The Latest with Elliotte Friedman: Making Sense of Laine’s Healthy Scratch

The Jeff Marek Show

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4.4 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Jeff kicks off the show with Elliotte to tee up “decision week”. They discuss the Blue Jackets' decision to bench Patrik Laine on Sunday, their takeaways from the NHL Global Series, and more. Later, the pair weigh in on the biggest stories coming out of Toronto surrounding William Nylander’s contract status, as well as what we could learn about John Klingberg this week. Jeff and Elliotte wrap up today with a chat about a struggling teams' mentality ahead of the unofficial “deadline week” AKA American Thanksgiving. 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 Sports Net Radio Network.
0:11.0	O'Boiselle, okay, we're going to talk about a lot of things today.
0:15.0	Welcome to it.
0:16.0	Welcome to the other week of the program.
0:17.0	Welcome to a week of NHL action.
0:20.0	Plenty on the horizon this Thanksgiving week and if you know anything about the history of hockey
0:28.6	Thanksgiving week is generally considered
0:35.1	decision week for a lot of NHL teams. Are we in, are we out?
0:37.4	Are we making a push for the playoffs or are we looking to
0:40.9	Macklin-Sellebreni slash Macklin celebration come June.
0:46.2	So that happens Thursday, U.S. Thanksgiving.
0:49.6	That factors in by the way to the schedule this week and specifically the schedule tomorrow more on
0:54.0	that coming up here in a couple of moments. Elliot Freeman's going to stop by here in a
0:57.6	couple of moments here from Elliot from 32 thoughts and from hockey night in
1:01.4	Canada also Todd Fodor, radio analysts for the Philadelphia Flyers
1:05.0	who suddenly find themselves in a playoff spot.
1:10.0	Here we are getting close to Thanksgiving
1:12.0	and the Philadelphia Flyers, yes,
1:13.4	have now won five games in a row, after taking care of the Columbus Blue Jackets,
1:17.2	more on them in a moment.
1:19.2	Taking care of the Columbus Blue Jackets yesterday, they've now won five games in a row and they are in a playoff position.
1:24.8	Hands up who saw that coming.
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