OverDrive
Ferraro on Marner playing the Maple Leafs, his Golden Knights' tenure and the Canucks' big changes
15 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Here's Ray Ferraro joining us, possibly from Topgolf. Ray, where are you right now?
No, they've closed down that section at Topgolf. They've just the one section, the one stall we're always at.
Dude, I would be shocked to see all the police tape around that stall.
You know, I did this interview thing about you guys, you know, your show and how awesome it is. And the one comment that was all the way through is you just never really know what the topic's going to be. And at no point today, I'm thinking we're going to talk to Rangers a bit, the Canucks, the Leafs game here in Vegas. At no point did the underpants cam ever enter my mind as a possibility.
And I do feel, I should tell you guys, I was flying down here. There's a whole bunch of Leaf fans that were on my flight from Vancouver to Vegas yesterday. They're flying from Toronto to Vancouver to Vegas. And they're all saying, oh, I love you when you're on overdrive. Love those guys. Those guys are great every day. Four times, the last thing I heard, Hayes is a fraud.
And the guy walked past me. It is unbelievable. I can't escape it. Hayes is a fraud. And so... You know, of course, I said, yes, he is. Absolutely. As you should.
I thought that would have died like just a quick death. Never. No, people still, they're like, yeah. And I'm like. No, it's like a criminal record. You can't get away with it. You can't get away from it. Yeah, I'm curious about the amount of Leaf fans because, you know, Vegas, you hear stories. Vegas is quiet. You know, it's maybe tourism's down. We all know what's going on politically.
Maybe Canadians won't want to get down there. I think a bunch of Leaf fans.
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Chapter 2: What are Ray Ferraro's thoughts on Mitch Marner playing against the Maple Leafs?
It is.
Okay. crazy how quiet it was in the airport. We went out for dinner last night. Like, there's comparatively nobody here.
Really? So what do you anticipate with Leaf fans? Like, do you think there'll be a bunch of them? Like, how would you compare it to maybe previous games?
I do. I do think there'll be lots. I... I think it's just as easy to come to a game somewhere else as it is to get tickets in Toronto, right? This one guy I was sitting beside, his son's like 30 years old, and they were coming down for three days, going to play some golf, going to see the Leafs play.
People are doing maybe that type of trip, but I think there'll be a lot of blue and white jerseys in there tonight.
Yeah. Well, what do you make of the game, Ray? I mean, I don't know how it's going to be for Mitch Marner. Is it going to be weird for him? I feel like it's going to be more weird for him in Toronto next week as opposed to tonight's game. But what do you expect, you know, Marner's first game against his former organization, all of that?
I think, you know, he had you guys all went back and played against somebody that, you know, played previously for. He has had such a, you know, a major part of all of his life has been really kind of around the Maple Leafs and in Toronto. And now he's got a completely different life out here. And he's had a good start. but an odd start. Now he's playing center a lot this month.
They lost William Carlson pretty much for the year. Jack Eichel was out for a long time, so he's in the middle. He's in a new conference. He's living in a new place. I think, like Drager was telling me, it's snowing where you guys are. It's beautiful today here. Right. Like everything is different for him. I think it's going to be really awkward.
He said yesterday he was asked about the game today and he said, you know, I didn't really think about it, you know, and which doesn't mean I have to believe that he hasn't thought about it because, of course, he has. Like, of course, you're thinking about it. Right. Like. I remember going out for warm-up, and you don't really want to look at your old teammates, but you kind of do.
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Chapter 3: How is Auston Matthews contributing to the Toronto Maple Leafs' success?
Zaka had three goals. Minton had two goals. Like, it was a point night. Pasternak had six assists. They're in a spot, too, because Panarin is a free agent at the end of the year. And it's apparently not very easy to... to get a team that he would move to. So if he leaves for nothing at the end of the year, if that's kind of where it gets to, that's an enormous loss.
He's led them in scoring six years in a row. So I don't know how they fix that, to be honest with you. Vancouver, I mean, you're 32nd for a reason. You know, Noodles, were you doing the game in Ottawa the other night? Yeah, yeah. Yeah. And, you know, I mean, they they give up all kinds of shots. They got their defense is a bunch of kids. Besser's got one goal in 28 games.
I think, and I remember this from when I was in Atlanta, the older you get, when things don't go well, it's like your soul gets pulled out of you. You lose your fight. And so, like, Brock Besser's got one goal in 28 games. The hardest thing to do, I think, in the league is to score. The easiest thing to control is to work. And he's lost that connection. He's just standing there.
And so the veterans, everybody focuses on Patterson. He's been more than fine. It's not him. they're just not very good. They need draft picks. They need young picks to come in. And they'll accumulate them. Whenever the deal shows up for Sherwood, whenever they'll get something, I assume, for when Bluger gets back in the lineup, would they look at trading? Dabrowski, that's been out there a bit.
You hate to throw names out, but basically, everybody. yeah anybody is tradable there and unfortunately for them there is there is no quick there's no quick way to do it they got to get younger they got to get faster they got to get more skilled and then they got to get some experience once they get younger you know so that's that's the road in front of them i think yeah that's
That's trouble, but they haven't been great for a while. They had that one great year a couple years ago, and I get the impression Canucks fans are kind of ready for it because they feel like they've maybe been through it to an extent for a while.
It's funny, though, Hayes. They're ready for it, but then all they do is bitch about how bad the team is. The only way you can go through it is to be that bad. I don't know how many years is this for Matthews, but remember the year before?
Yeah, worst team in the league. How bad that was? Yeah.
And it was terrible to watch. But you have to hope... Toronto was fortunate that the number one pick was him. San Jose sucked, and the number one pick was Celebrini. They got lucky, because those are generational standout players. And then the Rangers had the number one pick, and they got... I was just going to say, you're the worst team, and You know, that's what the number one pick is.
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