"We Are Seeing That A Great Goalie Is The Backbone Of A Team" NHL Legend Mark Messier w/ Pat McAfee 

Bigggg ranger fan here pat. Met messier as a little kid w my dad. Great guy took the time out of his day to have a short convo with me. Dudes a beast!!

Good for pat giving hockey some love. Playoff hockey is amazing

Love Mark "Moose" Messier as much as any Oilers fan. He's from St. Albert, a small city north of Edmonton, and he played for us quite a while winning all five of our dynastic cups. Along with Wayne Gretzky, he's got a road in the city named after him, for Mess, the road from Edmonton to his hometown of St. Albert is called Mark Messier Way. For those wondering, the road to the old arena where the Oilers won all of the cups bears Gretzky's name.

Messier looks the exact same for the last 30 years. That’s amazing.

Messiah! His leadership brought lord Stanley to NY and I was in tears June of 1994. Trusting in our boys to bring it back so my son can experience the same feeling

Brind'Amour was a hell of a player in his own right. Such a good matchup.

Messier does so much for us military boys. After a military tourney he supported, he spent 2 hours talking over breakfast with us ❤

Man, the comments about Swayman and the Bruins did not age well just a few hours later.

Great interview I love hockey talk

Messier is awesome . Perhaps the Quintessential Hockey Player with his skill and intelligence and toughness and natural leadership ability. I didn't realize he started so young. The first time I heard his name was in 1974 when I attended a hockey camp in Montreal. One of our counselors would talk about this kid named Messier. I never forgot, but figured it was an older brother or something. Now I realize it was Mark! I now live in Dallas and am delighted to hear his daughter will be attending TCU! Gretzky's daughter is now at SMU. Dallas is becoming an incredible Hockey Town!! Please keep the Hokey Talk on this PodCast. I Love It

Man, I was 8 years old back in 1994 watching that Stanley Cup run with my family. What a line up that was lead by this legend.

Should’ve asked him about the Canucks 😂

LETS GO STARS!!!!!

I was 9 years old had a hockey tournament at water ville valley, New Hampshire. It was prob a 10 team tournament. Mark messier was one of the coaches of the teams nobody knew it until we played them. His son was on his team. And I remember afterwards at the local restaurant he came in took pictures and signed a bunch of autographs. He was the man. I still have the picture and autograph framed on my wall. The autograph was the back of the restaurants menu lmao

The game 6 guarantee was one of the best moments in hockey history!

As a life long Western NY'er I'm both a hockey and football fan. I grew up between Rochester and Buffalo on Lake Ontario, back then we used antennas on the roof of the family home to receive broadcasts from Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse occasionally, and of course, Canada. I'm a life long Leafs fan! The Olympic coverage from Canada was live compared to the United States airing 6 hr old material. I was hoping to hear what Mess had to say about my Leafs. They're top heavy with young talent and becoming the NHL's version of the Romo lead Cowboys. First round exit every yr, (except last season, where they went to game 7 just to lose) yet every season they get talked about being the "team to beat" ! The NHL has different rules for the playoffs compared to the regular season along with the most ridiculous bracketing system known to North American Sports!

Mess! I've got his jersey and a signed stick. Awesome clip. Hey we need Rupp! With that's hockey talk being on pause, I don't see that guy anymore

3:52 actually.. Vancouver was the city on fire after the rangers won in 94’.. literally 😂

Great interview

Even though I’ve never seen my team, NY Rangers win a cup. (Born in 94) I’ve been spoiled with almost 3 decades of elite goaltender play. Richter, Lundqvisf, Shesterkin

All goalies with 2 cup victories or more are in the Hall of Fame.

Oilers fan here. Mark Messier is right. And Stuart Skinner has the City on his back like Grant Fuhr; both boys are local Edmonton guys that are high-caliber goalies. Stewie needs to keep locking in and we can finally hoist a Cup. I honestly think that yes Stewie's impact is more impactful than anyone else except McDavid and maybe Drai. Paul Coffey is a great coach as well. Go Oilers Go

The Legend!

Patty Mac the boys AND THE CAPTAIN?! LETS GOOO!!!!

Mark messier is the greatest leader/captain of a pro sports team, 1994 rangers season, if you know you know

Did they even talk about the Western Conference?

I freaking love Playoff Hockey. Thanks Boys

My favorite player, all sports included. Our captain forever.

We've known this for decades , but go on lol

So, IDK the ins and outs, but ever time I listen to Mess vs Gretz is that Mess is the every man in ways Gretz can't! He reminds me of my man Brandon Beane!

Rangers look outstanding- Been watching the AV's most of this year, their speed and talent seem unmatched to me. (As a Red Wings fan, this pains me deeply to say this) - I see the Av's - Rangers Cup Final with a 7 game series.

Not that I was a fan of any of the teams he played for, but I have said for years that he is the first person I would choose as my captain.

Talking hockey letsss go Fellas. Go Rangers

More messier. Less Subban and biz.

I love Mess. He is trying so hard now. lol

I’m convinced Connor is a curse to the Bruins. He gives Swayman a huge tug job in this segment and then Swayman gets lit up and pulled.

There's caveats to this. Having a great goalie can make a huge difference...but they also can't do it by themself. If the goal support isn't there or they're being hung out to dry with lazy defense, they're not going to stop a playoff level offense on their own. Having a great goalie allows you to make mistakes every once in a while. But it doesn't allow you to play poorly.

yeah, Swayman perspective didn't age well. Truth be told, Panthers are literally walking all over the Bruins.

We are seeing that a great goalie is the most important position in Sports

How did you not press him on the Indy Racers hockey team cmon

Pat has done more for hockey in his 6 months covering it than a commissioner who I won’t name has done for the game in 2 decades

How are there not way more views and likes and this?

Where can I get that Game 7 Jersey???

6 cups 🫎

Yea. Wings are screwed.

Mark "Mr. Elbow" Messier

The Aves literally don’t need a superstar goalie to win a 2nd cup in 3 years….pin this tweet now

Rangers are starting to look like a kreider rider already and we all know how that goes.

3-0 😊 Go Rangiz.

Look, as a Montreal Canadiens fan, it cant be further from the truth. Maybe you've heard of Carey Price. Best goalie of the 2010s decade. For all his time with the habs, from 08 to 22, Ive seen the best goalie being on a horrendous team while : osgood, niemi, crawford twice, murray twice, binnington, kuemper all won cups. Subpar goalies with amazing teams in front of them. This take is so not it

MoooooOOOOOooooooOoOoOse!!!!!!!

How come Ty didn’t ask anything about his cheating Golden Knights??

fuckin beaut

Mooose

No one wants Indiana to go far in the playoffs offs because of money, small franchise team, that’s why I don’t watch the NBA, it’s rigged, and it’s getting old!!

Pat might as well get on his knees cuz he sucks everyone to the point it’s cliche. “He’s the blah blah blah and did this blah blah blah” it’s so repetitive and annoying. I get it’s the easiest way to make conversation but dude it’s so bad

This is wrong. The hawks and wings both had their runs with the ideology that goalies are replaceable