The Bob McCown Podcast

Former Senior Vice President and current Executive Vice President and Director of Hockey Operations for the National Hockey League, Colin Campbell joins the show to talk about the recent GM meetings that took place on Monday & Tuesday - giving us an inside look at the first face to face meeting between the National Hockey Leagues GM's in over two years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Daves are back to chat some baseball as Bob and John bring on Perkins and Hodge to talk about the Toronto Blue Jays roster with Major League Baseball's Spring Training coming to an end. The four discuss Jays pitching coach Pete Walker's recent arrest, what this means for the team and what we should expect in terms of punishment before moving on to a full dissection of the teams current roster. From their pitching rotation to the field, Bob, John and the two Daves look at the holes they think still need to be filled, what's next for Nate Pearsons development as a starting pitcher, Matt Chapman's expected impact on this young team and more before Opening Day on April 7th. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Now that Canada has solidified their spot in the FIFA World cup for the first time in 36 years Bob and John bring on former head coach of the Men's National team and member of the 1986 squad that competed in Mexico, Bob Lenarduzzi. The three discuss the growth in both soccer culture and talent since the last time Canada was represented at the World Cup, current head coach John Herdman's impact on the success of the mens team as we now get ready to cheer them on in Qatar with the World Cup less than a year away. To end the show, Bob and John reflect on the passing of Eugene Melnyk and share some of their fondest memories made with Eugene throughout their careers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With under 20 games to go in the NHL's regular season Bob and John are joined by New York Rangers broadcaster Joe Micheletti and NHL.com's Mike Zeisberger. The four spend some time on the New York Rangers, discussing the impact Gerard Gallant has had on their roster and their potential to make a cup run this year before covering the other favourites around the league. Is Tampa Bay going to win their third straight Stanley Cup? Or is this finally Colorado's year... We talk about on todays Roundtable. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With 9 games left in the regular season 7 of which are at home, Michael Grange joins the show to talk about the last stretch of the season for the Toronto Raptors and their push to avoid playing in the NBA's playoff "Play-In" games. Many things were covered today as we discuss the potential playoff matchups the Raps might face, Pascal Siakam's star power, OG Anunoby's return and the positive addition of Thadeus Young as the Raptors have exceeded all expectations heading into the 2022 NBA Playoffs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Host of the Toronto Blue Jays telecasts on Sportsnet, Jamie Campbell joins the show to talk some Jays baseball as spring training gets underway. The three talk about the Jays current roster, rotation and depth heading into the regular season. Jamie gives us some insight on whether or not we should expect any more moves made by the front office before opening day and we discuss whether this year really is "World Series or bust" for this young team. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Zooming in from Costa Rica, James Sharman joins the podcast to preview Wednesday's match between Canada & Costa Rica as the Canadians try to secure a spot in the 2020 Fifa World Cup hosted by Qatar. James discusses the tournament so far and the surprising depth of our Canadian team, provides an update on Alphonso Davies' health status and gives his opinion on why soccer has seen an increase in support within our country. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Darren Pang, analyst for the St. Louis Blues & NESN's own Billy Jaffe join the podcast to help Bob and John wrap their heads around all the trades within the NHL after yesterday's deadline. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With a full analysis of the winners and losers of the NHL's trade deadline on its way for tomorrow's episode, we decided to get an inside look at what a day like today would be from the front office's point of view. Doug MacLean, a man who has spent many trade deadlines with many different NHL teams joins the show today to give us an idea on what goes through the mind of a GM on a day where they feel pressured to make a deal. We discuss the difficulty of building a team within the salary cap, the process of making a trade on the day of the deadline as well as some analysis on some of the trades made before the recording of the podcast. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our go-to guy when it comes to the Raptors, Doug Smith, hops on the show to talk about the Raps amidst their 5 game winning streak. We discuss everything that has been going right for the team, their surprising amount of depth at this point in the season and set reasonable expectations for the playoffs as we dive into a team that no one thought would be this good at the start of the season. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.