Behind the Bench with Claude Julien + Doug Armstrong Joins the Show

The Jeff Marek Show

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4.4 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Jeff kicks off the show with Shayna Goldman of The Athletic to recap a busy weekend around the NHL. They discuss the Sabres' loss to the Red Wings, the Islanders' losing streak, if Detroit is postseason-ready, and the most intriguing playoff races around the league. Next up, former NHL head coach and Stanley Cup Champion, Claude Julien joins the show (16:00)! He chats about his time working with Zdeno Chara behind the Bruins' bench, if fear has left the game, how Barry Trotz has transitioned to a GM role, John Tortorella's ejection last week, and if he would welcome letting officials explain their calls. Later on, General Manager of the St. Louis Blues and Team Canada, Doug Armstrong connects with Jeff live from the GM Meetings in Florida (49:32)! He takes us behind the scenes of how the meetings work, before getting into the Blues' playoff push, Jordan Binnington’s play, the Canadian goalie pool and the nature of roster construction at the Olympics. 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.
0:10.1	Okay, welcome to the program.
0:11.5	Welcome to the Monday edition of the Jeff Merrick show across the Sportsnet Radio Network, Sportsnet 360,
0:16.5	and wherever you listen to your podcasts.
0:19.9	Coming up on the show today, Elliot, who normally kicks things off here,
0:23.8	will be pushed to hour two.
0:25.7	Elliot is in Florida for the general manager's meetings,
0:28.8	and we'll get the full time and temp and rundown from Elliott here.
0:32.2	A couple of things on the docket.
0:34.7	Most notably, the DOPS Department of Player Safety, and what happens here after the George Perros presentation and how do general managers feel about how things have been handled so far this season.
0:46.2	A couple of things we talked about on the podcast earlier this morning.
0:50.5	Outside of the DOPS presentation, things like, you know, Vizors, video review, these types of things
0:55.4	we believe are on the docket for today. So we'll get into that with Elliot in Hour 2. Also in
1:00.6	Hour 2, someone who's on the executive committee who's in Florida, is Doug Armstrong, a busy guy,
1:08.5	general manager of the St. Louis Blues, GM for the Canadian national team,
1:13.0	for the Olympics, and for the, how are they calling this one? The four nations face off. That's
1:20.7	it. It just rolls off the tongue, folks. So we'll talk to Doug Armstrong coming up an hour
1:24.9	two. She'll probably park some time to talk to Doug about the St. Louis Blues.
1:30.4	All of a sudden, they've won four games in a row and they're four points out.
1:35.1	Can they do this?
1:38.4	Maybe it is lucky.
1:39.9	They didn't trade Pavel Bushnevich after all.
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