“Uncanny Valley” 11/19/24

Your Pittsburgh Penguins are living up to the flightless reputation of their mascot. And with Jake Guentzel's Tampa Bay Lightning occupying in the visitor’s locker room at PPG Paints Arena and the red-hot Winnipeg Jets licking their chops for what should be a no-brainer dub for them this coming Friday, things don’t promise to get any better any time soon.

Jordan shares a few predictions as to what fans can expect of the Penguins’ front office in the coming weeks/months, while Jeff invokes both the West World and West Wing TV universes, in a hapless attempt to illustrate a point he’s not even sure he really has.

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“Walk Softly And Carrie Furnace” 10/17/24

It’s election day. Most people we know are somewhat on-edge, while some others are simply on their outside edges. The Penguins have traveled to Long Island for an early November tilt against the Isles, so we’re here to talk hockey AND election-induced anxiety.

We cracked a couple beers for this episode, recording late on the eve of Election Day itself. It was an overdue catchup for Jeff and Jordan, one that drifted pretty far afield of your standard hockey chat podcast. If you’re already a listener of this show, it won’t be anything new for you.

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JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

This episode includes portions of the following musical selections:
Keeping Up by Blue Dot Sessions
Kid Kodi by Blue Dot Sessions

“Five Hundred Club” 10/17/24

Evgeni Malkin is the newest member of an incredibly exclusive club. Only forty-eight NHL’ers have reached the 500 goal mark, and the Russian Bear is the latest to do it - though he may be the first to do it from a seated position on the ice. Reaching the 1600 point plateau in the same game, Sidney Crosby tallied the lone assist on Malkin’s milestone goal, before himself potting the OTGWG in the Penguins’ Wednesday evening victory over Buffalo and thus triggering a Mac Miller dance party on Fifth Avenue.

Every 217 episodes or so, I forget to press record. Inexplicably, that’s just what happened at the start of what - we swear - was a memorable conversation with The Athletic’s Rob Rossi.

The trio - of Jordan DeFigio, Rob Rossi, and myself - did stick together on the call, long enough to capture a short recording of the aftermath of the sobering realization that I’d made a technical snafu. It actually made for a fun little assembly of audio, one I hope you’ll enjoy.

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JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

This episode includes portions of the following musical selections:
In Passage by Blue Dot Sessions