Are the Lightning Underdogs? + How the Jets Fixed Their Locker Room

The Jeff Marek Show

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Sports, Flames, Canucks, Canadiens, Maple Leafs, Stanley Cup, Nhl, Oilers, Jets, Senators, Hockey

4.4 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Gord Stellick kicks off the show with Sportsnet’s Chris Cuthbert to tee up the Leafs-Bruins first round matchup. They discuss the first playoff meeting in five years between Toronto and Boston, who we can expect to see between the pipes for the two teams, and more. Then, TNT's Darren Pang joins the show to reflect upon his time working in Arizona and the impact the team has had in the growth of the sport, before getting into the Lightning as underdogs and what we can expect from Patrick Roy and the Islanders (21:59). Later on, Sportsnet’s Sean Reynolds joins the show to discuss how the Jets have built their team, the teams trade deadline additions, how the front office has fixed the locker room, Laurent Brossoit not getting his name on the Jennings Trophy, and more (47:26). The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.

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0:00.0	This is the Jeff Merrick Show on the SportsNet Radio Network.
0:13.2	Welcome back, the Jeff Merrick show.
0:15.3	No Jeff Merrick as Gord Stelick filling in today.
0:18.7	Great day to do it.
0:19.7	The very best time of the year, the next two weeks,
0:21.7	the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. So loving that, we'll be all over here on the Sportsnet
0:26.5	Radio Network. And of course, those you be watching on SportsNet 360. And yes, the lineage of family
0:34.2	broadcast royalty will be on display in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
0:38.5	You got the McKenzie father and son, Bob and Sean, the late Dan Kelly,
0:42.9	and of course John doing a great job, the Buck family out of St. Louis,
0:46.4	Marv Albert, Kenny Albert out of New York, the showmans here in Toronto, Eddie Olchuk
0:51.4	and I think his three kids as well.
0:53.7	And of course, our own Justin Cuthbert and his dad, Chris Cuthbert, the father's son duo from Hockey Night and Canada, Chris and of course here on Sportsnet and the fan, Justin. But Chris Cuthbert joining me this afternoon. How are you this afternoon, Chris? I'm good, Gord. I now get to brag. I'm the second best sportscaster in the family. But good to be with you. And I know you've got a Justin too. So we've got that connection. And I figured you asked me on today just so a couple of old-timers could reflect on 1959 and the last time the Leafs beat the Bruins in the Stanley Cup playoff.
1:27.7	That's hard to believe.
1:28.7	Well, anyway, hard to believe.
1:29.8	And, of course, the 60s, the Bruins and Rangers hardly ever made the Stanley Cup was one thing.
1:35.3	Hey, a quick one before.
1:36.7	But speaking of Justin, was he always interested in getting in broadcasting or was
1:41.2	it a late thing?
1:42.5	No, in fact, he did everything to avoid following in my footsteps.
1:47.3	Went to Western for kinesiology.
1:49.6	I think he spent a year in a clinic and then decided, you know what?
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