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

Okay, coming up top of the hour, the general manager of the New Jersey Devils featuring a brand new shiny Tim O'Mire who will join the team tomorrow in Denver.

Tom Fitzgerald General General Manager of the New Jersey Devils joins me here coming up in about 20 minutes time.

In the meantime, we turn our attention to the Winnipeg General me here coming up in about 20 minutes time.

In the meantime, we turn our attention to the Winnipeg Jets,

and when we talk about the Jets,

we call Ken Weeb.

He's got his thumb on the pulse,

and he knows what's going on,

despite the fact that Ken, as we know around this type of this

around this time of year general managers tend to perform truth yoga as I like to

refer to it as it's you know kind of the truth but it's

stretched and it means kind of what you want it to mean at different times of the day if not

week if not month first of all the need don't need a rider deal. A really tidy

bit of business by Kevin Shevel day off. I know they don't want rentals. They're not

interested in that. They want players with term he checks the box that way

also checks the box by way of need and also this is a team that has

aspirations to go deep and if you're gonna to do that a player like Nieder Rider can always help.

How did you see the Nieder Rider deal with Nashville?

Yeah, great to be with you Jeff.

I think it's a smart addition for a team that's been struggling to score. I think 33 goals in the last 16 games here for what is supposed to be a potent and high-powered offense.

Nino brings a quality that they don't have a ton of beyond a guy like Adam Lowry and

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