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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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You know, we're tracking the Jays, and last night Jeff Hoffman got himself in trouble again. Louis Varlin came in to save the day. One pitch to get them out of the jam.
Chapter 2: What are the latest updates on the Maple Leafs' GM search?
Just make Louis Varlin the closer, man, with his gray work boots and his bull-legged style.
Get him. Yeah. He rocks the wrestling boots. They're like literally wrestling boots, I think.
Remember when we talked about his boots last year? He wears just mud wrestling wheels on the mound. He's a unique character. But honestly, it's the end of the line for the other guy. Stop it. Cut the crap with saying I trust him and he's our guy. I like how he said it one day and the next day. He's like, we got to sit down and talk to this guy about a different role.
Doesn't he have an off day today? Today he's not going to pitch. And they're going to chat with him tomorrow about his role.
Did I read that? Yes. Correct. Not pitching today. Listen, the night before, he struck out the side. He came in and closed the deal down. Schneider put himself in a tough spot a couple days ago when he was so emphatically in his corner. And he's like, I know you're not going to want to hear this, but I trust Jeff Hoffman. And two nights later, he's like, we're going to have a little chat.
He and I are going to have a little sit down.
When you have to say the term, and Schneid should know this, just the psychology of comments and affecting players, or whether they be truthful or not, when you have to preface a comment by saying, A bunch of people are going to hate me for saying this? That means it's... Yeah. That's all you need to know. A bunch of people are going to hate me.
It's because a bunch of people know that he's not doing his job.
Well, listen, it's... It's an evergreen topic in sports, regardless of what the sport is. How much does a coach, a manager trust a player when they've done something for them in the past, generally speaking? Now, Hoffman, I know a lot of Jays fans will say, what has he done?
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Chapter 3: Who are the leading candidates for the Maple Leafs' GM position?
You know, a guy that I love and trust. Maybe I've got to look at it differently and say, you know what? I'm putting too much faith in this guy. I can go the other way, too. I don't like a guy, but actually maybe I should. And with Hoffman, it's clear cut. Like, he just loses his stuff. He can't find the zone. He was hitting guys last night. It was a mess. It was a disaster.
And Varlin has been perfect. Like, Varlin with his Roddy Piper shoes out there just throwing heat. He hits 98-99 in his sleep.
That's what he should do. He should just go out in a kilt and, like, his Jays shirt. Roddy Roddy Piper. I love that idea. Just a kilt and a Blue Jays white t-shirt with the arms ripped off and start throwing heat. The Hot Rod Louis Varlin. Yeah, with his gray Dr. Martens on. They are the weirdest. Has anybody done a feature on them that they talked about?
Yeah, he was a wrestler. I'm actually not joking. My understanding is he was a wrestler in high school or whatever.
So he felt that he needs to wear them on the mount?
Yes, that's his thing, man. He's got a thing for the hot rod. The hot rod's boots.
Roddy Piper, that guy was... He was one of my all-time favorites.
But he became a comedian.
I don't know if you guys knew that. He became a comedian at the end of his wrestling career.
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Chapter 4: What impact does player trust have on team dynamics?
Strutty.
Good Alberta boy.
Craig Berube would be in the running.
Oh, yeah. The chief from Enoch. Oh, yeah. There were some tough customers, and put it this way, tough customers in every province.
Yes.
And I would be terrified to run into those guys when they got a growl.
Well, I don't know why I got into a rabbit hole last night. Maybe I was looking up something on ā yeah, I think it was a Ty Domi thing came up, and all his fights with Sandy McCarthy. Sandy's a Toronto guy. He was born in Toronto, grew up in Barrie. So there's another Ontario guy. Sandy McCarthy fought everybody.
He was a scary human. Tony Twist. He was my roommate a couple times. Tony Twist I still think is ā he might be ā I don't know. He might be the all-time toughest.
Sandy McCarthy?
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Chapter 5: How do analytics influence decision-making in hockey?
I don't think it hurts, but I've said this before.
I'd rather bring in an outsider that doesn't have allegiance to the market, that doesn't have allegiance to players on that roster right now, just goes, I need a fresh set of eyes, and I'm going to try and turn this thing around, and I don't care what minor hockey system you played for or what pajamas you wore where you were growing up and all of that stuff.
I just care about trying to turn this organization around. That's what they need.
Well, let's bring in an alumni. Maybe he can speak to it. Eddie is a Toronto guy joining us on the Maple Toyota Hotline. Here's Frankie Corrado. Frankie, are you a proponent of bringing in past legends and alumni of the team? And if so, what kind of value would they even bring to the table?
I don't think it has to be a prerequisite for the job. It's the best person available, but I almost look at it this way. If you were bringing someone in and that person could look at the Leafs and say, I don't have to do this. I don't need to be here, but I want to do this because I have a passion for what this is going to take.
That's the kind of guy that can sit in front of Keith Pelley or sit in front of the board and say, you guys want A, B, and C, but I'm telling you it's X, Y, and Z. And if we can't get on the same page, I'm fine. I'll go do whatever else that I'm doing because I'm very successful at it. Whether that means you're an alumni or not, to me, that's the best person for this kind of job.
Not someone who can be influenced by, I need this job because this is where everything's riding for me.
Frankie, if this is all about who's ever running this, if there's a president or not a president, And it's such an important decision. It's very key for the Maple Leafs moving forward, regardless of what the decision happens with the roster or anything of those details moving forward. So it's so important, and it's got to be the best guy.
In your opinion, how does Mike Gillis all of a sudden pop up to be one of these people that continues to be talked about? If it's the best guy available...
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Chapter 6: What role do former players play in a team's management?
But the crazy thing, Jeff, is if you could pick one player to have those chances, it's number seven, it's number 18. Like, it's not like Zetterlin missed these chances. It's the best guys. It's crazy. It's perplexing that it's happened to them for two games now.
And the difference, too, is the Aaron Korolnik stunt double has been scoring on the other side. AK, like, that's Stankhoven. No, Stankhoven looks exactly like Aaron. Does he not look like Aaron Korolnik, AK?
Literally. Literally. If Koronek had any athletic ability, he would be Logan Stankoven, 10 years older, 15 years older.
Pull up Stankoven's face. It's AK's face, just the younger version of him. I'm telling you, I can't even look at the guy now without seeing AK skating around out there.
That kid has shown up early in the series.
My point, Jeff, is Stankoven scored, Stutzler hasn't. That's the difference. Their top players have delivered. I said at the start of the series... The difference for me on paper were three guys, Stutzla, Kachuk, and Sanderson. I thought were separators. They haven't been separators on the score sheet right now. And that's a difference. And, Jamie, that might just be the difference right now.
If they can't be separators at home, maybe they can even the series up. We know what happens if they're not. Tomorrow's a win. You have to win tomorrow. You have to win. It's a must win.
You can't go down three times. And at some point, those guys are going to have to contribute offensively to win the series.
I mean, that goes without saying as well. Keep in mind, for Carolina, this is a place of comfort for them. How have they lost series in the past? They've had to come back in series, and they don't have the extra gear offensively because they're not full of star power. So that's been an issue for them. They've had bad goaltending at times.
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Chapter 7: What are the implications of hiring an outsider as GM?
But this is Carolina when they're comfortable. up in a series and forcing you now to have to take chances and they can jump on it and make you pay for your mistakes. Like it's it's that much more difficult because of what you have on the blue line or what you don't have on the blue line.
But also where Carolina is in their position of comfort and how they've kind of seen this episode before and they've executed on it.
Yeah, absolutely. Mandatory for Ottawa Game 3. A bunch of games in the Stanley Cup playoffs tonight. Enjoy those, Frankie. We'll do it again soon. Thank you for this.
All right, boys.
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Doesn't look great right now, but we'll continue to update that. Best bets later in the hour. And Jerry's percentage is coming up. Overdrive continues. TSN 1050 and on the TSN app.
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You're going to want to hear this. Jerry's percentages. I don't love being commissioner as much as I used to. I actually love it even more.
That's the voice of a f***ing Hall of Famer.
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Chapter 8: How does the pressure of the Toronto market affect a new GM?
And he had a really good year last year. And I have no doubt for the next 10 years he'll be a great player. But the Mets are in one, man. They've lost 12 in a row. Bo Bichette is just ā you want to have ā You want tough reads, go online and just punch in Bo Bichette, Mets fan reaction. It is overwhelmingly negative.
Dude, I told you that.
I know. It's early, man. It's early. 42 million, just bring in Bo. He's playing third. He can't hit. It's a mess. All right, anyway, we're off track, and now Jerry's, I'm sure, getting disappointed. Let's get to some hot takes here. Go ahead.
As much as Jerry wants the Ottawa Senators to check out, it's not going to happen. Because this series is still going to go to seven games.
Okay. Seven games. Seven for Ottawa, Carolina. I am going to say there's a 60% chance of that happening. I believe so.
40%.
I'm going to say 40% because I think that reflects a reasonable amount of similarities to my beliefs. It's like I feel like it, you know. One bad period in this series is over for the Sens. But I thought they played so hard and they played so well in some of the games for durations where I'm like, they're right there. So they need a game for right there to say we're back in the series.
But I'm going to say 40%. Yeah, I'm going to say, and just because of my biased allegiance, I'm going to say 52%. A little higher, but tomorrow is a must-win. I'm sorry. Regardless of it, you can't have moral victories. And I think there are long stretches, and probably a lot like the Boston series,
where the Boston-Buffalo series, I think Ottawa's been the better team for longer stretches in that. But it doesn't matter. They're 0-2. So, you know, moral victories, all of that type of stuff. You need a game where you just come out with the win. And that has to be tomorrow night, and I'll change my view on it. But I'm at 51, and it's a stretch.
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