Doug Armstrong, E.J. Hradek, Ryan Warsofsky and Nathan MacKinnon Join the Show

The Jeff Marek Show

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4.4 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Jeff kicks off the show with St. Louis Blues General Manager and President of Hockey Operations, Doug Armstrong. They discuss the announcement last week regarding the succession plan for the GM job in St. Louis with Alexander Steen set to take over in 2026, before getting into the need for contending teams to have a Selke-calibre player on the roster, the latest on Pavel Buchnevich’s contract talks, the vision for the team going forward, and the Blues' goaltending. Next up, E.J. Hradek of NHL Network chats about the Oilers' hopes against the Panthers in Game 5 tonight and the confidence of each team heading into the contest (17:45). Later, newly appointed Head Coach of the San Jose Sharks, Ryan Warsofsky highlights the people who helped him get to this point, his coaching philosophy, and much more (34:34). Colorado Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnon wraps up the program with his thoughts on the Avs' 2023-24 season, why Jonathan Drouin fit in so well with the team, how he approaches the off-season, the Stanley Cup Finals, and the international hockey tournaments on the horizon (49:20). 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	Welcome back to the program.
0:12.1	Glad to have you aboard today.
0:13.4	Coming up top of the hour, E.J. Raddock from the NHL Network will stop by.
0:17.1	T-Up a Game 5 tonight.
0:18.2	Florida looks to close out against the Oilers.
0:19.9	Oilers looking to stretch this one to Friday and a game sticks. Ryan Rossovsky, new head coach of the San Jose Sharks. We'll stop by an hour or two as well, Nathan McKinn. So it's a big show. And our premier guest here in the first hour is the general manager and president of hockey operations for the St. Louis Blues. also we should throw in Team Canada and that mix too if we get there. He is Doug Armstrong and he joins me now.
0:21.4	Doug, thanks so much for doing this. How are you today? I'm very good. Thanks for having me on. The pleasure is all mine. You know, we talked plenty last week about the St. Louis Blues program or the succession plan, and we know the teams sort of internally have these
0:56.7	like we wonder about you know a certain person in the in the in the management group
1:02.0	will you know one day take over and the established GM will will bump up to a higher position
1:06.3	but teams just don't announce it like what went into this decision from last week Doug
1:10.8	well I think just talking to our ownership group and teams just don't announce it. Like what went into this decision from last week, Doug?
1:17.0	Well, I think just talking to our ownership group and knowing that, you know, I had two years left on my contract and we wanted to let the players know that we're, we do have a plan
1:22.1	that there's something in place that they can look forward to.
1:25.6	Uncertainty, you know, you get to a certain age too.
1:28.3	I've done it.
1:28.6	This would be 16 years with one organization as a manager.
1:32.0	I do believe that's about the maximum length that I could do it here in St. Louis.
1:37.3	And I think, you know, change is necessary and a fresh voice.
1:41.2	And when I came to that conclusion, I felt it was, instead of have white noise around
1:46.0	the team is to announce our intention, bring in a new voice, bring in something different,
1:50.8	and everyone just moves on knowing that there's a plan in place.
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