Real Gud Pros

Real Gud Pros

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S05E20: A Certain Standard of Living

S05E20: A Certain Standard of Living

lmao y’all I don’t even know anymore Join us as we discuss Brendan Shanahan’s hurt feelings, have a wee cackle over Jack Eichel winning a cup before McDavid, and conduct a mini anthropological study of NHLer weddings.

S05E20: A Certain Standard of Living

S05E20: A Certain Standard of Living

lmao y’all I don’t even know anymore Join us as we discuss Brendan Shanahan’s hurt feelings, have a wee cackle over Jack Eichel winning a cup before McDavid, and conduct a mini anthropological study of NHLer weddings.

S05E19: Birthing the Stanley Cup

S05E19: Birthing the Stanley Cup

Part 1. A measured response on the Toronto Maple Leafs and group therapy session Part 2. lmao lol welp Digressions include: booktok & Tyler Seguin (again), biological clocks, and the Leafs’ potentially (?) killing someone’s grandmother.

S05E18: No Soap Operas, Just Greek Myths

S05E18: No Soap Operas, Just Greek Myths

It’s important to celebrate the victories in life, especially if the victory is avoiding a second-round sweep. Join your hosts as they break down the first four games of Round 2 vs the Florida Panthers. Sure we know what happened, but it’s important to remember the good (and delusion). Enemies are declared, friendships are ended, and for a bit of fun, hockeys are paired with some classic Greek Myths.

S05E17: Matthew Knies Reputation Era

S05E17: Matthew Knies Reputation Era

Y’all they finally did it. Is there anything else to say? Join your hosts as they celebrate the Leafs’ first playoff series WIN in 19 years (!!!) and put some teams into some situations, inspired by Helen & Liz beginning Yellowjackets.

S05E16: Narrative

S05E16: Narrative

It’s playoffs baby and we at RGP are embracing the power of narrative. Join your hosts as we break down the first 3 games of Leafs v Lightning, ponder what life as a Tavares adoptee would be like, and Helen admits the funniest reason to miss a goal ever recorded.

S05E13: William's Empty Nest

S05E13: William's Empty Nest

Liz: I just think the 1st round pick for Sandin is going to come back into play! Narrator: The pick did not come back into play. Join Liz and Producer Emily as they discuss the Leafs’ trade deadline moves, try to determine who Tanner Jeannot even is, and ask why Dubas insists on empty-nesting Nylander.

S05E12: Thoroughbred on Skates

S05E12: Thoroughbred on Skates

There’s so much to unpack in this episode: the cat/dog dynamic of Matthews and Marner, Morgan Rielly being the glue holding the Leaf to Leafs together, All-Star shenanigans, and so much more.

S05E11: John Tavares Backpack Haul

S05E11: John Tavares Backpack Haul

Do you ever sit and think about how much you love John Tavares? Well, have we got the episode for you! Join us as we finally learn what’s in Tavares’ backpack, laugh at Bo Horvat getting traded after getting named to the All-Star game, and discuss (in depth) our favourite slut and manwhore NHL performances.

S05E09.5: Leafs' Secret Santa

S05E09.5: Leafs' Secret Santa

It’s that time of year again! February! A normal time to release a bonus secret Santa episode. Join us as we give out our very special gifts to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Digressions include: our need for access to the Leafs’ finsta accounts, the Swedish tradition of the Gävle goat, Mitch’s Zeus tattoo, Luke Skywalker’s Chanel boots, Earthquake preparedness, Newfoundland dogs, and so much more!

S05E10: Stitch 'N Bitch with Mitch

S05E10: Stitch 'N Bitch with Mitch

Welcome back to Real Gud Pros! Turns out when you take a little Christmas break, news starts to pile up — who knew! Join us as we discuss the declining quality of the Leaf to Leafs, homophobia in hockey (I’m getting deja vu), the Leafs’ season so far and how we’re feeling going into the second half and eventually playoffs. Discussion of Ivan Provorov and the Philadelphia Flyers: 59:27- 1:21:26

S05E09: Desert Island Daddy

S05E09: Desert Island Daddy

Get out your intro to psychology notes, folks, we’re psychoanalyzing the Leafs! Join your hosts as they discuss the fascinating specimen that is Mitch Marner, drop some very bold Auston Matthews predictions, and objectify Pierre Engvall — I don’t even want to talk about how much ogling I had to edit out. It was egregious.

S05E08: Justin Holl’s Rights and Wrongs

S05E08: Justin Holl’s Rights and Wrongs

I was wracking my brain, trying to remember all the fun things we talked about, and I remembered that Justin Holl threw a puck. And then I laughed for a solid 5 minutes. Oh Justin. Join us as we discuss the Leafs’ never ending list of injuries, Tage Thompson (who?) scoring 5 goals in a game, and cast some NHL players in Love Actually — it started as different holiday movies but then we got swept up in the love actually of it all.

S05E07: Hockey to Doomsday Pipeline

S05E07: Hockey to Doomsday Pipeline

When it rains Leafs content, it pours. Join us as we discuss which Leafs believe in aliens, learn that Marner is “a big math guy”, face the horrifying reality of mortality and the passage of time, oh and cry a little over noted Maple Leaf, Mitch Marner.

S05E06: Another Day, Another LTIR Placement

S05E06: Another Day, Another LTIR Placement

Another week, another defenceman on LTIR. Who cursed us? Can we undo the curse? Oh, getting a note from future Liz: no we can’t! Join us as we discuss injuries, Kyle’s continuing obsession with the Soo Greyhounds, an absurd amount of games, and which Leafs would be the best drag contestant. MLSE please call us, we have ideas.

S05E05: No Hibachi in Hell

S05E05: No Hibachi in Hell

The Toronto Maple Leafs are dropping like flies so we think it’s time to put them all in padded rooms — save them from themselves. Join us as we discuss the Leafs’ injuries, gently bully Holl into trying Korean bbq, decide which NHLers we want to follow around the grocery store, and give Borje Salming his flowers. Rest in peace, Borje. Mitchell Miller Discussion: 32:54 - 59:25

S5E04: Hockey Horror Picture Show

S5E04: Hockey Horror Picture Show

Let’s do the time warp again and go back in time to before Halloween and before Elon Musk bought Twitter. Join us as we discuss injuries, the Arizona Coyotes’ making the best of a bad situation, and a disastrous California road trip. To ease the pain, we torture some NHL teams by dropping them in some of our favourite horror movies.

S05E03: Spooooky

S05E03: Spooooky

[Vincent Price Voice] The foulest stench is in the air, the funk of endless goddamn injuries It’s feeling very spooky around these parts, and only partially due to Halloween. Join your hosts as we join Mitch in eulogizing Jake Muzzin, critiquing the NHL’s Diversity and Inclusion report, and choosing couples costumes for some … inspired NHL pairings.

S05E02: Two Ws and the Rock

S05E02: Two Ws and the Rock

It’s a day that ends in Y which means the Toronto Maple Leafs are having goalie problems. Join us as we discuss the first 3 games of the season, the latest on Hockey Canada and the Ian Cole accusations, and what we think the Leafs should dress up as for Halloween. Hockey Canada discussion begins at 21:20, Ian Cole discussion begins at 33:00

S05E01: Last Off the Ice, Last Out of Tim Horton’s

S05E01: Last Off the Ice, Last Out of Tim Horton’s

We’re baaaaaack! Welcome to season 5 of RGP! Join us as we breakdown the preseason, discuss the importance of part-time jobs for NHL players, and make our predictions for the season.

S04E27: Emotional Support Otter

S04E27: Emotional Support Otter

So uh, what’s been happening y’all? Anything exciting? Anything dramatic? Join us as we recap the Leafs’ off-season moves, quiz each other on some free agency moves, and review our pre-season predictions. Surprisingly not as humbling an experience as we thought it would be. Go us!