About this episode

Rick Bowness criticizes the Columbus Blue Jackets' character and commitment, while discussing playoff matchups and sharing coaching stories with guest Cameron Gaunce.

The Columbus Blue Jackets lost 6 straight home games to end their season and Rick Bowness unloaded on the character and commitment of the team in his season ending press conference. Sean and Sean react to that, they discuss the yet to be determined Western Conference playoff matchups, and former NHL'er Cameron Gaunce from TSN stops by to share a coaching rant story of his own, they discusses Julien BriseBois and the Lighting being at the top of the NHL agent poll, the dysfunction inside Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment and Cam tells us what matchup he wants to see in the first round of the playoffs. Host: Sean Gentille and Sean McIndoe With: Cameron Gaunce Executive Producer: Chris Flannery Producer: Jeff Domet Watch full episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theathletichockeyshow Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/VTm9VjkF Subscribe to The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/hockeyshow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Sean Gentille, Sean McIndoe

Guest: Cameron Gaunce

Topics covered

• Rick Bowness
• NHL playoffs
• coaching rants
• Columbus Blue Jackets
• Western Conference matchups
• Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment dysfunction

Keywords

• Rick Bowness
• Columbus Blue Jackets
• NHL playoffs
• coaching rants
• Cameron Gaunce
• Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Columbus Blue Jackets, TSN, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, Julien BriseBois, Lighting

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