The Latest with Elliotte Friedman: Bouchard Excels Against Canucks + What's Next For Vancouver?

The Jeff Marek Show

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4.4 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Jeff kicks off the show with Elliotte Friedman as they recap last night’s Game 7 between the Oilers and Canucks. They highlight Vancouver's difficulty getting shots off for the majority of the game, how Evan Bouchard has helped take Edmonton's power play to the next level and what's next for the Canucks. Later, the pair discuss the Maple Leafs introducing Craig Berube as their new head coach, their takeaways from the presser, the rumours surrounding Matvei Michkov heading to North America, and more! 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.
0:08.3	Welcome to the program today.
0:09.3	Congratulations to the Edminton Oilers.
0:11.7	Your reward is now to face off against the Dallas Stars.
0:14.9	Yikes!
0:16.1	On Thursday.
0:17.9	Welcome to the program.
0:19.1	That was an exciting last five minutes minutes that was an exciting push by the
0:23.4	vancouver canucks at the end and yes i bit i thought oh here we go vancouver's going to make this a game
0:28.3	send this thing in overtime and win it was one of those games last night i'm going to get to
0:33.5	elliott here in a couple of moments he stops buying about three minutes time it was one of those
0:37.2	games last night where the rank was tilted. We saw this in game six as
0:41.1	well, although I didn't get the same feeling. Last night watching this game, Edmonton is
0:49.2	dominating. Edmonton is owning this game from the opening faceoff until the flurry at the end,
0:59.2	and we're going to get there.
1:00.9	But at no point during the game itself that I say to myself,
1:05.8	I don't think Vancouver can win this.
1:08.8	There is always in the back of my head that even though the shots on goal were so heavily
1:15.2	in favor of the Edmonton Oilers, that the balance of play favored the Edmonton Oilers at every
1:22.7	zone exit was almost flawless and at times easy for the Edmonton oilers. Were you with me?
1:31.5	Did you not get the sense that throughout the entire game you said to yourself, A, Vancouver's only
1:38.6	a shot away from being back in this thing. And we've seen Stuart Skinner fall apart before, Vancouver's not out of this
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