Montreal Canadiens: Habsfan vs Leafsfan Podcast – Season 2 Episode 5

On Episode 5, Ari Shapiro (Toronto Maple Leafs) and Kamal Rehman (Montreal Canadiens) discuss Leafs conspiracy, the Jonathan Drouin’s effect and much more.

Habsfan vs Leafsfan – Season 2 Episode 5 (Montreal Canadiens vs Toronto Maple Leafs).

It’s been sometimes a running gag, and other times a serious belief regarding Mike Babcock’s status on the Leafs. He’s the highest paid coach in the league, and with that, you have to think he’s untouchable to some extent right? The guys from Habsfan vs Leafsfan have the answer to that with the official release of the Babcock movie trailer (0:00). Mike Babcock: The Untouchable One will be coming to theatres near you.

Considering the Leafs an actual for the Canadiens has been hard. Mostly because they haven’t been able to beat them in the regular season for some time now (take that). However, things may be different this time, in that the quality of competition will create some interesting match ups (2:15).

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More on the Montreal Canadiens side, with Jonathan Drouin slowly becoming the marquee figure in Montreal, is it possible this has an effect of Max Pacioretty? Is it possible that Drouin could become the literal and figurative leader on the team?

Next, both Ari and Kamal decided to have their rants focus on Leafs management. The former in how making use of LTIR is an asset made to be used (12:48), and the latter on how it’s unfair for the salary cap to punish teams who are intentionally bad to be good in the future (14:49). If you don’t catch on to it, Kamal’s portion is very much tongue in cheek.

Finally, Andrew Walker (@AndrewWalker650) from Sportsnet 650 joined Ari to discuss why it’s important to temper expectations, and the benefits of an accelerated rebuild (17:48).

Follow @HabsvsLeafs and co-hosts Ari Shapiro (@ari_shapiro) and Kamal Rehman (@kamalrehman10), and look for new episodes as the season continues.

Check out previous episodes down below:

• Habsfan vs Leafsfan – Season 2 Episode 4
• Habsfan vs Leafsfan – Season 2 Episode 3
• Habsfan vs Leafsfan – Season 2 Episode 2
• Habsfan vs Leafsfan – Season 2 Episode 1
• Habsfan vs. Leafsfan – Season 1 Episode 16 (Game 7 Predictions)
• Habsfan vs. Leafsfan – Season 1 Episode 15
• Habsfan vs. Leafsfan – Season 1 Episode 14 (Playoff Predictions)
• Habsfan vs. Leafsfan – Season 1 Episode 13 (01/07/2017)
• Habsfan vs. Leafsfan – Season 1 Episode 12 (12/08/16)
• Habsfan vs. Leafsfan – Season 1 Episode 11 (11/26/2016)
• Habsfan vs. Leafsfan – Season 1 Episode 10. (11/15/2016)
• And many more…