Opposites Attract in Leafs-Habs Season Opener

The Jeff Marek Show

Sportsnet

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

4.4 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Jeff kicks off the show with Sportsnet.ca’s Eric Engels to tee up the Habs' season opener, who the Canadiens X-factor will be this season, what fans should expect from 2022 first overall pick Juraj Slafkovsky, along with Mike Matheson, Kirby Dach, and Alex Newhook. Next, Gord Stellick, former General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs and NHL analyst on FAN590 joins the show before the Leafs kick off their season against the Montreal Canadiens (16:43)! They break down the expectations on the Leafs this year and how the team can take their regular season success to the playoffs, before reflecting on the legendary career of Barry Melrose. 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.
0:10.0	Welcome back to the program.
0:14.0	I drew your attention earlier on in the program to Eric Engel's Q&A with Martanus San
0:19.2	Louis head coach of the Montreal Canadiens.
0:21.9	Habs in action tonight.
0:22.8	Scotia Bank Wednesday Night Hockey against the Toronto Maple Leaf,
0:25.0	7 o'clock puck drop, a pre-game of 630 Eastern.
0:28.6	And there's one section here that I want to read to you as I bring Eric
0:34.6	aboard Eric Angles from Sportsnet.
0:36.2	C.A. senior columnist.
0:38.1	First of all, Eric, how are you today?
0:39.4	Good to hear your voice.
0:41.0	I'm doing great, Jeff.
0:42.0	Please catch up with you.
0:44.0	Great to catch up with you. So there's one thing that I want to share with our audience
0:48.0	here, radio and television and podcast. This is one of the answers about speed and structure this question about how Martins-St.
0:58.3	Louis is getting his players to play and it's Martins-St-Louis so get ready to go to school and learn something.
1:04.6	This is Marty St. Louis.
1:06.5	Your brain has to be working and your feet have to be processing what your brain is seeing
1:11.7	to get to the right place at the right time.
1:13.8	It's harder to do now.
1:15.4	There's a lot of chess in the game now and to me it's about getting to the right spots at the
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