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Praising the Florida Panthers general manager Bill Zito for pulling off the unthinkable. Brad Marchand is staying in Florida.
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00:00Oh, here you go.
00:01Mitch Marner has been traded to the Vegas Golden Knights.
00:06Mitch Marner goes to Vegas.
00:09There was some talk, you know, because that's the breakup of the Toronto team
00:14that, you know, we were kind of like at the end of the season,
00:18like, yeah, Toronto, they went all in, didn't happen.
00:21And Mitch Marner, according to Elliott Friedman,
00:24eight for $12 million a season, eight for $12, Mitch Marner.
00:32I saw someone tweet out that Aaron Eckblad left millions on the table
00:42taking that deal from Florida, like that he should be applauded
00:46because, what did he take, eight at 6.1?
00:506.1-ish, yeah.
00:52Half, man.
00:54Now, Tim Reynolds from the AP tweets out,
00:59the Panthers are close in talks with Brad Marchand and Tomas Nosek.
01:07Oh, okay.
01:08First source, even after the reported agreement with Aaron Eckblad.
01:13So.
01:17What else would Bills Dito have to do to be respected?
01:21Let me tell you something.
01:22If they are able to bring back Brad Marchand and Aaron Eckblad and Sam Bennett,
01:28wherever you are, when the news comes out,
01:33you run to the nearest place that offers Aperol spritz,
01:39and you have one for Bill Zito because that is the way you would celebrate
01:43bringing back those three guys to a Stanley Cup winning team.
01:48And may I suggest you get the Aperol spritz at the Funky Buddha Brewery Taproom
01:54in Oakland Park where it is nothing less than fantastic.
01:59That entire sentence you just said, those five names,
02:03you think any of those guys have ever had Aperol spritz?
02:07Oh, my God.
02:07I don't think they've stopped drinking Aperol spritz since they won the cup.
02:12Sam Bennett is walking up grabbing him an Aperol spritz.
02:15I believe he will drink one out of the cup.
02:18When it's his day with the cup, I think Sam Bennett will fill it with Aperol spritz.
02:23Marchand, who was double fisting with a cigar as an Aperol spritz guy.
02:27Come on, get out of here.
02:29D. Drew wants to make a good blizzard in celebration of the Panthers?
02:32It should be an Aperol spritz.
02:35What flavor is Aperol?
02:36Is it his own flavor?
02:37I think so.
02:39Here you go.
02:40Elliott Friedman.
02:41Elliott Friedman.
02:43Hearing Brad Marchand is closing in on a six-year extension in Florida.
02:49Just under $32 million.
02:54The Panthers pulled it off.
02:57Very impressive.
03:01Holy cannoli.
03:03I just got chills reading that.
03:05Holy mackerel.
03:10They making that run, baby.
03:13The window's open.
03:14Dive through the window, Zito.
03:16Brad, again, this is Elliott Friedman.
03:19If you follow hockey, he is the king of hockey news.
03:22A million followers on Twitter.
03:25Hearing Brad Marchand is closing in on a six-year extension in Florida.
03:30Just under $32 million.
03:35Yeah, so the capology of this has to be genius.
03:41We just talked about it.
03:42They only have 4.9 in the cap, and they have to sign a bunch of young players, and they just spent five.
03:47Well, here's the thing.
03:48I have been told they are going to play with three players on the ice at all times, and they will carry a roster of 15.
03:55With this roster, they might be able to.
04:00That averages out, by the way, if my math is correct, to $5.3 million per season.
04:08Yeah.
04:12Move some money around.
04:13Extend some guys.
04:15Play with the cap.
04:16This is wild.
04:17This is wild.
04:19Wow.
04:23Do you have any celebratory music, Jimmy?
04:26I, again, I don't want to celebrate it as if it's happened, but I'm pretty sure Elliott Friedman doesn't say on his tweet they pulled it off unless he's certain that they have pulled it off.
04:38So, give me something celebratory, Jimmy.
04:43Oh, that was perfect.
04:48Go, Cats, go.
04:55Holy mackerel.
05:05Well, they're there to keep all these guys.
05:07Leave it up to Zito.
05:08Yes, they will.
05:09I mean, that's so implausible because you know what happens at the end of championship seasons.
05:16Everyone always seems like they're having a great time and they go, oh, this team's going to want to be back together.
05:21And then everyone starts bailing for more money elsewhere.
05:24Like, it never happens this way.
05:27Aaron Eckblad is taking less money.
05:29Brad Marchand is taking less money.
05:31Sam Bennett took less money.
05:34Like, they love it here.
05:36And, you know, and they're all older.
05:39Like you were saying, we talked about earlier, you know, our pocket watch.
05:43Marchand's made $72 million.
05:45So, if he can make five, he might go somewhere and make seven.
05:48Like, let me stay.
05:50You could have $30 million.
05:52Stick around in Florida.
05:54Or you could have $40 million and go to Buffalo.
05:57The organization is going to do everything for us.
06:01I know the coach is a proven commodity.
06:03He's going to do the best thing for the team.
06:05And I'm playing with other Hall of Famers.
06:08I'll take a million-dollar pay cut.
06:09No problem.
06:13Might be more than that, bro.
06:14Well, Bouchard got $10.5 million per year to stay in Edmonton.
06:18There's a lot of money being thrown around.
06:20These Panthers are taking discounts.
06:23And it tells you how they feel about Paul Maurice and Bill Zito and the organization.
06:33Appel texting us because he was on with us in the 2 o'clock hour.
06:36He said, remember, in the 2 o'clock hour, I called it fantasy land that they would bring all three.
06:42We now live in fantasy land.
06:48Everyone, change your address.
06:50You now live at 123 Fantasy Land.
06:56Which is also Jimmy's favorite category on OnlyFans.
07:00You know it.
07:02You know it.
07:04Mike's too soft now, Jimmy.
07:06Yeah.
07:06Can't find that happy medium.
07:08Now, the heat will not be outdone.
07:10Then, Ira Winderman just tweets out.
07:13Huh?
07:14In addition to announcing assistant coach Eric Glass as their summer league coach,
07:20heat listing Wayne Ellington, Dan Bisaccio, and Remy Nadalye as Glass's summer assistants.
07:28I owe my beer, Panthers.
07:35What the hell is going on?
07:38I saw Solana's eyes lit up when I said Ira tweets out.
07:44Listen, Zito, real impressive, but it's not LeBron, Wade, and Bosh all in the same offseason.
07:49You know what I'm talking about?
07:50No, this is actually crazy, man.
07:54I didn't, for the life of me, think that they were going to be able to get all three of these guys back.
08:00I really didn't.
08:01I thought they were just drunk and having a good time.
08:03If you own an Italian restaurant in South Florida, we now have Baked Zito, not Baked Ziti.
08:11Everything is in celebration of Baked Zito.
08:18Is it Baked Zito?
08:20Yeah, Baked Zito.
08:22I forgot his name for a second.
08:24The Will Weedle thing messes you.
08:25You've been messing me up, too, with the Pelcom.
08:28Yeah.
08:28But from now on, you never order Baked Ziti in South Florida.
08:32You only order Baked Zito.
08:34Mm-hmm.
08:40That's funny.
08:40And he had swag when they asked him about it post-season, like a week ago, whatever.
08:45They were like, yeah, bringing the guys back.
08:47Yeah, you know, I'll talk to the guys and, you know, see what happens.
08:49You know, we'll work some things out.
08:51Don't worry about it.
08:51He's a badass.
08:52He is a badass.
08:53Bill Zito is a badass.
08:55Yeah.
08:56Talk about that.
08:58He slapped some people before.
09:01Oh, for sure.
09:03I met him one time.
09:04He just looked like he'll slap somebody.
09:08I almost want to turn it into a verb, right?
09:10Like, you just got Zito'd.
09:12I'll Zito you.
09:14Signing a six-year contract extension worth $32 million to stay with the Panthers.
09:22He is now a Panthers lifer.
09:26How do you like that, Boston?
09:27Hey, wow.
09:33That's cool.
09:35That's really cool.
09:38You know, crossing sports.
09:40Look at the Dolphins and heat rosters.
09:43You're like, hey, we'll have to do that.
09:44Do what they just did.
09:45So, the Panthers will run it back with their core.
09:53That's wild.
09:55Wild.
09:56In 2025, that is wild.
09:59We're not talking about Bob and Kachuk and all of the other guys.
10:03We're talking about the guys they retained.
10:07Them tickets are going to be through the roof.
10:09Pierre Lebrun just tweets out.
10:12I don't know what just happened to Crowder's connection there, but overly celebratory.
10:19Wow.
10:20Pierre Lebrun tweets out, Bill Zito with the hat trick.
10:24The hatty.
10:30Paul Bissonnette tweets out a gif of someone looking upward to the sky and screaming and
10:37shaking their head no.
10:44No?
10:46Wow.
10:46Somebody, Matt Murley, just a, oh, the guy's got 104,000 followers, so he's someone.
10:57Matt Murley tweets out a picture of the elbow room and says, see you again in 11 and a half
11:02months, my old friend.
11:06Let's go home.
11:08Looking like it.
11:10That is great.
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11:23Bro, Mitch Marner is headed to Vegas, but who cares?
11:26The Florida Panthers have not only broken up the Boston Bruins.
11:29They've not only made the Tampa Bay Lightnings their daddies or their sons.
11:35They have now pulled off the unthinkable back-to-back Stanley Cup finals, champions, and they bring
11:44back all three of Aaron Ekblad, Sam Bennett, the Conn Smythe trophy winner, and now the
11:53Rack King himself, Brad Marchand.
11:56Truly amazing.
11:57So, a lot of times, you see, again, at the end of a championship, guys give lip service
12:04to how much we enjoyed being around each other, and this was a great team, but then they just
12:09follow the money.
12:11And none of what you heard at the end of this season was lip service.
12:16These guys loved playing in Florida at sunrise for Paul Maurice under Bill Zito and Vinny Viola.
12:27And Doug Sifu.
12:31And Matt Caldwell.
12:33Like, this is, man, this is so rare in sports.
12:37I hope Panthers fans are appreciating this.
12:39This is so rare.
12:41And they always say, everybody we talks to say, Bill Zito finds that type of guy.
12:47You know, the certain type players, that rough, tough, willing to do whatever it takes to win,
12:52physical type player.
12:54A lot of those guys have the same personalities, too.
12:56So, it seems, you know, that's how it seems like so easily Brad can jump in with a, with
13:01a Eckblad, with a, with a Barkov, and they just understand each other, knowing, not knowing
13:06each other that long, and loving to play with each other.
13:08If I told you there were transactions in the world of sports that would involve the Panthers,
13:15the Dolphins, the Dolphins, and the Heat.
13:19And I said to you, which one of those would have the most media traction and fan excitement?
13:2815 years ago?
13:2910 years ago?
13:31No.
13:31You'd go, Panthers what?
13:33Panthers who?
13:35It would be the Heat.
13:36Maybe the Dolphins.
13:37The Panthers have usurped the Dolphins making big moves today.
13:43And the Heat have been relegated to announcing Eric Glass is their summer league coach.
13:48Important, trying to go back-to-back in the summer league.
13:53Just throwing it out there.
13:54I don't know how many of you care, but I do.
13:58It's crazy, though, that the Jalen Ramsey trade is on ESPN, but the Marcin thing is now
14:05popping up on all my little notifications.
14:07Tito Banach, former producer on this radio station, says,
14:13Bill Zito master class, Chris Greer aster class.
14:21I don't agree with it, but that's a funny tweet.
14:29Hey, man.
14:30They should have asked Bill Zito how to keep John M. Smith.
14:33He might have been able to figure it out.
14:37I like that for a new game show.
14:40Master class or aster class?
14:42What say you?
14:48I just love how upset this makes, like, Bostonians.
14:53People who live in cities where the original sticks play, like in Toronto,
14:58they were probably saying, all right, Florida wins back-to-back cups, whatever.
15:03But Brad Marchand, you know, he's not going to stay in Florida.
15:06Nobody's going to stay in Florida.
15:07They're not going to take less money to stay in Florida.
15:10And all of a sudden, Brad Marchand is taking significantly less money to play in Sunrise.
15:19Aaron Eckblad is taking less money to play in Sunrise.
15:22Like, that drives people nuts.
15:25Or the ice isn't even real ice.
15:27Like, it drives them nuts.
15:29How do you like my winter classic tickets now, everybody?
15:32That ain't bad.
15:37They'll still, they'll come.
15:39Toronto, and they'll come.
15:40They'll figure it out.
15:41They'll be fine.
15:42They're just angry people up there.
15:44It's freezing 10 months out of the year.
15:45Well, Toronto won't be.
15:46They're going to, they got to break that thing up and start again.
15:48So, Toronto, Toronto.
15:50They'll still swing back.
15:51Yeah.
15:52Vegas, though, to add Mitch Marner, Vegas is something to watch out for.
15:55Yeah, but this Mitch had to go over to the West Coast.
16:02Didn't want to have to meet up with Florida in the playoffs again.
16:06I wouldn't want to meet up with Florida if I didn't have to.
16:09It's, I know it's obvious, but the whole league is chasing the Panthers right now.
16:14They're back to back.
16:15Like, you got to figure out how to beat them.
16:16Your whole offseason is trying to beat the Panthers right now.
16:19Yep.
16:19Yep.
16:21Yep.
16:25Marlins on a seven-game win streak.
16:28Don't forget that, Hawk.
16:29How about that?
16:31It has happened before.
16:36Major League.
16:39No one's seen it.
16:45Do we build Bill Zito's statue now?
16:47No joke.
16:48Like, do we, can you do that?
16:51Josh Chappelle has tweeted out, Will Weedow.
16:55He just, when he gets some, he's riding with it.
17:00I love his dedication.
17:01Just completely ruined the whole moment.
17:06Yes, we build a statue for him.
17:06No, Solana.
17:07No, no, no.
17:10Pat Riley doesn't have a statue.
17:11Bill Zito gets one when he's still acting.
17:13He was in the middle of a dynasty.
17:16Named on the court.
17:19Well, he can name the ice after him.
17:21I don't give a damn.
17:21Man, they could rebuild Ameren Bank as a statue of his face.
17:26New scoreboard coming in next season.
17:29It might as well look like Bill Zito.
17:33Another team will try to trade for him.
17:38What a run.
17:39This is, yeah.
17:40Should go back to 11 tonight.
17:46Everybody.
17:47The entire team.
17:48Should go back to 11.
17:50Or Derek.
17:51Take over 11.
17:52Or Derek.
17:53Yeah.
17:54One of the two.
17:54Good call.
17:55Don't go to Derek Green in 11.
17:57Yeah, his stomach's going to be bad.
18:03You ever been to 11, Hawk?
18:06No.
18:0711.
18:07What the hell would I be doing at 11?
18:11Maybe we should do it.
18:12You're always trying to do show parties at these damn diners.
18:16Let's do one at 11.
18:17What would I do there?
18:20I'll show you.
18:28The last time I went to 11 was after your birthday party, Crowder.
18:32Your 40th birthday party.
18:34That's cool.
18:35Somehow stumbled my way into 11 VIP that night.
18:39Was there until 7 in the morning.
18:41Well, Hawk, we've been to, we went to, what was it?
18:44Cheetah.
18:46Well, Cheetah, I know what to do there.
18:48They have to pretend that they like me.
18:50It's the same thing.
18:50Nobody at 11 has to pretend like they like me.
18:53Yes, they do.
18:55I can't hand out a $20 bill at 11.
18:58Listen, $20 at 11 ain't getting me what $20 get me at Cheetah.
19:02But, Hawk, you walk in 11, old white dude, you know, little charisma to yourself.
19:08They're going to think you're rich.
19:09They're going to be all over you.
19:11And then what happens when they come out to the car?
19:15It's a hoopty.
19:16You say, I get over to the bathroom, and then you run.
19:20It's called Dancing Dash.
19:21But you can't wear your George Hallis 1 sock.
19:28Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
19:29I can wear anything I want to Cheetah.
19:32Oh, no.
19:32You know, it's on them to make me feel great.
19:37I go to 11.
19:38Like, no chance.
19:40I'm going to name God.
19:41I wouldn't go to 11 if you said to me, yeah, I've got a VIP roped off area.
19:45And, like, I wouldn't go.
19:47I wouldn't feel good about myself.
19:49I was at 11 last time.
19:52And it was a big group of us, but UD was in it.
19:56And so I was in the back, and I'm walking in with some Jordans on.
19:58The dude stopped me.
20:00And I had to say, I'm with him.
20:01I'm with him.
20:02Him.
20:03Him.
20:03So UD is the only person that gets you an 11 with tennis shoes on.
20:08Yeah.
20:11We'll get a table for you, Hawk.
20:14We got you.
20:14Not interested.
20:16I'm interested in a table at Moonlight Diner.
20:20Give me a table there.
20:22What you drinking, Hawk?
20:23They don't got no Aperol.
20:25Aperol Spritz is my drink.
20:27Nah.
20:28I kicked you out.
20:28And milkshakes?
20:31Yeah, they do.
20:33They got some steak in there.
20:34Something.
20:38I'll stick with Denny's in the 55-plus menu.
20:41They got grilled cheese and tomato soup at 11.
20:46Listen, you got enough money.
20:48They'll get you anything you want.
20:50Well, I don't.
20:54Hey, no joke, no.
20:55I don't check any of the boxes for a good night at 11.
21:02It's going to win.
21:03It's not even like I'm one box short.
21:06I don't check a single box.
21:08Yeah, man.
21:10Old white dudes.
21:11See?
21:12Well, I checked that box.
21:14Three.
21:14That's three boxes.
21:16No, that doesn't work, man.
21:17There's a lot that has to be packaged with old white dude for it to be a successful night at 11.
21:24And unfortunately, the only box I check is old white dude.
21:28Charismatic, look at that.
21:31Good conversation.
21:33What?
21:33Doesn't matter.
21:37No joke, though, Hawk.
21:38You talk about grilled cheese.
21:41Outside of 11, on the corner, there's literally a bar called the Corner Bar.
21:47You could look it up.
21:49The Corner Bar, it's open way late.
21:52People get out of 11.
21:54They're hammered.
21:55They're looking to sober up.
21:56And the Corner Bar sells probably the best grilled cheese in Miami.
22:01No joke.
22:02Nothing better than soaking up alcohol with a grilled cheese.
22:05You just hang out there.
22:06Johnny Rockets in the Grove.
22:08Oh, did they have a grilled cheese?
22:11That was my wheelhouse.
22:14It wasn't the partying before.
22:17It was the actual grilled cheese after.
22:19That was my wheelhouse.
22:22You come late for the early breakfast?
22:26Yeah, yeah.
22:28I go, oh, yeah, I'll meet you guys out.
22:30I show up at 3.
22:32I'll just meet you guys right at Johnny Rockets.
22:38We used to do that in college.
22:41Wait for the let out.
22:42Club closes at 2.
22:44You just wait till about 1.15, head to the club, and just stand in the parking lot.
22:48You save a lot of time spending money in the club.
22:51Yeah, I would do that at Johnny Rockets and stuff.
22:53I wait for the let out because sometimes I'll give you a discount because they don't want
22:56to just throw away their food.
22:58Hey, I ain't see you in there, baby.
23:00I was in the back.
23:01I was in the back.
23:02Oh, no, no, my bad.
23:02I was in the front.
23:03So where are y'all about to go?
23:07Schooling you, Jimmy.
23:07Jimmy, I'm schooling you.
23:08Listen to these things.
23:09Might grab you one.
23:12Yeah, definitely.
23:14Come with me.
23:14Grab a grilled cheese.
23:16Hey, I can grab a grilled cheese at the same time.
23:19Yeah.
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23:36And that's exactly what Brad Marchand signed up for, baby.
23:40That's what he signed up for.
23:42I mean, holy mackerel.
23:43It's a good thing, too, that they got him signed on June 30th, because when he feels
23:48the heat on, like, July 15th, he's going to be like, what?
23:55What?
23:58Keeping his house in Boston.
24:01Keep a summer place, Margie.
24:04Keep a summer place.
24:05Wow.
24:05What an incredible day.
24:07This is truly remarkable.
24:10Panthers fans, South Florida sports fans.
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