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Join our playoff bracket challenge: https://app.sparc.fun/b/sdpnbracket On this episode of The Steve Dangle Podcast, 00:00 SportChek! 07:00 Leafs win game 82 10:30 Looking at the end of season standings 30:00 Most impressive team this year 46:00 2 minute previews of each series 1:10:00 Steve's beard again 1:23:00 Fleury VS Duhaime 1:34:00 POINT A GAME Watch Steve Dangle LIVE at SportChek at Maple Leaf Square: April 20th tickets: https://sdpn.ticketspice.com/steve-dangle-x-sportchek-april20 April 22nd tickets: https://sdpn.ticketspice.com/steve-dangle-x-sportchek-april22 April 24th tickets: https://sdpn.ticketspice.com/steve-dangle-x-sportchek-april24 April 26th tickets: https://sdpn.ticketspice.com/steve-dangle-x-sportchek-april26 Visit this episode's sponsors: Visit your local Tim Hortons, or download the Tims App, to start collecting their NEW Retrospective Rookies Hockey Cards. Every pack features current and retired NHL and PWHL players from their Rookie year, plus the chance to win prizes like autographed jerseys. Upgrade your wardrobe and save on trueclassic at trueclassic.com/DANGLE Find your push. Find your power with Peloton at onePeloton.ca Subscribe to the sdpn YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@sdpn?sub_confirmation=1Join - SDP VIP: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0a0z05HiddEn7k6OGnDprg/join Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/thestevedanglepodcast Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sdpvip/subscribe - Follow us on Twitter: @Steve_Dangle, @AdamWylde, & @JesseBlake Follow us on Instagram: @SteveDangle, @AdamWylde, & @Jesse.BlakeJoin us on Discord: https://discord.com/invite/MtTmw9rrz7 For general inquiries email: info@sdpn.ca Reach out to https://www.sdpn.ca/sales to connect with our sales team and discuss the opportunity to integrate your brand within our content! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andy catches up with Marko in this super chill episode of Beyond Synth, where they dive into all the usual nonsense — candy cravings, weird chocolate bar names, and the eternal mystery of Tim Hortons. There's also a solid chunk of video game talk: Marko dishes on finishing Baldur's Gate 3, Robocop, and Evil Within 2 (aka “the milk game”), while Andy finally gets deep into Metal Gear Solid V and rants about how good old games still look and play today. They bond over overpriced game releases, modding drama, and how emulators often outdo the actual companies. Of course, it's all soundtracked by killer synth tunes! just two buds talking games, music, and life. If you like what you're hearing you can support Beyond Synth on Patreon: www.patreon.com/beyondsynth or PayPal: www.paypal.com/paypalme/beyondsynth Don't Forget to Check out ALL the artists featured on the show: Memory Design - “You're Gonna Like Us” https://soundcloud.com/dave-250830496 https://memorydesign.bandcamp.com/ https://music.apple.com/us/artist/memory-design/1697031773 https://www.instagram.com/memorydesignmusic/ https://www.youtube.com/@MemoryDesignMusic Jessie Frye - “Haven in the Woods” https://soundcloud.com/jessiefrye https://www.instagram.com/jessiefryemusic/ https://www.youtube.com/user/jfryemusic?feature=watch https://www.facebook.com/jessiefryeband https://bsky.app/profile/jessiefrye.bsky.social laamaa & muLperi - “Interstellar Nightmare” https://laamaa.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/laamaa/ https://www.youtube.com/djkemeli https://www.threads.net/@laamaa Mulperi: https://soundcloud.com/mulperi https://mulperi.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/mulperi/ http://www.mulperi.net/ https://www.youtube.com/user/mikamulperi STARwave - “Bolt from the Blue” https://starwave1985.bandcamp.com/album/out-of-the-blue https://www.instagram.com/starwave_music/ 7DD9 - “Protector” https://soundcloud.com/7dd9 https://7dd9.bandcamp.com/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/19hMmw1ZvXdxZc7P9OP5RW https://www.facebook.com/7dd9music https://www.instagram.com/7dd9music/ Carpenter Brut - “Death Racer (The Crew Motorfest Official Soundtrack)” https://soundcloud.com/carpenter_brut http://carpenterbrut.bandcamp.com/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/1l2oLiukA9i5jEtIyNWIEP https://www.instagram.com/carpenterbrut/ https://www.facebook.com/carpenter.brut Jessy Mach and Heartbeathero - “Afterglow Drive” https://soundcloud.com/jessy-mach https://future80s.bandcamp.com/album/rainbow-active https://open.spotify.com/artist/1TQlkahZRIbzxA02tAeCCK https://www.instagram.com/jessymachmusic/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmY2lkW5tVussfSBsMSprjA https://www.facebook.com/jessymachmusic Heartbeathero: https://soundcloud.com/heartbeathero https://heartbeathero.bandcamp.com/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/0LPgrKaGLt0utknMY3Qdom https://www.instagram.com/heartbeathero/ https://www.facebook.com/heartbeatheromusic https://twitter.com/heartbeat_hero XIII Nights - “Elise” https://xiiinights.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/xiii_nights_/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/1OAbbYcEvP7ZlFxFMYziK3 https://www.youtube.com/@XIIINightsOfficial/videos https://www.tiktok.com/@xiii.nights

Join our playoff bracket challenge: https://app.sparc.fun/b/sdpnbracket On this episode of The Steve Dangle Podcast, 00:00 The sdpn bracket challenge! 05:00 Leafs win the Division 37:00 Darnell Nurse is suspended 1 game 48:00 Boston apologizes 59:00 The NHLPA Player Poll 1:20:00 Devan Dubnyk on goaltending and the playoffs Visit this episode's sponsors: Visit your local Tim Hortons, or download the Tims App, to start collecting their NEW Retrospective Rookies Hockey Cards. Every pack features current and retired NHL and PWHL players from their Rookie year, plus the chance to win prizes like autographed jerseys. Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code DANGLE at checkout. Download the Saily app or go to https://saily.com/DANGLE Subscribe to the sdpn YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@sdpn?sub_confirmation=1Join - SDP VIP: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0a0z05HiddEn7k6OGnDprg/join Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/thestevedanglepodcast Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sdpvip/subscribe - Follow us on Twitter: @Steve_Dangle, @AdamWylde, & @JesseBlake Follow us on Instagram: @SteveDangle, @AdamWylde, & @Jesse.BlakeJoin us on Discord: https://discord.com/invite/MtTmw9rrz7 For general inquiries email: info@sdpn.ca Reach out to https://www.sdpn.ca/sales to connect with our sales team and discuss the opportunity to integrate your brand within our content! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT Digital menu boards have long been marketed and positioned as a way to deal digitally with how what's available to order can change through a business day. I'd argue much of the critical thinking around how to do menu boards well hasn't progressed much beyond ensuring the item descriptions and prices are large enough for customers to read from the other side of an order counter. New York-based software and services firm SmarterSign has been in the digital signage industry for coming on 20 years, and has found something of a niche in working with QSR chains on optimized menu boards that are not only legible and visually pleasing, but boost sales performance for operators. Co-founder Gregg Zinn has an interest and passion for the science of advertising and marketing, and he's started writing a series called Digital Menu Board Mastery that gets into the design and psychological weeds of how to lay out and manage menu boards that influence customer ordering decisions and drive higher profits for operators. In this podcast, we get into some interesting things that most menu board sellers and users have probably never considered - stuff like psychological pricing anchors and the so-called golden zones for menu layouts. It's a really interesting chat ... Greg, thank you for joining me. Just to get started, can you give me a rundown on SmarterSign, what it is, how long you've been around, that sort of thing?  Gregg Zinn: Sure. Thank you very much for having me. SmarterSign was founded in 2006, so we've been doing this for just short of 20 years and it was founded by me and my primary business partner, Peter. We got together and both came from technology consulting, building applications for larger organizations, helping them understand how to use technology to make their businesses operate better.  I had actually done some digital signage. My first digital signage was done at Mall of America in the mid 90s working with Mel Simon, I have always been very intrigued by it. I had this vision of a Blade Runner future, where every surface was a communication vehicle and I was just very fascinated with the concept of digital signage, and I also saw that it was gonna be a burgeoning industry that had a lot of runway for the industry to grow and when we looked at the industry, we really found that there were two kinds of providers in the industry, and you probably remember back then, there were providers who were very technology oriented like Cisco, who were very good at moving data around networks, but didn't really have a lot of tools for content control. And there were companies like Scala who had a great software platform, a really powerful software platform, but it didn't really allow business operators to take complete control, and we saw that as the sweet spot for digital signage is moving business operators closer to their message and being able to impact their communication, whether it was in a corporate communication environment, a retail environment, or really what became our biggest market, which is food service, restaurants, digital menu boards.  I think a lot of the reason why digital menu boards became such a big and important part of our business is because of this approach of moving that communication control closer to the business operator. We've spent close to 20 years really working on perfecting as much as we can the tools to bring that vision to life.  So would you describe the company as a CMS software company or more of a solutions firm?  Gregg Zinn: Yeah, that's a great question. So really we view ourselves as two parts of the same solution. One is, one is a software provider that provides great software for controlling digital signage networks, and that's end-to-end from content creation, scheduling, distribution, and playback, and then the other piece is really the services piece of it, and I think that is equally important to the software piece of it, because these business operators are using a new tool, even business operators who have been doing it for 15 years, it's still relatively new to them. So being able to provide that layer of service and support underneath them, and when I say service and support, I'm not just saying, here's how to use our software. I'm talking about how to use this tool for your business. Here are the business opportunities for you. Here are the things that you can do with these tools. I think it's really important, and, for me, as part of the business, it's been a big focus, and I try to influence the software development to accommodate as much of that as possible and make it as intuitive as possible. But a lot of it is just working with business operators, so the service piece of it is really important.  Where's the company based?  Gregg Zinn: Our headquarters is in New York and I am based in Chicago. I moved to Chicago, just short of eight years ago. My wife's family is from Chicago. I was living in Chelsea in Manhattan, and my young sons are getting to school age and New York City is very challenging for raising children. We were living in 700 square feet in Chelsea and the truth is, it was fantastic. I love New York. I'm a New Yorker through and through. But my wife's family is from the Chicagoland area, the suburbs of Chicago, and we decided to pick up and move here, and now instead of looking at concrete and windows, I'm looking at a lake.  Yeah, it's good to have that relief valve as well, the in-laws and extended family where you can say, “hey, we need to do this, can you guys take the kids?” Plus they see more of their family.  Gregg Zinn: It's incredible. We do Sunday dinners and I love having the family around and it's great for me, it's great for my boys and now they're getting on in their teen years and doing all that stuff and it's great to see them grow up in this environment. I got in touch because I noticed on LinkedIn you posted a piece about Menu Board Mastery and I clicked through and had to look at it and I thought, oh, this is interesting because as somebody's been around digital signage as long as you, maybe not quite a few, mid 90s, I only got in late 90s, but nonetheless, we've both been around it a long time. I know that menu boards can be done badly, but I tend to think they're done badly when they're eye charts and there's way too much stuff on there, or quite simply, they're just not working. But your Menu Board Mastery pieces take a look at the science of it and of layout and the thinking and everything else. So I thought that would make a great conversation to get into, first of all why you felt it useful to put this together and then get into some of the key tenets of it.  Gregg Zinn: Really the thing is, I've had so many conversations with business operators, at all levels, and that could be from single location operators to multinational operators and all of them seem to struggle with putting a strategic foundation underneath the concept of what they're gonna display, and even this many years into it, many of them just see digital as a more efficient way to get their print menu up on the screen, and even when they were doing their print menu, I don't really believe that they were tapping into some of the core ideas of using this as an incredible marketing tool.  When I look at digital menus, I think a digital menu should be your perfect salesperson. If you could have that person talking to that customer and guiding them through consuming from your restaurant in a way that is ideal for you, and ideal for them, having it be the perfect salesperson. I think that's really important, and a lot of businesses have struggled to do that. So I took a look at this, and I thought, what if I put a series together that takes very interesting, proven, scientific complex ideas and makes them highly practical? And this has really been a core philosophy for me since I was a teenager.  When I first read BF Skinner's Beyond Friedman Dignity and David Ogilvy's Confessions of an Advertising Man, I became fascinated with how people interact with information and how behavior is impacted by communications, and those various tools and many boards are no different. So I thought about giving people some very practical ideas. I want to make this industry better, like ever since we started SmarterSign, I don't want to just have a great business in the industry. I want this industry to be important. I want this industry to really impact businesses and be indispensable as part of the complete operation for every business. Obviously that helps my business. But it also energizes me. It engages me.  Another key piece of my philosophy has always been moving people from theory to practice as quickly and easily as possible. Nobody ever said theory makes perfect. Practice makes perfect and helps people move to practice practical ideas and I use the phrase, “Is this practical?” all the time. You can have all of these great ideas and all of these visions for what can be, and you can sit there and ruminate, but really, when it comes down to it, where the rubber meets the road is where value is created, and can you put this into practice was the vision behind this series. The first article that you put out was about visual attention. When you talk about visual attention, what do you mean? Apart from the obvious.  Gregg Zinn: Yeah, and it's funny because there are some very obvious things, but there also are some well-studied scientific understandings about how people's eyes move in the interpretation of information and I think in the article, we point out two very well-known, established patterns of how people interact with information.  There is the F-pattern of how your eyes scan information, and that is typically for menus or information that is very text rich, and your eyes go across the top and then they go down to the middle and then across a little bit more, and then they go down to the left hand side and understanding the way that people's eyes are gonna be moving across your information helps you prioritize where you put your information that's important to your business, and I want to talk about what information is important to your business because getting to businesses do not really know how to take advantage of this tool. I think this is a really important piece of it, and I am going to be writing an article about this, and it's been a big focus as well.  But let me continue on with the other way that people interpret information, and that is The Golden Triangle, and it starts in the middle, moves to the upper right, moves to the left, and these two visual patterns have been proven time and time again with eye trackers and studies to see how people interpret visual information in front of them. The Golden Triangle is very helpful for highly visual menus, and really the key spot in that menu is that upper right hand corner. If you can put your really high value items in that upper right hand corner, you are going to see a change in your outcomes, for the better. It's such an interesting thing, and this is part of getting back to why the series is here. I want to be able to provide tidbits of information like that to help businesses change their outcome, and obviously for the better.  Is this something you discovered or you've known because you've had that interest for a very long time in it? I'm curious if you started working with QSRs and restaurant chains and advocated doing this, and then did the reading and found out, oh, there's actually a science behind this.  Gregg Zinn: Yeah, it's really a mixture of both because I had studied these concepts, and they were very interesting to me, all the way back in the 90s. They were very interesting ideas to me. Even before that, managing behavior was always interesting to me. But as I started to work in the practical environment of working with businesses, I was able to apply those ideas and see how they impacted. So I was able to grow a clear understanding of how these ideas very specifically relate to these types of business problems. So it has been a full circle since I was interested in it, I was able to apply it, and now I'm able to move and help businesses perfect it.  So one of the things you get into is positioning, like what should go where and how you wanna have prime positions for your high margin items and signature items, that sort of thing. I've not thought about that at all. I've just thought that companies just laid things out the way they laid out their print menus and didn't really think too much about that stuff, or maybe they don't.  Gregg Zinn: Many of them don't think about it and actually very early on, working with businesses, 2006-2007, I had come up with this idea called The Prominence Pyramid. The idea behind The Prominence Pyramid was to help businesses identify. What are the most important menu items on your menu? And most businesses couldn't identify it. I was really surprised to walk into the c-suites of large organizations and ask them very simple questions about what are the most important items on their menu and they were not able to answer that.  But we would guide businesses through this process of putting items on a pyramid, say at the top of the pyramid. These are the most important items for you, and they're the most important for top line revenue. They're the most important for margin, they're the most important in terms of branding and customer experience, and those are the items that should have prominence within your visual space because they're the ones that are gonna help push your business forward. There are so many moving parts to this as we're moving forward, and as AI has become part of the mix of tools, it's a very exciting time for me because I feel like we can use these tools to help give insights very quickly to businesses using real data using, using these known scientific ideas to help them get these ideas in front of them, and then once you know that, once you know what should be presented in these prominent areas in the visual space, then you could do things like change the sizing, change the coloring, add boxes around them, animate those sections, put little tags, customer favorites.  Actually, we have a customer who just did this who just did this. He wanted to promote this one item, so we put a tag that said “Customer favorite” and sales immediately increased on this item. So we know that these tools can help change business outcomes. It's just a matter of helping businesses get there. And I think this series is gonna help people get there in bite-sized movements.  So when you talk about things like prime positions, that's in your F-pattern or Golden Triangle, there's certain positions that are gonna be optimal. That's where the eye goes naturally?  Gregg Zinn: Yeah, it's crazy. It's crazy to think that these are actually things, but they've proven, studied, scientifically that this is the way eyes move to interpret information.  So some of the other variables, and you've already mentioned it, are things like white space and borders around stuff, contrast, the font size.  To me, being a knucklehead and not really spending a lot of time talking about QSRs, I just see ones where I can't read this, and my eyesight's assisted, but when I've had my glasses on, it's 2020, and I still struggle to read it.  Gregg Zinn: Yeah, it drives me crazy and I don't know if you have seen this, but I can send you a link to it. I had done a series called the Digital Menu Board Scorecard, and it was an evaluation of menu boards in the wild, not necessarily SmarterSign customers. But menu boards that we had seen, we'd take pictures of them, and we'd break down what are they were doing well, what are they doing poorly and we give them a score on a number of characteristics like branding, layout, organization, and actually, it's funny, just last week I was in the airport and I saw a menu from a pretty big QSR, and I just thought: Who made this menu? This is just terrible.  I won't mention their name because I don't want to get in trouble.  When you did the scorecard, were you handing out as many “A”s?  Gregg Zinn: Yeah, there were some As, there were few, very few, but every once in a while we'd come across a menu board where the business had a really good balanced sense of brand presentation, strategic organization, overall design, effectiveness of the menu to get people to order. That's actually one of the key things when you look at menus. Outside of getting their attention, it is how quickly can you get somebody through the process of making a decision and this is particularly true for digital drive-through, has been a real focus and we've seen some really interesting things done in that realm. For example, having the menu change at 8:00 PM to be a more limited menu on the drive-through, so that it changes the operations from a kitchen point of view, but also gets people through the line quicker.  One of the questions I wanted to ask was, is the thinking and the layouts and everything else different between the screens over the counter, the screens in a self-service ordering kiosk, and then the screens in the drive-through? Gregg Zinn: Yeah, absolutely, and if you look at our customers who are doing interior menu boards and exterior menu boards, the layouts, the structures, the approach to the menus are different. It's just different. It's a different mind frame. It's almost a different form factor in many cases because a lot of times the drive through's gonna be portrait, and many times the interior board's gonna be landscape.  But the whole business mission is really different, and taking advantage of what each of those environments do better. We don't do any touchscreen ordering. I have a love-hate relationship with the concept of it. I'm old school. So when I go into a sandwich shop, I want to talk to the person who is going to be able to take down my details of what I want, and I want to be able to say them and have them articulate that to the kitchen. Personally, I find it very difficult to do the touchscreen ordering and get that right and have the same level of customer experience.  AI is gonna change that because AI is going to somehow offer voice to AI ordering, which will take some of that UI cloudiness out of the mix. You mentioned AI. I'm curious about computer vision and the idea that, I've heard this said, I don't know what it is really being done in-store. I've heard about it in drive-throughs, but dynamically adjusting menus based on the profile of the people who are approaching the counter. Gregg Zinn: Yeah, there's a few things that we've been working with in terms of studying, how this can be done in an effective way. It's a highly strategic concept and, as I mentioned earlier, businesses are really just struggling to translate their static menu to a digital menu in a very strategic way, but we're pushing this forward, and there are other technologies.  There's license plate reader technology for drive-throughs where the same car is coming through, and you could tie it to their past consumption and we're gonna get there, and I think with AI, we're gonna get there much quicker and I'm super happy about that. Because I have been sitting in the running blocks waiting for the gun to go off and I'm excited about what AI means to accelerate some of this progress.  When you started, almost 20 years ago now, APIs were known but they weren't widely available and I suspect it was very difficult to talk to a restaurant about actually jacking into their restaurant management systems in any way, but we're now in a very different world, and that's all possible.  Is it being done? And how do you best leverage that other than the very simple stuff like price changes in the store system, you want to automatically change on the screen? Gregg Zinn: Right now the two primary mechanisms that are interacting, that operating data with the marketing data on menu boards, are price changes. So having the POS system be the source of that price, that's your operating data, and that operating data points should be filtered through to your menu boards. You shouldn't have to manage it in two pieces.  The second piece is inventory. We work with a lot of customers who run out of individual products, and that creates frustration for the customer, and it creates frustration for the person taking the order. So having the ability to show that something's currently sold out, is something that we're seeing being used. Again, this comes down to: Can so much more be done? Yeah, so much more can be done.  But getting over that, what should be done, as opposed to what can be done. It's also part of my core philosophy is, a lot of things can be done, but only some things should be done. So we've stayed away from novelty. We've stayed away from a lot of the things that people are saying, whoa, what about this? What about that? We try to keep it as practical as possible. But we're gonna see a big shift. I don't know if you know the company Palantir. I love Palantir as a company. I love what their vision for using AI is. People ask me questions about it all the time because I'm in technology. People ask me about AI people who are late, not in the technology industry, and late people, and I always point to Palantir as somebody who is an applied AI company. They're using the data to determine what should be done as opposed to what could be done and I think they're doing a really great job of it. They're really leaders in that space. Now, they're not menu boards, but I do follow what they're doing because I think that they're very innovative in terms of how they're looking at the connection between data operations, real world and practical application. In my years doing consulting, I've done quite a bit with some big companies, but the only QSR I worked with was a coffee chain and when I went in to start working with them, they talked about a bunch of things and I asked them about menu boards and takeovers, which I had seen in some of their stores where all of the menus went away and they had a tiled piece of creative, pedaling a particular promoted product and they said that they did some interview intercepts with customers and pretty uniformly the customer said, stop screwing around, just show me the damn menu, and I've since been in a number of restaurants where I had to wait for the menu items that came up because they were promoting something or other on the screen for 5-10 seconds and it irritated the living hell out of me. Is it something you advocate? Just get to the point; don't try to be fancy here. Forget the video, just show me the items and pricing.  Gregg Zinn: Yeah, intuitively for me, that customer response is obvious. They're trying to interact with a piece of data to place an order, and then all of a sudden it's gone and they're waiting. They have no idea how long it's gonna be before it comes back, and then they've gotta go find their spot on the menu again. So intuitively for me, we have always guided people against it. We've had customers asked to do it. Of course, our platform can do it. But it is not a good idea. Now, that being said, with digital menu boards and you've seen them in QSRs, there's a lot of visual space, so you can use a portion of that visual space to do those kinds of marketing techniques. One of the really interesting things that we had seen, so we did an observational study of a food court, working with a customer who had a restaurant, a pizza restaurant, and a food court. We did an observational study, and we saw that nobody looked up at the menu when they came over to the counter to order. They didn't care about the pricing, they didn't care about anything. They never looked up. But the menu boards were not being used properly to get people over to their restaurant as a choice. So what we recommended was: these really aren't digital menu boards in so much as they're digital billboards, and you need to use these as a “come eat pizza” sign, as opposed to thinking of it as a digital menu board. So we used some of the visual space as a “come eat pizza”, and we were able to draw some of that audience thinking maybe they'd go get Chinese food or Chipotle or another option over to them. So that's another way where you can impact outcomes by using the visual space as opposed to just menu boards.  What do you do with restaurants? I think about one up here, Tim Horton's here in Canada that started out doing coffee and donuts and pastries and now does endless kinds of food items, and they've got a menu list that's far longer than it was when the chain first started.  What do you do when you have customers who have like 40 SKUs and you've only got so much real estate on a screen?  Gregg Zinn: It's a big challenge, and it's a funny thing because, when I look at operations like that, I've never run a restaurant, but when I think of the ideal process to get customers through and order your food, I think of a business like In and Out Burger. They've got a very specific menu. People come there for those items. They love those items.  We have a lot of customers who have these extensive menus. I don't love it from an operations point of view, but from a presentation of the menu point of view, it's a matter of just being very organized in how you present that information so that you are able to get that broad menu into somebody's eyes, get them to where they want to order. If they want something that's savory as opposed to something sweet, get their eyes to that.  A good example of that is Dairy Queen has a pretty extensive menu, and they've got food and ice creams and just being able to segment that out. So on their drive-throughs, for example, we do a number of franchisees for Dairy Queen. On their drive-throughs, they've got one complete panel, that's just their sweet treats. They've got a middle panel that is promotion, key promotional items, LTOs and things like that, and then they have a right screen that is their savory items, their burgers and sandwiches and hot dogs and things.  The post that you have up right now about this Mastery series has to do with price anchors. That's not a term I know much about. What do you mean by that?  Gregg Zinn: It's another behavioral technique where you can establish a baseline in a customer's mind by putting an item that you don't really expect anybody to consume, but what it does is it creates a mental baseline of price expectation, so that you can have them pay a premium price for that second level item, without feeling like this is too expensive. So it really is a decoy. It's like look over here, this item is $30, but here's a really good value item at $22. It's so interesting to me because particularly in the past five years, pricing's gotten outta control, and, for so many reasons. Supply chain issues, obviously going back to 2020 with Covid but pricing has gotten crazy, and my favorite burger place in New York City, actually where I got engaged, when I got engaged, the burger was, yeah, I'm a huge burger guy, but it was my second date with my wife. We went there, and we're both burger people, and that's where I proposed ultimately.  You got engaged on our second date?  Gregg Zinn: Oh, no, we went on our second date to this burger place. Seven years later, we got engaged, but in that same spot, but the burger was like $6 at that point, and now it's like 18.  Oh, for God's sake.  Gregg Zinn: Yeah, and even the QSRs I go into sometimes, and I just think, who could afford $60 for a family of four?  It just doesn't seem like an affordable approach and I will tell you that from a pricing strategy point of view, all of the QSRs are recognizing this, and they're trying to adapt. We're already out of time, but I wanted to ask one more question, just around when you're going into a new customer and you start talking about what we've just discussed, kind of the science and the thinking behind it, are minds a little bit blown because they're wanting to do digital menu boards because it's a pain in the ass to change the print ones, and they haven't thought much beyond that? Gregg Zinn: We take it slow. It's been over 20 years and we've learned you can't just go in gangbusters and put all of these ideas in their heads about what's possible because it'll just confuse the situation. So we go slow with our customers. We meet them where they are. Fix the first obvious problem, and then you can go from there. Gregg Zinn: Yeah, and I've said it a number of times in this call if it's not practical, it can't be done.  All right. This was great. If people wanna find out more about SmarterSign and read these articles, they can find 'em on smartersign.com.  Gregg Zinn: They can, yeah. All the articles are there. In the resource section, right? Gregg Zinn: Yeah, and we've got a bunch of videos on our YouTube channel, of course, posting on other social channels like LinkedIn. But yeah, the primary source would be on smartersign.com.  Perfect. All right. Thank you, sir.  Gregg Zinn: Yeah, thank you so much. It was really nice talking to you and re-meeting you again.

Join our playoff bracket challenge: https://app.sparc.fun/b/sdpnbracket On this episode of The Steve Dangle Podcast, 00:00 Steve's Beard 14:30 Toronto gets 4 of 4 points 34:00 The Rangers are a mess 53:00 Paul Cotter on Pelech 56:30 Trouble in Edmonton 1:02:00 Trenin on Forbort 1:08:30 Wrestlemania vs VGK 1:11:00 Bringing back the Thrashers Visit this episode's sponsors: Get 20% OFF + Free Shipping with promo code DANGLE at https://manscaped.com! Visit your local Tim Hortons, or download the Tims App, to start collecting their NEW Retrospective Rookies Hockey Cards. Every pack features current and retired NHL and PWHL players from their Rookie year, plus the chance to win prizes like autographed jerseys. April is Testicular Cancer Awareness Month and Movember is encouraging men across the country to “Know Thy Nuts”. Testicular cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in men aged 15-40. When caught early, it's highly curable. Learn how to check your pair so you know what your “normal” is, and can tell if anything changes. Subscribe to the sdpn YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@sdpn?sub_confirmation=1Join - SDP VIP: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0a0z05HiddEn7k6OGnDprg/join Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/thestevedanglepodcast Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sdpvip/subscribe - Follow us on Twitter: @Steve_Dangle, @AdamWylde, & @JesseBlake Follow us on Instagram: @SteveDangle, @AdamWylde, & @Jesse.BlakeJoin us on Discord: https://discord.com/invite/MtTmw9rrz7 For general inquiries email: info@sdpn.ca Reach out to https://www.sdpn.ca/sales to connect with our sales team and discuss the opportunity to integrate your brand within our content! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We turned Sweeeeeet 16! Join us as we celebrate, eat donuts, and talk video games! Topics: Switch 2 messaging, Death Stranding movie, Oblivion remake… and more! Wooooowooooo! Subscribe and rate us via iTunes Subscribe on: Amazon Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Pandora DISCORD LINK Watch us on TWITCH! RSS feed: http://sidequesting.podbean.com/feed Hosts: Dali, J.J., Zach, Taylor, Sam, Tom, Jonny With Special Guest: None! SIDEQUESTING PATREON EXECUTIVES: Tom Johnson, Punkdefied SIDEQUESTING PATREON PRODUCERS: Stefan Swandlund, Zero the Prototype, Exageneus, Jeff Grubb TOPICS: SIDEQUESTING'S 16TH BIRTHDAY Nintendo's messy message Death Stranding movie update Oblivion is releasing TOMORROW (wait, maybe it's not) Final Fantasy 9 stuff What We're Enjoying: Wildkeepers Rising (early access hot take) Mythic Realms (review) Nubby's Number Factory Review & Preview products supplied by publishers SnackQuesting: Water Music Intro: Professor Kliq – Bust This Bust That Music Outro: N.I.M. – Choice Comments? Questions? Email us at: sidequesting @ gmail.com Image courtesy: Tim Hortons' fine delicacies

Walnut Insurance is pioneering embedded insurance solutions, making it easier for platforms and businesses to offer relevant insurance products at the right moment in the customer journey. With over $7 million in funding, Walnut has partnered with major brands like Neo Financial, Tim Hortons, and Atco to create seamless insurance experiences. In this episode of Category Visionaries, I spoke with Derek Szeto, Co-Founder of Walnut Insurance, about the company's journey from its inception within RBC to becoming a leading embedded insurance enabler, working behind the scenes to power insurance solutions that appear naturally within customer experiences. Topics Discussed: The three buckets of embedded insurance: fully embedded into products, data-driven implementations, and contextual offerings How embedded insurance benefits all parties: customers get needed coverage, platforms enhance stickiness and revenue, and insurers receive better risk profiles Walnut's origin story discovering insurance as an "unrecognized subscription" in consumer spending Finding the right customer touchpoints for offering insurance products Establishing Walnut as a technology-first enabler for partners wanting to offer insurance The challenge of market education in an emerging category The shift from life insurance to property and casualty products for better conversion rates Creating one-click insurance journeys that drive strong conversion rates   GTM Lessons For B2B Founders: Start by recognizing untapped market patterns: Derek identified insurance as an "unrecognized subscription" in consumer spending data—a significant expense that didn't get the attention of typical subscriptions like Netflix or Spotify. B2B founders should look for similar overlooked patterns in consumer behavior that indicate market opportunities. Focus on required rather than optional products: Walnut found significantly higher conversion when focusing on insurance products that are required in customer journeys (like tenant insurance when signing a lease) rather than optional ones. Derek explains, "Life insurance in its very end is a much harder product to embed because life insurance is always optional." B2B founders should prioritize solutions that address mandatory needs over discretionary ones. Use data signals to drive contextual offerings: The strongest conversion happens when insurance is offered at moments of high relevance. Derek shares, "Thinking about geolocation and travel insurance—an airport is a very good signal, or better yet if you can get them while they're using the Wi-Fi on the plane, that's an even better signal that they might be traveling." B2B founders should identify and leverage precise contextual signals that indicate heightened receptivity to their solution. Run fundraising like a sophisticated sales process: Derek learned that fundraising requires the same rigor as enterprise sales. "It became much more of a CRM-driven process, more pre-work. So trying to identify the most likely investors... Are they going to be interested in that category? Are they going to be interested in that geography? Are they writing checks of the size that are relevant to their fund?" B2B founders should approach fundraising with the same systematic process and qualification criteria used in sales. Industry conferences drive disproportionate results: For B2B companies in established industries like finance and insurance, conferences remain highly effective for business development. "We've had a lot of success with conferences like the Money 2020s of the world where folks are all together in one place and we can meet with a lot of different clients, whether that's net new or to meet with existing partners." B2B founders should prioritize high-concentration industry events, especially in traditional sectors.   //   Sponsors: Front Lines — We help B2B tech companies launch, manage, and grow podcasts that drive demand, awareness, and thought leadership. www.FrontLines.io The Global Talent Co. — We help tech startups find, vet, hire, pay, and retain amazing marketing talent that costs 50-70% less than the US & Europe.  www.GlobalTalent.co

Is Tim Hortons Canadian? Darren takes a look at the history of the popular coffee and donut chain to see just how Canadian it is and what it even means to be a Canadian company. Adam dives into some recent news which suggests that there are massive structures underneath the Great Pyramid of Giza. Is this even possible? Could that structure be a Tim Hortons restaurant?

Send us a textOur Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/HockeyCardsGongshowA very special thanks to Perche for guest hosting today.  Please subscribe to his YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@perch0007On this episode of the Hockey Cards Gongshow podcast we start with Get To Know Your Hockey Hall of Famers, this time looking at the life, hockey career and hobby market for hockey hall of famer: Dick Irvin (12:48). Next, it's another round of Hobby Deep Dive, Under-25 Edition.  This time we profile the career of young Senators forward Tim Stutzle (21:02).  In hobby news, eBay and PSA partner to offer a straight to grading option, and we look at the Top 25 players with the most cards sold in March 2025 (46:45). There's been a ton of hobby and career developments for Sylvain Cormier and he returns to the show for another chapter of Confessions of a Card Dealer (1:12:13).  On April 14th, 2024-25 Upper Deck Tim Hortons Retrospective Rookies will be available at Tim Hortons all throughout Canada and we preview the set (1:46:56).  We kickoff a series to determine the hobby tiers and today we reveal the players that made the Tier 1 cut (2:00:19). As always, we end the show with personal pickups (2:16:57).Partners & SponsorsHockeyChecklists.com - https://www.hockeychecklists.comSlab Sharks Canadian Consignment - https://www.slabsharks.comMINTINK - https://www.mintink.caPSA - https://www.psacard.comGP Sports Cards - https://gpsportcards.com/Sign up for Card Ladder - https://app.cardladder.com/signup?via=HCGongshoFollow Hockey Cards Gongshow on social mediaInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/hockey_cards_gongshow/TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@hockey_cards_gongshowFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/HockeyCardsGongshowTwitter - https://twitter.com/HCGongshowThe Hockey Cards Gongshow podcast is a production of Dollar Box Ventures LLC

Liam is back at the Oilersnation headquarters to break down the Oilers 3-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights. We'll break down everything you need to know before puck drop, including our lineup report, key game notes, and of course, our Sherwood Ford Giant Question of the day.Website: https://oilersnation.com/https://twitter.com/OilersNation/https://www.youtube.com/@Oilersnationdotcom/https://www.facebook.com/OilersNation/https://www.instagram.com/oilersnationdotcomhttps://www.tiktok.com/@oilersnationSHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

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Welcome to a Monday edition of Daily Faceoff Live!Today we start with our Night Cap and talk about the St. Louis Blues who look like they may never lose again! Will they carry this momentum into the playoffs?Then we look at the Dallas Stars who have locked in their ticket to the postseason. Is this their year and do they have any weaknesses in their lineup?Then we jump over to some teams who have officially been eliminated. The Seattle Kraken and the Nashville Predators, what went wrong this season and how can this fix their issues this summer?Then Anthony DiMarco joins for the All 32 to talk Philadelphia Flyers.SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

Happy Friday Hockey Fans!On today's episode of Daily Faceoff Live we start by talking about the 10 games last night. We had another controversial "Goalie Interference" call in the Calgary/Dallas game.We then jump to our monthy "Inner/Outer Circles". Which teams do Tyler and Frank have in their Stanley Cup Contender circles and who got bumped out!Then we play a fun game of 'Would You Rather?' as Tyler quizzes Frank on a few hypothetical questions.Then Jeremy Rutherford joins for the All 32 to talk about the St. Louis Blues, Jordan Binnington and of course Broberg/Holloway.SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

We are joined by former Oilers defenseman Jason Demers for his weekly hit, where he'll share his thoughts on the team's defensive struggles, Rodrigue's first NHL action, and what needs to change moving forward.Website: https://oilersnation.com/ https://twitter.com/OilersNation/ https://www.youtube.com/@Oilersnationdotcom/ https://www.facebook.com/OilersNation/https://www.instagram.com/oilersnationdotcomhttps://www.tiktok.com/@oilersnation SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

The Edmonton Oilers had a night to forget in Seattle, suffering a 6-1 blowout loss to the Kraken. On the second half of a back-to-back, the team looked sluggish and completely unraveled in the second period, allowing five unanswered goals. Calvin Pickard was pulled after two periods, paving the way for Olivier Rodrigue's NHL debut in the third. Unfortunately, the Oilers had already thrown in the towel, offering little support for the young netminder.We'll break it all down with our scoring summary, one big take, and today's Sherwood Ford Giant Question as we dissect what went wrong. Plus, we'll recap our incredible night at GRETA for the Oilersnation watch party!To cap things off, we'll be joined by former Oilers defenseman Jason Demers for his weekly hit, where he'll share his thoughts on the team's defensive struggles, Rodrigue's first NHL action, and what needs to change moving forward. Tune in!Website: https://oilersnation.com/ https://twitter.com/OilersNation/ https://www.youtube.com/@Oilersnationdotcom/ https://www.facebook.com/OilersNation/https://www.instagram.com/oilersnationdotcomhttps://www.tiktok.com/@oilersnation SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

Welcome to Daily Faceoff Live!Huge news this morning as John Tortorella has been fired by the Philadelphia Flyers. WAs this justified? Was he the right coach for this job and what does his future look like going forwards?We then look at the future of the Flyers and their keys to success. Who will take over the Head Coaching position and what is their path to the playoffs in future seasons?Let's look at the coaching market as a whole. Who will be the next coach fired? Which teams are in desperate need of a change? Then we jump into our night cap as we look at the games from last night including the Canucks win over the Islanders. What will the Western Playoff picture look like down the stretch?Then former NHL goaltender, Carter Hutton, joins for the Blue Paint!SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

The Edmonton Oilers dropped a tough one last night, falling 5-4 to the Dallas Stars in a game full of injury scares. Zach Hyman left in the second period but managed to return, Evan Bouchard took a puck to the leg but also came back, and Stuart Skinner was forced to leave after a collision with Mikko Rantanen and did not return. Despite missing both Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, the Oilers put up a strong fight, dominating the first period with a 14-5 shot advantage. However, things unraveled in the second, as Jason Robertson recorded a natural hat trick to put Dallas in control. Edmonton didn't quit, though, mounting a furious third-period comeback with three unanswered goals but ultimately falling just short.We'll go through our scoring summary, one big take, and today's Sherwood Ford Giant Question before shifting focus to tonight's matchup against the Seattle Kraken. It's a quick turnaround for the Oilers, and we'll bring you the latest injury updates and lineup reports ahead of the second half of the back-to-back.To cap it off, we'll be joined in studio by DJ Bean and Pete Blackburn, who are in Edmonton for our watch party at Greta tonight! We'll get their thoughts on the city, the unexpected snowfall, and the disappointment of not getting to see McDavid and Draisaitl in action. Don't miss it!Website: https://oilersnation.com/ https://twitter.com/OilersNation/ https://www.youtube.com/@Oilersnationdotcom/ https://www.facebook.com/OilersNation/https://www.instagram.com/oilersnationdotcomhttps://www.tiktok.com/@oilersnation SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

Welcome to Daily Faceoff Live!This morning we start with an update on the Gr8 Chase as Alex Ovechkin puts home another goal!We then take a look back to last nights game between Seattle and Calgary as the Western Wild Card Race heats up!We then move to the Winnipeg Jets who have officially punched their ticket into the post season! Will this be their year? Let's take a look at Connor Hellebuyck's numbers over the past few seasons.We also heard some spicy comments from John Tortorella last night as the Flyers lost 7-2 to the Maple Leafs. Is this his last season in Philadelphia?Or final topic focuses on some of the bigger trades from the Trade Deadline and Frank's level of concern...Jon Goyens then joins the Coaches Room to talk Montreal Canadiens.SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

The Edmonton Oilers are gearing up for a massive test against the Dallas Stars, still without both Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. With their two superstars sidelined for all three games this week, the team will continue to lean on Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, who has been red-hot with nine points in his last four games. Veteran depth players like Adam Henrique and Jeff Skinner have also stepped up, both finding the back of the net in Edmonton's last outing.We'll break down everything you need to know ahead of tonight's matchup, including our lineup report, key game notes, and one big take on what the Oilers must do to secure a win.Finally, we'll close out the show with our game day Bet365 Betting Challenge, giving you our best picks for the night. Don't miss it!Website: https://oilersnation.com/ https://twitter.com/OilersNation/ https://www.youtube.com/@Oilersnationdotcom/ https://www.facebook.com/OilersNation/https://www.instagram.com/oilersnationdotcomhttps://www.tiktok.com/@oilersnation SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

Tyler Yaremchuk is joined by former Oilers goalie Devan Dubnyk to break down what he's seeing from the team and the improved play of both Calvin Pickard and Stuart Skinner.Website: https://oilersnation.com/ https://twitter.com/OilersNation/ https://www.youtube.com/@Oilersnationdotcom/ https://www.facebook.com/OilersNation/https://www.instagram.com/oilersnationdotcomhttps://www.tiktok.com/@oilersnation SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

Welcome to Daily Faceoff Live!Today we have a few big topics to discuss, starting with the Comeback Cannons! The Columbus Blue Jackets are not out of the playoff race just yet and with some huge points last night, it has a few people wondering if they will make it.Then we move to the Vancouver Canucks and their big comeback win over New Jersey. How did Thatcher Demko look in his return?Speaking of injury, we should talk about a few major concerns around the league including Thomas Hertl, Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and Shea Theodore.We then got some big news this morning as Jakob Chychrun has extended with the Washington Capitals. (8 Years - $9 Million AAV)SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

The Edmonton Oilers are facing a massive challenge as both Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl will miss the next three games. Without their two superstars, the team will continue to rely on Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, who stepped up in a big way against Seattle. We'll dive into his chemistry with Vasily Podkolzin and Viktor Arvidsson, and whether this new-look top line can help keep the Oilers rolling.We'll go through our One Big Take, Sherwood Ford Giant Question, and What's Trending around the NHL, as we assess how the Oilers can navigate this stretch without their two biggest stars.Plus, we'll be joined by former Oilers goalie Devan Dubnyk to break down what he's seeing from the team and the improved play of both Calvin Pickard and Stuart Skinner.Can the Oilers survive without McDavid and Draisaitl? Let's discuss!Website: https://oilersnation.com/ https://twitter.com/OilersNation/ https://www.youtube.com/@Oilersnationdotcom/ https://www.facebook.com/OilersNation/https://www.instagram.com/oilersnationdotcomhttps://www.tiktok.com/@oilersnation SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

Tyler Yaremchuk is joined by former Edmonton Oiler and current Sportsnet analyst Louie DeBrusk to discuss what he saw from the Oilers without McDavid and Draisaitl, and who impressed him the most in their absence.Website: https://oilersnation.com/ https://twitter.com/OilersNation/ https://www.youtube.com/@Oilersnationdotcom/ https://www.facebook.com/OilersNation/https://www.instagram.com/oilersnationdotcomhttps://www.tiktok.com/@oilersnation SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

The Edmonton Oilers pulled off a gutsy 5-4 win over the Seattle Kraken on Saturday night, despite being without Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. It was Ryan Nugent-Hopkins' night, as he stepped up in a massive way, scoring a hat trick in his new role as the first-line center. With the team missing their two biggest stars, other depth players rose to the occasion, including Adam Henrique, who opened the scoring on the power play, and Jeff Skinner, who continued his hot streak by finding the back of the net once again.In goal, Stuart Skinner held his own, making 27 saves on 31 shots to pick up his 24th win of the season. The Oilers controlled most of the game but had to withstand a late push from the Kraken to secure the victory. Now, they'll have a much-needed three-day break before hosting the Dallas Stars on Wednesday at Rogers Place.We'll break down all the key moments in our scoring summary, One Big Take, and Sherwood Ford Giant Question. Plus, we'll be joined by former Edmonton Oiler and current Sportsnet analyst Louie DeBrusk to discuss what he saw from the Oilers without McDavid and Draisaitl, and who impressed him the most in their absence.Don't miss it!Website: https://oilersnation.com/ https://twitter.com/OilersNation/ https://www.youtube.com/@Oilersnationdotcom/ https://www.facebook.com/OilersNation/https://www.instagram.com/oilersnationdotcomhttps://www.tiktok.com/@oilersnation SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

Welcome back to Daily Faceoff Live!Today we start with our Night Cap and discuss the St. Louis Blues hot streak! Let's also talk about the goalie fight we were robbed of last night between Jeremey Swayman and Darcy Kuemper.We then move to the East as the Montreal Canadiens remain in control of their wild card spot. On the flip side the Vancouver Canucks are sliding, will they be able to turn this around? Will the injuries to Pettersson and Hoglander be the final straw?We then say farewell to Patrick Maroon as he has officially announced his retirement at the end of this season. Then we talk Calgary Flames with Flamesnations Cami Kepke for the All 32.SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

Shopping! Isabelle has been busy, of course. Tim Horton's, it's Canadian, sorta. It's Jon's birthday! Happy 24th Jonno! I did self checkout today, not a fan. Why is it winter again?

The Edmonton Oilers battled hard against the league-leading Winnipeg Jets but ultimately fell 3-2 in overtime at Rogers Place. It was a breakout night for Jeff Skinner, as he buried two goals while skating on the top line with Connor McDavid. The game had a playoff-like intensity, with two high-powered teams trading chances all game long.Unfortunately, the biggest storyline of the night was McDavid's injury. He left late in the second period with a lower-body injury and did not return, leaving Oilers fans holding their breath. To make matters worse, Stuart Skinner was pulled from the game with five minutes left after a collision in the crease with Gabe Vilardi, forcing Calvin Pickard to come in for relief. In the end, Kyle Connor sealed the win for Winnipeg in OT with his 38th goal of the season.We'll break down all the key moments in our scoring summary, One Big Take, and Sherwood Ford Giant Question. Then, we'll be joined by former NHL defenseman Jason Demers for his weekly Friday hit, where we'll get his take on the game and what McDavid's injury could mean for the Oilers moving forward.Don't miss this one!Website: https://oilersnation.com/ https://twitter.com/OilersNation/ https://www.youtube.com/@Oilersnationdotcom/ https://www.facebook.com/OilersNation/https://www.instagram.com/oilersnationdotcomhttps://www.tiktok.com/@oilersnation SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

The boys are joined by former NHL defenseman Jason Demers for his weekly Friday hit, where we'll get his take on the game and what McDavid's injury could mean for the Oilers moving forward.Website: https://oilersnation.com/ https://twitter.com/OilersNation/ https://www.youtube.com/@Oilersnationdotcom/ https://www.facebook.com/OilersNation/https://www.instagram.com/oilersnationdotcomhttps://www.tiktok.com/@oilersnation SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

Happy Friday hockey fans!Today on Daily Faceoff Live we are going to dive a little deeper into the playoff picture as we are only one month away!Let's start with some very important games from last night as the Wild Card races get tight! The Blues took on the Canucks and the Canadiens took on the Islanders. What do the standings look like now?Then we talk about the first team to clinch playoffs in the Washington Capitals! Let's review their season.Tyler will then ask Frank some Smoke or Fire questions. One of them on expansion!Then on the flip side of the playoffs the Chicago Blackhawks are the second team to be officially eliminated. Let's look at what they need to do for next season.Then Steven Ellis joins for the Next Wave. (Anton Frondell, Atro Leppanen, John Prokop, TJ Hughes, Karsen Dorwart)SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

Elias Makos caps the week off with Neil Drabkin, a lawyer who served as federal prosecutor and a political commentator who was a chief of staff in the Harper government, and Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the content marketing firm TNKR Media and co-host of the podcast Inspiring Entrepreneurs Canada. 2 days away from a snap election being called, news is happening fast: The Canadian government, under Mark Carney, plans to maintain a cap on emissions from oil and gas production, Let’s talk about the media-political party relationship. Mark Carney is still getting snippy with journalists, and the Conservatives won’t let journalists on their campaign plane. Is Tim Hortons Canadian?

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The Edmonton Oilers are riding high after a dominant 7-1 win over the Utah Hockey Club, but tonight presents a whole new challenge. The Winnipeg Jets sit atop the NHL standings, making this one of the biggest tests of the season for the Oilers. Can they keep their three-game winning streak alive against one of the league's best teams?We're bringing you all the pre-game coverage LIVE from the Sherwood Powersports & Marine tent at the Edmonton Boat and Sportsmen Show! We'll break down everything you need to know before puck drop, including our lineup report, Sherwood Ford Giant Question, and What's Trending. Plus, we'll give you our best bets for the night in the Bet365 Gameday Betting Challenge.Join us as we get you set for what should be an electric showdown at Rogers Place!Website: https://oilersnation.com/ https://twitter.com/OilersNation/ https://www.youtube.com/@Oilersnationdotcom/ https://www.facebook.com/OilersNation/https://www.instagram.com/oilersnationdotcomhttps://www.tiktok.com/@oilersnation SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

Tyler and Frank are back on Daily Faceoff Live!Today we will talk about the Minnesota Wild and where they stand in the Western Conference.We then move to the GM Meetings in Florida as we talk about some of the potential changes in the NHL, what was discussed in the meetings and the future of the CBA.We then move to the Toronto Maple Leafs as Jon Goyens joins the coaches room.SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

Welcome to Daily Faceoff Live!Bit of a different look on the show today as Jonny Lazarus and Nate Thompson fill in for Tyler and Frank.Let's start with the Eastern Conference Wild Card Race as the Rangers take another loss and the Canadiens are hot right now. How will the East shape up down the stretch?We then take a look at some early returns and buyers remorse as we now have a decent sample size of some big trades from the NHL trade deadline. Who are the big winners and who has some regret?Then we talk about the GM's of the year, of those winners, who has done the most to take their team to the next level?Then Jason York joins the All 32 to talk about the Ottawa Senators and what appears to be a well deserved Playoff birth.SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

The Edmonton Oilers delivered a statement win on home ice, crushing the Utah Hockey Club 7-1 in a dominant performance at Rogers Place. The Oilers came out flying, jumping to a 3-0 lead after the first period, and never looked back, extending their winning streak to three games in style.It was another big night for Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, who picked up three points for the second consecutive game after doing the same Sunday against the Rangers. Mattias Ekholm made his return from injury in a huge way, scoring a goal and adding two assists. Zach Hyman found the back of the net twice, while Viktor Arvidsson chipped in offensively as well. The physicality was there too, as Darnell Nurse dropped the gloves in the first period, setting the tone early.Between the pipes, Calvin Pickard continued his strong play, stopping 29 of 30 shots in another solid performance.We'll break down all the big moments from the game with our scoring summary, one big take, and the Sherwood Ford Giant Question. Then, we'll be joined by our friend Bruce Curlock, who will break down the tactical changes he's seen from the Oilers during this three-game winning streak and what it could mean moving forward. Don't miss it!Website: https://oilersnation.com/ https://twitter.com/OilersNation/ https://www.youtube.com/@Oilersnationdotcom/ https://www.facebook.com/OilersNation/https://www.instagram.com/oilersnationdotcomhttps://www.tiktok.com/@oilersnation SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

Liam Horrobin is joined by our friend Bruce Curlock, who will break down the tactical changes he's seen from the Oilers during this three-game winning streak and what it could mean moving forward.Website: https://oilersnation.com/ https://twitter.com/OilersNation/ https://www.youtube.com/@Oilersnationdotcom/ https://www.facebook.com/OilersNation/https://www.instagram.com/oilersnationdotcomhttps://www.tiktok.com/@oilersnation SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

We are joined by former Oilers goaltender Devan Dubnyk, who will share his thoughts on Edmonton's improved goaltending and defensive play, as well as Calvin Pickard's clutch OT performance against the Islanders.Website: https://oilersnation.com/ https://twitter.com/OilersNation/ https://www.youtube.com/@Oilersnationdotcom/ https://www.facebook.com/OilersNation/https://www.instagram.com/oilersnationdotcomhttps://www.tiktok.com/@oilersnation SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

After a rollercoaster four-game road trip, the Edmonton Oilers are back at Rogers Place to kick off a four-game homestand against the Utah Hockey Club. The road trip started on a rough note with losses to Buffalo and New Jersey, but the Oilers managed to salvage it with back-to-back wins against the Islanders and Rangers. Now, they look to build on that momentum in front of their home crowd.Calvin Pickard will get the start between the pipes tonight after an outstanding performance against the Islanders, where he stopped 24 of 25 shots in a crucial overtime win. Another big storyline heading into this matchup is the promotion of Jeff Skinner to the Oilers' top line alongside Connor McDavid, a move that could provide a fresh offensive spark. Additionally, Zach Hyman returns to the lineup after missing Sunday's game against the Rangers, bringing back his much-needed scoring presence.We'll go through our lineup report, game notes, and Sherwood Ford Giant Question, plus break down what this game means for the Oilers as they try to climb the standings.Then, we'll be joined by former Oilers goaltender Devan Dubnyk, who will share his thoughts on Edmonton's improved goaltending and defensive play, as well as Calvin Pickard's clutch OT performance against the Islanders.We'll also wrap things up with our Bet365 Gameday Betting Challenge, where Tyler and Liam give their best bets for tonight's matchup. Don't miss it!Website: https://oilersnation.com/ https://twitter.com/OilersNation/ https://www.youtube.com/@Oilersnationdotcom/ https://www.facebook.com/OilersNation/https://www.instagram.com/oilersnationdotcomhttps://www.tiktok.com/@oilersnation SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

Good morning hockey fans!Today we start by looking back at the Toronto Maple Leafs who took a 6-2 win over the Calgary Flames last night.As we continue our Award conversations today we look at the Calder Trophy. The top prospects are Macklin Celebrini, Dustin Wolf and Lane Hutson. Who deserves it the most?We then talk about Gabriel Landeskog. He was seen skating during practice with the Avalanche, could this signal a return and if so would he have an instant impact?Then we look at the first team to be officially eliminated from playoffs, the San Jose Sharks. There wasn't a lot of hope for them this season but let's give it a rating. Frank Seravalli then joins from the GM Meetings in Florida to give us an update.SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

Lead vocalist, Liam Cormier, and bassist/backing vocalist, Jaye R. Schwarzer, of Canadian hardcore band, Cancer Bats, join us on this episode of The Adamantium Podcast. We discuss their next album and their perspective on new songs after 20 years in the music industry. We also talk about their individual side hustles in woodworking and clothing, Bat Sabbath (their highly successful Black Sabbath tribute band), skateboarding in your 40s, the Japanese earthquake they experienced, their love of Tim Hortons, and their relationship with Alexisonfire.

Then, we'll be joined by former Oiler and Sportsnet color commentator Louie DeBrusk to analyze what these wins mean for the team moving forward, and whether Edmonton has truly found its game again.Website: https://oilersnation.com/ https://twitter.com/OilersNation/ https://www.youtube.com/@Oilersnationdotcom/ https://www.facebook.com/OilersNation/https://www.instagram.com/oilersnationdotcomhttps://www.tiktok.com/@oilersnation SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

The Edmonton Oilers turned their road trip around in a huge way, picking up a massive four points over the weekend with back-to-back wins against the New York Islanders and New York Rangers.It all started Friday night with a thrilling 2-1 OT victory over the Islanders, powered by Leon Draisaitl's late-game heroics. He scored both goals, including the overtime winner, bringing him to 49 goals on the season. Calvin Pickard was rock solid between the pipes, standing tall in a game where the Oilers struggled to generate consistent offense but got the job done when it mattered most.The road trip finale came Sunday night at Madison Square Garden, where the Oilers delivered a statement 3-1 win over the Rangers. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins silenced his critics with a three-point night, while Viktor Arvidsson and Connor McDavid sealed the game with clutch third-period goals. Stuart Skinner was dialed in, stopping 21 of 22 shots for a .955 save percentage, giving the Oilers their second straight win and closing out the trip on a high note.We'll break down all the key moments from both wins, deliver our One Big Take, and ask today's Sherwood Ford Giant Question—is this the momentum shift the Oilers needed down the stretch?Then, we'll be joined by former Oiler and Sportsnet color commentator Louie DeBrusk to analyze what these wins mean for the team moving forward, and whether Edmonton has truly found its game again. Tune in for all that and more on Oilersnation Everyday!Website: https://oilersnation.com/ https://twitter.com/OilersNation/ https://www.youtube.com/@Oilersnationdotcom/ https://www.facebook.com/OilersNation/https://www.instagram.com/oilersnationdotcomhttps://www.tiktok.com/@oilersnation SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

Welcome to another week of Daily Faceoff Live!Today Colby Cohen joins Tyler Yaremchuk as Frank is out at the GM Meetigs in Florida.Let's start in the Pacific with the Vegas Golden Knights. They have seemed a bit off lately as the Pacific Division Race heats up. Is this a minor set back or is their division title in jeopardy. We then jump into the Jack Adams conversation as we continue our awards conversations. Who do you think has been coach of the year?Its then time for the 'paper tiger' conversation, which playoff contender do you believe is a fraud? Colby believes it could be Edmonton.Matt Larkin then joins for the All 32 to talk Toronto Maple Leafs.SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

Former NHL defenseman and NHL Network analyst Jason Demers joins Oilersnation Everyday to break down the Oilers' current struggles and what needs to change to get them back on track. From defensive breakdowns to goaltending woes, Demers shares his insights on what's going wrong and how the team can snap out of this funk. Can the Oilers turn their season around before it's too late? Tune in for expert analysis and unfiltered takes on what's next for Edmonton.Website: https://oilersnation.com/ https://twitter.com/OilersNation/ https://www.youtube.com/@Oilersnationdotcom/ https://www.facebook.com/OilersNation/https://www.instagram.com/oilersnationdotcomhttps://www.tiktok.com/@oilersnation SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

Happy Friday hockey fans!Let's start the show talking about the streaky Sens! Another win gives the Senators a solid look at playoffs this season. Are they capable of making the second round with their talent, goaltending and leadership?We then move to the 10 minute misconduct or Connor Bedard last night. This type of thing happens often with young players and is often a good lesson in a young career. How could Bedard have handled this differently.PROVE IT! Which playoff contenders have the most to prove and how can they show that they've taken another step this season?Then we jump in the Hart Trophy conversation. Who is the most deserving and is Leon Draisaitl running away with it?Then Carter Hutton joins to talk about the Adin Hill extension, Vezina Trophy and what to expect from the UFA goalie market.SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

The Edmonton Oilers suffered another tough loss last night, falling 3-2 to the New Jersey Devils in a game that saw them surrender a third-period lead. Despite an outstanding performance from Stuart Skinner, who made several key stops on Devils power plays and odd-man rushes, the Oilers couldn't close things out when it mattered most. They grabbed a 2-1 lead with 15 minutes left, only to watch it slowly slip away as New Jersey scored two unanswered goals to take control and never look back.We'll break down everything that went wrong in the loss with our scoring summary, one big take, and Sherwood Ford Giant Question as we try to figure out why the Oilers continue to struggle in crucial moments.There's no time to dwell on the defeat, though, as the Oilers are right back in action tonight, facing the New York Islanders in the second half of a back-to-back. With the team desperate for a win, will we see lineup changes, and who gets the start in goal? We'll go through all the latest updates in our lineup report and highlight key game notes for tonight's matchup.Finally, we'll close things out with our Bet365 Gameday Betting Challenge, looking at the best plays for Oilers vs. Islanders. Can Edmonton finally turn things around on this road trip? Tune in as we break it all down!Website: https://oilersnation.com/ https://twitter.com/OilersNation/ https://www.youtube.com/@Oilersnationdotcom/ https://www.facebook.com/OilersNation/https://www.instagram.com/oilersnationdotcomhttps://www.tiktok.com/@oilersnation SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

Welcome to Daily Faceoff Live!Yesterday we looked at the Eastern Playoff Race, today we look at the West!Last night the Canucks pulled off a huge win against Calgary to keep them in the swing of things in the West. Can they keep this up and will Elias Pettersson pick up some slack down the stretch?We then look at a few Western teams that are still in the mix in the Utah Hockey Club and the St. Louis Blues. Which one will make it to the post season?Then we move to an interesting article but Paul Pidutti on some statics for the season. Check it out here!Then we move onto the Norris Conversation as the seasons end approaches. Has Zach Werenski made a strong enough case to beat Makar or Hughes?Erik Erlendsson then joins the All 32 to talk Tampa Bay!SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

The Edmonton Oilers continue their four-game road trip tonight with a matchup against the New Jersey Devils, looking to put Monday's embarrassing 3-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres behind them. The Oilers have struggled for a few weeks now, and with the playoffs fast approaching, they need to find their game—starting tonight. Fortunately, they'll face a Devils team missing their superstar Jack Hughes, who has been ruled out for the remainder of the season.The big story heading into this one is Jeff Skinner's promotion to the second line alongside Leon Draisaitl and Viktor Arvidsson. With the Oilers' offensive production dipping in recent weeks, Skinner will be asked to provide a much-needed spark in the top six. Will this adjustment help Edmonton find the firepower they've been missing?Another major question mark for the Oilers is goaltending. Stuart Skinner has struggled since returning from the 4 Nations Faceoff break, and with a shaky Oilers defense in front of him, they'll need a big performance from their starter to walk away with two points. Can he step up and deliver a signature win on the road?We'll go through all our game day essentials, including the latest lineup report, game notes, and our Sherwood Ford Giant Question. Plus, we'll close things out with our Gameday Bet365 Betting Challenge, breaking down the best value plays for tonight's matchup.Tune in as we get you set for a crucial game in New Jersey!Website: https://oilersnation.com/ https://twitter.com/OilersNation/ https://www.youtube.com/@Oilersnationdotcom/ https://www.facebook.com/OilersNation/https://www.instagram.com/oilersnationdotcomhttps://www.tiktok.com/@oilersnation SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!

Another day closer to the Stanley Cup Playoffs!This morning we start by talking about some big games last night as the Wild Card races begin. Every win at this time of the year is huge, who will pull ahead?We then jump into the Boston Bruins and Florida Panthers matchup last night as tempers flared. The two teams clearly have some hate for each other, imagine if Marchand was on the ice?Then we look at some Western teams we haven't talked much about, the Minnesota Wild and LA Kings. Will these teams be able to take the next step this postseason?Then we play some 'Smoke or Fire?' as we discuss some rumors around the league including the Rasmus Dahlin drama in Buffalo and the talk surrounding Mikko Rantanen at the Trade Deadline.Then Jon Goyens joins to talk about the falling Edmonton Oilers and why they are struggling.SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS!!