Brian Burke and Rick Nash Join the Show

The Jeff Marek Show

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4.4 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Jeff kicks off the show with The Athletics’ Michael Russo as they discuss Lou Nanne retiring from calling the Minnesota State Championships after 60 years behind the mic. The pair also dive into the Wild’s playoff chances, the issues that have plagued Minnesota this season, what Brock Faber’s next contract will look like, and his takeaways from the NHL GM Meetings. Next up, former NHL executive Brian Burke joins the show to discuss his experiences at GM Meetings in the past, what the first gathering was like, how George Parros has handled his role with the NHL's Department of Player Safety, and if the PWHL is ready to expand (17:42). Later on, newly appointed GM of Hockey Canada at the World Championships and Columbus Blue Jackets Director of Player Development, Rick Nash joins the show (50:05)! They discuss the point in his career when he first considered a management role, his expectations for the upcoming World Championships as someone who has been there as a player, the state of international hockey, and much more. 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.
0:11.2	This is indeed, and welcome back to it across the Sportsnet Radio Network,
0:14.1	Samucast on Sportsnet 360.
0:15.9	Coming up at top of the hour, we'll have a conversation with Brian Burke, executive director of the PWHL, also
0:22.9	former general manager.
0:23.9	We'll talk a lot about the GM's meetings in Florida, just from a sort of how things work,
0:28.3	how things get from one person's brain to becoming an agenda item.
0:33.6	You know, Berkey's been responsible for a lot of the changes in the game.
0:36.8	And we'll go over some of those at Berkey. Also, Rick Nash, who will be the general manager at Team for Team Canada at the upcoming world hockey championships. In the meantime, someone that I'm never jealous of because he spent so much time with one of my favorite people in all of hockey, Lou Nanny, is the one and only Michael Russo from The Athletic who joins me now.
0:55.7	Michael, how are you, bud?
0:57.5	I'm doing well.
0:58.4	I'm doing well.
1:00.2	But before we get on to pressing affairs,
1:02.4	whether it's the Minnesota Wilder,
1:03.5	or issues coming out of the general manager's meeting,
1:06.5	you know how much I love talking about Lou Nanny,
1:08.6	and I always say he's the best president slash commissioner of the NHL never had.
1:12.7	Do you have a thought?
1:13.9	I mean, I know you spent some time.
1:15.1	You and Elliot was gloating about it, getting to spend some more time and having dinner with Lou Nanny.
1:21.7	60 years calling the state high school championship coming to an end.
1:25.7	His decision to do it, going back to, I want to say, like, 1964, when Lou was still a
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