Marchese & Friedman: Bedard Show at the Saddledome

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🗓️ 2 February 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Elliotte Friedman and host Matt Marchese begin with Connor Bedard putting on a show at the sold-out Saddledome and the financial benefits for a team that drafts a 'generational' talent (7:00). Then, they chat about Mark Stone undergoing another back surgery and how losing its captain will change Vegas' strategy at the deadline (13:00). Later, Matt and Elliotte break down the developments in the NHLPA's search for a new director, the rumours that it could be U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh and how a political/labour figure can benefit the players for the next CBA (21:00). Finally, they reflect on Gary Bettman's 30-year anniversary as NHL commisioner and evaluate his performance compared to other leagues (28:00). 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	Only two games on the board last night, but on the ice was not the big story of yesterday.
0:09.0	Mark Stone out indefinitely after having his second back surgery in just under a year.
0:15.6	And this has been a rough stretch for the Golden Knights Captain.
0:18.4	He's missed a lot of time over the last two seasons and while they do say that he's going to make a full recovery,
0:26.7	you have to start asking the question of what does Mark Stone look like when he comes back?
0:32.1	Are we ever going to see the same Mark Stone? And this is a
0:35.8	player that has term left on his deal with the Golden Knights. He's their captain. And in reality,
0:42.1	he's the straw that kind of stirs the drink there we've seen we've seen how the team has struggled when Mark Stone has not been in the lineup and I don't I don't pretend to know if he's going to be back before the playoffs. Hey, maybe this is like the the half of Nikita Kucharov situation. But what we do know is that Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley wants to win and he wants to win badly
1:10.7	now the attention focused on George McPhee and Kelly McCrimmon, the front office, and what they do to combat missing out with Mark Stone again.
1:21.0	Dare I say that the Vegas Golden Knights may have just become one of the more interesting teams
1:26.8	as we head to the trade deadline?
1:28.5	That's something that I don't think that we thought was going to be the case. I really believed that Vegas was just going to make a couple of minor moves and just go with the roster that they have that a team that's generally speaking played really well
1:44.5	under Bruce Cassidy this season. But without Mark Stone we've seen how
1:50.5	Jack Eickel has played and now the question becomes do they go out and try and
1:55.0	fill the void with a star? Did Timo Meyer just become top priority for the Vegas
2:01.2	Golden Knights? Do the Vegas Gold Knights even have enough to bring in Timo Meyer?
2:06.2	That's going to be a very, very fascinating storyline and we'll discuss that
2:10.0	later on the
2:13.0	the
2:14.0	the
2:18.0	the i've got got it with bengotes from the Las Vegas review journal
2:15.5	uh... on the ice last night
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