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00:00Let's go through the playoffs, like what we're talking about here.
00:06So the Capitals have the number ones.
00:09I understand that, Montreal, Ottawa.
00:11Those are the two wild cards.
00:13But Ottawa's the one.
00:15Montreal's the two.
00:17So the Capitals are the top team in the conference.
00:20They've already clinched that.
00:22And then the Leafs, right now as it stands,
00:25obviously are going to go to the playoffs.
00:28But they would be the two, correct?
00:32Yeah, so if you're the Toronto Maple Leafs,
00:36you're either most likely going to play the Montreal Canadiens
00:39or Ottawa Senators in the playoffs if you hang on to first place, right?
00:46So the Leafs have a motivation.
00:48They would rather do that.
00:49You don't want to end up with the Tampas and the Floridas of the world
00:52right in that 2-3 matchup.
00:54The NHL playoff format is stupid.
00:56It's confusing.
00:57Players don't like it.
00:59I don't, you know, it is what it is with this, you know,
01:01the top three teams in a division and the top two wild cards.
01:04But so basically, Scott, like if you're the Canadians and Senators,
01:08you're right now if you're the Montreal Canadiens,
01:10you're playing the Washington Capitals in the first round of the playoffs.
01:13Right.
01:13Let's say you pass the Senators, then you're getting the Leafs.
01:18Canadians don't fear the Leafs, right?
01:21They beat them in the playoffs.
01:22Like if you're the Toronto Maple Leafs, Scott, this is a nightmare for like,
01:26there's no good scenario for the Leafs in this.
01:30If they play the Canadians, it's one of the biggest rivalries in sport.
01:33Throw out the regular season records and stuff.
01:36And the fact is, the Canadians are the hottest team in the NHL right now.
01:39So it's not like, oh, they're not very good.
01:42You know as well as I do, Scott, and anyone who knows hockey, bro,
01:45one versus eight and all this stuff doesn't mean anything in the NHL, bro.
01:48This ain't the NBA, bro.
01:50Like, this ain't the NBA or the NFL, son.
01:53Right?
01:53Like, dude, there's upsets.
01:55Like, it means nothing.
01:56Like, I'm telling you.
01:57Everyone knows this.
01:58Like, who cares?
01:59Good for you.
01:59Once we play in a seven-game series, anything can happen.
02:02Let me ask you.
02:04You think that the Leafs would actually fear the Canadians more than playing the
02:10Lightning or Panthers?
02:12No, I think they would still say we could beat the Canadians.
02:17But then they won't.
02:18Because they never win in the playoffs.
02:20No, they do.
02:22They were, like, minus 500 favorites against the Canadians four years ago, Scott.
02:25Three or four years in the COVID year.
02:27The Canadians beat them.
02:28I know.
02:29You know what I mean?
02:30Like, the Leafs have won, like, two playoff series in 30 years, guys.
02:34And Montreal just has that pedigree.
02:37You go into their building.
02:38Like, it just, you know, it freaks the Leafs out in the playoffs.
02:41And then Ottawa, Scott, Ottawa is, like, Texas San Antonio playing against the
02:46Longhorns or something.
02:46Like, they freaking hate them.
02:47Like, you know what I mean?
02:49Do you think the Leafs are the longest suffering team in the NHL?
02:53Like, the Bills and, like, the Lions.
02:56By far.
02:56They just never get it done.
02:58They're the one?
02:59By far.
03:00Think about it, dude.
03:01Like, there's teams that haven't won before.
03:03So, it's like, all right, the San Jose Sharks haven't won a couple.
03:06They haven't been around as long.
03:07But, like, still been around a long time, the Sharks now.
03:09Okay, fine.
03:10Like, it's not the same as a market.
03:13I would equate very similarly, Scott, the Leafs, the Bills.
03:17Yes.
03:18From an athletic standpoint, the Leafs and the Bills are mirror images of each
03:21other.
03:22Dominant regular seasons every year.
03:24Austin Matthews is Josh Allen.
03:25Oh, he's one of the greatest players ever.
03:27And blah, blah, blah, blah.
03:28It's okay.
03:28Well, whatever, dude.
03:29They're always golfing in the summertime during the playoffs, aren't they?
03:33Right?
03:33So, all that stuff.
03:35But, I would say, though, the Leafs are very Nick-like in the sense, you know,
03:40like, the Knicks have sucked and they haven't won for so long, Scott,
03:42but they still sell out every game.
03:44Yeah.
03:44Like, the Leafs sell out every night.
03:46The Leafs haven't won in 63 years or whatever now, 60 years.
03:50And they sell out.
03:52Like, there's never been a time in my lifetime where it's like, oh, yeah,
03:55you can't get into the Leafs.
03:56Dude, even in, like, the 80s when they were bad, bad, they sold out.
03:59So, you have a rabid fan base.
04:02And I'm not going to lie, Scott.
04:03You know, we talk about it on Sports Rage.
04:06It burns Cam up a lot as a lifelong Leaf fan.
04:10To see, like, Vegas coming to the league and go to Cups and winning, like,
04:13six years in.
04:14I know.
04:15And Florida win.
04:17Not hockey markets winning all the time.
04:18It really, like, enrages Leaf fans.
04:21Right.
04:22I'll bet it does.
04:23And I've been there for games.
04:24I've called games there.
04:26That's one of the most.
04:27Like the Garden in New York, the Leafs tickets are one of the most expensive in sports.
04:32Yeah, it is.
04:33It's one of the biggest franchises, brands.
04:36And it's a big deal.
04:38Tomorrow night will be a really big deal.
04:39The Demidoff kid, the kid from Russia we talked about, Scott,
04:42they're throwing him into the fire.
04:43He's going to make his debut tomorrow night against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Toronto.
04:47Can't wait to see him play.
04:51I watched his highlights.
04:52He's a badass.
04:54Yeah, I want to see what he does.
04:55And imagine, too, if it's the Canadians versus the Capitals, Scott.
04:59New Russian prodigy versus Ovechkin in the playoffs.
05:02Kid just got to the end.
05:03It's like the cycle of life.
05:05The old dude versus the young dude.
05:06It's in the hard way against the hoping.