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On this episode of Video Games 2 the MAX hosts Sean Garmer and Marc Morrison are joined by the Outerhaven’s (https://www.theouterhaven.net/) Karl Smart in discussing two games he reviewed in New Pokemon Snap and Resident Evil Village. Marc also finished Returnal and has his final thoughts on the game. He also started an indie game called Insurmountable and gives his initial impressions of it as well.

In this episode of the Necessary Roughness Podcast, host Nikolas Donadic breaks down the most noteworthy picks in the NFL Draft. He also gives his take on whether or not the Packers will be able to salvage their relationship with Aaron Rodgers, dives into what exactly makes draft pick a “bust,” and touches on the potentially controversial Ja’Wuan James situation in Denver. Enjoy the show and join us on June 19th for the following episode!

LWOS Toronto Maple Leafs beat writer Oscar Elieff shares his thoughts on the current trends around hockey and the NHL as a whole. Each new episode features a guest host that provides something a little different from the last. Grab a cold drink, grab a seat, and enjoy the breakdown of the latest events going on in hockey. This is The Royal Road: A Hockey Podcast. 

I the most recent episode of the Royal Road: A Hockey Podcast, Oscar is joined by a good friend. He would prefer to remain anonymous, so he will be going by Lion (@Lionheart0130). Oscar and Lion discuss the most recent events that ended up leading to the multitude of fights in the Rangers/Capitals game, and why the Department of Player Safety (DoPS) should have suspended Tom Wilson.

Secondly, the guys briefly discuss Connor McDavid and the insane season he's been having. Finally, they get into who the biggest surprises and disappointments have been this season. This includes teams we thought would do well, and didn't as well as players. We also looked at who took a step forward that we didn't expect.

Introduction: 0:00

Tom Wilson and DoPS: 1:35

Connor McDavid's insane run: 19:05

Biggest Surprises and Disappointments: 30:00

Farewells: 57:10

Who is Oscar Elieff? Oscar is a hockey fan that has pursued a deeper involvement in sports as a whole. As a student at Brock University for Sport Management, Oscar spends most of his days working with and analyzing the sports industry. From both the commerce and cultural aspects of sport organizations. In his free time Oscar watches, writes about, and talks about the Toronto Maple Leafs, the rest of the NHL, and hockey as a whole. Oscar takes an analytical approach when looking at players and teams. 

Alex and Chace are back with a loaded week of content. For starters, they spend a bulk of the podcast discussing everything that has surrounded the Tom Wilson incident with the Washington Capitals and New York Rangers. They look at the play and what happened to start. After, they switch to the department of player safety and their overall poor performance. From there, they switch to the New York Rangers side of things and how they handled it.

Starting by discussing the game that happened after and why the fights were avoidable, to looking at and dissecting the statement the team made. Next, the guys discuss just how much credit should Jeff Gorton get for building this team?

Finally, they switch to a much lighter topic. Andrew Berkshire joins Alex and Chace as the three talk about the Montreal Canadiens and their season so far. What has gone wrong, right, and why they are exactly where they thought they might be. As well as the impact that Cole Caufield has had, plus what is going on with Carey Price again. 

LWOS Toronto Maple Leafs beat writer Oscar Elieff shares his thoughts on the current trends around hockey and the NHL as a whole. Each new episode features a guest host that provides something a little different from the last. Grab a cold drink, grab a seat, and enjoy the breakdown of the latest events going on in hockey. This is The Royal Road: A Hockey Podcast. 

In the first episode of The Royal Road: A Hockey Podcast Oscar is joined by fellow Leafs beat writer at LWOS, Josh Erickson (@JoshLwoh). With two Leafs beat writers, it makes sense that the episode would start off with some Leafs discussion. Josh and Oscar talk about the Toronto Maple Leafs goaltending moving into the playoffs. Who should the Leafs feel confident with moving into the first-round matchup?

They then discuss the Calder Trophy race between Kaprizov and Robertson, and any potential dark horse candidates. This includes who they think should come in third for Calder voting. Josh and Oscar then chat about Patrick Marleau breaking the NHL games played record, and some bad takes on Twitter regarding the record.

Finally, the two jump into a deep discussion about acquiring a player that fits your team vs the most skilled player on the market. This discussion stems from the decision to acquire Nick Foligno over, say, a Taylor Hall type player.

Introduction: 0:00

Leafs Goaltenders: 1:30

Calder Trophy discussion: 11:25

Patrick Marleau's games played record: 21:30

Fit vs Skill conversation: 29:25

Farewells: 48:40

Who is Oscar Elieff? Oscar is a hockey fan that has pursued a deeper involvement in sports as a whole. As a student at Brock University for Sport Management, Oscar spends most of his days working with and analyzing the sports industry. From both the commerce and cultural aspects of sport organizations. In his free time, Oscar watches, writes about, and talks about the Toronto Maple Leafs, the rest of the NHL, and hockey as a whole. Oscar takes an analytical approach when looking at players and teams. 

What's up Internet? On this episode of Last Word Soccer Club Radio, Matt and Dan give their CCL Quarterfinals predictions. We discuss which boy band Cade Cowell would best fit in. The guys break down the results from CCL last week and look ahead to the four games this week. 

Then we do Red Light, Yellow Light, Green Light on MLS Week 4. In the Round Table, we give our predictions of how many MLS teams will make it through in CCL and do MLS Weekend Pick 'Ems. 

Alex is back with another episode of the Last Word on Sens Podcast! Today, he has Tyler Ray joining him. The two take a look at the last few weeks as the Ottawa Senators season comes to an end shortly. Discussing what they have seen out of Victor Mete, Shane Pinto, and whether or not it makes sense to sit Jacob Bernard-Docker. Alex mentions how nice it has been to watch all three defensemen on the left side have a successful game, and be confident of all of the players out there.

From there, they switch to goaltending and discuss what Matt Murray has to do next year to get back on track. As well as discussing why it looks like Marcus Hogberg is at the end of his time in Ottawa. Finally, they talk about what they want to see going into the offseason. Any additions they should make and what to expect next season. Tune in for all of this and more, with the Last Word on Sens Podcast!

The Last Word on Habs Pod is brought to you by the Last Word on Sports Network. Co-hosted by the LWOH Montreal Canadiens team manager Connor Lapalme and Johannes Wheeldon, it is a weekly look at the Habs and features guests from the Last Word on Sports community and others. Join us for smart takes, controversial opinions, and news you can use about the Montreal Canadiens.

After a disappointing week, the Habs seemed to find their stride. And at the right time. While far from perfect, the Habs found ways to get the job done and that is all that matters at this time. Interestingly, the Habs better play has come while some key players are out injured.

Jonathan Drouin has taken a leave of absence from the team for personal reasons. It's irresponsible to guess what the issue is, but both guys wish him well. Tomas Tatar, Shea Weber and Paul Byron have also joined Carey Price and Brendan Gallagher on the injury list. For whatever reason, the Habs have looked much fresher in their last two games with all the injuries.

All this and Cole Caufield scores, a changing of the guard, Nick Suzuki finds his scoring touch, scoreboard watching, and much much more!

TUNE IN!

Thanks to Ethan Meixsell, Topher Mohr and Alex Elena, and Silent Partner for their musical contributions to the Last Word on Habs Pod.

The Last Word on Habs Podcast is brought to you by the Last Word on Sports Network. Co-hosted by the Montreal Canadiens team managers Connor Lapalme and Johannes Wheeldon, it is a weekly look at the Habs, news, notes, arguments, and aspirations. It features guests from the Last Word on Sports community.

Johannes Wheeldon is a father, author, college professor, and criminal justice consultant. Mostly he is a Habs fan with plenty of opinions. Contact him on Twitter @justicelawdev.

Connor Lapalme is a writer and editor of the Last Word on Hockey. A passionate Hockey and Habs fan, Connor is never afraid to share his opinion. Contact him on Twitter @Connor_Lapalme.

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The guys are back with another week of content to discuss. To start, they look at Connor McDavid and his insane run. Alex highlights the potential that he hits 100 points in a 56 game season. A feat that is pretty incredible to even think about. They discuss just how good he is and why in their opinion he has to be the unanimous Hart winner this season. Even Chace agrees that although goalies usually deserve the award, this is the most clear-cut case in a very long time.

They also give their lists for the top 10 teams they feel are most likely to win the NHL Stanley Cup. For this, they base it off the divisions the teams play in, what they have looked like lately, and overall feeling for how they'd place the odds. Discussing teams like the Tampa Bay Lightning, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Colorado Avalanche. As well as how major it would be for the Carolina Hurricanes to win the division this season. Tune in for all of this and more, with the MnM Hockey Podcast!

On this episode of Video Games 2 the MAX hosts Sean Garmer and Marc Morrison are once again joined by The Outerhaven’s Keith Mitchell. 

Keith and Marc dish on the games they’ve been playing which includes Keith talking quite a bit about his time with Outriders. What he enjoyed about it, the server problems, and what the dwindling player numbers could mean for the future of the game. Marc has been playing some Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 and Sean checked out the Retro Machina demo too.  

That’s not all though, as both Keith and Marc have played some hours of Returnal. Marc even got through and defeated the Boss of the second biome. The guys discuss what they enjoy about the game so far. Some of the early story, the shooting mechanics, the Roguelike elements, and give thoughts, on the whole, save controversy too. 

The guys also discuss the decision from Microsoft to lower their cut to match the Epic Games Store’s 12 percent and make improvements to the Windows Store. Will this move entice developers to bring games to the platforms? Is Microsoft planning PC exclusives? Or this a little too late?  

Plus, Keith gives his thoughts on Google Stadia as a whole, the trio wonders what genres Sony could add to their Games Lineup, Konami not making E3, they also review the Mortal Kombat (2021) film too.

Things finish with a look at some of the crew’s favorite PlayStation exclusives. 

Timestamps:  

Games We Are Playing:  

Outriders and some upcoming games talk (3:00) (Keith) 

Major Topics:  

Hype Levels For Ratchet & Clank (PS5) After the State of Play (33:45)

Toys For Bob Put on Call of Duty and Possibly Suffers Layoffs (37:40)

Microsoft Lowers Their Store cut to 12 Percent, promises improvements for their Windows store and PC Game Pass, there’s also discussion on the Wolfire games suing Valve news too (50:15)

What genres does Sony Need to Add to its Games Lineup after they promise to spend $183 Million on Studios and Partnerships (1:11:40)

Our Mortal Kombat Movie (2021) Review (1:21:25)

Headlines:  

IO Interactive Working with Microsoft on a “Dragon IP” (47:05)

The End:  Some of our favorite PlayStation exclusives, Keth and Sean talk about their puppies (1:31:45)

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