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Ryan WhitneyRyan Whitney

Whoever wins the all-Canadian division will get smoked in the playoffs by the American teams

The all Canadian division is sick... I think that Toronto's a wagon... but I don't know how deep the division is. So people are like, Oh my God, they're going to come... Whoever comes out of that division, they're going to get smoked anyways.

The Montreal Canadiens represented the North (Canada) division in the final four and the Cup final, where they were soundly defeated 4-1 by the Tampa Bay Lightning.

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Feb 22, 2021
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HankHank

Arizona is a college basketball blue blood

Arizona could be a blue blood. I think Arizona is a blue blood. I mean, they won a national championship in the early 2000s... Legendary coach [Lute Olson]?

The concept of 'blue blood' is subjective, but Arizona is generally considered just below the top tier of UK, UNC, Duke, Kansas, UCLA, and Indiana.
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Feb 22, 2021
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Jake MarshJake Marsh

No college basketball team will ever win back-to-back national championships again

Back-to-back championships. They'll never be done again. It might, but I don't think it will.

UConn won back-to-back national championships in 2023 and 2024, proving this take definitively incorrect.
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Feb 22, 2021
#22063
Big CatBig Cat

There are only six true blue bloods in college basketball: Kentucky, UNC, Indiana, Duke, UCLA, and Kansas

I googled Blue Bloods in college basketball. Historically speaking, there are only six, so it's even more exclusive. Kentucky, UNC, Indiana, Duke, UCLA, and Kansas. [Indiana] are technically blue blood but I think they would probably be first one out.

The definition of a blue blood is inherently subjective and based on historical prestige vs modern success.

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Ryan WhitneyRyan Whitney

It is physically impossible to chug a beer out of the Buffalo Sabres sword

The mc of the event's, like, dude, these things you can't chug out of 'em. You have to drink it slow because you can't chug. They end up spilling. It's impossible to chug. I said, oh, all right. Well I wish you told me that beforehand mc guy.

While potentially difficult, 'impossible' is likely hyperbole to cover for a poor performance.
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Ryan WhitneyRyan Whitney

Connor McDavid has lost his superpower due to injury

McDavid's hurt. And it just sucks... It's like he lost his superpower. So he skates like no one I've ever seen before... And now he doesn't have that. He still has the straightaway speed, I've noticed... but the little cutbacks where he is beating D out of the corner... He doesn't have it.

The impact of the injury on his playstyle is visible to scouts and analysts.
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Ryan WhitneyRyan Whitney

The NBA product has never been worse

The product's never been worse. The NBA and I don't watch it. So you can say, how do you know the product? It's, it's terrible. And if you're not somebody, I've asked you guys... lead off your show with hockey when football season's not going. But no, you guys stick to basketball and it's horrible.

Evaluating a league's 'product' quality is entirely subjective.