Ryan Whitney

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1,918 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 11 May

Ryan Whitney’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Pardon My Take · Paul Bissonnette Talking Stanley Cup Playoffs, Sixers Get Swept By The Knicks, NBA Draft Lottery, Aliens Are Back And More · 11 May 2026 podcast

That's what you need. matched

When you want to be a successful general manager, if you look at the top five guys in the league, not only are they well respected, if you look around at their table, they have guys who might tell them when they come up with an opinion, you're a fucking idiot. matched

Like, fuck you. matched

We're not doing that. matched

That's what you want. matched

You want people combating what you... You want people with strong opinions who might call you out on something they disagree with you on. matched

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That was number one on the list. matched

So then as he's GM for the team, the NHL does a combine and you have to, any team only gets access to these players during these windows of times for obvious reasons, like nobody gets an advantage. matched

So what happened was, is he hired a third party who was a former trainer with the Coyotes to go test the, matched

Let's start here with one kid. matched

So this is the original one that ends up coming up as like, oh, he tested a guy and it wasn't at the combine. matched

What was this? matched

So then the excuse that was used was, well, this guy wasn't a part of the top prospects game. matched

And we were never going to get an opportunity to test him. matched

Therefore, that's why we did it. matched

While they dug into it a little more, I guess they tested the guy third party in October. matched

The top prospects team or whatever it was hadn't even been announced by then. matched

So then they looked more into it. matched

And sure enough, they'd done it with dozens of guys or a number of guys. matched

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