Mitch Marner Opens Up About Season Expectations

The Jeff Marek Show

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4.4 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Matt Marchese kicks off the show with former NHL defender, 3x Stanley Cup champ, and Tampa Bay Lightning Analyst, Brian Engblom! They chat about the Lightning’s season opener against the Nashville Predators, the current situation surrounding Steven Stamkos and his contract situation, how the team will fare without Andrei Vasilevskiy to start the season, and what we can expect after a disappointing early playoff exit last season. Next, Matt is joined by the Kevyn Adams, General Manager of the Buffalo Sabres, to discuss Rasmus Dahlin's long-term contract extension, his expectations for his team this season, and more (20:22)! To wrap up, Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner weighs in on the NHL’s decision to ban pride tape, his expectations for the Leafs this season, and how he thinks the team's newest additions will bolster the lineup (49:27). 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.
0:11.6	Welcome back to the Jeff Merrick Show, Matt Marcasey, in here, in the studio, having some technical issues
0:18.6	with Jeff.
0:19.6	So I'm here, I haven't gone away don't worry.
0:25.9	Three games on the go tonight.
0:31.3	Chicago, Pittsburgh, Bedard Crosby, Seattle, Vegas, and of course kicking things, kicking the NHL season off, it's the Nashville Predators,
0:35.8	visiting the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amelie Arena, and to tee up that game and talk about the
0:41.2	Tampa Bay Lightning in a kind of a roller coaster of an
0:43.8	off season their TV analyst Brian Anglum. Brian how are you today? I'm good I'm good
0:50.4	thank you very much for doing this, really appreciate it.
0:53.0	So, you know, coming into this year, I guess expectations for a lot of people outside of the organization
1:00.5	is this may very well be a down year for the lightning lots of turnover you
1:04.8	know over the last couple of seasons Alex Kaloran the latest out the door after
1:09.6	going to
1:13.4	Andre Vassilevski. What is the vibe around the lightning right now, especially considering that this is when you look at this roster,
1:20.8	there's a lot of new faces on it.
1:23.0	Yeah, they've had to make significant changes each of the last couple of years
1:28.0	just like every team in the league because of the salary cap
1:31.0	and their success has a lot to do with it.
1:34.8	The contracts they have signed to guys long term, which have kicked in over the last year
1:40.2	or two, which has made a very significant difference all those things which various
1:44.6	GMs around the league deal with so yeah when Bassy went down yeah that got everybody's
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