Hopeless Sports Guy

This is the show in its entirety that is manufactured in a different light this year. It's based on topics, the official opening of the window and our standings and predictions for the upcoming 2023-2024 season. Listen to the show at your own pace, but we kept the segments moving as timely as possible while throwing in our thoughts for almost every team!

The last time there was an overtime in a Game 7 of a Calder Cup Final... you'd have to move the calendar back to the year 1953! I sure know how to pick my first AHL assignment!

It's always fun to do a Stanley Cup Finals broadcast, the game may have gotten out of hand.... but Cooper Hopkins and I take you through the entire thing!

It was a game that I called a must win and alongside Cooper Hopkins (and thank you to Alec Nava, Ian Genge, Sean Jarrett and Dustin Hall) it was a game that carried intrigue for the first time in this series.

Alongside Cooper Hopkins, I take you through the first period. Cooper takes the second period, and both of our intermission conversations were can't miss. Alec Nava and Ian Genge joined me for the backend of the game during the third period and helped finished it off. I thank them for sticking with me the whole way through. Should something happen in terms of a sweep, I may just cherry pick so...

The Stanley Cup Finals are always exciting. Cooper Hopkins joined me for the opener between the Panthers and the Golden Knights and was very tense throughout. Our first intermission was a great discussion of Craig Conroy as GM of the Flames. Don’t miss it. There was a slight audio issue from the third period that will be cleaned up in the next contest, as the Twitter Spaces app crashed, there won'...

Breaking down everything you need to know between the Florida Panthers and the Vegas Golden Knights. Here are some stats, predictions, personal thoughts and a schedule of the Stanley Cup Finals! One of these teams will lift the best trophy in all of sports for the first time in franchise history!

The Vegas Golden Knights were trying to get to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 2018 in the original "Golden Misfit" inaugural season.

It's becoming a real possibility that the Stars are gaining momentum against the Golden Knights.

Leading into Game 4, with Stars captain Jamie Benn suspended and the injury to Evgenii Dadonov it would have been simple for Dallas to concede this game. Dustin Hall joins me for the third period and beyond as we witness something special.

The Florida Panthers are trying to head back to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1996. The Hurricanes are trying to keep its playoff hopes alive.

The first four games in the respective conference finals have all gone to overtime. This one was no different. Vegas is looking to take a commanding 2-0 series lead. Dallas is looking for answers.

The Florida Panthers took a punch from the Carolina Hurricanes to start, but this team doesn't go away. For the second time in as many games, it is another close game that ends in bedlam.

This was the longest game I have ever called! It was the first time covering the Panthers and Hurricanes in the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs. If was a four overtime classic!

This was a game that didn't have a ton of scoring, but the pulse-pounding moments rarely subsided. Cooper Hopkins and I take you through the action and give our thoughts on the playoff landscape during intermission. Don't miss this one.

It's a pivotal 2-2 series wing game at an emotional American Airlines Center. Ian Genge hung out with me during the call.

The Dallas Stars aimed to prove that they could dominate the Seattle Kraken just like they did in Game 2. I take you through a solo call.

Cooper Hopkins joins me in Game 3 of the series between the Dallas Stars and the Seattle Kraken. This was the complete reversal against two good teams that can give the confidence that either one of these teams can go pretty deep in a 2023 playoff run.

I take you through a solo call, and Dallas meant business. Will this be the signaling point of the series? Or will Seattle bounce back?

This is a critical game for Boston. Nick Edwards joined me for this game.

This was a game that left me speechless.

The Seattle Kraken are trying to win its first series in playoff history against the defending Stanley Cup Champions in the Colorado Avalanche. John Ott opens the game (off- double duty with the Waterford Sharks) and Cooper Hopkins closes out the contest. (and saved me big time!) This was a special broadcast in so many ways.

It's the chance for the Maple Leafs to do something for the first time since 2004. The Lightning will have to take three-straight elimination games... but this is a team that knows what it takes.

It was the first time I was able to reconnect with Cooper Hopkins since the start of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Not only will we take you across all eight series during the intermission, we have the main course of a fantastic Game 5, in which someone will take a 3-2 series lead after tonight. Don't miss this one.

It was a wild scene in Seattle and a very entertaining playoff game between the Avalanche and the Kraken!