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Robin Kooymans
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Let's Get Pucked Up
Sports Suck
Robin and Wyatt talk about the Sharks historic ineptitude (recorded prior to their first regular season victory), trouble in Ottawa, a second player coming forward to accuse Brad Aldrich in Chicago, Jack Campbell on waivers, and how all the Canadian teams are doing so far.
2023-11-09
1h 00
Let's Get Pucked Up
NHL Sucks/Team Points Over-Under
Wyatt Danowski and Devan Grainger join the podcast to talk about the NHL being the worst league yet again after banning Pride Tape, the matching Scheifele and Hellebuyck signings, what Mike Babcock is up to these days, and then slog through all 32 teams and their over-under lines for regular season point totals and whether we would hit the over or under.
2023-10-12
2h 08
Let's Get Pucked Up
Round 2 Predictions/Wyatt's Airing of Grievances
Robin and Wyatt get together to talk about Wyatt's incredible predictions in Round 1, including him calling Akira Schmid's run of form, the firing of Darryl Sutter, what to do with the Winnipeg Jets moving forward, and their Round 2 playoff predictions.
2023-05-03
45 min
Let's Get Pucked Up
Playoff Picks
Robin, Wyatt, and Stephane make their picks for each round heading into the playoffs, discuss their picks for major NHL awards, and then discuss the recent coach and GM firings.
2023-04-18
1h 02
Diamantes Musicales
12-03-2023 diamantes musicales
PROGRAMA DEL DOMINGO 12 DE MARZO DE 2023 DE “DIAMANTES MUSICALES DE LOS AÑOS 60 Y 70” EN RADIO STUDIO 93.3 - 102.1 Y 93.5 - INTÉRPRETES Y CANCIONES PUESTAS ADEMÁS DE COMENTADAS. 6 de marzo de 1944 nacía Mary Wilson de The Supremes. “Love is like a itching in my heart”. 7 de marzo de 1945 nacía Arthur Lee de Love. “Alone again or”. 10 de marzo de 1940 nacía Dean Torrence de Jan & Dean. “Honolulu Lulu”. 9 de marzo de 2007. Se suicida Bradley Delp cantante de Boston. 10 de marzo de 1947 nacía Tom Scholz de Boston. “More than a feeling”. 6 de marzo de 1945 nacía Hugh Grundy batería de The Zombie...
2023-03-13
2h 29
Let's Get Pucked Up
Chychrun to the Leafs... Book it.
Wyatt, Stephane, and Robin talk recent and not quite as recent trades (Horvat, Tarasenko, O'Reilly), next moves for teams/trades to look out for, the evolving saga of Kane and Toews, and an updated playoff picture with some interesting teams making noise in the East.
2023-02-23
1h 03
Let's Get Pucked Up
Bruce, There it Was
Robin, Wyatt, and Stephane discuss the recent Bruce Boudreau firing and the deplorable state of the Canucks at length, then move on to discussing Darryl Sutter being a jerk to Jakob Pelletier, Torts vs. Technology, All-Star selections and snubs, Steven Stamkos hitting 500 career goals, the current state of the tank for Bedard, the Al Rollins award/Reverse Rollins, and, finally, the ridiculous goal-scoring pace McDavid is on this season.
2023-01-26
56 min
Let's Get Pucked Up
The Tyler Myers Award
Robin is joined by co-hosts Scott and Wyatt to discuss the NBA's recent changing of names for its awards and how the NHL should follow suit. The guys offer up their picks for new award names and then give their picks for the recipients for this season thus far. They then have a chat about some of the most mind-blowing stats they've noticed thus far in the NHL this season, and finish things off with a comparison between imaginary fan voted Team Canada and Team USA rosters followed by a good, old-fashioned rant about the NHL and Gary Bettman...
2022-12-22
1h 11
Let's Get Pucked Up
Goalies Make No Sense
In this episode, Robin and Wyatt go over some weird stuff happening in the world of goaltending, some sad stuff going on in Vancouver, some insane stuff going on in the worlds of J-Rob and Tage Thompson, pay their respects to the late Great Borje Salming, discuss an updated coach hot seat rankings, and talk about some teams off to shocking starts to the season.
2022-12-07
1h 01
Let's Get Pucked Up
The Mitchell Miller Saga
Wyatt and Robin discuss the Mitchell Miller Saga, the Leafs' goalie situation, an update on the coaching hot seat rankings (including some juicy Barry Trotz gossip), the fun times that are Mullett Arena, some pleasant surprises by players to start the season, and some disappointing starts by players as well.
2022-11-08
47 min
Let's Get Pucked Up
Melkman: Fighter of the Kallgren
Robin meets with co-hosts Wyatt Danowski and Scott Dowler to discuss how the start of the season has gone for the Jets, Canucks, and Leafs, what some of the most pleasant and disappointing surprises have been thus far in the season, who each thinks the first coach to be fired in the NHL this season will be, the ongoing Hockey Canada saga, the NHL's inability to properly market itself, and the next level ineptitude of the bluelines in Montreal, Chicago, and Arizona.
2022-10-19
1h 03
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Pre-Season Predictions
Wyatt, Stephane, and Robin discuss the depressing details of the Hockey Canada saga and then give their top to bottom predictions for each division in the NHL heading into a new 2022-23 season.
2022-10-06
1h 12
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Trotz Watch Over
Topics for today's show include: All the coaching news from the past two weeks (Trotz, Maurice, DeBoer, Tortorella, Richardson), the recent Stanley Cup Finals, NHL award winners, the Hockey Canada debacle, and the HHOF Class of 2022
2022-06-28
1h 18
Let's Get Pucked Up
What to do with the Edmonton Oilers?
Wyatt, Stephane, and Robin discuss over occasionally spotty internet what the Oilers need to do moving forward, how Canada's cup drought has somehow made it to 29 straight years, what the state of the Bruins will be for next year now that half their team is on long term IR and Bruce Cassidy has been fired, who their Conn Smythe favourites are now heading into the finals, and who they've got for the finals.
2022-06-14
53 min
Let's Get Pucked Up
Go Home, Tim Peele
Robin, Wyatt, and Stephane discuss the ridiculousness of the no offside call in Game 1 of the Western Conference FInals as well as the blown no goal call in Game 5 of the Battle of Alberta, review their predictions from last round, make new predictions for this round, and run down their Conn Smythe favourites list heading into Round 3.
2022-06-02
58 min
Let's Get Pucked Up
Round 2 Predictions
Wyatt and Stephane join to talk about the historic ineptitude of the Leafs, new and exciting coaching vacancies and front office vacancies in the NHL, how well they did with their round 1 predictions, and to make some bold predictions heading into round 2.
2022-05-17
1h 03
Let's Get Pucked Up
Playoffs Preview and Awards Picks
Wyatt Danowski and Stephane Poitras join as co-hosts to discuss some funny stories and stats from the end of the NHL's regular season, to make their Round 1 playoffs predictions, and to dive into their picks for the major subjective awards. The awards picks include a spin on the normal proceedings, as we pick the inverse of each award (i.e. the Shart trophy as the player judged to be least valuable to his team as the inverse of the Hart).
2022-05-03
1h 28
Let's Get Pucked Up
Jets & Canucks Post Mortem
Wyatt Danowski and Scott Dowler join the podcast to discuss the death knells blown to their respective teams, the Jets and Canucks, the passing of Mike Bossy and then whether he is the greatest goal scorer in NHL history, the Capitals bringing back the screaming eagle jersey and what older jerseys we would like to see brought back, and finally who we would choose from each conference (of the teams likely to make the playoffs) if we finished first in that conference and got to choose our opponent.
2022-04-22
57 min
Let's Get Pucked Up
Trade Deadline
Wyatt Danowski and Stephane Poitras join as co-hosts to discuss the trade deadline, Eugene Melnyk's passing which we find out about mid-podcast, the playoff picture in the West, and our thoughts on the hotly contested Norris and Hart trophy races. I also explain why it took me so long to record an episode since the last one.
2022-03-29
1h 28
Let's Get Pucked Up
Mike Babcock Presents: Ken Holland's Second Chances
Robin, Wyatt, and Stephane get back together after a long hiatus to discuss the Kodak Black situation in Florida, coaching changes in Winnipeg and Vancouver and their degrees of success thus far, and what to do about the Edmonton Oilers (goalie trade, coaching change, Evander Kane?) when they are joined by an unexpected guest. Following this brief foray into the inner workings of a narcissistic university-level hockey coach, the podcast continues to talk about John Klingberg and Jakob Chychrun being on the trade market, Bobby Clarke throwing Ron Hextall under the bus, the Olympics situation, and the recently announced...
2022-01-14
1h 19
Let's Get Pucked Up
Jersey Jersey, Mask Mask, Team Team
Scott Dowler and Wyatt Danowski join as co-hosts on this episode to discuss the Canucks' firings, the Alain Vigneault firing, the Leafs/Jets fracas, Mackenzie Blackwood's "mask" mask, and then take a long walk counting down the recently released Forbes NHL franchise valuation list. Spoiler alert: Arizona is last.
2021-12-09
1h 19
Let's Get Pucked Up
New Jersey New "Jersey" Jersey
Wyatt Danowski and Stephane Poitras join as co-hosts to discuss the New Jersey new "Jersey" jersey, the Lemieux bite, Marchand rat reversion, and Panarin glove toss, the state of the troubled Canadian teams, the waiver wire, the state of the Isles, the playoff odds for teams now that we're between 1/4 to 1/3 of the way through the schedule, more Kraken calamities, and the next coach to get fired.
2021-11-30
1h 27
Let's Get Pucked Up
Welcome to Dumpsville. Population: Coyotes, Kraken, Blackhawks, Canucks.
Wyatt Danowski joins as a co-host to discuss a wide range of topics that inevitably all seem to find their way to a unifying negative core. We discuss Leon Draisaitl getting no respect despite being on pace for a single season goal scoring record, the Jack Eichel trade, big trouble in little Chicago (cont'd.), other teams off to crappy starts, how long it will take for the Canucks to finally clear house, Dion Phaneuf retiring, the most disappointing new player additions of the year thus far, and the most surprising new player additions of the year thus far.
2021-11-18
1h 03
Let's Get Pucked Up
Hockey Culture Redux
Wyatt Danowski and Stephane Poitras join the podcast to talk about the NHL and Chicago Blackhawks' terrible handling of the sexual assault case from 2010 and whether or not we can still in good conscience be hockey fans. We talk about all of the levels of people who failed Kyle Beach and each of the other three assault survivors, and how desperately the league needs to burn everything to the ground including Gary Bettman. We delve a little into some news regarding the first three weeks of the NHL season at the end of the podcast, but honestly it doesn't...
2021-11-02
1h 25
Let's Get Pucked Up
Hockey Night in Canada
Stephane Poitras and Wyatt Danowski join again as co-hosts to celebrate mid-Leafs/Habs game the first night of regular season hockey for five Canadian teams (Leafs, Habs, Jets, Oilers, Canucks). They talk about some recent stories kicking around in the news and make some rapid-fire predictions heading into the season proper.
2021-10-14
44 min
John and Robin Don't Have Jobs
Goodbye Normie, First Annual Jobbies
Due to the escalating Covid-19 situation in Yellowknife, John and Robin are forced to take there podcast outside for what turned out to be a lovely evening by the fire. They discuss some media they've been enjoying lately and the sad news of Norm MacDonald's passing and what he meant to them before jumping into the first annual Jobbies (like the Emmys, but with even less of a reason to exist). They move on to a Rocktober themed quiz and leave things off on a nice little campfire singalong to the Tragically Hip's 'Bobcaygeon.'
2021-10-08
1h 30
Let's Get Pucked Up
A Defense of the Canucks, Plus Olympic Roster Projections
Wyatt Danowski and Scott Dowler join to discuss Robin Lehner's tweet-storm, Evander Kane's general crappiness, the Canucks' big signings and rightful place in their division's pecking order, and Olympic roster projections for the international Big 5: Canada, USA, Russia, Sweden, and Finland. Sadly, Scott's internet gives out on him after the Canada projections.
2021-10-07
1h 36
Let's Get Pucked Up
2021-22 Season Predictions
Stephane Poitras and Wyatt Danowski join as co-hosts to give their picks for the divisional standings in the upcoming NHL season. After a long slog through all 32 teams, we deliver our takes on who is the most/least improved team heading into the season, who had the most baffling offseason, and which offseason transaction was the best/worst in the league. Last but not least we make our way-too-early Stanley Cup finals picks.
2021-09-23
2h 16
Let's Get Pucked Up
S2E15 - Draft and Trade Extravaganza
Robin and Wyatt (and occasionally Scott and his beautiful singing voice) hop on the podcast to discuss the Entry Draft as the picks come in, while also touching on the expansion draft and how Seattle is doing so far, and all the wild trades coming in over the last couple days. They go until pick 18 (Jets) and then mercifully sign off after almost two hours.
2021-07-24
1h 53
John and Robin Don't Have Jobs
S2E1 - 2nd Annual Summer Spectacular: SNL Alums and Scottish Accents
John and Robin are back after a year-long hiatus, and ready to do their typical shtick by telling you all about the media they have enjoyed over the past year to keep them sane during pandemic times. They are then joined by cryptozoologist, Haggis McDougall, to tell us about a creature he has been tracking in his native Scotland. After this, John and Robin talk about the new season of SNL alum, Tim Robinson's I Think You Should Leave, and specifically count down each of their five favourite sketches. And finally they finish things off with some recommendations. Enjoy?
2021-07-23
1h 39
Let's Get Pucked Up
S2E14 - Mock Expansion Draft 2.0 - Chaos Ensues
Scott Dowler and Wyatt Danowski join as guests to make their picks for the Seattle Kraken expansion draft now that the official protection lists are available to the public. Robin and Scott have made quite a few changes from their previous go-around a week ago, while Wyatt is going pure chaos by making his picks live, on-the-spot, and stipulating that he will not pick a single player either Robin or Scott takes. They have also tasked themselves with making hypothetical trades with other teams who may need some help from the Kraken to alleviate cap issues, or who just want...
2021-07-20
1h 15
Let's Get Pucked Up
S2E13 - Mock Expansion Draft
Scott Dowler joins the podcast for a Seattle Kraken mock expansion draft. We went to CapFriendly, set our protected lists and picked our teams, and now we're comparing them against each other, as well as a panel of three experts who did a mock draft at The Athletic. *Note: This episode was recorded the evening prior to the Duncan Keith trade, so, yes, we are psychic.
2021-07-12
1h 15
Let's Get Pucked Up
S2E12 - Airing of Grievances
Guest Wyatt Danowski joins host Robin Kooymans for a massive content dump on the first episode of Let's Get Pucked Up in over a month. We talk the Lightning winning a cup, the Conn Smythe debate, Kucherov's epic presser/airing of grievances, our own airing of NHL grievances for things that have annoyed us in the past month, the magical run the Habs had and how they might do next year, can Tampa three-peat?, NHL awards, the untimely passing of Matiss Kivlenieks, and lastly how excited we are for the expansion draft, NHL draft, and free agency at the...
2021-07-10
1h 31
Let's Get Pucked Up
S2E11 - What Now? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Having hit rock bottom from the Leafs' epic collapse the night before, host Robin Kooymans turns, perhaps unwisely on one account, to the company of friends for some cheering up. He is joined by Wyatt Danowski in Winnipeg and Devan Grainger in China to try and figure out what the hell the Leafs do after their fifth straight first round exit. After exploring a number of Mitch Marner trade options, the trio turns to discussing the newly announced Vezina finalists, previewing the Habs/Jets series, and for once taking a look around the rest of the league to discuss...
2021-06-02
1h 02
Let's Get Pucked Up
S2E10 - Post-Game Double Up (Jets/Oilers, Leafs/Habs)
Wyatt Danowski and Devan Grainger join from Winnipeg, Canada and Xian, China, respectively, to deliver spicy hot takes on the Jets' recent sweep of the Oilers, and the Leafs building a commanding 3-1 lead over the Habs.
2021-05-26
37 min
Let's Get Pucked Up
S2E9 - Postgame Slopfest: Jets vs Oilers Game 1
While the audio quality may not be the finest, the times had were solid. Please enjoy this postgame analysis from elated Jets fans Wyatt Danowski, Stefan Goodman, and Robin Kooymans and gracious loser Oilers fans Stephane Poitras and Sylvain Poitras.
2021-05-20
26 min
Let's Get Pucked Up
S2E8 - Connor McDavid: Great Offensive Season or the Greatest Offensive Season?
Frequent collaborators Wyatt Danowski and Devan Grainger join the pod once again to discuss where Connor McDavid's insane 2021 regular season ranks in NHL history, the latest in the Jack Eichel saga, what the H-E-double-hockey-sticks is going on in New York with the Rangers, how Devan, Stephane, and I ended up doing with our pre-season predictions, and our postseason picks now that almost all matchups have been finalized.
2021-05-13
1h 30
Let's Get Pucked Up
S2E7 - All Hail Jack Campbell and His Glorious New Regime
Frequent co-hosts, Devan Grainger and Wyatt Danowski, join the podcast to discuss the current form of absolute specimen, Jack Campbell, the recent series between the Leafs and Jets, the upcoming trade deadline, Covid in Vancouver and what that could mean for the Canucks season moving forward, "Ineptitude Corner" with the Calgary Flames, Buffalo Sabres, St. Louis Blues, and the Philadelphia Flyers, playoff races heating up, and, lastly, our picks for all of the major awards that require voter subjectivity.
2021-04-04
1h 42
Let's Get Pucked Up
S2E6 - Jets > Thrashers
Guests Wyatt Danowski and Devan Grainger join host, Robin Kooymans, to talk about the highly entertaining and ongoing series between the Jets and Leafs, the Jets passing a significant franchise milestone, the mess that is the Sabres, Darryl Sutter popping up behind the Calgary bench again, Tom Wilson's latest suspension, and finally the worst contract in the league.
2021-03-13
1h 19
Let's Get Pucked Up
S2E5 - Sidney Crosby: Great Player or the Greatest Player?
Scott "Prowler" Dowler and Ryan "Cousin" Kooymans join as guests this episode to discuss a wide range of topics including which NHL fan base is suffering the most right now, is Sidney Crosby a top 5 hockey G.O.A.T., Claude Julien's firing, other coaches on the hot seat, and if the Canucks still have any hope at making the playoffs. Oh, and also, Mike Babcock drops by yet again to tell us about his new job and his changed ways. Listen, won't you?
2021-03-03
1h 07
Let's Get Pucked Up
S2E4 - Name Six Sens Players
Devan Grainger joins again as a guest to chat postgame following the Leafs' latest victory over the Habs. We discuss the Leafs' effort as a team lately, the North division and where each team is at, highlighting (lowlighting?) the Canucks at this point in the season, and then are unexpectedly joined by guest, Wyatt Danowski, to talk about the Penguins' double hiring of Ron Hextall and Brian Burke.
2021-02-11
52 min
Let's Get Pucked Up
S2E3 - Tone-Deaf DeAngelo
Let's Get Pucked Up's Winnipeg Jets analyst, Wyatt Danowski, joins the podcast, and briefly takes over hosting duties due to an unfortunate spill. We talk Jets, Laine/Roslovic for Dubois, the North division so far, the demise of Tony DeAngelo's hockey career, Jim Rutherford leaving his GM post in Pittsburgh, and how Covid is affecting the season so far.
2021-02-02
1h 11
Let's Get Pucked Up
S2E2 - Babrocked!
Wyatt Danowski and Devan Grainger stop by as guests to discuss the state of the Jets and Leafs following one of many delightful matches to come between our favourite teams. We are then greeted by new NBC Hockey Analyst and friend of the podcast, Mike Babcock, to discuss his new role on NBC, the Edmonton Oilers, and his new line of merchandise he'll be selling through NBC among other things. We finish things off by talking about our top surprises of the new season, and make a set of ridiculously early spicy hot takes based on data gathered from the...
2021-01-19
1h 04
Let's Get Pucked Up
S2E1 - Let Me Put on My Prognosticator's Hat
Stephane Poitras and Devan Grainger join as guests to discuss some predictions for the upcoming 2021 NHL season, including a deep dive into the all-Canadian North Division. They then continue on to make predictions regarding the top 4 for each of the other divisions, as well as their picks for who might surprise this season. Other topics include: Evander Kane bankruptcy, will the season even get finished?
2021-01-12
1h 36
Let's Get Pucked Up
S1E35 - Free Agency Winners and Losers
Spencer Phillips and Devan Grainger join as guests to dish on who their winners and losers are from the recent free agency period in the NHL, and to settle the fiery debate that came out of nowhere: did the Montreal Canadiens have a good off-season, and, if not, was it worse than that of the Vancouver Canucks?
2020-10-21
1h 29
Let's Get Pucked Up
S1E34 - NHL Draft (Eff it, We're Doing it Live!)
Wyatt Danowski, Devan Grainger, and, on rare occasion Scott Dowler from a distance, join host, Robin Kooymans, on a live draft episode of Let's Get Pucked Up. We discuss the draft picks as they come in hot and fresh up until the Habs at #16 (this doesn't need to be a four hour episode), as well as our desires for our teams at their draft positions, and the perplexing Max Domi trade from earlier in the day.
2020-10-07
1h 41
Let's Get Pucked Up
S1E33 - Giving the Lightning Their Due
R-Money and Graingles talk Lightning cup win, Pietrangelo, NHL Draft, Jim Rutherford carving up the Penguins, Lundqvist buyout, trade rumours, and much much more on another exhilarating episode of Two Leafs Fans, No Cup.
2020-10-02
1h 11
Let's Get Pucked Up
S1E32 - Goalie Carousel
Devan Grainger joins again from North Bay, Ontario as a guest to discuss our general apathy toward the playoffs at this point, the unique circumstances that are leading up to what is sure to be a crazy offseason for goalies switching teams, and a quick and hard segment on Leafs stuff, including the Kapanen trade and which right-handed D they should target.
2020-09-13
1h 30
Let's Get Pucked Up
S1E31 - The Saskatoon Squad: Habs and Hab Nots
A trio of Saskatonians (Simon Fanner, Erin Hopkins, Engineer Miles) join the podcast to discuss the plight of Simon's team (Habs), their favourite moments of the NHL's Return to Play so far, their predictions for conference finals, finals, and Stanley Cup champion, and to try to figure out a way to talk about Erin's team (Red Wings), in a positive light moving forward.
2020-08-19
1h 06
Let's Get Pucked Up
S1E30 - Leaf Grief Through DABDA
Devan Grainger and Spencer Phillips come on the pod again to join host, Robin Kooymans, in an attempted therapeutic episode for themselves as they grieve the end of another disappointing Leafs' season. They go through the five stages of grief (Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depresssion, Acceptance), spending the bulk of time in the Anger and Bargaining categories, and try to decide how to move forward as Leafs fans while still retaining a shred of dignity.
2020-08-14
1h 28
Let's Get Pucked Up
S1E29 - Such Sorrow
Wyatt Danowski guests again to co-mourn with host, Robin Kooymans, over the play-in round demises and lack of an Alexis Lafreniere for both the Leafs and Jets. They also make fun of the NHL's presentation of Round Two of the Draft Lottery, talk about general play-in round impressions, and give their predictions for what shall heretofore be canonically referred to as round one of the playoffs despite the fact that the play-in round was obviously playoffs. Drink the pain away.
2020-08-11
1h 06
Let's Get Pucked Up
S1E28 - Bring Out Yer Jets!
Day 4 of the play-in has arrived and players are dropping like flies. Wyatt Danowski and Devan Grainger join as guests to discuss the plights of the Jets and Leafs in each of their play-in series, and briefly touch on their shock at the poor performance of the Florida Panthers.
2020-08-05
37 min
Let's Get Pucked Up
S1E27 - Leafs vs. Jackets Game 1 Postgame
Devan Grainger and Stephen Smart join the podcast to talk their initial thoughts after a disappointing Leafs loss in Game 1 of their play-in series vs. Columbus. We cover topics including how the Leafs can beat a team with as good of a defensive structure as the Blue Jackets, what a loss in the play-in series means for job security for the people in charge for the Leafs, and then give our picks for Best Player, Worst Player, Most Pleasant Surprise, and Biggest Disappointment. We also delve into talking a bit about a few other series that have caught our attention...
2020-08-03
37 min
Let's Get Pucked Up
S1E26 - #Weskatefor... Everything?
Frequent guests Wyatt Danowski and Spencer Phillips join the podcast to talk NHL Return to Play, and how the NHL is somehow the only league in professional sports to screw up what should be a gimme in adequately supporting the Black Lives Matter movement. The show then transitions to focusing on whether we can remember what even happened in the 2019-20 NHL season to the tune of Wyatt and Spencer competing over a quiz commissioned by your host, Robin Kooymans, and based loosely on a similar quiz published earlier in the week by The Athletic.
2020-08-01
56 min
Let's Get Pucked Up
S1E25 - Hockey Housekeeping
Your host, Robin Kooymans, is joined again by Spencer Phillips and Devan Grainger to play catch up on hockey related news from the last month+. Topics include: Black Lives Matter, the Hockey Diversity Alliance, Return to Play, Edmonton and Toronto as hub cities, the newly approved CBA, Draft Lottery chaos, the sorry states of the Sabres and Senators, HHOF Class of 2020, and HHOF Snubs.
2020-07-11
1h 29
John and Robin Don't Have Jobs
S1E8 - John and Robin's First Annual Summer Spectacular
John and Robin are back after a long hiatus to discuss Black Lives Matter and positive changes we seem to hopefully be making as a society, along with various media that has kept them entertained over the past month, until they hand the reins of the podcast over to Chad, Ham, and their interviewer, Cortland, for whatever reason. Matt Tell them joins John and Robin on a quiz segment about summer blockbusters, and the guys finish things off with recommendations.
2020-07-11
2h 02
Let's Get Pucked Up
S1E24 - BEDMAS (24 Team Playoff Predictions - Yellowknife Edition)
Scott Dowler and Stephane Poitras are on as guests for the first in-person podcast record in about three months. We discuss how weird this all is and decide to follow an "order of operations" to keep ourselves on track, so we of course defer to the acronym BEDMAS, with B standing for Brackets/Byes, E for Edmonton (a frontrunner potential hub city), D for Draft/Deadline (as in trade deadline if the NHL were to lift it before the play-in rounds start), M for Marchand (as in will he be smart enough to keep his tongue in his mouth in...
2020-06-02
1h 08
Let's Get Pucked Up
S1E23 - Hockey Isn't For Everyone & 24 Team "Playoffs"
Devan Grainger and Spencer Phillips join the podcast again to discuss first the issues with hockey culture and the tepid reaction from people in the world of hockey to Akim Aliu's Players' Tribune article, "Hockey is Not for Everyone," and then the newly announced playoff/play-in format for the NHL's return to play. We then give our predictions for each of the eight potential "play-in" best-of-five series as they have been proposed by the league.
2020-05-31
1h 26
John and Robin Don't Have Jobs
S1E7 - John and Robin Try to Get Jobs
John and Robin first discuss media they've enjoyed the past two weeks, including 1997 twin disaster films, Dante's Peak and Volcano. They then interview each other for myriad jobs to varying levels of success, take a quiz on theme of "Jobs in Pop Culture," and finish things off with new recommendations.
2020-05-31
1h 29
Let's Get Pucked Up
S1E22 - Leafs Beefs Part 2
Devan, Spencer, and Robin continue where they left off and make their predictions for the Leafs' opening night roster for 2020-21 (presuming there is a 2020-21 season) and they border on outlandish to disturbingly conservative. Come for the unrealistic trade suggestions, stay for the Nick Robertson should be in the top six on opening night hot takes. Apologies once again to listeners who don't care about the Leafs.
2020-05-20
1h 28
Let's Get Pucked Up
S1E21 - Leafs Beefs Part 1
Devan Grainger and Spencer Phillips join your host, Robin Kooymans, from their lockdown locations in North Bay, Ontario and Cornwall, PEI, respectively, to add a little cross-country flavour to the first part of a two-part dive into everything Toronto Maple Leafs. This episode features: a moment of silence for the anniversary of the Game 7 4-1 collapse against the Bruins in 2012-13, a moment of silence for Brendan Leipsic's career asa n NHL player due to his own idiocy, and a thorough discussion of the All-Time Leafs roster as constructed recently by TSN.
2020-05-18
37 min
John and Robin Don't Have Jobs
S1E6 - Thank You, Ma'am, it's Chad and Ham
The boys do their thing and talk about recommended media, including Galaxy Quest, Lisa Leblanc, Run the Jewels, Charli XCX feat. Christine and the Queens, Lil Uzi Vert, and Mastersystem. They each then provide some heartfelt words for Scott Hutchison on the two-year anniversary of his death and Lil' Richard with regard to his recent passing. Following a discussion of some other media that has kept them entertained, John and Robin welcome guests, Chad and Ham, for a segment about Mother's Day Gift Ideas. The show moves on to another rousing rendition of the weekly quiz and finishes off with...
2020-05-14
1h 28
Let's Get Pucked Up
S1E20 - Compliance Buyouts for All!
Devan Grainger and Wyatt Danowski join as guests to go through the onerous contracts of each and every NHL team (or in Wyatt's case, just talk about players he dislikes since he doesn't do math) and decide which contract for each team is worthy of a hypothetical compliance buyout if each team were allowed one before the start of the 2020-21 regular season.
2020-05-08
1h 46
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S1E5 - Mick from Aus Throws Down Like a Bos(s)
John and Robin are joined by guest, Mike DeRocher, to discuss recommendations from last week (way too much Simpsons, King of the Kill, Good Boys), and then cover some other stuff they've been enjoying lately (I Think You Should Leave, Beef House, Community). Mike then unfortunately has to leave but a new guest from Australia, Mick DeRocker, joins the podcast in his stead. John and Robin decide to jump on the trend of Top 10 lists they've been seeing all over social media lately by doing a Top 5 Sandwiches of all-time countdown with Mick as the judge. After crowning a champion...
2020-05-05
1h 34
John and Robin Don't Have Jobs
S1E4 - 1 + Tree = Love
John and Robin do their thing discussing a wide array of media that has kept them sane the past week, including: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, The Elephant Man, Brockmire, Brews Brothers, Tacoma FD, and Brooklyn Nine Nine. The show then shifts focus as guest host, Dino Danger, comes on to host a music competition between former members of the 80s new wave band 2+2=Love, Randy Birchwood and Farthington Cheshire Davies, which takes a bit of a turn near the end. John and Robin then rejoin Dino for a Quiz segment focussing on The Simpsons, and close things out...
2020-04-27
1h 30
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S1E19 - Wyatt's Unsatisfying Victory
Wyatt Danowski and Devan Grainger join the show once again as guests as we settle once and for all whose Team Canada roster reigns supreme. Spoiler alert: The title of the episode. We then give an update on the NHL's future regarding future games for the season, Big Buff's divorce from the Jets, the NHL's strange plans to hold the draft in June, and we finally end with a back and forth on which Canadian team we each think will be the next to hoist Lord Stanley's Cup.
2020-04-24
1h 17
John and Robin Don't Have Jobs
S1E3 - Bananas for Biopics
John and Robin are back to discuss the media they recommended for each other last week (A League of Their Own, The Natural, Queens of the Stone Age - Villains, and Sigur Ros - Kveikur), media/news/miscellaneous other crap that has caught their eyes in the past week, cartoon character tropes (this week: bring on the dads!), and finish things off with a quiz about biopics and new recommendations for next week.
2020-04-20
1h 36
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S1E18 - Imaginary International Team Rosters Pt. 2 - Canada, Finland, and Sweden
Wyatt Danowski joins as a guest to talk hockey in China as well as his picks for international rosters for Teams Canada, Finland, and Sweden under the presupposition of an imaginary best-on-best tournament that would be happening right now. In the times of Covid-19 sometimes all we have is our imagination...
2020-04-18
1h 26
John and Robin Don't Have Jobs
S1E2 - Superman Hunts Down Parents
John and Robin discuss more media that has made life easier for them this past week, Robin makes his pitch to the networks for his own Tiger King-adjacent reality show through song, John serves up some well-marinated beefs he has with the incongruity of superhero power dispersement, John and Robin quiz each other on superhero movie facts, and then they end the episode with some music and movie recommendations for each other to come back with in next week's episode.
2020-04-13
1h 23
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S1E17 - Imaginary International Team Rosters - Canada, USA, and Russia
Host, Robin Kooymans, and guest, Devan Grainger, discuss hockey in China, the possibility of the NHL playoffs in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and then imagine a scenario in which there was an international best-on-best hockey tournament being played today. Given this scenario, and imagining all eligible players are 100% healthy, Robin and Devan take a shot at choosing rosters for Teams Canada, USA, and Russia. To be continued next week with Wyatt Danowski and his Team Canada, Team Sweden, and Team Finland.
2020-04-10
1h 14
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S1E16 - Take 4, Part 2: Are the 2019-20 Red Wings the Worst Team Ever?
The podcast debuts a new rap theme, and then Scott "The Prowler" Dowler, John "Ay yay yay" Coughlin, and your host, Robin "R-$" Kooymans, get into comparing this past season's Red Wings to historically inept teams in an attempt to figure out which team deserves the title of "Worst NHL Team Ever." Additionally, Scott, John, and Robin get truly audacious in prognosticating who will win the Stanley Cup for the next five seasons. Things are finished off with a song from John and an a capella rap from Robin.
2020-04-08
29 min
John and Robin Don't Have Jobs
S1E1 - Die Neuer Deutscher Film Quiz
John and Robin join forces via Skype to discuss various forms of media that have been getting them through the early stages of the pandemic. Then, at around (42:40), acclaimed German director, Werner Herzog, stops by to host his infamous quiz show, Die Neuer Deutscher Film Quiz (The New German Film Quiz) with Arnold Schwarzenegger enthusiast, Chad Tyler, who is in studio due to a scheduling mix up by Werner's producer. Hijinks ensue.
2020-04-06
1h 16
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S1E15 - Take 4, Part 1: Giving out the NHL Awards
John Coughlin and Scott Dowler join host, Robin Kooymans, over Skype for Take 4 in an arduous but fruitful recording process. We talk about how we're keeping sane during these trying times, what the NHL should do if the season is indeed able to continue at some point, and who we should give out major NHL awards to should the regular season be done.
2020-03-31
38 min
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Sean Avery Presents: Sloppy Seconds
Some lost footage from a failed second attempt at recording a podcast on March 28, 2020 with John Coughlin and Scott Dowler. Any references made to Ryan Connon were for purely satirical purposes and were not meant to represent our actual thoughts on the upstanding citizen he is. Please still be our friend, Ryan.
2020-03-31
12 min
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S1E14 - A Very Special Covid-19 Episode: Robin's Descent into Madness
Try to follow along as your host, Robin Kooymans, chronicles his rapid descent into madness following the "pausing" of the 2019-20 NHL season and drastic self isolation measures that have followed in the wake of the spread of the virus worldwide. Side note: all characters and events in this show - even those based on real people - are entirely fictional. All celebrity voices are impersonated... poorly... and are simply representative of the mad ramblings of an isolated brain. I sincerely apologize to Hollywood Handbook for any copyright infringement, and do not apologize to Alex Jones and Info Wars for...
2020-03-19
26 min
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S1E13 - Huh... So There was a Trade Deadline
Stephane Poitras enters legendary guest status as he joins your host, Robin Kooymans, once again and dives into a lengthy discussion on the David Ayres situation and how depressing it is in Leafs-land, the trade deadline's winners and losers in a methodical trade-by-trade analysis, and who are now our picks team-wise to emerge from each division come playoff time. We even go as far as to give our bold predictions on who are our favourites at this time to win the "as-seen-in-Yellowkife-two-weeks-ago" Stanley Cup. Spoiler alert: We do not pick the Leafs.
2020-02-26
1h 18
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S1E12 - So Much for the Trade Deadline
Your host, Robin Kooymans, and frequent guest, Stephane Poitras, catch up on a ton of hockey news since the Battle of 'Berta. They start with a recap of being in Yellowknife for Hockey Day in Canada, then move on to talking about the enjoyably ridiculous Washington Capitals warm-up routine, then hit a bit of a downer discussing Biznasty/Carcillo and their tweetfest along with Zack Kassian's 2nd suspension of the season. Things stay sour with Robin reading an ever mounting injury list to Stephane at which point the guys decide to look on the positive side of things and turn...
2020-02-18
1h 03
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S1E11 - Battle of 'Berta with The Chardonnay Boys
Your host, Robin Kooymans, is joined by recurring guests Scott "The Prowler" Dowler, and Stephane "The Man" Poitras to talk about Round One of the Battle of Alberta and what we can expect for Round 2 (we recorded just before puck drop of round two and during a bit of the first period), the craziness that is the top of the Pacific Division standings currently, Gritty punching a kid, the crappiness of the All-Star Game, and Ovi's assault on the goal scoring record books. Things start to get a little sloppy at the tail end of the podcast when The Chardonnay...
2020-02-02
58 min
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S1E10 - Toront-oh-yeah!
Andrew "Andrewlius Pennerific/Pennzoil/Punner/Mercedes Pennz/Penn15" Penner joins host, Robin "former lead singer of Johnny and the Kickass" Kooymans, to discuss World Juniors, the recent slew of coach and GM firings in the NHL, the All-Star Game, a bunch of Leafs stuff, the goonery of Matthew Tkachuk, the futility of the Habs, and favourite things about Toronto. As we all know Toronto is the centre of the hockey universe, so it is our God given right to burden you, the listener, with all this 6ix chat.
2020-01-17
1h 02
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S1E9 - HNY - NHL Midseason Awards
Scott Dowler joins host, Robin Kooymans, to discuss the events of the World Juniors to this point, our mid-season NHL Awards favourites, and a few more major issues pertaining to hockey's great reckoning to round out the 2019 calendar year. We try the best we can to have a positive outlook for hockey culture going into 2020.
2020-01-01
55 min
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S1E8 - 12 Beers of Christmas
Scott "the Growler" Dowler joins your host, Robin "R-Money" Kooymans to drink a lot of beer and discuss escalating hockey topics (numerically speaking) pertaining to the year 2019 in an episode we lovingly call the 12 Beers of Christmas. We review an eventful year in hockey by talking about Don Cherry, Andrei Svechnikov, the poor poor Sens, Canadian teams' playoff prospects, fired coaches, Taylor Hall, Bryan Rust, Ovi's O-Fest, 100 point players, Sergei Bobrovsky's terrible contract, Brent Burns, and Maple Leafs' backups.
2019-12-19
58 min
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S1E7 - Hockey's Great Reckoning
Special guests Mike Gibbins and Stephane Poitras (for a record-breaking fourth appearance!) join host Robin Kooymans to discuss all the press hockey has been getting lately for mostly bad reasons (coaches behaving badly, toxic masculinity, racism). They get into some dark places as they realize the world of hockey is not the magical quintessential Canadian experience they were told it is. They also discuss what the H-E-double-hockey-sticks is going on in New Jersey with the timing of the John Hynes firing coinciding with Taylor Hall being put firmly on the trading block, along with how difficult it is to sign...
2019-12-09
1h 01
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S1E6 - BabTalk
Mike Babcock joins on the podcast with Baby Brian, Stephane Poitras, and Scott Dowler to introduce his new podcast "Babtalk" until he gets tired of being told he's a bad coach compared to Sheldon Keefe and then leaves. Your host, Robin Kooymans, shows up fashionably late and joins the podcast to talk about Don Cherry replacements, the next NHL coach to be fired, and which team who missed the playoffs last year and is currently in a playoff position would you least like to play in the playoffs.
2019-11-23
57 min
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S1E5 - The Firing of Donald S. Cherry
Stephane Poitras joins as a guest for the second time to the delight of your host, Robin Kooymans, for a super timely and impromptu episode that details the shocking firing of one of the "Ten Greatest Canadians of All Time," Don Cherry.
2019-11-12
34 min
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S1E4 - Beattie and the Jets
Darrell "Big D/D-Rail" Epp, Sarah Beattie, Kristina Carlson, and Ryan Bachynski join host Robin Kooymans to talk about amazing goals, favourite all time players... but mostly Dustin Byfuglien chasing garbage trucks and other Winnipeg hockey/beer culture.
2019-11-11
55 min
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S1E3 - Real Deal vs. James Neal
The third episode of Let's Get Pucked Up features "Baby" Brian (Real Deal) Weadick making his current record-setting second appearance on the podcast, along with Alex "Brocksy" (Real Deal) Brockman, and your host, Robin (James Neal) Kooymans, to discuss various topics including: Pop culture relating to hockey, inaccurate team names, Real Deal vs. James Neal (Teams/ Players off to hot starts and whether they're for real or not), disappointing teams and players, player nicknames we want to see gain traction. Drink it in, folks.
2019-11-11
1h 01
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S1E2 - Hack the Bone!
Your host, Robin Kooymans, along with guests Meghan Housley and Stephane Poitras, is talking shocks to start the NHL season, more hunky NHL dreamboats, and our favourite pop culture artefacts to prominently, or not so prominently, feature hockey.
2019-11-11
51 min
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S1E1 - Hockey Culture
Your host, Robin Kooymans, welcomes guests Scott Dowler and "Baby" Brian Weadick to kick the show off with a bang, and discuss a hefty sum of hockey topics, including where we see teams stacking up this year and the sometimes awkward, but beautiful, bonds men make via sports. We also get a bit loose with our words after a few too many near the end of the episode discussing the hunkiest dreamboats in hockey.
2019-11-11
1h 12