OverDrive - July 27, 2026 - Hour 1 - Ricky Romero
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Overdrive off and running, TSN 1050 on the TSN app, your home smart speaker, up on TSN 4, up on YouTube Live. Brian Hayes and Jonas Siegel from The Athletic. How you doing, Jonas? I am well, how are you? I'm doing well. You've created quite the chaos around here. Everyone's targeting you, and they want to know why you decided, when you were asked, I guess, by The Athletic, to announce. Announce is strong. You are the voice of authority on the villain, the historical number one villain in Maple Leaf history. You chose...
So I have to caveat it as I did. They asked of all time, and they're like, I don't know all time. I just went in this last little bucket of years, and I picked Sam Bennett. And I thought that was pretty obvious.
Oh, I don't agree with that necessarily. I have his teammate as the obvious choice. He was. He's not anymore. Absolutely. Brad Marchand is number one.
Sam Bennett is so much more unlikable right now.
Sam Bennett has done it twice. And the first time, he didn't really factor in.
He knocked out two players in two playoff series.
Brad Marchand licked people.
Who do Hayes and Siegel name as Toronto’s biggest sports villain and why?
That was like in 2013. I'm just telling you.
There's no statute of limitations on that. That's true. And the guy is... What is he, 5-0 in Game 7s against the Maple Leafs? Sam Bennett's 1-0 in those games.
I think he's, to me, I'm not a fan so I don't care, but to me he's transitioned into more likable. Like he's a likable villain.
Because he claimed he was maybe going to come to the Maple Leafs? He bought that?
It's too... Every time he comes to Toronto, Masters goes and asks him something, and he knows, I can say this, and it's going to rattle people.
He's brilliant at it.
Remember two years ago, he's like, this Toronto team, it's different than past teams. The best. They know how to defend.
Really? He plays this market like a fiddle. He does it better than anybody else. I totally agree.
And then remember, he talked about, it was in the... ether is that the right word that he was going to sign here maybe and it's like he might sign here is like i think he said after resigning in florida that it was his second choice which again speaks to the bill like he plays it he wants to be number one sam bennett he's trying too hard to me he's i sam bennett knocked out matthew nye's and then knocked out Anthony Stolarz. And those are two very consequential things. But again, did I do a full historical deep dive into all the villains?
Because people are going nuts. I did not. Like, obviously, Kaz, I think, may have started his show, which I guess is what we're doing right now. And then the grappler came in. Alex was in here. There's all these people coming in, and they're just targeting you and saying... Which makes it compelling. I mean, listen, I think I'm open to suggestions. I would say Marchand, certainly in recent memory, for sure.
No, get out of here. You can't even name one thing he's villainous for. Dude, he owns the Leafs all the time.
That's all you need. He was on the ice when they were up 4-1 in Boston. That was a long time ago. Sam Bennett was on the Toronto Marlies.
Let me ask you this.
How did the hosts compare Sam Bennett, Brad Marchand and LeBron as Toronto antagonists?
Who is a better, in the big picture...
toronto villain you're gonna say marchand who whatever or lebron uh marchand for sure no yes lebron lebronto no lebron here's the reality we we are not kind of worthy of being on that level with lebron okay that's like lebron is one of the two or three greatest players of all time he came in yes he dismantled the raptors a couple times he dismantled every one of these the guy went to the finals for nine straight years or whatever it was it was nine yeah Between Miami and Cleveland. Certainly it was eight, and then maybe his ninth was when he was there in L.A. in the bubble.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:39
2
Who do Hayes and Siegel name as Toronto’s biggest sports villain and why?
1:39–3:44
3
How did the hosts compare Sam Bennett, Brad Marchand and LeBron as Toronto antagonists?
3:44–18:30
4
Why do Leafs fans get blamed for the team’s struggles compared to other markets?
18:30–23:00
5
What did Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s Instagram story and ‘be patient’ message provoke in Blue Jays coverage?
23:00–47:14
Speakers
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