Could Axel Sandin-Pellikka be a top-six forward in the NHL?!? Detroit Red Wings Prospect discussion
Welcome to Undrafted Hockey Fan. I’m Brad. And today we got Dayton from the Game Day Tarps joining us today. Dayton, how are you doing today? Pretty good, man. Thanks for having me on. Absolutely. I’m ready to do this. Let’s do this. Yeah, let’s just jump right into it. So talk to me. I mean, I guess the listeners and everything. What’s your podcast about right now? And what do you focus on for your podcasts? So, yeah, this summer at Game Day Terps, we put, like, the podcast side on hold, and myself and Colton, we’ve been doing, like, a live show, three o’clock Atlantic time, two o’clock Eastern, eleven a.m. Pacific, Monday to Friday. Check us out on YouTube and Twitter if you… if you please would. But yeah, just anything that’s going on. We’ve had guests like Craig Button, like Spencer Hyman, some pretty big names we’ve had on, but we’ve tried to get the podcast side going. So in the podcast side, we like to talk anything, junior hockey, NHL, whatever’s going on in the world of hockey, we’re here and we’re talking about it. I feel like I’m having you on, and I feel like I’m using you for sure, man. Craig Button, dude, he’s a rock star, dude. I know he’s covered all the Coyote stuff, dude, and everything. So he’s a rock star, man. That’s phenomenal. How’d you connect up with him? could just uh colton uh one of the other guys from the podcast he just slid in the dms dude that is awesome I love that man too I know I just I found out so again I I don’t know for people who are listening to me of course I’m covering red wings a lot but I I’m from like a small-ish town outside detroit and so there’s it’s called white lake uh that’s where I grew up and i One of the guys that I know got drafted out of there. He was a third-round pick for the Philadelphia Flyers. So he got traded to the Oilers. He plays in the AHL. And now he just signed with the Colorado Avalanche. Probably played with the AHL there. But it’s cool to see. You’re like, oh, dude. And it was funny. I reached out to him. I was like, I got nothing. I’m like, you got Craig Button, dude. I love that for you guys, man. That’s amazing. Yeah. I don’t know how it really – I guess the one thing I could say is just to keep reaching out. And I guess one, you knock on fifty doors, you’re going to at least get one yes. It’s funny you say that. I am in sales. So it’s very funny that you say that. So I am. And I love that you’re doing the live content and everything and doing the live show. That’s amazing. That’s something that I’ve looked into the live broadcast as well a little bit. And it’s a ton of fun, man. It is. It’s a great time. So love that. And so with your guys’ content, so you’re out of… We just went over this. Your closest team would be the Halifax Mooseheads, right? Yes, sir. So how long have you been following them for? Well, I’ve been following them ever since like most people would say twenty thirteen when Nathan McKinnon, Jonathan Drew and won the Memorial Cup here. But a few years ago, they went on a pretty deep playoff run. They actually had a guy who is in Detroit system right now, Alex Doucette. He became one of my favorite players. And now Doucette Friend of mine on TikTok, actually. Don’t know how that happened, but he’ll be back on TikTok. Look at that, dude. That’s awesome. Ever since then, I’ve been a fan of Doucette, so I’d love to see him get into the lineup soon in Detroit. Dude, I remember when they signed him out of the queue and everything, and he lit it up. He did a phenomenal job. So I’m looking at his stats real quick right now. This year in the AHL, twenty-one points, sixty-four games. I know he did have a stint down in the ECHL, which I was a little bummed, and I was like, I don’t know what happened with the production, but Let me, I’m looking it up. I know he had like a killer. Is it like you talked about too? Like he was just like killing the queue. Yeah. Sixty two points in thirty six games. I mean, almost two points a game, dude, which is nuts. I mean, and so when they picked him up, I was like, that’s phenomenal. And then forty one points with forty one points in fifty two games with the Toledo Walleye. And then again, twenty one point sixty four games. He looks adorable, man. I would love to see him make it in a bottom six role or something like that. He’s a good scorer and everything. So what did you see out of him when he was there? I mean, because clearly he lit it up. Yeah, I mean, most people you talk to, if you talk about like the CHL and the three feeder leagues that go into it, the WHL, the OHL and the QMJHL, most people would say the QMJHL is the most offensive minded and there’s not much defensive structure in that league. Therefore, players, if you get a guy like Doucette, who’s kind of levels above the rest, or Jordan Dumais, who was also on his team and they were both first team all-stars that year, it’s uh it’s kind of hard to say that they’re not levels above the rest because the defensive structure isn’t so good in that league but I I’d still say if he was in the whl or even the ushl or the ohl still would have put up those numbers I really like him I like his speed he’s not like the most flashy guy But he’s effective, and the stuff he does on the ice works, and it works well. Yeah. If you get an opportunity, I just did a podcast with the Grand Rapids Griffins pipeline. They’re on the page. And so if you get a chance, talk to them. They’re working with the Grand Rapids Griffins. So Alex Doucette, of course, playing six to four games over there. Definitely hit them up. They’re great. If you haven’t checked out the episode, go. Not just you, Dayton. Everyone else is listening. Go check out the episode. It was a ton of fun with the guys. Um, and we had a great time and, and it’s actually our second time doing a pod together and we just, I didn’t click Red Wings content. I mean, it’s like, you know, it is a hundred plus years, you know, it’s a centennial year talking about that too, of course. So, um, speaking of the QMJHL, so one of the things that we talked to that I wanted to bring up with you, we talked about some of the comparisons with, it comes with like the CHL, um, WHL and the OHL. And we talked about how, you know, Michael Misa lit it up and everything. And, um, I think – I don’t know how much – and I’m going to go more Detroit-focused because, again, I’m a Detroit fan, but I can talk about a ton of players. I’m just one of the most familiar with. So what I want to mention is – I don’t know if you followed the Montcat – Wildcat or Mont – Monton? Wildcats. Yeah. Moncton, is that right? Moncton. Moncton Wildcats. So I’m looking at one of their players that they had in the QMJHL. It’s Rudy Goumand. He was a six-round pick for the Red Wings in twenty twenty three. He had a he had a phenomenal. So again, and I agree with you on the QMJHL more offensively minded. I think based on what I’ve the discussions I’ve had, it goes like, you know, offensively minded QMJHL. whl I think is more defensively minded and ohl is a little more middle I’d say correct exactly okay so what so one of the things that really impressed me with um rudy is in twenty four twenty five with the the wildcats sixteen games played nine four save percentage and a one point seven three goals against average and I I was just like I’m doing uh the review of the prospects and I saw that I was like okay, this is a league that scoring is just so high and he’s putting up a sub two goal, you know, goals against average. I’m like, that’s crazy. I mean, that’s, I don’t think you hear about those types of numbers out of the queue. What do you think? I’ll tell you this right now. I’m so glad you brought Rudy Guimauve because this kid last year came into Moncton halfway through the season and nobody was like, or everybody was like, why did they just bring him in? Because they also made a trade with Halifax for, I’d say, the best goaltender in the league to bring him in for a championship run. So now they have two of the best goaltenders in the league. Rudy Guimauve did not lose a game that he started last year until the Memorial Cup. This kid is a gamer. He’ll win games for you. And man, is he a rock wall in between the pipes? Well, and that’s something that I want to, I’m so glad you brought that up because to me, like we, one of the strengths that come out of the Red Wings project pool, I think is their goalies. You’re talking about Sebastian Costa coming out of the WHL. You got Trey Augustine, NCAA with Michigan State Spartans. Rudy as well. And again, I I’m just so excited for those. And I think it’s a, it’s a huge strength. I know out of the third round this past year, they got Michael Pradell was a really big ad in the third round. Very, very well spoken of. And I, and of course he traded for, they traded for John Gibson. So as, as like a holder for right now until Kosa can, in my opinion, I think he’ll play a couple of games this year, but I think he’s not going to get that backup backup job until next the following year. But it’ll be really interesting to see. So do you think that there’ll be one A, one B, Rudy and the other goalie that Wildcats traded for? Or do you think Rudy can take over the net there? Rudy’s taking over the net for sure because the other goalie, Matisse Rousseau, is now in Maine. He went to the NCAA as one of the players that signed a deal in the NCAA. So Rudy’s got the crease. He’s going to run with it. And I expect him to… be the starter all year long in Moncton. Love that. Love to hear that. Well, and so talking about the comparison, so we know that this, you know, the W or Q and J HL, more of a junior league, right. And they step into NCAA. What do you think the benefit of him going to, of a goalie going to the NCAA as opposed to continue building his skill sets in the, in the WHL, the OHL. Cause we saw that with Sebastian Costa. He, he did, I think it was two years in the WHL, two or three years in the WHL. And, you know, why wouldn’t that be more of an option for or why would Sebastian in this case choose to stay in a league like that as opposed to moving on to like some of the NCAA or is that something that the guys are sought after? And there would be was an opportunity for him to do that. I don’t know. What are your thoughts on that? I think for Kosa, it might have been the same for both guys. I know Russo aged out of junior, and he hadn’t got drafted yet. He’s an undersized goalie. He’s . So not something that most teams are looking for. Pretty much. Amazing goalie, but he’s . So he goes to UMaine, which is… Coincidentally, the University of goalies or goalie you because Jimmy Howard, guys like that. But yeah, I think going to NCAA gives them another chance because they couple years ago they were like man my career and junior’s coming to an end I haven’t got drafted yet russo the guy from halifax had only gone to a couple of like nhl camps he hasn’t had like any signings so this just gives them like another opportunity if this was available to kosa when he was coming out of junior I think this is the route he definitely should have gone but just because of the weight that he’s had to have in Detroit. Like I know you mentioned it, Detroit’s got a pipeline of goaltending prospects and they have had one for a few good years now, but that sometimes it’s a good thing. But when you’re surpassing Sebastian Kosa and a goalie with that much talent and you’re waiting that long, it might put a hinder on things sometimes. Well, and especially, I mean, and you can talk about the Costa drama. There was the talks about, you know, in that twenty twenty draft or twenty twenty one of the twenty twenty one draft. Yeah. Yeah. Twenty one, twenty one, twenty twenty one draft. You see the Redmonds trade their twenty third overall, twenty third overall pick, which they got in the Washington trade, a second overall pick or a second round back in a fourth round pick to move up from twenty third to fifteen. And you’re like, oh, they’re going to draft a goalie. There was talks about Edmonton really wanting a goalie. Kind of hilarious they need a goalie right now. But the – They’re talking about getting a goalie, and you’re like, oh, my God, they’re going to pick Wallstead. He’s the number one goalie prospect that year. They’re going to go for the Swedish. Crazy, the Red Wings are going to go with a Swedish goalie, and then they go and they pick Kostad. Everyone’s like, what? And he was definitely the more project pick. He’s been more of a project. High athleticism. But Wallstead has been known as – based on what I was told was Wallstead was more – Not NHL ready, but more of a steadier goaltender, a little more consistent, kind of like a Trey Augustine where he’s just more technical. But if you want the big saves, Kosa is that high athletic. He was going to be your boomer bus prospect. And again, I looked at him. He played three years in the WHL, and I’m like – is this guy like, I’m worried. I’ve always had the faith. I’m such an optimist. I, I, you know, I want Costa to work out, but I’m, I know it’s starting to, it’s starting to leak, man. I’m feeling like I’m feeling the pressure at least when it comes to Sebastian Costa. I don’t know what your thoughts are. Again, it is, it is a long time, but goalies do, they take a long time. We’re not, not everyone’s Dustin Wolf, right? That’s right. That’s right. I mean, It could be a thing of Sebastian Kosa maturing into his body and developing as he gets older. I know goaltenders sometimes take a little bit more, like you said, a little bit more time to get into their own, but I think Kosa was… He was a premier goalie coming out of the WHL. He was top-ranked among a lot of prospect analysts, and I think he should have had a shot. I don’t know if I’m speaking out of line here, but I think Kosa should have had a shot somewhere along the way. Yeah, well, last year the Red Wings were running three goalies. They had Huso, Lyon, and Talbot. And the only time that he got brought up was because there were so many injuries. They had waived Huso at that point. Alex Lyon got injured, so he was backing up Talbot. And then Talbot got injured, and then that’s when Kosa came in, first-first game. His stats weren’t that great, but he was the first – So he, the rec, the friend, he, the record that he got in the NHL was he’s the first, uh, not, not filling goalie, but like first, uh, goalie to fill in as a backup. in the game and win for his rook his first game or something yeah so it was like a really niche right like like niche stat but like yeah he didn’t start but he came in as a fill-in and and took a takeover so um it was cool I mean he got lit up a little bit but uh it was I I do think he gets you know his five six games I think because red wings are running talbot and gibson too not young goaltenders I think Talbot’s gonna be this year so it’s he’s you know he’s gonna pull a Patrick Kane and hurt his hip you know because he’s so old so um but yeah it’s it’ll be interesting to see that and I I really hope to see him a little bit more I think just it kind of helps like you talk about easing them in right you know just kind of slowly rolling them in and everything so I’d be curious but um I just have a question for you this is your show but I have a question for you really sure yeah montreal they also ran a three goalie system I think two years ago with kate and primo jake allen and sam mountable yeah completely screwed up the rhythm nobody got on track with any type of rhythm like one guy was playing two games back to back and then the other two would come in and play the other back-to-backs and it was just Kind of a mess. What are your thoughts on like a three goalie system? Does it work or like not? So to me, I don’t think it works. I think you need, I think if a goal, I think so. I think they screw up Primo’s development in my opinion, because he’s, he got traded. Didn’t he? Yeah. Yeah. Where’d he get traded to? I forget. I can’t, I can’t remember. You look it up, but I’ll talk about it. Yeah, no, I think it’s, I think it’s, it screws you, your rhythm up, right? If you’re playing three to four games a week and you’re only playing in one of those games, like maybe you get hot and the coach says, Hey, I’m going to put you in for three of the four games this week. you might not play for a week or two, right? And it’s goalies want to play. Players want to play. Every goalie wants to be the starter. They don’t want to be sitting there waiting on the bench, keeping the bench warm. It’s not – I mean, you see that with the San Jose Sharks. Their goalies aren’t even near the bench. They’re in this – basically in the stands or where the Zamboni is on a folding chair. Like – embarrassing come on like you know um and again I just think that it’s it’s not good for goalies development so I’d rather again not I would I’d love to see kosa right and but I don’t want you to bring him up for a game or two like bring him up for like a stint like you know like hey if talbot needs to take two weeks off like maybe maybe he only needs a week give him two just to like you know really getting used to the nhl get and you really want I think any goalie you want to see them take some steps and say kind of like maybe grab grab the armchair and say holy this is the nhl like this is fast I gotta get better right you know and I’m I’m really curious on I think that’s just you need playing time I mean just you need to get in net and you need to get pucks on net and or get pucks on them I guess you know just to get the experience of the nhl but what are your thoughts on that I, I, one hundred percent agree. I think when it comes to like, I’m going to put a little life lesson in here. I’m a hands-on learner, right? Preach, preach. So if you’re a goalie coming into a new league and you’ve never played, how do you expect to get better? You need to do it. You need to actually like actually do the action and then you might like get better at it. It’s just like learning. Yeah, absolutely. I’m a kinesthetic learner, man. I got to do it. I always tell my wife, I’m so tenacious. I don’t want a puzzle that I have limited tries. Give me unlimited tries. I’ll get it. I’ll put the reps in. I’m joking with all my family members. I tell them, I’ll beat you in a marathon. I’m the turtle. I’m going to get there. And I like, but you need to get the reps in. And that’s like, that’s why I think it’s so important for Kosa. He’s going to be, he’s going to have that starting net. Right. And we’re, and you’re seeing that again, we’ll keep going Red Wings, but with the Red Wings, you’re, you’re seeing that Kosa is the, he’s going to take over that starting position in that at, in the AHL, which is one of the concerned in the Red Wings community is like, okay, why is Trey Augustine saying another year at state? Like he’s good. Like they should let him, Come on up. But then he’s going to back up, you know, you know, do you want him backing up Kosa? No, you want him, you want him to get as many reps. You want to get as many games to really like take the full effect of his development. And then as coach, you know, Kosa plays a year in the AHL this year, graduate to the NHL the following year. Oh, look at that. There’s a goalie spot available. Bring Trey Augustine into the AHL at that point. and then at that point you know maybe he stays there for a year maybe two uh and hopefully comes up as soon as possible but I think that I think because to me the star tandem is trey oxen and kosa playing forty forties or you know playing splitting the net I think that would be phenomenal yeah and I think I like John Gibson. I like John Gibson. I like what he’s done. He’s an upgrade. He’s an upgrade on Lyon and Husso. We can say that at least. And I’ll be honest, he was the best goalie available. Like, it doesn’t mean he’s good, but he’s available. Go ahead. Sorry I interrupted. no no no problem at all I think like you said talbot thirty eight years old he’s getting probably to the end of the line especially as a goaltender like to be able to move side to side post the post like that at thirty eight props to him but I would like to see maybe john gibson take the starters net and then let kosa bring kosa up let him get some backup reps this season yep And then maybe see what happens with Gibson. Maybe he doesn’t work out, and maybe Kosa ends up being your guy. And then you’ve got Trey Augustine, who’s got another season under his belt in the NCAA. Michigan State’s got a chance to put up another, go for like a championship, a national championship this year. Absolutely. good things could happen in detroit I love your optimism this is the optimism red wings fan need man because that is I I’m pretty optimistic I don’t know I’m that optimistic but I I definitely would like to see that right like I like I just don’t I’m so afraid of burning because like I was talking when we were messaging before I’m so afraid of burning some of your prospects out and bringing them up too early and goalies are goalies are voodoo man it could be It could be anything. It could go a bad direction, right? We saw that Devin Levi was one of the highest goalie prospects. He gets traded to Buffalo. Maybe it’s Buffalo’s system. I don’t know. And the way we’ve seen the narrative is that people leave Buffalo and thrive. But maybe it was the opposite with Devin Levi. But we saw that he just signed – I think it was a three-year deal, like eight, six years, you know, a year. I was like, you’re Devin Levi. Why are you, why are you taking this discount? You’re going to be a great. And, you know, we haven’t seen him really put up the numbers that we saw before. And it’s, and goalies can be so finicky like that. And I’m just like, I just, I’m afraid, especially for the amount of draft capital you spend on him. I mean, mind you, once it’s gone at this point, but Red Wings fans are a little salty because the twenty third overall pick was Wyatt Johnston, who looks phenomenal with the stars. So it’s they really need him to work out, I guess. If he doesn’t, you have Trey Augustine. But like you just you spend all this capital on you really want to work out. Yeah, that’s definitely the way you got to go. Yeah. Oh, what was the primo? Where did Primo get traded to? Carolina. okay okay so I’m cute well yeah they got you know freddie uh freddie anderson so maybe maybe he’ll retire one day I feel like he just keeps signing one-year contracts and hopefully he’s healthy he just keeps going I don’t even know man dude yeah I love that so well let’s take a quick break we’re going to talk about michael rasmussen and the chl some of those rules that we talked about in our in our text thread and everything but let’s hear uh from our sponsors tracking we’ll be right back Your season, your shot. The NFL season is rolling. Every touchdown can be closer to a payout with DraftKings Sportsbook, an official sports betting partner of the NFL. From first touchdown scores to anytime TD props or the thrill of live game in betting, every snap is loaded with opportunity. And I’m telling you, Detroit Lions, they had a bad week. They had a bad first week against the Packers. But I have faith. 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And we are back. And so, by the way, I was just looking at your Twitter. I, you’re bilingual. I mean, clearly you’re out in the, yeah, yeah, that you’re in the area and everything. So yeah, the Canadian, yeah, yeah. You can be Canadians and not be a Francophone, but my wife and I, we just went to Paris last year. And so we’re learning French. I’m doing it on Babbel. She’s doing it on Duolingo and Her vocab is much better than me. Like I’ll run things through her. But I’ll tell you, I nailed the pronunciation, dude. I’m pretty excited about it. So I’m getting there. I am French. My last name is Mescler. Okay. But in America, we say Mescler, you know. That’s fair. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I’ll sound too hoity-toity if I say it that way, in Michigan at least. But yeah, so we’re talking about Michael Rasmussen. So one of the things that was a concern for Red Wings fans back in the day is that Michael Rasmussen was subjected to this rule in the CHL where guys can’t come up and just immediately jump from the CHL to the NHL. or they had to jump from the CHL to the NHL and they couldn’t go to the AHL first. I assume you’re a little bit more familiar with this rule. Can you elaborate a little bit more on what happens with these players or what’s the rule behind it? Is there any changes? Are we going to see changes? But let me know what your thoughts are on this. Well, first off, we are going to see some changes. You’re in luck. But I’ll bring it back to point A where everybody kind of wants to start off. If you’re coming from the CHL, you’re drafted, and you make that team out of camp, good for you if you don’t you get sent back to the a or to the chl if you’re under the age of if you’re you can play in the ahl there’s just an age limit but coming with the new cba in Any team will be able to like all thirty to thirty two NHL teams will be able to put forward a list of selected players along with their AHL affiliate with players that they think even if they’re not nineteen years old, they think they’re eligible to go play in the AHL. They think they’ve kind of passed their duties in the junior leagues like Michael Mesa has this past season. Then they’re going to grant him access into the AHL. but unfortunately it doesn’t start until twenty twenty six I have some words that I took from a like a little excerpt from the hockey writers. And they said the exact wording is NHL will reopen its agreement with the CHL to seek to eliminate the mandatory return rule for nineteen year old players. NHL will seek to limit NHL clubs to loaning no more than one nineteen year old player per year to the AHL without the requirement of first offering such player to his junior club. In short, this means that a select players can make the jump to the AHL after a year if their drafted NHL team feels they’re ready to turn pro. So a couple guys are like Braden Kutz, Ben Kindle, Raddy Murka, who was drafted ninth overall. So there’s a couple guys that could make the jump next year, but I guess it all depends on if their team and their AHL team feels like they’re ready. Well, and that’s one of the things that we’re learning with is Red Wings drafted Carter Bear, right? And he is now a loaned player. Because he got eighty-two points in fifty-six games with the Silver Tips. He’ll be nineteen years old. He’ll be turning nineteen years old soon. And the thought was, like, this guy might be able to do some… I mean, he’s still young, right? But he produced eighty-nine points in fifty-some games. So you’re like, okay, this guy… is WHL ready? Does he need to go to WHL? Does it make more sense to go the NCAA route? Or like, he probably could make it on like a good middle six on the AHL team, right? Like, so, I mean, I’m really curious. I really hope that, because I know we definitely don’t want to starve these CHL teams, right? This is, we don’t want to take all the talent. I totally agree with that, but we’re already seeing the transition from Gavin McKenna going to Penn State. He’s going to the NCAA. You’re one of your, you know, your first, your, Almost guaranteed. I know Landon DuPont is the other one, right? Yeah. But you have Gavin McKenna leaving the CHL to go to the NCAA for a higher competition, and it’s just something that maybe the CHL doesn’t offer, maybe a high enough competition. I don’t know. Let me know what your thoughts are because I’m still navigating this world where the NCAA is becoming a real training ground for some guys. So what are your thoughts? yeah I think honestly it’s still a huge gray area there I think people will know ten fifteen games into the season if gavin mckenna isn’t putting up points like gavin mckenna is supposed to be like james haggins I don’t know if uh yeah you of course know james haggins yeah yeah of course yeah the other long island kid that the islanders did all these trades and didn’t even pick yeah yeah yeah exactly but but yeah he was supposed to be top guy he was up there uh for first overall in those talks with matthew schaefer some people already had him one above Matthew Schaefer, but, uh, He only put up thirty seven points in the NCAA, but they played less games. And he’s an eighteen year old playing against seventeen at some points of the season, playing against maybe twenty three, twenty four year old guys. So if McKenna doesn’t go in and produce, people are going to be like, what’s going on with Gavin McKenna? Why is he not producing in anything? Yeah, but he’s playing in a situation that he’s never played before. So. That’s one thing that could happen. The other thing where like the CHL players, Carter Bear, for example, I think like, yeah, he’s probably a little too good for the WHL now. But I think if he goes right into the NCAA this year, turning eighteen, I think he’d get thrown around a little bit. I think he should take this season, put on like another ten pounds of muscle or so, and then he’ll be ready by next season to make the jump. Well, and that’s something we talked about. Guys want playing time, right? And so is Carter bear better off in a third line role on an NCAA team, or is he better off on a first line role for a WHL team, right? Where he can really light it up, build his confidence and build his technical skills. And yeah, I mean, if he walks guys, he walks guys. But that’s okay, right? Like, you know, like that’s – I don’t disagree with that, which is – I know the Red Wings – I don’t know with – this is a thing that happened when Ken Holland was here. There was a lot of talks about Red Wings over-ripen their guys. And so it’s – that’s my concern is it’s that fine balancing, I think. And we’re seeing that not enough rookies have made the Red Wings as – as we wanted you know he had that big spurge of just you know signed cop and you know shara and conferring all these different like justin hall doesn’t get me started um and uh but like he’s like all these uh these free agents and to me I was I was like what are you doing like you’re filling gaps that young guys should be kind of coming and transitioning and we just saw it with albert johansson He couldn’t be waived. If he was waived, he was going to get claimed. So he had to be on the Red Wings. And we saw him thrive. And now he’s playing his off-wing second pair. He probably shouldn’t be because the Red Wings depleted defense. But to me, this is where you’re supposed to slow roll these guys. And I think just – I’m afraid that there’s going to be more prospects than spots for the Red Wings. And I’m just like – And that’s my fear, I guess, you know, because Red Wings have a decent amount of draftees and everything, and we want to see them all pop. But I don’t know. It’ll be interesting with all that. I don’t know if I gave you anything to jump off of, but if you wanted to comment on anything. Yeah, one kid we brought up before the show, Axel Sandin Pelica. You talked about the depleted defense in Detroit. This kid could help so much. I was on a radio show back in January talking about, or probably later in the season, talking about Sandin Pelica. He was playing in the SHL. At that point, he had twenty six points in nineteen games. He’s more than a point per game player as a defenseman playing against men. I watched him here in Halifax in twenty twenty three at the World Juniors. and man he was so smooth and ever since then I think he’s been the best young swedish defenseman since and nobody even like simon edvinson is close he’s a little older than sandy pelica but I still think sandy pelica has a more complete game and he’s like I don’t know why they haven’t uh like given him a try I don’t uh I don’t know I think he’d be good in the lineup that’s all I’m gonna say Yeah, no. So the, it’s funny you mentioned that. So with the, with the SHL or with the Red Wings, they tried, they talked about this. So he actually came over at the end of the year. And I talked to the Grand Rapids Griffins guys and, and actually Cindy Pelica is used to SHL ice. Again, it’s a different, it’s not a different game, but it’s a bigger ice sheet. Right. And as a smaller guy sitting at like five, ten, he’s, He has a lot of space. He’s quick and everything, which is great in the SHL. But when you close that gap and you play in the AHL and the ice is a lot smaller and the guy’s a lot bigger, a lot more physical, he didn’t fit as well last year in the AHL. Now, mind you, there is… a considered a dark horse to actually be uh on the red wings because the right side is basically it’s justin hall jacob bernard dockard and oh and travis hamannik as well and then of course they have albert johansson playing the right side the right side but he’s a left hander so you’re like it would be great to be able to get that but I think that’s one of the reasons the right wing signed travis hamannik they’re like we need someone that’s a veteran, I guess. And that’s why I don’t think Axel will make it out of camp. But if he does, wave Justin Hall, trade somebody. I’m down. I think this would be so exciting to bring a star Swedish defenseman over to North America and see him play there. Especially for the centennial year with the Red Wings, I think that would be phenomenal. I would love to see that. This might be the hottest take you’ve ever had on your podcast, but… I think Axel Sandin Pelica is so complete, you could put him on forward or defense. Oh, really? Like a rover? Like I’m… Yeah, his two-way game is so good. I think you could put him top six or top four. No way. I love that. Let me have it in the comments. Go ahead. Yeah, I love that. That’s clip-worthy right there. Let’s go, dude. Let’s go. I love that. No, and that’s something that we talk about with Eric Carlson. They’re like, he’s a forward that plays defense, right? Yes. by the way I love eric carlson I saw my shark sharks are my second favorite team it’s good because they’re on the west they’re on the west coast so I’m good like they the only time they will really meet is if they go to the stanley cup together right but like yeah I was so excited when they got carlson I was like oh my god I you know my wife got me a jersey and everything too and so I love the jersey and he’s and then the rumors of him coming over i I told my wife I said I’m getting a jersey immediately I you got it I was like so what jersey is it san jose has sick jerseys the black one the the black all blacked out so nice yeah yeah so my wife got me um so I got that one and dallas stars are my third favorite team so I got a jason my wife got me a jason robertson jersey for christmas so nice we got Raymond Cider and I got an old school like Eisenman like all white Eisenman one and Shanahan like back from like the, like the real, the real ones, like the CCM ones. It’s, it’s very cool. So I don’t mean to scare you, but the Dallas Mavericks traded away a twenty six year old Luka Doncic. And then this year, the Cowboys traded away a twenty six year old Micah Parsons. I don’t know if you know this, but Robo’s twenty six. I do. I know. I said it when he signed that contract. I said, Jim, no, you’re an idiot. Why would you sign it? Four years. He did the same thing with Ottinger. It was a four year contract at eight million dollars. I’m like, or eight and a half million dollars and I’m like what are you doing dude I mean it’s crazy dude I I agree dude well that’s kind of where I’m like why can’t we need that like because the eight-year contracts can can be signed up to the fifteenth right yeah but this year or next year this year I believe is it okay I think maybe next I thought it was next year because because that’s that’s one thing because we’re talking about like conor mcdavid needing to sign jack eichel needs to be signed um I’m looking at you know it’s a red wings I’m looking at evanson I’m looking at casper next you know he’ll be able to be signed after july first next year um so I’m looking at a lot of those I’m like hey can we lock up edmondson because I’m still mad that eisman has larkin insider their their contracts are ending at the same time I’m like, oh, you’re killing me, man. It does say right here, the NHL and NHL Players Association ratified a new collective bargaining agreement earlier this month, which will run from September. September. So it is next season. Okay, cool. So they got plenty of time. So which is good. So, I mean, it’s probably, I’m curious if they’re going to go more the NBA model where they have shorter term contracts and the guys make a little bit you know they’ll make more of their lifetime if they stay healthy yeah you know I’m still like sad I was listening to another podcast and they’re talking about the klingberg how klingberg got off our seven by seven turned it down and has just not had the same career as he would have like just like well I’m like ah poor guy man like you know at this but that’s injuries for you you know that happens just well I think that’s what you were talking about too with like the goalie that went to uh university of maine you don’t, not everyone makes the NHL. It’s just a reality that like I was talking with my buddy, like who got drafted by the Flyers third round pick. You’re like, oh, he’s good. He was twenty one. He was an overager, right? So or twenty or twenty one. So he’s an overager and they use a third round pick. I’m great. But now he’s playing – he’ll be waiving and probably end up playing in the AHL, which is a good living still, right? Still playing in the AHL. But you’re not making the millions that you thought you were, and you’re getting your body beat up. Like a lot of these kids, like going the NCAA route is good because you can get a college education, right? And I’m surprised that the Canada – maybe they do, but I’m surprised Canada doesn’t have more like big university programs that are – where guys are coming out of Canadian universities and really popping off. I don’t know how robust that program is or how that whole path works. Can you comment on it? Yeah, yeah. So here we have in Canada, we have U Sports. Shout out U Sports. I’ll be back in November in Toronto working with them again. But I did commentary for the University of Toronto Varsity Blues. Okay. And… they’re in the oua so ontario university athletics and it’s basically split up by like the east coast ontario is on its own and then the west so like from ontario over that’s another uh division all three will compete on their own and then at the end of the year nationals so like two teams from each will compete but there’s not really any There’s not much competition, I should say, based on skill and advancing to the next level. There’s a few guys from the Toronto team that I commentated that got ECHL contracts and stuff like that, or contracts overseas. But a lot of the guys, especially out here, it’s former QMJHL guys that probably never made the jump or didn’t get a pro contract, so they just signed a university contract. Okay, gotcha. Well, because it’s interesting, because you would think with guys that are coming out of college, I mean, you look at like a Johnny Gutierrez came out of, you know, out of Boston College, you saw Jack Eichel come out of NCAA as well, like these players, it feels like there may be a shift. I mean, cause I’m sure you, I’m sure universities up in Canada are just as good. Right. You know, but I’m curious, maybe, I don’t know. I don’t know. I’m not, I’m not trying to talk crap on the Canadian, you know, education. No, no, it’s fine. It’s fine. It’s fine. We’re definitely not as good. Definitely not as good. I will definitely, definitely, uh, hire, um, Higher marketing, definitely, in American colleges and all the parties and stuff like that. To me, if you would feel like it would be a good government incentive to boost up colleges and universities, Well, I guess there is, is there a rule where if you go to college, you can’t, there’s a limit, right? You can’t, once you get, once you get out of the college, you’re not stuck, but is there a rule around that by being able to like go and play pro or anything? No. So actually now I actually forgot to mention this as well. CHL teams. when you sign with them they’ll sign you to a scholarship and development deal so they’ll put you through school through high school until you graduate high school and then they will also give you a scholarship for university at a canadian university after you’re done playing hockey so I think that’s a lot of most of the reason why a lot of these players go and play canadian university hockey but um I don’t think they’re like there’s no rule I don’t believe on going to play because a lot of people come from like third or fourth line guys from the NCAA will come up to the U sports and be like first or second line guys in Canada. Oh, okay. There’s a lot of like overlap that way. But you can’t go to college and then come back to the CHL, right? No, no. Okay. That’s like, if you’re, if you’re a guy that thinks like, Oh, maybe like, I don’t know if the CHL is better than universe. Universe has got to be better than the CHL though. Right. yeah yeah yeah because again you guys are coming from ncaa and everything so I wasn’t sure if they were like oh well I’m not good friend and not ncaa but I could potentially go play at university of toronto or something like that and get a little bit higher competition but I get like something like a michael meester or something like that I’m thinking like oh man maybe maybe he would have thrived better on a university team but maybe it’s too hard to go to ncaa route and everything so We actually had Craig Button when he was on our show posted a clip to Twitter. It got like ninety thousand views. And it was just a clip of Craig saying, watch out because we don’t know how many players are going to get to the NCAA and say, oh, this is a little bit harder than I expected. It’s it’s not really for me. So there might be an influx of players that go and then end up coming back. We never know. Yeah, I think that’s still on the table. I agree. It just makes so much sense, right? Why wouldn’t you? It’s still a good enough competition where you can start to progress and everything. Would you say, because I’m trying to do a good comparison. We talked about comparisons. I’d say in North America, it goes junior level. Then it goes NCAA, AHL. nhl right so right you know you sports would fall between ncaa and juniors yeah right so yeah you maybe you want that extra jump I’m curious if guys can go from college in canada and then yeah and then jump to the ncaa right like that would just make a ton of sense I or at least like you said or in the reverse I’m a fourth liner on you know and in ncaa well let me go down to you know canadian university and then jump back or you know whatever it is Yeah. I’m pretty sure you can go from like a Canadian university to a, to an American one. I think so. I think that, well, I mean, by competition based on our conversations, right. You know, I’d say that the competition would be smarter, but it’d be curious if guys would go backwards. You know what I mean? If you already have your spot, you’re like, do you know, you know what I mean? So, It is. It is pretty interesting. Yeah. Yeah. So let’s, let’s wrap. We’ll wrap up with, let’s talk about the Atlantic Atlantic division, because it is a powerhouse. And as a Detroit fan who finished sixth in the division, I’m salty. I’ll tell you, because we saw the rebuilds of the senators, the Montreal Canadians and the Red Wings all going around at the same time. And, and I have a lot of thoughts on, on how everything’s going, but in, in, and I’ll, I’ll tell you straight up. I think Montreal has a longer, brighter future than the bread wings do currently. Um, and just based on the star talent that you guys have, you guys really nailed the lane Hudson, of course, called her winner. Just saying red wings got a calder winter too. I’m just, I’m just saying, I’m putting it out there. Um, but Lane Hudson was, did a phenomenal job. You have a guy like Demidoff, you know, as well, who’s a phenomenal star as well. What are your thoughts on the Atlanta division? And do you see the Canadian, I guess the conversation was Canadians were a little lucky and that’s the thought process going out there. Do you think with the no adoption addition and any progression of the team, do you think they still make the playoffs or do you think they’ll struggle to get there? So I think they make the playoffs. But for people that are saying the rebuild is done, you’re wrong. Like the rebuild is still far from over. It’s a nice piece. It’s a top pair defenseman. But then again, there’s still like that second line centerman that Montreal really needs. Can’t seem to find who it is. Sidney Crosby. Sidney Crosby. Stop. I know. There’s all sorts of things. Evgeny Malkin, if he needs a spot to play, and I’m like, I don’t know. You got Gino back there? Dude, I love that, dude. With a piece of the net from game six of the finals in O… oh eight or oh seven the year that they won oh don’t don’t you talk about oh nine with me either right was it oh no it was oh nine it was oh nine because the red wings won oh eight and then because it was pittsburgh and uh red wings because red wings were in the west well because red wings were in the in the western conference at that point so in a way so that was a oh dude yeah I’m still salty about that absolutely I was nineteen dude I was annoyed dude so It was wild, dude. Yeah. So I, uh, that’s amazing. I love that. I love that you got that and everything. So actually I was like so close to buying, um, a Dominic Hasek Jersey, like framed and everything like sign. I was like, ah, honey, I don’t know if I need it. And it was like, three hundred bucks. And I was like, I really should have bought that. You know, I’m, I’m looking back at it now, but I said, I’m a huge memorabilia person and everything. So it’s, it’s so cool. But, um, do you think, well, there was talks this week about the potential kid coming out, but I don’t, I don’t know, but I mean, it could, it could happen. It could happen. I mean, but what are you giving up for that? I mean, too much, too much. Like, I think it shortens your window then. I think it’s short. It’s, it’s easily you’re sending out, uh, I don’t know, like a Ryan Bakker, at least, uh, by the way, you guys won the bold Duke deal, by the way, the, the may, uh, Logan Mayhew for bold. I was like, St. Louis, I mean, I just thought they’d lost that. I think the Bull Duke is a phenomenal player, and I’m so excited for you guys to have it. But, I mean, what do you think they need to do? I mean, second line center, but, I mean, that’s – Doc has not worked out. You know, Newhook has not worked out, unfortunately, you know, again. But, I mean – They’re looking really good, and I’m so jealous because the Red Wings are missing that star, and we’re hoping that Raymond turns out to that. But they’re really looking for that star player to really break out, and that’s where we’re hoping with Excellency and he helped the league out, right? It’s like, hey, this guy could be really something, right? So if we go, how would you rank it? So you were going, how would you rank the Atlantic? Let’s just go with the Atlantic right now. All right, so I’m going Florida. Without the Chuck? Yeah, I still think they finish for third powerhouse. Okay. Florida, Tampa, Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto. Get out of here. Detroit, Buffalo. Get out of here. I’m not big on the Leafs this year. As a Habs fan, are you ever a big fan of the Leafs? okay yeah I did I just spent like the last two years in college in toronto too so like I would walk around with my twenty twenty one stanley cup final shirt on and they’d be like oh mickey mouse playoffs like what are you saying like yeah I love it anything uh toronto montreal let me butt heads with them I did a lot dude well that’s how the red wings and senators are right now dude on twitter it is crazy the way they go at each other so it’s And I’m, I’m all about it. So I, so to me, if I gotta go ranking, I’m actually going be, I think Florida phones it in again. They’re, you know, they’re like, I think they, they’re not as strong. Right. You know, that’s a great group. Right. But I think they’re just not gonna go as hard cuz a little fatigue and a little like, Hey, a little more broken again, look at Chucky and everything. Um, I, I see Tampa. I think Tampa’s got a, a good shot. Um, I mean, they, they, they kept, um, What’s it, Gord? Gord? Yeah, Yanni Gord. It’s that six-year deal of like two points on a million. I’m like, Jesus, that’s crazy. You still have Hedman. You still have Kucherov. You still have Vasilevsky. I mean, just that dominant force. And then I think it falls… uh with uh toronto I think toronto’s still good they still have good goaltendings they’ll have good decent defense matthews I think will actually I think unlock this year I think because he won’t be because I think there’s you’re gonna you’re gonna put a guy up there like max domey and matthew nye’s up there to just grinders who are they’re both pass first guys that are in I think in my opinion I think uh matthew’s pot sixty this year at least I think I think that’s a real opportunity. There was times two years ago in the playoff run, Domi was feeding Matthews every time he got the chance. Domi would have an open net. Six by four, yawning cage. Here, Matthews, pass it right across. It was just ingrained in his mind. He’s like, if the puck gets my stick, where’s Austin? That’s my first option. Where’s Austin? Yeah, that was Marner as well, though. Marner looked to pass first. Right. You know, and that’s that you need to be a little selfish, though, because if they know you’re going to go there, like, you know, what are we doing here? You know, so I don’t know. I mean, I see like I see Toronto second, Florida third. And to me, so and actually, I’m going to go back to the rebuild a little bit because I think. Currently, senators have a higher higher floor than the Montreal Canadiens. I think that they’re A little more talented at top currently on their top D. They’re a phenomenal goalie in all-mark. Chucky and Stutes at the top with Bathurst in. I think they’re really high up. I think their depth isn’t as good, which is going to hurt them in their longevity. I think they’re going to have maybe five years. It’s however long Matthew Chuck stays, right? But I think you’re looking at a shorter fuse, a little higher floor. And with the Montreal Canadiens, I think if you had a ranked rebuild, I’d go like, it’s Montreal, Red Wings, then Senators. Because I think there’s more depth to… I’m using these terms wrong. But yeah, I think that the Senators, I think are… They have some good star quality, but I think that they’re just not flushed out enough. I think Red Wings have so many prospects that they’re going to hopefully trade some of these guys away to be able to pull the pieces out. If you look at it, Red Wings, they’re not a Stanley Cup team, but they have so many pieces that you can trade away and then get them back. That’s my hope and prayer. While… the Canadians just have the stars, you know, like you have the Dem, the Demidoffs and everything. And so I’m, I’m so excited for you guys. And Fowler, of course, coming up to geez, you brought up Drake Bathurst in there for a second Ottawa forward. His sister actually won the Walter cup in the PWHL with the Minnesota frost. Yeah. She brought it back home to Nova Scotia. And my buddies were like, Oh, you should go. You should go like, uh, go see Mae Batherson with the cup. And I was like, nah, I asked her out in grade six and she said no. No, that’s crazy. That’s wild. Tough one. Who can say they got let down by a PWHL player, dude? Like, I mean, come on, dude. Like that should be part of your Twitter bio, dude. Like, you know, Update it right now. Update it, dude. I think the Red Wings… I’m also in the Fallen in Six. I think that that’s going to… Unfortunately, it’s… I think what Eisenman said is he’s basically like, hey, guys, I drafted you. I’m putting the hands – putting the puck in your hands, right? Because we’re seeing some guys after this year are like good buyout candidates. We saw Komp. We see Komp for – Sharatz is in his last year as well. Like Justin Hall is in his last year. So there’s going to be a ton of like – like I think you’re gonna see a lot of the it could be it can come up real quick because you get some young guys coming up so I’m really hoping that the guy some young guys just show up and show out um similar to what montreal did like you had some guys just like really break out and look really good uh I’m really hoping the same thing happens with the the wings here so uh I’m I’m so excited I’m so ready for hockey to start I’m so ready dude like last thing like you said They might not be a playoff team, but they’re in such a good place to start building. Oh, absolutely. Well, I just feel bad for Larkin, dude. Like I’m like, I just want, he’s been through all this stuff. His first year, he goes to the playoffs and he hasn’t been back since. And you bring a guy like Patrick Kane, right? The bring cat trade, right? Like there’s, and that’s the one thing that I I’ll say, and I don’t know what your thoughts are on Steve Eisenman as an outside perspective, but to me, one, I think he’s safe because he’s Steve Eisenman, seventh highest points in the league, right? At all time. Um, but I, I’ll trust him on his drafting over everything. I think he’s, he’s done a great job with his drafting. Um, you know, Casper’s looking, looking like looking to break out. Evans is looking good. Cider wins a Calder. Raymond was fighting for the Calder with, with cider at the time. Right. Uh, he was fourth and Calder coding or Calder voting that year. Um, I just trust and that’s where I’m, and I didn’t like the Carter bear pick at first. I, there was other guys. I want others, other guys that I wanted. And I was like, I don’t know what we’re doing. The Nate Danielson one too. I was like, you got Nate Danielson at ninth. Why don’t you get Axel Sandy Pelica? And it ended up working out. I’m like, and people, Red Wings people talk about it too. They’re like, you should have drafted Axel Sandy Pelica ninth and Nate Danielson seventeenth. But my one saving grace is that Conor Bernard was asked who was the heart. Was it Conor Bernard? Yeah, Conor Bernard was asked who was the hardest person to play against, and it was Nate Danielson. And I’m like, okay, that’s a pretty good recommendation. For Conor Bernard to be saying that, that’s all right. Yeah, no, I’m like, okay, this is pretty legit and everything. I said I’m pretty happy with that. I was looking at one last thing. We mentioned it a while ago. I was looking at the SHL rookie defenseman. and I was trying to find out what had happened because I know it was yeah because oh yeah so cider won it I’m trying to find out there was also I think it was we saw axel sandy palika won it uh was it simon evanson and I’m trying I tried looking it up but I’m while talking but There was, it was, uh, it was like four, four, the last five or six years. It was William Willender, Red Wing second round pick, Edmondson, Sider, and Axel San Diego Pelican all had that. So it was like, you’re looking at these great Swedish defensemen that are coming out, um, for out of the SHL and that’s where, oh, SHL defenseman of the year. No, I’m not the rookie. trying to look it up. But I, of course, I’m talking through it. So I don’t know if you you’re able to find me. The only thing I got here is the is the defenseman of the year. It might be in here with rookie SHL. Maybe I missed No, I probably missed it. I probably misspoke. That was probably on me. So Yeah, I’m looking at rookie of the year. Oh, Swedish defenseman of the year the salming trophy. Yeah, that was it. Did you find it? Yeah, like sending Pelican one it. Niels Lundqvist. Eric Gustafson. Who else recently? Red Wings legend Eric Gustafson. Oh, Victor Soderstrom. Okay. He’s on Boston now. So to show yeah yeah he got traded from uh utah well he was playing the shl and then he uh he came over um he came over uh it was traded I think for like a fifth round pick or something like that isn’t too crazy so um I was I was actually good no I I know you just wanted to talk about this before but I don’t want to keep it too long you’re good we can keep talking I’m having fun so okay um if you guys want to go check out a little bit of like we’re talking about the shl and stuff and I know we’re talking about a lot of the junior leagues european teams do it so differently and european teams do it so differently and they’ll keep they’ll keep they’ll keep clubs under the same team name like for clubs under the same team name like for clubs under the same team name like for u-sixteen all the way up to the pros u-sixteen all the way up to the pros u-sixteen all the way up to the pros if you guys want to check some stuff if you guys want to check some stuff if you guys want to check some stuff out go look up robert greeley on out go look up robert greeley on out go look up robert greeley on youtube he does like youtube he does like youtube he does like videos where somehow this guy gets videos where somehow this guy gets videos where somehow this guy gets access to like european pro teams and access to like european pro teams and access to like european pro teams and he’ll spend like days with the team at he’ll spend like days with the team at he’ll spend like days with the team at their facility and he Robert Greeley, you said? Yeah, if you want to. He just does a lot of behind-the-scenes videos with European teams, and I learned a lot about the European game through him. Okay. Is he from Newfoundland? Yeah. Yeah, I just found them. Yeah. So I’ll give them a follow and everything. I love that. So yeah, because that’s I’m all about looking for it. I was looking for collaborators, man. You know, like I said, I have a good time talking about hockey. My my goal is to talk about is to do a video after every Red Wings game this year. OK, which was the West Coast be hard. I really wish I lived in B.C. because then Red Wings game to be at like seven o’clock or four o’clock in the afternoon. And I’d be like, this is great. I can cover this. Absolutely. Well, if they ever play the Habs and I’m free, hit me up. Let’s do a live. We’ll do a live stream together. Okay. I’m all about it, dude. Like I said, I usually run this solo. So I’m all about doing a live stream. What’s your show again? Are you guys doing it? Two o’clock Eastern time, Monday to Friday. Okay. Wow. That’s amazing. Are you in college? Uh, I just graduated this past, uh, this past spring graduation is in two weeks. I’m going back to Toronto to like finalize graduation. Congrats, man. That’s amazing. I do that. That’s something that like, I’m looking back at, like, I just started my YouTube channel like two years ago. So like, it’s just like something that I just been slowly building and everything. And it’s, it’s, I would say I’d squeeze as much as you can out of it, you know? Cause I, that’s something I’m looking at. I’m like, I got a kid on the way now and I’m like, Oh, like YouTube is harder to admit. I can’t do lives every day. Cause I got stuff coming, you know, you got a house and all that stuff. And it’s, it’s a, it’s, it’s all very exciting. I’m, I would change, I would change nothing, but yeah, squeeze out, man. I’m so proud of you and what you’re doing and everything. And it’s very exciting. So we’ll have to have you on again. Like I said, this is a great time. So why don’t you tell the people where, where they can find you? Yeah, thanks. I guess at Kamo Dayton, my app right there, get my Twitter. That’s where I post most stuff. I’m commentating, like doing some play-by-play for U-A-T-A-A-A out here on the East Coast. And I also, shameless plug, I produce a show on the Fight Network. I think you can only watch it in Canada. So if you’re on grave TV or whatever. Yeah. But yeah. Dogger pass podcast. Go hit that up. I guess. Other than that, shout out to Brad guys. Share, like everything. Give this guy some love. He does some great stuff. I checked out a couple of your videos before I hopped on here today just so I could get a feel of what’s coming. Love your stuff, dude. Thanks, man. I appreciate it. I try to bring the energy as much as possible. I’m trying to bring a little bit of positivity. I just love hockey, man. It’s just like it’s so much fun. To me, it’s the best sport in the world. I think my wife, that’s my wife and I’s first date. She goes, went to a griffin’s games we lived out in uh grand rapids with the griffins play um and so I took her to a game and she go and I was like she told me she’s like just let you know this is not a date like okay I’m gonna have a good time so um And so we went and we had a great time. And I was like, hey, honey, when was our first day? She’s like, it was a hockey game. I’m like, oh, well, I think I remember you saying it wasn’t a hockey. It wasn’t the hockey game. And so it’s a good little joke in our relationship. And she loves it, too. She has a great time. We love going to games together. And we even got a little Red Wings onesie for the babe when he gets here. We’re very excited. It’ll be a good time. Thanks for plugging that. I’m excited. We’ll jump on again. Maybe I’ll jump on one of your lives. We’ll get at it, man. Let’s do it. Before we leave, do you know Max Bultman from The Athletic? Yeah. Yeah, we just had Max on the other day. No way, dude. I haven’t reached out to him. I gotta get better about reaching out to people and everything. I listen to the Winged Girl podcast all the time. They have Max Boltman on every once a month, I think. Yeah, they bring him on. They’re like the biggest Red Wings podcast right now. We’ll have to get you back on as the sequel or the, I think, yeah, the sequel to that episode. Let’s go, dude. I’ll jump on. Let me know. We’ll connect. Make sure to check us out. We’ll share on the socials and we’ll plan it out. We’ll let you guys know, all right? Sounds good. Appreciate it, man. Thanks a lot. No problem. Thank you.
Video Notes:
Daeden Comeau from @GameDayTarps joins me to talk:
– Detroit Red Wings prospects Sebastian Cossa, Alexandre Doucet, Carter Bear, Rudy Guimond
– Will Axel Sandin-Pellikka make the NHL squad??
– What are the biggest differences between the CHL, SHL, and NCAA?
– How will the Atlantic division shake out? Daeden has the Toronto Maple Leafs in the wild card??
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