Tavares And Gagner: NHL Players And Minor Hockey Owners

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4.7 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

John Tavares and Sam Gagner will operate the Toronto Marlboros minor-hockey club. Jeff and Elliotte explain why the pair were interested in the team (00:00), how it will work and why this is good for the Greater Toronto Hockey League. They also discuss the surprising Chicago Blackhawks (19:00), the struggling Predators (23:30), Francesco Aquilini’s tweet supporting his GM and coach (28:40), Brian Burke’s send off on Hockey Night in Canada (32:00) and much more. Music Outro: Basement City – Smoker’s Smile Find more music by Basement City here This podcast is produced and sound designed by Amil Delic, and hosted by Jeff Marek and Elliotte Friedman. Audio Credits: KTCK-AM, Sportsnet and WGN Radio. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.

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0:00.0	Can't it borrow 20 bucks?
0:03.2	Elliot, level with me here.
0:06.7	Did you have any idea that during headlines on Saturday, on Hockey Night in Canada, your
0:14.1	story about Sam Gagne, John Tavares, and the Toronto Marboros of the GTHL was going to
0:20.8	be as big as it turned out to be or did you think it was, hey, here's a nice story.
0:26.2	I'm going to pour it out there.
0:28.9	And let me just say this, for people who don't know what the GTHL is, it's the greater
0:33.3	Toronto Hockey League.
0:34.8	It's the minor hockey league in the city of Toronto.
0:38.5	And you know, it's basically where all the kids who live in the city play their elite level
0:45.0	hockey.
0:46.0	Here's a set of how old I am.
0:47.2	I used to play when there when it was called the MTHL, the Metro Toronto Hockey League.
0:52.2	I played House League hockey.
0:53.4	I wasn't good enough to play in the MTHL or what is now the GTHL?
0:57.9	The top hockey players in the city are the ones who go there.
1:02.6	So anyway, Toronto Marboros are the most famous team and the most elite organization of
1:10.2	all of them.
1:11.2	They have a long list of NHL alumni from Conor McDavid to the Hughes brothers to Jason
1:16.7	Spetsa to Sam Gagne and John Tavares.
1:19.8	And somebody told me that they had bought the organization.
1:23.4	And the thing that was really presented to me was, in particularly, Sam Gagne has an incredible
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