The Latest with Elliotte Friedman: Breaking Down Monahan to the Jets + Kings Fire McLellan

The Jeff Marek Show

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4.4 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Jeff kicks off the show with Elliotte Friedman to break down a hectic morning of NHL news. They tee up what to expect from Gary Bettman’s press conference this afternoon, including if potential suspensions will be handed out as a result of the 2018 WJC investigation. Next, the pair discuss the Canadiens shipping Sean Monahan off to Winnipeg, how those around the league now view the Jets, and the timeline of how the trade came together. Later on, Jeff and Elliotte weigh in on the Kings firing Todd McLellan, how Rob Blake came to the decision, and what the future has in store for Los Angeles. 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.
0:12.7	You need to turn on your mic before you met.
0:16.3	Look how bad I am.
0:18.5	Thought I had it on.
0:39.1	Oh, yeah. Old man shakes fist of cloud. I was saying like, so Lance walks by behind the glass here. For those that are not watching on TV and are on radio, Lance walks by the glass and the break, I go, that's not Jeff. And then Jen walks by and that's not Jeff. And I'm like, well, Jeff's not going to make it for the start of this hour.
0:39.6	You made it.
0:40.0	I made it. So we did, Elliot and I spent, and Elliot's going to join us in a couple of moments. Spent the whole morning doing interviews. Was a lot of fun. But I'm going to get to that in a couple of minutes. What happened on the first hour? He had Craig Conroy on.
0:34.3	What did he say about the trade?
0:36.0	Well, he talked about, I asked him about Hunter Berskevich's skating ability and how he says, well, we can work on that.
1:00.5	That's something that we can fix.
1:02.2	Yeah, but that's something that we can fix, right?
1:05.0	As well, we talked about getting Andre Kuzmenko going.
1:08.7	And he mentioned how, you know, Trent Kull was in Vancouver with Kuzmanko
1:14.4	and how Gabby got him going.
1:16.9	So they have a little inside information
1:18.9	on how to get Andre Kuzmanko going.
1:21.4	So that was very interesting.
1:22.9	That's interesting.
1:23.6	Gabby stops by the bottom of the hour, right?
1:24.8	Yes, he does.
1:25.4	I don't know.
1:25.7	I'm new to today.
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