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All right.<\/p>\n
All right.<\/p>\n
Don’t look now, but those Winnipeg Jets that you guys were laughing about last week, ’cause I suggested, “Hey, do the Winnipeg Jets have a chance of making the playoffs, guys?”<\/p>\n
Don’t look now, but those Winnipeg Jets that you guys were laughing about last week, ’cause I suggested, “Hey, do the Winnipeg Jets have a chance of making the playoffs, guys?”<\/p>\n
And you guys were, like, laughing it up, and here he goes.<\/p>\n
And you guys were, like, laughing it up, and here he goes.<\/p>\n
Trey goes, “Hot take of here again.”<\/p>\n
Trey goes, “Hot take of here again.”<\/p>\n
But listen, they got eight games remaining.<\/p>\n
But listen, they got eight games remaining.<\/p>\n
They’ve now won four of their last five.<\/p>\n
They’ve now won four of their last five.<\/p>\n
They are just one point back of a wildcard spot in the West, okay, Drew?<\/p>\n
They are just one point back of a wildcard spot in the West, okay, Drew?<\/p>\n
One point back.<\/p>\n
One point back.<\/p>\n
All right.<\/p>\n
All right.<\/p>\n
I gotta come in here.<\/p>\n
I gotta come in here.<\/p>\n
First of all, I already had this on my notes.<\/p>\n
First of all, I already had this on my notes.<\/p>\n
I gotta give you credit where credit’s due.<\/p>\n
I gotta give you credit where credit’s due.<\/p>\n
Ryan and I both laughed.<\/p>\n
Ryan and I both laughed.<\/p>\n
We said, “No way.”<\/p>\n
We said, “No way.”<\/p>\n
Yeah.<\/p>\n
Yeah.<\/p>\n
I came out and was so happy touting my Nashville Predators pick- and thought that was locked up.<\/p>\n
I came out and was so happy touting my Nashville Predators pick- and thought that was locked up.<\/p>\n
Now it looks like they’re in big trouble.<\/p>\n
Now it looks like they’re in big trouble.<\/p>\n
so yes, you did make that call, but like you’ve said in past episodes, I mean, when their goalie’s playing good, I mean, as we saw this year, he can win any game he wants to, especially if he gets hot down the stretch.<\/p>\n
so yes, you did make that call, but like you’ve said in past episodes, I mean, when their goalie’s playing good, I mean, as we saw this year, he can win any game he wants to, especially if he gets hot down the stretch.<\/p>\n
So I still don’t love their team, don’t want them to make it, but yeah, I’m a little nervous for the Predators right now.<\/p>\n
So I still don’t love their team, don’t want them to make it, but yeah, I’m a little nervous for the Predators right now.<\/p>\n
Yeah.<\/p>\n
Yeah.<\/p>\n
I mean, hey, they’re, they’re in it now, right?<\/p>\n
I mean, hey, they’re, they’re in it now, right?<\/p>\n
And a lot of it is that the, the bubble race has, become a bit of a, a snail race in the West right now.<\/p>\n
And a lot of it is that the, the bubble race has, become a bit of a, a snail race in the West right now.<\/p>\n
It doesn’t feel like anybody wants that second wildcard spot.<\/p>\n
It doesn’t feel like anybody wants that second wildcard spot.<\/p>\n
you know, Los Angeles, I think, still has all the motivation in the world to make it, but they actually have to do it.<\/p>\n
you know, Los Angeles, I think, still has all the motivation in the world to make it, but they actually have to do it.<\/p>\n
Winnipeg, I believe they have Dallas next and then Chicago.<\/p>\n
Winnipeg, I believe they have Dallas next and then Chicago.<\/p>\n
So they need to win both of those games.<\/p>\n
So they need to win both of those games.<\/p>\n
They could win both of those games.<\/p>\n
They could win both of those games.<\/p>\n
but you know, Dallas is one of the top teams in the conference, and they got Mikko Rantanen back recently.<\/p>\n
but you know, Dallas is one of the top teams in the conference, and they got Mikko Rantanen back recently.<\/p>\n
So they need to prepare for the playoffs and, and be on their best foot in the, in the last 10 games of the season.<\/p>\n
So they need to prepare for the playoffs and, and be on their best foot in the, in the last 10 games of the season.<\/p>\n
So I do kinda feel like it’s, it’s it might come down to the next two games.<\/p>\n
So I do kinda feel like it’s, it’s it might come down to the next two games.<\/p>\n
Like, can you get four points out of that?<\/p>\n
Like, can you get four points out of that?<\/p>\n
Because you’re gonna need all of them.<\/p>\n
Because you’re gonna need all of them.<\/p>\n
Drew, would you be worried if you’re the Colorado Avalanche and you’ve got a surging Jets team where Connor Hellebuyck has now answered all those questions about being a big game goalie, those are all behind him?<\/p>\n
Drew, would you be worried if you’re the Colorado Avalanche and you’ve got a surging Jets team where Connor Hellebuyck has now answered all those questions about being a big game goalie, those are all behind him?<\/p>\n
Would you be worried if you gotta face that team the first round?<\/p>\n
Would you be worried if you gotta face that team the first round?<\/p>\n
Zero.<\/p>\n
Zero.<\/p>\n
Zero?<\/p>\n
Zero?<\/p>\n
I think if Connor Hellebuyck stands on his head, it might go five, maybe a six game, but I just think I mean, you watch the Colorado Avalanche play the Calgary Flames the other night, and it looked like they were an American League team.<\/p>\n
I think if Connor Hellebuyck stands on his head, it might go five, maybe a six game, but I just think I mean, you watch the Colorado Avalanche play the Calgary Flames the other night, and it looked like they were an American League team.<\/p>\n
so I don’t think Winnipeg, even if he stands on his head, I think he’s good enough to steal a game or maybe two of that series, but I don’t think other than that, I wouldn’t be too worried.<\/p>\n
so I don’t think Winnipeg, even if he stands on his head, I think he’s good enough to steal a game or maybe two of that series, but I don’t think other than that, I wouldn’t be too worried.<\/p>\n