00:00What do you do with New Jersey?
00:02Because they obviously have Hughes
00:04and they've got a young superstar
00:05that is coming into his own,
00:07but they just added a goaltender
00:08that I love betting on in Connor Hellebuck.
00:11I watched him play here in Vegas
00:13against the Golden Knights.
00:14It was a 5-2 win for Jersey.
00:16I want to get involved.
00:18I haven't gotten involved with them,
00:19but are they serious from a cup contending standpoint?
00:22Do you think Jersey is a team to watch?
00:24Yes, they've been disappointed.
00:25Matt, the thing about Jersey is
00:26everybody was on them years ago.
00:28Remember, they're the hip team.
00:30They're the hip team the last couple of years.
00:32Now, we wish the numbers were better.
00:34God, I wish we made this move
00:35before Hellebuck got there.
00:37But now, that's the whole thing.
00:40You look at the Jets team,
00:41it's kind of like a cancer with the team.
00:43Bad things happen.
00:44I want out. Bad vibes.
00:46This team is not that bad to lose nine in a row.
00:49And then, now you're in New Jersey going,
00:50we've been underachieving the last four years.
00:53Hellebuck comes in. Refresh. Great.
00:55Gets a home win, too.
00:56He was money on the road.
00:58So, yes, I am buying in.
01:00Because you look at the East and go,
01:01okay, Florida's getting older.
01:03Tampa Bay's older.
01:05Boston's good.
01:05But are they really good enough
01:07unless they get more scoring?
01:08No.
01:08So, that's kind of what I look at.
01:10Montreal's good, but a little bit flaky.
01:12So, yeah, New Jersey.
01:13Like, when you look at the New Jersey Devils,
01:15I'm like, with good goaltending, Matt,
01:17why not?
01:17They have everything else, right?
01:19But year after year after year,
01:21there's just certain teams
01:22that have disappointed you.
01:23But if Hellebuck plays the way he has so far early,
01:27yes, the Devils could go to the Stanley Cup final and win.
01:29I also think there's a motivation factor for Hellebuck
01:32because he forced his way out.
01:33And so, he goes to a new team
01:35and he has to kind of justify that, like,
01:37I was right to ask out to get traded here.
01:41And Jersey gave up quite a bit to go get him as well.
01:43So, there comes the expectation of joining a new hockey team.
01:47I don't know, maybe new places
01:49and just kind of beginner's luck type situation
01:51where all of a sudden that whole dressing room's like,
01:53we got Connor Hellebuck.
01:55Exactly.
01:56We got that guy.
01:56Okay, let's go.
01:57It motivates everyone.
01:59Look who they had, Matt.
02:00Jake Allen, like a career backup and stuff.
02:02That's the whole thing.
02:03Like, the upgrade in the goaltending situation.
02:05Hell, they had Schmid.
02:07You know what I mean?
02:08Schmid.
02:09What is he on the PGA Tour?
02:10I'm like, did I bet this guy at 150 to 1
02:13with Brady in golf?
02:15And now you've got a real goaltender.
02:17And that's scary stuff.
02:18I went to a New Jersey game
02:21when I was in visiting New York.
02:23So, Pharrell took me to the Devils game.
02:25I went with George Kurtz to the Islander game.
02:28And I did the hockey tour when I was there.
02:31Let me tell you, Matt is a Canadian.
02:32I go, my girlfriend's there.
02:33I go, can I get a double vodka and a Heineken?
02:35That's $92.
02:3690!
02:3792!
02:37I'm paying $120, $130 Canadian
02:40for beers.
02:41I go, honey, get a flask.
02:43Get on the train.
02:44And we're not...
02:45This is the last time I'm buying drinks at a game.
02:47I could have gone to Mexico for a week.
02:49So, yeah, it was...
02:50I'm just telling you, I really like the situation.
02:53And what...
02:53Matt, I've got to ask you about this one, though.
02:55Yeah.
02:55So, this Hellebuck situation gets done.
02:58What's this Larkin?
02:59Like, what are we doing here?
03:01What are we doing here?
03:03I feel like the NHL is copying some other sports
03:06and naming the NBA
03:07because you have superstar players.
03:09Now, we talked about Kucherov at the top.
03:10You obviously have Larkin with the Red Wings.
03:13You had Hellebuck here with the...
03:14I mean, there's just a lot of issues
03:15with superstar players.
03:17And maybe because Hellebuck did get traded,
03:20maybe there's some agents out there that say,
03:23hey, you know, the water is warm here.
03:25We can jump in and make these teams trade you
03:28because of what happened with Hellebuck.
03:29So, maybe there's some thought
03:31that there is some power,
03:32but what does Larkin have over the Red Wings?
03:35They're like, hey, you're not playing.
03:37It's fine.
03:37You want traded?
03:38Great.
03:38Sit.
03:39Ice.
03:39You're not playing
03:40until we figure out what to do with you.
03:42And you wonder if Tampa Bay
03:43does the same thing with Kucherov.
03:45I'm with you.
03:45I don't like it.
03:46In-season stuff,
03:47I don't like when players do this.
03:49It's wrong.
03:50And the thing is,
03:51and I don't even understand.
03:53Like, you can understand...
03:54I'll use football, for example.
03:55Like, say, Max Crosby, okay?
03:57Like, I know it failed the physical or whatever,
03:59but when a team is junk like the Raiders
04:01or somebody on the Browns
04:02for that long after a while,
04:03you're like, okay, I'm done.
04:04You know what I mean?
04:05I understand this team drafted me.
04:07I've been a loyal soldier for years.
04:09Now I want a piece of something.
04:10At least I want to go to a better team.
04:12It sucks, right?
04:13But the Detroit Red Wings were a team
04:15kind of, you know,
04:16they were getting better.
04:17I'm not going to say they're great,
04:19but they're okay.
04:20They're competitive.
04:21I don't know.
04:21Larkin's just one of those guys.
04:22It seems like he's just got a problem
04:24with everything.
04:24He's always bitching.
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