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Hello everybody. Welcome to episode 208 of Spit and Check. Let's present the by Pink Whitney, the pink lemonade flavored vodka for my

friends at New Amsterdam vodka. What's going on boys? Head into the second week of the season. There've been a few early surprises. Also a few rivalries picking up where they left off.

But before we get to that, let's say hi to the boys first.

Biz Nasty. What's going on my man? What's going on boys? Just in the desert and joining my day off had a little Twitter battle today. Don't need to get into that. But if you want to check it out, feel free to read my timeline. A lot of social justice warriors coming at me for pumping. Drew Doudy's tires for whatever reason, but that's not here nor there. There's a lot more else to talk about. But let's remember you don't want to talk about it. It makes that by producing Mikey Grinnelly. What's going on brother? I'm just. What's up guys? Pretty cool interview on T.

For today we kind of changed pace. So I'm really excited to drop this one. Where I know you you've had some relationship with this guy. So it's going to be a fun one. Yeah, absolutely. We got two interviews actually we get sports and as Ryan Leslie. He's going to come on to talk about a late development situation between Calgary and LA. And with you have a guy you work with a few years ago. And you with the penguins actually biz too. JB Spiso. How do you meet him and how do you want to get an unpertinent view with. Very special guy. I think everyone's going to have fun that we got to do this in person, which makes our interviews.

It's a little bit better, but JB's a retired sergeant major, which as far as I can tell guys I've been told that's about as high fucking up as you can get.

United States Army. So this is a guy who we go into it in depth, but he did a lot of leadership work with our team in Pittsburgh. He's done it with a bunch of teams. He started with the Rangers, but a special guy.

You guys were kind of wondering when I brought up the idea, well, what are we going to talk about? I said, don't even worry about it. Trust me, it'll be an easy conversation to have great person. So I think everyone will enjoy this.

It's a little different. We get into some hockey things for sure with all the teams he's worked with, but some some life stuff what he's been through. How much we appreciate what he's done in his life. So a true, a true legend this guy. So I think everyone will have a blast. Listen to it.

Yeah, it was good stuff. Like I said, it was something different, a little, a little off the beat and track from what we normally doing. It was pretty cool to ask him about some of them, you know, military stuff he's done because I'm he ranges man. They've done some fucking bad ass shit. So I enjoyed talking to him.

I did mention some of the teams some players getting off the hot starts, but how about the real deal James Neil with a nadi had he six goals already this season had seven all of last season.

I mean, honestly, I don't think we can be too surprised. Like I mentioned before last season was his first season that he didn't score 20 goals in the NHL guys don't drop off that quick, but six goals already business. It's pretty good to see for the old real deal.

Yeah, I mean, just I mean, I guess you could say he was a superstar at one point and then just all of a sudden fell off the map one year and I think you touched on it. Maybe it was in the midst of summertime when everything went down, but back to back years, you're going to the cup finals.

Maybe didn't have the best summer training went to a new team. I don't necessarily think him and the coach got along very well. Next thing, you know, he found himself behind the eight ball and I mean a season to forget and I think I think we all knew that a new environment was going to help him out, especially when you have a few of the best players in the world and dry sidle and me David set you up.

And by the way, another tire pump for you with that down on the earth looks very fucking good.

He sold the their team in general, man, they look awesome. I think a lot of people expected that they were going to have a better start this year because, you know, tip does run a very difficult training camp.

He does run a very structured, you know, team system. So congratulations to them. I believe I did say that I thought that they would get off to a good start based on on tip its past with going into new.

Environment. So happy for them and the real deal is fucking buzzing.

Boys, the only bad thing about watching James the real deal actually has been some good nicknames out there like what a deal what a deal James, the other ones, but I can't think of them because I'm a mutant.

Blackburn had a couple good ones, but the steel, what is it the steel James Neil? Yeah, that one that was good saw that one out there.

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