Carolina Hurricanes Are A Problem and Divine Sabrevention (Show 6)

Sean is here to discuss all of the latest news of the second round of the NHL Playoffs. Can anyone stop the Canes? Are the hockey gods in the Buffalo Sabres' corner? Can the Wild and Ducks stay alive? Sean also gives his take on the Manson butt-ending incident and the McNabb game misconduct and suspension. Lastly, he shares his top three goals of the week and his Doggy Bag predictions for which team will get the next shutout, which second round team will have the most goals scored when the dust settles, and his Stanley Cup Final matchup prediction. It's Biscuit Breakdown! Consider yourself served!

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It's time for biscuit breakdown, where hockey is the only thing on the menu. And welcome back, whoever you root for, wherever you live, whenever it is, it's hockey time. I'm your host Sean. Welcome back to Biscuit Breakdown. You can follow us on Instagram, Biscuit Breakdown, on Twitter, Biscuit Breakdown without the O. Or you can send me an email, biscuitbreakdownpod at gmail.com. Be sure to follow us wherever you get your podcasts. And if you could be so kind to leave a five-star rating and a review, I would really appreciate it. Alright, let's get into our fresh out the oven segment. I heard the craziest stat I may have ever heard in my life as it pertains to the NHL. Crazier than, you know, the typical Wayne Gretzky would still be the stats leader if he never scored a goal. He just has that many assists that everyone's goals and assists combine. He would still have the most points out of anyone that's ever played. That's completely bananas. Um there's a ton of crazy stats, but the craziest stat I may have ever heard was that Sergei Babrowski, the goalie for the Florida Panthers, has more points in game sevens than Nikita Kucherov, the best player on the Tampa Bay Lightning. Um that just blew my mind because goalies barely ever get stats. Every once in a while a goalie will get credited with a assist, um, and super rarely a goalie might score a goal on an empty netter if they flick the puck all the way down the ice and it goes in the net. It has happened before. Um but every once in a while a goalie will get an assist, and Sergei Babrowski has at least one assist in a game seven, whereas Nikita Kuchov, the most dynamic player on the Tampa Bay Lightning, has zero points in game sevens. So that was completely crazy because he is a very, very good player, but when the going gets real tough and he needs to be clutch, he seems to be crumbling. And that would make sense with the fact that Tampa lost in game seven to the Montreal Canadians 2-1, and they really just let their fans down once again at home. They have not been playing well at home in the playoffs, but enough about them. They are out. We're gonna move into some other fresh out the oven news about teams that are in. Um but before we do that, I need to give a quick shout out to the Iowa Wild goalie, Riley Mercer. We're shouting out the goalies today. Um he made a save for the ages the other night. He basically was beat on a breakaway, but he threw his glove, well, he threw his arm backwards behind his body, basically across his body in desperation, and he caught the puck as it was about to go into the net. So a behind the back save in pure desperation actually worked out. So we have to give Riley Mercer a shout out because that was definitely the best save that I've seen in a very long time. Alright, next topic, the Carolina Hurricanes are officially a problem. They have recently swept the Philadelphia Flyers in the second round of the playoffs and have moved to 8-0. They have not been defeated yet in the playoffs, and they're moving on into the Eastern Conference Final. They are awaiting their opponent against either the Montreal Canadians or the Buffalo Sabres. They're still waiting around to see. They're just relaxing, they're doing some practice, they're doing some recovery, some workouts. They're living life and loving the fact that they're not having to uh play more games and potentially injure themselves along the way. So the whole rest vs rust thing, they are enjoying some rest right now, but we'll see if they are looking rusty in game one of the Eastern Conference Finals, which the Eastern Conference Finals has been their bugaboo. They have sucked, quite honestly, once they get to the Eastern Conference Final. They've been bullied by the Lightning, they've been bullied by the Panthers twice recently, so if they can finally get over the hump, things are looking very, very good for the Hurricanes fans. Normally hurricanes are a problem. They're a real bitch for the southeastern United States and Caribbean. Uh these hurricanes are looking almost as dangerous. Some people are wondering, like, oh, well, they played the Senators who aren't that great, they played the Flyers who are a young team, didn't really have a lot of experience, and uh aren't that amazing. So are the hurricanes really that good, or have they just played two somewhat mediocre teams so far? Um I think they are legitimately good, to be honest. They have a ferocious style of play, they have a lot of skilled players, their arena is always a madhouse, um, which they feed off of. They have home ice advantage because they're the best team in the Eastern Conference, so they've got it all rolling right now. We'll see if they can continue that crazy epic storm once game one starts for the Eastern Conference Finals. Alright, moving on into our next Fresh Out the Oven segment, we have the Josh Manson butt end on Michael McCarron. So the other night in game four of the Avalanche and Wild series, Josh Manson, defenseman for the Avalanche, he wrestled Michael McCarron to the ground, and basically during the miniature wrestling match that they had, he took the butt end of his stick and jammed it into McCarron's cheek, and it was immediately reviewed by the referees so that they could decide if it was going to be a major penalty or not, which means five minutes of power play time for the Wild and a game misconduct for Manson. They ultimately decided that it was only going to be a four-minute double minor, um, which did give the wild a power play, and they did score on it. Um, in my opinion, it was a dirty play, and I think the double minor call was fair. I don't think it should have been a major. It wasn't that hard of a butt end. Still, you can't do that, but um I think the four minutes was valid. And then at the intermission, McCarran was getting interviewed by the panel on ESPN, and he goes on to talk about how Manson is a dirty player, and how he's always been that, and he said, I'm surprised he got away with it for the most part, and only ended up with four minutes, and then he said, I'm glad he's still in the game. So at that point, I'm like, oh shit, like this guy is calling this guy out on national TV, and come next period, he's gonna do something about it. Well, McCarron didn't do shit about it. He never in he never got him in a scrum, he never uh was able to fight him. Now I know that it's not totally on McCarron because sometimes the game situation, if it's a close game, you're not gonna challenge a guy to a fight, but in this case, I think he should have because if you're calling out a guy on national TV, you gotta go and do something about it then. You're calling him dirty, you're saying you're glad he's still in the game. That means that you're gonna either put a real hard hit on him or, like I said, challenge him to a fight. McCarron didn't do any of that. So um was he being a wuss? Yes. Uh in my opinion, I think he was. And then after the game, Manson was asked about the butt end, and he said that he didn't mean to do it. He was trying to punch him, he admitted, but he didn't mean for the butt end to hit him in the cheek. And Manson also noted that in his 13-year career he has never been suspended, so he's not sure why McCarran was calling him a dirty player. Um at time of recording, game five is currently on, and the wild are up three to zero at the end of the first period. So we'll see what happens here tonight between the wild and the avalanche. I predicted to myself, basically, that I think the wild we're gonna pull off the win tonight and somehow, some way get this series back to Minnesota for a game six. So far it's looking like that, but there's always that three-goal lead problem that it's the worst lead in hockey. When you get a three-goal lead, everybody just kind of gets a little comfortable and starts feeling a little bit good and maybe looking a little ahead too much to game six, and all of a sudden, the Avalanche are gonna come barreling down the mountain and come from behind to steal the victory, but we'll see what happens here tonight. Alright, moving into the Buffalo Sabre series versus the Montreal Canadiens. That series is tied two to two at time of recording. And last night, I think we saw some divine sabervention because Tage Thompson was simply dumping the puck into the Montreal Canadians end, and the puck takes a crazy carum off of the stanchion and bounces off of uh Dobesh's leg, the goalie for the Canadians, and into the net. That tied the game, and they were able to get the game winner on the power play. They won 3-2 last night and brought the series back to Buffalo, tied two games apiece, and really, I mean, I'm I think the hockey gods might want Buffalo to move on based on that crazy scenario of the wild goal that went in off of the glass and then off of the goalie when simply he was aiming to just dump the puck in. So we'll see what happens there. I predicted that the Buffalo Sabres would win in six games. That still has a chance of happening. Um, but Canadians are a tough out. We'll see if Buffalo can win the next two in a row. I don't think so, to be honest. So that prediction will most likely be wrong, but only time will tell. And the last series of the second round that I have yet to discuss is the Vegas Golden Knights against the Anaheim Ducks. Right now, the Vegas Golden Knights have a three games to two lead heading into game six tomorrow night. Um my prediction was that the Ducks would win in six games. That's no longer possible. They could win in seven, it's gonna be tough though. They're gonna need their best players to be their best players. The most controversial thing that's going on in this series currently is the hit that Braden McNabb, the defenseman for the Golden Knights, put on Ryan Poling of the Anaheim Ducks. Basically, Poling had the puck, he passed the puck, and then he no longer had the puck for about two seconds, and then Braden McNabb just crushes him into the boards. The hit itself was late, um, but it was a clean hit, in my opinion. His shoulder went into Poling's chest. The unfortunate part of all of this is that Poling was a little bit away from the boards, so he gets blasted into the boards, the back of his head hits into the glass, and he falls to the ice. He's trying to get up, he's looking wobbly. Um, so you know he's got a concussion, he's helped off the ice. The referees are then looking at the replay to see how they should penalize McNabb. They ultimately decide on a five-minute major and a game misconduct because when you get a five-minute major, you're automatically ejected out of the game. Um, and this was only ten minutes into the game, so one of their best defensemen, a shutdown defensemen, was sent to the locker room early and they had to work with five. They ended up getting the win though, but I thought this was too harsh of a penalty, to be honest. I thought it should have been a two-minute interference penalty because the hit was late, but it was clean, like I said. It's just unfortunate that polling ended up hitting his head into the boards and get get got concussed. But um I th I didn't think it was a major. And then today it's announced that Brady McNabb is suspended for game six. So I think this is really above and beyond um harsh for a um a penalty for him. So now Vegas has to play without him tomorrow night. So we'll see if they can close out the series or if the Ducks can win on home ice and get it back to Vegas for a game seven. Alright, and lastly, we need to give a hats off to PK Suban, the former uh Montreal Canadian defenseman, Nashville Predator defenseman, New Jersey Devils defenseman. I think those are the three teams that he played with. Um well I know he played with those three teams. I don't think he played for anybody else. Uh but basically he finished his pledge of donating ten million yes, you heard that right, ten million dollars to the Montreal Children's Hospital because um that's where he started out his career, and he made that pledge that he would donate all that money, and he kept his promise even when he got traded away to the Nashville Predators and then, you know, once again he was traded to the New Jersey Devils a few years after that. Um but he did solid on his promise and donated ten million dollars over all these years to the Montreal Children's Hospital, so that's amazing stuff. So hats off to PK. That is a shitload of money to donate. And uh that guy obviously uh was raised right and really has some great karma. Alright, it's now time for our top goals of the week, our buttery biscuits. We love a buttery biscuit, we love a top cheddar biscuit, and there have been some great ones this week, as usual. It's hard to narrow it down to only three, but I think I've done just that. I want to give two honorable mentions to two players that did not crack the top three, but deserve to be recognized. We have um of the Montreal Canadiens, I believe his name is Will, his first name Will Carrier. He just absolutely picked the top corner on Alex Lyon. The Montreal Canadians were out here picking corners like it's a game of four corners in school. And another player that deserves an honorable mention that was picking corners is Bowen Byrum of the Buffalo Sabres. In game one of that series, he made an awesome move and absolutely ripped the puck to the top left corner of the net. Um that was just a dazzler to see. But now we're gonna get into the top three goals of the week. Number three goes to Michael Matheson of the Montreal Canadiens. He goes bar down from the blue line for a top cheddar biscuit in game two of that series. The reason it's number three is because of the distance at which he shot that puck. So he comes across the top of the zone, he shoots it, and all the way out from the top of the zone, he's firing it into the top corner of the net. It is a top cheddar biscuit. Number two goes to Quinn Hughes of the Minnesota Wild. In game three, he scores just an absolutely disgusting, filthy goal. He's got the puck, he's scooting around with his hips open basically. His feet are both pointed like outward, and he's striding with his left foot as he keeps his toes pointed to the boards, um, both feet pointed to the boards, and he shoots back across his body as he's scooting sideways, and it's just a d amazing goal. So he is the number two goal of the week. And the number one goal of the week goes to Kirby Doc of the Montreal Canadiens. Canadians are really all over this list, but Kirby Doc gets the number one buttery biscuit because he made a move on the Buffalo Sabres defender, he shoots the puck, and it bounces off of Alex Lyon, and as Kirby Doc is sliding down and falling, he's landing on his right quadriceps buttocks area, and he has the wherewithal to hit the rebound with the backhand of his stick up over Alex Lyons left shoulder into the top corner of the net as he's falling and sliding past him, and it was a terrific goal. So it deserves top cheddar biscuit honors for this week. If you agree with my list or if you disagree with my list, I would love to hear from you. Biscuit breakdown on Instagram, biscuit breakdown without the O on Twitter, or Biscuit Breakdown Pod at gmail.com. I would love to hear your thoughts on my latest rankings. Alright, it's time for our doggy bag predictions segment. Something that you can take with you back home and enjoy later. I am going to predict the next shutout that I think will happen and which team in the second round will have the most goals. So I think the next shutout will come from the Montreal Canadians. I think Jakob Dobesh, their goalie, has been playing really well lately. I think he will shut out the Buffalo Sabres at home in game six in a few nights from now. And then my most goals prediction, I think the Minnesota Wild are somehow, some way going to score the most goals of the second round. Right now, as I'm recording this, I'm watching game five. The Wild are still winning three-nothing. It's halfway through the game. If they can get this series back to Minnesota, I feel like they can win there. And then I feel like if they force a game seven, anything can happen. Um right now the Colorado Avalanche have the most goals in round two with twenty, and the Minnesota Wild have sixteen. So they're not too far behind, and if they can win the next few games, they might be able to pass the Avalanche. My last doggy bag prediction is a Stanley Cup final matchup prediction. Right now, based on what I'm seeing, I feel like the Colorado Avalanche and the Carolina Hurricanes are gonna end up squaring off for the trophy here in a few weeks' time. Both um are playing very good hockey. They're both the number one seeds in their conference, and I know it's a bit of a boring prediction, but I feel like that is what's gonna happen. Um Selfishly, I would like for some other matchups, but we'll just have to wait and see. If you enjoyed today's episode, please be sure to follow wherever you get your podcasts. And if you can rate five stars and leave a review, I'd really appreciate it. Once again, you can follow me on Instagram, Biscuit Breakdown, Twitter, Biscuit Breakdown without the O, or biscuitbreakdown pod at gmail.com. This has been Biscuit Breakdown. Consider yourself served.