Tape II Tape NHL Podcast: Battle of Alberta and how to be a young scout

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Ryan Dixon and Rory Boylen co-host Tape to Tape, Sportsnet’s weekly NHL podcast and a one-stop shop for news, analysis, opinion, wild trade speculation and interviews covering news and entertainment around the league.

Want on-point analysis? We got it. Want trade scenarios of all kinds? We got it. Want insightful interviews with insiders, entertainers and players? We got that too. With these two putting their spin and giving their takes on the news each week, there’s no where else NHL fans need to go.


On this week’s show, Ryan and Rory discuss the two best offensive talents in the NHL today: Alex Ovechkin and Patrick Kane. After Ovechkin became the fifth-fastest player to hit 500 career goals, is it possible that he could one day pass Wayne Gretzky’s career total of 894?

We also get a look at the West Coast as Mark Spector calls in to chat Calgary’s arena deal, whether he thinks the Oilers will make a trade this season to push for the playoffs, and if it’s feasible for the Canucks to rebuild on the fly.

And finally, Jonathan Kyriacou, a 19-year-old scout and director of player development for the OHL’s Ottawa 67’s, calls in to talk about how he got into the management side of the game at such a young age and what his job entails.

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