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Chapter 1: Who is hosting today's episode?
Yeah! Welcome! Dan Levitard Show of Friday morning, the 21st of March. Good to have you aboard. I'm Jonathan Zaslow, alongside is my pal Mike Ryan. Hello, how are you this morning?
Oh my god, I popped for that. There are local Zaslow marks in this market that remember hearing that.
I haven't done that in years. Been a little while.
I had to drag it out of you. You had a morning.
Chapter 2: What is Jonathan Zaslow's morning routine?
Well, first of all, it takes me forever to get here. So, like, I'm able to accomplish a lot in the morning. I got to get up early. I don't normally get up early, okay? I'm on my own schedule. And I got up early today and yesterday, of course. I'm glad to be back here with you today. Glad to have you back. And, yeah, so I was out last night. I was with my wife.
Sometimes you got to do date night, all right? You got to take the women out. You got to let them know that you still care about them.
First night of the tournament, though?
Well, we went to a show, all right? So I had control over that.
What are your thoughts on foreplay?
Well, either you're good at it or you're not. And I would tell you if you're good at it, you don't need to brag.
I mean, it is what it is. But you also need to fight against certain allegations and confidently stand your ground.
Some more than most.
Well, Jeremy, I'm proud of you.
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Chapter 3: How does Jonathan Zaslow feel about the Florida Panthers?
Dude, that usually means you stand the test of time. There are different search engines there, but people say, hey, go ahead and Google that for me. It doesn't matter what teleconference app you're on. Hop on the Zoom. So it's like, can I TiVo this? Was the lexicon in the lexicon forever until on-demand programming, I guess, and streaming.
So I never miss a Panther game. I mean, I'm beside myself if I have to miss a Panther game. I love that team so much. I love you, Sacha Barkoff. And so I didn't get to watch the game last night because I got home late. I was really tired. I watched the entire Panther game this morning.
All right, so I have a couple questions.
Which got the weekend start off on the right foot, by the way. You think I need that shit in my life to start a Friday morning of the Panthers losing? Come on. We're in a good mood today.
Barkoff is your boy.
He was my boy last night. He was very good.
So the first question that I have is, were you able to avoid any spoilers?
Of course. Of course. Yeah, yeah. So it's easy to avoid the spoilers last night because it's on my mind. All right, the Panthers are playing right now. Let's not check Twitter. None of that stuff. But when I woke up this morning, the first thing I did, like I go to the bathroom, I'm doing my thing, I'm on the throne. And so I'm scrolling through my phone. Before or after coffee? No, before.
First thing.
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Chapter 4: What are the highlights from the recent Panthers game?
So I'm scrolling the phone like, oh, wait, hold on. I don't want to have the Panther game swallowed for me. So then I put the phone away and I'm like, let's put the Panther game on. So I had the Panther game on when I'm getting ready in the bathroom this morning to come in and look all pretty for all you guys. And yeah, I finished the game like... Right before I got here this morning.
So you fast forward through commercials. Yeah, of course. But you watch everything.
No, I didn't fast forward through anything, any of the games. So the whole game.
So you started your morning with a 0-0.
Yeah, I watched 60 minutes of nothing.
Regulation tie. No scoring.
But it was a great game. It was. It was as good a 0-0 game could be.
That third period, the goalies stood on their head.
Great game.
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Chapter 5: What are the challenges faced by the Florida Panthers?
Well, one of the prevailing theories is that teams have gotten so good on the power play, this season in particular, that it is such an advantage that... So teams are being more careful and not taking penalties? Well, one argument could be teams are playing cleaner. But the other argument is the referees are taking note that giving a power play is... essentially gives another team a goal.
So they're being judicious, more judicious when they call these things because it is such a huge advantage.
I mean, heck, last night, the penalty at the end of regulation was just the fourth penalty called all game.
Yeah, they've been calling fewer penalties. And I think the Florida Panthers, because they're reigning defending Stanley Cup champions, they're playing a lot of games that have playoff-like atmospheres. Yeah, you're getting everyone's best punch every night. And the refs, they swallow the whistle in these games.
But if we are indeed in a new era of the NHL where the stripes are swallowing the whistle some, that benefits the Florida Panthers who are an excellent 5-on-5 team.
Great 5-on-5 team. I can't help but remember last year in the Stanley Cup Finals when you would have the matching minors and you would have the 4-on-4. What a disaster! It was like we were on the penalty kill. It was a disaster against that Edmonton team every time that you had to go four on four. But, yes, normally even strength is a positive for this team.
So my morning, my weekend got started off on the right note. I don't need to start the weekend with a Panther loss. I'd have been in a terrible mood this morning, and I want to be in a great mood for you guys. So I'm ready to go. I'm firing all cylinders here.
This road trip hasn't exactly been the best for the Panthers. And the schedule for the rest of the season, it's just.
It's going to be tough on tomorrow, too. Tomorrow, you've got Washington Capitals. Ovechkin now seven away from the record. I don't like that he's going to get that record, but it is what it is. It's futile for me to root against it.
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Chapter 6: How do personal rivalries affect sports fans?
Come on.
They're defending the Stanley Cup champions, and March Madness is March Badness. We keep trying to tell you this. It's not a good tournament. There's individual moments, but especially when the secret sauce, Tony, ain't coming through. There was secret sauce in a couple different games.
Percolating. What is the secret sauce? White guys. Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, that makes sense. 2025, baby. That's kind of always been the secret sauce for the NCAA tournament. Always has been. Always has been. Got to get a Cherokee Parks in there. Got to get a Christian Laettner in there.
Got to get a Norman Osborn hairline in there. A Jimmer for that. Yeah, Jimmer. You need the secret sauce. Roy, your thoughts? Greg Paulus.
Nah, I haven't watched a single game yet, unfortunately.
Well, it's because you're waiting for the secret sauce.
Yes, I am.
We'll get to March Madness in a second, but I do want to... button one thing up on the Florida Panthers because I think you kind of got my ass yesterday on the Brad Marchand thing. I got that ass. You got that ass. You got it. If the people in the locker room are okay with it, I got to be okay with it too. Right. But I'm also an emotional fan.
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Chapter 7: Are there any notable podcast advertisements?
I'm actually not cool with Jamal Mashburn. I'm not taking cues from Mashburn of what he likes and doesn't like. I'm not even comfortable with him sitting first row at the Heat games. Would I have been okay with Alan Houston on the team? Yeah, I mean, I would have had to have been. What, am I going to root against him? It's not like he's a bad person off the court.
I always maintain... was always rooting against Kyle Lowry. Always. I did not like that.
Well, obviously, I mean, I told you a million times. I mean, I've never disliked a Miami Heat. It's very rare that I dislike a player who's on my team. I'll find a way to root for them. And I actively disliked Kyle Lowry his entire time here. It just shows you how terrible Terry Rozier has been, the fact that I'll sit here and tell you that was a terrible trade.
But it also tells you how badly the organization wanted Lowry out.
that they were willing to trade him for rogier in a first round pick i i hated kyle lowry so there there isn't anyone in the heat's history they've had storied rivals people forget how intense that pistons rivalry was oh yeah i hated that team oh yeah like if paul pierce came to town and wore a heat jersey that's what i i think that was the comparison i made with brad marshall where it had been like if the heat trade for paul pierce and i don't want that i you think i want to move that piece of shit like i i don't i don't want him on my team i will not root for him
It's the truth. That is the truth.
What I said was the truth.
Yeah, right. And credit to me. I'll tell it to his face. He knows that.
Yeah, good for you for not backing down, man. Was I here on a day that Paul Pierce was going to be? Oh, I think David Sampson was grilling me about, why would I not want to do a show with Paul Pierce? Why would I?
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Chapter 8: How was the March Madness tournament perceived?
What did he do?
Zoe Summergroove. Everybody knows. He and Mackenzie Wieger both know what they did.
Well, Mackenzie Wieger definitely knows what he did. He definitely knows what he did.
Bad defense, man.
That was a terrible night.
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