The Coyotes Bidding Farewell to Arizona?

The Jeff Marek Show

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🗓️ 11 April 2024

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Jeff and Producer Matt react to Elliotte Friedman’s appearance on the PHNX Coyotes Podcast and look back on a chat with prospective NHL owner, Ryan Smith. Former NHLer Thomas Hickey chats about the Islanders’ recent run of success, how Mathew Barzal and Bo Horvat have grown playing together and what he’s learned about Patrick Roy (31:50). Next up, Gordon Monson of the Salt Lake Tribune looks at the viability of an NHL franchise in Salt Lake City, how Ryan Smith is viewed in the market and the potential for the growth of hockey at the youth level in the community (50:10). Later on, Anton Thun of Quartexx Management offers an agent’s perspective on the Coyotes potentially moving to Salt Lake City, his experience with a player on a team that was relocating and Coyotes' long-term outlook (01:03:51). The Athletic's Charlie O’Connor wraps up today's show discussing Philadelphia's attempt to stop the bleeding, if the Sean Couturier's scratching has negatively affected the team and the John Tortorella effect (01:23:04). 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.
0:09.9	So Salt Lake City, here we come.
0:14.0	I sure sounds that way right now around the NHL.
0:16.9	Now, a lot of today's show is going to revolve around the Arizona Coyote situation, and, as some people would put it, an impending move to Salt Lake City for next season.
0:29.1	Real quickly, here's what's coming up on the show today.
0:31.1	Again, lots on this story.
0:32.9	Elliot's in the air, so he's flying back from Vancouver.
0:36.3	So he won't be on the show today. Him and I will
0:38.9	record a podcast and get more into this. That'll be out tomorrow morning than Elliot will turn
0:42.6	tomorrow afternoon. But we will play something for you here in a couple of moments. Elliot was on
0:48.4	the Phoenix Coyotes podcast with Craig Morgan, Leah Merrill, and Steve Peters. We'll get a couple of clips from Elliot from that.
0:56.2	And also, thought it would be a good idea considering, it looks like there's another owner in the waters here.
1:01.8	And maybe you're familiar with him and maybe you're not.
1:04.1	If you're a basketball fan, you know the name Ryan Smith.
1:06.5	He's the owner of the Utah Jazz.
1:08.1	Now, he's the prospective owner of the Salt Lake City Coyotes, the Utah Coyotes, the Utah or Salt Lake City fill in the blanks.
1:19.5	I thought it would be a good idea today to play back an interview or part of an interview that Elliot and I did with Ryan Smith going back last season.
1:26.1	This is when his name started to get
1:27.7	bandied about, and this was the first interview that he did. I sort of get to know you, what are your
1:32.6	plans kind of interview with Ryan Smith. We've grabbed about eight or nine minutes worth of some
1:38.3	interesting comments from Ryan Smith going back last year, which are particularly salient now for
1:43.4	obvious reasons.
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