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00:00Can you even believe the Marchand deal to the Florida Panthers and they just got rid
00:05of Carlo to the Leafs so the Leafs get a defenseman that they needed and what do you think of
00:11these late flurry of deals here at the very end over the wire?
00:15Well you remember yesterday I brought up keep your eye on Brad Marchand and the situation
00:20in Boston and here we are right now.
00:22There was a lot of talk that Vegas were in the mix for him and he ends up with the Florida
00:29Panthers, another team like Vegas that have Stanley Cup aspirations, right?
00:33Listen, he's not the player that he used to be but as we saw in the Four Nations he's
00:39a great addition to a winning team already.
00:44He has a winning pedigree about him, he's the type of guy that he's better than the
00:49Rat was, I like the comparison, but he's better than Ken Linsman was as a player still but
00:57he is that guy so yeah you're right, it is fitting that he ends up with the Florida
01:00Panthers.
01:01How about this Panther team man?
01:03They're not playing around, like yeah Kachuk is hurt and they're going to take advantage
01:08of that and they're going to use the loopholes that the NHL allows with players that are
01:13injured but just very aggressive Scott, not wanting to give up the Stanley Cup, big get
01:20for them.
01:21Like I said, he's not the player that he was but you add him to a winning team and you
01:25look at the Ratnan deal now to Dallas which is just my head is spinning as far as what's
01:32happened with him over the last month or so or whatever, whenever he got dealt, it's been
01:39a pretty crazy day in the NHL today and one thing too Scott if you'll notice and I've
01:44been talking about this for a couple of years but four of the last five Stanley Cup winners
01:51come from tax-free states and it's an issue in the National Hockey League.
01:57Like I follow this stuff closely Scott and a lot of players in the NHL like just point
02:02blank like Canada is a non-starter for a lot of players, even the Canadian dudes, they
02:06don't want to pay the taxes and now you get into the American cities and players are shutting
02:12down deals and they're funneling them to a certain amount of teams Scott.
02:17Vegas, Dallas, Tampa, Florida, what do they all have in common those teams?
02:22Nashville.
02:23Tax-free states.
02:25Yeah.
02:26Point blank, tax-free states.
02:28Four of the last five Stanley Cup winners guys, tax-free states.
02:32You heard Ratnan, supposedly with Ratnan and I don't know Scott about Carolina, you and
02:36I talked about this.
02:37So now it's for real.
02:38Like you brought in Jake Edsel and he bolted like right, he was like no, I'm leaving.
02:43You're bringing Ratnan and he's like no, I'm not going to do a deal.
02:48We'll wait till after the year, I can't promise you anything and then he turns around bro
02:52and agrees to a deal with the Dallas Stars without even stepping foot in the city.
02:55You know what I mean?
02:57For eight years.
02:5812 mil.
02:5912 mil.
03:00Tax-free.
03:01Tax-free baby.
03:02Yeah.
03:03Right and it's crazy because that's originally what Colorado offered him Scott and he was
03:08like no, I want more.
03:09He wanted 14 mil and now he gets the tax-free.
03:12He's going to get taxes in Colorado.
03:14And there we go.
03:15And who are all the big contenders this year, Scott, to win the cup?
03:19Tampa, Florida, Vegas, Dallas, like again, like I'm dead serious here guys.
03:27From a fundamental standpoint, it's a problem, all right?
03:30Like for the NHL in balance right now, but I don't see what you can do about it.
03:33You can't start changing rules and say, well, we're going to raise the cap for this team
03:37because they pay more tax and like, it's just, it is what it is.
03:41But from a betting perspective, guys, I'll tell you right now, it's going to be a tax-free
03:46state.
03:47Like when you're betting Stanley Cup futures, just look at the tax-free state teams and
03:50go, all right, which one of these are like, that's what it comes down to right now.
03:53Just point blank, Scott.
03:54It is what it is.
03:55And one of the reasons too, guys, if you think, okay, why isn't it, why is this so important
04:01in this league?
04:03Point blank, NHL players don't make anywhere near the amount of money that other leagues
04:08do.
04:09You think LeBron James cares about the tax of California?
04:11The guy's a billionaire, right?
04:12Like what does he care?
04:13Like he's got good accountants and like, you know what I mean?
04:16Like Kevin Durant, whatever.
04:17A lot of these players, they don't care.
04:19Look at, if like the California tax is such a big problem, why does everybody want to
04:22play for the Dodgers?
04:23Well, Tony's making $750 million.
04:26Mookie Bats like, they light up, please let me play for the Dodgers.
04:29I don't care about your taxes.
04:30I want to play for the Dodgers because they make real money.
04:33They don't care.
04:34It's like, yeah, whatever, dude.
04:35I got an accountant and it is what it is.
04:37NHL guys, think about it.
04:39Top players, top tier players are getting into this $12, $13 million a year right now.
04:44Dude, like white guys at the end of the bench, Scott, in the NBA that no one knows what their
04:48name is, they're making 18 mil.
04:50Like you know what I'm saying?
04:51So like you're an NHL player, let's say hypothetically, like, you know, good contract, you're Austin
04:56Matthews, whatever.
04:57You're making $10 million a year.
04:59You play in Toronto for the Leafs, you're $10 million, it's suddenly $6 million.
05:03You play for the Las Vegas Golden Knights, you're $10 million to $10 million.
05:09How do you compete with that, Scott?