HatTrick

This week Elliott and Jordan are joined by PitStop Podcast Co-Host Tyler Walzak

Topic 1: First up this week is the NHL Trade Deadline. Lots of trades have already gone down including some big names, we breakdown what trades and moves we think may be too come and what teams will be winners & losers. 

Topic 2: The NCAA Mens & Womens Basketball tournaments are well underway and they are as exciting as expected. The Womens tournament has been gaining more attention ever and the coverage has been more evenly shared. Elliott Tyler and Jordan look at both tournaments and discuss the biggest upsets!

Topic 3: With the help of Tyler we breakdown the NFL Offseason and look at the biggest names and where they have ended up. Then things get heated when Tyler and Elliott discuss their "Winners & Loser" for the offseason so far! 

Topic 1: MARCH MADNESS is here and even the most casual sports fan is preparig a bracket and pretending to be an NCAA Basketball Expert! So why should we be any different? Elliott Braydon and Jordan talk hoops and then make their picks for the Final Four! 

Topic 2: BASEBALL IS BACK! After a 99 day lockout a deal has been reached between MLB and the MLBPA and its time to play ball! We discuss the lockout and if it was all worth it. Then Elliott declares his love for his new NL Baseball team! THE SAN DIEGO PADRES! 

Topic 3: #Hatsoff is back and each host tips their hat to someone special from around the sports world! Listen to learn who they took their hats off too! 

Topic 1: It has been over a week now since Russia invaded Ukraine and the sports world has continued to show its support for peace. But how has this crisis affected Russian athletes around the world and foreign athletes in Russia? 

Topic 2: We play a fun game looking at Stats in sports! What is the 1 Stat you can't stand! The 1 Stat you don't understand and the 1 Stat you wish was tracked! 

Topic 3: HatsOff is back! Braydon, Jordan and Elliott each tip their hats to someone from the world of sports, listen to find out who! 

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Topic 1: As the world watches the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the sports world has shown their solidarity and support of peace through many acts of protest and action. Is it enough, and what does it really mean?

Topic 2: Phil Mickelson has been dropped by most of his sponsors, and has become a pariah in the golf Community following his controversial comments on the PGA and the Saudi Golf League. We look at what he said and if the punishment fits the crime?

Topic 3: Braydon leads us through where the MLB labour dispute  stands and if a shorted or canceled season is likely? And we discuss why baseball still struggles with change!

Topic 1: The Beijing Winter Olympics have come to a close. Team Canada gave us many exciting storylines. But the biggest story leaving the games is that 20 years after the Salt Lake City Skating Scandal the Olympics has found itself with another Skating scandal. This time is comes in the form of a 15 year old Russian figure skater who tested positive for a banned substance and the IOC clearly cannot bring itself to take responsibility for the fact that Russian continues to cheat because they know that they wont face real punishment! 

Topic 2: The NBA All Star game was surprisingly fun. Curry put on a show! But the Dunk contest was a dud so we look into what worked and what didn't during All Star weekend! 

Topic 3: F1 is back this week with testing, and the FIA made news this week by sacking former race director Micheal Massi following and investigation into his handling of the controversial season finale last Dec. We discuss the upcoming season and the fall out from the FIA's changes. Does this put and asterisk on Max Verstappen's championship, and should Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes feel vindicated? 

HAPPY FAMILY DAY! 

Topic 1: The LA Rams are Super Bowl Champs. The big game lived up to all the hype. Braydon, Elliott and Jordan break down the game, the half time show, and the even the Ads! 

Topic 2: The Oilers and the Canadiens have new head coaches. We discuss what each teams new Bench bosses have to work with and can the turn things around!?

Topic 3: The Olympics feel like they have lost something. Have they Changed or have We?

Topic 1: Before we get to our Olympic conversations we have to look ahead to next weekends SUPER BOWL! The  LA Rams will play host to the Cincinnati Bengals. Elliott and Jordan not only make their picks for the big game they also discuss their favourite prop bets! 

Topic 2: The Winter Olympics are under way in China, but not without controversy. Is it even possible to separate the politics and issues with the IOC from the games themselves. Don't we owe our nations athletes, who have dedicated so much blood sweat and tears to the pursuit of their dreams, our support? Is it just too complicated to separate the athletics from everything else? Elliott and Jordan debate all of that and more in Topic 2.

Topic 3: (45:00) Canadian Olympic Bobsledder Alysia Rissling joins Jordan to discuss the Olympics, her career and what it takes to become and Olympian. She talks about the sport of Bobsleigh and her journey to where she is today. Alysia gives us a unique perspective on what the athletes in China are experiencing and how Covid 19 has changed training and the Olympics in general! 

Topic 1: Canada's National Mens Soccer Team seems destined for a berth in the 2022 World cup following two big wins, is it too early to book tickets to Qatar!? And is John Herdman the best coach of any sport right now in Canada?

Topic 2: The LA Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals have both punched their tickets to the Super Bowl with gutsy wins on Sunday. We recap the Conference Championship games and look ahead to an enticing Super Bowl Matchup!

Topic 3: With reports this weekend that the Greatest Football Player of All Time is set to retire, we spend sometime looking back at Tom Brady's remarkable career and talk about how important his legacy is to the NFL and football! 

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Topic 1: After an amazing weekend of football it's time to see who's picks Won and who's picks lost. (Just a hint Elliott didn't do well) then With the Rams, 49ers, KC and Bengles advancing its time to look forward to the Championship round! 

Topic 2: Leon Draisaitl and post media writer Jim Matheson had a much publicized exchange at a press conference early in the week. We discuss the fallout and whether or not it's time to for some new voices to be given an opportunity to hold press credentials and to get better access to NHL teams and players? 

Topic 3: We round out a Big Episode with another edition of HATS OFF! 

Topic 1: Novak Djokovic has officially been dismissed from the  Australia following a bizarre and very messy immigration battle surrounding his Anti-Vax status and the politics of COVID-19. The big question is does anyone come out of this situation looking good, or has it just become bad look for both the the worlds #1 tennis star and for the Aussies?

Topic 2: The Edmonton Oilers are in an epic tailspin and seem to only be able to find new ways to lose hockey games. What if anything can be done at this point to solve the countless problems that face the club. And is a coaching change or signing Evander Kane really the only options?

Topic 3: Following a very entertaining Wild Card Weekend in the NFL we discuss our favourite storylines and make some divisional round picks for next week!