Hour 4 - Wednesday 03/18/26

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1:00I'm Sean Star. It's the morning show on TSN 690. All right, welcome back. It's set time of the day. That time of the week. Normally, we're talking with Dwight Walton at 905 on Wednesday. We are. Dwight is here in studio. Good morning, Dwight. Good morning, Connor. Good morning, Sean. How are you guys doing? Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning, Sean. How are you guys doing? Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning, Sean. How are you guys doing today? Doing great. Love that voice. Love that voice. And, Pleasure to welcome in studio Harlem Globetrotters Zeus MacClurkin is joining us. Ahead of the Globetrotters visit to Plasmael on April 17, Zeus. Good morning. Not as cool of a voice as Dwight. It's a present. It's a present. Yeah, I want to go first. Thank you so much. So, here you are back in Montreal, no, not your first visit. Do you ever wake up and not know where you are given the amount of time you spend literally globetrotting all the time like there's been times when we'll say one of the first things

2:04we say on our show is hello city we're in and one of the showmen have done that where they say the wrong city and we're like oh I'm just joking amazing how did you get into the globetrotting game yeah so globetrotters was kind of made for me growing up my basketball career wasn't the most glamorous didn't make my first team until the 11th grade I got cut from sixth grade the 10th grade big reason for this a lot of my coaches and teammates all said I was too nice they said I smiled too much I had a coach tell me one time Sean he was like all you do a smile and dunk that's all you do and today that's what I get paid for so it ended up working out for me but I was selling to white earlier I used to play against the globetrotters for the Washington generals and eventually they got tired of me dunking on them and they signed me over to the contract and you know it's funny you know just off of Connor's question about all the traveling and everything else I know it must get played out every now and again we were talking off the air about construction and detours and waiting and waiting and waiting but when you talk about you know making this and being

3:06a Harlem Globetrotter it's awesome I've known it my entire life yeah do you think it's it's picking up in momentum with the YouTube generation and trick shots going viral on the regular that they're you're seriously on a big come up here absolutely you know the Globetrotters are a big reason for a lot of the popular things in the game of basketball right you know the slam dunk was popularized by us the alley you the three-man weave the four-point shot the three-point shot all of that stuff and it with the ease of social media I think that it's really spread even further and people have just become known to know us to do these amazing feats and you know and you're right about the personality right I mean whether coaches were looking for that killer instinct or not or whatever but personalities a lot about the show that you guys put on wherever you're playing and when you're playing here in Montreal what's the audition process like I'm fascinated by that yeah yeah so you got to be a great hooper first that's the very first thing they look for you got to be a good basketball player and like you said shine you got to be a good person because not only are we playing basketball but like yesterday I was at the Montreal Children's

4:08Hospital just going through some of the rooms we got a program called smile patrol where I get the chance to go into the rooms and try to make these kids smile who are having some of the worst weeks works worst days of their lives and we get a chance to go in there and try to impact the communities that we we actually go to as well I know the Harlem Glow Chauders is all it's entertainment but you you spoke yesterday at the Montreal Children's Hospital about you're playing 320 games this year and 200 and some odd whatever the day's whatever the case may be it's entertainment what is the motivation each day are you up for every game are there days where you are miserable not feeling good how do you prepare yourself mentally to get ready for 320 games in a calendar year though I were human right like we we have bad days things going on in our lives but this is the reason I love this team so much because people aren't just looking at the baskets that we score they're looking at the impact that we make you know you can come inside of the bell center or over in the law at plus bell you can you can have a good time with your family and friends leave

5:13this cold weather outside come inside and have a good time with us when we see the smiles of the fans and let me tell you the Canadian fans are different from the US fans like y'all y'all show out big time for basketball and I really like that about you guys so like we we rise to the occasion when we see the fans are into it so every day is not easy but every day is worth it um have you ever you do this for your career has any country any team in your basketball journey has there been a contract to where you've had second thoughts about leaving the Globetrotters to go play someplace else that could be more lucrative is there a part of you that wants to play basketball for real if you understand I understand 100% what you're saying when I traveled the world with the Globetrotters the first year that got put to rest immediately because I went over to let's say turkey right and I'm walking through you know the the market there and if you had on a Cleveland Cavaliers jersey

6:14someone might not know who you're who who is that I've never heard of that team but you have on a Harlem Globetrotter jersey and immediately it takes that person back to a time when they went to a game with their parents or their grandparents and who are they telling me about metal-larke limit curly meal market hangs they know the legends of the Harlem Globetrotters it I realize at that moment that this team has a greater impact on sports probably than any other team in the world and I would imagine too like just when going back to the showmanship of it all you know something's amazing when y'all make it look so easy about how much hard work goes into that I don't imagine there's a big drop off from your let's say you're more competitive playing days you playing basketball tube practicing before the night at at class bell I would imagine it's up tempo and it's and it's intense too right absolutely it's just a different style of basketball right everything that you used to get subbed out for those are the things that we get to do right when I was in high school one time Sean I got subbed out for dribbling the ball between my legs going past the defender and doing a reverse layup my coach say get out of here with all that fancy stuff

7:17what 1935 and I'm sure the language wasn't that clean it was not and and what's the sweet spot you know I remember the first time I saw the Harlem Globetrotters and it was I think at the what it was called the time was the Molson Center now called the bell center like for I've got kids my daughter's four she's almost five I'm feeling like she's getting into that spot where it's she's the right age to bring her out for something like this what do you think what's what's the sweet spot for bringing a kid out to this anywhere between nine and 99 that's our demo but no let we'll keep her attention for sure I think it's amazing what I see Connor is the that kids will come from you know right around that five year old age to 12 years old and then they'll grow up and bring their kids and that's the that's kind of been the recurring cycle like everybody remembers the way that you make them feel right and for the last 100 years now a Globetrotters have been putting smiles on people's faces and they remember

8:18that feeling and they're like I got to take my kids to that when when they are old enough like you're doing that's uh yeah I can't wait to do that it's one of the fun things about having kids is like looking forward to sharing the things that you love when you're a kid with them and Harlem Globetrotters definitely took that box and a lot of times we're kids first introduction to the game of basketball and this is what I think is important they they see guys and girls out there who are enjoying themselves with the game right like not taking the game too seriously it's not all about makes and misses about actually enjoying yourself and if you look at the successful teams in the NBA guys will leave teams to go play with their friends they will leave teams to go play with people they want to be around you know what I mean and that's that's that's what I think people capture from our games as well we're not just like teammates like we actually enjoy being around each other you know it's funny I say this because out of a term of endearment this old dog over here you know he still speaks complimentary about the basketball we have time okay just curious about your thoughts on today's NBA you know you're a lot of old players hating on the league you know what I mean yeah

9:19yeah no I love it yeah I love it uh I think these young guys are doing their thing man uh it's going to a new level um the dunk contest needs needs to get fixed yeah every dunk you've seen in that dunk contest I see it in practice every day you'll see it at the Globe Childers game in April so uh Zeus and I got to run for a hit with CJD thank you for uh coming by yeah thank you so thank you so thank you so thank you the Globe Childers all right to Plast Bell on April 17 tickets are on sale right now at event code dot c a great event for the whole family we've been given away four packs of tickets all week long and there's a ton of interest in this we'll have another four pack tomorrow another one on Friday we'll be back with more with Dwight Walton right after this on the morning show get him the game on your smart speaker just ask for DSN six knives DSN 690 traffic he's found trans Canada slows before Cavendish heavy into Dekarri southbound Dekarri opens up after Jean-Talon but northbound side is still backing up from turkot slow and steady up to the metropolitan congestion on the Met West from lack or dare to

10:22Dekarri he's found 20 slows and machine at 55th Avenue traffic backed up sunwings fly natural advisor would say don't sit and dream about the sun book your escape to can't coon today with your travel agent or sunwing dot c a i'm Debbie Marcello's from the CJD 800 traffic center the morning show would make Kenna and star DSN 690 all right 920 on the nose and here we are back with Dwight Walton hanging out with us in studio hi Dwight's good morning Connor uh it's too bad we didn't have more time with Zeus McClurkin of the Harlem Globe Trotters I was going to ask him if that's an Irish name of the day after yeah fair question but did not have time to get to it I thought that would uh that was uh thought that was quite funny so thank you guys for humoring me and laughing I always when it comes to to careers like that because I went through it as well I wasn't a globe trotter but to extend your career post-college to be able to have the opportunity to make a living out of it I respect it because it's difficult it's not easy

11:25was that ever on the radar for you at all a consideration did you grew up watching them thinking oh man that one day that because obviously the dream being the NBA really right and I know you weren't that far away from it but um when things kind of moved on in your life I mean did you ever think about or did you ever explore that path so this is what I wanted to say to Zeus when he was here my introduction to basketball were the Harlem Globe Trotters my my late brother uh Norman Walton was a huge Harlem Globe Trotter fan and he liked to play basketball that way and when I was learning how to play I was angry with my brother because he was trying to take hook shots from half court always putting the ball around his shoulders the won't the tricks that we see the Globe Trotters do now but because of that and I'll be forever grateful to my brother for the introduction to the sport that ended up you know being a part of my legacy when you say Dwight Walton basketball is the next thing you say so because of the Globe Trotters because of my introduction that's why I am who I am today is that the guy that's also responsible for influencing

12:26you as the Boston Brewers okay so he's not perfect that is that is that is the that is the connection yes I think it is you know it's a money point though on the the entry point when it comes to Globe Trotters that the importance to the sport of basketball and the global juggernaut that it's become a hundred years Connor a hundred year anniversary this year so that that alone to have that longevity that consistency they have been entertaining basketball fans for a century it's it's it's insane what they've they they mean a lot to the basketball community and when you've got guys like Zeus coming in and they're talking about the smile room at the house they do that all the time they they come in and they genuinely make themselves a part of the whatever the community the city that they're in they make sure to be a part of that community for the short time that they're in town we got to wait Walton in studio we were just chatting with Harlem Globe Trotters Zeus McClurkin in the 905 segment here of the program back though I guess to the here and now

13:28the NBA playoffs are not too far off looking forward to it the step curry speculating about his future as well and saying it health is a huge huge consideration what do you think Dwight I mean is when you think about the NBA post staff it's not a question of if it's it's a question when are you ready is the NBA ready for life without step curry step curry has done his job Connor and Sean and what I mean by that is remember when former head coach of the Warriors Mark Jackson said that Steph Curry was going to ruin basketball because of his shooting prowess he ended up being correct and what I mean by that is everybody saw Steph Curry shoot the three ball effortlessly the just wasn't a catch and shoot it was off the dribble it was creating space and then players out there thought that one of stuff could do it I could do it too my point being he transcended his sport he brought he made

14:29the three point shot relevant yes the three point shot was in way before Steph Curry got into the NBA but he's the one that made the shot important in today's game analytics is a major part of what Steph Curry brought to the game with the end of the day no matter how the shot selection has looked at how some teams are averaging 45 to 50 shots per game three at the end of the day is more than two and Steph Curry made that shot popular the sport will move on without Steph Curry I think he has several years left but his body is starting to fail him especially as an undersized guard the way he plays probably the most conditioned athlete in the NBA currently went healthy but his legacy will live on the three point shot was made popular because of Steph Curry and the strategy where I mean it's so rare to regardless of the sport we talk about right and I'll bring you know Tiger Woods and the equation I mean very few times in in in our lives do we get to comment on

15:30a player that completely changed the outlook of a game yes you know and we we've seen championship teams do special things and you know maybe other teams will take bits and parts of that and then that goes away because someone else does something but this is this is here he changed the game at at not just the NBA level yeah and exactly and the thing is you always want to evolve as a sport and Steph Curry because he's made a three point line and I will say this with all due respect he's made the line irrelevant the line when the three point shot first came out you would see players right up to the line taking threes now with Steph Curry and several of the players give a awareness when he played day me literally when he's healthy you have to honor these players as soon as they cross half court so what that does that compresses the defense five on five turns into four on three three on two because of Steph Curry there's this strategy because of the three point line if you can shoot the ball you change the scope of the game and that's why you you hear because

16:32the three point shot is so prevalent the NBA is considering they won't do it but the NBA is considering bringing a four point shot the same way the field goal because the 60 yard field goal now the NFL is so much easier to make they're considering going to four points because the UFL is doing it so Steph Curry has been the influence of a lot of conversation in the strategy behind a three point shot like the most influential player of the past in terms of like impact on how the game is playing yes not market not just marketing it's right I mean is it like more so than Michael Jordan say for instance right I mean Jordan as a presence is another conversation all together that's just pure on how the game is played on the court for those 48 minutes the three point shot Connor has has has changed the game it's again there's complaints about it now you've got Daryl Moore this is the the general manager of the Philadelphia 76 is talking about taking out the corner three because it's too easy and so imagine that you're you're talking about a shot that's

17:36from 20 okay in the corner it is shorter I will say that but you're talking about a shot that's 28 feet in distance if you go on to an NBA if you've never been on an on an NBA court you'll understand how far that shot is and these NBA players are making it look like like it's your drinking water and to be able to not only catch the ball catch and shoot but to make shots off the dribble from that distance at the speed and precision that these players are going at Steph Curry is the is the reason why you've seen the three point shot evolve into the importance that it is I want to ask you about the next year over year after moving on from Tom Tivito they actually I believe compared to this time last year have a slightly better record than I did a year ago but the vibes Dwight the vibes are not great around the next the vibes aren't great around the nix because of the way the nix nation is handling this the nix when healthy and when right they have

18:37a legitimate shot at winning the championship this season I know we talk about the thunder I know we talk about the San Antonio Spurs and the other teams that we feel are legit contenders the nix are in that conversation like the Lakers their losses their struggles are a lot louder than other franchises because of the pressure that Jim Dolan put on the nix this season by firing Tom Tivito and heaping all of this pressure on Mike Brown Mike Brown is unfairly criticized because he's not as fiery as Tom Tivito he does the words emotions on his sleeve he stands on the sidelines with his hands in his pockets processing everything it's amazing how fans want their coach to look and to feel as angry as they do when watching a game but but but Mike Brown knows what he's doing he has used his roster well this year strategically he has put players in place to make them feel confident

19:40and when they get called upon they have done well they're a much improved team defensively they are figuring things out offensively they will be there in the end don't be surprised if the nix finally kicked down that door in the eastern conference and we're watching them in the finals this June and especially with everyone still looking up at Detroit and the Raptors trying not to look in other pistons have been struggling and they have the nixer better the nixer better to Detroit as much as Detroit has played great this season yeah they have flaws across their roster outside of Kate Cunningham the nix to me have the most complete roster in the eastern conference I don't think they're more complete than the thunder north at north of spurs but if you want to compare them to the Celtics the Cavaliers sure we can but there is a heap of pressure that's why the vibe around the team we're talking about Connor is different they need to get it done this season Mike Brown needs to get it done this season there's a good chance that if the nix don't get it done with

20:43this current roster they're already in the yana's entered the cupos sweepstakes that noise will get much louder this off season if they don't get out of the conference it's the market they're in that's how they feel they want this roster to succeed but losing before the finals will justify whatever the front office wants to do going into next season you can see the sci-fi it is then in the Celtics yeah that would be a very interesting year over year to see healthy Jason Tatum and how that might impact that series and I I was vehemently opposed to Jason Tatum coming back this season because I know how debilitating and Achilles injury is but the way he's playing the way the Celtics are playing the MVP season that Jalen Brown is having the coach of the year season that Joe Mazzula is having the Celtics are in the mix too man it's again you've got 10 teams in the Eastern Conference that are above 500 the narrative

21:45coming into this season was that the Eastern Conference is markedly weaker than the West well I respectfully disagree the parody across the NBA this year you heard me say it coming into the season this is the best NBA season that we're gonna have I think it's playing out that way again the thunder are the favorite but as of today five or six franchises legitimately feel that they have a chance as good as any team in a seven game series and to come away with the championship in June that's a good way for it to be wide open ahead of March madness as well we've got Dwight Walton here in studio we'll pause for a moment Dwight I'm sorry but we are gonna have to talk about the Canadians win over the Boston Bruins that's that's that's fine is it is it that's fine we're good I can live with that it is the regular season talk to me in the playoffs well I don't know if the Bruins gonna make it let's let's not pretend that the Bruins are a power of so while you're talking to me in the playoffs you may not even make it what I said wasn't to play off once they're

22:47in let's have the conversation okay about yeah well we're gonna have to have a conversation before then that's good that's fine that's cool I will do that in a second that Dwight Walton's in studio it's the morning show on TSN six additional TSN 690 gives all the thrills of live sports tomorrow night it's the red wings and the Canadians live from Detroit every point matters in the have start to separate themselves from the pack funtrop is just after seven over the ghoulry risked in weird bouts out front and score that is a gift in front per fall at all never miss a moment TSN 690 it's the morning show with Connor McKenna and Sean star they've got more chemistry than your high school lab none about the same safety record TSN 690 uh sorry about that um apparently we had a little um malfunction at the junction there but uh what are you gonna do you know my bet they can't all be uh they can they can't all be perfect sorry

23:51for being a distraction yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah wait a day to fall play but on Dwight Walton my bad my bad folks how could you do I sorry my fault we're very disappointed that's my my bad sweating unnecessarily son of a b... There you go Son of a b. If you heard any of that language, we did it. That's a good thing. We dealt with your professional honor here studio... for the most part. We're doing our best for the most part. Let's go back in time to last night... Port de la Ramp de voilà-terrière-souet men. Suzanne le Grand à Ramp. Il es Itre, remet de hier-à-l'Eignhofson. Hofson avait une fenpe. Dépentent passe-terrière-hofson. Yeah, you know, it's good when you get a map of all out of gear hood next next topic. I'm sorry white

25:05but no, let's go back. Listen man, this is the first time since 1994 that the Montreal Canadians have a 40 goal score in the season and there's still 15 games remaining. Pretty amazing stuff, but let's take a trip down memory lane if we can for a second. 1994, Vais Sondan Fous gets to the 40 goal mark for the Canadians. What were we all doing back in 1994? I'll start. I was in grade five. I had a crush on a girl named Lauren who's since moved to Alberta and I was in at Roslin and my teacher, I believe, was Madame Breon and Mr. Rothman in my French immersion program. What were you guys doing back in 1994? I was in grade 10. I had made the Midget Triple A baseball team and thought I was going to be a big league baseball player all day. That's what I thought I was going to do. That's what I thought I was going to be and it's wild to think about going back to high school at Lauren Hill in Ville Saint Laurent and I mean, living and dying,

26:06I mean, I was still am. I mean, I was a die art Habs fan, right? And thinking that obviously coming off a Stanley Cup and thinking what the Canadians were going to do that, you know, Patrick Juan, Vinnie Dan Fouss, and you know, it's the animal right of spring, the parade down Saint Catherine Street. That was that was the first year of the bell center. No, no, no, 96th or 30th anniversary this year. Yeah. But in 94, I was coming off of my first professional season in Israel. I then came home for a couple of weeks. Then I was with the national team. I was in Toronto. We were watching the NYX Houston NBA finals on that Friday night in June and the famous white Bronco Chase OJ Simpson. That was 94. That was, uh, that was happening. I can't believe that. I mean, I, you know, that's right. That was that Vanny. I was, that, that, that,

27:08that was 94. You know what is, uh, thinking back on that, OJ Simpson, white Bronco, yeah, that at that time, no internet. And I was, I would have been 11 years old. And I don't know how. Yeah. But I know that we found out and we turned the TV on. We were right. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. To the television, man. And who was driving a car and what was going on there? The conversation. Yeah. There was all kinds of speculation. Yes. There was. Yes. Yeah. About what was going on. Sorry for being up here. It's such a, no, it's a, it's a, it's a history. But you know, was that one year, no, two years ago. Um, so how are we feeling about Cole Coffield scoring 10 more goals in the next 15 games? Very, very, very, very, very possible. Um, I mean, that, that, Canadian's top line that combined for five points yesterday has been absolutely dominant once again. And, you know, Arpen Basu wrote about Urias Lovkowski, maybe taking, taking a few games to get

28:09resituated Montreal. He was so good last night. He was outstanding. We saw the power move, um, on the weekend, right? Um, we're using the stride and the strength to separate himself and score a goal, manufacture offensive opportunities. And, um, how good this first line has been. So as hot as Suzuki has been, I think the Suzuki's got what 13 points since he came back from team cannon and Milano. He has just been, and he's on a three game goal, goal streak. So as long as that line keeps going, and I firmly believe they're just going to keep looking for 13 out there. I mean, you know, I don't get the sense to wait that this is a individual team. But there's no shame in wanting to see your guy get to 50. There's nothing, there's nothing embarrassing. You know, you're not going to be cocky by, by having that approach. So, so here's my question to both of you guys. Cole Caulfield came with the national hockey league with the reputation of being a goal score. Yeah. But did you think size being important in the national hockey league? Did you

29:13think a player of his size would project to this type of goal scoring prowess throughout his career? Again, you're coming to the league with that reputation. But did you think it would translate to this because he's been very, very successful scoring the score in the pocket in the national hockey? Did you think it would translate for where he was coming from at Wisconsin to this now? I do. I'd say yes. I was very high on this player before they drafted him. And it was one of those ones that you'll always remember because it was like, oh my god, they might get him. They might get him. They might get him. He's an elite goal scorer. He shoots the pocket, the elite level. So if you would told me five years ago, Cole Caulfield's going to score 40, I'd be like, yeah, that drives. But the butt is, and it's the thing that Martin St. Louis was focusing on after the game yesterday and often focuses on when the name of Caulfield comes up, it's what a complete player he now is. I think that the expectation was that he was going to be kind of a one-dimensional goal-scoring guy, which is great. We love a guy like that. But for him to be as effective a player as he is in all

30:16three zones, that is the thing that really jumps out. So I'll answer your question with a question back to you, Sean. The same way the Miami Heat went out of their way to have BAM out at a bio, have the opportunity to surpass Kobe Bryant last week with his 83 points. Do you think that Habs will go out of their way to see if Cole Caulfield can get the fifth, I know the dynamics are different. I get it. But do you think an extra pass that will look for him winning games is the most important thing. But do you think his teammates will want to see Cole Caulfield get 50 goals that sees? I'd be surprised if it really comes across because that's been one of the pet peeves from the critics around the Canadians, is they continually look for the extra pass, whether it's to Caulfield or to Texas A or to Anderson or anyone else. They're always trying to do an honor of having a Harlem Globetrotter. Sometimes we come in as like, you know, keep it simple. It doesn't always

31:17have to be the prettiest of plays to score a goal. So I would be surprised if they come across as they, they look forced that they're trying desperately. But I don't think they need to do anything other than what they've been doing. I mean, you don't get to 40 goals because you fell out of bed and the puck landed on your stick and you're bearing your chances. I mean, the unit together is just flat-out dominant. So for me, it's like, stay the course. Keep doing what you're doing because you're here for a reason, not because you're having this outlier of a season. And I guess just to follow up on Connor's point about Caulfield, right? I mean, one of the things that was said was his passing is underrated. And I think for me, what's also impressive is, and I think about like goal scores in the NHL hard to do, right? Flashy. It's a very confident kind of skill set to have. And with that, don't you interpret that as being like not selfish, but again, that over the top confidence, the fact that he's been capable, Connor, of not being that one-dimensional guy,

32:23you know, that he's a well-rounded, as Marta San Luis says, a complete player. And the coaches helped him get there. But to be able to look, to do that, adapt as opposed to being, and we've seen other players in this market. I just want to score goals. I want to rip shots. I don't want score goals. Who are you talking about, John? You know, guy is infamous cab ride way back in the day. I thought you were talking about Patrick Lining. I was talking about Alexey Alceney. That was my reference point, you know? But no, just to, you know, he's still scoring goals, but also being a complete player. How many games are left? 15? Yeah. And so it's five games of no goals. Right. Two things. One of them is that might loom large, missing that game last week against the side. You know, it's one game missed. But yeah, if it gets to 49, they could might always wonder about that. He was, I mean, obviously, they had the reasons and he had his reasons for not playing, but that's it. That could be a huge, huge part of it at the end of it. And they don't play

33:26Boston again. He's got like 10 goals and 13 games against the Bruins, right? So they don't get again. Yeah. Next topic. Oh, sorry. Yeah. How about them? We got to Dwight Walton in studio. The Canadians open up a two point lead over the Bruins with that win yesterday. What do you think? By Dwight? I mean, Bruins fan, they did not come into this season with very high expectations. Correct. Well, boy, we've been having this conversation for years, right? Since Zadano, Charlie retired, Patrice Burgeon, retirees, Brad Martian moves on, yet here they are still hanging around. Is this actually a good thing for the long term health of this franchise? I just, I just think that again, when you talk about any professional sport, as long as the Boston Bruins are relevant, I think the National Hockey League is better. It's a better place. No expectations coming into this season. A lot like the Boston Celtics of the NBA. But when you start, Marcus drawm, I think is doing a fantastic job as the coach of the Bruins right now. Again, of course, I'm a fan. Been a fan since 1969. I just want to see them be successful. Would love to see them win

34:30a Stanley Cup again. They have it once as 2011, I believe. I don't think they're in Stanley Cup contention this season. However, it is nice to see that the transition has been made. It's a little bit quicker than I expected. But again, as long as the Bruins are competitive on a night and night out basis, and they have a shot to make the playoffs, and they have a shot at eliminated the Cains from the playoffs. I am all in on that. Sorry, Montreal fans. I am a Bruins fan since 1969. Let's be honest here. I mean, just to push back on that, I mean, the Canadians are a class above the Boston Bruins day. Yes, they are. You know, and listen, and I will say this. Look at what Jamie Swamitz had a bounce back year other than that. I mean, they got McAvoy, they got pastors. That's my question is I just feel like you're kind of being going to be stuck in. Okay, true. But the long-term outlook for the franchise is kind of a weird one when this felt like it was going to be a rebuilding year and hasn't been. So you're saying that the

35:33Bruins should just go ahead and hit rock bottom and then just build it back up. I'm not necessarily maybe not all that way, but I'd say maybe like like pick a lane sort of got you. And it's just the one that they're in right now. It's it's like you're not a kind of tender. You're not trending to be a cup contender, but you're also not meaningfully building toward the future. So what what it helps to is that they have Toronto's pick as long as Toronto doesn't go right, it's top five protected. So as long as the Toronto doesn't bottom out, which I don't think they're going to be that bad. You know, this unstoppable. This Austin Matthews fighting, fighting, they're all over the place. But that's going to mean Toronto is going to be a, you know, a bad, they're a bad team and going to finish quite low in the standings, which is going to get boss in a, an interesting pick. So okay, besides that draft pick, is there a player that you think they should target to to help again? I don't follow. No, I don't. You know what? As I was asking the

36:33question, I knew I was putting my foot on my mouth. So please recat that that question. But that's freezer, man. He's an interesting player. You know, he, you know, sometimes first line, first line guy in first line minutes, first line role. Yeah, you know, but not, not a, I don't think of, not a, when they round out, probably not. He's 21 years old, he's 22 this summer. It's a really nice pick up. I mean, a great, great pick up. And the fact that they did it from the leaves, like, I mean, the fact that the Bruins in the year 2025 and that is, but in this day and a car still robbing the Toronto Maple Leafs of a brand of car valued assets. I think it's great. It's incredible. I think that's one thing we can do. I think it's great. I think it's great. Yeah, it is. Now we were, now we're on common ground here. Now we're finally found as Canadians. The one thing we can all agree on is that, yeah, rip it on the Toronto me. But you did as a Bruins fan speaking only as a Bruins fan. You just like the Canadians more than the leaves. So, so, so, I mean, you grew up, I mean, you look when you said it, I mean, 69 is when you started. Correct. I will make a small confession

37:38on the air. I am a Habs fan behind the scenes. What does that mean? So, so, I have more just dainn for the Leafs. Oh, okay. Then I do the Habs. Yeah, yeah. Right. Because I live with this market. I've been seeing Stanley Cubs pretty much from my entire, you know, young life. So, I know they have a one since 93. I get I understand all that stuff. But, but I respect the Habs and I respect the Habs organization. My best friends are all Habs fans. They can't understand how I'm a, they do understand because they all knew my, my late brother. They know my family well. They obviously know me well. So, they take jobs at me all the time. But I will say I respect the Habs organization. And I am a fan behind the scenes. So, to answer the question, I've got more dainn for the Leafs that I do the Habs. Yes. We'll be back in a few moments. Brendan Gallagher getting to 900 games last night. Is that more impressive than your average NHL are getting to 900 games?

38:42More on that next year on the morning. Listen to the morning show on your smart speaker. Just ask for TSN 690. Thing. Hi, this is Josh Anderson and you're listening to the morning show with Connor McKenna and Sean star and TSN 690. Brendan Gallagher hit the 900 game mark last night. One game later than it would have been. I do wonder if that was part of the conversation though. It would have been against the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday if they hadn't a Saturday against the San Jose Sharks. In this case, he plays his 900th career game at home against the Boston Bruins, which is a team that he's gone to battle with so many times throughout the course of his career. But we've talked a little bit to we may have mentioned this earlier today with Sean Dwight Walton's here still here with us in studio. Dwight, what do you think man? Getting to 900 games in any pro league is insane, incredible, unfathomable for so many of us. But for Brendan Gallagher to do it, given his style of play and size, size, pedigree. It is a major milestone to last this longer,

39:49to still be a major rotation player for the Habs, to be on a successful team, had a successful career. Again, size is important in all sports, but you can't measure the size of the heart. And I respect Gallagher for his career to get to this mark, to this milestone. Again, we focus on the size, his battery ram style, his willingness to go into the corners to play that dirty game, that grind him out dirty style of game, much respect to batting Gallagher for reaching 900 and he's still going. So much respect to that. Yeah, I'm going to put you on a spot. And if you don't know, it's all good. Who's the NBA equivalent to you? Can you think of someone? The NBA equivalent to a Brendan Gallagher longevity style of play may be undersized to a to a certain degree gets under opponent skins. Yeah. Oh, Patrick Beverly. That's that's the type of plan. Not listen, it's not a celebrated. I don't think it's Gallagher, but if and he's no longer in the NBA,

40:52but if I can come someone like that scrappy understood what his value was on a team. And the thing is what's crazy. Patrick Beverly was known as a score coming out of high school in Chicago, going to university, but then to come to the NBA where his journey was different, he had to go a different route. And he chose to be a pest, a defensive pest, a guy that got underneath people's skin. That's why when I guess that can come to mind right now, I'm sure there's somebody else out there who could say something else, but I think that would be my comparison right now. Maybe like a Dylan Brooks, you know, but he's more of the past type. Yeah, you know, Dylan Brooks, the thing is, you know what? That is a very well. Thank you, Sean. That is good to it. So I'm here for you know, Dylan Brooks, are they pay me the me? You know what? Yeah, Dylan Brooks, that's a very good comparison, but Dylan is six five. Yeah, he is big, he is big and rugged. So I guess I was leaning more towards similar stature in the NBA, but Dylan Brooks is definitely

41:54has that bending Gallagher mentality. But six five in the in today's NBA is below the average. So that okay, so the average height in the NBA is around six five six six, but of course, but, but, but to your point, to be successful in today's NBA, your roster needs to have a bunch of six eight, six nine guys that could all dribble pass and shoot. We've seen the evolution of the game. That's why I know old heads get mad at me when I say it, but this is the best the NBA. This is the best basketball has ever been. And I understand how great it was in my era. I understand the error that I played in. I was pretty good myself didn't make the NBA, but I had a pretty good career just below it. But to watch the skill set of all these players today, it's different, man. It's not the same. What what did Dwight Walton and Brendan Gallagher have in common, Sean Star? They're both proud to be Montreal. They're both morning show contributors or have the

42:57various careers. Brendan Gallagher used to do a weekly hit here on the show. Famously was pulled over by a cop for speeding once while doing it and then called us back to let us know that the police officer didn't give him a ticket when he saw that he was Brendan Gallagher. You jinx him when he's breaking a hand. I also asked him about getting in the way of Shay Weber's shots and then what happened and then lo and behold, not long after that, you took a Shay Weber shot to the hand and I'm convinced that knowing that the hockey players are as superstitious as they are the Brendan Gallagher neighbor. It never forgave me for that. So anyway, I know Dwight would never do something like that. Oh, never. Dwight, thanks for coming by. It's always a pleasure guys. Thank you very much. Thank you for hanging out with us this morning. Check out our podcast on our podcast page at tsn690.ca. We'll be back to talk to you again tomorrow. C-K-G-M-A-M is tsn690. Live streaming an on-demand on Apple CarPlay and Android Auto

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