Fifth Liners
39 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago -From armchair literary juggernauts to armchair hockey commentators, this blog is designed to spread the word: my friends and I have opinions about hockey.
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WTYKY Podcast: Episode 40
April 23, 2024 23:08WTYKY Podcast: Episode 40 This past weekend Luke and James stepped back into the Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Zoom Recording Studio and this is the result. Topics include: - Steve Staios sure ain't Pierre Dorion - Looking ahead to the off-season - Was this the worst season ever? - WTYKY buries another podcaster - James works out some stuff about the Alexandre Daigle documentary. Honestly Luke didn't have much to do with this part, he just cleared the lane and let James cook. - And much,...
WTYKY Podcast: Episode 39
January 26, 2024 00:35WTYKY Podcast: Episode 39 Before the Sens turned the season completely around by beating the powerhouse (not really) Flyers and Habs, James and Luke took to the mics to yell at each other a bit. Topics include how everything sucks, and how yelling at the players can be good because they suck. James also talks at length about how it's time to trade a D-man. Look, you either are on board with this episode or you're not.
WTYKY Podcast: Episode 38
December 13, 2023 16:47WTYKY Podcast: Episode 38 James and Luke are back with a Christmas Family Pack sized episode to recap the last 4 months, including: - Did our Bet69 sponsorship deal with Shane Pinto get him into trouble? - Is Dominik Kubalik a wasteman or a victim of Dark Magik? - Vladimir Tarasenko - Are the goalies good? Can goalies be good? What are goalies? - Fire DJ? Sure, why not! And finally, we put James on the stand for his most daunting task yet: defending the tenure of Pierre Dorion.
WTYKY Podcast: Episode 37
September 13, 2023 16:22WTYKY Podcast: Episode 37 Luke and James catch up on a long summer's worth of news including: Jake Sanderson's shiny new long-term contract Vladimir Tarasenko signing in Ottawa as a free agent Joonas Korpisalo's new lifetime contract The troubling lack of cap space for Shane Pinto DJ Smith is good, actually Horny Claude Giroux videos
WTYKY Podcast: Episode 32
September 08, 2022 23:05WTYKY Podcast: Episode 32 Luke and James are here to drink beers and remember some guys, and we’ve got lots of beers and lots of guys.
WTYKY Podcast: Episode 31
August 04, 2022 15:43WTYKY Podcast: Episode 31 After a long absence, Luke and James step back into the Robillard Hearing Centre Studio to discuss a smorgasbord of Sens news that is Actually Good. Topics of discussion include: – Alex DeBrincat – Claude Giroux – Alex Kovalev (???) – Josh Norris – And More!
WTYKY Podcast: Episode 29 - 2021 NHL Entry Draft Chat with Brad Allen
July 21, 2021 17:332021 NHL Entry Draft Chat with Brad Allen James and Luke welcome back returning champion Brad Allen to answer questions about the upcoming NHL entry draft. Questions like: How are last year’s draftees going? Is it completely ridiculous to take Jesper Wallstedt at 10th overall when Sebastian Cossa is right there? Who has the edge between Cole Sillinger, Chaz Lucius, and Kent Johnson? Who are some potential RD options at 10? Who are this year’s darkhorses that could still be available i...
WTYKY Podcast: Episode 27 - Talking Craigs: Stop Making Sens
March 15, 2021 02:41WTYKY Podcast: Episode 27 - Talking Craigs: Stop Making Sens In this episode, James and Luke talk to former Ottawa Senators Social Media Guru and current producer for The Wally and Methot Show, Craig Medaglia. You either know what this is or you don't.
WTYKY Podcast: Episode 26
March 02, 2021 18:34WTYKY Podcast: Episode 26 After a long and conspicuous absence, James and Luke are back in the booth to talk anything and everything from the last three months in the Sens Sphere. Topics include: - How are you feeling? - Sens Sickos - It Was 5-1 - Stützle: He's good, folks! - Do the Sens need a captain? - Regrettably, goaltending. - Release the Stone of Chlapik! - Attach the Stone of Dzingel!
WTYKY Podcast: Episode 25
November 11, 2020 23:46WTYKY Podcast Episode 25 It's the WTYKY Podcast's 25th Podcast Milestone! We've bee producing these at a solid 4-5-episodes-a-year clip, and we saved up all of the best stuff for this occasion. This episode includes how we finally forced the team to adopt the logo and jersey we've been demanding for literally years and the results of the most important draft in franchise history. Luke Peristy, James, and Varada are here to get you through the pandemic with the Ottawa Senators Podcast thr...
WTYKY Podcast: Episode 24.5
October 02, 2020 00:21WTYKY Podcast: Episode 24.5 In the second part of WTYKY's Draft Podcast Extravaganza, Luke and James talk to Hockey Prospect's Brad Allen about: - Lucas Raymond vs. Jack Quinn vs. Seth Jarvis - Why Tristen Robins and Ridly Grieg got moved up his list - Why Jamie Drysdale moved down his list - Who should Ottawa swing for the fences with in the 2nd round - Zayde Wisdom!!!
WTYKY Podcast: Episode 24
September 30, 2020 23:52WTYKY Podcast: Episode 24 James and Luke are back with HockeyProspect.com’s Brad Allen to discuss next week’s NHL draft and the players that YOUR Ottawa Senators could be taking. How much should you be panicking? We will tell you! Worried? You will be! Topics in this episode include: – Quinton Byfield: How much seasoning does he need? – Should the Senators take Yaroslav Askarov 3rd overall or 5th overall? – Why do scouts love Jake Sanderson?
WTYKY Podcast: Episode 23
April 28, 2020 01:20WTYKY Podcast: Episode 23 In this episode, James and Luke interview Brad Allen of hockeyprospect.com about the 1st round of the upcoming draft. Discussions include: - Tim Stuetzle vs. Quinton Byfield - Marco Rossi vs. Jack Quinn - How good is Alexis Lafreniere really? - Possible spicy first round picks - Possible bland and mild first round picks - Brady Tkachuk - Yaroslav Askarov - How big is this draft for Ottawa really?
WTYKY Podcast: Episode 22
March 02, 2020 14:52WTYKY Podcast: Episode 22 In this episode, James and Luke discuss trade deadline madness, Bobby Ryan's return to the lineup, and more!
WTYKY Podcast: Episode 21
February 04, 2020 05:55WTYKY Podcast: Episode 21 In this episode, James, Varada and extra special guest Chet Sellers discuss: The Ottawa Senators suck the life energy from the San Jose Sharks, Emperor Palpatine style! The Sens have many players of varying quality on expiring contracts and we share the latest on where we think they might land based on what we're hearing from our extensive network of well-connected insiders! Some much-needed Borowiecki love after having spent hours on previous podcasts using him ...
WTYKY Podcast: Episode 20
December 19, 2019 21:56WTYKY Podcast: Episode 20 In this episode: - Anthony Duclair: He keeps kicking ass, so we gotta keep talking about him. - Colin White: Kause 5 Koncern? - Belleville Senators: They're good now! - The World Juniors: We just hope both teams have fun.
WTYKY Podcast: Episode 19
November 19, 2019 04:15WTYKY Podcast: Episode 19 In this episode: Luke and James discuss having hope again, ask what’s going on with Bobby Ryan, decide whether they could trade Jean-Gabriel Pageau for the good of the rebuild, congratulate Nick Paul on finally finishing his development, consider the plight of Erik Brannstrom, check in on the Sharks’ first round pick, and read some journalism about how Mike Babcock should be fired.
WTYKY Podcast: Episode 18
September 30, 2019 01:55WTYKY Podcast: Episode 18 In which @Luke_H_Peristy and Varada confirm that hockey is a hobby that they share and the Senators are the team they watch most often. They also confirm via analysis that re-signing Chabot was good because he, as a player, is good. We also re-litigate the Zibanejad trade (preview: who cares?) and agree that when the Ottawa Senators went to the conference finals slapped.
WTYKY Podcast: Episode 16
June 16, 2019 03:35WTYKY Podcast: Episode 16 Luke and Varada talk about a few Sens and Sens-adjacent issues, like Phaneuf's recent buy-out, Chris Wideman's eternal regret, and Erik Karlsson's potential return, before talking about the Raptors and basketball for a much longer amount of time.
WTYKY Podcast: Episode 15
April 11, 2019 04:35WTYKY Podcast: Episode 15 It's the first night of the NHL playoffs, and the day after the draft lottery. It's time for us to check in with our feelings and decide, once and for all, if Brady Tkachuk is our Supervisor. (He is.) We also talk about the New Jersey Devils, Carolina Hurricanes, Brian Gibbons and Alex Ovechkin, who are roughly as good as one another, Logan Brown's dad, and tailgating at a Lions game.
WTYKY Podcast: Episode 13
February 08, 2019 05:20WTYKY Podcast: Episode 13 This episode features special guest Poppy Fitzgerald of the amazing and indispensable This Amelnykan Life podcast. In addition to a discussion about their work (seriously, just fuggin subscribe) we talk about Gritty and Spartacat both being Libras, Melnyk's bizarre statements about spending to the cap, the impending doom of Stone and Duchene at the trade deadline, and something about an Australian reality TV show that I refuse to Google to learn more about.
WTYKY Podcast: Episode 12
November 26, 2018 18:03WTYKY Podcast: Episode 12 In this episode of the podcast, Luke and James speak about the Belleville Senators Experience, and whether the Sens’s Rookies can bring feeling back to their cold dead heart. Eugene Melnyk barely even comes up!
WTYKY Podcast: Episode 11
October 12, 2018 03:55WTYKY Podcast: Episode 11 James and Varada talk about the young season, say the word "spiritual" several times, are haunted by the invincible Cody Ceci and fall in love with Brady Tkachuk's wonderful jerk face.
WTYKY Podcast: Episode Armaggedon
September 16, 2018 19:25WTYKY Podcast: Episode Armaggedon Well, it's happened. The Ottawa Senators have traded the best player in franchise history and hollowed out the soul of the team for years to come. James, Varada and Luke Peristy react with cooler heads than anyone might have thought.
WTYKY Podcast: Episode Nine
May 11, 2018 19:26WTYKY Podcast: Episode Nine In this latest episode of the WTYKY podcast, James and Varada discuss the meaning of Ottawa's fourth overall selection in the 2018 NHL draft, management's decision to bring back the entire coaching staff after a disastrous season, and also my new zine, Hockey Brunch (www.hockeybrunch.com). Music by the Hives.
WTYKY Episode Eight Point Five
March 20, 2018 03:10WTYKY Episode Eight Point Five A shortie this time around, featuring only Varada. It's like you're experimenting with the kid's meal at McDonald's. Enjoy.
WTYKY Podcast: Episode Eight: The price of life in blood magic is death
February 26, 2018 06:16WTYKY Podcast: Episode Eight: The price of life in blood magic is death In this episode, James and Varada welcome very special guests Chet Sellers and Luke Peristy of the Chet Sellers and Luke Peristy Podcast, and we collectively struggle to find anything to talk about because so little is going on in the world of the Ottawa Senators other than the slow-motion destruction of the very thing we all love so dearly.
WTYKY Podcast: Episode Seven
February 12, 2018 02:33WTYKY Podcast: Episode Seven Varada and James catch up about the inevitable degradation of their shared hobby, the Ottawa Senators, a team in apparently steep decline.
WTYKY Podcast: Episode Six
December 19, 2017 05:27WTYKY podcast: Episode Six Varada and James catch up. It's been a minute. Music by Sun O)))))).
WTYKY podcast: Episode Five
November 13, 2017 07:46WTYKY podcast: Episode Five Varada and James go deep on the Duchene and Turris trade. Music by Oxes.
WTYKY podcast: Episode Four
November 02, 2017 05:05WTYKY podcast: Episode Four In this latest episode of an Ottawa Senators podcast, Varada and James discuss the Montreal Canadiens, Edmonton Oilers, and New York Rangers. (Oh, also Ottawa's weird 5-2-5 record and how much Cody Ceci sucks.) All music by Don Caballero.
WTYKY podcast Episode Three
October 15, 2017 06:23WTYKY Podcast Episode Three Recorded following Ottawa's killer 6-0 win over Calgary and before their killer 6-1 win over Edmonton, James and Varada talk about the Sens' early-season success, Calgary getting gassed-up by critics, Turris' next contract and, weirdly, Buffalo. Music: Akron/Family, Ava Luna, Beach Fossils, Black Lips, Boyhood.