Is it Time to Send Levi to the AHL (Again)? + Dr. Jay Harrison Talks NHLPA’s First Line Program

The Jeff Marek Show

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4.4 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Jeff kicks off the show with The Athletic's Hailey Salvian, as they break down the state of some of the hottest Canadian teams including Winnipeg and Vancouver. The pair search for the right role for Nikita Zadorov with the Canucks, evaluate what moves the team could make going forward, and share their biggest takeaways from the PWHL’s early schedule. Next, Producer Matt Marchese joins the show to discuss Ilya Samsonov being called up to the Maple Leafs, Devon Levi’s struggles in Buffalo, and much more (34:07). Former NHL defender Dr. Jay Harrison wraps up today's show chatting about the NHLPA’s new program "First Line", an education and leadership initiative developed to strengthen members’ mental health knowledge and skills (50:10). 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 Sports Net Radio Network.
0:07.0	The studio fired up here in the broadcast empire, the broadcast center, that is my basement.
0:18.0	I've graduated in my career to doing shows from my basements. Did we use to make fun of people that did
0:26.1	shows from their basements? Well, welcome to me. And welcome to the Merrick
0:30.4	show across the Sports Net Radio Network, Salimocim on Sports Net 360, and if you're listening
0:35.9	on a podcast, thank you very much for the download. Much appreciated. Coming up today,
0:40.5	tour around the NHL, busy night around the NHL, some interesting things,
0:45.7	some injuries we should probably get to as well.
0:48.5	Some great performances, some extended winning streaks continue, some losing streaks continue as well. some
0:53.0	losing streaks continue as well.
0:55.0	And I think we're all wondering what's going to happen here with the San Jose Sharks
0:59.0	who got pounded again last night.
1:01.0	I think we all wonder what's going to happen with the
1:03.9	Buffalo Sabres who thankfully because there was a storm didn't have many people
1:09.9	attend that
1:13.2	game last night against a Seattle Kraken and it's a good thing too that many Buffalo Sabres fans
1:14.5	were not there because they would not have liked what they saw.
1:18.7	We'll get into that coming up in a couple of moments as well.
1:21.8	On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you think that everybody in the
1:28.3	New York area are happy to see the Vancouver Canucks leave.
1:33.6	Again, it's one thing to do what they did to the devils
1:36.8	on Saturday.
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