Demers Reflects on Pavelski’s Career + Drance Talks Sedins' New Roles in Vancouver

The Jeff Marek Show

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4.4 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Matt Marchese kicks off the show with former NHL defenceman and current NHL Network analyst, Jason Demers. They discus his time playing with Aleksander Barkov and his training regiment, tee up the matchup between Connor McDavid and Barkov, and share how the Panthers are a different team then they were last year. Later, the pair get into discuss Aaron Ekblad’s growth over time and how he has developed his defensive abilities, before reflecting on his time playing with Joe Pavelski. Then, Sportsnet 650's Thomas Drance joins the show to discuss the coaching changes in Vancouver, the Sedin twins’ new roles in the organization, Jaroslav Svejkovský’s promotion behind the bench, what it will take to keep Filip Hronek with the Canucks, and more (29:37). 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.
0:08.9	It is the Jeff Merrick show, but this is not Jeff Merrick.
0:12.0	It's Matt Markezy filling in for Jeff.
0:13.5	He's at the Columbine.
0:15.0	He will be back tomorrow.
0:17.0	Don't you worry.
0:18.1	Actually, no, he'll be back on Monday, so don't you worry about it.
0:20.4	You get me tomorrow.
0:21.6	As we get you set for game one of the Stanley Cup final, which feels like it's taking a year for us to get here.
0:28.5	What's that Titanic meme?
0:30.0	It's been 84 years.
0:31.7	Well, that's kind of what it feels like right now, but we will get you through it.
0:35.7	Only an hour show today as Blue Jay's baseball will take us off the air in about an hour.
0:41.5	We'll be joined by Jason DeMers from NHL Network former NHL defenseman.
0:45.2	He will join us shortly.
0:47.2	And we'll also be joined by Thomas Drance from the Athletic and Canucks talk.
0:51.9	Canucks made a little bit of news yesterday.
0:54.0	They announced that Yogi Svikovky was going to be their assistant coach.
0:58.7	He gets a promotion from being their skills coach.
1:00.9	But the news was actually that Daniel and Hendrik Sedin are going to be taking on a
1:05.3	more of a day-to-day role with both the Canucks and Abbotsford.
1:10.0	We'll talk to Thomas about that.
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