Bottom-Six Battles, McKenna Expectations + Quinn Hughes' Future
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What happened to the Blue Jays in their final games and how did it set the tone for the episode?
Right back at you for another edition of the fastest hour in hockey. All week, one hour. But we will be slipping into a familiar spot next week, starting Monday, four to six PM Eastern. Hold on. No. J's are still in it. You never know. Yeah. We are live on SportsNet 360, Sportsnet Plus, and YouTube, and wherever you find your pods. There is no attachment to sports net five ninety the fan. As uh this is lowering the casket day on the Toronto Blue Jay season. Sammy, do we have an update yet on uh on where the Jays are in their first game?
We are in the top of the fifth at uh Camden Yards in Baltimore. The Jays are trailing Two to zip. They had two men on with no with one out, and now they are out of the innings, so they must have hit into a double play. Must have been Vladdy at the dish. Anyways, uh it's two zip. Heading to the top of the sixth.
All right, we got a ton on the Toronto Maple Leafs and we we do need to go around the league. We've only promised for two days we're gonna talk about McDavid and Babcock and we haven't got there, so that is on the docket for sure. But let me just go back a little bit for you, Sam, because you are the ultimate body. No, no, we're we we we gotta have a little bit of a talk here. About Uh the J season.
Okay.
Which should close out today, we believe. And N when I was a kid growing up, I mean, if you didn't win the division, you were just Done. Right. And teams were done like in June and July. Yeah. So we do know now that they've put in this wild card position. And Did it change your look and perspective on the season that they were able to? play meaningful games right to the end and there's only three left. We know that. But like th there was interest, there was excitement. There was a vibe. And, you know, somehow, some way, you know, I'm gonna parlay this to maybe the Maple Leaf season this year. And if they do what the Blue Jays did did this season and that's just hold the interest right at the very end. And then they happen to miss out.
Will you feel the same way? Will you feel differently? How how do you feel about like just the Jays being in it right to the end here? opposed to the old days when you're old baseball when when your season was over months ago. Yeah,
like I remember being a kid and then winning almost ninety games and being fifteen games back of the Red Sox and Yankees and having it not matter at all. So I I I think That all Jays fans saw their own death. Like the end of right before the p with the trade deadline, it was as bad as it's been in a very long time. They got hot. It was kind of enjoyable. We got all got to convince ourselves that the magic was back, blah, blah, blah. But ultimately, it's still an incredibly disappointing season, mostly because of what happened last year. And coming off of the World Series run and we all know how it ended. And I mean, I've said a million times if they just get one more out, none of this matters, and we all just get to go down and see three trophies at the dome instead of one.
But yeah, like it's disappointing. Like it it's been fun to have this little run, but ultimately it's pretty upsetting. I think most Jays fans would feel the same way. You
fundamentally the thing keeping Jays fans in it was the season before. Yeah. Was that belief that there was magic in this group and it could come back at any moment and they're close, but if they just get hot it could whatever, the leaves are coming off being bad. Really not
You think it wasn't face value that like I look at it as just face value. They they opened up a wild card card spot. They made it where your team could really suck, but your your your community, your fan base can always feel like they're in it.
For sure.
And I think I think it's in many ways from a business point of view, it's a a stroke of genius. Yeah. Right. And forty-one thousand people at the dome Uh every night credit
to the fans
fans hold holding on and Instead of just picking apart what's been so bad all year, it was just always the focus of of the next game. Or or the watching the score clock or watching what Cleveland's doing or Texas is doing.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What happened to the Blue Jays in their final games and how did it set the tone for the episode?
0:08–9:19
2
How are the Maple Leafs addressing their bottom‑six roster battles and who are the key players involved?
9:19–19:05
3
What are the expectations for Gavin McKenna’s rookie‑season point total and what factors could affect his performance?
19:05–26:39
4
How will the Leafs’ outlook in the hyper‑competitive Atlantic Division shape their season goals?
26:39–34:03
5
What are the vibes at Oilers training camp under Mike Babcock and how might they impact the team?
34:03–42:17
6
Will Quinn Hughes stay with the Wild or could he become a free‑agent target for another team?
42:17–46:02
7
What are the potential trade scenarios involving Quinn Hughes and how could they affect the Wild’s future?
46:02–49:27
8
What are the key takeaways and predictions for the Leafs‑Senators split‑squad game tonight?
49:27–49:47