Hour 4 of The Drive is joined by Shawn Drotar as DMac leaves for the Game! Shawn and Mat continue to debate about who's "supposed" to win in Game 5. If you're Jared Bednar, who do you trust tonight with the amount of injuries that seem to keep piling up? Also, who needs to step up and be the hero for the Avs? Mt. Polumbus (Smith) speaks about Darcy Kuemper in between the pipes for Game 5. The listeners continue to join in as they talk about were will they be for Game 5. DMac calls in from Ball Arena to set the scene for tonight! Mat hands out game balls to end the show!  

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Hour 1 of The Drive is about Stoke and Zach getting the Legal I.D. right as the station celebrates Stokley's birthday! Dmac and James Merilatt discuss the awe inspiring performance by Nazem Kadri, who returned from thumb surgery, on Wednesday night. Also, the Avs are all about constantly fighting regardless of circumstance. The guys help everyone to see why Game 4 was the perfect script for the Avs. Jon Cooper, the HC of Tampa Bay, has a night and day moment that takes the country by storm and the guys react! Mike Singer of The Denver Post joins The Drive to breakdown the Nuggets draft plans for tonight. Mike also gives the inside scoop to what else may be brewing for Calvin Booth and the Denver Nuggets tonight.  

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Hour 2 is all about the Big Story of the Day! Nazem Kadri and the Avs escape on a mind-blowing goal in OT to get the Game 4 win in Tampa Bay! There have been false accusations and false reports but yet the Avs persevere. DMac and James get into who was most responsible for the Avs win last night, how much was it coaching, and is the City of Denver ready for Game 5! The Fan's Avalanche Insider Adrian Dater joins The Drive to discuss his reactions to Game 4 and gives us the latest from each team before they flew to Denver this morning! At 3:30pm every day, the Water Cooler comes right at you with the 3 “hey did you hear about” stories of the day! The ticket prices for Game 5 just keep getting higher and higher but the question is what would you do to be there for that potential legendary moment? 

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Hour 3 of The Drive starts with Football at Four! DMac and James discuss their expectations for training camp and which position battles will be the most intriguing! Also, DMac has an interesting story about some of our Denver media members that you don't want to miss! DMac also kills you with truth as he gives major love to Kadri, Kuemper, and Bednar! Our Denver 7 Broncos Insider Troy Renck joins The Drive to discuss Denver 7's amazing coverage of the SCF on the road while also setting the scene for Game 5 on Friday! 

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Hour 4 recaps Game 4 as DMac and James debate about why Darcy Kuemper was able to step up on Wednesday unlike they've ever seen under that kind of pressure! Game 5 will have the city on fire no matter the result but will it be for a night or longer? Denverfan.com's Jake Shapiro joins The Drive to help everyone get ready for the 2022 NBA Draft! Jake lays out his top 5 players that the Denver Nuggets could select at 21st overall on Thursday night! A Dejonte Murray trade from San Antonio is looming for everyone in the league but how much would the Nuggets have to give up to get him? Also Mt. Polumbus (Merilatt) discusses the failures of certain players for the Avs and how they can be overcame! Also, Game Balls are handed out to end the show! 

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Hour 1 of The Drive starts off with DMac and Mat Smith talking about how the Avs got to this point with the goalie situation! Also, DMac gives us a Mission 16W Update from Tampa Bay while helping everyone get a feel for how close Nazem Kadri is to coming back. They also talk about what his role could be and how effective he could be on the ice tonight. How much do you play Kadri tonight if’s he’s available? How “in control” are the Avs of this series really? The guy’s breakdown what they can control and what’s out of their hands heading into Game 4 of the Colorado Avalanche vs the Tampa Bay Lightning series tonight!

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Hour 2 leads in with the Big Story of the Day and why Darcy Kuemper has magically earned the right to start? DMac and Mat also detail what exactly is a panic move and why the Avs don’t need to make those panic moves! Mike Chambers of The Denver Post joins The Drive to discuss what else is going on in Tampa as the Avs are a few hours away from puck drop! Mike gives injury updates that will affect the outcome of this series. At 3:30pm every day, the Water Cooler comes right at you with the 3 “hey did you hear about” stories of the day! The guys discuss the ratings so far in this series and the results will absolutely shock you!

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Hour 3 is all about Football at Four! ESPN.com put out an article about each teams last offseason move heading into the season. Russell Wilson’s extension will go above and beyond the pale but now that the owner is in place, when not how becomes the biggest question! Also, DMac and Mat go toe to toe on why Frankie deserves to start instead of Kuemper in net! 6 Quick Questions are all about the Avs making the most of Game 4 tonight! Denverfan.com’s James Merilatt joins The Drive to talk about all of the coverage you can expect for tonight for 104.3 The Fan! Also, he gives his prediction for tonight!

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Hour 4 lands the plane with Shawn Drotar filling in for DMac as he heads to the Game! Shawn and Mat continue their ongoing argument about who should be starting at goalie and whose job is it to lose at this point! Also, Shawn walks you through how the Avs can overcome the Vasilevskiy Machine tonight! Should the Avs be worried about potentially going down 2-2 in this series? Mt. Polumbus (Drotar) speaks about who’s in the lead for the Final MVP for the Avs if they win! DMac joins back in from Game 4 to give a Mission 16W Update. Mat and Shawn give you the lineups for tonight and hand out Game Balls to close the show! 

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