This is the Jeff Merrick Show on the Sports Net Radio Network.

Hey Greg Worsinski from E-SPN, you want to hear something?

Please, I always want to hear something from you.

Is it about the 1959 Sarnia Sting?

Heh heh heh.

I just referred to the Minnesota Wild as the Minnesota North Stars.

So my aging gracefully continues.

That's fine.

I you know it's at least it's a it's a recent team you know it's it's not like you

refer to them as the Vancouver the Vancouver millionaires or something right I mean that could be worse

yes yes no I know very good. So the aging gracefully continues. How are you today, my friend? We got some big news this

morning. Jacques Martin has returned to the Ottawa Senators in a consulting capacity.

And as Steve Stios tells us, this is no different than when they brought in Matt

Nickel, it's the same exact thing.

Don't imply anything, no conspiracy theories, please everything remains the same.

Just please let us get through this season and thank you, D.J. Smith for beating the Rangers last night.

Yeah, the thing I loved about that this morning was the thing was Bruce Gariac

tweeted a photo of Jacques Martan at the press conference and it was like Jacques Martan

happy to be back with the senators and then the photo it's like it is Jacques Martini looks like a sad duck you know it's just like the most beautiful juxtaposition between between the comportment of somebody and the alleged enthusiasm of somebody.

I don't know. I find it interesting that Smith has lasted as long as he has, considering

all of the other upheaval with the Ottawa Senators.

But again, it comes back to this basic question,

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