Grant decided NOT to throw his brand new hat on the ice for Ovi's hat trick yesterday... Would you have done that?
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00:00The Caps have 25 games left this season,
00:04and Alex Ovechkin needs just 12 goals to tie
00:08and 13 goals to move ahead of Wayne Gretzky.
00:12By the way, just worth noting,
00:14if you actually are looking for a player
00:16who has scored all of their goals with one organization,
00:21you gotta go all the way down to number 10
00:22on the all-time goals list.
00:24How about that?
00:25And Stevie Iserman of the Red Wings, who scored 692.
00:28No one's even ever scored 700 who played with one team.
00:33The top goal scorers, Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton, LA,
00:36St. Louis, the Rangers, Gordie Howe played with two teams.
00:39Yarmul Yagher played with literally nine teams.
00:4231 teams.
00:43Brett Hall played for five teams.
00:45Dion, three teams.
00:46Esposito, three teams.
00:48Gartner played for five teams.
00:50Messier, three teams.
00:51Lemieux with the Penguins, 690.
00:53Stevie Iserman, Red Wings, 692.
00:56Alex Ovechkin, 882, all with Washington.
00:59That's crazy.
01:00Legend status, greatest athlete in the history of DC sports.
01:04And he is now hunting down the great one.
01:07This looks like it's going to happen in short order.
01:10I mean, imagine if he has another two or three goal game
01:12in the next few weeks.
01:13At that point, it's almost like,
01:15I don't wanna say certainty, but injury aside,
01:18mathematically, hard not to see happening this year.
01:23Yeah, and you win, you're leading in more games,
01:25which is the once every however many,
01:27two, three, four games, you get your extra empty netters.
01:30It's that icing on top.
01:31So last year, when everybody was struggling to score,
01:34the whole roster, you don't get those opportunities.
01:36And I know it's a goal a month,
01:38but still those kinds of things add up
01:39when you start talking about these kinds of totals, right?
01:41And when your team is winning,
01:43you just get more of those things.
01:44And when you're offensively gifted
01:46and the puck possession is there,
01:47you draw more penalties, more time on the power play,
01:50more time of him, not just occupying the office,
01:53but moving around as the power play gets going.
01:55The fact that the whole team is scoring more, it helps him.
01:58It's happening, like it's all happening
02:00right in front of our eyes.
02:01Again, the same guy that should be nursing his broken leg
02:05and just sort of not being himself
02:06and just sort of skating around
02:07and getting the occasional ceremonial goal
02:10is seventh in the league, despite missing,
02:12playing a fraction of the games, the leaders.
02:14He scored his 27th, 28th and 29th goals of the season,
02:18despite having played in 41 games.
02:20So think about that, by the way.
02:22He's played in half of an NHL season this year, right now.
02:25Meaning times two is goals, that's what he's on pace for.
02:29He is on pace in an 82 game season,
02:30if he didn't break his leg, for 58 goals, 60 goals.
02:36That's like Austin Matthews, Ovechkin
02:38in his first couple of years,
02:41all time season type stuff in this era from Alex Ovechkin.
02:45And he's doing it at 39.
02:47We'll talk to Joe B about this today at five o'clock.
02:49We are taking your calls after yesterday.
02:51I had a decision to make.
02:53After the first period, caps up 2-1.
02:55I went and bought a brand new caps lid.
02:57I'm wearing it right now.
02:58You can watch the 106.7, the thing,
03:00YouTube version of the show.
03:04It's a lovely hat, I gotta say.
03:05I really feel great about it.
03:07And I just dropped almost 50 bucks on it.
03:09And then Ove goes out and scores two goals in the second.
03:12So I took to Twitter to say I'm a little bit flummoxed here.
03:15What do I do if he scores again?
03:17And almost everyone said, you gotta throw the hat.
03:19And I ended up shoving the hat underneath the hoodie
03:22after the goal and not throwing it on the ice
03:25and just throwing everyone else's hats on the ice
03:26that came down and piled up around me.
03:29And I'm willing to take my medicine today
03:31if that's what it takes.
03:32Rob's in Manassas.
03:33What's up, Rob?
03:36Hey guys, how you doing?
03:38I hope you let me get through all of this
03:40and get it all off my chest before you end this call.
03:42But Grant, it's an absolute disgrace
03:45that you didn't throw your hat.
03:47Not only that, you hid your hat like a little girl
03:50for 50 bucks, you soldier's purple.
03:53I mean, Danny could eat $50 worth of hot dogs
03:56during a game.
03:57That's true.
03:58And then Danny, how dare you not to gold Grant immediately
04:03when that came out of his mouth.
04:05Why would you sit there and listen to that politely?
04:08And then finally, and God bless you guys for listening.
04:11Finally, Grant, you should have thrown that hat immediately
04:15then immediately got up and went to the merch store
04:17and bought another one.
04:20So number one, I ask for your forgiveness, sir.
04:23I don't know that anything you said was wrong.
04:25Disgrace seems a bit excessive,
04:27but I don't know that he said anything wrong.
04:29The reason Danny heard me say everything I said
04:31and didn't scold me is Danny's unbelievably cheap.
04:34So when he hears that I spent $50 on something,
04:36he probably sides with me more than I side with me.
04:39It's not even about the money, honestly.
04:40I referenced that a couple of times,
04:42so I guess it's not not about that.
04:44I really liked the hat.
04:45I've had it for 10 minutes.
04:46If I had just bought the hat for six bucks,
04:49I just got this thing.
04:50It's a new thing that I'm excited about.
04:53I just sent a picture of it to a couple of my buddies.
04:55I'm like, hey, check this out.
04:57I'm excited to own it.
04:59Now, his point is you could go back to the store.
05:01And if I could have, without a line-
05:03Get another 50 bucks?
05:05Well, again, the money, yes, factor,
05:08but not the end of the world.
05:09Oh, it's the factor, Grant.
05:11I just think the lines at the end of the game
05:13would have been unbelievable.
05:14I'm definitely not walking out with this hat.
05:15I probably gotta wait till the next game I'm at.
05:17I don't know when that's gonna be,
05:18and then get the hat again,
05:19because I haven't seen this particular hat
05:21in the store over in Arlington.
05:23So there's a lot of things on my mind at that moment.
05:25There's a lot of things.
05:26I had a whole period to consider this,
05:28and in the end, I'm putting a Skittle
05:30in the throw the hat on the ice,
05:32Skittle in the other scale saying don't throw the hat.
05:34I opted not to throw the hat.
05:36Do I regret it?
05:36I regret it.
05:38I probably should just throw the hat in the trash,
05:41because I don't deserve to have it.
05:42I'm beating myself up a little bit,
05:44and I'm here, I'm asking for your forgiveness.
05:46So you nail my perspective 100%.
05:48I have knocked down drag-out fights with my wife
05:51over T-shirts with holes in them and pit stains
05:53that I bought with my own money in the 90s.
05:56You know what I mean?
05:56I'm not throwing those out.
05:58It's mine.
05:59I bought that hat.
06:00It's going right in my pocket.
06:01So you actually wouldn't have thrown the hat either?
06:04There's no hat that I own.
06:05Now, I don't wear hats very often.
06:06There's no hat that I own that I would throw away.
06:08Okay, well, that's insane.
06:10If you wore a hat that you've had for four years
06:13doing a Caps game.
06:14Did I buy it?
06:15Yes.
06:16Well, so now I know I'm on the wrong side.
06:19Now I'm mad at myself.
06:20Now I want to, Toby, let me use your cell phone.
06:22I want to call in and yell at myself
06:25because I'm on the side of Jujay over here,
06:27who's basically saying you would never throw a hat, period.
06:29I would never throw a hat, period.
06:30I mean, I've thrown.
06:31Like if I got a, like if it was hat giveaway night
06:34at Capitol One Arena,
06:36and it was a crummy, stupid hat that I didn't care about,
06:39yeah, I'll chuck that on the ice.
06:40If I paid my money, that's mine.
06:42I don't know how many hat tricks of Ovechkin
06:44I've seen in my life.
06:45I would guess it's like five, four at least.
06:47I've thrown a hat every other time.
06:49Like I am team throw a hat.
06:51I'd never just bought a hat 30 minutes before
06:53in any other situation.
06:55Let's go to Bobby in Alexandria on Grant and Danny.
06:57What's up, Bobby?
06:59Hey, Grant, Danny, how you guys doing?
07:01Good, buddy.
07:02Look, Grant, I'm not, like, we all have kids.
07:05I'm not mad at you.
07:07I'm just disappointed.
07:09That hurts even more, sir.
07:11And you're supposed to start crying about that
07:13because you could have said,
07:15okay, I'll put my hat down in my hoodie and everything,
07:18and I picked up 20 hats and threw them on the floor
07:20from the glass,
07:21because you got the greatest seat in the place.
07:24You could have thrown a $50 bill out there,
07:26so somebody's gonna get it.
07:29Why would I have thrown a $50 bill, though?
07:31Instead of the hat.
07:33But why?
07:33You don't throw hats on the ice.
07:34Because you're throwing your money away.
07:35Yeah, if we're tipping, that's what we're doing.
07:38I think, though, doesn't it matter
07:40that I probably threw 20 hats on the ice?
07:42I think that's completely irrelevant.
07:44Without me, those hats are just in the front row
07:47sitting there still.
07:48They never made it to the ice.
07:49I was a part of the celebration.
07:50That's the responsibility when you get those,
07:52when you're fogging up the windshield right there,
07:54when you're sitting right up front.
07:55Ovi got the honor of watching
07:57all those hats strewn all about.
07:59I probably threw five, seven, 10% of them on the ice.
08:02You want a lot of credit for that,
08:03and I'm here to tell you it's irrelevant.
08:05And I appreciate you doing it.
08:06Thank you for doing it.
08:07But people are acting like I didn't participate
08:08in the hat throwing.
08:09I certainly did.
08:10Yeah.
08:11More than most.
08:12What's the point of the hat throw?
08:13It's to sacrifice your hat.
08:14Danny's in Annandale, home of the Adams.
08:16Danny!
08:16What's up, Danny?
08:18Hey, boys.
08:18This is great.
08:20I love this.
08:21I've met you guys a few times on the concourse.
08:24I was one of the guys picking up all the hats
08:27that Greg was throwing over the glass.
08:30Oh, boy.
08:31You didn't find my hat on that ice, I'll tell you.
08:33I know where Greg's hat is right now.
08:34You didn't see this white one with the...
08:35No, I did not.
08:36You should have to come by and pick this one
08:37right off his hat.
08:38The navy blue eagle one.
08:40Right.
08:41Danny, where's the drop of...
08:43Is her name Phyllis?
08:45How dare you?
08:46Yeah, that's Phyllis.
08:47Oh, that Phyllis logo.
08:47I wouldn't be playing that.
08:49Greg, you probably should have thrown it and then...
08:52Or at least brought...
08:53Well, you gotta bring a second hat with you to games.
08:55It's to keep in your back pocket.
08:56So you know what's funny?
08:57Is my wife always does that when we go to games.
09:00It's like her bit.
09:01Like, oh, we're gonna see a hat trick.
09:03The hat was literally left in our car
09:05on the little compartment between the two seats.
09:08Like, we got back to the car
09:09and she kept saying, I brought the hat, I know I did.
09:12And then sure enough, it was like basically
09:13right there between the two seats.
09:15You know what it was?
09:16It was a Patsy's Great American Restaurants hat.
09:19It's like navy blue and it says Patsy's in red.
09:21So it looks like a cap's hat.
09:23And she was gonna toss that over the glass.
09:25And I was like, how dare you do that
09:26to the Great American Restaurants?
09:27How dare you?
09:28Hey, what's up, Phyllis?
09:30Let's go to Josh in Chantilly.
09:33Josh, I ask for your forgiveness on this Monday.
09:36Are you there, bud?
09:37Hey, Josh.
09:38Oh, it's John.
09:39I said, John.
09:40John, what's up?
09:41Do you know what, Josh?
09:42Hi, yeah.
09:43Grant, when you get the donation plate at church
09:47and you don't put anything in there and a 20 comes out
09:49and you put that 20 back in the plate,
09:52does that count as a donation for you?
09:55Wait, so you're saying if a 20 fell on the ground
09:57out of the pot?
10:00Yes, yeah.
10:01So if you're just passing the tray along the way,
10:04passing the tray along to the next person
10:07and some cash falls out and you pick it up
10:09and put it in the tray, does that count as your donation?
10:12And I also wanna say that Danny was spot on
10:15with his analogy about the old lady as well.
10:17Time is more valuable than $50
10:20and you should have thrown the hat
10:21and you should help the old lady.
10:23So we both know the answer is it's not a donation from me.
10:26But there are a lot of bad people
10:28that would act like they didn't see the 20 until later.
10:30And then like at the end of the day,
10:32they'll just be like, oh, here's 20 bucks.
10:35I'm not that guy.
10:36The 20 still got where it was supposed to go because of me.
10:38I was a conduit to the 20 being delivered
10:40to the Catholic church or whoever we're talking about here.
10:43And if so facto, without me,
10:45those hats don't get to the ice.
10:47Somebody's gotta get them on the ice, right?
10:50Someone would have?
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