00:00Because the Panthers, they lose last night, Leroy, in a true stinker.
00:04I mean, just one of their worst performances of the season.
00:08Second night of a back-to-back, and they do not score a goal.
00:13And I think, you know, the big story going into this one was their young goalie, Cooper Black, making his
00:18debut.
00:19And, you know, I mean, he had a tough night, obviously.
00:22But you know what the thing that's been really, I mean, I think to me, the thing that's stuck out
00:26about this Panthers team is,
00:28is, man, when it goes bad offensively, it's gone bad.
00:32I mean, they don't lose 5-4 shootouts.
00:35They don't lose, you know, 4-3.
00:38It's like, nah, they're losing 3-1.
00:40They're losing 3-0.
00:42They're losing 4-1.
00:43Like, they can't get anything going.
00:46Like, they're getting, they can't pee a drop when it comes to their scoring.
00:50It's been rough to watch.
00:52Is it a defensive tactic that makes it tough on them?
00:57Or it's just their execution?
00:59Well, I think in the early goings of the season when they weren't scoring, I think a lot of the
01:03hockey pundits,
01:04the analytic people, and that kind of rang true once they went crazy with all the hat tricks,
01:09is that, A, they were due.
01:11I think these last two games, you know, I think that they've, I think these last two games,
01:17I think they just didn't like the way that they play.
01:19Now, Ottawa doesn't stink.
01:21So, it's not like, and you had a very emotional game with Brady Kachuk,
01:24and it got a little crazy with all the fights.
01:26So, all right, you can excuse it.
01:28I think last night what upset Paul Maurice was,
01:30all right, we got all the circus nonsense out of the way.
01:33Yes, it's a back-to-back, but they basically just didn't show up last night.
01:38Like, the Penguins team.
01:51I mean, they were losing themselves.
02:01This was his practice.
02:33I've got a good 48 hours to grind on that and come up with an answer.
02:39Yeah, you know what?
02:40Good for him.
02:41He was very difficult to win hockey games in this league.
02:47When your team scores zero in front of you and gets what it deserves.
02:50So I was fine with him for his first game.
02:55It's happy for him.
02:57Do you think fatigue was a factor at all today?
03:00No.
03:01I mean, back-to-back is not that tough.
03:07You can survive it, even if you were tired.
03:11There are other ways to motivate yourself.
03:14As Katie said, a lot of guys are unhappy with them right now.
03:16Unhappy with them right now.
03:17How do you maybe channel that into a better performance on Sunday?
03:22I just need to get their attention.
03:29Mic drop.
03:31Boys, get a lot of rest.
03:34Get a lot of sleep.
03:37I sense the unitip skate.
03:40Saturday is going to be a rough practice.
03:43Yikes.
03:44Yikes.
03:46But you know what's funny?
03:52It's crazy because sometimes you get accustomed to playing a certain way.
03:58And I lived it.
03:59I played on a team that, at the time, was the highest-scoring team ever.
04:04Right?
04:05We lost two games all year.
04:08And both of them were because we had never played in a situation, right, where the game was close.
04:21And you had to grind one out.
04:24And the two times where something went wrong and the game ended up a lot closer than it should have
04:30been, we didn't win.
04:33One was against Tampa.
04:35And one was in the NFC Championship game, where we had a two-touchdown lead.
04:42And right before the half, we fumbled on our own five.
04:45Sack-strip.
04:46They scored to make it a seven-point game.
04:49So here's a game we're dominating, right, doing the things we had done all year.
04:56One bad play.
04:58And it's almost like the dominance that we had didn't reflect the score.
05:04And the second half, it was a dogfight.
05:09But, yeah, like, seeing them score that many goals the last few games and how just dominant they were.
05:19And then seeing the situation where, like, listen, we're used to this team over the past few years gutting out
05:27those 2-1 filthies,
05:28those 4-3 games, those close games where there's a point in the game where physicality has to play out
05:37and how we play hockey has to play out because it's a dogfight.
05:44And they're not doing that.
05:46It's almost like if the scoring's great, we win.
05:50If the scoring's not, we don't, you know, we don't squeeze out these 2-1 filthies.
05:56Yeah, I think, like, we talked about early in the season with all the overtime games.
06:01Like, hey, those were all close.
06:02And some of those, they pulled points out of their butts because they got down so big and they showed
06:06it.
06:07You know, but these last two were just dispirited.
06:10It just, you didn't, you know, and as you talked about the motivation, like, obviously there was a lot of
06:15emotion going into the Ottawa game.
06:16But I think just to no-show last night, even with having a rookie goalie, like, he didn't have a
06:21shot.
06:21Like, nobody was there supporting him.
06:23Nobody was putting any pressure on the Penguins whatsoever at all.
06:28And, you know, they got to find something because, you know, we still got a few weeks before, you know,
06:35Barky and Marshy come back.
06:37And, man, it's a tough division.
06:39It's a tough chase.
06:40You're already, you know, lagging behind on a lot of teams.
06:45Like, right now, they're five back in first place with Boston, Tampa, Ottawa.
06:49Toronto's even passed them.
06:50Toronto got off to a slow start.
06:51They've won three straight.
06:54So, you know, I don't know, man.
06:57I think that that was – he always seems like he finds the right tone on things.
07:02Like, that's Paul Maurice.
07:04You know, he's got a great way with things that way.
07:10But there is something, like, they do need to get going.
07:13Like, it felt like the arrival of Brady Kachuk finally scoring for the season woke them up a little bit.
07:21But, all right, then it can't just be the one-man show.
07:24Like, on certain nights, this has always been a team that's prided itself.
07:27We haven't gotten anything from Mr. Lasoulas this year.
07:30I mean, Anton Lundell, who's been untouchable in every trade rumor and Lusty,
07:34like, that line has always been looked upon as, hey, they sparked something,
07:39no matter who they're playing with.
07:41Hasn't really been there so far this year, you know, and they haven't given you anything.
07:45And then people are wondering, are they a little too long in the tooth
07:49of bringing back the butcher?
07:51The butcher looks a little bit old.
07:55I think if I – you know, don't tell him I said that.
07:58Don't tell him I said that.
07:59He is.
07:59Don't tell him I said that.
08:00Don't – hey, Brittany, don't tell Racco Goose I said that.
08:04But people are saying he's looking a little long in the beard.
08:09You know what I mean?
08:10So, you know, I am – yeah, I'm worried.
08:14I am worried.
08:14And also, Markstrom is hurt.
08:16You know, that's also not great.
08:17They don't have their – they're not going to have a –
08:19they're not having a starting goaltender for three weeks maybe?
08:23Right.
08:23And that was part of the – part of the reason you got rid of Bobrovsky is you're like,
08:28I don't know if he can hold up through a regular season anymore.
08:30We're trying to get out while the getting's good.
08:33And, okay, once again, bad luck kind of strikes the cat with him getting hurt at practice.
08:38But now you got to bring up Cooper Black, a rookie, to back up Akira Schmidt, who's also young and
08:46hasn't had that.
08:48So, I don't know, man.
08:49I know you guys hit me with I worry about the cats too much and hockey's very sensitive.
08:55They could go have a great game.
08:56I mean, listen, they better because Chicago stinks.
08:59So, they better go have a good game this next coming game and light up Spencer Knight like a Christmas
09:03tree.
09:05But, you know, if they don't, I mean, if you get stunked on this road trip, eesh.
09:15I know.
09:18I mean, can you do as much of a punitive skate on the road?
09:24Well, they got practice.
09:26So, they have today off and then they'll go to Chicago.
09:28They have a full day off.
09:29They got two full days.
09:30They don't play until Sunday.
09:32So, yeah, I think you can go pretty punitive tomorrow.
09:37And then he takes them out for Chicago-style pizza.
09:40Just to show them you love them.
09:42You know what?
09:43You know what's crazy?
09:45All the trips I took to Chicago, Chicago-style pizza was never on my list.
09:51You never got it, huh?
09:52No.
09:53Because growing up, we had Chicago-style pizza in New Orleans.
09:59It was called – remember Uno's?
10:00I do.
10:01That's what they made, Chicago-style pizza.
10:06So, it wasn't like I had – it's just too much bread.
10:12I went – I had it in Indianapolis.
10:14There's a – whatever the famous brand is at Chicago, they have one in Indianapolis.
10:18It was pretty good.
10:19It's not like I didn't like it.
10:21No, it's not – right.
10:22It's not like – it's not like I hated it.
10:25No.
10:25It was delicious.
10:27But it's not something – you ever eat something, you love it, you enjoy it or whatever.
10:33But if you say, hey, what do you want to eat, you're not going to name it, right?
10:38It doesn't mean I didn't like it.
10:39Just –
10:41You ever had that Chicago-style pizza, Brittany?
10:44No.
10:44I'm not interested.
10:46I'm not interested.
10:46Really?
10:47It's too much sauce.
10:49Way too much sauce.
10:50No, it's not.
10:50It's the bread, though.
10:52Like, it looks like a pie.
10:54Yeah, the bread is –
10:56I think of deep dish.
10:58It is.
10:59It's kind of deep dish.
11:01It is deep dish, and then it's kind of got, like, the bread fortress around all the sauce.
11:05Right.
11:05That's what she's talking about.
11:06Yeah, no.
11:07It's too much sauce.
11:07And then the cheese is on the inside.
11:10Yeah, no.
11:11You know, it's kind of like decide what you are.
11:13Are you a calzone or a pizza?
11:15What are you?
11:16Exactly.
11:17What is worse?
11:19It's almost like an opened-up calzone, right?
11:22Yes.
11:22Like somebody made a calzone and opened it up.
11:25What is worse when he says we're somewhere between arrogance and softness?
11:29What is worse?
11:30Is it –
11:31Softness is worse.
11:32That's worse.
11:33Softness – I don't care.
11:35If you play a manly sport, right?
11:39Like being called soft in basketball means nothing, right?
11:43Like, yeah.
11:44Yeah, like from a man perspective, you're offended.
11:48But being called soft in basketball is what?
11:53Nothing.
11:54Hockey and football, you get called soft in the football, oh, my goodness.
12:02Hockey's got to be the same way.
12:03This look he gives to Katie and Jameson as he leaves, too.
12:07Like, he's just – he's a madman, you know?
12:11Unhappy that we're right now.
12:12Unhappy that we're right now.
12:13How do you maybe – do they maybe channel that into a better performance on Sunday?
12:18Oh, I just need to get their attention.
12:22That right there is the words of an evil genius.
12:26I just need to get their attention.
12:29Yeesh.
12:30Oh, boy.
12:32And you know what?
12:33I'm going to say it right now.
12:36Sorry, guys.
12:38I know I probably shouldn't be looking forward to your punitive skate, but just the words
12:45punitive skate.
12:46Well, it is interesting, right?
12:48Because we talked to him after – I mean, we did this Paul Maurice interview.
12:51We could have talked to him for an hour, but we got to talk to him for, like, an extra,
12:54like, six minutes afterwards.
12:56They kept doing it, but he wouldn't stop answering questions.
12:58Right.
12:59He wouldn't stop talking, and then we left, and he wouldn't stop talking to us.
13:02And he was talking about how he's like, hey, I'm not going to be punitive.
13:04Like, he was going to go easy on his veterans.
13:06He wanted to – he wasn't going to be as firm this training camp, and now it seems like
13:13he's had enough bull bleep.
13:13He's ready to rock.
13:15Yeah.
13:15He's like, enough – because, honestly, like, it hasn't helped the Panthers.
13:18You know?
13:19Barkoff got hurt.
13:20Marshy's hurt.
13:21Markstrom's hurt.
13:23What are you protecting?
13:24You know, like, at this point?
13:25You already had the year from hell last year.
13:27So, one punitive skate to kind of wake guys up.
13:30I think that's what it felt like.
13:32But that was a terrifying look in Paul Maurice's eyes.
13:35Like, he is ready to get the – to be about that action.
13:39I do believe – I do believe, in all honesty, he can deal with a lot of things
13:47that result in losing.
13:50Being physical is not one of them.
13:53Almako says, the look, the eye roll in the back of his head was scary.
13:57Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
13:58I'm like – this is one of those times I'm glad I don't know how to skate.
14:02Jesus gracious.
14:04It's just...
