Devils GM Tom Fitzgerald + My Day With the Cup with Jim Lang

The Jeff Marek Show

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4.4 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Jeff kicks off the show with Jim Lang to discuss his new book "My Day with the Cup: NHL Players Tell Their Stories about Hometown Celebrations with Hockey's Greatest Trophy". They chat about the most interesting tales from his book, along with his favourite encounters with former players. Later, New Jersey Devils GM Tom Fitzgerald discusses the reasoning for bringing in Jacob Markström, what the Devils need to add on their blue line, what went wrong for the team this season, and more (17:22)! 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.
0:11.0	Welcome back to the program.
0:11.8	Glad to have you board today.
0:12.7	Coming up at the top of hour to, Greg Wyshinsky from ESPN, Snoop Dog concert, by the way, in Edmonton today.
0:19.1	Game 6 tomorrow.
0:40.7	How do they not bring Shania Twain back, folks? Snoop Dog tonight's Connor McDavid tomorrow. Also coming up an hour to Tom Fitzgerald, the general manager of the New Jersey Devils, they have a new goalie. His name is Jacob Markstrom. Sorry, Calgary Flames fans, although not exactly a secret. These two teams have been talking going back to, I don't know, November, probably.
0:42.8	It's probably a bigger deal back then.
0:47.8	May or may not have included a certain defenseman at that point.
0:50.0	We ended up going to Vegas.
0:54.1	Anyhow, please be joined by Jim Lang.
0:58.0	Cleber, our good man, one of the best people in this business, as we always say.
1:02.4	If there were more people like Jim Lang in media, what a great place it would be.
1:05.1	He is the author of My Day with the Cup.
1:10.1	NHL players tell their stories about hometown celebrations with hockey's greatest trophy.
1:44.7	Please welcome the broadcast. Jim Lang. Cleber, how are you today, pal? I'm good, Jeff. Thanks for having me on. I really appreciate it. Listen, the pleasure is all mine. First of all, the tradition of the day with the cup, I believe stretches back to 95 and the New Jersey Devils. Before I get into some of the stories here, I was just reading this morning, Darcy Kemper and the cup full of parogis. I love that chapter. Just your thoughts growing up as a kid. Like I think that, you know, one of our first memories always about, you know, trophies is just how distinct the cup is. I mean, it is the most iconic, you know, sports trophy that exists.
1:48.6	But whenever I say that, I always wonder if I'm just biased because I'm a huge hockey fan. But do you remember, do you have any like early memories yourself of seeing this iconic
1:53.2	trophy, whether it was at a rink, whether it was at a hockey Hall of Fame exhibit?
1:57.0	Like early memories from Jim Lang about the Stanley Cup.
2:01.2	I'll be honest with you.
2:02.3	I grew up in a military family and my dad was in the Air Force and we moved around a lot
2:05.8	that we were not around or near any communities that had any access to the NHL or the
2:10.6	Stanley Cup.
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