Road to a Repeat! The Florida Panthers defeated the Sabres 3-2 in a shootout… Carter Verhaeghe had a goal and an assist. Aaron Ekblad is cleared to return to team activities as we hear from the suspended starter. Paul Maurice gives us a positive update on Matthew Tkachuk.
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00:51So the Panthers win on Saturday, 3-2 in a shootout over the Sabres.
00:57Carter Verhage had a goal and an assist.
01:00Carter Verhage.
01:03Yeah, Verhage.
01:04In Miami this weekend.
01:07Yes, he was.
01:08Yes, he was.
01:09UFC 314, which was awesome.
01:11We'll get into it because I want to talk a little bit about the card.
01:13But he was.
01:14He was there.
01:15You wouldn't know it by as much as this cabinet was thrown on the broadcast.
01:18Hey, it's like, all right, UFC fans, you want to see Ted Cruz?
01:24What?
01:25No.
01:26All right.
01:27I guess.
01:28Trump's one thing.
01:29Like, Trump's at least been a UFC OG.
01:31You know, he's been around forever.
01:32Yep.
01:33But it's like, you guys want to see Ted Cruz?
01:35Yeah.
01:36Guy wouldn't know if Camorra broke his own arm.
01:38Like, whether or not he was president, it'd be like, oh, Donald Trump's in the audience.
01:42Of course.
01:42If Ted Cruz is like, what?
01:45Marco Rubio's here.
01:46Okay.
01:47Great.
01:47Awesome.
01:48Wonderful.
01:49Swell, dude.
01:50Can you show me Kid Rock at least?
01:52Can I see Kid Rock like doing a funnel in the crowd?
01:55Is there no Musk here?
01:57It's the FBI directors here.
02:00Huh?
02:00All right.
02:01Cool, dude.
02:02Hey, you know, he's sitting next to George St. Pierre.
02:06Show me the goat.
02:08That's crazy.
02:09Anyway, Panthers, big news over the week.
02:13And we talked about this, where Aaron Ekblad was cleared for team activities.
02:18And he spoke to the media, Leroy.
02:21He spoke to the media.
02:21I asked this question in the beginning of the suspension.
02:30And what were we told?
02:33Nope.
02:34Out.
02:35Out.
02:36He was out, though.
02:37He was.
02:37No, but I'm saying, I said, is there a period of time where he can come back and start team activities?
02:42It seems pretty odd that he would have to come back just cold turkey.
02:46Listening to him this week, though, it was pretty funny listening to him because he's not allowed to be there when people are there.
02:51And he said he had to call up Keith Yandel, former Panthers defenseman, Keith Yandel, I think just retired last year.
02:58He goes, Keith, will you skate with me?
03:00Oh, that's so sad.
03:03He's like, I saw.
03:04He's like, what would you do?
03:05He's like, I saw Forsling do some things and I try and copy it.
03:09It's got to be so sad.
03:11Hockey's got to be a pretty sad alone sport.
03:14Oh, my goodness.
03:14Yes.
03:15Because, like, those rinks, when there's nobody there, they're spooky.
03:20Yeah.
03:21And not to mention, if you're just skating with another person, it's Blades of Glory.
03:34I don't know what you're calling it, but to me, I keep thinking about Blades of Glory.
03:40Blades of Glory.
03:42Because I didn't have anybody, so I called Ole Yokinen.
03:49And you give me, this was Aaron Eckblatt asked about what lesson he learned from being banned.
03:54How tough of a lesson was it to learn after getting the suspension on it?
03:58the toughest you know it's not there's so many ways you look at it respect and integrity and
04:07character you know family name my teammates fans it's every single which way you look at it the
04:18money that I lose on top of all that not that I you know care about it in a sense I'd give it all
04:25back to play and and take it all back again so um a lot of regret um but it is what it is and
04:33have to find a way to move forward this is why I always said he's a good boy you know and and he
04:40didn't deserve this it was too it was too much shame to drag his name and honestly he should
04:44have gotten an apology reprieve on his assistant 10 games that's enough 25 was a bit much I feel
04:52like to be cleared already here's what you need to know about these suspensions they're predetermined
04:58and they are um collectively bargained no uh no parole though like what for he's a good boy good
05:06behavior they're collectively bargained here's what the suspension is for this infraction there's no
05:13leeway there's no wiggle room there's no nothing he uh he will be allowed to return game three of
05:20the playoffs and I believe we got some uh pretty good news this morning Paul Maurice was on the Joe
05:26Rose show and uh implied that uh Aaron Eckblad I mean I'm sorry Matthew Kachuk is on pace to be back
05:36for first round of the playoffs which I wasn't sure because I saw a report this weekend I saw a boy David
05:42Dwork was kicking around he had heard there's a possibility this this could linger a little bit that
05:46this was going to go maybe in but now it seems like the message they're uh they're getting out
05:50there is that he's uh he's going to be back and it's not definite his uh quote this morning to Joe
05:56was it's a really important week for him he's not that far off he's very very close we're not missing
06:02this by two weeks okay if it's not it might be a game maybe maybe so we'll see Panthers back in
06:11action tonight seven o'clock is your puck drop from Ameren Bank Arena they're taking on the New York Rangers