Kangaroo | The Steve Dangle Podcast

[@alkaline1100]

I actually waited in the parking lot at my work until this was posted so I could listen to it on my commute. I have problems.

[@Canuck867]

Nah, we get it. If it's a problem we've got it too.

[@Donthaveagoodname]

I'll literally bookmark and wait to listen if I have a drive or something to do in an hour so that whatever it is goes by quicker.

[@michaeljohnston272]

Dedication

[@cameroncolbourne6876]

I rate that

[@thinglizzy2311]

I usually wait till just after 5 to take my break for these reasons

[@rodchallis8031]

I'll say that Kangaroo was traumatized. Imagine breaking out of a zoo in a bid for freedom, and finding out you're in Oshawa.

[@ThatsBadTV]

Right?

[@KS-xk2so]

could be worse.... hit up Teddy's for a sando... bounce around for awhile for shits n giggs, then let the coppers corner ya.

[@groooooog8315]

SJ fan and local here - as soon as there’s confirmation that sdp goes to San Jose on the 6th I’m getting tickets

[@drew10981]

Jon Becher is genuinely an awesome guy. He is every bit the fan/executive he claims to be in his Twitter bio. I've had the good fortune of meeting and chatting with him 3 or 4 times over the years, and he truly cares about the fan base, about the team, and about the area around San Jose. He even was nice enough to buy me a beer once at the Sharks practice facility once, simply because I made the effort to show up to an event that was announced only at the last second by him on Twitter. And not the "I'll cover that as the big boss of this building" type of way. No, he pulled cash out of his wallet and paid for my beer. I seriously cannot say enough good things about Jon. Dude is an absolute fuckin beauty.

[@Yetso97]

Steve getting to interact with the absolute gem that is Jonathan Becher is just lovely.

[@kasdjkfghalksjdhg]

"We hardly ever fuckin' swear" - Steve Dangle 🤣👍

[@Sundagar]

I watch in the States, and McDavid is definitely a reason for me to watch an Oilers game.

[@bentomjack3434]

I’m a Blackhawks fan who lives about 6 hours away from Chicago. We try to make it to 1-3 games per season, and we will absolutely look at the schedule and pick players/teams we want to see so McDavid absolutely is a draw for us We chose the Penguins last year and got to see Malkin’s 1000th game and Hossa’s jersey retirement completely by accident

[@alkumhcounseling8634]

Pens - Blackhawks in their primes was the best possible cup final we never got. 2013 would've been the year for it to happen if anything.

[@brendobaggins]

that’s crazy. I was at Malkin’s 999th game in Winnipeg, I’m jealous

[@stevenmertes]

I vibe so hard with that rant on the NHL app

[@KevynKing]

I'm with Adam on the stick handedness thing. Being right handed, it always made way more sense to my brain to shoot right and have my dominant hand at the bottom end of the stick - same as If always felt better to catch right as a goalie.

[@montanak833]

I got a Sabres Risto jersey after he scored the WJC gold medal winning goal. Oh the potential he flashed back then.

[@ezwelchman]

My Dad writes and throws with his right. Bats/Golfs/Hockey all lefty. Honestly like you said I think it just depends on what feels comfortable when you first learn.

[@aliciaf1055]

I now have the line from Catch-22 "Help him, help the bombardier" going through my head, but with your pronunciation of bombardier. It's very funny.

[@jaikohaal]

I find it super awesome if the pod actually goes to the shark tank. That was a wholesome bit.

[@BigBore525x]

Just an FYI. Edmonton is 5 points back of where they were last year at this exact same point. Finished with 50 wins and 109 points, 1 win, 2 points back of Vegas for best in the West.

[@BigBore525x]

@@jaredhoff8601 This has aged like warm milk. Coming off a 10 game win streak, 39 games played, 1 point back of LA, 6 points back of Vegas with 3 games in hand. LA going 2-4-4 in their last 10, losing 8 in a row. Vegas going 3-7 in their last 10.

[@ddmcoulgh]

Oh my God, please share the Bowmanville Zoo stories. I lived right by it when it shut down.

[@chowda4u]

THANK YOU for clarifying the left/right handed shot defensemen! I was also confused as to why right hand shot defensmen are always desired.

[@pimnijsten9007]

I'm not convinced though. Because in golf (as mentioned) and field hockey everybody is right handed by default. If you're right handed irl, your coordination and muscles in your right arm are probably a bit more developed that in your left arm, so you would actually want your dominate hand/arm at the bottom. Because the bottom arm/hand generates the force and precision with which you hit the puck. The top hand just holds the stick and doesn't really do anything. Puck control and deking is done by the bottom hand as well. All the top hand does is hold the stick up.

[@people3865]

​@@pimnijsten9007You've never played hockey, eh?

[@pimnijsten9007]

@@people3865 You're kinda wrong there buddy with your assessment of me, but that's okay :)

[@people3865]

@@pimnijsten9007 No I'm not lol. Dominant hand on top is how you get better control and power. You learn that at a very young age in hockey lol.

[@rileymills7887]

I have never been as glued to my phone as I have today.

[@Jamminmagic]

Woo-hoo Friday episodes here!

[@rowanreese5692]

I was really surprised about the right/left stick segment because how Jesse was describing was exactly the opposite of how I learned. Had to look it up because I felt like I was going crazy, and apparently there's a cultural difference where a right handed canadian or european will likely shoot left but an american will likely shoot right.

[@rowanreese5692]

The theory is that other sports with a handedness element have more influence on american players to stay with the dominant hand matching their stick handedness. Funny to learn that I should have been a lefty all along.

[@Chillin24Seven]

I believe it has something to with baseball. Basically Americans are taught to hold a hockey stick the same as a baseball bat and then just slide the bottom hand forward.

[@collynbertin3260]

A big part of why teams like right handed players on riggt side is positioning. Because the dominant hand is at the top if you a defender and your back skating you have more control along the outside and get an extra inch or two to move their stick, or alot more reach if they need to go one handed. Also along the boards you can pick up the puck and fire it up the boards or accross in one motion, whereas a left handed player playing right would pick it up on their back hand and move it to the right. That one extra movement is the difference between a forward closing the gap and the puck being in safety. Its the samenin the offensive zone, if your right handed and a RD you get that extra little bit of stick reach, and when grabbing the puck off the boards you can immediately pass instead of needing to move it to the back hand. What having a left handed player does let you do better is play the puck behind the net a bit quicker because if your picking up the puck on your forehand and your left handed you'll have the positioning to immediately fire the puck along the boards towards your own goalie. The issue with that is generally if your first back on the puck it will still take your partner d 1 or 2 seconds to be in a good position to receive the behind the net pass. Basically the advantage you get by getting the puck on the forehand is mitigated by needing to wait for the partner d to be in place. If youre picking up the puck on thebforehwand as well your back is more turned away from the incoming opposing team.

[@tyler_okamoto]

I didn’t pick up a hockey stick until I was in college. I’m right handed, shoot right. It just felt more natural. I also played baseball, so I catch left when I’ve played goalie which kinda sucks with the goalie stick but whatever, I adjusted. All my friends I’ve introduced hockey to shoot what they are handedness, so my wife shoots left as a left hander, my friend shoots right as a right hander. I gave them both a different sided stick without telling them anything other than how to hold it, and they said it felt more natural to pick left as a lefty and right as a righty. Idk

[@missbeeski]

Kangaroo story from an Aussie: when I was growing up we used to spend time on my dad's family farm out in the bush. We'd regularly see big buck (male) roos, easily over 6ft tall, bounding across the paddocks and clearing the cattle fences with zero effort. No way would you approach them on foot, and the working dogs knew instinctively to steer clear (the story Steve told about roos drowning dogs in dams is definitely accurate). The mobs of roos would race us along to the roads as we'd drive to town, and could outpace us in farm utes going 60kmph. So much power in those legs! These days, I live in a bigger city, but we still see roos when they move around the outer suburbs through the scrub and nature reserves. They're pretty chill if you see them in a wild life park - totally safe to feed and pat, and they will move off if they don't want to interact - but you wouldn't want to approach them in the wild, for sure.

[@KS-xk2so]

I live in the area.... apparently the Roo socked one of the cops in the face pretty good before they took it down lol

[@DravenIM]

25:46 That LA Kings road record on the screen

[@RobbyThomas18]

Adam talking about hes always hornee for trades... boom bortuzzo to the NYI for a 7th😂🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@mooghoo2]

According to the Toronto media, the Leafs are also in on Otheani…so hungry for a trade!

[@adamcowsert3907]

Ohtani signed with the Dodgers. Reports say SDPN were the reason why he backed out talks with The Blue Jays.

[@BrotherAlpha]

21:00 ... They don't need a vibes guy. They need an army of sports psychologists.

[@mubashshirnasir4423]

1:39:12 The sheer joy I got from making a random correct guess was insane lol

[@safejewel2072]

32:43 The orange puffer is likely to help with inflammation in the lung. Once you take you first inhaler, sometimes inflammation occurs after the airways are opened up or something. I used to have the same thing.

[@ConnorCockhill]

This podcast hit home... When the guys were talking about how right handed people naturally shoot left in hockey and Adam was freaking out, I had a similar reaction when I learned this. Right handed for everything so my parents got me a right handed stick and learned to play that way. Heard that around 25 yrs old. Now almost 30, and occasionally when warming up in beer league I will flip my stick and play left handed back handed with my right hand at the top. Can't really shoot but just stick handling feels way more natural with the dominant hand at the top. Too late for me now but will definitely be telling my future kids this. Great ep!

[@act_morris]

Love the cliff hanger boys 😂

[@HandsomeDanVacationRentals]

The kangaroo escaped when they were offloading them into a small local zoo as a stopover. The man filmed with the net was the zookeeper transporting them. He was interviewed on TV. But I like Steve’s story better.

[@JasondenHollander-qj5hp]

I saw this on TikTok and was going to send you a dm re this (the kangaroo story) as an Aussie I laughed. Fwiw majority of what we see here are wallabies in cooler climates which are smaller and non aggressive. A kangaroo I Canada just seems cruel. The big reds in serious hot outback found and 99.99% a non issue but if you re walking through scrub and come across a big bull (male) you better be backtracking. The most common threat is when driving as they are fast, as in 60+kph fast and like a (Canadian analogy as I have lived there) moose you don’t want one coming through the windscreen at speed. Hasn’t happened to me but three mates have t-boned a big roo and vehicle has been a write-off each time. They don’t ‘punch’, they grab you with arms and rear legs will open your torso as Steve described.

[@aliciaf1055]

Looks more like an Eastern grey than a red.

[@thestoneman1336]

You guys gotta talk about the LA Kings. They just broke the record for the most wins to start a season on the road.

[@Mo-ph9hy]

Lol good luck man. Even if they do talk about the Kings they’ll say a bunch of things that are wrong because they don’t even pay attention to the team. Kings are on fire tho!

[@thetank5642]

@@Mo-ph9hyLol and they’ll find a way to only talk about Dubois’ questionable contract but I’m shocked because I thought they would talk about Byfield break out by now

[@mikeenglish844]

"So in dragon boat".... lol

[@evinrock5717]

Keefe messed up the whole reeves situation. He should have started him 1 and sit 1 or start 1 sit 2. He didn’t need to start every game and he left him in the lineup and allowed a narrative to build.

[@CraftsWithCrafts]

In Jomboy's defence, while WE know the company as "Bom-bar-dee-yay" it is ALSO pronounced "bom-bah-deer" and refers to a crew member on a WWII bomber aircraft.

[@LordGrantius]

I think it has roots farther back alongside grenadier, because if I recall correctly it's like a mortar lobbing bombs

[@unworthythor4094]

As a vet a Bombadier is an artillery corporal

[@people3865]

​@@unworthythor4094Was just about to type this lol. Bombadier/Master Bombadier.

[@Marixa1979]

I believe the Oilers have the most nationally broadcast games down in the states, so I assume McDavid and Drai are big draws in the states.

[@Chillin24Seven]

Forwards tend to shoot with their dominant hand lower. Defenders spend a lot of time with one hand on their stick and tend to have their dominant hand on the top of the stick.

[@singlewalkrun]

Anecdotally, I feel like the 'North American' philosophy in the 80's and 90's was to have your dominant hand be lower on the stick (i.e. righties shoot right) and the 'European' philosophy was to have your dominant hand be on top (i.e. righties shoot left). In the last 25 years, we've shifted to the more skilled philosophy which has led to an abundance of lefthanded shooting players.

[@Gambitfan]

"Lightning can't stop LOSING" we literally came off of back-to-back wins.

[@markhudak2928]

Why is Adam lying about not knowing about the sushi restaurant in Rodgers Center? Im sure he's been there with a bunch of times with all of his rich friends.

[@alkumhcounseling8634]

regarding righties competing left-handed - Vasyl Lomachenko is the best example of this in boxing. Having your dominant hand forward makes you fight more like a fencer, and at his peak Loma was called "No Mas CHenko" because his footwork was so good his opponents couldn't lang on him and he could just create angles where he ends up standing BESIDE them hitting them with punches they don't see coming. He didn't knock guys out often, he just demoralized them and they'd quit on the stool.

[@BrotherAlpha]

18:00 ... As a Canucks fan... YOU ARE NOT GETTING LAFFERTY BACK!

[@saskcch]

When the kangaroo was loose they were talking to people in the area and one lady said she was worried for the kangaroo because there are coyotes in the area. I was thinking I would be more worried about the coyote...

[@nathanvaliquette8289]

Steve you had to pick up woll in your fantasy league dooming him to injury!!!

[@sallynika]

Steve really asking if McDavid is a draw in the states when the oilers have the most espn games out of Canada 😭😭

[@codyparker5858]

Beat y’all in the “who he play for segment”, but I collect rookie cards so I remember them all.

[@snaky115]

"SDP storms San Jose!" 😂😂😂

[@philipmatsick9274]

Love the handedness discussion. It just all depends what you’re most comfortable with. I always thought I was weird growing up being someone that writes and throws right handed, but shoot, golf, and bat left handed. But I think other kids were just forced to play right handed cause their parents thought that was the right way. Thank god for my first coach who told my parents to let me play the way I naturally held it.

[@RogueLeafer]

As someone the same age of the guys all I want is this Bowmanville Zoo story.I went on so many class trips there growing up in the area.

[@Ace__]

we need more Who He Play Fors

[@Kentril2112]

Jesse just said the very fresh word "Bombardier" is a Canadian word. It's a middle-french word like rendezvous.

[@Captain.Dingus]

He said it’s a Canadian company, which is correct.

[@koolaid_97]

another certified classic 🔥🔥🔥

[@XxHarounXx]

You watched it already? 😂

[@koolaid_97]

⁠i just already know 🧠💪

[@mtrx765]

I think Reaves has something up with his wrist, saw him with some sort of sleeve on it under his glove.

[@steve13thlegion16]

The part of me that watches LFR after Leafs losses, really is looking forward to the Monday show.

[@nolananderson4782]

Dominant hand vs handedness in hockey, there's a bit of geographic difference. From what I know, in Canada it's more common to go dominant hand on top, but in the US it's more common to go dominant hand on the bottom.

[@people3865]

In Sweden it's reported that literally EVERY player is told to go left handed at a young age. That's why they have so few RHD.

[@nolananderson4782]

@@people3865 doesn't that become a bit of a problem in their domestic leagues?

[@people3865]

@@nolananderson4782 Not really. Check out Sweden's national team. Almost all D play left. They just learn both sides.

[@Chimponaut]

Don't think they read these, but one reason for having the dominant hand on the top in hockey is to be able to do more accurate poke checks etc with one hand.

[@anthonyfaccaro7118]

Im right handed and have always played right handed. Tried left handed once, got the stick stuck in the boards and nearly impaled myself. However, to jesses point, i can swing a bat left or right but have more power as a lefty because my dominate stronger hand is on the bottom, more control over my swing and more torque.

[@andrewnelson7010]

I think that kangaroo segment tops the bofa deez segment for me, so goofy.

[@Ryuzakku]

I guess I'm weird. I'm left handed, I shoot right, I swing right, I golf right, and I can't play baseball because I both catch left and throw left.

[@michaelenyart5789]

The reason why it’s hard to find right, handed defenseman is because people who are “goofy” (meaning they have their dominant hand on top) End up having a higher ceiling because they have their dominant hand on the part of the stick that requires the most control. This is why 95% of the population is right handed, but about 50% of the NHL is left handed. They are the goofy right handers who have an advantage over normal right handers.

[@Martin_from_SC]

Poor Jesse really stepped in it with his tweet, lol.

[@lipstick_attack]

1:09:05 Counterpoint, I was born and raised in the GTA so I cheer for Toronto, but my family and I are French-Canadian so I also cheer for the Habs (I know, I know)

[@mitcharmstrong8327]

it’s fun being a san jose fan lol. we’ll be good again in a few years, but spoiler is good too

[@thetank5642]

Good for you guys. Not a fan of the Sharks but felt the 0-10-1 start being labeled the worst team of all time was out of hand. Everyone has gold fish memories since 2 years ago Coyotes started 0-10-1 as well….. That team also pulled it together into a 40-50 point team

[@joer8854]

It's like archery with what handed you are. They hand you a bow and watch how you hold it. With hockey they hand you a stick and see how you hold it.

[@user13342]

Good pod lads ❤

[@rickyma3189]

For Who He Play For, when Adam was down 0-2 I really thought he had Steve right where he wanted snd was going to make an epic come back!

[@InsignificantNick]

On the Ovechkin talk, idk if he just goes on a streak and magically scores 30 goals or something goals from here. If you watch him play, he looks like he's a step behind. He doesn't look the same rn.

[@Polecat-pc5oc]

I'm left handed and played hockey, baseball and golf all right handed. When I was a kid they tried to make me write right handed in school. Did not work.

[@pyromaniacpotato10]

As a left handed lacrosse player, Finding out that I would actually be a righty if I played hockey is pretty wild tbh

[@starkiller34]

I dont know that there is a science to it, but almost every play I know is inverted: I'm right handed in my everyday life, but will always shoot lefty at hockey. Weirdly, I play Lacrosse right handed. Same for golf.

[@Purebred0Chaos]

I'm a leftie. I throw with my left, catch with my right. Kick with my right leg. Swing a bat, hockey stick, and golf club right. Also, for some reason, when I play NHL, I'm useless with a right shooter. I can only do it with a left shooter.

[@stellaroj]

At a certain point i just started cracking up because I realized that my hockey podcasthqd been talking about kangaroos for the past 10 minutes.

[@craighutchison4343]

Vibes commissioner 😂😂😂

[@CoolsBreeze]

Everyone knew the second they got rid of Lafferty was a massive mistake on management's part.

[@kevinkush4034]

Its Crazy any time you guys talk about Matt Frattin cuz that's a family relative of mine and any time I've seen him I low key hound him about his time with the leafs

[@88laserbeam]

I see kangaroo, i am prepared for animal knowledge or zoo stories from steve

[@TheNighthawke502]

I'm surprised that the guys didn't talk about how Ohtani signed with Team Baggage of JBM, especially since Jesse brought up JomBoy! LOL.

[@benweigel7918]

I’m convinced this is at least the second time clarity by zedd has been talked about on the podcast 😂

[@cnmanonfire]

Crosby to Washington to help Ovi get the goal record 😅

[@PUDDI1986]

I write right handed, and right is my dominant hand. I shoot left, golf left, and bat left. I'm a goalie, tho and play regular

[@johnnykay1262]

yall gonna want Reaves for playoff hockey

[@mirandamostad]

I want more of the zoo story. Christmas special?

[@jordankokocinski506]

1:04:28 - but the season started literally the *day after* Thanksgiving this year, so is that extra day really solving the problem?

[@michaelenyart5789]

As an American McDavid is a draw for me to watch a game and the Hughes brothers aren’t (unless all 3 are in one game).

[@cjjulius4138]

I lived in Belgium and France for several months and most of the trains were branded bombardier so not exactly Canadian

[@cjjulius4138]

@@torontokid2727 my point is that it's an international brand. I know it's Canadian company but it's not limited to Canada, sorry I didn't explain that well

[@justinkoster4417]

if the cup is awarded on the 25th and the draft is on the 28th when is the winning teams parade gonna be? are all the front office ppl gonna have to miss it ?

[@daltonfitzpatrick7752]

Hockey is the only thing i am left handed in. Jesse is spot on. Your dominant hand goes on top of the stick.

[@connorklitgaard3759]

Please come to San Jose

[@Joe_Ma99]

4:41 I’m in the aircraft industry and here in the states I’ve heard it pronounced bomba-deer by a lot of ppl.

[@wilseph1]

Why not?!?!?!??? WHY NOT?!???

[@MrTruemendous]

What the.. they caught Polkaroo!?

[@KennethMoyer-t3y]

Does anyone know how the Kings and the Leafs were tied for the most points in the " last 10 games streak " this morning?

[@martybraga4832]

Hertl with 3 goalie pulled goals in two games has to be some sort of record eh?

[@unmike19]

Genuinely curious where Jesse got the, "most people play hockey with dominant hand on top". I've played since I was 5, played semi-pro, coached multiple levels. I think it's totally fair to say, whatever feels most comfortable, but the dominant hand lower makes sense for generating power for the shot. Maybe that's an older thought process?

[@thetank5642]

The thing is why are there so many left shot dmen in the league that case when the majority of people are right handed? Many right handed people shoot left tbh

[@thumpyloudfoot864]

I WANT STEVE'S STAN MARSH MUG....

[@Deabeatdad]

The fact that they didn't come up with " sdp takes a BITE out of s the sap center"

[@jobemi2422]

Legitimately would like to know what Steve is talking about with the Leafs not playing that bad and saying the Sens were a muffin factory throwing garbage on net. (via NaturalStatTrick, at 5v5) 1st period - xGF% of 82% and HDCF of 5-1 2nd period - xGF% of 56% and HDCF of 4-3 3rd period - xGF% of 65% and HDCF of 5-3 Game Totals - xGF% of 66% and HDCF of 14-7 All of those favoured the Sens. A win is a win, but saying the shot tracker was deceiving is such a weird take. Sens doubled the Leafs up on high danger chances and won 2/3 of the xG battle.