Kevin Weekes on his career on the ice, and in front of the camera in the NHL
The Full 60 with Craig Custance
The Athletic
4.8 • 595 Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2021
⏱️ 94 minutes
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Summary
Former NHL goalie Kevin Weekes, the lead studio analyst at the NHL Network is Craig's guest this week on the Full 60. Weeksie looks back on his career as a goalie for Florida, Vancouver, Carolina, Tampa, the Islanders, Rangers and Devils, his struggles, his triumphs and dealing with racial discrimination in the game that he loves. Weeksie also talks about the new TV contract for ESPN, his friend Henrik Lundqvist, breaking the Anthony Mantha trade on deadline day, and his love and admiration for the great MJ, Michael Jordan.
Kevin also discusses his drive to one day manage a franchise in the NHL and he answers your twitter questions, including thoughts on PK Subban, Henrik Lundqvist, Sidney Crosby, how close he was to getting the Pittsburgh job and the dreaded trapezoid.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Full 60 featuring Craig Custin's and presented by The Athletic. |
| 0:11.0 | Each week we'll dive into the biggest stories in hockey while bringing in unique voices to entertain and explain all aspects of the game. |
| 0:20.0 | Hey, this is Craig and welcome to this week's episode of the full 60. |
| 0:24.0 | This should have happened so long ago, Kevin. |
| 0:27.4 | I am so happy to have the great Kevin Weeks of the NHL Network and of no five whole |
| 0:33.9 | and just an entrepreneur, of course, former goalie um always up to something i love |
| 0:40.1 | people like kevin weeks and this is why the podcast was created to learn from people like kevin |
| 0:45.1 | weeks and so i am thrilled to finally have him on weeksie how are you because i'm great man |
| 0:51.2 | thanks so much for having me i know that uh thanks for the kind words in the intro. I know that you guys, you and Punchy, you're great produced. So you guys must have gone through the Roldex. Everybody was saying no. Everybody else was busy. So Punch is like, ah, shoot, we got a tape on Monday. Let's see if we can get. But it's all good. First of all, that's not true. That is not true. I can tell you 100%. |
| 1:11.8 | But here's what happens sometimes. |
| 1:13.3 | And you know how this goes. |
| 1:14.8 | I totally get it. |
| 1:15.5 | So you broke the math deal. |
| 1:17.6 | And I would like, |
| 1:18.1 | so we have our running list. |
| 1:19.4 | I'm like, |
| 1:19.6 | here's, |
| 1:19.9 | we want these people. |
| 1:20.7 | And Kevin Weeks has been on the list probably since day one. |
| 1:22.8 | And then, |
| 1:23.3 | you know, whatever. And then you break, it, it was just like a reminder. I'm like, what are we doing here? Why, like, let's, why are we not even, we need to focus on Kevin Weeks, get them on here. Not because he broke the trade, but it was just a reminder, right? It was like, it was front and center. Right. That kind of spurred you. Yeah. No, it was just like, I'm like, and you killed it. Like, I sent you the text after the deadline. You killed it during deadline. I like what a great, and I know how hard that is. |
| 1:28.4 | What a great run. I'm like, and you killed it. Like I sent you the text after the deadline. You killed it during deadline. |
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