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

Oh yes indeed, Jacques Marte and is back with the Ottawa Senators and that is the headline story of today

the Ottawa Senators announcing he has returned as a senior advisor to the coaching staff.

Now I know the timing is interesting considering this is a team that just took down the New York Rangers.

I've won a couple of games in a row here.

Martan spoke earlier this morning, we'll play you some of that.

D.J. Smith was going to speak this morning,

but as Chris Moore from the Ottawa Senators

Media Relations staff mentioned, too close to practice so he will talk after

I don't expect DJ Smith to say anything other than he welcomes it etc etc etc

but this one kind of feels a little bit weird get into that

here in a couple of moments Kelly Rudy stops by to kick off the program today

Greg wasinski in hour two and then Minnesota Wild General Manager Bill

Garin, who must be feeling right chuffed.

I know he wasn't exactly thrilled at firing Dean Eveson, but he has to be really thrilled with the results that he's seeing with his Minnesota Wild team and John Hines.

Okay, a couple of things here.

Jacques Martzana hired as a consultant for the coaching staff. Now Steve Stios came out and

position this one as a support role. This is not unlike, and the one very specific example that Stios kept coming back to

strength and conditioning coach Matt Nickle that's saying this is not unlike what we brought

Mac Nickle in here to support the existing staff etc etc.

That's all that Jacques Martin is here to do. Now I know a lot of people look at this

and wonder okay wait a minute here is this sort of placating the Fire DJ fans by doing something?

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