The Latest with Elliotte Friedman: New York Pushes Carolina to the Brink

The Jeff Marek Show

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4.4 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Jeff and Elliotte discuss the main takeaways from Toronto’s end of season management availability, what’s next for the team and Mitch Marner, as well as the latest on the coaching search. Next, they look at who might be starting for the Canucks in Game 2, Leon Draisaitl’s availability and what we will see from Connor McDavid. To close out the segment, Jeff and Elliotte react to the Rangers jumping out to a 3-0 series lead over the Hurricanes, what happens if Carolina gets swept and all the comebacks we’ve seen in the playoffs. 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.
0:12.5	It's one of those days where you're going to see like the top of my head if you're watching on Sportsnet 360 and my thumbs.
0:18.1	What it feels like.
0:18.7	Anyhow, welcome to the program.
0:20.2	Lots going on around the NHL, not just Stanley Cup playoffs either.
0:25.3	We just heard if you joined us on other SportsNet or SportsNet 590 or Sportsnet Plus, a press conference of Toronto Maple Leafs management, including CEO and President of MLSE, Keith Pelly, president of the Maple Leafs, Brendan Shanahan, and Toronto Maple Leaf's general manager, Brad Tree Living. We'll go over that in a couple of moments here with Elliot Friedman. We'll talk about coaching searches with Elliot. He's coming up here in a couple of moments. We should talk about some great games last night as well, some controversial plays, namely the Jamie Bennett. we'll get into all of that and a preview of what should be another special night around the
0:58.1	NHL with two more series where two teams really don't enjoy playing against one another and we are
1:03.7	the beneficiaries of all of it most notably the florida panthers the boston bruins the edmonton
1:08.2	oilers facing off against the Vancouver Canucks.
1:11.1	Coming up at the bottom of this hour, we'll talk to Mike Russo.
1:14.3	Now, Mike normally covers Minnesota Wilde.
1:16.2	He does a lot of features for the athletic as well.
1:18.7	And we are all grateful that the athletic has put him on the Florida Panthers Boston Bruins
1:24.6	series.
1:25.2	We will see game three tonight in what has become a particularly violent affair.
1:31.3	As I mentioned on the program yesterday, the one thing about how game 2 ended is, man, that is a
1:36.8	protein shake for Boston Bruins fans.
1:39.3	And I've mentioned before how my favorite sign ever at an NHL arena was the early 70s in the Boston Garden
1:46.0	where someone had up there, Lady Bing died at the garden.
1:50.7	That spirit very much alive for game three tonight.
1:53.7	So Mike Russo is going to drop by and share his thoughts on the first couple of games that
1:57.5	we've seen, which have been intriguing.
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