The Latest with Elliotte Friedman: Oilers Avoid Sweep + Will Evander Kane Return for Game 5?

The Jeff Marek Show

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4.4 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Jeff and Elliotte kick off the show discussing the Oilers' blowout performance in Game 4 to avoid a sweep in the Stanley Cup Finals. They weigh in on Matthew Tkachuk and Sam Bennett not skating at Panthers practice this morning, Connor McDavid breaking Wayne Gretzky’s playoff assist record, and if Sergei Bobrovsky could win the Conn Smythe. Then, the pair get into the records they thought will never be broken, if Evander Kane could return in Game 5, and Shania Twain’s performance in Edmonton. They end things off discussing the news and rumours around the league including the Senators' needs, the latest on Mitch Marner, 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 SportsNet Radio Network.
0:08.2	We got a series.
0:09.2	We got a great program today.
0:10.8	Welcome to it.
0:12.1	Merrick Show across the Sports Net Radio Network.
0:14.1	Matt Marquesie along with me.
0:15.5	Elliot's standing by in a couple of moments from Sunrise where we will have a game
0:20.5	five after what we saw on Saturday, which
0:23.0	in a lot of ways was a combination of a hockey game and a flat out party.
0:28.9	Like by the end of the game, when Oilers fans with, what was like three or four minutes left
0:33.2	started singing and following along with the Shania Twain song, and as the music stopped,
0:37.1	they kept singing. That was Saturday. Now, I don't know what it's going to mean for Game 5. Or if we get to a Game 6. But if we get to a Game 6, Holy Spokeshack's changes everything. It probably does something to change the conversation around the Kahn-Smith Trophy, and we will get there. there now there's a term that i'm going to
0:55.7	bring up with eliot of fried in which i believe was borrowed from basketball mattie have you ever
1:00.5	heard the term gentleman's sweep yeah for sure i didn't realize it originated in basketball i think
1:06.7	i want to say it's originally a basketball term where a team wins the first three games
1:12.1	and then loses game four on the road as a courtesy
1:15.6	only to win it in game five.
1:18.7	The gentleman's sweep.
1:21.2	So it does look, yeah, you're correct.
1:23.2	It looks like it's correct.
1:24.1	And it was somebody, but I'm trying to see who coined it.
1:26.7	Oh, because it was somebody who, it was in an article that somebody called.
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