O-Dog on the truth behind McKenna calling him, the Maple Leafs' roster direction and Matthews' rebound season
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Did Gavin McKenna actually FaceTime Jeff O'Neill about wearing number 92?
We need to get to the bottom of a tweet that was sent out a while ago that you and Doogie fell for hook, line, and sinker.
I was told about this.
Yes.
And I was like, I just assumed it was true.
All right, because we saw Gavin McKenna skating around in number 92, and it does look glorious. It's a great number, and it looks great on him. But here's the original 92 with the Leafs, the old dog Jeff O'Neill joining us. Oh, what's happening?
You guys are really going to make me go through this, aren't you?
I know what actually... I know what's true and what's not. These guys... Take us through the McKenna 92 stuff.
Well, let me ask you, Hayes. You obviously know the truth to it, right? Of course. Yeah. I can't even believe you put me on the spot like this, and I'm probably going to get somebody call me a POS, but... I have to confess something, and it's something that should be so obvious, but I didn't. It went too far, and I couldn't go back on it. Gavin McKenna did not or nor would he ever call me to get my input on wearing number 92. I only played for the Leafs for two years. I do know both of his agents, but that did not happen. Okay, thank you. He picked 92 because he wanted some type of combination of 72 and 97, so he picked 92, and that's what happened. He did not call me, and I feel awful about saying that because I had so many...
People I love and respect and relatives and hockey people, they're like, I talked to Paul Bissonnette the other day, and he's like, it's really cool that he called you, man. And I'm like, Biss, he did not call me. Why would he call me? I scored 40 goals in two years. It's not like you would ever need to call me. I know. I was just trying to have some fun on social media, and it got to a place where I'm like, I just have to leave this there because I can't delete it or I can't go back on it now.
Yes. Well, see, thank you. And because Jonas, you and Doogie were both like, no, that happened. Like he obviously did FaceTime and it was like being picked up by like CNN and stuff, you know, like it was on Meet the Press.
I know, but I have felt bad for myself because I'm like... I'm not important enough for anyone to FaceTime me and say, can I wear your number? Like anyone that follows you knows that.
But you joke on Twitter all the time. Like when you're in the gym and you're like, LeBron just walked in and we did a workout. I'm like, no, everyone knows you're joking.
Yeah, but this is like conceivable. Like I could see that.
That's why it's such a great tweet.
Let me just interrupt for a second here.
Let me like... The phoning me is a little bit more reasonable than I'm doing abs with LeBron. I know that.
You idiot. But you know what I'm saying, though. You tweet out, like, when you're at the World Juniors, like, I was just in the gym for two. No, you weren't in the gym for two hours with all these people throughout the NHL. Right.
Well, I am in the gym. A little bit. I'm not keeping track of who enters or who doesn't.
Exactly. It's a great bit, and I want it to continue. And I think now you've created something here where you've got to just keep it going.
Honestly, if I start getting crap talk on Twitter because of you, I can't believe you sued. That was supposed to just... Die on the blind.
Why did Jeff O'Neill admit he shared a misleading tweet about McKenna?
It was supposed to die, dude. Well, you're right.
You're right. Ultimately, it's completely harmless and it doesn't matter. That's the beauty of it. It's not like you reported on something that actually matters.
It's good, though, because I might have gone to camp and been like, that's pretty cool that you FaceTime.
That's why I think it's important to bring this up because you're right. Someone might go to Gavin and be like, tell us about your FaceTime with the O-Dog. And he would look at you like, what the hell are you talking about right now? All right, good. I just wanted that clarified. More for our purposes, because Jonas... You know what?
I feel like I had an intervention, and I just got it off my chest. I know, I'm so happy. And I actually, I feel cleansed right now. glad it happened because dude it was coming like first first leaf game on tsn i i guarantee you someone was calling masters and we want to start we got mckenna he's going to do an interview they're going to talk about this and then you would be sweating bullets dude like dude what i wanted to do is i wanted to do a spoof on it where i was like walking down by the water by my place in calling wood with like masters or something and i would have been like this is where uh
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Did Gavin McKenna actually FaceTime Jeff O'Neill about wearing number 92?
0:00–3:43
2
Why did Jeff O'Neill admit he shared a misleading tweet about McKenna?
3:43–7:50
3
How did the viral 92 story spread across media and fans?
7:50–23:09
4
Who would you want a one-on-one with in the Maple Leafs organization and why Matthews?
23:09–23:37
5
What signs are the hosts looking for to know if Auston Matthews will have a rebound season?
23:37–23:44
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