Crash the Net Podcast - Season 1 Episode 10

We changed things up for you guys this week. We switched the order around this week. If you like it, we'll continue to do the show in this order. First we cover the latest news about the Penguins new arena drama, and discussed the Islanders dumping of salary. In the injuries segment we look at the crushing loss of Jason Spezza in Ottawa and Michael Peca in Toronto. The Spotlight Team of the Week is the Colorado Avalanche as they've been doing quite well out west of late. At the end of the show we go over Detroit's four games against Columbus and the Wild. The Penguins also played the Blues and Atlanta.

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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 2.16

It’s Episode 2.16 of AFITC – The Christmas Edition. What we hoped would be a warm and fuzzy show was not helped by the Maple Leafs poor play this past week. We recap three losses against Florida, Chicago and Washington, get dizzy as we spin through the Revolving Door more times than we would like and discuss more consistency issues in What To Be-Leaf. We have the details on the potential for a Maple Leaf outdoor game on New Year’s Day 2008, more notes about the Flight of the Penguins Saga and we discuss another new schedule format and the proposed new nets.

On the Bubble features a discussion on Team Canada’s entry into the Spengler Cup, another edition of Listener Email and a Troubling Fact of the Week, this week discussing Rory Fitzpatrick and the campaign to get him into the all star game. Rigamarole explains why the next week will be crucial for future Leafs success.

This week we feature versions of Christmas classics from the Podsafe Music Network including "The Christmas Song" done by Calvin Owens, "Do You Hear What I Hear" by Jill Parr, "I Saw Three Ships" by Dusty Hughes and "Sleigh Ride" by thehipcolal.

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Crash the Net Podcast - Season 1 Episode 9

It was a busy week. We covered the three Detroit Red Wings games and four Pittsburgh Penguins games. There were lots of injuries to report to Dan Cloutier, Chris Simon, Peter Forsberg, and Darcy Tucker. In the Spotlight Team of the Week we take a lot at the renewed success of the Chicago Blackhawks under new coach Denis Savard. And in the news we look at the Penguins ownership situation, the departure of John Leclair, the upcoming retirement of Jeremy Roenick, and Phil Kessel's cancer diagnosis.

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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 2.14

It’s Episode 2.15 of AFITC and compared with last week, it’s a much more positive affair. Three Leaf games, three Leaf wins. We recap the action from this past week against Tampa Bay, Carolina and New York, spin through the Revolving Door and explain the difference between this week and last in What To Be-Leaf. Also in the Redline Report, we tell you about the reunion of the ’92-’93 Leafs, the cleaning of the Blues’ Kitchen, where Peter Bondra signed and how this could be a tell-all week for the future of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

On The Bubble features a preview of the World Junior Hockey Championships, more listener email that includes a radical suggestion for the revamping of the schedule, and of course a Troubling Fact of the Week.

Rigamarole discusses further evidence of the changing of the guard in the NHL in favour of a youth movement and in Parting Shots, we play you back another memorable “Errors Roll”. That’s AFITC for the week of December 11th through the 17th. Don’t miss it!

Music in this episode from the Podsafe Music Network included "Learn To Crawl" by Black Lab, "Life From Afar" by Oswald and "Tell Me What You Want pt2" by Moonchild Louis.

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We apologize for any sharp cuts or bad sound quality in a few portions of the show. We had some pretty significant technical difficulties and a good portion of the show was corrupted and had to be salvaged - a process which led to a few moments not being as smooth as usual.

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Crash the Net Podcast - Season 1 Episode 8

In this week's episode we talk about the Detroit Red Wing's continued dominance over the Blues as they meet up twice, and their blowout win against Toronto. For Pittsburgh, the losing streak continues, but fortunately ends by the end of the week. In the injury report Mike Modano and Manny Legace are out, Todd Bertuzzi is STILL out, and Havlat looks like he never missed a game. We take a closer look at the dreadful play of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Spotlight Team of the Week. In the news we talk about the salary cap, attendance around the league, and the retirement of Joe Nieuwendyk.

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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 2.14

The Maple Leafs losing streak reached seven games with a loss Saturday night in Detroit. There was no heart, no determination, no passion all week long but that is anything but an accurate way to describe Episode 2.14 of AFITC.

We cover the Maple Leafs’ three disappointing results this past week against Atlanta, Boston again and Detroit. We tell you who has spun back into the Revolving Door and discuss some of the reasons for this stretch of deplorable hockey in What To Be-Leaf. Joe Nieuwendyk called it a career this past week and we pay tribute to his career in the Redline Report as well. The schedule format is still on the minds of many and we take an in depth look at the decisions that came out of this week’s board of governors meetings. To conclude the RR, we look at how Peter Schaefer’s towel waving gesture may be more than just an isolated protest but rather an indication of what is becoming of the officiating in the NHL.

On the Bubble features another shocking story of indifference to hockey in the Southern US as well as an outstanding portion of listener email. Our listeners are not happy with the Maple Leafs play of late and they tell us all about it on the show. Rigamarole discusses the age old question of whether stars get different treatment than average players, an issue brought back into the light over the past week.

Music in this episode from the Podsafe Music Network includes "The Next Side" by Jealous Mike, "Out Of Control" by JetVicious and "Tremble" by Lost In Rome

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Crash the Net Podcast - Season 1 Episode 7

This week we talk about how the Detroit Red Wings continue their consistence: both in winning, and in Joey MacDonald sucking. We also get more of the same (power play problems) from the Pittsburgh Penguins. Because it is the start of a new month we also wrap up how the two teams did in the month of November. If you've been listening you won't hear anything too surprising. In the injury report we discuss the devastating loss of Alexi Yashin to the Islanders and the surprisingly non-devastating loss of Tomas Vokoun to the Nashville Predators. The Spotlight Team of the Week is the Ottawa Senators post Martin Gerber, and in the news we lament on the upcoming jersey changes, celebrate the early All Star Balloting results, and question the Leaf's trade of Tellqvist.

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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 2.13

On Episode 2.13 of AFITC, we discuss all the Maple Leaf action from the past week, as disappointing a week as it may have been. The Revolving Door features an injury update on Carlo Colaiacovo. Also this past week, Mikael Tellqvist was traded, Pat Quinn got a job, Evgeni Malkin won another award and Chris Pronger made his way back to Edmonton. We tell you all about these stories in the Redline Report. On The Bubble shares an interesting anecdote regarding a conversation Marian Hossa had with a waiter at a restaurant and features more listener email and a Troubling Fact of the Week. Rigamarole examines whether the Maple Leafs are getting full value for their value pricy defense corps.

This week's songs from the Podsafe Music Network include "Guess What" by Dakota "Blanks" by Brian Buta and "70m" by Atomic Jo

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Crash the Net Podcast - Season 1 Episode 6

In this weeks show we cover the last three games Detroit Red Wings, and the last four for the Pittsburgh Penguins. We read and respond to greatly appreciated listener email. This week we also debut a new segment, the Injury Report. Unfortunately, there seem to be enough injuries now that we are into the thick of the season that they need to be covered in their own segment. In the news we discuss the latest hirings and firings of coaches. We also go in-depth about the Boston Bruins in the Spotlight Team of the Week.

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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 2.12

On episode 2.12 of AFITC, we bring you all the notes for the past week of Maple Leaf action that included four games: two wins against the Islanders and Capitals and two losses against the Sabres and the Bruins. Further into the Redline Report, we tell you about Columbus’ new Head Coach, a new deal for a Red Wing and look ahead to Chris Pronger’s return to Oil Country.

On The Bubble brings you more listener email and Troubling Fact of the Week. Jennifer Hedger of TSN’s Sportscentre wraps up the segment as we get her thoughts on a variety of issues around the NHL. She had some really interesting things to say. Don’t miss it!

Rigamarole looks at the return of Mats Sundin to the Maple Leaf lineup.

Thanks again to Jennifer Hedger for taking some time to join us on Episode 2.12 of AFITC!

Song's in this week's episode from the Podsafe Music Network include "Easy" by Life Has Teeth, "Thin Wall" by Friction Bailey and "Freedom For My Soul" by Mark Harold

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Sens Underground - Season 2: Episode 9

Mirror Mirror…

Who’s the number one goalie of them all?

EMERY!!

A great week for the Sens’ that saw them turn it around... so we did too.  You may notice something different in this week's podcast.  Have a listen, you’ll understand.

We recap this week’s games:

Ottawa 4 - Buffalo 2
Ottawa 2 - New Jersey 3
Buffalo 1 - Ottawa 4
Minnesota 3 - Ottawa 5

All divisional leaders... what?? We needed a challenge to show people we’re contenders?

You’re E-mails, Hockey Pool Update, Sucking Like Jenna, News Around the League, and Player of the Week all find their way into this week’s show as usual and Behind the Jock finds us debating topics such as recent rumours, press conferences, and Jason Spezza.
 
So throw the podcast on your turntable, spin it in reverse and check for hidden messages.



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Crash the Net Podcast - Season 1 Episode 5

Finally! We recorded tonight's show without any problems at all. I also think the audio quality is finally at the level we have been hoping for. In this week's show we talk about the last three games for both the Detroit Red Wings and the Pittsburgh Penguins. For the news we get into what is sure to be the first of many court battles over Evgeni Malkin, and Jaromir Jagr's big goal. We also go into depth about the San Jose Sharks in the Spotlight Team of the Week. Enjoy!

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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 2.11

This week's episode recaps the lone two Leaf games of the week against Boston and New Jersey. In the Redline Report we take a spin through the Revolving Door, look at some ex-Leafs in Finland and other assorted topics from around the league. On The Bubble features some listener email, the Troubling Fact of the Week and a great conversation with David Chockla of NHLanalysis.com. Rigamarole looks at the mini-slump the Leafs find themselves in.

Next week on AFITC look out for an interview with TSN's Jennifer Hedger.

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Crash the Net Podcast - Season 1 Episode 4

Episode 4 is now available, and yet again I think we've made another drastic improvement in audio quality. This is mostly due to Jason finally buying the microphone I've been suggesting for weeks.

On this week's show we talk about how the Wings and the Penguins are on streaks. Unfortuantely, only one of them is on a hot streak. We also get into all of the latest news including: the Ducks points record, the pros and cons of the NHL schedule, Mats Sundin's injury, and the newest members of the NHL Hall of Fame. In addition to what we talked about concerning the Hall of Fame inductees, I wanted to share this with the readers/listeners of the Crash the Net Podcast.

Today the NHL inducted four new members into the Hall of Fame. The list is comprised of Patrick Roy, Dick Duff, Harley Hotchkiss, and last but most certainly not least, Herb Brooks.

Herb Brooks has done many things for hockey. The most famous of his accomplishments was of course leading the 1980 US Olympic hockey team to an unfathomable victory. Unfortunately Brooks wasn’t able to enjoy his induction in to the Hall of Fame as he died in a car accident on August 11th, 2003.

Brooks holds a special place in the hearts of all Americans, but maybe even more so in the hearts of Penguins fans. In his long career in the sport he loved he was a scout and eventual coach of the Penguins. And because of that the Penguins sent Chuck Grillo, one of their scouts, to represent him at the induction ceremony today. Grillo was a long time friend of Brooks, going all the way back to late 1970’s when he worked for Brooks at his hockey camp. Grillo feels that his life was deeply touched by Brooks, and because of that he’s been in the process of writing quite an article about his life. Fortuantely for me, and for you, the listeners of the Crash the Net Podcast, Grillo sent me a copy of this article. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I have!

I would also like to publically thank Chuck Grillo for sending me this wonderful article.

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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 2.10

Once again on this week's episode we welcome a special guest - James Duthie, the host of the NHL on TSN. Our interview with him features some great insight on issues around the league as well as some monkey business. The Redline Report looks at all the Leafs games from the past week, Leaf injury troubles, the Hall of Fame inductions, the GM meeting, the ups of the the Ducks and the lows of the Sens. On the Bubble features some listener email and Rigamarole looks at what could potentially take the Leafs' streak off the rails.

Our thanks go out to James Duthie for speaking with us this week!

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Sens Underground - Season 2: Episode 7

What the...who are these guys? The Leafs?

Our record is just brutal (5-7-1)... last year the Sens were 11-2 after 13 games.
We recap this week's games:

Carolina 3 - Ottawa 2
Washington 4 - Ottawa 3 OT

You'd think we could win a single one-goal game but it's not happening. This pathetic record has led to Muckler being "very active" in pursuing a trade that will help the ailing Sens. In "Behind the Jock" we discuss this with our special guest, Sportsnet's own, Ian Mendes. Ian offers us a "Sens Insiders" perspective into the team and what has been going wrong.

We bring you the "Injury Report" with some breaking news, the "Player of the Week"... and let me tell you with the way this team has been playing, it was very difficult to pick anyone. We give you a "Hockey Pool Update" and there's a new leader... we read "Listener Emails", and of course "Sucking Like Jenna".

Don't forget next week we'll have our monthly guest Pierre McGuire and we'll be awarding a pair of tickets for the November 30th game against Florida to the best email/voicemail question for Pierre McGuire. These tickets are courtesy of The Ticket Guy. The Ticket Guy has some great tickets still available for games on November 13 vs Montreal, and November 30 vs Florida at discounted prices, so send an email at tickets@theticketguy.ca or drop by his website.



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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 2.9

In this week's episode of A Foot In The Crease we recap the Leaf's games this week against Atlanta, Tampa, Florida and Buffalo. In other Leaf notes we review ongoing injury troubles on the blueline ad the young talent on the team drafted under Pat Quinn. Notes from around the league include Jordan Staal staying in Pittsburgh, Malkin tying some nice records, Hitchcok's situation with the Flyers, and the upcoming GM meeting. On The Bubble features a huge and excellent amount of listener email along with the Troubling Fact of the Week. Rigamarole looks at why it was a good move for the Leafs to changes coaches for this season.

Music in this show from the Podsafe Music Network includes "Don't Let Me In" by The Sleepers, "Whatever You Want" by Arlis Moon and "Angeline" by George Fletcher - Bourbon Renewal.

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Crash the Net Podcast - Season 1 Episode 3

We are finally bringing you Episode 3. We did get together to record the show last Monday, but we had a lot of audio quality issues. We decided that it would be better to skip a week than to give you a show that sounded really bad. So, instead we got together on Saturday afternoon to record this show.

In this show we talk about the last five games for the Red Wings, and the last three games for the Penguins. We also talk about the Penguin's big decision on Jordan Staal, the streaking Buffalo Sabres, and the surprising success of the Minnesota Wild.

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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 2.8

Episode 2.8 of AFITC brings you all the news and notes from around the NHL. The Redline Report recaps the Leaf action from the past week, discusses the changing of the guard in Philadelphia and looks at the injury woes of the Chicago Blackhawks. On The Bubble features more listener email, the Troubling Fact of the Week and an interview we did with the PA announcer of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Andy Frost, in which we asked him everything from his thoughts on Darcy Tucker and Bryan McCabe to the unbalanced schedule and the possibility of bringing back wooden sticks. Rigamarole looks at the whining coming from Sergei Samsonov in Montreal this past week.

Thanks go out to Andy Frost for taking time out of his busy schedule to join us on the program. We really appreciate it!

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Music in this episode included "I Will Destroy You" by The Sleepers, "Every Color" by Matthew Ebel and "In My Bunkbed" by Lejeune.

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Sens Underground - Season 2: Episode 5

Finally, a week to proud of. In 2 games we scored more than in the previous 6 games... our team is back baby!

This week's games:

Colorado 2 - Ottawa 1
Ottawa 8 - New Jersey 1
Ottawa 6 - Toronto 2

As you can imagine, this was a heated show after Tuesday's game against Toronto which saw the Leafs return to their goonish ways. Tucker again shows why we think he's a punk-ass Beeeeaaaatch. And Kilger picks up the slack where Tie Domi left off.

We play our first voice mail this week. Give us a call, it's better than us butchering your emails on on the show... call 613-482-1920 and give us your thoughts.

After the recent incident where a Sens fan was brutally attacked while leaving Scotia Bank Place, we throw a controversial topic out this week: Leafs fans and their behaviour in enemy territory. We go Dr. Phil and explore this social plague.

All of this and the regular goodies too including... Injury Report, Game Recaps, Player of the Week, Hockey Pool Update, News from Around the League, Behind the Jock and everyone's favourite.... Sucking Like Jenna.



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Sens Underground - Season 2: Episode 3

Finally, something to talk about.  We waited all that time... only to lose our home opener!!!! AHHHHH!!!!  Where is my bandwagon, I need to jump off it!!!!

We were on MTV Live this week, the flagship show of MTV Canada, for the opening of the NHL season.  We're getting the word out!!  Go Underground!

And in a hockey podcast first, we will have A VERY special guest on the show next week (Episode 4).  Listen to the show to find out who it is.  You'll be glad that you did.

Game recaps:

Ottawa 4 - Leafs 1
Leafs 6 - Ottawa 0
Buffalo 4 - Ottawa 3

We give you our take on the games that were.  In "Behind the Jock" we discuss Forsberg's controversial decision and Crazy goes Nostradamus... it happened this week, a penalized player taking part in a shootout.  And of course all of our weekly segments including, "News from around the League", Listener e-mail, Injury report, and everyone's favourite "Sucking Like Jenna".



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Sens Underground - Season 2: Episode 4

Pierre McGuire goes Underground!

This may be the most intriguing episode we’ve done.

We do our usual stuff and then talk to TSN colour commentator and hockey analyst Pierre McGuire. And then we talk about some other stuff and Pierre McGuire.

We recap all of Pierre McGuire, the listener favourites... and Pierre McGuire

And of course Pierre McGuire, e-mails, sucking like Jenna, news around the Pierre McGuire league, and Pierre Mcguire Pierre Mcguire Pierre Mcguire Pierre Mcguire Pierre Mcguire!

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Sens Underground - Season 2: Episode 2

Interview night on the underground.
 
Fresh off our “night in the box”, we bring to you our final episode before the start of the regular season.  And what a start against our arch enemies the (less than) dreaded (extremely disliked) Toronto Maple Leafs.
 
On this week’s show we do an interview with our podcasting peers, Jeff and Dave from “A foot in the crease”, the Toronto Hockey podcast and answer a few questions they threw our way.
 
We also have a podcasting exclusive with Ian Mendes, reporter for Sportsnet and Ottawa Senators insider.
 
We recap the preseason and discuss who made the big club and who got sent packing.  We discuss the “News from around the NHL”, Sens Player of the Week, and of course, listener E-mail.
 
Keep on listening as we’ve added a bit of fun and sound bites from those that joined us in the “underground box”. Brace yourselves you’re going underground!



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Sens Underground - Season 2: Episode 1

Can you believe it's been 3 months?

What can we say...  It's been an incredibly busy off season. If you haven't checked out our site, there have been a lot of changes.

And speaking of changes, just look at our roster with the loss of Havlat and Chara to name but 2.

We hand in our first week essays: "What I did on summer vacation".

We're trying to keep the shows a bit shorter but bear with us, this was our first try...

We give you a pre-season review and our predictions, player of the week and of course your great E-mails.

Check out our new segment "News from around the league", where we quickly run through the week's major NHL news.

In "Behind the Jock", we review the moves the Sens made in the off-season and break down this year's team player by player.

And of course everyone's favourite..."Sucking like Jenna" where we discuss what really sucked in the NHL this week (or in this case a few weeks ago).

Welcome back and Go Underground!




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Crash the Net Podcast - Season 1 Episode 2

Our second show brings us into what will be our normal lineup. We start off by recapping the games of the last week for both the Penguins and the Red Wings. Then we discussed the big shake-up in Philly and big injury woes in Chicago.

The quality of this episode is decent. We hope you'll bear through it. Expect much improved quality next week as we will hopefully have our microphone and recording issues straightened out.

We would love to know what you think of the show. Please email us at ctn@crashthenetpodcast.com!

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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 2.7

It’s Episode 2.7 of A Foot In The Crease and despite a light week for the Leafs, we still bring you a full show of news and notes from around the league. Ian Kubitza from Hearts of Fire – The Calgary Flames Hockey Podcast joins us to discuss the Maple Leafs vs Flames game from a week ago and to touch on some of the early season concerns the Flames are experiencing.

In the Redline Report, we recap games against the Avalanche and Blue Jackets, update the injury status of a variety of Leafs and feature another edition of What To Be-Leaf. We also have the details on some roster moves by the Flyers, the debut of Evgeni Malkin and the early season struggles of the Ottawa Senators.

On The Bubble features more listener email and a Troubling Fact of the Week. Rigamarole discusses potential lineup moves when Nik Antropov returns from his injury.

Music from the Podsafe Music Network in this episode includes "Bad For Me" by The Sleepers, "Six Eight" by The One You Love and "That's Why" by Giles.

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Crash the Net Podcast - Season 1 Episode 1

We have recorded our very first episode! The show went a little longer than we had hoped. It came out to be about 40 minutes long. In the future we will be shooting for less than 30 minutes.

In this first episode we introduce ourselves and how the podcast will be structured. Our main topic this time around is a special one: predictions for the 2006-2007 season. We go through each division and give our input on how they should all play out.

Let us know what you think!

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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 2.6

Already six shows into season two on AFITC and ironically enough, the Maple Leafs are six games into their regular season schedule. In the Redline Report, as always, we bring recaps of four of those six games to be played last week. In the recap of the Flames against the Maple Leafs this past Saturday at ACC, we include some bonus audio clips to give the summary a more first hand feel.

Also in the RR, we feature the second edition of What To Be-Leaf, take a spin through the Revolving Door, discuss the possibility of seeing Brian Leetch in a Leaf uniform this season, take a look at the early season success of the youngsters on the Penguins and regret the early season success of Eric Lindros. The Sticky Moment of the Week concludes the Redline Report.

On The Bubble brings you more listener email and The Troubling Fact of the Week. Rigamarole takes a look back at the career so far of Mats Sundin in a Leaf uniform.

This week we have two songs from the Podsafe Music Network - “Window Stains" by Lima Charlie and “Fallen Angel" by Giles

We also include a song by Jeff’s band The Printing Press called “What Have You Done With The Rain?"

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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 2.5

Today, we bring you episode 2.5 of A Foot in the Crease, the first since the commencement of the regular season, and what a show it is.

Two interviews to preview and make sense of the Leafs first two regular season games against the Ottawa Senators: one with Shredder, Russell and Crazy Ivan from Sens Underground and another with the host of TSN’s Off The Record Michael Landsberg.

The Redline Report recaps those first two contests and in a new segment, What To Be-Leaf, we suggest what the results from games one and two of the season might mean for the Maple Leafs going forward. Also discussed in The RR is the trade involving Janne Niinimaa and Mike Riberio, Jordan Staal’s future in the NHL this season and the purchase intent agreement signed by James Balsillie to take over the Pittsburgh Penguins.

On The Bubble features more listener email and the debut of another new segment, The Troubling Fact of the Week. Rigamarole pays tribute to the legacy Borje Salming left both on the Maple Leafs and the National Hockey League.

Special thanks again to Michael Landsberg for generously agreeing to come on AFITC to share his thoughts on the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Send along your emails, as usual, to afootinthecrease@gmail.com.

The songs featured in this episode from The Podsafe Music Network include “Connectionless” by Francine, “Over My Head” by Christopher Dallman, “Light of Day” by Beyond 7 and “Bring Out The Hook” by Aerosol Halo.

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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 2.5

Today, we bring you episode 2.5 of A Foot in the Crease, the first since the commencement of the regular season, and what a show it is.

Two interviews to preview and make sense of the Leafs first two regular season games against the Ottawa Senators: one with Shredder, Russell and Crazy Ivan from Sens Underground and another with the host of TSN’s Off The Record Michael Landsberg.

The Redline Report recaps those first two contests and in a new segment, What To Be-Leaf, we suggest what the results from games one and two of the season might mean for the Maple Leafs going forward. Also discussed in The RR is the trade involving Janne Niinimaa and Mike Riberio, Jordan Staal’s future in the NHL this season and the purchase intent agreement signed by James Balsillie to take over the Pittsburgh Penguins.

On The Bubble features more listener email and the debut of another new segment, The Troubling Fact of the Week. Rigamarole pays tribute to the legacy Borje Salming left both on the Maple Leafs and the National Hockey League.

Special thanks again to Michael Landsberg for generously agreeing to come on AFITC to share his thoughts on the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Send along your emails, as usual, to afootinthecrease@gmail.com.

The songs featured in this episode from The Podsafe Music Network include “Connectionless" by Francine, “Over My Head" by Christopher Dallman, “Light of Day" by Beyond 7 and “Bring Out The Hook" by Aerosol Halo.

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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 2.4

The start of the NHL regular season is less than four days away, training camp is winding down and we are all over it on the 50th Episode of AFITC. We recap the past three preseason games against the Habs and two against the Sens and discuss who have been standouts, disappointments and bubble boys throughout training camp.

We also backcheck as we follow up on stories covered in Episode 2.3 including Zherdev’s contract, Malkin’s injury status and Brendan Morrow. The Redline Report concludes with a variety of stories elsewhere around the NHL.

On The Bubble features listener email and an interview with Ian Kubitza from Hearts of Fire – The Calgary Flames Hockey Podcast. Rigamarole discusses who needs to get in gear prior to the season opener on October 4th.

We also did an interview with Scott and Jay of the Dallas Stars Podcast regarding Eastern Conference predictions, Eric Lindros and the Maple Leafs among other topics. Tune into to hear that interview on their show starting Monday morning.

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Sens Underground - Season 2: Episode 1

Can you believe it's been 3 months?

What can we say...  It's been an incredibly busy off season. If you haven't checked out our site, there have been a lot of changes.

And speaking of changes, just look at our roster with the loss of Havlat and Chara to name but 2.

We hand in our first week essays: "What I did on summer vacation".

We're trying to keep the shows a bit shorter but bear with us, this was our first try...

We give you a pre-season review and our predictions, player of the week and of course your great E-mails.

Check out our new segment "News from around the league", where we quickly run through the week's major NHL news.

In "Behind the Jock", we review the moves the Sens made in the off-season and break down this year's team player by player.

And of course everyone's favourite..."Sucking like Jenna" where we discuss what really sucked in the NHL this week (or in this case a few weeks ago).

Welcome back and Go Underground!



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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 2.3

With the preseason well under way, we bring you recaps off the Leafs first three exhibition contests against Buffalo, Ottawa and Montreal as well as the rest of the stories coming out of Leaf training camp. We also share our thoughts on Leafs TV’s coverage of the preseason so far. A few contract signings and a report on Evgeni Malkin’s first NHL action round out the Redline Report. On the Bubble features more listeners email and a discussion regarding some of the atrocious jerseys teams are debuting. Rigamarole takes a look at how the Leafs will carry on without Tie Domi.

Don’t forget to get your emails in quickly to sign up for the AFITC Fantasy Hockey Pool. The first twelve people to email us at afootinthecrease@gmail.com prior to Thursday September 28th will get in so don’t sit back if you want in. Draft day for the pool is Saturday September 30th at 7:00pm EST. Do not sign up if you will not be available at that time as you will not be able to choose players. It should be a lot of fun as the season rolls on. The winner will guest host a segment come the end of the regular season.

The music in this episode from the Podsafe Music Network includes “Hittin The Road” by Legend Killers, “Adventures of the Deaf Dreamer” by Josh Woodward and “Bringing Me Down” by Jen Elliott and Bluestruck.

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A Foot In The Crease - Season 2, Episode 2

With training camp underway throughout the NHL, we bring you the details from the first two days of workouts. We backcheck in the first part of the show following up on a variety of issues discussed in Week 1. Among them, the contract statuses of Stajan, Gagne and Carter, and the state of Saku Koivu’s vision after his first heavy workouts are reviewed. In The Redline Report, we discuss Rick Dipietro’s landmark contract, Bobby Clarke being Bobby Clarke and a few items relating to last year’s Stanley Cup finalists. On the Bubble features some more listener email along with an interview with David Chochla of NHLanalysis.com. Rigamarole takes a look at the lunacy on Long Island.

We love to receive your emails at afootinthecrease@gmail.com

The songs in this episode from the Podsafe Music Network includes "Arrow" by Leaving Rouge, "You Said Nothing" by Fall of Snow and "A Hundred Days" by From Satellite.

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A Foot In The Crease Episode 2.1

And we're back! Season 2 of A Foot In The Crease begins today with a full episode of information on the upcoming season, including information on the Malkin saga, some Leaf notes, honoring of some great former Leafs, and information on other players around the league. On The Bubble profiles Evgeni Malkin and Rigamarole predicts the top line for the Leafs this coming season.

Send along your feedback to afootinthecrease@gmail.com

Music in this episode from the Podsafe Music Network includes "Liberate" by Agency, "This Is An Introduction" by Broken Spindles and "Magic Portion" by Dennis Janglov.

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A Foot In The Crease Awards

With less than a month to go before training camp gets underway around the NHL, we thought it would be appropriate draw an official conclusion to Season 1 of A Foot In The Crease and at the same time, tee up Season 2 with a projected day for our first episode along with a few details that have transpired in Leaf Land since our final show.

With that in mind, we bring you the AFITC Year End Awards Show. We have went back and picked out the best, the worst, the funny and the surprising from the year that was and have handed out awards to ourselves in a variety of different categories.

The awards include Phrase of the Year, Word of the Year, Whipping Boy of the Year, Email and Emailer of the Year, Outtake and Irreverent Moment of the Year, Rant of the Year, Rigamarole of the Year, Moonlighter of the Year, Guest of the Year, and Show of the Year. Sit back and enjoy a look back at the year that was in the first season of A Foot In The Crease.

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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 46

Well, we've reached the end of Season 1 of A Foot In THe Crease. To wrap up the year we have many Leaf notes on Antropov, Battaglia, assistant coaches, and a potential deal for Peca. We also cover many other signings, moves and trades around the league. We feature one last great segment of listener email for the season and Rigamarole looks at who has improved their team the most so far this season.

The songs in this episode included "Bellville" by Perfuma, "Silence" by Rhys Downing and "Past Tense This" by Sleep Machine

We'd still love to hear from our listeners about our last episode and over the summer to talk about the show, hockey or whatever. We'll be sure to respond. afootinthecrease@gmail.com

Thanks are in order for all our listeners who have followed us since we began and all those who have joined along the way. Thanks for listening and giving us your time and thoughts. Thanks also must go out to all those we had on our show this year - Ian of Hearts of Fire, Dave and Scott of Lets Talk Hockey, Scott of The Dallas Stars Podcast, Russell, Shredder and Crazy Ivan of Sens Underground, Mark Vandenberg, and our good friend and injury/medical correspondent Poste.

We hope you all tune in when we start up again very soon!

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Sens Underground - Summer Episode 1

Summertime Blues!

It's the Sens Underground "Summer Vacation" edition. Not your typical Underground show. But hey we're on vacation too.

Well there's been a ton of movement in the new NHL. We've lost Chara! Ugh! We've lost Pothier! Crap. But...we've gained...Corvo. And Gerber!

And breaking news... Havlat and Smolinski have been traded to Chicago in a three-way deal with San Jose for Tom Preissing, Michal Barinka, and Josh Hennessy.

Who??? What??? Oh and a second round draft pick. That draft pick makes it worth it....NOT!! We don't know much about these players but one rostered player and prospects for a potential superstar and a solid veteran seems rather weak.

Tune in and listen to hear us break it all down including the Stanley Cup Final, all of the trades, and how Ottawa looks set for next year.



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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 45

For this penultimate episode of the first season of A Foot In The Crease we have a wide range of topics including some Leaf acquisitions. Over the past week the Leafs signed Pavel Kubina and Hal Gill while finally signing a contract with McCabe. Other topics include Yzerman's retirement, the trades and signings around the league, and the woes of the Tampa Bay Lightning in Rigamarole. This week we feature our conversation with listener Mark Vandenberg on the new CBA and it's implications for teams around the league.

The songs in this episode included "Back Again" by Glow Stars, "Our Reality" by Joe Stevens and "Sometimes I Mind" by Herman The Great

Send us along your emails at afootinthecrease@gmail.com

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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 44

Today we have a jammed packed show featuring our wrap up of the Stanley Cup Finals, The NHL Awards, All Stars, Many Trades, and the Draft. It's quite the show, and we hope you enjoy it!

The music in this episode included "We Had Pleasure" by Foreign Born, "Just Letting You Know" by Faze, "Into The Sun" by Dreaming Blue, and "El Ten Eleven" by El Ten Eleven.

We always love to receive emails at afootinthecrease@gmail.com

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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 43

As the Oilers head into Game 7 against the Hurricanes we have our last show of the Stanley Cup Playoffs featuring all the regular segments. We have a special defining moment in Oilers history for this episode. The Redline Report features some Leaf notes on Domi and Belfour, some coaching changes around the league, other signings and our playoff overview. On The Bubble features some listener email and a profile of Edmonton's Raffi Torres. Rigamarole looks at how Edmonton got to this place and why they really shouldn't be by any rational thought.

The music in this episode included "You Knew Better" by Sierra Dawn, "Water" by Haruo and "Need" by Echograph.

We always love to receive emails at afootinthecrease@gmail.com

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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 42

Today's show features two players from the Edmonton Oilers in the Hot and Not columns, a defining moment, some Leaf notes ons Tellqvist and McCabe and other assorted notes from around the league. Wrapping up the Redline Report is our playoff overview. On The Bubble features some listener email and profile of Justin Williams. Rigamarole looks at Cory Stillman, the Stanley Cup winner that nobody wanted.

The music in this episode included "Black Ice" by Like Clockwork, "Are You Scared?" by Little Glitches and "Just Fine" by SeasonStream.

We always love to receive emails at afootinthecrease@gmail.com

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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 41

Preparing for the Stanley Cup finals we have a jam packed show featuring Who's Hot, Who's Not and Defining Moments. The Redline Report has some Leaf Notes on McCabe's signing, Sundin's future in Toronto, and a possible Lindros deal. Other topics include the Salary Cap, Gretzky in Phoenix and an overview of the last few games of the Buffalo-Carolina series. We are joined by Scott of the Lets Talk Hockey podcast for some discussion of the upcoming series between Edmonton and Carolina. On the Bubble features some listener email and profiles Andrew Ladd, while Rigamarole looks at the rule changes of this past season.

The music in this episode included "Maybe Tomorrow" by Secondhand, "The Scene" by Ann Lynn and "Crying In The Rain" by Seismic Anamoly.

We always love to receive emails at afootinthecrease@gmail.com

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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 40

This week's show features all the regular segments, including Who's Hot, Who's Not and Defining Moments, which features Tim Horton. The Redline Report includes some Leaf Notes on prospects, Eric Lindros, McCabe and Tucker's ribs. We update some signings and injuries around the league, look at Operation Slapshot, laugh over an incident on Coaches Corner and go over the playoff semifinals. On The Bubble features some listener email and profiles Dustin Penner. Finally we take a look at all the Rigamarole surrounding Owen Nolan.

The music from the Podsafe Music Network included "Fell Out of the Sky" by State Shirt, "Leave A Clue" by Peter Rooney, and "Con Trick" by Paul Rose Band.

As always, send along your emails to afootinthecrease@gmail.com.

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Episode 39

We have an extra long show this week featuring all our usual segments plus an interview with the guys from Sens Undgerground. Defining Moments features the remarkable rookie season of Gus Bondar, The Redline Report includes some Leaf, an outrageous guarantee coming from Ottawa, some singings and hirings around the league, and a playoff overview. On the Bubble features some great listener email and profiles Jason Pominville. Rigamarole wraps up the show looking at the different playoff picture we're seeing this year.

The music featured in this week's episode includes "Clever" by Corey Andrew, "Release Me" by Kevin Burdick, and "Don't Let Go" by Coppermine

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Sens Underground - Episode 30 (Part 2)

Part 2 of our "final" podcast of the season.

In this half we read many of the e-mails we received this week. We had a ton of them and we wanted to give everyone a chance to vent.

We would like to thank all of the great e-mailers who e-mailed the show this year, including: Alex from the UK, Alex from BC, Adam from Oregon, Nick from Sweden, Al from Utica, Mitch, Lee, Danny from Dallas, John from Bingo...Sorry we could not mention you all. You guys were all great this year. Plus all of the people who were listening from all over the world, including, Sweden, Japan, the UK, Germany, Antigua, Saudi Arabia, and of course all over Canada and all over the United States.

Keep the e-mails coming in. We will be happy to keep up the banter over the summer. You give us a global perspective on our beloved Sens and of course, the best damn game in the world, Hockey!

We have Jeff and Dave from A foot in the Crease (The Toronto Hockey Podcast) on the show and we discuss what went wrong for the Sens.

And for the final segment we give out our "thank you's". We're sorry if we missed anyone but there were so many of you. You were omitted but not forgotten.

And big thank you to Stooli for all of his great art work for the show and his guest appearances on the show. Check out mysencity.com to see all of the great work StooLi does. Thanks Bro.

The show is nothing without you folks. Thanks for taking time out of your lives to spend with us this season. We will pop by during the summer for any breaking Sens' news so keep an eye on the website. See you then.



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Sens Underground - Episode 30 (Part 1)

This is part 1 of our "final" podcast for this season.

We went down in flames, again. 3-0 was too hard to come back from and so it remains that only 2 teams have ever come back from being down 3-0.

In part 1 we share your pain. We tried to do our normal recaps, but it was just too painful and we felt it was better to do a bit of ranting.

Shredder, Russell and I have different opinions as to what went wrong. It's pretty heated at times, but we're all still friends. No blood was shed.

We discuss the media reaction and finger-pointing. Want went wrong? Who we think needed to step it up. Was it Alfredsson? Was it Heatley? Was it Murray? Was it Emery? Was it Muckler? Was it all of the above?

Don't forget, there's a part 2. So tune into part 2 as we chat with the guys from A foot in the Crease and we discuss the year that was.



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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 38

In this week's episode we feature all our usual segments for quite a packed show. Who's Hot Who's Not looks at two teams – one very hot, one very much not. Defining Moments looks at the 1942 Leafs and their rally from a 3-0 series deficit. The Redline Report looks at the hiring of a new Leaf coach, takes a spin through the revolving door of injuries, and looks around at all the playoff series. On The Bubble profiles Joffery Lupul and Rigamarole looks further into the Leafs coaching decision.

The music in this weeks show from the Podsafe Music Network includes "Candy" and "Machiavillain" by Kinaeda and "Tell Everyone" by Katie Davis

As always we love to get emails from our listeners about hockey, our show, or whatever you wish to say. Send them along to afootinthecrease@gmail.com.

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Sens Underground - Episode 29 (Part 2)

This is part 2 of the Chicken Little episode.

This half in "Remember that Dude" we profile Steve Duchesne. Send us your thoughts on who you'd like to hear about as well as your Top Sens moments.

We also read your emails in this half of the show and our first Voicemail. Feel free to send us your thoughts via a recording and we'll play it on the show. Sometimes it's hard to read after that many beers.

We chat with Tom Luongo from Sabre Rattling and get a Buffalo perspective on this series. You'll love this, it's really interesting to get another perspective.

Finally, we discuss the series that were in the west. What happened to Calgary? How did Edmonton pull it off? And of course the bizarre top 4 out in the west, top 4 made it in the east? Weird!

Sens fans, relax, we'll be OK.



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Sens Underground - Episode 29 (Part 1)

The Chicen Little Episode!!! The sky is falling...the sky is falling.

Oh my God!!!! Who are these guys and what have they done with the Senators???

It has been comedy of errors back on the blue line and as you can imagine, we all have something to say about it.

Ottawa opened their series this week against Buffalo and here we sit, down 2 games to none.

Game 1: Buffalo 7 Ottawa 6 OT
Game 2: Buffalo 2 Ottawa 1

We spend quite a bit of time this week recapping the games and sharing our pain with you. In fact so much so that we had to split the show into 2 parts.

Part 1 contains a detailed analysis of the past 2 losses with in-depth discussions as to what went wrong, what we can do better, and who is to blame. We also provide you with an abridged injury report and player of the week.

Please note that there is a Part 2, in which we talk with Tom Luongo from Sabre Rattling, discuss the other series that are over and of course, listener email.

Sorry for the length of the show, but you definitely won't be bored.

Here's to game 3.

Go Sens Go



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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 37

The second round of the playoffs has begun and our coverage continues on episode 37 of A Foot In The Crease. Who’s Hot, Who’s Not looks at the suddenly inspired play of the Carolina Hurricanes and discusses why the Montreal Canadiens fell apart in such a hurry.

Our fifteenth Defining Moment in Leaf History looks at the last legacy of Ace Bailey and how an injury he suffered in 1933 inspired the first ever NHL All Star Game.

A very extensive version of the Redline Report includes some Leafs notes regarding the futures of Mikael Tellqvist and Luke Richardson with the team and a report on a variety of injuries including those pertaining to Peter Forsberg and Saku Koivu. As well we discuss some topics from an episode of Coach’s Corner from about a week ago. The World Championships are just underway in Riga, Lativa and we discuss Team Canada’s roster. The host city was announced this past week for the 2009 World Junior Hockey Championships and we have a report on that as well along with of course, extensive coverage of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

In On The Bubble, we profile Cam Ward of the Carolina Hurricanes and Rigamarole takes a look at what took place in game 7 of the Flames Ducks series. We are not sure if it was a hockey game that we saw….

The music from this week’s episode from the Podsafe Music Network included “Train Set Nightmares” by Negative Sleep Machine, “I Don’t Care” by Emprie Under Attack and “My Land” by neogene.

We always love to hear feedback from our listeners and we respond to them on the show. This week for some odd reason we got incredibly high listener numbers, but no emails! If you have any hockey-thoughts, send them along to afootinthecrease@gmail.com

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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 36

The playoffs are well under way as is our playoff coverage on week 36 of A Foot In The Crease. The format has changed only slightly with the Maple Leafs no longer available to provide the backbone for our show but all the usual segments are still included.

In the Redline Report, we discuss the firing of Marc Crawford and some of the things the Canucks need to do in order to improve their team for next year. Also we address Pat Quinn’s parting statement from earlier this week, the departure of Aki Berg and provide an update regarding the status of Karel Pilar. We concluded the Redline Report with an extensive breakdown of the progress of all eight first round matchups.

On the Bubble features more listener email, a Toronto Marlies playoff recap and a feature on Francois Beauchemin of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. As always rigamarole concludes our show and this week looks at the trouble the Detroit Red Wings have been experiencing in their first round matchup with the Edmonton Oilers.

The songs in this episode from the Podsafe Music Network include “Losing It All For You” by Fall In March, “Why” by EL84, an “Pushing Back” by Empire Under Attack

We always love to hear from our listeners and respond to email every week on the show. Email us at afootinthecrease@gmail.com.

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Sens Underground - Episode 28

We're on to round 2 baby.

This is a great day for Sens fans. Our guys really stepped it up when it counted.

Emery is the first Rookie since Brian Boucher with Philly in 2000 to win a series. Spezza, Heatley, and Havlat set a franchise Record for a playoff series with 10 points each. Havlat sets a club record for a playoff series with 6 Goals.

Series OVER!

Game 4: Ottawa 5 Tampa Bay 2
Game 5: Ottawa 3 Tampa Bay 2

We discuss Bob Cole's "Call" of Chris Neil's breakaway goal. Possibly the worst goal called ever. In "Behind the Jock" this week we review the other series' being played and some of the surprises that have happened so far. In "Remember That Dude" we highlight Randy Cunneyworth, where he is and his history with the team. And... we have our usual features including the injury report and your e-mails.

Here's to round 2!!!

GO SENS GO!!!



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Sens Underground - Episode 27

An "abridged" playoff version of the podcast, yet still it's 1 hour and 20 minutes... just enough to fit on a CD if you need to.
We have given the website yet another facelift so go check it out. We think you'll like the look.

Game 4 coming up Thursday night at 7:00 PM on CBC.

Speaking of CBC, Sens Underground was invited on CBC radio this past week on Ottawa Morning Ottawa Morning (91.5 FM in Ottawa) and we get to tell them what we really think of the CBC...well maybe not. It was an honour to be contacted by them. Visit our web site if you wish to listen to the interview.

We have a 2-1 lead over Tampa Bay.

Game 1: Ottawa 4 Tampa Bay 1
Game 2: Tampa Bay 4 Ottawa 3
Game 3: Ottawa 8 Tampa Bay 4

We recap the three games this week and talk about Don Cherry's comments regarding Chris Neil and Zdeno Chara. Trust me, we take him to task. We discuss the state of officiating during these playoffs and the atmosphere at Scotia Bank place. The format is abridged but the commentary isn't.

GO SENS GO!!!!



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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 35

For this week's episode of A Foot In The Crease we look at the disappointing, but exciting end to the Leafs season. We wrap up the season that was and look ahead towards what needs to happen for the Leafs next season. The Defining Moment In Leafs History is the hiring of Pat Quinn, and in the Redline Report we go on to discuss Quinn's dismissal this past week along with some other sinings and firings. The Redline Report further looks at the status of each of the playoff series. On The Bubble profiles Chris Higgins and Rigamarole looks at who needs to be out of the Leaf lineup for next year.

As always, we love to receive email from our listeners and every week choose some to respond to on the show. Send along your comments, feedback, questions to afootinthecrease@gmail.com

The music in this week's episode from the Podsafe Music Network includes "Not A Ghost" and "Melody Sings" by freshsunday and "Looks Like Water" by Man Bites Dog.

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Sens Underground - Episode 26

The Regular Season finale.

We're the Beasts of the East and we're going to the show baby!!!

We recap the three final games of the season.

Florida 5 Ottawa 4 OT
Toronto 5 Ottawa 1
Ottawa 5 New York Rangers 1

Everyone is back but Hasek now and we're heading into the playoffs mostly healthy.

Now that the season is over we look back on the year that was, ahead to our first round match-up with the Lightning, Sean Avery's termination in LA, Andrew Peter's private golf lessons to the Leafs, amazing rookies, Crosby and Ovechkin, and a look at Hart Trophy candidate Joe Thornton and his Herculean efforts.

And of course we have our listener favourites, your emails, and the third instalment of "Remember that Dude?", focusing on Don Beaupre.

And a special audio treat to celebrate the final installment of "Why the Leafs Suck" as we bury the segment along with the Leafs.



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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 34

This week's episode looks back on the Leafs last successful week, and looks forward to the last week of the regular season. We recap games against the Islanders, Panthers and the Flyers. The Redline Report takes a closer look at Aubin's deal with the Leafs, a possible return for Hasek, the antics of Sean Avery, the silly tight jerseys and a look at the Western Conference playoff picture.

On The Bubble features some listener email and profiles Chris Kelly of the Ottawa Senators.

The music in today's show from the Podsafe Music Network included "Around The Room" by Forgery, "Over Mountain" by Eureka Gold and "Dust" by Escandar.

As always we love to hear from our listeners at afootinthecrease@gmail.com.

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Sens Underground - Episode 25

All right folks... it's our Silver Anniversary, Episode 25.

This week there were a ton of games to cover. In fact the most we've had to cover in a week all year!!! What are the schedule makers thinking giving teams this many games at the end of the year!!!

We recap this week's game

Buffalo 5 Ottawa 4
Montreal 5 Ottawa 3
Buffalo 6 Ottawa 2
Montreal 3 Ottawa 2
Do you see a trend!
Ottawa 4 Boston 3
Aha! Trend broken.

Looks like the hospital is emptying out. Chara, Redden and Fisher are all back from injury and with Havlat slated to return this Saturday. Hasek, should be back soon.

This week was a very busy show with a ton of e-mails and a lot of games to recap. We discuss the playoff races both east and west, "Lucky" Luc Robitaille's retirement, the "Sean Avery Sideshow" part 39, Gauthier's suspension, Don Koharski's antics, and the impact of Chara and why the Sens need to find a way to sign him. We discuss the Murray's handling Ray Emery's playing time and the lack of play of any kind, by Tyler Arnason.

And of course we have our listener favourites, your emails, and the second installment of "Remember that Dude?".

Tune in next week for the final installment of "Why the Leafs Suck" as we bury the segment along with the Leafs.



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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 33

For the 33rd edition of the show, we look back at the three games from the past week for the Leafs. Who’s Hot Who’s Not features the Montreal Canadiens in the hot column and the St. Louis Blues in the not column. The Redline Report features the Revolving Door with an update on the status of Ed Belfour, the Senators injury troubles and we report on a potential buyer for the Pittsburgh Penguins. We got some beauty listener emails this week that we discuss part of On The Bubble along with our Weekly Player Profile feature Mike Richards of the Philadelphia Flyers. Rigamarole looks at how the Oilers got robbed twice and some of the ridiculousness associated with the rules the video goal judge is forced to abide by.

The music in this week’s show included “Caffeine” and “She’s Got A Radio by Grubspoon and “Plaid Pants” by Audiopharm

We had some great listener email this week. Send along all your thoughts to afootinthecrease@gmail.com.

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Sens Underground - Episode 24

Just like a case of beer, it's Episode 24!

We are still riddled with injuries and there have been some "reports" by RDS that Chara and Hasek were both done for the season. But, I wouldn't believe those reports just yet. It was a good week for the Sens... we beat a couple of good teams when we all thought it was as likely as the Leafs making the playoffs this year.

We recap this week's games:
Ottawa 4 New York Rangers 1
Washington 1 Ottawa 0
Ottawa 6 Atlanta 4

This week we have a special guest!!!! Thomas Luongo from Sabrerattling.com and we discuss the recent games for the Sabres, as well as that cheap-shot by SideShow Bob put on Jochen Hecht. We talk about Ray Emery's great run over the past month, Colin Campbell's indecision, and some great stick handlers.

If you'd like to contact the NHL regarding the Tucker hit please use the following numbers:

1-212-789-2000
or fax at
1-212-789-2020

We also have our weekly features including, Player of the week, E-mails, the Injury Report and listener favourites.



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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 32

This week's episode recaps some encouraging Leaf wins of the last week that may be too little, too late. In The Redline Report we go through the Revolving Door of injuries, look at some issues of management in MLSE and take a look at the Western Conference playoff race. Defining Moments features Ian Turnbull's record setting 5-goal game, On The Bubble profiles Derek Roy, and Rigamarole looks into the Leafs' future.

This week's songs from the Podsafe Music Network included "Freedom" by Canopy, "Piano Song" by Cafebar 401, and "The Revolution Will Come" by Caplyn

As always, we'd love to hear from our listeners at afootinthecrease@gmail.com.

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Sens Underground - Episode 23

Welcome to the Sens nightmare!!!

Could we have any more injuries? I couldn't think we could get any thinner on defence and then...Chris Phillips out for 3 to 4 weeks. That and of course all of the others.

We recap this week's games:
Ottawa 3 Buffalo 1
Philadelphia 6 Ottawa 3
New Jersey 3 Ottawa 2 (Shoot out)

Not exactly what we wanted, but, we're still on top of the Eastern Conference. The Leafs death watch is picking up steam, after they lost 2 crucial games against the Habs.

This week we have a special guest!!!! StooLi from MySenCity.com and we discuss his new look website, sens fans get togethers as well as some ugly incidents on the sportsnet forums. We talk about everyone's favourite new player Alexei Kovalev, the firing of Boston's Mike O'Connell, as well as the loss of the "Old Barn" in Winnipeg.

We also have our weekly features including, Player of the week, emails, the Injury Report and listener favourites.



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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 31

In today's show we wrap up the Leaf's last week including two disappointing games against Montreal, a win against Carolina and a bizarre win in Pittsburg. Along with this we have all the regular segments - Who's Hot Who's Not, The Redline Report, The Revolving Door, On The Bubble profiling David Hale, Rigamarole looks at the future of the Leafs, and defining moments looks at the Leafs in the war years.

The songs featured in this show from the Podsafe Music Network include "Lucky This Time" by Greg Tannen, "Cowards All The Rage" by Ann Lynn, and "Brooklyn Bridge" by The Broadcast Debut.

We always love to hear from our listeners and we will always respond either in email or on the air. If you have anything to say about the Leafs, hockey in general or about our show send them along to afootinthecrease@gmail.com. We love hearing from our listeners!

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Sens Underground - Episode 22

Born again!!! Yes folks we are born again...mini-shredder that is...Mrs. Shredder gave birth to a bouncing baby mini-shredder. A future sens fan and of course Leaf hater. Be sure to tune in to hear baby-shredder's first Leafs Suck!! (when it becomes available of course)

We had a bit of a hiatus due to the birth of Benjamin, so this week,
rather than give you a 3 hour show, we decided that we'd focus on this past week's games.

Florida 6 Ottawa 2
Ottawa 3 Atlanta 1
Ottawa 5 Capitals 2
Ottawa 4 Tampa Bay 3
Boston 3 Ottawa 2 (SO)
Ottawa 4 Buffalo 2
Ottawa 4 New Jersey 0
Ottawa 5 Pittsburgh 2

6 wins 2 losses. We're number 1 in the whole NHL baby!

This week we talk about the trades that happened, who's going to sit when all are healthy again, Tim Thomas's contract signing, the current playoff races, and Alfredsson's comments about "The other rookie"

We also have our weekly features including, Player of the week, listener emails and the Injury Report as well as the listener favourites.



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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 30

This week's episode recaps the Leafs games of the week against the Rangers, Sabres and Bruins along with all the usual segments. The Redline report discusses the possibility of Barilko in the Hall of Fame, some Leaf injuries, Operation Slapshot, Dick Pound's appearance on Coach's Corner, Tim Thomas, and the high-scoring Nashville victory over Calgary. On the Bubble includes some excellent listener email and profiles, Marc Andre Fleury. Rigamarole takes a closer look at the goaltending situation in Toronto.

As always, we love to hear from you at afootinthecrease@gmail.com". We've had some great emails in recent weeks to read on the show. Don't forget to vote by email whether you think Bill Barilko should be in the Hall of Fame or not!

The music in this week's show from the Podsafe Music Network included "Do It Again" by Amy Fox, "Train Girl" by Greg Tannen, and "New Best Friend" by show favorites Lejeune.

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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 29

This week's episode looks at the Leafs games from the past week against The Lightning, The Islanders and The Canadiens along with some extensive discussions over what happened on the trade deadline. Defining Moments looks at Bill Barilko, On The Bubble profiles Milan Jurcina and Rigamarole looks at the value of the trade deadline.

The music in tonight's show from the Podsafe Music Network included "Neoclassical" by Andrew Kesler, "Come Too Far" by At Dusk and "Keeping Time With The Moon" by Amy Fox

We love to get emails and read them out on the show. Send them along to afootinthecrease@gmail.com.

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Sens Underground - Episode 21

The Leafs Deathwatch episode.

Our longest episode EVER!!! Even MacBitch thinks it was long, and she knows long.
We had a very busy show with 4 games to recap, 2 interviews, as well as trade deadline talk. Let alone chatting about Shredder's off-show activities and gallivanting to Local Heroes.

We recap our 4 wins this week! What a way to come back as we limped into the Olympic break.

Ottawa 4 Pittsburgh 3
Ottawa 7 Washington 1
Ottawa 4 Toronto 2
Ottawa 4 Tampa Bay 0

We couldn't help but talk about the potential trades...too bad nothing has happened yet and what impact it could have on the Senators. We had 2 interviews this week. First, we chat with John Howell from The Hockey Blog who gave us some insight on the Binghamton Senators. Our second interview this week was with the hosts of A Foot in the Crease - the Toronto hockey podcast. We got their take on why they hate the Sens so much, and of course, we had to give them our opinions as well. You'll want to tune into this one!

As usual, we have our listener favourites as well as emails from around the world.



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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 28

This week's episode brings us back out of the Olympic break with a recap of three disappointing Leaf losses to Ottawa, Buffalo and Washington. We take a look ahead at the rest of the season and give our take on the bleakness and what can and should be done at this point. Other topics of discussion include a couple suspensions, Owen Nolan pulling out from the season and the Toronto bid to host the 2009 World Juniors. Defining Moments in Leaf History looks at Bob Baun's winning goal, On The Bubble profiles Mark Streit of the Montreal Canadiens and Rigamarole looks at Eric Lindros' future as Maple Leaf.

The music in this show from the Podsafe Music Network included "Coming For You" by Audrey Come Lately, "Don't Mind" by Ashroad and "Hall Of Mirrors" by Bill deRome

We received some great emails this week which we responded to and discussed on the show. We hope to make this a regular segment contingent on the emails we get, so send away your thoughts to afootinthecrease@gmail.com.

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Sens Underground - Episode 20

Hey there Sens Fans...thank God, the Olympic break is over and we're heading fast and furious down the stretch and towards the March 9 trade deadline. Congratulations to Team Sweden for winning Gold, they had a great team with a lot of depth.

Slightly different format this week. As we recap the team Canada games instead of the Sens...

Canada 7 Italy 2
Canada 5 Germany 1
Switzerland 2 Canada 0 ugh!
Finland 2 Canada 0
Canada 3 Czech Republic 2

Quarter Finals
Russia 2 Canada 0

We discuss in depth what the hell went wrong, was it players, coaches, Gretzky, ice size, speed of the skaters...how can we live with this poor performance and what can we do about it!

In "Behind The Jock" we ponder the Sens home run stretch, life without Dominic Hasek and the future return of Martin Havlat. We also discuss possible trades Ottawa might make and the potential impact on the team as well as new NHL rules that come into effect today. And finally, we have a clip of McGrattan on OTR going toe-to-toe with John Nunziata. As always, we read our listener email from around the world plus our listener-favourite segments.

All right folks!!! Grab yourself a "snort" and come along for the ride!!!!



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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 27

For week 27 of A Foot In The Crease, we make the transistion back from the Olympics to the restart of the NHL season. We wrap up the Olympic Hockey Tournament including each of Team Canada's games as well as touch on the bronze medal game between Russia and the Czech Republic and the gold medal game between Sweden and Finland. Ian Kubitza, host of Hearts of Fire, The Calgary Flames Hockey Podcast, joins us to discuss what went wrong with Team Canada. We are also joined by our injury correspondant, Poste, who discusses just what is facing Dominik Hasek in the way of injuries. Who's Hot, Who's Not discusses some strong and some unlucky performances from the Olympics. We feature our fourth Defining Moment in Leaf History, this week detailing the impact of the acquistion of Doug Gilmour. Rigamarole looks at whether Olympic participation for NHL players is perhaps too much of a physical ordeal for them to deal with.

The music featured in this weeks episode from the Podsafe Music Network includes "Bittersweet" by Artificial Intelligence in Texas, "Chilli" by Ashroad and "New Best Friend" by show favorites Lejeune.

We always love to hear emails from our listeners at afootinthecrease@gmail.com

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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 26

Once again we have another jam packed show this week – a special Olympic edition. We recap all the Canadian men's and women's Olympic games of the last week and prognosticate about how the tournament will turn out. This week features the Summit Series as a defining moment in Canadian hockey industry. Rigamarole looks at the spirit of the Olympics.

This episode we welcome Dave and Scott of the Let's Talk Hockey Podcast as guests on the show. We had a great time doing this episode and we also did a different segment with different discussion on their Episode (#13) also this evening. Thanks guys!

The music featured in this week's show includes "Closer To You" by Evolver, "A Hazy Valley" and "Lights of Las Vegas" by No Plastic Inside, and "A Touch of Space" by Bob Hughes.

As always, we love to hear feedback and any comments/hockey talk from our listeners. Send them along to afootinthecrease@gmail.com.

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Sens Underground - Episode 19 (The Broadway's Show)

We can't express how much fun doing the live podcast and we want to thank all the folks who came up to join us and the great staff at Broadways.

There were a ton of kids there last night and I think we can safely say we've scarred a few innocent little minds. And really, what more can we hope for?!

Amidst all the silliness, we did do a show and we covered all the usual topics:

A 5-1 loss to the Rangers
A 2-1 loss to the Thrashers
And a 3-2 win over the Flyers

Plus we touched on the Olympics and of course the gambling scandal rocking the NHL. Mac Bitch was nice enough to drop by and of course we had our regular segments. Check out the scrapbook page on the website to see some pictures and videos of the proceedings.



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A Foot In The Crease - Episode 25

We have a jam-packed show for everyone this week. Starting out we recap the three Leaf games of the last week. The Defining Moment in Leaf History features Daryl Sittler's 10 point game. In the Redline Report we speak with our medical correspondent, Poste, about Carlo Colaicovo's concussion. We wrap up other injuries on the Leafs' lineup and talk about the distinct lack of trades around the league. We also touch on the gambling scandal, Operation Slapshot, and the controversy surrounding it. Rigmarole looks further at this by coming to the defense of Wayne Gretzky.

This week we have our first segment of Olympic coverage including talk about Loonies in the ice, defense problems on Team Canada and the women's thrashing of the Italian team.

The songs featured in this episode from the Podsafe Music Network include "Map Your Face" by Noblesse, "A Touch of Space" by Bob Hughes, "Letting Go" by Naked Underneath, and "Alpha" by Noam Weinstein.

We always love to hear from our listeners at afootinthecrease@gmail.com

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