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The Jeff Marek Show

Marek & Friedman: Pittsburgh’s Missed Opportunity

The Jeff Marek Show

Sportsnet

Sports, Flames, Canucks, Canadiens, Maple Leafs, Stanley Cup, Nhl, Oilers, Jets, Senators, Hockey

4.4887 Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Jeff and Elliotte look at the Penguins’ shocking loss to the Blackhawks, if the mystique surrounding the big three is gone, and the Jets finally locking up a playoff spot. To wrap up, the guys look at Connor Hellebuyck’s Vezina-worthy performance this season, the big summer ahead for Nashville, and Buffalo playing meaningful games late in the season (19:25). 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

Jets and Pans and Panthers are in.

0:04.8

Welcome to the program here today and the Pittsburgh Penguins lose and that might be the biggest story of all because now they need help from the out ofof-town scoreboard and the out-of-town scoreboard

0:15.0

means the Montreal Canadians who will play the New York Islanders tonight

0:19.4

with a point the New York Islanders clinch and that means we say bye-bye to the Pittsburgh Penguins.

0:24.2

Yes, we are looking at a post-season without Sidney Crosby and without Chris Littang and

0:31.5

without Yevgeny Malkin and it will just feel strange. without post-season with the Pittsburgh Penguins are not involved.

0:43.1

We'll just seem and feel bizarre.

0:45.4

It's almost become wallpaper, hasn't it?

0:47.8

That the playoffs roll around and whatever they end up doing,

0:50.5

we at least get one round of seeing Sydney Crosby in the post season and

0:54.3

maybe the most disappointing again getting ahead of ourselves here because you know the

0:58.2

penguins need a need a win tomorrow against the Columbus Blue Jackets

1:01.0

and need the Anders hallucite against the

1:03.0

Montreal Canadians.

1:03.7

You know what they've squandered?

1:06.1

I mean, they squandered a lot of things here, but very specifically,

1:08.5

they've squandered something that we haven't seen since 2009. You know what that is? A full healthy season free of Guinea-Mulkin.

1:18.8

He has not put together a full complete healthy 82 game season since 2009.

1:24.9

The story about Malkin so far,

1:27.2

you know, going back to 2009 is elite level player

1:29.7

going to the Hockey Hall of Fame,

1:31.0

one of the best of this generation.

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