The Latest with Elliotte Friedman: Matthews Hits 30 Goals + Pacioretty Returns

The Jeff Marek Show

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4.4 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Jeff and Elliotte kick off the show discussing Auston Matthews recording his 30th goal of the season as the Leafs drowned the Ducks in overtime last night, before debating where he ranks in the Hart Trophy race. Then, the pair weigh in on the Maple Leafs' options in goal for Saturday night and Bobby McMann's boarding penalty, before breaking down Max Pacioretty's return and the message it sends to players who have suffered major Achilles injuries in the past. To wrap up, Jeff and Elliotte chat about the NHL's desire to have Connor Bedard and the Blackhawks involved in the next Winter Classic, the Wild set to play tonight with a lineup worth $40M, William Nylander’s next contract, and much 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 Sports Net Radio Network.
0:10.0	It is and welcome to it once again here for this Thursday January the 4th.
0:14.0	Sweden is through to the final the World Junior Hockey Championships meeting Czechia.
0:20.0	Interesting, Axel Pelicus or Sandin saying that they were targeting Michael
0:25.3	Harabble's glove side by the way Axel Sandin Palica. The Detroit Red Wings have
0:31.2	themselves a really really good one there.
0:34.4	More on him coming up a little bit later on.
0:36.2	You know, we always talk about what this tournament means and in some ways it's sort of a coming
0:39.7	out party for a lot of prospects.
0:41.8	Maybe you first got introduced to them at the draft the year before.
0:45.0	This is a tournament for 19 year old,
0:47.0	so generally you start paying more attention to them the following season.
0:51.0	Detroit's got another really good Swedish defense been coming in Axel Sandin Pelica.
0:56.0	Score the overtime winner against Switzerland and then was pivotal and crucial in today's matchup against Czechia.
1:02.0	So the Swedes are through. The other semi-final game
1:05.7	will be the United States facing off against Finland as we were joking about with
1:10.2	Greg Waczynski yesterday. U.S. is just wrecking the field and we don't expect that to stop any time now.
1:17.0	And this thing is sort of lining up as we all thought that it would line up.
1:20.0	Although again, all due respect to the friends, they may have something to say about this.
1:24.0	The two teams are the best 19 year old, Sweden and United States, looks like that will most likely
1:29.0	be your final, but strange things happen.
1:31.0	And Merrick, that's why they play the games.
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