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7. Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole left TSN for a bold new venture with FOX Sports 1 last year. It has been reported Rogers Sportsnet made an “aggressive” offer to get you to host their $5.2-billion NHL venture. Why did you stay?

JD: It’s not something I feel comfortable talking about, because I think any conversations you have with people should remain private. So I’ll put it this way, the handful of times over the years that I’ve had opportunities to go other places, I go through this checklist: Do I still love my job? Yes. Do I like my bosses? Yes. Do I like the people I work with? Yes. In fact, some of them are my best friends in the world. And when you go through all those things, and all the answers are yes, then why would you ever want to leave a place?

8. Sportsnet analyst Nick Kypreos has famously referred to your side as “those f—kers at TSN” on Twitter. How intense is the competition?

JD: [laughs] I think maybe more between the guys who are breaking the stories. As a host, I don’t think you have some raging rivalry with other hosts at other places: “My intro was better than your intro! That question I asked was a lot better than the question you asked!” So I’ve never felt it, really … When that thing came out, I felt for Nick because we all screw up on Twitter. We laughed more than anything else. I didn’t think that he actually was living his life every day going, “oh, those f—kers at TSN,” you know? It was just a moment.

9. Crustiest panelist: Brian Burke or John Tortorella?

JD: Burkie. Because Burkie is like that most of the time. Torts, he’s like a schoolgirl when he’s off the air; polite, nice, quiet guy. Because of those Top 10 lists, you replay these three or four moments of Torts with his yelling and screaming. But the truth is, most of the time, he didn’t say much. Whereas Burkie is kind of always like that. I’ve done 100 interviews with Burkie, and they’re all crusty … We will do an interview at the draft where he will shoot down every question I say, stare at me like me like he wants to rip out my throat, and then as soon as the camera’s off, he kind of winks and goes, “that was good, eh? Good television. See you later. We’ll have a beer.” That’s the way Burke is. I think it’s time you unveil his thing — he’s a pretty big-hearted guy who likes to laugh and have a good time. I think he puts on a little bit of a show when he’s on the camera. He’s a nicer guy than he wants people to think.