Will the Edmonton Oilers win the Stanley Cup? Veteran TSN host James Duthie joins Bleed Oil Blue Podcast Episode 24 to share his early read on the Oilers, Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, and what the season could hold.Duthie also tells the unbelievable story of McDavid and Draisaitl playing — and losing — in a loaded Newmarket beer league game.

The longtime broadcaster takes us behind the scenes of Olympic hockey, the FIFA World Cup in Canada, the Masters at Augusta National, and TSN's marathon NHL Trade Deadline coverage. Plus: playing Augusta, Sidney Crosby's future after hockey, and the rare trade Duthie broke live on air.

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Chapters

00:00 James Duthie joins Bleed Oil Blue

00:30 Are the Oilers Stanley Cup contenders?

03:02 McDavid & Draisaitl's wild beer league story

07:23 Olympic hockey and the FIFA World Cup

10:43 Why the Masters is Duthie's favorite event

12:24 Inside Augusta National: no phones, unmatched atmosphere

15:00 A broadcaster's Masters week

17:20 What it was like to play Augusta National

20:41 Sidney Crosby, hockey books & life after playing

24:34 Inside TSN's NHL Trade Deadline coverage

30:16 The trades James Duthie has broken

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