MONDAY RUNDOWN: WEEKEND RECAP AND STRETCH DRIVE, DRAFT TALK!

We cracked the lid on a brand new week on Monday’s Episode #476 of The RP Show – Canada’s Daytime Sports Talkshow! Here’s the rundown:

• RP and Moose Dupont kicked it off with The Warmup for the Four Seasons Sports Palace covering these Quick Six show topics: 1) The Blue Jays sweep Atlanta (they’re 14-12 and 1.5 games behind Boston for the AL East lead), 2) NFL Draft leftovers and which teams won, 3) NHL weekend leftovers, 4) CFL Draft preview talk, 5) Medina Spirit wins the Kentucky Derby, and 6) Rod advises you to get some betting advice from UniversityOfPucks.com for your NHL bets, rather than to get dummied like he did in the Kentucky Derby!
• TSN NHL Insider Darren Dreger joined the show from his Toronto home and said the biggest NHL storylines at the moment all have to do with the playoff chases and standings races. He dabbled in the NHL’s playoff scenario and the uncertainties there regarding border closure, and also what a great hockey market Seattle is. Both Dregs and Rod called games in the WHL Seattle’s Key Arena and Centre Arena. Darren also expects the Winnipeg Jets to turn it around before the playoffs.
• The daily Capital Auto Mall/Universal Collision Centre poll question was: Which part of your golf game gives you the most trouble – Driver, Irons, Short Game, Putting? At press time it was an even split amongst them all, with many write-in ballots for “All”.
• In the Hour 2 Second Half Kickoff there was A LOT of discussion with viewers regarding the CFL Canadian College Draft, the possibilities of a CFL American Draft, and the origins of Canadian city nicknames and pronunciations like Hogtown, Cowtown, Regina, etc. They also discussed the player ratio in the CFL and Rod said he’d actually prefer no one knows his nationality because half our viewers are in the USA and there’s an anti-Canadian bias.
• Sky Sports NFL analyst and Hamilton Tiger-Cats special teams coordinator Jeff Reinebold joined the show from Hawaii for a deep dive on the NFL Draft and recapped the picks by Dupes’ Tennessee Titans and Rod’s Dallas Cowboys. Reinebold also told some coaching stories involving Bob Wylie and The Spring League, and his current life on The Big Island in Hawaii.
• RP and Moose Faced Off on the CFL Draft and Darren explained his vision for the draft and how it would involve television production to make it an event. Rod said he appreciates “Paul Positive” but he’s going to be “Negative Nelson” and admit that the CFL doesn’t want the help. The Face Off is for Ultimate Fan Zone Moose Jaw and The Mad Greek Restaurant.
• Monday’s show is available for viewing now on our Facebook/YouTube pages, you can catch the replay at 4:00 pm ET on Game+, listen to the podcast by clicking on the CONTENT tab, and listen anytime to our 24-hour live audio feed at RodPedersen.com/ListenLive.
• See you at 10 am MT/12 pm ET Tuesday on Game+ and YouTube/Facebook Live! Our guest list includes Vancouver’s Don Taylor and RP Show Director of Scouting Craig Smith.