The Latest with Elliotte Friedman: What Will a Decentralized Draft Look Like?

The Jeff Marek Show

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4.4 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Jeff and Elliotte kick off the show with the Ottawa Senators and Josh Norris’ return from injury against the Washington Capitals. They discuss Norris’ 2-goal performance in his return, Ovechkin’s goalless start to the season and the Capitals' slow start to the season, how older teams and players tend to take longer to heat up entering a season, and more. Then they discuss Elliotte’s report on the leagues' idea to decentralize the NHL Draft. They break down the reactions around the league, how the fan experience could be improved, and more. Then, they discuss Luke Schenn’s injury and how it could affect the Predators' interest in Connor Garland. 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	Okay, once again, it's Ameriks show across the Sports Net Radio Network simulcast.
0:15.0	Hello, everybody watching
0:19.0	and watching that awesome goaltender,
0:21.0	the picture of Shil Malash behind me on SportsNet 360 right now
0:24.4	any chance I get to big up Malash I always will. How you doing today?
0:28.9	Glad to have you aboard action-packed program today. Elliot's going to kick it off.
0:34.0	He returns.
0:35.0	Yesterday was a writing day, 32 thoughts, the latest at SportsNet.CA has published.
0:39.0	Have an eyeball there.
0:40.0	We'll go into a couple of details that he brings up on the on the blog and I got a bone to pick with
0:45.4	Elliot's surprise surprise.
0:47.4	Bottom of the first hour, legendary Vancouver, Knuck, the first gentleman to have his Jersey number
0:52.0	retired by the Vancouver Canucks, number 12,
0:54.4	Stan Smiel. We'll stop by the program here at the bottom of the hour. 45 years done pretty much all of it with the Vancouver Canucks and when I say done all of it I mean
1:04.3	He's done almost every single job within the Vancouver Canucks organization
1:09.0	From Player to Coach to Executive etc etc etc. I have a look back at his career with the man himself,
1:14.9	Stan Smiel, Sam Cosantino, lead draft analyst here at SportsNet will stop by his
1:20.5	first rankings are out. Spoiler,
1:23.2	McLellabrini, number one.
1:25.2	But it'll be an interesting conversation with Sam.
1:28.0	It always is, because I'm curious what separates him from Cole Iserman, who's another name that you're going to be hearing plenty of, is these two jostle for top spot.
1:39.2	Last year it was Connor Bedard in a runaway.
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