WRAT Sports 4.28.23
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00:00Dave, sports, what's going on, man?
00:02Well, of course, it's all about the Devils, baby, as the Devils shut out the Rangers last
00:07night in Game 5, 4-0, and as a result, they take a 3-games-to-2 advantage in that series
00:16over the Rangers.
00:17Three straight after losing the first two.
00:20That's amazing.
00:22Yes, even crazier.
00:23Finally, someone gets a home win.
00:25The Devils won in the Prudential Center last night.
00:30Until then, all of the road teams had won previously.
00:34The Devils' Eric Holla had two goals and an assist in the victory, and Devil goalie Akira
00:40Schmid had 23 saves to pick up the win.
00:43Game 6 is Saturday night, as the Devils can close it out at Madison Square Garden, or can
00:49the Rangers stave off elimination and force a Game 7?
00:53That is a big, big question.
00:55Oh, man.
00:56I feel like...
00:57Let's see it.
00:58I really feel like the momentum is way in the Devils' favor, and they're going to wrap
01:02this up.
01:02Oh.
01:02I feel like the Rangers are toast.
01:04What a weekend for Madison Square Garden with the Rangers on Saturday and the Knicks on Sunday.
01:08Oh, wow.
01:09Yeah, beer sales.
01:10Could be a beer salesman there.
01:12I've been wrong about everything in this series, though, so if I'm saying it's going to be wrapped
01:16up in six...
01:18It's been very unpredictable, so we're going to see what happens, but it is really exciting.
01:22That series, we knew it was going to be good, and that series has gotten very good.
01:26Other NHL playoff scores.
01:28The Lightning beat the Maple Leafs 4-2.
01:30The Golden Knights defeated the Jets 4-1.
01:32Football.
01:33Well, it was the NFL draft last night.
01:36Quarterback Bryce Young of Alabama, the No. 1 overall draft choice by the Panthers.
01:43Meanwhile, the Jets used their first-round pick on outside linebacker Will McDonald of Iowa State.
01:50Giants went with cornerback Deontay Banks out of Maryland, and the Eagles drafted defensive
01:56tackle Jalen Carter from Georgia and outside linebacker Nolan Smith, also of Georgia.
02:02How did...
02:03I'm not great with the draft.
02:06Yes.
02:06How did the Eagles end up in the Super Bowl and end up with two picks in the first round?
02:13Previous deals.
02:14So some sort of Aaron Rodgers type thing happened.
02:16Yeah, well, it wasn't Aaron Rodgers, but yeah, you can acquire different draft slots and
02:24stuff for the right type of player.
02:26Because Carolina got the first pick because they weren't so good, right?
02:30Yes, but actually, Carolina actually had to trade up themselves.
02:34Oh.
02:34Yeah.
02:34I believe it would have been the Bears who originally were slotted in at the No. 1 spot, and I think
02:41the Bears traded down.
02:43I thought it was interesting to make it to the Super Bowl and yet end up with two first-round
02:47draft picks.
02:47Well, that's why when the Dallas Cowboys traded Herschel Walker in the late 80s to the Minnesota
02:55Vikings, and the Vikings traded them basically the next three years of draft picks, very similar
03:02to what the Jets are doing with Aaron Rodgers, and you would see...
03:05And the Cowboys made out like a bandit on that deal.
03:08They would make the Super Bowl and still have like the third pick overall.
03:12Right, right, right.
03:12And then they would just get another great player and another, and that led to the Cowboys
03:17having that dynasty in the 90s.
03:18Yeah, yeah.
03:19So these, you know, these...
03:20I mean, to your point, it makes it really important for the Jets to capitalize now.
03:25Yes, they have to win.
03:27So that's exciting.
03:28You know, again, I kind of...
03:30I'm not as crazy about the NFL draft as other people, only because the fact of the matter
03:36is we've seen people like Tom Brady get selected in the fifth or sixth round.
03:41Right.
03:41The rookie of the year was Brock Purdy on the 49ers, who was literally the last guy chosen.
03:49Yeah, it's not a perfect science.
03:50Meanwhile, how many busts have we seen in the first round?
03:53So do I go crazy over the draft?
03:55Not really.
03:56It's kind of a wait-and-see thing for me.
03:58Baseball, the Yankees beat the Rangers 42.
04:00Garrett Cole is 5-0 with a 1.11 ERA.
04:04He has looked like the best pitcher in baseball thus far.
04:08DJ LeMay, Hugh Gleyber-Torres, and Jose Trevino each homered for the Yanks.
04:12The Mets took down the Nationals 9-8.
04:13Brett Batty homered for the Mets in the win.
04:16Phillies shut out the Mariners 1-0.
04:19And finally, basketball.
04:20As I said before, the Knicks play game one of their Eastern Conference semifinals series
04:26against the Heat on Sunday,
04:29rekindling a great rivalry from the 90s.
04:32Started when Pat Riley left the Knicks to go to Miami,
04:37and that started a fantastic rivalry, and now it's rekindled.
04:40The tip-off time is 1 p.m.
04:41I think you have to like the Knicks' chances of not only winning this series,
04:46it gets them into the Conference Finals.
04:49Jeez, I can't even imagine that.
04:52I can't imagine that.
04:53I think if they win this series, they got a great shot at making the NBA Finals.
04:57They have a, at least they have home court advantage in this series.
05:01And since I said before, the Cleveland series, just for superstition's sake,
05:06Knicks in six.
05:07That's my official prediction.
05:09I did it before Cleveland, and they won.
05:12Let's go.
05:13Knicks in six.
05:15That's the official prediction, and there you have it.
05:17It's Eastside Dave, Quick Sports, on the rat.
05:20We'll see you next time.