Off The Coast

The halfway point in the season has passed and the Pacific is the closest it’s been in a long time. Jacob, Joey, and Penn discuss disappointments, pleasant surprises, and where they think their teams will end up come May and June. Random observations: Kase, Ritchie, and Vermette have combined to form a KILLER “third” line for the Ducks, the Kings continue to persevere, keeping their playoff hopes alive even in the absence of Jonathan “Ow, My Groin” Quick, and... Oh, yeah Boedker had a hat trick. That happened.

-Intro: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dave_Depper/Compositions_3/Sportsreel

-Outro: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dave_Depper/Compositions_3/Swagger_1

-You can contact us at [email protected] or at https://www.facebook.com/cahockeytalk/ if you want to send in questions, topics you want covered, or just write nonsensical manifestos that we’ll probably read anyway.

-Listen on stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/cahockeytalk/california-hockey-talk?refid=stpr

-Or find us on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/california-hockey-talk/id1135318109?mt=2

-The Avalanche have made a good hip-hop artist acquisition by picking up Neet’s Beatz: http://www.csnbayarea.com/sharks/nieto-claimed-colorado-after-sharks-put-him-waivers

-Hertl continues to get closer to playing again. Hopefully he will be like a free trade deadline acquisition: http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/01/09/tomas-hertl-practices-sharks-hope-for-early-february-return/

Making it through the holidays with no one to talk hockey with sure was hard. The season has continued to take its toll on the health of California players: Toffoli’s mysteriously ailing, Vlasic took a slapshot to the face, and Clayton Stoner is playing bear hunting games at home while recovering from abdominal surgery. The Sharks division lead has narrowed, and pretty much everybody but Arizona has a shot at the playoffs at the moment. Yes, even you, Vancouver. Also covered: Jacob is a trumpet, Steve Downie is now the hockey world’s most unpredictable pundit, and Minnesota-Columbus was the hypest game of the season so far (WHO’DA THUNK IT?!?) Stay tuned after the outro for something I spent an embarrassing amount of time on.

-Intro: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dave_Depper/Compositions_3/Sportsreel

-Outro: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dave_Depper/Compositions_3/Swagger_1

-You can contact us at [email protected] or at https://www.facebook.com/cahockeytalk/ if you want to send in questions, topics you want covered, or just write nonsensical manifestos that we’ll probably read anyway.

-Listen on stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/cahockeytalk/california-hockey-talk?refid=stpr

-Or find us on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/california-hockey-talk/id1135318109?mt=2

-Clayton Stoner’s abs are hurt: http://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hockey/news/ducks-clayton-stoner-out-4-6-weeks-after-abdominal-surgery/

- Vlasic on injured reserve although the injury is not as serious as initially feared. http://www.csnbayarea.com/sharks/vlasic-injured-reserve-sharks-recall-mueller

-Pic of Vlasic’s face after taking a slapshot to it: https://twitter.com/Vlasic44/status/815738586393759744/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

-Hertl is starting to skate again, but not anywhere close to playing. http://www.csnbayarea.com/sharks/injured-sharks-center-hertl-gets-back-ice

- Steve Downie weighed in on… a lot of things… via twitter: http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/18342773/steve-downie-critical-don-cherry-arizona-coyotes-twitter-rant

-Silly media of the week: https://streamable.com/aelwd

Recording the day before Christmas Eve and the first day of Hanukkah, California Hockey Talk reflects on each of their team’s most infuriating tendencies, then get a Dustin Brown fact hilariously wrong. On the positive side of things, Deboer’s strategy of benching players to motivate them seems to be working, Tyler Toffoli is scoring again, and Kevin Bieksa scored on a breakaway. (!!!!!!) Also on the horizon: 3 intra-California grudge matches in the next week! Around the league, Jaromir Jagr is now number two overall in all-time NHL scoring, and Devin Dubnyk is looking like a frontrunner for the Vezina. And Celine Dion and Marcel Dionne are obviously related.

-Intro: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dave_Depper/Compositions_3/Sportsreel

-Outro: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dave_Depper/Compositions_3/Swagger_1

-You can contact us at [email protected] or at https://www.facebook.com/cahockeytalk/ if you want to send in questions, topics you want covered, or just write nonsensical manifestos that we’ll probably read anyway.

-Listen on stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/cahockeytalk/california-hockey-talk?refid=stpr

-Or find us on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/california-hockey-talk/id1135318109?mt=2

- Mike Hoffman got suspended a long time ago, but here’s some “news” about it: http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/18294264/ottawa-senators-mike-hoffman-suspended-2-games

- Nice media piece on Danny O’Regan, another Shark prospect to be excited about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La_2Mf51shc

- Two heart-stirring pieces of media that involve Titanic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQNHp8lcvbk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2WH8mHJnhM

-Celebrate the holidays with (Kr)Hampus Lindholm by singing Swedish Christmas carols poorly! https://www.instagram.com/p/BOdR2IVgHxP/

As the California teams are all out on road trips, your hosts ask themselves the important questions: Why are the Blue Jackets good? Who’s going to win the Pacific division? How do you pronounce Borowiecki? Does Joey have voodoo powers that affect Corey Perry’s skill level? Are the Kings a playoff team even with Jonathan Quick? Are the Senators the Sharks’ Eastern Conference rivals? These questions and more are discussed on this week’s episode. Does anybody even read these? I’m starting to think nobody does. I think I could make this a private diary space and no one would know.

-Intro: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dave_Depper/Compositions_3/Sportsreel

-Outro: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dave_Depper/Compositions_3/Swagger_1

-You can contact us at [email protected] or at https://www.facebook.com/cahockeytalk/ if you want to send in questions, topics you want covered, or just write nonsensical manifestos that we’ll probably read anyway.

-Listen on stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/cahockeytalk/california-hockey-talk?refid=stpr

-Or find us on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/california-hockey-talk/id1135318109?mt=2

-Officer Bobrovsky is on the case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omZPhiT2PeQ

-Source on Martin Jones’ shootout numbers. Page is weird in that players are listed as playing for old teams, but the numbers are up to date. https://www.sportingcharts.com/stats/nhl/all-time/career-goalie-shootout-save-percentage/

-Hee hee, Ryan Garbutt got waived! Wa(i)ve bye bye, kids! http://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hockey/news/ducks-ryan-garbutt-waived-thursday/

Listen on as we record from inside a bunker during the nuclear holocaust with mics that sound like they’re slowly being cooked over a cozy open fire. Yeah. Not sure what happened with this one, but we almost decided not to post it at all. Tech difficulties are fixed for next week, Jacob should have a new mic by then, so everything is coming up Milhouse right now. What do we talk about? Uhh… It’s been so long that I don’t remember. Boaty Mcboatface?

-Intro: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dave_Depper/Compositions_3/Sportsreel

-Outro: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dave_Depper/Compositions_3/Swagger_1

-You can contact us at [email protected] or at https://www.facebook.com/cahockeytalk/ if you want to send in questions, topics you want covered, or just write nonsensical manifestos that we’ll probably read anyway.

-Listen on stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/cahockeytalk/california-hockey-talk?refid=stpr

-Or find us on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/california-hockey-talk/id1135318109?mt=2

-Details on Logan Couture’s mini ankle procedure: http://www.csnbayarea.com/sharks/logan-couture-undergoes-surgical-procedure-ankle

-Article on Donskoi’s slump: http://www.csnbayarea.com/sharks/sharks-donskoi-not-getting-frustrated-during-scoring-drought

-Teddy Purcell on waivers: http://www.jewelsfromthecrown.com/2016/12/4/13834088/los-angeles-kings-teddy-purcell-clears-waivers-for-some-reason

-Andrew Cogliano lost a bet with Ryan Kesler: http://www.ocregister.com/ducks/andrew-737608-skating-ice.html

-Tomas Hertl and Tommy Wingels reading each other’s lips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf00LYpqva4

-John Scott on his career and retirement: http://www.theplayerstribune.com/john-scott-retirement/

- Another excellent Players’ Tribune article: http://www.theplayerstribune.com/2016-6-7-kerry-fraser-nhl-referee-stories/

Amidst more goalie contact-troversy, Joey, Penn and Jacob discuss their teams’ trajectories. Penn does a lot of moaning and conspiracy theorizing before raising the question: When is it and isn’t it appropriate to “let the boys play?” Also featured: milestones for Marleau and Fowler, and a very important virtual victory by Martin Jones and Brenden Dillon over Tyler Toffoli and Kyle Clifford. And guess which host didn’t get input on the title this week. :(

-Intro: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dave_Depper/Compositions_3/Sportsreel

-Outro: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dave_Depper/Compositions_3/Swagger_1

-You can contact us at [email protected] or at https://www.facebook.com/cahockeytalk/ if you want to send in questions, topics you want covered, or just write nonsensical manifestos that we’ll probably read anyway.

-Listen on stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/cahockeytalk/california-hockey-talk?refid=stpr

-Or find us on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/california-hockey-talk/id1135318109?mt=2

-Judge for yourself, I guess. https://www.nhl.com/ducks/video/garbutt-scores-on-strange-play/t-277437084/c-46775703

-Brenden Dillon and Martin Jones take on Tyler Toffoli and Kyle Clifford in NHL 17: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTXFOHyEV5A

Jacob was away for the Holidays, but Joey and Penn had nothing better to do, so they recorded an episode the day before Thanksgiving anyway. While there is plenty of fun stuff going on in the hockey world, Penn is not thankful for the slew of injuries plaguing the league, least of all the one that Tomas Hertl has suffered. Joey is not thankful for referees who blatantly miss easy goalie collision calls (although the poop has rolled downhill onto the Sharks from that event.) In other news, the Pacific learned the name and logo of their new younger brother, the Sharks dropped big money on a big contract extension, and Matt Calvert is actually a terminator with no nerves in his face.

-Intro: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dave_Depper/Compositions_3/Sportsreel

-Outro: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dave_Depper/Compositions_3/Swagger_1

-You can contact us at [email protected] or at https://www.facebook.com/cahockeytalk/ if you want to send in questions, topics you want covered, or just write nonsensical manifestos that we’ll probably read anyway.

-Listen on stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/cahockeytalk/california-hockey-talk?refid=stpr

-Or find us on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/california-hockey-talk/id1135318109?mt=2

-The Ducks were victimized by an awful call on what should not have been a goal. They have since benefitted from a similar incident though, so I don’t feel too bad for them anymore. http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/2016/11/23/13727722/ducks-islanders-shootout-goal-controversy-bernier-hickey-nhl-rules-referee

-Joey’s source for why it was a bad call: http://imgur.com/a/3itGU

-Tomas Hertl is out for some time with a knee sprain: http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/11/21/sharks-hertl-has-right-knee-sprain-will-have-minor-procedure-done-tuesday/

-Brent Burns received a contract extension for 8 years at 8 mil AAV: https://twitter.com/Real_ESPNLeBrun/status/801172517708627968

-Golden Knights, lame name, dope logo: https://www.nhl.com/goldenknights

- Matt Calvert is one tough dude (UPDATE: he is now on the IR with an upper body injury, so he may not have escaped entirely unscathed) http://fansided.com/2016/11/18/blue-jackets-matt-calvert-takes-puck-to-face-returns-to-score-goal/

The Sharks have gotten off to a great start to their roadtrip (which has since gone downhill,) the Ducks are starting to establish themselves at the top of Pacific Division, and we still can’t tell if the Kings are terrible or are going to work some Kings magic and still contend despite icing a team of goalie trainers and rink janitors. In other news, 2016 continues to be a terrible year, as injuries and bad diagnoses abound in the NHL, but at least someone finally wrote us an email.

-Intro: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dave_Depper/Compositions_3/Sportsreel

-Outro: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dave_Depper/Compositions_3/Swagger_1

-You can contact us at [email protected] or at https://www.facebook.com/cahockeytalk/ if you want to send in questions, topics you want covered, or just write nonsensical manifestos that we’ll probably read anyway.

-Listen on stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/cahockeytalk/california-hockey-talk?refid=stpr

-Or find us on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/california-hockey-talk/id1135318109?mt=2

-The Ducks made a trade this past week: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/capitals/ducks-trade-f-michael-sgarbossa-to-florida-for-f-logan-shaw/2016/11/16/62258756-ac65-11e6-8f19-21a1c65d2043_story.html

-New inductees to the Hockey Hall of Fame include ex-King Rogie Vachon and ex-Shark Sergei Makarov. https://www.hhof.com/htmlinduct/ind16prolog.shtml

-Ignoring the Sharks injury news from this week that was devastating, Karlsson was injured blocking a shot and is still DTD. https://twitter.com/CurtisPashelka/status/798238472561688576?s=09

- Brian Bickel has been diagnosed with MS, similar to the case with G Josh Harding a couple years ago https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/news/bryan-bickell-diagnosed-with-multiple-sclerosis/c-283637026

-The Pacific Division has lost an electrifying player for at least several weeks: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2670710-johnny-gaudreau-injury-updates-on-flames-lws-recovery-from-finger-surgery

-And a former electrifying-player-from-the-Pacific-Division is out with a knee injury: https://www.nhl.com/devils/news/devils-provide-update-on-lw-taylor-hall/c-283799766

-Similar to Hall’s injury but much worse in scope, Stamkos has gone down with another bad injury. Poor guy can’t catch a break: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/steven-stamkos-out-at-least-four-months-after-surgery-164859859.html

-Russel Wilson has joined the effort to bring hockey (and basketball, but who cares) to Seattle: http://www.theplayerstribune.com/russell-wilson-lets-bring-the-sonics-back-to-seattle/

The California hockey session of musical chairs continues, as this week it’s the Sharks who are bad, the Kings who are good, and the Ducks who are decent. Drew Doughty’s finally getting some rest, the Sharks PK is on fire (in a good way this season), and the Ducks continue to turn in either fantastic games or total stinkers. Trying not to get political, Jacob, Joey, and Penn also discuss dirty players, the potential end of the Las Vegas team name saga, and NHL logos. Note: Due to some availability issues, this podcast is coming out almost a week after it was recorded.

-Intro: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dave_Depper/Compositions_3/Sportsreel

-Outro: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dave_Depper/Compositions_3/Swagger_1

-You can contact us at [email protected] or at https://www.facebook.com/cahockeytalk/ if you want to send in questions, topics you want covered, or just write nonsensical manifestos that we’ll probably read anyway.

-Listen on stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/cahockeytalk/california-hockey-talk?refid=stpr

-Or find us on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/california-hockey-talk/id1135318109?mt=2

-Jacob Trouba has rescinded his trade request after signing a new contract with the Jets. https://www.nhl.com/news/winnipeg-jets-jacob-trouba-rescinds-trade-request/c-283528340

- According to Chris Johnston, the Las Vegas Naming Saga will finally end on November 22nd. https://mobile.twitter.com/reporterchris/status/795748768754831361

-Two ex-Sharks retired, one a saint, the other a sinner. http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/report-raffi-torres-retiring-professional-hockey/

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/john-scott-retires-professional-hockey/

What’s this? A third host? The Kings are no longer fair game for unanswered jabs and jeers? Editing is going to take significantly longer now? Penn and Joey no longer have to struggle to cover Kings news? Yes to all of the above. On this episode Jacob, Joey, and Penn talk about the Kings’ scoring problems, the roller coaster of emotion that hockey has become, and make game predictions that make Penn look like a moron. Also discussed: Craig Anderson’s week, an Ice scandal in New York, and details behind the release of Goon 2.

-Intro: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dave_Depper/Compositions_3/Sportsreel

-Outro: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dave_Depper/Compositions_3/Swagger_1

-You can contact us at [email protected] or at https://www.facebook.com/cahockeytalk/ if you want to send in questions, topics you want covered, or just write nonsensical manifestos that we’ll probably read anyway.

-Listen on stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/cahockeytalk/california-hockey-talk?refid=stpr

-Or find us on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/california-hockey-talk/id1135318109?mt=2

-The Kings and Ducks got into some nice team-fisticuffs the other night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckulqw9BCBE

-More ugliness included this hit from Tom Gilbert on Nick Ritchie. Gilbert was suspended three games for it: https://twitter.com/myregularface/status/793669509798359040/photo/1

-It’s way too soon to draw any conclusions, but the people over at Fear the Fin are among the many Sharks fans impressed by Kevin Labanc. http://www.fearthefin.com/2016/11/2/13489512/can-kevin-labanc-be-the-next-diamond-in-the-rough

-Lovers of hockey comedy movies rejoice, for Goon 2 has a release schedule: https://twitter.com/BaruchelNDG/status/793845281989111813

-Everyone who believed that the Islanders have CRIMINALLY bad ice has been vindicated: http://nhl.nbcsports.com/2016/11/02/report-nhl-to-investigate-bad-barclays-center-ice/

-Playing during a very trying time for his family, Craig Anderson turned into two fantastic performances and was rightfully honored by fans, teammates, opponents, and the league: http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/news/watch-senators-craig-anderson-shuts-out-oilers-after-wifes-cancer-diagnosis/