TJ Oshie

Oshie judges Olympic figure skating more impressive than sprinting, saying top hockey players couldn't approach figure skaters' skills.

“the things that figure skaters do on the ice, the best hockey player in the world wouldn't even come close”

Pardon My Take: TJ Oshie, Spurs Force A Game 7, Baseball and Presidents + Fyre Fest Of The Week (May 29, 2026) · Listen from 1:40:58

Oshie observes that younger NHL players communicate on the ice much less than players of his era.

“these young guys a lot less. I don't know, maybe because they have their head up more than us, but they they talk on the ice a lot less”

Pardon My Take: TJ Oshie, Spurs Force A Game 7, Baseball and Presidents + Fyre Fest Of The Week (May 29, 2026) · Listen from 1:11:51

Oshie recounts Barry Trotz threatening veterans' ice time unless they defended properly, which he credits with turning the season.

“if you don't start defending the way you have to defend, you will not play again”

Pardon My Take: TJ Oshie, Spurs Force A Game 7, Baseball and Presidents + Fyre Fest Of The Week (May 29, 2026) · Listen from 1:28:27

Oshie names Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson and Holtby as the Capitals' Mount Rushmore of his era.

“if we're speaking just that era, I think it's Ovi, Backstrom, Carlson, Holpe”

Pardon My Take: TJ Oshie, Spurs Force A Game 7, Baseball and Presidents + Fyre Fest Of The Week (May 29, 2026) · Listen from 1:01:17

Oshie explains beating Carolina's forecheck requires drawing in pressure and making short passes rather than long ones.

“you actually suck them in and bring their pressure to you, right? And then you don't make a long play. You make a little short play”

Pardon My Take: TJ Oshie, Spurs Force A Game 7, Baseball and Presidents + Fyre Fest Of The Week (May 29, 2026) · Listen from 1:08:36

Oshie says Montreal's only path back against Carolina was scoring the first goal in Game 5.

“the only way they can get back is if they score the first goal in Game 5”

Pardon My Take: TJ Oshie, Spurs Force A Game 7, Baseball and Presidents + Fyre Fest Of The Week (May 29, 2026) · Listen from 1:06:38

Oshie says adopting a Moe Norman-style single-plane swing has reduced his back pain.

“I've been trying that out this spring and it's, it's taken a lot of pain out of my back”

Pardon My Take: TJ Oshie, Spurs Force A Game 7, Baseball and Presidents + Fyre Fest Of The Week (May 29, 2026) · Listen from 1:35:43

Oshie says he was so confident in shootouts that he would face anyone in the world.

“I would put myself up against anyone in the world in a one-on-one shootout thing”

Pardon My Take: TJ Oshie, Spurs Force A Game 7, Baseball and Presidents + Fyre Fest Of The Week (May 29, 2026) · Listen from 1:20:02

Oshie says he leans toward Ovechkin returning next season but has no inside information.

“I personally lean that he's going to be back, but I have zero facts to back it up”

Pardon My Take: TJ Oshie, Spurs Force A Game 7, Baseball and Presidents + Fyre Fest Of The Week (May 29, 2026) · Listen from 1:15:33

Oshie believes the Vegas–Colorado series would not have been a sweep had both teams been healthy.

“I think both teams fully healthy. The series, I don't think, is a sweep”

Pardon My Take: TJ Oshie, Spurs Force A Game 7, Baseball and Presidents + Fyre Fest Of The Week (May 29, 2026) · Listen from 1:05:26