MacKinnon’s Hart Trophy Case + Devils Need to Add a Defender

The Jeff Marek Show

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4.4 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Jeff kicks off the show with Corey Masisak of the Denver Post to break down Nathan MacKinnon's legacy at this point in his career and where he stands in the Hart Trophy race, before getting into what the Avalanche are still missing. Next up, Shayna Goldman of The Athletic stops by to discuss the PWHL's inaugural week, what differentiates this from previous professional Women’s leagues, and the level of physicality on display early in the season (14:50). Later, the pair chat about the Devils' underwhelming play this season, the impact of losing Dougie Hamilton, New Jersey's other options on defence, and which teams need to act fast in order to remain as contenders. Alison Lukan of ROOT Sports wraps up today's show with a break down of the Kraken’s strong stretch of play, as well as Joey Daccord's performance in goal at the Winter Classic (51:17). 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.
0:09.0	Welcome back to the program.
0:14.0	Hour 2 is on the horizon.
0:15.0	Top of the hours, she and Goldman stops by from the Athletica tour around a couple of different leagues,
0:20.4	the NHL and the PwHL as well.
0:22.6	In the meantime, we turn our attention to the Colorado Avalanche
0:26.2	and maybe our trophy winner this year,
0:29.9	Nathan McKinnon, maybe sulky trophy to Valeri Dachushkin.
0:35.0	Quay Massesac has thoughts on all of these things, including tonight's matchup between
0:38.6	the Colorado Avalanche and the Dallas Stars.
0:40.4	He writes for the Denver Post and he joins me now. Corey, how are you?
0:44.0	I'm doing great. How are you?
0:47.0	I'm doing well.
0:48.0	Love your peace on Valery Nichushkin.
0:50.0	Now, I'm biased because I've liked Valeria Nichukin for a long time. I think you and I have Valerian Nichushkin for a long time.
0:53.2	I think you and I have discussed Valerian Nichushkin a couple of different times.
0:56.4	You know, the power forward moniker is a different one because if you're a certain vintage
1:04.7	when you hear the word power forward the term power forward one thinks of
1:09.3	Cam Neely and Rick Tockets and these types of players you know put up 250 penalty minutes and score 40 goals
1:16.7	That's what the power forward is Kevin Stevens. There's another one that comes to mind
1:20.9	How do you go about defining Valery Nichushkin as maybe the best power forward in the
1:27.1	NHL today? Yeah, you know what, it's funny whenever I was talking to a couple of his teammates about
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