Pat Maroon and Wayne Simmonds have been in a smack talk-off, and Leah Hextall was proper in the course of it.
As ESPN was broadcasting Lightning vs. Maple Leafs, Hextall was perched between the 2 benches as the 2 sides began chirping forwards and backwards. Hextall, being the professional broadcaster she is, defined what was taking place to the viewers in actual time.
“It retains going. Simmonds, Maroon. Simmonds, Maroon. Right here we go,” Hextall stated, pointing to every aspect as they traded barbs.
At one level, Maroon, a 33-year-old ahead on the Lightning, requested Simmonds what number of Stanley Cup championships he’s received. Maroon has received two with Tampa, and a 3rd with the St. Louis Blues.
Simmonds, additionally 33, had stops with the Kings, Flyers, Predators, Devils and Sabres earlier than touchdown in Toronto, and the Stanley Cup has up to now eluded him in his profession.
Hextall comes from a royal hockey household. Her grandfather, Bryan Hextall Sr., is a Corridor of Famer who was a serious contributor for the Rangers of their 1940 Stanley Cup conquest. Her uncle, Bryan Hextall Jr., performed 10 years within the league within the Sixties and Seventies. Her cousin, Ron Hextall, performed goalie for 13 years for the Flyers, Nordiques and Islanders.
She remarked that Leafs-Lightning “could be a very good first spherical [playoff series] if we get that, boys.”
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