'Spittin Chiclets' crew to host NHL altcast on Max

Tonight's broadcast of the Panthers-Penguins game will include a "live altcast on truTV and Max" that features the "Spittin Chiclets" podcast crew -- which includes former NHLers Paul Bissonnette and Ryan Whitney. After the pregame show, Bissonnette, an NHL on TNT analyst, will walk off the set at the network’s Atlanta HQ, "stroll over to the Inside the NBA studio next door and take part in the first-ever Spittin' Chiclets 'altcast'" alongside Whitney, co-host Brian McGonagle, a.k.a. "Rear Admiral," and sports betting expert and former hockey player Matt Murley. Because of the podcast's penchant for "R-rated language and conversations more fitting of a stereotypical NHL locker room," there will be a "Chiclets-specific seven-second delay, just in case things go off the rails." The goal for Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns TNT and truTV -- "besides an alternative means of entertainment -- is to see if it can lasso some of Spittin' Chiclets' cult following over to their networks" (THE ATHLETIC, 2/14).