The Bleacher Connection
The Bleacher Connection is the podcast for sports fans who love it all! Ken and Trevor are two friends who have a passion for Hockey, Baseball, Football and more. These two friends are die hard fans of the CFL (Trevor is a Calgary Stamps fan and Ken is BC Lions fan) and NHL these two back rival teams in the Canucks (Ken) and Flames (Trevor) and during the season have a dedicated segment called Around the Boards to discuss all things NHL. The MLB season brings the only common ground as the guys cheer on the Toronto Blue Jays in the segment Jays In Flight. Come and check out some great sports talk on any and all topics even great sports documentaries. Find Ken on Twitter @thebleachercon2 and Trevor @thebleachercon1
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Derek Dennis Edmonton Elks
In this Episode Ken sits down with Derek Dennis offensive lineman for the Edmonton Elks of the CFL. They discuss his football career from going to camp with the New England Patriots and experiencing the Patriot Way, playing for the Calgary Stampeders,...
78 min
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Darryl Sutter 2.0 and the CFL/XFL fallout
In this weeks episode we discuss the Calgary Flames hiring of Darryl Sutter as head coach after being away from the team for 11 years. We look at how Sutter's coaching style could help turn the Flames around and possibly help move them to be in the...
67 min
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BC Lions O-Line Coach Kelly Bates
This week we talk to Kelly Bates, former offensive-lineman and current O-line coach for the BC Lions. As big CFL fans it was a great experience to be able to sit down and him about his playing career and the transition to being a coach. Coach Bates...
64 min
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Auston Matthews vs Connor McDavid!
On This weeks Episode we look at who is better between the Toronto Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews and The Edmonton Oilers' Connor McDavid. These 2 NHL Superstars are at the top of their game and craft right now in the league but the big question fans...
59 min
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Spring Training Opens and We Fix the Calgary Fl...
In this weeks episode we start off by talking about the NHL Outdoors at Lake Tahoe and how it has gone so far and we we call That's Offside on Mike Babcock's hiring at the University of Saskatchewan and The Yankees' Domingo German returning to the...
59 min
106
Time to Talk CFL
This week we get to talk about the CFL as free agency has opened up and there has been some big early moves, if there is one league we love to talk about it is the CFL. We also have our regular That's Offside segment where we discuss Larry Brooks of...
59 min
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Continued GOTE talk and Padres vs Dodgers Whose...
This week we finish our GOTE talk and list off some of the players we think are the GOATs and GOTEs of the major sports leagues, we do not have the same ideas on who they are. We also break down who is going to be the better team in the NL this year...
59 min
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Time to talk GOAT or Should it be GOTE?
This week we look at the Blue Jays new additions and build our own lineup and list trade candidates. We dig into the ever controversial conversation of GOAT. We look at if it should be greatest of ALL time or ERA and why we choose the one we do....
59 min
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Should the NBA/MLB expand into Vancouver?
On this weeks show we discuss whether or not the idea of expansion in the NBA and MLB is a good one and what it could mean for Canadian sports fans from our view. We look back at the Canucks and Flames start of the season and give our reviews and...
59 min
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Top 5 NHL Defensemen of All-Time
On this episode we run down our picks for the top 5 NHL Defensemen of all-time. We give our reasons for picking who we did where on the list, how many did we agree on for spots? We also talk Toronto Blue Jays with more recent misses when it comes to...
58 min
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Baseball News and Notes, World Juniors recap an...
This week we give our thoughts on the completed World Junior Hockey Tournament and look back at how it finished up. We are again looking at another possible big cheating scandal out of Major League Baseball this time regarding pitchers using a sticky...
59 min
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Special Bonus NHL North Division Preview show
In this bonus episode we team up with John Easthope from Double Digit Hockey Podcast and Noah Adler from the Blasty Cast to preview the upcoming season for all 7 Canadian teams. We also give our thoughts on who we think will move on in the playoffs...
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Are NHL teams Circumventing the Cap? Is it time...
In the first episode of 2021 we look back at the year that was for The Bleacher Connection and what lies ahead for your hosts. We look at the NHL possibly having an issue around what we would call legal salary cap circumventing by some teams. With the...
58 min
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NHL News and 2021 World Juniors
This week we talk about signings and stories from the NHL and the approval to put ads on the player's helmets. We give our thoughts on this and what we would like to see and not see on the players. We also discuss the World Juniors tournament and...
53 min
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The NHL return to Play plans and NHL.com' s Sup...
This episode we look at the NHL's return to play plan and give our thoughts on how this was rolled out. We look at the Super 16 forwards list that NHL.com put out and do some tinkering to it, who was ranked too high and who was forgotten. In this...
57 min
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NHL Surprise and Fall from Grace teams and Blue...
This week we each look at 2 NHL franchises that we think will surprise everyone and 2 teams who are no longer the power house teams they once were and give our reasons why. With MLB's offseason in full swing and the winter meetings having just taken...
56 min
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NHL Breakout teams and All Canadian division ra...
This week we break down our rankings for the possible all Canadian NHL division, it may surprise where we have some teams ranked. We also name our NHL breakout team where we name our line up of players we think are going to step in to the spotlight in...
55 min
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NHL All Stars and All Overrated Teams
On this episode we draft by position our choices for a NHL All Star team and discuss why they make our teams. We also draft our NHL all Overrated team and tell you why we think these players are not living up to the hype they get. In our That's...
57 min
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What does the CFL and Grey Cup weekend mean to us
This week we discuss missing out on having a Grey Cup to celebrate this year and what the CFL means to us. We talk about the CFL's return to play plan and what could happen if the 2021 season is cancelled. We give our five picks for the baseball Hall...
59 min
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Women in Pro Sports, Why is the NHL Behind the ...
This week we discuss the historic signing of Kim Ng to be the Marlins new GM and look at other women who have broke into the coaching ranks in other men's professional leagues. We discuss why the NHL is so behind in this area when every other major...
57 min
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Grizzlies and Raptors Silver Anniversary
This week we look back at the origins of the NBA in Canada and the two very different paths each team took in their history. We Look at the Jays and what we would like to see them add in free agency. In our That's Offside we talk Major League Baseball...
58 min
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The Offsides in Sports
This episode we discuss the past week's big sports stories. We give our thoughts on the Arizona Coyotes drafting Mitchell Miller and the fallout from that. We discuss Justin Turner's positive test for Covid-19 during game 6 of the World Series and how...
59 min
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Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins season preview
In this episode we look at the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins lineups and discuss how they will do in the coming season. In our That's Offside we look at Antonio Brown getting yet another chance in the NFL after signing with Tampa Bay and...
56 min
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A look at NHL Free Agency after 1 week
In This episode we discuss some of the big and puzzling signings after week one of the free agent season in the NHL. We give our thoughts on the movement of players and cover how some of our predictions went.
54 min
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Toronto Blue Jays Season Recap 2020
In this episode we look back at the Toronto Blue Jays season and and talk about what went well and what did not. We also discuss what improvements and changes we would like to see for the team to continue moving in the right direction. In our That's...
48 min