The Habs Are Our Only Hope
5/4/202652 min
In hour one, Mike & Jason look back at a busy weekend in sports including the Montreal Canadiens moving on to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs (3:00), plus they discuss a big change to the Maple Leafs front office with The Athletic Toronto's James Mirtle (28:56).
This podcast is produced by Andy Cole and Greg Balloch.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 1· Panelist0:00
[singing] [upbeat music] You're listening to Halford and Brough.
Jason Brough· Host0:12
[record scratching] [upbeat music] Left circle, Hudson. Shoots- Ooh, save ... blocked away by Vasilesky. Rebound loose in front. It's in.
Mike Halford· Host0:22
Oh my God, from behind the net.
Speaker 1· Panelist0:24
Do or do not. There is no try.
Jason Brough· Host0:27
Macar's open, a shot he scores. [crowd cheering] Right off the face-off, Cale Makar with a top shelf.
Speaker 1· Panelist0:33
I find your lack of faith disturbing.
Mike Halford· Host0:36
John Chayka is the new general manager.
Speaker 1· Panelist0:38
Laugh it up, fuzzball.
Mike Halford· Host0:41
Good morning, Vancouver. 6:00 on a Monday. Happy Monday, everybody. It is Halford, it is Brough, it is Sportsnet 650. We are coming to you live from the Kintec Studios in beautiful Mount Pleasant in Vancouver. Jason, good morning.
Jason Brough· Host0:54
Good morning. Is it some sort of Star Wars thing going on? It's- Uh, no ... May, oh, it's May 4th.
Speaker 1· Panelist0:59
May the fourth be with you, man.
Mike Halford· Host1:00
Yeah.
Jason Brough· Host1:00
It's May 4th. Okay.
Speaker 1· Panelist1:00
May the fourth be with you.
Jason Brough· Host1:02
Okay.
Mike Halford· Host1:02
But the deep cut there was that Laddie went with all the away goal calls for those very, very sad goals.
Jason Brough· Host1:08
Mm.
Mike Halford· Host1:08
That was, that was the key there.
Speaker 1· Panelist1:09
Love Esposito. [laughs] He's so good.
Mike Halford· Host1:11
Uh, A-Dog, good morning to you.
Speaker 1· Panelist1:12
Yes.
Mike Halford· Host1:13
[dog barks] [laughs] And Laddie, good morning to you as well.
Speaker 1· Panelist1:15
Hello. Hello.
Mike Halford· Host1:16
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