The Bob McCown Podcast

Former player, broadcaster & NHL executive, Dale Tallon joins the show to chat with Bob and John. With golf talk out of the way the three discuss Dale's time in Chicago and pick his brain on what he thinks needs to happen in order to have a championship contending hockey club. We talk about the intricacies of the free agent market, how important scouting college hockey players is in a 7 round draft and get some info at the end of the show on whether we will see Dale in an NHL teams front office again anytime soon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Toronto Blue Jays are 17-14, Vladdy is slumping and players are getting ejected for basically anything... whats wrong with Canada's only MLB team?? Dan Shulman comes on the podcast today to re-assure Bob and John that Jays fans should have nothing to worry about. We talk about their pitching, batting and fielding issues that have come up to start the season and Dan lets us know why he would be surprised if Toronto doesn't end up being one of the leagues best teams come September. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NBC's Drew Remenda and Greg Millen from Hockey Night in Canada join the podcast to discuss the recent happenings in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Toronto Maple Leafs big win last night, The struggling Oilers and more on the docket today with Bob asking one of his best questions to date at the end of the show - Would you trade Auston Matthews for Connor McDavid? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of Canada's best golfers, Corey Conners, joins the show to chat with Bob and John. Having finished in the top 10 at Augusta National 3 years in a row, we talk to Corey about his consistent play at The Masters and what he has being doing to improve his game. We discuss the tours upcoming tournaments and what to expect from Corey as he gets set to play at both St.Georges and St. Andrews this summer for the first time in his career. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President of Hockey Operations for The Vegas Golden Knights, George McPhee, joins the show to talk with Bob and John. The three talk about the teams performance this year, having missed the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. We talk about the massive amount of injuries the team faced throughout the season and question how big of a part that played in the teams inability to reach the post season. We also get an idea of what goes on during players exit interviews, we talk about Jack Eichel and George's opinion on his first few months with the club before moving onto a discussion about the Stanley Cup Playoffs & the uptick in penalty calls we have seen so far. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Longley and Perkins join the show today for some baseball talk. Almost a full month into MLB's 2022 regular season and the Blue Jays are not as advertised... or at least they haven't been living up to the expectations fans had for them this year and the gentlemen talk about it on todays episode. In what seems to be the opposite of the Blue Jays woes from last year, the foursome discuss Toronto's struggling bats and hot pitching, as we try to dissect why the offence is down from the year prior. What's going on with Vladdy G? Bo Bichette? the four talk about why they think the Toronto Blue Jays haven't been the team we have all expected to see. We also spend some time debating the usage of robotic umpires and the uptick in missed calls in Baseball. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Glenn Healy stops by the podcast to chat with Bob and John. Having attended Guy Lafleur's memorial in Montreal on Tuesday we talk to Glenn about the service and listen to some stories Glenn shares about the legendary Hall of Famer. We also take some time to discuss the current matchups in the playoffs, breaking down the triple overtime game between the Rangers and the Penguins, Calgary's 1-0 win over the stars, the likelihood of seeing another lob-sided victory in the Lighting/Leafs series and much more on todays episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Friend of the podcast, current writer for Sportsnet and former co-host of Primetime Sports with Bob McCown joins the show to talk some Toronto Sports. The three break down game between the Toronto Maple Leafs & the Tampa Bay Lightning. We talk the loose whistles from the referees, the incredible defence from Toronto and what we should expect from this series after the 5-0 Leafs win in game 1. We also talk about the recent play from the Toronto Blue Jays as we note how they have yet to drop a series despite them not playing their best baseball before we move on to discussing our Canadian tennis stars competing this week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two legendary voices in Canadian broadcasting, Dave Hodge & Jim Hughson, join the podcast on opening day of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs to talk some hockey and share some memories from their illustrious career. The four talk about their ideal playoff formats as we discuss our distaste towards the current set up the NHL has right now. We also debate what makes a team a "dynasty" and question what it will take for the Tampa Bay Lightning to deserve the title. We also get some stories from Stanley Cup Playoffs past from the two former broadcasters as we gear up for the long awaited postseason to begin. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eric Duhatschek from the Athletic & The Buffalo News' very own Mike Harrington join the show for our last NHL Roundtable of the regular season. The four talk about how long the season has actually been not only for the players but the reporters too. We discuss whether or not the NHL's playoff format needs to be re-thought before diving into some predictions for this years Stanley Cup Playoffs. Are we sleeping on the New York Rangers? Are the Tampa Bay Lightning still the best team in the NHL? and who's getting fired if the Leafs don't win the first round? We try to answer all these questions and more on todays show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.