This is the Jeff Merrick Show on the Sports Net Radio Network. Oh. Okay, here we go if you try to ride the tie group another NHL season.

Welcome to the Jeff Merrick show back on the air across the Sports Net Radio Network and not a moment too soon. Now we can all stop or at least pause for a couple of moments

grousing about the Toronto Blue Jays and their woes and the decisions and the lack of hitting and the base running and the decisions on

Varyos and getting him out of the game and then hitting into double plays with the bases loaded etc etc. etc.

We'll park that for a couple of moments here in Kanaka Stan as we like to call it

Canada elsewhere and talk about hockey for a couple of hours here.

So welcome to the program.

Coming up, Elliot Friedman as always,

kicks off each and every show here.

I have a new term, by the way, for Elliot's.

I have a new way to describe Elliot. Stay tuned as I learned a new way to describe Elliot stay tuned as I learned a new word today

so stay tuned for that Kelly McCrimmon is the general manager of the Vegas

golden Knights he will stop by Stanley Cup champion. So look forward to that and

Eric Francis will talk to us about in Calgary new rink, new coach, new GM, some new

players, new vibe, and we wonder new outcome this year for the Calgary Flames.

Now a couple of things before we get to Elliot as we get him on the line. Hang on as we send a quick note to our producer.

I want to go over a couple of things here.

So Gary Betman most recently spoke

at the Board of Governors and told the assembled media that they're looking forward to the cap

maybe moving up to $87, 88 million.

This will be one of the stories we follow all season long.

How did GMs behave now that it looks as if the cap is very much going up.

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