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Valenti still holds out hope for the Red Wings.
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00:00I want to offer a piece of hope while discussing what's happened.
00:07Is that fair?
00:08Yes.
00:08So I'm going to give you a little positive and a little negative,
00:11and it should all come out in the wash.
00:14Now, I'm going to ask you, as we sit here today, what is today's date?
00:21It is April 2nd.
00:24Yes, which means it's not March.
00:28So I'm going to offer you, courtesy of the Paul Sarah 305 Dalle Research Center,
00:36I'm going to offer you positivity about it not being March anymore.
00:41But in all.
00:46Go to hell.
00:47Tactic fitting.
00:49That is the worst song ever recorded.
00:51Now, please.
00:52Remix.
00:53Oh, God.
00:53No.
00:54Now, listen, I need people to look back so that I can help you look forward.
01:01Okay?
01:02I want to know who is most to blame for the latest March swoon.
01:11But there's a caveat.
01:15Non-Iserman.
01:16We all know he's to blame.
01:18We all know this is his bus.
01:20This is his kitchen.
01:22He put the spices in the rack.
01:24It's boring if I open it up to you and go, who's most to blame?
01:29Here, let me predict the first 30 calls.
01:31Iserman.
01:32Cool.
01:32Because I agree.
01:33It's just, it's boring.
01:34So let's just take him.
01:36We're going to put little Stevie in a cookie jar.
01:38We're just going to move him over here.
01:39Okay?
01:39So now, it can be, and I'm going to give you examples.
01:44I just have a couple of things for you.
01:46So it could be something like, for instance, the March swoon is, who I blame most?
01:53The power play.
01:5418% for the month.
01:55That's actually where I was going.
01:57The team is a pile five on five, which means your special teams have got to be special.
02:0218%, that ain't special.
02:04Perhaps you blame Dylan Larkin.
02:06Maybe you blame, now I'm going to offer you something else.
02:10Lucas Raymond?
02:11Well, that goes without saying.
02:13Go look at the last 21 games.
02:14Don't get mad at me.
02:16But here, I want to offer you this.
02:18How about this, as far as blame?
02:21Here's your bottom six.
02:23Kind of hard to roll four lines when two of the lines are an empty husk.
02:30David Perron, zero points since you acquired him.
02:35Remember the hockey nerds?
02:37Yeah, they were all out there trying to rub their sticks together to start fire because,
02:42oh, David Perron's back.
02:43The voice in the room.
02:44The man in the arena.
02:46Zero points.
02:47How about Rasmussen?
02:48This is really special.
02:50Zero points since January 5th.
02:54How about Appleton?
02:55Washington, one point in all of 2026.
03:01Marco Casper.
03:02Oh, just wait for the kids.
03:03Two points in 10 games.
03:05James Van Riemsdyk.
03:07All 800 years old of him.
03:1029-point season.
03:11Real sizzler.
03:12And then JT Comfer.
03:14I remember when I got made fun for signing those guys.
03:1624 points on a year.
03:18You could blame the bottom six because you know you don't have enough punch in the top six.
03:23The bottom six is arguably the worst in hockey.
03:27It's terrible.
03:28So, who's most to blame?
03:31When you call in, what is most to blame for the latest March collapse?
03:36We know.
03:37Leave Steve to decide.
03:38It's boring.
03:39We've talked it to death.
03:40Yeah, this is going to be Steve free today.
03:42Because we all know it's his fault.
03:43But, like, let's use something else.
03:45Do you blame McLennan?
03:46Oh, he's mean to the players.
03:48You pick.
03:49He's actually the one that I don't, Mike, because I think that he has tried to motivate every way he
03:54possibly could.
03:55He's banging his head against the wall.
03:57He is not getting results.
03:59He doesn't know how to relate to these players.
04:02No, for me, it's the first thing that you said is to power play at 18%.
04:068 for 44 when you have the advantage and you can't score.
04:10That's the problem.
04:12That's how you end up falling down 3-0, didn't gain.
04:15No.
04:15And if they're down by 2 at the end of the first, I want Todd McLennan to quit.
04:19Antonio Brown style.
04:21He takes his clothes off and walks off the field.
04:23I just, I wouldn't be able to handle it anymore.
04:25But now here's, I want to offer you hope.
04:28Positivity.
04:29It's not March anymore.
04:31So, the Wings last April, 5-2-2.
04:36The Wings in 2024, April 5-2-1.
04:48There we go.
04:49That's all I got.
04:50That's the presentation.
04:52I don't know what else to say.
04:54They basically, they assassinate their chances in March.
05:00Then they start winning when it's too late.
05:02I don't know.
05:03Maybe it starts tonight.
05:04I want to know what is most to blame for this edition of the March Swoon.
05:09And then, do you buy into April in the D?
05:13This team has played good hockey each of the last two Aprils.
05:18Rico, it's all I've got.
05:20I don't have anything else.
05:22Yeah, 10-4-3 in the last two Aprils.
05:26Where's the hockey elite?
05:27Or let me guess.
05:29You've reached spite phase.
05:32Are you so angry at your team you're actually rooting against them?
05:37I wouldn't be mad at you because I've got to be honest.
05:40I'm reaching that point.
05:42Because you're frustrated.
05:43I'm beyond frustrated because it's not enjoyable.
05:45They're not any good.
05:47And you're like, you know what?
05:49Just allow me to stop watching this.
05:51But then what happens?
05:52Islanders lose to Buffalo.
05:53And Columbus loses to Carolina.
05:55And Florida bombs Ottawa.
05:57And Philly loses in D.C.
06:00You're spending years defending.
06:01No, no.
06:01This team's going to be different.
06:02No, no.
06:03It's going to be different.
06:03And then finally, you just join the other side.
06:05It's not going to be different.
06:06So, what do you blame for the March Swoon?
06:10And do you buy this faint attempt at positivity?
06:14They've been good the last two Aprils.
06:17Well, if we're going to talk about their March Swoons, I guess we have to embrace April.
06:24That's all I have.
06:25No, please don't.
06:26No, I'm begging you.
06:27That song is so bad.
06:28I can if you like.
06:29I'd really.
06:29Hit it.
06:31Yeah.
06:39You know, if they win tonight, you're dooming yourself to hearing that song multiple times
06:43in the next few days.
06:44No, no, no.
06:45Yeah, absolutely.
06:47Yeah.
06:47Opening day.
06:48Wings coming off.
06:49That's right.
06:50Oh, yeah.
06:51Also, how have I reached spite phase before Mike has?
06:54He's supposed to be the mean radio guy, right?
06:56I think I'm just.
06:57Yeah, that's true.
06:58I'm tired.
06:59I am trying so hard because it really won't take much for them to get in.
07:04These other teams are all faltering so badly.
07:08Like, all you have to do is actually win.
07:11Kenny, I just.
07:12Look, the math means I can't spite Root.
07:15Now, if they fall down tonight.
07:17Yeah, no, I'm going to turn on them.
07:19I'm going to turn on them.
07:19Even if everybody else loses as well.
07:21No, I just.
07:21I don't care at that point.
07:23Their metrics say that if they lose tonight, they're down to like an 18 or so percent chance
07:27of making the playoffs.
07:28That's a chance.
07:29But you could tell.
07:30Look.
07:30Remember, the Tigers had what?
07:32A 2%?
07:32Yeah, but look right here.
07:34This tells you everything.
07:36Fans are checked out.
07:37Maybe the phone lines aren't working.
07:38No, no, no.
07:39They're working just fine.
07:40They're checked out.
07:41It does happen around here, I've heard.
07:42I'm just trying to help the people out.
07:43They're checked out.
07:45Because it's frustrating.
07:46Because.
07:48You.
07:49It's.
07:49Well, they should be.
07:50No, no.
07:50Because there's no one thing that's gone wrong.
07:52It's like everything.
07:53It's like, yes.
07:54Whatever you say.
07:55That's what makes my question easy to answer.
07:57Plus, hockey fans think they're the smartest people on the planet.
08:00Maybe they don't know puck.
08:01They know.
08:02Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho.
08:04I turn in the tables.
08:06You don't know puck, hockey fans.
08:08Whatever, man.
08:08Argue it.
08:09You're the ones playing with your Lincoln Logs over there.
08:11Get involved.
08:14Tell me what you blame.
08:15We know who to blame, but give me something new.
08:19And.
08:19Do you.
08:20Do you buy.
08:22They're good in April.
08:23I'll buy the April.
08:24I don't know.
08:25No, I'll buy that because we bought that they're bad in March.
08:28And it turned out to be a prophecy fulfilled.
08:31Also, does everyone agree if they're down by two in the first period, McClennan has every
08:35right to strip tease and walk because that's I'd I'd leave a full A.B.
08:40Just walk at that.
08:41Pull the suit off and just walk across the ice at that point.
08:44I just want to hear what he has to say at the end of the game.
08:46I don't.
08:47I don't.
08:48What new could he possibly have to say at the end?
08:50I actually know what I feel pity for Todd McClennan because I think right now the way
08:54they play that he's coaching a gutless locker room.
08:56I hate saying that because this is how these guys make their money and it's their life and
09:00hockey players and the toughest SOBs on the planet.
09:03But what what other adjective can you use when they're down three nothing to Ottawa, three
09:07nothing to Philly, three nothing every night.
09:11I mean, it's got less.
09:11It's got less.
09:12It's not talent.
09:13And that's why to answer your question, I think my answer would be Larkin is because
09:17when you're playing a gutless brand of hockey, you look towards your leadership.
09:20And I don't think Todd McClellan's a bad head coach.
09:22You're blaming the captain.
09:24I'm blaming the C.
09:25I'm just waiting for him to say, I just hate this team.
09:27I'll take it.
09:28It's not far away.
09:29Have you heard some of his audio?
09:31But I hate this team.
09:32Yeah.
09:32But how much of that is messaging to Iserman?
09:35That's your head coach messaging to Iserman and messaging to the locker room.
09:38But Mike, you've said in press conferences before in your past life, when that coach is
09:42so exasperated, they just, I got nothing.
09:45I know.
09:45Ask me questions.
09:46That's why we want the A B striptease.
09:49Todd McClellan done.
09:51I've had it.
09:52Just waving his shirt around like Petey Pablo and walking off the ice.
09:55When does he have his Jim Mora moment, Mike?
09:57Playoffs.
09:58Playoffs.
09:59Raise up.
10:00Right.
10:00I want Todd McClellan reenacting Petey Pablo.
10:03That's what we need.
10:04Take your shirt off.
10:05Pussing around your head like a helicopter.
10:08Woo!
10:11Like Jeremy Otto on a Saturday night.
10:14Or Monday.
10:15Uh-oh.
10:172-4-8-5-3-9-97-97.
10:21Hockey Elite, let's get with it.
10:23Come on.
10:24And I have booked the bet to Kenny, to Paul, and to Rico.
10:29This team will not be down by two at the end of one.
10:32Rico, what kind of sandwich do you want tomorrow?
10:34Oh, man.
10:36They're not going to be trailing.
10:38Cold sandwich, hot sandwich.
10:39What kind of sandwich are you looking for?
10:40I'll buy you both.
10:41I'll cater the whole thing for opening day.
10:43Mr. Wings, maybe?
10:44What are you feeling about?
10:46Let's talk about it.
10:48Do you understand how sad it's going to be if I have to pay off that bet?
10:52That after the embarrassment of the other night, they just decide to come out and embarrass themselves more?
10:59Come on.
10:59At that point, you're talking about there's like a major flaw here.
11:03That's just us eating our feelings away.
11:05That's what that turns into.
11:06You guys are disgusting.
11:08All right.
11:09Can't believe I'm the positive one.
11:11Be a nice Italian sandwich.
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