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Real Kyper & Bourne

What Will the Leafs Do with the First Overall Pick?

07 May 2026

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Chapter 1: What are John Chayka's comments on the Leafs' direction?

14.746 - 26.737 Sam McKee

Welcome in to Real Kipper and Born. My name is Justin Born. We are joined today, not by Nick Kiprios. We got JD Bunkus in the house. Bunk, thanks for joining. How are you?

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26.777 - 28.038 Justin Bourne

Good, good. What an upgrade.

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28.298 - 31.321 Sam McKee

I know. What a massive swing for the show.

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Chapter 2: How do Chayka and Sundin plan to work together in the front office?

31.681 - 45.755 Sam McKee

This is great. We got technical directors Frank Baraska and Derek Brandeo. We're live on Sportsnet 360, Sportsnet 590, The Fan in Toronto, and streaming always on Sportsnet+. If you miss our show live, you can always get it on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. What's going on, man?

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46.195 - 47.397 Justin Bourne

Nothing, man. Sam's here too.

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47.457 - 51.944 JD Bunkis

Sam, hello. Yeah, I'm back in my way more comfortable spot. I kind of love it over here.

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Chapter 3: What factors influence the Leafs' decision on the first overall pick?

51.964 - 52.726 Justin Bourne

You got the perch.

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52.746 - 55.049 JD Bunkis

I just, I hate over there. I hate over there.

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55.29 - 56.071 Justin Bourne

Why do you hate over here?

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56.331 - 63.703 JD Bunkis

I hate over there. I don't know how to explain it. I hate it. This is my... The 10 feet of difference, it just changes my whole feeling.

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63.683 - 70.455 Justin Bourne

See, I feel the same way because I only ever sit here to do my show. So if you asked me to be in another swap, I'd feel thrown off.

70.495 - 70.916 JD Bunkis

Let's try it.

71.157 - 77.528 Justin Bourne

I'd feel totally thrown off. The only thing that sucks is I feel like I'm supposed to lead the show.

77.769 - 82.317 Sam McKee

Yeah. It's unnatural for me to do it. You definitely are much more of an age hair type.

82.297 - 95.618 JD Bunkis

A lot of questions in the YouTube chat about Kipper interviewing at the Leafs. Because it's now day two of him not around. When we were vague about where he was. He came on looking like he was in a Wendy's drive.

Chapter 4: Who should the Leafs choose between Gavin McKenna and Ivar Stenberg?

95.658 - 101.167 JD Bunkis

Did you see that clip from our show yesterday of him? He literally had a hat on.

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101.187 - 106.836 Justin Bourne

The Britney Spears microphone. Would he have come on if it wasn't for one pick?

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106.816 - 107.337 JD Bunkis

I don't know.

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107.477 - 110.941 Justin Bourne

No, probably not. Yeah, because I was going to say, one pick changes everything.

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110.961 - 113.083 JD Bunkis

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's a call you on vacation.

113.204 - 113.544 Justin Bourne

Yeah.

Chapter 5: What does Craig Berube's job security look like for next season?

113.584 - 114.545 JD Bunkis

It changed a lot of things.

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114.826 - 125.338 Justin Bourne

It's like when I took work off, I had a big vacation planned, and then Kawhi arrived in the helicopter, and we all thought he was returning. And I was like, well, I got to go back to work. He's in the helicopter. Like, I got to sit in there. What a fool I was.

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125.358 - 131.085 Sam McKee

What a fool. God. Well, we were pleased that you joined us today. Thank you for the extra. Thanks for having me.

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131.065 - 150.998 Sam McKee

hour of your time and what's really great Leafs talk hasn't had a show in a while no playoffs this normally we've done shows together in May missed those shows those are really I would say almost if you had asked me my favorite things I've done at Sportsnet post Leafs playoff win Leaf talk boy I've said some unhinged things on there

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150.978 - 170.168 Sam McKee

Looking back, looking back, there was some things that you may want to mulligan on. Yeah. Anyways. Those are a lot of fun. They're a lot of fun. Not as fun right now, but I do think it's a perfect opportunity to check in. We haven't actually talked since the Leafs hired John Chyka and Matt Sundin and got the first overall pick.

170.148 - 177.04 Sam McKee

I think you were like a lot of people with the Chica stuff where initial, I don't want to say, well, no, I will say skepticism.

Chapter 6: How does Berube's coaching style align with Chayka's analytics approach?

177.922 - 193.81 Sam McKee

He was curious. There's a lot of what is going on here. And then it happens. Since that happened, has anything changed for you about how you felt about it when you first found out? Do you feel differently now than you did when it was official? Chica's their guy.

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194.195 - 207.479 Justin Bourne

No, not really. Okay. Well, I would just say this, like, I'm still pretty skeptical about the hire. Like, and I'm just, where I'm at with it, though, is I'm going to judge the moves that get made from this point forward.

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Chapter 7: What must the Leafs do to keep Auston Matthews engaged?

207.519 - 208.601 Sam McKee

What a healthy way to look at it.

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208.641 - 228.064 Justin Bourne

Well, it's just like, what do you do? Because I think that where we kind of get in take culture is that, like, you cement your opinion on a thing and... And this is really how I feel about it. I don't know anything about Scott White. So on paper, the idea that they were going to get somebody from the Dallas organization who was like under Jim Nill, I'm like, all right. That sounds good. Sure.

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228.504 - 236.171 Justin Bourne

If you would have told me that they were going to bring in Breezebois, right? Like they were going to get someone who was established or McFarlane from Colorado.

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Chapter 8: What are the implications of the Leafs' draft strategy moving forward?

236.311 - 256.621 Justin Bourne

Yeah, clearly I think that there would have been a lot more evidence-based decision-making there and that you could have felt more confident about that idea. But I will just say this, like... I would say in terms of the last time I felt like a major feel about something with the front office, because normally they come in and I'm kind of like, all right, let's see what you do. Yeah. Was Burke.

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257.563 - 264.617 Justin Bourne

And when Burke came in, I was like celebrating it with my friends. I was in university. He comes in, he does the truculent speech. And I'm like,

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264.749 - 267.433 JD Bunkis

You didn't feel about that with Lou?

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267.953 - 269.415 JD Bunkis

Because I'm really excited about Lou.

269.636 - 280.61 Justin Bourne

I wasn't, like, again, for the most part, I don't get overly excited about the unveiling of a front office because it's like all I've ever known with this hockey team is they lose.

280.63 - 289.1 Sam McKee

But hold, just those guys did something beyond the hockey. Immediately, they changed the culture. Immediately it was a different, we knew they were more aggressive.

289.121 - 305.575 Justin Bourne

I liked year one of Lou and I liked the idea that they were bringing in this like massive brain trust. Right. And they came in there with a much clearer mandate than I think we've seen from anybody since, which was we are going to try and eviscerate blue and white disease. Yeah.

305.595 - 323.354 Justin Bourne

And that sounded so appealing after such a long time where it really did feel like there were... A rampant blue and white disease. Yeah. Yeah. Like just oversized, I would say celebrity status for a lot of different players and malaise that had kind of set in with the franchise, with the organization.

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