This is the Jeff Merrick Show on the Sportsnet Radio Network.

Okay, so welcome to the program.

Once again, welcome to another week of programming here.

Bill Zito coming up bottom of the hour.

We'll talk about the construction of the Florida Panthers,

if you don't know, but I'm guessing you do because you listen slash watch a show like this.

He's a general manager of the Florida Panthers. He's coming up at the bottom of the hour. We'll talk about putting this team together. A team that reminds some, Elliot and I talked about this on the podcast that came out this morning, reminds some by way of style of play and roster construction of the 2011 Boston Bruins. Now there's no presence of a Zadano Chara, but outside of the haves in the 70s with Larry Robinson, who's ever had a Zadano Chara other than the Boston Bruins? Okay, so Bill's heater coming up at the bottom of the hour. Luke Asick stopping by here in a couple of moments, Elliot and hour or two, depending on travel. Travel has not been a friend to

Elliot as we found out last week, although his throat is much better as you saw on television,

heard on the podcast, which is good news. And Vince McCogliana will talk to us about what's

next for the New York Rangers. And that's where I'd like to begin by talking about the New York

Rangers and the Edmonton Oilers.

And Matt Marquesie, and we'll get into this a little bit more over the next five days,

because we have five days to hype up the first game.

Game one, Florida, Edmonton, Saturday.

Here's my question.

Every year, we talk about what was the most impactful move made in and around

deadline, maybe throughout the year, maybe it was a trait, like last year, for example.

We looked at the Vegas Golden Knights and they win the Stanley Cup and we say to ourselves,

what was the most impactful thing that happened here?

They put them over the top, they won them the Stanley Cup. And it was the most impactful thing that happened here that put them over the top that won them the Stanley Cup?

And it was the Vegas Golden Knights St. Louis Blues trade bringing in Ivan Barberchav.

Always there's one.

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