Brady Returns, The Quinn Hughes Impact , Mother’s Day Must Do’s | Wingmen
5/8/20261 hr 9 min
Matthew and Brady Tkachuk are BACK on Wingman breaking down the NHL playoffs, life as new dads, and Matthew’s upcoming F-16 Thunderbirds flight experience. The boys dive into Carolina’s playoff dominance, Buffalo’s electric fan culture, the viral OHL press conference controversy, rising NHL salaries, and their must-dos for Mother’s Day. Plus, hilarious parenting stories, hockey talk, fan questions, and Owen Wilson somehow earns “Wingman of the Week.” Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:05 Becoming Dads 10:20 Emotional Transition From Playoff Loss to Fatherhood 17:40 Team USA World Championship Announcement 25:10 F-16 Thunderbirds Experience Preview 38:10 Buffalo “Blade Gang” Playoff Fans 48:20 OHL Press Conference Controversy 56:40 Fan Voicemail 1:02:20 Wingman of the Week & Outro What to do now:
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
[upbeat rock music] Wave.
Brady Tkachuk· Host0:01
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to Wingmen. It's been five episodes we've been apart, but we're back. We're back better than ever.
Matthew Tkachuk· Host0:23
We're back.
Brady Tkachuk· Host0:24
And it's exciting to be talking to you.
Matthew Tkachuk· Host0:27
He's back.
Brady Tkachuk· Host0:27
And after the five episodes, we're both dads, so it's great to- Fucking ... you know- It's the best ... you're a family of three, family of four. It's hectic, it's chaos, but it's nice to be back. But we have plenty- [baby crying] And Millie, there's the, there's the special guest, Millie.
Matthew Tkachuk· Host0:42
There she is.
Brady Tkachuk· Host0:43
[laughs] There is a couple water works. How are you? It's all right, get a binky.
Matthew Tkachuk· Host0:47
Couple shits is what's going on right now.
Brady Tkachuk· Host0:48
Yeah. Get a bottle in you, kid. But we've got plenty to go over from the round two series, an all-time press conference, all-time good, all-time bad. We'll get into that. And Mother's Day around the corner. This is big for us. We can't forget about it. It is a big day, and I've already kind of forgot it's in a couple days.
Matthew Tkachuk· Host1:08
[laughs] I know.
Brady Tkachuk· Host1:09
So that's something that we're gonna get over, uh, what to do with that, but, uh, just nice to be back. And a few must-dos for Mother's Day, but we're back. Let's just get into all the topics.
Matthew Tkachuk· Host1:18
Let's kick it. So you've been out of the muck for a little bit here.
Brady Tkachuk· Host1:22
Mm-hmm.
Matthew Tkachuk· Host1:23
I've been grinding away. I feel like Quader and I have become professionals at this. By the way- Let's give Quader some flowers ... round of applause for Quader.
Brady Tkachuk· Host1:29
Yeah, let's, uh, Quader,