Road to a Repeat! The Florida Panthers give the Detroit Red Wings the business, beating them 4 to 1. Tobin officially welcomes Brad Marchand to the team after scoring his first goal as a Florida Panther! Our boy Mackie Samoskevich lights up the lamp as well!
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00:00It's a Friday.
00:01It's a Playa Friday.
00:02Hey, you play a game like that, I got to break out the play.
00:08Let's get to Road to Repeat here.
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00:23Ooh, how's that taste, Leroy?
00:24How's that taste?
00:25Delicious.
00:26It tastes, you know what it tastes like?
00:27It tastes like Marshawn got his first goal.
00:34Ustaff Forsling dove in front of another puck
00:37and scared the hell out of me.
00:38Yeah.
00:39And Mackie.
00:42The Mack man.
00:43Mackie does.
00:44Man, what a year he's had.
00:45You come on our show.
00:47You come on our show, you're going to do well.
00:50Listen, I think Moeller might want to buy a lottery ticket
00:53the way the Panthers' mojo is working for this show right now.
00:58Yep.
00:59And yesterday, the Panthers basically put a dagger in the old Detroit Red Wings season yesterday.
01:05They were fighting for everything, and the Panthers said,
01:07that's cute.
01:08And they smoked him.
01:12Smoked him.
01:13Not only that, it...
01:16I was more impressed with...
01:18There was probably two or three minutes
01:20where the Panthers couldn't clear the puck,
01:24but Detroit wasn't really doing anything either.
01:29and Bob was just...
01:32I mean, he's the only goalie that sometimes you'll see him,
01:36and he'll be on his back.
01:38He'll do gymnastics.
01:40Like, he does all kind of crazy stuff.
01:43I love that about him.
01:44Mackie yesterday had a 360 spin goal.
01:49Oh, my goodness.
01:50Caught him off guard.
01:51I was like, whoo-hoo!
01:53You know what I'm still amazed at?
01:56The redirect.
01:57Correct.
01:58It's very impressive.
02:00It's like, just to put a stick and go,
02:02no, go that way.
02:05Because keep in mind,
02:06like, these pucks are shot at a minimum of, what,
02:0975, 80 miles an hour?
02:11Yeah, it hurts.
02:12And you're plucking it out of the air.
02:17My favorite is when the goalie goes.
02:22It's like, damn it.
02:24Damn it.
02:24Missed that one.
02:25Let me get the call last night.
02:27Can we get Doug Plagans on the call last night,
02:29Marcos, of Brad Marchand's first Panthers goal on WQAM.
02:34Marchand had it taken away.
02:36Now the puck nudged along,
02:38but a one-hand feed from Petrie never got to Kane.
02:41Back in come the Panthers on the counter.
02:42Belinskis in front of kids,
02:43and they score, and it's Brad Marchand!
02:46His first goal as a Florida Panther,
02:48and it gives the Panthers a 3-1 lead with 3.39 to play
02:52here in the second.
02:54What a setup and what a finish,
02:56and Brad Marchand cashes in.
02:5922nd goal of the season,
03:01but the first one that mattered.
03:02I was, you know,
03:04I don't normally get the goosies for things like this,
03:08right?
03:09But it goes to show you how guys are
03:15when somebody's on their team.
03:18You see how happy they were for him?
03:20Yes.
03:21I mean, like, yeah, that, that, I like that.
03:24That's what I miss about sports.
03:27I don't miss necessarily the success.
03:30I miss the sharing of it with the guys you go to battle with.
03:35Dade South says,
03:37so is he safe from the Yotes, Tobin?
03:39He's safe.
03:40He tuned it up.
03:42Okay, Dade South.
03:43A little TTL, baby.
03:45We've been at this for a while.
03:47You have been loyal to us every day,
03:51making fun of us or whatever.
03:56You know damn well
03:58the next game,
04:01if Marchand does something crazy,
04:03Tobin's back.
04:04So to ask him,
04:06is he safe from the Yotes?
04:07That's not fair.
04:08It's temporary.
04:09No, I just wanted to see.
04:11He made you feel good right now.
04:13Welcome to the Cats.
04:16Welcome to the Cats.
04:18I mean, anybody score 82 goals?
04:22Oh.
04:23No.
04:24You sure?
04:25Which means that most hockey players
04:28don't score every goal,
04:29every game.
04:30you,
04:32for some strange reason,
04:34you want to send people to the Yotes
04:37for not scoring every night.
04:39Wayne Gretzky scored 92 goals
04:41in 81-82.
04:43You weren't even born.
04:46Here.
04:48Any stat you present to me,
04:51your ass had better been alive.
04:53Not fair, dude.
04:54You asked if it happened.
04:55That's not,
04:56you don't know that.
04:57That's called reading.
04:58Did it twice.
05:00One time he scored 87.
05:01Two times.
05:03Brett Holt did it.
05:03Anybody else?
05:05Brett Holt did it when I was born.
05:07How many goals?
05:0986 in 1991.
05:11Okay.
05:11Okay.
05:12And Mario Lemieux had 85
05:15when I was pooping my pants.
05:18Right.
05:19In 88-89.
05:21So there you have it.
05:23College.
05:23College.
05:25No.
05:26Who I was.
05:29I was playing in the Rose Bowl.
05:33RBA Richie says,
05:35Tobin's sports love
05:36is not based on merit,
05:37but Goosey's.
05:38Correct.
05:40I don't think that's fair.
05:41So,
05:41if he don't get all warm and fuzzy
05:44when he watch you play,
05:45then he's sending your ass
05:46to the Yotes.
05:48Mackie Samiskevich
05:49also scored yesterday.
05:50Here is the Panthers' rookie's goal.
05:52Down behind the net.
05:54It rims around near corner
05:56and Sider bumps Barkov.
05:57Puck goes all the way out
05:58to the right point.
05:59Forsling is there.
06:00Has it straight on.
06:01Looks out front.
06:02Samiskevich.
06:02Turn around.
06:02Tony scores!
06:04Mackie Samiskevich.
06:06Top corner.
06:07And the Panthers have a 2-1 lead.
06:11Yeah.
06:12That's good.
06:13I mean,
06:14that was the coolest goal.
06:17Yep.
06:17Because he kind of loved them to sleep.
06:20Just swung around and shot it.
06:23And they're like,
06:24look at how he controlled the puck
06:26and was able to get it.
06:27I'm like,
06:27he wasn't.
06:28He was just getting shot on goal.
06:30I wonder how many Michigan Wolverines
06:31have won the Stanley Cup.
06:37I'm going to look that up.
06:38There's been a couple.
06:39I'm sure there has been,
06:40but I mean,
06:40you guys have a good hockey program,
06:41but I wonder how many.
06:42Yeah,
06:42they're usually always in the frozen four.
06:45Paul Maurice.
06:46This is him on Mackie Samiskevich yesterday.
06:49This is what the genius head coach of the Panthers.
06:52Is he in the town play in a little bit
06:53because he's a young fella?
06:55I don't know.
06:55We'll hear from him.
06:56What does he have to say?
06:58Highly unusual for a young man
06:59to cover the distance that he's covered
07:01because he was still physical in the game
07:03and hard where he needed to be.
07:06And he's played now with every single line
07:08in every section.
07:09Good for him.
07:10to his credit
07:13because you don't see young guys
07:15come in and learn the hard things
07:16and be willing to do the hard things
07:18as quickly as he has.
07:19Three Michigan Wolverines
07:21have won the Stanley Cup
07:22according to Google.
07:26Andrew Cogliano,
07:29JT Comfer,
07:30and Jack Johnson.
07:31They all won the Cup
07:32with the Colorado Avalanche in 2022.
07:34That's pretty crazy.
07:35So all three of them on one team?
07:37That must have been a good Wolverines team.
07:39Yeah.
07:40Oh, yeah.
07:41All right.
07:42So he could be
07:42so he could be
07:43the fourth to do it,
07:45but only the second one
07:46on the team to do it.
07:47That'd be kind of cool.
07:48Yeah.
07:48I googled the same way I did.
07:51How many Michigan Wolverines
07:52have won the Stanley Cup?
07:53Yeah,
07:54because I see that
07:55and then that sentence
07:56continues to say
07:57these three players
07:57make the 11th,
07:5812th,
07:59and 13th Wolverines
08:00to have their names
08:01on the Cup.
08:01Oh, that is weird.
08:02Why does Google suck like that?
08:03It doesn't now, dude.
08:05I'm talking to you.
08:06It doesn't now.
08:06Hey, hey.
08:08Yeah.
08:08Because they went
08:09to the last Wolverines,
08:11but here's what's funny
08:13about that.
08:15You guys pulled up
08:16the same information.
08:17Yep.
08:18Old Tobes.
08:20Old Tobes.
08:21Stop.
08:22Old Tobes.
08:25I'll take it.
08:26I'll take my minus one.
08:27I'll take it.
08:28You know what?
08:29They Google in.
08:29I apologize.
08:31Deception for lying.
08:32My bad.
08:34And Marcos goes,
08:36me and you re-Google
08:37totally different
08:38because my Google says.
08:40I've been caught that way.
08:41Deception.
08:42I got caught that way.
08:43I apologize.
08:44Remember when I told you
08:44the Heat only had
08:45a nine-game losing streak?
08:47Hey, I thought
08:50I thought
08:51that I was in school
08:53with a couple of guys
08:55that won the Stanley Cup.
08:57And that's why I kind of
08:58that sounded weird.
09:01That was the most recent.
09:04And all on the same team,
09:05though.
09:05That also was crazy.
09:07All right.
09:09Well,
09:11Winter Olympic medalist,
09:12All-Americans,
09:14Wolverines in the NHL.
09:15How many have won
09:18the damn Stanley Cup?
09:21Crazy.
09:23Let's hear a little bit
09:24from Brad Marsh,
09:25and this is why
09:26he's enjoying his time
09:27with the Panthers.
09:28By the way,
09:29he's a small dude.
09:31Yeah.
09:31Yeah.
09:32Very small.
09:32I'm just enjoying
09:35this whole journey.
09:36It's such a unique experience
09:39for myself,
09:40and I've been part
09:42of really good teams
09:43that have accomplished
09:44big things
09:45and some that haven't.
09:46And regardless,
09:47what you realize
09:48is that these opportunities
09:49are very few
09:51and far between.
09:52And you get to enjoy
09:53every day in this league,
09:55and I'm having a lot
09:55of fun right now.
09:57The guys are awesome.
09:58You know,
09:59really starting to build
10:00some chemistry
10:01with everyone
10:02and just feeling
10:04more comfortable
10:04every day.
10:05So, I mean,
10:06it's fun to be part
10:07of a winning group
10:07and to be out there
10:09with these guys right now.
10:11Hmm.
10:12A lot of Panthers.
10:13A lot of Michigan
10:14Wolverine champions.
10:16How about that?
10:17Good school.
10:19Good school.
10:20I can name all
10:21of the schools
10:22that University of Denver.
10:26Good hockey team.
10:28Good hockey team.
10:28We did this already.
10:28Yeah, we named
10:29all the Frozen Forks.
10:30Oh, yeah.
10:31We did this bit.
10:33And this, yeah,
10:35Marchand,
10:36this is a little bit more
10:36on him on why he loves
10:37the Panthers' style of play.
10:40I love the messaging.
10:41I think that's
10:42one of the biggest things
10:44is that the messaging
10:46that the team
10:47portrays in the room
10:49and on the bench
10:50is very simple to follow
10:51and very direct.
10:54You know,
10:55and it's a very
10:56aggressive style.
10:56I mean,
10:57that is, you know,
10:58kind of how I play.
11:00But it's just something
11:02that they put a system
11:03together that every guy
11:05can follow
11:05and every guy can play
11:07regardless of your skill
11:09or your talent
11:10or your physicality level.
11:12The expectations
11:13are the same
11:14right through the lineup
11:14and the way that
11:16it comes across
11:17in the room.
11:18You know,
11:18they get you amped up
11:19to want to play
11:19the right way
11:20and at the end of the day
11:22they're building
11:22for something bigger
11:23and you want to be
11:24part of that.
11:26Very cool.
11:27And, of course,
11:28Panthers doing it yesterday
11:29still not all the way
11:31healthy.
11:31We got the word yesterday
11:33that Ekblad is now
11:34allowed to do
11:34team activities
11:36to get ready
11:36for the postseason.
11:38Although it sounds like
11:39Maurice is going to keep
11:41Seth Jones with Mikola
11:42to start things off.
11:43He likes their chemistry
11:44together.
11:45And we should be getting...
11:46Plus, they're really big.
11:47It also sounds like
11:48Kulikov is going to
11:49maybe get a game
11:50before the postseason
11:51as well.
11:52So, that's good news.
11:53And then, of course,
11:54we know Bennett's resting up.
11:54They look good
11:54with all those guys out.
11:56They still looked
11:57really good last night.
11:59Take a break.
11:59I should also mention
12:00Barky scored yesterday.
12:0120 goals on the season
12:02for Barky.
12:03Wait.
12:04Did he?
12:04Is it?
12:05They said he had,
12:06what,
12:0710 straight seasons
12:08with 20 goals?
12:09That's right.
12:11Crazy.
12:11Crazy.
12:12Crazy.
12:12Crazy.
12:12Crazy.