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Now, more than ever before, four nations have been facing off.
Listen to us as we discuss everything from on-ice fights to national anthems (both written by Carly Rae Jepsen and otherwise).
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Lighthearted Banter and Episode Introduction
00:00:05
Speaker
I ran Michigan. I don't even know what he's thinking. He's just a complete birdhead. Brady Kachunk. Thomas is my best friend. I got a lot of good-looking nukes on my team.
00:00:16
Speaker
You just got a newf. I've got them. I've got them, we'll see.
00:00:23
Speaker
Hi everyone, and welcome to episode Donovan Sobrango of Elite Sense Brain. As always, I'm Biana and I'm joined by Blue Sky Power user, At EricSenseBraner. How's it going? i'm doing pretty good. how are you?
00:00:39
Speaker
I'm pretty good. You know, I've really been enjoying this this thing that's happening in my city right now. i don't know if you've heard about it, but there are four nations and You're never going to guess what they're doing. wait, wait don't tell me, don't tell me.
00:00:54
Speaker
Are they facing off right now? They are They are facing off. Not in my city anymore. they've They've moved over to Boston. But I've been having a good time. Shockingly so, actually.
00:01:08
Speaker
Yeah, honestly, I was like being a hater about it
Patriotism and Politics in Hockey
00:01:11
Speaker
before it started. I was like, who cares? I only care about the Sens, blah, blah, blah. But like some things outside the hockey world have made me get slightly more like I'm not going to call it myself like a patriot pullout because like deeply flawed country. I understand this. But like there is something about rooting for you.
00:01:27
Speaker
like, Canada specifically right now that feels, like, better than it has in the past. Like, I feel more like I should. God, I was so horrified with myself during that Canada-USA game because, like, you know, have sat for the Anthem before.
00:01:44
Speaker
I'm not, don't think Anthem should be played at games where they played the Canadian Anthem in the whole whole crowd saying I was tearing up literally I was like oh my gosh I like posted this on blue sky after it was after conor mcdavid scored but I was like like I don't care the true north is strong and free like I was like feeling very like whoa like I love this country but like obviously like while still acknowledging like flaws and all that but yeah it was a very like
00:02:20
Speaker
It was like, it was like, kind of just like an Olympic moment type deal where it's like, oh, like you are like watching your country play a sport and like, especially against the States where like, you get very into it.
00:02:32
Speaker
Yeah. And it's really interesting because I found that even before the tournament started, i was shocked at how many people i don't how many people I know who aren't big hockey fans were like really excited about this tournament. Like it kind of shocked me and maybe it's just because like I'm in the city that was hosting or one of the cities hosting it so like I was seeing a lot of that but so many people were really really hyped about this tournament so I think I was wrong about how about the appeal of this tournament because clearly the general public is really really hyped about international hockey.
00:03:09
Speaker
Yeah, I honestly, I wonder how much of it is, like, factors that we will discuss or whatever, but, like, I wonder how much of it is also just, like, they know who Sidney Crosby is, and they're like, yeah, yeah Canada! It's, like, kind of, I think, like, that might be a big deal, is, like, you don't really have to know about anything about, like, the NHL teams or anything, you just, like, you know Sidney Crosby probably know like Connor McDavid and you probably rooted for Canada in 2010 and 2014 right so you're like oh there's at least one of those guys who's still there right yeah yeah yeah I see it and like the players clearly care
00:03:45
Speaker
Yeah.
Anthem Booing and Its Implications
00:03:47
Speaker
It's just so funny to me that like the NHL pitched this tournament, people were like, who cares? Nobody's gonna get invested. like This is gimmicky. It's dumb. And then like accidentally stumbled and just timed it perfectly.
00:04:04
Speaker
For, like, the tensions between Canada and the US to make this an incredible tournament with, like, actual political implications, which obviously the NHL did not want to do. They actively stay away from that kind of stuff. So it's just so funny.
00:04:23
Speaker
I know it's honestly just like couldn't happen to a better league like couldn't like it's so funny that it's like the like least political like the league that tries to be the least political the league that tries to just be like oh like it's fine like respect all whatever like even like saying we'll like get into exactly what we're talking about but like the announcements before just trying to like calm the situation down is so funny because it's like this is clearly not working but like I guess I have to respect the efforts
00:04:54
Speaker
It's so good. And obviously the discourse has been terrible about booing the anthems, which, by the way, give credit to the city of Ottawa, Ontario for starting this trend.
00:05:08
Speaker
We did it first. But yeah, people are being upset about it and it's really annoying. There were... Not too many boos in Boston earlier today, which I was glad about for the Canadian anthem. I mean, um partly because like, if you looked in the crowd, it was mostly Canadians anyways.
00:05:28
Speaker
Yeah. Like, even the few people who booed, I was like, you must be the stupidest people in the world. Like, you clearly just don't understand what is going on. Like, what you booing? Like, what are Like, oh, boo, I don't think Canada should exist? Is that the implication?
00:05:44
Speaker
It's also, like, oh my gosh, I saw post from, like, a freaking, of course, it was, like, a barstool guy or whatever. He was like, I honestly, like, don't even understand, like, why Americans are upset about ah Canadians booing the anthem. Like, we'll just boo them back, like, when they come to Boston. And I was like, you are the dumbest person in the entire world, actually. Like, it's...
00:06:07
Speaker
It's not fun trash talk. Like, it's a political statement, you know? It's, like, so... Because it's also, like... Like, it's never... Like, Canada and the U.S. has played hockey games before.
00:06:19
Speaker
I feel like they're... Like, this has not happened before. It's, like, not, like, a common thing where it's like, oh, yeah. Like, at... like the Olympics or whatever, you just boo the anthem. Like, that's a really normal thing. Like, I actually am, like, I'm, I was, like, super super super surprised it happened at all. Because I feel like it's, like, most of the people who are going to games, especially, like, I feel like Four Nations games are probably...
00:06:40
Speaker
Very much just, like, median voter types, where it's, like, you stand for the anthem, like, you clap for, like, the hero at the game, whatever. I can't remember their name, like, what they call that.
00:06:52
Speaker
But, like, you know, you do all that. So I was, like, very surprised. But, yeah, gotta to give credit to the people of the city of Ottawa for that. Well, yeah, and I remember, like, there's been discourse before about,
00:07:06
Speaker
fans like disrespecting the anthem like that is generally considered one of the least sportsman like most disrespectful things that you can do like i think there was a montreal boston and series at one point like i for some reason it's in my head that there was a playoff series between montreal and boston where like one city was like disrespecting the anthem in some way i can't remember what it was i don't think it was booing i i don't remember it but like it has always been in my head that like hockey fans do not think that you should ever boo an anthem ever, ever, ever. So it is a huge thing that Canadian hockey fans are doing this, you know?
00:07:43
Speaker
Yeah, like, it's, like, actually, like, very massive. um And it has produced, I think, like you mentioned, like, the weirdest takes, like, the most, like, head-scratching takes of all time.
00:07:58
Speaker
Like, and I will say, I think it's just, like, in the minority, because it's, like, but it's like people who are just like you don't understand anything ever and it's like to be fair like the people who have never understood anything in their lives it's it' like a small number but they are very vocal on the apps and they will let you know that they don't understand anything about the world at all so it's very interesting to see Well, I mean, they do have a point. Like, when you think about it if the US annexes Canada, that will benefit our hockey teams because American players will want to stay.
00:08:35
Speaker
So I'm not sure if you consider that. Well, they they wouldn't pay as many taxes. And, like, they'd be American. They'd be playing in the U.S. Their kids would be American, you know? Like, I think that's very important to them.
00:08:46
Speaker
And they wouldn't have to have free health care. Yeah. And then also, actually, if you think that... If you think the Olympics and stuff, like, it would make the American team way stronger. Like, like obviously, it would be, like, three nations facing off. So that's really beneficial.
00:09:00
Speaker
um And then... Yeah, you gotta think that, like, it'll build the chemistry, you know? Like, if you just have, like, a team that's basically all-American in the NHL, like, I feel like those guys would just, like, really benefit from that.
00:09:14
Speaker
After all the Canadian players give up their citizenship, of course. um So that'll be cool. Yeah, so, you know, there are there are two sides to the issue. And it's true that, like, if we keep booing the anthem, like...
00:09:31
Speaker
It's just going to hurt our hockey team because, as we all know, our American players are big babies who can't handle their anthem being booed and are going to immediately request a trade because of the disrespect to their anthem. and that is an important enough thing that we should stop booing the anthems.
00:09:50
Speaker
I agree. Especially because, famously, ah the sense of no players signed to long-term contracts right now. yeah like Everyone is a free agent this year, so we need to think about this right now.
00:10:02
Speaker
right now is also the time when like everyone wants out you know like yeah famously there's not been a there's not been a single change that might make people just like want to keep playing in ottawa even if like they're not totally happy with like booing of their anthem or whatever like there's nothing good happening in ottawa right now that would make anyone want to play there Yeah, exactly. So I think, you know, everyone should stop booing the anthem as a show of respect for our American players who are stupid babies, but we still want them here.
00:10:41
Speaker
yeah Also, it's just, it's really funny to me that people, people are always like, there are better ways to protest. Like, this is not the way. gotta say, The two things I have heard the most about since these threats have started in terms of Canadians like boycotting or protesting the US.
00:10:58
Speaker
Number one is all the people trying to figure out which grocery store items are made in Canada. Oh my god, if you've been to a grocery store in Canada, like the amount of people I've seen like reading all the labels is so funny. Everyone takes, like, twice as long to check out now, because it's, like, people, like, help each other out. They're, like, is this, is this, like, like, what's the difference between made and produced, like, product of Canada? Just overhearing all the conversations. It's so funny. um Anyways, and then the second one is, oh my god, Canadian hockey fans are booing the anthem.
00:11:28
Speaker
So, like, clearly it's getting a lot of attention. yeah like, yeah. Like, yeah, like, it's probably because, like, you saw it on, like, um, like, American, like, political, like, accounts. Like, we're reposting it. Like, I remember I saw- Oh,
00:11:46
Speaker
All the MAGA accounts, apparently. Literally all the MAGA ones. But then also there are some who are, like, like anti-Trump people who are like wow look look at this or whatever um and it's like I it was so like surreal because it's like uh like you can see like who reposted like you can see like they reposted the media but then you see like the little tag of like where the media came from it's like all these sends accounts where it's like what the heck like so funny because it was like when the Ottawa game like when there was booing there Oh my god, yeah, we made it to end wokeness.
00:12:17
Speaker
Literally, end wokeness knows about the Ottawa Senators. we've like That's crazy. mean it Someone show end wokeness the picture of Shabbat and Josh North. I'm pretty sure people did in the replies.
00:12:31
Speaker
But, like, oh my god, it's just crazy. the Ottawa Senators are so niche to me that anytime they're acknowledged outside of Ottawa, I'm like, holy shit, this is wild.
00:12:42
Speaker
Yeah, it's so funny. But yeah, going back to that take about, like, oh like what will the American players think or whatever, i don't know if we want to say exactly who said it, but I saw in that person's, like, replies or whatever, there was this post that was, like, obviously just, like, but like,
00:12:59
Speaker
doing the exact opposite to show like how ridiculous the argument was it was like well what if thomas shabbat wants out because people stop booing the anthem and then he feels like they're not standing up enough for his country that's the best i've ever seen it like yeah I also... Guys, Thomas Chabot is Quebecois.
00:13:17
Speaker
He doesn't care that much about Canada. Oh my god. It's just... It's so good. It's Hockey fans. Fascinating people.
00:13:30
Speaker
Truly. also love, um so yeah, like, before all the Four Nations games, they've been like, and please, like, in a show of respect for all these nations, please, like, respect the anthems. Please, please, like, please respect the anthems.
00:13:41
Speaker
And then obviously no one does it, but then it's so funny because they said it before the, like, ah like a game with like Sweden or whatever. And then like, obviously, it was Finland Sweden game.
00:13:51
Speaker
Yeah. And they still said it. It's like, oh my God, that's so funny. And then obviously like the freaking smartest minds of our generation of our time, like freaking like Chris Johnson or whatever. on was like, I noticed that there's no, uh, there's no issues between the, the Sweden and Finland anthems. Like there, there was no booing at all during those ones. And I was like, yeah, like what? Like, like,
00:14:14
Speaker
Again, why are people, why do people think that this is about Canadians just being unsportsmanlike and like trash talking their opponents? Like, it's pretty obvious why people are booing the anthem.
00:14:29
Speaker
Yeah, I also love people being like, ah Like, I don't know how many people have been doing this. ah You know who? Freaking
Political Affiliations and Friendships in Hockey
00:14:37
Speaker
Jesse Pollack from freaking CSN was like, guys, I know we're mad about the tariffs. And it's like, okay, and also one other thing. Like, and also a very famous other thing. Like, what?
00:14:48
Speaker
He called our prime minister the governor. He's doing it. It's, like, so crazy, because it's, like, and then, like, no one, I think some people were, like, asking, like, Matthew Kachuk or whatever, like, reporters after the U.S., uh, like, Finland game or something, they were, like, uh, like, what do you think about booing, the like, the booing of the anthem, and he was, like, obviously, was, like, I don't like it, whatever, and it's, like, no follow-up about, like, what do you, well, what do you think about, uh, the freaking sitting president, like, and like,
00:15:16
Speaker
obviously like some people are gonna be like that has nothing to do like the booing of the anthem is happening at the hockey game but like the president doesn't necessarily have anything to do with like this specifically because it's like you could say it's removed i but then even like even as i make these people up in my mind i have the perfect counter argument which is that matthew kachuk literally tweeted about how much he like loves donald trump and visited like the entire florida panthers roster visited him at the white house and then also they all wore red ties because they were like cosplaying as him and then also they all like
00:15:47
Speaker
not all of them, but Matthew Kachuk wore a little, like, USA flag pin, like, the president wears, and I was like, this is embarrassing, like, what the hell?
00:15:57
Speaker
oh
00:16:00
Speaker
God. But yeah. It's so, it's so bad. And there was one interview, like, i forget the name of the journalist who asked, um but like, shout out to that journalist who actually did ask the follow-up question. And it was to a player who like is it anonymous, so we don't know which player it is, where the reporter was like, oh, and how would you feel if you know, another country's leader was threatening to annex the US?
00:16:25
Speaker
And he was like, oh, I do a lot more than boo the anthem. like Like, exactly, exactly. oh my god it's just so nuts the thing is though is that like it's so funny how much because like a lot of canadians i think prior to this were like huge trump people like i would suspect that a lot of like the truckers and those people like are big big trump people and it's like i think even they're like oh no like not anymore
00:16:58
Speaker
Yeah, also i have one more thing to say about this. um After, so okay, that Canada-USA game was nuts. i don't know if we want to talk about like what went down to that game, but oh my god.
00:17:10
Speaker
Also after the game, because the US had to fucking win, apparently all these MAGA accounts were like posting fan cams and whatever. and But they kept being like, the Canadians booed our anthem, so we beat the shit out of them. And they throw they they'll post this compilation of the one fight that they won, or like American players getting punches in, and then like you know throwing big hits.
00:17:33
Speaker
And I kept seeing these, and I was like, you people don't know Puck! Because obviously, first of all, Canada won two out of those three fights. And also, like, there is, you could make a compilation just as long of Canadian players, like, the throwing American players around, you know? Like, they throw, they threw hits too. Hits happen in the NHL games. Oh my god. know. It was literally so, it's like, also like, yeah, conveniently cut out the part where like, JT Miller punched himself in the face. but Like, okay, for sure. Like, for sure he won that fight or whatever.
00:18:09
Speaker
And then also, like, when you say mega counts, one of them literally, Marjorie Taylor Greene, I love hockey now. It's like, oh, I'm sure. Like, okay. Like,
00:18:20
Speaker
Also, I hate that, like, so many of these are centered around Brady because he won his- he was the only one who won fight. I know. Before I was watching that, I was like, Brady never loses fights, so he's gonna win this one. And sure enough, he did.
00:18:31
Speaker
but I, like, I'm just getting the ick about him as a hockey player from all these, like, far-right people hyping him up so much. He's become this, like, symbol of the- American far right. It's terrible.
00:18:45
Speaker
Yeah. And then also like, just like the fights were like, what I was, I was just like, what the heck is happening? Like, this is crazy. Crazy. was literally crazy. I was like, what?
00:18:57
Speaker
And then, but then you, you hear after that, like, Matthew Kachuk, Brady Kachuk, and JT Miller are all in a group chat together where they, like, discussed it. And they were like, yeah, yeah, like, let's do it. Like, that's the cringiest thing I've ever heard in my entire life. Also, they could have done a line brawl.
00:19:16
Speaker
Torts is the coach. He knows a lot about line brawls off the opening face-off. Like, I'm sure he'd be down. yeah like, I'm like- He should have gone into the opposing dressing room, too.
00:19:27
Speaker
Yeah, because it's like, you can't, like, that's like a thing, right? Like, you, no, you can, you just can't clear the bench? Like, is that the rule? yeah I don't know the rule. Okay, so was like, yeah, why didn't you just line brawl then? I don't understand.
00:19:41
Speaker
i was rooting for a line brawl. Yeah, I was also like, it's very funny that, like, it was like, okay, so on the US side, it was like, matthew kachuk right and he fought brandon hagel and it's like okay so why would matthew kachuk take himself out of the hockey game where they play hockey in exchange for brandon hey i was like this makes from a logistics point of view like at least fight like freaking conor mcdavid or something they like what the hell okay shout out brandon hagel i guess for taking one for the team like even though canada eventually lost like thanks for giving us a power play like that was cool yeah yeah
00:20:19
Speaker
just like, man, the thing about watching players that you like play for US, it's like, brady you know that Brady Kachuk is the type of player that you love if he's on your team and you hate when he's not on your team.
00:20:33
Speaker
But like, it kind of has shocked me how quickly i like the hatred set in, you know, like I love him once he's back on the send. It's whatever. As long as he doesn't say anything really stupid, I can like appreciate him as a hockey player.
00:20:47
Speaker
but like oh my god when he was fighting and i was like beat that guy up he deserves it like but we are we are two seconds into the game and like i need i need him to have his face bashed in but in a way that won't you know actually injure him yeah yeah exactly ah yeah also like yeah later on in the game he had like like kind of like a partial breakaway or something shot on net and I was like oh like don't like in my head I was like absolutely he's not gonna make this don't worry guys like it's fine that is funny yeah I had the same feeling a few times where I was like yeah I know this player yeah good
00:21:25
Speaker
ye good All this to say, Four Nations have definitely been facing off recently. I feel kind of bad for like Sweden and Finland and all of this. like I feel like people aren't discussing them enough. it's like do We really need more teams, so it's like... We can still have Canada and the US as the most exciting teams, but like there are more teams that can face off and stuff, you know?
00:21:48
Speaker
Yeah. Oh, other wild thing about the Four Nations that I have found so entertaining I... i Love how simple all of our takes are on this team, where every single time Canada gives up a goal, no matter- don't even need to watch the goal to know what my take is, which Jordan Finnington, you loser, you bum, get out of here you absolute war criminal.
Player Performance and Team Selection in Tournaments
00:22:17
Speaker
Literally, like, he- Like, I don't understand. saw a tweet or a Blue Sky post, I can't remember, it but someone said, um- um every i shout out to whoever posted this because like exactly correct someone was like every kid in Canada wanted to be Sidney Crosby when they grow up and now we have no goalies and it's like that is absolutely exactly what happened because like all like everyone was exactly like I need to be like Sidney Crosby and now we have Jordan Bennington and it's like we also have Aiden Hill who I'm like I'm not very familiar but like please play him instead I don't understand like okay for context about like when we're recording this or whatever
00:22:57
Speaker
um canada just beat um finland and it was four nothing at one point and then it became four one and then it became four two and then it became four three and whose fault do you think that is they eventually won five three but like thank you sydney crosby for that ah empty net goal but like literally what the hell like And then John Cooper before, when he was like, oh, like, whoever's in net, like, we'll have to discuss or whatever, we have to have a meeting.
00:23:29
Speaker
And then it was eventually, of course, Jordan Binnington. And he was like, the answer is simple. Like, he's in net because he gives us a chance to win. It's like, does every NHL goalie not give you a chance to win? Like, i would argue that Jordan Binnington is actively conspiring against you at this point.
00:23:45
Speaker
Like, What? I honestly wish he was American so much. He has American energy. Yeah. Like, i we need better goalies in Canada.
00:24:00
Speaker
ah don't know. There's just not enough. And this is what we get. I was saying, look, could we... Like, Anne-Grenet Dubier is in town.
00:24:15
Speaker
I'm just saying. ah Like, would anyone notice if she like, I don't know, she she could shave her head. That's how that's how important this is right now. And get into Jordan Binnington's gear.
00:24:27
Speaker
And we'll just pretend she's Jordan Binnington. Like, can we? And the funny thing is, so like, you posted that, right? I think all the replies were like, people would notice because the goalie would actually start stopping pucks and people would be like, someone else is in there.
00:24:42
Speaker
Yeah, I saw that. I saw all those posts and I was like, you know what? you You correctly, like, riffed off this post. This is perfect. I respect it But yeah, it's nice, like to, because it's like, I have not seen a take, like,
00:24:58
Speaker
praising Jordan Binnington from anyone other than John Cooper and it's like what blackmail does he have like what is he doing behind the scenes to control you like this like I just don't understand it even people who are like like I saw takes being like Jordan Binnington is not the reason we lost because like to be fair against the U.S. because like Canada like didn't generate enough offense like they only scored one goal shout out to Connor McDavid shout out to Oily Gibbs poor little meow meow people are finally on your side But, um, like, even people who are like, it technically wasn't Jordan Binnington's fault, but like, yeah, we need him out of there. Like, he's so bad
00:25:36
Speaker
Think of how good this team could have been if we had a goalie who could just, like, shut the door, you know? Yeah. Man.
00:25:48
Speaker
But I just appreciate the simplicity of it all, where it's like, man, you don't need to know a thing about hockey. You don't even need to be watching the games to just have, to just know the take that you're supposed to have. Yeah. Right.
00:26:01
Speaker
You can't even, like, people aren't even getting mad at the roster. They're just like... Damn, goaltending sucks. Although to be fair, I am getting mad at the roster because why is Drew Doughty there? I'm actually frustrated about that.
00:26:13
Speaker
Like he's not good. And Thomas Chabot is so good. And where is Thomas Chabot right now? I don't know, probably having a great holiday or something. so she Not shoveling snow. Yeah, that's really nice.
00:26:26
Speaker
But yeah, it is terrible. The thing that I do appreciate about the vast majority of the roster, though, is that I feel like if you, like, asked me to make Four Nations, like, teams based on whatever, like, based on country, I'd be like, okay.
00:26:40
Speaker
um And you told me i had five minutes. I would go to HockeyDB, I would filter by Canadian, and then I would just sort by points, like, most to least and like kind of that's exactly how the roster has been constructed which is cool it's like very very easy it's very very just like think of a good player yeah like he's there like of course he's there yeah but i think this team would have won all their games if they had shabbat yeah very much and it's just like Drew Doughty, like, has it out for the Sens.
00:27:15
Speaker
And it's just, it's really frustrating because it's like, obviously, i will never get over the 2016 Norris race. Like, he stole that Norris trophy from Eric Carlson. It was rightfully Carlson's.
00:27:27
Speaker
And then like, and this happened nine years ago. nine years later, he's back to rob Thomas Shabbat of career accomplishments. Like was doing this when the Olympic roster was announced too. And no, I don't think they ever announced the full roster. Cause like initially the NHLers were going to go and everyone was taking Doughty over Shabbat. And I was like going completely insane over this.
00:27:52
Speaker
And it's been like two years and it's still happening. I'm so mad.
00:27:58
Speaker
Yeah, it's just evil. Like, he's just an evil man.
00:28:04
Speaker
Yeah, I did see- did you see that he um gave a quote to the media saying that he's open to fighting Matthew Kachuk? I was like, goddammit! Like, I don't want those two to fight each other! Because, like, I want to see Drew Doughty get punched in the face!
00:28:21
Speaker
But I don't want Matthew Kachuk to win a fight and then end up on end a wokeness!
00:28:27
Speaker
God, I'm so fired up about this tournament. It's so cringe. I'm very excited for the final. It's officially Canada-US, so ah really, i like, need Canada to win.
00:28:40
Speaker
like i have not been this invested in a hockey game in so long. I know. it's like, I truly didn't think it would happen, but like, I care so much.
00:28:51
Speaker
I need them to win so much. man, like, the trade war couldn't have been more perfectly timed, you know? Yeah. Like, if we had to have one, it's nice that it was now. Mm-hmm.
00:29:07
Speaker
Like, sadly, do you, I wonder like, the NHL's takeaway from this is, because it's, like, I wonder if they're, like, because obviously the viewership is very, very up, and it's, like, I'm sure part of that is just, like, the increased patriotism,
Viewership and Team Dynamics
00:29:19
Speaker
whatever. Like, part of it's also probably just, like, hype around, like,
00:29:22
Speaker
ah best on best men's hockey again but like I wonder if they're just like like just like in their analytics or whatever like trying to figure out why it's doing so well just like I just I just don't know like I like what is it like I guess or we just put a great product out there like probably we'd have a few more viewers if like the controversy around the anthem stopped because like people are hating that but like I just feel like they're definitely just taking all the wrong like cues from it yeah yeah Like, no, Canadians got invested because they wanted that they wanted to see Canada beat the US.
00:29:58
Speaker
The US got invested because they heard that people were booing their anthems and got mad. Yeah, literally. And they're definitely just like, I just can't crack the code. Like, is it the ads we're running or something? Like, why is this just so popular?
00:30:11
Speaker
It's like, it's because Amazon Web Services is providing the cloud infrastructure. That one, did you, the ads keep popping up where it's like, like AWS the official cloud infrastructure like provider of the NHL and I was like what does why like why does this like you know how like leagues will always have like the official pet groomer of the NHL it's like what what does this mean I just like all of a sudden realized it and like now I just can't stop seeing it places I'm like that's the weirdest thing ever but anyway that's a tangent um but yeah all this to say i need Canada to win on i don't even remember Thursday
00:30:50
Speaker
The final game? Yeah. So. I do wish Canada wasn't the one team without any Suns players on it Yeah.
00:31:01
Speaker
But, like, I haven't even noticed. Like, I'm still cheering for them. That's wild. I never would have expected that. We should have had Thomas Chabot. I know. Or like... At least he'll be well rested. Yeah, exactly. That's the thing. And Olmarch's not gonna get injured because he's sick, apparently, and he was he wasn't playing the other games, so this is perfect.
00:31:23
Speaker
Mm-hmm. Yeah, just all the Sens players are either on vacation sick or... Brady Kachuk, who will, like, I feel like he'll definitely be fine. Oh, I guess Jake Sanderson is there, too. Yeah.
00:31:36
Speaker
Is he playing? I feel like wasn't. He didn't play against Canada, I don't think. Okay, yeah, because I was going to say, like, I didn't notice him, but it was also, like, there was so much happening that, like, it would make sense if didn't. Yeah, I think he was a healthy scratch because, like, it makes sense because he was, like, a late-minute addition, last-minute addition, right, to the roster, so it makes sense. I'm pretty sure he played, like, the first game or something.
00:31:59
Speaker
i don't know.
00:32:02
Speaker
Well, I hope that he doesn't play in Canada versus usa for two reasons. ah One, because he is very good and I don't want him playing for the US. And the other reason is that I think there might be actual blood drawn on the ice and I don't need him near that. we We kind of need that guy.
00:32:20
Speaker
yeah very much so. That's right, yeah. we need Brady too, but like, what can you do about that? Yeah, like, honestly, Brady Kachuk has like, been bitten and survived. like he'll he's He's made of something different. like He's fine. like They can do what they want and he'll still like show up as soon as the NHL games are starting up again.
00:32:43
Speaker
But yeah, I'm like happy, i guess, in a sense. it's like Okay, good. like Thomas Shabbat is getting his well-needed rest. He will come back super refreshed. It'll all be good. yeah, yeah exactly. Yeah.
00:32:59
Speaker
And now, like, we can always just say that the yet Canada would have done better with if they had Shabbat. Like, they would have gone undefeated. If they lose in the final, which they better not, we can be like, well, they would have won with Shabbat.
00:33:15
Speaker
Objectively not true, because the goaltending is the problem. If they lose, it'll be because of goaltending. But, like, we can still say it's because of Shabbat. Yeah, exactly. Like, who's who can prove us wrong?
00:33:28
Speaker
So, yeah. That's been fun. I've been so fired up about it. who
00:33:35
Speaker
Looking forward to the final, but also not looking forward to it. Because, like, we need to win, guys. Yeah. We need to win. oh But anyways, then, once the tournament wraps up, we go back to watching Sens Hockey, which, honestly...
00:33:51
Speaker
It's been pretty great. they They lost a bunch of games, but they're still in a playoff spot. hey Yeah. Honestly, I think the break came at, like, a good time. Because it's like, I don't know if it would have been a situation where, like, they lost a few games and then, like, regrouped.
00:34:07
Speaker
Like, and we're like, we have to stop this. But I was like, okay, it's nice that, like, if it was going to turn into a skid, at least, like, it stopped just because there's no more games right now. And it's like, okay, it couldn't get much worse, like,
00:34:18
Speaker
They'll all, like, go on vacation or, like, get blood drawn at Four Nations and then come back and then be, like, normal again, hopefully. So, yeah. But, yes, they are very much in a playoff spot, which is exciting.
00:34:31
Speaker
Like, I actually can't believe that. I know. i It's been a very it's so over, we're so back kind of season for the Sens. Like, going into those two games against Tampa, i was getting so far ahead of myself. I was like, oh my god.
00:34:49
Speaker
Like, if they if they sweep that mini-series, like, they're basically in the playoffs, you know? Like, yeah they really, really could have done well if they had swept the series. And then they lost both games. But, like, they're still okay. Like,
00:35:02
Speaker
They might not, they're probably not going to catch Tampa, but like, they're in a really good spot. They're still the favorites to get that wildcard spot. who Yeah, it was at its like, at my peak delusion, there was ah thought that I had many times which was like how many points back are they from the Leafs like only a few points back from the Leafs like what if there was a point where it was only two points right yeah so I was like oh like all they have to do is and then ah obviously like that quickly came to an end but yeah there was like I was like it was nice to actually be able to have that thought and it not be like an insane thought
00:35:41
Speaker
like I feel like that has been like an insane or like a trolling thought, you know, like we'll be like, oh, like the Sens will beat the Leafs or like pass the Leafs in the play and the standings.
00:35:53
Speaker
It's like, well, no, but it was almost it would have been amazing. Yeah, it's kind of like how in past years the Sens would string together a few wins and then just like stop just short of actually getting into the playoffs, you know, where there'd be a few points out where you kept being like, oh, oh, maybe if they just like win the next two games, they'll be fine. And I feel like now they're doing that, except it's like they're already in a playoff spot.
00:36:20
Speaker
But every time you think like, oh, they're so close to being safely in a playoff spot. They're like, ah no, no, no, we're gonna stay a bubble team Like, we don't want to we don't want to end the fun right here. Yeah, exactly.
00:36:37
Speaker
Like, they don't want, they all they're keeping us on our toes, you know? They don't want us to get too comfortable. I mean, how boring would it be if we just knew from the start that they'd be in the playoffs? Who would even tune in?
00:36:49
Speaker
I feel like the most miserable fans right now have got to be like Washington Capitals fans. Like, no drama, no no interest. Just like, oh yeah. No reason to tune in, right? Not like anything interesting is going to happen. Nothing is happening for the Washington Capitals.
00:37:06
Speaker
No players doing anything relevant. actually you know what i think dylan strome is having a good season but yeah that is true and i mean like jacob chikrin always entertaining it's like you you're gonna see you get to watch and see if he gets bird flu you know no literally it's like the bird flu like sweepstakes but like when will it happen so that's exciting but nothing else Yeah, can't really think of anything. Thankfully, Detroit has been losing.
00:37:38
Speaker
They were on a crazy winning streak. Yeah. And I'm glad that that stopped. I really, guys, I need them to fall out of the playoff spot so bad. Same. It was honestly the way, like, because I don't pay attention to any games other than Sens games, like, in the NHL.
00:37:54
Speaker
So the way I found out about the Red Wings winning streak was that my, like, fantasy team was randomly doing really well. And i was like, why is this happening? And I, like listeners who remember will know always pick up alex to bring it because i emotionally hedge bet and i alex to bring it oh no It was the most rude awakening ever. I was like, I'm winning, but at what cost?
00:38:23
Speaker
God, that's just devastating. I know. I'm shocked that you are not as a ah intense about scoreboard watching as i am I For the last like two months, I have been religiously checking the out-of-town scoreboard every night, going around to my friends like, so the Red Wings lost tonight, and the Habs also lost, and this is all just coming through like these are all the teams i need to lose it's fun i missed this you guys To be fair, i yeah, I do pay attention to, like, the scoreboard, but I was, again, in my peak delusion, I only paid attention to teams that were above the Sens in the standings, because I was like, they're gonna catch it, like, the Leafs lost, I was like, yes, this is exactly what we needed, then, like, so I literally didn't even know that, like, Detroit was, like, on, like, coming up, because I was like, because, like, a month ago or whatever, right, they were, like, even worse than the Habs, or something, like, there was, like, a point when they were, like,
00:39:18
Speaker
very very low and so i was like okay that's fine like i i feel like i just like don't like i know it's very simple addition but for some reason like i just don't i'm not good at this math where it's like yeah if you just win games then yeah you will come up in the standings i'm just like no no eight a month ago they were really low so that's how it will forever stay and I don't have to worry about the Red Wings I think I'm just so used to the Sens falling so far out of the playoffs early on that I'm like you can't make up that much that that big of a like gap in the points in the standings like it's not possible so in November I was like Red Wings out but they're done like all these teams
00:40:01
Speaker
yeah They've missed the playoffs.
Playoff Prospects and Emotional Fan Journeys
00:40:02
Speaker
Now it's down to to a handful of elite teams and the Ottawa Senators are one of them. No, literally famously teams aren't allowed to win in the months of November and December. So i thought we were in the clear, but yeah, turns out other teams are allowed. It was very odd. It was very strange to learn.
00:40:20
Speaker
yeah I like that you're thinking so far ahead that you're like, the Sens can beat all these teams. I'm just like, which they these are the ones that they're in the race with. and We got to make sure they lose. It did actually take me a while to realize that Pittsburgh had dropped out of the race because I kept rooting for them to lose and I was always happy when they did. And then some friend of mine was like, and no, I don't think you need to pay attention to the penguins.
00:40:44
Speaker
That's so funny. Just like extra reveling in their downfall. Yeah. The other things that like, I don't know if it's like when you get older, it's like one year of your life is like proportionally less.
00:40:56
Speaker
So like all my years are bleeding together And I'm like, oh like, you're still like, oh, these teams are not, they're not good. They're not going to make the playoffs. They're bad teams. And it's like, oh no, things can change.
00:41:10
Speaker
Except again, Buffalo, Buffalo stays consistent. yeah buffalo But other teams, I'm like, wait, no, you're a bad team. Why are you, why are you good? That's how people feel about the Sens. No, literally, I know.
00:41:21
Speaker
But like, I still like in my head, I'm living in like the 2020, like one draft where I'm like, okay, so l LA picked Quinton Byfield second. They're a bad team. It's like, No, actually, they've made the playoffs.
00:41:33
Speaker
Like, they made the playoffs last year. But in my head, I'm like, oh, no, they're like a lottery team, right? Like, they're not good, right? So, yeah, I'm just, like, very out of the loop on everything. In my head, like, the Calgary the calgaryary Flames are still, like, really... Like, remember that one season where they were, like, really good? I'm just like, oh, aren't they really good? It's like, no.
00:41:52
Speaker
In fact, they're not that good this season. They're, like, in a like race, I think, with Vancouver. They did make... They did make a massive trade immediately before we uploaded our last episode. Oh, yes!
00:42:05
Speaker
The most important, most impactful trade of the season. It was... Possibly of all time. Yeah, they so they got... I'm so sorry to Victoria fake hockey team.
00:42:19
Speaker
They got Morgan Frost and Joel Therabee. And I don't even know for what. That's like... So I know a lot of Flyers fans, and i and so I am aware of Morgan Frost and Joel Faraby through them.
00:42:36
Speaker
It took me a while to realize that they're not very good, because people just talk about them constantly. And it is wild to me that the Flyers traded both of them. Like, I saw that and I was like, there are going to be meltdowns in Philly. I think um sports fans in Philadelphia have gotten over that recently.
00:42:53
Speaker
Something happened. Can't quite put my thing out of it. Something happened with that, like, slightly outweighed it You know, I follow a few friends from Philly on social media, and I'm under the impression they had, like, a week-long bender that I think, like... I'm not sure they even remember who Joel Faraby and Morgan Frost are at this point.
00:43:16
Speaker
But, you know, i was like, wow, this is devastating. Like, they're never going to recover. um And then also I was like, why did why why why did Calgary want them? But also, like, it's wild that they both got traded together. Like, that's...
00:43:29
Speaker
They're such besties. That's so cool. It's nice that they're like, yeah, they're like intertwined. Like they're besties figuring out like life in a new city together.
00:43:40
Speaker
But yes. It was shocking because I also talked about them last episode. yeah I can't remember why specifically, but like I said their names. I was like, well, oh, it was about it was about haircuts because I was like, oh, yes, because it was like, oh, no, like when like ah Joel Faraby like shaved his head. But at first I confused him with Morgan Frost. This is how much I believe they are kind of the same player.
00:44:03
Speaker
But yeah, i was like, oh my gosh, yeah, like when that happens, or like when that happened, everyone was on the timeline like, oh no, Victoria, like don't check your phone. And this, like Victoria fake hockey team, super like got hit with like, don't check your phone, don't check your phone. Like, oh my gosh, like I'm so sorry this happened. I felt so bad.
00:44:20
Speaker
Because also like dude bros were like making fun and like, like they're not even good. Like don't you care that like the like flyers have not won a cup in so long? Like blah, blah, blah, whatever. It's like, you guys don't get it like you're allowed to have favorite players yeah and clearly like the flames saw something in them that they liked like they wanted both i like to think they were just like tracking like Flyers Twitter like tweets very closely that was their scouting.
00:44:47
Speaker
and They were just like, wait a second, we have to have them. they They did the same thing I did. They were like, wow, these guys must be really good. like i still vividly remember one time that um it was there people on Flyers Twitter were talking about how Morgan Frost was a healthy scratch. And I was like, oh my god, like the Flyers scratched their like...
00:45:10
Speaker
star player who's like you they're their best prospect or whatever this amazing young player this is wild and then I kept seeing people post about it and was like starting to think Morgan Frost isn't like the superstar I've been led to believe he is and then I texted my Flyers fan friends and asked like is he good and they didn't really give me an answer so that's how I found out that he's not very good Oh my gosh. That's the thing though. Is that like when i like when I'm when I love ah third liner, if someone asked me if they're good, i would still be like, yes, they absolutely are. they are the best player on the team.
00:45:54
Speaker
No one understands this except me. yeah lets Don't understand it. Coaches don't understand it. Statistical models don't understand it. But I see it. The eye test doesn't even understand it. But I see it i see what it is. And they've got it Just to clarify for any confused people who don't watch the Sens, Thomas Chabot is actually good, Yeah, yeah. Don't worry. It's not that.
00:46:21
Speaker
Brandstrom, maybe it's a little bit that. Thomas Chabot, no, he he does genuinely belong in on Team Canada. The nerds agree. You can look it up. Yeah. Like, J Fresh said, so it must be true. Exactly. Exactly.
00:46:38
Speaker
Yeah, no he he is legitimately good. But yeah, so that was a shocking turn of events, though, when that trade happened. Also, I feel really bad because when you just said, like, they did a massive trade right after our last episode, I was like, what are you talking about?
00:46:54
Speaker
I forgot that happened and I forgot they existed.
00:46:59
Speaker
Fair enough.
00:47:03
Speaker
Man. Actually, everything is going so well for Ottawa fans right now because like the charge came back and they're not as bad as
Highlighting PWHL and Ottawa Charge's Performance
00:47:15
Speaker
they were before. It's pretty huge.
00:47:19
Speaker
They set a new record in the PWHL for most you most goals scored in a single game.
00:47:28
Speaker
i have always thought that the Ottawa charge would do that. There was never a moment I ever doubted them. no but Not once ever.
00:47:40
Speaker
But yeah, very sadly, that is like the one Ottawa charge game I have missed this season. Because I had family visiting, so I wasn't able to watch. And then I was kind of like oh like, it's probably fine if I miss it. Like, I don't think anything will really happen. Like, they haven't been super awesome recently. Like, I can miss one game.
00:47:58
Speaker
No, no. You can never miss one game. Because hey they score eight goals. Yeah, I turned that one on in the background thinking like, I went and going like, oh man, it's gonna be so bad. I had a friend over and I was telling her we were working on other stuff and i was like, we're gonna have the charge game on but like, it's so embarrassing. Like, don't watch it. this that They're gonna be so bad. They're gonna lose. It's so bad because, you know, they've been on a bit of a break but...
00:48:27
Speaker
you know, when when we left off, they were ah pretty rough watch, so I had no expectations, and then they were so good. They're literally so good. They lost their next game, but that's okay.
00:48:42
Speaker
Yeah, and, like, and they didn't lose by that much, you know? Like, they looked better in that game, so it's fine. Daryl Watts, though. Oh, God, now I'm mad again. Daryl Watts, literally how could you?
00:48:55
Speaker
and feel so bad. You were so, like you were Daryl Watts' biggest fan. How could she do this to you? I just am still not over it
00:49:07
Speaker
It's so devastating to me. Yeah. I'm still not over it at all. I see her and I'm just like, come back. I need her.
00:49:22
Speaker
But my girl my my my new favorite Savalina did like get into a fight, kind of. but She had to remind me what I have gained despite everything that I have lost, you know?
00:49:35
Speaker
Exactly, exactly. But yeah, so that was exciting. Well, like I presume that was an exciting game. Again, one game I missed! I was saying this is just like how in our last episode we were talking about how I missed that Boston game.
00:49:50
Speaker
Yeah. Even now. Yeah, exactly. It's all good now. Man. It's like how I also always miss Brandstrom goals. Like... Yeah, yeah.
00:50:02
Speaker
Very unlucky. Some... Such a good hockey lately. It's great. Canada really needs to win.
National Pride vs. Sports Fandom
00:50:10
Speaker
just keep thinking about this. I'm like, I didn't expect to be this invested.
00:50:14
Speaker
i know. I'm also just like... ah Like, it's so... Because it's like, I don't want to be, like, blindly, like, yeah, Canada, like, whatever. Because it's like, I'm, like, very wary of people like that. Because it's like, ooh. Like, not only is it cringe, it's also like, ugh. Like, when people, like, are wearing all the their gear and, like, can't all Canada, everything. I'm like, well, guys, let's let's slow our rules here. It's like, Convoy vibes. Yeah, yeah. It so is Convoy vibes.
00:50:41
Speaker
But I'm just like, oh my gosh. Like, I'm so, like, so Canada-pilled at the moment. Like... It's just, they just need to win and then i'll like i'll I'll tone it down little.
00:50:53
Speaker
If they lose though, oh my gosh, I'm going to be devastated. Imagine they lose and then Brady comes back to Ottawa. Like, oh, ah. I said, terrible I was like, Brady Kachuk is going to have to issue me like a personal apology when NHL hockey starts up again.
00:51:11
Speaker
god it really sucks cheering for a player like that is not from your country yeah and it sucks extra because it's like your mom is from winnipeg like yeah you grew up are you so american but like yeah yeah like your mom is literally from a very canadian place like winnipeg is like such a canadian canadian place you know what i mean Like, obviously, everyone in Canada is very Canadian, but, like, Winnipeg specifically, it's like, oh, my gosh. Like, Manitoba. That's, like, a deep cut.
00:51:47
Speaker
But, yeah, of course, he had to live in St. Louis or whatever. Even I saw the picture of, like, because they, like, like They show pic- they're always like, oh, like this is the Kachuk brothers like meeting Sidney Crosby for the first time. And then like, I think they show like people post like that along with like other pictures, like current ones.
00:52:09
Speaker
But the most current one I saw was like from the All-Star game. and I was like, yeah, like Sidney Crosby is not going to take a picture with you guys this time. Like, nice try. Like he he hates you right now, probably.
00:52:20
Speaker
Like, I'm just like, in my head, all the Canadian players are like, we hate them so much. Even though, like, I think the only Canadian player that, like, for example, was asked about the booing was Brad Martian. And he was like, it's bad. Politics don't belong in sports or whatever. And i was like, you idiot.
00:52:36
Speaker
Yeah. Do you think our recent nationalism is the reason why we're both in our Carly Rae Jepsen eras right now? Literally, i am being CanCon-pilled. Like, literally, I'm like, wait a second, Carly Rae, should start listening to um Mariana's Trench, too.
Music and Cultural Connections
00:52:55
Speaker
But yeah, we discovered we are both in our Carly Rae Jepsen era.
00:52:59
Speaker
It's like, I don't know if anyone else gets this. I feel like every few months, like, I am generally a huge Carly Rae Jepsen fan. In fact, there is a Carly Rae Jepsen poster right behind me right here. see um obviously you guys can't see i see it you see it right there i'm a huge fan long-term fan but i feel like every few months i go oh i haven't listened to carly richempson in a while and i'll queue up one of her albums and i'll just be like whoa like i forgot somehow like i knew she was good but somehow i forgot how good she is or like i'll just discover a new song and i'm like i've listened to this so many times and thought it was mid
00:53:40
Speaker
And now I'm just realizing it's like kind of the greatest song ever, know? like for me, like- i like I think before i was listening to like too many sad songs and it was like getting me in a sad mood but I remembered I had this like playlist from like a couple years ago that I had made that was just like all my favorite like upbeat pop songs so I put it on and there's like obviously a lot of car Carly Rae Jepsen on there and I was like oh my gosh why am I not listening to this like all the time she is like the greatest artist of all time she's just like pop banger after pop banger like it's honestly an indictment that like
00:54:17
Speaker
She's not like the most mainstream like pop. It's like bad that she's like not like a like a main pop girl that like people talk about. Like she's just the greatest pop artist of our generation in my opinion.
00:54:32
Speaker
Yeah, I know. I've been listening to her newer albums a lot recently, which like I listened to those when they came out. But for some reason, wasn't a huge fan of the song Shy Boy when it first came out. And I think it's just because I follow her on social media so much and she was hyping up the song so much that I was expecting it to be really good and that it just wasn't.
00:54:52
Speaker
But I was listening to it recently and I was like, wait... Wait, this is kind of a banger. Like, yeah, even the songs that you're like, okay, maybe not like the greatest song ever. It's like you know what, though? It's always a banger.
00:55:05
Speaker
Like, just banger after banger. She's just amazing. I even have hot take about Carly Rae Jepsen. Nobody ever agrees with me about this. I always hear people talking about Emotion as her greatest work, as one of the best pop albums of all time. And like, I agree, one of the greatest pop albums of all time.
00:55:23
Speaker
Definitely like the place to start if you're just getting into Carly Rae Jepsen. Emotion is such a good album, but her best work was dedicated and dedicated side B. nothing nothing compares two of the greatest albums of all time i fully agree those are like it contains some of my favorite to be fair though when i put on car i know you listen like through entire albums i tend to just like play like from like my faves from a bunch but like all my like most of my faves come from dedicated and dedicated side b amazing albums
00:55:57
Speaker
Like, just banger after banger after banger. They're all so much fun to listen to. Just amazing pop songs. Also, like, the lyrics are good. Those are some of her best Blorbo songs, too. In my head, when I say a Blorbo song, what I mean is a song that I can associate with a fictional character.
00:56:18
Speaker
And she has so many songs that I associate with fictional characters so much. Are any of them... buddy. that Yes. Yeah.
00:56:29
Speaker
Look, Dedicated and Dedicated Side B are extremely buddy-coded albums. I was posting about this on Blue Sky. I was like, why did just think of that? it's a yeah i so Specifically, no, I was listening to Dedicated and then the song Happy Not Knowing came up and I was listening to lyrics and I was like, whoa, whoa, this is so Evan Buckley and Eddie Diaz coded.
00:56:53
Speaker
This is crazy. The whole album is. It also, before that, it It was always, to me, an album about the dark artifices by Cassandra Clare. It is so Julian Blackthorn and Emma Carstairs coded. It's just, it's a good Blorbo album, you know?
00:57:10
Speaker
the Few will understand. Man, is that our third episode in a row where i mentioned Buddy? You brought it up, though. ah Yeah, exactly. I'll download it. Guys, there's not much time left to start watching 9-1-1 before Buddy goes canon. It's happening in March. You heard it here first.
00:57:29
Speaker
I'm not delusional. It is going to happen. like, I still haven't seen it, so I'm just just like, yeah. Like, it is going to happen. I literally tell people in my real life, I'm like, oh, do you watch the show? And they're like, oh, no, like, is it good? Should I start? And I'm like...
00:57:45
Speaker
so I don't watch it either. Like, I actually don't know anything about it, sadly. Sorry, guys. You need to watch it. I know, I will, I will. Guys, when Buddy goes canon, it's gonna be, like, super viral.
00:57:59
Speaker
Everyone's gonna be talking about it. It's gonna be, like, the biggest pop culture moment ever. And then you're gonna be sitting there going, man, I wish I watched that TV show with the gay firefighters who are finally together.
00:58:13
Speaker
gonna be, like... Like, all of time will be separated into, like, el le before Buddy Cannon
TV Show Anticipations and Canadian Playlists
00:58:22
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and after. Like, this will be, like, the new point that we decide to split it by. I'm gonna get in I'm gonna get into it.
00:58:31
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I'm gonna be there before Buddy Cannon. And then when Buddy Cannon happens... I still don't know their names. Eddie? Who's Buh? Like, who makes the Buh part? Buck.
00:58:42
Speaker
Oh, okay. His name is Evan Buckley, but he goes by Buck. That's his nickname. Okay, Okay, because I heard you say their names. was like, Eddie Diaz. Makes sense.
00:58:52
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But then I was like, wait a second. What is Buh? Why are they Buddy?
00:58:59
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That's so funny. Okay, I will watch. It's going to be amazing. It's also cute name. You've got tell me everything about it. It is! It's such a cute ship name.
00:59:11
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But, yeah yeah. Thank you, Carly Rae Jepsen, for giving us a buddy on Anthem. She didn't even know she was doing it. She just, like, she felt a calling and was like, wait a second, this is what I must do.
00:59:27
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So yeah, everyone listen to Carly Rae Jumson. if it If it's been a while since you last listened to one of her albums, go queue up an album. Listen to Dedicated especially.
00:59:38
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And listen to all Canadian music. We need to go full CanCon right now. We literally do need to go full CanCon. Like my entire life growing up, like listening to Canadian radio, I was like, i don't get CanCon. It makes no sense. Now we need it more than ever.
00:59:54
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I started a Spotify playlist that I titled Trade Wars, I guess. That's just Canadian music. And then the problem is i added a lot of like small, really underground artists, like, you know, people that I actually know in real life, or even, like, I added the song, the music from the mullet man who goes to Sens games. He has great music, actually.
01:00:18
Speaker
And, you know, people who used to do workshops at my high school, because I was in a creative writing program, so we did that, like, random people and then i realized artists can see when you add their songs to your playlists so all these artists are seeing me add their like entire discography to my trade wars playlist it's fine i hope they like i'm sure they do also there's a lot of talk on there too talk is great i need him to follow me back on twitter
01:00:49
Speaker
He seems so cool. I saw him at Oceaga and I remember kept I kept thinking like, he needs to follow me back so that I can go to his show and be like, that's oomph. That's the message we're ending this on.
01:01:04
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here Even if you're American, you need to start listening to Canadian music. It's actually true because like there are some like bangers that like you didn't realize were bangers when you heard them on the radio like Canadian specific bangers and then it's like Americans have no idea about them because I have like some American family and they're like just like what are you talking about?
01:01:23
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It's like you need to get into Canadian music. It's really good sometimes. their hat There are some that are not too good. but No, I didn't add those to my playlist. I only added good Canadian music. Yeah, there you go. Also, i think the Sens are leaning into
Sports Teams on Social Media
01:01:40
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CanCon. They're having like a tragically hip night or something. i don't know what it entails, but it's like, ooh, they are going full CanCon as well.
01:01:48
Speaker
I love that. I wonder how many players even know who the Tragically hip are. No, I feel like hockey players do know because like they're they're immersed in Canadian culture in a way that like most Americans aren't.
01:02:01
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who Yeah, I think like, yeah, because of that, they must know. Yeah, it's like how the hockey accent is just like a Canadian accent, you know? Yeah, exactly. It's so funny.
01:02:13
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Yeah, actually, the scents have been kind of killing it on social media lately. Like, we haven't discussed the, like, bizarre video they put out of a bunch of scents players on the canal trying to figure out who has the bluest eyes.
01:02:28
Speaker
Yeah, that, like, what the hell? That sounds so much like a, like, it's one step away from, like, well, who has the softest lips? Like, how will we find out?
01:02:39
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Yeah.
01:02:42
Speaker
Oh, we have to stare into each other's eyes for the video, of course. Yeah. the social media teams that we had to. It's all for the video. i Like, I can't believe they're making us do this. Like, okay.
01:02:52
Speaker
It's very funny. But yeah, there has been some good content. Also, like you said, there was the ah Shabbat ah Brady vlog that they do once a year So I don't know if they count They're the worst vloggers of all time. Yeah, well, because every... don't know.
01:03:10
Speaker
It's just it's clearly some inside joke between them where whenever they're picking teams for SenSkills, they're like, what's up, SenSkills Nation? Welcome to the vlog.
01:03:21
Speaker
um like clearly parodying like youtubers which just it's funny it reminds reminds you of how young they are they're our generation you know yeah that's their sense of humor exactly i feel like yeah i it was cool this time it was like lacrosse themed because of the new colon of black bears so i thought that was cool I forget who was selected to what team.
01:03:44
Speaker
It was very chaotic and stuff. Really, you know, yeah don't think the point of it was to get an idea of what the teams are. But that'll be exciting. someki Yeah, that was a super chaotic video. There was a part...
01:04:00
Speaker
where, like, the camera just fully fell. They weren't like, oh, we should, like, redo that because no one can see what happened. They just, like, let it fall. Just, like, the screen was black for, like, a few seconds. and They were, like, they just, like, picked it up and, like, kept up. And I was like, oh, okay.
01:04:13
Speaker
Not edited out at all. That's the vlog. That's the quality vlog content. Yeah, the other thing they posted on social media recently, um it was Valentine's Day, so they posted, like, who's your son's Valentine? like And, like, I think you...
01:04:28
Speaker
entered you were entered into a draw to like win ah their jersey or something but they posted and they said who did you get and i got ridley greg when i did it and i first i was like because he's kind of young but i was like okay whatever i got him problematic age gap yeah i know i'm really sorry it was really problematic for me and this must be why the sons did what they did so they said who did you all get and i said ridley greg Like two minutes after they posted it.
01:04:55
Speaker
And 15 minutes went by and no one else posted anything and they ignored me. What the heck? This is embarrassing. They didn't even like my post or anything. So then I had to quote my post and I said, do they even care? then they liked my post after.
01:05:10
Speaker
i was like, that's really embarrassing. That's horrifying. I'm so sorry that happened to you. thought they would post like gif or something in response. They just totally ignored me.
01:05:21
Speaker
I was like, am I not interesting enough for you I'm trying to boost your content on this app so that more people see it. They just ghosted me. No one cares that I got Ridley Gregg. Even to call me out. Even to say, hey, that's really problematic. You shouldn't say that.
01:05:34
Speaker
No one cared. a Sorry, I just remembered that happened to me and I was like, that's so embarrassing. and With- it's also funny to me how much the Sens admin- and there are obviously multiple admins, but, like, at least one of them has been, like, subtly playing into the jokes about Siobhan and Norris a few times.
01:06:00
Speaker
And it's so funny, and I half expected them to make a joke about it for Valentine's, but I guess it's good that they didn't.
01:06:09
Speaker
But also, oh my god, speaking of Norris, cancelled for his take on the Super Bowl! He said, they said, who who do you want to win? He said, anyone but Swift or whatever.
01:06:22
Speaker
You used to be a Swifty, Josh Norris, I remember. It's also just like, it's a cringe take. Like, okay... Like, obviously, not I'm not pro-Chiefs winning the Super Bowl. It's not about that.
01:06:36
Speaker
It's also not like, oh, cheering against Taylor in any way is problematic or whatever. And also, I don't care if players dislike Taylor Swift. It's the specific way that it's like, this is a football game, and you're immediately like, oh, I hope Taylor Swift doesn't win. Like, you know what mean?
01:06:53
Speaker
That's just... Come on, Josh, put down the Barstool Sports. Like, this isn't you. It was cringe. Alternative take, though, that like, or alternate take, where like, Josh Norris is actually like a gayler, and he's like, I hate seeing her at the games.
01:07:11
Speaker
Like, it's all PR. So actually... Yeah, that that seems more believable to me. yeah so that's that was my first thought. I was like, wait a second, this doesn't seem like Josh.
Episode Wrap-Up and Encouragement
01:07:23
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So Josh, please clarify your views. He's cancelled either way. man So I think that's it for this episode. Yeah, I think that's everything we wanted to discuss. Yes, we had a great time.
01:07:36
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Everyone, remember to boo the American Anthem at every opportunity and also listen to Carly Rae Jemsen and We will see you next time. Sens go.
01:07:47
Speaker
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01:08:19
Speaker
Okay, follow us on Tumblr at elitesensbrain.tumblr.com and listen to Brigade. Yes, we haven't put out a new episode with me recently, so you don't need to listen because I'm not there. no, no.
01:08:32
Speaker
Listen anyways, yeah. I refuse to say it because, yeah, I didn't want to say it because my French accent is atrocious. But anyway, is that everything? Did I do it? I think so. Follow us on at elitesensbrain, if you didn't say that, on Twitter and Blue Sky. Yeah.
01:08:46
Speaker
yeah Yeah. I think I forgot to say that. Go Sins Go. yeah Go Sins Go. Bye. There we go.