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- Amy Walsh on playing career for Canada, State of Women's Soccer in Canada, Canada Soccer leadership and CANWNT 2023 World Cup hopes(0:00) Amy details her career and playing for Canada at World Cup and Olympics (13:10) Canada Soccer's new leadership, Changes needed at Canada soccer and Project 8 (21:35) Expectations for the CANWNT at the 2023 World Cup, injuries and players to watch36 min
- Vivek Jacob on Raptors, NBA playoffs, Steph and Lebron's legacy, IPL Cricket and his Writing Process
(0:00) Vivek’s writing process, Sports journalist access to players and how they develop relationships with players(18:40) What went wrong for the Raptors in the 2022-2023 Season(21:10) Vivek’s thoughts on Raptors firing Nick Nurse and his potential replacement(29:00) Raptors off-season and future plans (32:00) Scottie Barnes game and areas to improve(36:30) Siakam’s game and future(41:20) 2023 NBA playoffs roundup(45:00) Steph Curry’s Greatness(48:45) Lebron vs Steph(1:00:45) Milwaukee and Giannis’ legacy and East Playoffs(1:06:45) Cricket IPL fan questions!
1 hr 17 min - Daniel Nugent-Bowman on Oilers vs Golden Knights Preview, McDavid, How the 2023 Oilers are different, and about Daniel's career
(0:00) Daniel details his Career, writing process and covering the Oilers and McDavid(14:10) How this Oilers team is different from the past ones(17:00) Oilers Stanley Cup favourites??(19:00) Can the Oilers continue to Outscore teams in the Playoffs?(21:00) McDavid and Draisaitl’s playoff performances(23:50) Should McDavid and Draisaitl play together or apart??(25:30) Why Bouchard and Ekholm have been so successful?(28:10) What makes the Oilers Powerplay so special(31:15) Oilers vs Golden Knights Matchup(34:40) Daniel’s Stanley Cup pick
40 min - Arpon Basu on Canadiens, Caufield future, Dubois, St Louis, Habs Rebuilding plan and on his Career
(0:00) Arpon explains his explains his writing process(8:10) How Arpon writes honestly while maintaining relationships with players and management(13:00) French hockey media and how it all about the Montreal Canadiens(18:45) Diversity in Hockey media or lack thereof(24:30) Advise for Journalist coming up in the Industry(30:50) Assessing the Montreal Canadiens Season(34:00) Habs Goaltending situation moving forwards(38:05) Cole Caulfield Contract Situation(41:00) Dubois and off-season plans for the Canadiens(46:00) How close are the Habs to making the playoffs(49:00) Relationship between St Louis and management(54:00) St Louis Future as coach of the Canadians(57:20) Juraj Slafkovský plan(62:0) Expectations for the Canadians next year
1 hr 5 min - Ian Mendes on Journalistic Approach, Debrincat's Future, Update on Sale of Senators and Reynolds, Futures of Dorion and Smith
(0:00) Ian explains his explains his journalistic approach and range as a writer(14:00) How Ian writes honestly while maintaining relationships with players and management(21:50) Diversity in Hockey(25:30) Assessing the Senators Season(28:45) Alex Debrincat situation and expectations for Senators next season(33:00) Sens Ownership update and timeline(37:30) Pierre Dorion’s future as GM(39:00) DJ Smith’s coaching job(40:50) Sens Goaltending situation for next year(42:30) Sens defense core going into next season
48 min - Julian McKenzie on Flames, Treliving Out, Future of Sutter, Flames Retooling plan and on his Career(0:00) Julian explains his career journey(11:00) Julian s process for writing(13:20) How Julian creates relationships for his stories and with players(18:50) Advice on how to make a good podcast(20:45) Julian talks about diversity in hockey and its media(30:00) What rule Julian would change in the NHL if he was commissioner for the day(31:30) Brad Treliving’s departure as Gm of the Flames(32:50) Daryl Sutter’s power in the Flames organization(36:15) Flames goaltending biggest reason for underwhelming season(39:00) Kadri and Huberdeau questions moving forward(40:50) Flames headed for a Retool?(44:15) Expectations for the Flames next year(45:40) Flames arena situation(48:30) Julian’s Stanley Cup prediction54 min
- Jeff Hamilton on Jets vs Golden Knights Preview, Jets murky future for 2024, Career and his investigative journalism
(0:00) Jeff details his beginnings of his Journalism career(3:30) Jeff’s process for writing(6:20) Jeff talks about his investigative journalism(13:30) How Jeff creates relationships for his stories and with players(20:20) Advice for journalists coming up in the industry(26:25) are the Golden Knights a good matchup for the Jets?? and Hellebuyck(30:00) Josh Morrissey’s impact in the series(31:50) Bowness’ line matchups for Jets against Vegas(36:20) Impact of the Jets fan and Whiteout on the(40:30) How different will the Jets look next year(43:30) Jets planning to Retool if possible
51 min - Luke Fox on his Career, Leafs vs Lightning, Keefe and Dubas’ future, Knies and Leafs Cup chances(0:00) Luke talks about his career journey and love of hockey(11:35) Luke talks about what it is like covering the Leafs(14:15) How the Leafs stack up against the Lightning and keys to victory(18:20) Leafs Goaltending matchup vs Vasilevski and the Lightning(20:20) Best Leafs team with Marner and Matthews(22:15) Sheldon Keefe’s future and performance(24:50) Kyle Dubas’ future(26:45) Will Knies’ play in the playoffs(28:45) Leafs expectation for their playoff run33 min
- Harman Dayal on Canucks, Young Career, Analytics, Tocchet's impact, Pettersson's jump, JT Miller's Defence play, Hughes and more!(0:00) Harman details starting so young as a hockey writer at the Athletic(6:55) Harman talks about diversity in hockey media(9:00) Advice for young Hockey journalists(11:45) How hockey writer’s approach the pride protests in the NHL by players(14:50) Best Shutdown Center through hockey Analytics and how it is hard to quantify defence in Hockey(18:30) Most dysfunctional Canucks season ever??(24:30) Tocchet’s impact on the Canucks style of play(27:00) JT Miller a reliable center, what to expect next year for him?(31:20) Why Pettersson’s has improved so much this year(35:10) Quinn Hughes play and defensive impact(37:40) Canuck’s Retool process and can it be successful?(41:30) What will the Canucks do in the offseason for get cap flexibility(44:00) Should the Canucks trade Boeser or Garland?(45:50) Which prospects could have an impact for the Canucks in 2023-24?(49:00) Expectations for the Canucks next season55 min
- Sean McIndoe on Leafs' Curse, Fighting in Hockey, Origin of Down Goes Brown, too much NHL parody?(0:00) Sean details his Career and love for writing about history(4:00) How Sean found his voice for writing and hockey history(7:40) Sean explains the Difference in writing a book vs writing articles pieces(11:15) Fighting’s role in Hockey(15:20) is winning the President’s Trophy a good thing??(20:10) Leaf’s curse?? Is this the year? (32:10) Sean as the NHL Commissioner would change what rule??31 min
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Behind the Play: Examining the sports world from different angles, through interviews, analysis and exciting sports discussions. Hosted by Alex Adams