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Start your day with Ben Ennis and Brent Gunning in the mornings! The guys tackle everything Toronto sports and beyond live on Sportsnet 590 The FAN weekdays from 6am-9am ET.

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    • 4.1 • 326 Ratings

Start your day with Ben Ennis and Brent Gunning in the mornings! The guys tackle everything Toronto sports and beyond live on Sportsnet 590 The FAN weekdays from 6am-9am ET.

    How the Jays Measure Up to the Division Leaders

    How the Jays Measure Up to the Division Leaders

    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.

    The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.

    • 47 min
    Leafs Offseason Primer

    Leafs Offseason Primer

    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!

    The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliate.

    • 47 min
    “Good Not Good Enough” for the Leafs Anymore

    “Good Not Good Enough” for the Leafs Anymore

    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).

    The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliate.

    • 49 min
    Leafs Recent Past, Present and Future

    Leafs Recent Past, Present and Future

    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.

    The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.

    • 48 min
    What’s Next for the Shana-Plan

    What’s Next for the Shana-Plan

    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!

    The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliate.

    • 46 min
    Saying Goodbye to Sheldon Keefe

    Saying Goodbye to Sheldon Keefe

    Brent Gunning is joined by guest host Jesse Rubinoff to kick off The FAN Morning Show for some Leafs Talk. They start on yesterday’s big news coming from Toronto that Sheldon Keefe was being relieved of his duties as head coach; it leads the boys to discuss what went wrong in his tenure despite having great regular season success. They also dive into who might make the most sense to replace him behind the bench and what type of coach this group needs (36:03).

    The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliate.

    • 50 min

Customer Reviews

4.1 out of 5
326 Ratings

326 Ratings

gordonkatic ,

Bit worse, still good

The show is basically what it’s always been. Smart, wide-ranging, good chats. Toronto-focused, but not exclusively.

But it’s missing something without Brunt or somebody *like* Brunt. Get a writer type, longform thoughtful person; not a stats guy, or another news guy. You need a good conversationalist that can take the conversation to another level.

Couple minor gripes: the mix isn’t good (it’s quiet, while the ads are super loud), I have no idea why you break up the show into two files (very annoying), and a lot of your guests have crap connections and don’t do basic things (Buck often has an echo because he doesn’t use headphones. What gives?). A lot of easy fixes to make the show better, but for some reason you don’t do it.

PeterDawn88 ,

Simple

Ben is great Brent and the constant fill ins are terrible

Stewie9910 ,

New intro

The new podcast intro is worth 5 star rating alone

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