The Bob McCown Podcast

The Boston Bruins set the NHL record for most wins AND points in a season, only lost 5 games at home and were the NHL favourites to win the Stanley Cup... yet they still lost to the Florida Panthers in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. SO what went wrong?   We bring in Mike Milbury today to answer exactly that. We spend today's show looking back at the Boston Bruins record setting season and reflect on their disappointing series loss to the Panthers in 7 games.

Two Interviews for the price of one today as we spend time with Bruce Garrioch and Front Office Sports' Owen Poindexter for today's show.   We spend the first 20 minutes of the show getting an update from Bruce on the progression of the sale of the Ottawa Senators. From Ryan Reynolds and his group's alleged Billion Dollar bid to Snoop Dogg's apparent involvement in the sale, never has an NHL team had this much attention.... let alone the Ottawa Senators.   With Bruce gone, we say hello to Owen Poindexter. Having covered the story closely for front line sports, Owen tells us everything we need to know about the details of this widely speculated re-location to Las Vegas by John Fisher and his Oakland A's.

26 years after taking the Florida Panthers to the Stanley Cup, Doug MacLean joins the podcast to talk about the Panthers' improbable first round series win against the Boston Bruins.   The former coach sprinkles in some stories from his time as the Panthers' Head Coach as we break down Florida's game 7 win against the Boston Bruins last night, and look ahead to their round two matchup against the Toronto Maple Leafs.   Doug and the fella's talk about what we should expect from both teams with the series starting tomorrow before shifting focus to the Colorado Avalanche, Vegas Golden Knights and Seattle Kraken. Before we go, we also get Doug to give us some insight on the Panthers' famous "Rat Throwing" tradition.

It's Billy Jaffe and Brian Lawton joining us for today's roundtable as we dive into all of the ongoing storylines in the first round of the 2023 NHL Playoffs.    To start the show, we focus on the four games scheduled for tonight and the four teams on the verge of elimination as we break down tonight's matchups. We also discuss the Toronto Maple Leafs and the chances that they'll blow another 3-1 series lead - a topic that's been on everyone's mind after their game 5 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning.

On today's episode, we're joined by Steve Simmons from the Toronto Sun as we gear up for game 5 of the Toronto Maple Leafs' first-round series against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Steve shares his insights on why the Leafs have been able to win, despite the Lightning appearing to be the stronger team for much of the series. We also discuss whether the Leafs have what it takes to make a deep playoff run, should they manage to beat Tampa Bay tonight. As a franchise that hasn't won a playoff round since 2004, we set our expectations for the rest of the playoffs before the end of the show.

Fresh off of a European getaway with his family, J.P. Morosi stops by to catch up with Bob and John on today's show. With Paris and London still on his mind, J.P. notes the differences between sports media coverage in Europe compared to what we get here, sparking a discussion about player coverage in today's sports media. The three share varying opinions on on fans' access to professional athletes, the significance of athlete coverage, and potential changes moving forward, if any are even needed. Before the end of the show, we delve into some baseball talk Starting with the Tampa Bay Rays and why they are so good. Expectations are also set for the Toronto Blue Jays as J.P. lets us know what he thinks has to happen in order for the Jays to make a deep playoff run.

It's Pierre McQuire on the show today as the three get caught up on everything going on in this year's Stanley Cup Playoffs. We talk about the poor officiating that seems to be plaguing the postseason as we try to figure out why that's been happening. We also touch on some of the series we have not focused on as much in previous episodes, getting Pierre's opinion on what he's liked and what he hasn't so far.

Having missed the playoffs, the Toronto Raptors are in vacation mode but that doesnt mean the team hasn't generated anything to talk about. We bring in Doug Smith of The Toronto Star today to talk to us about Masai Ujiri's offseason plans regarding roster moves and their search for a new head coach, the teams apparent "lack of develop" as of late and the progression for their young star, Scottie Barnes.

Ending the week with some Hockey!   Scott Burnside and Eric Duhatschek join the show today to look over the first week of the Stanley Cup Playoffs as we break down the performances of some teams we have yet to talk about in detail on the show.   With the recent news of the Toronto Raptors firing their now former head coach, Nick Nurse, Bob and John spend the last chunk of the show reflecting on Nurse's career in Toronto and wondering what went wrong for him and the Raptors.

Having played in Toronto, Glenn gives us his take on the pressure the Toronto Maple Leafs are dealing with heading into game 2 tonight against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Three talk about what the Leafs need to do tonight to gain their confidence back before shifting focus to the other series in the league right now as we break down what we've seen from the Stanley Cup Playoffs so far.