Behind the Play

(0:00) Julia on her start in writing, working for Man City and writing process (9:50) Interviews with Kevin De Bruyne and others! (16:00) Advice for Women in Soccer media and impact of Women’s Soccer (23:40) Project 8's impact on Women's Soccer in Canada (26:00) Canada vs Ireland and Canada’s WWC so far, lineup decisions (40:30)Expectations for Canada at the WWC (46:45) Man City and Man Utd’s upco...

(00:00) Dean shares his career journey(4:45) Keys to being a good play by play announcer and his partners in the booth (14:00) Difference between radio and TV announcing (17:30) Origins of Scramble! And his famous calls (20:45) Dean’s most memorable moments! (25:20) Advice for young Broadcasters coming up! (30:30) If Dean was Commissioner, what rule he’d change (37:20) Andlauer new ownership reign...

(00:00) Kyle shares how he got to Sportsnet at age 20 (11:40) Kyle’s Interview process (16:20) Brad Marchand incident and managing players (19:50) Charles Barkley calling Kyle Canada Tom Brady (22:40) Kyle’s hair and prep for being on TV (26:50) Advice for young journalists coming up! (30:45) If Kyle was Commisioner, what rule he’d change and favourite Arenas (32:40) Vegas vs Florida Cup and what...

(0:00) Canadian Soccer landscape after the Men's World Cup and how Oliver Interviews (7:50) CANMNT, Herdman's tactics and criticism and CPL impact on CANMNT(13:00) Project 8's impact on Women's Soccer in Canada (16:00)WWC Preview for Canada, Canada's Scoring/Depth,and Fleming (24:40)Sinclair's importance to the team (26:30)CSA and Women's team and CSB deal and CSA new leadership (32:10)Fun Questio...

(0:00) Omar on Nylander potential trade and his contract (9:05) Omar on his career and how he came up with Tic Tac Omar (21:00) Omar talks about diversity in hockey and its media (25:00) What rule Omar would change in the NHL if he was commissioner for the day (28:20) No-trade Clauses in the NHL and its impacts on Canadian teams (33:10) Are tandem goalies the future of the NHL? (38:50) Lack of Off...

(0:00) Jesse talks about Vegas’ Cup run(6:00) How Jesse prepared an Adin Hill story in advance and his relationships with players(12:10) Marchessault, team chemistry and how Vegas won the cup!(15:30) Adin Hill and how to value goalies in the NHL (20:45) Why Vegas was so good defensivel(25:00) Will teams try and emulate the Vegas team construction and be cutthroat!?(29:20) Vegas a hockey market?? A...

(0:00) Dan on his career and journey from Western to ESPN and calling the Blue Jays (9:50) Keys to Play by Play, difference between Basketball/Baseball announcing (15:00) his relationships with Buck Martinez, Jay Bilas and Dick Vitale (22:45) What to make of Blue Jays season so far (25:40) Vlad Guerrero and Bo Bichette’s years so far (30:30) Jays pitching has been its best in the past couple years...

(00:00) Leafs Off-season and Bertuzzi (19:30) Sens and Debrincat/Korpisalo (28:00) Jets Dubois trade, Wheeler, Hellebuyck/Scheifele future (35:00) Habs, Reinbacher pick and (44:30) Flames future, Lindholm, Toffoli and more (50:08) Oilers/Canucks (57:55) Raptors Fred Vanvleet and future without him (1:18:00) Canadian Soccer and future of the Game, CPL and more! And Adam’s chat with Nick Bontis… (1:...

(0:00) Salim explains his career, Babcock’s advice to him (7:00) Salim’s process for writing (10:40) Transition for Salim from writing to TV (14:50) Salim’s interacting with players and management (18:45) Salim talks about diversity in hockey and its media (22:40) Toffoli trade and what happened and Lindholm (26:00) Future’s of Lindholm, Hanifin, Backlund and more (28:30) Why players want out of C...

(0:00) Christine on her Career Journey and Interview process(8:30) The Mike Babcock interview(13:30) Big Picture and her interview process(16:30) Christine’s experience for women in hockey media and her advice(20:50) Christine’s NHL Draft experience(23:20) What Rule Christine would change if NHL commissioner

(0:00) Travis Career Journey and the role of Analytics in NHL evaluation (10:30) Vegas' Run and Difference between Regular Season and Playoff Hockey (15:30) Tandems Goalies or Star Goalie the way to go in a Cap world? (20:20) Matthews Next Contract, reasons for not doing a 8 year deal (23:20) Pierre Dorion’s tenure, Debrincat and Sens bright future?

(0:00) Jay talks about his Career Journey, Dan O’Toole and SportsCentre(8:30) Jay’s process for SportsCentre, BOBROVSKY and how he makes jokes for the show.(16:40) Advice for people wanting to go into Sports media(18:40) What rule would Jay change if he was the NHL Commissioner (21:00) Leafs Core-4, trade Marner?(23:20) Sens Sale and how bright is there future?(26:30) Dubois to the Habs? Jets deci...

(0:00) Emily talks about her Career journey, writing breaking soccer stories, and being a woman in the industry (18:30) CPL and Project 8 impact on Canadian Soccer (24:00) Canadian Men’s loss to USA at the Nations League (33:30) Jonathan David/Tajon Buchanan transfer destinations (40:30) Expectations for Canada at the Women’s World Cup (47:20) Messi to MLS and impact on Canadian Soccer Like and Su...

(0:00) Kenzie talks about her career journey (8:30) Relationship with Cheryl pounder and broadcasting process(15:30) Women’s Hockey, Kenzie as a woman in media and IIHF rule change (26:00) Canadiens, 5th overall decision, Dubois (29:40) Slafkovský/Xhekaj (31:30) Expectations for the Canadians next year (32:30) Sens Future and new Ownership

(0:00) The guys talk about the Canadian Soccer media landscape(3:20) Peter’s story from a journalist to working as a performance analyst for the CANMNT(15:00) Analytics in Soccer(20:20) Canada Soccer and its relationship to its players on the men’s and women’s national teams(25:10) Canadian Men’s push to win the Nations League(30:10) Canadian Men’s Dual nationals and gold cup(41:10) Jonathan David...

(0:00) Arda on his Career Journey and Hosting Process(12:10) Leafs off-season, Core-4 and future direction(16:00) Ottawa Senators Sale, Reynolds miss and bright future(19:00) Stanley Cup finals and Conn Smythe (Tkachuk vs Bobrovsky debate)

(0:00) Josh details his career to from a Youtube Channel to One Soccer(15:40) CANMNT roster and push to win the Nations League/Gold Cup (23:10) Aidan Morris and other dual nationals (26:30) Jonathan David, Tajan Buchanan and more transfer updates(36:00) Expectations for Canada at the Women’s World Cup (41:10) Impact of 2026 World Cup and CPL and Project 8 on Soccer in Canada

(0:00) Greg on his Career Journey and writing process(12:50) What Rule Greg would change if NHL commissioner(15:50) Stanley Cup finals and Conn Smyth(20:40) Mike Babcock and if other exiled people will be brought back into the NHL(23:30) Ottawa Sale

(0:00) Sean on his Career Journey and writing process (9:00) Sean on writing a book and the Peterborough Petes (16:40) Hockey facing an existential crisis? (23:30) Hockey Media and how it is changing and SDPN (30:45) Dubas departure (32:40) Brad Treliving as new Gm of the Leafs (36:30) Leafs core 4 decision (39:10) Stanley Cup Finals

(0:00) Esfandiar on his Career and writing/Podcast process (10:45) Advice for journalists (13:30) Raptors future plans, coaching and Rebuild? (21:40) Should the Raptors trade Siakam or OG for 3rd overall pick? (22:50) Scottie Barnes game and ceiling (27:20) Nuggets vs Heat NBA finals discussion

(00:00) Marc Methot on playing in the NHL and for the Senators and 2017 run(8:40) His relationship with Karlsson and Crosby Slash and work ethic (15:50) Marc’s transition to hockey media and his broadcasting process (27:00) Senators and Alex Debrincat decision (33:10) Sens Defense going forward, and best defencemen (38:10) Tim Stützle and Brady Tkachuk’s game and chemistry (40:50) Sens expections...

(0:00) Kristen on her Career Journey (6:00) Kristen’s on writing and broadcasting process (12:20) Challenges as a woman in hockey journalism(16:00) What NHL rule she would change if NHL commissioner(18:20) Leafs core 4 decision and Dubas departure (23:40) Florida’s playoff MVP and Stanley Cup prediction

(0:00) Scott on his Career journey (8:40) Scott’s love of writing and covering prospects and the NHL draft (12:00) What does Scott look for when scouting prospects (15:50) Playoff player’s success impacts on scouting (18:40) Use of Analytics in scouting (23:10) How to make a Mock Draft(25:20) 2023 NHL Draft Class (27:40) Matvei Michkov draft decision(29:40) 2nd pick decision? Fantelli or Carlsson?...

(0:00) Oren on his Career and writing (9:45) the WNBA and will Toronto get a WNBA soon? And women’s basketball in Canada (18:23) What rule would Oren change if he was NBA commissioner (20:40) Oren’s thoughts on Raptors past season(23:20) Next raptors coach? And Nick Nurse (29:30) Raptors future plans, retool? Rebuild?(32:10) Should the Raptors trade Siakam or OG for 3rd overall pick?(38:10) Scotti...

(0:00) Thomas talks about his career journey and process(8:15) Thomas use of analytics in his writing(12:00) Thomas’ experience working in PR for the panthers(21:10) Lack of Canucks fandom in writing(26:40) Most dysfunctional Canucks season ever??(34:20) How do the Canucks successfully retool?(39:45) How can the Canucks fix their cap problems(45:20) What do the Canucks do with the 11th overall pic...