5-19-26 - Game 7 theatrics, OKC vs Wemby/Makar's injury, MacKinnon motivation/No need for backup center

About this episode

Brett Kane discusses the excitement of Game 7s, Wemby's performance, Cale Makar's injury, and the need for a backup center in the Nuggets' system.

0:00 - Best two words in sports: Game 7. Buffalo vs Montreal was, as the Scorsese meme goes, Absolute Cinema. Shoutout former Av Alex Newhook for the OT game winner! He's scored 2 Game 7 game-winning goals in the same playoff series. Speaking of absolute cinema, how about Wemby carving up the Thunder on the road in Game 1 of the WCF? Wemby has been just as good as advertised, if not better. He's only 22 years old. Strap in, y'all. He's gonna be a problem for a LONG time. 14:51 - Just how bad is Cale Makar's injury? It definitely looks like a shoulder, but it's not officially confirmed yet. Can you afford to sit him if he's not ready? Should he push through no matter what? After that, people are saying that Nathan MacKinnon is on some sort of revenge tour right now because of the Olympics loss. His silver medal and that stoat plushie are fueling him on a reign of terror through the NHL. Brett says that narrative is false. MacKinnon is motivated because he's MacKinnon. If he won a gold medal with Canada, you're saying he'd be less motivated to win Lord Stanley again? 32:18 - The Nuggets are probably going to let Valanciunas go. They STILL need a backup center. Or...do they? If they…

People in this episode

Host: Brett Kane

Topics covered

• Game 7
• NHL playoffs
• Cale Makar injury
• Nathan MacKinnon motivation
• backup center discussion

Keywords

• Game 7
• Cale Makar
• Nathan MacKinnon
• Wemby
• Nuggets
• backup center
• NHL playoffs
• Alex Newhook

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NHL, Canada, Buffalo, Montreal, Thunder, Nuggets, Valanciunas

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