00:00Let us go out to the Toyota of Hollywood guest line and talk to our guy there, the man from
00:06the hockey news and as I have dubbed him, the hockey Hornet.
00:09Wow.
00:10Do people call him that?
00:11I don't think so.
00:12I think they do.
00:13I think they do.
00:14We'll find out.
00:15Shop over 2,000 Toyotas on sale at one location, Toyota of Hollywood on 441 between Hollywood
00:19and Sheridan, toyotahollywood.com Hornet would suggest he's moving.
00:27He was a goalie.
00:28Buzz around, dude.
00:29He's in between the pipes.
00:30That's what he does.
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01:00Let's talk to our favorite hockey insider.
01:02Of course, David Dwork from the Hockey News and of course, from Metalwork Media's The
01:06Hockey Show.
01:07Hello, David.
01:08Hello, boys.
01:09How's it going down in not so freezing South Florida?
01:13It's a little chilly this morning.
01:14What are you talking about?
01:15I had to put on a sweater.
01:16Why is it cold in Boston?
01:17Yeah, I think it's like 21 right now as I walked over to the arena this morning.
01:26Man up, ladybug.
01:28Messi just played in three degrees.
01:29That's true.
01:30If Messi can do it, you can do it.
01:32All right.
01:33All right.
01:34Enough of that.
01:35How much how much does Canada hate Matthew Kachuk right now?
01:39Like, what is what's the highest measurable point of that barometer?
01:44Yes.
01:45I don't know.
01:46The Kachuk brothers are public enemy number one right now, if you're a Canadian.
01:49And if you're an American, you love to hear it because they were so impactful in the game
01:54last weekend against Canada.
01:55I'm looking at them on the ice.
01:56So I see Brady on the ice right now.
01:58I'm not sure if Matthew has come out yet, but there is so much just excitement around
02:03this town in this building with the players, with the media.
02:06I didn't know what to expect coming into this four nations thing.
02:09But holy cow, has it exceeded expectations.
02:11And tonight is just going to be amazing.
02:13This has been probably the biggest surprise of anything that any sport has done during
02:25their all star break or whatever, because I know baseball tried to do with baseball,
02:29have the tournament before the season, the World Baseball Classic, a little bit.
02:37I can't imagine anything that any sport has put together that's had this type of reaction
02:43worldwide.
02:48When you combine hockey, international best on best, which is what you get in the Olympics,
02:52which is why the Olympics are generally so fun.
02:55But then when you add NHL rules where they can actually fight and beat each other up
02:58and not worry about getting tossed out for a game or anything like that, it's given us
03:02what we've seen here, where every emotion is peaking for these guys and they can just
03:08go ahead and ride it out.
03:09I mean, three fights in nine seconds in a grudge match, do or die, not do or die, but
03:13in a grudge match type game with USA and Canada, we all were just drooling at our TV screens.
03:18It sounded like two thirds of America switched off the NBA gun contest and said, well, this
03:23sucks.
03:24I'm going to go watch something that's actually fun and exciting.
03:27I'm curious to see Leroy, what happens future wise, just because it's been such a success.
03:33But dude, this has been amazing.
03:34I don't know what to expect tonight, but I just hope that in some way that the Boston
03:38fans bring it the way that the Montreal fans did, because everything that I was told and
03:42everything that we saw about that atmosphere at the Bell Center last weekend was something
03:46that I like.
03:47If I realized ahead of time, I would have found a way to be there.
03:49That was incredible.
03:50Incredible.
03:51So I just hope that this one tonight can somehow match that because holy cow, as a sports fan,
03:56forget media, forget player, just as a sports fan, seeing something like that, like you
04:01can't, you can't anticipate something like, like in a crowd and atmosphere like that.
04:06That's what I want.
04:07You got to switch it.
04:08Right.
04:09So the next time they do the four nations, the final has to be in Canada.
04:12Hmm.
04:13Yeah.
04:14For sure.
04:15No, you have to.
04:16Yeah.
04:17That's the only fair way to do it.
04:18Right.
04:19Do you feel like, uh, do you feel like there's a level of, of mental edge USA has, has right
04:24now on Canada?
04:25Cause we had good Chuck kind of poking fun of it yesterday.
04:28Maybe they don't like each other very much, or we see it even in a Stanley cup final,
04:32how quick momentum can swing.
04:34So do you feel like it's a clean slate tonight or do you think the U S has a little bit of
04:38a something on them on the job?
04:40I think you wiped the slate clean.
04:42I think there's too many superstars out there that have Stanley cup experience that have
04:47been around the block.
04:48Uh, I think it's going to be just like you said, like a game seven where everybody, everything
04:53that happened ahead of time is just wiped away.
04:55Uh, I, you know, I think it's been cool to see how everything's played out, did the way
04:59that the schedule was with the two days off before the final, I wasn't sure what to expect
05:03if it was just going to be kind of like a whole home or killing time, but it's been
05:06crazy.
05:07I mean, between the injuries and the illnesses with the Chuck brothers, with the whole, uh,
05:12Brady twin situation or, yeah, Brady Quinn.
05:16Wow.
05:17Am I a hurt, hurt Dolphins fan or what?
05:21Holy cow.
05:22Um, but just everything that's kind of played out here over the last few days, it's been
05:26so much fun.
05:27It's kind of weird that we have to go back to NHL hockey in a couple of days.
05:30Can you explain that Quinn Hughes thing?
05:32Like what the whole, so what was the deal?
05:34Is he coming?
05:35Is he not coming?
05:36Like what was the holdup and the whole miscommunication there, I guess?
05:40Well, the, the rules which were created just for this tournament said that for you to go
05:44above your initial roster, you have to have guys that are hurt, that like came out were
05:48injured or sick or whatever, and that they had to be replaced because you didn't have
05:52somebody else.
05:53So they couldn't bring in, uh, they couldn't, didn't Brady, uh, they couldn't bring in Hughes.
05:57My God, I can't think of names right now, uh, because they still had their sixth defenseman
06:01on the roster.
06:02So that was kind of the running joke over the last 48 hours.
06:04Like, okay, who's going to come in there and, you know, I fall sick at the last minute or
06:08something that happened to get him on the ice, but, uh, he's not on the ice right now.
06:11And it looks like the U S is going to stick with what we saw from the last game, aside
06:15from the, both of the chucks being out there, uh, which like the only guy that's going to
06:19be missing for the U S is, uh, man, I'm, I'm totally blanking on names today.
06:23The Boston defenseman, Charlie McAvoy.
06:26Uh, so everybody's at full strength.
06:28I hope Sam Bennett's out there.
06:29Cause he's been such a beast for Canada, but he did get the healthy scratch in game one.
06:33Uh, I don't know, man, Panther time.
06:35I think, uh, I like where Tobin was going.
06:37What do you say?
06:38Plus, plus 1100 for both the trucks, dude, it was plus 1400.
06:41Uh, hard rock is going right now for both kachuks to score.
06:44I was looking at the Rhino, you know, odds on tonight, cause he's like plus 500 to record
06:49two points.
06:50He's plus three 50 to just score a goal.
06:53But like with all this star power, like, is he going to be in that position you think
06:57tonight?
06:58I, I would, I, the Reinhardt points at plus 500 sounds pretty appealing to me just because
07:03he's playing with Sidney Crosby and Nathan McKinnon.
07:06So it's kind of hard not to think they're going to rack up some points there.
07:09Even, I mean, look, the U S has given up four goals through three games at this point.
07:13So it's not like Canada is going to go out there and light up the world per se, but,
07:16uh, the U S has shown to be a little leaky on their zone entries and that's where Canada
07:19excelled in their last game.
07:21So we could see something fun, but for that number with those guys on the ice together,
07:26it's kind of hard to pass up.
07:28Do you, uh, you know, cause Chuck was talking about this yesterday, cause it's, it's interesting.
07:32We've all, we, we had our own little mini growth over these last few years with the
07:36Panthers and we've seen it grow in a non-traditional market, even though it's been here forever.
07:41It's now in its golden age almost, but, uh, he was talking about what this could mean
07:45for the game, uh, as far as nationally young players watching this, do you feel like that's
07:49going to have a bear fruit for, for the game of hockey, as far as American players are
07:54concerned?
07:55No, I sure hope so.
07:57It's hard to say just cause it's, you know, it's been what, four, you know, six games
08:00or seven games when it's all over.
08:02So it's a pretty small sample size, but based off of the reaction, that would be an amazing,
08:07amazing accomplishment for this just because, you know, as the guys have said, there haven't
08:11been these international games.
08:12We haven't had that kind of excitement.
08:13Uh, USA hockey has always been around, but to get the young players excited and I mean,
08:18case in point, when I was watching that USA Canada game at home, uh, last Saturday with
08:23my eight year old, I had, I had frozen on the big TV for the kids and I had hockey on
08:27the little TV for dad.
08:29And within five seconds of the game starting, literally my eight year old was totally ditching
08:34frozen and staring up the little TV with me to the point where he stayed up with me until
08:3810 o'clock at night, just watching hockey, not playing basketball, not playing with
08:41this toy.
08:42So I, maybe that's an indicator of the excitement that's going to be going on with kids around
08:47just by watching what happened.
08:48And I sure hope so, because I mean, right now you see how good the Americans are.
08:52Imagine an influx of talent for another generation.
08:54Well, word to the wise, I mean, I know your, your kid does is already born in hockey and
08:58it's taken to been a plenty of Panthers games.
09:01If he asked for a stuff, Stanley, Stanley C Panther, when you go to the game, don't
09:05wait until the end of the game because they're always sold out.
09:08I've made that rookie mistake and I've, I paid for it for a year where they're like,
09:13Oh yeah, I wasn't, I just thought it was, it was practical.
09:17I didn't want him to carry around the Stanley C Panther all game.
09:19I didn't think they were going to sell out.
09:20Well, no other father thought that apparently so all the other fathers said, let me get
09:25it now before they run out.
09:27I'm just trying, I was just trying baby.
09:31I don't know what to tell you.
09:32So like I'm, I like live hockey, but I'm not as big of a television hockey guy because
09:41live is TV doesn't do hockey justice.
09:46But I have been, I've watched all of these games and I can't even explain why.
09:52Is it just the international aspect of it?
09:56The fact that you have like basically your whole Florida Panthers, Stanley cup winning
10:03team is splattered all over this thing.
10:07No, it's the weight, right?
10:09It's just like the Stanley cup.
10:10Like, you know, that every one of these games has so much meaning that these guys, you know,
10:15nobody's taken off a shift, but it's the importance of it.
10:17And that's why we love the Stanley cup playoffs.
10:20Why it's kind of universally known that that's the best playoff in all sports, whether or
10:23not you like hockey, I will watch the Stanley cup playoffs.
10:26And we're getting that almost to the nth degree, because, you know, as I said before,
10:29these guys can take it to another level.
10:31And there's just something about representing your country.
10:33I don't know.
10:34It's almost indefinable in that it's like an emotion, but something happens when you
10:38put on the crest of your country, whether you're an American, Canadian, whatever you
10:41might be.
10:42And it brings the best out of you.
10:44And that's what we're seeing right now.
10:46And if you're a sports fan, you recognize that and you're drawn to it.
10:49I think that's what kind of brought us all into this.
10:51Is there somebody you think is like an X factor tonight on either side?
10:54Like, is there a guy who's either been quiet or can explore?
10:57Like, who is there?
10:58Is there somebody in particular on either side that you think if that guy's going, it's
11:02going to be a tough night for the opponent?
11:05I mean, you can draw any number of names out of a hat, really.
11:08I mean, you've got a game with Conor McDavid, Sidney Crosby, Nathan McKinnon, you know,
11:12the best hockey players in the world right now.
11:14So, I mean, if any of them get hot, it could really turn the tide.
11:18But that's what makes this game so cool is that you've got the best offensive players
11:22and the best defensive players going head to head.
11:24So it's really hard to say.
11:26I want to throw that to like a Conor Hellebuck because, you know, if the goalie steals the
11:29game, there's nothing that really anybody could do.
11:31So I guess that would be my not top out answer.
11:34But I would say the goalies.
11:35But that being said, I'd have a lot more fun tonight if this ends up being like four, three
11:40or five, four.
11:41Oh, yeah.
11:42I mean, you're going to be you're going to be like sick to your stomach.
11:44It's going to be like having you can't like, oh, my goodness.
11:48It would like I don't know what's more nerve wracking watching a one nothing hockey game
11:54or watching the six five hockey game because it's like you're on the edge of your seat
11:59because anything can happen at any moment.
12:02Yep.
12:03That's what makes it so great.
12:04All right, buddy.
12:05We appreciate it.
12:06Enjoy it.
12:06Boots on the ground.
12:08And thank you for giving us some time on this busy morning for you.
12:12Anytime, fellas.
12:13Enjoy the game tonight.
12:14All right.
12:14You go, David Dwork.
12:15He is live from the ice up there in Boston.
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