Darryl Saban

@1003TheBear Brutal news. Always enjoyed listening to him on the drive home. Just seemed like the nicest guy in the world. Whenever the temps rise I always think “It’s too hot!”. Condolences to everyone at The Bear.

It's with incredibly heavy hearts that we here at the Bear acknowledge the passing of our brother, Warren Barris. We love you, Diesel. Thank you for the wonderful memories we all made together. RIP Warren Barris January 31 1992 - April 14 2026 iheart.com/podcast/962-yu…

@CCMHockey Stick #1

@TSNBobMcKenzie Congrats Bob! My favourite sports broadcaster, if a report came from you it was reliable. I always enjoyed watching you & reading your articles. Thanks for all the great years, enjoy the lake and wherever your travels take you.

The trade is one for none. Which is to say I’m exchanging my semi-retired TSN life of the last five years — doing the World Junior Championships, NHL Draft Rankings, a handful of Toronto Maple Leaf broadcasts, TradeCentre and Free Agent Frenzy — for a fully-retired life of doing absolutely nothing. Well, nothing work related anyway. Today’s Free Agent Frenzy is the last working day in a 48-year professional career that included stops at The Sault Star, The Globe and Mail, The Hockey News (twice), The Toronto Star, TSN, ESPN and NBC, amongst others. It’s been quite a ride. I’ll be 69 years old in August. I decided a few months ago it’s as nice a time as any to call it a career with the expiry of my current contract. If I had been so inclined to continue doing the World Juniors and draft rankings etc. at TSN, the opportunity was certainly there for me to do so. And I’m so grateful to TSN for that. Honestly, though, I am looking forward to waking up on Christmas morning this year and NOT flying to Minneapolis-St. Paul for the World Juniors. I’m also looking forward to doing more travelling with my wife Cindy; having more time to give my sons Mike and Shawn unwanted (and unneeded) advice; playing even more golf than I am now; and having my two wonderful grandchildren Blake and Gunnar running my show on a full-time basis. After almost 50 years in the business, there are far too many people to thank individually, so I won’t even try to name any lest I leave some out. Just know that I’ve been blessed to work for, work with and work against so many great people who gave me boundless opportunity, incredible support and intense motivation. The nearly five decades have gone by in the blink of an eye. I certainly never set out to be the TSN Hockey Insider. It never occurred to me that I would work in television. All I wanted to be when I grew up was a hockey writer, to have a “job” to watch, write and talk about the game. You know, tell a few stories and try to capture the spirit of the thing. Mission accomplished, I guess. I couldn’t say goodbye now without a special thanks to everyone at TSN, past and present. I first started showing up on the network in or around 1986-87. In the 1990s, I was working full-time hours at TSN but still had a full time newspaper job, too. Since 2000, 25 years ago, TSN has been my primary professional home. It’s been a very special place on so many levels. The best part of TSN has always been the people. The best people doing the best work. What an honour to be one small part of the unsurpassed excellence that is TSN. Every time I’ve walked out of Studio Six at the end of Free Agent Frenzy on July 1, I’ve said to myself: “It doesn’t get any better than that.” And it doesn’t. That’s especially true on this Canada Day because I’m so very proud to be a Canadian. 🇨🇦 I’m a very lucky guy. I owe the game of hockey, and all the people within it — the players, coaches, managers, executives, scouts, agents et al — so much; I owe my family and friends even more.  Finally, thank you to anyone who has ever read, watched or listened to any of my work in any form at any outlet over the last 48 years. It’s been a privilege to share some information with you all, and try to have a few laughs along the way on social media or whatever they’re calling it these days. I’ve cherished it all. Fully Completely. ✌️and 💕  -30-

@BeatinTheBookie 👀

@DarrylSaban Won’t be as close as last year imo.

How do you beat a team who goes 18 deep for playoff goal scorers? You can’t.

@Buccigross Crosby 🇨🇦 #bucciovertimechallenge

A #FourNations #bucciovertimechallenge from Bawwwston. 🇺🇸🇨🇦. Two great nations. Two great group of fans. One Love! LFG!! (Pick one player each country to score game winner)

@StanleyCup @1003TheBear Come home

Find me at Game 7.

@BeatinTheBookie Seems pretty even, considering Skinner got run over in his crease and no call.

How many fucking power plays are they going to give them?!

@BarstoolTrent Congrats Trent! Where’s the @TaylorMadeGolf plaque?

WE DID IT. #TillGang

Lafreniere / Barkov #bucciovertimechallenge

Kane #bucciovertimechallenge

MacKinnon / Johnston #bucciovertimechallenge

@RodSmithTSN @TSN_Sports The 2 of you were awesome together Rod. What a great tribute you gave him, very sorry for your loss.

Dutchy was a friend, a colleague and the lifeblood of TSN for nearly 30 years And one of the funniest, most original people I’ve ever known. One of a kind. His death makes me profoundly sad. But his memory will always make me smile. Rest in peace, Dutch.

@TSN_Sports Awful news. Dutch along with @RodSmithTSN and then @jenniferhedger were my nightly routine for years. He was one of the very best at what he did. Condolences to his family and his family at @TSN_Sports.

TSN is mourning the loss of our friend and beloved SportsCentre host Darren Dutchyshen.

Hyman #bucciovertimechallenge #letsgooilers

Necas/Fox #bucciovertimechallenge

Lindholm/Knies #bucciovertimechallenge

2 for 2 today! If that doesn’t get the #bucciovertimechallenge call, then I don’t know what to do!

Stone/Johnston #bucciovertimechallenge

When you finally bust out of a 4 year #bucciovertimechallenge slump but still don’t get picked.

Kuznetzov/Barzal #bucciovertimechallenge