Due to other Sunday time commitments, the Shootaround Podcast is now a Tuesday podcast for the foreseeable future (2:40) NHL Playoffs(23:25) NBA Playoffs(33:49) Toughest sports to play in front of an away crowd(47:01) Toronto Raptors draft at fourth overall(58:31) Maybe the most positive Blue Jays Hype Report we’ve ever had(1:05:40) We power rank stuff in the following summer time categories:
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This week we’re a man short because Blake can’t make it to the pod. But the show goes on (2:36) The Blake-less Blue Jays Hype Report(14:59) Ball Hockey Talk(20:50) NHL Playoffs: Fleury, Price, wild ending to Game 4 of Isles v Lightning(35:55) Whats more entertaining: NHL v NBA Playoffs?(46:55) NBA Playoffs: Jazz are toast, Ben Simmons and KD v Giannas(1:03:56)
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(1:50) Adam and Cameron go through arbitration and are handed out fines for groupchat conduct(20:55) Tom reluctantly addresses the Toronto Maple Leafs(34:55) NHL Playoffs and the defence of Marc-Andre Fleury(47:27) NBA Playoffs(1:09:15) Julio Jones traded to the Titans(1:19:05) Blake’s Blue Jays Hype Report
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(9:15) Toronto Raptors miss the playoffs(14:45) Tom runs through the updated NBA Title Odds heading into the Playoffs(34:22) The Tim Tebow Outrage(44:35) We draft 2021 NHL Playoff team in a beer case bet Anyways, here’s the results for 2021 Playoff Draft Challenge: The scoring works as followed: 1 point for a first round win, 2 points for a second round
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Let’s remember a few names. In honour of the Cavaliers getting pushed to the brink of Finals Sweep at the hands of the Golden State Warriors, I thought I’d take a look back at the last team to get swept in the Finals… Lebron’s 2007 Cavaliers. This by no means is a shot at the present or past Cavs. The
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(0:00-18:32) NHL Playoffs (18:33) Ray’s Red Wings Draft Lottery Simulator (20:13) NBA Payoffs (41:54) Toronto Blue Jays Facebook Live Stream Discussion (44:18) Big 15-5 Blue Jays win + some Luke Maile love (48:33) The Yankees STINK (51:57) Sporcle Quiz: Every Stanley Cup Final and Conn Smythe winner since 1980 (58:29) This or That Pool or Beach Hot Dogs or Burgers
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Adam Silver floated the idea of the NBA modifying its playoff build to 1-16 seeding in place of the current East-West format: https://t.co/tthHyqIPCW — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 18, 2018 As an avid listener of the BS Podcast, Bill Simmons has been calling for an NBA playoff reform for years. This potential change that’s linked to in the ESPN tweet above
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“It’s like the bottom of the ninth and I’m never gonna win. This life hasn’t turned out, quite the way I want it to be.” — Chad Kroeger Losing can be tough. Losing while riding the pine is downright insufferable. Reach into the styrofoam cooler, crack a cold one and let’s talk some sports. In the News IIHF World Championship
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The Recaps (1) Golden State Warriors vs. (8) Portland Trail Blazers: 4-0 Warriors There really isn’t too much to be said about this series. The Warriors were the Warriors and they blazed a trail through the heart of the Trail Blazers. It’s unfortunate that the Blazers found themselves shorthanded–with starting centre Jusuf Nurkic sidelined with a fractured leg–in a matchup that
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The Leafs are golfing and the Jays suck so I’m all in on the Raptors right now. In the first round the Raptors were finally able to eliminate a lower-seeded team in less than 7 games by beating the young Milwaukee Bucks squad in 6 games. This year’s edition of the Playoff Raps features a couple of shiny new pieces and a
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