Halford & Brough in the Morning - It's Playoff Weekend For Vancouver Sports

Episode Date: October 31, 2025

In hour two, Mike & Jason preview Saturday's Whitecaps playoff matchup at FC Dallas, the boys do some Halloween-themed Ask Us Anythings (3:00), plus they preview tomorrow's BC Lions playoff game versus Calgary with radio commentator Bob "The Moj" Marjanovich (24:06). This podcast is produced by Andy Cole and Greg Balloch. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Media Inc. or any affiliate.

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orthotics working together with you in step. Our next guest is the owner and proprietor of AJ's pizza on East Broadway. It's AJ here now on the Halford and Brough show on SportsNet 650. What up, AJ? What is going on? What's going on today? Nothing. Nothing. Nothing at all. Just some rain. Just some pizza. Just some candy. Before we get into everything, I want to once again, just let everybody know that in addition to AJ's having great pizza and sports on all the time and beer, you also have a pretty good chance of running into at least one SportsNet 650 personality anytime you go there now.

So Drans and Dodd are doing shows on the regular there. But AJ's also very kindly hosted the entire staff, minus Halford and Brough, but the entire staff, everybody. You guys have been there already. Yeah, everybody was there. Alatti wasn't there either.

But on behalf of the entire crew, thank you very much for hosting everyone this week. Oh, yeah, it was great. And then we get, we get to, we get Dranser in tonight again. Yeah, that's right. Dranser and the crew are coming by to watch game six of the World Series. but I want to fast forward to tomorrow and what could be like an all-timer

for maybe your restaurant but the rest of the city at large. You got the Lions playoffs at 2.30. You have the Canucks game at 4. You have the white caps at 6.30 and then depending on how things go tonight, you could also sandwiched in there have game 7 of the World Series.

What kind of crowd are you anticipating at AJ's this weekend, especially tomorrow? I'm exhausted. I don't even know if I'm going. That's it. I might. I'm not going to say. survive. You know what? It's

going to be great. This is what it's all about. Laddie. Good luck. And I mean that. This is what it's just going to be great. And everybody, I mean, right, if it runs into Saturday, I mean, thankfully we open up at 10 a.m. on Sunday, so you're either celebrating or drowning. I'm going to go in tomorrow and ask them to put on

the Columbus St. Louis hockey games. You should. Or some random, some random football game. Can we watch Army and Navy, please? All right. Where are the blue jacket? You know what to do this weekend, everybody. If you got no plans tomorrow, go to A.J's all afternoon and all evening.

Eat pizza, drink beer, watch sports. AJ, thanks for doing this today, bud. Try and enjoy the weekend, okay? I will. I will. You guys too. Thanks, buddy. Appreciate it.

That's AJ from A J's Pizza on his Broadway. A reminder, a reminder that we are giving away a $100 gift card today. I always say giveaway. It's not a giveaway. It's a contest. The best ask us anything into the Dunbar Lumber text message in basketball. Will you laughing at it? Does it really matter?

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The Dunbar Lumber text message in basket is 650, 650. Hashtag it, AUA, and put a pizza emoji into your text. You'll be entered into the contest to win a $100 gift card to AJ's pizza on East Broadway. How are we doing there on the phone there, Andy? He's still working out. We're going to do a white caps preview. God, there's a lot going on right now. I just realized this.

Just to set up the rest of the show, at 7.30, we're going to do a BC Lions playoff preview with Moge. The Lions are hosting the stamps tomorrow 2.30 BC Place. Go to BCLions.com for tickets. If you want to go watch the Western semifinal, which improbably, given how they were earlier this year, the Lions are hosting. So there's one. Tomorrow, 4 o'clock in Minnesota at the Grand Casino Arena, the Canucks are going to be playing the wild. So there's that as well.

And then at 6.30, here's the situation. situation for the white caps. They are in Dallas for the second of this best of three. There's no aggregate. There's no goals for road or away. Those don't matter. Do they go to penalties of its tide? Right after 90 minutes. Yeah, there's no extra time. It just goes straight to penalty. So every match has a winner and has a loser. So if the caps win on Saturday in Dallas, they will advance to the MLS Western Conference semifinals. So this will be the first they've gone on the playoffs in an awfully long time. So there's a lot at stake on Saturday.

Do you think Dallas will just kind of give up? That would be nice if they did, because they were so outclassed in game one. Just waving the white flag in Dallas? I don't know. They were very, okay, so I watched a bunch, despite everything else going on in the world of sports, I still made it a priority to watch some of the other MLS first round playoff matchups. Because statistically, the first round is... You are honestly a sports watching machine.

I love my job, except the people. have to work with. But I do love this job. Yeah, that's fair. Yeah. And the hours. And the hours. That's it. But statistically, there's been a heavy lean towards, as you would expect, the home team in the opening match. Sure. None of the matches were as one-sided. None of them as the white cabs demolition of Dallas. None. I just don't like, I'd want the white caps to put these guys away. They should put them away. You know? Dallas, and I don't know how much we really

covered this part of it, but Dallas had a very weird run into the playoffs. They caught fire in the late summer and early fall and managed to work their way in. How are we doing on the phones there? Any luck so far? We're trying to get Kael and Kyle on the show, by the way. She is of course, for MLS seasons

past, she's an analyst for their studio show. Also, capped over a hundred time for the Canadian women's national team. The product of Saskatoon Minor Soccer, Saskatchewan there. So we'll try and get her on the phone. If not, we can always dive back in to the Dunbar Lumber text message in basket.

Get your what we learns and ask us anything's in. Also, if you want to weigh in on last night's Canucks game, it was a very gutsy, gritty, 4-3 shootout victory for the Vancouver Canucks over the St. Louis Blues in St. Louis yesterday, thanks to Kiever Sherwood's heroics with a natural hat trick during regulation. Okay, Jeff

the insulation slinger, hasn't asked us anything. Okay. What constitutes jumping on the bandwagon? Ninety-two and 93 were during my formative years, the Robbie Al-Alamar Choppel running the bases and Joe Carter's Homer are forever etched in my memory even Olerud's swing is what I picture

what I picture whenever I pick up a bat but I'm now in my 40s with four kids in the life of working and coaching every second of my life my day-to-day Jay's knowledge comes mostly from this show and this playoff run has me and my family captivated to the point I may project the game in the driveway tonight for trick-or-treaters are we a bandwagon family

I don't really care just curious about the definition I think you're a bandwagon family but there's nothing wrong with that some people are too busy to follow the day to day of a baseball team

the sort of loose dictionary definition is that you you come around only when they're winning like you're singing when they're winning that's sort of the thing right now there's a difference between

he he supports of the team at a time. So I'm almost hesitant to classify that as a bandwagon jumper. I'm also hesitant to put parameters on it because I don't even like the idea of like quote unquote shaming the bandwagon. Like we've talked about plenty of times. Like it's hard to follow everything. Well, Halford, like I am an England bandwagoner.

Like when it comes to soccer, like I don't follow, I don't follow the day to day of like English soccer. But I just happen to really love rooting for, I mean, it kills me, but rooting for them in big tournaments because, you know, for most of my life, I haven't had Canada to cheer for at major tournaments and Canada still isn't going to be able to qualify for the Euros, right? It's nice, you know, my dad's English, so I cheer for them, right? There's that connection there and I like to, you know, as much as, again, it kills me.

Like, it's fun to be part of a supporters group like England. It reminds me of being a Canucks fan, right? Like, I'm a total bandwagon guy. Every year the squad is like, I don't know who that guy is. But there is. But I will develop a hard opinion on him in about half a game. I was like either don't like that guy or really like that guy. But in your case, there is a past loyalty of some measure where you be like, I've done this for a while.

I just don't keep up with it with regularity. Right. Some people get upset when someone shows up with none of that history there. Right. And that, I guess, is maybe... Is that like front running? A little bit. Yeah.

A little bit. Laddy, let's turn our attention to you. Do you have any bandwagon jumpers in your sphere, your circle, your cash? Everyone in my life is talking baseball now, which is generally not the case. I don't know if you guys find this shocking, but most people don't want to talk about baseball 24-7. I know I'm like me. Does it bother you or you like it? It's amazing.

Some people it bothers them. You guys make fun of me. Every time I bring up baseball in the show, most people, you know, most of me. of the time. So the fact that I get to freely talk about baseball now and nobody gets angry at me, why would I be upset about that? It's a celebration for you and kind of shaded us for being mean through the entire year.

You guys are terribly mean. It was the Korean baseball more than anything else. It was the Korean baseball more than anything else. I go a little overboard at the baseball, but hey, it's a great sport. Everyone's realizing it and I'm not angry about that. I find it, I find it refreshing and enjoyable. I understand there

are some annoyances. And actually, you mentioned it when you have these really hot, passionate takes about England. But it's just, it's more... Oh, sorry, what were you going to say? Because I don't... That was it. Like, that's, that I see,

rubs people the wrong way. When someone waltzes in and hasn't been following the team all year and suddenly... Yeah, don't tell me I'm wrong. Don't do that. Yeah. I will say, when the Js were playing the Mariners, I was irked. And I mentioned this on the air and I'll reiterate it again. It's because there was a lot of people that didn't watch baseball all year.

And that's fine. You're busy, you got a million things on the go, but they felt compelled the way in because it was the hot topic of the day. Because all of a sudden, the lower mainland had this tribalism between Mariners fans and Blue Jays fans. And everyone felt the need to have their say, sometimes, and again, this goes back to the Mike Halford PR company that I'm going to form one day. Sometimes you don't have to say anything. You don't always need to interject or weigh in or offer your two cents or give your thoughts and opinions. you don't sometimes you can just be like all right i'm not i'm going to sit this one out there's lots of conversations that go on in my world where i'm like i don't know what's going on here

ask me about anything related to money or finances i'm like don't know about that can't weigh in wallet inspector right i'm not getting if someone talks about investing i'm like i i know what the word when that market collapses oh boy you're going to have something to say i keep my money in a shoebox under the bed that is my financial investing plan that's it right so i don't i don't weigh in on those things i don't pretend to know i don't try and put on airs about it. I don't know. It's not my thing. So it's okay to not weigh in sometimes. But being a fan, go for it. Get all in. It's fun. Scott with Anaskus anything. Um, Adog, I think we'll need you for this. Which horror movie franchise do you think you could live through if you were transported

into that world? Wow, what a great call. Oh, the shining. I would just lock myself in a closet. I don't know like it. What about that Russia? A dog comes down the hall. He'd be so happy in that hotel. You thought about this. Man, look how much room there is. Just months. He'd wake up after four months. You're like, what happened to you?

There's blood everywhere. Minus the dead bodies and the blood everywhere. This is a lovely hotel. Whose typewriter is this? It's always talking to me. I was locked in the pantry the whole time. I think I would do okay in the Shining Hotel. Okay.

Mike would then ask us anything. Who's the scariest of the classic monsters? Vampire. werewolf zombie witch no mummy or Frankenstein in there there's an other okay you are answering all of these by the way

I'm just keeping quiet I can turn my microphone off this is an A dog very A dog It's like no mummy or Frankenstein That's an interesting question You can tell his thought of the black lagoon You can tell he's thought about all of these In great detail before we've asked the question That's the best word

Mommies aren't scary No they're wrapped in toilet paper And depending on what kind of zombie we're talking about Like if you talk about your traditional like walking dead zombie, they're super slow. But if you're talking like your 28 days later, like sprinting zombie, those are scary because they're running super fast. I don't know. I don't, I don't care for zombie movies.

They're exhausting. Especially the running, like let's talk a little about about the running fast zombies. Well, the 28 days later was like the high water mark. Like that was like the best one. Or what's the last of us? Is that, is that kind of the zon? Well, that's a good show. But it's not.

It's not. I got tired of it. It was just like, well, How do these things get all of a sudden special athletic powers because you've got this virus? I don't know. Like the... They train? They don't train.

They don't train. They don't train at all. They were just angry. Yeah, very angry. Well, if you were taken over by a fun guy as well, you wouldn't be a very fun guy either, would you? God. I don't know. I think my answer would be probably vampire maybe or which.

The answer is which because it's real. Yeah, which is the only real one. this whole lot. They can put a spell on you. The witches are real. But they have special powers in a lot of situations, don't they? Are you saying witches don't have special powers, bro? Are you willing to go out there and say this? Yes, I am. Only the ones on Etsy, apparently. Oh, man, broff's going to get a spell put on a big time. Yeah, I would say witches or vampires probably be the scariest. They could both charm you and put a spell on you and you'd be out of your, you wouldn't have any control over your own body. Call it into Wasson, ask us anything. This is a good one. I've thought

about this during the break. Is this Blue Jay's team the most likable team on a personnel basis that you've ever rooted for? So I, from a personal standpoint because you're all going to be personal answers. We've sort of re-litigated

the 2011 Canucks roster a billion times and everything about that team. But I think we both come to the understanding that it was not, it was not a likable team. They had very, unsavory characters on it to the rest

of the National Hockey League? The Cedines were likable. I know, but it was the other guys. It was La Piers, it was Torres. I mean, Luongo did not endear himself to anyone. Burroughs. Take your pick, right? So we kind of understood that. I love them because the Cedines were the forefront of that team and the Cedines are

about as good a human beings as you can get, I think. But even the Cedines, like, in that playoffs run, like they flopped a bit. They did flop a bit, right? So there are people like, oh, come on, these guys are all right? But the low end of like dislikeability. The guys that were just like, I understand why

you don't like that guy. Yeah, lapier. Yeah. Well, I mean, remember, I think we made the joke. We're like, Rafi Torres was the fourth most hated player on that team, whereas otherwise it'd be number one. So I get that. I also, as a kid, I grew up cheering for the Oakland days. And, you know, with the benefit of

hindsight, that team is incredibly problematic because Mark McGuire was a steroid cheat. And Jose Canseco is like a walking parody of Jose Cansecoe sake now, right? So some of the... He's almost not real.

Yeah, you know, he's like, is that really a person? You're like, he used to be. Anyway, so Colin brings up a good question because one of the things and what? He used to be. It used to be. Buck and Dan went on this little soliloquy during game five talking about that maybe outside of Los Angeles, every MLB market would or has a reason to be cheering and liking the Blue Jays.

because of the way that they're built and the way that they play baseball. And I'm like, oh, don't say that out loud. Like, that's how people start hating, right? It's like Blue Jays content crammed down our throat. Now, there's another market, Laddie, that probably outside of L.A. that does not care for the Blue Jays.

And that would be... The one that's told me to go to hell about approximately 3,000 times in the last week or so? Seattle does not find... Yeah, those guys. Seattle does not find Toronto likable in the slightest. No. So there's that.

But anyway, back to the original point. It is a very, very likable Blue Jays team. And I can say that as a neutral, like if I was to look at this as a neutral, obviously would like the Blue Jays to be the Dodgers. Let's get that out of the way. But they've got a lot of guys on this team that are sort of career grinders,

lunch bucket types, not flashy, very relatable. And take your pick. Nathan Lucas, Davis, Davis, Schneider, Ernie Clement. I mean, these are not guys that, either had like the great lineage of baseball talent they weren't first round draft picks they weren't guys that were highly sought after free agents i think a guy like kirk is likable right a Alejandro kirk you know they are a there's a lot of likable characters on the team you're

smirking the entire time i want to know just a text we got in the inbox uh-huh what did it say it's unrelated it's from mike the urologist from brockville i saw patient once and ask what she did for a living she said witch i asked for how long she's been a witch she said i'm a seventh Generation Witch, I didn't ask any more questions out of the fear of hexing. Okay, I would ask more questions. Yeah, you got to pry a little bit there. It's like, did you go to witch school? How do you...

From the Salem area? How do you make a living? Right? Because you... Etsy, yeah. Apparently. You make little crafts, you make little spells, people buy them from you. Is the economy going to collapse soon? Because, like, what are we...

Is it AI and Etsy witch? Is that what we're doing right now? Are we still doing NFTs? I think those... You missed the boat on that, but... Damn! I was like, I just bought seven grand's worth.

My board ape. For those of you that were waiting for the White Caps' MLS preview, we apologize, we had difficulties getting a hold of Kael and Kyle on the phone,

and now, of course, the segment is coming to a close because, before we go to break, I still need to do the one to watch, brought to you by Limitless AV, Vancouver's most trusted audiovisual integration experts.

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And we looked down the list and there were some candidates, but Evander Cain was the guy. Sure enough, Evander Cain scores yesterday. Or so we thought. The goal was unceremoniously ripped off the board after a goalie interference call on McKinsey McKeckern welcome to the team

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It's infuriating delivery. Are you even trying to throw it hard? Tonight's one to watch is the guy going opposite Yamamoto on the bump tonight. Kevin Gossman, don't call me Guzman, who has a chance to etch his name into Blue Jays' lore by being the starting pitcher in a game six where the Canucks where the Blue Jays have their first opportunity to win their first World Series since 1993.

Jason mentioned he's going up against a formidable football. foe in Yamamoto. It's Gossman. It's Yamamoto. Kevin Gossman is your one to watch tonight. Brought to you by Limitless A.V., Vancouver's most trusted audiovisual integration experts, specializing in seamless video conferencing solutions and hybrid workspaces. Book your personalized tour of their experience center today at limitlessav.c.a.orgia. Also, got to mention, Blue Jays game day here on Sportsnet 650, brought to you by capable one door and gate services. Whether you need repairs on loading bay doors, underground parking gates or other door issues.

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650, 650. Hashtag at AUA and put a pizza emoji into text. We're getting some good responses there, for sure. We just completed the giveaway of the $250 gift card to Golf Town. You said you were going to warn people, but you didn't. It didn't.

There was a lot going. Why you're a liar? Last thing yesterday either, but we had people paying attention because they still called in. Last segment was a roller coaster. That's a good giveaway, man. $250. We had to do Limitless AV.

We thought we had Kail and Kyle to do a whitecaps preview. We didn't. I was excited about the moge coming on the show. Like I'm not a golfer. What can that actually get you? Is that a lot? Like one box of Provee once?

A sleeve No, I can't know that'll that'll supply you for golf balls for sure Nice And I was, of course, I got distracted because I was excited Not just about talking to the Moge But there's a playoff game of BC Place For the second consecutive weekend Tomorrow Saturday, November 1st at BC Place

Your BC Lions will host the West Semifinal Against the Calgary Stampeters 2.30 kickoff And our next guest will be on the call Play-by-Play Voice of the BC Lions Bob the Moge Marjanovich here on the Halford and Breff Show on Sports Night 650. What up, Moge? Oh, you guys cracked me up.

That was a good line there, bro. A box of ProVee once. Yeah, those things are expensive, man. You think? Yeah. I don't even play Provee once anymore. My game is too. My game has slipped so much that...

Are you going to take the Kirkland years of your life? Pretty much that. To use golf balls that I'll get from our buddy Mario. He sets up shop down by Northview. Oh, awesome. So I'll pull over, pick up, and use golf balls now. My days of using ProVee ones like Brandy once forget about it. All right, Moj, let's talk about this Lions game.

I did not think they'd be hosting a playoff game, but here they are after a red-hot finish to the season. They're going to be the favorites over the stampeters. What do they need to do to get this done and get to Saskatchewan for the West Final? Well, I think, number one, they have to put some points on the board. I mean, that's obvious. But the reason I say that is because Calgary would love to grind the ball out with Diedrich Mills, the CFO's leading rusher.

So if you want to take him out of the game, try to make this into a track meet, right? Conversely, Calgary will try to grind the ball along the ground and, you know, maintain the time of possession over the lines or have it as an advantage in that. But I think if you can make this into a bit of a track me, put some points on the board, take Mills out of it, and, you know, force Verdon Adams to make some throws that sometimes, you know, he gets criticized for, so to speak. I think that would probably be the motive that the Lions are looking for tomorrow. You know, I think there's that old football adage, you know, especially with those

divisional games where you face an opponent twice and then you've got to try and beat them a third time, especially in the playoffs, it becomes increasingly difficult. If you look at the numbers during the regular season, like the Lions didn't just take care of the stamps. They did it pretty emphatically. There's a big point differential between the two and Adams wasn't great, but the challenges that lie ahead. You've been around the game for a long time. What is the biggest challenge about being that team for a third time? Well, I mean, it's just, you know, when you're

talking about two teams that are pretty much equals, and what I mean by that is, you know, in terms of talent, right? So it's difficult to win three games in a row, but, you know, it can be done. I mean, we've seen it done in the past. I think one of the big things is just headspace, where your head's out. And here's the one thing you mentioned that the line Giants dominated Calgary. Let's not forget that Calgary came back late in that game against the Lions here at BC Place and the Lions needed an interception to seal

the deal. So I think that kind of bodes well for Calgary's psyche heading into this one. You know, they know that, hey, okay, these guys aren't invincible. We almost took them to the mat here right at the end of the game. So for me, I'm thinking this is going to be a really close game.

I really do. I think the Lions will come on on top just because of home field advantage, but this is not going to be one of those 41, 18 blowouts. You mentioned playing at home. Let's discuss it. I've been talking about it all week

that for back-to-back weekends, you get playoff games at BC Place. Last Sunday, had the White Cups this Saturday. You get the Lions. And for fans in BC, this might be the last chance they get to see the Lions play at home this year. Yeah, I mean, obviously with FIFA's World Cup

coming next year, the Lions might not be looking at a home date until August, right? So it's going to be a while. But, you know, they've gone out there this week in full, Props to the Lions front office and their sales staff, it's just been a blitz in terms of selling tickets. And one of the disadvantages that they had is they've only had, whatever,

five, six days to sell tickets, right? It's not like they clinched first place in the West. And, hey, you know what? They're hosting the Western Final, and you had a month to promote it like the Saskatchewan Roughriders app. But, yeah, so props to the Lions of, you know, they're probably going to push just over $30,000, I imagine. But to me, like, the big thing that I've kind of hyped about this week is everyone talks about Amar Delman being, you know, the great owner of the Lions.

And trust me, he is that I'd just like to see a really good crowd just as a thank you to Omar Delman. Never mind the team because this is a guy that's put his heart in soul and cold hard cash into the organization. It'd be nice to see the fans kind of reward them with a really good turnout come tomorrow. What are going to be the challenges for the Lions with the World Cup coming? I know they've got to move some of their games, but is there anything, like, beyond that? Is there, I mean, is it going to be just difficult to not have access to the facility or do they not access BC Place much anyway on?

No, they don't access BC Place other than games. I mean, they even used to have their walk-through practices. Today, they'll actually have a media availability session at BC Place, but that's because the CFL is running this game. The league runs the playoff games. for the most part, the lions don't even walk through a BC place. And what I mean by walk through is the practice the day before the game, which, you know, guys just kind of walking around,

going through formations and alignments and stuff. So they don't use BC plays other than games now. So I think the biggest challenge, like, you know, for next year, is just trying to get into a regular routine. I know they're going to be based out of Colonna for two, three weeks, so they'll be up there practicing. And, you know, it'll be like, I don't want to say another training camp, but, you know, logistically speaking, it will be.

You're going to have to set up, you know, temporary film rooms, physio areas, all of that, wherever they set up shop in Kelowna. But I think the bigger thing, too, is just you're going to be out of sight, out of mind for basically a month or two while you're on the road. However, when you do come back, you are going to have a stretch of games where, you know, you might be playing every second weekend at BC place, which will be good in terms of trying to build up fan support. Are they playing two games in Kelowna?

Yes. Okay. How hot is it going to be there? Trust me. If someone who held a golf tournament up there in July, it's going to be stinking hot. It can get up to, you know, 40 degrees easily. But the other thing, too, they've got to be cognizant of that time of year is wildfires as well, right? Like, you know, if you have any smoke in the air, whatever the case may be.

We were lucky this year, obviously. But in past years, it's been pretty bad. But, yeah, I mean, it's stifling up there in the summer. It'll be, like I said, you'll be pushing 40 in a lot of days. Well, fingers crossed for the weather, because I think the city of Colonna is going to support that very well, and I think it'll be enjoyable. Let's turn our attention to the Vancouver Canucks, and you wrote about Evander Kane.

What did you conclude? Yeah, just a piece for black press, and a lot of stuff that you guys already hit on. I heard Alford talking about it the other day. I mean, here's a guy that, you know, and he even he admits, he missed an entire year last year, right? Let's not kid ourselves. He comes back into the playoffs, and a lot of the adrenaline, I should say, gets him through

the first couple of rounds, and then he kind of faded a little bit. So I think he's just trying to get his game back, trying to find his legs, as he said. I mean, he feels positive. He feels optimistic, obviously, last night scored a goal, and trust me, I don't know how they took that goal off the board. I know you guys have talked about it this morning. The goalie had a complete chance to reset. And they still call the goal interference, which makes no sense.

I swear to God, I think it's the CFO guys running the NHO replay center last night. But, yeah, I mean, you know, he knows there's pressure on him. But at the same time, this is a guy who really doesn't care what, you know, other people are saying or thinking it's just about him and it's the inner circle that he has. But, yeah, I mean, we're starting to see positives, right? But it's going to be difficult because, like I said, I mean, here's a guy that missed an entire season. and it takes time to get caught up. And one of the other things you talk about, too,

is the fact that you're in the playoffs, you're seeing the same opponent, you're playing every second night. Well, now you're playing five games in eight nights in five different cities, right? So getting used to the grind of the NHL or something as well. Did you have a long conversation with him?

Yeah, we did, actually, probably about five, ten minutes in the dressing room after the game the other day. What else did you chat about? Is he enjoying it being in Vancouver? Yeah, he is. It's kind of funny. He was talking about playing in Vancouver,

and one of the things that I brought up, I didn't put it in the story because you just didn't see how it would squeeze it in. But we were talking about, you know, Pat Quinn back in the day would love to bring B.C. guys back to Vancouver. He just felt that they'd get a bump playing in front of family and friends and that accountability, so to speak. And the better kind of chuckled.

He said, yeah, it is fun playing back home in front of family and friends. He's a little different now than perhaps when he came in. Obviously, he doesn't have to get tickets for everybody anymore, right? I mean, if you wanted to go to the game, you're pretty much on your own. But he does enjoy playing back home in front of family and friends. And I don't know if he really kind of bought into that accountability thing that we talked to with your family and friends. But he says it's just different. Okay, have you got a food of the week now?

Moge. I love it. So Moge. Is this a thing that Moge is doing? I just want to shout out some foods that I like. Yeah, basically, I want to shut out some food today. Is that okay with you? That's awesome.

I want to say some guests, they do no prep, and it shows before they come on the Halford and Breff Show. Moge goes the extra mile. He gives us these detailed talking points. And this time, he's got a food of the day, which is an initiative all to Moge. You came up with this on your own. It's like a spin-off of Ask Us anything.

What is today's food of the day? Shout out of food, Moge. I'm going to give a shout-out and a shout-out to a local proprietor. A little hole in the wall place. I had a craving for roti yesterday. Okay. Do you guys ever have roti? Yeah, the unleavened flat bread, kind of like a wrap?

Yeah, it's kind of like a wrap. Well, the best roti in the lower mainland, bar nine, all right? You got to go to a place called Rahanas, Rahinas. It's on Port Moody or on Clark or whatever. Like when you come down the hill from Coquitlam, it's just on the left-hand side. It's just a little hole in the wall place, but damn it has the best road. I just had a craving for her roti yesterday. She actually kept, she'd closed for lunch.

I phoned. She said she closed. She recognized me. She goes, I'll make you a roti come by, pick it up. And I came by after practice and picked it up. So good. Oh, I'm telling you, just try it, and you'll thank me later. Rehanas, Roti, and Trinidad in Port Moody.

I'm looking at it right now. Did she recognize you when you said, hey, it's the moj? No. She doesn't even know what I do. She just recognized me as a guy who's been there quite a few times. A roadie enthusiast. That's what he is. Yeah.

I'm telling you, fellows, get the goat roti. Okay. Right? I'm in. And it's kind of like it comes like potatoes and curry spice and all that. Oh my gosh. I had it yesterday to die for it. Anyone who's tried it, you'll probably actually text you right now in the inbox and say,

Moja's bang on with that call. Can we do and ask us anything with Moj is not food related, but this will be fun. Yeah. How old is too old. for trick-or-treating. That comes from Jason in Burnaby. How old is too old for trick-or-treating? I'd probably put the cut-off, probably like about 14, 15.

Oh, that's way too old. Way too old. Yeah, even at 13, I was like, eh, I shouldn't be doing this. I think, maybe the rule... Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. So what's grade seven? That's like 12, I think, right? Okay, so yeah, okay, I'd go 12.

Like, once you're in high school, no more trick-old. Bingo. That's the right answer. What about when your voice breaks? I don't want to hear any electric or drink or treat. You got any candy there? When your voice breaks. When your voice breaks. That's a sliding scale.

No, it is a sliding scale. But that's the advantage. If you're a little smaller and your voice is taking time to break, then you get to trick or treat for the next year. There are people that I know, and you probably know them as well. People that are like 45, 50 and their voice still has. and broke. Mr.

Rejanovich, I'm here for your candy. Oh, is this Mike Tyson at my door? What's going on there? Kid shaving at your door? Yeah. Mudge,

this has been great as always, buddy, you're the best. Enjoy the game tomorrow. I hope it's a lot of fun. I hope the Lions have a win, and I hope you have a good call. Thanks for doing this, man. And by the way,

Dollywall is coming up at 8. He is. Let him know that the show is called Halford and Brough. He always calls it Bruff and Rough. Yeah, I know. He does a lot of things that, quite frankly,

nobody agrees with it. Modge, you should see. where I can watch the White Caps game too. Take care, fellas. Have a very weekend. Be alive. I was going to see who he left, but I was going to say,

you should see my text history with Dollywall. It is shocking. Yeah, you've shown us. The grammatical mistakes. It's a grammatical crime scene. You should show like a friend that's a teacher.

He spelled Stamco's with an E. Yeah. I saw it. It's right. It's true. S-T-A-M-K-O-S-E. Stamco's like a hose I'll actually take you through our

Oh God Text yesterday Sure And he said Okay we're going to talk about the game The Sherwood contract Yep Injuries update

Got it And then he said The update on trades for second line center Okay And I said I can't do another update For a 2C I just can't I just can't

And I said I'd rather hear a Julesen update By the way it was no Julesen That hurt Coutureier Yesterday with a shot Really? He deped him. Depeded him? Yeah.

And then so Rick goes They're trying hard Like on a 2C Oh Like they're trying They're trying hard Okay

I was like How do you try hard To make a trade He's like They call every team Every day I'm like I guess that's trying hard

I guess that That sounds kind of like annoying and a little bit Like hey it's Patrick Alvin again And do you have the second line center today? I mean, if that's, if you're, if you're a telemarketer and your job is to call people,

and you call everyone, technically you are trying hard. So in a very roundabout way, I get what Rick is talking about, getting a hold of Steve, or the Nashville Predators and Barry Trots on Steve Stamco's. Can you believe that they're kicking tires apparently on Stamco's? I can because of the desperation. I don't like to, I don't like believing that it's true and really. but I know that it is. Like, does anyone here right now

think that that's a good idea? No. It's a terrible idea. I think it's a great idea. Follow-up question. Do you completely understand why they're doing it? No, man, it should be Matt. It should be Barzell.

Should be going after Barzell? I put that out on Twitter. I put that on Twitter yesterday. Well, let's talk about that. Trouble in paradise. Yeah. Get the audio out of there. Patrick Waugh audio talking yesterday.

So yesterday, on a very busy day in the National Hockey League, Marty Naches gets a monster extension in Colorado. there's 11 games across the league. There was a very interesting development from the New York Islanders who benched and a healthy scratch forward Matthew Barzell as a disciplinary measure

after he was late for the team bus ahead of the game day skate they were playing in Carolina yesterday. Here's what head coach Patrick Waugh had to say about the incident, the punishment, and what comes next. Well, he was late at the day was late this morning here,

So that's the culture of our team. And we made the decision to not play him tonight. And Barzley is not, he doesn't feel good about it, but he respect the decision, he understands it. He was really good about it. Like I said to him, it happened to me when I was in Colorado different ways, but didn't have a good miss a practice, missed two games. So, I mean, that's the culture of our team,

and we believe in it. But he's good about it. He's very good about it. Is this a one-game thing in clean slate starting tomorrow? Yeah, played in Washington, absolutely. No one here is mad at Barsey. You know, it's just the culture that we put in place. And we're a team.

We stick together. And then those compassion is a very important thing. And we have a decision to make, and we made that decision today. who comes in for him we're going to make some roster move this afternoon but you'll know more tonight and then the islanders lost 6-2 to Carolina

and the kid that they called up was one of their first round picks from Bridgeport I can't remember his name in the moment but he couldn't make it to Carolina in time because there was terrible weather in the northeast so they had to go 11-7 so they suspended them you're late too yeah did you miss the bus anyway so

at first blush you're like whatever misses a team bus or late for it misses a game. Disciplinary, but it seems like they're moving on. Hold on. Arthur Staples covered the Islanders for forever, longtime hockey scribe, took to Twitter, and he put out the following. Quote, when you see this happen, it's usually not the first time. It's the last straw. Having said that, Waugh and Matthew Darsh better be right about this move. Barzell is 28. He's not 18 years old. Everyone around the aisles knows him well, and if he's gotten leeway in the past, it's hard to suddenly rain it in now. Weakening the roster in a fairly big game

is also a choice. Player leadership group had to be on board with this too, I'm sure, but they might have looked for alternate ways to deliver a message. Is that speculation or do you think that's informed speculation? Knowing Arthur, the way that I don't know. We've known him for a long time. I think it's a reporter. I think he's pretty dialed it. I don't think he'd throw it out there if he just thought it was on a whim. And I think there's probably something to it. Because when I heard that he was being healthy scratch for being late for a team bus. Yeah. I was like, how late was he?

Well, I'd also feel, does the punishment fit the crime? Yeah. And I'm like, and surely there's some, there's a first step that you can, you can do for being late to a bus. Which begs the question. Mm-hmm. Is this the first time? Right.

Is there maybe, maybe he was just a little bit late, but he showed up with like a whole bunch of Starbucks or something. They're like, oh, okay. Right. You could have been on time. Yeah. You just had to stop for the Starbucks. And we don't know the details behind.

it. It's just interesting to bring up for the reasons that Arthur Staple put out there. I would sure solve the Canucks 2C problem. Although it would probably cost them an arm in LA, I assume. I mean, there are some red flags with Barcell. The health is one of them, for sure. He's missed a lot of time. He never developed into the player like he was touted to be.

He's still a very good player, but he's not like, he wasn't like, didn't become like the superstars. I'm thought he might. He's a playmaker though. I mean, that's, that's, that's desperately what they did right now. He was a point per game player a couple years ago, three seasons ago, point per game player. Desperate is the key point in all of this because if you're calling the predators on Stamco's, you're desperate for centers, meaning that... Is Stamco's even a center anymore? I mean, I think in Nashville he's toyed with it, but he's also played on the wing on an O'Reilly line. I think they did O'Reilly Forsberg in Stamco. He's

minus 42 as a predator. Right. Now... In like a year and a bit. I think that... That just means he's an important player on the bad team. Yeah. I think that... I think that It's always, if you look at the, if you go out and look at, like, the leaders in minuses, it's usually some pretty good names. But they're all guys on terrible team. Ovi's been on that list before, right? Without question. I think it would be a huge, huge ask to plop him into a team and be like,

you need to do some heavy lifting here, which is exactly what he'd have to do in Vancouver. I don't think that that Nashville thing is ever going to work out because I think that it's like the apartment that he moved into after the divorce. You're like, you know what I mean? Like, maybe the next apartment will be better, but that one is like, it's always going to be bad. Like, his heart was broken

the entire first year he was in Nashville. Even though he picked up a cool racing car bed? I stand still depressed. He's got hot dogs thorn in the sink. I stand by it. Like, he had his heart ripped out by the Tampa Bay situation, and he never recovered the first year. And I just wonder if Nashville is just the scene of too much stuff.

They're also not a very good team. That doesn't help by it, right? Maybe his legs are done, man. Well, there's also that. a reason why they started moving him to the wing in Tampa Yep It's like when you're at center

You gotta be able to skate And if you can't skate Like I think he's still pretty good on the power play I think he is as well But you mean Going back Could be almost directly to your point Like him coming to Vancouver

They'd be like you need to do a ton of center stuff Right you need to play a lot of it And it would be a I don't know man Maybe they just need goal scores Or maybe just like I guess God Lucas Reich almost played 20 minutes last night I just want to point that out He was right in there playing a ton.

And again, I know it was 24 minutes. Over 24 minutes for Sherwood is crazy. And you know they were at the bench. He's like, can we get this guy a little more ice time? Get him out there again? Maybe he can play center. Okay. We got to go to break.

Before we go to break, I need to tell you about the BC Lions. Not much of a puck distributor, though. No assists, eh? Yeah, that's going to be my thing. Everyone's going to be celebrating Sherwood's goals going on. I'm like, bit of a selfish player, though. Going to win the Cy Young. Yeah, yeah.

Before we go. Other guys on the team, Kiefer. Just called Tray is Savage. Finally, before we go to break, I need to tell you about the BC Lions. This Saturday, November 1st, your BC Lions take on the Calgary Stampeders in the Western semi-final. Secure your tickets today at BCLions.com. You're listening to the Halford & Brough Show on Sportsnet, 650.