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The Jeff Marek Show

Craig Conroy Joins the Show + How Will Tanev Fit in With Dallas

The Jeff Marek Show

Sportsnet

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

4.4887 Ratings

🗓️ 29 February 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Jeff and Sportsnet's Eric Francis kick off the show discussing the Chris Tanev trade from a Flames perspective, the return for the veteran defender and what Calgary is getting with Artem Grushnikov. Later on, Calgary Flames General Manager Craig Conroy shares how the trade came fruition, the appeal of Grushnikov, when conversations really started to pick up, and what he's looking for in current trade talks (28:50). Dallas Stars analyst Brien Rea wraps up today's program with his expectations on when Chris Tanev might suit up with the Stars, before getting into Jim Nill’s mentality ahead of the deadline, Logan Stankoven’s start to his NHL career, and more (50:05)! 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.

0:09.9

Okay, welcome to it.

0:11.0

Today we're going to spend a lot of time on the program.

0:13.4

Good morning, good afternoon.

0:14.7

Good evening, depending on where and when you're listening.

0:17.5

We're going to spend a lot of time talking about the Dallas-Callagre trade.

0:20.0

Chris Tandove, now a member of the Dallas Stars.

0:22.1

And a couple of things fall from this.

0:24.4

How does the market react?

0:26.6

Have the prices for a defenseman now been firmly established?

0:30.4

And where do we go from here?

0:32.3

Speaking of defensemen, no Eric Johnson at Buffalo Sabres practice.

0:36.0

Are they holding them out, waiting for a trade? That time of year, folks. So we'll talk plenty about Chris Hanove and Artum Greshnikov, who I think Calgary Flames fans are going to really like. More on him coming up at a couple of moments. Craig Con, we're a Calgary Flames general manager. We'll stop by at the bottom of the first hour here. Elliot Friedman, who is at the Maple Leafs, Arizona Coyotes skates this morning. He gets bumped to 1 o'clock so we can talk to people, see the skates, do the Elliott Friedman thing. So he's going to be joining me in an hour's time. Brian Ray of the Dallas Stars broadcast crew will stop by. We'll get this from the Dallas point of view as well.

1:12.9

And Eric Francis stops by here in a couple of moments.

1:14.8

By the way, as I was mentioning on TV last night, I don't think the Dallas Stars are done.

1:21.7

I don't think this is a situation where Jim Nell got, you know, he got his number one target.

1:26.1

Make no mistake about it.

1:27.5

Chris Tannov was the number one target for the Dallas stars.

1:30.9

I still believe Dallas wants to make at least one, maybe two more moves.

1:39.5

I think the most pressing is another defenseman.

1:42.7

Look, Jim Nill understands that if you're going to have a deep run

1:45.7

and Dallas is expected to have a deep run,

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