MvsW: The Beautifully Ugly Minnesota Wild

The Jeff Marek Show

Sportsnet

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

4.4 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Jeff and Greg talk about the vibe surrounding the Bruins in Boston, the opening night jitters that they had and Tyler Bertuzzi’s fit with the club. Next, they look at the Stars without Joe Pavelski, the beautifully-ugly nature of the Minnesota Wild and what they think of the Wild logo (13:16). To wrap up Jeff and Greg chat about the Leafs’ opening loss to the Lightning (21:20). 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	Alongside Playoff Mode Winsky from E-SPN.
0:14.0	Hello, playoff mode Wishinsky.
0:16.0	What's up?
0:18.0	Greetings from Boston.
0:20.0	Where I was told but my Uber driver that ESPN is getting its mojo back because it's not as
0:27.9	blankety woke as it used to be.
0:30.4	So very Boston conversation.
0:32.4	Oh, is that right?
0:33.0	The way to the rink this morning.
0:34.0	Oh, very excited.
0:35.0	Did did I told did he know that it was above my pay grade?
0:39.0	Did he know who he was
0:40.0	did he know who he was talking to?
0:44.0	Well, it was funny because, first of all, he was a delight.
0:49.0	The rest of the time he was getting an audio tour of Boston as we drove to the rink. But he said something along the lines of, he's like,
0:59.2	you're probably going to watch the Bruins tonight even though you don't want to watch the Bruins. I'm like well I got to
1:03.7	watch the Bruins because it's my job but tell me more about this. And he said he gave me the
1:09.0	spiel about how like he's not a hockey fan but he's a football fan and a baseball fan and he said that like
1:17.2	there's peer pressure now once again in Boston to watch this team like even if you're maybe more into the Celtics or the
1:24.6	Red Sox like you you're you have buddies that are living and dying with this
1:28.5	Boston team and preaching the good word that this is a special one and this could be this could be the year
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