Here We Go episode three the merman is in Stockholm boots on the ground not in his regular studio ripping it up and we’re here with chicklets Game notes merals presented by big deal Brewing that beautiful golden ale once it hits your lips once you get her going you
Know it’s on there’s a t-shirt right there by merels welcome merels unbelievable where you’re at right now tell us what is going on and what we’re looking forward to the chat is filling up subscribe to our chicklets YouTube PL page please we’re getting those numbers through the roof likely all because of
Game notes as you saw two Merl’s Game notes do you see that thing number two on the hockey podcast list right behind the mothership spit and chicklet so congratulations to all of us everyone involved amazing stuff it’s one of my buddies that runs that account so he
Just put us number two yeah where do we find that account who made that how do we but uh yeah I’m down in Stockholm so a little back different background I don’t know how good my picture is hope I look good I got the Swedish haircut I had to get ready for these
Games and I’m real excited for the game I’m heading over there as soon as this is done I’m boots on the ground yeah gonna try to find someing it I put some fans I said hey bring that extra suitcase full of big deal Brew for me I
Need one I haven’t had I got one left I need more so hopefully meet some fans over there with some big deal Brew they snuck into the country that a boy yeah and you got the media credential right are you like legit are you gonna be like
Hey Matt mly Game notes when you’re doing like yeah if I I’m I’m GNA try to get into the media scrum after the game Merl from Game notes what’s the best thing you’ve had in Sweden so far do you read the blog yeah yeah that blog was unbelievable if you haven’t checked out
The blog if you’re tuning in is anyone on the chat in Stockholm right now going to these games any fans hit us up G will throw you in there uh read Merl’s blog because it’s a what to do where to go what to eat how to prepare sing’s in
Let’s go singi oh thanks singi yeah got the hair done got the hair done out a boy I got my hair done in Columbus the other day on the road I had to I had to go I had to go I just I just got her
Done you know when you just get out of shape like that the hair just say you need something well that’s a little trick of the pros guys out there listening if you’re feeling a little overweight just shave and get the haircut drop 10 pounds just like that
Yeah you look way younger hey it’s unbelievable I shaved my little teen stash you got the Little Beard going where’s G is G here G doesn’t want to come on much g g took the Redeye home from California last night he was living the good life out in Cali with the boys
On an epic trip out there little meet and greet bottle signing couple sandbaggers in the bag uh and and he took great trip one of my buddies from like sunsa that lives in California goes and meets wh has a couple shots of pink Whitney with him and then the other day
The same guy yoke him he’s out golfing with Leo Carlson this guy is just all over the NHL right now and I don’t know how he’s how he’s doing it all from California I met that guy what’s his name Yokum your buddy Yokum yeah where
He yeah he’s a beauty he came to the opening night he came to Bard opening night and was with doing the Carlson first game with the pens thing Eric Carlson who by the way is on fire don’t even get me going I know G want HRI that’s that’s Henrik Scher that’s
Reporter yeah he’s here he’s here in Stockholm I’m going to meet up with him before the game buddy was an absolute Legend it was just one of those things that was so shocking when he’s like I’m buddies with Merl and you’re like yeah yeah sure you are and he’s like no I’m
Actually friends with him from Sweden so I took him to Vegas him and this other guy Anton and they had never played craps before cuz craps isn’t a game here and I I was sitting there this is so funny I’ve told told the story 100 times
I was in a just a t-shirt in my bathing suit cuz I went to get pizza for for the everybody the girls and those guys at the pool while I’m waiting for the pizza to get made I set up at the crafts table like 20 minutes waiting for the pizza I
Didn’t leave for eight hours I played all night in my swimsuit in my shirt I was paying the waitress 100 bucks to go get me a new shirt cuz I was sweating through the other one I had Bailey coffee stains on it beer stains and these guys had never played that guy Yim
Rolled for like an hour and a half we dice he’s like how do you lose at this game like shut up and just roll the dice dude just shut up and he had this like little tight you know how they all those little tight soup coats on so he’s
Rolling the dice he can bar he can’t get them down the table they’re Landing in the middle of the table hard six and they’re like dude you got to hit the back and we’re like jacket too tight he couldn’t throw is that right yeah you know the sweds oh yeah they love the
Tight fit they love the tight fit how you feeling though g g just redyed back redey is a killer that’ll take like a year off your life I think you lost the year yeah and I I don’t get the first class treatment like the rest of you
Guys so I was I was in second second to last row on the way there I was middle seat which was brutal but I was I got a window seat this time which was nice didn’t sleep much so it was tough but things are going good I’m I’m very happy
Right now chicklet University dropped last night it was a very successful launch shout out to umash shout out to coach Carell shout out to everyone that shared and watched it that was awesome yeah thanks guys things are going good though right now I I’m I’m a little Gass
We had a super productive trip two sandbaggers three interviews two meet and greets it was it was a fun Cali trip had a boy yeah I see people all over the chat love and chicklets you so great job with that I’m looking forward to more of that more visits more
Schools do you have those shoes those shoes were sick that he gave you you got to find those shoes those were just legit Merles we don’t get [ __ ] like that why don’t we get [ __ ] like that I just I’m just happy with booze give me the bo
There move it over a bit look at the logo on the back those are sick you Mass way to go way to show our boy G Love by the way I think the secret to kale marar was uh a couple secrets of kale marar were given away in that chicklet
University so if you’re if you’re a mar guy or an navs guy you’re going to want to watch that there’s a couple things if you watch closely that are uh very interesting I don’t want to give away go watch it like subscribe give us the a
Comment the whole n yards yeah we got Azo grinding in the back way to go Sean thanks as always good job G we love you thanks for making it back in time um um I want to move over Army I want to get to the recap of last week’s show yeah
Let’s go I I hit the play of the week finally it was the Red Wings absolute roller coaster ride they get two right away I’m laughing all of a sudden they’re down 32 I’m ready to smash my TV they come back they deliver for us so
We’re back we’re one in in one on the year play of the week but I I really liked my other two games on Thursday that won was the Bruins game I told you my brother and his family were going down they they pumped they won five to
Two they end up in the locker room after the game they get all the guys autographs and another here’s I’m going to give another little tip to the pros out there so my two little nephews they know how everybody makes the Signs Now like hey it’s my first Bruins game give
Me a puck right you know those Army he’s just looking right through me as he’s stand you get a puck first game yeah so he’s got these signs and he and the one is obsessed with pasta so there’s no talking about a pasta and the other one
Was going to do Marshon and I was like buddy I’m like everybody’s going with a Marshon or pasta I’m like go go off the grid a little bit so he does de brus and doesn’t de brus lock eyes with him in warm up throws him the puck he gets the
Puck ends up meeting him after the game de Bross like yeah I remember you from warm-ups and for like a little 12-year-old it was like they had the greatest night my my little nephew got pasta jersey signed they won we won the BET and then the last game I want to
Talk about from last week was the BCI game John boerr said he was announcing and that game went over so de honest is that a new EBR rule hey if he tweets at us and he says it he knows yeah he’s on it that’s so
Good yeah and and you know last show I did merels I did it well first of all de Brusque western guy obviously he’s going to flip pucks of kids just those guys are the best the Western guys shout out to all the people West let’s go um
Agreed maybe maybe a little shout out to the Oilers got her done last night in the hard way but uh I did the show last time from uh LA and when I did that I had G on here pens stink pens suck and yeah he’s riding his Boston wave life is
Good pens now on fire are absolutely rolling five wins in a row they got the devil’s tonight Merl oh yeah I know you know about this and I’m calling the game I’m doing color tonight Crosby nine game point point streak Four Points the other night in Columbus a hatrick of course
With that little sick tip goal I don’t know how he does that like it’s unbel him and ker are probably the best but Sid’s been doing it forever um yeah I don’t know who the Columbus TV guy was but the Columbus TV guy when Crosby did
That he’s like oh he did it like krider does I’m like whoa whoa whoa HP the breaks buddy like come on that’s croso yeah that’s he does too but come on I don’t know who does I don’t know how he knows where he’s putting it though it’s just the touch the feel like
It’s the it’s he does that little chop it’s just unbelievable unbelievable goal but he’s got seven goal seven assists on a nine game uh heater Carlson’s on a heater too a few points last game as well uh gel’s on a heater as well jari before that trip when G was chiming off
About my pens jari called himself out said I gotta be better in the media went on that La Road Trip leads the league in shut outs he’s on fire right now this is it they just needed to get chemistry G they had a lot of new players they’re
Rolling right now the third line with Eller and zah horo and oconor are difference makers they’re just grinding now they’ve got some pieces everyone’s starting to settle in Carlson’s comfy the power play they got they get like one to two power plays a game how are
You going to get in a rhythm with that once that heats up look they’re just not built for a playoff run CU what happens when they don’t get the power plays then they stink then they lose then it all crashing down they’re the least they have the least opportunities of playing
The league right now it’s just it’s just unacceptable the League’s against them they must talk to you do you email the league penalties I do I send Jen Balano some emails too but I ask Pittsburgh I want to ask you guys real quick so last
Pod we we brought in Pasha and we talked about pasha’s hate just absolute hate for the Vancouver Canucks God does he hate the Vancouver Canucks what did you guys think about his JT Miller take because he’s kind of taking some heat and it didn’t help after last night either
Yeah mer you go I mean I I don’t know the analytics I don’t look that closely at the Power Play points and all this he’s calling them a PP Merchant and stuff I I notice him out there he scores big goals he sets up stuff he’s a little
Feisty brings energy I I have no problems with him yeah I like him and you know what he said he’s a PP Merchant and on our group chat last night I don’t know if you saw that I posted like NHL power play point leaders in the league
It’s his it’s his guys from the dev it’s Hughes and br br and and and and and Miller’s like 10th I know he got a couple last night but he’s he’s behind those guys so haha Pasha gotta give it to him though he’s got some gold takes like he puts himself
Out there you know we’ll have him on the on on Game notes here soon coming up he’s he’s he’s one of our main guys love Pasha but you’re right G gotta give it to him got to hand it to them got to feed it to them got to chirp them
Anytime we can um um before we move off cross I I don’t know I was I was feeling it the other night after he got that hattrick I wrote quickly in the in the comments on the spit and Chi was like I mean he’s he’s a top he’s the second
Best player of all time like I just saw somebody in there writing he’s top five of course he’s top five like how is he not two like it’s Gretzky and he keeps doing this for another couple years yeah this is ridiculous he’s at this age he’s
Putting up this amount of points yeah he just played 1200th game yeah three cups 1200th game the other day on the road in California gold medal and he’s starting to pass guys that like he’s starting to pass guys I think he’s tied who’s he tied with in goals right now
G give me that who he’s tied with but he’s like starting to hit guys’ names that are like royalty and hockey and he’s starting to climb into these lists of guys that we grew up idolizing and watching uh Mike bossy is about to pass like he’s one two three four he’s like
Tied with gilf Flur I think he just passed robati madano Mike boss’s 573 he’s at like 560 I think I don’t know where I got this stat from but I noticed his gray hair went away too you know start winning a few games those gray hairs that
Everybody was chirping about and know uh yeah I got him they uh they started to go away for him there his line is buzzing rust has a great start pens are pushing they were out of it now all of a sudden in their in their in their
Division they’re right back in the hunt they’re right back in the mix so Devils tonight that’s a big game it’s been fun right now in Penguins World um didn’t in last week’s show too didn’t G like make a huge call out to BC Merl what a what a
Mut what a mut tap danced on him was he gonna pop on to take this from me time out explain explain what what call out I made to to BC you called them up to the show and you started ringing off all their players how great they are all
This they went up to or Orono Main and got their sh yeah that looking to the past I wasn’t looking to the future I was saying I called them up to the to the show for what they’ done in that past week that’s just how it goes how
About that big Orno win man main boys they’re they second they were Saturday night before those games they were number one in both rankings pawise and RPI ranking now they’re down to number two behind Quinn a Pak but I mean talk about a chicklets bum I you know what I
Gotta give that to g g came on first episode Game notes Maine Jersey on and that has to be the Mojo they just need a little confidence boost hiding away up there in Maine nothing’s around winter is coming you know that now they’ve got the the bump the Big G bump I actually
Went back on the way out to California and I listened to the Ben Bart interview that you guys did in Tampa uh with with Ben and it it was awesome so if for everyone in the chat that hasn’t gone out there and uh who hasn’t listened to
It yet definitely give it a list and it’s a pretty cool insight about one not only him Benny bar knowing Merles grow basically growing up with merrows but coaching uh kale marar at UMass I thought it was really good Insight but then Main and what his plans are for
Maine and and where he sees that program going in the next few years and his PL working it’s pretty it’s pretty awesome to see yeah it was awesome he had those little tiny shorts on too like we were in Florida right he had those little
Miny Betty bar shorts on but yeah I mean this guy’s done some magic in Maine Merles you called it to you’re like watch this guy I know this guy lived on my coach for 10 years I know this guy I know what he can do so shout out to
Benny bar we’ll always give him love here uh that interview was awesome too he was so great on the interview and I’m sure just like your visit right I’m sure they roll out the red carpet it’s not pro so they they love they love like thank they’re thankful for I guess the
Spotlight on them they’re thankful and open and and it’s not like hey get away get away you guys this is the show you know so I don’t know did you feel that when you’re doing your chicklets you stuff absolutely absolutely I think yeah
I think and and we got to get up to Orno for uh a chicklet U tour Ms we have to Benny was texting me about it I think they’re currently in the process of redoing their locker rooms now or they’re redoing them soon so yeah uh we
Have to get up there and I think I got the Maine Jersey sent to me basically I think a couple of years ago I was just like yeah I think Maine has the best jerseys in college hockey and then like three days later there was a main a main
Jersey delivered to me so yeah great program and uh yeah we’re rooting for Benny absolutely great Jersey so guys last night too Merles I saw um you know we’re we’re we’re watching the Oilers mostly because of Wht because he’s like up and down right he’s on a roller
Coaster right now he’s away but he’s not saying much like I’m trying to coax him over the pens we’re all trying to feed him fans want to know where he’s going but last night Ms I’m watching this game and it’s Seattle and it’s like oh no
They’re down I’m like oh my God here we go the Oilers again they just can’t get a save you know like they’re running away with it then I see the coaches and I see noblock and I see hackel and I’m going this is like the evil bad guy twin
Coaching duel look at these guys look at def definitely could be brothers oh my God and so the Young Brother the young evil brother or the old the old fell he had the hand up on him the the Young The Young bad guy he figured it out Kaner went on a tear
Natural hatti topped it off they come back they win unbelievable comeback win could this be the turning point but that’s three three in a row since Whit left I’m telling you they’re gonna win 10 they’re gonna win 10 in a row maybe we don’t want them around the pens I
Don’t know maybe I don’t want them I’m gonna have to take a I’m gonna have to take a poll on that I’m gonna have to pull that out to the to the people but uh um moving on Buffalo too Buffalo took a hit Merl I know you’re a big Sabers
Guy yeah um they took a hit first of all um Dylan cousins is that not a [ __ ] commercial for Game notes if you’ve ever seen one yeah the big chicklets guys they talked about it like gotta check the game notes kid he he was basically saying he didn’t check the game notes he
Looked a lot like you did against Gavin Morgan my eyes were welded shut but yeah he had the big Band-Aid on his nose and he was just so forthright with it too hey like oh my emotions got the best of me I should have known better and then
He got his just nose just rocked pretty cool though so we uh we interviewed Von Levi I believe that’s coming out next week uh and he said the boys loved it like we asked him about it and he was like man like that like that’s exactly
What we needed that like got our locker room going so much all the boys were so pumped because you they know he’s not a guy he’s out of his weight class but he showed up right that’s why people love that stuff people have thrown his name
Around for the next Captain of of the Sabers and I think that’s an interesting name doing stuff like that you know it kind of kind of shows the Workhorse from White Horse I love it guys’s a beast I love guys that show up like that Thompson also is now out for extended
Period of time though Merles These Guys these guys are in trouble yeah that that that’s not a good guy to lose right there at all the sabes are a mess and speaking of the Sabers speaking of a guy that got his nose destroyed playing for the Sabers let’s get our guest on here
Tim Conley fifth overall pick 1999 697 NH games 431 points with The Islander Sabers finish it up with aafs Tim connley welcome to Game notes what’s up guys thanks for having me my guy my guy I haven’t seen you in forever buddy I reached out to you a while ago when they
I saw a clip on social media and you were McDavid before McDavid it was just a dangle session clip I sent it to you I had heard from you in forever and then I saw you on that Sabers podcast with their guys uh but you’re like an enigma
Like where are you what are you doing what’s happening Rochester New York getting back on the grid fell off the grid for 10 10 or so years I got I got a lot of a lot of uh time to make up for trying to get out there do everything I
Can now get involved do alumni stuff good back in the game yeah you did um great thing this weekend the Hockey Hall of Fame game that’s why we wanted to get on um Lundquist who was it else Tom baraso a couple others in inducted but
You you played in the game a bunch of Legends what was that like yeah that was that was awesome it was I don’t even know why I was in the game I I I want to say that but no I’m like how’ you get how’d you get my name for this you guys
Run out of players like everybody just said no and she’s like no we each year bringing a few you know younger retired guys because you know some of these guys are getting up there keep the pace of play up but pace of play was about 10% was it up your alley was
It up your alley was perfect it was perfect just pure floating pure pond hockey it was great loved it had a great time who team were you on team Oaks they did Playmakers versus the uh goal scorers I got them right here I’ll read off a couple names for the people out
There Adam Oats you got Caroline wette Pier ton Peter forsberg Larry Murphy Julie cheu getl Hatcher hemsky Miller Whitney Yandel Vincent Dam F Yandle was Yandle did he make it yeah he he was great I sat next to him in the locker room what a great guy great guy Beauty
We hung out had some beers after the game it was a nice good time yeah what were the festivities like what were the festivities like not a lot of festivities it was just kind of it was kind of like a day thing some guys were
Just in there for the like in for the game and then right out of there so they didn’t have anything set up I mean we we stayed at that Weston Harbor Castle we just kind of went back there afterwards and met in the lobby guys met in the
Lobby had some beers caught up did that so it wasn’t like a big big operation I’m sure they did for the guys that were getting inducted but yeah we getting some people in the chat here saying what a team your Sabers teams had I remember those that was when Buffalo was popping
You had all those guys kind of emerge that’s what I think of when I think of you until I got to play with you um now I think of you as my old teammate with the Leafs but talk tell me about some of those days like when that was going well
Merl Merl would come in and and spend you know he he’ just move right into Buffalo For Those runs he’ just be hanging out on chipa every game outside just I kind of had to avoid Merl for those For Those runs but those are it may have costed Buffalo the cup you know
Having Conley out after a couple of the games yeah we had to we had to keep it keep it pro um but those the city was out of control then I mean sure ml can attest to it it was completely out of control it was unbelievable and so close
Wish we could those teams you guys like changed that’s when after the lock out it the game changed and you guys were right at the front of it with with all the speed and skill you had four lines I like like to say you had four second
Lines you had Drury Brier U and Roy four I mean that’s not I wouldn’t say first line centers like you guys were all pretty legit back then yeah yeah older guys were like were in their Prime and then our younger guys were coming into their Prime right at that same time too
When it was right after the lock out when they Chang the rules there wasn’t as much clutching grabbing and it was more of a speed skating game skill game and uh when T when you look at the screen and I look at the screen singy
One of our Beauties in the chat says our noses are like they’re like they’re like look at exact oppos yeah yeah mine got crushed yeah so did mine yeah welcome to the league so what are you doing now like I know you and Merles you grew up playing together around each other LW
Friends forever and then are you in the coaching youth hockey now what are you doing your kids playing yeah I help Merl actually came to Rochester for a year that was the the year Co hit too what are the odds supposed to be here for a two-year
Deal comes in Co hits um so I helped out with that he was he took over a team that I was already like assistant coaching youth hockey travel team pretty good team had some had some good players so we did that I did that for about three years then covid kind of ended
That for me now I got my little six-year-old I help out coaching now so that’s about it you got him hands you got him on the hands going you got him dangling yet no he’s a skater exact opposite just wants to around out there doesn’t even look at the puck doesn’t
Want anything to do with it scared of it just skates around yeah that’s you gota you gotta be able to do that we tried he wants to play goalie now but I I don’t know if that’s an option no how long has he been on skates
Because I get Lily’s three and a half now and I’m all like I’m real close I got to get her going he did like those learn to skate programs like they just do skating really um he’s doing that since he was four and then last year was
Still kind of learn to skate this year’s like first like might hockey like where they’re actually playing hockey mer when sorry TC when when when you coached with Merles and you were an assistant coach did you ever show up to any games with like coffee with uh with whiskey in it
Because that was like my best memory of you when we were at Bahamas one time and you came down in the morning and I was like hey buddy what’s up and you’re drinking a coffee and you’re like try it I tried it it was like a little bit of
Whiskey in there I’m like oh let’s go what a we’re off and running vacation vacation gotta do it yeah maybe never heard of that here and there I heard Bailey and coffee but I didn’t hear like just poor we must have been out of Bailey yeah us was that the first day of
The trip yeah that went away the first day so we’re teeing this up Ms with TC on here because it’ll it’ll launch him into his spit and chicklets hope he’s not he’s not ready for real chicklets lad he’s he’s just coming back on the grid we can’t throw B
Yeah we can’t throw him to Biz yet so get him on here quick hit talk some shop and uh and then what next time we’re in Buffalo or maybe in Toronto for the All-Star game we can get you up there and we get the full sit down hour hour
And a half I got to see you buddy go through go through if if you if if parents out there you think your kid’s good at youth hockey like give your head a shake and you’re he’s not because unless he’s playing three or four years up like connley did he would play three
Or four years up 70 he was 81 he played with us 7978 and he would still be the top score best player so that that was a real youth hockey player we’ll get into that at another time but um we got to we want to move on yeah we got to get picks
It’s a pick show let’s go what TC is gonna stick with us for picks for tonight let’s go to Thursday night boys this is what everyone Waits For You Know Merl’s a big EBR guy TC you ever heard of that baby everybody R I’m not a gambler
Anymore I can’t gamble I just became the worst mush Gambler ever ever we we’ve always been yeah that’s true maybe I just always have been I just finally like enough’s enough well we used to have the guys on our youth hockey team that were bigger mushes so we could
Always take them but yeah take them and poker Blackjack oh the the the chat’s rolling in some picks that’s what I want to hear I want to hear some picks from the chat chat what I want to hear before we get to Merl’s picks here we go chck
BR yeah they’re playing I want to hear I want to hear uh anytime goal scorer and a winner give me an anytime goal score and a winner let’s fill them up we’ll look at them we’ll pick one we’ll review them we’ll give you some props next week when we’re on
As they start to roll in but Thursday night nine games on the Slate boys MLS you’re looking at five of them and obviously TC he’s boots on the ground he’s in Stockholm this guy’s a swed he’s got the Slick fitting suits he’s got the suit jackets just pinned in the back
Just form fitting right over the saddle bag love handles of the dad bought he’s rolling right now Merles where do you want to start you want to start Detroit a game yep two and a half hours from now I’m I’m heading over there as soon as
We’re done here that’s why I got to move connley along here but I’m on this game and EBR rule if you’re in the building you take the over because you don’t want to be sitting there and everybody’s cheering for goals and you’re not so you got you got ryr and net backup goalie
For uh Detroit you got Ottawa who’s 10 and three on the overs and I’m going to be in the building so I’m on over six and a half and I’m on Lucas Raymond this time not Mason Raymond so that actually doesn’t even count as a loss cuz you
Couldn’t have found Mason Raymond in the books but I’m on Lucas Raymond over half a point plus 105 and I’ll throw it over to TC I know he likes this I like on this one you got something what game what are you talking about I thinking of the bills G I Can’t
Get the blast Bills game on a don’t get me started I I forgot about it just zon zoned right into that when I started thinking of gambling because I I went to the game and I’m like like I got a bet on it oh now it explains what happened
You were at the game yeah and and I haven’t been betting at all I had to though what you got to do to change it up you got to change it up for your bills they’re stink right now yeah it was it was not good you on this you on
This Detroit Ottawa game at Al you got my wife’s on it my wife Jean’s on it remember Jean right yeah she’s on I love her she’s the best she’s on Ottawa whoops there goes my lights she’s on Ottawa she’s on Ottawa former our good friend clarky MacArthur former Ottawa
Guy shout out to clarky absolutely Ottawa moneyline minus 120 I’ll give you a little um I got some insiders here Alfie is going to be on the bench for the SS so that GNA give them a little extra juice oh and then the other thing my Swedish Insider Henrik scherg from
Hockey news. gave me the ranks they didn’t they didn’t build NHL rink for them so they’re playing on the Olympic ice yeah so it’s going to be interesting to see how that Chang [ __ ] joke that ice sucks I went out there I’m like why is this ice so big when I was playing
There so I don’t know I don’t know if that’s help my over but yeah it’s Olympic ice no way I gotta see this that’s gonna suck that’s hey that’s what my insiders and tell me I I’ll get over there today with the measuring stick and check it out
Yeah send us picks send us vids I got to hear that I got to see that TK power amazing with jeie amazing pick jeie tell jeie we said hi Mel and all our kids say hi miss her hope to see you soon buddy yeah you too maybe I’ll make my way up
To Toronto see you guys yep when I’m up there come see we’re in pit buddy we’re in Pittsburgh aren’t you going to Toronto aren’t you guys toron allstar game oh allstar game yeah yeah you might come up for that maybe I’ll drive up for a day or two come visit you guys hang
Out that’s when we gotta get the real interview yeah interview we can I can take some notes before then I didn’t really prepare for any of this today no you’re good we just wanted to see your face big boy con before we let you go I
Do have to ask you got to give us one Merl story from from back in the day your your absolute best Merl story that’s appropriate for the Pod um we’d love to hear it this is a live show there’s no editing well I can’t I what have you
Heard the story about the time Merl went to the casino lost his money well I’m sure he which one was that that’s every tickl trip that’s every s chicklet trip you’ve heard every morl story yeah I can’t remember if I can’t remember if he so he went he went to the Turning
Stone drove up there I think I don’t know if he’s with mcmonagle drove up there lost his standard whatever whatever all the money he had on him realized that he had a I don’t know if it was like a a holiday card from Easter or something for $ five that was in the
Holiday card in his house so he drove all the way back picked up the holiday card with the $5 in it drove all the way back to the skino played one hand lost it drove all the way back on oh no no I pushed I pushed the first hand then lost
On the second hand back 30 minutes it’s not a short drive I don’t know it’s like 45 50 minutes y yeah we each got five my mom sent me and MCM mono five bucks each like go buy Domino’s Pizza nope right back to casino with it MCM monagle lost
Firstand I pushed and lost remember at that remember in that Bahamas trip when you lost all that money and I kept lending you money and I I gave you like some chips then you won it all back then you paid me back with all these chips or
Something and then I went to cash in at the thing and like uh they were like oh no this doesn’t make sense like what’s cuz they like track everything and I’m like what do you mean like what’s going on right now yeah okay CL I the one
Night I I came home and I’m like where’s all my money I I don’t have I’m like I know I won I know I won I show up the pool the next day Clark’s like I like I got a lot of your chips I’m like what apparently I given to him late that
Night to hold on to I’m like yeah you kept giving him to him you kept winning and giving him to him and he just was holding him for you like your security guard and then he had just like a giant stack of chips for you yeah those never
Left the casino it was never made it out right back by the way that story was when I was 17 years old in high school like I I have more than five to my name for the chat I see some people call Meo yeah yeah and then would Merl would Merl
Goes just straight from the casino like right to school then straight to hockey PR he’d be there all night my M or he just wouldn’t go to school because he was supposed to be living at my house so my mom get all these phone calls from the school like Matt’s not in school
Today like where is he I just had my uh High School transcript out for my kids passport in US you got to show like your your transcripts and it was my senior year I had 21 late or uh misses for first period 18 for second period and
Then the rest of the days were like kind of normal but that’s I would be imagine your attendance at the casino though must been through the room Mom calling me get to school Matt all right I’m on my way but I know Timmy you got two more
Picks I know you like the Tampa Chicago yep he likes the Tampa Chicago game and he likes The Islander Seattle game Chic two Quick Picks I like Chicago I you can’t bet against Bard right now oh yeah I and he’s I just I just enjoy watching
Him just love it kick and play so yeah and he’s he’s on a little bit of a heater right now isn’t he yeah R he’s rolling lately he started off eight games maybe or something yeah he started off just a few goals and he settled in
Now and he’s just lighting it up now yeah he’s lighting it up so I don’t know maybe all our predictions on him might go you know I know some guys were like oh he’ll get 50 or he’ll get 40 I think I was lower than that I was like you
Know 30 30 I think I picked the under like on a 32 thing he might be over he had a little bit of a slow start to it but now he’s he’s got all those goals he’s got gonna have so much confidence offensively anyways yeah he’s
So smart but that shot’s so good too so what’s his other game what else was is tson the Isles got to go with the Isles Merl Merl’s team and my former alumni got take your old team they’re struggling though where do I got them at they’re they’ve lost six in a row the
Aisle all right well don’t take them then no you’re going to bounce them back you’re gonna call both teams on a back to back both teams on a backto back both lost tough ways to lose go with your Islanders baby I like it does anyone in the chat remember TC
As an Islander he was like 16 years old playing in the show when he was there 99 yeah he was an 18 like it was Joe thoron played at 18 and then a couple years later Conley and then nobody for it was very rare I should say but not like now
Where automatically first round or 18 you play I know it’s crazy now you were you’re a Trends Setter buddy it’s like grety than than are we fading TC Pi after he just told us what a mush he is I haven’t been I’m telling you I I I
Can’t gamble anymore because I just lose so I I really don’t yeah so you’re picker watch this you’ll go two and 0 and just be a fulltime hand I’ll get sucked back into it yeah you can bringing him back in well Merles you’re on that Florida LA
Game later tonight as well late night game I know you guys will be up late I’m looking for goals there I’m going over six and a half Florida’s been hot and uh La can score so I’ll go over six and a half for me I will go I’ll go Florida if
I did give you a pick I would give you a pick to the panther LA’s at home they’re not that good on home ice this year to start Florida’s been playing last five reinhardt’s lighting it up he’s on fire he’s on fire right now we got some people in here for haggy
Anytime goal um over three and a half shots he’s going to start getting it going but the pan I I’m on that money line so that’s that’s mine for for Thursday night here tonight um te you’re Beauty yeah I’ll have I’ll have some I’ll think of some real Moral Stories if
You want for next time y i I didn’t prepare for anything we do a real did purpose that was done purposely I called him two minutes before this said he got to get on Game notes so we didn’t have time to think we’ll get it going uh
We’ll get it going up in Toronto when you come up and see us up there allstar game how’s that sound buddy great great talking you guys yeah we got hang forever I know I miss you I love you you’re the best just having laughs just hanging out with te chill great guy
Great career too buddy great career love you Yer he goes see you buddy there he goes Timmy Connelly one of the best guys sick player though sick so so so sick to Youth Hockey I’d play left wing he’s Center just put my stick down on the ice
I’d get 90 goals it was just you didn’t I didn’t have to do anything just put my stick down he’s playing two years up or three years up like I said four four years up and uh he was doing the tow drags before anybody else was doing he
Was going between the legs around the defenseman before anybody else was doing him so he was he was I I think I tweeted this thing he was McDavid before McDavid he was going end to end splitting D looking guys off with these little like stick dangling moves unbelievable player great
Guy um where we going nmer what we got what we got what we beer league Heroes last week’s beer league hero was a good one I I relistened to that one where we were talking about the bring the wife or the girlfriend to the game so I think we
Clean that part of that up and uh what do you got for us this a lot of people were adamant though about no way no never you never bring the girls to the games I guess it’s at 11 o’clock at night you don’t really want it but the
Beer league hero segment this uh this week is that video of that guy just an electric Factory that was going wild where he was launching beers it was all over Instagram he comes in the dressing room first of all sandstorms on the video I go I I don’t know what it is
About Sandstorm gets me going like let’s let’s go that was our that was our song when I was in junior we won the mem we won the meem cup always have great memories it just hits home but Merles how important is a guy like that oh I I
Just wanted to be in that room when I saw that like oh why am I not part of that team the only problem is I I tweeted I said it I was like got to have big deal Brewing there you got it it’s the only that’s why it was a nine out of
10 I couldn’t give it 10 out of 10 and I would say too people are chiming him is it in an old Samsonite suitcase and he’s not racking ice on that thing either but I a guy texted me hey a guy texted me he’s like hey my my dad’s
Buddies with him um and he actually you know knows him really well he’s been playing Beer League forever double knee braces too this guy and he gets down into a [ __ ] rock squat he’s just ripping it too many celis in that seltzers in that video he had a good mix
But he’s got to get the big deal rolling in there he did have the seltzers uh but he’s his electricity with the with the delivery of the beers Ms with the Deep me rock squat double knee braces behind his back over his head side to side like just Showmanship
On the delivery Samsonite suitcase in the middle of the room no ice old school like old school roller bag this guy is just insane shout out Tyler Smith dad’s buddy buddy of mine uh Terry apparently that guy’s name is Legend of the beer league mer we all need a guy like him
Yeah it it was it was something to see I’m hoping we’re going to get some more videos guys replicating that this week and next week in their beer leagues that would be fun to see some more of that stuff it would be I love that that’s what it’s all about chat’s going wild
Subscribe keep subscribing they’re calling that pilsner they had in there Saskatchewan champagne that’s what they’re calling that that’s the old SAS beer right there sasky champagne arm dog that’s right Ral that’s right absolutely but um there’s our beer league Heroes M beer league Heroes all right next up show or
Minies our favorite segment our most popular segment I believe Army going to you first for the show show this is easy this is easy it’s chicklets you granelli and fish what they put together showcasing uh NCAA hockey showcasing the setups showcasing the rooms showcasing
What it’s like in there for us to see um you know what these student athletes um go through dayto day he asked them like qu like where do you eat how does this work and I I’m learning stuff from seeing this we have the limited swipes around campus all these food halls I
Didn’t even know about this [ __ ] and and then just to see like how elaborate some of these setups are you know we always see on Instagram I think the setups of these college football programs and what they get and the dressing rooms they have and the setups they have and the
Gyms they have well it’s so cool that G’s bringing it to us and we’re able to see some of these college setups and as that rolls out uh I’m really looking forward to it and I I love the access that they’ve given you G but I just
Think this is going to be such a cool series to see for a wide range of the of audience right like all like like people that are older that are fans of college hockey to you know even kids like my son 13 years old that knows
Some wants to see like what a recruiting tool too for some of these places to get a behind the scenes look at this so I’m sending you to the show gu and fishy and chicklets you great idea great program great first show I do feel like I got
Called up to the show a little bit you know being able to now like do your own series on uh on on the Chicklets platform feel like I’ve been playing in the miners forever finally got my call up to the show so very excited fish absolutely crushed the edit so gotta
Give him his love there too but I’d love to hear from the chat like I would love to hear from the chat right now on which schools I should go to next uh we’ve already filmed a couple uh but go comment on the CH U video after this
Stream get get in the comments there let me know which school you think I should go to next cuz there’s tons and tons and tons of schools out there with Rich history cool stories that’s that’s what we’re trying to Showcase here it’s not always going to be the nicest newest
Best facilities the next one we’re doing is very very cool it’s very different than the last one we did so it’s we want to be different every time we want to be evolving I want to go see where Merl’s played I want to go up to RPI I want to
See BU where did it so we have a lot of cool ideas but it doesn’t happen without all the fans all the listeners and in the chat just buzzing in the comments I I just saw memes say Western University he wants us to get up to his hometown
We’ll all sleep on his pullout couch we’re going to do you Sports next we should get up there and get a couple us Sports in the mix hey get the that’d be unreal get the old uh or even doing like a locker room tour of like the like the
WHL team you played on like be cool to go check out the the Red Deer Rebels locker room even even any like like when we went in the London kns locker room like that was so cool just there’s so many cool facilities and locker rooms out there I just want to show everyone
Especially that the people like me who didn’t get to ex like the highest level I played at was high school hockey you know what I mean you get your own cubby but that’s it that’s that’s that’s the nicest you get so to be able to see the
Hot tubs the cold tubs the you know your own personal gyms like all these cool things it’s just it’s really cool I think for the average hockey fan yeah it is it’s really cool I I I think it’s cool too and I think it was awesome what
The head coach there said to you like this is you know Mike renell he’s with spin chicklets he is a he’s a college hockey guy and so that’s pretty good thing to have for you g especially with this series coming out we cut it out of
That video but it was so awkward right after they did that I I I didn’t know what to do like after they gave me the couple clicks I I you like oh really wow cool thanks cut I I then was like I was like
I said to fish I’m like I think I just have to go nuts and I just started was like let’s go you man let’s go and it was so awkward because they were kind of just like looking at me like they getting ready to Buddy like we have a a
Video meeting get the [ __ ] out of here they like is is any Ra’s drugs exactly like how much adero in Red Bull box is did this guy drink before this wel what do you got what do you got you got a show for us G oh gosh I I
Would say I I mean I I didn’t plan one but I would call up both golf clubs that we did the sandbaggers at this weekend in California uh delmare Country Club and mad’s country club uh unbelievable courses that are gonna film come out very very good on camera we’ve already
Released the news we did it uh San bager with Shan Avery and Kevin Conley uh and then a sandbagger with Jeremy ronic and teim salani I won’t go into details on on what happened in those sandbaggers but the the golf courses got to give them their shout out the how they
Accommodate us I mean Merl you’ve been on one of these Army you’ve seen it too there’s like 15 cards they give us Waters ice sandwiches everything we need so I’m gonna call up those to and and posha for putting it helping putting the whole crew together and kind of setting
Up the sandbaggers because that’s not easy like making get a a course that we can it they they can abide by all of our our needs it does timing works for Biz wit Teemu and Jr like there’s a lot of things that go into place when when it
Comes to booking these courses so just shout out to the courses and Shout out long as rounds too so they we take up probably 10 tea times at least exactly so jaw 99 Moosejaw 99 in the chat says tip to G at some point act like you’ve
Been there act like it happened before G he’s just giving you the gears right here he’s never been there let him be yeah he never was in the call he never played D1 come on Moosejaw baby come on Moosejaw we’ll send you to the Mindy Moosejaw yeah Moosejaw like just like me
On my tweets I can’t tweet before we get to those minies my show was um over in Sweden was a cool thing fronda did in warm-ups all the players they got jerseys made of like their youth hockey teams so each guy was out there I would
Say me I would have had my Syracuse Stars shirt on you would have had your Saskatoon I don’t know whatever you’re called Red Wings G would have had his North Shore North Star shirt on so I thought that was a pretty cool thing to to shout out your youth teams and it’s a
Good little Keepsake to have as well so I I’ll I’ll call foronda up to the show for that move yeah nice move nice team great City that they’re in too I love going to that place they have a McDonald’s G right in the rink you kidding me G’s favorite rink of all time
Yeah wait where that’s incredible yeah so I finish a game there gothenberg great City too I love it there you get out of the game I’d finish playing them before getting on the bus to bus home I’d run over and get a McDonald’s meal and just get back
On the bus and just mile that down what’s your goto McDonald’s meal number one number one Big Mac baby and then I get a couple little cheeseburgers on the side in case I get a you need the dollar Burgers you need to throw the dollar burgers
You just had a couple in there just in case hey boys I’m about to order one right after this yeah you are just take a great nap after that red eye with a little bit of grease in the boiler oh yeah I love it all right we got the uh
Minies let’s get over to the minies who you sending down this week Army sending down I’ve been tossing some things through my head do I do I look at this Compton rigs beef going on on on bar stool right now uh or something else that’s really bugging me love Compton
Team player we’re Team guys we’re we’re ex-athletes too we I I’d probably you know do I’d probably you know say hey let’s collaborate 100% And Compton’s a beast too both those brands are awesome um but I’m gonna have to go with I don’t know if I’ve done this before but the
NHL app and I think you guys have talked about it G but I I do color right I I’m I’m I’m managing during games I want to see stuff we have a stats guy with us in the booth but like I want to see stuff
And then I want to click on stuff a certain player I want to click you know how it brings up their personal stats page or it used to you could go through the lineup it would show how many shots they have for the game you click on
Their name it goes to their page and you can see their last five games history you can see their points you can see like their history in the League points as well now you can’t even click on the guy’s name on my fa I can’t get the
Stuff up on my phone I think you maybe you could do it on your computer but when I’m grinding in there and I need it fast and I want it quick and they mangled this app this app is pissing me off Joey kitki in the thing NHL app is
Brutal everyone says it’s brutal fix the app help us out we’re just simple hockey people we just want the info when we want it it’s not even like that deep dive in an info we’re not going for like analytical [ __ ] we’re going for like just clear top-of-the-line
Stats I I’ll tell you something about that app Army I haven’t used that app in I don’t know six or seven years I was over in Japan playing and I went on the NHL app to watch the highlights and it it burnt up my phone my phone got so H
It got hot to the touch I I tried to put it in a refrigerator like cool it down completely burnt it up never never recovered anything from it lost all my info all my pictures so I I I’ve never gone near the NHL app since then so I
Don’t know what you’re talking about but that app you had like a you had like a Inspector Gadget this app will self-destruct it blew your phone that’s how bad your picks are like the Japanese government had to go in there and be like you no more no more Merles blow
This phone up oh on another thing too if I go to the NHL app which you used to be able to go click watch and if you had the program you had the package you could watch the games now it says you can’t watch it here it used to say that
Now you know you have to go to ESPN and you’re bouncing around all over the place why can’t I go on the NHL app click watch and it directs me to the game at the other app I don’t give a [ __ ] just make it easier aren’t you a
Partner can’t we make this simpler for me or you or us I don’t get it why is it so hard I can’t get stacked I can’t watch games I got to click around on 100 different things and then when it’s on the NHL network if I’m not home and I
Try to watch it how do you watch it on the NHL network if you’re not like Ra’s been bitching about that for years the NHL Network needs a streaming app they need it they’re putting them on there and I can’t get them anywhere else I got
To see it or at least yeah if if the NHL network doesn’t have it connect it with the NHL app it’s it’s got to be there some connected partner up play the game make it easy love your fans I love that I love that minies g you got anything
You send down to the minies from your trip maybe or speaking of making it easy uh the people I sat next to on the flight here did not make it easy at all for me to not [ __ ] strangle them uh the guy next to me uh he smelled so bad
It was look I can deal with like uh you know a a smelly dude sitting next to me but this guy the second he walked on the plane I’m like no this guy can’t this guy looked like he hasn’t showered in weeks I’m like no no no no comes and
Sits right next to me he stunk I couldn’t take a deep breath the whole flight it was terrible and he kept elbowing me the whole time nudging me and he didn’t speak much English either so I couldn’t really say anything to him to like rebuttal with like dude stop
[ __ ] elbowing me um and then the guy next to him was doing uh voice memos the whole time so like he was like he was like writing notes to himself but he was talking so he’s like basically journaling in his phone throughout the whole flight also in a different
Language so it’s not even like I could like understand what he was saying maybe if I could understand what he was saying I’d be like oh this guy’s telling a pretty good story right now he had a he had a tough weekend but just I didn’t understand what he was saying so flight
Etiquette is what I’m sending to the mind you got to have better flight etiquette moving forward because you got to think of the other people there too you know Merles you should do a Blog about that that’s up your alley I got I got it in my notes and I was thinking of
Making that as as like Game notes rules of travel this year and have a different rule each one because there’s some craziness that I’ve seen in my day and I got a buddy that likes this every time he get he gets on a flight he’ll text me
He goes got the stripes on in the whistle CU he’ll just he’ll referee these people when they’re trying to shove three bags up in there he’ll be like no no no you get one up there you put one on your lap you put one underneath he and then when the guy
Tries to walk past you off he’ll throw his arm out there and stand right up oh yeah that how do you like where are you going what a genius job an airline referee like I would love if someone like so as I was getting off the plane a
Lady and two of her kids cut me right I I didn’t have and when you I hate when people cut me when they’re getting off the plane they were like three rows back but I didn’t have the balls to say anything to this woman in her three kids
But if there was a referee who just came in and just started blowing his whistle and was like no no illegal illegal illegal that’s wrong you can’t do that that’ be incredible yeah I might have to try that next time we’re all on the flight together I’ll put a I’ll bring a
Jersey in a whistle and just and Coach everybody up chicklets air you make the rules there it is chicklets air for the Stanley Cup finals I think we’re going to Vegas again by the way the way the looking at yeah G’s brain is mush from a
Freaking red eyee and he and he brings up chicklets air from Mer’s idea from the final when all our brains were mush as well I always have chicklets air on my mind baby yeah what an idea what an idea what retire us someday this flight etiquette thing is is a is actually a
Call by G because I mean it’s it’s just the self-awareness of people is out of their mind I’ve seen Laura popped up the worst people take their shoes and socks off on a bird like is that a thing what the [ __ ] are you thinking and I’ve had
Them the fot shows up next to you on your armrest from behind with no sock on you’re like what the hell is this oh I gotta be honest boys I gotta be honest I kicked my shoes off on this plat on this last flight I had to no socks no I had
Socks on but I that’s that’s all right but I mean I tell you what was good during Co when you wore the mask it did take away from some of this the the bad smells and stuff but yeah was this smell was the smell headache smell G or was it like
Squinted face like holy [ __ ] man no it was it was it was headache type smell it was like like you just sitting in it your head was hurting because it was just overtaking yeah like I felt like even if the guy took a shower I don’t think that smell was going away oh
That’s that’s Fu know what I hate when somebody does like dust the place and I’m like oh no they’re going to think it’s me like like there’s only like two guys around or like oh they’re going to think it’s me like how do I I I I’ll
Like make a point of like oh it stinks like who yeah if you’re the first guy that does it though they think it’s you too so you got to play certain games like it’s it’s it’s a battle a battle it’s a battle all right we’ll move on
From that one um my mind something been bother me a little bit and I don’t understand it I meant to ask Benny and and Monty about it how do these coaches never celebrate goals like you know when they show the bench on these NHL game the coach is always just a statue some
Of these goals are huge goals and they’re still like like I I want to see a little emotion I I I don’t know if there’s a science behind it that if you sh the emotion the players will get too emotional and you’ll lose track of the
Game plan but every time I see it it drives me nuts when they’re just standing there yeah you want to see them losing their minds to the point where like the other coaches come over they’re losing their minds too because they’re feeding off the head guy and they get
They’re all in their suits and they give the awkward high five where they miss cuz they’re so [ __ ] they’re going so crazy oh maybe that’s why though maybe they wanted that awkward high five yeah who’s the craziest celebratory coach in the chat give us that things that you
Remember guys losing their [ __ ] going crazy CU I agree I love the shot of the bench on a big goal and you see everyone sitting and watching you see them slowly rise to their feet they can send something’s coming and then it’s just an explosion but the coaches go nuts we got
Torz here certified Wings guy by the way torz shout out Tor um wearing the zip up jacket he said [ __ ] it to the suit he doesn’t wear a suit he doesn’t have the tie he might have the tie underneath but he just does a zip up winter coat how do you get away
With that anymore just because he’s so old he doesn’t give a [ __ ] he’s going zip up coat Paul Maurice Paul Maurice is a fiery guy gets a fist pump going I like that that Tor is nuts hey I gotta watch Tor going crazy I love that great great Point actually Cronin cronin’s
Doing great job lot of people saying Dean Evon in Minnesota okay oh no they’re just saying he stares deeper just gets into it yeah because he has like an intimidating staredown he’s the staredown guy Evon he loves it John big sellies yeah yeah yeah chat’s blowing up good call with that let’s see
Some tonight I’m going to be watching these coaches tonight let’s torches turning the fire Flyers around they just look hardworking they look hard they look tough to play against like they’re on you they’re making things happen so but you’re Admiral I was I was a fiery coach when I
Was I was into it I saw Ra was giving out some picks earlier in the chat too we gotta get him back oh here he is we got to get him on as a guest yeah all right Z with me over over in the matina swed
Mat I love love it ra thanks for tuning in I seen I seen memes in here too we got all boys going uh I love it but let’s move on now off of Thursday off of show minies we’re moving on now Merl we’re into the weekend hello it’s Friday
Friday’s games we’ve got three of them uh Leafs Detroit for you in the afternoon there in Stockholm uh and moving on to Buffalo and Winnipeg Florida Anaheim and looking at the slated games that you’re talking about this game on Friday you’re going you’re obviously boots on the ground uh
Try to go through this quick we’re running up to an hour now but Friday yep I got Toronto at Detroit boots on the ground I’m on the wings I’m a I’m a Wings guy I’m not on them tonight first game but tomorrow night I’m G to be on
Them I think maybe the second game on the big ice second game the booze is sweat out they’re going to have have the upper hand on the leaves for that so I got money line there second game is your jets you love your jets Jets Jets the
Jets at home I love them at home Sabers going up there they’re not the type of team that can go into Winnipeg and win so I’ll take Winnipeg Jets money line yep and what what what was the third game up there on Friday you just had two
Two you just had two for me but it’s Florida Anaheim two good teams too Florida will be going back to back yeah I’m not touching that one I won’t tou I’m not tou I do like the Jets Biz gave some love to the Jets I picked the Jets
To win their division Biz is seeing it he’s liking Kyle Connor’s a beast right there Joe Burns chiming in in the chat um you know stay these guys are sneaky this Jets team is sneaky Conor’s yeah he’s a sniper Connor’s just lighting it up of course he’s a Flying Tomato
There’s a red head just zipping around out there he’s like the medium player in ice hockey the old Nintendo video game is he’s tall skinny guy just buzzing around sick bits just a sniper um but I like that if I had to pick with you I’d
Roll with you right that with that money line um with the uh jets for sure uh Saturday slate games Merl you good on you good on Friday Friday good uh Saturday real early game take note that Minnesota Ottawa is I believe 11 a.m. eastern time so it’s G to be 5:00 p.m.
Here I will be there I’ll be boots on the ground again I’m going with the team that’s going to going to be playing their second game on the big ice I’m going to be on Ottawa money line minus 110 boots on the ground I may at I I
Will see how these first two games go on the big ice if I if I’ll nibble the over there those are both good over teams but for now Ottawa money line and then I’m back on Edmonton I’m going to take Edmonton every game until they lose and
I want them to win I want them to win 10 in a row to to just show with once and for all he is the mush of all mushes he’s the mush of all mushes I love that Edmonton maybe this is a game the other day too that just is insane
Saturday night 13 games Merl’s on a couple of them boots on the ground Oilers he’s riding Oilers hard I like that Vancouver Seattle later I don’t know how you don’t go Vancouver or at least go maybe maybe the over in that one as well I’ll be interested to see
Ice has been running hot too hey Ice Mr ice holy [ __ ] unbelievable I had a rough night on there I had three ways that didn’t win but he won again I’m he’s four and0 when I’ve come on the show so I I I think I have my slot confirmed but
I made a huge mistake not taking the ABS I usually have my abs Jersey on when I go on a show and always take them and they produce for us but I didn’t have forgot my abs Jersey at home and I made the Oilers won but just not in
Regulation Brian Scutter Brian Scutter EBR crew rides with Captain Merles let’s go the cap Captain I need a Captain Morgan right now you will soon you’re you’re heading to the game here right away uh those are your picks uh for Saturday’s games uh write them down visit them rewatch the
Show if you lost them this is into the weekend we’re moving on now to Sunday five gamees Sunday an even earlier game merals 8 AM eastern time for us out here out east even crazier for out west um what are you looking at here for these games I’ve I’ve got you down toron
Toronto Minnesota Buffalo Chicago those are the games out of the you’re looking at yeah first game Toronto Minnesota 2 p.m. here early game I’m on over 6 and a half last game here Sunday afternoon I would not be surprised the boys go out Saturday night in Stockholm have a few
Too many ends up a little later than they thought and uh it’s a loose game on Sunday as everyone’s on their way out of here and then the game a little later we just talked to Buffalo saber Tim Conley Buffalo at Chicago he loves Chicago he loves watching Bedard I’m on over six
And a half in that game too so Sunday two overs I’m with you I like that I see rigs rig’s eyes rig’s eyes on here he said in the chat what you say money line Chicago against sabes I would I would I would pick that same thing too what do I
See here I see a Austin Matthews two goals where did I see that plus 560 oh singy hello singy sing’s working the chat getting his fellow Chatters all buzzed up here I see boys boys before we uh wrap up the show I know you guys
Still have a little bit more I have to show you this uh memy has already gone to town on you guys and and you Army in particular so I gotta show what the hell is he doing of the oh my God it’s like looking in A Mir
Beamy that is so funny I got have said that to TC I don’t think does tC have social media I don’t even think Timmy has it he had Myspace back in the day that was the end of him we were on hack stall and noblock looking the same and M he’s a
Genius he’s the goat the goat unbelievably talented creative dude is memy I love it there it is mer that’s it that’s I’m looking also speaking of bald guys our Vegas Insider migs he’s he’s over in usbekistan right now he’s he’s there he is there he is he’s he’s
Looking at uh this team called humo in the kazak league he thinks he’s going to bet the over on no or something but um I haven’t touched Vegas I really like Vegas but I I’m not going to do anything until I get the inside Scoops from him
But I see them at Pittsburgh on Sunday is that a game you’re going to be at uh I’ll be there I’ll be working it yeah okay I’ll be dominating I’ll tune in just to listen to you I’m I probably won’t bet that game but that’s a that’s
An interesting game for me to watch there Vegas at pit on Sunday one one more note Edmonton plays again Tuesday so as long as they keep winning I’ll be on them on on or not it’s Monday night Tuesday 1: a.m here I’ll be on the Oilers until they lose just so everybody
Knows oh you’re riding them hard I’ll be on them every game until they lose I don’t blame I really want wit to go down on this one yeah he’s going down hard and you know what it’s it’s like a blackjack hand merals right when you sit
Down and you’re in one you just keep riding you just keep riding until you lose ride the run baby uh now time for a new oh here we go Brian Scutter Crosby Keller kerov anytime goal scorer little parlay right there almost Laura esque if I must say from Brian is that scuder
Scudder scuds scooter scudi we got scudi in the chat let’s go scudi um now we’re gonna move on though merals uh to a new segment that we like to call Merl’s mixer you have a nice little story for or a story for us anyway yeah Merl’s
Mixer will have some stats and maybe a little story first stat I got for you this they’ve had 38 games outside North America the NHL so they’re going to have four more this week of the 38 14 only 14 have gone over so that’s interesting and also I found
Real interesting first time Toronto Maple Le have played outside North America all right so I didn’t know that that’s big yep and then last week if you remember we were talking about the hardest shots look what Philip ponic did the other night last night 107.9 he
Wanted to be included on our list so he he let one rip last night and I I already talked about a few of the stats team’s doing well teams doing bad jackets have lost 10 of 11 the PRS have lost six of seven is 0 and six so keep
Fading those teams they’re in tough tough shape it looks like they’re tanking and the last one is a little story it’s a sad story um our town Troy New York we lost a big hockey guy Billy anlo this week to a brain tumor he he was a true beer league guy like slashing
You after the game but first guy buying you a beer uh he worked The Penalty Box recently at RPI he’s been working the penalty boxes there for years and before that he always did the office stuff in the penalty boxes for the Albany River ATS so great guy Ranger fan he would
Love me telling this story I wish I told this story where he could have heard it but it was my first ever NHL exhibition game and it was Pittsburgh vers New Jersey it was in Albany my hometown and I get the call I’m in the game and I’m
Sitting on the bench we score a goal all of a sudden I get the second assist I’m like oh that’s weird I’m not even on the ice we score another goal I get the second assist again they’re saying I’m like this is weird I I don’t understand
Why I’m getting these assists you know I eventually did score a goal not a big deal so I think we might have won four to2 after the game I had a goal and three assists I’m leading the entire NHL in preseason scoring and everybody what
Is going on here and come to find out it was Billy anslo was over there and he was the one filling out the sheet so any time there was an opening he put my name in there it’s unbelievable story that is unbelievable Merl he tried to make me
Make the team I think two days later I got sent to wilberry but um Billy rest in peace uh great hockey guy he’s going to be Miss he was a my uncle’s best friend and then I just knew him through hockey and stuff but uh he’s he was a
Fan of us and uh we’ll miss him that’s a great story yeah thoughts and prayers to them and the family a real hockey lifer if you will love the game obviously so that’s a great story to share um and thinking of you of their friends and family thank you Merles um
Off you go off you go buddy yeah I gotta get out there he’s heading over to the game what do they call that rank now used to be the globe and now it’s a vich Arena it’s named after V so it’s going to be I’m interested to see what it’s
Like for the NHL i’ I’ve played their shl teams playing a rank next to it they don’t play in there because the rent was too expensive for normal games so if there’s a big uh like rivalry game the two Stockholm teams playing they’ll move into that rink cuz then it’s worth
Selling out so I’ve never really been in there for for much much hockey action but I’m going to head over now if anybody’s there I’m going to try to grab a beer outside the arena there’s a couple bars I put on the blog I’ll sniff around and follow Merles on Twitter he’s
He’s blogging all these stuff he barol sports.com you can find all of his blogs about the the coverage of the tournament he’s posting videos so follow him there and you can see all that content there yeah I’m try I want to get some man on the street with some Leafs fans over
Here and ask him about Biz you’ll be awesome I’m excited for you buddy this awesome going to be a great weekend for you boots on the ground in Stockholm at aichi Arena for all the games uh you’re the best Ms thanks for making it work I
Know you’re not in your usual setup but we grinded made it work and off you go I want to remind everybody as well to subscribe to the Chicklets YouTube page that’s big click subscribe favorite it all that kind of stuff uh and don’t be like Dylan cousins Merles should make
Sure you always check the game notes all right thanks everybody have a great weekend let’s go N
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