Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell + PWHL Minnesota GM Natalie Darwitz Join the Show

The Jeff Marek Show

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4.4 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2024

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Jeff Marek and Shayna Goldman of The Athletic kick things off discussing their takeaways from last night’s Game 4 between the Stars and Oilers, Darnell Nurse’s bounce back, and Evan Bouchard’s elite play throughout the playoffs. Later on, they recap last night’s first ever PWHL Final which saw Minnesota beat Boston in Game 5! Then, newly appointed President, General Manager and Alternate Governor of the Columbus Blue Jackets, Don Waddell joins the program (32:21). They discuss his decision to join Columbus, his draft philosophy, what we can expect Rick Nash’s role to be going forward, and the players he tried to pry out of Columbus while managing in Carolina. Next up, after capturing the Walter Cup last night, PWHL Minnesota GM Natalie Darwitz looks back on her team's ‘brief’ win in Game 4, how important first overall pick Taylor Heise has been for the team, and the Sophie Jacques trade (50:09). Later on, Jeff and Matt Marchese discuss the broader impact the PWHL's growth will have on women's hockey, the future between the pipes in Columbus, the Oilers' play short-handed, and Kris Knoblauch’s tactics behind the bench (01:19:20). Jeff concludes today's episode reflecting on the life and legacy of legendary FAN590 personality and radio programmer, Bob Mackowycz Sr. 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.
0:08.6	Welcome once again through the program across the Sportsnet Radio Network, 316,
0:12.4	and wherever you get your podcast.
0:14.2	Shannon Goldman standing by here in a couple of moments from The Athletic
0:16.9	and the Too Many Men podcast.
0:18.6	We'll talk to Shane about last night, about what's going to happen tonight.
0:22.6	And a couple of other things around the hockey world, not just NHL, but also PWHL.
0:27.0	Congratulations to Minnesota 3-0-0-0-win.
0:30.3	They capture the inaugural Walter Cup.
0:32.3	Congratulations to Natalie Darwitz, general manager of the team.
0:35.9	She will join in hour two.
0:37.4	Also, speaking of
0:38.4	general managers, as we sort of fly through the directory here of what's coming up, Don
0:42.8	Waddell is going to stop by. So very much looking forward to talking to the president of
0:47.7	hockey operations and general manager of the Columbus Blue Jackets. Today, it's Wadell's turn
0:54.0	to make the rounds, make the media rounds and go through the gauntlets. So looking forward to talking to a couple of managers, Don Waddell and Natalie Darwitz. Matt Marquesie is aboard, as always wearing a lovely Godfather T-shirts. You got it. That hits me where I live, bud. Yeah, it's it's i saw it it was on sale somewhere i was
1:12.8	like yeah i'm buying that that's nice put down your laptops on 360 everyone can see brando there you go
1:17.5	now as i'm quick to point out and as my wife always reminds me whenever i complain about anything
1:25.2	in the industry yeah that we work, there's a great line from
1:29.9	the Godfather that we all need to remember.
1:33.2	And it goes like this.
1:35.1	This is the business we chose.
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