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What is the matter with you? Come on. This team's afraid of nobody on the road. You wouldn't have confidence in your team in a game seven in Edmonton? This is the best road team in the history of hockey. That's how you decided to start.

I'm just asking you. No, no, no. I'm just asking you. Establish the zig. In Dan's defense, I think the Panthers want to win on the road in game seven. They want to do – Mike, I'm serious. They want to prevent McDavid from winning the cup in front of his home fans. They do. Too early for this shit. Feels better. Let's talk about how good everything feels before we're like, all right, let's go on the road and do this. Dude, I'm not worried about the team. I'm worried about the travel. Yeah.

I'm tired. I just got here. Has McDavid heard? Has he even played this series? He's scoring a game five. Yeah? Yeah. How many goals does he have this entire playoffs? Right. Playoffs? Yeah, the entire playoffs. I think it's seven. Oh, Brad Marchand? Six? In this series alone? Okay. Hi, Con Smythe. And a garbage goal does not count as a goal in my personal record book. I mean, seriously, it was a meaningless goal. I mean. I want to go through some stats with you guys in a second. But Zaslow, how much are those tickets going to go for?

Last I checked was last night. Cheapest ticket was $1,100 just to get in the building. Wow. I can't pay $1,100. It's $1,100 times three for me because I got to take both my boys. So I'm out.

You're out too steep because this has been a hell of a run by you. You agreed to work here for either free based on a bet, Atlanta against the Miami Heat, work for free or work for pay throughout the Panthers run. And the Panthers are at least going to give you the maximum number of games possible to get paid here throughout the summer on hockey and kick in on the bonus, which we –

We did not have the bonus in play of now you get bonus shows paid for because the Panthers have had the run of runs. When I say they're a great road team, though. Do I get to keep coming after hockey, by the way? Well, that's what I'm saying. It triggers a clause. If the Panthers win the championship, it triggers a clause of you continuing on this heater. Wow. Good, good.

That's the contract language I saw. As a road team, okay, they're 25-11 since 23 in the playoffs. Okay, that stat is crazy. That stat is nuts.

25-11 on the road in the playoffs since 2023 makes them the best road hockey postseason team there's ever been. They've got 61 road goals. They're plus 30 on the road. They're afraid of no one. And after losing that way in Game 4...

where Edmonton breathes life for the first time on, oh, we can get it to 2-2, and we came back from 3-0. We're the only team in the league that can do that to the Panthers. The only team in the league that can go from down 3-0 to winning that game in Florida. But Florida doesn't care, and Florida makes you pull your goalie, and Florida scores more goals than most teams ever have in hockey. And let me revisit for a second.

The spectacular wrong of Mike Ryan specifically going after Brad Marchand because these numbers are crazy, okay? He's got as many goals in this final as Dreisaitl and McDavid.

That third goal of that game is as pretty a goal as there has been in the playoffs. We have the call for that in Finnish and Spanish. But I'm not kidding you when I say the goal at 3-0, we can make an argument that it was the prettiest goal of the playoffs, what Marchand did in every way from cheating at the beginning because...

He was in the face-off circle early. I'm not even understanding how he physically did what he did to be the oldest player to ever do something only Lemieux has done before, which is score more than five goals for two different teams. Let's play the sound, though, first and finish, and let me again show you how the Spanish language is better. March on. It's a catch! It's a catch! It's a catch!

That's good. It's a good call. It's pretty good, yeah. It's good. What he said. That Mike is incredibly wrong about Brad Marchand, who's the most valuable player in this series and scores like no one ever has at his age. He's done something that hasn't been done since 1922. Ha ha ha!

Do you know the team that did it? The Vancouver Millionaires. Really? Put it on the poll, please, Juju. Original sex, huh? Did you know there was such a thing as the Vancouver Millionaires? They've got five goals on the road. Five goals on the road in a final from Marchand is the most since 1922. Play the call in Spanish. You have a look at me, Marchand. Marchand is here. Don't let me go, Marchand. That's a Marchand!

Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! De las Panteras! Fran Marjan! Espectacular!

Roy, for whatever is your maximum expertise on this team, no one had Marchand being one of the greatest trade deadline acquisitions in the history of the sport, making Lusterainen and Lundell and Marchand like the best third line in the sport. No matter what your expertise was, nobody was predicting this kind of impact from this guy.

Nobody was predicting him getting traded in the first place. I mean, that within itself, like that was a shocker to everybody in the league. And now at 37 years old, he pretty much wrapped up Conn Smythe right there. He's the MVP of the entire playoffs. Yeah, third line has 55 points in 22 games. Wow. In case you were wondering, the second round pick has been upgraded to a first for Boston. So they should feel okay about it. The front margin is spectacular.

It's what makes this team so good is their depth. And they have a first-line guy playing on the third line. Oh, but Stugatz, yes. Lundell, Stusirinen, these are really good players. Yes. And whoever gets paired with that line over the course of these three years together plays well, too. It's an unbelievable – it's probably the best bottom six line you'll find in hockey. And you probably – you're not chasing contemporaries. You're chasing ghosts with that third line. Oh, Brodmar, John!

So let me talk. So Lundell, people will talk about him as a two-way player who sees the ice somewhat like Barkov. Baby Barky. When you talk about the depth of a team that is flogging Connor McDavid and Luster Aynon, to have Marchand be a player in 22 playoff games, to have...

10 goals and 10 assists Stugatz makes him a South Florida all-time legend icon on how runs are done emotionally. Holy shit, what do you mean we got a guy at the trade deadline who makes us this much better because now we're afraid of no one on the road, we can score more goals than anyone because we'll make you change your goalie before game five. And they're now a game away. They know they...

I want to know where to put this team if tomorrow night's expensive ticket becomes an all-time team in this town because of what they did and who they did it to. We'll see. I guess it depends on how many people show up at La Careta.

To see their legacy within this town. I do think that you can make an argument for dynasty, even though it's usually reserved for teams that win more than two, even though this is a bit of a ridiculous conversation because they haven't done it yet. Edmonton might be one of the greatest teams of all time, and they just keep running into the Florida Panthers. I think for historical context on Brad Marchand, a lot of people make the argument this is the most impactful trade deadline acquisition ever, and...

You have a solid hand. He's probably on the medal stand. Marion Gabryk scored 14 goals for the LA Kings in a great acquisition from the Columbus Blue Jackets. And your guy, Butch Goring, in the 1980s ended up winning the Conn Smythe. That's your boy? Yeah, Butchie. Yep. Before we go any further, because I want to talk about this team. Thank you, Stugatz. You got it.

What Marchand did to 29-year-old Jake Wallman on that goal, okay, on the goal and finish in Spanish, lovely in any language. It's one thing to get toasted that way, the equivalent of crossed over in hockey, but it's another thing at the end of that play for you to end up on your back in the net.

It's a spectacular goal. Oh my God! It's unbelievable. And he doesn't really pull away from guys. The way that he pulled away and got the look is just incredible strength and balance. But one of the all-time playoff performers? You're talking about somebody that we're putting in a breath with Lemieux, Stugatz, on being able to put this together during the playoffs. I'm going to have a hard time historically...

Putting my head around how wrong Mike is. I'm not wrong. Look, I was wrong in calling him a rotational winger. That being said, Jesper probably does this. You were wrong in wanting him to be a healthy scratch. Yeah, Mackie probably does this. Those are all very gifted players. Mike, can I help you turn this around? You were motivating more, Sean. That's all you were doing. You guys are mischaracterizing Mike. Mike likes...

To be proven wrong. Yes. And he likes saying he's wrong, and more importantly, he likes to be proven wrong. Another thing I like is being able to get through a thought. Yeah. Had you proven him wrong, he would love this, but he's not wrong. When he's wrong, he'll be happy to tell you when he's wrong. Go on, Mike. What do you think he's saying there?

I will tell all of you today that before we go any further on this, because I am excited to talk hockey today. Like I really is wonderful to just witness greatness and forgive me for wanting a game seven just because it's even better. And because and because just this team, good God, it's what I said to you before game seven last year in terms of what they're good at.

burying you in the corner at the end even if you've come back from down 3-0 they're better at this year like why would I or anyone involved with the Florida Panthers be afraid of a game 7 on the road against anybody like they know they're champions and it's

And it's not like McDavid. I'm not saying you shouldn't respect McDavid. And it's not weird that he only has one goal in five games. And Edmonton and Canada are about to fall on his neck because nobody wants Florida to win. Like, why would you want Florida to win? This is supposed to be a coronation. Hockey's not rooting against McDavid. Why would they root against McDavid? You've got all of hockey wanting one result and one thing standing in the way. And it's this Swamp Thing.

Unbelievable. And the fact that the Panthers have done this on short rest. One day of travel.

So Mike is saying, let's not talk about this now, but I do want to put it in the context because even if they lose game six, I want to see what the stakes are in game seven are on, wait, dynasty or underachiever? Right. On once in three years because you thought you were going to get, you were so close to three? Everything's on the line, Dan, for all the marbles, right? A lot of them. I don't know if you can make that argument when you consider the first time that they made it to the final, they were the last seed in.

But they were still there, though. Yeah, I understand. But they were huge underdogs to Vegas. So that season wasn't a disappointment. They win the Cup last year. If they lose to Edmonton and the best player in the game, two of the greatest in the game in dry sidle and McDavid, I don't think anyone looks at them and is like, you really underachieved. I don't think it's a Boston Celtic speaker. Okay, but regardless. They'll put up three games to two if they wind up losing the last two. It's a total disaster.

Yeah, that would hurt. That's where it gets disappointing, the context of, hey, in game five, we had this big lead. I want people to feel the weight of a historically great series between historically, what I believe to be, historically great teams. People will blame McDavid. I will not. The Panthers will choke it out of you. Like, I understand why you need your performer. Like, McDavid's got to be better than the Panthers. Everyone...

I'm guessing that you guys, I'm guessing Billy and Stugatz are now in the Greg Cody camp of ready to get on board with McDavid's overrated. I mean, I was there last year. Dan, how can you give a guy a pass if he's the greatest player in the game and he has one goal through five Stanley Cup games? How can you give him a pass?

Now, we'll see what he does in Game 6 and Game 7 if there is a Game 7, but he doesn't get a pass. You have to be better than that. And this is fair criticism, and it's what comes for the all-time greats. I'm just telling you I respect the Panthers enough to say that anyone they choke out, it's because they choke everyone out. Like, I've watched enough of this for two years to know that it is a failure on the bottom line for McDavid, and those are eternal, by the way. Like...

This will haunt him if he cannot beat this team. And the Panthers will stand all the stronger over the years in terms of what they did historically because they held down LeBron at the beginning. Because they did what the big three in Boston did to LeBron. Made him change teams. Yeah, this is...

stopping LeBron in his prime. He's 27, 28 years old. This is supposed to be the run in which he dominates the league. I would say if the Panthers win tomorrow and you don't get a big game tomorrow from McDavid, it becomes the Panthers won four out of five after Edmonton won game one and McDavid had absolutely

goal in the series, he'll get absolutely crushed. Just annihilated. I gotta keep reminding people about something that this is not a one-man team. It's still Leon Drysaddle on this team. He's been fantastic. And he might be third place in Conn's Mike right now. Yeah, well, I think

The way that I hedged last year when the Panthers had a huge lead was let me take McDavid-Kahn-Smythe. I'm doing something similar, but I'm hedging with Leon Dreisaitl, who I think out of the two deserves it more just because he's better defensively. But last year, the saving grace for McDavid was it was his first Stanley Cup, and he won the Kahn-Smythe.

So how much can you really go at him? He battled back from 3-0. If the narrative plays out the way that Zaz suggested, then the media jumps on his neck and he starts feeling the things that LeBron started feeling after that Mavericks loss. I feel bad for him, to be honest with you.

I mean, after watching him for two Stanley Cup finals, he's just not that good. You know? Regular season guy, compiler, he puts up all the big numbers. He's a good skater. Yeah, he's a fast guy. Paul Antetono, all that. Yeah, but once the bright lights turn on, I mean, it's just... He shuts off. Where does he go? He literally won the Conn Smythe World's Outstanding Player of the Playoffs last year, and he's got 30

We talked about that. They were looking for something to give them, so they gave them that. He's got 30 points. 30 plus points. Look, here's the thing. This isn't his fault, right? This is an us problem as a society. We all want to feel like our lives are so important and meaningful when in reality, it's really not.

in the scope of history, right? We just want to feel like we're watching the greatest thing of all time so that we can go and tell our children, oh, we watched the greatest hockey player of all time, the greatest basketball player of all time, the greatest this, that, the other of all time, so that we feel like our life had some meaning. When in reality, he's just another guy. Just another guy. And just let him be another guy. Why do we put this pressure on him and make him feel like he has to be the best? He has to be great. He has to win the Stanley Cup or he's nothing. He's just a guy. Well, Billy, what if you are watching the greatest thing of all time? I'm not.

I'm not watching the greatest thing of all time. Trust me. Not McDavid, what David's running into. Yeah, the Panthers. Yes, so Stugatz and Billy are entrenched now in the position of being unimpressed by the Panthers and unimpressed by McDavid. He's just a guy. God bless hockey on its way to you in the future. I have to, though, stop in our tracks for a second. This weekend was dark, dark.

So this weekend, I believe, produced one of the largest, if not the largest, protests in the history of our country. If you're talking about about 13 million people, if you're talking about, you know, about 1% of our country, if the estimates are right.

to no king day, that America doesn't want a king. They don't want no king. They don't want to parade for a king. They don't want to feel like North Korea, more poorly done North Korea because our guys don't march right. So like, let's, let's look at, at the tank here, the sound from this parade. They've got apparently 10,000 people.

people. This is, you know, a lot of people are making fun of the marching here, the junior ROTC lack of discipline in the march. We're not doing that. No, thank you for your service. Of course, nobody disputes that, but you can hear the...

That's the tank making the sound because the parade doesn't have a lot of enthusiasm. And that you can hear, that audio is tremendous in terms of does it sound like a parade when you can hear the... That's how a tank sounds when it's on asphalt and it's not a street legal vehicle. And no one's cheering, even though there are scattered folks in the grandstand. Some weather issues, though, it looks like. It's in the rain.

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This is the Don Levitard Show with the Stugats.

In these difficult times though, in these difficult times, I'm very happy to say here is a safe space for ESPN discarded talents that got too close to the political flame. We have somebody that we've flown in to bring positivity to our neighborhood, to Miami, to a divided city in a divided country.

So thank you. That is not you. Although welcome back. It is nice to see you again. That is outside. What is this big reveal that we have? Let's go outside and find out who we've flown in to bring some sunshine, more sunshine into South Florida.

What's happening, everybody? What? Yes. Yes. Whoa. What's going on? Yes. I'm assuming there's amazing cheers in the studio now. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes

What we have right here is the Freedom Tower. I just walked by the Freedom Tower. I asked them, has Dan ever been in the Freedom? Dan's never been in the Freedom. I didn't know how he feels about Freedom. Mike Ryan has his own wing, Dan.

Freedom Tower right there. Let's go get a coffee. Let's spread some love here, Dan. Oh, we're going to go get coffee right now. Yeah, we're going in. We're going in. Do you know this coffee shop? Corner Coffee Shop? This is Tony Reale. Thank you. Yes, thank you, Dan. That's my name. Yes, I just assume that there's a lot of cheering as I'm doing this. Hello, how are you? My name is Tony Reale. Hello, man. Yes, hello, how are you? He is so good at this. What's your name? James.

James, where are you from? Arizona. You're liking the cool temperature right here, right? You a sports fan, James? You ever seen Kick Patowski Season 2, Episode 47? I was the voice of the dark one. That's what I'm known for.

And a TV show called Around the Horn. Does any of this mean anything to you? Around the Horn when I was a little kid. Yeah. Come back home from school, like after school, you guys would be on. Okay, so you did know. Well, you could have started with that. You could have said, yo, dude, I know who you are, man. That would have saved me the whole Batowski routine I was doing here. Who's this guy to you? This is my father-in-law. Whoa! Vietnam. Vietnam. Here's what I wanted to say.

First off, let me say, happy Father's Day. That's LeBron James out on the sideline. Happy Mother's Day. Happy International Women's Day. All right, happy Father's Day. So you guys went on a trip together with your father-in-law? That is...

This guy went on a trip with his father-in-law. You want positivity, that's positivity. Riali, you're bringing people together. You're bringing people together there. You want another one? They're related. Wait, wait, no. Father-in-law said he wanted another one just to keep up with you. Let's go over here. Hello, hello. How we doing? Who do we have here?

Yes, you are a Jennifer. Wow, I love everything about your corner coffee shop. It's outstanding. I'd like to get these gentlemen another drink over here. Hey, how you doing? Come on in. We're getting drinks. We're getting drinks. Come on in. Really? Okay. I'm the 37th male lead of Kick Patowski Suburban Daredevil. That was my claim to fame. My name's also Tony. Tony Riella. Nice to see you. Daniel. Daniel.

- That's me right now? Oh, wait a second. The most immersive experience in all of content right now. - There it is. - This is it. This is like looking on ourselves. There it is right here. All right, everybody's gonna get a coffee. I wanna talk to Jennifer real quick. You have a wonderful corner coffee shop. - He is. - He's so nice. - Putting something together. Danny, come over here a second.

Look at this. Go in there. Look at this. It's a church, yes. We've got a church in the building. This is a church? Yes, it's a church. Yes. I feel like I'm in a Studio Ghibli movie right now. Like, I'm in a dream. There's a church and a piano. Yes. This is the Venn diagram of me. Jennifer, can I play this piano? Oh, boy. This is like the Venn diagram.

Guys, you did not tell me this. I'm going to put this right here. Hold on a second. You want positivity? Here we go. All right. You know he's good at this. Don't play piano, man. Of course he is. Yeah, royalty-free music, please. All right, all right. Okay, guys, get good. Let's go. I need it to be public domain music. Public domain? Lionel Richie's suing you right now. Yeah, yeah.

Anything Beatles, Tony.

Just stop. There it is. All right. So we play piano. I'm not sure if I'm going to get you guys sued at the wasn't. Okay. There's a church here. There's a church here. Yes. Look at this. I'm going up top. That may not be my church, but any church is what we need after this weekend. This is church. Tony, it is nice. Let's go see Jennifer.

It's great to see you, Dan. I'm going to make my way up there. I told you I'd be here all week. Yes, but we're waiting for you to get up here. We want to introduce you to the audience. We want to introduce you to the people in the studio.

She's talking about prayers to the wall, Dan, and you're trying to get people introduced to the studio. Come on now. Have some respect. Yep. Have some respect for God. I'm sorry. I was blasphemous. I'm trying to make my way up there to you guys, but I do want to get— Everybody's getting coffees here, right? Are we doing that? All right. What I loved about the coffee shop's sign— Dan, let me just say this. Over here on—what is this? Biscayne Boulevard?

They have something I really appreciate. We have this in Brooklyn. You buy a coffee, you buy a coffee for your next friend who can't maybe spend the money to buy that coffee next time. And I saw that. And I see you have even a statue here, a beautiful statue here for homeless Jesus. Okay. So what I'm saying here is we found one block from the studio, the most wholesome, positive place. And Dan, you've never even knew this existed.

Take a little time to enjoy the view. That's all I'm saying, Dan. Let's get some coffee. I'm going to come up in a few minutes. We're going to walk around a little bit more because I want to feel the pulp. I want it to be palpable. The Florida Panthers on the precipice of a Stanley Cup championship. Yes.

Play an hour north of here started with the show with their whole lose and how great is that so we can get another game? What is that there was a guy wearing a nice hat hat? There was a guy wearing a nice hat shirt on it looks like These people just milling about now you're downstairs, so this is he's just rolling around all right once again This is a nice shirt has no idea who Dan is yes. It's a very nice shirt. Yes. Thank you Tony your coffee

Yes, we're familiar with the show. That's the show that's on right now. Yeah, yeah. Good. This is ridiculous. But no, look at you. Look at you. You incredible length here. I mean, he can get me 2010 right now, huh? And five blocks. And five blocks. Wait, wait. No blocks right now. No, wait. Can you ask him to do it for us? I'd like him to do the 2010, if you don't mind. I'll score 20 points. A half on the show. There is a basketball court. I was just going to tell him. There is a basketball court. There's a rumor there's a basketball court in this building. We're going to go out to the basketball court.

Yes. There's a basketball court in the building. I'm going to go out there and do some play-by-play. There is one. You're going to play with us? Yeah, I'll play. I'll play. You have a whole free morning? Man, it's tough out there for all of us, right? All of us people who are underemployed. Yeah, we can do some run. All right. Let me get you coffee. Get rested up, and maybe in like 15 minutes we'll go find the court, and I'm going to give a little play-by-play of your game. That sounds great. And I'm going to be positive about it. I know you got it.

All right. Very impressed with your height, though. Good height on this guy, huh? How about that? Reale, we will... Yes, sir. I want to check in with the church in a moment, and I do want you to play basketball. Thank you for spreading some positivity. Are you just going to buy drinks for everyone down there? I'm going to buy drinks for everybody. I'm going to work my way around... Again, I mean, I want to see what Florida has to offer, what Miami has to offer. I want to see... I want to feel...

A city that is on the precipice of winning the Stanley Cup. I want to feel it. I know Roy's got it. Okay. All right. He just flew in. All right. We're going to check back in with you in a few minutes. You go somewhere else in Miami where you're going to get Panthers. No, I'll go somewhere else. I literally have nothing to do.

to do. I have nothing to do with my life right now. Please put me to work. It is nice to see you. I will tell everybody, and this was unfortunate, I hated that this was so, that when Reale came in with his Monday pep,

When he came in small, talky and and happy, our bitter crew was not here for his perky Monday morning. He hugged Roy and Roy just said, I'm tired, Roy. I've never seen Roy vigorously hugged by anyone that way. You sat in his embrace or you stood in his embrace. Stiff is dry cleaning. And you just said, I'm tired. Dude, I just got off a plane. Yeah.

The connection from Edmonton to Vancouver to Salt Lake City overnight. I'm tired. Guys playing in the cup. Roy, you're living the life. This is your dreams. What do you mean I'm tired? You're living your dreams right now at the top of the sport. What are you talking about? I'm tired but happy. But you're complaining about tired. You're drinking on an expense account. Yeah, but a happy tired day. You and Dwork. I'm dry. You and Dwork. Well, that's not. Whose fault is that? My wife's.

it's really like inconvenient planning, right? For you to have to go all the way over there to come back to them, maybe have to go back for one game and then come back again. You're really leaving a massive carbon footprint, right? Yes. Uh, it's all the, uh, Los Angeles Kings fault. They should have took care of things in round one. Uh, let me be clear by the way, in my stumbling around in transition from hockey to, uh,

reality because I do want to be clear about this. I'm not even mocking when I say that I have maximum respect for our troops in a situation where they are in servitude to someone they know has called them suckers and losers when there's reports around the president that now include, you know, whatever's going on with a catheter and a diaper and whatever's going on now that makes dictatorship okay or more okay than it seems to

like is okay. It's a bad spot for our soldiers. So I didn't want to and don't mean to say anything as an aspersion to our soldiers because I don't even know what you can do in that situation where you have to be subservient to somebody who's gone full dictator. And it was an awkward transition between reality and hockey.

And Marchand is doing things to guts that I really want to put it in context of South Florida sports history. Who are the best we've ever had in terms of this icons going to echo with your children on? Holy shit. Do you remember the run Marchand had 15 years ago?

Like, this is generational stuff that's happening. Like, Seth Jones isn't the one doing this, although he adds to their depth, too. It's the guy they got at the trade deadline that did this to Gotch 13 years ago. It would have been like if when the Heat traded for Iguodala in 2020, if Iguodala was the finals MVP for the Heat and they won. But it's nuts because the best player is also the best story. Like, it's...

There's not a better story. We could talk about all the star power everywhere. I'm a hatin' ass hater. He's not the best player on the line. I know he's scoring the goals, and by my math, I think I need Seth Jones to score seven goals in the next game for me to argue that Brad Marchand isn't even the most impactful trade deadline acquisition on the team.

But Lundell and Luster Reinen have been incredible. Luster Reinen is probably one of the best defensive forwards in the leagues, and nobody talks about it because he's on that third line. Anyone does this with that third line. It is the three guys. Marchand has been incredible. He is playing way better than anyone assumed he would, including yours truly. However, I am not wrong about him being a jerk, and I don't have to like him, and that was my main point. The front, Marjan Espectaculara!

Where is Ugyth or Bina on this list for you? Wow, that's a good one. Darren Dalton. Yeah, Dutch. Dutch, yeah.

Uga Therbina we all kind of forgot about because of the whole prison thing and the machete, right? Yeah, the murder. So that we kind of like, well, you know. Hold on a second. I'm sorry. I've got to interrupt programming here because I've just been told by our crack production team that a bit we've been trying to get off the ground for a month. Chris Cody's off today. I don't know when that bit's going to make its appearance, but Big Mac is somebody who...

is a friend of the show downstairs and he is now with Tony Reale and Tony Reale is going to do a live interview evidently of Big Mac introduce Big Mac to our audience Reale you've made a friend down there he's a friend he can give you the dirt on everyone on our show Reale dirt can we start with the chapeau what are we rocking I've

seen Gangs of New York and this, you're Bill the Butcher here. What are you talking about? Trust me, I'm not, no member of no gang. No, no. It's a beautiful hat. What is this? What am I looking at? Is it a bowler? It's a bowler. A derby? A derby? European bowler. But here in America, we call them derbies. Yeah, nice. And I get my derby from Nets hats. And this is an everyday for you?

Every day, yeah. Been wearing them since I was a kid. Because you recognize it's 100% humidity and about a million degrees out here, right? Without a doubt. You are just walking on clouds. Look at this posture of this man. The thoracic mobility of Big Mac. Now, we call him Big Mac because your name is Ronald. Ronald, that's right. Because of Ronald McDonald. And did you throw down some Big Macs in your time? Yeah, I love Big Mac. I remember I used to work up in East St. Louis. Those are good.

Big Macs are good. Back in the day, I don't know what I'm going to tell you. Dan is salivating over just the idea of a Big Mac. When you, when Ron would sit down, how many putting down? Three? Four? About four. Four? Oh, man.

Well, everybody who's come by this street knows you. Really? You were the mayor of this street. Well, it was the same way when I was over there at the Flatiron. It was the same thing over at the Berkel Plaza. But right now I'm at Elser, and I'm loving every minute of it. Get his Panther information. I don't need his history. I'll talk to him. He's been a hockey fan since 1970. Disrespecting another man in a badge. So talk to me about the Panthers. Would you rather they win right now?

at home. This is a debate they're having upstairs. Or take a loss to get to a game seven because it might be more exciting. No, we had that experience last year. Of course. And we don't want it again. Plus, I mean, you've won enough on the road. Win some home games. Who's your favorite Panther?

I like Matthew Kachuk. And I like Brad. Now I'm Brad. What's his name? Rashad? Yeah, that's him. Ask him about Chris Greer. Remember him forever. Ask about Chris Greer, Tony. He hates him. Ask about Andrew Marchand. Ask him about a ball. Oh, my God. Thank you. Oh, boy.

boy. Okay. This is about the positivity today. So we're trying to work the positivity. No, that's okay. Billy, get back in here. I love what you're doing here. Your pelvic tilt. Hold on. Tony, Tony, I need, hold on. I need this segment produced by Billy Gill. Billy, get,

Big Mac riled up here. All right. Billy's got a question. No, we don't want to rile up Big Mac. It's just, you know, now is good times with the Panthers, but we know that there's bigger pressing issues with the Dolphins and Chris Greer, and he's got to go. There's pressing issues with the Dolphins, and Chris Greer's got to go. You give me 30 seconds right here. This is your face time. I'm not sure if you ever saw a show called Around the Horn, but you just won today's show. Now you've got 30 seconds to talk about whatever you want. Okay. But we're hoping for a little Chris Greer action. Okay. I want...

to talk about Chris Greer simply because he's been here too long and he makes the same mistakes he get a good good couple of guys and then he doesn't know what he's doing and I'm just sick of looking at him because everything is funny to him everything is funny to Chris Greer you know you notice when he's supposed to be checking the cars yeah when he does his interview reality don't get anyone hurt yes

That's not good. So I think we're at a case where we've got to actually have you go back to work. But I love what you're doing out here. The mayor and the hat, the bowler hat. Thank you so much. And you're really a breath of fresh air. God bless you. If you need anything, help me. Let me know. You want to run some full court with my man over here? Tony, ask him if he wants Kevin Durant. Do you want Kevin Durant?

I'd rather have K.L. Ware. I'd rather have him because he's younger. That's a hot take. Who needs a 15-time All-Star, right? Okay, yeah. Good to be you, Ronald. You can just sneeze off 15-time All-Stars. You are...

I'm happy about this. Watch yourself. Watch yourself. Vinnie Cooper. Vinnie Cooper. Check that car. Riali, be careful. Riali, be careful out there. Please. There are liability issues. We're not going to get anybody hit today. Okay. Yeah. We're not going to get anybody hit. All right. You keep gathering Panthers fever. We'll check in with you in a little bit. Okay. Thank you. You keep finding Panthers fever all over the city. Yeah.

You looked all over the city and you found the guy in the carport who just greets us every morning, Big Mac, who we've been trying to build a segment around for about a month. And, Billy, I'm going to email it to you because you tried to get the good Chris Greer stuff out of him. That guy, every day we come into work, he lights every member of this show up with his Chris Greer opinions. And they're poisonous and he wants them gone. Tired of looking at him.

Always smiling, he says in the press conferences. Big joke of his Chris Greer according to Big Mac. Mike wants Kevin Durant. Does Zaz want Kevin Durant? Because Kevin Durant and Bam, if you can get him for picks, which I think is what Phoenix wants. And maybe Russell Westbrook, too. A couple of months ago. Oh, wow. Wow. That would be exciting. You established the zig.

Does Kevin Durant want me? I didn't see the Westbrook comment. I really didn't. Oh, yeah. I mean, he opted out. He's there for the taking. Imagine a reunion down here in Miami. Zaz, how do you feel about that? I mean, why don't you get a Baca also? Why not?

Anybody else? Bring Scotty Brooks on staff. Anybody else? Perk? Perk can play in a suit. Get Perk. Perk can be your center. It's getting to the point that I feel like I'm being set up again. Had my heart broken by Kevin Durant. I don't even know if he wants me. Does he want me? You're not going to answer my question until he tells you? Yeah, does he want me? He's going to break your heart with San Antonio.

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