Jason Robertson is 23, Filipino-American, and #1 in NHL Goals (Pablo is Excited)

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🗓️ 7 December 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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You may be familiar with some of the NHL’s biggest stars. Names like Sidney Crosby, Alexander Ovechkin, and Connor McDavid have transcended the sport…but there’s a new star in Dallas who is currently rising above ALL of them. Jason Robertson is a 23-year-old winger for the Dallas Stars, leads the NHL in goals…and is in the conversation for MVP. So we called in our old friend Emily Kaplan, and she tells us everything about hockey’s latest phenom…including why he’s now Pablo’s favorite hockey player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	So in general, I like to at least maintain the illusion of objectivity.
0:07.8	Emily, when I do this pod, like I like to make it seem like maybe the story we're covering
0:13.3	here did not come from my mind as some sort of like fan fiction, but this feels like
0:19.6	it's going to be impossible today.
0:21.4	Pablo, this is going to be a sufferable episode for everybody else except for you.
0:25.8	I kid I kid, but I do know about you.
0:29.1	This is the one thing I know is that you're a Filipino American and one of your defining
0:32.8	personality traits is basking in the success of other Filipinos.
0:37.5	So yes, this is going to be impossible.
0:39.3	Yes, because the person that we are here to introduce our audience to, the person you've
0:44.1	profiled is who?
0:46.1	One of the most dominant players in the NHL right now, the guy getting the most buzz of
0:50.4	the season's first two months and emerging face of this league.
0:53.9	His name is Jason Robertson.
0:55.9	He's a winger for the Dallas stars and he is indeed Filipino American.
1:00.0	Yeah, I didn't think this was possible.
1:03.8	Can I say that up top?
1:05.0	I didn't think that we made Jason Robertson's.
1:08.6	So just level with me here.
1:10.2	Like I guess you have to be the person who is bringing truth and balance here.
1:15.3	How good is he?
1:17.0	Pablo, he's really, really good.
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