Nick Kypreos, Justin Bourne and Sam McKee discuss the Toronto Maple Leafs recent power play struggles, where Easton Cowan fits in, and if the season is already lost. Later, Renaud Lavoie, of TVA Sports, joins the show to discuss the current state of the Montreal Canadiens, potential trade targets around the league and if the Leafs are in a position to make a move and more.
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0:00 – Recapping Leafs Loss to Chicago
7:18 – Leafs Power Play & Easton Cowan’s Fit
33:30 – Leafs Defensive Struggles
54:06 – Renaud Lavoie
1:25:54 – Red Wings & Rangers Brawl
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Real Kyper & Bourne – November 17, 2025
#NHL #Hockey #Podcast
33 Comments
fer what?
āI think no one in the East is good.ā
2 seconds later
āCarolina is great, New Jersey is pretty good.āš„“
To not even name Florida who will eventually get healthy and is b2b2b finalists (presidents trophy year before) including b2bšwho outscored a better Leafs team 18-5 the last 4.5 games of last yearās series is CLASSIC delusional leafs fan by Bourne. Florida has the most RWins in the Atlantic missing their 2 best forwards (2 future HOFers in their prime trajectory wise and 2 of 9 players who have won a title thatās won a title the last 7yrs along with Nate, Cale, Marchand, Eichel, Kuch, Point, Miko)!
Leafs arenāt even the best TEAM in Ontario!
Maple Leafs have better odds right now to miss playoffs than make them!
Please get rid of Nic Robertson, heās the type of player who be better somewhere else. 9 points in last 9 games in only 14:45 per game.
āI said this guy was built to score 25 goals for Seattleā. The team who is better than Leafs this year and who in barely any time as a franchise have made it as far as Leafs post 2002 (2nd round)?!?
Leafs loses a ton, but unlike my Cubs pre 2016 not ālovable losersā theyāre bi-polar delusional losers.
Sammy is either waving the flag at the front of the parade or he cant not stop being negative. Maybe Sammy needs a bit of a rest.
Lets try not to forget that the StLoo cup winner was down and out and being written off by mid December. So lets not jump the gun here.
Cowan is not being embarrassed, hes not being outskated, hes creating chances both 5v5 and on the PP and most importantly he is not getting out muscled in every board battle. Nobody is giving him anything.
The Appleton shot was not a couple of seconds after the horn. It was a half second at most. He was pretty much already in his backswing when the horn sounded. He could've pulled up but it would've been an unnatural motion.
You should have opened "We've had 59 years to fix the Toronto Maple Leafs" lol!
Bolts have won 8 of 11 with a massive amount of injuries. I think the Leafs just arenāt that good, itās retool time.
Loser mentality with tanking.
Nick!!!!! It is the fans who pay these players wages I believe as a fan they do deserve to know. The fluke could be what the players were doing. Oh so we protect the rich give me a break
the leafs not really worth saving since 1967š¤£
Think is early for all the panic!! Remember when Berube was Blues coach. They were last in the league in january and went on to win the cup. Things gonna turn around and they will make the playoffs. But they need to start to play like a team!!
sell at the deadline
Jack Hughes hand jokes from Bourne and Sam, classy! New Jersey WAXED the Leafs when your group was fully healthy and you all thought you were cup contenders. The Leafs are so so soft, an actual joke and so easy to rattle. Itās going to be hilarious when you trade your ā28 pick this season and just destroy the next 5 years heading towards a perpetual rebuild chasing bad money.
Spit it out Kyper , wtf
I wonder if Leafs fans still think Marner was the problem? You don't run a 100-point scorer, and his family, out of town and expect to replace him overnight. Five more gloomy years ahead!
I had psychological collapses in my life including after moving to Toronto. I understand the strain of moving to new places and starting over. Leafs have put a team together which l, on paper, looks impressive but there's the human factor and that takes time to sort out. I overcame my issues and so will they.
The leafs don't block shots, they don't throw big hits with the huge guys they have, beruebe is constantly mix the lines up, Cowen and Robertson not on the top two lines.. And 7 players who are the same, laughton/joshua/jarnkrok/domi/lorentz/machelli/Roy so half hour forwards will give you nothing. Defense/turns overs/odd man rushes… Pure insanity…oh and let's not forget Matthews injuries every single year…..then people have the balls to try and blame the goalies… LOL!!
WHY do you guys never address this key question!?? > Teams continue to keep specific player injuries a closely guarded secret, BUT are you seriously saying that opponents throughout the league don't already have a very good idea about what their true injury status actually is? Players, coaches, and national media analysts like yourselves really have no frickin' clue about specific player injury status behind the scenes?? OR is this yet another example of the "NHL Reporter's Code" to keep your mouths shut and play DUMB because not doing so will result in far less insider "trusted access" to the players and team management you rely heavily on to line your pockets??!! Are you really telling viewers with a straight face that other teams have zero clue what those mysterious "upper / lower body injuries" logically entail?? IT AIN'T ROCKET SCIENCE AND YOU GUYS DEFINITELY KNOW ALOT MORE THAN YOU "REPORT" PUBLICLY!!:(
JB putting lipstick on a pig again, they lost, end of story!
Best conversation on hockey … love you boys š
Are the Leaf nation video bloggers worth saving?
Last years 14th ranked scorer is never on this years L1 ,, on any team … He belongs in the pressbox..
-12 Domi ..
I told you guys since spring.. #89 is Leafs top4 scorer.. Higher than Marner by a mile.
You guys are braindead. Use zero stats analysis, etc.. You just ramble without any facts ..
What is the point of this then?
Are we supposed to ever take this seriously again?
Good show boys
Fact:
Any Leafs Media, spouting to trade Leafs 3 best contract values…
Tavares 1.67 G/60min @ $4.6M
Robertson 1.42 G/60min @ $1.8M
McMann 1.12 G/60min @ $1.35M
…….. are complete morons…. and loosing followers…
Oh, wait.. How rude of me.. I'll let you explain how you can trade 1 or more of the above ,, and ever improve the team… Go !
FLMAO …..
MORONS !
Trade a 1.42G/60min player, making a measly 1.8M,,,, and Leafs have a Loonie in cap space..
Please explain, how you could better the team with 0% odds of doing so in this case..
Serious stupid
Really dumb
Team A and Team B still… The core is entitled and spoiled and the depth guys arenāt pulling their weight.
Is this your job?
Use 0 stats. 0 analysis. 0 anything.. But rambke on about impossible , dumbest scenarios that cannot happen financially and for other common sense reasons..
I would fire you …
You guys are completely ignorant (I don't care if your sitting in the press box Kyoer,, you doing this show?,, get your act together and get these guy in line with the facts ready for you… it's Fn embarrassing watching this) when it come to the leafs…
It's time for a blockbuster trade… just like when the Leafs stole the Killer from the Flames. By the way this Renault dude lost all credibility when he said Shanahan can help any team. This guy is out of his clueless mind with that statement.
They didn't "Look Great" Saturday night.
The difference is the Panthers are missing close to half their team.
It's "Phillip", as in King Phillip. Not "Felipe".
I love how they argue if its worth saving meanwhile the point is your window to win a cup is rapidly closing and your team stinks you fools .Anyway you wont win anything ever .
"What. No heart". "No heart" The tinsmith forgot to give Leaf players a heart.