Chris Johnston

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1,798 appearances 21 recordings 4 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard yesterday

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OverDrive · Johnston on the Knies and Marchenko blockbuster trade, Knies' departure from Toronto and the role with the Maple Leafs · 28 Sep 2026 podcast

And as for the other guys, I mean we'll have to see.

There's not been a clear prognosis from the Blue Jackets on when he's going to play.

I mean he's going to start the year on LTIR.

I don't know how long that situation will drag on for, so he may

may not be in the least plans at all.

You know, would would, you know, could be, but you know, he's already, as Noodles mentioned, cleared waivers and and can go right to the Marleys.

So I think he's a guy they can get in and take a look at and see if he fits.

But you know, really all that the

All this is sort of window dressing around the fact that Marchenko for the leaf sand it's really Marchenko for you know they they obviously take on a a bit more, you know, cap

Uh i you know, it's gonna cost them a bit of money.

Marchenko and money for knives essentially if you're if you look at this from the leaf's end.

I don't know.

Um, but I would I would expect they're gonna do everything they can to have 'em play because uh keep in mind the other team that really wanted 'em was the Montreal Canadians.

They they were they they were very eager to try to to to make this deal themselves, but didn't have a roster player like Matthew Nice that they could send back or that they were comfortable sending back.

Uh and I think that was a priority for the Blue Jackets.

They didn't they didn't want to just make it a a straight futures deal and so the leaves

we're we're probably a better trade fit and uh I'm sure they'd love nothing more than to introduce them to the fans on Tuesday night before playing the Canadians because let's face it, the rivalry should be back on this year.

Obviously the abs took a big step uh last season in the last couple of years and Toronto wants to be a playoff team again so

Uh these these are two teams kind of pointed it in the same direction, I would think, and um you know, the Leafs aren't gonna drag this on any longer than they they have to in terms of when they'd play 'em.

OverDrive · Johnston on the takeaways from Leafs Media Day, Auston Matthews status in Toronto, and Connor Hellebuyck's trade market · 16 Sep 2026 podcast

I'm doing well.

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