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The Jeff Marek Show

MvsW: Should the NHL Change OT? + Who is the Face of Swedish Hockey?

The Jeff Marek Show

Sportsnet

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

4.4887 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Jeff welcomes ESPN's Greg Wyshynski to the show to talk about the legacy of Gary Bettman’s tenure as the commissioner of the NHL and how the league values public contract/salary databases. Later on, they discuss the proposed changes to the NHL’s 3v3 overtime structure, who the face of Swedish hockey is in today’s NHL, the best Swedish hockey player of all time, 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.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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

0:07.0

It'll always be fun talking to Greg Waczynski.

0:12.0

It'll be full of laughs laughs we'll have some things to

0:14.4

think about there'll be more laughs there'll be jokes there'll be insults most

0:19.9

good-natured and there'll be stories.

0:23.0

Hello Greg Wishinsky from E-SPN.

0:25.0

Geez, that's a hell of a teaser.

0:28.0

Can I tell you one story that kind of unnerved me yesterday in Toronto?

0:31.0

I was sitting there with my colleague. I got a lifetime of those. I got a lifetime of the stories. Okay. Go ahead. I'm sure you do. I think I've seen a couple of them. I was sitting there with my colleague Kristen Shelton at the NHL

0:45.0

GM meetings at the Ritz-Carlton no less. I got to keep a pen from the Ritz-Carlton which is

0:52.1

probably the highlight of the trip.

0:56.0

I was sitting there, we were near the men's room, so we saw a steady stream, so to speak, of people coming in and out during the GM meetings and I'm just

1:07.6

sitting there right in a way as I normally do and all of a sudden I feel a

1:10.7

tap tap tap and I look over and I see a brilliant white sweater and I'm

1:16.4

like who is this and all of a sudden Jeff Merrick I hear congratulations on your new deal.

1:23.0

And I'm like, Gary Betman just congratulated via my new contract with ESPN.

1:30.0

What is happening?

1:32.0

You saw... What is happening?

1:39.0

You sold out man, you used to be Yahoo cool, you used to be that guy. What happened in the book that blog?

1:41.0

Now look at you.

1:42.0

I was thrilled it was very exciting but then immediately after that I'm like I don't

1:49.0

like that he knows these things well I mean the things.

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