Mike Liut Reflects on Blues HOF Induction

The Jeff Marek Show

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🗓️ 24 October 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Jeff Marek kicks off the show with St. Louis Blues legend Mike Liut! He chats about his induction into the Blues' Hall of Fame, before reflecting on the many highlights of his career in St. Louis, from being drafted by the team up until the trade that sent him to Hartford. Then, it’s time for Jeff's 'Random Hockey Fact of the Day' (17:45)! Next, Mike Kelly of the NHL Network break downs if Alexandar Georgiev is a product of his environment or an elite goaltender, where the Hughes-Hronek pairing in Vancouver ranks around the league, what the numbers tell us about the Red Wings, and the unique way the Ducks are using Leo Carlsson (21:50). Finally, the Stars are looking bright early into the season and Brien Rea joins Jeff the discuss why (52:15). He weighs in on the teams success on the ice, the surplus of high-end talent in the system, Roope Hintz’s development, and more! 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	And this is going to be a real treat. On January the 19th,
0:16.0	Pavell Demetra, Big Walt, Keith Kacchuck, and my next guest, Mike Leute all
0:22.4	going to the St. Louis Blues Hall of Fame.
0:25.2	Mike Lee who joins me now.
0:26.3	Mike, thanks so much for doing this.
0:27.5	How are you today?
0:29.4	I am doing well, Jeff.
0:30.8	Thanks for having me.
0:32.3	Always good to catch up with you. It is indeed and I am
0:37.2	curious. I'm always curious about the moment. The moment you get the call, the moment you realize, holy smokes, I'm going into the St. Louis Blues Hall of
0:47.0	of Fame.
0:48.0	There's a beautiful video of the late Pavl, Demetra's wife, and you know when when she's told that that Pavle is going
0:54.1	into the St Louis Blues Hall of Fame what was what was your moment Mike?
0:59.6	Well I got a call earlier this summer asking if I was from the Blues, if I was going to be in St.
1:08.4	Louis at any particular time and my wife is from St. Louis or that area and it just so happens that we're there for the
1:16.5	opener and they said well we're doing a series of interviews with former players etc etc. etc.
1:23.0	Could you come down earlier and, you know,
1:26.4	we could video the interview, tape the interview.
1:29.7	I said, sure, so we're all set up to do the interview and Bernie Perkor walks in with his jacket and the whole thing was the roof, right?
1:37.1	And yeah, so it was good.
1:40.1	And of course, Bernie and I were, you know, we were drafted to the blues along with Brian
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