{"id":27294,"date":"2018-04-18T07:00:01","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T11:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=27294"},"modified":"2019-06-20T17:33:38","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T21:33:38","slug":"beleaf-in-magic-a-toronto-maple-leafs-podcast-the-leafs-playoffs-are-rough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/04\/18\/beleaf-in-magic-a-toronto-maple-leafs-podcast-the-leafs-playoffs-are-rough\/","title":{"rendered":"BeLeaf In Magic: A Toronto Maple Leafs Podcast &#8211; Playoffs Baby!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Playoffs baby!<\/em><\/p>\n<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?: The Playoffs Are Rough<\/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 second eppy ever, we&#8217;ll be talking &#8217;bout:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Toronto Maple Leafs&#8217; playoffs so far: the fear that unites all.<\/li>\n<li>How &#8217;bout Game 3? Is it a cause for hope?<\/li>\n<li>The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kadrina01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nazem Kadri<\/a><\/strong> suspension.<\/li>\n<li>Holmesy&#8217;s\u00a0rant on the lack of toughness in hockey. The classic nature vs. nurture argument.<\/li>\n<li>We talk about a book we think our listeners should read &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/hockeywood-novel.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Hockeywood<\/em><\/a>. $1 of every sale goes to a brain cancer research fund.<\/li>\n<li>Life without <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bozakty01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyler Bozak<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/v\/vanrija01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James van Riemsdyk.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is the link to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hockeywood-novel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hockeywood Novel<\/a>\u00a0and follow them on Twitter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HockeywoodNovel\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@HockeywoodNovel<\/a><\/p>\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\/uswku-8f78ad?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<h3><strong>Timestamps:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>0:00 &#8211; 8:50 Games 1-3 plus Bruins Drafting<\/p>\n<p>8:50 &#8211; 22:30 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kadrina01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nazem Kadri<\/a> Suspension<\/p>\n<p>22:30 &#8211; 33:00 Hockeywood Novel<\/p>\n<p>33:00 &#8211; 44:15 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/carlsjo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Carlson<\/a><\/strong> and Possible Lines for Next Year<\/p>\n<p>44:15 &#8211; 50:45 What\u2019s Left In Terms of Prospects<\/p>\n<p>50:45 &#8211; 52:40 Next Game for the Leafs &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> is a student set to attend Brock University in Sept. 2018, for their Sports Management program. Elieff is formerly an employee with the Minor Hockey Alliance of Ontario. He is set on leaving a major impact on the hockey industry. Elief is constantly trying to learn new analytics to help his own understanding of the sport. The love of numbers is what he wants to work with. Check out his work on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/author\/oscarelieff\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word\u00c2\u00a0on Hockey<\/a>. Follow him on Twitter <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=\"6itvsGddTxdODf5N0R2n0w\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/947262090\" 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:'6itvsGddTxdODf5N0R2n0w',sig:'kUG81NNeMxSkZPm-lqW_a_NMeMbJa1iQqxheY2ktiYI=',w:'594px',h:'441px',items:'947262090',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>Playoffs baby! 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With their knowledge of hockey and comedic talents, Christian and Oscar will enlighten your ears to hard-hitting, truth speaking, uncensored, 100 % no bullshit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2391,"featured_media":27313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[49,4084,18],"tags":[3186,2629,235,72],"class_list":["post-27294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcasts","category-beleaf-in-magic","category-leafs","tag-2018-stanley-cup-playoffs","tag-frederick-andersen","tag-nazem-kadri","tag-toronto-maple-leafs"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2391"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}