Local Hour: THE FLORIDA PANTHERS ARE STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS!
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Yeah, I just woke up finally. What happened? All right. Good talking to you. He's here, though. He's hungover, and he's happy. You wouldn't tell. You wouldn't be able to tell by his general lack of charisma, but he is happy. Oh, that hurt. We've got Chris Cody smelling like beer and toothpaste. Busk again, old... Is he here? He's been screaming at everybody. He's going to make...

Winning sports fans can be obnoxious. I'm worried about Chris Cody today. Well, we were obnoxious when we were losing, so imagine now. We've got bandwagon Billy back there. Do you have pots and pans? Are there any pots and pans back there? I have my car, yeah. You left them in your car? Well, I did go out last night to celebrate, of course. Why wouldn't I? Very nice. Yeah. You have the right colors on today. Well, I mean, we have an important meeting. I didn't want to dress like a clown. And also, you know, I didn't want...

Listen, if we're going to be honest, today's the day all the casuals wear all of their Panthers gear that they've been collecting over the years and come out and pretend like they're these giant Panthers. I mean, you walk out here and you'd think that you were at the frigging Ameren whatever car center. Everybody's wearing these Panthers things. People still have tags on their clothes. Like everybody's in Panthers gear. I've never seen any of these people wear Panthers clothes today.

I'm not going to stoop to that level of casual fan where I just put on my Panthers clothes. I'm here to support the guys and you, Dan. Chris, do you know how in the checklist when they're going to send a rocket into space at NASA, they just go to the person and check, check. Capcom. If they go to Billy, it's like, and outside I had my raincoat and I was worried about how much fire was going to come from the bottom of the rocket. And he just keeps talking. Tell you what, Challenger would never happen to me.

is hung over Mike Ryan in a state that he can do this. Those last 20 minutes lasted about 17 years. Ahem.

Oh, wow. He's here. Thank you. We've got Zaslow here. Yo! Voice of the Panther fan. Yo! Your boy. Really? He's all over ESPN. What do you mean, really? What, you don't want that? Voice of the Panther fan? I mean, he traded Barkoff a year ago. Hey, Zas. Yes. Big game? Oh, my God. Last night, I don't know if you guys heard. I did big game, not big game. It was a big game. I thought about it. It was a big game.

We've got Stu Gatz here. He is shaking the dead off. And Chris Cody, we have the star of the Stanley Cup final, your father. He's getting in position right now. He is not here here right now, but he is in the vicinity very closely as we try to celebrate with Greg Cody, who's gone full Homer.

by the way. He's like pretending, Chris. He's trying to pretend. He just asked me for permission to place this photo of him holding the Stanley Cup trophy in the Miami Herald. He's fine with this photo. Yes, this photo he's fine with.

After we mocked him last night because he complains to God, you weren't here, but he complained that a photo of him in the hospital was invasion of privacy. It was a photo he released from the hospital. He invaded his own privacy? That's right. He invaded his own privacy and was mad at everybody else. How did people get this photo? It's a really bad look for him. He's got to learn to control his emotions. He behaved like a giant infant yesterday.

Greg Cody is in position, and I have here in front of me some people writing in because they were watching hockey last night, and they were watching it vicariously through the show. Somebody writes in, first time in 15 years I've seen Roy smile. I'm crying. Somebody else writes in, was only pulling for the Panthers because of Roy. Love that guy. Only downside is that Mike is also happy. Another upside, though, is that Greg Cody won his war against Canada. Yeah.

Congrats to only Roy. Mike Ryan lost faith and gave up on his team. Greg and Dan believed, but no congrats to them. Only for Roy. McDavid makes history and somehow Cody still wins. Yep. They were trying to make that a thing, right? This whole McDavid guy. The NHL wanted him to be good so bad. He wouldn't even come out to get the trophy he didn't want. Why would he? You can have that one. Some bad luck.

How? Jaguar came out for the last time. Look, I was there. There were a lot of Boilers fans out there waiting for that moment. McDavid should have skated out and done it for them. They look like such losers, by the way. On TV, cheering him winning the Conn Smythe when they just lost the Stanley Cup. Giant losers.

They were pretty classy. They were pretty classy, all things considered. And they were out there specifically waiting. It was pretty cool because he didn't come out. They still stayed there because that's one of the great traditions in that sport. You want to see Lord Stanley no matter what. You don't know how many opportunities you're going to get to see it in your life. It would have been nice for him to skate out and give the Oilers fans that came out in droves that moment.

You are right that that place was awfully Edmonton loud after Edmonton scored its goal. And you're also right that it's a bad look, but that's a superhuman person being maximum human. Like I get. Oh, he was plenty human. Five out of seven games. I'm borrowing. I don't have a lot of precedent for a losing team in a game seven situation.

having a Conn Smythe winner on their team. There's no real protocol for this. I was just borrowing from the last time this happened with Jaguar against the Devils. He came out, and I think that if he could do it over again and give the Oilers fans that moment, maybe he'd reconsider, but that's the last thing he's thinking about there. I get why he did that.

I'm just saying those fans that came out, and they were Legion, and it really set up for an amazing dynamic because most of them, they were in the lower bowl too, but it wasn't Rangers level lower bowl. It wasn't Bruins level lower bowl. They were pretty much upper deck was oil country, and to have the dueling cheers and boos from

from the upper deck down was such an intense crowd. And that's why people call that the best two words in sports, because that was an atmosphere that I've never really experienced in my life. I will give you again that it was a bad look. I will not give you that you can tell anyone how to behave not emotionally over the last few days.

Other people write in, damn, Mike is totally going to have to apologize for at least one of the pals he threw at Greg Cody. This isn't about me, guys.

guys. Somebody else writes in. It's only about Greg. There's also pending litigation, so you've got to be careful. Let's see if he's still singing that journalists aren't a part of the story crap when they go on the air today. And somebody else writes in, I've been a Florida Panther fan for well over five weeks and I've never been happier. This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast. ...

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A dream 30 years in the making is a reality. The Florida Panthers have won the Stanley Cup. Lord Stanley is coming. We will have a place in South Florida. The Panthers have won the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history. Yeah! Start the celebration, South Florida. The Panthers have done it. Stanley Cup champions!

He's McOberated, Greg's exonerated, that's Connor McDavid! Greg made a take, stuck to his guns, and then the Ice Cats won. They were up 3-0, lost three in a row, and we weren't having fun! But back in Sunrise, we got right, and punched out your lights!

So sleep tight with guns might Lord, stand these arts tonight Oh, you know he's become a rated Greg's exonerated That's Connor McDavid He's become a rated Greg's exonerated That's Connor McDavid He's become Let's put up the boards now Over, over Let's put up the boards now He's become a rated Greg's exonerated

That's Connor McDavid. He's McOperine and Greg's exonerated. That's Connor McDavid.

Obviously, it is always very cool to win a championship cooler if you've been enmeshed in what the history of your franchise is. That voice you heard on the radio was Billy Lindsey. It is literally the first Florida Panther playoff memory I have is Billy Lindsey. To hear him screaming like that.

because his soul has left his body because of what it means to him. I'm thrilled that we've got Zaslow in with us today. He's been all over ESPN as the voice of the Florida Panther fan, even though he traded Barkoff a couple of years ago. Yo, I repented for that already. Let it go. One year ago, no. Let it go. Didn't like Bobrovsky a couple of years ago. Paul Maurice was the murderer of fun. Now he's maybe my all-time favorite coach.

Somebody writes in, I'm just glad we live in a country where Greg Cody can now sue everyone who ever doubted him. And then I fear this today. I can't even be happy for anyone because the annoying people outweigh it. This is what angers anyone in North America whenever South Florida wins anything.

I don't know if more people, I'm gathering that more people would be watching this today if they'd lost, correct? That the better result for numbers is to come and sink in and laugh at Roy and laugh at Mike and laugh at bandwagon billing. Excuse me? I got a text this past weekend from someone and it said only Miami fans can make Edmonton Oilers America's team. And I thought that they were probably right. Well.

We've got Greg Cody is taking a victory lap outside somewhere and we're waiting. A number of things have gone wrong over the evening. We got the dimensions wrong for the billboards. Otherwise, they would already be up. Of course we did. Right. Like, of course we did. Really? That's what we do. Yeah, that's what we do as a company.

And Greg Cody is somewhere outside taking a victory lap. And we will have in moments a hungover driver moving him nearby in a personal parade that Greg Cody is...

not outside doing yet. He's just in the other studio. You need permits. You need permits to try. For parades, of course. Yeah, of course. Why is Greg Cody just sitting in the other room as opposed to being outside with the victory parade that we were doing for just him? Why is he sitting in the other room? It's a good question. He's just standing there. Well, I think Greg Cody at this point feels like he can do whatever he wants to do. I mean, he was right. He wrote the column. He had everyone talking and it turns out that Greg Cody was a

thousand percent correct he should have won the con smith just out of curiosity were the dimensions too small or too big because i'm trying to envision if it would be great if we just saw like a corner of the intended billboard or if we just saw like a little tiny billboard in the middle with a lot of like blank space around they were just wrong the dimensions were simply wrong can i ask what the billboard is or do we want it to be like a grand surprise it's just celebrating greg cody that's all it is uh roy how are you feeling right now sure that'll go over in edmonton

Good. Thanks for all your contributions. Weren't you working? I was working and drinking. Did you drink from the cup? No, the cup left before. They got that cup out of it pretty quickly, man. Did you touch it? I didn't get to touch it, no. Really? No, all the players got to touch it before I did. Seems right. Yeah, seems like it makes sense. Mike Ryan, how did your evening go?

I made an impulse buy on game time and I wanted to enjoy that with my wife no matter the result. And I told myself like right before skiing in game time because we were about to take my daughter to my dad's to watch her for us to watch the game. I said, you know, if my team wasn't in this, that's a place that I want to be.

I love puck. I've been in an arena when they've handed that trophy out before, and it's so cool. And I know it would sting like hell if this is the greatest collapse in pro sports history in a best of seven. But once you get some separation from it and that pain, if he comes back, it's the game's greatest player ever.

capping off the game's greatest comeback. And that's something that you have. And that's a conversation starter. That's whenever you get around with your hose or friends, you get to say you were there. And on the opposite end of that is a franchise's first Stanley cup. And, uh, it was beautiful, man. We wept. We celebrated with people in that organization. I got to tell you, I was really touched. I got a DM the second it hit triple zero from the dude that gave me my internship at a high school, uh,

His name is Connor Tinnis, and I want to shout him out. That experience out of high school working for the Florida Panthers really shaped me in a lot of ways because I went into a franchise that was undergoing a lockout, and there were massive layoffs. And if we're not for that experience...

I wouldn't have valued the loyalty that I found on this show and the job security I had in this show so much. I might have made different career choices had I not been granted that internship under Michael Yormark in the Florida Panthers. And it was like, it was a sweet emotional moment. It's like after you have a kid, you find yourself crying a lot for different things. And I'm not sure I was crying so much

for the fact that we had won the Stanley Cup or the fact that we had gone through this incredible journey. But it was an amazing outpouring of emotion. I was really happy for a lot of those people that have been with that franchise for a very long time, Dan. We're going to talk to one of them here in five minutes. Our friend Randy Moeller has been careening through the streets, foggy from whatever it is, celebration and temptation are. He's been partying for many years.

inside and around hockey and he's going to join us in a couple of minutes but Zaz one of the things that I thought was the coolest about everything that happened last night and in setting it up one of the things that I had mentioned was

You've now gone before game seven from a team that nobody in the world wanted to win to a team that nobody thought could win. We just saw that happen over seven games. I think that part is cool enough, but this part, this is the part that has to make Panther feel, Panther fans feel a special kind of special.

This was earned. It wasn't injuries all over the place. You beat the best at his best, and in the last two games,

You smothered him. And at the end of that game last night, McDonough's screaming, the Oilers are exhausted. You've got a minute left in your season. Here, go take it from the Panthers. You can't because they did what they do in the third period. They just buried you. And at the end of that game, playing more minutes, more desperate, their best was not good enough. You beat the best at his...

At his best. It really was the blueprint really all year long, starting in training camp where I've heard the stories that Paul Maurice drilled them so hard in training camp to make sure that they are the best condition team. I mean, like Herb Brooks, Team USA style.

the worst, hardest training camp that a lot of these players have ever been through. And it was to get to that moment where, yeah, they've been a great third period team all year long. And going into the game last night, I was just envisioning, alright, can we, because of the way the last three games have gone, can I be within a goal going into the third? Just, I don't have to be ahead. I didn't expect to be ahead. You would have taken that? I was hoping we'd be tied going into the third. But I would have taken, can we be within a

goal in the third period and we will outlast them. And then we went to the third and we're ahead of goal and it's like, oh my God, can we just play them even for the final 20 minutes? And by the way, those 20 minutes, it was the slowest 20 minutes of my life. It was the most anxiety I've ever had. I mean, I'm on the verge of a panic attack every time the Oilers had full control of the puck in the zone, which was seemingly all 20 minutes of the

third period and then McDonough's right. And when he, when he pointed it out was perfect because right when he says it, that the Oilers are at a gas, you look at them, they're barely moving. And the, and, and by the way, McDavid was on the ice. It seemed perfect.

I think statistically he was on the ice for 10 of the 20 minutes in the third period, which is crazy. He was always on the ice and they couldn't move anymore at the end of the game. And guess what? The Panthers, like they were fresh and they were, they were fine at the end of the game. It was so beautiful. It was the blueprint.

And there were layers to prevent the puck cycling and doing all the Connor McDavid fancy things that we had seen throughout there. He had some chances, though, Mike. He did. Where were you when Aaron Ekblad stopped Connor McDavid on a 1v1? Ha, ha, ha.

Because my soul left my body at that moment. And I got to tell you, there has never been an arena that needed the first goal in a game more than that building. Dude, there was no path to victory if the Oilers scored first.

None. None. Negative aura, bad vibes, toxicity in our city. You guys did this before the game, too. They can say it now. They can say whatever they want, but all I saw is that the Oilers took it back two minutes later. They took the one goal, and you were right back in the same position you were in, fearing they'd get the second one. That third goal was the goal. No, no, no. The Oilers simply couldn't score first. And as someone that was there, no one looked up.

Oilers fans were feeling themselves talking all their garbage as they should have been because they were riding high. That was a nervous place. There was a lot of liquid courage that got people up for puck drop, but that place needed, needed the Oilers to not score first to come alive and realize that, okay, you

You know, this is just a fourth chance in four to get one. Let's do it. I was surprised at how loud Edmonton's goal sounded. Edmonton had a whole lot of people. Well, it started, though, with the anthem. That was when you noticed, right? The anthem was so loud singing the Canadian hands like, whoa, there's a lot of them there. No, no. Both anthems got sang by the fans. Yeah, but I think we were inspired by how loud they were. When do

we ever in any of these buildings, not just here, when does the American national anthem ever get sung by the chorus? It's them being patriotic for us to be patriotic. I am curious how that translated

over the television because there it kind of felt like this is a moment. The Canadians like pulling ahead of Alanis and Alanis trying to slow them down. Bad face by the Canadian fan. I mean, keep it tuned. Come on. Alanis did a bad job. We're going to be honest. Legends did a bad job last night. You've got to let them have it. Did a bad job last night. You've got to let the Oilers fans have it and you lay out. With the National, I had a bad job too. But,

When she did the U.S. anthem, the Panther fans caught what had happened previously, and any time they started speeding up, they slowed it right back down to catch it. There's an intelligence level there. You could tell. There's an intelligence level. Aren't you Canadian? I have dual citizenship. I was born here. Just like Alanis. Yeah, just like Alanis.

Billy, what are your overall thoughts on Alana? No, she didn't do a good job last night. I don't think anyone can argue that she did. Do you think she did a good job? Well, she did a good job by showing up. I was surprised to see that kind of star power in Sunrise. Ah, she was in town. She had a concert the night before. Sunrise! Still surprised to see her in the Everglades. Panthers fans were ready to crush that, though. Yeah. If they get out to a 2-0 lead, we're blaming Alanis Morissette. Can I ask you something? So, speaking of the national anthem and everything that took place before the game, how did we feel when it was announced that

That Roberto Luongo is banging the drum. Not the greatest Game 7 record, but he's the greatest player in franchise history. He should have been the guy. He was the neutral for me. He also did a bad job, right? Like, he went too fast. No, he did. That was like a 10 out of 10. On TV, it seemed like he was banging it faster than the people were saying it was a Panther. Did you watch the Euros? He was jacked up because of Italy. He hit you with the LFG, like, in the crowd. Let's f***ing go.

Crazy energy. See, I was worried that they were going to make it Luongo, and they did, and I was worried because he lost a game seven in goal for Vancouver. But then I realized, Dan, the theme of the team this postseason has been redemption. And you know what? Redemption includes that for Luongo as well, to redeem himself from game seven in 2011. So I was in on it. He rang a bell. I mean.

No, no. He banged the drum. He banged the drum. Have you watched the game? I don't get two minutes for that. Get out of here. Go sit in the penalty box. I mean, Luongo didn't redeem anything. He wasn't part of the team. You can't fly in from the dead and then ring a bell. He is a part of the team. He's an employee. You can't.

You gotta do better than that. The bar is so low for you. The bar is so low for you. Two minutes? Two minutes. Did you guys boo Wayne Huizenga also? Because that came out on TV and it was delicious. No, they were booing Batman. No, they booed Huizenga. Then there's Huizenga. They booed Huizenga. No way. Yeah, screw that guy. Love booing Wayne Huizenga. Ringing a bell. I love booing dead people. A bell. What? Such a weird thing to love. What? You love booing dead people? Oh, yeah. I get the last laugh.

You think you leave this earth and I'm going to forget about what you did? I will not, Wayne Isinga. Maybe Sugats was confused because we did have that six-game stretch where there was a monk ringing a bell before games. Oh, Jesus. So he was too informed. Friar Puck. He was too informed. Friar Puck. That was what a miserable time in Panther history that was. You still had Burry on the team, too.

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It's summertime. Go outside. I record a lot from my office with you, and you've noticed it's sitting there, yet it hasn't been used. Well, now's the time. Summer's the best time to start that push, Stugatz. Right. Can we do it together? Not on the same bike, but we could join a class together. I used to do that. We used to have Guillermo Tan. I'd invite people. We'd all take a class together, same time. So I think you're starting to get concerned about my health and my age, Billy. I sense that with you. We're beyond starting. Okay. Okay.

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Don Levitard. This guy comes in as the next Wayne Gretzky. His nicknames include The Chosen One and McJesus. Okay? He's a great player. He scores a lot of goals. He scores a ton of assists. But it hasn't translated to making Edmonton a powerhouse in the league. They're in the final. Stugatz. What's your nickname for him? McOverrated. This is the Don Levitard Show with the Stugatz.

We have Randy Moeller coming in and it really does always make me happy to see his face, but especially as radiant as it is today. Can you give us just a little bit of history that we have with Randy Moeller, who at one point in the Panthers history was doing hockey on the radio and allowed our fans to make his goal calls for him?

McKay back to White. Top of the face-off circle. Down the goal line to Stillman. Over to Beaumont. She shoots. She scores! Run, Forrest! Run! Beaumont on the left point. Steps in. Wrist drop right on. They shoot. They score! She blinded me with science! Wrist drop. She shoots. She scores! Wilson! Wilson!

Top of the faceoff circle. Fires a try. Shoots. He scores! Dead off by launch! Anthony Stewart with a turnaround shot that gets him behind. Eric Erisberg, you did the motorboat, didn't you? Into the high slot. Here comes Bowman. He shoots. He scores!

Kelly Clarkson. Panthers get another power play goal. Quick try. She scores! Ball! The meatloaf. Panthers with a power play goal. They got a 1-0 lead. They score!

There's a new sheriff in town and his name is Reggie Hammond. Spires scores! Nathan Horton. Skyrockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Lacey Shutey scores! I'm never going to dance again. Another shot, he scores! I feel like taking crazy pills. Open net, Stillman scores!

Do you mind if we dance with your dates? Rebound and shoot, they score! Get in my belly! Moeller, I can't imagine that you've ever felt quite this good about hockey. Look at him. Look at him. Look at how happy he is. Give us the most emotional moments for you from last night. Who and where are you connected with some of your vigorous and warm bear hugs?

It's great to be on with you guys. I can barely hear you. I think my ears are still ringing from last night and that celebration and on the ice and to be with this team and this organization. I tell you what, it was, Dan, you've known me for a long time. Stu Gotts back on the radio station and

Doing the shows and the games and when the team was, oh boy, we've come a long way. But this twisted road is well worth it. I'm running on fumes right now.

But to be a part of this, it's like everybody says, when you win a championship, it's surreal. You find yourself reminiscing about how you got to this spot. And I'm just so happy for this organization. They were able to turn it around, starting with the Viola family when they purchased this team and how they filled in some critical positions and

and that, and then built the team both on the ice and off the ice and in the community and that. And for the fans, the fans that have stuck with us and how we've been able to grow the game because this team has gotten better on and off the ice. And I'm just so grateful. I'm humbled to be a part of it. And I just, I'm just elated. It is, it is, it's a strange feeling. And I just trying to soak it all in right now.

Did you touch the cup? No. What? No. Last night is for the players, their families, the management, the hockey operations and that. We'll get an opportunity and that...

Sometime this week, they're planning the parade and that. So I'll get my opportunity and that. I was very respectful about that. And that's a tradition that is once in a lifetime for these players and for a lot of the management and that. But I'll get my opportunity.

I'm looking forward to something going on this hand on this finger right here. That's what I really want. It's going to be a boat parade, right? I don't know. I haven't heard the details what's going to happen. I hear it's later this week. They're still in the planning process.

Randy, I'm so happy for you, man.

Obviously, I worked next year for a couple years on that Panther radio broadcast. I know how much it means to you. I know how hard you work and just how much you love this franchise. So congratulations. I'm so happy for you, Randy. What were the closing seconds like for you? I mean, you thought about it, what it could possibly feel like as the clock's running out and you have a

a lead in game seven. What did those few seconds when they're pinning the puck on the board feel like for you?

Well, Zaz, you've got just a boatload of mixed emotions. Obviously, you're just so proud to be a part of this. And I think the biggest thing right now is, I'll be honest with you guys, I was a little perturbed over the last few days. There was a lot of people that didn't give the Panthers a hope in hell of winning Game 7 after they had lost the three straight games.

And that hurt a little bit because these guys, you could see that it just wasn't working. They weren't getting the breaks. They were making a few mistakes. But you knew that the leadership of this team, the Barkoffs, the Ekblads, the Kachuks, and that, to name a few, that you knew that they were going to come out in Game 7. And if they didn't win...

They were going to leave it on the ice and they were going to give it everything they had. And I think we witnessed last night the Panthers, the way they play and why they're so popular with their fans. They're aggressive. They're fast. They're in your face. And they do whatever they can to win each shift and that. And that was really at the forefront. So the tie it all in.

There were so many, especially in Canada, the media, the press, everybody didn't give them a hope to win game seven and they proved them wrong. And I think I'm really proud that the reversal happened because,

It's got to be tough. And these guys, they're human beings. And I'm sure that they read and heard about the doubt that was going into Game 7. And to get it done is very special. Mike, is Barkoff riding around Fort Lauderdale and Los Olos with the cup on a golf cart? Yes. He's doing that right now. He's on a golf cart. No.

With the sparkling water in hand and the Stanley Cup in the backseat. Does anyone recognize him? Because I was told that he was walking around. I think they definitely recognize the cup. But I'm not kidding. I was told the night before he was wandering around Los Olos and everybody was leaving him alone because nobody knew who Barkoff was. I'm not making that up.

Randy, who did you see last night that you were happiest for? We just played the call with Bill Lindsay and he was going nuts. Who were you happiest for visually as you wandered around through the emotions of the moment?

Oh, Dan, there's so many. The Viola family. Vinny Viola's had some medical issues lately. His lovely wife, Teresa, she was carrying the dog around the ice. I thought that was pretty funny. Guys like Matt Caldwell.

the president of the team, and then the players like Alexander Barkov, Aaron Ekblad. They've been here the longest. They've been through some of the darkest days when they first joined this team when the team wasn't very good. And then special with being with Goldie, we've been together now for 28 years. He's my best friend.

He's the best in the business, and we got some great pitchers last night. Alumni, Billy Lindsay, as you mentioned, Ed Jovanovsky, Roberto Luongo,

And there's Barky right there with a picture of him riding around in a golf cart. I don't think he said... Mullen, did you get weepy with Goldstein? Did you get weepy with Goldstein? Did your big, bare eyes fill with tears? Are you capable of a human emotion? I can tell you I got a little emotional.

That's a lot of years, Dan. Buddy, to do that with your best friend, to all the road trips, all those teams you covered, all the hardship you guys got from management. The CPR line. To have your best friend with you and share that joy with him, that's the coolest, Randy.

Well, I think one of the biggest satisfactions is, you know, we are having to broadcast this game, the games back in those days after your radio program. And that was a ratings killer to begin with. So, no, it's all the memories. It just makes it that much sweeter. You know, people talk about you have to go through adversity and all the tough times to enjoy the good times and that. Well,

Believe me, I've been through it all. When there was 5,000 people in the stands and 2,500 of them got free tickets at Subway, those days are long gone now, and I'm very proud of this organization, where they came from. Moles, how did you feel about Connor McDavid winning the Conn Smythe Trophy? Mixed emotions.

He's the best player in the world, 42 points in the playoffs. He had an outstanding playoff, and there's no way that the Oilers get to the finals without him. But in saying that, and I'm putting my Panthers in my heart here,

Sergei Bobrovsky, they would not have won the Stanley Cup without Sergei Bobrovsky, even though he gave up three goals, four consecutive games, three plus goals, four consecutive games. He battled, kept him in, and we saw the true that we've seen so many times, Bobrovsky in game number seven. Connor McDavid didn't have a point in the last two games of this Stanley Cup final. He only had one shot in game six.

I'll just leave it at that. I'll leave it at that. I, I, I have nothing. I love Connor McDavid. He's done so much for the sport. He's a special player, but I think that the MVP should be awarded to somebody on the winning team. And that would have been a Sergey Bobrovsky. Randy, did you get any time after the game with coach Paul Maurice? Uh, I mean, it was, it was such a difficult transition for Panther fans last year when he was hired. Uh,

Like, I was so angry with him last year, and now I love him so much. The murderer of fun. I called him the murderer of fun all throughout last year. And, like, I love him. I was dead wrong, and I can't be happier that I was dead wrong. His coach, 2,000 damn games. Like, I love him so much. He was so amazing after the game yesterday. All of his emotions. You could see it when he was holding the cup. It's an unbelievable picture. Did you get any time with the coach after the game last night?

No, I didn't. Because by the time I... Hang on a second here. I'm getting freaking phone calls all over the place. You just want to sleep. Because it was chaos on the ice. By the time I got down there and that he'd already lifted the cup and he left. I got a hug from Bill Zito and I mentioned a bunch of other people in that. But I'll see Paul

He's a special, special coach with a unique personality. And it's been so much fun being with him. He gives us such insight and that. So happy for him. He's been around for 30 years. I mean, the stories that he could tell you and some of the teams that he has coached and that, I'm so happy for him and his family.

Uh, Randy, we're going to let you go. Cause we know you've been up all night, enjoying, uh, partying. Uh, but before we let you go just, uh, quickly, your general thoughts on Greg Cody. I can't believe he's still working in the, uh, professional sports. I thought they would have, he would have been in those, uh, one of those retirement, uh, farms or whatever. Look at them right there. Yes. Oh yeah. Yes. There is Greg. We wanted to bring him in. He is doing his personal victory lap. Uh,

You can see that he's outside and he's doing his personal parade. Where's the people? Where are the fans? Well, they're late arriving. On the plane back to Edmonton. Some of them are sleeping. Some of them flew back to Edmonton. There's Greg Cody taking a personal parade. It's a little bit different than the one that the Celtics had slightly. It's early. Well, you know, these things require practice.

Word will get out. There's Greg Cody. In the middle of his victory lap. Greg, do you want to say anything to Randy Moeller out there as you take your victory lap today? Yeah, I was glad to hear Randy say that McDavid probably ought not have won the conspire.

You've got to give it to Bob, I think, for the reasons Randy said, but, you

But, you know, the best news is McDavid didn't get the trophy he wanted. The Panthers stole that one from him. They didn't steal it. They earned it from him. And so it's a happy day down here. Happier day down here in Edmonton. You know, McDavid continues to pile up fantastic numbers with nothing to show at the end of it. And so this postseason of his was really a metaphor for his career. And that is what makes him overrated. Oh, no. Hey, Greg. Hey, Greg.

Double down, my man. Hey, Koti. Thank you. Hey, Koti. It's Mueller. Yeah. Hey. I think the biggest reason why your fans are not out there on the sidewalk are most of them are on wheelchairs. They're having their applesauce right now. So...

You know what? We'll take him any way we can get him. All right, here comes a big fan right now. Yeah, that is not a fan of yours. That's just someone in the crosswalk. Nice to see you, ma'am. That is someone who doesn't want to be bothered by you. I've got half a dozen fans over there. No, they're not there for you. They're just crossing the street. All right, a waiver. We got a waiver. We got a waiver. Yeah, you got somebody. You've been stared so much. Three people waving.

They're a little sadder than three people waving. Randy, thank you. Congratulations. We are thrilled for you, sir. We're very happy for you. It's been a long, long road, buddy. It's going to be a long week. Thanks for having me on, guys. All right. Much love. Randy Moeller has been around our show for a long time, and we really do love the energy he brings. He once showed up at a poker tournament of ours dressed in a bear costume and never announced that it was him and then just ran out.

That's something he did. Greg, give us all of your other thoughts here as you take this victory lap all over Miami. You've begun the parade before anyone else has begun the parade. Give us some other thoughts from last night. My thoughts from last night? It was a well-earned victory. The two goal scorers were guys who needed to step up, and they did.

Barbarofsky played a fantastic game. The last three minutes of that game, I thought they pulled their, I thought Edmonton pulled their goalie at least a minute too late. But the last three or four minutes of that game were about as exciting a three or four minutes as I've ever seen covering sports down here for 50 years. It was electric.

It was just nerve-wracking down to the bone. What a finish to the season. What a wonderful game seven. I think it's a great, all kidding aside, I think it's a great day for the Florida Panthers, for Panthers fans, for South Florida sports in general. What a wonderful time.

You had someone behind you. It seemed like your parade was gathering momentum. You had a car behind you, but they now made a left turn. That car was trying to get past Greg Cody. Some of the flooding. Everybody wants to join the parade. There's no one in the parade but you. No one wants to join it. That car that just left did drive through a considerable amount of flooding.

Greg, you feel vindicated? How scared? Hold on a second. Hey, you too. Thank you. Chris, how scared was your father? Do you have any idea how scared he was in the press box? Because he was legitimately fearing harm, that someone would harm him after the game if they lost. He was trying to act, when I talked to him, like he wasn't feeling the pressure of the whole McDavid thing. And I was feeling the pressure of it, so I don't know how he wasn't, but...

This is such a ridiculous shot we have right here. Greg, your honest appraisal, you were scared. You were scared last night, right? I just told people that you were telling me, hey, Dan, you might have a liability issue on your hands if I get hurt after the game last night because someone hurts me after the game after they've lost.

He's too engulfed in the celebration. It's hard to hear with the crowd. Thank you. Thank you. Another fan over there. Thank you. Can he no longer hear me? He doesn't care. Must be a coincidence. We'll come back to him in a little bit. Mike, are you enraged that Greg Cody gets to take a victory lap here, that he gets to celebrate as if he was right all along?

No, not at all. I love your back. That's what you do. Thank you. That's what you do after you win. Wow. After you win. Look at that.

Another car joined the parade. He is out of control with ego, and he does feel validated, even though Connor McDavid... He won the consmite in a losing effort and set the record for points in a postseason breaking red. But he did go pointless in games one, six, and seven. And yeah, they had him in a vice position.

I'll say this because you know that I have spent, because you guys say the last four minutes were great. They weren't actually great. You were just expectant. They were kind of terrible. Very tense. The Oilers couldn't get anything in the way of energy. Our whole game plan was icing. What about that sequence right in front of the Panther net where there's just bodies on top of bodies?

everywhere and bob in the middle of all of that gets his fingertips on his blocker side to push the puck out and it's not something that you caught in real time you were just amazed that the puck somehow stayed out that was desperation that was everybody putting their body on the line and that's why you love game sevens and this sport and a well-placed brandon montour hook

Oh my God, that was cheating. That was such cheating. I didn't see that, really? Well, Montour saved the season. Montour... No, no, and Dmitry Kulikov also. Yeah, Kulikov had the biggest play. That was the biggest assist of that night, that secondary assist. That's why we count hockey assists. You call it cheating, I call it hockey, Dan. That was a heady play by Montour. What they're saying on Kulikov is right, because he ends up

in the net and what you don't see against Edmonton and the Panthers haven't done much of this the postseason. Reinhardt goes from blue line to blue line. Reinhardt just takes the puck all the way down. Soft goal by Skinner. That's one of the easiest goals you've seen them get. Thank you, everyone.

But what we're talking about with the hooking, like that, Montour saved the season by cheating because that should have been a goal for Edmonton. This is a take. They are not going to call a single goddamn penalty in that game. Dan, it's game seven. They were letting game seven. They were letting that game play out.

That should have been a goal for Edmonton. Yeah. That should have been the tying goal. So that it's overtime. Oh, I was rooting for overtime. Of course you were. This is fantastic. When you say that the last 10 seconds, it looked like Edmonton didn't even want to bother with that puck in the corner anymore. McDavid was encircled in front of the net, but he was exhausted. He was looking down.

At the ice, and one of the things that I loved about yesterday's game, if you've been watching this team all season, is...

A, they were hitting everybody last night. Like that was a very physical game that they played. And toward the end of it, in the third period, after you guys have seen me fear Tampa, fear Boston, fear the Rangers, the most uncommon thing swept over me in the third period of that game.

I'm not afraid of McDavid. Where's McDavid been? Where's he been? Where is he? Like, I'm not afraid. Why am I not taking inventory of the fact that he's on the ice so much and I should be afraid? I wasn't afraid of him. That play in the corner, by the way, that's exactly how the Eastern Conference final ended. Yep.

That's what they worked on in training camp. So cool. They ended the entire season on a play in the corner that they worked on in training camp. You were terrified the entire time because as they showed in that game, the Panthers made essentially like one mistake in that game and they paid for it. They get a little sloppy with possession in the zone. And that's Tarasenko, by the way, the savvy veteran, gives a puck away and a hundred foot...

pass. Eklad was so far out of position. You do not give up a 100-foot pass for that opportunity, and you realize, oh my god, it's happening again. This team all of a sudden gets breakaways at will, and we can never generate anything. There weren't quality scoring chances by the Florida Panthers. They didn't, on offense...

didn't exactly play well. This is the biggest game in NHL history. A game seven, they won the cup and they didn't even really execute on offense all that well, but they did what they needed to do defensively. Maybe if they swept, you could really talk about this team as an all-time team because this was the greatest NHL season. Uh,

The greatest path for any Panther fan. You go through your rival, as you mentioned. You go through Boston. You go through New York. You go through a cup-starved nation and their greatest player. Unbelievable run. And maybe, even though it goes seven and...

They're going to be that stat that comes up with teams that blow 3-0 leads. They can still be talked about an all-time team because that was a murderer's row they went through. Mike, do you agree with Dan when he's saying he's not fearing McDavid last 10 minutes of that game? Because that's the one guy I was fearing. I'm just telling you that for two games... Man, I was fearing Monmark. I know. I was fearing Brown. For two games, he's been invisible. I

I understand that. It's not getting shots. It's not getting opportunities. The one that he did have, though, on the play that Montour cheated on, it's Hyman who had the backhand. All he has to do, the puck is – well, here's what's happened. McDavid's in front of the net with the puck. That's the dangerous thing. Everybody is there. The puck then squeaks out, and all Hyman's got to do, he's got the backhand right there, but Montour, no.

Not only is hooking him, then hits him in the face with the stick. Quality back check. That's a game seven back check. Cheating. Total cheating. Game seven back check. I will tell you the only time that I didn't have fear was when 42 was on the puck. When he was defending an Edmonton Oiler that was rushing into their zone,

I knew 42 after coming off a nightmarish game, 42 bounces back for a sling. I feel so comfortable with that guy on the ice. And there's been a longstanding theory in all these podcasts that I've heard that your top defenseman needs to be a bigger guy because of the war of attrition in the playoffs. He's not a bigger guy. He's been waived twice in his career. He's the greatest waiver claim in the history of that sport. And I felt so safe with him when he was on the ice. I just, I can't get past, you know,

For the first three years of his time here, we hated Sergei Bobrovsky. Hated him. Worst contract in the entire National Hockey League. And now...

He's the greatest free agent signing in the history of the franchise. He's going to be in the Hall of Fame. His number is going to be in the rafters when he's done. We hated this guy his first three years. It is the greatest signing in the history of the franchise. They signed him. Dale Talon signed him. Dale Talon signed him and gave him $10 million a year, $70 million. No trade, too. Wasn't it a no trade club as well? To win the Stanley Cup.

It's the greatest signing in the history of the franchise. And he didn't have to be the best goalie in any of the series. He wasn't the best goalie in this series as it played out. He was phenomenal last night. No, no, he was phenomenal last night. He had three outstanding games. But you look at who he went through to get to that place. Oh, the murderous row of goalies. Vasilevsky, Swayman, and Igor Shosturkin. He's not. There's a gulf there. And it didn't matter because of how this team is constructed. Constructed. I love it.

Around that big contract of his, and he's a champion forevermore, and everything that Zaz said about his jersey and Hall of Fame, all that is true now. And for the people who don't know the history, benched at the start of last postseason.

Yeah. They don't get into the playoffs last year without Alex Lyon. And the postseason before it, he was splitting time with Spencer Knight. That's crazy. Is he still a Panther? Spencer Knight was on the ice. Yes, he was on the ice. He was the one that handed the cup to Paul Maurice. He rang the bell. That was a good job out of Spencer Knight giving the cup to Maurice. That was a good job out of him. That was an odd order that they handed that cup around. It was. Eckblad was so pissed when Oliver Ekman Larson got it before him. There's got to be a story there. You understand why Opozo's getting it, Pinoch.

before Ekblad, but I would have liked Ekblad, especially because the moment in that game, it maybe might have been the cheating from Brandon Montour as Dan highlighted, or the bodies on top of bodies in the crease, but I thought the 1v1, McDavid against Aaron Ekblad, who's played against Connor McDavid throughout junior hockey his entire life. He is not a great skater. There is such a wide gulf in skating ability on that 1v1. Ekblad stumbled with the cup.

He almost tripped over the rug, right? He's not a great skater. It was fitting that he stumbled with the cup. That's not fair. I mean, he's had an injury-riddled career. Oh, and he was probably hurt there because his ankle probably swelled up. Yeah, like, are we going to find out the injuries now? Yeah, you're going to find out the injuries for all the teams, the losing team, and you're going to find out what's going on with Florida there. But for one moment, Aaron Ekblad was isolated with the game's greatest player, and he summoned –

Enough effort to stop him. It's such a weird sport. We're excited now to find out how hurt our guys were. I want to know how often it happens that a team puts up the stat that the Panthers did, which is when leading after two periods, they are now 69-0-4 this season. They were due. I mean, fought it off.

69. That little voice was in my head. The fact that not one time this season did they lead headed into the third period and lose the game. That's crazy. They sold games away. But yes, I understand that it's part of... It's not...

It's a feature, not a bug. I understand that it's how they're built. And it's why I believed that they would win the game yesterday because game seven on the road is hard. And they were going to win the third period because they always win the third period. Can you guys tell me how rare it is to go an entire season where you hold every lead you have?

Because it's not just that they were empirically the best third period team by plus minus. The fact that it has never once happened. And I, you know, against the Rangers, they gave up the lead and then won the game a little bit later. And that happened a few times during this. But I just can't believe that they didn't lose one of those this season. How about Kevin Stenland without a stick?

for 96. Oh, that was a gigantic kill. Monster number two. He gave him one of these and one of those. Clutch move. Forsling lost the six. Stenland said, here, take mine. Game seven. That's a bad feeling though. I'm not kidding you when I tell you that the feeling around that was worse for me than the feeling of the goal that tied the game two minutes later. The feeling

I had for the minute and a half where I'm like, you're kidding me. They're going to be on the power play, which they may get a 37% clip. And also it's going to be man advantage. And one of the Panthers isn't going to have a stick. So he's just going to, he's just going to be out there. He's going to look like,

like me out there just sort of standing in the way dancing around unable to do anything with a stick and unable to have the time to go get the stick so basically your only play there is can I block a shot with my face like how do I block

a shot with my face I don't have a stick that's what I said last night I had my father up we had three generations of Zaslo men watching the game I brought out the big guns I brought my father into the Zaslo mansion serious room it's a very exclusive group but we needed three generations to carry us through to game seven so I brought my father and when Stenland's out there without the stick like he's a hockey fan but he doesn't know all the nuances it's like he doesn't have a stick what's he gonna do like he's gonna block the puck with his face if he has it so he's gonna do whatever it takes

You put the man in mansion? Is there any way? It's just Zaslow men in a room wrestling and jostling? Three generations of Zaslow men. Four of us total, three generations, were in the Zaslow mansion family room, which, of course, everybody knows when the game starts, that becomes the serious room. Moeller just sent me a picture. Kachuk is at the elbow room with the cup. The cup's at the elbow room. Oh, Kachuk sent it?

The cup is at the elbow room. Kachuk said last night on the ice, when Matthew and Brady were being interviewed by the NHL network crew, he said, I heard tomorrow it's elbow room.

We need to get somebody over to the elbow room. Yes, me. Go, go! What are you doing? It's not because you contributed so much to the show. Have you gone to me today? Have you gone to me today? Yes. Go, you were hungover. You gave me nothing. Go, please, go get us content. Feel free. It's hot. Remember, you chose to wear a jersey. Don't blame Dan.

How long do you think they're going to be there? Because I could see Roy getting to the elbow room too late. I think all day. Roy will keep chasing. All right, we have made it from Amerenbeck Arena to the infield, which is a couple blocks down. We celebrate! We celebrate! Championship! We are going to celebrate a Stanley Cup championship.

We're Panthers fans tonight. How did you feel about tonight's result? Awesome. Like it's a dream. Like I'm going to wake up tomorrow and none of this is real. I've waited 24 years for this. I want to tell the Oilers, give your balls a tug. Stanley Cup champs, baby. Let's go Panthers. They absolutely earned it. I'm losing my-- how are you guys doing? We are champions. We are the champions tonight.

I feel spectacular! We did it! We did it baby! We did that! CHAMPIONS! Yeah, they're happy. Let's go! I feel like a f***ing winner! This f***ing rules! Yeah! We're the champions!

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