{"id":26761,"date":"2018-04-11T14:49:22","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T18:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=26761"},"modified":"2019-11-08T11:11:21","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T16:11:21","slug":"beleaf-in-magic-lets-talk-about-the-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/04\/11\/beleaf-in-magic-lets-talk-about-the-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"BeLeaf In Magic: A Toronto Maple Leafs Podcast &#8211; Leafs Playoffs Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>BeLeaf In Magic: A Maple Leafs Podcast features Christian Holmes (better known as Christian Mingle or Holmesy) and Oscar Elieff talking about hockey and all things <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/\/nhl-teams\/maple-leafs\/\" target=\"_self\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a>. With their knowledge of hockey and comedic talents, Christian and Oscar will enlighten your ears to hard-hitting, truth speaking, uncensored, 100 % no bullshit Leafs talk. So get your chicken fingers and your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lcbo.com\/lcbo\/product\/trailer-park-boys-freedom-35-lager\/497701\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Freedom 35<\/a> because it&#8217;s about to go down!<\/em><\/p>\n<h1>Do You BeLeaf In Miracles?: Let&#8217;s Talk About The Leafs Playoffs<\/h1>\n<p>It&#8217;s your new homeboys (and favourite Leafs fans)\u00a0<strong>Christian Holmes<\/strong> and <strong>Oscar Elieff<\/strong>\u00a0coming at you from the GTA.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;ll be cracking on the podcast today, party people:<\/p>\n<p>In our first eppy ever, we&#8217;ll be talking &#8217;bout:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-oSFYxDGKy8\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The playoffs?<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>How we feel the Toronto Maple Leafs stack up against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/\/nhl-teams\/bruins\/\" target=\"_self\">Boston Bruins<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>We discuss the Leafs UFA situation 2018 and beyond.<\/li>\n<li>Where will <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/tavarjo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Tavares<\/a><\/strong> go?<\/li>\n<li>Our bold first round predictions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So stay here and keep your stick on the ice, or as every Canadian&#8217;s favourite wrestler <strong>Chris Jericho<\/strong> might say, &#8220;You&#8217;ll get &#8216;IT!'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/7bme5-8f13a3?from=site&amp;skin=1&amp;share=1&amp;fonts=Helvetica&amp;auto=0&amp;download=0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Timestamps:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>0:00 &#8211; 1:20 Intro<\/p>\n<p>1:20 &#8211; 17:20 Leafs vs Bruins Series Matchup<\/p>\n<p>17:20 &#8211; 30:00 Playoff Format<\/p>\n<p>30:00 &#8211; 48:30 Upcoming 2018 and 2019 Free Agency<\/p>\n<p>48:30 &#8211; 53:00 Maple Leafs Square<\/p>\n<p>53:00 &#8211; 1:03:00 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/rasktu01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tuukka Rask<\/a><\/strong> vs <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/a\/anderfr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frederik Andersen<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1:03:00 &#8211; 1:06:25 Recap &amp; Outro<\/p>\n<h1>About your hosts<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Christian Holmes<\/strong> is a journalism student at Humber College. Known as Christian Mingle and Holmesy, he spends most of his time living life, sipping on Budweiser, listening to The Hip, being a smart ass, and building his writing portfolio. He writes for <a href=\"http:\/\/grandstandcentral.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grandstand Central<\/a> and has been featured in <a href=\"http:\/\/Artifact-News.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Artifact-News.com<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Hockey<\/a>. In the future, Holmesy strives to be an NHL exec and report on the Leafs. Follow him on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HolmesyWrites\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@HolmesyWrites<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oscar Elieff<\/strong>\u00a0is enrolled in Brock University&#8217;s Sports Management program. Elieff aspires to leave a major impact on the hockey industry. He is constantly trying to learn new analytics to help his own understanding of the sport. Working with the numbers is what he does best. Check out his work on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/author\/oscarelieff\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Hockey<\/a> and follow him on Twitter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oscaelie_99?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@oscaelie_99.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"uExjim9KRcp5sozVVsoVfQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/944003018\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'uExjim9KRcp5sozVVsoVfQ',sig:'k7cr7e0bAGQRaqkKO6BX-k1AeDPzl5_eZ32515HtUyY=',w:'594px',h:'334px',items:'944003018',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BeLeaf In Magic: A Maple Leafs Podcast features Christian Holmes (better known as Christian Mingle or Holmesy) and Oscar Elieff talking about hockey and all things Toronto Maple Leafs. 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