The FAN Morning Show goes into its final hour of the day with hosts Ben Ennis and Brent Gunning doing a couple evaluations. First they check in with Sportsnet's Blue Jays play-by-play voice, Dan Shulman, who shares a quick weather update from the road, before diving into the Blue Jays' strength of schedule, the room for optimism surrounding this lineup, how to manage the lead-off spot and just how good Daulton Varsho has been. Next, we turn our attention to the Maple Leafs and bring on Sportsnet’s own, Jason Bukala for his take on the team (26:42). Having been in those end of season conversations, Jason offers some insight into what a team-wide evaluation would look like and suggests some potential offseason moves. 

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On hour two of The FAN Morning Show Ben Ennis & Brent Gunning focusing on the Leafs offseason. They specifically look at the frontrunner in Craig Berube and look at his time in St Louis. They re-visit some of his handling of his players including some examples of calling them out publicly, wondering if that is what this team needs and what Treliving & Shanahan want. Next, the boys turn their attention to this weekend’s PGA Championship and welcome Joe House (22:49) of the Fairways Rollin’ pod to help handicap the tournament. The hour ends with the daily Wake and Rake!

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Ben Ennis and Brent Gunning kick off The FAN Morning Show by looking at the Stanley Cup playoffs where the Oilers even up their series and the Bruins staved off elimination at least for one more game. The boys got into both games and included some post-game comments from the losing coaches on each end regarding holding their players accountable. They wonder if there is something there for the Leafs to learn from and if anything stands out to TML execs who are deciding on who the next bench boss is. Then, Ben takes some time to drum up some numbers to hopefully give Toronto fans some offensive optimism for their baseball team and uses Brent to gauge if he (or fans) should buy it (30:12). 

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The final hour of  The FAN Morning Show takes some time to talk both Blue Jays and Maple Leafs figuring it out. Hosts Ben Ennis and Brent Gunning start with the Jays and what will determine how they approach the trade deadline this year; could they go on a run to make people believe they are contenders? B&B are joined by Sportsnet’s own Ben Nicholson-Smith to say what he is seeing especially out of stars Bo and Vlad Jr. that make it possible the team is on an upward trajectory. They also look at how far out the team would have to be to become  "sellers" at the deadline and who would be on the market. Next the morning duo turn their attention to the NHL and bring on former pro, now host of the Dropping the Gloves’ podcast, John Scott. They get John’s outside perspective on the Leafs and how badly change is needed beyond the coach. He weighs in on who and what Toronto needs and just how much a coaching change could impact them. The trio also take time to look around the rest of the Stanley Cup Playoffs including how the Bruins aren’t that big and bad anymore and if the Canucks are just out-toughing the Oilers. Ben and Brent wrap up with some final thoughts on the Leafs' coaching search. 

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On hour two of The FAN Morning Show Ben Ennis & Brent Gunning dive into what the expectations are for Bo and Vladdy and how far they think they can carry this team. They also delve into how important it is for the pitching to keep being good and for role guys like Daulton Varsho to continue to contribute. Next, the morning duo turns their attention to the Maple Leafs and welcomes the Star contributor, Damien Cox (23:18). The trio gives their takeaways from Friday’s exec presser and how the reaming process may have now changed. The hour ends with the daily Wake and Rake!

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Ben Ennis and Brent Gunning are re-united on The FAN Morning Show and start with manager John Schneider's comments after last night's win for in Baltimore. The guys dive into how both Vlad & Bo are now heating up and will show how far faith in this core will take the team. They also look at Jordan Romano taking on a larger role in leverage situations and if that’s out of necessity. Before the hour ends, they turn their attention to hockey as Ben gets a chance to weigh in on the Leafs press conference on Friday as well as the coaching change moving on from Sheldon Keefe (25:54). 

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The FAN Morning Show’s final hour starts by diving into everything Blue Jays as they begin an important matchup against their A.L. East rivals, the Baltimore Orioles. Hosts Brent Gunning and Jesse Rubinoff delve into just what is at stake in this series with the division leaders this early in the season. Next, we head down to Edmonton to chat with Daily Faceoff NHL Insider, Frank Seravalli, about how the Canucks jumped out to a 2-1 lead in the series, along with what happened after the final whistle to Connor McDavid and if supplementary discipline will be given (26:37). Frank also weighs in on the Maple Leafs' search of a new head coach, the popular names on the table, and some of the awkward, but needed conversations TML execs need to have with some of their star players.

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On hour two of The FAN Morning Show Brent Gunning & Jesse Rubinoff start on who and when the next head coach will be named. They welcome into the mix former Leafs GM, no analyst and insider, Gord Stellick, for his take on who the frontrunners for the job are and who may make the most sense. Next, today’s morning duo takes a look around the rest of the Stanley Cup playoffs with a special focus on the Oilers-Canucks series including what happened after the final whistle last night. They also look at the NBA Draft Lottery, which the Atlanta Hawks won and where the Raptors fell sowill have to give up the pick (25:06). The hour ends with the daily Wake and Rake!

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Brent Gunning is joined by guest host Jesse Rubinoff to kick off The FAN Morning Show and give some of their biggest takeaways from what they heard at Friday's Leafs end-of-season press conference. They also hit on Brendan Shanahan’s contract situation as well as the team’s coaching search and when they expect a new bench boss to be named. They end the hour with a quick dissection of the Blue Jays' weekend that saw some good and some bad (35:47).

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Brent Gunning and Jesse Rubinoff wrap up this week on The FAN Morning Show alongside Sam McKee of Leafs Talk and Real Kyper and Bourne. They dive into today’s scheduled Maple Leafs press conference discussing their expectations of what he’ll hear from Toronto's executives, the organization’s biggest priorities this offseason and how much of it will actually be addressed. Next, Brent and Jesse focus specifically on who will replace Sheldon Keefe behind the Leafs’ bench with ESPN’s Greg Wyshynski (27:20). Greg shares his findings from his latest piece ranking the available coaching options into tiers, before offering his outside perspective on Toronto’s NHL team and why they simply can’t breakthrough in the postseason.

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On hour 2 Brent Gunning & guest host Jesse Rubinoff start with the coaching change the team has decided to make and wonder what’s next. They then bring in Maple Leafs Hotstove’s Anthony Petrielli for his thoughts on the entire situation. They first look back at Sheldon Keefe’s tenure, what from the ‘Leafs’ Notebook’ went wrong and what needs to be addressed most for this team to take the next step. Also in this hour, Brent & Jesse pass on some breaking big news regarding Toronto and the WNBA as well as look around the rest of the Stanley Cup Playoffs (24:05). The hour ends with the daily Wake and Rake!

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