Scott Gomez

Was it 09-10 or 08-09?

Was it Gionta and Gomez?

Gionta, Gomez trade, Camilleri, Spotcheck, Travis Moan.

Wasn't that

Hammerlick

I don't want to go into the merits

of...

No, no, but Scott Gomez.

Like it was just fantastic.

really really cool and so we got a couple interviews from that that we'll put out on the podcast actually scott gomez was one of them who we talk about on this podcast with uh with pete got to interview ron fogarty who used to coach at princeton when i was coaching at cornell who's now the head coach at omaha gomez is obviously the head coach of the steel and then uh brett skinner who we played against in the ushl who went on to play in the nhl and now is coaching the fargo force so um be on the lookout for, for those interviews coming out here in the next month or so.

But man, dude, just like, you got to do things in life that like fill your bucket up.

And for me, a big thing about filling my bucket is like just getting around good hockey people, you know, like, and, and people you've shared more stories with.

Most of them we have had on a few, obviously, very notable people who had rougher childhoods with how they're they're.

player to parent interaction was in the car but you know like all the guys that i played with who played a long time in nhl like their advice to their kid and how they look at it is kind of the same thing i want you to work hard and want you to have fun it's like the people who don't understand how to develop and things like that they're the ones that a lot of the time are pushing way too hard

Well, the thing is, too, is, like, I mean, I remember a parent asked Scott Gomez, you know, when he was in town.

They're like, you know, how did your dad push you? You know, and he was like, push me? He's like, drop me off at the rink and pick me up.

That was amazing.

And then boom, Scott Gomez is your next guy.

They

just didn't stay together.

I always say that September is the best time of year because it's crisp air about, you know, fifties, sixties, no bugs, just a nice sunny fall day.

And, uh, it was great, you know, to be home for that Alaska hockey hall and fame to, to be able to support some other people like, uh, You know, Scott Gomez's dad, Carlos Gomez, who got inducted, who was a huge part of the hockey community up there.

So that was great.

And another guy that I mentioned to Tal before we jumped on was Mike Lee, a guy that was one of the first guys to play the National Team Development Program from Anchorage.

You know what it is for forwards right now, Tony? It's about a million every 10 points.

There was, um, there was that centennial year, um, where was it? Uh, right after that when they got eliminated, and the Canadians went out and, uh, they traded for Scott Gomez, and they signed Brian Gionta, and they signed Mike Cammalleri.

They signed a couple of, you know, pretty big name free agents.

They were, they were-

It wasn't Gionta.

It was Gomez.

It was Scott Gomez.

Point per game.

48-goal season, uh, which y-you, you look at Scott Gomez's career and it's like, yeah, in the first good chunk of his lengthy career, he was an effective, a very effective player.

Mm-hmm.

But a 48-goal score? Where'd that come from? It happens where everything you touch go in, goes in.

And we don't want to forget the Kings lost two valued members of the organization.

Ace Bailey, the reason I gave the studio that name today was in honor of Ace Bailey and Mark Davis, who They were just an integral part of the team then.

And to be taken away in the way they were, it's just sad.

So I want to take just, like, say 15 seconds of remembrance and silence, and we'll do that right now.

Um...

I don't know.

What's his name?

Is it the defenseman? That was Matty Beneers.

Jamie, Jamie Langenbrunner did.

Scotty Gomez got me.

Mm-hmm.

Marty got me a couple times.

Like, you know, I was in New York, I was with my wife and, um, I was like, I'm not sure, maybe do something, maybe have an idea of doing a show or something.

Like, you know, I w I was talking with Scotty Gomez at the time about doing like a, a TV show with him and doing something in that vein where like we had full control.

And so I talked to my wife and I talked with my family, but my wife was like, you should do it.

Like, just, you know, it's something that you'd be good at.