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Stanley Cup is arguably the hardest
trophy to win even for these guys and
the all-time greats that’s why we’re
saluting the greatest players to never
win the Cup today on the line
welcome to the lineup the game show
that’s basically a 22-minute
bench-clearing brawl
I’m your host Adam Bree good to have you
with us and let’s see what guess we’ve
got lined up welcome to the show Paul
ash you’re a comedian you’ve worked as
an emcee at comic-con and you have a
special relationship with a love doctor
a who’s a love doctor and B what’s the
relationship to the love doctor is like
a sex advice columnist without actual
calm he does a live channel the
relationship is we share a body you see
where this is going you know just leave
it there McMahon welcome to the show you
are a philanthropist and a successful
radio host but your first time on air
Sean McMahon was a little bit rough it
was it was epic yeah I was 18
fresh-faced in the newsroom I remember
it like it was yesterday and I was given
a sports support for a couple of minutes
and I jumped it was passionate and there
was a ton of energy and and people
waving and gesticulate and I thought
what they’re very supportive and it
turned out I never turned my microphone
on and I still somehow have a career so
I love that yeah I remember that
welcome to the show dang right to be you
guys going to be faced off against team
blue derek phase you’re a morning show
host successful one in a rig announcer
for an annual charity boxing match call
ringside for you first of all tell me do
you ever want to get in here I just suck
these guys know it’s a great event
because we bring in special guests so
you know boxers from the past smokin Joe
Frazier we brought in Evander Holyfield
Sugar Ray Leonard like that you look at
some of these guys and they’re still in
great shape there’s not a chance I’d get
in the ring with any of those really
imposter oh you are a mojo holic and a
huge hockey fan the producers a
WatchMojo gave you an opportunity to be
right here on the lineup were you gonna
bring it I’m gonna bring it today I’m
gonna bring it love it appreciate
wakamoto for letting me participate in a
great show you got it teams welcome to
the lineup over the next three periods
our teams are going to engage in a
battle of knowledge and strategy on
their way to creating a list of the
greatest players to never win the Cup
the Hopkins and WatchMojo selected 20
players who they feel are most likely to
make this list gentlemen this is your
draft pool for this draft forward
saluting players who are still in the
league since of course they still have a
shot every June the top of the mountain
just for fun we’ve hit in a couple of
names those are wild cards teams you can
pick those at any time by the way and
we’ve also selected a player who we feel
is most likely to be at the top of the
list
and that is our MVP the fifth highest
scorer of all time can you imagine that
Marcel Dionne
resolved table for now Sean how
important is a championship in terms of
determining your legacy and how people
remember you I think it’s very important
I mean you you play to win the game and
I think it’s fair for us to evaluate a
player based on whether or not they want
the championship because if you’d ask
that player who’s a competitor who plays
the game for that reason to evaluate
their own career they can probably
factor that in based on their own
personal success
absolutely you got it you got to put
that in there for people oh sure you
agree with that
I actually don’t agree with that now I
understand what Julian I don’t agree
there there are some great players you
know sometimes the rest of the team
around you isn’t you know it isn’t as
good as it needs to be for you to win
that championship but you still put up
incredible numbers Dan Marino’s there
anyway he’s the real thing right is
being unlucky not a real thing in sports
and anything look at some of these guys
I don’t think Marcel Dionne is one of
the greatest players of all time and
most recent to Alex Ovechkin it’s not
like a marvelous all right you got me
sold for now in the area age all right
gentlemen you saw the drop pool it’s
time for the entry draft in the entry
draft each team will have a chance to
pick some players to get them started
we’ll go back and forth playground style
until both teams have their first three
players you guys want everything but the
Stanley Cup backstage we’ll give you
first pick all right what do you think
bud I think we’re going to go with Peter
Stastny first take second most points in
the eighties man
after only Gretzky we got to go with
Peter stats yeah all right your counter
pick team red I think we should go Mike
Gartner is a guy who should have won if
it wasn’t traded away at the deadline he
would have won in 94 with the with the
Rangers so this is a guy who had over
700 goals and never won a Cup that’s a
travesty
Mike Gardner is the first picnic
tremendous player obvious all right
thanks guys
on a night that we appreciated that you
brought up some great points Julian as
far as Pierce taffy is concerned he’s
also the first player in league history
to rack up a hundred points in his
working season staff he became the
second highest scorer of the eighth as
you mentioned before and the closest he
came to a cup was in 1982 and 1985 where
the Nordiques fell in the Conference
Finals suppose that I’m lucky right your
second pick team look we are going to go
with Dale Howard Chuck and I was Chuck
really six seasons over 100 points great
player I put them ahead of my Gardner
that’s for sure that’s 400 he’s on our
ten pics you could have done this a lot
like yeah uh yeah Mike Gartner would
have been about my hey Paul I’ve
something for the next big what do you
got
ah at this point I need you picked yeah
it’s going to be Ron Hextall Ron Hextall
oh are you guys even discussing this
sure
careers a percentage below nine hundred
I hope you guys know that heck’s all saw
most of his career honors come from his
rookie season in 1987 where he won the
Besner and the Conn Smythe
despite his stellar performance Hextall
the Flyers would stall to the Oilers in
the Cup final that same year all right
should I had one your final pick team
blue let’s go Pavel Bure II have a real
Rockets man bringing on the team led the
league in scoring three times with two
different teams came closest to winning
it all in 1994 when the Canucks lost to
the Rangers in a cup final see what are
you guys gonna bring it come on not an
easy one we’re gonna go with Dino
Ciccarelli a guy who took more abuse
than anybody in the draft pool and still
put up monster numbers with over 600
goals in his career I mean what a
phenomenal player to not have a cup is
really a shame great player all right
teams you guys are cruising along with
some fantastic picks where we are quite
get it up to the next period of time
again if our teams really want to bring
it for the next seven draft picks
they’ll need to rely on their hockey
knowledge because team nights is all
about trivia every time a team answers a
question correctly they get to drop
first the first two questions are a one
on one from your showdown whoever buzzes
in first gets to answer if they get it
wrong the other team could seal and if
neither of them get it right the person
divided first one for them gets the pick
Julian Paul come on up do it go Julian
blood Paul
I like the chinstrap missing you like
that Paul you know what you know what
that house to me I’m just saying I do
look sorry I’m new to relationship it’s
okay in a relationship your question is
after a team wins a cup every player
gets to deal with it resulting in some
pretty outrageous stories after the
Avalanche won the Cup in 96 defense
intensive and o-fag used his personal
day with the cup to perform what kind of
ceremony I have no idea go ahead did you
just offer it over yeah okay that
strategy record no that could be
friendly out that cooking up go buy some
horse what’s the answer
Sarah I’m going to say wedding ah so
close to the baptism uh-oh it wasn’t the
cursing I wasn’t the first time that
happened her the only time Thomas
holster brought the cup home to Sweden
so his cousin could also baptize his
daughter in the cup too good look at you
with a mango TV show back there
gentlemen pull up the Oracle who’s ready
Sophie right for a pic go ahead all
right want to go with sayeth the man
we’re gonna go with says you bet parole
first pick all time for the Buffalo
Sabres in 1970 probably the still their
greatest player of all time that ever
wore that Jersey paplu for 1326 pointed
in 1191 game yeah pile-up oh there’s
number two we give me that yeah
absolutely not burned out key Brad your
counter pick we’re going to go the wild
card we’re going to take wild card
number – what’s up tall decision no Ron
Hextall was Paul’s it’s okay okay
hopefully hopefully there’s our goalie
there eh Paul no more on the let me make
maybe Curtis Joseph is there an Kuja why
is he not on this Liddy he’s got more
wins of any goalie
there’s also another player who doesn’t
have a cup on a side note while car to
mats sundin it almost all time leading
point gator and was inducted into the
Hall of Fame in 2012 on his first ballot
came closest to a cup in 1999 where the
Leafs lost in five games in the Eastern
Conference final fantastic all right
Sean I love I love this I was going to
get on if I could he play for the Leafs
Sean Garrett come on of your life
can we shake a hands I feel like no no I
don’t know we’re not know or now I’ll
probably come out none because when a
moment here we go
in the 1993 playoffs which defending
champion did the Islanders upset in a
seven-game series the first that is
correct
the Pittsburgh Penguins the Pens were
two-time champs in 91 92 and were
heavily favored in 93 which was course
was won by Montreal Canadiens of course
a year has it been a while how’d you
guys go back a while pretty canadian
never mind that I’m called raffle and
you burned yourself be rightfully you
next pick team red you’re back in it we
were talking about this before and you
mentioned him just a moment ago we’re
going to go with Pat LaFontaine because
he really is one of the
latest players you’re reacting to that
Bernie oh yeah oh don’t worry and they
left the guy we want up doing all good
all right who is that your pick team
blue give us the greatest playmaker of
all time wild coming wild card number
one please
Adam Oates wild card number one a
five-time NHL all-star who had his best
years in st. Louis in Boston including a
142 points season with the Bruns he lost
in two Stanley Cup Finals first with the
Capitals in 1998 and again with the
Ducks in 2003 1079 assists and no mental
danly cups well by your vivid for a
numbers all right gentlemen few
questions we’re up in the States forget
one pick boring teams now get to also
the winner of this round gets a chance
to really mess things up and force the
other team to a trade so they can take
their pick that they really regret and
swap it out for the other teams golden
boy I’ll read out a question that will
require a team to place four items in
the right order
teams can choose to play the question or
pass it being right brings you the next
pick
here we go the question for your team
red whether you choose to christen your
child in it or not hoisting the cup is
sweet which makes long stretches without
a championship so painful for the
players on the fans Lake place these
family cup droughts in order from
longest to shortest before I give you
your options you wish to play or you
just want to pass it over to these guys
pretty bad we got passed by the pound
okay let’s do it let’s see if he he
actually has the Cape all right because
your friend of the red I got confidence
in him your options are Philadelphia
Flyers Toronto Maple Leafs Calgary
Flames New York Islanders go polish what
would you do with the cup for a day
charge admission
yeah some money make some money John OS
easy two words margarita just fill it up
rim it party yeah if I don’t no no no
just fill it with pillowy boobs have a
good time yes of course you also part of
the rim no yeah oh that’s Harnish one
large amaretto sour your wife is right
sure why not we a lot of fun team blue
here take a look constant here we go
it’s in there we ask you to play see
Stanley Cup draw it in order Mon one
just assured us you said the lease
flames Flyers and New York Islanders and
that is incorrect
if the Maple Leafs the Philadelphia
Flyers New York Islanders in Calgary
Flames it’s been 48 years the Leafs
having 144 the Flyers 32 for the
Islanders and 26 for the flame and of
course we all know what leaf stands for
losing even after 40 there we go see how
you’ve earned yourself the right for two
picks what’s going on who are they like
Paul go ahead no I need ya Neely
manually cannulas your first and your
second pick second pick we really really
do like a red Park
Brad Park was such an underrated player
I mean he was kind of like the budget
Bobby Orr he was so great never got any
credit for it and he belongs on our list
a hundred percent he budget Bobby Orr –
Amon oh yeah alright excellent your
counter picks team blue oh go ahead
we’ll go with Eric Lindros talent wise
one of the greats
unfortunately shortened career but over
a point a game yeah speed power skill he
was amazing Eric Lindros he was Rookie
of the Year 1995 and established himself
as one of the best power forwards in
league history but his career was
shortened by multiple concussions he
came closest to a cup in 1997 where the
Flyers lost to the Red Wings in the
final good pick your second pick it’s
either an either emerge alright tell me
do you think yeah you’d you’re pay guys
Jeremy Roenick Kovacic Jeremy Roemer 60
goal scorer take them Jeremy Roenick on
with a super fan pick Jeremy Roenick
developed a reputation for being a
hard-nosed yet electrifying forward and
appearance in nine all-star games Poole
says he came to a couple in 1992 where
the Blackhawks lost to the unstoppable
Penguins
Stephanie belong in the draft pool
Jeremy Roenick and your lowly I have to
go scores don’t belong analyst not in t
blue you’ve earned yourself a right to
swamp who will you be giving away and
who are you
stealing from these guys I’d say let’s
give away Jeremy Roenick yeah you cannot
like him so yeah a little fade they
don’t like him then they they can oh you
are giving away Jeremy Roenick that is
Ryan you are taking Mike Gardner let’s
do it my Gartner Wow the guy they
denigrated right off the top of the show
Jeremy roll integrated four goals he’s a
phenomenal re sergeant
that is personal that is
great for simply picking them first over
yeah we like it our checking out of him
that’s the only reason we like Jeremy oh
oh well I score stood for this question
so where it was the game gets to pitch
and gets to go on the power play meaning
they get to send one of their opponents
to the penalty box for the next round
there we go
this questions for your team blue Cup or
no Cup players can still make their mark
on the game with their career point
totals place these players who never
want to cup in order from most career
points to view it before I give you your
office should I even ask you what do you
think you wish to play if you want
confident I think we really like this
but do you think they could do it less
likely than us yeah that’s that’s the
critical questions look at Paul it looks
worried P blue player path let’s send it
on ok we’ll pass good luck to you guys
thank you sir send off they were nice to
us we’ll give it back to them no no no
he just doesn’t have questions that’s
all sweet revenge if you get this right
Darryl Sittler Adam Oates Rick barn
Marcel Dionne go do you guys feel bad
for any other players on that list any
guy personally where you look at you’re
like my god well you know what you’re
and no cup
I was the way I think about it there’s a
lot of Flyers players there’s a lot of
lease players they’re about paddle very
Canucks and Panthers you didn’t have a
lot of support in this career man that’s
that’s probably one of the guys I feel
most bad for because he was on a team
that is just scoring all kinds of goals
but he didn’t get it’s not lucky I look
at Brad Park you know like if Bobby Orr
isn’t around at that time
he’s probably considered the best
defendant in the league I went to a
couple of cups himself and he was I
think he was really underrated probably
a lot of people don’t know a lot about
him but an incredible hockey player all
right let’s see if you guys pulled it
off place these players who never want
to cop in order for most career points
of view as you said Marcel Dionne Adam
Oates Rick Martin and Darryl Sittler and
that is incorrect Marcel Dionne Adam Oh
Darryl Sittler and then Rick Marne
Marcel beyond is fixed all-time and
points and the next coupla splay er is
Adam Oates who is 17th all-time guys
didn’t get that right there for you guys
or inter stuff for the next few picks
who will it be I think we should take
let’s take John Ratelle yeah all right
now he’ll point point a game guy again
probably it’s not a name that a lot of
people know but
yeah is the word that comes our town
100% your second pick what do you think
I think morning is holding my 360 assist
seasons a suite of hockey pioneer let’s
go aboard animal takes on way of Solomon
787 points undrafted yeah thank you
that’s bold that is a bold tech all
right team right it’s time for you guys
to retaliate your toothpicks oh I think
just cuz I grew up watching hockey in
the 70s it’s gonna be Darryl Sittler
okay what by the Habs
I like that this late in the draft I
think your silver is a phenomenal pick
at this point actually surprising that
none of you guys took dell support till
now well that in fact their hatred of
Toronto belief sits in your body I grew
up a Canadiens fan and then an Ottawa
Senators federal writers life oh you are
a trainer often debate team right it’s
gonna be mark he’ll definitely mark out
mark how one of the best plus/minus of
all time and not just a metacritic
that’s great but I can’t even I can’t
even trash talk about how he thought it
was ironic how he lost of the oil is
because the Gretzky and yet Gordie Howe
was like Gretzky’s Idol you know and I
was pointing it yeah are we friends
again is that no no he blew he offered
you to be friends with them are you
gonna send to a penalty box that would
be hard
that wouldn’t be hard baby I’ve ever
made for a hockey player Auggie players
are like that all the time to get in the
fight they you know they’re friends
afterwards they go up for beers well do
will you be sending off to the penalty
box it’s up to you there come out do it
Derek Sean yeah you’re out of here buddy
Sean McMann come on hexagons
okay section drive a pattern do depends
on McMahon you are taking two for the
team getting a penalty box we’ll see you
later Sean see Sean T blue how is harsh
there’s only choice we want to do a
pelican do right hand well with his much
yes we have Matt while Sean McMann
listen to Celine Dion’s greatest hits
these guys are running the speed drill
teams have to answer five rapid-fire
questions
whoever gets more correct get that sweet
sweet MVP pick mr. California sunshine
himself LA Kings superstar Marcel Dionne
teammates to work together on this one
of course one of our team the
short-handed good news for them though
it’s a case of a talk
he’ll wit fall out you will win
gonna be good here we go between clever
sports writers and smartass teammates
there’s a lot of nicknames in the NHL
identify the ridiculous nicknames that
each of these players were gifted with
question 1 josée Theodore was it shut
the field or or three or more three door
or three or more question to nikolai
habib ‘when was it the Bullen wall or
Saint Nick no question three good gonna
come from Steve Osinski was it buzzkill
for the puck go dizzy Curtis Joseph Cujo
or Coco
we know it’s Coco you guys get your head
around Rico question number five wishes
hot drink you know Don Murdoch murder or
the doctor bar gentlemen let’s do this
Paul ash how you feeling I feel good if
it’s a tie then it’s point is mine
that’s right that’s it are you were
listening to the rules yeah
nice team right all you need that’s why
for the moon here if it’s a tie I win
the exactly we should identify these
ridiculous nicknames that each of these
players were gifted with question one
Josie Theodoric team blue you said shut
the Theodore huge team red he said three
or more the correct answer is three or
more team red Nikolai Habib Olin was
question number two team blue you said
the Bullen wall team red you said the
bowling wall in the correct answer wives
the balloon wall good job question three
Steve was in ski team blue you said the
putz goes instant you like that way I
just did just because it’s fantastic
team red you said buzzkill the correct
answer was oh the paschal is in ski it’s
just where were the goals against an
average of more than you driving
question four Curtis Joseph Cujo or Coco
you both said Cujo and that is the
correct answer and he’s another guy by
the way as we mentioned that never want
to come
mmm-hmm been on the list a lot a lot a
lot of leaves players on Team Blue it
comes down to this yeah you get one more
question correct you will earn yourself
be MVP we got to make a good mojo
vieni I mean yeah confident we’re gonna
win game changes authentic player dude
oh boy here we go
dawn Murdock whoo-hoo seen blue boy you
said the doctor
team red you said murder for the MVP
Marcel Dionne the correct answer is
murdered Oh
team red was one of the most impressive
comebacks of all time exactly well that
was a plan on the whole like take Ron
Hextall just put them on hakstol third
overall and he has been through it so in
Xiamen ability right ompletely but look
at a comeback nice combo gentle chill
learned it ball good job huh laughs you
have earned yourself the MVP Marcel
Dionne won the Ted Lindsay award twice
the Art Ross once and made eight NHL
all-star game appearances he dominated
first with the Red Wings and then the
Kings but never made a cup final way to
go Paul it’s a plan it’s a pure interval
I met Marcel Dionne you know he owns a
diner in Niagara Falls he owes a diner
and beside it is a sports memorabilia
store awesome
yeah great guy you guys deserve him we
deserve more you did yet Wendel Clark by
the way the Leafs first overall pick in
1985 captain the team from 91 to 94 and
had one amazing reputation when it came
to being one of the tough guys on the
ice fan favorite the pool is now
emptying here come to Zamboni crew just
in time for the final Camden
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he read his back at full strength
welcome back from the penalty box on
McMahon how surprised are you that Paul
asked God had done for the MVP despite
the fact that I was listening to Celine
Dion the entire time no idea was going
to pull it off the entire time top line
Sean Bean had great job Paul all jokes
aside you did a great job our teams will
now rank their draft picks from ten to
one to create their list of the top ten
greatest players to never win a cup
gentlemen you have 60 seconds and then
we’ll see whose list is the ultimate
your 60 seconds starts now all right
bunny it’s easy to remember incredible
playoff performances but who gives props
to the guys who put up insane numbers
and still came up short here’s the
lineups list of the top three Stanley
Cup losing performances number three Ron
Hextall 1987 his rookie performance in
87 was filled with ridiculous even
violent outbursts Andy Kahn Smythe
Trophy nothing and I mean nothing could
have stopped Gretzky’s Oilers that year
but Hextall 257 games
number two pavel brewery 1994
game-winning double overtime goal around
1 check 8 points and 5 games during
round two check 16 goals and 31 points
during his insane playoff run
spectacular number one jean steve
aphasia gave 2003 in round one she Garan
the Ducks swept the defending champions
he finished the playoffs with a one
point six two goals against average and
a 9:45 save percentage and became only
one of five players to be named playoff
MVP on a losing effort happily Giggy
unlike Hextall and burry did eventually
win hockey ultimate prize in 2007
speaking of getting jiggy with it
team blue talked to you about your list
love our list look at that man I think
we had a stacked list there were some
between a couple players that we weren’t
sure about I mean out of most great
playmaker we wanted them in the top
three by Gardner great goal scorer we
wanted in the top five so if you look at
six of our top seven right there over
1200 points in their career you cannot
beat this list they are lucky they got
the MVP because we would have destroyed
before you had talked about Pavel Bure
and how it would have been nice to have
a library win a cup you put him behind
my gardener Mike gardener and more I’d
say more consistent I mean three rockets
for Pavel Bure that’s no
slouch there but Mike gardener I mean
you look at eight points eight forty
gold seasons 150 I mean that’s a lot
that’s consistency so yeah if you can
get the win a cup in that that little
zone there that’s unlucky and you backed
up your bold pic with Howard Chuck is
your number two on your list faz sanity
you’re not here right member the numbers
speak for themselves
alright team red I love first of all our
top five is I think is stronger than
than the other it’s your list better
than theirs it’s a little more balanced
plus we’re talking about if you want to
go down the stats row because that’s
what some people like to do really like
tabulate even though I work in radio we
did some math and so we count tabulated
there’s about 3,000 some odd goals just
in our in our list alone and that’s a
lot of going check please what you want
to fact you out one attack right here in
facts are go ahead that’s okay at least
I don’t know quite a mediocre anecdote
about a diner so that’s going for us too
and no I just did a fantastic list I
mean you can’t lose with Marcel Dionne
as you’re number one and then just look
beyond that some of the greatest players
of our generation right Paul definitely
I gave your phone call you know deny
what I think genius paucity I ever Emily
Peck stalls 10 after you picked them
third overall though I appreciate you
another question a pickup game and
between both these lists who wins it o
us because I saw oh my god guys look
aside bliss 899 papers there’s no chance
against Gardner entire area team on
there told by John say if I had wedding
noise you know what give it to you guys
yeah if I have to feel really well-done
ideal did it Creek you still did a
kick-ass job Paul ash and Sean McMann
team red where could we catch on the fun
stuff you’re involved with Paul I’m
generally I work out of the wiggle room
you can find me online though at Paul
Ashe comedy calm great thanks for taking
the time Sean McDonough I’ll be opening
up for Paul every single weekend and no
you can catch me online the beat
nine-to-five dot see a great party show
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Julian posture arrow how cool is that
man watching top 10 list I’ll watch mojo
all the time and now
you’re on a show incredible the
experience for I had a great time I
really appreciate while also letting me
on great how to loss follow you guys and
appreciate it on the guy’s legs and
stuff out of curiosity on a top 10 list
of the best bearded game show host where
do you rank me oh well listen I’m not a
game show host or on a number I want to
pick your number one out of the Boyar
will be back on the show I promise you
that much I thought seeing blue had the
better list but hey I couldn’t win a cup
of coffee so don’t take it from me tell
us in the comments who you thought had
the stronger list
I’m Adam Reed and on behalf of the
entire team we’ll see you next time
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saluting the greatest players to never
win the Cup today on the line
welcome to the lineup the game show
that’s basically a 22-minute
bench-clearing brawl
I’m your host Adam Bree good to have you
with us and let’s see what guess we’ve
got lined up welcome to the show Paul
ash you’re a comedian you’ve worked as
an emcee at comic-con and you have a
special relationship with a love doctor
a who’s a love doctor and B what’s the
relationship to the love doctor is like
a sex advice columnist without actual
calm he does a live channel the
relationship is we share a body you see
where this is going you know just leave
it there McMahon welcome to the show you
are a philanthropist and a successful
radio host but your first time on air
Sean McMahon was a little bit rough it
was it was epic yeah I was 18
fresh-faced in the newsroom I remember
it like it was yesterday and I was given
a sports support for a couple of minutes
and I jumped it was passionate and there
was a ton of energy and and people
waving and gesticulate and I thought
what they’re very supportive and it
turned out I never turned my microphone
on and I still somehow have a career so
I love that yeah I remember that
welcome to the show dang right to be you
guys going to be faced off against team
blue derek phase you’re a morning show
host successful one in a rig announcer
for an annual charity boxing match call
ringside for you first of all tell me do
you ever want to get in here I just suck
these guys know it’s a great event
because we bring in special guests so
you know boxers from the past smokin Joe
Frazier we brought in Evander Holyfield
Sugar Ray Leonard like that you look at
some of these guys and they’re still in
great shape there’s not a chance I’d get
in the ring with any of those really
imposter oh you are a mojo holic and a
huge hockey fan the producers a
WatchMojo gave you an opportunity to be
right here on the lineup were you gonna
bring it I’m gonna bring it today I’m
gonna bring it love it appreciate
wakamoto for letting me participate in a
great show you got it teams welcome to
the lineup over the next three periods
our teams are going to engage in a
battle of knowledge and strategy on
their way to creating a list of the
greatest players to never win the Cup
the Hopkins and WatchMojo selected 20
players who they feel are most likely to
make this list gentlemen this is your
draft pool for this draft forward
saluting players who are still in the
league since of course they still have a
shot every June the top of the mountain
just for fun we’ve hit in a couple of
names those are wild cards teams you can
pick those at any time by the way and
we’ve also selected a player who we feel
is most likely to be at the top of the
list
and that is our MVP the fifth highest
scorer of all time can you imagine that
Marcel Dionne
resolved table for now Sean how
important is a championship in terms of
determining your legacy and how people
remember you I think it’s very important
I mean you you play to win the game and
I think it’s fair for us to evaluate a
player based on whether or not they want
the championship because if you’d ask
that player who’s a competitor who plays
the game for that reason to evaluate
their own career they can probably
factor that in based on their own
personal success
absolutely you got it you got to put
that in there for people oh sure you
agree with that
I actually don’t agree with that now I
understand what Julian I don’t agree
there there are some great players you
know sometimes the rest of the team
around you isn’t you know it isn’t as
good as it needs to be for you to win
that championship but you still put up
incredible numbers Dan Marino’s there
anyway he’s the real thing right is
being unlucky not a real thing in sports
and anything look at some of these guys
I don’t think Marcel Dionne is one of
the greatest players of all time and
most recent to Alex Ovechkin it’s not
like a marvelous all right you got me
sold for now in the area age all right
gentlemen you saw the drop pool it’s
time for the entry draft in the entry
draft each team will have a chance to
pick some players to get them started
we’ll go back and forth playground style
until both teams have their first three
players you guys want everything but the
Stanley Cup backstage we’ll give you
first pick all right what do you think
bud I think we’re going to go with Peter
Stastny first take second most points in
the eighties man
after only Gretzky we got to go with
Peter stats yeah all right your counter
pick team red I think we should go Mike
Gartner is a guy who should have won if
it wasn’t traded away at the deadline he
would have won in 94 with the with the
Rangers so this is a guy who had over
700 goals and never won a Cup that’s a
travesty
Mike Gardner is the first picnic
tremendous player obvious all right
thanks guys
on a night that we appreciated that you
brought up some great points Julian as
far as Pierce taffy is concerned he’s
also the first player in league history
to rack up a hundred points in his
working season staff he became the
second highest scorer of the eighth as
you mentioned before and the closest he
came to a cup was in 1982 and 1985 where
the Nordiques fell in the Conference
Finals suppose that I’m lucky right your
second pick team look we are going to go
with Dale Howard Chuck and I was Chuck
really six seasons over 100 points great
player I put them ahead of my Gardner
that’s for sure that’s 400 he’s on our
ten pics you could have done this a lot
like yeah uh yeah Mike Gartner would
have been about my hey Paul I’ve
something for the next big what do you
got
ah at this point I need you picked yeah
it’s going to be Ron Hextall Ron Hextall
oh are you guys even discussing this
sure
careers a percentage below nine hundred
I hope you guys know that heck’s all saw
most of his career honors come from his
rookie season in 1987 where he won the
Besner and the Conn Smythe
despite his stellar performance Hextall
the Flyers would stall to the Oilers in
the Cup final that same year all right
should I had one your final pick team
blue let’s go Pavel Bure II have a real
Rockets man bringing on the team led the
league in scoring three times with two
different teams came closest to winning
it all in 1994 when the Canucks lost to
the Rangers in a cup final see what are
you guys gonna bring it come on not an
easy one we’re gonna go with Dino
Ciccarelli a guy who took more abuse
than anybody in the draft pool and still
put up monster numbers with over 600
goals in his career I mean what a
phenomenal player to not have a cup is
really a shame great player all right
teams you guys are cruising along with
some fantastic picks where we are quite
get it up to the next period of time
again if our teams really want to bring
it for the next seven draft picks
they’ll need to rely on their hockey
knowledge because team nights is all
about trivia every time a team answers a
question correctly they get to drop
first the first two questions are a one
on one from your showdown whoever buzzes
in first gets to answer if they get it
wrong the other team could seal and if
neither of them get it right the person
divided first one for them gets the pick
Julian Paul come on up do it go Julian
blood Paul
I like the chinstrap missing you like
that Paul you know what you know what
that house to me I’m just saying I do
look sorry I’m new to relationship it’s
okay in a relationship your question is
after a team wins a cup every player
gets to deal with it resulting in some
pretty outrageous stories after the
Avalanche won the Cup in 96 defense
intensive and o-fag used his personal
day with the cup to perform what kind of
ceremony I have no idea go ahead did you
just offer it over yeah okay that
strategy record no that could be
friendly out that cooking up go buy some
horse what’s the answer
Sarah I’m going to say wedding ah so
close to the baptism uh-oh it wasn’t the
cursing I wasn’t the first time that
happened her the only time Thomas
holster brought the cup home to Sweden
so his cousin could also baptize his
daughter in the cup too good look at you
with a mango TV show back there
gentlemen pull up the Oracle who’s ready
Sophie right for a pic go ahead all
right want to go with sayeth the man
we’re gonna go with says you bet parole
first pick all time for the Buffalo
Sabres in 1970 probably the still their
greatest player of all time that ever
wore that Jersey paplu for 1326 pointed
in 1191 game yeah pile-up oh there’s
number two we give me that yeah
absolutely not burned out key Brad your
counter pick we’re going to go the wild
card we’re going to take wild card
number – what’s up tall decision no Ron
Hextall was Paul’s it’s okay okay
hopefully hopefully there’s our goalie
there eh Paul no more on the let me make
maybe Curtis Joseph is there an Kuja why
is he not on this Liddy he’s got more
wins of any goalie
there’s also another player who doesn’t
have a cup on a side note while car to
mats sundin it almost all time leading
point gator and was inducted into the
Hall of Fame in 2012 on his first ballot
came closest to a cup in 1999 where the
Leafs lost in five games in the Eastern
Conference final fantastic all right
Sean I love I love this I was going to
get on if I could he play for the Leafs
Sean Garrett come on of your life
can we shake a hands I feel like no no I
don’t know we’re not know or now I’ll
probably come out none because when a
moment here we go
in the 1993 playoffs which defending
champion did the Islanders upset in a
seven-game series the first that is
correct
the Pittsburgh Penguins the Pens were
two-time champs in 91 92 and were
heavily favored in 93 which was course
was won by Montreal Canadiens of course
a year has it been a while how’d you
guys go back a while pretty canadian
never mind that I’m called raffle and
you burned yourself be rightfully you
next pick team red you’re back in it we
were talking about this before and you
mentioned him just a moment ago we’re
going to go with Pat LaFontaine because
he really is one of the
latest players you’re reacting to that
Bernie oh yeah oh don’t worry and they
left the guy we want up doing all good
all right who is that your pick team
blue give us the greatest playmaker of
all time wild coming wild card number
one please
Adam Oates wild card number one a
five-time NHL all-star who had his best
years in st. Louis in Boston including a
142 points season with the Bruns he lost
in two Stanley Cup Finals first with the
Capitals in 1998 and again with the
Ducks in 2003 1079 assists and no mental
danly cups well by your vivid for a
numbers all right gentlemen few
questions we’re up in the States forget
one pick boring teams now get to also
the winner of this round gets a chance
to really mess things up and force the
other team to a trade so they can take
their pick that they really regret and
swap it out for the other teams golden
boy I’ll read out a question that will
require a team to place four items in
the right order
teams can choose to play the question or
pass it being right brings you the next
pick
here we go the question for your team
red whether you choose to christen your
child in it or not hoisting the cup is
sweet which makes long stretches without
a championship so painful for the
players on the fans Lake place these
family cup droughts in order from
longest to shortest before I give you
your options you wish to play or you
just want to pass it over to these guys
pretty bad we got passed by the pound
okay let’s do it let’s see if he he
actually has the Cape all right because
your friend of the red I got confidence
in him your options are Philadelphia
Flyers Toronto Maple Leafs Calgary
Flames New York Islanders go polish what
would you do with the cup for a day
charge admission
yeah some money make some money John OS
easy two words margarita just fill it up
rim it party yeah if I don’t no no no
just fill it with pillowy boobs have a
good time yes of course you also part of
the rim no yeah oh that’s Harnish one
large amaretto sour your wife is right
sure why not we a lot of fun team blue
here take a look constant here we go
it’s in there we ask you to play see
Stanley Cup draw it in order Mon one
just assured us you said the lease
flames Flyers and New York Islanders and
that is incorrect
if the Maple Leafs the Philadelphia
Flyers New York Islanders in Calgary
Flames it’s been 48 years the Leafs
having 144 the Flyers 32 for the
Islanders and 26 for the flame and of
course we all know what leaf stands for
losing even after 40 there we go see how
you’ve earned yourself the right for two
picks what’s going on who are they like
Paul go ahead no I need ya Neely
manually cannulas your first and your
second pick second pick we really really
do like a red Park
Brad Park was such an underrated player
I mean he was kind of like the budget
Bobby Orr he was so great never got any
credit for it and he belongs on our list
a hundred percent he budget Bobby Orr –
Amon oh yeah alright excellent your
counter picks team blue oh go ahead
we’ll go with Eric Lindros talent wise
one of the greats
unfortunately shortened career but over
a point a game yeah speed power skill he
was amazing Eric Lindros he was Rookie
of the Year 1995 and established himself
as one of the best power forwards in
league history but his career was
shortened by multiple concussions he
came closest to a cup in 1997 where the
Flyers lost to the Red Wings in the
final good pick your second pick it’s
either an either emerge alright tell me
do you think yeah you’d you’re pay guys
Jeremy Roenick Kovacic Jeremy Roemer 60
goal scorer take them Jeremy Roenick on
with a super fan pick Jeremy Roenick
developed a reputation for being a
hard-nosed yet electrifying forward and
appearance in nine all-star games Poole
says he came to a couple in 1992 where
the Blackhawks lost to the unstoppable
Penguins
Stephanie belong in the draft pool
Jeremy Roenick and your lowly I have to
go scores don’t belong analyst not in t
blue you’ve earned yourself a right to
swamp who will you be giving away and
who are you
stealing from these guys I’d say let’s
give away Jeremy Roenick yeah you cannot
like him so yeah a little fade they
don’t like him then they they can oh you
are giving away Jeremy Roenick that is
Ryan you are taking Mike Gardner let’s
do it my Gartner Wow the guy they
denigrated right off the top of the show
Jeremy roll integrated four goals he’s a
phenomenal re sergeant
that is personal that is
great for simply picking them first over
yeah we like it our checking out of him
that’s the only reason we like Jeremy oh
oh well I score stood for this question
so where it was the game gets to pitch
and gets to go on the power play meaning
they get to send one of their opponents
to the penalty box for the next round
there we go
this questions for your team blue Cup or
no Cup players can still make their mark
on the game with their career point
totals place these players who never
want to cup in order from most career
points to view it before I give you your
office should I even ask you what do you
think you wish to play if you want
confident I think we really like this
but do you think they could do it less
likely than us yeah that’s that’s the
critical questions look at Paul it looks
worried P blue player path let’s send it
on ok we’ll pass good luck to you guys
thank you sir send off they were nice to
us we’ll give it back to them no no no
he just doesn’t have questions that’s
all sweet revenge if you get this right
Darryl Sittler Adam Oates Rick barn
Marcel Dionne go do you guys feel bad
for any other players on that list any
guy personally where you look at you’re
like my god well you know what you’re
and no cup
I was the way I think about it there’s a
lot of Flyers players there’s a lot of
lease players they’re about paddle very
Canucks and Panthers you didn’t have a
lot of support in this career man that’s
that’s probably one of the guys I feel
most bad for because he was on a team
that is just scoring all kinds of goals
but he didn’t get it’s not lucky I look
at Brad Park you know like if Bobby Orr
isn’t around at that time
he’s probably considered the best
defendant in the league I went to a
couple of cups himself and he was I
think he was really underrated probably
a lot of people don’t know a lot about
him but an incredible hockey player all
right let’s see if you guys pulled it
off place these players who never want
to cop in order for most career points
of view as you said Marcel Dionne Adam
Oates Rick Martin and Darryl Sittler and
that is incorrect Marcel Dionne Adam Oh
Darryl Sittler and then Rick Marne
Marcel beyond is fixed all-time and
points and the next coupla splay er is
Adam Oates who is 17th all-time guys
didn’t get that right there for you guys
or inter stuff for the next few picks
who will it be I think we should take
let’s take John Ratelle yeah all right
now he’ll point point a game guy again
probably it’s not a name that a lot of
people know but
yeah is the word that comes our town
100% your second pick what do you think
I think morning is holding my 360 assist
seasons a suite of hockey pioneer let’s
go aboard animal takes on way of Solomon
787 points undrafted yeah thank you
that’s bold that is a bold tech all
right team right it’s time for you guys
to retaliate your toothpicks oh I think
just cuz I grew up watching hockey in
the 70s it’s gonna be Darryl Sittler
okay what by the Habs
I like that this late in the draft I
think your silver is a phenomenal pick
at this point actually surprising that
none of you guys took dell support till
now well that in fact their hatred of
Toronto belief sits in your body I grew
up a Canadiens fan and then an Ottawa
Senators federal writers life oh you are
a trainer often debate team right it’s
gonna be mark he’ll definitely mark out
mark how one of the best plus/minus of
all time and not just a metacritic
that’s great but I can’t even I can’t
even trash talk about how he thought it
was ironic how he lost of the oil is
because the Gretzky and yet Gordie Howe
was like Gretzky’s Idol you know and I
was pointing it yeah are we friends
again is that no no he blew he offered
you to be friends with them are you
gonna send to a penalty box that would
be hard
that wouldn’t be hard baby I’ve ever
made for a hockey player Auggie players
are like that all the time to get in the
fight they you know they’re friends
afterwards they go up for beers well do
will you be sending off to the penalty
box it’s up to you there come out do it
Derek Sean yeah you’re out of here buddy
Sean McMann come on hexagons
okay section drive a pattern do depends
on McMahon you are taking two for the
team getting a penalty box we’ll see you
later Sean see Sean T blue how is harsh
there’s only choice we want to do a
pelican do right hand well with his much
yes we have Matt while Sean McMann
listen to Celine Dion’s greatest hits
these guys are running the speed drill
teams have to answer five rapid-fire
questions
whoever gets more correct get that sweet
sweet MVP pick mr. California sunshine
himself LA Kings superstar Marcel Dionne
teammates to work together on this one
of course one of our team the
short-handed good news for them though
it’s a case of a talk
he’ll wit fall out you will win
gonna be good here we go between clever
sports writers and smartass teammates
there’s a lot of nicknames in the NHL
identify the ridiculous nicknames that
each of these players were gifted with
question 1 josée Theodore was it shut
the field or or three or more three door
or three or more question to nikolai
habib ‘when was it the Bullen wall or
Saint Nick no question three good gonna
come from Steve Osinski was it buzzkill
for the puck go dizzy Curtis Joseph Cujo
or Coco
we know it’s Coco you guys get your head
around Rico question number five wishes
hot drink you know Don Murdoch murder or
the doctor bar gentlemen let’s do this
Paul ash how you feeling I feel good if
it’s a tie then it’s point is mine
that’s right that’s it are you were
listening to the rules yeah
nice team right all you need that’s why
for the moon here if it’s a tie I win
the exactly we should identify these
ridiculous nicknames that each of these
players were gifted with question one
Josie Theodoric team blue you said shut
the Theodore huge team red he said three
or more the correct answer is three or
more team red Nikolai Habib Olin was
question number two team blue you said
the Bullen wall team red you said the
bowling wall in the correct answer wives
the balloon wall good job question three
Steve was in ski team blue you said the
putz goes instant you like that way I
just did just because it’s fantastic
team red you said buzzkill the correct
answer was oh the paschal is in ski it’s
just where were the goals against an
average of more than you driving
question four Curtis Joseph Cujo or Coco
you both said Cujo and that is the
correct answer and he’s another guy by
the way as we mentioned that never want
to come
mmm-hmm been on the list a lot a lot a
lot of leaves players on Team Blue it
comes down to this yeah you get one more
question correct you will earn yourself
be MVP we got to make a good mojo
vieni I mean yeah confident we’re gonna
win game changes authentic player dude
oh boy here we go
dawn Murdock whoo-hoo seen blue boy you
said the doctor
team red you said murder for the MVP
Marcel Dionne the correct answer is
murdered Oh
team red was one of the most impressive
comebacks of all time exactly well that
was a plan on the whole like take Ron
Hextall just put them on hakstol third
overall and he has been through it so in
Xiamen ability right ompletely but look
at a comeback nice combo gentle chill
learned it ball good job huh laughs you
have earned yourself the MVP Marcel
Dionne won the Ted Lindsay award twice
the Art Ross once and made eight NHL
all-star game appearances he dominated
first with the Red Wings and then the
Kings but never made a cup final way to
go Paul it’s a plan it’s a pure interval
I met Marcel Dionne you know he owns a
diner in Niagara Falls he owes a diner
and beside it is a sports memorabilia
store awesome
yeah great guy you guys deserve him we
deserve more you did yet Wendel Clark by
the way the Leafs first overall pick in
1985 captain the team from 91 to 94 and
had one amazing reputation when it came
to being one of the tough guys on the
ice fan favorite the pool is now
emptying here come to Zamboni crew just
in time for the final Camden
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he read his back at full strength
welcome back from the penalty box on
McMahon how surprised are you that Paul
asked God had done for the MVP despite
the fact that I was listening to Celine
Dion the entire time no idea was going
to pull it off the entire time top line
Sean Bean had great job Paul all jokes
aside you did a great job our teams will
now rank their draft picks from ten to
one to create their list of the top ten
greatest players to never win a cup
gentlemen you have 60 seconds and then
we’ll see whose list is the ultimate
your 60 seconds starts now all right
bunny it’s easy to remember incredible
playoff performances but who gives props
to the guys who put up insane numbers
and still came up short here’s the
lineups list of the top three Stanley
Cup losing performances number three Ron
Hextall 1987 his rookie performance in
87 was filled with ridiculous even
violent outbursts Andy Kahn Smythe
Trophy nothing and I mean nothing could
have stopped Gretzky’s Oilers that year
but Hextall 257 games
number two pavel brewery 1994
game-winning double overtime goal around
1 check 8 points and 5 games during
round two check 16 goals and 31 points
during his insane playoff run
spectacular number one jean steve
aphasia gave 2003 in round one she Garan
the Ducks swept the defending champions
he finished the playoffs with a one
point six two goals against average and
a 9:45 save percentage and became only
one of five players to be named playoff
MVP on a losing effort happily Giggy
unlike Hextall and burry did eventually
win hockey ultimate prize in 2007
speaking of getting jiggy with it
team blue talked to you about your list
love our list look at that man I think
we had a stacked list there were some
between a couple players that we weren’t
sure about I mean out of most great
playmaker we wanted them in the top
three by Gardner great goal scorer we
wanted in the top five so if you look at
six of our top seven right there over
1200 points in their career you cannot
beat this list they are lucky they got
the MVP because we would have destroyed
before you had talked about Pavel Bure
and how it would have been nice to have
a library win a cup you put him behind
my gardener Mike gardener and more I’d
say more consistent I mean three rockets
for Pavel Bure that’s no
slouch there but Mike gardener I mean
you look at eight points eight forty
gold seasons 150 I mean that’s a lot
that’s consistency so yeah if you can
get the win a cup in that that little
zone there that’s unlucky and you backed
up your bold pic with Howard Chuck is
your number two on your list faz sanity
you’re not here right member the numbers
speak for themselves
alright team red I love first of all our
top five is I think is stronger than
than the other it’s your list better
than theirs it’s a little more balanced
plus we’re talking about if you want to
go down the stats row because that’s
what some people like to do really like
tabulate even though I work in radio we
did some math and so we count tabulated
there’s about 3,000 some odd goals just
in our in our list alone and that’s a
lot of going check please what you want
to fact you out one attack right here in
facts are go ahead that’s okay at least
I don’t know quite a mediocre anecdote
about a diner so that’s going for us too
and no I just did a fantastic list I
mean you can’t lose with Marcel Dionne
as you’re number one and then just look
beyond that some of the greatest players
of our generation right Paul definitely
I gave your phone call you know deny
what I think genius paucity I ever Emily
Peck stalls 10 after you picked them
third overall though I appreciate you
another question a pickup game and
between both these lists who wins it o
us because I saw oh my god guys look
aside bliss 899 papers there’s no chance
against Gardner entire area team on
there told by John say if I had wedding
noise you know what give it to you guys
yeah if I have to feel really well-done
ideal did it Creek you still did a
kick-ass job Paul ash and Sean McMann
team red where could we catch on the fun
stuff you’re involved with Paul I’m
generally I work out of the wiggle room
you can find me online though at Paul
Ashe comedy calm great thanks for taking
the time Sean McDonough I’ll be opening
up for Paul every single weekend and no
you can catch me online the beat
nine-to-five dot see a great party show
Saturday nights 5:00 to 9:00
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Julian posture arrow how cool is that
man watching top 10 list I’ll watch mojo
all the time and now
you’re on a show incredible the
experience for I had a great time I
really appreciate while also letting me
on great how to loss follow you guys and
appreciate it on the guy’s legs and
stuff out of curiosity on a top 10 list
of the best bearded game show host where
do you rank me oh well listen I’m not a
game show host or on a number I want to
pick your number one out of the Boyar
will be back on the show I promise you
that much I thought seeing blue had the
better list but hey I couldn’t win a cup
of coffee so don’t take it from me tell
us in the comments who you thought had
the stronger list
I’m Adam Reed and on behalf of the
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