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Frank Crupi

Hockey media personality and content creator known as "Hockey Illuminati"; Business Development Manager at Magnus HRS with background in sports media and social platforms.

Jun 23, 2026

11:26
Yeah.
11:26
And, and that is a real thing by the way, we do have to address that.
11:29
But, um, how can the fans, uh, support the team and, and, you know, contribute as almost members of the team and not just as bystanders watching, you know? Um, you know what a big problem in Leaf Nation is? There's a, and this is a real thing, there's a, uh, a collective consciousness around Leaf Nation where we have thousands and thousands, tens of thousands of Leaf fans, and also non-Leaf fans, that every single year, what do they think? "Oh, they're not going anywhere.
12:02
Oh, they're not g- they're, they're done." They're done.
12:04
Think about it.
12:05
Everything is energy.
12:06
We know this.

13 MINS LATER

25:13
You can cry
6:20
Uh, do you have a biggest takeaway from Marner's first season here in, in Vegas?
6:27
Biggest takeaway, I mean, uh, uh, Mitch's a tremendous player, tremendous talent.
6:32
Uh, like, uh, he...
6:34
Man, some of the plays he was making and the way he would dominate shifts, and some of the, the Mitchy magic that we saw him pull out of his, uh, of his helmet underneath, uh, his perfect hair.
6:47
Like, no one's, no one's surprised at that, you know? Like, we saw that time and time and time again.
6:53
And the, the...
6:56
I think that maybe the takeaway would be that nobody, nobody has ever questioned that Mitch Marner is a tremendous hockey player.

10 MINS LATER

16:49
Yeah
30:40
Uh, do you have a biggest takeaway from Marner's first season here in, in Vegas?
30:46
Biggest takeaway, I mean, Mitch is a tremendous player, tremendous talent.
30:51
Uh, like, uh, he...
30:53
Man, some of the plays he was making and the way he would dominate shifts and some of the, the Mitchy magic that we saw him pull out of his, uh, of his helmet underneath, uh, his perfect hair, like no one's, no one's surprised at that, you know? Like, we saw that time and time and time again.
31:12
And the, the, uh, I think that maybe the takeaway would be that nobody, nobody has ever questioned that Mitch Marner is a tremendous hockey player.
31:22
Nobody.
31:23
I don't, I don't know if there's anybody...

10 MINS LATER

41:08
Yeah
8:55
I don't think so either
8:56
... we know th- and, and that's, that's what Leaf fans have to get through their heads is that there's, there's no even, no point in even having the debate.
9:01
"Oh, they should move off of Nylander, Matthews in the off-season." They're not gonna do it.
9:04
They're not, they're not gonna jeopardize, you know, TV revenue and additional revenue.
9:08
They're gonna, they're gonna stay the course.
9:10
And a- as a, as a diehard fan, you just gotta close your eyes, plug your ears, and hope they can bring in a competent GM that can maybe, uh, make some decent moves in, you know, in the off-season.
9:24
I mean, injuries have played a massive factor this year.

16 MINS LATER

25:04
And anything else from you before we wrap up here? 'Cause yeah, I got-

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