When it comes to Leafs fandom, there’s not many like Adam Copeland.
The Orangeville native and professional wrestling legend is as die hard as they come. In case you didn’t know, he’s the one who gifted the Maple Leafs the championship belt that they give out in the room after every win.
It goes without saying but he took the Game 7 loss to the Florida Panthers just as hard everyone else —if not harder.
Lucky for us, the All Elite Wrestling star was gracious enough to step in as special guest co-host for Jay Rosehill on the Wednesday edition of Leafs Morning Take. We kicked things off with a temperature check. Now that he’s has had some time to decompress, Cope weighed in on Game 7 and what went wrong. On top of that, he shared his experience being mic’d up for TNT during that disaster of a hockey game. After that, we discussed what we want to hear from Brad Treliving on Thursday when he does his end of season podium. Personally, I would like some clarity on Marner and Taves, but obviously, it’s unlikely that we get that.
Meantime, Morgan Rielly (No. 15) and David Kampf (No. 17) landed on Daily Faceoff’s latest trade targets list. Naturally, we had the Rielly debate. He’s been here for a long time. The important thing to note here is that he has five years left at $7.5 million per season. Seriously, the way he played this past season, who’s taking that? On top of that, Rielly has a full no move, so he controls his own fate. Furthermore, we extended that conversation into Mitch Marner and John Tavares and Cope shared his thoughts on those two polarizing players.
Then, brought to you by Charm Diamond Centres, it was an easy idea to ask Bruce Boudreau to hop on the program. Not only is he a big-time Leafs fans, but as most of the hockey world knows by now, he’s a massive wrestling fan, too. It made too much sense to combine forces. Gabby did not disappoint as we went around the horn discussing the latest talking points in Leafs Nation.
David Pagnotta will be in for Jay Rosehill on the Thursday edition of Leafs Morning Take. The NHL Insider will be doing the show from the Maple Leafs’ practice facility, the sight of Brad Treliving’s end-of-season podium. Additionally, John Shannon will drop by to weigh in on the how the season ended and where the team goes from here.
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