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Ryan Dixon and Rory Boylen go deep on pucks with a mix of facts and fun, leaning on a varied group of hockey voices to give their take on the countrys most beloved game.

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11.26.2020

There may not be much in the way of concretes for the 2020-21 NHL season yet, but Ryan and Rory can’t wait any longer to talk about which teams are truly in contention to be the league’s next champion. Any ...

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11.26.2020 Which Teams Have A Chance At The 2021 Stanley Cup? There may not be much in the way of concretes for the 2020-21 NHL season yet, but Ryan and Rory can’t wait any longer to talk about which teams are truly in contention to be the league’s next champion. Any ...
10.21.2020 The Blackhawks Are Rebuilding And In PR Mode With the initial flurry of off-season trades and signings in the books, Ryan and Rory sift through the new NHL landscape. It’s hard to argue any one team put itself in pole position to be the 2021 Cup favourite. Rory ...
10.02.2020 2020 NHL Draft Preview Roughly four months after it was originally slated to happen in Montreal, the 2020 NHL Draft is finally upon us. Ryan and Rory welcome prospect guru Sam Cosentino to comb over all the intrigue. While everyone expects the Rangers to ...
09.29.2020 Tampa Wins A Title We’ll Remember Forever Two months of bubble hockey left us with some unprecedented memories and one of the most deserving Cup champions we’ve seen in some time. Ryan and Rory unpack everything from Tampa’s six-game win over a decimated Dallas Stars crew, including ...
09.24.2020 Can Dallas’s Stars Get Their Team Back Into The Stanley Cup Final? The Tampa Bay Lightning are two wins from the Stanley Cup. Can they close the deal? Sportsnet’s Luke Fox — who picked the Stars to win the Cup 12 months ago — joins Ryan and Rory to break down what ...
09.18.2020 Previewing The First September Stanley Cup Showdown All the isolation and ice packs have led to this: The Tampa Bay Lightning and Dallas Stars are about to meet in the Stanley Cup Final. Ryan and Rory have all the angles covered. Dallas has found a new gear ...
09.10.2020 Top Trade Candidates For A Wild Off-Season We’re now just weeks away from the start of an off-season that will be unlike any other. Ryan and Rory take a hard look at a number of players who could move for a variety of reasons. With all the ...
09.06.2020 One Bubble, Four Teams: A Conference Finals Preview All the hockey is happening in Edmonton now, with the Islanders and Lighting battle for Eastern supremacy, and Vegas and Dallas dueling in the West. Ryan and Rory hate themselves for picking against the Islanders, but it’s impossible not to ...
08.26.2020 Vancouver Won’t Roll Over Against Vegas Bullies Ryan and Rory are joined by Vancouver beat writer Iain MacIntyre to discuss how the Canucks evened their second-round series with the Vegas Golden Knights and examine everything the young club has shown this post-season. MacIntyre also peers into the ...
08.19.2020 Nazem Kadri Proving Perfect Fit For Avalanche The Golden Knights are through to Round 2, which is good news for two guys who picked them to go to the Stanley Cup Final. Ryan and Rory examine what’s going right for Vegas and why the squad will be ...
08.12.2020 Calling A Cup Winner And Critiquing Canadian Qualifying Losers The Rangers rebuild got a huge boost when the Blueshirts won the right to select Alexis Lafreniere first overall. Ryan and Rory discuss how that will impact an already-impressive core in The Big Apple. They also examine the future for ...
08.05.2020 Calgary Tries To Close And The Leafs Lose Muzzin No 2020 Stanley Cup Qualifier has had more drama than the Flames-Jets series. Eric Francis joins Ryan and Rory to break down the first three tilts and look ahead to Game 4. While the top line has shown well, Francis ...
07.30.2020 Preliminary Round Predictions For The Eastern Conference After laying out their predictions for the West on the last episode, Ryan and Rory dive into the four Eastern Conference best-of-five preliminary round series. A healthy Pittsburgh Penguins squad figures to have its way with the Habs. The Carolina ...
07.23.2020 Preliminary Round Predictions For The West In just over a week, post-season hockey will return to the NHL. That means it must be time for some bold predictions. Ryan and Rory dive into all four Western Conference preliminary round series and how they believe things will ...
07.16.2020 Deep Dives On The Habs and Jets With training camps underway, Ryan and Rory are joined by a pair of guests. Eric Engels on what he’s seen from Montreal so far. Has Jesperi Kotkaniemi found a new gear? And beyond Carey Price and Shea Weber, what will ...
07.09.2020 The Shock Of Labour Peace And A New Reality For UFAs As the NHL marches toward its return to play, Ryan and Rory welcome Mark Spector to the show. The veteran Edmonton-based reporter has covered a lot of work stoppages during his career, so he has a lot to say about ...
07.03.2020 Reliving The Defining UFA Moments Of The Cap Era In their first chance to talk since the NHL Draft Lottery, Ryan and Rory sketch out the first few picks and speculate wildly about the most fun scenarios for where projected No. 1 Alexis Lafreniere could land. And with two ...
06.25.2020 Being Bisexual In Hockey For the first time in months, an actual NHL event is about to happen — the draft lottery. Prospect guru Sam Cosentino talks about how teams are compiling their lists with several key events wiped off the calendar. He also ...
06.11.2020 One Burning Question For Every Canadian Team As the NHL continues its creep back to game action, Ryan and Rory discuss the latest league developments and how high a priority having one Canadian hub city should be. Also, with NHL awards ballots being cast, Rory dives into ...
06.03.2020 The Hockey World Joins The Fight Against Racism And Injustice Ryan and Rory turn much of the airtime over to their Afro-Canadian producer, Michael Mayers. A solutions-based thinker, Michael offers his passionate, personal views on what can be done by every citizen of the world to help those who are ...
05.27.2020 What To Watch For When The Playoffs (Hopefully) Begin Chris Johnston joins the show but, first, Ryan and Rory are all in on the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Six Canadian teams will (hopefully) participate in the “play-in” round and two of them — Winnipeg and Calgary — will (hopefully) ...
05.21.2020 Hockey Documentaries We Want Right Now If the NHL returns to action in the next couple months, there’s a strong chance Edmonton will be a hub city. Mark Spector joins Ryan and Rory to stump for his home, dive into some of the historical pieces he’s ...
05.14.2020 Off-Season Trade Candidates And A Trip Into “What If?” World Nobody knows when the NHL off-season will actually begin. What we can say for certain is, when it does, there will be no shortage of players on the move. Ryan and Rory identify some trade candidates for NHL teams. Josh ...
05.07.2020 The Leafs Add a Blueliner and the Viability of a June Draft Luke Fox joins Ryan this week. Global pandemic or not, the Toronto Maple Leafs blue-line always has the potential to set tongues wagging. GM Kyle Dubas recently made another foray into the European market, inking Finn Mikko Lehtonen to a ...
04.23.2020 The Best Draft Steals Of The Salary Cap Era Not all elite talent is found at the top of the board. In fact, the reigning Hart Trophy and Conn Smythe winners — Nikita Kucherov and Ryan O’Reilly — were both selected outside the first round of the NHL Draft. ...
04.16.2020 The MacKinnon For MVP Case And The State Of The Montreal Canadiens Nobody played a full 82 this year, but that didn’t stop the writers and broadcasters at Sportsnet from casting awards ballots. Ryan and Rory offer up their personal picks and debate some of the closest races. Nathan MacKinnon over Leon ...
04.11.2020 Introducing Sports On Pause Listen to Sports On Pause at https://sprtsnt.ca/3e7nTAZ or search and subscribe in your podcatcher. COVID-19 is impacting the world unlike anything we’ve seen in 100 years, and sports has not escaped its effects. The newest podcast from Sportsnet features hosts ...
04.09.2020 High-Profile Players Who Could Be On The Move This Off-Season When the NHL off-season officially begins, bank on there being the usual player-movement drama. Ryan and Rory speculate about which top-level players could be on the trade market. Would Calgary pull the trigger on Johnny Gaudreau? Could Evgeni Malkin — ...
04.02.2020 Revisionist History And Real Life Tragedy Ryan and Rory let their imaginations run wild for a game of “What If?” Fourteen years ago, the plight of two franchises were dramatically changed when the Ottawa Senators inked Wade Redden over Zdeno Chara: What if the Sens hitched ...
03.25.2020 Deep Cuts On Prospect Pools There’s no shortage of intriguing prospects across the seven Canadian NHL clubs, so Ryan and Rory touch on every squad to highlight some names, complete with a few deep cuts. Will Josh Norris emerge as the steal of the Erik ...
03.19.2020 Is prospect Tim Stutzle the next Marner? Holding microphones in their respective homes, Ryan and Rory wade through our new hockey reality. The NHL would love to award a Stanley Cup this year and the boys take their best stab at formats the league could go with ...
03.11.2020 Can Anyone Not Named Leon Draisaitl Win The Hart Trophy? The Tampa Bay Lightning are, once again, a top Cup contender as the playoffs draw near. Can this beefier version of the Bolts finally get over the hump or are they doomed to experience more heartbreak? With less than a ...
03.06.2020 Should Bergevin Go Or Habs Fans Be More Patient? The big news coming out of the GM Meetings is that the salary cap will be on the rise, possibly by a significant amount. Ryan and Rory discuss why that’s fantastic news, not only for teams that are up against ...
02.25.2020 Trade Deadline Extravaganza With the 2020 NHL Trade Deadline in the books, Ryan and Rory look around the league at the big winners and a couple losers. They are joined by Luke Fox, who re-lives the Maple Leafs’ crazy past few days and ...
02.21.2020 The Frenzy Has Begun Ryan and Rory offer their takes on the trades through Thursday, explain what the market is for defencemen and discuss which teams could be absolute wild cards before Monday’s 3:00 PM deadline. After that, Justin Bourne makes the 50-foot walk ...
02.14.2020 On A Wing And A Prayer Jim Rutherford is doing his thing, trading for Jason Zucker in the hopes he can squeeze another championship out of this Pittsburgh Penguins club. How will that move affect the winger market and could Zucker’s old team in Minnesota still ...
02.07.2020 The Trades Are Here! Breaking Down The Leafs-Kings Swap The Maple Leafs finally found themselves a backup goalie, but will Jack Campbell and Kyle Clifford be enough to solidify a playoff spot? Ryan and Rory discuss. If Toronto was the team most in need of a specific upgrade, the ...
01.31.2020 Diving Into The Deadline With Chris Johnston Zack Kassian is using his hands to score goals, fight Matthew Tkachuk and sign a new four-year contract. And don’t come at Rory with your overpay talk; he’s here to tell you why Kassian is worth $3.2 million annually to ...
01.24.2020 Why It’s Not Looking Great For The Maple Leafs Playoff races are getting a lot more interesting thanks to a couple of high-event teams — the Florida Panthers and Chicago Blackhawks — and others that are suddenly major players for post-season berths. And with the All-Star Weekend on the ...
01.15.2020 The Battle Of Alberta Is On, Limping Leafs And The Latest From New Jersey Anyone else think the feud between Zack Kassian and Matthew Tkachuk is just getting started? Ryan and Rory discuss how these two re-ignited the Battle of Alberta and how delightful it is that Kassian will return from his suspension just ...
01.10.2020 How The Canadian Teams Have Performed At The Halfway Mark With half the season in the books, Ryan and Rory drop in on each Canadian contender to evaluate where they are and where they could be going. Are the Leafs finally who we expected them to be? Which of the ...
01.02.2020 What Do You Remember Most About The 2010s? From a Stanley Cup Final to a beer league final, Ryan and Rory say goodbye to the 2010s by counting down their 10 most memorable moments of the decade. This episode is produced and sound designed by Amil Delic, and ...
12.20.2019 Dec. 20: Top Trade Targets And A World Juniors Check-In Taylor Hall is on the move, but who else is out there and how do the seven Canadian teams factor into the market? Ryan and Rory discuss. Then Sportsnet’s prospect guru Sam Cosentino stops by. He talks about Canada’s chances ...
12.13.2019 Dec. 13: Unrest In The West Two teams viewed as Western Conference contenders before the season have dismissed their coach, though the Dallas Stars and San Jose Sharks took action for very different reasons. Will a new bench boss give the Sharks the jolt they need? ...
12.06.2019 Dec. 6: Trading Taylor Hall, The Leafs Under Keefe, And Putting The ‘D’ in Dallas As the New Jersey Devils continue to struggle, the idea that Taylor Hall could be moving out the door gains steam by the day. Ryan and Luke Fox discuss potential destinations for the 2018 NHL MVP. Luke also offers his ...
11.29.2019 Nov. 29: There’s More To Akim Aliu Than You Might Know Akim Aliu is best known for two things: accusing Bill Peters of using racial epithets and being at the centre of an OHL hazing controversy nearly 15 years ago. Ryan and Justin Bourne talk to Gare Joyce, who’s known Aliu ...
11.22.2019 Nov. 22: Bye-Bye, Babs. A New Maple Leafs Era Begins. Fewer than five years after he was hired to lead the grand Maple Leafs rebuild, Mike Babcock was replaced behind the bench with Sheldon Keefe. Luke Fox joins the show to give his take on Babs’ tenure and offer insight ...
11.15.2019 Nov. 15: Canadian team MVPs at the quarter mark With 25 per-cent of the season in the books, Ryan and Rory debate the NHL’s MVP so far. Then they go team-by-Canadian-team to discuss their best players through six weeks of hockey. Sportlogiq’s Andrew Berkshire joins the show to take ...
11.08.2019 Nov. 8: The Canucks Are Rolling And Fake Trades Are Fun! It’s time to talk about the New York Islanders, a team that has been completely transformed under coach Barry Trotz. Ryan and Rory also shine a light on some under-the-radar success stories, including the Arizona Coyotes and fast-rebounding Dallas Stars. ...
11.01.2019 Nov. 1: What we learned in October and the middling Lightning As the calendar flips to November, Ryan and Rory review what they’ve learned from the first month of NHL action. To help with that, Erik Erlendsson of LightningInsider.com joins the show to discuss Tampa’s underwhelming start. Tape to Tape is ...

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Tape to Tape episodes:

Which Teams Have A Chance At The 2021 Stanley Cup?

The Blackhawks Are Rebuilding And In PR Mode

2020 NHL Draft Preview

Tampa Wins A Title We’ll Remember Forever

Can Dallas’s Stars Get Their Team Back Into The Stanley Cup Final?

Previewing The First September Stanley Cup Showdown

Top Trade Candidates For A Wild Off-Season

One Bubble, Four Teams: A Conference Finals Preview

Vancouver Won’t Roll Over Against Vegas Bullies

Nazem Kadri Proving Perfect Fit For Avalanche

Calling A Cup Winner And Critiquing Canadian Qualifying Losers

Calgary Tries To Close And The Leafs Lose Muzzin

Preliminary Round Predictions For The Eastern Conference

Preliminary Round Predictions For The West

Deep Dives On The Habs and Jets

The Shock Of Labour Peace And A New Reality For UFAs

Reliving The Defining UFA Moments Of The Cap Era

Being Bisexual In Hockey

One Burning Question For Every Canadian Team

The Hockey World Joins The Fight Against Racism And Injustice

What To Watch For When The Playoffs (Hopefully) Begin

Hockey Documentaries We Want Right Now

Off-Season Trade Candidates And A Trip Into “What If?” World

The Leafs Add a Blueliner and the Viability of a June Draft

The Best Draft Steals Of The Salary Cap Era

The MacKinnon For MVP Case And The State Of The Montreal Canadiens

Introducing Sports On Pause

High-Profile Players Who Could Be On The Move This Off-Season

Revisionist History And Real Life Tragedy

Deep Cuts On Prospect Pools

Is prospect Tim Stutzle the next Marner?

Can Anyone Not Named Leon Draisaitl Win The Hart Trophy?

Should Bergevin Go Or Habs Fans Be More Patient?

Trade Deadline Extravaganza

The Frenzy Has Begun

On A Wing And A Prayer

The Trades Are Here! Breaking Down The Leafs-Kings Swap

Diving Into The Deadline With Chris Johnston

Why It’s Not Looking Great For The Maple Leafs

The Battle Of Alberta Is On, Limping Leafs And The Latest From New Jersey

How The Canadian Teams Have Performed At The Halfway Mark

What Do You Remember Most About The 2010s?

Dec. 20: Top Trade Targets And A World Juniors Check-In

Dec. 13: Unrest In The West

Dec. 6: Trading Taylor Hall, The Leafs Under Keefe, And Putting The ‘D’ in Dallas

Nov. 29: There’s More To Akim Aliu Than You Might Know

Nov. 22: Bye-Bye, Babs. A New Maple Leafs Era Begins.

Nov. 15: Canadian team MVPs at the quarter mark

Nov. 8: The Canucks Are Rolling And Fake Trades Are Fun!

Nov. 1: What we learned in October and the middling Lightning

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