Nick Kypreos, Justin Bourne and Sam McKee discuss the Toronto Maple Leafs’ concerning preseason performance against the Detroit Red Wings and what it might mean for the team’s roster construction. Doug MacLean joins the show to discuss the Leafs, Kaprizov’s contract, Edmonton’s season outlook and more.
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0:00 – Maple Leafs Concerns
5:30 – Doug MacLean
37:39 – Text Line Questions
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Real Kyper & Bourne – October 3, 2025
Nick Kypreos, Justin Bourne and Sam McKee share some thoughts on the Leafs’ penultimate preseason game, a 3-1 loss to the Detroit Red Wings, before bringing in Doug MacLean for his Off-The-Rails Friday appearance! Mac shares his thoughts on the Leafs’ lineup heading into the season, Kirill Kaprizov’s mega-deal, the Oilers’ outlook in the West, Jackson LaCombe’s extension with the Ducks, and the NHL’s increased-cap landscape. Then, Nick, Justin and Sam discuss the Leafs waiving David Kämpf, Scott Laughton’s week-to-week injury and Easton Cowan’s camp. Finally, they close out the week by answering your questions on the text line!
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Panthers are one of the slowest teams in the league
OMG I cant believe they cried about a Leafs Pre Season game
Calling it now, Domi is gonna be Kippers new Marner. Always defending him etc.
Leafs are in a rebuild, admit it!
Like it or not a world class player is no longer on their roster. Duh. Dress it any way you like. There were times around the leaf's net where the wings had so many swats at the puck it could have been 10 to 1. Ok sure the D will get stronger around their goalie and forwards will come back harder, but I did not see a wings team that is going to be a threat going forward. My thought at the end of last season was they are a couple of players away because they really lacked depth. That was with Marner. With out him, and with the guys kept and came in, I see many dark days ahead.
Kyper is going to have Marner withdrawal this year.
You can't analyze a preseason game. This Leafs team is deeper. They just need a top six forward and Rielly to have a bounceback season. They'll finish 1st or 2nd in the division
your a national show. why are you spending all this time talking about 4th line Leafs?
Don’t think you guy’s are slow at all, they’re are just multiple young guns for the Wings who are really coming for a spot on the roster, a few have come out of nowhere,
Combined with some players with expected hype 🎉…stoked for my Wings 🪽 this year.
If you don’t wanna hear about the salary cap, then you don’t have to! The beautiful thing about sports is you can be a total casual or super in the weeds with them, but if you wanna get into the details then don’t expect people to not mention one of the most important ones just because you don’t like it 🤡🤡
They should call the first hour the Anti-Leafs Hour
Doug McLean's predictions should go in one ear and out the other. Failed gm and never hired again.
The only time Domi, played, really good, was with Nylander and Robertson. There's one line.
What is there left? You boy's tell me the other three lines.
Go Wings!
They were just hung over from Muskoka…it's preseason
When it comes to speed the leafs are a league average team but those kids in Detroit line up are all just fast
I hope Tre was working the phones hard today .
Domi has shown he and Mathews can produce
Was it an ugly game?, sure, but it's preseason, lets all just take a deep breath and see what they look like when it matters.
leafs once again giving up way too many shots.
this made me bust a gut @8:56
LA ahead of Edmonton ? LOLOLOLOL
Kings aren't as good as people think…..they're relying on an aging defence, and hoping Byfield can take another huge step
Allowing 40+ shots is inexcusable pre season or not.
Maybe treliving has plans to sign Roslovic now that kampf is waived and laughton hurt
You absolutely can't do any serious analysis of preseason or even weeks starting the season.
Maclean is so out to lunch. Florida will have no Barkov and Tkachuk. Say what you want but that will hurt them. I see them coming in 3rd or 4th this season. As for his take on Edmonton? They are pretty close to the same team they were last year. They might come in a bit lower like he said, but they’ll make another run because they have that extra gear.
Leafs hour is back baby! Heck yea!
I get a kick out of Sammy. Except when he disses my London Knights, ha ha.
Preseason doesn’t mean much in any sport. It’s like when the Detroit Lions went 4 and 0 in the preseason so we all got excited about that, then they laid an egg and went 0 and 16 in the regular season. Wow!
Doug MacLean is basically an idiot in my humble opinion.
Go Jays!
It’s too bad about Woll, but I am expecting a great year for the Leafs. I have been a Leafs seasons ticket holder for 46 years. 1979-80 was my first year. I’ve been living in Japan for the past 35 years, so I don’t get to a lot of games these days, ha ha. By the way, in my first year in 1979, my tickets cost $4.50 per seat per game. A bit different today, ha ha. Our tickets went up by 22% from last season.
Robertson is a better hockey player compared to Cowen. It's just the team dynamic. I don't think Cowen is an NHL player today man… Maybe next season but I think it would be good to get him in some games…not entire season.
Maybe Toronto shouldn’t have traded away all their draft picks. Why do other teams have 20 year olds in the lineups? Dubas and Shanahan era was a failure.
Yes there slow but in playoffs everything gets chippy and slows down so not Going to be a problem