Transcript of Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Anaheim Ducks LIVE w/ Steve Dangle

Yes. Yes.

Yes. Hello, everyone. Hi. Steve Dangle here. And welcome to a Thursday night stream, a special 1.

Sarah Marlowe just goes raise me up. Whoo. 50 likes is unacceptable. Nonsense. Click like.

Click subscribe. Tell all your friends. Excuse me while I take a moment to tweet this out because I forgot to do that beforehand. Obviously wasn't able to do the Saturday night stream last Saturday. I'm not gonna be able to do it this Saturday, and that just feels like a rip off for you.

So we were like, hey. How about we do other ones? So we're doing tonight. Let me just clickety clack it. Let's get it going on Twitter.

Let's get it going on Blue Sky. Pauses for laughter from weirdos. Let's get it going on threat. I'm I'm kidding. I'm the no 1 uses threats.

Stream.

99 likes, also unacceptable. Keep it going. We are doing Leafs and Ducks tonight. Producer Jesse Blake is at this game, and I have asked him to get the tea for us. Looks like Lucas Dostal in net for the Anaheim Ducks.

Why not? Why not? He stymied the Leafs last year. They managed to squeak out, the Leafs did, a 2 1 win. And then I believe when the Ducks visited Toronto, the Leafs killed them.

And I'm gonna go ahead and guess that tonight's game is gonna be somewhere in between. Jake McCabe back in the lineup for the Leafs. Alex Nylander clears waivers. He's going down to the Marlies. Dakota Murmus claimed off waivers by Utah.

You can take the coyotes out of Arizona. I don't know where I was going with that. Bill Armstrong likes claiming Leafs. There you go. There it is.

There's Jake McCabe on the TV right now. Gonna do my best, to stay up to date with the, the game time in this game. Roman Kashjeev, welcome to SDP VIP ad free, and Isaac Aldenbrack is now an SDP VIP. If you wanna become an SDP VIP, you can do that, or you can gift it to others. Bottom right, right around the chat there, there's, like, the plus button.

There's, emojis and all that. If you go to the little dollar sign, you can, do super chat, which will make it much easier for me to see your questions and comments, because there's a million of them going through. If you're an STP VIP, I will see your name in green. Also, if you're an STP VIP, you will get our extra episode of the Steve Dangle podcast every week. Not everyone knows that that's a thing.

We do the 3 episodes a week. It's usually Monday, Wednesday, Friday this week. I think it's Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday. And then, sometime Thursday night into Friday morning, we usually upload SDP VIP, which is our 4th ad free episode. We god.

6, 7, and 3 record for the 9 21 save. Using 9 21 save percentage. 6, 7, and 3 record. For Lucas Dostal and a and a 6, 7, and 3 for Lucas Dostal and a over 9 20 save percentage. Ducks score some frigging goals.

Not maybe not tonight. Cool stat from producer Hayden. 30% of Leafs' Ducks games, including Matthews, have gone to overtime.

Oh.

Producer Drew, I'm gonna throw him right under the bus, has bet on the Ducks to win tonight. What was the parlay? Do style to make over 40 saves in the Ducks plus 1.5, and you bet $3 it pays over 200? That's well, I don't understand why something that came that close to happening last year allows you to, like what what is that? 75 times your money?

70? That's ridiculous. Alright. The game is underway, by the way. Jake McCabe out there in the starting lineup gets it down the ice.

John Tavares after it behind the net, leaves in the Ducks zone. 913 to go in the 1st period. Ducks on the counterattack. They shoot Anthony Solars with the save, and he will cover it up. Jake McCabe reunited with Khris Tanev.

It's patch ready with Tavares and Nylander. Nice with Matthews and Marner. There's your top 6. Producer Drew says you agree these Ducks jersey suck. Right?

They're not my favorite. The green is better, but for whatever reason, they've decided orange is their color. Adam p says who scores first? That is a good question. I'm gonna go.

I'm gonna go Matthew Nye for the Leafs and Troy Terry for the Ducks. Are there any former Leafs on Anaheim? Ask Drew. That's a very good question. Oh, stop by Stohlrs.

No. We're just over a minute into this game. Any former Ducks? It used to be Sam Carrick used to be the free space. There's no is William Lagison still there?

No. He's in Detroit. I don't think there are. Maybe on d? I don't think so.

Oh, Drew going with, the hometown kid Brock McGinn to score. Ethan, welcome to SDP VIP ad freeze. We got a whistle here. Wes Richard. Hey, Steve.

I'll get 5 subs for every correct guess. Winning team final score winning team final score player to score game winning goal over under 1.5 points for Matthews. I don't understand that at all. Drew, can you help with that? I'm not sure what you mean.

Yeah. I'm sorry. Ducks plugging away in the leave zone. Domi trying to get it out. It's Domi, Minton, and Holmberg here on this third line.

Oh, he wants me to answer all 3. Winning team, Leafs. Final score, 41. Game winning goal, John Tavares. Over under 1.5 points for Matthews.

Under.

I know. Steven Lorenz dumps it into the duck zone. Oh, and they're gonna call that icing, so it goes back down to the leave zone 1723 to go in the 1st period. Welcome to the STPN YouTube channel. I'm Steve Dangle.

Click like. Click subscribe. Tell all your friends. We got hockey cards for intermission, but you know what else we got? I didn't even tell producer Drew this.

You know what else we got? You know what else we got? I got something for you. Pokemon cards. Yeah.

It's the original 151 because I don't I don't really know anything past, that. I know, like, a few of the newer ones. I kinda wanna get into it because my son likes Pokemon, and he's gotten some Pokemon cards. And I'm like, I don't know who any of these guys are. There's, like, 800 of them now.

It's insane. Leafs win the face off just outside their own blue line. Ducks out shooting them 2 nothing. Leafs definitely don't want a repeat of what happened last game. They ice it again 1708 to go in the 1st

period.

158 likes. Boo. Christmas is coming, the season of giving. If you feel like gifting memberships to people, 1, 5, 10, a million. Feel free to gift a million.

Matthews, interception. Woah. Marner. Nies was right there. Oh, I would've looked so smart.

Leafs work it around, hold the zone, and they lose the zone. Tanev. Oh, to nobody. Leafs somehow come up with it. Jake McCabe up the ice.

It ends up on Matthew Sick. He's got a lane shoots. Stop by Lucas Dostal. Nice with a hit, but the Ducks dump it. Is this gonna be icing against them?

Yes. It is. 16:30 to go in the 1st period. Yeah. That wasn't a great shot from Matthews.

I kinda wonder if the Ducks defender got a piece of his stick because he wasn't alone clean. He sorta got it into his hands a little. Who was that? Mason McTavish? Ducks win the face off in their end.

Leafs stymie the breakout, and here they come. Tavares driving the net. Willie shoots, hits a shin. Pacheretti after it. Look out.

He'll crush you, and he lays the hit. Nieland are taken down. No call. Definitely tripped there. Now here come the Ducks.

No. That's McTavish. Producer Hayden is putting together IKEA furniture while we watch the game while he watches the game, and to pray for him. So, chat, prayers up for producer Hayden. Drew is on the case tonight.

Producer Hayden, you know what he did? He I forgot all the gifts I was given in Barrie. In Barrie. And he happened to be in Barrie, when I did a book signing out there. He happened to be in Barrie, and he drove my stuff yesterday, I think it was, all the way to the studio.

So I'm gonna go through some of the gifts that I got because I think they're pretty cool. Ducks throw it in front. Leafs break out of their own zone. OEL to Minton, 1 of the oldest players on the team to 1 of the youngest. OEL in front.

Not a great pass. Into the Ducks' end deep into the Ducks' end rather. Holmberg hits the puck loose, but it goes to a Duck. Not really sure what the goal was there. Ducks put it on.

Easy save for Stolars. Ducks blast it. Minton after it, and he gets it not all the way down, but enough to get a line change. Benoit to McCabe. Nice.

Chips it in for himself. Chasing after Vitrano. Marner in the neutral zone. Matthews. This line's been buzzing.

Matthews goes around. That's an easy save for Dosal. I appreciate the thought. This goalie is sharp. He is 1 of the most, if not the most underrated goalie in the league.

It's like him, guys like Joey Decord, but even Decord's getting his flowers these days, no 1 is talking about how damn good Lucas Dostal is on the miserable Ducks who have lost, Trevor Zegers for the next 6 weeks for knee surgery. Leafs working away at this face off in the Ducks' own. Easy win for Matthews. Goodness gracious. Riley tries to where to go?

It's behind the net. Riley shovels it in front. It's lying there in the blue paint. Nice. Couldn't quite get to it.

Here come the Ducks.

Ducks.

The Ducks are out shooting the Leafs 3 2 right now about 6 minutes into the game, but I would say the Leafs have looked more dangerous. Yeah. We do need more Toronto shots. Crash test fetus, Montreal. Penguins, 1 nothing with 1 shot on goal.

Oh, Montreal pens, 1 nothing for Montreal with 1 shot on goal. Oh, tier. I know. Our chat loves a good penguins out of town scoreboard. Oh, Connor doer.

Can't get a deep. Stop by Radko Goodis, the captain of the Ducks. Producer Drew says he has trivia for me at 1st break. Oh gosh. Connor Timmons.

Boy, his stock is slipping for me. Leaf's struggling. Leaf's 4th line struggling to get it out of their end. Lawrence, there you go. He gets it to do her, attacking 212 with Ryan Reeves.

Can't catch up to that puck. Lawrence has joined the fray. Oh, nice move from Reeves. Oh, in front to Jake McCabe. If that pass connects, it's going in.

Lucas Dostal covers it up 13 11 to go in the 1st period. We're gonna get commercial break here. Jeremy Goldberg says over 800. Try over 1,000 Pokemon, and that doesn't count regional variants and subspecies. It's gone off the rails a tad.

Well, it's been around since the nineties, so I guess I understand that. And, 1 last thing before your trivia, Drew. Robert Bette, when we want Marner to shoot, he didn't. When we want him to pass, he doesn't. Fits right in as a leaf.

You're absolutely right. Drew, what is the trivia? Trivia for Steve or trivia for viewers? Let's go with viewers. What Anaheim Duck has scored the most career goals against the Leafs all time?

So that's, like are these goals as a Duck? Goals as a duck in Leafs Ducks games. There's only 4 that have 5 goals or more. My gut is telling me Corey Perry. But what do the viewers think?

What do the viewers think? Kathy Lawson gifted 5 STPN memberships. Let's go. Deck the halls with Kathy Lawson. I will make up a song about you if you gift memberships.

Timo Solani and Corey Perry are both on the list. Still haven't seen the number 1 answer, says Drew. Doug Leaf fan got it. Paul Korea. The only 1 missing?

Ricard Raquel.

Oh,

dude, I should've guessed Riccard Raquel. That dude was torture every time he played the Leafs. He still is. He scored, in the Penguins game the other day. Frigging guy.

Leafs should've picked him. They traded the the Ricard pick. Game is back. Leafs win the face off in the offensive zone. Jake McCabe puts it on.

Stop by. Rebound, and they shovel it in. Who's that max batch already? What a pass. Who was that who got him the puck?

Was that John Tavares? That was an excellent little play from the Leafs' 2nd line. 1303 to go in the 1st period. A game after he flattens Jack Hughes, Max Patcharetti finds the score sheet with a goal. Tavares behind the back to a diving Max Patcharetti.

Behind the back between the legs and Pacheretti shovels it in. What a goal. Part of me wonders if the Ducks challenge for goalie interference, but right now, that's a leaf goal from Max Pacheretti. Is those still hurt? Oh, no.

His, I think his pad has come undone. Part of me wonders if this is a strategy. So they're on the ice getting his equipment fixed. While they're doing that, they can review the play. They're not gonna do it?

Looks like they're not gonna do it. Max Patcharetti. His first goal in 12 games. Is that true? His 3rd of the season, he only needs 1 more goal to match his total as a Washington capital.

Yeah. His, stint with the caps did not go great. He got a bunch of assists, but, he's found his role with the Leafs here more as the go and get it guy, but he can go to the net as well. Nice goal from Max Pacheretti. The Leafs desperately needing goals from guys who are not the core 4.

Now it's the Ducks on the counter attack here. Leafs trying to shovel it out of their own zone. 2nd pair a little hemmed in here. Benoit can't handle that. Nylander.

Oh, jeez. Into Stolas. Timmins gets it through to Benoit, and the Leafs will finally get it out. Benoit gains center dumps it in. 1 nothing Leafs.

If you're just joining us here on the STPN YouTube channel, I'm Steve Dangle. Click like. Click subscribe. Tell all your friends. Also, click like.

Woah. Fraser Minton just missed the net there. Great setup. Shot from the Leafs. That doesn't make it through, and the Leafs lose the zone.

Lot of ozone time tonight so far. The night is young. Minton, great defensive play that's gonna keep you on the team, kid. Tries to turn it into offense, doesn't quite work. We're gonna file that under good enough.

That's a good shift. Scoring chance, yes, he misses the net, but scoring chance, defensive play. You're doing stuff. You're in it. You're around it.

Nice. Putting pressure on the Ducks here as they work it around their own and trying to break out. Gutis up the ice, tried to feed for the, breakaway. They called that icing. Was that offside or icing?

That was a little odd. Robert Bet already beat shots from 1st period last game. Dude, they they, they might have beat their shots from the first 2 periods. Matthew Meireles mer no. Morales dying for expansion news, hashtag bring back the thrashers.

I would love that. Oh, another scoring chance. Matthews stopped there, and the puck goes into the netting, not the net. 1106 to go in the first period. You can't hear the music, but I can, and it's going through me.

I was encouraging people to gift memberships, and I still do, but get your own also. Become an STP VIP. I highly recommend long term because you get to listen to all the extra episodes. Who knows? You might be doing a lot of driving over the Christmas break.

Oh, boy. Here come the Ducks. Good passing play. Terrible shot. Stop by Anthony Stolarz, and here come the Leafs the other way.

Matthew Nies doing his own thing. Tried to drop it from Marner. It doesn't work. Riley keeps the play somewhat alive. Matthews in after it.

Nies in to help. Gudis working on getting it out of the duck zone. So, yeah, you're gonna be doing a lot of driving. If you get an STP VIP subscription either through this YouTube channel or on Spotify or on Apple, you get access to the full library of VIP episodes. So if you only have a 1 month membership, use the month wisely, and you can have every episode of VIP we've ever recorded or sign up for several months.

That way, you don't have to rush. 4th line, doing a really good job here. Lorenz in front, but it was a bouncing puck so the Leafs lose the zone. The Leafs up to a herculean 5 shots already, putting them on pace for 30 shots on the game. What did we ever do to get this lucky?

They are up 1 nothing, though, so we're happy about that. They call that for offside. Alright. Kyle Gambosse, is now an STP VIP to show how great of a pitch man I am, as we go to commercial break. Jpix 94.

In your opinion, who is the best player to not wear c for their team? I mean, I would have said Matthews. It's the list is actually nuts because it's, like, last year, it would have been Matthews, so I guess for the Leafs, you throw Nylander in there. Leon Draisaitl. Nathan MacKinnon, I always think is the captain of the avalanche, and he's not.

It's Gabriel Landeskog. So the answer I mean, McKinnon is at worst the 3rd best player in the league. Maybe 4. I I don't think there's an argument that Draisaitl is better than McKinnon. Like, he's they're and they're both preposterous players.

It's gotta be McKinnon. Oh, Cassie dropping a 50 piece on her head top. I was wondering when you were ever gonna show up, Cassie. Unreal gifting 50 STPN memberships. If any of you were gifted a membership from Cassie or anyone else, say thank you.

Billy Whitted is now an SDP VIP as well. Cassie, Steve, it is a Thursday. Why are you streaming? Because I'm missing too many Saturdays this month. I missed last Saturday.

I'm gonna miss this Saturday. I'm also gonna miss the 28th. Jesse filled in for 1. Adam filled in for 1. I'm not sure if we're filling in on the 28th.

I mean, we gotta take some time for ourselves over the holidays. I've been doing a lot of book touring. I'm looking forward to dating. Sarah Marlowe, inspired by the latest Blue Room episode, how would Jon Tavares react to being shown a cool magic trick?

Oh, 0, I didn't know you could do that. That's I guess I guess I shouldn't even ask how how you did it because, what is it about you guys? You don't you don't teach her tricks or so? I'm John Tavares.

How was that? Leafs chipping away as we return from commercial break. Dude, I I was talking about this on the podcast, and I'm and as the Ducks ice the puck. I'm not doing this to rip on the broadcasters because I don't think this is their fault. The shot counter, like, the shots in the score bug this season are useless.

Useless. It changes up and down. They give team shots. They take them away every 5 seconds. It's useless.

It was 5:5 a second ago. We go to commercial break. It's 5:4. Every game. Every game, every period.

And it's sports net or TSN, I'm pretty sure. So I, like, I don't think it's them. I'm pretty sure they get the information from the league or some sort of service. I don't think it's the broadcasters manually tracking. God, can they fix that or what?

Marner puts it on. Oh, 1 handed. Leafs definitely getting their chances here. They keep it alive there. Nice.

Matthews, stop by Lucas Dostal. 1 on 1 with Matthews who opted to stand still there. Thought maybe he should have moved a little. 820 to go in the 1st period. Cassie asking for a dad joke.

Oh,

do stall with another glove save. Drew goes, can you give your best Matthews impression from that stupid video? It's from the World Cup Hockey. It's me. It's Austin.

I I don't know why a dude who's, like, so suave and comfortable in front of the camera was so awkward in that video. Dad joke. Why didn't the seahorse want to meet the shellfish? Because his hands were clammy. No.

No. The shellfish. I said it wrong. It's I made it up myself. I don't know.

It's stupid. Greg Croden looks confused. That's because he's a head coach, and his team just took a penalty. Pontus Holmberg, as he tried to enter the leave zone, tripped by Radko Gudis. Gudis is trying to say that Holmberg put, his stick in the figure 4.

Nah. Shut up and sit there, Radko. Drew asking a great question. Is Trouba in the lineup? I haven't seen him yet.

What's his number on the Ducks? Has he played with the Ducks yet? Leaf's power play is going. He's played 2 games for them, and he's a minus 2? Alright.

He's number 65. No wonder I haven't noticed him. What the hell number is 65? He was 8. At least put it on.

Oh, just over the net. Nice. Going after it. Tavares digging. Calorn.

Ducks get it out. Marner playing d. They're still going with this, 5 forward setup. I don't know. Like, listen.

Yeah. You have some very talented forwards. Is he on the ice now? 65. What is that?

Ducks throw it down the ice. I I don't you have Riley, who's a very capable power play quarterback. You have Oliver Eckman Larson. Like, use a defender. And then on your 2nd unit, you have 2 d.

I don't know. Nice. In front. Watch the Leafs score and make me look stupid. Nylander with it.

Truba has no stick. A minute ago, I would have said, who's that with no stick? Oh, Matthews tried to get it into Domi, which I think would have been a waste of time anyway. 25 seconds go in this power play, they'll have a chance for 1 more rush. Nice outlet pass there from Anthony Stolars.

Nylander, Pacheretti in front. You guys gotta shoot it a little more. Covered up by Dostol. 13 seconds to go in this power play. 6:0:5 to go in the first.

Riley Butts, Steve, how often does your family and friends watch or comment on your 89 annual LFRs? TML, a hater who loves you. Thank you, Riley. More of them watch than I think. And if any of you have my number, you're welcome to text me during the stream.

I I have some friends for sure. I have some family that's, like, intermittent. They don't watch all of them. There are several people within the NHL who do, which I thought, hey. William Nylander wax it out of midair.

Turned nothing into something real fast. That was mid story, and I don't think that's gonna count as a power play goal because it just expired, but it is a goal nonetheless. Willie. How does this happen? Nylander gains the zone, hands it off to Pat Greddy who shoves it into Willie who bats it out of midair on the backhand.

It's no. I thought Dosdall saved it. Willie hit he chops it into the air and then hits it out of the air. 13 home goals this season, 1st in the NHL for William Nylander, and it's 2 nothing Leafs just over 14 minutes into the 1st period. The Ducks, by the way, got destroyed last night.

They are the tired team on the road playing the rested team at home. The Leafs need a get right game. There are 3 and 2 in their last 5, which is obviously good, but they haven't really looked great in any of those 5. So they need a dominant performance here. Producer Drew is saying, yeah.

This is why my $3 bet paid so much. Yeah. I I think you might be screwed, bro. Gil Galad 62. Gift this to whoever the producer is tonight.

Merry almost Christmas. Drew, remind me to send you $10. Jamie Stemler, did someone shoot the puck and it made contact with the goalie? Yes. It's a shot.

Apparently, it's rocket science to the official goalkeepers. I mean, in real time, like, yeah. It's it's difficult to see. I understand. But, like, what what what if you just change the shots every commercial break or, like, every whistle or something like that?

Doing it on the fly, they're brutal at it. Canadian girl 83 gifts 5 STPM memberships. You beauty. Thank you. Coolraj, can we please imitate can you please imitate Craig Barubi more often, in your LFR episodes that had me on the floor laughing?

That was fun. I I do need to work on it. I gotta get his tendencies. And, Cassie, you don't need to know. 2 goals since I joined the stream.

Y'all are welcome. You're the best. Doug Liefen asking if Pacheretti is a hockey hall of famer. My instinct says no, but let's see here. Let me look at his resume.

Like, I mean, he's really good. 917 games. Oh, Benoit stopped by Dostal. So, Patri, 332 goals, which I believe is now 333. That's really good.

917 games played. That's a lot. 674 points. That's a lot. There are lots of players with better resumes than that that aren't in the hall.

It's not a slight to say a player shouldn't be in the hall. You know? Like, he's it's okay to just have a really, really, really good career. That's a really good career, and he's not done either. He's still playing.

Anaheim about to get its first power play. Craig Marube at the top of his lungs goes, holy flying f. Let's go. He's screaming at the refs here. Robbie Fabry with the huge sell.

He's not wrong. I mean, if you wanna call the hold, I I don't have a huge problem with the ref calling the hold there. Call the embellishment. You gotta cut you gotta exactly. The way he fell down didn't even make sense.

Offside. You gotta cut down on these, stuff like that. At worst, you could call it even if you think Pontus Humbert grip the stick on the trip. I don't really think he did. Gripping the stick here.

Alright. Fine. It's just it's not an honest call. It's not an honest call. Over a 1000 people here right now.

Let's get those likes up. Let's get over 300 and then work from there. But the Ducks down to nothing on their first power play of the night trying to pull within 1. That 1 goes high and wide. Ducks will have to go get it.

115 to go in this power play. 420. Nice to go in the first period. Allison McGilvray. Is a STP VIP.

Here come the Ducks. Puck at the point. Vitrano, shot. That's a nice shot. Beats Anthony Stolarz, and Frank Vitrano scores in Toronto.

404 to go in the 1st. Ducks on the power play. They pulled it within 1. It's a 2 1 game. Jeez.

You don't see Stolars get beat that clean. Yeah. It's a great shot. I don't think Leo Carlson got a piece. No.

It's a real good shot. Alright. So producer Drew is bringing up, the Italian hockey team. I I tweeted something yesterday, about the Italian hockey team. I wouldn't mind talking about that at some point if we get time because, some of the responses I got were very funny.

What? So Marco Rossi is apparently Austrian. I feel like I knew that and forgot it. That wasn't what was funny, though. Nylander.

Can't get it through. Ducks in the neutral zone. Someone was like or I I was like, oh, yeah. I picked the names. Like, I just went through the top scores in the NHL and went for the Italian sounding ones, which I could see how that would sound inappropriate if I wasn't Italian.

But I am, so I'm gonna do it. Also, I looked it up, Marco Rossi or not Marco Rossi. Rossi is not just an Italian name. It is the most common surname in Italy, so that made me laugh. There's Italian names all over the place, man.

1 thing I wondered in my research, like, I know he's from Norway, is Zuccarello Italian? He's gotta be. Right? Zuccarello? Come on.

A few of the Swiss players have Italian names because 1 of the official languages in Switzerland is Italian. Like, what are the origins of Josie? I don't know. Tanev puts it on. Blocked in front.

215 to go in the 1st period. Puck in the Leafs corner. Fraser Minton after it loses that puck battle. Domee, oh, can't clear the zone on. That's in the corner now.

Leafs looked like they were dominating, and now the Ducks are a goal away. You gotta be careful, man. It's hockey. Good work from Holmberg and Minton. Oh, here come the Ducks.

Oh, no. Breakaway, McTavish. Stopped by Stolars. Holy. See, they're a shot away.

Minton, late in the shift, doing a good job getting it deep. Riley, this is a partial 2 on 1 here. Shot. Stop by Stolars again. Can you give this guy 1 night off?

Holy cow. 3 straight high endangers scoring chances. Allison McGillivray says wrecked. Rossi means red or red haired in English. You mean it means red or red haired in Italian.

Right? It translates to that in English. Death eater 91. Hi, Steve. Hi, death eater.

Under a minute to go here in the 1st period. Ducks gain the zone. Stoler's out of the net to play it. Benoit around to Timmins. 30 seconds to go in the 1st period.

Will we get a spicy end to the period? Reeves. This is rare actually from Boruba to get the 4th line out there to end the period. And here come the Ducks. Boruba is not gonna look very smart if this goes in.

Puck behind the Leafs net. 54321. Both teams kill the clock, and that is the end of the first period. 21 is the score. At least went up to nothing.

Frank Vitrano brings the leaves rather the ducks within 1. Jeez, off the post. McTavish breakaway. There was a 2 on 1. Can you go easy on Anthony Solars for frigging once?

But it's okay. The Leafs are up 1 not sorry, 2 1, up 1 goal after 1. Robert Bette, do you think Jacob Trouba will be flipped to Toronto? We all know the Internet. Don't lie.

I don't think that's happening. Number 1, I don't really think the Leafs need to do that. And number 2, Trubas still has a no trade, and I don't think he wants to come here, for family reasons, and I respect that. Let's do cards. Maybe second intermission, we'll do team Italy.

Oh, okay. So Justin Fisher has requested when I open my Pokemon cards should should I do Pokemon cards this intermission, hockey cards next? Let's do that. When I open my Pokemon cards, I gotta pick my 3 Pokemon team that I would select to go into battle. From James Stemler, I just don't wanna leave this behind.

Berube started the year pretty composed on calls he doesn't like, but he's turning into a screaming Keefe, double the further we get into the season. You're not wrong. He began the season screaming at his team. Now he's screaming at the refs. Pokemon, Scarlet and Violet, the original 151.

Oh, Cassie says I missed her dad joke? Where was it? Yeah. Drew, can you find it? Wait.

Wait. Wait. Here. Let's do that slow. You'll message it to me on WhatsApp?

Okay. So we'll read it after the Pokemon card. 151, Scarlet and Violet. I haven't opened Pokemon cards in so long. Oh, that cellophane, whatever that is, when you open a new pack of anything.

Helix fossil. Slowpoke, water type. This feels like a really good pull. Magmar. That's a good 1.

That's a good we're gonna put that 1 to the side. Horsey? I don't think he's gonna make the cut. Pinsir. Never used pinsir much.

Didn't use a lot of bug types, but that's a good 1. Bills transfer. What what is that? What is that? What is that?

Golbat? I'm gonna put in the 3 pile right now, but I hate Golbat on principle. Ponyta? We do like a ponyta. I wasn't big on fire types when I played.

They're not okay. Growlithe? Shut up, Steve. Shut up, Steve. Shut up, Steve.

Mewtwo. Mewtwo, dude. And then basic energy, but Mewtwo, dude. Is this worth a $1,000? Is this worth $500,000?

It's not the original? Damn. Okay. Mewtwo. Let's go through my 3.

Alright. Golbat, throw you in the frigging garbage. My 3 that I'm going into battle with, and you are to be clear, dying. Magmar, we have live coal and flare combo. Pinsir is categorized as a leaf type, a plant type, which is surprising.

Grass type. My bad. Vise grip. It's been a long time. Vise grip and reckless throw.

And those guys are cute and adorable because we have frigging Mewtwo. 130 HP, reflective barrier, and sigh slash 130 damage. You're dead. You're dead. No.

Mewtwo, Pinsir, Magmar. Drew is a, Growlithe truth truther. Our canine is amazing, but, like, this card sucks. 80 HP, and his only attack is vaporize, which is 10. That sucks.

It's got an effect on it. Let's see. Discard a looks like fire energy from your opponent's active Pokemon. Magmar flare combo, 80 plus. If Electabuzz is on your bench, this attack does 80 more damage.

Holy crap. That's a good card, dude. Most underrated Pokemon is the Barkoff of mon. No 1 is gonna like this answer for most underrated Pokemon. Dugtrio.

It is annoying and won me countless battles. Dig. You attack. You miss because I use dig. I mess you up because I use dig.

Flying Pokemon. Yeah. Then I just beat the shit of you with, like, any other Pokemon because you used flying. Oh, 0, flying Pokemon. Electric.

You're dead. Electric. You're dead. Sorry. Death eater 91.

I love this new danglement segment. And, Cassie, the dad joke that I missed before we go to this clip. I can't remember how to write 1151500 in Roman Roman numerals. I'm livid. I m l I v I d.

That that is a big brain joke more than it is a dad joke, but it is a good 1 nonetheless. Drew, what's our clip? Stolar, should he be in the Vesna conversation? And Stolar's versus wool stats. Enjoy the clip, and while you're enjoying it, let's get over 400 likes.

So I had a stat that I wanted to get, to, and the set depended on having dependable shot information from last night's game, and I I don't know if I have it. What's the stat? The stat is okay. You ever get a hunch and then you investigate the hunch and it's confirmed? Okay.

It's a great feeling.

What's the stat? Here.

You know what? I'm gonna send it to you so you can put it on the screen.

Hey, Steve. What's the stat? Oh, you're fine. I'm gonna give it to you so you could

put it on the screen

Oh, yeah. Okay.

To help people understand, the stat. Just waiting for it

to get to you.

Yeah. Give me a second.

The hunch was as I'm watching Stoller's make save after save after save, do the Leafs play worse in front of Stoller's than they do in front of wool? This isn't a criticism of Anthony Stolars in the least. Mhmm. The love of God send to Jesse. What's the stat?

We pause.

No. No. Why does it Why?

There you go. Okay. It finally got there. Here we go. I paused the whole show.

Alright.

Gilicuddy. I had to deal with Toronto traffic on the way here, and now this fucking thing.

Even if Alright. You're gonna have to move us off the

So here we go. These stats So

that too much area on the

Fucking stat. We can't go picture

and picture.

His I was like, do the Leafs play crappy in front of Solars? Yeah.

Yeah.

His, Wolves record is pristine. Wolves are Stoler's record is, like, pretty good, but it's not nearly as pristine, but they have near identical safe percentage numbers. So shots for versus shots against for Anthony Stoler's 436 to 475. That is a shot differential of negative 39. On average, in Anthony Stoler's Leafs game, the Leafs will be out shot 27.25 to 29.69.

With Joseph Wall in net, shots for versus shot against, 314 to 275. Total shot differential of +39, not minus 39, like Anthony Stollars plus 39. So on average, Joseph Wills leaves outshoot their opponents by nearly 4 shots a game. And I checked a goal differential as well. It wasn't included in this graphic.

On average, the leaf score, a quarter more a quarter of a goal per game more with wool in net than they do with Stollars in net. Right. I don't understand that phenomenon at all, but they play way worse in front of Anthony Stollars. So, like, if you were to ask me who the better goalie is, I'd probably have to defer to Stollars. And if you ask me who my game 1 of the playoffs starter would be right now, I think it's wool.

They play better in front of him, and he's almost as good. So good enough. Oh, you can't do that. Is that weird?

You can't

do that. That's weird. You can't. No. Stallers has been the best.

He's definitely been the best. He's the leader of the star. Try. If they can't get the guy Steve,

if they can't get up game 1 for the playoffs, then then trade the whole team.

Well

I'm just sorry.

Hey. Every fucking show we've done, every spring.

Sure.

Yeah. So, for the devil's side, that's a good team. Now Sheldon Keefe called, Anthony Stallers the best goalie in the league. And 1 of the 1 of the questions I got to start the game was, hey. What's it gonna take for Anthony Stollars to get in the Vezna conversation?

Now the Vezna conversation is interesting because it's the 32 GMs that, vote on it. It's reputational. I think if a goalie wins a Vesna, it's because they've had a good 3 year stretch. It's not because they had 1 good year. Whereas, like, Jack Adams, it's like, wow.

Your team really surprised everybody. You get it. Next year, you're fired. Right? Like, it's that that sort of thing.

I think Vesna is like a it's a it's a tracking over 2 to 3 years. It's a reputation based award. A lot of these GMs are not watching a ton of out of market hockey. They're just not. No.

And and so they're it's weird that they're voting on

it, but they are. So It, you have to have such an otherworldly single season to not be in the Vezner conversation the year before

Yes.

And then jump into it. Something like Tim Thomas.

Or Jim the net detective carrier. Jim

the net detective carrier.

And I think when you look at, Stallers, you gotta have headline grabbing, headline grabbing stuff. And last night, I could see those box scores being shared around the league. I could see executives go, man, did you see that? That was crazy. Dude,

played 27 games last year, 925. He's played 16 games this year, 928. Like, how long does he need to keep this up for that to just be what he is? I mean, I don't know if anyone is a consistent 925 anymore.

It'd be nice

if there was.

In 2024, but, I'm looking and, she's actually better than that. So, dude, he's nuts.

Yeah.

He's I mean, who is the best free agent signing they've made in the last 10 years?

Free agent signing?

Yeah. Like, is there an argument Tavares. That they're both oh, right. Okay. So since Tavares

Okay.

I think they might both be on the team right now. Like, in TANF and Stolars.

Yeah. And if you don't count Tavares, I'd put OEL in there too.

He's gonna make He's gotta be up there. Like, who I'm trying to think of, like, dudes up front.

They signed a lot of guys on, like, piddly little contracts at the end of their careers, like your Joe Thortons and your

Bunting was pretty good.

Because they haven't

Bunting was a great

They haven't been like, the need hasn't been to build through free

agency.

Yeah. You know, they had their 4 guys, and they've just been That was it. Filtering out the pieces around. Mhmm. So that makes a lot

of sense that is Tavares. It does. But since him, like, Jesus. Like, yeah. Stolars has to be how many games do you have to play?

And for him to, like, I know he's splitting the net with wool. That doesn't disqualify you. Mhmm. Because a few years ago, if I remember correctly, 2 of the goalies nominated for Vezna out of 3, split the net. It was the year Robin Leonard was nominated.

I mean, Elmark and, fucking Suayman.

Oh, that's right. Were were either of them nominated, though? I thought they finished 6th 7th.

Well, Almark won the Veznan in 2023. Yeah.

Yeah. But he didn't split the net with Swamin. He he played most of the games. Let's check. Yeah.

Split it last year for sure. Let's see.

In 2023, the Vesna trophy year, all marks started 48 games. Oh. That's very split.

Yes, it is. Wow. That's a lot less than

I thought. 7 off of an exact split.

Damn. That's So

Yeah. If you play so basically, you can get nominated for the Vezna and even win it in the forties if your numbers are good enough.

I mean We have Soler's did it.

Exactly on track to do that. Yeah. Like, yeah. What was the last team to have 2 guys nominated for the Fazness? Oh, Mark and Swinburne.

Were they both?

No. You mean, like, top 3 nominated?

Yes. Yeah.

Oh, no. No. They weren't, top 3. I don't

think Wilde's gonna get there, but, like, yeah. No. Stoller's is who would you rather have right now? Who would you rather have?

Mhmm. It's

not a long way.

And that's with Joseph Wall coming off of just recently ended a 6 game winning streak.

Last okay. So to go back to, the Leafs play better in front of Wahl. Out of the 10 games that Walls played, the Leafs have only been out shot in 3 of them. 2 of those games were because of score effects. 1 of them was a 3 nothing win.

Another was the 53 win over Tampa where they were up, like, crazy on Tampa, and then Tampa started to come back. And, and then the game against Pittsburgh was the first game this season with woolenette where the leafs were out shot and lost. The first game all season long. They've given up 30 shots or more with woolen net twice. They've done it with, Stoller 6 or 7 times.

Do you think they missed Jake McCabe? Yeah. Yeah. Kind of important, isn't he?

The first goal, well, the only goal that the devil's got like, I like Phillipe Myers. I do. But I'm looking at that going. I wonder if someone else gets there.

Mhmm.

You know who's losing their shine a little bit? Connor Timmons.

I didn't mind his play last night. He made some good defensive plays.

No. Once it once a game, Connor Timmons gets beat off the rush.

He he had a bad 1. 0, he got turns out. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

I don't remember who it was.

Every single game, at least once, he gets absolutely cooked. Yeah. And it's like I've had they have so many defenseman that like it's unnecessary to have somebody to line up who that happens to.

Get McCabe in there and then it'd be nice to get Haakonpaugh in there as well. I mean it it changes completely, but McCabe and Tannen were by the metrics like a top 3, shutdown pair in the league. Yeah. You missed that actually.

Yeah.

When that goes away, Morgan Riley, like, I've I've seen some criticism of him recently. He's playing with the Leafs' 8th defenseman as his partner. Yeah. Maybe 9th. I also wanna say,

I would love to get an update on Hawken Posney because he was selected He just had a procedure. To team Finland.

Mhmm.

And, Henry Yokoharu is the only Finnish defenseman in the NHL who was not selected to team Finland.

Oh, wow.

And Hockenpos barely played.

I don't wanna do this because, like, getting to represent your country is a very special thing, but I can't help but look at him and go, hey, what if you didn't?

Yeah. Take your time off.

What if you didn't?

Yeah. That'd be great.

You know how you didn't start the season, and then you played a few games, and then you got injured and had a procedure, and now you're still out, and you're gonna play extra? Are you sure? Don't think you are. Mhmm. Please don't Yanny.

I yeah. I don't love that.

Well

But I'm never gonna tell a player not to play for their country. Anthony Stollars is hurt. Steve Dangle on the SDPN YouTube channel. The game is back for the second period. Joseph Woll is in net.

Anthony Stolars is hurt. I don't I don't see him on the bench. Oh, boy. Oh, that's horrible. I am fully confident in Joseph Wall.

I have no problem with him playing. I'm not worried that he's playing, but where the hell is Anthony Stollars, who's been incredible? Drew said he looked funny the last 5 minutes. I'm not sure I saw what you saw. I'm sure they'll pull it up on the broadcast.

That sucks a lot. Oh, clear chance in front. Marner stopped by Dostal. He might have just put that high. I think he was stopped.

This line's been buzzing. They gotta get 1. Marner to Matthews, shoot that. Shoot that. Someone.

Leafs can't get a shot there. Who who said that? Leafs said Stolar's lower body will not return. Oh, boy. Oh, boy.

Nice. Nice move. Leafs are offside, though. Oh, apparently not. Ducks took it off them.

Are the Leafs on or offside right now? They call it offside. Canadian girl said Cassie joke for the win. That was a very clever 1. I almost too clever.

You know what I mean? Drew asked, who's the 3rd goalie tonight? There is none. It would be an e bug. Right?

I assume it's a goalie from the University of Toronto. I'm oh, boy. Boy. Yeah. Lower body will not return tonight from Stolars.

Oh, boy. So the Leafs have an interesting semi conundrum, and we'll talk about it. William Nylander with the shot, gloved by Dostol. That gloved hand has been doing work tonight. So Dennis Hildeby has already played games for the Leafs this season.

He had 1 good game, 1 poor game. He's young. In the AHL this year, he's 2 2 and 2 with an 8 9 7 save percentage. That's not mind blowing. Archer Akyumov has come in and started to play his 1st North American hockey.

He is 801 with a 929 save percentage. Holmberg taken down behind the net. Hell, yeah. That's a penalty. Are you kidding me?

Hold, and the Leafs will go to the power play. Jacob Truba takes a penalty with the Ducks. That's, Holmberg's 2nd drawn penalty of the game. Trivia for Steve? What goalie is the Ducks' all time leader in wins against the Maple Leafs?

As a Duck? Ryan Miller is the free space there. Jonas Hiller. Random guess. Oh, no.

He's had a golden opportunity there. His stick was tied up. Woah. Hillard's not even in the top 5. Who is it, Drew?

Oh, I was gonna say Guillermoore. Damn it. I saw him play, in a game against Leafs. He got pulled. Or was it Jager who got pulled?

They both played. Tavares on the half wall, battling, wins the battle, gets it to Marner on the point because he's the defenseman. He gives it away. Here come the Ducks 3 on 2, or it's gonna be partial. Blocked by Marner.

Great defensive play, but it's funny how little you celebrate good defensive plays on the power play. Here come the Leafs. Matthews to Nies. Nies. T'Marner at the point.

Tavares is the defenseman. He and Nylander work it back and forth. Tavares, T'Marner, I hate this 5 power, 5 forward setup on the power play. Brutal. Stop it.

Stop it. Stop it. Stop it. Nylander Hands it off to Matthews, gets it deep. Pacheretti and Domi are now out there.

So it's still 5 forwards. What are they doing? Here come the Ducks. Stop by Wall. Wool has to make several saves.

What are they doing? Mittens out there now? Please stop doing this setup. It's terrible. There you go.

Patch ready to OEL. 4 seconds left in this atrocity. Leafs behind the net. Domi can't find anyone in front. OEL.

Oh, shot for the tip. Wasn't able to get it. Here come the Ducks. Leafs break it up before it's a 2 on 1. Good play as Minton gets it deep.

4 minutes into the second period here. If you're just joining us, Leafs up 21, but Anthony Stolars left the game after the 1st period. It's Joseph Wolenet right now. If I'm not mistaken, the Leafs probably have an e bug. Dewar with the shot.

Fans on it. Leafs probably have an e bug who's in the back getting dressed right now. My assumption is a university student, but I don't know. Oh, pass in front. Reeves breaks it up.

He's made a few good defensive plays last few games. Reeves with a hit. Just under 5 minutes into the 2nd period here. We got a few questions from the super chat. Just waiting for a break in play here.

Tanev. He couldn't get the breakout he wanted because, ref was in the way, and he complained about it. Matthews, after it. Trouba got there first. Matthews with a shot.

It goes into the netting. Wes Richard, I feel like we've hit our injury quota for the season now. You you couldn't be more right. They might get another 1. Who knows?

Robert Bette. If your team, Rachel's Raiders, could play any NHL team, and you could pick a current NHL forward, a defense, and a goalie for your team, who would you pick and which team would you play? Forward McDavid, defenseman Makar, and goalie, Dostal. Because you need a goalie who's great but used to playing on a bad team, and that's Dostal. We would still lose, like, a 1,000 to 1.

Tavares, or rather Matthews, I saw the c, and I thought it was Tavares. That's hilarious. First time this season I've made that mistake out loud anyway. Matthews to the point. Riley, shot, doesn't get through.

Hit a skate. Oh, Ducks, maybe a break for McTavish. Matthews drives him into the corner. Nice hit there too. Ducks still have it, and they give it right away to Riley.

Tries to spring Nielander for the break. Doesn't quite work. Leafs starting to pull away in shots. It's now 15 to 9. Ducks still 1 shot away, and there's 1 of them.

Their 10th shot of the game is stopped by Joseph Wall as now we head into commercial break finally. Michael Borland, if, Akhtymov is called up, is on the squad, I hope they come up with a nickname because it's tough to spell. A k h t y a m o v. So it's very unlikely the Leafs call up Akhtyomov, and I'll tell you why. Hildeby has already played this season.

He wasn't great, and he hasn't been great in the minors even though he was very good last year. But the Leafs have Matt Murray for a reason. He's 2, 1, and 2 in the AHL with a 9 12 save percentage, which is very respectable. Akimov is far and away the best Marley's goalie. He's played the most games.

He has the most wins by quadruple. Murray and Hildeby have 2 wins each, and he has the best save percentage. 2 shutouts as well. He's been absurdly good, but, Hildeby was so good in the minors last year. Play some games up here, stinks, goes back down, and he hasn't been able to find that form, again.

You worry about screwing up a goalie's development, so you probably don't call up Akimov right now. Matt Murray's hurt too?

My own. Oh, boy.

Oh, boy. That's a tough call then. I mean, Achimov literally has not lost in regulation in North America. He's 801. You probably call up Hildeby.

Tie goes to the veteran, but I don't I'm not sure it's a tie. Robert Bette, is mister Ayers in the building? I could ask him. You in the building tonight? Oh, I I texted David Ayers.

You think I don't have David Ayers number? Come on now. Come on now. Ducks win the face off in the leave zone. I was looking for maybe a penalty there, maybe mutual.

This is a chippy little shift here. Tanniff. Ah, he can't get it out. Get it out. Finally gets it out.

Renetmon, did they just get out shot on the power play again because of the stupid 5 forward setup? I think they did. Tannath taken down. The I hate the 5 forward setup, And you're so right. Like, forget not generating enough offense.

They, they get out shot. Like, you're not supposed to do it. Here comes Nylander, though. Shot. I think that might've hit, Dosto on the mask.

Tavares in a puck battle. Patch already in support. Ducks up the board stopped by Benoit. Benoit behind the back pass. Spin a ram a pass to Nylander who gets it to patch already who skates up to the point.

Keeps it in. Oh, Fraser Minton because of a stick lift from Nylander. Keeps it alive. Minton to Nylander. Nylander has Holmberg.

Doesn't do it. Benoit. Fans on it. And now the Ducks come. Linda Strum and Timmins.

Timmins beats him to it. Benoit goes up the boards. Ducks turn it back the other way. Timmins chips it in. Paunce to Hollenberg after it.

He's already drawn 2 penalties so far tonight. Domi chips it out. Justin Fisher just asked me best gen 1 starter to continue our Pokemon conversation. I say it's Squirtle. I know Bulbasaur is supposed to be easiest.

Charizards or Charmander is supposed to be hardest, but, Blastoise can surf. Key key in the game. Key. Ducks to the Leafs blue line. They get a little break there.

Stop by Wall. Probably his best save so far. Leafs give it away again. With it. He's behind the Leafs net, sandwiched by OEL and Matthews.

Nice. Gain center. Goes cross ice to Riley who's looking for a change. David Ayer is not in the building confirmed. He said, did the goalie get hurt?

Oh, the Ducks stopped, and it goes into the netting. Boy, the Ducks have come close to tying it at least 3 or 4 times since pulling to within 1. Nylander did indeed hit right in the mask, and this little break here also hit wool right in the mask. Wool is the 1 who actually gave it away there for the scoring chance. I think that might've hit the crossbar.

Joseph, buddy, I love you. You gotta stop playing the puck. Drew is just eyeing the shots like a hawk because he's got that bet going on. The Dosto is gonna make over 40 saves. Ducks have to still win the game by, more than a goal.

Behind the Ducks net now. I'm cheering for Drew to lose $3. Tannen puts it on. Hits bodies in the high slot. Ducks turn it the other way.

Here comes McTavish. She's a good player, man. Like that McTavish. The Ducks often play very depressing hockey. I wouldn't say they're playing depressing hockey now.

They're definitely not great, but they have some pieces worth paying attention to. Is that icing? I didn't think so. Eris just goes, nope. Did the goalie get hurt?

I go, yeah. Stolars. He goes, oh, shit. Yeah. That was my reaction too there, Dave.

Alright. Halfway through the 2nd period. Halfway through the 2nd period, Leafs still up 2 1 shots. This is a lively game. 17 to 16 for the Leafs, which puts us on pace for 34 to 32.

That's a lot of shots. Ducks gained the leave zone. The Ducks have been taking back some ground here. Ducks throw it in front. I don't think it led to a shot.

Pacheretti gets out of the zone. Cross ice pass. Timmons gets it deep for Nylander. Someone's gotta wipe off the glass there down by the camera. Can't can hardly see through it.

Leafs gain the zone. Minton, he's had a great game. Rips it and gloved by Dostol. That glove has been incredible tonight for Lucas Dostol. If his glove wasn't as sharp, the Leafs probably have 5, 6 goals by now.

Oof. 917 to go in the second, and we go to commercial break. Robert Bette, loving these Ducks colors. Not. Let me show you some of the stuff I got from, Barry while we're in commercial break.

I got a signed Nick Robertson rookie autograph card, number to 25. There's only 25 of these in the world. And a Robertson Young Guns graded 9.5 gem mint. I don't have any graded rookie cards. This is my only 1.

I got a, think it's a traced picture of Mitch Marner. Love that. This is 3 d printed. I think this is cool as hell. I'm gonna put it somewhere in the blue room.

And someone gave me this. I think it's, was it Sean Seni of, the Leafs nation? It's a box of craft dinner with a bunch of Barry Colt stickers on it. So you might know my story. I covered game 1 of the OHL final, Windsor Spitfires, Barry Colts in 2,010.

They gave away, I think it was, boxes of macaroni and cheese as noise makers. Hey, everyone. Get loud for the Colts. And they put them under everyone's seat. Well, the Colts lose in overtime, and fans start throwing their boxes of macaroni and cheese onto the ice.

And as I'm getting ready to go down into the tunnel to interview the players, the poor Barry Colts PR head or whatever, the the lady in charge of their, of sales or something runs by me, and she goes, oh, I specifically told them this wouldn't happen. It's still 1 of my favorite things ever. God. I wanna know who that was and if they're doing okay. Leafs lose the face off in the Ducks zone.

Ducks gain center chipping in. Oh. They probably had such a bad day too. It's not her fault that people are freaking barbarians. Here come the ducks.

Lundestrom. Ro goes around for the 1 timer. Stopped. Domi always late on the reaction when he's deep in the leave zone. Puck still alive in the leave zone.

Leafs yeet it down the ice. That's icing. And now the Leafs gotta win a face off here. Domi, man. Domi.

He's got a 3 year contract, so, like, he's gotta find a spot on this team. We know he can be a very good player. He's just awful defensively. He can take face offs pretty well. He's a great playmaker.

He's obviously tough and a good teammate. Man, he's gotta be better defensively. Leafs ice it again. 831 to go in the 2nd period. Click like.

Click subscribe. Tell all your friends. 1100 people in the chat. We are so close to 500. Let's keep it going.

Usually, by the end of the night, we like to have at least a1000. So let's get there. You can also become an SDP VIP in the bottom right corner there of the little chat box. Fraser Minton in to take this face off, and he'll win it, but the Leafs cough it up. Minton, another great effort though.

Ducks hold the blue line. Tomi, get after that. Ducks blasted on. Luckily goes high. Oh,

man.

Good breakup by Holmberg. Leafs can maybe get a change in here. It's these little plays in the defensive zone by Domee, man. Like, it is he's just gotta be better. I think it's below the standard that Craig Barubia set for this team.

He's too important to this team. He's too talented to not get those things right. Marner to Matthews. It was a smart play there. Nice.

Rings it around for Marner. Protects the puck well. Matthews, ah, he tries to adapt. He prevents the Ducks' breakout at very least and comes up with it. Marner kicked.

Nice. McCabe behind the net. Marner still there. On, looking for the tip from Nice. Stop by Dostal.

Aliyan Khan, will we ever get a return of the carrot muffins? Probably, but, that was when my wife had more time to bake. We have a baby. We're waiting for a face off here in the duck zone. Charge.

Timmons at the point, throws it. Woah. Woah. Did that go straight in? Connor Timmons.

No. They're congratulating Max Patcharetti in front. So Patches, I think it's his second of the game. Mason McTavish shaking his head. Pat already leads the, line.

Let's see what happened here. Puck is 1 back by Tavares to Timmons. Does does Pat already get a little piece? It changed it just enough for Dostol who's gotta feel awful. He's had such a good game.

Yeah. The puck was going straight, and it's flipping. It must've hit something. Leafs

on

their 20th shot of the game, get their 3rd goal. They're up 31. Tavares, oh, they're offside. Patrick and Tavares coulda had a 2 on 1 there. Patches is on hat trick watch.

Okay. So that was Patchedrati's 4th goal this season. He now has as many goals this season as he did last year with the Capitals. This is his 61st career 2 goal game. Is this not his second 2 goal game with the Leafs?

Or maybe he yeah. I feel like he's had a bunch of multi assist games. Man, I think people might have forgot because he was injured for so long. Patches was turning into a very useful leaf. He struggled to start the season a little bit.

He struggled. He struggled. But he became a very useful leaf. Nylander stopped by Dostal. 6:30 to go in the second period.

Canadian girl 83, you should do an OHL stream from the Sioux in the fall. Colors are beautiful. There's snow, and I'll buy the first round for the crew. Believe me, we're doing a lot of talking to OHL teams. Believe me.

Cassie, I can't do what you're asking me to do. I will DM you. Another time, but not tonight. Ducks battling to get into leave zone. Oh, they have possession.

On, blocked by Nies. Oh, shot. Stop by wall. There's a rebound. There's several, and the Ducks score.

601 to go in the 1st period. They don't know who scarred, who scored. Leo Carlson seems confused. Did I what period did I say? 1st?

2nd period. Ducks back within 1 again. They will not go away in this game. They have not been bad. They have not been bad at all.

That was, Troy Terry. I thought Wall had it, but Terry hits it. That puck bounced off damn near everything. It might have hit Troy Terry last. Difficult to know.

Who's number 2 for the Ducks? Is that Mintukov? No. Who is that? Reeves in the 4th line out there now to try to get a little momentum back.

Lawrence into the corner crashing, banging. Number 2 is not Vitrano. 77 is Vitrano. Jackson Lacombe is number 2. Oh, 1 of the ducks on the breakout broke their stick and had to go to the bench, but no leaf was on the forecheck, so they got away with it.

Riley with it in his own zone. Outlet pass for Holmberg feeds Minton, who I think has looked absolutely fantastic. Domi on the left wing to Minton can't get a proper shot off. Holmberg who's become a very useful player. I think he's had a great game too.

Shot stopped by Dostal. That's Lacombe's 5th goal of the season, by the way, and we'll go in a commercial break. James David Atkinson, 2 years ago tomorrow, I went to my 1st Leaf game, a 7 nothing win over the Ducks. Wasn't that my, didn't I stream that game? I can't remember.

7 nothing win over the Ducks. That season, we got past round 1. I go back later this season, so cup win? Yes. That's how this works.

Cassie said no need, Steve. I was more seeing if you would. I absolutely would. I just can't today. By the way, this has been annoying me, this little thing on my nose.

It was on the podcast. I kept getting distracted by it every time I saw myself on camera. My 9 month old baby did that. Little Wolverine fingernails. Paul s, if max scores again, we call the LFR hats you already.

I like it. That's clever. Oh, patcherhatty? You think patcherhatty drew? Hatcherhatty, patcherhatty?

Patcherhatty. Patchio Hatty. Hatche already. I feel like Patchio Hatty reads better. You don't put the h at all?

Drew, you're on drugs. No. You gotta do if you're doing the bit, you do the bit. Oh, hatches is good. Oh, hatches.

There it is. Hatches. Renetmon, can I take this time to express how much it tickles me that the Leafs are quite literally sponsored by Milk and Cookies? They are not sponsored by oh, yeah. They are.

Oh my god. How have I never noticed that? Their jersey sponsor is milk. Their helmet sponsor is Oreos. I've noticed that before.

I've never noticed that before. I know they made a whole advertising campaign, but have you considered that I'm stupid? Oh my god. I'm an idiot. Alright.

Here come the ducks. What a frigging idiot. Mason McTavish having a great game. He's on the forecheck. Hatch ready.

Oh, no. Giveaway. Oh, Ducks in front. Stop by Wool. Almost a breakaway for Nylander.

Dostol out to play it. To center. Fabri, puck broken up by Tanev. Ducks fire it wide. Cutter Gauthier puts it deep.

Uh-oh. Troy Terry shot. Believe that stopped by Wall. About 4 minutes to go in the 2nd period here, Ducks ton of pressure trying to tie this game once again. Shot's 22 to 20 for the Leafs.

Canadian girl subs for milk and cookies. I agree. Ducks, clear shot. Stop by wall. Oh, boy.

This is a real shift here. Ducks 40 seconds in the ozone here. They put it on. That's behind the net. Terry with it.

Oh, boy. The Leafs looking tired here. Willie looks exhausted. Wole makes the save, and it goes into the netting. Oh my gosh.

Terrible shift. Thank you, Canadian girl 83, for the 5 gifted subs. Does that bring us up to 69? It does. Nice.

Nice. Does anyone want to gift 6.9 subs round up to 7? Ducks still in the Leafs zone after that face off. Max Domi to center. What a pass to Minton rather Holmberg.

Sorry. Having 2 guys with numbers that end in 9 is a nightmare for me. Leafs put it on. Domi couldn't get to the rebound quickly enough. Throws it across ice, though.

Holmberg tries to cut off trouba there. It doesn't work. Good shift here from the kids and Max. Holmberg. OEL.

I'm pretty sure there was a very loud swear word. Holmberg doesn't get to that, and here come the Ducks. It's Calorn. Chips it in. That's not ice?

No ice. Weeknight game, so good night. Good night, Cassie. Everyone say bye to Cassie. Cassie clan.

Cassie clan. Let's get some cc's in the chat. Thanks for joining us on a random Thursday. Like to keep you on your toes. Nies almost got a chance there.

Fanned on it. Here come the Ducks with 3. Woll covers it up. 2076. 206 to go in the 2nd period.

Hey, Cas with another, 10 SDPN memberships. You are the best. Leafs only have 4 shots on goal since the goalie change. Wait. What?

No. They don't. They had 19 in the 1st period? That can't be right. Oh, halfway through the second.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I was like, wait. Nice.

Chips it in deep, putting pressure on Gudis. Matthews with it. Coughs it up. Oh, ducks, partial break. Petrano.

Oh,

in the corner. I man, I can't believe the Ducks haven't tied it. The amount of chances they've had, close calls. Marner, nice play to Jake McCabe. I'm just me.

SDP VIP. Owen Cassie, another 5. God, you're the best. 65. What are you up to?

Vittrano, shot stopped by Wall. Good shot. Good stop. Patches. Yeets it across the ice to William Nylander.

Shanks it in for Tavares. It's back out, but Willie brings it back in by himself. First of speed, taken hard into the net. Are they gonna call a penalty there? Nylander getting up a little slow.

Cassie, you're at 66. Oh, you could absolutely call that a trip. Stick right in the feet. That's why he fell. There it is.

67 from Cassie. You sneak. Puck in the leave zone. Timmins. Oh, Willie is still out there, so I guess he's okay.

Tavares, 3 on 2. Benoit is in on it. Tavares. Oh, kick the shot off. Patch already.

Heavy. Heavy. Throws it in front. Willie and Tavares are there. Willie, to Patches in his feet.

Tavares, 30 seconds to go here. Leaves with a late chance here. Late flurry. The Ducks pull it the other way, though. Ducks lifted into the leave zone.

Is there with OEL. OEL with 7 seconds to go. Benoit, he just throws it on, ducks dump it, no icing. Cassie trying to summon the patch's hatty, number 67. That's clever.

That is clever. Thank you very much, Cassie. Robert Bette, what do you think, is the worst the king what do you think is worse, the king's silver helmets or these god awful ducks uniforms? Dude, they're not my favorite. They're not my favorite uniform.

Like, I don't know. I just I don't get overly bothered by them. The home ones, I'm I don't like as much. The road ones, I think, are okay. I'm just me became an s d p v I p.

Have I said that? Well, I'm saying it again. Welcome to the STPN YouTube channel. I'm Steve Dangle. Click like.

Click subscribe. Tell all your friends we have intermission content, but before that, we did Pokemon cards first intermission. We're doing hockey cards this intermission. The 24, 25 season series 1. We're looking for rookies.

Let's get after it. I believe Cutter Gauthier is 1 of the rookies we can get, and he is on the Anaheim Ducks. We start with a captain, Roman Yossi, common. We have a Leaf, Mitchell Marner. That's a great action pose, Common.

Buffalo saber, Bowen Byram, common. Matthias Ekholm, common. We get a oh, we got a couple inserts here. Gaming co op, we have Elias Pederson and Quinn Hughes. Pederson and Hughes powered the Canucks to a 101 road win over the sharks on November 2, 2023 with Pederson dishing out 3 assists and Hughes picking up 5 points a goal and 4 assists.

This card, I'm It's just so jarring to see. So this is another gaming coop. It's Johnny Gaudreau and, Adam Fantilly. Fantilly had a goal and an assist while Gaudreau collected 3 points, a goal, and 2 assists to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 94 win over the host Buffalo Sabers on December 19, 2023. I remember that game.

I don't think we're gonna get any rookies in this 1. UD portrait, Jesper Braat. Oh, shiny and everything. It's not worth anything. Sam oh, sorry.

Mackie Mackie Samoskevich of the Florida Panthers. Easy does it, Steve. Easy does it. John Marino, back when he's not a devil anymore. Right?

He's a Utah, but he's hurt. Boone Jenner, Blue Jackets captain. Alex Tuck, Buffalo Sabers, common, and a collector, because this is an assistant captain of, Nick Folino, but he is now the captain of the Chicago Blackhawks. Drew, we'll go to intermission content in a second. James David Atkinson, last trip I also saw when the ref pushed bunting off the ice.

I sat in the 3 100. They were way better. Got to see the Florida and seen Pat's game this time. That's freaking sick, dude. I hope you bring the Leafs luck again.

KXW wrestling archive is an SDP VIP, and Cassie says 1 more thing. What is that 1 more thing I need to know before we go to, entertainment. Drew, what is the clip, by the way? The interview with Bates Battaglia? You mean Jacob Battaglia of the Kingston Frontenacs.

Cassie, I think we oh, nope. I think we might have to go to the clip before we run out of time, but I will answer it when we get back.

Talk some hockey with a hockey player and somebody that you guys all saw today. Hey.

Not Hey. Right.

So ladies and gentlemen, please bring up or look, please welcome Kingston Frodeneck, second round pick of the Calgary Flames, Jacob Battaglia.

Alright.

So welcome buddy.

Yeah. It feels good. Good welcoming. Yeah.

How does it feel like? Are you cool now? Like, we were talking backstage and you were all confident. How do you feel now that they're all looking at you?

It's okay. I mean, I don't know. I like their faces, a good smiles.

Yeah. There you go. Alright. What a charmer. That's awesome.

So so listen. I I have a couple of things. Greatness seems to hail from Mississauga because you're from Mississauga and so is Jesse Blake. Whoo. So, any anybody else from Mississauga here just for We got what?

What? We got what?

Hell yeah.

We got I wasn't expecting anyone. Yeah.

So let let me ask you this. What have you loved about moving to Kingston from from Mississauga? Had you been to Kingston before?

No. I've never been up here, but, yeah. I came here about 2 years ago, my rookie year. And, yeah. I mean it's pretty nice spot, like, a lot of good spots downtown, like, great people, great city.

My billets are awesome so they made it pretty much like I'm living back in So, yeah,

this is really nice.

Are your billets here? No. No.

They're not here tonight. But you know it's Richard. Oh, is Richard like a big deal? Oh, yeah. Yeah.

He's a guy. Just thought

I was like, wow. Is Richard like

this a

little bit?

Get loud

for Richard. Oh,

yeah. Oh,

he's gonna love that. He's gonna love that.

You gotta you're gonna have to show him that.

He's gonna love that.

So so listen, like, a couple of months ago, you're at Calgary Flames training camp. And I think everybody in this room that ever played hockey once would kill to be in that position, even if it was just an invite. Tell us what it was like.

Yeah. I mean, it's definitely a different level than the OHL. I think just how everything's run-in in the facilities and the coaches, the players, it's just I don't know. It's it's next level. Way faster game.

I think the guys are all massive. Like, their quads are the size of my head. Like, it's insane. It's like

Who had the biggest quads? Is there anybody that sticks out on that team?

Oh, probably Kevin Ball. He's a good soccer guy too, but, yeah, he's huge. Yeah.

He's a soccer boy.

6, 6, 7, like, 240. Like, he's just, like, nowhere near that guy whatsoever.

But Svelte. Yeah. Petite. Yeah. It's tiny.

Yeah. It was

it was, pretty cool experience all, like, a lot of OHL guys there, so they made it pretty nice. Like, you know, a lot of guys, like, they made the experience, pretty cool. Like, it's nice when you get to know and you can talk to guys and, like, feel comfortable that they're also in the same position as you are. So, yeah, I know. It was it was it was awesome.

So that that actually, like, kind of became a topic, with I I think it was Colby Barlow and NHL camp versus OHL camp. For you, what was it like to transition from NHL camp? And then did did you participate in France camp?

Or was it

straight to games? Yeah.

I was here.

So so what was that like? Because I know the feedback is that that's a lot of camp Yeah. Heading into a full season of games. Yeah.

It's a lot a lot of practicing, a lot of working out, a lot of fitness testing. So, yeah, I mean it was it was pretty hard on the body, like go to Kingston, fitness test, practice, play some exhibition games, and go right to Calgary then you're just redoing everything, but I mean way harder, like way harder, way more intense. And then finally I came back, and got right into the season, but yeah I mean it's just, yeah a lot of practicing, a lot of work you know it's pretty tough on you.

The the Calgary guys that you got to interact with in the locker room, some of the pros, all of them good dudes?

Oh yeah. They're I mean they're just hockey guys right? So it's like you're in the room with them like they just treat you like you're you're a teammate so yeah. They're they're awesome guys there. Really nice.

So 1 of the things that, we're talking to Jacob backstage before the, before the show guys and 1 of the things that, I thought was really cool, is that your dad comes to every single home game for the France to watch you play and has for now 2 and a half years.

Yeah. He,

And he lives in Mississauga. Yeah. I think it's a round of applause. Right? Come on.

Yeah. That's a dad right there. Was he the 1 driving you to 6 AM practice and

Oh, yeah.

And hall, like like, where would you go for tournaments when you're in the GTHL? Like, how far would you go?

Man, I think we had a spring tournament in in Chicago and we drove there and then we had 1 in Boston. We drove there too. Like, he was just just something to look forward to because he put so much time and and effort and and money into me. He just, like, wants to go see the product. I mean, like, he was just, like, it's like an investment, so he just wanna see that that it was working.

But, yeah, I mean, he he makes a trip all the time because, like, and he loves it. He looks forward to every Friday coming up, like, gives him something to do, like, get out of the house, come up, watch watch me, talk to me after, see all the other dads that that come up as well. But, yeah, he makes it super special. My mom likes to come to to the games that are a little closer because she's a she's a stay at home mom, she's always busy with my

brothers and my dogs, so

Are your brothers good too?

No. No. No, they're not. Not at all. No.

Did they try to be good? They were, I don't know. My older

brother, like, we started, like, so he started when he was 6. I started when I was 4. And he was so jealous of me, like, he'd like prey on my downfall if I scored a goal. Like, he'd be pissed after the game if I scored.

Well, that's what brothers are for.

Right? Yeah. That's where you get that competitive edge.

Yeah. But

no. They were not even close to being good. Like yeah. I don't know.

They what brothers are for it all? It is. Every time every time, like, a player makes the NHL and then they have a younger brother coming up, they're like, oh, no. But he's even better. Even if it's, like, wildly not true.

Yeah. Yeah. Exactly.

Not even possible. Choice but to just accept it. Just

accept it.

That Miles better.

Yeah. Yeah. I know. And

I I can feel the room asking it. Even more, I can feel, everyone listening and watching online. Your dad's name's not Bates.

No. No. It's that's not my dad. I get it a lot. I've started to go along with it a little bit.

Yeah. Yeah.

But, yeah. No. It's that's not my dad. No.

No. No. So the name Battaglia, obviously, Leaf fans know it. If you're a Cane's fan, you'd know it. That sort of thing.

Yeah. Steve needs to ask the Italian question.

How does your family say

it? Like, I don't know. My dad, like, it's like when you go to Italian restaurants, like, you in English, and all of a sudden you order, like, oh, I'll get this spaghetti. It's like, relax. Like, settle down.

Like, it's like my dad, like, when he says you're like, Battaglia.

But it's like

Oh, it is. Battaglia. Yeah.

But it's like, everyone just says Battaglia. Like, it's just easier. Like, it rolls off the tongue of

the bag. And they

they call you Bates for fun. Right?

Yeah. Just like just because of Bates Battaglia, I guess. Just threw that in there. But yeah. I've had it my whole life so I just kinda stuck with it.

Like, I don't I don't even get called Jacob ever really. Like, it's just just Bates. Yeah. I just

Oh my god.

It's like my first name now.

You can't escape it. Well, I

heard it in there. Like, you said, hey, Bates. Yeah. Look up. I'm like, but you're not.

No. I'm not. Not him at all.

You No.

How did

you You're related. How'd you score that playoff OT winner for the Marlies for only 3? Like, oh, my God. No. That's, there's more than 1 Bataglia Yeah.

Family. Wow. Wow. Good to know.

That's great.

No. We just we needed to check that because, you know, the Italians are mugging. So are they any Italian, heritage here? Any? Hey.

It's it's

Kempeville guy and 1

of the bartender. Somebody behind the bar. Yeah.

Yeah. It's really important to Italians you pronounce that name correctly. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

Well, if someone ordered lasagna, you'd look at them sideways. Yeah.

So okay. So this year, you guys have a great team.

Yeah. Yeah. We do.

Do they not have a great team? That's a great team. Yeah. And while watching that power play today, it really was amazing cycle work. Like, the fact is, like, you you gotta remember, like, I'm double your age.

Right? Which is scary. I'm 36. He's 18. Like, oh, my god.

Kill me. And and, and watching you guys set up in cycle. I'm, like, these guys were kids, like, 2 seconds ago. I cannot believe how they're moving it around. And what's amazing about the way you guys run that power play is all of a sudden, it's, like, okay.

We're done now. In. Yeah. In on the net. This coach for you guys and and for those who don't know, he's the guy that took over for Luca Caputi.

Name is?

Troy Mann.

Troy really changed the trajectory of your career.

Yeah.

And and I wanna know a little bit about that because, you know, at this age as we all know, we all have mentors and that sort of thing in our various lives, that 1 adult outside of your family can kinda change your life. Exactly. Yeah. How has Troy done that for you?

Yeah. I mean, beginning of last year with Lucas still as a coach, I was kinda struggling, like, wasn't really getting the ice time I thought, like, I deserved and I thought, like, I knew I had always more to give at the end of games. I was like, even if I had, like, a goal or maybe an assist, like, I was still, like, pretty pissed off because I knew, like, I had more. Like, I wasn't tired after games. Like, I knew I had more to give.

Like, I worked hard in the summer and I was like, what was the point of that? Like, I'm not using any of it. So, as soon as Troy came in, like, he saw something in me and he believed in me just, like, having the coach to to believe in you just, like, made me play with so much more confidence, maybe be myself, like, even around the rink, like, I was able to be myself, like, be a better room guy, like, you know, crack jokes, like, make the guys laugh. So, yeah, he he was awesome for me and he still is. Like, still believes in me.

He has a lot bunch of trust in me. So just having that game in, game out, even on practice days, like, just always believing in believing in me, and he's he's hard on me, which which sometimes he do does need to be when I turn over the puck, like, 6 times in the first period. So, yeah, he's pretty tough on me. No. No.

No. No. Today was a good 1. But, yeah, he's pretty tough on me, but, I mean, he's he's awesome. He believes in me and gives me the confidence to play with, that that makes me the player I am.

So we know sometimes, like, NHL coaches what they do to punish guys when when they're upset. Right? What is what's an OHL coach do? Like, what's what's punishment when he's mad at at you you guys collectively as a team, as you as a player, you know, he wants to send a message. How does Troy Mann do that?

Cut to the chase. Let me see your phone. Yeah.

Does he go through your pics?

No. No. No. No. He's not.

No. No. Not that.

That was good, that's great.

Sorry Adam's question was better. By the way I love

I love how quickly you got Yeah,

yeah, oh yeah, I know I know that 1. No, it didn't

Really under the radar story, yeah.

That would I imagine that would that would register

with hockey player. Go

ahead. Sorry. Yeah. I mean if we're having a bad practice, like, just get on the line, like, you just just go, like, bag skate.

Oh, yeah.

But it's never unjustified. Like, if if we're bag skating, it's like, wow, we were really bad today. But, like, yeah for me it's more just like call me in his office just like talk me show me some video like rip me a little bit but he knows like I can handle it like he's pretty comfortable with like like getting pretty pissed at me and it's like I know like sometimes they didn't have to say anything I'll just look at him and be like yeah like that was shit Like, you know what I mean? Like he just he knows, I know, but yeah if we're like if we're a bad collective as a group, just bag skater, like a good old ripping, like an intermission, like just like turning purple,

like just ripping us.

Yeah, just like ripping us, like but yeah. No. He's pretty he's pretty good with that stuff. Like, he's usually pretty positive, like, even if we're having a bad game, like, when it's really bad, it's like, I don't even, like, hide your face, like, look down, like, you don't even wanna make eye contact with him.

Hey. Hey. That that graphic's right. Don't forget to click like and subscribe. Steve Dangle here on the STPN YouTube channel.

Hi. Click like. Click subscribe. Tell all your friends. We're at 568 likes.

Let's get that up higher. Let's get it to 600. And, I did DM Cassie, by the way. Jacob Battaglia. Let me tell you a little story that I told on the podcast.

That young man gave us a great interview, and then he went into our little green room at the back, and we did the rest of the show. When we went back there, I discovered he ate all my damn shrimp tacos. He ate my dinner. He ordered shrimp tacos too. So I opened the box that his came in.

He ate those as well. He ate those shrimp tacos and the 3 that were on my plate except the last 1. He took 1 bite out of and left. I don't think that's an accident. I think that's an act of violence.

He knew what he was doing. Jacob, you little scamp. So big story of this game. Leafs are winning 32. Ducks have, looked pretty good.

But Anthony Stolar's injured after the first period.

The

broadcast is showing Dicky Klune, Richard Klune, the assistant coach of the Ducks. He was a, long time Marley and 1 time Leaf. I forgot he was an assistant coach on the Ducks. Anyway, Staller's hurt after the 1st period. Joseph Wall is in net right now.

So who plays goal for the Leafs? I mean, obviously, Wall gets the lion's share of the starts here. They can't call up Matt Murray who's had a good season in the AHL, but he's hurt. So your options are Dennis Hildeby who has played games this season, did not look good. He played 1 good 1, 1 bad 1, and in 6 games in the AHL, he's been a sub 900 goalie.

It's not great. Then there's Artur Akimov. Artur Akimov was a he's 23, 4th round pick in the 2020 draft. He is 8 o and 1 to start his career in North America with 2 shutouts and a 9 29 save percentage in the AHL. That not just that doesn't just make him the best Marley's goalie.

It makes him 1 of the best goalies in the American Hockey League. Not best rookie goalies. 1 of the best goalies in the American Hockey League to start the season. So we'll see who gets called up here. Very interesting.

And maybe no 1 gets called up. Maybe Stoler's is fine, and it's just precautionary. 3rd period has begun. Ducks with it in the neutral zone. Great pass through to Troy Terry who can't get his pass through, and the Leafs, ah, can't escape their zone.

Ducks stuff him at the blue line. Tanev, oh, breaks ankles behind the net. Marner through center. Ducks calling for offside there. Doesn't work.

Nice. Shovels it deep for Tavares. Can't handle that. So Riley will get it deep as reinforcements arrive. Pacheretti plays the puck to himself, gets it to Tavares, tries to get it through to Pacheretti.

Doesn't work. Pacheretti gets it. He tried to get a deep blocked by the ducks. Gootas with it a minute into the 3rd period. Leafs 3, Ducks 2, shots an even 23 apiece.

Riley keeping the puck away. Patch is doing some work in the defensive zone. He's 2 on 1. Nylander comes up with it, and he's got Frazer Minton with him. As Nylander chips it in deep, goes for a change, Minton hot in pursuit.

God, this kid's had a great game, man. Really like him. He's getting comfortable in the NHL. Wall out of the net to leave it for Jake McCabe, throws it way up the ice for Max Domi. Throws it on.

Gloved by Dostal, but he gains the zone draw. Wonder what the Leafs do here. Joseph Wolf fell during warm ups for the period. Good Lord. Oh, gosh.

Joseph Wills, 9/19 save percentage this season is 5th in the NHL, which is real, real good. Stolars, I believe, is even better than that. Oh, off the post. That was Jake McCabe there from the point. What a bullet.

Solis is number 1 in the NHL. The Leafs have 2 top 5 goalies numerically this season. It's what a what a blessing. What an unreal luxury. Domi feeds the point.

That was McCabe. Benoit can't get that through. It's blocked. Dostal has to shove that away with his blocker. Fabri can't clear, but McTavish off a stick and into the mesh.

McCabe starts a little something with McTavish. McTavish, by the way, like, out of all the young talent the Ducks have, man, I think McTavish is gonna be a problem. I don't know how his season is going exactly. Let me look. Yeah.

2 goals in 21 games, 2 goals, 9 assists, 11 points in 21 games. 11 points isn't bad. 2 goals is kinda bad. I think he's gonna be 1 of those Swiss Army knife players, and, funny enough, born in Zurich, Switzerland. Represented team Canada, though, at the World Juniors.

Ryan Reeves in the 4th line out there. Lorenz plays it back to Morgan Rielly, back to Lorenz in the neutral zone. Lorenz cross ice to OEL. OEL gains his own. Thought about shooting it there.

Tries to go cross ice. Doesn't work. Goes all the way back down. Riley's gonna chase after it. More American than you says, what is the likelihood wool gets hurt tonight?

Shut up. 3 minutes gone here in the 3rd period. Leafs holding on to a 1 goal lead here. This is not the Ducks team that the Leafs killed last year. They've shown a lot of fight tonight.

More fight than they showed last night. Who did they get dummied by last night? Was it the Habs? I think it was the Habs. Matthews, feeds Marner.

Oh, to McCabe. Oh, man. That would have been on the highlights. McCabe really blasting it in this period. Stopped.

Marner with it on the half wall. Marner in the corner. Marner leaves it for Matthews. Matthews around the net to Marner. Quick pass in front to couldn't handle it.

McCabe around the net. This line has had a few really, really good, long looks in the ozone tonight. Marner. Matthews. Oh, can the Leafs continue to hold the zone?

They don't, but they get the puck. Marner right back. Chips it in deep. He'll chase after it. Marner so good at bumping players and then using his feet to to separate them from the puck.

Nice. Stop by Dosol. Troy Terry carries it out of his zone as the Ducks get a merciful change. He chips it in. Timmins around for Benoit.

Benoit to Timmons. Timmons up the ice for JT. Gets it deep. Oh, Willie. Oh, with the move, and I think he puts it wide.

Oh, nice move by the Ducks. Here they come, broken up by the feet of OEL. He feeds oh, Patches almost fed Nylander for a breakaway, but Nylander lost it. Oh, across the ice of Patches, almost with the hat trick. What a 3rd period so far.

OEL can't hold the line there. Gets it for Tavares. Tavares leaves it for Willie. Willie shoots. Tavares drives a net.

Stop by Dostol, and he covers it up. 1446 to go in the 3rd period. Man, there's been about half a dozen shots from both teams in this period, and it feels like all of them have been scoring chances. Oh, Nilan, did he hit the crossbar there? God, that was close.

Willie, great feed for Patches. I think he just shanked it. Oh, Dostol, so sharp, man. I'm telling you. Most underrated goalie in the league.

Shots for nothing in this 3rd period for the leaves to start. Offensive zone possession, 11 minutes for the Leafs to 8 for the Ducks. That is not insignificant. Holmberg, good pressure there. Good pressure.

He doesn't know where the puck is, though. Oh, what defenseman was that who just is that Connor Timmons? What the hell happened there? Holmberg after it in the corner roughed up by Goudis. Benoit holds the line.

Doming holds the line. Pay attention to that play if the Leafs keep it alive here. But they can't here comes McTavish, good defensive stick there from Domi, attaboy. Holmberg, patient play with the puck. Patient, patient.

Benoit drops it for Timmins. Timmins up the ice for Benoit, flings it around, dosed all out of his net to play it. That was probably a smart play because Marner was gonna be first to it, but Matthews has it right now. Marner. Behind the net for Nies.

Ducks can't handle him. Can't handle him yet. And they figure out how to get the puck off them. Oh, but there's Nies with a shot. Wasn't a great 1, but he got 1.

Should the Leafs acquire Dostal just in case? Yes. If I'm the Ducks, you can have, Dostol from my cold dead hands. Shots 30 to 23 for the Leafs all of a sudden. Still just a shot away

from

a Ducks tying goal, though. Also a shot away from the leads being back up too. That'd be cool. 7 minutes gone in this 3rd period, which means there's just under 13 minutes to go. OEL going to work here.

Pacheretti to Riley out of the zone. Back to Pacheretti shoots wide. Nylander in front for Tavares didn't have a chance for a shot there. Pacheretti, puck is stopped up in an in a loose stick, and it's to the leaf's advantage so far. Pacheretti gets it to Nylander, but hits him in the foot.

Ducks break it out, but very slowly. Very, very slowly as both teams look for a change. Here comes Gudis. Troy Terry shoots high and wide all the way around. 12:10 to go in the 3rd period.

4th line out there for the Leafs. Ryan Reeves in the offensive zone creating problems. Lorentz tries to get it to do her. Troy Terry. Oh, good hands, but Tanav and McCabe come up with it as they so often do.

McCabe out of the zone, can't turn it into offense, though. Ducks dump it. Wall out of the net to play it. Oh, good body positioning there by McCabe. Lawrence out of the zone, out of the reach of the man he passed to.

Doestal out of his net to play it. Ducks have it in their own zone. Tony Lee, odds of Minton playing game 1 of the playoffs, they go up every single time he plays. Before the season, I would have told you less than 0. He's been he's been wonderful.

Young player doesn't really make young mistakes, honestly. Turns the puck over there. Shut up, Steve. Shoveled on, gloved by wool. 1058 to go in the 3rd period.

Ducks will get an offensive zone draw coming out of a TV time out. SDPN YouTube channel. I'm Steve Dangle. Click like. Click subscribe.

Tell all your friends. We're up over 600 likes. Let's get it over 700. If you're here and you watch our stuff all the time and you're not subscribed, be cool if you did. Helps out the channel.

We've had 58 or sorry, 88 new members join the channel. Consider being 89, 90, maybe even get us to a 100. That includes people who sign up their selves and gifts. Oh, Nathan Bula at the game with my dad. Go, Leafs, go.

Love that, Nathan. Correspondent, Nathan. Jesse Blake who? It's all you, buddy.

Oh my god. I can't I can't

watch this political ad. I can't I can't watch it again. They've been airing the same 1 for, like, well, I think a year. These conservative attack ads on the leader of the Liberals is the only reason I know her name. Producer Drew, do I trust Joseph Voll to play 50 games to make it through 50 games?

No. I don't. He has to earn that, and he hasn't earned it. So, hopefully, Stohlrs isn't out long term. Hopefully, he's not out at all.

Logan Barubi, gifted 20 STPN memberships, and oh, I missed it. Giggling cat gifted 10 SDPN memberships. There we go. Over a 100. Let's go.

Thank you. Genuinely. Thank you. Nylander has 6 shots on goals in in this game and 10 attempts. Oh, yeah.

Is Logan Craig's son? He might be. It's possible. So Marner is out there with is that Minton? No.

It's it's Matthews. Okay. Okay. Okay. I was I think the 4 folded into a 9.

Leafs put it on. Blocked. McCabe. Oh, Marner diving to get it to Tanev. Side of the net.

Matthews tries to roof it. Doesn't work. Matthews, oop, tripped up behind the Ducks net. Tries to create a turnover there. Again, this first line has been very good tonight.

Hasn't resulted in a goal for them, though. Is that icing? No, it is not. We'll out of the net to play it. Canadian girl says driving home from work in blowing snow.

Stream will likely be over by the time I get home. Until next stream, good night, Steve. SDPN and SDPN fans, go Leafs, go. Thank you. Thank you very much for everything, Canadian girl.

Drive safe. Man, I drove from Ottawa to Kemptville on the weekend. That was awful. It's really bad snow. On the way to Ottawa wasn't so bad as we got a whistle here.

I think the Ducks went offside. This is another TV timeout. Is that back to back whistles with the TV timeout? Alright. I guess we get to keep reading then.

White Frobro says, I'm a longtime pod listener and even longer Ducks fan. The Ducks have looked like this most of the season. Love you guys, but kills me to hear you guys, mostly Adam, call them a sorry team who doesn't try. Now listen. They were bad.

They were bad, bad, bad, bad, bad. This year, they've been respectable. Like, considering how many teams in the NHL are miserable right now, I wouldn't count the Ducks among them. They're definitely not doing well. They're 3rd last in the NHL.

By points percentage, they're, let's see, 4th last. But they're in this clump of teams, the Habs, the Sabers, the Ducks or sorry. Not the Ducks. Sorry. The Red Wings, the Penguins, Blue Jackets.

Like, even the Blue Jackets are having an okay season. They're nearly 500. Ducks are a little further from 500, but I would say the Ducks didn't have illusions of competing for a playoff spot. San Jose doesn't either, but, like, Montreal, I think, wanted to be in the conversation. Detroit definitely did.

Buffalo definitely did. Pittsburgh definitely did. Ottawa definitely did. Ottawa still might get there. And who knows?

Maybe the Ducks will too, but 3, 5, and 2 in their last 10. It's still not going great there. Zebra's being hurt. Not having a great season obviously hurts, But this has been a much better effort than we saw last year. Robert Bette, I was only 10 years old, but was there when Sittler scored his 10 point night.

Are you kidding? What was that like? Did you save the ticket stub? And, skr_13 gifted 10 SCPM memberships, you beauty. Thank you.

That was a blowing of kiss and a thank you. Leafs in the ozone, but it is quickly becoming the d zone. Jacob Trouba passes it off and drives the net. That's ready. Good defensive play.

Gets it to Tavares who gets it out. Willie, partial break, shot, gloved by Dostol again, and then he plays it. Eric Wehrman became an STP VIP himself. Thank you very much. Deep into the leave zone, Matthews.

Oh, fans on it a little bit. Oh, Riley fans on it a little bit. This could be something for the Ducks here. Troy Terry loses the handle. Nice skating after it.

That was a good, turnover forced by Nice, and it might turn into offense here. Marner. Little east west action chips it in for Nice. And, again, gloved by Dostal. This guy's glove has been unbelievable tonight.

Tony Lee, Steve, bit of trivia. Can you name the 10 active players with more goals than Auston Matthews? Like, in their career? I mean, gotta be Perry, Crosby, Ovechkin, Stamkos, Malkin, Kane? Pedicaine?

Yeah. So there's that's 5? 6? Look at me go. Willy's curve is crazy.

Oh, Jon Tavares. Trying to think of guys who have been in the league for a while. I I give up. Who are the rest? Oh, Kopitarjis.

Brad Marchand. Really? Brad Marchand? He's been around forever. Oh, the ducks stopped by Wall who just had to do the full splits, and I'm about to puke.

Is he okay? Jamie Ben. Okay. Barely. The the referee literally just asked Joseph Wall, are you alright?

Reading his lips. He did the full splits. He did the full splits. The knob of his stick saved a goal there. He's in net, he's okay, I'm gonna barf.

Puppy girl became an s t p VIP. Hey, Steve, keep up the awesome work you all do. We will. And it makes it easier because of people like you. Thank you.

Ducks in the leave zone, working it around. Oh, boy. Cutter Gauthier almost left alone in front there. Lorentz tries to get it deep. I think it was Connor Duerer who ended up getting it deep.

Ryan Reeves throws a big hit. Doesn't really connect. Can't think this 4th line is gonna get many more shifts in this game, maybe 1. Reeves with it. Gains the ozone.

Chips it in deep. Gets after it. Good forecheck. Ducks get the puck back, though. Minton lays a big hit.

Tony Lee said Ben Kopitar and Marchand. Man, few of those guys are, like, past first guys, so I wouldn't have really thought of them. Sadine Magic. Careful wool. That's how Demko got his super rare knee injury.

Demko got injured in a muscle I didn't know existed. McCabe in his own end. Only 7 minutes to go here in the 3rd. Leafs only up 1. Holmberg after it.

Good forecheck here. I think that's Trouba. Way up the ice. Ducks have it. They're going 1 on 3 on the Leafs.

I think that's Minchukov. Nielander after it in the defensive zone. Can't get it out. Pacheretti has to scamper back a little bit. He's going after Gudis.

OEL hammers his man, leaps up the boards, get out of the zone. They can't. Shot blocked. Ducks get it back. Terry along the half boards.

The second line by the Leafs has 2 goals for them. They've also been hemmed in quite a bit. Or no. It's 3 goals for them. It's all 3 leaf goals.

They've been good. They've been bad. They've been all over the place. They've been the Leafs. Ducks put it on.

Where is it? Whistled.

Wall

is down. Hopefully, it's because he doesn't know where the puck is. Holy Lord. Please be okay, Joe. Holy shit.

More American than you. Odds of wool making it through this game, dropping by the second. Whitefrobro, Leo, as in Leo Carlson, has been hurt. Zegris is now out. It's been a rough go injury wise to the best offensive players, they have.

Zegris was on a little heater before the injury too. Sucks, man. It sucks, but, like, I keep saying it's cruel and everything, but every team gets injuries. You you have to find a way. And if you can't find a way, you're just not that deep.

Right? Sometimes it gets to a point where it's like, alright. This is ridiculous, but you gotta be able to survive injuries, man. Jpix 94, hypothetically, in a game 7 Stanley Cup final, which Leafs player is likely to score the game winning goal, and why is it camphor Hohmberg? Dude, you're so right.

You're so right. Also, it's William Nylander. Lone Wolf Poetics, thanks for the shout out on the last pod. Thumbs up. Alright.

Little stretch here. Little stretch. We're gonna head into the final little bit of this game here after this commercial time out. 1200 people in the chat. Let's get to a 1,000 likes.

Sean McKenzie is doing a bit on this dude who painted his face throughout the game. Love that. Sedin Magic, just in case, is David Ayer standing by? So I texted him earlier tonight, and he told me no. Mitch Marner and the Leafs' first line trying to get the puck out of the Leafs zone.

Kristanov will do that by air mailing it out. Matthews comes up with it. Fortuitous bounce. Fortuitous. Great word.

Marner to Matthews. Bomb. Where is it? Hit a bunch of bodies, and it's in the neutral zone now. Ducks in deep.

McCabe bumps Leo Carlson. Kristanov gets it out. Oh, barely. Fans on it. Leaves a fan on a bunch of passes tonight.

Trouba, just over 5 minutes to go here in the 3rd. Max Domi gets it to Pontus Holmberg, gets it to Fraser Minton in the neutral zone. Shot. That's wide. Oh, Holmberg driven behind the net, but he's killing the clock here.

Under 5 minutes to go now, Minton looking for friends, finds Holmberg. Holmberg to the point. Timmins to Domi. Domi overskates it a little. Holmberg behind the net.

This is a good shift here from the 3rd line. Benoit around the net. Fermenton, Domi, great shift here from the 3rd line. Basically, every shift they've had has been a good 1. They've been great tonight.

I've loved watching them. I would love to know what their numbers say. I feel like they've been so good, and the Ducks throw it down. It won't be icing. 410 to go in the 3rd period.

Connor Timmons waiting with it. James David Atkinson. Leafs doing milk and cookies ads on the boards. I guess I'm just oblivious. Under 4 minutes to go here in 3rd, here come the Ducks.

Whoop. Stop by Wole. Not handled by Wole, though. Puck is out at center ice. Gutis can't find a teammate.

Nylander. Oh, good steal. Chips it in deep. Short shift for the, 2nd line, and why not? They've been great offensively, but not the best defensively.

Oh, I thought the puck went into the Ducks bench there. It did not. 2 sorry. 325 to go in the 3rd period here. Keep your eyes on Lukas Dostol.

When are the Ducks gonna pull him? Ducks down just 1. It's 32 here on the SDPN YouTube channel. I'm Steve Dangle. Click like.

Click subscribe. Tell all your friends blown tire by the Ducks. Do they hold the zone? They do, but only briefly. Marner blocks it.

Cam Fowler being chased by Matthew Nies. Get on your horse, kid. OEL creates a turnover at the Leafs blue line around the net for Riley. Riley up the ice to Domi who chips it in. That won't be icing.

Domi tries to take it off Goodis. Can't do it. 3rd line out there again. Why not? They've been excellent.

Offside, but not whistled, so the Leafs will content to waste time. Domi yeets a hail Mary up the ice. Deep in the duck zone, Frank Vitrano has it. 225 to go in the 3rd. Surely, Dostol is coming out any second now.

Tanev with it. Out in the neutral zone here, 2 13 to go in the 3rd period. Terry, in deep. Nylander comes out with it. Dosto has to go back to his net.

Pacheretti looking for a Hattie. Pacheretti. Tavares, content to waste time under 2 minutes to go here. He goes around for Pacheretti. Short shifts, boys.

Pacheretti fires it. It hits a body and goes into the corner. Tavares. De Nielander shoots it short side. It bounced high.

Ref says it didn't hit the netting. A minute 40 to go in the 3rd. 2nd line is gonna scamper off here. You probably don't want them on in a defensive situation. Mason McTavish with it behind the Ducks net.

A minute 30 now, and Dostol is gonna head to the bench any second you would think. Tanev with it. Leafs have done such a good job preventing Tostol from going to his net or going to his bench, rather, getting out of his net. Leafs top line out there. McCabe, Tanev, off the boards.

This is really good stuff here from the Leafs. Keep it up, though. It's not over. Minute 5 to go. Dostol is still not left.

Ducks get it deep, and they might have to just hail Mary it. Yeah. Dostol leaves now with just under a minute to go. Tanev, Marner calling for it. Matthews, Marner, get it out to the blue line, but not out.

Oh, boy. Marner creates the turnover. He gets it deep, and he softly shovels it just wide under 40 seconds to go now. Leafs trying to rag the thing in the puck zone in the duck zone, but it doesn't work. 30 seconds to go.

Here come the ducks. Troy Terry into the chest of Joseph Woll. Offensive zone draw for the Ducks, and Marner looking very cross with himself. We got a bunch of super chat questions. We'll get to that after the game, whenever that is.

Hopefully not soon. Marn so close. So close. Ducks time out, 27.8 seconds to go in the 3rd. Lane Lambert, who runs the Leafs defense, talking everyone through it.

Dicky Klune, Rich Klune is talking the Ducks through their strategy to score and tie it. Unbelievable. Kyle Nicholas, is Adam ever gonna bring you and Jesse the apples he owes? No. That'd be great if, like, the last episode before Christmas, he did it, but I can almost guarantee Rich Clune can deadlift more than anyone on either team.

They keep showing him on the broadcast. Empty net for the Ducks. 6 on 5, face off in the leave zone. Leafs top line out there. None of the specialty crap.

Ducks win it. Shot from Vittrado. Rebound. It's in the corner. 15 seconds ago, Leafs wasting time in the corner.

98 comes loose. Oh, great play from Tavares. Marner misses the net. Not icing. Or no.

It is icing. It is icing. It is icing. They're saying 0.6 seconds left on the clock. Surely I think time's gonna get put on here.

Listen. It's 1 thing if fans are hard on Marner. I need him to stop being so hard on himself. By the way, I was wrong. Tavares is out there instead of Nyes, I believe.

Are they not adding time to the clock? McTavish hoping to win it here, hoping for the quick slapshot, and Matthews ties it up, and that'll be a Leafs win.

Shoot.

You know what? Joseph Wuhl coming in in relief of Anthony Stolar's was excellent. Excellent. Lucas Dostol was also very solid for the Anaheim Ducks, 1 of the best goalies, 1 of the most underrated goalies in the entire league. Out of town scoreboard, the penguins are winning 92?

Over who? Montreal? Oh my god. Oh my god. Well, Cassie's having a good night.

Oh, there she is. Penn said no sleep. 92 Penn's 4 points. Sidney Crosby, Russ Hattie. Joseph Wall, I believe does he pick up the win here?

The blue the blue guy in the stands just found out he's been on TV all night. Hilarious. Did the Leafs have 3 goals when Scholers got hurt? I don't think he did. Woll gets the win.

Did Woll allow a goal? He did? Yeah. There you go. Wes Richard, 10 gifted STPN memberships, you beauty.

Putty 1986 becoming an STP VIP. We love that. 2 out of 4 ain't bad, Steve. Subs incoming. Thanks, dude.

JPIX 94. April fools, the STP crew should fill Adam's car with apples while filming an episode and record his reaction. I love that idea. Tony Lee, Matthews is currently 36 goals away from being in the top 100 in all time goals. Currently in a 100th place is Brad Marchand.

That's psycho. Joe, favorite Christmas movie?

Oh, man. Let me think about that.

That's a good 1. Some more trivia. Matthews was only the 2nd American born and raised player to win the heart trophy. Who was the first? Did Brett Hall ever win it?

I don't know. Favorite Christmas movie. There are so many movies with Christmas in it, but it's not necessarily a Christmas movie. Drew, can you help me and rattle off some Christmas movies? Elf Elf is a good 1.

Jingle All the Way is good. Christmas Story is good. Christmas Vacation is good. Jack Frost. Nah.

The Santa Claus. Santa with muscles, starring Hulk Hogan. It's a movie that I begged my parents to rent from the video store when I was a kid. What's the 1 with the claymation elf and snowman? Rudolph the red nosed reindeer?

Is he is that a movie, though? I guess it is. Okay. This is stupid. A lot of people call me a nerd for this.

I love the Charlie Brown Christmas special, and Drew hates it. I like Rudolph. I'm gonna say Charlie Brown. I don't care. See, even toy story, the original toy story ends with Christmas.

It's a good scene. It does. Mike Schmidt, by the way, who's usually in the chat, I don't think he is tonight, he went on a cruise and met another SDPN viewer. Here's our current setup. Oh, he was So they're watching the game on their phone, on a cruise.

They freaking love that, dude. You're the best. Renet Munn, Die Hard. Is that a Christmas movie? They're showing on the screen right now the career high for games played in his career for Stolars is 24.

He's already at 17. Save percentage this season. Stolars is at 927. Woll is at 921. They are both unbelievable.

Everyone should be confident that Joseph Woll can play and play well. What everyone is not as confident about is his ability to stay healthy. So Leafs still have a lot of games left in December. What they do if Stolars is out, let's say, the rest of the month, will be interesting. Oh, Aris Mix 23.

The answer is Patrick Kane. How didn't I think of that? Crazy it took that long to have, and crazy it took that long to get 1, and both have been in the past decade. So what's the Leafs schedule look like coming up? Well, their next 2 games are back to back.

So they're, whoever they're gonna call up if Stolars is hurt is gonna be playing soon. They have Detroit on Saturday. Buffalo, less than 24 hours later, so they have a game in Detroit. And then the next day at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, they have a game in Toronto. They have 2 days off, then they play Dallas on the road, Buffalo on the road, then they go from Buffalo back to Toronto to play the Islanders, so there's another back to back.

A day off, they play the Jets at 2 in the afternoon, 3 days off for Christmas straight into, you guessed it, another Friday, Saturday back to back. From Harrison, Steve, if you could choose any player past or present and go ahead sorry. If you could choose any player past or present and go head to head with them in a shootout, who would it be? Choose any player, throw them in goalie gear, and see if you can score. Who who Drew says easy answer.

Who do you answer? Dominic Hasik? You know what? Just to be able to say, I scored on Dominic Hasik. I want Dominikashic.

The thing is I would never score. How many attempts would I need to beat Dominikashic? Because I don't think he would let me score. Right? Like, you need someone who's, like, out of their mind.

Patrick was not letting me score. You know what I mean? Luongo might be like, and Hashik are not letting me score.

Oh, Felix Potvin, though.

No. No. Never meet in Paris. It's a if it's a player, who would I put net to shoot on? Nathan Gerby.

Nathan Gerby. Need someone short. Brad Marchand so I can hit slapshots at him. Buddy, my slapshot's not even as hard as my wrist. Like, my slapshot sucks.

I don't even play a level of hockey where you're allowed to take slapshots. It's not something I work on. I stink. I'm poo. So all that to say, the Leafs, it is it is December bloody 12th, and the Leafs have 3 back to backs left this month.

Do they have a back to back to end the month too? No. They don't. They have a ton of back to backs left in December. The good news is January, they have none.

Oh, wait. No. That's not true. They have 1, but they're home both games. It's Boston and Philly.

Hopefully, Stoler's isn't freaking out that long, but goalies get hurt like pitchers. Whenever a pitcher gets hurt, you're like, well, not seeing him for a few months. Hopefully, it's nothing with Stolars, just precautionary. Stolars and Wall are playing so well, and it's bloody December. Like, there really is no point risking it.

Holy crap. Glad we didn't end the stream. Giggling cat gifted 50 STPN memberships, you freaking beauty. Thank you. If you received a gifted membership from giggling cat, thank them, and also enjoy, your STP VIP membership and enjoy our, our VIP episodes.

We, recorded our episode for this week yesterday. I believe I think it's gonna be up later tonight. I'll have to ask Jesse, but Jesse, is, at the game right now being a big fancy reporter, man. Codester, who's now an SDP VIP, what is the best hockey game you've ever watched? Oh.

I okay. We're we'll limit it to games that are in person. Game 3 against the Washington Capitals 2017 was pretty damn good. Leafs won that in overtime. It was a comeback too.

But, yeah, like, Drew Drew just cut me off. He's like, weren't you at the Olympics? It's basically me just delaying saying the gold medal game. You know what's funny about that? Is the gold medal game, I actually don't remember much about it.

I was so damn nervous, but I do remember the goal. I remember it vividly. I remember the reaction, the fallout, the night. I remember all of that. It's the actual game itself.

Unbelievable. Unbelievable game. Yeah. The gold medal game in 2010. I mean, for the Leafs dude, when I was a kid, I saw they were down 3 nothing against the Lightning.

They won 5 4 in overtime. I think it was 5 4 in overtime. I wrote about that in the book. That was a crazy 1. I mean, f, I want to watch the Leafs live before I head back home.

Do I watch them in Buffalo or in Detroit? Producer Drew, I know you've been to a game in Buffalo. Yeah. If you wanna watch a Leafs home game, you go to Buffalo. Also, it's a 5 o'clock game.

It's so weird, but it's second half of a back to back. I would I don't know. You think Detroit will be cheaper than Buffalo? I've heard nothing but great things about Little Caesar's arena because it's brand new. Yeah.

Oh, boy. I think you gotta go Cascada on that 1. Listen to your heart when he's calling for you. STP VIP is out tonight. There you go.

So if you have a new STP VIP membership tonight. Also coming out tonight, LFR. So I'm gonna get on that. Hey. If you donated memberships, if you signed up yourself, if you just joined us, if you click like, click subscribe, or even if you just sat here with us, thank you very much for watching.

1 more from Robert Bette. I was 1 year old the last time the Leafs won the cup 50 plus years ago cheering for this team. Lived through the Ballard years, so if my heart can take all that, I can take anything. Bring it on. What a battle cry to end us off on, Robert.

So that is oh. 0, yes. We are doing a Saturday night stream. It just won't be me. It'll be Adam and gripper nation taking over the SDPN station.

So that is it for this 1 right now. Thank you very much for watching. Click like if you like the stream. Click subscribe if you really liked it. Tell all your friends.

I'm doing a book signing in St. Catharines on Saturday and a book signing in Burlington on Sunday, and Adam Wild will be here filling in for me on Saturday on the SDPN YouTube channel.