Brad Marchand's First goal as a Panther!

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Road to a Repeat! The Florida Panthers give the Detroit Red Wings the business, beating them 4 to 1. Tobin officially welcomes Brad Marchand to the team after scoring his first goal as a Florida Panther! Our boy Mackie Samoskevich lights up the lamp as well!

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00:00It's a Friday.

00:01It's a Playa Friday.

00:02Hey, you play a game like that, I got to break out the play.

00:08Let's get to Road to Repeat here.

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00:23Ooh, how's that taste, Leroy?

00:24How's that taste?

00:25Delicious.

00:26It tastes, you know what it tastes like?

00:27It tastes like Marshawn got his first goal.

00:34Ustaff Forsling dove in front of another puck

00:37and scared the hell out of me.

00:38Yeah.

00:39And Mackie.

00:42The Mack man.

00:43Mackie does.

00:44Man, what a year he's had.

00:45You come on our show.

00:47You come on our show, you're going to do well.

00:50Listen, I think Moeller might want to buy a lottery ticket

00:53the way the Panthers' mojo is working for this show right now.

00:58Yep.

00:59And yesterday, the Panthers basically put a dagger in the old Detroit Red Wings season yesterday.

01:05They were fighting for everything, and the Panthers said,

01:07that's cute.

01:08And they smoked him.

01:12Smoked him.

01:13Not only that, it...

01:16I was more impressed with...

01:18There was probably two or three minutes

01:20where the Panthers couldn't clear the puck,

01:24but Detroit wasn't really doing anything either.

01:29and Bob was just...

01:32I mean, he's the only goalie that sometimes you'll see him,

01:36and he'll be on his back.

01:38He'll do gymnastics.

01:40Like, he does all kind of crazy stuff.

01:43I love that about him.

01:44Mackie yesterday had a 360 spin goal.

01:49Oh, my goodness.

01:50Caught him off guard.

01:51I was like, whoo-hoo!

01:53You know what I'm still amazed at?

01:56The redirect.

01:57Correct.

01:58It's very impressive.

02:00It's like, just to put a stick and go,

02:02no, go that way.

02:05Because keep in mind,

02:06like, these pucks are shot at a minimum of, what,

02:0975, 80 miles an hour?

02:11Yeah, it hurts.

02:12And you're plucking it out of the air.

02:17My favorite is when the goalie goes.

02:22It's like, damn it.

02:24Damn it.

02:24Missed that one.

02:25Let me get the call last night.

02:27Can we get Doug Plagans on the call last night,

02:29Marcos, of Brad Marchand's first Panthers goal on WQAM.

02:34Marchand had it taken away.

02:36Now the puck nudged along,

02:38but a one-hand feed from Petrie never got to Kane.

02:41Back in come the Panthers on the counter.

02:42Belinskis in front of kids,

02:43and they score, and it's Brad Marchand!

02:46His first goal as a Florida Panther,

02:48and it gives the Panthers a 3-1 lead with 3.39 to play

02:52here in the second.

02:54What a setup and what a finish,

02:56and Brad Marchand cashes in.

02:5922nd goal of the season,

03:01but the first one that mattered.

03:02I was, you know,

03:04I don't normally get the goosies for things like this,

03:08right?

03:09But it goes to show you how guys are

03:15when somebody's on their team.

03:18You see how happy they were for him?

03:20Yes.

03:21I mean, like, yeah, that, that, I like that.

03:24That's what I miss about sports.

03:27I don't miss necessarily the success.

03:30I miss the sharing of it with the guys you go to battle with.

03:35Dade South says,

03:37so is he safe from the Yotes, Tobin?

03:39He's safe.

03:40He tuned it up.

03:42Okay, Dade South.

03:43A little TTL, baby.

03:45We've been at this for a while.

03:47You have been loyal to us every day,

03:51making fun of us or whatever.

03:56You know damn well

03:58the next game,

04:01if Marchand does something crazy,

04:03Tobin's back.

04:04So to ask him,

04:06is he safe from the Yotes?

04:07That's not fair.

04:08It's temporary.

04:09No, I just wanted to see.

04:11He made you feel good right now.

04:13Welcome to the Cats.

04:16Welcome to the Cats.

04:18I mean, anybody score 82 goals?

04:22Oh.

04:23No.

04:24You sure?

04:25Which means that most hockey players

04:28don't score every goal,

04:29every game.

04:30you,

04:32for some strange reason,

04:34you want to send people to the Yotes

04:37for not scoring every night.

04:39Wayne Gretzky scored 92 goals

04:41in 81-82.

04:43You weren't even born.

04:46Here.

04:48Any stat you present to me,

04:51your ass had better been alive.

04:53Not fair, dude.

04:54You asked if it happened.

04:55That's not,

04:56you don't know that.

04:57That's called reading.

04:58Did it twice.

05:00One time he scored 87.

05:01Two times.

05:03Brett Holt did it.

05:03Anybody else?

05:05Brett Holt did it when I was born.

05:07How many goals?

05:0986 in 1991.

05:11Okay.

05:12And Mario Lemieux had 85

05:15when I was pooping my pants.

05:18Right.

05:19In 88-89.

05:21So there you have it.

05:23College.

05:25No.

05:26Who I was.

05:29I was playing in the Rose Bowl.

05:33RBA Richie says,

05:35Tobin's sports love

05:36is not based on merit,

05:37but Goosey's.

05:38Correct.

05:40I don't think that's fair.

05:41So,

05:41if he don't get all warm and fuzzy

05:44when he watch you play,

05:45then he's sending your ass

05:46to the Yotes.

05:48Mackie Samiskevich

05:49also scored yesterday.

05:50Here is the Panthers' rookie's goal.

05:52Down behind the net.

05:54It rims around near corner

05:56and Sider bumps Barkov.

05:57Puck goes all the way out

05:58to the right point.

05:59Forsling is there.

06:00Has it straight on.

06:01Looks out front.

06:02Samiskevich.

06:02Turn around.

06:02Tony scores!

06:04Mackie Samiskevich.

06:06Top corner.

06:07And the Panthers have a 2-1 lead.

06:11Yeah.

06:12That's good.

06:13I mean,

06:14that was the coolest goal.

06:17Yep.

06:17Because he kind of loved them to sleep.

06:20Just swung around and shot it.

06:23And they're like,

06:24look at how he controlled the puck

06:26and was able to get it.

06:27I'm like,

06:27he wasn't.

06:28He was just getting shot on goal.

06:30I wonder how many Michigan Wolverines

06:31have won the Stanley Cup.

06:37I'm going to look that up.

06:38There's been a couple.

06:39I'm sure there has been,

06:40but I mean,

06:40you guys have a good hockey program,

06:41but I wonder how many.

06:42Yeah,

06:42they're usually always in the frozen four.

06:45Paul Maurice.

06:46This is him on Mackie Samiskevich yesterday.

06:49This is what the genius head coach of the Panthers.

06:52Is he in the town play in a little bit

06:53because he's a young fella?

06:55I don't know.

06:55We'll hear from him.

06:56What does he have to say?

06:58Highly unusual for a young man

06:59to cover the distance that he's covered

07:01because he was still physical in the game

07:03and hard where he needed to be.

07:06And he's played now with every single line

07:08in every section.

07:09Good for him.

07:10to his credit

07:13because you don't see young guys

07:15come in and learn the hard things

07:16and be willing to do the hard things

07:18as quickly as he has.

07:19Three Michigan Wolverines

07:21have won the Stanley Cup

07:22according to Google.

07:26Andrew Cogliano,

07:29JT Comfer,

07:30and Jack Johnson.

07:31They all won the Cup

07:32with the Colorado Avalanche in 2022.

07:34That's pretty crazy.

07:35So all three of them on one team?

07:37That must have been a good Wolverines team.

07:39Yeah.

07:40Oh, yeah.

07:41All right.

07:42So he could be

07:42so he could be

07:43the fourth to do it,

07:45but only the second one

07:46on the team to do it.

07:47That'd be kind of cool.

07:48Yeah.

07:48I googled the same way I did.

07:51How many Michigan Wolverines

07:52have won the Stanley Cup?

07:53Yeah,

07:54because I see that

07:55and then that sentence

07:56continues to say

07:57these three players

07:57make the 11th,

07:5812th,

07:59and 13th Wolverines

08:00to have their names

08:01on the Cup.

08:01Oh, that is weird.

08:02Why does Google suck like that?

08:03It doesn't now, dude.

08:05I'm talking to you.

08:06It doesn't now.

08:06Hey, hey.

08:08Yeah.

08:08Because they went

08:09to the last Wolverines,

08:11but here's what's funny

08:13about that.

08:15You guys pulled up

08:16the same information.

08:17Yep.

08:18Old Tobes.

08:20Old Tobes.

08:21Stop.

08:22Old Tobes.

08:25I'll take it.

08:26I'll take my minus one.

08:27I'll take it.

08:28You know what?

08:29They Google in.

08:29I apologize.

08:31Deception for lying.

08:32My bad.

08:34And Marcos goes,

08:36me and you re-Google

08:37totally different

08:38because my Google says.

08:40I've been caught that way.

08:41Deception.

08:42I got caught that way.

08:43I apologize.

08:44Remember when I told you

08:44the Heat only had

08:45a nine-game losing streak?

08:47Hey, I thought

08:50I thought

08:51that I was in school

08:53with a couple of guys

08:55that won the Stanley Cup.

08:57And that's why I kind of

08:58that sounded weird.

09:01That was the most recent.

09:04And all on the same team,

09:05though.

09:05That also was crazy.

09:07All right.

09:09Well,

09:11Winter Olympic medalist,

09:12All-Americans,

09:14Wolverines in the NHL.

09:15How many have won

09:18the damn Stanley Cup?

09:21Crazy.

09:23Let's hear a little bit

09:24from Brad Marsh,

09:25and this is why

09:26he's enjoying his time

09:27with the Panthers.

09:28By the way,

09:29he's a small dude.

09:31Yeah.

09:32Very small.

09:32I'm just enjoying

09:35this whole journey.

09:36It's such a unique experience

09:39for myself,

09:40and I've been part

09:42of really good teams

09:43that have accomplished

09:44big things

09:45and some that haven't.

09:46And regardless,

09:47what you realize

09:48is that these opportunities

09:49are very few

09:51and far between.

09:52And you get to enjoy

09:53every day in this league,

09:55and I'm having a lot

09:55of fun right now.

09:57The guys are awesome.

09:58You know,

09:59really starting to build

10:00some chemistry

10:01with everyone

10:02and just feeling

10:04more comfortable

10:04every day.

10:05So, I mean,

10:06it's fun to be part

10:07of a winning group

10:07and to be out there

10:09with these guys right now.

10:11Hmm.

10:12A lot of Panthers.

10:13A lot of Michigan

10:14Wolverine champions.

10:16How about that?

10:17Good school.

10:19Good school.

10:20I can name all

10:21of the schools

10:22that University of Denver.

10:26Good hockey team.

10:28Good hockey team.

10:28We did this already.

10:28Yeah, we named

10:29all the Frozen Forks.

10:30Oh, yeah.

10:31We did this bit.

10:33And this, yeah,

10:35Marchand,

10:36this is a little bit more

10:36on him on why he loves

10:37the Panthers' style of play.

10:40I love the messaging.

10:41I think that's

10:42one of the biggest things

10:44is that the messaging

10:46that the team

10:47portrays in the room

10:49and on the bench

10:50is very simple to follow

10:51and very direct.

10:54You know,

10:55and it's a very

10:56aggressive style.

10:56I mean,

10:57that is, you know,

10:58kind of how I play.

11:00But it's just something

11:02that they put a system

11:03together that every guy

11:05can follow

11:05and every guy can play

11:07regardless of your skill

11:09or your talent

11:10or your physicality level.

11:12The expectations

11:13are the same

11:14right through the lineup

11:14and the way that

11:16it comes across

11:17in the room.

11:18You know,

11:18they get you amped up

11:19to want to play

11:19the right way

11:20and at the end of the day

11:22they're building

11:22for something bigger

11:23and you want to be

11:24part of that.

11:26Very cool.

11:27And, of course,

11:28Panthers doing it yesterday

11:29still not all the way

11:31healthy.

11:31We got the word yesterday

11:33that Ekblad is now

11:34allowed to do

11:34team activities

11:36to get ready

11:36for the postseason.

11:38Although it sounds like

11:39Maurice is going to keep

11:41Seth Jones with Mikola

11:42to start things off.

11:43He likes their chemistry

11:44together.

11:45And we should be getting...

11:46Plus, they're really big.

11:47It also sounds like

11:48Kulikov is going to

11:49maybe get a game

11:50before the postseason

11:51as well.

11:52So, that's good news.

11:53And then, of course,

11:54we know Bennett's resting up.

11:54They look good

11:54with all those guys out.

11:56They still looked

11:57really good last night.

11:59Take a break.

11:59I should also mention

12:00Barky scored yesterday.

12:0120 goals on the season

12:02for Barky.

12:03Wait.

12:04Did he?

12:04Is it?

12:05They said he had,

12:06what,

12:0710 straight seasons

12:08with 20 goals?

12:09That's right.

12:11Crazy.

12:12Crazy.

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