It's finally here! The OHL season is underway and we're headed into the first full weekend. So, naturally, after previewing the Eastern Conference, it's time to offer our bold predictions for the West. Will London's deal for OHL champion goaltender Michael Simpson be enough to propel them past Saginaw as the Spirit try to soar straight to a Memorial Cup? Whatever happens, it's going to be fun...especially in the West this year. Feel free to save this episode to remind us later how far off base we were...

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Just before the regular season gets started, we start the silly season and Mike and Dan make their predictions. Not just one team here or there but conference by conference, beginning with the East today. One of the guys ends up with a perennial favourite, the other with a historical loser. Which prediction will pan out? Likely neither, but now the guys are on the record and you can remind them of this later in the season.

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The regular season hasn't even started but one of the best in the junior hockey business is already out with a preliminary list of the top NHL draft eligible players we'll be watching this season. Mike and Dan discuss bob McKenzie's list and add a few more OHL'ers you might want to have your eyes on this season. Plus, if a player isn't ready for the pros but doesn't want to return to junior, what does his team do? And there's a pipeline to the pros that some skaters are still taking. Whether or not it remains a viable option, though, is up to us.

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OHL fans in Hamilton have every right to be confused, and the Bulldogs have every right to stay where they're being welcomed with open arms. Has Hamilton lost yet another hockey franchise? Plus, the OHL sends 160 players to pro camps, old school tactics that don't work in modern coaching, and the passing of a patriarch leaves a lasting legacy. We've got you covered as we count down to the start of another OHL season.

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Just over two weeks until the regular season begins and we've got so much to discuss, including how badly Brantford seems to want an OHL team. Plus, a new way of policing scrums, curious new language on the OHL's "Standard Player Agreement," what's next for Shane Wright, the player Dan and Mike think is poised for a big season, the Ice Dogs raise eyebrows in making another trade with London, and a former OHL head coach is back behind a bench, this time in the AHL.

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The OHL preseason has started and we're back into regular season form with a discussion on picks not reporting and the draft loophole that needs to be closed. Plus, a retiring Commissioner, a minor change to your in-arena experience that's drawing mixed reviews, and the Ice Dogs add another big name. It's go time!

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He's joined us as a guest before, talking about his experiences playing major junior hockey for his hometown team, what it was like coming back to that hometown after being traded to North Bay, and how he flourished in Windsor before returning home to end his junior career as a Kitchener Ranger. But Tyler Ertel's story does not end there. After watching his sons grow into OHL players themselves, Ertel is back in the game, coming off a championship season coaching U16 and now joining the coaching staff in the Soo. Of course, a former teammate will have to factor into Ertel's continuing OHL story. Ertel might just be as big a fan of the OHL as you are....

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Another new face added to the bench in Kitchener, and there's nothing new in Niagara as the trade window opens but we throw the Ice Dogs a bone anyway. Plus, Joe Thornton Day in the OHL, Canada (and the OHL) shines at the Hlinka, and calling our shot early as to who might be a formidable foe for the London Knights in the Western Conference this season.

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There's been an awful lot of coaching movement in the OHL this summer, and none bigger than two head coaching hires in the Western Conference. So, Farwell and Dan knew it was time to come in from the beach and chat a little junior hockey. Along with coaching movement, we mourn some league losses, look ahead at international tournaments, and pay a little homage to the guy who will call Game Number 3000 in the OHL this season.

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Once again, the OHL leads the way in players selected to the NHL from the Canadian Hockey League. We break down the picks in our final episode before a summer break, including some names that were called later than we expected. Plus, with movement in the NHL, plenty of former OHL'ers are finding new homes. Less than 90 days until the season opens...

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