Panthers One Win Away From the Cup + Utah HC GM Bill Armstrong Joins the Show

The Jeff Marek Show

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4.4 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Jeff kicks off the show with Randy Moller of Bally Sports Florida to break down the scenes in Edmonton with Florida on the verge of their first Stanley Cup in franchise history. They discuss how Gustav Forsling fell to Florida on waivers, the comparison between Aleksander Barkov and Anze Kopitar, the lessons that Florida took from last seasons SCF loss to Vegas, and more. Then, the authors of ‘Deal With It: The Trades That Shocked the NHL and Changed Hockey’, Bruce and Evan Dowbiggin discuss how relationships between players and managers have changed over time, the Golden Knights' expansion draft, and much more (17:30). Later on, Utah HC General Manager Bill Armstrong joins the program to discuss the team releasing their temporary name and jerseys for their inaugural season, how ownership has handled the relocation, how the team will prepare for the offseason, how close his team is to contending, and his thoughts on Bill Zito and the Florida Panthers on the verge of a Stanley Cup (47:02). Jeff and Matt end things off discussing Utah’s jersey’s ahead of their first season. 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 SportsNet Radio Network.
0:11.4	Welcome back to the program.
0:12.2	Still the coming hour to Bill Armstrong from Utah, H.C.
0:15.8	We'll stop by.
0:17.0	They unveil the colors and the jersey for next season.
0:20.4	Still no name, still no logo, but I'm crossing my fingers hard for Yeti. In the meantime, focus on the Florida Panthers, folks, focus on the Florida Panthers. Up 3-0 over the Edmonton Oilers. Look to close out on Saturday on hockey night in Canada. Randy Mueller joins me from Valley Sports, Florida, former NHLer himself, and an outstanding hockey broadcaster. Randy, good to hear your voice again. How you been? Oh, great. Jeff, great to be on with you. And boy, we're just living a dream down here in Florida. And it's a special time. It's surreal. Oh. You don't want to get too far ahead of ourselves, but it's,
0:54.3	it's been a special,
0:55.6	special run here.
0:56.6	How do you not?
0:57.5	Like honestly,
0:58.1	how do you not?
0:58.7	Like,
0:58.8	when you consider, like, the history of this, this organization, like, how do you not just allow yourself to, to get ahead of yourself? Like, I'm watching, you know, The whole lower bowl is filled.
0:51.9	Is they're watching this thing on the big screen?
0:54.1	As the Florida Panthers are dancing all over the Edmonton Oilers,
0:57.4	and, you know,
0:57.8	they're looking this thing on the big screen as the florida panthers are dancing all over the edmonton oilers and you know they're looking like as as they probably are you know the class of the national hockey league like how do you sort of as a as a player i know you never want to sort of get ahead of yourself and control yourself but as a as a fan or as aator now, how do you not already get ahead of yourselves
1:29.1	in advance of game four tomorrow?
1:31.7	Well, it's tough, a lot of emotions.
1:35.0	And, you know, I've been the longest with this hockey team
1:38.2	29 years.
1:39.4	And we've had a lot of ups and downs
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