Episodes
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EPISODE 52: It's Tiiiiiimmmme...!
My apologies to announcer extraordinaire Bruce Buffer for appropreiatiing his catch phrase - but yeah it's time. The Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celtics arer set to tee off in the NBA Final. Compelling match-up? You bet! To that end this is an all hoops episode of the Puck & Hoop Podcast, hope…
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We're Still Talking Leafs & What we've Learned in the Play-offs
The Sheldon Keefe Era is over in The 6. So what's next? Oh and apparently all that matters in Toronto is winning the Stanley Cup. Plus Play-off lessons in Puck & Hoop and Keith has Lebron/Bronny jokes. All that and more in Episode 51. Enjoy.
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Episode 50: Lamentations for LEAFS + Round 2. Ding Ding
This isn't all about the Leafs... BUT... It's ALL about the Leafs. Ok, not really, but it's the same old song and dance for us Leafs fans. There's always next... I'm not even going there. Changes are coming? You bet? As for the rest of the Puck and Hoop world? We're on to Round Two.
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EPISODE 49: Leafs Leafin' & other Play-off Peregrinations
Soooo... I dropped that 10$ word in the title for this episode for a reason: per·e·gri·na·tion/ˌperəɡrəˈnāSH(ə)n/nounLITERARY•HUMOROUSplural noun: peregrinations a journey, especially a long or meandering one. Maybe not so long and meandering for the Leafs. But as always the only thing we Leafs...
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Episode 48: Finally - Playoffs! 'Nuff said.
Not a whole lot to say other than... this is what we've been waiting for. Well maybe not EXACTLY if, like me, you are a Leafs Fan. But you get my drift. The podcasts will be coming fast and furious because play-offs right? Enjoy 48, 49 soon come.
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Episode 46: Can We Just Get to The Play-offs Already!
Nice season Montreal. That improvement groove bodes well. Tough season Raps. Be careful San Antonio is watching. I say ( write, type, input?) all of the above just to get to this: It's TIME Leafs! This regular has been about one thing and one thing only. So yes, get ready, finalize those lines…
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Episode 45: Aren't You Glad? The End is Near!
No this isn't some Doomsday prediction! But yeah, the end is near - of the regular seasons in both Puck & Hoop. So the Raps and Habs are already looking ahead to next season, but for the Leafs? The moment of truth is nigh. And I for one can't wait! So dig in and enjoy Episode 45. Oh by the way,...
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Episode 44: It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like...
...PLAY-OFFS!! Hands down the BEST time on the sports calendar, because for my money the first rounds of the PUCK & HOOP Play-offs are the most entertaining, intense, awesome - through any adjective you want in there - spectacle in sports. And they are just around the corner. How great is that?...
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Episode 43: Down the Stretch They Come!
Hey everybody Episode 43 is here for your listening pleasure. And can you believe it... we are in the stretch run of the Puck & Hoop seasons! Now for my money this year is shaping up to be the most competitive run for a Championship in both leagues in a long time. Which means the Play-offs will…
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Episode 42: I Don't Hate Refs...
I don't. Hate. Refs. Lets just leave it at that. But I do think they leave a little - well maybe a lot - of room for criticism of their performance. Particularly in the NBA. Where it is shaping up to be a hell of a playoff season. The same can be said in Puck as well. Including that comment about...
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Episode 41: All Leafs. All Habs. All Raps
Every once in awhile you to have focus on the things that really matter. So while we are all about all things Puck & Hoop, when it comes down to it it's the Habs, Leafs and Raps above all. That's just the way it is for us and likely for you too - since you are listening to this podcast. Don't…
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Episdoe 40: Pt2 Puck
I told you it was coming right up. And no we didn't HAVE to include The Bruins. We'll save them for Episode 41. If you listen you will know what I mean. Enjoy.
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Episode 40: Pt1. Hoops
...There it is! We thought it was asking a bit much for you to have listen to 3HOURS of Puck & Hoop content. So we took it upon ourselves to break Ep40 into a two-parter. And to make it even more of a twist... Part1 - as you can tell is all about sitting back realxin' and getting into your...
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Episode 39: The Struggle is Real
And we're back! In a BIG WAY. This is - I believe - our longest SINGLE podcast to date. And would you believe we are just talking about the Leafs, Habs and Raps? But what can I say? There was certainly a lot of grist for the meal. Look it up and you'll see what I mean if you don't get that one.…
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Episode 38: Expectations are Only Great When Realized
Winner. The NBA In-Season Tournament. Winner. The L-A Lakers & LBJ. Winner. The Edmonton Oilers & Conor McDavid. Winner. Zach Edey playing at Home in Toronto What made all those things winners? Each realized Great Expectations. Check out Episode 38.
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Episode 37: Surprises? Who Doesn't Like Surprises!
Don't be surprised if you find yourself agreeing with Keith and I, that Lebron James after 21 seasons - just let that sink in for a second - is still a force to be reckoned with in the NBA. Consider me gobsmacked! That's just one thing we picked out of the Worlds of Puck & Hoop - at least to this...
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EPISODE 36: PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE... BUT LET'S GO!
You after all the years I have spent in and around the World of Puck & Hoop, you think it would get easier to withstand the ups and downs that occur within the respective seasons of both sports. It doesn't. Believe that. You get overly excited when the team you love is rebuilding and starts to…
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Episode 35: It Gets Late... Early
Ask any professional athlete whose team gets off to a slow start and at some point somebody, somewhere will say: "Y'all better get a move on, 'cause it gets late early." It does. In both Puck & Hoop a slow start - hello Maple Leafs - or a disastrous start - you can't hide Edmonton Oilers - can...
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SeasonII: Ep34 - This Time Next Year....
...I want to be reminiscing. I want o be sitting here revelling in the fact that I was alive to bear witness to the greatest season in Leafs' history. Why not? It could happen. As for the Habs? Get ready for some more growing pains but, I - and I'm pretty sure Keith agrees - think serious strides...
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EPISODE 33: CANADA HOOPS + AUSTON SIGNS
Yeah I know, it's the good ol' Summertime. But that doesn't mean things aren't happening in the World of Puck & Hoops. So dive into Episode 33 and take a listen to a few things we had to chat about. And hey, how about our Men's National Basketball Team?!
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Episode 32: The Wait of Expectations
And no that isn't a typo in the title of this Episode - #32 - of The Puck & Hoop Podcast. It's a pun-nish commentary on just what Summer is for those who live in the World of Puck & Hoop... particularly if you are Raptors or Leafs fan, becaUSE CHANGES ARE COMING. Just wait & see. As for...
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Episode 31: A Fulfilling Finals & Final... but not for Florida
If you are musically inclined you may have gleaned there is a semi-solid reference to a classic Stevie Wonder album in the title of this episode. But that's a topic for another podcast down the road. And speaking of roads, we have reached the end of the PLAYING roads in Puck & Hoop. Shout to the...
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Episode 30: The Heat is On
And no, the title of Episode 30 is not just a lame play on the Miami NBA franchise's name. It's actually kind of the underlying theme for this episode of TP&HP. The heat IS on for the Nuggets, who are the favourites but find themselves in a serious dogfight with the Pitbull-esque Heat. As it is…
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Episode 29: The Final and The Finals are upon us!
Those who notice these things will catch which one's which in the title of this episode, but yes we FINAL-ly have the combatants for Lord Stanley's Mug and The Larry O (thank you Kwahi). And yes it sure looks like So. FLA is the place to be for the next few weeks with both the Heat and the…
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Episode 28: There's Something Big About to Happen in South FLA
It must be something in the water. Or maybe it's just having franchises that at the very core is a steely determination backed by relentlessness and toughness... means you are bound for play-off success. And maybe a championship. Or two. The Miami Heat are manhandling the Boston Celtics and the...
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Episode 27: Sometimes We Stray from The Field of Play
NB/ EDITOR'S NOTE: THE EDITING SOFTWARE WE UTILIZE TO PUT THIS PODCAST TOGETHER HAS DEVELOPED A GLITCH. TO THAT EXTENT THERE ARE SOME NOTICEABLE AUDIO DROPOUTS IN THIS EPISODE. I APOLOGIZE FOR ANY DISRUPTION OR DISPLEASURE THIS MAY CAUSE IN YOUR LISTENING. WE ARE EFFORTING TO GET TO THE ROOT OF...
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Episode 26: 56 Years and Counting...
Fate. Destiny. Pre-ordained. Kismet. Call it what you will, it's seemingly never going to be in the Leafs favour. The path was there for a long play-off run, but the florida Panthers had other ideas. And so, once again, us Leafs fans are left to look to next year. Hoping things will be different,...
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Episode 25: Leafs trail Panthers 3-0... I Have No Words
Yet somehow we managed a little over 20 minutes talking about how this 'supposedly' great Leafs team is writing a narrative that most thought impossible to even consider. Yet here it is. The Leafs are about to get swept out of the 2nd round of Stanley Cup Play-offs. Lets just leave that there and...
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Episode 24: Down 2-O To Florida it's Time for the Leafs to Call on Fred Flintstone
"The situation is desperate, but not hopeless." - Fred Flintstone circa 3200 B.C. Ok not exactly how I thought this week would turn out for my Maple Leafs, but if this was meant to be easy it wouldn't be so hard. Don't think about that one for too long, just accept it. Anyway the Leafs played…
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EPISODE 23: 19 YEARS LATER... ITS 1 DOWN 3 TO GO
OKAY. I know this is called THE PUCK & HOOP PODCAST... but you will have to pardon me if we - and by we I mean me, Brian - got a little carried away with the recent turn of events. To say the least. 19 years in the making the Leafs have FINALLY won a round in the play-offs. Slaying dragons,...
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Episode 22: Leafs Pull Out Gm3, Raps Put Out Nick Nurse
"If you look back on our play-off history these are the type of games we lose... we bent but we didn't break." - Sheldon Keefe As a Leafs fan you learn never to get your hopes up. You understand that no matter how good things MAY look in the moment, calamity will most likely streak at some point....
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Episode 21: Part 2 It's All Puck
67. 56.19.7.6.1 If you want to know what those numbers mean ask a Leaf Fan and I'mm pretty sure they can come up with a salient explanation. Or you can just listen to Episode 21: Part 2. All shall be revealed there. Enjoy.
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Episode 21: Part1 It's All Hoop
So we so thoroughly enjoyed doing a two-parter in our last episode we decided to comeback with another one. I'm only half-kidding. Given that both PUCK & HOOP are heading into their respective post-season's, a two-parter was a necessary thing. So part 1 is all HOOP as we take a fair bit of time…
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Episode 20: Pt2 The Raps Are Too Good to be This Bad
Hey there Puck and Hoopers - in case you didn't know I just made that up, so we'll go with it for now - this is the 2nd half of our 20th episode of The Puck & Hoop Podcast. In this portion we serve up our thoughts on the Leafs, Habs and of course, the Raps. Oh those Raptors... just the thought of...
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Episode 20: Pt1 - Down the Stretch They Come!
So here's something a teensy bit different than our usual fare here at THE PUCK & HOOP PODCAST. It's a 2-parter. Kind of in honour of reaching our milestone 20th FULL podcast episode and kind of because we just had so much territory to cover in this edition. So dive in, enjoy and then come on…
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Episode 19: Sometimes You Just Gotta Talk Hoop
There is a lot of talk flowing around out there right now about NBA Commissioner Adam Silver being on the short list to be the next CEO of the Disney Corp. Whether there is any merit to that talk or not, I wouldn't be surprised if Silver were to be offered the job he'd grab it with both hands....
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Episode 18: Michael Buffer said it best: "Let's Get Ready to...
...well you know the rest. The Eastern Conference. Whether it's Puck or Hoop is NOT a place not for the faint of heart. Even with a couple of Superstars departing for the West, the NBA's Eastern Conference is turning into a very difficult place to ply your trade. Which will make for some...
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Sometimes You Just Gotta Recognize Greatness... Boston is that you?
This episode has been published and can be heard everywhere your podcast is available. There are times when you see it coming. This was not one of those. The Boston Bruins are setting a torrid pace atop the NHL's Eastern Conference. And by torrid, I mean historic. When it's all said and done and...
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Episode 16: This Ain't Your Daddy's All-Star Game
NBA All-Star Weekend is in the rear view mirror. Thankfully - some might say. Whatever you think of the game, the attendant festivities and all that goes with it, the NBA and the NBAPA know how to put on a show and continue to cement the NBA as the most culturally and social conscious member of…
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QUICKCAST 4: NBA TRADE DEADLINE
SOOOO... that Brooklyn thing didn't really work out, huh? Now it's the Valley of the Sun for Kevin Durant and yet another chance to turn a great team into a Super Team. The Lakers may have found away to make themselves relevant - MAYBE. And the Raptor? Sometimes you just might have to reach back...
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QuickCast 3: The NHL All-Star Game... not much happenin' here.
MLB can't help but play a real game. The NFL wouldn't dare play a real game. The NBA? Well it's not a REAL game but it's a reasonable facsimile of one. So why can't the NHL follow suit? Take a listen and you'll hear what Keith and I think about the All-Star 'Game' and see if what we say doesn't…
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Episode 14: The Situation WAS Desperate...
As a child of the 70's and living close enough to my grade school that I could go home for lunch, The Flintstones were a daily staple of my lunch time activities. There was this one particular episode where Fred got hold of his Granpa's "Stone World War" Diary. Fred starts to read it to Barney…
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Episode 13: How Do You Solve a Problem like the Raptors?
Hey there. Episode 13 is here for you to sample at your leisure. But be warned - if you are a Raptor fan - we are diving into a situation that may be about to go from desperate to hopeless. The again it may not. All shall be revealed, pretty much by February 6th. Oh and the Habs are terrible and...
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Episode12: RELEASE THE KRAKEN!!! And LeBron James is Pretty Good
NB/In our News & Notes segment, Keith's audio suffered a little bit of interference that we just couldn't isolate. Soooo Brooklyn has a no K-D problem, Lebron is making a great case for LeGoat and we get into it about our favs the Leafs, Habs & Raptors. Enjoy Episode 12. And for the sake of...
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Episode11: Shoot. Score. Repeat. Raps/Habs Stumble - Leafs Level UP
So one of the things I promised myself I would never do on this podcast is talk about my own meager abilities as a hoops player. But Man, I actually LIKED PLAYING DEFENSE. Shutting a great player or a great team down was something I prided myself, and the teams I played for, on. But if you have...
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Episode 10: Who Knew?
First and foremost, Season's Greetings to everybody. Here's hoping you and your Families make it through the Holiday's hale and hearty. Something not to be taken for granted - believe me on that. So we have been a little delayed in getting Episode 10 out, we actually recorded back on December 15....
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QuickCast2: The GR800
When your nickname contains the word GREAT, you usually are. Great that is. Look despite what some people are saying out there Alex Ovechkin is not the GREATEST goal scorer of all time. Yet. But by the time he is done, with the continuous good health that has been one of the hallmarks of his...
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TP&HP Quickcast: NHL Overtime - It's a Luv/Hate Thang
Every once in awhile Keith and I get into, what I like to call, micro-debates. So we figured why not let you in on the chatter. This one is about something that I'm sure ALL puck-heads have an opinion on. But at the end of the day, and the end of this QuickCast, love it or hate it OT is here to...
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Episode 9: We Would Never Tell LBJ to shut up and dribble... plus Leafs, Habs and Raptors per usual
...because anyone that would say that is an ASSHAT. Full stop. However I will say this; yes Lebron has earned the right to be the pre-eminent spokesperson for The Assosciation. But steal a line from my favourite Marvel character: "With great power comes great responsibility." Meaning not every...
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Episode 8: From Kyrie to Borje and the Usual Stuff In-Between
There really are no heroes in Sport. Puck & Hoop are no different. If you want tangible proof that there are no heroes in Sport, just give Kyrie Irving a Google. But there are LEGENDS. And Borje Salming is DECIDELY that. On the ice, there are few that carved a path through the NHL like Salming…
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Well the name pretty much says it all. We are here to talk about the two sports we grew up loving and have followed for Life - Puck & Hoop.This is that podcast.
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Brian Dunstan/Keith Reedon
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