THURSDAY RECAP: WAR STORIES WITH WADE REDDEN!

Thursday’s Episode #214 of The Rod Pedersen Show was a real hoot with more big sports names! Here are the highlights:

Rod and Dupes opened with The Rollout for Flooring Superstore covering these Quick Six show topics: 1) The Calgary Stampeders posting a photo to Twitter of Bo Levi Mitchell in a PEDERSEN 19 jersey, 2) Any updates on a return to pro sports?, 3) Does Bill Peters deserve a second chance so soon?, 4) Do the Blue Jays have a chance to contend in a shortened season?, 5) Will Charleston Hughes get 28 more sacks to become the CFL’s all-time leader?, and 6) Is it acceptable to drink coffee while riding a stationary bike? (Rod described his new routine, courtesy Flaman Fitness).
Regarding the Stamps posting the BLM photo, Rod said Calgary’s played the ultimate mind game and admitted they beat him at his own game. RP couldn’t sleep Wednesday night! He said he was honoured that the Stampeders would do such a thing, and that his family liked the photo. The panel asked viewers if it’s time for the Cold War to be over and while the vast majority said no, Rod said perhaps it’s time that it is.
NHL great Wade Redden (1,023 games with OTT, NYR, STL & BOS) joined the show from his home in Kelowna for a very wide-ranging chat. The Hillmond, SK product discussed his dismay over the Memorial Cup in his backyard being cancelled, his love for the Roughriders, and what it meant to achieve 1,000 NHL games. Reddsy really lit up when he and Rod recounted old WHL playoff war stories and Wade said the highlight of his career was his 3 seasons with the Brandon Wheat Kings.
Wheat Kings broadcaster Branden Crowe joined the show from his home in Verdun, MB and spoke for junior hockey types about having their season cancelled. He floated the notion of all WHL overagers be allowed to come back next season. He also discussed the raging new rivalry between the Wheaties and the Winnipeg Ice.
Sportsnet’s Arash Madani joined the show from his home in Toronto and admitted to being stir crazy as the pandemic plods on. He talked about the Blue Jays’ chances in 2020, explained the back-story on the XFL’s bankruptcy, and told some more Ottawa Renegades stories.
From there, the guys discussed how Canadian sports TV may look once we get back to normal, and explained again how the Coronavirus has delayed the debut of the RP Show on Game+ TV.
The daily Capital Auto Mall/Universal Collision Centre poll question was: Can the Blue Jays contend in a shortened 2020 MLB season? The results were about 50/50.
You can vote now on Twitter for Thursday’s Rockstar of the Day for RoxDar Supply Chain Solutions. Wednesday’s winner was Charleston Hughes. At press time, Thursday’s leader was the Stampeders Social Media Team.
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