The Latest with Elliotte Friedman: No Matthews Again for the Leafs

The Jeff Marek Show

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🗓️ 2 May 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Jeff and Elliotte open the show discussing Auston Matthews missing another elimination game, the criticism of Jim Montgomery and the opportunity for Leaf players to step up in Matthews’ absence. Next, they look at the potential for Rod Brind’Amour to leave Carolina, the Pierre-Luc Dubois conundrum and what’s next for the Kings. To wrap, they chat about the Dallas-Vegas series and how the lineup changes could indicate some concern for the Golden Knights. 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.
0:09.8	Okay, I'm better.
0:11.9	I think.
0:13.4	I'm not 100% sure.
0:14.5	I think I'm better.
0:15.1	I feel better.
0:16.4	Should be better.
0:18.0	How long can the flu last?
0:19.7	Whatever that thing I had was?
0:22.4	Thanks to Matt Marquesi, comma, again, for filling in for me, bailing me out, bailing out this entire program.
0:30.1	And by extension, thanks to Lance and Jen for having to put up with Matt.
0:35.0	Here's what's coming up on today's program.
0:36.6	You're going to hear from Matt a little bit later on.
0:37.9	You'll also hear from Elliot Friedman from 32 thoughts in hockey night in Canada.
0:42.1	Normally kicks off every program. So we will talk about a few things with Elliot.
0:46.3	Tonight, there is one game on the board. It is a Toronto Maple Leafs. It is the Boston Bruins.
0:51.9	It is game six. And if you haven't heard the news already, no, Austin Matthews will not be in the lineup for the Maple Leafs tonight. He is suffering from insert rumor here. No one really knows. Everyone just speculates. Oh, it's his back. Oh, it's got to be his knee. Oh, it must be a concussion. No one knows. All we do know is he's not playing tonight.
1:13.7	So that's the only game on the board this evening. We'll talk about tonight's matchup. We'll talk about what happened last night as the Edmonton Oilers dispatched the Los Angeles Kings. Now they head into an offseason of question marks. And here's the main one that I have about the Los Angeles Kings,
1:11.5	and I'll hopefully get into it with Ellie.
1:13.6	We'll see. season of question marks. And here's the main one that I have about the Los Angeles Kings, and I'll hopefully
1:30.4	get into it with Elliot.
1:31.4	We'll see if Elliot will take the bait and actually have an extended conversation about
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