Puck Soup: Bill Pidto on NHL fans, hockey TV; 'Westworld' debate (Podcast)

(WARNING: STRONG ADULT LANGUAGE AND HUMOR. LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.)

PUCK SOUP is the new hockey podcast on the Nerdist network for Puck Daddy editor Greg Wyshynski and Dave Lozo of Vice Sports, Uproxx and The Comeback. This is a hockey podcast, in the sense that the talk about hockey, both on the ice and about fan culture. That’s the “puck.” This is also a podcast about movies, TV, fast food, life lessons and general idiocy. That’s the “soup.”

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In Episode 22, Greg and Dave talk hockey with Bill Pidto of MSG Network and formerly of ESPN, ranging from whether sports coverage is too buttoned down to the changing speed of the NHL to whether hockey fans are just sore losers. That plus Greg saw “Hamilton,” Dave hates musical theater, Greg loves “Westworld,” Dave hates robots with feelings, the death of General Fanager as a salary cap source, what the hell the LA Kings can do to save their season, sandwich and toilet etiquette, the biggest sports city loser and the next general manager fired in the NHL.

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On this episode:

2:00 – Wysh saw Hamilton. No, not Dougie. Lozo hates musical theater.

8:20 – An enlightening conversation about arena bathroom etiquette

14:30 – General Fanager is dead. Long live the NHL Las Vegas team.

22:45 – Wysh is sorry he jinxed the Kings, and what they’ll do next post-Quick.

26:45 – Bill Pidto of MSG (and formerly of ESPN) joins us for a wide-ranging discussion about the state of the NHL, how best to present the NHL on TV and hockey culture, including how NY fans hate watching postgame shows when their teams lose.

1:05:00 – Wysh loves WESTWORLD. Lozo, to the surprise of no one, does not.

1:16:00 – Listener mail! With questions about sandwiches, Las Vegas hockey, NHL GMs and overrated fast food establishments.

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