Habs Vibes In Montreal, Cheering For "Canada's Last Team", Book Tours & More ft Julian McKenzie

About this episode

The episode features a conversation about the Montreal Canadiens' playoff run and insights from Julian McKenzie on his book and experiences.

today we are pumped to share part 1 of our 2 part conversation between Matt Robinson and Julian McKenzie of The Athletic as we discuss the vibes around his hometown of Montreal as the Canadiens go deep in to the NHL Playoffs, whether the idea of cheering for the last Canadian team standing in the Stanley Cup Playoffs is valid, feedback on Julian's book Black Aces, great stories from his book tour and signings and lots more. There's plenty more to discuss with Julian surrounding the season that he just finished covering for the Ottawa Senators so we'll have part 2 of our chat dropping for you on the Thursday edition of TCA. Grab your copy of Black Aces here: https://a.co/d/04vhoMdV Read all Julian's work on The Athletic and catch him twice weekly hosting the Chris Johnston Show wherever you get your podcasts. Follow TCA on bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tallcanaudio.bsky.social Follow TCA on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@tallcanaudio Follow TCA on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tallcanaudio Follow TCA on Instagram: https://instagram.com/tallcanaudio?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Follow TCA on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tallcanaudio

People in this episode

Host: Matt Robinson

Guest: Julian McKenzie

Topics covered

• NHL Playoffs
• Montreal Canadiens
• Julian McKenzie
• Black Aces
• book tour
• Canadian sports

Keywords

• Montreal
• NHL
• Julian McKenzie
• Black Aces
• sports talk
• book tour
• Ottawa Senators

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Athletic, Ottawa Senators

Books & works: Black Aces

Places: Montreal, Canada

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