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32 Thoughts: The Podcast

Mark Guy: From The Hockey Industry To The Auto Industry

32 Thoughts: The Podcast

Sportsnet

Sports, Hockey

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Mark Guy has been an NHL agent with Newport Sports Management for more than 20 years. He’s represented big names like Steven Stamkos, Alex Pieterangelo, Bo Horvat, Travis Konecny, Tom Wilson, and the Subban and Strome brothers. But now he’s getting out. Mark joins Jeff and Elliotte to talk about why he decided to leave the business, who he’ll miss working with, the biggest changes he’s seen in the industry and some of his more memorable negotiations. Music Outro: The Playmates – Beep Beep Listen to all our music on Spotify.   This podcast is produced and sound designed by Amil Delic, and hosted by Jeff Marek and Elliotte Friedman.  Audio Credits: NHL Network, Sportsnet, Sports Talk with Brodes and The Steve Dangle Podcast. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Media Inc. or any affiliate.

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0:00.0

Georgetown Chevrolet, Buick, GMC.

0:02.0

And Custom Truck Center.

0:04.0

I've always wanted a truck.

0:05.0

Oh my God, you're going to show up there this afternoon.

0:07.0

Hey, I was the producer today.

0:09.0

You know, Elliot, I think that we we fully expect and welcome back to 31 thoughts the podcast by the way folks

0:16.8

Elliot I think we expect this COVID break much like other breaks much like breaks every single season, to cost certain hockey

0:25.7

players their career. Like this will be the last time we see Player X in the NHL. But you know, you know realizing the news that it's not just players that are going to be exiting their professions but agents and one in specific

0:40.4

kind of has the industry a little bit surprised.

0:43.4

Yesterday afternoon was talking to an agent who said,

0:46.2

did you hear about Mark Guy?

0:47.8

And I said, no.

0:48.8

And he said, we hear he's left the industry, that he's left Newport Sports.

0:54.4

We sat down this morning with Mark and talked to him a little bit about his decision,

0:58.6

but did this catch you, Elliot, as a surprise?

1:01.4

It did to me and it seems seems if everybody else seems shocked by this

1:04.6

decision by Mark Guy. Yeah it sure did Jeff no question about it because you know

1:10.0

he's a big part of a successful agency. By number of players, nobody's got more than Newport.

1:17.0

We know we keep in touch with a lot of agents. It's part of our job, just like we keep in touch of a lot of executives and the business is very gossipy and whenever

1:27.3

something like this happens people are start going have you heard this have you heard that

1:32.0

what do you know about this What do you know about that? And this certainly

1:35.8

sent a ripple over the last few days as news started to seep out that it was changing.

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