The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Hockey Show: Roy Campaigns for Sidney Crosby (feat. Arda Öcal)
Fri, 04 Apr 2025
Roy, David, and Ethan kick off this week's show by discussing the controversy swirling around the New York Islanders after Patrick Roy's harsh comments directed at Anthony Duclair. Then, they dive into their wins and fails of the week, including the St. Louis Blues' use of Jobu as a good-luck charm, Penn State hockey advancing to the Final Four, and the Pittsburgh Penguins' plan for covering Alexander Ovechkin on his hunt for 895. Then, Arda Öcal of ESPN joins the show and gets Roy to campaign for Sidney Crosby as the greatest player in NHL history. Also, he discusses the wild finish to the Wild Card races in each conference and Jalen Chatfield's nasty takedown of Connor McMichael. Finally, the boys recap a tough week for the Florida Panthers and analyze how Brad Marchand has fit in in his first few games as a Cat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: What controversy surrounds the New York Islanders?
It's a big day, boys. Big weekend. Big weekend. I'll get to it. I'll explain it all.
Yeah, you don't have to. We don't talk about that here. This is the hockey show. We talk hockey. We got Otto Okao from ESPN on later. If you are watching on DraftKings Network, you can watch that on YouTube by going to the Levitar YouTube page. That's Levitar and Friends. Search out the playlist, and we are on the hockey show folder. So you can watch it there, or you can listen on the podcast.
It's an excellent explanation. Yeah, thank you. I appreciate you. I appreciate you. All right, so let's start off with the New York Islanders so I can continue. Your favorite topic. Yeah, I need to continue the streak of bashing them for signing racists. All right, so the New York Islanders have lost to the Lightning and effectively was knocked out of playoff contention basically on Wednesday.
Chapter 2: Why is Patrick Roy critiquing Anthony Duclair?
And during the postgame scrum, Patrick Raw had some ire towards Anthony Duclair. Here's the sound.
Duke, Claire played only a little over 12 minutes. He was god-awful. He was god-awful. He had a bad game. That's why I didn't play him a lot. And he's lucky to be in the lineup. Sorry if I lose it on him right now, but that's all I feel. Just what are you seeing that he's not doing? He's not skating, he's not competing, he's not moving his feet. He's not playing up to what we expect from him.
Do you feel like that's an effort thing? I think it's an effort thing.
Okay. Credit to the journalist there for the quick follow-ups.
That's not easy in the moment. The PR staff for the Islanders actually cut the video portion of that short because that didn't sound too good. So, yeah, I got to say Patrick Raw is probably right about Duclair. Seven goals and four assists for 11 points in 44 games. That's not going to get it done. But he did get injured earlier in the season with a
groin injury yes and so and for a guy whose game is predicated on speed as we know anthony duclair he's a fast guy he flies up the wing that's like what his bread and butter is yeah to basically cut one of his legs out from under him with a groin injury like even when he came back i'm willing to bet that he wasn't at 100 just because you know how groin injuries are they can take a long time for you to heal yeah now you can play through it but when your game is based on being able to move your legs at 100 speed speed speed
Like that would really cut into his ability to perform at the best of his abilities. So it's not terribly surprising. What is surprising is for the coach to call him out so publicly like that.
Yeah, and that's the physical side of it, by the way. The emotional side is, even before the season started, Lou Lamorello, who was the GM of the Islanders, is still going by this archaic rule of keeping your hair short and having facial hair. There's a lot more to the rules on this team that's just ridiculous. The Yankees aren't even using that.
I was just going to say, who does Lou Lamorello think he is? The Yankees dropped their...
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Chapter 3: What are the wins and fails in hockey this week?
He is a valuable player, and I'm sure there would be a market for him if the Islanders put him out there.
No, he automatically changes your transition offense when he's on your club, when he's fully healthy. And he's just going to have to heal. And that's what we're looking at on the island. And just ridiculous.
Makes me think of Vincent Trocek back when he finished his time with the Panthers. He went on to Carolina and then the Rangers. His last year or so with the Panthers, he had suffered two different ankle injuries. Yeah. Speed was such a big part of his game that it took him a while to get back to where he's.
But now, you know, Vincent Trocek is the great two-way center that we always knew he would be. Guys have to heal. When their game is based on lower body strength, they got to go through it.
And I remember the last day I saw Vincent Trocek in a Panthers uniform. We were in the locker room and I saw him and he was amazing. about as depressed as I've ever seen an actual athlete live. It looked like he was told that he was being traded. And that's eventually what happened. He was traded. So, yeah, that's one of those situations where you got to go like, man, I'm sorry, dude.
He's doing okay now. I think he's pretty happy.
Well, the Rangers are not having a great year, but I think his career-wise, I think he's doing okay.
Oh, absolutely. Let's get into our wins and fails presented by Jägermeister. Serve it cold or don't serve it at all. Jägermeister. Damn, that's cold. For more, visit Jägermeister.com. Drink responsibly. David, your win of the week.
My win of the week, it's in St. Louis. The middle of the country. One of the best teams in the NHL lately. What have they won? 11 straight games now. It all drives back to something I know we love. Ethan, I think you love it. You're a baseball guy. It's Jobu. Jobu.
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Chapter 4: Why are the St. Louis Blues using Jobu as a good-luck charm?
Oh, is this in Chicago? No, that wasn't in Chicago.
No, that was not Chicago. That was the one minor league-ass goal horn, by the way.
It is the classic!
and the first time in their program history
And it looks as though Cinderella's glass slipper is going to fit their paw.
Oh, there's a paw. There's a paw. My cousin went to Penn State, so I love my Penn State Nittany Lions.
Oh, dude.
And that call was incredible. I'm really excited for the Frozen Four coming up next week. And obviously, I've got my squad. And the Gators are in the Final Four as well, so it's a good time to be a Badowski.
All right, Fails of the Week, David. From the same game, actually. My Fail of the Week is from when Penn State defenseman Nick Faja lit up UConn forward Tristan Frazier. He tried pulling the Michigan in overtime. Here it is right here. And boom! Leveled him. Oh, what a beautiful, beautiful hit.
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Chapter 5: How did Penn State hockey advance to the Frozen Four?
Sidney Crosby's assist last night, this was last night's game, extended his point streak to 11 games, marking the longest point streak by a player age 37 or older Since Nicholas Lidstrom in Detroit in 2010-2011. What are we doing now? What's the point of that stat? On March 18th, Sidney Crosby surpassed Wayne Gretzky for the fourth most points for a single franchise in NHL history for 16-70.
That was back on March 18th. Fourth most we're celebrating. Yeah, fourth most. On March 11th. Sidney Crosby registered his 105th multi-goal game, which is ranked second among active players behind Alexander Ovechkin. Artur, what the f*** are we doing?
What you're doing is making the case for Sidney Crosby to be the greatest player of all time.
You're just reading off amazing stats about Sidney Crosby. You have quote unquote one of the great players of all time. He's top five in everything.
What are we doing?
To be fair, though, to be fair, throughout the great chase, there's also been the super obscure Alex Ovechkin. Like, hey, did you know that Alex Ovechkin has scored on the most goaltenders in NHL history?
I like that stat. That is a good stat. That is a good stat.
You like that stat because it's about Ovechkin. Sorry, Roy. My bad, Roy. If Crosby had scored on 182 goalies, he'd be like, oh, this sucks.
I hate that stat.
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Chapter 6: What is Roy Bellamy's take on Sidney Crosby's legacy?
I'm loving that we're just pulling out stats out of everywhere and trying to diminish Sidney Crosby's impact on hockey. It's my job. Where do you put Sid? Top what? 100, 200, 500, 1,000. You're not going to like this answer.
Just about, yeah. Come on. Yeah, yes. I mean, come on. We got Gordie Howe.
Obscurity statistics aside. Paul the Rocket Rashard.
Maurice Rashard. Ned Gretzky. Like, what are we doing here?
Ned Gretzky.
Wayne Gretzky's brother.
E2 Lusteranian. Yager, Yager, and everybody, yeah. Yes, everybody excelled. Yeah, all right, let's move on.
All right, I've got a non-Crosby question for you, Arda.
Thank God.
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