On the first Puck Talks podcast, we bring you inside the Firkin on King to hang out with impassioned hockey fans. Kristina Rutherford of Sportsnet goes behind the scenes on her in-depth oral history of Jaromir Jagr's career before TSN's Bryan Hayes, Sportsnet's Chris Johnston and James Mirtle of the Globe and Mail talk the cold, hard realities of the Maple Leafs rebuild and more trending topics in the NHL. Finally, in live taping of Marek vs. Wyshynski, the boys welcome Paralympic gold medalist Paul Rosen to talk sledge hockey and the ongoing battle against concussions in hockey. And as an added bonus, if you've never heard Wysh read from Phil Esposito's Thunder and Lightning: A No B.S. Hockey Memoir, you're in for a treat.


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On this episode of Developing the Story, Sean Gordon joins Sean Fitz-Gerald to chat about his feature on The Athletic about the masters of "chirping", or trash talking, in the NHL. 



READ THE STORY: https://theathletic.com/1325001/2019/11/06/the-art-of-the-chirp-an-hommage-to-the-masters-of-the-uniquely-nhl-form-of-trash-talking/


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S2 Ep7: Developing the Story: The art of chirping in hockey with The Athletic's Sean Gordon

Mark Lazarus of The Athletic joins Sean Fitz-Gerald on Developing the Story to talk about his article where he asked his six-year-old daughter to rank the best Mascots in the NHL. 



READ THE STORY: https://theathletic.com/555994/2018/09/29/where-does-gritty-rank-among-nhl-mascots-ask-a-mascot-obsessed-6-year-old/


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S2 Ep6: Developing the Story: NHL Mascots with Mark Lazerus

Katie Strang and Hailey Salvian join the show to discuss their extensive reporting on Women's hockey. They talk about the history of the sport, where it is now and the process behind writing about this ongoing narrative. 



READ THE STORY: https://theathletic.com/924693/2019/04/17/amid-talk-of-boycotts-one-league-and-the-nhls-involvement-womens-hockey-is-at-a-crossroads/


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S2 Ep5: Developing the Story: Katie Strang & Hailey Salvian on the PWHL, and where Women's hockey goes from here

In this episode, I'm speaking with Dan Robson, head of features and a senior writer for The Athletic in Canada.



Dan takes us behind the scenes of his story about former NHL goaltender Don Edwards, and his three-decade battle for justice and peace following the murder of his mother and father.



Edwards, a former all-star, has suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. He has struggled with uncertainty, and he has lost so much of what had been planned in retirement.



Robson attends the parole hearing for the man convicted of the murder. And he leads the reader through what happens next, and what lies ahead for a man — and a family — who has already suffered so much.



READ THE STORY: https://athletique.com/1255863/2019/10/09/never-ending-nightmare-former-nhl-star-don-edwards-three-decade-battle-for-justice-and-peace/






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S2 Ep4: Developing The Story: Don Edwards' Battle for Justice

In this episode, I'm speaking with Joshua Kloke, a writer who covers the Leafs and Toronto FC for The Athletic.



Joshua spent time with Maple Leafs prospect Pawn-tus EH-berg, whose climb up the hockey ladder is being made with an unusual twist. The 26-year-old forward from Sweden is one of the NHL's rare single fathers.



Professional hockey is often associated with a life spent on the road, isolated from family by the time commitments of being on a team. Aberg has found a balance. As he tells Joshua of his daughter: “She makes me happy.”



READ THE STORY: https://theathletic.com/1439752/2019/12/06/she-makes-me-happy-with-call-up-to-maple-leafs-pontus-aberg-becomes-one-of-nhls-rare-single-fathers/


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