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The Jeff Marek Show

Panthers Win First Stanley Cup in Franchise History

The Jeff Marek Show

Sportsnet

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

4.4887 Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2024

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Jeff kicks off the show with Producer Matt Marchese to break down the Florida Panthers' Stanley Cup victory, including Paul Maurice’s postgame interview after securing his first championship. Shayna Goldman of The Athletic joins the conversation to discuss Connor McDavid winning the Conn Smythe Trophy despite his team's losing effort, Paul Maurice finally getting his ring, the goalie market, and much more (08:06). Jason York, co-host of the Coming in Hot podcast, stops by to share stories from his time playing against Maurice in the OHL, before getting into the Senators' acquisition of Linus Ullmark and the timing of the trade (35:00). Later, Panthers play-by-play voice Doug Plagens weighs in on the Cats' Stanley Cup win, the balance of power for hockey in Florida shifting, the emotions in Sunrise last night, and the big decisions looming for the team this summer (50:05). Finally, after dropping a massive bombshell last night, Craig Morgan of PHNX Sports joins to discuss Coyotes owner Alex Meruelo abandoning his plan to bring back the Coyotes, his son’s role with the team, the future of hockey in the desert, and much more (01:23:18). 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 Sportsnet Radio Network.

0:08.4

So a quick glance at Twitter accident, it seems as if the Florida Panthers party is still very much going.

0:14.4

And Matthew Kachuk continues to lead the conga line.

1:27.9

He's going to be the one wearing the lampshade through all this, right? He's going to be like the new Oveckin, Maddie Markezy. He's going to be the one not swimming in the fountains, but he's already taken the cup in the ocean. It's already gone for a dip, already gone for a splash in the ocean this morning. Yeah, I don't think anybody's surprised by this development. He did say last night that there wasn't going to be sleep for like the next three days. Yeah, he's, they're not going to sleep until the parade, which I believe is Sunday. Yeah, that, that you might want to sleep before that. You might, but he's a Kachuk, though. That's the only thing. Like, don't put anything past the kichucks. Him and him and Papa Keith were pouring beer off the balcony at elbow room to the fans underneath. I mean, that's one way to drink out of the cup. What's that? Drink out of the cup like that? 100%. Okay. Especially if they caught it on video. I think that I think all that superstition stuff is ridiculous. By the way. I'm getting over it now. Like I would lift the cup and drink out of it. I've also given up the ghost that it's never going to happen for me. Whether as a job or, you know, as a player or somebody else, it's gone. Congratulations to the Florida Panthers. It was awkward getting there.

1:29.6

It was uncomfortable getting there.

1:36.1

If you're a Florida Panthers fan to say nothing of a Florida Panthers player or coach or manager or owner.

1:37.9

But you got there.

1:40.0

And as I pointed out on the podcast,

1:42.4

they came out this morning with Elliott and Elliot's traveling today.

1:47.1

The one thing that got the Oilers back into this series is ultimately the one thing that ended up killing the Edmonton Oilers.

1:53.3

The Oilers got back in this series when they stopped doing things like chasing to the boards,

1:56.9

Maddie.

1:57.6

When they started collapsing around their net minder and supporting the net minder and giving

2:04.5

Stuart Skinner support, there is no more Nurse and Cici chasing to the wall.

2:08.7

They conceded that.

2:10.1

Everything was collapse in front of the net.

2:13.2

And if you look at that Sam Reinhart goal, that's a collapse to the net.

2:16.9

And in the process, you give a 57 goal shooter,

2:21.3

an uncontested and clear shot, nice screen, by the way,

2:25.6

at Stuart Skinner, and he scores,

2:27.2

and that's your Stanley Cup championship goal.

2:29.2

Again, the thing that got them back in

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