Following the Bruins OT win over the Florida Panthers, Evan Marinofsky and Conor Ryan discuss how the Bruins can build some momentum off this win. Plus, is there any truth to the reports of tension between brad Marchand and David Pastrnak? All that, and much more!
Topics:
- Pond hockey is back!
- Bruins edge past Panthers
- Probably didn't deserve that win
- Guess what helped the Bruins win in Florida
- Marchand vs. Pastrnak
- When will the young guys get called up?
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Topics:
- Pond hockey is back!
- Bruins edge past Panthers
- Probably didn't deserve that win
- Guess what helped the Bruins win in Florida
- Marchand vs. Pastrnak
- When will the young guys get called up?
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00:23Terms apply. I'm Evan Marinovsky. That is Connor Ryan. Connor, what is up?
00:28Evan, doing well. How are you doing?
00:31Doing great. Doing great. It's mid-January, so we're sort of in the dog days of winter.
00:37But cold, nice pond hockey this weekend, which was fantastic.
00:41I love – I went out to Chandler Pond in Brighton, and I would say there were probably like 12 different sheets of ice.
00:51Like people playing, like shoveled out and everything.
00:54So cool turnout. Lots of fun. Didn't fall through, which is the most important thing.
00:59How was your weekend?
01:01Not bad. Busy. Catching up on some stuff back from lovely California.
01:07So it's getting used to the cold once again.
01:11I always enjoy like shoveling out the sidewalk. It's a bit of a far cry from where I was just a week ago.
01:18But busy week. Was just at Mike Vrabel's press conference earlier today.
01:23So doing a little bit of everything, Evan, but better to be busy than sitting around doing nothing at all or be stuck doing boring things,
01:30which has been a welcome relief from how boring the Bruins have been for most of this year.
01:35So I'll take jumping around a little bit.
01:39Yeah, you've been a utility man, and you've done a great job at that, and you've been doing everything.
01:43So it's like they moved you up. Like, oh, you can go cover something interesting for once.
01:47You can go do that.
01:50And it's unfortunate that the Bruins haven't been. But Bruins did get a win on Saturday.
01:55They got a big win over the Florida Panthers. 4-3 in overtime.
02:00Love how Sam Reinhardt scores the fluky goal with one second left in regulation to tie it.
02:08And then David Pasternak scores the fluky goal off Sam Reinhardt to win it in overtime with just a few seconds left.
02:16I thought that was like a perfect like the hockey gods like, all right, Sam, listen up.
02:20You're going to score the game tie in regulation. Your team gets a point, but here's the catch.
02:25Winner has to go off you with seconds left in OT, and your rival has to win.
02:30And in a back room, Sam Reinhardt was like, sure, whatever it takes for the goal.
02:35Selling the soul for the goal.
02:38I have some interesting. I think I have some interesting thoughts from this game.
02:41I'm curious what you think, what you thought from Saturday.
02:45I mean, listen, a win's a win, I think, especially when you've lost six games in a row.
02:49You desperately needed a result to kind of stop the bleeding, get back on track.
02:54And I think you look at how the Bruins kind of gutted that one out was not pretty.
03:00They were out attempted 111 to 39, which is not great.
03:06I would say, Evan, it's not exactly what you're looking for.
03:09I would highly recommend not.
03:13Is a winning formula to consistently win games, but doesn't always have to be pretty.
03:19And I think you look at the Bruins and their response and like, listen, if they go out and beat like Tampa Bay on Tuesday,
03:26but they also get out attempted by the same thing. I'm like, all right, this is going to eventually you're asking for trouble.
03:31Like this is not as not maybe it's going to keep doing it at that point.
03:34They just get out, get crushed every game.
03:36You know, maybe that is the case. But I think in terms of just the short term, right, we're not.
03:41I think we've been burned and learned our lesson from looking at wins and how they can catapult this team.
03:46But I think for the immediate right now to bounce back, snap that losing streak against a team like Florida that has occupied,
03:53I think, a significant part of real estate in their heads the last couple of years and to bounce back.
03:58It's also like one of those things where the way that they played.
04:02Yes, it's not great to be out attempted or, you know, not hold the puck and generate sustained pressure all that much.
04:09But you look at the fact that, you know, David Pasternak, you know, continues to score pretty high clip these last week plus.
04:17Now, in fact, Jeremy Swinman stole you a game, which has not usually been the case.
04:21And that was one of his better performances all year.
04:25The fact that, you know, the Bruins respond right back in the third period.
04:29Wallstrom gets on the board and makes it a tied game again.
04:33You look at all the situations in which this game could have gone awry.
04:36And how many times have we seen it this year where the Bruins don't get a break, don't have something go their way and immediately collapse?
04:43I mean, as soon as possible, I miss that empty netter.
04:45It goes off the post and then Reinhardt scores and ties it.
04:49Well, I think we were all in the same boat, right?
04:51Like goes to overtime.
04:53Panthers win the faceoff and they score within like 40 seconds.
04:55Like Reinhardt rips a shot, plenty of space, beats Swinman clean.
04:59You lose seven losses in a row.
05:01It's like the all shit, here we go again meme.
05:03Yeah, exactly.
05:04Right back at it.
05:05And I think you look at this team and where they're at and how, you know, how much stuff has not gone their way this year.
05:13I do think that the response there, as gritty and grimy as that win might have been, it's still a win.
05:20And if you're looking for any sort of silver lining or anything to hold onto in terms of this team and potentially just getting, you know, not saying this is going to catapult them going forward, but in terms of just getting back on track to win an ugly game like that.
05:34And to have two guys that are going to have to lead the way of this team is going to be any sort of competitive group moving forward in David Pasternak and Jeremy Swinman.
05:43Step in the right direction.
05:45You take the positive any way you can the way this season has gone so far, Evan.
05:49Yeah, you take the positives and I want to get to those, but I also look at it and you hit on this as well.
05:55We've been burned too many times with this team.
05:57Too many times where we're like, that's a win that's going to shift this season.
06:01They're going to build off that.
06:03I just have a tough time believing that when you get out attempted 111 to 39, that that's like a positive that you're going to build off of now.
06:10Good for them for eking out a win.
06:12I mean, this is usually a game they lose this season.
06:16I think that's great that they won.
06:18Hooray.
06:19But I just I don't I don't look at this and go up their contenders now or up.
06:23They're going to build off it.
06:24Like I need to see a long stretch here.
06:26I need to see a stretch of good hockey.
06:28And by the way, this wasn't really six wins in a row.
06:30Yeah.
06:31So you need to like do the exact opposite.
06:33I also don't think that was great hockey.
06:35Like I wouldn't say like obviously nice for them to to respond and score timely goals.
06:40And there was one big stat I want to get to in a sec.
06:42But like I just don't I'm not going to buy in yet.
06:45I'm nowhere near that.
06:46It's a good on them for stealing a win because they haven't done that much this year and they stole it against a rival.
06:52So they can build off that.
06:54Great.
06:55Like do that.
06:56Please.
06:57We beg you.
06:58But at the same time, I just I'm not going to say today and be like they're going to build off this.
07:02This is a this is a change a season changing win because the reality is they got completely out.
07:07They got outplayed.
07:08They got pants statistically with shots and shot attempts and zone time and all that stuff.
07:15One thing you have said a lot this year is man, you know, like David Poshnok.
07:20Imagine if he scored a little bit more and then swam.
07:23And, you know, if you played a little bit better in some of these games, do you win?
07:26And the one big thing you've always said is imagine if they got a couple more power play goals.
07:30What kind of wins they would get?
07:32Well, Saturday was the first time since the fifth game of the season against the ABS.
07:37The Bruins had more than one power play goal and they won the freaking game.
07:41And to me, that goes back to what you've said.
07:45Imagine if this team had a couple more power play goals, because if their power play scores one goal against the Panthers, they likely lose.
07:51Scores none.
07:52They obviously lose.
07:53But the power play sort of save them in a weird way on Saturday where you get those two goals and you also adding in on swimming.
08:01Swimming gets 40 saves.
08:02I think Raycroft said it tweeted after the game.
08:05That's his first stolen win.
08:06And I would agree.
08:07I can't recall another game that he's stolen for you.
08:10He's played well of late.
08:11I think you tweeted as like a 918 save percentage in his last seven starts, which is great.
08:16But this is a stolen win in your rival's building, which weirdly they're not great at playing.
08:22And I don't think I ever thought in my life I would see the Bruins like not play well in Florida.
08:27Of all places, you would think that that building is not.
08:30I've never been in it, but apparently it can be a house of horrors.
08:33I will say they have a catchy goal song.
08:36I'm going to get a lot of shit for this.
08:38I actually like their goal song, not the horn, but the song itself.
08:42I don't know.
08:43There's something to it.
08:44I like it.
08:45I can't.
08:46I can't endorse AmeriBank Arena, mostly because they play a playlist that I feel like if someone was like trapped in a Jumanji board game.
08:56But it was like from like 2009.
08:59I was like right when Pitbull got big and then they just got transported to 2025.
09:05And they like just be willing to know what's going on.
09:07Someone's like, oh, make this playlist right now.
09:09He would like they would do that and make the playlist for AmeriBank Arena.
09:12It's like heavy EDM, but not like I like EDM.
09:16So that's where that comes from.
09:17Like not like, you know, I don't know.
09:18Calvin Harris stuff like that.
09:20It's like back when it's like Skrillex would be like I didn't like that.
09:24EDM.
09:25Yeah, I did not like that.
09:26EDM.
09:27Yeah, that stuff mixed with like oh nine Pitbull and also just someone with a button just hitting the sound effect for the Panther growl.
09:36Like that's all that is all it is in that place.
09:39It's actually like the arena is pretty loud.
09:41Fans get into it.
09:42It's a cool atmosphere in the playoffs.
09:44I won't knock them for anything like that, but their playlist.
09:49I don't want to hear and then like just like a Panther growling at me.
09:54It's not.
09:55It's not.
09:56It's not a pleasant experience.
09:57I would say, Evan.
09:58No, I can't imagine that it is.
10:00Well, Kodak Black member.
10:01He turned that place.
10:02Yeah, that's yes.
10:03He did.
10:04A couple years.
10:05Yes, exactly.
10:06God, golly.
10:07But again, nice for them.
10:10The Bruins to pull that out.
10:11We'll see what they can do with it.
10:13Encouraging for the power play.
10:15I mean, that second power play goal was fluke.
10:17So but again, their bounces have not been going their way this year.
10:20So you'll take them anyway.
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11:50Some fun stuff happened on Friday.
11:53Some drama.
11:54Rich Keith of WEI came out and reported that he had a source telling him
12:01that David Pasternak allegedly went to the team and said,
12:05I don't want to play with Brad Martian, which I don't know where pretty crazy,
12:11but also not because Rich Keith has gotten stuff in the past,
12:14had the Montgomery firing in November.
12:18So again, like not coming from a random place,
12:21but immediately refuted by the Bruins.
12:23Martian came out ready to do a scrum.
12:26David Pasternak did a scrum.
12:29Brad Martian's wife posted photos of the families together,
12:35the kids together.
12:36The Bruins social media team posted a bunch of photos of them together.
12:40They were allegedly or apparently joking around at practice.
12:43So by all accounts, seems the report is fake.
12:46Is there any part of you that thinks this is real?
12:49I mean, I'm not buying like the, the feud or however you want to say,
12:54like, this is not JT Miller, Elias Pettersson, right?
12:57Of like, something's going on there.
12:59I mean, like you also had out in Vancouver, like Pettersson, JT Miller,
13:03being like, nah, we're cool.
13:04And then like, it was like Rick Talkett and Quinn Hughes were like,
13:07yeah, there's something.
13:08I'm like bad PR one-on-one there of like you guys all on the same page.
13:13I mean, the way I view it, right?
13:16Like, listen, it's the team struggling.
13:18It's not a whole lot going right right now for this team.
13:22Like my like measured take would be that it's,
13:26I could see it being something where like maybe like most teammates,
13:31coworkers, friends, whatever it is,
13:33like you can also like be frustrated and not be happy with a guy or
13:36something.
13:37If there was an instance like that and then it all, it, you know,
13:40rolls over, you're fine.
13:41The next day, next, next shift,
13:43whatever it is during practice of like there was a spat or something like
13:47that.
13:48Which I could see that being the case of like,
13:50considering that like Keith has, again, as you said,
13:52has had stuff before whoever is, is giving him information.
13:55Like I could see it being something like that,
13:57that is taken too far in terms of what the initial Intel was or something
14:03of like, oh yeah, there was a spat at practice,
14:05which like look at any sport where like look at the Patriots, you know,
14:10regardless of back when they were good,
14:12how many times have Ronnie Harrison,
14:14like hit the shit out of like Kevin Falk during a practice and cause a
14:18giant fight.
14:19It's like,
14:20it was like Rodney Harrison and Kevin Falk are beefing or they having a
14:22feud.
14:23Like, so I view it more of like, if,
14:26if there was something to this,
14:28it's probably like is the case with every team,
14:32every working, you know,
14:34environment where you occasionally disagree with someone.
14:38Maybe you say something,
14:39you have a little spat,
14:40but like,
14:41especially when things aren't going right,
14:43as obviously the case of the Brands,
14:45but is it a feud?
14:46Is it David Parsons?
14:47He doesn't want to be on a line with Brad Martian when he's not already on
14:51a line with him anyway.
14:52Like they really haven't been on the same line since like 2018,
14:5519 at least at a consistent basis.
14:59So I'm not going to be like,
15:00this is bullshit,
15:01whatever.
15:02But like,
15:03if there is some middle ground or something like that,
15:05I think it's something that,
15:06which if that's the case,
15:08and there was a spat of frustration over a practice or something,
15:11welcome to real life.
15:14Cause that happens in any working environment.
15:16And that shouldn't,
15:17that should not be a story,
15:18right?
15:19Yeah,
15:20I agree.
15:21I think something might've gotten take might've been taken too far.
15:23They don't hate each other.
15:25At least I don't think they do.
15:26I mean,
15:27they've been playing together forever.
15:29They both have had the most success they've ever had in their careers
15:32playing together.
15:33So there's that.
15:34Um,
15:35and I agree with you.
15:36I think there are,
15:37you know,
15:38spats at work,
15:39spats on the,
15:40on the field with different teams.
15:41Like it happens.
15:42Things get heated.
15:43There was that time you punched me in the face and like,
15:45we're still friends.
15:46So I was on the red line,
15:47minding my own business,
15:48came out and traded.
15:49Joe's had,
15:50had all my groceries and just punched right in the face.
15:52I was still friends.
15:53Yeah,
15:54exactly.
15:55Sometimes the,
15:56the,
15:57you know,
15:58it's the best to me.
15:59It's,
16:00you know,
16:01like the three stooges on the red line.
16:02I was like,
16:03yeah,
16:04exactly.
16:05I like how you can like get a reference of like the three stooges.
16:06We haven't watched like the Godfather,
16:07but you can,
16:08I had a weird upbringing,
16:09odd upbringing where like I could quote any three stooges moment,
16:13but you're right.
16:14Like the Godfather is not in my lexicon.
16:16Um,
16:17I wanted to reply with like a three stooges reference to your tweet the
16:20other day.
16:21I would not have gotten it,
16:22but people wouldn't have got it.
16:23Or they'd be like,
16:24wow,
16:25Evan,
16:26that's a really old references.
16:27Yes.
16:28It went from three students all the way.
16:29Then it skipped like 40 years and it went right.
16:31It went to Seinfeld in the nineties and then it jumped ahead again.
16:34And it's the,
16:35uh,
16:36AJ and big justice.
16:37Like it's,
16:38there's a lot of gaps in between.
16:39I have to relate to the kids,
16:41uh,
16:42to the players that I cover.
16:43Um,
16:44I,
16:45so I'll,
16:46I'm going to be a conspiracy theorist for a second here.
16:48And I have no,
16:49I have zero factual evidence behind this,
16:52like none.
16:53I don't have any,
16:54like I,
16:55and I don't,
16:56I don't even really believe it,
16:57but didn't you find it interesting that after that report came out,
17:01Bruins had all those photos.
17:03I think it was practice in Florida,
17:05um,
17:06of Marsha and imposter together.
17:08And they both came out to speak and I don't know.
17:12I just wonder if someone in the organization wanted to kind of light a fire under them.
17:17And they did end up winning on Saturday.
17:18Both those guys were impactful.
17:20Um,
17:21I don't know if it was some sort of,
17:23and I don't believe this,
17:24but I'm just gonna get a little fire going.
17:27I mean,
17:28listen,
17:29I have no,
17:30by the way,
17:31I,
17:32that's not me like reporting anything.
17:33I have zero evidence behind that.
17:34Uh,
17:35I'll probably get crap for that,
17:36but like,
17:37I don't know.
17:38I found that kind of interesting that all that stuff was like ready to go.
17:40I mean,
17:41I,
17:42I said this earlier to,
17:43uh,
17:44hags when I was,
17:45uh,
17:46talking on his podcast,
17:47I was like,
17:48who knew like what would start the Bruins second half search was just the power of friendship.
17:50Right.
17:51Maybe that's all they needed.
17:52I mean,
17:53like crazy runs have happened for far less.
17:55Like I,
17:56I was saying this earlier to like,
17:57remember when the natural partners last year,
17:59like couldn't go to the sphere in Las Vegas and they went like 14,
18:03oh,
18:04and two afterwards.
18:05It's like,
18:06listen,
18:07rallies start for very dumb reasons.
18:08Um,
18:09so who knows,
18:10maybe this is something where if it's coming from in the organization yet,
18:12lights a bit of fire,
18:14get some sort of galvanizing effort.
18:16Right.
18:17Like this is a team that,
18:18you know,
18:19even when they were,
18:20you know,
18:21getting back on track with Sacco,
18:22there hasn't been like games or,
18:24or moments where you're like,
18:26all right,
18:27this team can rally around something.
18:28There's pushback like,
18:29and that's not saying these guys are getting pushed around the ice,
18:31but there haven't been like multiple games where you look at and be like,
18:34all right,
18:35this is something maybe they are building off of this.
18:37Remains to be seen.
18:38This team could go out on Tuesday and get smoked by Tampa Bay.
18:42Like we're,
18:43we're not saying this is the start of anything,
18:45but maybe this is something when you're,
18:47when you're,
18:48you know,
18:49swimming against the,
18:50the tide,
18:51like the Bruins have been for most of this year,
18:53maybe this is something that kind of gets them going to get some riled up.
18:56And if it gets that buy-in and gets these guys closer and tighter and it
19:01leads to results,
19:02maybe that's what you got to do at this point,
19:04you've already fired the coach.
19:05You already done a couple of things.
19:06They're doing everything except calling up their younger players.
19:09So at that point yet,
19:11they have,
19:12they have,
19:13you know,
19:14the inner workings of the entire Bruins network being like,
19:17all right,
19:18today we're going to put this out there and it's fake,
19:20but here's one guy.
19:21There's one guy at the very end of like the long,
19:23like a boardroom table,
19:24but I would call like,
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25:08been like, if you're just going to keep them down in Providence and they're
25:10not ready and you're just going to let them sign elsewhere with an AHL contract.
25:14Like, let's see what they have up here.
25:15And if you call up both those guys for 10 games and they have a combined two
25:20points on two secondary assists, they're invisible, then at least, you know,
25:25and we can move on from this, but until you, until you actually do it and
25:28commit to it, then you're going to like roll out what you have right now.
25:32Um, and again, like with Terry's earned a shot, but I also don't want like
25:37let Terry up here for 15 games.
25:39If he's going to be, um, kind of in the same, like McLaughlin role, I'd
25:42rather him be down in Providence driving play and also getting other
25:46guys involved than him up here.
25:48When I'd rather see what some of these other younger players
25:50can offer, uh, for this team.
25:52So again, feel bad, do not want to crap on Vinny Letary who's earned a spot,
25:57but in terms of the longterm outlook of this team, I'm still waiting for that day.
26:02I know, uh, social media is going to be a very happy when the inevitable call-ups
26:07do happen at some point you hope I'd think so maybe.
26:12Yeah.
26:12You know what?
26:13You mentioned the, uh, standings, something we haven't talked enough
26:16about Bruins of the first wildcard spot as of Monday at six 30 Columbus right
26:21behind them with 46 Ottawa right outside there with 45, um, Philadelphia is the
26:26second to last team in the East and they are only, I'm not great at math, but
26:30six points by the Bruins, that is scary.
26:35And that's not so much an indictment on the Bruins.
26:37I mean, it can be as it is like the East is just really mid, really mid.
26:43And I said that to Hags and Hags was like, you speak like a kid.
26:48Yeah.
26:48I don't know.
26:48Mid mid's not like that.
26:50Gen Z ish.
26:51I don't think I wouldn't say so by the way I was listening to, um, uh, poke the
26:58uh, the one that came out, I think Friday with you and Ty and he had a great rant.
27:02You guys are going back and forth.
27:03Great on just sort of the, um, anger with this team and sort of, you know, the
27:09pulling the wall over the eyes of fans and, you know, you know, Oh no.
27:13And, and, and I think that's sort of why people are pissed off.
27:15Like you mentioned, you know, the beginning of the year, you know,
27:17Fabian Lysel will get a shot and just not really ever getting a shot.
27:22I think people are just kind of pissed off at that.
27:24And when I was talking to Andrew Raycroft on Bruins beat, you know,
27:27he mentioned, Oh, you know, guys need to stay down there.
27:29It takes time to develop and all that.
27:31And I get that.
27:31And I agree.
27:32And like, if you want to tell me that like Matt Patra should be down there for the
27:35rest of the year, uh, to fully develop, if that's, what's going to take.
27:39Okay.
27:40I still think he helps you way more up here.
27:42I still think, you know, he's, he's done a good amount of developing
27:44the last two months down there.
27:46Um, the numbers indicate that, you know, but again, over seasoning fine.
27:51Like if you want to do Patra, sure.
27:52But Georgie Murkuloff has been in the AHL producing almost at a point per game
27:57rate for, this is his third year, third full year down there.
28:01And he started at the end of 21, 22.
28:05Like, so you got eight games then Fabian Lysel, by the way, also
28:09in his third season in the AHL.
28:10So like, again, they've been down there a while.
28:14Those guys have been simmering there for a while.
28:16And I, you know, Murkuloff has outperformed Lysel for sure.
28:19No doubt about it.
28:21Um, but why are they still down there?
28:24Why don't we have more of a concrete sample size of either of them in the NHL?
28:28We just don't.
28:30And I think that's the frustration where it's like, you're the first wildcard team.
28:35You're kind of, eh, you're right in the middle of the pack.
28:38And you know, why not see what you've got?
28:41Why not at least see, you know, no one's a hundred percent ready.
28:45Matt Patra was not a hundred percent ready for the NHL at the beginning of last year.
28:49And he came in and made an impact and helped them win games.
28:52I mean, yes, there were some games that he was off, but he was, he's an 18 or 19 year
28:56old kid, but you saw what you had.
28:58You at least saw and said, okay, that's someone who's got NHL pedigree.
29:02He can contribute for us for future seasons as at least a middle six center.
29:07We don't know that with Georgie Murkuloff yet.
29:09And we don't know that with Fabian Lysel.
29:11I talk about this with Diver all the time.
29:12And obviously, yes, Lysel has been a disappointment at times in Providence,
29:16but why not at least try to see what you have up here, especially again, when you're
29:20going to give guys like Oliver Wallstrom, who you're happy for him that he scored
29:25the other night, but had no points in his first nine games and you got off the
29:30scrap heap.
29:30And again, I love him.
29:33He's a new England guy.
29:34Like I'll always defend my new England guys, but you're going to give him a super
29:37long leash, but you're not going to give your own guys any real leeway.
29:41And I know this, you know, whether this stuff behind the scenes or not, we don't
29:44know, but I just, that's to me where the annoyance is, where it's like, why not at
29:48least see what you've gotten those guys.
29:50And I'm not arguing against the Terry coming up because Lysel should not be a
29:54fourth line, right winger or left winger, you know, like that, that shouldn't be
29:58the case.
29:59They're different roles.
30:00I'm happy.
30:00Vinny, Vinny Letary is getting a shot or another shot up here.
30:03Um, but again, I think I get, and I agree with the annoyance, um, the anger at
30:10where is like, why is Lysel not getting a shot?
30:12Why is Merkel off?
30:13Not getting a shot.
30:14Um, when guys are underperforming and making mistakes up here, I think that's
30:18the other thing.
30:18It's like, it's not like they're playing this, like mistake free, they're winning
30:22games two to one.
30:23Like if it was like that, it's like, oh, okay, well, you know, you do what you
30:25got to do, but there are mistakes and we're, we're seeing that over and over.
30:30Um, so I think that's where we're at with, uh, the young guys.
30:34It's like the fifth straight week.
30:36Please.
30:36I want to be, I want to be freaked from this narrative, please.
30:39The young guys, all these guys are the young guys.
30:42We're the young guys.
30:43Uh, maybe, you know what?
30:44Fabian Lysel didn't want to plan a line with Georgie Merkel off.
30:48Big swings.
30:49Yeah.
30:50Oh yeah.
30:51He's, you know what?
30:52You know what?
30:53Uh, Fabian Lysel went up to Georgie Merkel off and said, buddy, you're not part of
30:56the turbo team, not part of the turbo team.
30:59So M is fighting words, Evan trouble in paradise, trouble in paradise.
31:05Someone's going to clip that and be like, can you believe Fabian Lysel said this
31:08to Georgie Merkel off?
31:09He did not.
31:11He did not for the record.
31:13Um, Connor, what can the people look forward to from you over at the globe and
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31:18Yeah.
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