada, there's our points.
[00:38:48] Speaker C: So totally, like, semi related, but completely not related. Like, trying to make conversation in the lobby at the sleep lab last night because there's other, you know, suspects there that got to go through this as well. And one guy was watching cricket on his phone. I'm like, trying to ask him, like, I want to, you know, understand cricket. And then he started telling me about cricket, and I'm like, okay, I'm way in over my head here.
[00:39:07] Speaker A: I don't.
[00:39:08] Speaker C: Never mind. I'm sorry. I just, like, I wanted to know how the, like, hey, he's like, you're watching cricket sometimes, and it's okay. It's like 14 to 20 something. And then all of a sudden you turn away and you come back and it's like 143 to 8. It's like, how does that happen? What happens in this game where the score just kaboom?
But anyways, I'll segue myself into the Caprizov thing.
That's bananas. And Marner's probably planning a holdout now so that he can get like, another $6 million to protect his family or whatever.
[00:39:38] Speaker A: He's got your.
Your.
Your word. Your one word then is bananas.
[00:39:42] Speaker C: Yeah. No, that's bonkers. I mean, look at. I just compare it to the value that the Leafs got spending that exact same amount of money. I'm sure, like that's my popular graphic. You.
[00:39:52] Speaker A: That's what I did too.
Aren't we in the same.
[00:39:55] Speaker C: Yeah, I mean the management that respends responsibly and not like me at bulk Barn.
[00:40:02] Speaker D: I mean anytime. I don't care who you are, anytime. Like the Leafs, for example. I guess I will give the least props. You got three players for the value of one. Like, not really. You don't even have to know what those players are, who those players are, what their role is. Like, that's. That's still like. That's a lot. Like three to one is a huge ratio.
[00:40:21] Speaker A: So like this. If you want to throw Morgan Riley knives and stole ours, that's slightly above 17 million, but it's still very close. You can go. You can go on Roy nice. And stole ours. You can go Michelle nice dollars. You can. You can just keep going down the list. Matthews. Michelle and Domi are the same as that almost because Domi's three and there's some change and then Michelle is. Is very low. So like these are just examples.
[00:40:47] Speaker C: You got to put attractive names in there. You don't.
[00:40:49] Speaker A: You're not throwing nice.
[00:40:50] Speaker C: Yeah, we got. We got Doming. Good. Fantastic. What a. What a. What a genius you are. You know what I mean?
This was the example more attractive flashy names to put in there.
[00:41:02] Speaker A: These were the memes actually. True. This is the one I saw. It's nice. Tavares and Stolars are the same value for Caprisov.
[00:41:09] Speaker D: Yeah, I'm taking that all day.
[00:41:11] Speaker A: There we go.
[00:41:11] Speaker C: You have to. I mean if you have.
I understand you have to sign them.
[00:41:16] Speaker A: But like it gets to not for that much that.
[00:41:20] Speaker C: Sorry. I don't know. We could like what. What was the trade option? You know, like what. What was available if you wanted to say put Caprizov out there.
[00:41:29] Speaker A: What could you San Jose give me a first round pick and give me San Jose.
[00:41:34] Speaker C: What is San Jose gonna give you?
[00:41:35] Speaker A: You.
[00:41:36] Speaker C: They're not giving you anything good.
[00:41:38] Speaker A: Yeah, but they're not like Capri suffer that much. I'd rather take nothing. Dude, that is franchise crippling. I'm sorry. I don't care about the cap going up. That is a dumb signing. But tr. I'll let you sign off. I always appreciate you next week longer chuck a puck for sure. And we'll have more clips and hound reaction and ohl reaction as we chat next week. And go Jays, my friend. Weekend.
[00:42:01] Speaker D: Let's go Jays. Let's Hope they can pull you out.
[00:42:06] Speaker A: Safe travels this weekend for Connor, right? No, not this weekend. It's later this month.
[00:42:11] Speaker D: Yeah, later.
Later on in the month.
[00:42:14] Speaker A: I'm unfortunately unable to attend. Child. Child toddler reasons. You know, people get it. But nonetheless, we'll talk. We'll talk soon, my friend. Next week.
[00:42:23] Speaker D: All right. Take care, guys.
[00:42:24] Speaker A: See you, man.
Love getting Trudes on that. Had him listen to that because I want them to hear your reaction. But I think finally thoughts with that is absolute stupidity. Okay. That is what that is. We're still. We're still technically doing Chuck a puck. It has an ingredient of top shelf in here, just so you guys know. We're giving you a little bit of a treat with a little bit of reaction. But this Caprice, I'm gonna.
[00:42:45] Speaker C: I'm gonna knock you down off your high horse a little bit here though, and just taint the waters with absolute garbage right now just by putting it out there. If the player that everyone is currently talking about happens to not sign a contract with the team that he currently plays for.
[00:43:01] Speaker A: We talked about this too.
[00:43:03] Speaker C: You're not gonna tell me that that amount of money all of a sudden becomes. That doesn't matter. It's eight. You know what I mean? To give him 20. Who cares?
[00:43:11] Speaker A: You know, I popped this up when I was talking to Truths. This is the number that his contract starts with, and that's a two with a number sign. That means 20. There's a number in there because of this Capri Soft nonsense.
[00:43:22] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:43:23] Speaker A: Justin, he's not worth it. He's not worth it. I know you might not like this. I'd rather Mitch Marner than Caprice off. I'm serious.
[00:43:29] Speaker C: I'd rather neither.
[00:43:30] Speaker A: Sure. I hear sure.
[00:43:32] Speaker C: Okay. Removing my negativity to. Towards.
Towards Mitch Marner completely from this. I think the locker room just as a person looking at the team. I think the locker room is better without him.
[00:43:45] Speaker A: Love that. We'll cap that there. Caprice.
[00:43:47] Speaker C: Bill Garon.
[00:43:48] Speaker A: Bill. Bill Guerin. You no. Just. No. Dumb bananas, bonkers stupid Bill Garrett looks.
[00:43:55] Speaker C: Pretty happy to for, you know, be signing the contract that gets him fired.
[00:43:58] Speaker A: Well, he better be happy. Yeah, no doubt he made it sound like a little hasty there. I would have said walk. Don't let the door hit you on the way out. In the pocket, Justin. We'll go to that. It is in the pocket time. Thank you again to Truths for Chuck a puck. And of course, I'd love the extra NHL chat on top of our major junior segment. So it's A little bit of a treat today with that because Top Shelf isn't here this week. So I have to make sure we get we mix some of that news in there when it's hot off the press. But Top Shelf will be back next week as well. Chuck a puck because right now it is in the Pocket. In the Pocket is partnered with Sports Center Bar and Grill, Susan, Ontario's best sports bar over five years in a row. Best wings. Frank Liguori and the crew over there, we appreciate you all the time. And obviously Justin, I talked about at the beginning, I gave a shout out to Scott because this week is the anniversary of Scott's passing and the last few years we've done a tribute show, but this year we proceeded as we talked about last week to go on with the show and make sure that we know that we acknowledge Scott on this show every day. But nonetheless, we definitely are big advocates of mental health and the charities out there for mental health. So we definitely, we feel a little bit extra talking about in the Pocket because I know Scott loved In the Pocket. You got to meet Scott too. And obviously me working alongside him just he loved her in the Pocket Pocket segment. And EJ isn't here this week again, we're still get working to get him on. And Tyler, it would have been great to talk a little Scott with EJ because of the connection that we had and him yelling at the bar how many years ago and getting on the show because of that. The stories are just absolutely great. But you can check out our two Scotch Nation tribute shows that we did the first year that it happened and the second year with Paul Van Wagner and E.J. and Butcher, and they're all still relevant stories that you can enjoy. So make sure if you haven't checked out our two tribute shows that you go ahead and do so. But it's a little bit extra special to talk in the Pocket today because of how big of a fan Scott was of our football and hockey talks here and the suicide of the game. And Justin, last week was week four of the National Football League and it was a doozy of a week. The Monday nighter actually wasn't as bad as I thought it would be and it was pretty knee breaking, if you will. Yikes.
And in the Broncos game, the Bengals are brutal. That's what I just want to say. The Bengals are trash. And we had a tie. We had a kiss. I'm not gonna say it actually. I'm just gonna hold my comment back there. Just not a great ending. But it was a great game. Still, I enjoyed the heck out of that Cowboys and, and packers game despite ending in a tie. Too bad it had to end at a tie, but we had some good football last week around the horn there. Justin. It was without going into too much. I would give the week a good, solid seven. Seven out of 10, I think was a pretty good week.
[00:46:47] Speaker C: Yeah, definitely improvement over week three, that's for sure. Still, though, still.
And I mean, there's, there's a clip out there. I'm gonna reference it a little bit here. But John Gruden like, like last week and I noticed that he's talking about how there's so many kicks getting blocked. And I noticed again this week, you know, kicks or punts, there's. And to go with the amount of injuries that we're seeing. I mean, I've said this on the show previously, I'm kind of hijacking the segment a little bit here, but we've seen like a gruesome injury or two at least every week so far this season. Like, we're only, we just finished week four. There's people, and this is a bad way to preface it, but there's people's fantasy teams that are an absolute shambles because guys are just, just out, whether it's acl, it's an Achilles, it's a, a knee injury, an are dislocated like there. There's just been a lot of really chaotic injuries. And I've said it previously on the show where it seems nuts to me that every year they somehow reduce the amount of practice these guys are doing.
Like, why aren't you, if you're playing on turf, why aren't you practicing on turf? You know, working out on turf, that's going to help help all this stuff, you know, adapt. And the guys that put in the extra time in the off season and are working out all the time are the guys that are standing out on the field. But then the other 70 of the league, we're getting these Achilles tears and stuff. Like, and it's crazy to me, we never, we've been doing the show a long time and we haven't really seen the volume of injuries we've seen up until the last two years. Like, so I think 10 years we've.
[00:48:16] Speaker A: Been doing this, we haven't seen it. We're hitting 10 years and in two months, man, and we haven't seen it like this.
[00:48:21] Speaker C: A former NFL head coach, super bowl winning head coach, is telling us that there's not enough practice. The players aren't Getting enough reps. This is why they're getting. There's got it like, where there's smoke, there's fire on that. I mean, I think it's something to watch going through the season here as we see if the injuries, you know, kind of slow down, if they adapt, or if this just kind of goes out of control by January.
[00:48:41] Speaker A: Yep. And that's. We've seen Tyreek Hill, we've seen Xavier Worthy, we've seen my daughter's life, neighbors, neighbors this weekend. Right. Yours. There's people going down and there's obviously a cause to it because athletes today are built different than what they used to. And I don't want to reference her age ourselves, but Heikal, in my generation, even Justin, I have a little bit of an age. An age gap. But we still like to factor in the 80s and 90s birth years where we were built in that rugged tough, and if you're hurt, you get up. There were still injuries, but athletes nowadays are built different, stronger. Their bodies are more, I felt, feel more evolved. They're faster. Okay. But at the end of the day, Tyreek Hill is someone who plays the game very fast. Worthy plays the game very fast, neighbors fast. I'm noticing a little bit of that speed factor and maybe the turf. When it comes to pivoting, turning, running, slipping, that speed may be a factor. Maybe that's not. I haven't heard that be a point as discussed. But if you look at Tyreek Hill and Worthy run, the speed is different than a tight end would be, like Travis Kelsey. Okay. The speed is astronomically different. Okay. So I really feel like speed is a factor when it comes to the receiver and. But we're not just seeing receivers. There's been other injuries, too, but the ones that I'm highlighting right now are the receiver injury injuries. Like, that's where I see is that speed of the game. And that's why I mentioned athletes being as special as they are now because they are faster. I do think they're more fit than we used to be. Hike. To be honest. I know we were. Our generations were pretty.
Our generations were pretty keen on working out. But I think the workouts are a lot smarter now and not as body grueling, but maybe they're just not built the same because of maybe not enough reps, maybe because of not enough practice, maybe because, because, because, because. Right. So the NFL, I think if this. I think they already have to look into it and maybe address it. But I think it's. I'm really noticing the speed of the game being a reason and a speed of the player causing a lot of injuries outside of just the collision itself or the incident itself. It's a lot of these players that play the game fast and hard and they're not small. Not that it matters. It doesn't matter how big the name is. But these are some big names going down down Tyreek Hill. There was a guy that was a favorite on the trade wire came neighbor. There's someone who is an up and comer for the Giants side of Jackson Dart who is just an absolute beauty it seems like. But injuries are a problem right now and I think the NFL has to look into it a little bit differently.
[00:51:14] Speaker C: I mean I guess just my, my closing point on this is just I don't. We don't see the volume of injuries in college and I'd like to know what the ratio is like practice time in college versus practice time in the NFL time they're allowed in the because at college there's not a union saying what they can and can't do. I mean I think there's something going on there now where, you know, the players are protected, getting paid and stuff like that. But I still think the individual program has the say in what, you know, if we're gonna run laps until midnight, we're running laps until midnight kind of thing. But whereas the NFL you got to show up from like 11 to 11:30 for a meeting and hit the gym if you want kind of thing. I mean, obviously it's not that, but that's kind of what it seems like to me.
[00:52:01] Speaker A: Yeah, I agree. Now I hear the cat in the background. That's great. Cats are visitors on the show. I love it. So hike. I know our. We kind of invaded a little bit of time and went over to here. We're. We're gonna dive into our week week five kind of preview. I. I don't have high expectations this week. Again, I don't think it's going to be as, you know, as I don't want to say sexy, but I'm gonna as sexy as last week. Nonetheless, there's still some good matchups to keep an eye out for. I think the Thursday Nighter game is going to be still pretty good. I don't know why. Just people hate on the Niners. The Rams and Niners are going to be, I think a very good football game. The other game that I have my eye on on and this might be a little bit of a surprise. Maybe not. But I think from an entertainment perspective I'M liking, I'm, I'm liking the, the, the Commander's Chargers game. That's another game that I, I think is going to be pretty exciting. Other games this week I think it's going to be pretty easy for picks to be honest with you. I, I, I don't know.
Yeah, that, that is bad news. That's why it could go anyway. But, but Justin, I'm going to give this week as the, as the game to watch of the week. I am going to go with the Thursday nighter for my opinion. That's my big game of the week that I'm going to like and the Kaka Poo poo Bowl. The Poo poo bowl that we like to call it. I'm going to actually go with the Dolphins and Panthers. Sorry. I feel like that game is going to be one that I will not be watching but might be exciting because it might be the poo poo bowl. So those are my highlight game and poo poo game game to watch. Justin, what about you before our picks what's the game to watch and what's the, what's the game? That's the poo poo ball.
[00:53:40] Speaker C: See I don't there's a couple good ones out there. Honestly probably the 9:30 in the morning one's gonna be the bummer. Minnesota, Cleveland.
Cleveland starting a rookie quarterback who's not named Shadur and Minnesota going back to Carson Wentz again. Hey, great game last week against the Steelers. That was a very entertaining morning game.
[00:54:00] Speaker A: Love.
[00:54:00] Speaker C: But I think between the Minnesota defense and the Cleveland defense we're just, it's not going to be a very high score game. You can probably still hit up the grocery store Sunday morning and go about your business. Not miss much on that one but honestly one of the ones I'm looking forward to watching and everyone. I'm gonna sound crazy but the Saints and the Giants. The Saints have been in every single game this season. They've lost. They've lost every single game but they've been in every game. They had Buffalo, you know, by one they were like one touchdown difference for three quarters last week.
[00:54:29] Speaker A: Shocked. Shocked.
[00:54:30] Speaker C: That's a, that's a pretty big league, you know and the Giants are just heating up right now. I mean yes, they lost neighbors but Scatterboat was playing lights out. Jackson Darts got some confidence right now so I'm down to watch that.
Hear that Sid screaming in the background. She doesn't like that.
[00:54:48] Speaker A: She's, she doesn't like it.
I see.
[00:54:52] Speaker C: But you want to Just we'll throw it out into the picks here or.
[00:54:55] Speaker A: Throw down into the picks. Let's do it. It was. It tightened up this week. It tightened up a little bit.
[00:55:00] Speaker C: I just, I just saw that it got pretty close. So I mean we got a one point spread amongst the fellas here. I'm still holding it down at first. 47 points. The David decision coming up in second at 46. EJ the broken wheel coming up at 45. And then Tyler making ground at 39 right now. So it's tightening up through there. I gotta stop being so risky with some of the picks there.
[00:55:25] Speaker A: That's starting to catch up to you.
And I'll.
And I'll jump into. I didn't do any crazy bets last week, but I'll jump into mine first. We'll do a different rotation. I realized I'd let you go these last four weeks. I'll. I'll jump in first. Nobody knows that I'm copying you on your picks or anything like that. Even though the picks that I state are different than just as of somewhat. I'll go first of these ones. Maybe. Maybe I'm gonna go with from the top. Rams over the 49ers. Vikings over the Browns. Colts over the Raiders. Second time I picked the Colts probably in two years. The Giants over the Saints. The Cowboys over the Jets. Eagles over the Broncos. The Dolphins over the Panthers and the. You know what game? Ravens and Texans. I got the Ravens for the Cardinals and Titans. The Cardinals very easily. Buccaneers and Seahawks is my peak where it gets a little bit crazy pivotal. I'm going to go the Seahawks over the Buccaneers this week. The Lions over the Bengals in decisive fashion. I'm going to go with the Chargers over the Commanders in a very good game. The Bills over the Patriots in again decisive fashion. And the Chiefs over the jags. I got 34 18.
Chiefs over the jags for the bills. I got 32 7. Random liked it. Who scored the most points this week? It is going to be Baltimore. Who's gonna score the least this week is gonna be Tennessee. Those are my picks. Hike.
[00:56:48] Speaker C: All right. So yeah, we're. We're kind of the same but not really on some. Taking the Rams in the Thursday nighter. San Fran's going with Mac Jones at quarterback again. A lot of the receivers are out so it's Mac Jones and McCaffrey show still gonna be good to watch. But I think the Rams are a much more polished team. Minnesota over Cleveland Sunday morning. Colts over the Raiders. Giants over the Saints. Cowboys over the Jets. Philly over the Broncos. Dolphins over Carolina. Houston over Baltimore. Baltimore is in shambles right now. Lamar isn't playing. They don't have any receivers. Derrick Henry can't hold the ball. Their defense is old. Those are my reasons. Arizona over Tennessee, Tampa over Seattle. Just because Baker in the fourth quarter is better than everybody. Everybody. He's somehow Tom Brady. The Lions over Cincinnati, Chargers over Washington, Buffalo over New England. Casey over Jacksonville, which I think is going to be a sneaky good game on Monday night. Jacksonville's I believe, 3 and 1 and they can score in bunches so should be fun to watch that one. I got KC 42, Jacksonville 36, 21, Buffalo 33.
Most points this week, Cowboys fewest points this week, Cincinnati.
[00:58:03] Speaker A: Well, since then I have a very good pick for Lee's pick for these points last week.
[00:58:07] Speaker C: I don't think they can make it past half, let alone get points. So.
[00:58:12] Speaker A: Oh, this is gonna, I think we're gonna be a pretty stable week this week because I think a lot of picks are going to be very close but we might see some shifts in our standing. Stay tuned as it's getting very tight. This is the type of year where it's either a break or people really break away in our standings or it stays tight for the rest of the year and usually it stays tight. Tight the entire time.
[00:58:31] Speaker C: But yeah, well, it's, it's tricky with the bye weeks now too.
[00:58:34] Speaker A: Right.
[00:58:35] Speaker C: So there's a couple less games. So the margin of error is a little. Tightens up a little bit.
[00:58:39] Speaker A: It tightens up and the Steelers obviously on bye week this week. So I will be just casually enjoying. But I'm very excited to just watch the Blue Jays this weekend and only stress about one team instead of stressing about 2. So about winning the game. So it's going to be a weekend of football but I think think in this house there's going to be an invasion of baseball. When it comes to the Blue Jays being on to be transparent, I think all of Canada will agree to that as well depending on who they play. It doesn't matter who they play.
[00:59:05] Speaker C: But I mean it's.
[00:59:07] Speaker A: We're.
[00:59:08] Speaker C: It's the first of the month now so we can officially say we are in Sportstober in the next 10 days. I mean we've got, we've got NFL, we've got football or. Sorry, we've got NFL, we'Ve got basketball coming back into the preseason. U N B A just wrapped up. I believe NHL is back. Baseball playoffs, you know, like the, like that's that's a pretty good couch get ready.
[00:59:34] Speaker A: Couch get ready. And chicken wings. Get ready to come off the bone because I am pumped for that. It's going to be a good weekend of sports and next week is where pain begins again as well in the National Hockey League. How fun will that be, ladies and gentlemen? Well, next week, let me tell you as I search here to confirm the Leafs do play Wednesday, October 8, Wednesday, October 8 at 7pm against Montreal in Toronto to start this season. Well, here we go, ladies and gentlemen. Here we go. But. Hike. This has been in the pocket. We're slightly over but that's okay. We had to make sure that I gave my intro. I had to. Of course, our tribute to partner, co owner, founder, close friend of mine, close friend to us, Scott Neeson. So this is my week where I get the forgiveness of being approximately 10 over because it's for a good reason. But also we had a lot of content to get to this week when it only we only fit in three segments. Imagine if we had top shelf in there, would have been even tighter to get a lot more. But there was some top shelf teasing in there. And chuck a puck when it came to someone named Kaprisov. Lucky you know what getting that paycheck. But this has been in the Pocket, which is partnered by Sports Center Bar and Grill here in Su, Ontario. Hike. I want to say thank you to you, my friend. As always, we'll be in touch this weekend. It's going to be a beauty of a weekend in sports, but we'll be back next week, same time, same place, chatting what we love.
[01:01:02] Speaker C: Yeah, I'll, I'll be here. Same, same spot. I mean I'm working on something to fill that spot. Right, right there. I see that out in the garage. So maybe that'll be present and available. You never know.
[01:01:14] Speaker A: Love it.
[01:01:14] Speaker C: And just watch the background, see if there's any new addition.
[01:01:18] Speaker A: And if EJ and Tyler can't make it, I can say after having a conversation with someone named Dane, he will be jumping in to assist us on in the Pocket going forward this year. Dane Hancho, who has not been involved on this show for well over a year, Will has been looking to get back into it and given our top shelf and chuck a puck kind of rotation, Dane is going to be jumping on in to assist here and there. But mainly through in the Pocket is where he's going to be. And guess what? He's been on the show before because he actually is with the original og Me, myself, Dustin Grandin Wow. Jamie Antonello, Matt Primo, all these original names. Dane is also on that list, everybody. So you're going to hear Dane's voice come back back on the game sometime very soon, likely on this segment now. Hike. Again, thank you very much as always. Thank you to Connor Henderson and thank you to Jordan Trudeau for Strike Zone, for Chuck a puck with a little splash of top shelf in there and for in the Pocket to our sponsors that is through SportsCenter Bar and Grill, our partner within the pocket, but as well as Our powered by in through 91Network and through Spaces, which through Village Media and Sue Today. You can also follow us on all social media channels and audio platforms. Video editions available in 91N but audio on all platforms. And we'll be back next week and I want to make sure that I say again, Scott, we miss you. I love you and we think of you every day on the show and we do this for you and we know that you are watching us while we do the show. As we hit our 10th year. We wouldn't be here if it wasn't for Scott. Make sure that I definitely emphasize that. So Scott, we miss you. Now make sure that if you are going through any kind of challenges that you make sure you reach out to those and also don't hesitate to reach out to your loved ones and friends to always check in. We it's always appreciated. Now nonetheless, I want to say thank you again. Make sure you hit like, follow, subscribe and everything of the game sports podcast until next week. I'm here to remind you to keep your stick on the ice, wing your bats, catch touchdowns, drop, strain your threes and shoot your shots. Booyah.
