The Accountability Issues in Edmonton + Mike Vernon Reflects on HHOF Career

The Jeff Marek Show

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4.4 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Jeff kicks off the show with Hailey Salvian of the Athletic. They discuss the Carolina Hurricanes and whether or not Jaccob Slavin is still underrated around the NHL, the San Jose Sharks getting their first win of the year last night, and tee up tonight’s Rivalry Series in Arizona. Then, Sportsnet’s Mark Spector joins the show to break down the Oilers waiving goaltender Jack Campbell, how things were received in the locker room, what to expect from Calvin Pickard after being called up from the NHL, and what is going on with Connor McDavid (30:29). Hockey Hall of Fame Inductee Mike Vernon wraps up today's show to reflect upon his HHOF induction next week, his legendary NHL career, his hockey idols, and much more (50:05). 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	Now on a day like this and good afternoon good morning depending on where
0:13.7	listening slash watching welcome to the Merrick show on a day like this I should
0:19.2	probably talk about Jack Campbell and we'll find out in a couple of hours if he's been claimed by
0:23.8	anybody placed on waivers yesterday shortly after the show went off the air
0:27.8	two o'clock eastern and yes it would be delicious if San Jose claimed Jack Campbell.
0:33.2	It started him Thursday against the Edmonds and others.
0:35.8	But I digress. I should maybe talk about that.
0:38.4	Should maybe talk about the San Jose Sharks winning their first game of the season.
0:42.0	That was wonderful for San Jose
0:45.1	last night being in the Philadelphia Flyers. We will talk about that because there's an
0:49.1	issue with Morgan Frost. She'd probably talk about Jonathan Huberdow and his third period benching
0:54.4	last night. Should probably talk about a Tristan Jari injury. Should probably talk
0:59.4	about Matt Tompkins. Eleven years after he's drafted gets his first career
1:03.8	n-H-L win as a Tampa Bay lightning beat the Montreal
1:06.8	Canadians. Maybe I should talk about the Battle of Ontario
1:09.6	tonight between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Ottawa Senators.
1:12.0	Maybe I should talk about the Vegas goal of the Knights
1:14.0	facing off against the Los Angeles Kings,
1:15.8	the one game at the beginning of this week,
1:17.4	I circled and said, this is gonna be the game of the week.
1:22.0	But instead I wanna talk about how dumb it is the way we award assists and how really when it comes right down to it, and this goes back to the origins of the assist in the NHL. It's about marketing.
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