Healthy Scratches

The boys are hitting the links! All weekend the guys will be at the Hamilton Golf and Country Club working on content and stories from the RBC Canadian Open that will be on all our socials! Once the golf talk was over the crew moved into an update on the NHL playoffs and who will win the best of three series in both the Western and Eastern Conference. Next on the list, the NBA playoffs. Justin tries to defend the hopeless Minnesota Timberwolves one last time but is out number in full. Finally we wrap up by putting a bow on the PWHL's inaugural season and how successful it was with PWHL Minnesota winning the Walter Cup and expansion talk in full force!

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Finally some positive news to share regarding the Blue Jays, rolling off four wins in their last five and we want to talk about it (2:31)! The final two matchups are also set for the NHL playoffs, and we discuss who looks poised to battle for the Stanley Cup (10:43) before breaking down some powerhouse head-to-head hoop matchups in the NBA conference finals (26:26). Things get spicy with the crew ranking the top four players left in the NBA postseason (36:38) and which of the four final matchups on the ice and court is the most entertaining (43:40). We wrap things up with some thoughts on the PWHL Finals (49:48) before the our new Walking The Moneyline segment (55:26) makes it's debut.

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A crazy morning in Louisville Friday morning! We share our thoughts on Scottie Scheffler's arrest and subsequent stellar round at the PGA Championship this weekend (0:44). Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins had his quarterly media availability Saturday morning regarding the start of the 2024 season. We break down the press conference and give their insights on which direction the boys in blue might be heading if things don’t start to change (6:38). Shifting to the NBA second round matchups, we discuss possibility one of the easiest paths ever to a conference finals round (we’ll let you guess which team), along with the remaining Game 6 and two Game 7’s predictions (11:50). Following the hardwood talk is some playoff hockey as we go over all the second-round matchups and the ECF matchup between the Panthers and Rangers along with the Stars vs the winner of Oilers/Canucks (29:50). We end the episode with some PWHL action (1:02:57) and of course everyone’s favourite segment, Student Units (1:04:54).

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Back in the studio! The crew is back in their natural element with a fresh perspective on the news around the sports world, including the biggest news in the 6ix: Sheldon Keefe out in Toronto. The boys share their thoughts on the Leafs coaching move (00:52), before moving on to what is reported to be incoming to the city in an expansion WNBA franchise (14:35). Once again, the group breaks down the progress in the postseason, starting with the NBA (23:22) followed by the NHL (39:26) before the return of Student Units (1:17:33) to wrap up the episode.

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As the second round of playoffs commence in the NHL and NBA, the boys dive into some tight matchups and breakout superstars this postseason. Before getting into the action, they discuss the NHL Draft Lottery results (00:53), as well as the San Jose Sharks plans with first overall and how the Ottawa Senators manage their early first round selection. Sticking with hockey, the crew reviews the first few games of the NHL's second round matchups (13:53), before transitioning into the second round of the NBA (22:10). Before wrapping things up, they discuss where the Blue Jays sit and if there's a formula for salvaging this season (29:10).

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The NBA & NHL playoffs have lived up to the hype in 2024, giving the boys a lot to talk about on Episode 16. The guys start off with the NBA and the game seven on Sunday, May 5 between the Cleveland Cavaliers vs Orlando Magic, before looking ahead to the second round series, highlighted with Minnesota Timberwolves vs the Denver Nuggets. In the second half of the show it's back to hockey, and the two game sevens to end the first round of the playoffs. To finish off the show the boys look at the second round matchups, featuring an all Canadian battle with Vancouver vs Edmonton.

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With the playoffs in full swing in both the NHL and NBA, we break down the biggest storylines and X factors in each series. Before jumping into the postseason, we discuss the new coaching moves made by the Sharks and Sabres (00:30). We then dive right into hockey talk by sharing our thoughts on how each matchup is playing out (9:55), before moving onto a little hoop discussion and how the NBA playoffs are stacking up (53:43). We wrap up with a roundtable prediction of who we believe the top five picks in Thursday's NFL draft will be and if there will be any chaos on the stage before sending you all off.

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It's playoff time everyone! The boys gear up for the 2024 NHL and NBA Playoffs breaking everything down. They start out looking at the hockey side of things with all of the Western Conference series before switching their attention to the Eastern Conference matchups. In the back half of the show the guys then breakdown all the NBA matchups and while predicting who will hold the Larry O'Brien Trophy in June.

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The Madness is over! To kick things off, the crew discusses the National Championships for both the men's (00:52) and women's (4:50) NCAA March Madness tournament, congratulating the UConn Huskies and South Carolina Gamecocks, respectively. We highlight the fantastic Blue Jays home opener at the newly renovated Rogers Centre on Monday night (9:43), followed by the lead-off line brawl against the New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers in NYC (13:22) and the empty net fiasco in Ottawa last Saturday (21:53). We finish in a more gentlemanly manner, setting the stage for the 88th Master's Tournament this upcoming weekend (25:00).

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We know you missed us, but we are finally back! Episode 11 of the Healthy Scratches Podcast makes a return after a week and a half and we jump right into the breakdown of the men’s March Madness Final Four matches (4:01), following it up with the intense games in the women’s bracket (19:42). The boys then touch on the Blue Jays faulty start to their season and what they need to fix along the stretch (30:18), and wrap things up

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