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00:0025 puck talk live right here on this Tuesday on the early line
00:08on SportsGrid.
00:09He is Donnie right side.
00:10I am Ben Stevens.
00:11Now the Donnie dry sidle household goes back into the
00:14Donnie right side household after the Edmonton Oilers came
00:18up just a little bit short last night in the Stanley Cup final
00:22in game number 7.
00:24Leon dry sidle did not score a goal throughout the Stanley
00:27Cup final, but that's neither here nor there.
00:30The reason Donnie right sides household is celebrating on
00:33this ceremonious day is because Matt met Matt.
00:37They Mitch cough is on his way to Philadelphia.
00:42The RS.
00:42When was he selected in the 2022 NHL draft?
00:47He's been or was it last summer the Bedard?
00:50Yeah, it was it was the question was going to be who would
00:53actually go number one between Mitch cough and Bedard.
00:56Obviously Bedard meant number one because you knew he was
00:58coming over right away.
00:59There was a chance for the Philadelphia Flyers that would
01:01never even ever see Mitch cough if he wasn't released from
01:03his contract, but the expectations been were three to four
01:06years out of when he was drafted.
01:08Now granted, he's not 32 years old.
01:10He's I believe 18 or 19 when he was drafted.
01:12So eventually when he came over that would be fine.
01:14But now we're taking a look at him coming over much sooner
01:17than expected, which means the Flyers took a risk but got
01:19an absolute steal in the draft last year with how quickly
01:23he's coming over for them.
01:24So that whole rebuilding process for the Flyers ends right
01:28now the minute he comes over and now you're looking for
01:30expectations.
01:31Certainly the minute he takes the ice in Philadelphia.
01:34And the Flyers were pretty close and we're certainly in
01:37playoff contention down the final few weeks of the NHL regular
01:42season just missing out on a wild card spot.
01:44So Matt, they Mitch cough makes his way to Philadelphia already
01:49has a season points prop.
01:51The over under stands at 46 and a half.
01:53I can only imagine Donnie you are betting me over for Mitch
01:56cough and his rookie campaign in the National Hockey League.
02:00Yeah, one of those players that the minute he comes over
02:02as basically a teenager Ben.
02:03He's the best player on the team and expected to be one
02:06of those players.
02:07That's going to have an impact on an NHL season.
02:09Unlike that.
02:10We've seen and I don't know since Eric Lindros coming up.
02:12No, those expectations are lofty and rightfully so because
02:15he should be seen as the savior of the Flyers franchise and
02:18keep in mind dating back to when the Flyers inception of
02:21what the late 1960s.
02:22That team is absolutely beloved in Philadelphia and has fallen
02:25off a cliff.
02:26Now that you have a new obviously coach with Tortorella.
02:29They have a new regime in general manager.
02:30Danny Breyer.
02:31You also brought over Keith Jones was a longtime Philadelphia
02:33Flyer is almost that front office PR guy that can actually
02:36talk to the fan base and explain to them exactly what's going
02:39on and a guy that most people like so things are looking up
02:42for the Flyers, but there are massive expectations.
02:45Now the draft coming up this week and free agency.
02:47The Flyers should be expected to make the playoffs next year
02:50as you pointed out Ben.
02:51They weren't expected to do anything this year and base
02:53basically should have made the playoffs, but they did fold
02:55late, but that's obviously the talent on the team as opposed
02:58to the coaching or the front office.
03:00Things should start getting better immediately in Philadelphia
03:03with these news.
03:04Still a relatively long price on Philly 55 to 1 to win next
03:08year's Stanley Cup.
03:09The team that won it this year is the favorite entering next
03:13year at 9 to 1.
03:14One of the things I love about hockey.
03:16One of the things I love about the Stanley Cup championship
03:18odds is unlike the NBA or even the NFL where last year's
03:23champ or last year's runner-up or last year's team that played
03:26in a conference championship gets the benefit from the odds
03:29makers and maybe rightfully so so many teams around the same
03:34price and compacted there in the top five.
03:37We've got five teams at a 10 to 1 number or less all separated
03:42by a dollar then the Golden Knights.
03:44They're at 11 to 1 as well.
03:46The top six prices DRS all just $2 of distinction between those
03:51numbers to hoist the Stanley Cup is next to you.
03:56Very much different than other sports here and you see it time
03:58and time again.
03:59It's almost like if you can just get hot at the end of the
04:01season have a good goaltender.
04:03You can ride that all the way to a Stanley Cup, which makes
04:06it fun for a lot of fan bases.
04:07The parody truly is there and as you pointed out those odds
04:10are certainly pointing to that where if you say right now,
04:13like a baby, you know Panthers just won the Stanley Cup.
04:15They're going to dominate next year.
04:16You know, we're saying that in the NBA like well who's going
04:18to beat the Celtics?
04:19I don't think anybody's saying right now.
04:20Like, oh my goodness.
04:21Nobody's going to be able to beat the Panthers next year.
04:23They should run away with things.
04:24So I love the parody and hockey gives every team a chance
04:27and as long as you make it into the tournament at the end
04:29of the season, you actually have a legitimate chance to make
04:31a deep run as long as you get good goaltending.
04:35Will next year finally be the year only two teams in those
04:39top 10 prices that we showed you from the Great White North
04:43now, it will be 31 years plus since a Canadian team last
04:47won the Stanley Cup the 1993 Montreal Canadiens.
04:52That's more than a three-decade drought.
04:54I believe the NFL award show is on Thursday and that will
04:58be when we crown this year's winners, but Connor McDavid
05:02after winning the cons might albeit in a losing effort more
05:05than likely to win the Hart trophy.
05:08That's the MVP is the favorite entering next year at plus
05:12180 follow followed by the avalanches.
05:15Nathan McKinnon Donnie's guy the sway man, Jeremy Swayman
05:20or on the early line.
05:21Our three comes away next.